smolandweird

Way, waaay back when, I used to feel pretty ambivalent about these two as an item. I didn't hate it, but I vaguely remember thinking it was boring. Over time though, they have really grown on me. They might actually be among my favorites now. They seem pretty good for each other. Especially in Fatespeaker's case.

I picture Fatespeaker as a very curious person. She comes across as a bit "weird" and thus people assume she is dim-witted, but she is actually fairly intelligent. It's just that she grew up with the Talons of Peace and had no parents, and I can't really imagine the likes of Nautilus sharing much fatherly guidance other than "don't wander off and get us discovered by enemy patrols" and "don't die and get Morrowseer mad at us". So with no one willing to give her their time of day and explain things, her little knowledge-hungry mind was forced to make up its own explanations for how the world works. As she was a child with no reference material whatsoever, what she came up with was complete nonsense.

So like, with Starflight, she has someone who is willing to sit down with her and explain those things properly. He doesn't tell her to go away and bother someone else, or get mad at her for asking a lot of questions. He loves answering questions, and he could sit and talk about academical matters for hours. And because she is very emotionally intelligent, he has someone to help him through his patches of self-doubt and sadness. All in all, they seem like a remarkably stable couple.

This is a bit of a tangent, but... before I knew who Cricket was, I've had her described to me as "kind of Starflight-like". Now that I've seen her myself, I have to say I disagree with that assessment. The only thing those two have in common is that they both like to read and learn; they have completely opposite temperaments otherwise. I actually think Cricket is much closer to Fatespeaker. In fact, if I had to describe her succinctly, I would say she is "much like Fatespeaker, if Fatespeaker had had access to a formal and thorough education instead of being made to grow up camping with Nautilus."