#yes this is the equivalent of a gay sex cutscene with them for me but also i really need people to acknowledge urianger not flinching

[minarcana]

okay ive been away and you havent been subject to me talking about urianger so yknow whats been on my mind since i saw the first screencap ever of this scene

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everyones first takes was, obviously and correctly, "this is yaoi happening" and thats correct this is yaoi. but secondarily to me i care so much about urianger's development as A Guy thats really brought to head in endwalker. pretty much every time he's been touched by another person before 6.x he reacts with some form of surprise or tenseness and then has to either reject contact entirely (getting embarrassed in arr when moenbryda lifts him being the primary example) or let himself ease into it after a pause of uncertainty or discomfort (eg, moen's mom hugging him)

if he initiates contact hes fine with it (he pats ryne's head often enough) but insofar as im aware this is the first time theyve shown me urianger getting solidly touched (thancred either pats his ass or grabs his waist before this to get him up, and then claps his shoulder firmly, neither of which are really incidental easy-to-pass-off contact, but both times urianger doesn't flinch or pause for a second and instead he even immediately looks to smile at thancred. anyways thats growth and im very proud of him and i need everyone to understand that uriangers doing a very good job with both emotional and physical closeness and what i interpret as pda-related anxiety after endwalker. hes chiller. hes used to and fine with his friends touching him. maybe thancred and he practice exposure therapy and now uris used to handsiness u never know a guy can dream. all this to say please praise and acknowledge urianger for both the canon gay sex And the character growth