random rant incoming
Y'know, while I think the ship of Kazurei is absolutely adorable, I'm also perfectly happy with Kazuki and Rei being purely friends, cause tbh I love the idea of platonic love and unconventional families and two het men not being absolutely terrified of being conceived as gay with that no homo shit because they don't see it as an issue, and just raising a child together with a friend - we need more media representation of platonic love and unconventional families and they're so adorable and I love how the show depicts them already -
H O W E V E R
The homophobic people I've been seeing online going "oh thank god they're not gay, NOW I can watch it" or just refusing to watch it because they STILL think two totally platonic guy best friends raising a kid together is too "gay"???? It's pissing me off. Enough that I want to ship them even harder out of spite - draw a shit ton of Kazurei fanart and make their eyes bleed. I already liked this ship, it's fucking adorable, but my shipping was also 100% casual. Not ride or die. I would be perfectly happy with them as platonic best friends raising an adorable 4 year old. But damn is that petty side of me taking over now.
I understand if people are tired of media putting too much importance on romantic relationships and not enough on platonic, it's an exasperation I totally understand and definitely feel as well. And of course you don't need to watch media that you aren't interested in, and I 100% understand if people just straight up don't like Kazuki and Rei together as anything but platonic because they don't think it fits! All of that is so valid. But I think it's the entitlement in these specific comments that piss me off. The implication of there being too much lgbtq+ rep nowadays, of all of it being too loud, oh no I can't get away from it, oh no, must you turn every single character gay??? You can't see a single straight person on tv! We aren't able to ignore your existence anymore, oh the humanity!
I hate to break it to these dumbasses, but the internet has been shipping canonically platonic characters together since the beginning of the internet. The only difference is that they don't have any complaints about it if it's a platonic guy and girl friendship that’s being shipped romantically. It's just interesting how they only start finding an issue with romantic relationships overshadowing platonic ones when it's two people of the same gender. And the nature of these types of complaints piss me off because despite how much better lgbtq+ rep has gotten over the years, we are still so far from having enough rep in media. So many people have grown up with heteronormativity shoved so far down their throats (me included) that they didn't even realize what their sexuality was until adulthood! I can't even watch an insta reel of a guy and girl being best friends without the entire comments section talking about how they're secretly in love with each other! People look at me and their automatic reaction is always that I must only like the opposite gender, and if I happen to want to go on a date with a girl in public instead of a guy there will always that part of me that screams unsafe unsafe unsafe. And people can't even handle the existence of a cute little anime about two PLATONIC guy best friends raising a kid, or the existence of a fucking ship that isn't hurting anyone???? Give me a goddamned break
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GOOD LUCK WITH COLLEGE!!!!!!!!!! I hope you don't mind me to leave you a question about them! Tell us about what is your favorite ship dynamic with your ocs!!!! (Specially with Nathan and Jeremiah since you seem to like them a lot *wink* )
THANK YOU ANON!!! COLLEGE IS FUN BUT IT'S ALSO PAIN IN THE ASS AHHH i just want to draw my ocs,, o(<
I will answer my favorite ship later with the other anon question (in a tierlist (?))! but for this post i will answer my favorite ship dynamic!!!
I'm a big sucker for very generic and wholesome ship, nothing too problematic, hence why i LOVE LOVE the interaction between Nathan/Jeremiah (and there's another contender in the list which is Preston/Jeremiah) there's something about their interaction to be silly and fluffy.
Maybe it's the fact how when things go tough in life, they'll seek Jeremiah as a sort of pause button, he radiates calm and comfort energy... Nathan is needy in nature (an insecure!), so you bet how he'll ask for a lot of affection and reassurance from Jeremiah!
For Preston/Jeremiah is similar with Nathan/Jeremiah, but Preston gets irritated easily with the abundance of affection that Jeremiah shares, not because he hates Jeremiah or his gesture, he's just shy in nature and gets embarrassed by it.
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Cinderella
THEY ARE CUTE!
Zushi has a crush.
On his best friend's brother, someone who was also his friend when they were younger…
It’s confusing. Learning Nen was much easier somehow…
He couldn’t ask master; it was much too embarrassing… and besides, he'd probably bring up some statistic that would make all of Zushi’s self-confidence plummet. He couldn’t ask master’s master; she was scary… Alluka is his best friend! Which makes it all the worse! But she had just teased him and told him probably way more info than Killua himself would ever want anyone to know… so now he feels a little guilty.
