#they arent dating

[legend-the-goblin-man]

#spooky month #oc #doodles #sillies #art #rick hedony #they arent dating #feels too formal for them #they dont know what they are but they bring peace to the another in a sense

[nyansequitur]

commissioned some self indulgent batteryacid and windflit art (from @ Solkatterasu on the Show By Rock discord). the collie doesnt get enough love from the community. so i have to make up the slack

#they arent dating #just good professional work friends #i would never do a cishet ship dw #i dont ship windflit w/ anyone tbh. his only other canon character interactions are w/ ethan. friston. and closure #and like yeah he's roommates with ethan and thats the easy ship. i could go “oh my god and they were roommates” but it doesnt work for me #also windflits tail. severely underrated. not the biggest but excellent texture. 11/10 hand feel. #arknights oc #oc x canon #windflit #batteryacid

[sollyglo]

Um. Yeah that one single scene with them definitely sparked something in me.

#now im wondering if anyone had ever thought of this before #i think they can be cute #though theres the weird thing with “dating someone who looks almost exactly like ur ex” #😭 #but its fine ig finn n fern arent really the same anymore #my art <3 #adventure time #adventure time fanart #adventure time fandom #adventure time fern #flame princess #fern x flame princess #fionna and cake

[weebsinstash]

I'm sorry but I can't stop thinking about a certain angsty idea

Like pretty sure this is implying getting married is a canon event? But in a way, doesn't that kind of, really strip the choice and actual love and magic out of it? Or, could you at least understand the idea of a Spiderperson who may feel that way? Did you genuinely fall in love with someone if it was "supposed" to happen? And the universe could fall apart if you don't so you arent really even given a choice to say no? Isn't that like having a preprogrammed robot instead of a true lover?

Still kinda obsessed with the concept of a Spider Reader where you didn't get scouted by Miguel until after you had already lost your loved ones, but, it's clear that some Spiders are scouted before they have all of their events (Pav), and, I can't stop thinking about, you're in the Spider Society and making friends and having fun and stuff and you're. Still supposed to get married or have a relationship or something and you're just, completely avoiding having anything at all, not even dating anyone, nothing really feels natural to you and you just don't really want anything?

Months and months and months pass and you've turned multiple people down in your home dimension and Spiders at the Society are told not to interact with you in certain ways, which becomes overboard when no one ever seems to want to hug you or even high five you or touch you at all (because "oh don't let them get a crush on you, they can't break canon" or some dumb paranoia) which just eventually develops into isolating you from the Spider Society, and they all think, "ok good they'll spend more time at home and then start the route for this canon event and we can talk to them again" but it just. Doesn't happen. You're starting to show up to the Society less and less but the only thing that changes when you get back home is a loneliness that you fill with a pet and some platonic friends

Peter B is trying to "subtly" nudge you. "Ya know kid, aren't you in your 20s now? Isn't it time you try and, I dunno, get into college or something? You've got so much potential!" as he willingly omits how he met his wife in college and maybe it's in the model that you could meet your spouse there too as a potential option

But I like the idea and already lowkey established concept that canon changes and has tweaks here and there and can be bent in certain ways so, imagine like, idk, imagine Reader already being with the person who is supposed to your soul mate, and, you find out about The Model or whatever, the Arachno Humanoid Poly Mutiverse or whatever, and you just realize kind of on accident that, oh having a relationship at all is kind of just another prison for you to be in, huh? Another choice stripped away from you, another thing that made you feel like a rubber stamp in existence in the weird copy/paste Spider Society. So you just. You don't intentionally bomb the relationship but you become so extremely depressed and refuse to talk about it with your SO that they actually leave you, making the choice independently, changing canon but not breaking it

But here's Miguel, which I guess you could imagine as a protective obsessive romantic figure or even platonic parental, and he's all but grinding his teeth because, as he sees it, you're not only risking completely breaking your canon which you know Would Fucking Kill You, but, why are you constantly shooting down what are supposed to be good changes for your life? No relationships? No college? No aspirations at all? Why are you not living up to your full potential? He's so frustrated because he KNOWS you could "be better than this" and that you're "supposed to" be better than this, but you just seem. Depressed and defeated. He wants you to be better because it's better for your life, your future, your safety (even if depending on preference it absolutely gets under his skin to see you with anyone else romantically or sexually)

