#i love their little rivalry

[knightfeared]

Gently logging this here cause I had to show Panda soon as I seen it— Caitlyn having a little cupcake marker & being one point ahead of Jayce makes me laugh.

#I love their little rivalry #IK it’s LoL but I’m nudging that onto their arcane dynamic #I had a bunch of other HCS to tie into this but I’ll save it for a future proper longer post 🙏🙏🙏 #╰┈➤ ┊❛ CASE STUDY. / CHARACTER ANALYSIS. ❜┊ #DYNAMIC: [ CAITLYN KIRAMMAN. ] #❝ Taking over this town - they should worry. But these problems aside - I think I taught you well. ❞ . [ ARCANESCION ] #MUSE: [ JAYCE TALIS. ] #MUSE: [ JAYCE GIOPARA. ]

[allmightyscroll-swag]

Oop, I realized I never actually posted about this, but!

Anyone remember my separated Donnie au? Code name: Violet skies? Well I'm remaking it! Rewriting it, even !!

Here's Foot Recruit/aka Donnie!

Draxum, quite begrudgingly, ends up raising the four turtles with Splinter: whom saved him when a part of the lab's roof collapsed, while he was holding onto two of the turtles. Splinter brought the both of them to the sewers, and it all happened from there.

The turtles grew up not too different, safe for extra actual training and knowledge of both the hidden city and things mystic; until Leo and Donnie turned 14. Donnie went out one day with Raph, and didn't come back.

Two years after his disappearance, when the series events begin, they find him in the Foot Clan. Now called just Foot Recruit, with no memory of them — and a good 6 years worth of memories of living with the foot clan.

#rottmnt #scrolls art #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt art #rottmnt fanart #rottmnt donnie #im not abandoning kraang leo btw #i love that silly little turtle to bits #just wanted to introduce him <3 my boy #foot recruit is an absolute MENACE in the foot clan bte #no more parental / brotherly supervisor means HE CAN DO WHATEVER pretty much #which includes; setting buildings on fire #commiting every type of fraud #threatening manslaughter #stealing vehicle's #vandalism #attempted experimentation on humans and yokai #and a long list of property damage #he's a menace to society. #and also having a rivarly with cassandra. (friendly rivalry mostly. expect Cass doesn't realize their like best friend's yet) #(their basically attached at the hip. they have movie nights which also doubles as girls night where they talk shit and complain)

[mleemwyvern]

is zedaph really about to get involved in a war? ZED??

#this man has never done a war in his Life #he hides in a hole until its over #and apparently now hes gonna get involved in the grian vs doc nonsense?? #his first war..... proud of him #and of course the one thing getting him into it is grian #those two. they have a weird rivalry that you dont see often bc they dont interact often but it Exists and i love it #zeds gotten more and more social as the seasons go on i think #s7 he rarely interacted and was just. in a hole. #sometimes hed have a silly little bit with another hermit and then back to the hole #s8 was short but he had a decent amount of interactions #and by interactions i mean experimenting on his friends. as you do if youre zedaph #and now in s9 a lot of zedvancements get done with other hermits! #and he is possibly doing war now #good for him

[hyperfixatinator]

ROTTMNT Theory: Donatello's Hidden Role

After rewatching ROTTMNT (shorts and movie included), I realized something about Donnie's character that I've hardly seen anyone mention, and I'm going to talk about it in depth here.

I'll assume you've already watched the series and dive right in, but spoiler warning under the cut in case you care about that.

Let me start with something seemingly off topic. Raph is the oldest of the four brothers, which landed him the responsibility of keeping his younger siblings safe when their father was unavailable. (Not trying to bash Splinter. He's gradually grown to be a better parent later on, but you can't deny he was fairly neglectful in the beginning of the series)

The constant pressure Raph went through was brought up in the episode "Anatawa Hitorijanai", and then the movie showed he still struggles with it now.

