so I said that one of Wren's special interests is murder, but it's probably more accurately described as absence, and the intentional creation of it. all things have a place in the world, however small - there are always consequences to the removal of something.

this is a big part of why she ends up studying a thing that does not exist, at a place that does not exist

so I said that one of Wren's special interests is murder, but it's probably more accurately described as absence, and the intentional creation of it. all things have a place in the world, however small - there are always consequences to the removal of something.

this is a big part of why she ends up studying a thing that does not exist, at a place that does not exist

Wren has special interests and they are "murder" and "poison"

this is not a case of "oooh I love to murder people, it's sooo fun!" (as likely implied by earlier writing) so much as she's someone who muses on these topics to the point that she sees totally unrelated (to other people's eyes) concepts through their framing. everything can be poison: not just chemicals, but emotions, environments, concepts, selves. everything can be killed, to some degree or another, leaving an absence that the world must mold itself around.

and in the Neath, where the laws are looser and the immaterial can be made material, this way of thinking isn't just philosophical

the hilarious thing about Spouse(less) Saga is that I do have an alt who I intended to marry off: Wren.

and then she was like "actually, I fell in love with someone once and I absolutely hated it. it made me sick and stupid. it was like being poisoned. if I ever fell in love again I would simply kill the part of me responsible for it"

and I was like, shit. okay. what a statement to make in Fallen London but I respect it