#zorian kazinski

[readsquirrel]

Post series Mother of Learning Zorian is the kind of normal-looking teenage boy who looks so precisely normal that it starts to be uncanny. He’s the kind of exacting facsimile that doesn’t give purchase to suspicion, that in itself becoming unsettling. A little prickly, a little friendly, and somehow always knowing what you’re about to say before you say it.

Imagine then, being one of his classmates, eating a polite and casual but somehow disquieting meal opposite this eerily average standup of a teenage boy. Then suddenly Zach, the charming rich slacker who as far as you know has only rarely interacted with Zorian up until summer break, wanders in. Casually, Zach tosses his arm around Zorian’s shoulders and uses his other hand to grab Zorian’s wrist, just below where he’s holding an apple with one bite out of it. Zach pulls whole hand up, and takes one bite of the apple, then a second. Then he releases Zorian’s wrist, looks up at you, his classmate, and winks before walking off.

Zorian continues eating his apple as if nothing happened.

That’s the kind of weird experiences the rest of their class is gonna have to deal with in the near term.

#mother of learning #zorian kazinski #zach noveda

[spacefairynayu]

I can’t stop thinking about how Zorian is of mixed ethnicity and how that adds so many unexplored layers to his befriending of the indigenous minorities within Eldemar(ie. a morlock, shapeshifters, the aranea) AND layers to his mother’s rejection of her heritage.

Especially to his mother’s rejection of her heritage.

Witches are explicitly indigenous to Altazia, and yes part of the negative perception of them comes from the fact that many witches have done terrible things, but the villager’s treatment of Cikan and her mother also easily parallels plain racism. Cikan’s reaction to this being to completely abandon her heritage screams of a choice to assimilate into the majority culture to avoid discrimination. Her insistence on raising Kirielle as ‘the perfect lady’ by Eldemar’s standards is an almost obsessive attempt to erase any trace of her ethnic background and present both Kirielle and herself as ‘proper’ Eldemarian/Ikosian women. She says she’s doing it for Kirielle’s sake, and partially it is(albeit while heavily projecting), but it’s mostly to reinforce the family’s image, her image, as 100% Eldemarian/Ikosian.

Not to imply that abandoning one culture to embrace another is inherently a bad thing, Cikan is very clearly happier living as an Ikosian woman than an Altazian one. This probably was the correct decision for her. The problem is that she is taking the choice to embrace or reject their heritage away from her children(as well as doing the exact same thing that she hated her mother for, attempting to force a certain way of living onto them that made them miserable).

And then there’s Zorian. The Kazinski child who resembles a witch the most. He’s anti-social and withdrawn, he fiercely holds on to grudges and memories of every slight(and holds to memories of kindness just as tightly), he parleys with non-humans and ‘undesirables’, and to top it all off he inherited the bloodline ability that his witch ancestors cultivated and passed down to a degree that likely hasn’t been seen in generations.

Zorian embodies everything that Cikan has tried to erase from their family history. He’s a walking symbol of their Altazian ancestry.

All this to say that I feel it was a massive waste for Nobody to not explore Zorian’s heritage, his relation to it, and his family’s relation to it, as well as how that in turn affects his relation to/perception of Eldemar and it’s politics.

#mother of learning #mol #zorian kazinski #cikan kazinski #I normally only lurk but I can’t stop rotating the fact that zorian is of mixed ethnicity in my head #so you all get to be subjected to my brainworms #I can only imagine how much worse cikan and zorian’s relationship is going to be once she realizes #embracing the heritage she rejected and rubbing it in her face #who cares if he’s a boy being a witch is a vibe

[dantegotitwrong]

theres a scene in mother of learning, the first time we see zorian's simulacrum spell in action, when

The simulacrum frowned, a little annoyed at the response. He didn’t answer with words. Instead he forced a connection to Zorian’s mind and blasted him with a few choice memories. The nerve-wracking wait before the platform’s descent. The terrifying sight of the grey hunter jumping out of the cave and seemingly towards him. The feeling of frustration and powerlessness as he watched the battle without being able to meaningfully contribute anything. Zorian gasped and took a step back, caught off-guard by this sudden pseudo-attack, and gave him a shocked look. “Very different,” the simulacrum said, and then deliberately collapsed his own ectoplasmic body and dissolved into smoke. His job was done, anyway.

and this is pretty good look at zorian's character and how he thinks about his purpose. he just deleted himself because a) he wanted to prove a (somewhat petty) point, and b) felt his "job" was done. so that was it - spite and duty were the only things keeping him around.

#mother of learning #mol #zorian kazinski

[mage-witha-glock]

People's perception of Zorian is so funny because it's generally: He's a little mean but he's harmless :) Cares a lot about his studies.

