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ask-artsy-oncie · 4 months
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What’s Jules’ and Kit’s relationship from them first meeting onwards? Do they move in together at some point? How do they keep in contact? Stuff like that.
They exchange contact info after Jules is given a tour of the Sea Duck. I think it takes a little while for them to meet up, again, but they do. They're too fascinated by one another not to.
I think, though, if I want to explain how their relationship goes from one stage to the next, I ought to examine their social lives and how it impacts the development of their romance.
Kit's doing very good, now! In that, he has his family, he has Della (fuck canon, Kit and Della are childhood friends TO ME!!!), he has now former pirates he works with and can bond with, he goes out drinking every so often, like. I still consider him an introvert but he's got a pretty healthy social life and doesn't really struggle to have positive friendly interactions on the regular. He's just a generally good-natured guy like that.
HOWEVER, god, his romantic experience is weird. It's not like he never "noticed" girls or boys, but the vast majority of his focus growing up was on learning how to fly, getting into flight school, getting his pilot's license, etc. He just didn't have time for romance because he had other things at the forefront of his mind, and it took up a lot of his mind, too. I think it was something that gave Baloo great joy (in the sense that it meant that at least Kit "wasn't growing up too fast") and Rebecca a lot of anguish (in the sense that she had certain expectations for certain milestones at certain ages).
Into adulthood, maybe perhaps a little stunted from ignoring those kinds of feelings throughout his teen years, I don't think Kit really winds up in a serious relationship at any point prior to Jules. And I'm not even certain it's something he even cares to look for. He's very fulfilled by flying and cloudsurfing, among other things, yknow? I do think he ended up in short flings and even one-night-stands (he's still an adult with needs, and that's just how he went about dealing with it) throughout his 20's and early 30's, so he's not totally inexperienced in romantic endeavors, just not committed.
And he's also just fucking horrible at being self-aware about his attraction, as well. I've said this in a previous post but Kit develops crushes on pilots very easily. They don't last terribly long, but he's never aware of how obvious it is, or that much has even changed within him. Maybe after the fact, but rarely ever in the moment. His family absolutely teases him over it. Della is more exasperated by it.
Meanwhile, Jules has very little experience socializing outside their family. They'd always been the shy one among their siblings, and as they grew up they'd made one or two school friends (basically, they socialized just enough that their reclusive nature was never noticed, by their family or themself), but rarely ever got close enough to anyone like they were with their family.
They do, however, technically have a leg-up on Kit in that they did briefly date someone in a superficial high school sort of way. Lol.
Jules was just also pretty damn absorbed into their fixation on learning magic and magical history to really focus on maintaining friendships and other relationships after high school. Their siblings all grew up alongside them and got busy with their own lives. Jules gradually, without meaning to, became more and more reclusive. Stuck in their own head. Very painfully aware that they would like to form friendships and even romantic bonds at this point in their life, but totally intimidated by the process of doing so.
It's by chance that Kit makes the first move on that fateful day. And does so in a way that opens Jules up to him in a way they'd definitely struggle to without prompting. And they click pretty easily, it turns out.
Jules's proficiency is in magic, of course, but engineering and machinery really fascinates them. They genuinely were hanging off Kit's every word as he explained the mechanisms of the Sea Duck and compared them to those of other planes, what each part did and if and how it did it well. Meanwhile, Kit has had a pretty limited encounter with magic. In Talespin he's shown to be at least a little superstitious, and I, of course, have a very self-indulgent headcanon that he reads tarot, but he doesn't know the fine details, how or why things work the way they do. Actually seeing someone flying on an honest-to-god broomstick made his brain go "!!!!" and he absorbed Jule's long-winded, tangent-filled explanations with no complaints. Beyond just vibing with having related special interests, they're also both invested in the other's respected special interest.
It makes for a pretty great feedback loop, so when they do meet up, they tend to hit it off really well. Before Jules knows it, they've made their first friend in a long time. It happens without either of them really even noticing. It's suddenly just so normal to have one another in their lives. Suddenly, Jules is wedged into Kit's life, seamlessly, and Kit is wedged into Jules's. Kit is swinging by Jules's shop in his free time, just to see them, and hopefully goad them into having a conversation with him and giving him their attention, despite them being on the clock. Jules is starting to show up to Kit's shows when they can, and, with Molly's permission, ends up waiting backstage for him on the regular, hoping that they'll get to steal a moment or two of his time.
But Jules absolutely is having a very new experience after spending so long, alone. Whether they consciously realize it or not, they're pretty overwhelmed by this foreign feeling of having such a close companionship with someone, now. Not to mention that Kit is, physically, very attractive to Jules. What I'm saying is that Jules develops a crush on Kit pretty quickly. And once they notice they can't even bring themself to deny it when pried by one of their sisters.
They like Kit. A lot. But he's also the first friend they've had in so long, and the last thing they want to do is ruin that by letting romantic feelings get in the way. So they don't act on their feelings, which they feel is the smart, mature thing to do. They just want to be able to enjoy having a friend, right now (though it doesn't stop them from becoming a blushing, stuttering mess when Kit gets too close or grabs their hand and holds it, or, god forbid, some adventure perils cause Kit to pick them up. They have had to refrain from asking Kit to crush them SO MANY TIMES NOW--).
And Kit? Honestly was pretty smitten with them from the get-go, but again, he really isn't aware of it. He of course gets teased, he's so obvious about it, but he brushes it off with the same lighthearted comebacks as he always does with their teasing. Like he just does not make the connection. He just really, really, really enjoys being around Jules so he acts on those feelings and doesn't really put deeper thought into them...
... Until his crush ends up lasting so long that he inevitably comes to the realization that he has one, while he's still having one. Uh oh. Kit ends up entering a sort of crisis mode where he's suddenly hyper aware of his feelings for Jules and can't behave normally (or rather, calmly) around them anymore. He gets too jittery, too blushy, too dumb around them, now, and it's making him frustrated with himself. Meanwhile, Jules repressing their own attraction to Kit is starting to get kind of painful for them. There's romantic tension between the two of them that is just begging to pop at any given moment. Their loved ones are way too invested in this repressive disaster unfolding before them, btw. Things are super awkward between them now, despite their best efforts, but they're also attached enough to each other that it doesn't stop them from spending time with one another.
And, see, Jules has a pretty bad habit of talking aloud to themself. It's a holdover from only really having themself to talk to when there wasn't a customer to be helped. They're not loud about it, but they're definitely audible. And they're in turmoil at this moment, so they're definitely talking to themself every chance they get.
Despite their own self-awareness, Jules does not actually recognize that Kit reciprocates their feelings. They believe that things are getting more and more awkward because, in bottling up their feelings, they believe said feelings have gotten "worse" and are putting the strain on their friendship they feared it would. So their next step is just to convince themself to get over their feelings. To cross the peak of this awful mountain they've been climbing, already. That this isn't going to last much longer, that it's just their physical attraction to Kit messing with the rest of their feelings and it'll go away. That, sure, maybe right now they're in love with Kit and extremely attracted to Kit, and--
The door to their shop is open.
Kit is standing in their doorway.
As Kit still does, in order to suffer through incomprehensible sentences and blush so uncomfortably hot, just so he can hear Jules's voice and see their smile and be with them, with their attention on him.
He's probably heard to much.
He has heard to much.
The tension pops like a bubble.
And it really is such a drastic relief to the both of them that, all this time, they were just being idiots and there really wasn't much of anything to worry about. They're adults, dammit, they shouldn't have to dance around one another, if they both like each other romantically they should just give this dating thing a shot, right? The two of them think so.
And so they end up in a sort of honeymoon phase, where they're still extremely reactive towards one another. Blushing, stuttering, babbling, awkward messes. But it isn't painful for either of them, anymore. It just makes them feel warm and happy and giggly, until everything calms down properly and they settle back into their familiar familiarity. They're just both friends AND lovers, now.
I'm gonna stop it there because it's past 1AM and I am extremely tired, but this is them going from acquaintances to friends to a couple, at least. If I was more coherent I'd probably have a better narrative structure to this? But maybe I'm just being too harsh on myself. If this satisfies you, anon, then I'm very happy :)
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our-aro-experience · 22 days
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Hi!
For the most part, my sexuality has been bisexual. I've had many crushes on boys and girls. For a few years now, I've been losing that, idk, spark of love? I have no idea how to describe it except: I haven't felt romantic or sexual attraction. People in my school are all about love (as in romantic) and for Valentine's they did this whole dance, decorated the school with hearts (yknow, the basics but more extreme) and I got like 3 invitations for the dance (2 boys and 1 girl bcuz they know im bi). Those 3 people were like, according to my friends, "super hot" but i really wasn't feeling it. At first, i just thought: Maybe it's just my preference, I'm just being mean, maybe I just dont like them. But the more I look at it, the more I realize I wouldn't go out to the dance with anyone, in my school or not. Now I'm thinking, cmon, there's like 8 billion people on earth, I just havent found someone I think is my type. And the more I think about *that* the more I think I would be more happier if I just went with one of my friends or straight up alone. I feel like I'm a piece that doesnt fit in the puzzle right now. I really just wanna go to the party with my friends, eat the food, dance, joke and mess around and do silly stuff without having to like put a string of spaghetti in my mouth and put the other bit in my "lover's" mouth and like eat it until we smooch or something. Sadly, It's the point of the dance to come with only one person and not alone and if I know my friends, I know they'll be focusing on their partner only so I didn't go to the dance. I'm probably being dramatic but
Am I aromantic?
