#have the bois being romantic

[hamlet-not-hamnet]

kith

#its still valentines day for me so :))) #have the bois being romantic #look at how well xue yangs revenge plot is working out #hes totally focused and extremely dangerous rn #mdzs #xue yang #xiao xingchen #xuexiao #yi city #mdzs fanart #my art #digital art #artists on tumblr

[seagreenstardust]

“When toxic behavior is portrayed as romantic, it’s problematic. When problematic behavior is portrayed as a character flaw for a character to work through, it’s good storytelling.”

Katsuki Bakugou, my friends.

His behavior was problematic but never once portrayed as romantic at the same time. Katsuki said and did awful abusive things, and he also chose to be better when he was given the chance. If you’re still hung up on chapter 1 Katsuki now then I don’t think you’ve been reading the same story I have.

I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m not shipping Izuku with an irredeemable abuser. I’m shipping him with his most important person. His narrative foil. His childhood friend who made awful mistakes and then made it right when he saw he was wrong. The person Izuku looks up to and strives to emulate, despite their past struggles.

Bakudeku is so good because of how flawed these boys are, and how hard they’ve worked to get over it, and how much they matter to each other after it all

#perfect stories about perfect people who never do anything wrong are usually boring #stories about growth and mistakes and redemption and forgiveness and progress are lit #bkdk #bakudeku #the quote is from cinema therapy on YouTube btw #love them so much #they look at media and talk about what is and isn’t good from a real life human perspective #and boy did this quote slap me in the face #anyway this is my thought literally any time anyone says something about shipping Izuku with his abuser #if he was still being abused then I get it #but he’s not #and saying he needs protection from Katsuki is honestly doing his character dirty #and this is not to say that every situation with an abuser and a victim should turn out romantic #obviously not #the world is not black and white and neither are people #sometimes you have to get yourself out and never look back and that is valid and healthy #but sometimes you’re talking about two boys in a manga who literally cannot stop thinking about how good and incredible the other is #bro I get it #surface level chapter/episode 1 Katsuki is literally the worst #but his glow up has been literally meteoric

[i-put-the-ayyy-in-asexual]

How many times will Neil Gaiman create an immortal queer-platonic-partnership, bc idk how many more I can take

#dead boy detectives #good omens #sandman #ineffable husbands #dreamling #I think that’s the tag #I’m going BANANAS over this show holy shit #I have one desire in media and it’s immortal beings being devoted to one another #make them not platonic not romantic but the secret third option??? #HOW AM I MEANT TO BE CHILL ABOUT THSI??

[daily-hanamura]

#persona 4 #p4 #persona 4 golden #p4g #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #souyo #ok ok listen this scene is so goddamn funny because UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WAS YOSUKES PLAN ALL ALONG #THIS WAS HOW HE WAS SELLING IT TO YU WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO CONVINCE YU TO GET HIS MOTORCYCLE LICENSE #so when rise says this yosuke of all people should have gotten really excited because hey at least the plan is kind of working out ??? #also HELLO its THE risette??? except no he goes straight towards shooting her down #doesnt even play along do not pass go do not collect $200 just dismisses it handily without thought #why some may even argue that yosuke is a bit sensitive about yu being squeezed by someone #its me im some #also yosuke has offered go give yu a ride on his bicycle before so yknow isnt that inchresting #his bicycle definitely only has one seat so doesn't that make it even more up close and personal and romantic #yosuke: we can get up close and personal with others! #also yosuke: no not like that not with other people #I GUESS idk poor boy's just very confused and a disaster issokay #he's good with his queue

[chirpsythismorning]

Case should be closed based on this alone

#byler #stranger things #byler endgame #all it takes is Mike or Will saying crazy together next season #and it’s over #i stand by the fact #that the long pause after the crazy together scene #is meant to convey that this is romantic #the reason being bc if this was a girl/boy or just mike/el #EVERYONE would have been watching it thinking OMG THE TENSION THEY SHOULD KISS #it’s put there to force you to endure this moment with them and question it beyond what’s there #and within the context of the word crazy throughout the series #that proves it to the highest degree #heteronomativity #it’s a bitch

[14106]

he cannot sleep he can(not) dream 2nite 😨

commission for 1 of my best friends on fb <3 sth sth jack and sally

#disco elysium #mine #kimharry #even tho at first it wasnt.... #sth abt harry getting into a relationship while still learning to let go sth abt yelling sad songs while crying and thinkin abt ur ex #sth abt best friends being there no matter what sth abt romantic partners having the patience to see you grow and let go #whatever girl... do u get me #ah hes readin the lyrics ig lol #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi

[cerise-on-top]

How would arm wrestling go with TF141+Alejandro and rudy?? just a random thought i had and you're a great writer keep at it hun :))

Hello! I only write for four characters at a time, so I chose the first four you mentioned! I hope that's alright! But feel free to send the same request in again with Alejandro and Rodolfo, I don't mind :-) And thank you, I appreciate it! I'll keep going for a while! Probably for at least another half year or so ^^

Arm Wrestling with the TF141

Price: He doesn’t have time for something as childish as this, so he’ll likely dismiss you when you ask him to. It’s not that he’s afraid to lose, quite the opposite he’s proud when his soldiers are stronger than him, whether that be physically or mentally. But he’s too busy for something like this, he either has to be in a meeting sometime soon or has an ungodly amount of work to do. You’d need to either rope Soap and or Gaz into this as well for him to actually consider arm wrestling you. Plus the two or three of you need to be very annoying about this as well. If you promise to shut up about it, he’ll allow it and fight you, but not for long. Truth be told: You’d need to be very strong in order to win against him. Out of the TF141, he’s the second strongest and doesn’t relent easily either. He does have some pride as well. Try as you might, without some good amount of muscles you likely won’t win. If you do win he’ll sigh and ask you if you’re finally happy, if you’ll finally leave him alone after this. Do that, you have enough to brag about like this as it is. However, if you lose he’ll give you a look that screams “I told you so”. Despite him knowing that that will only spur you on to do better, to finally beat him, he will give you some advice on how you have a better chance at beating him. After all, he needs his soldiers to be at their best, physically and mentally. He won’t train with you, but if you’re really determined to beat him then you can train with either Soap or Gaz. They’re not as strong as him but it’s better than nothing.

Gaz: Oh, he’s down for any challenge. However, unlike Price, he’ll be a little shit about it if you lose, giving you some sarcastic comments about how strong he is. He doesn’t mean it in a bad way, but he does like the accomplished feeling of beating someone at something many people are better at than you. Gaz isn’t among the physically strongest soldiers out there, but he can use his noggin better than most of them, so it’s not uncommon for him to lose against Soap in an arm wrestling match. It gathers quite a crowd from time to time as well since the two of them can be at it for more than ten minutes at a time. Gaz usually loses, which hurts his pride a bit, but he doesn’t sulk too long about it. So you losing to him feels good to him, but if he goes overboard with his comments he’ll apologize and make it up to you somehow. However, if you do win, then please don’t make too much fun of him, he hates it enough as it is. He’s not mad at you if you do win, he’s far too mature for that sort of thing, but you don’t need to rub salt into the wound. But you can be certain that as soon as you’ve asked him twice for a match that he’ll come to you from time to time and demand a rematch as well. He’s just that eager to finally score another win against one of the soldiers on base. He’ll be annoying, but it’s kind of endearing just how ambitious he is, you gotta give him that. Once he finally does win against you he’ll give you a big smile and shake your hand. If you’ve had many matches before then you can be certain he’ll feel something bittersweet, like a rivalry that just ended. But don’t worry, he’ll continue to challenge you.

Ghost: Doesn’t want to arm wrestle with you, doesn’t care about it either, you can annoy him all you want. Unless you rope Soap into this again, he won’t even consider it. You both need to be very annoying about it, with both of you calling him a chicken for refusing you. Cluck at him as well and he’ll give in eventually. He’s quiet the entire time, the only thing showing he finally accepted your match would be him waiting at the nearest table for you. The two of you would gather quite the crowd, with lots and lots of people coming to watch you. After all, who wouldn’t want to see that? The Ghost potentially getting his ass kicked at an arm wrestling match. Again, you’d need to be exceptionally strong to beat Ghost, he’s the strongest out of the four. If it’s obvious to him that you’re struggling to keep him at bay, he’ll toy a bit with you. Nothing like some harmless fun. He might seemingly give in for a moment, only to take it away from you and then beat you properly. In fact, you could try to get his hand down with both of your hands and you would likely struggle, if you win in the first place. Ghost is a force to be reckoned with. Besides, he likely won’t accept another challenge, so you better make this one count. If you win he’ll be pleasantly surprised, he was confident you wouldn’t. There won’t be anything fancy going on, aside from the cheers from everyone on base and their congratulations. Ghost will congratulate you as well. If you lose then he’ll tell you that he told you so, but won’t take it further than that. Might give you a pat on the shoulder if you did well against him, but that’s about all there is to it.