And I have no idea how they would externally force you into some kind of relationship but, I've also thought about, alternatively, the tried and true "Reader lost their home dimension but somehow didn't disappear and lives on Earth 928B now" (the movie specifics its 928b ok, pet peeve I know, 928 is comic Miguel, 928b is ATSV movie Miguel) and eventually, somehow, your bracelet comes off one day and you're about to freak out and it's like, wait, you aren't glitching??? Why aren't you glitching? I mean, you're happy to not be in pain and flashing colors, but, this doesn't make sense? And you don't wanna tempt fate but you don't bother to get a new bracelet or, other people are around to witness this weird event and so, Miguel is immediately investigating what happened. I imagine maybe they scan you with the Go Home Machine and it's just like "ha ha yeah you're home already :)" you know like some "Dimensional Match: 928B" and the machine doesn't even activate, it just scans you with the drone, is like "yeah you're good lmao" and goes back to sleep

And now Miguel is like, you know. Understandably concerned because now there are two Spiders for Nueva York, but, also, he's just like, unbeknownst to you absolutely over the moon necause if you're technically a part of his dimension now, maybe you can complete your canon and have some sort of happy ending. But. Miguel never had his wedding either? Or at least not the "true" one, like how Peter moves on from Gwen to Mary Jane? Cue Miguel suddenly spending suspicious amounts of time on his platform in the dark looking at holograms and algorithms and asking Lyla to calculate the probability of you two maybe becoming spouses for each other

AND YOU'RE SO FUCKED IF IT SAYS YOU CAN LMAO. Cause now not only is he all the more obsessed with you (you were BROUGHT to his dimension by a miracle, can't you SEE you're destined for each other) but now it's "don't you understand? Not only are we MEANT for each other, you don't have a choice! You CANT break canon!" And he's fucking putting a finger in your face and lecturing you about how, you know what, it's ok if you're scared and you're not ready. You know why? Because you two were made for each other, and, he must have been made to be this strong so he can protect you and make decisions on your behalf, right? It's all in The Model. It's all in God's Plan. The two of you are going to get married whether you think it's the love you're fantasizing about or not, and Miguel is more than thrilled that he was essentially just handed a certified excuse to keep you all to himself on a silver platter

Also. I guess this is preferential but. Imagine if Earth 928B's solution to two Spidermen, like how Miles' "corrected" itself with getting rid of blonde Peter, what if the universe and canon just went, "actually it's all cool though cause technically one of them isn't going to technically in name be a Spider anymore, they're going to be forcibly turned into a cute little pampered house spouse" and ON GOD he's getting children out of you if you're capable of it and that ISN'T optional. He's thinking you can start at AT LEAST three babies and then talk about how many more from there? He's always wanted a large family with lots of cute little girls and boys, you know 👉👈

#yandere x reader #yandere miguel o'hara #miguel o'hara x reader #yandere spidereverse #atsv spoilers #yandere stuff #sinprompts #also separate idea but. miguel who hates how you arent maximizing your potential and #essentially kidnaps you and since he sees you as perfect tries to force perfection out of you #platonic yandere dad slash tio Miguel who says no datingg whatsoever vs romantic yan miguel who forces you to date HIM

[felsicveins]

John Dory officially has eight ex's

Roster update!!! He technically, officially has 5 ex's

Cory, Julien, Barley, Bass, and Hutch! I already have a 6th but there's no 7th yet behind the scenes 🤔

#trolls #trolls 3 #trolls band together #Brozone #John Dory #trolls oc #trolls oc cory #trolls oc barley #trolls oc julien #trolls oc bass #trolls oc hutch #lilith is my nepo baby so bass and hutch are official #which isn't to say submitted ocs arent!!! jd dated many people .. apparently

[oatbugs]

last night i got home kind of tipsy and very much in tears and my mother told me the force you exert to keep someone in your life is proportional to the force with which they will leave your life. if you have to fight tooth and claw to keep them, their leaving will be just as hard, just as harsh, and just as definite.

