#unlikely pair

[electronicwitchcollection]

🖤🌸Speaking of byakuya with people from Hueco mundo, Byakuya would make a certainly interesting pair if he was with Gin. They grew up together, but they are quite different. Byakuya with an s/o like gin, or gin himself would be so interesting to see play out tbh

I love the idea of these two together!

While they were on the opposite ends of the spectrum growing up, Byakuya living a life of luxury. In a manor, servants, a family around him. He didn’t want for nothing, was born with a sliver spoon in his mouth. He had a life of greatness already laid out before him.

Not to say he didn’t work hard. He did, he trained for uncountable hours, honing his craft, perfecting his movements and building his strength. He strived for perfection and greatness. He wasn’t going to be a good leader because it was expected of him, he was going to be a great leader because he made the sacrifices needed to become one.

While Gin had nothing. No family, money, home. Everything he had he begged borrowed and stole. He became strong because he had to. It was what was needed to survive, especially after his spiritual pressure grew, and he needed food. Gin found his own family in Matsumoto. (This whole love story breaks me 😭 but that’s for another day)

Not only did he have himself to take care of, he CHOSE to take care of this person, his friend. He decided his own future, his own path, and worked hard to achieve it, but we all know what spanner got thrown in that works

*cough* Aizen *cough*

So while Byakuya and Gin lived completely different lives. They had something in common. They were both deprived of a normal, happy childhood. We’re both made to grow up far sooner than they should have, from necessity, from politics.

Byakuya from a young age was moulded to be the head of the Kuchiki family, he had expectations far beyond that a child should bare. Pride and nobility customs were thrust upon him at a young age. He had to present himself a certain way, hold himself to a high standard, be judged every day of his young life.

While Gin, already living a touch life, never knowing where his next meal would come from, witnessed the most painful thing he never imagined. He watched as his friend. His only family, the only good thing in his life get some of her soul ripped from her for Aizens evil plans.

He saw her own childhood, her innocence ripped from her, someone he swore to protect. He couldn’t do that as a kid. So he worked his ass off. Became a prodigy even, excelled through the academy, fooling Aizen all the while, working his whole damn life to right that wrong. To give back Matsumoto what was taken from her, what he failed to protect.

I feel Byakuya feels the same about his wife, Hisana. He vowed to always love her, always protect her, keep her safe and happy. When she got sick, Byakuya felt like a failure. He couldn’t save her, couldn’t take away her pain. For all his strength, wealth, status, there wasn’t a damn thing he could do to save her. And I think that broke him, hardened him.

I believe these reasons are why Byakuya and Gin could form a bond. Sharing in the same guilt and loss they faced. No one can understand what they went though, except the other.

However, their personalities are vastly different with would be most entertaining to watch 😂 Byakuya is prideful, respectful, reserved. He appreciates beauty, nature and art. Quiet morning sharing tea, looking out over his favourite pond. He isn’t flashy or loud, but that isn’t to be mistaken for a lack of passion. Byakuya can be very passionate, especially about those he loves. He also has a temper, more in control now with age and experience. Not the hot head he once was as a teenager. But it’s still there, hidden under the surface waiting for that spark to ignite it

While Gin is flashy, sarcastic, he loves the thrill of getting in your mind, of bringing out a massive reaction. While he does have a soft side, and would be serious when the time called for it, his favourite way to spend his day would be to get under Byakuyas skin

Small lies. Drops of doubt, teasing words. Everything he can do to slowly build up that pressure hidden away until it explodes in a passionate eruption.

Sex between the pair would often start out that way. Emotions running high, passionate, burning. Byakuya found the fastest way to shut Gin up was to kiss him, and Gin enjoyed it so much he vowed to never stop talking, hoping Byakuya would shut him up

#gin ichimaru #byakuya kuchiki #byain? Giya? What’s their ship name 😂 #Bleach #bleach rambles #unlikely pair #But so fun to think about

[emo-elysium]

NOCTURN

NOCTURN - full length Dark Romance novel

WATTPAD: https://www.wattpad.com/story/361483199?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details&wp_uname=LeahMacPherson9

Synopsis: Declan Keiser is a lone sheriff in the tiny town of Ruby Hill, Alaska. He is content to live out his days in the solace of solitude with his dog, Steve and the whispering pines of Black Lake.

