#I can just imagine Sanson rambling on and on

[velnica]

Bath Day 26.11.2023 (Sanson/Guydelot)

Guydelot is more than happy to let Sanson ramble off his entire day... as long as they're warm and cosy in their bath, with extra fire crystals lest Sanson's prose grows overlong.

[ultimablades]

Sorry for being a broken record about this, but last night I was working on a scene that takes place in Coerthas between the Celaine meeting and Tailfeather and I just get sooooo tendy thinking about how much time Sanson and Guydelot spent just with each other. Like the WoL is popping in and out as necessary but they spend most of their journey just with each other. And I’m always thinking about all those unseen moments between before the ~fight~ in Tailfeather where they must have been getting closer despite their initial misunderstanding. Like what were they talking about, what were they doing, what kind of sights did they seen together for the first time. How do you not start to slowly fall in love when you’re both seeing an aurora borealis for the first time or venturing into a completely foreign forest together.

[gallowking]

Listen it's unfortunately a common thing in this fandom to write off Sanson as just a yandere for Marie so I really like how you made him into an actual character again. He very obviously has a lot of issues but he's trying to work around them and slowly make connections with people and you know what? That's growth.

( Yeah, like I do notice when it comes to characters like Sanson, they tend to become those kind of characters that get lumped into “lmao their existence is to ship with this character” and there is actual character depth with him that is more than just “he has yandere characteristics”!

For example ((and no offense to those that do ship them!)) but I feel like I’ve come across more art of Sanson being in a typical yaoi trope with Mozart or Robin. Like, I personally do like those characters a whole lot, but when I see either of them and Sanson, to me, it just feels so- out of character? Like imagine yourself in a position where you’re picked on a whole lot and called names and suddenly wow you’re in love with them— like, I can’t see that happening with someone with so much complicated problems like Sanson?

I think I’m just tired of seeing characters being shoved into a yaoi trope without investing into how it would actually work, is the thing. It’s happened to a past muse of mine before (Nero from DMC) and it confuses me as to how it makes sense :^( if you can’t tell by now, I like it when things make sense so I actively try to avoid stapling a character into a cookie cutter of expectations. It’s more fun diverging out than it is to be shoved into “this character is this, that’s all they are.”

But yes! I do like focusing on Sanson’s thought process because he does think and act differently depending on what the muse is like! Most people forget that he does originate from an authority figure, he doesn’t settle for low quality ((I mean jfc he helped Marie and D’Eon snag food during the moon celebration LMAO))

But! That’s enough rambling cause I’m very grateful you feel that way and I find it a joy to write out his complexities when I can u v u !! )

[fistsoflightning]

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