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fierybluebird) wrote2018-02-11 11:00 pm
fierybluebird) wrote2018-02-11 11:00 pm
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We are Family I got all my brothers and me! / High Seas CR
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Comment here with a bracket: < and I'll TL;DR about Marco's current view of them. And maybe a theme song. No promises.
Comment here with a bracket: < and I'll TL;DR about Marco's current view of them. And maybe a theme song. No promises.
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2/12/14
Luffy is complicated and fucked up and a huge huge huge HUGE portion of his general confusion with Ace, THE UNIVERSE, and everything in between.
All.
Your.
Fault.
You would be pineapple-chicken murderer and devourer D:<
Marco still fears falling asleep on the Straw Hats ship in his phoenix form because he just KNOWS he will wake up with Luffy slobber all over him and he kind of worries: one day inside of the rubber stomach. THERE ARE NIGHTMARES ABOUT THIS.
That aside, the D-appetite thing isn't Luffy's fault, and growing up wild and hunting tigers is 100% Ace's fault (well, and a little bit Garp) but for the most part it's not all "Luffy is scary, yoi." After all, Marco not!so secretly holds a great deal of respect for Luffy, who he will become, and indeed, Luffy isn't just all that remains of Ace's will, but he IS the future. The future that Whitebeard hoped would shake up the World Government, the entire New World, and indeed the whole world.
Until then though Luffy drives Marco insane. He doesn't know how to handle him. Whenever Luffy reminds him of Shanks he wants to treat him like Shanks and he CAN'T -- or at least he hasn't yet let himself do so, for worries that it'll be bad. And whenever Luffy is dumb as a brick and fucks up their ship or other things, Marco's patience thins more and more.
Sanji and Zoro can keep the rubber brat, yoi. Marco's got his hands full with a fire one and that is enough trouble already.
Still, if Luffy was ever in real trouble, Marco might jump to save him faster than even Ace could. After all, Marco has one order he upheld above: EVERYTHING ELSE and that's to keep Luffy safe. Luffy is the future. Without him, Marco may as well give up.
Current song
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2/12/14
He has NO idea that Crocker is a spazz yet, and the "free from Mother" thing actually quietly jabbed Marco in his father feels, but overall Crocker is someone who could be very interesting, or a complete nuisance. He has yet to see, but he's secretly hoping for the prior ;)
2/12/14
Not to mention Timmy's gerbil coming back from the dead. Death is hinted at. Look at #25.Though, Crocker still thinks he can be crushed by a rock and be alright :|
BUT Denzel does know he'll expire still at some point or another.
It's weird.
Marco you jabbed Crocker in the father feels mentioning you have one.
How about interesting and nuisance? XD
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Yosh!fffff Poor Crocker XD
and yeah XD Atm Marco has a "wait and see" tab on Crocker. If he proves himself very strong, smart, loyal, and overall worthy Marco might him invite him along, but Marco is *extremely* choosy after Blackbeard and Chameleone's betrayals. Thatch is very wary too, and Thatch has twice as much reason to be paranoid in a way so Marco's doubly protective of him.
But if nothing else, Crocker could wind up as an interesting ally or a very entertaining enemy. COULD GO EITHER WAY XD
2/12/14
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2/12/14
And Marco is still annoyed that Natsuno won't drink more of his blood. Like. Hello. IS IT NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?! WHAT THE HELL MAN!? Then again, given his phobia of Luffy eating him, Marco refuses to ever EVER bring this up to anyone because... wow. No. So much no.
But he appreciates that Natsuno is giving it his all. Marco has a general attitude problem with people who are like "But I never wanted to be a pirate!" because again, WHAT IS IT NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?! etc. Like, he's been pirating longer than you lot (mostly) have been alive! GO TO HELL YOU LOSER ROOKIES YOU KNOW NOTHING!!!! D:< but he appreciates that Natsuno is giving it his all and doing his best to adapt and deal with the world around him and be strong enough to help Ace. And that speaks HIGHLY in Marco's book.
Marco's no good at teaching how to fight, it's too instinctual for him and very wrapped up in who and what he is, and getting too close to the new kids is not something he's always willing to do (they always die on him: see also: Ace) but he made an exception because Natsuno was so earnest about it. And in general Natsuno is definitely always there, ready and willing to learn whatever he can about piracy and doing his best to help Ace. And loyalty to Ace says the most to Marco more than really anything else.
