#and then we dated his best friends

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Laios's three Boy Best Friends. And yes, they hate him.

#dungeon meshi #laios touden #toshiro nakamoto #chilchuck tims #kabru #BF in this context could be boyfriend or best friend. The line is so blurry. #Chilchuck less so but whatever is going on between Shuro and Laios & Kabru and Laios is giving strong: #“dude if you were a girl I'd date the hell out of you”. And from the genderswap extra's that sentiment is canon for BOTH. #This was made prior to the translation of the Laios & Kabru & Shuro restaurant date comic and honestly I am just feeling vindicated. #I don't even know what to call this dynamic other than a situationship. There is so much going on between all of them. #Even on a purely platonic reading - the miscommunication and male yearning for friendship hurt so bad. #When we got the Big Hug scene in the epilogue arc I was whooping and hollering! Pure catharsis moment! #I also don't like hugs very much so I really felt it went Shuro ('hates being touched') went in for the bear hug. #Do not get me started on the agony of 'always lying' Kabru telling the truth (I just wanted to be friends) #and 'always believes' Laios thinking it's another lie and brushing him off. #I am once again supporting dungeon meshi day by posting art. Please watch dungeon meshi. #obligatory edit because I’m tired: YES. Chilchuck cares for Laios and him admitting it was a huge part of his arc #YES he is more just fed up with him that actually hating him. #I needed a third guy to be canonically done with his ass for the THREE WEED SMOKING GIRLFRIENDS reference

[bucksboobs]

I have a headcanon that Eddie waited 20 minutes and then called Tommy to apologize for “ruining their date” and encourages Tommy to give Buck a second chance.

#Eddie Diaz #BuckTommy #I love the fact that Buck was ready to leave it at ‘I fucked up’ and Eddie’s the one that said ‘don’t walk away’ #and I totally think Eddie would play matchmaker because when’s the last time he LIKED someone Buck dated? #he wasn’t there for Abby (and his only interaction with her was finding out she got ENGAGED while she was ghosting Buck #Aly was just a nonstarter and I KNOW the guy that watched Buck cough up blood would be PISSED to learn Aly left while Buck was recovering #and we all know how he felt about Taylor #and he lowkey was annoyed with Natalia liking that Buck almost died #considering Buck’s death was the worst three minutes of Eddie’s life since Shannon died #but TOMMY??? he loves Tommy!!! #Tommy is his bro of course he wants Tommy to date his best friend #any guy or girl would be lucky to have Buck #if Eddie swung that way (whichhetotallydoesnt) he’d date Buck himself!!! #basically I think Eddie hasn’t Figured It Out so he’s super going to get Buck a boyfriend #and then realize months later that HE wanted to be Buck’s boyfriend the whole time

[yukiire]

(sorta warm up) sketch of mister scissor devil

#obey me fanart #obey me mammon #obey me #i got hooked by the red eyes tbh #red eyes mammon is lovely #riddle doodle #obey me shall we date #obey me nightbringer #i also very much enjoy the rhythm game but damn i dont have time to play often #skip is my best friend #mammoney #implied horror did happen but its so small i dont think you'll really notice #omswd #omnb #hi its been a hot minute since i truly drew him in potrait

[echoing-oursong]

okay i absolutely hate the thinking that some people (ronancers) have of ‘why are you not shipping this w|w ship because of steve who is a man why are you depending a man’s feelings on a w|w ship’ maybe it’s because regardless of your gender or your sexuality screwing over and betraying a friend is exactly that! it has NOTHING to do with sexuality or gender! SCREWING OVER A FRIEND IS SCREWING OVER A FRIEND REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU IDENTIFY AS!!

