would it be weird to start a meta thread on my oc's kinks? i kinda want to muse with myself on what each turn-on stems from and flesh out some parts of eri's history and personality in the process

the most basic level kink for eri is... praise. He was created by Persia and was their finest defender of the Caucasus, but praise was never given to him but spoken OF him. He was never in the capital to hear someone say "im proud of you", but word would get back to him about it

since that was his duty, his reason for existing, eri just took his skills as a natural state of being. it was expected of him to be good or he would simply be replaced. This is why RE laughs and remarks that he was wasted on the Persian Empire.

RE knows there is a place that rewards soldiers for merit, drills them hard, teaches them pride, teaches them loyalty instead of creating them and expecting them to be loyal simply because they weren't hired. RE educates Eri and Armenia, puts jobs in the Caucasus, rewards them--

RE honors them both by putting Armenia in a personal union with Georgia for a time (it didnt work out on a personal level but socially, WONDROUS, because this little remnant of a girl had life again for the first time in like a thousand years.)

RE lets Armenia have Eri's titles (HUGE HONOR -- she just answers to the viceroy and the emperor) and Eri is allowed to leave home and be educated in RE's household. Eri beat RE four times in personal combat, and RE let him live because they valued such a soldier. They needed him

RE praises him the first time during a Russian language lesson they're secretly listening in on, and Erivan is so shook. Honestly the main reason why his composure has become so good is because he had to learn how to calm the fuck down whenever someone acknowledged him personally

but in private, however, praise makes him melt. He loves being good, loves earning his masters' regard, loves how his belly coils and his loins turn, loves the feedback loop of his pleasure pleasing his masters because he loves the honor it brings him

he especially loves when he gets praise from the most hardass of his masters, i.e. Prussia, even if its just affirmation of his abilities ("i know you can take it. show me how you open up.") vs outright praise ("excellent..., that's it")

because praise from Persia was more like "Erivan can handle it so let's give him more thankless tasks" and then when they were so weak they begged Erivan to abandon his fortress and rescue them, and promptly surrendered when he was captured instead of rescuing HIM

NUMBER TWO: weaponplay. Since a dagger is an extension of Erivan's own body and a core part of his identity, touching it or stroking it or using him against him brings an unprecedented level of arousal, because he's usually sweaty and hype in a fight anyway

He carries his dagger wherever he goes. He can Georgian sword dance as his mating ritual (lol). He likes the chill of the blade against his skin, and especially after having several clawed people in his bed, Eri gets turned on when the point is gently dragged across his skin