#It's the best kind of ship really

[solroskajan]

Ingo tried his best to stop Melli from following him home to unova but he didn’t listen.

I thought I wouldn’t draw any kind of ship art again but here we are i guess. they’re funny and pla has kept me sane these past few months so i guess it’s only fair that i post these.

#mellingo #highlandsshipping #pokemon #pokemon ingo #pokemon melli #It's the best kind of ship really #nothing too serious just fun #borderline crackship but still has the potential to be cute if you want #I just love the idea of melli flirting ingo into a relationship without him realizing it before it's too late and then he doesn't hate it?? #Ingo is not quite as attached as melli at least not from the start but he's enjoying the company #I don't think i've drawn the submas twins since i was 13 or something #throwing ingo into hisui might be the most needlessly mean thing gamefreak has done #:( #melli why are you so hard to draw

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Thank you all for voting in the poll to decide who was going to be the leader of the band! It turned out to be such a close race!

#poorly drawn mdzs #better drawn mdzs #mdzs #madam lan #A-qing #Band AU #(Reminder that Madam Lan's design inspiration goes to Qourmet!) #Madam Lan may have been the winner per vote count but there were so many strong advocates for A-Qing! #I played around with a few versions of what the 'poll winner' art was going to be and ultimately decided I wanted them both. #As any good theater love knows though - The battle for leadership was a ruse. They *all* get a chance to be featured. #Cooperation was the real end goal! However I do think these two have the best frontman energy of the group. #Or at least 'crowd favourite' energy. I also really loved hearing what people thought their vocal styles would be like! #This was probably one of my favourite polls to do and I love drawing these characters a lot B*) #I'd love to spend a bit more time in this AU so count on me bringing it back. #One thing I keep feeling like I need to redeem myself on is Madam Lan's Translucent skirt. I have *not* done the concept justice yet. #It is such a crack-platonic ship but I want to think Madam Lan and A-Qing would enjoy each other's company. #Possibly also with JYL as well. They can be like mutually beneficial therapy dogs to each other. #Madam Lan never got to see her kids grow up into teenagers after all. She only had sons. Never daughters. #Even if she saw her kids once a month we do know she treated them with so much love and kindness. #She would bite the shit out of YZY for yelling at JYL. What a sight to see. A-Qing would also start biting (for fun).

[hamofjustice]

nemona feels like an obscure blorbo instead of the main rival character from the latest pokemon game because to get to her really good content from people who really get it, you first have to wade through the ocean of yandere pervert obsessive stalker annoying punchable bimbo amazon goddess interpretations of...

... a neurodivergent and possibly disabled high schooler who's desperately trying to make any friends or get any support from her rich neglectful family - while everyone in her school is jealous of their own imagined version of a privileged asshole version of her they made up - who deeply and platonically loves and supports the one new kid who agreed to take the time to get to know and respect her and her special interest without having to hold back her true self

unlike her, it's not great!

kinda feels like she has the same problem in our world that she does in hers.

#(except much hornier) #i hate to say it but i think her skin color has something to do with it #nemona pokemon #nemona #pokemon sv #pokemon scarvio #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon #nemonaposting #dog girl and goku memes are fine i guess #i legitimately cannot google her without a video of someone being cruel to her on purpose and making her visibly sad coming up #i don't think people like that really browse these tags but i hope they're not the reason she was not in the dlc footage at all #and thus may never get more screen time to actually be her best friend's 'rival for life' as promised before the 3 year cycle marches on #you know the dlc about nemona's best friend and 'greatest treasure' transferring to a school about the hardcore battles she's dying without #potentially abandoning her and sending her back to almost square one on having a reason to enjoy life #don't get me started yelling about that again #also i didn't mean platonically in a don't ship them kind of way you should absolutely do that if it lines up with your interpretations #i usually do in fact #just trying to emphasize the contrast between canon and fanart here #opinions of her already start off so low faith just because she's from the 10 fps pokemon game and i'll be real i wish she wasn't #i wish she and her friends were somewhere i could trust that they would be treated respectfully by their copyright holders

