#this is their entire relationship tbh

[bubbarnes]

“… she’s not gonna listen”.

#do you want a kiss or are you just always this way? #like... i don't even know if i entirely like the result #but the red light on his face originally was a big no for me lmao #having a big hate relationship with this scene because of the lights tbh #anyways #bucky barnes #tfatws #the falcon and the winter soldier #sebastian stan #marvel #mcu #buckybarnesedit #sebstanedit #fysebastianstan #sebastianstanedit #fyeahsebastianstan #marveledit #mcuedit #marvelcastedit #gbbb

[seineko]

lan wangji and lan sizhui's relationship isn't discussed enough!

a-yuan was the reason lan wangji lived and i will stand by it as long as i have to.

i'm not talking about living in a physical sense. he would've done so being the light bearer he is, but the peerless hanguang-jun lost his light the second he knew wei wuxian breathed his last.

hanguang-jun was just that, a light bearer, not the source of it. he was the moon that depended on the sun to provide it to the people, but he already lost his sun.

he probably would've gotten sucked into the black hole that was left behind after his star died that he did not realize there was another sun right beside it until he heard the faint cries of a child.

a-yuan. (he was the sun that the last of qishan wen couldn't even hope to be.)

it's the ways in which lan wangji and sizhui's interactions are so subtly domestic that melts my heart completely.

the relationship they share that of a guardian-ward, of a father-son.

the way sizhui (along with jingyi and a few other lan juniors) scream 'hanguang-jun!' and are able to smile while being held hostage really says a lot about both the trust they have in him and how safe they feel around him.

sizhui saying that feels as if he has nothing to fear or worry about, so long as lan wangji or wei wuxian were around. the bone deep trust that he has that he will be safe if he's around either of them even if he was in the middle of a literal death trap had me pause for a few seconds to let myself bawl out.

it's in the way sizhui so willingly and so enthusiastically interacts with lan wangji while everyone around him (except a few of the lan juniors) are scared witless to even breathe the same air as him. even the lan juniors don't seem to have the ease that sizhui has. (okay, this may probably be me over reading into it, but i really did feel that way while reading.)

and, my favorite interaction, sizhui encountering that lan wangji buried a-yuan in a pile of rabbits will never ever make me stop smiling like an idiot.

they have one of the healthiest parent-child relationship i've seen and i so, so long for it.

it's as surprising as it is devastating how less they're talked about. a crime really.

#it's not exactly a relationship study and neither is a drabble #somewhere in between #mostly a rant tbh #just wanted to write about my favorite pair in the entire series that isn't wangxian #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #chen qing ling #the untamed #cql #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #the founder of diabolism #lan wangji and lan sizhui #lan wangji #lan zhan #hanguang jun #hanguang-jun #lan sizhui #lan yuan #wen yuan #a yuan #a-yuan #🐈‍⬛boba.rants

[jebiknights]

Sometimes I just remember that oh right it's apparently a slightly controversial opinion that I think if Palpatine hadn't been involved at all that Anakin could've been perfectly happy and fulfilled with the Jedi.

Like just from rots we see Anakin want to follow Jedi ideals, to seek advice and even help from the very Jedi that fandom loves to act like he hates and who hate him in return, and we see the Jedi around him actually have a lot of respect for him! But every time he makes progress Palpatine is whispering in his ear and pulling out the stitches and re-opening the wounds, making it near impossible for him to actually grow as a Jedi and instead he grows closer to Falling. Not to mention the war, which was orchestrated in part to actively challenge the Jedi's morals and make them make bad and questionable choices.

Plenty of Legends canon and even current canon in things like the marvel comics show Anakin actively wrestling and considering Jedi philosophy, the pros and cons, and working through all his trauma and trying to figure out what's right for him and what the Jedi code actually means. People act like he only ever does lightsaber training and that he never picked up a book in his entire padawanship (which not only is just not how the Jedi Order works from what we see but honestly is just a boring take on the character imo).

