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Character Relationships Meme

The Character Relationships Meme!

Because I noticed we haven't had one of these in quite a while. This meme is pretty simple! Just:

1. Post your character(s).

2. Comment to other characters asking what they think of yours right now, and answer anyone who comments to your thread.

3. Lovely CR descriptions for all!

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Solf J. Kimblee | Fullmetal Alchemist |

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Jean Descole | Professor Layton |

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Aaaaand I also have GLaDOS (

neurotoxined), whom I need to intro properly/further CR for, whoops.

Kimblee's thoughts on Envy?

Well! First of all, Kimblee definitely does like Envy; he finds him similar enough to the Envy he's familiar with in terms of temperament and general thoughts that it's difficult for him to not like Envy, as Envy was definitely a bro back in his version of Amestris. He kind of eyerolls a little at the whole "the Homunculi were here, humanity's a loser" mindset now, because he's post-canon and as such he's had his views on the Homunculi forcibly shattered by Pride; however, he generally likes/respects Envy enough to keep the eyerolling behind his back rather than doing it to his face, which is more than he grants most people.

He still thinks of the Homunculi in general as his employers, though they aren't his primarily loyalty anymore, and he will continue to treat them as such - he'll offer his services on commission, and if they aren't willing to compensate him he'll consider going with it anyway, provided it looks fun enough. Envy looks like he will be a source of great fun, should he decide that he wants to do something, and as such Kimblee is fonder of him than he is most of the others. He isn't willing to sell Envy out - he's kept the knowledge that he's a Homunculus mostly to himself, the only person he's told was Archer, but Archer had proven repeatedly that he was siding with the Homunculi, so he saw no harm in it - and he's perfectly willing to pretty much do whatever Envy wants as long as it doesn't conflict with other orders he's been given.

Basically, there's a lot of WE ARE BROS, LET ME DO STUPID THINGS WITH YOU.

Kimblee and Descole's thoughts on Clive?

Kimblee on Clive: Kimblee has always been somewhat fascinated with Clive, just because Clive does things that are ever-so-slightly...off, in general. When they met, Clive was incredibly polite and making sure that Kimblee hadn't just done anything horrible, but at the same time asking where one can obtain Pokémon that blow themselves up; he just sort of accepts Kimblee's weirder escapades with "Did you hurt anyone? Oh, good. Make sure you're not caught"...things like that. They're reasonable responses followed by abnormal responses; Kimblee is aware that he does a lot of that sort of thing himself (or, at least, he's pretty sure he gives abnormal responses, given how people tend to react to him - he has difficulty understanding why something he just did is seen as "wrong" sometimes, but he can guess), and he knows he isn't normal, so he's been operating under the assumption that Clive is kind of like him - not normal, but pretending to be such for whatever reason Clive may have. The conversation they had while Kimblee was under the anon filter really just verified this.

So Kimblee is willing to offer Clive a different level of understanding than he would for "normal" or "sane" people, whom he holds accountable for all of their actions and demands explanations from immediately once they start doing something strange or undesirable. He understands that heretics (as he refers to them) have their own way of thinking that often isn't something that can be explained or understood by others outside of the thought process, and as such he won't push for an explanation now that he thinks he has a decent idea of what's going on. He doesn't fault Clive for it, nor does he blame him for being less than straightforward; he just kind of accepts it and moves on, and he figures that if Clive really is a heretic like him, he'll tell him about it if it becomes relevant between them. If it doesn't become relevant then Kimblee will never know what his deal is, but that's okay, as far as he's concerned; it's something that Clive should choose to discuss at his own will, rather than anything that Kimblee deserves to know.

tl;dr - You are probably insane but that's okay, we're all mad here, you keep on keepin' on, bb.

Descole on Clive: Descole isn't...entirely sure what to think of him at this point, to be honest. He does appreciate the extending of the proverbial olive branch, even though he'll continue to be bitchy and generally antagonistic about it; he just doesn't handle offers like that very well, and he tends to assume that the other person has an ulterior motive, simply because he's used to having ulterior motives when it comes to that sort of thing. He tends to have a hard time telling when people are being genuine, because Descole's grasp on social cues is not very good; he tends to frustrate himself a lot because he'll start thinking that he's missing something obvious and this...invariably pisses him off and leads to more bitchy antagonizing - people often have to be very, very blunt with him, and the lack of explanation for...anything from "Luke" over there is making it very hard for him to be trusting of him.

