Characters That Haunt The Narrative. Not In A Deep, Sad Way. Like How Sausage Haunts The Narrative In

I don’t know how to explain this but Not Sorry For Loving You feels like that scene in Crimson Rivers in chapter 46 when (spoiler warning) James and Reg talk about Reg volunteering and they have the whole “so do I” moment. Like Reg isn’t sorry for loving James in the way he does, which manifests as him volunteering. Idk if this makes any sense but I just put the song on repeat and read the chapter and it fit really well

Me when I do the exercises my doctor told me to do to help with my disability and they

help with my disability:

Expanding on this because I have had Thoughts.

In his letter telling them to watch Torbek, Mr. Witch (or maybe Light, I don't remember) tells the Krew that Frost is fine, but will only stay fine if they watch Torbek. What if they called his bluff? What if Kremy thought he wouldn't possibly actually do something to Frost and the others agreed, and Gideon is all about freedom and Gricko, I think, out of all of them cares the most about Torbek, so they give Torbek the choice to go and explain the situation to him, probably at Gricko's insistence, just like he insists on it in Twig's Inn in the canon storyline. He decides to stay because Torbek wants to help Frost out.

So then they go back to Mr. Witch and Mr. Light and refuse to turn Torbek over, probably planning to threaten Mr. Witch and Mr. Light into giving Frost back, only they refuse to return him because they need someone to send to the Feywild and Frost was their backup all along because they saw how powerful he was in the Big Top Extravaganza and figure he could survive the torture. They do like him better than Torbek, who's been a pain in their asses for a weeks, but he did bring the happiness of the carnival down and bring up some painful memories for Mr. Light.

So Mr. Light has Burly or someone shackle Frost up (possibly with some kind of power suppressing shackles, similar to how the Krew had to distract Torbek for an hour so they could find strong enough shackles) and bring him to the mirror to Prismeer, where either one of the hag's minions or someone working for the doctor come and pick him up, and Burly uses the poem to open it, and the Krew sneaks after him and hear the password, so the Krew goes through the mirror. But because of the passing of time being all wonky, all signs of Frost are already gone.

All the regular stuff happens, but with Torbek instead of Frost. The Krew is at the Inn at the End of the Road trying to get some rest and find Frosty when they see a familiar figure out the window with a horrible magenta glow to his eyes they of course immediately recognize him, and let him in, only to realize that he's now a horrific mutated version of himself.

And then they have to fight Frosty, and I do think they would be a lot more hesitant to hurt Frost than Torbek. Gricko might just outright refuse to hurt Frosty, but Frost would still go after him and horribly injure him. And once Frost is no longer under the influence of the Witchlight he would feel horrible and try to separate himself from the others to protect them and probably refuse to see gricko because he hurt him (Grimmorning angst, romantic or no) and Kremy would feel bad because it was his idea to csl Mr. Witch and Mr. Light's bluff and look how that turned out, but of course my emotionally repressed lizard man wouldn't do anything about it. aakdmskkfjakfjfj I want this au so bad.

Spoilers for Once Upon a Witchlight Episode 8 and onward

Currently imagining an AU where instead of having them trade Torbek to get Frost back, Mr. Witch just sends Frost into the feywild to get experimented on. Frost becoming the one possessed by The Other. Frost, who so greatly values his mind and his control of it losing control. The other's reaction to learning Frost is GONE. The Krew going into the feywild to save their friend instead of Zabilna. The Krew having to fight Frosty because he lost control. Frost's guilt after attacking his family. Oh my god

Just received a free, gluten free pie from my ex-neighbors financial advisor for thanksgiving

Spoilers for Once Upon a Witchlight Episode 8 and onward

Currently imagining an AU where instead of having them trade Torbek to get Frost back, Mr. Witch just sends Frost into the feywild to get experimented on. Frost becoming the one possessed by The Other. Frost, who so greatly values his mind and his control of it losing control. The other's reaction to learning Frost is GONE. The Krew going into the feywild to save their friend instead of Zabilna. The Krew having to fight Frosty because he lost control. Frost's guilt after attacking his family. Oh my god

I found a small wizard in my pocket today

LOVE that the consensus on this one is that Andy is the one who really wants to eat garbage

Art imitates life or whatevet

Why do all Andy's characters eat literal garbage. The just eat trash. First Skrimm and now Torbek. Just literal trash

I've learned many things from watching Legends of Avantris. How to play D&D, the importance of friendship and what makes good story telling. But the most important thing I've learned is that the #1 cause of death over 40 is accidents.

planning mischievous activities

Continuing my headcanons about the Krew's family and early childhoods, I present to you Gideon and his father, Nathaniel Cole (and yes, the spelling is intentional)

Just to restate, I know very little about their canon backstories as I'm only about halfway through the series still, so please keep that in mind as you read <3

I envision that Gideon grew up in a teeny tiny farming village, settled neatly in wide plains in the middle of nowhere. Think 1930s American manifest destiny, yknow? Max 200 people, and only 20-30 families at most.

Gideon's father, Nathaniel Cole, was poor for his entire life, and that was actually how he got involved with Gideon's mother; he sought out a powerful being, hoping that he would be granted all he desired. He had asked her for wealth, more than he could ever measure, and in typical genie fashion she twisted his words and granted him wealth in the form of love, giving him a son.

Personality-wise, I think Nathaniel was a very quiet man, hard working and stone faced. A classic "manly man" if you will. He tried his best to protect his small family and led by example. He encouraged Gideon to work hard for himself, hopeful of him going on to live a kinder life than his own. He was someone that Gideon looked up to greatly as a child, and not just because there were so few other people in his life; after escaping the clutches of the hobgoblins and meeting up with Kremy, he adopted his father's name as his own middle name

Nathaniel had already had trouble finding work, but now between caring for a child and his poor reputation after consorting with an efreeti, it was near impossible. He was lucky enough to find work on the ranch of a relatively wealthy family, the Connors, where Gideon spent his very early life and eventually ended up working himself when he was a little older.

The townsfolk largely held him at an arms length, afraid of what destruction he might cause between his genie heritage and his intrinsic fire. Like his father, he gained a poor reputation in the village that spread far outside the city limits after a railway was built adjacent to the town early in Gideon's youth, and that was how the hobgoblins caught wind of his existence; you all know how the rest of that story goes.