NOkaori

witch hat manga hurts so so bad but we have 2 stay strong bc ONE DAY we’re gonna get that first splash page fullbody orufrey crying hug drawn in crisp 4k by shirahama and it is gonna hit like a tractor trailer going 90 on a country backroad.

I hc that after finding out his secret Coco would do anything she can to not let Qifrey feel safe and comfortable at the atelier out of worry by inconveniencing him in minor childish ways. Stuff like leaving small angular objects on the couch. Adding too much salt to his food. Soaking him wet with a bad water spell once in a while. Oru and the other girls would think they got into an argument but Qifrey would be strangely emotional instead of annoyed every time.

Beldaruit's love for Qifrey is one of a parent worrying for child they cannot save, and he knows that. He also understands that the only person who Qifrey would possibly ever trust to let himself be saved by is Olruggio. He cannot step in and force Qifrey to trust him just like he cannot help him, even if the trust was there. And Beldaruit worries, because Beldaruit's love for Olruggio is a worry of a parent who understands the weight of expectation put on a person, especially on child. But the child isn't theirs. He understands that it's not his place to step in, and that he can't step in without pulling Qifrey down with it. It's a limbo and Beldaruit is stuck in it, and his guilty conscience is haunting him, but also Qifrey and Olruggio both. In this essay I will-