#but I like to add layers to Martín once you get past his cocky front

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Hi oxi! Thank you so much for all your comments on the fic, they really made my day! I was wondering if you could give me your thoughts on Martín's relationship with Dani and Sebas? What do they do together? What they fight about? Does he approve of their boyfriends/girlfriends? Stuff like that. Thank you!

You are more than welcomed, dear ♥

Martín has definitely assumed the older brother role here (even if technically Dani’s independence dates before his). He was the Viceroyalty in charge of Dani and Sebas back in the colonial era, they were his baby brothers. Sebas and Dani are adults now, yes, but elder brothers will always feels like elder brothers, even when baby brothers no longer are babies.

They “officially” call themselves as “cousins”, but honestly I think they behave more like brothers. They have their arguments and feel like strangling each other every now and then, but heeey that’s what family is like, isn’t it? Martín and Sebas seem more similar at first glance, but let us not forget that Tincho and Dani share 1.690km of border. There is shared culture there too. Argentina and Uruguay’s cultural ties are ridiculously strong, but I don’t want to overlook Argentina’s and Paraguay’s.

I can’t help to think they like to gossip like three old ladies. They like to gather, share some mate and talk about everyone and everything. I hc Martín is particularly nosy, but Dani and Sebas don’t stay far behind. They also like to watch football together, and watch movies (I have this unrelated hc that they like to watch gory horror movies that Dani doesn’t enjoy at all while Martín and Sebas don’t even flinch). I also like the hc that they like to cook together, or at least hang around the kitchen while one of them cooks and the other two rant and steal food.

What do they fight about?

This might be predictable, but I think the main source of their arguments is how headstrong and pushy Martín can be. Tincho tends to act like he knows better than Dani and Sebas (better than everyone tbh), which neither appreciate. I also think Martín tends to get a little caught up in his own head when an idea gets inside his thick skull, and he ends up disregarding other people’s opinions, which is also very annoying – especially when this disregard leads to trouble and Martín oh so happens to have dragged Dani and Sebas along. If only you had listened to them, Tincho B(

I also think that Dani, who is usually very easy-going and easy to get along with, can be very proud and headstrong, so he can switch from an actual cinnamon roll to an immature prideful bastard in the blink of the eye. It is not often, but he then becomes as hard to reason with as Martín, which is not a particularly good combination with Tincho’s own temper. It’s not like they’d actually fight (I don’t think their past allows for conflicts to escalate), but they’ll just buttheads and not back down, and it is tiring to watch. A little ridiculous too. I think Sebas is the more reasonable of the three, and by this I don’t mean he is not stubborn as well but that he’d rather avoid confrontation and just go his way. They are three prideful bastards, they just manifest it differently (with Tincho being the more open about it and Sebas being very good at hiding it).

Do they approve of each other’s bf/gf?

I think Tincho is a bit over protective when it comes to Dani and Sebas – he has assumed the older brother role after all! It’s not that he thinks Sebas and Dani can’t handle themselves or that he considers them two vulnerable naïve virgins whose virtue he must protect, but you better treat them right or he’ll go for your head and won’t bother to make it look like an accident so it can work as warning for future suitors. I don’t think he’d pull scenes, but he’d definitely irradiate “I’m watching you, punk, got my eyes on you” vibes. I don’t think he’s the only protective one though, Dani and Sebas are too in their own way. They simply pose far less than Tincho, they are more chilled about it. I think they’d drop a warning with a very calm unnervingly friendly tone if they think Martín’s date might not be up to anything good, but nothing beyond that.