End of year question meme

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

'Tis the season.

You know what to do.

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[carnivorouscarnival]

CR me!!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Izumu. ♥

Buckle in. Cuz we haven't done this since Liar Hell.

Man☆Eater is probably the only person that Intensity will seek out when he is having a rough time. Sure, if someone shows up, he will not (necessarily) turn them away. And if someone is conveniently around he may have a feelings meltdown (unintentionally) around them, but Man☆Eater is definitely the only person that he proactively contacts when he knows a feeling implosion is imminent. Just looking at Man☆Eater's inbox and seeing Intensity multiple meltdowns it's like --- ah. Yes. that is definitely a thing. Sorry for blowing up your phone, Man☆Eater.

Like Man☆Eater, Intensity also does not believe that all relationships are created equal. Especially in Imeeji where things have to be prioritized. So on a personal level, he has always struggled with attempting to rank his own relationships. Angel and Mokuba definitely top the list - which should surprise no one. But he was having a hard time dealing with the Man☆Eater-King-Maki trifecta. And for King and Maki, Intensity was getting very very jealous of their relationships and feeling like he was failing some unspoken expectations that he just didn't understand. And he was just waiting to fail a hidden test from Man☆Eater as well.

When Man☆Eater found out about that in Liar Hell, he very bluntly told Intensity he was stupid, walled him, and Intensity has never doubted him again. Because Man☆Eater doesn't want for relationships and he doesn't say nice things for the sake of saying nice things - so when he told Intensity he didn't have expectations, Intensity believed him. Man☆Eater has no reason to lie there. And that sealed the deal for Intensity trusting Man☆Eater (in addition to attempting to go to the jail to come for him in Liar Hell). Which is why when things went south on the mission, it was Man☆Eater that got the text. First, because he had context. And second, he knew he would tell the people he should tell. And from what he learned later - Man☆Eater told B and Maki, which is what he wanted him to do. Good job for understanding the cryptic wants of your communication-challenged boyfriend.

That still left the issues revolving around Man☆Eater-King-Maki, which was causing a lot of tension until Intensity and King finally pigeon-holed what they had going as rivals - someone who brings out your best. But if King was a rival, than that immediately slotted Man☆Eater as family - someone who accepts you at your worst. So once Intensity was able to apply labels to things, he soon thereafter dubbed Man☆Eater family to his face. Which seemed to get a favorable response. So that is how Intensity handles things now. Man☆Eater - family. King - rival. Maki - dating. There. Done. No need to stress about it anymore. Surely he may to have to pick between them in a game, but that is a problem for future!Intensity that current!Intensity doesn't have time to deal with right now.

The next big influential event was the second round of the Betrayal (because of course it was). How Man☆Eater acted under the influence really stood out to Intensity (even though Intensity still really doesn't believe in the ghost hocus pocus bullshit). Man☆Eater approached it as - I will kill the people I love. He already knew who those people were and he specifically sought them out - as evident by waiting for Intensity in the foyer. It was an expression of his feelings. And even punch drunk on House ghosts (and due to dice rolls), he still didn't kill Angel. Because WHEW then things would have had a different ending. When compared to Maki, she was using the ghosts as her own method of self-discovering what love was and murdered a very important person in front of Intensity. And then she went through the guilty, regretful phase similar to what happened during the Last Supper. Whereas on the other hand, with Man☆Eater, it felt like progress of openly admitting his feelings even if it ended in a murderdate. Not exactly unexpected considering the two of them. And all things considered, very mutual and the easiest way for these two to express their feelings. And it created a nice circle of what happened when tied back to the first round of the House - which was extremely formative to the two of them.

Ever since then, things between them have been - dare we say comfortable? With more affection and PDA in public and Intensity openly admitting that Man☆Eater is his.

Regarding Man☆Eater himself -- being the big hypocrite he is, Intensity has become increasingly more concerned about Man☆Eater's isolationism. It started when Little☆Red left and watching how unhinged Man☆Eater was after that. It spiked a little during ViewScream which prompted Intensity to invite Man☆Eater and humiliate C in front of him (it was for a good cause because he really likes C). And has come to play in other recent events - (1) being when he lost an eye in GM game and the rest of ☆ZRAEL was no where to be seen and (2) after GM game, when Man☆Eater offhandedly admitted that ☆ZRAEL wasn't considering his feelings regarding Intensity being in the dorm. Obviously ☆ZRAEL is not what is used to be, and Man☆Eater is head of the old guard. That is glaringly obvious by him being worried about G☆d coming back while the rest of the unit was still (rightfully) mad. And Intensity is concerned that maybe Man☆Eater is not getting what he is providing other people. Man☆Eater told him to shut up when he pointed it out, so he probably won't bring it up again. But it's still at the back of his mind. Which brings us to:

Intensity's solution: Man☆Eater needs a rival to cheer him up. That's what he is missing! Which is why he'll waste numerous points on goading Mars into a lap dance for Man☆Eater during maid cafe. Looks like that whole - never been jealous thing paid off. Because even though Intensity has never been good at relationships, he has also never questioned whether Man☆Eater would get tired of him someday. It just has never occurred to him.

There have been other developments - like older brother solidarity since Man☆Eater has met Mokuba and Intensity met Rizumu in a dream. And Man☆Eater also explaining his feelings regarding Big Blue and that he left her body in a ditch somewhere. Which seems reasonable - by Intensity standards.

But tl;dr Intensity is very comfortable around Man☆Eater and is very secure in their current family status. No complaints on his end.

Reverse CR me.