At the behest of @rozemynelovebot, I am subjecting y'all to this.
Now, I know a lot of people are Squicked by FerdiMyne. I get it! They're guardian and charge, teacher and student, there's a 14 year physical age gap (she's older than him but only on a literally outlandish technicality), adoptive-uncle and adoptive-niece.
But hear me out for a second.
Ferdinand is a bitch.
He's an asshole. He's a freak. He's kind of a loser. He's basically that self-entitled richass dipshit writing full novels in the back of English class and giving snobbish responses to everything, made absolutely worse by the fact that you know his stupid ass it going to one day write something that makes fuckoff amounts of money because his parents know people in the publishing industry. And the worst part is that it's actually really good because his parents also paid for him to get his PHD in literature and he is, in fact, smart. He's self-centered and doesn't really care about the emotional strain he puts on the people around him as long as his goals are achieved... until Myne essentially Steals His Soul and Commands Him To Live, but that's neither here nor there at the moment.
He's also dedicated to his cause, keeps Myne's secrets, breaks every rule he can to keep her alive (literally just to make his life easier at first, it wasn't a romantic grooming thing, if he wanted her as anything more than a mana battery he would have fixed her with that fake smile every day), and he is the only person who could possibly make and keep her legitimately happy.
Miya Kazuki understands that the best life partner you can have is the a partner who understands what makes you want to live, and makes sure you have it. We see this with a lot of couples. With Bridgette and Damuel, they want to live the lives they chose (or will get assassinated if they try to leave lol). Thus, ultimately, they cannot be a successful match. We see this with Adolphine getting herself out of dodge with Sigiswald because his treatment of her was without consideration.
Now, see, Ferdinand understands that Myne's sole goal in life appears to be reading, yes, but he is very aware that it is also tied to a great many other things.
He understands that her family being away from her makes her despair, so he gives her access to them in any way he can.
He understands that constantly behaving by Yurgenschmidt standards is not only impossible for her, but would make her die inside, so he sets up situations that excuse her behavior. (And sometimes situations that don't, but he caves to her and holds her anyways.)
He understands that books are not just the basis of her love for the books themselves; it's also knowledge and access to it. She craves a large breadth of knowledge that could never be compiled by a single person, and thus he embarks on a journey with her to establish public education.
Literally no man could do it like him.
(For a bit of Kenntrips propaganda, Kenny boy understands that Hannelore has no idea what she wants after Wilfried turns out to be a cunt nothingburger of a boy. So what does he do? He fucking asks her.)
I literally cannot—CANNOT—imagine anyone else understanding her to this degree, either due to situation or personality. So yeah. I think Ferdinand is Myne's ideal partner, and I think Kazuki-sensei knows what she's on about.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 本好きの下剋上 - 香月美夜 | Honzuki no Gekokujou | Ascendance of a Bookworm Series - Kazuki Miya
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ferdinand/Myne (Ascendance of a Bookworm)
Characters: Ferdinand, Myne - Character
Additional Tags: Spoilers for Part 5, Noble Euphamisms, Asexual Rozemyne, Ferdinand POV, references to intercourse
Summary:
With the utmost frankness, I’d expected to be in possession of my own chambers.
As with many things, I must assign blame to Sylvester.
