tell me your opinion of lance/clarine and zeiss-shin friendship
Lance/Clairine: B-: It’s really cute and not a bad ship, I'm just not terribly into shipping Clairine with anyone romantically because she's really young, and I hold a very large flame for Dorothy being the loyal bodyguard to the pride of the Etrurian military, Valkyrie General Reglay, plus smooching and class difference/confidence angst in a post game future. But Lance and Clairine is really cute in an awkward first crush way, and Lance is super diplomatic and knows his duty, which is great.
Ziess-Shin: Well, you already know how important I find Sacean-Bernian friendships as a good sign for Elibe going forward, and Shin learning not to shoot Ziess on sight is still one of his better convos. I can go for this ship any way you want to prepare it: romantic, friendly, or friendly-rivalrous, and goodness do I fall hard for interactions where one member swears to watch the other's back, or they're fighting together as a team. A+ friendship OPT (assuming that OTPs automatically have room for multi-shipping and friendship because Ziess-Fir friendship despite and because of fatherly interference is something I would LOVE to see.