hewwo this is an ask to ask you for your list of lhantcest-y moments 👀
thank you!! fair warning...i'm reaching with a lot of these LOL. also this is in no particular order and is non-exhaustive bc i'm sure i'm forgetting things :p
the first one for me is more of a general thing but i personally think it's a. Fascinating writing choice for hubert's love interest to call him little bro/弟くん...how am i supposed to read that other than hubert having a Complex for his brother??? i know he says in the f arc he wants her to call him something else, but he is also so tsun and half the time he's saying the opposite of what he feels anyway lmao
which brings me to a fave skit, this one. where cheria....forces him to admit he still likes omelettes. and he also still likes asbel [jp | en ] the title alone is very cute to me, "favourite things" (they could've translated it as favourite food but i think it's more fun this way so i'm glad they didn't). this game is constantly making references to characters' favourite foods, probably because it ties in deeply with the themes of Home and Family, so it's cute to have hubert's love for his favourite food put on the level as his love for asbel lol
another fave skit is the one where you get the 1v1 hubert-asbel fight! the whole "hubert trying to win back asbel's pride for him" thing gets me [ couldn't find the skits alone but here's a jp lp that shows it and 1, 2, 3, 4 in en ]
the skit where asbel asks hubert to spar with him but then refuses when hubert suggests bringing sophie into it [ can't find it in jp sorry | en ] this one actually reminds me of a conversation they have in rays where hubert wonders if asbel is feeling homesick and asbel tells him he's actually thinking about how he can protect everyone and how his station as lord made him realize how big that responsibility was because like...he has so many people to protect now, which hubert empathizes with because he feels the same way as a soldier. and then asbel says how he's relieved to hear hubert say that because it's a reminder that he's not the only one who can protect people - hubert can too! i like it because it feels like such a flipped script from asbel's dynamics with other characters, mostly richard and sophie. he doesn't feel anymore like hubert needs HIS protection, but he trusts hubert like 110% to protect the people he loves. it's very sweet <3
this victory quote...idk if it's just the delivery on malik's line or the general like double entendre that often exists when characters talk about having Large or Impressive weapons but...this sounds so sexual to me lmao. this is arguably more malik/hubert coded but it's the fact that asbel's in the background like 🤨 and then makes that comment about hubert being flustered LMAO.
the little brothers day dlc skit...cute aggression. literally. asbel saying "your reaction was just so cute i couldn't help myself" about pinching hubert's cheeks gets me. (he says fun in the english loc but cute in japanese!) [ jp | en ]
our favourite yu liberté npc who says the rumours about hubert are a) hes Bad With Girls and b) hes a brocon LMFAO
in english this says that he's always trying to best his brother, which...is just as good to me honestly. i love their dynamic of hubert trying to get one up on asbel, who doesn't even really...register it because he just thinks hubert is really cool and impressive
side note, there's also a cute interaction they have in rays where asbel comes because he wants to see hubert studying when he's getting a lecture on something from raine. and asbel's like well you've always been so studious but we didn't get to go to school together when were apart so i just want to see you studying, essentially. ...and then sophie, malik, and pascal decide to join him 😂 but asbel really does just think hubert is...so talented and cool and he still has all those mushy prideful feelings, even though he can tell hubert doesn't want him to express them jkdfgjk
anyway, i'm blanking on others and again...there's no real bait (aside from the brocon comment imo lmao), but i am nothing if not a master of extrapolation for the sake of my own shipping agendas, so...lhantcest real <3
