#fv: on bennett...

[fireventures]

Hello, I come with a question! If your muse had to choose a studio ghibli movie, what movie do you think they'd pick? (Pstt, if you don't watch studio ghibli then any movie lol)

no hesitation, Laputa: Castle In The Sky. the male lead is a wannabe adventurer with no biological parents and a brave streak a mile wide, and the female lead... well, here:

he would take one look at this film and instantly go beg fischl to watch it with him. by the end he'd be bawling because happy endings get him Right Here [thumps chest]

there’d be slight embarrassment when it looks like sheeta and pazu might be romantically inclined, but this would be overshadowed by the hope that this movie will plant the idea in fischl’s head that maybe he can be useful/a good friend, because he is insecure

[fireventures]

👁‍🗨 - what is a secret that your muse hasn’t told or is hiding , 💦 - mannerisms that your muse has when they’re shy or nervous

👁‍🗨 - what is a secret that your muse hasn’t told or is hiding?

bennett doesn't have many secrets (and it's hard to keep any in a guild full of dads and investigators, anyway) but there are three things he did without actively telling anyone:

one, he (badly) imitated the Cavalry Captain's swordsmanship after seeing him in the training yard

two, he makes frequent trips to the library after spending any time around Fischl in order to look up all the long words she just used (and he keeps a spare dictionary under his bed)

three, he still writes poetry, though this isn't a secret on purpose - no one has asked

💦 - mannerisms that your muse has when they’re shy or nervous

usually it's scratching his head or neck or messing with his hair or covering his face with his hands. given that his gloves are usually covered in road dust and soot, these aren't great habits to have, and by the end of a difficult conversation he looks like someone found him in a fireplace and then dragged him through a hedge. luckily, he looks like that most of the time anyway.

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[fireventures]

🤞 - what’s the most impulsive thing you can picture your muse doing

bennett is already so impulsive by nature that this is kind of a tough question to answer, because in the right context there's probably almost nothing he wouldn't run headlong into!

that said, if there was ever a crazy end-of-the-world, battle-for-teyvat type situation, i can very much picture him making some kind of valiant last stand, knowing he didn't have a chance. maybe sounds dramatic, but i think we all know there's absolutely no way he'd turn and run if other people were in danger, even if all he could buy them was a second or two.

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[fireventures]

gently throws a hibiscus at bennett for the botanical headcanon asks

hibiscus :   how does your muse view the gentler ,   daintier things in life ? as things worth preserving   &   caring for ,   or things only bound to wither   &   disappear ?

Bennett knows things inevitably will not go well for him, but it doesn't mean he holds that to other people, or the world at large. He's a strong believer that with enough hope and perserverance, you could save the world!

Gentle and dainty isn't weakness, either - and even if it was, what's the point in having strong people around if they don't protect the weak, right? Bennett holds that the world needs more kindness in it, not more apathy.

To imply that "weakness" ought to be left to wither and disappear is probably a very easy way to make Bennett upset - and a little angry. After all, if the adventurer who found him held that belief, Bennett wouldn't be here today.

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