#mostly platonic dynamics

[sergeantpixie]

"Gravestones Are Fragile"?? 👀

Oooh! That is Chapter 3 of The Road is Long (and Home is Gone) which is my From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series x The Vampire Diaries crossover! It has a very similar premise to Addendum in that they both have the lead female character, Elena Gilbert, verse hopping into another show's first season but The Road is Long is much less structured and much shorter (because the show is shorter!) which makes it easier to write and therefore more fun to me.

And while Addendum was born out of the way I watched Supernatural with my grandpa (explaining how an episode would go if Elena was there because he wanted to know why I shipped Elena with Dean Winchester) The Road is Long was born purely out of my desire to save a side character who dies in like the second/third episode, Monica, the bank teller! Elena is there when the Gecko brothers rob the bank and volunteers to be their hostage so no one else gets hurt because she fucking would lmao.

All of the chapters of this story are from poems I love, "Gravestones Are Fragile" comes from a poem by Russian poet, Anna Akhmatova, the title of which escapes right now...it might be one of her untitled poems. Edit: OH it's "Poem Without a Hero".

Seth gestures between the two of them uncomfortably. “Looks like a whole lot of bonding went down in here.” Richie nods vaguely. “Elena’s cool.” But Seth's not so sure how much he trusts his brother right now so he looks at her for confirmation. She raises one shoulder gracefully. “I’ve had worse kidnappers.” She offers up her past misfortune like it’s a high compliment. Richie points a fry at her. “But you’ve had better too, am I right?” She laughs, but nods. “Well, I mean, there were shots and burgers and pool, that’s a hard one to surpass.” She smiles somewhat fondly. “That was a good night.” Seth stares at her in amazement. “You think so fondly of all of your kidnappers?” She shakes her head seriously. “Not at all, that one just ended up being a pretty good time. Plus, you know, I kinda dated his brother.” “Huh.” He grabs his drink. “You are a fascinating girl, Elena Gilbert.” She grins. “Trust me, the less you know, the better.”

@randomestfandoms

[qu0rky]

Did somebody say… iwtv shitposts part 3? No? Well you’re getting them anyways

Other Parts: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7

[chandralia]

I’m just gonna paste what I said on my privs:

I’m crying like a baby over this I don’t give a fuck. if their little talk that “totally definitely happened” is satisfying then I’ll shut up and apologize for acting like this, but until we see it I’m so fucking upset that things turned out this way.

“it’s shonen what did you expect” I expected the writing to stay consistent. this story kept outdoing itself for almost 10 years, one-upping and surpassing expectations, then just… stopped. it’s really sad.

I never expected bkdk to be canon, but I did want to see a natural satisfying conclusion to their platonic dynamic. that’s all. and it feels like we can’t even have that.

how were things so good for so long, FOR LITERAL YEARS, then fell off so quickly what the fuck happened. how do you have a dynamic solely around the concept of a missed handhold then never give it to them.

how do you have a character repeatedly inspired by and saved by someone only for them to call SOMEONE ELSE their hero.

how can you wedge in an underdeveloped pairing and give them EVERYTHING we wanted/barely expected for ours. this is so fucking frustrating actually. I’m allowed to be severely upset and confused. I’ll accept this shit on my own time, until then I’m so fucking disappointed.

[frogsinajar]

I was rereading Soul Eater a few years ago and made a bunch of drawings with some of the hs kids on that world, but I never got around to posting them.

Anyway, here's some comics also.

[bebrave-live]

Love the flavor of soulmates that is a main m/f partnership dynamic that's mostly platonic but also romantic but also dysfunctional and yet completely essential - like these characters would not work without each other, but they barely work with each other, and most importantly they know each other carnally better than anyone else, but it's also not about sex at all it's about the partnership and navigating the highs and lows of intimacy and letting someone in, but also maybe they do fuck, but also maybe don't, but also...

[aroaessidhe]

2025 reads / storygraph

Something Extraordinary

historical platonic-romcom

an aromantic woman tired of feeling unworthy when the people closest to her leave her behind for romance, and a gay man in unrequited love who is planning on giving up and marrying a woman in misery and drunkenness

she kidnaps him the day before the marriage to stop him ruining his life, suggesting that they get platonically married instead - and on the ridiculous journey to scotland to elope, they have to convince each other if it’s what is best for them, and what they want out of life/love/and friendship

[numberoneredriotfan]

It's funny to me how kiribaku is always portrayed as Kirishima being lucky to have Bakugou. Cause to me, it's a damn miracle that crusty, sweaty, gremlin ass (affectionate) Bakugou Katsuki was able to bag Kirishima Eijiro, the most beautiful man on earth.

(This is a joke pls don't hurt me Bakugou's pretty too-)

[5ivers]

ummm😢 what the dog

[galactic-rhea]

Thoughts on Padmé x Anakin x Rex?

Padmé and Anakin are so mutually obssesed they would first have to check into that before trying to bring another person to their carefully-balanced-kind-of-damage or something it's going to explode.

Honestly it's a fun ship! But I don't have too many thoughts about them because when I consider them is usually in very low-stakes-fun-AU-scenarios.

