Another Bit of Everything

Crack theory that for a time, Qifrey wore stiletto high heels because nothing is more stressful and harrowing than to walk on the disability unfriendly infrastructure of the witch world and also muddy grass and hills. Eventually, he got so good at it, that it stopped making him fear for his peace and he went back to wearing the boots we see him in today because they're more suited to getting dirty

Sometimes I wonder what the girls' specialty magic would be when they grow up - like Qifrey's is water, Orluggio's is fire. Riche we kind of already know with her ribbons but it IS subject to change, and I'm not so sure about Tetia (though her fluffy clouds were lovely) or Agott yet. But I think Coco's will have to do something with wind. Her creating that windsail to reach the flower? The sylph shoes she accidentally modified? Her being this hope for freedom and wind often being associated with being free? I think she'll become the greatest wind mage ever and not only teach people how to physically fly but also how to emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually fly...by hoping.

Nothing will make me feel more torn than a victim of bullying managing to expose the bully through "underhanded" means in front of the whole school. It's like. Yes, the victim did strategise and play their cards so that the bully would be caught in the act of bullying them. But I don't understand how it's seen as manipulative or conniving when the bully shouldn't have been doing anything that someone could manipulate into being "caught" by witnesses????

AND ANOTHER THING this manga is doing is somehow depicting a very realistic but alternate portrayal of how insecurity can manifest. Hikawa can dislike herself and STILL want to be herself!! Her way of being insecure isn't to try and fit into a mould or bemoan the fact that she'll never be able to connect. It's not even about her internalising all the abuse she's endured, so far it seems (I'm on ch 26), but being so tired of her interests, personality, preferences, and wants being ignored that she's just kind of decided the world will hate her. And okay, she'll hate herself too but she won't change. She'll just stop trying to be a part of the world

Okay but no one told me that Ramparts would be SO GOOD at depicting every day anger

Already just a few chapters into Ramparts of Ice, and it's basically like one of the BEST depictions of accidentally or purposefully coding a female character as autistic. Hikawa isn't shy or blushy but freezes in social situations, gets overstimulated easily, and feels that people don't take her likes and dislikes seriously because what she dislikes is socially acceptable. Bad at facial expressions and gets angry and fed up enough sometimes that it overrides her fear