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Things this article has taught me:

This same order of adjectives more or less applies to languages around the world.  “It’s possible that these elements of universal grammar clarify our thought in some way,” says Barbara Partee, a professor emeritus of linguistics and philosophy at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Yet when the human race tacitly decided that shape words go before color words go before origin words, it left no record of its rationale.

One theory is that the more specific term always falls closer to the noun. But that doesn’t explain everything in adjective order.

Another theory is that as you get closer to the noun, you encounter adjectives that denote more innate properties. In general, nouns pick out the type of thing we’re talking about, and adjectives describe it,” Partee told me. She observes that the modifiers most likely to sit right next to nouns are the ones most inclined to serve as nouns in different contexts: Rubber duck. Stone wall.

Rules are made to be broken. Switching up the order of adjectives allows you to redistribute emphasis. (If you wish to buy the black small purse, not the gray one, for instance, you can communicate your priorities by placing color before size).  Scrambling the order of adjectives also helps authors achieve a sense of spontaneity, of improvising as they go. Wolfe discovers such a rhythm, a feeling-his-way quality, when he discusses his childhood recollection of “brown tired autumn earth” and a “flat moist plug of apple tobacco.”

Brain scans have discovered that your brain has to work harder to read adjectives in the “wrong” order.

omg. this is what would happen if u would pluck his double ahoge

and then it suddenly hit me that he was the perfect definition of a dark romance character and his obsession with rover was unhinged yet never forced upon us.

he wants you to choose him. he wants you to want to be with him and on his side. he will do anything to get you to see his side and be on his side.

but the key component is he wants you to choose him.

you are a willing participant, he wants you but he will not force you.

i am not immune to the desire to be wanted wholly and obsessively, to be chased and fought for.

but my biggest gripe with so much "dark romance" media is the aspect of being forced into things.

scar does not force you to join his side. he has presented you his exact reasoning for why he is on the side he is, and while he is relentless in chasing you to convince you why he is in the right, he never forces you to go with him or agree; you either join him, or you will be an obstacle.

now of course this was a while back when the game first dropped, and i dont know what has or has not changed as far as beginning game, but i like this aspect.

and of course i am taking into consideration that there is only so much kuro is allowed to make explicit as far as scar's insane actions and for plot reasons cannot just casually kidnap rover but you know, i digress.

dark romance has always been an interesting aspect to me, and i have enjoyed some media, but i find that a lot of dark romance media holds so much aspects of being forced and taking away the true choice of the main character to be a willing participant.

i have more thoughts on dark romance in media but i'll save that for another day or time if anyone's interested or if i find the desire to just blab about it again lmao.

(its a very necessary health routine. its definitely not an excuse to cuddle and give wing kisses)