#but he has standards!! okay. standards.

[after-witch]

your love for smiling man reminds me of my love for bill cipher from gravity falls. both have similar traits and also an ancient evil being although their origin might differ.

Definitely a different origin! I would say Bill is definitely more on the evil side, whereas the Smiling Man is more amoral but is willing to abide by a natural morality when called out. But only when called out, really. I will say that book #4 drops a lore bomb about the Smiling Man that gives him a lot more depth & interest & motivation info. I can't wait for everyone else whose been reading the series to get to read it.

#I mean don't get me wrong #smiling man has like #horrible-fated lots of men women and children #including innocent ones who didn't even bargain with him #also some of the stuff he says to the kids is just terribly mean for no reason #but he has standards!! okay. standards. #sometimes. #smiling man

[prapais]

LOVE IN THE AIR ⋮ SPECIAL EPISODE. i told you not to follow me.

#asiandramanet #asianlgbtqdramas #asianlgbtqdrama #love in the air #prapaisky #prapai x sky #fortpeat #lita #mygifs #its the fact that pai has no idea what he did wrong but he still followed him with full intention to apologize for whatever it was #because there's not way in his mind that sky would get upset if he DIDNT do anything so he'll apologize anywa #how will i ever find a man half up to this standard...... i wont i simply will not #YOU KNOW I WONT DO ANYTHING AGAINST YOUR WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME IM LOSING MY MIND BTW #how many times they must have talked about it how many times they discussed boundaries and what sky is okay with #im so glad they're so open with each other in this essay i will-

[willowser]

willie🥺 i feel like u always write bakugo as the more strict parent, saying out teeth are gonna rot and making sure his kid is polite... what do u think he's lax about? if anything? cuz i don't want to be judged all the time by him LOL

hmm hmm ! i'm not sure ! i—didn't realize i was writing him to be too strict if i'm honest LOL i think...there are things he's very particular about as a parent—like his kiddos' dental hygiene and their manners—but i guess i didn't consider his take strict bc....those are things i think he has to be firm about, when it comes to being a responsible parent ??

like, he's letting the kiddos have their candy or letting them drink juice with dinner or eat a donut for breakfast...but, yes, there is no negotiation on brushing their teeth afterward. okay, if they wanna have a fit and be mad, that's normal kid shit, but it’s no excuse to be disrespectful to anyone. they can be mad about being made to eat a few veggies off their plate, but they're not gonna huff and puff and hmm! in their mommy's face, you know ???

idk !! in my opinion, him giving a sort of gentle reminder of minding their manners and taking care of their toys and being nice to their siblings—that is him being lax ??? sort of quietly nudging them, giving them a look from the corner of his eye that they understand without question; there's no screaming or hollering, no raised voices, no real anger taken out on them. i don't think any of it comes from a judgy place, he just sees it as his responsibility as a parent to not let a little gremlin loose in society, like he was LMAO

idk !! maybe i have a different perspective on what exactly is strict parenting !! which is normal, considering we all came from different households and families and walks of life 🩷

#willie CUTTEEEEE #how cute #i think it's situational too ??? like okay fine. it's friday night and you wanna stay up a little aftet bedtime okay sure #it's saturday night and you dont wanna take a bath okay whatever go to bed stinky then #but they're not staying up late three nights a week or skipping two three baths in a row you know ??? #he'll let some stuff go every once and a while but there's a standard he has for them #idk !! is that strict parenting LOL #i've always viewed the term 'strict' parenting in a more negative sense—which isnt necessarily true #interesting topic !!!! #cw children #✿ ask willow #✿ theme: dad bakugou

[sneakyboymerlin]

Fandom will be like “Arthur wouldn’t have been so bigoted if it wasn’t for [that EVIL Merlin trying to fulfill the prophecies through Arthur to create a long-lasting future for his kin. oh and Uther] the actions of everyone else around him” bro it doesn’t sound like much accountability is being held for one’s own actions :/ bro

