#can you imagine tighnari seeing them act like that if they DID know each other

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listen we can be boring and just take this to mean “always been” as in post the archon quests OR we can make a bunch of headcanons instead such as:

1) they all meet up so much it feels like they’ve been doing it forever

2) these two were just fucking pretending they don’t know each other throughout the entire archon quest

3) alhaitham was being pedantic with “at the akademia” and despite being personal friends they fully separate their working selves and consider each other strangers in work matters

4) they’ve been meeting up as part of the friend group for forever but never actually talked to each other until this moment making it Extra Awkward™️

and literally so many more like the pathways this has opened up in my brain ughhh

#haino #cytham #cyhaino #alhaitham #cyno #thinking about kaveh and tighnari in the fourth one sensing a disturbance in the force when they meet without them as a buffer lol #tfw you try to introduce your freak intense friends to each other slowly but they STILL end up trying to kill each other in the desert😔 #i want to write fics about ALL of these #alhaitham’s bday rearranging my brain chemistry fr #im so obsessed with them #can you imagine tighnari seeing them act like that if they DID know each other #just wtf are you two doing :/ #i KNOW alhaitham’s trailer implies they all started getting together post archon quest #but GOD where is the fun in that #wait actually a LOT of fun to think about cyno being the one to get them all together #like you guys have to meet my new friend :) #and then just #Chaos™️ #ughhh im thinking about Them

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pls I beg, tell us everything you have about bull!Alhaitham...

Oh boy, you sure wanna open to flood gates,huh.

Well, I think I did ramble on my initial Bullhaitham post about a lot of things, but basically, they're not all that different from their human selves. I took a book out of Tighnari's book and just hc them as having more enhanced senses but I do want this AU to have them inherit SOME animal characteristics, but not like, in an uncontrollable capacity.

As for Alhaitham, for example. I like to use his ears and tail as more honest/open conveyers of his emotions. We all know that Alhaitham is very good at controlling how he appears to people, and I do believe that extends to his animal features as well. But in a comfortable environment, I think he'd not be as guarded, so his ears and tail get to wiggle! You know, how cows/bulls often flick their tails or ears when sth tickles or bothers them (like flies)? Alhaitham does that too, and since his ears are rather sensitive, they do tend to flick a lot. His tail, on the other hand, Id see as his "excess energy outlet", aka if he has some form of restlessness, be that bcs of agitation or excitement, he shows it through tail movement.

Again, I see them more as human than animal, but I like to think they have times where the threshold for their instincts to kick in is lowered. Imagine the kinky "mating season" trope, but instead of horniness it's just them acting more on their instincts. This includes stuff like Kaveh being more prone to pounce or Alhaitham sometimes tackling people when they get to fidgety. (you know, how in bull fighting they wave the flag around and the movement makes them charge)

I just find the context funny of Alhaitham and Kaveh becoming so accustomed that sometimes their roomate WILL attack them. They also develop "safe proof" ways to calm the other again. Alhaitham just has to make sure not to bear his neck or leave his back exposed, or, if Kaveh does pounce, he just has to forcefully relax him with kneading his ears or chin scratches or sth. Kaveh got the shorter end of the stick cos, while it takes a lot to make Alhaitham charge, it does happen, and if it does, all Kaveh can do is run and dodge bcs that bull will not stop until you've been run over. And Alhaitham might be Kaveh's height, but the bulk coupled with his speed is sure to break a few ribs. Kaveh's tactic is usually to dodge until Alhaitham staggers, literally latch onto him in a full body hold, and frantically start scratchin at the base of his ears or the base of his horns. When he stops lowdly huffing and puffing, Kaveh knows Alhaitham is back to normal.

There's also some funny ideas I've had, like, as much as they hate it, they're like the perfect comforter for each other. Alhaitham likes to knead his hands through things as he reads, and Kaveh's ears are just the right texture between fluffy and tough, and ofc that makes Kaveh happy bcs, hey, free ear massage. In turn, that makes Kaveh purr and if he's sprawled over Alhaitham's lap he's literally a heated and massaging weight blanket, which makes Alhaitham enjoy his leisurely reading time more.

The other side of funny: Alhaitham definitely accidentally broke Kaveh's kneecaps before, bcs he touched Alhaitham's neck and he instinctively kicked out.

Well, that's all that comes from the top of my head, haha. Hope it was some fun food for thought!

#ask #bullhaitham #rishboland kaveh