1. I think Gojyo's a closet cuddler. These days they're on the road, and so most often now they have quick, quiet sex, whenever they have the chance. When they have a little more time and space, they like to go slow.
2. Gojyo!
3. Is Gojyo a slob, or is Hakkai too picky? SPOILER: THEY ARE BOTH RIGHT.
4. I don't think either of them will cope, ngl. But I suspect Gojyo would cope better, and they'd both handle natural causes better than the alternative.
5. The journey ends and they go home, except a family's been squatting in the house for months, and while Hakkai is tempted to kick them out, one look at Gojyo's face rules out that idea. They end up hiking over to the temple and spending the night there (Sanzo's bitching answered with Gojyo's "we saved the fucking world for these assholes, I think they can put us up for the night", and in the morning they find a different house, a little nicer, a little bigger, more theirs than the old one had ever been.
There's still an adventure or two ahead, but nothing they can't handle.
Tenpou and Kenren:
1. They like to play around with authority and rank, and half the time they end up having sex with all or part of Kenren's uniform still on. They are remarkably good at silence; they have to be, and often have sex in Tenpou's office because people could hardly notice them there anyway.
2. Kenren. No points for mullets, even though Tenpou rocks his.
3. "You're going to get yourself killed if you..." and assorted variations.
4. Since the only way for gods to die is to be killed, I'd say they'd both handle it badly and it would end in buckets of blood.
5. Canon, I guess: Their souls escape Down Below, so they can find each other again.
1. YESSS. I have been theorizing for aaaaaaages that anyone as touchy-feely as we see Gojyo being in canon would in all likelihood be a cuddle-fiend in the bedroom. (And I have often wondered if a part of his ladies-man routine is down to simply craving *touch*, and framing that in terms of being a horndog makes it acceptably macho and cool in a way that actually admitting to wanting/liking cuddling wouldn't be.)
(Also, while I imagine Gojyo would be game to play along with just about anything a partner asked for in bed, if anyone there is going to be SERIOUSLY kinked it's Hakkai, Y/Y/oh god hold me I'm scared?)
4. Yeah, he is not really one for massive overkill lashing-out like Hakkai, or even really overt suicidal tendencies...worst comes to worst I can imagine him lapsing back into his more slow-and-indirect self-destructive sort of lifestyle, or throwing himself into battle in a more careless sort of pursuit of indirect-suicide-via-combat, but I can't see things going quite as spectacularly horrible as they could if Hakkai were pushed too far; and it's a lot easier for me to imagine that he might have changed and grown enough to be able to muddle on through.
2A. Heh...call me a stickler, but I can't quite see Tenpou's hair as what I'd call a proper mullet? I'd class that as just long hair with bangs -- it's the same basic cut as Houmei or Koumyou, just all at slightly different lengths (and not as well-groomed for Ten-chan, natch.) To my eyes the short bits need to extend at least behind the ears at a bare minimum for it to count as truly mullet-y, and the more short hair there is on the top/back of the head, the more mullety it is. Gonou's hair was more of a mullet, IMO, since the short layers seemed to wrap further back on the head and the long section was more of a thin section at the nape of the neck; Hakkai's hair in youkai form seems fairly similar, there are shorter sections clearly visible on the back of his head. Tenpou, OTOH, he just looks to me like someone who started with completely unlayered long hair all over and just hacked short the bits in front that fell in his eyes...
1. OH YES. (I don't think it's just touch, either, it's people wanting him, on any level, valuing him, even if it's just for a tumble. and Y/Y/saaavemeeee.)
4. On one level, he's pretty much muddled through his whole life, poor kid.
2A. Hmmm, yeah, but I saw enough Proud and Amazing Mullets in my day to write the whole look off, I guess. Hee.
1. YES YES YES. Even if his pickups only want him for a disposable one-night-stand, it's still being *wanted*; and being good in the sack is pretty much the only skill he has that seems like it might have gotten him more positive attention than negative. Brawling? Other than praise from crap allies like Banri, I can imagine he might be getting less praise for his fighting skills and strength and more grumbling from the guys he beat up, and maybe even some condemnation from bystanders for being a troublemaker; ditto for gambling, maybe some of the barfly girls praise him for being good at it but at the same time all the people he's beating at cards are not likely to be very happy about his skills. Sex and flirtation, OTOH, while there's bound to be some sour grapes from the guys who aren't as lucky with the ladies, or more conservative folks expressing disapproval for his sluttiness, that sort of thing seems like it would carry a lot less emotional weight for him than the girls telling him how good he is. (And holy crap, getting not just approval but enthusiastic FEMALE approval for maybe the first time in his life? I bet the poor dumb kid got absolutely DRUNK with it when he realized that this was something he was good at that made women happy with him.)
2A. Hee, yes, and to be fair the way those bangs stick up do give much more of an illusion of mulletitude than the smoother-haired folks like Koumyou. And it's certainly not as if there is ANY SORT OF MULLET SHORTAGE going on in the Minekura-verse, either! XD
1. EXACTLY. I do suspect Gojyo was in the habit of scamming visitors and people passing through, rather than locals, for that whole self-preservation thing. Probably has a few regular games with a guy or two who thinks they can beat him, but that's it. (Was it the timeline or that interview with Minekura where she said he probably floated along on older women's attentions for a while?)