#this may scare you but arthur was a bigot before merlin showed up in camelot #before merlin asked him to show kara mercy. and arthur tried to humiliate her instead of just letting go of his pride #you think that merlin prioritizes arthur over magic because you ship them. when the prophecy literally hinges on arthur #he’s not trading freedom over for arthur. he’s trading a short term solution over for the promised long-term one. the golden age. hello #arthur meanwhile believes exactly what he wants to believe. and he is benefitted personally by the ban on magic. it sways his guilt #and his cognitive dissonance. so he stays #you know he was never given an argument for or against magic in 5x05? but he WAS given one DIRECTLY BY MERLIN in 5x09 #Merlin who BELIEVES that Arthur will free them. because he has seen prophecies come true before. and he’s seen Arthur’s potential. #you will blame anyone but the person who actually does it #‘arthur can’t NOT be a bigot! he’s been hurt by magic!’ okay well then uther can’t not be a bigot. we woobifying him too? #no? then don’t apply that logic for arthur either #it’s simple as this: you have to apply the same logic and morality across the board. you can’t make exceptions or have double standards. #fandom critical #arthur critical

[oliviatexts]

i was just thinking of how he picked out that picture from his gallery and typed in the emojis before changing the angle and placing them where he wants to have them and i found this so cute that i got emotional about it

#it’s 4am #but like do you know what i mean? #the fact that he edits his stories and has to move the emojis around is so cute to me #i’m not okay #HES SO CUTE #i think i might have this reaction because it proves he’s actually a human #käärij�� #jere pöyhönen #now i will sleep #good night #i need to fix my sleeping schedule omg staying up until 4am cannot be the standard now

[clockwork-carstairs]

most of the main tsc guys are pretty stressed out but lady midnight julian is like, next level. he’s running an institute without anyone knowing, raising a bunch of kids including angsty teenagers and a 7 year old, hiding literally illegal feelings for his parabatai with everything to lose if he doesn’t (and also believing she’ll never return his feelings), while also supporting mark who’s recalibrating to the human world and trying to make sure the kitchen isn’t on fire at any moment and that all the kids are fed and doing okay and protecting them from potential danger all while not even being an adult. like this poor guy. most tsc guys are stretched pretty thin but julian’s holding on to like a single thread here. he needs a break😭

#tda #julian blackthorn #emma carstairs #lady midnight #tda spoilers #lady midnight spoilers #the dark artifices #at first i didn’t like him too much but then i thought about the insane amount he has on his shoulders at any given time and it’s like… #no actually that’s admirable it’s crazy he hasn’t broken down with all of it #even for shadowhunter standards he’s shouldering a LOT #like someone ask him if he’s okay poor boy is stretched so thin

[sonknuxadow]

"SONIC CHARACTERS AGES DONT MAKE SENSE!!!" people when a franchise about talking animals with superpowers isnt 100 percent accurate to real life

#alternate caption: ''sonic characters ages dont make sense'' people when a franchise for children mostly has kid characters #''amy has her own apartment !!!!!!!!!!!'' okay? shes also a pink hedgehog why are you demanding realism here. shes still obviously a kid? #same with tails . hes still obviously a very young child even if he does things that real life kids wouldnt be doing #also the thing with shadow ?? when characters from anything else get frozen for a while people have no issue accepting that they didnt age #but for some reason a bunch of people think shadow is actually 50+ evne though its the exact same situation??? hello #also long running franchises where the characters dont age or the timeline doesnt make perfect sense #is such a common thing why is it suddenly a huge problem when sonic does it #also when you think about the in universe standards for how teens look and act most teen sonic characters are pretty obviously kids #idk where this ''well theyre basically adults!!!!'' stuff comes from #its cleraly just a thinly veiled excuse to be weird about them

[yardsards]

i have decided that bow from she ra is aromantic (most likely an aromantic bisexual. or maybe pansexual or similar)

1: bow and arrow pun

2: being associated with hearts and love while still being aro is powerful swag

3: i've always personally gotten heavy queerplatonic vibes from glimbow so that still works

#eliot posts #spop #she ra and the princesses of power #bow spop #(also of course qprs can also happen between two ppl who aren't aspec at all) #(but in glimbow's case one of the partners is aro. i think glimmer is prolly standard bi though but idk for sure) #but yeah aro bow is my current headcanon #bestowing the highest honour i can upon him: #aromantic #oh also the other highest honour which is trans. he has transmasc swag okay.