He doesn't understand Yuuki's desire to refrain from vampirism in general though because, being a phoenix himself, you are what you are. But that sort of thing is better left discussing with Ace and Thatch he thinks. Especially since Marco is very fond of monsters (his father, his family, their allies, Oars Jr. THERE ARE MONSTER FEELS ALL OVER THE WHITEBEARD CREW) and considers it a COMPLIMENT. Which if Natsuno ever talks to Marco one on one about, Marco will probably not pull punches in telling him.
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2/12/14
Or something.
He started off just planning to half troll the kid for not realizing he was the first mate, but he was ironically really flattered that Roxas named him Xifer! Marco's only been truly named twice before, and while he loves both names (Marco & Phoenix) they were all about being a star/god of WAR, and you know: his species. So. :| Xifer is cooler in a way because it isn't just fire, but it's because Roxas named him HIS in the same way Whitebeard started calling Marco his son. And it brought up all those old feelings; except instead of reacting with tsun and all "I AM MY OWN PERSON," Marco has the several DECADES of sailing and experience to really feel touched and happy instead. And that is why he likes being Roxas' "pet."
He means to be Roxas' friend, but he likes being able to just relax in his phoenix state and not have to be pressured into using his words and looking after people in a competent/perfect "big brother" way, there's a sort of freedom in getting to look after Roxas as a pet bird phoenix instead. And he's INCREDIBLY relieved to get to listen to Roxas instead of have to "front" and either feign his usual deadpan calm, or use words to explain things back or try offer more than just a warm fluffy winged hug.
Roxas' Lea feels helped Marco come to a bunch of realizations about his own problems and he's always going to try to help out Roxas as much as possible, but for now he hopes Roxas just needs a pet as much as Marco just wants to be a pet for a little longer.
And eventually he'll probably write a set of "Letters from Xifer" as translated by Marco, and the first one will probably be "come flying with me" and then maybe he'll teach Roxas' how to understand bird!speak the way Thatch and Leanne do.
SONG!
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2/12/14
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Marco's Thatch feels are obviously the Most complicated.
So much so that you get two songs. Clocks & Twilight and probably a billion others.
He cannot even BEGIN to put into words his feelings at seeing Thatch again. SURE HE HOPED IT, but it's sad?? OR IS IT? and it's GOOD, and relief, sweet sweet relief, and he just wants to lean on Thatch and have time NEVER EVER move forward and he wants to cling and hide in his brother and let Thatch save him and he can't. AND HE WANTS TO SAVE THATCH and protect him and drag him away and take him home and fix it all and he can't do that either.
/lays on side with traumatized Marco
But okay, that aside, Thatch is his... Thatch is....
What makes Marco capable of being Marco. He's the darkness to Marco's starlight. Together they can be twilight.
It's very VERY VERY difficult not to just throw his arms around Thatch, hold him and refuse to flat out ever let go.
Thatch was the buffer between Marco and humanity. Without Thatch, humanity is so raw and unnerving. It's scary and brutal and he hates them ALL. It's funny, because Thatch's darkness (not liking people either, also brutal at times) is what lets Marco reach him and through that shine through to see the good things about people too. Yes, they can be brutal, but so can Marco. It's not the brutality that is bad, it just has to be used right. And it's okay to be brutal and still loving and affectionate and all the things that is the epitome of Whitebeard Pirates. Humanity is just another facet of people, and it's the pieces that get put together that make it okay.
Thatch is the one who teaches Marco EVERYTHING Marco considers worth knowing that Whitebeard couldn't/didn't. How to let go and be free and drink and be happy. How to have nights that are just fucked up beyond all reason. How to pick someone up, how to be a brother, that Marco was already doing a lot of the important things, and that Marco has what he needs.
Thatch is what lets Marco be Marco.
He's not his rock, but he's like the ethereal of eternal darkness. Marco gets to be all the starlight in between it, because Thatch is always there. Always.
If everything else was gone, literally everything, Whitebeard, the world, all of reality and the fabric of time and space, Marco would still expect to find himself in Thatch's embrace somehow.
Black holes and revelations.
Marco's own theme but only possible because of Thatch.
One day he wants to tell Thatch all the things, but he doesn't know how. Would never know how. And he just wants to hold Thatch and spin around with him through everything.
