audentes really does fortuna iuvat

Like, they spend a day at Henry’s forge and he shows his lordship how he wields a hammer, where he makes his potions, where he takes a nap under a tree sometimes, where he washes his Pebbles and Mutt… and Hans smiles fondly at Henry, freely, because now he can. He can even admit to Henry how much he admires his skills, even though he knows it took a lot of sacrifices for his blacksmith boy to get to this point. He’s just so very proud of him, and even prouder to be by his side. Henry has no idea what to say, all bashful, and suggests they have some dinner then a bath in his cellar with Hans because care taking is his love langage.

At some point, just waiting for Hanush is tiring so they ride back to Trosky region to the nomad camp, so that Henry can check on his friends (reminder that the voivod’s family literally adopts Henry after he saves Tibor). And Henry shows Hans the mounted archery, which he’s ecstatic about - and very good at. And Henry gets all sheepish, smiling, and when Hans probes him to speak his mind, Henry admits that he’s always thought that Hans looks really good when he’s using a bow. His focused expression, his posture, the glint in his eyes - he looks magnificent. And Hans blushes and stammers because genuine compliments like this are NEW for them both, as unfamiliar as they are welcome.

The sun through the glass☀️

Funny postcard for #KCDBOOK

(you can get them from Semine's horse trader and they also count as pants)

But now I have an even worse fear: what if KCD3 treats the Hansry romance as just a one-time thing and never acknowledges it again

But more importantly, from a marketing perspective it would be an completely stupid move to shove the Hansry romance aside and pretend it didn't exsist in kcd3 (if it's a continuation of Henry's story).

They chose for the romance to be in kcd2, despite the majority of its fans at the time of creation not being interested in it or actively opposed to it. They then also publically and loudly defended the romance for being in the game, likely losing some of their exsisting fans.

And they got rewarded for it by a lot of new fans being brought into the KCD francise because of the exsistance of Hansry. Hansry is one of the reasons why KCD has such an active fandom. A fandom that does a lot of unpaid marketing for the games by producing fan content.

Thus discrediting Hansry would alienate a lot of these new and active fans, which would be a bad business move, considering they sacrificed good will with the old "gamerbrodude's" fans to attract these new fans.

"The world's full of pretty wenches, but a good friend? Once you find one, you have to hold onto him!"