At the same time, a lack of trust does not mean a lack of interest, and this is just going to make him determined to figure out what in the world happened in the time period between Luke-the-brat and Luke-the-...whatever-this-is-now; his default thought is that Layton screwed him over somehow, even though if he were to actually consider that he'd realize how little sense it makes. But he's a bit bitter toward Layton, okay?

So basically, he isn't sure how much he likes or trusts Clive right now, though he does appreciate the peace treaty over here; he kind of wants to try to figure him out, however.

Kimblee on Cobra?

Bluntly put, Kimblee thinks Cobra's a scream - he finds him to be hilarious, though it's hilarious in a good way. As much as Kimblee likes to work towards some sort of higher goal (usually forcing some sort of change in the world or otherwise trying to start some sort of massive conflict, because he is, at heart, a warmongering asshole), he'll often surround himself with people that amuse him, that will provide entertainment and are just generally people that he can have fun with, and he thinks Cobra has potential to be very fun.

Admittedly, given that there's a lot of...darker things that happen in Kimblee's world of origin, he isn't entirely sure what to think of Cobra a lot of the time - the sort of over-the-top villainy that Cobra is prone to is completely foreign to him, and Kimblee still isn't entirely sure whether he's actually serious or only half-serious and the rest of it is taking refuge in audacity. He thinks that's interesting, in its own way; he kind of has to question exactly where the hell the guy came from (was it London? All the hilarious things Kimblee's met seem to have crawled out of London. Oh god, you're from London, aren't you) but he finds watching Cobra...do his thing to be fascinating, if a bit face-meet-palm in some ways.

He does like that Cobra will just let him do his thing, though, and that he seems to appreciate his work; he definitely would be interested in working with him in future, though he suspects that actually trying to carry out an operation in-person with him would be an exercise in patience, given how Cobra's logic seems to...work...

Also, he will find a use for that TM, damn it.

He's completely serious Kimblee, can't you tell?

And no, he's not from London. Sorry :( Though I like that better than the giant mess that is "Where did Cobra Commander come from?"

...you know, were it to be confirmed for him, he's not sure if the knowledge that Cobra is completely serious makes it better or worse.

Some bastard combination of both, maybe.

COME AT ME BRO...

Oh. Yes. Kimblee on both Hughes and Gluttony~

Edited 2012-03-28 23:59 (UTC)

Kimblee on Hughes: ...in all honesty, Kimblee isn't always entirely sure what to think of Hughes. I mean, on his end he does respect him; Hughes is both consistent in his beliefs and the sort of person whose beliefs Kimblee can actually understand, even if he doesn't always agree with them. He doesn't care about Hughes, in any sort of deep sense, and he doesn't consider them to be friends, because Kimblee doesn't exactly make friends and his grasp on what constitutes friendship and what does not is very poor besides - but he is very fond of him; he won't put Hughes before himself, but he does put him before a good amount of people that he knows. While he won't go out of his way to protect him at all, he doesn't explicitly want harm to befall him either, and he's willing to do favors for Hughes if it won't be detrimental or inconvenient for himself. He actually did mean what he said to Roy, regarding why he told Hughes about his death - warning Hughes wouldn't hurt Kimblee in any way or set him back at all, and not telling him would put Hughes at a disadvantage, which is something that Kimblee didn't see a reason to do, given that he actually does respect Hughes.

What's confusing him is that he doesn't understand why Hughes is treating him the way he is; it's obvious to him that Hughes is a Good Person, and in his experience Good People who know what Kimblee did in Ishval tend to either want to avoid him or treat him like a lesser being who deserves to be shamed for what he did at every opportunity (the fact that he never actually does feel horrible about it notwithstanding). Whereas Hughes actually treats him like a person - he initiates conversations over the Gear for reasons other than obligation, he trolls him quite a bit and is willing to joke with him (even if Kimblee doesn't always know what to do with it), he actually seems to be okay with talking to him individually, and he never acts like Kimblee isn't worth his time; he just treats him like pretty much everyone else. Kimblee doesn't really acknowledge it very much, but he...really likes that. He doesn't understand why Hughes is doing it and he suspects it's primarily to stay on his good side; even if that is the case, then damn it, it's working.

