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whoredmode · 4 months

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kind of a headcanon/lore dump?? idk whatever you wanna call it. whatever it is. dewynter sisters stuff no one asked for but they’ve been on my mind and i don’t think i’ve really shared much of my hcs for them.

so if you keep up with my rewrites/my canon, you know that kiki and viola are mercenaries sent by ultor to kill loren (and later dex). here’s some more basic lore. this is all barely scratching the surface of all the lore and thoughts i have on them, so by all means feel free to ask me stuff. and honestly i’ll probably end up making more posts like this in the future (for them and others) if people are interested.

father: hendrik dewynter

mother: akane dewynter (née ueno)

their father is dutch and french while their mother is japanese and filipino.

as far as their general background goes, they were born in the netherlands, traveled with their parents for their work a lot, and were raised in both europe and the united states. both twins are fluent in dutch, french, and japanese.

both parents have been working in the criminal underworld for decades and have essentially been training the girls to become the mercenaries they are since they were young. hendrik and akane work primarily in illegal arms deals, and they use their cover as high society people to facilitate that. all this led to some familiarity with some syndicate members pre-loren’s leadership, but more so through their high society connections. worth noting i don’t believe the syndicate leaned as heavily into arms dealing until after loren became head of it because that was his area of expertise as well. regardless, hendrik and akane and their network got into illegal arms trade and espionage predominantly within western europe. when they had the twins, they were trained from a young age to become the perfect spies, assassins, whatever. this unintentionally made it so the girls really only trusted each other. they are not a close family. the dewynter’s see their relationship with their daughters as more of a business arrangement. almost transactional. they’d argue that what they put them through was for them to succeed, but in turn it just dissolved any chance of a meaningful relationship between them. despite this, or perhaps because of this, they became extremely adept mercenaries. keep in mind though that all this shit about the dewynter family was not widely known. hendrik and akane still had their regular careers as covers, and it’s why the twins have their backgrounds in economics and art.

regardless, loren was delighted to have them working within the syndicate—however he did not know that them asking to work for him directly was because they were being employed by ultor to sell secrets and eventually kill him. it also helped that they could speak dutch and french to him; there were many instances of the three of them having conversations that matt and killbane could not understand (which bothered the latter to no end).

the twins themselves only have a sense of loyalty to each other, and they do their work based on who’s paying best and what they believe they should do with their information they’re given. it’s why viola switches sides so easily after the death of kiki. money may have been their endgame, but the one thing they put above that is each other.

fwiw, viola does go back to doing mercenary work after the events of my sriv rewrite conclude. she’s one of several characters who leave the saints at the end. she allows them to keep in contact with her though. this whole thing kicks off a bit of a cat and mouse game she and shaundi have, but that’s for another post (oh wait i already made one kinda. happy shaunviola saturday).

this is getting away from me. also i wrote this all while really tired so apologies if it’s a little scattered. i love kiki and viola.

#my art tag #saints row #kiki dewynter #viola dewynter #srtt rewrite tag

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masschase · 1 year

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I know it'd be spoilers but I don't mind so- what role Ben King will have in your fanfic if he has any if I may ask?

Thanks for the question!

Most of Ben's role in the fic is already done so to speak; it's already in my posted chapters.

So I'm going to phrase this as:

Major spoilers for chapters 1-19 of Out Of Time. Boss's name spoiler but again... that's kind of everywhere on here. One line from chapter 35 out of context.

Ben is not a major character in my fanfic. I do focus on some aspects of his character. Because he lost his sister when she followed him into the gang life, he had a very similar outlook to romantic relationships as Casey now has of not wanting people to get hurt because of him. He didn't close himself off quite as much as she has; he did get into relationships and even fall in love but he always kept it a secret and this tended to lead to the end of these relationships.

Now I've talked about the age dynamic on the ship before but it's very key to Ben's character. By 2022 Casey, Pierce and Shaundi are in their early 30s, Matt, Asha and Kinzie are in various stages of their 20s, Johnny is early 40s but being Johnny Gat and being trapped in a simulation for 6 years he doesn't necessarily read that way. Ben is in his mid-60s by this point based on seeing him as a young adult in that 1970s photo with Julius. The only other person of around the same age is Keith. Ben therefore has a very keen sense of "I'm babysitting and I'm not even the one in charge.". He doesn't desperately want off the ship in the same way that Keith does. But I think he does miss Earth, and I think he does regret not settling down while he had the chance, hence why he suggested Shaundi do so in their homie conversation.

