On top of what I posted yesterday for Neshiki, another reason I love both them and Rindoka is that both couples have healthy teasing, yet it feels different for each of them.
Rindoka teasing is often Shoka being a brat who cares about her loser, but her love shines through. And Rindo can hold his own, too. For him, it depends on a lot of things—his mood, how off-guard she caught him, what the teasing’s about… but honestly, he can also catch her just as off-guard sometimes, especially when he lets some honesty shine through.
Both Rindo and Shoka can range anywhere from teasing to flustered when they decide to pick on each other, with Shoka more often getting the upper hand ‘cause she’ll go all in on the flirtiness, only to pull away and tease him when Rindo thinks he’s won.
Also, the Rindoka teasing may sound bantery like their arguments in the game, but now mixed with love to make it lighthearted and just be a playful way to show their feelings.
Meanwhile, the way Neshiki teases each other is more like they’ll pick something dumb to “argue” about. Are they seriously arguing? Nope, not one bit. Even when Shiki gets all huffy with Neku about his dumb takes on fashion or something, she knows deep down that it’s in good fun and wouldn’t change it for the world.
…even if yes, she would change his fashion takes.
But anyway, they also exchange the upper hand in it, but in a different way. Neku knows he can get Shiki worked up and in a mood where she’s being adorably stubborn… but also, that means he can’t win no matter what he says. If she calls him dorky, then no amount of his arguing otherwise will change her mind when she’s in that sort of mood. Their banter’s more obvious to outsiders that it’s all playful fun, ‘cause unless Shiki’s super huffy, they usually have smiles on their faces. But even when she’s huffy, she’s never actually mad.
And like Rindoka, a lot of it is dependent on the situation, the teases, their moods and what hits right… All of them are extremely dynamic with it, which is so much fun to write and RP 💕
And I also look forward to seeing more with how the BeatEri dynamic will progress there—‘cause Beat can tease people in a different way that feels more… well, almost like a little innocent play fight, where he’ll just tip their hat in their eyes (which I think he did do to Eri once long ago in our RP)… or just snatch it and let them try to get it back.
Meanwhile, the way Eri teases is very much with her words, like when she teases Beat about having an emo look or messing up phrases (which she thinks is adorable)… but because an unconscious part of her still remembers her argument with Shiki (plus her abandonment issues), that part right now does worry about screwing up, so she’ll always let him win in the end. That’s still something she needs to grow past so she can let go of her worries there, but… I feel like she still might let him win more often ‘cause she’s just so head over heels for him.
So yeah~ A little insight into why I like the teasing banter with my favorite TWEWY couples~
…Though actually, I could probably go into Hishiba for another type of teasing, but… well that’s just Hishima roasting Shiba over an open fire, really.