Soap: I wouldn’t be surprised if he was the one to challenge you first, actually. This guy is as competitive as it gets, so there’s a chance he’s challenged everyone on base to at least one arm wrestling match. It’s a friendly and harmless way for him to show others what he’s made of, that they better not push him around, regardless of who they might be. However, he never turns down a request like that, everyone’s beloved sergeant needs to be there for his subordinates. Plus he’s a fun guy as well, who loves a good challenge. He’ll wish you good luck against him with a confident grin. It’s not that easy to beat him either since he is very muscular, but he’s no Ghost when it comes to physical strength, so it likely won’t be impossible to score a win. Harder to beat than Gaz, but easier to beat than Price. But I reckon you should do your best to beat him since he can be quite annoying when he does win. He references the two of you having a match, which he oh so graciously won. He’s a bastard like that, who will make fun of you for a bit. He’s not above rubbing salt into your wound when you’re making yourself out to be more important than you actually are. However, he’s just as annoying when he does lose, always wanting to fight you again and again until you’ve finally lost. He has his pride and he will make a fuss about it as well when he does win. Not above cheating to get what he wants either, so he might invite you for a strong drink afterwards, intoxicate you and then have another match. But he’ll do that exactly once since winning like this doesn’t feel nearly as good to him.

#cod #cod x reader #john price #john price x reader #price x reader #kyle gaz garrick #kyle gaz garrick x reader #gaz x reader #simon ghost riley #simon ghost riley x reader #ghost x reader #john soap mactavish #john soap mactavish x reader #soap x reader #these aren't romantic in the slightest since I couldn't see something like that being very romantic #it's just some boys being boys and either wanting nothing to do with your nonsense or relenting and letting you have your way #Soap can be quite the dick but he's more inclined to being nice if you've been nice to him first #reader is a soldier in this as well but other than that nothing is specified #been on a Soap roll as of late I've been writing quite a bit about him. but that's okay too sometimes you need to put him in situations #damn I barely played anything this weekend I was genuinely too busy writing it seems :( #I wanted to play viddy games today but now I can't anymore since it's really late already :( #I suppose I'll write up the other request tonight and then I'll leave it at that

[thebeautifuldaughter]

fascinating to watch how hozier speaking Irish in his new music is making some people: 1. fetishise him further and/or 2. make 'fun' jokes about gaeilge/gaelic/'''garlic'''' bc like. babes. i can guarantee you neither of those actions are separable from the lingering impacts of colonialism.

#not understanding some of the nuances around a 'dying' (killed) language is not shocking #but treating it like some weird little romantic bog man character trait is annoying #i'm being a wet blanket but if i creamed my pants over irish OR mocked the language here i'd get bottled #and it's been said ten ways to tuesday but stop fetishising what you believe irish culture is like #he is a normal man trying to speak a language that occupies an incredibly complex space in contemporary Ireland #how majority-white cultures victim to colonisation are worshipped/fetishised in a still-bad way but different compared to POC cultures... #i want an essay #the way people are drooling over it while showing that they didn't care about it until their fave white boy sang it... #additionally in a way they have never cared about POC native languages........... #none of this is hozier's fault it's just fascinating culturally #gaeilge #wasteland baby #colonialism #irish language #unreal unearth #hozier

[suffarustuffaru]

so i talked a bit about reinjulisuba on this blog in the past like in this one ask but now ive made a quick and easy diagram summarizing their whole deal <3

#rezero #re:zero #natsuki subaru #reinhard van astrea #julius juukulius #arc 5 spoilers #THE REZERO BOY DRAMA IS INSANE 😭😭 they are so mentally ill knwdjdnd #reinjuli having not one not two but THREE brain chemistry life altering first meetings is fucking insane #julius is always cursed to have the worst first meetings of his life with random twinks #and julisuba being so stuck in astrea drama is so horribly funny 😭 theyre honorary family members at this point #THEN THERES REINSUBA BEING FREUDIAN….. #im never not losing my mind over them #i need to make a diagram with otto included in it also bc it gets EVEN WORSE… #rezero boy drama is crazy as always. theyre all deranged in different directions. i hate these men #reinhard knowing that reid is Like That and never telling/getting the chance to tell julius is the cherry on top 😭😭 #i need a 100k slow burn reinjulisuba fic STAT. im begging on my knees #also julisuba being into each other but also reinhard (platonic or romantic) but also admitting OUT LOUD that reinhards a monster. im crying

