#relationship identifiers

[last-starry-sky]

Had a dream last night of alpha!141 discovering omega!reader through her small “daily life” youtube channel.

Just the thought of four massive men pressed together, jostling one another to watch you on one phone screen (held in a fucking death grip) as you film yourself setting up your nest or making a smoothie.

[bunnieswithknives]

Fop redesigns for funsies but also bcs I saw some star heel boots and had to put Dale in them immediately.

[cvl-kestis]

i'm also very annoyed about how the symbolism of cassian's character was handled throughout this season. in rogue one and going into season two, the great tragedy of cassian was that he was no one at all -- destined to go unremembered and never live to see the world he gave everything to create. he had been through hell and back not because it had to be that way but because he was brave enough to choose hell in hopes that it might make a better tomorrow. and then he was wiped off the map and the men who destroyed the death star using the plans he stole never knew his name.

according to andor season two, though, cassian was always meant to be on scarif because he's a "messenger." he has lampshaded plot armor until he can die the way he was born to die, because it was always his destiny to make sure those plans made it off that base. also, he is survived by his partner and a child he never knew about, solidifying his legacy. this... is silly. it is beyond noble for cassian to make the willing choice to be forgotten in service of a greater cause. i'm much less compelled if the story is about cassian unintentionally being dragged to his death by fate and then getting remembered as a hero.

[romanceyourdemons]

shen qingqiu and shang qinghua are paragons of internet safety. refusing to share their real names with people they met online even after getting transmigrated into another dimension

[spaceacekid]

The more I read about asexuality the more I realise no two experiences are the same, this spectrum is so broad and that's awesome actually

[knifearo]

i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as a binary i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as a sliding scale of "less" to "more" i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as the only two options i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as significantly different things i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as all encompassing i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as the two halves of a shallow concept of love that doesn't actually encompass anything at all i think we need to overhaul every popular conception about "types" of love so we can talk about things that are real and true for once

[aychama]

I remember when I was a teenager I would say stuff like "oh I'm not into romance because I want to study, get a job and then think about marriage when I am like 24" whenever someone asked if I was seeing someone.

And now I'm 24.

I guess child me was using that as an excuse because I didn't know I was aroace and did not want to be in a relationship and have people keep pestering me about it.

What I'm saying is, we are always who we are even without labels. Sometimes its complicated and changing but its still us.

[clarisse-doodles]

batkids - colors

[blackbatofel]

I just finished my reread of JLA: Tower of Babel and frankly, I'm surprised by the lack of Superbat fics about this plotline. I mean, it's the perfect setting for all the Superbat angst you could dream of.

How everyone keeps pointing out that Supes is the one closest to Batman, Clark emphatically referring to what happened as "your betrayal", how Bruce's files are cold and professional about everyone EXCEPT Clark (his fear of seeing him in pain), his guilt, how everyone else is loud and angry but Clark is silent and hurt, the fact Clark gave him the kryptonite in the first place. Clark having the final say and voting Bruce out of the League. Bruce KNOWING that he would do that and leaving because he didn't want to hear it.

The confrontation on Divided We Fall with all the accusations and the obvious hurt on both sides... then the agreement to reveal their identities together.

Tell me this wouldn't be an excellent break up/getting back together fic? The hurt/comfort of all times. If someone doesn't write this soon, I might have to.

[ofcrowsanddragons]

The next chapter of my Rookanis fic, A Working Relationship:

Secret identities. Demons. A few short weeks to stop a slaughter in Minrathous.

Mags de Riva fucked up while succeeding on a contract. One of the other Talons is out for blood.

Viago finds himself in the unenviable position of needing to send Mags on a contract that's designed to get them killed. And the unenviable position of asking someone that he doesn't fully trust (Lucanis Dellamorte) for help in keeping Mags alive.

Lucanis is only thinking of fulfilling a favour to the Fifth Talon when he agrees not to tell Viago's young Crow that he's the First Talon's grandson. He doesn't know that Mags is hiding a much bigger secret.

The two Crows know they're hunting demons... but which demons are already haunting them?

