#cached au

[wovenstarlight]

anyway i'm on break time and thinking about cached au again and specifically how 278(? i think 8) has given me a great concept for a hyj pov chunk where he thinks about the hypothetical ("hypothetical") version of himself that doesn't have last repayment stuck permanently on and hates that version of himself so violently that it legitimately physically hurts him to think about it because that guy. that guy gets to forget.

[total-drama-brainrot]

Do you think Gwen Total Drama and Alejandro Burromuerto could be friends

My first instinct here is to say no.

Gwen's a tried and true goth who follows the traditional gothic values - that is so say, celebrating personal uniqueness, individuality and your "true self" through creativity and embracing the darker aspects of life. She's very much against "fakes" and people who aren't genuine or accepting of their true selves, hence why she's so quick to dislike Heather (outside of Heather's blatant antagonism towards her) and so quick to befriend Leshawna (who is, at her core, unashamedly true to herself).

Alejandro is the definition of a phoney. If you looked up "faker" in the dictionary you'd see a picture of him smiling in the margins. His portrayal of himself during World Tour (and, asumedly, All-stars) is incredibly ingenuine and fabricated by design, and he very rarely lets himself be, well, himself. It's entirely possible that he doesn't even know who the real Alejandro is, given the hints towards his homelife imply that he's always had to don his perfect mask.

So Gwen would, in all likelyhood, dislike him on principle.

She's also one of the few contestants in WT who doesn't show any outward interest in him at all. Maybe it's because of the whole Gwuncan fiasco, but I'd like to think it's because she could see that Alejandro wasn't nearly as genuine as he liked to pretend - she was just too preoccupied with other things to call him out on it.

And Alejandro wouldn't really see any value in befriending Gwen either, at least not during the competition. She's a strong competitor, sure, but not in his debut season so he's have no way of knowing that. To be completely honest, I don't think Alejandro ever really acknowledged her at all.

After the competition, however? When Gwen's reputation has been thouroughly ruined and Alejandro's been exposed as the "archvillain"?

Well, I think Gwen's one of the very few contestants who'd be willing to speak to him, since she doesn't have the same baggage Alejandro has with the rest of the cast. In turn, Alejandro doesn't have that same stigma against Gwen - he doesn't really know the cast as well as they know each other, and outside of using the "love triangle" to his advantage, doesn't have any emotional stakes in the matter.

Should Gwen be given the chance to talk to him, I think she'd take it. If only to figure out why Alejandro felt the need to act as he did. In turn, if Alejandro let himself be honest and real for once, I think Gwen would be receptive to helping him get back on his feet (maybe literally, depending on if this is pre or post Drama Machine).

They could form a friendship based on mutually helping each other; Gwen helps Alejandro learn who he is outside of the expectations of the show and his family, and Alejandro helps Gwen work through her own internal struggles and her tattered reputation using whatever PR knowledge he surely has as the son of a diplomat. Plus, they're both quite snarky and they'd absolutely talk shit about their shared "enemies" with each other.

So I guess my answer here is; I think they could be friends, but it depends on the circumstances.

[thatdogmagic]

You don't belong here anymore.

Another one from the 'when Nina was my W:tA character' vault, of her watching her spouse sleep and having a 'you can never go home again' kind of moment.

[undrsk0re]

[diyhimbo]

Tail swishing activity from my boy Cache

[doolallymagpie]

first two pieces off the assembly line at Nagata-Burton Skunkworks (which is what Naomi and Amos call themselves when getting all innovative)

full replacement of the 2N and 2Hb's stock ferro-fibrous with the MHI Aegis II "CASE-integrated" model (it's Clan CASE, and they have access to that in the rimward Deep Periphery in 3025 because JPM wasn't gonna just let Cortazar "innovate" (read: sell various bits of Clantech as his own inventions) without a significant cut and exclusive mass-production rights, and now it's out there, just like the Helm Core would be three years later), and other assorted replacements and upgrades (active probe in Holden's Griffin, for one)

[movedtodykedvonte]

Okay now I've just been thinking about what to talk about because you're cool and I wanna talk!

Aside from just... rambling about Chicago because I am insane over the friendship of a small boy and his middle aged wash up salesman trash gremlin best friend he meet a week ago, I did remember something! Back when you answered my last ask about your Addisons' appearances, I wanted to draw them with mine but never got around to it. I did however, come up with ideas for at least Vidie and Click meeting (And also of course your Spamton meeting mine. Both Addispam and Puppet versions)

Mostly it just boiled down Click flustered ranting about how annoyed and angry Spam makes him, and Vidie just listening exile sipping some tea being like, "Damn, this guy is down so bad".

