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duckapus · 5 months

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It's Time to Raise the Curtains, It's Time to Light the Lights...

In a random, nondescript field somewhere in the Mushroom Kingdom, a portal opens, and SMG4, Mario, Luigi, Meggy, Tari and the Bobowski twins come through it, having just finished their trip to the new SMG universe (which went predictably off-the-rails, of course). However, Tari notices something strange about this particular field...

"Um, is it just me, or is this grass actually felt?"

Sure enough, when everyone stops to look it's revealed that the ground is made of bright green felt as far as the eye can see. The group lets out a collective groan as they each come to the most likely conclusion; they must have accidentally gone to the wrong universe.

"Goddamnit, this is the fourth time today." Bob turns to glare at 4, "You have got to start practicing your portals more instead of just letting 3 do it all the time."

"But he's so much better at it..." realizing his whining isn't helping his case, he shakes off the frustration and gets back to business, "Alright, this time for sure!"

Meggy leans over to Mario, "That's what he said the last three times."

Not hearing her whispers or Mario's muffled laughter, 4 readies the Command, visualizes the Showgrounds in his mind, snaps his fingers with a flourish...and nothing happens.

"...wot"

After a few moments of shock (and enduring everyone's blank stares) SMG4 chuckles nervously, "Lemme just-just try that again." once again, he readies the Command, visualizes, snaps...and nothing.

It's at this point that Luigi, predictably, starts getting nervous, "Ooooh boy."

"C'mon, this can't be happening..." snap! snap! snap!

While 4 and Luigi quickly spiral into a panic, Marcy realizes something, "So, I'm not exactly an expert on all these Computer Person things, but don't your powers only do absolutely nothing like this when they're being blocked?"

This snaps 4 out of his...snapping, and he pulls up his command box, "Yeah, that's right! Lemme just look here and...aha! Looks like the interference is coming from over that way!"

Now with a goal in mind, the group starts walking in the direction he points, occasionally passing trees and bushes that seem to be stage props rather than actual plants. Eventually, they crest a decently sized hill and spot what seems to be a small town.

"Alright, let's ask around, see if the people here have noticed anything strange lately."

However, as they walk into town, they discover that the inhabitants are plenty strange themselves. The fact that they're all made of felt and other fabrics is of course to be expected given what they've seen so far. The real trouble is that they all seem to have the same blankly cheerful expression, made immediately obvious due to every single one of them stopping in their tracks and turning to look at the group as soon as they pass the threshold...and the fact that some of them feel eerily familiar.

One of the townsfolk approaches them, suddenly much more animate during his greeting, "Well howdy there, newcomers! What brings you around here?"

Seeing that everyone else is still to unnerved to respond (not that she can blame them), Meggy takes the initiative, "Uh, hi! We're a little lost and were hoping we could get some help?"

"Why, we'd be glad to help you folks! What kinda help do you need?"

At this point 4 manages to get past his own nerves, seeing as this is actually going surprisingly smoothly, "Would you happen to know if there's something or someone around here that messes with computers? The travel method we use isn't working because of some kind of local interference."

"Hm...can't say that I know about anything like that. The king might though."

"Really?"

"Oh yeah, the king knows all sorts of things, and he absolutely loves helping people find their way! Come on, I'll take you to him!"

"Thank you so much!" as she and 4 start following the townsperson, Meggy calls back to the rest of the group, "Let's go, guys!"

Mario, who's been inching away from another blank-faced townsperson who's been leaning into his space this whole time, runs to join the now-moving party, "don't have to tell me twice!"

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As the group continues traveling, the townsperson (who hasn't actually given them his name, interestingly) has been chatting away. It's through this that they've found out that the area they're in is called Muppetopia, and that the king is a local version of Kermit the Frog. After some travel time, they reach Kermit's castle, a vibrant, welcoming-looking building. By this point, Marcy is the only one still on-edge. Something about this place just feels off to her. She only half-listens as the townsperson assures them that they won't have to stand on ceremony with the king, seeing as he is just Kermit at his core, instead focusing on the castle staff.

Due to this, she notices something strange out the corner of her eye; a figure in red and black with wild white hair that has some dark shapes sticking out of it. As she turns to face them more directly, they're suddenly gone.

"You okay sis?"

She shakes off her confusion and focuses on Bob, "I'm fine. Just thought I saw someone I knew for a moment."

"Yeah, I've been getting that feeling on and off since we got to that town. There's something weird going on here."

So she wasn't the only one who'd noticed. Good.

The two end their brief conversation as the group approaches the throne room. And what they see when they enter is...most unusual.

The king is, in fact, Kermit. He looks exactly how they'd expect, except for the crown on his head, his strangely glowing blue eyes, and the fact that he's about 15 feet tall, "Ah, newcomers! Welcome to Muppetopia! Now, my friend here tells me you're in need of help."

4 steps forward, admittedly a bit intimidated by the massive frog "Uh, yes your majesty. You see, we're from a place called the Mushroom Kingdom and ended up here by accident while trying to get back from a trip. And now some kind of electronic interference is keeping us stranded here."

Kermit takes a moment to think this over, "The Mushroom Kingdom, huh? You know, Muppetopia's actually had a few visitors from there before."

"You have?"

"Yep. They were lost, too, just like you guys. But thankfully, I know a great way to help the lost find their way. Observe!" He dramatically gestures to the door with a flippered hand, and into the room walks...

"Kaizo!?"

Sure enough, the person who walks in is very much Kaizo Koorumaniru. He is also very much a Muppet, with the same vacantly cheerful gaze as the inhabitants of that town.

"Hey everyone! Check out my awesome new look!" he...well, he almost sounds like the Kaizo they know, but there's something fundamental missing from his tone.

Mario glares at Kermit, "what's-a going on here?"

"Like I said, I helped him find his way. The true Way. And I can help you too, Mario, SMG4."

Tari steps back from him, "Y-your our version of Kermit, aren't you? This is the Mushroom Kingdom!"

"It was the Mushroom Kingdom. A lot's changed around here in the last few days. Allow me to demonstrate," as he says this, shadowy, extremely dark green hands emerge from the ground around him, reaching out to grasp the group.

"Oh tits!" Bob makes a break for the exit knocking aside Muppet Kaizo in the process, "RUN, BITCH! RUUUUUUUN!"

Everyone else follows his lead, dodging shadow hands and guards as they go.

Unfortunately, when they exit the castle they find more Muppets who've closed in from the surrounding area, many of which are now quite clearly people they know.

"What do we do now?"

Marcy takes a ready stance, her blades flashing in the sunlight, "We fight our way through."

"Through to where?" 4 gestures around them, "For all we know the entire planet's like this!"

Meggy then realizes something, "We could get to wherever that interference was coming from! You had a trace on it before we stopped to ask for directions, remember? Maybe it has a connection to whatever happened to Kermit!"

Now with a plan in mind, the group checks which way they should be going and gets to fighting, each using their usual skills to get past the Muppet horde. Unfortunately, there's a lot of Muppets to get through, Tari and 4 aren't exactly great at fighting in the first place, and the signal is still really far away, so they quickly start to wear down, made worse by the fact that Kermit's caught up by this point so his mysterious shadow hands are back in play.

4 bats away a Muppet version of Jubjub with his keyboard, then leans on it like a cane while panting, "It...it's no use. There's too many of them." As if on cue, a shadow appears over him, and he looks up to see Kermit's massive form looming over him.

"Don't worry SMG4, everything will be better soon." On of his shadow hands appears and begins to move down towards the prone Guardian...only to pause as another massive shadow passes over him, and the sound of propellers prompts him to look up, "What on Earth..?"

He and nearly everyone else look up to see a Mario-style Airship hovering over the battle. It holds position for a moment before opening fire, sending Bullet Bills screaming down to blast away Muppets and hands, taking the pressure off the tired group. A rope ladder is dropped to dangle off the side, and a P. A. system activates, blasting Kamek's voice.

"All right youngsters, get up here if you don't want to end up as Sesame Street rejects!"

That's all the prompting everyone needs to find their second wind and book it for the ladder. Bob is the first one there, but ensures that Tari starts up the ladder before him. Then 4 and Marcy reach it, with her having saved him from the frog king while he was distracted. Finally Meggy and the Mario Bros run together, only for Luigi to stumble and fall behind a bit. As they're the last ones for the pickup and are known for how well they can jump, Kamek and whoever else is piloting the airship begin to move up and away so none of the Muppets have a chance to climb up.

After Meggy and Mario jump for the ladder, skipping a few rungs in the process, Mario reaches down to his brother, "Take my hand bro!"

Luigi nods in acknowledgement and leaps for his brother...only to suddenly stop in midair. Mario and Meggy look on in horror, seeing that the reason for this physics-defying maneuver is one of the shadow hands reaching into his back, a pained, terrified expression set on his face. Before their eyes, he begins to rapidly transform. Skin becomes pink felt, trembling lower lip becomes a Beaker-like flap, fingers become floppy and indistinct. Throughout all of this, his arm remains outstretched, still reaching for the hand it will never grip.

"LUIGI, NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

With tears in her eyes, Meggy forces herself to look away so she can drag the hysterical plumber up the ladder and ensure they won't share their brother's fate. The two tumble onto the deck, Mario sobbing uncontrollably in a fetal position while Meggy and the now-approaching Tari doing their best to comfort him.

As this is happening, 4 and the twins are greeted by the crew of the Airship, consisting of Kamek and some of the Koopa Troop (obviously), Eggman, Cubot and a few dozen badniks, Toadsworth, Toad, Juliano, Root and Lil Coding (Coding, of course, immediately snuggles into his dad), and finally Sig.

"Okay, what the hell is going on around here? Why's Kermet some kind of massive psycho puppet master all of a sudden?"