[djs-sideblog-for-pog-trains]

more 1x5x6 because these losers are in my brain. their main way of showing affection flops between petty arguing or merciless teasing

also oh my GOD engines are so hard to drawwww... those running boards, man. they gave me hell

gonna do a proper image ID under the cut bc my handwriting is a bit ...spindly

[IMAGE ID: A digitally drawn image Percy, James and Thomas from Thomas the Tank Engine in a line, on a plain, olive-grey background, directly facing the camera. James is blushing and looking down, frowning with his nose scrunched up in flustered embarrassment, and Thomas and Percy are looking at James with teasing expressions.

Percy is saying, "Don't worry, James! They may tease, but you're our big engine. Thomas adds, "Aww, yeah, Jim. You're our special-est, splendid-est engine!" Both speech bubbles are full of little pink hearts.

Each engine has words in brackets beside them with arrows pointing at them. Percy's says (teasing) (laying it on so thick). Thomas' says (immediately joins in). James has three arrows pointing at him, with the caption (Absolutely loves the attention).

The artist's signature (DJs-sideblog-for-pog-trains) is written in translucent white over all three engine's buffers. /END ID]

#ttte #ttte shipping #ttte thomas #ttte james #ttte percy #1x5x6 #thomasxjamesxpercy #most my ideas for them are kind of in my humanisation designs but also is that really what we're in the train fandom for #also u can tell i drew these at first w/out many references and then tried to course correct #channelling my best kips energy to draw. eng ine #dj's art

[camelspit]

idk sokeefe just feels like the kind of ship that should never go canon. like spirk. do you get it.

#let me. elaborate a bit. #i just think that. one of the big draws to sokeefe was when people didnt know if they really would be canon #especially when keefe was still more a background character #and a lot of sokeefe comes from the fact that they werent canon until stellarlune! people could do whatever they wanted with them #and even up until unlocked it was never explicitly stated that keefe liked sophie. just heavily implied. #and sophies feelings could have gone either way for forever. #theyre the kind of ship that should never be canon and just be so heavily implied that it drives people insane. do you understand. #like in straight media when gay ships can be heavily implied but they wont flat out say theyre canon #thats them! that should be sokeefe! #they function the best when they are not canon #kotlc

[birdcatt]

its awkward for everyone involved except for this guy

#oc: leaf (pmd) #oc: emerald (pmd) #darkrai #pokemon #pmd #pokemon mystery dungeon #leafeon #glaceon #he is dressing his best for this divorce #but the main reason i did this was because by pitting him into this relationship thats kind of All he became #and what he represents for both sisters struggles also meant that me as the author couldnt really figure out how he would be as a person #so im also making that the lore here and more or less what he felt #its a bit like freedom for him #also i just got bored of this ship #there is a Part of me that also wants to snip emerald/bronze and divorce them too but i will not do that disservice to kid me #emerald/bronze have been a thing for years and years!!! so theyll stay that way #art tag

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

Garak is So much right from his first episode. Laura Palmer of Cardassia over here trying to get laid, foil a terrorist plot, AND work a retail shift, all while high as fuck. Dude’s schedule in Past Prologue is FULL.

#Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #Past Prologue really reveals how immediately dickmatized he is by Julian cause it's Julian at some of his absolute peak autism obliviousnes #and Garak still wants him so bad. utterly pathetic to see. I'm obsessed with them. #also it sucks how we have to wait sooooooooo fucking long to see Garak again after that but it's also kind of hysterical #like DS9 said there is a full on Cardassian spy loose in the station. we will not be following up on this for an entire season btw. #he's just. hangin around. #Starky's Original Posts #Starky's Text Posts #garashir #garashir best ship because it's literally a former torturerspyassassin (all at once) whose tragic backstory is literally whatever you want #and the world's most adorable puppyish angelic twink who still sleeps with a teddy bear #STRAIGHT OUTTA WATTPAD FANFIC. I FUCKING LOVE YOU STAR TREK YOU CRAZY SON OF A BITCH #also didn't mean to imply that Julian's autism obliviousness is not an extremely sexy trait of his bc it is I just meant like #you wouldn't have thought it'd be so sexy to. a Cardassian and a spy. it's soooo funny #the way he has to desperately try to explain that the suit fitting is a metaphor. absolutely dickmatized RIP.

