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iheartnimbassacity · 11 months

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Nimbasa City Police Department

Internal Document: Interrogation of Amaryllis, B

Officer on duty: [Redacted]

Transcript follows.

Officer: Good evening, Mr. Amaryllis. It's good to get to talk to you.

Amaryllis: Is it now. And it's Professor Amaryllis. Or Doctor if you prefer. I've earned my titles and I will have people use them.

Officer: Professor, of course. Please, take a seat. I'm sure you have had quite the day, between what occurred yesterday and finding the true nature of your husband. We have some evidence to show you about Dreda.

Amaryllis: Dave. His name is Dave and I will have you use it.

Officer: Dave. Alright.Truly, we are sorry this is how you had to find out. I'm sure you love the man, but you can't deny what he has done. What has he told you, Professor?

[Subject is presented with evidence file]

Amaryllis: You said you were here to show me things. Not to ask questions.

Officer: Both, really. We have gotten information out of Dre- Dave, already.He's dangerous, Professor. It's a surprise it took him this long to hurt someone.

[Subject is presented with evidence video 12a. They seem slightly shaken]

Amaryllis: This is a child. How can you look at this and not see a victim of the same violence that the others are living… She didn't want to hurt me.

Officer: He was old enough to know better, Professor. He still murdered people with little remorse. He was still willing to kill Blizz. We saw what that doctor said, it would have died. No matter how you spin it, your husband is dangerous. Did he ever show violent tendencies before this?

Amaryllis: The child in this photo is what, eight maybe, nine? Do you think children that old have that sort of agency, the strength to tie this man to that chair? Dave is the gentlest man I have ever known. More so than myself. She was in an impossible situation and face to face with a creature your culture reveres as a deity. Is it so hard to understand lashing out at the person you felt was responsible for all that?

Officer: He could have left, reports show he had many chances that he didn’t take. He can't be all that gentle when he almost killed you. He even stole from you what I can only imagine is a sentimental item. He was even wearing it around his neck when we found him. You cannot deny the facts, Professor. He needs to be locked up.

[Subject becomes agitated.]

Amaryllis: The facts? The facts are that that was a traumatized, abused child that was forced to do things she never wanted to do because they did not know that there was another option. Do you know, officer, what that kind of abuse does to a child? The learned helplessness, the fear of you taking a wrong step? Do you know how impossible it can feel so survive it, no less escape it? That necklace is sentimental, yes. Because I Had It Made For My Husband.

Officer: You know more than you are letting on. Do you want to see the tapes? Where your husband tortures a man to death, you can see the joy in his eyes. He thrived in Rocket, the death of his parents a plan gone wrong. That man is sick.

Amaryllis: So now we are assuming crimes that you have no evidence for, along with assigning guilt to an abused child that only their parents should have held. That sounds very much like 'Innocent until proven guilty. Dave is a good man. A kind man. None of this rests on his shoulders, and you know that a jury would agree. Is any of this even admissible? Where. Is. My. Wife.

Officer: You can't see him. He's still being questioned. It's a fair assumption, considering his past endeavors. Even if you believe he was just an 'abused child', he kept stealing into adulthood. I don't doubt he would have gone on a killing spree if he got on his feet before he met you. Have you considered that he was just lying? To get close to you, to make you trust him, for his safety against those who may try to punish him for his crimes?

[Evidence video 17c is played. Subject visibly recoils.]

Amaryllis: He wasn't lying to me. I know him better than you ever will. We wouldn't. He wouldn't hurt anyone on purpose, not if she had a choice. She's a good person.

Officer: So you knew, and did nothing? Did you ever confront him? Did you not watch the video? No matter how you look at it, he enjoys causing pain. He's dangerous. How can you say he's a good person after what you have seen?

Amaryllis: You're wrong. You're wrong about all of this. That isn't enjoyment that's fucking dissociation. That- …I have seen the kindness he is capable of, I have seen how afraid he is of hurting others, how gentle she is. I would like to see my wife.

Officer: How can you be sure that isn't a mask, Professor? You're a smart man, you think he wouldn't just lie to you? We cannot let you two meet. He's dangerous, only certain people can see him.

