ik Sophie was like 12 or smth but when she was like "yo, why are humans suffering poverty and crap, and yall just have fancy balls all the time" the elves were like "yeah we ignore yall bc we think u suck idk its kinda their fault"
and she's like "ok, checks out" and never brings it up or acts like she's affected (idk she might have bc I don't remember anything from the books at this point)
like mam, idk where you grew up, but you grew up a girl in America. did you not see the worst of humanity at times? did she not live a decade of fear because of what she thought was her race? Why shouldn't she scream and rage at being abandoned like the rest of the humans, because she feels at home as an elf but her sister can't walk alone at night. did her mom not warn her of strange men and kidnapped girls that never returned? I'd be mad that after all I've seen, this sham of a democracy can watch as they parade how smart they are, acting as if they haven't condemned innocent lives to ruin because of corrupt power and a couple of bad humans. the council sits idly by as talentless elves are driven to desperate lengths, they condemned pyromatics to hold their breaths of fire as if they are dragons that can't be allowed to breathe, and pretend to mourn when they suffocate under the pressure . how can the council claim they are good, parrot lies as they keep birth status as a reason someone must "dress to their station" while the nobles are born to crystal houses and unknowing any pain. how is a birth fund helpful enough when a single mom "slipped through the cracks" and struggled to keep afloat selling crystals?
is it because they fear if they look into the shattered mirrors they broke to see who the monsters are, their fragile sanity would slip out from years of denial?
sorry it's just emphasizing with fintan hours rn
honestly it is always empathizng with fintan hours
i personally think sophie was just being a kid, accepting what she was told, and loving the world that she maybe kind of could belong in, not wanting to bite the hand that feeds her, especially since she had to abandon everything she knew, and her family, and crash into an unknown world with little to no notice or understanding of it. she's a kid. i don't fault her for her reactions, tbh. like, it always kind of lurks, in the back of her mind, that it's not quuuiiiite right. but she's trying to accept what adults tell her and pushes it away as fast as she can so she doesnt make enemies of adults or get in trouble.
and yeah.
just yeah.
to that whole thing about talentless, the council, humanity.
yeah.
kotlc is fricked up.
and that line at the end.
dude
beloved anon
is it because they fear if they look into the shattered mirrors they broke to see who the monsters are, their fragile sanity would slip out from years of denial?
you cannot do this to me
but yes it would
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