#we're one of the oldies haha XD

[redxblueihateloveyou]

Ok so I've been stalking your blog for the past couple of hrs after seeing your TadaAi posts (I'm drowning in the period drama that is this ship) and I find you ship Tododeku and rinharu (god i can't stand bakudeku and makoharu) and seems like we share a lot of our views on fandom and ships probably because we're older (I'm 22). Followed and looking forward to your input in the future!

Also you might've given me the motivation to finish watching Free! XD

Hehe yay, please, we need more ppl in our “house of oldies”, make yourself at home lol. And we share a lot of ships?! Even better <3

I knooow, I can’t believe we’ve got a gay “master who fell in love with his servant” ship in the anime, just what I needed for my idiotic collection lmao

But also these two have too much going on between them, so much wasted potential in my opinion, it’d be so interesting to explore (but sadly no xD), they were still the only interesting thing for me lolz. I love complicated morons, who became the victims of a huge unrequited requited love misunderstanding, bc they’re insecure morons lmao and they just have 2 of my fav ships vibes, so it’s probably mostly this haha. 

Oh, I’m inputting *wink wink*, can’t wait to finish the vid, I’m having too much fun with it. I’ve just literally spent several minutes trying to get whether I’ve put Tadashi’s sexy mole in the right distance from his eye in the “him moaning on the table” manip lolz. What can I say... I picked the best hobby, with all the support I’m getting with my vids, I’m living a dream xD

You know, I think I’ve said it before, but when it comes to bakudeku, I at least understand what ppl hope to see there and why, but like.. it’s just not happenning. Also imagining Bakugou lovingly hugging Midoriya is just so OOC I start laughing all the time. And whatever ppl say, in any ship whether they’re enemies or rivals or anything, if you can’t imagine them being tender with each other, smth is not right in my opinion. Also once again, who needs idiotic bleating Midoriya, idk. I’m just tired of the endless “die, deku/out of my way” yelling, I like watching Bakugou going to parties and amusement parks and doing silly stuff, too. Like I’ve said before, pride won’t ever let him change the way he behaves with Midoriya, even when they’re doing “great”. If he was the one, it wouldn’t have mattered, no matter how tough you are, and it wouldn’t take that long. I also don’t think they’re that kind of relationship, like they move each other for sure, sometimes, yeah (not always in a good way tho), but be together in a relationships? Can’t imagine that. Like not all rivals have the rivals to lovers dynamic, no matter what ppl say. But I get the shipping, bc 1stly these two are playing too huge of a role in each other’s lives, 2ndly Midoriya is obsessed with him and Bakugou obsessed with him too (just in a bad way lmao) and 3rd ppl want that “enemies to lovers” dynamic, since many love it (me included, when it done right and progresses right), so they’re trying to write that “to lovers” bridge, that just doesn’t fit here in my opinion, simply bc Bakugou won’t be soft with Midoriya, like ever in a way, you’d want, and I don’t think it’s possible for them to go there.

Tododeku on the other hand, 1stly they also play too huge of a role in each other’s lives, 2ndly Midoriya is obsessed with him too and Todoroki is lovingly obsessed with him in return, 3rdly they are also rivals to lovers, and I have no problem imagining the second part, it won’t be OOC, 4thly Midoriya when he’s with Todoroki is my fav Midoriya, he’s happy, he is cocooned and he’s badass af (and like when he told Endeavor to fuck off or yelled at Todoroki “the fuck are u doing?” xD are still the best), 5thly Midoriya forgets about Bakugou, when he’s with Todoroki a lot and it’s just funny to me, 6thly they healed each other so nicely, I can’t not be into that, 7thly when they’re together I have like 0 worries, idk I’m like “he will catch him” anyways haha, Bakudeku just don’t give me this vibe. It’s like yeah, they won’t let each other die, but it’s always this chaos of “out of my way”, “I don’t want your help” and “let me punch you before I punch the villain” that I’m just “oh for god’s sake, pls bring in Kirishima and Todoroki so we could just go home, it could’ve been solved in 2 minutes” lmao. Etc, etc.

