My Heart Will Be The Worst Blessing Of Your Life.

GOD BLESS @a-man-in-the-crowd CAUSE THIS COMMENT MADE MY NEURONS FIRE

So we've all been theorizing about Nevermore recently, but I think a big theme, especially in the backstories, is insanity, mental illness, and just generally being seen as unstable.

For example:

Lenore- Literally a mad woman, this one is obvious

Annabel- Panic attacks, hallucinations, and her biggest fear going mad

Prospero- "I'm not neurotic, I'm actually quite sane" and germophobia

Will- He was gay, which I'm pretty sure was seen as a mental illness in his time period (I'm also 99% certain Johnny killed him but that's a different rant)

Montresor- "You've had the devil in you since the day you were born"

Duke- ‼️FAST PASS SPOILERS‼️(this may be a stretch, but I mean Duke had someone who was untrained chuck knives at him, that's gotta make people think you're a BIT off) ‼️FAST PASS SPOILERS‼️

Eulalie- She's a paranormal girlie in a time where possession was still a common term, come on now

Pluto- probably had PTSD or some sort of something from his dad. He felt RELIEF when he died, there's no way he's entirely alright

We don't really know enough about Ada, Berenice, and Morella's backstories to say anything about them 🤷

IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES THE CONNECTIONS RIGHT???

Heavy love ^^ (or something like that...)

Let's talk about the most poorly studied member of the squad: Berenice.

Despite the first impression, Berenice seems to be the most pragmatic and rational of the misfits. Although she looks frolicsome, fearless, mischievous even, she also dislikes challenges, prefers not to get into big troubles and is used to choosing the line of least resistance. She seems to me like a hedonist who doesn't mind having some fun, but doesn't want to sacrifice her comfort and take unnecessary risks.

In the haunted mansion she suggested they all sit in the bushes instead of taking a losing fight.

When Montresor and Will attack, she tries to escape and leave Lenore alone, and the only one who prevents her from doing so is Eulalie. I don't really blame Berenice for this situation, because she only met Lenore yesterday, but damn it, Bee actually was ready to throw her to Monty (but not ready to leave Eulalie. I know what you are)

In the hideout she is the only one who vehemently opposes Lenore's plan to escape, and to be honest, her words make some sense.

She also changes her mind very quickly in the forbidden wing scene. Although Berenice previously seemed excited about the idea of breaking some rules, she agrees with Morella that this place is pretty creepy and is ready to back down. And again it is Eulalie who made her to stay.

Berenice seems to quickly light up with any idea and just as quickly fades away at the slightest difficulty. Although she doesn't like unnecessary obstacles, she also lacks the determination to stand by her opinion to the end: in all the scenes I've mentioned, she eventually gives up. She grumbles, but follows Eulalie`s dowsing rods; she emphasizes that she doesn't like the idea of escape, and still swears a blood oath. It seems that her habit of choosing the easiest path also makes her poorly predisposed to long–term conflict: in the end, agreeing with the majority is also the line of least resistance.

I think this frame and this line sums up Berenice's approach to life quite well.

She is less competitive than Lenore, less sacrificial than Morella, less snide than Duke, but more rational than Eulalie and more active than Pluto. To be honest, I'm glad that she ended up in the same group as Lenore and Morella in the last episodes, because Berenice will definitely be able to stop them from sacrificing their lives for each other in the most noble but stupid way.

ive already said this before but I'm afraid it's still true, I'm high on 4 specific will wood songs

april fools au should be starting tomorrow but never forget what we got last year!!!

real ones voted for mitsukou to hold hands while walking thru the tunnel that would make them die but yk it was for the mtsk content…

mitsukou has been lowkey eating my brain (once again) and this will probably sound stupid blabbering but im gonna try to make myself sound convincing. and in my defense this was just a random thought that popped up on my mind.

what if the thing about natsuhiko saying the way for a human to become a supernatural is to become a yorishiro? I mean think about it, what else is sumire other than a supernatural? If she just died normally instead of becoming a yorishiro she would've ended up disappearing along with other girls under the red house.

at first, I thought natsuhiko planned on saying it to kou so it could trigger something but he looks surprised here so I doubt it now but there's still a possibility

i think his face reads as "ooooh an unexpected reaction but I'll take it"

even if he was really mean that time he probably really did care about mitsuba someway and was hoping for him to make kou his yorishiro

AAAND another reach maybe that's why kou asked him out on a date (other than just wanting to hang out with him, ofc) like so he could maybe get more important to mitsuba and make him his yorishiro!

and get this, if he becomes mitsuba's yorishiro, nene LITERALLY wouldn't be able to destroy him at all, thus allowing her to live!!!! two birds with one stone, if you will

(but you could say then 'wouldn't the broadcasting trio not like that?' which is true but they did they'll do ANYTHING to make yashiro destroy every yorishiro, possibly by threatening her and especially looking at the sumire incident she wouldn't want that to happen again AND THE LOWKEY PARALLELS OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH SUMIRE AND HAKUBO WITH THE MITSUKOU CHAPTER. (with the cannibalism and all))

and it could be another reason why kou was so shocked at him when he asked to be exorcised (cough instead of making him his yorishiro cough)

BUUUUUT that is just inherent yapping so that's that. just wanted to get my silly ramblings out there pls dont take it too seriously thank u.

there is no more "never ask a milgram fan what happened on (date)" it's just "never ask a milgram fan what happened"

i love “i know the end” by phoebe bridgers for mitsuba but SPECIFICALLY right before the nightlife arc—i like to imagine him half-consciously walking to kou’s house at night beneath fuzzy streetlights and city skylines and the song’s lyrics are his thoughts. it feels very much like a mitsuba song but in a way that’s so disillusioned and weary that it fits perfectly for him at that exact moment

also i really need official illustrations of him walking alone it’s such an interesting concept to me

okay i know jack shit about phoebe bridgers so i had to look up the lyrics and i love this!!! idk what the song itself sounds like, but the lyrics alone are awesome. and now that you said that, i also desperately need that illustration. maybe i should draw something related to that hmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

truly nothing funnier than having an archive of when you first started getting into a media that has since consumed your entire life