(disclaimer) i can’t tell you for sure if you’re aromantic or not because i’m not in your brain and body
from what you’re saying, i think you could be somewhere on the aromantic spectrum! this part really stuck out to me - “I haven't felt romantic or sexual attraction” - because aromanticism is defined as “feeling little or no romantic attraction” (and then asexuality is feeling little or no sexual attraction).
there’s also different types of attraction you could have been experiencing with your crushes before, which i can go into depth a bit more about if you’re interested (that wasn’t the focus of the ask so i don’t want to give you advice you don’t want, but if you are curious, just send another ask!)
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some arospec identities you might want to explore are:
aromantic - a person who feels little to no romantic attraction
aroflux - a person whose feelings of romantic attraction fluctuate (whether that is in terms of strength or in terms of whether or not you actually feel romantic attraction)
greyromantic/grayromantic - a person who very rarely feels romantic attraction or feels romantic attraction very weakly
quoiromantic - a person who has a hard time distinguishing platonic and romantic attraction or doesn’t know if they feel romantic attraction
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i hope this helps, and don’t forget to drink your water and eat your garlic bread!
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holycrimin · 2 years
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Hi!! Since it's pride month, i'm gunna be sharing my ninjago character hcs! :)
Kai
-He/him, is trying to experiment with they/them pronouns aswell
-Bisexual with a lean towards women, thought he was straight then realized he also liked men and other genders aswell
-Cisgender and incredibly supportive of transgender people
-will gladly kick and/or punch a homphobe/transphobe
Nya
-She/they queen
-DemiAce (Demiromantic Asexual) she didn't have a lot of friends growing up, which in turn also means she never really crushed on anyone aswell.
-thought they were Aromantic for a while until she looked it up on google and went "OHHH"
-Demigirl, and just like her brother, they will gladly kick and/or punch a homophobe/transphobe in the face.
Cole
-He/him/all, he prefers he/him but can go with any pronouns really
-Gay. I think a lot of us agree on that one
-Didn't have any crushes on girls but somehow didn't connect the dots until he was like 15-16
-Alot of internalised homophobia at first because he was scared his dad was going to be disappointed in him, he wasn't but Cole was still scared
-Idk but he's definitely not cis, maybe agender or non-binary?
Jay
-He/him
-pansexual, he does not give two shits
-growing up, he had a LOT of crushes like i mean a LOT, on boys, girls, androgynous people, just.. everyone really
-Ed and Edna just accepted it and even encouraged him to be whoever he was.
-speaking of which, he's transmasc. Idk why it just makes sense
-Had a "i'm not like other girls" phase, then turns out he wasn't a girl at all
-Is on T and had top surgery between S7 and S8
Zane
-He/they/it
-Panromantic Asexual, it just makes sense man
-When they met their father, he asked if it was normal for him to feel attraction at all
-ofc It's dad said yes, then they had an hour long conversation about attraction, the LGBTQ+ community, etc.
-Agender. It was built as a man, but since learning about LGBT stuff, he's found an identity he was comfortable with.
-also they made like.. little metal plates resembling a female and male chest just incase dysphoria hits
Pixal
-Goes by all pronouns
-Greyromantic Asexual, never thought he could ever experience attraction then Zane came along and he was like "uh oh i think i'm inlove"
-wasn't sure what it was at first, human emotions were confusing for her at the time.
-They eventually learned over time and she's proud of who she is.
-They're also Agender, not for the same reason Zane was, though. She was actually supposed to be an androgynous android, but then decided it would rather have a more feminine body, voice, face, etc.
-His father, Cyrus Borg, just kinda went "Okay whatever you want sweetie :)"
-if dysphoria ever hits, she just uses the different breastplates her father made.
Lloyd
-He/It, he just likes it
-demiromantic asexual, thought he was straight his whole life then he found out about the Aromantic and Asexual spectrum
-it told its mother and she was like "that's great honey, do you wanna drink some tea now?"
-was genuinely surprised she didn't have a reaction at all even though he hyped himself up the night prior its coming out, and also practiced in the mirror in which the others overheard and now he denies it ever happening
-he found out like.. way after his dad kinda yknow.. 💀.. so obviously he literally couldnt tell him
-Transmasc. Bc i'm transmasc and I say so.
-he has indeed beat up a transphobe/homophobe before. Multiple times, actually.
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aroaceconfessions · 2 years
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Uh hello, I'm kinda questioning... so i think I need advice or something,
I think I found a label that kinda fits but I don't know if it's fair to call myself aspec/under the asexual umbrella
But I'm gonna start from the beginning so this will make sense,
Ps: this got long so I'm gonna cut some parts and make some bullet points instead
When I was 8 I chose who to have a crush on
When I was 12 I joined a very gay fandom and shipped gay people (helped me stopped being homophobic)
"But I wasn't gay"
When I was like 13 every day on the bus I was thinking of this one girl
And I was like I can't be gay
And I had a whole list on my brain of why "I wasn't allowed to be gay"
Till a friend of mine came out as bi when we were like 13-14, and I realized that if they're allowed to just be Then There's no invisible wall forbidding me
And I did too, I came out to a few people as bi
When I was 12 I had a crush on a boy, once my friend pretended to like him to see my reaction(cause it was my 1st crush while they had a different one every week) and I had deleted my feelings after a 45 minutes class, but she just told me it was a joke but, I already like, felt nothing?
I've had a couple of crushes over the years, it actually takes me a long time to figure out "Oh hey this might be a crush" and most of my crushes, they were just random people from school, that I've never talked to and I didn't actually wanted to? Like that's my crush ok. End of story, no biggie
I only had a crush on a friend once, and I never told anyone about it. This was like when I was 15, and I recently (im 17 now) found out they have an online gf and I didn't felt any kind of jealously one might expect to feel, I'm happy for them
The thing with my crushes is, fictional characters? I usually love the boys, real people? Usually Girls that look gay
I think what mostly makes me question whether I'm fully bi, is that I related a little too much to Georgia Warr from Loveless by Alice Oseman (for anyone that doesn't know the book is about Georgia figuring out her identity as aroace)
One of my main suspicions is a photo, it was from an actor I really liked a few years ago, he was shirtless and all the comments were like "😍😍🔥🔥🥵🤩hot" and the first time I saw it I was like yeah, but then I saw the same photo a week later and I was like ew why is he shirtless get dressed dude, and I was confused with the same comments I saw and agreed a week ago
Also, some of the fictional characters i love I say I'm in love with them, but I don't actually want to "date" anyone (like my friends do) and 9/10 I ship the characters with someone
And I recently found out what Aceflux is
I would explain it as "on/off sexual attraction" that's how I understand it, at least. I don't know if/how much I'm wrong. I can't find a lot about it online
When I think about it, I'm not sure what I find "hot" sometimes I see someone and I'm like oh hot but not like in a "I wanna sleep with them hot"
I'm 17 and I've never been in a relationship or anything,
And while its sounds cool and all, I'm doing fine single yknow? I'm not actively looking for a relationship like most people seem to be doing
I've been questioning with the Aceflux label for a while now, it just makes sense,
Things I've done/thought in the past make more sense if an "on/off sexuality" is an option
but I feel like a fraud if I do use it and call myself that
Google is like "mostly on the asexual spectrum but sometimes allo"
What if it's a mix? What if I'm more allo than Aceflux? Or actually I'm not even sure anymore?? Idk I think I experience sexual attraction like 10 minutes a week when I see something on the internet that seems fancy
Is there a way to measure it?
Would it be unfair to use that label?
