So let's say the sides are at the party and they have a female friend. How would they react (as a group) if she said that some guy is not taking no for an answer and making her feel unsafe?
Roman, immediately taking charge: Which one is he?
Friend: Are you going to intimidate him?
Roman: No, I'm going to have Remus intimate him, I'm about as threatening as a sprig of rosemary.
Remus, looming behind Roman: Which one is he?
Friend: *points him out*
Remus, taking Janus with him: *heads in that direction*
Logan: *follows, so they don't do something they'll regret*
Patton, wrapping an arm around her if she's okay with that: Are you alright? Do you want to leave?
Friend: If you don't mind...
Patton: Of course we don't. You're more important than any dumb party.
Virgil: Yeah, I located all the exits when we first got here, the quickest one that doesn't go past him is this way.
Virgil: *leads group to exit*
Patton: *walks beside friend, keeping her close*
Roman: *walks close behind them, making sure nobody tries anything*
Virgil, Patton, Roman, Friend: *safely arrive to their homes/wherever they're headed back to*
Remus, Janus, Logan: *show up about an hour later, Remus with bruised knuckles that he refuses to explain, though he might have already had them, no one's totally sure*
Friend: How'd it go?
Janus: For us? Well. We won't have to worry about him bothering anyone again.
Friend: ...Is he alive?
Janus: Who's to say?
Logan, behind Janus: He's alive. And physically unharmed.
Friend, uncertain: Physically?
Logan, offering no elaboration: Yes.
Breaking News: World-Class Soft Pretzel Maker Invents New Solution To Dip Pretzels In Before Baking
The baker is quoted as saying the usual baking-soda-and-water method was "too basic for [their] taste"
I think if anyone finds the labels of light and dark absolutely meaningless, it's Logan and Janus, because they both know they all help Thomas equally, so I think they're most likely to befriend each other.
When Janus snatched away Logan with his cane and took his place, Logan had to know he was being impersonated, yet there was no sign of Logan attempting to stop him. 'Logan' also didn't return immediately, which leaves room for me to presume that they discussed it, but he returned quick enough, which leaves room for me to presume that they agreed on Janus taking his place.
These facts in mind, I would say they absolutely recognize this in each other, and as they both know there's no figurative 'cap' on affection the sides can receive, they support each other. If they receive praise from each other, it's mutually beneficial. (I also believe there's a reason that Dark Side!Logan and Loceit AUs are so common and easily supported by canon)
I chose to imagine them hanging out, talking about how the other sides have brushed them off/ignored them lately, and talking about their interests (for example, a conversation I had with a friend:
Them: [showing me their art, beginning to explain it because it's around the theme of a band they really like]
Them: And it— sorry, I should stop, people don't like it when I talk about it so much...
Me, internally: Tell me who said that and they'll pay
Me, externally: No no I want to hear it keep talking
and I feel like that's how it'd go with them)
And Remus! I feel like he's going to have a much bigger + irreplaceable role than shown so far. Like how Janus was introduced as 'Deceit,' but we learned he embodies self-preservation + self-care too. But for now, about his actions:
Roman is a Light Side. He is Good Creativity. He's Thomas's hero. He's literally a prince charming. Everybody loves him.
At least, that's how he's seen, right? We know he's actually got some self-esteem issues. But externally, he's perfect. Externally, 'the Duke and the Prince literally wear the black and the white.'
When Thomas's creativity 'split,' and Remus was created as the embodiment as Bad Creativity and the villain of the story, how everyone would see him was predetermined. He's the annoying one; the bad one; the one nobody wants around.
So that's what he made himself. He knew he couldn't get positive attention, so he made himself get the attention he could get: negative attention.
He's not just a kid screaming on an airplane. He's the sibling that's overshadowed by his brother, who's perfect. He's the kid who acts out to try to get the attention that his brother gets for being good.
Because if Remus acted 'good,' so what? Everyone else already does that. To get attention, he either has to somehow become 'better' than Roman, or be so much 'worse' that everyone takes note. (And this is super common in kids.)
This is my take on everything and this is very long and probably repetitive but if I am anything it is not succinct
So we all remember these scenes:
C!Thomas: You’re right, you’re right, you’re right, you’re right, you’re right, you’re right.
