#Reo is petty but not so petty to keep blaming isagi for something he knows he needs to better himself for

[thyandrawrites]

Karasu/chigiri and isagi/reo?

Bxbdb another fun one

Karasu x chigiri:

This is the first time I'm hearing of them as a ship and I find it lowkey funny :') They'd be salt buddies fr fr. Chigiri "it made my blood boil" anger king Hyoma and Karasu "on your own, your coordination is nothing but mediocre" Tabito. They bond over crushing the people who think they're better than them.

Also, I only said that this has crackship energy because I'm picturing a scenario in which Chigiri's whole fam was Karasu's bisexual awakening

Reo x isagi:

I see them strictly as platonic buddies, but LISTEN, I don't get why the fandom sleeps on the fact that these two are canonically confidantes??? Don't get me wrong, I totally get why the nagireo fandom latched onto Chigiri as The Wingman™, since they're all together in the Nel arc, but Chigiri's canonically kind of harsh towards Reo's feelings and doesn't offer him any sympathy...? While Isagi is much more chill and actually listens when he had no obligation to. Plus Reo doesn't have nearly as much animosity towards him post 3v3 as the fandom sometimes seems to believe. In fact, there is one (1) person Reo repeatedly talks about his friendship with Nagi to and that's Isagi, who listens both times and doesn't judge, but instead respects Reo's resolve to better himself.

I know fanon doesn't have to be based off canon necessarily but I think this dynamic is criminally underrated, at least as platonic friends. Yes cause they are FRIENDS. I'm not making that up! You think that Reo, a stupidly proud guy who won't even admit to Nagi's face that he was hurt, would turn to Isagi, whom he once blamed for their separation, to tell him about his doubts moving forward if he wasn't friendly with him?? Come on. Isagi respects Reo's skills, and Reo respects Isagi as a player, and they had that open-heart chat about which team to join and the insecurities attached... Reo confessed to fearing he'll always chase Nagi's back and never be his equal if he turns away now and Isagi shared stuff about himself in turn and his admiration/worship of noa, showing he listened. Isagi isn't over the top in his shows of affection, but his one tell is that he's a good listener. I'm just saying, they can relate to each other, and even though their bond is shown subtly, it's absolutely there, and it has more potential imho than the "you're the cause of my jealousy" it's often reduced to. Reo makes jokes about Isagi's offers, calls him predictable in the manshine match (which shows he's been looking), at one point he even pretty much warns him "careful or nagi will leave you too behind". That's not advice you'd give to someone you hate or are indifferent to. They're buddies, okay. And they're very important to me. I love friendships just as much as ships and these two have a very slow building but strong one imho. It just gets overshadowed because Reo isn't touchy with him (maybe he respects Isagi's comfort zone?) and Isagi has much louder friends who kinda make his other bonds subtler in comparison