Like, I just don't think that Anakin is actually incompatible with the Jedi Order! I think he could've thrived there if he wasn't being actively sabotaged and also had more time.

#anakin skywalker #jedi positive #pro jedi #anyway i also dont think that the jedi order is incompatible with romance just that anakin has trauma about #his interpersonal attachments and that he didnt get a great teaching on it in canon bc obi wan needs therapy #nd so never really discussed it with anakin #which is not necessarily a shot at obi wan i just think that entire lineage has communication issues lmao #like obi wan has both trauma and oin legends actual healthy relationships and exes he no longer dates #who were jedi! #but like he doesnt actually discuss this with anakin? #and tbh thats the most canon to me lmao obi wan just doesnt realize he needs to talk about it or maybe how? #anakin #sw meta #sorta lmao #jedi order

[stuffed-x-arts]

HEY GUYS GRINS. IVE BEEN SO OBSESSED WITH SLAY THE PRINCESS THE PAST FEW DAYS IM GONNA FUCKING EXPLODE !!!!! :D

anyways take this.

I don't see them as romantic but they are still so fun. love story !! u can interpret it all how u like though lol i enjoy it all the same and just hope u have fun <3

also below the read more im gonna dump some doodles and sketches of me tryna figure out how to draw the voices and stuff smh. none of it is set in stone also maybe some spoilers idk smh go play the game !!!

HIIII here. hands u this. silly birds.

the cold is one of my faves smh but they are AAAAALL good smh. contrarian. paranoid. hunted. broken. NARRATOR holy fuck i love timeloops and tragedies and horror and narrator characters and AAAAAARGH go play slay the princess RIGHT now smh ive mostly been watching playthroughs but trust me i need to buy it soon and play it a million times over smh

#slay the princess #slay the princess fanart #stp fan art #tbh i glanced into fanfics outta curiosity for what sorta fics there were #and i saw one suggest aroace princess #and i was like WOAH #and anyways now im projecting aroace onto All of them smh #even the smitten yes IDK im blasting this entire game with it #a love story but not a romantic one it feels like their relationship can be described a million ways like #anyways yeah heheh take these for now #i hope to draw more but #we'll see #take care lol #the damsel #the narrator #voice of the contrarian #voice of the smitten #voice of the cold

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

YOU ARE SO WRONG YOU STUPID TWINK. GET FORESHADOWED IDIOT.

#thousands of fanfiction authors and also Mr. Robinson and Mr. Siddig: Oh Yes You Are Too Going To Cardassia ^_^ #to be fair this is from back in s4 from uhhh that episode where Kira brings Ziyal back to DS9 that I just watched and already forg--OH WAIT #RETURN TO GRACE that's it #garashir #Starky's Original Posts #tbh I also love postcanon fics where Julian doesn't go to Cardassia and he and Garak end up somewhere else though I know it's not #nearly as popular #I think it actually makes perfect sense for Julian to end up on Cardassia entirely independent of his relationship with Garak #I just like also exploring an ending where Garak doesn't get to (or; gasp; even maybe CHOOSES not to) go back to Cardassia #cause I feel like there's a variety of reasons that would/could happen! #does anybody else have a fondness for some nonstandard garashir endgame settings #Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #god Starfleet Spouse Garak is so funny to me. and bittersweet and fascinating and triumphant in a way!!! but mostly so so so funny.

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Those Beyond The Wall

sequel/companion to The Space Between Worlds, set a decade later

character-focused sci-fi set in an area divided in two, the rich protected city on one side and everyone else in the post-apocalyptic desert

follows a woman who works under the Emperor in Ashtown, keeping the peace

when mangled bodies start showing up with seemingly no murderer, she’s tasked with finding the cause, and finds out that it’s the result of corruption spanning both cities and multiple worlds

