#these damn fey fools have me back on tumblr looking for fandom nonsense like it’s 2014

[sarcasticsra]

The more I think on it I have exactly 0 qualms with Rue’s actions

Like they didn’t know Hob’s mission until ep 6 at the end, and there was that moment of surprise that it was his victories that led to the almost engagement - that was an interesting moment, especially as they tell him he was used. Rue knows plenty about being used

Also the conversation got cut away from right as Hob asked if Rue or Binx knew who had done it, likely for dramatic effect

Rue’s letter after the masquerade ball talks about wanting to KNOW Hob - what would’ve happened if that letter had actually been delivered? Would they have had a version of this conversation then?

And seriously like why THIS engagement? Why was this the one they had to break up? What was different about it? There had to be something, right??? I suppose it could just be a “straw that breaks the camel’s back” sort of thing, and it seemed like they were maybe thinking of revealing themselves at this Bloom anyway and meeting Hob tipped the scales, but I gotta know what sparked it

But no matter what it was - this is a being who was ripped from their home and made to be what this court wanted them to be, and they contorted themself into that box for millennia, working painstakingly to ensure everyone else around them might know love, or happiness, all the while being kept at arm’s length in their own court because of their origins

And something, whatever it was, finally made them go, “enough!”

That’s fucking revolutionary

And it happened before the engagement was even officially announced. Still scandalous, sure, but at least gives the goblin court plausible deniability

The whole season has had significant themes of This System Sucks so I’m just not overly Concerned about the reputation of the courts

Particularly not of a court that has been happy to use and abuse a member to the point where he gets so close to almost DYING because he won’t remove the DAMN ARROWS FROM HIS BACK out of his misguided sense of honor and service (that they knowingly take advantage of)

Hob, who has also been an outsider, who has dealt with that by fully sublimating his own sense of self, a full on trauma response

Who danced with someone 6 or 8 times and could only think “how nice of them to take pity on me”

But god forbid someone inadvertently make his terrible court look bad lol

And that’s the point, isn’t it - they’re all terrible

Love and happiness are not important, only perception, and power, and influence

The only one not obsessed with power and status is Binx’s court, and they got consumed, an easy target that wasn’t even trying to fight back, was just trying to do their own thing

Years and years and years of do this, say that, smile here, play nice, don’t upset the system, most too entrenched in their own survival mechanisms to do anything but go along

Which is fair enough, but let’s not hold the person trying to change things responsible for the failures of the system they’re trying to change

If people don’t feel like they have a choice, that’s the courts’ fault

And dismantling the courts is the only way out

Rue might be one of the only ones capable of that

After all, the Chorus knows the power they hold. That’s why they wanted them to join

Burn it all down, Rue

They have it coming

#acofaf spoilers #acofaf #a court of fey and flowers #battlemaster of ceremonies #delloso de la rue #captain k.p. hob #hob was right about rue #their entire journey has been about courage and self-actualization #which he admires because he is so deeply traumatized he can’t conceive of having for himself #there is no other fairy more responsible for joy and wonder #and now they’re finally trying to take some for themself #good!!!! #these damn fey fools have me back on tumblr looking for fandom nonsense like it’s 2014 #i’m just going to wallow in these feelings for a while #why do I have so many feelings about a bugbear and an owlbear and their complex emotional bonds and traumas #ahhhhhhhhhhhh

[sarcasticsra]

Goddammit but “shouted love confession in the middle of a fight/confrontation” will forever and always be one of my favorite tropes

RUE STOPPING THE MARRIAGE IS THE ENTIRE REASON HOB IS AT THE BLOOM AND THEY MET IN THE FIRST PLACE

That was the real start, the true beginning of Rue no longer putting duty and obligation over what was right and true

And then they MET HOB and it only ENCOURAGED THEM TO CONTINUE ON THAT PATH

And Mr “I mean they only danced with me like 7 or 8 times how can I know if they even like me” over here is giving fucking John Reese a run for his money in the low self esteem championship viewing all of Rue’s actions through the lens of his own sense of duty because he can’t see his own inherent worth even when it’s blindingly obvious to everyone else

AND NOW HOB GETS TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE CHOICE BETWEEN DUTY AND DESIRE

The fucking themes, the layers, the beauty and angst and gorgeousness of it all

I’m going to claw my face off!!!!

Anyway is it October 5th yet

#acofaf #spoilers #acofaf spoilers #battlemaster of ceremonies #ruehob #these damn fey fools have me back on tumblr looking for fandom nonsense like it’s 2014 #what even is this #goddamn i love them so much #SHOUTED LOVE CONFESSIONS ARE THE BEST CHANGE MY MIND #jk you can’t bc they’re the best #I am melting at the fucking magnificence of these tropes #ahhhhhhhhhhhh #dimension20 #dimension 20