thinking about my ghost stan au again. on a scale of one to ten how juicy (and also painful) would it be if ford didnt start to develop romantic feelings for stan until stan is already a ghost
Hi, I don't know if you're the right person to ask but I've been reading all you analyses and I love them so much!!
I was wondering what you think about Kubyenka and his relationship with the Jews and Samuel in particular
Because he made that antisemitic comment in the tunnels and i thougt at least he sounded serious? And i doubt Sam didn't hear it. But Kubyenka still helps them and later during the siege he and Samuel are basically joined at the hip (see Samuel saying he'll go on the suicide mission if Kubyenka goes).
My theory is that Samuel started to trust him more because he saw Kubyenka fight for the Jewish people even though he made that antisemitic comment but i was wondering if you have any theories or explanations on how their friendship developed :D
Again, thanks for your amazing analyses of this game and characters, they're always a joy to read!!
Have a good one!
Thank you so much!!! 🥹
I did notice this as well and it actually feels so deeply meaningful to me. Because yeah, there's no way Sam didn't hear Kubyenka's little comment (or his boyfriend defending him after), and we honestly see a good bit of that friction on the wagon beforehand as well if we don't just urge Jehuda on and instead chat with everyone. You can get a bit of dialogue where Kubyenka drunkenly really puts his foot in his mouth and explains that if he imagines Sara to be pretty he'll feel more compelled to go save her. John doesn't care for that either, he tells him to try out silence like twice, and both times in a profoundly snippy way, like... that is his mother-in-law, excuse you.
And somehow we go from that to where they're at by the time they join Henry's command at Suchdol. Sam says he'll only go on the raid if Kubyenka goes because he's capable:
(In turn, Kubyenka only agrees to go if Henry will send other capable men, and he clearly counts Sam among them.)
But this is not the only proof we have of them both having gotten close. We often find them being quite chummy or eating together as we do here, right after we learn that they both volunteered for Henry's company:
And I think you're right on the money that part of it is the pogrom in Kuttenberg. I think two things happened there: Kubyenka saw that the Jewish people of Kuttenberg aren't that different from him and Sam saw that Kubyenka was willing to fight for him and his people. To Kubyenka, the Jewish community was humanized, and to Sam, Kubyenka was humanized. That sort of experience would prompt anyone to bond.
And if you need proof of what I said about Kubyenka there, I've got that too, from his conversation after the pogroms. Incidentally, it looks like this is the first time I get to pull out the dev notes with bonus google translated text*!!
*Disclaimer: I don't speak Czech. If anyone wants to come in and give me a better translation, I will happily take note!!!
visited jaheira's home with alton, gale and jaheira and:
gale: a natural impulse to try and shield one's loved ones from danger, especially when you feel a moral compunction to run head-first towards it.
it makes me think of the fact that we learn in an origin playthrough that gale completely cut off his contact from his mother, knowing that he himself has become a danger and a threat to her well-being.
such a threat and such a danger that it ultimately led to gale leaving his beloved home behind to seek treatment and, even though he has found nothing to indicate it exists, perhaps a cure.
tara: she still wants to know when she'll see you again, sir. i avoid giving any answers. but she misses you.
gale: i can't risk putting her in danger.
tara: i know that, but she doesn't.
Lunch went extremely well minus the little mix-up with Rebi not receiving the lobster and champagne she thought she deserved.
Lyric & Legend provided the entertainment with a special selection for Melany & Nick. Yes they are still terrible singers, and no there isn't video evidence this time. You're welcome.
Of course the crew danced the afternoon away. It's not a Squad Celebration Extravaganza without a 2-step and a likkle twerk when Daddy isn't looking. Yacht Tings!
You know what? You’re getting another fluffy filler chapter
Or, more correctly, I’m getting another fluffy filler chapter because that’s apparently the only thing I want to write right now. I’ve been on the verge of a nervous breakdown these past couple of days since I’m looking at what I have of chapter 23 so far and it’s just more pointless fluff and I’m like “no, I should move on, this doesn’t really drive the plot at all” and then I feel bad because it feels like I’m stalling and not writing what I “should” be writing.
But I also can’t bring myself to cut the scenes I’ve written so far because they’re cute and kinda funny and Ga On is being a little shit and I love that for him. And Yo Han is being a flirty bastard and I think we ALL love that for him.
So to hell with it. I know I promised plot soon but that apparently won’t happen in this chapter. Maybe not even in the next one since I now have to push some of the things I initially intended for this chapter to that one. And I think I just have to accept that. I haven’t been able to write in several days because I’ve been fretting over this and high-key panicking because oh god, this isn’t really necessary why am I writing this?
But I think the answer is “because I want to see Ga On be a little shit and take Yo Han by surprise for once.” Admittedly, Yo Han kind of turns it around (as he always does) but an attempt was made and it was a rather good attempt too, I must say.
So yeah. This is me officially declaring that I have the right to write another (relatively) pointless fluffy chapter because I want to. Maybe now I can continue writing without almost having a goddamn panic attack.
Let’s pretend its for the character development, or something.
