rapid fire french rayou strikes again (transcript below the cut)
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[ENG] Etoiles: I— I’m speedrunning it [Mario Party], but it’s like—
[FR] Etoiles: The next person to bust my balls by saying, ‘he’s going to miss the Ascension [French competitive event happening this Saturday 28/10]’ even though my plane is at six PM, you bunch of morons, it’s not because ZeratoR [Ascension event organiser] said once that I’d miss my plane that I will miss my plane, because what you guys don’t understand is that a plane doesn’t get missed if you arrive three hours in advance, and the last time I missed the plane was because my corresponding flight was one hour and a half [late]!
[ENG] Etoiles: I was just saying to my chat that I love them :)
Tina: Awhhh
Foolish: See, once again I have a feeling maybe that wasn’t—
Eugene was truly the best boyfriend. saw his girlfriend get broken up with, and immediately had a revenge glow up. Imagine being Cassandra seeing your ex girlfriend's boyfriend and he's wearing a golden choker with the just deepest v neck known to man, the world's sluttiest gloves, and a thigh garter. I'd have to give up then and there.
I feel like Vash used to bite people as a kid. He never understood that hey, you’re not supposed to do that, and would cry when the project seeds crew got mad at him. He wouldn’t do it to hurt people, and wouldn’t even bite down hard unless they tried to pull away. This definitely got him on Steve’s bad side all the time but Rem would always step in to try and calm him down and get Vash away from him. The rest of the crew kinda just got used to it or would find ways to distract him. Eventually they found other things he would bite instead, but he’d still try to bite them from time to time.
Knives on the other hand would hit the project seeds crew when they got too close or they did something he didn’t like. Steve got hit the most. When Rem would try to scold him he’d huff and stomp his foot instead of crying like Vash would.
Also Vash and Knives were total menaces growing up and hide in every little nook and cranny they would find and running around. It was like a game to them but it worried Rem half to death every time she couldn’t find them.
Knives would take peoples things and hide them but when Rem found out she’d just give them both her stern “mom look” and Vash would go and gather everything Knives hid and Knives would pout about it for like an hour and tell Vash that he “ruined the game.”
I think Vash was also a very clingy baby and kid, always crying when Rem left him alone for like a millisecond, and when he got older if he wasn’t fallowing Knives around he’d be fallowing her, either holding her hand or a part of her shirt or something. He did this with the other members of the crew too, just not as much. Knives never cried as a baby and never really wanted/needed to be around the crew much, though he’d normally stick close to Vash.
Vash struggled with reading and writing as a kid while Knives was always good at it. (Don’t get me wrong he still struggles with it as an adult). He’d always get really upset whenever he read or wrote something wrong, which was only made worse by Steve and Knives, who would both make fun of him for it. Rem would always try to encourage him to try again and insist that he was doing good.
Vash always tried to be helpful around the ship, even when he was really little. He would offer to carry stuff or bring people things. Everyone found this really cute and endearing (except Steve, but he doesn’t count.)
Knives was absolutely a picky eater, Vash would eat literally anything. If there was something Knives really didn’t like he’d give it to Vash in trade for something he would eat.
