#letter 6

[lettersfromthewind]

Letter #6

Weeping willow, how much longer will you cry? You must know, you are not alone. Do not overlook those that care for you.

[lettersfromxadia]

Soren and Corvus are the golden retriever and black cat dynamic ascended to its purest form.

[hinamie]

new limited edition firefighter spacesuit hazmat itfs just dropped

[heartorbit]

stay warm! 🌟🍬🤖🎈

[sheepdolll]

zane's best moment imo

idk i just think he found his true calling

waaa tysm ppls for liking my silly drawing :D

[umblrspectrum]

go read Memento Nori and Like the Stars and What Friends Are For and just generally all of Ad Astra Per Aspera by LadyDaybreaker on ao3

[subbanator]

pittsburgh's four

[joonsbubu]

[4/06/08]

[wingzoffeather]

In general, I don't interpret Viren's letter as explaining WHAT happened with the past & his dark magic usage. He's NOT writing "So this a step-by-step rundown of how I got here."

(And S5 already confirmed that Claudia, and probs Soren too, already have at least a vague idea of what prompted Lissa to leave them & K'ppar to suddenly disappear. "If it wasn't for dad's dark magic you wouldn't be alive" - Claudia to Soren when he was captured in their camp. And it's implied that Soren feels some guilt about this, too.)

No, I interpret the letter as Viren trying to explain to Soren the emotional WHY & HOW of his villainous descent. (paraphrase) "I thought I was doing it out of love for you. But, when my personal life started spiraling, then I started blaming you. You didn't deserve it & I regret it."

This is still a kind of self-serving validation exercise. The overall message he's trying to communicate is: "I need you to understand me, understand why I hurt you, even if I didn't mean to. Before I am possibly executed."

And Viren realizes that his letter only serves HIS desire to reconcile and make peace and the info in his letter would probably be yet another emotional burden for Soren to carry; so he does the selfless thing & burns it.

Sometimes the selfless & right thing to do, is to just let someone continue to hate you, after you've hurt them. Especially if it's a coping mechanism, when they're vulnerable. It would definitely be a LOT to ask if Soren, to start a forgiving & reconciliation process with how raw he clearly still is.

"Truth is everything. But before you give it to another, ask yourself: are you giving them clarity, light, and purpose? Or are you shifting a burden to someone who needs all their strength?" - Astrid, season 6

And, this kind of sacrifice is actually in-line with Viren's core principle: A parent makes sacrifices for their children, never the other way around.

Viren sacrifices his freedom for Claudia, his daughter, to finally set a good example; he no longer has faith in the "power" of dark magic as a "creative solution". He'd been it's most steadfast student & he hopes, seeing him leave it behind, Claudia will also give up on dark magic. It only leads to pain & failure, and he wants her to live HER life, freely.

He sacrifices his life for Katolis' people. So they may live through Sol Regem's attack. This is his atonement for his political betrayal.

But, Viren sacrifices his one effective bid for forgiveness & reconciliation, for Soren. This is his atonement for causing him so much anguish, confusion, & self-doubt. While he very much no longer wants to be his son's villain, he recognizes that attempting reconciliation, right here & now, is not what's best for Soren's emotional well-being. So he accepts it, & willingly lets himself die, as Soren's villain.

[starberriemilk]

"I was a diligent student. The only things I cared about were my textbooks and the school lectures!"

[firstfullmoon]

Puisque cette lettre est la dernière, que je te dise au moins ce que tu dois savoir, que je n’ai jamais cessé de t’aimer pendant ces deux mois, que tu as été ma pensée la plus neuve et la plus ancienne, mon appui, mon refuge, ma seule souffrance. Reçois-moi dans ton cœur, loin de tout bruit, abrite-moi encore un peu et commençons à vivre cet amour qui ne peut pas se lasser. [...] À bientôt, chérie, à tout de suite, j’en ris de bonheur, tout seul, stupidement, ému comme si c’était un 6 juin. 

