lyrasteponme

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They haven't chilled on the grass in a long time >:)

credit: @demonic.corvid (on tiktok)

They haven't chilled on the grass in a long time >:)

and hot take: Lyra as endgame would have been so much healthier for Kayla... even if in-canon her being with Valas makes sense, their being together necessitates the destruction of everybody else, including those people that Kayla DID care about

Can you ship Kyra, especially pre Valas? Sure.

But can you be SO blind that you forger why it didn't work out in the first place? No.

Some of you will romanticize lesbian relationships SO MUCH that you forget that post relationship and at the start of TAaS they HATED each other.

Are we forgetting abt the class differences? Are we forgetting abt they're clashing attachment styles and traumas?

How they're relationship was an escape from both of they're lives and they were treating each other as a fantasy? Are we forgetting WHY AND HOW THEY BROKE UP?

Can you like it? Sure

Can you SERIOUSLY BELIEVE that it would be HEALTHIER than Kaylas? I can't believe that.

Also the destruction of people she cared abt? All her close friends are dead and the only ppl around her facilitate her misery by encouraging her to stay as the GOB.

Considering Kayla in the first part of TAaS, and in the backstory that's revealed (man I really wish we'd get a webcomic focused on that too...), it's clear that she doesn't only lose everyone that's dear for her, but also loses her marbles (it's okay I forgive bbygirl/bbygoddess). So yeah if things had gone differently in that first arc of the story, I could definitely see Kyra happen.

Lyra and Kayla go way back, and as different as they are and every way that they clash, they are also in a way parallels/foils to one another, they've gone through things together, and they've had their ups and downs - but in the end they reestablish a friendship and camaradie, and I'm sorry but I don't think that Lyra is over Kayla, they definitely have their heated and flirtatious moments.

But Kaylas?? Healthy?? Perfect for one another as they are (fave problematic villain protags), I don't think that dooming the entire world in favor of the other and their own goals/whims is HEALTHY. Am I arguing that Kyra is HEALTHIER at all times in the story? NO. I also think that that makes for a more interesting dynamic and potential for their relationship to grow. I meannnn... childhood enemies to childhood friends to kinda lovers to enemies to reluctant companions to friends to maybe better lovers...? That's so many compelling tropes come on you know fandom.

Bc, my sweet summer child, as much as I enjoy Kayla as a protagonist, I do think A LOT of her choices that led to the story ending up the way it DID are fully and singlehandedly her FAULT.

Think about it? Burning down the circus? An accident? Not really. The curse? Fully selfish. Hell, even later on with the war and her promotion, she COULD have tried harder to refuse it but NOOOO.

My point is that a lot of ppl side with her on principle BECAUSE she's the protagonist and absolve her if ALL the blame.

Bc, my sweet summer child, as much as I enjoy Kayla as a protagonist, I do think A LOT of her choices that led to the story ending up the way it DID are fully and singlehandedly her FAULT.

Think about it? Burning down the circus? An accident? Not really. The curse? Fully selfish. Hell, even later on with the war and her promotion, she COULD have tried harder to refuse it but NOOOO.

and hot take: Lyra as endgame would have been so much healthier for Kayla... even if in-canon her being with Valas makes sense, their being together necessitates the destruction of everybody else, including those people that Kayla DID care about

and hot take: Lyra as endgame would have been so much healthier for Kayla... even if in-canon her being with Valas makes sense, their being together necessitates the destruction of everybody else, including those people that Kayla DID care about