Kamek sighs and shakes his head, "I'm afraid that Muppetopia is the least of our worries."

To show them what he means, he brings the group to the other side of the ship, which is now much, much higher up. From there it can be seen that the Mushroom Kingdom is now a massive circle bordered by a dome force field, split into seven equally sized wedges that each have their own unusual biome (with Muppetopia being just one of them), and a tower in the center as tall as the dome and very clearly made of bits of Peach's old castle and the all-too-familiar meat moss.

The sight of this madness is enough to snap Mario out of his grief, "Dear God..."

To be continued...

(also here's a picture of King Kermit and part of Muppet Kaizo. it technically has a spoiler for how he became That but if you payed attention to the end of the previous post it's pretty obvious where his powers and madness came from.)

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gothcowboy-sso · 3 months

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Hey, idk if you are still going to answer any of this, buuuut 🛩 [PLANE], 📚 [BOOK STACK], 🛸 [U.F.O] Have a nice day ^^

Hey thank you so much for the ask!

🛩 [PLANE] -> Was your Original Character born on Jorvik or did they come here from somewhere else? If so, what was their reason to come to Jorvik?

Andrew was born in Canada. It's his great-grandparents that were both born and lived in Jorvik (and surrounding Swedish areas). It wasn't until his great-grandparents decided to move to Canada and live there during the first big waves of immigration back in the early 1900s. Down to a couple more lines of the family tree, his mum was born. Eventually she'd grow up and meet and marry Andrew's father, and sub sequentially, have Andrew. It wasn't until the economy forced them to move to Jorvik (since Andrew's mom had ties to Jorvik due to family) and settle in Valedale. He was around 17 when they immigrated to Jorvik.

📚 [BOOK STACK] -> What is your Original Character's story? Not just in SSO's canon main story - what is your Character's deal in general?

Andrew was born in Canada; his parents migrated back to Jorvik and decided to settle in the quiet town of Valedale, following his mother's ancient roots. His father pursued scaffolding jobs here and there (mostly GED) while his mother stayed at home to care for her son. The young man fell in love with horses at a young age, and pursued an equestrian career ever since. He longed to learn dressage, but would constantly be halted by his father, as this sport wasn't particularly "masculine" in his words. When he came of age, he moved out and found solace in Starshine Ranch. He learned the ropes of Western riding and horsemanship, earning coin as a ranch hand, saving up enough to get his own horse: a beautiful black coated Dutch Warmblood named Chaos. Self taught, he continued pursuing dressage in a Western world. His love for dressage only amplified when he met the legendary Anne Von Blyssen; their friendship blossomed shortly after, finding comfort and trust in each other, and their passion for the discipline only made them grow closer.

🛸 [U.F.O] -> What is your Original Character's opinion on Pandoria and the 'travel' through time and space taking place across some places in Jorvik?What about other legends and myths of Jorvik that they got to meet in person (e.g. Jon Jarl)?

It's a little hard to comprehend for him. Not because he doesn't understand the innings and workings of Pandorian magic, but it's quite the concept to grasp for a human. Being there physically, helping Soul Riders, experiencing all these "magical" things in real time, when merely a couple years ago he was just a guy that happened to like horses. There's multiple legends and myths in Jorvik, and he has lots of differing opinions on all of them. We'd have to be specific if I was to type that out lol. He's a firm believer that time travel should be done for information and nothing else; you shouldn't tamper with events, needless to say that Concorde quest left a sour taste in his mouth and it was a massive conflict for him. He wanted his (best) friend Anne to have her beloved Concorde back, but the means of doing this were a little too dire and dangerous. With how the quest unfolds later, and chaotic magic being involved, it all falls into place and they both rebuild that friendship that was a little dented over that conflict.

As for Pandoria, he's taken aback at the fact that such a place exists, but is not surprised. Logically, he knows we're not alone in this universe, and the idea of multiverses does cross his mind every now and then. HC: he knows a couple of half-Pandorians and Pandorians besides Ydris, and is actually dating one (Daine). He's cautious with Pandorians, but not in an extreme and distrustful way. He knows what powers they possess, what they're capable of, but understands that they too are living beings that deserve a chance to be understood.

Cheers! Hope this answers your questions.

#ask #ask memes #ask me #ask me stuff

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muninnhuginn · 3 months

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L M N and O for the askmeme?

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.)

I know for a fact I'm not the first nor will I be the last to say this, but I did think it independently before I saw anyone else thought the same thing, so! Fushiguro Megumi is like a much better written version of Sasuke.

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

This is so tricky. No one from Utena, that's for sure. I think the problem is every character I find fascinating I'd either not want to be near irl because they (or the universe they're from) tend to be fatal (and I'm too redshirt-coded to survive this) *or* they're too similar to me in the specific ways where we'd just make each other worse. Hmmmmm, I think I'll go for Han Yeo-jin (Stranger/Secret Forest), mainly because I've seen how she acts with Hwang Simok in terms of persistently getting him to open up without overdoing it like a lot of people do and I think a lot of the aggressively extroverted characters I could pick would be too overwhelming for me. Whilst more introverted characters make me struggle to see who would make the first move in even initiating a friendship. So, being gently coaxed out of my shell by a woman who doodles terribly, spams cute emotes, and likes animanga sounds good. She's also straight up legitimately a good person in a sea of corrupt individuals, trying to keep her own morals afloat the best she can, because it's all she can do. Someone like that is someone I'd like to befriend.

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

Genuinely not sure what I consider my "main" fandom rn, but I know for Link Click, one thing I'd love would be more long fic. By which I literally mean "more fic above 5k in length". There are some really solid one-shots out there, but you rarely get multi-chapter fic, case fic, those kinds of things. I do think the English side of the fandom has taken off since s2 started airing so I'm holding out hope there'll be more, but for now, just gotta be patient, I guess.

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

Gonna link to my response on this one from here.

#ask memes #asks #apolloandellipses #thanks for asking and again sorry for taking so long!

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carry-on-my-wayward-gays · 11 months

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Okay so ngl it's roughly inspired by the movie 50 first dates (Jimmy's getting she/her for this whole ask cause I'm in the habit of it and this is my Jimmy I can do what I want)

The gist is that Jimmy has no memory of past servers any time she joins a new one (last life Jimmy doesn't remember 3rd life, Empires 2 Jimmy doesn't remember Empires 1, ect.) So when Tango meets her during hermitpires it's like a moment where all the memories of Double Life come rushing back and she remembers the ranch and her rancher and everything and she's just overwhelmed with so many happy memories she picks him up and spins him around and it's very cute. And they thing everything's fine now that they're reunited and remember everything (Tango never forgot). But the Empires server doesn't want Jimmy breaking character and remembering her other lives, so it's actively trying to re-repress the memories. Jimmy just kind of assumes it's a fibro problem cause she has foggy memory anyways, but after Tango leaves there comes a day not even a week after he's gone that she can't remember him or anything that happened in double life. She vaguely remembers some stranger passing through Tumble Town, but she can't put a face to them.

Once Tango realizes he can visit the Empires server whenever he wants (headcanon that he can move between any servers he has the address to, like dimension navigating I guess) he comes to see Jimmy, only to see that Jimmy doesn't remember him. She vaguely remarks that he seems familiar and she's visibly distressed about this, and Tango just assumes that whatever erased her memories the first time did it again. And seeing Tango's face doesn't bring them back this time because the server is working harder to keep her from remembering. So Tango just guides her through double life and slowly she starts to be like Oh I remember that, didn't [thing] happen too? And eventually she remembers everything and feels bad that Tango had to remind her who he was, but Tango assures her he knows it isn't her fault and he doesn't mind having to refresh her.

And of course this isn't the last time, almost every single time Tango visits he needs to remind her, he eventually starts doing things like leaving books or pictures for her to read when she forgets. And Tango never complains when she forgets again because he knows that she would remember him if she could and he cares enough to put in the work.

It's sort of literally just 50 first dates (very important movie to me <3) but I love it anyways it's so sad but cute and kind of shows how dedicated these guys are to each other and just how much they'll put in to make sure they aren't taken apart again <3

AWWW THAT'S SO FUCKING CUTE <3333

Like askdhdsk the idea of the server itself rewriting her very code so she forgets everything and never breaks her Sheriff character only to have Tango "I feel like we'd find each other in any universe" Tek come strolling in and manually walking Jimmy through their life so she can remember who he is?? Fucking GOLD bro, absolutely heartbreaking shit.

By any chance have you read "There's Not a Word Yet" by Pixiemage? :3

#should i make an answer tag?#aromanticwhore #i still like my idea of jimmy being the one to remember and tango forgetting cause #he's just a player. and jimmy's a listener #a higher power #of course he remembers #so when limited life rolls around jimmy is so excited #cause he'll finally get to see his rancher! for the first time since the crossover!!#only to excitedly run up to tango squealing ab how much he missed him and asking how he's been #and find tango just... doesn't remember #sure he knows who jimmy is cause they've played these games together before but he doesn't remember dl #he doesn't remember their history or the ranch or the warden they brought to the surface or those late nights spent whispering #about strategies and alliances cuddled close under dim torch light #he just knows jimmy's name and face. that's it.#and jimmy tries to get tango to remember. he's fumbling his words and starting to tear up #while the rest of team ties looks at him with pity #and tango's just ''no I don't remember any of that. maybe you're misremembering''#and jimmy's begging at this point #pathetically spewing messes of words in hopes something will jog tango's memory #but eventually tango walks away. and jimmy is left to wonder agonizingly why his rancher doesn't remember the love they shared #WOW SORRY DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE A WHOLE STORY IN THE TAGS LMAO #i better get my ass to bed lol

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genericlameusername · 1 year

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01.03.23

CW: talk about ptsd, trauma, metaphorical descriptions of what mental illness feels like

Being young and traumatized is one of the universe's grandest jokes.