He also finds Hughes to be...surprisingly intelligent under all the trollface. Ace Alchemist Investigations, fuck yeah?

Kimblee on Gluttony: ...this is going to be very short, but basically he finds talking to Gluttony to be the equivalent of being tasked with breaking down a brick wall. Using nothing but his face.

...yep.

He treats Kimblee like a normal human being because everyone deserves to be treated like a normal human being...? He doesn't really understand why this is that big of a deal.

Also. Accurate on Gluttony...

Kimblee on Isaac and Archer, also Descole on Archer! \o/

TO GET THE RELATIVELY SHORT ONE OUT OF THE WAY FIRST:

Descole on Archer: Archer is a bro, if for no better reason than he understands and plays The Flattery Game very, very well. He has no idea that Archer is getting involved in anon Rocket shenanigans, nor is he too sure what he thinks of said shenanigans; at the same time, he doesn't know what the hell caused the recent rampages, either, as they look completely and utterly random - basically, holy hell who provoked you people and can he take their cattle prod away? - so he won't exactly move to interfere until he knows what's going on, and he won't really judge anyone involved because he can't really be bothered to do anything about it. But! On a personal level, Archer is a bro and stupid things need to happen, damn it.

Kimblee on Isaac: Well, first of all, Kimblee is rather fond of Isaac; a good amount of his fondness stems from the fact that Isaac is actually rather unpredictable, given the completely insane degrees of improvisation he's capable of combined with the fact that Isaac doesn't tend to process things in ways that most people would. This is a highly desirable trait, as far as Kimblee is concerned; it keeps things interesting at least, and makes things fun at best. Conversations with Isaac tend to be chill, but in a way Kimblee can appreciate; they're relaxing without being boring, and if all else fails Kimblee knows how to troll Isaac and instigate something if he runs out of things to say (inherent susceptibility to trolling is also a highly desirable trait, in Kimblee's opinion, though for a different reason entirely). Spending time with Isaac is something that Kimblee has come to genuinely enjoy, though he wasn't sure if he would at first or not.

He also definitely appreciates that Isaac will stand by his convictions, regardless of opposition; that's something that Kimblee has always respected in others, and in some way when Isaac came to..."visit" him in Central, he was pleased that that much hasn't changed any. He didn't agree with what Isaac was trying to do and found the whole one-man rampage thing to be completely stupid, but he could definitely respect Isaac for doing it in the first place. Honestly, he's kind of fascinated with the fact that Isaac is so shy in conversation, yet when it comes to getting things done, his balls are apparently dense enough to have their own gravitational field; he finds it kind of endearing, in a completely stupid sort of way.

He's not sure what to do with Isaac's...weird protective tendencies over him (throwing Kimblee's Gear in the lake so he'll be left alone, telling him that if something's bothering Kimblee, it's bothering Isaac as well, things like that), but he generally just sort of shrugs those off, as Isaac is a bit of an oddball and he tends to accept oddball tendencies a bit more easily than most if they're from people who are naturally a bit strange; were Isaac completely normal, Kimblee would be pushing for some sort of explanation, but because Isaac is pinging him as a bit...odd, Kimblee is more than willing to let it go for now as something that will be explained eventually.

He is flattered by Isaac telling him exactly how much their conversations in Ishval meant to him; between that and the fact that Isaac is imitating him in several ways, it's plain that what Kimblee was trying to do in Ishval actually worked for Isaac. That's something that he hadn't realized before coming to Johto, and Kimblee is actually rather pleased to see that; despite their falling-out in Central, Isaac still seems willing to accept Kimblee as a mentor figure, which also pleases him to no end. As such, he's perfectly willing to pick up the senior/junior dynamic again; he admittedly does show off for Isaac a bit as the Pokémon are concerned (one can't look bad in front of their juniors, after all) and he does take some sense of personal pride in Isaac's victories as well - not credit for it, because anything Isaac gains is through his own merit, but it pleases him just the same.

tl;dr HE IS FOND OF YOU BUT YOU CRAZY, BOY, ALSO POSSIBLY DUMB.

