#hansry coded

[iliadeleart]

A Squire’s duties

[cursedsappho]

I want you all to know that if you find Hans before the wedding just like in KCD1 he will let you sleep in his bed and even eat his food without complaining (edit: well he might complain about the food but not like other NPCs lol)

I was messing around and he literally waited for Henry to wake up to go to sleep without throwing him out of the bed even if it was 1am 😭

also: tiny

[scielson]

if you find hans capon in the morning hours at his poacher camp and talk to him, exhaust all his dialogue, but then still stalk him and his little camping routine, he’ll eventually say "good morning, henry" and it’s literally so cute. like hey, they don’t really talk anymore, but bro’s still polite and wishing henry a good morning.

[reifblue]

Respite on the Spitalfields

[ratmare]

Halfway to the apothecary, Hans' thigh begins to chafe around the sweatsoaked rags. At least, he hopes it's sweat. God help him if that bite is festering. There's no kindly herbwoman to supply him a bed or idiot bodyguards to force her tonics down his throat. Hans grimaces at the idea of Henry being there for that whole shit show.

Hans, how could you not check that the wolf was truly dead. and Hans! You should've washed that wound immediately Christ, he never would have heard the end of it. All that fussing and griping would have put him in the grave. No, no, he is perfectly equipped to deal with this on his own

He flips his hood over his damp hair as Troskowitz wobbles into view, and prays he can get through this without being recognized. From the sound of it most of the yokels have already found their way to the tavern. He keeps his eyes down as he shambles on and half collapses onto the counter when he finally makes it inside that German's shop (damn him for having it on the second floor).

"Guten Abend, mein Herr." "Bandages and some salve for my wounds. The best you have." The German's blank expression makes him think better of it and he tries to smooth things over with a gritted smile. "...please." "I was on the wrong side of some wolves this morning, and I would quite like to pay for your assistance instead of the sawbones." "Ja...you are in luck." The apothecary shuffles through his inventory, and Hans tries to follow his hands instead of the worrying throbbing heat traveling up towards his hip."My best supplier visited today. I think you will be quite satisfied with his decoction." "How much?" "One hundred groschem." "A hundred?! Are you yanking my pizzle?" He gapes.

"Ich meine es erst. You said you wanted my best and you will find no better in the region." " He shakes his head. "I, myself, can't figure out how he does it. " "At that price, it better be distilled from gold and Saint Luke's piss." The wound on his leg and the lightness of his purse has his tongue hot, and he thrusts out his chin before he can think better of it. "I'll give you 40." "Have a fine rest of your evening, goodsir." "Alright, alright, fifty five, and I'll throw in these absolutely lovely hare pelts. What do you say?" Hans whips out his least matted pelts from the depths of his pack, and smiles over them for the German. "You can have that Barto-fella fix up something nice for the Missus, hm?"

"Seventy five and then please leave."

"You've got a deal, goodman!" He offers up his hand to shake but is more than fine when the phial and some crumpled bandages are pushed into his palm instead. He measures out his payment and slips back through the door. The lock clunks behind him, but he's got what he came for. Seeking a little privacy to redress his wounds he limps over to the little shack crumpled in the corner of the garden. The phial's lip has been dipped in red wax, and a few letters have been scratched near the neck of the bottle. He rolls his eyes, some yokel's attempt at a maker's mark. He cracks through the wax shell with his teeth and knows deep down he's been fleeced when the scent hits him.

