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Happy Birthday
Priscilla Barielle (7th September)
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
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Round One: 2B
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Priscilla when a guy stands up to her: You dare defy me? You are worth nothing, you are the dirt under my shoe, I would kill you if I cared enough about you, but I don't, so go die on your own
Priscilla when a girl stand up to her: You dare defy me? That is so bold of you and also cute and also sexy, I would like you to live with me please 🥺
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Priscilla and Al are just the Wario and Waluigi versions of Emilia and Subaru
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why anapris is one of the most ships ever
I blame @frefallingtea for this post entirely (ily)
So I've vaguely discussed this ship in a few different posts, but never fully elaborated on why exactly this ship holds so much mental real estate in my brain. The fact most of their interactions are relegated to side content (both translated and untranslated) certainly doesn't help, meaning I can count the fans of this ship on one hand.
The primary reason I ship these two comes down to one fundamental factor: they're always seeking to one up each other, and value the challenge the other poses as a rival/enemy.
Priscilla is, as we all know, a very prickly character. She does not mince her words and will only take an interest in things she finds entertaining. It's why she doesn't remember Subaru after arc 3, and why she brings Heinkel to the arc 5 meeting she was never invited to. The world exists in her favour, and that includes entertaining her, be it watching people dance in her palms or struggling against their own fate.
But Anastasia doesn't do either of those. She's in a different league entirely - a candidate for the election, but someone who acts outside of Priscilla's expectations. Anastasia is one of the rare people who Priscilla takes an active interest in, outside of her camp and perhaps Crusch.
To Pris, Ana is her biggest enemy in the Royal election. She says so directly in Lugunican Papers 2:
She's somebody Pris cannot afford to underestimate because she's so capable at turning the tides in her favour. It's a sentiment that goes both ways, as we see later:
Their first meeting really hammers that sentiment home. Going over her Camp Formation Story, we get to see Priscilla's first meeting with Anastasia, told from Schult's POV. After contacting the Hoshin company for some assistance regarding Priscilla's husband (at the time) we get to see them bicker about their true natures.
Schult observes instantly how different Pris acts with Anastasia, down to the "equal footing" and "corresponding value." Neither of them are pretending to be on good terms, but they're clearly enjoying each other's company.
Later, in the same SS, Anastasia rejects taking financial compensation for helping Priscilla out.
Both Pris and Ana are noted, multiple times through canon, to be intelligent women. They're equally capable of getting under somebody's skin, and one-upping most conversational partners. But with each other, there's that sense of unpredictability. Ana does something Pris couldn't have anticipated, and it delights her.
Pris and Ana also have that one commonality - being the two "outsiders" to the election. When Ana's heritage is brought up, Pris even defends her selection to Al, calling her "worthy."
A very common theme in most side content focusing on the pair is the presence of others observing them interact. Usually Al or Julius gets saddled with watching them bicker, largely in parts due to how neither of them necessarily reveal their intentions. Anastasia and Priscilla both speak in ways designed to rile or get at people's weak points, which makes it incredibly funny to observe as an outsider.
Just look at their interactions from Vainglory IF:
They're so fun to read, even if their back and forths seem to exhaust Subaru every time he sees them fight. It's very reminiscent of the bickering between Julius and Subaru, the way they won't admit they respect each other just a little.
Julius even says as much, directly to Subaru:
And he's right, in more ways than one. Sure, they bicker and insult each other while acknowledging their strengths, but there's more to both dynamics. One big example of that: the way both pairings tend to agree with each other the most, even with all the fighting they do.
In arc 5, Julius goes against Ana's proposal for minimal casualties, choosing to side with Subaru. Almost every occasion he disagrees with Ana is due to him actually agreeing with Subaru, something that I don't think either of them are necessarily aware of.
The same happens with Ana and Pris. Even though they're constantly at each other's throats, they're the candidates that agree the most with each other. Lugunican Papers has them share pretty much identical opinions on the other candidates, praising Crusch while dismissing Felt and Emilia:
And in Arc 3, Pris is the one to back up Anastasia's refusal to intervene in the Julius-Subaru duel:
A lot of what Priscilla says is incindiary to the rest of the cast, something that Subaru regularly clashes with. It even happens a few times in Prophecy of the Throne, where Pris will state something heartless (i.e. not caring about helping Melty) and everyone else will react negatively to her.
But Anastasia 9/10 times agrees with her and faces less blowback for it. In that Prophecy of the Throne example, she outright explains Pris' opinion and translates it in a way that's more agreeable - it's not that they want Melty dead, but they need incentive to help her. Pris gets annoyed with her, but doesn't disagree with anything she explained to the rest of the cast.
In my opinion, the reason Anapris works so well as a pairing (platonic or romantic) is due to the strong mutual understanding they have of each other. There's no hiding each other's natures, or playing to a crowd. They only want to get the upper hand on the other, but can only gain small victories moment to moment. They acknowledge and understand each other more than anyone else, and that's why they clash so much.
I think this short interaction in arc 5 summarises it best:
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Screenshots of my favourite moments of Re:Zero Ex5 (It's mostly just Al)
If I had a nickel for every time Priscilla put her lips on another women's lips in order to save them, I would have 2 nickels.
Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Just.
Cecilus's face.
Al, king of not caring about other people's problems.
Al, continuing to be the king of not caring about other peoples problems.
Eyyyyy finally getting confirmation that Al has a Return-By-Death-equivalent ability!
AL WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN.
There are two very specific characters in Re:Zero who are known for having silver hair.
You being connected to either of them would have very serious implications.
I have no idea what those implications are, but they would defiantly be there.
What's with your face? What does that mean? What are you hiding????
Wait...
