#their potential friendship

[homkamiro]

That's a one way to deal with a brat!

#suddenly remembered i had..a mlp au...... #it has so much potential((( #team fortress 2 #tf2 #team fortress 2 fanart #tf2 fanart #tf2 scout #tf2 engineer #tf2 medic #my little pony friendship is magic #my little pony #mlp #mlp fim #crossover #mlp au

[courtmartialme]

forcing myself to post more just so the world has more riza in it

#fma #riza hawkeye #roy mustang #royai #rebecca catalina #roy staring at riza like shes the entire universe is rapidly becoming the only flavor of royai art i know how to make(good) #last pic is rizbecca friendship dynamic to me #i think abt that panel where rebecca basically accuses riza of sucking dick to get from the colonel to the furher at least once a day #rizbecca had so much potential if only rebecca had more than 2 mins of screentime

[firestorm09890]

Penny stardewvalley makes me so sad because she's SO sensitive to, like, basically everything you tell her (telling her that you can't stand children while two children are nearby is a pretty lousy move but -1500 friendship?? being a jerk to other characters' faces typically loses you about 50 points, and if you choose the option labeled "creepy" and ask Leah for a kiss in her 2 heart event she physically hits you and kicks you out of her house but that's only -100 friendship…) and so if you want to befriend her it's a whole lot of lying and tiptoeing around her feelings (2 hearts: George was right but saying that makes her feel bad. 6 hearts: her food sucks but even if you try to be polite about it she feels like a failure; only a bald-faced lie pleases her. 8 hearts: saying you don't want to be tied down with a family loses you a little bit of friendship and she's only happy if you say you want kids) and I can't help but think she's a product of her environment. She lives in a trailer with only her mother, who gets drunk every night and has something of a temper. Penny's like a skittish rescue animal who won’t even come out from hiding under something unless you leave her lots of treats

#stardew valley #penny sdv #I didn't mention the SECOND opportunity to lose 1500 friendship with her #because I think if you go out of your way to date her and then tell her that you don't like her that way then you deserve it #but yeah she's super volatile #i was upset for a little bit after reading that one post saying the ‘right’ answer in the 2 heart event is ableist #like nooooo not my favorite farming game :( #except that in the context of several other things in the game it becomes clear that winning someone over #does not always mean doing the right thing #looking directly at how the easiest way to befriend shane and pam is by enabling their alcoholism #which is framed as a harmful thing even if the characters themselves like it #you have to lie to befriend other characters too like with sam dropping his egg #and you can lose a little friendship based on preferences like sebastian asking about what books you like #though to be fair if i saw someone who could potentially be cool and i found out that what they like was stuff im not into id also #lose interest a little #anyway those are all examples spread around on different characters #penny's got it all at once #me post

[quaranmine]

i have to say the entire thing with blowing up mumbo's door was just. flawlessly executed in both concept and result. grian's like number one personality trait on the hermitcraft server, aside from being a troublemaker, is how much hes obsessed with mumbo. this man is completely deranged about mumbo. he's made it ABUNDANTLY clear he wants that crown just for the sake of having an object that proves he's mumbo's best friend. everyone knows this and has known this since he joined the server.

so to then take this desire, and trick/force grian into setting off a tnt trap that destroys mumbo's FANCY REDSTONE DOOR? oooh. ooohohohoh. it's so good. it immediately lands grian in a position that looks terrible, where he has to justify and explain what actually happened. it's redstone so he obviously can't fix it, unlike if just a portion of the build was blown up. he can't pretend it didn't happen and fix it before mumbo sees, because the tnt was placed where it actually hurts: the redstone design. it interplays perfectly back into the original sin of breaking doc's machine.

it also plays the psychological card--mumbo's only got one best friend, and it's not you. how could it be you? look how you just blew up something he worked so hard on! you can have the crown, but it's your actions that matter, and your greed to prove your friendship to mumbo with the crown has forced you to hurt him instead. it uses grian's desperation (insecurity?) against him to (potentially) drive them further apart. OUCH.

10/10 flawless torture. i'm incredibly pleased.

#grian #hermitcraft #mumbo jumbo #docm77 #...i'm guessing it WAS doc like grian thought? i have not seen his side of it so i'm taking grian's assumption at face value #but i am also well aware of how the first prank war started xD #anyway do i think this would genuinely harm grian and mumbos friendship? of course not lol thats why it was done #it's more the MESSAGE. the POTENTIAL that couldve resulted from the action. #im eating it up

[cringefail-clown]

he couldnt do it

#homestuck #homestuck turnabout #turnabout au #kankri vantas #meenah peixes #cronus ampora #listen i started to draw it as a joke but now i cant stop thinking bout meenah and kankri unlikely friendship #send help #like i know in canon meenah couldnt stand him but this is my swamp and i see potential here #and alternia kankri isnt as insufferable as the beforus one so i can SEE it kinda working out #a thing to ponder about