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2/12/14
Leanne is incredibly kind and gentle and feminine and a sweet moe birdie type and every so often Marco feels the closest he can to "guilt" that he dragged her into becoming corrupted by a bunch of messed up pirates. On the other hand, she seems to be having fun and actually kind of enjoying it, so that reassures him quite a bit.
He stole Ikki for the sole purpose of having another phoenix around so he could figure out PHOENIX things, and there's a dark/bad part of him that stole Leanne so that he can decipher bird things from Phoenix things from Marco things (possibly, it's hard because he'd truly need at least one more phoenix, but he's pretty sure that will never happen.) THAT SAID, Marco has literally no prior experience with too many other bird people/if any. So if there's something all four of them do, he will forever assume it's normal for bird people period. Vengeance? Tough time forgiving humanity for the crime of being human dipshits? CHECK.
She also reminds him strongly of Queen Otohime. Like a younger bird Queen Otohime that hasn't married his Dad's bff and had some kids. Marco is all over this yo. Because 1) he is older himself and wiser than those younger days of his more arrogant brash "I hate people and fuck humanity" self, but 2) For all that Leanne has forgiven beorc-kind and is very curious about humans and the like, it's clear that she's not ENTIRELY naive, but still very much could use someone like, Marco, Ace & co. looking out for her. And 3) Marco doesn't have to leave her behind in her forest (island) this time, he gets to have her come with him and see how shit develops.
OMG AND THEY GET TO SHARE SHIPPY FLAILY FEEEEELS TOGETHER. /flails birdie feets/
There are some more feels but they are all wrapped up in sparkles, feathers, and kimonos. And none of those feels are remotely manly, and Marco does not give a single fuck.
When they reach either B or A class support I'm so uploading more icons of the two of them being derps.
Also Leanne is one of the very very very few Marco is a lot more comfortable showing not his fluffy exterior, and not the spiked metal ball of doom with which he'll slay all his foes, but his inner gooey baby bird self that just wants to hop about and sing and be a dork discovering the world and that misses his Daddy very very much. And ship all the Mommy & Daddy birdies or any variation of happy birdie snuggly couples together. Yes.
because
2/12/14 You're a monster
GAH WHERE THE FUCK DO I EVEN BEGIN?
Ace drives Marco crazy, as is every good little brother's job. Marco is quite happy to be the big brother phoenix Ace needs so that Ace can go crazy. And he broke a little more than he wants to admit from Ace's first departure from the crew and subsequent everythings. It's a big part of what Marco tackled Namur to keep the big shark mouth shut about. That and you know THATCH. But then Namur spilled the beans anyway oops.
When Ace smiles & is truly happy it's like everything EVER has always been worth it and always will be, and Marco is okay with everything again. He'll do ANYTHING for those days and those smiles. He'll tear himself inside out, he'll kick the world apart one rock at a time, he'll murder anyone, SAVE anyone, and take all the hits he needs to.
Ace's will is why Marco made sure to protect Luffy above Ace himself. Because he knew Ace would break, and wouldn't be able to be Ace anymore if he lost Luffy. Ace's freedom is why Marco let Ace go even though he desperately wanted to drag him back to the ship. Ace's strength & pride is why Marco would tell the world FOREVER that they ordered him to fight Blackbeard, and whatever Ace decides, Marco will have the idiot's back every god damned step of the way.
Sometimes Marco hates him for it.
He hates him for losing him. He hates him for even entering his life and shaking it all up. He hates himself because he always knew Ace would, and even now, even with EVERYTHING he still loves Ace to itty bitty bits and he will never ever EVER regret or change any of it.
It's complicated.
As a captain Marco isn't sure what he wants to do with Ace more. Smack him upside the head or just hold him a hug. A violent squeeze-you-to-death hug. When they first got to this world Marco was still extremely numb from his Pops & Ace's funeral, and then Ace had to go be ACE about it and way too fucking calm about his own death and way too ready to just charge the universe and do whatever he pleased, and he just HAD to pick up Marco and drag him along and not give him the time he wanted, because the truth was, TIME was not what Marco needed and of course whether Ace knew it or not, he did what Marco needed and not what Marco wanted and Marco kinda still hates him for it.
