#ozlice

Tfw you are a small, ephemeral being who finds a purpose in living through your deep love for someone you wish to protect, but you are forced to watch your beloved get tormented and die violently via stabbing because you are a weak, useless creature that cannot protect anything…

Or is this too specific of a trope???

Merry Christmas @voniive! I was your PH secret Santa this year 💝 I went for Lady Oz / Maid Alice - Hope you like it and have a great holiday!!🎄❄️💕

Posting of that drawing's sketch

About the chapter from April 23, I couldn’t help myself but think even more of Pandora Hearts. And so I stopped to think about some similarities between both stories, and here’s the result!

‼️ Contains spoilers for both stories! I’m exploring here ONS until the most recent chapter and PH story as a whole! If you haven’t read PH and would very much like to, I’d recommend not reading this post.‼️

⁃ Jack Vesalius x Shikama : Jack “loved” Lacie. He got obsessed with her and after she died he decided to bring the world to her. It’s when happens the Tragedy of Sablier. Instead of reviving Lacie, probably because it wasn’t near as possible, he decided to end everything. Shikama, on the other hand, as he lost his beloved won, decided to sacrifice the whole world to bring Mikaela back. So I guess both caused a tragedy in the name of the ones they loved the most. Even Jack's and Shikama's design are similar, both are devil figures, liars and destroyed lives.

⁃ Oz x Yuu: both are the main characters, both don’t know who they are and both have their memories “locked”. Yuu is an eyeball, Oz is a plushie rabbit that came to life. They both are extremely attached to the ones that gave them a name: Alice and Mika, respectively.

⁃ Alice x Mika: gave names to something inhuman which they loved dearly. The princess figure, Alice the girl trapped in a tower and Mika the sleeping beauty.

⁃ OzAlice x Mikayuu: Alice is the sun, the light, to Oz, the same way Mika is the light to Yuu. Oz and Yuu were named by Alice and Mika. They both were separated and brought together. Based on sacrifices and deep loyalty and love.

Why not both? :D

XERXES BREAK

How I feel about this character:

I love Break! Though I will say that I think I love him a little bit less than the rest of the fandom. He's a very cool character, but in my opinion, he's one of the more trope-y ones...if that makes sense. Basically, I'm saying that I've definitely seen very similar characters all over anime/manga. But as with most PandoraHearts characters, he's unusually well-written and extremely well-done overall, so all his moments are super enjoyable!

All the people I ship romantically with this character:

Hmm. I used to think about shipping in PandoraHearts more often when I was younger (I first read the manga when I wasn't even a teenager yet). I definitely shipped Reim with Break, and I still think this would be cute. Their dynamic can get very fun and almost tsundere-like at times (lol)!

I used to ship Sharon with Break too, but though I still think their dynamic is cute, I know this makes some people quite uncomfortable. I also know that their relationship was canonically intended to be more familial, and that Break was canonically in love with Sharon's mother, Shelly. So do with that what you will.

My non-romantic OTP for this character:

Honestly, Reim and Sharon could work for this question too?? They're the characters whose relationships with Break are the most meaningful to me. So yeah, I guess them again.

My unpopular opinion about this character:

I'm not sure I have any super unpopular opinions about Break. Maybe just that I don't find him as interesting as a lot of other characters in the manga? I felt I was sort of able to predict the direction Jun Mochizuki went with his character/story, whereas this wasn't the case with a lot of the others in the main cast.

One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon:

Oof, this is a tough one too...I just wish there were more scenes expanding Break's relationship with Shelly.

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OZ VESSALIUS

How I feel about this character:

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE. MY BABY. MY BOY. Everybody who knows me is aware of this LMAO! Shut up about Oz Vessalius, they say. NO, I say.

In all seriousness, Oz is my favorite character of all time. I love PandoraHearts dearly for more reasons than I can say, but he is really part of what makes the manga for me. His character resonated so powerfully with me when I first read it and continues to do so to this day. He is such a nuanced, emotional, human character. 

I always say PandoraHearts saved my life, but more specifically, Oz saved my life. He was so painfully similar to me when I first read the manga. I was going through a very difficult period of my life. Watching him become somebody who could believe in and accept love from those around him, as well as somebody who could come to love himself, was incredibly inspiring. He became a sort of role model, if you will--though it’s more complicated than that. 

I am happy to say that today, I am more like the Oz at the end of the manga than I am like the Oz at the beginning of the manga. 

All the people I ship romantically with this character:

I’m going to be completely honest with you guys: when I was a kid, I was a passionate Oz x Gilbert shipper. I know that nowadays, people are extremely uncomfortable with this (and understandably so). Outside of this, I really wouldn’t say I ship Oz romantically with anybody, except for maybe Echo? 

I can’t fully get behind Oz and Echo as a couple for some reason, but if Oz needs to be with somebody, I think it should probably be her. The way they helped each other see themselves as human, the way they developed such an intense and intimate respect for one another...it’s very touching.

My non-romantic OTP for this character:

Oz and Gilbert, probably. Their relationship is insanely dedicated and resilient. Though they are “connected by their darkness,” as Gilbert says, they are a source of hope for one another throughout the manga. I think this is beautiful.

Oz and Alice could also count for one of these. I really don’t like Oz and Alice’s dynamic when seen through a romantic perspective, and I’m only able to truly appreciate their relationship when viewing it as platonic. I will say that due to slightly conflicting feelings about Alice’s character, I would prioritize Oz and Gilbert over her and Oz.

My unpopular opinion with this character:

I’m not sure I have one. I don’t think loving Oz is that uncommon of an opinion, lol. 

One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon:

Hmm, I don’t know about this one, either...I think Oz’s story is very nearly perfect. I guess...I wish the manga had more directly addressed the toxic aspects of Oz, Alice, and Gilbert’s relationship?