[mayasaura]

To be clear, I do ship Marcille and Falin!! I just ship them as.... complicated, you know? They have dyke drama. Marcille is deluding herself that Falin hasn't grown up and she's not going to age, and she's not going to die no matter what Marcille does, and Marcille isn't going to have to live most of her life having lost her. Meanwhile poor Falin would like a step by step written explanation of how to convince her very good elf friend that she is an adult, and has some potentially adult feelings about getting wet and naked and crawling into bed together

#their relationship so much funnier and more complicated than 'they're girlfriends!' if you let it be #there's the dramatic tragedy of elven lifespans there's the hilarity of mixed signals and stubborn miscommunication #there's the potential for character growth in Falin learning to assert herself and to process her own desires #and sure there are platonic explanations—dunmeshi is at its heart about friendship not romance #but I am a dyke with a documented weakness for necromantic acts of devotion so #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi spoilers #falin touden #marcille donato #facille

[spielzeugkaiser]

Been feeling the 'Jaskier upset with Geralt' angst train lately if this prompt interests you

I read the word 'angst' and instantly went on board- honestly Jaskier deserves to be angry with Geralt. What always makes me go *chef's kiss* in those scenarios is that Jaskier is upset, but he doesn't want Geralt to be hurt! He always looks out for him 🥺🥺 I made Jaskier and angry-crier, because I haven't tormented my man enough. Also Jaskier being able to actually show how upset he is and Geralts self worth issues of 'distancing himself when he thinks he isn't wanted' FIGHT-

#geraskier #jaskier #geralt of rivia #the witcher #geralt x jaskier #me sitting back here and thinking about scenarios with them actually having a row #I can see it being not easy to navigate because I see Geralt being very very bad at those if he doesn't have the security #that the other one will come back / that he is wanted? #it's me thinking back to the book scene with yen and istredd again and ofc his mum #listen their relationship (if you take it as friendship or more) has always the potential for bone deep devotion but also for being SO messy #that's what I'm here forrrrr #will Jaskier defend Geralt? alwaysalwaysalways #will geralt sit with his bare ass on a nest of scorpions for Jaskier? doesn't even have to think about for a sec #do they have healthy communication skills? HELL NO #but do they better with each other than anyone else because they do have a profound understanding of each other? hell yeah!! #look at me after all that time #still invested 😔

[rogueddie]

Oh hey look! The duos we deserved to see (more of)!

#stranger things #they had so much potential #honeslty #eddie and erica? #will and argyle? #el and dustin? #guys come on they'd be so good #these friendships >>>

[cemeterything]

probably the funniest thing i ever did as a kid was try to convince anyone who'd listen to me infodump about my favorite media that my ocs were actual canon characters in the story and then if they expressed genuine interest in checking it out i'd panic and be like no you Can't and just never speak to them again

#🐉 #i carpet bombed so many potential friendships like this #worst time was when i convinced my brother that my lotr nazgul oc was legit because tolkein wrote so much lore #that theres no way hed ever think to check. YEARS later unprompted he fucking annihilated me after we #watched one of the hobbit movies when he was like 'tauriel is a made up character just like your wraith girl'

[comradekatara]

sokka hates the fire nation but nonetheless subscribes to their logic through internalizing his own dehumanization, albeit in the name of sacrificing what is necessary to resist imperialism. on the other hand, aang refuses to sacrifice his humanity, which is intrinsically tied to the culture that was deemed deserving of extermination, and by recognizing the fullness of his personhood and his intrinsic right to exist, he defeats the tenets of imperialism on an ideological battleground. that is why it is so crucial that aang’s influence over sokka, as an air nomad, and as someone who did not grow up under the looming shadow of colonialism and genocide, is what helps him regain the childhood he had forsworn in the name of war—his laughter, his joy, and his humanity.

#aang&sokka #aang #sokka #obviously aang performs this function for every principal member of the gaang #with katara it’s immediate (see: penguin sledding 5 minutes after meeting) #and with toph it’s less pronounced (id argue that sokka is more crucial to tophs process of valuing her humanity than aang although aang #lays the groundwork for it by being the one to recognize her potential) #and with zuko he has also been dehumanized by the fire nation but like. it’s not the same of course #whereas sokka and aang have largely been dehumanized in the same way #as victims of genocide #and obviously katara too #but katara has the same viewpoint as aang from the beginning #that she deserves to exist and fights for her cultural values #whereas sokka thinks that KATARA deserves to exist. that everyone does EXCEPT himself #so aang’s influence reminds him that he’s NOT uniquely disposable/sacrificial/unworthy #he’s a person too! #and he does so through the simple bond of friendship. through joy & laughter & fun #the values that were instilled into him by the air nomads #and it’s not like sokka COMPLETELY internalizes it #or that aang is the only one who attempts to impart this lesson #but it’s why their friendship is so important #because sokka accepts imperialist logic and aang refuses to #aang’s importance cannot be overstated #which is kind of funny to say bc he is the protagonist. the titular role #but ppl like to ignore that #which is crazy . but whatever

[maroisedot]

It is a CRIME how little I´ve drawn her considering she´s one of my absolute favourites. SO Vania appreciation post it is!!!!

