But wouldn't it be funny?

Left Brain, Right Brain is a very Hearthstone song.

Childhood Hearth - I am the left brain, I am the left brain. I work really hard 'till my inevitable death brain. You got a job to do, you better do it right, and the right way, is with the left brain's might!

Blitzen: *planting his little crops in Stardew valley, building houses in Minecraft, building his silly little town in animal crossing*

Hearth: *playing COD on a 10 kill streak with absolute focus*

I wonder how much Hearth would have suffered without any means of communication with his kidnappers. Hands bound, as a terrified child, there's nothing he can do.

I wonder how many days it took for Mr.Alderman to send the money, or even get the police involved.

I wonder if he only responded to avoid bad publicity.

I wonder if he was hoping they killed him.

I wonder if Hearth was hoping to be killed.

I wonder if he lost coins for the inconvenience his suffering caused.

Homelessness, being treated as less than a person because you're on the streets, the mental war that comes with having a disability, being outcasted because of a disability/treated as less than because of having a disability, Being Muslim and their practices, being treated like a terrorist because of your religion and having to actively prove yourself every day, being over pressured, feeling "wrong" and "different" because of your interests, feeling like a failure as a person because you're not like everyone else, dealing with the loss of a parent, (arguably) having a narcissistic/toxic parent, having to face your phobias, (arguably) PTSD, the way manipulation can break you, etc. And i haven't even gotten to the second book yet. I'm genderfluid myself, and there is SO much I could say about the way they captured Alex and the way they showed Magnus coming to terms with how he might be queer. And, again, this is just the main cast. There's still the side characters! I'll make another post if people are interested lol.

-Hearth has undiagnosed PTSD

-Hearth has undiagnosed anxiety

-Hearth is undiagnosed autistic (I'm self inserting don't come at me)

-Notice how he's not diagnosed with anything? Yeah, it's because he refuses to get therapy.

-Hearth gets REALLY bad panic attacks

-Hearth's least favorite color is dark, vibrant blue (like sapphire color)

-But white is a close second

-Hearth has to have the walls of whatever room he sleeps in at least a little decorated or he can not sleep

-Hearth sleeps with- like- five blankets

-The reason he wears all black is a mini "fuck you" to white

-Now, Hearth doesn't wear color, but he LOVES color. Not too much bright color, of course, it's overstimulating. But like, Blitzen's outfits? A nice blend of color? YES.

-Hearth really likes drawing, and is getting better. He's best at realism, but thanks to Blitzen's advice, he tries to add some abstractions to it so he doesn't panic about it not being perfect

-Hearth likes to stock shelves and manage inventory at Blitzen's Best just to help Blitzen out. Blitz tries to pay him for it. Hearth refuses.