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character names keep me alive, toh is my lifeblood.

i am literally obsessed and this show really does provide (i still have to add more smh my head dana terrace why do you do this to me jk i love it so much please never stop) COPY AND PASTED FROM DOC UNDER BREAK

NAMES INCLUDED:

FIRST NAME

LILITH

EDA

LUZ

KING

WILLOW

GUS

ASSORTED BLIGHTS

LAST NAME

BLIGHT

CLAWTHORNE

NOCEDA

PORTER

PARK

BUMP

MISCELLANEOUS

BELOS

HIERONYMUS AND BOSCHA

ADEGAST

HOOTY

OWLBERT

KIKIMORA

GWENDOLYN

RAYNE

NOTE EVERYTHING BEFORE GWENDOLYN AS OF 6/24/21 WRITTEN WITHOUT SEASON 2 KNOWLEDGE, TO BE REVISED, REVISIONS IN BOLD!

Hello and welcome to the ramblings of a mad man. Before we get into it I think you should note that I do write like I talk because I think like a talk and I write how I think, so if you are confused as to why it sounds like i’m not making sense its because I'm not making sense also my capitalization and punctuation suck so sorry about that but we don’t have time for technicalities in this house. TO ADVENTURE!

FIRST NAME

LILITH

EDA

LUZ

KING

WILLOW

GUS

ASSORTED BLIGHTS

LAST NAME

BLIGHT

CLAWTHORNE

NOCEDA

PORTER

PARK

BUMP

MISCELLANEOUS

BELOS

HIERONYMUS AND BOSCHA

ADEGAST

HOOTY

OWLBERT

KIKIMORA

GWENDOLYN

RAYNE

GILBERT

FIRST NAME

LILITH

Ok so because I'm lilith’s bitch we are gonna start with her because her name is so cool and I love her and we should be besties Lilith hmu. Anyways as most people know Lilith is a pre existing mythological character which makes this very much good because that means it’s all outlined. Most people know her as a demonic figure, which I very much dig but similar to our lovely queen of curses out here, that's not all she is. There isn’t going to be a chronological explanation of similarities and conclusions, cope. The basic gist is that Lilith was this chick with fiery red hair (this is important iykyk) who refused to be beneath or below adam, more specifically to subjugate to him, funny because of the tapestry with belos what says subjugation on it, probably a coincidence but I do not believe in coincidence right now. Anyways basically she runs off and becomes this chick who like snatches children and will make them sick if they don’t have an amulet with the names Senoy, Sansenoy, or Semangelof on them, thats a different story but what I find interesting is this one passage,

“(12) Her nobles shall be no more, nor shall kings be proclaimed there; all her princes are gone. (13) Her castles shall be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She shall become an abode for jackals and a haunt for ostriches. (14) Wildcats shall meet with desert beasts, satyrs shall call to one another; There shall the Lilith repose, and find for herself a place to rest. (15) There the hoot owl shall nest and lay eggs, hatch them out and gather them in her shadow; There shall the kites assemble, none shall be missing its mate. (16) Look in the book of the LORD and read: No one of these shall be lacking, For the mouth of the LORD has ordered it, and His spirit shall gather them there. (17) It is He who casts the lot for them, and with His hands He marks off their shares of her; They shall possess her forever, and dwell there from generation to generation.”

And there are separate part of this that I find relevant, especially the description of the location, i’m not all that familiar with symbolism of animals in religious texts, so i’m gonna take it at face value and say that this is more or less a description that could be given to the physical owl house itself, sort of a place for people who don’t fit in, its a little messy and I guess one could say overgrown, but it’s a place for anyone, a place to rest now hopefully for Lilith away from the coven, there shall the Lilith repose. On top of that we see the “the hoot owl…” and you’re probably thinking what that so crazy wacko because like why are they referring to Lilith as the hoot owl isn't Eda the owl lady, yes she is. That’s why the actual meanings of lilith’s name that come from her mythological depiction as a demon lady are so important. We have night monster, night owl, night spectre, vampires, night hag, night creature, nightjar (which is another kind of bird), and night bird, all of these seem to fit lilith’s dark aesthetic very nicely which is very good for her, but there are two other ones, hot owl and screech owl, which draw her closer to Edaand away from the coven and her depiction in the mid-later episodes of the show as a monster for cursing eda, but also the name night monster could come into play if while sharing the curse Lilith acquired some of its traits, similar to Ed aas the owl beast. Ultimately, we have this little red head girl who eventually fights back against the men who are attempting to get her to be under them, for the character that is belos, for the other Lilith that is adam, god, and his angels, and now hopefully both of them will find solace and repose among the owls in a place they never thought they’d belong. All this talk of owls and god brings us into the other clawthorne baddie:

Lilith did find her repose! I love her staying in the owl house, get it queen oh yuh.

EDA

For this I'm going to use her full name edalyn, because you know like that’s just how it be it is her name. There isn’t a wiki page for her name like there is for Lilith which makes this a little bit harder but the general consensus seems to be that it means something along the lines of “gift of god”, which I find very interesting. If you are going to name a child gift of god i’m assuming that you are referring to the child themselves, but I don’t think that really applies to eda. I’m not religious, but its my impression that someone who lies, cheats, pranks, and steals their way to the top and isn’t exactly the most responsible witch on the isles and might not be the best gift god could give. I do really love Eda though, her character flaws are still a part of her character, but I think this refers to her powers. Eda considers herself to be the boiling isles gift to magic, which I mean like, have you seen the woman. In agony of a witch we see her at what probably 30% of her power with how much the curse was already tolling on her and how much magic she was probably using to fight it off, and like goddamn. She was almost beating lilith, definitely beating the shit out of her, but she was almost defeating Lilith who was at her full power, and that is just a fraction of what she used to be able to do. Her powers were a gift of god, and I think that the loss of them will greatly affect her. She’s already admitted that she doesn’t know how to do much without her magic, and I think going straight from the second most powerful witch on this isles to having no power at all is going to be incredibly taxing on her, physically and mentally.

Luckily for her the name edalyn also means patience, another thing about her name is that it not only means gift of god, but also similar things like gifted by the gods or even goddess, and this draws a connection to Lilith who is named after a demonic figure, casted out for having defied god, they are quite literally polar opposites on the name spectrum, and we see that a lot in the show, they are completely different people, I mean have you looked at them they don’t even look related, but the funnier thing is that their personalities do the same thing. You’d expect Edain her youth to be a gift from the devil, just ask principal bump, and Lilith seemed to be a goody two shoes who worked her ass off, their names could be switched based off their characters alone.

A random baby name site I found said that :

“Persons with the name edalyn are usually highly flexible and well equipped to making and accepting change throughout their life. They always seek excitement and are sometimes a bit of a risk taker. They are imaginative, and often, through their unconventional way of thinking, are naturally able to solve complex problems with ease. They are quick thinkers and observers who are clever, analytical and versatile”

Which I mean like very much applies to eda, she takes change like a champ, either genuinely or by pretending she’s ok with everything, and is always seeking excitement. Like literally all of the time. Always. I think she takes felonies as a compliment, and one of the biggest changes in her life that she genuinely was able to adapt to and appreciate was

OH MY GOD HER LEARNING THE NEW GLYPHS WAS SO CUUUUTTTEEE, I love her being able to adapt, she really is doing well. As the beginning of separate tides shows, she’s working around it, and is doing a damn good job, living up to her name.

