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My local bookstore finally has witch hat volumes but I got the one with the soft Arkco moment before everything went to hell #pridemonth!

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Happy pride month to Agott and Coco, hopefully they'll frolick in the garden to a hozier song while holding hands, eventually

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An interpretation I have of Coco as a character is she represents the children who live in the margins of society. I think, in that way, Coco's Child Savior archetype is not only for the grand scheme of things such as the balance of the world, but also in the much more personal aspect of being a 'savior'. (She parallels her other dad, Olruggio with this one!)

I think this mentality has long been implanted in her mind, even when she lived with her mother. Because if Coco continued with her life, uninterrupted, she would've been the one to take over the family business eventually.

Either out of obligation to her only family or the fact that it is only trade she is able to learn where she is from, a small town in the middle of the countryside.

She had to give up her dream, something her mother drilled into her, simply because she wasn't born in a certain social group. (Not to say what Coco's mother did was wrong, she was reasonable even if it crushed Coco.)

When I say that Coco represents children who live in the margins, I mean those without the privilege to choose the life they want, to chase their dreams.

Unlike Agott. Richieh, and Tetia, Coco has to work many times harder just to catch up to them. (Here, Coco reminds me of like a student on a scholarship.)

Even now that she's able to perform magic as an apprentice inching closer to her dream, its not enough that she simply achieves her dream, she has to be great at it too. Because her mother's life literally depends on it.

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CONCEPT: Coco has a Lichtenberg scar bc she took a lighting bolt to the face

Bonus: the scar looks like tree branches so she can match with tree-frey

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In every universe it's always you🍅✨🍅✨🍅✨

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Real lover girls know to be contextual opposites with your wife in every way and make it work

Something that's not often acknowledged is how Tanuki and Kitsune are literally nemesis spirits. There's something I just. love about how sulemio is literally a tanuki and a kitsune teaming up against the men of the empire and falling in love

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NO WAY... SULEMIO COME BACK TODAY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!? THEY'RE GAYER THAN EVER...

THE REVERSAL OF THE GREENHOUSE SCENE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!?

oh and. idk. the dudes are there too. ig. still dislikable like always.

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WHA SPOILERS!!!!!!!

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The way Coco lunged at Ininia, the way she chose to fight a witch by throwing hands? Unmatched. Did she get curb stomped? Sure, but she needed to throw hands, magic isn't enough she needed to fight someone.

In a lot of animanga, crash outs are usually like an avenue to boost power, to boost strength, but Coco's crashout is pure emotion, anger, grief, all of it came out as she loses more and more beloved people to forbidden magic.

After having the most legendary crash out, she stands on business, going straight to Qifrey to demand an explanation. Coco isn't stupid, much like how children at her age aren't as stupid as people think them to be. She and the girls deserve the truth and transparency from their teacher, their guardian. And she's going to demand it.

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I love Coco, she's my favorite because one of her skills is finding legal loopholes

She's less restrained in her creativity bc she didn't grow up with the extreme magic laws drilled into her, and when they do get in her way, she finds a legal loophole to make it work

Like sure is it borderline kinda illegal? Yeah but also it's borderline kinda legal, like with the healing table she came up with. Witches shouldn't be involved in medicine but also no witch is doing the healing, it's just a tool to help doctors and medics. It's affecting the human body which no magic should do, but it's not a permanent thing, and the laws didn't say anything about temporary temporal shenanigans... the tool just buys the doctors enough time to patch up wounds before they happen.

She hasn't succumbed to the idea that "forbidden magic is the way" like the brimhats want her to do, but the way she's skirting around the laws is causing Easthies to beef with her

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The reason why Witch Hat Atelier’s social commentary on disability is so efficacious is its nuanced approach; rather than simply presenting a disabled character as a token, the narrative explores how progress—symbolized through magic—can be limited by the narrow perspective of those who are directly responsible for it.

In raising the question of whether magic is inherently good or bad, the story offers multiple analogies—a knife, a fire, medicinal herbs—all of which underscore the dual potential for harm and healing. Magic, as depicted in the series, functions as a neutral tool that reflects the intentions of its users. When progress is shaped by the dominant majority, it often fails to account for, or even marginalize, those who exist outside normative structures.

Take Coustas here: as the boy born into poverty and left to navigate life with a disability, he is the culmination of the series’ most poignant thematic concerns. Everything about his narrative arc is treated with a notable degree of care and complexity, serving as critique of how systemic neglect and social bias shape one’s individual experience.

Magic in WHA is not only captivating in its visual appeal but is also deeply woven into the fabric of the narrative. It’s at once a source of wonder and a tool through which power and oppression can be exercised. Coco functions as both the main character and as a narrative foil to Coustas precisely because they share the common experience of the outsider.

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Old Coco sketches I forgot about!

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At this point, Coco should ditch the magic and just start throwing hands.

She's like the Peter Parker of witchy media. She should have the right to throw hands, she deserves it.

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Silly cursed idea, if Qifrey specializes in water magic bc he hates it, what if Coco has a preference earth/stone magic bc she accidentally petrified her mom

#fatherdaughterparallelisms

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LIGHT WITCH HAT ATELIER SPOILERS!!!

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My poor girl coco going through it rn 💔 ...

All she wanted to do was help others with magic and experience the whimsy and wonder of the world...

Love the parallel development with Agott tho, from resident grump to sweetie and the sunshine to... whatever Coco has going on for her

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UGLY CRYING WHAT'S AERIAL DOING IN CALL OF DUTY... her call of duty is being the annoying sister-in-law to Miorine get her outta there 😭😭

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Congratulations to Suletta and Miorine on their victory!

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Sulemio winning the poll on a Suletta Sunday and a Miorine Monday around the world is the most glorious thing to come out of this