#n16

Oprah’s Pearl Necklace: 21 Pearls — Lesson Learned

“You teach people how to treat you.”

«Вы учите людей, как с вами обращаться».

«Insegni alle persone come trattarti.»

I say this not as an author (sporadic and unreliable as I am), but as a reader.

Around this time one year ago I made the devastating discovery that N16 - my favorite Merlin author - was gone.

So were all of the fics. The beautiful, magnificent fics, with their nuanced understanding and overt respect for characters that I still love.

After years as a subscriber, I went back for what was likely the fifth reread of every fic under N16's name, unaware of what had already been lost. I had written journal entries, so touched was I by the prose. I still think about those lost words regularly.

More importantly, I think about my lost words.

I had spent so long as a quiet reader, and the true tragedy is that I had just resolved to give N16 the comments that each masterpiece rightfully deserved.

In taking so long to write them, I robbed a good author.

Would N16 have left the fics up after some effusive reviews? There's no way to know, but I still feel incredibly guilty. To this day, I try to leave reviews on everything I read.

Even a little kind encouragement can go a long way.

I will say I hold nothing against N16 for hiding it all away. I hold perpetual hope that I might one day read them again.

In the meantime, I have some long overdue praise. On the off-chance that you might find this, N, this is for you.

Crystallized chicken?!

Nah fam we screwed

Ninjago is doomed, the ninja slaughtered

LIPSTICK N16 by Anonimux Simmer

How is their dynamic?

Does harumi still tries to "connect" with her only for her to retort with an impressive amount of sass for a 4yo? Does she think of how when all of this is over she will bash that brat's head into a wall?

Does hellspawn cling to her daddy's leg and give her death glares in every possible situations? Does she try to prevent any "romantic" moment/chemistry between the two?

And after harumi is revealed and the ritual "failed" is she going "I told you so" to literally everyone? Does she try to comfort lloyd saying stuff like; "you can't be sad because of her daddy thats what she want" or "there are far better possible mommies out there" or maybe even "im pretty sure she snores in her sleep anyway"

And lastly will there ever be a situation (maybe in s16?) That suddenly golden blond hair becomes long platinum braids, eye color becomes one she saw in the mirror every day, and even the scared look on her face became suddenly painfully familiar as harumi watched for mere few seconds as the green ninja's daughter image was replaced with her younger self

I have to say...that this is by far, my favorite ask from you.

I think Harumi would still try to connect with her, even though their dynamic is initially , 'seemingly nice princess tries every possible way to make a wary child as comfortable as possible in her presence' — I'm saving most of the sass for s16, when hellspawn's only sees this woman as a psycho.

But for s8, (at first) it's more like she's clinging to Lloyd's leg looking visibly uncomfortable. She knows that something is off, but she can't tell what. The ninja don't see anything wrong, and neither does Lloyd. Maybe she's shy. Or maybe the princess' makeup is scary. That's probably why she's acting like this.

Then in Dead Man's Squall, we get to see the death glares thing, which Lloyd reprimands her for when they're alone. The other ninja think it's cute because it just looks like she's jealous of the attention the princess is getting. And when Lloyd tries to stand beside Harumi in the control room, hellspawn reaches for his hand. She doesn't like it when her father and the Harumi are alone in the same room and FSM does something feel off.

But fortunately, after Dread on Arrival, Lloyd finally apologizes to her for dismissing her suspicions. We get to see some father-daughter comfort after that but it's mostly hellspawn doing the comforting because her dad just got himself some trust issues and a broken heart.

"And lastly, will there ever be a situation (maybe in s16?) That suddenly golden blonde hair becomes long platinum braids, eye color becomes one she saw in the mirror every day, and even the scared look on her face became suddenly painfully familiar as harumi watched for mere seconds as the green ninja's daughter image was replaced with her younger self."

YOUR MIND. OH DAMN, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT