#dexter(romantic)

[k-wame]

LEO WOODALL as Dexter Mayhew ONE DAY via NETFLIX

#leo woodall #one day #one day netflix #dexter mayhew #one day spoilers #queer characters #bi characters #romantic drama #beautiful men

[where-dreams-dwell]

*spoilers for One Day*

For people saying ‘it’s tragic, Dex and Em only got 3 years together’ no. They got 15 years together.

Glossing over the span of their life together to sum it up as ‘only 3 years together’ misses all the love and time they had together that wasn’t solely romantic.

Why is their relationship only ‘important’ or ‘counts’ when it’s a romantic one? Maybe there was always romantic love buried in there or growing steadily but there was a whole lot of platonic love there too.

For 15 years they were the most important person in the world to one another, they described each other as their ‘best friend’ and the person they reached out to at every high and low moment. And for the last 3 of those years they were also a couple.

There are loads of examples of Dex reaching out to Em when he’s at his lowest: the last birthday with his mum, then he’s reeling from his divorce, when he’s scared people will hate him on TV. And you *could* read that as pathetic and Em being his emotional crutch, with Dex latching into her. But you could *also* see that as when you’re struggling and low, you just want your best friend. Because they *get* you. And part of being a best friend is being there in those low moments.

And Em has done the same with Dex, just in different ways. That first year out of uni Em had no idea what she was doing; in a job she couldn’t wait to leave, a relationship that didn’t make her happy, not sure where she was going in life or what she was doing. Em writes to Dex often, and doesn’t need him to reply to her, just to read her letters and be *her* emotional crutch and person to vent to.

Even at that breakup-dinner, Em has things she ‘needs to talk about’ and she’s reached out to Dex to do it. We don’t see her discussing it with Tilly, we see her trying to talk about it with Dex. She’s at arguably her lowest moment (hates her job, hates her partner, hates her home) and she wants her best friend to listen to her. Just like he did when she was 24 and thinking about giving up and leaving London, and Dex convinced her to stay and keep going.

So they are emotional crutches *to one another*. That’s also part of being someone’s best friend.

And for all the low moments Dex also wanted to share his best moments with her too: when he’s excited about the TV pilot he calls Em to say ‘the only person I want to share this with is you’, and begs Em to find a way to be there. Yes this is also him dismissing and ignoring her achievements, yes this is self absorbed and rude and at the height of his egomania, but in that moment of triumph he only wants his best friend there with him.

When they see one another again at Tilly’s wedding Em is brave and self assured when she reveals she’s ‘thought of you every day, missed you every day’, and that even though they are friends again now the fact that Dex will have a wife and child ‘feels a bit like loosing you all over again. Because people with families have different priorities…’ That’s how close they were before.

The sentiment that ‘we grew up together’ is really true, for the both of them. They were very different people throughout their lives, and if they had tried to be a romantic couple earlier there is no guarantee that version of them would have lasted the course.

Would Emma have stayed with a peak-of-his-tv-fame Dex, partying and living life ‘to the full’? Or would they have explosively ended and decided they were too different for one another for it to ever work?

Would Dex have even tried for a career in TV or a full year of travelling if he’d become a couple with Emma after Uni? Or would he have done something else but grown resentful of what-could-have-been?

If they had sorted out their issues and apologised after their fight and Em had left Ian, would Em have found the strength to turn rock bottom into a spring board and finally write her book? Would she have even hit that bottom at all? Or would the hook have remained a pipe dream while she continued as a teacher, happy with Dex but professionally unfulfilled?

We will never know what could have been, and that doesn’t necessarily make those alternatives the ‘better’ option that they ‘missed out on’.

Maybe they would only ever have had 3 years together as a couple and getting it in their mid 30’s the way they did was their most mature and peaceful version.

So yes at times their relationship feels like it’s moving toward the inevitable conclusion of a romantic partnership. But the time before they get there wasn’t wasted or unimportant or unnecessary. And they were always together.

