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Idia and self-sabotage

Disclaimer: This post talks about Idia’s tendencies to be mean, nasty and otherwise generally unpleasant. This isn’t in order to bash his character, and everything comes from an objective standpoint. If you do not like people talking about this side to him, this is not your post. You scare me.

In my opinion, Idia (whether consciously or subconsciously) often sabotages his own chances at friendship with the other characters. It’s common knowledge that he’s regularly quite insulting to the other characters, which leads to him gaining a pretty poor reputation.

Idia tends to group the other students as ‘normies’ and that him being an outlier makes him unrelatable. But in reality, the only side of Idia most characters have seen is the side that throws snide comments their way, including calling them stupid. (A major example of Idia having a good time ruined by himself is his Suitor Suit vignette)

It’s important to mention that Idia has multiple mental health issues, including a severe anxiety disorder. One thing I rarely see mentioned though, is the fact that he may be isolating himself on purpose due to poor MH, trauma or otherwise.

In book six, Idia makes it clear to Ortho that he does not feel able to be a ‘hero’, or make any friends due to his bloodline. Speaking of Ortho, pre-book six Ortho was purely mechanical. Ortho pre-book six was programmed by Idia to do what was best for him. And yet, Ortho still pushed for him to make friends, despite being solely an ai at the time.

To give another example, here is a line from Idia’s Culinary Crucible card:

This can be interpreted as Cater learning from his experience pushing Idia into socialisation. Idia takes offence that Cater thinks he’s ‘into anything as long as it’s anime’. In my opinion, however, this isn’t exactly fair on Cater. It’s safe to assume that Idia has not told Cater his interests, and this is simply an attempt at being friendly and making Idia feel welcome. Despite their similarities, Idia pushes him away. (Though, neither are aware of these similarities)

To simplify, I believe Idia avoids building bonds with people for a few core reasons: The anxiety of being known, and by extension, judged, The trauma of being unable to make friends due to his destiny, and the fact that it is so much easier to hate the world if it feels like the world hates you.

My sister rates TWST characters !!

tw: judgmental, your faves WILL be harmed

Riddle: 7/10

bad attitude, looks good

Ace: 3/10

“generous” score

Deuce: 1/10

“looks like if marinette from MLB became a boy then came to twst“

Trey: 1/10

“disgusting”

Cater: -5/10

no comment

Leona: -1,000,000,000/10

like riddle but dresses worse

“dresses like hobo”

Jack: 4/10

mid

*growls*

alpha guy

Ruggie: -1,000,000/10

*heart attacks (in a bad way)*

Azul: 2/10

“he looks old”

Jade: 6/10

“looks and acts bareable”

Floyd: -1/10

his voice 🤢

Kalim: 3/10

”it’s jasmine and aladdin!”

Jamil: 7.5/10

not cool accessories

Vil: 4/10

knock off fake frenchie

Epel: 7/10

slay guy

Rook: 5/10

“oh”

another knock off frenchie

Idia: -1/10

*flinches at the sight*

Malleus: 5/10

mid

nothing special

Lilia: 4/10

not a fan of the hair

kinda goofy fit (diasomnia fit)

Silver: 5/10

basic

“but it’s ok to be basic sometimes”

Sebek: 3/10

“EW WHO IS THAT”

bad hair

uh, she knows nothing about the characters except for how they sound like and their voice lines on the twst site

My sister rates TWST characters !!

tw: judgmental, your faves WILL be harmed

Riddle: 7/10

bad attitude, looks good

Ace: 3/10

“generous” score

Deuce: 1/10

“looks like if marinette from MLB became a boy then came to twst“

Trey: 1/10

“disgusting”

Cater: -5/10

no comment

Leona: -1,000,000,000/10

like riddle but dresses worse

“dresses like hobo”

Jack: 4/10

mid

*growls*

alpha guy

Ruggie: -1,000,000/10

*heart attacks (in a bad way)*

Azul: 2/10

“he looks old”

Jade: 6/10

“looks and acts bareable”

Floyd: -1/10

his voice 🤢

Kalim: 3/10

”it’s jasmine and aladdin!”

