naraku:

so i’ve been thinking about why licorice is so insistent on being protective of ivlis despite the two of them not really seeming to have a solid relationship, and now i’m wondering…

what if a large part of the reason licorice wants to protect ivlis (even going to the extreme
of trying to kill satanick when he’s weak) is so that ivlis will finally like him since licorice obviously makes him uncomfortable, most likely largely due to the fact that licorice is the product of satanick’s abuse

what if licorice is trying to prove that, despite being satanick’s son, he’s absolutely nothing like him

what if underneath wanting ivlis to be safe and happy, he just wants ivlis to stop seeing satanick every time he looks at him