#i am not very eloquent rn i apologise it is very late hahaha

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ana-pt said: When the Nedport vibes are strong… You are pulled into them You can try, but you will always comeback

i just can’t resist making Ned suffer ;) it’s fine, the money Port paid him to get back Brazil surely helped mend his heart

sisididis said: Aaaaaaahhhh, thank you so much for this. I definitely see Port as the type to leave one’s messages on “read” (the modern day equivalent to not sending letters back) or repeatedly not answer one’s calls (unless he’s startled from sleep and accidentally answers the call instead of rejecting it) 😆 Everyone has that one person in their WhatsApp group that they just can’t seem to get ahold of. That’s Port.

Oh he absolutely is the type to do that! Anytime he gets a call he’ll say “it’s fine, if it’s important they’ll just call again”, and they do call again but he just... doesn’t pick up. He’ll see 420 unread messages next to a group chat and think it’s part of the group name lmao

sisididis said: I, too, think that he’s allowed himself to grow sentimental only recently, when modern day politics allow it and are not as cutthroat as before. Surviving centuries of highs and lows without rendering yourself numb to a certain extent is not likely if you’re to survive. Especially when the pain and the mistreatment that he was subjected to were inflicted by those he considered “close”.

Yep, obviously he had sentimental tendencies before, especially in regards to humans he knew, but I think he had a good handle on that part of his personality and never slipped into it too much. That control became more tenuous in the mid-1800s onwards, and it’s really in the 20th century that I think it almost became a personality trait.

sisididis said: I don’t see Port being a hoarder, either. I feel like Francis might lean more towards that, really. But I do feel like Port can’t leave a museum without feeling bitter 😅 “I had an identical one centuries ago. Now they’re selling it at auctions for thousands and I threw it away for nothing.” (I’d be bitter, too).

oh, this is interesting! I never actually thought about Francis in that regard! I’m interested in your take on it, I always imagined Francis as someone very good at not falling into that trap but I’m admittedly not as familiar with him

sisididis said: I feel like during the zenith of his empire, it was very difficult for him to settle, to feel content in one place. It was terrible to venture out to sea for so long, but returning home to four empty walls, with the sea so mockingly close was even more terrible. (“I spent months sick with longing, but now that I’m here, I can’t stand it.”)

oooh yes! I do believe that at the end of the day, regardless of where he was headed, he really is the type to enjoy the journey itself the most as long as it’s out in the ocean

“I spent months sick with longing, but now that I’m here, I can’t stand it.”

I love this line! and it feels really fitting for him, both for places and people...

sisididis said: I still can’t let go of that one headcanon that I read on either your or Trevo’s blog, hidden in the tags or in an answer. It was about young Port growing up alone, but aware of Spain’s existence and somehow using that knowledge as a pillar for when times worsened. Witnessing the ebb and flow of human mortality while you remain immortal is indescribably sad. “But as long as he’s still there, I’m alright. I’m not alone.”

oh yes, I mentioned something like that in an ask before! I like to think that through the good and the bad, they at least always had each other as a constant in their life. Good or bad, at least they knew the other was still around, even if not physically near.

sisididis said: On a happier note, Portucale reminds me of the Romanian word for oranges 🍊 “portocale” 🥰

well that’s because Portugal brought sweet oranges over from Asia, and so quite a few countries named it after him~ that’s actually one of my favourite bits of language trivia hahaha