#fast-moving-relationships

[foldingfittedsheets]

So one thing I’ve noticed is that people’s DnD characters may vary but there is usually an underlying thread that they all have in common. This thread is typically related to what that person struggles with the most.

For instance, my betrotheds DnD characters: a bitchy warlock we had to bust out of two different pacts, a sassy barbarian, a reformed drow cultist, and a sunshine fighter cleric.

All these characters were wildly different but at their very core struggle was them grappling with their self worth. My betrothed struggles with their worth a great deal and even with different facets showing their characters all have that too.

Mine all tend to contend with different themes of loneliness and acceptance. Surprise, surprise, the little autistic gremlin yearns to have been met with more love and lasting friendships.

So we’re at breakfast. I am meeting a new friend of my betrotheds for the first time. It’s been twenty minutes since I’ve met this man. I say my theory. He laughs. He starts to describe a few of his characters but specifies that he often has healing aspects. He gives a very broad overview of their character arcs.

I ponder for a moment then said, “Would you like to have my assessment?”

He laughed, “Sure!”

“We’ve just met. It’s gonna get real.”

“Bring it on.”

“I think your struggle is that you feel you must offer something of value or service to people to be worthy of their love.”

His jaw dropped. His fork froze midway to his mouth. A potato fell. He stared into space as this sank in. Quietly he said, “Oh.”

[rachelazegler]

[slymanner]

God dude these two scenes and how roxie moves hurt my heart so so bad 🥹

it's like a mix of anger, feral, emotional breakdown, and complete sadness that just fucks me up soooo fucking bad.

it's like she's a pet who got abandoned by their owner but they see them again after years of sadness and depression of them being gone and leaving them like that and all that anger and sadness just manifest's into one bundle of emotion's towards them they cannot control.

roxie baby ur gonna be okay u deserve better :[

[aeroplane-magnum]

ooo wndismsm telemarketing oo

I am so consistent with my content yayhhhahu?

[mellosdrawings]

hihi! I would like to know how you see/feel about the dynamic of the Tweels and Azul, if you don't mind sharing of course!

Hi o/

Sorry, this one took me a minute, I was trying to figure out the best way to explain my feelings about their relationship but... I realized that while I was unable to give a name to KaliJami but was able to explain the relationship, here I am unable to even explain the Octatrio's relationship.

They're best friends who would do anything for each other without needing any explanation, but they also would sell each other for a corn chip. The Tweels are Azul's first friends and also his most consistent bullies. They keep saying they're not friends but nobody around them believes it.

And, you know, I actually like how their vibe is "as long as we're having fun, we're staying together". Relationships don't have to last forever to be cherished. It's perfectly fine to stop frequenting who was once a dear friend if the relationship ends up not being enjoyable anymore. People change and so do their relationships, and that's a healthy mindset to cling to the fun and not force yourself into something that doesn't fit you anymore (in my opinion, at least.)

Though I have a feeling that, for the Tweels, it might come from a shaky family situation. Like Cater who can't will himself to have friends because he keeps moving, so he can't imagine a long lasting relationship whatsoever, I think the Tweels who might come from a family that has some kind of criminal background might approach their relationships in a "that won't last, but at least we'll have fun while it does". They're kinda the opposite of Cater in that regard. All of them are ready for their relationships to stop at any moment, but Cater has a darker view of it and refuses to open up while the Tweels are more nonchalant and try to get the most out of their relationships. The difference might come from the Tweels having each other anyway while Cater has a strained relationship with even his sisters.

Going on a tangent here: a thing I've come to realize is that Azul shows his love the same way the Tweels do. Lemme explain.

The one person we have seen Azul interested in is Jamil. He's shown it in forever bothering him and inviting him to join him and completely disregarding any complaint or refusal Jamil throws his way.

Feels familiar? That's how Floyd approaches Riddle too. That's also how the Tweels approached Azul at first. We don't have that much backstory but we do have an example of Azul trying to drive them away, and them not listening at all and continuing to come bother him until they have carved a place at his side.

I'm personally of the opinion that Azul learned his love language from the Tweels, because it was the only example of (lasting) friendship that he's ever had.

There's also the whole debt thing to take into account. Azul needs to feel unindebted, he cannot stand owing things to others. That's just how it is. The Tweels though would totally do whatever they need to have whatever they want, no matter the debts. But they do play by Azul's rule. Sometimes they even use it against Azul to gain favors from him. Though most of the time it feels like they're indulging him by asking favors when they just wanted to help him. It's a fine line, a fine balance, just like everything else.

