I mean I think it is the era they live. Gay people get prosecuted for just existing. Cause remember just didn’t do anything other than he gay and he literally could never work as tutor again any where other than the duke’s palace. I think it is smart to give it a lil thought and extra precaution because they have zero allies rn, because a duke is high up but not all powerful. I mean he literally got attacked for just being gay at the duke’s party, so yea it is understandable to believe people could destroy not just him but the duke. However they could just give the position to the lil bro.
I’m sorry but Jace is insufferable lmao. I get it, dramalamaramabama whatever but GET OVER IT lmfao. It’s so melodramatic and whiney that I can’t take it seriously, I just wanna slap tf out of him every time he opens his mouth also “wahhh wahhh two men can’t make an heir” as if this dude doesn’t have a whole ass younger brother who is practically his son and literally in line to be an heir to the throne. You’d rather run away into the woods or some shit and flee the scene of a kidnapping while injured then admit that maybe just maybe some gay rumors wouldn’t mean much to one of the most powerful and influential dudes in the country. I just can’t stand characters that make their life harder for fun, and then complain about how hard their life is. I’d tell him to get a job but he already tried and failed after abandoning a perfect one for no logical reason.