i think he and margaret hit a couple of the same notes of just being socially competent and decent with people and not deep in the weeds of a tragic backstory and stuff. in general, she felt very reliable and steady out of the gate; she understood the game premise, business, and didn't seem shocked at a giant fish dude, so he admired her a lot for how collected she was overall? like, i can immediately trust her judgment calls on what is happening and i feel confident making this decision after five minutes of knowing each other.
but margaret is actually a safe choice for that? to him, she strikes a good balance of like, actually caring about people (the way w0 doxxed people having Real Human Feelings immediately) and having compassion while also being a competent person with practical skills; he has a harder time connecting to people who don't have that human ('human') side to them, but even without knowing her background and stuff he's liked her from the start. also obviously he is not a businessman so he is like WOW margaret you are so good at spreadsheets! (does not know what those are)
at this point in tl;cr i usually have to talk about the distance between the living and dead but actually we really only had a week apart oops. but i think death also opened up some extra cr breathing room, like there was a sort of shared frustration and helplessness during trial and exec where they all had the answers and could do nothing with them? and her opinions on how things were going, a sort of balance of agitation when it was necessary and not being super duper hard on the living was something he respected.
THE BIG THING THOUGH WAS CYOA, what a terrible time. simultaneously being besties and then instantly being paranoid and suspicious of each others' guts was so unpleasant. and he wasn't even there when margaret died!! maybe that actually made it easier to talk about with each other, since they weren't directly involved in their respective pvp portions. but yeah afterwards it was really nice to talk to her while they were both sane and chat about their like, uncorrupted dreams; he's royalty and ambitious in the scope of what he wants, and obviously he does not truly know the horrors of capitalism, but the crux of their dreams comes a similar sort of hope and he genuinely respects/loves what she's trying to accomplish and the heart behind it.
he's not a spiteful person, but being friends with margaret after cyoa did feel like a huge fuck you to what happened to them. in a good way! they got to burn books and gossip and it just felt like a very natural friendship. even getting her memory about what a disaster her love life is and how her taste is bad just felt like a very.. idk how to describe it. less about swapping trauma and more just venting about things and being like yes girl you deserve better girl (get couples therapy). you know your gay friend you flop onto on a couch together with and talk about your days together.
in general, he respects margaret a lot and he is going to give her his entire stipend so he doesn't destroy hyrule's economy. she's a top pick for if he were to go on an adventure? he loves u so much margaret i cry
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i think he and margaret hit a couple of the same notes of just being socially competent and decent with people and not deep in the weeds of a tragic backstory and stuff. in general, she felt very reliable and steady out of the gate; she understood the game premise, business, and didn't seem shocked at a giant fish dude, so he admired her a lot for how collected she was overall? like, i can immediately trust her judgment calls on what is happening and i feel confident making this decision after five minutes of knowing each other.
but margaret is actually a safe choice for that? to him, she strikes a good balance of like, actually caring about people (the way w0 doxxed people having Real Human Feelings immediately) and having compassion while also being a competent person with practical skills; he has a harder time connecting to people who don't have that human ('human') side to them, but even without knowing her background and stuff he's liked her from the start. also obviously he is not a businessman so he is like WOW margaret you are so good at spreadsheets! (does not know what those are)
at this point in tl;cr i usually have to talk about the distance between the living and dead but actually we really only had a week apart oops. but i think death also opened up some extra cr breathing room, like there was a sort of shared frustration and helplessness during trial and exec where they all had the answers and could do nothing with them? and her opinions on how things were going, a sort of balance of agitation when it was necessary and not being super duper hard on the living was something he respected.
THE BIG THING THOUGH WAS CYOA, what a terrible time. simultaneously being besties and then instantly being paranoid and suspicious of each others' guts was so unpleasant. and he wasn't even there when margaret died!! maybe that actually made it easier to talk about with each other, since they weren't directly involved in their respective pvp portions. but yeah afterwards it was really nice to talk to her while they were both sane and chat about their like, uncorrupted dreams; he's royalty and ambitious in the scope of what he wants, and obviously he does not truly know the horrors of capitalism, but the crux of their dreams comes a similar sort of hope and he genuinely respects/loves what she's trying to accomplish and the heart behind it.
he's not a spiteful person, but being friends with margaret after cyoa did feel like a huge fuck you to what happened to them. in a good way! they got to burn books and gossip and it just felt like a very natural friendship. even getting her memory about what a disaster her love life is and how her taste is bad just felt like a very.. idk how to describe it. less about swapping trauma and more just venting about things and being like yes girl you deserve better girl (get couples therapy). you know your gay friend you flop onto on a couch together with and talk about your days together.
in general, he respects margaret a lot and he is going to give her his entire stipend so he doesn't destroy hyrule's economy. she's a top pick for if he were to go on an adventure? he loves u so much margaret i cry