#and obviously it works well for them

[softquietsteadylove]

Spicy Thenamesh Doctor AU!

In the ambulance!

Thena inhales between kisses, "I should go."

"Why?" Gil whispers, and she's not sure if he's being a tease or if he's really asking. His hands are still on her waist, under her scrub top just to feel her bare skin.

"Because I'm on call," she laments as Gil continues to kiss her neck with that very talented mouth he has. "And if we get interrupted neither of us are going to be very happy about it."

"Hm," Gil muses, seeming to almost consider her argument until he pulls her shirt up a little bit more. "It's been a quiet night. I don't think they'll need you in the next...fifteen minutes."

"Fifteen, hm?" she laughs faintly as she does a very poor job of pushing him away. In fact, instead of pushing against his chest all she manages to do is bunch up the material in her hands as she paws at him.

"What can I say," Gil chuckles as he pulls her scrub top and shirt off in one clean swipe. "I'm feeling adventurous."

Thena gasps as he does away with her bra just as easily. He's a bit of a sucker for her boobs, but she doesn't mind. Her spine tingles as he toys with her nipples. "Fifteen minutes worth of adventure--and not a second more."

"Yes, Doctor Thena."

"Wh-!" Thena squeaks as Gil flips them around, letting her brace herself on the inside of the wall while he slips his hand into her scrub pants.

His fingers are immediately in her panties, swirling around the wetness that was already collecting from their make out session and soon pushing in two at a time.

Thena lets out a long, loud groan, "Gil!"

"Sh, baby," he croons in her ear, leaning over her shoulder as he fingers her as if they're horny med students getting caught in a stairwell. "I'm just warming you up."

She's already more than overheated, thank you.

Thena bites into her bottom lip as his fingers move in a beckoning motion inside of her. He always knows just what to do with her. Every once in a while she'll wonder if Gil has always been this proficient a lover or if there's something unrealistically special about her (and her with him). But she doesn't really want to know the answer, so she always forgets it part way through.

"Come on, sweetheart," Gil whispers, moving his fingers faster, holding her hips with his other hand.

Thena whimpers, her knees buckling as she comes around his fingers. Gil likes things hard and fast or he likes sweet, slow love-making. There's never an in between with him. But she is likely to get both in one evening, if they have the time.

Gil pulls his fingers from her slowly and gently, careful of her tender sensitivity. He pops his fingers in his mouth as he moves her to sit on her knees on the ambulance bench.

Not before her pants find a way under and around her knees, leaving her ass out entirely. She whines at him, "have to clean this."

Gil kisses the back of her neck, under her ponytail, "I had to clean it before the next shift anyway."

Thena moans again as Gil braces her hips back against his. He seems so sweet and docile in nature, but she's quickly learning that he's ready to fuck at a moment's notice. She pushes her hips against his.

Gil pushes into her and immediately starts rocking his hips. The ambulance is shaking faintly from them both pushing against it with their palms meshing clumsily. Gil's hand covers hers, "fuck, baby."

"Fuck," she whimpers in reply, echoing his statement. Gil from behind just as a certain...feel to it. He's thick in all the right places--for her, at least. It's like they're made for each other! Not that she needs to be that sappy when he's fucking her in an ambulance up against the wall.

"Kinda hot though, right?" he asked, and she just knows he has that devilish grin on his face. Like when he's asking her if she's left any of her panties in his car by accident (just so Kingo doesn't find them, he says, but she thinks he just likes embarrassing her a little).

"Gil," she drawls, trying to sound like she's scolding him for it, even while he's inside her. She listens to the creak of the bus metal and groans, "not now."

"You're right," he purrs, and she knows she's about to get truly and deeply railed. He picks up one of her thighs and angles her hips differently, "I have more important matters at hand."

Thena's jaw drops open as his hips crash into hers. He holds her thigh up, careful of the tightness in her hip flexors (because of course he is). "Gil!"

"Shit," he pants, basically hugging her thigh to his chest, "you close?"