[veinsfullofstars]

“I. Am going. To kill that rat.” “What was that, Boss?” “I said, BACK TO YOUR POSTS NOW!” “Y-Y-Yes, sir, right away, sir!”

(ID: Kirby series fanart comic, Kintsugi AU, four borderless panels featuring Dark Meta Knight, Mirror Axe Knight, and Mirror Mace Knight, in which the latter two comment on their leader’s interesting new battle scars, much to his restrained dismay. Transcript below the cut. END ID.)

Good thing his minions aren’t the brightest bulbs in the bunch - otherwise they’d’ve found out about all the friendly hugs he’s been getting in his off-time.

(… this isn’t too much, is it? Stars, I hope not. I tried to keep it vague enough that it doesn’t have to mean anything spicy. Maybe it was just a very competitive game of tag. Or maybe DMK couldn’t quite reach an itch between his wings and Daroach got a bit overenthusiastic trying to help. Basically anything that could ruin his “big scary cool toughguy” reputation. As long as DMK is too embarrassed to admit to it in front of his crew, they’re all viable options, haha.)

Started 12/25/23, finished 12/28/23, updated 01/04/24. NOTE: This was originally posted on my deleted account on 01/04/24.

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Transcript:

Panel 1

*DMK walking forward towards our left, M!Axe and M!Mace passing by in the opposite direction, M!Axe waves cheerily to DMK, who glances at them over his shoulder*

M!Axe: Oh, Boss, there you are! Hey, how was the fight? Didja win?

DMK: Hm? What’re you talking about?

Panel 2

*reverse shot of DMK, still glancing over his shoulder, several pink scratch lines can be seen on his back and the base of his wings, each in sets of three*

M!Mace: Got some new scratches on your back, Boss. Nasty ones, too, by the look of it.

M!Axe: (laughing, impressed) Ha! Musta been one heck of a scrap to leave marks like that! I’d hate to see what happened to the other guy, haha!

Panel 3

*front shot of DMK, his eyes shrunk to dots in realization, as a thought bubble hovers over his head - a simple headshot of Daroach, grinning roguishly beneath the shadow of his hat, showing off his claws as they glint sharply*

Panel 4

*front shot of DMK, sweating and glaring fixedly off to the side, eyes still shrunk, a vivid blush inside his visor, while M!Axe and M!Mace stand where they were before behind him, heads tilted in innocent confusion*

DMK: (strained) … … … Yes. … … A fight. … That’s what happened.

#veins art #veins ships #veins fanart #fanart #kirby series #kirby #dark meta knight #mirror axe knight #mirror mace knight #(not tagging them as OCs since they're not really different from their counterparts here) #daroach #dark meta knight x daroach #darkroach #rarepair #AU #kintsugi au #comic #(almost didn't post this one not gonna lie) #(I generally prefer more fluff-centric stuff) #(since even implied spice tends to make the ace brain leap into panic mode) #(plus I don't wanna y'know... accidentally set some kind of weird precedent regarding my art?) #basically I'm overthinking things again) #(but these two have a very specific relationship in my headcanon) #(at least when compared to MetaDede or Marxolor for example) #(not to say there's no fluff btw them - it's just more... neutrally physical? than what the others have) #(“friends with benefits” fits best I think) #anyway - panel 3 DMK face is my favorite thing ever I've decided #suggestive #<- (just in case) #veinsfullofstars

