I love how Marisha categorically rejects the whole âWhat doesnât kills you, makes you strongerâ type of stories with her characters. I mean, she directly said that in talks, but is also nice to see how her work shows it.
For Keyleth, âWhat doesnât kills youâŠâ stays with you your whole life, in form of anxiety and self consciousness. Stays with you in form of mourning and the truth of watching you family go away in the thousand years+ that youâre going to live. You have to work through it, help those you can help, learn how your voice carries power, and learn what being a leader means.Â
For Beau, âWhat doesnât kills youâŠâ Fucks you up beyond belief. Distorts your value as a person and how you approach your relationship with the world. Damages how you treat yourself. Youâll have to re-learn, with the help of friends and those painfully new formed relationships, how to heal, and how to let people in. You forge yourself a new and shinny found family and start working in the true meaning of yourself.Â
For Laudna, âWhat doesnât kills youâŠâ well, it actually did kill you, but then it didnât. It robbed you of years, it isolated you for decades. Your killer is now trapped inside your head, making you uneasy, haunted. But you wanted new friends and ways to help them, so in spite of all that, you go out, being unapologetically yourself, and offer that eagerness to the world. Facing some rejections sure, but not letting those bringing you down, you already went trough worse.  Â
Her works will NEVER say âIâm better because x happened to meâ.Â
Her works DO say loudly âI was dealt a bad thing, but in spite of that, iâll do my best to move forward. Its going to be awkward, painful and hard. Its going to be messy and sometimes not only upwards. But iâm working through it with everything i haveâ and i love her for it.Â