Also the pic with harumi is based on this headcanon that vania & harumi were childhood friends. because... princesses.

aaaand the third picture is based on this post that had me giggling like a madman at one in the morning

#ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago vania #ninjago cole #cole brookstone #lloyd garmadon #I need more content with cole & vania being besties #i love these two so much #might actually be one of my favourite friendship duos in the series #or at least the potential of it #also their colour palettes go so nicely together??? #ALSO #lloyd and vania #underrated friendship #give vania more time to shine in general pls #SHE DESERVES IT #SHE´S SO COOL #AND SWEET #I LOVE HER #princess vania #my beloved

[kyonshi-8610]

doodle collection where i try to actually color

tr. under cut

[2ND IMAGE]

T: These two are so slow at picking (what to eat)

K: Did you ask Shuro what he wanted (to eat)?

L: He said that it was up to us

K: Sighhhh

#dungeon meshi fanart #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #laios touden #toshiro nakamoto #shuro #laishuro #? not as much #the toshiro kabru friendship is VERY real and alive to me. #girlies who deal w laios and develop a weird “what are we” relationship with him get fries and drinks i feel. do you understand #other than that though i feel like their dynamic is kind of interesting . i dont have a lot of thoughts about it but #there is potential shenanigans in their friendship #also the colors are really sloppy but i thought it would look better than to have just left it blank.... #なんかこれは、、下手なんだな笑 #not my best work tbh

[kismetconstellations]

#Rapunzel #Eugene Fitzherbert #Rapunzel x Eugene #Eugene x Rapunzel #New Dream #OTP: And you are mine. #Pascal #Tangled: The Series #Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure #Disney #Mine. #All I want is to fly with queue. #Genuinely the most precious. #If only this whole show had been about them #instead of the hyper-focus on a creator's pet and attempts to supplant Eugene's significance in Rapunzel's story with a toxic mess of a #'friendship'. #So much wasted potential. #And #yet... #they're STILL Disney's best romantic relationship. #And that's saying something.

[petricorah]

just some casual early morning fishing and some not-so-casual evening pining after your best friend

mini explanation of how this would take place if it were a prequel to the dangers of not confessing comic

After ozai’s defeat, they finally take a break and go on the fishing trip they lied about. And it’s amazing, and fun, and Zuko’s heart is aching throughout every second of it. Because he’s drowning under the weight of his impending duties as firelord. He has Responsibilities. But all he wants to do is be with Sokka and have the time relaxing with the people he cares about, actions that he was deprived of during his youth. And Sokka’s about to be halfway across the world, back at his home, where he belongs. And it would be selfish to ask Sokka to stay. And even more selfish to tell him how he feels when he knows soon the trip will be over, and it will never work between them, and Sokka probably doesn’t even feel the same way. So he stays silent. 

And misses his chance.

#zukka #zuko #sokka #atla #avatar #zukka fanart #myart #tell him zuko tell him before you miss your chance #they didn't catch the fish #avatar fanart #ozai's name isn't capitalized because he doesn't deserve the respect of being a proper noun #also as to why sokka doesn't say anything: i feel like sokka's super outgoing #but he tends to overthink things #suki made the first move with him and yue ended in heartbreak #i think sokka would second guess his judgement of zuko's affections #every time he thinks he knows zuko actually likes him he'd talk himself out of it or overthink the weight of potentially ruining #a friendship that means so much to him #i think sokka has a lot of self doubts and the more he likes zuko the more likely it is he would think zuko would never like him back or be #happy with him #so he never says anything #until years later when he tries to play it off as a joke so he can finally #finally #get over his feelings #hint: he'll be unsuccessful #damn thems a lot of tags

[total-drama-brainrot]

Noah is canonically the youngest of eight sibling. Eight.

You don't grow up in a family that large, as the youngest and therefore the favourite victim, and not have a super casual relationship with touch.

This guy is light enough to be literally blown away by a strong breeze; if you think even for a second that his family didn't take turns carrying him around like a briefcase and abducting him from whatever he was doing into a Family Pile™ then you're objectively wrong.

(You also can't convince me that he wasn't spoiled rotten as the baby of the family.)

So frequent platonic touching is pretty normal for him, expected even, and he tends to be more tactile than his personality or demeanour would suggest.

