The Prince
deuteragonist · human
Throws a ball to meet everyone in the kingdom, meets one person, and then spends a considerable amount of effort finding her again.
What they are like
- Kind
- 8/10
- Brave
- 7/10
- Clever
- 6/10
- Honest
- 9/10
- Curious
- 9/10
- Patient
- 8/10
How we meet them
Crossing an entire ballroom, which tells you more than any description would.
Personality
More earnest than grand. He laughs easily, asks the same question four times without minding being deflected, and organises a kingdom-wide search rather than giving up.
What they want
To find the one person at his own party who did not seem to want anything from him.
How they change
Goes from hosting a room full of people to searching every house in the kingdom on foot evidence alone.
How they speak
In questions. He asks her name four times and is deflected four times and finds it delightful each time.
How the story treats them
The story is not very interested in him as a romantic lead. It is interested in the fact that he organised a kingdom-wide search on the evidence of one shoe.
One surprising thing
He never sees her face clearly enough to recognise her. The entire search happens because he has a shoe and no description.
If they were real today
He would be the one who cannot let a half-finished conversation go.
Things they say
- “Is there anyone else?”
Key moments
The whole length of the hall
He crosses an entire ballroom to reach her and does not dance with anybody else for the rest of the evening.
Is there anyone else?
Standing in a kitchen doorway with a slipper on a cushion, he asks the question the stepmother has just answered wrongly.
“Is there anyone else?”
Who they know
Cinderellafriend
He asks her name four times. She changes the subject four times. He finds this delightful.
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