I deadass just posted about jornoth, but I'm doing it again bc the last post invoked another idea Xornoth definitely wouldn't have gotten the best perspective on romance and love, in my opinion. I mean, the dude seems to have been dragged away by Exor when he was a child and forced into being a champion. There would not have been much sighting of positive relationships. When he feels the aforementioned alterous attraction I mentioned in a previous post , I imagine he would mistake it for romantic attraction. As in: "Well, this isn't sexual. And it doesn't seem platonic. So perhaps it's romantic? Good enough." So, he awkwardly tells Joey about it solely because "Why not. He's already pushy enough. Might as well shut up his persistent (figurative) begging for my love." and they just accept his affection because it invokes some kind of emotion, and maybe this is what love is, he supposes. Joey, I feel like, based off the impression he gives me, would've been so overjoyed at "reciprocated love" that he barely notices the lack of anything but a minor appreciation for his affections.
Doomed yaoi my beloved /silly