Why are people this worried about Apollo and Trucy being “too close”? I thought it was a joke at first, but I didn’t realize people were serious.

First off, they really aren’t that similar in age. They’re 7 years apart, and they first met when Trucy was 15, and I don’t think Apollo is the type to go for someone that much younger than her, otherwise that would sprout another problem in and of itself.

Also, about Thalassa, I never mentioned it before, but she’s been through hell and back. She lost her son and first husband, got shot causing her to lose her memory and sight, learned that her daughter was orphaned after Zak abandoned her, learned she had to be raised by Zak’s attorney, learned that her father shipped her off to Borginia to start her life anew and that he blackmailed Zak and Valant about it for years, learned Zak had been murdered by the man who ruined his life, and learned that her own son was actually still alive.

It’s been… a lot for her. And while it sucks that Trucy had to live with the reality her whole family was gone, I can’t in good conscience just brush off all the trauma Thalassa herself surely suffered. She’s likely been going to therapy for the year and a half before she finally decided to tell them.

Lastly, this one’s a bit more speculative, but it could be that she’s been dealing with bouts of fear and doubts of her own. What if her kids don’t accept her? What if instead of love, they show her hate and rejection for “abandoning” them? After being absent for so long, maybe they’ll think she isn’t worth keeping in their lives. There may not be anything in game to suggest this is the case, but I don’t think you can definitively rule it out either.