AHHHH ROSAMUND our cute voicetesting thread with these two forever ago could not have prepared me for the actual cr they would build help me
okay soooo obviously they have a lot of similarities between being royalty and also pet extroverts, they're both very sincere and have that sort of good-hearted kindness + pep that made them fast friends? and also both being fish out of water here from like, more ambiguously fantasy settings (both hilariously kind of post apocalyptic)? they got along from the get go and i think you could easily assume they are The Same? Two of Them?
but i do think ~BENEATH THE HIMBO/BIMBO VENEER~ (which is not a veneer it is real), they approach things differently. for one he has been alive much longer, and honestly the struggles of princess and prince are very different bc well uh HMMmm sexism, and she's been through a lot more fucked up shit than he has. so like!! obviously her brightness has sharper edges whereas he tended to be more even-keeled and that worked out for them; for him it was a lot of respecting her compassion and how it like, drove her to things like anger and defiance and a really deep sense of empathy, which he thinks are all actually quite difficult to handle and live with!!
he had a lot of concern that AS someone who is more empathetic and sensitive she might end up burning herself out if she didn't have an outlet, so he wanted to listen to her and be there when things like grief hit them all over the noggin. so a lot of their earlier conversations are kind of them just supporting each other through The Horrors and more or less offering exactly what they give to other people, just to each other. which was very sweet and they were good, very thoughtful friends, and he cared about her a ton. i think one thing is like, both knowing that optimism is very much a choice you have to make moreso than just being ignorant of horrors, so they were both very aware of how bleak the situation is but made the most of it together.
them getting tattoos was also when he started to think about things like... agency! the ability to decide things for yourself and how crucial that is! he truthfully did not come from a background where this was something he needed to think about, RICH POWERFUL MAN PRIVILEGE, but it was actually a hugely important thing to learn this game and she definitely was the one who first made him realize that.
that's also when he gave her a scale right before he died because it fell off when he tried to get a tattoo, did you know that for zora women that's a romantic gesture? anyway
THEN HE DIED!!! wowee. and she sent him the sweetest letter which made me so sad. in any case, he was very worried about her but they had a really heartwarming reunion in w4 vr that meant a lot to him, it was just surprisingly emotional and also like, on a related tangent, she is someone who would meet his unbridled love and enthusiasm with... unbridled love and enthusiasm!! they're both so unguarded with it and rightfully, not everyone is, but he did unconsciously appreciate having someone who would just reciprocate that energy with no questions asked. it's strange because they'd always been sincere, but it kind of tipped into a different level of openness and vulnerability here. overall though i actually think their relationship was more..... equalized?? after he died, which is unfortunate but very funny.
i've said this a few times, but he is kind of used to being Strong and Happy for the people around him, which is not something he minds at all or has to fake at all!!! but it was nice to be able to talk to someone who was sort of in the same position of pushing forward optimism and good cheer at all costs, and to tone it down and just have regular conversations about the things that they're not so confident about. which meant they would look deep into each others eyes and talk about their problems and all their confusion over things like, i am dealing with romance for the first time and making a huge mess of it, and maybe kiss each other on the cheek all the time and hold hands and be like wow i'm so glad we're normal friends doing normal friend things. they were so fucking cuddly all the time, everywhere.
anyway, feelings are hard, and after things with viktor, he was much more like, sensible and thoughtful. which meant it was harder to pick up on things like how he felt about rosamund; he got love potioned and it was confusing again because he was like, well..... this is not that different from how we are and how i feel already. it just kind of wiped away his hang-ups and threw caution to the wind for five minutes. i don't think he would've processed things quickly enough had she not confessed at endgame; he's not SHY, but he is made more timid by things like the threat of dying the next day, because at his core he does not actually want to put himself in the position of violently losing a person he loves again, whereas the imminent threat of death had emboldened her to say something. it's funny because they're both so protective but deeply different about it, he gets fussy and introspective, she gets fired up and emotional, and in general it's probably a good juxtaposition.
also nothing solid was going to come of it because he cares about todomatsu and felt way too bad to do anything anyway, but i think the way it worked out was nice actually? like they're both very loving and both had these rocky journeys of self discovery and it wasn't all good, and they're still not experts or dealing with it 'correctly,' but it means they're being gentle with themselves and each other. also like, he's genuinely more concerned about how this place has worn down her self confidence in her new life than romance. it really breaks his heart that she chose freedom and then got punished so hard for it immediately, but he is also of the mind that she can make the rest of her life mean more than two very hard months. sometimes..... suffering is just part of life.
