So I feel like it’s almost collectively agreed upon that Fabian is not straight. I’ve seen a lot of people talk about him probably not being cis either, I’m personally on board with he/they Fabian.
Now allow me to present my headcanon:
Fabian being on the asexual spectrum. Not as sex-repulsed as Riz, probably more neutral to it, but still. I’ve brought this up before but this time I’m doing it outside of the context of specific ships.
I can’t find the specific instance so someone please tell me if this didn’t actually happen, but. I could’ve sworn there was a time someone (probably Kristen) was talking about having sex, a comment was made about how Fabian could learn from that, and he insisted that he already knew how to kiss. Which, buddy… completely different thing. But it is always “getting his kisses in”, when it’s shown that the Bad Kids/Intrepid Heroes don’t usually censor themselves when it comes to that.
He’s been very awkward when it comes to any actual advances, as seen especially with Mazey this year. To be fair, that is a pretty normal thing for teenagers but for someone with his confidence, he seems skittish when it comes to proper relationships. In my experience as someone aroace-spec, I love romance and take no problem with the idea of sex in the abstract, but as soon as any of it feels personal or directed toward me, it leads to a similar kind of panic/discomfort, unsure how to engage.
My personal take on it, overall, was Fabian trying to live up to his father’s legacy. Bill got around, and Fabian spoke proudly of it in Freshman Year (only to later have to deal with the fact he apparently had a lot of half siblings that have since been eaten by Captain James… oops). Given everything else in his arc, it would make sense that he sees it as an expectation to follow in Bill’s footsteps, because that’s how to seem ‘cool’ and ‘fit in’. It seems more like something he has to do than something he actively wants.
I know he and Aelwyn apparently canonically had sex. if Siobhan hadn’t leaned into it and acted like Adaine was an unfortunate witness, I’d say it wasn’t above Fabian to beg Aelwyn to lie for him to make him seem cooler. But I digress. It’s all headcanons anyway, and asexual people can still have and enjoy sex. Just senseless rambling over here 🫡
I'm rewatching FH: Sophomore year and the introduction of Fabian's 80 000 thread count elven sheet is making me and my friend lose it again. She thinks it's dumb but I'm here seeing this guy as a visual aid for how NoO you don't get it! Elven battle sheets are actually baller as hell
when i first listened to fantasy high and Gilear showed up in the first episode, i assumed that Fig (being a rebellious mean teen) would just bully him and that would be there dynamic. especially because i think a lot of teens in that situation would have a hard time not blaming or taking out their anger on him for not being their bio dad. and Fig is this badass rule-breaking rockstar, and Gilear is just this sad elf man that can't do anything right, it was totally set up for her to hate him.
but then seeing Fig just be so, so nice to him, always trying to help him and get his life in a better place is just SO sweet, it's literally amazing. she treats her awesome demon dad with just as much respect as her sad pathetic dad, and she knows it's not either of their fault for what her mom did. and now she has two dads she loves very much, so that's a big win for her!
anyway, i love Fig and i love Gilear, great characters :)
More things from this season connecting to season 2.
So, Cassandra's followers destroyed her idols. That's been confirmed, although we haven't 100% gotten the reason why. It seems to be implied that Galicaea wouldn't want to share followers, but is unclear.
The thing I find interesting from the quote above is that this temple was destroyed after a Sylvan war. Like... Ankarna, our goddess of conquest. Then the Nightmare King rises to power. I wonder if the temple they visit in Sylvaire was the last one dedicated to Cassandra's worship.
Why were these two gods destroyed? Both literally having their idols and artifacts broken to remove their names from the world. And by their own followers???
It's like... They did this with Ankarna a thousand of years ago and it worked. So... Cassandra becomes a problem and they solve it in the same way.