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

it just struck me how my queerness is essentially just me going "hmmm... nah <3"

#gender? nah <3 #romantic orientation? nah <3 #sexuality? nah <3 #someone hands me a form that asks what i am and i just fill in 'n/a' #i simply couldnt be fucked! with literally any of it! #honestly the somewhat recent aroace realization has been So freeing #i didnt know how much stress the constant performance caused... #and also now that i KNOW it was a performance? oh boy looking back is so fucking funny #absolutely unprompted #damn sorry past me... they really didnt know... #they were out there trying so hard to conform lmfaoooo #pretending to pine while genuinely thinking they were pining.... #trying to want a relationship while being So fucking stressed out and put off by the concept... #i may have been. somewhat of an idiot <3 #nah jk i wasnt! thats just how it is growing up in a romance oriented world #now all i have to worry about it making friends!!! #no more trying to flirt with cute cashiers! no more feeling Unnecessary Pressure! #im free....

[arohuacheng]

the thing about pei ming. is that what the narrative shows you straight out is him in a relationship where he didn't follow the typical romantic convention of abandoning everything for the other person. and then him attempting to cover for his nepotism grandkid. and then his reputation for sleeping with a lot of women. and then it really doesn't want to let you talk about the fact that he's very consistent about making sure that the women he has relationships with are taken care of after he's gone. or that he was doing the honorable thing by not taking the easy way out of a war and did his best with an impossible situation with that woman afterwards and made sure she was taken care of to the best of his ability. or that shi wudu, water tyrant, trusts him so much that he's essentially appointed him as shi qingxuan's guardian in case anything happens to him. like YES he's a whore. AND.

#i love being a xuan ji apologist i love when women are toxic. in my pei ming fanboy arc rn though #sorry for being a pei ming apologist i don't think he gets enough credit though #he's not morally bankrupt he actually has a very strong sense of honor and moral standards. #it's just that he. likes sex. #he cannot help being aroallo. that's not his fault. man just likes sex but doesn't care much for romantic relationships #anyway yada yada demonization of sex in our current culture nd sex as immoral when not accompanied by romance all that. #if he was not a guy who liked having sex. if he had purely romantic relationships and then made sure they were taken care of after. #how would people talk about him then... #anyway in my head he's the aromantic god of love he's big nd strong and handsome and he's my everything. he's my older brother #he's my gender icon #we could be frat boys together. in another life #talking #tgcf #pei ming #tian guan ci fu

[lunarzs]

I don't think Oak exactly understands that he's Dain and Liriope's child, and was raised by Oriana, Heather and Vivi, and not Cardan and Jude's lovechild. Boy, you do not go spying and manipulating and murdering in one breath and being 110% a simp for your monstrous love interest that terrifies you the next, you've got the wrong people.

#I swear to God Oak #The boy's thinking and acting is so much like both of them what the hell? #He's literally standing there being like “She bit my neck. I liked it.” NO. #CARDAN WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? #Also he literally just goes on murder sprees? Jude why are you freaking blaming Madoc #You're literally RIGHT THERE girl #Also Cardan being like “lol no I recognize this crap Jude Oak is up to something” #Homeboy takes too much after his sister and uncle and it SHOWS #Please someone help this kid #(If this is what happens when they're in the vicinity of s kid imagine their own children) #(They're gonna be the terrors and delights of Elfhame and drive everyone mad) #(Probably start a massacre for fun and toast with wine over it and make horrible romantic choices) #the prisoners throne #tfota #the folk of the air #the stolen heir #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing

[eldritch-thrumming]

no offense but steve and nancy’s talk in the woods in season 4 was hands down the worst thing stranger things has ever done

#ok i am not being objective but i just saw a gifset of it and like #major cringe man #bro get it together what ru doing boy #like i get it nancy is cool and brave and whatever but like #does heterosexual love and romance have to be the sun which we all revolve around #major ick vibes #rancid vibes #and this is not even me being a steddie shopper or like an anti stancy shipper it’s just like u were in high school lol #and u grew and changed into diff ppl and like u didn’t even really like each other all that much to begin w #idk idk let nancy go out on her own without any of the boys pls i’m begging #and also let steve and robin become the codependent idiots they deserve to be #true love doesn’t always have to be romantic pls straight ppl i’m begging u to see that platonic love is just as serious and important as #straight romantic love pls i’m on my damn knees