#anti ronance #stranger things #also can we talk about how preformative and sexist this thinking is?!? #it’s performative cuz you’re saying ‘look i’m not depending a man’s feelings on a girl and girl ship’ while actively taking away any of the #history that is going on between the characters that this deals with #it’s sexist because it gives the vibes that just because someone is a man they don’t deserve a friendship with someone that gets them #like yep because steve’s a man that means his best friend can go date his ex which btw is betrayal at it’s finest when your friend actively #wanted you to get back together with you ex and now is gonna go fuck your ex #like this statement is the pinnacle of sexism and performativism #llike ahhh yes because steve is a man it’s totally fine that his best friend gets to betray him #that’s a totally normal way of thinking and not at all stripping away human decency and human connection with people

[moeblob]

There was a post I saw about someone who mutually ghosted a guy after a date and kept matching with him and they're not interested but it's the longest "relationship" the person had been in at that point and I'm like. Karen would mutually ghost someone.

She doesn't really tell Brent/Right/Evelyn/Chris his name (he has a double first name, Patrick is not his last name) and just refers to him as "My Guy". Like "Ah damn, My Guy matched again. End my suffering." And when she tries to explain it to Right who does NOT understand how it's different, her logical answer is "it's my God given right to ghost a polite man!"

Also I just imagine her confiding in Paul about Rick and he's like "is his name Patrick" and she's like "kinda". And after that, Paul calls him "Pattycakes" cause he's never even seen the guy so why not give him a funny little nickname. He's allowed to do so at this point probably.

#my characters #also i just think it would be so funny to have him walk into the bar when karen and the boys are all there #and she sees him and is like OH MY GOD ITS MY GUY AND HE HAS A WOMAN WITH HIM I have to go congratulate him #and she jumps out of the booth to go say hi to him and the rest of her group is staring with wide eyes because whomst #and then her shoulders drop and the guy looks nervous and then karen is just gesturing to her group #and she walks him over and is like hey this is my guy and his cousin i hate my life #and then introduces rick to her friends/coworkers in the worst way ever like.... so lackluster #thats right and hes gay and pining and possibly dating #thats brent and hes pining and possibly dating #thats chris and he might have a divorce on his track record (HEY!) but we still love him #and thats paul the disaster bisexual currently pining #she sighs then points to the bar and goes AND I GUESS ILL INCLUDE the pining hot bartender in the introductions #everyone meet rick and his cousin and rick is like oh ! paul! hes your best friend! #cause he KNOWS that name from their ONE DATE that they both pretend didn't happen #and paul is just sunshine and flowers and beaming like oh ?? OH ??? KAREN? BESTIE? MY BEST FRIEND? #and she blushes and glares at rick because DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A FACE THAT CAN HANDLE COMPLIMENTS YOU JERK look what you did to him #and rick is v sorry and feels bad about it cause hes really just some random polite guy and thats why it would never work #hes too nice for karen and she CRAVES the teasing THE BANTER THE LANGUAGE and no hes just nice bye #so he leaves with his cousin to get some drinks and walks back over after hes done #and stares at paul as he says wow the bartender really is pining like you said in response to karen and paul wants to melt into his seat #therefore karen will forgive her guy for telling paul he was her best friend (its true tho) bc he made paul embarrassed #and he smiles at her and says bye and she just nods and is like yup talk to you next time we match #and its never romantic its always platonic #they are always going to match but its NEVER going to go beyond friends #though they do become friends and hang out eventually! #yes you can tell i thought about this A LOT on the drive #oops i fell in love

[malyen0retsev]

i really don’t think there is another friendship in media that makes me feel so seen as steve and robin’s friendship. my best friend is my favourite person in the world, the one i trust with shit i trust nobody else with, the person i get into the most chaotic, unreasonable, moronic situations with, and it drove me mad when we were teenagers how nobody seemed to understand we were so so close without being romantically involved. he’s my platonic soulmate. and every time i find guy-girl platonic friendships in media, i snaffle them away like a little trash racoon, but no friendship on screen has ever ever emulated what me and my best friend have quite like robin and steve. i look at them and i just see us. and i love it i love it so so much, teenage me needed them, and 20s me is glad i have them now

