spent the day traveling so its quite late... OTL

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so ya! to sum it up - why do i ship them? why does the worm still live in my brain 5 years on?

its simple - they match each other's freak on an alarming level in every way. they're freak4freak and they wear matching fucking flowers! like idk man! im a simple girl!

and i think its important for hubert to learn to live and love for himself outside of edelgard/her cause, and bernadetta is the most interesting person to bring that personal character arc out of him, to me...! and thats that on that!

for hubert, i love the long game for him - clocking her untapped potential early, seeing that she's someone worth being kind to and meeting at her level. the slow burn of him realizing that she's someone he wants by his side for life...Delicious!

and the end card feels like an extension of that! it reads like an ending that loves bernie and wants her to thrive, and it's p easy to extend that to hubert himself feeling that way. and i love that in a ship! i love two people who are equals (matching flowers 🌸) who love and support each other!

i like that hubert is the one who supports her unequivocally from home, letting her take charge of her life on her own terms while still having the support of a partner. the game makes it crystal clear that hubert is someone she can feel safe with from the very beginning of their relationship

for bernadetta, i think its her only end card that truly reflects the character development she gets to have on crimson flower. she gets to travel the world and indulge in her passions, which is nice 😁

CF is the route that lets her have this arc to begin with, and this is a beautiful coda to that!

first, we must address HOW i got here, which is the end card. i got their paired ending on my first playthrough and it created a worm that would take permanent residence in my brain for the past 5+ years.

the paired end card contains all the reasons WHY i think they are perfect for e/o, though...!

2a. the garden is a shared safe space for them both, borne from their love...their TRUE firstborn child...i think being out there allows them both to clear their heads and come back down to earth after the epic highs and lows of whatever the day has wrought. flowerpilled and gardenmaxxed!!

2. how do these two unwind after a long day?

like, genuinely, spending time in their shared garden tending to the plants and flowers and all that. being with bernie has gotten hubert flowerpilled and gardenmaxxed and he finds it relaxing to tend to his plant children and do manual labor outside.

1b. bernie going to her totally platonic spying 101 class with her close personal friend the super spy who definitely only likes her as a friend...honestly i think if she hadn't already begun developing feelings for him...this is where they begin to calcify into something tangible and real :)

1a. hubert prob teaches her the art of spycraft and subterfuge as a means of preparing her to travel abroad to gather intel. if they're not together yet and miserable about it then these spycraft sessions are tense and full of unspoken feelings. this is all for edelgard, obviously! it means nothing!

1. yes, i think bernie helps fight that post-canon war, whether or not the two of them are together (unlikely) or miserably mutually pining for each other (way more likely) when it starts.

bernie's probably sent around the continent to gather intel using flora and fauna research as a front :)

2c. this thread kinda got away from me but i rly do think that they were both drawn to the other's inherent core of kindness hidden under layers of trauma and bullshit...like wow two people being nice to each other...crazy how relationships blossom from that...

anyway girl go to bed. stop yapping!