#pride pair

Obviously getting panels again and

Like- dude who wouldve guessed i’d LITERALLY CRY AT PRIDE PAIR LIKE💔💔 guys what if they broke me??? Guys???

and it was like. fucking weird? because you'd think it got changed so it won't overlap with lust pair but both are basically still haughty shorty x the manservant they yanked around but swap the eve and the servamp

and then

and fucking theeeeen

These may be the most important headcanons I'll ever write ever, anon.

Mahiru: Simple is best! Usually won't get too fancy with it-- Likes his marshmallow with that perfect golden-brown crust. Before he would be confused why some people would burn the marshmallow so much it caught on fire but Sakuya convinced him to try it once and was surprised that it wasn't horrible.

Kuro: Would either toast his marshmallow golden-brown or where there's be some black char spots but not where the whole thing is burnt. He had the idea to put ice cream on top of his smore once and started doing that without fail.

Sakuya: He burns the fucking thing like no tomorrow and swears its one of the best ways to do it. Other than that, also normally makes a standard smore with the gram crackers and candy bar chocolate. He'll also always have sticky hands no matter how careful he is. This boy cannot make a smore that doesnt ooze onto his fingers.

Tetsu: Is very skilled at getting the marshmallow perfectly cooked. Likes his marshmallow golden brown.

Hugh: He condems under roasted marshmallows like he won't eat a whole family pack of uncooked marshmallows straight out the bag. Something about the integrity of a s'more. He has a habit of roasting the thing, sliding the crust off and eating it and repeat till there's nothing left.

Mikuni: This pretentious asshole likes to use the expensive bar chocolate on his s'mores and will swear its better. He'd probably try to make his own marshmallows to roast and after that he's even more snobbish about it. He'll still eat the normal s'more he's offered. Likes his marshmallow with a couple small charred bits.

Jeje: Will fully burn the marsh. Mikuni thinks he's a psychopath for it and God Forbid he burns one of his Eve's homemade ones.

Licht: Will eat the marshmallow no matter as long is its not fully burnt. He has tried it burnt and he rambled on angrily about how it was a slight to such a deliciously holy treat. Using the normal candy bar chocolate and store-bought gram crackers are very special to him and he prefers it that way.

Hyde: Unintentionally scorched his marshy ONCE and got kicked out of his chair for it. Perfers his the perfect golden-brown. He'll get a little bowl of hot fudge to dip his in and it's perfection.

Freya: Doesn't like anything burnt when it comes to it. Will shake up a can of whipped cream and put some on the top of her s'more. It always gets on the tip of her nose and she can't eat a smore cleanly at all wwwww

Iduna: Golden-brown to somewhat charred. Her mess is even worse than Freya's and she always gets goopy hands. She says it's part of the experience.

Niccolo: Likes his with a few char spots and a side of ice cream. Doesn't mix them but likes to eat them both as a pair.

Ildio: It literally doesn't matter, he'll eat it. Even after he starts slowing down and is able to actually taste it, he likes all forms of marshymallow so he's not picky on this front.

Misono: Ate a burnt s'more once and swore never again. Likes his marshy golden brown or a little undercooked. The high quality ingredients the Alicein get makes for an extra yummy s'more. Guess that's where Mikuni gets it from.

Lily: Actually likes his marshy golden to burnt. He likes the flavor of it. Actually perfers it being in the form of a s'more's flavored macaron with toasty marshmallow fluff filling. He likes the texture of the macaron cookies paired with a bit of the crunch of the gram crackers.

Hugh is probably the second most calculating and manipulative Servamp aside from Lily. Though he stays in his child's form most of the time because that's his "default" form, it is also likely he utilized it to drop people's guard and hide his true intention. Though it wasn't really stated in canon, but Algernon III is likely an aristocrat or a noble. Algernon III dislike socializing with the towns people in his old age, but that doesn't mean he wasn't taught the intrigues of noble lifestyle, and he was indeed good at it.

Information is the crucial key in a fight, so he made many subclasses to help him gather all kinds of information for him. The fake contract part was a genius move as well, no one suspected Hugh's contract with Tetsu was fake until Yumikage's deduction came out. Hugh had also admitted to Tetsu that he had been using him to get higher up information from C3 and Alicein family. Judging how Hugh stated that he decides his own name, it is likely that Hugh had used this fake contract method before to gather information and never truly had an Eve. His scheming and information gathering were way ahead of the protagonists, but he hid them all behind his childish appearance.

But despite all that, it is still hard to hate him because we know his reasoning and back story, it is also obvious that he is a kind-hearted person. He loved the boy who had brought happiness into his life in his final days, so he swore revenge on the Count and mourned for the boy ever since he was reborn as a servamp. All those planning he made was to stop the Count so no one had to suffer anymore. But most importantly, he truly cared deeply for Tetsu despite their fake contract. How he begged Tetsu to come with him despite knowing his lie was found out, his desperation when Tetsu was shot, how he stayed by his side until he regained consciousness, and those vulnerable expressions he made when Tetsu confronted him on the roof spoke more than any words.

My favorite part was when Tetsu tentatively reached out and called Hugh's name like trying to approach a scared animal, Hugh's reaction was like a helpless child gripping on his own cape for support. All his resolution and planning had pretty much crumbled at that point, as Yumikage had pointed out, he had long since lost to Tetsu.

Tetsu had always been on the passive side in their relationship since Hugh is often more proactive, but this time, he took the initiative. He knew he was no match to Hugh when it came to brain power, so he didn't allow Hugh time to think and straight out asked for the contract by tossing his chosen contract item to him. Like what he said to Mahiru when they later met up, he was there to get back what he lost.

Sometimes, I go back to binge all of the chapters again. It’s interesting to see these little moments of foreshadowing about the countdown (though there are also a few inconsistencies about Kuro’s backstory).

Hugh appears to know about the curse if he referred to Kuro’s disappearance as “sleeping” while he disappeared. He also names Tsubaki’s “countdown” plan the same way Tsubaki does so he might know his plan too. Hugh was one of the three who wanted Kuro to kill Sensei. We see that C3′s old director spoke of JeJe and Hugh about this plan but Hugh isn’t featured in the panel. It could be that Hugh was working with Sensei and knew that Kuro killing him would actually help with his reincarnation/immortality plan. Now, Hugh has become brothers with Tetsu and he’s regrets that his involvement could hurt him.