He's constantly shouldering the burden of being their family's sole protector, but is this the truth? What if I told you there are actually two protectors in the family? And that the other one was Donnie all along?

When you look closely, Donnie is surprisingly protective of his loved ones. I did a tally of how often each brother exhibits what could be protective behavior, and Donnie was in second place (29) after Raph (35). Some of these choices are debatable, but here's a bunch of examples as pictures.

Would you believe me if I told you I still have a couple smaller examples I had to leave out due to the picture limit? And that's not even including the few moments where Donnie and Raph ever-so-subtly parallel each other.

All things considered, Donnie and Raph aren't so different. Raph is the primary protector who faces the threats head-on with his physical strength, while Donnie is the secondary protector who tends to use more distant methods with his tech and wit. However, when push comes to shove, Donnie will also step up to take direct action when he deems it necessary.

They may be the brains and the brawn, but they both use their respective skills to defend and support their family.

#analysis #rise donnie #rottmnt #Donatello #Raphael #Sorry in advanced if the pictures have trouble loading #But seriously #I would love to see more of Donnie and Raph's dynamic if we get season 3! #Interestingly enough Donnie seems to be the least outwardly protective of Leo #Maybe the sibling rivalry makes him too prideful to show it as much #even though we know his protective instincts definitely extend to Leo as well #Alternatively there are a couple clues pointing toward Donnie seeing Leo as intelligent #so maybe he has a little faith in that? #The disaster twins are complex to say the least #I actually have quite a few extra examples I could share #but some of them are more debatable than others #I changed the tag from 'theory' to 'analysis' but I'm keeping the title the same

[nestedfeathers]

i just really like drawing them fighting

#digital art #my art #poppy playtime smiling critters #poppy playtime fandom #poppy playtime huggy #poppy playtime fanart #poppy playtime #poppy playtime catnap #poppy playtime dogday #playtime huggy #playtime catnap #playtime dogday #rivalry #they hate each other #and i love it #i actually have a little comic i might post #of huggy and catnap having a sweet moment #very briefly #teehee #also #i genuinely could not think of a insult for catnap to throw #so i just defaulted to piss face #so i guess its canon that my catnaps go too insult is weird shit like pissface #????

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Okay, random question but in the panel where Lan Zhan & Wei Ying are riding side by side, why is Alan Zhan’s horse sad? Is Little Apple bullying him? :(

PS: I check in daily for your posts, OBSESSED 😭

Alan Zhan (patron saint of when the substitute professor gets your name wrong).

#poorly drawn mdzs #ask #MDZS #wei wuxian #lan wangji #mdzs au #I was going to give a serious answer but then I saw Alan Lan #I gotta warn you all; if it was not already evident - I am the biggest instigator of 'typo in the group chat' hazing #be warned (affectionate (non-threatening (a little threatening))) #Shout out to everyone with a non-western standard name who went to a western school and had their name constantly butchered #shout out to everyone who goes by/went by a nickname because 'people don't mess it up' #I *see* you. May you find Solstice in St. Alan Zhan's arms #whether wwx snuck into the class early to change the attendance sheet is is innocent is up to your interpretation #he's just enjoying the class president (and his academic rival) lose his cool #i dont have a ton of modern au thoughts but I do love the teen era dynamic of ‘smart class clown and smart nephew of headmaster’ rivalry #idk how it was at other people’s schools but the viciousness of being in the top 5 in class was a bloodbath at mine #The *Drama* between top students was wild. Validictorian selection was basically done at knife point #anyways; who’s writing teen wangxian modern AU where they are rivals for the valedictorian spot? #getting to know each other just to win but then actually enjoying the tome spent together #they both need to win and be the best sooooo bad; I cant imagine such a story ends well #wow we got far from Alan Zhan in the tags #Thank you for your on going support! I hope you don't mind me teasing you a bit like this tumblr user deathoverdignity #comic proper resumes tomorrow!

[arrozconlecheeee]

I finally finished yippieeee~ the template is by @amoexii (thank you!) ((updated?))

Riley is willing to break rules to keep his friends safe, gain an advantage or just for fun. He shows his affection through teasing and tends to be generally playful. Most of all Riley likes caring for his appearance and coordinating outfits together! Huge romantic at heart and unafraid to show affection platonically and romantically! He feels validated being able to express his love by being allowed to be affectionate. He DOES respect and understand boundaries of course!! If Riley notices the person is reserved and dislikes being touched, he shows affection in others ways like praises and gift giving. He’s a very passionate person! Riley is a very tricky person when it comes to his emotions. He is easily upset and quick to lose temper if he feels like he’s being mocked or humiliated. He holds grudges and he WILL let you know. Sneers, roll of eyes, sarcastic comments and nasty side eyes. Riley is actually quite a considerate person and tries to be patient but he is still young and immature. When Riley gets older he starts to slowly heal from past bad experiences and starts to be much more relaxed and less quick to anger. He feels his emotions intensely and it manifests in his magic control. When he loses control sometimes his spells won’t cast from lack of concentration or he accidentally casts destructive bursts of magic around him. Glass and objects flown around are typically at the scene after a really bad temper episode. But these are rare. Riley feels shame immediately after these. They were what started ‘the rumors and the whispers’ around him before he started attending hogwarts.

Slytherin traits(cunning, ambitious and a drive for success)-

Riley could have easily been placed in gryffindor due to his bold personality and decision making. But he best fit slytherin because of his unashamed ability to resort to manipulation and deception in order to get ahead of others or get what he wants. He’s aware of how important it is to make connections in order to get ahead in life. He keeps in mind everyone’s secrets that he discovers and information he gathers for future use(Just in case…). He’s not above blackmailing either. When he has his mind set on something he will see it to the end no matter how long it takes. He hates failing but he hates not taking initiative more. ‘What ifs’ and ‘but’ are things he tries actively to ignore.

#harry potter magic awakened #hpma #hpma mc #hpma oc #hp magic awakened #I tried emulating the style the best I could but It was a little difficult💀 #Tbh I’m still figuring him out hchdinddkj #but he IS a morally grey character #Daniel and my MC have a friendly rivalry sort of thing going on #specifically in dueling #they do butt heads often #bc they’re both stubborn teen boys with awful communication skills #he gets teased a lot for how clingy he is to Daniel but he’s unashamed about it #Riley loves hearing lottie info dump about art bc of how passionate she is about it but 70% of the time he’s lost #he tends to be a good listener so everyone just sort of gravitates towards him to vent or info dump about their interests #my art tag

[ironunderstands]

Don’t attack me but I really like radioapple, I think it’s so funny, but I could never see it genuinely becoming a relationship. However I must say that stupid rivalry, to stupid rivalry with begrudging respect is a top 10 character dynamic, and Alastor/Lucifer execute it perfectly.

#radioapple #alastor #lucifer morningstar #hasbin hotel #also I am on the aroace spectrum myself lol don’t come after me for that part #The appeal of a toxic queerplatonic but not really- relationship is ever present #don’t ask questions #Sometimes u just want a rivalry with a bit to much tension than what should be reasonable #Just adds a little spice in life #Firm believer that tension is what makes fictional relationships interesting anyways (either internally or externally) #And radioapple is pure tension I love it #I’m rambling whoops

[monstersinthecosmos]

I use TVA/B&G to backwards engineer The Devil's Minion a lot, not only as a rare and detailed insight into how human/vampire relationships tend to go in this series, but also just how many things they had in common, all the parallels, all the ways you can ask if Armand was working through his Maker Issues, and of course the final excuse that their hand is forced because the human is dying. But I think often about how much Marius struggled with it, and although he caved in the end, he changed his mind sometimes, he knew he was a monster, and it's always going to be the struggle of whether you love someone enough to let them go or if you love them too much to let them go, do you curse them with darkness or do you keep them so that you aren't alone in your own darkness, etc.

