Five Things Meme 2 + Others

[kagekachou]

Characters are Enjolras, Maladict and Tatsumi.

You know how it works.

And if you want any other kind of meme services -- relationship, essay, hotness rating, WHATEVER -- just note it.



...I really am still working on finishing up my unfinished multi-purpose and other five things meme. I just. You know. Experienced a lot of "ded of RL"-ness between then and now. BUT WE HAVE OUR FINGERS CROSSED, FOLKS. In other words, yes, I'm between shows right now ahahaha GET IT WHILE IT LASTS.

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First five things Tatsumi would do if he were ever to meet Nanao.

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1. Do a double-take.

2. Feel an inexplicable bond of kinship.

3. Bitch with her about their respective co-workers.

4. Strike fear into the hearts of said co-workers, who would be innocently going about their day until they were suddenly flashed by two pairs of eyeglasses. Unless said co-workers happened to be the ones who manage to sail blithely above their strict ways, in which case they would just grumpy-face a lot. >:

5. If inside of camp, set up a time to have tea together. If outside of camp, set up a time to go have a girls' night out get a drink together. NO SLACKERS ALLOWED.

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...ilu

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AHAHAHA ♥

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Five situations in which Tatsumi won't mind expenses.

Five people Maladict secretely thinks as probably tasty.

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Cost-Benefit Analysis

1. If he found a dependable investment that would put the Shokan Division -- or camp, for that matter -- on the road to fiscal stability. ._.

2. If he's preparing dinner or tea because knows he's going to be having uninvited guests, whether it's the day before pay-day at home or after a stressful time for people in camp.

3. If it meant that Muraki would receive the proper retribution.

4. If things have been bleak, but he's able to make Tsuzuki-san smile. Really smile.

5. If it guaranteed that Tsuzuki-san and Kurosaki-kun would be able to join Gargamel-kun, Tsukiyono-kun and Hidaka-kun after camp and not be in danger of having to return home.


My, what sharp teeth you have, Uncle Mal...

1. Dante except that one isn't a "probably" that one's fact um

2. H-himawari ^_^;;

3. Yo momma. No, seriously. Your mom's hot stuff, Nanba, sez Maladict. Well, I mean, the entire family is, but Nanba was too honest in that one conversation in the mess hall for Mal to really think about the bitey-bitey without issues popping up and Umeda just Doesn't Go There.

4. Tamaki o.0;;

5. Anna Kournikova

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...awww.

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...would tea in the lab be an awkward thing? |D

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Ironically, the emo makes him less awkward, because keeping up the mask is harder.

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Tea icon!

Too busy/tired to do posting stuff tonight (two nights in a row of 7+ hour long threads f-fatality), but I'm tentatively thinking tea on Wednesday? With the additional benefit of waiting a few days meaning that Tatsumi should be better at, you know, putting his own pants on walking without support and stuff like that.

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Top five things running through Tatsumi's head during the lab post.

And since you offered, relationship meme for Watari? I promise to reverse this one.

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Five things first!

1. General ruminations on the awkwardness of the situation.

2. The feeling of being a little manhandled -- except not -- because he couldn't remember the last time he'd had people touching him so much.

3. Memories of when he died.

4. The fleeting realization that the fact that Laytner and Kurosaki were still in the room didn't occur to him until after the whole pants business was done.

5. The thought that he'd missed being able to be like this with his friends, and it would probably be foolish to hope that it could continue so simply... but that enjoying it right now wasn't the same as denying that it would end.

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And relationship meme!

...ah, where to start. It's hard to talk about the current state of affairs without giving it a little background. Eh, might as well, then, I guess.

Back at home, Tatsumi really liked Watari -- he was intelligent, responsible (for the most part) and, despite his flights of fancy, hard-working. He was also lively company and could be trusted to take care of himself. Tatsumi appreciated having Watari's scientific perspective, even if he could do without some of his scientific quirks.

But it was difficult for Tatsumi to be really pleased when Watari showed up at camp. First, assuming that Watari was from the same continuity as Tatsumi, Tsuzuki, Hisoka -- the office would be suffering from a serious worker deficit. But then, Watari turned out to be from the future. And that opened up a big can of worms.

Tatsumi came to camp with the undercover purpose of bringing Tsuzuki and Hisoka, who had been trapped, back home. But it wasn't difficult to see that Tsuzuki was really happy here, and he obviously knows how Tsuzuki hates his job back home. I don't think they ever talked about it directly -- big surprise there -- but Tatsumi has had discussions with others about travel to other worlds, and Tatsumi is pretty damn sure that Tsuzuki doesn't plan to come back home. Others have said that things like this are possible but--

--Tatsumi is doubtful about whether it would be successful. We're not just talking about the nuisance of having to pack everything up and find a new apartment somewhere else in the multiverses. Enma-Daioh-sama obviously wants Tsuzuki for something, otherwise he'd never have been kept around for so long. The highest of the higher-ups would have an interest in this. The best case scenario that Tatsumi could picture was Tsuzuki and Hisoka going to a different world and never returning. And in that scenario, Tatsumi couldn't picture himself going with them. So there was already a lot of post-camp stress being bottled up.

