#whether you see them as romantic or not

[rotbtd-edits]

Jack & Rapunzel

These two are like two peas in a pod, it’s adorable. They can be both mischievous one moment, and then supportive the next! They share the chaotic energy but are also very protective of each other. If you mess with one, the other will get your guts! ⚔❤

#RotBTD #rise of the brave tangled dragons #The Big Four #rotbtd edits #jackunzel #jackunzel month #tagged as ship for the month purpose #whether you see them as romantic or not #they're chaos and love combined! #i dont personally ship them but i love their friendship! #also i dont wanna use the term sibling too often but #these two def give me strong sibling energy! #rapunzel #jack #other edits #the guardians

[ssaseaprince]

Can we talk about how Derek obviously has a type because Spencer and Penelope are so similar.

#whether you see them as romantic or not #his closest most genuine friendships/relationships are with two people who are VERY similar #I just think it's cute #Because in theory youd think “oh big muscular jock whos a player” and you wouldnt associate him with them #but then you realize that his best friends are socially awkward nerds who hate any kind of physical exercise #and are very eccentric #and ill add “conventionally” attractive even though we all know thats bs because theyre both hot asf #I just think its so wholesome cause its like opposites attractive kind of thing #and hes just so open-minded and loving and the least judgemental person ever #cm #criminal minds #criminal minds meta #derek morgan #ssa derek morgan #spencer reid #ssa spencer reid #penelope garcia #moreid

[lesbicosmos]

sometimes i just remember that merlin and arthur are canonically soulmates...like that's the main point of the entire show, their destiny is each other

then i just start crying.

#whether you see them as romantic or platonic #they're literally soulmates #i cannot handle them #bbc merlin #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #merthur #merlin

[normal-thoughts-official]

here is the thing

when i started playing bg3, i didn't expect wyll to be so devoted to karlach. her devotion to him is a given; the guy risked his life to save her when they had literally just met. of course he matters so much to her

but wyll matched that same devotion right back, as if she had been the one to save him, even though karlach never really got the chance to do anything of that magnitude back for him

but then i think about it

mizora's punishment plays directly into wyll's worst trauma. to be suddenly branded as demonic, so people will always look at him and see that first. like his father did. like the whole city, everyone who ever knew him, did. no amount of good deeds will ever be enough to compensate for his association with evil; his soul will burn in hell and he will not be welcome anywhere because he's a greedy warlock who made his choice. i don't know if that is actually true, but he certainly thinks it to be, if anything, from his assumption that the people of the grove (whose lives he had just saved, and who had known him for at least a few days as nothing but a kind hero who looked out for them) would be unable to look past his appearance and wouldn't want him near them

and mind, mizora clearly wants wyll to stay isolated. why else would she forbid him from explaining the circumstances of his pact? what could she possibly gain from that, other than making sure he can never dispel the notion that he made a deal with the devil simply for power?

so it makes sense that that, more even than the non-consensual body modification, was the punishment. to put his warlock status on display, so that people would immediately be offput by him - and even if they aren't, he will be sure they are

his own father couldn't stand to look at him, and that was back when he had just lost an eye

but the first thing karlach tells him is this:

"Thank you for seeing me for who I really am. And... I think I can see you for who you really are, too. A hero"

obviously, it's common sense for her to see him like this after he just saved her life at great, and at the time unknown, personal cost. but it would also have been common sense for his father to know that the son he himself raised and who's nothing if not a paragon of kindness and duty wouldn't just decide to sell his soul for power out of the blue one fine day. or that, if he keeps trying to say something but can't, then there might be more to the story. for fuck's sake, he lost an eye. and yet, ulder didn't. wyll's association with the demonic was enough to dispel everything about his personhood, his values, and his actions. and now said association was branded, quite literally, on his forehead

and karlach's suffered so much at the hands of devils. just like with the other tieflings, he expects her to be unsettled by him, at the very least

but then she says that she looks at him and sees only a hero. the man who saved her. the man who cared enough to listen and do what was right. the man who sacrificed something for her, who had to make a choice no one should have to make

he had saved an entire city when he first made the pact, and yet not one soul in it was able to see that. see him

but karlach did

karlach does

and not only that. not only is she the first person in perhaps his whole life to put more weight to wyll's personhood and actions than to mizora's; but she knew he needed to hear that. she says it like someone who's trying to offer a comfort in a hopeless situation, which is exactly what she's doing. she knows that he is afraid of being rejected

and of course she does

she is the one who comes closest to fully understanding him.

