1, 2, 3, 12, and 18 for puffcest!!
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Okay so first, when it comes to puffcest, I specifically ship Bubbles x Buttercup. The reason is a long story, so I'm just gonna go ahead and answer these for now!
1. who realized first? how old were they?
In my mind, it was kinda mutual, and it was a slow burn that started when they were just kids, but it didn't come to a head till they were teens. Both of them knew from fairly early on that Blossom was "the favorite" and that they were kinda her backup dancers in most people's eyes, so they sought solace from each other over the feelings of inferiority. It was Bubbles who first realized her feelings for Buttercup were less than innocent, tho Buttercup felt the same way it just hadn't quite clicked for her at first until Bubbles confessed
2. who made the first move?
Bubbles accidentally let it slip, since she's the more emotional one and after a point she just couldn't hold it in anymore. The way it happened tho was suuuuuuper embarrassing, and NSFW, since it happened during their hormonal teen years - I'd be more than happy to tell the story, but since these were all SFW questions I'll do that separately lol
3. did their parents know?
Nope! The professor was totally oblivious. The girls were always super affectionate with each other, so when Bubbles and Buttercup started dating their touchy-feelyness wasn't too shocking. The only real indicator that something was up was the fact that, at that point, the girls all had separate rooms, but the two would sometimes sleep in each other's beds. They tried to be discreet as possible, going back and fourth most nights, but Buttercup often sleeping in Bubble's bed since it's bigger than hers. He'd only notice that some mornings he'd see Buttercup leaving Bubble's room instead of her own. He wouldn't say anything, and if he did Buttercup would play it cool and just shrug it off as Bubbles having a nightmare or something
12. what would their parents do if they found out?
Tbh, the Professor would completely panic, and kinda go through an existential crisis over it. He'd be against it at first, but obviously understands that he can't exactly stop them from doing as they please, especially when they're older. At some point, if he ever became okay with it, he'd rationalize that it's not technically "incest" since they weren't really "born", they were created. Ofc that's just him coping, since he wasn't handling their materials (the sugar, spice, and everything nice) in a sterile environment, he had no gloves or hair covering on when he made them, so his DNA got all mixed up in the soup, so biologically they are his children and thus also blood-related - tho that term is also figurative since technically they don't have human blood, but that's a whole other thing lol
18. how would they react to being exposed?
Obvs this would be the most complicated part, since in their world they've been celebrities since they were 5 years old, and thusly their relationship would be a huge scandal if it were publicly exposed. Depending on how the exposure of their relationship happened, they'd likely try to play it off as a villain framing them, or maybe as a big misunderstanding. Buttercup would be pissed at anyone trying to threaten their happiness and would use fear and brute force to get them to back off. I'm not 100% sure what Bubbles would do, she'd be terrified of Buttercup breaking up with her over it, or of the friendship between the trio being ruined, and would be pretty distraught over the whole thing, but I think their love and friendship would keep them together.
As for Blossom finding out.... she'd be utterly flabbergasted and beside herself. There'd also be a weird feeling of being left out, but she wouldn't be sure if she's jealous of their relationship per say, or just upset that they lied and concealed it from her for so long. In the end though, she'd come to accept that they love each other and support them wholeheartedly. She likely wouldn't join their relationship and form a committed poly situation, but would be open to at least giving it a shot and/or experimenting with them, if you get what I mean ;P
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ASK!! This was so fun, this is the ultimate rarepair for me, but I just love them so much, I could talk about these two all day 😭😍