The OctaTrio is just always on the cusp of being perfectly in sync with each other, using each other's strength and weaknesses to the best so they could all get what they want, while also being perfectly terrible to each other, literally just using each other for their own gain. It's a very interesting relationship and maybe one of the most balanced and precise out of every other relationships. They're just... in sync.

And contrary to KaliJami, those three can very well work on their own without needing each other. They constantly do their own things, decide to ditch the others because they have something better to do elsewhere, etc.

All three of them say they are into this relationship purely out of personal gain. And, yeah, I'm sure they're getting a lot out of it and they even get to be selfish while still working well together. Buuuuut...

I mean, come on, the Tweels keep coming to Azul's rescue. They were super worried when the anemones disappeared and discovered Azul overblotted. Boys aren't hiding their feelings as well as they think. And Azul isn't any better.

You know what, I think I finally figured it out. I finally know what to call their relationship, despite my introductory statement.

They're siblings.

Azul has pretty much been adopted by the Tweels. Being selfish morons ready to throw each other under a bus while also going on a rampage as soon as a bully decides to target one of yours is 100% sibling-coded. And I'd know it, I almost got into a fistfight because my lil bro got punched once. And I'm usually ready to punch him myself.

The OctaTrio are siblings who know their relationship might not last forever, but who have nonetheless decided to make the most out of it.

[eelclaw]

stupid fucking bastard. i am not coping with the leaks

[rebouks]

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Matilda: Mmh, what now? Tristen: Breakfast? I have-.. cereal. Matilda: It’s a bit late for breakfast. Tristen: Twelve forty-five?! Shit, I completely missed my shift. Matilda: Love that-.. not what I meant though. Tristen: Oh. Matilda: I meant us. Tristen: Wanna move in? Matilda: Triss… Tristen: What? This is what I do-.. move too fast n’ make a mess, wanna join me? Matilda: I kinda wanted this to be different. Tristen: It is. Matilda: Yeah, but-… Tristen: I don’t want there to be a but. Matilda: I don’t make a good girlfriend! Tristen: Eh, you’ll fit in with the rest. Matilda: If I didn’t love you so much, I’d smack you. Tristen: Hah-.. you would though! Be a good girlfriend, I mean. Matilda: You’re usually such a pessimist, maybe you’ve just had too long to dream about it. Tristen: Am I not allowed to be optimistic about this one thing? Matilda: I still have to go home-.. then what? I have a return ticket, a flat, a job, friends. Tristen: We don’t have to think about that now though, right? Matilda: Hm, I’m starting to see what you mean. Tristen: Uh-huh, messy-.. c’mon, can’t I tempt ya? Matilda: We’ll see. Tristen: Be mine in the meantime-.. wherever you are? Matilda: After a night like that? You’re on. Tristen: [snickers] You thought it’d be bad, didn’t you? Matilda: Not bad, just.. a little more awkward, maybe. Tristen: The guy in the sky gave me something, at least.

[sysig]

Sims 2 has played Clinical Trial, it all went by the exact same beats

[partiallypearl]

your mother is a woman and women like her cannot be contained.

[byemambo]

20250311 | THE BOYZ - 'Unexpected' Trailer: Nothing THE BOYZ 3rd ALBUM [Unexpected]

THE BOYZ Teasers [21/?]

[tetrakys]

We're soon to reach that special time in all Beemoov games...

like bears waking up from their winter slumber

like caterpillars leaving their cocoon transformed into butterflies

like the sun popping up over the horizon at dawn

soon a part of the fandom will break the silence, and a cry will be heard from the depths of all social media

"TOO MUCH SEX in the game!!! 😡😡"

Trust me, like clockwork, the purity police will show up the moment things start getting vaguely physical. For everyone's mental health, the only way to survive is to not engage.

[snakes-and-fluff]

I really do think the Milgram team messed up with Mahiru's Trial 1 stuff if I'm being completely honest. Because I know the reaction to her Guilty was "I'm surprised because all we saw was a girl in love." (I can't recall if it was Deco*27 or Yamanaka who said it.)

And yea, that's the problem. Because the whole point of Milgram is figuring out what happened before; what "murder" they committed. All of This is How to Be in Love With You is dedicated to showing how much Mahiru is a massive romantic, and then looking shocked at the end. All the information that can be gleaned from it is that her victim was her lover, and she was shocked by it, or at least didn't expect things to go exactly the way they did.