Latest Chapter Start with Chapter 1

In the latest chapter of A Working Relationship:

“It's not a spell I've seen before,” said Luca. “Not in that particular form.” And he would have seen a lot of them, was the mage-killer’s underlying message. “Here,” I said, gesturing with my hand over the table. “Hold out your hand with the chain.” I was lucky to be working with someone who wasn't particularly afraid of magic, although I had the feeling that to him, being afraid of magic would have been like being afraid of a blade in the dark. There's little purpose in fearing something that defines your life. (link)

[wardensantoineandevka]

sometimes I wanna talk more about Laudna and unpack how I personally was really disappointed after having some really high expectations of her and was really excited for an exploration of aspects of trauma and healing from it making you feel locked in place or the navigation of such a huge narrative event from a different perspective but how I ultimately personally felt her character was worse than incoherent, it was empty (hollow, even), especially under how Marisha initially conceptualized her as "over her trauma" and how that affected the way groundwork was laid

and sometimes I imagine talking about how even her mechanics are underwhelming when they could have done something interesting

but then I remember the worst I got harassed and the only time I was called a slur in this fandom was because I mildly remarked that maybe there's an interesting narrative to be had if she wasn't resurrected

so, I just waffle about it endlessly

[whoreiorcats]

im not here to like invalidate how other poc/asians specifically feel about gemma/ms casey and her storyline thus far but like, idk i really dont have notes. i love her. i find her to be one of the most relatable characters in fiction to me. there are a lot of arguments that she falls into certain stereotypes/tropes but the way i see it is that real life pushes asian women/fems into these boxes. like i am a (w)asian nonbinary lesbian, i've been loud and annoying and opinionated my whole life, and then i hit a place a few years ago where i found myself shrinking, trying to be quiet and small in order to get by. like, i felt like i was turning into someone else. kinda like.... ms casey/gemma. anyway the miscarriage stuff, idk i definitely get how that could bother people but it is also just in line with the themes of the show. i don't relate to wanting to have a child or miscarriages specifically, but i've wanted something terribly, worked really hard for it, and had it taken from me in a painful way and had that need to restore it used against me. is this way too much? idk. i just love gemma/casey/all of her innies so much and it hurts to see her reduced by certain readings, but i also want to respect people who don't feel comfortable with her portrayal. but. i love her forever until i die.

[luxurystark-jackson]

the mental hospital doctor calling sam and dean’s relationship “dangerously codependent” LMAO.

[majimaisms]

kind of an extension of that last thought, because i guess i feel the need to address this -- the thing for me is that majima and kiryus relationship makes No Fucking Sense whatsoever when i think of them as like. friends. it makes Some sense as Colleagues. it does make a good amount of sense as Allies. but its still not the full picture. and i think most rgg fans (including me) feel the need to come up with an explanation of their dynamic because it's like, weird but not in a way thats uncompelling or unrealistic, so in theory it should be *explainable*. and i do think its v easy and natural and fun (especially with the amount of subtext) to fill that gap with "romance". but to me THAT makes no sense either. for like the same reasons "friends" doesn't make sense. so i think theres a secret third or fourth thing going on here that is not romance and not friendship and not a Mix of both either

[sentient-mawce]

Opinions on Fishlegs x Hiccup

I mean I see hiccup as aroace. I personally am not gonna draw him in a romantic relationship with anyone. I’m not against people shipping fishlegs and hiccup but I’m personally not going down that route. I think their platonic love for each other is really heartwarming and important to showcase. I feel like theyre more than just friends but their relationship could never be considered romantic. To fishlegs, hiccup is everything. Hiccup raised fishlegs, he took care of him, they have been together the entirety of each others lives and they are endlessly loyal to each other. And for hiccup, for the longest time, fishlegs was his only friend and the only one willing to fully accept everything about him without question. I think they share a bond that can’t quite be described, I think they love and care for each other in a familial way and through their codependency.

I could talk on and on about them but to answer the question, it’s cute and I’m not against it but it’s not how I personally see the characters or their relationship and as such I won’t be intentionally depicting them that way

I hope what I’m saying makes sense and was a satisfactory answer

[hilacopter]

probably a very very hot take on this website but I kind of hate the fandom culture of taking two characters (not always but usually same sex) with a very deep or strong bond and going "omg they're so queercoded" "they're literally canon" when like 90% of the time the things they do yes, show a deep devotion to one another, but could just very much be read as platonic love. it's very amatonormative imo and paints romance as the ultimate and deepest form of love rather than just another type of it that can be equally as strong as platonicity.