#leo ask

oh good lord have you opened the flood gates of hell

hm. well i first got attached to rei circa mid july of 2020 (sage how do you remember the date so specifically? fuck if i know dude). i had originally been really attached to kanata (i still am. i love her) and roughly put: i was struggling with realizing i'm autistic (i thought it was adhd and that every autist in the world was being dramatic because "everyone does that" as it turns out, they don't) at the time and rei just kinda fuckin. i don't know. made it fall into place if that makes sense.

like rei just hit me as a character who just so strongly reminded me of myself. there's a lot of personal stuff there i could get into but to give the spark notes of it: i have always largely been attached as a "gifted kid who had so much going for them!" that i'd be treated as an adult and expected to just. solve adult problems. and to see a character who had also been levied with that and had just kinda fucking given up entirely really echoed the shit i was going through. so like. that's kinda what drew me to him i think. also i thought he was silly

well here's my favorite lore tidbits in ties to me at least. rei is inadvertently what got me to study japanese (1: enstars TLs are hard to find and i'm incredibly lazy and hate asking for help so about a year ago i was like fuck it! and now i'm learning it and 2: i liked his use of multiple 1st person pronouns in easter). my girlfriend and i actually bonded over enstars (rei + kaoru in particular) so he inadvertently got us together. the fact he can play violin got me really impassioned about my music studies for about a month

my favorite lore bits in general? i looove his dynamic with 2wink. i adore sad grandpa and his overactive kids (+ brother dynamics here. how the aois look completely just like. get along fine get along great!! from the outside when in actuality they have a dynamic not. horribly far from the sakumas. less overtly violent but still very 'younger brother feels overshadowed by the older, and older brother is sometimes kind of a prick'). i absolutely adoreeeee his dynamic with kaoru in crossroads. i love the dichotomy between rei, as someone who's spent his entire life as being "gifted" and bearing the ugly burden of it, getting told off by kaoru, someone's who's "normal." like i love how they're both opposites of each other yet both just as disillusioned with the world in 2nd year. i could go crazy talking about kaorei Ok anyway. i love how ultimately rei is still kind despite what he says about himself. he might whine and insist he's a "dark demon of the night" or something but i feel like that comes from his guilt of feeling like he's unable to just. solve everyone's problems. that's how he lost the war!! he tried so hard to save everyone that he ultimately couldn't save anyone + destroyed his own relationships in the process. i love how the way he's "selfish" is by standing up for himself and saying he's not going to just fix everyone's problems for them anymore. and i like how his conflict with koga reflects this; it's not that koga is dumb or anything, but that he's staring at rei with rose tinted glasses. he sees rei as an idol (arguably, he's just as bad as those who demand rei fix their problems) first and foremost and can't understand why rei would just stop being his idol. god. undead dynamic. i feel like his dynamic with ritsu is also fucking crazy. and i think ritsu is right not to just point blank forgive him tbh. enstars is great cause you can see how both of them are just hurting the other by acting the way they do but how they're both so similar + stubborn they'll refuse to admit it. and how rei says that even if ritsu hates him he's still his big brother?? good lord. i'm a sucker for older siblings in media (checks out! i am an older sibling)

outside of the serious stuff, rei is also great cause he looooves acting like he's stupid. he loves to pretend he doesn't have 8 different master plans rotating in his brain at any given time. he loved pulling the "ohh i wouldn't know i'm just stupid 🥺" card and it's fucking crazy. there's something wrong with his brain. he genuinely knows how to help people form his past experiences but doesn't want to become so over relied on again that he constantly plays the "ohhh i am just so old and my bones are so creaky :( my genuinely helpful advice was just a fluke!" card ALL THE TIME. i think it's funny how he loves to tease people. act all haughty and then be like "haha wouldn't it be funny if you sucked on my boob." it's fun because he's just like. still a Guy beneath his 8 levels of demon hell. he's just very silly. i like that he skips class all the time to sleep, too.

and like (slaps the top of oddballs) these guys can fit SO much found family. you're telling me 5 guys who have consistently been outed from their peer groups for "weird" interests/abilities/family shenanigans finally meet up in high school, get stuck in a weird trauma hell for a year, and they're NOT going to have a weirdly strong bond of trust that it's something to fear? good lord. they make me feel crazy. i love that they ultimately end up making a home for themselves and they remain close friends after the fact (hell, if i remember right they were friends even before eichi did eichi things. he's just kinda what cemented them and really knit them together). i love natsume and his 2 sets of parents

good lord. i could probably say more but i've been typing this for an hour and a half! whoops! thank you for asking me about him though :) i have many thoughts. as you can tell. also look at this funny video i have

((lol nah that reply is a bit of a joke but i would like to explain since i have the opportunity his physique and why he looks the way he does. im not gonna put it under keep reading because its important and im also gonna try to make it as short as possible so lets go

1. Leo does actually have muscle but he has it more because it fits his character to want to look good and to take care of his appearance you know vanity and all that. He is more fit than muscley though and his strongest part are his arms and his back looks real sexy too lol Edit: I remembered one more thing if you look back to most of my art you will see he wears very loose shirts so his muscles and physique aren’t always very visible

2. I think you are forgetting that the real buff boy of the zodiac is. Taurus. lol he is the beefiest one and even without him aries and scorpio beat leo out in built because they are ruled by mars and its much more fitting in my opinion to have them be more buff than leo. if leo was the same buffness then and now these other three would look like monsters in comparison. Here is aries in comparison he has the most muscle because he also plays the most sport. 

 scorpio looks very similar to aries but he is taller than aries so he looks more buff in comparisson. and taurus is just naturally kind of big looking he doesnt have muscles in the same way as scorpio and aries cuz he doesnt train or go to the gym like they do but he is overall the physically strongest zodiac

3. Erik is...only 21 he is a very young man it doesnt make sense to me that a guy as young as him and with a disinterest in sports and fitness other than the usual taking care of himself would be super buff. also here is what a young lion looks like 

looks pretty scrawny to me

4. He is very much a domesticated cat in my opinion. Most leos act more like domesticated cats that will scratch you slightly only if you annoy them. they only lash out if they are provoked a lot. Erik is also very much rich and pampered his whole life. like this dude aint a fierce lion unless provoked

My favourite book, hmm... I do not have a specific title of book that I can call my favourite. For example, I love to fill my mind by going deep within the past of the city. Learning the true forms of weapons, finding out where they come from and admire how they were used in battles. I love to busy my mind with the Japanese culture too. Able to see where Master Splinter came from and finding out new facts about the country is fascinating to me. I can only wish to be able to experience this in real, but we can only dream.

I also adore a good thriller too, one that grabs you by the ankles and grips you till the very end. It's just a matter of finding those books and unfortunately for me, I am not able to go through the bookstore and do it for myself.

With all that being said, reading is a great hobby and I am happy you have rekindled your love for Pride and Prejudice. Happy reading, my dear anon!

What a thoughtful thing to say, anon. Thank you, really. I already know your eyes must also share the same beauty, be what colour they may. Have a lovely day/night, my dear 💙

Ya, sorry, I’m just receiving it, tumblr has been glitching out (I can’t even edit my theme to fix it) but o shit I didn’t know, but I’m not. Could you message me which post?