explores oppression and messy revolution, police violence and apartheid

bi & polyamorous MC

#Those Beyond The Wall #aroaessidhe 2024 reads #space between worlds sequel!!! honestly I’m not entirely sure how I feel about it….. In general I enjoyed it and I think it had #a lot of important things to say but also maybe highlighted some weaknesses(?) in both books? #or - I guess just the fact that the sff stuff (which skews a little more magicy here) is kinda small scope relative to its potential #and more there to serve the plot and characters. Which actually maybe is the point. idk- there's def mixed reviews lol #it has a messy unlikable MC (like actually - when half the weak ass reviews are saying the MC is annoying you know they are Actually a #complex character) and some interesting relationship dynamics #it is pretty solidly a sequel - I wouldnt read this without reading TSBW #cara does show up in here& tbh her characterisation felt quite different to me? unsure how I feel about that? but maybe it's the biased POV #also to be clear: polyam MC; not a polyam romance or anything #(there's - kinda a romance? or various feelings floating around and she 'ends up' with someone. feel like i would have liked that to end #more subtley but that's probably my personal taste lol) #man some of the 1 star reviews of this are kinda.....just racist though. can we get some measured critique in here #as I said i am not entirely sure how I feel about it but not quite in a way I can articulate.... idk! i think it's worth the read tho #it's maybe one of those revolutions that feels solved a little too easily in the end - but then also is it solved or is it just that the #narrative has to end at a certain point

[kacchanrawr]

I've long accepted that Deku would probably not end up with Bakugo, but idt I'll ever accept Ochako not ending up with Toga, especially with the most recent chapters. Like their relationship has the queerest undertones in the entire series, and that's not even considering the fact that one of them is confirmed canonically queer. Wdym Ochako's straight and she's gonna end up in a typical shounen ending cishet relationship? No fucking way

#and abt them being the queerest relationship in mha ever #dont even go but ok the depth of bkdk's bond and romantic tropes and all like yea true #but toga's entire story on her love being unacceptable in society and having to mask herself #and being told shes creepy and weird and abnormal and being sent to counseling #its so queer #mha #my hero academia #tbh no explicitly spoilers but eh to be safe #mha spoilers #bkdk #togachako #uraraka ochako #toga himiko

[goldentigerfestival]

So. I love this. The way Yuri snickers at Flynn showing his real self. The way he, without hesitation, says "yeah" to the idea that he would die in Flynn's place.

But the most important part of this entire thing, which was changed in the dub, is how Yuri specifically jokes that Flynn is trying to abandon him, and Flynn returns and tells Don he had no intention of abandoning Yuri.

Yuri does not hear this. Flynn knows that. But Flynn uses the exact same term Yuri used earlier, as if it's his answer to Yuri and saying no, I would never abandon you.

For reference:

Personally I just... love the weight of it. How Flynn will say something about Yuri that Yuri won't hear, but he still speaks it out into existence because it's how he really feels.

Just because Yuri won't hear it doesn't mean he won't say it, and in a way that's even more powerful. He's not looking for the credit of saying it. He's not looking to be recognized for saying it. He's not only expressing how he feels about Yuri somewhere that Yuri himself will hear him.

They're just his real, honest feelings, and he'll admit them even if Yuri's not within earshot.

#GTF Vesperia Clips #Fluri #classic Vesperia dub trying to hide all the more detailed intimacy between them tbh #y'all are gonna see it even more when I get around to post the huge posts I'm doing #going through the entire game with the changes they made #and how HEAVILY most of the drastic changes pertain to Flynn and their relationship #like. there's really no reason to change these matching scenes in the dub unless they're doing it on purpose #meanwhile they're the sweetest thing in the original and I'll never get over these scenes being matching scenes #also bc like. this is so important for their dynamic going forward into arc 2 #also partly why I truly believe they'd choose each other over the world in specific contexts #but that's a story for another time LOL. for now just know Flynn has gone on record #to say he would never abandon Yuri right to Don Whitehorse's face #anyway you ever get that feeling of like. when you find out from a friend that #someone said smth nice abt you? but you didn't know they said it? #like you KNOW they're saying nice/good things abt you to other ppl now? that's the vibe I get from this #that he's not just saying it to Yuri's face. he says the important things /to others/ as well #he's not trying to score extra brownie points by using sweet words where he knows Yuri will hear him #to me that's the most honest form of affection. saying your feelings out loud where they won't hear you #Flynn also proved himself before saying it as if the idea was to show not just tell #I think Yuri understands when not joking that Flynn wouldn't abandon him #but Flynn is making sure that not just Yuri knows through his actions but that others know it too #and ultimately Yuri doesn't need to hear it. he can believe it because he can see it #Yuri doesn't need to hear it bc he understands Flynn's feelings without needing to hear it

