#//There is a very SPECIFC reason he’ll actively offer the name for his s/o to know or use tho | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

dutybcrne · 2 months ago

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Since taking part in the Tsaritsa’s service, Tartaglia is quite adamantly against being called ‘Ajax’. The name reminds him too much of the person his parents still mourn and wish he was, plus it really doesn’t suit him as much anymore, with the way he’s making his own name for himself. Tartaglia is his preferred form of address, Childe the second. But never Ajax.

#hc; tartaglia #//Only family are allowed to call him such; but even then he still feels quite Uncomfortable every time he hears it #//It’s just not HIM #//Feels almost suffocating; esp if said with warm smiles or worried faces #//ESP the latter #//The people he used to train alongside before he ascended to being a Harbinger all know VERY well never to call him that ever again #//Many learned it the hard way #//Countless other Fatui have just the same #//The less close you are to him; the more the name becomes a reason for things to get Ugly #//Dont worry tho; he’ll give a generous three chances to fuck it up before he starts throwing hands over it #//Its one of the few ways to actually anger him; again esp for someone who isn’t close to him #//Those close to him outside of family who try to use his former name so casually again and again wil end up getting a seriouscold shoulder #//As for family; he holds little hope for them to change #//Not with how they cling to who he used to be and how accustomed they are to referring to him as such #//But he does wish they could refer to him differently #//There is a very SPECIFC reason he’ll actively offer the name for his s/o to know or use tho #//And that’s as a safe word; be it in the bedroom or even in a spar. bc he KNOWS that will catch his attention fast if needed #//He’ll also allow it in times of danger; but he’s not too worried abt that happening that much #//If he’s with someone; they can usually handle themself well to not need him to help; no worries in his part #//But it’s there just in case. only THEN will he make an exception for folks other than fam to say his name #//And only SPECIAL ppl at that

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