#im only a little way into the hourglass throne atm so hoping some more of this gets interrogated

[mosswolf]

my love of characters with psychic bonds is only matched by my love of stories about characters with psychic bonds that really gets Into That you know and i think that's what gets me about the tarot sequence. like the series is about consent such a lot of the time, in all contexts, and about how the structure of the arcanum inherently strips people of their ability to consent over and over. and then also Companion Bonds Exist. and it makes me feel like a dog shaking a toy in its teeth because it's NOT an okay thing!!! like rune and brand are the ideal team and best friends of course but hey the fact that the arcanum can just DO that. just take a human kid and decide oh this is a mind bond friend for my own kid is so fucked up!!! and i don't think the series addresses that in the way that i want it to, because it doesnt mean that idk rune and brands relationship is inherently bad or the resolution is them not being together anymore or anything like that, and im DEFINITELY not against stories in which the psychic bond is created by outside systems to the people within the bond, but i would be so interested in seeing how it just complicates it. rune, seeing other companions who could end up in awful situations they can't leave. rune, loving his companion more than anything despite it. i LIVE for the conflict between two deeply held beliefs it would be so fascinating