#me @ myself: when will you write amostia's characterization arc?????????

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I and Z for amomiche because you gave me the brainrot

jzhdhsjhaagy sorry but not sorry, anon 😂😂 this is long so i apologize in advance!!

INSPIRATION

both, actually! since theyre complementary in some ways, they helped each other with dealing with certain issues (though in amostia's case, meta also plays a role in his improvement)

michelle helped amostia with being a more patient, social person. sure he never became friendly per say, but he was completely antisocial before and had zero social skills. he'd learnt to take other people's feelings into consideration even when they arent close to him. also, thanks to her, amostia found out that baking is cool and relaxing (kneading bread involves pretty much beating it up? being able to make pastries with chocolate whenever he wants? fucking superb!)

(the first times he baked turned out badly, which fueled his mentality that he can only destroy things, until michelle reassured that nor everyone is good at new things right away. he simply needed practice. and he did practice. and gosh, michelle often dreams of the warm, genuine smile he had on his face the first time something turned out nice.)

(and his embarrassed, blushing face once he realized that he was smiling, thinking that she was judging him. the silly boy!)

amostia, in turn, helped her to be less hesitant with things she wants to do since he's very "we're already dead anyways, what's holding you back?". also, he helped her to control Gift better without losing herself in eve's identities (it's not perfect, but at least she doesnt turn into margarita and/or feel herself "becoming eve" whenever she uses it), and to confront her thalassophobia (fear of the seas) born from her drowning little by little (she just wants to have fun at the beach without feeling heaping amounts of anxiety 😔)

(on that note, i wanna say that in answered asks in the amostia askblog during amostia day, amostia and michelle were in shallow waters since amostia cant swim and michelle doesnt feel safe unless she can feel the ground beneath her feet. he was ready to leave the sea whenever she asked because he knows she's still recovering)

(tbh i have... so many scenes where they go to a beach and amostia holds her hand while theyre stepping into the sea, like just the feet-deep. they do this kind of thing once a week or so until she doesnt feel anxious anymore and can take it a bit deeper)

ZEAL

idk what "great lengths" would fit here, but amostia is willing to unironically erase someone or some world if she asks him to. that is despite the fact he's aware she isn't that kind of person. he knows it's the part of him that still considers himself a mere weapon speaking, not the him who's a person, but he leaves this unspoken just in case since he trusts her judgment.

as for michelle, she doesnt have "great lengths" in mind. she's come to understand that what sends amostia over the moon the most is little, seemingly trivial things: a snack shared with a caring friend, teaching him how to write and read, baking a pie with her, a hug or a headpat... above everything else, she wants him to feel loved and emotionally fulfilled. they might be dead, as he always says, but their souls are still here. afterlife is but a second chance. she wants him to grab that chance and not let go, and will help him do so.