lol jokes apart, but I have had this lil headcanon of artist Redacted and their muse angel. Or a WEBTOON creator redacted and their editor angel, slow burn pro max hehehe ✨✨
Blowing you up mwah mwah 💥 🖤🖤
forgot my own formatting WHATEVERRR
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Unsociable Webtoon Artist Ren yayyy
"Thank you for supporting us! Enjoy the rest of the con!" With a bright smile, you wave away the two attendees and sit down.
The man beside you gives off a grumble as he loudly slides your chair closer to his. "Finally. 'Thought they'd never leave." He practically drapes himself over your shoulder, pink hair brushing against you. [REDACTED]'s lips press to your cheek, chin, then find a favored spot on your neck.
"You're gonna get us kicked out," you whisper, but make no move to get away.
"Don't get my hopes up."
You let him be. It was your last day in the artist alley. They'd done almost everything to keep people away from the booth, but the allure of Always With You merch and an autograph from the (disgruntled) creator was enough for a few devoted fans to approach.
Some even stopped by more than once.
"Heyyy you guys!" came the voice of a patron you'd seen plenty over the weekend. They wore an obscure cosplay each day, and today's outfit was a sight to see.
You stood up as they came closer — both of you ignoring your partner's tch of annoyance. "Oh my god. A Gloomy cosplay??" You scrambled out of the booth to get a closer look.
"Yeah, I just had to after yesterday. It was rushed, and I didn't really do too well with the wig—" They shake their head to let the dark bangs fall over their face. "—but I think it looks great, right?"
"It's amazing!! Ren, we've gotta take a picture!" Excitedly, you turned back to him.
He reluctantly stood, dragging himself over to you as if pulled by a leash. "We're not supposed t'leave the booth unattended, Angel. Regulations."
You give him a look. The gall of him to say that after running sabotage all weekend. "Okay, nerd. Make it quick then."
[REDACTED] pushes up his glasses and pulls out his phone. As you scoot beside the cosplayer, you suddenly remember his… horrible picture taking etiquette. "Actually, let me do it."
You take his phone — despite the screen being cracked to shit, it did have much better photo quality than yours — and nudge him towards your number one fan, then line up the shot.
The fan wore a huge grin, completely opposite to Gloomy's character. But someone had to be smiling in this picture. "Rennn," you goaded him.
He managed to draw his mouth into something more presentable than his trademark frown, and gave a sarcastic thumbs up.
It was the best you'd get. You snapped the photo.
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You spent another twenty minutes gushing with the fan about AWY while [REDACTED] openly sulked. Having someone else around to match your non-stop-yapper energy had other attendees coming up to take a look. In spite of your partner's menacing aura, the cheery atmosphere of your booth didn't drop when the Gloomy cosplayer left. There was even a line for a little while.
By the time the artist alley closed, you'd sold way more than you expected. But you were exhausted.
"Ugh, I'm so glad we're not tabling tomorrow," you mutter as you shove the remaining merch box into his car.
Your blue eyed companion gave a smug smile over the open trunk. "Never goin' to a con again?"
"Not what I said." You roll your eyes and lean against the car. "Come here."
He slams the trunk shut, all too happy to have the ordeal over with. As they step closer, you're tempted to collapse into his arms.
Instead, you reach up to ruffle his pink mop of hair. "You survived another ten hours of people who aren't me. Good job."
The sudden blush creeping up his neck betrays his outward calm. "... 'S fine as long as y'had fun."
With a quick look around the parking garage to make sure no one was around, you decide to tease him further. "Who's my good boyyy?"
"Me," came his instant, proud reply. He lets you go on a bit longer before leaning down to bump his forehead against yours. "Ready to go home, love?"
"Oh good you're still here!" The smile on [REDACTED]'s face melts away into pure disgust, and you turn around to find the source of his mood.
The Gloomy cosplayer waves as they run over. "I forgot to give you my socials so you can tag me!" Surprisingly, they approach your notoriously unfriendly partner.
You can see the angry gears turning in his head as they hand him a crinkled napkin scribbled with their information.
They seem unperturbed and continue talking as he stands there with a frown. "I can't wait to see the picture! And for the next Always With You chapter. Gloomy is such a great love interest! He really compliments the main character so well and — I mean I don't need to tell you that but honestly they're my OTP!!"
"... … … … Thanks," [REDACTED] eventually replies. You stare in amazement. He hadn't said a word to them all weekend.
