also another thing I was thinking is I think maybe part of what’s making me so crazy abt wbn/WWW right now is the plotli es maybe for all of them are kind of classic Coming of Age/Fantasy but also very focused on identity and sense of self…
Like for Eursulon leaving behind his home and trying to become a knight and find his honour and feeling like he doesn’t quite belong in either world and is not quite a spirit or a human until he finally comes into his own and becomes a Spirit of Freedom in his own right and chooses who and what he is.
And then for Ame she obviously has been training her wholw life to take on the mantle of Witch of the World’s Heart but also is building up her own life and identity as a witch. While having this massive legacy to fulfill and realising that she can only become the best witch possible by choosing to be somethinf that is true to her instincts and skills; to be cunning.
And then for Suvi it’s so, so tied to repression and her own identity being tied to her parents and their legacy. Contrasted with her childhood and her True Friends and how that shaped her. And her parents’ legacy and Steel’s legacy being what she is taught to aim for and strive towards. She has these massive expectations specifically to prove herself and earn her keep as this adoptive child. And learning the foundation of her home and her childhood are so flawrd and impossible to live with while sticking to her values, to the point even of her adoptive mother not being what she thought and having to cut ties with everything she founded her sense of self on… deeply resonant to meeeeee


















