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As I said in my last post, I think this particular brand of fandom discourse is old and tired, but before we put it to bed (at least on this blog) allow me to clarify a few things:

  • Canon feminizes Hans. You can read and/or characterize him differently, but canon does in fact do this.
  • Top/bottom preferences have no inherent connection to how "feminine" or "masculine" someone considers a character to be.
  • Femininity is not inherently negative and masculinity is not inherently positive. To wit, reading femininity in Hans is not derogatory.
  • Fem/masc queer couples are not heteronormative just because they present a certain way, and it's insulting and honestly kind of gross and reductive to imply that they are.
  • Shipwarring disguised as morality is shitty. If you like Hans to be more masculine in presentation, just say that. It isn’t a moral issue.
  • Top/bottom preferences are just one preference out of many, and it is strange to only attach a moral standard to sex in particular. Not having a preference does not make you morally superior either!
  • I personally prefer it when Hans is depicted as taller than Henry, and when he enjoys bossing Henry around in bed. Does this automatically make him more masculine, and Henry more feminine for enjoying being bossed around?
  • Similarly, I like seeing them both as equally bad about repressing their feelings. I consider Hans as someone desperate to be a provider for Henry, and I think secretly Henry would enjoy being taken care of for once in his life. I am severely squicked out by people smoking and quickly scroll past art that features hansry doing it. Why are those preferences okay while top/bottom preferences aren't? What makes penetration so damn special?
  • No one is going to view sex, sex positions, and sexual roles the same way. Society might attach morality to these things, but not everyone is going to relate to them in the same way, and other people can think or write about sex in ways that are distinct from those social standards.
  • "Oh, so does this mean you support people writing these characters as OOC?" Fic writers aren't paid, so they can do whatever the fuck they want with these characters. I don't personally enjoy it, but I don't have to. That's what the back button is for.
  • I don’t think I’m the arbiter of what is morally right or correct either, by the by.
Anonymous asked:

So, Hans' physical stats only hover around 18, same as Sam's. This validates my damsel-in-distress Hans HC after being saddened that some people hate it and thought it was just fetishization... Anyway I feel like Warhorse themselves contributed to it and even lean hard lol ajhsjahs

You know, nonny... I almost made a post bitching about this exact thing. And then I thought, maybe I shouldn't drop a nuclear bomb on the fandom. But it's been some time since that whole debacle started, so I feel extremely comfortable telling you that I wholeheartedly agree with you!

Anonymous asked:

i just read through pretty much every single one of ur posts about hans and/or henry and im absolutely in love with the whole claustrophobia analysis😭😭❤️its absolutely brilliant and insane omg anyways i wanted to ask if youve ever touched on this but something that really stood out to me in kcd2 is the way henry can bring up hans to random people ENTIRELY unprompted so much, it’s genuinely hilarious (obviously its optional but thats just the way the game works) and usually the other person just ignores it or straight up gets annoyed..its SO prominent in parts of the game where hans isnt around and my favourite one is when rosa asked henry to get her book and if henry says saving hans is his priority she straight up accuses him of only ever caring about hans LMAOO the other thing henry does that gives me the same vibe is the way he can also bring up istvan in like every conversation randomly which usually annoys the other person too until he gets his revenge..oh boy henry all you ever think about is hans and revenge

This is SO SWEET!!! I'll be honest, of all my metas that I've written, the claustrophobia meta is one of my favorites, if not the favorite one, so this makes me incredibly happy :D

Anyway, so... fun fact, on my streams we actually have a pookie mention counter!! We're about to rescue Hans from Maleshov (on Saturday, in fact!) and this is where we're at so far:

It's a good boy Henry run, so we've no doubt missed some mentions, but that alone says... quite a lot, honestly. I mean he just doesn't shut up about the guy. You mentioned the Rosa scene (a classic, we're getting that this coming Saturday as well), but there's also the Klara scene if you haven't seen it yet:

And I'm actually glad you brought up Istvan, that Henry only cares about Hans and revenge. To me, Henry is a vengeance paladin that turns into a devotion paladin after Istvan dies, and that the reason for that devotion is because Hans embodies joy for Henry!!! His priorities shift to the light that can counter the darkness of the revenge... it means the world to me that he can find that joy again at all 😭