Meanwhile you have Zorian who is in deep with government and cult plots, has multiple criminal contacts in the black market, has killed many people, and is not above dismembering people if he decides the need has arisen.

#akoja: i like zorian because he cares about his studies and doesn't break the rules :) #zorian actively breaking the law whilst skipping lessons: #mother of learning #zorian kazinski

[merdochk]

and if you wanna cry, make sure that they never see it

or even better yet, block it out and never feel it

zorian as a preview of my fav song - boys will be bugs by cavetown. this song means a lot to me, and i think it’s so relatable for zorian :(

#mother of learning #zorian kazinski #art #taiven #cavetown #boys will be bugs

[braininatankwithalaptop]

My headcannon for how Zorian approaches problems post-timeloop

#mother of learning #mol #mol meme #zorian kazinski

[ttobi-aakira]

The fact Tavian is a popular jock type and then it's revealed she has absolutely no friends will never not be funny to me. She has the swagger of a much kinder woman

#mother of learning #Mol #tavian #zorian kazinski

[balbeska]

🌬🌬

#mother of learning #MoL #mol #zorian kazinski #nobody103

[couldtheycatchkira]

#Death Note #Mother of Learning #Zorian Kazinski

[theshadytree123]

You know, sometimes I think about what a time-travel fix-it of Mother of Learning would look like. Maybe the angels figure out Zach and Zorian had cheated the contact and ends up killing one or both of them as punishment. Maybe something goes wrong and Zorian actually ends up dying so his BFF/love-of-his-life could live.

Would it make a lot of plot points and growth these characters have had weird and sort of shallow? Probably.

Would I still laugh my *ss off as I watch one or both of them wake up and lose their f*cking minds as they realize they’re stuck in a time loop again? Absolutely.

#mother of learning #zorian kazinski #zach noveda #time travel fix it

[cal-cium-the-nerd]

Ibery, about Fortov: I can fix him

Zorian: No, you really can't

#mother of learning #Ibery Ambercomb #Zorian Kazinski #incorrect quotes #mol incorrect quotes

[obsidiaspell]

Re-read of Mother of Learning

a few days ago i finished Mother of Learning by nobody103 on royal roads. It was the best realized time-loop piece of fiction I have ever read. I love Zorian Kazinski, his disfunctional family and a human golden retriever that is Zach Noveda.

I have also purchased the first arc on Audible and I am going to do a re-read/listen of it and see how many times i am going to laugh at our little time looping wizard while he says things like: “But that had nothing to do with me.”

PS: the fandom is smol but if it does reach anyone please do comment, we can scream together

PPS: I am going to tag all of those as #MoL_again in case there is anyone who would like to opt out of this experience

#MoL_again #MoL #mother of learning #Zorian Kazinski #Zach Noveda

[dantegotitwrong]

Zorian assured him that he had no intention of spreading this around, picked up the stack of books and papers the man had given him and then left. Instead of exiting the academy immediately, though, he took the extended route that saw him passing next to the headmaster’s office a couple of times. It turned out that, yes, all approaches to the headmaster’s office had cephalic rats lurking in the walls. It seemed that Zenomir’s theory was very much correct. Well. That was one mystery solved! It had been a while since he had solved one of those without raising at least one new question in return. Somehow, it made him feel like he was finally getting close to a solution for all this.

this kid is so starved for hope

#mother of learning #mol #zorian kazinski

[mage-witha-glock]

You know, something that has been bugging me is what are the regulations on guns??

Because Zorian really just walked into a shop and was like: I want one. And the guy went: Uhh, okay?

Zorian is fifteen. I don't think he altered his appearance. It wasn't mentioned as far as I remember. He looked fifteen.

I know that are new tech, but was it really that easy? Do you even need a license? Did Zorian end up stealing them??

#i cannot remember what chapter this was #but i swear i vividly remember him going into a shop #mother of learning #zorian kazinski

[merdochk]

i was playing in valorant and my friend said ”zorian should have sheriff like yours”

#mother of learning #zorian kazinski #art #fanart

[braininatankwithalaptop]

You know, rereading through some of Fortov's scenes and his characterization, what if he had ADHD?

This may be a bit of a stretch, but just the way that Zorian tells Fortov that "you're smart, you're just lazy," reminds me of how friends with ADHD were treated in schools. Teachers and parents would see what they could do when they were hyperfocusing and ask "why can't you do that all the time?" I don't think Fortov is notably smart or dumb, he just has some internal difficulties that happen to sometimes be beneficial and that others don't recognize. I wonder how the Kazinski family would react if he could prove it.

#mother of learning #mol #fortov kazinski #zorian kazinski #kazinski family #I might be getting some details about ADHD wrong #but I don't know #that line Zorian had about Fortov's capabilities and Fortov's struggles at school reminds me of it