It's just marigold decoction. Peasant brew. Even he could probably brew this. "Bastard." He hisses as he unwinds the bandages. Next time he drops off a kill for that butcher he's going to dump the entrails in that Kraut fucker's garden. He contemplates tossing it, but something's better than nothing. Really what choice does he have? "Sweet mother Mary, I wish I was drunk for this." He winces as he tips the mixture over the gash. Good lord, it stings. He has to bite into the meat of his arm to keep the warbling scream from alerting the guards, but slowly as the syrup sinks into the divots in his flesh, the pain mellowing into something warm. The hot throbs that he took to be the footsteps of an approaching fever soften, and the relief is priceless. "Maybe you're gold and holy piss after all." He murmurs as he thumbs over the wound marveling at how his touch can linger without pain. Whoever made this is wasting their talents in this backwater. He runs his tongue over his teeth at the thought of having someone so skilled over in Rattay. Well, if he's that German's "best supplier" he's no doubt got enough standing to be invited to the wedding, so he can just pluck him from the rabble once all this is straightened out. That'd be a fine souvenir for all the trouble he's been through. He brings up the bottle to the candlelight and squints at the maker's mark once again A lopsided S sits atop the heavy horizontal stroke of an H, and Hans screams into his fist. God, must you follow me everywhere. He scrubs a hand over his eyes and feels the flash of outrage bubble into laughter, because of course even after everything Henry would be there to lick his wounds for him.

Finis

[iceclew]

Redid this as Hansry, after I saw the reference.

That one right here. I could not look away anymore, I had to.. It is such a beautiful, intriguing pose and I wish I could credit the artist for it. Somebody posted 'kilgarra' which could fit, but I haven't found this specific piece there..

One again I am desperatelly trying to draw smoochies, and I did not figure it out how to do it to my own likings yet.. But we get there. Someday, sometime.

This did not necessarily start as modern AU, but did not want to spend too much time on clothing.. and if I look at it any longer I will regret that, so just cranking it out there now...

And since me and the gang have just been doing some more music quizzing online, I was reminded how obsessed with Mumford and Sons older songs was back then.

So that's my song recommendation for today.

[merry-andrews]

Hans and Henry have 'fox and hound' vibe and you can't change my mind!

[scrunggly]

More Hansry sketchies.. if anybody knows a better way to fix a bad day (instead of drawing boys kissing) I’m all ears.. I’ll wait. I encourage you to listen to the tune. It’s very them in their divorce era coded.

[margonite-seer]

Okay, so, I watched the entire 7 hour stream where Daniel Vávra (KCD2 game director) was a guest at a Czech Twitch streamer.

GENERAL KCD2 DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS:

He is expecting around 4-5 million total copies sold by the end of 2025.

Devs shortly before the release wanted to remove Mutt completely because they were afraid they had not managed to code him and implement him properly. They thought his AI was so bad it was not worth having him at all.

He plans to have a look into recommending to other devs some patches that will make the game less easy or other ways to avoid Henry becoming too OP if you do all side quests. Also make the second map have a better gear and wallet progress, such as deal with the problem of wanting to sell too-rich loot to too-poor merchants.

He was a millionaire from the first two Mafia games, but he almost went bankrupt from his private money when trying to create KCD1 and found an investor to make the game a reality basically miraculously.

The target audience for KCD2 is around 30 year olds.

There will be a vinyl of the soundtrack.

Kingdom Come 1 and 2 were originally supposed to be one game, where Act 1 would be Rattay stuff (everything in KCD1), Act 2 would be the Trosky-related map, and Act 3 would be Kuttenberg.

The DLCs will unlock some new areas to explore, including the interior of a church.

There will be probably no mod support for consoles.

A FEW TINY HANS/HENRY BREADCRUMBS:

He never approved of or allowed that one dev at a forum years back to say that Henry is straight.

The Hansry sex scene was supposed to be more explicit originally. He implied that other devs wanted it to be more explicit and sexier but he wanted it to stay more romantic.

The sex scene would not have happened at that specific time at that specific place if Henry and Hans had not been starving and desperate about that situation.

[pan-da-hero]

-satanized is playind in the background-

yeah, new ghost release is so hansry coded

[trinityprocessing]

Helloe my beloved, someone called for Hansry-coded book-recs and since I am the designated librarian of Hansry (because I am in fact a librarian and I like hansry and also I said so) I shall deliver you some.

1. Love Habit by TL Clark

This one is maybe the least Hansry as it is not about knights, but monks. However it is set towards the end of medieval England.

”1485: Paul timidly enters Darenth Priory to avoid marriage. In good faith, he expects to live out his days in chaste devotion to God. But there is temptation lurking within the monastery walls.

