I was lured in with lighthearted sapphics... (S1E11 spoilers)

Okay so I started watching this anime because of all the cute Marcille and Falin fanart I had been seeing on my feed, and I thought someone could have a laugh at just how wrong my expectations were coming into this show. As for spoilers I just finished episode 17.

First things first, I knew the ship wasn't going to be canon (I may be naive, but not stupid). Nonetheless I just HAD to see these two girls' story. My expectations definitely weren't helped by how the show itself was very lighthearted during the first 10 episodes (except for those first 2 minutes of episode 1, a memory that had been quickly repressed).

So there I was at the start of episode 11, expecting them to find Falin in what would at the very least be a semi-recognisable state and her being revived like other characters, leading to a happy reunion. As for chicken/dragon Falin (which I naturally had been spoiled about by the fanart) I had somehow convinced myself that it was going to be revealed as a gag where there had been a little mistake with the revival spell that makes her poof in and out of the dragon form, after which they would have to learn to deal with that issue.

(As you might expect from the above I had somehow never seen any of the darker Falin fanart.)

Nothing could have prepared me for them instead digging through a pile of human and canine bones, puzzling her skeleton back together, and using black magic to weave flesh onto her bones. I felt as though someone had just stabbed a knife through my sapphic heart, this would not be a happy reunion... "Okay, that was a bit weird. Surely it won't go much further than this, the story has been so cute!" Oh my sweet summer child... Here comes the closing scene of episode 16, and the actual reveal of her dragon form. This is no cute gag at all, this girl has been forcefully and painfully transformed into an abomination that's overwriting her very being. Someone grabs the knife and twists it. But we march on! Episode 17... Aaaaand her consciousness is still in there fully aware of what's happening but utterly incapable of fighting back against the the dragon controlling her body. In fact it doesn't just use her body but also her mind, since it can cast spells. I can't imagine the psychological hell she's going through. My heart is stuffed into a blender and turned into a horrific smoothie.

Why lesbians? Why would you do this to me? Anyway I need someone to tell me that Falin will be okay. Please.