#comfrey macleod

[warren-keplers-funk-band]

i REALLY like how zac just clearly fully checked out once comfrey died. he just starts going like, what's happening? monty or van ask him what he's doing and he says i- i don't know. pappy throughout this season has been so incredibly calm and collected. a pillar of coolness. aloof and unyieldingly measured. and here is a moment where, for the first time, he just seems like an old, old man.

[morningsaidthemoon]

Familiar face

[cybirg]

Finally found Comfrey and it took him less than a day to go into debt collector mode

[s0laart]

As an older sibling who also frequently doesn’t know what’s going on, Wealwell going back to back with Maxwell and saying, “And who the fuck are you?” to Comfrey is so meaningful to me. He definitely did not recognize Comfrey. But what he did recognize was that Comfrey was making his little brother uncomfortable, and he was going to do whatever he could to make Maxwell feel supported while insulting the person who caused that discomfort

[mcbrauart]

What a season...I've been nailed to the screen this entire time, and my inner child is overjoyed to dive back into some steampunk! On high we go!

[ourmutualignorance]

ludmila sitting by a doorway rusting and wasting away and slowly becoming nothing but rage and vengeance and marya sitting in a toy shop rusting and wasting away and slowly becoming nothing but guilt and regret and comfrey refusing to sit still long enough for the emotions to catch up to her and putting everyone and everything in danger because of it i am unwell

[unexistingdotnet]

An implication from Monty saying that he toned down the books because they are for children is that that means that the Comfrey that made Olethra so excited to go adventuring isn't the real Comfrey, but a version created by Monty to be a compelling protagonist.

[indominusgay]

I could be proven wrong, but I really don't think Comfrey is the bbeg. I think she's something much more mundane than that:

she's the absentee parent who insists she's the greatest who ever lived because you always have the most fun when she's around, until you grow up and realize how infrequent and shallow those visits were.

she's the mentor who believes in you and makes you better, but pushes you too hard and too fast because she sees you as an extension of herself instead of your own person, and she abandons you when you fall behind.

she's the lover who charms you and sweeps you off your feet, and constantly breaks your heart, and acts like you're the bad guy for finally walking away.

she's the friend who wants to share all your deepest secrets and dreams, then throws your insecurities in your face at the first sign of conflict and cuts you off completely when you dare to stand up for yourself.

she's the person closest to you that praises and relies on your loyalty time and time again, yet always lets you down when the roles are reversed.

she's the hero of her own story, and it sucks because she's not entirely wrong: she makes big waves and changes the world and excels at everything she sets her mind to—except for consequences, and apologizing, and making amends, and admitting when she's wrong.

she's flawed and selfish and committed to her own ambition at the cost of her relationships.

she's not evil, but it would be easier if she was.