Is Haruka shy? And if so, why?
Shy is a moving target! I mean we have the stereotypical “I am quiet and reserved and studious and bashful” but I feel like that’s not at all representative of the full scope of the emotion, you know? Like Haruka is in no way QUIET, and she is in no way STUDIOUS, but I think that she has a very hard time coping with her softer parts, and admitting that they’re there. I mean even if we go JUST canon, she blushes at the idea that Michiru enjoys being around her, or at the idea that Michru wants to fuck her, in a rougher vein.
So I don’t think she’s SHY, she’s very blustery, sometimes, but I think she can be shy with her emotions and the truth of them, and I think she can be bashful when she has to deal with anyone in her weight class romantically. SO it’s not yes, but it’s not no, either
In much the same way I think Mercy as being soft and quiet and thoughtful and conflict-avoidant, but in the heat of a theater of war she can give orders BARKINGLY. In the same way I think of Fareeha as being straight up powerful and commanding, but struggling to be vulnerable, shy in that way. How I think of Michiru as A DIAMOND in shine and hardness, but the idea of not being fantastic at something? Unimaginable, shy to do karaoke or anything where she might appear foolish.
We’re all shy sometimes, and in some ways, right? So I think she can be shy, but in the same way I think all of us can be shy.










