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[cinder quartz]

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[pallid vigil]

well the present is a tense and the subj is a mood

you mean the indicative present
bc subj in french is usually gonna be subj present

but anyways yes you need the subj after some verbs and there isn't an choice

[sick oriole]

in what scenarios would you be forced into using the subjunctive then

[vital quarry]

Everything that triggers it so you have verbs expressing a sort of necessity, order, etc like falloir (Il faut que tu comprennes), vouloir (je veux que tu comprennes); emotional statements like importance (il est important que tu comprennes), sadness (il est triste que tu comprennes), etc

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/subjunctive/
good starting point