Ben is part of the team of 4 that goes back in time to save the Boss's life. As he was not in DC at the time, there is no risk of erasure from him accidentally coming into contact with his past self. When future Matt takes 2016 Boss to hide out at his apartment in Steelport and future Johnny and Asha have to jump back to 2022, future Ben is left with 2016 Shaundi, Pierce and Kinzie. They end up laying low in a hotel in Colombus for a few days.

Now we only really see the Boss's side of these few days. But I imagine this team up causes some clashes behind the scenes. You've got Kinzie who normally does a lot of the on-paper planning, Pierce who is Casey's official second in command, Shaundi who has only just found out Johnny's alive and therefore not had time to heal from it, and Benjamin who considers himself the most capable of leading. I can see some battles for dominance.

Some of my favourite Ben moments in my fic:

Running through the plan when Kinzie is too hungover to explain

Disagreeing with Matt about telling the Boss who they both suspect the future traitor is

One of my favourite parts involving Ben, informing the Boss about she and Matt's friendship in future but also showing he is still not over her rescuing Matt first:

It's clear he finds Casey a little immature, particularly her 2016 iteration, but also has some level of respect for her.

Unlike the 2006 era Saints, he doesn't know Casey's name because he always called her "son".

He almost runs into his future self after all, and has to jump back to 2022. But before he leaves he has this exchange with Casey:

Which sets up 2016-Casey's 3am phone call to him a couple of months later as mentioned in SRIV.

Although it was never really a viable option, King still wonders what would have happened if Casey had joined the Vice Kings, and Casey starts to wonder if she picked the wrong father figure in Julius.

This sets up the possibility of a more familial bond between them post-fanfic. And she has a line in the final chapter "I am Casey FUCKING Clark." which is obviously intended as a nod to Benjamin MF King.

Again, thanks for asking!

#saints row #saints row 4 #benjamin king #ao3 fanfic #saints row fanfic: out of time #asks

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kikidewynter · 1 year

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Even though I'm not attached to SR in any way as someone who played all them chronologically yesterday I called SR2 Shaundi and "current" and Future Shaundi in SRIV to gain alien notoriety with Shaundis just to see what happens when you get max notoriety and... needless to say the Warden battle got crazy, later I gained max notoriety with SR2 and 3 Shaundi and Kinzie, I wish ALL SR games had suprise bosses at any notoriety from cop or any faction

oooh right!! it would be cool if getting 5 stars in sr2 meant that troy would come out with a megaphone and give you a chance to walk away with notoriety wiped. or you could choose to attack him and carry on

#it wouldn’t rly work with him being a homie but #that was kinda weird anyway #2 #asks

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woodcries · 8 days

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shipping call. for the boss / saints row. she is bisexual with a preference for women. by liking this, you are telling me that you are interested in the possibility of a ship (romantic, platonic, familial, antagonistic, etc.) with this character and i will take that into our future interactions and plotting. crossovers are encouraged. * ship biases: johnny, shaundi

#ship call.#[ the boss & johnny ] it's always been just him and me together.#queued.

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laurarolla · 1 month

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Finally finished Saint's Row 2 after a LOT of PC issues and getting really tired of the game a while ago. The honest reality is that open world games are always a hard sell for me, as they tend to have a flow of gameplay where the best aspects are poorly paced out. Saint's Row 2 adds to this issue by forcing you to do side missions to get a resource that is required to do main missions. I also didn't learn that I needed to complete the Stronghold missions as part of the main story until the end, but I did coincidentally do that anyway as I was going through. It's not a bad GTA style open world crime and chaos game, but I'm not a fan of those kinds of games in general.