"Yes, I'm close, fuck--I'm close!" She lets her knees - or one knee, rather - go in preparation. Gil catches her at the waist which grinds them together even more closely and firmly. She comes.

"Fuck!" Gil bellows in response to her coming around him, pulling him to follow. His hips buck against hers.

She moans, all of her muscles becoming useless. She might as well be a pile of gauze on the floor, she has so little bone structure left. She whines.

Gil lets her leg down gently and pulls her into his arms. He kisses her forehead, as if he wasn't just rocking the ambulance so hard she feared it might topple over. "You okay?"

"Hm," she purses her lips, eyes still closed but wiggling in his grasp. "I told you to carry some with you."

"Well, I can't exactly keep 'em in my pockets, hon."

No, maybe that isn't the kind of thing an EMT needs to have that on hand at all times. Thena pushes against his chest, "towel."

He tosses one to her, "we don't really keep them in here, either."

Thena rolls her eyes, using the towel to clean herself up as best she can. No, there isn't much of a need for condoms in the ambulances. But still! "Gilgamesh."

He chuckles, kissing her cheek as she offers it to him for his part of the cleanup. He sighs as she pulls her bra back on, "fine, I'll keep some somewhere on me from now on, okay?"

She huffs as she tugs on her regular t-shirt first and then her scrub top, "y'know, I changed my mind. Maybe the rule is simply no more sex while we're at work."

Gil has the audacity to give her a smirk, "you really think we can stick to that?"

She turns and crosses her arms, warmth in her cheeks, "I'm not talking about the call rooms!"

Gil comes over to her again, leaning over her hunched shoulders and kissing her hair, "okay, honey, whatever you say."

She rolls her eyes; he'll be extra affectionate (unprofessional) tonight. "I've got two more hours on call. Just behave for that much?--if you can, that is."

He gives her a mocking salute as he opens up the doors for her to make her escape, "yes, Doctor."

She purses her lips at him.

He blows her a kiss, "see you soon, dear."

She sighs, turning around to make her way back into the Emergency Room. With any luck, she can avoid Ajak and the accusation that she was using her break time to rendevouz with Gil...again.

#Thenamesh Doctor AU #Thenamesh 18+ #not rated E but rated...a little bit spicy #I like #variety is the spice of life! #and listen #this Gil...fucks #he f u c k s #he's up for a wild time #they work very stressful jobs! #and obviously it works well for them #Thena isn't really opposed to it #she just doesn't want to have to be there when someone asks hey what happened in the ambulance Gil is hosing out? #or you seem happy where were you? #or don't you have better things to do on your break? and your shirt is inside out #listen they're maybe not very subtle #it's why everyone basically already knows about them even if they're not 'official' #they basically are #let's face it they basically were long before now anyway #everyone in Emerge knows #and the nurses knew better than to go after Gil for a long time before now anyhow #no use in getting on the Goddess of War's badside

[cherrirui-official]

"You know... You didn't have to take that with you."

"But I promised him I'd take him out to see the ocean one day."

#for context uhmm how do i explain this #so around a few weeks after Jd arrives Bruce is like “Hey... where are the others?” #and Jd is like “ooooh 🤪🤪 he doesnt know...” #Since at this time JD believes that the entire tribe is dead. including his brothers and grandma #so Jd has to take Bruce to the now abandoned troll tree and give him the bad news #Bruce doesnt believe it at first. even if the tree is abandoned they cant be dead? right?? they cant be #so he rushes over to their grandma's pod. thinking that theyre just in hiding and waiting for them to return #and all Bruce is able to find in the empty pod is Branch's old stuffed toy Croco #which solidifies to Bruce that everyone is dead. their friends their family. everyone #Bruce is obviously devastated by the news. he doesnt show it a lot but he doesnt take it too well #he ends up bringing Croco with him back to Vacay Island and patches Croco up #since Croco is a bit worn out due to being left in the pod for years #and since then Bruce always keeps Croco hidden in his hair. both as a memoir of his baby brother #and also a reminder of how he failed as an older brother... ouch #ofc the others arent dead. its just that now both Jd AND Bruce believe that the rest of the trolls are dead #also King Trollex is there bc i wanted to put him there. I like Trollex :] #a knee ways more bb au art i promise the next bb au art will be lighthearted #tho now im gonna work on the next violet gijinka batch bc ive been starving my friendlocke audience for too long #sorry friendlocke fans ill feed u next dw #cherris canvas #trolls #trolls band together #trolls john dory #john dory trolls #trolls bruce #bruce trolls #king trollex #beach bros au #sorry for rambling in the tags i hope u dont mind ahaha

