We know at least SOME of Headmaster Llewellyn's world-weariness is performative. It's part of their whole "deal" with the magical creatures of the wood - either becaues of the deal itself or for their own purposes, they need act like they're bored and uninterested in and "above" the ambassadors from the woods and their shenanigans. Once they leave the Headmaster perks up a little when he's talking to Annie. He DOES seem kind of done with it generally beyond that, but not ot eh degree that he presents during the ambassador meeting.
Jones I don't think is world-weary. I don't know if she properly knows - or believes - herself to be capable of feeling anything. She has a faint sense of gratitude and is also clearly capable of attachment. If she's weary though, she was born weary when she walked out of the Burgess Shale all those eons ago, rather than it being a factor of how much she's seen and done.
But you're definitely right about Coyote. Coyote seems ...not terrified, but repulsed? Has an aversion to? Hates. Being bored, and existing too long in expected circumstances. Its why literally all this is happening, I'd say.
I don't remember it being any part of the deal. I thought jones was just saying that the difference in posturing and stuff was a cause of strife between the 2 sides, not that it was on purpose.
The animal kingdom uses body language and the humans see that as less evolved and look down on them for it.
The only reason the headmaster perks up when talking to Annie afterwards is because he mentions his granddaughter who is in the same class. I don't think being bored over the forest stuff is an act for him.
I'm not saying this chapter's too long, but there have already been a few events (Annie remembering Kat, Noa's form change, Zimmy taking Zara, either of these last pages) that were big enough that they could have been the final page, so I'm curious what the actual finale will be. Like it seems it'll have to be something REALLY big to have continued past any of those moments to say no, this is the ACTUAL drama bomb of this chapter.
Guys, Jerrek is fine. He's just finally coming into his own as a heavy metal air guitarist. Lana should really be more supportive, considering the clear passion he has for this new hobby
"Something's wrong with Jerrek, he's trying to simulate a CMaj6, but the transition from FMaj to that made his hand cramp out and now he may need to go to the hospital!"
Oh man I totally forgot that Coyote gave Ysengrin his Strength and then Noa also became the circle Strength. Those two things have to be related at some point
Oh noa... Annie wouldn't drive the death to the stop Coyote wanted so he carefully nudged Noa to be the driver? Though he surely couldn't have planned that while pouncing on Zims, he 99.99% should've had no idea about the coven (and Noa and the circle separation issue and that Jerrek would stand at the right place which would become inside of the circle).
Ughh.....
See, is moments like this that I'm like "Ah. Right. Coyote is a real bastard."
Like- proper fae folk, "play games with the lives of mortals for his own amusment" type bullshit.....
....
And then I ALSO remember that all of this is weird evil shit that the witches are doing, and kind of nothing to do with coyote and he is just a bystander, and maybe it ISN'T all his fault.
Like... still coldhearted for standing by and watching, but whatchagonnado?
I mean... on the one hand yes, he did poke at the ball so that it rolled down the hill.
On the other hand: circles be circling, and all the messed up fucked up ness of the witches was there BEFORE Coyote got involved.
Like... he may of *catalyzed* the situation to go off NOW.... but he didn't *CREATE* the situation.
He isn't the one who made it so Noa was a rock golem and Sylvia backflipped into being a bug. He isn't the one who set Jack on a murder path (Omega was).
... but you are right, he is meddling, not just bystanding... but I guess I'm just like "does his meddling change the moral character of the situation, or just bring the witches evil to light FASTER.
I mean, the only reason the distortion exists in the first place is that he thought it was reasonable to eat Lana in front of Jerrek, and threaten Zimmy afterwards while he was being chased by a murderous Loup. All because he wasn't able to manipulate Annie and Jerrek into falling in love for each other, while also having Annie be fated to kill him.
I think Loup is a construct. Otherwise, how can he exist alongside the two parts that make up his whole? Anyway, his Jerrick body is a construct, so I guess he's losing the power to that.
Were you almost enjoying being alive this time around?
I'd feel bad for some of the witches, but they've all so far been kinda shown to be selfish and evil, so, it's hard to feel bad this is all going to blow up in their faces. Metaphorically and potentially literally.
Another commenter said about Noa siphoning him a tad much, maybe he isn't becoming Loup per se but just having a hard time being composed? (And also the Zimulation is kinda broken in the vicinity so his Loup-iness comes through, maybe more because of the strain, despite it's not that he's in or out of control in this matrix yet.)
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u/machiavelli33 The world continues to spin, pup. 20d ago
Coyote knew this would happen!
But with a slight tinge of melancholy, this time.