#but idk a lot of 'is this platonic/platonic explanation posts just...

[aceyanaheim]

like a big part of me identifying more and more as Queer more than anything is like yes ofc mileage varies on how squishy or nicknamey i get but on the whole theres just.

Ill defientely look at some things and go yup id do that for my friend or id say that for my friend and I dont care you dont think its not a platonic thing. Like i pursue and want very Deep platonic relationships as my primary relationships and there's a Lot of blurriness on "is this gesture platonic only or not" and Ive long since decided it's between me and the other person ( this is Outside of qpps too)

Like I do get told it's weird and outside societal norms and it's does lead to some isolation and like Still You just .. you can't put me back in that box like yes i'm aromantic but also beyond that i'm queer. My relationships are Queer. The way I approach them is queer.

Another part is that while yes i'm aroace i still identify with the "keep it up Chad I'll fuck your girlfriend" anti biphobe meme

[niki-phoria]

⋆｡°✩ five times kai almost kisses you - and the first time he does

pairing: huening kai x gn!reader (no pronouns used) genre: fluff word count: 1.4k

includes: lots of fluff, forgive me if some of these don't really make sense lol, might do more versions with this concept idk

a/n: got a ton of inspo from this post by @mins-fins !!

one.

kai isn’t sure when it started.

the butterflies swarming in his stomach whenever you made eye contact; the way his face burned whenever he thought about you for too long; his heart racing each time your hands so much as brushed against one another. 

it’s an unfamiliar feeling - one that he can’t quite put a label on despite the seemingly endless nights he’s spent tossing and turning in his bedsheets as his mind races to explain what you are to each other. what he wants you to be to him. 

“kai?” he startles when you wave a hand in front of his face to catch his attention. your eyebrows are knitted together in concern as you lean in a little closer. “are you okay? you look a little… out of it.”

“yeah, yeah,” he nods, trying to channel his most convincing tone. “i’m fine.” 

you accept his explanation with a simple hum of acknowledgement, turning your attention back to the drama still playing on your tv. a few uneventful minutes pass before kai freezes when you shift slightly closer to him. you let your head lull onto his shoulder, nuzzling yourself into the crook of his neck. your hair tickles his bare skin and he can feel himself tensing with each passing second though he doesn’t dare to move away. “is this okay?” you murmur.

he nods, hoping you can’t see the deep blush tainting his cheeks. “it’s perfectly fine.”

two.

something has changed between you and kai.

at least he thinks it has. an unspoken rule broken or touches lingering just a little too long to be completely platonic. something is different - kai just doesn’t know what.

a soft smile graces kai’s lips when he feels you lean your head against his shoulder. despite the heat rising to his cheeks, he hesitantly shifts slightly to wrap an arm around your waist. leaning even more into his touch, you smile up at him as you rest your body against his chest. 

“is this okay?” he asks, echoing your own words from only a few weeks ago. 

“it’s perfectly fine,” you hum. 

he glances down at you, only catching a glimpse of your bright smile before he returns his attention to the movie still playing on the dorm’s tv. the on-screen drama does little to hold his attention. despite the increasingly dramatic storytelling events, his mind remains exclusively on you: your laugh whenever the characters stumble over themselves; the warmth of your body pressed against his; the way you occasionally lick your lips whenever you get bored. especially your lips. especially how kissable they look.

kai pushes the feeling down into the deep recesses of his mind, though your fingers still intertwined with his do little to calm his still-racing heartbeat.

three.

kai doesn’t think he’s ever been so scared before. 

his heart nearly stops beating when he opens his door to you - standing on his front doorstep drenched in rain with teary eyes. “y/n?” he whispers. 

“kai,” you sniffle. “can i… stay with you? just for tonight.”

“of course.” he moves unconsciously as he ushers you inside. in the light he can see the fresh tear stains on your cheeks. his heart breaks at the sight, though he pushes the feeling down in favour of wrapping a warm towel around your shoulders. 

kai fidgets uncomfortably with his fingers as he sits beside you on the couch. a few unbearable minutes of silence pass before you finally build up enough courage to speak. “will you… hold me? please?” 

his heart cracks when your voice does. his body moves before his mind does, pulling you into his arms to lean against his chest. your hands tightly grip the fabric of his hoodie as you bury your face into the crook of his neck. 

kai wishes he could kiss it better. he wishes he could protect you from all of the bad things that haunt the world. but instead he hesitantly leans down; his mind racing before he settles for pressing a soft kiss against the crown of your forehead. you sniffle as you snuggle yourself even closer to his touch, letting yourself get lost in his warmth. 

four.

kai feels miserable. 

his headache pounds violently each time he attempts to move, his throat is unbearably scratchy no matter how much water he drinks, and his body is simultaneously too hot and too cold. 

being sick is miserable. 

time blends together around him as he collapses against his bedsheets. it feels like his body is sinking into the mattress.

kai startles awake hours later to the feeling of someone playing with his hair. your touch is gentle as you carefully twist the strands between your fingers. blinking up at you through blurry vision, a sleepy smile stretches across his face. “y/n,” his voice slurs; the syllables mix together as they leave his lips.

“hi kai,” you smile. your hand trails to brush against his forehead to check his temperature. his skin is overly warm against your fingertips. 

kai’s gaze follows you when you pull away before gently tugging him to sit up. he groans as he rests against the headboard for support. “here,” you whisper, raising a spoon up towards his lips. the soup is warm on his tongue; the heat soothing some of the ache in his throat. “i made you some samgyetang.”

kai hopes you’ll assume the blush on his face is from his fever. your touch makes his heart race faster than he’s ever felt before. “i think i’m in love with you,” he deliriously mumbles. 

“i love you too, kai,” you chuckle. 

five. 

it happens before he knows it. 

kai awakens to sunlight streaming in through his windows. he’s still wearing the oversized hoodie and sweatpants he was last night. his phone lays haphazardly tossed to the side; forgotten on the blankets beside him. and there’s a cute boy laying in his bed beside him. 

not that he’s complaining.

after the momentary shock wears off, kai relaxes once again. he rolls over onto his side to face you. a soft smile tugs at the corners of his lips. reaching up, he pushes a few stray strands of hair out of your face. your features are much softer when you’re asleep; your peaceful expression never changes. 

in the silence, kai finds himself entranced by the rhythmic rise and fall of your chest each time you breathe. it’s like second nature to him - admiring you. the way you bite your bottom lip when you get nervous. how you push yourself harder than anyone else he’s ever known. you’re like a book that he’s memorized front to back.

before kai realizes, his gaze drifts down to your lips. they’re slightly chapped from dehydration but you still look as kissable as always. 

he startles back slightly when you slowly stir awake. sleepily blinking up at him through tired eyes, a soft smile stretches across your features. “good morning kai,” you mumble. 

“morning,” he smiles.

the kiss.

it doesn’t feel real.

something in reality has been broken or you’ve all been sent into a parallel universe - kai’s sure of it. if it weren’t for you standing right in front of him he’s sure he would have pinched himself ages ago. because there’s no other possible explanation for your current situation. 

your hand feels cool against kai’s skin. he can feel his blush burning across his cheeks and up his ears, though the embarrassment barely crosses his mind. a nervous smile tugs at the corners of your lips. 

