Vlad is your childhood friend. You two grew together like there was invisible glue in between. Yall never forget about each other no matter how much time passed. At least that's how your childhood best friend thought. Hoped so, even.
You were his light - right from the start. Your presence alone provided his life with meaning - something Vlad needed badly as a child who grew up in a broken household, if you can even call it that.
Your childhood best friend doesn't like to remeber how was it like to grow up around a father who was like a live corpse with his alcohol addiction and severe depression, and a mother who never dreamed big and got pregnant at a young age; back when both of his parents thought it will just magically work out.
Playing with you after you returned from school (the same place he was afraid of going to) - made his entire day if not even a week.
But when it became obvious that it's time to separate to pursue higher education and other adult life milestones - Vlad hoped you two will meet again. And he hoped it will be as soon as humanly possible.
So instead of going to his local college like his parents told him to, he decided to spend a year to make enough money so he could find you and get accepted to your college. There was no way in hell Vlad would accept failure, so he went all way in just to achieve his goal.
"H-hi, [name]~ Wow, I didn't expect that w-we will meet again l-like that ha-ha~"
Little did he know, getting accepted to the same college as you - wouldn't be as hard as keeping your attention at him. After all - achieving something practical like saving up money and going to a specific college isn't as hard as forcing someone to like you.
"People are not toys..." - is what your best friend kept telling himself time and time again when he felt possessive over you. "I'm not the only person in the world. I shouldn't be so selfish and just let her choose someone she actually likes..."
I'll preface this by saying that my knowledge of tropes isn't exactly great. I only know the very basic ones I've encountered myself in Otome games and the like, but I tried to look some up for this ask!
I guess ALL romances with the main five would fall into some versions of the "Stuck Together" and "Forced Proximity" tropes. They're all practically unwilling roommates in the first book of the remake (less so in the original since they leave the house early on).
If "Monsterlove" is a trope I'd say it fits almost every main character too since they're only human in appearance.
The tropes are somewhat dependent on how you play and interact with the characters. The game is being written with character interactions and relationships at the forefront, which means there can be different dynamics within a romance. This also depends on the character in question and what their personality is like, though.
I'll include the rest under the cut since it includes some mild spoilers.
Azuridian/Azuridia - Rivals to lovers (more so in the remake since A has reasons to think the MC is more powerful/knowledgeable about things than they first assumed). I also read that Bully Romance is apparently a trope and I want to include it here just because it's funny, haha. You can bully them back, though. Hate to Love You fits if you play an MC who hates A but feels drawn to them nonetheless. Enemies to Lovers could fit if you choose/get the romantic interactions with A while never really becoming their ally, though I guess Enemies AND Lovers is a better way to describe that dynamic. Reluctant Allies.
The Masked One/Masked Man/Masked Lady - Potentially Enemies to lovers. Potentially Hate to Love You. Captive falls for Captor, sort of? Forbidden Love, maybe. Eldritch Monster-ish Love, if that's a trope. Villain With the MC. In Love With the Mark.
I guess I also have to put Shadow Daddy (and Mommy) here since iirc that used to be a jokey nickname for the Shadowman in the original TSS, plus shadow abilities and the like has apparently become a popular thing in romance books.
Gwyndal/Gwendolyn - I read that there's something called Soft Yandere, and based on what I've read I think they fit that once they are more romantically involved with the MC while being more purely obsessed without the softness in the beginning. I Hate Everyone But You kind of fits here, too.
Rheylo/Rheyla - Tsundere-ish. Frenemies kind of fits here, too. R likes a bit of banter and teasing, and you can romance them with an MC that isn't especially nice to them as well.
Quaiel/Quarie - If Monsterlove counts as a trope it fits them more than the others, maybe except for TML/TMO/TMM. Maybe Deredere, too, once they are deeply involved with someone (in the sense that they actively and openly seek affection and closeness). I tried to find a trope that'd describe the character purposefully trying to keep some distance to the MC due to [reasons], but couldn't find any.
Jaelyn - Not 'childhood sweethearts' since MC met them as an adult, but I guess Lovers to Enemies would fit here depending on how you play. Potentially First Love. Second Chance at Love.