[Subject becomes visibly angry]

Amaryllis: He's not Dangerous! He wouldn't ever hurt me. He would not.

Officer: Answer me. What reason do you think Dave is more than just a flimsy mask of a liar?

Amaryllis: He's more of a man then you will ever be. You have nothing real, nothing you can use, you would not be trying to hound me for answers if you did. He isn't lying to me. He didn't ... He didn't lie.

Officer: He told you a half truth, didn't he? He didn't tell you the whole truth, isn't that right? Professor, you need to know when to cut your losses.

Amaryllis:This interview is fucking over. You have nothing, just cowards trying to justify their pathetic existence by hurting people who have actually decided to do some good in the world. If any of this meant anything you wouldn't be trying so hard to turn me on the man I love. I will be back, and I will make you all regret not seeing reason.

[Subject storms out]

#pkmn irl #pkmn rp #high stakes pokereality #all is revealed arc #tw tourture mention #((only under the cut because this is a long post.

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mlobsters · 11 months

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supernatural s7e4 defending your life (w. adam glass)

possessed car?? we did ghost truck i guess that's different enough. oh, no. ghost car. okay, the splat effects (and sound effects) on the titles - i have been itching to snark about. combining the splat of the ghost car victim and the titles is so goofy

okay. *argh* stop making me mad at you, dean. he was just railing into sam about not telling them about the hallucinations, but now he just lied to sam's face about jewel staite.

DEAN Some kind of ghost? DEAN With a license? License to kill. SAM Seriously?

why are they acting like that's weird. wasn't there a ghost truck that killed people episode already?? are they gonna talk about cassie???? (no)

SAM No. Just dirt. Could be "Christine"-like. DEAN Ugh. Even possessed cars can't do stairs. It's something spectral.

great minds

sam's hair, it's very fluffy and long and feathery, what's going on

DEAN I gave up AA for Lent. SAM We're not Catholic. DEAN Always with the details. AA gives me the jeebs. SAM Wow. Shocker.

so is this gonna be a very special episode where we acknowledge dean's alcoholism? (no)

DEAN Kind of makes you wonder if the guy wasn't drunk when he ran her over. SAM Yeah.

this episode has been full of weird pauses/moments focusing on reactions to things that may or may not have warranted the reaction that happened.

okay so i was like you know there's not a lot of pale red haired covered-in-freckles people in media, being a pale and covered-in-freckles person myself i do tend to notice, so i had to get a screenshot of the hands. my people's hands 😂 though his face does not look freckled in the same way but it's stupid hard to cover with makeup and still look vaguely skin-like... anyway. he's also been in altered carbon lol

altered carbon s1e4 force of evil - teach grant as jimmy desoto

what's going on with grumpy mcgrumperson dean. very special episode where dean learns people can actually grow and change? people like jewel staite and i dunno, sam?? (no)

DEAN Wow. I'd be so interested in that if I ate apples.

you really gonna have dean "pie's #1 fan" winchester say this?

DEAN I'm gonna check the bar. SAM To work or drink? DEAN I haven't decided.

i'm at the very special episode about alcoholism. i'm at the very special episode where dean tries to learn that people can change. i'm at the combination alcoholism and how people can change very special episode.

BARTENDER Love life or job? Two quick doubles, it's something. I'm Mia, by the way. DEAN Well, Mia, that is a complex question. I'm Dean, by the way.

lol. and plausible deniability

oh he's grumpy because he killed jewel when he told sam he wouldn't and that he trusted sam? because you should feel bad about the lying. and the not trusting.

BOBBY They identify the God Osiris. Real authoritarian type. He gets ahold of you, he's judge, jury, and executioner. Lore says that he can see directly into the human heart. He weighs the guilt. If he finds more than a feather's worth – boom, you're done.

weighing guilt, great. clear consciences all around.

