#oc; yudhisthira (lancer)

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Y'all, I'm so emo over Yudhisthira today.

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Ranking the Pandavas based on how soon they start personally calling Karna their "nii-san"

Sahadeva (calls him nii-chan)

Arjuna (calls him nii-sama at first, switches to nii-san)

Bhima (calls him nii-san or nii-chan)

Nakula (calls him nii-san or aniki)

Yudhisthira (calls him ani-ue at first, switches to nii-sama)

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How would you rank your Mahbahrata Fanservants in terms of dancing skill?

1. Brihannala.

No cap.

2. Draupadi.

It's expected for a woman of her stature to know how to dance, but there's just something so supernaturally hypnotizing about Draupadi's movements.

3. Nakula

Beauty is everything to him, so it's obvious that he would know how to dance without making a fool of himself.

The list is pretty short since the rest of my Mahabharata babies aren't trained in dancing and/or just doesn't have an interest in it. However, a special shoutout to my boy Yudhisthira Dharmaputra who dances between rules and legalities to find loopholes now.

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Because I am the OP I get to expand more on this.

Yudhisthira is the family pun master and build-up jokes enjoyer.

He's the one that DN'd Arjuna.

Arjuna when Karna gets DN'd:

Arjuna when he gets DN'd:

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Okay, time to elaborate.

Sahadeva is the first to call Karna niichan because of his future sight. Even back as a child who never met Karna, he knew everything about him — his true lineage, his destiny, and his ambitions. Thus, Sahadeva can connect very easily to Karna and will start calling him his niichan from the get-go (much to Karna's surprise; he hadn't even attempted to connect to him!)

Arjuna in truth is a far second but still the second one to call Karna niisama. This is simply because he and Karna already had a genuine connection going on and it only needed some reworking to get things straightened up. And besides, Arjuna does want to connect to his eldest brother despite his chuuni posturing.

Bhima is third because because — among the three Pandavas that Karna had near to no dynamic with — he's the most similar in personality with Karna. While building up a relationship with Bhima is still an awkward process for Karna, both of them get each other very quickly since they have so much in common (weird sense of humor, no filter on their mouth, strong fuckers with tender hearts). All Karna needs to do is to promise Bhima that he'll break Vasavi Shakti should Ghatotkacha be summoned.

Nakula is second to last because, despite being the friendliest Pandava, he can nurse a grudge. Not as deeply as Draupadi or Saahadeva, but enough to not want to trust sharp-mouthed Karna. Dealing with him is like dealing with a stubborn horse that stays stubborn out of spite. However, Nakula's job as a physicial forces him to be professional with Karna and Karna sees that as an opportunity to bond with him. It does work in the end, as Karna chips away at the distrust by constantly finding an excuse to get hurt so Kula has to help him.

If this rangking had an acurate scale, Yudhisthira would actually be no. 100. He's cordial and polite toward Karna, but that's it. Yudhisthira maintains a polite distance between him and his big brother, and Karna's quite confused on what he should do to bridge this gap; nothing he tries will work! This problem is actually caused by Yudhi himself, as he has no desire to "fork over some big-brotherly responsibility" to Karna — not out of spite, but guilt. He carries the burden of "I must make ammends and be a better brother" and to share the load, to him, is an asshole move. It's "shifting blame" and "letting someone else pay for your sins." Until Yudhisthira's guilt issues are resolved, he cannot physically will himself to call Karna niisama.

Ranking the Pandavas based on how soon they start personally calling Karna their "nii-san"

Sahadeva (calls him nii-chan)

Arjuna (calls him nii-sama at first, switches to nii-san)

Bhima (calls him nii-san or nii-chan)

Nakula (calls him nii-san or aniki)

Yudhisthira (calls him ani-ue at first, switches to nii-sama)