I'm quite a sadist when it comes to the characters in my fic, I usually let them have a tug-of-war and a gallon of conflicts before letting them have their bittersweet ending. It makes the r/ship more worthwhile and tightens their bonds.
Ashe/Basch gives me joy in places in which I don’t understand. They seem to be meant for each other, but everything in the world is against their union. Bringing themselves together wouldn’t be a picnic, it’s not only about receiving consent from their allies and general public (which is their first priority), but also to overcome all the emotional and mental barriers between them. While honour and duty is their creed, it is the same object that draws them apart as well. Though, I truly believe that what he does for his queen is not solely out of fealty, but it was made out of the love of a man for a woman. One line that I remember clearly is “I have someone more important to defend and defend her I have”, he could have made a general statement instead of stressing on Ashe individually. I found this avowal very romantic, and touching.
Heh. Deep down, I think Basch is a little masochist, and would rather have himself suffer the agonies of war and strife than allowing his people and those he love be harmed. I agree with you that while he doesn’t realize it, this attitude of his would break the hearts of his love ones unwittingly. But I find it strange that some fics drew Basch as a brutal young man who abandon his own twin and mother when Landis was conquered. I, for one, don’t believe this notion (though, I understand it is highly possible), because he wouldn’t even give up Dalmasca after it has fallen and when he heard the Ashe had committed suicide. Let alone; desert his own kin when they need him the most.
Noah is used to being blind, and by the 5th month he's actually recovering his eyesight slowly (he's able to distinguish light and see fuzzy images but he still didn't know how Pen looked like). When he was struck down by Vayne, the impact caused him to lose sight, and all this while, he has been putting pressure on himself which makes his recovery difficult. But after he spends time with Penelo, he loosens up and dwell less in morbid thoughts, his health turn for the better.
Well, Noah has certain hidden talents and sufficient sexual experience, but blindfolded sex is still a task (he doesn’t want to hurt her), and he won’t know if Pen is enjoying it cause he couldn't see her, he had to rely on his other senses to guide him. Both of them were nervous but they wanted it badly, and while it wasn't the best sex, they did manage to ravish each other, and knew something special has passed between them.
I'm worried on the conflict about Pen's parents, and I hope it doesn't sound too stretched and coincidental. Remember, in the earlier part of this fic that Pen has a fear of thunderstorms? That wasn’t written by whim, and was purposely plotted for Pen and Noah to grow closer together and also for this section. But there’s actually more to the story.
Their first night and last night were painted with a milieu of lightning and thunder. If possible, I don’t want sex to be conducted under the influence of lust, but rather it strings from a stronger emotion. It is easy for a man like Noah to be sexually interested in a beautiful girl, but he doesn’t know how pretty she is (he barely remember the young girl in Basch’s party), therefore his desire for her stem from his genuine love and protectiveness over her. As for Pen, she love this man for all his mistakes, vices and virtues, even after knowing he killed her parents. She knows that if she stayed, her change of demeanour would led to the exposure of the secret, and that knowledge would hurt Noah more. He was recovering and learning to accept his past mistakes, revealing that his doing had destroyed her family is more than enough to throw him back into his shell. And even if they share a physical relationship, till then, Noah had not spoken any promises of eternity after he recovered, she thought that it would be best if she just disappeared (in the beginning she left out of grief, but it was also out of love) and never see him again. Though, when she left that last night, she unknowingly took something with her too ^^
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Ashe/Basch gives me joy in places in which I don’t understand. They seem to be meant for each other, but everything in the world is against their union. Bringing themselves together wouldn’t be a picnic, it’s not only about receiving consent from their allies and general public (which is their first priority), but also to overcome all the emotional and mental barriers between them. While honour and duty is their creed, it is the same object that draws them apart as well. Though, I truly believe that what he does for his queen is not solely out of fealty, but it was made out of the love of a man for a woman. One line that I remember clearly is “I have someone more important to defend and defend her I have”, he could have made a general statement instead of stressing on Ashe individually. I found this avowal very romantic, and touching.
Heh. Deep down, I think Basch is a little masochist, and would rather have himself suffer the agonies of war and strife than allowing his people and those he love be harmed. I agree with you that while he doesn’t realize it, this attitude of his would break the hearts of his love ones unwittingly. But I find it strange that some fics drew Basch as a brutal young man who abandon his own twin and mother when Landis was conquered. I, for one, don’t believe this notion (though, I understand it is highly possible), because he wouldn’t even give up Dalmasca after it has fallen and when he heard the Ashe had committed suicide. Let alone; desert his own kin when they need him the most.
Noah is used to being blind, and by the 5th month he's actually recovering his eyesight slowly (he's able to distinguish light and see fuzzy images but he still didn't know how Pen looked like). When he was struck down by Vayne, the impact caused him to lose sight, and all this while, he has been putting pressure on himself which makes his recovery difficult. But after he spends time with Penelo, he loosens up and dwell less in morbid thoughts, his health turn for the better.
Well, Noah has certain hidden talents and sufficient sexual experience, but blindfolded sex is still a task (he doesn’t want to hurt her), and he won’t know if Pen is enjoying it cause he couldn't see her, he had to rely on his other senses to guide him. Both of them were nervous but they wanted it badly, and while it wasn't the best sex, they did manage to ravish each other, and knew something special has passed between them.
I'm worried on the conflict about Pen's parents, and I hope it doesn't sound too stretched and coincidental. Remember, in the earlier part of this fic that Pen has a fear of thunderstorms? That wasn’t written by whim, and was purposely plotted for Pen and Noah to grow closer together and also for this section. But there’s actually more to the story.
Their first night and last night were painted with a milieu of lightning and thunder. If possible, I don’t want sex to be conducted under the influence of lust, but rather it strings from a stronger emotion. It is easy for a man like Noah to be sexually interested in a beautiful girl, but he doesn’t know how pretty she is (he barely remember the young girl in Basch’s party), therefore his desire for her stem from his genuine love and protectiveness over her. As for Pen, she love this man for all his mistakes, vices and virtues, even after knowing he killed her parents. She knows that if she stayed, her change of demeanour would led to the exposure of the secret, and that knowledge would hurt Noah more. He was recovering and learning to accept his past mistakes, revealing that his doing had destroyed her family is more than enough to throw him back into his shell. And even if they share a physical relationship, till then, Noah had not spoken any promises of eternity after he recovered, she thought that it would be best if she just disappeared (in the beginning she left out of grief, but it was also out of love) and never see him again. Though, when she left that last night, she unknowingly took something with her too ^^