Peril, The Wof Gal Of All Time

Peril, the wof gal of all time

Just thinking about how wild it is that both Winter and Qibli have masks that they hide behind. Winter is the perfect IceWing prince on the outside and he tries to be the perfect son his parents want while Qibli tries to be the perfect everything. Qibli’s main line of defense is to be what you want him to be. He’ll figure out the perfect thing to say or do and do it.

In the narrative Winter is forced to confront the facade he’s built around himself and acknowledge that, by living up to it, he is only hurting himself and those he cares about - but Qibli is never forced to confront that.

His overthinking is supposed to be a sign of his intelligence, instead of a symptom of his deep anxiety about being thrown away by those he loves. It must be absolutely awful to feel that you need to be constantly scheming in order for people to continue to love you. 

I suppose the irony of it all is that Winter had the most obvious mask and yet he can’t help but be so genuine and vulnerable, and yet Qibli is all smoke and mirrors and that was never really acknowledged.

Stay with me, leave me, don't touch me, please hold me, I'm unlovable, I need to be loved

The lovers

This is just their dynamic to me.

Audio belongs to Gianni Matragrano (x)

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