Question Meme

[squirreledaway]

I don't even know how long it's been. But I feel like babbling about my characters.

Question meme! Ask me headcanon-y things, shippy things, song calls, relationships, etc for my characters. I will answer and ask in return.

Goes for Emilatosk and Judith.

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[squirreledaway]

So, I think you know Emil adores Cassie.

And Ratatosk knows he is being pretty irrational about this, but the effect of the darkness on him was really weird compared to everyone else. So there is a worry of, "She probably meant that somewhere inside her." Or rather, that is what he is thinking. IT'S NOT LIKE HE LIKES YOU, PERIDOT. And I think, while he would have been more meh about the entire encounter had he not been slowly dying through it, being backed into a corner makes him resentful of anyone who does such.

And in this case, it was Cassie. So, it was all he could do to let her think he didn't give a shit, and that he was calling her bluff... And had she actually pressed forward with strangling him, his bravado would have instantly faded away. Because letting someone kill him is not something he's okay with-- but the fact that she was literally one push away from completely breaking his facade is extremely uncomfortable in and of itself.

Combine that with all of his worry about her being serious somewhere, and he just wants to leave Peridot, because that sort of weight is something he feels he absolutely cannot deal with. Or worse, he can't find his own place within the team. You can't hurt me if I'm not part of Peridot, etc. So, the next time they talk... He's going to be extremely cold, if not leaning towards being cruel, to make up for the fact that she hurt him.

Reverse?

[silentknight]

She's REALLY UPSET about how things went down. Buuuut she doesn't understand Ratatosk, or his place on the team, and she likes Emil. So he's not entirely wrong that she meant parts of it, but to regular Cass, not rocking the team boat, and trying to understand Ratatosk, totally takes precedence. Those negative feelings she has about him are things she's actively trying to overcome, but she just feels like he's never going to like her, so she'll never understand him.

Actually, she's talking to Ven about it. She's really worried that their relationship is going to be an Issue and it will hurt the team overall, though she will try her best to be repentant and patient.

(He knows how to get her mad though)

SO WHY ISN'T RATATOSK SURE ABOUT HIS PLACE ON THE TEAM aside from the things Cass has done?

[squirreledaway]

Ratatosk and teams are hard.

He's actually starting to get a little more comfortable, ironically. But Ratatosk gravitates towards Beatrice more than any other person on the team. Because she knows about his rage, and doesn't ask the type of probing questions everyone else does. And also she admitted that she has some understanding of what he feels. So, that means a lot to him, especially because Ratatosk has such a hard time with being on a team. He's a lot more comfortable in the protector/knight role than he is in any other role, but he's competing with Cassie a bit for that role, sometimes. And Ven, sometimes.

Which I think feeds into him and Cassie clashing, because he's trying to compartmentalize her, and she's trying to compartmentalize him, and things just don't fit.

What do you think Cassie's reaction's gonna be to Ratatosk being the true personality?

[silentknight]

SHE JUST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT the whole situation exists in entirely too much gray area for it to compute with her. But if she finally gets it, she'll work harder to understand him.

She just loves how cuddly emil is, and how much he likes her, and she'd be really sad if that went away, while still trying to work Ratatosk into place.

IDK I'M BAD AT QUESTIONS but this is interesting '^'

[squirreledaway]

Well, technically, Emil is the squishy part of Ratatosk! So, he has the capability to be that squishy! He just completely cut it off from himself because he couldn't deal with betrayal very well. It's kind of fascinating in that, "So... you limited yourself to untold rage because that's better than feeling sad. Good. Job. Ratatosk."

WELL, TELL ME ABOUT CASS AND YUKIO THEN!!

[silentknight]

...gg kiddo

UH THEY ARE REALLY CUTE? It was one of those things that I didn't expect and then it happened and it's gotten cuter and they're just really close now. They're going on a vacation! Eventually! But basically they've both tripped up a lot but I thiiiiink they've finally reached a point where it would take something absolutely massive to tear them apart, which I think is a relationship level-up. She's kind of over thinking he'll reject her over every little thing. idk they're really settling into their stride, ALMOST READY TO MAKE ADULT DECISIONS etc haha

Didn't Emil have some crushes going? Dish