#torchflower

not quite how that went!

its more like you were EXTREMELY AWARE about the law hunting you down and KNOWINGLY went to Lomedy for restocks, even with the knowledge that they have already threatened him to get to you

so in actuality, the real reason he got arrested is your own goddamn pride and lack of care of what may happen to the people who are connected to you

Low key forgor to post this

Man aurafarmed, monologued, character developed and slayed and all the while his (not) dead best friend was just sitting waiting for a rescue.

And I know Lomedy got his tongue stuck on an ice spike and was stuck for hours istg

please keep in mind that this was written before parrot’s upload! apologies if this is disorganized, hard to understand, or repetitive 🙇

i don’t think torchflower are toxic for each other. they have bettered one another in many different ways, whether it be lomedy teaching flame how to appreciate the simpler things in life or flame encouraging lomedy to finally stand up for himself. i do, however, agree that their relationship isn’t perfect.

firstly, lomedy doesn’t try to deter flame from pursuing his goals. he has no issues with him pursuing the title of “grand combat master” or “the strongest”, it’s when flame kept dragging him into trouble that he stood his ground. in fact, lomedy even encouraged flame to keep pursuing them (e.g. when flame was hunting down wemmbu). the argument they had in the first mist episode came from a place of worry, not because he disagreed with the other’s goals.

i’ve seen people say that he considers himself morally superior, but i don’t think he does. lomedy doesn’t expect people to follow the same morals he does (the only exception is when flame was residing at his base). his morals were originally brought up in their argument because despite his constant complaints and insistence to stay out of fights, flame kept bringing them to him, which endangered both of their lives.

secondly, lomedy didn’t take advantage of flame. during the farm war, he proposed a deal with flame, a maxed out horse in exchange for his support. there was mutual benefit here. lomedy kept his word, he gave flame the horse after their deal was done. flame wasn’t forced to help lomedy, he could’ve said no if he wanted to. he made flame follow the farmer code because his base, his rules. moreover, flame was the one who was egging on lomedy to get back at spongs and willision. in the end, they both enjoyed themselves.

thirdly, lomedy is not manipulative. like in the farm war, he didn’t force flame to join cindercrest, flame willingly joined them.

if anything, lomedy is the one who’s being manipulated here.

he’s not immune to propaganda, nobody is. flame manages to see cindercrest for what they are because he has had first-hand experience while lomedy only has second-hand experience. flame used to be in the mafia and, as far as we know, the most interaction lomedy has ever had with the mafia is through his old teammate.