Character Dynamics - Blog Posts

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TROPES/DYNAMICS I LIKE

as a com/darkshipper !

showed up one day x doesn't know where they came from

amnesia x someone they used to hate (bonus points if they find out and are afraid of them again)

brainwashed x the person trying to save them (bonus: they still betray them in the end)

hate each other but stuck together because of traumabonding

codependent addicts

father figure x traumatized boy (could be romantic or platonic)

dying x slowly killing them

catatonic x manic

on the run together

shy priest x depraved stalker

bully x bully (bonus if they're childhood friends) (bonus bonus for internalized homophobia)

the worst x hates them but feels obligated to stay because of an "i can fix them"

friends to lovers to enemies

trying to kill each other but they end up falling in love anyway (bonus if one of them is still forced to kill the other and it absolutely breaks them)

condescending x condescending-er

childhood friends but one forgot the other

A Dynamic!

ACTUAL DIALOG IN ALT TEXT, I ACCIDENTALLY DEFAULTED TO HE SOMETIMES (ENGLISH NOT FIRST LANGUAGE)

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Saeryu >>> Ryusae ও

I just can't see Sae as the bottom, he would (imo) never be submissive toward anyone.

➤ Many people say he's delicate and girly, but honestly, he's way too prideful, confident and dominant to be girly lmfao it just doesn't fit ngl

➤ I mean, I absolutely love fem Sae (Sae is an unisex name, like, Charlie and Sam e.g., so it's actually not only a girl's name (many ppl think that though) and because of that and his childhood bangs he's apparently comparable to a girl...)

➤ But still, it's actually so funny (imo) that some people would rather have Sae as the bottom, even though he doesn't even match that energy, when there's Shidou who looks, acts and dresses quite feminine ও

╰➤ Example ᡣ𐭩 :

╰➤ some official art

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Like, help, I've even seen people saying Sae's trans... I mean, I respect lots of opinions, but this one is so weird tbh, because we all know it's not the case, since he was born a boy and not a girl. He doesn't even look like a female, not the slightest bit. Men can have long lashes, sometimes even longer eyelashes than women, so that's not a feature that's considered girly and his hair is just messy -> I had bangs too as a kid😭

Back to Saeryu ও :

✎ I mean, I like the idea of them switching or smth, but Sae as the bottom doesn't make any sense to me (some people act like he's helpless and fragile, so he needs someone to make him feel good or smth. Bro, he's organized, confident, fearless, arrogant as hell, blunt and nonchalant, he doesn't need a strong man who carries him to bed??😭)

✎ Also if Shidou was real, he'd definitely look more feminine than masculine. He's the type of dude who wears make-up, a choker, a hairband and has pink-dyed hair. Also in that one official art where he's wearing wings and horns he talked about putting the horns up his ass... (where's the soccer ball, bro😦)

✎ Anyways, Sae should just wrap his arms around his waist and kiss the shit out of him👍🏼 ও

-> Lemme know what kinda dynamic you like more, because I love talking about it (if you haven't noticed already hihi) Saeryu tho >>> ☻

I see your ‘Sun/moon ship dynamic,’ and raise you ‘binary stars dynamic’ as in— we orbit each other. We stay in place and keep moving for the other because they won’t stop pulling us in and we won’t stop chasing them. We will draw each other closer and closer until we merge together and explode into a single, beautiful nebula made of our combined star dust. And the nebula is beautiful because it’s us together, because we were always meant to rip ourselves apart to put ourselves back together as one. We are on a path of mutually assured destruction but we can’t turn back now. it’s already happened. It hasn’t happened yet… but it will.

We are in love, after all.

PREACH!

I love the platonic relationships between Dick and the other members of the batfam. Dick loves so thoughroghly and I love when its portrayed as swallowing him whole, his love drowns him.

His dynamic with Bruce, the anger, the trust and the love.

His dynamic with Jason, the guilt, the relief and the love he has for him

His dynamic with Tim, the pride, the trust and love.

His dynamic with Damian is by far one of my favourites as it has the guilt of 'replacing' Bruce as the father figure while he was stuck in the time stream, it has the unbridled pride in who Damian has turned into, it has the implicit trust that comes from working together as Batman and Robin. (I am ill for these two I love them so much)

His dynamic with Steph and the development of it when Bruce is in the timestream is also really precious to me, because that's his Batgirl.