It took Marco a LONG LONG LONG time to "accept" Ace as Captain. First there's the Whitebeard feels, then there's the Whitebeard death feels = Marco is supposed to take over and then there's the confusion of time because Ace was someone Marco once upon a time intended to follow to the end of the world as his only other second captain, but when Ace left them to hunt Blackbeard, that changed it. A lot. So on the one hand, getting over Whitebeard's death means Marco is also supposed to adjust to this new part of his life of leadership, but following Ace means he's NOT adjusting to it and YEAH TRUTH TOLD good; he doesn't want to, but there's that whole confusion of what he should do even if he hates it vs. what he wants and whether is any good etc.
And besides, in the deepest darkest, most brutally, painfully honest part of Marco's soul that no one will EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER SEE EVEEEEER: he loves having Ace as a captain! It's FUN! It's let Marco be a coward all he wants, and as brave as he wants, and still a big brother without as much of the official and political barnacles he hates above all else. It's LITERALLY what he always secretly hoped and wanted for Ace to become when taking Whitebeard's place. The part of him that was ready to follow Ace to the ends of the world and back, the part of him that rejoiced that there was some reckless idiot with as much ambition as to kill Whitebeard but as much love and care and Ace's loyalty and adventure as to become the man Ace is, STILL rejoices and is all over this amazing adventure, BRING IT ON.
Marco's loyalty to Ace is pretty much as infallible as his loyalty to Whitebeard. Part of him bristles and rankles at the whole "HOW DARE YOU" asking him to be his first mate, but the major part of him can't wait for the time when that can be thoroughly mocking so Marco can go "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?! WHITEBEARD?!" and they they can both laugh and laugh and laaaaugh. Hell, that day could be even be very near for all he knows. Especially with Ace all decked in white hair now XD
Marco still says Ace is his LITTLE brother though and if anyone thinks otherwise or thinks Ace can get away with giving Marco orders, they have another thing coming. That said, Marco still will always have Ace's back and true desires ABOVE ALL ELSE, because lbr, he always has. Hell, he's actually VERY VERY VERY VERY secretly very flattered that Ace asked him to be his first mate. Granted Pirate emperors and the STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD have asked him before, but with Ace it's actually legit, because Marco truly believes in Ace, the way he believes in Whitebeard, and NOT those other guys (fuck you Shanks /nottalking)
UH Marco's Ace feels are lengthy.
He also gets jealous sometimes because he just wants Ace to come stay in his room for sleep and cuddles okay. And he wants to be the one Ace trusts to handle shit; isn't that why he's first mate? Not just to be the one most capable of kicking in Ace's face when the kid messes up.
And for all of Marco's seeming tsun about the new tattoo, he respects Ace a lot, so it's with PRIDE that he wears it. That said, if Ace doesn't have equal pride and ambition and strength for the entire crew to grab the world and seize it and see through all of the dreams; Marco will certainly be the first person kicking his face in. Bastard, don't make him believe in you just to fuck it up like that. Who do you think you are? Portgas D. Ace???? /kick!
But yes, Under the barrels of occasional tsun, Marco's got lots of fluffy love for Ace he just bustles with wanting to shower on the brat. Ace is his babiest baby brother. He's the last and the youngest of them all to remember Whitebeard, he's the one Marco came closest to breaking himself for, he's the one Marco will change history and the future for, he's the one Marco will round up an entire army and risk sacrificing his treasure and baby brothers, and EVERYTHING he worked his life for for the chance to save; because he loves him. And he wants to burn that into Ace's brain more than everything else.
"We love you so stop dying all the time you little bastard."
If it's important to Ace, it's important to Marco. Period. He might not always get it, but he'll do it. And he has fun just watching Ace be Ace. He loves him. For some reason.
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2/12/14
Hoo boy.
OKAY separating Marco's Selphie + [other] feels (ie: Selphie + Ikki, and Selphie + Ace, and Selphie + Doctor, and Selphie + Lolo, and Selphie + Grell --- And for the matter why is Selphie constantly everywhere in his CR Marco says)
Marco adores Selphie as like an even more bubbly Haruta and as such he still expects to turn around and see her team up with Ace to drive him crazy and he's not sure it'd bug him entirely.
She's smart, she's savvy, she's sassy, she doesn't mind explosions, she rolls with the pirates, and she fits in like she's always been there. That's all Marco needs. OH! And she's into romance novels and plays guitar and is chill enough that he can relax and be dorky with her. Suuuuper thumbs on that.