The thing that saves Saint's Row for me is the unabashed middle school sense of humor that centers over the top bombast alongside poop jokes and sexual euphemisms as the peak of the comedic craft, and it oddly works well here. The game doesn't seem like it's trying to make pointed commentary about issues with police, corporations, and governments under capitalism, nor does it seem interested in really investigating the idea of the Third Street Saints as anti-heroes against gentrification, but it does have those things in the game by way of it's style of comedy. As such, despite the attempts of the game to make me laugh at taxi company names and a strange Wendy's parody fast food chain, there was still stuff that felt like it connected to my politics as a late 30's socialist while also giving me reason to really ask how easily these gang wars could have been avoided. The final mission I played, involving revenge against Julius from the original game, sort of brought that idea together in the final confrontation, showcasing a conflicted moment between a man who decided that the status quo was better than self destruction, and Playa, who by this point is a bitter, vicious, snarky sociopath who has only done a good thing for the people of Stilwater coincidentally. These conflicts between street gangs and the police don't have a real effect on the greater issues of the system, but there's potential for great good and great evil in the Saints, which based on what I know, the later games in the series actually could expand on a bit.

The reason that I do look forward to playing the future games in the series, and maybe emulating the original sometime, is the character focus. The first game has a number of characters present in this sequel, although only Johnny, Aisha, and Troy have a decent amount of screen time, and I'm somehow actually kind of invested in where the story goes for the survivors of this game, including Shaundi and Pierce (who really doesn't need to be the butt monkey of the group but is probably more lovable because he is). I'm not in a rush to play the next one in the series, but I'm open to it when the time comes, and that's pretty impressive for how many crashes I had to fight through to get to the end of the game.

#backlog resolution #saint's row 2 #saint's row #video games #review #gaming #pc games #still love the missions where you spray everything with poop #top 10 best side quests of all time candidate for sure

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gatastrophe · 2 years

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#— ABOUT ME.

% TRAITS:

• mini. twenty-two. she/they. leo sun. itto main. ESFP 7w6. chaotic neutral.

% LIKES:

• music. yummy food. cheering people up. gelato. autumn. salty chips. funny images. writing. sea salt caramel anything. sour skittles. fashion. silly kitties. biology. science. debates. doodling. talking a lot.

% MUSIC TASTE:

• the weeknd. tyler, the creator. joji. brockhampton. niki. rich brian. childish gambino. kendrick lamar. warren hue. yves tumor. travis scott. metro boomin. a$ap rocky. odd future.

% FANDOMS:

• XO. saints row. honkai star rail. honkai impact 3rd.

% FAVES:

• johnny gat. pierce washington. kafka. jing yuan. trailblazer caelus. arataki itto. yanfei. shenhe. lord diavolo. mammon. miles morales. gepard landau. navia. herta. shaundi. ruan mei. kuki shinobu. theresa apocalypse. gallagher. robin. black swan. acheron. welt yang.

#ABOUT ME // mini.

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sharkbatez · 3 years

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Girls in Games!

Featuring rough drafts of Future Shaundi, Safeword and Ciri. Been busy. Started a new jorb, drawing until I'm not a complete mean person to myself and doing some writing.

#sharkbatezart #Future Shaundi #Safeword #Kinzie Kensington #Ciri #doodles

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classicsinga · 4 years

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Made another mod for Saints Row IV, this time it fixes Future Shaundi’s lower back tattoo to the correct one she had in SR2.

Available here

#saints row #saints row iv #sr #sr2 #sr4 #saints row 2 #shaundi #future shaundi #mod #dlc #how the saints saved christmas #httsc #tattoo #minor detail but the queen deserves consistency

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crimescrimson · 4 months

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The Third Street Saints in Saints Row IV: How The Saints Saved Christmas (2013)

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mercyofasaint · 7 years

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when you decide to take your three best girls out on the town

#shaundi #fun shaundi #future shaundi #don't tell the others but fun shaundi is my favorite #mycaps

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whoredmode · 8 months

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Make me choose meme:

Ships: Gatsha/Gaisha or Shaunviola/Shaundiola (I don't know the general consensus on these ship names lol)

Looks: All of Anteros's outfits

Things: Symbols

make me choose:

johnny/aisha VS shaundi/viola

as much as i’ve been in a shaunviola mood lately, i’ll always have to give it to johnny and aisha. for one, i’m just a sucker for pre-established ships in media. but also i just genuinely love their dynamic and the potential it had. i think they play off and complement each other in very specific ways that deserved to be explored more, and i believe their relationship and the literal years they’ve spent together make for some fascinating character development. of course, not to say you couldn’t do the same with shaunviola, but aisha and johnny have this history that begins before the game does that continues to effect how things develop into the future. i just feel like i have a million things to say about them. i just love how truly in love they are with each other. and i wish we actually got to see more of it.

