oh boy. okay standard disclaimer for all these opinions are my own and etc. spoilers for main story #1 and ghost marriage event

ok, i feel like it's how ace always smashes riddle's expectations.

How I view heartslabyul is that it's not about following the rules that defines them, because lmao ace? into following rules????? lol, it's about having hmmm not a moral code but a set of things that you really adhere to.
riddle with his rules, trey with what road leads to the most peace (like his belief that he shouldnt interfere with riddle ultimately because this is how he supports him in his own way), cater with choosing the path with the least troubles (and letting himself be viewed a certain way to keep the attention of others and going with the flow), deuce with his rather strong sense to do things /right/, and ace being a very my pace guy.

ace, is a chill dude. things come easy to him and if he things it's easier to conform, he will, and if he really can't take it anymore, he's gonna shit on the system no matter what. i think those are particularly observed in ghost marriage and ch 1 main story where he pretty much brings out a speech to knock some sense into people.

He seems like a lazy troublemaker and well, he is, but he also sticks to his guns and works hard on the things he thinks are worth it. He's not gonna bow down easily if he thinks it's important enough.

And in a way that compliments Riddle who has such a tough time breaking away from what he knows. They both have conviction but Riddle blindly accepts the rules while Ace very much compares them to the way he lives life.

On Riddle's side, I think he pushes Ace to also do more? Like pushing Ace's boundaries bc Ace is the type to often settle for 'good enough'. There's a lot more things but I think that's the core of why I like them.

Also, they like each other's gaps in my head - Riddle's cute side when he's showing how he cares and Ace's dependable side for the things that matter.

If this is incoherent...im sorry :"D