SO then back into the Selphie + 1 categories:
Re: Ikki: there are so many feels here. Marco knows how fucked up he was before Thatch leveled him out and indeed, he keeps meaning to send Selphie to Thatch to ask about it but there is NO good way to say "I barely even spoke to people, I turned into a phoenix when I didn't want to talk to people" -- which btw he occasionally still does -- "and my first kiss was Thatch and I punched him in the face before it before deciding it was fun and kissing him back. It took him a very very very very long time to get me into a level where girls were a thing and I still have so many issues that all I did was try to go tell Robin as much and somehow I ran away and it was embarrassing." UM. Right.
Especially since if Selphie talked to Grell about this she wouldn't know at all :T
There's the part of Marco that is all lies, and the part of Marco that hides under a blanket with Thatch in his room and when told to come out, stubbornly refuses in bird language.
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo That's a............... thiiiiiiiiing.
The happy go lucky shippy babby birdie part of Marco is all over sharing happy go lucky shipper feels with Selphie and secretly TOTALLY stalked all those date places she set up in the hopes that people would use them and not stare at them so uneasily and pathetically. This part of him also hopes for the best for everyone and all their ships. The phoenixes are awkward lonely creatures who HOW THE FUCK did the end up in a crew/family as big as this?! part of him totally awkwardly shuffles his feet and facepalms and wants to headdesk against the mast whenever Ikki does something that Marco once upon a time did; sometimes is still doing, and will probably do again. IT IS HARD TO FIX. + there's the Ace thing. He wants both Selphie and Ace to be happy and yet worries that either of them might hurt each other in a pairing.
Marco won't ever take sides in between his crew/family, but he's VERY VERY VERY protective of Selphie and will kick someone's ass the minute he thinks they hurt her. And he's told off Ikki a few times, but it's always complicated with him because PSSSSH what doesn't Marco make complicated? But yeah, especially complicated with Ikki because PHOENIX SHIT he gets. Family trauma? KINDA GETS (different traumas via different circumstances but all the same) Hooooooooooooooooo boy. There's a lot.
Selphie is one of the few he wishes to take flying to reassure her 1) she can be above it all 2) the world isn't always such a messed up place and 3) she's definitely part of the crew & family and they wouldn't be the same without her.
He just left that to Ikki to do first (and Marco hasn't taken anyone flying yet so he's extra particular, especially since they have to be very very trustworthy and not as reckless as Ace or Luffy who would do someone crazy like fall off and die) but he's not sure how Ikki's phoenix thing works / and if flying is a thing Ikki can do and if Ikki would be hurt about it at this point, so it's on his list to slowly work out EVENTUALLY.
There's a lot regarding Selphie Marco still is working on working out basically hahaha. One of the major ones being that he wants to take her hand and show her it's okay to cry too. Which is maybe one of the hardest things PERIOD for Marco. He can cry, but he's always making sure he doesn't, because he's always trying to be impenetrable for the sake of his brothers, and indeed, even when Ace and Thatch give their fake smiles, Marco is the first one encouraging it because he thinks if they can fake smile, eventually they'll be able to turn it real. So it being okay to be authentic with sorrow is just.... a huge tough thing for Marco, but he can tell Selphie needs it. He just needs to really... GET THERE eventually /sigh
In Between & Earthbound Starlight ++ Big Brother Plationically: Blame It On Me
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2/12/14
Marco's got 2 parts attraction, 4 parts play, 3 parts curiosity, 1 part trepidation (leading back into the curiosity), 1 part hardcore respect, and 2 parts affection for her.
ALWAYS her theme song from him Always ;)
She's sexy, she's smart, she's feisty as fuck, she takes nothing from nobody, she will bathe in the blood of her enemies, and she as sure fuck isn't gonna regret it either. She is bad for him, and he knows it, and he doesn't care either. -- Well, most of the time, he doesn't care.
And those legs? Rawr.
He knows he has to stay sharp around her, so he never ever ever lets his guard down for a second, but let's be honest, THAT is part of its own attraction.
She might be part shark fishmen, and he has SUCH a soft spot for those types, and even if not, she might be part okama, or part SOMETHING related to monsters and outcasts and that soft spot just grows wider and wider.
