Come Along Now

anyways apparently I didn’t nuke all my old sagau posts and they technically still exist

I really liked the imposter au

ive been rlly confused for a while with ppl saying Lohen has "loving parents" bc theyve never come across to me as such at all at least from what ive read about them

i mean yeah theyre alive. yeah he has both of them. yeah they dont absolutely hate his guts and want him to die. but... they feel condescending(?) to me in a way?

maybe im projecting but it feels like they dont rlly respect him nor his independence in a way

lohen didnt trust them enough to talk to them about his decisions until he got another adult with authority on his side. and even them they went behind his back to get Adorno to try to talk him out of his decisions. after the kidnapping, they double down on keeping him close but also somehow have np idea of him sneaking out of the house every night to kill monsters enough that he becomes a local rumor.

for fucks sake, they decided his life for him from the moment he was born. that he would be a bowmaker then have a family to continue the family legacy. his first toy was a bow. this is the equivalent of giving a kid toy stethoscopes and scalpels to get them to be a doctor or dolls and babies to get them to be a parent. its exposing them to what the parents want them to do to try and influence their decisions. its manipulation without force or explicit statements to feign freedom of choice

lohens parents dont feel "loving" to me. they feel real. and real parents arent always good. they care about him obviously, but thats the bare minimum of parenting.

lohen doesnt talk about his family. he doesnt mention seeing or visiting his parents. the last we know of them interacting, they disapproved of his choices and wanted him to stay home and follow the path they made for him. and... it feels familiar.

the disappointed parents who just barely and begrudgingly tolerate their kids choices but at the same time hope for and long for the day they "realize their mistakes" and come back and do what they wanted bc "parents know better" and "this is for the best". the parents who disapprove of their kids partners and try to whisper about their flaws while wink wink nudge nudging when their friend's successful kid is around. the parents that pretend to be proud while purposely telling everyone about the worst and most embarrassing aspects of their kids chosen path. the parents that go "look can you at least not do that in public?" because they love them enough not to cuss them out but not more than they are ashamed of them

lohens parents are alive. but they might as well be dead.

honestly... this just might be another way Lohen is just super relatable. he doesnt shit talk his parents, but he doesnt talk about them in general. theyre just... there. waiting for him to come home on his knees and wail you were right all along im sorry for being a bad son please forgive me for my mistake of ever wanting anything more than what you gave me im grateful that youd overlook my sin of leaving to be a knight when i should have just made bows like you wanted me to even though it doesnt make him happy.

He’s such a kind benevolent knight for taking care of you! Idk but I can see him babying you and treating you like you’re helpless.

Oh, come now, why are you acting so rude towards him? Is it not a knight's duty to help others? With you're illness, you're too weak for this cruel world.

He's convinced that any injury or sickness will become a much bigger issue than it actually is. He'd probably cart you off to Barbara if he sees that you have so much as a mild cold. He cannot take risks with you.