#kafcae

Y’ALL STARTED THIS WHEN YOU KEPT CALLING COCOLIA AND SERVAL SISTERS DESPITE THEM HAVING DIVORCED LESBIAN POLITICAL EX-WIVES ENERGY SO POWERFUL IT ALTERED THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF BELOBOG. YOU PEOPLE SEE TWO WOMEN WITH HISTORY AND IMMEDIATELY INVENT A FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP. FUCK YOUUUUU LEAVE LESBIANS ALONE.

this extends to the BISEXUAL WOMEN TOO because what do you MEAN we are STILL HAVING the “kafka is the trailblazer’s mother” discourse in the YEAR OF OUR LORD 2026. “you and i are each other’s destiny” what is happening in the fandom water supply that is SOULMATE RHETORIC.

i am genuinely going to lose it at this fandom’s compulsive need to assign FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY to every relationship the second it has even a WHIFF of emotional intensity. there is a whole spectrum of human connection and you keep reducing it to FAMILY TREE SIMULATOR 3000. like WHAT IF. and stay with me here.

I mean yes, she texts them. But it’s always an ‘Anonymous’

It’s not so that nobody finds a Stellaron Hunter in their contacts. Blade, Firefly, Silver Wolf, all three are there.

It’s only Kafka who isnt properly in their contacts.

Trailblazer cant contact her, only she can contact them.

Kafka has curated a relationship that is basically a dance. Its not really push and pull, but its.. paradoxically distant and close. She’s a puzzle she wants them to figure out.

Kafka is the one curating this. Its not really clear whether Elio requires this of her. It’s likely, but also it’s fairly likely that she’s not required to be as distant as she is.

I’d say it probably isnt. Yes, the distance is required, but is it really necessary for them to be wholly unable to even just send her a picture?

And I do think the distance she herself has curated is affecting her. I mean. The information we’ve gotten on her is really only supporting her pulling more and more away from the hunters and into herself. Silver Wolf doesnt even know what she does off-mission anymore.

I imagine Blade’s new voiceline about her will probably also support that.

He is actually terrible at flirting.

On top of the social awkwardness, he feels that there is no place for him in their lives.

He is attracted to make handsome men, but Kafka is the only woman his heart flutter for.

He knows not what their relationship was...did partners mean lovers, or was it just business. He can't remember.

Even if she didn't, Caelus feels that...an emotion of ...possible love? He isn't sure.

He is, in fact, attracted to Dan Hang, but he is pining from afar...(also basically all the hot men).

He is an emotional Hoe

But doesn't have sex at random, but crushes galore and more.

For romance, he likes to be held and connect more then the physical. Even then, that can only happen if he feels a deep connection. That's the way to alight his passion.

Thinking about kissing makes him blush

He enjoys small tokens, things that mean the other thought of him.

He also talks about his love problems to all the jelly cats.

The ones who look like the ones he likes, he usually will hold them and just kinda have a heart to heart. Since he knows they won't tell.

To show he likes someone, he'll spend time...listen and give gifts that he finds that remind him of the other person.

At what point in this wacky space adventure-comedy do you suppose the Trailblazer just started having Britney Spear’s ‘Criminal’ play through their head on loop?

And what if its because Trailblazer wasnt around anymore? No more Trailblazer to faceplant into the ocean tide, no more Trailblazer to bring her new shiny things when shopping like an overexcited puppy, no more Trailblazer to play piano/violin alongside Kafka's violin, or even just sit and listen to her music, no more Trailblazer to snuggle into her chest in their shared bed despite being bigger.

Theres no one's words to distract her from the screams she causes so music fills her mind (the duets they've played together, specifically) no one to point things out in a script to her, so she just follows along without a second thought past reading through it.

And the worst thing is she wouldnt even notice. The other Hunters do. Of course they would, they're family after all. But how could they possibly point out how much she's slipping towards nihility, when the very person that can pull her from it is out of her reach? She wouldnt notice, because the person who would point it out is gone- no, not even gone, they just arent hers anymore. Their no longer a Stellaron Hunter, no longer her closest companion. No longer the sword at her back.

No they guard another's back now, they lay in another's bed. They do all the things they used to do with her with other people. And she cant see them as much as the other Hunters can, they may be each others destiny, but that destiny is one yet to come, and till then, the script so cruelly keeps them apart but for the scarcest moments, that they arent even allowed to fully trust to be real.

And Kafka can feel every emotion except fear, but emotions are a tricky thing, and the loss of one will effect all the rest, and how would she truly know what loss or grief truly feel like?

Thats not to say Himeko is 100% safe. But she’s yet to get a spotlight really, and we dont know much about her path, and like while its inferred and spoken about like Himeko and Trailblazer are close, we dont really get to see much of that? Like its clear the Trailblazer respects Himeko alot and looks up to her, and Himeko cares about the Trailblazer as one of her juniors but.. they dont seem that close. Same with Welt and Trailblazer. Hell, we were on a whole planet with Welt and he still feels closer to Sunday than he does TB.

We’ll probably get a focus on Himeko later on, mb 4.0 or 5.0 considering the like, stellaron focus, AE Member focus, stellaron focus, AE member focus pattern we kinda have ig. But as it stands, if we ignore the HI3 stuff, theres not that much reason for us as the player to worry about Himeko dying, esp not anytime soon. And with the fact we currently arent that close to her, well. Theres less reason for us to be upset about her death. Theres also so few death flags for her.

But KAFKA? Oh. Ohhhh, she’s at so much risk. I dont think she’s in danger any time soon either, but.. she’s so fucked.

First of all, the Trailblazer (and us) have a far larger attachment to Kafka. She knows us, she knows our past. She canonically cares about us a fuck ton, and like, even without memories the Trailblazer cares about her as well, and trusts her even if they dont wanna. Theres also like. So many ship implications. Like, genuinely, the only other character who can really match the implied relationship level of Kafka x Trailblazer.. is Firefly. Aka another mf Stellaron Hunter.

Theres the fact Kafka kisses a card of the TB in a trailer/teaser, she leaves us a letter on Luofu, her quest is named after a story where a person cant remember their lover. During the Truth and Lie game she’s asking shit like “do u like me, do u want to see me again’ SHE IS INSECUREEE SHES WORRIED. She gets sad if we say we dont like her! She tells the TB they’ll always be able to find safe haven at her side! She’s literally fucking in love with the Trailblazer. And it probably kills her that the Trailblazer doesnt remember anything- the fucking ‘what will they rmb’ at the games start goddd. All of her texts are so sad, she misses the TB so much.

Sopping wet cat Kafka agenda is real.

Anyways.

With how attached Kafka is to the Trailblazer, and the fact the Trailblazer and Kafka have an intertwined destiny.. theres a very high chance that the moment Kafka first feels fear like Elio promised, that it’ll be about the Trailblazer. About them dying, or just smth awful happening to them. Honestly I fear the day Kafka feels fear for the first time. It WILL be devastating. And considering the kind of character Kafka is, it really wouldnt be that far a stretch to assume she’d end up sacrificing herself for both the Script and Trailblazer.

Hell, i wouldnt be surprised if Kafka feeling fear was related to Nihility or Finality TB.

Kafka fully believes in both the Script, and the Trailblazer but she doesnt believe that fate is pre-determined. Which means, there could absolutely be a moment where the Trailblazer is in danger of dying, and well. Not coming back for the whatever number time it’d be by then. And that would absolutely be the thing most likely to force her to be afraid. She already gets sad if we say we dont like her. Losing the Trailblazer permanently would 100% end up as a terrifying prospect to her. Kafka has also already been demonstrated to have less concern for her own personal safety as is.