Vidie, telling it how she sees it: You wanna [$4.99] him so bad it makes you look stupid.

Click, after being correctly called out:

[bonfireremains]

He’s been Skrunkled.

[wovenstarlight]

Hello! I'm thinking about your cached AU again and I was wondering, what is Yoojin's relationship with Song Taewon with like? Because their relationship in canon (at least up to where I've read) is heavily influenced by the fact that Yoojin is an F rank who holds power over S Ranks, making him both a threat and someone to protect. Does Taewon just go red alert whenever Yoojin around now? Does Yoojin keep trying to be friends with him? Does Taewon find that terrifying?

HAHAHAHAHHA. OH BOY. THIS SURE IS A QUESTION THAT HAS AN ANSWER. a very long answer so i'm putting it under a cut. thanks for waiting and im sorry if its incoherent its like 6ish local time. or maybe not im not very concerned wth reading clocks rn

(on ao3)

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Be careful.

Taewon had wondered, when he received that message from Sung Hyunjae, if it was some sort of joke. A sly way of telling him he’d made trouble somewhere and he’d better prepare for the incoming paperwork, perhaps. The fact that it had been encoded suggested some degree of seriousness to it, but it was vague enough that he’d dismissed it and gotten ready for this long-delayed meeting.

Taewon locks eyes with Han Yoojin and is immediately struck by the complete lack of fear he finds there. So much so that he barely notices when Sung Hyunjae crushes his car with the breezy efficiency of a compactor.

And even as Sung Hyunjae gets out of his own car, even as he turns that amused, glittering gaze onto Han Yoojin, no apprehension sparks to life. No nerves. Just a cool, faintly disappointed look that he turns on the Seseong Guild Leader.

It stops the man in his tracks. Song Taewon blinks at Sung Hyunjae, faint smile frozen on his face, and looks back at Han Yoojin, who’s gazing at him now with a welcoming smile on his face.

…So that was a real warning, then.

Surely it can’t be for what Taewon thinks it is.

—

Taewon was told Han Yoojin was an A-rank. While the Hunter Association staff had confirmed his stats were well within standard range, they’d also made no secret of gossiping about how even the A-rank he’d come in with had looked vaguely spooked. How Han Yoojin carried himself with that unthinking confidence and grace all S-ranks had. How, when Seok Gimyeong had gone to personally take him through the registration process, Han Yoojin’s expression had gone flat and stony, and while he’d cooperated, something in his demeanor had had everyone around him going quiet and hurrying through the steps as fast as possible.

What it boils down to, in the end, is a sense that he’s not what he seems.

What Taewon thinks it is, quite simply, is a high-rank fear-inducing skill. Han Yoojin has no reason to claim he’s lower-ranked than he actually is, not when being higher-ranked would mean getting fast-tracked to a much better lifestyle than what he had before.

What Taewon realizes upon meeting Han Yoojin is that either he was very, very wrong about the other man’s ambition (or lack thereof, as it happens), or that the fear induction skill is far more potent than anyone let on.

“Chief Song-nim?”

Taewon stares at Han Yoojin. He’s merely standing there with a bag of instant coffee in hand, gazing at Taewon over his shoulder, and yet, if Taewon’s phone was in his hand right now, he’d probably have crushed it. As it is, he realizes distantly, his nails are digging little crescents into his palms. “Han Yoojin-ssi,” he gets out, and then stalls immediately.

He’d come here with the assumption that Han Yoojin was an A-rank. Which means all his questions (I wanted to check, are you safe, are you being pressured, why did such a high-rank monster appear in a dungeon with only two S-ranks in it and how did you kill it anyway?) were tailored for an A-rank. For someone that needed protection.

Is something wrong, he’d wanted to ask.

Is something wrong with you? is what his mind supplies now.

“Are you—alright,” he manages eventually.

Han Yoojin stares back at him, fingers tensing faintly around the bag as Taewon speaks. “I… yes? Why wouldn’t I be?”

“…With… the Babar’s appearance in that last dungeon.” It gets easier to speak once he’s started. “And all the higher-ranks you’ve been around lately. I’d understand if you were feeling—stressed, or strained.”

