#i really mean it when i put “tendency to ramble when inspired” in my byf

[seelestia]

okok tbis is an imagine not an ask obviously but i need 2 get this out and i know youre a peacock man enjoywer. Did you see that one Kakavasha and Arle fanart..... imagine. a world where that guy got taken into the house of the hearth somehow instead of whate nded up happening to him. Something tells me Lyney wouldn't be next in line for Father anymore 💀

“peacock man enjoyer” .... ur absolutely right 🥰 LMAO. i did see the fanart going 'round before! it's this one on twt i assume?

BUT BUT before we get to HoH-ified aventurine – lemme chip in my thoughts abt aventurine & paternity. bcs !!! i hc him to be a gentle father—softer tone when talking to children, petting their heads, willing to indulge their whims (like games which he is also fond of, etc.)—but aventurine might not allow himself the privilege of being a father due to his current life. i don't think he even dares to give himself the belief that he would be a good one either (he would). still, it's obvious that there is a special place in his heart for kids. they're young, innocent, yet to be tainted by the filthy ink of this world's tribulations – it's something to be protected while it lasts, he thinks.

(aventurine with kids.... hdwhshhsh i need to keep my sanity 🙏)

putting further thoughts utc!

anywho back to our what if aventurine is in the house of hearth !!! my guy has the persuasion skills like a true diplomat! he has the schemes & charisma! he has unassailable (smug) composure that took away his ability to be emotionally vulnerable! what a recipe for trouble that brims with potential all the same. i still haven't gotten a good grip on arlecchino's character, so i can't say for sure whether she'd choose lyney or aventurine.

abt the differences between the two tho: the only thing i'm certain of is that lyney would be “father” because of how his desire to protect his family has gone beyond mere 'desire' and transformed into a firm, fully-fledged conviction. as for aventurine? my brain can't rlly think of anything elaborate except for a few words: “survival”, “detached”, and “knows what [he] wants and takes it”.

maybe it's also the charisma? from a glance, aventurine looks like he has a more 'solid' sense of it compared to lyney (although both of them are canonically charismatic iirc!). this could be bcs we've witnessed lyney's vulnerable side before (re: archon quest where he tried to save his siblings) – so that lessens his elusive charisma but makes him more “human” in our eyes. aventurine also went thru the same thing in penacony but admittedly, his reveal has more to do with bitter nostalgia than the desperation that was present in lyney's. so tldr: desperation = less rizz? /lh. i genuinely can't provide anything concrete atp sorry 😵‍💫