#there are a lot more instances in which they are physically affectionate of course

[ave-on-main]

Hello, I hope I'm not bothering you! I also hope that you're doing well! I want to start off by saying that I adore your fics, particularly the ones that you write about Brudick. They're really great, and I often reread them on occasion. The many different ideas you have for them, along with your grasp of their characters, are so fun to read and feel so accurate honestly! I love seeing your comments as well even if its on your own fics or others with your analyses about them, and it genuinely brings me joy to see. Thank you for writing stories about them! 🖤💙

I also have a question that kind of popped into my head in regards to them that made me wonder if this is a thing that mostly or only Dick has the privilege of. It's often been pointed out how Dick usually can be physically affectionate with Bruce in comparison to anyone else, like he can touch him freely without Bruce getting upset for the most part or being on guard, and I was wondering if that's the case within canon. I feel like it is, but I'm not entirely sure, though I do know for sure that Dick is someone extremely special to Bruce regardless of whether it's platonic or romantic.

Hi! I hope you're doing ok too! Thank you so much for the ask and the kind words. I always appreciate people commenting on my writing. 💕 And these two are undoubtedly very dear to me!

How physically affectionate Dick and Bruce are in canon changes a lot, tbh, which means people's opinions on it really depend on what panels someone has been exposed to. Often there can be a wall between Bruce and Dick, but they grow most affectionate when they are grieving (and that doesn't need to be a person). Bruce has given out hugs to other Bats, but canon does give the impression that Dick can initiate physical contact more easily and often than others. I think specifically for ship purposes, tearing this wall down further is a lot of fun.

How I see their physical affections comes down to their fighting style. They are very much in tune with each other, and Dick would be used to a kind of physical connection given he is a trapeze artist.

Fighting for them means contact. Sometimes painful, othertimes not.

We have a lot more hands-on a shoulder or other body part panels than hugs. Maybe because the panel from Tec #38 is so iconic, but more likely because they are guys. There are a few instances of Bruce hugging others, but Dick remains a source of comfort for him too, which is different from the role others play in Bruce's life.

The hand on heart is a newer thing, but I'm not complaining about it.

A lot of it is interpretation, of course, but I think it says something that when Dick played the role of the Joker in Batman 2011 #1, the way he was exposed to be Dick to the readers (before the true reveal) was by him touching Bruce a ton, lol.

And, of course, Dick was carried to safety a lot when he was younger. Sometimes he even did the carrying himself.

Dick can, very easily, be in Bruce's bubble because he isn't an intruder. They share 4 to 6 years of living together depending on canon and crime fight together for even longer on top of their shared trauma. That doesn't automatically translate to physical contact = good, but it helps.

[yallthemwitches]

hiiii. if you're still doing the ship asks, could you do uhh 7, 27 and 39. if they spark joy etc. they're all connected in a way because I'm obviously in some kind of mood

I am ALWAYS happy to answer ship questions. Keep them coming ;)

7. How often do they say I love you?

Pretty often, probably daily, though not enough to where it feels flippant and hollow. It's very much something that naturally slips out when they get a moment to breathe during the day and can take a moment to just be together. James says it more often but Lily is quite generous as well, often whispering it to him when she passes him in the halls (which of course makes him flustered and not want to keep going to his class).

27. How do they say "I love you non-verbally"

Lots of physical touch and acts of service to one another.

Touching/caressing/being affectionate physically during the day is their bread and butter. For example: James brushes her hair on the couch because he knows how much she likes it ( and he in turn likes how much she leans into him when he does it), and Lily will run her fingers softly over his face until he falls asleep when he's particularly wound up from stress.

I also think they do go out of their way to make each other's lives easier or to be a silent support. For instance when Lily has a difficult exam, James will stay up and fall asleep on the couch alongside her while she studies or Lily will bring a book and watch James at quidditch practice because she knows it means a lot to him (because let’s be honest, James’ love language is attention).

I don't feel like either of them are big gift people, though James had to grow out of it. I'm sure at the beginning he tried to make some big purchase gestures that didn't really amaze her as much as he expected. In time he came to learn that the best gift of all is to make her laugh until her cheeks hurt and to hold her tight whenever possible.

39. When and How did they admit they fell in love with each other?

James knew the second he met her, though it didn't form into real cognizant love until around sixth year when he was able to fully process it as such. I'm in the camp that Lily never really despised him but pretended to dislike him so much due to Snape ( though she was not a fan of his bullying) and her fondness only grew for him as he grew up as a person.

I think she really fell in love with him somewhere between 6th and 7th though she would be in denial about it until mid 7th year. She absolutely said I love you first because James was too afraid of scaring her away and mucking it up.

I think it probably happened quietly and naturally. Lily was even a little taken aback by herself to one day just say it as they were having a perfectly normal day reading in the common room. Being completely blindsided and elated, James probably needed a second to let it sink in before absolutely throwing himself at her, resulting in a lot of laughter and kisses and James repeating it about as many times as he had thought to say it in the 7 years he was forced to stay silent.

Feel free to ask more from this question post!

[ashela-ley]

Can we talk about Cartman's tendency to pet Kyle? And the way Kyle lets him do it?

It's such an under-discussed part of their dynamic. Cartman does this all the time. He does it to tease Kyle. He does it to comfort him. He does it to express gratitude. He even does it to pictures of Kyle when Kyle's not there.

And you could say that's just Cartman, he's just touchy, that's just how he expresses himself . . . except that it's really not. All this petting and stroking isn't something you see him do with Stan and Kenny. (Friends he has said multiple times he loves.) It's not something he does with his actual pet, Mr Kitty. It's not something he does with his mom. It's not even something he does with Heidi or Yentl. There's a lot of hand-holding and kissing in those relationships, but Cartman appears to consider this expected romantic partner behavior, and to be imitating that accordingly. What you don't see with them is the clingy, almost unconscious need to touch he demonstrates with Kyle. Kyle has to be stroked, patted, petted, hugged, poked, pulled on . . . it seems to be a comfort thing for Cartman, and that is just so fascinating to me.

It's also endlessly fascinating to me that Kyle - who has no problem putting Cartman in his place about anything else - allows this nearly every time. Maybe there's some token complaining, but he never actually tries to stop it. It's not "ew, Cartman is hugging me" it's always "why is Cartman hugging me?" and that's a subtle difference I think gets overlooked. People like to claim Kyle's response to Cartman having a crush on him would be disgust, and that Kyman could only ever be one-sided for this reason. But Kyle's response to Cartman being affectionate with him is actually pretty much always confusion, not disgust. I get the impression Kyle doesn't know how he feels about it.

I'm not sure what I'm trying to say here, but it's just so interesting to me, the relationship they both have to touch. Cartman uses Kyle to fulfil his need for touch and connection - and Kyle doesn't often reciprocate this touch, but he pretty consistently makes the concession of allowing it. They're feeling each other out, trying to work out "who are you to me and what do I feel for you?" It's one of the elements of Kyman that makes the ship so endearing, I think. There's this sweetness to it that absolutely should not exist between these characters, but does anyway.

Definitely! You’re right, Cartman does seem to seek out physical contact with Kyle considerably more than with anyone else he isn’t directly romantically involved with and my favourite instances of this is when he does so under the guise of antagonizing him. Two examples of this are the whole ‘Jennifer Lopez’-thing in “Fat Butt and Pancake Head” and Cartman promoting Kyle to the Germans in “Funnybot”. In both cases he uses an instance of disrespecting Kyle as a front to compliment him, with the ‘Jennifer Lopez’-persona constantly being gushing over him, telling him how much she likes him, calling him ‘handsome’ and of course ‘kissing’ him by Cartman pressing his hand against Kyle’s mouth. This is especially interesting considering the fact that later in the episode it is very heavily implied (and then pretty much outright confirmed in “200”) that Cartman really doesn’t have full control over the character. In “Funnybot” Cartman calls Kyle either ‘gentle/soft’ or ‘juicy’ (lol), ‘pretty’, and ‘very beautiful’ in extremely mangled German (which I guess is just regular German in-universe since the native speakers talk just like that) and while the context of the scene is obviously very dark for the viewer, who can infer what’s going on, Kyle doesn’t actually seem to realise what is happening. He doesn’t appear to understand what is being said at all and as such Cartman doesn’t even really have the excuse that he’s teasing him.

This scene fits the reaction you described that Kyle tends to have when Cartman engages him in physical contact very well: Kyle reacts to Cartman excessively touching him with confusion but simply lets it happen. He has every reason to be wary of Cartman’s intentions and yet he makes no effort to stop him from what he’s doing. In “ManBearPig” Kyle wakes up to find Cartman leaning over him and while he doesn’t actually touch him, he does get extremely close to him, giving us the famous image of their faces mere inches apart. Kyle’s reaction to this is incredibly understated: He appears at most slightly irritated and attempts neither to push Cartman off nor to move away from him. Once again, he mostly just seems confused by Cartman’s behaviour but, as far as we can see, makes no further attempts to investigate the reasons behind it. This understated reaction is an indication of an (imo) often overlooked aspect of their relationship, which is that while Kyle is well aware of what Cartman is theoretically capable of, he doesn’t actually seem worried that he’d ever seriously harm him. Personally, if I found myself trapped in a cave with a person who constantly professes his hatred for me and whom I know has no qualms about killing people, and then woke up to find said person looming over me in my sleep I’d be much more worried than Kyle appears to be. In fact, considering everything that has happened over the course of their relationship and how many despicable things Cartman has done, Kyle seems Weirdly Comfortable And Safe With His Evil, Ill-Intentioned Friend. Because that’s what they are: They’re friends. To call it a complicated friendship might be an understatement but when it comes down to it the simple fact of the matter is that these two do like each other. While in earlier seasons a point could be made that they only spend time together out of necessity (with the main four being somewhat isolated from the other kids, as Craig points out in “Pandemic 2”, and Cartman originally being an incidental part of the group as ‘the friend no one likes’), they’ve both long since expanded their social circles to a point where they are no longer ‘forced’ to spend time together for lack of better options. Kyle would be more than justified in cutting Cartman off completely and yet he doesn’t and I can honestly see no real reason for this other than the fact that he simply cares about him as a person.