Anyone could be 18 years old with the life story of a 30 or 40 year old. If not in the trauma that has been experienced, then in maturity. Or in the acknowledgement that you're still only in your 20s already feeling like you've seen enough for a lifetime, and you're just done with all of it. We know there will only be more we'll have to see and face if we keep on, then more, then more again... and we can't.

There are billions of words and an infinite number of ways to put them together, but none could suffice to describe how empty and exhausting it feels to be done. The biggest joke this society has crafted for itself is that it can happen to anyone.

The joke of the universe starts when we acknowledge the fact we've seen enough and we'll only be forced to see more of it.

Life for us is like being tied to a metal chair with our eyelids taped open as we're forced to watch and re-watch our life's worst hits on repeat day in and day out.

It's uncomfortable, it's dark, cold, grim, torturous, it's anything but present and grounded, and it's certainly not anything of normal quality. We'd fight against the restraints or try to close our eyes, but the images are stronger with them shut and the ropes are irreversibly lethal once they aren't restraining us anymore.

Eyes shut or eyes open, our worst hits are always playing on repeat. Breaking loose for good will always tempt us, but instead we go numb. We become a shell, unaffected by anything new that we see or hear because of what we see in this metaphorical space every single day.

But, the people and the themes we're constantly re-watching on our own personal horror documentaries exist all around us and will present themselves at the most random and inconvenient times. There's no escaping that. We learn the art of desensitization in its entirety yet we still avoid the whole world only to elude the likelihood of there being more to see or more to remember. We will burn every bridge we built in every regard and we will seclude, try again, seclude, try again... We'll cyclically stop doing what we enjoy, nobody will hear from us, health and livelihood become of no concern, we'll forget who we are and where we came from, and life will begin to feel like an unavoidable nightmarish dream that you're never entirely sure is real or not - like a high that won't come down.

We become this shell in an unconscious mode of self-preservation. This is why humans, like parasites and viruses, will always find a way to survive as a species. The universe didn't create this planet to be a prison, but it allowed humans to form from it, and that is the biggest joke of all. We have all managed to imprison ourselves and each other here, and we consistently remind ourselves of this with the popular versions of life after death. We can't enjoy this life because we've ruined it for each other, we all know this, so we teach our children they will enjoy nothing until they are dead. We're so far gone none of us realize we're all living in meat shells.

Few people will recognize the fact that we didn't build a society that works or functions well for most or every person. For this reason, the commonly agreed on concept of trauma and ptsd is primitive at best.

Men who have gone through war, people saving lives, people who are in dangerous professions... Those are the people most of society believes are the only ones who can have ptsd. With this logic, we could say that dealers and criminals should also fall under the risk of developing ptsd, but we don't. We believe they're just inherently bad. We could say that a dangerous childhood runs the risk of ptsd, but we don't, we say that's just life.

We also fail to comprehend what fear and danger is to a child. We are so extreme that we think of the worst and most catastrophic scenarios to define what counts as valid for having a trauma disorder - war and gruesome death.

A child doesn't know war. War to a child can be as simple as their parents leaving them with a sitter they've never met. Has nobody heard how children will scream when their parents leave? Kids emotionally and psychologically need caregivers. When the people who are supposed to care for you, keep you safe, and support you end up being the ones who abuse you, neglect and abandon you, and make you feel like you're in inescapable danger.... That's war to a child, and they know they're on the loosing side.

Our ever so compassionate society believes that unless you've watched your closest friends get blown up, held someone's brain inside their cracked skull after a car wreck, watched countless numbers of people die, or have lived/work in a prolonged state of danger and terror, you cannot possibly be traumatized.

They contradict themselves and expose their limited understanding of human development in the process. Danger and terror for a child or a young adult is not the same as what it means for adults and old people. We learn war, death, and brutality, we aren't born with the knowledge of it like we are born with the knowledge of danger and terror. Put a child in danger, they'll know it. Tell them they're in war, wtf is that going to mean to them unless they've had it explained?

Soldier or child, the effects are the same. They will both find themselves tied to their own internal chairs with tape keeping their eyes open someday and they'll never be able to escape once they've found that place. In the same way recovering addicts are prone to relapse, they'll both re-live what they've seen over and over again no matter that they do to help themselves. Months will go by and they might feel present in the moment, they might sleep soundly some nights, sudden noises and movements might seem less threatening... but the wind will hit in a slightly wrong way one day, and instantly they'll be pushed back onto their chair and the tapes will roll again.

#living with ptsd #ptsd thoughts #ptsd tw #complex ptsd #ptsd vent #mental health #mental health matters #mental heath awareness #mental illness #trauma #rant

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dancer-me · 2 years

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Hi! I hope you're doing okay :))

Oh friend, thanks for checking in on me; that's very sweet of you 💕 I am, unfortunately Definitely Not Doing Okay and have been Very Much Going Through It.

I'm 100% oversharing below the cut but please do not feel obligated to read it. Instead, you can know that two very real and far less depressing ongoing problems for me are that (1) I'm at that age where everyone is getting married, and I have 3 years worth of weddings in one, and I have been to like 8 since May and have 2 more to go this year, and (2) I am 99% sure there is a chipmunk in my house and I need to find it before it knocks another thing over while I am home alone and makes my soul leave my body.

Tw: death & cancer below the cut.

My dad died almost a month ago now (diagnosed with operable cancer in March, but it was the stress preventative chemo caused on his body that killed him) and I am still working through it. I've had to take a minute to sit with the new reality that I am 30 years old and both my parents are now gone (my mom died eight years ago).

I know that 30 seems pretty old to a lot of people on this app but trust me when I say that it is not. I may have an adult job and an adult relationship inside the adult home that I keep, but at times like this I very much still feel like a child. I miss my parents desperately. You ever see a set of parents and think - wow. They really know how to be parents, they were born to be parents, they're parenting so good? My parents were the best. And now they're both gone, both suddenly and too young.

On top of having to wade through all the paperwork and phone calls associated with being someone's Executor, my siblings and I are also grieving the loss of a future we thought we'd have. We're in a new alternate universe now, and we don't like it. My boyfriend won't be able to trade my dad the adorable stuffed cow we have in our closet in exchange for my hand in marriage and make him laugh. He won't be at my wedding to walk me down the aisle or dance with me. He won't be able to be the best grandpa in the whole world and teach us how to not screw up our kids. My sister's dog is still looking for him in every room.

I know from experience that this will get easier with time. I know that I am incredibly blessed with wonderful and loving siblings with whom I have a very close relationship with. I know that we'll be okay. I know that I will find joy in my hobbies again.

My unsolicited advice to everyone is this: if you have people you love, tell them. Communicate it often in the way that works for you. My parents both passed suddenly, but there was never, ever any doubt how much we all loved each other, and that gives me an unbelievable amount of peace.

Thanks for checking in, and I do apologize for the Dear Diary Dump of a blog post. I hope to be back soon 💕

#this is personal #I am going through it but I will be okay #I am also accepting advice on how to lure a chipmunk out of wherever the heck it is camping in my house #so I can trap it and give it the boot outdoors #because honestly the sound of something moving around in my house while my boyfriend is at work is truly disturbing #and I walked around my house with a rolling pin like an idiot trying to find the source of the noise to no avail #danswers

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counterspelling · 2 years

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*rolls up sleeves* 001 - ACOFAF, 002 - PGSM Reinako for a throwback, 003 - Wedge Antilles (I'm joking, Jaina Solo)

This is so long because I love them all too much

001 | Send me a fandom and I will tell you my:

Favorite character: Chirp! You know Emily is my favorite in every season lmao. But really every single character was so good, I cannot get over how perfect this season was

Least Favorite character: Suntar

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Rue/Hob and Binx/Andhera were incredible. We missed out on Grandfather/Grabalba and Squak/Jeremy Renner. The audacity of Lou to send the most romantic letter ever written to the baroness and then send a "you up" text to Theodore

Character I find most attractive: All of them???

Character I would marry: Binx

Character I would be best friends with: Andhera

A random thought: I so deeply wish we'd gotten to see more of Chirp with Esme and Peep. I know we didn't have the time but I wanted it!!

An unpopular opinion: I think a misfits and magic style special reunion would be perfect, but I don't want a second season with these characters. I think all their endings were perfect. A second season with the same cast and universe but all new characters would be ideal for me

My Canon OTP: The canon ones are so good!

My Non-canon OTP: The universe where we got Rue/Wuvvy and Andhera/Hob is very interesting. Also all the npcs Aabria made to romance everyone!! I would like to see them!!

Most Badass Character: Every time Andhera stood up for himself ;_; Hob finally realizing his worth and leaving his court, Rue's reveal of their true self, Binx coming to the bloom as the sole survivor of her court…. they're all amazing and badass

Most Epic Villain: Grandfather?????

Pairing I am not a fan of: I think any combination of these characters would have been good

Favourite Friendship: Chirp and Squak!! I will miss these bird cousins so dearly!! "Cousin, you can do no wrong in my eyes" they are so messy but love each other so much and then the found family of coming together with everyone else is so incredible

Character I most identify with: I think one of the things that make this season so great for me is I can relate to most of them in some way. Some combination of Rue and Andhera and Binx

Character I wish I could be: Binx

002 | Send me a ship and I will tell you:

When I started shipping them: 2003!!! I am taking psychic damage thinking about the fact that it's been 19 years since this show premiered….