DEAN It's been a while. But you owe yourself. It's nothing but a ground ball – you just got to put your mitt down. You are Dean Winchester. This is what you do.

hyping himself up for his hookup? kind of assumed that was still happening off camera.

aw, he's "sammy" in dean's phone

OSIRIS You and that waitress had quite a talk, huh? Get a couple drinks in you, and the guilt comes pouring out.

course it was too much of a real interaction to be anything other than a little plot device. this dude's voice/accent was very familiar, and aha.

the magicians s3e1 the tales of the seven keys - faran tahir as the great cock of the darkling woods

haha lawyer!sam what au fic is this

SAM Witness is being called without prior notice. DEAN Good one. SAM I saw that on "The Good Wife."

this is a weird episode. tone and message keeps bopping around.

SAM So why'd you start? To impress some loudmouth ass you just met... Or 'cause you wanted to be like your dad? JO Daddy issues. Definitely.

dean looking hurt/embarrassed about being called a loudmouth ass, hum. and same jo, same.

OSIRIS But were you or were you not happily out of the family racket until Dean showed back up in that gas guzzler? Ah-ah. The truth, now.

you know i like to talk about the money they have to spend to keep the impala fueled

OSIRIS But don't you think that your brother dragged you back into that catastrophic mess because he'd rather damn you with him than be alone?

okay but all that and dean i guess REALLY feels guilty about is killing jewel staite. not the torturing people in hell thing. or a million other things. so don't feel guilty that that's what made you guilty, dean -_- was inevitable

DEAN You were a kid. JO Not true. DEAN You and Sam. I just – you know, hunters are never kids. I never was. I didn't even stop to think about it. JO It's not your fault. It wasn't on you. DEAN No, but I didn't want to do it alone.

okay. no longer at the combination alcoholism and people can actually change very special episode. we're at the dean should not feel guilty for getting sam and jo into hunting very special episode? (eh?)

been a tick since their last scenic drink and chat date

SAM Look, I don't know what to tell you, Dean. I mean, I've spent a lot of time feeling pretty crappy – like, my whole life. DEAN What, you got a secret stash of happy pills? SAM Hell. SAM Look, I'm not saying it's logical. I just... you know, I feel like I did a lot of stuff I should have felt bad for, and then I paid a lot of dues and came out the other side, you know?

DEAN Well, I don't know whether to be, uh, jealous or weirded out. SAM You'll get used to it. I mean, I don't want to sound lame, but... I kind of feel good, Dean.

shut your mouth, sam, you know that's just asking for it. happiness is not allowed on this show. is this just denial though. foreshadowing something awful works all around

#supernatural #spnwatch #spn 7x04 #adam glass #spnhiky #hiky #the magicians #faran tahir #amy pond #jewel staite #teach grant

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angellesword · 4 years

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YOUR EYES TELL | JJK (03)

Summary: You live in a world where people see in black and white. The solution to finally see the colors? It's simple. You need to meet your soulmate and look at him in the eyes, but what if the person bound to you is already contented with the monochromatic world? What if...Jeongguk, your soulmate, is already in love with someone else?

Alternatively;

"A future without you is a world without color."

Genre: soulmate au, e2l, slow burn, angst, fluff, roommate au

Pairing: Artist!Jungkook x Lawyer!Reader

Word Count: 2.4k

SERIES: CHAPTER 2 | CHAPTER 4

Note: OC is a lawyer but the author knows nothing about law except the three law subjects she took last semester. errors. ah. there will always be errors here bc english isn’t my first language. anyway!!! enjoy!

Jimin wasn't lying when he said you were a mess. This was evident to Jeongguk the second he stepped inside your apartment.

Pile of cardboard boxes and papers were cluttered all over the floor, causing him to feel uneasy. The faint colors visible in his eyes didn't help to calm his nerves. It was as if he suddenly became hypersensitive to his surroundings.

He assumed that your house wasn't really that untidy, but as stated, the colors made it seem like it was untidier.

"Hi there, buddy." Jeongguk forced a smile at the cat glaring at him. He remembered Jimin telling him that your cat was a bitch. The fury pet was making this strange, scary sound. Jeongguk suddenly wished you were here to stop the cat from attacking him.

He wasn't expecting you to lock yourself inside your room the moment you realized that he was your soulmate.