Julia Rose is the trophy wife of multi-millionaire financier, Evan Rose. She spends her long and lonely days locked away in their Seattle penthouse, dreaming of something more.

Their paths converge, the threads of fate that bind them tangling them in the web of a cat-and-mouse with the highest of stakes.

Julia wants to bury her past in order to embrace the future, but Declan is ready to unearth his for vengeance.

#wattpad #wattpad writer #henry cavill #tom hiddelson #emilia clarke #writer #writing #american assassin #diogenes #alaska #romance #slowburn #enemies to lovers #soulmates #unlikely pair #sun and moon #long reads #literature #novel #seattle #smut #writers #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #writers and poets #ao3 writer #female writers #creative writing #writer stuff #dark romace

[rebelbagel]

11/27/23 - photo a day challenge, day two

A cat & her tortoise 🐈‍⬛🐢

#hujicam #photo a day #my photo #russiantortoise #reptiles of tumblr #tortoise mama #tabby cat #grey tabby #sunshine #unlikely pair

[niuniente]

What's your favorite shipping trope?

Everything you see with Primm!

#ask niu #slow burn #and #unlikely pair

[deancasforcutie]

"Now you live in a secret bunker with an angel and Lucifer’s kid", AKA queering domesticity par excellence

#something capital-q Queer about the way they create a life within The Life unlike the heteronormative 'apple pie life' the show critiques #(and just the way they're masculine mlm never stereotyped into 'man/woman' roles even with constant parallels to m/f pairings) #it's barrier-breaking and they're very special to me 🥺 #dean winchester #castiel #destiel #spnedit #supernatural #spn #parallels #dean is bi #spn is queer #mine

[danielleurbansblog]

Review: Secrets of the Gold

Review: Secrets of the Gold

Synopsis: A young girl running from an abusive foster home kidnaps an older biker with a mystery for a past he has no memory of. Leaving the mining town in Colorado and crossing state lines, anything can happen. What neither is looking for or expecting is friendship. But in the cold of the desert night, life lessons can go both ways—even if they are not about a million dollars in…

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#abuse #Amazon #Baer Charlton #coming of age #Engaging #entertaining #Fiction #friendship #Goodreads #intrigue #Journey #must read book #new #New Release #novel #Partners in Crime Virtual Tour #Secrets of the Gold #Sleuthing #suspenseful #unlikely pair #urban life

[booasaur]

Special Ops: Lioness

#specialopslionessedit #special ops lioness #special ops: lioness #aaliyah amrohi #cruz manuelos #stephanie nur #laysla de oliveira #special ops lioness 1x06 #special ops lioness spoilers #aaliyah x cruz #femslash related stuff #muslim lgbt #lol putting this together made me realize three things #they keep being vague and wrong about the date and time of the wedding #there are so many things that seem to be pointing to aaliyah not making it out of this :< #and that aaliyah is actually just so very lovely and kind and stephanie nur really is doing so well with all her different layers #but man this is one of those ships that has what people love about popular subtext f/f pairings but is also canon #a central transformative dynamic the whole show hinges on #a connection unlike any either has with anybody else #let's see now that they've set it up where they take it #lol I mean we'e all absolutely expecting a bad end but can at least they both survive...

