#i'll still ship what i like but this gripe at least is put to rest

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Thoughts on Anise? It's fine if you don't ship her with anyone, but I'm curious about the rest.

Ooo interesting, I don't think about Anise very often but she's super cool. How I feel about this character: Well like I said, I don't think about her very often, but I do like her. I suppose she's technically my least favourite party member, but only because I like everybody else so much. There aren't any Abyss party members I actually dislike. She can be pretty funny, and I like how her "comedic gold digger" trait turns into a pretty serious part of her backstory which then of course leads to some major plot beats. What used to be comic relief is now a serious issue, similar to Guy's phobia. All the people I ship romantically with this character: No one! I don't have any romantic ships in Abyss. My non-romantic OTP for this character: I really like her relationship with Jade, and her evolving relationship with Luke. She goes from being the "nicest" to him (in an obviously fake way), to being furious at him, and then back to being friendly again but for real this time. It's a fun back and forth. My unpopular opinion about this character: I don't pay attention to the larger Abyss fandom so I don't know what counts as unpopular. Is it unpopular to not think she's terrible for causing Ion's death? I'm there's a subset of fandom that hates her for that. In terms of Tales Traitors, I find her among the easiest to forgive, and honestly a big part of it is her age. She's still a child, and I can't hold her to the same standards as an adult put into a similar situation. She didn't know what her spying would lead to, and she was just a kid trying to save her parents and lost control of things. One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Continuing from above, this is a general gripe about JRPGs but Abyss is pretty bad about this, but I wish the story addressed more that she is a child. And addressed the fact the multiple high ranking officers in the Order of Lorelei are children. Yes, yes, target audience of the game and all that, but I played Abyss the first time when I was 17 and I still thought it was weird that Tear was a sergeant and Anise was the fantasy pope's number one protector. Why does the Order of Lorelei keep recruiting children? I wish she had a chance to be a kid instead of being forced to get employed and take care of her parents. Poor kid. my OTP: Like I said, I don't ship her with anyone. my cross over ship: Hm... thinking through the other kids in Tales, I think Anise/Genis could have potential a headcanon fact: If Tales of Abyss wasn't rated T, Anise would swear like a sailor as long as someone she's trying to impress isn't around. "I'LL KILL YOU BASTARDS" is just the tip of the iceberg

#glaucophane #I was going to answer these earlier today but well #zelda happened