I don't even know anymore
Also, bc I've got double questions how? Romantic people? Demiromantic? How different? Like do people get Romantic feelings instantly?how? what? I don't understand
I'm questioning everything at this point
Only my gender, which I figured out at 15, seems to be safe...for now
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tuskicles · 6 months
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i'm not into burping like that, but seeing as you are, thought i'd share a lil sumn😌
lately, as in like the last month or so, my bf has releasing absolute belches in my face whenever he feels like it, in like a jokey sort of way. i play along and pretend to be disgusted by it- i'm like indifferent to it lmao, maybe because i'm so attracted to him gross shit like that doesn't phase me? (pretty boys who are nasty>>>>)
but anyway, yeah the way he's been like shamelessly burping like an inch away from my face, even if we're in front of our friends he does it to me unapologetically lmaoo; even if it's a smaller burp he makes sure to push it out close to me to draw a reaction from me (but most of the time they are the loud thick ones)
oh might as well tell you ab him farting in front of me for the first time too lmaooo
the first time we were on facetime actually, he was in the middle of talking, explaining something to me i can't remember what and then i just heard this high pitched squeaky sound that lasted like 5 seconds. i just assumed it was something else, but when he stopped talking and like smiled slightly it was obvious it was a fart😭😭 it was pretty funny and he wasn't that embarrassed about it, as he continued speaking soon after like nothing happened.
the second time was at my house,, we were chilling on my bed a bit after eating dinner (which is why he was so gassy ig). we were watching some movie i think and then that same similar high pitched fart broke the silence. i then ofc laughed and teased him about it and he was also laughing but kinda shrugged it off like "what?? its just a fart" type of thing
anywayy sorry this ask is so long💀💀 hope you've enjoyed it though,, would love to be mutuals so we can dm about how hot gassy men are and talk about scenarios (which i might even write) bc i need to like rant with someone abt it lmaoo
If i had a man that pretty to do those things to me I'd probably be so happy 😭😭😭 like im starting to get more of into burps again and for some reason the thought of like- a guy burping in someones face just to annoy them is pretty damn hot to me and I don't know why.
Tho- I definitely understand that you aren't into that sort of thing. I'm kinda picky about it but 👁👄👁 man it's something else imo. Also any pretty boy that is nasty has my heart bc good god I love m e n that are attractive and gross HAHA
Normally if a guy I like or love (if we are like friends or dating) rips ass I'd get flustered or super blushy but I play it off by playfully ripping on him (not in a rude way ofc! Just jokin around kinda sense yknow)
And no ur asks can be as long as you want them to be!! Im all ears and im welcome to chat at almost anytime about gassy men and whatever in general 😭😭😭 i need more gas friends anyways so I honestly don't blame you LMAO
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funnywormz · 1 year
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Well OK what kind of a person would I be if I didn't say 002 rimster for that ask game
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO THANK U ANON
002 | Send me a ship and I will tell you...
when i started shipping them:
honestly very very recently lol. i can't remember exactly but i think abt 2-3 months ago? ik their dynamic was definitely entertaining to me from the start and there were moments that made me go like "👀" sometimes (bc im a gayass hopeless romantic so im always kinda subconsciously on the lookout for fun characters to ship ig lol), but i started getting genuinely rlly invested in the ship roughly when i watched dimension jump for the first time. something abt seeing rimmer get so jealous and catty abt lister and ace i suppose.......... hehe
my thoughts
i mean obviously i think they're great lol. i am nuts abt them. they're both such fun characters and their dynamic together is just wonderful and iconic and hilarious. even platonically they're just like...... a duo to me. ik all of the dwarfers are a set (Do Not Separate Them) but lister and rimmer especially just go together. it doesn't feel right to talk abt one without mentioning the other. they're just lister and rimmer yknow......... regardless of whether they're friends or lovers i just love them together and love it when they interact
what makes me happy about them
SO MANY THINGS....... the ship does bring a lot of comfort to me bc despite their arguments and the insults that get thrown around they do really care abt each other and it becomes pretty obvious in later seasons. the opposites attract/sun and moon thing they have going on is so endearing to me as well.......... i get so much serotonin from the little moments of honest affection they have for each other in the show.
i think they can be a source of comfort for each other as well, not always in an obvious way but they just keep each other grounded, they're each a reassuring constant in the other's life yknow? also they're both very relatable to me in their own different ways so i would be lying if i said there wasn't an aspect of projection in it as well lol
what makes me sad about them:
the answer to this one is also Many Things......... sometimes they are genuinely just Mean to each other and it makes me a bit sad. and just. lister's childhood and his loneliness and depression and likewise rimmer's childhood and self hatred...... idk they're just both very saddening guys at times, im not even gonna lie. i wish that they'd both allow themselves to be more vulnerable with each other and more open abt their feelings sometimes but ik there are plenty of reasons why that's hard for them. ig it's more their characters separately that make me sad mostly rather than their relationship with each other though, if that makes sense
things done in fanfic that annoy me:
this is a rlly specific personal pet peeve but i kinda dislike it when ppl rlly exaggerate lister's accent in fic. like when they write his speech out as "rimmah" instead of "rimmer" and that sort of thing lol. it's fine in small amounts or if it's a purely comedic fic but if im reading a more emotionally poignant (or sexy) fic and the author has changed the spelling of every second word lister says i just have to exit outta there sorry. for me i feel like since we all know what he sounds like then trying to write out his pronunciation that way just seems awkward and silly. this is by no means an objective thing just personal preference.
it's also a pet peeve of mine when lister gets kinda sidelined or his characterisation gets messed around with in favour of the author basically using him as a self insert bc they're horny for rimmer. it doesn't come up often but when it does it annoys me......... ik rimmer is everyone's special little boy but i love lister too and i don't like to see him get ignored or undervalued like that
things i look for in fanfic:
honestly just an interesting premise really! basically the stuff i look for in any literature, like strong characterisation, a fun plot etc...........
my wishlist:
idk exactly what this one entails? if it means stuff i wish i could see in the show, ig i'd just like to see more sweet genuine moments between them (like the moonlight scene). idk if i would actually want there to be a canon romantic relationship between them, like yeah i ship them so much but ig i just wouldn't want it to be forced or executed weirdly. basically i just want to see more of them exactly as they are now, except maybe they should be nicer to each other sometimes. OH ALSO i need to see deb and arlene again so fucking bad
who i'd be comfortable with them ending up with, if not each other:
this one is tough bc there honestly aren't many romantic prospects for either of them lol. i def wouldn't be comfortable with a romantic relationship between either of them and any of the other dwarfers, just personal taste. i personally view rimmer as a closeted confused gay man so i wouldn't be that comfy seeing him with a female character either so that rules out pretty much everyone for him haha.........
for lister, although i love kochanski and his friendship with her, i don't like the idea of them being "endgame" bc it would feel forced at this point and just...... uncomfortable. honestly i can't imagine feeling comfortable with any other relationships for rimmer/lister being canon lol. i just prefer the idea of them both being single in canon i suppose, sorry lads. it's funny bc in most fandoms im a chronic multishipper but with red dwarf im kinda like rimster or die basically lmao 🤷‍♂️
my happily ever after for them:
basically just the same as they are now but married and in love LOL.
also they need to finally get a proper bed to sleep in together and get out of those goddamn bunks, 1) because i want them to cuddle and 2) lister is in his 50s now and those bunks can't be very comfortable or ergonomic, i am worried abt the state of his back lol. it's not much, ig in the end i just want them to stay together and be happy together. since there seems to be technology that exists to sustain multiple holograms that they've found on other ships, maybe once lister finally dies they could be holograms together and travel the stars together forever....... or maybe the opposite would happen and rimmer would shut himself off so they can just be at peace together. ough sorry this got sad im getting emotional
anyways tldr i just want them to stay exactly the same but openly in gay love and also sharing a proper actual bed. that's it
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Hey, I'm sorry in advance that this is super long and feel free to ignore this ask if you can't or don't want to answer it, I appreciate being able to just rant somewhere anyway :) I am an aro-questioning ace girl, and I have been struggling to figure out if I'm arospec or not because there have been some people that I have gotten really attached to but I don't know if it was in a romantic way? There was this girl who I thought was really really pretty and her smile made feel so happy and warm and nervous inside. Even though there were other more "conventionally attractive" girls out there but I only felt this way around her... Maybe that was aesthetic attraction? I wasn't that close to her, but I wanted to talk to her and see her smile, and we didn't have anything in common but I still wanted to be close to her... I've NEVER felt this way for anyone else and I'm 18 and I know that it's common for alloromantic people to have felt at least very mild romantic attraction to more than 2-3 people by the time they're 18, and it's been 3 years since then, and I haven't felt this around anyone else, so I can't help that maybe I'm making up these feelings? Just so I could "have a crush"? Or maybe they're just strong platonic feelings? I guess I'm just looking for some sort of confirmation because honestly I can't deal with not having a label to put to my feelings, and I've tried going label-less for a long time. It was easy for me to figure out that I'm ace, cause I just heard the description and was like "oh shit, i thought everyone felt this way" but figuring out my romantic orientation is a whole other ordeal cause I don't want to kiss anyone ever, and wanting affection can be very much platonic, so I can't really differentiate between romantic and platonic attraction. I have one other aroace friend and they don't have the same problems, so I don't know.
Sorry for this being super super long
Anon Im slapping you in the face with a wet fish rn DON’T APOLOGISE!! THATS WHAT IM HERE FOR!! IM HERRE TO HELP YALL DONT SAY SORRY!!!!