[charlunday]

I can't think of a caption I've just been staring at them for 5 minutes. Helnik Fandom have some food ❤️

#i should really start an art tag #nina zenik #matthias helvar #helnik #six of crows #grishaverse #the BEST grishaverse ship #anyway #SMUT #NUDITY #kind of #i hope i dont get banned

[weewoobrainrot]

still not over the fact hangman was originally gonna be iceman's son.

can you imagine???? bc iceman and maverick obviously didn't lose touch. and mav was like a dad to bradley so whenever he met up with ice he would've played with jake. they would've grown up together. they would've been best friends. they would've talked about wanting to be naval aviators like their fathers together. jake would've been there for bradley when he found out his mom was sick. jake would've been there when bradley opened the rejection letter from the navy when mav pulled his papers. jake would've been there when bradley found out it was mav. bradley would've been there when jake applied himself. bradley would've been there when jake got accepted. bradley would've had to say goodbye to jake while he went off to live the life bradley should've started a few years earlier, torn between being happy for him and being jealous.

jake made the first call, asking bradley if he wanted to meet up for a coffee. bradley couldn't wait to catch up. they did this regularly, every friday, until they didn't.

bradley wanted to congratulate jake when he graduated, but they'd lost touch. jake wanted to invite bradley to his graduation, but they'd lost touch. bradley wouldn't see him graduate. bradley wanted to comfort jake when he found out ice was sick, but they hadn't talked in almost ten years. jake wanted to be there for bradley on the 30th anniversary of goose's death, but they hadn't talked in twelve years.

bradley wanted to be civil with jake when they got picked for the special detachment, but somewhere along the way, losing touch turned to mutual annoyance. jake couldn't believe his luck when bradley walked into the bar, there's not a man on earth that makes him angrier. they have no big reason, just little things.

jake wants to tell bradley everything, but it's too late and he's gone on the mission. bradley wanted to talk to jake, but he run out of time. everything in the past suddenly seems unimportant and really, they just miss each other. bradley hated that he felt left behind by jake when he left. they'd been best friends, and when jake went away, he started acting like someone bradley didn't know. jake was so mad at bradley for shutting himself away, but never tried to pull him back out because he though bradley wanted to be alone

bradley couldn't believe it when jake saves him. jake, his jake, the jake he lost along the way. jake couldn't believe it when he see bradley, actually alive and breathing. finally they land on the plane and they make eye contact, and the look they give each others said more than words ever could

still, afterwards, when the crowds were gone, and the sun set, and jake found himself taking a walk around the boat, eventually making it outside to see bradley, they finally talked. it was pitch black outside, it was so noisy they could barely hear eachother. but they were alone. and they were talking.

bradley finally realised how hard he'd really fallen for his childhood friend. jake soon realised he was, without a doubt, in love with his childhood friend.

#look this has been in my head for AGES #i really didn't mean for this post to get this long but #here we are #best friends -> enemies (kind of) -> lovers #all the best tropes smushed into one ship #top gun #top gun maverick #hangster #bradley rooster bradshaw #jake hangman seresin #sereshaw #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #icemav #nick goose bradshaw #carole bradshaw

[deus-ex-mona]

when the lip differs from the lip

#aizo’s really too good for this series (sometimes). very male lead of him i have to say #he forgives his mother for being like *that* to him and still loves her despite everything #he shows kindness to people who openly hate him (mona; granted it was only to make up for his bf’s earlier misdeeds) #a n d he tolerates yujiro’s nonsense (bc he loooooves him) despite their frequent arguments and disagreements all #meanwhile yujiro openly hates on people who go after his bf (kanami 2k20: never forget… and chizuutan to a degree too ig) #man i miss honeypre event stories (says this all the time). i miss seeing aizo pine on main (while being dense about his own feelings) #and yujiro being salty on main (while somehow being even denserrrrrrrr about his own feelings for aizo) #those event stories truly were some of the best shipping fuel for ss lxl #(also ngl but. i liked how hiyoko was still present in their stories as the supportive friend role to them…) #(unlike a certain [redacted] anime which turned her into a horrible self-insert who shoehorns herself into situations unrelated to her) #(*cough* aizo’s so-called ‘fake trauma’ *cough* ‘how could yujiro’s family hate him when his mom makes him such a nice lunch????’ *cough*) #(wished we could’ve seen more of the jk trio in the event stories though [sadge]. bring back honeypre p l s) #um anyway!!!!!! see y’all when the next lxl mv drops ig???? maybe later in the week???? sometime between wed-fri???? idk?????