LUZ

Ok I think at this point everyone knows that at this point the name Luz means light, and if you didn't, oopsies now you do. The character Luz was named and designed after a real life person the miss dana terrace knew at the time she was starting to really think about the show, Luz ’s personalty comes more from dana herself and we love that, but the character has really started to grow into her name. This is made most obvious when the first spell Luz learns is the light glyph, not only coming into her own as a witch, but also starting to live up to her name, which along with light also has to do with “Our Lady of Light”, which is the virgin mary, fitting her right in with the other biblical names we got going on here. I really want to stress that I know next to zero about religion, and all of the connections I am making come from wikipedia, so bare with me here. But most of the time mary seems to be this pure, saint like figure, which I think is what a lot of people see Luz as, especially on the isles. I’m going to flat out say that this is in no way meant to pass off Luz as simple minded, pure, or oblivious, because we have seen what that girl is willing to do, she faced death and poked him in the with an ice cicle. In terms of life on the isles, however, she is more or less pure and sheltered, she’s completely new to the world she’s in, but she does quickly adapt, and shows more of her strong side, and remains a good person throughout all of it, taking losses as they come, and not letting them remain losses at the same time.

Back to the whole light thing, we already touched on the whole literal bit of her and the light spell, but can you think of a better way to describe Luz ? She literally brings light everywhere she goes, even Eda admits that she’s changed things for the better, for everyone around her too. Willow got a new friend, probably the first friend she’s had in a long time, and even got to begin repairing her relationship with amity, and got placed in the plant track so she could do the things she loves, all because of Luz . Edagot to grow as a person and a mentor, and finally got someone willing to accept all her eda-ness, unconditionally, someone to really care about that really cares about her back, all because of Luz . Amity got a friend who cares about her, not just her family name and money, someone who supports her and will do anything for her because she is her friend, and a bit of self discovery along the way for amity, all because of Luz . Not a single person on the isles who has had more than 2 minutes of interaction with Luz hasn’t had their lives improved, even belos got his portal, and the thing is that even characters who people might not even consider changed have been, characters such as

Luz my beloved, she seems a little bit less of a light this season, and i do mean little. That’s totally fine though, it’s expected, i didn’t want her to just be this bright shining star after the events of the last two episodes of season 1, and appreciate her going and starting to take the fantasy of the isles with more than just a grain of salt. Obviously like in escaping expulsion, she’s still trying her best to make everything better and make friends with everyone, but there’s something a little different about it and i’m here for it tbh.

KING

The name king itself is obvious, he is royalty, the king of demoNS HIMSELF ASMODEUS hahahaha pulled a sneaky on you now accept my ideas as your own. I am on a mythological name kick, deal with it. The most important thing here is in the bible, asmodeus poses himself as a false god, which I know is something we have all considered with king, that he might be a full on liar, not be a king of anything and is just your ordinary street demon, it’s even come up in the show with him calling himself the king of artists and Luz asking him if he was just making it up at this point. It’s a good theory, I can see it, and this could be used as proof. There is also another legend that paints him as a good natured dude, who eventually banishes the king by literally throwing him, and then he loses his powers and is banished, but this is also the same legend where he marries Lilith and that is not something I am down for. There is another text in which he tells the king (the same one he threw in the other one) that his kingdom will one day be divided and the king does not believe him, and this is the same text where he admits to hating water and birds because they remind him of god. Lets think class, who has the god name and is related to birds here? King’s name by itself holds true to his character, who (regardless of if it is truthful or not) holds himself as if he is a king, and he isn't the only one with a name like that, there is also

WILLOW

Ok I know we all thought it, willow, the plant girl, how fiendishly clever. This also happens to be the only descriptor for her name I could find, which is totally fine because I think it’s a very cute name and willow is also very cute. This means we get to go into the symbolism of the willow tree wwwooooOOOOO aren’t you so very excited I know I am. Its kind of interesting, willow trees seem to match the character, understanding, warm, a safe space really, but most of all the ability to let go of pain and suffering, sometimes outright ignore it, and move on. Willow does always say out of sight out of mind does she not? She is willing to ignore, even excuse people bullying her, be it bosha or even amity, and the moment she got the chance her inner willow decided to try and literally burn the painful memories she had, willing to cause damage just to forget. Willow as a character is very willing to move on like nothing happened most of the time, key word most because another thing about willows is the ability to grow from the pain. Before understanding willow, we never really saw willow stand up for herself until she really had to, but hy the end of the episode she is willing to tell amity that she isn’t willing to fully forgive her, but she’s willing to grow and try. Heck, we see this over the entire first season, we see this little girl who can barely pull it together long enough to stand up for herself grow into this amazing character willing to publicly oppose the emperor and break into his castle for her friend, she tried to full out attack Lilith when 19 episodes earlier she wasn’t able to stand up to amity for bullying her. And I am in no way calling willow weak, she never was, she just needed to find the ability to show everyone that she’s strong, god I love willow so much, you wanna know who else loves willow?

GUS

Gus, my main man, love you but for this we are gonna have to use the full on augustus sorry babes. The name augustus means majestic, or venerable, which while I must say that the illusion of kiki doing the worm was probably one of the most majestic things I have ever seen, I’m going to focus on venerable a bit more here. Venerable is a big word, it means “accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character.”, which for gus the age part might play a smaller part here, but he is good as what he does, Luz and willow both respect him, Eda Respects him, he’s this little dude who is younger than everyone and has to rely on his ability to succeed, not only with his power but with his personality. Gus seems to be confident in himself, communicating with everyone regardless of who they are or what power they hold, similarly to willow he was willing to do anything to help Luz , leading into the second description of venerable, “heroic in nature”. Now, you might be wondering, bestie where ever did you get that description, it totally wasn’t from a religious page okyesitwas but that's fine because being pronounced venerable guarantees a spot in heaven so get it bestie. Overall, the general meaning for augustus is that they are strong, respectable, and powerful, which takes us right into the

Gus, shawty, ily but please stop the obsession with death babes ur starting to scare me. I hope with the upcoming Gus content in TTLGR we will see more of him growing into his powers and such.

ASSORTED BLIGHTS

The blight first names bring me joy so I am putting amity last because I think its really funny, starting off with alador, the name alador evokes diplomacy, correctness, and confidence. We know zilch about alador, but if the vibes of the blight family have anything to say it’s definitely something along those lines. The name odalia means wealth, which I mean like have you seeeen blight manor? Also back at it again with the fact that it’s a variant of the name odilia, like the saint olilia which I don't have ties for you right now because again, we know nothing about her. Edric also means wealth, fortune, riches, powerful, you get the vibes, same thing with emira which means commander, or prince, princess, leader, or star. So you know like we have all these super powerful names happening, and then, oh boy and then we get to little miss perfect herself, amity blight. It means friendship, or harmony. If I was her I would be so mad at my parents like yall have these mad powerful names and I got stuck with friendship? Hand me the emancipation papers. You know what they say, friendship is the real magic (even if no longer taught in schools due to budget constraints). I hope that this leads more into season 2 with amity working on her friendships and ultimately her relationships in general, which we got a bit of already with her working on repairing her relationship with willow, and making the moves to cut off old toxic friendships and moving into more genuine ones with willow, Luz , and gus. I guess you could say that the only thing ALL the blights have in common with each other is their

They are rich assholes, alador is a little wacko, odalia is hot asf dana seriously what the hell man that was out of pocket. The only thing about alador that lives up to his name is his money, odalia seems more obsessed with image and money, and i too am obsessed with her image literally boy what the hell boy.