He was so startled by your reaction that his first instinct was to run after you. The thing was, your cat was blocking your bedroom door—stopping him from intruding your personal space. It was obvious that the little animal didn't like the fact that Jeongguk invited himself inside your home.

Jeongguk didn't know why you were hiding from him. In your defense, you were embarrassed. What were you supposed to say to your soulmate? How were you going to explain to him that the reason why you looked like a mess was because of your demanding job?

Being a civil lawyer was exhausting. One second you're negotiating settlement with the other side's attorney, then you would just find yourself filing motions in court and of course, there were many instances where you're standing before the jury and judge to present a case.

Expertise wasn't the only thing necessary in law. You also needed a great amount of empathy so that you could understand your clients. You cared for them a lot; this was why it was such a big deal for you whenever they choose to omit facts.

You hated it when your clients were being dishonest, you didn't need them to be innocent. You only wanted them to tell you the absolute truth so that you could properly defend them. It wasn't like your job was easy. The fact that most people living in your world see in black and white was already a pain in the ass. Earlier this day, you had a client who was suing a businessperson for selling fake whitening products. She claimed that she spent a whopping two thousand dollars to get that fair skin tone. Sadly, it didn't work.

The opposing side asked your client this: how can you say that the products don’t work when you can’t even see colors?

You were shocked to learn this. Your client was subject to a color test for eyes. She said she could see colors when in fact, she couldn't. Actually, the only reason why the vendor sold your client the whitening products was because she also lied to the seller. The latter's rule was that she wouldn't allow people who see in black and white to purchase her products. This was so she could protect her business' image from fraudster like your client.

Things like this often happened in court. The one you encountered were usually easier to resolve, unlike what criminal lawyers face. This, however, didn't mean your job should be taken lightly.

What happened in court today actually took a toll on you. Your boss humiliated you in front of your colleagues, saying that he couldn't believe an experienced lawyer like you would make such rookie mistake. This made you feel like a loser that's why you decided to go home early to rest. You knew you couldn't work when your heart was this heavy.

You ran yourself a bath the moment you reached your apartment. Jimin was bombarding your phone with text messages to remind you that Jeongguk, a friend of his, was going to drop at your place later today since he was interested to be your roommate.

You simply replied 'Yes, I haven't forgotten. Stop pestering me,' to your best friend. Truthfully, Jimin hadn't shut up about this guy named Jeongguk since last week. He kept telling you that he was the perfect replacement for Seulgi, your former roommate.

You just shrugged it off. Honestly, you didn't care if Jeongguk was the perfect roommate or not. At this point, you would take anyone in. You seriously needed someone who could help you with the household chores.

The warm water grazing your skin made you feel sleepy. Before you knew it, you're off to dreamland; however, your little slumber was disrupted by loud knocks coming from your front door.

"Shit!" Your eyes went wide upon realizing that your supposed to be new roommate was already at the door. As if to confirm the horror, your phone rang.

Jimin was calling.

"Where the hell are you? Jeongguk is in front of your door!"

"I know. I'm so sorry! I fell asleep." You got out of the tub, hurriedly putting on your bathrobe.

"Talk to you later!" You ended the voice call, rushing towards the door. Unfortunately, you slipped on the wet floor.

You whined in pain. Luck was truly not on your side today, but instead of getting annoyed, you simply stood up and went your way to the door.

"I'm sorry, I was in the shower. I swear I heard you the first time you knocked, but I was panicking so I slipped down the floor and I..." You were already blabbering right after opening the door. You hadn't seen your future roommate's face because it was easier to lie without looking at someone in the eyes.

You didn't know why you told him you heard his first knock, when in reality, you didn't. You guessed you just hated disappointing people. What happened with your boss today was something you couldn't let to be repeated again. You couldn't bear to irritate another person.

You kept yourself busy as you reasoned out. You ran your hand through your wet hair, eyes widening when you saw your fingers covered in soap suds.

"Oh, my God!" You were panicking again. This time, you finally looked at Jeongguk to see his reaction.

It was like the world stopped.

No. You did not see colors instantly. What you felt was something strange—mystical perhaps. It was just like how they described it in books and movies.

