It is fairly simple and based on a couple of jokes hid behind a spoiler tag in my last post in the eyrie thread.
Hansel and Gretal were raised by a communist government, before the filmmakers got their hands on them. Between early childhood and ending up in the hands of a group of what I think are essentially Pathans, Sosuke Sagara was raised by a communist government. Suppose that the effects of Romanian communist governmental neglect in early childhood on someone are largely the same as that of a Soviet assassination school in later childhood (which doesn't seem to have entirely worked out in canon), and neglect the effect of the filmmakers. So, as you say, he would essentially be Ax Crazy to some degree, moderated by where on the spectrum discipline and long term thinking are between them and canon him.
As for Pathan mores, there are two issues. One is something I think I've heard referred to as Man-Love Thursdays. In canon, Sagara doesn't seem to have a history of this, which may be a discussion in of itself. The other is that customs and methods of communication for negotiating romantic activities would be wildly different between Pathan society and Japanese and American societies, where Kaname would have learned her cues from. I am not specifically certain of what smiling would mean in Pathan society, but there have been some very ugly incidents of miscommunication in such matters across the boundaries of heavily western/heavily islamic societies. So, instead of lacking any awareness of romantic interest, he might instead see it where none exists.
I do recall that it is right area for the young lady who was stoned to death (or at least sentenced to same) as a penalty for being raped, which was itself a punishment by local men offended by her objections to their molestation of her younger brother. I think she was about Chidori's age.
So, on the horrific and unworkable end of things, you end up with a 'romance' that does not, to my thinking, in any way deserve the label. Yes, there are people who would have it appeal to their tastes, but I can't bear to think about it enough to spell it out entirely.
To make it work out well, Chidori is constantly menaced by bloody minded Amalgam controlled fifth columnists in Japan, such that Sagara is too busy disposing of them in horrific ways to get bored, or to start treating innocent members of the cast that way. This Sagara would be somewhat more functional and professional than the above one, and being occupied with real threats, would not go off on the fake ones like in canon. As part of the general AU background modification, Chidori would know enough not to give false impressions of romantic interest to Sagara. There may or may not be any actual romance, but it won't have 'romance' like the above, being a rather kinder gentler bloodbath comedy. The drama side of things would be the Cold War turning hot. I do have a use for the cross-dressing, and personality switching, but I've gone on far too long.
Basically, it is a joke about how canon Sagara is actually quite functional at Jindai, all his background considered, and about all the unpleasant possibilities that were authorial fiat-ed away.
Hansel and Gretal were raised by a communist government, before the filmmakers got their hands on them. Between early childhood and ending up in the hands of a group of what I think are essentially Pathans, Sosuke Sagara was raised by a communist government. Suppose that the effects of Romanian communist governmental neglect in early childhood on someone are largely the same as that of a Soviet assassination school in later childhood (which doesn't seem to have entirely worked out in canon), and neglect the effect of the filmmakers. So, as you say, he would essentially be Ax Crazy to some degree, moderated by where on the spectrum discipline and long term thinking are between them and canon him.
As for Pathan mores, there are two issues. One is something I think I've heard referred to as Man-Love Thursdays. In canon, Sagara doesn't seem to have a history of this, which may be a discussion in of itself. The other is that customs and methods of communication for negotiating romantic activities would be wildly different between Pathan society and Japanese and American societies, where Kaname would have learned her cues from. I am not specifically certain of what smiling would mean in Pathan society, but there have been some very ugly incidents of miscommunication in such matters across the boundaries of heavily western/heavily islamic societies. So, instead of lacking any awareness of romantic interest, he might instead see it where none exists.
I do recall that it is right area for the young lady who was stoned to death (or at least sentenced to same) as a penalty for being raped, which was itself a punishment by local men offended by her objections to their molestation of her younger brother. I think she was about Chidori's age.
So, on the horrific and unworkable end of things, you end up with a 'romance' that does not, to my thinking, in any way deserve the label. Yes, there are people who would have it appeal to their tastes, but I can't bear to think about it enough to spell it out entirely.
To make it work out well, Chidori is constantly menaced by bloody minded Amalgam controlled fifth columnists in Japan, such that Sagara is too busy disposing of them in horrific ways to get bored, or to start treating innocent members of the cast that way. This Sagara would be somewhat more functional and professional than the above one, and being occupied with real threats, would not go off on the fake ones like in canon. As part of the general AU background modification, Chidori would know enough not to give false impressions of romantic interest to Sagara. There may or may not be any actual romance, but it won't have 'romance' like the above, being a rather kinder gentler bloodbath comedy. The drama side of things would be the Cold War turning hot. I do have a use for the cross-dressing, and personality switching, but I've gone on far too long.
Basically, it is a joke about how canon Sagara is actually quite functional at Jindai, all his background considered, and about all the unpleasant possibilities that were authorial fiat-ed away.