[moeblob]

Anyway I was thinking about Chris a lot lately and I wanted to draw Brent today so why not draw both!

(Angel is Chris' daughter who is like. 6 or 7. And she very happily has announced she will marry Mr. Right when she grows up and Right is just like "yes exactly, see, Chris? One person loves me enough to marry me I love my future wife" and it drives Chris up a wall. Brent normally calls her Angel but sometimes he has to push the button.)

#my characters #also just bc i think its fun to say bc its really old art #the original art of chris was actually the time brent realized he thought right was cute #it was just right sitting on chris' desk laughing at whatever they were talking about and brent was like oh god #hes so cute when hes genuinely happy what ??? #that was the first time i drew chris lmao was him getting rights beaming smile which i think is nice for him #he deserves that tbh hes just a dad who accidentally dads his coworkers #chris is also one of the only ocs i have that doesnt spend the entire plot pining lmao #hes just divorced and now in a poly relationship but his daughter is from the divorce not one of the two hes dating #but he just is like hello there please look at my cute girlfriend and boyfriend #and right has to ask hey uh are you really dating two people and do they know you are dating two people #chris is just yup they sure do know considering they are also dating each other there are poly relationships buddy #and for what its worth i have not drawn either of the people he is dating yet they have names #and also both brent and right hate the boyfriend while karen is normally neutral but is swayed to dislike easily w him #oops i fell in love

[bonefall]

idk if we can request bb character summaries but. jay, the old lady who runs a gang in tallstar's revenge?

I'm not sure where I'm going with Jay.

A lot of the outside group cats are overhauled, for the sake of making BloodClan an actual culture that's existed for a long time. Jay seems to be some kind of respected elder in TR and Yellowfang’s Secret, which I could translate into having her be someone who ranks high.

But, I already chose one of her recurring subordinates, Pixie, to become Puffballpad. The surviving kitten from Snowtuft's slaughter, the horrific event that ended ShadowClan's involvement in the Crusades.

So the thing that makes the most sense is having Jay be the mother (or guardian) of Pixie and Marmalade, and then meet her end there. Though she is an interesting character and I would like to use her more than just the once.

Not sure yet. Maybe I'll have Pinestar meet her once when he's young and hear of her death, as a good example of the way clan culture dehumanizes outsiders and how he is able to recognize how evil this is. I could at LEAST give her a higher rank and some collar teeth in the meanwhile.

#Jay WC #Better bones au #Bone babble #Puffballpad is also Lizardstripe's mother! They uh... didn't have a great relationship. #Puff had a ton of problems because of that childhood trauma #I imagine she eventually left the Clans entirely. (And good for her tbh) #But she had Lizardkit before then #Lizi may have had a sibling but it's likely they left together but she stayed #Probably while Lizi was an apprentice

[ace-of-hail]

Platonic crushes are so much more interesting and fun than romantic crushes

Like, there's a lot of overlap, but being best friends with someone seems a lot less stressful and demanding than bring their romantic partner

#aromantic #aromantism #aro #greyromanticism #grayromanticism #greyromantic #grayromantic #greyro #grayro #tbh i'm not entirely sure how well i'd fare in a romantic relationship #like it sounds fun and all but it also kinda sounds really stressful #being best friends and subverting societal norms by doing things traditionally thought of as romantic sounds more fun

[user-name-h3re]

Neil and Nikki being cute

polar opposites is always going to be my favorite type of pairing, they've influenced so much in the show it's crazy. The fact that they both came to camp at the same time in the same bus feels poetic to me yk? Like they were destined to meet.