“say it again,” he whispers. “please.”

“i like you, kai.” he can hear the anxiety-ridden shake in your voice with each syllable. 

kai hesitantly leans in, stepping closer to you. it feels like hours have passed when he speaks once again. “i like you too.”

you smile brightly at him; a grateful chuckle escapes you. his gaze almost unconsciously flickers down to stare at your lips. the new admission of your feelings has made it almost impossible for him to prevent the stream of words leaving his mouth. “can… can i kiss you?” 

you don’t waste any time, eagerly leaning in to press your lips against his. kai’s hands find their home on your hips, keeping your body tightly pressed against his. 

“you don’t know how long i’ve wanted to do this,” he breathes. the words are muffled as he rushes to say them in between kisses. 

you let out an airy laugh in response. your arms snake around kai’s neck, tugging him even closer to you. “then don’t stop.”

[hinge]

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[akopo]

tagging fics on ao3

but you can't really trust me bc idk what i'm doing. this is very specific to my type of thinking. and is not helpful really

this used to be a lot longer but i decided "nobody is going to read this much text" and collapsed it to just talking about tags

Fair warning for when I talk about Ao3 tags, the Ratings and Archive Warnings section will address the Mature/Explicit tags and the archive warnings, but I'd rather tell people that they exist and explain what they are rather than fling them into the deep without any knowledge on those points.

Here is the tags box!

As you can see, there are actually helpful little blue question mark bubbles by each tag type explaining what each of them do! I'll still break them down in my own way but I find that these are pretty helpful references that more people should take a look at.

The box mentions this, but you can put a maximum of 75 tags on any given fic. This is a total of all of the types of tags stated here. For example, you could have 1 rating, 1 archive warning, 1 fandom, 2 categories, 2 relationships, 5 characters, and 5 additional tags, and that would be a total of 17 tags.

Rating: This little dropdown menu gives you a choice between the Not Rated, General Audiences, Teen And Up Audiences, Mature, and Explicit tags for fic.

I think that generally, you should always be rating your fanfic, but that's just my opinion, so you can use Not Rated if you'd like. Ao3 explains what these tags are for better than I ever could, so here's just a screengrab of what they say for this:

Archive Warnings: You can choose one or more of these checkboxes to tag a fic with the archive warnings.

I think most of these are self-explanatory, but you can hit the little blue bubble for a better explanation of what each one is used for. Also, I have seen some confusion in the past on "Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings" vs. "No Archive Warnings Apply," so I'll explain those here as well.

"No Archive Warnings Apply" is what you use when there are no archive warnings in your work. If none of the warnings apply, check this box and move on, because Ao3 won't let you post without at least one of these boxes checked.

"Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings" is what you use when there may or may not be archive warnings in your work. The reason that this tag exists is in the case that using an archive warning might spoil something in a fic, so the creator uses this tag to state that all other archive warnings may or may not be present, and so you come into the fic at your own risk and acknowledge that any of the archive warnings may be present.

Fandoms: This is a little short answer box that allows you to put fandom tags on your fic. You have to include at least one fandom tag here, but you can add more than that.

As you're typing, a bunch of suggestions of existing fandoms should appear in a dropdown. You can click on any of these to add them as a tag to your fic instead of having to type out the whole thing!

Categories: These checkboxes allow you to tell the readers whether your fic is:

F/F: romantic relationship between two or more female characters

F/M: romantic relationship between female and male characters

Gen: platonic relationship between any amount of characters

M/M: romantic relationship between two or more male characters

Multi: either there are multiple types of the above relationships in your fic, or there's polyamory.

Other: anything else that falls outside the lines of the above, such as relationships including a nonbinary character

You can select anything between all or none of these tags!

Relationships: This is for the ships! Either platonic or romantic relationship tags are included here, anything that you think is relevant to the fic in question.

Platonic ships are formatted like this: "Character A & Character B"

Romantic ships are formatted like this: "Character A/Character B"

Again, as you're typing, a bunch of suggestions of existing ships should appear in a dropdown. You can click on any of these to add them as a tag, and you can add as many as you like as long as you stay under the tag limit.

Characters: This is for the characters in your fic! Any characters that appear in the story. Like the fandom and relationship tags, as you're typing in a name, a dropdown with a bunch of suggestions should appear! You can click on them to add them to the fic.

Something that is relevant here and also in the relationship tags is that sometimes a character can be referred to with two different names in whatever media they're in, which is then reflected in their character tag. In that case, the two separate names will be referred to in the same single character tag like so: "Character A name 1 | Character A name 2."

Additional Tags: This is for any, well, additional tags!

I feel like this is the section that scares people the most when it comes to tagging fic. It is pretty open-ended, but that's the beauty of it! Anything not covered by the above types of tags goes here, such as tropes, smaller warnings, silly tags, or really, anything you can think of!

I like to think of additional tags of having the following types but these types are all arbitrary. In that I just made them up on the spot and they are not official at all.

Interests: Anything that you think people will enjoy about your fic! These are pretty character-driven, in that the characters will do something in the fic that you can then tag. Things like "Cuddling & Snuggling," "Polyamory," etc.

Related is:

Vibes: This is for random things that you think will sort of capture what's going on in your fic, such as "Cats" for a cat cafe or "Cooking" if the characters cook together or for each other.

Warnings: This is for warnings that aren't covered by the archive warnings tag, but which you think might still be of note, such as "Panic Attacks," "Violence," and etc. These could also include story spoiler warnings up to a certain point for the source media of the fic.

Genre: This is mostly for your fluff, hurt/comfort, angst, and their subtypes like tooth-rotting fluff and soul-crushing angst. These tags are not mutually exclusive! Anything that you think fits.

Setting: This is for things like your coffee shops, aquariums, botanical gardens, planetariums, idk where the gays are going on dates these days. This could also include your alternate universes, which are formatted like this:

"Alternate Universe - Fantasy"

"Alternate Universe - Modern Setting"

Related to alternate universe tags are tags for alternate universe versions of a character, such as "Werewolf Hinomori Shiho" or "Witch Hinomori Shizuku," etc. These would also go in the additional tags section.

Silly: This is where you put your little jokes like "minori you stupid stupid lesbian" or "no beta we die like arisa if airi gets her hands on her"

For additional tags, the sky's the limit: I suggest reading a lot more fic and getting an idea on how people tag their fics to get a better idea of how to tag your fic. I think that other fics are probably the best examples of how to use additional tags.

A note for fandom, relationship, character, and additional tags: The existing tags which show up as you're typing something in are called canonical tags. Thanks to the hard work of Ao3's tag wranglers, there are several different ways to say the same thing that are all nested under the same tag!

For example, for the "Hanasato Minori/Kiritani Haruka" relationship tag, some tags that mean the same thing include "minoharu," "implied minoharu," "Hanasato Minori/Kiritani Haruka (mentioned)," and on and on. Fics with these tags will all be counted as the "Hanasato Minori/Kiritani Haruka" tag when it comes to Ao3 search and filtering.