She refuses to let anything define her; she simply IS. She's like a typhoon, and Marco knows he either find her heart & eye or risk being torn to shreds by those winds.
He was flat out, bar none, 100% pissed off and felt a little strangely betrayed when she cut down her own crewmember. He had thought she was classier than that, but hey, Ace was possessed too, so Marco viewed her as a threat to herself, because he had a feeling she'd actually be a bit upset if she started cutting up all her favorite peons! He was actually A THOUSAND PERCENT more confused at the multiples of Dave than not, but he calmed down and tried not to let it show, just trusted them to take care of her then.
And he really wanted to know what she was promised.
STILL wants to know.
Because if it's world domination, he can mentally dismiss her as the Crocodile type, and find her simply amusing and fun to tease, but his attraction won't be so dangerous; or even persistent or existent probably. But on the other hand, there's just something about her that he can't put his finger on. Sure, redheads have the worst habit of throwing him for a loop (see also: Shanks) but she doesn't make him ungodly flustered (for the most part; just a "normal" level) so he knows there's something there that he just can't see yet. And the guessing makes him a bit nervous, wary, etc.
On Robin vs. Grell:
Grell is really easy to play with. He can be as violent or brutal as the situation calls for and expect her to hold her own and have no regrets about it. For Marco, that's pretty damn liberating. Likewise, he KNOWS not to hold back much or it'll be trouble. AT THIS POINT RIGHT HERE AND NOW they both scare him and he wants to hide because he has no idea what he's doing or what either want and he has to guess and he is NEVER good at guessing. And he knows he's not good at guessing -_-'
--> Family is most important to Marco but neither Robin nor Grell have told him or given him any indication that he can trust them with that, which means he's not willing to let them close enough to his babbies and his inner nest. And he's not willing to tell either of them WHY they remind him of a cat: dangerous and possibly planning to eat his babies or at least capable of it, but that doesn't mean that they WILL. This is extra difficult because Marco's always been taught that having the strength of a monster doesn't mean using it. Whitebeard was a monster and had the power to destroy the world, but he never did. So while Marco doesn't necessarily mind cats, he has to know he can trust them, so it's not just that both Grell & Robin are dangerous, it's that they're dangerous and he doesn't know either of them well enough to know if he can trust them near his babies.
With Robin Marco assumes he needs to be more authentic, no bullshit bluffs, but he doesn't know if that's true or not. With Grell, he feels a lot freer to bluff and bullshit and say whatever the fuck he feels like. In a way this is its own kind of liberation because he knows he can get away with it, and it's fun, and it's a lot less stressful.
With Grell, he also knows he can get away with being as full on over the top dramatic as he feels like -- which on the flipside has a variety of irking Robin, even if Marco is more serious about it with her than with Grell.
But Marco could happily adopt Marco as a sister like a red-haired CRAZY version of Whitey Bay and she'd probably fit in well with that -- maybe. Probably. This too confuses him, because he's a lot serious with her in general, which has its own ups and downs and issues.
ALSO GOD DAMN HER OBSESSION WITH RED D:< Fuck red! BUT :3 she did promise to make an exception for him for the Valentine's Day party and that might even be worth borrowing something red for. MAYBE.
He hasn't made up his mind because he's being a skittish birdie coward who wants to hide in blankets, oops.
Oh and the fact that she seems to really enjoy sadism gets him all the more curious. One day he'll have to eat a fuckton of red meat and go crazy just to see how deep that goes.
It helps that Grell he can make mistakes around and hold enough at an arm's length that fucking up with her is OKAY. It eases a lot of the spazzy stress he induces on himself otherwise @_@
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Peripherally he uses Sora as a canary in a coal mine too. Sora's got a good beat on when things are about to get REAL, both with the ghosts, and then again with the possession, so even though one of the times was mild (TLPD) Sora has the sort of Luffy-syndrome of being well in tune with the environment he's in, and Marco learned a long time ago to pay close attention to that, especially since they are good at giving clues to the people around them as well.
