#and i need these thoughts to sprout and germinate somewhere thats not my brain

[ayzenigma]

some haikavehnonari ot4 game nights/competitiveness headcanons bc these thoughts have plagued me all day

kaveh: more/most generally competitive overall, a hot/heated competitive that burns with passion and life and enthusiasm and excitement

cyno: mostly only competitive when with tcg, otherwise just vibing. said vibing can turn into competitiveness if mirroring the atmosphere the others are giving

tighnari: usually relatively calm, but also The Most Competitive specifically when challenged, a cold calculating cut-throat competitive, no holds barred will destroy you to take the win/prove a point

alhaitham: competitive only when it amuses him, a teasing competitive. acts competitive to get a rise out of the others more than his own inherent competitiveness. unless its against himself, in which the competitiveness comes out full force in always trying to beat his best. probably playing a side game against himself in which he’s mentally tally points for how accurately he predicts a next move or card or whatever

this means most of the time alhaitham tries to bait tighnari into being competitive before bowing out and letting kaveh and tighnari have at it. tries bc tighnari absolutely knows whats up and half the time the competitiveness instead manifests as refusing to be baited instead (alhaitham is amused either way, as is cyno even if he does his best to appear Tired and Done with the shenanigans)

tighnari and alhaitham both count cards. they all do/can to an extent, but more so tighnari and alhaitham, alhaitham for the heck of it / just bc he can and finds it amusing in his game with himself, tighnari at his most competitive as a tool to fully be used