🎶Do they have a type?
Jandro: A pretty smile, a joyous laugh, or even just ‘hi’ was generally enough for him to fall madly in love. In his defense, he was a very passionate little boy who had very little reason not to love people.
Christopher: Whomever he was expected to show his affections to. He was no more than a clockwork doll in the Hope household and he knew it. He did not dare cast his eyes in any direction but the ones decided for him.
John: Survivors who have been through hell and still retained a true core of integrity attract him more than anything else, in truth because he hopes to learn from them how to reconcile what he has become amid the wreckage of all he used to be.
👫Do they display affection in public? What about in private?
As you will soon learn, as a young lad in Spain he was a very open young person who would make grand gestures and had little issues with public affections. As a forced Englishman, he was circumspect and suspicious enough not to dare. As John Silver, he has none whom he would offer such affections to and even if he did, he would not dare to risk revealing a potential vulnerability.
In private – again, Jandro was open, Christopher would not dare do anything outside the lines of propriety he had been so forcefully educated in, and Silver doesn’t trust enough to show vulnerability to anyone. ( Exception later to Madi, who proves it is possible to earn back the openness and adoration Jandro is truly capable of – but seeing as she is a singularly exceptional woman, it is doubtful anyone else will succeed in earning the same favor without considerable alterations to the canon in play. Such as literally anything where seasons 3-4 are nixed, lmao. )
📺 Do they share information about their relationships freely with friends and family?
Back before John Silver existed – before his father came and fashioned out of a Spanish child an English heir – Jandro was easily one of the most romantic idiots in his entire county area. When he was seven, he was positively besotted with a young lass of eight, and was absolutely convinced he would marry her.
He told his mother and his grandmother all about it, and even learned from his grandmother to make a flower crown so that he could bring his little beloved gifts that were thoughtful and appropriate for their age.
He was, therefore, absolutely devastated when she broke off with him because she found a ‘better boyfriend’ and spent the better part of two weeks with his grandmother lamenting the cruelties of women.
He bounced back quickly enough when another young lady set her sights on him, and so it went in merry and foolish fashion until his mother reigned him in and demanded he begin to comport himself appropriately. He had his longest relationship at the age of ten and it was mostly due to adult interferences with the intent of an arrangement.
Perhaps unfortunately, Jandro’s habit of sharing everything with his grandmother lead her to realize the young girl in question was part of a disreputable family, thus resulting in the two being separated – it is quite likely that had he kept his time with the young lady to himself, he would have been at her summer house with his grandmother when the attack came, and thus spared witness to such carnage and perhaps afforded the survival of a dear family member.
As Christopher Hope, he did not entertain any courtships until he was in his early twenties, both of which were designed to test him and his dedication and loyalty. He learned from the first not to trust even the one person he did in Hope house after that – and from the second, that any word is a weapon if utilized with the correct intentions. He reported in mechanically, but there was no interest and certainly, nothing worth listening to.
As John Silver, he has nobody whom he might share such things with, save whomever happens to be his partner. So ultimately, we can conclude that life turned him from someone who celebrated love in all its forms and shared it with those he adored because it made sense his happiness would bring them happiness, to a man who holds no faith that happiness can be real and has nobody to share it with even if it might be.
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