But I've wondered a lot how that journey went for Armand, how often he maybe changed his mind, if he felt tempted but then reminded himself he's a monster and shouldn't, and I'm absolutely haunted by their final separation before the concert. Lestat's book comes out, Daniel is wandering, Armand can't find him (or is avoiding him?) and there's just so much here, and how much of their relationship was violated by reading Lestat's book independently before speaking to each other, how much Daniel would've learned without Armand's consent or before he was ready, and how much Armand's abandonment issues would've been ripped the fuck open by reading about Marius and what he had to say.

"Whatever will happen will happen, but choose your companions with care. Choose them because you like to look at them and you like the sound of their voices, and they have profound secrets in them that you wish to know. In other words, choose them because you love them. Otherwise you will not be able to bear their company for very long." "I understand, " I said. "Make them in love. " "Exactly, make them in love. And make certain they have had some lifetime before you make them; and never never make one as young as Armand. That is the worst crime I have ever committed against my own kind, the taking of the young boy child Armand. " "But you didn't know the Children of Darkness would come when they did, and separate him from you. " "No. But still, I should have waited. It was loneliness that drove me to it. And Armand's helplessness, that his mortal life was so completely in my hands. Remember, beware of that power, and the power you have over those who are dying. Loneliness in us, and that sense of power, can be as strong as the thirst for blood. If there were not an Enkil there might be no Akasha, and if there were not an Akasha, then there would be no Enkil. "

It's just wow like.

Sincere advice that he never got to receive? In the same sentence as hearing he's a mistake? Does he read this and think he should make Daniel out of love, and at the same time feel all the more monstrous, and want to resist?

The choice is taken from him anyway, and he's forced, just as his own turning was forced. And as @nightislandnoveltymug pointed out recently, he treats it like a funeral.

#this was supposed to be a quickie paragrpah like HEY REMEMBER WHEN ARMAND READ TVL AND IT SAID TO TURN PEOPLE OUT OF LOVE LOL #but i got carried away #i had a long ass talk yesterday about armand's abandonment issues and whether or not he feels like a failure #and im really like suffering a lot lol #also to memeify the lestat/armand rivalry there's a happier version where lestat editorialized marius a little just to be a dick #TO HELP ME SLEEP AT NIGHT LOL #marius de romanus #armand #daniel molloy #devil's minion #tvl quotes #armand/daniel #marius/armand #vampire chronicles

[panncakes]

the tragedy in night and day doesn't lie in the accident because day doesn't blame night for the accident (not really, not in the way night blames himself). the tragedy in night and day lies in day having wanted night to be his big brother but feeling like he had to take on that roll for night instead and night having wanted day to be his little brother who is as proud of him as he is of day but being unable to figure out how to get there before the accident. the tragedy lies in day not understanding why night couldn't step up until after day went blind ('im just so damn lucky to be blind') and their mother and the world started treating him like a tragedy; leaving him feeling like night has always been jealous of him and is only stepping up to take the place of the golden son of the family now that it's up for grabs. the tragedy lies in night not being able to communicate to day that he was always proud of him and that him showing up to his sporting events only after day went blind isn't because day is blind now but because he has always loved him and supported him ('this is my little brother. he's a junior athlete on the national team') but now it's impossible to convince day of his sincerity and night can't forgive himself. the tragedy of night and day lies in these brother not having been given the time to naturally grow out of this crooked brotherly dynamic that was put upon them and now they're stuck under all this weight both unable to leave the night of the accident when they're around each other. the tragedy in night and day is that tomorrow isn't guaranteed and they are too stuck in the past to look at today.

