i said obvious because I left a bookmark with some reminders to myself because i was too scared to comment but genuinely the whole fic was lovely and I keep rereading the different sections going: wow. wow. WOWWWWW aljdkjdkjsajsn wow!!!
like everything I said on anon but also this whole paragraph: Too much time has passed for Hannibal to recollect where he first picked up this habit. If he had to assume, somewhere in Spain, where the weight of expectation was equally exhilarating and burdensome. He had just needed to forget, for a moment. Be rid of the expectation and let the knot in his chest unspool. He has faint, wispy memories of being a boy and slipping from his bedding. Dressed in his lightest linens, he had snuck out to stand outside and let the wind wash over him until he shook. But after a time it hadn’t been enough, wasn’t cold enough to make him forget, make him fixated only on sensation. not just amazing but I can imagine it in my head completely which is so !!!
i've been trying to get more into the 2nd Punic war ever since I did a project on the Phoenicians a few years back and you've maybe seen me around in your likes saving things for later sorry for sometimes spamming but I think five years ish is enough saying i'll do it and now I will, so thanks :)
(and making my way through the hannipio tag)
yay you came off anon!! yeah you were one of three suspects lol. never be scared to comment i treasure my comments like a dragon with her hoard. ALSO never apologize for spamming,, seeing people spam like & reblog is one of the highlights of my day and is absolutely delightful. im honestly giggling and blushing, thank you for the compliments its very sweet of you <33
hannibal’s teenage years in spain is one of those historical periods i would honestly kill a man to know more about. it clearly lays the foundation for the later italian campaign and the stories we do know about it (the oath obviously but also the founding of new carthage and the whole hamilcar / hasdrubal the fair thing) are utterly fascinating. the expectations put on hannibal in that period must’ve been intense and part of this fic was an exploration of how a teenager may have coped with it (by self harming and forcefully dissociating <3). also the parallels it has to scipio’s upbringing is something at least one biographer has remarked on and is something i lose sleep thinking about. their individual familiarity with war and armies from a young age is, in my opinion, a really large factor in their success as commanders (and another reason hannipio works so well as a ship haha).
thank you once more for all your kind words <33 tbh i was hesitant to post this fic as i didn’t think it was ‘good enough’, especially compared to my last hannipio fic which is a more…maybe conventional view of their relationship? but your asks have been so incredibly sweet it was worth posting just for these
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