Do Not Take Me Seriously! unless you want to ship it too.
So, Blaydan.
In the third book of The Cycle of Arawan series, The Black Star.
Dante has in his hands, the Black Star, this magical item that only appears every 1000 years (or was it 10 thousand?) that can basically do anything you want. The last time it appeared it was used to move an entire mountain range that fucked up the whole region’s weather.
Dante has several ideas of what he wants to do with it, including giving himself a longer life span so he can find the Star again and do the same thing. Whatever he wants, this thing will do it.
You know what he does with it?
Brings Blays back to life.
Infinite power at his fingertips and he gives it up for Blays. The guy he hasn’t seen in a few years and has been actively hiding from him because he was pissed that Dante killed his girlfriend (she was practically his wife). The guy that moments before fucked up his original plan to get the Star. The guy he’s been searching for and obsessing over the entire time he was missing.
Dante gives it all up for Blays.
This troupe is called ‘Willfully Weak’ and it’s when a superhero gives up their powers for love. This troupe came about in Superman 2 Man of Steel. Superman gives up his powers so he can live with Lois.
Do you see where I’m going with this?
Obviously Dante is still pretty powerful without the Star, however he’s basically giving up borderline godhood (Superman powers) for Blays. Dante wouldn’t do that for anybody else, maybe Cally since he was a fatherish figure, but that’s it. (And even then I still have my doubts he’d give up power for Cally)
Just think about that for a second.
Now I can hear you saying ‘But Reginleif, why wouldn’t he bring his brother back to life? Anyone would do that’
And I would say ‘First, be careful with that blanket statement of ‘anyone’ and second, I said don’t take me seriously’
I, as a shipper, see it this way and you as a non-shipper see it that way. Both are okay 👍
Also, Blays can be in a queer platonic relationship with Dante and still be married to Minn.
Anyway, Happy Birthday Dante.
