"It's difficult to explain. But when I think back on that day, the only anger I feel is towards myself. For not trusting you."
We're in the goddamn olympics with the level of mental gymnastics we're doing in order to make what Annabel did okay.
Annabel herself is over here telling you she's betrayed you (and yes it's a betrayal because no matter what she may have had planned, you two still died because of her silence/compliance/whatever the fuck) and you're going, "No, no, it was my fault for being jumpy when the police barged in and waved their guns at me and told me the charade is over while you're looking despondent saying [Forgive me.] I should have just gone with them without a fuss like you told me and everything would have been Fine because you are brilliant and always have a plan™ even though you didn't take 2 minutes of your time to just inform me of what the hell you're doing—"
Haven't trusted a whiff from this woman THIS ENTIRE COMIC while she's been infinitely more transparent with her plans and now suddenly you're pulling THIS out of your ass while having zero information?
Lenore, please for the love of Gretchen, how is it that when I need to see that you care you don't show it but when you have EVERY RIGHT to despise her you're suddenly jumping to canyon wide excuses and rationalizations to the point of blaming yourself.
Yeah, let's trust this woman who has betrayed you like five trillion times with your life again. Went so well the last two times!
See this is the problem, isn't it? Isn't it? Because the more we make Annabel do shit that goes directly against Lenore for """Reasons""", the more we're having Lenore forgive and the more annoying it becomes to read because of the ~romantic~ lens its constantly being filtered through.
She's not even forgiving her on the basis of what she's done in Nevermore (which is nothing)! It's because of some nebulous plot feeling she has of "I'm sure you had a plan, babygirl, and I ruined it. Sorry."
????????? am i having a strkoe
Even the reading of "Lenore can't make herself trust Annabel because of something that happened at the end of their lives" is now completely useless, too. She doesn't give a singular flying fuck about it.
"But it's such a bad moment, Annabel's dying! Of course she's not going to make it a problem right now." Sure, yeah! Fuck it! Once Annabel figures out how to save her, Lenore will pivot again and be like "Actually, I hate you, how could you—" I can't wait!
