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actualbird · 2 years

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observations on the boys' personal story 3s part 1: vyn, luke, and opposite methods resulting in a similar consequence

[obligatory disclaimer that these r just my own thoughts and interpretations. spoilers for perso story 3 and some cards here and there too]

so ive been percolating thoughts in my brain bout the perso story 3s and it's fascinating to me how some of the boys' stories are acting as two sides of a similar coin or linking directly with similarities despite being so so different at first glance. currently, im still not done with marius' but ive already put together some thoughts about vyn and luke, so i'll go thru this first:

vyn and luke are doing opposite "methods" irt how theyre treating mc. ive seen a few other people talk about this and YES, THANK GOD because this was the first thing i picked up on after finishing vyn and luke's personal story 3s.

vyn wants to expose mc to the darkness of the world, and luke (albeit indirectly and not much a focus in his personal story but still apparent in like, literally everything else hes ever done) wants to shield and protect mc from the darkness of the world.

but while these seem to be opposites, theres a p clear link still between what theyre doing

vyn richter: controlled exposure

vyn's rationale for his exposure is clearly explained in the flashback of the very last bit of his perso story 3, in his monolog about eagles teaching their young how to fly.

(pictured: vyn making the knife cat expression. oh and also the metaphor)

and like, while this is a KINDA INTENSE WAY TO WORD IT, LOL (part of me thinks that this was vyn tryna one up cap morgan in this scene by wholly unsettling him. TACTICS!) this completely tracks. like, Yeah, experience leads to growth and in a world as complex and fucked up as the world is, exposure to the ugly and scary and whatnot helps one learn and become stronger.

however, i think it's key to note the context of the eagle monolog. this whole bit happens cuz captain "third wheel" morgan criticizes not just vyn's choice to allow mc to talk with uhhhh whatshisname, the PUA poet guy who looks like nearly every dude i saw in the fine arts department of my college. morgan also criticizes vyn's choice to keep mc in the dark.

morgan and vyn hatched this plan together, and for a while, mc was missing parts of the story and chunks of information. vyn wants to expose her to the evils of the world for her growth, yes, but he also does so in a controlled manner where he held more of the cards and set up more of the situations.

it's exposure but it's controlled by the strings vyn is pulling.

let me now pivot to luke.

luke pearce: controlled protection

luke's personal story 3 indirectly tackles his desire to protect mc. at this point, hes still keeping his illness a secret and also works hilariously hard keeping sphynx's true identity away from her. this is luke still protecting mc from certain darknesses (i.e. his illness, aaron who would also link to his illness)

(pictured: luke pearce digging an even deeper hole for himself)

but outside of his perso story 3, the protection shtick is apparent as hell.

main story 5.1 and the whole NOOOO, LEAVE THE NXX TEAM, IT'S TOO DANGEROUS!! lost gold and the whole nOOO, I DONT WANT U TO SEE MY MURDER SIDE!! smaller moments here and there where luke employs a well-meaning but ultimately condescending kind of chivalry: sott and the whole TOMB EXPLORING IS DANGEROUS TOUGH WORK, LET ME DO IT. him doing 90% of the work in SR Timely Rescue and making mc feel like crud, him being overprotective in SSR Iridescent Heartbeat and making mc pissed. YOU GET MY POINT.

overprotection leads to controlling another person's actions. this is what they can and cant do, what they can and cant know, etc.

like listen, im a luke stan, and to me, this is one of his most apparent and interesting character flaws: he wants to protect so much to the point that he ends up disregarding mc's feelings and right to make her own choices.

putting things together: exposure and protection act as opposites, but both vyn and luke are controlling whats happening

looking at vyn and luke together shows that theyre not as different as theyd first seem: vyn goes the route of exposing mc to world's bad parts but it's an exposure hes still ultimately in control of. luke goes the route of protecting mc from the world's bad parts in a way that, whether intentional or not, attempts to control her actions.

both of them are doing what theyre doing out of love. they want mc safe. vyn sees her safety as something that will grow along with her skills and potential due to the exposure and while that happens, he'll play protector at the sidelines, ready to swoop in should she ever be in danger. luke sees mc's safety as something that can persist so long as he acts as a shield from all dangers, be it situations or cases or information he doesnt want her to know.

vyn and luke are employing these opposite methods out of the same motivation: love for mc

yet these opposite methods also results in a similar consequence: removing mc's agency to a certain extent.

i'd like to see this tackled as the stories progress. luke said in his perso story 3 that he doesnt wanna lie anymore, but hes....still lying a lot sdkfhsd. at least theres awareness now! baby steps!!

meanwhile vyn's story hinted at his method maybe failing in the future, with darius' warning to him that vyn wont be able to control everything in the world, even vyn has limitations.

at some point, the control both of them are exhibiting is gonna fall through and things will come to light

then mc will see whats been hidden from her, and from there, she the choices she makes are truly unimpeded and wholly hers.