[angrylittleburd]

You are a God damned chimera, you know that you son of a bitch? 

#Dandy Darling #Burdart #been drawing dandy quite a bit #I feel i should hide some lore here in the tags #Dandy was born a cat #he had extensive plastic surgery to look like a donkey #well technically he was going for horse but hey beggars can't be choosers #He comes from a rather ''cult like'' family #some believe this family is cursed even #most family members are cold hearted. evil. and or downright psychopathic in nature #While Dandy is by no means ''good'' or ''empathetic'' to most people #by his family's standards he is one of the more compassionate members #he has an subconscious impulse to care for people who need him #he wont admit it #but his type is definitely the 'damsel in distress' #He also has a younger sibling named Terrible (Terry for short) who he loves & will kill for if someone even looks at Terry the wrong way #Dandy raised Terry himself and this is more or less where he developed this desire to be needed by people #Dandys (& Terrys) mom is another OC I made 'Happy Medium' #okay no more free lore. you want to know more start sending in asks about him (or any other of my OCs)

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Kinda funny how still in 2023, people call Mabel the worst character of Gravity Falls simply because she acts like a 12 year old child, but they silent as hell when it comes to Dipper.

#the vibes off 'girls must be perfect while boys will be boys' are strong here #like people get mad at mabel for being a 12 year old basically #while dippers allowed to be that in comparison by them #like mabels done shit that gets people mad at her but when dipper does similar shit its okay to them #(looking at how the two treat romance but how the two get treated by the fandom here #plus looking at how people treat dipper and mabel when it comes to doing shit with bill) #like i dont drag dipper cause again hes 12 #its like mabel: they acting their age in show #but mabel haters really do have standards for how girls can act and how boys can act #and honestly the fact that mabel gets hate for shit bill did...oh i have too many thoughts #and dont get me started on that video that blamed mabel for gideosn actions #like this got made cause someone posted four worst characters on twitter #and honestly its definitely bait vibes cause they included agent p from paf #like yeah bait vibes strong #but like damn if their replies didnt make it clear they did mean what they said about mabel and the two other girls #aka katara and sakura from naruto #i dont know much about sakura but like blame the writing for her issues #anime has issues with writing women #thats been known for a long time #and katara...girl the audacity is all im saying #just...too many thoughts there

[suffarustuffaru]

this may be my like third ottosuba post in a row but like hear me out okay like theres something about how varied their dynamics are in each if. like its about the inherent tragedy of it all - the "you ruined my life" and "you betrayed me" and "you've hurt everyone around us and theres nothing i can do, so goodbye forever" and "i hope you rot". its the forced subservience that pride otto and wrath otto have to have, except wrath otto breaks free of it and indulges in just stabbing subaru, knowing subaru's going to die anyway. pride otto serves subaru, knowing he's marching towards his grave, knowing he's aiding subaru in all his crimes, knowing he doesn't have the energy to care anymore. greed otto has watched subaru manipulate everyone around them and he's had enough - they were almost friends, and otto WANTED to be friends, wanted to BELIEVE they were friends, but it was never the case. and so he leaves behind the first person he ever considered a friend, along with the camp he could've befriended too. and then theres gluttony otto - an otto whos become friends with subaru, an otto that has subaru as his closest friend, an otto whos found community in the emilia camp and has garfiel as his younger brother and cares about all these people so much. and then subaru destroys all of them, and it's just otto and garfiel left until subaru destroys garfiel too along with ottos younger brother regin, meaning subaru killed two of ottos brothers in one fell swoop. subarus this twisted version of himself now, claiming that he destroyed priestella and so much of the people within it so he could get to OTTO. it's like rubbing salt in the wound - in some fucked up way, otto is now the biggest priority in subarus life. like most people in the if routes, otto gets crushed just like any other victim of subarus plans and decisions, but in gluttony if he still decides to keep his bravado and anger and his last words are LITERALLY "eat shit, you phony". he damn well knows theres no hope for him and he still decides to go out fighting. ottosuba in each if really is just. theres a violence to it - and not just literal violence, i mean as in gluttony if subaru considers otto a threat, and otto is also someone who has a lot of memories specific to him about subaru. pride subaru is basically otto's second "master". otto steals power away from wrath subaru by helping in taking him down. otto completely disregards greed subaru and avoids the same fate as the rest of emilia camp by REJECTING subaru when the whole point was subaru being GREEDY. subaru couldnt keep otto with him, while otto managed to break free of subaru.

it's about the power dynamics of it all - especially when BOTH of them are capable of the same manipulation and mind games.

