#my damn yaoi ramblings… yes i have a job i promise

[csyched]

does anyone care for my galelupa infodumping? because i am not tagging this. it’s too embarrassing.

there isn’t much of a relationship between these two in QDS as opposed to DDS, but something i have noticed in the novels is how while everyone is frequently frustrated with gale just for being himself (Autistic), lupa is the one who understands his perspective. also, not pictured but do want to bring up, towards the end of vol. 2 he’s also the one to quickly defend gale when someone projects their grief and rage onto him (not elaborating due to spoilers).

sadly there is just not enough substance apart from these small moments, but if you blend the QDS+DDS galelupa you get beautiful yaoi between a dilf who lowkey struggles with self acceptance but takes a liking to the autistic guy who’s going through an existential crisis and coping with workaholism!

and in DDS, there’s definitely this moment of lupa recognizing gale as a real human being with potential (his “you have honor” moment), which causes gale’s entire mindset to abruptly shift as he awakens. in comparison to how everyone else treats him, gale is meeting someone who truly understands and sees him for who he is for the first time. so, it seems that the novels attempt this kind of similar development in their relationship, though it’s very subtle and short, especially since there is no concept of “sudden awakenings” in QDS.