Remember, tags are probably one of the main things people look at when deciding to read a fic! Sometimes people will look at tags, see a certain one, and be like "HOLY HECK! A FIC WITH VAMPIRES!" and then sometimes, people will see a tag and decide it isn't their cup of tea, so they move on. There's no shame in that!

When we fic writers post to Ao3, we tag our fics so that people who enjoy certain tags can find our fics, while at the same time allowing people who may not be fans of certain tropes or other content in our fics to consider if they'd still like to read or not.

So go forth, and have fun!

[cosmicredcadet]

I'm sure I've brought this up before but I feel a lot more confident in it now but I'm pretty sure that I do not experience attraction, period. at least, i do not feel like i experience any emotion or feeling that can be called attraction.

Attraction just feels like such a foreign thing to me because every i try to understand it it just becomes lost on me. I can understand when someone is pretty, but i see people being pretty or handsome in the same way that i see a flower is pretty or a sunset is pretty. i do not think there is any attraction involved in that at all. I think the closest I've probably gotten to a feeling of attraction would be when i see buff women; but tbh i feel that admiration fits better than attraction in that case.

idk I just have been thinking a lot about attraction lately and how i always found myself confused on the idea of platonic attraction or aesthetic attraction because while i do like having friends and while i do find people pretty, i wouldn't call the feelings i have towards these things attraction. I'm not attracted to what i find aesthetically pleasing. I'm not attracted to any friends or people i may want to be friends with (Which the friend thing is a whole can of worms for another post with it's own nuances).

Some people may say "No you are feeling attraction, you're describing attraction" but genuinely i feel like i may not be. every time people have tried to explain it to me it never feels right. or the word feels wrong for what they are describing. People describe it as "Wanting" but that doesn't always work with other split attractions.... like people wanting to be friends is platonic attraction but....what is there to want with aesthetic attraction???? familial attraction???? same with descriptions of other attractions, everyone just has an explanation that doesn't click in my brain as something i feel.

and this isn't me bashing on people who feel attraction - I know feelings can be incredibly vague and difficult to explain and me not understanding isn't me calling it stupid or fake. It's more just me not being able to grasp something because I do not feel it. Similar to how i don't fully understand romance as an aro person who just...doesn't feel it.

idk there's no point to this post other than rambling on about attraction. I feel like it isn't discussed as much as it should be in aspec spaces. most people stop at romantic and sexual attraction but not much is explored past that point in terms of the SAM or even just the world attraction in general. Like....for a community that is built up of a lot of identities expressing the lack of attraction it's strange how we kinda don't explore the idea of attraction more outside of just...romantic or sexual...

[cooperscreosote]

So I read some books about aro & ace identities recently, because while I am quite sure that I'm ace and probably even aroace, I'm still struggling a lot with the ramifications of this discovery about myself, even though I first noticed this about myself a few years ago.

That's why I tried to make myself feel better by reading these books in the hope that it might be helpful in any way...and that's also why I took some notes about things that always bugged me in some way, both while reading the books and before that. (I'm not done with the books, but I already noticed enough recurring issues for a whole post.)

First, I really would like to feel at least sort of good about it. It doesn't have to be pride, just some sense of it being alright. I know that's not a prerequisite, but I don't want to feel unhappy and uneasy all the time just because of my identity :/

And there are some things I like about it. For example, having found a name and explanation for whatever is going on with me was undoubtedly nice, and I like the fact that the community seems to be very open to people identifying as ace or aro no matter where they exactly are on the spectrum. Well, there are always the exclusionists, but that's technically the consensus and I like that.

Still, there is this unpleasant feeling that doesn't seem to go away. The fact that there is something I will never understand and never experience - despite desperately wanting to. I guess that is the problem if something just isn't there, and that's just so hard to accept. Like, other people also might struggle with their orientation, but at least they do have the option to find someone who feels the same and will enter a relationship with them - while this is entirely impossible for me. And I think that's where I struggle the most, honestly. Knowing that there is no way to get the thing I want with my logical mind, because my feelings won't allow me to - and thus people on the outside won't consider me as 'relationship material' in any form since I'm lacking something crucial. And yes, I entirely understand that this would make people avoid me when it comes to relationships. After all I could never give them the thing they would expect from a relationship and it would be unfair towards them if I entered a relationship while being unable to do so. But it really doesn't make it hurt any less, and it definitely doesn't make me feel good about myself. There is something missing about me, that's just an undeniable fact and it reduces my worth in the eyes of others. Is that fair? Maybe not - I can't say, as I can't see things from their perspective - but it just is how things are. But it is very, very hard to accept.

Oh, and there is another thing that keeps being mentioned: namely that relationships without sex or of course also even fully platonic relationships are possible. But honestly? That doesn't really comfort me at all :') Because...I wasn't even nice and attractive (in both a physical and personality sense) - and whatever else - enough for a "normal" relationship, so it feels downright illusory to tell myself that someone will accept me despite my "defects" (if that's what I'll call them in this context, since that would be an allo person's view in most cases, I assume) and agree to have whatever kind of deeper relationship with me. That sounds like such a nice dream, and yet that's all it is and will remain: a dream. It's simply impossible, and that just feels bad. Because I would want to have closer connections to people, but I can't. Idk, but that is a bit cruel, especially as it isn't exactly my fault because of a choice I made.

I also feel kind of uncomfortable identifying myself as queer or part of the LGBTQIA+ community. I'd like to, but idk, I fear I wouldn't really be welcome in most queer spaces since I used to think I was heterosexual before I came across the terms ace and aro. Also, I was never oppressed due to my identity and had technically no trouble to pass as more or less some kind of straight allo late bloomer, so idk... And well, I see why my constant talking about some fictional/celeb mancrush I've got might make people think that I'm a liar and just pretend to be aro or ace for attention or other reasons. In fact, the exact same thing happened to me when a guy fell in love with me and I was forced to tell him about probably being ace. He didn't believe it because "I was always crushing on anime guys" and basically accused me of deliberately leading him on and it wasn't pleasant :/ (But I can't help it...I mean, a celeb crush doesn't require me to act on anything! I just find a guy attractive in whatever shape or form and it makes me happy to have my silly little daydreams about him and whatever. But it doesn't necessarily mean I graphically dream of fucking him, despite what I might jokingly say.) Anyway, I think it would be useful if I could confidently use the term queer for myself because idk, it would make things easier. As in, I'm definitely not "normal" aka not the standard straight cis person I once believed to be, but yeah...I still doubt that I would be allowed to call myself queer. I'm too different to be considered normal and too normal to be considered queer, I guess. So I'm sure people wouldn't be too happy about me pushing into their communities. Falling between the chairs again :')

Maybe all of my doubts and all that stuff...it's not so surprising, though. I mean, I kind of assume that most people wouldn't be too happy at the prospect of lifelong solitude and loneliness, without any chance to form deeper bonds with other people. Or maybe it's just me, who knows. It definitely scares the hell out of me and I hate it so, so much. And well, that makes it so difficult to make peace with this annoying sexual/romantic orientation of mine. (I would change it if I could...but alas we all know that's impossible.) I don't know what I exactly expected, but I surely didn't sign up to a rather sad lonely life of unhappiness and yet that is exactly what I will get :/ Another thing that is very hard to accept, and I genuinely wonder how other people managed to deal with that... I know accepting it and facing that truth is the only possible way, but yeah...I still can't bring myself to feel good about this. I mean, I've been lonely for my entire life, so I don't know...maybe I just hoped this would change at some point in the future and finding out that this will never happen now is kind of soul-crushing, honestly.

