#rarepairs are less prone to that structure

[roxilalonde]

i want to write epic homestuck Fanon fic that gets a thousand hits a day in the style of callmearcturus’ stuff, but realistically most of what i write is either a) rarepair, or b) just unpopular enough that the tag’s absolutely filled with “X Pairing: Background” and the fans have giving up looking for stuff featuring it

[mr-jaybird]

Lis/Vanasha for the ship ask please

oh THANK YOU for indulging my one man rarepair

who is more likely to hurt the other?

oh, lis without question. she's quite blunt, and can also be caustic when under stress. i don't think we've ever really seen vanasha lash out like that in canon. that said, i do think lis would sincerely apologize, and be pretty good at not making the same mistakes twice

who is emotionally stronger?

lis. i mean like...woman did very much survive the end of the world (in my au, lmao) and has kept going. i wouldn't say she's emotionally healthier, but BOY she is strong

who is physically stronger?

ha, vanasha, no contest. those abs!

who is more likely to break a bone?

LIS. 100% lis. honestly even beyond the fact that vanasha is a trained fighter and athletic, vanasha is also early-mid 30's-ish and lis is in her mid 40's, so lis has probably started to get hit with the menopause bone density loss, rip

who knows best what to say to upset the other?

though i said lis is more likely to hurt vanasha, i think vanasha actually would have a better sense of what to say to be deliberately hurtful, being overall more emotionally intelligent. she just usually chooses not to say those things

who is most likely to apologise first after an argument?

honestly, probably actually lis. woman is stubborn as all hell but also very susceptible to guilt. i think it also might take vanasha a bit longer to cool off

who treats who’s wounds more often?

probably lis treating vanasha's wounds, since she's more likely to be sidelined during fights as a noncombatant while vanasha is actively fighting. but like, in a peacetime scenario...i think vanasha, who is more graceful and less prone to accidental injury

who is in constant need of comfort?

lis, although she would NEVER admit it

who gets more jealous?

lis again. vanasha strikes me as someone who has genuine self-confidence and is secure in her attachments. lis...not so much

who’s most likely to walk out on the other?

lis. she canonically emotionally pulled away and walked from her only romantic relationship that we know of, and definitely has difficulty connecting to people and letting people in. vanasha was actually relatively quick to trust aloy and befriend her, and then not offended by aloy's bluntness/difficulties in personality. i think that would carry over to being able to commit more easily in romantic relationships as well

who will propose?

vanasha! though i'm not 100% sure that she (or lis) is the marrying type. committed relationship yes, just not sure about the structure and whatnot of marriage

who has the most difficult parents?

we don't know anything of vanasha's parents, but i'm gonna give this to her since miriam appears to have been a good mother

who initiates hand-holding when they’re out in public?

vanasha! overall, much more comfortable with physical affection than lis

who comes up for the other all the time?

honestly, i would like to say they are both supportive of the other, although i think atm lis needs more support than vanasha does, so it's not quite an equal give and take. but i think it would be, given time and healing, though lis will always struggle more with emotional openess

who hogs the blankets?

i'm giving this to lis for no other reason than that i hog the blankets and she's my blorbo

though i guess if i wanted to make it sad i could say it's because of her time in cryo, rip

who gets more sad?

lis, who is grieving her entire world and confronted with reminders of it pretty much daily. that said, i think certain times of year would be more acute for vanasha, like around when her family died

who is better at cheering the other up?

vanasha! she's funny! canonically, she's got a playful snarky comment for all occasions, and that really is great for cheering people up

who’s the one that playfully slaps the other all the time after they make silly jokes?

neither. it's not a great move to slap someone who was in a war, even playfully

who is more streetwise?

vanasha, holy shit, not even a question lmao. she's a damn spy!

who is more wise?

also vanasha. lis may be older, and a genius, but can be pragmatic to the point of fault and also get tunnel-vision. i think vanasha has just a broader perspective generally

who’s the shyest?

lis is canonically an introvert who fucking HATED public speaking. giving this one to her

who boasts about the other more?

oh my god vanasha will not shut up about lis, at least partially because it drives lis insane

who sits on who’s lap?

...i personally hate lap-sitting so i have never considered this. maybe vanasha would pull lis onto her lap as a joke, but i don't think it's something they'd do regularly, honestly

also, lap-sitting can be kinda awkward when you're roughly the same height, and they are! so i think they'd be more likely to sit next to each other to cuddle :)