Also I’m like super excited for valentine’s day. I know I’m gonna get spoiled. and by spoiled I mean tied up and beaten in so many different positions and my whole body is gonna be cute and pink and bruised <333
Okay. Okay tashiro gonzaburou post for real. Under a cut bc it got much longer than i expected. ^_^
Tashiro Gonzaburou is frankly someone we don’t know that much about, really. He’s an average student, if a little lazy. He likes having his hair bleached but it’s not like he’s repeatedly bleaching it because the captain of his club told him it’s not allowed. He helps out around a bathhouse full of older folks who treat him like a grandson, giving him candy and recipes and elderly wisdom, which he takes in stride. He often wears a bright green jacket with a even brighter orange messenger bag. He doesn’t seem to like his bangs in his face, rather wearing a ponytail or a headband or beanie. He’s cheerful and a little scatterbrained, but always willing to help his friends. He wants a girlfriend, one day. He’s got crazy leg hair. He notices whatever sasaki and miyano have going on, way before there’s actually anything going on. He was a little worried about whatever they have going on because sasaki comes across as a little scary to anyone who’s not miyano. He’s in the ping pong club. He was chosen to be the next captain of the ping pong club because he’s the type who can get along with everyone. He is oddly susceptible to thinking boys are girls. He has very dexterous fingers, and is capable of spinning two pens around his fingers at the same time. He’s repeatedly said how he thinks what’s on the inside is more important than the outside of a person. He skips club practice, often enough for hanzawa to get angry with him. He doesn’t think he’s smart enough to be club captain. He’s a little worried about how busy hanzawa is, and doesn’t want to be a further burden to him, so he accepts the position as club captain.
And so I guess all this is to say we actually do know a lot about him. He’s a complex and well rounded person, full of kindness and a sharp insight that could make him a top student if he could apply it to his studies. But instead it’s applied to the people he knows and sees, capable of making connections that are far beyond surface level, because that’s the most important part, of course. He doesn’t have low self esteem, he’s just never considered himself one to be very… important, in the grand scheme of things. Especially in the eyes of someone like hanzawa. That “Why me” mentality. But he’s got charm and charisma and is really good at bringing people together. A guy who can be anyone’s friend.
If we want to get into real headcanon-ish (aka things I hold true in my heart no matter what anyone says) territory, I do think he’s the type to not really. tell people his problems. Surface level ones like forgetting his homework, sure, but like. Deep seated fears or worries or stresses. If we want to make comparisons, hanzawas got that kind of smile where you can tell there’s something more going on in him, while tashiros has that outward air of head empty. A persona built around being happy-go-lucky as a kind of defense mechanism—if he isn’t optimistic then who is he. But it’s not like he isn’t genuinely optimistic and cheerful—he is. But it kind of makes being vulnerable hard. He’ll gladly let people open up to him but. Opening up to others doesn’t come naturally. He doesn’t want to burden others. It’s like. Not as deep as I feel like I’m making it sound but it’s just. He will bottle things up. Just a bit.
And then about his insightfulness— nobody really. Tells tashiro things. Likely out of a thought he can’t take things seriously or that he’s too immature. (He does take things seriously though). And at this point nobody thinks to tell him things cause he just figures it out rather quickly. He keeps eyes and ears open and gathers information easily. And people are surprised when he knows things because he doesn’t seem the type to know things or be so insightful to the very core of who they are. He pulls out Sherlock Holmes-esque reasonings like I know you’ve been feeling less nervous lately cause your nails look healthier aka you haven’t been biting them. Idk I’m not good at Holmes but surely you get it. Like the noticing of the most minuscule of things combined with general knowledge of a persons mentality thus creating very accurate assessments. Not that he tells anyone these things unless it piques his interest. Nor that he himself really knows these are deep insights either.
And then his GENDER. Not much to say here but. He was considered along with miyano to be girly enough to do a maid cafe in their first year. When miyano and the gang were thinking abt what their girl names would be tashiro like. Really likes his. Shirahama “I want to be ‘not single’ with a girl” tashiro “want me to crossdress…?” his only claim to manliness is his leg hair. Gender off the charts. Silly guy.
Also silly things I think about him. He’s really into party tricks (like the pencil spinning thing) (started bc he wanted to impress girls but now it’s just fun). He can also do stuff like simple card magic and that thing where you pull a coin out of someone’s ear. He actually really likes problem solving he just can’t handle the school system. Bequeathes him adhd autism. He’s also like. Really into hip hop dance. Because I said so.
Anyways erm. This definitely got longer than expected. I like skimmed through sasamiya again just to find like every piece of him I could. He has CONTINUITY. All of them do. Harusono Shou you are so great at characters. Tashiro Gonzaburou you have a grip on my mind. Love and light