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Should they? Absolutely not.

But:

Whether Mammon even eats is unknown. Them cooking? A mistery.

Levi says he doesnt have time for cooking. What he occupies that time with, though, is unknown. He either eats what the personal chefs cook or goes to the communal canteen with his squad

Belphegor is one of the few that refuses to cook (except for christmas - as per the lil hc that i shall post again - but thats just cause for him christmas cooking is a meme). How can a prince be bothered to do that? He would probably either starve in the wild or be found eating raw carcasses (while being given everything to make pasta)

Time for Gokudera.

His mothertongue is of course italian. I HC that hes from around Messina, so i believe he has the accent from there!

As for speaking dialect - i believe that originally it's the same of what i said before, but he probably learned more of it when he ran away from home! He probably (or maybe its even canon, i dont remember) spent time in the slums, so it just makes sense that he was subjected to dialect a lot more.

Bianchi, on the other hand, does probably not speak much dialect.

Now, back to Gokudera: when did he learn japanese? Notwithstanding the reborn "everyone talks japanese" nonsense, it's actually believable that he learned it at some point. And i believe that it was when he discovered who his mother was, as a way to reconnect with her. Its not farfetched that he bought/stole a japanese course book and learned from there

And btw, is Hayato even his actual name? Is it a name his mother called him, or the one she wished him to have? I hardly believe that his very italian father called him that while keeping up appearances...

Hello darling!!

Honestly in english i have only read XS fics! And some 8059 ones but i dont think ive saved any

As for XS fics, i have made a non-comprehensive list already, you can find it HERE

Needless to say i would now add also all of @jjellysoo works to it!

/if you want

/whenever

/thank you

Squalo lore......

Yes ofc i have it. Thats like, the basics /j

Long story short: when he was 2 and some his father brought him a fake little wooden sword as a toy from a trip, without even thinking much of it. Just a souvenir!

Little Squalo was obsessed and would remain so forever.

His mother soon saw the potential (and realised that without some education things could easily go badly) and decided to enroll him in a fencing course for kids! He quickly became the best and started practicing with older kids.

The rest is history!!

Omg!! A disclaimer: I have been in this fandom for too long and have gone too deep in my own hcs. So my Xanxus may be ooc.

I do believe that Xanxus was sent to mafia school like Squalo and Dino.

First of all, home schooling is not really a thing in Italy.

And tbh to me it doesn't even make sense for the son(s) of the Vongola to be homeschooled. Yes, they would have the best teachers, but what they need the most are connections and people becoming loyal to them. What better time to start than school?

And if mafia school brings in people from all over italy, as we may believe, it also makes sense for it to be some kind of boarding school with uniforms and all. Probably those that live nearby go back home everyday. Xanxus would then fall into this category (cause of course mafia school is near vongola headquarters) - and he could receive further education at home, though I do not believe that.

Such a school would already have the best teachers, as it is meant to bring up all the bosses of the different families.

Now, after this very long and intricate premise...

Would Xanxus be the school menace?

I don't think so. He very well could be, don't get me wrong.

But as bratty and capricious he is shown to be when he doesn't get his way, he is also considered fit to be tenth. By basically everyone.

He knows how to be a leader, and though he mostly leads by fear, fear is not all you can give people.

I believe Xanxus is a man of many faces, even if he is quick to anger. And being as powerful as he is, he certainly also had many follow him just cause... Which means, no need to get much angry at all.

(he actually despises the most of them, and is annoyed most of the time... But he still needs them at the end of the day)

Now, another point I wanted to touch was: being the son of the ninth, he is continuously watched. His behaviour, his grades are always under scrutiny. And not only this, but we know that he desperately wants to be loved by his father.

This to say: he would be the best at school. Nothing less but all 10s. And I also believe that he can respect teachers - if they deserve it, and if they respect him. But they do respect him, because he is who he is and he also is insanely good. Everything that a teacher may want in a student.

It took me a bit too long but my babies deserve all my undivided attention. So here we are.

Do I ship them? Well. They are my beloveds. One of those OTPs that have been with me for 13? 14? years at this point. The one ship that dragged me back into this fandom and that resides in my head constantly. The amount of scenarios, sagas, headcanons I have about them is outstanding. A bit concerning, maybe. I think about them every night to sleep and I have done so for at least two years. That is the level of brainrot I have. That is how much I love them.

What made you ship it?

Well, they are just them. They're one of thos ships that you don't have to look for. You don't have to invent anything. They are just there, written in the manga for everyone to read. One could say that they are fated, but honestly? They chose each other, and that's one of the most beautiful things. Squalo chose Xanxus when he was 14, and never relented for a moment. He cut off his hand, he grew his hair to an absurd lenght. Waited for him to come back for 8 years not even knowing if it would ever happen and then stayed. What is more touching than such devotion?

Talking about Xanxus... I know we see much less of him in that sense. But even then, we do know that Squalo is the one he cares for the most. We know that in the future arc he was at his grumpiest without his rain. There is much more that can be "made up" about him, but isn't that what makes characters more interesting?

What are your favorite things about the ship?

I think i have already answered this one. I can just add that I love their complementarity. The black and the white one, the loud and the silent one, the outgoing and the introvert one. The crazy one with his life togheter and the other crazy one that needs to figure it all out (don't you tell me Xanxus has anything figured out, please).

It's just them. Unseparable. Dependent on each other to function. Beautiful.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I want to understand the angry Italian :3

Ooooh you copied it already for me, thank you so much dear!!!

It means "you wouldn't taste like shit even if you ate a bucket of it, goddog"

Translation of the bestemmia cause it's just too funny. I think I said it sometimes but it's worse saying again: bestemmie are the heaviest Italian curse words and curse directly either God, the Madonna or the saints. They usually associate them with animals, pigs and dogs being the most common.

What would you say would make someone trustworthy in Xanxus' eyes? How do you believe that someone that isn't Squalo could grow to be at the very least likeable to him?

Hello my dear, and sorry for the delay!

The thing with Xanxus is that trust is not really a feeling that he has, not naturally.

Regardless of how he became head of the Varia, it is canon that they operate as a very competitive system, to say the least.

And that means, the only measure of trust is survival. And especially in the Varia arc, we did see how he treated everyone as exchangeable. Not much trust there, even for the people that did wait for him for 8 years.

So as always more than what would make others trustworthy, it's more a "xanxus needs to grow up" matter. Cause no one has his trust. Full stop.

Now. As he matures, then he might realise who are the people that follow him cause they want to and who are those that are just waiting to kill him. Or that just wish they could. The first group are those that are trustworthy to him (all the other varia quality conditions having been satisfied).

And as for Squalo..... He's clearly the one that follows him with the most ardour. The one that satisfies he's caprices the best. And the only one that still has the balls to tell him no and enough (though he still follows the last orders).