a legend that never ends

no pressure!!

milkstore -> i really love milk. i like the image of my blog 'selling' bottles of milk. it is a metaphor for sharing things i really like.

isekyaaa - I like otome isekai, so I wanted something that played on those words. That blog was originally supposed to be a writing blog, but ended up as my personal diary blog instead.

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painom - I like cute sounding urls, so I went with this for my new Hoyo writing blog. It's made switching the m and n in Paimon. Granted, I have been severely slacking on writing anything for this blog, but.... haha.... I'll get to writing soon.

Where is the evidence Ayato let's the Shuumatsuban live their own lives? Likewise, where is the evidence Arlecchino doesn't treat the orphans with respect? Where does she show that she's keen on removing their humanity? Where does it reveal she isolates and dehumanizes the kids? Where even does it say that she sends young children on missions? Where does it say Ayato sends only older teens and adults on missions?

When I'm saying these things, I'm not disagreeing with you. Arlecchino is an objectively bad person. But there are a lot of things being said about Arlecchino that have no proof as of yet. There are a lot of things being said about the House of the Hearth that are based upon the old methods, but not the new.

like wrio knows manipulative adults Pretty Well, and the fact that he knows the fatui sent orphaned "children" undercover instead of grown agents already tripped alarms in his head.

Wriothesley: Mr. Lyney, the cards are stacked against you right now. Miss Lynette is in my hands, and Mr. Freminet is still slowly being pickled out there in the brine. You know just as well as I that he cannot last out there forever. Wriothesley: You need do but one thing to guarantee their safety. I would like you to contact your superior, and ideally invite her over for a cup of tea with me. Lyney: You want to see "Father"? Ha, but why should she bother giving you an audience? Wriothesley: Well, if she cares for the well-being of her dearest children, she should have plenty of motivation to join me for a parents' evening. Wriothesley: I've heard that the bonds between the members of the House of the Hearth are like the bonds of family. I don't see why she would refuse.

(emphasis mine)

"call your parental figure or your siblings will be in danger" would be a relatively easy decision to make if your parental figure... yknow... cared about you. but lyney insists that arlecchino shouldn't be involved in this and breaks from the stress of possibly losing his siblings. which makes ME think like... how much value does arlecchino place in the orphans if lyney refuses to "trouble" her with possible imminent torture or DEATH.

Lyney: …Was this the extent of your master plan to get to "Father"? No matter how much pressure you may put on me, I won't allow you to use us to blackmail her. Lyney: I… I shouldn't ask "Father" to do anything because of us…

(emphasis mine)

like... lyney... if she really cared about you she would willingly help you... you know...

and yes later on arlecchino is like Well he shouldve called me :/ but its way easier to say that after the fact.

The Knave: [...] It's unfortunate that Lyney's so eager to prove himself that he can't learn to rely on others... including me.

i mean lyney came to rely on the traveler pretty easily..? i think deep down he doesn't trust arlecchino.

so wrio noticed that something wasn't right pretty quickly, and could have also set this up as a sort of test - both for him, and for lyney - in a way - to take a better look at the dynamic between arlecchino and the siblings.

The whole thing with Lyney is that he feels he needs to prove himself. Not only does he not rely on Arlecchino, he doesn't even rely on his siblings either. He snapped at Freminet when he tried to get Lyney to open up. Lyney feels the need to shoulder every burden to be the proper big brother, even going as far as asking to receive a delusion to properly support Lynette. Imo, the reason why he doesn't ask Arlecchino for help is because he truly believes it's his responsibility to handle everything on his own. And that if he did ask for help, he'd be worthless and not worthy of the role he was given.

I think the thing we don't know is if Lyney's obsession with proving himself is due to his life before the House, after, or both. Like it could be emotional neglect/manipulation on Arlecchino's behalf, but it could also be the perceived responsibility of taking care of Lynette as the older sibling before they had the House to call home. Or it could be both. We don't know.

the experience of self-inserting is less about being yourself word for word but being able to vividly picture yourself in an environment the author makes. you can argue that all good writing should do this, but x reader and second person allows people to bridge the gap. you're not a voyeur but an active participant in the worlds story and it's my job as the author to foster a dynamic enough space that the immersion persists all through-out.