And I'm actually a bit of a fan of Rexwalker myself! Athough I tend to like them more as very good buddies, the covering-for-you-dynamic it's so funny for them, lol It's also angsty and complicated because, y'know, the power-imbalance and unchecked trauma? Is funny that the clone that's actually a slave for the republic is the most normal if you bring him into the anidala romance circus.

Also shout out to @phoenixyfriend , she has a lot of rexanidala fics and recs for anyone interested reading this!

[turtleblogatlast]

Do you ship any of the turtles with anyone? or do you ship anything in rise at all?

(This ended up being a lot longer an answer than I intended hoo boy sorry about that)

Hmmm, I’m not too big a shipper tbh! Especially since I really enjoy canon interactions backing my ships, so it’s hard for me to actively like any that don’t really have that going for them. There’s plenty that I see around that I think are cute, but that’s usually the extent of my thought process for them.

For ships I more actively have, I guess I like AprilxSunita! They’re very very cute and I think they have some huge meet cute energy in their first episode together, and their chemistry is genuinely adorable (plus them being featured means more April screentime which is ALWAYS a good thing.)

I also think AprilxCasey (and when I say Casey I mean our OG girl) is really good, as I’m a sucker for enemies to lovers, and I think they have a lot in common and just bounce off each other very well (not to mention this ship in other iterations of TMNT has a loooooot going for it.)

Keeping the chain going, I think RaphxCasey (again, OG Casey) is also one with a tonnnnn of potential. They have a lot of common characteristics, and considering Raph’s whole thing with Franken-Foot, I really think there’s a lot of room there for a relationship to develop. Plus, like AprilxCasey, Raph and Casey tend to have a close relationship throughout the iterations of TMNT and it would be great to see that more with these two, even if not romantically.

Actually going back to enemies to lovers, I unironically think there’s a ton going for DonniexKendra. I know a lot of people hate this ship, but I don’t and I actually think it could very easily work whether in a love-hate way or a slow burn way. There’s a lot to like here and honestly they’re good together! Kendra is legit Donnie’s type too haha (cute, but mean.)

Lastly, SplinterxDraxum is good…when done right. I really like when people take it and don’t undermine the very real trauma that Splinter has gone through. As I’ve stated a lot, I love me some enemies to lovers, so I can see the potential here. Plus lbr Draxum was down BAD for Lou Jitsu when he first saw him haha.

I think that’s the extent to what I actively like? Everything else usually falls into “aw cute” or “ehhh not for me thanks”. And before you ask YES leosagi is cute and I’ll read fics with it if the premise is appealing, but I’m afraid I need some canon interactions to establish base character dynamics before I actively ship it alas.😔 Super cute though, no hate to it or any of the other CanonxCharacter-they’ve-never-met ships, I genuinely think people should just have fun! And for what it’s worth I really do wish we got a Usagi and Leo interaction in Rise like we have in other iterations.:(

So yeah. Overall, I have a few ships I enjoy, but I fall much more in the “prefer to keep everyone to themselves and make the focus family and friendship” category.

[bone-fanfiction]

confession: a handful of my ships are actually queer platonic or even straight up regular platonic, but i’ve projected my weird strong attraction & affection towards my friends onto characters and it’s a lot easier to know the truth in my heart than to fight with everyone about it. because who the hell will believe me when i say the art of the mario brothers making out is platonic. no one will. they’ll take me for a lying fool

[erabu-san]

HI ERABUU HRUU?? :D

so, have you seen those Sethos and Wanderer lines? and the dynamic them both have at all?? its like Sethos wanted to know more of Wanderer and possibly befriend him y'know 😭😭

YES I READ IT AND i am really invested in it.

They are both interesting, I enjoy their dynamic 😭 bahahaa plz ! Also when wanderer told "huh he keeps following me and ask abt my hat ☝️ 😐" and sethos and in backstory 1 of Sethos, when Sethos was too busy, Wanderer is the one starting the conversation 😭 oh he doesn't mind Sethos at all !! Anyway, looking how Sethos is smart but also open-minded, I am sure Wanderer would find it interesting to talk with him too !

And the fact they also both pretty similar, but contrary too !! Anyway, I'm happy abt a possible Sethos Scara friendship 😊

[sistersavelorn]

Thinking about Bernard telling Fran that the dress she was wearing for her date was nice in S1E3

[rivilu]

This run is making me love Neve even more which i didn't think was possible

[beanghostprincess]

What are your thoughts on Kobylu? (Koby and Luffy pairing!)

i like the ship!!! i think it's really cute and their dynamic is pretty sweet. however, i don't really ship them. like, i agree that koby has a huge massive homosexual gay gay crush on luffy, but i'm not sure about luffy here. in my opinion is like, unrequited until koby moves on and his feelings end up being just admiration (with a tiny bit of still gaygay feelings). i like seeing their fanarts, tho! they're adorable.

[snailfen]

looking back on my ship tierlist i feel like such a normie for having just the most popular ships in my top tier 😭 rarepair havers i love you. idk how you do it but i support you fully