anteros’ outfits

i’m partial to his sr1 design quite honestly. maybe not in the actual game itself because you can only do so much with sr1’s character creation but. i just like classic anteros. in particular i like his tank tops. his natural hair styled with a bandana. i think it’s just very indicative of like. his story in that moment. he’s on the precipice of his life changing forever, and he doesn’t realize it until it’s too late.

tho i’ve also become super endeared to his srtt remastered look? like i’ve made it his new main look for srtt.

gang icons

sorry but like the brotherhood’s logo is the best by a fucking longshot. easily. i love the wolf iconography as well as the subtle usage of the carnales’ old cross symbol in the head of the wolf like?? the layers to it. it’s insanely well done.

though i will say i also genuinely love the saints’ fleur-de-lis. it’s classic and beautiful and feels nicely familiar to me as i grew up seeing that symbol irl A LOT.

#asks #thanks for asking!

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xoxoangel · 3 years

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personally i think the world would heal if eliza dushku reprised shaundi but i also like danielle nicolets voice and shaundi a lot so really. just a shaundi return will make me happy

#she is my fav character..<3 #i also dont know if i want to see fun shaundi / future shaundi / multiple shaundi shit #the scu (shaundi cinematic universe) needs to calm down #it’s funny and i guess dlc isn’t canon?? maybe it is?? but i don’t have to time for that #fun shaundi <33 #but also she’s just. trapped in the simulation #it would be cool if the time traveling concept was happening #and id assume at some point youd travel back to stilwater sr2 time #she’d be around and you could unlock her as a homie maybe #fuck if i know #i just miss sr2s vibe

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masschase · 11 months

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For the ship meme, for Casey x Matt, LOVE 1 2 and 3!!

Ship Ask Meme

Hi hi everyone, welcome to my longest answer post ever I believe.

It's also the most spoilery one ever as I decided to use fanfic excerpts to give more of a glimpse of their story to those who've not read it. Some might have some issues with missing italics as they didn't transfer over.

Anyway, if you don't mind the spoilers and possible very brief mentions of nsfw and have some serious time to kill reading about my beloveds, feel free to do so.

1. Who said “I love you” first?

This is like a big thing in my fanfic so I feel like this is going to be one of the worst spoilers I've posted. Like yes, I've talked about their future but this is like... a pivotal point that I feel like so much builds up to. I'm going to straight-up post the excerpt because if I try and paraphrase it just won't sound as good.

But first I have to summarise how it gets to this point. In 2022, Matt, along with a few other Saints ends up travelling back to 2016 to protect the past Boss from an assassination attempt. He ends up being the one best placed to sneak her away from a particularly bad threat, much to some of the gang's chagrin. Kinzie and Shaundi really don't want her to go with him, whilst Asha and Ben are in support, and Pierce is on the fence. So Johnny takes Matt aside to talk to him. (This excerpt is from Matt's POV whereas the rest here are from Casey's)

“I need to know about ya loyalty to my best friend. I need to know you’re gonna protect her at all costs.”. He said nothing more but stared him down hard, his grip on his shoulder tightening and actually starting to hurt a little, an absolutely terrifying expression on his face. If Johnny had a clue, even a single inkling of Matt’s feelings for their shared best friend, he wouldn’t dare question his loyalty to her. The last six months it had spiralled out of control. She defined his every moment, his life; working with her, talking with her, looking at her, thinking of her, even fucking dreaming of her. She was his Sun, his Moon, his stars, and all that other cliché shit, but more importantly she was his Earth even when the real one was gone forever. Grounding him. Making his life worthwhile. How could he possibly explain that in a way that Johnny would begin to understand? He looked at her. Much as he’d tried to convince himself, it was still her. Thinking of her alone out there, the words came to him effortlessly. “I’d do anything for her. I’d take a fucking bullet for her, Johnny.”

Johnny deems him worthy. They end up leaving on Matt's bike and hiding out at his apartment. From her point of view he's a relative stranger but seems nice enough, from his she's just a slightly different version of the woman he's in (he thinks) unrequited love with. One thing leads to another and they end up sleeping together the first night.

Because their attraction is quite intense and the sex is good, they agree to have an arrangement for the next few days until he has to go back. However, she quickly develops vague feelings for him, and obviously he already has feelings for her, even if it's not quite the same her.

