did I know Hisoka and Illumi were an actual thing when I started watching hunter x hunter? no. did I know something was going on between them because no one has that much tension with someone else unless they want to kill them or absolutely adore them? yes. did I know that both parts of that statement were accurate for this dynamic? no. did I like both of the characters on sight? yes. I'm a bit skeeved by hisoka sometimes and rewatching the show with this knowledge of their relationship has me rather upset at illumi for being really mean to my favorite zoldyck for no other reason than because he can, but I do really like both of them as characters and I love their dynamic