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GO OFF BESTIE

"we are just like the waves that flow back and forth"

wesper will genuinely always be so near and dear to me wtf do you mean 'safe harbour'.

wylan finding comfort and security within his dyslexia and his subsequent near-death experience as a result of jesper's acceptance of him is so important to me. instead of associating a harbour with those drowning feelings of shame and the hands around his neck, he comes to think of jesper as his harbour to happiness that brings him home.

the fact that it's on a music sheet as well is such a nice detail when you consider the fact that wylan's dyslexia almost got him murdered and now it's being harnessed beautifully to craft art that encompasses not only him, but jesper, who can very much also relate to those feelings of found security and acceptance.

What I got from this is:

That boy is anemic as fuck

Neyar viewed him as less if a threat

There is metal in his hand which is why his pain was centred around it, likely because of the abuse

kaz bringing in the newspaper saying 'look at this', slamming the paper down on the table for for everyone to see and announces the headline 'pekka rollins shits himself in the harbour'. it's just instinctual to read it out, even though everyone else at the table can read what it says

kaz going to restaurants with the crows and handing wylan a menu saying 'they've got that herb chicken you like'. then he scans it again and points to a couple of things that he also knows wylan likes, and it's so causal and conversational and wylan doesn't feel scrutinised, or as though he's being looked after

(kaz also starts point out things the others like before remembering that they can read the menu and then just stops talking)

kaz and wylan going to coffee shops and kaz goes 'what do you think you're gonna get' before they get there so that wylan doesn't panic inside the shop. and he doesn't leave room for wyan to ask him to read things out, because kaz knows he hates doing that. so they go and kaz just says 'you want syrup in your coffee? they've got vanilla, caramel, or hazelnut'

and it's just so easy and instinctual. it makes wylan feel normal, because being read to isnt a big part of what's going on. kaz just manages to easily slip it into conversation without thinking, as though he does it with everyone

(now imagine wylan isn't there and kaz begrudgingly gets waffles with another member of the dregs (he's getting soft) and immediately goes 'what sort of syrup do you like? because they've got apple, strawberry or chocolate, but it does say you can get a mix' and the dreg is like 'i know? the menu is right in front of me?' and kaz just kind of realises that he doesn't even think about doing it anymore)