#she said it like a law. its just momentum. #also she told me to get a therapist and start archery ASAP bc i need to get it together #and also she said even granting that this person u were in love w was So Special . as in hot motorcycle-riding iranian masc lesbian in ldn #they arent the only one on earth and that once i start my proper adult life outside of studies etc etc i will probably no longer live in th #UK. she said most non straight iranians u would like have left the country anyway . where do you think they went? theyre out there #and also she asked me to imagine how many hot gay iranians there may be in italy or amsterdam or smth and i was like ok points 😭 maybe #ur right. anyway i was having a feeling of dread bc crying into the arms of ur strict asian mother while buzzed usually results in #death chaos destruction etc in the next few days but actually i think maybe she has genuinely changed as a person and the fear is #unwarranted #anyway i need to eat breakfast and study w the date person i met yesterday #they are so nice ??? genuinely so so sweet i dont feel attracted to them at all omg i genuinely think i have a thing for hot evil ppl 😭 #but we could b besties . theyre a lot more romantic than the ex situationship person too like generally . ugh they should be perfect but #alas it appears i am shallow as fuck or potentially a lesbian actually #OH THEY MIGHT ALSO BE POTENTIALLY A LESBIAN BTW #i think i just tend to not date cis ppl entirely by accident #....feel free to rb if u want btw sorry for the rant

[finelythreadedsky]

wish the piraeus archaeological museum had a public catalog but hey everyone check out this c. 420-410 funerary stele from salamis with a tragic actor staring at his mask

#new mental image for the mask of apollo even though the dates arent right #the eternally open mouth of the mask facing the eternally closed mouth of the actor! #context is that i went looking for 5th century depictions of tragic masks to see if they had chins (they did) #bodycostume #mine

[redysetdare]

Oh so when repulsed ppl or non-partnering ppl bring up their experiences it's suddenly "not all aros/aces! Don't generalize the community!" But a choir of assholes crying out "Aros and aces can still date!" In response to ppl pointing out the erasure of those who don't is not generalizing and totally fine? Yeah, uh huh ok.

#text #aro #ace #aromantic #asexual #aroace #idk its interesting how these people dont have to put qualifiers on their posts #stating aros and aces can still date in response to a character that has expressed otherwise #but yeah ok repulsed and non-partnering aspecs are the problem here #and them expressing opinions on their experience needs to have a million disclaimers #to even have the chance of being viewed as valid #uh huh ok. tell me again abt how much u support aro aces #and definitely arent bias towards the ones that you can pretend are “normal allos” #romance repulsed #sex repulsed #non-partnering

[bigothteddies]

one thing I particularly love about polyamory and how I engage with it is the ability to form romantic and platonic relationships that aren’t simple and definable as such. I love having friends that are more than friends but aren’t really romantic partners either. I love having people I would move mountains for even if we don’t think we’ll ever actually be together. I love sexually bonding with friends to a point where we interact like a couple, even if we consider ourselves single. I love taking care of someone like they’re the love of my life, even when we’ll never be in the same country. I love the idea of being a platonic rock in someone’s life, someone they come back to every time when their relationships don’t work out and they still need to feel cared for and loved by someone who isn’t going to hold them to the same standards a romantic partner will. I love telling my friends I love them. I love falling in love with my friends. I love loving and caring and fucking and falling and flirting and everything in between with all the people I care about most in the world, regardless of what everyone else tells us our actions mean.

