Happy WBW!
Just kidding! Happy April 1st Special Ask!
Tell me something that makes you laugh about your story. Something about the world or a line of dialogue or introduce me to your comedic relief character. Go crazy. :)
Happy WBW and April 1st!
There's a running gag in the prequel that makes me laugh when I write it. Saméol keeps trying to seduce Rusef but isn't aware (at first) that he's asexual and basically immune to his flirting.
Saméol's used to people being intimidated or charmed by him and crumbling quickly when he gets intense. But when he, say, eats something with a lot of tongue, or stretches to show off, or leans in to whisper suggestively, Rusef always reacts with a flat unimpressed expression or by raising his eyebrows like, "Really?"
Surprisingly, Saméol is delighted by this because for so long others have reduced him to either a fetishized object or an inhuman threat. He was a body, not a person; most of the time he wasn't allowed to be silly and relaxed and just talk about nothing. Rusef being so unfazed but still wanting to spend time with him makes Saméol fall in love more rather than discouraging him.
Rusef, for his part, is amused by the increasingly creative attempts at seduction, but he tries not to crack. And he isn't annoyed by it; he never asks Saméol to stop because he's falling in love, too.
Basically there's goofy moments where Saméol goes 😏, and Rusef replies with 😐 or 🥱, and they both really enjoy it.