Gonna be honest, that sounds like romantic attraction to me, but it could still be platonic attraction. My suggestion is talk to some of your alloro friends and ask them to describe what romantic attraction feels like to them, and see how close your experiences with this girl are to what theyre talking about.
Bestie I HIGHLY doubt you’re making up these feelings—why would you make up smth you’re having a whole ass crisis about?? Capital U Unlikely
Not everyone feels romantic attraction at the same time, even alloro people. I had friends who had crushes by 1st grade and I never liked anyone til 5th grade. Shit’s different for different people.
Honestly this is gonna sound very like facebook mom so I’m sorry in advance lmao but my advice is Just Chill. Like don’t get me wrong man I know exactly the kinda shit you’re going thru (I went thru the same thing w gender) like the whole anxiety hyperventilate I need to know what I am thing.
But you gotta fucking breathe dude. Inhale, exhale. Like. You may be aro, you may not be. And that’s okay. The more you try to frantically try and find a label the more confused and frustrated and mad you’ll get. So you gotta just let things be, yknow? Shit’ll fall into place eventually.
Like I used to frantically try and label myself like oh i’m genderfluid wait am I maybe I’m a demi boy maybe I’m genderfaun fuck what’s going on I feel like shit—then I realised it doesn’t fucking matter as long as I’m being myself, and not overthinking everyone to shit. I let mysrlf be, and then I realised oh shit, I’m a trans dude. Okay yknow what good for me, slay!
So here’s my advice. You like this girl—good for you, slay! Maybe it’s platonic, maybe it isn’t, but either way, you like her, so spend time with her. Don’t sweat it mate. If she makes you happy, whether it’s as a friend or as a potential girlfriend, be with her.
Hope I could help you out!!
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earl-grey-love · 1 year
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Its kinda funny your journeys total opposite, i figured out my sexuallty at 15 but took soo long with gender and youre vice versa! Ive only seen genderfluid "shift" between man woman and nonbinary but mines more woman and nothing?? Wack. Hows your gender since its bi? Is it both at same time or do you shift sometimes?
Right? My sexuality discovery was thrown off by a few factors tho. Being ace was the biggest cus I had no frame of reference for attraction outside of sxual (which I didn't experience), then I found nobody interesting enough to date & I had f/os already to fill my desire for romantic love. Then when I did fall in love for the first time I thought I was a lesbian & that's why I wasn't interested in boys.
But then my partner came out as a transgender man a week into our relationship. Which I was 100% accepting of and supported him wholly, but it did confuse me a bit in the sexuality department. But my partner after that was agender, and the one after came out to me as a transgender woman too. So after all that accidental t4t I realised I am panromantic and demipansexual. Gender just doesn't matter to me when it comes to who I fall for. Whoever fits, just fits and I love them for who they are.
As for my gender though I primarily identify with being masc. I see myself more as a guy than I do a girl, but I am definitely both. Which one I vibe with more does shift around, sometimes even in the same day tho it tends to be more consistent over weeks/months. And it's hard to really explain what it feels like because tho I identify with both, I'm also neither because I was never really a woman and never really a man. It's different.
I experience gender envy/dysphoria for both genders. Which one it is depends on which one I currently identify with more. Like when I feel fem, and I see women who look/dresses the way I'd like to, I feel a strong sense of discomfort/inadequacy. But if I feel masc and see that exact same woman I just think she's beautiful. Vice versa for men who are gender envy. This does cause problems in my relationships.
So basically sometimes it's both, sometimes it's more one than the other, and sometimes it's kinda neither. I don't identify with they/them or any neopronouns though. I'm just a blend of masc/fem presentations of self that shifts from one side of the spectrum to the other. But at the same time, I think gender is just made up so I don't even know what masc/fem even is. Its just a vibe and a feeling lol. Ig if I had to sum up my ultimate "thats my gender" vibe then it'd be like a man who loves to present "girly". Yknow like cute clothes + makeup + hair, etc.
That being said tho, not being seen as a woman too fills me with deep discomfort so therefore, I am both. I hope that made sense. I experimented this year with being fully transmasc but after doing that I realise that definitely isn't me. So 🤷‍♂️ I'm a man but also a woman but also not but also both but also neither I am ever changing.
I ask people to call me he/him and she/her interchangeably cus just one isn't good enough, even if I do feel exclusively one at the time. I can just say "hey don't call me he/him today" if I don't feel that way and my friends/husband respect it.
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pinkflamingllama · 4 years
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Shoutout to, like, 14 year old me who thought he was bi cause he felt 0 attraction to men and 0 attraction to women and 0=0 which is equal attraction THEREFORE I was surely equally attracted to both men and women and, thus, bisexual, thank you for coming to my tedtalk
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rendevousz · 3 years
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not a secret anymore
natasha romanoff x fem!teen!reader
summary: nat reveals a secret to the public when your class takes a learning journey to the tower.
requested: yes
warnings: might come off as half assed writing because this probably is one of my worst works i'm so sorry 😭😭
word count: 1681
notes: i'm so sorry i haven't been writing much, i've recently just gotten extremely busy so i had no time to sit down and write (this one was literally written between all the short breaks i had 😫) and i have a few requests piling up so i hope you guys can understand if they come later <3
"hi, y/n!" ally, an agent, greeted you as you, along with your classmates, walked through the east wing hallway of the tower. your classmates—except for peter, ned and mj— turned to look at you with confused looks.
your class was having a learning journey at the avengers tower and you had contemplated on calling in sick to avoid people who worked in the tower acknowledging you around your classmates.
you were actually an avenger—yeah, crazy—, having been rescued during one of the many avengers' hostage rescue missions few years ago. you were able to single-handedly take down a few of your captors, hence why the team took interest in you then.
now, though you had been trained enough, they decided to keep you a secret in order to protect you. lord knows how many people would try hurt you if they ever found out the avengers had a new, teenage recruit. peter was technically still safe as his alter-ego is masked so you had no choice but to only go on missions that weren't in the public eye.
you also lived in the tower so the agents and staff were undoubtedly familiar with you, some even friends with you, just like ally, who had just passed by with a wave of her hand at you before turning the corner.
"did that lady just acknowledge you?" an annoying voice spoke from beside you in a mocking tone. you gulped, not wanting to respond to flash's irrelevant question.
"hey, loser, i'm talking to you," he nudged your arm with his elbow and you held the urge to grab it and flip his whole body upside down. it's not like you couldn't—you had the skills, obviously— but it's the fact that you didn't want to get in trouble for that.
you ended up keeping quiet, like you always did whenever the boy taunted you. peter taught you to do just that. if it were up to you, flash's stupid face wouldn't even dare to show itself in front of you anymore.
speaking of peter, he was nowhere to be seen by now. you internally rolled your eyes. it had only been two minutes and they were already gone. peter was probably showing them around the place. you had no idea how your teacher didn't notice the three of them missing from your group. you were so going to kill them for ditching you and leaving you alone when they knew they were your only friends. they were also the reason why flash still had his head to this day because they'd stop you from doing anything rash. now you weren't sure if flash would be safe from your fury.
"you probably work here as a cleaner on the weekends or something, huh? that's the only way people here would know you," flash jeered. you let out a breath, trying to control your anger towards the boy.
you rolled your eyes, opting to deliberately ignore his insults and walk away instead, hoping you'll bump into those three idiots of friends of yours.
"did you just ignore me?" flash asked incredulously, as if it was a crime to ignore his annoying ass. he pulled you back by your back collar, effectively halting you in your spot.
by instinct, you grabbed his hand that was on your collar, twisting it and turning his whole body around, pinning him against the wall with his twisted arm pressed against his back. it happened in just two seconds which totally caught flash off guard, the boy groaning in pain as he begged you to let him free.
you could hear a series of gasps from all around you and you internally groaned. this is why you always ignored flash's taunting. you didn't want to attract attention to yourself and have people wonder how you could defend yourself so well. but flash just had to provoke you. especially here, out of all places.
"what's going on here?" you heard a familiar voice ask and you sighed.
"oh my gosh! it's the black widow!"
"miss romanoff!"
"oh my gosh, i'm gonna need to get a picture for my mum later, she's gonna freak out!"
you stepped away from flash, releasing him as he dramatically kept rubbing at his arm. as if you even put that much pressure. flash smirked, seeing this as a chance to complain about you to an official avenger.
"this girl right here," flash points an accusing finger at you with a glare, like he wasn't just practically begging for his life twenty seconds ago. "attacked me."
you rolled your eyes, unamused. "i hardly attacked him." you told nat. the woman turned to you, an eyebrow raised as she gave you a knowing look. "this...?" she trailed off and you nodded, knowing what she was insinuating. you'd told her about flash one too many times for her not to immediately figure out who he is from a crowd of students.
"flash thompson. heard a lot about you," she turned to the boy. flash's face lit up, thinking he must've made a name for himself or something that even the black widow knew him. little did he know he did, but not for good reasons.