Someone across the garage shouts for them and they hurry away. "Bye!!"
Confused but somehow satisfied with the interaction, you take the paper from his hand before those unhealthy urges get the better of him. You both get into the car. [REDACTED] mulls over his thoughts, biting the corner of his lip for a few moments.
"I coulda ripped that stupid paper up in front o'them just now," he suddenly says. You nod. "But I didn't."
You nod again. "Yeah, you didn't."
He confidently nods along as he starts the engine. "So I deserve more praise n' head pats when we get home."
Do you think the reason why Caine gravitated towards Jax is because Jax seems to be the only one who generally likes the adventures? Everyone with complains or dislike them, but Jax causing chaos so he looks forward to it?
Ngl I rewatched the show several times and I don't know where this "Caine gravitates towards Jax" thing comes from😭
In episode 7 Jax accidentally ends up going on a date with Caine to distract him and that’s basically the extent of their interaction (unless I’m forgetting something). Overall Caine doesn’t have any personal beef with Jax but that alone isn’t enough to say he actually gravitates toward him.
I suppose it’s another case of the fandom making things up to make the show more interesting. It’s probably taken from I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream where AM’s favorite human was Ted. But of course TADC and that story aren’t the same just because one is vaguely inspired by the other.
Caine being drawn to any of the humans for personal reasons would be really interesting. If he showed favoritism toward Jax it would make him Gooseworx feel more complex with a clearer thought process the audience could follow. From what I remember Jax and Ragatha weren’t very vocal against the adventures. Jax actually enjoyed them and Ragatha appreciated them for keeping everyone’s minds stimulated so they didn’t go crazy. But in the final product none of that really gets explored.
Caine mostly exists on his own or interacts with Bubble for comedic moments. The only bit of tension he has is with Zooble and even that’s mainly just to force everyone into his adventures. Other than that he doesn’t have any interesting dynamics with anyone for some reason (even with Kinger? this shit is so ass). Ragatha’s whole character just gets pushed aside because the story doesn’t seem to care. Jax also ends up wasting time by GOING TO ABSTRACT SOON! instead of getting something more meaningful involving other characters (that aren’t Pomni).
Basically Caine has no meaningful character dynamic with anyone in the circus and it's weird and very lame and a waste and um😒
hello!!! thank you so much for all you provide to the HR community, you are truly a gem! and thank you for taking the time out of your day to meticulously write back to your asks🩷
If I may….. I have a headcanon that when Niko is around 22 and playing professional hockey, he starts dating a figure skater named Leah, at this point they’ve been dating for almost 2 years so the parents know her pretty well. One time Niko is concussed during a game so he has to spend a few nights at home with Shane and Ilya until he’s fully recovered. Once the house is settled down and it’s late, Shane heads down to the kitchen to clean up but sees Leah had already started with dishes. Her and Shane kinda quietly just wash and dry dishes together, they then get into small talk about Niko and little quirks about him, but then Leah goes quiet (she’s still visibly shaken by seeing Niko concussed for the first time and the accident on ice) and she just looks up at Shane with tears in her eyes, her voice breaks and goes “there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do for him.” Shane is struck by how sincere she is. He can genuinely tell how much she loves him unconditionally and that makes his heart burst because that’s all he’s ever want for his kids, for someone to also love them dearly.
Also I think about how Shane calls his mom after Niko’s first hit and asks her how did she do this for so long during every one of his games? she tells him she still held her breath during the start of every game, it doesn’t really go away, that’s being a parent🩷
thank you once again!!
hi!! aw, thank you sm!! and ofc, ty for enjoying the series and taking the time to write this :)
and you absolutely may...i love this
all shane (and ilya) want is their kids to find someone who looks after them as much as shane and ilya do :( shane realizing that niko has someone who thoroughly knows and accepts niko and wants the best for him :(( niko's gf dealing with stress by doing things (acts of service <3), like washing dishes, just like shane. oh my god this is so sweet. shane relates so much to her worries and knows where her headspace is and he probably hugs her and has her sit down/stop doing dishes and gets her some tea and they have a good long talk on the couch :)
and stoppp shane asking his mom how she was able to do it when he was playing 😭 and her saying it never really goes away 😭😭 and shane realizing shes right, it really doesnt, because he does hold his breath literally every game and sometimes has to look away UGH