#I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS ON THEM OKAY. PLS. THEY HAVE SUCH DIVERSE DYNAMICS ACROSS EACH IF. #rezero #natsuki subaru #otto suwen #ottosuba #extremely feral over them. i think its like whats interesting about their dynamic is that theyre on more equal ground compared to other #interesting important dynamics in rezero ifs. like theres emisuba and reinsuba for example. #like otto is a mostly normal dude by fantasy world standards. and subaru is of course also just a normal guy until subaru goes on to #commit atrocities and he ruins ottos life in the process. they are so weirdly entangled with each other in these ifs. #theyre similar too..... just. smth about their power dynamics has me Thinking fr. esp when its not depicted that much in fandom content T^T #i love them fr. theyre both fucking insane. i want to see them make each other worse. #pride if #wrath if #greed if #gluttony if #uhhh rezero if spoilers... #otto just goes fuck you (derogatory) to subaru in all four of these ifs. king shit. you tell him otto. #ottosuba just seem sooo normal until they go on to be partners in crime with and against each other

[polysyndetonaddictsupportgroup]

Poor Yuuta 😆

What's he gonna do when someone tells him Todo punched His Boy™️ through a wall

And really, what's with every person ripping of their shirt or being shirtless while fighting Megumi. Sukuna is the worst offender of course, and their's also Todo, even Mahoraga didn't have a shirt. We're obviously excluding Toji.

Also, being offended at a low bounty is so Sukuna 🤣 That entire post was hilarious, especially the tags.

The other second years decide that they need to shield Yuuta from the knowledge that this ever happened because if he did he’d kill todo and then feel bad about killing him and it’s just be enormously inconvenient to maki specifically who would have to hear about it.

They also decide that this is immediately a mission doomed for failure because Inumaki’s a spineless simp who will absolutely spill the beans to his boy (his boy being Yuuta).

So they tell Todo that if he values his life (doubtful—maki has sincere doubts as to its value and feels even todo must know that) he’ll find a border and get over it because Yuuta will break his fucking spine if he finds out someone beat the shit out of Megumi specifically as a way to goad Yuuta himself. Fuck around, find out. Yuuta’s not letting anyone use megumi against him and he’s willing to make an example to ensure future safety.

Sukuna feels the Zenin were on point with the brat’s valuation (if not too generous) but he’s in here too and he’s a fucking gold standard of targets. What the fuck why is the bounty so low. He’s the king of curses and he’s getting the valuation of an idiot high schooler with a crush. There’s no respect nowadays.

Yuuji has to hear a lot about how the price on his head is not good enough for Sukuna.