"i would prefer if you stop messing with y/n/n." nat gave him a sharp look and that grin was immediately wiped off his face. "i– y/n/n?" he stuttered, confused that the natasha romanoff is calling you by a nickname.
"you do know she can kick your ass if she wanted to, right? she's been silent all this while because she didn't want to hurt you but you just never seem to learn, huh?" nat took slow, calculated steps towards him until she was towering over him.
"she doesn't need anyone to protect her because she's fully capable of that but i'm just here to warn you, kid, that she, is not to be meddled with. i'm saying this for your own good, flash thompson. she's capable of much worse than whatever she just did to you. so if i hear you messing around with her or any of her friends," she pauses before continuing with a whisper. "i'll close one eye on whatever she wants to do with you."
you wished you could've taken a picture of the dead scared look on flash's face; it was priceless. you turned to nat once she stepped away from him and she put an arm around your shoulder, leading you both away from the watching crowd.
"i–i'm sorry, miss romanoff," you could hear one of your teachers say and nat stopped, effectively stopping you too as she had you in her hold. "but miss y/l/n is on a learning journey with us and she'll miss the tour of the tower if she leaves with you. we'll be discussing a lot regarding this trip in class and she won't understand what we talk about if she misses this tour. i hope you understand." he spoke nervously.
"with all due respect, y/n's seen the whole tower already," she smiles at him but you could tell it was fake. "even the avengers' residential floors which are closed to the public and most employees of the tower."
your teacher looked at her wide-eyed, mouth open but nothing coming out. nat smiles a fake one once again. "now if you'll excuse us, the both of us have avenger duties to attend to."
gasps could be heard all around you and in the midst of it all, your best friends came back and you made eye contact with them, all of them having the same shocked look on their face.
"avenger duties?! nat, what are you doing?!" you whisper-yelled at the woman who seemed to be enjoying the reactions of your classmates and teachers.
"y/n!" peter ran over to you, your other friends following suit. "oh, um hi miss romanoff," he greets shyly. "thanks a lot, guys, look what happened." you spoke sarcastically, rolling your eyes at them. nat proceeded to drag you away from your friends and the last thing you saw was them mouthing apologies and you half-heartedly mouthing to them back that it was fine.
"relax, y/n/n, the public were about to find out soon anyways." nat said nonchalantly. "what?!" you exclaimed once you two were in a different hallway.
"yeah, you're gonna have press this weekend for this. we're gonna officially announce you to the world as an avenger." she once again says nonchalantly, as if this wasn't the first time you were hearing this. "wait, wait, wait, seriously?" you asked in disbelief. no one had told you anything.
"yeah, i—ohh yeah, you don't know yet," nat remembers and you give her an unimpressed look. she wasn't usually this dumb; she only showed this side of her to you. "sorry, i uh, yeah.. i was supposed to come get you for this. meeting with fury and the rest, yknow?" she tells you and you nodded slowly, taking in the information.
"but tell me it didn't feel good that you got to do that to flash," the woman states excitedly and you playfully rolled your eyes at her. "you got to do something. i'm practically an empty threat to him," you stated matter-of-factly.
"not after this weekend you're not. he'll be afraid of you after. that's what you get for being a smelly bully." you couldn't help the little smile on your face. she really sounded like a child right now and it was adorable.
"alright, natty, whatever you say. let's go before fury releases his fury." you look at her hopefully, waiting for her to laugh at your joke which she responded with an unimpressed look. that of course didn't work as you two burst out laughing looking at each other's faces.
you walked alongside her, the woman resting an arm around your shoulder. you smiled up at her as she talked about her day.
god, you couldn't wait to be able to finally walk out in public with these people you considered family.
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heliosoll · 2 years
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Hi! Im winx club anon and I wanted to thank you for the tips ! The one about the wings sound so cool lmao
If its okay, can you share a little snippet of what it was like being there?
Like if you were in alfea, what did the winx club look like irl 👀👀 do they have diff personalities than in the show... what was the technology like (cus they have flying motorcycles n other stuff if im remembering correctly), what were the classes like? Any! Doesn’t have to be all or a long story at all 😅 its just so cool to hear about people’s dr stories and excites me/motivates me a lot djdjdj)
Of course!
So, I actually have two main Winx DRs! In one, I attend Alfea and I'm with the Winx (obvs 😌) and in the other, I attend Red Fountain and I'm with the main Specialists (I scripted that it wasn't gender exclusive cause yknow... I didn't really feel like being a boy). I'll talk more about the Winx one but if you want to know about Red or the guys just let me know!
Standard disclaimer that these are just the realities I shifted too and it's 100% possible for you to go somewhere else!
First, they're all so hot 🧍🏻‍♀️ Literally all the main characters are gorgeous. Flora has this really feminine, soft beauty (sooo many people had a crush on her and like... whew mama me too). Stella is obviously super attractive; she has kind of a Cleo DeNile beauty (aka super hot and super royal). Bloom is super cute! She reminds me of a "girl next door" kind of cute? Tecna is a lot more androgynous than I thought she would be! Musa also has a bit of a "girl next door" cuteness to her (total beast on stage though! a lot of fans talked about her duality aljdhfljahdg). And Aisha!!! So beautiful, a literal goddess.
Their personalities were very similar to the show and comics! I wanted both DRs to be as close to canon as possible so not much changed there. They mostly deviated in season 4 and the later seasons! Since in those seasons their personalities changed a lot, they ended up acting like their original season selves instead (which I preferred anyway so).
The technology is amazing!! Apart from the literal magic, it's one of the best things about being there! It does differ a bit from planet to planet (some planets don't even have electricity despite being registered!). Zenith is obviously the most technologically advanced. Inventors there have to get multiple permits to be able to share their technology to other planets though which was really interesting to me. Red Fountain uses the most technology out of the three schools and most of it is either weapon, transportation, or medical related. OH! And actually, I'd say the most impressive technology to me is all the medical stuff!! It's super advanced and it's one of the top leading technological industries. Like they never really have problems with yknow. pandemics or even super serious injuries. Blood loss also isn't a big issue if someone gets help before they're completely uhhh empty?? You know what I mean.
The wind riders (aka hover bikes) are really fun! There's a bit of a learning curve if you've never been on one though (mostly with balance but they are always working on trying to make it easier). In my very correct opinion, the Crows are the most fun to fly! Most Specialists like flying them but you do have to go through a lot more classes and tests to get your permit than some of the others.
For classes at Alfea, I'd say Advanced Flying and Magiphilosophy were my top favorites! Applied Convergence was also fun but only when we actually got to practice doing convergence spells. There's a surprising amount of technical mumbo jumbo in magic classes. In Advanced Flying, they introduce hurdles and barriers and even other fairies trying to "attack" you (the spells don't actually hurt of course). You know that one scene in season 4 where Flora is flying through that course? It's basically like that! They also had flight practice that was more spread out. And Magiphilosophy is basically about philosophy... but like. magic. adhglaghdjl
I'm not sure if this was actually in the show (I feel like it wasn't?), but Alfea has this super cute cafe! All of the drinks are so colorful and the food is mostly desserts and sandwiches. I always go there because DUDE when I tell you the drinks are to die for. Quite a few of them are also super energizing while being healthy! All the food was healthy too though cause like. school and stuff. It's located like right next to the Auditorium and it's honestly one of the best parts about Alfea.
Okayy this ended up being longer than I expected but I hope you like it 😭
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Character study: Apocalypso
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Might as well cover all of them at once so you all get a general idea of how they really came to be.. mostly because there's some characters i haven't included that i want to tease
White horse/Conquest
Trope: Himedere/ 'main' love interest/ playboy/ best friend/ deredere/ kamidere/ oresama
He's a bit generic but honestly i think he's loveable anyway. He's the kind that you just can't help but support.. his confidence definitely one of his most attractive traits, i think. The fact he's just the right hint of manipulative might also spark some interest in some.. He's a bit of more lighthearted version of Lucifer. Instead of being all edgy, he's cheery. Also isn't it just refreshing that an OM character doesn't initially treat you like trash?? I mean seriously everyone either mocks you or disregards you at first.. not him!! You're a human?? Why would he treat you like you're worthless? You're cool! He barely gets to talk to humans!
Red horse/War
Trope: bad boy/ protagonist's best friend/ playboy n.2
Sigh. Generic... sorry. I do like him- okay, i do. I just don't have a lot to say about him. He's kind of just, there. The generic sort of punkish bad boyish love interest. The type that comes home all covered in bruises and cuts and grins at you because your existence alone just made his day worth it. Honestly, i do like him! He's adorable! And probably one of the sanest characters on here?? He's genuinely a pretty great guy if not for all the shit he keeps to himself. If you've done something, you'l never know. That guy's both transparent as heck and also like a locked gate! He knows everything about everyone, but you'l never know shit about him.
