.....I actually meant the masturbation one but this was interesting too. DAMN.
OKAY SO THIS IS. AT LEAST PARTIALLY HEADCANON because as a child we see him being picked up by Byakuroku and sitting in his lap and getting hairruffled and so on. There is rarely a time they're on the same page without touching somehow. Tree was used to that! He made a little human friend and let her braid his hair and shit with no problem, he was totally accustomed to touch.
Then, after Amatsuki's (lovingly unspecific and uncalculable) timeskip, we see Tsuyukusa being put into positions where people are touching him and being VASTLY uncomfortable. When he first met Heihachi he literally yelled "DON'T TOUCH ME" when Heihachi was checking if Tsuyu was alright (because tsuyu fell on him. Out of a tree.) Not only around Heihachi, but Toki as well. Toki is a very touchy-feely, physically affectionate person, and he considers Tsuyu a friend. This, of course, triggers a lot of tsun, but he gets legitimately ANGRY when Toki won't quit holding his hand.
At the same time he's completely willing to fly with Toki wrapped around him like a goddamned monkey, content to physically pick up Heihachi by the collar and drag him or Toki out of the way of danger. He doesn't seem to mind touch he initiates, or touch without any intent behind it.
So all of the above was canon. Now for headcanon. TSUYU IS TOUCH-STARVED. When Byakuroku died and his childhood friend couldn't leave the shrine anymore, he lost everyone who would show physical affection. Sure, he had Bonten, but not only was Bonten not exactly prone to cuddling, he had just gained a fuckton of power and responsibility and had doomed his Ginshufriend to an undying/eternally dying body AND was grieving for Byakuroku. No cuddles to be found there.
At some point after that, Tsuyu involved himself more fully with Heaven's Seat and the protection of other ayakashi. After that, pretty much the only physical contact he experienced was fighting, and initially he was TERRIBLE at it. Tree spirits are strong, but pacifists, and he'd had no reason to fight before Byakuroku died because Byakuroku protected him and was the strongest goddamned spirit around. But I'm pretty sure Tsuyu got himself nearly-killed many a time, and the times he won would lead him to associate physical contact with the deaths he had caused.
And then the only people in canon who touch him are humans, like the people he killed. Y E P.
Anyway, all Tempest knows right now is that people touching him with any sort of intent makes him want to scream, so.... avoiding that, yes.
Tree just tore some dawn monster's throat out with his teeth. What do.
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OKAY SO THIS IS. AT LEAST PARTIALLY HEADCANON because as a child we see him being picked up by Byakuroku and sitting in his lap and getting hairruffled and so on. There is rarely a time they're on the same page without touching somehow. Tree was used to that! He made a little human friend and let her braid his hair and shit with no problem, he was totally accustomed to touch.
Then, after Amatsuki's (lovingly unspecific and uncalculable) timeskip, we see Tsuyukusa being put into positions where people are touching him and being VASTLY uncomfortable. When he first met Heihachi he literally yelled "DON'T TOUCH ME" when Heihachi was checking if Tsuyu was alright (because tsuyu fell on him. Out of a tree.) Not only around Heihachi, but Toki as well. Toki is a very touchy-feely, physically affectionate person, and he considers Tsuyu a friend. This, of course, triggers a lot of tsun, but he gets legitimately ANGRY when Toki won't quit holding his hand.
At the same time he's completely willing to fly with Toki wrapped around him like a goddamned monkey, content to physically pick up Heihachi by the collar and drag him or Toki out of the way of danger. He doesn't seem to mind touch he initiates, or touch without any intent behind it.
So all of the above was canon. Now for headcanon. TSUYU IS TOUCH-STARVED. When Byakuroku died and his childhood friend couldn't leave the shrine anymore, he lost everyone who would show physical affection. Sure, he had Bonten, but not only was Bonten not exactly prone to cuddling, he had just gained a fuckton of power and responsibility and had doomed his Ginshufriend to an undying/eternally dying body AND was grieving for Byakuroku. No cuddles to be found there.
At some point after that, Tsuyu involved himself more fully with Heaven's Seat and the protection of other ayakashi. After that, pretty much the only physical contact he experienced was fighting, and initially he was TERRIBLE at it. Tree spirits are strong, but pacifists, and he'd had no reason to fight before Byakuroku died because Byakuroku protected him and was the strongest goddamned spirit around. But I'm pretty sure Tsuyu got himself nearly-killed many a time, and the times he won would lead him to associate physical contact with the deaths he had caused.
And then the only people in canon who touch him are humans, like the people he killed. Y E P.
Anyway, all Tempest knows right now is that people touching him with any sort of intent makes him want to scream, so.... avoiding that, yes.
Tree just tore some dawn monster's throat out with his teeth. What do.