please just talk

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Characters in this story

  • Frieren — Frieren is an elf mage whose perception of time is the central axis of the entire narrative. Although she appears to be a teenager or young adult, she has lived for over a thousand years.
  • Donato Marcille
  • Himmel
Story transcript

Marcille: Oh my gosh, aren't you two from that super popular show?! Tell me about your love story!

Himmel: Ah, well... it's quite the tale. You see, we traveled together for ten years, and then—

Marcille: ...Wait. Hold on.

Marcille: You KNEW they were mortal. You knew! And you didn't visit them? Not even once? In how many years?!

Frieren: ...Time moves differently for elves. A few decades feels like—

Marcille: I'm a half elf but STILL an elf! That's not how it works!

Himmel: Well... perhaps elves really do experience time differently—

Marcille: And YOU. "I didn't want to bother her." Then why did you build statues of yourself across the entire continent?!

Himmel: W-well, I wanted her to remember me, as the hero—

Marcille: THAT'S NOT "NOT BOTHERING HER"!!

Marcille: Have you two EVER tried just... talking to each other about this?! Even once?!

Marcille: A literal demon figured out you're in love and the best illusion he could conjure to break you was YOUR OWN WEDDING!

Marcille: I get the insecurity, but avoidant attachment is something you deal with, not romanticize! Your whole show treats suffering from an impossible obsession as an aesthetic. You can't write an ending for that kind of arc! That's exactly why your author probably doesn't know how to continue and put the manga on indefinite hiatus.

Marcille: OK OK, you know what? I'm fixing this right now.

Marcille: I now pronounce you wife and husband! Or platonic life partners! Or WHATEVER you feel like your relationship is —

Marcille: just TALK to each other and be together already!

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