So I agree that Kyle probably wouldn’t react with disgust to the hypothetical reveal that Cartman harbours romantic feelings towards him. I’m not claiming that he would necessarily be elated but I’m pretty sure ‘disgust’ would not be his first reaction and I think many people who think that it would be might at least partially hold that opinion due to projection: Because while we, as viewers, are frequently meant to find Cartman repulsive both physically and emotionally (his embodiment of the 'fat bastard' trope is a key part of his character, after all), Kyle doesn’t actually appear to overtly feel that way about him – which is to say he does kinda but not exclusively and it’s all just a bit more complicated than that. Kyle being thoroughly confused does seem like the most likely reaction to me. Regarding the physical aspect: Of course Kyle frequently makes derogatory remarks about Cartman’s appearance, specifically regarding his weight (to the point where it’s been a main focus of their dynamic for almost thirty years) but we see several times that his critique actually seems to stem from a place of worry and that he feels bad when he thinks that these comments have actually managed to hurt his feelings (e.g. “Raising the Bar”). Of course, what exactly Kyle’s feelings towards Cartman are is, with good reason, a source of much discussion and I’d claim that Kyle himself isn’t very sure of this. His sentiment towards Cartman definitely seems very erratic, with Kyle going from actively attempting to get him killed in “Fatbeard” to being concerned for his emotional well-being just a season later (“201”, “Poor and Stupid”). This concern Kyle has for a person he supposedly can’t stand has been a pretty consistent part of his character in later seasons and it’s especially striking when compared to the way he disregards his best friend’s feelings when he’s in genuine need of emotional support (“Raisins”, “You’re Getting Old”). This discrepancy is not only an indicator of the complicated relationship Kyle has with Cartman but imho also hints at at least one reason for it. In a (painfully long-winded😅) comment on AO3 I just touched on the similarities between Kyle and Cartman how interesting I find the very different ways in which they deal with their shared character traits. I believe this is something that draws them towards each other, though I’m certain that neither is actually consciously aware of this. You put it so beautifully in your last sentence: "There's this sweetness to it that absolutely should not exist between these characters, but does anyway." There really is an unexpectedly soft underbelly to their relationship that is a lot of fun to explore. While I wont deny the toxic aspects of this ship (in fact, they’re a major part of what I find interesting about it), there is also the surprising potential for a real emotional connection between these characters.

[multi-fandom-agereg]

oo can u do some hc's for caregiver venti? and he calls his little "my little star" bdjsfdhdk ^_^

☁️ Venti Agere Headcanons ★ Genshin Impact ☁️

🌺 | CG!Venti { Genshin impact }

🌺 | includes: Headcanons and bonus story w/ GN!Little!reader

⚠️ | petnames, physical touch, wine (brief sentence), affectionate drinker (also brief sentence) will have the symbol "⚠️" next to the wine/drinking parts so you can skip if you're uncomfy!

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; laidback, cooperative, careful, and playful is what describes him the most when it comes to littles. He is never rushy with them and is a very good listener!

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; he is also very good on handling tantrums and your frustrations. He never raises his voice and let's you have your fits and say what you have to say. Then afterwards asks if you'd like to talk about it with him

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; he does have rules for you, nothing too big besides a bedtime schedule and self care

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; Bored? No worries! He has things for you to do. They're mostly small chores like picking up your toys or pick up your small messes. But of course he always has awards afterwards.

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; he awards you alot, probably a lot more than he needs too. You can call him a spoiler and it fits him perfectly. when you accomplish something he loves to praise you and let's you pick out something you like! (Toys, pacifiers, etc)

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; petnames! Yes! He's 100% on board on that boat. He calls you many many petnames and nicknames. However, his most common ones being "Traveler" and "(my)little star"

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; He likes to pinch your nose and pretending that he took it. He also likes to play peekaboo, hide and seek, video games and vice versa

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; you're the only one who's allowed to touch his hair. He even lets you style it! He loves how creative his little star is

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; when it comes to sleep (💤) he plays his Lyre for you. He plays a gentle lullaby until your head hits the pillow. He lets you touch and fiddle with his Lyre but that mostly depends. It's not that he doesn't trust you with it, but it's old and it's the only one he has

⚠️ (ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; doesn't like to drink around you when you are regressed. mainly since he can't think right when he is in that state of mind. But if for instance, you regress suddenly and he golfed down 2 drinks already: he is actually very affectionate. He cuddles you, calling you his baby and singing to you in a whisper. He is an affectionate drunk, the only difference between him and his sober self is that the rules don't stick as much

⚠️ (ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; like literally he would be like "hey, little star.. time for bed" and you say "no" and he'd be like "..alright, that's fine"

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; when outside, he loves doing chawk drawings. As well as butterfly catching and picking small flowers in the fields

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; he adores any petname you give him! like daddy/dada/papa/bubba, Ven... list goes on! He might tear up a little if you call him anything at all

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; works amazing with nonverbal littles. He always carries a little instrument with him which you press a key that help him understand what you need. (It took him months to remember the cord code but he got it finally)

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; if not the said instrument, he carries around little sticky notes as well! He's always open for suggests too

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; if you draw/color/etc he will always hang them up on the walls. He loves to see his little artist go to work! It makes him proud

(ᴗ ᴗ ♪) ; the type of caregiver to be like "no traveler, you're too little for that.." or "no, you're too tiny for that, let me help you" orr he holds your hand so you don't accidentally wander off or out of his sight. Doesn't matter the age, he'll always be overprotective at times like this

“papa's here, little star" { short story }

*click*

the sound of the front door opened followed by a bell that rung whenever someone came inside the small cabined house. Venti opened the door gently, making his presence known before he made it fully inside of the house. He closed the door gently behind him; automatically assuming that you were already asleep by now. He made his way through the house while the only noise was heard was his gentle foot creaks and the tv in the background. His hair was messy and he smelled like sweet honey and a splash of dust. "Daddy!" A small voice was heard from the room he just passed by. His eyes widened a bit before he turned to see his little one peeking from the doorway. You held your favorite blanket and stuffed animal tightly in your arms, looking up to see an unreadable expression from his face. His face softened immediately before crouching down to his knees, opening his arms up for his little. You caught the cue and ran with open arms to your caregiver. Wrapping your tiny arms around him, he did the same as he snaked his arms gently around your figure. A moment of silence passed between the two of you, before he pulled away a little to see your face. "Hey, firefly.. why are you up so late..?" He asked quietly. He looked up the clock from across the hallway. You looked up at him with some tears threatening to escape your tear ducts. "...I missed you.." you said simply, buring your face into his shoulder. Another few of seconds pass before venti let out a gentle sigh. Gently kissed the top of your head, rubbing your back in a sense of reassuring you. "..it's okay little one. Do you wanna sleep with daddy?" He asked, looking down at you. Once he saw the nod of confirmation, he picked you up slowly and letting you rest in his arms before he made his way into the bedroom.

He sat you down on the bed, making sure you're as comfortable as possible. After you get covered up, he slipped into the bed next to you, cuddling you to his chest. He rubbed the back of your head, resting his chin on your head. "..I love you papa.." you whispered, burying your head into his chest, hearing his slow.. gentle heartbeats.

"...I love you too. My little star.. sleep well.."

[rabbitenn]

hi i hope you’re having a good evening/night. i wanted to know if i could please request headcanons of gaku with a cuddly/physically affectionate partner?? i hope you’ve been enjoying the anime. thank you !! :D

I JUST FALL IN YOU.

You can never get enough of his touch.

ft. Yaotome Gaku x gn! reader.

cw/genre: pure fluff, romance.

nonnie ! thank you sm for requesting, this is a very cute idea <3 i enjoyed the anime A LOT hehe i hope you’re having a good day or night as well and that you like this and it’s what you wanted !

— Yaotome Gaku, leader of TRIGGER, deemed hottest man alive by the media, son of the Yaotome Productions’ president, soba deliveryman by night.

— In truth? Absolute green flag of a man who can’t resist your affections.

— Since before you two started officially dating (mostly in secret, as only Tenn, Ryu and Anesagi – despite of her almost fainting when she found out – know of your relationship), you always had a tendency to linger close to Gaku: holding his hand, linking your pinky with his under the table, or simply holding onto his arm while you two went out for walks around places with not many people (and under a disguise, of course).

— Even back then, it was hard to miss the rosy hue that crept to his cheeks when your fingers laced with his.

— Because for all his intimidating aura, Yaotome Gaku totally melts at how endearing your touchy nature is. And that feeling is enhanced tenfold the moment you two start calling yourselves a couple.

— See, your boyfriend can’t (and doesn’t want to either) say ‘no’ to you, especially not when you stay up waiting for him on nights when he returns home late from work.

— Your sleepy voice mumbling his name as you rub your eyes with the sleeves of his black, too-big-on-you sweater, has his cheeks burning in deep shades of crimson.

— And when you walk up to him, looping your arms around his middle, as you nuzzle your cheek against his chest? That’s too much cuteness! How do you expect him not to pick you up right then and there and carry you to bed? He must cuddle you properly now; Gaku would be damned if he didn’t let you know how much he cherishes this closeness with you.

— Whenever he helps out at his family’s soba place, your surprise visits, hugging him from behind while he’s at the kitchen prepping orders, always leave him smiling like a fool in love (which he very much is for you). A warmth, similar to the one he feels while he’s singing with his friends, settles on his chest. When he’s with you, however, the feeling is more tender, rose-tinted in the way it makes him feel giddy and euphoric.

— On occasions when Gaku has the day off, you never waste the chance to hug or hold him in one or another way.

— While you do laundry together, it is not rare for you to sneak from in between the drying sheets, standing on your tip-toes and stealing a kiss from him. As he stands there, silvery gaze widened in the afterglow of your kiss, you take the basket full of clean clothes from him, a “take a break, my love” whispered softly, as you place one more kiss to his cheek for good measure, and your fingers brush softly against his.

— If you guys decide to relax watching a movie instead, there’s many ways this one ends up: with you comfortably nestled on his lap, arms wrapped around his middle, his around your waist. You like this, you can hear his heartbeat, steady, calming you from any leftover anxieties you may have had during the day.

— Other nights, when exhaustion takes over him, your lover lays his head on your lap, as you play with his argent-like locks, silky through your fingers. Your touch is so tender, Gaku can’t help but completely relax, peaceful sleep wrapping its blanket around him as you sweetly kiss his brow.

— And on instances when you’re both too tired to keep up with the events taking place during the film, your bodies always somehow end up entangled; his strong arms pulling you closer to his chest, yours wrapped around his torso, legs tangled with each other’s, the warmth between you, the sweetest dream you could ever ask for.

— TRIGGER’s leader’s fondness for bath powders presents you with plenty of chances to be physically affectionate with your boyfriend as well.

— After long days, you two like relaxing by taking long baths, soft music playing in the background, and maybe some scented candles to set the mood. The way you caress his back, your lips trailing kisses through every inch you massage, certainly does make Gaku’s heart flutter. And he knows all too well that his friends would definitely tease him about how mushy he gets.

— Speaking of which, they do plenty of that once all three of TRIGGER’s members start living together. Tenn is merciless, taking any chances to annoy Gaku; while Ryu is your number one fan and ships you the most.

— Like, you could simply be feeding soba to your boyfriend just so he can try the one you ordered, and Tenn will be like: “Get a room, you two.” (Don’t worry, though, Ryu steers Tenn away with a smile when the latter is in angry cat mode /lh).