#unimportant thoughts #and thats so hard for monog people to understand #‘what do you mean she’s single but she calls you daddy and you call her yours and you interact with each other like a romantic couple and #have romantic interest in each other and sexually interact with each other but youre not dating and shes open to a relationship irl where #she is?’ #i mean…just that #its what works for us #we arent dating #we are friends #we’re more than friends #but we’re also not #and i think its beautiful #i love the way we love #i love the way we don’t conform to what you want us to do just because we love each other #anyways #this is about a bunch of people close to me #but the tags are specifically referencing the mutual I’m going to see this summer <3

[everyoneonthenormandyisgay]

something about Garrus gently insisting that Shepard sleeps after a shitty day and Mordin's death always gets me. Like the exchange is so typical of them. Shepard insisting she's fine, Garrus reminding her to take care of herself and volunteering to keep an eye on everything. Shepard TRUSTING him to do so AND to come wake her if she's needed. they just understand each other so well and and she trusts his judgement on her wellbeing over her OWN ugh they are so great.

#mass effect #commander shepard #mass effect 3 #garrus vakarian #shakarian #femshep #they arent even dating on this playthrough 😭 they are just besties! #but they are SO important to each other

[fallenrain40]

"aroace people can still have relationships-" NOT ALL OF THEM CAN. YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT. WHY DO YOU WORD IT AS "aroaces can still be in relationships" AND NOT "some can have relationships, and others cannot."? WHY MUST YOU INSIST THAT WE STILL CAN LOVE IN SOME WAY. WHY DOES IT MATTER. WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO LOVE. WHY, WHEN TALKING ABOUT AROACES, DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO IMPLY THAT IT'S OUR OTHER WAYS OF LOVING THAT MAKES US ACCEPTABLE? WHY CAN'T THE FACT WE DON'T LOVE MAKE US GOOD PEOPLE? WHY IS THERE ALWAYS AN EMPHASIS ON THE OTHER WAYS WE LOVE, OR THE AROACES THAT CAN STILL DATE, AND NOT ON OUR LACK OF LOVE? IT FEELS TO ME, LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO PUSH ASIDE THAT ASPECT OF OUR IDENTITY, BECUASE IT'S TOO STRANGE TO YOU. YOU MAY NOT SAY IT OUTLOUD, BUT THERE'S STILL A STIGMA AROUND LOVELESSNESS. IN YOUR MIND, YOU STILL ARE VIEWING LOVELESS PEOPLE AS LESS MORAL OR GOOD, AREN'T YOU? OTHERWISE, YOU WOULD CELEBRATE OUR LOVELESSNESS, NOT SHOVE IT ASIDE BECUASE "THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO LOVE"

#sorry im just mad and probably having a low blood sugar honestly. #i just. #why is the world so unfair? #idk idk im just so annoyed #i KNOW aroace is a spectrum but THAT INCLUDES LOVELESS PEOPLE #STOP. EXCLUDING US. #aroace #loveless #loveless aroace #aplatonic #aplspec #afamilial #aspec #AND FOR YOU PEOPLE IN FANDOMS. #SHIPPING AROACE CHARACTERS. #YOU THINK WE ARE TOO BORING RIGHT. YOU CAN'T THINK OF ANYYYY OTHER PLOTLINES BESIDES SHIPPING. WOW YOU ARE JUST #SO INCLUSIVE OF AROACES RIGHT??? WOW SHIPPING AROACES MAKES YOU SOOOOOO INCLUSIVE OF THE AROACES THAT CAN DATE #ITS DEFINITELLYY NOT BECUASE YOU ARE APHOBIC NOOOOO #THATS WHY YOU ARENT MAKING WRITING CHARACTERS THAT ACTUALLY SHOW ATTRACTION AS AROACE. #MHM. #SURE. #YOU COULD WRITE CHARACTERS THAT DO SHOW ATTRACTION IN CANON TO BE ASPEC. #BUT NAHHHH..... LETS JUST TAKE THE ONE AROACE WHO DOESNT SHOW ATTRACTION AND SHIP THEM. #DEFINITELY NOT APHOBIC. AT ALL. NEVER. #/sarcasm

[xlillyle]

SKK relationship reveal but it's because Dazai wants to prank the agency and give Kunikida a stroke by announcing his relationship with one Nakahara Chuuya. Just that... no one is shocked or surprised and says "Oh yeah, we knew. Congrats" and Dazai goes "wdym you knew???"

