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1 year ago
Absolutely fabulous observations, OP! What a gut punch!
Despite Rhian being both Evelyn and Rafal’s favorite, Japeth is actually the one who’s most like them.
He killed his brother and then stole his identity, all to raise his lover from the dead, a lover who never loved him at all.
They loved Rhian because he was what they wanted to be. Good.
They hated Japeth because he was what they were. Evil.
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you've won more of my sympathy
japeth
and I'm not sure I have an opinion
but I agree with the previous reblogs
the evelyn parallels do make him more tragic
so my vote is currently for “Aric did NOT love Japeth”
which was actually the assumption I held about the fact of aric refusing to kiss japeth mentioned in OTK
I just thought japeth was delusional or couldn't take the rejection and went to extremes to prove his love
guess I'm wrong
haha
also
this vaguely reminds me of the classic Grimms' fairy tale “Eve's Various Children”
even the biblical Eve (after her original sin/humanity's fall from grace) had favoritism for her prettier children
she hid the ugly ones and God granted them lowlier unequal fates in return for their mother's treatment of them
storian much?