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One thing I love that Brennan has been doing so far in campaign 4 is showing the effects of an abusive parent with Primus and his kids. Obviously Occtis is the family scapegoat and gets the majority of it, but all of Primus’ children are messed up and most of the family are terrified of him.

Petra’s and Raya: have no concept of healthy relationships and are so psycho-sexually trauma bonded with each other they want to be sister wives and kill all their fiancé’s as foreplay. They also expressed feeling disillusioned towards their father in letters but show deference to him in person.

Koral: what little we saw of him wasn’t great. He was chained to a bed and under the effects of a much deserved dancing spell, but even the fact that this powerful sundered house chained him up instead of finding a way to break the curse is wild to me. Everyone is expendable, and you only last as long as you’re of use.

Kid number 4: Nothing yet.

Frons: gone too soon to get info, but I’m hoping he makes a reappearance.

Ethrand: boy there’s a lot to unpack with him. Starting with the fact that he is absolutely terrified of his father. He was shaking after ripping out Occtis’ heart and being called by his father, cowering at the mansion while Primus yelled at him, visibly guilty when Occtis’ death was mentioned, and nauseous when his father killed Hannan. Out of all the Tachonis kids that might turn to the magpie’s side, I have a feeling that Ethrand might be it. He seems just one mistake away from becoming the next family scapegoat, and I feel that all of his motivations so far have been to avoid that no matter what. His redemption arc would be incredible for sure.

Kid 7: I’m most interested in this Tachonis kid. They are the closest in age to Occtis and Ethrand, they are the child born right before the one without sorcerous ability, and while we’ve seen flashbacks of Ethrand and Occtis, I find it very interesting we haven’t seen any hints of his next oldest sibling.

Occtis: obviously we have the most evidence for abuse effects on our sweet undead wizard, but it’s heartbreaking just how much Occtis tried to prove himself and earn his father’s love despite literally being cast aside and sacrificed. I would love to see how Occtis deals with recognizing the ways his siblings were abused in comparison to him.

Honorable mentions: Trimus ( got choked by her scary ass big brother), Tertia ( poor baby sacrificed herself to be useful to her uncle and dad), random Tachonis attendant Primus had Wic kill.

Portrait of a Shadowhand ✨

"knightingale is a canon slowburn and i think occtis and thimble are siblings coded!"

"julien is like occtis' older brother. needlemancy is the canon slowburn friends to lovers!"

i am personally not a fan of how some people appear to have drawn the conclusion that people should consider any of these pairings as "canon" when, from my perspective, fans are reading into their own personal interpretation of a dynamic that they want to see while simultaneously ignoring the dynamics these characters canonically have with other characters, namely ones that the actors themselves have pointed out. people should be more open to the idea that others have different (valid!) perspectives. (also what happened to shipping what you want despite it not being canon?)

i used to be interested in the occtien/knightingale dynamic in the beginning, but some fans quickly started shoehorning Thaisha into the role of Julien & Occtis' mom when Aabria was EXPLICITLY against that interpretation of her character considering she ships Julien & Thaisha, and Julien & Thaisha have also explicitly expressed their attraction towards one another. their relationship being conveniently ignored for the sake of a specific yaoi dynamic gave me the misogynoir ick and turned me away from the pairing. let's disregard the Davinlloy potential by forcing Thaisha into the role of a mammy once again!

i still see the potential in occtis and julien for what it is - but nothing they have done so far has indicated to me that either of them are attracted to the other.

same with thimble and occtis' interactions - their care for each other could be read in a platonic/familial way. thimble and occtis are very close to one another and have been friends for a while, constantly wanting to be by each other's side through their hardships, and that could turn into something more if either of them lean into it. i personally like the dynamic because i'm a big fan of the classic friends-to-lovers, but also i'm a fan of whatever relationship thimble & occtis develop even if it's not romantic

the only thing Alex has said in regards to the potential of relationships has been:

1.) occtis is not interested in a relationship at the moment 2.) occtis had a childhood crush on thimble 3.) jokes about kocctis

when occtigan/kocctis is put on the table - most of the foundation of the pairing comes from Robbie & Alex saying that they might romance each other, and there's only been a resurgence because kattigan has expressed attraction towards occtis in episode 31.