While in the Trust, Jonas and Phineas are confined by the structure of this society. They are mentor/mentee and cant really be anything beyond that. This dynamic is incredibly constraining and also objectively harmful to them both.
But also, in a society where everything they do is constantly being appraised by others, where every interaction with another person is documented and notarized, i think theyve both found a kind of comfort in the surface level simplicity of this dynamic. Theyre mentor/mentee. Spahr gives orders, Phineas follows them. It's simple. It becomes familiar. Theres comfort in that familiarity.
They love this dynamic. They also hate this dynamic. Its not equal, and it never will be equal. They love this dynamic because its all theyve ever known and its the only context in which they can have a relationship under the Trust. They hate this dynamic because its the only context in which they can have a relationship under the Trust.
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Amazing, take some of the side character demons from Evil Bound.
Vincie is a menace to Chuck and Chuck alone so in Hell, Chuck hexes his hand behind his back so that he isn't grabbed as much (and it's harder to pet him). Chuck is like the most irresponsible older sibling ever to demons though so Kelvin recruits him (as an older sibling vibe) to go help him get his ACTUAL older sibling from Earth. Chuck agrees. And then drags Vincie from Hell with them because no one else wants to babysit him and he refuses to unbind the hex just to re-hex when he returns to Hell.
In Hell, Kelvin actually doesn't appear much different than his human form! Like Kronos, the lines under his eyes are red in Hell but black on earth. Chuck however? In Hell he has wolf-ish ears and has a fur lining his neck (note the neck scars in human form). In addition to that he has four eyes in Hell (note the scars under his eyes in human form). Vincie just has horns in Hell. And! In Hell the hex doesn't have a silly looking "tied up" look, it's invisible unless Vincie strains it with movement and then its red text. But it shifts on earth to be visible.
Vincie's biggest agony for the entirety on earth is "dude it's colder here than in Hell I want a jacket to slip my arms into BUT I CANT BECAUSE IM BOUND".
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