[chloecherrysip]

I told ya, see!? As long as we're together, everything's gonna be okay!

#mario movie #mario movie spoilers #super mario bros movie #super mario bros movie spoilers #super mario bros #cherrysip edits #oh my goodness i FINALLY got this to work #there was one gif that kept breaking it and rendering the post invisible but i won in the end!!! #anyway i wanted to turn my footage into a gif as well because OBVIOUSLY LOOK AT THEM LOOK AT THEIR SWEET LITTLE FACES!!! #i will literally never get tired of any moment of this #it is Peak Cinema and we can truly go no further. perfection has been achieved pack it up everyone #also LUIGI LAUGHING AT THE END OF THE FIRST GIF IS SO CUTE. HE IS AN ANGEL #he is just laughing all throughout the hug. nothing could be wrong anymore his brother's here!!!!

[risariba]

this is very important

#dungeon meshi #marcille donato #falin touden #farcille #dungeon meshi spoilers #I originally drew Falin as Howl...well...because of the chimera form and because I'm a lesbian with a bird brain and Falin as Howl #is the most precious shiny thingy every bird will go after okay like the coat???and overall vibe....ah #but then I decided I want to draw more silly sketches with them in this au and I actually turned my brain on and like... Marcille #works as Howl too even more so than Falin(in some aspects!)Calcifer is obviously Winged Lion #Chilchuck will be Markl and idc!!!it's works #he is just a funny fellow #Sessil/Mithrun can be Witch of the Waste??I'm not sure I'm open to your suggestions...

[drac-kool-aid]

I like how in these past two entries Dracula is just There In the Background.

He's a flying bat, maybe a bird, he's that figure on the seat over there in the distance with the glowing red eyes. This is so different from how he menaced Jonathan (where he was the creepy old man that is Actively Keeping Me Prisoner yet still wants to have nightly chats) or the Demeter crew (where he understand the Nothing is Scarier trope and generally keeps out of sight till the end).

This time, he's just chillaxing in the background because we've had those two instances of different flavors of horror, and now we are thoroughly terrified of him, so just seeing him in the background is enough.

And this kind of tickles me in a weird way because I do so love when you can see the danger. It may not be actively menacing you. In fact, it may be moving away from you. Honestly, you don't even know if it has noticed you, and it's still TERRIFYING.

Like, sure, the idea that the monster is watching you and you not realizing it is scary, but sometimes you watching the monster is worse.

#dracula daily #re: dracula #dracula #i should amend #Mina is not experiencing this #the audience is #this trope works best if you know that the monster far outclasses you #cause then its less “im stalking the monster to initiate combat” #and more “oh shit am i hidden? did it see me? is it going to come after me?” #i mostly get this in video games and ttrpgs obviously #but it can be done well in a book #jurrasic park (the book) has some moments of “oh shit do the dinosaurs see us” #and theres that bit in the movie where they run into the trex hunting on the open plain #the trex isnt actively menacing them #but its terrifying cause if it notices them they are screwed

[unganseylike]

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“Love Like Ghosts" // The Raven Cycle

When your true love is destined to die, is already dead, or will always be leaving. And other moments of ghostliness. 