And then Watari showed up. From a future that had Tsuzuki and Hisoka still working at the Shokan Division.

Things just got... complicated to think about. To the point that Tatsumi could hardly stand to be around Watari because he just raised so many problems and possibilities and complexities. And we all know how Tatsumi reacts to internal troubles -- things eventually begin lashing out externally. And Watari was the main target. Which didn't help their relations any, which didn't help Tatsumi's ability to deal with Watari any.

Which was all the more troubling because, as I mentioned in the beginning, Watari is a person that Tatsumi liked quite a bit. He's one of the shinigami who has stuck around -- I'm guessing that there's a pretty high turnover rate on this job, for the most part -- and he's been through some of the most difficult times with them (i.e. Kyoto) but he isn't caught up in the baggage of the Tsuzuki debacle or WWII. And they'd gotten to the point where he could hardly speak to him. And, on some level -- not completely being consciously acknoweldged -- Tatsumi was seeing his tendency to cause pain to the people closest to him playing out again, which is something he hates but still doesn't know how to control.


...let's call that Part One.

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Part Two! Which would be the "now" part, I suppose.

In contrast to the snowballing neuroticism that I described in the first part, lately, Tatsumi has been feeling very comfortable with Watari. The scary domesticity? Tatsumi is so down with that. "Domestic" describes so much of what makes Tatsumi comfortable -- something stable, people-oriented and familiar. And Tatsumi really likes being able to just... be normal with Watari again.

But he's staying there with the sense that it's not going to last. He knows that they eventually have to talk about what happened with the fight -- he just hates to disturb the peace. And he feels that his going back to live with Tsuzuki is just... inevitable. He's not even questioning that. Leaving Tsuzuki to stay somewhere else raises abandonment issues that neither Tatsumi nor Tsuzuki are near solving. And Watari is someone who will still be there...

...but after all of that awful not-fighting, Tatsumi isn't taking Watari for granted. He's not scared so much as... sort of like that rush you get when you realize that you just escaped something dangerous, plus the caution that can come with it. Tatsumi is aware of his special skill for fucking up relationships beyond belief, and he has a little bit of an "unexpected second chance" feeling right now.

Also, I can't think of a good segue into this because I'm this close to passing out right now, but as far as anything beyond good ol' platonic friendship? Tatsumi has this dysfunction where he's still in love with Tsuzuki, completely expects absolutely nothing to come of it and believes that it would be unfair for him to be involved with someone while being in love with someone else. Also, way back when, what he felt/feels for Tsuzuki became the definition of love in his mind, so he'd be slow to recognize anything else. The fact that Watari is an attractive person with whom he'd gladly play out this domestic scene doesn't appear to be nearly as gay to Tatsumi as it does to... probably almost everyone else. |D

So. Tatsumi is fond of Watari, relieved to be on speaking terms with him again, growing increasingly comfortable with the current living situation... but conscious of the fact that they're living in a "time-out" of sorts, waiting to discuss those things that need to be discussed and expecting for things really to "go back to normal" at some point.

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Relationship meme reversed!

Yes, the current state of affairs really can't be fully explained unless I delve into the background.

Watari and Tatsumi have known each other for little over two decades at home, but Watari hasn't considered them friends for all this time. In the beginning, Watari viewed Tatsumi as someone who was very competent at their job, but didn't think much of him beyond that. Watari was friendly, because Watari is all about cultivating good working relationships and maintaining his cover, but Tatsumi never pinged Watari like Tsuzuki did. Since Watari was probably very busy between his position as a shinigami and his role in the Mother Project, he really didn't have that much time to socialize beyond work. So, at this point Watari and Tatsumi had a working relationship, but nothing besides that. This shifted after all of the bad stuff went down with the Mother Project, leaving Watari with just his position in the Shokan Division. I see him as becoming closer to the other shinigami at this time, while also maintaining some distance. Even now, Watari probably knows a lot more about all of you than you know about him. Things stayed the same, until Kyoto happened.

Kyoto was a catalyst for Watari. Tatsumi was still tethering between the "co-worker I'm friendly with" and "friend" category at this point. What pushed Tatsumi over into friend territory was when he made the decision to act and save Tsuzuki. Actually, that's not quite it. It was more that Watari felt strongly enough about Tatsumi, Tsuzuki, and Hisoka to go over, physically shake Tatsumi, and scream at him. Watari...doesn't do things like that. That he could generate such emotion about the three of you shocked Watari into reexamining his relationships. Tatsumi became a friend at this point, instead of just an acquaintance. Not that Tatsumi would have noticed that much difference...

Then there's Kamakura! Living with Tatsumi, seeing him on an almost constant basis, has caused Watari to grow even closer to Tatsumi. If Tatsumi finally became a friend after Kyoto, I really have no idea what to call him during Kamakura. Watari's also grown concerned about Tatsumi's attachment to Nagare during this case, so Watari entered camp already somewhat concerned about Tatsumi. Watari still really wants to get back to Kamakura, because he is not happy about leaving Tatsumi alone there. This was not helped by Tatsumi being so difficult when Watari first showed up in camp.