— Sometimes, when Gaku drives around, you join him. These are moments in which you two share conversations filled with comfortable silences and tender touches each time you stop at a red light. If it was safe, the idol would love nothing more than for you to keep your head resting on his shoulder. But alas, the brief brush of your lips against his cheek will have to do, he thinks, as he starts the car again.

You’ll have time for cuddles when you get home later, though.

And neither of you can wait for it.

[dragongutsixofficial]

Edelgard isn't big on physical affection in my stuff, due to her trauma. The list of people she'd comfortably accept even a hug or shoulder pat from is very limited. Just Hubert at first, then adding Dorothea (I ship them so hard), then adding Byleth after that. Ana and the kids are on that list too of course, but they don't come into play until after the war. Lysithea and possibly Hapi are in there somewhere, but I haven't figured out where. Beyond that it would be tentative at best.

Your thoughts?

Thanks for asking !! ^^ I agree, it'd take a lot for her to be comfortable with physical affection, even more so public displays of affection. She would accept it in some measure of capacity from her closest allies in my opinion, her partner (any flavor of Edeleth is still my favorite personally) and her family. I also do agree that she'd be more open to being physically affectionate with people who have gone through the same thing as her- they would understand on a deeper level. But how would that affection look like, especially between siblings ?

I think an underrated form of physical affection for Edelgard is hand holding, both romantically (with her partner) and platonically. And this is of particular significance regarding Loki, her younger brother.

See, growing up with TWSITD, Loki never got a lot of physical affection. But suddenly finding himself in a safe environment with people he could trust not to hurt him, his siblings, allowed him to become more and more physically affective. Although he was once touch-starved, he is now incredibly big on getting hugs or any other firm of physical affection, no matter the reason. With Aline and Adel, this isn't a problem. He can go up to them and whine about how he wants to be carried bridal style and he will be, especially if he asks Adel.

But then... that makes it all the more complicated in regards to El's trauma. A good compromise they found is Edelgard holding Loki's right hand. This is very emotionally significant to them because Loki's right arm is burnt and that's definitely his weak spot, which he takes great care of (and which he amputates after the war in favor of a prosthetic arm). As such, he's always incredibly wary of people touching it. I don't picture Thales as being physically abusive often (since he "raised" him) but that's definitely been a pressure point in the past- so Loki only lets people he deeply trusts hold his right hand. As such, he literally places his trust and love in Edelgard's hands. The first time he allowed her to take his right hand was actually when he accepted to walk her path with her, when she reached her hand out to him while he was having a mental breakdown over everything he had been told having been lies.

Another form of affection they both have is Edelgard giving her cape to Loki when he feels down so he can burrow himself in it.

Aline and Adel themselves have pretty heavy trauma regarding the experiments. Aline has done a tremendous work to reclaim her own body and accept her scars, especially by changing her vestimentary style and discovering that she loves wearing short dresses instead of the most covering and conservative ones that the Imperial etiquette advocates for- and she has also needed to be physically available to comfort her younger surviving siblings. For instance, she often holds her brothers or runs her hand through their hair while they wait to fall back asleep after a nightmare. However, although she is okay with physical affection, she hates being taken by surprise- if you touch her shoulder when she's not expecting it, you would trigger her fight or flight response- and she will punch you in the face out of pure instinct. And she will rarely be the one seeking physical comfort.

I have to say though, I am NOT impartial to Aline softly taking her sister's face between her hands and kissing her on the forehead in Edelgard's darkest moments. Or gently holding both of her hands in hers while their foreheads touch.

Adel meanwhile would be the one most prone to hugging Edelgard, but he makes a big effort not to. They're the two siblings most uneasy about their scars and they both cover up a lot to hide it- a way he would show Edelgard physical affection is by holding her by the arm while they walk around, trusting her with where they're going (since he is blind).

And finally, Siyn. Siyn struggles a lot with bodily autonomy for quite some time, and with the way she sees and treats her own body. But after the war finally comes a time where she can start treating it as something other than just a tool for fighting. This is also at this point that she becomes Edelgard's partner. I have a feeling they would take it very slow, and slowly become more physically comfortable with each other- and while Siyn would absolutely respect El not wanting too many physical displays of affection, I'd love for them to get to a point where they can proudly walk out holding each other's hand for comfort. Maybe even kiss in public. In private, they would take to cuddling more often. No matter the romantic partner El ends up with (if she does end up with someone), they would still have to take it extra slow regarding any form of physical affection.

What's really interesting is that I'm pretty sure that while she would allow Hubert to hug her or something, he probably wouldn't feel the need to. xD Ferdinand would probably be more inclined to hug the both of them out of the blues and while they'd feel uncomfortable, they'd appreciate the gesture. They'd need to set some boundaries, too. I do agree that Edelthea would also do pretty amazing in that particular domain. I have a feeling that early on at the Academy, Dorothea would have understood that Edelgard wasn't comfortable with physical affection, and Edelgard slowly opening up to her would make for some incredibly sweet moments between the two partners. I'd love to see it !!!

I'll share more thoughts if my brain stops being jelly at some point=)

[midnightlee25]

Yandere ABC: Mary Gowland

Affection: How do they show their love and affection? How intense would it get? 

Gowland is a very soft and affectionate man when it comes to his darling. Of course, the level of how instances his affection is depends on his darling. 

Blood: How messy are they willing to get when it comes to their darling? 

He doesn't mind getting his hands dirty although he really only does it to protect his darling or at least believe he is protecting them. 

Cruelty: How would they treat their darling? 

He can be stern but not really cruel towards them, in fact most of the time he’s actually quite soft with them. 

Delusional: How aware are they? 

He is heavily delusional, but he still has some reality to him. 

Exposed: How much of their heart do they bare to their darling? How vulnerable are they when it comes to their darling? 

He doesn’t hide anything, yet he won’t really share anything out of the blue either. 

Fight: How would they feel if their darling fought back?

It can both confuse and irritate him depending on the situation at hand and for how long it’s been going on. 

Hell: What would be their darling’s worst experience? 

If they did manage to leave it would be when he finally finds them (and he will find them.) he will be a whirlwind of emotions that they will see him go through while chained up. 

Ideals: What is their plan for the future? 

He does want to share a life with them more than anything else in the world.  

 Jealousy: How jealous are they when it comes to their darling? 

When it comes to the other leaders (or anyone with a face.) He gets very jealous but with servants or helpers not too much. 

Knowledgeable: How much would they try to learn about their darling? 

He does learn things from what his darlings tell him or what he has heard from others. 

Love letters: How would they go about courting or approaching their darling? 

He tries to spend as much time with them as possible. He will also tell them how much better his domain is than the others. (He will also sing and play his violin for them.) 

Mask: Are their true colors drastically different from the way they act around everyone else? 

Not really, he just acts the same as he usually does. 

Naughty: How would they punish their darling? 

The only real punishment he’ll give them is isolation other than that he can’t really do himself to harm them physically. 

Oppression: How many rights would they take away from their darling? 

As long as all the rules are followed, they are free to do as they please only in his domain because they won’t really be allowed to go anywhere else. 

Patience: How patient are they with their darling? 

He has a lot more patience for his darling and he does for others. 

Quit: If their darling dies, leaves, or successfully escapes, would they ever be able to move on? 

Truth be told, escaping won’t last too long mainly because there are limited places to go and there’s a good chance, they will just hand them over depending on who his darling is. However, if they were to die, he wouldn’t think too much of it in the beginning. Yes, he would be hurt but he also believes they can easily just come back just like everyone else. However, when he finds out that they can’t he discovers new emotions that he has never felt before. He won’t really know how to deal with them. 

Regret: Would they feel guilty? Would they let go? 

As long as they don’t become afraid of him, he won’t really have any regrets. 

Stigma: What brought about this side of them? 

Given that the world they live in isn’t the greatest nor the safest it was created by the fact that not only does he love them, but he also wants to protect them and show that there is at least one kind of safe place around which is also how he will draw them in. 

Tears: How do they feel about their darling crying, screaming, and/or throwing a tantrum? 

If he was the one who caused their tears, he would feel absolutely terrible about it and try to make it up to them as best as he could but if it was someone else who made them cry, then the person would be in a world of hurt. 

Unique: Does anything make them different from the classic yandere? 

He technically isn’t as hard-core as others, making him pretty easy to handle, but they should still keep in mind that he is not a lightweight by any means. 

Vice: What weakness can their darling exploit in order to escape? 

Technically isn’t that hard to get away from him or to trick him but they’re still trapped in the world meaning that there are limited places where they can go plus there’s also a chance that whoever runs the place where they go will just hand them back over. 

Wit’s end: Would they ever hurt their darling? 

he would never hurt his darling; accidents could still happen and although they may not get hurt by his hands there is still a chance that they may get hurt in some way No matter how hard he may try to protect them. 

Xoanon: How much would they worship their darling? 

He is a lot sweeter than most but other than that there is no extreme worship happening. 

Yearn: How long do they pine after their darling before they snap? 

Because he actually does manage to keep them close to him there are no rules snapping, at least in that kind of situation. 

Zeal: How passionate would they be? Would they be passionate enough to break their darling? 

Given that he isn’t too intense so he wouldn’t break with them. 

[yourcreepyneighborhoodelftwink]

Time for an update with an AU I totally forgot to talk about here beyond a single photo a new AU! This is a LONG ONE, I have a LOT to talk about here, there's a reason I'm just doing a separate post and linking it to my AU master post later, so buckle up

Glitch Master AU: Basically just a Pokémon AU. BEN's team is comprised of glitch Pokémon, save for one. She is kicked out of the league around the 4th gym (still haven't decided when) due to getting caught cheating with a 7 Pokémon team by hiding their Rotom in their phone until battle. He then dedicates his time to just rescuing other glitch Pokémon. Other notable figures are, of course, Toby, who is mostly just into exploring the region, Tim, who wants to live in the deep wild with his Pokémon and be spoken about in the nearest town among hushed whispers like a cryptid, Brian, a Contest Star, and a friend's OC and 3 OCs of mine that I'll get to in a minute. Have BEN with his team to break up the long ass post a little.

This one actually has some plot to it! BEN essentially teams up with @dr-viles-laboratory 's OC, Morrigan, a Pokémon researcher in this AU (he's an entirely different brand of Fucked Up (affectionate) but he's not my OC to ramble about, I'll leave that to my buddy :3), and they just kinda explore the region together at first, meet new people, etc. They meet up with a set of triplets, August, Dillion, and Anthony. August is a violent and hotheaded bastard (we hate him here :3), Dillion is super shy and an absolute sweetheart, and Anthony is intellectually and physically disabled, but so, so kind and energetic. They become VERY important later.

