#twst exposition

[twst-hottest-takes]

Has this one been mentioned before? Anyway, I don’t like the “only can be made with love” thing for dragon fae children. I guess the concept was more like being “fed” with magic and love, but it’s still not something I love. It’s Disney, so magic of love and all, but the way it was worked in kind of felt like ship bait rather than a lore drop/commentary on Lilia’s capacity for love. Can’t have Malleus x Yuu fans (or any Malleus shippers) worrying that their ship would be ruined by Briar Valley’s political situation. But maybe I’m just nitpicking because I’m still salty that so much information was condensed into Lilia’s dream.

I don't recall this being brought up before, no.

I think the EN version makes it pretty clear that the love in question is parental though.

The mention of shipping is where I point out that "love" has a lot of different forms and familial love and romantic love are two different things, so it really shouldn't be controversial to say that Lilia loves Malleus (if not as an extension of his love for Malleanor and Raverne as she pointed out) and Malleus loves Lilia as a father figure. I personally don't see it as ship-bait because I feel like these dynamics are obvious. That doesn't stop people from interpreting them differently though, so I suppose the criticism is valid.

Thank you for your take.