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I'm reading the new chapter again and I keep switching between trans lesbian Deacon and regular aroace Deacon hc. Decisions decisions

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started this webtoon thinking it was just a light hearted comedy but oh my god!!! why is this so emotional (i am NOT complaining)

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I’ve had this idea since season 1, but now that we’ve officially met Violet, I feel like I was truly able to channel her Diva Energy lol.

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I know it’s called Cinderella BOY but the women 🤌

Cinderella Boy Women <3

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Dedicated to: All the wonderful artists who let me use their art for this edit! Thank you so much!!!!

Comments: I wanted to create a special Cinderella Boy edit for pride month featuring some fanart of the Cinderella Boy women! As a women myself who is sapphic and has been able to be more open/accepting to myself because of this community, I wanted to thank everyone, and thank our wonderful artists for always delivering such beautiful art!! Happy Pride everyone!!!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Song: Let it Happen by Tame Impala

AC: 853F30 on Soundclound

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I'm manifesting this to happen

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HELLO?!?

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The Real Slim Shady💅

‼️Spoilers for S2:E3‼️

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Song: Slim Shady by Eminem

AC: Isenphobic on instagram

Dedicated to: @yvessaintlowrent Pretty sure Arn was Violet’s og simp. He was begging to see her serve looks and drama since day one.

Comments: God if I didn’t already know I was gay seeing Violet would’ve turned me gay. I’m not even joking rn.

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I will be using this format, thank you very much

Have y'all ever thought about how this panel of Buddy is hilarious out of context?

Well I have

Here's a blank template in case any of y'all want to make something too LOLL

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Alright chat, the flip flop is free now, I CAN SHARE MY THEORY.

This started as a vague crack theory but it spiralled and now I have tangible evidence and a thought process and have spent the last week going INSANE but most of the theory rests on one stupid detail---namely, the brand of this mysterious keyholder's flip-flop---that I couldn't share until now.

This theory is---and hear me out---

Before he was a key, Buddy was actually a fictional storybook character turned real.

WARNING: Long, only vaguely coherent rambling and Inco going insane.

Okay I know you're like "wtf are you on about" so just. just. just hear me out pls

To understand this theory we need a little bit of context, which means talking about:

The Elephant Book

"The Elephant Book" is an unfinished comic that Punko worked on before Cinderella Boy or Stagtown. It is a story about two characters who learn the secrets of a hidden organization, called Artifax... secrets that have to do with beloved fictional characters who become real because of readers' love for them. I don't want to spoil too much of it, but I highly recommend giving it a read if you like theorizing about Cinderella Boy. You can get it on her store here as an eBook. It got cancelled before the plot could be fully realized, but here's the thing---Punko has said that The Elephant Book informs Cinderella Boy.

This in itself is intruiging, but what is most fascinating to me---and here is where the flip-flop comes in, LMAO---is one particular plot point.

Again, I don't want to give away too much of the Elephant Book because it's a fantastic story. However, it does feature one part about one book character in particular---Alice, from Alice in Wonderland.

A book character who attempted to enter the "real world" through a looking glass---through a mirror.

And if you take a look at this mysterious keyholder's flip-flop...

IT SAYS ALIC[E].

here me out im not insane here me out

This looks like just a normal brand to me, nothing that has any plot significance. So it's important to ask, why then was it included? Why would Punko include a fictional brand as detailing on a random item of clothing... unless maybe, it was a reference? A jaded, non-diegetic callback to another "Alice" from a different, dropped story...

This leads me to believe that this mystery keyholder was once a storybook character, and has since been greeted into the real world.

I don't know how, but one theory I have is that maybe, to avoid a hassle, Ex Libris may take book characters and turn them real with magic to use as henchmen.

HEAR ME OUT

These people would be untracable; they would have no documents or papers, and nobody from the real world would miss them.

Their memories could be erased or modified so that they do not realize this is their history. They could be amnesic, or remember a false previous life before working for Ex Libris.

They would be easier to control because of this. Ex Libris could manipulate them because they would have qualities that would stop them from fitting into normal life; Ex Libris would feel like the only place they "belonged".

If the keys and their magic exists---and we've seen Violet and Buddy have a spell page---why couldn't this magic be plausible?

Now hear me out even more: Buddy used to be one of them.

I HAVE REASONS.

1. Words n stuff

Weird that Buddy only has one name, or that it doesn't seem to match the other keys.

That's---an underwhelming first point. Uh. That's all. Food for thought.

OH AND ALSO, "Ex Libris" means "from the library of". Could be referring to people who work with them being LITERALLY from books.

2. Dialogue

Perhaps this statement is more literal than we thought. Perhaps in Buddy's "home book", he was a villainous character.

Almost like all three of those phrases apply to him.

3. THE MIRRORS GUYS THE MIRRORS OH MY GOD

Buddy has been seen with plenty of mirror symbolism. Particularly in Dreams by Night:

Reflections show story characters, we know this.

But also, when Buddy escapes through the mirror (like Alice through the looking glass, in The Elephant Book)...

THE GLASS IS CURVED.

But we saw the mirror, the mirror is flat. We know the dreams are supposed to be extremely symbollic...

So what if the mirror is meant to symbolize more of a portal, from one world---a fictional world---to a real one?

...okay thats all i have for now that was kinda underwhelming.

I PROMISE IM NOT INSANE I PROMISE IM MORE COHERENT WHEN IM NOT EXHAUSTED LIKE I AM RIGHT NOW

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YIPPEE!!!! I was hoping we would see more of their key-lives. Wonder where the other keys are though. Why does it only ever seem to be these 2?

Queen shit

Nice! I’m glad we get to actually see all of the key symbols. The heart is definitely the love interest key, crown is the royal key.. wonder what the other ones are

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dreams by night sketch vs final

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realized buddy making fun of chase being short is like. chase levels of projection. same exact energy as "deacon i know you think buddy is cute but stop staring at him!" like recognizes like i guess. they are going to be so silly together

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She’s so cute

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IT'S CHASERS DAY AGAIN OMG

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Me rising from the grave as Cinderella Boy season 2 airs tomorrow

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To the person who made the light and dark themes on the fandom wiki Chase and Buddy themed… magnificent choice

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I wonder if we should make a cinderella boy wiki. Complete with synopses of the arcs, and character profiles, and galleries, all that jazz.