LAST NAME

BLIGHT

The word blight by itself means a plant disease which boy oh boy can you believe how nicely that fits into amity bullying willow because I sure can. Outside of just the plant bit it overall just means like something that damages another thing, and this works beautifully for each member of the family. The parents are damaging their children, the twins just causing general damage, and amity and her goddamn relationships, but fortunately that whole plant thing brings us into the next couple of last names

CLAWTHORNE

The last name clawthorne means “cold or exposed thorn tree” which had me kind of like what the heck so I went off and had some fun and got you some presents that I think are funny, so there was this guy right, his name was joseph clawthorne, and he created the term whiffenpoof, which is the name for a wildly fictitious animal, things like a jackalope, or even a griffin with spider breath, though I guess that would be the work of a

NOCEDA

Back again with the trees good lord, it means field of nut trees, so again I went into prominent people an found this guy named jorge noceda sanchez, he was a painter and some of his works are kinda baller actually it seems like something that would fit in on the isles, but also not all of the names have a deeper meanings, names like

PORTER

Ok I am like pretty sure this was just meant to be a play on the fact that gus’ dad’s name is perry and is a reporter, get it, perry porter, perry porter, reporter, but nonetheless I did some digging because why the heck not, it means doorkeeper, or gate keeper, someone who guards something like an important building, which honestly I think this would be a good last name for hooty if he ever gets one, but again not all of these are important names at the moment, or maybe they won't ever be at all, names like

PARK

At first I was kinda like l m a o willow park plant girl hahahahah plants in the park parks have trees willow is a tree but then I remembered that someone pointed out that park is a traditionally korean surname and then like a week later disney posted about it for aisian pacific american heritage month which kind of confirmed it, and I don’t know if the whole intention behind it was to establish willow as representation or not, but the surname park by itself means gourd and willow I am so sorry that is so unfortunate LMAOSIFN

BUMP

To be honest I was not expecting bump to have a last name that meant anything but it means swift walker and I think thats funny so you have to know it now

MISCELLANEOUS

BELOS

BIIIITCH LISTEN UPPPP there is a butt tone of mythology surrounding his name and its mostly a different form of it, belus, that is referenced, but same thing different shape. Most of his depiction is as a great king or ruler, in babylonian mythology being the equivalent of zeus of jupiter, which liiikkkkkeeeoajolnjojnkjakjavnjfvdfkjf but its fine everything is great its all ok most importantly, he is recognized as the god or ruler of war, and in that same mythology he lived in babylon, which “... was originally water, and called a sea. But Belus put an end to this, and assigned a district to each, and surrounded Babylon with a wall; and at the appointed time he disappeared.” and idk about you but the smell of him assigning a divide and disappearing smells sour like funky to me babes

HIERONYMUS AND BOSCHA

I am only putting this here because the fact that it’s totally a play on hieronymus bosch makes me cackle and you all have to know it thank you

ADEGAST

B-but brevyn he was only there for like one episode, yeah ok and? Radegast is the slavic god of hospitality, and there is no host like a host that pretends to take you on a mythical quest and then tries to eat you and your mentor and her deranged cat demon, ok? His name translates to “dear guest” or “welcomed guest” and I mean I think if my host tried to suck me into some fantasy would delusion i’d feel pretty welcomed

HOOTY

He is an owl

OWLBERT

He is also an owl

KIKIMORA

First and foremost, she is a little night gremlin who hates children and I think that really fits her, but she is also a little house demon, who is very difficult to get to leave, have we seen her outside the castle? Will she be a spy along with the mask next season? She also has a name that means nightmare or night demon, similar to a certain other night creature we might have heard of a while ago. She tried to strangle children and I love that for her,and she is described as a little old ugly messy haired lady and I feel like her current character has the personality of one so i’ll take it, but what really gets me is her villain origin story, which is that she "grows up with a magician in the mountains. From dawn to sunset the magician’s cat regales Kikimora with fantastic tales of ancient times and faraway places, as Kikimora rocks in a cradle made of crystal. It takes her seven years to reach maturity, by which time her head is no larger than a thimble and her body no wider than a strand of straw. Kikimora spins flax from dusk and to dawn, with evil intentions for the world.”

GWENDOLYN

Ok, the queen herself, haven’t met her yet but like who knows. Not really a whole lot here (my ears are ringing oops one sec ok i’m back hi) anyways um uh rings? Her name right off the bat has a lot to do with rings, and really that only applies to eda, because her ring was a big thing for her, she gave it to lilith, we all watched wing it like witches you know what’s up, but i mean like was that gwen’s ring? I really wanted the hand on eda’s wall to be gwen’s, very upset to see she has all of her body parts so far. I am also not sure if that’s how it’s spelled, but it means the same thing anyways. Also meaning fair or blessed, any woman who created both eda and lilith is probably mad powerful and we love to see it, also she’s a beastkeeper and i like i want to talk about that with eda’s curse but now is not the time for shenanigans (that’s a lie every time is the time for shenanigans i’m just exhausted)

RAYNE

Bitch, sorry, ok listen like um sidebar I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS CHARACTER AND YOU ALL NEED TO KNOW IT but also at this point i’m not really sure about this character, is this their name, is that even how it’s spelled, girl idfk but like whooptydooo I do what I want so cope. Right now, we are assuming that they are the new bard coven head character, and like let me tell you the way that I am fully pissing my pants atm like bestie, anyways, if spelled rayne, then it means counsel or song, and this is why, do you see why this is why we spell it like this? It’s also scandanavian which means like nothing but it’s cool. This spelling fits because like counsel, head of the bard coven, you get it it’s fine, and then song, also head of the bard coven, you know. It fits so well, especially since this is supposed to be a friend from eda’s past, and like is supposed to try and recruit eda for a rebellion against the emperor in the episode eda’s requiem, i cannot convey to you how goddamn excited I am like there are not enough words in this realm or any others to tell you how prepared i am for this character to rock my world.

GILBERT

I AM S O B B I N GGGGG apparently one of willow’s dad’s names is gilbert and that is literally so cute I cannot like actually this knowledge makes up for coronavirus anyways it means bright promise and idk what that even has to do with anything but I love it and you should to omg

Now i have to go update the other characters see you in hell <3

#the owl house #luz noceda #lilith clawthorne #eda clawthorne #gwendolyn clawthorne #amity blight #alador blight #odalia blight #blight twins #willow park #gus porter #principal bump #rayne #hooty #character names

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Defending Christine Daae

I never thought I'd have to write a post with that title, let me tell you.

Because when I first heard of Phantom of the Opera, I was under the impression that everybody loved Christine just as much as I did. I mean, how could you help it? Well, I was wrong. It would seem that there are, in fact, people out there who don't share my exact opinion (shock of shocks) and who dislike Christine for various stupid reasons.

Now, I'm not here to point fingers at anyone or to belittle anyone's opinions in anyway, and blah-de-blah [fill in the rest of long boring disclaimer any way you wish]. But I AM here to defend one of my favourite female protagonists in a work of fiction! And defend her I WILL! IN THE NAME OF THE MOON!

Um, pardon me. Don't know how that last sentence got in there.

Now, on the internet, I've heard some flak about Christine, and though I'm not here to make anyone feel bad (see above) I do want to refute those points about her, point-by-point. (Hmm. Redundancy.) One of the biggest points against Christine is her choice to be with Raoul instead of the Phantom, who *ahem* TOTALLY needed her because he had a bad life and he taught her to sing! My opinion?

I don't think that means Christine owes him love. Appreciation and thanks, yes. But not love. The only thing he ever did that was worth any kind of love was letting Christine go. And she isn't some sort of consolation prize! It's NOT her job to fix the Phantom, only he could fix himself!

