Lisa Bortiforte
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Camphrier Town, Kalos
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Elisabeth Fiorelli
COMMUNAL CURRY #7
POSTED ON Mar 1, 2024 6:09:10 GMT
THE LAST SUNSET
Elisabeth's curry entry[break] Thread Summary: Elisabeth gives MATIAS SILPH everything he thinks he wants, betraying him intimately in order to secure her own survival, while hating herself in the process.
Why is it important?: This is not the first time in Hoenn that Elisabeth has convinced herself that a man deserves to be hurt by her. She carries a lot of assumptions and trauma about men and relationships, which she projects on everyone unfortunate enough to attempt to engage her romantically.
She essentially uses Matias as a bargaining chip with declan walsh here, proving her loyalty to Rocket by betraying a man who has until now sworn private loyalty to her. This betrayal is justified, in her mind. Matias has tried to kill her. He's tried to threaten her into loving him. He's a legitimately unhinged person who makes her afraid for her life, and she doesn't think she's wrong to be wary of him. She doesn't think his feelings towards her are based in anything real or lasting, and that he would do the same to her without a second thought.
The false Red Shard she gives him is liable to instantly kill him. To her, this date she agrees to is a 'last supper' as much as anything else. Genuinely, she thinks this might be Matias's last day he ever spends alive in Hoenn. It's one reason she's so kind and indulgent to him throughout the course of the thread, letting herself imagine what being with him romantically might be like. It's a way of easing her own guilt.
And so she lets him believe that she loves him, even as she knows the truth: that she's essentially killing him, instead.
What I've really enjoyed about writing this story is that so many characters despise Matias for his arrogance and his hubris, seeing him as a major antagonist and villain in Hoenn -- but here, in this thread, he is clearly the one being wronged between them. Matias comes to her in good faith, taking her at her word when she gives him the 'Red Shard.' Elisabeth expects him to immediately choose power over her, but instead she's confronted with the terrifying reality that Matias might not be only saying he loves her in order to manipulate her. His feelings, in fact, seem to be very real.
Which makes her betrayal of him even crueler. And the consequences, inevitably, will be far more painful than they could have otherwise been.
Shout-out to Noodles for trusting me with this femme fatale plot and for giving so many fantastic insights into Matias as a character in this thread. I'm super excited to write the eventual 'Red Shard' catastrophe, and all the messy fallout that will come in the aftermath. Stay tuned, gamers...
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