Albert Camus à Maria Casarès, 21 août 1949

[Since this is my last letter, let me at least tell you what you need to know, that I have never stopped loving you during these two months, that you have been my newest and oldest thought, my support, my sanctuary, my only suffering. Receive me into your heart, far from any noise, shelter me a little longer and let’s begin to live this love that cannot tire. [...] See you soon, darling, see you very soon, I’m laughing with happiness, all alone, stupidly, moved as if it were June 6th (their anniversary).]

[lettersfromxadia]

If giving humans (presumably) primal magic was a violation of the cosmic order and enough to get Leola killed, I am TERRIFIED for Callum in s7.

[demadogs]

dude im rewatching season four for the first time in a year and its literally not even funny how obvious mikes queer coding is like i actually am so baffled how it isnt completely mainstream common knowledge that this character is gay

[northlight14]

Narumitsu headcanon/theory:

I know the most popular theory or headcanon about why Edgeworth didn’t respond to the letters Phoenix wrote is because von Karma disposed of them in some way, which honestly I can see being a thing too. But my personal interpretation is that Edgeworth knew about the letters or that Phoenix was trying to get in contact with him but chose not to respond because Phoenix’s presence in his life would make him second guess too much who he was becoming.

For evidence of this, just look at the unnecessary feelings line. I know it’s been memed to death but remember Edgeworth in this moment is telling Phoenix to leave because Phoenix is making him second guess everything von Karma taught him and making him feel guilty about what he’s doing as a corrupt prosecutor. It’s not like Phoenix was actively trying to do that, this is just the reaction Edgeworth seems to have when it comes to Phoenix. It can be assumed one of the potential reasons for this is because Phoenix in many ways is one of the few people in Edgeworth’s life who knew him before DL-6. He’s a reminder for who he used to be and what he stood for and as a result, how that has changed.

So looking at this in response to the letters. I think in the early days, Edgeworth didn’t respond because he was busy mourning his father and his old life. But as he grew up and the more he was corrupted by von Karma, he was just trying to be ok with everything von Karma was teaching him, he was ok with it, until another letter from Phoenix would arrive and those damn feelings of unease and uncertainty would resurface. I think in many ways Edgeworth was just hoping Phoenix would eventually forget about him and move on, and Edgeworth could just continue to live his corrupt life without question. But, of course, this is Phoenix Wright we’re talking about so that didn’t happen ;)

Again, this isn’t me telling people who think von Karma got rid of the letters that they’re wrong. It’s very possible that von Karma knew Phoenix would cause that sort of reaction in Edgeworth and disposed of them. But this is just my personal interpretation and wanted to share it🤷

[thefisherqueen]

Over the green squares of the fields and the low curve of a wood there rose in the distance a gray, melancholy hill, with a strange jagged summit, dim and vague in the distance, like some fantastic landscape in a dream. Baskerville sat for a long time, his eyes fixed upon it, and I read upon his eager face how much it meant to him, this first sight of that strange spot where the men of his blood had held sway so long and left their mark so deep. There he sat, with his tweed suit and his American accent, in the corner of a prosaic railway-carriage, and yet as I looked at his dark and expressive face I felt more than ever how true a descendant he was of that long line of high-blooded, fiery, and masterful men. There were pride, valour, and strength in his thick brows, his sensitive nostrils, and his large hazel eyes. If on that forbidding moor a difficult and dangerous quest should lie before us, this was at least a comrade for whom one might venture to take a risk

Watson's bisexuality is shining through again. Watson, chill. I know this man is filthy rich and you think he's wildly attractive and interesting but you've only known him for less than a week. Also he may mysteriously die at any time

[parchmentknight]

HELP okay so i draw in my sketchbook (duh) but i also write whatever thoughts im thinking while i draw... THE MARGIN STUFF IS SO WEIRD IM SORRY IN ADVANCE LOLOLOL