Depending on the day and what D.Va has done in the past 24 hours, Intensity's opinion wildly swings from "that's hot" to "oh my god how have you not killed yourself and everyone within a mile radius of you yet."
So overall, their CR has not changed much from the last check-in besides continuing to be more on the same trajectory.
D.Va is fun and competitive and very earnest, which turns out is very endearing. She also doesn't take no for an answer, which is also particularly endearing to Intensity. So he humors/gets owned by her and it usually doesn't sting his pride too much, because he can always get her back in some fashion. And the cycle begins anew. And it's peppered with genuinely thoughtful things like a sandwich to the face, an espresso machine, and doing Lives together because the both of them are dirt poor.
Though over the past weeks, Intensity has noticed one other thing about D.Va that he hadn't taken into account before. He always knew she was charismatic, but now he knows she's very articulate and has a silver tongue - as he's watched her interact with more people other than his grumpy self. No wonder she was able to snag a demon girlfriend so easily. It's kind of put a new spin on how he views her as previously he assumed her to have no filter from though to spoken word. But in fact, she does! And he's been a little extra cautious to not fall for those words so easily as he's trying to size up her actions (because he's a paranoid fucko).
But her intentions and motivations seem to be on par with what he always thought, so business as usual really.
Which brings us to one advancement - the proposal and trial acceptance of the two of them being friends with benefits. He likes D.Va. Definitely thinks she's hot. And definitely thinks they could have fun together. But he and she are also very very very high maintenance people. And he's not quite sure if he can juggle even a FWB on top of his Man Eater, King, Maki trinity. Relationships are hard work. Doubly hard for Intensity to ensure he doesn't fuck them up. Triply hard since he's never managed a FWB without catching pesky feelings. And D.Va seems a little volatile and easily hurt by Intensity being... well the ass that he is. So he's willing to give it a go. But he's also looking to see if he can handle it long term or not. And will drop it immediately if it seems to negatively impact their relationship. Because frankly - her trust and tie to a host are more important to him. And he will do his damnest not to jeopardize either.
Which brings us to the snaffu - Kohime. Intensity is insanely protective of Kohime as he relates to her a little too well and because she saved the lives of him/his unit. She also keeps FiN off the BARiTONES chopping block. She is very important to him, and one of the few people who has even more trust issues than Intensity. So the incident with bloodless D.Va showing up on his doorstep with an aggravated Kohime has been in the forefront of his mind. As has a lot of their arguments. He knows D.Va is careless and that Kohime assumes the worst, so it's definitely a landmine that he wants to avoid at all costs. And if holding off getting physically entangled with D.Va will avoid it - he's definitely going to go that route.
Now, how to ask Kohime if that bothers her when the both of them don't talk about friends and feelings is a problem that Intensity will have to wrangle on his own.
In the meantime, Intensity will continue to enjoy his interactions with D.Va. He'll be eye-rolly and judging of some of her more ridiculous choices (because he is Intensity) and positively thrilled with some of her others depending on the outcomes. I mean, one true sign of Intensity's affection is that he makes you shit for free, and Intensity rarely charges for her commissions and repairs. And it doesn't look like that will change anytime soon.
Intensity -> D.Va
So overall, their CR has not changed much from the last check-in besides continuing to be more on the same trajectory.
D.Va is fun and competitive and very earnest, which turns out is very endearing. She also doesn't take no for an answer, which is also particularly endearing to Intensity. So he humors/gets owned by her and it usually doesn't sting his pride too much, because he can always get her back in some fashion. And the cycle begins anew. And it's peppered with genuinely thoughtful things like a sandwich to the face, an espresso machine, and doing Lives together because the both of them are dirt poor.
Though over the past weeks, Intensity has noticed one other thing about D.Va that he hadn't taken into account before. He always knew she was charismatic, but now he knows she's very articulate and has a silver tongue - as he's watched her interact with more people other than his grumpy self. No wonder she was able to snag a demon girlfriend so easily. It's kind of put a new spin on how he views her as previously he assumed her to have no filter from though to spoken word. But in fact, she does! And he's been a little extra cautious to not fall for those words so easily as he's trying to size up her actions (because he's a paranoid fucko).
But her intentions and motivations seem to be on par with what he always thought, so business as usual really.
Which brings us to one advancement - the proposal and trial acceptance of the two of them being friends with benefits. He likes D.Va. Definitely thinks she's hot. And definitely thinks they could have fun together. But he and she are also very very very high maintenance people. And he's not quite sure if he can juggle even a FWB on top of his Man Eater, King, Maki trinity. Relationships are hard work. Doubly hard for Intensity to ensure he doesn't fuck them up. Triply hard since he's never managed a FWB without catching pesky feelings. And D.Va seems a little volatile and easily hurt by Intensity being... well the ass that he is. So he's willing to give it a go. But he's also looking to see if he can handle it long term or not. And will drop it immediately if it seems to negatively impact their relationship. Because frankly - her trust and tie to a host are more important to him. And he will do his damnest not to jeopardize either.
Which brings us to the snaffu - Kohime. Intensity is insanely protective of Kohime as he relates to her a little too well and because she saved the lives of him/his unit. She also keeps FiN off the BARiTONES chopping block. She is very important to him, and one of the few people who has even more trust issues than Intensity. So the incident with bloodless D.Va showing up on his doorstep with an aggravated Kohime has been in the forefront of his mind. As has a lot of their arguments. He knows D.Va is careless and that Kohime assumes the worst, so it's definitely a landmine that he wants to avoid at all costs. And if holding off getting physically entangled with D.Va will avoid it - he's definitely going to go that route.
Now, how to ask Kohime if that bothers her when the both of them don't talk about friends and feelings is a problem that Intensity will have to wrangle on his own.
In the meantime, Intensity will continue to enjoy his interactions with D.Va. He'll be eye-rolly and judging of some of her more ridiculous choices (because he is Intensity) and positively thrilled with some of her others depending on the outcomes. I mean, one true sign of Intensity's affection is that he makes you shit for free, and Intensity rarely charges for her commissions and repairs. And it doesn't look like that will change anytime soon.