I have to wonder if MC’s vanity problem has deeper roots too. I think we’re currently missing more than a few things about their backstory.
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Yeah, I’m taking it personally that I haven’t figured everything out yet, even though we’re only 3 episodes in 
But I am Working On™️ some Things
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Thank whatever forces are out there. It was the first time I used different pronouns and I was so worried about messing up.
I… need a moment.
I’m not sure if you know how much it means to hear this. I grew up pretty isolated and in a kinda traditional, restrictive type of society and I’m so clueless sometimes. Anything I now understand, I had to look into myself and I am terrified of messing up or hurting someone accidentally. I want to create stories that anyone can potentially enjoy without feeling left out.
I know it’s definitely not anyone’s job to educate me but I hope if I ever do/write anything offensive, you will let me know. It’s just something I would be so ashamed of and would want to rectify immediately.
Other than that, I’m just really touched and completely honoured. 
Yooooo, wth?
You’re not allowed to unravel my plot by being familiar with my unromantic writing style. In all honesty, though, MC here is very different to TaT’s. 
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I mean, there are only a few things that - with any sensitive topic - are egregious enough to be unforgivable, and those are things I think an author would be intentionally including knowing they’re egregious. But for the most part, the important part isn’t getting everything 100% correct every time on the first try, it’s the response from authors once they’re notified about a potential issue. I’ve already known you to be receptive to such things and to want to do your best to provide meaningful representation. So I’m not really worried about it. But if I ever come across something on the topic that could use tweaking, I’d let you know.
As for this:
Of course I wouldn’t expect you to write the same MC twice and I’m sure the CotC MC is much more of a romantic at heart, but…very little is coincidence. So I shall not fall prey to misdirection 
Yet, at least. I’m pretty gullible lol
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I would say anything but gullible
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So, guys, I had some ideas while I was re-reading for high vanity and I’d like to share it
SPOILER FOR CHAPTER 2
So, I don’t think MC was involved in anyway with Fleure’s death because of this last dialogue
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So, she made a mistake, and she was about to trust something to Nate. I’m quite sure ir was with Cedric’s curse, because he show up just after saying that we didn’t do it and “the most difficult curse” sound similar to the struggle he mentioned later.
I was looking the picture of the hexlings, and Fayette said there were 6 of them the moment, but Peng, Eddy and Hazel were in the library with Nate, the Wren that Fleure mentioned wasn’t close because she send Fayette after them (I think Wren is the girl we met in the forest, but I’m not sure) and then there is Cedric (so 5, but if there is an 6 that didn’t show up yet, I just think Cedric’s timming an his certainty makes me iffy)
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I’m leaning towards indirectly responsible. But it also could have been the back-fired hex from earlier that did it and it was a delayed reaction. (Or the Phoenix feathers?)
Cedric showing up when he did is what initially made me suspicious. But that could just be something they can sense because of their curse, which we can only speculate on.
They introduced themselves as Silas when I met them. Which was weird because I almost named the MC this.
But I do agree that they are a member of the clubhouse in someway because they are on the cover @Spiegel.TheMirror posted.
There are 3 people there we haven’t met yet. I think Wren might be the one with the soot on his face. 
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I think so too, because Fleure made it sound like it was her fault
I think if that was the case, Fayette wouldn’t react asking how he knew
Oh, I remember it now 
so she was the sixth, but she wasn’t close as well
I’ve done this once, I couldn’t even finish the story, it was so weird 
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Fair point. Or she asked anyway out of reflex forgetting momentarily about their curse? She seems a little spacey like that.
So far we have seen she reacts emotionally, not logically. Hence daisy-chaining herself to the MC, even though she knew she didn’t know how to undo it. Logically: handcuffing yourself to a suspected murderer is ill-advised…
I don’t think I would be able to either. Hence the otherworldly and strange names I give the MCs, that way I know I won’t be accidentally sharing a name with someone else in the story.
And it also makes for some funny moments. (For me. 
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Long life to Daggerheart 
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Yes, she tends to be like that 
It was like chapter 40 or something (it was MCs child’s name) and then his friend had the same name 
After that I always put suggested names (or similar) or made up (my female MC of CotC is named Varenea)
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Chapter 40? OUCH.