C'mon people! The two pretty much fit the qualities of an abusive relationship (emotional manipulation, throwing her around, restricting her from seeing other people etc.) And it’s kinda disturbing. “BUT!” You cry, “CHRISTINE REJECTED THE PHANTOM FOR A SHALLOW REASON! HE WAS UGLY!”

While I do understand what you’re coming from, I would like to inform you that it was actually his toxic behaviour towards her and murderous qualities that drove her away from him and made her choose Raoul. In “Final Lair”, she said one of the biggest burns in Gothic thriller history “It’s in your SOUL where the TRUE distortion lies...” The Phantom's problem isn't with his disfigurement. No, the problem is with what he's allowed his disfigurement to make him. He's become so obsessed with the idea that no one loves him and no one will ever really care for him that he believes anyone who stands remotely in his way is just out to get him. So what does he do? He murders people whom he gets annoyed with. First Buquet, then Piangi, and finally (almost) Raoul. And that is DEFINITELY not okay!

I think Christine saw him as more of a teacher, or a friend, or a... father figure, in a messed up way... which is more evident in the book on how she is both afraid and sympathetic for the Phantom.

While not condoning his actions, I do wish the Phantom could have found someone to love him. Good gracious, his final lines “IT’S OVER NOW THE MUSIC OF THE NIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHHTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” makes me tear up every time. Gah. I'm in danger of sobbing, too, but I really want to get this post done, so I will conquer myself and think of something Funny instead. *thinks* I know! Gerard Butler’s version of the “All I Ask Of You (Reprise)”. That’ll cheer me up and make me laugh XD!

In all seriousness, I know that Erik is unstable and violent. But I also know that he really IS a gentle, misunderstood soul. You can be both, you know. The unstable and violent side of him, unfortunately, triumphed- and his dreams, his desires for love, his castle on a cloud came tumbling down because of it.

And so... onto the next point, another common argument used to bash Christine is that she’s considered to be flat, boring and goes through ZERO development! But in actual fact, there’s so much going on in her head and goes through quite an emotional travesty that it’s almost impossible to call her bland!

She is deeply wounded by the loss of her father, and has this incredible musical talent which stayed in a state of diamond in the rough before being discovered by her “Angel of Music”. He trains her, not realizing that she is becoming the center of an unhealthy obsession, genuinely believing in her naivety that he is some benevolent spirit sent by her father, therefore bringing her a sense of comfort. She is a pious girl, after all, and being religious myself, well, such a reaction from someone who believes like her is believable though naive. Can we blame Christine for that? NO. How is she supposed to guess?

And now, let's talk about "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again", aka. The Christine Empowerment™ song! I feel like the difference between a good portrayal of Christine and a great portrayal of Christine, is based on how good their rendition of this song is. It is a crucial part of the plot. One of the reason The Phantom and Raoul appeal to Christine is because of the connection they represent to her dead father. Of course, Raoul actually knew her father and the Phantom uses his memory to manipulate her. At this point in the show, Christine has become disillusioned with Raoul and is afraid of the Phantom. She realizes through the song that the only way she can’t move forward is through letting go of the past, and getting over the death of her father. This fuels her actions through the rest of the show as it makes her realize that if she wants her happy ending, she must take charge of her destiny and earn her own agency! And the Phantom, trying to use her in the moment where she was probably at her most vulnerable since she is questioning herself about her entire life, only catalyses her decision. She performs in Don Juan Triumphant, because she knows that everything is up to her, and that she cannot let the Phantom keep on destroying her life.

As for her unmasking the Phantom in "Point of No Return", Christine did this in a way to show him that she refused to be controlled by him any longer. It is certainly not the most intelligent thing to do, nor the nicest, but again, her behaviour is explainable. But as said above for Erik, it doesn’t excuse her. And it shows how she was beginning to be able to resist his pull/spell/enchantment/whatever you like to call it on her!

I adore and admire Christine Daae as a character so much, and it was her actions and story arc that really started my love for this story. Christine's ability to love unconditionally and selflessly is so profound. Even though the Phantom put her and everyone else through lots of horrors, she still doesn't hesitate to show kindness towards him but makes sure that her abuser NEVER hurts anyone EVER again. She loves Raoul so much that she's pretty much willing to sacrifice her freedom and happiness so Raoul could be free. No matter what circumstances she is given, she will still put the ones she loves before herself no matter what, even if it means giving up a chance to save herself. I know most of us won’t ever be put in such an extreme scenario but Christine is such an inspiration of how to love others and believe in them despite flaws and bad sides. She inspires me to see the good in people. It’s so easy to be cynical and hardened in this world, and I think that Phantom of the Opera reminds us to have kindness and light in our hearts, even in challenging circumstances.

I would also like to add another moment of character. Think what it must have taken to prepare for the female lead role in a 3-act opera. Christine wasn’t even an understudy. In a matter of minutes, she went from member of the ballet corps to the lead role, and she had to rehearse and remember new music, character, blocking, and vocals. Not only did she prepare in time, she performed so well that she became a hit. This reveals, not only the skill and beauty of her voice, but also her concentration, diligence, and acting capability. Everyone hails the Phantom as the ultimate musical genius—and he is—but they overlook the implied extent of Christine’s skill.

She went through the loss of both parents, manipulation, being stalked, and knowing that the person she loves most has his life on the line - because of her. And then she literally gets off of her knees and shows her abuser the first form of kindness he has ever known. Not even the Phantom was strong enough for that; he gave up on the world far too early. Christine is the embodiment of courage and kindness; she teaches us to love and forgive those who have been awful to us, and to protect those we love even if it means our own suffering. But she no longer succumbs to the Phantom and makes sure her abuser never hurts anyone EVER again. Seriously, this girl is AWESOME! And this was in the 18th century! It's really sad that such a great character is overlooked by many...

It seems that Leroux really understood women... That we can be emotional, we are vulnerable but not weak... And emotion really helps us when we keep them in control!

Christine, in a nutshell, is a kind, observant, compassionate, trusting young woman–a too trusting at first–but with a spine of steel and determination once she’s drawn the line. She loves people deeply, but she picks up quickly on the realities of the situation. She has the strongest character arc in the story and makes the choices to grow and to move on. Yet she remains gentle and compassionate, uses her love to bless and not manipulate. She’s a layered character who grows. And there’s so much more to her than meets the eye.

#christine daae #Christine daae defense league #phantom of the opera musical #phantom of the opera #the phantom of the opera #poto #character analysis #I'm in the mood to talk about her rn #She's seriously awesome #And it's sad not many people see her like that!

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Thor: Ragnarok Review

The strength: the brothers’ chemistry. The weakness: tonal disjunctions and choppy pacing. Overall rating: B/B+. I was both disappointed in ways that I expected to be, and pleased in ways that I didn’t. If you are a Loki fan, see this movie. If you are a Thor fan, see this movie. If you are a Loki’s Resistance member or someone who has suffered from family bullying, abuse, or neglect, maybe be careful about seeing this movie. It could trigger.

See under the read-more for a breakdown.

--Before I say another thing: I am SO PROUD of Loki. Even though he is STILL LOKI, who deceives, changes, and shifts convictions, he also REPEATEDLY, thanklessly and without recognition tried to save Thor’s ass, both when Thor was first forced to be a “contender,” and when he arrived on a giant ship that boarded the Asgardians safely from a Surtur-burned Asgard, AND when he risked his life to release Surtur at Thor’s request. Loki, who is not a hero, still did heroic things. And the tension between his trickery and his capacity for goodness remains. And that delights me.

