#confession I don't go here and merely a spectator and this is probably annoying to say but I've been keeping this thought for awhile that the dynamic/ship between Duke and Lee Yau is giving zefirengel. to me. okay I'll see myself out
Hiii! "this is probably annoying to say" It's not, dw :D
"the dynamic/ship between Duke and Lee Yau is giving zefirengel"
You're not wrong, but Lee Yau x Duke Evans is more like if Engel was the one obsessed with Zefira, and in denial, instead of how it's the other way around in canon.
This got a little long, but I left an explanation and some context under the cut
"Eye candy" like okay bro 🙄
He has... a lot of dialogues talking about Duke... he brings up dishes Duke likes unprompted, if you say you like music he hopes it not the kind of "noise" Duke makes, and even his character bio mentions him "He is hostile towards Duke Evans and believes that this idiot who plays music steals his popularity in town with petty tricks." like yeah okay sure
Duke doesn't bring him up that often, but he does accasionally.
I don't have a screenshot, but he brings him up while staring at the ocean, so I do think it is a little reciprocated... maybe?
Every harvest town character has one dialogue where you are given options. Lee Yau asks you if you agree that Duke sucks (🙄) and Duke asks you what to do about Yau being rude to him. I used to like Yau a lot more when I started playing, so I agreed with him, but I don't remember what he said. But if you tell Duke to talk it out with him, he says that he's write him a song.
Sadly I don't have a screenshot of his response 😭
Also, I wouldn't compare icons like Zefira and Engel with... these two. I don't know why but these two are written in a way that makes them seem rather unlikeable 😅 at least to me. I don't quite like how they treat the farmer/other characters. At least Zefira is endearing and funny and Engel provides lore/takes care of Evelynne...
