TL;DR Relationship Meme!

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Welcome to the TL;DR Relationship Meme! Here's how it goes!

Step 1: Post a top-level with your character
Step 2: Tag other peoples posts with your character (or characters) who know theirs
Step 3: Respond to the replies to yours with your character's impressions/opinion of them!
TL;DR encouraged but you can go all out, we won't be word counting here)!
Step 4:Cha-cha real smooth

Comments

[notvaljean]

Had the anime only been so kind!

If Armin is hoarding best friends, then so is Jean; he considers Armin one of his best friends, although he'll never vocalize that (it would still feel like betrayal if he did). He never would have thought they'd end up being so close, but a year in Pokemon land has done amazing things.

Like show Jean that he's kind of a nerd too. In their world, being smart was always secondary to being physically competent, and Jean knew he was one of those things but a lot more self-conscious about the other one. With Armin's help, he's been learning that it's okay to be a nerd smart, and that's one of the things he likes about Armin. Working his brain is like working a muscle he hasn't developed yet, and while he can't keep up with Armin, he sure enjoys trying. Who would have known that Discourse(tm) about books could be fun, or that learning about space is actually super neat?

In short, Armin is someone he values that he never thought he'd value, and while having friends (plural! more than one!) is still weird for him, Jean has discovered it suits him, and he has Armin, in part, to thank for that.