Jeremy!!

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.... but like i dunno. he's a character that we meet at his very lowest (SO FAR!!!) that just. keeps getting kicked and kicked and kicked while he's down (and he's already BEEN down for a long time) without any chance to fully get back up on his feet. we're literally watching this man drown in real time begging and pleading (quite literally dropping to his hands and knees) for help and everyone LEAVES him for it. Not because they hate him, not necessarily because he's Mean to them specifically, but because they think he's lost his marbles and looks like he's gone full saturday morning cartoon villain on them trying to catch the lightners without knowing any of the context about the deal he made with kris and the knight that he Cannot tell them about (discussion for another day but it's also a very consistent trait of his to specifically be taken advantage of Himself because he's desperate and lonely and kept in the dark)...

and when he's finally offered some kind of understanding, finally given hope for the first time in... who knows how long, he's cut down while he's finally standing in what is probably Currently the goriest death in the game. and you can only save him if you remember to get all the required recruits and don't forget about him while on your escapades in the lightworld.

and again. it is not as though tenna hasn't made mistakes, hasn't made bad choices, hasn't done wrong. his contracts suck, he's pushy and arrogant and stuck in his own head. but i don't think he's at a point where he even Can look introspectively at himself and his issues yet, not without breaking down further. he's so deep within his spiral at this point, even within castletown, that i don't think he will be Able to pull himself out without receiving help First.

thought one: yummy yummy