#one day netflix #one day #emma morley #dexter mayhew #friendship #platonic love #romantic love #star crossed lovers #I just get frustrated when people boil ‘they always loved one another’ down to ‘oh so it was romantic from the start and never changed’ #like bitch the power of friendship?? #the bonds of brother/sisterhood and all that jazz #to say nothing of platonic soulmates #or love that changes and grows #spoilers

[noridal]

I know it must be an unpopular opinion but part of me wishes they won't canonize Grimmons because it would go against the RvB spirit to do so right at the end. We either get Simmons or Grif going to superhell or something but I won't stand for RT just casually saying "yeah they're a thing now".

You know what would be cool though? If it was something really soft like the whole mayhem goes down and Simmons is like "what do we do now that it's over?" And Grif just replied "yknow. We could still hangout" and keep it as that. Which isn't like they're canon-canon but they also didn't really leave each other right? So it's basically canon too.

#red vs blue #rvb #dexter grif #dick simmons #grimmons #I swear I am scared of this last season #and maybe this mindset is due to not seeing enough queer ships getting canonized #but I also feel like at this point is a running gag not to let them get together #give me some romantic ass shit about the two of them being the first and last scene of RvB #make them hold hands even #but never let them say out loud how much they need each other #nor I love you or shit like that #I don't feel like RvB is the show that should do that

[trkishdelite]

#420life #lana del rey #romantic quotes #oldermen #love quotes #girl blogger #dollete aesthetic #cigarette #sad grl #dexter

[flamestar126]

SHOOTING + CUPID + RED STRING

#dexter's laboratory #dexter's lab #dexdark #dexter #mandark #they're cupid rivals! >:D #their next assignment was somehow the same people and they continuously fought over the same target to shoot #so much they forgot about the target entirely and focused on each other. eventually the cupids fell in love after a lot of threatening lol #this is them being soft in their early rivalry #can you tell i dont know how to do wings #they also fated by red string because i like that trope a lot #two cupid destined by fate and hated at first glance is romantic :3 #i love making mandark's weapon! instead of a bows i did his gun. upgrade cupid! give him a gun! #dexdarkvalentines #dexdarkvalentines2024 #will be sharing the next ones maybe in a hour or two? #flame draws

[mytbrlistblog]

Made a collage of Dexter and Emma and I think it turned out so cute!! Really loved reading this book, definitely would recommend 🫶🏼

#one day netflix #one day book #david nicholls #ambika mod #leo woodall #emma morley #dexter mayhew #book lovers #romantic #booktok #book reccs #bookblog #book review #romance #book quotes #bookstagram #love story #reading

[likehandlingroses]

“Mr. Carson isn’t in charge now—you are”

We may never know what Thomas said to Guy about Carson, but we know he understood!

#the thing about Guy is I really think he gets it #which is partly because despite limited screentime they really would have spent a lot of time #together. knowing they were interested in each other. so I think that’s a big part of it #and Guy really seems to know Thomas kind of wants to leave regardless!! he backs off making it a romantic thing if Thomas doesn’t want that #I think because he Knows Thomas is done. and he gives him an out first. everything else Second #which is very!! to me #Thomas barrow #Guy dexter

[g0ingb4tty]

BATPOISON!!!🦇☢️

Mwah mwah kiss kiss kiss

(Im not that good at drawing side profiles this is sorta practice i guess)

#spooky month #dexter erotoph #batpoison spooky month #self insert x canon #selfship #dexter the exterminator #dexter sm #art #artists on tumblr #artblr #my art #selfship drawing #romantic f/o #batwithapencil✏️ #persona/self insert🦇🕯 #2024 art

[grinchwrapsupreme]

the dexter franchise did a lot of fucked up stuff but nothing surpasses harrison dating the daughter of the woman dexter is dating and all of them acting like its normal

#dexter new blood #dexter morgan #harrison morgan #like... if you get married they're siblings #but they're dating.... #this show would be better if they leaned into the sibling kind of relationship instead of romantic #like even before anything happens #like robin and that guy from stranger things type of deal #lesbianism would be a bonus but not required

[millie-the-windmill]

I was just thinking but. This (I hope the link works. If not it called In Two by Will Paquin) song makes me think of Dexter and mandark’s relationship a lot. (In a /p way, but also works romantically cuz I’m a big multishipper. as long as it’s not exec12 we’re good.) despite their rivalry, I feel like they)d only really have each other. Both are neglected by the adults in their lives, both are the ire of a majority of the kids at they’re school, both of them are the only other true peers they know. I feel like they both like and hate each other, and no matter how much they want to deny it, they can’t function without each other. they push eachother to their full scientific potential. They understand being a child prodigy. They are the only ones willing to protect each other from hostile bullies. They are the only ones who will truly be there for each other, and that trumps the fond rivalries and the screaming and the mech battles and the hurt of their deep-seeded neglect.

