hi guys hey . hey guys we realize that easthies is, in the story of wha, a literary device showing the extreme end of the knights moralis and the pact's issues right.
ship and let ship but when i see x reader content of him i just. guys. guys the purpose he serves in the story is being an extremist at one end. witch hat does not function in or encourage black and white thinking . the knights moralis and by extension easthies are wrong. the brimmed caps are also wrong . no one group is correct because forbidden magic is a complex issue. g. guys we can pick up on this notion right.
the magical cops are bad. they attempt to wipe childrens memories without listening to the childs testimony. they operate under a broken system that does not consider context. easthies is the loudest in this thinking.
if you relate to and kin him i am scared of you? if you yume with him i am scared of and for you?
witch hat atelier has beautifully complex characters and a complex society but please. please god can we read with our eyes open. there are many good characters working under that broken system! luluci and utowin to name just two! the Childhating Magic Fed isnt. one of those good people!
this is my fault for reading tiktok comments and expecting media literacy, but. c'est la vie.
Really! surprised I haven’t seen more people talking about this actually!! :D
In reading through the wha manga (no spoils or anything), I had to stop reading at multiple points because I had to madly grin at how complex the characters and the worldbuilding and everything is
To be fair, eas became one of my favorite characters specifically after his whole uhhh Shenanigan:3 occurred.
because before that point, you see a lot of the steadfast morals and rules of the witches that are constantly being challenged by our small group in the atelier (Qifrey constantly avoiding reporting forbidden magic to The Magic Cops and Coco!!! oh I LOVE Coco for all the change that she brings just by the ideas she has from not having grown up in that same rigid society as the rest)
So with characters like those two, you as the audience can also get carried away with thinking “well… maybe the rules *can* be allowed to be bent. I mean, what’s the harm, really?”
But then Eas.
Ohhh Easthies.
He is so crazy steadfast in believing in the rule (I mean, it’s kind of His Job and Everything He Stands For).
And the Shenanigan:3 happens, and for a bit, he got really scary.
Like not, oh man he’s a real strict official :/ scary
Like, oh my god he might actually kill someone D: scary
Which, to me, is amazing.
You spend so much time around the atelier whose whole thing is shifting rules ever so slightly to the left, but realistically, how easthies acts is definitely most like the reaction of any other witches with no connection to the atelier (so like. we’re talking a very wide majority.)
He is literally a reminder of how the world thinks and works, and how that world is exactly likely to react to these atelier’s behavior as akin to the active danger.
Now, that’s only really Easthies talk.
The other major complicated group is obviously the Brimhats, and I kind of had the same complex character appreciation for them
It’s only in seeing more of them that you almost wane from the idea of them being completely super evil(?). Like, yes, they’re tormenting (like so many) children and also I’m pretty sure they are actively gearing up to initiate another wartime. They are doing all of these things.
But you don’t see enough of that, because you’re following along with Coco and the atelier.
And the more you get into it, you more you start thinking “well gee forbidden magic sounds like actually really convenient and almost like it could totally help people.” (the best example of which is that witches “can’t” heal because of the pact, which is actually deeply explored in the manga if you’re intrigued to read further than the anime)
Because like! People die from maladies and honestly probably from moleworm bites everyday […i just want to see a moleworm, they were mentioned once and then never ever again 😔…], and you sort of get the hankering of how So Convenient it would be if these people just… were able to fix that. Or, if it was made so they just couldn’t get that disease or ailment.
Because if magic provides for everything, then why can’t it provide a life free from the threat of sickness?
The problem is that, as the audience, you do get the idea that they can.
Like, you *know* they totally could do that. It’s magic!!!
