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stinkysh-t

my beloved nilvan

vivephim

let’s go, the clock is ticking...

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spicymochi

he is sitting and pondering

heavenslittlemachine-deactivate

i have sympathy for the victims of the hawtwah investments scheme, as i too was recently divested of an item of significance -- my precious green stone, not worth much in coin but of the utmost sentimental value -- by a traveling alchemist who vowed that he could transmute it into a treasure more rare than gold or silver, by whose sign i would be made into a king and endowed with a kingdom. i forfeited my stone and two copper bits as payment, and after three days and three nights had passed, the alchemist returned. he said that the operation was an absolute success, but when i outstretched my hand to receive my promised reward, he pulled a bit of ash from his satchel and rubbed it into my palm, in the mark of a cross. "but where is my treasure?" said i. "this is it." "and where is my kingdom?" "it is this!"

nyxx-nth

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granolatheft

I like reading DE fanfic but imo the characterization of Harry and Kim is like several steps away from canon in the majority of fics. There is a dynamic that writers tend to favor that is Harry as expressive, clingy, does dumb and impulsive things for the sake of it and Kim the stoic, patient, empathetic minimalist.

And in canon Harry pretty explicitly struggles to form regular facial expressions while Kim has to put substantial effort into controlling his. Harry can choose to go off without Kim or attempt to drive him away while Kim will very rarely leave him alone. Kim is also almost always the one to initiate physical contact between them. Harry typically has some sort of internal reasoning behind his actions, even if they seem nonsensical to an onlooker, but Kim will often do things or agree to plans just because it amuses him.

The biggest thing that bothers me is that in fics Kim often takes on a role of a sort of mediator, settling disagreements, deescalating situations, clearing up misunderstandings. I think that in many ways, that’s the kind of person that he aspires to be, but canonically he has pretty fucking awful people skills. He can barely have a conversation without putting on the role of Cop. I think that one of the main things he admires about Harry is his ability to read people and connect with them.

Idk man. Let Kim be a socially awkward dork and let Harry have more depth than a golden retriever archetype