#last twilight #i have a lot of thoughts about feeling like you have to be the older sibling while you arent #i have a lot of thoughts about the sick pride and sadness that comes with being praised over your sibling for being the 'good one' #i also have a lot of thoughts about feeling like a failure compared to someone you love so deeply #about sibling rivalry and jealousy and the feeling like you are competing because of all this external pressure #when all you need is a brother #i have a lot of thoughts about a great many things concerning the mother and the father and the family dynamic and how #night and day were shaped into who they were and how it informed their relationship #about nights guilt and sadness and days anger and resentment #but in the end i just keep thinking about how day is the one who is called to pick night up when hes so drunk he cant walk #and how night gifted day a pet goldfish; named it little day and how despite days claims to hate the name and never wanting the pet #he never changed the name and watching the goldfish became the highlight of his day for a year #im very emotional about them and i need them to fucking talk soon okay

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

btw! You were talking about your multi shipping and some secret rare pair. I've been in suspense ever since. What's the pair anyway? Or are you in the middle of making a chart? I'm just real curious

oh lmao did i not say what it was? it's not some 'oooh ahhh' thing i just had a Cute Thought and went "yeah i can dig that!". its simply Niche!

first i was thinkin "aw, yk Barnaby/Eddie is kinda cute" and then immediately went "wait ohhhh established Laughingstock but they fold Eddie into the relationship" and yeah <3

#just a silly little ehee aha fun little Thoughts #barnaby & howdy having a good ol time trying to drop hints & court ed <3 #i have taste i Swear #ok thats i lie i can enjoy practically anything but yk.... #its cute!!! its Cute!!! #eddie and his tall silly guys! #barnaby and his hard-working chatterbox boys! #howdy and eddie and their laidback hound!! #rambles from the bog #im imagining them reclining against barn after a long day's work #chattering endlessly while barn just sits there in peace. listening of course! chiming in when able! #i feel like howdy and eddie Getting Along or in a Romantic Relationship would be unbearable #they both talk so much... it'd be an endless feedback loop yk #but barnaby has big ears to track both sides of the conversation!! #and if they all move into barnaby's place #im picturing... howdy and eddie having quiet early mornings together before walking to work arm-in-arm <3 #but yeah yeah... #romantic pairings aside i Do think that barnaby & eddie have a lot of friend potential! #and i want howdy to get the fuck over his one sided rivalry (kidding! i love it! its one of my favorite things!) #so that he and eddie can just talk endlessly at each other. i think they could get along as well - howdy willing of course #oh i feel character dynamic analysis brain waking up #bc genuinely i think eddie Does want to be pals with howdy #which makes sense! theyre the only working neighbors! Camaraderie! Understanding! Solidarity! #and i feel like that came across a liiiiitle bit in his shared audio with howdy #but howdy's got a stick up his ass (said lovingly) hE tALkS yOuR eAr OfF #*proceeds to talk nonstop at barnaby for the next hour* #howdy: he's trying to steal my place in the neighborhood. he's mocking me. he thinks i don't work half as hard as him #(cut to eddie smiling and waving at howdy from afar - genuinely happy to see him) #ANYWAY DERAILING MY OWN TAGS AGAIN SORRY #yeah i just think its a cute thought to entertain when im bored! its not serious just Fun

[coquelicoq]

i love how possessive shin yoosung is right out of the gate. like she met kim dokja, what, a couple days ago? but as soon as she sees lee gilyoung she's ready for the thunderdome. babe you don't need to compete with this guy...kim dokja knew him first but did he make lee gilyoung his incarnation? no. he chose you. within hours of meeting you. you could be sooo smug about this but instead you're growling and hissing like a feral kitten. and it's not like kim dokja is much better...he's not possessive but he's all worried that she'll see yoo joonghyuk and go starry-eyed and forget all about her poor ol' sponsor. you're both ridiculous! nobody is a threat to the love you have for each other. dumbasses lol.

