Every time I think about Lotar having to suffer through the Summoner pushing away their advances, because they cried wolf too many times, I smile.
It brightens my day to remember that Lotar had to suffer for 10 years without the Summoner, and when they got back, they STILL did not believe any of Lotar’s advances. It’s just so funny. I love that annoying bastard so much, it really is so unfortunate.
May I please, please, ask for some Lotar yearning facts to be shared?
And will we get to see how the Summoner’s absence affected the ROs in FMO In Absentia?
Me too, every time I was writing Lotar’s route before they got together, I smiled. xD
Ofc, I’ll share the facts under the ‘read more,’ below.
Yes! One of the main ideas for In Absentia was to let the player see through an outsider’s POV how the ROs fare without The Summoner (spoiler alert, not well), so you will get to see a lot of scenes that I didn’t know how to fit well within the game without breaking immersion.
That being said, if you have a certain scene you’d like to see, do let me know and I’ll include it either in-game or as an unrelated snippet!
Now, the yearning:
The fact that TS died was a shock but also a relief because hey, Lotar knows a necromancer, getting TS back is as easy as finding them a suitable vessel and letting the practitioner do her magic. It’s when Lotár realizes that TS isn’t dead but just... gone, that he/she starts to spiral.
He/She hates not knowing, and every passing day is torture until he/she realizes that maybe TS isn’t in need of saving, maybe they are staying away on purpose.
Checking if they are dead becomes a habit, every day starts with ‘the soul you are trying to reach is inaccessible, try again at a later time...’ Anyone else would feel soothed, anyone might learn to build around the newly found emptiness, but not Lotar, he/she’s too possessive for that
For the first time in his/her life, he/she is unable to do anything about it. He/She has the means, the people, and the resources, but nothing can bring him/her even a sliver of closure.
What he/she has plenty of, however, is time. Time to ruminate, time to connect every dot that lead him/her to this outcome, time to hope, time to wish, and time to regret. And by Gods and Devils does he/she regret, most of all, not sticking to TS like glue, for if he/she did, they would be together right now.
I just don’t believe that Allura is the sort of shallow person who can be heartbroken one moment and flirting with someone else in the next. She kissed Lotor, she held hands with him, she truly cared for him. He stated that he cared for her. I just don’t think she can be ready for a new romance so soon, with anyone.
Heartache takes time to heal. I think she needs that time, or, even better, she needs her beautiful, damaged, space elf prince back.
