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nonnie · 25d

im honestly glad fx was able to take mq's curse in flowersick. i feel like he's sensible enough to descend, which according to xl might stop the flowers

in theory yes, that could potentially save fx, but keep in mind that when xl said that mq was still stable. he was walking and eating and being active, but now he's a carcass of the man he used to be. descending takes time and energy that mq did not have anymore by the start of ch12, so descending could've killed him if he'd tried to do it then. when fx transferred the curse (we'll talk about that more in a second) onto himself, he didn't transfer the seed, he transferred the whole entire thing, roots and flowers and branches and all, so the stage of the flowersickness remains the same, it's still terminal

another thing is, at this point, fx isn't going to try to save himself. that's not something he would even think about because the only thing he was thinking when he kissed mq was that he NEEDED to save him, so the chances of him giving a damn about his own survival are low. besides, he witnessed first hand mq's suffering, and he thinks he deserves to suffer as well, for a million reasons you're probably already familiar with

now, it's important to remember that they don't know much about the flowersickness. yeah depriving the flowers of spiritual energy could starve them or keep them stagnant, but that's only a theory. xl let banyue experiment with a few flowers, the real thing is (was) inside mq's body, thus it was impossible for any of them to know for sure if that would work. and on that same note, the flowersickness isn't exactly an illness or a curse, it's something else entirely. you'll see exactly what i mean next chapter dw

i guess what i'm trying to say here is, fx is fucked, but he's also not! because! i'm the author and i say so!!!

i hope i can post ch13 before i have to go back to work but if i can't i'll just leave it drafted and ready to edit. so sorry for the long ass reply omg...

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