Dazai, gleefully giggling: Kunikida-kun~ I have to tell you something~ Kunikida, not looking up from his laptop: What is it now Dazai. Dazai, grinning: I thought I should tell you that I'm in a relationship with Nakahara Chuuya, you know, the Port Mafia Executive~ Kunikida, readjusting his glasses and looking up with a serious face: Thank you for trusting me with this information, Dazai. I'm happy for you. Kunikida, looking back to his laptop: ... I already knew though. Now get back to work. Dazai: ?????

Dazai is like "ITS A PRANK!!! HAPPY APRIL FOO- wait NO???? that was NOT HOW THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO GO WE ARENT ACTUALLY DATING" and the ADA goes "uh huh. sure."

#bonus: the same evening Dazai is at his da-i mean hangout with Chuuya #“kunikida thinks we're dating???” #Chuuya - head in his lap and hair being played with while he plays with Dazai's fingers: huh. #the duality of skk is now that chuuya could be like “wdym we arent” #or he is JUST AS clueless #crossposting from twitter #featuring my beloved Aya (verlainette on twitter) #bungou stray dogs #soukoku #skk #bsd skk #bsd #dazai osamu #chuuya nakahara #bsd chuuya #bsd dazai #xlillyle bsd threads

[aroaceleovaldez]

i still find it very fun that technically Sadie Kane (and Walt and Anubis) is(/are) the first queer Riordanverse character(s), because Serpent’s Shadow came out before House of Hades and so Sadie being in a canon polyamorous relationship happened before Nico was confirmed to be gay, but nobody read TKC so nobody knows about this

#pjo #tkc #riordanverse #sadie kane #the kane chronicles #and nobody except me ever includes Saltnubis in the lineup of canon queer riordanverse characters [pensive emoji] #also like. if Sadie had said she wasn't down for the poly relationship Waltnubis *would* have gone off and just dated each other #just entirely pulling a Garnet #and it *is* poly because even though they're sharing a body they were and still are separate individuals #its actually not even a fusion it's literally just more like Walt is carrying Anubis around everywhere #they arent a merged consciousness or anything #and Anubis *can* appear on his own if he really wants to it's just really difficult

[cottoncandysprite]

Happy to say that I am back in my "every time I remember the ineffable husbands exist I have to sit down for a second" mindset

#THEY'RE LITERALLY SO ROMANTIC ITS INSANE #if it weren't for them I would be a very different person I promise you that #the way they defy their nature AND learned prejudices to be together #the inherent divinity of humanity and not being completely good or bad but somewhere in the middle out of pure choice and love #THE 6000 YEARS OF PINING. #theyre a bickering old married couple theyre teenagers in their first relationship #they arent even dating yet theyve been in love for centuries #they wont even admit that theyre friends and yet they KNOW the feelings are mutual #i haven't been this feral over them since 2020 pray for me #good omens #good omens 2 #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #ramblies

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

A lasting impression

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #xue yang #xiao xingchen #song lan #wei wuxian #lan wangji #my personal and very specific headcanon for XXC and SL is that they’re both aroace but bound for life #they’ve been in a common law relationship for years and regularly go on bestie dates #soulmates arent just lovers! #They complement each other! They go where the other leads! #obviously not taking away from anyone who does see them as romantic. Just my own little projection B*) #this is the second time the thin panel preluding The Madness has come into play…at least the gore is off screen this time #xue yang doesn’t know how to deal with any emotion ever unless it’s with violence #regarding the ambiguity in that last sentence: its on purpose B*) a secret callback for later B*) #lwj is hoping so hard that his cool narritive skills impress wwx #and he is impressed. also DEpressed.

[iguessitsjustme]

Felt cruel again today. Feel free to yell at me.

#light on me #cherry blossoms after winter #sing my crush #love for love's sake #the eighth sense #our dating sim #to my star #to my star 2 #unintentional love story #color rush #roommates of poongduck 304 #korean bl #these are my favorites so if your favorites arent on this poll #congrats theyre safe and won’t get eaten