Lastly, I know that this is mostly a lengthy and overly personal rant post, so maybe no one has even read until here. But if someone did and feels like commenting, then I would really appreciate that, because...I still don't really feel fully enlightened on how I'm supposed to feel now. Maybe talking to actual people would help, but who knows. Again, I'd appreciate it if anyone wants to share their thoughts (my DMs are also open btw), although I'm aware that a random Tumblr post probably isn't the best way to solve my problem. ^^

[thatgirlonstage]

I've seen a few posts going around in the past, probably few months, critiquing the fandom "there's no other explanation" line about shipping and like— that's fair. It does get overused these days. People can be obnoxious about it with regards to Their OTP when there are in fact very reasonable platonic explanations that other people want to explore, not to say you can't see it in a romantic light but that not everyone is interested in doing so. Extremely fair.

However... that line very much grew out of the era of scraping for crumbs of queer content, when fans were regularly told that scenes could not and should not be read as romantic because they were queer, when queer coding had to be done entirely under the radar, using as much as creators could get away with, that the explanation was always going to be Anything But queerness. Yes, I think the phrase has lost a lot of that currency in this day and age and again, I think critiques of its current usage are fair. But I don't think that's always been the case, because when the characters are eyefucking in every episode and saying lines about how their souls were made for each other or some shit and the creators say pointedly that they are Very Good Friends but we could all still count the number of same sex couples from prime time television on our fingers then the "how the hell else am I meant to interpret this? There's no other explanation!!!" sentiment takes on a very different tone

Idk it's just one of those things where I read the post and I'm like... I don't think anything you're saying here is wrong but I think you're missing a very important chunk of context. This phrase didn't just materialize; it gained its space in fandom vernacular for a reason. It may have outlived its utility but that doesn't mean it never had one.

[kittynugg]

HELLO 👋👋👋 HIIII. I think your art is super charming and I always love seeing it pop up on my dash :]] I hope ur having a nice day!!!!

What are your favorite headcanons for Ford?

i received this ask at around three in the morning which sucks because i went to sleep like juuuuuuust before you sent it but regardless its better this way because i saw it an hour ago and am responding now that im on my computer and have gotten rid of most of the eyecrust/lh

first of all thank you so much!! i'll keep that in mind whenever i post i'll think "ah yes canadianno will love this one" or "ooh candianno will hate this one shit" depending on the post

i do recognize you in my notes from time to time every time im like "OH ITS THAT GUY !!" like i do with,, every repeat interactor (do NOT know what word to call that like lump of people because not all of you guys are following me [which doesn't bother me!/gen] but uiuhkgk that works]

and about having a good day my day did just start but regardless its off to a decent one, i like interacting with people and receiving asks although they scare the shit out of me before i check them 😭

anyway *rubs hands together* here's the good part of this post my ford headcanons

i think my all-time favorite has to be the aroace ford headcanon, that might be me overcompensating against all the weird ships with him some of which i dont even want to know about but know they're out there because the shipping side of this fandom has a lot of,, strange people but regardless i like it a lot!! i'm aroace myself and only realized that because of that headcanon and jaidenanimation lmfao

to piggyback off of that ford being touch-starved is a hard second, honestly might be tied with the aroace hc. like. all those fics about him getting incredibly sleep deprived and cuddling with stan those are my fucking LIFEBLOOD. PLATONIC👏PHYSICAL👏AFFECTION👏IS👏REAL👏 he definitely falls asleep on the couch with mabel when they stay up really late watching movies or passes out on the floor with dipper (hugged in a vice grip that dipper tries to escape from but just gives up ofc) after a really long ddnmd session. or maybe they were studying a cryptid or waiting for a machine to power up. i also hc him to have really bad insomnia but shhhh let him have his sweetness

also i gave him autism i think thats important, and also depression and anxiety. and maybe adhd?? idk disorder soup dude ([not] small explanation for this i dooooo project most of the symptoms i have him show in my works atm and ive suspected that i have all of those for a while [some longer than others] so i figure i either mistake adhd symptoms for autism at times or they have a lot of overlap which they do tmk but someone did point out that ford might have adhd in the comments of one of my fics and i never really thought of it before but yeah)

here's a fun one from my notes app not quite a favorite headcanon but uhh here's this ford can't shake hands (not just because of bill but mostly bill, part of it is being raised thinking he's a freak for his extra finger and hiding it) BUT he can dap someone up flawlessly. just a weird quirk he has

anyway ive said too much im going to leave now and work on my fanfiction because the grind never stops !!! ty for the ask!!

[jjs-brainrot]

Various work related frustrations and anxieties the last couple of weeks have been kicking my ass and have been making me over-analyze myself way too much. Lot of the usual self doubt stuff, but mostly been thinking about how I feel about sex and romance (and also gender but I'm not in any kind of position to work through that one atm). I'm terrible at bottling stuff up so figured it'd be better to write shit down while I've got something of a clear head.

I'm aroace, aegosexual if you want to get more specific. The short explanation is that I still have something of a sex drive but next to no interest in pursuing sex. There's more complicated stuff to it like needing a degree of separation (i.e. some kind of 4th wall) between myself and whatever my current sexual interest is to get off but that's the basic gist of it. I still masturbate regularly at least once a night and I've definitely developed a large collection of fetishes/kinks over the years. I wouldn't go out of my way to seek out sex since I can take care of all of my needs myself. With that being said, I think if someone I was already comfortable being around sought it out from me, I'd be willing to give it a go. Though it would probably have to remain a purely physical/friends-with-benefit type relationship as my feelings toward romance are complicated.

As stated above I'm also aromantic. I don't feel any romantic attraction at all. I can still feel platonic and familial love but romantic love is a no go. I can enjoy it from afar in media and shipping characters and stuff but anything to do with me just completely blanks. I'm sure it's more complicated but having my parents divorce when I was young combined with an extended family that also has a low success rate with partners and the isolation that comes with living rural probably did a number on how I felt towards relationships. Any kind of romantic relationship with me would probably be one-sided or at least heavily imbalanced and would either crumble into disappointment or keep going far past the point of when it really should have stopped before everyone involved got hurt trying to make it work.

I've also been feeling extra Not A Person the last week or so. Admittedly that's something I've been dealing with for awhile since I've always kind of felt like I don't have much value unless I'm being useful to others. I get that, that's not correct and all but it still pops back up in my mind frequently. Also feel like I'm terrible at keeping any kind of boundaries. Like I'll see other people setting up healthy boundaries for themselves and I'll be over here writing vague squiggles on the ground that I won't enforce and even apologize for making if you step over them.

idk how to end this post so yeah.