#sukuna at three am the night before a mission: i am nightmare incarnate they could BANKRUPT themselves to kill me and it would not be enough #what the fuck is wrong with sorcerers these days. brat you want to fix the in-law problem and you let me out on the Zenin compound. ten #minutes. they’ll see who’s worth a mere /800000 yen/. fucking unprofessional is what it is. #yuuji is somewhat tempted he cannot lie #the Zenin stress his boyfriend out a lot okay #he sees how much they can get to him. and also like. he doesn’t know the details. but he can read between the lines enough to know they’ve #hurt him. how bad WOULD it be to let Sukuna raze a few buildings to the ground #yuuji has a very pretty boyfriend who will let him /hold his hand/ and /kiss him/ and legitimately life could not be better were it not for #the active attempts on his life. those. those are a downer. #very pretty boyfriend. who’s smarter than him. can summon dogs at will. literally the gold standard cannot imagine how lucky he is but there #HAS to be a fly in the ointment and it HAS to be his lunatic family #the thing is yuuji overwhelmingly feels murder is wrong EXCEPT when you trigger him in which case he’ll kill you with his bare hands #re: mahito #and like. he’s getting there with the Zenin. he’s getting there. #the issue is that makis a fucking vault and Yuuta this impossibly beautiful and perfect son of a bitch in Africa who they’ve never met so #they can’t interrogate him. and inumaki is. challenging. to interrogate #pandas the fucking weak link tho and nobara and yuuji have figured out that the Zenin did something seriously fucked not too long ago #they don’t want to invade Megumi’s privacy but he’s Their Boy and they’ll cut bitches over him #yuuji shares a wall with megumi and sometimes it’s really obviously he had a bad nightmare he won’t talk about #but he will tell him when it wasn’t about sukuna ripping out Yuuji’s heart so he won’t feel guilty #and eventually yuuji just sort of pieced it together that it was about the Zenin #not to be dramatic but Yuuji and nobara will kill people for megumi #why does OKKOTSU YUUTA get to know about their boy but not YUUJI who’s LITERALLY DATING HIM #panda: well Yuuta was right in the middle of everything what with how he— *horrified silence* I’ve said too much #todos no help because he also thinks Yuuta is an impossibly beautiful and perfect bastard and it does not help yuujis morale #he’s on yuujis side of course #but if there is anyone who COULD come even close to his brother who is the sparkling pinnacle of existence it would be Okkotsu Yuuta #no one can tell if todos in love with Yuuta #like obviously his heart and soul belong to takada but it gets hella gay sometimes when he talks about Yuuta #he doesn’t know what this assless boy has done to bewitch such beautiful men and it torments him

[lethalhoopla]

okay wait you're a Zevran enjoyer too?? Excellent taste.... gotta ask do you like him for light-hearted no-consequence romance or as serious romance? either way love to see it

I am absolutely a Zevran enjoyer, sweet anon, so high fuckin' five there. I polyromanced but consider him my canon (and play a nonbinary Warden).

As for what kind of romance... why not...... all of the above?

Listen. Just. Dragon Age itself refers to Zevran as a laughing lover, who, if made into canon romance, is himself caught by surprise and - you can see it in his romance - a bit overwhelmed by it.

The way that it starts so naturally, the way that it's comfort and friendship and pure attraction, simple and openly stated as such without judgement and in fact with pleased invitation - but as you spend the dawning Blight together, fighting through thick and thin... getting closer, and for all his charm and self-confidence, his walls are still cracking as you prove that you're not just into him for his, well. Skillset, hah. Sure - his abilities in bed are definitely a side-benefit, but - that you enjoy his company, period? That you want him by your side, and to be by his side? You truly listen to him, you bring him the Dalish gloves brought up just the once (possibly even months ago, depending on your playthrough), and boots like the ones he spoke of longingly/nostalgically from Antiva, and despite how even your closest companions still months in consider him a possible turncoat and largely still just the 'would-be assassin' that you happened to have a strange amount of sympathy for...

you still want him, regardless?

He's so used to playing a role, at all times, whatever it may be. It blends with his personality, and he embraces it. But that makes it stickier, less simple when everything starts to mean more with his Warden.

The fact that for all his experiences and adventures and loneliness, he wants you, and in spite of the fact that it may all end far too soon, he places his trust and hopes with you. That even still, around the too-big feelings growing in him, he can joke and be deadly yet wittily serious in spades, hell, at the end-

Zevran is so much more than the sum of his parts and that is the whole point of his arc, whether romance or friendship - and stars help me, I love him so gd much for it.

