#update from pairing hell

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A trope I love is when the colder/meaner one in the ship is way more physically affectionate than anyone could possibly expect and that's my lead-in to saying: imagine JamiKali and everyone being convinced Kalim is the reason for Jamil half-hanging off of him now that they're dating but then someone overhears Jamil complaining to Kalim that he "just wants five more minutes of cuddling, come on-"

And then that someone isn't even believed by anyone else so they just have to sit there with the cursed knowledge that JAMIL is the clingy one between those two

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So with Yandere Kalim there's no universe where Jamil isn't, at minimum, at least tolerant of Kalim's possessive shit. Like at minimum he'd treat Kalim locking him up in a cage with the same level of annoyance as Kalim asking for something for dinner when he's already halfway through cooking something else. Maximum, he's encouraging it, maybe even requesting fancier shackles and demanding decoration for his cages.

But with Yandere Jamil I think Kalim's reaction ranges from "absolute terror, he's never okay with it" to "eventual Stockholm Syndrome" to "instant, honest delight with no terror at all". Kalim has a wider range of reactions to a yandere Jamil than Jamil has to yandere Kalim. Idk, let that say to you what it will about how I think of their characters

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Someone tell me why I dreamed abt Kalim having a pet rock and Jamil being jealous bc the rock was taking Kalim's attention

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Had a dream last night a new Jamil card dropped out of nowhere for no reason and the vignette for it had Jamil almost-kiss Kalim and two things happened-

The card's showcase was removed from the app within like, 12 hours, but anyone who'd gotten it already didn't have it removed from their card list (there was no real explanation for why it got removed, people speculated it just wasn't meant to be released yet)

There were people who didn't ship/like JamiKali arguing that Jamil could have been doing something else... Despite the fact that there was a literal CG of their lips almost touching

I barely even remember what the card actually looked like, I'm pretty sure it was just his dorm uniform but with the hood down (which brought up further speculation/confusion, btw-)

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Thinking about it Doug is incredibly lucky Leon never found out that Doug once tried to kill Venti, as in 'Actively drew a sword on her'. Bc yes being a spy for the Sechs Empire is big but Leon was the FIRST to sacrifice himself by becoming a Guardian for Venti. At that time, they didn't even have any real proof that it would work, just vague hope. Imagine how much he must have cared about her to take that risk.

Dolce would just go even colder, maybe even ignoring him, and Pico would be like "Yeah for once she actually is acting how she's thinking". Dylas would punch Doug, which is just Tuesday. Amber would cry.

Leon would, however, actively be plotting murder. Even if he went 'okay fine I guess he's changed' that would not prevent him from scaring Doug by *pretending* to plot his murder. Which... Idk, psychological torment is almost worse-

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You guys ever think about how Linhardt and Caspar's dads are implied to be close because of their titles (since they have to work closely) but Caspar isn't even set to inherit his dad's title, so Linhardt being close to him wasn't expected of him it was by choice. you guys ever think about that.

because I just thought about it and I'm not okay

imagine Linhardt was told to bond with Caspar's brother but Linhardt, for reasons only known to himself and the goddess, latched onto Caspar instead

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Thinking about how when Alear brings Marth back but under Fell control Marth still smiles at them even though he can't speak. Thinking about how Marth says in Heroes that even under Fell power he remembers caring for Alear. Thinking about how their bond transcends Fell power so thoroughly.

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Hanahaki JamiKali but it's an angst post this time

Imagine Jamil doesn't even hesitate when he sees Kalim throwing up the flowers. He schedules the surgery instantly, only pausing to rant about how Kalim should have said something sooner

And after the surgery (because obviously Kalim isn't going to go back on it when Jamil makes him promise to go)? Kalim looks at him with 0 recollection. And Jamil has to have the horrifying realization that he's the one Kalim loved. Horrifying not because he didn't return those feelings, but because he DID and he didn't notice before. And now???

Not only does Kalim not know him, but that also means Kalim, in his mind, never had anyone. No one to protect him, to save him from kidnappings or help him through poisonings - in Kalim's mind, he just. Got through all of that on his own.

So now Kalim is all guarded, doesn't look anyone in the eye, second-guesses everything and everyone.

But the thing that cuts Jamil deepest? When he makes dinner for Kalim later, Kalim stares blankly at it... And tells him to taste it. Because he has no faith anymore in Jamil's cooking.

Jamil will never tell anyone this, he'll take it to the fucking grave - but he almost breaks down at that.