congrats on 150 followers! whats your fave thing about thanatos? hes my absolute favorite!!
Aww thank you so much!!!
And ooh, I love a lot of things about Thanatos! I’m always one for the edgy busy bois lol.
I have two favorite things!! The first one is his VOICE!!! The first time I heard it I had to pause the game because I was so shocked. It’s... rougher than I expected? Part of that is because of the sound design of the game which I could totally get in to on a whole other post, but Thanatos’ voice in particular has the capacity to be so smooth and yet has that little hitch in it that makes me crazy. It’s like the rumble of a voice when you’ve just woken up or are just about to fall asleep. Very comforting and sexy, makes me want to rest my head on his shoulder...
Second thing has to be the fact that Thanatos is actually incredibly shy??? He’s so distant and removed and just BUSY that he hasn’t had the time or the need to really incorporate all the social skills like Hypnos and Zagreus have for example, with their familiarity in the house and around random shades to converse. Thanatos has the politeness that Zagreus has, probably taught to them by Nyx, but Than is just... shy.
Honestly I love this in the context of ThanZag. Thanatos isn’t used to compliments - people don’t take kindly to death, no matter how handsome he may be. So he’s not used to being dealt with tenderly. And until Zagreus gets more and more intimate with his gifts and apologies, Thanatos doesn’t really know that there’s potential for that tenderness in his immortal life.
When Zagreus compliments Thanatos, without fail Than will look away or cover his face or put his hood up, ANYTHING to hide the reaction he has. And Zagreus at first finds it soft and cute and tries to ease him in to it, knowing Thanatos hasn’t been close with anyone before. But when it doesn’t let up, Zag realises this is just - a thing, Than’s thing is that he’s painfully shy. So Zag gets right into affectionate teasing and spoiling just to see him blush and flustered.
Also - quick last thought... the ship with Zagreus and Thanatos is so beautiful to be honest. Like - Life and Death? It’s so lovely from a poetic standpoint. But here’s the other piece to it - Life loves Death, and Death loves Life. They are incomplete without each other. One cannot ultimately fulfill their life if it has no ending, and one cannot have peace in death unless they lived in the first place. Isn’t that so pretty?
That reminds me!!! I read this WONDERFUL oneshot by @kipli called “So Much Else” that was along these lines of life/death poetry and shy Thanatos feelings - and it’s smut but it also made me cry????? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go read it, I love it SO MUCH. It’s definitely a favorite and a must-read for all Soft Thanatos lovers such as myself...
Anyhoo, thank you for the ask!!! I love Thanatos and I’m glad he’s your fave - he deserves all the affection!!!