#when i say my best friend is my favourite person it's like. even saying that doesn't describe what he is to me #he really truly is my soulmate bUT PLATONICALLY #his girlfriend finds the idea that ppl at school thought we should date utterly hilarious bc she GETS US #anyway. steve and robin. they just. they ARE me and sam. and i love them #sarah rambles #stranger things #steve harrington #robin buckley #steve and robin

[time-is-restored]

btw this might be me swinging a bat at a hornets nest but like. absolutely none of my disappointment from the tl finale comes from ship baiting or any relationships that didn’t happen (though to be clear, i think the tedbecca fake outs were meanspirited and served no narrative purpose - in noted contrast to the season's earlier jamiekeeley fakeouts, for example, which were explicitly there to demonstrate jamie's growth + maturity)

tedpendant is a really fun concept for me, and i LOVE the characterisation + thematic potential there!

but as someone who personally resonated with a lot of ted’s struggles, the idea that ted could leave richmond so… seamlessly, for lack of a better word, really doesn’t sit right with me. the thesis of the shows entire first season - assuming it can be said to have only one - was about how everyone needs the love and support of a community, whether that comes in the flavour of someone who hypes u tf up or someone who will relentlessly call u on ur shit (or, as happened quite frequently, both!).

rebecca, roy, jamie are the clearest examples as the characters with the most screentime: they were all deeply isolated and disconnected from the people around them, and that was making them miserable. the connections they made with the team, the vulnerability they finally allowed themselves to express (the ghost banishing ceremony comes to mind!), and them going on to want *more* out of their life are what made their arcs about *progression* rather than *regression*. without that clear theme of compassion + community inspiring positive growth in everyone who encounters it, there is, frankly, no season one.

my personal favourite scene from season one comes right after michelle walks away from ted, when they’ve agreed to get divorced. ted sits down on the bench looking gutted, and a little shell shocked - and beard sits down with him. hands him the drink, and they sit there together. silent, but together. to me, that scene is an implicit promise from the episode, to the audience: ‘it’ll be okay. it’s going to be hard, but ted isn’t alone, and his friends won’t leave him behind.’

it also makes it clear to the audience that ted isn’t the saintly-giver-of-grace who needs nothing in return, as one might assume on first brush, but rather that he’s Also struggling with his own shit (as is everyone, always, in real life!) and he has something he needs from the people around him too.

and looking at the text of s3, and the conclusion to his arc in the finale, i just don’t believe that he got it. he wasn’t just sad that he was leaving (which would be understandable!), he was completely closed off. unresponsive to the people around him reaching out, borderline confused as to why they were trying so hard!

(side note, while i completely respect the read of ted and trents last interaction being rather rude + ooc on ted’s part, i personally read a different motive into it. for me, it was more like… he didn’t understand where trents enthusiasm was coming from? like, he read that as trent being too invested in what other people think of him, and responded in a way that he hoped would emphasise that ted doesn’t *need* to laugh at everything trent wrote, bc trent Already Knows that he’s done something really cool and kickass, and he shouldn’t value anyone else’s reactions above that. basically, based on his demeanour in the episode, i genuinely don’t think it would’ve even occurred to him that trent was more invested in HIS reaction than he would’ve been with anyone else.)

again, looking purely at the text, the show had already established that ted has really strong depressive + avoidant tendencies, as well as panic attacks (largely triggered by his fear of not being ‘good enough’ in various roles, ie: a father). we saw one area he was able to calm HIMSELF abt these fears (worry for henry, which is a Hell of a choice considering the ending…), but in literally every other heightened moment, he had to rely on his support system to help him make the choices that he WANTED to make, rather than ones inspired by avoidance and fear (ie: confronting michelle abt jake, talking to his mum abt why she was visiting + his dads death).