There's a somewhat loose plot idea, but it follows a lot of themes of unethical experimentation. It starts off with just Pokémon that Don't Seem Right, some glitch Pokémon that BEN, as a glitch Pokémon expert, KNOWS have been suffering. BEN and Morrigan explore a couple of abandoned labs, sometimes with others joining them, sometimes alone. One of the labs, which is explored with the triplets, has a suspicious amount of Yamask and Phantumps CRAWLING through the crumbling halls, and they realize it's faintly familiar to them.

Then it comes out that the TRIPLETS are experiments, they're living as best as they can in hiding, but Dillion and Anthony reveal that they've been spliced with Pokémon, Dillion with a Lillipup and Anthony with a Rockruff. August was the control specimen, but came out of it especially psychologically disturbed compared to his brothers (this is still a Creepypasta AU, after all, we love to see needless angst here for funsies :3). All of these instances of experimentation are connected, different stages in a nebulous plan. I don't have GREAT refs of them all, but I have Something™ (I KNOW Anthony doesn't reflect Rockruff this is his normal design outside of this AU, I only drew Dillion in this AU, and I only have a HELLA outdated August ref, it's what I have ok 👉👈)

August becomes absolutely FURIOUS as the group piece together his and his brothers' pasts, and he storms off impulsively to track down the people responsible.

Y'all ready for it to get REAL fucked up?

He walks right into a trap by the researchers, eager for one of their escaped subjects to return back, and he becomes the test subject in the FINAL stage. First was creating glitch Pokémon in a lab to practice cloning them reliably, then was splicing children and Pokémon together to see if it could be done without killing the subjects. And finally, with August walking right into their trap before the others can catch up to him, they can achieve their final goal: creating a home-grown Legendary Pokémon, easily controlled by the researchers, but with the intelligence and will of a human. A lab grown God in the palm of their hand.

(side note, I have a sketch for the design of the August Legendary Pokémon, but it's pretty body horror and religious horror, so I'll put it under a read more at the end of the post)

What they DIDN'T account for was that August was probably, like, the absolute WORST person to try this with, he's vindictive and violent and selfish as hell, so rather than a benevolent God created to look out for the good of humanity, they have a traumatized, vindictive creature that's sadistic to his core, furious at everything he's been through and it STILL not being over, and way, WAY too powerful to easily defeat. Plus, ya know, the constant pain. That doesn't help.

There's an epic boss fight, of course, his brothers are pulled into the fray to appeal to what little compassion he has left, and essentially, it ends with them all trying to gather whatever is left, the entire group is battered, bruised, they've been through and seen horrible things, August is OBVIOUSLY not the same, but all they can do is pick up the pieces of whatever is left and continue on.

As promised, here is the design I came up with for August post-experimenting. The inspiration came from Arceus, Nina Tucker from FMA, and a bit from the Amalgamates and Photoshop Flowey, both from Undertale. IDK how much or how little of each comes across, but hey. It's subject to change a bit if I come back to this AU in a major way again, I might add even MORE eyes than there already are <3

[kirascottage]

dating jj maybank

jj maybank x gender neutral. reader

word count: 1.8k

cw: headcanons, overall domestic fluff, angst if you squint till ur visions blurry, mentions of poor emotional expression, mentions of sex / sexual innuendos, mentions of fighting / injury, strong pda, kissing, consensual groping, swearing, soft!jj

okay so this is the first time i’ve ever written dating headcanons so i’m gonna try my best

• jj and expressing emotions are a very complicated duo and almost everyone knows it, including you. he knows how he feels for you, and feels it strongly, but the way it comes out of his mouth is like gibberish and completely not understandable. 

“so you know — like — i don’t know, man. i feel heavy for you, like do you feel heavy for me, too?”

“jj, i don’t even know what heavy means in this context and what you’re referring to.”

• but he comes from a good place, and you come to know, learn and love that, because well he loves you, and with jj you just have to infer by his mess of words.

• this boy tries to be as romantic as possible but he’s literally never had a s/o before. the only thing he knows are one nighters so there is a lot that pope and john b advise him on because miscommunication is quite literally the worst. (stated by john b himself)

• for this instance and the sake of the headcanons: you are a member of the pogues, through and through.

• so most of the time you’re together, the pogues are there too. even dates. they love to occupy and jj could shout at the top of his lungs how they are the biggest cock-blockers to ever exist and they would not care. 

• so at that point he doesn’t even try to keep his hands to himself, he will touch you or quite literally make out with you in front of anyone and everyone he can.

• i mean he can get a little protective. (also considering he would never let you around his dad because he wants to protect you and would never let you near anyone that could hurt you) 

• i mean this guy would fight for you till the very end; punches thrown countless of times and harsh words absolutely shouted more times than you could count on your fingers, but no matter how many times you chastise jj, he would never stop to defend your honour because at the end of the night you’re the one playing with his hair and kissing his cuts and bruises.

• especially after everything as well with rafe, topper and the kooks he just wants everyone (including the tourons you see once a millennium) to know that you and him are romantically involved and you are very much taken.

• he even lets the most irrelevant people know the both of you are dating because he loves you that much:

“okay, babe, here me out—”

“jj a whole group of kids just asked me about our relationship! i love you, but the whole population does not need to know that we’re together.”

“obviously we can't tell the whole population! or I would, duh.”

•  even though he could blabber on about everything about you, including what shampoo you use and which perfume of yours is his favourite, affection is more his style: 

• this includes walking around with his hand in your back pocket because wearing anything but jean shorts is really not an option in that heat, (and this does include ass grabbing at every opportunity he can)—

• — his hand gently placed on your thigh while driving / while he’s next to you, interlocking pinkies 98% of the time as you walk together —

• — and peppering kisses is always happening. whether they’re ticking at your checks, suffocating your neck or affectionately placed on your forehead he’s always kissing you.

• other key, and essential, things that come to mind are that his arm is always around you; after everything that’s happened to him he just needs to physically know you’re there and that’s enough to subdue him.

• it’s almost routine for him arm to go around your waist or your shoulder, whether you’re tall or short, tbh he doesn’t really care, his arms and lips are always on you.

• dating jj is dating a teenage boy with absolutely no impulse control and zero control over what he says—

“I mean, dude, if you think about it, why isn’t a banana called a yellow if an orange is called an orange? and why are phones called ‘telephones’ like who the fuck came up with that crap?”

or

“i mean, hey, we could bang out here and it’s not like anyone would know. like jb could be out in the living room and be like clueless.”

“jj, there’s two windows pointing directly at us. i think he would know.”

• —if you don’t understand then he definitely does not either.

• you also flip each other off a lot and people are like ??? but you both are like — fuck you —(affectionate & full of love with my middle fingers)

• one thing he does know is how to flatter you, whether he’s obnoxiously winking at you or bringing you flowers with his tips from work, or he picked them himself, it’s all in the effort.

• any effort from you is like kids getting their favourite toy they’ve been wanting on christmas, for instance: anytime you bring him food, or offer to stay with him at john b’s is like swelling up his heart to the maximum.

• so when he’s not with you, or the pogues, which is rare he is outside. and jj is like diego the explorer he always finds little places just for himself, or for this instance with you.

• so a lot of dates include going to these secluded spots: sometimes it’s a picnic, or a walk, and stargazing is his absolute favourite as he listens to you drone on about the constellations and even just watching the sky with your presence next to him is so comforting and makes him feel safe. 

• of course when the pogues find out they’re brutal with their teasing.

“awww, look at the cute and happy couple!”

“my wittle babies, growing up so fast.”

“god, kie, you make it sound like we’re five?!”

• speaking of alone time, jj loves to cuddle when you guys are alone and that’s one thing he’s not fond of being teased about.

• his head is firm on your chest, his arms wrapped around your waist and his leg flung over your hips. to him it’s just a perfect way to start and end the day.

• he also loves to watch movies while cuddling and he has a set of movies and their genres completely memorized for the occasion.

• he has such a good memory to the weirdest things. like he can state in the exact order your makeup routine, or talk about all the caves and sinkholes in yukatan but ask him how many states there are in america and he’s completely bummed.

• back to what i was saying, cuddling and movie times together.

• he’s the little spoon i will not argue with anyone about this, especially if something happened that day.

• like if rafe pissed him off, some kooks stepped on his toes, his dad had been particularly agitated that day or he was just frustrated. your embrace is what keeps his together. he just loves the feeling of your arms around him, essentially protecting him.

• and the pogues always get a kick out of it when they see you too snuggled in the morning. they even take pictures, a lot of pictures of everything and anything they can. 

• their fav times to take pictures is when you both are off guard: like when he’s putting his hat on you, he’s sharing his juul with you, you guys are laying together on the boat or maybe your surfing together in the water.

• he’s surprisingly intimate about everything even though they’re such mundane things for him.

• he expresses his love for you by actions rather than words. for example, he has a guitar (an absolutely beat up one with missing strings and chipped wood, but he says it has more character that way as well as your signature on the back of it)—

• —and just strums it for you absolutely whenever and however your mood is because no matter what its always calming. sometimes he even hums a little tune or starts singing a bit.  

• another few ways he depicts his love for you is by shoving his baseball hat on your head (the one that absolutely nobody is allowed to wear) because he doesn’t want you frying in the sun or dying of heatstroke.

• a lot of his tank tops are now yours because they’re so comfortable and you can wear them literally anywhere.

• he shares, only with you but, he shares. his rings are on your fingers, his bandana is around your neck, his boxers are your sleep shorts, and he absolutely eats that shit up.

• he also gets extremely comfortable with you, like even more than john b in a way. example: you could just be chilling, his arm wrapped around your neck and — boom — he’s shoving your face in his armpit and trying to tickle you.

• it gets to the point where the pogues are so used to it and sometimes even they join in because they even like being included in on your affections but would absolutely rather drown than admit it. they love watching their two best friends love grow for each other, and they're happy jj has found sanctuary to love and be with someone freely. 

• speaking of love, jj is also like a puppy: praise, reassurance and kisses are the way to his heart and staying there.

• i’m gonna say it, jj has self confidence and love issues. they are not detectable at all but with his mother gone and the way his father treated him, there’s shit buried in his heart that it takes awhile for him to open up about.

• once he does: he cries, and he cried a lot. but after that it was like never letting go again. he trusts you with his whole heart and soul and he knows you won’t take advantage of that.

• the way you both accept each other into each others lives is so important to him no matter where you live, who you are and what your family is like everything counts for him and that just makes you the person who you are. 

