RE: That thread and finding out more about Yuri. I'm going to bullet point, because that is just easiest!!
★ This shouldn't be a revelation, but Vincent has let it sink into the background and was suddenly reminded of it—That Yuri would like to know more about Vincent. For what Yuri does understand, there's a lot more that he can't dream of when it comes to Vincent, and he realized it more acutely threading with a more honest, open Yuri. Granted, he didn't push the issue as his style, but it was there.
★ Yuri wants to be loved and cared for by someone else. It's not necessarily surprising on its own, but the hesitation he shows about taking it . . . It's sort of endearing and familiar to Vincent. At the same time, he knows that Yuri shuts down when someone gives it to him unabashedly due to the Raven situation, so it's an interesting middle line where Vincent isn't even sure that Yuri knows how he wants love, just that he has a deep, deep want.
★ Really, this thread may have been Vincent just being more acutely focused on Yuri, rather than rolling along like he does, because he had to keep up the act and follow on the cues. So, once again, while it shouldn't be something relatively new, Vincent understand even more strongly that Yuri puts on his dispassionate act to hide the fact that he really is charged and determined about some things. For all that he tries to sit back and act like he's not effected, he really and truly is which was something that Vincent had great fun seeing way back when and has been missing since.
★ Tying in with the previous point, Yuri has likely experienced a slight of fortune that is not necessarily due to his life in the slums but is certainly connected to it. What dreams and ideals Yuri may have had could not match what the world gave him, and he seems to put on the facade to hide that fact. Vincent understands putting on an act to hide a pain, since he lives and dies by it, so . . . Yes, he's pretty sure that it went something like that.
★ Also, that facade and way of reacting is likely why Yuri doesn't respond and trigger like a normal person. If Vincent can get a rise out of him, then he's really accomplished something. It's a nice thought and goal to have, but the way to bring it about as Vincent knows it . . . It's a very messy ordeal. Why you gotta be so difficult, Yuri Lowell.
★ Not necessarily something he learned, but he got a deep sense of pity from Yuri. Somehow, he always gets that feeling with Yuri at times, and he would truly like to spit on it. Vincent hates even the thought that Yuri may pity him.
★ The hope that was crushed before . . . It was probably for a fair and even world. This came about less clearly than the others, but if you put it together with his past actions where he wants balance and reason along with Vincent sort of craving the same thing . . . Yeah, it pretty much fits. So, Yuri wants everything to be equal and even, fair to all, even while he understands that it is damn near impossible.
Ssso, yup, he got a lot out of it! Vincent is really great at reading people, and Yuri is so much better at covering his tracks as an adult . . . And, well, Vincent is less cued in as he was then, because he was pulling Inception-levels of mindfuckery that required the whole of his attention.
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★ This shouldn't be a revelation, but Vincent has let it sink into the background and was suddenly reminded of it—That Yuri would like to know more about Vincent. For what Yuri does understand, there's a lot more that he can't dream of when it comes to Vincent, and he realized it more acutely threading with a more honest, open Yuri. Granted, he didn't push the issue as his style, but it was there.
★ Yuri wants to be loved and cared for by someone else. It's not necessarily surprising on its own, but the hesitation he shows about taking it . . . It's sort of endearing and familiar to Vincent. At the same time, he knows that Yuri shuts down when someone gives it to him unabashedly due to the Raven situation, so it's an interesting middle line where Vincent isn't even sure that Yuri knows how he wants love, just that he has a deep, deep want.
★ Really, this thread may have been Vincent just being more acutely focused on Yuri, rather than rolling along like he does, because he had to keep up the act and follow on the cues. So, once again, while it shouldn't be something relatively new, Vincent understand even more strongly that Yuri puts on his dispassionate act to hide the fact that he really is charged and determined about some things. For all that he tries to sit back and act like he's not effected, he really and truly is which was something that Vincent had great fun seeing way back when and has been missing since.
★ Tying in with the previous point, Yuri has likely experienced a slight of fortune that is not necessarily due to his life in the slums but is certainly connected to it. What dreams and ideals Yuri may have had could not match what the world gave him, and he seems to put on the facade to hide that fact. Vincent understands putting on an act to hide a pain, since he lives and dies by it, so . . . Yes, he's pretty sure that it went something like that.
★ Also, that facade and way of reacting is likely why Yuri doesn't respond and trigger like a normal person. If Vincent can get a rise out of him, then he's really accomplished something. It's a nice thought and goal to have, but the way to bring it about as Vincent knows it . . . It's a very messy ordeal. Why you gotta be so difficult, Yuri Lowell.
★ Not necessarily something he learned, but he got a deep sense of pity from Yuri. Somehow, he always gets that feeling with Yuri at times, and he would truly like to spit on it. Vincent hates even the thought that Yuri may pity him.
★ The hope that was crushed before . . . It was probably for a fair and even world. This came about less clearly than the others, but if you put it together with his past actions where he wants balance and reason along with Vincent sort of craving the same thing . . . Yeah, it pretty much fits. So, Yuri wants everything to be equal and even, fair to all, even while he understands that it is damn near impossible.
Ssso, yup, he got a lot out of it! Vincent is really great at reading people, and Yuri is so much better at covering his tracks as an adult . . . And, well, Vincent is less cued in as he was then, because he was pulling Inception-levels of mindfuckery that required the whole of his attention.