The way Mina described as absolutely perfect, smart, athletic, beautiful, etc. I thought how funny it would be if he was set up in Yumeship with personfailure. Definition of The groom and his ugly uss spouse.
Like, Minajael is literally surrounded by beautiful, high-status women only to think of them as pretentious, annoying and thinking of how to get out of here and then he looks at Yuu, who is straight up personfailure trying show cool trick in front of their first years friends by throwing food in the air and eat it... Only for said food to fall on their face, smudging both their face and clothes, as Ace laughs, Deuce looking in concern and Minajael be like: Ah yes. Radiant seven I want this one :)
The man is actually perfect 💀
xbjsbwjwkwd It would be kinda funny if he went for someone that’s the complete opposite of the types of women he usually attracts… Someone that’s a messy and a little inept and pathetic in an endearing way. A regular ass, socially awkward person trying to make it through the day.
I don’t necessarily think that Mina is against good looking, competent, or high status women. It’s that he doesn’t trust the intentions of those kinds of women that aggressively approaching him. They’re looking for something to gain out of the relationship, putting on airs to get in his good graces. It’s not genuine, it’s forced and manufactured. That’s not the type of love he’s after.
Mina strikes me as someone who wants to be loved for what he is, stripped bare of the things that make others salivate over him. Take away the money, the brains, the status, the looks, the magic, etc. Look at what is inside, and then choose to accept him as he is, even if he didn’t have a single madol/thaumark or a shred of power to his name. I think that’s what makes Mina so effortless to ship with a Yuu, despite his recency and lack of content in the Twst canon.
Yuu, as a blank slate, is pitched as a practical and down-to-earth everyman, someone able to see value in the things that their peers cannot. For example, they are the only NRC student to realize the value in the Radiant Seven and what they stand for. If anyone can look past Mina’s exterior and to his heart, it’s them. Not only that, but Yuu lives such a humble life in Ramshackle and is pretty ordinary by any accounts (a non-mage, humble, etc.). They have nothing to prove, no desire to hunt down a rich and powerful husband. They’re content just chilling with their besties and being goofy with them. That’s relatable—and, to Mina, someone worth falling in love with. And because “Yuu” can be anyone, so many different permutations of them can exist and work well in this context ^^
I like to imagine that Mina confesses to his RSA buddies that he has a crush on someone and they all get SO hyped that the cool, mature Mina-chan had feelings for someone. Neige and Rielle for sure hold sleepover meetings to gossip and to help Mina develop a plan of attack (ie asking them out)!!! B-But now Mina’s too embarrassed to tell then more…
P.S. The Kuzco rejecting his potential brides scene, except it’s Mina/j
