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astudyinchocolate · 9 months

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On Perc'ahlia and Much Ado About Nothing

Inspired by this poll by @enchantedmerry .

Much Ado has a sizeable lead in the poll, and I have thoughts, as I am not immune to Much Ado. Why is there such a big crossover between that and Perc'ahlia? It's the disaster bisexual energy, yes. But it's also about the wit and the wordplay, it's about slowly lowering your defenses and showing your vulnerabilities as another person earns your trust. And neither pairing would have gotten together if not for an inadvertent love confession. Whoops!

Beatrice and Benedick are the smartest people in any room. They're the only ones who can keep up with each other, which is why Beatrice is disappointed early in the play when Benedick backs off their banter with a joke.

Percy quickly recognized Vex as the most intelligent of Vox Machina. They saw each other as a kindred spirit, and they can keep up with each other's wit.

Much like Beatrice and Benedick, they both have their own walls and fears and trust issues. Their walls have walls. Vex is able to see through Percy's literal and metaphorical masks to what's really going on underneath. (also masks, masked ball in Much Ado, hiding your true selves... another connection).

In a deeply vulnerable moment for Vex, Percy steps up to help her against her father. No one had done something like that for her before except for her brother. Vex does not trust or open up easily, but acts like that are Percy's "challenging Claudio to a duel" moments. He goes all in on her side after Vex shares her fears and was probably the most upset he's ever seen her. She asks Percy to be by her side in Syngorn, but he does even more than that. That said, even though they get closer over the campaign, neither of them would have made a move if not for Vex's confession.

Beatrice and Benedick only get together after their friends say they're in love with each other. They need that level of security to jump in at all. Even then, it's Benedick who has to make a move, and Beatrice shies away- she denies her feelings several times and clearly has trust issues. Similarly, Vex wouldn't have said a damn thing if Percy hadn't died. Even then, she only confessed her feelings when she thought he couldn't hear her. And in Draconia, she shares a lot of things with Percy but backs off in a moment when you would expect her to admit her feelings.

Like Benedick does several times in Much Ado, Percy has to be the one to make a move, and HE only did it because he heard her confession! Both couples needed to hear that the other loved them so they felt comfortable enough to express their feelings. Otherwise these sets of idiots may have been dancing around this issue and their own feelings for much longer.

So yeah, I don't think it's a coincidence that Much Ado About Nothing is a popular choice for Perc'ahlia enjoyers. With Hamlet right behind it because, you know, angsty revenge quest.

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