I don’t wanna sound like a hater but I really don’t like the Gestella and Kayden ship Even Jiwoo and Jiyoung took me some time to actually love and understand as a ship but Kayden and Gestella? I just can’t get into it it feels so forced...I love Gestella but her role now just feels like supporting Jiwoo and Kayden Even when she went to fight another Top 10 Kayden had to show up and break everything bruh....At this point she was better off getting Divine Judgment by Kayden than being like this now 💔
I'm sorry but can we just talk about how beautiful Eleceed characters are? If I could rank them to my reference I'd probably have them by this order.
As usual, the number one most beautiful character for me would be the one and only official number one most beautiful awakened one. Kartien. Not only is he beautiful by looks but this attitude is also wonderful af. Totally on top of my list. Look at that lips, idk if he's putting on some long lasting red lipstick but me and my cousin bet its 100% natural.
On my top 2 I got Jiyoung, Vatore and Roist. There is just something about these 3 that makes me go wtf, so pretty. While I was pretty vilid with the no.1. I'm more on slightly sane with these 3. I may not be the most fan of them but I am certainty loving their characters. Especially on the recent chapters. If Kartien could make me do anything, these three certainly aren't behind.
My top 3 on the other hand comes Kayden, Guestella and Arthur. To be honest, I had enough of white haired female (action manh-) but Guestella was just too pretty to ignore at the same time Jiyoung got more appeal to me than Guestella has. About Kayden on the other hand, there was nothing to explain. I love that guy (and Kartien) but that does not automatically put him as the top in my top 3 beautiful category lmao. Arthur, Arthur on the other hand, I actually found him as a pretty boy during his first appearance and oh boi just the recents got him even looking better.
Just now, I got done reading chapter 404 , and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I love you, Gestella, for declining to turn into an animal FOUR times!
I have to say I'm quite happy with this decision of her not to turn into an animal, and that better not change any time in the future!
+ I don't understand why it's Kayden who comes to offer the ability, I reread the chapters with Pluton and Kartein wanting the ability. It was them who wanted it first, and Kayden had to agree to teach it, but because Gestella is his supposed "love interest" he has to be the one to offer it now? It just bugs me that's what first came to him as a repay for helping to heal Jiwoo.
If you were to ask me what I feel about her, I like and dislike Gestella's existence. Because, on one part, she is useful, yet I dislike the scenes with her and Kayden.
My Gay Agenda aside, it honestly feels really late for Gestella to appear as a love interest for Kayden?
She only first appeared in Chapter 294, which seems like the middle of the comic. And the writers didn't even add backstory for Gestella and Kayden (like they did for Kayden & Kartein or Kayden & Pluton). They clearly don't know anything about each other.
(More detailed spoilers under the break. Screen readers stop now)
There's no way Gestella would believe how sappy those letters were if she knew Kayden, nor would Kayden have been so distrustful of her with Jiwoo if he knew that she had a decent personality (similar to his understanding that neither Kartein or Pluton would likely hurt Jiwoo, which is how he led Kartein to Jiwoo's house and only fought Pluton for jabbing at his ego rather than solely because he discovered their location).
Developing a relationship for KayStella from square one in the middle of the comic sounds like a clusterfuck waiting to fail.
Especially when the whole current basis of their relationship is them being pissed off at each other based on misunderstandings.
The forced romance only feels more jarring when Kartein and Kayden had the perfect romantic setup in contrast. They had a clear background from how they talked to each other, they knew how to get on each other's nerves, they could trust each other (in a bare sense but still), and Kartein was introduced in Chapter 136 which gives readers plenty of time to get to know him. Kartein has several major development arcs since his introduction and only became closer to Kayden. Kartein is a well-developed character whose relationship to Kayden never felt very forced or contrived solely for a romance plot. Kartein is actually a character by himself before he would be romantically inclined.
Therefore, the writers knew how to set up a character to have long-term development alongside Kayden while also getting development by themselves. So if anything, Gestella should have been the one introduced early on so we could get to know her.
I'm just pointing out that it's a mistake logistically for her to be introduced so late, compounded with having no shared background to Kayden. Their relationship will almost certainly be inferior to one that is well-developed over the majority of the comic versus halfway through.
Because personally, I adore Gestella, stupid plotline aside. So the way the writers throw both her and Kayden under the bus for the forced romance plot really pisses me off on so many levels. The plot feels utterly disrespectful to their development. It makes Gestella yet another forced female love interest (which sucks even worse when the only main female characters are made solely for the males). Then randomly shoots a romance plot at Kayden even though he's been fine this whole time as just a cat dad to Jiwoo.
Again, Gay Agenda aside, even my Het Agenda is ruined by this. How am I supposed to ship their canon selves on such a shit foundation? (Although my headcanon ideas for them are still raging; I'm too much of a simp for them separately to not pair them together. Fuck)
Meanwhile, Gay Agenda at full rainbow power, Kartein and Kayden is obviously the queer romance that we will never get in canon. They were the perfect setup and have been since their first chapters. This forced heteronormative nonsense is why queer pairings are the majority of fandom ships, let's not lie.
(Shoutout to @heartrenderscove . Our convos make me realize all this shit)