“Ah.” Han Yoojin relaxes. “No, I’m alright. It’s been quite busy, but I’ve adjusted well enough, I think. Thank you for your concern.”

Truth, Taewon thinks. He seems too confident for it to be anything but. But how can that be? To face an SS-rank monster as a supposed A-rank—

“Are you sure?”

Han Yoojin glances at him out of the corner of his eye. The tension isn’t back, but there’s a frown tugging at his lips. Taewon forcibly uncurls the fists his hands have balled into, and continues. He needs a reference. He needs to know what Han Yoojin looks like when he’s lying. “The Babar alone was an SS-rank, and you may have had your brother and ward with you, but even then, facing such a monster as an A-rank—”

And there it is, the slightest creases around his eyes, how he looks down and to the side slightly before meeting Taewon’s gaze once more, lips thinning into a line. Taewon’s so busy thinking over their conversation so far, matching these markers against what’s been said, that he doesn’t realize what he’s saying—

“…seeing them fight… They may be your family, but they’re S-ranks before that. Which makes them dangerous, more than you know—”

Until it’s too late.

“What are you trying to say, Chief Song-nim?” Han Yoojin asks, letting go of the bag of coffee and turning to face him properly. His voice has taken on a sharp edge, and Taewon steps backwards before he even consciously acknowledges the sound. Han Yoojin just steps forward to match, bringing him dangerously close— “If there’s a point to this, I’d like if you could—”

Taewon has a hand around his throat.

Han Yoojin raises a hand (touching? grabbing?). Seize his wrist, twist his arm, shift the grip on his neck, until Han Yoojin is pinned face-down against the counter, cheek pressed against its surface.

Then Taewon realizes he’d moved to begin with.

“…What are you doing?”

Han Yoojin’s flat question kills Taewon’s hasty apology before it can even leave his mouth. His grip tightens instead of loosening. Some quiet part of his brain is counting out the handful of people and low-rank Hunters present in the building today. A much louder part of his mind says he’s testing the hold.

Han Yoojin flexes his hand again, shifting easily even in Taewon’s grip, and he—

He panics.

Looting flares, black not-smoke wreathing his fingers and Han Yoojin’s limbs. Vague surprise flickers over Han Yoojin’s face before his eyes rise to a point in the air before himself, likely checking his status window. Whatever he sees there has his eyes widening sharply.

And then, all at once, something closes off in his face, and he goes limp.

A different kind of alarm spikes through the white-out fear in Taewon’s mind and he tilts his head to get a better look at Han Yoojin’s face. There’s a tightness around his eyes, still, lips pressed together like he’s bracing for something. But when those eyes flick up to meet Taewon’s stare, there’s also a dull sort of… familiarity?

No, not familiarity.

Resignation.

Taewon feels sick. He all but rips his hands off Han Yoojin, backing away hastily. There’s already shadows on his skin where Taewon’s fingers had pressed against it. There’ll be bruises there by tonight. Earlier, even, because—how long had he had Looting active?

He can’t remember. He can’t remember the last time he lost control like that. His stomach twists. He feels sick.

Han Yoojin still hasn’t moved. Taewon tries to remember how tightly he was gripping his neck.

And then Han Yoojin slowly, slowly draws his arm to his side again, pushes off the counter with his other hand, and straightens back up. A pause. Then he turns, just a little, so he can look at Taewon.

They stare at each other in silence like that for a moment.

Then, in a thin voice: “Interesting skill you have there.”

Taewon’s breath catches. Han Yoojin doesn’t seem to notice as he tilts his head slightly and opens his mouth again.

“Why’d you stop?”

…

Taewon—

Taewon leaves, after that.

He doesn’t remember what he says. What he does. Han Yoojin has a knack for disabling his rational mind, it seems.

What he does know is this: that Han Yoojin’s voice, when he asked that question, was genuinely curious. Perhaps even a little pleading.

What he does know, looking back, is that Han Yoojin didn’t try to pull away. He shifted in Taewon’s hold, yes, and in his panic Taewon overreacted. But he never tried to break free.

(What Taewon doesn’t know if he wants to know is this:

How does a man like Han Yoojin end up feeling resignation?)

[abdlrimespotiques]

[undrsk0re]

Which of your OCs would be Gym Leaders and what would their specialty be? Doesn't have to be mono-type by the way.

Asking because you brought up Pokémon.

