@mipeltaja replied to your post “personally I like to headcanon that Vol’jin and Tyrathan can’t...”
I've had this exact thought process, too! I'd also imagine Vol'jin's never been kissed before Tyrathan tries it, because just try to fit two troll faces together without someone's tusks ending up in an eye or up a nose.
Yes exactly! Plus, it just makes it all the more interesting when these two very different people find a way to be affectionate with each other. Tyrathan makes up for not being able to kiss him full on the lips by kissing his cheek, or the corner right by his tusk, or the tusk itself - which is entirely foreign to Vol’jin but makes him giddy. And Vol’jin can still give Tyrathan affection - through touching his forehead to his, or placing his chin atop Tyrathans head, or nudging his tusks against Tyrathan’s cheek - because I think the closest thing that trolls would have to kisses would be hooking their tusks together, and it’s seen as a really intimate and sweet thing. I just love it.
There’s also the fact that, if you have an AU thing going on where Tyrathan meets up with Vol’jin somehow after he breaks his tusk... well then he can kiss him on the lips much easier now that it’s out of the way so ONE good thing right lmfao