[stxrdust-widow]

The X-Files first watch: Final Review

Top episodes

101, 103, 108, 113, 120

203, 205, 213, 219, 220

304, 308, 313, 317, 322

402, 404, 410, 414, 422

504, 507, 511, 512, 519

603, 610, 613, 615, 621

706, 708, 713, 714, 719

802, 804, 808, 815, 820

903, 910, 916, 919, 920

1003, 1006

1103, 1104

Character thoughts

Mulder: I loved his determination (for the most part) and his dedication to his sister. I love that he never really cared what anyone else thought of his outlandish theories and suggestions. I love how down-bad this poor meow-meow of a man was for his partner before they even met (memorizing and quoting her senior thesis?!?!). I didn’t love that every other season he’d go through this thing of like ignoring/ shaming Scully for not believing in everything he believed in, only to be reminded by someone else how much she did for him and that she actually put up with a lot!! It overall, fine character.

Scully: My love! My baby girl! I still am begging for a chance!! I will say that I loved her evolution from complete denial to being the one to suggest and revel in the paranormal and unexplained. I like that her curiosity is what often drove her to go along with Mulder’s crazy (but usually correct) explanations. She WANTED the truth too, whether she knew it or not. Whether she believed it or not. What else can I say? I love her sm 🩷🩷🩷

Skinner: Every season I had such high hopes for him, and every season he kind of let me down. In S11, Scully remarks that he’s a man guided strongly by his moral compass, but it seems like that compass is all over the place, and I wish he would have been written to be stronger in his convictions, and not let people like CSM and the Syndicate always guide his actions. I wish he would have told Mulder and Scully that he was being controlled for half the seasons by Krycek, because you know they would have done something about it.

Reyes: I really liked her character!! She was fun and a good addition to both Scully and Doggett’s character arcs. I’m going to forget about her post s9 arc though, tbh. (Also low key I crack-shipped her with Scully in s8/9 don’t come 4 me)

Doggett: He was there. Idk.

Other thoughts

Over all, I really enjoyed it. Seasons 1-7 and the first movie will hold a very special place in my heart. They were fun and campy and gave me a nostalgic vibe somehow?? Just very special to me now. Seasons 8/9 I didn’t love as much, but both still had some moments that I really enjoyed. I liked seeing the various relationships evolve from distrust to friendship and partnership- both platonic and romantic. I’m a sucker for romance though, so it was a given that I’d be insane for MSR from day one.

There were certain episodes from S10 and S11 definitely captured that early spark, and though it wasn’t my favourite, they each had their moments that I treasure. I wish the last two seasons would have just been back to fun, campy cases because they did those eps really well, and have had maybe one alien- related ep a season. Maybe even had them reconnect with their son in a normal way 😔

Now about the baby arc, if they insisted on continuing it in S10/11, I think they should have just completed it in S10 (and not just have dropped it like what????). I don’t know, had the parents killed while Scully was looking for William to save Mulder. Have the prophecy been fulfilled in S10 instead of dragging it on, and then S11 could have been them domestically raising a teenaged William, trying to find their places as long lost parents. Have them learn how to cope with the fact that they lost 15 years while also learning to cherish their second chance. Blah blah blah. That’s probably the headcanon I’m gonna go with lol.

Overall I’m glad that I gave this show a go! It had been sitting in my brain as a potential watch for at least 8 years lmao. Special thanks to poor Emily (@ daynascullys) for tolerating my madness in her messages, but in all fairness- she caused this. The blame is all on her tbh.

[sapphiclesbli]

hiiiiiii sooooo there’s this girl i like and i have no clue if she likes me back or not and i know you obviously can’t read her mind (unless you secretly are a mind reader because that would be a lot of help) but if someone you liked was doing all this to you what would you think…i guess that’s what im asking lol.

so basically she told her mom about me, showed her my insta, and told her about one of our little jokes (the one where we pretend we’re married…) and she also told one of her friends all of that plus that she likes talking to me.

but she keeps a distance with me. for a few days she’ll text me all the time and then will randomly only send one text everyday for a few days. yeah she could be busy and she probably is since even her friend agreed that she’s always busy. she also loves to tell me about when she has sex and the details (which i’m not opposed to bcuz we initially became friends from wanting to sext each other) but then she gets jealous and will saying something like “how could you post this when you have a wife” when i post something on my story about getting flustered around the most jaw dropping girl or if i repost something about wanting a girlfriend. and a long time ago like probably 1-1 1/2 years ago when i told her i had a crush on her she said really loves talking to me and all that but she doesn’t get crushes. but im not sure if she even knows i still like her.

but yeah that’s basically why i’m confused lol. and i mean if i did know she liked me back would that change anything? no lmao but yeah i’m just wondering what you think

sorry if this was all over the place

hiii i'm sorry I wanted to reply after classes but I fell asleep early as soon as I got home. my brain is fucked up tho so idk if I'm the best person to ask that's but I'll try my best!!

I wish I could read minds sadly but I'll try to help with my talentless brain lol. I definitely feel mixed signals about the situation but I feel like she likes you whether it's platonic or romantic I can't tell.

now I think when she tells you about her sex life details she's trying to get a reaction out of you ( idk how y'all sexted and maybe she's done it since the beginning) in that case I might be wrong but who knows. and for the jealousy part it really depends if she acts jealous and really shows it or if she's joking (or pretends to be)

also when she says she doesn't get crushes she might have a reason or it might have to do with her past, so she may act the way she does to protect herself. she also may not be sure of her feelings which can also be an explanation but yeah

I hope what I said makes sense and I could help (if not I'm sorry 😭 also don't apologize it's okay!! I'm glad you felt like I could give my opinion) anyway hope you had/ are having a lovely day!!

[gt-jar]

not a big fan of female characters? not accusing you of being sexist or anything like that but i'm curious if there's a reason behind that, i feel like quite a few people in the g/t community are like that given there is far more g/t of guys than of gals

No, not really.

I mentioned this in one of my posts not too long ago, but I don't really have an explanation for this.

It's just a personal preference I guess.

This also isn't something that is limited to g/t content, but my personal media consumption in general.

Right off the bat I can't think of a female character from a movie/tv show/whatever that was also my favorite character (take in mind that there's a difference between liking a character and them being your favourite).

Idk... I just perfer male characters over female characters.

As for the last part, I noticed an increase of female ocs in the g/t community over the last months (maybe even couple of years). Back in 2020/21 there was a lack of wlw content (like in people were craving it) and I don't know how much that improved since then, but when I went through the g/t writing tag earlier for research purposes the majority of the on-going storys and one shots included the pronouns she/her. I mean I just skimmed through them, therefore I can't tell if both giant and tiny were female or what kind of relationship/dynamic they had. But there are definitely quite a lot female ocs in the g/t community nowadays.

While there are still male duos, we are definitely lacking in the platonic departement.

Would love to hear others view on this :)

Like do we still have more content of guys than gals? Am I just imagining things?

