When First Learning Different Languages (i Think He Knows At Leaaassst 3, If Not The Basics Of More),

When first learning different languages (i think he knows at leaaassst 3, if not the basics of more), Citron watched and listened to children’s programs and songs to get used to the basics of the language down. Because of this, Citron recognizes dozens of cartoon characters, songs, and the like from a ton of shows. Citron LOVES playing around with kids and they think it's cool that he knows so much!! Like!!! Just imagine Citron and a circle of lil kids singing along to one of the songs from a popular series and they’re all having so much fun!!!! Since pretty much all the people in the neighborhood know and like Citron, he’s trusted very much by exhausted parents who just cant keep up with the energy of their 5 year olds. One day he was helping a dad put his kid to sleep by telling the little dude fairy tales from Zafra and by the time he was done a flock of tots surrounded him asking for another one. (the adults were listening too but shhh) It became a sweet little routine that whenever Citron stopped by the park he would sing and tell stories to the kids to get them calmed down to go home. All the parents are forever grateful and everyone has fun!

 (i will never ever stop pushing my ‘love and respect citron’ agenda<3)

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Author’s Note~

Hnmmhgng,..,,howww,,.,.how!! *shakes fists* how do i express how much i adore citron and how smart he is and how he deserves so much more respect in measly words!!!! asfdkjnkjdsksfnj i would like to shout and scream!!!

Spring Troupe with a kinda tsundere-ish (not in an abusive way but cute denial) s/o please?

ahh this was cute!! thanks for sending this in and being so patient, hope you like it!!! 

Sakuya : he’s a bit surprised at first!! The first time they kinda turned away from him abruptly during a conversation (he was talking about the costumes for their upcoming performance and *omg his eyes are sparkling?? Why is he so cute??ghkjfhkngjndk I can't take this oh god*) he worried for a second that he might have upset them, which is the last thing he’d want to do!!! He stepped over to see their face properly and he kinda shut down and got more confused when he realised they were blushing??? Poor kid just could not figure out for the life of him why they were blushing when he was just talking about a play until itaru explained that he was being vv adorable. Once he learns this, he proceeds to become a blushin little mess whenever he realises they’re blushing and then it's just a never ending cycle until someone says something.

Masumi: oo i paused for a second writing this one, but i think masu would adore this!!!! He’s grinning and blushing bc he adoreeees seeing his s/o all flustered and stubborn. He’d be stubborn right back at his s/o until they give in (ex: complimenting them until they’re red in the face) because it makes him vv happy :>

Citron: a bit confused at first, but once he remembers the concept of ‘tsundere’, he’s all here for it!! He’d be the one to call his s/o a tsundere to their face because he thinks it's a cute nickname! He will lightheartedly tease his s/o but he would always assure them afterwards that he wasn't trying to be mean! They’re just too cute!

Itaru: HE IS LOVING THIS OMG!!!!! He recognised it right away!!!! Every now and then they say something that's almost word for word what a tsundere character in one of his games says to the protagonist and aaaAAAHHHHHH!!!! He giggles so hard!!! And he will purposely flirt just to see their reaction bc yoo!!!! They’re so cute!!! Masumi says ew at itaru every single time, but gamer boy wouldn’t have it any other way <3

Tsuzuru: Honestly, I think for tsuzu he’d try and learn his s/o’s behavior and habits, and before you know it, tsuzu gets smooth as hell??? No one saw it coming?? But! with all his writing, he’s gotten really good at character analysis and he’s come to learn a lot of their ‘lines’ and can read body language like a book so he knows exactly which buttons to push and when to tease his s/o without being mean

Chikage: (note for this one! As of writing this, I've only just met chikage in-story, so I apologise if this is a bit ooc!) ok, cabbage man takes this as a personal challenge. Chikage definitely likes having the upperhand in knowing that anytime he wants he can turn the argument in his favor if he just flirts a little bit. He’s always smiling with this cocky little look on his face and ahfdhjaskmds its the WORST uk what i mean?

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!!)

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

Imagine, if you please: 

After being taught a bit about Shakespeare by homare, muku decided to learn some monologues and present them to homare as a bit of a thank-you! sakuya walks by and recognizes the monologue, (bc theatre, baby) and they all become shakespeare reading buddies! This becomes a more regular thing as it does help them all with memorization, dictation, and pronunciation!! Homare loves teaching ‘the youth of mankai’ about the wonders of Shakespeare and is absolutely delighted when he finds sakuya and muku quoting Shakespeare at each other and reading the plays while hanging around the dorms.

Misumi and kazu regularly re-enact the entire duck song. (Perfectly every time may I add!!)

Tenma hates it because it doesn't make sense??? Why doesn't the duck just get some himself?? It's so repetitive?? (He’s never seen the video before the first mini “performance”)

Tsuzuru and omi are silently suffering through hell every single time. But the triangle buds look like they’re having so much fun so they can never bring themselves to voice their frustrations. (Their little brothers used to play the song on repeat so they’ve been suffering this pain for years.)

Sakyo just leaves the room. (But he’s secretly happy that they’re all laughing and getting along)

Taichi, Kumon, and Citron join in if they happen to be there when it starts! (Once by chance all 3 of them were in the common room and they all joined in. In total 5 people were singing at once and it was chaos. )