985 comments is close enough -- RELATIONSHIP MEME

[machiavelliyaan]

PREMONITION PREMONITION PREMONITION--

Relationship meme for Sakubo. Comment here and I'll tell you how Saku and Bo feels about your character o/ Reciprocation makes me happy but isn't required.

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[samsera]

HI SAKU HI BO

[machiavelliyaan]

Bo likes Sera, but it's a restrained kind of 'like'. That's to say, he likes Sera, and they've actually talked about a surprisingly large amount of personal things on both sides, but there's always an... emotional awkwardness he feels when they talk? I don't want to say he thinks she's talking down to him, because he doesn't, but he's very conscious of the fact that both times they met he was trying to be strong about something and deeply afraid and not handling it very well. He's a little embarrassed, and kind of shy -- especially because she's a really nice person and very understanding, but he feels very much like a kid around her. He's still going to try to talk to her a lot, because he likes her, but a lot of times when they've threaded he feels like he's struggling against his own expectations and giving off a sense that he needs to be protected, when really he wants to be useful

[samsera]

"Restrained like" is probably a good way to describe how Sera feels about Bo, too. Bo is not entirely wrong in thinking he's giving off this aura of needing to be protected - that's not quite accurate, but Sera really can't help but be aware that she's gone through huge amounts of pain and fear in kinds and intensities that Bo will hopefully never experience when she talks to him. The only way she can think of to handle the situation is to try to make it clear that that doesn't matter, but just by trying to do that she's putting herself in a position to judge his situation - she certainly thinks her own deficiencies matter, after all! He does bring out her protective side. If they met in a situation where they aren't talking about Weighty Emotional Things it might actually help with that, because Sera desperately wants to be a kid on some level, not a protector figure. She feels plenty responsible for just Embryon already. YOU ARE A NICE KID THOUGH, BO.

[machiavelliyaan]

I AM POSTING VERY SOON ABOUT PLAYING WITH STRAY ANIMALS.

Hopefully this will need less horrible protection from >D

[machiavelliyaan]

SAKU LOEV SERA. Which is pretty amazing, because she is a cute girl around Saku's age which means she's TECHNICALLY A THREAT, you KNOW YOU CAN'T TRUST ANY GIRLS, they'll TOTALLY STEAL MASTER EN IF THEY GET A CHANCE never mind that Master En is in more danger from the boys anyway. And it's not actually that Saku thinks Sera's safe in that regards. She will ALLOW that it's less likely since Sera has a boyfriend, but mostly she just tells herself that friendship is one thing, but if Master En shows up and Sera shows interest, she'll just have to destroy her.

SO THAT BIG ROADBLOCK ASIDE, Saku LOEV Sera. Sera's ... understanding, non-judgmental of their situation, doesn't pry with personal questions (though Saku sometimes wishes she would, because she's a tsundere who just doesn't talk about it otherwise). And that aside, Sera's fun to be with. Saku has never had friends around her age before, let alone girl-friends, and this is an opportunity she's definitely enjoying. And Sera's WEIRD, and that's a key point, because the thing is, Sera

[samsera]

SERA LOEV SAKU TOO. Saku... judges her, but doesn't react the way other people do, which means she can be much less delicate about some issues than she normally dares to be. Most people pity Sera for what her life has been like or feel obligated to make her feel better somehow and Saku doesn't and that is wonderful. Sera is not looking for pity but companionship! She didn't know how to take Saku at first but now she thoroughly enjoys hanging out with her and just being able to act like a kid and goof off. I'M NOT BEING VERY ARTICULATE RIGHT NOW but I think that pretty much sums it up. She has noticed that Saku's very prickly in some ways, but as long as she doesn't push things, it hasn't made a lot of difference so far... as she begins to learn Saku's limits a little more, she might well start pushing her on more issues, if only because she feels like she's been able to share a lot of her life with Saku with no reciprocation in listening. I doubt she's going to be very judgmental at any point unless Saku becomes a mass-murderer or

[machiavelliyaan]

Fortunately, mass-murderer is less likely than suicide, and that's not very likely either!

...yes.