[platonic-qpr-selfshipping]

happy new year to all self shippers !! <33

#im really glad i created this blog last year #one of my goals for this new year is to post more about my f/os and the very specific scenarios i have with them #also gushing and that kind of stuff kdbks #i love to see that kind of posts from my mutuals and i feel like i do them less than i actually want to #thank you sm for your support durinf the year!! i love your reblog tags and asks and everything yall are amazing #i hope this will be a great year for everyone #hoping the best for everyone out there #f/o community #self ship community #selfshipping #self shipping #self shipping community #selfship #selfshipper #self shipper

[fdragon-art]

Day 27 (30 Days | Homestuck - Day 13) - Favourite Moiral Pairing (Meowrails)

"Some pairs are simple...meant to be"

#homestuck #30days #nepeta #nepeta leijon #equius #equius zahhak #meowrails #year 4 #art #I'mma be honest...I don't think about moirails at all ^^'' #Like the whole trollian relationship thing is super interesting from a fictional cultural perspective but it doesn't really translate well #for me (at least in a ''shipping''/''favourite pairing'' way) #Thinking of a favourite matesprit pairing was easy enough.. and even kismesis is fun to think about (see it tomorrow~) #But moirails are kinda like romantic best friends except maybe both nonromantic (human) and very much romantic (trollian) #So it's just...kinda weird to think about? Maybe it could be similar to a kind of queerplatonic relationships but even that feels kinda off #So yeah. I really like its place in trollian society.. but it's a little confusing to think about as far as pairings go

[clumsycapitolunicorn]

it's been nearly 6 months since the ted lasso finale and im still pretty much:

#ted lasso #messing with us tedbecca shippers and giving rebecca some rando...ruining a canon ship...trying to girl boss a character- #-who you didn't even let have her own work plot when it was time... #making two men who had a beautiful relationship growth fight last minute over said girlboss and making them grossly misogynistic #leaving one of your characters in an ab*s*ve relationship was an awful woman and all the mentioned ab*s*ve moments were- #-just for sh*ts and giggles #ohhh and also making it mandatory to forgive even the sh*tty people when it's ok not to #taking your lead away from a place he was most stable and maybe or maybe not having him get back with his ex who told him he was too much.. #-got with their therapist (and you never dig deep into that mess) and maybe cheated... #yes to be with his son but there were options for him to stay in london and bring his kid and ex so they could both parent or show a- #representation of these kind of situations and maybe have henry living with each parent 6 months each and getting the best of both worlds #also your boss is more rich than she started and was providing for you your kid and ex #instead we get ted only deciding to leave after his mother told him his kid missed him (as if that isn't obvious) such a weak way to go- #-about it and tbh ted leaving his kid far away to go to london instead of like half an hour way is kind of stupid all round really #they wanted a mary poppins situation except mary poppins made some roots of her own and had connections so it didn'twork #yeah i am still...feeling a lot

[wonder-worker]

Margaret of Anjou’s visit to Coventry [in 1456], which was part of her dower and that of her son, Edward of Lancaster, was much more elaborate. It essentially reasserted Lancastrian power. The presence of Henry and the infant Edward was recognised in the pageantry. The ceremonial route between the Bablake gate and the commercial centre was short, skirting the area controlled by the cathedral priory, but it made up for its brevity with no fewer than fourteen pageants. Since Coventry had an established cycle of mystery plays, there were presumably enough local resources and experience to mount an impressive display; but one John Wetherby was summoned from Leicester to compose verses and stage the scenes. As at Margaret’s coronation the iconography was elaborate, though it built upon earlier developments.