And sure, all magic from the age of war was pretty much erased out almost completely from everywhere, but there’s nothing else really holding them back from experimenting and researching magic in the non-harmful way (like on plants and not living human children)
i'm about five seconds into my very first read through of Marriage Toxin. and. WHAT A FREAKIN' START, ain't it 😃
gorgeous art, and i really love that it sorta just throws you into the insanity right off the bat
-> this guy, the President, smoking SIX FUCKING CIGARETTES at once is. absolutely wild. he is leaking nicotine outta EVERY orifice and pore. and it's amazing that it shows in the disparity of his irises
also: "warm people who care" while he's ACTIVELY burning this guy's hand, with scars that show that it's not even close to being the first time... wow. WOW
hi guys hey . hey guys we realize that easthies is, in the story of wha, a literary device showing the extreme end of the knights moralis and the pact's issues right.
ship and let ship but when i see x reader content of him i just. guys. guys the purpose he serves in the story is being an extremist at one end. witch hat does not function in or encourage black and white thinking . the knights moralis and by extension easthies are wrong. the brimmed caps are also wrong . no one group is correct because forbidden magic is a complex issue. g. guys we can pick up on this notion right.
the magical cops are bad. they attempt to wipe childrens memories without listening to the childs testimony. they operate under a broken system that does not consider context. easthies is the loudest in this thinking.
if you relate to and kin him i am scared of you? if you yume with him i am scared of and for you?
witch hat atelier has beautifully complex characters and a complex society but please. please god can we read with our eyes open. there are many good characters working under that broken system! luluci and utowin to name just two! the Childhating Magic Fed isnt. one of those good people!
this is my fault for reading tiktok comments and expecting media literacy, but. c'est la vie.
I have so many ideas for Qifrey once the Curse is cured.
He loses his eyesight completely. In the end he no longer needs it, like he felt he needed it to hunt down the brimmed caps. But he’s still disappointed that he can’t see Olruggio and the girl’s faces anymore. Their cheerful smiles. Their wonderful spells.
So the girls make stuff that he can feel. Sculptures of ice and stone that he can run his hands over. They guide his hands across the pages so he can feel their seals and still give them guidance.
He also asks to hold their faces to remember what they look like. Even Agott agrees, and he gently traces their faces with his thumbs, and bumps their foreheads with his. He can feel their smiles again.
Olruggio and Richeh work together to make her rings get warmer the closer they are to a person. That way he can tell where the others are and when someone is coming up to him.
Water is still unnerving to him, but now he can use it for relaxation. Lowering his hands into a cool stream, lying in a warm hot spring, feeling a sea breeze mist across his face.
Olruggio does most of the cooking from now on, but he still does stuff wrong on purpose to get Qifrey in the kitchen. Qifrey takes it up quickly again, and everything is kept in consistent places so he can help.
He gets to really enjoy all sorts of foods he rarely ate before. He’s got months worth of dishes he’s been dying to have again because they were so good. Too good for his own good. Olruggio is happy to indulge, and is even happier to see Qifrey gain weight. (And not be a twig anymore…)
He finally gets to sleep. And sleep he does. He’s so used to keeping himself awake, but now the whole atelier conspires to get him to nap. Warm tea, snug stones, serpents bed of sand, etc.
They probably have a tally of who has gotten him to sleep the most. No one can beat Olruggio but Agott is, surprisingly, second place.
He still practices spells with the girls. He knows plenty of seals by heart and can do them without looking…but his confidence is shaken without his eyes. It’s up to the girls to be his teacher now, and they take on the task with pride.
If he still has a small amount of vision, like seeing bright lights/shadows, I imagine the girls make glowing paths and orbs for him to follow. Especially when they have something they want to show him. Maybe Richeh’s glowing ribbons beckon him outside to watch the Passage Stars. If they’re not bright enough, they draw illusions that are closer and brighter so he can watch them cross the sky.
Olly (Olruggio) wearing a corset inspired by That trembling tender little sigh by Chockyyyy (@itsyaboy-mars)
A lovely, humorous fic that’s been haunting me creatively since I’ve read it. Underneath the cut a bit more about colour/other inspo.
Enjoy your day/night!
The thing that broke the camels back was viewing an Insta post by nocturne_chrome where he dressed in a red ruffled shirt and black corset (Astarion inspired) and deciding I might as well take the sign~
The fic itself said ‘baby blue’ corset (like Qifrey’s eyes to paraphrase the fic I think) so that was my first colour choice but then I thought, eh, I think it looks a lil boring. So anime!Qifrey’s eye colour it was! :D
the real reason Easthies keeps beefing w/ 12 year olds is because HE started beefing with others at 12 years old and then never won enough to level up his opponent pool
jealous qifrey ? olly in a corset? sinocia appreciation? we got it all babyyy
link!