Once the threat is over (20+ chapters later), with the antagonist Zinbir telling the Boss he will "see her in 5 and a half years" which does make them all worry about the future Boss a little, he agrees to attend the 4th of July party with her the following day, and then he'll jump back. She doesn't really want him to go. But he's missing the future version of her terribly, as well as worrying about that threat, and knows from their TimeComm conversation that she's missing him too.

So at the end of the night, they go to say their goodbyes, exchanging some heartfelt words. She promises she's always going to protect him when they cross paths in future. He says that he would argue against that, but that next time they meet he's going to be a weedy little 18 year old, so he will appreciate that, plus he feels that's what she's already done for him really. He says he'll protect her in his own way in the future, but realises that doesn't mean much to her past self.

So then he promises that she can always be herself around him. That he can always show the real her and he's not going to think she's weak for wanting to cuddle or feel threatened by her intelligence. That he'll always laugh at her jokes, no matter how surreal or cheesy they are.

“What if they’re not funny?” He smiled. “They’re always funny.” he admitted. “And if you get a little perverted at times... well I can’t promise it won’t have me thinking inappropriate things, but I promise I won’t judge you for it. Because I know you’re scared of all these things that show the real you. But these are just some the things I love about you.” “Matt...” she said, smiling, drawn in by his beautiful words. “That’s so nice... thank you. But... how can you promise all of that when it’s not gonna be you doing it?” “Because...” he said, still smiling. “I already have.” “Oh yeah.” she said with a laugh. She guessed there wasn't much left to say except goodbye. As if reading her mind, she saw the smile disappear off his face in a split second. “Well Matt-" “GET DOWN.” he yelled, grabbing her arm and pretty much flinging her on the floor behind him. “What the-" There was a single gunshot. Matt fell to his knees and then back onto the floor in front of her. She instinctively scanned the street in front of them in a panic, pulling out her pistol.

She shoots at the Zin, though he gets away. Y'know how I said there was a literal Checkov's gun in the first chapter of my fic? It's the pistol we see in the Boss's thigh holster in the old photo of her at this party which she shoots at Zinbir (although it only injures him). Y'know how I said there was a figurative one in the first chapter? It's Shaundi's giant purse in the same picture, that she had everyone's phones in (she is inside with Viola).

As a result, Kinzie and Pierce, who were waiting while Matt and the Boss said goodbye, have to run back inside to get their phones/find a doctor, while she finds and applies pressure to the wound. They're left alone outside.

When she talks about losing friends in the last few days below she is talking about alternate memories. Also, as a reminder... Matt doesn't know the Boss's name at this point. No one does. Even Kinzie and Johnny don't know her full name. Neither has the reader known for the 29 chapters prior.

“Matt... shit, why’d you have to fuckin’ do that?” “It was me or you... so... uh... SHIT THIS HURTS!” he cried out. “You got fuckin’ shot, Matt, ‘course it fuckin hurts!” “Fuck... ah..." he groaned. “Boss...just in case I... y’know... die...” “Shut up Matt, you’re not dying.” she lied, knowing it wasn’t looking good for him. “Just... stop talking; try to save your energy, for god’s sake!” “Just... in...”. He yelled out in pain, interrupting his sentence. “Matt, c’mon, please...” she begged. She couldn’t stand the way he was talking. Couldn’t bear that he sounded like he was slipping away. Tears welled up in her eyes and she looked up and shut them tight. But then she remembered how she'd felt when she thought Johnny died alone, and of all the friends she had memories of losing over the past few days without getting to truly comfort them, and she refocused, looking down to him, letting the tears spill from her eyes as she focused hard on his bright blue ones. "What... is it Matt?" she asked gently. “I just want you... to know... that I love you, Boss.” Her breath caught in her throat and her whole body got goosebumps. Her chest felt like it was going to split right in two. Because she knew he deserved to hear it back. But she couldn’t bring herself to lie to him. Because even putting all her bullshit aside entirely... she didn’t love him. She certainly cared for him a great deal. She even suspected her future self loved him. But she barely even knew him. What the fuck could she do? “I know you don't... feel the same.” he croaked out, like he’d read her mind. “But I do... I love you...” “Casey.” she said gently. “What?” She sighed. “Technically it's Cassandra.” she explained disapprovingly. “But ever since I was a kid everyone always called me-“ “Your name?” he breathed, shocked even amidst the pain. “Your... name is Casey?” She nodded, looking down at him, her vision blurring from her eyes leaking uncontrollably. He gave her a weak smile and reached up to stroke her cheek. “I love you, Casey.” She leaned down and kissed him, then panicked that she might not be applying enough pressure to his wound and drew back again. “Matt...” she sobbed quietly. “Please don’t fuckin’ die on me.”

