#obviously in depth characterization is not necessarily conducive with suffering but yk

[wings-of-waffles]

you know my problem? out of all of the seas upon seas of Clay content out there, canon and fanon alike, there are only a few precious drops of content that explores him in his depth and treats him like a real person.

and in the content where Clay is even remotely close to his ideal, human characterization, there is an even smaller fraction of that where he needs somebody else to comfort him rather than being the one to comfort.

which leads me to believe that, both in canon and in the enigmatic soup of fanon, Clay is not getting the hugs or support or compensation he needs. bro needs support too! it's my headcanon that he has loads of stuff internalised about not letting his friends worry about him he needs to work through! my poor sad little man he's been through so much!!

which is also part of my "Ceril/Clayril can be made 10x better by having Peril comfort Clay and vice versa in equal amounts" propaganda, but that's only a microchasm of the greater issue.

so yeah more Clay-centric content, please. i'm starved for content and i don't want to make it all myself.