can you imagine being wyll and seeing karlach's story play out in dizzyingly rapid succession in your mind? had a pretty good, happy life, then in the span of one day everything changed when she was associated with the demonic. she lost everything and everyone she ever had. from then on, she only knew one thing: to fight. no rest and no friends and no breaks, just endless, senseless fighting. her body was changed against her will. she hadn't been touched in a positive way in ten years. even fucking mizora was there

that's his story, too

sure, he might not have been literally unable to touch people, but neither was karlach when she was in hell. he's been completely alone except for mizora for the last seven years, at least in the ways that matter. nothing in his life was constant, except for the fighting and the humiliation at a devil's hand. and the loneliness

of course he thinks it's a trick. it hits too close to home

and of course he can't help but listen anyway. because wyll is nothing if not compassionate, and he's just watched a tldr of his own pain inflicted on someone else

so when karlach says that she still sees him as himself first?

he is reminded that she gets it

for the first time in seven years, he is not alone, and he is understood

of course he would do anything to keep her in his life, just as she would

in a way, she did save him, too.

(slightly late meta submission for @thekindredcollective's wyllstravaganza2024, day 19: bond)

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #wyllstravaganza2024 #wyll ravengard #karlach cliffgate #wyllach #although it's still true from a platonic perspective honestly. that's one of the things i love about them #whether you see it as romantic or platonic changes nothing #meta #overflowing trashcan

[trashy-greyjoy]

maybe i'm just not used to actors actually having chemistry these days, but something about carmy's conversations with sydney just feel more genuine and (to quote ayo) more intimate than the conversations they have with other people. they both just seem so open and ready to know more about each other. carmy consistently prompts her keep talking and asks questions and neither of them really seem to have reservations about sharing their vulnerabilities and worries. like they can just talk to each other with full honesty and openness and just a natural desire to know more about the other person and i really love that.

#“say more please” #like yeah carmy is a good conversationalist and an active listener but this conversations with syd just seem genuine i cant explain #both of them just truly want to hear what he other person has to say #sydcarmy #the bear #whether you see them as platonic or romantic their current friendship just feels so natural #i think that speaks a lot to how close jeremy and ayo are and how honest their chemistry is #i just love them

[hellpegasus]

Has anyone else mentioned the fact that we never see Husk smile until Loser, Baby? He's always frowning and just standing in the back like he doesn't want to be there (he doesn't). Perpetually pissed off. He's been miserable and drunk ever since he made that deal with Alastor. But right before the song we see him smile for the first time and once the chorus hits that smile barely leaves him for the whole song. And after that, we finally start seeing him smile more regularly. At the hotel, at the bar, wherever. Loser, Baby was the song Husk sang to help Angel stop hating himself for his mistakes and be able to enjoy his own life. Except he wasn't just telling that to Angel, he was also telling himself

#whether you see them as platonic. familial. or romantic their relationship has already in just a short span of time been a very healing one #hazbin hotel #angel dust #husker #huskerdust #husk #my post #girl help I'm crying cuz I can't get over how much two fictional characters have needed each other

[wavebiders]

The thing that really gets me about Wyll and Karlach is just how their bond is allowed to have the importance in their narratives that it has

I mean, in games like these the cast is always going to be centered around the pc. Sure, the relationships between other companions can be developed through party banter, commentary, or even cinematics, but at the end of the day everyone's most significant relationship is always going to be the player. That's the person who most affects them and where their story is going

With these two, it's not even that Tav isn't vitally important to them both, but it's meeting Karlach that changes Wyll's life one way or another. It's Wyll that's the first person to stick out his neck for Karlach, and sends her reeling. Their bond alone is enough to convince Karlach to go to Avernus and stay alive

It's a very bold choice to risk limiting the player's importance in order to drive home the connection between two characters, and I really appreciate Larian for going there

