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i really REALLY love the way that there was a literal system rigged against edith. that everyone had an actual voice in their head telling them how to feel about her, and how minor characters weren’t as effected as the main ones. how killeon looked into sorcery and witchcraft to find an answer to WHY and HOW his mind was being controlled like that.
its a lot different from the usual “everyone hates me no matter what bc im the villainess” where when the character tries to do good things or push people away, EVERYONE thinks they’re faking it or trying to get attention. especially when they continuously refuse to acknowledge their intentions.
this gives such a valid reason to why people have nonstop negative thoughts about edith. about how as the system loosens it’s control as edith continues to pass the trials and the way the characters start to realize they don’t actually hate her, and pay more attention to their surroundings