#lethalhoopla answers #zevran arainai #zevran my beloved #zevran 👏 contains 👏 multitudes 👏👏👏 #also i mean i love a morally grey bisexual king. or. morally mostly bankrupt. he has *standards* tho okay #hi yes i love him with my whole heart to sum up #idk i think i don't see a lot of takes in the various fancircles I've run in thru life re: sexuality that I relate to- #for me that... casual relationship slipped into from friendship turned navigating something Big and Real and.... Intense but Important #that he can be the laughing lover AND the ride or die romance - follow you to literal magical fade-hell ride or die? #also something about the Gender vibes in a Zevran romance just. chefs kiss

[steakout-05]

jon horse jon horse <3

#jon arbuckle #mlp #garfield #i LOVE jon so much i love him i love him #he's so underappreciated and overhated and it's sad because he's actually a pretty complex character? #i mean he's complex for garfield standards but still #he's such a real dude #he has so many little quirks and feelings that feel authentic and relatable #i like that Jon's just a dude who's trying his best to function #he's so babygirl i love him <3 #i don't like that the modern Garfield strip just has one joke about Jon and it's that ''he's pathetic laugh at him lol'' #because Jon is so much more than that to me #Jon deserves to be more than a punchline about how stupid and pathetic he is #and plus he never used to be such a loser klutz #like yeah he was still a goofball in the 80s and i love that but he still had Lyman to bounce off of #now it just feels like his only character trait is 'pathetic loser' and it kinda makes me sad because he means so much to me #being fixated on Jon was like therapy bro he made me feel okay for just being a person #oh my god i'm seriously gushing out my feelings in the tags of a PONY JON DRAWING LMAO #it happens to the best of us..... #but still though.... Jon deserves so much more than to be relegated to a punchline about how much of a loser he is #this has been going on since the late 80s i think it's time to let it rest #let Jon go to a comic convention and meet some friends or something #let Jon have some strips to himself #let the man COOK #anyway..... horse :) #his cutie mark is a reference to the strip where Garfield found Jon's cartooning desk and started writing something really profound with #the ink and Jon goes over to ask what Garfield made and he's just like ''oh you know. just some paw prints.'' #cause y'know..... he's a cat #i really like that strip it's one of my favourites

[reachexceedinggrasp]

So when I've been complaining about even fanfiction not being romantic enough, part of what I mean by that is that people take huge, gothic characters in pairings with gigantic, dramatic stakes full of titanic emotions and then make them feel small and mundane. Stripping the very romanicism from the bones of the romance.

There are many things that are deeply appealing to me about B&tB pairings or 'unlikely' pairings or Gothic romance in general, but something that is less structural while still being absolutely key is that it's not an easy relationship to get the characters into. It's not something that would happen under ordinary circumstances for either person. It's not a bond that can be forged without some form of pressure preventing these people from continuing in their regular patterns.

If you're writing an E/C fic where you start from scratch, the moment they so much as touch for the first time should be absolutely show-stoppingly prodigious. It can never be casual, not between these two, the idea of a touch being allowed should be an Event. The reader's heart should be thundering in their chest, the suspense should be palpable, the consummation divine. A single touch is a consummation for them, there should be that much tension. If they hold hands and I'm not holding my breath, you have done it wrong. The first kiss should feel like an atom bomb going off, the world should shift on its axis, a line is being crossed which has left both characters forever altered.

And people will instead write them like a standard romance novel couple who make standard pervy comments in the narration, get a bit flirty, casually hook up and then weigh pros and cons about whether dating fits into their life plans or not. All of this being totally without weight, without feeling like any kind of Rubicon has been crossed or that it's significant for the characters to have entered into something which must foundationally alter their worldview.

Reylo brushing fingers across the galaxy and it being the turning point of the entire narrative, given the same majesty and mystical significance as Luke's vision in the cave or Yoda lifting the X-Wing is the exact correct amount of emphasis for them reaching towards each other in tenderness. You have a character defined by abandonment and loneliness and a character who is surrounded by people but never touched, both unseen by anyone else, both aching for connection, both never having felt anything like this before, both aware of the galaxy-spanning consequences of what they're feeling. Them touching is le big deal.

The kiss for the B&tB pairing, the EtL pairing, any Gothic pairing has to feel out of reach, a chasm that cannot be crossed- until it happens, impossible yet inevitable. Something the characters could never have conceived of taking place at the beginning of the story, an infinite abyss of which they have somehow found themselves on the other side. You have to do the work to get them there, you have to build that bridge stone by stone, and it should be a sublime agony of seeing the path take shape while it still feels like the gap is just unbridgable, that no matter how close you come, it will never be complete, they can never get all the way across. Until they do.

