#he's sort of the weakest and strongest link in the rebellion effort at the same time

[cashewally-sarcastic]

I think its neat how if it was any other member of the rebellion that got found family-ed in the FFD au, the rebellion probs would have still happened. If it was Venti, then Carmen would have 40000% pointed out how innocent and sweet Venti was when he came to the aid of the Gunnhildr. If it was Amos, they could have pointed out how tired and withdrawn she is. How that isn't who she is! If it was by any chance RHW, then he could have spun to be that RHW is his guy on the inside. Gaining Deca's trust for info

But no. It was Camen who was found.

No one else had his mind. His wit. His energy. His is the embodiment of inspiration to so many of them, and without a wick the candle that is the rebellion can not burn

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Like when you look at it, Carmen is kind of the load-bearing pillar of the rebels. Carmen's a bard, his talent is with his words at the end of the day, and the kid's a really good leader too. So him being separated first would be devastating because he has abilities that no one else does.

Sure, maybe Amos could try to speak as well as he could, but she's a hunter, not a leader (and let's not forget the suspicion that rebels most likely had about her). And RHW is a warrior, again, not a speaker in any regard. Maybe he's mature, but he's probably not the most persuasive person. Gunnhildr came from the outside, so rallying people inside the city would have been extremely difficult too. And Wispi is a wisp. He's trying his best but he's probably a symbol at most....

#i really like this au #it just? really shows how important nb/carmen probably actually was to the rebels #and the fact that he's a *kid* #he's sort of the weakest and strongest link in the rebellion effort at the same time #strongest because look at what he accomplished and what he's holding together when he's *just a teenager* #but also the weakest because everything could break apart if something happened to him and also he's *just a teenager* #idk where i'm going with that #hi steel!