Sofie’s Reviews > Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 3 > Status Update

….so we won’t intimidate the child but we will gaslight the child
my grasp on where qifrey’s moral lines lie is flimsy at best, which is both unsettling and exciting

now if coco, who has only been studying magic for like 2 weeks now, was able to create a spell to help tartah work around his silverwash, why the FUCK hasn’t witch society as a whole been able to do anything to help them??? these bitches are lazy and only concerned with using magic to help themselves i swear. i’m with qifrey i’m radicalized already

okay uh so perhaps two things can be true at once. qifrey really was excited about the idea of tartah asking him a question and he did want to boost his confidence a bit, but also. he suspects that tartah is suspicious of him and is using his charm to try to deflect. BUT he was still delicate about it, no scare tactics like he used with nolnoa before

okay see i think this is completely genuine from qifrey. as much as he clearly has a dark side, he also has such a love for magic and discovery and teaching and i don’t think he would ever intentionally scare or intimidate a child. he ALWAYS crouches down to get on their level, it’s something i’ve noticed since the start

maybe i'm totally off here but i think qifrey is commenting on tartah's sharp eyes here as a subtle and completely innocent way to give him some encouragement and praise after seeing coco so upset about his silverwash. but since tartah is suspicious of him and it seems like we're looking up at him from his pov, it sounds more like an accusation to his ears. very curious to see how qifrey will handle this (charm)

oh agott my love. yes. yes that's exactly what she's saying. YOU feel guilty, and for good reason, but coco has held no grudge towards you this entire time (that's also just been you). she thinks the whole world is out to trip her up, probably because her own mother cast her aside and spoke to and about her like she was worthless. i see why she's the fan favorite, mommy issues galore in this fandom huh

THE KIDS CALL HIM OLLY TOO???????? oh they definitely picked it up from qifrey and maybe also (definitely) teased him for it at first

the transformation comment is a little one-off joke from tetia but clearly there's some truth to it if it's in play about the pre-pact witches. did they used to be able to turn themselves into creatures before drawing on the body was forbidden????? do brimmed cap witches still do it????

so the brimmed caps took something from qifrey.....memories? a loved one? something i can't even begin to predict? but at least we have confirmation that it is in fact personal

oh my god????? so healing witches tried to resist the denouncement of forbidden magic of COURSE they did!!! i wonder how their faction was eventually silenced or if some (or many) of them joined the brimmed caps