#god this got long KDNFMFFBFMNFFN

[skullvins]

@tentacleonastick I see your comment and I'm HERE TO ELABORATE

I was talking about the first combo with @lightredfox last night, but we've been kind of doing this combo for the whole of the rp event that I've been posting a bit about. we write double and vin with a mild rivalry (they get along on the whole, but they clash a LOT) and it means these two are easily able to go into a bit of a rivalry over 'who's the smoother partner/who's better dressed etc'. red sole's a good enabler for this if she's fifth wheeling.

we also tend to write vin as being... a bit disapproving of omega n double's relationship? I normally go for an angle that's like. a combo of a lot of reasons. it's partially cos he sees it as unprofessional to date a team member/have battle judgement clouded like that, partly because he's a somewhat romance repulsed aro who's tired of all their pda (sort of), partially because he thinks omega could get better taste (although he's not very self aware in this catagory, more on that in a bit) and partially because he's a bit clingy over his sister. it was just him and her for a while, so makes sense. this then also kinda heightens tension between these three

BUT THEN you throw skull into the mix and it's hilarious. vin might make a comment to meg about her taste in men when double does something dumb of ass, only for skull to do something similar like two minutes later. he might roll his eyes when they do something sappy, only to attempt something sappy himself, incredibly inexperienced. might even stretch to him putting his rivalry thing with double on pause and asking him for advice, it's great

double and skull have a great dynamic, honestly, if our rp's are anything to go by. they've both got a vibe of wanting to impress/get along with the other out of respect for vintage n omega. they're both pretty similar on the surface (omega and vin have hilariously similar taste) and it makes for some good shenanigans. I think they'd both think the other is pretty cool! can also see double being a foodie, so there's that too.

omega n skull have a dynamic I can't QUITE describe, but it's great to see in action. they're able to work well together to do things if they need to, but it's not like, a surface level friendship/acquaintanceship, although they're definitely not close either. there's something under the surface, they might make really old jokes/references, or just talk like they've known each other for a while, cos they have! but it's combo'd with them also both hardly knowing each other cos they've both changed a lot. they also have a mutual concern for vintage, so there's that.

Idk, I love throwing skull in with the x blood in their 'meet the family' shenanigans and this is just that but to the left. it really brings out some hilarious dynamics

the alomask combo though? I've talked about this with @gaygent-three a LOT! skull n aloha are the Problem Causers™ of the s4 and bringing vintage into things makes shit HILARIOUS. without army there as some sort of control factor, and with mask somewhat distracted, CHAOS ENSUES

we've talked about a lot of elements of this. one of my faves when it comes to crossing vin over with the s4 in general is him and skull getting into their classic Old Married Couple Arguments™ about the game. maybe even vin taking over skull's role for a game, or them having dumb petty back and fourths from the stands. y'know if they do well in a match tho, they exchange affections. I think skull can be pretty distracted by the fact he's just getting to play with vintage again (vin too, but he keeps his shit together better) and so vin being like. focus and I'll give you kissies after. n then skull gets like 10 snipes in a minute and goes back to being a bit of a softie.

the s4 bicker anyway and vin's here to make skull more distracted and make everything worse IN A GOOD WAY. we've talked about, like, aloha and skull engaging in mutual chaos and stupidity and vin and mask just being like *sigh* can't believe we love these idiots. as these chats with me n loha tend to spawn from us just simping over our respective light blue squids, we've decided aloha and skull like to do the same MFBDKFJD

we've talked about like, mask n skull both having a bit of a rivalry with this stuff? they tease each other over who's the bigger softie n who's queerer. mask... TENDS to win. this is also an argument they'd then have to bring up with army sometimes, especially if skull, vin, aloha n mask did a double date league thing, to which army has a few comments of his own to add (god I love slightly baby to canon confidence and assertiveness to canon toned down niceness but also with a mild sarcastic streak that he picks up from the other three when it comes to arguing with them. MAN I love army)

one time we talked about crossing over two of our aus that have NOTHING to do with each other and the dynamic of mask and skull both being like *dramatic pose* stay back from my beloved! whilst aloha and vin just have normal conversations in the bg is great

honestly, I think aloha and vintage are an underrated duo. LOVE the idea of them exchanging gossip about skull: vin's more than happy to tease skull by telling his new friends all the stupid shit he used to do as a kid, and aloha's more than happy to catch vin up on all the stupid shit skull's done since. vin and mask have that dynamic of being the straight men by comparison to the other two, and that's always funny. kinda like with skull and the x blood, there's a 'meet the fam' vibe, but this time vin meeting the S4. I think vin could defo meet with purple team too, but they're probably all chill enough and agreeable enough with each other that nothing too interesting would happen. vin n the s4 tho has more potential.

I think they're both pretty thematic combos with potential for character development, but the doublemega combo defo leans itself more to it, imo. alomask is more for fun shenanigans, since vin probably doesn't have any impact on their relationship together (whereas omega did know skull, and was defo affected by their time together on a team, which COULD be relevant to her more withdrawn nature, which is defo part of the appeal of doublemega: double's forced to chill a bit more for her, and he brings her a bit out of her shell, it's nice). either way, good combo potential for double date style content, leagues where someone needs to fill in/double date leagues (my beloved), or just 'happens to be in the same place' shenanigans. it's good shit

doublemega 🤝 alomask

good combo potential with skullvin