Safe in the spots that the light can't reach

#this is INCREDIBLY well said #kattigan’s alcoholism and his missing and murdered wife and daughter are parts of him deeply rooted in native american experience #robbie is a guy who LOVES his wife and daughters #he wouldn’t just give his character a dead wife and daughter for fun to generate angst #there’s more going on there#< previous tags#yes exactly this #the context of robbie being indigenous and kattigan being indigenous-coded #changes the nature and messaging behind kattigan's backstory and the loss of his wife and daughter #especially with their kidnapper/murderer being a member of an untouchable privileged class (tags via @navpike and @cassafrasscr)

so much was happening and i was trying so hard to listen in the moment that i forgot that brennan pointed out that ethrand looked guilty when the murder of occtis was beought up.....i don't remember if brennan called for an insight check in this moment....but since we've only ever known ethrand and the tachonises as a whole to Not really dig remorse for their actions or......Humanity. at all. i feel like we have to assume it really was a genuine modicum of guilt. which is Fascinating to me.

What if you died trying to make your people free, thinking you had failed and not knowing if they'd ever have a future... and then you were called back many decades later and saw your people happy and healthy and well-clothed and FREE. And you could take up your blade one more time to celebrate with them.

Would it be problematic to connect how Yanessa says she loves Wicander after he seemingly fails on his own and returns to her, and how Hannan describes how Sylandri hated the idea of her children having lives outside of her periphery? Love on the condition that you always remain dependent on them?? Is this anything???

honestly the talk vaelus had with hannan not only made her motivation for continuing to be with the group click a lot more for me than before. but it recontextualized her bond with thaisha as well. thaisha who has such steady and strong convictions of her beliefs, and recently gone against her circle's rule (by not letting occtis go through the path) because she listened to her instincts. who now delayed a hearing with her circle (the letter) and chose what she believes is best and more important for the greater good. we have vaelus who has already pre campaign having doubts about her own faith and struggling in stasis, meets this woman who while staying true to her core beliefs forges her own path forward. only a conversation with hannan could've brought that out of her but i'm so curious now to see where that goes.

The more lore about the elves we get the deeper and more delicious vaesha gets to me, like I'm such a sucker narrative foils and parallels and those two are feeding me so well. Like the fact it started out so strong with the soul bonding in ep 3 and its just gotten more and more interesting with every interaction and loredrop??? Obsessed, 10/10 no notes