#ch 122

[everyrocklee]

[kikyocaps]

[lloydfrontera]

hmmm do ya think arcos and marbella use 'my son' for ksh!lloyd because to still have a connection to the original lloyd/acknowledge that this lloyd is not the original but still our son?

yes! that's exactly it imo!

they know this is not their lloyd, this is not the son they raised, but he's kind and he's good and they love him very much, so that's their son now. finders keepers.

i think postcanon they would have the most difficulty calling him 'lloyd' out of everyone but i don't really think it would be that big of an issue. partially because i think lloyd would understand why they would struggle to use their son's name for him, when he doesn't even look like him anymore, and he wouldn't resent them for it nor would they hold it against him. but also because i think in its place they would start using endearments like 'my son' or 'my dear' and there would be so much love packed into their words lloyd would never doubt for one second that they mean it.

i do think he would be a bit overwhelmed by it at first tho. he's so easy to fluster by sincere compliments in the novel that i think being constantly showered with affection like that would have him cringing out of his skin while also hoarding and clutching every word close to his chest.

there's this really cute scene in the novel (that ofc the comic skipped 🙄) that really encapsulates what i mean

"Yes, I see," the baron said as he gazed at Lloyd. "Um, but why are you looking at me like that?" "Whew, how should I say it? I just think that I am blessed to have you as my son." “...” "Haha, did I make you uncomfortable?" "Um, it's not that, but, well, yes, you are making me uncomfortable," Lloyd said. "And you saying it right at my face makes my stomach churn." Lloyd scratched the back of his head. He did throw a pitch to start another project to the baron, but such praise made his face flush red. But the baron continued to send gazes of confidence to Lloyd despite the latter's evident expression of discomfort. Lloyd was perturbed. Just then, he wondered if there still remained in his heart Suho Kim, the discouraged boy sitting cramped in a small room rental. Lloyd eventually broke into embarrassed laughter.

this happens several times btw. like. lloyd gets so embarrassed by how earnest arcos and marbella are about how much they love him, but at the same time, he can't help but crave and appreciate it. and i think that would carry over later on, even if the layer of guilt he had for deceiving them about his identity is gone.

so. yeah :3

[everyonehappy]

[onepieceanimals]

I adore the part where they just. Literally fly around them. While yelling like it's all calculated.

I love them xD

[sunflowercider]

I need yall to know that i snorted so loudly at Rakiel just casually declaring to Gardin and Damian that he should join the rebels that i sounded like a wooden chair being dragged on the floor

[periwinkle-the-11th]

ngl as a chronic-pain-haver who regularly sorrows over the lack of chronic-pain-comfort-fics, getting into jayvik is doing great things for me.

[louualien]

AIDAIRO GIVE YASHIRO A REST 😭

[everyillumi]

[every-nami]

[every-monkey-d-luffy]

hoo boy....

[kikyocaps]

[neixins]

kusanagi if u can hear me. my kingdom for a gijaeha hug. i’m so serious the fact that jaeha’s disappearance is one of the Only times we see gija break down has been making me sick this entire time and seeing them hug is the only remedy

[everyonehappy]

[every-god-usopp]

[livefinn]

well... if you insist...

i present to you, why chapters 120 through 122 of mashle changed my life:

@zabberzim I hope this scratched the itch