DEFINITELY THE WHITEOUT GANG (+ elliott and sylvie)

Elliott would be the first gym leader, he juzt wanted to keep his brother, emillio safe and thought being a gym leader and challenging people would make him strong enough to protect him. Also hez a rock type gym leader, and mainz carbink n boldore

Sylvie would be the second gym leader and alzo a fire type gym leader, and her team would be minior, sizzlipede and braixen. She usez pokemon battling as a bit of sress reliver and way to be out of the house for longer so leila doeznt BOTHER HER.

Kumi would be a water type gym leader and would probably be the weakest of the whiteout gamb, being the 3rd gym leader. Byt she can hold her own !!

Also her ace would be brionne and shed have a tirtouga and carvannah

Shez very comfortable not having to really go out and train her pokemon as shez content being the 3rd gym leader

The 4th gym leader would def be cache, he's very hellbent of getting stronger. hez not actually sure how he even got to 4th, hez actually kinda inexperienced. Actually very inexperienced. Nobody told him he waz the electric gym leader so he. He has a kinda paralysis based team. Or smth.

He has an inkay, elgyem and magneton as his ace, and they all have electric movez. Hez got good coverage but over than that he has. No clue what hez doin

5TH GYM LEADER JAY!!

Jay would probably be a poison type gym leader, and also kinda a bit water like kumi but. Yea. He would be kinda like kumi in a way but stronger and also kinda relying on like. Hazardz like toxic spikez

His team would be whirlipede, muk, dustox, and galarian slowbro as his ace

And he kinda just wantz to battle and learn more about pokemon and human stuff. He iz an alien after all

Bryce would be the 6th gym leader, hez only there cuz when hiz universe got destroyed he waz put there and people assumed he waz the gym leader. He iz. Very lost.

His team iz glaile, porygon z, glaceon, snover and cryoganol

7th gym leader is sierra, ofc. She'z a dark type gym leader, ofc. She usez alot of love based pokemon, she usez morgrem, absol,malamar, mimikyu and shiinotic, she kinda putz on a facade until you get to her final pokemon when you realise that she iz. Absolutely unhinged. She became a gym leader to impress boyfriend tbh

Maisy iz the 8th and strongest of the group, she sayz shez a steel type gym leader but. She doeznt use many steel pokemon. She usez...bronzong and revaroom but mostly usez other pokemon, she usez exploud, chimecho and noivern

[moodymisty]

Okay, hear me out; Warhammer 40k au where everything is the same but the Imperium comes across an STC called excel spreadsheets.

Some of the high lords are disappointed that it isn't a weapon, but Guilliman breaks down crying when he first uses it, calling it Mankind's greatest achievement.

He then proceeds to transform the Imperium with Logistics and Excel by his side.

They realise that there were like 9 extra chapters of astartes just hanging out waiting for orders in a bumfuck agriworld for some ungodly reason.

So many weapons caches are found because apparently people forgot they existed and they were still maintained by servitors.

Just, the Imperium excelling.

I actually made a joke to a friend that my wedding gift to Guilliman would be an ancient piece of Terran tech called Microsoft 365.

The idea of there being entire chapters of marines just around is hilarious xD or whole stashes of tons of armor and ammo, just lost because someone forgot to write down it was there

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode nationale, no. 22, 5 juin 1897, Paris. No. 19. — Toilette de visite. No. 20. — Toilette de jeune femme. Bibliothèque nationale de France

No. 19. — Toilette de visite en taffetas changeant indéplissable, chemisette de tulle noir indéplissable sur laquelle est posée une draperie de taffetas plissée sur les épaules; dans le bas corselet drapé arrêté par un chou sur le côté; manches avec petit ballon double dans le haut; col rabattu sous une ruche. Jupe toute plissée soleil. Chapeau rond en paille de riz blanche, orné devant par un groupe de roses, le mêmes fleurs retombent derrière en cache-peigne. Derrière hautes coques de ruban mélangées à une aigrette.

No. 19. — Visiting ensemble in non-wrinkle changing taffeta, shirt in non-wrinkle black tulle on which is placed a drapery of pleated taffeta on the shoulders; in the draped corselet bottom stopped by a cabbage on the side; sleeves with small double balloon at the top; collar turned down under a ruffle. Fully pleated sun skirt. Round hat in white rice straw, decorated on the front with a group of roses, the same flowers fall behind as a comb cover. Behind tall ribbon shells mixed with an egret.

