nah sorry i've thought about it and odin's "raise lauffey's only biological son as my own = he inherits when laffey dies = jotunheim is mine now/it's free real estate" plan just wouldn't work. it's a shit plan.
sure you can say your younger son is now the king of jotunheim but how are gonna get anyone there to accept that? even if he is now king by the letter of their law, how do you make that population accept his authority? the authority of someone who was raised by their enemy and who must be assumed to be loyal to that enemy. to borrow a phrase "you and whose army?" all you have there is a claim to that kingdom, you still need to make it happen.
whereas "found a baby, it's mine now, keeping forever with no expectation of this ever actually getting me anything else i just heart my new blue son (if ur offerin a 'free jotunheim with purchase' deal i wont say no tho obvs)" doesn't rely on outside events or anyone else's actions and so... it just makes more sense.
what i'm sayin is... i'm sure "ooooh this could be useful, i shall keep it" was a factor in odin's initial adopt-the-baby decision but i don't think it's at all reasonable for him to think it would actually work when the time came to deploy the plan and so no i don't think odin did just keep loki around for imperialism reasons, i think by the time that film is set he must have long since given up on that (other than a vague "well if it happens it happens" at the back of his head) and he really does just love his kid and hasn't told him where he actually came from in case it made him sad.
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Obsessed with the thought that tho mihawk is comfortable in his lone wolf life style, he does find it a bit too lonesome sometimes when the mood is somber, the silence is too much and he just remembers shanks' laugh and maybe no matter how much shanks' crew are too loud (understatement) he does find them entertaining, and maybe he enjoys ben's company in a comfortable silence, he may even consider him something close to a friend.
It just gets too much sometimes and he loathes the loneliness. When he's in one of those moods, he's mostly drinking and picking petty guaranteed wins. Going around like "you disturbed my nap" to whomever he's slicing into two and it got quite worst after he got used to zoro and perona and now they're no longer there and he was never much for kids but those are HIS kids and he misses kicking zoro's ass and baking with perona and them helping him in the garden as an unspoken, forced bonding family time.
He may like being alone but he hates being lonely, especially after he met people he actually enjoyed sacrificing his alone time for (not that he'll ever admit it)
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Now he's hanging out with cross guild (while waiting for zoro to get stronger and come after him so he either take his retirement or just dies in peace, both are good, really) and no day passes without at least one murder attempt from his side, but really, try to take the clown away from him and it would be you he stabs.
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When the door to the apartment opened, Kokichi was waiting, grinning cheerfully, if just a touch bashful, as Shuichi entered. The lights were off, the only glow coming from a few lit candles and an absurd amount of fairy lights. The lights were hung along the walls, across the ceiling, and even around a few items. They led through the apartment, all the way into the bedroom.
"Happy Valentine's Day," Kokichi announced, walking over to take Shuichi's hand and guide him farther in. Technically it was the night before; after all, they would spend the whole of the actual day together, giving Kokichi no time to surprise him. "Can you believe I did this in just a few hours? And without breaking something?"
Guiding Shuichi to the sofa, he gestured for him to sit before promptly straddling him. "No gifts tonight—except me," he teased, a small, soft kiss pressed to Shuichi's lips. "But this is good enough, right? I made oyakodon too." This was the plan for the night: to eat, cuddle, and just enjoy each others' company. ( Happy Valentine's Day!!!! <3 )
When Shuichi opened the door, he was about to announce his usual greeting of: "Kokichi, I'm ho....!" But trailed off when he saw that not only were all the lights off, but the candles and especially fairy lights making the apartment softly glow, made a soft gasp in surprise leave him. "Ah...!" It definitely was not a sight he expected to be greeted with, especially the day before Valentine's Day; but as he slowly stepped inside and closed the door behind him, glancing at all the different places the lights were strung up or around, he did find it very pretty... "Ohhh.... "
Kokichi's voice grabs his attention, looking towards him with a smile s he lets his boyfriend guide him. "Kokichi! Happy Valentine's Day to you, too. I see you've prepared quite the surprise for me!" He chuckles, even moreso at what he says next. "Oh come now, you're not that clumsy." His tone is teasing of course, before his smile softens. "But wow, really!? That's impressive it only took you a few hours: I can't imagine it had to be easy to make it look so intricate! I love it: the candles and fairy lights give the house such a beautiful glow. And so romantic...."
With a nod, Shuichi does go to sit on the couch, and instantly wraps his arms around Kokichi's waist the moment the other straddled his lap. "O....Oh.... my, I can't believe I'm being spoiled with the best gift of all?" He giggles, cheeks burning deeper as he hums happily into the kiss, returning one right back, followed by several quicker pecks to his lips. "Sweetheart: you are good enough, so this absolutely is, too. It was a lovely surprised to come home to, and knowing that you spent so long to make the apartment look so pretty like this, to surprise me, means the world to me. That's why this is more than good enough. And ahhh, oyakodon! That's great!! I can't wait to enjoy it with you. God I love you so much: you're always so good to me. I know Valentine's Day is tomorrow... but you've already made that day a wonderful one for me, just like tonight. I'm so happy I can spend tonight, and all of tomorrow, with you...."
Love pours into the gaze and smile he gives him, as one hand goes to stroke Kokichi's cheek, before sliding up to his hair and combs through his smooth locks gently. Shuichi was very much looking forward to that plan, too, and just.... enjoying tomorrow with him as well. He couldn't wait: just like tonight, he knows he will enjoy every second of tomorrow with him... and as he brings Kokichi's body even closer against his with a loving squeeze, he gives his earlobe the softest kiss... as he whispers: "I always want to be with you. Forever...."
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