Given that protectors are usually like "parents" to the smaller alliance, and the protectorate is like a baby, this is either two adults treating one another like babies, or two babies treating one another like babies.
Haven't got the actual images, but I started PW in Jan last year as Noytal and used an image of the Montenegrin Mamba, the Balkan Bulldozer, the Pekobrick... Nikola Pekovic, in his classic safari hat:
One of our noobs asked for 500k to get a nuclear plant. I decided to take the opportunity to gain some brownie points by saying "Shame. Sketchy would never give you that money, he's a tightass. Tell you what, just cause it's you bro, I'll give you 500k from my own money. No no, no need to thank me, I know you would do the same for me."