#and there is growing appreciation for the canon bond between her and alucard (regardless of how one wants to interpret the bond itself)

[castlemyvania]

"The only reason fans want to add Greta to the Trephacard polycule is because they want to still ship Alucard with Trevor and Sypha without making it awkward for Greta while removing her agency as a character of colour"

Uh, I dunno what the fuck is up with that reasoning, but I genuinely want to see Greta developing feelings for Trevor and Sypha while deepening her relationship with Alucard. And, shockingly, Greta has already mentioned being poly, and Alucard (despite the horrifying ending of it) did show that he was likely poly as well with Sumi and Taka. So some people wanna explore that dynamic with Greta and the fan fave poly ship. This isn't, at least for myself, some excuse to... "erase" Greta or undermine her connection to Alucard (which is so genuine, healthy, and beautiful). And imho it's a chance to expand her interactions with the main protags in fanon, which would be inevitable anyway given her bond with Alucard, her role in saving the people and refugees of Danesti, her prowess as a warrior, and her leadership in building a new settlement between Dracula's castle and the Belmont Hold. She's not being sidelined if she's directly in the spotlight.

One thing I want to see more of is Greta being focused on and expanded upon as a character in her own right, outside of romantic/sexual relationships and shipping. Both her past and her future are ripe for interpretation. But I fail to see the logic in condemning those who want to do so via the OT4, as if a big poly ship is some sort of inherently erasive tactic by the fans and not an actual genuine interest in/love for Greta as a character.

#there is A LOT to critique regarding fan's responses and rejection of greta but i can't agree w/this opinion #the posts i've seen so far genuinely include her and give her equal standing amongst alucard sypha and trevor #and there is growing appreciation for the canon bond between her and alucard (regardless of how one wants to interpret the bond itself) #there's been racist /biphobic/hypocritical crap aimed at her by fans and that legit needs to be called out #anyway everyone is entitled to their perspective so hey. you do you #i'll be over here savouring some sweet sweet STAG/tregrephacard/OT4 goodness #castlevania