returnofismasm – Overdressed & Underappreciated

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The “you were always broken” line basically confirmed every single fear Percy had about himself. You see this reflected in his goodbye letter, which reads a lot like a suicide note, where he says that this has finally told him that redemption is just not in the cards for him. That’s not what the RQ MEANT necessarily, but given Percy’s headspace going in, is a very likely interpretation. The mother of Ravens isn’t exactly matronly, is she?

For some reason tumblr never tells me when you reply to my posts, which is weird because your replies are always good.

I do kind of get the impression that the Raven Queen is vastly out of practice actually speaking to living mortals. Usually by the time she gets her hand on them, they’ve moved beyond the need to strive for redemption, one way or the other. And her clerics and paladins (save Vax at first) are already well aware of her tenants, so no need to figure out the approach there.

And I know the Ioun Discourse has been done to death at this point (and holy god we still have six days!) but I already love the distinct contrast between her and the RQ. I have no idea if it was deliberate, but on one had we have Percy, at his most vulnerable, alone, naked, having just been forced through a phobia, with the Raven Queen looming out of the shadows at him. One the other, Percy is facing his potential god in the heart of her power, surrounded by his friends, having had a profound revelation about the nature of things, and Ioun is treating not just him, but all of VM, more or less as equals.

That’s funny, because tumblr didn’t tell me you tagged me! It is clearly out to sabotage our relationship, or something.

And hah, the Ioun discourse. Yeah. This is one of those beautiful thematic points that speak in favor of Percy. And honestly, the only way in which the Scanlan side justifies itself really is that they want Scanlan to get somebody, and are under the assumption no more gods will be visited after the next episode. Which will resolve the thing, finally.

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You’re braver than I am to talk about this, I know some people are upset

I figured they would be, but apparently not in the main tag? In any case, I have written like two and a half essays on the subject, but I’ll say that the only convincing arguments for Scanlan to Ioun’s champion were the random magical item Tibs talked him into taking and Sprigg’s existence. Even the Ioun puzzle for his vestige was nooot exactly solved by him. So unless it’s an “Earthis called dibs” situation (which after the campaign guide, she actualy might have on Scanlan at this point), Percy not getting the championship in favor of Scanlan at this point will be… Well. Unseeded and kind of forced, imho.