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Asterix spent a lot of time in bestie's household when they were children, and he was always fascinated by the fact that Obelix was already carving small figures out of pieces of wood since the age of five

in fact, they are both the only sons in families, but there's a nuance, Ordralfabetix has several sisters, both older and younger ones, while Cetautomatix's mother died in labor (father didn't want to remarry)

Asterix and Obelix moms were friends, and their relationship was to some extent the opposite 👀 if Asterix in more intelligent, then in the case of mothers Obelix's mom was the mentor, since by age she could have been Praline's mother herself

Praline was from Armorican tribe, but she came from another village, was very young (this wasn't unusual in rural areas), and was a little afraid because she didn't really know anyone but her husband, and Gélatine, famous for her good nature (neighbours said she was big because kindness couldn't fit in her heart and came out) immediately befriended her

Asterix is Praline's firstborn: he was born a month prematurely... and besides, six months after the wedding feast

the neighbors were practicing their wits, figuring out who was in a hurry, the child or his dad 👁👄👁

unfortunately, Praline couldn't give birth to more children (several miscarriages, all this), but her only son definitely decided to take on the life force of all her potential sons, haha

as for Obelix, he's the third of Gélatine's children

also unfortunately, he's the only one who survived: the first of his older brothers died while hunting wild boar, falling into a ravine and breaking his neck, the second was robbed and killed on the way when he was returning from a trade festival

mother was sad, but the unexpected late pregnancy comforted her to some extent (btw the one of the reasons why she's so worried about Obelix is that she doesn't want to lose another child)

if everything was fine and measured with her labor (she was a well-experienced lady), then Praline fell off the porch unsuccessfully, was very afraid when realised that labor was starting, and screamed louder than a child

however, most of all she was upset by the fact that Gélatine couldn't help her with childbirth, as she promised

however-2, when she took her son and was surprised at how SMOL he was, she had no time to be upset about the absence of bestie

in general, they are friends despite the constant quarrels, they've been bickering since they were young, and not just about rotten fish, the fact that Cetautomatix is two years younger didn't help, and when Ordralfabetix started dating a girl, which is hard to hide if you live in a village with fifty people, it became the reason for a bunch of evulz

+ additional headcanon is that Ordralfabetix is one of the few significant married characters who married not a girl from another tribe or settlement, but from the same village, and when it came to the wedding feast, absolutely no one was surprised, because all the neighbors had known EVERYTHING for a long time

since it was winter, bebe was lucky that the local bard survived (he was wounded with several arrows), got out of the pit, heard the baby crying in one of the houses, cried even louder, took him and dragged themselves away, wandered for a while and soon reached the lands of Armorican tribe (our beloved village!), where he was gladly received and stayed to live, because an old bard had recently died

that's this man 🤲

the story of the burned home was treated with full understanding, + raising a child in a village wasn't difficult for communities then, so little Assurancetourix grew up in the care of all the women, lol

makes musical instruments out of wood, bones, hair, and sinews

very good with horn and trumpet

during the battles, stays in the village with women and children, because he's competent enough to command the defense and protect others in case of danger with voice too of course

if anything, he can lead the battle as a musician and scare enemies with music from the depth of abyss

bards were one of the three priestly classes of the Gaulish society, sooo

the main reason why Assurancetourix is tied up and gagged during any feast: he gets drunk VERY quickly, and when he gets drunk, he starts yelling songs (very often this is bawdy improvisations) with special force

while he eats and plays music, he's absolutely tolerable

was the main toastmaster and musician not that they had choice at ALL the weddings of ALL the neighbors

the youngest of the middle generation

omg is this madame Agecanonix a.k.a. Arielle Taillefine redraw 👁👄👁