Tododeku just have too many winning points over bakudeku for me, same with kiribaku over bakudeku, even tho I 100% get bakudeku as a ship ofc. Also idk whether things would be different if Todoroki wouldn’t exist in the equation, but the moment I saw that s2 scene where Bakugou started yelling and Todoroki just ignored him and was like “was Midoriya always this good?”, there was no going back to me XD. Like they both obviously see that Midoriya is wonderful, but only one reacted to that in a way that I wanted. And I’m a sucker for the ships who don’t give a fuck and like “yeah, I find him amazing and everyone should know that”. Todoroki is also one of those guys, who if you give them the much needed love, they’ll return it tenfold with a forever devotion. And all of my fav ships are like that: Yullen, Rinharu, Mikayuu, Wangxian, Akakuro, etc. They’re like “well, I ain’t an idiot to let someone this precious go”, you know lol

On the other hand, when it comes to Kirishima, Bakugou can do all kind of ridiculous thing I wouldn’t imagine he would do to keep him or make him happy, you know. Kirishima is also the only one, who can put his arm around Bakugou without it being cut off, so I don’t make the rules here lol.

So it’s not like I can’t stand bakudeku, more of like can’t imagine this work, to me it’s easier to imagine todobaku in a relationships, but not bakudeku lolz.

But when it comes to makoharu, I just have a huge problem with it and I will never get it. Bc they don’t bring anything good in each other like AT ALL, I don’t even understand what kind of relationships this is from their shipper point of view; they give each other nothing, and one of them is totally in love with someone else and wants a future with him. And that someone also head over heals with him and also wants a future with him. And I hate how 99,9 % of mh fans don’t give a fuck about Haru or Rin whatsoever and just ignore their character’s everything. Bc Makoto. I’m also like if you love him so much, the fuck would you want him to be with Haru anyways, dude doesn’t reciprocate, like at all. I’m at confusion, like name good points of this ship and what good can they do for each other characteristically. There is none, it’s like a damn swamp. Like usually I can give my notp some points, but this is like... they’re both no good for each other... like... why would anyone even want this idk. Don’t tell me “for the childhood friends” one-sided dynamic, like why won’t you also ship Shion with Safu then, like even he seemed more invested in that, than Haru in makoharu lol.

Even if you think of them from the point of view of “the two who are always walking together” ships, that are everywhere nowdays (even tho since Haru moved to Tokyo, he was always with Asahi instead), but even if... those kind of ships are usually at least make each happy and are enough for each other. Haru on the other hand, when he doesn’t have Rin, he is walking with Makoto like a ghost, not even caring if he’s talking next to him AND he’s getting ennoyed by him. Like explain, how someone’s shipping them romantically. It’s been showed like 20 times, that with Rin, but without Makoto, he can be perfectly happy, without Rin tho, he never is.

Also someone explain, what exactly is the point of splitting up two characters, who are happy together, make each other the best versions of themselves and want to be together whole-heartedly? Like I know many start shipping smth, bc the relationships are better in the other pairing, for example, but this is like... definitely not the case here. Like what exactly is missing in rinharu, that makoharu has? Lack of progression and mutual inspiration?

So yes, if you’re into rinharu, totally finish Free! They’re like doing sooo incredible and holy shit they’re inspiring, I mean, look, they’re now the tokyo olympics ambassadors, like how many of yall gay ships reached that? you can’t miss out on them, and also they’re so hilariously romantic, they literally made a wish to swim with each other since they were 13 and did everything to get each other there, I’m.. you’re lying, if you didn’t cry watching them as chibies making wishes on a star and watching them now. One of the most wonderful development in my opinion. Like who would’ve thought back in s1, that we’ll get Haru yelling on top of Rin about how he made him want a future with him, def not me lmao and now all the olympics boyfriends fanfiction are true, I mean, idk what to say anymore. I miss them so much, I can’t wait for the movie :D

#answered #maxeve #anime

[gaycey-sketchit]

(Gary anon) It's better these days, but it can't helped. Unfortunately, there's going to be people like that in every fandom; even huge LGBT+ spaces. Hopefully anti/s learn to change their tune in the future. Until then, BE GONE from my corner. (I'm fully prepared for the Japanese side of the fandom to go to town on this. It's been a dream for Palletshippers for more than a decade; I definitely expect some oldies to rise from the dead and clutch this with all their childhood might)

(Part 2) It's funny considering there's fans that insist that Ash and Chole have a connection despite low interactions; and Serena meeting Ash 'first' means she "wins". (If we're going to play that card, Gary beats everyone) Even those who ship Goh/Chloe still feel Goh is LGBT-leaning just due to Ash. (I love seeing fun romantic couples; it's just that most I've seen tend to be generic or "gender role-y" compared to platonic ones. Heck, I've seen platonic turn INTO that once it becomes romantic)

