Discussion Prompt #6

[meganehaven]

What embarrasses them?
Is it something small like specific compliments? Or something bigger, like a mistake or total failure at something they're skilled at? How well can they tolerate embarassment?

comment below your thoughts! <3

...also apologies i missed last weeks discussion prompt! im still injured and ended up in the ER again, will be needing surgery soon. ill be okay tho!! ill try harder to share prompts despite it all (:

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[arimamary]

Thank you for everything you do for the community! I wish you an early recovery <3

Onto the prompt, Kiyoshi has thin skin and gets embarassed easily. He has high expectations of himself. He used to be more embarassed when he made mistakes when he was younger but not so much as an adult. Well, it's also because he was living in the US for some time which he considers is less rigid. Back in Japan, he might be struggling with internalized shame for the smallest thing because ✨culture.✨

Keima is the totaltotal opposite. He should probably feel ashamed of some of the things he has said and done jk. He loooooveeeesss making Kiyoshi blush from embarassment because he finds it cute. He's the type to get angry at someone yelling at him because of something he did. There very little that would make him feel shame/embarassment.

Lastly, Yuu doesn't get embarassed too easily but that's because she puts up a front. She gets embarassed when she has let someone in her heart and tries to be vulnerable.

[meganehaven]

tysm!! im hoping surgery wont cost too much haha, thankfully i have insurance tho!

i always love hearing about kiyoshi and keima!! ty for sharing (:
characters that dont feel much shame can be sooo fun to write imo

also yuu is so real, its hard being vulnerable when ur used to putting up a front..

again ty for sharing ! :D

[arimamary]

i always love hearing about kiyoshi and keima!!<<

This makes me so happy to read! Thank you for caring T^T.

characters that dont feel much shame can be sooo fun to write imo<< It's equal parts fun as it is maddening XD. As the writer, I get second hand embarrassment when writing him haha.

also yuu is so real, its hard being vulnerable when ur used to putting up a front..<< I'm weak for this type of characters. I don't think Yuu is a typical tsundere (the type to get somewhat aggressive when embarrassed) but more like the type that is so used to behaving in a certain way that while it may not have negative consequences, they have to put the effort into developing relationships they care about? Something like that.

[kissed]

Oh do take care of yourself, wishing the best with your recovery!! \o\

Let's see... I might as well use Az and Seraph for this prompt since I love writing about them hehe.

Az is very shameless; very little reduces him to a sheepish mess, though he doesn't like getting scolded seriously by Seraph (especially in front of other people). Though he does put up a bit of a front, he doesn't want to actually upset the person he cares about most... So he would call that, and only that, the closest thing he can feel to embarrassment.

Seraph is what I'd call emotionally constipated. Though they mask often, they're used to doing so and typically do a good job not showing their true feelings. They do feel embarrassed when Az flirts with them (it's more of a "what is he doing/why do i feel so shy/what am i supposed to do in this situation") since they're inexperienced with that type of thing.

Some context/lore being for that universe is that ~normally~ romance/sex is viewed as a human concept and that most heavenly beings find that beneath them (while demons are typically debauched or viewed as such where they willingly partake in such pleasures and yadda yadda it makes them look worse to the above folk) or in the case of Seraph, have no idea what to do lol.

[meganehaven]

ofc! the info you share about them both are lovely to read (:

w secondhand embarrassment, i get u bc an older oc of mine, Nollus Averie, doesnt feel much shame and is pretty smug. sometimes id feel that when RPing him with a friend ! lol

ohh that makes sense! extra effort indeed when ur used to behaving a specific way