#sr3 casey is the definition of “it's not really paranoia if they're out to get you”

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44 For the ask meme what’s Casey’s relationship with kinzie like????

SR character building questions

44. Describe your character’s relationship with Kinzie

I see them as having a sisterly relationship in the end, but it takes a while to get to that point. Casey sees it like that for a long time (I think the whole idea came from the idle line she has about it in-game) but doesn't really say it. Kinzie is the one more resistant to the idea which- seeing as she does look for sister figures in Viola (successful) Asha (not so much) and probably others considering Casey banned her from using that word- seems ironic but I think there's good reason for it.

Obviously Kinzie probably goes through the usual process of not recognising Casey's intelligence but I do feel like she gets past that quicker than a lot of people. It's more that I think Kinzie sees her as sort of... bland? I don't think she ever fully shakes that, but Casey does start to win her over in her own way. Like she's never going to think she's super interesting but she does like her on some level by the end of SR3.

Kinzie tends to be a lil snappy with people she likes, if she genuinely doesn't like you she just will not engage. Casey has a tendency to mirror the kind of relationship she's handed. So they do bicker a lot but it's not really an attempt to be genuinely hurtful. I do think though, that if Kinzie wanted, she's probably the person who could most devastate Casey with a 'reason you suck speech'. I kind of think she should give her one at some point. Possibly at a really bad time for maximum damage.

I guess I should briefly mention them having sex that one time in my written canon. I think Kinzie was a little surprised when Casey asked her because there wasn't really much sexual tension between them or anything, but given the situation they found themselves in it made sense. I think it really just got across that they're not very compatible in that respect, even though for a few reasons you'd think they should be but... I don't know. I feel they weren't quite on the same page with what the whole thing was.

Yes I do have a night spread across a couple of scenes of them being really cutesy together and drinking and braiding each others hair and admitting their bond is sisterly and giggling and Casey covering Kinzie with a blanket when she fell asleep and so on. But I don't really see that as a turning point for them or anything. Those times are rare compared to the reality of just having to put up with each other like any other siblings. Their weird little dynamic is just fine as it is.