okay I do slightly regret calling the Jafar/Iago dynamic an inspiration in that one interview, because tumblr is a very fanfiction brained website, and it’s impossible to explain to some people that naming something as an influence does not mean that your work is literal fanfiction of that thing. “I watched a movie as a kid and got vaguely horny over the villain punishing his sentient pet” does not equal “my book is Aladdin with the names changed.” all it means is that I was way too honest about where I got my kink awakened






















