#oc stormcloud

Hi, Liz! How are you today?

Is Jonah’s caretaker actually negligent? Or is there something deeper at play?

Hey Aye, I’m doing great today, I hope the same goes for you! Thanks so much for your question!

This is getting into spoiler territory, but I’ll try to keep the details vague. There is most certainly something deeper at play here.

We can’t ignore the fact that from Jonah’s perspective he’s not been supported by his caretaker during some of the toughest years of his life. So in that sense, we can say that his caretaker has neglected him.

Assuming that neglect comes from a place of wilfully ignoring the calls for help... is not true. Jonah’s caretaker is troubled, mentally and emotionally, and has no support system to help her. She is definitely traumatised and afraid to return to the human world while her human is in pain.

Hello to you too, thanks for the question!! This is a heavy one and I love it.

Forgiveness is most prevalent in Dewdrop and Stormcloud’s character arcs. And like you said, it’s mostly about having to learn how to forgive themselves.

Dewdrop has done some unspeakable deeds that by all means are unforgivable. So Dewdrop doesn’t ask (and doesn’t want) to be forgiven for their actions, but for the reason WHY they did these things. But (and this is super important for me personally as a person with anxiety) the reasons behind their actions are nothing to feel guilty over. Only Dewdrop doesn’t think so and it’ll take a lot of patience and love for them to accept that and begin to forgive themself.

Stormcloud’s journey to forgiveness is less complicated than Dewdrop’s, but no less important. Stormcloud feels guilty for things that happened which were out of her control. But since “it’s a caretaker’s duty to take care of a human” is a mantra that’s been taught to her from the first day of her existence, it’s no surprise she blames herself for all the misfortune that falls on her human. Stormcloud’s arc about self-forgiveness comes to a climax when Stormcloud learns to differentiate when things are out of her control and when she can step in to help her human.

Thanks so much for your question, sorry it took me so long to reply~

Well, as a matter of fact, I did change a major thing, but I did it in June so I don't know if it still counts?

But, let's just say Jonah is demoted to side-character once more, because I was simply not vibing with him anymore. He'll still be important and feature heavily in the story as an adorable, sensitive teenage boy, but we'll see all his development from Dewdrop's perspective rather than from inside Jonah's own head.