#when vermouth pretends to be azusa...

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"Vermouth talking to Shinichi dressed as Azusa like it's no big deal" --> It was histerical, like the woman spent lord knows how many hours doing the disguise, then she doesn't bother (at all) to act the part, like... Dafuq Vermouth, were you bored or what? There wasn't anything in Netflix that grabbed your attention? You are a dangerous cold blooded assassin woman, what are you doing!!?? I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU

THIS IS WHY I LOVE VERMOUTH SO MUCH 

SHE’S JUST SO CHILL SOMETIMES WHEN SHE REALLY SHOULDN’T BE AND I LOVE HER FOR IT. 

Remember in the confrontation with the BO during the monster cruise ship thingy? The first time we knew who Jodie and Akai really were, etc… At the end of that she just casually kidnaps Shinichi and bets with him about leaving Haibara alone. They just have a very normal conversation like they’re deciding what movie to watch???? They’re just so chill about it???? Like y’all supposed to be sworn enemies guys 

guys

And then there’s another moment like this in the Mystery Train where Yukiko and Vermouth are just casually talking about like, life, and circumstances, and their plans??? And Yukiko’s like yes Shinichi knows you will protect him and Vermouth’s like ??? I guess yeah??? 

If I would’ve been Vermouth I would’ve been like bitch!!! not anymore!!! but she was just like ya alright 

??????

And then the whole Azusa thing happened and I lost it I swear to God is Vermouth even part of the BO anymore??? Why isn’t she just officially joining the Shinichi team???? They’re like bros??? They’re just casually chilling… talking about Azusa…. Like Vermouth should try to keep her cover even a little bit I mean Shinichi’s clever and all but there’s a slight chance maybe he hasn’t figured it out but no????? She just pretends to be Ran and lets him know?????? And then she tells Ran she’s literally one of the only two treasures she has???? WHAT GAME YOU FUCKIN PLAYIN VERMOUTH?????? 

Anyway I love her and I wish her the best. 

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Question: Some headcanons on the difference in behavior from Amuro/Rei/Bourbon? Like, for example: Who is more Arrogant? Silly? Flirty? Loud? Sarcastic? Idk, what ever you can think off xD Because I have the feeling all his personas are so different from each other. And I love HC ❤ [I'm sorry, I will send this ask to 2 more people, I need more hc in my live and couldn't decide to who of you three I should send it too ;^; and I call him Amuro even when Rei is his true name, I'm so used to Amuro]

Ahahahaha awwww thank you for the ask anon

Also SORRY anon because I’m fairly certain you wanted headcanons of Rei in different specific situations that were probably meant to be mostly silly.  I am not terribly good at being silly sometimes so instead I wrote a 800 word summary of my disorganized thoughts on how I interpret Rei and his different personas.  I apologize for being a Mood Killer in this case and I hope you will accept this offering as an apology.

Hmmm… To be honest, I think Amuro and Rei as personas are fairly similar to one another in terms of their speech patterns and everyday demeanor; it’s really difficult to maintain a persona completely different than your normal demeanor for long periods of time.  With Amuro, he has to go to work most days with Azusa, and he’s keeping a constant eye on Conan and company, so he’d pick something that’s more on the affable side to seem less suspicious, but also something that’s difficult for him to slip up on.

Date calls him a gentleman, and I don’t think he’s acting in that case, so I’d probably conclude that Rei is like Amuro, but with a much harder slant to his character.  One of the ways you can catch when Rei is acting is when he does something more characteristic of his true self as Amuro before realizing it and pulling back.  The two examples I’m thinking of are his intro case and the rock star case: in the former, the part where he dodges the husband’s fist before stepping back and pretending he’s afraid of violence, and in the latter, the one part where he makes excellent deductions before just stepping back like “Well I’m still learning to be a detective!!”

Rei is determined, calculating, and probably fairly arrogant–I say “probably” because I peg the whole case with him and the FBI agents as exaggerated acting, not false in how he feels but definitely scaled up to prepare for Vermouth’s gig.  He’s definitely confident in himself and his own abilities, and he’s willing to take great risks based on them.  He does what he thinks is right, and sometimes that means taking judgments on whether the ends justify the means (see: again, the case right before he confronts Subaru).

Amuro, naturally then, is him more laidback and polite–he pretends to be opposed to violence, and he keeps his personality nontheatening and easy to overlook.  He defers a lot to his supposed superiors (like Kogoro), too, and he generally follows the path of least resistance.  I also doubt he’d ever talk badly about anyone who wasn’t Shuichi, haha.  So, if you ask me, he’s most likely to be intentionally silly as Amuro.  (See: calling Kogoro Mouri-sensei.  I’m pretty sure Rei likes messing with Kogoro a little bit.)

Bourbon strikes me as an aspect of Rei’s personality that’s been magnified and intensified–Rei acts a lot like Bourbon when he thinks he’s around Shuichi, like the rock star case, in which he has no incentive to be acting like Bourbon specifically.  Which leads me to think that the murderousness at Shuichi there is all Rei.

In general, Bourbon’s speech patterns also match Rei’s in my mind, but he adds in a lot of venom behind his delivery (affably evil, if you would).  He’s trying to embody a manipulative, cunning villain who just happens to talk politely–and his personality as Rei is far from that, but not too far.  Generally speaking, undercover agents need to understand the people they’re pretending to be, and Rei has to be the same way–so rather than shying away from Bad People And Things, I see him as more of a person who understands them and how they work, and Bourbon is mostly pretending to embrace that understanding.  (Possibly because he’s had a past with them?  Who knows what his relationship with Elena was all about?)  And actually embracing it, in many ways.  See: his original decision to hand Shuichi over to the BO to get into their inner circle.

That being said, most undercover agents also need something concrete to ground them, usually some sort of morality-related thing, and it’s usually religion, or their family, or something like that.  He’s got none of that in any persona, the closest thing being his own sense of justice and determination to see the BO obliterated off the face of Japan.  So perhaps that’s why he’s so prone to slippage and forgetting his real targets, as Shuichi puts it.

Honestly, I think Rei has a lot of honor too–he’s mad in movie 20 when Shuichi seems to be implying that he doesn’t trust Japan’s police, and he’s mad at the FBI for figuratively stepping on the PSB’s toes.  A lot of his strongest motivations are extremely personal in nature.  (Cough, cough, Akaaaaaaaaaaaai!!!)

ANYWAYS, I probably have more to say on this subject, but I can’t really think of anything right now, haha :’D  That’s most of my thoughts about Rei!  If we’re not talking about Gundam crossovers and parallels anyways because I could write entire essays on that.  But this is kind of way too long as is.  It’s basically my personal interpretation of Rei!