For there is also another novice, Luke, who both resembles and sings like an angel. Is he a test? A gift? Paul must decide."

This book definitely belongs in the realm of cozy literature. The author mentioned she wanted to depict a possible happy life for a queer person as it might have happened. And thus we follow a young man in search of a peaceful life, while he finds love on the way.

2. One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny

If you are traumatised by Hans impending marriage and you love all the fanfic especially, this book might be for you. Full disclosure: I haven't read this one yet though I am planning to.

"Oxfordshire 1360

When Penn and Raff meet in Hartswood Forest the only truth they know of each other is a brief moonlit kiss they had shared previously. But Penn is escaping a life of cruelty, and an arranged marriage to a woman he has never seen. Raff is tracking the elusive missing groom of his sister to restore his family’s honour. Neither are looking for a travelling companion. Yet both men find themselves drawn to each other in ways neither imagined."

3. Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi

I started reading this yesterday night and I am already on page 150. Needless to say it is good, but in my opinion it is also the Hansry book. It just feels like kcd. I am not kidding on page 18 you will find the quote "war is a nasty business". Remind you of something?

"1333. Edward III is at war with Scotland.

Nineteen-year-old Sir Harry de Lyon yearns to prove himself in the war, and jumps at the chance when a powerful English baron, William Montagu, invites him on a secret mission with a dozen elite knights.

They ride north, to a crumbling Scottish keep, capturing the feral, half-starved boy within and putting the other inhabitants to the sword. But nobody knows why the flower of English knighthood snuck over the border to capture a savage, dirty teenage boy. Montagu gives the boy to Harry as his squire, with only two rules: don't let him escape, and convert him to the English cause."

Now while I haven't finished this book yet, I can definitely say that it's not only good, it will definitely scratch the Hansry itch and the kcd itch. The themes are similar and the relationship of a knight and squire, seems very familiar, doesn't it?

All of the books on this list are historical M/M romances in the middle ages and all of them contain spice/explicit content, so be warned about that.

[mitski-solos]

gay rep in gaming and in kcd2: A Rant

Ok, I'll try to make this as cohesive as possible, but remember that this is a rant after all, so excuse any possible mistakes or typos.

The gay representation in KCD2 is genuinely the most well-done, realistic representation that I've seen in gaming so far. There are multiple types of representation that I see in games, so let's break down what they are, why they do or don't suck and how exactly the KCD2 Hansry romance is superior.

Type N1) forced mechanical bisexuality.

In most RPGs, or really any games where you choose your own romantic interest, there is no gender-based limit on who can romance who, to allow a fully immersive experiance, tho I feel inclined to point out that this mechanic was introduces to gaming quite accidentally during the early era of gaming, when everything was still pixilated to all hell, they js didn't think to add a code prohibiting same-sex relationships cz developers didn't take their existanse into accaount at all, but then some players discovered it was a possibility and that's how mechanical-bisexuality became an almost industry standard, scince it opens up a wider market for the game without feeling "threatning" to the true consumers which everything was marketed towards(str8 white men).

Now, why do I call it "mechanical" bisexuality, u may ask? Well, bc it truly is just that. Mechanical. No character in that game i truly bi, it's solely a mechanic that's easier for developers and more convenient for gamers.

A good example of that would be Stardew Valley. I don't remember which bachelorette it is exactly, but as you romance them, you meet their ex, and the sex of the ex is the same as that of the player. So if you're male, the ex will also be male, if ur female, the ex will also be female. So no bisexuality for you. But ig you could still count it as "gay" rep, even tho for me even that feels very technical and mechanical, as none of it feels actually gay, there is no discussion or reference to sexuality and the weight of being in a gay reletionship is never brought up even if the setting of the game is on earth and not some fantasy world where being gay is considered totally ok and gay ppl arent treated any differently from str8s.

And well, since I brought up fantasy worlds, let's talk abt type N2) gay rep in fantasy.

This can be very well done or absolutely terrible, depending on the writing and premise, and I feel like we can use Dragon Age as the perfect example for both ends of the spectrum.

So I actually haven't played Dragon Age, so my wording or explanations may not be perfect, but bear with me. 

