Warning: This husbando causes psychic damage. Askeladd is the morally bankrupt, genius strategist, Welsh-romance-novel-cover of a man. He's scruffy. He's manipulative. He will kill your father. And yet, the fandom (myself included) looks at this grifting Viking pirate and whispers, "I can fix him." Askeladd’s husbando energy comes from his intelligence and his final act of loyalty . He is the ultimate "gray morality" pirate. Dating him would be a nightmare of anxiety and betrayal, but watching him? From a safe distance? Divine. He is the husbando for people who like their coffee black and their romantic subplots tragic.
The author imagines not a damsel in distress, but a partner equally cunning — perhaps a cartographer who refuses to be kidnapped, a quartermaster who matches insults, or a rival captain who finally bests him in a sword fight only to kiss him instead of killing him. The fantasy prioritizes mutual respect, shared danger, and salty banter. my pirate husbandos
Does he have a tragic backstory involving the high seas? Warning: This husbando causes psychic damage