and to be clear, this is a GOOD THING! we’re not supposed to go through life alone, no matter how bad OR well we’re doing. rebecca and keeleys friendship isn’t worth less for all the scenes where they’re both in good places. if anything, the opposite is true - it’s lovely that they both have someone who want to celebrate the achievements in their life!

and fuck it, we’re sure as hell not supposed to go through life with exactly one (1) person whom we expect to fulfill ALL of our emotional needs at all times either! like, im sure i don’t need to labour my point here, but tying everything to one (1) person in ur life doesn’t make u any less isolated than if u were going it completely alone, whether it’s a family member, a friend, or a partner. i won’t pretend to know the first thing abt what it’s like to be a parent, but i don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that no parent would be at their best if they had absolutely no support/camaraderie/general love provided to them from Anyone other than their child.

so when ted is SPECIFICALLY shown to be in a bad place, over and over again (did he come to terms w his fear to be close to henry overnight???????), and then removed from his community? of COURSE the audience is left feeling unsettled, and like the rug has been pulled out from under them. there was no time in this finale dedicated to how ted would still be in contact with anyone from richmond. no promises of visits, or phone calls - fuck, nothing about emails!! according to the text, we might as well assume this is a clean break (and the maybe-dream-sequence does Fuck All to assure us otherwise. if ted doesn’t go to beards wedding, what WOULD he go to????). and since the show has ALSO completely failed to give us even an IMPLICATION of who/what ted’s support system would be in kansas, there’s… a reasonable argument to be made that this is It for ted. that, after two seasons doing NOTHING but attesting otherwise, the audience is supposed to suddenly believe that ted can (and SHOULD!) pull himself up by his bootstraps, and cope entirely on his own.

that, to me, is a betrayal of the show’s premise. we were promised a show about how, no matter how dark things may get, none of the characters would be left to struggle alone. and then they ended the show with ted alone.

i don’t know. i guess if i had to give this post a tldr; if anyone has any gen fic/meta/Literally Anything in the pipeline, i would absolutely love to be tagged/directed towards it. i’ll be endeavouring to write something myself, as well, but it might take a while before i can return to my WIP, lol.

#this is the most measured version of this post i was capable of fghjskdjhgfdgjhsfd #the least measured one is just the aromantic flag with the ‘we are going to beat u to death’ meme overlaid #look ik this is hardly impartial wrt very small + insular communities like nuclear families #but its fucking impossible to go into media analysis and not bring Anything from ur real life in there w u #so im trying to forgive myself for being a little hashtag Vulnerable + Opinionated on main #in the spirit of what this show could’ve been lol #if not here then where etc etc #Ted lasso spoilers #Ted lasso meta #Ted lasso critical #also just to be clear here im being dead serious abt that last point #im spiritually doing the jamie run to demonstrate to u all how badly i want gen shit #please. p l e a s e . #okay wait last ramble here but. this is also why the lack of information we got on trent was so crushing to me #like ur telling me this man went through the incredibly painful + harrowing process of breaking out of his (comfortable! safe) shell + #cynical journalist persona. came out to someone VERY important in his life. and has done nothing but face the music wrt acknowleding #his past mistakes + endeavouring to be better and kinder. and we never get to know if he has ANY support through all that? at all? #is he dating? what's his family situation like? does he have full custody? any friends from work? any friends period????? #like i can should must and will die on the beard + roy + higgins + colins are trents best friends hill but #its like the premise of the show stopped mattering just in time for him to be left in a legitimately depressing limbo #like 'yes everyone needs love + support bc life is rlly hard. but we're tired of making a show abt that so This Is All Ur Getting #+ screw anyone's personal life that u didn't already see in s1. You Know Enough.' #anyway i love u all this is a very silly show and im gonna go play t.o.t.k for a few hours o/ <3

