#sxf chapter 86

[sidsinning]

BREAKING NEWS LOID IS NATURALLY RELAXED AROUND YOR NOW SO LIKE WHEN ANYA PASSED HER EXAMS, THE MOMENT HE SAW HER AGAIN ALL HIS PENT UP STRESS LEFT HIS BODY

ALSO BREAKING NEWS LOID ACKNOWLEDGES YOR IS AN EMOTIONAL WEAKNESS TO HIM

BOOMBAYAH

[assassinnumber9]

TwiYor's Love Languages

So as you guys may or may not know, a little over a year ago I published a fanfic on Archive of Our Own called Loid Forger is NOT A Cuddler, which is basically just 5 chapters (so far) of Loid cuddling and denying it.

It's practically an essay for how his love language is physical touch.

And while I do like to joke about how Loid Forger is a cuddler and whatnot because of my fanfic and headcanon, this most recent manga chapter of Spy x Family gives me a perfect opportunity to talk about this headcanon and why it's in line with Twilight's character as well as Yor's own love language and how they relate.

We'll look at the obvious and pretty much explicitly stated first.

Yor's Love Language: Acts of Service

As previously mentioned, she basically says it outright. Her growing feelings toward Loid are much more obvious than his, and so it's easy to point out that her wanting to help him and have him rely on her is both a way for her to care/love him outwardly and a way for her to know he's accepting of that love.

I think Loid being the one to rely on her also makes her feel even more loved/trusted/confident, because Loid Forger is just so perfect at anything and everything he tries. From the outside, he really doesn't need any sort of help from anyone.

And, Twilight would likely agree. He's confident in his abilities and doesn't seem to want help from anyone as far as we've seen. The only missions he shares are the ones where more than one person is really needed.

Fiona could be potentially seen as someone he accepts help from, except that her help is more of an employee to an employer (or inferior to superior in their case.

And Franky... acts almost like a brother to Twilight? So like, they just force each other to help. Neither of them are accepting any kind of help, just going, "You're doing this."

All this to say that Yor is the only one that Twilight accepts and asks for help from. In the latest chapter, we see Twilight is comfortable enough to ask her.

And, she's ecstatic at hearing him ask for it.

She gets to finally show her love the way she knows how - the way she showed Yuri during her childhood.

Now for Loid Forger, rather Twilight.

Twilight's Love Language: Physical Touch

So far in the story, we have not seen much in terms of love when it comes to Twilight.

Emotions, and love especially, are weaknesses for spies unlike assassins, where emotions and attachments can be seen as strengths. Both fight for their respective loved ones, but the former has to do so hidden under a mask without being caught and the other is able to outwardly express these protective instincts through their actions (assassinations).

So, Twilight, like the great spy he is, hides his love.

You could possibly argue his love language is the same as Yor's (acts of service), but his acts are to keep her happy to ensure she stays with him (ie actually for the mission).

He also seems to give words of affirmation as well, but he only does so when he needs to provide them.

Gifts and Quality time can also be crossed out, because we don't really see him giving Yor gifts and we haven't seen him really go "I need to be with Yor more" yet. The only time we ever saw him think of her when they weren't together was during the cruise arc. But that’s not enough solid evidence for that specific one yet.

Also keep in mind that we haven't seen him express any of these languages to anyone else either.

There is one language we do have solid proof for, and of course that's physical touch.

While no, it's not proof that features Yor or even Anya.

We both hear and see it when it comes to his mother.

He explicitly states that he loved being held by her.

While this story was meant to show his mother's strength as a person, it confirms that loving physical touch was a large part of his childhood

Because he remembers it

Twilight remembers loving being held by her.

He can't remember her face, or his father's face, and is even flustered and confused after his PTSD flashback when he was unconscious. His memories are covered in trauma, and I believe one of the only reasons why he can remember what his friends looked like are because he saw them later in life.

It's hinted that he remembers very little of his childhood - likely due to the trauma.

But his mother holding him stayed with him.

Physical touch was an influential thing during his childhood.

Like Yor's love language during hers.

I would really like to believe that we'll see him learn to love touch again when he finally learns to accept his emotions, and in turn, his "weaknesses" (which will likely be turned to strengths).

And Yor being strong, a trait he remembers of his mother, only strengthens my theory that he'll learn to love physical touch again.

Because, he'll once again be able to know that everything is fine when he's holding her - just as he felt with his mother.

[the-girl-who-has-too-many-waifus]

"Home"

"aLL fOr tHe MisSiOn"

[lady-charinette]

Twilight's apology here seemed genuine, apologizing for ditching Yor and not being able to listen to her worries until the end.

I like how Yor finally confessed that she lied about having gripes about their fake marriage, I was worried it would drag on for another chapter or two.

It's so lovely to see Twilight willing (or rather being forced lol) share the housework more with Yor and making her feel useful and like he can depend on her too (wonder if Endo will draw a parallel scene to this in the future post reveal where he shares his mission burdens with Yor too?)

The communication! THE COMMUNICATION!!!

I love Yor drawing a boundary here and forcing Yuri to leave, even tho he is hurt too, bc she saw how exhausted Loid really was.

All in all such a good chapter! A same we have to wait until September for a new one T_T

[chaikajpeg]

spy x family ch86 fanart under the cut!!

spy x family brainrot has been unreal for the past month

upd: this drawing is mediocre but it got a lot of attention because the chapter was just released and everyone was emotional. which is just another proof that the amount of likes depends on the timing and emotional state of the target audience, rather than the quality of the drawing. (not trying to be self-depreciating here, just stating facts)

[yuzukahachimir]

SxF CH 86 SPOILER ALERT

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Finally we are on the phase of the manga where we can say that Yor fell in love first but Loid fell in love harder.

I think Yor's pure heart and selfless spirit made Loid fell in love with her.

She always put the needs of others first,because she is used to do it since she was a child because we need to remember she lost all the childhood to take hcare of his young brother.

She take the role of being the new pillar of that home of two without asking for anything.

And now she wants to be there for Loid too without asking for anything in return.I think that that kind of heart she has was the point of no retunr of Loid to start to have feelings for her.

[choco-mooooose]

SXF MANGA SPOILERS

someone: Why are you smiling so much??

Me:

[chaika-jpeg-shitpost]

I totally expected Twilight to start his monologue with "today has made me painfully aware of my weaknesses...", but instead he's addressing Yor. He wants to reply to her but can't.

Idk if this is the first time he addresses Yor in his thoughts, but in this situation it felt unusual to me.

Also,

"demo ne, yoru san..." ah get the fuck outta here