The game Ive been working on for 3 whole years is almost here. I learned a lot making it, so I hope you look forward to it!
Its a Touhou-inspired bullet hell where you can try to get daringly close to enemies to “scan” them, gaining you more lives and even journal pages to read! Coming very soon…And if you’d like, try the free demo on my itch.io and steam!!
If anyone cares, my nearest and dearest headcanon is that duck is aro bi and fakir is bi ace and they’re queerplatonic best friends/partners. He has romantic feelings for her and she doesn’t return them. This isn’t to say Duck cares about him any less—she doesn’t feel that way about anyone (through their friendship she becomes comfortable enough to admit that). They’re both aware of this dynamic and happy with the relationship they have.
You can pry my (queer)platonic reading of fakiru out of my cold dead grubby little hands. I love how in a genre so defined by romance the show mainly focuses on their friendship. While there are a few ship tease moments here and there, there is no expectation of romance. It would’ve been so easy to write the lake scene into a love confession but they didn’t! And this really helps the show in terms of show not tell. We aren’t told whether fakir loves duck romantically or platonically but we are shown without a doubt that he loves duck, enough to pull her out of despair.
Likewise we’re never given any indication duck likes fakir romantically but their bond becomes her source of strength at the end of the series. I will never ever shut up about how a perfectly logical reading of the text is that they are best friends. Best friends who are intimate in a way that blurs the line between friendship and romance but best friends nonetheless.
I love how instead of being paired off with the obligatory boy at the end (I’m sorry this happened to you, rue) instead Duck finds a lifelong friend who helps her feel comfortable in her body. I love how the exact nature of the relationship is left entirely up to the viewer. I LOVE HOW YOU CAN COME AWAY FROM THE SHOW READING THEM AS “JUST FRIENDS!!”
Anyways shout out to Duck and Fakir for queering the boundaries of friendship back in 2002