(SORRY FOR THE RANT LOL. I just thought of this and had to see what u think,,,)

I TOTALLY GET IT!!! I listened to the song and I def see what you mean. (Multishippers let's goooo!! I can go either platonic or romantic.)

Nobody gets geniuses like geniuses. I agree!! I feel like they would have each other. Sure, their rivals, but rivals can have moments too. They went through similar struggles. It's a love/hate relationship for sure. They say they don't give a shit about each other, but without one, the other would be bored. They're both too smart to truly have a rivalry with anyone else. The challenge between them is the best part.

(I DON'T MIND REALLY!!!! You can rant whenever you want to! I love hearing your thoughts! It makes me happy you wanted to know what I think, I'm honored!! Thank you for sharing this with me!! <333)

#Dexter #Mandark #dexdark #fusionfall #fusionfall legacy #fusionfall retro #can be taken platonically or romantically #dexter mcpherson #dexter's lab #dexter utonium #dexter #dexter's laboratory

[yanderemommabean]

me 🤝 Dexter

Not ok with Phantom Ending its Broadway Run

maybe he'll go so insane, he'll become the phantom himself!

-Mommabean

#it wouldnt be romantic #it'd be similar to Roger on american dad during the telethon #dexter my oc #yandere professor #yandere imagines #yandere scenarios #my ocs #mommabean

[k-wame]

LEO WOODALL as Dexter Mayhew ONE DAY via NETFLIX

#someone on twitter said he has that romantic gaze that's been lacking in leading men for awhile and it's so true #leo woodall #one day #one day netflix #dexter mayhew #one day spoilers #queer characters #bi characters #romantic drama #beautiful men

[taterswithranch]

For the end of Pride, some ocs showing off their colours :)

#dex doesn’t feel romantic attraction but he still wants to be in a relationship #he decided on panromantic since he has no preference for gender and it’s the closest thing he can think of hshdjks #my art #digital drawing #ocs #oc: dexter #oc: jade #oc: jasmine #oc: lucifer #oc: melody

[neroushalvaus]

Something about Thomas ending up with a guy who is constantly in canon described as devastatingly handsome, charismatic, super kind and polite and nice... Who is famous and shouldn't really need to worry about films starting to talk because he has such an attractive voice... I mean, his only canonical character flaw is that he's so modest... Thomas truly deserves this.

#idk. i just like that julian fellowes made sure he established thomas's love interest as literally perfect. #but he isn't even boring perfect. he's. idk. romantic comedy perfect. #otp; hollywood husbands #guy dexter #some people steal dogs to cope #downton abbey

[rukunas]

the urge to write an emma x dexter fic

#one day… #why netflix why #why’d u put a brown woman who is exactly like me in a romantic show #bc now i will be Her #and i am longing for my dexter #rue rambles

[flamestar126]

Sitting + Chocolates

#dexter's laboratory #dexter's lab #dexdark #dexter #mandark #dexdarkvalentines #dexdarkvalentines2024 #they're on a date :>> #sitting wasn't technically on the table from what i saw but i went with the spreadsheets lol #gaughaa i really like this one. background was my favorite! #i like dexter's eyelashes long and pretty so he can bat them at mandark while he's being hand fed. #dexter: i can feed myself-. mandark: shut up im being romantic #he made those chocolates himself with engraved words on each one that wasn't shown lol but it's there! somewhere! #i really love doing these kind of events. very motivating and get me off my butt to draw again haha #so much that i kept creating more. and more. and more. lol. . . i have 8 stacked and 1 val unrelated unfinished #i one upped myself from last year and will be sharing them throughout the day to not completely spam the tag #flame draws