He's inspired by europe, and it's plenty crusades.. he speaks a few european languages, too.
Black horse/Famine
Trope: 'shota'/ aggressive/ short/ mayadere/ yandere
Short angry characters are cute. Nono, they are. I do like Famine a lot because he can actually back up his talk though.. (not really since the contract prevents him from initiating any worldwide cataclysm... but he COULD.) i just want to coddle him. He needs hugs. I do like how he can go from very cute and sort of clueless to an extremely confident and smug bastard. The contrast between his personality both as the king of a realm on the brink of death AND as a totally clueless foreigner to things so simple as a microwave?? Great. He's a delight to work on. He's by far my favorite. I like how i didn't cave and made him a tsundere. That trope felt overused in Obey me.. he's fully capable of admitting the fact that he likes or dislikes something. He's logical and honest about that stuff. He's aware that he's pretty much clueless to human living, too. He has a hard time changing, but he has no problems admitting fault to most things. Which i think is admirable. In fact, Famine is extremely straightforward about liking Mc. So is conquest, but that guy says it to everyone and it doesn't feel all that special yknow? Famine, he'l smile, confidently cross his arms over his chest and hum all smug 'at least i'm not in denial over liking mc.' Also i like how his style is pretty punkish, whilst remaining kinda simple. Considering all he wore for a while was just whatever he could find. (Which wasn't much in a DESERT REALM.)... i find it cute that his horse actually looks after him more than he looks after it. Back in his realm (where he would constantly be with it. No stables, and with the lack of roads, horses were pretty good traveling method), when Famine would be sick or depressed, his horse would pick him up by the collar and drag him around. Horse is a pretty good parent if you ask Famine. He's pretty sad he can't see it all the time now that he has all this stuff going on..
He's inspired by middle eastern stuff in terms of his realm design. Actually, fun fact, he speaks arabic, since when he first emerged on earth it was in the egyptian desert.
Pale horse
Trope: mysterious/silent/ tall/ dandere/ long hair
Cute.... would hug... if he would allow. LONG HAIR. MEN. OM didn't deliver so i did it myself. I like how he's youngest and yet he's arguably the most mature. I like how i didn't make him overly edgy just because he's death. Nor did i try to make him obnoxious like i've seen... he's just, there. Being soft. He's a disney princess honestly at that point. (War speaks to animals but Death speaks to objects okay). The way he practices conversations alone is cute. I think we don't see enough characters in otomes who genuinely don't enjoy interaction. They'l make some characters who are all 'nooo i don't wannaaa' and then later they warm up and enjoy it. Death never 'warms up' to social interaction. He's introverted, deal with it. It exhausts him. He spends time with others, but he'l try to keep to himself. I think he's relatable which might make people gravitate towards him. His non judgemental vibe is comforting.. he's the type that you want to comfort, and that you want to be comforted by. His style is casual-formal which i think is nice. It's simple.
Manager (?)
Trope: calm/ cool headed/ reserved/ kuudere
Ugh. I have a type. Kuuderes... kuuderes... i haven't talked about em yet, hm??? Well. Who else do you think orders these guys around?? They're certainly not knowledgeable on the subject of business to keep their brand afloat on their own!! He's quiet, he likes to stay professional. Not like Barbatos or Lucifer, he's not fancy. He's direct and to the point. He's practically soulless.. but, maybe MC can offer him the break he rightfully deserves, after an eternity spent looking after four manchildren... yeah he deserves one. He's sort of cute, in a way. He's never done stuff like this. Not work.. he's not stressed, or overworked. This is just his life. He doesn't know anything else. Nothing bothers him. Nothing interests him. Maybe it's about damn time he got hobbies or something????? Cmon man do something with your immortal life??
Who is he? What does he look like?? You'l see.. all i'll say is he's going to be either Ezekiel or Zechariah. Yknow, the books in which the horsemen appear.. i also am considering naming him after Dante (Dante's inferno, which describes the circles of hell..). (john of patmos's also mentions them but it's a newer version so i'm probably gonna ignore that-) i
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cactiired · 2 years
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Sorry if it's too personal, but how did you come to the conclusion u were a lesbian, I've been trying too see if I was one as well, but I'm kinda stumbling
Don't worry about it, it's not too personal and I'm happy to answer!
I never had actual crushes on guys. When I was younger I sort of "picked" boys to have crushes on. Usually it would be a boy I hardly knew and didn't talk to. Once even someone I didn't know at all. That's because I liked the idea of liking someone and someone liking me back but I never wanted to actually pursue anything with any of them.
For a while I identified as bisexual. I think I was like 14? This was partly because I just wasn't sure but a lot of it was that the label lesbian, in my language: lesbo, was basically used in the same way that slurs were thrown around. The word just made me feel gross and calling myself bi instead was safer. It didn't have the same connotations that "lesbo" had.
Like many teens, I was also very desperate for attention and affection. Because of my mental health issues I've struggled a lot with my self-esteem and body image. I wanted someone to fix that. Not realistic at all but at 14 I really thought that if someone liked me romantically it would make me feel better. I started to seek out relationships. I wanted a boyfriend.
This kind of got me in a few uncomfortable situations with guys that could have easily become dangerous. But because I thought that feeling nervous was totally a part of developing a crush I totally overlooked my anxiety and wrote it off as feeling butterflies. Luckily nothing too bad happened I was just left uncomfortable. Meanwhile, my actual crushes were always girls. One particular crush was honestly really painful for me because the girl was a close friend of mine and I had feelings for her for years. She was straight ofc so nothing ever came of it and my confession sort of broke our friendship.
Time went on and at one point I just realized I really wasn't attracted to men. I was more so attracted to the idea of being desired and the image of love that had been planted in my head from a young age was heterosexual love. I was very homophobic as a child btw. So as you can imagine it took time and self-reflecting to unravel a lot of the stuff I had grown up to believe about myself.
I think I became sure about my identity when I started dating. Things just clicked in place, yknow? I actually experienced the stuff my straight friends would talk about but in my own way. Things felt right. Dealing with internalized homophobia got easier when I entered upper secondary school because I met other LGBTQ people. I made friends that had a deeper understanding of my experiences than anyone I had met before at that point. They knew what it was like and I didn't feel so bad calling myself a lesbian. (I and my girlfriend are actually from that same friend group)
And lastly, I'd like to say that as I've grown older I've gotten more comfortable with my sexuality. Believe it or not, when I came out as a lesbian I used to not be able to compliment guys on their looks because I feared being told "See? You're not a lesbian! you do like guys!" Which is ridiculous but being invalidated and disrespected by people that refused to believe me made me very hesitant to show any affection towards guys outside of my family. I didn't even have close guy friends like i do now but what helped me a lot was to realize that just like straight women can call their friends cute I can do the same to my guy friends without it changing anything about my sexual orientation.
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karasunology · 4 years
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⸙ ˚₊ ➷ KAGEYAMA TOBIO & OIKAWA TOORU AS YOUR OLDER BROTHER ! ❞
╰─ ─ ゚headcanons of two of our pretty setters being your older brothers !
✐ . . . BIG BROTHER HEADCANONS.
[ MIYA TWINS & BOKUTO KOUTARO VERSION. ] [ SUNA RINTAROU & KITA SHINSUKE VERSION. ]
-ˏˋ ➶ character(s) ━ kageyma tobio, oikawa tooru <3
[ trigger warnings ━ manga spoilers !! ]
-ˏˋ ✉️ REQUESTS ARE ALWAYS OPEN.
⇣ please read the RULES before requesting.
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KAGEYAMA TOBIO.
➜ the type of older brother that acts as if he doesn't care but he actually does.
➜ he acts as if that one time where no one from his family but you actually came to one of his volleyball games ─ well, besides from your guys' grandfather; but ever since of his passing, the clostest ─ tangible and most concrete reminants of him were just lingering in the form of a volleyball.
➜ he acts as if the absence of most of his family members didn't affect him and yet, he usually found himself looking for them in the stands ─ hoping that they'd be there cheering him on
➜ he was used to always being left alone when it was just him and his older sister but then you came along
➜ when you were young, you would always cling onto him for your dear life for some reason
➜ and ever since tobio was young, he somewhat had difficulties expressing himself so it was no surprise that he usually shakes you off violently off your tight graps
➜ like how can someone with so little hands be so strong at holding him down??
➜ he wasn't used to these affections, and the start of your guys' sibling relationship was quite rocky
➜ but now when he remembers those times where you hated to jog but you would always, ALWAYS, find yourself catching up to him
➜ slowley, gradually & subtly
➜ just to match up to his pace so you guys would jog together
➜ and then he realizes, that he wasn't alone anymore
➜ bb boy had you right next to him
➜ ugh enough about angst people
➜ LETS GET TO THE GOOD GOOD
➜ SPA DAYS ARE A THING
➜ SORRY YOU DON'T MAKE THE RULES
➜ I DO
➜ since he is a setter, he needs his fingers and nails in tip-top shape yknow?