• dating jj can be complicated and messy and wonderful and passionate and relationships aren’t easy but he would def be worth it <3

[whiskehorange]

Tumblr thinks I'm a robot because I've sent you so much. I think that might be a sign that I should stop soon lol. For now, can I please also ask for Jareth, and then Morticia and Gomez, with an s/o that's really touch starved and affectionate, but has been told so many times that it's annoying, that they try to hold back a lot so that they don't seem so clingy?

anything for you, love

Jareth

Honesty, you could consider Jareth to lean a little more onto the touch starved side as well. This love interest of his has blossomed with you over the past few years and of course, he's never touched you a single time unless you've granted him permission

You made it appoint to him very late on, however, that you long for his touch (of course, you had been having a rough day and was simply too scared to ask for any type of touch before), which sort of gave him a semi-permanent go ahead

Jareth smoothers you, it's that simple. There isn't a moment since you've broken down to him that he isn't touching you, and he knows how much it drives you crazy- in the good way

He reassures you that there is nothing you do that annoys him in the slightest, apologizing for the way people have treated you in the past and kindly offering you a much better future here with him in the castle

The love you give back to him and have always given back to him has been appreciated, but he's much more comfortable now that he can return the favor. Hand/hip holding are his favorite especially when it comes to dancing. Softly holding you face is another one of his favorites

Please be clingy, it's an ego booster for him and makes him feel genuinely wanted and needed. Deep inside he can be just as clingy but he hold off to maintain respectfulness. He's more obsessive than anything, and your touch and body are one of his main obsessions

Morticia & Gomez

Now who could tell you such a thing like that? They are lies Mi amour, and don't let anyone else tell you such a thing. In the Addams house touch comes with the package

Now I say this a lot but in this instance it's the most true: the amount of physical touch received by both Morticia and Gomez can and probably will be very overstimulating and overbearing, at first

Morticia is a very delicate and sensual person when it comes to contact and is the main partner when it comes to comfort and reassurance. Her hands are extremely soft and cold and can provide very good physically stimulation to your sensitive skin

She thrives off of your shivers from her touch, tilting her head and smiling deviously at you as she chuckles

Gomez, on the other hand, is by far the worst when it comes to touch, and I only mean that because he does it constantly. His hands will be the ones to find them resting on you mostly

His hands are much larger, but almost equally as soft and comforting. His reassurance will eventually lead into nonsense rambling on behalf of your feelings, but he means well. The two of the together both give you equal physical and emotional attention either way and they wouldn't have it any other way

If it ever becomes to much you shouldn't be afraid to tell either of them, they would hate to put you into an uncomfortable situation, Love

[yandereloversblog]

Hello can I ask for a soft romantic yandere golden freddy x reader? or some head cannons of him being soft for reader? I rlly love ur stories <33

𝔾𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝔽𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕕𝕪 -> 𝕊𝕠𝕗𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕔 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕤

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>Fandom: Five Nights At Freddy's 1

>Character: Golden Freddy

>Warnings: Mentions of possessive and Manipulative behaviour, sadistic thoughts, "Yandere"

>Type Of Content: Headcanons

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•Of course! But please remember since it's more romantic and soft, it won't be yandere focused all that much :)

•I mostly imagine them as androids now so the movements of Golden Freddy might be weird if he's in animatronic form. I respect whoever can fully write these animatronics as that.

•Also what do you think about the banners though? No need for me to scroll and find GIFs now XD

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•This man is a gentleman- please expect a lot of hand kisses. And I don't mean just the classic one, he likes kissing your hands, and your cheeks a lot.

•Likes nuzzling your neck and shoulder.

•Back hugs. A LOT of back hugs! You'll just be working, then Goldie will appear out of nowhere and hug you from behind, nuzzle his face into your neck and cuddle you.

•Don't be surprised, you'll be called "Dear", "Sweetheart.", "Honey" and "Dearest" a lot.

•Goldie is really quiet and observant, so before he introduces himself he'll want to know more about you -... Stalking-

•If he finds any worthy gifts around the pizzeria for you, he'll steal them and give them to you -even if they're already owned by someone else-

•Goldie likes to spoil you but he's really quiet, other than calling you nicknames I doubt he's really good with expressing his feelings verbally so he'll do it physically.

•Cuddles, hugs, holding your hand, gentle lingering touches on your arm, shoulder and cupping your face.

•Showering your face in kisses and like I said; He'll just grab your hand at random then bring it up to kiss it.

"I hope you're doing well, dearest."

•His expression would be so gentle, a soft small smile on his face, gently holding both your hands before giving a soft kiss to your forehead.

•I headcanon Goldie as a little manipulative and sadistic at times, though it's never aimed at you in this instance, he'll just manipulate whoever is around you, whoever he deems as a bad influence that is.

•Protective when he's soft. But that's to you only, if you express your concerns on whoever is bothering you to Goldie, he'll make sure to take care of them.

"How unfortunate… Don't worry about it honey, you can always lean on me no matter what."

•Goldie knows his obsession can be too much, so he won't restrict you in any way when you come to visit "You want to leave? Please come back as soon as you can sweetheart." "That is your new friend? How sweet."

•Don't get me wrong, it still irks Goldie when your attention and affection isn't on him but he'll know better than to make you feel scared of him.

•He's blunt about strong emotions, such as his love for you... And jealousy "Sweetie… Can we spend more time together tonight?" "Hmm? Why?" "I feel a little jealous right now…"

•Although he tries being cute about it, he'll glare at the person whenever he can, which is every second possible when he's not with you.

•Whenever you're close Goldie spends his time with you, he won't care who's around and will still do any affectionate gesture he can -A subtle way to tell them who you're with-

•When you're away he'll either spend his time thinking about you or spying on whoever you're acquainted with, to either learn more about you or make sure they're not in his way.

"I love you so much sweetheart."

[dbgdbw]

207화

207화 

이상현상 (1)

Anomaly (1)

‘These guys, did they run through it without any rest or something.’

The breadth of a Dungeon that was around S-rank or so was nothing to scoff at. The one that Yoohyunie and Peace had gone into only had three floors, at least, but they widened as you progressed further up—by the time you reached the last floor, even when you moved in a straight line across, it would take at least a day still. 

To think that it had been cracked in just four days. Since it was practically a given that he’d overexerted himself, a sigh slipped out on its own. Was there a reason to rush that much. I came to the conclusion that those two shouldn’t be sent off on their own again. If other team members were there, they would have to be mindful of that fact, and the team members might be able to dissuade them too. 

This time as well, Kim Sunghan accompanied me. I snuck a glance at him as he sat beside me. Probably because it had been some time since he’d upgraded into S-rank, his physique seemed to have improved more than when we had met after I’d regressed. Since he’d been an A-rank defense type to begin with, there weren’t any significant differences, but he probably still would’ve gotten a bit taller at least. 

“Is there something you wish to say?”

Kim Sunghan asked me. The tone he used was kind. Even though the keyword effect was gone, perhaps because of the things I'd done for him up until now, his attitude towards me had changed greatly—not just from before the regression, which was a given, but from how he’d been directly after I'd returned, too. I’d helped him grow into an S-rank, was collaborating with Haeyeon on this and that, and most importantly, I’d re-established an affectionate familial relationship with Yoohyunie. It was natural that his impression of me would have improved, compared to before.

On the other hand, I’d begun to find it a bit more difficult to deal with him. After I’d put in the request for information on the people I’d known pre-regression, the memories I’d buried kept trying to push their way to the surface, and that seemed to have influenced things. That was the case for Seok Shimyoung, and even Kim Sunghan had ended up feeling more uncomfortable than before. 

“A lot has changed since you’ve grown to be an S-rank, I imagine?”

Would it ease up a bit, if he changed even more radically than he’d already done at present. To achieve that, he’d probably have to be at least SS-rank or so, probably. A bit bashfully, Kim Sunghan opened and closed his fists. 

I’d been at the mercy of those hands a few times before. To the me who’d lacked fear resistance, even an A-rank Hunter had been plenty threatening. Most of the encounters had simply ended with me being oppressed by his aura(1) alone, but there had been instances where physical violence had been involved as well. Though, that I’d had the audacity to throw myself back into the fray, even after suffering through something like that, and even while being terrified—I’d been quite a sight, too. 

“That does seem to have been the case. Myself being a given, but my surroundings as well.”

But that wasn’t something that had already happened, and Kim Sunghan was someone who was trustworthy. He’d already helped Yoohyunie greatly, and would also continue to support him. 

“In particular, most recently, after MKC’s Guild Leader went missing—”

“You turned them down? Certainly?”

The words I was unable to suppress flew out. Sundry thoughts poured out in succession, as if they’d been chased out too. With Yerimie as well, why were they being so covetous. You couldn’t have them. I wouldn’t hand them over. Nodding his head, Kim Sunghan smiled. 

“You’ve become an S-rank now, and especially since you’re not young like Hunter Bak Yerim, how long are you planning on staying subordinate to another—whether that was intended to be an attempt at swaying me or at picking a fight, I did hear a lot of things. Of course, I refused all of them.”

“How unnecessarily meddlesome, honestly. Of course, I do think Sunghan-ssi is more than capable enough to occupy the spot of a guild leader…… Ah, I heard that they’ve been discussing the possibility of you becoming Vice Guild Leader?”

Haeyeon Guild still didn’t have anyone in the capacity of a Vice Guild Leader. It was only the Guild Leader. Since Yoohyunie was on the younger side, there was the potential for internal division happening with a Vice Guild Leader, and there was a high likelihood that talk of the Vice Guild Leader being the functional leader would emerge from outsiders, so it had been an intentional choice to have only a Guild Leader. 

But now that Yoohyunie was twenty and Kim Sunghan had happened to become an S-rank Hunter, Seok Shimyoung had let me know that he would likely be promoted to the position of Vice Guild Leader. 

“Yes. As the internal structure will not change greatly, it is projected to be a slow transition.”

“Wouldn’t it be alright to hasten the speed a bit more. Since Kim Sunghan-ssi has been long supporting Yoohyunie as a founding member of Haeyeon, there wouldn’t be anyone who’d oppose it. I believe that you suit the position, more than anyone else.”

I wanted to hurry and cement him in his position. The Kim Sunghan prior to regression had stayed by Yoohyunie’s side until the end, but the situation had changed in the present. Since, no matter how loyal Kim Sunghan was, it was possible that he might be swayed a bit after becoming an S-rank Hunter. And the people hoping to entice him would continue to crop up as well. 

We couldn’t lose the few trustworthy people we had. 

“If, perhaps, there is something you require my assistance with, or if there’s anything you want, please feel free to let me know at any time. As you’ve helped my dongsaeng for all this time, as an expression of my thanks, I will endeavor to fulfill whatever it is, as long as it’s within my ability to.”

“I’ve troubled Director Han-nim plenty, already.”

“Even so.”

Since the keyword effect had disappeared, I’d have to try to tie him down with something else. I gave Kim Sunghan a smile with a service-minded heart as he looked down at me.

“Director Han-nim really cherishes Guild Leader-nim very much.”

“It’s my dongsaeng, after all. I practically raised him, and he’s also still fairly young.”

