No you guys don’t understand. “You’re All I Need to Get By” has had me in a chokehold since the Olitz days. But have you listened to the lyrics? REALLY listened? The fact this is the song they chose to play at the end of the movie and it starts as soon as Wade calls Logan back and they move in together and he meets Althea and they have their little family moment and he says “Sometimes the people you save, save you right back” showing their masks together and them in the background I’M GOING MENTAL. I’M GNAWING ON GLASS
You always say Chrollo has meticulously thought of every single situation and outcome.
What is something darling could say/ask to make him freeze for a little longer than normal?
there are two potential routes.
the first route is to present him with the pufferfish dilemma,
or the far less fun route which is hitting him with a classic, "I think we should see other people."
any breakup attempts would not be well-received from chrollo, but this one in particular stirs up some negative sentiments. from his perspective, your morals might not perfectly align, but you have this titillating chemistry. he prides himself on his ability to read others, so for him to miss this discontentment in you doesn't bode well. it's a slight loss in power he wants to regain as soon as possible.
then there's the implication that you'd prefer someone else over him. this cuts him to the bone. there's his inherent possessiveness as a thief on the surface, then beneath that, loneliness that takes the form of roots spreading to unknown depths. he feels something for you, a sensation he attributes to the apex of a heist or when he gets his hands on a special curio. those sensations peak and fade. adrenaline wears off, excitement plateaus...
yes, he does occasionally get a rush from being around you, but what he finds far more fascinating is when he doesn't. when you're both simply reading in the same room, the ambiance that of pages turning rather than sirens and gore squelching. watching you fold laundry into separate piles so your clothes don't get mixed up. when you text him about an awful first date you're overhearing.
chrollo tried analyzing these sensations and came to no world-shattering conclusion. the thought he eventually arrived at is it's just... nice. warm. unassuming.
he can't find that with anyone else. so, his next best solution is to ensure you don't have the opportunity to find it with anyone else either.
haven't talked about chess in a hot minute but i think we need to bring back some of the synthpop arrangements from the original concept album for songs like the arbiter and one night in bangkok because whatever benny and björn put in there is better than prozac
old solar doodle from back in march in reference to that one post about him playing cello (you can't tell me he wouldn't play an instrument i don't believe you) (yes specifically cello or base i dunno he does have violin or viola vibes)(couldn't say for percussion or band cuz i was an orchestra kid so sorry bout that)