Love Meme: Rosaria and Willard

[aldersprig]

The meme is here: Give me the names of two characters and I will tell you why character A loves character B.

Here is kelkyag's second prompt. Rosaria and Willard are from the Aunt Family, as per the tree below.



Rosaria and Willard

Rosaria had brothers. She had sons, she had a father. She had had, for a while, a husband, although that seemed like a very long time ago.

So when she tried on "I love him like this," like a father, like a brother, like a son, she knew of what she was speaking. And none of them quite fit.

She had other nephews, too, and she could not say that she felt for any of them what she felt for Willard. Willard was - he was different, and not just because of the spark. He was important, and not just because the family had severed him from their embrace and their power. He was her friend, and that... that was what had saved them.

"He should be gone from you," Elenora had complained. Elenora was the sort that would complain about that. "He is gone from the family, and yet I can see you're still writing to him. You're still pining over him."

"He's gone as my nephew." She lifted her chin and glared at Elenora, glared at her Aunt, at the Aunt and dared her to challenge that. My nephew sounded strange when she was still so young, but that was what he had been, and in their family, that was a special bond. "You severed that. But he was my friend. And he is still my friend. He will always be that, no matter how far away he is."

Comments

[kelkyag]

<sniffles>

Go, Rosaria!

[clare_dragonfly]

That is quite a family tree. What program did you use? What do the two different types of lines mean?

Aww, good for her.

[aldersprig]

Its bubbl.us, iirc, and the two kinds of lines are just... inconsistency in the way the lines work, sadly.

[clare_dragonfly]

Aw. Yeah, I guess it's not really intended for making family trees...

[aldersprig]

No, but most family tree programs aren't meant for the sort of tree I do, either, sooo...

[sauergeek]

I hadn't really thought about those two sorts of relationships being separable like that, but it's not often that there's something that can sever one of the two so thoroughly, while leaving the other intact. I'm trying to think of various IRL casting-out rituals, but all the ones I can recall seeing involve treating the cast-out one as dead, which presumably would terminate all relationships, not merely family ones.

[aldersprig]

Agreed. This is a situation where I think Rosaria is saying "you can dictate the family but not my feelings."

[eseme]

Go Rosaria!

I am SUPER happy that someone know how to reach Willard later, when another young boy (Stone?) needs him

[aldersprig]

:-D Rosa loves her cousin. She makes strong connections - Autumn would approve :-D