#lcb truths

Gonna be real part of why people are so eager to characterize Rien as "sad agencyless dad" and casually ignore that HE CHOOSES TO BE AGENCYLESS its why he's so FASCINATINGLY FUCKED UP the lack of agency and control is HIS FAULT... well its because he's the man in a narrative very much about mothers.

People just really, really hate women, and they are eager to ignore how Rien is an abusive father who acts as if he has no agency or choice when he abuses his partner (Shiomi, maybe not literal but at least symbolically) or child (Ryoshu) even though he has the ability to step outside the status quo and reclaim agency at any time. Like what do we think the narrative is trying to say about abusive fathers here. That Rien is able to hide behind things not being his fault and instead being the actions of his God, synonymous in this text as being social status quo. And that he uses God/status quo as an excuse to indulge in cruelty.

This is also why people are so bizarrely averse to discussing the themes of SA in canto 9, because it centers around Rien and people are incapable of understanding their skrunkly blorbo boy is a villain who has like, themes and shit. The moment it gets Too Real they have to deny it because they can't stand the thought of enjoying a Problematic Character.

Can we please use our thinking caps for one moment instead of compulsively forgiving the tall thin tumblr sexyman in a suit. He's not your new Onceler he's a three dimensional and fascinating villain that commentates on a lot of societal ills. Im not saying to stop liking him he's probably my fav villain of all time I just think ppl's eagerness to forgive him is ironically emblematic of the EXACT FORM of misogyny the canto was discussing

Canto 6 is so amazing and peak and has so many characters with subtle but unique writing. There’s no way you can praise a canto without including the other people in the cast!!!!!!

Not to mention 99% of those people also just completely forget that Catherine is very mentally unstable and also a shitty person and not the innocent could-do-no-wrong person they make her out to be

I‘m totally fine with people interpreting or liking characters their own way but please please please look deeper into the story of canto 6 aside from heathcathy content because it‘s actually such a gem

I love canto 6

What i‘ve seen a lot in the fandom is that people enjoy watering down Heathcathy‘s relationship and just Catherine in general. That irritates me a LOT!!!

In Canto VI they make it PAINFULLY obvious Catherine is obsessed with Heathcliff. This is not a healthy obsession. That’s the point. Her obsession with him had even gotten to the point where she even started to starve herself when he left. She fell into some sort of delirium and it got so bad she even started to hate him for leaving her. She became extremely ill and stopped eating and drinking altogether. And even if this is limbus I‘m talking about, book Catherine also shows a lot of symptoms of bpd. I think that maybe should be taken into consideration too.

People also seem to get adult Cathy and child Cathy mixed up, and make Catherine act childish and overly happy whenever she sees Heath, which I find kind of odd,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I know this is rooted in some stereotype of some sort but I just cant PROVE IT!!!

Also Catherine used to insult Heathcliff, and while she did not know the impact of her words on him, she still continued even when Heathcliff became visibly upset. She only saw Heathcliff for who she wanted him to be, and when he didn’t fit that description she didn’t like it and sometimes even got irritated

What I‘m trying to say is that we should start start treating Heathcathy or at LEAST Catherine seriously instead of their complexity being erased or very dumbed down

Sorry if this is all very weirdly worded English is not my first language

I‘m just gettinf really really tired of Catherine being dumbed down into just an a weird fangirl and it hits worse considering I read Wuthering Heights

You are allowed to ship it, of course, who do you takw me for? The shipping police? But I just really want people to start taking this ship more seriously 💔💔

NELLYYYYYYY!!!! I love Nelly so much, she makes me SO SAD, AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!

Canto 6 is my favorite for so many reasons, but one of them is Nelly alone. She's such a compelling antagonist and such a good twist! I love how she contextualizes her relationship with Heathcliff and Catherine at the beginning of the story and then when she turns on them, you start to realize that Heathcliff and Catherine tear everyone apart around them, INCLUDING HER!!!

I CANNOT BLAME HER, IMAGINE KNOWING THAT EVERY VERSION OF YOU CAN NEVER KNOW HAPPINESS OR FREEDOM BECAUSE OF THESE TWO PEOPLE YOU LOVE!!!

She's so awesome and lovely and great, and GOD I just want her to know happiness, I want her to have her world where she's free, not beheld to the whims of the Earnshaws, I want her to be loved by those she loves!!!