[writerrobinarnett]

hii it's always me! (this will be very long i'm so, so sorry 😭)

recently i was thinking a lot about the love square and how much dysfunctional it is in mlb (in my opinion at least) bc they put everything in the "last" season and they don't know how to write and i was wondering how you would evolve it to make those two (mike and will, obv) work without creating an unhealthy and unbalanced relationship. bc.

following the mlb's story we see that marinette likes adrien and chat noir likes ladybug. but for making their relationship balanced after a identity reveal they firstly make ladybug appreciate (in a almost romantic subtext) chat noir and make adrien appreciate marinette in the same way. bc in the numerous fanservice eps where they do a identity reveal and then they forget everything (not chat blanc) we see that marinette (as it should be) firstly is insecure and dosen't accept immediately that adrien is chatnoir. after some time she finally accepts it. then we have adrien- now. adrien always says he would've loved ladybug, whoever she really was. he dosen't care who she really is. so when he found out that ladybug is marinette... "well?? ok! nice! she's one of my bestfriends so that's nice!" no way dude. he IMMEDIATELY accepted that but he didn't love marinette for her qualities. he started dating her just bc she's ladybug and this is NOT OKAY. this is totally unbalanced and disrespectful to marinette. and the writers knew this. so, trying to "fix" everything (as usual...) they put in the basically last season that one day adrien woke up and said "ohh ig i'm in love with marinette now". and marinette woke up one day saying "wait... i like chatnoir now! and he also loves ladybug so i'm lucky this time!" and marinette's crush survived about two days. than marinette and adrien started dating (tbh... i liked how they worked as a couple but idk??? since the first season "ladybug, my love" and now???)

now. the whole point is. there will be moments where will and mike will start to "like like" their counterparts or you will build them in another way?

another question is: what do you think about the love square's building in mlb?

this came out very long, forgive me 😭

Great analysis of MLB! I love reading detailed and in-depth opinions like this one so no worries, it’s so cool to hear your perspective! I’ll share my incredibly long reply lol

The short answer is, yes, I am planning to show Mike and Will starting to “like like”their counterparts before the reveal. Now here’s the much, much longer answer lol.

First a WARNING: Some parts of the following explanation are a little bit SPOILERY, but not too much. Only if you are obsessive about having no spoilers. I’ll try to keep it pretty vague

Okay with that out of the way, I’m gonna share a lengthier explanation of my thought process for writing Strange and Miraculous Tales. It’s long so bear with me lol

So, obviously, Mike’s long-time crush on Will is gonna make the transition post-ID reveal relatively easy for him. After the shock wears off, Mike can transition pretty well into being comfortable with and/or progressing from platonic to romantic. (In my opinion anyway) Although, Mike is gonna have a lot to process before he gets to that point

Will is the difficult one. Obviously, there’s a lot of problems with falling in love as superheroes, since they can’t get to know each other properly. To combat this, when I drafted my initial outline, I decided that Will was going to start to see Mike in a different light (a more romantic one) before the ID reveal.

I’ve only showed this a little bit of this theme so far. I started off in the beginning (ch. 3) hinting that Will was demi and that he already thought Mike was kinda cute, but that he only likes people he’s known for a while/is comfortable with. I hoped to build on this over the course of the story, showing Will growing close with Mike (again lol) and giving him an opportunity to start falling in love with Mike, as they become close friends (even though Will doesn’t realize this is happening ‘cause he’s a little dumb sometimes). As the story progresses, Mike has also started lowering his guard and becoming a little less flustered, which also helps Will to get to know (and love) Mike more.

In case the theme is too subtle, here’s another example of one of the ways I showed Will starting to develop a minor crush (that he himself doesn’t realize yet): when Will thinks that Mike’s getting flustered is cute and enjoys teasing him in ch. 6. Will’s feelings towards Mike have been very, very subtle so far, but I intend to make a few, more overt references (of both of them falling for their counterparts) as we near the ID reveal. There might be other small references already in the story, but I can’t remember them atm. (Also, if you haven’t read ch. 20 yet, there’s a much more blatant reference to Will starting to develop feelings for Mike hehe)

As a side note: I’ve also tried to pepper in some of Chat thinking that Z is kind of cute, but dismissing the thoughts, because he knows he likes Will. For instance, Mike had a mini freak out about thinking Z was handsome/cute in ch. 5. And he also wanted to remember Z kissing him in ch. 7. What’s more, I will say… the time Z kissed him in Oblivio might be affecting Mike more than he’s let on so far 😉

To summarize – I’m trying to address the love square by having Mike having invasive, romantic thoughts about Zombie Boy, and Will developing some subtle feelings for Mike, before the identity reveal, just like you said.

Most importantly though, I hope you keep in mind that my version of an MLB ID reveal and byler getting together won’t be perfect. I’ve already tried to show them liking each other, but it might have been a little too subtle. I did my best to lay the groundwork for a healthy relationship, and I think I did pretty well… but I may have fallen short. (I try my best but I’m still regrettably, a human who does make mistakes 😅). What I’m trying to say is: I hope you can still enjoy the story, even if I don’t execute this section perfectly

Now! To address my thoughts on the love square in the show… I hope it’s not disappointing, but I don’t have a lot of thoughts lol. I am the kind of person who overanalyzes a lot (and often times I enjoy analyzing things), but when I’m watching TV, a lot of times I try to turn off my brain and tend to be forgiving, even when the writing is iffy.

The exceptions to this in MLB: (1) the reversal of the love square was so freaking disappointing to me. I had always loved MariChat before those episodes, because I believed that they could build a really strong relationship, if they just focused on getting to know each other as friends first (and that was the only part of the love square where they weren’t flustered fools). But the way the two of them completely fell apart in the show was such BS! Ladybug not being able to focus on her job as a hero, had me like, wtf guys! Bc Chat was totally fine when he liked LB, so why is it so different the other way around. And I don’t care if you promised yourself you’d stop liking Adrien for some (very BS) reason Marinette – if your crush suddenly likes you back and you still like him, why on earth wouldn’t you start dating him!?!?! (2) The second thing I hate in the writing is Lila, and the idiotic storylines where no one believed Marinette, and they all believed this random person, who just showed up, over their longtime friend. Stupid. And not fun stupid. Sorry for the rant lol.

Hope all of that answers your question! 😊 And I really hope that you aren’t thinking, “omg tmi” right now haha

[victorclays]

Okay i have to make a post about this cuz it's driving me bonkers!!!

It's a fandom thing. And i know this is probably happening with a lot of younger fans, and it's not... i'm not MAD or yelling at y'all i just, am sharing some older fandom information.

So when you ship two characters, i'm gonna use Stranger Things characters cuz it's on my mind currently, so there are different ways to tag and like, show what type of relationship is being shown between them.

Romantic ship: steve x eddie

Platonic ship: steve & robin

The 'x' is for romantic pairings and ships, and the '&' is for platonic or familial or what have you. Just like on the ao3 filters.

I see people use the 'x' for platonic and with the kids, like I've seen:

steve x dustin

And that is just... so JARRING to my old fandom eyes.

And i know it's because it's not always common knowledge and such, and like i said, definitely not making this post to upset or yell at anyone. Just passing on the information for those who may not know.

Mainly because i know when i see things tagged with 'x' in ships that involve kids when it's just talking about how they're family and such, it just... throws me off. And i have to check what y'all mean.

