thinking about how Virgil probably understands how Logan is feeling right now. how Logan feels like no one wants him around anymore, no one values his opinions, the other sides occassionally villanize him or act like he's the problem; and Virgil gets it. he knows exactly how it feels.
and that's why he doesn't make a big deal out of Logan jumping to conclusions about his present. it probably hurt Virgil to see Logan immediately assume that he didn't care enough to prepare a good present but in the end, all Virgil says is “and you thought I would just get you a newspaper”.
because he's been in this exact position before and in that moment, it was Logan who gave him some believable assurance that he is not unwanted, that his presence means something to the rest of them.
so when Logan jumps to a conclusion and assumes that Virgil doesn't like him all that much, Virgil doesn't take it personally. he's just returning the favor.
the light sides will sometimes have random big cuddle puddles in the common rooms. like imagine logan, sitting alone, reading a book, roman comes up, bored, and is like “woooah hey nerd. mind if i drop in on you?” logan does mind, roman does not listen. roman lays all the way across his lap like a cat and just stays there til patton comes around. patton says something along the lines of “aww this is adorable!!! can i join?” logan protests, roman invites him. now patton is snuggled up against logan’s shoulder with roman’s head in his lap. virgil finally shows up, chuckles at the display, and then joins at patton’s request. now even virgil is here, laying diagonal with his head on roman’s stomach and logan’s arm around him. logan can’t even read his book anymore. eventually he just gives in and they probably all take a nap.
hey, so yeah, as i was thinking 'rip roman you would've loved the tortured poets department' i was hit with the idea to make album covers of the entire gang with the TTPD aesthetic!!!!!
actually i'm really happy with how they turned out, i know there's templates to do it but i did this all manually lmao! i put four songs that i think suited each character in there, so feel free to ask why i chose certain songs because i did put a lot of thought into it :)
most sanders sides aus: high school, prinxiety/logicality/demus, roman is a popular jock and virgil is a sad artsy kid who was adopted by patton and logan, bonus if his biological parents were abusive and are trying to get him back.
my favorite sanders sides au i’ve made: logan is a six year old child genius who manipulates his shy and slightly pushover-y social worker virgil into adopting him and his intellectually disabled and wildly funny older brother roman. logan has raised roman all his life and so he is a very parentified six year old while roman is a very infantilized ten year old, but due to his low iq and unique presentation, people regularly underestimate roman and his abilities. also janus is a sweet kid who’s around roman’s age who desperately follows roman around because romans the only kid in the group home they live in who’s nice to him. also remus is logan’s unhinged first grade teacher. also patton is a creepy mf who is very kind to logan and offers him comfort and protection in a world that expected him to grow up too fast but he also falls in love with logan which is a bit of an oopsie considering that patton is nineteen and logan is FOURTEEN at the time he and patton meet…but also roman and logan are thé best of brothers and the most iconic pair and they understand each other better than anyone and are always trying to protect each other and it’s super sweet and wholesome there’s just a lot of trauma too.