#finally this post that has been in the working for so long is up. Not perfect but its up #yes we have now escalated to full songs #a song about ghosts for which i have used no quotes about the canon ghosts #overall goal here was a section for each relationship #which made me realize blue has had a canonical thing with everyone but ronan lol #ignore the fact that i could only get good angsty pynch quotes from greywaren i was struggling to find what i wanted in trc #last part is intentional repetition of different versions of blue kiss me like we have the vision of the first hurt me baby and the actual #obviously huge bias here toward bluesey but thats bc. Well. its all for them <3 #overall happy with this because i feel like it actually encapsulates song and vice versa in terms of the love and ghost metaphor #anyway bluesey car scene said absent presence #lordhuroncycle #perhaps my last lordhuroncycle unless they release new song or i get inspired lol #long post #web weaving

[subunit-a]

Been listening to malevolent and it really is like *slaps roof of malevolent* this bad boy can fit so many aromantics in it

#i mean arthur is obviously aro john is too and ive finally reached episodes with more bella info and yep she is as well #arthur and bella marriage is so fucked up cos theyd work fine as friends probably but then shes pregnant and they have to get married and #neither of them wants that (aro) but also they dont want to be tied together in that way #and i do not think they communicated properly about this #i interpret bella telling daniel what she did as more of an 'i dont want to be married at all i dont want to be married to him hes fine as a #friend but i dont want to marry him' crisis than like. any sort of genuine animosity toward arthur #yeah. fucked up #anyway #just had some thoughts #malevolent

[fromtheseventhhell]

It's crazy that people still uphold show!Sansa as a well-written character and pretend that liking her is the pinnacle of feminism when it would be infinitely more impactful to acknowledge her terrible and misogynistic writing. This is the same character who, while written by two men, was thankful for the abuse she suffered because it allowed her to grow. The same character who we had to be told was smart because the writers were too lazy to develop or show her intelligence. The same character who had to rely heavily on the men surrounding her and ended up accomplishing nothing on her own merit ( and no, thinking that she deserved to be Queen doesn't mean that she earned it). She is not well-written, she is not complex, and she is not a feminist character. Which is fine! If you enjoy her then good on you, but please stop pretending that she's something she isn't just because you feel the need to justify liking her character

#anti got #anti d&d #anti show sansa #anti sansa stans #like literally one of the worst written characters on that show because they tried so hard to make her the most important #while being entirely incompetent and their only method of doing so was to steal from other characters which ruined the plot #the only arguable achievement was defeating LF but even then it's written in the script that she had to go to Bran to explain things #/she rallied the Vale army!/ no she didn't 😭 she wrote a letter to LF and he did everything. instead of showing her arc in the Vale and #her learning about politics to rally them herself they took the quickest route to give her a /badass/ savior scene #which only ended up making her look selfish + power-hungry for putting her brothers' lives at risk for not telling anybody about said lette #and idiotic in the aftermath after relying once again on LF even though he was very obviously manipulating her #/pawn to player/ sounds catchy on paper but without seeing that growth/development it doesn't work #Arya was terribly written but at least we /saw/ her training in a way we never did with Sansa #and people try to apply this same logic to the books and think she's gonna suddenly spring forth as a political mastermind #when that's not how George writes...we see characters develop and make mistakes on page and get actual earned growth #feminism isn't defending the writing of two men who gave her a rape plot not in the books because they thought it was /interesting/ #when the only aspect of that plot they adapted was a woman suffering abuse :/ #and as per usual with stansas their only /evidence/ of her being well-written is accusing you of being misogynistic if you don't like her

[aroaceleovaldez]

series of doodles from thinking about vampire!Will au

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #my art #au #aus #blood // #the entire joke in the au is that Will is very obviously a vampire but nobody suspects him #because well of COURSE he has blood. he's a medic! and he's a son of Apollo so he CAN'T be a vampire because vampires and the sun dont mix #meanwhile camp is 100% convinced Nico is a vampire even though he isn't and he's suffering and Will just keeps enabling them #< tags from a couple days ago again this has been sitting in my drafts #again brain no work take this. vampire solangelo au be upon ye

[qqueenofhades]

I am now being actively courted by TWO master's programs at the university. Terrible dilemma, etc.