[calmbigdipper]

Beauty according to Alhaitham

#genshin impact #alhaitham #kaveh #kavetham #haikaveh #genshin fanart #genshin comic #genshin impact alhaitham #genshin impact kaveh #alhaitham genshin #kaveh genshin #alhaitham gi #kaveh gi #ness’ art #I recently realized how much I love this pairing. the complexity. the longing. the miscommunication. #I’m so obsessed #guys help LMAO #literally put a pause on all the other little doodles and drawings I have going on just to make this comic within a few days #this is so unlike me #I usually take so long to make comics #I’m so obsessed x2

[kimwxlers]

Frankie Boyle and Ivo Graham in TASKMASTER: Series 15

#my gifs #taskmaster #taskmasteredit #panelshowedit #frankie boyle #ivo graham #series 13 and 15 truly gave us unlikely pair of father and son #but this one? they exude logan and kendall roy energy i'm crying #edit: i took me a solid hour to realise that i put wrong quote in the post 😭 anyways...

[grendel-menz]

priest and hellhound shenanigans

#art #my art #digital art #hell hound #dilynn #father cain #ocs #original characters #the priest isnt mine #what an unlikely pair

[beescake]

@heydevi bro...... fellow understander...... still not over ur gmod solkat theyre so hrhgrbhggfngh 🥺🤲

#fhgghg i love infecting spreading the disease #slkt literally makes me so ill i'd randomly bolt up in bed like #oh my god......... its. so crazy raw to be abruptly left silent in a room full of your formerly loud and chaotic friends #now reduced to a litter of mere corpses. freshly killed and still bleeding they'd died for such trivial reasons #and all you can do is cling to the only other warm figure in the room who's wounded and unconscious but thankfully breathing #the other lone survivor...... mind blank with panic you drag him with you and fucking run #they're insane. i think abt them every day and still shock myself w how insane this ship is #slkt's relationship around fatalism and mortality is unlike any other hs pair it's actually funny they get dunked on so much by the story #bcs when shit starts hitting the fan they're always trying so damn hard to make their deaths count

[gooperts-gunk]

i love u soulhunters never change soulhunters both as creators and characters never change

#they mean everything to me #you'd think them an unlikely pair but they work so well as friends i love them <3 #goopert talks qsmp #qsmp #liveblogging #qsmp badboyhalo #qsmp tubbo

[eirianerisdar]

Ferrari has to have gotten a new editor for their full access videos I mean look at this beauty of a thumbnail:

#the video actually has them interacting for once #unlike the terrible elevator music full access vids before #which is astonishing really because charlos are glued at the hip #to have as little c2 content as the old vids did meant they just weren’t bothered to film properly #speaks for the laziness in the old vids #the person in charge of vids now is like okay we’re not going to let our most marketable pair go to waste #f1 #charles leclerc #Carlos sainz #charlos #Ferrari #Scuderia Ferrari #my post

[mbmbat]

Maybe if Yahoo Answers had implemented a bounty system, it would have survived.

#justin mcelroy #travis mcelroy #griffin mcelroy #mbmbam #mcelroys #my brother my brother and me #mbmbam goofs #mbmbam 518 #this episode also has the clip about the Mir space station landing #and its paired fast food chain promotion #but it wasn't worth the effort to clip it #but FYI a space station is not equivalent to a space colony #the coast of Australia would have been fine #unlike the fictional coast of Australia from certain tv shows

[six-of-cringe]

I think that one of the reasons why people misinterpret Wylan's character and arc, among others, is because they misinterpret the relationship between him and Kaz. This post has kind of mitosised off from the BFWP (Big Fucking Wylan Post) I'm writing because it's a bit of a different focus and constitutes its own post.

A lot of people talk about Wylan's character and development as though it's meant to match Kaz's - starting out as a nice kid who the city forces to become amoral, indifferent to violence, and well-versed in crime. These qualities are usually talked about with a weird reverence as an irrefutable symbol of "badassery", as though it's always a positive development for any character regardless of the story's narrative, which annoys me but is not the topic of this post. That's part of the BFWP's job.

Following Kaz's exact development is not the point of Wylan's character. The point is that Kaz and Wylan narrative foils - very similar in many ways, but with a fundamental difference that creates the "broken mirror" effect/shows how they could have turned out if they'd chosen differently. I think that difference is how they respond when they climb out of the harbor after their respective betrayals. Narratively, Ketterdam represents a very harsh system that presents the people struggling there with very few options. You can either choose to ditch decency, play by the Barrel's rules, and live, or you can hold on to decency and die.

