Bookworm Sideblog

"I don't know how to scheme." - said in the most innocent manner

I am still working my way through Part 3, as my pinned post should clearly define for ya'll. So obviously I don't know the majority of the story. That said, I won't get into my "credentials", but FerMyne is hardly my first foray into age gaps and all the fucky-wucky "well actually" that frequently comes along with them. Additionally, I am so excited to see how that relationship develops, and I get giddy every time there's even the slightest soft moment between them. =3c Such as when (Roze)myne demends hugs!

So yeah. For what it's worth, my little sideblog here is a safe space. I know they're canon, and I'm more than thrilled about that.

I was watching seasons 1-3 in...probably around fall of 2025? As I was doing so, it was becoming abundantly clear that this was a series that would span many years of Myne's life. So I began to wonder who her love interest might be, if anyone. I had three guesses for a while; Lutz, Benno, and Ferdinand.

Lutz felt like the obvious "safe" bet. They're of similar age (physically), they're childhood best friends, they're always working together, and it's pretty clear that Lutz loves her in some capacity. Plus, he's the only commoner who knows she's not the original Myne. But I'd already caught on that marrying with a difference in mana was basically a no-go. So I had some doubts.

Benno is an odd one. The anime tries to make it seem like their relationship is more father-daughter, and for the most part it is exactly that. But there's little hints, such as Myne being referred to as his Goddess of Water. (I'd later read in the LNs that there's some questionable affection from Benno towards her. But that's not really relevant to this recounting.) Obviously I'm not against an age gap, especially when Benno is closer in age to Urano than Lutz is. However, like Lutz, there's that mana discrepancy hovering overhead...

Ferdinand wasn't really on my radar for her at first. I also wasn't sure what to think of him for a while. But then he hugged her to calm her down, and my Spidey Senses just went haywire! Something about that slight showing of a soft spot for her. Something about how he hugged her that time and not the other way around... Plus by that point he knew she had been reincarnated. And she'd already hugged him once while he was crying (because of being synced with her, but still). And not to mention they kept hinting that their mana capacities were similar...

I kept thinking about those three as I kept watching. More and more I couldn't shake the feeling that somehow Ferdinand had a real chance of being the main love interest. It was around the time of the Spring Prayer that the whole idea was eating at me so much that it was hard to ignore.

So I did what I typically prefer not to; I looked up a spoiler.