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OH the heartbreak. Even though he was just running towards the ruins, when he sees the tiny child starting to melt away HE COMES ALL THE WAY BACK. He can’t stand it. Lava Lamp just can’t turn his back on this boy who has shown him only open friendliness now that he’s about to disintegrate. He’s gritting his teeth. His eyes look watery. His head is down as he rushes back and HOLDS THE CHILDS TINY HANDS IN HIS OWN.
Oh lava lamp you absolute sweetheart. This is going to suck for you.
As HARD as he had tried to make himself, as much as he PROMISED Watanuki that he’d do ANYTHING that needed to be done, when he sees this small kid start to slip away he comes right back again.
(And what is the thought in his head that hurts him so much when he sees this? Does he empathise with children in general? Is it because he too was a child when his life was stolen from him?
Is it because the boy in his youth is too similar to Sakura at this age? Or perhaps to Syaoran? Is it because watching a child melt away is too similar to Sakura disintegrating into petals in Nihon? Or was Watanuki this age when he last saw him, before this all started, and the disappearing child is too similar to ignore?)
OH MY HEART.
Clamp took the knife and TWISTED IT.
EVEN THOUGH lava lamp knows that being trapped in a time loop isn’t the same as living, it still kills him that he did this.
(And who else would know this first hand but Lava Lamp, who was trapped in place for YEARS without moving forward from this same age?)
Even though he KNOWS that’s not life, not really, he cannot MAKE himself ignore this. He’s ingrained this into his SOUL as he holds this tiny child close and comforts him in his final moments. Lava Lamp will never forgive himself that this was the price he paid for fulfilling that wish, even though he knows he HAS to do it. He’s going to blame HIMSELF for this - even though this couldn’t possibly be put on him.
Lava Lamp will take on the price of EVERYTHING himself if left to his own devices. Unlike some other characters, he hasn’t yet learnt how much self sacrifice hurts other people - because he can’t. He doesn’t HAVE other people to hurt with his sacrifices, so he’s been left unchecked in his methods of piling EVERYTHING onto himself and calling it justice, thinking it a fair price.
Move over Syaoran, move over Watanuki, move over FAI. We SOMEHOW have a new challenger for the King of Self Sacrifice and he’s making a serious case for himself.
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It's so funny to see Hotel Dusk fans find my blog cuz i just watch them like all of my Hotel Dusk posts all at once and then leave
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I’m working out to get as skinny as possible again 🙄 the grass is greener there
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Me: okay this Talmud final only has 6 questions. It won't be that bad. I won't need to take a day off work to deal with this
Me, three hours later with a headache: fuck I'm gonna need to take a whole week off at the rate I'm going
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oh. they dont love me anymore. they dont respond to my messages or answer my questions. oh. isnt that just what i wanted? to be unloved, forever untouched?
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Please, for the love of god, please don’t be this person. No matter how long it’s been since an update, no matter how many unfinished stories are sitting on their account, no matter what - do not be this person.
Not only is it insanely rude, but you also do more damage than you think be being such a self-entitled ass about something someone created for free and for fun. “This author” can see what you say.
RIP decency indeed.
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