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Okay so one thing I'm seeing a lot is the idea/headcanon that Celine hated Rumi because she was half-demon and thus didn't really care for her during her childhood? I can't help but passionately, vehemently disagree. Why?

Because of this.

Celine wasn't raising HUNTR/X and projecting some sort of hatred of Rumi's demonhood onto their training, Celine is consistently in denial and on copium about the idea of Rumi being half-demon. Girl has been on copium for all of her screentime in the movie, so much that I don't doubt that's where her retirement funds go to. She refuses to believe that Rumi is a demon and instead chooses to lean into the idea that Rumi is a hunter, like Ryu, and that she just has demon patterns that will go away when the fabled Golden Honmoon is conjured. She rationalizes Rumi's demon half as, "it's not that she is a demon, she just has demon patterns."

Forgive the analogy, but it's exactly like "it's not that he is homosexual, he just has homosexual urges". Having something is ultimately easier than being something, because having something means that it is possible to no longer have something. Celine sees Rumi not as a half-human half-demon, but a full Hunter who just has demon patterns, because it's ultimately easier to digest something when you know that that something can and will go away.

That's why Celine is able to pass the Hunter's mindset onto HUNTR/X and why they are able to do what they do-- it's not that she's projecting her hatred of Rumi onto them, she just refuses to believe that Rumi is one of the demons she hates. And how could she not hate them, when her tenure as a Hunter has probably given her enough reasons to hate them that they could make a book longer than any historical archive? Those things she taught the girls about demons doesn't apply to Rumi, of course not! She's not a demon guys trust me she's not a de--

This entire rationalization of Rumi's patterns is the reason why Celine insists that Rumi can't tell Mira and Zoey about her patterns. Patterns = demon, but Rumi I guess is an exception because she is full Hunter but has patterns, and they're actively choosing to ignore the implications of having patterns (patterns = demon). This line of thinking is so goddamn fragile that the only way to not poke through this wet tissue paper of a mindset is to simply not acknowledge the big, gaping flaw in it, which Mira would probably be most wont to do.

And which Jinu does.

Fr tho that conversation would be so goddamn awkward like "oh yeah so I have patterns because my dad was a demon but I'm not a demon I swear I just have patterns they'll go away when the Golden Honmoon is formed okay I swear trust me they'll go away they're not who I am they're just something I have that will go away trust m"

But anyway back to my thesis here, Celine doesn't hate Rumi because she sees that Rumi is half-demon. Celine loves Rumi because she refuses to believe that Rumi is half-demon, because making that realization would force her to rethink I'm guessing 30-something years of her time as a Hunter, 30 years of fighting and hating demons, and however-old-Rumi-is years of "I pretend to not see"-ing her patterns.

Her being unable to look at Rumi? That's because she is clinging onto that tissue paper mindset she's made to cope with Rumi's nature. She is holding onto that mindset for dear life, because she hates demons, and she can't bear the thought that Rumi, her best friend's daughter, this kindhearted soul, is of that race of demons that she's hated for so long that she probably can't remember a time where she didn't. She doesn't want to hate her daughter, but her demon origin makes it so goddamn hard. She can't bring herself to hate her daughter, who is a demon.

And this bit here? Yeah Celine kinda has a right to think that, because every time Rumi snaps and her demon form comes out, the Honmoon ripples red. Who knows what that could actually mean, but the Hunters believe red = weak spot in the Honmoon, so that's how everyone in the room believes that, and that's how Celine interprets it.

But she's torn. She's not saying this coldly as a matter of fact. She is scared. She is desperate. She is scrambling to find a solution to this massive problem, but as she said, everything she was taught told her how to handle the problem (kill the demon), but she can't because everything she was taught told her that one cannot simply accept, even though acceptance is the exact solution she's looking for.

Celine probably had the biggest crashout under the tree, because in this moment, she's seeing all the years she spent raising Rumi crumbling apart. She's finally registered that the tissue paper is disintegrated in her hands, and to her that can only mean one thing: that she was wrong to cling so desperately to Ryu's memory, to hold onto the one thing she had left from her. To raise this half-demon to adulthood, when she couldn't even bring herself to put her down.

I can just imagine her having the crashout under the tree, freaking out, trying to gain the resolution to-

She doesn't even know what. She knows she has to kill Rumi, right? But, does she have to? Well, yes, because she's a half-demon. But no, because she's her daughter. She doesn't even have the tools or vocabulary to interrogate her own worldview because of how desperate she is to cling on to the preconceived notions that have saved her life many times over.

And then suddenly the Gayest Honmoon manifests and Zoey, oblivious, texts her after the end with shit like "WE DID IT" and "hey, did you know rumi had patterns? they're kinda cool tbh, anyway, the three of us are going to the bathhouse, ttyl!" and Mira is suspiciously silent, and now this wreck of a woman literally just can't even?

Don't forget the fact that the Gayest Honmoon™ comes with everything just, suddenly turning daytime? I've seen fics that say it's just the Honmoon's magic and it wears out and turns back to night after a few minutes or something which checks out, but yeah Celine is crashing out under the tree, forced to ponder the thoughts she REALLY didn't want to face because how can she say that something that helped her survive for so long is wrong, but at the same time it's being proven wrong but it's not really giving her closure it's just leaving her extremely confused and emotionally tormented and it's putting her in a mental place she's been putting off for twenty-something years

And then it turns daytime?? It's just fifteen minutes past midnight what the fuck did the new Honmoon come out and just get rid of the night forever? Is that a thing the Honmoon can do??? What does this mean when it comes to Gwi-ma this isn't something that's ever happened before does that means everything's fixed what happened to Rumi WHAT IS GOING ON????

some concepts for RiverClan nests! There's two main components, the outer "shell" and the bedding. The shell is made of reeds woven together and dried out, so they're stiff, almost like a basket. They're designed to be somewhat water resistant, so if they got swept away in a flood they would float and keep the nest together. This is what Petalpaw weaves! The shell is meant to last a long time, while the bedding of moss and other soft materials is replaced regularly.

Some cats have nests with higher walls for privacy, while other cats (such as queens in the nursery) have flatter, almost mat-like nests that easy for kits to get in and out of.

the three:

"What about Gordon Horton?"

Harry and Hermione shared a confused look.

"Come on! Keeper for the Chudley Canons?"

"You're supposed to pick people we know, Ronald."

"Well excuse me," Ron said, throwing his hands in the air. "I forgot that you two have no taste."

"No taste! I will have you know that my taste is sophisticated and refined. Clearly something you don't relate to."

"Oh, oh, I see. Well since your taste is so sophisticated then by all means tell us who is your pick."

"There's Merrill Medlar. She's the chief editor of—"

"Who the hell is that? What happened to people we know?"

Harry hadn't had enough wine to tolerate their constant bickering.

"Malfoy," Harry said loudly, interrupting what would have surely been a row. "What about Malfoy?"

"Which one?" Ron and Hermione said at the same time before glaring at each other.

"What do you mean which one?" Harry frowned. "The choice is obviously—"

"Lucius." They said in unison again.

"What?" Harry gaped at them. "Lucius is a right piece of—"

"Wait," Hermione held up her hands, eyes wide. "You can't mean Draco then?"

"Of course I meant—"

"Don't say his name! Ugh, I never want to know him as Draco," Ron said, shuddering.

"Maybe I do!" Harry said, unsure why he was getting heated.

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