Summary:
Sinocia is terribly spoiled. As a doctor in an era of peace, there is no greater blessing than boredom. If she were just a little better, she would gratefully accept this.
“I'm so bored, Ermile!”
—
A clock mark later Olruggio of the Torch, her perpetual patient, shuffles in. Freedom from her boring prison!
Yadda yadda, overworking. Yadda yadda, back hurts more than usual. Sinocia zones out halfway through his usual complaints when an idea hits her.
“How about a posture adjustment device?” she carefully presents with a straight face. No giggles! Her plan will be legendary.
Olruggio sits upright. “Eh? That sounds like it could actually help. Why the hell not, I'll try it,” he affirms.
jealous qifrey ? olly in a corset? sinocia appreciation? we got it all babyyy
link!
Summary:
Sinocia is terribly spoiled. As a doctor in an era of peace, there is no greater blessing than boredom. If she were just a little better, she would gratefully accept this.
“I'm so bored, Ermile!”
—
A clock mark later Olruggio of the Torch, her perpetual patient, shuffles in. Freedom from her boring prison!
Yadda yadda, overworking. Yadda yadda, back hurts more than usual. Sinocia zones out halfway through his usual complaints when an idea hits her.
“How about a posture adjustment device?” she carefully presents with a straight face. No giggles! Her plan will be legendary.
Olruggio sits upright. “Eh? That sounds like it could actually help. Why the hell not, I'll try it,” he affirms.
what the fresh FUCK do you mean Enjin has a GODDAMN watchman item, wdym he has a missing piece like Rudo and Amo and Gountess and Zodyl, WDYM
↓ i was talking about a possible WHAxGachiakuta au with my dear mutual Mars and he. WATCHED ME TALK MYSELF IN CIRCLES. i asked if he thought Enjin would be a host in the WHA universe, then said it'd be cool if THE WATCHMAN USERS WERE HOSTS-- promised their missing pieces through the seeds
i have a tummy ache and decided i must be evil [this scene is being worked into another fic of mine being cobbled together on the side]
-> and also bc i've already made a skit of Agott calling Qifrey mama, figured I'd make one for Richeh too
Modern WHA au [it's a sk8 x-over, i can't even lie], where Qifrey is in recovery for the events of ch36-- and a little too prone to overworking himself
↓ he's up waay too early, preparing as best a breakfast as he can with the use of one arm-- it's a feast, but yk how he gets-- and Richeh is lured in after waking up to go to the bathroom. She tugs on his skirts, sleepy eyes set in a ferociously sleepy glare
"Mm-? Oh, good morning, Richeh... you're up awfully early- oh!"
And Richeh... can't say anything. Her face scrunches further, and she shoves it into his stomach like she means to burrow. Qifrey startles, if only because she so rarely seeks out physical comfort, before sinking down to his knees to kiss the top of her head
"What troubles you, my dear?"
"...you're not supposed to be working yet.. the doctor said so."
Unfortunately, he doesn't really get a chance to reassure her that he is taking it easy-- because he's not. Taking them all to the park yesterday was already pushing it, stress cleaning afterwards didn't help
↓ Qifrey gets halfway through 'promising' that he's alright before his his eye goes foggy and he's on the floor. Thankfully, he lands on his left arm-- instead of the injured one-- but Richeh is still nearly frozen in terror.
"Mister Qifrey--?"
Shaking him doesn't do anything, words don't do anything, and she doesn't want to just-- leave him on the floor-- so she shouts for Olly hoping to the stars he's awake or still awake or whatever. She hears movement, at least, so someone must be coming; Richeh presses her ear to Qifrey's chest to hear his heartbeat, and curls all her little limbs into him
"..mama..."
Olruggio runs in, three bleary eyed kids not too far behind, just as Qifrey is coming to