Do it! We have just the best clubhouse, ask amenon.Transient Truth wrote:Despite that he is dead, I still ship Keith X Alaric...
To the point that I'm deciding to write a fanfiction about it...
In defense of Trace and Flora, Tom has refined his craft an enormous amount since he stuck the two of them together. I think we'll see their relationship develop some depth to it in the coming chapter or so (if Tom would quit introducing characters so that he could give them some spotlight time ). That, in my opinion, was one of the big reasons for zonking Natani: Keith and Natani is such a powerful ship that it risks completely overshadowing Trace and Flora, who are supposed to be the central protagonists and their relationship is key to both the plot and metaplot. Sure, he's painted himself into a few corners with Trace and Flora, but there's still a lot of possibility left in their relationship, if Tom gives it some time to shine. Having a more developed relationship isn't bad -- to be honest, there's a lot of blushing newbies in the relationship game in Twokinds right now, and having a pair who are actually comfortable with each other and can demonstrate that sort of smoldering love instead of the flash-bang fireworks of a fresh romance would be both fresh and interesting. And when Natani snaps out of it, she and Keith will have Trace and Flora to look up to and learn from, because Trace and Flora have already crossed a lot of the bridges that Keith and Natani have ahead of them. While I'd generally comment that Trace and Flora do have the weakest characterizations and their relationship is the least...natural feeling (and least natural for that matter, demigods and wizards being involved as they are), they are not without hope.
I would be remiss if I were not to mention a relationship which amuses me:
Zen and Clovis of Dragon Masquerade fame. (For those who don't know, Clovis was a powerful wolf/fox "prince" who is responsible for the link between Zen and Natani. Also, he was an enormous --figuratively speaking-- misogynistic jerk.)
My favorite, of course, is Keith and Natani, but I've been in that camp for a lot of years. Enough years that I was playing with Keith x Natani x Alaric in fanfiction. =P