I've never seen anyone mention this, so I will: Kingdom Come is balls-to-the-wall obsessed with symbolism. This is fitting for a medieval game (the medieval world was obsessed with symbolism), and it's loaded with symbols in both its art and storytelling elements. What I find worth remarking on is that KCD takes a far more subtle, literary, and artful approach to its symbolism than most games within its genre; its symbolism thrives in the margins, as with literature. It doesn't flounce in the spotlight with a megaphone as with most games.

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I resurrected this just to point out a couple of quick things about symbolism via outfitting between games:

Henry: *canonically carries Hans’s bow*

Henry: *canonically wears Hans’s clothes*

Henry: * canonically uses Hans’s bathtub while Hans is actively still the fuck in it*

Henry: *canonically possesses the item LORD CAPON’S KEYS*

Henry: *canonically sleeps in Hans’s bedroom when his own bed is literally down the hallway and one flight of stairs*

Henry: *canonically picks mother fucking roses for Hans at like 3 o’clock in the morning*

Henry, as canonically addressed by Sir Hanush: “Ah, it’s my ward and his….. HMMM… how shall I say… ‘chaperone’…???”

Henry: *canonically recognized by Rattay commonfolk as Hans’s companion*

Henry: *is canonically dead ass called “my companion” by Hans himself*

Henry, canonically, in fucking public: “BUFFOON!!!” 

Henry: *canonically saves Hans’s life and carries him home from battle. twice. thrice, if you count the bathhouse fist-fight with that one murderously jealous dude.*

Henry, as canonically spoken to by Hans the vast majority of the time: “oh henriiiiii??? oh blacksmith! Don’t you think thiiiis is an ENTIRELY nOHRmal tone of vOIce to use on your comPLETELY PLAHtonic friend? yeeeeeeeeeeees….?” 

Henry, canonically, in fucking public x2: “scoot over, don’t want to trod on anything vital”

Henry, canonically, in fucking public x3: “Mind you don’t come to blows with a blacksmith, my young lord!” ;)

Henry, delivering a canonical dialogue lecture to a self-hating gay monk he’s known for approx. 5 minutes in 1403: “Don’t ever be ashamed of who you are, how you’re born is not your fault, you’re hurting NO ONE, LOVE yourself”

Henry: *~ anything for you, my lord ~* 

Henry:

Henry:

Henry:

WARHORSE: haha but no, he is completely heterosexual

And then They said: Let there be DLC (part 2)

i'm so tired of the yaoi-ification of mlm ships where people feel the need to make one of them (usually the fandom-assigned bottom) into a teeny tiny waifish twink and the other into a huge musclebound super aggro guy (usually the fandom-assigned top) i know this is like a thing many people have been saying for years but i just feel like it has never actually gotten better in fandom spaces. the fatphobia of it, the gender essentialism, the homophobia, it's all so fucking annoying it makes me want to scream

Madonna of Sasau and the girl who was waiting to die

some more random sketches :')

reliable henry

I'd say you're a lot more than just my minion these days...

'Brother in arms' oh they were in each other's arms alright

a lot of stories treat romance like it makes the relationship between two characters self explanatory and to be honest it doesn’t

story: they're in love :)

me: why?

story: what do you mean? they're in love :)

me: what do they bring to each other's lives? what do they admire about one another? what draws them to each other?

story: love :) :)

me: ok... so what is that going to look like now?

story: like love :) :) :)

me: are their personalities going to clash at all? are they going to have arguments? learn to compromise for each other? will they need to adapt to sharing their life with another person? is it going to be smooth perfect harmony from day one? are they going to be always together? see each other sometimes as their occupations allow? how does this relationship affect their lifes.

story: they're in love :) :) :)

what did dads even do before wd-40