[theyellowhue]

i want more POV of Prapai's circle of friends and family going "wtf, how and when did that happen???" when Prapai suddenly stopped sleeping around and his social media is all about "my Sky" (without Sky pics. those are for his eyes only). He starts to work diligently so that he can keep his weekends off and whenever his friends asks him to party on a friday night, he just goes "Nope, sorry man, my boy is waiting for me"

#really i just want to explore how much of a huge flirt and fuckboi prapai was pre-sky and now that he found his soulmate people just goes ? #i just love love love that trope #prapai's friends (sans phayu and saifah) not believing prapai that he is in a committed relationship because he was mr. freedom is the best #and sky revealing himself and going “yes we are dating. yes i love him. yes he LOVES ME. he is mine and mine alone and i am REAL” #someone make this for me please #i will love you so much #prapaisky #love in the air #love in the air cast

[emblazons]

The post I made was about Will x Imitation Game!Alan Turing yes—

—but don't think it's lost on me that the conversation I pulled (where Joan tells Alan she doesn't want him to be normal/what makes him different is what makes him great) is Alan talking to the woman he said he would marry even knowing he was gay—aka the conformity he (temporarily) agreed to because to do so would make him an outcast /hurt her more....just like someone else we know.

#...if you thought you could escape me comparing Alan's nearly marrying Joan despite knowing he liked men to Mike....lol #Mike is sitting in direct parallel to so many more aspects of Turing than even WILL if we look at the film version #and honestly? Mike's best moments as a character are ALL tied to him embracing his care and love for Will + his friends #something that gets aggressively stunted the more he tries to conform....and date Eleven #of course....you didn't hear that from me LOL #byler #gay mike wheeler #mike wheeler #my st commentary #stranger things

[arrgh-even-more-whatever]

currently trying to figure out how to help my boyfriend escape his country and stay with me preferably here

we were unlucky enough to be born on the opposite sides of the war and as romantic as it sounds it's a pain in the ass and causes us lots of stress

#his famiy also sucks (i have a permission to say this) they'd kill him if they knew he's dating a ukrainian #or that his other two best friends are also ukrainians #anyways. all of this is super scary to be honest. we totally get why it's so hard for him to be welcomed in any country #but i can't live without him so there must be a way.....

[lesbiansanemi]

I am so fucking sick of living with my roommate and his fuck ass boyfriend. Also watching my roommate burn every single one of his (already rather minimal, I might add) bridges for this guy is also kind of painful but also his relationship with me is one of said bridges so I'm almost past the point of even feeling bad for him lmao

#i have had to piss for probably the better part of an hour now #because they decided to take a shower together and have been in there for well OVER an hour now #and this is a nightly occurence atp sometimes MULTIPLE times a day #we have one bathroom.... can yall not be considerate enough to not be in there for up to TWO HOURS AT A TIME??? #also it's such a waste of fucking water.... #idk we've hit a point where i literally hear the bf doing anything and i get pissed off #but also tell me why i'm sitting in my room (which shares a wall with the bathroom) and i can hear this man hacking and spitting shit up #and this is also something that happens multiple times a day #like.... dude.... why are you spitting up toothpaste so fucking loudly oh my fucking god #but yeah no i'm like my roommate's only friend atp and he's about to not have me lmao like we're about to reach #'i'm cutting you off when i move out' levels of me being pissed off with this whole situation type shit #and apparently the bf convinced him to come out to his family which his mom was chill which is good #his dad's side of the family though....? not great. and my roommate KNEW that would be the case cuz we'd talked about it before #also love that my roommate has constantly talked about moving out of the city we live in because he hates and also there's no good career #opportunities for him here (which is true) #and now. MAGICALLY. he's like 'idk i think it'd be best for me to stay here' #like oh my GOD???? are you hearing yourself???? are you fucking stupid???? you fucking hate it here??? #but sure throw your life away and ruin all your meaningful relationships for a guy you met six months ago jfc #and the thing is i *know* my roommate we've been close CLOSE friends for nearly a decade now #i know he is not like this.... like yeah he's being insane by allowing this but also i know these aren't the kinds of decisions he would ma #and also i know he wouldn't treat me like this all on his own #it's the deranged fucking control freak of a guy he decided to date and my roommate has too many of his own issues to put his foot down #about certain things and tell the guy no so he's just allowing him to completely take over his life #and fuck everything up until the bf is the only thing he has left once it's all said and done #and yeah. it's painful to watch. but also wtf am i supposed to do because obviously my opinion is not respected nor wanted regarding this #that has been made PAINFULLY clear #ugh this is so fucking horrendous #what is it with ppl who start to date someone and then go clinically fucking insane and destroy their lives all for this one person #who. realistically. they barely know in comparison to all the other ppl in their life #like explain it to me jfc