If we’d been able to live peacefully, I probably wouldn’t be as overprotective as I was now, and would probably have worried less. Make sure you’re eating well, don’t drink too much alcohol, don’t go around too late just because you’re a college student, do you have enough spending money? It would be nice, if it’d only amounted to being able to say those kinds of things. 

But in reality, my dongsaeng was heading out to confront Dungeons overflowing with monsters. Those goddamn Dungeons. Why couldn’t they have appeared just a century later. 

Maybe I should prompt both Yoohyunie and Team Leader Seok to hurry and install Kim Sunghan-ssi in the position of Vice Guild Leader. Contemplating the issue, I checked my phone. Among the messages that had piled up, I picked one and opened it. 

[ There are no animals that I particularly prefer. ] 

It was Song Taewon’s reply. I’d wanted to interrogate him a bit more, but as he’d ended up going into a Dungeon, communications had been cut off. While it wasn’t an S-rank, it was an A-rank Dungeon that ended up needing a raid on short notice, as a result of MKC’s poor supervision. 

As most of the Association’s S-rank Dungeons tended to be lower-ranked ones that had already experienced a perfect clear, the Association’s A-rank teams were capable of supervising them; but as they were typically short on Hunter teams, if an occasion arose where a rushed raid was necessary, it routinely ended up being pushed onto Song Taewon. It really had become a situation where he was the sole one in charge of cleaning duty.

“It’s my opinion that the Ministry of Awakened Persons should be expanded further, but as expected, it seems likely that it’s being blocked by the National Assembly.”

While the comparatively easier-to-approach Hunter Association was plied with both support and funds, the relatively rigid Ministry of Awakened Persons was left out in the cold. Fending off Dungeon breaks was tantamount to defending the country. Even if it fell under the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, couldn’t you allot some of the national defense budget to go that way too. Since that was roughly forty trillion or so, an allocation of just a trillion won would probably be sufficient to overhaul the nationally affiliated S-rank team to a polished state. 

It was a waste of Song Taewon-ssi. It was like obtaining an aircraft carrier, only to leave it empty. Of course, Song Taewon had sufficient firepower even on his own, but still. If you were going to use him, you should at least use him properly.

‘It wouldn’t be, that they’d turn away a mount by saying they don’t have the funds to care for it.’

Since it was an A-rank Dungeon, even if he’d gone into it on short notice, he would probably be back out by today or tomorrow. Once the Peace and Chirpie dolls were completed, maybe I should at least send those his way first. He might end up liking them, unexpectedly. 

The Dungeon Yoohyunie and Peace had gone into this time was located outside of Seoul. Even though it was close by, it was still a far distance by car. As we arrived in front of the building housing the Dungeon, some officials from the Association as well as some reporters could be seen on standby. 

“The Association being so is understandable, but those reporters are speedier than I expected.”

“Those individuals have been waiting in advance. Seeing as how Guild Leader-nim’s last S-rank Dungeon raid runtime set a new record. Because the conditions this time are identical, they’ve opted to wait and see out of anticipation.”

So that’s how it was. It made sense, considering that it would’ve been too fast for them to get here otherwise, since we weren’t even within Seoul. As I got out of the car, the cameras swung towards our direction.

“Would it be alright if I went in by myself?”

At my query, Kim Sunghan nodded his head. It didn’t seem like anything was wrong with the two of them, and I had Eunhae with me as well. Since they hadn’t budged from the building yet, despite the length of time it took for me to get there, they must be waiting for me inside. 

I walked into the Dungeon building on my lonesome. At the innermost part, when I opened the door that led to the room with the Gate, the two of them came into view. Yoohyunie and the adult-sized Peace looked at me simultaneously. 

“Hyung.”

Sporting a brilliant smile, my dongsaeng approached me. There were dried flecks of blood here and there dirtying the hems of his clothes, but there were no wounds that I could see.

“I wanted to see you.”

“You’re not hurt anywhere? You didn’t sleep, did you.”

“I didn’t really feel sleepy. There wasn’t a reason to sleep, either.”

I’d suspected as much, but did you really. I’d told him not to overexert himself, but he hadn’t listened to that, either. As my dongsaeng burrowed into my embrace, the way he’d done when he was young, I reciprocated by pulling him close. Maybe he was trying to cram in everything we’d missed out on during those three years, because it somehow felt like the childish coquetry was steadily increasing. 

“Don’t forget to put away the Attire before going outside. We can’t afford to have it be found out yet. There’re several reporters waiting outside.”

“Mn.”

“Why is Peace over there like that?”

Peace was still standing in front of the Gate in his adult form, scrutinizing us from a distance. It was an unfamiliar demeanor. As I was beginning to worry that maybe something had happened, Yoohyunie let go of me and stepped off to the side.

“We decided on the order.”

“Huh?”

“Peace lost.”

What was he saying. When Yoohyunie moved back, Peace finally moved from his spot. Shrinking to a tiny size, he scampered towards me.

- 끼아아앙.

As he let out a long, especially pitiful cry while clinging onto me, I picked up and held Peace in my arms. Rubbing his entire body against my chest, he wagged his tail. 

- 끼앙. 끼우웅. 

“...Yoohyunie, you, you didn’t bully Peace, did you?”

“No, not at all.”

Kinda suspicious. When I sent a dubious look that asked if it was the truth, that dongsaeng only plastered himself to my side. I’d have to bathe both of them. Peace also had monster blood clinging to him here and there. Look at the way it’d matted his fur. 

“Nothing happened to hyung?”

“Me, nothing happened. But on that note, why did you come back out so quickly. I told you not to push yourself.”

At my question, Yoohyunie suddenly fell silent. Then he looked towards the surveillance camera that was installed in the corner of the Gate room. It was indeed recording—but as it was only placed there as a precautionary measure, it was typically scrubbed clean after a few days, so no one would be able to view it.

A thin flame appeared at Yoohyunie’s fingertip, then,

콰득.

Fired off like a small arrow, the flame smashed the camera to pieces. Immediately after, my phone started to ring. It was Kim Sunghan.

[ The malfunction alarm for the inner camera came on, are you alright? ] 

“Yes, nothing’s happened. It was a simple mistake.”

After hanging up, I looked at my dongsaeng. Yoohyunie opened his mouth. 

“I felt a weird gaze while in the Dungeon.”

“Gaze?”

“It definitely wasn’t a monster, and it felt like someone outside the Dungeon was the one doing the surveilling. Did nothing really happen with hyung?”

Yoohyunie said that he ended up coming out sooner because he’d been unable to shake his worry. A gaze, he said. 

“Should I go in now and ask?”

Since I was already in front of a Gate. As I began to move, Yoohyunie restrained me. 

“No, don’t go in right now.”

“Hm? Why?”

“...I have a bad feeling about it, hyung. I could feel the gaze, but there was nothing I could do about it. Even if it’s a Dungeon made for hyung, when you come out, it still connects to an ordinary Dungeon. So let’s at least wait until Bak Yerim comes out, before going to check.”

It still felt uneasy with just himself and Peace, Yoohyunie said, a bit dejectedly. Was he bothered by what had happened back then with Choi Seokwon, still. It made my heart ache to see him look hesitant. It wasn’t that I didn’t believe in Yoohyunie, but since he was probably in an exhausted state, I nodded my head to acquiesce. 

“Yerimie should be out soon, anyway. I’d thought she’d finish her raid before you’d be done.”

Since Blue was with her too, even if it was later, wouldn’t they be back out by tomorrow.

“...nothing strange would’ve happened to Yerimie too, right.”

I suddenly became concerned. Thankfully, Yoohyunie had only felt a gaze on him, but what if a bigger problem had occurred over there.

“Since it’s a Dungeon with both a lake and a river, she should be alright.”

Yoohyunie said placatingly. I really hoped that nothing had happened. I felt the urge to storm the Dungeon even now, to shake down that volleyball, but I only just managed to repress it. It was none other than an S-rank Dungeon. I couldn’t drag the ones who were tired into it as well. 

‘...come to think of it, Sung Hyunjae’s.’

Had nothing happened to that guy, who’d gone into the Dungeons first. He was the kind of person who’d return in one piece, no matter what happened, but I might have felt a very tiiiny amount of concern. Since he was my business partner, maybe what amounted to a quarter fingernail’s amount of concern.

…he should be fine. I couldn’t even imagine that person sustaining a serious injury.

Saying that we should hurry and go wash up and rest, I brought them outside, only to be swarmed by both the Association’s people and the reporters alike. Of course, they didn’t stick too close, but threw out questions while standing at a distance in a semi-circle shape. Most of them were asking if he’d really succeeded in completing a Dungeon raid within four days, but some other topics cropped up as well.

“Is it true that Haeyeon Guild’s Hunter Bak Yerim will be going against one of Japan’s Hunters in a friendly match?”

The hot-button issue that had been quickly gaining interest recently came from a reporter’s mouth. Korea versus Japan, Hunter showdown. Anything that involved a Korea-Japan matchup was already bound to become a hot topic, but it even involved a fight between S-rank Hunters.

Since it was a rumor that had spread shortly after the A-rank ranking battles had concluded, the people’s expectations were mounting higher and higher. Both Haeyeon Guild and the Hunter Association were reserving comments, saying that it wasn’t something that had yet been confirmed; but the lack of denial meant that things such as they’re really going to do it! Hunter Bak Yerim is set to head straight to Japan after finishing her Dungeon raid! Actually, instead of Bak Yerim, it was Han Yoohyun who would be fighting! I’ve also heard that it’s actually Sung Hyunjae! were stirring things up, both online and offline. 

“Detailed information will be announced after Hunter Bak Yerim emerges from the Dungeon.”

Given an adequate response, the other reporters switched topics to ask is Hunter Bak Yerim really the one stepping up, isn’t she too young. There was also a reporter who questioned if Yoohyunie didn’t have any thoughts about stepping forward instead, as the current holder of the fastest S-rank Dungeon raid clear time. 

What did you take our Yerimie for. Don’t look down on her. 

“Please step back now.”

“A separate announcement will be made from Haeyeon, regarding the runtime of this raid.”

Haeyeon guild members, as well as Kim Sunghan, pushed back the others. Using that chance, I brought Peace along and got into the car with Yoohyunie. 

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(1) 기세 (氣勢)

ksh ↔ hyj: speaks  | 합쇼체 (hapsyo-che, formally polite)

hyh ↔ hyj: speaks = | 해체 (hae-che, casually impolite/intimate)

[spockandawe]

Okay, I think I found what I really wanted to root out with Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu and the physicality of their book relationship.