#and that bond is significant whether you see it as platonic or romantic #but this is very much why I do find myself shipping it despite not really caring about originxorigin ships as a whole #wyll ravengard #karlach cliffgate #wyllach #bg3 #gonna get a lil gushy about my own pt here but #it's fully Wyll who saved Karlach's life there #my Tav's character arc in large part about accepting death #she went from being unable to cope with the loss of her family to processing it and accepting it #she convinced Mayrina to let go of her husband #she didn't argue when Shadowheart let go of her parents and was even relieved at her choice #she was not going to stop Karlach from nlowing up in the end #she and I both accepted that Karlach was going to die #and then at the last moment Wyll comes in and he doesn't accept it #he offers to go to Avernus with her and protect her #and I just realized this wasn't about my Tav #this was about them #*chefs kiss*

[elitadream]

Oohohoho your Lupin art look absolutely wonderful! Do you plan on posting any more of your Lupin art in the future even ones you haven’t yet shown? These looks splendid and me and my friend are in love with how you draw them :D

I'm so sorry it took me more than a month to answer you, Anon! 😭😅 I'm terrible at sorting through my messages!

There aren't that many samples from my Lupin phase that I'm still happy with today, but a little side project I remember I had really enjoyed was filling a custom made sketchbook with drawings as a gift for my sister (who was a big fan as well); all of them illustrating different aspects of Lupin and Jigen's relationship.^^ 💙 The whole thing is about 40 pages long, and used up an entire blue colored pencil. 🤭

#asks #fanart and fanworks #Lupin III #Daisuke Jigen #them #no longer my main fandom but I still love their dynamic sm ;_; #these two have such a great vibe together #whether you regard it as platonic or romantic #they're just amazing #a perfect tandem #hope you'll get to see this Anon! :D #let me know if you do ^_^

[courtney-deserved-better]

telling myself i can't start another tdwt rewrite but dear god do i want to write one focusing on alejandro and courtney in this weird situationship thats a lot more nuanced than just alejandro manipulating courtney and her falling for it. like theyre best friends they dont trust each other theyre the same person they dont know anything about the other one theres a mutual attraction theyre pining for other people theyre codependent they dont care about each other theyre platonic soulmates like i just want to do a deep dive into how messy that relationship couldve been building off of their friendship that exists in my head except the line between romantic and platonic is so fucking blurred they have no idea what they are to the other person

#they live rent free in my head as you can tell #ive been writing some intense moments for them in amicus curiae and im having a lot of Feelings about platonic alecourtney #tbh the whole concept of them replacing the best friends has been a great avenue for me to do a deep dive into their friendship #aughhhh i just. love them so much #and i do want to explore them in a situation where there is relationship potential even if that relationship never actually happens #because everything between them during tdwt could be so MESSY!! #like alejandro says he's just manipulating courtney but he's also doing it to make heather jealous but he's also genuinely worried about he #after the duncan thing but this is the only way he knows how to express that concern without making himself look weak #meanwhile courtney is falling for the act but she also knows its an act and is going with it for the emotional support it provides and shes #just doing it to make duncan/gwen jealous but she also is starting to see the real alejandro underneath it all because he does care even #though he doesn't want to and they do feel a strong connection that they dont know whether its platonic or romantic because romance is bein #shoved down their throats on this show and theyre both in complicated romantic dynamics with other people that theyre the easier option for #one another but they dont really want to be with one another like it just doesnt feel right #okay okay i legit have to stop and go to bed but just. them. im thinking so hard about them #platonic alecourtney

[crowlore]

Toast to a Saint

#crow art #trigun #trigun maximum #vash the stampede #meryl stryfe #had a lot of fun experimenting with color on this one! also i teared up #something something how come nobody told meryl about wolfwood #anyway here they are catching up post canon. i like tragic dysfunctional post canon vashmeryl #whether you read it as platonic or romantic i like seeing it as them loving each other very deeply but not being able to care for each other #the way the other needs. you know? but there’s still comfort to be had there #so yeah you can tag this as vm or vw both are fair reads 👍

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

really wish my one friend would quit flirting with me. and trying to goad me into hanging out more. and assigning us fictional characters that are oh-so-coincidently either couples or with romantic tension. and then interrupting our gameplay to ask me repeatedly if I think they’re “like us” (which they rarely are…). and matching my icon on discord without asking (again, usually by insinuating a couple connection). and giving me random things I do not want and did not ask to receive (and then forcing me to take them???).

