I Love This Scene 🥺

Masanori Sasaji’s “Rune”, from クリスタル☆ドラゴンII (Crystal Dragon II).

wip some smut and ahh again

The thing is that Loid thinks of himself as a completely average normal person, which means whenever Yor has anything in common with him hes like "excellent, we are so good at being normal. I picked the perfect wife, she even knows about poisons"

1: Who spends almost all their money on the other? - Arian

2: Who sleeps in the other’s lap? - Arian

3: Who walks around the house half-naked and who yells at them to put on some clothes? - Arian; Griffith

4: Which one tells the other not to stay up all night and which one stays up all night anyway? - Griffith; Arian

5: Which one tries to make food for the other but burns it all by accident and which one tells them that it’s okay and makes them both cookies? - Arian; Griffith

6: Which one reads OTP prompts and says “Oh that’s us!” and which one goes “Eh, not really”? - Arian; Griffith

7: Which one constantly wears the other’s clothes? - Arian

8: Which one spends all day running errands and which one says “You remembered [thing], right?” - Arian; Griffith

9: Which one drives the car and which one gives them directions? - Griffith will do both the driving and directions

10: Which one does the posing while the other one draws? - Arian; Griffith

11: If they were about to rob a museum, which one does backflips through lasers and which one is strolling behind with a bag of chips? - Neither would; they have (some) morals

12: Which one of your OTP overdoes it on the alcohol and which one makes the other stop drinking? - Arian; Griffith

13: Which one likes to surprise the other with a lot of small random gifts? - Arian

14: Which one keeps accidentally using the other’s last name instead of their own? - Arian

15: Which one screams about the spider and which one brings the spider outside? - Arian; Griffith

16: Which one gives the other their jacket? - Griffith

17: Who keeps getting threatened by the other’s overprotective older sibling? - Griffith

18: Who’s the first one to admit they have feelings for the other? - Arian

19: How good would your OTP be at parenting? - Even though Arian is a bit clumsy, she's gentle, caring, and nurturing; Griffith would teach the kid how to hunt and protect them

20: Which one types with perfect grammar and which one types using numbers as letters? - Griffith; Arian

21: Who gets attacked by a bully and who protects them? - They defend each other

22: Who makes the bad puns and who makes a pained smile every time the other makes a pun? - Arian; Griffith won't entertain bad puns with a "pity smile"

23: Who comes home from work to see that the other one bought a puppy? - Griffith

24: Which one gives the other a piggyback ride when they’re tired? - Griffith

25: Which one competes in some sort of activity and which one does the overzealous cheering? - Griffith; Arian

26: Who takes a selfie when the other one falls asleep on their shoulder? - Arian

27: Which one would give the other a makeover if they asked? - Griffith

28: Which one owns a pet that the other is absolutely terrified of? - Arian

29: Which one holds the umbrella over both of them when it rains? - Griffith

30: If your OTP went on vacation, where would they go and what would they do? Who would take the pictures? - Probably both would go somewhere where there's a good mixture of cultural/social activities (Arian) and nature (Griffith)

I hc that Arian would be the clumsy, hot mess of a gf while Griffith is the no-nonsense bf who has his shit together

OTP Questions!

In honor of us hitting a thousand followers, here are some OTP questions!

1: Who spends almost all their money on the other?

2: Who sleeps in the other’s lap?

3: Who walks around the house half-naked and who yells at them to put on some clothes?

4: Which one tells the other not to stay up all night and which one stays up all night anyway?

5: Which one tries to make food for the other but burns it all by accident and which one tells them that it’s okay and makes them both cookies?

6: Which one reads OTP prompts and says “Oh that’s us!” and which one goes “Eh, not really”?

7: Which one constantly wears the other’s clothes?

8: Which one spends all day running errands and which one says “You remembered [thing], right?”

9: Which one drives the car and which one gives them directions?

10: Which one does the posing while the other one draws?

11: If they were about to rob a museum, which one does backflips through lasers and which one is strolling behind with a bag of chips?

12: Which one of your OTP overdoes it on the alcohol and which one makes the other stop drinking?

13: Which one likes to surprise the other with a lot of small random gifts?

14: Which one keeps accidentally using the other’s last name instead of their own?

15: Which one screams about the spider and which one brings the spider outside?

16: Which one gives the other their jacket?

17: Who keeps getting threatened by the other’s overprotective older sibling?

18: Who’s the first one to admit they have feelings for the other?

19: How good would your OTP be at parenting?

20: Which one types with perfect grammar and which one types using numbers as letters?

21: Who gets attacked by a bully and who protects them?

22: Who makes the bad puns and who makes a pained smile every time the other makes a pun?

23: Who comes home from work to see that the other one bought a puppy?

24: Which one gives the other a piggyback ride when they’re tired?

25: Which one competes in some sort of activity and which one does the overzealous cheering?

26: Who takes a selfie when the other one falls asleep on their shoulder?

27: Which one would give the other a makeover if they asked?

28: Which one owns a pet that the other is absolutely terrified of?

29: Which one holds the umbrella over both of them when it rains?

30: If your OTP went on vacation, where would they go and what would they do? Who would take the pictures?

Alucard in the sunlight ☀️

I will now post some incorrect quotes that I believe are basically Griffith and Arian's dynamic 😌❤

Arian: What if the 'g' in 'gif' is silent?

