Homare And Citron Being Language Learning Buddies?? YES PLEASE

homare and citron being language learning buddies?? YES PLEASE 

[this ended up kinda long, so just so y’all know, it continues after the cut!] also, if you like this, consider sending me asks or requests about anything a3! related! please just reference my pinned post on what i will/won’t write. :3 thank you and hope you enjoy my ramblings~~

As I will be writing about/referencing languages I am not entirely fluent in here, I just want you all to be aware that it is not my intention to offend anyone! I took care with my words, but if I in any way made an insinuation that was not correct/ offensive, please let me know!! I’d greatly prefer being corrected, over spreading misinformation. In terms of my personal language experience, i speak english natively, i have been learning french for about 5 years, i am attempting to teach myself basic japanese [haven't progressed very far lol],and i know a few phrases in arabic, but only verbally/auditorily [i only understand them when spoken]. I'm a bit of a language nerd, and i love learning phrases in other languages!!

You know, I really think citron and homare are language learning buddies!!! Like, citron is so much more intelligent and perceptive than he’s given credit for [citron appreciation post incoming? Mayhaps!!] and homare does tend to use languages other than japanese in his poems. If I'm not mistaken, he’s canonically used english and french words, both incorporated into his work in ways that are [pretty much] grammatically correct! Homare has also spoken about his love for Shakespeare, and while it’s likely he’s been reading translated versions, I wouldn't put it past him to try and learn enough english to read them while referencing a dictionary. 

As for citron, it seems to be canon that zahran is an arabic-inspired language, if not fully arabic. [side note: in arabic, zahran means ‘radiant/glowing/flower’ in most translations and is used as a name] It’s hard enough to learn and speak a language not your own, and knowing that the pronunciation, speaking, and writing patterns of arabic are not very similar to that of japanese makes the fact that citron is fluent in japanese with the occasional slip-up is very impressive!![also, take into account that i think we have evidence enough to say most of these ‘slip-ups’ are kinda on purpose to make the others laugh] If i am remembering correctly, i believe citron has also used words and phrases in english. which is also a really difficult language!!

Now, multilinguals do tend to bond over the difficulties and rewards of learning languages, and I really see this kind of relationship starting between citron and homare when they realise they both like learning languages!! Just, I'd imagine them comparing notes, quizzing each other on vocab and just learning better by doing it together!! I’d like to think that they have movie nights with whatever language they’re focusing on every now and then. I feel like citron would suggest it and homare would jump at the chance to learn new phrases and train his ear to recognise the speaking patterns better so he could incorporate it into his art. It just feels like there would be such a soft, gentle atmosphere as they slowly get engrossed in the film, notepads and pens left to sit on the couch and other members of mankai sitting around the tv screen, following along with the subtitles. Also consider, making multilingual puns >:3. 

(Not exactly part of the hc, but i just wanted to share this because it made me happy!! In english there’s the phrase, “Birds of a feather, flock together.”, meaning people who are similar/have similar interests gravitate towards each other. In french, that phrase is approximately, “Les oiseaux avec le même plumage, s'assemblent a le même rivage”. Which directly translates to, -birds with the same feathers gather at the same river- which has the same meaning as the one in english! Now, the thing that really gets me about these phrases is, 

THEY BOTH RHYME!!!!!! 

I love rhymes and literary devices in any language, but i just adoreee that these two phrases happen to rhyme in both languages!!)

I present to you, concept:

homare: Rise and shine dear friend!!!!! The time to begin our day has come upon us!! We mustn't delay and I shan't be taking no for an answer!!!

hisoka: 5 m're mins pls

homare: Of course!!! And if you attempt to sleep for any longer I shall simply tempt you out of bed ~avec chocolat chaud~!! [~with hot chocolate~ in french]

hisoka, peeking up from the covers with an inquisitive look: …?

homare: WITH THE LITTLE MARSHMALLOWS YOU ARE SO FOND OF!!

hisoka: begrudgingly scampers out of bed

Getting out of mankai with a group of 5 or more is pretty much always chaos from beginning to end. However, whenever tsuzuru and omi are parts of these groups things actually go a bit more smoothly. They’ve kinda gotten used to corralling rambunctious children and getting everyone out the door so they just let ‘older sibling auto-pilot’ take over. Unfortunately this creates slightly embarrassing situations when certain statements slip out. 

Omi regularly fixes scarves and folds up the sleeves of whoever he’s closest to. Once, while putting on his scarf, omi automatically leaned down and zipped up taichi and muku’s jackets. He only realised after banri started laughing his ass off. The most embarrassing one was when he was half asleep and put on sakyo's gloves and scarf for him. Sakyo was honestly bewildered and just kinda stood there for a minute and omi never noticed because no-one said anything.

 A couple times Tsuzuru has asked, “Do we all have our shoes on and tied?”. Without his unconscious reminders masumi, taichi, tasuku, and temna could have actually ended up leaving the dorms with untied laces.

hiii could you please make some general friendship headcanons for hisoka and homare? i love their dynamic so much ^_^

Oo ofc!! I adore the interactions between hisoka and homare!!! I think it's very clear that there’s a lot of platonic love within all the troupes, and homare plainly expresses that he loves his troupe and waaa it makes me so happy!! I love the expression of love between friends and all the instances of unconditional platonic love makes me feel all warm and happy :D

-Homare calls hisoka ‘my dear friend’ and occasionally ‘my dear’ among other platonic terms of endearment

-As i 100% believe homare is a language nerd, whenever he learns a new term of endearment or a beautiful new word he tells hisoka first!