Jamil: 7.5/10

not cool accessories

Vil: 4/10

knock off fake frenchie

Epel: 7/10

slay guy

Rook: 5/10

“oh”

another knock off frenchie

Idia: -1/10

*flinches at the sight*

Malleus: 5/10

mid

nothing special

Lilia: 4/10

not a fan of the hair

kinda goofy fit (diasomnia fit)

Silver: 5/10

basic

“but it’s ok to be basic sometimes”

Sebek: 3/10

“EW WHO IS THAT”

bad hair

uh, she knows nothing about the characters except for how they sound like and their voice lines on the twst site

im just gonna come right out and say it:

pretty much everyone in this fandom portrays Silver as this perfect, flawless, polite, beautiful, princely, romantic gentleman who can do absolutely no wrong in his life ever. which is… not really accurate at all.

he’s odd. he struggles with showing emotions and doesn’t understand social cues very well. his dorm uniform vignette is literally about how people find him strange and unapproachable due to his lack of expressiveness. in his lab coat vignette, Jamil straight up calls him weird to his face and he fully agrees without hesitation.

and in one of his voice lines, he calls Yuu strange just for wanting to hang out with him. stop and think about that for a second. he considers himself boring and doesn’t expect anyone would want to spend time with him. maybe he used to try and make friends, but people kept avoiding him, saying that he wasn’t fun to be around.

he’s not the handsome guy that everybody in the school falls for, he’s the quiet kid who doesn’t say much or has any friends outside of his own personal circle. and i think that has a lot of potential for angst.

Silver’s narcolepsy is so… interesting to me

everyone always talks about it like it’s a silly joke. like “ha ha sleepy boy!!!” which is. fine. but from what we see in the game, it’s undoubtedly a serious physical disability. it literally causes him to fall asleep randomly throughout the day and there’s no way he can fight it. that’s genuinely scary and a cause for concern. what if he fell asleep next to a lake and drowned or something??

i can’t help but think about how much it must affect him mentally. imagine you’re the only human in a fae family, and your whole life you believed that you would be the first to die, and you need to make the most out of the short time you have to repay your loved ones for raising you.

and the universe decides to give you a sleep disorder that completely hindrances your ability to do so. you doze off CONSTANTLY, wasting hours upon hours of precious time that you could’ve used for something more useful.

you can’t control it. once you feel that drowsiness, it’s over. nothing helps; you just can’t stay awake regardless of what you try. no one knows what’s wrong with you so you just assume that it’s your own fault for being so lazy. your father’s done everything he can, bless his kind heart, but even he can’t find a solution.

nobody understands what you’re going through, they all say it’s normal to feel bored or tired from schoolwork every now and then. which isn’t how you feel at all, but you just don’t have the words to describe it.

it gets to the point where you’re failing your classes because your body simply refuses to function the way it’s supposed to. your teachers blame you and they’re right, it’s your fault it’s all your fault isn’t it?

your peers make fun of or look down on you for being unusual. for always falling asleep. for not expressing emotion (doesn’t anyone else find it hard?). you feel ashamed. you try to fix it but you can’t. nothing can ever be fixed.

it’s frustrating to be unable to control your own body. you’ve grown used to it, and so has everybody else, although that doesn’t make it any less of a problem. but at this point it feels like there’s no other choice but to just live with it.

and in the end, you feel guilty. your father has given you everything, and yet you can’t give back. does that not make you a failure? a disappointment of a son? here you are, living, breathing, thinking, and you can’t even do anything to thank the person who gave you the luxury of existence.

wouldn’t you hate sleep? wouldn’t you utterly despise that feeling of drowsiness that overtakes your mind when you so much as stay still for a single minute? would you not cherish the moments in which lethargy did not plague you?

oh, how you wish there was a cure.

(tagging: @fruixtii )

okay i just saw tht one post abt silver's implied narcolepsy n how lilia seemingly took it lightly, while he actually brought silver from doctor to doctor, perhaps even bringing him to the doors of the best medical mages throughout briar valley.. papa's done so much for his son, does everything he could yet the world just seemed to be against them regarding silver's sleeping constitution

they pretty much only hv each other to call their own as a whole, why does the world treats them that way :'(( i just want ths dadson duo to be happy..

PEOPLE!

Hear me out!

No, I'm serious. You. Will. Listen.

You're sitting? Good.

You know these two guys:

Look familiar? Good.

Now, question: Yk that song of Bo Burnham talking about the left and right brain? Yeah? No? Check it out if you don't.

Now let's talk about their black hair strand:

Jade having a right strand, Floyd a left one, right?

Now what if we say the hair strand represents the brain side that is "missing" (less working)?

Jade, the left brain. Logical, analytical, "cold".

Floyd, the right brain. Creative, impulsive, feeling.

Let that sink in.

the last part i-

Honorifics: Silver

Silver refers to all the first-year and second-year students by their first names with no honorifics, no exceptions.

Silver refers to all the non-Diasomnia third-year students with the "senpai" honorifics, no exceptions.

Silver refers to Malleus as "Malleus-sama," with no exceptions.

He typically refers to Lilia as "Father-dono."

Yana has said that, originally, Silver referred to Lilia as "Father-sama," but the repetition of "Malleus-sama" from both Sebek and Silver together plus "Lilia-sama" from Sebek and "Father-sama" from Silver became too much, so "Father-sama" was changed to "Father-dono."