Griffith: Go the fuck to sleep

Arian: What gif I don't want to?

Griffith: Fuck You

Arian: I can explain.

Griffith: Can you?

Arian: If you give me thirty seconds to think of a lie.

Arian: Fuck.

Griffith: We've got to work on your cursing.

Arian: Why? I'm pretty good at cursing already.

Arian: I've already sent good vibes your way… they’re coming. There’s nothing you can do to stop them.

Griffith: This is the most threatening way I’ve ever been cheered up.

Arian: Don’t worry, I have a few knives up my sleeve.

Griffith: I think you mean cards.

Arian, pulling knives out of their sleeves: No, I do not.

Arian: *Kicks the door down looking panicked*

Griffith: What did you do?

Arian: Nobody died.

Griffith: WHAT KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT?!

Arian: Bad things keep happening to me, like I have bad luck or something.

Griffith: Arian, you don't have bad luck. The reason bad things happen to you is because you're a dumbass.

This last one especially eschews their dynamic, I think:

Arian: You saved me. I owe you my life.

Griffith: No thanks. I’ve seen it and I’m not very impressed.

I love that Anya has learned to weaponize Yor.

bad guy: *exists*

anya: deploy agent mama

do you think loid loves yor? i think yor likes him but i don’t know if love is the right word everyone uses it to describe them but i don’t see it

long post!! i take a while to get to yor specifically but hear me out i have a lot to say here!!!

early on in the manga chapter 8.5 loid overhears the neighbour’s speculating he’s having an affair because he returns from work so late. in response to it he thinks “when i get home i have this fake family”. pretty standard, it’s true they aren’t his real wife or child but later on in chapter 55 he no longer refers to yor and anya in that way.

chapter 8.5

chapter 55

nothing makes him think “i still ended up abandoning my family” he does that by his own will. by this point in particular it’s clear that yor’s and anya’s role in his life have crossed the threshold of fake or artificial. he truly does see them as his own. regardless of him saying he cares because of operation strix it’s undeniable that he cares for them too.

moving forward, another very telling piece of evidence that shows loid really sees them as his family is this panel with bond from chapter 58.2

“i want you to think of yourself as a member of the forger family” loid has no reason to say that to… a dog. to be talking like they are really his family to bond who he thinks can’t understand what he’s saying just proves it. he’s got his guard down and admits it because well, let’s be honest who cares if the family dog knows how he really feels? as per usual loid then backtracks and links his thoughts back to operation strix because again. this man is in denial.

loid practically has to throw himself into the role of the loving husband and he plays it incredibly well, why you ask? because he’s never been acting in the first place. it’s honestly quite obvious as a manga reader especially because of a lot of his mannerisms towards anya and yor or the way he thinks about them

the fact that fiona, someone who prides herself in knowing everything about loid notices loid breaking character in chapter 30 says a lot. she says it’s the first time his fake smile has really seemed genuine.

loid and yor know their marriage is fake, they literally know yet when yor gets the wrong idea or feels inadequate as a wife loid always comforts her and tells her she’s great. when she thinks he’ll leave her for someone else instead of saying something like “we’re not even a real couple” he reassures her that he would never leave her and anya. when she feels bad about her cooking he tells her not to worry either and encourages her.

then there’s the infamous “rest up yor” panel

when fiona visits and loid only gets angry when she criticises yor - this is very similar to his reaction towards prof swan in the eden interview arc. he grows defensive easily when people question yor’s capability as his wife

i could go on about yor and loid forever but it’s very obvious he has feelings for her. during the cruise ship arc he says it’s lonely eating dinner without yor and when anya calls him sappy he backtracks, he buys cake for their (fake) one year anniversary but again there’s NO POINT in doing that if they really see each other as fake husband and wife.

when loid is suspicious of yor because of yuri and he spies on her he feels guilty for ever doubting her especially after she later says she’s glad she married him.

frankie tells loid to trust no one and to not feel guilty for doubting her. after all in their line of work trusting people is the last thing you want to do. at this statement loid looks pretty annoyed and tired. then he rips off frankie’s face disguise before telling him to stop lecturing him… 😭😭

but most of all i think this panel is the most convincing.

he tells yor to be who she really wants because he believes she out of the two of them has the freedom to not pretend - she can love him and their family but he can’t love her or this family back. he thinks he can’t but has no idea that he already does.

SPY X FAMILY could have gone so differently were it not for the choices Yor and Loid made as parents. The series could have been a darker, cynical drama about a false family who only use each other for their own gains. Loid could have been a strict abusive father who use corporal punishment to shape Anya into perfection and discard after she is no longer of use. Yor could have been distant mother and wife to Anya and Loid so when the time comes there would be no hurt feelings once she leaves them. Their traumatic childhoods could have been the convenient excuse to make them be abusive parents. And Anya would have been left a lonely, broken child.

But instead Yor and Loid refuse to rely on that flimsy excuse, instead they actively choose to be good parents to Anya, taking care of her and loving her as their own child. Maybe it was part of their personality, sharing the same desire to create a peaceful world where innocent people can live happily, but it is always a joy to see these two adults work to provide their daughter the normal childhood they were deprived of. The Forger family we know and loved could not have existed were it not for the choices Yor and Loid made as parents to Anya.

Alucard in the sunlight ☀️