He gives Owen side-hugs and pats on the arm every time the two interact, and wilfully flops himself onto Eva whenever he's overwhelmed and wants the company of someone comparatively quiet (she always uses it as an excuse to carry him to the gym and encourage him to bulk up, though it never works). He tries to tire out Izzy's boundless energy by play-fighting and grappling with her (much to his chagrin) despite him essentially ending up as her glorified chew toy, and often times passes out due to being a stick insect in human form.

It's unexpected, just how casually clingy he is to the people he trusts/likes.

But you know who isn't used to physical contact?

Cody E.J. "my parents forgot my birthday" Anderson

This wet noodle of a boy bigs himself up as a ladies' man and a hot commodity but wouldn't know what to do with himself if someone held his hand. The concept of affection of any kind is so foreign to him, especially positive physical contact- I wouldn't be surprised if he could count the amount of hugs his parents had given him on one hand.

And this is backed by his canonical desperation for acknowledgement! Every time he pursues Gwen, even when he's directly shot down and sometimes harshly rejected, he still tries to win her affections and festers the delusion that she likes him. After all, everyone who's supposed to care about him does the same! His parents, 'friends' or lack thereof, ect.; they all ignore/rebuff him so it must be a sign of endearment.

Additionally, he sleeps with a stuffed emu at the ripe age of 16/17- as stated by Sierra, which he never denies (not that there's anything wrong with that, stuffed animals are top tier imho). You know who else sleeps with stuffed animals? Touch-starved people.

Cody is incredibly attention-starved, touch-starved and, post World Tour, in all likelihood somewhat touch-averse- at least when it comes to other people initiating contact.

To elaborate; Sierra is constantly breaching his personal bubble non-consensually, which would inadvertently condition anyone into being at least a little haphephobic, but Cody himself is more than happy to instigate contact with people he trusts (i.e. hugging Alejandro when he protects Cody from Sierra overnight in Rapa Phooey!).

...See where I'm going with this?

We see these two cuddling twice in canon; once in the Awake-a-thon and again in the Celebrity Manhunt. Once is happenstance, but twice indicates a pattern or coincidence but I'm going to gloss over that for the sake of this post.

Plus, with their consistent proximity during Action, they had plenty of time to form some type of relationship be it friendly or more.

(Wouldn't you want to at the very least get some closure from the guy who kissed you/you kissed for the world to see? It would be awkward to completely ignore each other, and they literally shared a cabin at one point so it's not like they were strangers either. So of course they're at least cordial from Action onwards.)

Then, as Noah becomes more comfortable around Cody, his tactile tendancies come to play.

Cody, predictably, reacts skittishly at the alien phenomenon known as friendly touch and tries to play it off to preserve his cool-guy image. Except Noah's not falling for it. He's observant, if emotionally illiterate, and watching the guy you just backpatted in greeting jump five feet into the air and screech like a falcon is a flashing red alarm for even the most empathetically challenged people.

Eventually, Noah gets Cody to divulge his issues with human contact and offers his assistance to the brunette. If giving his pal a hug every now and then, and letting him in turn initiate whatever he's comfortable with, would help him overcome his rocky relationship with touch then Noah is more than happy to oblige. It's not like it's out of the norm for him, so he doesn't mind at all.

Then, gradually, Cody loses his touch aversion.

But a lifetime of isolation won't be magically cured that easily, and he finds himself craving Noah's embrace more and more. Again, the taller of the two is content to give him what he wants. Their agreement evolves into the duo napping together and feeding into Noah's sleep-hugging habit, or just spending quality time in a heap of pretzeled limbs under a weighted blanket.

(Whether their relationship is platonic or romantic is entirely up to interpretation, though I'm partial to the two being friends who are just Like That since it allows for the funniest potential character interactions. The bromance is real.)

That's as good a place as any to end the post, before I end up writing a whole drabble.

#long post #cody's canonical neglect always has me frothing at the mouth. the angst potential. the headcannons. #he's too relatable. what a slay 💅 #been thinking about the noco dynamic a lot lately. it's very scott pilgrim and wallace wells-coded in my mind. #a lot of homosexual undertones in their friendship that they pretend not to notice because of The Incident™. #maybe even something queerplatonic? 😳 #it's a grey area. interpret it however you'd like. #total drama #td noah #td cody #noco #silly headcanons #thoughtless posting #ophe rambling #kinda drafty in here (posts from the drafts)

[alackofghosts]

wolbert week day 5 - loss

how i wish we could have been friends

#wolbertweek2023 #Ardbert #warrior of light #fanart #speedpaint #Final Fantasy XIV #heavensward spoilers #...the quote makes it fit the prompt less but i felt like i had to contextualise it so Ah Well #they don't interact during hw beyond what happens in the game but doesn't mean the loss of this. potential of friendship doesn't sting #if only circumstances were different #i draw sometimes #next day edit: 13 years of posting art on this webbed site and i forget my art tag???!!!