[aboutnavi]

Gi and I were talking about how we hate that every fanfiction in the marauders fandom has the scene where Sirius finds out James and Regulus are dating and has the worst reaction ever, completely freaks out. In a burst of energy at the moment I wrote a very brief dialogue for Gi on twitter and here it is:

james, nervous: sirius we need to tell you something.

regulus, kinda over this whole thing: james and i are dating.

james, thinking he is close to death: REGULUS! that's not how you tell him, you have to slowly bring the news like slowly put his hands in the cold water not just toss his whole body in it!!!

regulus: i just ripped the band aid off!

sirius, watching all of this unbothered: i'm genuinely happy for both of you.

james, not listening to sirius: you ripped the band aid and reopened the wound and spat on his face...

regulus, also not listening: did you had a better idea?

sirius, still just watching the both of them with a silly smile on his face: my best friend and my brother, this is so cool 😃

james, almost screaming: YES I HAD A PLAN AND IT REQUIRED SLOWLY TELLING HIM HOW I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU!

sirius: so cool, now we all can spend the holidays together :)

regulus, also almost screaming: YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT!

james, exasperated: I DID!!!!!!!

regulus: WHEN???

sirius: and i will be both godfather and uncle? AMAZING!

james: FIVE MINUTES BEFORE YOU TOLD HIM WE WERE DATING.

sirius, leaving the room: i'm gonna tell remus...

regulus: WELL YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC THEN.

james, finally looking around: where is sirius?

the end.

#regulus black #james potter #jegulus #sirius black #remus lupin #wolfstar #marauders #au #dating #his best friend and his brother are dating #of course he would be happy #we need more happy reactions from sirius on this fandom #marauders incorrect quotes #jegulus incorrect quotes

[theinfinitedivides]

John saying in the Jan 30th press conference that Shah Rukh is not an actor anymore he's an emotion and so he (John) almost went in for a kiss several times during filming... i can die in peace now drape the pride flag over my coffin

#film: pathaan #pathaan #srk #shah rukh khan #john abraham #bollywood #local gay watches Bollywood.txt #YRF it seems i will not have to sue you after all #'[John speaking] the songs feature one of the most beautiful men and the most beautiful woman' #he knows!!! #they know!!! #also SRK calling their little group Amar Akbar Anthony... in reference to the '77 film... with Deepika as Amar and John as Anthony... #i almost cried i'm soft 🥺 #that and him saying he's open to coming back for Pathaan 2 were some of the best moments htg #anyway have we agreed that this is a polyam situation #i mean the 'this is my boyfriend and my boyfriend's boyfriend' type situation #bonus points if we include 'and my boyfriend's ex-boyfriend and his boyfriend but the ex is relative and they're all still dating' #bc yk i have the Kabir x Pathaan friends-with-benefits plot line set up and with the immortal Khalid plot line you can pry those two #out of my cold dead hands