➜ since you're one of the only persons he trusts his life onto, he makes you do it
➜ like it's not even because of whatever gender you are
➜ you will do his nails, and you WILL learn to do the best manicure this boy could ever get
➜ because all you want was the best for the best older brother ever.
➜ and that's how he always had healthy clean nails & is always manicured
➜ and it's ON YOU
➜ he would never, NEVER let anyone else do his nails
➜ you would 100% go along with his finger exercise thingy
➜ and these spa days usually ends in a sleepover with facemasks on miwa-nee left in her drawers
 ➜ kageyama may not show it, but he really appreciates you
➜ like alot
➜ you had all the reasons to deny him of his spa days, matches, etc.
➜ but you choose to stay, to learn how to manicure, to skip school and go to his matches & give him the support he was deprived off
➜ like if this blueberry boyo ever offered to share you his mILK, while you guys already have seperate milk cartons in the fridge
➜ you know that he holds you so close, and so fucking dear to his heart that it's going to make me crYyyY
➜ he's not good at expressing his emotions, but he will do everything in his will to make it known to you that you are important to him
➜ he'll always walk with you to school and go home with you whenever he doesn't have volleyball practice
➜ if he noticed that you're feeling down or stressed he'll take you away from whatever that is & will force you to play volleyball with him
➜ just so that you could get your mind off from it
➜ if you forget your lunch money, he'll buy you two mini milk box with curry buns on the side
➜ and then when you guys go home he'll force you to make bento with him until it's late at night in a school night with tons of food on your closed because y'all forgot to use an apron lmao
➜ he's always so stiff with receiving affections and giving one
➜ but he's so good at giving headpats
➜ and he only does it on you
➜ his warm huge hand in comparison to your head, and it'll always be the best way he could convey his emotions
➜ it's through the familiar, homey feeling of the palm of his hands
➜ he's the type to have one picture with you and his grandfather together that's literally so old, it doesn't need those vintage aesthetic effects to make it look vintage
➜ he'll also the type to carry it around in his wallet ALWAYS, but forgets to bring money?? for?? some?? reason??
➜ 11/10 would recommend as a brother
➜ in conclusion, he may not be the best at showing affections and giving them, but you'll always be reminded in different and special ways that he loves you so much; you'll always have each other's back & would stay in each other's side, always.
➜ like harry potter typa shit always.
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OIKAWA TOORU.
➜ he's the type of brother that is ALWAYS UP YOUR FUCKING BUSSINESS
➜ he already has his head up his ass,  you don't want him to be up on yours as well
➜ he'll always be up on your room & he's very very clingy, like a lot
➜ fights are an ALWAYS
➜ y'all would fight about many things honestly
➜ probably most of the reason would be because you're just fed up on him
➜ you would DEFINITELY JOIN IWAIZUMI ON BULLYING HIM & WOULD DEF JOIN ON HITTING HIM
 ➜ but even if things are serious, like that one time where he's just so exhausted of EVERYTHING, because why the fuck won't his serves be good enough?
➜ and he'll just breakdown in front of you, pouring his heart out on how they lost again to ushijima in the semi-finals
➜ he'll also spill out all his insecurities about volleyball because even if it may not seem like it, he gets insecure too 👉👈
➜ and you'll just be there, listening since you know that he wasn't looking and asking for advice ─ he just wanted someone, anyone to listen to him
➜ you'll let him cry out whatever was bothering him for the past few weeks while comfort his huge frame since he collapsed onto your shoulder
➜ oKAy ENOUGH ANGST I AM SO SORRY
➜ i hate myself too, don't worry💅💋
➜ while you guys were young, he'd always be up on your room, and would be playing dolls or cars or shit with you
➜ he's just so used to being with you
➜ that when you got sick and had to go to a hospital and they wouldn't let him visit you, he cried for the first time in years
➜ he'll be stuck on your side by the time you were discharged
➜ he plays volleyball with you along with iwaizumi
➜ he'll also make you come with him while along with iwaizumi to meet his volleyball idol
➜ you'll also be the first person to know what his plans for the future is
➜ and you'll support him through and through, you guys would even consider going with him to argentina
➜ and he wouldn't disagree
➜ he's the type of brother that knows 12762 of your crushes, your passwords, that page 24 of tour diary he stole that says “ tooru-nii isn't kinda that annoying ” that he framed up on his bedroom
➜ he has a shit ton of blackmail material on you
➜ since it's canon that he adores his family, he'll have many polaroid pictures of your guys' family up on his wall
➜ and of course of you guys seperately on picture frames on his desk, ranging from that one time you almost drowned taken at the right timing, to that picture of you and him when you graduated junior high.
➜ speaking of pictures
➜ he'll be SPAMMING YOUR PHONE WITH PICTURES OF HIM
➜ weird ass selfies of his and those forced cute faces that you wanted to burn in hell
➜ and a LOT of selfies with you guys on it
➜ since he knows your password to your phone, he'll change your lockscreen wallpaper to a cute selfie of you guys
➜ he'll never make you change it
➜ reason #1672 why you don't have a bf/gf
➜ you'll ALWAYS find him scrolling through YOUR phone
➜ he'd be watching tiktoks not giving a fuck
➜ while you're just there like
➜ that's MY phone sir 👁👄👁
➜ 11/10 would have a section of his family scrapbook of you guys & it's either showing your attractive oikawa genes
➜ or it's shitty photos of you guys
➜ nothing in between
➜ since we talked about your phone, let's talk about his
➜ you would not let him spam your phone and ruin your phone storage with pictures of him and selfies of you guys without doing the same with him
➜ like DUH
➜ his phone would be FILLED of crazy crackhead pictures of you guys
➜ and he'll have one of your cute selfies as his lockscreen wallpaper
➜ matching the one he set up on your phone
➜ and of he ever has a girlfriend/boyfriend, you HAVE to meet them first
➜ and even if you may not see it, your opinions is held quite mighty high for oikawa
➜ and of course he's like that with you too, he better know the address of your boyfriend/girlfriend, their number, and he WILL do a whole ass background check on him
➜ but you know he does that not only to have your underwear in a twist, he kinda 👉👈 cares about you & as you care about him
➜ 12/10 would recommend as a brother
➜ in conclusion, you guys may sometimes be up on each other's ass, but you guys care a lot about each other and will not hesitate to beat someone's ass for the other because no one but him could bully you, and vice versa ( + iwa-chan )
-ˏˋ playing soleil's tape ˊˎ-
[ 📼 ] . . . will be making this a mini series of big brother headcanons bECAUSE WHY NOT, like WHY NOT; ya get me?? i fucking love wholesome family headcanons & would 1000% write domestic hcs and dad! hcs.
again, requests are open !
one request = one more reason to stay sane
watch out for new dating headcanons of two cute setters 💅
send me an ask or even a comment on you want to see next in the big brother series because i'm wh0re for that, also i finally revived my phone but without it being formatted so i have to redo the requests i wrote. so before i post them since they are not quite done yet, have this.
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Hi I know this question may be too personal, so I totally respect if u don't wanna answer, but of is ok can I ask when and how you figured out that you like girls and only girls? And how was your first experience with one of them? I got 28 and I've never been with a girl, in my teens I flirted and dated many guys but I never had sex with them and the very little few fisical things I did with them were something that produced a strong aversion and disconfort in me. I also have an ed, so at first I thought it might be because of that. Then, in my twentys I've spend almost 10 years recluse in my home focused in studing my medicine degree and not being very attentive or interested into sexuality until this last tree years in where idnk why (maybe due to a pretty girl of my class) something awake in me and I finally figured out how deeply lesbian I am. Idnk if my experience is very normal or similar to other lesbians with ed. And even if i'm sure about my sexual attraction i steel wonder sometimes how really will be to date a woman. Idnk. I guess I just feel a little bit alone with all this feelings and wanna share and heard about other experiences. Sorry my english and have a good week.
Dear anon, first of all im sending you warm thoughts for the attraction thing, for the eds thing, for everything really, as all of it is pretty confusing and complicated to be honest (and I understand what you're going through)
To answer your question, I actually have a similar story as you : I realized I liked girls when I was 20, and had no clues I did, as least consciously, before that. I also flirted with boys but never anything serious and I also thought that it was because of the eds that I never went further. Then I moved to London at age 20 (im french) and I think being far away from a place where every body knew me helped me realize that I wasn't...quite what they thought I was. It liberated me in some way. Also I was, at the time, spending a lot of time on fandom spaces and those were pretty queer so it helped me coming to terms with my own attraction to women, it being something that actually was ok and actually existed. I remember I read some of the posts on here that were like "lesbians suggestions" and were full of relatable lesbians things like really really wanting to be friend with a specific girl not being a "normal" thing every girl experienced but a sort of sign you were into girls. Those made me reconsider a lot of my past experiences and feelings and I understood that basically I was attracted to girls, and my whole flirting with guys was more to do with societal expectations or searching for male validation than proper attraction. I think, getting better mentally also helped me, as when you're deep into your eds you don't really have the mental space or the energy to think about opening yourself up to this (and eds have also a strong link with pleasure in its many forms so yknow... Punishing yourself by not allowing yourself to even just consider dating a woman because your are "ashamed" or think you don't deserve any kind of pleasurable thing) At the same time I also met a girl, like you did, who uuih helped those feelings come up to the surface because I had a crush and for once I was ready to see it as one. But basically before that I had literally no sexual drive, that I was conscious of at least (Im very good at repressing stuff without even noticing)and still to this day, I struggle with sex, intimacy, desire and stuff.
