I took a final look at it and whispered, not the berserk tag. Sorry, but I’m not brave enough.
Is this a reimagination of the falling off the cliff before the battle of doldrey scene or post torture arc?
Good question – but now that you mention it omg a reimagining of the whole cliff debacle with Griffith in place of Casca would be amazing. Casca would step up, take command, and own the battlefield. Griffith could have a debilitating fever and share some of his past while his temp is 103 and he’s out of it after like a fever nightmare about the inevitable battle of Doldrey. Guts would get possessively protective the way he does. Casca could show up in the nick of time to save Griffith from passing out and being killed by the enemy while Guts does his 100 man slayer thing (convincing Griffith to leave his side the same way he convinced Casca, ie, you have a dream and also you’re a burden rn so get lost, which I could see Griff either seeing through and brushing off or having a v bad delayed reaction to) – it would just be wall-to-wall Good Shit.
Oh God yes. The more I think about this the more I want it.
And to me at least the premise of Griffith neglecting to take care of himself, being too busy pulling up strategies and inspecting things all night then falling sick and refusing to acknowledge it – sounds EXACTLY like the kind of thing he’d do.
Holy shit this is amazing. I’m getting the feels out of this train of thought.
It’s so nnngh.
I’m most probably going to come back to this post. But right now I’m thoroughly distracted by the deliciousness of this prospect.
The two of them…. sharing feelings….. FEELINGS????!!!! That might fix everything. And while Griffith is running to someplace safe, the Behelit falls off his neck and he loses track of it. He feels relief wash over him. He’s not “better” but he knows that some of the empty space inside can start to be filled.
Guts’ first disclosure of his rape doesn’t start with him strangling someone he cares about because he can’t help it. Seeing someone he loves vulnerable gives him the space to not feel that violently towards himself as a child.
Edit: and happy and healthy Casca.
omg nice! this is a perfect way to unlock the alternate, happy ending tbh.
also ok another addition: ngl feverish and vulnerable confession of feelings is an extremely good trope and it would work so well with Griffith lmao bc he doesn’t know his own feelings so a half-delerious confession would be like, “you’re the most important person in the world and idk why but i’m rly glad i pulled you off the cliff with me”
and then guts would be like :O and maybe he’d second guess the stupid dream thing if he heard it from griffith instead of casca. instead of a campfire of dreams chapter where guts concludes he should leave, we could get guts and griffith healing up together in a tent knowing they both want to stay close for as long as they can.
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