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Felt like posting more but got no new stuff rn so have these hellfire cubes

Whenever Apo feels lost or doesn’t know what to do, they will start acting like their father or make choices their father would make.

For the beginning of their stay in Bannerfall Cherri didn’t think she was allowed to make friends with anyone who wasn’t a knight. 

Apo still compares Cherri to the sun, as well as a rose. 

A way Cherri shows that she sees Apo as an equal by the end of Bannerfall is by letting her stand in their blindside. (Cherri always saw Apo as above her due to her position. Someone they wanted but could never be with.)

When Cherri adopted the Prince she tried to be strict the way people were with her as a kid but couldn’t really bring herself to be like them. They were constantly trying to show the Prince they would always be there for him and provided a lot of comfort they never got as a kid. 

Apo and Cherri are still constantly in each other's space. They enjoy each other's company and feel safe with each other. 

Cherri hates getting sand thrown in her face because the blindness reminds her of the time, she lost one of her eyes. (The King of Thornhelm shoved a torch against one side of her face.) It sends them into a panic attack, believing they are going blind permanently. 

Cherri can adapt to changes better than Apo. 

Apo does a lot of self-reflecting whenever they feel like they messed up. (It was one of the few things she could do when locked in her room.)

Cherri has thorn scars on their body from when they were a kid and were put to fight against Thornhelm mages to see if their magic would show itself. 

day 197, guilty duo escaping into the maze

I've also talked previously about similarities between Apo's and Pearl's turning, which yet again went unnoticed because no one knew anything about Apo.

And the recent @vampostingtime post about Cleo and Pearl having arguments made me think about how having information about Apo would've made the arguments worse.

For a while I had a fic idea of Apo sending letters inviting Pearl, Cleo, Abolish and maybe Sausage to her and Cherri's funeral because she wanted at least someone present at the event and at least someone to know about their grave. (And also it's a coward's way out of talking about Oakhurst - you don't have to address what happened to the others if you're already dead. Also I have not written a single word of the fic dw about it).

I’m not saying that you shouldn’t have ideas and write and draw and be creative and share your creations! This isn’t meant to be an attack on fans and fan creators at all!! I absolutely think that you should have ideas and be creative! Apo and Cherri have a nice friendship and dynamic and they put that into their characters and writing very well so I obviously understand wanting to have more stuff of them in canon and in fan works, I just think it’s important to highlight the fact that its an option for them that they won’t include every time and your interest in their stories shouldn’t hinge on whether they’re going to do gay roleplay together or not.

It’s bf!apo!!