#piddle puddle

I’m actually really sickof it.

I don’t… see the appeal?Like, just… how does it work unless both characters are different to theircanon? And canon’s got so little on both of them so it’s extremely differentfor every interpretation. Particularly with Chaos, as his canon indicates hehas about as much personality as a rock with eyes.

And they spent some awhole lot of time sealed in the ME together. IIIRC, it’s undetermined how muchtime they spent sealed, but it was /a really long time/. I don’t buy thatneither of them would come out of it really screwed up, conscious or not duringthat time so that complicates matters, not necessarily in a bad way. If anything,it opens the way for very complex interpretations of the characters. But…

That leads into anotherthing. The characters are never given interpretations of their own. They arealways thrown together with whatever situations or worlds are being built forthem. Just, why? I’m sure before Chaos’ rampage they both had their own life,or at least, it’s not a hard thing to imagine, IMO. But nope, any time onecomes into play in something, the other is right there with them. Even Archiedoes this. It’s tiring.

It doesn’t help that theyboth have very common back stories given to them. Tikal was always a pacifistin a war eager clan, Chaos never did anything with anything besides the chaobefore her, etc etc.

It’s incredibly boring andinevitably leads to “yeah they’re a thing”. It’s just /boring/ and frustratingthat they don’t even seem to be looked at as their own characters, always “Tikaland Chaos” which leads to /them/ being boring as characters.

YEAH I LIKE THIS

I DUNNO WHY

Like, I could probably getreally into it but I think I’ll refrain from that but

It’s really neat that theyget along so well. Their personalities are so different, conflicting, even, butthey work well together, enjoy each other’s companies and just doing stuff, soit’s not even immediately obvious why they’d be /friends/ even.  

Chasey’s got a lot goingon for him. He’s aged and matured, he’s in a stable position in pretty muchevery way, he’s got connections with others of all kinds and p much has nothingto worry about. Meph, on the other hand, is a primary target to avoid, so Chaseyvery easily fits the role of a mentor, almost, and just being a very safechoice as someone for Meph to stick around with I say despite the fact that twopeople in Chasey’s home nearly killed him

The really hilarious thingis the mutual little crush they got going on. It’s /hilarious/ because Meph isreally comparable to like, a little kid having a crush on a teacher or a friend’solder sibling. Meanwhile on Chasey’s end of the stick, who the fuck knows whyhe even tolerates the burt’s presence AND THAT’S WHY IT’S SO HILARIOUS

but you also gotta realizethat all this leads to Meph not even considering Chasey having him. It’s not atall a ridiculous conclusion for anyone to come to when you look at them andcompare them on paper, but it does mean that he’s completely oblivious toanything Chasey does that might be even just a little flirty or specific tohim. Though, it’s arguable that Meph would have that issue with any god,really. Which amusingly leads into the possibility of “He’s never had another godthing as a mate and that might be because he’s too blind to pick up on anyhints”