Logan: Well, now you're just pandering to my fondness for being told that I'm right.
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C!Thomas: (sighs) You're right.
Janus: Oh, I'm sorry. Uh, what was that? I couldn't hear you.
C!Thomas: (louder) You're right.
Janus: AH! YES! Ha! It feels SO GOOD! SO GOOD! Aah...
And before you say 'praise kink,' hear me out:
Janus recently revealed himself to Thomas, and nobody else seems to like him. Remus might, it's undetermined, but Remus doesn't seem like the kind to tell anyone that they're right.
Logan, as we know, enjoys being called 'cool.' I doubt being called intelligent would have any effect on him; he knows, he's Logic, he has to be intelligent. And they seem to just either know he's saying facts or ignore him.
They're probably the least likely to be told that they're right. (Besides Remus but he seems to take it out by bothering everyone)
That might have been the first time anyone ever told Janus he was right. And don't get me started on how under-appreciated Logan is.
What if they both react this way because they don't get told they're right often/at all?
Like, whenever someone says they want to listen to me rant about one of my hyper fixations (a rare occurrence) I freak out and get really giddy and happy. Maybe it's the same way for them.
And yes, Logan's response wasn't very emotionally charged, but he either suppresses his emotions or doesn't show them as openly as the others. The last time he showed an emotion, he hit Roman in the eye with a crumpled vocabulary card.
So... Yeah. Just consider that. I don't know I never know how to end my rants in real life I usually just get interrupted before I can finish
I like the first one better, but I worked too hard to not post the second. For someone whose title is 'Deceit,' Janus really just spits facts. I've never related to or loved a character more than I do him, so here's my tribute
@thatsthat24
@thatsthat24 If you're looking for name ideas I strongly recommend Linguini
Can you imagine the absolute chaos if Thomas confirmed Sleep's name and it wasn't Remy
Head & Shoulders comes out with a new product line, called Shoulders. The packaging is sleek and black, distinctly different from their easily recognizable signature white & blue style. Something for adults who get mocked by their peers for using Head & Shoulders. The tagline is: So No Head?
My family: *Discussing berries*
My dad: Isn't a marionberry a cross between a loganberry and a blackberry?
Me: That sounds redundant, considering a loganberry is already a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry...
Them: What? Did you look that up?
Me: No I already knew that
Them: *doubt*
My brother: *looks it up* Nah he's right
Them: *surprise*
Them: How'd you know that?
Me, out loud: Eh just a random fact I know
Me, internally: 'Cuz Crofters is the only jelly—
So thank you @thatsthat24 , I looked smart in front of my extended family today because of one of the many things Logan taught me :D
I started getting a ton of notifications from Tumblr and was like 'haha this must be a glitch' and then I clicked on one and. Neil Gaiman reblogged this. That's why I was getting so many notifications.
I don't know how he found this but sir you have made my day and I appreciate you and your storytelling very much
Broke: Good Omens isn't a gay love story because Crowley and Aziraphale aren't in love
Woke: Good Omens is a gay love story because Crowley and Aziraphale are in love
Bespoke: Whether Good Omens is a gay love story or not is debatable; it is, however, undeniably a story of the love between Crowley and Aziraphale (whatever type of love that may be)
Neil Gaiman: Good Omens isn't a gay love story because while Crowley and Aziraphale are in love, they are not human males, they are an angel and a demon
You've heard of Spiderman: Homecoming, Spiderman: Far From Home, and Spiderman: No Way Home, but may I introduce you to:
Spiderman: Please Just Let Me Go Home
A movie in which Peter Parker keeps finding himself with task after task after chore after chore after errand after errand to do while he keeps trying to escape and go home so he can watch tv in his pajamas
Wonderful post op but I read this as 'milf' at first and that gave it a WHOLE other meaning lemme tell you—
janus centric stories where he's insecure of his scales and thinks they're evil and monstrous are fun for angst reasons and all but you can't stare me dead in the eye and tell me that canon, present-day janus doesn't look in the mirror every morning and think he's the prettiest mf in thomas' mind
He/they (both equally good)I love asks, requests, general interaction, and stuff like that!Mostly various fandom stuff, I'm just having a good time and enjoying myselfI hope I can make you smile :)
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