#camp camp #cc neil #cc nikki #and how nikki followed neil when max wronged them bc he showed her how she deserved to be treated with respect in the flowerscouts episode #idk i feel like they have the most developped relationship out of the entire cast even if the focus was mostly on max and david #nikki x neil #this can be interpreted as romantic and platonic btw #they can be both tbh

[meitanteisachi]

watching ATLA live action and i am reliving my zuko loving, zutara shipping era

#hello HAHAH #actually more of zuko loving #i'm reminded of how much i love zuko's entire story idk man #it's giving todoroki (not updated with bn/ha sadly) #a child who saw the cruelty of the world at such young age #his journey to regain his honor sure but also for his father's attention #he didnt know better he just wanted to be happy with his family ugh huhu #but its hard when spite runs deep in the blood of ppl closest to u #inadvertently you adopt it too #nevertheless he had uncle iroh #his relationship with uncle iroh is damn precious ;w; #uncle iroh one of the best characters in atla tbh #antagonist displaying empathy and morality = chef's kiss <3 #anw the zutara thing is just minor BUT #i saw this twitter post showing zutara and p&p parallels #HAHAHA I LOVE #enemies-to-lovers trope superior in this house amirite #gisa rants #gisa's fandom life

[userchappell]

i hate how people can just easily erase and forget and overlook a platonic relationship that had key importance to the show/movie they're apart of, like people talk about them at first, but when the second a romantic relationship is "more important" to talk about, most of the fandom drops it and forgets it when it's convenient for them because apparently it's not as important as romance 😒

#i mean for fear street. the amount of gifsets platonic relationships like deena and josh & ziggy and cindy & simon and kate is so little #from what I'VE seen personally #oh and let's not forget the tw writers AND fandom just completely forgetting scott and stiles relationship to make st*dia more important #and as much as i love DK the second season 4 came around everyone just forgot “platonic relationships? don't know them” #and i'm someone who always puts on their queercoded glasses for certain ships but that's not the point #like DK can have their romance but why put platonic relationships like dick & rachel and kory & gar on the backburner for that to happen #or st fandom trying to minimize steve and robin's dynamic #especially by making robin as steve's sidekick and to be his wingwoman whenever it's about st*ddie or st*ncy and it's exhausting #like completely missing the mark on their dynamic entirely. like when we HAVE platonic relationships they're just overlooked and minimized #it's not fair tbh. #and trust me. this is coming from someone who has multiple otp tags for a REASON #people just can't let other relationships coexist with romance and it's annoying and i need it to die #jaiden rants

[dollypopup]

all this talk about Pen and Eloise mending their friendship but let's take just a second to be real. i mean really real.

if your best friend did to you what Penelope did to Eloise, would you ever trust that person again?

#penelope featherington #eloise bridgerton #bridgerton #peneloise #bridgerton s3 #bridgerton season 3 #because tbh i wouldn't #straight up that friend is either dead to me OR if we do find some semblance of friendship again it would *never* be the same #of everyone in the entire show Penelope betrayed Eloise #knife in the back betrayed Eloise #et tu brutus? betrayed Eloise #took the secrets she told her and *explicitly* asked she tell no one else only for Pen to literally air them out to the entire town #to 'save' her when Eloise was developing her own plan to save herself but it included Pen sharing LW and she couldn't stomach that #let her go on a wild goose chase and talk to her about her LW theories and lied to her face for YEARS #wrote about her family #broke up her budding relationship with Theo #snapped at her multiple times #and then doubled down on it when Eloise found out all 'i did something and you're just jealous' #girl?????

[quadrantadvisor]

What if I started thinking about grimmons again? What then, huh?

#im so fucked up over them tbh #theyre an entire category of ship to me #aziraphale and crowley? jon and martin? those time travelers from milo murphy? they are all grimmons to me #sometimes you develop a codependent relationship with your coworker #because the way you insult each other is better than talking to literally anyone else #i am so normal #rvb #my rambles