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funkle420 · 2 months ago

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sorry for yapping so much today lol BUT

i wanna yap abt marcille and falin. i feel like when they were in school, maybe marcille didn't have romantic feelings for falin yet but admired her curiosity and aptitude for magic.

then later, during the time that they and laios were exploring the dungeon together, that's when she started to fall for her. she saw how capable and brave she was in action. i think for her that combination of strength and bravery with delicacy and charm really did it for her, like the prince on horseback the succubus turns into for her. marcille wants a partner who's pretty and romantic, but not weak or shallow.

Falin also says at one point before Marcille joins their party that she thinks Marcille treats her like she's 10, and while i think this is mostly her being self-conscious, it's clear that Marcille babies her like how other people of long-lived races tend to do to everyone else, despite them being developmentally in the same life stage. It seems more likely that, in the dungeon, Marcille grew to see Falin more as she truly is, rather than the limited side of her she saw in school.

Then during the events of the story, she slowly comes to realize her feelings are romantic, especially when she hears Laios talk about how much Marcille meant to Falin.

Falin, on the other hand, I don't know when I think she fell for Marcille or realized those feelings, but I do think that she knew she was attracted to Marcille by the start of the events of the story. After she was resurrected, I think their interactions show that. My interpretation is that after the conclusion of the events of the manga, Falin made the first move. Like a lot of people who've had NDEs, maybe she felt like she shouldn't hesitate to say how she feels.

(pls recommend good post-manga fanfics!!! not just abt farcille but abt anything, i love seeing ppl's ideas abt what happens after)

#ive read a couple abt laios and kabru #as someone who relates to both kabru and laios i rly like them together #even if just as friends..... but i think a well paced friends to lovers makes sense for them #kabru not knowing how to be authentic and accurately say how he feels even when he tries at the end rly cut deep man #the being misunderstood and not knowing how to communicate how you actually feel #fuck!#they're both so dense i love them #one of the few times i think frustrating miscommunication tropes would work #and with laios being fresh off the heels of the toshiro situation #like hes clearly being extra careful with kabru at the end there cause he doesn't want to be disappointed now that he knows kabru lies #and as a traumatized person i totally get crushing on or even obsessing over someone who's somehow able to engage with what you fear #so healthily and easily #the allure of someone who hasn't been traumatized by that thing #and the desire to learn how you might heal if only you understood what they see #i like to think laios sloooooowwwwwly helps kabru eventually come to see monsters in a more neutral light #like how someone with a fear of bears can come to see them as. just animals. and not evil things out to get you.#still scary ofc like you gotta have a healthy fear of dangerous things #that would be in line with how real biological relationships are weaved into the dunmeshi world #like ill always have this trauma around family stuff but if i ever had a partner or close friend who's family i was accepted by #that would heal me a bit #not enough to ever have kids or call someone a parent i think #but enough to not feel that automatic fear response #as much

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