time for my nightly minecraft yaoi post. i think linking tr!pili and ls!pili’s characters makes for such a fun development because you have tr!pili where all he wanted was just for a scrap of clown’s attention, a little respect, even a nod of acknowledgement. there was definitely an obsessive desire there for reciprocality, a desire to be just as special to clown as clown was to him. he wanted to stand on equal ground to him like people like ferre and minute, or be special the way branzy is, but it’s a monumental task he couldn’t overcome. but by the time lifesteal rolls around, pili’s come to accept clown’s true nature. he’s content to just maintain his devotion and tend to his worship without expectation for anything back—i like to use pili turning himself into a loot box for clown as an example. a guy who finally knows clown well enough to expect the betrayal and who loves him enough to prepare offerings alongside his dead body. does anyone love their god as much as pili does? does anyone believe in their own god’s cruelty above their kindness the way pili does? clown is cruel and evil and utterly ruthless and pili would never have him any other way. anyways freaky deaky devotee x person they worship like a god is a peak dynamic.