--The recurring motif of Thor and Loki and Loki casting a doppleganger/illusion, the idea of him “being there” and “not really being there,” is wonderful, and is indexical on a deeper level of Loki’s willingness to let down barriers against trust, out of love for Thor. More on that Later.

--The only thing that I miss about Loki’s characterization is his ferocity. He seemed a little TOO benign in this installment. It’s subtle but Loki is vicious and I missed the viciousness. The only time we catch a glimpse of it is when he’s talking to Bruce (which is a brilliant moment).

--I DESPISE that we were never given an explanation for Loki’s “death” or how he could “fake it” so profoundly well. I also feel like it might have been nice for someone to recognize that what he did, whether he faked his death and ran off to take the throne or not, was still done out of love for his brother.

--The entire Dr. Strange scene was pointless advertisement for another MCU character, done I am convinced because Dr. Strange did hideously in the box office and needed a signal boost, and was implausible given Loki’s lifetime of training in sorcery. Given that Loki fell to his attempted death of suicide in the first film, it is insensitive and unnecessarily cruel to make him “fall for thirty minutes.” The worst part is that it interrupted the narrative flow and took time away from Odin’s death scene.

--I’m on the fence about Hela being Thor and Loki’s older sister. It drastically alters the sibling dynamic. This may be something I just still need to get used to as I’m fresh from the movie. I wanted to see more of a thing pushed where Thor realizes that Loki, UNLIKE Hela, is still invested in the welfare of their family and home. --I am surprised and ultimately pleased at Odin’s gentler, more redeemable characterization. I am pleased that Frigga talked to Odin through the separation between Valhalla and earth and obviously got through to him about a number of things. I am pleased that Odin called BOTH Thor and Loki his “sons” (which obviously had a positive effect on Loki) and said he loved them and failed them, finally owned up to his culpability in the family’s messed up dynamic. And I loved that he went to Norway and that Norway is probably where “New Asgard” will be. At the same time, I feel like it was too little, too late. Did he really have to be so rigid and machinating through his whole life and leave both his sons so scarred? So it’s bittersweet.

--Odin to Loki: “Your mother would be proud.” :’) --Thor losing an eye was shocking, but I ultimately like it, and hope that it implies that he will follow in Odin’s footsteps but with greater compassion. --Heimdall also finally won me over in this installment, rescuing and caring for the Asgardians after Hela took over.

--I do not agree with or understand why Loki was portrayed as a glory hounding lazy monarch. It’s antithetical to the fastidiously hard working obsessive character we’ve seen before. Yes, the big statue was funny, and yes, the play was (mostly) funny, but I cringed a little bit at how OOC it was, just to provide a joke. I was also disappointed, though I knew I would be, that Thor and Loki’s reunion was rushed and made funny. At the same time I loved how Thor was perceptive to Loki’s deceits; in an odd way it shows how close they are. More on that later. --Also, a thing about the play that rubbed me the wrong way was the part where Loki’s written or sanctioned it so that the Odin actor openly discusses his real racial heritage???? Because he’s???? A very private person, and used to be utterly ashamed of that part of his identity???? And I mean don’t get me wrong, I’m GLAD he’s evidently learning to move past his internalized racism, but it also seems like a huge jump in four years????? And also not something to joke about in the first place????? --Which leads me to the humor for which this film has been praised. I both agree and disagree. The humor was largely effective, but in parts, felt like an unnecessary strain on a scene that should be serious. For instance, things that brought the epic characters down to a relatable level, like Thor hitting himself with the ball he threw against Hulk’s wall, or Hulk’s disappointment at not being allowed to kill Surtur, or Valkyrie being so drunk that she fell off her hovercraft, were hilarious and great. --My main complaint is that there were too many flashy fancy action sequences, which make for a fun movie, but crowd out potential scenes to show character background and development. All the scenes we got with Thor and Loki were solid gold, and yet they went by at 30 second to 2 minute intervals and I was left thinking “wait? what? it’s over already???? come back!” --Hela was a badass with so much potential but her characterization was extremely flat. We were shown that she was ambitious and iconoclastic, but we got no window into what made her that way, or the nature of her relationship with Odin. And I attribute that flaw to the issue above. --Same goes for Valkyrie. Wonderful potential. Adore her. Also think she’d be better shipped with Bruce than Thor but that’s neither here nor there. But I wanted more than Loki’s magical mind-reading flashback of her last battle with Hela to see what sort of person she’d been and could be. --Bruce’s scenes were touching and enjoyable. I’ve always loved Bruce and his self-sacrificial act of Hulking out again during the battle with Fenrir was deeply moving. --I love Jeff Goldblum, he was delightful, and his portrayal of the Grandmaster was a salient and much needed satire on political leaders who are really greedy glorified entertainers (read: Donald Trump) but I also felt like he was over-utilized at the expense of other characters, and, again, for the sake of humor, when both jokes and action sequences were already well covered. --I found it contemptible that Volstagg, Fandral, and Hogun were killed so quickly and unceremoniously--again, to cram in more flashy action sequences. That was jarring and sad, even though I know it fulfills the events in the comics. Skurge’s death was made more meaningful than theirs and that felt wrong. Also, why was Sif missing????

--I love the notion that “home is not a place but a people.” Personally, I really needed to hear that.

Now to the most controversial issue: Thor and Loki’s relationship: I believe that Thor was frequently unfair to Loki and did not recognize how his own hasty words and actions precipitated Loki’s now hardwired bad habit of dodging and double-crossing. When he blamed Loki for Odin’s death and Asgard’s fall into disarray, that was unfair. Let’s not even go into how Odin’s parenting directly contributed to Loki’s depression, caustic jealousy, and instability. Beyond that, Loki did not kill Odin or even make him uncomfortable; he left him in an old folks’ home with a benign memory loss spell. And he sure as fuck did nothing to release Hela; Odin was dying already because IT WAS TIME FOR RAGNAROK, NO MATTER WHAT, AS THOR HIMSELF LATER REALIZES. LOKI DID NOT PRECIPITATE RAGNAROK. And that Thor never acknowledges this later is poor writing. The fact that Loki reaches out verbally to comfort Thor in that moment, when a storm is brewing, and Thor responds with that overblown accusation, is also kind of awful.

Later, when Thor is trapped in the room with the other warriors, and Loki appears in doppleganger form, and Thor throws objects through him while he’s telling him that he put a wager on him, and to be careful, and survive so that eventually the two of them can assassinate the Grandmaster and get out, that whole scene is a nice touch.

You already all know what I think of the elevator/lift scene and “Get Help.” It’s painful but it also shows that for centuries these two have worked together and know each other inside and out. Same goes for the anecdote of Loki turning Thor into a frog and the anecdote of eight year old Loki turning into a snake and Thor picking it up and Loki surprising him with a knife lol.

The very worst moment for me was indeed when Thor used the shocking implant on Loki. It wasn’t even that Thor did it, because yeah, Loki was gonna sell him back to the Grandmaster (though I doubt Loki thought Thor would live out his life and die on Sakar). What bothered me was HOW LONG he left him lying there writhing in EXCRUCIATING AGONY. I also found it ironic that Thor is preaching on about how Loki “could be better but doesn’t want to change” (though it’s true, I admit!) when Thor literally could say the same words verbatim to and about himself. :/ And the way he was taunting Loki, it was....very cold and ooc for Thor.