Because I will argue for days that Wen Kexing is terribly touch-starved, especially at the beginning of the book. For eight years, as the Valley Master, he’s only allowed Gu Xiang within a meter of him. They have a fairly casual relationship, but they straddle an awkward line between family and master/servant, and as the Ghost Valley Master? Everyone in Ghost Valley, including Gu Xiang, is at least a little frightened of him. He’s affection-starved as much as he is touch-starved, and having one person who cares more than she’s frightened isn’t really enough to overcome that degree of isolation. When a servant woman is combing his hair and accidentally hits a snag, she begs for her life, and his first reaction is to ask if someone forced her to wait on him. He’s been the Valley Master since he was a very young adult, and he’s been in Ghost Valley since he was a child.

And it’s so interesting to me that a lot of cnovels really emphasize that when the leads are in a relationship, it’s their first relationship, and they never wanted anyone else, but Wen Kexing (and jing beiyuan in lord seventh, which is an interesting parallel) really directly subvert that. Gu Xiang almost immediately remarks that Wen Kexing spends plenty of nights with male courtesans, and partway through the book, Wen Kexing uses a handkerchief from a famous courtesan to treat Zhou Zishu’s injury. He left the valley and entered the human world, and immediately threw himself into the arms of other men.

And Zhou Zishu, I would say, is also touch starved and affection starved, but is coping differently from Wen Kexing. No matter how strained and/or political his relationships with the Emperor and the government are, and even though he took charge of the Four Seasons Manor at... fifteen, iirc, he did have at least one close, affectionate (for a zhou zishu value of affectionate), trusting relationship, with Liang Jiuxiao. And where Wen Kexing starts the book with a comfortable relationship with Gu Xiang, Zhou Zishu starts the book knowing that his shidi is dead, and in Lord Seventh, we see the ways that he failed and/or “failed” Liang Jiuxiao, with Jiang Xue, and with staying at his post during the final battle instead of rushing off and trying to find his shidi, and it working out... not well. And I think it’s fascinating that unlike Wen Kexing, when he leaves Tian Chuang to reenter the human world, he’s content to be almost completely solitary, and focuses his attention on seeing the sights and drinking good wine.

A really interesting parallel to me is in the Ye Baiyi extra, where he mentions that it’s only human nature to crave food and sex, and he’s too old to care about sex, so food it is. Because that’s not a thought he ever shares with the other characters, but it’s very interesting to me that in the novel, in that first burst of enjoying their freedom, Wen Kexing is so focused on physical intimacy, first with courtesans, and then with Zhou Zishu, while Zhou Zishu is much more focused on physical pleasure must less dependent on other humans, like sightseeing and wine.

But once Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu are in action together, and once Wen Kexing definitively gets invested in Zhou Zishu, the physical progression of the relationship is really interesting to me. Wen Kexing gets very handsy and very forward, very quickly. Zhou Zishu tends to either endure or push him away, depending on the situation, but compared to something like, say, svsss, there’s much less ‘but i’m not gay though’ and much more generalized irritation until he (much more slowly) gets invested in return. 

And I probably would have brushed it away except for that one scene where they were about to do it, and get interrupted by the Scorpion King. First, this line, which makes it absolutely clear that as much as Zhou Zishu had given up on living a long, normal human life, Wen Kexing was in exactly the same position. Now, seeing Zhou Zishu potentially get a new lease on life, he’s forced to reckon with the idea that it might be possible for him to live on in the same way, which casts a whole new light on how casually he slept around with courtesans and propositioned Zhou Zishu earlier in the story, versus where he stands now.

They were both lone wolves who had been caught in hunters’ traps, struggling with all of their strength to free themselves to no avail, and thus, were willing to gnaw their own legs off without mercy.

[Wen Kexing] hadn’t been able to help following him, from watching him. Then a revelation had dawned— He’d realized, for the first time, that if Zhou Zishu could live like this, was it also a possible for him to live like this?

And then when Wen Kexing starts to catch a fresh round of feelings, Zhou Zishu’s response says volumes about his prior reactions whenever Wen Kexing got forward with him.

“A-Xu, sleep with me once. This way, we’ll keep each other in our hearts. You won’t die so easily then, and neither will I. What do you think?”

He said it jokingly, yet Zhou Zishu did not reply, only looked at him oddly. A while later, he finally asked, “Are you truly sincere about this?”

Wen Kexing laughed, his body tilting towards Zhou Zishu. He spoke, nearly against Zhou Zishu’s lips, “Can’t you tell if I’m sincere or not?”

Stunned, Zhou Zishu paused, then said in a low voice, “I… truly can’t tell. I haven’t experienced many instances of sincerity over the course of my life, and can’t identify it. Are you?”

Wen Kexing's fingers drifted up his shoulder, and tugged his hair loose. Dark hair cascaded down, making the tough man before his eyes look a few degrees more fragile in an instant. He dropped his cheeky grin, and in a soft voice, filled with momentous certainty, said, "I am."

Wen Kexing is most starved for touch, while Zhou Zishu is most starved for sincerity. Zhou Zishu was up to his neck in court politics in Lord Seventh, where a major focus of the story is about how sure, the Crown Prince may be deeply in love, but he’s the future Emperor, and ultimately, his feelings land way down the priority list. Up until this point in the story, with Wen Kexing waxing eloquent about how pretty Zhou Zishu must be, and calling it ‘mariticide’ when Zhou Zishu hits him, and being like ‘no no let’s hear the man out’ when the Scorpion King wants them to put on a sexy show for him, Zhou Zishu hasn’t been able to tell whether  Wen Kexing means it. 

I love me a story where the leads are terrible communicators and it causes them much Suffering, but this is a really tasty variant that I don’t feel like I see that often. Their hungers are so similar, but just disjoint enough that they can’t understand each other’s reservations. For a soulmates story like this, it’s just the right kind of tension to make the relationship work extra well for me. They’re in sync about this, as they are about so many things, with just enough of an offset that they’re both left ever so slightly uncertain, and it isn’t until they trust each other enough to ask a question as plain as ‘are you truly sincere about this?’ that they’re finally able to close the gap and reach that understanding with each other. 

[waywarddays]

The whole “it’s brotherly love” “it’s platonic” argument that’s used to dismiss JJpope as a ship is flawed. And can easily be debunked by comparing JJ and Pope’s dynamic with the other Pogues outside of each other. For instance, JJ literally goes out of his way to be in close contact with Pope no matter what. Whether that be him sitting next to him, standing next to him, being faced to face, affectionate, etc. Now I know the argument can be made that JJ’s love language is physical touch and that of course he’d want to be close to people he considered his family; I mean he’s also close with John B. However, in any instance involving physical touch between JJ and Pope, JJ always leans more into Pope’s touch. And even lingers a bit.

For instance, when John B and Pope are BOTH praising JJ for planting the false key. We see John B AND Pope in close contact. However, the difference is that JJ and Pope are practically joined by the shoulder and are at some point JJ is holding Pope’s hand but he isn’t holding John B’s hand.

When he does the handshake with Pope during the bonfire scene in season 2, we see that they prolong the handshake. To the point where they’re just holding hands. And as they’re doing the handshake the two of them make direct eye contact with each other the entire time. Not once breaking eye contact. Whereas when JJ does the handshake with another person from the group, ie: Kiara the handshake is normal. Very quick, kinda swift and the entire time the both of them are more focused on the actual handshake then making eye contact with each other.

Throughout season 1 and a little bit of season 2 we see moments where Pope is either distressed or anxious. And in those scenes we usually see that JJ is the main one who calms him down or makes him less anxious through physical touch. In Season 1 Episode 4, when Pope hugs JJ and tells him that he’s going to turn himself in; almost as soon as JJ places his hands on Pope, he becomes less tense. And again, when Pope is worried about his future after walking out on his interview, JJ puts both of his hands on Pope’s shoulder. He relaxes a bit, although he’s still obviously worried, he’s able to calm down. It can also be noted that JJ talks to Pope in a soft tone and that when Kiara speaks to him, he raises his tone just a little bit. Which I think shows how different the dynamic is between JJ and Kiara in comparison to him and Pope. In season 2, this is somewhat reversed because we see Pope trying to approach/get JJ’s attention by speaking in a softer tone to him out of everyone else in the group.

Unlike the rest of the pogues, we see JJ constantly making intense eye contact with Pope, staring at his lips. In addition, making sexual innuendos and asking Kiara how Pope is in bed. I know a lot of people don’t count the last scene as a JJPope scene since it was improvised. But the scene where JJ makes a sexual innuendo, along with the other scene at the cemetery where Pope’s pants get ripped off and JJ’s like “Nice dude, it's like a small tootsie roll” most definitely count. Once again, comparing JJ’s relationship with John B (which is more of a bromance) to his relationship Pope. These are not the type of interactions you’d have with your brother and if so, that isn’t normal.

Side note: Aside from that one girl that JJ made out with in season 1 episode 1, Pope is the only other person that JJ’s canonically kissed throughout the show so far. Pope’s also the only person that JJ has said “I Love You” to as well (ignore the last sentence, I’m probably wrong).

Can’t believe I forgot this scene^

Notice how in this scene, as Pope presses his face into JJ’s neck that JJ leans towards Pope’s touch. Allowing them to get even closer. Someone on OBX twitter also pointed out that Pope has both his arms around JJ in this scene. There’s nothing platonic or ‘brotherly’ about this scene.

[softluci]

aggressive affection, i think

(part two here!)

[ @yourlocalsinnamonroll​ (hi!) sent me an ask to do more gen z headcanons and i started working on something for her, except it isn’t actually a set of headcanons, but rather a really long...one-shot? but anyway, i thought of actual headcanons that i can share now, so i can return to my ROOTS hopefully this will do in the meantime. ]

i’m not sure if this is something unique to younger people, but i am one hundred percent sure that younger people do it a lot, just going off of the behavior of my friends and i. (i’m gonna tell you now that this isn’t entirely sfw, so minors dni please and thank u)

but i’ve found that it’s pretty common for friends to be, like, aggressively affectionate with one another, for lack of a better phrase. if not aggressively affectionate, then just really flirtatious, often for no reason, and it is still meant entirely in a platonic sense. some examples of this that i have experienced include, but are not limited to:

“i’m gonna eat you,” “do u wanna make out,” “just remember, no matter WHAT happens, i will ALWAYS wanna make out with you,”  “i have literally wanted to fuck all of you at some point,” “let’s have sex,” “stfu before i kiss you,” [points to lap] “is this seat taken?” “every day i’m like, ‘wow, [name] is so cool, we should make out,’” and so on and so forth.

so you can imagine the fun i’m about to have.

lucifer

“blindsided,” does not even begin to describe what you’ve done to this man. while his recovery time was quick, he was still so, so confused. 

all he said was, “you look nice today,” why did you threaten to kiss him? was that even a threat? 

he doesn’t know because you said, “stop before you get kissed on the mouth,” but it doesn’t matter because you failed to consider that he is obsessed with you in dire need of a kiss on the mouth, and you, silly thing that you are, just provided conditions under which he can get one. 