So yeah... Matt said it first.

Love 2. What are their primary love languages?

I think one of the first ones I establish with them is thoughtful gifts. Matt is the one who starts the tradition on the ship of time-jumping to get gifts. The very first time Casey kind of appears on Matt's couch at the time she knows he watches Nyte Blayde, she ends up mentioning it's almost her birthday the following week and that nothing will get done for it because the only one who usually remembers is Johnny, who's more of a party crasher than a planner. She doesn't admit it but she's pretty upset this year because Kinzie, the only person who knows she's actually turning 30, doesn't do birthdays. But Matt senses her disappointment.

Johnny did end up throwing her a surprise party. Nothing huge, just some music and alcohol and a cake. She couldn’t help but wonder if Matt had anything to do with that. Verbally he denied it, but he smirked in a way that told her everything she needed to know. His ego couldn’t quite let him deny the credit. He got her a gift. It was a Trapper Keeper and a big stack of paper. She’d had one not unlike it in middle school, but it was a hand me down from her sister, and it wasn’t in the best shape by then. This one was a slightly older design, but brand new. “To write down all your dark, brooding vampire thoughts.” he teased. “Pretty high and mighty for someone who didn’t know what a Trapper Keeper WAS a few months ago.” “Yes, thank God for the internet. Otherwise I’d have been wandering round 90s Steelport without knowing I was looking for a stationary shop.” “You went back in time to get me a gift? Matt that seems... a little risky.” she frowned. They’d only been time travelling for a couple of months, and they didn’t really know the ins and outs of it, but they certainly knew encountering their past selves was, for whatever reason, extremely dangerous. “Oh, don’t worry...” he laughed. “I wasn’t even born yet.” She frowned. “Matt, that is not what you say to a lady on her birthday.” “And are you... a lady?” he asked with another smirk. She snorted. “No.” He laughed. “That’s OK, I’m not much of a gentleman.” She thought about how the Trapper Keeper discussion had come about. No, maybe he wasn’t. But she suspected that underneath all his joshing and sarcasm and ego, he was actually a pretty nice guy. Maybe she needed a friend to just hang out with, without needing to be in a simulation or discussing work or shooting shit up. So the next week, she was already on the couch again when he got there. He didn’t question it that time. In fact, he never questioned it again.

The trapper keeper was relevant because she mentioned in a conversation after they first had sex that she'd had one as a kid (to which Matt said he didn't know what that was, and Casey asked if he was that young or that British 🤣) and the vampire thing was a reference to the fact she admitted she came to watch Nyte Blayde because she identified with Matt's lone hero description of him on his mission.

Anyway, after that they do tend to exchange thoughtful gifts. They don't really have much for each other the first Christmas because she maintained she didn't celebrate it.

He doesn't tell her about his birthday in January, but when he explains his reasons in March she ends up going with him on a time jump to London. They go to Forbidden Planet and he admits he wouldn't mind one of the Nyte Blayde figures. She asks which ones he already has and he explains they were blown up when the earth was, and it's not safe for him to jump back and get them. With some excessive encouragement, she manages to convince him to let her buy them all for him. All but the Cardinal, which was out of stock.

He makes sure Zinjai makes all her favorite foods by her next birthday, and he probably got her another small thoughtful gift, but at the time he was working on a message system that allowed her to send a text back in time to her estranged sister, so that was the real late gift.

That Christmas, she gets him the Cardinal, the one missing NB figure. This is also the Christmas Eve where she realises she's still sexually attracted to him, which is kind of the missing piece in their psuedo-relationship by this point, so I did intend this as representative of 'cardinal sin'. He gets her an electric blanket as she's always cold.

But 'Santa' also got her the flawlessly programmed sim where she gets her pony, Krukov, just like in her letter on the ship's computer. Being that she met Santa a year previously, she takes it at face value until a couple of months later when Kinzie makes a comment about how Santa "sure uses the c-word a lot when there's bugs in the code.". By this point he's back in time and she's realising how much she misses him so it hits her pretty hard.