It’s important to note how Loki tried to bring attention to other people so they could empathize with his situation. He isn’t even asking people to feel sorry for him, he JUST WANTS THEM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNFAIR ODDS. From “feels bad to be lied to, doesn’t it?” to “THAT’S what it’s LIKE!” about the Hulk smashing.

I teared up and laughed happily when Thor conducted all his lightning into blasting Hela off the balcony of the palace, and Loki looked up mid battle and smiled with such knowing pride. I DIED!!! In that moment!!!! <3 BROTHERS!!!

Also, note that Thor says “You’re late!” to Loki, which implies that even though he slowed Loki down on Sakar, he never expected Loki not to eventually join and help him. Loki does NOT deny it, he simply says, with a bit of fussy concern and amusement, “You’re missing an eye!”

You can argue that their relationship is salvaged later, and certainly by the end of the film, they are in a better place than they’ve been since before the first Thor movie. The only thing that bothers me is that Thor seems to take that for granted, as the way it always should have been, without acknowledging how far they’ve come, or how often Loki has tried to meet Thor halfway without compromising his own agency/selfhood.

However the whole movie was worth it for me for a scene in the last five minutes. “I’m here.” What more do I need to say about that wonderful moment? When throughout the film and all the implied earlier films a major point of their friction has been Loki’s absence, his evasion, his two-faced deceit, and instead, here, he chooses to make himself vulnerable, to be honest, to be present, in order to comfort his big brother. <3 The hug DOES happen, guys. It’s just off-camera. :’)

#thor: ragnarok #ragnarok #thor #loki #loki meta #meta #ragnarok spoilers

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Unweave, Unwind, Unravel

The second thread that goes with ‘on the lam’; Castiel and Samandriel ( @actually-my-name-is-samandriel) conspire together to hide the original angel tablet, to make a decoy -- which is kind of funny, honestly -- and then to erase Cas’s memory of all of that so he thinks he has the original angel tablet, and can protect both the real one and his brother at the same time.

For most of us, there is only the unattended Moment, the moment in and out of time, The distraction fit, lost in a shaft of sunlight, The wild thyme unseen, or the winter lightning Or the waterfall, or music heard so deeply That it is not heard at all, but you are the music While the music lasts. These are only hints and guesses, Hints followed by guesses; and the rest Is prayer, observance, discipline, thought and action. -T.S. Eliot

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It was unwittingly Charlie Bradbury, with her inaccurate recreation of Medieval times – and Castiel observed several people walking around with plastic objects stuck to their ears, which puzzled him even moreso that this larp thing did – that gave him the idea. Boredom was no object for him, though restlessness often was; still invisible to humanity, he walked around the table taking in her battle strategy.

It was quite good, for a young human who had never been on a real battlefield. He could see several different avenues, and she had picked one of the better ones, in terms of where to position her troops and where to send out decoys.

It was that last thought, then, which lit up in his mind like a beacon.

A decoy, he thought, picking his head up and looking off with narrowed eyes unseeing, picking through the possibilities.

Castiel was many things, but one thing he had always been was a good tactician. If there was one skill he could claim to possess, it was inventiveness in the face of possibly overwhelming odds, and so this was how his plan was born. He didn’t stay during the day, then, at Charlie’s Moondor tent. He took off like a shot, so fast that he ended up sending parchments rolling in the wake of his wings, and went to go set it into motion.

It was, then, a day after he had left his brother to go search for Charlie, and only several hours after meeting Charlie, that he landed back in his brother’s small flat with the blood-streaked Angel Tablet in one hand. And despite bloodstained fingers and despite the fact that he was moving gingerly, he looked every bit of ready to go to war. And never really thought to mark it as a tragedy how easy war really was for him, either.

“Samandriel?”

actually-my-name-is-samandriel:

Samandriel was working on a painting when his brother returned to his flat. It was a forest, the Black Forest in Germany, one that Samandriel had visited from time to time on his visits to Germany around the time of such terrifying fairy tales as those of the Brothers Grimm. It had been a quiet day and to end it with painting made it all the more calming. Samandriel often drew paintings that reminded him of his past. It help him remember better times. When he was finished with this one, he planned to paint the rain on the lake as it had been the day his brother came back to him.

He looked up at the sound of his name and set down his paint brush as he turned. He was not worried by the voice. He had recognized it as his brother’s vessel’s. “Castiel?” He studied the angel in from of his carefully. His hands were bloody and he was holding a blood covered tablet in his hands. The sight startled Samandriel a little. “Is that…is that the angel tablet?“

"It is." There was that little bit feverish look in Castiel’s eyes; not literal fever, but that of a warrior who was thinking three or more steps ahead of his enemy and could feel them on his back, and still knew that he was those few steps ahead.

"You asked me to keep you informed. Well, I think I have a plan. It’s a little unorthodox–" And what plans of his weren’t? ”–but it will keep this safe, likely keep you safe, and perhaps keep what is left of Heaven safe, as well.“

Admittedly, when Castiel considered the cost, the bright rush of outfoxing the universe paled considerably. But for now, it was the best plan he had, and no bad one. If only he were so good at keeping his heart from interfering with his duty, it would probably be less painful.

actually-my-name-is-samandriel:

Samandriel studied his brother. Whatever it was that he was planning it was big. His face was curious as he listened to Castiel. His eyes were thoughtful. “What is your plan?” He asked earnestly. It sounded like it had a lot of benefits to it. Samandriel could not help thinking, however, that there must be something in the plan that Castiel hadn’t done him yet.

“A decoy." Castiel reached into the pocket of his overcoat and pulled out a stone tablet that looked much like the one which he was holding in his other hand. It didn’t yet have writing on it, unlike the Angel Tablet, but it was a close match for size, shape and texture. That, he held up and offered over. "You’re the artist of the family,” he said, with a hint of a dry, teasing grin, “do you think you can make a passable copy, whilst not making it a copy at all? We need it to look enough alike without offering any useful information for this to work.”

actually-my-name-is-samandriel:

Samandriel studied the two tablets for a moment. “Yes, I think I can do that.” He nodded. “Won’t they still be able to easily tell that it’s not the real tablet though?” He continued to study the tablets, thinking over ways he could make the tablets look similar without actually being so.

“First they would have to dig it out of my entrails,” Castiel answered, offhandedly, as though it was no small thing to have been walking, fighting and flying with the Word of God in his midsection. He was not a little sore afterwards; it had been baking his insides, slowly but steadily, and it was very slow to heal.

“I didn’t figure anyone would think to look there,” he went on to explain, watching his brother study the tablets, “and I figured that if they did, then likely I was dead and there would be little more to be done for it. But as I was waiting for Charlie Bradbury – I secured her help, by the way – I thought that lately, demons and angels both had shown they could crack into an angel’s mind without permission, so perhaps there was another way. So, then, if I am captured, first they would have to dig it out of my mind, then they would have to dig it out of my guts, and then they would have to figure out it’s a decoy. And there’s more, too, I can do to secure the real tablet.”

He said all of that with the cool, easy detachment of a soldier. Which was its own tragedy among many, but who was counting?

actually-my-name-is-samandriel:

Samandriel listened closely to Castiel’s plan. He wasn’t sure yet why his brother couldn’t see the obviously flaw in this plan, unless there was more to it. “Once they dig into your mind, they will know it’s a decoy and they will know where you’ve hidden the real thing,” he said, brow furrowed with confusion. “I am willing to hide it myself to give you more time, but I’m not sure that this plan will help much.” He shook his head.

