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Do you know of any fics about Ray looking like Isabella or having her her eyes?
The one that most readily comes to mind with Isabella and Ray's relationship as the main focus is They Don't Know You're Hers (2019) by NigiyakanaAki (there's also a sequel one-shot fic from Emma's perspective on Ray's looks, although she's not directly making the connection between them so much as noting they have a similar aura about them and how Ray's pretty like she was).
Although I'd also recommend always a riddle inside my head (aesop's kin) (2019) by evanescent.
It doesn't place as much focus on the physical similarities between them, but rather on their personalities and choices.
With this passage directly confronting what underlies any potential angst he might have associated with his features.
βIt could, but youβre scared,β Isabella says then. βOf how my mind worked. Of how your own brain is wired. Is being similar to me really that terrible?β - βYou made your choicesβ¦are you happy with them?β
To plagiarize myself from this post:
I donβt know if I would phrase it as him hating himself more because of [their physical similarities]? Because no one can control their genetics, and he never delves into angst over his black hair and other physical traits he inherited from her. He instead focuses on the actions of himself and others:
His phrasing of the βtrue natureβ of demons in chapter 123 makes me think back to how he justified his self-immolation in chapter 32:
He fully convinced himself that the only way he could atone for what he did was by committing suicide as the linchpin of his plan. He views what he and Isabella didβusing the children of plant no.3 for their respective machinationsβas reprehensible. So I feel he would still beat himself up over this inherited nature/loathsome predisposition and how their brains must be wired similarly more than actually hating any physical traits he might have gotten from her, but they would be triggering for him any time heβs having a negative thought spiral (you could easily write all of this off as pedantic semantics though lol).
While I'm 100% on board for Ray having purple eyes, I'm not keen on them being the focus of his inner turmoil and him repeatedly drawing attention to them (or worse, other people doing this with how awkward it feels on multiple fronts) as I am for them acting as bonus visuals and triggers to kick off a deeply embedded fear of an inescapable, inherit nature that dooms him. He made the choice to use people, proved the lengths he was willing to go to, just like she did (not getting into the circumstances behind it because for all the nuance he'll afford other things, when pushed this is something he's very stark about and won't budge on.) It's not all-consuming because that places him at odds with his vow to live and take care of his family, but something he falls into now and again, believing he'll never be able to truly atone for what he did and for that he doesn't deserve happiness.
Facsimile (2020) by banana_slug_army is another fic that follows this line of thought.
Enjoyed all four of these, but it's far from an exhaustive list, so opening it up to followers and others if they have any other recs on the subject.
#not sure if you already saw that earlier post anon in the event you were one of the people going on a binge in my tags recently lol#The Promised Neverland#Yakusoku no Neverland#TPN#YnN#TPN Isabella#TPN Ray#Isabella#Ray#Isabella and Ray's Incredibly Fraught and Complicated Relationship Tag#Purple-eyed Ray Tag#FSS Chatter#FSS Asks#TPN Fanfic#NigiyakanaAki#banana_slug_army#i can think of a number of other fics that reference him having purple eyes but it's just for the reader's angst#knowing everything entailed in that link while he doesn't explicitly dwell on it and their relationship isn't the main focus of the work#so apologies for potentially only suggesting one that was up the alley for what you were looking for#shoutout to evanescent for this particular bit that fucking wrecks me (the whole fic does but just wanted to highlight these lines):#[βπ·ππ π¦ππ’ πππ€ππ¦π ππππ€ π¦ππ’ π€πππ‘ππ π‘π ππ π πππ‘βππ?β]#[π΅ππππππ¦β πΌπ ππππππβπ ππ₯ππππ π πππ πππππ #πππ βππ ππ¦ππ πππππππ π‘π π
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