the quickest Mazov/Nilsen hug

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the quickest Mazov/Nilsen hug
HI RES MAZOVS COME GET YOUR HI RES MAZOVS
beautiful hi res Mazovs from beautiful hi res screencaps
Sometimes I get so lost in the Mazov/Nilsen public handholding juice that I forget about the mind reading. The mind reading with the thematic subtletly of a sledgehammer in a world that yearns to understand its fellow human but can only find that honesty through drugs or in the pale. And yet:
The "I should draw human Volfred Sandalwood pyregame so he can hang out with the Elysium revolutionaries" to "...or maybe it'd be kinder to demonify Mazov and send 'em all over to Pyre" to "oh no. Three of them. They're a valid triumvirate (and Ion's a wyrm)" pipeline. Send help
An old Reddit post got quoted in the official discord and I disagree with a bunch of its takes but this one in particular stands out to me in its mean-spiritedness.
Reducing this moment of all moments to propaganda is so bizarre. For one, it's not like they needed to show they were close. They were famously holding hands at all times to the point that counter-propaganda had issues showing them apart.
More importantly, connecting deeply and truly with your fellow human is pretty much the theme. I think that saying that it could have happened forreal, the once, between those two men of all people, a breakthrough in human consciousness cut short by the failure of the revolution, and by Mazov's suicide as Nilsen saved what he could... is crucially central to that theme, and also, simply, beautiful.
Is there a part of the genius loci of Mirova, sleek and modern and drunk with power, who still misses Mazov? Who remembers him in her alleys, in her squares? Would she recognise him if she saw him walk her streets?
Words of wisdom from the homosexuality-legalizer himself (thanks @code31-onthedancefloor!)
So it turns out that if you look up "Nilsen slash" you do in fact get one hit about his distinctive slashing handwriting. But what of Mazov, one wonders?