You thought people were exaggerating about what they claimed they felt when they met their soulmates.

Apparently, they were not.

You know the feeling of finally seeing the rainbow after the strong storm? It was like that. Except this was way better. Your young self was probably rejoicing now. Being able to meet and look in your soulmate's eyes was dazzling.

The colors were becoming visible now, it was faint—this was in contrast to the embarrassment you were feeling.

You suddenly became very self-conscious with what you looked like. You were wrong. Your young self wasn't that happy because she wasn't expecting to meet her soulmate like this.

You were aware that you looked awful. The bags under your bloodshot eyes were probably so deep. The soap suds in your hair made you appear ridiculous. The most horrifying of all? You were wearing a bathrobe designed with the face of your favorite cartoon character.

"Uh—"

You ran away, locking yourself in your room before Jeongguk could finish what he was about to say.

Your heart was beating so fast as you stared in the mirror. The disgust you felt intensified. God. You looked horrible. You mentally cursed the brand of the mascara you were wearing. So much for claiming to be smudge proof! Curse yourself too because this wouldn't happen in the first place if you only refrained from crying over your boss' mean words, but it seemed like you never learned. You just scolded yourself from crying easily, but here you were, tears were painting your cheeks once again.

"No..." Your lips quivered. You were stronger than this. You weren't going to ruin your chance with your soulmate.

Determined, you quickly changed into a sage dress. Your hands were trembling because of your new found excitement. You loved colors ever since you were a kid. The fact that you couldn't see them didn't stop you from learning its meaning. You studied good color combination before. You were aware how to aesthetically match the hues. For instance, you knew that you would look ridiculous if you wore a neon green shirt and bright pink jeans. You were always careful in choosing what to wear, so now that you could finally see colors without referring to your color palette generator, you were beyond happy.

When you looked decent enough, you decided to finally face your soulmate. The first thing you saw as you opened your bedroom door was Jeongguk sitting on your couch—this was a very shocking scene. No. You weren't surprised because he was casually plopped down on your sofa, what you didn't expect was to see Miri, your bitch of a cat, to be so comfortable on Jeongguk's lap. Your pet looked at peace; the usual hiss she was making was replaced by a silent purring. Her bambi eyes mirrored your soulmate's same big, doe eyes.

You cleared your throat to get Jeongguk's attention.

"I let myself in, I hope you don't mind." You couldn't decipher what he was feeling. Jeongguk's voice was soft, but there was no hint of emotion there. His expression was also unreadable.

Jeongguk tore his gaze away from you when he realized that you were staring. As if this wasn't already awkward for him, you went on to say something that made him more uncomfortable.

"I've been waiting so long to meet you! Are you going to move in with me now?" You plopped down beside Jeongguk, squeezing your body between him and the arm of your sofa. Miri hissed since she was astounded by your sudden action. Actually, Jeongguk was surprised too. Your couch was pretty spacious; he didn't understand why you had to press yourself beside him.

Jeongguk also didn't know why you sounded so hopeful. The sparks in your eyes caused him to scowl; however, this didn't stop you from speaking your hopeless thoughts.

"We could do a lot of things together! I had planned everything since I was young!" You giggled. You didn't know why you were so comfortable telling him things. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that you two were soulmates.

However Jeongguk was confused with your weird idea of wanting to do all of this romantic stuff with him. The uneasiness he felt couldn't be contained anymore when you abruptly talked about dating—as in dating him.

"Whoa, whoa..." He cut you off, arching his brow and moving away from you. "Slow down, will you? I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Oh." You blushed, immediately realizing that you had gone too far. "I'm sorry I got carried away. I was just excited to meet you." You couldn't help but beam at him.

Jeongguk continued to raise his brow at you.

"Why? Are you really that desperate to find a roommate?"

It was your turn to raise a brow at him.

"N-No, I just..." You breathed in, unsure of what to say. "I'm just happy to finally meet my soulmate."

"Soulmate?"

You flinched because of the bitterness in his voice. His innocent eyes turned dark, he was glaring at you. Miri was startled once more. She jumped on your lap because she was getting scared of Jeongguk.