So from what I've heard and know abt the game, the gay rep in old games is great and the way they treat gender is very tasteful and generally well done, at least I've never heard anybody complain. Tho is the newest game, it's... well, let's just say it's not the best. You get this nonbinary character and they spend a lot of time bitching and moaning abt coming out to their mom even tho nothing up to that point has made them feel like their mom wouldn't support them or anything. and look, you may call this good rep cuz oh hey its a real life struggle that they are going thru right? But NO! bc it's the very fantasy setting where being gay is totes cool and ok that i mentioned a second ago and it's not treated the same way as on earth, so taking this character from a utopian fantasy world where even the lable "nonbinary" shouldn't exist bc there is no binary in the first place and projecting this earthly struggle onto them as a sorry excuse for representation feels forced and increadibly boring. Also, some other conversations in the game abt gender were incredibly cringe and also felt very forced, but maybe they were out of context or smth idk but whatever the case may be, it's a separate issue, so let's move on.

type N3) canon gays

So, most of the time, I love all the canon gays in gaming and any media in general.

In gaming, canon gays r mostly in big story games. Like, the first most obvious ones coming to mind would be Ellie and Dina from The Last of Us, or Mileena and Tanya in MK1. Tho those are the only straight up gay gay all up in ur face gay couples that I can think of from AAA games that I've played, so there isn't enough of this type of rep out there. Tho I feel it is the best and most "true" rep in gaming that is the most enjoyable for players AND could be more eye-opening and redeeming for any homophobes playing the game.

So now that all of that is out of the way, you may say, well, aren't Henry and Hans just another case of the so-called mechanical bisexuality? And to that I'll say a very confident no. 

Let's tackle Henry's sexuality first. In both the first and second game, he can get with various women, not even mentioning all the trips to bathhouses, and the only men Henry can get with are Black Bartosch and Hans. The sole existence of the Black Bartosch option is, I feel like, an argument enough to Henry's true bisexuality, but if you choose to turn him down, you need to choose an option saying "I prefer women", so some may argue that there! He said it himself! But there is a second piece of evidence in the game that confirms his sexuality to be canonically bi. When you get to Kutttenberg, one of the first side quests you can do is "A Good Scrub" in which you help the new bathhouse owner Betty safely transport her bathhouse wenches from some inn to the bathhouse. While on the road, you can talk to them and at some point they'll ask you if you prefer tits or ass(game of the year type convos am i right?) and u could either staight up answer ass or tits or you could try to evade answering the question, and if you choose the last option, the girl will joking ask henry "are you sure your don't prefer boys?" and that gets Henry INCREADIBLY flustered, he starts stuttering and can't fully deny it and just mutters a quiet, frustrated "fuck" at the end. Yall that's not a reaction of a str8 person, it's a reaction of a queer man that's just been clocked. Don't even try to deny it.

Now onto Hans. We do see terribly little of him and his interactions with other ppl, but there is still very strong evidence for his bisexuality, which is a book that you find under his bed in the Devil's Den, titled "A Collection of Somewhat Bawdy Poems". It's literally just a book with a bunch of homoerotic poems in it, I'm not ever kidding. Here are all of em so you get the full picture:

"My love for you is heartfelt.

You can tell from my unbuckled belt.

My mind is troubled badly

by one question above all:

When will my lover fondly

caress my left ball?

"Love thy neighbour", saith Our Lord.

And I took it to heart.

I started to fulfil His word,

at least in their southern part.

My heart is mourning dejectedly.

Even my hand rejected me!

By day and night I think of you,

I shall love you always.

My heart is faithful, loyal and true,

Though my body sometimes strays.

A knight in battle attire

got into bed with his squire.

Instead of conquering forts,

They played with each other's swords."

That last part I highlighted is literally them ARE YOU SERIOUSSSSS. Now I did see someone on Reddit saying that the book appears in the room before Hans ever moves in, but let's be so honest for a second, in a game as detailed as KCD2, that book being specifically under HANS'S bed is no coincidence, even if it appeared earlier than Hans himself. The devs knew what they were doing. and that book is still there whether you romance Hans or not, so call me delusional if you want, but for me, that's evidence enough.