My thoughts: They are perfect! Peak romance! Mina teasing Rei into opening up more! Rei showing her that her life is worth fighting for beyond just being a senshi! The rage and despair Keiko brought as a 15 year old girl when Mina died! She still blows me away as an actress

What makes me happy about them: Fighting over dog food and idol nicknames and their devotion to Usagi and their duty and working together to find a balance for it all

What makes me sad about them: Mina's weapon going to Rei after her death, the look on Rei's face as she reads the letter Mina left, her powers manifesting wordlessly as she's wreathed in flames in battle immediately after………… this ship has everything

My wishlist: That the show had gotten to adapt every arc of the manga and we'd seen them actually get together instead of ending with them bumping into each other awkwardly during the wedding bouquet toss and then immediately looking away from each other as their friends watch and smirk. Obviously the most platonic of reactions

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: In pgsm universe, nobody, but Usa/Mina otherwise. And senshi/shitennou

My happily ever after for them: Just being together!

003 | Give me a character & I will tell you:

How I feel about this character: My beloved!! Gone from canon but never gone from my heart

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: Just Jag. Love them meeting after flying together and having him walk past all the people he's supposed to greet and his newly met uncle to complisult her flying lmao. Her other love interests were so terrible. Why did we have to spend 15 years stuck in love square hell (oh, because she's the only girl in the next gen and so that was of course her fate)

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: Her relationships with Jacen and Anakin, looking over them as the oldest, the despair and grief watching Anakin sacrifice himself, her twin bond with Jacen and their constant awareness of each other and their push and pull during the war but also the support they gave each other until, y'know, Caedus

My unpopular opinion about this character: She never got her due. She constantly took a backseat to her brothers, until they were both dead, and then to Ben, and then when she was FINALLY getting her own trilogy, fucking disney happened. We can't have nice things! And yet despite it all she was so incredible! So dedicated to protecting people! Just as talented as her uncle and twin! The best pilot in a generation! An incredible lightsaber combatant! In tune with the Force! I LOVE her

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: The sword of the jedi trilogy!! More of her relationships with Leia and Mara and Tenel ka and Tahiri and Mirta and Winter. More of her happiness with Jag. Not spending like two years brainwashed by bugs. More of a throughline over the series to chart her grief and responsibility over watching her youngest brother die and killing her twin and fighting a war from the age of 15 and being handed a prophecy at 17 telling her she'll always be alone but she'll take comfort in the safety she brings to others. We should have gotten eight movies adapting the new jedi order and legacy of the force series with a clone wars style cartoon about her during the vong war, dammit

Favorite friendship for this character: Lowie, Jag, her bond with her brothers, would have been nice if the authors cared to do more with her female friendships. We hardly ever saw her team up with any of them

#counterspelling asks #ezrisdax

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dinasweden · 2 months

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WEEK 1

March 03 - March 09, 2024 Sunday morning March the 3rd, I kissed my boyfriend and my cat goodbye and headed out the door to embark on a two month adventure that would take me to the south of Sweden, a region known as 'Skåne', or in English, 'Scania'. I had been having second thoughts about my decision to travel 9 hours via bus, but the bus in question was thankfully nearly empty as we headed out onto the highway. I got comfortable and although I had considered catching up on some homework on the trip up, the stress of the past weeks caught up to me and all I could muster up the energy to do was stare out the window while listening to music. It felt like almost no time had passed when suddenly we were in Rostock, picking up more passengers before driving up to the city dock to get on the ferry that was to take us across the Baltic Sea to Denmark. At this point I was very much patting myself on the back for having chosen the bus route. Here we had a good 2 hours to wander about the ferry. I spent most of the time on the deck, watching the shore disappear behind us into the distance until all we could see was endless water in all directions. It was eerie but admittedly, majestic. I wondered about how deep the sea was beneath us and whether the seagulls circling overhead would accompany us for the entire journey (they didn't, but a tiny little great tit fighting ferociously against the wind did).

Anyways, the journey continued, we drove off the ferry and up through Denmark into Copenhagen, where most of the passengers got off leaving only a handful of people on the entire bus. I knew we'd have to cross the Øresund Bridge shortly -my very first impression of Sweden- and had been looking forward to it with excitement, but when the time came, all I felt was fear. The sun had long set, the view had become hazy and as we sped across the four lane bridge I felt we were precariously close to the edge. I was sitting on the top floor of the double decker bus and looking out the window all I could see was water on one side, and on the other, city lights twinkling through the fog across the water somewhere in the distance.

But as with many stressful things, I tried to take it with humour (and deep breathing exercises). The bus dropped me off at Malmö Central station much too early so I waited an hour there for the specific train I had a ticket for and arrived finally at my destination and our accommodation, Borgeby Castle, which is where I'll be spending the next 2 months.

(Above photo: the windows at the top on the roof are the windows to our flat; Below photo: the building in the 'back yard').

The next day we had a bit of an introduction to Lund and I spent the rest of the day organising my room and relaxing a bit.

The following day I got to know the guys I'll be working with, and got acquainted a bit with the workspace. I told them I was more interested in the UX / UI side of web design, and they're encouraging me on that front when it comes to the work that we'll be doing on their app. The rest of the week I've mostly been commuting back and forth between work and back to the 'Slott' ('castle' in Swedish). The road up to the busstop is a bit tricky since there's no sidewalk, and a lot of cars zipping back and forth in either direction so caution is called for, but it's nice to have an opportunity to sing whatever's stuck in my head knowing that no one can hear me.

Other than that, it's been fun learning about the Swedish obsession with all types of milk! It took me ages to find 'regular' milk in the supermarket. But here's a fun fact: Oat milk was actually invented in Sweden, using research from Lund university, no less!

Oh and of course, how could I forget the pastries? Sweden's supermarkets are chock-full of delicious, flaky (affordable) pastries filled with pudding or jam.

It takes a lot of will power to not get one of each every time I'm in the shop. Finally, I do want to elucidate on my blog title. Somewhere in the bowels of my mind I did know this, what I am about to tell you, but I had forgotten it up until the moment I was sat in a room with three Swedish people having a Swedish discussion... yet saying my name ever so often? I looked it up:

So until next week... Yours truly, Dina

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mx-loar-tev · 5 months

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Finding a show to watch together with my bf and me is hard, like really hard.

We both offer suggestions; we don't see many of them. Sometimes just the name is a big no. Other times, one doesn't like the genre. Or the synopsis doesn't sound good. There's also a lot of "I don't feel like watching that today".

Before the suggestion game even begins though, one needs to find the other in a suitable mood and not otherwise occupied. Sometimes after finding a winner at the suggestion game, the time isn't right anymore, or the mood had shifted, and the viewing is postponed until every conditions are met.

Then we start watching the selection.

If it's a movie, chances are high we watch it fully, unless it's really bad. (There is one exception though, sometimes I don't feel well and I need to stop watching.)

If it's a TW show (or an anime serie), it can go different ways. We usually watch the full pilot without problem, except if it's really bad.

The problem comes later, when we want to continue watching.

Sometimes one of us wants to see more but the other one is not as enthralled. So the enthusiastic one waits for the other to be in the mood. But let's be honnest, it ends with only one watching.

Sometimes one of us is tired when watching some episodes. They miss half the action and can't understand what's going on when they wake up. If it happens once, no big deal, either they rewatch alone or we both watch the episode again. And we get back on track.

Sometimes one misses too much because of recurring mid-episode naps. No-one's fault. Then we end up watching both on our own. No need to rewatch every two episodes twice.

Sometimes the show we watch is so good we're both excited. So excited that when one want to take a break, the other one decides to continue on their own. So each one end up watching by onerself at our own pace.

Sometimes, though. Sometimes we make it. We actually manage to watch a full show together. And it's magical when we do. We get to spend so much time together with a common interest. We can talk about the episode we just watched and discuss every plot points. We can even comment during the viewing and laugh at some ridiculousness.

Watching together is great.

There's actually not that many shows we managed to watch together in the past 12 years.

We finished His Dark Materials not long ago and I was overjoyed to be able to talk so much about this universe (I've read the books when I was a kid and they're still my favorites to this day)

We watched the pilot of Foundation last night. I think we might manage to see the two seasons together. 🤞

We tried a re-watch of OUaT not long ago but we failed. I wasn't feeling good and my bf was bored, he needed something to pass the time. We barely lasted a season and half.

I think sometimes he had watched the whole thing just to humor me. I mean, we watched Revenge together. I don't think he liked Elven Lied that much either.

I'd love to show him Our Flag Means Death, but unfortunately he won't watch something not dubbed in French. He hates subtitles. Why can't a French channel buy broadcasting rights?

I tried showing him Supergirl. That was a flop. (No, I have allergies, I'm fine. Yes it's hard to be alone when you're obsessed with a piece of media /j)

At least he loves Agents of SHIELD. We even managed to watch together maybe half of it in total, since we'd usually start a new season together.

That's it for the memorable ones. I'm sure we managed to finish more shows than what I can count on one hand, right?

Ugh I guess we are more of a "cinema couple"... We probably finished a lot more movies than TV shows. Which sucks because I'm a TV kinda person.

#tv shows #supergirl #ouat #aos #agents of shield #once upon a time #ofmd #our flag means death #revenge abc #abc revenge #his dark materials #hdm #foundation apple tv #elfen lied #relationship #relashonshipgoals #mine #my life

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xaphroditessecretsx · 9 months

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I'm seeing my best friend for the first time in three years in about a week and a half. I'm proud of her for everything she's accomplished, but I feel left behind. If I'm being honest, it's how I feel about a lot of my friends. They're either getting married, dream careers, everything they want. While I struggle. I had to watch one of my friends succumb to terminal illness, and I never got to say goodbye, (I physically could not get out of bed when she died).