#storyrambles #it’s not creepy. just for context. it’s just irritating because I’ve told this person repeatedly that I’m not interested in romance. #this person is also naturally a huge romantic so it is next to impossible to tell whether it’s actual flirtation or just flirting for fun #flirting for fun is cool. I wouldn’t mind that. but if I do it once this person will take that as an invitation to do it an excessive amoun #but yeah after being given 12 roses out of the blue when I said ‘no don’t buy me flowers’. there’s only so many things that can mean #‘it’s nice to see your face you always cover it!’ …I’m masking. because of covid #I’m narrating a game and suddenly ‘I like hearing your voice I should call you every day so I can hear it for 10 minutes’. …no. #‘you have to take the snack I brought you know it’s rude to refuse a gift’ I have never refused a gift. It is rude. But also I didn’t ask. #‘you know this game is one you can play without talking so we can play more often!’ we already play games once a week for usually 3 hours. #‘but it’s not talking so it’s less social energy’ no. that is not how it works. #sorry for the rant im just. tired. #you know those people who are so pleasant to hang out with and then they try way too hard #and that’s actually what makes things awkward? rather than when they’re just being themselves? #yeah. that’s this friend here. #usually I go along with the bit but when I can never tell when the bit is actually a bit #and you insist on me taking on the ‘girl role’ for most of them #I am not going to play along. #UGH don’t get me started on the ‘you’re cute when you’re flustered’ #I wasn’t even flustered. I was trying to do mental math while running on four hours of sleep and he was staring directly at me #it’s uncomfortable. #also. I never want to hear that again. fuck. ‘you’re cute when you’re angry’ ‘you’re cute when you’re upset’ ALL THE FUCKING TIME AS A KID #will I be so cute after I kick you in the nuts? will I? #(for clarity I don’t want to kick him. I want to kick those other people.) #I need a lot of alone time. I really do. I can do 3 hours and then I will be drained for the rest of the day. #‘how did you grow up? did you not talk to your mom for more than 3 hours a day?’ #first of all. that’s different? #secondly we actually regularly do separate things without talking to each other. or go in separate rooms to take some time to ourselves #also I don’t have to be on high alert for if I’m going to be flirted with. so. #ugh. I like him as a friend. I really do. I know this all makes it seem like the opposite. I try so hard to be as nice as possible. #but UGHHHHHH

[lovecatsys]

They're my responsibility! You are my responsibility!

#noriko ashida #ashida noriko #julian keller #hellion #surge #x men #new x men #new x men: academy x #academy x #myedit #comicedit #xmenuniverse #eyestrain cw #cw eyestrain #this is my first attempt at this kind of edit and i did not utilize a lot of editing skills lol #but i spent so long on it #and im proud of it #these two have to be my favorite duo in all academy x #whether you see them as platonic or romantic they are. Amazing #fav: we have to be better than them #fav: i knew you’d protect them no matter what #r: you are my responsibility! #blood cw #cw blood

[hooved]

honestly the funniest part about the quodo kiss blooper is that kira had like no reaction to it. it just made so much sense that even she just stood there and watched it happen

#also i'm not just saying this as a quodo shipper but if they kept the kiss blooper in it genuinely would've been a better ending for them #i think it would've given them and the audience some actual sense of closure #rather than odo just refusing to let quark hear what he wanted. refusing to admit to him how much he means to him and then just leaving #like literally. after over 10 years of Whatever The Fuck They Had Going On #why not get out all that tension and frustration with one impulsive sloppy passionate kiss. and THEN never see each other again #like rene auberjonois really knew what was up when he decided to go in for that kiss #and armin shimerman Definitely knew what was up when he fucking moaned during it #like. they knew. they Get it. i honestly think it would've been fitting for them to keep it in #especially since quark still says ''that man loves me'' in the final take. and it's true ! he just desperately wanted odo to admit it #and they didn't give him that even after he practically begged for it. and after all he did for him during all those years #quark loves odo so much. genuinely. truly. and whether you personally view that love as platonic or romantic. he LOVES him #and odo even admitted to kira afterwards that he'd miss quark. THEN TELL HIM THAT TO HIS FACE !!!!!!!! #anyway lmao. they drive me fucking insane