#hilary for ts #school stuff #i went to get information from the first program #and they were like “this looks like a great fit and you'll definitely be admitted please apply” #then today the chair of the new program i am managing pulled me into her office specifically to recruit me #“have you considered doing a degree in this because you seem like you would be great at it” #me: well hmm. yes potentially. the thought has crossed my mind. tempt me not (jk tempt me more) #idk man this whole “free master's degree” thing really has satan working hard for this one #(yes i briefly did consider if i could maybe do them both. this is obviously an insane idea. i will not do that. probably.)

[kdramedies]

When Min-woo finds out that he pretty much single-handedly brought Young-woo and Jun-ho together he is going to have an aneurysm

#extraordinary attorney woo #I can't wait to see his face when he realizes #like obviously soo-yeon and geurami both helped as well #but soo-yeon only even NOTICED that jun-ho liked YW after min-woo told her he liked an attorney in the office #and without even knowing gave jun-ho some much needed perspective on his feelings for YW #and how he suggests that jun-ho should accompany her on work outings #like dude! you pretty much just sent them on a date! #kwon min woo #young woo x jun ho #kdramedies

[mejomonster]

Guardian really set my expectations of "censored bl cdramas" and man that was a high bar and probably not fair of me to expect.

Guardian really opens with Zhao Yunlan asking Shen Wei "are you married? You're such a catch. Can I take you out to eat? Here's my number A-Lan call me" which like even on face value id say thats called flirting (unless I guess ur so straight Straight blinders on that 2 men have to physically fuck in front of u to consider something gay)

Then of course there's shen weis pining shit but like, that's not Hammer down obvious to I guess the most oblivious person in denial

But Zhu Hong saying she likes Zhao Yunlan, Zhao Yunlan repeatedly refusing her and feeling bad about it, Zhu Hong repeatedly acknowledging he picked SHEN WEI over her (making it fairly clear it was a romantic pick and she Lost it to a guy) and shen Wei, brick that he can be at times, tells her it will only take a few years for the feelings to fade when she'll get over Zhao yunlan. The guy in love with him, instead of her. Yeah shen wei, she's definitely not wishing she could stab you for that insensitive remark. But she's too good of a person to.

Which. I'd say the above two points establish fairly overtly that: Zhao Yunlan is into men, that his colleagues assume he's also into women (if Zhu Hong thinks she has a chance), and that Shen Wei is Zhao Yunlans romantic pick. So Shen Weis sexuality? Well he doesn't dispute being Zhao Yunlans romantic pick, and Lin Jing assumes they're lovers with dialogue (yes he's saying opposite day stuff but his opposite day is just not being a liar and spy). So Shen Weis sexuality includes Zhao Yunlan.

And so like that's just. Fairly overt explicit stuff about their relationship. There's also the "a very oblivious person could argue its only implied" flirting. (And everything going on with Lao Chu and Xiao Guo, the side couple... oh my heart ;-; when they almost froze... the family dinner at Xiao guos... Lao chu admiring how kind Xiao Guo is, scaring him trying to say he's a cannibal and Xiao Guo not running away)

There's the coat sharing macho trying to be the man helping the damsel both of those fuckers do galore, shen wei moving in across the hall (which is either stalker or deeply in love or - as is true, both), shen wei implicitly moving in (this one's vague ill admit to be fair), the fucking "You're good with your hands" line from Zhao yunlan which is absolutely a porn line, every villain in the show viscerally aware Zhao Yunlan is who Shen Wei wants to protect, Ye Zun pretending to be Shen Wei by calling Zhao Yunlan cute names and asking if his outfit looks nice (and all of That), Zhao yunlans romantic ass hit me through the heart line of "if you're trouble I want a lifetime of you" at the wedding (not ever over it), the fucking lollipop scene in ye old haixing. Just a bunch of flirty type scenes, romantic tropes galore. And that's not even covering the actual genuine subtext of ALL the cases paralleling how shen wei and/or how Zhao yunlan feel implicitly (which are just subtext to be fair... how shen wei thinks he lost kunlun, how Zhao yunlan ISNT him so it hurts he's a stranger or he IS in which case he's a liar and shen weis grieving, the case where a dixingren and human love each other and Zhao yunlan notices he wants to be close to shen wei even though shen weis lying etc).

