A really cool moment! You can see the focus narrow on their stare – Cross’ barely hidden annoyance and contempt vs Khimaera’s dead glare, daring him to call him out on his perfectly-aimed insult at that horrible Amiada; as despicable as Cross is, his character causes every kind of interesting reaction from the rest of the cast (even Helia takes a pause when he backhandedly insults her)
Haha, thank you!! That’s true, no matter what character you’re looking at they definitely have A Strong Feeling about Cross. (though mostly negative ones, as is appropriate lol)
Khimaera’s insult toward Amiada isn’t back-handed, just woven in high-class doublespeak: emphasys on “is lucky” and “good” (stressing and hesitation) turns the meaning of the sentence on its head, coming off along the lines of: “Ada’s so cursed to have your mannerless ass around to bully her and teach f**kall.” But since it’s said in high-class “language”, Amiada and Cross are lost at different points of the axis “did he just dare to say that?”-“did he just learned that in five minutes?”
The backhanded insult is Cross’s, addressed at Helia, like in Ch5-6 where she says “let me think” and his instant reply is “not your specialty”. Helia’s good at rolling with the verbal punches, but even she has a moment of “you smarmy bastard”.
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Honestly, as much as Cross is appealing to the eye and always well drawn, Khimaera steals my heart any time he has a moment
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haha that makes me super happy! thnx for loving my guy, I promise plenty of good screentime to come. ;v;
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A really cool moment! You can see the focus narrow on their stare – Cross’ barely hidden annoyance and contempt vs Khimaera’s dead glare, daring him to call him out on his perfectly-aimed insult at that horrible Amiada; as despicable as Cross is, his character causes every kind of interesting reaction from the rest of the cast (even Helia takes a pause when he backhandedly insults her)
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Haha, thank you!! That’s true, no matter what character you’re looking at they definitely have A Strong Feeling about Cross. (though mostly negative ones, as is appropriate lol)
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Im sorry i dont get how its a backhanded insult can u explain to me HAHA SRY
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I’m awfully late, but let’s clarify it anyway:
Khimaera’s insult toward Amiada isn’t back-handed, just woven in high-class doublespeak: emphasys on “is lucky” and “good” (stressing and hesitation) turns the meaning of the sentence on its head, coming off along the lines of: “Ada’s so cursed to have your mannerless ass around to bully her and teach f**kall.” But since it’s said in high-class “language”, Amiada and Cross are lost at different points of the axis “did he just dare to say that?”-“did he just learned that in five minutes?”
The backhanded insult is Cross’s, addressed at Helia, like in Ch5-6 where she says “let me think” and his instant reply is “not your specialty”. Helia’s good at rolling with the verbal punches, but even she has a moment of “you smarmy bastard”.
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