If you write characters who have (or should have) that kind of vast gulf separating them as just kind of falling into an intimacy which isn't earned and thus means nothing, I just have no idea why we're here. Why buy a giant gothic castle of romanticism and then bulldoze it to build a minimalist condo? Everything about the pairing that makes it that pairing is stripped away. If these were people who could just meet at a party and end up in bed, they would be completely different people.

#taking something epic and portentous #reducing it to a casual instant attraction they sort of casually and impulsively act on like it's ordering a coffee levels of important #and then it's all 'well maybe there's ~something there~ whatever tho don't think it matters or anything' while they're going on caj dates' #and ends with 'it's pretty good I guess we're compatible maybe we'll get married eventually' #LIKE #why #why are people so boring #if it is not love of the most exquisite kind #the far far better thing you do than you have ever done #these people would never go through the bullshit of being with their enemy/a pariah/a difficult Beast/etc. #sshg stories where they're casual actually pain me #it CAN'T be casual it's NOT a casual attraction if they were under normal circumstances it would NEVER happen #SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE FORGED IN FIRE OKAY? #the chasm which has to be crossed for it to happen is what makes it so satisfying my guy #WORK FOR IT #don't get me wrong I like low key ships as well but it's just a fundamentally different thing and some characters #absolutely cannot be plugged into a low key dynamic #Erik categorically cannot be a standard mundane love interest about whom one can be casual #he has never had a casual relationship with literally anything #he is intense about everything he does #this is what makes him wonderful #if you don't want to deal with his dramatic virgin antics then you don't want to write about him #and that's fine! but it means THEN DON'T #writing #romance #tropes

[arthur-r]

something’s just not right / there’s hunger in my eyes, but you’re not looking into mine / in the morning light / i wake up next to you, but we’re no longer entwined / i want to love you with a ravenous hunger, tear your flesh into mine / you say you like me, but you’d rather that i listen quiet, keep it all inside / i romanticize a lust for blood and the glint of evil in your eyes / any kind of sign, something to tell me that your heart is burning just like mine / rend me to pieces if that’s what it takes to tell me that i taste divine / there’s something wrong but i just can’t quite place it, leave me on the precipice, i’m fine / something awakening and stirring inside me / i’m gearing up, your pretense in decline / i slice my heart up on a platter and find that you don’t even wanna dine / i gave my soul up, you can eat me raw / diced up and vulnerable, i’m yours to try / you’re glancing to the side, bored, and find that you don’t even wanna dine!!!!

#round 2 of recording my loser boring cannibalism song #(it has more words now. it is still not a complete song but it is getting somewhere….) #basically i really like cannibalism as a literary device and devouring somebody and being like violently enamored #and i convinced myself that my relationship was really good and healthy and i just don’t know how to handle a Good Normal Relationship #but secretly loving somebody should be at least a LITTLE BIT like cannibalism. especially if you’re me #so i got really hungry and he didn’t ever lift a finger for me or smile in my direction #and i wish he would just be hungry for me back. kill me a little bit if it would mean you care #i just thought that Normal People should be Normal about each other and he was just being Normal about me #when he like. did not prioritize me ever. and was only affectionate when he was drunk 🫠 #he does NOT deserve to be the one who ended the relationship!!!! #anyway i would rather he eat me alive than not even look at me. and that’s what this song is about #and i’m gonna raise my standards so much fucking higher. he should be fucking hungry for me actually #literally and figuratively shdhdf i was always the one to invite him to dinner too. #and he was SHIT at communion motif. that guy had awful fucking table manners why did i date him #anyway shdhdf. idk here is round two of my hungry song #i’ve already changed the lyrics a little since recording this a couple mornings ago but it’s FINE my roommate is in here so can’t re-record #but: there’s something wrong but i’m not ready to face it. actually. cause it was so fucking obvious i was just willfully ignorant #anyways!! i’m feeling a little weird today and i haven’t done anything and i want to play music but i can’t. so i’m posting a song instead #and later i might be going to a concert?? we’ll see. if i’m feeling better physically by then!! #anyway i hope everybody is doing okay and lmk if you need anything!! sincerely arthur #me. my post. mine. #delete later (probably) #music