1. Comment with your character. 2. Receive comments from others. 3. Reply to their comments with long ballads and explanations of your characters' relationship throughout the game. 4. Suffer as we have suffered over your CR.
But then, Jan comes along and snipes me with TEN YEAR CYOA.
Its really something that...shifted Hansa, as a character. Here was this carefree free spirit that was made to play father to a child alongside Emet-Selch, and despite it possibly not being real, despite it being the blink of an eye in mg time, he returned back a somewhat different man. He had lost a child who he saw as a son, had him literally erased from existence, and it was honestly the lowest point for Hansa emotionally in the entire game. He also returned with a fondness for Emet-Selch that was only going to be stronger since Hansa flocked to him as an emotional rock to lean on after it all, so for a moment it seemed like Alex was a thing of the past...but seeing her again, and the way she instantly went to talk to him and support him after he came back made everything rush back. He had been letting her lean on him for so long that he really didn't consider it happening the other way around, and this conversation particularly was such an important moment for Hansa. He's the all-powerful Church cyborg who survived the wilderness and fights vampires for a living, and here was an emotional pain he couldn't fix with punching, so having her at his side just reaffirmed to him that even with his feelings for Emet-Selch, he did, and always would care for her and she deeply cared for him back. And then execution happens, and she rushes to him, worried about him, and it was at that moment, when he told her that he liked when she smiled, that he was like "Ah. I love her. I love her so much."
Week 4 with its confessions was....honestly always going to have a Hansa confession, I think. Especially with the priest thing out the window, he was free to be open with his feelings, and he would've told them to her, regardless of her answer. But then, Emet-Selch wanted him to sort out his feelings with him, and it was really honestly funny when he went up to Emet and Chiron, and threw down the ultimatum of, well, yeah, of course he was fond for Emet, he was, but Alex came first, so whatever they wanted to do, he wouldn't abandon Alex, and them just....saying "okay, bring her into this". He was honestly shocked. And then he was excited and nervous because hey, well, maybe he could have his cake and eat it too, but it was all up to Alex. So he pulled her aside, and gave his confession first, and then told her about the "arrangement" - but even then, as you know, he was like "look, if you don't like it, I will literally step away so I can be with you and you alone". Like! That's how important she was to him! He would throw away his entire ten year husband for her in a SECOND if she said no!! Binch, that's how much he loved her!!! She's the world to him!!!!!!!
BUT SHE SAID YES AND OT4 WAS A THING, INDEED.
And god, was he the happiest he ever was. Here he had three people he cared for in different ways, and above all, he had Alex by his side who he made sure was always comfortable and safe and happy with them all. He was just. Over the moon that now he could shower Alex with EVEN MORE AFFECTION and kissing and handholding and even when he lost more memories, and became feral, he could never lose the feelings he had. She was his friend, his beloved, his stars and moons, the one he would fight to the death for - and even not to the death, because he knew she would be upset if that happened. Its part of the reason why he never volunteered to be voted for in trials, because his death would be a huge blow to her. It might have been selfish on his part, but...hey. That's how he rolls. Even in a Grail War, he pursues the things HE wants to do, and now, being at her side with Chiron and Emet is his dream now for the rest of whatever life offers to him, Catholicism be damned.
Hansa has never been in love (in my opinion, and canon has not proven me wrong just yet), but her being his first true honest love, even if was more of a pure, childish, yet sincere love, was...something he'd never take for granted. His feelings are real, and true, and she's someone so deeply special to him. He loves her, with every wire and fiber of his cyborg heart.
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Its really something that...shifted Hansa, as a character. Here was this carefree free spirit that was made to play father to a child alongside Emet-Selch, and despite it possibly not being real, despite it being the blink of an eye in mg time, he returned back a somewhat different man. He had lost a child who he saw as a son, had him literally erased from existence, and it was honestly the lowest point for Hansa emotionally in the entire game. He also returned with a fondness for Emet-Selch that was only going to be stronger since Hansa flocked to him as an emotional rock to lean on after it all, so for a moment it seemed like Alex was a thing of the past...but seeing her again, and the way she instantly went to talk to him and support him after he came back made everything rush back. He had been letting her lean on him for so long that he really didn't consider it happening the other way around, and this conversation particularly was such an important moment for Hansa. He's the all-powerful Church cyborg who survived the wilderness and fights vampires for a living, and here was an emotional pain he couldn't fix with punching, so having her at his side just reaffirmed to him that even with his feelings for Emet-Selch, he did, and always would care for her and she deeply cared for him back. And then execution happens, and she rushes to him, worried about him, and it was at that moment, when he told her that he liked when she smiled, that he was like "Ah. I love her. I love her so much."
Week 4 with its confessions was....honestly always going to have a Hansa confession, I think. Especially with the priest thing out the window, he was free to be open with his feelings, and he would've told them to her, regardless of her answer. But then, Emet-Selch wanted him to sort out his feelings with him, and it was really honestly funny when he went up to Emet and Chiron, and threw down the ultimatum of, well, yeah, of course he was fond for Emet, he was, but Alex came first, so whatever they wanted to do, he wouldn't abandon Alex, and them just....saying "okay, bring her into this". He was honestly shocked. And then he was excited and nervous because hey, well, maybe he could have his cake and eat it too, but it was all up to Alex. So he pulled her aside, and gave his confession first, and then told her about the "arrangement" - but even then, as you know, he was like "look, if you don't like it, I will literally step away so I can be with you and you alone". Like! That's how important she was to him! He would throw away his entire ten year husband for her in a SECOND if she said no!! Binch, that's how much he loved her!!! She's the world to him!!!!!!!
BUT SHE SAID YES AND OT4 WAS A THING, INDEED.
And god, was he the happiest he ever was. Here he had three people he cared for in different ways, and above all, he had Alex by his side who he made sure was always comfortable and safe and happy with them all. He was just. Over the moon that now he could shower Alex with EVEN MORE AFFECTION and kissing and handholding and even when he lost more memories, and became feral, he could never lose the feelings he had. She was his friend, his beloved, his stars and moons, the one he would fight to the death for - and even not to the death, because he knew she would be upset if that happened. Its part of the reason why he never volunteered to be voted for in trials, because his death would be a huge blow to her. It might have been selfish on his part, but...hey. That's how he rolls. Even in a Grail War, he pursues the things HE wants to do, and now, being at her side with Chiron and Emet is his dream now for the rest of whatever life offers to him, Catholicism be damned.
Hansa has never been in love (in my opinion, and canon has not proven me wrong just yet), but her being his first true honest love, even if was more of a pure, childish, yet sincere love, was...something he'd never take for granted. His feelings are real, and true, and she's someone so deeply special to him. He loves her, with every wire and fiber of his cyborg heart.
One day, he really will take her out for jolokia jambalaya.
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