About Chachanji!

We Are: Strangers | Acquaintances | Casual Friends | Close Friends | Intimate Friends | Partners | Family | Old Friends | Estranged | Rivals | Enemies

We Have:

Met | Argued | Laughed | Broke Up | Hugged | Lived Together | Sparred | Battled Side-by-side | Gift-given | Became Friends | Cried Together | Kissed | Confessed Love | Held Hands | Slept Together | Became Lovers | Bonded | Built a Model Ship | Carried One Another | Danced | Became a Family | Grew Apart | Best Friends | Trusted One Another | Worked Together | Grew Up Together | Knew as Children | Written Letters | Grew Old Together | Gone on a Trip | Played Triple Triad | Lied for One Another | Work Out and Train | Moved | Met in School | Read the Same Book

Thoughts On:

♦ What I Most Admire About Them: His commitment to pacifism. Chachanji has a drive and strength and, most of all, willingness to resolve issues without violence far beyond others I have met. It is so important and when it fails he feels the ramifications of loss and life for those he knew not the better of. There is an empathy to give chances and the resolution. I highly admire that.

♦ Something Physically Attractive: I really like his hair. It bounces no matter what he’s doing. The slightest movement will make his floofy hair float around.

♦ Something Mentally Attractive: He’s very thoughtful and interested in the bad as much as the good. He’s comforting and interested in Torene. One of the few that always was excited about her.

♦ A Memory of Them: There was one time I had survived a powerful voidsent and was shaken. There was a dagger prepared in case the ritual failed to send what was left of me to death. He made it into a spade at his forge, then let me sleep there that night, reading to me until I fell asleep.

♦ Something I Wish They Had: I wish he had a partner. I can see he has the capability to be a steadfast husband and father and more.

♦ A Change I’d Like to See in Them: That he would not feel so daunted by his size and nature. It is someone else’s folly that they do not take him seriously.

♦ What I Think They Think About Me: That I am a good friend. Perhaps some pity, like he wishes there was something more he could do to help me at times. Otherwise he is so easy to be around, that I am the same. As if I am not complicated, or that he does not mind that.

♦ What I Would Do for Them: Very much! Hold him and cry together. Help him at the forge. I would go to his childhood home and make that hilltop house grow with a large garden and bring fish up to the pond. That is what I want to do most for him.

((Thank you, @gegenji - Few measure up to the long term close friend as Chachanji does for Jancis! Looking back I kept going ‘oh yeah they did this, and this, and this! It was a lot of fun to reflect and also let Jancis think on those times.))

Death By Chocolate: an indulgence/guilty pleasure headcanon.

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Every once and a while, Pipin will splurge on himself in the form of clothing and fashion. Not that he typically has much the time or place to wear them per say, considering he is adorned in armor and uniform in most formal conjunctions. But when he does… he absolutely enjoys being able show off that little bit of personality for himself. Often finding charm in bold colors or the fancier sorts of drabs amongst even the wealthiest of Ul’dahns. Add in the usual bits and baubles of jewelry and he looks about as typical as any other!

Wherever there is a moment to meet others in a casual atmosphere, he will take full advantage of putting on display what little outfits he’s managed to put together over the years. Mayhaps even secretly hoping others take notice and making comment on his attire. Consider him a bit attention-seeking in this manner, but one can’t help it at times… not that he’d ever admit to it.

Written for Prompt Seventeen of @sea-wolf-coast-to-coast‘s daily writing challenge for September!

Not gonna lie - even though I had an inkling of what this prompt’s word meant... I still ultimately ended up looking it up on Dictionary.com just to be certain. Since some words can look very similar to other words but still have wildly different meanings.

... Or one word can have a wide range of meanings by itself. Which can be both surprising and frustrating. Look up the definition for “biannual” sometime.

But I decided to use this opportunity to put to paper something about the Gegenjis that I have had in mind for ages.

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The Gegenjis have a bit of a unique convention to their names.

It’s known that Lalafell in general have their names based in the lilting syllables of the original Lalafellin language. A musical pattern that is quite easy to learn and – from it – one can identify both clan and gender of the individual by name alone. The latter, perhaps, a bit more useful for those who have difficulty telling a Lalafellin male from a female.

The Gegenjis, at least, still stick to that. And thus, as Dunesfolk, they maintain the “AAC BBC” and “AAC AC” format for the males and females respectively. No tricks or curve-balls there, nothing that might confuse those familiar with Lalafellin naming conventions. But it’s when you look at the names and compare them to each other, then you might notice the patterns and practices unique to the Gegenjis themselves.

For the males: the father is Zozonji Gegenji, the eldest son Gogonji Gegenji, and the youngest son Chachanji Gegenji. Their last name is always “Gegenji” and their first names are bequeathed such to maintain the normal Dunesfolk naming convention with that criteria in place. This is in honor of the first of their line, who was known amongst his peers as Genji; thus Gegenji. So, any past or future Gegenji males could have names like Rerenji, Shushunji, Wawanji, and so on.

The females have something similar, in both practice and origin. The current matriarch is named Jijinya Jinya and the middle child is Nininya Ninya. In this case, the names of the females honor their maternal line – taking the last syllable of their mother’s name. Perhaps seemingly less grandiose than being named after the first of the line, but an important practice nonetheless.

So, if Nininya were to have a daughter, they could be Dedenya or Vivinya or anything like that. Though marrying outside the clan, she is free to follow any practices or conventions of that family instead. Or if a Lalafell named Lolomo were to marry in, the daughter could be named Chichimo or Yayamo or something similar.

Mamool Ja: Has your character ever done something inappropriate in a situation that did not warrant it?

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Not often, but… should the opportunity present itself, you know he’ll make an awful joke at someone’s expense. Oft at his father’s expense, but simply an outrageous jest to get a rise out of somebody. Knowing exactly how they’ll take it…