But that sad look in those deep blue eyes of his… it’s like an ocean of sadness, and Zushi wants to see a smile against those pretty features like when they were younger…
But he’s no good. He doesn’t know what to say or do… he’s definitely not Alluka, who was the only person who could bring her brother out of a melancholy state, and he’s not Gon…
Zushi doesn’t even know what happened… A-and he has no right to pry!
But he can’t think of what to do, so he’s sulking at the punch table, fiddling around with a glass in his hands.
Killua hadn’t danced with a single person tonight… s-so maybe!
Oh, come on… who’s he kidding… it took him years to conquer Heaven’s Arena; something like this seems…
Zushi sighs out loud vehemently, placing the drink down and playing with his champagne-colored bowtie, bright against the pure white of his suit.
He doesn’t know how to dance…
He’ll just stay glued here, in this spot, until the party is over, he decides; until he sees Killua slowly move away from the edge of the balcony, clearly intending to leave.
H-he’s got this!
༶•┈┈⛧┈♛ ♛┈⛧┈┈•༶
HE DOESN’T HAVE THIS!
He’s sweating buckets to the point he thinks his shoes must be flooding.
“O-OSU!”
He tugs at the edge of his tux, swallowing thickly.
It’s not hard to sweat just in the presence of Killua. He’s like from another dimension. The way the light pink dress he wears flows down, like a cascade of waves, highlighting his petite frame, his slender shoulders, the sleeves draping past them. His lips are the same complimentary pink, blushing his skin in spots as well.
Killua stops fiddling with his silver locks, his somber expression twisting for a second, something akin to joy, as he looks back.
“Osu. It’s been a while… you’ve gotten strong, huh?”
There’s a small catlike grin on his face for a moment.
S-strong? Oh, right!
Zushi steps forward, standing next to Killua, rigid as a board.
“Osu! B-but I’m still nothing compared to you two!”
Wrong move.
Killua’s expression crumbles so fast, Zushi wishes he could stuff the words back in his mouth. Killua physically recoils and draws closer to himself, wrapping his arms around his stomach.
“I can’t speak for Gon… but you’re definitely stronger than me now… you train with Alluka, right? She’s gotten strong too. She can take care of herself… so I don’t really train anymore. I don’t like fighting…”
It had always been a necessity, not fun. There was only a short time it was fun for Killua…
Tears fall hot on his cheeks before he can stop them, and he wipes them away, smiling bitterly. He wants to stop them. But they don’t…
Killua dips to the floor, trying to hide, sniffing.
Oh no.
Zushi wants to disappear. His heart aches, and he looks around desperately.
Alluka!
He can’t help Killua… he wants to. But what can he do…?
Confidence! Master’s master said it is the most important thing!
He leans over slowly, gently placing a hand on Killua’s shoulder.
“Killua?”
Killua looks up, tears still pooling in his eyes, and Zushi fumbles in his pocket, pulling something out and holding it outward for Killua.
Except it’s not a handkerchief. It’s his patchwork coin purse, and nervously he draws it back, fumbling to tug out the small piece of fabric and handing it to Killua.
“U-Um! Killua-san! S-someone as pretty as you shouldn’t cry!”
Zushi hears a small gasp out of Killua’s lips, and the red around his nose turns an even deeper hue, and Zushi isn’t sure whose face is more red, feeling his own on fire, still awkwardly holding the handkerchief out, and you can hear a pin drop.
Killua gently takes the handkerchief from Zushi’s hand, his small and slender fingers brushing against Zushi’s own, and his heart swells again, and Zushi swallows, trying to keep his heart from leaving. Killua’s pretty… and cute…
Killua says he doesn’t fight anymore, but Zushi knows Killua is still strong, but he can’t help but feel the urge rise in his chest to protect him.
“U-uh! I know you don’t fight anymore, b-but! If you want to, I mean! I’d really like if you came and watched a match of mine, osu!”
“Eh?”
Killua says it so softly he almost doesn’t hear it, and his head feels like it’s swirling as he looks up; Killua gently wipes under his nose using the handkerchief before placing it in his lap. His face is still cutely red, and he looks to the side, brushing a strand of hair behind his ear.
“W-well Alluka has a match… that-that day, b-but! I guess I could see how strong you’ve gotten…”
Killua looks over, smiling softly, adding.
“Osu!”
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