YOU GUYS WANNA HEAR/DEBATE A CRACKSHIP????
BASEN X THE THIRD PRINCE.
LISTEN. LISTEN. LISTEN.
3RD PRINCE HAS NO INFO, BASEN IS CANONICALLY 18-19 RIGHT BEFORE THE INTER-WORLD TELEPORTING STUFF. (no spoilers please) NO ONE KNOWS WHAT AGE THIRD PRINCE IS, HOWEVER I BELIEVE BASEN IS THE SAME AGE AS HIM!!
WHY?
ALBERU IS OLDER THAN CALE MAYBE BY LIKE 4-6 YEARS. ALBERU HAS A MIDDLE SIBLING — WHO IS MARRIED WITH A CHILD — SO I ASSUME HE’D BE ABOUT CALE’S AGE. THEN SOMEONE YOUNGER THAN CALE WOULD BE AROUND BASEN’S AGE, ESPECIALLY IF HE IS ALSO NEAR ADULTHOOD.
SO THE AGE WORKS OUT! AND PLUS, THEY HAVE A CONNECTION THROUGH THEIR OLDER BROTHERS. ONE MUTUALLY-HATES HIS BROTHER AND BASEN ADMIRES CALE. THIS COULD BE SOMETHING.
IT WORKS PLATONICALLY, MAYBE THIS IS THE PUSH 3RD PRINCE NEEDS TO TRY REPAIR HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ALBERU.
I DIGRESS, THE MAIN POINT IS, IMAGINE HOW ALBERU AND CALE WOULD REACT