And i'm all for ship and let ship but i also know that for people like me, if we see tags like that on some stuff we probably don't interact with it, when we would probably enjoy it and share it had it been tagged the other way. And i want everybody's work to get the right attention, ya know?

I'm not sure i worded this super well but i keep seeing the 'x' and had to make a post about it cuz it's so jarring seeing the 'x' when what it means to me, and most older fandom folks i think, is a romantic pairing.

Idk, if anyone has anything else to add feel free, cuz i'm sure there's probably a better explanation somewhere.

[tanketorskk]

Omg!!!! So much to say about your response!!! /Pos (not piece of shit Lol)

Ummumum 1st of all,,,, I love love love the explanation (IG? If you have a better word for it you're 100% and totally welcome to tell me!!) for wise prince!! The only thing that gets me is then in the bath, but like,, the more I (dorm)dwell on it LOL the more I can Def see it :0

2nnnnd um................ Igor and Snape... Goodness. Um I can definitely see the subtext there in Gob but idk ig I've never really given them like THAT much thought (super positive!!) and I like yours. :3 do you know how they got started? Idk they're like weirdly cute to me especially when you talk about them. How do you think they like,, started? Bc I could totally see them like teasing each other or something AGHHHH IDK I just think Sev is such a brat lol and idkidk Igor would probably love to put him in his place IDK

Um um and 3rd do you think the Malfoys being sort of peacock-y does any thing w Igor's fear of birds? :0 Idk I just like your thoughts on everyone (I've been keeping up with all your posts!!! Hope that okiedokie:3)

Ohoh and 4, how do you think the Igor/Snape stuff changed like not just in Gob but while Igor was in Azkaban?? Idk I wouldn't be surprised if he was like,,, scared of being on Snape's bad side (tbh a lot that is because the narcing didn't work and Snape would 100% let him know that he KNEW) and like,,, tried to somehow let him know that he "didn't mean it" or something, and like,, even more since you think Igor like actually trusted him (which I would be super down to hear how you think that began, too, if you ever want to yap about them (idk you just make them so cute to me))

Aghhhh super long sorry!!!!!!!! I'll be going, now, DW LOL

- 🍃

Ahhhh this is so long I love it jvnjbngjbg

Their stupid little shower time thing is actually one of my favourites, it's so funny to me. You've got this actively "I hate the gays" dude who regularly gets up from his equally as regular cuddle with his best bud on the PUBLIC COMMON ROOM COUCH to be like "Do excuse me while I fetch my (way too many) hair products, Sevvy. Mother and I found the most wonderful hair mask, you simply must let me try it on you" and then they go for their "platonic" soak in the baths where Edmund somehow manages to convince Severus to let him clean his hair because the one bar of soap Severus uses for everything "simply will not do!"

It's the scene with them outside that was cut (or in the extended version or something??) that really got me, where they catch a couple fooling around in the carriages and then it lowkey looks like Igor is reaching for Sev's waist but also the second he tries to grab his arm Severus raises them full on above his head, wrists together like??? (they're also on a first-name basis which like,, could mean nothing but??) (this is also completely unrelated to this but can we talk about how Severus curled his hair for the Yule ball??? Edmund in his influencer era after years and years of trying) I'm not entirely sure how they start off, though I'm not sure how playful I imagine Sev to be. I don't think he's got anything going for him sexually, in fact, he probably considers it a bit gross and unnecessary and he's acknowledged long ago that no one in their right mind should be attracted to him, so he struggles with people actually wanting to be intimate with him/people seeing him as attractive (he's got this problem times ten with Edmund who is clearly blind because he's somehow convinced himself that Severus is gorgeous). I do think Igor was more forward, I think he's always asked a lot of questions like "how far have you gone with girls" or "do you have a girlfriend" or "are you into insert stuff that's inappropriate to ask during dinner" you know?? So at some point, he probably made some stupid comment about bending Severus over or how he'd look nice splayed out on his bed or some shit and one thing led to another. I don't think it was ever a particularly talked about or thought-out thing it just sort of happened and then,, kept happening???

I'm so excited to hear you've been keeping up with everything, it's been a true joy to yap!! I don't think it's got as much to do with the Malfoys as it does with the Averys vjfnbjgb. Because yes, Igor fears birds in general but he especially fears owls and the Averys are barn owls through and through (Edmund Senior wooed his wife by gifting her a taxidermied rat and telling her facts about owls). Igor and Edmund do not get along (especially not in the aus where Igor and Severus sleep together because "how dare he, that gauche pigeon-livered, fatheaded flapdoodle!!!"). I don't think Igor necessarily fears Edmund but he definitely freaks him out enough for him to keep him at a distance while Edmund hates Igor for being close to Severus and also because he thinks he's way above being in the company of "someone like Igor"

I definitely think Igor was scared shitless at the thought of being on Severus's bad side, but also he was just scared of being in society after being released from Azkaban tbh. Azkaban fucked with his head a bit, did what it's supposed to do I guess cause homeboy does not want to go back there. He took the coward's way out and ratted out as many people as possible, including his former fling and his school bully (which is just,, so full circle if we imagine Dolohov is one of the people that hunt down and kill Igor in the end). I think maybe Igor pulls some sort of "what would you have done"/"look at what everyone else did, it was every man for himself" and I would not be surprised if he brought up how other people close to Severus pleaded the Imperius curse (cough Edmund cough). I don't think there's necessarily any like,, deep reason for Igor trusting Severus other than "losers gotta stick together". It kinda reminds me of how Viktor Krum's most important person in GOF is Hermione despite him having only met her a few months prior ngl (someone should ask me about Viktor Krum cough cough)

I think it's so funny /pos that you think they're cute cause in my mind they're literally this and also they're both nasty LMAO (shoutout to my friend for the picture lmao this is exactly the vibe they should be giving off)

[dopaminergicaddictions]

Well I blocked you on fb. I can't look at that photo anymore. I can't analyze this that or the other thing. Like Instagram posts that all of sudden have a bunch of shit released on fb that wasn't there before. Or my tumblr is relatable to your instragram post.

All I know is there were a lot of considences.. even if you won't talk to me, Elise. I know you've been here. Even if you do talk to me and you lie. I know bc of the ridiculous amount of considences...

I'm hoping you'll give me an unfiltered conversation regardless of the capacity. You really hurt me. If it has to be therapist/client I beg of you to take the tape off your mouth and uncuff your hands. I hope it doesn't have to be in that capacity but you owe me an explanation bc of the back story if we have to "know" eachother in that capacity. I wouldn't be your client. I'd see you once or twice. Talk it out and never see you again.

The saddest thing is I want to believe you're still in love with me. I want to believe bc she passed away and you couldn't look at the picture you posted but it was valentines day so you had to post one of you and him..My brain wants to believe every which way that I'm wrong and I shouldn't be crying.

If you chose to talk to me informally I will not talk to you about any of this. We'll be friends. And I'll accept you love him and your happiness will be more important to me.

If you chose therapist/client. I'm going to be raw and i want that tape removed. Since it'll be the last time I ever see you

If you chose to not do either-you're the worse thing that ever happened to me bc of the back story. It would be needlessly cruel to not fill in the blanks and be honest with me.

