#arajen

Arabella is from a small au of mine where Jen has an childhood ‘imaginary friend’ who was actually a young witch. I mean, if Athy has a millennial aged wizard, it’s only right for the lovely princess to have a witch ;)

—aka, Jennette and her future witch girlfriend :)))

Arabella dislikes Ijekiel and Roger, in a way where she judges them but would be able to bear with them if she had to.

Arabella was jealous of, but still interested in, Athy at first because of how much Jen unconditionally loves her as well as the fact no one has actually seen or met Athy aside from a very rare and quiet few.

Arabella grows to dislike Athy (jealousy aside) after meeting her a few times via tea parties

Arabella hates Lucas

To Arabella, Lucas is some sort of Magic purist, a hypocrite, someone who has no qualms about using the black magic he himself condemns so fervently (in this AU, black magic originated from human desire and desperation just like normal magic that fluctuates based off of emotion—people just started calling it black magic because human desires become ‘dirty’ and ‘uncontrollable’ when pushed to their limit and this often happened with commoners and those of ‘lower’ birth. Necromancy began by the urge to see dead loved ones again, curses began as cries of lament and justice, spells involving memory and heart originated from wanting to protect themselves from manipulation and pressure from those of higher status and power, etc.)

This is why Mana Beasts are emotional with strong personalities despite being ‘creations’—they’re basically physical manifestations of human emotion

Arabella especially hates the way Lucas treats Jennette and the way he makes it as if being born with black magic (the manifestation of human emotion) is a sin. She always knew something was weird with Jen which is why she stayed around, and only finds out she’s a ‘Chimera’ later on but it doesn’t change anything at all

In fact, it probably makes Arabella love Jennette more—because of course black magic that stemmed from raw human desire and emotion would result in the most lovable emotionally intelligent human she knows.

Which is why she finds Lucas laughable, because of course the hypocritical magic purist who hates black magic but still uses it is the most apathetic and inhumane person ever. Of course the one who constantly shames the only person he personally deems as ‘inhuman’ is more monstrous in comparison.

The reason why the heart freezing curses screwed up Claude and Lucas is because they are both men in/with power. Giving men in power the ability to not feel simply enables their psychopathic tendencies.

This explains Anastasius too—he’s screwed up, but unlike Lucas and Claude, still has his humanity and emotions because he never froze his heart

This also explains Aeternitas