tHis TOOK too damn long but here is the first part of a three parts comic delving into the perselilo (percy / elio / lorelei) dynamic (next time i'll draw on a smaller scale because that was terrible) (there are so many mistakes i pretend i DONT SEE THEM)
any ship in there is doomed and i wanted to make a point why : although lorelei loves and wants elio, what they need in a partner does not match. they aim for a busy life and an even busier schedule (lawyer work, rock band on the side, community service, taking care of their family, friends, travelling) and that needs having someone that can keep up with it or have their own set goals and so they can support each other in their respective projects / understand they're not necessarily the priority.
i'd like to think they would be able to tell they would not work out, but i think they'd need to try that out to understand - and that's how they're doomed. i could see elio suggesting it, although he does not love them, and lorelei accepting BECAUSE he does not love them. (Se dominant and Fe dominant combo there..... elio would need to see it for himself, lorelei would cave even if they thought it wasnt a good idea because they're down bad) so it's casual right? no drama, things are good (beside percy side eyeing from the corner but that's not his moment rn). but yeah i think issues would pop out eventually, like how things arent so casual after all but elio does NOT speak up about that changing because he knows if he does lorelei is gone. or how elio would always be second to whatever thing lorelei has (that, i think, could be a breakup route motif lmao soon breakuproute!elio), lorelei would promise to make things right again but fail at showing up because they cant help themselves / don't know how to prioritize and WOULD NOT learn / understand how to (despite trying)
were they wise they'd understand they should keep their vague oh so casual not so casual flirting despite not being together thing and run with it as long as they're allowed... but i think that opens some other can of worms lmao tbh (percy would call it a situationship, they would deny)
i think the kind of intimacy i foresee them having would only make sense starting summer, and even then "comfortable with fem presenting mc enough to act so spoiled he tramples on how they feel DESPITE not liking the mc back" elio sounds like one very difficult to pull ahaha (im being self indulgent aGAIN)