Like. They felt as canon as Tara X Willow in Buffy. Or at least as much as Xena x Gabrielle, the center relationship of the show where all stories of the episodes are always at least in some way about them.

#guardian #weilan #meta #rant #to be fair: word of honor cdrama did JUST as much as guardian on feeling basically canonically explicitly gay #as long as u can interpret overt flirting with men and them being soulmates as love. #cause yeah there are no kisses. but still like... yeah theyre in love. #and like.. man zhu hongs love triangle plot is Central in making the Guardian romance as overt as it is #obviously irs easy to put in: its a girl love interest for zhao yunlan #but its also a love interest he Rejects for shen wei. so like. cdrama land says he cant say i love you to a man? #but he can say he doesnt love a girl and hes picked the man instead. im just saying it works well to make that overtly clear #dont even get me started on chuguo ;-; i love them so much and acting defijitely helped intensify it

[captainofthetidesbreath]

I feel like it says a lot about the relationships between the major institutions of the Trust and the Consectorship's place in it that Spahr's role, the role of any Prime Consector, can be summarized as: show pony, attack dog, scapegoat.

#Jonas Spahr #Midst #Midst podcast #Midst things #The Upper Trust doesn't see anyone outside of their number as PEOPLE really. Just tools and agenda items. #That does—as Spahr is learning real quick—include the Prime Consector. He might AS WELL be a literal dog to them. #His entire job is to be pretty and do as told and attack who they point him at and take the blame. #The Company and the Consectorship obviously perpetuates its own harms and is a toxic institution in its own right. #(That is not up for debate and is not what I'm discussing here. I'm talking about the relationships between Trust institutions.) #The thing about the Prime Consector is that despite their rank they're strictly managed and have no real agency or power over anything. #Prime Consector is an interesting office in that its role is to distance the Upper Trust and the notaryship from their decisions. #The Consectorship does not truly make decisions. They carry out those of the Upper Trust and the Central Vault. #Do the dirty work and take the blame—to keep everyone else's hands clean. #To be the scapegoat for everyone else's mistakes and lack of foresight or inability to solve a problem. #(obligatory: I don't have a subscription so keep that in mind before saying stuff to me—I keep getting vague comments about upcoming eps)

[hexxter]

A thing thats always makes me go “!!!”

Is the fact that player have their own Starlight keyblade

Other character with this keyblade type had or the basic version or the moon version

Its always gives me feelings I can’t explain..

Its like.. player is just “side character” isn’t even official part of the history but they are so unique.

The fact the canonical rusty keyblade in missing link its the one that only the player can have.

Its also gives comfort, maybe they don’t have canon face or aren’t written in history, but this keyblade, no one else but them had it so far.

Its feeding my headcanons and theories so much hhaaaa

Imagine Brain being able to recognize them just cause the keyblade.

Or the player having a reason to remember their past cause no one ever saw this type of keyblade but they know Starlight is a keyblade type.

Or will this topic be even explored in missing link? In union cross it’s wasn’t really any part of important lore and players could choose different keyblades, but now its really big part of the player’s new journey.. the whole chapter being just about the keyblade. So its would be interesting to see the player or others looking into the keyblade history or what makes this type of keyblade (or the player themself) so special.

And the fact that the moon version was available only in khx and not in union cross, why is that. Does that mean the sun version a post-keybalde war after the player went from hell to back and the only person to be in the battle and survive, which made them have some symbolic connection with the sun?

I am probably thinking too deep into it and it’s doesn’t mean anything but in my khux version that runs in my head 24/7 it’s important.

(My favorite trop is that daybreak trio are the stars moon and sun.

Skuld being the stars, as she literally have them on her outfit. Ephemer the moon with his silver hair, and Player is the sun with their keyblade.

It’s such a cool concept for my brain to play with and makes me giggle.

And cause it’s such a cool friendship trope but also have so many tragedies stories connected to it.)

