#basil things

Finally home so I can actually answer this!

And honestly I came up with Basil... June of last year, he was first supposed to be kind of a throwaway character in a angsty end and he still does have an angsty end, but I fell in love with him so fast and just he became something more.

The relationship between the two of them starts platonic, then grows into something more. Basil was (is) a popular artist among queer communities (even beyond that as well) and he stopped doing art after his late wife passed away and he got a cancer diagnosis in his early 40's. He and Christopher meet when Christopher is working and doing lectures in the US (his first time in the states), they meet for the first time at a little art gallery Basil is putting some of his older works in. (He prefers putting them in smaller, more personal ones) They get to chatting and meet up on and off and bond quickly, on Christopher's 29th birthday, a year and a half after the two had met, Basil gifts Christopher a personalized cane because Christopher had talked about wanting to get something that fit his style a bit more. It's his most treasured gift still.

They become friends, because there's not a lot of people left in Basil's life since he stopped doing art and stopped hanging around other rich folk (You know rich folk with family money, Basil grew and earned his over the years) and they all slowly just kinda left him alone other than a select few, but even then, those friendships aren't the same. Christopher honestly just loves the man and wants to spend time with him, to keep him company in any form that Basil wants from him. They get close fast, and they've got a lot in common despite a bit of an age gap, Christopher constantly jokes that he's an old soul, how no one thinks he and Morgan are twins because he looks that much older.

But Christopher ends up living with Basil, both as a companion and just so he can work in the city that's nearby more (mostly a lecturer, sometimes doing.. doctor stuff idk I don't go into details). Basil brings up marriage, because he knew early on that he was probably gonna end up giving everything to Christopher after he passes. Marriage isn't really needed but it makes it a lot easier to put Christopher in his will, Christopher accepts. His family is honestly super accepting of it, they just wanna see their son happy and he really truly is with Basil. They get married, and they get longer together than they expected, but Basil does ultimately pass, somewhere in his early 50's (or just pre 50, I'm not sure yet)

The lineless animation style makes it look awesome, and the series doesn't shy away from having a deep plot with a lot of feeling and character development. And it's squeaky clean, as far as I know, which is extra awesome! Clean Fantasy With Cool Characters And a Little Bit of Angst is 1000% my favorite genre.