21st Dimension

I'll admit, Azune purposefully changing his features to more resemble a mix of Harondus and his wife is an insane move, and I am HERE! FOR! IT! Nobody is doing it like him! No one is on his fucking level! The nobles are all trying to play the Game of Thrones, and Azune is playing circles around them. He is the star! He is the moment! He is smearing his sister's blood across his face to feel closer to her!

Yup. This is what we want.

one underrated thing about hal's family that people have probably talked about but that i especially wanna give kudos to is the representation of the blended family. thaisha and elodie not only tolerate each other, but have a deep friendship. hal calls shadia and hero "our daughters" when speaking to elodie, even though elodie is only biologically related to one. as someone who came from a fucked-up "blended" family that never fully got along, seeing good representation of loving families with varied parental dynamics is healing.

#the allegory to Black boyhood Lou brought to this character is simply unmatched by any other adaptation of pinocchio. it's That Good.