In Book 7 we heard what is maybe the one and only instance of Silver dropping from honorific from Lilia's name to call him a more casual title (similar to "dad" instead of "father"), while speaking with Malleus.

In the December 2023 issue of B's Log there is an interview with Silver's VA Shimazaki Nobunaga who explains this scene, saying that it was a moment of brotherhood between Malleus and Silver, two sons both raised by Lilia trying to come to terms with Lilia leaving:

"In the Main Story, Chapter 2 of Book 7, Silver breaks down and starts to cry, but that might never have happened if the person with him at the time hadn’t been Malleus, his older brother. Silver has spent so much time with Malleus and they have so many shared memories of his father, and he probably knew that Malleus shared in how lonely he felt in response to Lilia leaving the school. I think that’s why he wasn’t able to control his true feelings in that moment: because he was with Malleus."

other than diasomfam im actually a sucker for madam spade+deuce dynamic like heeeyyyy there's so much to explore thereeee

how deuce stated tht he's not close w/ his mom during his 'delinquent days'??? even to the point tht he avoids being at home

is it just the pure awkwardness of barely talking to each other? or perhaps incomprehensible guilt? that he's not doing well in school, meanwhile his mom is doing the best she can to support the house; paying bills & basically striving to keep foods on the table

after all, he said it himself tht he chose the delinquent path bc no matter how hard he tried on studying his grades doesnt seem to improve; leading him to going down tht path out of frustration

do they get to talk it out? if yes, then how? did his mother approach him first? or did deuce himself subtly apologize while mustering up the courage that he's willing to change, for the sake of his mom?

how did their mother-son relationship flourish into what it is now? we all knew the turning point was when deuce overheard his mom talkin to his grandma abt him, but what happens in-between?

I'd like to think that it's the little things that made them appreciate each other more.

maybe he starts helping w/ the dishes. waiting for his mom to hv dinner together instead of eating of his own, bringing up the chance to hv small talk. it may started off stiff at first, but then it gradually grew into something warmer and before they knew it, telling each other about their days had become a habit of theirs.

during talks like this, his mother learnt of his fondness towards blastcycle. and now deuce knew that just like him, his mother too adored the color blue

... and many other things they shared with each other 💙

Thinkin abt how Lilia shared that one time when he, Levan, and Meleanor got lost she was complaining she was hungry so he gave her jerky and she was basically like 'this is disgusting wth'. Then Levan literally made a whole soup for her and Meleanor proclaimed him the only man she could rely on. I wonder if Lilia start spite cooking from that LMAO

Some thoughts about Cater

So much of Cater's life has been dictated by other people's opinions of him, that I think most of what we know of him may not really be who he actually is. I'd even argue that skateboarding and spicy food are possibly the only glimpses we get of Cater's "true" interests and his innermost self, outside of the things that he feels he "should" like.

He looks to others to guide what he wears, what he does, what he likes. We've seen it over and over again; in his Silk Adorned vignette, in his Labwear vignette, when he was helping taste-test items for the Mostro Lounge in the manga anthology, during Chapter 1 and the beginning of Chapter 7, and in so many other scenarios, too. Even his best subject is astrology, looking to the stars for meaning and direction. He's been guided by outsiders; interests and perceptions for nearly his entire life: first, expected to be cute and sweet by his sisters, then expected to be trendy by people online, plus all the other expectations of the other roles he has - Heartslabyul student, upperclassman, friendly and supportive "Cay-Cay". And he became those things.

He takes in other's opinions, and shapes his own in that manner. Now, there's nothing wrong with looking to other people for guidance, but Cater seems to almost lose himself in the wash of opinions, and he fully adapts himself in order to match what is expected of him in each scenario.

There does exist a cute version of Cater. There does exist a trendy version of Cater. There does exist a lonely, tired version of Cater. There does exist a cheery, friendly version of Cater. All of these are true expressions of one or another form of who he is, and make up what we see as "Cay-Cay", "Cay-kun", "Cater Diamond".

But I don't know if we really see him in the way that he feels himself to be; if his deeper desires, what he looks for outside of the things he does for validation come to light much at all.

I know it's been mentioned before how well Cater's Unique Magic suits him, but it SUITS him. He's so multifaceted, that it's hard to tell who or where the "real" one is. But gosh, if I wouldn't love to see him as he is when he's alone. The Cater that isn't focussed on what other people think of him at that moment. The one who orders spicy foods that he'll enjoy eating rather than the more aesthetic ones he won't want to taste. The one who will actually relax.

He deserves to express himself in every way. Including the ways he doesn't usually choose to.