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Persona Non Grata by conceptofpeaches
Fandoms: The Magicians (TV), The Magicians - Lev Grossman
28 Feb 2023
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Summary
Eliot Waugh is the kind of man that could charm an entire room if he wanted to, and he seems to air everything out in the open. Seems to. There are always sides of ourselves that we keep hidden, even from those closest to us--and Eliot is no exception. Something about persistant feelings of shame--a damaged self-concept. The sort of thing he therapist would say. His abusive father has just died, and Eliot can't help but feel it's necessary for him to attend, no matter how nauseating the idea is. His boyfriend, Quentin Coldwater--an open man with the patience to endure Eliot's drama and traumas--is bound to learn some thing new about his boyfriend. Or ten. And Eliot is mortified at the prospect of losing the love of those close to him.
Woven in the fibers of every person, are the core experiences that effect the way they interact with the world. Drugs, booze, abuse, shitty blond Texans with control issues, and glamorous BFFs that never give up on you included. Sometimes we blame the symptoms instead of the cause, when all they do is keep us alive at our lowest. How is Eliot expected to hold on to his sanity--and his sobriety--when he is immersed in the life that he had packed away and abandoned over a decade ago?