i'm definitely not against it, as we see multiple times Natsuhi tries to take on more of a leader role and Eva is surprisingly very vulnerable when alone with certain people. I know i tend to lean a lot more towards Eva being the more dominant one in the relationship, but both of them are very complex women who are multi-layered and their dynamic can be played with in various different ways and still be very "in character", that's part of why i love them so much. Topsuhi is definitely something i've been enjoying a bit more lately, and after a certain while in the "relationship", i could definitely see Eva being more willing to let down her walls and give up some of the control, while at the same time Natsuhi finds a bit more self confidence to take it in the first place.

gkjbndkjnbjdk Ok but like, I've talked about this with someone before and how Natsuhi gets more and more dramatic with each adaptation during the parlor scene in ep1: the VN she gives a whole speech then runs out crying to her room; the manga she doesn't say much at all after Krauss tells her to leave, she's just like "You too!?" and then runs out and cries like a princess on her bed; the anime she runs to a RANDOM CORNER IN THE HALLWAY SOMEWHERE????? i still don't understand that, girl GO TO YOUR ROOM 😭😭😭; then the stageplay, for anyone who hasn't seen it, she literally runs away and starts crying IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR SOMEWHERE. it's like the cast looked at the anime version and went "actually, this is hilarious, how can we make her even more dramatic?" ; now to the original point i was getting to along with your question; the next adaptation we get (anime remake /j ), Natsuhi's gonna start running out, but trip on her way into the hall, and it's going to be quiet until Eva just gets up to go over and shut the door like "So let's continue the conversation." fdkjnvkfdjnvkfdj DO YOU SEE THE VISION?

Hi! I meant to answer this wayyy back when I first got this ask, but I put it off and forgot 💔 Anyway, I want to start with: obviously she/they Eva is more just a personal hc, and like everything else in Umineko, you can easily interpret things in various different ways, etc etc, obligatory disclaimer and whatnot lol. With that said, I know you definitely didn't mean anything ill by it and i'm not yelling at you for this, but it's a little "ehhh" to suggest she might be nonbinary just 'because of a man' (her father). If she's possibly not cis or has any questioning about her own gender, then it was already going to be a part of her, and anything outside of that might just influence it further. Again, it's one of those things you can easily read in different ways, but when i see that one screenshot of her going, "I've never once thought of myself as a woman!" It just feels very sudden and out of nowhere even in the context of the scene, and also basically confirms she's always felt that way ever since she was young. Eva definitely seems like she's always had a very messy relationship with her gender, in part because of her general upbringing, but also i've grown to just get that vibe from her. Also, I know the whole point is supposed to be "women can do what men do too, but society prevents them and holds them back", which is why i included the whole disclaimer part and how certain lines can easily be interpreted different ways, but in a story that ends up focusing so much on gender with other characters, it's not too far-fetched to apply the same thoughts and ideas to others in the cast, in this case being Eva. Eva would probably be the type to never know what 'non-binary' means (especially given the time frame), and probably scoff at it, but if someone explained it to her, I could imagine her pausing and being like, "...Wait, that actually resonates with me some."