Like, his quiet support and admiration make such a huge tangible difference for her and I'm just spazzing out a little over here so hopefully you guys understand what I'm saying cuz it's so good and I don't know if I have the capacities to fully express it.Īnd of course at the end the choice she makes in canon is based in confidence, knowing that she doesn't have to hide or stagnate, believing she iscapable and can make a difference and can make peace with her past and herself. And her newfound confidence is mirrored in her interactions with Dameon, too, she not only holds conversations but feels comfortable bringing up difficult subjects and sharing her deepest thoughts, and even her sappiest thoughts which in some ways requires even more courage, and then she even makes him blush (not that that's hard but from where she started it's pretty significant). But Dameon is so gentle and admiring, and from that first meeting forward Rhen starts to open up more, we start to see her take on more quests that rely on her compassion and people skills, like bringing Eddy to the Gentle Children's School and helping with the plague in Dirkon and need I continue?Īnd of course she always had those traits, but she didn't trust herself to use them that way before and now she's starting to. Like she just clearly doesn't feel emotionally safe or valuable at this point. At the beginning of the game she's spunky, yes, but has obviously low self-esteem and a kinda self-depreciating sense of humor, like, she couldn't even hold a conversation with her crush of who-knows-how-long! And then Stuff Goes Down which doesn't help at all (and some stuff which does help, I think knowing how to use a sword goes a long way in restoring the confidence in herself and her sense of physical safety but that's another rant), so that by the time she meets Dameon she blushes at the tiniest compliments and can't even hold eye contact (i know most people don't remember all these little details as well but these are the things that kill me when I replay av1 2872985741 times haha). Relatively recently I was having yet another spaz with Queen and GhedahrianVampress about how awesome Rhen is and how we adore her self-confidence and sense of purpose and it got me thinking- Rhen wasn't always like that. I'm probably destined to draw it about 50 more times too so be preparedĢ.
Both Queen-of-Ice101 and EsmeAmelia have mentioned headcanons about Rhen and Dameon loving to dance with each other, and I don't think they collaborated to drown me in fluff so I can only assume that it is Canon and as such I am destined to draw it.
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