I get weirded out seeing my own name in stories. It’s only happened once, but that was enough.
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Princess Daggerheart the Unmerciful.
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Yeah, and I wouldn’t read all of it again because of it
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I don’t blame you. That’s a lot of time spent.
If it helps give you the strength to finish it eventually: when I was younger I became friends with someone who had a similar name to mine. We both thought it would be a hilarious way to trick people.
And it was.
You could try to think of it like that maybe?
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I can see this, children are so fun and criative
But the problem was I never knew who they were talking to until they reply, and this boy were kind of the LI for the sister, so it was a mess
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Me, here I go being the damsel in distress again:
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Ok but…there are 7 other people there besides MC and Fayette. So either she was being optimistic when she said there were 6 others or…one of them is not really a hexling. At least not in the same way as the others. My bet is on Cedric.
Here are a list of my running theories, keeping in mind I’ve been analyzing the same 600 screen shots from only 3 chapters. But
-hexlings are cursed humans. the info we get in the notebook is based only on what we observe. Given Cedric’s comments about time. He actually may not be human. Unclear if he never was or if that’s part of his curse. Clearly he has some kind of curse or he wouldn’t be there, but it’s possible he’s some kind of fairy. ?? Assuming the Society of Sorcery are also Fairies, based on Fayette calling them “higher ranking Fairies” it could explain the differences in their looks.
-the curse Fleure was sure she solved was Cedric’s and he could sense the physical shift in magic and / or (probs bc of his curse) sense her death, which is why he showed up when he did. It’s possible if he’s non-human he’s either older or has more experience / training than Fayette and that’s why he could tell when Fayette couldn’t until she went into the room
-the curse Fleure was sure she solved wasnt Cedric’s and instead was Wren’s, which is why she was looking for them. If that’s true, Cedric’s curse may not be a curse in the same sense that the other Hexlings’ are. Could be a different form of punishment (think back to Fayette saying, for example, that her punishment for not reporting Fleure’s death could be that the Elderflowers would burn her wings off and force her into the human world forever). OR his curse could be the result of an accident. Fleure says most of the people at Wishful Thinking got their curses for a reason. We know that doesn’t really apply to Hazel since she’s a child. But it could apply to Cedric as well. In particular:
I didn’t get Fayette’s response capped but it was “Story of my life,” which implies that’s a regular occurrence. I’m not saying Fayette necessarily accidentally cursed Cedric (though it would explain his disdain for her specifically lol but we don’t know enough about his relationships with other Hexlings at this point) but because magic users have limitations and it’s possible for people to cast spells without being able to undo them, it doesn’t seem impossible that Cedric’s curse was born of an accident. There may not even be a way to break it with magic. Obviously magic users can cast spells on other magic users, since I’m pretty sure it was some kind of magic that killed Fleure
-unclear what the role of the Society of Sorcery is. I mean, they seem to play Judge & Jury (and Executioner??? Heh maybe) but I can’t tell if that’s their actual job & how they determine who gets cursed and how / when or if they just don’t like humans or whoever else and mete out misguided vigilante justice. Also unclear what would then differentiate them from rogue sorcerers.
-this one is a bit weaker, but possibly that some part of MC’s curse (or maybe Cedric’s and / or the link between MC’s & Cedric’s curses) involves change in physical appearance on Cedric’s end. I do think it’s possible MC dreamed up Cedric’s appearance based on a previous encounter they’ve been spelled to forget. But maybe this is not necessarily what Cedric looks like? I mean, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, etc. but if MC needs true love’s kiss (and interior beauty) there are multiple ways to get there. Like, normally that line of thinking leads to loving someone not traditionally aesthetically pleasing (maybe even “”ugly””) so we know they love the person for who they are. But it’s also possible (and more challenging probably) to dig beneath the surface of someone who is beautiful and see them for who they really are. Like - will Cedric’s looks be a distraction for the MC getting to know the real him kind of thing. Although I do still think it’s possible they’ve met before-possibly in another form ? Not sure how these curses and Fleure’s death are linked, but I’m sure nothing is a coincidence which is probably part of Fleure’s realization before she died.
Idk. I’m like grasping at straws here lol. 
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