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Lorde for Document Journal (May 2025)

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beomgyu - forty one winks

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my rambly (probably incoherent) thoughts on will, eleanor, and the series' unreliable narration;

we began dark rise thinking that will had a good—or at least, decent—relationship with his mother. sure they spent their lives on the run, but at least they had each other, right?

then we find out toward the end that will very conveniently forgot to mention that she tried to KILL him? but despite that, he still harbors no resentment towards her because no duh she'd do that! he's the dark king reborn! of course she'd try to kill him <— will's very unironical thoughts on the matter

that reveal reframes the story and his entire relationship with her.

by the end of book 1, we know little to nothing about his life on the run. did eleanor treat him well? badly? what if it was only while she was dying that she broke composure and tried to take his life. was she even his actual mother?? or did she find him by coincidence? if so, why did she raise him as her own? why not kill him immediately? so on and so forth.

then we meet the midwife who delivered him and the kent sisters in book two, dark heir. it was then pretty much confirmed that will IS eleanor's child—the oldest of three. we also find out that eleanor did not treat him very well even as a child. a child described to be fiercely loyal, mind you.

if eleanor never truly treated will as her son, that means that from the very beginning of book 1, will probably already had an inkling of what he was as perceptive as we know him to be. let's be real, he probably already knew he was the dark king by like, chapter 5 or something. we just didn't find out because will is the type to repress his emotions. he's very observant, but he doesn't share a lot of his thoughts and observations to both the rest of the cast and the audience. he tells us what we want to know at that given moment and keeps the rest to himself.

again, on track for him as an unreliable narrator. he denies himself things he wants. he convinces himself he deserves to be treated badly. he has internalized those thoughts so much that the narration we receive doesn't reveal how badly he wants to be accepted as someone worthy to be cared for. it's only when we scrutinize his every conversation and interaction with the others do we realize that. it's why he never thought ill of eleanor. why he never begrudged katherine or elizabeth or cyprian. why he was always willing to give james another chance. he treated them the way he'd want to be treated—with understanding. it was only until he was about to be outed as sarcean that will admitted the depth of his desperation for others to see the good in him. and it was with that honesty did we finally feel the impact of the tragedy of it all.

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another dark rise silly(?) theory

this theory assume that Sinclair is the Sun King returned. The Sun King punished/try to kill Sarcean with darkness, what if Will does the same in reverse? What if Will punish Sinclair with light? What he if he sets the guy on fire, that’s what I’m saying

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wait so it is canon that Perry gets paid by owca and it must be a considerable amount seeing how monogram reacts to a bonus or overtime pay.... so what does Perry do with the money??? where does it go?? is THAT how Phineas and Ferb's building materials get paid for?? or he does taxes??? I need to know

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Deconstructing Doof is such a great Phineas and Ferb episode because it’s about one guy figuring out how the show works and then losing his mind over it.

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‘I will find you,’ Anharion said. ‘I will always find you. Try to run.’

OH.

MY.

GOD.

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the way will and james are both of the mind that the other has never done anything wrong in their lives ever while the people around them are like, "dude, he literally killed people."

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This is so will and james coded

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Everyone: omg Will and his big dark eyes. He’s so kind and a natural leader, I just want to follow him and tell him about myself, maybe even get a little smooch bc he’s so pretty 

Elizabeth: i saw bitch, i smelled bitch, and i said bitch. Have that liar drawn and quartered

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wames!

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"Katherine had a sister, but the last Shadow King remains free and will already have found her. That little girl is dead now too." Will lifted his head, looking up at him and speaking in a new voice. "No," said Will. "I sent her a Lion."

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« I think what people were is less important than what they are. And what people are is less important than what they could be. »

Oh Violet 😭💜

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CAZ SONG MENTIONED

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I love that Fiona and Hemlock’s ideas of Loid and Yor’s marriage is them being pathetic for one another

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Oh great. Now we've got the root of Yor's next arc. (And I thought this was going to be angst, but thankfully I'm wrong...)

But it seems we're speeding along here. Before we had Yuri considering how distanced he felt from his sister. The chasm felt in the individual for keeping such important secrets.

McMahon has lived his whole life keeping it under wraps from his wife. Yet Yor has only spent half a year with Loid and Anya: can she imagine keeping it up forever?

I'm really proud of her, and the direction Endo sensei is taking, that Yor knows herself well enough that she doesn't want to keep it from her new family.

Unlike with Yuri where he was so young, innocent and her job was so she could provide for him (a parental role, where it seems right to protect the child from the harm of knowledge) here with Loid she's meant to be his life partner, even in this sham.

She respects him and trusts what he's shown and said to her, and it's why she goes to his door. There was little hesitation in it, like we know Yor to have about things regarding her role as wife. That in itself displays just how much she knows it means to her.

Now let's wait to watch the comedy and heart-warming scene where Loid misinterprets what she tells him and Yor messes up what she says, but Loid accepts her anyway and she feels doubly terrible and doubly relieved...

Or maybe Endo-sensei will surprise us? 🤞

Above: My new section header/loading icon 😂

Plus, loving Yor with her bangs in a bun. She rocks every hairstyle.