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I had a slight concern about the age gap in this episode between the Princess and the Prince, but sometimes you have to realize it was a different time and arranged marriages and such are part of some cultures today. Plus...it seems like the little Princess really loved the guy (as much as a 14 year old could understand).

Their letters becoming more real between the two of them because of what Violet suggested with the other Memory Doll (thanks Cattleya!). This ended up being more romantic than the stuffy letter that was sent in the beginning.

I love how the women and men reading those public letters had very different views as well.

...and Violet's smile at the end.

...yay!

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Luis Arispe

Yeah!. The age gap issue. Think now about Major Gilbert and Violet!...you're welcome!. 😉

Glen Kelley

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Glen Kelley

Comments on the show: "In William Shakespeare's play, Juliet is 13 years old, turning 14 soon. Romeo’s exact age is never stated, though the text describes him as a young man, and scholars generally estimate him to be around 16 to 17 years old" While this is in the story, this was not the norm. For the nobility it was done sometimes for political reasons. Even in the US, this young age would only be used if the girl was pregnant and she lived in a State with very strict laws. There are still States that allow child marriages. The two most famous recent example was Jerry Lee Lewis, he was 22 when he married his cousin who was 13. And Elvis started dating Priscilla when she was 14 and he was 24.

Andrew Hellebrand

With Violet, whilst she states her age is estimated at this point to be fourteen, because she's an orphan who doesn't really remember her childhood, it is possible that she's actually slightly older, there may have also been a period before the army where she was malnourished &/or homeless which would've affected her growth/development (for an IRL example, Audrey Hepburn's delicate slight figure was in part heightened due to malnourishment during the 1944-45 Dutch Famine, which was deliberately worsened by the Nazi occupation). This possible age difference for Violet doesn't make things any better overall, she's still a teenager regardless, but the author Kana Akatsuki has never canonically stated her actual age at any point so it's not truly precise. Obviously this is a fictional setting, but if we use the European monarchies/aristocracy of the 17th-early 20th century as a parallel, beginning to explore potential marriage arrangements for political purposes at ten wouldn't be that unusual. It was a way of strengthening diplomatic ties and alliances between countries & dynasties, like in this instance you could get betrothed years before actual marriage, the prospective couple having potentially never even met, with others organising everything. Princess Charlotte being shown having so much agency in assisting the early negotiations following the initial proposal was a nice touch. Drossel and Flugel were previously enemies in the war and were arranging the marriage to cement the terms of the peace treaty. Whilst bearing heirs would be an expectation of this kind of aristocratic marriage, compared with regular working folk there wasn't the same financial pressures and usually more of an understanding by this approximate time period that the bride would be better able to bear healthy children when fully grown. I liked how Violet went against company policy in contacting Cattleya after recognising her senior's prose following Charlotte sharing honestly with her. Whilst it meant the two Dolls were no longer directly ghost writing, they were still able to help facilitate the dialogue needed between her and Prince Damian, which given the public nature of the letters as part political theatre to influence societal opinion would also likely raise the company's profile further. Given Damian's general behaviour towards Charlotte, lack of sleaziness and his mention of having a younger sister; I think it's reasonable to assume that even following marriage their relationship would remain age appropriate for her until she's at least a few years older (18 & 28 is still potentially an uncomfortable age gap without the time period factored in, but it's less problematic overall). I can see you didn't quite make the connection with the scene at the end of the episode (emotional whiplash much?), but the man addressing Violet when she steps off the ferry is Major Gilbert's older brother Dietfried Bougainvillea, a naval captain who was the person that originally found Violet, who he then gave to the Major, so it's fair to say he has a complicated history with her.

C.Davis

I can say this now. The reason everyone says that you need to watch the ova between 4 and 5 about the opera singer is the development in Violet's writing. If you go from episode 4 to episode 5 without watching the OVA you did, the increase in Violet's letter writing ability, especially about love, seems a little jarring. But, when you see how much she studied in the OVA and then her reading all the letters in the warehouse that Roland guides her to in order to help her, the advancement in her letter writing skill makes a lot more sense. I always get a bit misty eyed at the end of this epsiode when the Princess bows down to Alberta and then we see Violet smile for the first time. See you next week!

Bill Hallisey

Happy tears this time. Hurray!!!