but they are going to have so much fun to make up for how shit this place is, amen I LOVE YOU ROSAMUND please love yourself and thank you kabby for the absolute journey of this cr
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okay soooo obviously they have a lot of similarities between being royalty and also pet extroverts, they're both very sincere and have that sort of good-hearted kindness + pep that made them fast friends? and also both being fish out of water here from like, more ambiguously fantasy settings (both hilariously kind of post apocalyptic)? they got along from the get go and i think you could easily assume they are The Same? Two of Them?
but i do think ~BENEATH THE HIMBO/BIMBO VENEER~ (which is not a veneer it is real), they approach things differently. for one he has been alive much longer, and honestly the struggles of princess and prince are very different bc well uh HMMmm sexism, and she's been through a lot more fucked up shit than he has. so like!! obviously her brightness has sharper edges whereas he tended to be more even-keeled and that worked out for them; for him it was a lot of respecting her compassion and how it like, drove her to things like anger and defiance and a really deep sense of empathy, which he thinks are all actually quite difficult to handle and live with!!
he had a lot of concern that AS someone who is more empathetic and sensitive she might end up burning herself out if she didn't have an outlet, so he wanted to listen to her and be there when things like grief hit them all over the noggin. so a lot of their earlier conversations are kind of them just supporting each other through The Horrors and more or less offering exactly what they give to other people, just to each other. which was very sweet and they were good, very thoughtful friends, and he cared about her a ton. i think one thing is like, both knowing that optimism is very much a choice you have to make moreso than just being ignorant of horrors, so they were both very aware of how bleak the situation is but made the most of it together.
them getting tattoos was also when he started to think about things like... agency! the ability to decide things for yourself and how crucial that is! he truthfully did not come from a background where this was something he needed to think about, RICH POWERFUL MAN PRIVILEGE, but it was actually a hugely important thing to learn this game and she definitely was the one who first made him realize that.
that's also when he gave her a scale right before he died because it fell off when he tried to get a tattoo, did you know that for zora women that's a romantic gesture? anyway
THEN HE DIED!!! wowee. and she sent him the sweetest letter which made me so sad. in any case, he was very worried about her but they had a really heartwarming reunion in w4 vr that meant a lot to him, it was just surprisingly emotional and also like, on a related tangent, she is someone who would meet his unbridled love and enthusiasm with... unbridled love and enthusiasm!! they're both so unguarded with it and rightfully, not everyone is, but he did unconsciously appreciate having someone who would just reciprocate that energy with no questions asked. it's strange because they'd always been sincere, but it kind of tipped into a different level of openness and vulnerability here. overall though i actually think their relationship was more..... equalized?? after he died, which is unfortunate but very funny.
i've said this a few times, but he is kind of used to being Strong and Happy for the people around him, which is not something he minds at all or has to fake at all!!! but it was nice to be able to talk to someone who was sort of in the same position of pushing forward optimism and good cheer at all costs, and to tone it down and just have regular conversations about the things that they're not so confident about. which meant they would look deep into each others eyes and talk about their problems and all their confusion over things like, i am dealing with romance for the first time and making a huge mess of it, and maybe kiss each other on the cheek all the time and hold hands and be like wow i'm so glad we're normal friends doing normal friend things. they were so fucking cuddly all the time, everywhere.
anyway, feelings are hard, and after things with viktor, he was much more like, sensible and thoughtful. which meant it was harder to pick up on things like how he felt about rosamund; he got love potioned and it was confusing again because he was like, well..... this is not that different from how we are and how i feel already. it just kind of wiped away his hang-ups and threw caution to the wind for five minutes. i don't think he would've processed things quickly enough had she not confessed at endgame; he's not SHY, but he is made more timid by things like the threat of dying the next day, because at his core he does not actually want to put himself in the position of violently losing a person he loves again, whereas the imminent threat of death had emboldened her to say something. it's funny because they're both so protective but deeply different about it, he gets fussy and introspective, she gets fired up and emotional, and in general it's probably a good juxtaposition.
also nothing solid was going to come of it because he cares about todomatsu and felt way too bad to do anything anyway, but i think the way it worked out was nice actually? like they're both very loving and both had these rocky journeys of self discovery and it wasn't all good, and they're still not experts or dealing with it 'correctly,' but it means they're being gentle with themselves and each other. also like, he's genuinely more concerned about how this place has worn down her self confidence in her new life than romance. it really breaks his heart that she chose freedom and then got punished so hard for it immediately, but he is also of the mind that she can make the rest of her life mean more than two very hard months. sometimes..... suffering is just part of life.
but they are going to have so much fun to make up for how shit this place is, amen
I LOVE YOU ROSAMUND please love yourself and thank you kabby for the absolute journey of this cr