ok then let’s look at mercury every time he’s in evernight!



volume 4 episode 1:





‘what the FUCK have I got into’ - mercury



same episode:







“EMERALD HOLD ME BACK I’M GOING TO BEAT UP THIS MUSTACHE PRICK” -mercury



man wow this episode just doesn’t stop here though:







“can this veiny bitch shut the fuck up” like mercury is literally glaring salem down SO HARD here but NO HE’S RIGHT WHERE HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE



now let’s go to the next time he’s in evernight, v4e12:











“do i really have to be standing here watching you kill ruby? this is what i’m getting paid to do? wait, you don’t even FUCKING PAY ME” -mercury



like that’s not the face of a guy who’s having a good time and is right where he’s supposed to be



now, he shows up again in evernight again in V6E4:







“MAN I’M SO HAPPY TO BE BACK IN THIS SHITHOLE, LOOK IT’S MY HAPPY FACE” -mercury



haha you thought it stopped there, nah, merc continues to show how much he FITS IN and LOVES BEING IN EVERNIGHT just a few minutes later







“BACK OFF FREAK” -mercury



like holy shit come on guys he fucking hates everyone there except emerald and hazel! BUT DON’T WORRY I BET YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME YET! “BUT…HE SAID HE WAS RIGHT WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE!!!”



later in the episode:







“HEY WHAT’S UP GUYS IT’S ME MERCURY BLACK BEING LITERALLY TERRIFIED EVERY SECOND I’M IN EVERNIGHT, BUT IGNORE ALL OF THIS AND JUST TAKE MY BULLSHIT AS FACT” -mercury



he is so fucking scared it’s unreal, but damn, you’re still not convinced? fair, he DID say he was right where he was supposed to be, so let’s ignore all of this and continue! volume 6 episode 9 is the next time we see him







“emerald, you just made me reveal my tragic backstory that i hate talking about because my dad cut off my FUCKING LEGS and stole my FREAKING SEMBLANCE and you’re out here upset that Cinder LEFT? REALLLLLLLLY-” -mercury



the infamous ‘right where i’m supposed to be’ line. aka the line that makes everyone ignore the blatant subtext of mercury being terrified. don’t worry though, the show LITERALLY CALLS HIM OUT ON IT 2 SECONDS LATER IF YOU SOMEHOW FORGOT THAT







“tyrian please stop psycho analyzing me” -mercury



tyrian literally says mercury is bullshitting to himself and it’s hilarious. the show literally has tyrian pop up not even 5 seconds after mercury says he’s right where he’s supposed to be to have him say ‘you’re really fucking not buddy’



man, for whatever reason, you still don’t believe it? why believe it, true! mercury DID say it, and as we know, when characters say something, they mean it! lets go to the finale now.











“I’M TERRIFIED AGAIN EMERALD NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN 2 YEARS PLEASE HOLD ME” -mercury



wow look, mercury is still fucking terrified! he’s out of his depth! he’s a *kid!* him and emerald are totally fishes out of water here, and he’s lying to himself because he’s good at hiding his emotions!



but to be fair, merc *did* say he-



NO! Not fair! Not fair at all! What mercury said WAS A LIE. Just like when Yang says ‘she doesn’t care about Blake anymore’ in V5, that’s all it is! A very blatant lie! They don’t always mean what they say!



I’m so done with people saying merc can’t be redeemed/leave evernight with emerald because of one line he said that he clearly didn’t mean. For anyone who says ‘he’s fine where he is’, I hope you realize you are 100% immaculately WRONG.



and that’s the tea, sorry not sorry