Kimblee on Archer: So! Back in the day, when Rockets still showed up in Mahogany Town and the plains ran dark with buffalo, Kimblee decided that he seriously hated Archer's face. (To be fair, he hated the rest of him as well, but he found Archer's face to be particularly offensive to his aesthetic sensibilities.) He agreed to join up with him partially because for quite some time he and Archer were the only people there, and even after Gorthan joined them, he didn't care for Gorthan too much; it would benefit him more to ally himself with Archer than to drive a rift between them. He also didn't see a reason not to - Archer did pose a good point regarding the training, and some companionship, however annoying, was better than none at all. He had every intention of ditching Archer as soon as he was given actual orders from the organization, however.

...unnnnnfortunately orders didn't come for practically forever, and this meant Kimblee got to spend the first half of winter in the frozen fucking wasteland that was the area near the Lake of Rage with Archer as his only semi-tolerable company.

He isn't entirely sure when things shifted over, but it was sometime between the transfer to Goldenrod and the time they arrived in Violet that he started to actually...want to keep Archer around; he generally just tries to ignore that part of their arrangement in favor of focusing on other things, such as the fact that Archer is a good source of orders, and he gives Kimblee things to do and offers him some sort of guidance so he's not just wandering around aimless and getting frustrated with things, and taking out said frustration on everyone around. He more or less keeps Kimblee centered and prevents him from going completely off the rails, but at the same time lets him go out and have fun once in a while; Archer understands him in ways that were pretty much limited to the Homunculi before now, and that's...a good thing, given that at his current canon point Kimblee is disillusioned (and in some ways, incredibly angry) with most of the Homunculi.

He's not devoted to Archer in the same way that Archer is to him, as he won't ever willingly decide to put Archer's life before his; however, he's given Archer his loyalty, and when he decides to do that, said loyalty comes before everything else. He will fight for you, and he will carry out any orders that he's given to the best of his ability; if ordered to defend at all costs, including potential or probable loss of life, he'll do it. He doesn't do it often, but if he's willing to put his trust and faith in someone else, then he does so completely; he was willing to sell out his own entire species for the last set he did this for.

He doesn't think Archer realizes exactly to what extent this sort of loyalty goes, but it doesn't really matter to him whether Archer understands or not - the point is that he'll do whatever he's asked anyway, and if he isn't asked, then he'll do what he thinks is required. Hence very aggressive..."therapy" sessions.

tl;dr - ...uh, this about sums it up, I think.

Have I mentioned I love your TL;DR? It's beautiful.

Okay, first of all! I'm definitely down for more stupid things with Descole and Archer! I'd love for them to get to know one another better since they actually do get along, and Archer's positive CR is limited to uh... Kimblee and Sheska tbh. (Though he gets along okay with Hughes.) I'd love to see where the two of them go!

OH COME ON ISAAC IS NOT DUMB >:| well maybe a little. Point is, this gave me all the feels, okay. KIMBLEE YOU ARE THE BEST SENIOR. I can't wait to play out what we have planned for them~ It's going to be a trainwreck and said trainwreck will somehow or other be beautiful or something. I lost the metaphor, but I think you know what I mean.

OH MY GOD I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR THIS BEFORE AND NOW I'M DYING. THIS IS PERFECT. BEST SUMMATION EVER TBH. Archer and Kimblee's relationship is definitely one of the best I've ever played out. You know I like my ships, but bromances are quickly becoming one of the best things ever for me. THIS IS WHY. I want more bromances like this in my life.

YOU'RE FLAWLESS AND THESE RELATIONSHIPS ARE FLAWLESS AND THIS TL;DR HAS MADE MY NIGHT. ♥

Kimblee's thoughts on Ivan (since that's the only guy I've talked to more than once)?

Edited 2012-03-30 00:58 (UTC)

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