Watari was not expecting to find any of his co-workers in camp. He also wasn't expecting the timeline issues. Things would have probably worked out fine, if it wasn't for Tatsumi becoming very hostile. Watari...wasn't really sure where all of the hostility was coming from, but he was trying to figure it out in the beginning. He did manage to figure out that it had something to do with going home, but Watari isn't sure what. This is something that Watari will continue to prod at later, but more on this at the end. It finally reached the point where Watari just didn't care about where Tatsumi's attitude was coming from, because he kept hitting Watari where it hurt. Tatsumi managed to attack Watari's pride as a scientist, his work ethic, his usefulness, and even his right to his opinions. ...Watari would love to be able to say that people's opinions don't faze him, but this thing with Tatsumi proved him wrong. Watari did care about what Tatsumi thought about him. It hurt that Tatsumi was saying these things, which made Watari angry and likely to lash back. Toward the end of that particular period, it was easier to just walk away than try to deal with Tatsumi.

...this is getting really long. Part Two to follow!

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And here's Part Two!

So, the fight against Lawless. Scratch that, this really started when Tatsumi and Watari first disscused their name. Watari was done with all of this arguing by the end of that conversation. His last comment was sort of a final fuck you to Tatsumi. A 'look at what we are in my timeline, you ass' kind of a thing. In any case, that coment was completely deliberate and may have been the breaking point of their friendship if it wasn't for the spell battle. It's somewhat ironic that violence and severe injuries are what draw and bind us all together. In some ways, the fight wiped the slate clean. The issues didn't magically disappear, but Watari and Tatsumi had more important things to focus on at the time. If anything, the fight did prove that Watari was right, that they could make a good team, at least in the beginning.

As for the scary domesticity? Watari is feeling very complacent and almost like he's back in Kamakura, without all of the issues from the mission. More importantly, Watari really just wanted his friend back. He has that now, but he can't help but remember that they still have to talk about things. Watari also doesn't want to break the peace, but waiting to have this discussion is only making him tense with anticipation. Arguing once again will be a very unwelcome change, but one that Watari feels may be enivatable because of what they need to discuss.

Also, because I'm sick, I'm using the same awkward segue you did! While Watari would be...open to something more, he is more than happy with their platonic friendship. Explaining this, because I feel like it! Watari noticed that Tatsumi was attractive before, but it was in a 'the sky is blue, the grass is green, Tsuzuki likes sweets, Tastumi is attractive if you're into that kind of thing' way. As I read it, this didn't change until some point late in Kamakura, where Watari realized that he was into that kind of thing. However, it's sort of in the background for Watari, and no where near as important as his friendship with Tatsumi. On a certain level, Watari...really doesn't expect anything to come from it, because of the Tsuzuki issue. As for the domestic scene appearing gay to almost everyone else, Watari invites them all over to see exactly how platonic it is. Which is very. XD

I also like the term "time-out", so I'm stealing that from you, too. These peaceful few days in the lab have been nice, but Watari is waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Since this is all pure speculation on my part, because the issue hasn't been brought up IC yet, I thought it would make more sense to put how Watari would react to finding out about the traveling to other worlds thing after camp. Watari would totally support Tsuzuki and Hisoka going to another world. He would also do his best to convince Tatsumi to go with them, pulling out all the tricks Watari knows in order to do so. After that, Watari would tell the three of you how much all of you mean to him, that he'll miss you terribly, and that he can never speak to any of you again because he's probably your greatest liability to achieveing your goal. It's not mentioned in canon, but I'm assuming that since Watari has access to Enma, Enma has the exact same ability to access Watari's memories and thoughts. Watari...does not believe that he can ever escape Enma, but will do his best to allow his friends to get away. Why yes, Watari can be completely retared sometimes~

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...damnit, Watari-san, you're supposed to be the sensible one.

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...what, I just posted this.

Watari is just better at pretending to be sensible.

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I had it tracked because I liek essays. 8D

...also, you suck. >: Don't be retaaaaaarded.

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...I just have to laugh, because Tatsumi has that same "and then I can never speak to you again because that connection would be a liability" complex going on (though obviously not as directly as Watari). |D

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YOU RETARDS

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Whaaaaat, we just want you to be safe and happy. :/

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...I love how our complexes are even identical, Tatsumi. XDDD

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XDD

It's actually one of the things that has been causing Tatsumi to occasionally deviate from his normal behavior or even change in little ways -- bringing out an apology instead of just a subject change, some (admittedly weak) efforts at pushing to talk about things. At home, the afterlife can just sort of goes along indefinitely (until something huge, like Kyoto, comes along to shake things up). In contrast, there's a creeping sense of things being more finite here, which has the ability to push Tatsumi into doing some things he wouldn't normally do at home.

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Right, and this sentence should have read:

"Since this is all pure speculation on my part, because the issue hasn't been brought up IC yet, I thought it would make more sense to put how Watari would react to finding out about the 'traveling to other worlds thing after camp' at the end.