It feels like everyone I know gets everything they want. New friends? Got it! Money? Got it! I have been recovering from years of trauma and all I get is more shit. More lies, more hurt. It never ends. I try to be positive, or journal about it. But I'm just hurting and angry. I got to watch my 2 best friends' mutual friend (who I used to be friends with, but she turned out to be a bigoted bully who would tell me to kill myself and other graphic things every day) succeed. My two closest friends don't even blink an eye to what she did to me, I often hear "Oh she's changed!" Homies, she wanted me dead, she made me apologize to her for her putting death threats in my old bag when I had to be around her.

I feel lonely in my LDR. My partner was supposed to come this week, and we'd finally get to see each other (we're nevermets), but things got messed up, and now I don't know when I'll see them. Or if I'll ever see them. Which I love them dearly!!!! But I need physical affection, and hugging myself isn't the cure all! I can't imagine myself without them, but at the same time, I feel so lonely. I hate "dating a phone" sometimes. It sucks. My friend that is getting married (to a guy that's financially using her but if I say something she'll flip out), told me I will never find someone who loves me for me. And I have found that person, unfortunately the universe said "Nope y'all can't see each other"

And then my grandmother who physically and mentally abused my mother, well grandma is dying from cancer. Everyone expects me to be sad and praying for her. I feel nothing for this woman who used to lock me in her shed, would physically and mentally abuse me and my sister, give my baby cousin trauma from the things he witnessed her do to me. The only good thing, is my baby cousin and I have been closer for the first time in years. We used to be so close as little kids, and then we drifted apart. And now here we are calling each other to bring joy every day or sending memes or whatever. I guess some good things come from some horrors.

This is small, but I invited my friends to come over Saturday just to hang out, nothing crazy. Nobody said yes or no. I guess it's a trip to the bookstore for me! :')

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notgonnashutup · 1 year

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1/30/2023

My lover is emotionally mature, understanding with me, good at communicating their needs and asking about mine, patient with me and my demisexual demiromantic self lol, very much in love with me and I am very much in love with them, committed to being with me long term, sees a future with me in it that is a part of the kind of life they want to have and build. My lover is beautiful and finds me beautiful, we find each other so lovely honestly in each other's eyes the other is the most beautiful person in the world and we still are shocked at how lucky we got. My lover has a smooth voice that's nice to listen to, and they love my voice and it's what they love to hear for hours even though I never think that about my own voice. I love hearing them sing, I love hearing them talk for hours with me, they read stories to me sometimes in bed, they admire my writing and are excited to read it and talk about the ideas. I admire their ideas, they have so many interesting thoughts about concepts and ideas and things in the world. We can talk about science and the world and the universe and spirituality and the unknown, about the inner world of ourselves and people and commonalities and differences and it's beautiful. We can have a wonderful time just resting together too, getting each other into new shows we think are good and watching together some nights - gossiping every now and then about the plots together. Cuddling on rhe couch or bed while they read and I study or I game and they work on their projects, whatever it is we feel like doing alone with each others warm presence. They are passionate about characters like I am and we have amazing conversations about that. But also the deeper things, the real life things. They are also good about communicating those real things - their needs, how they feel, what they want, what they think is normal and asking me what I think is, speaking up when confused or troubled and encouraging me to also speak up. Voicing themselves when unsure, and checking in and asking me once in a while how I'm doing in that regard. They're one of my best friends, deeply and truly. They keep their promises, they tell me when they need to do something or need time or when something is going on. They are reliable to do what they say.

We have a compatible sense of humor and laugh and smile together so much our cheeks get sore from how fun it is. We feel safe and comfortable to be ourselves and share our passions and things we are excited about and care about. It's nice. It's home.

To the superficial stuff that I suppose we are both lucky for. They have a job they're content with that makes enough to be financially secure and pursue their goals and wants, like I do. They're sometimes exploring if they want to change things or grow with what they're doing, and I do too. They can drive and have a car and drive half the time when we go out together. They like to cook and can cook, they like vegetables and fruit and meat and all kinds of food, and they enjoy making yummy recipes and also trying new food at home and out exploring with me and their friends at restaurants. They're faithful, because they're honest, and if they like me then they do. We are together because I'm the person they enjoy being with and want in their life. They know how to do chores and like to be fair about chores with people doing fair similar amounts. They help me when I find something difficult and I help them and we sometimes figure things out together and they're less scary when we get to do it together. Our life plans, somehow, do match up and work. When we move they can afford to support me until I get a new job, health insurance is never a worry, maybe because we marry first. Or we don't move until we both have jobs where we'd like. If we ever have to be long distance for jobs, we still see each other within every two months and it's not very long before we have it all set up to live together again. They appreciate my friends and I appreciate theirs. Maybe everything lines up, because the unverise is kind, and we both because of circumstances being good get to live together and near all our loved ones and near the jobs with goals we pursue. How lucky. The universe can show that what's meant to work out does. Somehow my mom and dad lived in opposite parts of the country many times, and yet they could have crossed paths so much, and when they met they were both working in the same exact restaurant. All that wide world they'd existed in and somehow they ended up right together and it all worked out. That is true of my love life too. I am where I need to be, I was where I was meant to be all these years and times, and somehow me and my love were in the spot in our lives where we work perfect. Like it's meant to be.

But I know if it's meant to be, it doesn't matter. My heart and my soul say somehow people as stubborn as us found each other no matter what. I forced myself through engineering fighting my body and brain out of stubbornness, and I clawed my way out of my own stubbornness. Somehow when we meet we'll be meant to because we picked to be together forever. We are strong and more than stubborn enough to carve out the wonderful life together and lives ourselves that we want. My lover is strong and determined like me, brave and honest and adamant to have a life they want. I think maybe in a past life we were this stubborn too. I think maybe in a past life the plan wasn't for it to be forever but we made that the reality. And I think in this life we started apart so the universe could give us some time to learn some self respect lessons without each other to soften the blow. And without ourselves to overcompensate for each other and blunt the lessons from sinking in. I get it. We would've never learned, and even if happy together that wouldn't have taught me to love myself even if everyone hated me, wouldn't have taught me to improve things with my family and my interpretation of me and the world and it not being my responsibility and blame. My lover also understands. Maybe they wanted me earlier than I thought to ever realize they might be out there. Well we have each other now. Universe making it happen or us, who will know, it always would've happened. Because it's us, and we'll find each other and be together every time.

They like my silly dancing. They love themselves. They love me, we love us. This world is good to us, and has good things in the future. Life can be endless.

I still think of the old married lady and her husband I met. How she told me I deserved love even when I said I wasn't loveable and wanted people I loved to find someone I thought suited them more. How she made me realize I can't read minds, and if they want me then no matter what I think they'd want or match with? They'll pick me. Want me. Accept me for all of who I am, faults and all, when I'm dumb with words and all. They'll love me. That's what love is. I'm not wording well but you know what I mean. Her husband loved her, and wanted her more than anyone else because she is who he loved. And they married. And they were happy. And she made me believe I could be lovable, that even if I felt I wasn't I clearly was, and that I could doubt that I was but a person meant for me will love me even if I have those doubts. So I dont need to worry so much. It was fate I met her. It was a miracle. There will be more miracles. It was both a miracle and inevitable when I met my love. I didn't know it was going to be something huge, and in a way it wasn't. It was like both our lives just became fuller with someone we hadn't seen in a while who came back home. Gentle, simple, warm. Building into a life.

#rant #love

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mrs-bartowski · 2 years

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You know what makes me angriest about all this? The fact that these writers and showrunners undermined and/or destroyed every single good, important thing about this show...all in the name of baiting supercorp.

Honestly, if they had just written Kara and Lena like actual best friends and ignored the tension/chemistry with Katie and Mel, I would have been bitter and grumpy, but I would have understood and respected that it was their story to tell as they wished.

Instead, they intentionally did everything in their power to write what arguably could have been (if handled properly) one of the most groundbreaking love stories in TV history, and they did so entirely in subtext so they could cover their asses every step of the way and never have to deliver.

And the more I think about it, the more I'd be genuinely and truly shocked if this wasn't their intention all along. I mean, think about it. They made the decision for Alex to be a lesbian and cast Katie - a woman mostly known and loyally followed for her queer and queer-coded characters - to play alongside Kara immediately off the tail end of the Clexa backlash.

They swore they didn't want the Luthors to be a major part of Kara's story because they're understandably heavily associated with Superman, and they wanted her to be her own hero, then immediately turned around and wrote/filmed Lena into the rest of 2a the moment the supercorp buzz started picking up.

They had constant parallels to canon romantic pairings literally from the very first scene, what with Kara reacting to Lena the exact same way she did with James at the beginning of s1, and the Clois parallels with the helicopter save and press conference. And it only got worse as it went until every significant aspect of their storylines revolved entirely around each other. Like, imagine if we'd had the 3 seasons after Lena first got there, prior to season 5 when everything completely fell apart, dedicated to their personal and collective growth and a clear, honest differentiation between Kara/Lena and (initially) Alex/Maggie and (eventually) Alex/Kelly (and maybe less differentiation between Kara/Alex and Kara/Lena).

Imagine 2a being Kara's journey through learning how to trust people to work with and know her as a Supergirl without risking them taking advantage of her by learning how to trust mon el to behave despite hating him and be careful of Lena's potential betrayal despite being drawn to and inclined to trust her. Imagine it being Lena's journey through her past trauma with Lex and Andrea, Kara and the rest of the superfriends helping her becoming sure of herself and her own goodness despite the pain and loss she's experienced. Imagine Lena helping Kara cope with the understanding that her parents weren't who she thought and, in some ways, might even be considered monsters. Imagine Kara actually getting to grapple with the fact that she holds even more power now than they did on Krypton and what that could mean if she ever abused her power the same way. Imagine everyone actively helping Lena open up and learn to trust again and, instead of clinging to Lena's "dark side," having her (as, ya know, the canonically smartest person in the universe) realize Kara's secret on her own and slowly come to understand through their continued friendship that, despite the secret between them, just because someone lies to or betrays you doesn't mean they were never genuine and if you really care about each other, you can find a way to be honest and work through it.