The gigolo thing comes up in both the Saiyuubito profiles and the Reload Blast profiles -- no specific mention of older women, but considering the boy was in his teens I'd imagine none of his sugar mamas were any *younger* than him!
And yeah, depending on the size of the town and how many travelers they get passing through, I can see him maybe having to fleece locals at least some of the time too -- but in those cases he's people-savvy enough that I think he'd have figured out from experience that emptying out the same regulars' wallets time after time is a good way to make enemies; days when he's got enough cash reserve to cover his bills, it wouldn't surprise me if he deliberately plays a little badly or folds early even though he's winning, just to keep the suckers thinking they have a chance...
Gojyo and Hakkai:
1. I think Gojyo's a closet cuddler. These days they're on the road, and so most often now they have quick, quiet sex, whenever they have the chance. When they have a little more time and space, they like to go slow.
2. Gojyo!
3. Is Gojyo a slob, or is Hakkai too picky? SPOILER: THEY ARE BOTH RIGHT.
4. I don't think either of them will cope, ngl. But I suspect Gojyo would cope better, and they'd both handle natural causes better than the alternative.
5. The journey ends and they go home, except a family's been squatting in the house for months, and while Hakkai is tempted to kick them out, one look at Gojyo's face rules out that idea. They end up hiking over to the temple and spending the night there (Sanzo's bitching answered with Gojyo's "we saved the fucking world for these assholes, I think they can put us up for the night", and in the morning they find a different house, a little nicer, a little bigger, more theirs than the old one had ever been.
There's still an adventure or two ahead, but nothing they can't handle.
Tenpou and Kenren:
1. They like to play around with authority and rank, and half the time they end up having sex with all or part of Kenren's uniform still on. They are remarkably good at silence; they have to be, and often have sex in Tenpou's office because people could hardly notice them there anyway.
2. Kenren. No points for mullets, even though Tenpou rocks his.
3. "You're going to get yourself killed if you..." and assorted variations.
4. Since the only way for gods to die is to be killed, I'd say they'd both handle it badly and it would end in buckets of blood.
5. Canon, I guess: Their souls escape Down Below, so they can find each other again.
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(Also, while I imagine Gojyo would be game to play along with just about anything a partner asked for in bed, if anyone there is going to be SERIOUSLY kinked it's Hakkai, Y/Y/oh god hold me I'm scared?)
4. Yeah, he is not really one for massive overkill lashing-out like Hakkai, or even really overt suicidal tendencies...worst comes to worst I can imagine him lapsing back into his more slow-and-indirect self-destructive sort of lifestyle, or throwing himself into battle in a more careless sort of pursuit of indirect-suicide-via-combat, but I can't see things going quite as spectacularly horrible as they could if Hakkai were pushed too far; and it's a lot easier for me to imagine that he might have changed and grown enough to be able to muddle on through.
2A. Heh...call me a stickler, but I can't quite see Tenpou's hair as what I'd call a proper mullet? I'd class that as just long hair with bangs -- it's the same basic cut as Houmei or Koumyou, just all at slightly different lengths (and not as well-groomed for Ten-chan, natch.) To my eyes the short bits need to extend at least behind the ears at a bare minimum for it to count as truly mullet-y, and the more short hair there is on the top/back of the head, the more mullety it is. Gonou's hair was more of a mullet, IMO, since the short layers seemed to wrap further back on the head and the long section was more of a thin section at the nape of the neck; Hakkai's hair in youkai form seems fairly similar, there are shorter sections clearly visible on the back of his head. Tenpou, OTOH, he just looks to me like someone who started with completely unlayered long hair all over and just hacked short the bits in front that fell in his eyes...
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4. On one level, he's pretty much muddled through his whole life, poor kid.
2A. Hmmm, yeah, but I saw enough Proud and Amazing Mullets in my day to write the whole look off, I guess. Hee.
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2A. Hee, yes, and to be fair the way those bangs stick up do give much more of an illusion of mulletitude than the smoother-haired folks like Koumyou. And it's certainly not as if there is ANY SORT OF MULLET SHORTAGE going on in the Minekura-verse, either! XD
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1. EXACTLY. I do suspect Gojyo was in the habit of scamming visitors and people passing through, rather than locals, for that whole self-preservation thing. Probably has a few regular games with a guy or two who thinks they can beat him, but that's it. (Was it the timeline or that interview with Minekura where she said he probably floated along on older women's attentions for a while?)
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And yeah, depending on the size of the town and how many travelers they get passing through, I can see him maybe having to fleece locals at least some of the time too -- but in those cases he's people-savvy enough that I think he'd have figured out from experience that emptying out the same regulars' wallets time after time is a good way to make enemies; days when he's got enough cash reserve to cover his bills, it wouldn't surprise me if he deliberately plays a little badly or folds early even though he's winning, just to keep the suckers thinking they have a chance...
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