tl;cr meme

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tl;dr relationship meme
♥ post your characters!
♥ respond to other people's characters with your characters!
♥ they tell you what their character thinks of your character, ic or ooc! tl;dr is enouraged but first impressions or even just impressions from hearsay are a-okay!
♥ react if you want! wallow in da feels
♥ other people do the same thing -- maybe you can use these for a CR chart later? go nuts

Comments

[criticallyfucked]

Reira is... definitely one of Foster's most favoured people in the Carnival.

He was originally baffled by her, because she was so enamoured of something he'd thought of as disposable--effectively garbage--and he more or less gave it to her because it was pointless not to, and to deflect any potential trouble it'd cause him if he didn't. And they had a lot of trouble communicating, because everything Reira thought she was supposed to do, she... super wasn't with him.

But she was still a lot better and faster at figuring things out than anyone else (even though he LITERALLY TELLS PEOPLE WHAT TO DO), and the more they interacted, the easier he found talking to her... much to his surprise, eventually, as he realised he didn't super fucking hate her.

Actually, she was pretty sharp, and strong-willed, and those are traits he respects.

Once they seriously malfunctioned in Greysol and then had a long talk on Kerner Island, he basically determined that Reira was not only the least offensive personality in the Carnival, she was probably the most reasonable and willing to listen to what he was actually saying.

Her fearless, blunt refusal to take what he said or be ordered out of what she had physically observed sort of clinched it, honestly.

So, you know, when she didn't show up at breakfast in Heartstone... he 'checked' on her. And now look where that's gotten him.

The thing is, because Foster doesn't have a nurturing bone in his body, he is neither protective of her nor does he infantilise her or her motives (despite her being 7, and arguably, at an age where that might make some sense.) Part of this may be because of how much he personally despises that treatment, but honestly, he's much more interested in enabling her to do whatever she wants; he is of the opinion that she has the right to decide for herself, and that she can handle it. If she can't, then she should be expected to deal with the consequences (isn't that how you learn, anyway) and also she's perfectly able to get a lot of other help that isn't. You know. Him.

TL;DR:

Reira Akaba Is Better Than You.