#shin yoosung's possessiveness is so endearing to me because the rest of this story is like. completely devoid of any kind of #exclusive possessiveness...like these people love each other so much but never in a way that precludes them from loving #anybody else. and then we have shin yoosung who's ready to throw down on day 1 #and it's not that kdj loves her more than he loves lgy! it's just that lgy is clearly not a threat to her in securing kdj's affection #if anybody should be possessive it should be lgy. and we can't really know how he would have reacted if she hadn't started #the rivalry...but i bet if she had been chill he would have just been like hi wanna see a cool bug?? It's Free Sister #but instead they have this adorable little rivalry over their father figure #orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #kdj #sys #lgy #my posts #idk will i ever stop thinking about kim dokja and shin yoosung? signs point to not fucking likely

[conspicuous-clown-car]

THE NEWEST LDR CHAPTER OH MY GOOOOOODDDDDF

#i can’t even verbalize my thoughts rn #IM KISSING SUN IDC IDC #he’s a little shit and i love him #he may be a walking red flag but red is my favorite color #and obviously moon isn’t the only one with memory issues right?? #RIGHT?????? #love how fucking pissed he was at the end oh my god #love their rivalry tbh #banger writing as always btw i will never get over how perfectly described everything is <3 #love death and rollerskates

[allastoredeer]

RADIOSTATIC THEORY/HEADCANON/WHATEVER

So we all saw that picture Vox had of Alastor (the one where it was obviously taken with the both of them toward the end of episode 8). And I’ve seen theories about them being something like friends before their falling out.

And it just got me thinking, what if Alastor was interested in the more modern technology Vox was developing. He saw the potential in it. Or was at least intrigued.

But as that technology progress, much like a lot of capitalistic, corporate sludge entertainment nowadays, it starts get lifeless and formulaic. It starts lacking passion.

And Alastor out here, with his radio where all you have to captivate your audience is sound, gets disgusted with it. There’s no capturing the audience. There’s no passion in it. This corporate entertainment follows a formula that creates the same generic, easy to consume content.

And, hating the way Vox’s technology is growing and creating the equivalent of entertainment sludge in Alastors eyes, starts distancing himself from it. So when Vox asks him to join the Vee’s, Alastor is very blunt in his rejection and does sugar coat WHY he’s not interested.

Which pisses Vox off because, essentially, Alastor is insulting all that he’s built and cultivated, and he starts claiming Alastor is just too stuck in the past and he needs to keep up with the times. Thus, their falling out/fight happens, and bitter feelings are harbored well after that friendship (or whatever that relationship) fell apart.

As I’m still on the radiostatic train (one-sided or otherwise) I think it just adds so much delicious potential and drama. I am rolling this around in my head and I love it.

Whether this is true or not (probably not) I think I might ingratiate this into my canon. It’s just so much fun to think about.

#this bitter little rivalry they have going on intrigues me #and the obsession Vox has is just #so good #I Can totally imagine him being pissed about how Alastor viewed his technological enterprise #but also still having romantic and/sexual feelings for him #and it’s just boiling under his skin until it becomes this obsessive endeavor that lives in his brain constantly #and Alastor just sees this soulless modern entertainment #and despises it #where’s the FLAIR? #where’s the pizzazz! #where’s the entertainment? #the passion? #with radio all he has to work with is sound #it takes SKILL to keep someone’s attention without visual stimulation #no one tell him about podcasts #anyway I love thinking about it #it’s fun #hazbin hotel spoilers #hazbin alastor #the radio demon #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel vox #hazbin vox #staticradio #radiostatic