Imagine 2b being the first time Kara has to deal with a villain knowing her real identity and aiming to use it against her when Rhea threatens Lena, which could have been the perfect setup for a long game of having her reveal her identity on her own terms. Imagine Lena getting to talk about the fact that Rhea was the first time she'd been betrayed since opening herself back up because she was so desperate for that motherly connection after what happened with Lillian in 2x12. Imagine Kara helping her cope through Lillian and Rhea's betrayals and Jack's death all at once while the guilt over her secret eats her alive, but she's so afraid that Lena will get hurt worse if she tells her. Imagine Lena telling Kara after it's all over that she's known her identity for months and she doesn't have to worry because sheand their friends have shown Lena that true friendship can withstand any mistake when you're willing to make it work, and now she can better differentiate between a misguided mistake and true betrayal. Imagine Kara realizing for the first time that hiding her identity didn't necessarily keep Lena any safer because she never would have worked with Rhea without talking to Kara first if she'd known, and maybe this honesty could have helped them avoid that danger in the first place.

Imagine s3 being about their disagreement over using Kryptonite to save Sam instead of Lena doing it behind her back and how they could have resolved such a weighted difference of opinion as best friends without letting it come between them. Imagine Lena, still desperate for that motherly connection despite Lillian and Rhea, seeking out a connection with her birth mom at the same time Kara finds Argo and the magic storylines actually tying together comprehensibly. Imagine Lena actually having the time and space to develop real chemistry with James while Kara goes through her 'I don't wanna be alone anymore' phase after realizing she and Mon El will never be together again when he goes back to the future. Imagine if saving Lena in her civilian clothes and almost dropping the chemicals had made Kara realize that there are some things that might even be made easier if she revealed herself as Supergirl, because lesser threats like Edge would never dare to threaten the Girl of Steel's best friend, plus she wouldn't have to worry about not getting somewhere in time if she didn't have to change clothes.

Imagine s4 dealing with Lena's "dark side" by having her be forced to forget Kara's secret like Alex and then, after much longer of the 'secret' being 'kept' between them, finding out from Lex as he's still dying (just of self-inflicted cancer) and saving him at the last second because of it (since now she can't trust that her loyalties weren't wrong to begin with if Kara never trusted her with her secret while Lex trusts her to save him despite the fact that he hates her). Imagine having the 'I can't imagine what you must think of me, Kara, I don't blame you' 'no, no. you are not weak. you are a brilliant, kind-hearted, beautiful soul' scene be the only necessary resolution because there was never any doubt Lena is a good person, she just has some Luthor loyalty in her blood and needs to be more careful about letting her mother and Lex use that loyalty and goodness to manipulate her. Imagine Kara deciding at the end of that season to reveal her identity to the world because going after Lex as Kara and Supergirl separately was too hard and almost losing Lena to her secret was almost too close a call, so she outs herself in 5x01 at the Pulitzer party. Imagine never having to see Lex again because karma strikes and his cancer just comes back and kills him.

Then imagine s5 showing us Kara's journey of learning to trust herself and her decisions and forgive herself for her mistakes because something bad happens to the Superfam after her reveal and she has to figure out how to forgive herself in order to save them. Imagine them introducing a viable love interest that treats her the way she deserves and does all the same things Lena does for her and more (since Lena, in theory, wouldn't have been doing nearly as much of the leg work with keeping Kara from losing herself as a regular old best friend) and imagine if that person helped her save her family by reminding her that dwelling on the past isn't productive and it's just as important to enable people to save themselves as it is to do the saving for them. Imagine if Lena, stuck in captivity, took the time to harness her magic and discovered then how powerful she really is because deep down she's been holding back since she found out for fear of making a mistake like her mom's. Imagine if Lena had been allowed to become the Paragon of Humanity after saving the Superfam and her later becoming a bona-fide hero who represents the magic of humanity. Imagine Kelly and Alex getting married then so s6 could focus on Esme and the entire Dansen storyline didn't feel cramped and rushed.

Imagine if s6 had been...literally anything other than whatever the hell they did to this show. I mean, seriously, they turned their main characters into plot devices for an entire season because they spent so much time baiting they forgot to write an actual long-term character arc for their leads and apparently a whole season wasn't enough to fix that, so they just stuck to the baiting and scraped everything else together haphazardly. Imagine if s6 had just been Lena and Kara and the rest of the characters coming into themselves in all their various parts and learning how to best empower and, more importantly, mobilize people individually and societally as superheroes in a fast-changing political climate.

This is what I mean when I say they should've changed the name of this show to Wasted Potential. There are countless media portrayals of women's friendships that make it perfectly clear that it's actually fairly easy and simple to write non-romantically-coded relationships between two women who still have strong chemistry. And we've also seen from this fandom that it really isn't that hard to come up with interesting storylines for a superhero that don't revolve entirely around her lying to her best friend.

Am I pissed we didn't get endgame? Of course I am. But the more I think about it, the more I'm just pissed that they ruined the show in the name of not giving us endgame. They could have at least made their asinine writing make some semblance of sense if supercorp wer endgame, but without endgame, it's all just...hollow. They neglected every single character on the show, turned Kara into an ignorant, brainless pawn that suddenly panics in the face of the slightest pressure and obliterated the entire basis for her being a hero.

You know what could have made sense? Her being so paralyzed by her love for Lena and the knowledge that she would have been (if they'd even utilized their own feckin storytelling) the only one who could fight Nxly (on top of Lex coming back and what that means for both of them) that that's why she was so desperate to make sure she was powered up despite it making absolutely no sense, because she can't bare the thought of losing Lena to a fight she isn't strong enough for. But no.

Instead, turns out Kara was never the right kind of hero because she had a savior complex that she apparently never addressed. There are so many things they did wrong, but the complete and utter destruction of all of their main characters (I've got a whole other post drafted for Alex, and tbh I could probably do one for each and every series regular if I really wanted to) is beyond unforgivable.

These beautiful characters and the incredible people who brought them to life deserved so much better than what they got. Because what they got was entirely after thought. Everything was afterthought to them. Because the more you look at the story they created, the clearer it becomes that the only story they really cared about selling was "KARA AND LENA ARE JUST FRIENDS even though they definitely aren't...stay tuned 😜"

#supergirl #supercorp #kara danvers #the cw supergirl #lena luthor #katie mcgrath #melissa benoist

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do you think canon brittany would act similarly to got you stuck in my body brittany if quinntana was endgame?

Aw man, this really depends on how Quinntana reach that endgame though... Brittany's reaction in GYSOMB makes total sense given the circumstances, but that doesn't mean she'd have a problem with Quinntana in every universe, and I think she'd be totally fine with them having a fwb relationship regardless. But if Quinntana are getting serious, then broadly speaking I see several possible reactions, again depending on how Brittany finds out/what the timing is:

Season 4 (post wedding through to end of season)

1. Brittany and Santana broke up (at Santana's request) because long distance was too hard. New Haven might be near New York, but it's not exactly an easy walk from the loft for Santana. I could see Britt finding it a bit hypocritical, and maybe wondering if it was just that, ultimately, she wasn't worth it and Quinn is. Sad face.

2. If we follow the GYSOMB timeline or something similar. Say Santana finds out about Bram without Brittany realising and grows closer to Quinn, then Brittany might end up feeling blindsided by their new relationship, because she'd expected Santana to move on eventually, but not to their closest friend. I doubt she'd be thrilled about this at first. And she'd definitely fight back.

3. Happens in an impossible utopia where the UHT are given a leading friendship storyline alongside the Quinntana romance, and both go back to help Brittany when she flips out over MIT. Here, I could see her being happy for Santana when she sees how naturally Quinntana together have begun smoothing out each other's sharp edges a bit. She's off to MIT, and Brittana romantically is over, so I think she'd be genuinely happy for her best friends, even if a little sad it wasn't meant to be for her and Santana in the end.

Season 5/6

1. Quinntana have had a steady fwb relationship through s4, and Britt has no idea. She makes her move on Santana during the 100th episode, Puck makes his on Quinn, then that serves as the catalyst for dumb!bitches Quinntana realising their feelings for each other. Brittany would probably figure it out before Santana does, and let her in on the secret, even if it means breaking her own heart in the process. I...sad.

2. Similar to above, except when Brittany finds out its Quinn who Santana has feelings for, she could just as easily go into jealous/protective mode if Quinn gives her reason to. Maybe she sees Quick talking closely to each other in the hall, or maybe something else happens, but I could see her lashing out at Quinn purely on the basis that she'd want Santana to have a girlfriend who loves her and isn't afraid to be with her, not someone who is going to play with her emotions as part of some weird game like Quinn has been known to do in the past.

3. Britt either never returns for the 100th episode (and Quick's storyline is given to Quinntana), or she's there but just in a reduced capacity/churro kiss never happens, and Quinntana get together sometime before the end of the series. If Quinntana happen after a season or two of build up, then I find it hard to believe Brittany wouldn't be the first up out of her seat applauding the inevitable duet announcement in the choir room. They're her besties, she wants them to be happy.

Post s6

1. If we're not following canon events and Brittana never got back together in season 5, then I think it'd be one of those bitter-sweet "one that got away" vibes for Brittany, but she'd ultimately be happy for them.

