I’m glad Laura pushed back on Tal’s assertion that the gods could just leave and start again. And that if they really loved mortals they would have gone.
It’s an easy assertion to make on the surface.
I loved that she called attention to their boat shattering and the fact that the gods were refugees who had gone through an enormous trauma that saw their home destroyed, members of their family lost and forgotten, and irrevocably changed.
And sure the gods deciding to say fuck it and leave could be *a* form of love. Perhaps for those that hate them, though they would not see it as such. But it would also be a betrayal with enormous consequences to those that love them and for those that need the healing they provide to survive/heal.
At Taliesin’s own admission there is no other option for The Wildmother. This is it. Exandria is her and she is Exandria. When the world suffers, she suffers. What would happen to Exandria if she were to leave?
What would happen to all the souls they shepherd and watch over in their realms?
It’s easy to say as the one who is making the demands “you could leave and start all over again. You’ve done it before and if you really loved us you would do that again.”
But doing that is another matter entirely.
Eternal and powerful does not mean unchangeable. It does not mean perfect. It does not mean unbroken.
If we can recognize that the Calamity had devastating impacts on mortals that drove them to desperation and acts of violence because they feared losing the one home they have left…..why is it incomprehensible that the gods may feel that way too?
i generally find the phrase “mission failed successfully” to be starkly unfunny but it is the best way to describe laura bailey and marisha ray setting out to show a “strong platonic female friendship” in campaign 3
Sometimes Taliesin will dance around an aspect of his character, and other times he will give a hard “no.”
Him saying, “No, Ashton did not manipulate Fearne using her feelings for them because they don’t realize she has feelings for them because he thinks he’s UNLOVABLE” is *chef’s kiss*
God, so many people are eating their words right now.
wait ok essek ‘name on a list somewhere’ thelyss is actually insane you’re telling me that he’s still not being actively hunted? no hey matt you’re telling me it’s been what, 7 years? and the dynasty still does not definitively know that it was him? jesus christ this country is run like a mcdonalds
SORRY - WHAT DO YOU MEAN CALEB ALMOST LEFT THE MIGHTY NEIN HALFWAY THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN????? AND MATT SAID HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOUND BY TRENT AND TURNED INTO A VOLSTRUCKER??????!!!