#which i hate to say seriously but some of yall are unhinged in a BAD way

[snekdood]

until a lot of wemen stop ghosting ppl over the dumbest shit i dont think imma be able to trust any of them, ever

[tartppola]

Taaaaaaart

There’s a theory about rollo and us which is that we are Esmeralda and malleus is hanch back (sorry his name is hard to spell) it’s in this post https://at.tumblr.com/sanyu-thewitch05/yall-i-just-thought-of-something-really-freakyin/cl6ostuk74zn what do you think ?

That theory aged bad,,, like really bad lmao, it's not the theorizer's fault tbh bcs TWST is really greedy with their lore, but it's sort of funny how it aged badly anyway.

Spoilers below for Glorious Masquerade

I'd argue that Rollo is the Quasimodo stand-in actually. He regularly polishes and takes care of the Bell of Salvation, even when it's rainy, windy or snowy. He also cleans the gargoyles from the moss that accumulated on them. He hates Malleus because he is a mage and he wants to clear Twisted Wonderland ( or at least the City of Flowers ) of all magic. It's not very clear as to why Rollo has a fixation on Malleus specifically, but imo he wanted to prove to himself that if he could obstruct 5th strongest mage in the world, then his plan has some merit to it.

We can only wait until next week to know Rollo's freudian excuse is--who did Rollo lose and how, what turned him from a Quasimodo to a Frollo-- but at least the story isn't trying to excuse his actions.

The Yuu-Esmerelda thing is a bit eeeeehhhhhh. It's not like Rollo has an unhinged obsession with Yuu, but more like he understands the implied difficulties and setbacks Yuu had to face as the sole magicless student in one of the most prestigious mage institutes. And he was right! Yuu was belittled and not taken seriously by the other NRC students in the earlier chapters.

Yuu's opinion on mages and magic mattered to him because they experienced the very major setbacks of them. If they had agreed with him, he would feel justified in his constrained views on magic. But when they refuted him, saying that magic was wonderful, he was genuinely shocked and immediately chocked them up to be 'tainted'.

I'm not writing this to justify Rollo's actions by the way, he deserves to get his ass kicked by Azul, Idia and Malleus for hurting a bunch of innocent students + cityfolk for a deeply flawed goal. Call it bias but idk after being in this fandom for 2+ years I still out of body experiences when I see characters be heavily misconstrued.