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Infidelity Headcanons
◎ - Your Muse is in a monogamous relationship. What would have to occur that would motivate them to cheat, if anything at all?
◯ - How does your Muse feel about physical cheating? In other words, their partner doesn’t have any emotional attachment to the other person, but has gotten physically intimate with them at least once. How would they respond? Would there be any saving the relationship? How much would they care?
Δ - How does your Muse feel about emotional cheating? In other words, their partner admits to being in love or falling in love with another person, but has not done anything physical with them at this point. How would they respond? Would there be any saving the relationship? How much would they care?
All very interesting questions.
Normally, I would answer them separately but they’re kinda all entangled together so I’ll just... ramble a little.
The first one is pretty simple. Ozai isn’t one to cheat. If the relationship has become unacceptable to him, or he finds himself wanting something else, it would be ended bluntly and without remorse. If that’s not a possibility, he’d begrudgingly remain loyal to the marriage, but this is more out of a duty to his land/the laws than any real respect for the other he’s stuck with.
So I think Ozai cares much, much more about emotional cheating than physical. In fact, I think there were a few threads where he openly told Ursa that if his physical abilities lacking, to go find fulfillment with another man.
But she still belongs to him first and foremost and expects that to be respected.
There’s also the concept of consent, too. He’d probably be far more agitated if he hadn’t explicitly given permission for an open relationship.
As for emotional cheating... the comics pretty much sum it up. He expects your dedication to be to him. He’ll acknowledge that emotions cannot be controlled. That love is something that happens regardless of your intent. But that doesn’t mean it has to be acted on. He won’t deny you love for others. But so long as you’re in a relationship with him, he should be the one you primarily focus your attention on.
It’s also important to note that his environment plays a huge part in his thoughts.
Ozai is vaguely somewhere grey asexual and doesn’t distinguish much between romantic versus strong platonic relationships.
The most important thing is to just fucking tell him. He doesn’t want to play games about guessing how you feel, or what you want from him. He will tend to all your needs and problems if you let him, but if you don’t tell him there’s a problem, he’s not going to magically figure it out himself.