Now, onto the most important part: why is Hansry so good?

In my purely subjective opinion, I think that if KCD2 was a story game instead of an RPG, it would be a type N3 representation, and Hansry would be the canon couple. Henry undeniably has the most connection and chemistry with Hans. He doesn't interact with Katherine much and it does feel like they're more good friends-at-arms than anything, and at the end of the game, Henry himself jokes that she's too old for him, and ugh don't even get me started on Rosa. Henry literally barely interacts with her, her romance option is so weird to me fr.

I also think that Hansry was planned, or at least thought of and acknowledged by the devs from the very beginning of the franchise. The way they interact in the first game can VERY easily be interpreted as flirting and they're literally your textbook example of the enemies-to-friends-to-lovers troupe. So with the foundation that the first game gives us, their eventual romance is very believable and realistic, it doesn't feel like one of those gay relationships that was never meant to be but was basically "pushed" into canon by fans, ykwim?

So for me what makes their couple such great rep is how even without the gay relationship, they remain queer men, their sexuality isn't purely mechanical. Their relationship doesn't feel flat or forced, like it often happens with optional gay romances. And even without ever acknowledging the weight of their relationship, it feels natural and not like the devs didn't wanna discuss gay stuff yk? Like in early game Henry can literally fuck some girl (i dont remember her name srry:3) out in the open - in a forest, but he specifically locks the door before kissing Hans. After the kiss, Hans looks worried and scared and apologises bc he knows that he, as a man, literally just kissed his dear friend, another man, and he doesn't know how Henry will react to it, and that's why he's so worried. And through these little details, the game acknowledges the weight of their relationship without them ever having to sit down and talk abt it, or the game having to address it, and that's what good writing is! It's refreshingly realistic.

[croquettish]

I just read your response to the anon about the story potential/Hansry romance direction for KCD3, it was so interesting! Thanks for sharing! I just wanted to say I'm so intrigued by this color-coded spreadsheet of Hans dialogue trees you mentioned lol, if you're willing to share 👀

Thank you so so much!!! 🥹

And I'm more than willing to share!! Here's the spreadsheet in all its glory:

Non-Romanced vs. Romanced Hans - End Conversation: A Comparison

As a crazy person who makes spreadsheets whenever I find a possible excuse, I jumped at the chance when I needed to get the full dialogue for my hansry fic anyway, especially because it really struck me just how different the two felt even though the changes made are honestly fairly subtle!!

[guysarestripping]

my wip list entails:

the upcoming midsummer fic to complete my hansry trilogy

15k+ words of super guard dog canine-coded henry (gooning crazy style)

whoring out žižka somehow (powerplay… m’lord…!)

whoring out adder (but way worse)

modern au larper hansry crackfic

5 million trillion bajillion other hansry ideas (character studies mostly & i want to tackle mcd & armor fucking and all kinds of other things)

[iceclew]

Omfg I don't need a Hansry modern AU, professional dancer fanfic idea at 3am, BRAIN, we can't fucking write anyway, just let it go...

My brain: yeah but

[winterfieldfrontiers]

This song is so Hansry coded

You so fuckin' precious when you smile (huh, yeah) Hit it from the back and drive you wild (yeah, yeah, yeah) Girl (Guy), I lose myself up in those eye-eye-eye-eyes I just had to let you know you're mine (mine)

Hands on your body, I don't wanna waste no time Feels like forever even if forever's tonight Just lay with me, waste this night away with me You're mine, I can't look away, I just gotta say

I'm so fucking happy you're alive (huh, yeah) Swear to God, I'm down if you're down, all you gotta say is right (yeah, yeah) Girl, anything I can do just to make you feel alright Oh, oh, oh, oh, I just had to let you know you're fine

Running circles 'round my mind Even when it's rainy, all you ever do is shine You on fire, you a star just like Mariah Man, this feel incredible, I'll turn you into a bride, you're mine

This song is more than meme, it's their song.

Historians said

Credit of this joke came from: @the-fatal-impact,