Starting at Bablake gate, next to the Trinity Guild church of St. Michael, Bablake, the party was welcomed with a Tree of Jesse, set up on the gate itself, with the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah explaining the symbolism. Outside St. Michael’s church the party was greeted by Edward the Confessor and St. John the Evangelist; and proceeding to Smithford Street, they found on the conduit the four Cardinal Virtues—Righteousness (Justice?), Prudence, Temperance, and Fortitude. In Cross Cheaping wine flowed freely, as in London, and angels stood on the cross, censing Margaret as she passed. Beyond the cross was pitched a series of pageants, each displaying one of the Nine Worthies, who offered to serve Margaret. Finally, the queen was shown a pageant of her patron saint, Margaret, slaying the dragon [which 'turned out to be strictly an intercessor on the queen's behalf', as Helen Maurer points out].

The meanings here are complex and have been variously interpreted. An initial reading of the programme found a message of messianic kingship: the Jesse tree equating royal genealogy with that of Christ had been used at the welcome for Henry VI on his return from Paris in 1432. A more recent, feminist view is that the symbolism is essentially Marian, and to be associated with Margaret both as queen and mother of the heir rather than Henry himself. The theme is shared sovereignty, with Margaret equal to her husband and son. Ideal kingship was symbolised by the presence of Edward the Confessor, but Margaret was the person to whom the speeches were specifically addressed and she, not Henry, was seen as the saviour of the house of Lancaster. This reading tips the balance too far the other way: the tableau of Edward the Confessor and St. John was a direct reference to the legend of the Ring and the Pilgrim, one of Henry III’s favourite stories, which was illustrated in Westminster Abbey, several of his houses, and in manuscript. It symbolised royal largesse, and its message at Coventry would certainly have encompassed the reigning king. Again, the presence of allegorical figures, first used for Henry, seems to acknowledge his presence. Yet, while the message of the Coventry pageants was directed at contemporary events it emphasised Margaret’s motherhood and duties as queen; and it was expressed as a traditional spiritual journey from the Old Testament, via the incarnation represented by the cross, to the final triumph over evil, with the help of the Virgin, allegory, and the Worthies. The only true thematic innovation was the commentary by the prophets.

[...] The messages of the pageants firmly reminded the royal women of their place as mothers and mediators, honoured but subordinate. Yet, if passive, these young women were not without significance. It is clear from the pageantry of 1392 and 1426 in London and 1456 in Coventry that when a crisis needed to be resolved, the queen (or regent’s wife) was accorded extra recognition. Her duty as mediator—or the good aspect of a misdirected man—suddenly became more than a pious wish. At Coventry, Margaret of Anjou was even presented as the rock upon which the monarchy rested. [However,] a crisis had to be sensed in order to provoke such emphasis [...]."

-Nicola Coldstream, "Roles of Women in Late Medieval Civic Pageantry," "Reassessing the Roles of Women as 'Makers' of Medieval Art and Culture"

