#I'll probably write more abt them bc im happy to yap and write anything about santino lmfaoo

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can i ask yuo about how you see santino and vincent’s relationship ? :3 (<- starting to get devoured by the sanvin)

Santino D'Antonio and Marquis Vincent Bisset de Gramont

Ofc I'm happy to answer! :D

I see their relationship as very toxic

Now this is just my like headcanon and how I think it would be like

They're both hungry for power, it's just that there's always one that's gonna be more dominant in that

Always one that's gonna be more manipulative to get what they want no matter what. And that someone in this case, for me, is Vincent

There is a thin line between between passion and being toxic with loving a person, obsession and complex love and Vincent knows how to use everything against Santino to get what he wants

Okay, it's also a little inspired by my oc's, but trust the process

Santino has his personal secrets just like anyone else, so it's something he doesn't want to share with anyone. Yet when he did open up to Vincent when they were early in their relationship, just because Vincent pretended to be someone who he can trust, Vincent later on used all that against him

Santino was kinda naive at first since, let's say, Vincent was his first boy love and he wanted to be a good boyfriend to him. And Vincent learned how to have Santino on the leash since he noticed how Santino desperately tried to be good for him, good enough for someone

Not to mention the trauma Santino has from everything he went through in his childhood. How his father treated him and when his mother died. It all left such a big impact on him which also turned him into the person we see...and Vincent just added more salt to the wound, just added more into that fire

Vincent's biggest and strongest weapon is his ability to manipulate, use words very well, I think we can all agree on that, even in the movie we can see that. So he would literally use Santino's past life to control him and make Santino obey to him

Even if Santino talked back, because he was tired of Vincent's bullshit, Vincent still managed to somehow manipulate him into getting what he wants

It also goes for their sexual life, Vincent rarely listened to what Santino wanted and needed. Flirting too, if Santino wanted to flirt with him when he was in the mood and Vincent wasn't, Vincent would either ignore him or insult him. But whenever Vincent was in the mood, he would do anything in his manipulative ability to get Santino into the mood, no matter how much Santino didn't want to, no matter how many times Santino told him "no"

Santino is more of a person who likes to have physical contact, cuddling, hair playing, gentle moments like that. But Vincent...isn't that much. So, Santino even got touch starved with him

Now, Santino isn't a weak person, he fights back, he doesn't want to listen to Vincent most of the time and in the end he realized just how bad of an influence Vincent was on him and how he is actually a selfish manipulative person. It's just that Vincent is too good with using his words...and it's something Santino learned how to recognize and how to respond to all that after he got hurt multiple times

"Fight fire with fire" - to engage in conflict the same way the opponent is

Santino also kinda started doing the same to Vincent, try to manipulate him when Vincent started his manipulation and sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Vincent knew he couldn't keep Santino under his control for so long so he had to be quick and smart with his...plan

Vincent just wanted Santino so he have more power in the position he is, so to use him for his own good. Once he got that, Santino was of no use for him anymore. However, Santino was done with him and just wanted Vincent out of his life, never to see or hear from him ever again

To which Vincent was kinda okay with but he still just mocked him and used the memories they shared against him, making Santino feel guilty for some happy moments they had...or at least he thought he was happy in those moments

Another part of Santino got broken and he learned never to trust a person again, never to open up again. Bc if he does, he's gonna get hurt like this again

And they started to hate each other...even if they're not together anymore. But the obsession still remained in both of them

They're both drama, maybe I'll even write more about their relationship since yeah I love drama and the dynamic between them could be very interesting

I hope you liked my yapping abt these two :3

Feel free to ask me more <3

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So many good options for the art appreciation asks but let's go with 3, 4, 13, 14 and 27.

hi hi ner! thanks forda qs!! these are all prettie incharestinge!! (<-girlie who didn't know she'd be Yapping-Yapping)

3. and 4.) Go to [fandom] tag and reblog some art you like that has under 100 notes ++ Go to the art tag (or similar) and reblog some art you like that has under 100 notes

noted, i will undertake this mission with great care 🫡🫡

13. What are your go-to Ao3 filters?

ok i have a confession, i used to be a sort by word count++completed works only++exclude crossovers-kinda person 🤧🤧ANYWAY that was changed, now i only really exclude chat fics (ahaha,,,,theyre not really my go-to genre, like sure they're amusing but i read a really good one once* and it ruined every other chatfic for me)

*this one's for u haikyuu-natics, esp team captain stannies

hm.... i'm not super-duper picky so most of the time i can just scroll through each work's summary and tags.

but if a fandom is popular (or if i dont have the spoons for sifting through works), i stick to just reader inserts HAHAHA, maybe oc x canon if there haven't been any new x reader fics and if there's rlly nothing oough ig i have to write her myself 😭😭 sometimes doe, the curiosity strikes and i'll try looking if there are any fanfics in filipino... i really find it interesting to see how a chara's dialogue reads if theyre speaking in tagalog (tbh i think one would have more luck finding filo socmed aus on twt? but i only know about haikyuu socmed aus)

14. Best fanfic tropes ever?

oH...there are too many... u can't make me choose the best out of all my faves that's unfair 🥺jk lol

i read* this jamikali fic (i like my ships with a bit [read: a LOT] of tragedy/disaster-ness to them. it's so so so compelling to read!) and i just love the "Dubiously Unrequited Love" tag. bcs yes, the feelings are technically mutual, but there is a whole slew of other factors keeping the relationship from being a thing, which it could be a thing, but there's also that awareness that it won't last, sometimes a couple doesn't have to be endgame for the love to mean something, ykw?

this entire oneshot series....has me in a chokehold... my introduction to "Non-Sexual Intimacy" (and "Non-Sexual Nudity" i guess?) like??? holy shit??? the tension?? the way op just encapsulates the poignancy of being in such a vulnerable position without teetering too much into the cliche of roëmænce it has me On My Knees!! (like i love my smut and romance cliches, but some days i jus want a liiiitle bit more spice and variety)

Shoutout to the "Unreliable Narrator"++"Ambiguous Ending" combi that reaaaaally makes you work for understanding the plot, idk how to word it but being able to leave Just Enough Breadcrumbs and having enough trust in your readers to Get what ur implying, also forcing me to reread the fic immediately is so foul (in a good way). like there's an enjoyment in a good satisfying read, and then there's the Itch of never being sure in your interpretation, the feeling that u just need to go over it another time, spot another detail u missed, get wrecked all over again, rinse and repeat. idk i love fic.

27. If someone wanted to make you a creative gift, what's the thing that would make you the happiest?

oh anything featuring my fave charas is sure to make me happy! i mean i'm just not super picky abt gifts. well, maybe a creative gift has to be smth that can last a long while? (a strong hoard-ability kaya idk im senti??)

as long as the thought and intent was there, i'm already happy enough🥰💕💕 but i guess in the context of getting fic gifted to you, probably what matters most to me is that the writer enjoyed the process of making it as well. (i'm kinda drawing off of my experience writing this fic for one of m'oomfies and the vdays drabbles*** so i could be just rambling who knows?**)

(art appreciation ask questions, please bug me to rb some underrated art and fic)