off with your head!

Not book smart or street smart but a secret third thing.

supid

supid.

It’s really sad realizing that it’s likely that nobody actually likes Riddle genuinely or being around him, it shows deeply especially during that scene where everyone throws things at him. They just put up with him, but most people just see him as an inconvenience or a nuisance. Maybe that’s why he acts so difficult in the first place. It’s clear everyone just sees him as a spoiled and entitled brat despite everything that happened to him. And because underneath everything he’s such an emotionally sensitive individual, he can tell that people around him hate him. I think Trey is the only consistent person who actually cares about him and understands him because Chenya isn’t able to be around 24/7 as he goes to a different school.

not ignoring you not replying to you but a secret third thing

forgor

To be completely honest, the only reasons why Riddle is so talented and intelligent both magic and academics is because the strict rules and principles that his mother posed on him. According to Idia, he wasn't a prodigy or was he born with natural talent (He earned it through hard work). His entire life, he was already decided on what he was supposed to do. Even his parents going through the lengths of making him practice/study magic at the age of 3, reading medical documents when he was around ortho's age, and being chronically offline or outdated when it comes to social media or trends. But with the price of restricting his own happiness and freedom, he was able to strive and be capable BECAUSE of his mother's rules. That's what he believed growing up, if he was able to turn out magically and academically talented because of rules, then it must be the right way to live. He believed the true essence for success was RULES, because if it worked out for him, then it must work on other people. As someone who grew up around parents that valued my freedom and never posed strict rules on me, it hindered my talent and strive to be better. It may come across as insensitive, but I would love to have Riddle's life where rules are placed on to me for the sake of development. I don't care if I'm unhappy, as long as I'm intelligent and talented, I would love to have rules.

“my mother was a brilliant woman, always accomplished and always right, who’s better to trust than her?” yes because why WOULD you want to believe the person who kept you stable in every other way but emotionally and mentally your entire life wanted anything but the best for you? or so you thought…children want stability. even though she’s EXTREMELY emotionally abusive and controlling as all hell, she did provide in other ways in terms of education, food, shelter, etc. it’s so hard with these kinds of abusers…hyper competent, clean slate, intelligent, providers…i understand why riddle has so much trouble believing anything but her way is the right way…she has everything under her belt to make him believe she WOULD want the best for him…but it completely cracks him coming to terms with the fact she was actually horrible and abusive. despite the events shown, i believe 98% of the time, her abuse is HIGHLY underhanded but those specific memories REALLY stuck in his brain of her yelling and getting physically abusive.

scrolling through my dashboard, having a great time …. and then. the nefarious and twisted entity

WE, yes WE, all love the entity right?

of course! WE love the entity!!!! the entity is not holding me at gunpoint rn to say this!

The entity is so kind!!