The most common denominator is the love that he holds for them all, that is his family. He will be damned if he loses them again and he loves with his whole being.

I dont know enough about his relationship with Cass or Duke to properly talk about it yet :(

(I love Dick Grayson sosososo much)

Small Rant About Dynamics (ft. Damian Wayne & Dick Grayson)

it pains me whenever people seem to think all love is romantic love, or that romantic love automatically means the love for each other is greater. Platonic love that is so great- overwhelming until it fills every corner and crevice of your heart- makes me sick. whenever fic authors potray the insane amount of love that Dick holds for Damian- more so than he holds for the others- drives me crazy. The fact that Dick would do anything, kill and hurt and die and come back, just for Damian screws with me so badly simply because i know some will take them as romantic. But in reality, Dick literally just loves Damian so much. like thats his baby and you take it romantically :( they just make me so sad and miserable but they can cure me all at once

This dynamic pops up super frequently when I’m brainstorming OCs and their stories. Is it projecting? Maybe…

Bonus points if they just wanted to be friends the whole time.

Dynamics: Part 1, <Next!>

(Warning for word vomit ahead!)

I did say I have more storyish/lore stuff planned XD

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So in this Au, F!Raph died when Cj was 5. So there’s not much to say future wise. Cuz Cj rmbs zilch

Present wise: there was inital awkwardness for Cj meeting someone he’s only ever heard stories off plus that awkwardness of meeting someone new. But it was a breath of fresh air for Case, cuz surrounded by these reminders and unfamiliarity, Raph hurts the least. In the first few days post invasion, Cj hung out a lot with Raph cuz everyone was kinda down for the count. April couldn’t be around 24/7 cuz she had to check in with her human family, Mikey was spending the first 3-5 days sleeping alot cuz mystic exhaustion plus his hands. Donnie was in his lab a lot trying to process all the events, plus fix everything the Krang broke and Leo was in his week long coma. And Splints who decided to get off the couch for once was stretched thin trying to look out for everyone and so as a result the two were kinda just smushed tgt allowing them to bond.

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Overall I picture their dynamic as the most laidback (drama free). Largely in part cuz; A)Cj has less emotional hang ups cuz he doesn’t have to expand mental energy to manage his expectations or manage * cough push down cough * any crushing grief/feelings of abandonment/anger cuz said feelings of abandonment cuz he doesn’t rmb F!Raph to have an attachment, tho he does occasionally feel a bit guilty sometimes for hanging out with Raph but that’s a comic for another time.

B) while Cj is a menace. He’s also a sensible and kind (everyone say thank you F!Mikey) menace who sees how stressed Raph gets trying to wrangle all 3 brothers and feels bad about adding more to his plate. And plus is also very much aware of his mortality and others mortality cuz apocalypse. So the menace only comes out during chill time. Not on missions. Misson wise he’s just like he is in the movie trying to get everyone to stay on track. Which Raph rlly appreciates. But even during chill time Cj is arguably the “calmer” one cuz that’s just how he is as a person. Tho that calmer is debatable cuz it’s by Raph’s skewed standards of his other siblings not normal ppl standards to normal ppl Case still looks unhinged lmao.

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but generally if they’re hanging out 1 on 1 (in a group setting it’s a whole diff story) Cj tries his best to not stress Raph too much. Unless the menace/cain instinct is hitting hard that day. Cuz he’s a sweet boy liek that. 😂. so they’re usually doing typical chill friend things, watching movies, sparring, sharing bout their day, . causally wandering around topside/Hidden city. With the undercurrent of Raph trade mark mother-henning and Cj depending on the circumstances either goes along with it or tries to get Raph to back off cuz it worries/irritates Cj. All in all they’re just your typical very wholesome older- younger brother dynamic

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Side note: Raph and Cj are honestly lowkey relieved their hangouts/dynamic are so chill. They love their family but man do they both need a break sometimes XD. For Junior it’s cuz seeing the dead not dead version of family plus struggle of grief/ juggling his expectations for said family is exhausting and having someone whose removed from that whole situation is like phew thank god. For Raph he’s just so glad he has a little brother/sibling/friend who doesn’t have a 95% chance of turning anything (even fricking ice) into a grease fire when left unsupervised unintentionally or not. Tho tbh causal theft, looser morals and gratuitous use of blackmail and occasional pranks may not be much better. Cj is truly his fathers son 😂