[suffarustuffaru]

so i ranked some rezero ships based on how their breakup would go

#IM SO SORRY FOR THE ‘at least one of them dies’ TIER WODNSNS #rem and fred are only in clean breakup bc i think itd just kinda fizzle out itd just be like ‘i no longer feel we should be dating. ok cool’ #fred and ram are at the VERY TOP bc of how their entire friend group (emilia camp) is also gonna react. the teas gonna be so spilled HAH #otto and ram mainly being in the divorcee category says so much. #and OKAY otto is like….. his only clean healthy breakups are gonna be with fred or marone. if its anyone else then ottos gonna like #getting drunk and then immediately giving unhinged rants about it. #its all over once i write that otto-reinhard rarepair analysis man. #julius ships being in the bottom half of the tier list only… unproblematic king. #i DO think felix crusch would be clean breakup bc they want whats best for each other ultimately. if they ever did officially get together #and then break up. #theyd probs get back together though. #rezero #so sorry to the person who made this tier list if youre seeing this. this is what im using it for HAH

[hajihiko]

you read homestuck?? u seem like the type to have Opinions on dirk and/or dave /lh

Dirk was done fucking dirty by the narrative post-epilogue and I'm never gonna stop being angry about it

#You have a guy who is destined to be an awful abusive person. And he thinks hes the worst he already hates himself so much #So he tries to hard to compensate for it that it looks back into being a jackass #But hes not actually evil. No one is. The fact that he wants to be good means he already beat his past/alternate self #Just trying to be your best means you're already not a bad person. And he tries. #He tries SO HARD that he let's himself disappear if he fails his friends and his soul lives in his boyfriends brain so hard hat it manifest #Hes a control freak hes so competent that he almost forgets to be human #But he learns. Especially by meeting the brother he abused in a sort of past life #And by dating his friend first badly and then getting better #AND THEN THE NARRATIVE SAID. OH NAH THAT JOURNEY OF LEARNING THAT YOURE NOT DESTINED TO BE EVIL #THAT NO ONE IS IRREVOCABLY EVIL AND THAT CHOOSING TO BE GOOD IS ALWAYS AN OPTION #YEAH NO WE THREW THAT AWAY ACTUALLY. HES EVIL AGAIN #WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF CHOICE IS THAT. #I HATE IT VICIOUSLY and therefore the meat and candy shit never happened. Do you hear me. #It ended with the snapchat. #Not an art #Imagine if Fuyuhiko had his entire arc and then suddenly decided nah I dont give a shit about you guys and I will actually kill you- #-bc I'm a bad person and I always was. Nobody ca change

[takadanobaba]

Yeah the part two would mainly focus on the town's folks first interactions with the twins and their Pokémon. Most would be completely made up since we haven't fully seen everyones take on them.

Potentially interactions were:

Pierre's hostile first meeting the twins and their starter, he places a 'no Pokémon allowed' sign on the door because he's subtle. (He also hints that all Pokémon were driven out by removing all berry plants when they try to buy berries)

Harvey being a good person but they mistake his friendliness as professionalism, he falls in love with Klinklang.

Emmet and Durant mets Sebastian out on a walk, it is painfully awkward. Sebastian thinks a giant metal ant is cool.

Jas and Vincent sneak into the railway. They met Archeops and call her a turkey since she's 'too big to be a chicken'.

OK I've realised I actually have alot more scenarios then I first thought (I have four-five more tucked away) so that part two is actually possible.

Most of the people are just awkward around the twins and their Pokémon but the few who are hostile kinda warp their views on things.

Fun fact: in the drafts of the fic, the scene between Lewis and the twins was called 'Lewis pulls some petty manager-esque BS to bully Train Boys into not fucking up his train station'.

Oh god Pierre. Step aside Morris we might have a new main antagonist lol

For Harvey, we were thinking that he isn't opposed to Pokémon exactly, just more concerned about the health risks they pose. The twins themselves aren't the healthiest people (Emmet collapses from overwork in his 2-heart event....) and they're a bit out of the norm even among other Pokémon trainers. He's worried for them and they find a mutual annoyance between Harvey's nagging and the twins' stubbornness. Here's their checkup dialogue! Ingo is haunted and Emmet is immune to paralysis due to prolonged exposure. They're fine.