2. If we are following canon events then oof. I'm not sure I'm ready to invite Brittana divorce discourse onto my blog in our good year 2022, in which case all I'm left with is the conclusion that Brittany's death is what brings Quinntana together in this scenario, which... bigger oof. Guess we'd never know what her reaction was in that case, but presumably she wouldn't want Santana to live alone for the rest of her life, so...

#anon #quinntana #brittany s. pierce #not tagging as brittana just in case

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Every The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, and Legacies Ship Ranked

53. Daroline (Damon Salvatore and Caroline Forbes)

Our first ship is our worst ship because we can't find literally anything nice to say about Daroline. Consent issues, mind-control, and death threats are not exactly the stuff of great romance, and Damon should thank his lucky stars Caroline forgave him for this abominable period when they were together.

52. Calaric (Caroline Forbes and Alaric Saltzman)

Ew. Gross. No. Kill it with fire. We've got no idea what The Vampire Diaries was trying to do with this ship, but we hated every second of it, and we're not ashamed to say it. We don't care that years had passed since Caroline was his student or that there were weirder ages gaps on the show, trying to ship a student-teacher relationship feels wrong no matter which way you slice it.

51. Klenevieve (Klaus Mikaelson and Genevieve)

Klenevieve was a blink and you'll miss it kind of ship on The Originals, but it still technically counts. Ultimately though, Klaus and Genevieve's connection was mostly physical, and there were far too many double-crosses and manipulations on both sides of this relationship to give it much credit.

50. Parkwood (Liv Park and Tyler Lockwood)

Liv and Tyler's love story kind of flew under the radar on The Vampire Diaries, but that's probably just because there were like 18 insane storylines happening at once in Season 6. This ship was actually pretty cute, and the only thing keeping it from a better ranking is the fact that Tyler, you know, killed her with his bare hands to activate his werewolf curse.

49. Malaric (Meredith Fell and Alaric Saltzman)

Talk about ships that flew under the radar. Alaric and Meredith Fell shared a brief tryst in Seasons 3 and 4 of The Vampire Diaries, but this relationship always felt like it was built to move the plot forward instead of the other way around. Kind of too snooze-worthy to deserve a good ranking.

48. Menny (Matt Donovan and Penny Ares)

We're not going to pretend like we cared even a little about Matt and Penny's romance on The Vampire Diaries. However, we're also not going to pretend like the scene where Matt hallucinates her ghost and begs her to take him with her after his car crash was anything other than devastating emotional torture that came out of nowhere and has stayed with us to this day.

47. Jolaric (Jo Parker and Alaric Saltzman)

Jo and Alaric really got the rough end of the stick as far as TVD ships go. They'd only just started to find their groove when Jo found out she was pregnant with twins, forcing them into a shotgun wedding that ended in tragedy. If these two had been given the time to start their family together the way they should have, we have no doubt they could have become one of the show's best duos ever. We'll have to settle for them creating one of the best duos ever -- Josie and Lizzie Saltzman!

46. Rizzie (Rafael Waithe and Lizzie Saltzman)

It's hard not to ship all of the Legacies kids with each other considering the great chemistry that cast has, but Rizzie is one we just never loved. Lizzie seems too intense for Rafael, and Raf doesn't exactly seem like the kind of guy that would give her the level of attention and devotion she requires. This ship was kind of a flop in Sesason 1, and we'd prefer it stay that way.

45. Debekah (Damon Salvatore and Rebekah Mikaelson)

Damon and Rebekah shared one night of tearing ballgowns and tuxes off each other, and then it was never really spoken of again. It's hard to properly rank a ship that basically came down to "that one time we had hate sex," but hookups like this were what The Vampire Diaries was built on.

44. Haylijah (Hayley Marshall and Elijah Mikaelson)

We really wanted to rank Haylijah higher on this list, but all the passion and angst in the world can't distract us from the cold hard truth: Hayley and Elijah had issues. Major issues. Not the least of which being that he killed her in the final season of the show. Whether you consider their love story to be one of the best or worst this shared universe ever created, at least you can comfort yourself with the knowledge that they gave it all they had.

43. Klaurora (Klaus Mikaelson and Aurora de Martel)

For as long as we've known Klaus, he was always teetering on the brink of insanity, which is kind of what we loved most about him. Aurora, on the other hand, has been batshit crazy her whole life and it's so not a good look on her. This weird, obsessive, "let's see who can out-crazy the other" romance was not to our taste at all.

42. KymG (Kym and MG)

We can't claim to be huge fans of the romance between Kim and MG on Legacies, though their names fit together so perfectly for a ship name that we almost demand they be endgame based only on that. Unfortunately, the show never really gave them the screen time they needed to get us invested in their love story before Kym decided she'd had enough superantural shenanigans and left Mystic Falls.

41. Elijah Mikaelson and Antoinette Sienna

On every TV show, there are ships that just make us shrug, and Elijah and Antoniette are definitely one of those. They don't even have a ship name, that's forgettable this tryst was. Even with memory loss, hidden pasts, and romantic pinao duets, this couple was kind of just meh.

40. Sizzie (Sebastian and Lizzie Saltzman)

Sebastian and Lizzie may have had potential, but in the end it turned out to be wasted. Their chemistry was off the charts, but like many teenagers swept up in romance, they never really took the time to connect or learn about each other. Maybe that's why they ended on such a sour note. Still, at least Sebastian went out a hero?

39. Jicki (Jeremy Gilbert and Vicki Donovan)

You know, we were really rooting for Jeremy and Vicki when The Vampire Diaries first started. They had that whole, rebels who are too cool for school, but not too cool for love thing going on. Ultimately though, we don't think Vicki would have ever calmed down enough for Jeremy, who was really only pretending to be a wild child to deal with his parents' deaths. This ship just wasn't to be.

38. Maroline (Matt Donovan and Caroline Forbes)

You know those Season 1 ships that you know are never going to make it, but every time you look back on them they make you nostalgic? That's what Maroline is for us. A cute relationship between two characters we love dearly that just never quite fit perfectly together. That being said, if there had been no vampires or life-or-death scenarios in Mystic Falls, Maroline absolutely would have been endgame material.

37. Stalerie (Stefan Salvatore and Valerie Tulle)

Stefan and Valerie had one of the weirdest love stories we've ever seen, but there was still a small part of us that was rooting for them. In a world not besieged by curses and vampire hunters and prison worlds, these two could have really been something! Sadly, Stefan has like five more appealing ships, which is probably why they never really made it that far.

36. Hafael (Hope Mikaelson and Rafael Waithe)

Legacies made a solid attempt to recreate another brotherly love triangle, but we weren't really feeling it with Rafael, Hope, and Landon. Raf and Hope have a great friendship going, but it's probably best left there considering how much more fans seem to prefer her relationship with Landon.

35. Marcille (Marcel Gerard and Camille O'Connell)

Remember when Marcel and Camille were a thing for a hot minute? Neither do we! Sorry to Marcille fans, but though these two had decent chemistry, they just never got a lot of attention as a couple, and so their love story kind of faded into obscurity.

34. Jasie (Jade and Josie Saltzman)

The Vampire Diaries universe sure does love its enemies to lovers ships, doesn't it? Josie and Jade started off on opposing sides in Kai's prison world, but after Jade turned her humanity back on, things started to change between them. At least the sex dreams they started having about each other did. Jade and Josie might be perfect for one another, seeing as they both understand having a dark side that's hard to deny.

33. Carenzo (Caroline Forbes and Enzo St. John)

While Caroline and Enzo never made it past the friendzone, we wouldn't have hated it if they'd had a thing. There was a lack of "epic love story" vibes between them, and when Enzo was at his worst, Caroline brought out the light-hearted, carefree side of him. Plus, all things considered, he really was her type - morally scrupulous Brit, who would burn the world down for the people he loves -- why does that sound familiar?

32. Mizzie (M.G. and Lizzie Saltzman)

Every day we go back and forth on whether MG and Lizzie are soulmates or whether they're the perfect best friend duo of all time. Could they possibly be both? Sure, Lizzie takes MG for granted sometimes, and MG can be a little thoughtless sometimes, but that doesn't mean these two aren't connected in a deep, meaningful way that most people can only dream of.

31. Noralise (Nora and Mary-Louise)

Though we only got them for one season, Nora and Mary-Louise had us from the moment they said hello. We do love a bad girl, and two bad girls together? We're toast! Our favorite thing about this ship is that while it was clear Nora and Mary-Louise didn't care about much in this world, they cared about each other, and that was more than enough for them.

30. Klayley (Klaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall)

When The Originals first premiered, we were sure Klaus and Hayley would eventually fall in love and live happily ever after with their precious loophole baby, but ultimately these two just weren't meant to be anything more than one really hot night. That being said, watching them as co-parents just proves that not all ships need to be romantic to work.

29. Rope (Roman Sienna and Hope Mikaelson)

Roman and Hope's sweet, timid flirtation on The Originals was like a breath of fresh air after some of the intense, life-changing, epic love stories we'd been getting for five straight years. Rope -- whoever came up with that ship name was having too much fun that day -- would have ranked higher if the whole relationship wasn't just Roman's ploy to get close to Hope's family.

28. Stebekah (Stefan Salvatore and Rebekah Mikaelson)

The Vampire Diaries had the best flashbacks on TV, hands down, partially because when your characters have lived for centuries, you can really mix things up. One of said mix-ups was the revelation that Stefan and Rebekah had been an item back in the 1920s, and while their romance is probably best left in the age of prohibition, it was always one of our favorites.

27. Hizzie (Hope Mikaelson and Lizzie Saltzman)

Hope and Lizzie would definitely have that whole "enemies to lovers" thing going for them if they ever decided to take the plunge together. The bond we've seen these two develop over the course of Legacies has been so wonderful to watch, and while at the moment we prefer them as badass besties, we wouldn't hate to see them head towards romantic territory someday.

