Asbel's lurvers

[gin_gen]

DSGIUHIUDSHG. Asbel's and Sophie's relationship is just gorgeous!! The level of trust and understanding and loyalty and... and comfort between them is just... amazing and beautiful and dsiughdsig I love it! Whyyyy does the game insist on shipping him with Cheria? I mean, they're kind of cute in their own way, but... they have nowhere near as much

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[littlelinor]

Wow thank you for saying that. I'm getting kind of tired of being accused of ~wanting to break up asbel and cheria because it gets in the way of the gay~ when no, I'm sorry, that relationship was terribly written and is manipulative and abusive, albeit shown in a cutesy way.
Sophie is a complete dear, and her half-brother half-dad relationship with Asbel is absolutely adorable.
In fact, most characters are at their best when interacting with Sophie (including Cheria, who does act like a human being as long as Asbel isn't in her line of sight). Except maybe Pascal but her crush/obsession is kind of hilarious, especially because you KNOW Sophie can kick her off whenever she wants.

[gin_gen]

"In fact, most characters are at their best when interacting with Sophie (including Cheria, who does act like a human being as long as Asbel isn't in her line of sight)."THIS. A thousand times this! (God, I love Sophie!) You know, I really wanted to like Cheria. And, like you said, when she's not around Asbel or talking about him, I start to grow really fond of her; and theeen her Asbel-crazy starts to show. :/ I mean, the interaction between the three of them is very sweet sometimes. At the end of the adult arc, my thoughts were basically, as long as the Cheria/Asbel/Sophie trio stayed together, I was happy. I didn't care if it was Asbel/Cheria, Asbel/Sophie, or Cheria/Sophie, as long as they didn't all go their own ways, because they really do make a cute little family unit

[littlelinor]

You know, I really wanted to like Cheria.
Yeah same. When her design came out, I was really excited for her. When her first fighting videos came out, I was HYPED.
And then I played.
And their relationship is everything that turns me off and squicks me, especially when it's presented as ~cute~ by the storyline (in contrast, Richard's stalking of Asbel when he's under Lambda's influence can be as creepy... but is presented as creepy. And thus doesn't turn me off so much, it's more of a "wow, it does say something that Richard mostly held it together until Asbel turned on him; because it shows his caring was still underneath the crazy. And then Lambda made him yan, and wow Richard did you manage to transfer your obsession to lambda himself?"). She's basically the female version of a Nice Guy, topped with abusiveness, and sorry, game, you're not going to sell me this as a happy, healthy relationship

[gin_gen]

I know, I love playing as her in battle, and she's so great in some of the skits and other scenes, but... yeah. Poor girl. :/ She had so much potential, and the writers kind of destroyed her for the sake of het romance.

Oh goodness, do not even get me started on the Asbel-Richard-Lambda dynamic. Absolutely brilliantly done, in my opinion. During the scenes in Telos Astue where each character communicates with Lambda, it just hit me all over again. This may be made void by whatever happens at the end of the future arc--not there yet--but if whoever ends up with Asbel has to put up with Lambda potentially every single time they touch... I just don't see Cheria as being able to handle that very well, for one thing, but given the ties that Lambda already has with Richard and Sophie... I feel like those two definitely have the most potential to be close with Asbel, in every sense of the word. Also--"wow Richard did you manage to transfer your obsession to lambda himself?"--yes. Yes, this. xD

[paperjetpilot]

Oh man I'm totally an Asbel/Cheria shipper haha. I thought the game gives a perfect conclusion to the relationships between Sophia/Asbel and Cheria/Asbel, but you'll see ;D

[gin_gen]

Well, I guess I should put it this way: I definitely don't mind them together, because I can see how it would work out for them both. I'm not a hater, lol. xD But I just feel like it's very forced, and they really don't have as much depth as some of Asbel's other relationships. Buuuut, you're right, I'm still not done with the future arc! So I'm eager to see how that turns out! :D

[paperjetpilot]

I guess it does feel a bit forced and awkward, but I always had the feeling that made it realistic aswel. When I look at younger kids today (wow, I suddenly feel 80 lol) they're a bit awkward and forced around eachother aswel if they like eachother :O might be just Dutch kids tho xD (then again, smth does happen at the end that made me go LOLWTF but you'll see ha :p)

[gin_gen]

You know, it's true; they're only 18, and I forget that so often, ahaha. It'd be really interesting to see how they are around each other when they're older. I mean, look at how Asbel's parents were when they first met! Ridiculous, lol! :D Gaaah, now I really wanna finish it so I can see what you're referring to! Too bad I'm gone all night today. ;u;