#advenberry neg

[lanternouslobster]

Okay uhh rant about CRK and Advenberry (negative) under the cut (minor spoilers for ep 17)

So I've played through nearly all of ep 17 (stuck on 17-30), and it seems that Devsis are trying to push Advenberry as canon or at least very near close to it. And I HATE it. Not because I ship Adventurer with Eclair (weird rarepair, I know) but because the ship feels like it has some kinda gross implications.

For the longest time, in CRK canon specifically, the most we've known about Addie and Blackberry's relationship was in the At the Mansion bond story. And, in it, Addie is explicitly stated to be a child. Likely a young one, based on the wording. And Blackberry, at the same time, is employed as a maid for his family. Based on that information, it's highly likely that in CRK canon, Blackberry could have been an adult when Addie was a small child. That alone makes her feel more like a parental figure to him than anything. There's never any mention of parents, so she very well could have been the one to raise him. The idea that they could be romantically involved feels... icky. To me, at least.

My first thought at Addie's line in ep 17 about a Cookie waiting for him, like many probably thought, is that he was talking about Blackberry. Not because I ship it, but because Blackberry is the only Cookie he's really shown to know personally in CRK. It would make more sense for him to be referring to her rather than for a completely new relationship to be introduced. My immediate hope with it was that the relationship between Adventurer and Blackberry would be kept purely in a platonic sense. However, his wording in the scene suggests otherwise. Furthermore, when talking to Olive later on the matter, his hesitance to talk and his avoidance of directly answering Olive's questions only accentuates the intention of the writing. It's fanservice. Devsis knows how popular of a ship Advenberry is, and they're sticking shipping fuel for it into the story.

Like I said, I hate it. In CRK, Devsis have already implied a huge age gap, and while age gaps on their own aren't inherently bad, I do believe that the specific situation for it here— with Blackberry having known Addie when he was a child while she herself may have been an adult— delves into a morally questionable territory. It feels like they're diving headfirst into the fanservice without any regard to what they've already established.

Also, I know that CROB canon implies that they were childhood friends, but I don't care about CROB. Same characters, different universe.

I should say here, no hate to anyone who ships Advenberry! I understand that what I've mentioned here are only implied and not hard, solid canon. As of now, there's no solid proof as to the moral status of Advenberry. This is more a complaint about Devsis's writing and planning.