[craycraybluejay]

thinking about how special the closeness of mutually loving siblings is. not even in an incest kink way necessarily its just. so wonderful. your sibling you can trust to have your back more than anyone. you can give hugs and kisses and play videogames and shittalk about your friend groups to each other and all of it screams I LOVE YOU. You can lend your younger sibling clothes because they think your style is so cool and you think its really sweet that they want to wear it. You can pull pranks on each other but always be on the same side anyway. Just. It's such a *comfortable* and *consistent* and *infinite* love. you don't have to get to know each other and talk to all their friends and like what they like. you already know them from the moment the second one of you is born. you know their most embarassing moments. you know how to comfort them. you share food and you always know how to split it; "my sibling likes the strawberry candy and i like raspberry." the older teaches the younger how to curse. the younger teaches the older how to take care of someone. sure, if you're lucky your mom or dad love you. but mom and dad ain't shit compared to the sibs. in the theoretical perfectly healthy family theres still a deep power cliff canyon thing there. but your close brother/sister/sibling is happy to side with you. they'll help you sneak out or give you stuff you're not allowed to have at the moment. let you borrow their things. they'll draw you the most terrible drawing and you'll wish you had a fridge to hang it up on. you'll sing them a badly improvised song and they'll cheerfully try to keep melody and fail. you'll teach them how to tie their shoes. they'll teach you how to believe in nice things. you know? that's your premade teammate in life. that's the one that starts at level one with you and you brave the wilderness together. that's the person who, if you put the work in to maintain a caring and good relationship, will always be loyal to you and the most fun even if youre too many years apart to have much in common in way of interests. your hobbies are boring. please tell me more about them.

#a sibling is like a best friend you get to have forever and ever who loves you #often a sibling is your first biggest example of concepts like self-sacrifice and rivalry and camaraderie and others #in other news i actually kind of miss childcare even though its really difficult and annoying at times #there is a very pure kind of joy in making a baby laugh by playing peekaboo or teaching a little girl how to annoy her classmates #ugh why am i sentimental on this nigjt #listen. listen. if you have a sibling you can get to that youre not estranged from #give them a BIG HUG and HANG OUT ok?? thats ur kin. thats a lifelong potential bestie. always make sure they remember how much you care #about them

[team7-headquarter]

Inoichi's last moments haunt me to this day and age 'cause he really told Ino that he was the most proud of her "compassion and caring attitude towards her friends".

That's because:

Inoichi told her she embodied the Yamanaka will perfectly be as it reads from the flower language of their clan. After all, their family crest is the purple bush clover.

And I need to suppress my screaming but— Ino thought the flower meant optimistic love, okay? So she thought his dad was speaking of Sasuke. I can almost see how it could have become some nonsense moment of "you need to fight for the boy of your dreams and never lose hope" for a female character.

But it was not.

All along, the thing Inoichi was the proudest of was Ino's friendship with Sakura.

CAN YOU HEAR ME SCREAM NOW?!?!

In my opinion this moment is everything, because it shows that Ino was mistaken about what was expected of her, at least when it came to bloom into something worthy of the Yamanaka flower crest. She thought it was about a boy, that it was about romantic love, but it was not.

From the beginning she had been enough, worthy of her clan. She was as good as she was, loud and courageous and outspoken, the type of kid who would look at another girl being bullied, a girl full of bruises and mud and who shame, and would step in her favor.

Just like Shikamaru in the Forest of Death, Ino's dad knew what her most valuable bond (outside of her own team was). Clue: it was not Sasuke.

#Oh how I love the Ino and Sakura friendship and rivalry #They are so endearing #fuck everyone who portraits them as mindless bitches who can only obsses over a boy #my girls did amazing at war #I do believe they both cared about Sasuke in s really childish naive way at first #they did use him as an excuse to form a rivalry too since Sakura wanted to prove she was Ino's equal not her subordinate #that was all given their immaturity and insecurities #THEY WERE LITTLE GIRLS COME ON #Shikamaru Inoichi and Asuma sll knew what Sakura meant to Ino and it breaks my heart because they were do good to the girls #Choji too although he's a bit oblivious #I'm rambling in the tags BUT IT'S MY POST SO OKAY LOSING MY MIND ONGOING #naruto #ino Yamanaka #inoichi Yamanaka #sakura haruno #naruto shippuden