Going to fight for these cuties WITH EVERY INCH OF MY LIFE! This was a very cute game, and I think when touches on the very serious topics of discrimination and homophobic, as well as acephobia, it does it well.
Carmelo and Vance's love IS SO SWEET AND TENDER! I love how protective they are of each other, and how they stand up for one another when the other can't or won't (i.e. Carmelo towards Angar and his siblings when they're hurling racist insults at Vance, and Vance with Carmelo's homophobic father). They balance each other well, and act as not only an anchor for one another, but a warm blanket of comfort when needed.
I felt for Vance in particular because there doesn't seem to be another Dragon-Wyvern in Calida that they can relate to or connect with about their experiences. So in that sense, they're alone (and yes, while they may have Carmelo, he will never truly understand what it's like to be in their shoes). Seeing them tell Carmelo that it doesn't matter what others have to say broke me because it shows they've resigned to the fact that this is normal. If you ever do expand on their story, I would love to see Vance meet another mixed race character!
Great job, Pri!
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Thank you so much for your kind words, I'm really happy you enjoyed the story!! 💖🥹
It makes me happy that you liked Vance so much!! Yes, sadly they had resigned themself to the belief that "being insulted for their mixed race is normal", which is why Carmelo gets sad/angry. Carmelo can tell Vance actually doesn't want people to be assholes to him. Unfortunately, dragons are a very proud race and a majority of them believe in this "pure blood" bullcrap 🥲.
And yee, I wanted these two to balance each other out and protect each other from things that hurt them (Carmelo protecting Vance from racist assholes and Vance protecting Carmelo from his abusive father), just like you said!
I definitely plan to expand a bit on their story since many characters from the Essentia universe will appear again in other stories! And I think it'd would be amazing for Vance to meet another mixed race character 🥰