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I deeply appreciate that Hans & Henry are still enjoyable as platonic soulmates and that romance is not positioned as the end all/be all of loving a person, but if I am to be completely honest: It's my opinion that ignoring their romantic progression dramatically limits the overall Hans/Henry relationship arc (even though it continues to exist independently), robs KCD2's main quest of an emotional locus that persists into the post-game (and potential future installments), denies Henry a positive personal driving force in the main quest to rival and eventually overcome revenge obsession, and functionally renders their signature audentes into a tacked-on non sequitur for physical bravery instead of the ultimate conclusion of Warhorse's interconnected observations about life/duty/love/family ("the greatest act of bravery is to pursue boldly who you are regardless of the expectations your environment has placed upon you; strive toward truth despite its risks; seek to rebuild joy after tragedy"), which I would argue is and has always been the point of Henry's internal hero arc and is the primary way we understand all his important relationships therein.

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them💛🖤

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✨✨✨

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I'm on a roll today so feast

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yeah let's have more gifs of this, why not. you know you can't stop me. you know you don't want to.

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exhausting hunt

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Oh, you mutt....*sighs longingly*

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i wanna love tomorrow, but i love what’s left

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With each ring of the bell my heart sank more and more... I'm so attached to Hans!

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in the development and making of this exciting game!

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📍 devil's den

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And that's alright

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prologue henry will never get old. like this is one of the earliest sentences he ever says in game. and he proceeds to carry this burning disrespect for the rest of his life.

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Do you know how I feel right now. I am a chronic rarepair fan and I have NEVER had a ship go canon. Now I am, as a humble lifelong medieval history nerd, after SEVEN YEARS of dev silence (and <20 fics on ao3 last time I checked, many written by yours truly), witnessing the altright fandom melt down into nuclear waste in real time. Because their ~antiwoke hero~ studio just dropped a major sequel confirming my ultra rarepair lgbtq+ nothingburger never-gonna-happen ship was endgame all along. They suck face horizontal ON SCREEN. We went in expecting Kingdom Under Heaven: Braveheart II and we got fucking Maurice with Swords. I could bend steel with my pinkies. This is my Roman empire. This is video game Christmas to me. I am unkillable right now do you understand

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been watching luke dale's kcd2 streams (only up to a certain point bc i haven't finished the game yet) but i love how obsessed he is with his own guy so i made a little compilation of him being the #1 hans hater/fanboy

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"I beg to differ, Sir. I never want to forget this."

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Relax Mylord, Henry surely is on his way! Unless he is in a bathhouse… or picking flowers …