When Kaz returns to the streets after Jordie's death, he chooses the first option. He copes with what happened through ideas of revenge, and to survive long enough to see it he quickly turns to thievery and violence. He thinks to himself after he robs a kid for money and food that it was much easier to survive when you've left decency behind. He survived through violence, creating the Dirtyhands persona around himself for protection.

When Wylan has to fend for himself, he choses the second option. He finds "honest work" at the tannery, where they exploit workers and expose them to toxins. He wonders if he'll live long enough to use his savings to leave the city, or if the chemicals would kill him first. He was smart enough to steal and survive, but he chose decency, and with it, he chose death. There are a number of reasons why he chose differently than Kaz despite their similarities - his older age and thus more developed moral code, having no one to avenge but himself when he believed himself worthless, his more privileged upbringing, and his relatively low drive to live. Alone, he would have died.

Then Kaz steps in. Kaz's role in all the crow's lives is that, intentionally or not, his ruthless rule of the Barrel creates a sort of haven that allows them to survive where they would have died had they stayed alone. Wylan is a really clear example of this, and though Kaz's intentions were at least partly self-serving, his involvement both kept Wylan from dying of exposure or street violence as well as prevented him from needing to do the more terrible things that it takes to survive in the Barrel. Throughout the books, we see Kaz kind of taking the brunt of enacting violence in Wylan's place - traumatizing Smeet's daughter, killing the clerk on the lighthouse. Wylan could get by making explosives in the workshop rather than having to shoot or stab or beat the life out of people. And at the end of the series, Kaz sees to it that he never will have to. Of course Wylan did bad stuff to survive when working with the Dregs, it's the Barrel. But the extent is greatly lessened because of Kaz's involvement.

Wylan's arc was never about becoming comfortable with violence, or becoming just like Kaz - the way people characterize him as some sort of ruthless murder mastermind is inaccurate and redundant with Kaz's character. He isn't nonchalant or celebratory about crime or death or violence by the end of the book. He doesn't HAVE to become like Kaz, because Kaz himself gave him the space to continue being decent, intentionally or otherwise. Understanding that dynamic is important to understanding what Wylan is like as a character and as a person. If you assume Wylan's trajectory is to become "Kaz 2.0", then you're going to mischaracterize him. I've seen posts about how Kaz was the Jordie that he didn't have to Wylan, and I think that makes a lot more sense. Because Kaz is willing to do the horrible things in his stead, Wylan has the third option otherwise impossible in the Barrel - maintaining his decency and surviving.

#Kaz really do expose ppl to the horrors of the world but simultaneously protect ppl from losing themselves to it #sorry guys. wylan likes math and puzzles and his friends he does not like crime. crime is an unfortunate byproduct of surviving #'we could wake them up' Mark my words you stupid quote i'm coming for YOU this week #does this make sense. does this post Sense??? #wylan nearly blows his cover just thinking about a terrible guy kaz killed in front of him. THIS is your ruthless killer?? lol #one thing about me. i like characters with Hope and Gumption. thank you wylan sixofcrows #wylan is a bitch but only when standing up for what he thinks is right. especially against kaz. GUMPTION. the GALL. #glad you didn't bite it in the cancer factory you funky little genius #this pairs nicely with my jesper analysis. he enacted violence but unlike wylan he Refuses to Think About It #wylan van eck #kaz brekker #six of crows #soc #tgt #soc meta #soc analysis #bfwp #crooked kingdom spoilers

[ilkkawhat]

GEAW Week 2: Sunny Days (Nick Edition)  

#csiedit #csi cbs #nick stokes #george eads #geaw #george eads thirst club #mk.op #mk.gifs #mk.edit #unlike jack nick owns like twenty pairs of sunglasses lmao #something i'm sure jack would tease him about