Anyway, after Christmas but before that realisation, for his birthday, she gets him Nyte Blayde pyjama bottoms, as he mentioned on Christmas eve that he doesn't have any (except the sensory nightmare Saints Flow ones Pierce gave him).

For her following birthday, by which time they are together, he takes her to their half-finished house and shows her the huge library and the shooting range. He also gives her a diamond-studded alien rifle she'd joked about at Christmas. I had a third thing but I've forgotten what it was to be honest. Might edit in when I remember.

I have some ideas for the following Christmas but not quite ironed them out yet. And I'm pretty sure I won't be talking about my idea for his 25th on here. 🤭🤫

Point is, it's a recurring theme that they remember small things the other said and act upon them in thoughtful ways. Not just for gifts but just doing nice things for the other person, Matt especially but Casey does do it at times.

But Matt is also really physically affectionate. To the point when they become friends, he really just wants to cuddle her and touch her all the time, before there's even necessarily romantic feelings that. Casey's not like that. But she does very much need that, so she finds herself giving in, unless it's something that makes her feel 'tingly' (read: turns her on), and she ends up giving friendly hugs or occasionally grabbing his hand.

When a certain episode of NB starts her off crying because of how it relates to her life, he ends up cuddling her, and she can't bring herself to tell him to stop.

Then a couple of months later they fall asleep on each other one night. The next week he needs comforting about the trainwreck that is his love life so they hold hands. The following she's sick with a Zin virus, so while they don't have contact he ends up watching Nyte Blayde in her bed with her. The following she comes to his bed and puts her always-cold hand on his forehead. After that they return to the couch, but after that it seems to end in them cuddling every week, her stroking his hair, him doing her nails, that sort of thing.

So yeah, they already have that background of physical affection, especially with Matt initiating. Teasing and playing around with each other and lighthearted verbal affection are part of their love language too. Them being more seriously verbally affectionate is less common but they do say some beautiful things at significant times.

3. How often do they cuddle/engage in PDA?

Seeing as they spend so much time cuddling in private before they're even a couple I'm sure they would get even worse with that. They're just fucking velcroed to each other to each other by this point.

In terms of PDA I think in their minds eye they both thought they'd be pretty discreet once they're actually together, seeing as they were always so private about their fridays, but that didn't last particularly long.

As soon as they walk into the living room their first morning after getting together, Casey lays out the facts: yes they are dating, yes it's a real relationship, no they don't have to make jokes about him being her boyfriend because he is. Of course... she's made an extreme oversight and they start joking about marriage and kids instead.

“Can you lot pipe down before you scare her off?” Matt snapped. “Ooh, someone’s brave now they have their dick in the President.” Kinzie teased. “Not right this second.” he pointed out sarcastically. “You disappointed about that, baby?” the Boss asked him suggestively. “Maybe a bit.” he replied with a grin. “You know, if they’re making you uncomfortable, we can always go back to your room.” “Guys, c’mon.” Shaundi complained. “I’m the fuckin’ Emperor sweetie, every room is my room.” Casey pointed out. He shot their friends a glance. “Well in that case...” he pulled her closer to him and kissed her hard on the mouth. It took her by surprise and she found herself jumping a little before relaxing into it, a slight blush spreading across her face. “EWW GUYS.” Kinzie screamed. There were various moans and groans around the room. When they pulled away from each other, Matt cleared his throat and straightened his tie. “I wouldn’t bother trying to make us uncomfortable.” he said confidently to the room, crossing his arms. “Because we can always outdo you.” “My boyfriend’s an evil genius.” she said with a sly smile in his direction.

After that they just kind of give up and the velcro thing extends to when they're around their friends. They try not to get too carried away when they're working. But I reckon they've both been caught on occasion looking pretty flushed at their desk while the other is suspiciously absent... or to put it more accurately... not visible.

#i've thought about making a comic about that on occasion but i couldn't work out which way around they would be 🤣#sorry this took so long to answer haha but you can kind of see why #sr boss: casey clark #matt miller #saints row #ask meme #thanks for the ask!#this is my favourite as meme bc I have so much to say about them #i mean that's how i ended up on tumblr after all #this feels like an advert for my fic when really it's the opposite #sr fanfic: out of time #matty x cass #(mass obvs)

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