saying again that i adore this recent talking abt nedcan - god i don’t have the time to write or draw abt them, tho i’ve had breakup thoughts about them for years, but once it’s summer… i imagine their relationship was love, yeah, but always uneven. matthew being the hopeless romantic that he is, wanting true love and a forever, happily ever after, which is just not a lasting reality for nations, especially when he is so young and there are very few others with his similar amount of lifespan and experiences. other than the brother/sister relationships he has.
i always pictured it falling apart in the 90s as well, as this is my favorite lead up to modern prucan re(?)kindling. 1992-ish, gilbert has been home from the ussr, finding his new normal, experiencing modern freedom and navigating his relationships with his brother and friends that have a different flavor now. what is he going to do now? he’s too driven to simply relax, so does he find a new purpose, hobbies, job? he doesn’t have the same power or weight as he once had. enjoying the calm and lack of fighting and fear and duty, he’s able to connect with himself again, redefine himself as who he is without the overpowering Soldier personality he was made to be for all his life.
and matt, who is very fresh off a breakup with the man he’s loved deeply for decades, grappling with what the hell he’s gonna do now. he’s not good at being alone, to him, his relationships do define him. he’s gonna be in his depressed slut era for awhile, and then through some way he and gilbert (his childhood prince-charming crush he’s..mostly…gotten over) begin to make friends. hey this guy is actually really cool to hang out with! they can be normal about it for awhile. be themselves, have fun, good off and explore. until gil starts catching feelings, which rocks his world. he never expected that. and there’s tension and then matthew catches on, friends with benefits for years until one of them cracks, and it runs far too smoothly into boyfriends by 2000.
that’s my take, i’ve said too many times i need to talk abt my personal canon prucan relationship timeline but here’s a good chunk of it. i fucking adore nedcan for how it is, and again i’m so in love with all the ideas and writing and artwork that’s going around. i can’t wait to actually jump on the train myself. the way shifting relationship dynamics can be explored with these immortal characters makes me insane it’s my favorite thing ever