So presumably Al is talking about Reinhard, right? At this point in the timeline, he would presumably be a child, and in Lugunica.
But that begs the question HOW DOES AL KNOW ABOUT REINHARD???
Earlier in the story it said that Al was on the island for 10 years, so how would he even know that Reinhard exists?
What do you know???
So interesting reveal here - It seems like Al doesn't have anything like the Taboo where he can't tell people about his ability to rewind time upon his death.
Nobody seems to believe him, but still.
Interesting.
This moment is just very cool to me.
The visual of Al just standing there, not even willing to approach the Hornet to give her a quick death because of the slight chance of him having to do this all over again, is very compelling for me.
WHO DID YOU KNOW WHO HAD SILVER HAIR??? HOW WERE THEY IMPORTANT TO YOU??? WHAT HAPPENED?? I NEED ANSWERS GODDAMMIT!!!!
This is another interesting thing, because at some point Al does decide to leave the island, so something in the future causes what his goals are to change.
But I guess I'm not going to find out what that is either.
So two things:
Firstly - Yep, I'm sure Ubrik's dead. The fact that there is an arc 8 interlude named "Ubilk", which looks like a differently translated version on Ubrik's name is probably a total coincidence. I'm sure he will never be relevant to the greater story of Re:Zero again.
Secondly - YOU HAD A TEACHER??? WHO WAS IT?? WHAT DID THEY TEACH YOU???? I WANT YOUR SECRETS AL!!!!!!
Well, that was Ex5.
I was hoping get some answers rearing Al's whole deal, and instead I just got many more questions. Still a fun read though.
More importantly, with the Ex novels finished, it means I can start reading Arc 7.
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That opinion that every happy ending involves getting married and having kids and it's happily ever after? This does NOT apply to the Astrea family AT ALL.
Case Study #1: Wilhelm and Theresia
They marry and have a kid, go through that typical line of a happy end... but in reality, Wilhelm loves his wife too much, and it's a problem
(especially after said wife dies and he blames everyone else in his family and Oh, Look! Family Drama!™)
Happily ever after? He's estranged himself from the Astreas now, blames his own grandson, and goes on a long journey of revenge. His son's become an alcoholic, his daughter-in-law is dead to the world, and he just left the Astrea family to be handled by the mess that is Heinkel
Wilhelm was so obsessed with his wife, thought his kid might've been a genius (he was not), and when his wife was gone, he was pretty quick to turn around and leave
And where was he before Theresia even died? Where was Theresia, too? When Heinkel couldn't get a job, when Louanna became a Sleeping Beauty, or when people broke into the Astrea manor?
Reinhard was five when Theresia died. These events all happened before that, and they're... enjoying retirement, I guess?
Case #2: Louanna and Heinkel
First off, they married young. Well, to us, it's young, but remember, the age they can start getting married is 15. They're in something like a medieval period. Being around 18 or 19 is totally plausible to get married for them. As we've seen with Priscilla, age gaps aren't a problem either
Heinkel has a beautiful wife and has a kid, and all is well for exactly two years. Then his wife is Gluttony-ed, and everything goes downhill from then on
Heinkel...
... has little talent for the sword, yet is stuck between two generations of Sword Saints (his mother and his son)
... doesn't qualify for the "van" in his name
... can't even get a proper job on his own
... almost loses Reinhard when he's FOUR
... is searching for a cure for his wife that involves killing the dragon that protects their kingdom
... has not kept his wife's state under wraps so nearly everyone knows and can gossip
... verbally abuses even those who try to help him and then regrets it when it's too late
... lost to his own 5-year old kid in a sword duel despite training his whole life himself
... is aware that national laws have been made to restrict his son
... has a job for the sake of appearances with no actual responsibility
... 's job is being done for him by someone about half his age and is otherwise just a knight (Julius)
Heinkel grew up with two heroes for parents, realized he could never match up to even the family general standard, but he does get a beautiful wife and son... and then his wife disappears in what might've the peak of his marriage, and his son has all the talent in the world—something Heinkel might've dreamed of having
Case 3: Reinhard.
Reinhard is obviously expected to marry and have a child to continue the Divine Protection, but that too is just another responsibility he's burdened with.
He's someone with so many Divine Protections that he can see the reality of what each is like. What if he doesn't want his kid to go through having the one that brings so much family expectation (Sword Master)?
Does Reinhard even lose that blessing if it's passed on? Does he just keep his copy and the next one has it too?
Would Reinhard actually feel relieved because his own child now shoulders the responsibilities he had to deal with over the Divine Protection?
Does Reinhard even have a proper understanding of how to express love, or what parental love looks like, if the two cases above are his main examples?
It's been stated that Reinhard would marry whoever the world chose. He isn't going to choose, and especially not for love. Reinhard's just an existence trying to please everyone and live up to their expectations because there's too much at stake that it's impossible to do otherwise
Example: what if he doesn't do right and everyone is dissapointed or leaves?
What even happened during the shady relationship Reinhard and Heinkel apparently had when Reinhard was younger?
In fact, the Astrea family problems started AFTER they got married. Except Reinhard, but that's because he already has to deal with the problems from the marriages of those before him, and they still haven't been solved or even ignored
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Vincent and Chisha's wedding, with Priscilla and Cecilus as their best woman and best man respectively.
I commissioned this gorgeous piece from Livia. The artist delivered a beautiful result and was also quite attentive during the process, so check out her stuff!
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Round Two: B
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[ID: an edited 4chan post showing a picture of Priscilla Barielle from Re:Zero sitting in a carriage with a smug expression on her face. The text underneath says,
">Order fries with no salt, causing the staff to cook a new batch
>Put on salt myself
Everything in this world is part of my game." /End ID.]
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