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Waiting for Vaelus’ metal jaw in-game reveal🙏

Halandil Fang, master of compartmentalization

Even setting aside the matter of Bolaire, Halandil Fang has a long-standing pattern of ignoring or compartmentalizing the problematic behavior of people close to him.

It started about twenty years ago, when Thjazi was about to marry the Lady Aranessa Royce. Hal was with Thjazi and Aranessa before the wedding, when Aranessa offered up Thimble as a gift to Thjazi. Thjazi is immediately and justifiably disturbed by his soon-to-be wife giving him an entire person as a gift. "Sorry, the fairy's a gift? I don't agree with any of this." After Thjazi's repeated objections to what Aranessa has done, what does Halandil Fang have to say?

"Just shut up and say thank you."

Thjazi is willing to believe that Aranessa can be wrong and make choices he can't ethically accept. Indeed, it was only a year after this wedding that he left Aranessa because he couldn't accept her choices and those of House Royce. But Hal does not want to believe this about Aranessa. He wants to smile and say thank you and not disturb the peace by making a fuss about whether it's ethical to give Thimble as a gift or not.

Fast-forward to the end of the Falconer's Rebellion, when Azune shows up on Hal's doorstep with a plea from Thjazi to look after him. As mentally unwell as Azune is in the present day, I can scarcely imagine how fucked up he must have been as a sixteen year old war veteran with his home and family forever lost to him. As he spent time in Hal's home, his behavior and reactions must have made it clear that Azune was severely traumatized by his time as a child soldier in the Rebellion. What any foster parent ought to start thinking in this situation is: "Did this child's previous guardian do right by him? Or did he fail him?"

Except that Azune's previous guardian was Thjazi, and nothing indicates that Hal ever took Thjazi to task for letting a child fight for him on the front lines, or for the mindset that his guardianship created in Azune, that he is a thing, a weapon, only worthy of care if it is bought and paid for. Just like Hal liked Aranessa and didn't want to believe she might have crossed a line with Thimble, and would rather have just kept the peace, Hal didn't want to disturb the peace with Thjazi by suggesting that he might have crossed a line with Azune.

As @everroth and others have noted, Hal's biggest character flaw is complacency, wanting a peaceful, untroubled life without having to be reminded of the cost of maintaining that peace. Is it, then, any surprise that Hal has, once again, ignored and compartmentalized the fact that someone close to him might have hurt somebody else close to him, for the sake of his own peace of mind?

tritertbutylphenol

i’m so excited to see how hal breaks when his children are put in danger. alogar, at least, chose to be a soldier—perhaps that’s why hal was able to hold it together. what happens when it’s hal’s own choices that endanger shadia and hero?

#halandil fang #shadia fang #shadia lloy #hero d'vyen #cr4 speculation

pixel-croww

Thinking about how crazy it must be to be Demodus

Like imagine

You're 20 ish, you get Yoinked by what's essentially a crime syndicate, you're not gonna make it outta this

And then your fucking English professor, a guy who gives you money when you do busking and is kinda your sponsor (and also is a curator of the met) , a military man and William Shakespeare (who's brother was just executed) come and rescue you

How wild would that be

tritertbutylphenol

golden wind ass plot

mingus-archives

How I hope later eps of Campaign 4 will go

(I just finished the first soldier's arc)

tritertbutylphenol

dr finger is still my favorite bit in cr4

#dr. finger #nick falcon #wicander halovar #tyranny cr #cr memes

jewishsora

mostly happy with how the cast is divvied up for the next season but a little disappointed Occtis and Wic still won't really be interacting. imagine their dynamic considering their different albeit similar upbringings. they've barely had any chance to interact at all.

tritertbutylphenol

when the twinks eventually do smash together it’ll be as a supernova

#cr4 #wicander halovar #occtis tachonis

were--ralph

the problem with tumblr spells is all of you lil sluts are casting and not giving it time to charge so you're all casting cantrips and not 9th level death spells. everyone wants to be the one to take them down no one wants to be the one who assists

were--ralph

we're going to try again witha little but minimal casting

IT will happen in August of 2026. like to charge and reblog to cast but cast sparingly

were--ralph

Wait stop. everyone +like now and spread it a little but cast on the same day in August. lets try August 6th or something.

were--ralph

CAST NOW

nat1vibe

I’m making my own wick ita bag so here’s a couple keychain designs I’ve been working on!!

batmanisagatewaydrug

always some new bullshit in the ocean

local-demon-in-your-area

Why is it always orcas or dolphins

Why can't a salmon do some bullshit for once

batmanisagatewaydrug

worry not ☝️ they're doing coke

icenineporcupine

i n x o l o t l e

#anime eyes azune #azune nayar #gawd damn

princncess

porn is bad because [christian talking point] and [alt-right study] and [misunderstood neurochemistry] and of course [feature of capitalism]

princncess

thank you SO MUCH for reminding me about [feature of patriarchy] and [problem caused by lack of kids' sex ed] random tumblr user in the notes! louder for those in the back!