But what about her voice drama, surely there's more info there? Well, in Love is Mine, she talks a lot... about love... Yeah, there's nothing here, really. She comes across as super talkative and honestly a little strange, but nothing that gives us any clues to her "crime" except a moment where she says that she never wanted to kill anyone, and she was just being herself. She also has the line, "Hmm… Actually, I was hoping you could tell me the answer to that, guard-san… If what I did was unforgivable." Which would be great, if her song gave us any clue as to what she actually did!

There are other T1 songs that are vague - Amane and Kazui's come to mind. But at least with them, the VDs give more info and coming back with more context after T2 puts them in a whole new light. But rewatching I Love You... doesn't really add anything? There really weren't any hidden clues or hints there?

I have a few friends IRL I've gotten into Milgram but most of them can't remember the character's names so there's shorthand for who they are/what they did. And whenever I have to remind them of Mahiru, the conversation usually goes, "What'd she do again?" And I, head in my hands, can only answer "I. don't know."

Anyway to circle back to my original point: as far as I see it, Mahiru got that Guilty almost solely due to confusion and lack of information (and people ascribing more intention onto her cover song but I can't blame them for that since the main trial stuff is so lacking), and that's a failure on the writing team's part to account for that possibility. They only had three opportunities to give us info (perhaps less, if dead prisoners don't get new songs) and frankly I think they wasted Mahiru's first round.

[thepettymachine]

Robert went on a blind date with Agnes Crumplebottom.

To say the least, he was smitten by her.

[mikimeiko]

Arcane | Season 1 (2021), Christian Linke and Alex Yee

[yonpote]

I was thinking of your answer to the question of how Dan and Phil have lasted 15 year. I also think it’s fun to indulge in the idea of them being soulmates even though I really don’t believe in that, but I do think it’s obvious their relationship is different to a lot of others. Do you think there is something that just inherently makes them have such a unique connections? Like, personality wise they just fit together better than other people? Or do you think any good couple could have what they have with the same level of communication as dnp? I hope I’m making sense here lol

hmm thats a good q! i think everyone's relationships are unique obv, and i don't think dnp are the only people to ever have that high a level of trust and communication lol. i actually don't believe their relationship is that much different from a handful of queer couples i know, at least ones with their kind of longevity. i do think that it's not as common because it requires a lot of work to build up to that level of trust, and dnp were sorta forced to build that very quickly due to their circumstances as closeted public-facing people. maybe its a bit dark or too speculatey to say like, they're a little bit trauma-bonded? a tiny bit? so their specific situation is probably what makes their relationship unique, but any relationship can have that level trust over time so long as both/all parties are putting in the effort to build that up.

[saras-almanac]

I feel like it's not totally out of character for Aaron to move fast in relationships like really he was ready to stop robert from making the biggest mistake of his life and told him he loved him and thought robert loved him too like three months into the affair. He moved fast with Ben as well with the whole moving in together too. it's just not believable because we haven't seen him show how much john means to him and the big gestures have come out of nowhere. With Robert you could tell Aaron was falling in love with all the hints they were giving.

You might have gotten me here cause I literally do not remember Ben at all. I know I was still watching but I think barely--like I don't even remember why he was called Kayak Ben. (Was it cause he worked at that outdoor adventures thing or just loved Kayaking? Or was he introduced carrying a Kayak. I don't know. Sadly the most interesting thing he did was die...)

But your point is what I was trying to say! This entire relationship feels like it comes out of nowhere because like everything was off screen. Even their initial hookups were confusing because I literally couldn't see any reason why Aaron was so into this guy...

I just cannot understand what they were really going for and that's what's been so frustrating for me as a writer. If they wanted to have John and Aaron be a genuine couple who were falling in love, then they needed to show us some of that. Having them hookup for weeks and then all of a sudden Aaron's like "Yeah I should be the reason you stick around" and then saying they love each other after a few months, doesn't cut it--especially for a character like Aaron who is/was in an insanely popular ship already. Like even if they had just shown a bit of any connection between them that wasn't them hooking up, maybe it would have helped.

I just don't get it but trying to just let the soap be the soap. But rest assured, I'm gonna be writing (and reading) every version of this story where John goes fully off the rails and tries to kill Robert and/or keeps either Robert or Aaron prisoner, or just anything else that's completely over the top because that is what I want for this story to make up for how absolutely boring John was until the reveal he killed Nate and everything else he did.