i think the answer to this is probably no… kizu does seem to retain the memories and experiences he’s had when fronting, he just typically doesn’t. reflect on them if that makes sense. if you’re wondering about why he acts so weird around cain specifically it’s because he doesn’t rly see cain as a person moreso than he does an ideal — which is also how he treats most things around him, also… to kizu, cain is not “cain”, he’s “mister knight”. but “mister knight” doesn’t have to be cain specifically, cain simply embodies the concept most accurately in kizu’s mind. this is why he started clinging to oz in ms2 rather than cain, because oz was kind and patient with him, whereas cain left him alone, and so oz ‘became’ “mister knight” — not that kizu outright calls oz that, but it’s the principle of the thing. so it’s not that kizu forgets who ppl are, it’s more than he just doesn’t really care about the Who and more about the What 😭

yes i do!! i wrote abt it in more detail in another tweet (link below) but tldr ms2 hinted that the afflictions are physical manifestations of the deep metaphorical wounds on each injured wizards’ hearts, and so my opinion is that the way for them to overcome said injuries is to accept/acknowledge the cause of the damage and find ways to make peace with themselves. so for example, faust was so hurt and damaged by alec’s betrayal that he’s been having nightmares about it since— but he refuses to let anyone in to help him heal and overcome the grief it left him with, and so his injury FORCES others to see that he’s suffering by projecting his nightmares of that time outward into the real world, therefore encouraging him to talk abt and subsequently let go of the memories, or at least the pain associated with them

https://x.com/meminieques/status/1654488515793518598?s=46

MMM YEAH… the westies are a bit weird in this sense. i think it’s very purposeful that they’re rather isolated, because you wouldn’t think from their personalities that they’d be so secular, right? it feels like more of a northern or eastern trait, to be alone. but that’s kind of the point, at least in my opinion… if the northern wizards all had each other as fated pairs, for example, they’d have nothing to learn about or grow from, because they’re naturally inclined to only really interact with each other. even if figaro and nero are ex-northerners, what they’ve learnt living in the south and east respectively helps them grow in ways that mirror how the twins and bradley stay stagnant, and therefore inspire change

but for the western wizards, they’re already naturally inclined to engage with other people — and yet, they’re also the wizards most resistant to change, because they value their individualism above all else. it’s not so much pride the way northern and central wizards feel as it is, like… self-assurance, if that makes sense. they are themselves, and they want to stay true to who they are no matter what happens. and so they easily make friends, but they also easily let go of the connections they’ve made, because what matters most is being able to do what they want above all else. so… tldr, i think the point of them mostly only having ties to each other is like. even though western wizards are individualistic first and foremost, they are also capable of creating deep and lasting bonds with each other. because of course shylock does everything according to his own personal aesthetics, and of course murr prioritises his thirst for knowledge and his love for the calamity over all else — but despite this, they kept seeking each other out over and over again, for 1500 years. and even though rustica might someday forget chloe, the memories they made together still matter, and perhaps chloe will someday help rustica overcome the trauma he suffered through, and perhaps someday rustica will be able to help chloe learn that he’s always loved even if rustica is no longer by his side…

that sort of thing <3

YES ALWAYS 💖 i love them very very much they are my scrunklies <3

i suppose for me personally the biggest appeal of figatwins is like. the ways they’re all inextricably linked to each other, regardless of whether they want to be or not lol. snow and white are twins (obviously), and they’ve always had each other to rely on and have as company. they’ve never known loneliness, whereas figaro has been lonely his entire life. his link to them as their fated pair makes him an outcast from the get-go, because on the surface neither of the twins truly seem to need him — why should they, when they have each other? but of course it’s all a lot more complicated than it seems on the surface…

snow and white’s dependence on each other is incredibly unhealthy for them, as shown by how snow ended up accidentally killing white because he tried to spend time separated from his twin. though they often pride themselves on their closeness and similarities to each other, the truth is that they are different people, and they require the perspective of a third party. figaro is the only wizard alive who has known snowhi nearly as long as they’ve known each other — he was their first disciple, their prized pupil, and although of course oz is an important part of their little unit it’s also made explicitly quite clear the ways oz is held at arms length by the other three: because they were intimidated by oz’s power, mostly, but also because he’s very different to all three of them in terms of personality. arthur is oz’s fated other because he was able to change and teach oz in ways neither snowhi nor figaro could… though they influenced each other to change in many ways between the three of them

i’m struggling to find a way to describe exactly what it is about them i like in terms of like. shipping fodder HDBSJXBS it’s very much vibes for me in some regards. i guess i just really like how at the end of the day they embody the concept of love? does that make sense. the way snowhi love each other as brothers and partners and playmates and soulmates; who gave figaro all the love they knew how to give in a land as unforgiving as the north, a place where mercy and tenderness can get you killed. the way figaro has always been searching for love because he was jealous of the bond snow and white share, unable to comprehend his importance to either of them — mostly because neither of them understood his importance and mocked him for his loneliness. the way white’s death ties figaro to snow in their grief, and figaro to white in their mortality. the way figaro always returned to snowhi every time his attempts at recreating the village of his childhood failed. the way figaro is still so inherently dedicated to the both of them that even after 2000 years of travelling the world trying to find a place to belong, he still speaks to them in the formal language they taught him as a child, and tries his best to comfort snow in the throes of agony when snow is poisoned and dying and no longer has the strength to keep white by his side…

idk man. i just love them

I MEAN… yes i assume so? i can only imagine it applies in-universe as well as outside, mostly because cain and leno specifically wear coloured armbands emblazoned with their respective country’s insignia… oz wears a yellow armband also but it doesn’t have the central country insignia so i think that was more him trying to be like “yeah i’m totally a central wizard… whatever” LOL

i don’t think we’ve ever had a clear answer about it, so a lot of it is probably just for the sake of cohesive character design, but characters with sprites more often than not tend to wear the colour associated with their country (presumably) as a matter of pride: sanbaka all have purple somewhere in their colour schemes; the central wizards use A Lot of yellow — but you’ll notice so do the humans such as vincent and drummond and cock robin… the easties wear blue and the westies wear red (as do the western side characters such as liliana/gilles/zara) and the southies typically dress in earthy greenish tones. there are of course exceptions to this (figaro’s trousers MAYBE pass as green, but he’s mostly white; faust is primarily black; snow and white barely have any purple at all other than their brooches), but i think that’s more to do with the specifics of those characters and their backstories than anything else lol. i think this is a big part of why nova’s character design primarily incorporates the colour white: because he is unassociated with any country in particular… also smth smth the moon is white

on the topic of characters wearing colours associated w their country as a matter of pride, it is interesting to me that old!murr’s outfit is primarily blue as opposed to red. i suppose this likely has smth to do with old!murr having grown beyond the limitations of national pride, as he travelled the world and caused havoc wherever he went, and was more dedicated to the moon over anything else… but this is me getting off topic now lmao