#lftp spoilers //

[karnakian]

i know i've posted these screenshots before, but god sometimes the symmetry of the language between the first picture (leon's perspective, describing the creation of his and maria's promise) and the second picture (maria's perspective, as she calls their promise off) really hits me hard

[karnakian]

not to kiss my own ass or anything but i really do love the idea of leon considering maria to be his other half .. his platonic soulmate. like these are two people who the game has explicitly stated have always been orbiting around each other and going everywhere together, from playing together as children to traveling the world together as adults.

which just makes leon waking up all those years later without the one person who has always been by his side all the more painful i feel. lol love <33

[karnakian]

man the friendship between them .. the absolute love and adoration transcending space and time .. i’m feeling normal i prommy 😭😭😭

[karnakian]

[karnakian]

spoilers  for  lftp  (  leon’s  proposal  event  )  below  -  pt  1

watching  leon  process  maria’s  ‘  final  ‘  letter  and  believing  she  wanted  him  to  ‘  disappear  ‘  and  seeing  him  shift  from  carefully  composed  neutrality  to  the  dam  breaking  and  him  raising  his  voice  for  the  first  time  /  one  of  the  first  times  ( ? )  under  the  weight  of  his  grief  and  self  -  loathing  ...  hahaa  oh  fox  boy  you  do  be  putting  me  through  emotional  duress  ...

[karnakian]

anyway  after  nearly  five  years  of  running  this  blog  i  finally  have  a  mostly  satisfying  answer  to  my  age  -  old  question  of  ‘  what  the  fuck  was  maria  actually  like  lol  ’

she  was  a  tsundere.

SJLFKJF  LISTEN  hear  me  out  !!  ...  (  lftp  spoiler  screenshots  below  cut  )

1.  her  being  a  spoiled,  bossy  kid  who  would  cry  whenever  she  didn’t  get  what  she  wanted  when  they  were  children,  leading  to  leon  constantly  trying  to  appease  her  and  the  infamous  promise  they  made 

2.  her  harsh  -  exterior  -  but  -  secretly  -  soft  -  interior  leading  to  other  people  always  thinking  of  her  as  being  frigid,  hence  why  leon  seemed  to  be  the  only  one  who  was  close  to  her  and  why  he’s  so  quick  to  defend  her  from  being  called  cold  even  years  after  she’s  gone,  as  well  as  why  people  avoided  her  after  he  was  sealed  away.  who  would  want  to  spend  time  with  that  mean,  aloof  woman  who  never  speaks  to  anyone  and  spends  all  of  her  time  alone  at  the  tower  all  day  ??

3.  this  would  also  explain  why  he  never  realized  her  feelings  toward  him  given  how  vehemently  she  would  be  bound  to  deny  them  if  asked.  i’ve  always  kind  of  wondered  how  someone  as  perceptive  as  leon  wouldn’t  have  noticed  the  person  closest  to  him  pining  after  him  for  20+  years,  and  while  this  isn’t  a  perfect  explanation,  i  feel  like  he  would  have  trusted  her  enough  to  respect  her  answer  without  prying  /  looking  too  deeply  into  it.  

the  dots  ...  i  am  connecting  them  ....  !!

[karnakian]

spoilers  for  lftp  (  leon’s  proposal  event  )  below  -  pt  3  (  final  ...  for  now  lol  )

--  (  frey  asking  if  they  have  to  go  find  kiel  right  this  minute  )

--  (  the  next  morning,  upon  confronting  leon  again  )

--  (  frey  trying  to  ask  him  about  maria’s  letter  again  )

he  is  such  a  brat  lmao  ...  his  partner  has  only  been  supportive  of  him  this  entire  time.  but  he’s  only  really  lashing  out  because  he’s  hurting.

also,  the  way  he  works  himself  back  to  composure  by  the  end  ...  it’s  the  repression  luv  xx  <3  incredibly  childishly  stubborn  man,  let  your  friends  help  you  lol  <333  i  love  him  but  he  does  deserve  to  be  smacked  sometimes

[karnakian]

spoilers  for  lftp  (  leon’s  proposal  event  )  below  -  pt  2

seeing  leon  in  tears  does  be  sending  me  into  a  frenzied  state.  who  did  this  to  u  bb  (  it  was  himself  )