So don't worry, yours is a perfectly normal experience !!! Its already amazing that you've understood your real identity (women are pretty amazing) About what its like to date a woman well its uuuh just the best if you find the right one !! You don't need to date the first other wlw you meet if you're not actually interested or attracted to her just because you're both into girls, that'd just lead to an unhappy and unfulfilling relationship !!
Idk if this was any help, but basically, your experience is normal, I went through similar things, and im sending you all the love I can ! You're not alone, im with you !
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『 Backstory 』
➵ Any TWs? :
➵ Subtle Mentions of Transphobia.
➵ Beau Romano - his deadname being Bianca - was born a year after his older sister, Faye. He lived with his semi-wealthy parents, Camilia and Dylan Romano in Manitoba.
When he was in second grade, Beau began to have a big sprout of creativity. He had drawn pictures of people and anthropomorphic animals, and create small little tales about these people/animals he has drawn. He Drew more and more of these as time slowly passed, and he enjoyed telling stories about these drawings. This had grown into a hobby, and something he enjoyed thoroughly.
His older sister came out when she was nine that she felt like a girl and that she was attracted to girls. Now, their parents are very accepting people and proceeded to assist and support Faye - who was formerly known as Lovino - get what she needed to transition.
Beau happily cheered on his big sister on, supporting her and showering her with love. He celebrated her transitions and her relationships happily, happy that he had such a prideful older sister.
By the time Beau was ten, he had begun to experiment with his sexuality by feeling some weird way towards a guy in music class. He talked with this guy more and more, and these feelings continued to grow.
After a couple of weeks, he felt the same way towards a girl in music class too. The feeling for the boy stayed, but now he had feelings for a boy and a girl.
One day, while walking to school with his mom, he heard two girls behind him talking about the people they liked. One of the girls had said that she was Bisexual, to which little Beau tugged on his mother's sleeve and asked what "Bisexual" meant. The woman explained that it was when someone liked two or more genders.
Beau put that into thought, and not even a minute later, he exclaimed "I'm Bisexual!"
His mom smiles and ruffled her son's - then daughter's - head. While Beau was still a kid, and she thought that Beau didn't know what he was talking about, the boy knew exactly what he was talking about.
Those feelings of the boy and girl faded over time. When Beau was twelve, he had fallen for another person. There had been this really cute girl in class who enjoyed drawing, and boy, what a talented artist she is.
Slowly, but surely, Beau began to fall in love with this girl, and spent time with her. Months went by, and the two had fallen in love.
The girl had confessed to Beau, which he accepted.
These two were a great, healthy Lesbian couple at the time. They were both very happy and loving. Beau had welcomed his girlfriend into the family, to which they welcomed with open arms.
The relationship lasted for two years until they fell out of love. The spark was gone. Their breakup wasn't nasty - they awkwardly stated that they lost that romantic spark on both sides. Beau had turned thirteen at the time. Beau and his ex-lover are on good terms to this day.
Once puberty hit, Beau looked at the body he had at the moment. He didn't quite fit with how it was. It made him feel like he didn't fit in a girl's body. He wanted to cut off his developing melons. So, he decided to talk to Faye later that evening, whom had fully transitioned. She was a beautiful woman. As he talked to her about what had been up, Faye stated that Beau could be Transgender, and even gave him a few articles on Gender Dysphoria.
Weeks of looking into gender identities later, Beau took the label "Trans Male" and used it to describe himself. With encouragement from Faye, he came out to his parents, who accepted him. He didn't want to transition as quickly as Faye, and wanted to take it slow. Testosterone and binding first.
As he grew older, Beau got bullied for being a Transgender Bisexual man. He was experiencing Transphobia from a few of his fellow peers. He knew that not everyone would accept him for being who he was, but this hurt quite a bit. Being bullied for this wasn't fair - he had every right to express himself! - but nooo, people were idiots.
His love for writing had grown more and more over the years. He began to write little stories that he presented in school and posted online. People loved his little stories. Whether they were fanfiction or characters and universes he had created in his head, they received a lot of positive feedback. Sure, there were haters, bullies, trolls, and rude people in general, but Beau didn't pay attention to them too much.
Beau had gotten top surgery when he was fifteen. He had been on testosterone for a year, and he had been binding for that time being. He loved his new, flat chest. Sure, he would have a scar on his chest from the surgery, but it didn't really bother him. He was happy that his tibbies were deleted. Now he could feel like a guy somewhat.
During the time passed from fourteen and fifteen years old, Beau had been watching a show known as "Total Drama" with Faye. The show was appealing to the young teen. The risky challenges were entertaining, most of the cast was likable, and it was really entertaining for the young boy. He'd talk about joining the show every now and then and would think about what his label or cliche would be on the show.
Timeskip to now, Beau and Faye are sixteen and seventeen respectively. After watching an ad to audition for the next season of Total Drama, Faye looked over at her little brother.
"Hey... You should audition to be on there!"
Beau, liking the idea, auditioned for the show. Once his audition was seen, Beau was invited to be on a season of Total Drama.
『 Voice Claim 』
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『 Miscellaneous Facts』
➵ Theme Song
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➵ Quotes
"O-Oh, hello...!"
"I'm Beau. It's nice to meet you!"
"It's too people-y in there. I-I'd like to stay right here."
"He's... Kinda pretty."
"Are you lonely? I could hang out with you if you'd like."
"I-It's not a diary! It's just a journal that I put my writing and ideas in."
"Sorry, I'd rather be by myself. I-It's nothing personal -- I j-just don't like large groups of people."
"Sorry... I'm rambling again, aren't I? Sorry about that..."
"He's a... He's a man. And I'm just a boy."
"Ciao, bello..!" (Hello, handsome..!)
"Aren't you guys a little too old for a bedtime story?"
"Fine, fine. Once upon a time, there were a few guys on an island who needed to go the fuck to sleep. G'night, guys."
"What do you mean that 'isn't a good bedtime story? I think it's a brilliant story."
"Fine... There was once this God named Fóllame de lado-"
"Hey - do you wanna fuck around with the others?"
"H-Hey! I apologize for interrupting what you were doing, but... I'd like to confess something if that's o-okay? Look, I'll cut to the chase. I... love you, dude. And not in some bromance way. Like... I have romantic feelings for you. I love you so much I could scream it to the world..! I hope you f-feel the same way. And if you don't? That's p-perfectly fine."
"Good morning, mio amore."
"Sorry, but could you like, shut up for five seconds? Thanks..."
➵ Ship Names (OC X Crush or OC X OC)
Duncan x Beau = BeauDun/ BeauCan
DJ x Beau = BJ / BeauJ
Alejandro x Beau = AleBeau
Mike x Beau = Meau/Bike
Lightning x Beau = Blightning/BeauLight
Topher x Beau = Beaupher / Beaupher
Shawn x Beau = Sheau / Bawn
➵ Random Facts
• If they're comfortable, Beau calls his male friends "Bello" (Handsome), and his female friends "Bella" (Beautiful).
For Nonbinary folk, it depends on what they prefer.
•Beau has learned how to play the ukelele from Faye.
•He would actually like to go windsurfing sometime!
• Speaking of his sister, she's a well-known acrobat/performer for her age. He admires her for being so talented in such a thing..
• His sister is an extrovert, and more outgoing than Beau. The two are opposites,,but yknow, opposites attract!
•Beau prefers to write stories that are/include horror, action, and supernatural/fantasy. He can write romantic stories, but he doesn't prefer writing things like that.
•He has written some shitty fanfictions when he was younger. He will share them among his friends and laugh at what he wrote.
•The languages he speaks are:
• English
•Italian
• (Some) Spanish. [Italian and Spanish are similar language-wise in a few ways. That, and Beau just wanted to learn Spanish.]
• Respectful boi when it comes to Pronouns, Names, People's likes and dislikes, etc.
•Beau has some family members that live in Italy. He has gone to Italy to visit them numerous times.
• Beau doesn't believe in soulmates. He thinks that it's just some fairytale thing that people believe in. He wants to love someone on his own accord - not someone who the universe was like "Oh, let's put these people together.".
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