[hyp3rfixation-h3ll]

screenshot redraw from Phoning it in (episode 3A) ! dimlit facebook gaming real NO FX VERS + CLOSEUPS BELOW THE CUT ! + PLEASE DON'T TAG AS SHIP!!!

reblogs + shares >>> likes!

#botbots tag 🏪 #my art 🎨 #kin tag: burgertron 🍔🤖 #tf botbots #botbots #transformers botbots #maccadam #burgertron #dimlit #redraw #dont tag as ship #and now a word from our host! #i hate having 2 tag something as “dont tag as [x]” bc like #do waht you want or whatever #but dimlit n burgertron in a romantic context 2gether makes me Highly uncomfortable bc i see them as a sonic & tails duo personally #again do what you want im not gonna come after you but please dont break my boundaries !! thank yous <:] #secondly. PLEASE REBLOG MY ART #im trying 2 gauge whether or not people here will actually interact w/ my art bc i wanna open comms. and so far it's looking Very grim #and obviously you dont have to do anything you do not want to do #but im questioning if i should keep posting my art here ... if it's just Never gonna reach people. #likes do nothing for artists on tumblr and it's already hostile to creative types enough as it is #at tje end of the day i dont Really care even if it sounds like it #but i do get mildly annoyed seeing my art get maybe 9 notes and most of it is likes that dont make my art reach a larger audience :< #anyways rant over do with that what you will lol

[s4pphic-sh3nan1gans]

do you want to know how much the jance pictures affected me?

I am currently writing a song about it (or attempting to, at least) and I just- ajshakshak I can't do this anymore, the chokehold they have on me is INSANE.

that said, there is absolutely no better inspiration than something that makes you feel so many things at 3am. no matter what it is, it just hits different and I'm... I'm not okay 😭😭😭

#idek how it happened #I saw what some of you said about them being behind glass or in a shower and it just absolutely fucking got me #because it's so beautiful and intimate (whether platonically or romantically) and the fact that it's the DOOR but it's SEE-THROUGH #and we are blessed to see their connection but never truly be in on everything because there is that division of like #they don't know us personally just as we don't know them personally #all of it just fucking got me and inspired me and yeah #long story short I am writing a song now #it's probably not very good but that's not my intention tbh #I just have so many feelings and want to pour them out just as they have done in those pictures #and I adore them with my whole heart #joker out #jan peteh #nace jordan #jance

[ramblinseahorsey]

Everytime I see a piece of media talk about the need of an extremely powerful love, and the love ends up being platonic, my heart grows three sizes.

#PLATONIC! LOVE! IS JUST AS LIKELY TO BE STRONG AND LONGLASTING AS ROMANTIC!! #PLATONIC SOULMATES ARE VALID #PPL WHOSE STRONGEST RELATIONSHIP IS PLATONIC THEIR WHOLE LIVES WHETHER THEYRE AROMANTIC OR NOT ARE VALID #good tropes #writing #rambles #want more earnest emotional shouts of i love you in stories thst isnt automatically assumed to be romantic #this is one of a billion reasons i love wander over yonder so much #yes i do like seeing content of them romantic too #but i cannot get over how happy i am they are platonic in the show #i seek out romantic in fandom more 4 them 2 mix it up; like many parts of most fandoms do; explorin the opposite a canon 4 curiosity #but honestly any content of seeing them hold each other makes my heart sing #cause it reminds me no matter what the relation ship they!!! love each other so much!!! to the end of time!!! #still NEED me more media with main characters who unabashedly show affection and protectivness and casual closeness and tender i love yous #esp between male and female characters of the same age #NEED 2 see more love and eternal loyalty and cuddles in stories; not just with romance or family #that way not only will saying i love you 2 someone without getting weird looks be more normalized; more affectionate love in stories in gen #i feel VERY strongly on this can u tell