you’re pretty much right LOL he basically melts under any kind of praise and affection… he’s the type to fawn incessantly during sex and yeah the combination of these things makes him WAY too eager. not to mention he’s way more immature and innocent than he looks he doesn’t actually know what to do or that you’re not supposed to stick it in immediately. i like to think this innocence sort of erases some modesty/shame for him, whereas a young guy will be insecure and worried about performance due to whatever exposure to sex depictions he’s just kinda not. i feel like he’s scared of porn would probably sooner recall a sexy billboard and just think about that the whole time jerking off (it’s that 13 year old mentality kicking in) every day i think about lloyds disconnect in mind/body . aside from that, probably has heard the other ninjas conversations, locker room talk… i can imagine kai being especially boisterous about this and jay is an idiot who is unable to keep quiet about anything (along with being in an active relationship) and Zane is an encyclopedia. they’re having a convo about squirting and lloyd is like what the HELL is that and kai is like dude it’s girl cum and Zane “um actually—“ and Cole is just like guys why are you talking about this in front of lloyd youre freaking him out and kai big brother of the year is like IF HES GONNA FIND OUT FROM ANYONE ITS GONNA BE ME

IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH YOUR F/O, YOU KNOW THEM BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE!! you shouldnt worry about things like "accuracy" because in your minds eye THIS is reality... in a way, i already view the very concept of being in a relationship with a "fictional" character a complete uprooting of reality, you are literally transcending logic and planes of existence to be in love with someone who doesnt exist in the same plane as you. the character might as well be speaking through you at that point, its entirely just a feeling you get. and if someone tells you that youre doing it wrong, theyre actually wrong, because its you whos in the relationship not them!! this feels like a cop out answer but its pretty much how i actually feel about character studies when it comes to fictional others, its basically the same way if you were to analyze your real life boyfriend and someones like "actually, i dont feel like theyre like that at all" HOW WOULD THEY FUCKING KNOW!! sorry not swearing at you just im glad to receive this type of question. good luck in your endeavors!

HMM... ALRIGHT.
6. rellik x karl
lol ive been over this a lot but basically i really cant bring myself to care much about a ship where karl is balanced power with someone, and i feel like karl would feel really similarly!! at the most, he'd find rellik and his "similar" states of being interesting, but thats about it. he cant really victimize rellik, and he cant even bring himself to hate rellik either, much like rellik cannot hate karl and i think this would make karl boohoo bored. also, its hard to imagine karl topping in this ship and i firmly believe that karl would NEVER bottom or be submissive, he would DESPISE it and i dont think rellik is the type to rape karl/forcefully put him into a submissive position. blud does not care that much. would rather watch karl seethe
5. steffie x karl
i pretty much only think this bec in the way of lolis steffie is pretty meh for me, but i do like the idea of karl violating steffie in front of benzene. individual ship though its just ehh, pretty normal karlisms here he would simply kill + dispose of her. maybe enjoy it a bit too much
4. del x karl
its cute... i pretty much like karl with any girl and imagining him interacting with girls in general (if i had to choose which LoT girl though, id prefer karl with annie) iirc del is like kinda an author stand in weeb girl im imagining her fawning over this bishie and hes like ^_^ im that pretty? (doesnt care, just thinking about gutting her like a fish)
3. olga x karl
HAHHAHAA i just think karl would have too much fun tearing at her!! im imagining olga wanting to similarly do to karl what she did to climber in that one entry.. wants to smash him up!! if these two fucked both of them would be fucking dead at the end and thats really funny to me
2. climber x karl
brothers.... every day i am lamenting that castle of nations never became a comic or animation so we could see the actual depths of this ship... but theoretically its incredibly interest, as these two are literally built to be narrative foils.
1. mizuno x karl
im mad no one wrote a fic about these two where karl actually "befriends" mizuno and writes a canon divergent fic about these two in the tournament... well maybe it exists.. idk... im biased because i love mizuno a lot but i think that karl finds the dichotomy of what looks like a soft easy victim actually is capable of biting back. mizunos biting, flailing, fighting against him... karl enjoys this psychologically and sensory wise

i would say it is confirmed that karl x rachel was a thing, even if briefly. in my own theory, rachels thing with karl was a brief blazing thing from her perspective, an escape from expectations of marriage with her fiance. she inevitably realized she couldnt really build an actual relationship with karl so ultimately she chose her fiance in the end. karl kills them both in some confrontation. that is my interpretation of events and what i think UPs intent was, it mightve changed over time but i believe this is whats conveyed in law of talos, and in CoN rachels fate is "up in the air" but i still firmly believe shes dead and karl killed her. theres some other theory floating around about how the pirates actually killed rachel but i think this undermines a bunch of themes with karl so i kinda hate it. its extremely important to me that karl kills rachel in my reading of his character, and makes the most sense with how he is presently.