Métrage: 20 mètres taffetas changeant.

—

No. 20. — Toilette de jeune femme en lainage bleu pervenche. Robe princesse à ouverture invisible. Corsage très collant, recouvert par un croisement de galon en laine et d'un ruban de satin bleu saphir noué sur un côté et retombent en un long pan; manches plate en satin bleu, recouvertes du haut par un jockey ondulé semblable au corsage, ruche autour du cou; jupe princesse, faisant suite au corsage, ouverte sur le côté sur un créneau de satin bleu saphir. Petite toque faite avec un froufroutage de tulle noir, avec chou de ruban bleu sur le côté, cachant le pied de deux plumes princesse de Galles, en aigrette.

No. 20. — Young woman's ensemble in periwinkle blue wool. Princess dress with invisible opening. Very tight bodice, covered by a crossing of wool braid and a sapphire blue satin ribbon tied on one side and falling in a long section; flat sleeves in blue satin, covered at the top by a wavy jockey similar to the bodice, ruffle around the neck; princess skirt, following the bodice, open on the side on a sapphire blue satin niche. Small hat made with a frill of black tulle, with a blue ribbon on the side, hiding the base of two Princess of Wales feathers, in an egret.

Métrage: 5 mètres 50 lainage très grande largeur.

[sinful-lanterns]

Well, since you liked my previous posts so much for the Monster AU, let me indulge you with my absolute thirst for Drider!Garofano. 😌 Okay, so she's HUGE in terms of overall size, especially when it comes to the span of her spider legs. Honestly, she could give Hachishakusama!Sumire a run for her money. 😂 While I personally imagine that her human torso and arms would have some of the chitinous structure that arachnids have to serve as armor (or like clothes I guess), I also like to imagine that her spider half would be more furred and fuzzy like a tarantula.

That said, Drider!Garofano's really great for cuddling with, and she's more than happy to let Researcher curl up against her side or even underneath her fuzzy spider abdomen to keep the human warm! She'll be so sweet and devoted. I like to headcanon that she probably make amazing quality clothing with her silk webbing (as a fun little nod to her canonical tailoring abilities) for both Researcher and the other monsters, especially the ones not used to dealing with cold weather.

That's not to say that Drider!Garofano can't be fierce too! She's an excellent hunter, and despite her size, she can move almost silently when she wants to. Like many spiders, she can move ridiculously fast too because of her many limbs. With those two factors combined, she can rack up a prey kill count as easily as any of the animal monsters, but she'll definitely make sure Researching won't go starving anytime soon. Considering her age, and that she's lived so long at this point, I'm sure she might even also have a couple scars to show from territorial battles, fights for food, or even fights to get a prospective mate. Speaking of, during mating season, I headcanon that Drider!Garofano lures Researcher away further into the forest and courts her with a mating dance (not unlike how a Peacock Spider would I guess 😂) and even has a cache of fruits in offering to try and sweeten the deal. 😉 And because this IS Researcher we're talking, she accepts immediately... 😏 Cue Drider!Garofano using her webbing on the various trees around them both to make something like a sex swing for Researcher to rest in. She picks the little human up and puts her in it herself before carefully using a bit more webbing to bind her safely in place. Because of Garofano's size, it's not always that easy to get you both in a comfortable position to mate in although I'm sure Researcher usually tries her best in with an ass up, head down posture to better accommodate Drider!Garofano's ovipositor... 😌 With the swing though, Drider!Garofano can better see and touch her favorite human at her leisure. She always wants to make sure Researcher's comfortable before mating, so no matter how... excitable she is during mating season, Researcher's pleasure always comes first. It's always much easier to slip her eggs inside when her favorite human's already so nice and wet after all... Researcher's moans are so cute, so I can imagine Drider!Garofano's eyes go a little hazy with desire as she begins railing you, dreaming of the day that Researcher will lay a cluster of little drider eggs for her. After the last egg slips in, I can imagine Drider!Garofano gently untying Researcher from the swing before plopping herself back on the ground and tucking the human up against her abdomen. She curls a couple of her spider legs around Researcher, warming her against any stray chill in the air and to instinctively guard her against any potential attacks while sweetly feeding her the fruits and snacks she bought for Researcher earlier. She has to get the human's energy back up for another round or two... 😏 - 🌙 anon

AHDOWKDIE FUZZY TARANTULA GARO 🥺

Honestly I too, also pictured her with a chitinous exoskeleton structure for her spider torso, but Garofano being a fuzzy tarantula just fits her more methinks. I’m sure the Researcher just loves to be smothered by her when Garofano sits down on top of her (The Researcher asks for this often) and she loves running her hands through all the fuzz.