He did his best to hide the fact that the idea of hanging on to the angel tablet and then having demons come hunting for him after the information was tortured out of his brother wasn’t that appealing to him. He wanted to help, but this did not seem like a good plan. “I’m glad to hear that you found a human willing to help you.”

“Ah. Therein lies the second part of the plan." Castiel pressed his lips together and dropped his gaze, closing his eyes for a long moment before looking back up at his brother again, vaguely imploring and definitely regretful. "Once I’ve stuck the decoy back where I kept the original, I’d need you to make me forget meeting you and switching them.”

Honestly, the idea of anything touching his mind right now scared him. But if there was anyone he trusted with it, it would be Samandriel. And if anyone could weave together over the empty spaces a credible fiction, it would be an angel of imagination.

“I know it’s a lot to ask. And it– and forgetting you even for awhile is nothing I want. But they’re tracking me, not the tablet. It would keep it safe, it would keep you safe, and when the situation is more under control, we could meet again.”

actually-my-name-is-samandriel:

Samandriel listened to this plan with a sinking heart. He hated the idea of having to make his brother forget him after being apart for so long. But he knew in his heart that Castiel was right. He gazed at the other angel steadily and nodded slowly.

“How will I know when I can find you again and reverse what I have done?”

“That, I’m less sure of." Castiel looked across at Samandriel, then over at one of the plants, clearly ticking it over in his mind. He huffed a soft sort of breath, eyes narrowing on nothing in particular. "Any spell you’d leave upon me could be traced back to you, so that’s out. Perhaps some– ‘dead man’s switch’ might be more sensible. Some way to tell from afar whether I have been captured, so as to be warned. And if I haven’t been, then we set a date. If you call for me by name, memory or no, I would come to you then.”

actually-my-name-is-samandriel:

Samandriel drew a shaky breath. “Okay,” he said slowly. He nodded. “I’ll do it.” He studied his brother, taking in the angles of his wings and the glow of his form, memorizing the details. He felt a twinge of pain in his heart. “So, I erase your memory of having met me, and I replace it with something new.” He said said steadily, nodding again. He swallowed. “Okay.”

“Well, feel free to keep it with you, to show me later." So much regret. On both of their parts. Castiel shook his head, the sighed out a heavy breath, taking in his brother just as sadly. "Before that, though, let’s– let’s just make the decoy. You do that, and I will weave us a spell, and hopefully in a few weeks or however long you wish, this will all be over and we’ll both be…”

He wanted to say safe. But Castiel could not remember the last time he had felt so. Not in a very, very long time.

“…in better places,” he settled on. He shook his head and gave a quick rub of his eye. “Do you have anything I could charm around here? Something you could wear would be best.”

actually-my-name-is-samandriel:

Samandriel nodded. “I will.” He fully intended to paint that memory when all this was over. He sat the angel tablet down and went to go get his arts supplies and started to work as he considered Castiel’s question.

“I think I might have something.” He said after some thought. He stood up and went to the bathroom. He kept more of his paints there, as tell as some small vials for putting herb essences in. He emerged with a tiny vial with a spring of thyme inside and a silver change. “If I fasten this shut and attach the chain, it will should work quite well."

He dug some glue from his supplies and attached the tiny vial to the chain after gluing the cork into place. He handed the necklace to his brother. “Here.”

"Thank you." Castiel took it and stepped back. "I’ll be right back, I need a few things,” he said, offering half a reassuring smile, before taking flight.

One of the things he had always excelled at was adapting pagan magic to angelic needs. And pagan magic was often the way to go when you didn’t want either demons or angels catching wind of what you were doing. The spell that came to mind in this case was something of a sentimental one, woven by witches and mages thousands of years before; it was a simple thing, meant only to inform loved ones at home when those they sent off to either war or travel were killed. It wasn’t commonly known, it wasn’t even traceable on either side. It was just a spell meant to give closure. It was a little more work to adapt it to cover the event of capture as well; finally he settled on writing into it that if he was wounded badly enough, that would also set it off just slightly differently.

It took an hour, all told; time to gather the ingredients, to work out the exact syntax of the old Gaelic spell, and then to create the charm. When he came back, he did it with the necklace in hand, no different looking than before to an outsider, but glowing faintly with a soft green light that only someone with some supernatural perception would be able to see. “This should tell you if I’m captured – at least, if I’m badly wounded, or if I’m killed,” he said, setting it gently down on the table by where Samandriel was working. “You’ll have to wear it under your shirt, but it will pulse for the first and heat up for the second,” Castiel said, “and I suppose should neither of those things happen, we can meet again in two weeks.”

actually-my-name-is-samandriel:

While Castiel was away, Samandriel worked diligently on the tablet. He studied the original carefully and then wove a similar appearance across the fake tablet. He mixed Enochian, Hebrew, and Greek to create a language of his own which closely approximately the lettering on the tablet. If one had a key, it was decipherable, but the key only existed in Samandriel’s mind and the story that the tablet told was meaningless to begin with.

Part of it was instructions on how to cook a lasagna. Another part was a retelling of a combination of old Germany fairytales Samandriel had heard during his time in Germany in the 1800s. There were also instructions on how to conjure a magic circle for spell casting and detailed descriptions of both Leonardo DaVinci’s flying machine and the clothing warn by Napoleon during his battle in Russia.

When Castiel returned his the charm, he took it from him and, after putting it on, tucked it over his shirt. He handed Castiel the now finished fake tablet. “Do you think that will fool whoever comes looking for it?” He asked.

“For awhile anyway." Castiel took the decoy, looking over it with narrowed eyes and a hint of a grin. Pleased for Samandriel’s handiwork. "Even if it doesn’t for long, it’s just one more step of security. The most useful thing will be me not knowing the difference myself.”

Which meant he had to go and bury this duplicate back in his guts. He winced at the thought a little, then raised his eyebrows to his brother. “Let me go and do this; when I come back, we’ll handle the rest.”

actually-my-name-is-samandriel:

Samandriel looked up from a book of poems as his brother returned to his apartment. He was dreading this. He hated the thought of having to go back to his brother not knowing he was alive. He set the book down and stood, walking over to Castiel. “Is it time?”

Castiel had cleaned himself up; he was still moving a little gingerly, but he looked as put together as he had earlier in the day. No blood, no more disheveled than usual.

He didn’t want to do this any more than Samandriel did. But for the sake of protecting the tablet, he couldn’t think of a better option. This way, the likelihood of it falling into demon or angel (or even human) hands was considerably slimmer than it had been before.

Just like he had before, he reached out to hold his brother; arms and wings. What the mind forgets, the heart never really does; broken or not, it keeps beating and measuring its love in those beats.

He took a slow, steadying breath in, then let it out. “While I’m still disoriented, send me back to retrieve Charlie; you’ll have the location from my memory. I’ve been having some trouble of late with my mind going hazy, so likely I will accept it as another spell of that." There was a long beat there, where he closed his eyes hard. "I will miss you.”

actually-my-name-is-samandriel:

Samandriel scanned his brother. He would never truly be ready to do this, but had to be done. Heaven must be protected. That was imperative. He closed his eyes and allowed himself to be buried in his brother embrace, holding him tightly, and wishing to never let go. It was cruel that they should have to be parted so soon after being reunited.

He listened closely to his brothers instructions and nodded. Castiel would need to think that he had gone straight to Charlie’s. He would have to weave something that would explain his absence. Something small, but enough that if Charlie asked, he would know where he had been. “I will miss you too, Castiel.” Samandriel said softly, holding his brother slightly more tightly. He hated the fact that when he let go, he would have to make Castiel forget him.

