ive been thinking about how tartah absolutely didn't trust anyone but especially not qifrey with custas. and coco did. and it's because qifrey is (and im saying this with love) deeply fucked up in the head and a Liar. and tartah has seen that side of him frequently. like, especially with the recent anime episodes it's clearly emphasized that qifrey is specifically a liar and manipulative to/about tartah and nolnoa.
it's also colored (ha) by tartah's experiences with witches in general. they couldn't even get over his silvereyes, how are they going to treat custas? i love that tartah goes to the brimmed caps. it makes perfect sense. he's an outcast and deeply distrustful of authority and it's for a reason. he frequently forgets he's technically a witch. i think he's going to be just as wary of the brimmed caps but that's the reason why he went. he didn't trust them with custas. he didn't trust anyone with custas.
coco though. the scene where coco decides that qifrey is a trustworthy adult and asks for help. it's deeply deeply powerful. she knows that qifrey has his own agenda but she trusts that agenda isn't cruelty. he treats her kindly and with the same respect as any other witch even though she's an outsider. she knows that part is sincere. she trusts that he will do The Right Thing, not just what people Say is the right thing. if it weren't for qifrey's subtle manipulations and constant dwelling in gray areas she Wouldn't have trusted him. where tartah finds suspicion, she finds connection. it's insane to me.
witch hat atelier is a story about how Right and Wrong are always more complicated than you think, and sometimes the best thing you can be instead is Kind.
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