And dying. And animals. Impressions: I'm still rolling my eyes at the characters and stories here, so this may be as far as I go. They're lacking substance and already formulaic. She meets someone who's sort of sad about something, casts a spell, and then they cry. I'm not looking for Hamlet or major […]
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