#historicwomendaily #margaret of anjou #my post #henry vi #yeah I don't necessarily agree with Laynesmith's interpretation (that it was essentially Marian with an emphasis on shared sovereignty) #which she herself says is 'admittedly very speculative' #as this book points out that interpretation tips the balance too far on the other side and has a somewhat selective reading #It's also important to remember that this interpretation was not really reflected across wider Lancastrian propaganda at the time #which isn't really talked about - let alone emphasized - as much by historians but remained focused on the King #For example: look at the pro-Lancastrian poem 'The Ship of State' which hails Henry VI as a 'noble shyp made of good tree' #and emphasizes how he was widely supported and defended by many great Lancastrian lords and the crown prince #but not Margaret who was entirely absent #also look at the book 'Knyghthode and Bataile' (presented to Henry) and Fortescue's various pro-Lancastrian texts in the 1460s #even the recording of that Yorkist trial which was iirc reported in the 1459 attainder #all of these were entirely conventional and highlighted the presence and importance of the King. Margaret was not emphasized. #so either the Lancastrians were impossibly inconsistent about what message they actually wanted to convey about the role of their own queen #or the Coventry pageants were not actually meant to emphasize Margaret in the lieu of Laynesmith's interpretation #and would not have been viewed in such a manner by contemporaries #I think we should also keep in mind that we don't really know what Henry VI's condition was like at the time of MoA's entry to Coventry #we know he had been injured in St. Albans and had only just recovered from his second illness #this is especially important to consider since we know he had also arrived at Coventry before Margaret but much more discreetly #and was not welcomed by any pageants that we know of. This is VERY unusual and can be best explained if we consider the fact that he #may have simply not been in the right state (be it physical or state of mind) for it at the time #in which case the pageants for Margaret should be viewed as more of a improvisation/cover-up/temporary measure to bolster prestige #or Henry may have deliberately taken a more discreet role to emphasize the position of his heir - especially important after the long wait #imo I think Kipling's interpretation (ie: that they addressed Margaret but really referenced the prince & heir) makes a lot more sense: #'Coventry [...] regarded Margaret's entry as a kind of triumph-by-proxy: the Queen entered the city but Coventry received its Prince' #though I think he tends to view Margaret as more of a cipher (and has a very questionable view of Henry VI) which I also don't agree with. #The pageants very much DID focus on and reference her but they most prominently emphasized her 'motherhood and duties as queen' #ie: I think Kipling and Laynesmith tip too far on opposite sides and I think this interpretation takes the most realistic middle ground

[wastelandroses]

Even though I’m a multishipper most of the time, I wouldn’t be fine if MiIeven was canon after the events of ST4, vol. 2 more specifically, and how the love triangle was handled overall. The sentence “I don’t care which one will be canon as long as all of them are happy” has been very common around circles that love both couples, MiIeven and Byler, but I can’t bring myself to agree.

I wouldn’t be fine if MiIeven was endgame after Will’s feelings were used as a prop to mend it. El should have herself told Mike how greatly she feels about him, or Will shouldn’t have to urge Mike to say “I love you” if the relationship was to be fixed. (However, I think they are doing this for a reason, but this is beside the point.)

Will is a gay boy in the 80’s, lives in a small conservative town that already hates his family. On top of that, he is terrified of coming out. Amongst everything else he has gone through, he does not need a storyline where his romantic love for his childhood best friend is neglected, turned into a plot device in favor of restoring a hetero relationship.

If they wanted to make Byler as an example of a tragic unrequited love, there are other ways to do it that doesn’t reek homophobia (and queerbait). The love triangle is not just a mindless fandom battle between who is better for Mike (or who he “actually loves”) like any other heterosexual love triangle in media. There is a difference between the two outcomes. One of them being filled with homophobic and disgusting writing choices that led to cause more unnecessary pain and trauma for a queer character and the other is a hopeful, refreshing ending along with another step forward in queer representation that the mainstream media lacks.

insp.

#the fandom is still pretty much hibernating but just wanted to throw my two cents #hopefully this was comprehensible because i cant write #this is mostly based on my experience on twt #you don't see much multishipping here which is kind of a shame or not really #st fucked up and now were all praying for the best #rip miIeven it was fun while it lasted #aus headcanons are fine and normal but were talking about canon here #i'm saying this with the utmost love #el is my favorite character so idk what to tell you except #if your boy is only encouraged to say ily after your gay brother says so MULTIPLE TIMES i would dump him #byler #anti mileven #stranger things #st (mine) #ship discourse #<- block the tag if you're annoyed #at times i'm too #rose posts