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Hands Held in the Snow

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Hands Held in the Snow	comment	Hands Held in the Snow is a Yuri Genre/Young Adult Web Serial Novel written by Thedude3445, author of ATL Stories From The Retrofuture, with art and illustrations by Mikayla Buan, character designer for The Acorn Princess.The story's about a girl who meets a girl and the romance that forms between them. Beatrice Ragnell is an ace student who is studying to become a priest and help save the world. Emi L'Hime is a wealthy bureaucrat's daughter who resents her family for keeping her in an engagement to a noblewoman she's never even met. The two meet at the library, bond over books... and that's where their story begins. At the same time, though, their home city of Balarand has been conquered by The Empire, and there's a lot of tension rising. That's not going to stop them from falling deeply in love with each other, though.It's a Slice of Life Queer Romance story filled with Coming of Age drama and some serious issues about a military occupation by a foreign government, but it is also an adorable, WAFFy Slice of Life story about two young women having a great time together.The story's posted on its own site and on Royal Road (here) too. It updates two times a week.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_1e1afc1b	comment	Framing Device: The story begins with the framing device of a grandmother telling a story to a grandchild. The narrator usually disappears into the story, but sometimes makes side comments. Said Grandma is revealed to be Novella in the future.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_2504772e	comment	Walking Spoiler: It is hard to discuss about the Grandma in the first chapter and in the epilogue without mentioning the fact that she is Novella, a fact that recontextualizes everything about the story.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_28f852ea	type	Wholesome Crossdresser
Hands Held in the Snow / int_28f852ea	comment	Wholesome Crossdresser: Tia Knoll, the very rich and very sly nobleman, crossdresses in almost every appearance so far, but nobody comments on it much beyond curiosity.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
Hands Held in the Snow / int_3b113b7	comment	Both Emi and Novella at the end of Chapter 68 are both seen dancing together, which signifies their eventual relationship as a married couple. It also counts as a major Character Development for Emi as she is no longer resenting her engagement with her, starkly contrasting as to how she was resentful of her family for the same thing during the first half of the story.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_4bc2095b	type	One Head Taller
Hands Held in the Snow / int_4bc2095b	comment	One Head Taller: Beatrice is almost exactly one head shorter than Emi.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_556a4e20	type	The Empire
Hands Held in the Snow / int_556a4e20	comment	The Empire: The city of Balarand has been under occupation by the Empire of Dannark since before the start of the story. They aren't turning the whole place into a dystopian nightmare, so they aren't Obviously Evil, but there does appear to be a lot of protests and resentment towards them.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_65c0f3fa	type	Dance of Romance
Hands Held in the Snow / int_65c0f3fa	comment	Dance of Romance: At the end of Chapter 24 and later in Chapter 25, the blooming couple Beatrice and Emi dance altogether during the winter party within the L'Hime residence. Both Emi and Novella at the end of Chapter 68 are both seen dancing together, which signifies their eventual relationship as a married couple. It also counts as a major Character Development for Emi as she is no longer resenting her engagement with her, starkly contrasting as to how she was resentful of her family for the same thing during the first half of the story.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_69dff6df	type	Fantasy Counterpart Religion
Hands Held in the Snow / int_69dff6df	comment	Fantasy Counterpart Religion: The Church is very much a Fantasy Pantheon variation on the Catholic Church. They are a large semi-political organization that almost everyone follows, and priests take a Vow of Celibacy.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_6a696742	type	The Power of Love
Hands Held in the Snow / int_6a696742	comment	The Power of Love: discussed by Beatrice and Bodhi in Chapter 23, where Bodhi wonders if humans could gain better magical abilities with stronger emotional connections. Sadly for him, Beatrice shoots the idea down as impossible.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_705d2ccf	type	Unseen No More
Hands Held in the Snow / int_705d2ccf	comment	Unseen No More: Chapter 66 marks the full appearance of Lady Novella Khara, who started off as The Ghost despite being central to the story in terms of Emi's unwarranted engagement that was done by her parents.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_80621707	type	Arranged Marriage
Hands Held in the Snow / int_80621707	comment	Arranged Marriage: Emi L'Hime is engaged against her will to a noblewoman named Lady Khara, marking an extremely rare case of same-sex arranged marriage in fiction. Near the end of the novel, Emi is married to Novella, as shown in Chapter 70 that Emi's surname is now Emi Khara.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_8d3349bb	type	Canon Character All Along
Hands Held in the Snow / int_8d3349bb	comment	Canon Character All Along: The Grandma turns out to be Novella in the epilogue chapter, which takes place 57 years later.note In actuality, the epilogue is the chapter in the present-day while the whole novel is a flashback story about Emi.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_8e20979	type	Wham Episode
Hands Held in the Snow / int_8e20979	comment	Wham Episode: Chapter 66 is the start of Lady Khara's first physical appearance, which drastically changes the final ends of the story when she becomes fully engaged to L'Hime. It also marks Beatrice's real role as the Romantic False Lead to Emi.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_b14ca7ba	type	Two Aliases, One Character
Hands Held in the Snow / int_b14ca7ba	comment	Two Aliases, One Character: The Grandma in the first page who is narrating is eventually revealed to be Novella Khara in the final chapter. It counts as a big twist and a Late-Arrival Spoiler for newcomers as Emi gets married to Novella as seen in Chapter 70 with Emi taking up the latter's surname.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_c2393191	type	Show Within a Show
Hands Held in the Snow / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show: All sorts of fake book titles show up, including a book series called The Elf Cycle that Emi and Beatrice's dad are fans of.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_d32cd9f5	type	Cast Full of Gay
Hands Held in the Snow / int_d32cd9f5	comment	Cast Full of Gay: Almost every character who isn't a parent is some form of LGBT.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_db08a39d	type	Animesque
Hands Held in the Snow / int_db08a39d	comment	Animesque: The entire web novel is styled after Japanese Light Novels, all the way down to featuring in-story black-and-white illustrations.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_dbc41ba9	type	Aloof Dark-Haired Girl
Hands Held in the Snow / int_dbc41ba9	comment	Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Subverted by Emi L'Hime. She comes across as cold, stoic, and princessly to strangers, but the moment you peel past that, it turns out it was all a cover for her intense social awkwardness.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
Hands Held in the Snow / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: Lady Khara, who is simply a mentioned character, is fundamental to the plot of the story especially with Emi up until her first physical appearance as her full name Novella Khara which makes her Unseen No More.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_eee69e44	type	Boke and Tsukkomi Routine
Hands Held in the Snow / int_eee69e44	comment	Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: Beatrice and Emi make half their relationship out of Emi being silly and Beatrice setting her straight. They really should be a Comedy Duo, shouldn't they?
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_f7eda5d8	type	Snow Means Love
Hands Held in the Snow / int_f7eda5d8	comment	Snow Means Love: It's a romance between two lesbians in the winter.
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Hands Held in the Snow / int_faa71569	type	Romantic False Lead
Hands Held in the Snow / int_faa71569	comment	Romantic False Lead: Initially the main couple of focus is between Emi and Beatrice, which blossomed into a real relationship for the majority of the story. That is until that they are no longer romantically involved as of Chapter 65, due to Beatrice becoming a priest, of which requires her to leave Balarand. L'Hime's true romantic lead in Chapter 66 is finally revealed to be Lady Khara, the character who drives most of Emi's conflict arc in the story. To hammer the point, Beatrice has been dead as mentioned in the finale.
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