Tuesday DE: Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge

[bjornwilde]

Someone is flirting with your character. Do they notice? Are they playing along? Are they comfortable with the positive statements or are they squirming? Or is there some other reaction I’m forgetting?

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[alongfallfromgrace]

Wei Wuxian will cheerfully flirt back, because it is fun! Who doesn't like a little flirting? It doesn't mean anything.

Klaus will flirt back, because it does mean something.

Cecil uuuusually misses the point, unless it's Carlos, in which case everything is flirting, even (and especially) the things that aren't.

Jon misses a lot of flirting. His team thinks its hilarious. Except Martin. Poor Martin. When he does notice because someone is being both persistent and blatant, he is often annoyed because now isn't really the time, is it?

Chief Gwi would be like a) really, me? Okay... and b) Sorry, not interested. At least he'd be nice about it. (Unless it's from one specific person but he's pretty sure it'll be another 500 years before that happens...

[magic_by_accident]

John Constantine not only notices, he's usually the one who started it.

Sherlock Holmes doesn't notice, unless it's Jim.

Vision doesn't notice, unless it's Wanda.

[from_the_outside]

Zinda Blake is the one doing the flirting. Please flirt back, you will make her day.

Sharon Carter will notice. If she flirts back, it will be slightly acerbic. She's perfectly comfortable being flirted with and is unruffled by unwanted flirting up to actual harassment, which is the point where she's likely to take matters into her own hands. Caveat: flirting with Sharon will only be successful if you are Bucky Barnes.

Geralt isn't much of a flirt except for when it comes to Yennefer. With her, he is canonically and perpetually moon-eyed. He's good at picking up latent interest from ladies (and men, though he doesn't partake of the latter). He's not terribly comfortable with positive statements and compliments but will happily dish them out. In general, he flirts to get to an endpoint of having sex, and doesn't really engage in it otherwise.

[bjornwilde]

Ahsoka Tano likely completely misses it. This is based more on her novel which to be fair to her, she was rather distracted in, but I still feel like she just doesn't always get normal social interactions having been raised within the Order.

Sabine Wren recognizes it and depending on what she has going might even respond in kind. She does have a preference for ladies though, so sorry guys.

Jessica Drew recognizes it, enjoys the game, but does have to tamp down that fear it's just someone trying to get under her guard and use her.

Viv Vision likely recognizes it but immediately makes it awkward by asking if it is indeed flirting. If the person is male presenting, she will politely point out she has not felt any interest in men/boys.

Ben Hargreeves awkward as fuck and likely blushing if it ever happens. He never got a chance to work it out in life.

Tybalt is likely flirting rings around the person or being so subtle he has to hit the person to make them aware the flirting is occurring.

Alustin loves flirting and is willing to play with anyone. He doesn't take it too seriously but is fine with the game or where it might lead as long as there are no expectations beyond the one encounter.

Wen Qing is likely to scowl or seem distant to anyone flirting with her. This is half cultural norms, such intimate behavior is not familiar to her, and half because she has always had other things to worry about and so avoided any romantic entanglements. I think if anyone were to flirt with her in bar, she'd be silently screaming inside.

[canttrickmeanymore]

Peter: seems to stumble into anything relationship-y. P sure he can't flirt for shit... not on purpose anyway. (There isn't a lot of canon to go on for this beyond his big plan for MJ in FFH.)


Harry: gets hit on 100% w/o realizing it. I swear the man walks around with blinders just for the flirting part... at least for people he's interested in anyway.

[death_gone_mad]

Amascut definitely notices and plays along just to see what she can get out of it or get away with. Unless she smells a cat on the other person, then she's going to be awkwardly weird about it. Because what if the person who is flirting is a spy? Are they really attracted to her or is that just the Toxoplasma talking?

Fairy Fixit would be so oblivious. When she finally does notice, most likely it will result in a bunch of apologies and questions but never any flirting back.

[nerves_of_ice]

Most of the time, Bucky will notice someone's flirting with him. Most of the time. Notable exceptions include when he's in Winter Soldier mode, or when he thinks he's just being teased to distract him from his own thoughts (hi Molly).

And most of the time, he'll flirt back - unless he's wary of the other person for some reason or dislikes them. (Or unless he's really, really confused or trying to avoid complications.)

[chanter1944]

If someone is flirting with Sariel, she may well miss it or else be flustered by/uncertain of it. This is mostly, but not entirely, down to me; I'm ace, I trend demiromantic, and what I consider appealing in flirtatious ways is not always standard. So basically I stink at picking up on or responding to your more expected sorts of flirting, which transfers over to anyone I write. On top of that, Sariel is shy, and if anybody other than another woman is flirting with her, it's going to add another level of awkward to it all.

The only mortal, so far, to successfully flirt with Sariel in bar is Lucy Diamond. That was pretty low key as it was. Desire of the Endless is in a class all her own, which is why I specified mortal just above. I thought about counting Skadi in this, from ages ago, but that was subtext and wordplay in narration, not outright flirtation, and I'm not sure how conscious either pup was of it.

[ceitfianna]

A lot of mine are flirts and like flirting since they like people and in an OOC, I as a mun really enjoy romance and the fun around it.

Cassian uses flirting in his work, but when it comes to flirting for himself, he gets kind of shy and awkward. He's so used to hiding who he is that someone liking him for him always surprises him. All of his threads with Emcee have shown this really well.

Quentin's not a huge flirt, but he also had his first relationship end really messily.

Charles thinks people are fascinating and earlier in canon was a big flirt, since he's more heartbroken now and really missing Erik, he's not as much of one. I think he's also especially in Milliways so aware of how people don't really trust telepaths.

Moist finds flirting fun and useful.

Demeter loves flirting, people are charming and wonderful and she enjoys them.

Will S. is kind of an awkward flirt, it took him a while to be comfortable with some of the ways people flirt in Milliways.

William isn't a flirt, he's just awkward and doesn't have much practice.

Ivan's an easy and comfortable flirt, its his default social mode.

Tumnus isn't used to flirting and gets uncomfortable.