I understand why they didn't introduce Michael in the past but I think we needed more people suspecting MC was Not From Here™, they should have played More with the idea that anybody could unmask MC/Solomon true motives and Michael already knew, It would have been better for him taunting MC with the idea of telling the truth to everyones else unless they stop making pacts with the brothers (Bcuz y'know, thats what Nightbringer wants, Right? And whatever he wants must be... Not good?)
In earlier seasons the tease the idea of two Rings of Light existing in the same timeline, can you imagine the interactions?
Michael: Wow MC! that's a pretty ring you have there!
MC: ... Yeah...
Michael: It looks identical to the one I have here, see? *Flashes His own Ring of Light to MC*
MC: Ah... *Gulp*
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a strange dream of mine
(perhaps merely a fantasy):
someone sees through our eyes
just for one shift
they see the monitors beeping, the parents weeping,
the children--looking like they might only be sleeping
the clock,
the way numbers look different when you call them out
after the phrase
"time of death"
then they see the family that screams
your next patient--climbing all over the gurney
they have been waiting for several hours.
you send them home,
they curse your name, your family,
(your own children)
because you had the audacity
to "do nothing".
next, they see the dirty looks
from all the parents pacing the hallway between patient rooms
as you rush toward the bathroom
and as you sit on the toilet, head in your hands,
they see you cry,
they see you wash your face,
they see you take one more second to steel yourself
put your PPE back on
and go back to work
with those venomous stares
stabbing you in the back with every step you take
toward the next patient you need to see.
then, the end of the shift--
returning home in a blur;
no one knows how you got there,
least of all, yourself
how you stare at the shower floor until next thing you realize
you've dragged yourself into bed
your partner turns over, half-asleep,
"how was your shift?" they say, groggily
"fine," you reply, quiet
you stare at the ceiling until it's time to go back to work
and do it all again.
and someone seeing through your eyes--
that's when they wake up
would they be surprised? shocked? horrified?
this is where the fantasy ends
because i'm too afraid to know
on whose behalf that silent witness
feels their heart break
(most of the time
when we lose sleep after a shift
we're the ones that feel most strongly
that we didn't do enough
and we saw it all
firsthand)
-- thoughts from the front lines 2023
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Wouldn't it be hilarious if during the time Thorin worked as a blacksmith, he ended up marrying Bilbo for his money but Bilbo ended up agreeing to the marriage because the blue mountains is prime mushroom farming estate and the dwarrow just doesn't see the value to it? Like, they're both golddiggers who thinks the other is their sugardaddy or something and they both feel really guilty for only marrying the other for their material possession.
A slow burn fic where they slowly fall in love with one another but feels supper guilty in doing so.
Bilbo, who probably has gift-giving as his love language, keeps on buying things for Thorin and Thorin being super guilty about taking advantage of Bilbo's generosity and is now panicking that maybe Bilbo will stop supporting him financially when Bilbo finds out that he only married him for his money.
Thorin, who probably has acts-of-service or quality time as his love language, spends more time with Bilbo doing menial tasks and just is always there and Bilbo being super guilty that he's taking advantage of Thorin's "genuine feelings" to get access to those mushrooms that made all the other hobbits green with envy and is now panicking that maybe Thorin might stop his mushroom gathering privilegea once Thorin picks up on the real reason that he said yes to him.
Also dwarrow and hobbit cultural difference and miscommunication on what they value the most (dwarrow thinking that mushrooms as a courting gift is just scandalous, while hobbits thinks that giving money is akin to buying someone's affection or something)
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