RainBoneish

(Which is part of why I find Eoleo scarier than king Dean, cause kids are more unpredictable and impulsive than adults (and also cause Eoleo is trying to manipulate other children who might be less aware of what he’s doing than a seasoned politician like Beldaruit))

He’s more likely to run minor experiments (ie blood tests) and just use him and Rili as a hostage than to actually do any kind of permanent physical harm

(I also don’t believe that Deanreldy is evil per se, I don’t think he’s purely power hungry and evil, he genuinely seems to care for the good of the people (while at the same time being a hypocrite cause he didn’t evacuate the ghettos) and rightly criticizes Witch society on some issues but he also wants to consolidate all the power in himself and will abuse his power to gain more)

Just like Beldaruit showed his ugly side while dealing with Custas (pointed cap witch high society is quite classist and elitist in general and even Bel’s disability and general benevolence doesn’t absolve him of similar prejudice/abuse of his position)

The whole dichotomy between the Ezrest family and the Witches both abusing their power in a way is fascinating and I love how it interacts with the separation between magic and medicine and isn’t just a one dimensional “political ruler craves more power” plot line the way it seems to be with the other royals in the Peninsula

The whole emphasis/conflict around the separation of medicine and magic through multiple major characters is extremely interesting to me (on a personal level cause I am in the medical field) and I love how much this story deals with ableism and medical ethics

Also Qifrey’s willowy (heh) ass arm to a random Kalhn resident:

“Your beard transplant was a success”

“where’s Dagda”

“who do you think gave you the beard hair” looking character models

do especially appreciate how there was a line where it seemed like Custas was trying to compete with Tartah for Coco’s affections only for the two of them to both end up on the other side together

they all truly went “but i’ve got a job (going through witchy horrors) so idrc about that rn” and i love that for us, subvert those expectations

i have a feeling that the reason Hieheart is looking to talk to Qifrey is cause someone messed with Jujy’s memory in a way that did damage to her brain

(a possible side effect of memory erasure that was mentioned early on in the manga that we haven’t really seen happen yet in the story, i thought it would happen to Nolnoa but we haven’t seen any signs of that)

it would explain the sad way he is looking at his apprentice and her seeming kind of subdued compared to her usual personality

plus it seems like the circumstances of how Qifrey arrived at the great hall are known so it would make sense for an acquaintance to reach out if they had a related issue, especially if they felt they couldn’t go to the Knights about it (the other people very familiar with memory erasure) or if they ended up unable/unwilling to help like the last time someone (cough cough only offering deportation/exile to one of their own lol) tried to get their help post memory manipulation

take all of Jujy’s pain and give it to Esthies tbh

he’s a three dimensional character and he truly deeply cares for the girls, and i do believe that on some level it was a real possibility that he is conscious of that telling her his secrets would be enough to turn him into a tree in the way it does when Olrugio finds out, but i do also think that he intentionally told her that to make her stop asking questions

instead of a plant growing out of heartbreak because of perceived unrequited love, for Qifrey the treeification happens when Olruggio accepts him and loves him despite everything, and in both cases memory erasure is part of the cure

a) a reflection of how a lot of traumatized people end up afraid that letting go of their trauma will result in them losing a defining part of themselves

or if

b) it’s a commentary on how a lot of creative people feel that they create better art when they are suffering on some level

or

c) it’s representing a secret third thing

or d) all of the above