-Hisoka once found tea-flavoured marshmallows and gave homare a bag, homare does not exactly love marshmallows, but he shared them with hisoka and he was incredibly happy knowing that hisoka shared something that he loved with him

-It's canon that homare often looks after hisoka, but I think it probably goes both ways! If hiso wakes up in the middle of the night and homare is up working, he will ask him to sleep, but if he doesn't, he’ll put a handful of marshmallows on homare’s desk so he has snacks while working.

-Every now and then hisoka will make tea for the two of them and they’ll just sit and chill for a bit, hiso appreciates the quiet and homare likes sharing tea

-Whenever homare is out for a long period of time during the day, hisoka misses him! He keeps abruptly waking up, looking around him, and going back to sleep. Once homare finally comes home hisoka sleeps better

-For the first of homare’s birthdays at mankai, hisoka got a mug that said #1 poet, but he scratched out the #1 so it just said poet and just left it on homare’s bed. Homare loved it!!!!! He uses it all the time :)

-Out of habit, whenever homare is getting something from the kitchen/ heating something up (king cant cook im sorry) he usually grabs something for hisoka!

-They.,.,they just take care of each other .,,,,

-The TENDERNESSS WAAAA IM GETTIN EMOTIONAL

-you know heat sources and sinks? Homare is the source and hiso is the sink, (meaning homare is a bit warmer than hiso, so sometimes hiso will just curl up near/on homare to get some warmth)

-Hiso is fairly warm, but i think homare tends to be a bit warmer

annotation hcs (winter pt 1)

I haven't finished the winter troupe’s first chapter yet, so that would explain if any of these are ooc or feel kinda bland, sorry!

Tsumugi: king of annotations, I don't make the rules >:3. He’s the one whom everyone goes to when they have no clue how to go about something academic, and this kinda extends to script annotation. He takes such nice, neat professional notes on most of the pages. [as i said in kazu’s hcs, i think that most of the post-high school kids are fairly solid on note-taking] butttttt, i feel like on certain pages this dweeb[in a loving way] just forgets what the word neat even means. Im talking scribbles, lengthy notes for no reason random analysis, dogeared page, doodles, scratchy marks in the margins, he just gets into a state where his brain goes *BRRRRRR*. Most of it is nice though I promise.

Tasuku: (LOOK IN THE COMMENTS, some lovely people corrected me on this one as we have textual evidence about tasuku’s note-taking later on in the chapters!!!!!) mmmostly minimal notes. Some underlining here and there, mostly reminders to himself on movement and how to get down the subtleties of the script. I feel like he would dogear pages alot too! He’s the one who forgot to write his name on the front of his script, but after a couple of reminders he did it

Hisoka: there’s like, 10 words total in that entire script. Idk he just, feels his script, reads it, sleeps with it under his pillow, and then he’s got it. <- on that note, he definitely sleeps with his script sometimes. Once he told tsuzuru that the scripts were ‘comfy’ and tsuzu just accepted it and moved on with his day.

Homare: WHERE TO START WITH THIS ONE?? So, first off, somehow he managed to make the script look like an illuminated manuscript with all his additions?? Used one of his fountain/calligraphy pens with gold ink to write his name on the front cover~ puts in poetry when inspiration strikes him, so some of the pages are -covered- in writing. Adds little commentary to his notes like muku!! ‘Hmm?? This character seems to be quite nervous!!! Mayhaps this ought to play into their stance!!’ Uses multiple pens when annotating, so there is a bit of a range of color in there, mostly blues, reds, blacks, and on occasion some other colours. I feel like he would use a shade of wine red most often tho!

Azuma: unlike homare, i feel azuma has one specific pen dedicated to annotating his script. He always keeps it neat and tidy, no folded corners, and the script isn’t too worn-looking at the end of the run, he even has a place in his room where he keeps all his scripts! Tries to keep his notes in a nice little aside in the margins, keeping the lines nice and straight!

Sakuya looks around him while sitting in the common room. Muku is happily showing azuma his favorite scenes from his most recent manga, tsuzuru is trying his best to scrape together dinner, and kumon is pleading with yuki to get him to play cat’s cradle. “You have such nimble lithe fingers! You’d be great at it!!” “What, and get my hands all sore and have to make the puppy embroider this shirt? I don't think so” “C’mon pleaseee?? Just for 5 minutes??” “Tch, fine I guess.” Sakuya is surrounded by love.

Omi reaches over the sofa and ruffles sakuya’s hair. “A little bird who was up late told me you were studying past midnight. You feelin’ ok?” Sakuya beamed up at Omi’s thoughtfulness. “Ah, i was hoping no one would notice if i was quiet enough. But yeah… I had a history quiz today and I was cramming. But I remembered all the answers!! Well, except for that one that involved dates, I might have been off by a year or too...” “Well, I’m glad you did a good job! We’re all proud of you, you know that, right?” Sakuya paused. Proud? Proud of him? Proud? Omi, stood for a moment, then understanding hit him, sakuya wasn’t used to this. Unsure how to proceed, he laid his hand on the little kid’s shoulder and rubbed his thumb slowly back and forth. “I mean it.” Sakuya is surrounded by love.

The two grab cups of milk and go to sit in the courtyard, with a plate of a few canelés between them.

Sakuya knows he is loved.