  • Fandom: KCD
  • Pairing(s): Hansry (with side pairings Jamuel, Zizkat, Isterik, Hynrosa)
  • Rating: Explicit
  • Word Count: 66,514
Traveling alongside Godwin, Henry is ready to start his life over in the New World. The Titanic is just the first step, one that should prove a pleasant voyage—or it would have, had a certain blond tosser not shown up to sour the experience. OR: Hansry Titanic AU
  • Fandom: KCD
  • Pairing: Hynrosa
  • Rating: Explicit
  • Word Count: 9,388
  • Summary:
Suchdol is a lot like the Feywild, a place outside of time where normal rules no longer apply. Given such conditions, extraordinary things can happen, things that might never have happened outside of those circumstances: Hans and Henry can get together, Godwin can jumpstart collective heresy, and Dry Devil can come to terms with his crush on Rosa. Sort of. He can sort of come to terms with his crush on Rosa.

Or: What if Rosa hadn't left Suchdol before the Praguers arrived?

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"I want to know what the devil ye think yer playing at."

"There's only one devil I'd dare to play with, and he's right in front of me."

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Drawn for @croquettish, whose writing, meta, and love for history and the human psyche brought this wonderful community together.

I want to thank you for the daily inspiration, love and work you gift this fandom with every single day. I can just keep recommending her fics, and for those curious about this beautiful rare ship: check out her amazing meta.

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Anonymous asked:

Tobi is ruining everything for kcd. From acting weird to girls in concerts, insulting hansry, lying about dlc playtime and now that post.

What a wonderful thing that he is not part of the fandom!! :D

Fandom is what we make it, nonny. Embrace death of the author! I would never let Some White Guy™️ ruin anything for me, and you shouldn't either!!

Anonymous asked:

least insightful things i can possibly contribute to your blog, but alas it's all i have. one; swordmaster menhard is absolutely smitten with henry and you can't change my mind. he sword marries henry with those vows. simp. two: the joke that immediately popped into my mind the first time i saw menhard's name and i still can't get rid of; "menhard? for henry they sure are!"

Henry just has that effect on people, he can't help it!!!

No but seriously I love this headcanon it's so cute. Bet you anything it was his sword prowess that did it. That man can appreciate nothing if not SWORDPLAY!!!

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Hi Skrib! First of all, I wanna say that I admire you a whole lot as an artist! ❤️ You're one of my biggest inspirations (0% flattery and 100% sincere, trust!!!). I feel so blessed that you are also into hansry! I've just finished the game and I miss them so badly 😭 Why was there so little of them? I wanna do so much more. I want Hans to see Henry's awesome forge and so on... Oh, well. Anyways, I adore your art of them and I wanted to ask if you have any fanfic recs to share? 🙏

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Hi, that makes me incredibly happy to hear🥹 The good thing about fanwork ist that it can fill aaaaall those gaps so beautifully in an endless variety of ways! And I do have some I'd happily reccommend, even if I still have so many others to catch up on, too, so I'm sure there's plentyful to enjoy outside of this lil collection: An abolutely favorite of mine is ladyredems "In Vino Veritas", a retelling of kcd1 events if Hans and Henry would have come together a lot sooner (still in the making, but already so worth it!) An absolute favorite collection of mine is written by eyes_of_the_lamp called "in toto corde meo" and it combines a multitude of works by this point that are not all Hansry centric but basically a glimpse into possible events in kcd2 leading to their eventual romance - beautifully written and love the character portrayal. A lot of yearning in this one!

If you want a beautiful Hans character introspection, I can highly recommend checking out tams work 'What do we call love, if this isn't it?", which goes beautifully into his psyche leading to his eventual romance with Henry. And as it so happens, I also found myself in front of a blank page and wrote a word or two by this point. So if you don't mind a shameless self plug, you can take a look at "Capon's Champion", which basically heavily enhances the quest of the same name in kcd1 and also leads to an earlier romance than the game. (And if you want to see me beat Hans with a stick, I'm currently diving into his possible hardships in the early parts of kcd2, in "The Principles of Chivalry") Hope that gives you a good starting point, but again, there's plenty of works out there from incredibly talented people I just haven't gotten around to yet, so definitely take your time exploring, too <3

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