You broke my heart into pieces. I've been crying all day. Comforting myself that I'm not delusional bc of the backstory I cannot put into writing.... I have been telling myself even if it was all coincidence I had good reason, CAUSE I DID.

Yet you changed it during the hours I asked you to so I could have all day to cope. Once again could be coincidence...

Idk then I send a Instagram message to you and within 1 hour I see the Maria ps2 video viewed twice at 5 pm.. suggesting email me....... but see I'm psychotic. So at this point.

Idk what to think. Idk what to feel. I've been fucking crying and hallucinating. Why didn't you pick a picture of your girls or the picture of you and the 2 other women?

Maybe bc you were never here. Maybe bc you don't love me.

Maybe bc it's v day...

Idk....

Maybe I'm shit to you. Maybe when you cut me off, I died to you. Maybe you were never here. Maybe Instagram was just randomly coincidental..

But you lead me on to June. It's true. It's why I believe Instagram was about me.

If June hadn't happened, I wouldn't have believed you had any feelings for me. I would have never thought Instagram was about me. I would have never thought that you read my tumblr. I would have never thought any of it.

I need you to give me a conversation. I'm hoping it's a life long friendship. So I could be right about something that we were connected but it was platonic for you. That I meant something to you.

That everything leading up to our back story ending wasn't some cruel joke about not trusting someone. Idc if you love him. It fucking hurts cause I feel very lead on BUT if you could show up for me as a friend. It would matter. It would matter that I was right about us being connected. That was right about us having something even if it wasn't significant.

[citrus-cactus]

I know you're a major Daisuke/Wallace shipper, but may I ask which other ships with Daisuke you like too, if any? (^・ω・^ )

(in my case i multiship him with a ton of characters... Lately more into TakeDai thanks to Shiha lol)

Ahhh, sorry it took so long for me to answer this!!

Oh, Ni. NI. Do you really want to open up the floodgates of shipping with me?? (bless you)

So, I developed the habit of just not talking about Digimon ships on the Internet many years ago, despite it being the primary thing that was fueling my creative output for a significant period of time (like… 2007-2014, probably??). But yeah, for most of my time on Tumblr, there was no way I was gonna talk directly about Digimon ships, because I’m always scared about the potential backlash such posts may receive (trying to get over that, though!). A few ships have breached brain-containment: Wallsuke and Taijyou, obviously, Taishiro and Nishihime maybe less-obviously (these days). But I feel more comfortable talking about those since they’re (mostly) rarepairs, the haters are minimal/nonexistent, fans of those pairs are chill and awesome, and I guess they just feel “safer” than some of the rest of the Adventure/02/tri/Kizuna shipping minefield XD

I would LOVE to make a chart like the one @reliablejoukido did showing my OTP thru NOTP feelings though! Back in 2012 I know I made a numerical matrix-type thingy for my preferences, but I never published it anywhere and I’m guessing they’ve changed a bit ^^; If I ever found time to make my own template in this day and age, I’d do it, but alas, time makes fools of us all! 🥲

All that is to say, I’m also a multishipper, and I absolutely have other Daisuke ships!! I have ended up on kind of a personal crusade to put more Wallsuke out in the world these past few years, which is why it kind of accidentally ended up being my primary Daisuke ship (oops). It doesn’t mean all those other ships are gone and forgotten, though!

I’m generally using REALLY OLD American English Fandom ship names in this post, only because that’s how I refer to them in my own head. Please don’t think too hard about the spelling/order/capitalization/punctuation of them, because I’m not! I assure you these designations don’t mean anything in this context other than “the relationship between these characters in some platonic or romantic way, explanation to follow.” TL;DR for everyone reading this: don’t be rude about shipping on this post, and don’t nitpick my terminology, please! I’m old, and so, so tired of fandom drama.

And now, without further ado, and in no particular order… DAISUKE SHIPS! ᕕ(ᐛ) ᕗ

Daiyako (Miyako/Daisuke)

I love them as friends hanging out or casually dating. They’re so!!! Well, they’re pretty similar in how strong their convictions are and how open they are about their feelings, which means they agree on a lot of things but also have the potential to clash a lot, which is a dynamic I REALLY enjoy for them. In a romantic scenario, I can definitely see them as going from arguing about something inconsequential to making out in about 3 seconds flat (maybe with a side of “how did we end up here??” ehehehe). IDK, they both give off disaster bisexual vibes to me, and I’m 100% here for that!

Daiken (Ken/Daisuke)

Really great, obviously, either romantic or platonic. They were Jogress partners (cue chorus of “oh my god, they were Jogress partners…”). I actually um. Don’t have a lot to say about this ship, but I do enjoy seeing it on my dash! Daisuke and Ken’s Christmas Carol and the entirety of Revenge of Diaboromon are all-time classics in my mind and I do secretly like one-sided Kaiser/Daisuke or mutual Kaiser/Daisuke Kaiser… shhhh

Daikari (Hikari/Daisuke)

Like, honestly yes. Daisuke, I am rooting for you! I mostly enjoy them as a friendship or in a “falling in love once they grow up and mellow out a bit” context. This is also how I feel about Junpei/Izumi from Frontier, by-the-by. Both pairs give off similar vibes (to me), but I’m more likely to gravitate to thinking about Junzumi because I just. Junpei does NOT get enough love, respect, or attention in general, and I would LOVE to see more portrayals of fat-positive romance for him, specifically.

Daikeru (Takeru/Daisuke)

So, I’ll admit I have a really hard time writing Takeru, which means I don’t do a very good job of imagining him in Situations(tm), but I have read/seen a fair bit of this pair romantically and I like it, I just also don’t have a lot to say about it (I’m sensing a theme!). Once again though, I will happily read what others put out there. Please, fic writers, help me understand how Takeru thinks! He’s such a mystery to me.

Daichi (Taichi/Daisuke)

The admiration Daisuke shows his senpai in canon is very endearing, even if it can seem a bit lopsided (though maybe, by the time Revenge of Dioboromon concludes, the admiration IS quite mutual??). I do like thinking about them as a mentor/mentee pair though, or equals/brothers-in-arms, learning from each other as they compare notes on leadership and decisionmaking.

Daimi (Mimi/Daisuke)

I loooooove their friendship!! IDK, between the NY segment of the World Tour Arc and the Door Into Summer audio drama, it’s there, right? Anyway, I still say these two are the Treat Yo’ Self squad for the Adventure kids, and I love picturing that dynamic for them.

I think me answering this ask is a bit of a stealth request for (short) fic recs that feature these relationships, lmao. I used to casually browse fanfiction a lot more than I do now, I guess I’m too picky or something (plus I have a HUGE backlog of mutuals’ fanfics to read, augh sorry!). And I didn’t mention it, but romantic thruples are good too! I would be interested in reading… oh, I don’t know, pretty much any combination of the older 02 characters in a polyamory situation (Dai/Ken/Miyako, Hikari/Takeru/Dai, Ken/Dai/Takeru, Dai/Miya/Wallace, etc).

So yeah. Shipping!! I love it. Does this mean the floodgates are finally open? IDK, but you could try sending me another Digimon character to see if I’d talk about the ship(s) I have for them!