yes i'm rooting for m*leven breakup because byler is neat but mostly? i'm rooting for m*leven breakup for the sake of el and mike.
to me, their romance was always a puppy love born out of a combination of social pressures, naïve curiosity, and a lack of true understanding regarding intimacy and romantic love and what it really is. it was real in that they do truly, deeply care about each other and they are close friends, maybe even shared an attraction, but a maturing romance is so much more than that. they've grown up and out of being boyfriend/girlfriend, and that's okay! i think television/film needs to show more often that most of us don't have definite "soulmates" or first childhood loves that we spend our whole lives with. it doesn't mean these relationships meant nothing and didn't impact us, it just means they've run their course and that something else is in the cards, and this is part of life!
i've always felt el was at her best and most confident self when broken up with mike, discovering who she was and what she liked alongside another girl her age instead of just relying on mike for mentorship on how to live in the real world. she deserves more of an opportunity to find herself, her autonomy, and her independence, and to love who she is, and she's made it clear she's felt insecure in the relationship with mike because she isn't being loved and understood the way she wants, needs, and deserves from someone who is her partner.
also, it's okay if mike doesn't love her in "the way he should". he is not obligated to love her romantically and stay in a relationship with her just because she's a girl, because she "needed someone", or because he cares about her a lot. he shouldn't be pressured into a romance if it's not truly coming from his heart. he deserves freedom to find out and honour who he is, too, instead of just staying in his non-functional first relationship — one he got into as a child, essentially — and defining himself that way because it's what's expected when a boy and a girl are close. he loves her in some way, yes, but it's okay if he doesn't feel comfortable or secure being her boyfriend anymore, for whatever reason that is. he's felt insecure too, and that's valid and it matters.
they are their own people and are steadily growing and changing every day. they need time to figure out who those people are, and it's become clear (at least in my opinion) that those people aren't meant to be a couple at this stage.
they deserve freedom. they deserve to grow up and be authentic to themselves and not feel like they need to lie for the sake of a relationship. they deserve to move on from this version of their relationship that isn't making them happy and rekindle the best part of their bond: their strong, beautiful friendship. they don't have to be a couple if it doesn't make them stronger and better and happier people.
i think it would be healthy and wonderful for a show, especially one consumed frequently by young adults, to show a relationship starting, progressing, and ending on good terms in this way. sometimes things don't work out, and that is okay.
148 notes
·
View notes
@morby
You're convincing me to start calling my ships my fleet now... 🤣 I think people saw two women clasp hands and giggle and went feral. Tbh it's hard for me to ship Misty with anyone, she's too pure.
The philosophy of loving all ships seems so healthy, good for you. 💖
13 notes
·
View notes
Been playing a lot of fallout new vegas and holy shit i fucking HATE CEASER'S LEGION HATE HATE HATE THEM A BUNCH OF SAD CORNY DEPRESSING LITTLE ANNOYING FREAKS WHO ALL SHOULD HAVE JUST STAYED IN THE SOCK "The caesar has marked you for death" SHUT THE FUCK UPPPPP !!!!!! SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!! I have been as friendly as possible with almost every faction I've met so far EXCEPT FOR THE LEGION the moment that prick with the wolf hat in Nipton breathed near me I knew I HAD to shut his ass up with 5 sticks of dynamite up the ass FUCK YOU!!!!!! And when that ugly freak in the new vegas strip gave me that shitty little medallion or whatever the fuck it with some invite to Caesar's little shithole of a camp I never wanted to strangle a man to death with my bare hands more in my LIFE like piss OFF I DON'T WANT YOUR FUCKING "BLESSING" OR WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT YOU AND YOUR FACTION DEAD, AND I'LL SEE TO IT THAT MY WANTS, NO, MY NEEDS, WILL BECOME A REALITY.
If Caesar's legion has 1000 haters I'm one of them, if caesar's legion has 1 hater I'm that hater, if caesar's legion has 0 haters that is impossible because I will forever be hating them from my grave.
4 notes
·
View notes
i haven't actually posted in a little while so here's a sketchy w.i.p of a lineup i'm doing featuring my visible hatred of drawing shoes. the laces are bad on purpose i cba with them right now </3
15 notes
·
View notes