#both?!

Just finished the third book in @authorkarajorgensen's The Reanimator Mysteries and I'm just thinking about the narrative foil between Felipe and Daphne. Both were raised by fucked up families with fucked up paranormal legacies and traditions, but while Felipe ran away from his family and rejected their ways, Daphne clung tighter and tighter to hers. One of them saves lives; the other ends them. One became a wonderful parent that allowed their child to thrive and reach their full potential; the other abused and stifled their children, going as far as dragging one of them into murdering the rest of their family.

One lived, carving a new path and life for themselves.

The first part of this hc got a very positive response, and I said I’d probably come back with more ideas. And GUESS WHAT?! I have more ideas. So here’s the bakusquad dealing with children.

- Katsuki is the best out of all of them at interacting with kids. He can rein them in a take the lead. He inspires MANY kids (with both his words and his fighting skills). He can make almost any kid laugh. And somehow he can create a meaningful connection with basically any kid he interacts with. The rest of the members (specifically Mina and Denki) whine about the fact that their explosive friend better at dealing with kids than them a lot.

- Denki is also pretty good at it. He’s a child at heart so he doesn’t have a problem with connection, but he’s kind of bad at reining them in and taking charge (no pun intended...okay maybe just a little).

- Mina’s appearance and high energy scares especially timid kids. Her fanbase is mostly 8-16 year old girls and strong women, since she’s big on female empowerment. Most younger kids can’t quite match her energy and this makes it harder for her to connect with them, but she can definitely take charge when necessary. 

- Hanta is pretty realistic and down-to-earth, so he’s probably the closest to Katsuki’s level. He’s a good listener and he’s funny so connecting with kids is no issue, and he can give good advice and take the lead when he needs to. But little kids don’t quite find him as interesting or inspiring as some of the flashier heros (Shoto, Deku, Bakugou). 

- Eijirou’s fanbase is mostly teens and adults because he looks pretty badass and mean even if he’s not using his quirk, so sometimes he scares little kids without meaning to (especially when he goes Unbreakable). He’s nice to everyone and is smiling most of the time (though he can stand up for himself and sets boundaries), but I feel like he’s in kind of the same boat as Deku when it comes to dealing with little kids. He’s nice and positive (kids like him), but he doesn’t really know what to say to build a meaningful connection with them.

While I was doing that I realized that the dynamic between Fox and Xanatos is exactly how I head-canon the dynamic between Seto Kaiba and Yami. (They see each other as equals and are not afraid to challenge each other and get a little flirty with it)

My little gremilin frakenplunnie maker (aka my muse) has been trying to make a Gargoyle x Yugioh fanfiction work in my head for months now and that thought gave it the edge it needed....