(Part 3) I think I'm picky even there; but I will say rarepairs feel like they have more passion put into them than popular ones; who generally end up blurring into each other after a while due to the same ideas being exhausted over and over. (Heh, even with school AUs, you can still sorta tell when characters are put together just so they have someone and that's that. I can't count how many times I've seen people import Green/Leaf so they can give her to Gary)

(Part 4) Well, because of my bias, you know who'd I want. xD But besides Leon, I struggle to think of anyone else who can deliver that sort of battle to Ash. (Not companions; and if they opt to have Goh go toe-to-toe in a full battle with Ash, I expect fandom reactions worse than the Kalos League loss no matter the results. As far as rivals, Paul is the only one besides Gary I can see pulling it off. {I lean more to Gary cause they went all out on Paul that I don't think they can really top

(Part 5) or replicate what they did. Plus, his battles are often considered top-tier even a decade later; Gary's struggles to be in the top 5-10} If Ash becomes World Monarch, I think every Champion, E4s ad their equivalents becomes negated. Giovanni? Maybe, if TR's story ends with him. Ash's dad? Certainly would be the shock the century)

(Part 6) Oh, almost forgot. The Winter special seems to start on December 3rd. Goh's upcoming trial mission involves catching a Kingdra. The summary has me a bit worried, it's kinda worded as if it's his final to get in. Hope not, give him at least one more.

Yeah, there's definitely a lot less homophobia in this fandom than there used to be, but I guess it'll always be there. Some people would just rather live in the dark ages I guess.

Absolutely, the amount of fanworks that happening would spawn would be amazing. The biggest W for PalletShippers everywhere.

The Straights are funny like that. I'll joke about how Ash and Drew are Meant To Be for X reason but that's just me being silly about my rarepair with like three notable canon interactions. (And yeah, if the first love wins than that would definitely be Gary, haha.)

Love how widely agreed upon it is that Goh is queer. I feel very strongly that he's intentionally queer coded, which delights me because he's a main character and is portrayed so positively. Along with being gay (or otherwise mlm) I also feel like he's transmasc, but that's more my "every character I like is transgender" tendencies.

Yeah, well-written romances with enjoyable dynamics are one of my favorite things but a lot of the time with m/f couples in particular, it's clear that they end up together just because of hetero and amatonormativity rather than like... actual chemistry. In stories where romance isn't the focus, a lot of the time it's clearly an afterthought. I've read books that I very much felt would be better with no romance at all because I felt like none of the pairings had any real chemistry, and it was just more of a distraction than having any benefit to the narrative or characters.

Fair, I just am so desperate for food when it comes to my rarepairs that I'll pretty much read anything at least once. Rarepair fics do tend to have a ton of heart to them--we rarepair shippers are a passionate crowd, and as a writer of rarepairs it delights me to hear the love I put into my writing shines through.

Yeah, full disclosure, every single time somebody talks about pair the spares Gary/Leaf is the first ship that comes to mind. I've never been a fan (largely because I can only see Gary as gay) but there's something hilarious and incredible to me about the implication that these writers couldn't think of a single girl in the whole animeverse that Gary had any chemistry with, so they just had to outsource one from the gameverse and also invent her entire personality because canon hadn't yet. Have to say I respect the hustle, honestly.

Big same, we need a Gary vs Ash battle that goes that hard. But yeah, realistically Leon seems like the most likely.

Yeah, as far as rivals go, I think the final battle between Ash and Paul was enough. The catharsis of Infernape's triumph in that battle... could never do better than that.

Yeah, from a personal opinion standpoint the Ash vs Gary Silver Conference battle is one of my favorite battles in the series, I find it so fun to watch, but I do understand that since it was so long ago it's been outdone by other battles further down the line.

Ooh, winter special should be fun. I do hope that isn't Goh's final mission, or at least if it is he gets to do plenty more interesting stuff after. Also really hoping we'll see Gary again soon--I want to see more of he and Ash being adorable best friends and also him messing with Goh to provoke Goh into action. (Which reminds me--I have seen varying opinions on him doing that with Goh, but I feel like Gary is very socially intelligent for how young he is, and simply figured that a way to conquer Goh's anxiety was to annoy him enough that he forgets about it. Gary knows how to be annoying and he's using it for good, he's helping.)

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