As for the actual mating aspect of Garofano and the Researcher, I can see Garofano doing this little thing where she taps some of her legs on the ground to indicate to the Researcher that she wants to mate. I’ve seen a video of a spider do this, but basically they raise their legs up really high and then do a small drumming sensation on the ground to alert any potential mates in the area that they’re ready to mingle. So just imagine…Garofano doing little tippy taps to let you know she’s horny and wants sex <3

Aghhhhhh Drider! Garofano is so cute but so sexy in so many ways! I love all your ideas for her, from the sex swing made out of webbing to Garofano bringing her mate little fruits and skewers of meat so you could replenish your energy. The Researcher definitely looks forward to mating times with Garo, especially if it means getting filled with that thick ovipositor of hers 🥵

[bonfireremains]

Comic where, on his 13th birthday, before they are sent back, Cache gets his fathers Tech Bo for his birthday, and his training is put to use.

L:”Cache? I need you to be serious. I have a gift…”

“It was Donnie’s… Its his Bo.”

C:”My Dad?”

L:”Yes.”

“He… wanted you to have it.”

“Even if he isn’t here… trust me I know…”

“He’s damn proud.”

[bright-eyed-dizzy]

my HC of benrey’s progression of getting Scarier and Bigger as the series goes on! he gains his power by feeding on the science team’s (mostly gordon’s) fear, confusion and misery

infodump under the cut!!

benrey feeds off of others frustration and confusion but generally people at black mesa are too preoccupied with science shit to even pay attention to him. it understandably pisses him off, leaving him hungry and lonely, the only person that really paid attention to him before the science gang got together was tommy, they’re besties, and because they’re bros and are used to eachother’s bullshit (and tommys whole vibe in general) tommy also doesn’t react much to benreys weird fuckin attitude. this also leaves benrey in a more weakened state which is why he stays around black mesa posing as a guard. he had stayed at black mesa without any stimulation or sustenance that he had been stooped down to the ranks of a lonely guard, his powers were essentially robbed of him by his own hubris. he had forgotten his roots as a deity of chaos, and just went about his business at black mesa , only occasionally pulling pranks or talking shit to at least keep himself alive. the only person there keeping him sane was tommy, outside of that he fell into a deep depression.

gordon was different though. gordon immediately came up to him and once they started talking, benrey got the rush of causing chaos again. he zeroed in on him and followed him around, the rises he would get out of gordon were hilarious and intoxicating to him and he wanted more. he watched gordons every move from a distance, hiding in shadow. what started as a fun game of cat and mouse became an *obsession.*

he watched the science team gang together in real time, and in these moments he REALLY got his power. benrey himself didn’t need to be pissing off gordon, the other scientists could just be pissing eachother off and benrey would just feed off of the vibes. his power was growing exponentially, in the times he wasn’t visibly around he would hang around in his weird little pocket dimension to cache his energy but he was still omnipresent and surveying them.

the weirder shit that happens is a direct consequence of benrey becomming more powerful, the scene with Gman is a scene of genuine cosmic horror in my AU. gman is horrified and bewildered, *he knows what benrey is.* AND he knows his lack of power was keeping him stuck at black mesa cosplaying as a human. the fact he was able to intercept gman and gordons conversation was ABSOLUTELY terrifying to Gman because couldn’t possibly IMAGINE what this power would entail. he wouldn’t be so upset if he knew what benrey had in store for humanity, whether it be world domination, cosmic destruction, or to just have a good time. what scared gman worse is that he knew that his fear and confusion were just adding fuel to the fire that would later be the finale.

benreys obsession with gordon eventually became an intense one sided infatuation, a *lust* for the attention he gave him. he would lay his flirting on thick, knowing it would be taken as a joke or a threat no matter how he phrased it. this shows itself best in the finale when he’s actually trying to be genuine in his own fucked up manipulative confusing way, unable to really string together human affection in a way that again, would not be cosmically terrifying and unknowable. after his advances are denied and the gang retaliates with violence benrey actually snaps and becomes the final boss, just wanting to rip the fabric of the universe apart in the most chaotic way possible.

this. is toxic yaoi.