That said, Marco is almost half bent more on his friendship with Roxas, so he knows a great deal about Roxas' worries about being sort of replaced by Sora etc. Which is another reason Marco takes care to show Sora his human-first mate-that bro of Thatch & Namur's side rather than the phoenix sparkles. Marco knows a lot about sibling rivalries; after all he's got over 1600 brothers. Still, this doesn't mean Marco dismisses Sora as any less important or special, he always keeps an eye on them all ;)
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2/13/14
Lea's the older, more reasonable, deadpan, chillaxed, and generally more "Marco" of the set so he's the easiest for Marco to get along with reflexively. But Marco gets unique insight to Roxas' from being the kid's "pet" bird. And Thatch was the unfortunate bloke who had to teach Marco what being human was like so Marco can definitely correlate relying on that one person the most and heaviest and fearing losing them. Hell, Marco actually broke a little when he lost Thatch. He forcibly put the pieces back together for the sake of his other brothers, but it wasn't easy, and he's still got the fracture lines.
The Roxas and other kids aside though, Lea is the most adult of them and the easiest to talk to and yet still enough like a kid that he reminds Marco of Ace and the other brats his Pops adopted which makes him a relaxing influence. Whether he wants it or not, Lea has a good potential to work his way into Marco's closer circle of friends, especially given how reliable he is in looking after everyone else.
Edit: I FEEL LIKE I AM ALWAYS ON THE VERGE OF THE RIGHT SONG FOR LEA but then I can't grab it. So as soon as I find it I am gonna rush back to this and add it >:|
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Oh.
His.
Gosh.
/flails birdie feet/
Marco is trying so hard not to full on fanboy the fact that he has a Crow King BFF now but fuck it, he'll do what he wants, does anyone ELSE have a Crow King bff? NOPE so Marco wins :T
But maturely, he knows not to overwhelm Naesala. Marco knows birds if not people. Or birdpeople.... + It helps that Naesala is legitimately cool and chillaxed himself so Marco remembers to calm the fuck down. He still has a BILLION AND ONE bird questions and family questions and holy shit what is it like to actually have a whole tribe/family/flock/nation of bird people questions, but he has enough sense to realize that there's probably something touchy there and it should wait for better times.
ALSO Naesala is already of bro status whether Naesala wants it or not because he engaged in pranking Ace with Marco and that was fun. Marco really wanted to show that it was okay to treat Ace like Ace, not just a formal captain requiring courtroom diplomacy which would have made Ace and Naesala more awkward and further separated Naesala and Leanne from the rest of the crew, so Marco feels pretty good about getting everyone to be on a good "US" & crew & nakama state. Especially since Leanne is also running around pranking people and Marco has a good feeling that both Naesala and Leanne never got to see beorcs in that kind of light before.
Marco himself had Whitebeard, Thatch, and the entire Whitebeard army to show him that people can be okay, but he definitely knows how it can take a lot. So he also intends to nudge Namur in Naesala's direction at some point depending on how much Naesala loosens up since Namur is well. A shark. Who likes to rampage and can sometimes take some getting used to >>;
But yes, his goals are already starting to be accomplished. Getting Naesala to see Ace less in a formal capacity and more genuinely friendly, and befriending him for his own sake because Birdie friends. Marco wants all the bird friends okay.
He also really appreciates how protective Naesala is of Leanne. Marco himself is pretty damn protective of the heron, so he was worried that there could be a clash over misconstrued intentions or the fact that Marco is kind of... overprotective most of the time, so he was hugely relieved that Naesala appreciated it and sort of encouraged it / backed Marco up on it. It bodes well for the future :T
PLUUUUUS
His shipper feels...
If he had the spare time he would draw romantic T-rated doujinshi of the pair and make a dramatic play and maybe a musical of it. I am so serious. He's that embarrassing. He really really really really REALLY ships them. And will hiss at anyone who gets in the way of his pairing. Not literally hiss, but definitely give dirty looks and make them feel awkward as fuck.
And/or dye their hair white like with Ace. WHATEVER WORKS.
Oh oh and he was super super duper happy/touched/pleased that Naesala invited him to go flying ;~; No one's ever invited him to go flying before!!! He had to play it cool of course and not swoon like a little schoolgirl like he did in his head, but usually Marco has to invite OTHERS to go flying. And that in itself is a big deal because he has to carry them, and as such, then have the rare capacity to actually kill him (which is pretty difficult otherwise) so it's a whole big trust issue. BASICALLY Naesala was the first person to invite him flying and he totally has a manly bird-man bro-crush feels on him for it.
Also because Marco is an embarrassing dork. \:|/
Time and Good Fortune Lyrics & listen because it sounds like flying too imo >>
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