“When all of this is over,” Castiel said, before he would forget, leaning his head against his brother’s, “when all of this is over, we should find somewhere to sit, somewhere peaceful, and talk until we have said all we can bear to say, and where after we can find peace in the silence until we can bear to say more.”

He held out very little hope that there would ever be a time, when all of this was over. But it was a quiet, desperate longing, a wistful little daydream; that wish for peace, and to sit with his brother, and to have no war to fight or anything to protect, or anything to do, except be at rest. Just for awhile.

In an impulsive, extraordinarily human gesture, he pressed a kiss to the side of Samandriel’s head, huffing out a soft breath into his hair, and tightened his grip one last time. “Forgive me, my brother, for the state of my mind,” he said, because it was no easy thing he was asking of Samandriel, to have to try to work with something that was ragged-edged and badly broken in places and already a minefield of holes, and a blanket of heartache and shame and misery and a longing for it all to end, “and remember for me that finding you again has been one of the finest joys I could have ever wished for.”

Such was the truth. He drew back there, not all the way, reluctant to let go. Just to look one more time, some instinctive need to write Samandriel’s face into a memory he won’t get to keep anyway.

actually-my-name-is-samandriel:

Samandriel could feel a deep pain in his chest, most closely resembling emptiness. He felt tears sting in the corners of his eyes. “Yes,” he agreed. “I would like that very much.” He hoped with all his heart that there would be such a day. He closed his eyes as Castiel kissed his cheek, and a tear ran down his face.

He studied his face too, as though he would be the one to forget, attempted to imprint every detail into his mind. He swallowed hard and placed a gently hand on the side of Castiel’s face, closing his eyes as he did so.

The state of Castiel’s mind caught him slightly off guard. His brother had warned him it would be damaged, but he had not realized the sincerity with which he had spoken. Samandriel found the memory of their meeting at the lake and began to unravel it very carefully. He blended it and rewove it. Castiel had gone to the lake that day, he had looked out at the water, but he had never seen Samandriel there.

He blended the memories surrounding the tablet as well, making him forget his idea to create a fake tablet. His absences from Charlie he rewove to be simpler, brief walks in parks, uninteresting memories which would not catch the eye. If all went well, Castiel would believe he had taken them to think and clear his mind.

When his brother’s memories were finally rewoven. He found the memory that would tell him where Charlie Bradbury was and sent Castiel back there. Once he was gone, Samandriel sat down on his couch and pulled his knees up to chest, burying his face. He bit his lip and try to will away the pain of what he had just done as the tears began to fall.

#ic #actuallymynameissamandriel #esiasch #s; unweave unwind unravel #long post for ts

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My Obsession With Character Names Pays Off Right Here Right Now

I have literally never posted here but I decided that since I spent today writing about the the name of the characters in The Owl House instead of prepping for finals, someone should see it. Included are Lilith, Eda, Luz, King, Gus, Willow, Amity, Alador, Odalia, Emira, Edric, Belos, Adegast, Kikimora, last names Blight, Noceda, Clawthorne, Park, Porter, and Bump, and briefly Hooty, Owlbert, Hieronymus, and Boscha.

FIRST NAME

LILITH

And there are separate part of this that I find relevant, especially the description of the location, i’m not all that familiar with symbolism of animals in religious texts, so i’m gonna take it at face value and say that this is more or less a description that could be given to the physical owl house itself, sort of a place for people who don’t fit in, its a little messy and I guess one could say overgrown, but it’s a place for anyone, a place to rest now hopefully for Lilith away from the coven, there shall the Lilith repose. On top of that we see the “the hoot owl…” and you’re probably thinking what that so crazy wacko because like why are they referring to Lilith as the hoot owl isn't Eda the owl lady, yes she is. That’s why the actual meanings of lilith’s name that come from her mythological depiction as a demon lady are so important. We have night monster, night owl, night spectre, vampires, night hag, night creature, nightjar (which is another kind of bird), and night bird, all of these seem to fit lilith’s dark aesthetic very nicely which is very good for her, but there are two other ones, hot owl and screech owl, which draw her closer to Edaand away from the coven and her depiction in the mid-later episodes of the show as a monster for cursing eda, but also the name night monster could come into play if while sharing the curse Lilith acquired some of its traits, similar to Edaas the owl beast. Ultimately, we have this little red head girl who eventually fights back against the men who are attempting to get her to be under them, for the character that is belos, for the other Lilith that is adam, god, and his angels, and now hopefully both of them will find solace and repose among the owls in a place they never thought they’d belong. All this talk of owls and god brings us into the other clawthorne baddie:

EDA

For this I'm going to use her full name edalyn, because you know like that’s just how it be it is her name. There isn’t a wiki page for her name like there is for Lilith which makes this a little bit harder but the general consensus seems to be that it means something along the lines of “gift of god”, which I find very interesting. If you are going to name a child gift of god i’m assuming that you are referring to the child themselves, but I don’t think that really applies to eda. I’m not religious, but its my impression that someone who lies cheats pranks and steals their way to the top and isn’t exactly the most responsible witch on the isles might not be the best gift god could give. I do really love Eda though, her character flaws are still a part of her character, but I think this refers to her powers. Eda considers herself to be the boiling isles gift to magic, which I mean like, have you seen the woman. In agony of a witch we see her at what probably 30% of her power with how much the curse was already tolling on her and how much magic she was probably using to fight it off, and like goddamn. She was almost beating lilith, definitely beating the shit out of her, but she was almost defeating Lilith who was at her full power, and that is just a fraction of what she used to be able to do. Her powers were a gift of god, and I think that the loss of them will greatly affect her. She’s already admitted that she doesn’t know how to do much without her magic, and I think going straight from the second most powerful witch on this isles to having no power at all is going to be incredibly taxing on her, physically and mentally.

A random baby name site I found said that :

LUZ

KING

WILLOW

GUS

Gus, my main man, love you but for this we are gonna have to use the full on augustus sorry babes. The name augustus means majestic, or venerable, which while I must say that the illusion of kiki doing the worm was probably one of the most majestic things I have ever seen, I’m going to focus on venerable a bit more here. Venerable is a big word, it means “accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character.”, which for gus the age part might play a smaller part here, but he is good as what he does, Luz and willow both respect him, Eda Respects him, he’s this little dude who is younger than everyone and has to rely on his ability to succeed, not inly with his power but with his personality.Gus seems to be confident in himself, communicating with everyone regardless of who they are or what power they hold, similarly to willow he was willing to do anything to help Luz , leading into the second description of venerable, “heroic in nature”. Now, you might be wondering, bestie where ever did you get that description, it totally wasn’t from a religious page okyesitwas but that's fine because being pronounced venerable guarantees a spot in heaven so get it bestie. Overall, the general meaning for augustus is that they are strong, respectable, and powerful, which takes us right into the

ASSORTED BLIGHTS

LAST NAME

BLIGHT

CLAWTHORNE

NOCEDA

PORTER

PARK

BUMP

To be honest I was not expecting bump to have a last name that meant anything but it means swift walker and I think thats funny so you have to know it now

MISCELLANEOUS

BELOS

HIERONYMUS AND BOSCHA

I am only putting this here because the fact that it’s totally a play on hieronymus bosch makes me cackle and you all have to know it thank you

ADEGAST

HOOTY

He is an owl

OWLBERT

He is also an owl

KIKIMORA

#lilith clawthorne #eda clawthorne #luz noceda #amity blight #willow park #gus porter #king of demons #blight siblings #the owl house #character names

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