that said, have fun trying to explain to this man that you were joking while he’s holding you against him with the most smug look on his dumb little face. if you don’t wanna kiss him, okay, but by the time he feels like letting you go, your face is gonna be scorching and you will have properly learned not to do that again. unless you enjoyed yourself, in which case—

by the way, if you believe in a higher power, you had better pray he doesn’t do this to you because now that you’ve planted the idea in his villainous little brain, he’s just biding his time. so the next time you compliment him innocently, and he says, “be quiet before i kiss you,” like the monster he is, assert your dominance by kissing him first, it’s the only way to maintain your dignity. 

mammon

why would you do that to him. he is literally in love with you, you can’t be doing this. he knows he’s an attractive person, but you can’t tell him that, and you especially can’t do it by flirting with him, it’s embarrassingly disarming. especially since he was going to make fun of you once he saw that you were looking at the issue of majolish with him on the cover. he had a plan and everything, and you ruined it. he was gonna say something dumb cool, after which you would be embarrassed , and he would laugh. 

but then you looked at him, said, “i’m gonna eat you,” and his entire plan was thwarted. now you have to stand there and watch him struggle to form a sentence while his face gets red. you should take this opportunity to bite him, give him a little nom on the shoulder or something, just to razz him. it’ll be great, i promise. 

luckily, he can’t even think about doing this to you without having to lie down, so you should be safe—unless, of course, he catches both you and himself by surprise. so if you get nommed on, you had it coming. 

levi 

you menace. you absolute villain. you’re laughing. 

levi was about to go into a match he was nervous about, and then you said, “it’s okay, no matter what happens, i will always wanna make out with you,” and then he dropped his controller and blacked out, and you’re laughing. 

you’re terrible. absolutely awful. acquaint yourself with shame while you blow cool air into his face and shake him awake. 

when he does wake up, and he reminds you that he’s the avatar of envy, do nawt be surprised. 

try to explain to him that you were kidding and let it slip that you say these types of things to everyone and you’re getting a tail around your waist. no matter how much he might stutter while he makes his point, the fact remains that he’s the only one you’re allowed to say these things to now. you can do it to the others while he’s not around if you feel so inclined, but he’s going to find out eventually, so good luck explaining yourself while he doesn’t keep his tail still when he uses it to hold you in place. 

your only saving grace here is that he is physically incapable of doing it to you, but, you know. that probably gets overridden by how possessive he’s gonna get.

satan

you’re deranged. or just really confident. or a fool. it doesn’t matter, you fucked up. he said a normal thing, and then you threw him for a loop. 

you were nervous about an exam the next day, he said, “you’re a capable person, you have nothing to be worried about.” 

and then you, evidently forgetting that he is not one of your human friends, said, “flattery will get you made out with,” and tried to walk away. 

first of all, how was that flattery? he was stating a fact. second of all, who said he didn’t wanna make out with you🤨. he never said that, you are making assumptions about him and his character. 

anyway, he has no idea where you think you’re going, but you didn’t make it very far before he caught up to you anyway. 

when he repeats what you said back to you in the form of a question, with that deceptively polite look on his face, know that he is being rhetorical. do not bother trying to explain yourself, it’ll be difficult to do so in a convincing manner while he’s backing you up to the nearest wall. do not be surprised when he takes this opportunity to blindside you with praise, directly into your ear, with that fatally smooth voice of his. and do NAWT be surprised when he pulls back and says, “why am i not being made out with?” with a dumb little smile. it brings him a lot of joy to see you squirm.

you don’t even have a saving grace here. this man is ruthless, he’s gonna do this to you literally whenever he wants, and he won’t even let you look away, let alone run away, so find joy in the monster you have created. 

asmo

listen. unless you are genuinely empty headed, there is absolutely no way you did this on accident. 

he wasn’t even doing anything out of character either, it was the middle of self-care night, he was putting moisturizer on your face for you, and he went, “you’re even cuter up close,” which is a normal, tame thing for him to say.

so unless you just have uncontrollable knee-jerk reactions, no way did you say, “so make out with me then,” to this man, by accident.

you’re lucky he has some knowledge of the fact that you sometimes say things that aren’t smart, so he didn’t just immediately jump on you; however, you are by no means in the Clear. 

you blinked and he was nose to nose with you and basically in your lap. now you have to deal with his wandering hands while you try and explain yourself—that is, if you can even overcome how flustered you are, which you probably can’t. luckily, he knows you probably didn’t mean it, but he’s still asmo, so he takes it upon himself to be respectfully heinous like the gentleman he is.

so when he somehow manages to get even closer to you and says, “honey, you should really get a handle on those impulses of yours, unless you plan on following through,” like the bastard he is, know that from that point forward, whatever happens is on you. 

here is another man with whom you have no saving grace; now that you’ve given him the idea that he can be more explicit with you,,, well.

beel

you’re a heathen. why would you do something like this. well, you know what, maybe you aren’t that much of a heathen, considering that you did bake cookies for him. that was really sweet of you, so he thanked you and complimented your skill, like a regular person.

so why, exactly, did you say, “i only accept thanks in the form of kisses, preferably with tongue,” ? something is genuinely not right with you. 

now you have this man standing there, confused and red in the face. he’s trying to do the math, and nothing is adding up. like, it’s definitely doable, he can definitely do that, but, like, why would you make this request so suddenly?

this is probably the only instance in which you can coherently say, “i was kidding, you don’t actually have to do that,” and it almost doesn’t work. 

you absolutely should not have been leaning against the counter because now he’s standing in front of you, and you have nowhere to run. 

however, the thing about beel is that he is someone who flusters people without meaning to, so he has no idea of the effect that his, “are you sure?” has on you. 

luckily, you’re still mostly coherent because you know that beel isn’t heinous like his brothers, so you manage to tell him that he doesn’t have to kiss you if he doesn’t want to because you were kidding. 

you have every right to be surprised when, all of a sudden, you’re sitting on the counter, and he says, “why do you think i don’t want to?” 

do you have a saving grace with this man? kind of. he would never say what you said or something similar, but the next time he compliments you and you choose to be normal and say, “thank you,” he’s gonna ask if he should kiss you, so try not to collapse.

belphie

now. he isn’t the Worst Person you could’ve done this with. but by god you are out of your mind.

your first mistake was choosing to lie down next to him, not because you had plans to be a menace, but because he is always a menace and has a thing for reminding you, which he can do more easily when you’re in proximity to him. 

so when he said, out of nowhere, “are you ticklish?” you should’ve just rolled away, which wouldn’t have worked, but it would have been less chaotic then saying, “you are legally required to make out with me before you try and find out.” 

you said it so casually that he was almost stunned into staying still, but his recovery time was excellent.

the next thing you knew, you were laying underneath a very smug, very menacing man, who seemed entirely too prepared to listen to what you had to say for once. 

“legally?”

okay, so, maybe you should’ve chosen your words more carefully, but he was seconds away from tickling you, so you didn’t exactly have time to defend yourself. you can never backtrack with belphie anyway, so it makes sense that you went headlong into your claim, telling him that yes, this is, in fact, the law of the land. 

“i was never one to pay attention to the law, but since you’re being so insistent, i guess i don’t really have a choice—”

leave it to him to pretend like you’re a burden as if he isn’t literally head over heels in love with you like everyone else fond of you. bastard. 

there is absolutely nothing to save you from this man. he isn’t tactful enough to wait for an opportunity to do this to you, like satan or lucifer, so expect to be Just Sitting There when he tells you that you’re required to make out with him right this instant—it’s the law. 

[chibinekochan]

hii, sorry for bothering you, but can u pls do the brothers reacting to an really affectionate mc who likes to give hugs and kisses randomly, but suddenly they stop doing this because they think that they're annoying? it's ok if u don't want to do 🥺 i luv your posts <3

Leviathan 

At first this was something that made him super uncomfortable.

He just isn't used to this kind of attention. 

Levi became a blushing and stuttering mess for quite a while. 

Over time he gets used to all the affection and attention from you and starts to enjoy it a lot. 

Then suddenly you stop without warning. 

Levi genuinely thinks that he has done something that upsets you. 

There are so many instances that come to his mind that it's not even funny. 

Levi feels like he definitely has to make it up to you. 

He invites you over and goes all out for you. 

You think you've stepped into a different dimension.

Levi isn't himself at all.

The situation is so strange that you confront Levi. 

He basically breaks down and apologizes for whatever he can think of. 

You are confused but after a bit you understand what made him think this way. 

Aka the lack of hugs and kisses. 

You find this pretty sweet, since you only stopped to do the hugs and kisses since it seemed to make Levi uncomfortable. 

You both have a good laugh and you go back to randomly kissing and hugging him.

Levi is still pretty flustered about it but he would never ever want you to stop. 

  Mammon 

He always said how much he hates to be hugged or kissed like this. 

Of course he doesn't, in fact he loves every bit of attention that he can get from you. 

You might think that he hates it, despite his reaction being very obvious. 

You just don't want to make Mammon uncomfortable so you stop doing it 

Mammon feels very lonely soon enough. 

He craves your attention but he is also extremely terrible at asking for it. 

Mammon gets pretty depressed, to the point where you notice it. 

You try to cheer him up, which helps, but Mammon is still not really able to voice his needs. 

At least until you hug him, to comfort Mammon, you notice that he perks up, despite his words. 

You figure that he might just be touch starved but his cool persona doesn't let him admit it. 

It's close enough to the truth, even when it's just your touch he wants 

So you just go back to randomly kissing and hugging Mammon.

  Asmodeus

He is living to get your hugs and kisses. 

He isn't shy about it either and always does the same to you. 

It does bother him if you are like that to everyone else as well, but doesn't stop you. 

What is really surprising to Asmo is when you suddenly stop doing it. 

He wonders what's up and wants you to go back to getting your hugs and kisses. 

Asmo will soon invite you to his room to talk about this in private. 

He is a bit worried if something happened to you to cause this change. 

You admit that someone told you it's annoying to be hugged randomly like this. 

You thought about it and then figured it would be better to stop if it's annoying. 

Asmo is relieved that it was nothing serious. 

He tells you to keep hugging and kissing him all you want.

  Belphegor 

He always complains about random 'attacks', but always with a smile on his face. 

What really bothers him, and what he actually complains about, is the fact that he isn't the only person you hug and kiss. 

Belphie is pretty bothered by it. 

He of course doesn't reveal his true reason and at some point you just believe that Belphie just hates hugs/kisses. 

So you stop doing it. 

Belphie, of course, notices the lag of physical attention right away. 

He sulks about it. 

You can see that Belphie is pretty moody and tries to cheer him up. 

Belphie knows that he is being childish and quietly admits that he misses the hugs and kisses. 

You give him a big hug right away. 

This makes Belphie feel much better right away.

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