#tears of themis #luke pearce #vyn richter #tot luke #tot vyn

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funeraldisco · 3 years

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Sorry 🐣 I accidently deleted the ask when I was trying to post it :( luckily I get emailed when I get asks, so I was able to get a screenshot from there :3 I'm so happy to hear from u! Please don't feel weird abt the asks, I love to talk to ppl!!! I'm going to put the rest of this under a readmore bc it gets long

Oooooo all those herbs n leafy greens sound so good, and your writing is so lovely <3 and I agree being outside n in nature is so nice; almost meditative pour moi. I'm glad you got to experience the baby birds! Do you know what kind of bird they are? I think there's a lot to be said abt experiencing nature as it happens. And you're right! I do live in an apartment in a city. But i grew up in a very rural area, like 10 miles outside of a small town n we didn't have any neighbors it was all forest around us n there there was a field across the road. When my nana was alive she grew tomatoes n herbs n flowers. We also had chickens for a time but one night in spring something got into the coop (we still don't know what or how, there were no signs of damage or digging) and killed them. We decided that we weren't going to get any new chicks n it just so happened that a family friend was planning to get some, so we let them take the coop. There are lots of feral cats in the area so we would put food out so they would come around, n then we would get them fixed. We often would keep them as well, there was a point where we had 12 cats in the house lmao.

My parents still live there and I'm moving back to the area when my lease is up at the end of July. I'll definitely be living w them the first week or so when I get back but I hope I can either 1.) live in town n rent from my friend who has an extra room in her house 2.) find an apartment in the next town over w a different friend or 3.) find a job that provides housing. Honestly all the things u said above r kind of why i'm planning to move back, it's just so nice to be out in nature and there really is something to be said abt living a quiet life out in the country. Plus I know more ppl there and would like to get to work on helping the community; the whole brain drain happening in that area is Not Good, n since I dropped out of school here, I might as well go back there n put my brain to good use lmao. It may be a small town with "less opportunity" but like. that doesn't have to be the case? It will take a lot of work but I'd like to think that Appalachia isn't a lost cause...

Other than planning/packing for the move, I haven't been doing much outside of whatever I put on here lmao! My car is a lil busted so I need to get it fixed before the drive cause I dont want it to crap out n I be stranded in the middle of nowhere america yfm

It would be nice to dm w u! but also this kinda rules bc it's like, a real letter<3 gotta get everything out at once n then hope for correspondence

P.S. Do you mind me asking what part of the world you're in? U don't have to get too specific or answer at all if u dont want to lol. I'm currently in Arizona but the town im from is in southeastern Ohio.

P.P.S. also do you have any pics of the flowers n such that ur growing? I'd love to see it! And I think they made it so that ppl can send pics thru the ask feature now <3

#sorry this took so long i did the delete thing n when doing my response therapy gecko started n i got distracted #also sorry if i sound like. super formal or smthin I typed it out on my laptop #🐣#answered

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milkysvga · 3 years

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I read mxm too, if you could recommend any I'd really appreciate it. Honestly? I just trust your taste in fics and fic recs more than anything and anyone❤️😂 I've read almost all your recs (and all your aus/fics) if not all. Thank you for answering my other message, sorry if it was a bother👀

[cont.] So Im going through your ao3 bookmarks to find fics don't mind me. I'll take Twitter ones too if you have them though unless you don't want to that's also okay. sorry to bother you!

OH MY GOD I’M SO EMBARRASSED BY MY AO3 BOOKMARKS LMAOOOO most of them are basically mxm pwp (because as much as i am not keen on reader insert pwp... queer pwp fics hit different lol) so i am very sorry if you find that some of my bookmarks are... questionable 😔 but a lot of them are also very very good! if you scroll thru my bookmarks, you might see one titled “as the shadows grow” which is SO good and i highly recommend you read it (despite the scary word count lol i promise it’s worth it!)

also you’re not a bother at all! i’m happy to help (and if you have your own suggestions to give, please let me know! i’ve been having a tough time lately finding new stuff to read tbh) although, my twitter recs are a bit hard to find because my bookmarks are... suffice to say, an abyss of yoongi gifs and photos, so it took a bit of digging to find some but here are the ones i remember enjoying very clearly!

dragon!yoongi x human!jimin by orionjimin (fluff) = super fluffy oh my god i remember this making me squeal like a hyena from how sweet it was,,, such a feel good threadfic

werewolf!yoongi x vet!jimin by minjiminie (fluff, some smut) = i don’t think i actually finished this bc op was in the middle of writing it when i saved it, so i’m gonna have to finish this soon, but from what i remember it was really nice! honestly, this op has A LOT of fics to read through, and i like their writing style so i recommend going thru their other stuff too!!

namkook canonverse shenanigans by eron_less (smut) = this is literally pwp i’M SORRY but basically namjoon keeps p*** files in his library and he forgets that he has his entire library on shuffle so jungkook HEARS and it’s just. yea they f*** idk what to say LMAO

vmin number neighbor smau by kimvanadium (fluff, humor) = remember when number neighbors was a trend? yea, that’s how old this au is lol but it was in my bookmarks and i remember it being funny and i think it holds up even today so!! here u go lol

vmin secret admirer art au by tatabwa_ (fluff, humor) = okay this is more like a comic more than anything, but i swear it is the FUNNIEST thing i ever read, no joke. op’s humor is top tier and this au literally made me cry from laughing. she has another au that’s unfinished ft. jungkook, but she’s gone on hiatus since and probs isn’t gonna finish it, so i’m only reccing the vmin one so you don’t get baited lol,,, but if you have the time, i sincerely recommend reading thru all her comics!! they’re all great

#sorry i don't have more!! its hard scrolling thru my bookmarks so these are pretty much it lol #im not really good at organizing my twt reads bc i forget to bookmark them a lot of the time #anyway... hope these are okay in the meantime!!#asks #Anonymous

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