#i am so normal about this series yall like seriously the normalcy doesn’t get more normal than me

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spoilers for the most recent bastard warrior episode ahead! (read at your own risk)

this new episode of the bastard warrior really cemented the fact that the bastard warrior is my favourite audio/asmr rp series *ever.* it could quite honestly be a shakespearean story with how tragic it is. that, combined with the character development makes for such a sad and beautiful story to witness and experience. but seeing how both albus and devlin actually feel for one another with no filter or joke in between was so refreshing and just eye-opening and amazing to see (or hear).

you have albus york -- someone given the worst cards imaginable and who has every single right to resent devlin and his half-siblings. but despite it all, we learn that he actually cares for, and loves every single one of them. he wants to see them succeed, and will give himself the short end of the stick if thats what needs to be done. this includes pushing aside his feelings for faithful, because he doesn't believe he deserves her love, and would only make her life worse with him in it. so, he asks the person he knows could give her a better life, making sure that he would if he chose to do so. he asks devlin, who he has constantly teased for having a mini crush on her, to take up that mantle to watch over her when he can't.

and then you have devlin york, who has been probably taken advantage of his entire life. he admitted in this episode that all he craves for his friends, and the company of people who actually care about him. he pays the people around him to stay in his company, and to do what he needs them to do. we've seen him develop a relationship to faithful throughout this series, and attempt to confess said feelings in a couple episodes. and this episode, he does. but he doesn't ask faithful to stay with him. he asks her to stay with albus, because he knows that the two of them share a special connection that he can't break. he asks albus, who he initially could not stand and had every insult to throw. he's grown so much, and learned looked past the misconceptions he's been told about albus by the person he holds in such high regard.

character development is always an amazing thing to witness. like it can be as little as growing past a fear, or learning to overcome a once strong and life-debilitating fear. in the case of these two brothers, they've both undergone these amazing journeys these past 11 episodes, and it's been so great to watch. devlin york -- the man who has such a high respect for his father, chose to look past the facts he's been fed by him (and society) regarding his bastard half-brother. albus york -- someone who has been beaten down by life, and could quite honestly be a villian and have every right to be so. but he isn't. he continues to move forward by the love and care he has for devlin and faithful. the series isn't done yet and i'm sure the trio is going to go through more growth, but everything we've seen thus far has been such a pleasure to watch and i can't wait for the rest of the series <333

#my brain is going insane righht now #i am so normal about this series yall like seriously the normalcy doesn’t get more normal than me #i’m lying through my teeth can u tell #goodboyaudios #good boy audios #bastard warrior series #gba albus #gba devlin #gba faithful