#mobreirit

I’m all over reirit as a reaction to or proxy for mobrei though. There’s nothing more interesting (to me) than being loved or hated for someone else’s sake and that’s basically Reigen and Ritsu’s canon dynamic anyway. That they’re very much alike as people makes it even more compelling

Reirit on its own without Mob feels weird to me too, yeah—just because he's such a huge part of both of their lives and it's hard to think about who they each would've been without him. Mob influences both them and their relationship to each other just by existing, which makes it really hard to picture Reirit existing at all without him lmao. Load bearing third-wheel ong 😭

I feel like a lot of the appeal of reirit for me depends on Mob in a lot of ways. His reaction, his relationship with each of them, his very character. Like you could change one thing about Mob and I feel like it would change the entire dynamic of the reirit you're writing around it. Which is,,,admittedly a lot of the appeal for me too lmao like I wanna see the situations that these two incredibly similar idiots get into when Mob's the one balancing both of their strings. Imagine your best friend getting with your brother. That's the type of sway Mob has over their relationship, even if it's not romantic for him or them @ him at all.

This is also why Reirit tends to dissolve into some form of Mobreirit for me most of the time lolol it's just so easy to slip him in there when he's already such an integral part of them 💕💕

Then there's Ritsu, who knows that he's the reason everyone got called back—because he forgot in a moment at the Reaping that he was not visibly a boy and so stepping out to scream that he volunteered when Shige's name got called wasn't the martyrous move he thought it was. He managed to save it and save them both but really, was it worth it when he's caused so much trouble for everyone anyway? When President Suzuki is obviously gunning for them now that Ritsu's made a fool of him? And then there's Reigen, who his brother trusts intrinsically but who Ritsu is rightly wary of? The only adult in a sea full of child competitors...he has an obvious advantage.

MobReiRit (Mob is queer platonic with them, though), from a server idea

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Arataka is Vanillope, the bullied glitch kid who wants SO BAD to be on that racing roster, while Mob and Ritsu are from a story-based, fantasy/urban apocalyptic FPS game across the way in the "higher end" section of the arcade. Ritsu is the hero, of course, who you play as while going around fighting spirits and hunting down this Shadow Demon called MOB along the way, occasionally getting cut scenes with Ritsu's brother Shigeo. When you get to the end, the final boss is in fact Shigeo, revealing that he is MOB but not by choice, and the final battle is a fight to the death between him and Ritsu. He and Ritsu have slaughtered each other hundreds of times at this point. Their game, Mob Psycho, is popular with older kids.

Mob gets sick of being a villain for obvious reasons. He just wants to prove that he's good. He asks the other bad guys in the little game support group (who are all also scared of him) about it and one says that the ultimate sign of being a good guy is winning a medal. Something shiny, something gold, but not a crown! Villains are usually the ones winning crowns.

So Mob sets off to another game to win a medal. Another FPS game, one that he quickly finds himself out of his depth in, but somehow ends up with the medal anyway.

...and also somehow in Sugar Rush. With a little blond brat who immediately steals it.

And as S&S fills up with things of ACTUAL spiritual significance, like artifacts and purified salt and herbs at Ritsu's obsessive insistence as he tries to find an in to psychic powers and Reigen tries to encourage him without encouraging him, Ritsu and Reigen get closer. Ritsu is more surly than Mob, less inherently trusting and more emotional, more easily annoyed—but he has no reason to hate Reigen in this verse. Reigen has never even met Mob, much less used his powers for his own gain. Reigen grows incredibly fond of this desperate boy, good at everything but the one thing he wants to be good at, and tries to lead him away from those feelings of jealousy and inadequacy. In turn, Ritsu himself is healthier. A little easier going, though still almost perpetually bristling with temper 😮‍💨

He and Mob are closer as a result! He becomes Mob's only friend, more open with his own thoughts and feelings and, thanks to Reigen, far less afraid of him. Mob is more emotionally stunted than ever, and though he has some tentative acquaintances in the Telepathy club, he's still mostly alone and isolated. All of Reigen's helpful advice on dealing with his autism (identified by how Ritsu speaks about his Shige-nii and the behaviors he says he exhibits) is relayed through Ritsu, who comes to understand Mob a little more because of it.

But—oh, didn't I mention? This is a soulmate AU :)

Ritsu has two marks; one for Mob, and one for Reigen. Mob never develops a mark for Ritsu, but he expects that, obviously. Reigen also doesn't develop a mark for Ritsu, but given their age difference, Ritsu also expects that. He's a smart boy, and he knows that not all soulmarks are reciprocated. It's fine. They don't need to be. Ritsu has mostly made peace with his lot in life.

That is, before Mob and Reigen finally meet in person. And instantly develop matching soulmarks.