the nutshack

that being said. i do think a valid role of the detective is breaking those bitches OPEN and making them finally fucking address The It.

trans steel is so fucking good i love buff masc dudes being trans

oh right i forgot the whole important thing about andras: they get nabbed by rawal during the fifth game because no one (or almost no one) ever got a good look at them, and when they wiped their memory the shapers who found them justassumed they had been manually altered. he didn’t know what he had.

im replaying g3 and am Un Sad now so. andras has very little motivation to learn proper swordsmanship from alwan despite knowing it would keep them safer until he drags them outside n hugs them for doing it right. then they’re all for it

thinking about them later makes me sad but I love early alwan and andras because andras is so sweet and silly and loves to hang off him while he’s trying to be all frowny and serious because he has a hard time not smiling around them

i think after a while, they would go back to the shapers. alwan would hear of the rebellion building and not be able to stand it, and andras would know they have to go with him to temper his descisions. stover likely gets left with a small army of creations to protect the homestead and gets trained how to heal them, and then they set off to rejoin the shapers.

are alwan and andras dating? no. are they life partners? yes? have they kissed. probably

he’s bitter and mean and a staunch traditionalist but that’s fine because he’s gained enough respect for andras to deligate to them whenever issues come up, even more so when they’re a few years down the line. it’s confusing for people who meet him but that’s a small price for depriving the shapers a general

he still thinks shapers should rule, and is sure that the war will teach them a much needed lesson, because he “knows” the rebels can’t win. andras is 🙄 but they’re content to have him by them as they rebuild the area. he’s their best friend and it would kill them to have to drive him off

while they’re on the road alwan n andras often share a room (if not a bed), at first because alwan doesn’t trust greta or stover and later because he just likes using them as a pillow. they’re Soft

anyways andras appeals to his arrogance while also hammering into his thick fucking skull how important kindness is by constantly caring for others and convinced him slowly that the proper way to rule (since they know he won’t accept that shapers aren’t superior) is with a gentle, parental hand. and that’s what gets him to step away from the fight and just help people with andras