"I'm sorry to break it to you, but I don't believe in soulmates." The word 'soulmate' sounded so rough coming from him, making you flinch again.

Many people had told you that you were good at gauging the feelings of other people, this was why your heart skipped a beat when you saw pain and anger crossed Jeongguk's feature. It was as if he was betrayed by someone.

"It's the most absurd thing I've heard in my entire life. Only stupid people believe in soulmates. I mean—" Jeongguk sucked in a breath. He was so annoyed that he didn't even know how to express his thoughts without breaking apart. "It's limiting the possibilities for people. Why am I required to fall in love with someone I barely know? Why should I leave the person I truly love just because a person meant to be the love of my life," he paused, quoting the words love of my life in the air. "Helped me see colors? It's like forcing me to do something I don't—no, I can't do. It's such a burden. Love can't be bought. I refuse to be with people just because they helped me."

There was silence after Jeongguk's long speech of the reasons why he didn't—or as what he claimed—couldn't love you.

Jeongguk wetted his bottom lip. The silence was making him hate himself. He hated himself because he saw the tears forming in your eyes, an obvious sign that you were hurt because of what he said. But most importantly, he hated you.

It was unlikely of him to hate someone he just met—or to simply hate anyone at all, but everything about you was making him mad as hell.

He hated your hopeful eyes, he hated your beliefs, he hated that you were the person hindering him from being with Red.

He knew it was unfair to blame you since Red chose to leave on her own, but he still couldn't help himself because the idea of soulmate was what urged her to leave.

You were Jeongguk's soulmate and for him, it meant nothing. So with a furrowed brow, he stared hard at you as he said this:

"I'm making you choose right now. Either accept me as Jeongguk, your tenant or Jeongguk, your soulmate. But just so you know, I will never stay with you if you treat me like a soulmate."

His word stung, though you were aware that the only way to make him stay was to choose the former option. At least this way, you got to be with your soulmate.

The colors you see were starting to fade away and it was okay...

#jungkook #jungkook fanfic #jungkook fluff #jungkook angst #ficswithluv #bangtan angst #bangtan ships #jungkook x y/n #jungkook x reader #jungkook x you #jungkook enemies to lovers #jungkook friends to lovers #jungkook roommate au #jungkook soulmate au #jungkook fic

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ramblings-of-a-mad-cat · 4 years

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It annoys me that people blame Jacob for everything that happens because it's blaming the victim. We have to remember that Jacob and Duncan first started searching for the vaults when they were like 13 or 14. It probably seemed like something fun to do on the weekends. Yeah, it was a dumb decision to look for vaults that supposedly don't exist, but again: they were 13 or 14. Young teenagers make dumb decisions. It's part of growing up. Initially, R isn't even involved so there aren't really any stakes. It's just harmless fun until a LITERAL CULT STARTS MANIPULATING THEM BY THREATENING TO MURDER THEIR FAMILIES. Reminder, these kids are like 14-15 now, so of course they comply because they're scared, and there's no instruction guide on to avoid being manipulated by an evil cult. Then, Duncan dies (the jury's still out whether it truly was an accident, or whether R tampered with the potion to make it explode. I think the latter is true) and R, the cult who killed his best friend, forces Jacob to take the blame. The psychological weight of that is insane. Now Jacob is home and isolated with the weight of having to take the blame for his best friend's death. Additionally, the press has written him out to be a lunatic and ruins his family's reputation. There is only one major news paper in this country, and it has written Jacob out to be insane. The entirety of the UK now thinks this kid is insane.

Jacob's, at oldest, 17 years old when all of this happens. He decides (very stupidly) that the best course of action is to find the final vault, probably to take down R and avenge his best friend. Jacob allies with Rakepick, who reveals that she works with R, the evil cult who ruined Jacob's life, and leaves Jacob to die in a portrait for 5-10 years. 5-10 years. All by himself with the guilt he's built up this far for not being able to quit. After being rescued, Jacob finds out that his younger sibling, the only one he cares about (jury's still out if he knows that Duncan came back or not), was being manipulated by the same woman who betrayed him and locked him in a portrait. Sibling instincts take over, and Jacob's off to make Rakepick and R pay. Then, he finds out R's sent a literal assassin to kill his sibling, so he shifts focus to protect his sibling, probably because he knows he wasn't able to save Duncan. And, as the icing on the cake, jacob finds out the assassin was a decoy to the real plot: killing Rowan Khanna. Rowan dies, and of course Jacob blames himself. He had one job: protect MC, and now MC's best friend is murdered by R. Just like how Jacob's best friend was murdered by R. Parallels anyone?