Michael/Michaela - Friends to Lovers, Childhood Crush, First Love. I'm not sure if Puppy Love is a trope, but I guess that would be accurate if you play an MC who liked M since they were little. Deredere, maybe?
well luckily for you IM ALSO INTO TYPOLOGY!! i would love to hear what hcs you have for that too if your up to it🤔
xoxo, 🌀anon (ps, thought id share, im an sp4, ennagram wise, if ur into dat)
HOLY SHIT I’M AN SP4 TOO?? Specifically SP4, SO6, and SO1 as my tritype. INFJ too so I’m VERY happy to be doing this. I love this prompt too much to use it on JUST Ronin so I may do the others sorry my bad I’m just too passionate.
Killer Chat LIs x TypologyNerd!Reader
Ronin
Like with the astrology headcanons, I feel like he’d be quite a bit interested in it after you.
Again, he’s no DORK over it but still, he finds out his MBTI, tritype, enneagram, and moral alignment.
He is so 847 Chaotic Neutral
Anyway he really does look into your type and do some research about it, he’s your muse after all what’s a favor of research back?
He loves you a bit like an experiment sometimes, so expect some research into your type.
Say he gets TOO into the community? He talks to V in the server about it and when V gets into it he just spams shit.
Live rendition ahem:
GOREBOY: mistype Lmfao
K9: I made no mistake.
K9: Nor misinterpretation.
GOREBOY: “ISTJ LAWFUL GOOD SX1 LSI CHOL-MEL” contradiction as Hell
K9: You will regret such obstreperous behavior once you taste the tip of my blade, Goreboy.
Sometimes, you wish you never taught him.
Angel
Is ALSO genuinely interested.
Not interested enough to find out about her type, though.
Once you explain what you think her type is, she may look into it.
(Personally I think she’s an E2, I used to think she was an E4 cause of the image thing but with her saint like self sacrifficialness and motives I doubt so.)
Ask her just ONCE to look into your tritype and she will, trust.
“Oh babe look this is an interesting thing I found out about your enneagram!” Marry me right now Maria.
Getting carried away mb mb.
One night, your date is just spend with her in your lap, petting her hair while you ramble about typology and she goes to sleep in your arms with a smile while you - guess what - talk about typology.
She’s VERY aware of your nerdiness and humors it, she finds it endearing.
I feel she finds all nerdy rambling endearing since, you know, cutting herself off and censoring herself for her fans to see her image as graceful and not too much or too little, feeling like her emotions are disposable, etc. So seeing you ramble about something so earnestly and without thinking about how ir’ll make you look?
She adores it.
Hey, if you keep doing it maybe she’ll start to. Be it about Chapel Roan, anything she likes.
Popular girl x nerd trope and we love for it.
She would so send you those corny 16P couple videos.
I’m smitten can you tell.
V
So technical about it.
He’ll be invested, either become as much of a nerd as you OR be one of those pretentious annoying idiots.
“Ermmmm… you know it’s a pseudoscience right” piss OFFFFF.
You guys know I love him okay.
If someone tells him he’s mistyped oh god. The world is going to shit and no one can stop him.
Actually fuck you Ronin.
Will probably be the most into Socionics and moral alignment.
Oh look at me I’m lawful good.
Okay seriously he loves understanding you more in such a textbook way.
It’s an intimate thing.
Has a habit of wanting to study you sorry.
Misaki
“Oh holy shit tell me more babe woah no WAY babe”
Reads the description for E6 and genuinely watches their whole life story unfold in front of them.
The bit about their childhood hits a hit hard.
The cutest ENFP SP 693 ever.
My precious BABY.
Oh they will include dere types in their typology as well (deredere btw and kiiiinda hajidere??ish??).
You KNOW they will but they make tsundere jokes duh.
Will be able to tell you your dere type.
Will probably just listen cause of how passionate you are but when they notice how similar it is to dere types they’ll get into it.
AAAAAAAND they’ll understand YOU more sooooo…
Win win!
Likes having your head in her lap/vice versa and listening to you rant.
When they get into it will send you those dumb 16P and enneasprites couple/duo videos.
“LOOK BABE THIS IS US SP4 AND SP6 THIS IS USSSSS”
“sugar honey dumpling I researched E9 for you why do I relate” you then introduce her to tritypes.
My precious baby. Holy shit.
Will put their enneagram in their bio if you ask, but just don’t expect HER to be doing all the research.
“Yes babe keep talking about Ichazo vs. Naranjo I fucking love you.”
Me and the bad bitch I pulled by asking them their enneagram.