I know it's been said but I just keep ruminating on how different of an approach we're getting to see with a romance story in OFMD. So many slow burn romances derive conflict from just tension and lack of acknowledgement and things unsaid and angst. But we already know they love each other, and they got there so quickly. Instead we get to see them choose each other, and continue to choose each other over and over, acknowledge that they have to work to make it work, communicate their needs, and see them working together to maintain a healthy relationship, hopefully for a long time. Anne and Mary are there saying losing the magic is inevitable, but we're already seeing Ed and Stede put in work to see each other eye to eye. They are building a strong foundation from the start. They aren't just falling in love, they are active participants now. And that's so much more real! and so much more interesting!!
This scenario of "oh god our friend fell into a rushing river" turning very rapidly into "FCG tries to give an angry hippo mother and her two children etiquette lessons"
Blue eyes don't break from the buckles he is tightening ;
Seabiscuit is holding his breath, refusing to give up on the battle and let Red get the girth on properly ( the horse's appetite was big, but his stubbornness was bolder ). Still, Red smiles as Lena's let's out the line, words laced with her ( what sounded fancy to him ) London accent.
" What? That the saddle pad goes on first,
saddle follows suit,
girth then on and strapped up tight?
Bit in the horse's mouth, nose and ear bands in place,
throatlatch done up and the reins going over the head?
Course. Could tack up all this shit in my sleep.
Now, remember which way your helmet goes on, yea? "
ok while im still in my horimiya brain can i just say even though the rest of the main character group didnt really get fleshed out individually much compared to miyamura i do still adore the way that they are shown to be interacting with different parts of the group and not just the other character they were introduced with. like yanagi getting absorbed into the studco trio (plus that one chapter with sengoku) sakura and yuki hanging out and actually being friends. iura and sawada. sawada getting an actual friend outside of the third years. those few crumbs we had of sengoku and hori's childhood together. do you get me