[bbutterflies]

trans nino and trans masc gnc adrien……… please and thank you

#I have been thinking abt them ALL DAY…… t4t adrino is just BETTER….. #nino is so trans have u seen that boy and the idea of adrien ALSO being trans masc…. ohhhh the potential……. #boyfriends in the loosest sense of the word possible #they’re bros (deeply romantically in love) they’re just two dudes (soulmates in every lifetime) #AUGH I gotta get them out of my head #ramblings #adrino

[tennessoui]

Anakin’s really out there trying to make a poly triangle work (the sort where he's the one in the middle and the other two are Not Together) while having zero clue that he's trying for a poly thing at all... and neither of the two people he's in a poly thing with realize that's what's happening..........

I feel like couples counseling au anakin would very much not enjoy a poly triangle thing if it were to happen because the way I’m writing him and his relationship with obi-wan, Anakin would be very dissatisfied during any romantic time he isn’t spending with Obi-Wan.

The moments he’s spent with Padmé in the fic so far, at least half if not 75% of his attention is focused on his master even when the guy isn’t even there. It’s only gonna get worse from there—I think in his head if he thought about it briefly, he would like to be in a relationship with both Padmé and Obi-Wan.

But the fic progression and conclusion does hinge on anakin realizing that he actually does not want to be in a relationship with the both of them. He wants to just be with one of them and that person is his master.

#asks #couples counseling au #the poor boy just needs to get his head on straight #and think about it #and be honest with himself #someone needs to tell him having wet dreams about his master for like five years is not normal #especially once he gets married #i know it won’t be an obianidala thing because I absolutely do not want that but also I think even if this anakin is in the middle #and obiwan is fine with being his partner while he has another partner #and Padmé is fine with being his partner while he has another partner #anakin would not be in the end #he would not be able to #he’d just want to spend all his free time #with obiwan #all his romantic time #all his time #they’re literally just insane about each other and there’s no room for another in that #and unfortunately Padmé is gonna get a little hurt :( #because I think her character is someone who does not give up easily #so she’d try very hard to keep anakin #maybe even bringing up the possibility of obi wan joining them #to which anakin cannot say no fast enough

[hella1975]

we may have lost another one to the bisexual hotgirl and straight loserboy agenda but trust i am fighting it comrades 🫡

#IM TRYINGGGGG. the fuck of it all is that we've been going on dates on and off for WEEKS now #and i said to him at the start im not looking for anything serious and there's a chance he might be mugging himself off #bc i am just NOT emotionally available and low and behold we were at the pub the other night and wound up having a pretty #serious talk about how ive really liked getting closer to him and i genuinely enjoy our time together but i just cant see anything #serious coming of it NOT BC OF HIM BC GENUINELY I FEEL LIKE IVE MET MY MATCH WITH THIS BOY #NO ONE IRL CAN BANTER WITH ME LIKE HE CAN AND THAT IS SUCHHH A CRUCIAL BOX TO TICK WITH ME #but i just dont think im mentally or emotionally in the place for a relationship and i dont like him ENOUGH to fight for it #like it's been v illuminating v much that 'you never realise just how mentally ill you are until you try persuing a romantic relationship' #bc DAMN. i feel insane like why cant i just be normal about things and enjoy nice things and people in my life #BUT despite me saying all this to him and TRYING NOT TO BE THE ASSHOLE he has fully admitted that he likes me SO MUCH #that he'd like to keep going on dates and stuff regardless of the end result. like he genuinely just likes my company #and will take it in any capacity he can get he literally SAID that he's whipped for me 😭 #and im like HOW DO I WIN HERE. IF I TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IM AN ASSHOLE BUT CUTTING HIM OFF ISNT FAIR EITHER #AND I LIKE OUR LITTLE DATES AND BEING SPOILED AND HAVING SOMEONE BE A LITTLE OBSESSED WITH ME #SORRY IF THAT MAKES ME A BAD GUY. GOD FORBID WOMEN DO ANYTHING #ughhhhhhh. so yeah we're going on another date tonight. shoot me i dont care!!!! #hella goes to uni