#myrandomtalk

While I slap the trope about "rival with benefits" with Hankren and "co-worker to lover" with 2bren, I always have some hard time describe the 3 relationship other than the trope and didn't go deep into it, until I play through helia and Coralie chapter.

The line helia say " just know that you're not a kite with broken string, I'll be the thread connect you to the world" hit my brain. This is the line I can think of and describe Ren relationship when come to 2b and Hank.

i hc Hank as always tired around him, tired emotionally when the madness kick in to the point he doesn't care for anyone (including himself) and have hard time what to feel, because all of those come back to life have to fuck him up at some point bruh 💀.

And 2BDamned to me is like, he let the work took over most of his emotions so he end up have hard time to express what he feels, come out as cold and no care to the world when come to business.

And with Hank and 2b know each other with the being roommate stuff, I think they do have close relationships in it but have hard time pin points it because of them have hard time navigating their own feelings and emotion, just in a unknown state of the relationship.

Basically "a kite with broken strings" when come to their emotion if you will. When Ren with Hank and doc, he basically the person that comfort and help the two learn how to navigate and care for someone genuinely, basically help them in emotion aspects as Ren is the emotional one between the 3 of them, basically "a thread connect them to the world".

2BDamned and Hank also a "thread" that connects to Ren's broken "kite" in a sense too, I'm still work on it so thing may change, but the basic is that 2bhank basically drag Ren out of his action that can see as self destruction, and bring him comfort in their own way. Basically used the things Ren have helped them to help him back.

I would say I see Coralie and helia relationship a lot in 2bhankren, the tease and banter and the rivalry sometimes too.

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