26. Janna (Jeremy Gilbert and Anna Zhu)

When The Vampire Diaries first paired Jeremy and Anna together, we thought our little vampire-loving hearts would give out. They were both so damaged and dark and alone in the world that they somehow fit perfectly together. Not even multiple deaths could keep them apart! Losing this one was hard, but at least ghost Anna came back to hang out occasionally.

25. Datherine (Damon Salvatore and Katherine Pierce)

Call us crazy, but even through all the craziness and manipulation, there seemed to be a spark of something between Damon and Katherine that was just undeniable. Maybe it was the fact that they both put up a dark and diabolical front to mask their real feelings about the way their lives turned out. This wasn't a ship for the ages, but it certainly was a pairing we'll remember forever.

24. Kennett (Kol Mikaelson and Bonnie Bennett)

You know a fandom is strong when it can build a ship of dreams out of like 2 episodes and 10 lines of dialogue, but that's about all Bonnie Bennett and Kol Mikaelson ever shared. And yet somehow, Kennett is always going to feel like the one that got away in terms of ships that totally should've happened but never did.

23. Klamille (Klaus Mikaelson and Camille O'Connell)

Despite their messy ending, Klaus and Camille's relationship showed us sides of each character that we otherwise would never have seen. Though it was missing some of the passion usually found in The Vampire Diaries and The Originals ships, it was still absolutely heartbreaking to watch Klaus lose a woman who meant so much to him when Cami died.

22. Jandon (Josie Saltzman and Landon Kirby)

This short-lived romance between Josie and Landon may not have been super popular with fans, but it was perfectly in character for both these self-sacrificing loners to find their way to one another. It may not have been a romance for the ages, but it was an age-appropriate and utterly endearing one, and that's good enough for us!

21. Kolvina (Kol Mikaelson and Davina Claire)

As one of the few ships that managed to make it out of The Originals series finale alive, we have to give Kol and Davina props. Their love story survived multiple deaths, body-swaps, and that pesky problem of Kol accidentally murdering Davina that one time. We want nothing more than peace and happiness for eternity for these two crazy kids.

20. Jalaric (Jenna Sommers and Alaric Saltzman)

While some believe Alaric's love life is cursed, those of us who watched the early years of The Vampire Diaries know better. Alaric will simply never find someone as perfect for him as Jenna Sommers, which means he's destined to fall in and out of subpar ships forever. Poor guy, it's rough when your soulmate dies so early on in the first of three sequential shows.

19. Klefan (Klaus Mikaelson and Stefan Salvatore)

This one's another ship was never technically canon, but as far as we're concerned that was a GRAVE mistake. Klaus and Stefan had chemistry coming out of their ears, and you're seriously trying to tell us that nothing happened between these two during their days of debauchery in the 1920s? Yeah right, you're not fooling us!

18. Jayley (Jackson Kenner and Hayley Marshall)

Jackson and Hayley may not have had the passion and the fire that some of the best TVD ships boasted, but they had something that very few other pairings had: A rock-solid friendship built on trust and understanding that grew organically into true love. Considering how crazy their world was, they both needed a relationship like this to keep them sane, which is maybe why we ended up loving it so much?

17. Kalijah (Katherine Pierce and Elijah Mikaelson)

Katherine and Elijah only shared maybe a handful of scenes together over the entire course of The Vampire Diaries, but they're somehow one of three ships we would have watched an entire spin-off about. Their love stood the test of time and somehow overcame hybrid-sized grudges, and that's about as romantic as it gets.

16. Rebel (Rebekah Mikaelson and Marcel Gerard)

Though we love Marcel and Rebekah (especially when we think about the day they both take the cure and grow old together), this couple had one major problem... One of them wasn't on the show all that often, which meant their romance faded to the background every time Rebekah left town -- which was a lot. We'll put this in the category of ships that were done dirty by logistical, behind-the-scenes stuff.

15. Bamon (Bonnie Bennett and Damon Salvatore)

The Bamon saga was one of the most topsy-turvey things to follow on The Vampire Diaries, but we loved every minute of it. From shipping them a little bit in Season 1 to hating everything about it in Season 3, to watching them grow into best buds in Season 6, Bonnie and Damon went on a journey unparalleled by any other ship in the TVDu. Do we kind of wish they'd given romance a try? Sure. Are we going to let that invalidate how awesome their story was? No way.

14. Gialijah (Gia and Elijah Mikaelson

We're probably going to get some hate for this, but if we had to pick between all of Elijah's ships, Gialijah would probably win out. Sure, they weren't star-crossed lovers or centuries-old flames, but if you're looking for a healthy dynamic (of which Elijah was sorely lacking) with great chemistry and some awesome scenes, Gialijah is the ship for you.

13. Handon (Hope Mikaelson and Landon Kirby)

Hope and Landon are kind of the Stelena of Legacies. Not a pairing that we think will be endgame (no matter how heartbroken that will leave us), but integral to the DNA of the series nonetheless. We're content to enjoy this sweet couple strive for their happy ending, and we'll even root for them most of the time as they grow up together and figure out this crazy supernatural world.

12. Jaiden (Josh Rosza and Aiden)

Oh, Josh and Aiden... the ship that was too pure for this world. Literally. Though both these characters bit the dust before all was said and done on The Originals, their love story was super sweet, and, hey, at least we got to see them reunite in the afterlife!

11. Beremy (Bonnie and Jeremy)

If any of you ever had a crush on your older brother or sister's friends, you'll understand our undying love for Beremy. There was something so cathartic about watching Bonnie realize that Jeremy had grown up to be a sweet, sexy, utterly dateable guy instead of Elena's annoying little brother. Even though the didn't end up together, they deserve a high ranking in this list of epic ships.

10. Posie (Penelope Park and Josie Saltzman)

Considering how few episodes of Legacies Penelope was in before she bounced, it's remarkable that so many people fell so deep in love with the Posie ship. We guess there's just something intoxicating about a bad girl who will do bad things for the girl she loves. If you come for Josie, Penelope will come for you!

9. Steferine (Stefan Salvatore and Katherine Pierce)

Is it weird that we always kind of thought Stefan and Katherine would end up together when all was said and done? Don't get us wrong, that relationship was toxic at best, but when they were on screen together, you just couldn't pull your eyes away from them. It was like watching a really sexy, complicated train wreck in action.

8. Forwood (Caroline Forbes and Tyler Lockwood)

Considering how often Caroline and Tyler were separated (by distance, evil hybrids, or opposing loyalties), it's pretty impressive that they were still one of the most memorable ships from The Vampire Diaries. It some mixed the sweetness of Maroline with the passion of Klaroline, creating a happy middle ground for fans to enjoy.

7. Freelin (Freya Mikaelson and Keelin Malraux)

Did we really understand the term OTP before Freelin existed? We doubt it. Freya and Keelin had their ups and downs on The Originals, to be sure, but through it all, there was never a doubt in our minds that these two strong, smart, sexy women were absolutely made for one another. Knowing they're living out their happily ever after in New Orleans with a cute little baby named Nik is the only thing that gets us through the day sometimes.

6. Steroline (Stefan Salvatore and Caroline Forbes)

Considering how many ships exist in this universe, it's shocking that Steroline is one of only a handful to make it down the aisle. Poor Stefan seemed doomed to be forever locked in a love triangle with his brother until Caroline Forbes entered his life. Not only did he no longer have to deal with love triangle BS, he got to marry his best friend, who he knew would support him through thick and thin. If only it hadn't taken them so long to figure out how awesome they could be together.

5. Benzo (Bonnie Bennett and Enzo St. John)

Sometimes it's hard to ship characters that are thrown together at the end of a series as opposed to the beginning, but that was not the case with Bonnie and Enzo. One minute they were two characters who'd never really interacted much, and the next they were epic loves who built a strong relationship built on trust, compassion, and a lot of laughter. Honestly, they fit so well together even we were surprised by it!

4. Stelena (Stefan Salvatore and Elena Gilbert)

Of all the ships to ever grace our screens over the years, there was something truly special about Stefan and Elena. Maybe it's because we associate their love story with some of the best years The Vampire Diaries ever had, or maybe their connection really was just too epic for words. Whatever the case, Stelena was one for the history books, and we dare you to say different.

3. Hosie (Hope Mikaelson and Josie Saltman)

It might seem weird to put a ship that's not, technically speaking, canon (yet!) so high on our list, but we absolutely won't apologize for it. Putting aside the obvious fact that these girls are definitely, majorly, into each other, Hope and Josie have proven over and over again that they not only understand each other on a deep, intimate level, they also care enough about one another to go to the ends of the earth to keep each other safe and happy. That kind of devotion when paired with a healthy, supportive dynamic is a killer combination.

2. Klaroline (Klaus Mikaelson and Caroline Forbes)

Klaus and Caroline never really got the timing right, but maybe that's what makes this ship one of the best in the history of The Vampire Diaries universe. They were enemies, they were lovers, and they were kind of even friends for a minute there, and the fact that they never really got a chance to be together only makes this ship more EPIC. Plus, it's kind of impossible not to swoon when a guy declares he'll be your last love.

1. Delena (Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert)

Was there ever any doubt that this list would end here? Whether you loved Delena or not, there's no denying this couple was iconic, and a large part of The Vampire Diaries' success was built on their love story. Sure, we would have preferred for them to not have different versions of the same fight for four seasons in a row, but that doesn't mean we don't still get major chills whenever we rewatch their first kiss or their series finale happily ever after.

#Legacies #TheOriginals #TheVampireDiaries #TVD #Hosie #Posie #Handon #Delena #Stelena #Haylijah #Klaroline #Klamille #Freelin #JuliePlec #TheCW

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