TL;DR cr meme

[glitchinthesystem]

THE TL;DR CR Meme

It's that time again and why not start it off with a heart warming and tragic foreshadowing gif?

1. Post with your characters - if you have more than one, make a catch all under one header.
2. respond to other people's characters with your characters.
3. They will tell you exactly what their character thinks of your character in depth! Icly or oocly! Make it long, this is teal deer territory after all.
4. React if you wish!
5. You can use this stuff for cr charts or you can even link to something you have written.
6. This is brought to you by irony from one of the more unfriendly characters in game.

 

 

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[orangehoodie]

oh god ARE YOU READY FOR THIS

First it has to be established that while Ken does unknowingly look to Minato with brotherly fondness, unlike with Jaime, Ken has spent no time imagining what it would be like to have a brother like Minato. That's not because he wouldn't want him to be, but because he has no need for a brother like Minato if he'll already have Minato himself and he wouldn't give up this friendship with him for anything. (And this point we'll get back to.) That difference is mostly because he knows of Jaime as someone's older brother, but he doesn't know the younger sibling in question. He's also different from Tadashi where he knows and is friends with Hiro, and the fact that Tadashi is a lost brother means Ken is protective of those brothers' relationship and will not dare to have any thoughts that make him cross the line. Ken and Minato are both only childs so he has none of that association, and he also already has a special name for his relationship with him. Minato is a teammate and a leader, and for Ken who's finally starting to see SEES as something he belonged in -- it's only been a couple weeks since he started consistently calling Iwatodai 'home' rather than 'the world I came from' -- that's something way more special and irreplaceable than a simple friendship because it comes with the unspoken promise of understanding. They're not just his teammates, but people who know that he isn't crazy for being able to see the Dark Hour. And Minato is not only the person who leads, but also the one who explicitly and physically welcomed him (back) into the circle with all those hugs and the lent headphones. Ken will never want a brother like Minato; he wants this one. He wants to keep this relationship.

Minato had probably saved Ken in a lot of ways. He's not unaware of it; in fact, he absolutely craves this sort of acceptance so Minato's been doing great on that front. Ken's so keenly aware of how much everybody has reached out to him that it hurts, but instead of wallowing in the guilt of "I don't deserve this" that he plagued himself with, he's trying to roll with it and accept it until maybe it starts to feel natural. Ken's still at an impressionable age and while Minato might not be the best choice for a normalcy role model (god), he's definitely looking to him because he knows Minato's not perfect. He used to be like Akihiko, really. They're older, stronger, smarter, unflappable, but while Ken's disillusionment of Akihiko's grandeur is caused by Ken's changing perception (he can't quite agree with the guy's headstrong-ness yet because he doesn't understand it, and he thinks it's too flawed), Minato's brought down from the pedestal of "strong, invincible leader" because he's shared some of his vulnerabilities with Ken. He and his oddities have a way of saying "it's okay" that Ken's self-aware enough to realize he really, really needed. There's a way to have fun with this guy while also knowing that Minato will rely on him if they have to in battle. What I'm trying to say is, having time to sit down and get to know Minato without the stress of Strega and the Dark Hour is helping Ken grow through something he was supposed to have a lot more of at this age: consistent positive interaction with somebody he likes. It's easier to accept being a kid and not being as stupid-strong as Minato "I can use like a gazillion Personas and do anything" Arisato or Akihiko "I punch Shadows with my FISTS" Sanada when the most significant thing in your everyday life isn't life-or-death battles and adults trying to kill you.

And this strangely peaceful lifestyle here in MOM is addicting. Ken's a kid, so sometimes his thought processes and worldviews can be simple, but he is smart and he's seen a lot and most of all, he overthinks. A. Lot. You let Ken's mind loose and it'll think so hard and fast and out of control it can climb Tartarus all on its own, and one conclusion it's reached during his time here is that the 'Ken Amada' that arrived in MOM is a separate entity from the 'Ken Amada' of Iwatodai. He doesn't know about the theory of multiple verses or Schrödinger's Cat, but he heard from Jaime early on that so far, you can't take back anything to your home world. You'll return to the moment you were taken from, and that's that. For Ken, that means returning to the alleyway on October 6, hungry and alone. Minato assured him that he's still a part of SEES in the future, but that's not really a positive thing anymore. He likes his life here. He likes that he has friends and that he and Shinjiro are trying now. He likes that he doesn't have to cry in his room over horrible blisters and pains from Mudo attacks after everyone's gone to bed. He likes that Minato spends time with him, and getting to know him, and he finally has things to call his own now. He doesn't have to fill his emptiness with anger or hatred anymore because he has so much, and Minato started this chain of dominos with the armband he pinned to his sleeve that first meeting. He just gets inexplicably happy being around Leader so Minato will be able to glance over at him when they're just sitting together and find him smiling to himself sometimes. He adores the guy like no other and he's definitely his favorite person here, and he wants to spend more time with him and get to know him more, and he doesn't view it as a debt but he really wants to return some of that kindness he received from him while here!

All that said, Ken's also growing to be incredibly possessive of Minato here. Not against anybody else he's meeting here, but against himself -- that is, the 'Ken Amada' that's back in Iwatodai, who as far as Ken is concerned is the one who'll get to 'live on.' He was too down in the dumps to care at first, but with how precious and dear everything he's gained in MOM is to Ken, the idea of losing all of it if he gets returned to Iwatodai is unbearable. He's especially attached to this relationship with Minato because he's the one he sees the most, and that'll only get stronger once he realizes that he is dead. He's already full of the desire to protect him and emotionally invested in Hiro being able to save Tadashi's life -- learning that not only will he fail at saving him, but that he's already failed, will be crushing and probably fuel the deep envy he's feeling toward himself. He's so jealous. He really wants to stay and he wants everybody to stay, but he also knows that a lot of people -- himself included! -- have duties and worlds they have to get back to, so he's torn on that because he associates returning with the death of who he is now, and like he's said multiple times now, he doesn't want to die at all. Really all he wants is to stick close to his friends, learn about music so he could talk about it more with Leader, take Koromaru on walks, have more parties... have a shot at this 'normal' life that he and Minato have missed out on? And he's absolutely possessive and protective of that. Magicman told him that he would do anything to be with the people he wants to be with, and while he realized that as a selfish way of thinking and it actually chilled him, it resonates a lot with where Ken is now, and it clung to him in the way everything did when he was so vulnerable right after his attempt to die. What if he could do anything to hold on to what he has now, because his future in this world -- whether or not he'll even be able to stay here -- is unpredictable at best, and he really doesn't want to give Minato up to the Ken he left back home.

god this is overkill sorry your friends are never without issues Minato
once a vengeful shota forever a vengeful shota