#kingdom hearts #player #kh #khux #khml #kh ephemer #kh skuld #skuld #kh player #Ephemer #sun #moon #stars #astronomy #tropes #man idk i am just too obsessed with them or smth #if its not canon its canon in my canon #the canon where ephemer and player got to hang together longer before he went to the mission #unless if the star and moon are a thing so they just automatically clicked well together so thats makes sense too #i want them to be happy but also the tragedies keeps on coming #the idea that sun and moon can’t be seen in the same time #while the stars are there all around them but doesn’t look as important #obviously skuld is imported its just part of the tragedy of being overshadowed by the sun and moon #fhgudygugi​jhhhgasgu #hhuguihdygidtyfgifyyighbv #send help #or join me into this trop/theory thing #cause my brain is working overtime

[zivazivc]

what genres are the ex bandmates or is it too early to ask?

Like "biologically" Les and Flea are both half funk and half rock, Hed is fully rock but he was brought up in Vibe City, and Liv is half rock and half techno.

But their actual genres, as in their tastes in music, are hard to categorize. I plan to put them on their character sheets (yes the ones I have been talking about making for more than a month now) but the band as a whole is pretty much nu metal; Think late 90s/early 2000s Linkin Park, P.O.D., Korn, Static-X, Limp Bizkit, Guano Apes, bands like that :)

#hed and flea are the most nu metal of them #les and liv are different genres but they work well with nu metal too #floyd brings linkin park's emo-ness to the band once he starts actively writing songs with hed #answered #trolls #ex bandmates #obviously not all of those songs represent the band. they're very different styles. i just wanted to give you an idea what nu metal is

[bijoumikhawal]

honestly RE: censorship has produced some very appealing queer coded relationships, I think part of the problem is that like. Straight relationships often don't compel me, yeah? And part of it is that I frankly, don't believe a fair amount of these characters are in love. The art contains social conventions so you'll assume they're in love. And if you're unaware of it and buy into those conventions, you never notice a problem (unless they're using the conventions that give female characters no depth. People today are somewhat more aware of that). There's a level of laziness to the way so many straight relationships are written.

Many queer censored relationships can't engage those assumptions because straight people don't understand something is gay until it's bedazzled in rainbow rhinestones, and even then some of them have doubts, so (usually) an artist must put effort in to make you think there's something there. There (usually) must be legitimate connection. And because they're censored, they continually cannot rely on anything too lazy to keep interest. They also can't try to deliver payoff that isn't ready (because they're rarely allowed to deliver payoff, if ever). They can't squash the appeal of a relationship by not knowing how to write these characters in a steady relationship to the point where you hate it.

You basically end up getting a (sometimes years long) build of potential and genuine connections, without a satisfying resolution- which sucks, but it also can be very compelling. The inability to say I love you outright means the characters must say it in other ways that tend to be more emotionally impactful- such as holding out a human heart to each other, selfless and hopeless sacrifices, pulling you out of hell, etc. You could argue these moments are an example of "showing not telling" even.

But as we move into more mainstream queer art I feel like some people are starting to use the same conventions I find so lazy and boring in depicting straight relationships. Because it's a Gay Piece of Media you know there will probably be a gay relationship, so you do come in with assumptions that the creators can play off of more efficiently than otherwise. You can miss at establishing the connection. You can rush the payoff. You can write the chase well but fail in writing the domestic. You can tell me these characters are in love without me buying in and believing it because you didn't really give me much to believe in.

#cipher talk #Obviously sometimes the reason people like a censored relationship or ship something is just bc they wanna see them fuck #Which is fine but not what I'm talking about #Also not all straight relationships blah blah blah #And there's something to be said for the emotional connection element and how female characters can get a raw deal #Either in not being written well to have emotional connections or audience reaction not caring #Whereas male characters tend to be both written with more care and have a more receptive audience #And audience reaction very much influences some of these works #I think like. Catradora is a good example of a canonically queer relationship everyone knew was gonna be canon that still is in tune with #The older style of censored storytelling so it ends up making a very compelling slow burn relationship