Harvey and Klinklang would be cute though, I haven't considered that!! It fits well since we were thinking that Maru would adore Klinklang too... We were thinking that Maru would be the one to look into getting better Pokemon healthcare in Stardew Valley (with the help of Marnie, since they're essentially animals)... the hospital nerds and Klinklang!

And oh god..... Emmet and Sebastian..... man do I have thoughts on that. Any interaction would definitely be awkward between them and quite possibly end in disaster. I know a few people want to see Emmet and Sebastian together but outside of both of them being the "rude but really just socially inept" type, I think they would clash. Since the twins are on good terms with Maru because she watches over the pokemon for research(/babysitting), Sebastian might be bitter towards them out of association, the twins themselves would feel sorry for Maru for having her brother hate her for no reason of her own. The twins support each other and push each other to be the best they can be, they're inseparable (or at least... shouldn't be separated...) and the thought of their sibling hating them terrifies them. I wouldn't say that they have a healthy relationship since they're a bit dependent on each other, being a two-car train and all.

Ingo would dislike Sebastian for being a bad big brother, and Emmet would dislike him for how ungrateful he is for the people in his life; Emmet's distaste would be stronger though. Along with being terrible to Maru, Sebastian's relationships with his friends would also raise red flags for Emmet (poor guy has trust issues and a low tolerance for that kind of thing). Sam and Abigail both favor Sebastian, but Sebastian has lines about not really seeing Abigail as a friend and thinking that Sam is clingy/annoying to hang out with. Emmet is a little insecure about being the lesser-liked twin and an outcast, he's lonely and while he doesn't bother with faking courtesy like Ingo, he is still verrrry grateful for anyone who isn't deterred by him for whatever reason that may be. Emmet is also a bit clingy with the few people who do win his trust and would probably make Sebastian feel bad for being a bad friend. Emmet and Sebastian are opposites in a conflicting way.

Here's some dialogue made super early on referencing how Sebastian visits the Railroad in his schedules:

Sebastian has a line about how he used to like trains when he was younger too, but it's very distant and angsty, like much of his reflections. He'd probably think of the twins being passionate about their special interest in trains to be a little cringe.... they would think he's cringe for not liking trains as much as them. I feel like they would project a bit and see each other as a reminder of their insecurities so.... they would not be good being together for too long.

Sebastian taking an interest in Durant would be interesting though..... Durant and Excadrill in this mod are drafted to have a henchman and mafia boss dynamic with each other and are always getting into trouble together so maybe he'd enable their shenanigans.

We do have a bit about Jas and Vincent liking Pokemon too! They'd love Archeops since he's basically an extra big and colorful chicken... the kids and Evelyn are the three people who aren't initially deterred by Pokemon, they get used to it for the most part later though.

And LOL love that. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

#subway to stardew #mail car connecting line #subway to stardew terminal station #Emmet and Sebastian friendship is not happening they're going to be enemies #The chad Emmet vs the virgin Sebastian #doctorsparkle and I both started playing with dating Sebastian in mind but left him for Harvey and Elliott LOL we might be biased #I married Sebastian to see what the hype was all about and divorced him because I hated it lol sorry everyone #I'm sorry Elliott for making a new husband you will always hold a special place in my heart </3 #Actually started getting into modding because I wanted to see all of the content in an Elliott mod and started digging around in the files #Shoutout to Elliott for making stardew submas real #If you go after Emmet then he makes it verrrrrry clear that you are his best friend and how important that is to him even after dating btw #I have Many thoughts on Emmet and his relationship/socialization struggles......... this conductor has problems #Excadrill and Durant have thick new york accents #Garbodor and Linus is also a fun one.... Linus doesn't like Garbodor at first but later learns that she's not fighting him for food #She's going for the actual garbage LOL it all works out in the end