I'm not saying Jacob's a saint who's never made a wrong decision. He's fucked up... a lot. Stealing from Torvus, not speaking up for Duncan after his death, continuing after the vaults after being expelled, and joining R were very very very bad decisions. Not to mention, just being an asshole in general to a lot of people. But, at the end of the day, Jacob's life has been pretty much ruined by the decision to search for the vaults he made at 13 or 14. He's spent half his life being manipulated by R. Jacob and Duncan never asked to be manipulated by R. In fact, Duncan explicitly states that they didn't want anything to do with R. Yet, a lot of people think that it's all Jacob's fault. It's not. It's the evil cult's fault. What I'm trying to say is that Jacob isn't the bad guy. R is.

Ah Jacob. It all comes back to you, doesn’t it?

First and foremost, as someone who has waved the “Jacob is evil” theory flag before, I want to set the record straight. I don’t think he’s to blame for being a child that was manipulated by R. Assuming he’s entirely straight-forward and there are no plot twists to come regarding his character, I don’t think he’s a bad guy. I suspect the story may choose to use him as a villainous force down the line, but that’s more of a narrative suspicion than my looking at Jacob and thinking, “You’re shady.” That being said, I do think Post-Portrait Jacob is...if not an imposter (Which would leave the real Jacob blameless) then a pretty lousy big brother. I know he’s fighting R, so he can’t always be around. And I know he just as his sibling’s best interests at heart. But it’s misguided and foolish at this point to think that MC doesn’t have skin in the game as well. Or that MC being kept out of the action is even an option at this point. It’s not. MC is going to keep getting involved, whether or not Jacob likes it. They’ve made that very clear. Even if they were willing to step out of the conflict, R doesn’t care. They’re not going to just accept that. They clearly want MC involved, and are going to keep coming after them. So Jacob needs to hurry up and start telling MC the full story, because thus far he’s been frustrating.

But I do not blame him for anything that happened prior to the start of HPHM. Sure, he was indeed pretty shady. He made some questionable choices, like you said. And he ended up working for R. But he was also a child. A teenager, manipulated by an evil organization, and used as a weapon. I hope people aren’t holding that against him? It’s quite literally the same thing that happened to the Curse-Breaking apprentices during Year 5. If my theories are correct, it’s currently happening again, right now. This is what the Cabal does. They’re twisted and elusive tricksters. Considering how hell-bent they were on specifically killing one of MC’s friends...I think it’s very likely that Duncan was murdered. Sometimes I forget that it’s not officially canon that this happened. But I wouldn’t be surprised if losing a close friend or loved one was a kind of rite of passage for potential new members of R. A test of sorts, or otherwise a phase of the grooming. I think the Cabal is playing MC, and I think they played Jacob. Seriously, if we condemn Jacob we also have to condemn MC. Because literally everything that he did, MC is also doing. They mirror each other so much that it’s ridiculous. Do people actually judge Jacob for continuing to investigate the vaults after his expulsion? Because...MC would have done the same. They probably will end up doing the same thing if an expulsion arc actually happens.

I believe that at least one of the major players in this game are going to turn out to be lying, and playing a longer game. It could be Jacob. It could also be Rakepick. Alanza is a possibility, but she just screams “red herring” to me. As I hinted before, I also suspect Moody. More than anyone else, actually. Apparently he and Jacob are in contact with each other, which could mean anything, it doesn’t mean Jacob would know if Moody was shady. There’s also the note from R talking about meeting Jacob, but hell, that could be years old. Or it could have just been a fake. I mean, the whole Forbidden Forest scene was a trap to begin with. Nah, I don’t think Jacob is the villain.

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