the widespread idea/meme that qifrey and olruggio are living in two different genres where qifrey thinks he's living a greek tragedy and olruggio thinks he is living in a slice of life BL manga is of course very funny, however that is to me a misrepresentation of olly's perspective specifically. I think olruggio thinks he's living in a slightly depressing piece of nordic social realism cinema about how life will never be quite what you wanted it to be and all you can do is get to terms with that as best you can and then either way one day you'll at least die
#but before that. another deadline. and maybe qifrey will sun tzu him into eating a nice meal out in the fresh air and sunlight#like it isn't quite knowingly orpheus and eurydice or sisyphus and prometheus from his POV#but there's a lot of playing coy footsie with alcoholism and worrying your best friend is slipping into another manic episode#and whether you'll have to step in as your job as the resident child protective services really demands this time#all the while ignoring the ptsd elephant in your room b/c you're employed so idrc about that right now (this bill is due one day)#themes I hope I'm not making myself too controversial in assuming#don't really have a big presence in the cosy cottagecore BL subgenre#I do think people sometimes overstate how contented olly is with the status quo -- the way he lives does not tell me of a happy man#olruggio is where he wants to be... to a *point*. he wants to be here more than he wants to be anywhere else#he'd take being in hell with qifrey over being in heaven with anyone else; he can take twenty years of limbo/purgatory just fine#if that's the way to have his emotional support morally ambiguous twink. but that doesn't make this everything he'd dreamed.#ONE DAY THO ONE DAY IT WILL BE stay strong olly we're undooming your little guy from the narrative#<- op I'm yoinking all your tags you're so right#wha#witch hat atelier spoilers
