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I really need to stop disappearing for like a week at a time.
sorry, fam, Iāve got some explaining to do, I know.
I hate disappearing without prior notice, Iāve just been coping with some big time personal drama lately and, as a result, I havenāt quite been feeling like myself enough for stuff the last few days. additionally, my college semester kicks up again this monday (hooray...), so thatāll be cutting my activity back in the near future as well.
I doĀ intend to get caught up on everything before monday, so please donāt think Iāve forgotten you guys. until I get back up to full steam, however, you can always contact me on skype if youāre looking to get in touch with me and Iām not here. Iām happy to share it with mutuals, all you have to do is ask.
honestly, I make a lot more sense when Iām talking one on one versus trying to throw everything onto a page at once and try to make sure I covered all my bases (which 200% of the time I realize later I missed a key point).
and half the time itās just how the hell do you word things like.
aggressively shrugs.
catch me on skype for the good stuff, tbh.
Iām 70% cute otp scenarios, 30% angst, 100% puns.
did someone request a B26 breakdown?
well ask and you shall receive.
some of these details might be borrowed from my synopsis of franās character I did way back when before I remade this blog, because unsurprisingly, theyāre still relevant. so letās get down to business!!
one of the best ways to define bel and franās relationship is that itās complicated as hell. but, that should be expected from one glance at these emotionally constipated nerdlords. and Iām gonna try to do this as best as I can without delving too much into franās overall characterization.
the first thing I want to point out is the common misconception that they hate each other--which I will argue that they have never stated feelings of hatred. itās true that they agitate one another constantly, they make it a point to regularly hassle and antagonize one another, but the word hate has never been used. in fact, the closest weāve come to anything of the sort is franās stating that:
āI canāt stand his type.ā
and notice. thatās not even a direct attack on bel, rather guys like him. while itās not the most clear what exactly fran means by that, itās fairly safe to assume that heās referring to belās sense of entitlement, superiority complex, and cruel, sadistic behavior. the fact that heās known to mistreat fran for the hell of it merely serves as the icing on the proverbial cake.
now this is something I have addressed before, and something I still chock up to franās want of understanding. bel is impulsive and unpredictable, known to act on whims and simply do as he pleases. itās near impossible to get an accurate read on him and whatās going on in his head--and for an illusionist (any illusionist, that is), thatās extremely frustrating. when your trade is heavily centered on your ability to read your opponent and act accordingly, it places fran at a loss. and belās extremely off putting personality doesnāt make him any more keen on the idea of wanting to understand him better.
a lot of times, it seems that they put up with one another because they haveĀ to, which is certainly debatable. and to this, Iād like to reference back to the instance in which levi encouraged bel to go ahead and kill fran after bel stated to squalo that, āthe frog may end up getting killed.ā (or something to that degree, Iām not quoting verbatim.) immediately afterwards, bel refuses because he wonāt align himself with the likes of levi.
clearly, as much as he might dislike fran, heās not the person bel harbors the most animosity towards. and the same could be said in regards to fran, too.
another point I often make is while theyāre on their way towards the confrontation with rasiel (donāt worry, Iāll cover that point, too). thereās a scene where they stop, the one where franās pulling belās knives out of his back and they start arguing after bel says to polish them before returning them, and franās response is to bend them and drop them beforeĀ āaccidentallyā tossing the rest. bel lights up his ring which, initially, appears as intent to attack fran. what it turns out to be is bel shielding them from a surprise attack.
you know what bel didnāt need to do? shield fran, too.
you know what bel did? he shielded fran, too.
if he wanted to be rid of fran so badly, he couldāve let him fend for himself, risked fran not activating his box in time and getting hit by the attack. but he doesnāt. all he does is chide fran for not making use of his box weapon.
and oooooh boy, then thereās one of my favorite scenes to discuss:
FRAN DISCOVERING THE BIRTHMARK.
words cannot and will not ever express the unbridled joy and amusement I get from this particular scene. you know the part Iām talking about, where fran takes it upon himself to lift belās shirt and confirm what rasielās saying. and the reason I love discussing this particular scene isnāt because fran just went ahead and did it, rather, how bel responds to him doing that.
he doesnāt get offended that fran did it, he yells at fran to,Ā āAsk first.ā
which tells us that his issue wasnāt that fran took it upon himself to check bel out, it was because he didnāt ask for permission first. and if that doesnāt say something, then I donāt know what does.
but of course, Iāve saved one of (what I find to be) the most important context clues for last, and that is the inevitable frog hat.
fran has proven time and time again that he has no respect for his authority figures. he talks back to all of them with little to no regard for his own safety or well being. he has no qualms with insulting them directly to their face, regardless of their position as his superior officers, or the fact that they could easily skewer him. so why wear the damn thing? itās not glued to his head, and belās going to throw the knives at him anyway. thereās physically nothing stopping him from removing it.
so why does he keep it on, despite stating in multiple instances that it inconveniences him and even hinders his ability to fight?
a lot of the answer to this falls under my headcanons for fran, so I wonāt go heavily into detail, but I think it stems from lowkey abandonment issues (Iām talking lowkey to the point that he doesnāt even realize he has them) and the hat giving him this sense of belonging. it means he has enough value that belās essentially claiming fran as his personal property.
hey, I never said their relationship was healthy.
their relationship is extremely problematic, honestly. I wonāt deny that, Iāve never tried to deny it and I never will. because I think it makes it all the more interesting to look into. because when you look at them, theyāre both elite assassins, both apparent geniuses. fran is someone who can stand on equal footing with bel when he takes matters seriously. and they both have their own share of issues that stem back to their childhood. despite being relative polar opposites, they have more in common than they realize because they both lack that ability to communicate efficiently.
thereās really a lot that can be said about these two and the relationship that they share on any level. theyāre capable of reaching points where they can awkwardly converse with one another, but still able to go right back to fighting and harassing one another. but you know what, thatās never going to change.
thatās their safety zone. thatās the place where they go to keep other people at bay, to keep themselves from asking questions they donāt want answers to. to keep from remembering that they might still be human somewhere deep down.
and frankly, I love that aspect of their relationship. because theyāre not traditional. they can be attracted to one another and it wonāt take the aggressiveness out of their relationship. theyāre never going to call one another their boyfriend and tell everybody that theyāre dating. hell, they wonāt even consider it dating.
what I always see those two having is this sort of unspoken relationship, itās something that canāt be defined and they donāt ever try to. they know whatās there and they donāt need a label on it--not to mention that a title like boyfriend canāt even begin to cover that bond after everything theyāve overcome and dealt with together.
to bel, franās his frog.
to fran, belās his insignificant other.
and thatās enough. they donāt need to define the relationship, or even necessarily acknowledge thereās one to begin with, to know itās there. because they both know, but they speak through their actions. and thatās not to say conventional actions of affection.
itās to say that maybe bel will throw half a dozen knives at fran, rather than the usual dozen. and fran will call bel a fake prince mildly less frequently than he generally does. theyāre small actions that donāt speak loudly to the outside eye, but say far more to either of them, fully aware that theyāll both deny it to their dying breath were anyone to comment on it. they could spend the night together and nobody outside the Varia would be none the wiser to it, because they donāt let the relationship define them; they stay true to who they are.
they share an unspoken degree of acceptance between them, and thatās exactly how they keep it--between them.
(even though the rest of the officers are probably well onto them and have been for ages. specifically lussuria and squalo...)
tldr; right down to their respective flame attributes (construction and destruction), they basically have the potential to be the most problematic soulmates you can imagine.
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