#like it's still definitely English and it FEELS intelligible but you're still gonna be learning a lot of new words on the fly

[antisocialxconstruct]

gonna make an extremely self-indulgent worldbuilding change to WALL which is that gendered pronouns just kinda fell out of use some time in the last couple hundred years and now there's just one universal third person pronoun and if someone want a pronoun with a distinct Implied Gender they have to ask for it

#and everyone honors that request of course #tbh I DID always kinda like the idea of spoken English in WALL being a more distinct dialect #like it's still definitely English and it FEELS intelligible but you're still gonna be learning a lot of new words on the fly #via context clues and such #I'd just have to be careful not to like... lay it on so heavy that players dont feel like they know what dialogue options actually mean. idk

[cannot-decide-on-a-fandom]

Ahh sorry—if you're still up for it, please do that character you have in mind! I'd really love to see it :) (Sorry for asking for so many!)

Of course I'm still up for it! I wanted to do Hinata! He's our protag after all and I just have so much to say about him!

Favourite thing about them: He could literally befriend anyone and everyone and still have enough love left over for every single fan he'll end up accumulating. It's like an unwritten rule that when he's happy, it's not possible to truly be sad because his smile has magical powers or something that can cheer anyone up when you look at it. He'd be able to make anyone feel better, without even trying to, because he's just so bright and honest.

Least favourite thing about them: He kind of...oversteps occasionally and makes me cringe a bit. It may have all worked out well in the end, sure, but hijacking a training camp because he wasn't invited is a little frustrating and uncomfortable. Then there's him acting out in the middle of games like knocking into Asahi. And then there's still other moments like that. It's never meanspirited, but it does make me facepalm and get secondhand embarrassment sometimes.

Favourite line: I think out of any character, Hinata is the hardest one to decide by far. He has so many damn good and awesome lines and moments, and I think I could make a list just of his quotes. He's the character that always shows to me that Furudate truly is a phenomenal writer. But I don't think there's anything more badass than him staring down someone twice as tall as him, and just going "I'm Hinata Shouyou, from the barren concrete." I mean, that scene is iconic

brOTP: Literally every single human being in the series. He's like the human personification of light. I especially like his dynamics with the Karasuno first years (actually, first years of any school), his relationship with Kenma, Noya and Tanaka are great, and Oikawa at this point! Oh and some other characters he interacts with later too, but as this is Hinata I kind of wanna leave this post spoiler free, as I've included spoilers in almost every other one, so I'll at least leave the protagonist without any.

OTP: I'm gonna get a lot of disagreement here, but I don't care. Kenhina is a damn good and adorable ship and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise. Quietly. But I love them! I can also definitely see Oihina too. And there's obviously Kagehina. And once again, every single damn character in the series. He's so friendly, I swear.

nOTP: Mmm...I wouldn't ship him with Aone. I know that's a relatively popular pairing, but I just can't see it.

Unpopular opinion: Stop saying he could never be good because he "started too late" or whatever! I've made entire posts about this, but he's not an old man or anything! He was like 15 when he went to high school, he still practiced before too, but even if he didn't, 15 is still a freaking child! Why are people going like "no, he could never actually catch up to others who played when they were younger" when he works so damn hard and with so much dedication! Yes, it's easier to learn things if you start sooner, but there's a BIG difference between "harder" and "impossible" and screw it, he works so hard! Sorry. Got carried away there. This one just frustrates me a ton.

Random headcanon: I actually think he has a knack for languages. The only reason he failed English is because he wrote the answers off by a line, but he's a very social being, I feel like if he learned it practically as opposed to having to write it down, he'd actually be really good at it. This is also the reason exams are stupid. In general. It's a stupid way to measure intelligence.

Favourite picture of them:

He looks so beautiful here! I think I took this screenshot from one of the openings but he's beautiful, okay?

I'm getting really intense over Hinata, aren't I? Oops.

(oh, and never apologize for interacting)

#haikyuu #hinata shouyou