#take this romantically or platonically

[rosylavender-lady]

My favourite colour

I like the colour of the night where it's just blue enough to not be black, one that a friend and I struggled to decide a name upon that has left the tip of my tongue. I like the colour of the flush across my cheeks when I look in the mirror after New Years, where I stared at fireworks with a friend behind me, arms wrapped around my waist. I like the colour of a friend's eyes when I'm staring at her in the middle of math, and the summer sun lights up the shades of green and blue and brown and I wonder if I look just as beautiful. They told me I have eyes of chocolate. I wonder if my eyes make their throat burn the way chocolate burns mine as I eat them, if they regret it when they look again like I eat again because I get dopamine from it. I like the colour in the background of the mirror because I'm not sure I can keep looking at my face knowing I'm loved and not quite knowing why.

[physical-manifestation-of-spite]

Let's be crystal clear. Queerbaiting is real. But it occurs when the creators intentionally hint at a queer relationship to lure in a queer audience to give them money, but never actually follow through on their heavy-handed implications of a queer relationship. Queerbaiting does not occur when the creator has been transparent from the very beginning that Malevolent is about friendship and platonic love, meant to work through the toxic masculinity they've lived throughout their entire life, and to express healthy platonic love (and sometimes unhealthy love) between two male-presenting characters. It is not queerbaiting when they emphatically tell each other that they love each other, because love isn't exclusively romantic, and while it is absolutely okay for people to ship them (and something that the creator is totally FINE with, btw), it is not okay to accuse the creator of lying about their relationship when he's been clear about it from the very beginning.

Friendship and platonic love is just as meaningful as romantic love and that's the whole point of Malevolent.

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Okay 3 things

1. I was thinking about an aroace Sonic who says things that can be taken as wildly flirty/romantic but he just means them genuinely. “You have beautiful eyes, I keep getting distracted while looking at them,” not cause he’s interested romantically in them but because eyes can be really cool and pretty man I dunno what to tell you he likes looking at cool things and he thinks his friends are neat. “You’re the most beautiful person here,” because he really thinks that, he loves his friends

2. Sonic randomly dropping heartfelt genuine comments on his friends out of the blue completely blindsiding them and then moves on like nothing happened while they’re left going ?????? Bonus points if he does something immensely stupid or jerkish just before or immediately afterwards and they can’t tell if he was serious or not with the compliment (yes he was)

3. Sonic usually being so allergic to truly vulnerable moments that when he expresses something heartfelt randomly Tails thinks he’s been stabbed or something and does not believe him when he reassures him that he’s fine he’s fine he’s not dying yeesh

[yuwuta]

there’s a right and a wrong way to hold hands. you know this, because whenever katsuki extends his hand and you cup his in return, he frowns and releases tiny explosions from his palm—not big or intense enough to hurt you, just enough to tickle—until you’re giggling and readjusting your hands so that your fingers are laced together. he huffs to himself and then keeps walking, ignoring the way you tease him about being a romantic, much too focused on the feeling of your thumb is rubbing against the back of his hand, instead.

[sczawr]

some mobster au doodles while I was taking a break from work

[munsons-mutiny]

I keep seeing everyone talking about Jayce being the only person capable of saving Viktor. How in every universe Viktor chooses him.

But I don’t see anyone talking about how that means in every universe Jayce breaks his promise to destroy the hex core. In every universe Jayce can’t let him die, can’t let him go, chooses him over his morals, his integrity, his common sense.

These boys are gonna be the death of me.

[taddymason]

guy who hasn't spoken to another person in years and is touch starved vs guy who literally hasn't had any casual interactions or any positive contact since he can remember goo

im maybe writing a one shot of them. maybe

[pennylaneforthoughts]

Alrighty I can't stay silent anymore cos this has been itching at me too much. I get it, I promise, I understand how it feels like in Coffee with the Crows Lucanis gets something sweet and thoughtful for all the companions but not for Rook. I get it. I do.

BUT!!!!!!

I don't think that's actually true. From a Watsonian perspective, I think there's two things at play here:

1.) Rook, as team leader, is The Busy One who is always running around doting on others and doesn't really have hobbies/obvious preferences like the other companions do. The only ones stated are chocolate and card games, and even then they're not very overt. It is extremely likely that Lucanis has, up to this point, been unable to clock what sort of things Rook would like.

2.) Because of the first point, I'd wager that one of the myriad reasons Lucanis invites Rook to accompany him is that he's trying to figure out what Rook likes. Unfortunately for him, Rook doesn't give any clues as to what they like while the two of them are wandering the market stalls. The first instance he gets wind of a preference is when they're at Café Pietra and Rook says what their favorite drink is, which Lucanis immediately commits to memory.

For these reasons, I think that Lucanis did in fact purchase something for Rook on that outing: the ingredients for their favorite drink. It's less obvious if Rook likes coffee, but given that Lucanis will fairly frequently offer to make Rook a cup of their favorite drink when they wander in the kitchen, I think it's clear that he purposefully made sure to keep enough coffee/tea/cocoa on hand just for Rook. THAT is his gift to Rook. He just isn't able to get it for them until after he knows what their favorite drink is. And knowing him? He probably stocks up quietly when Rook isn't there because he's not the type for grand gestures. He's a man of thankless acts of service who doesn't want attention for the nice things he does for people. He'll just quietly make sure that a steaming mug is always ready for Rook when they need it. ❤️☕

[acronym49]

The first time she's ever gotten to dance

Sunset in the bkg was actually a picture I took (edited obv)

[amlugon]

Lads.

[matxhstixkers]

boblena art bc yes

[marshiemonarch]

Not to be dramatic but I would kill for them /j

Bonus:

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[theotterpenguin]

it’s always “let aang swear” or “let zuko swear” but y’all are missing out on the comedic potential of katara being the one who has the dirtiest mouth. she swears like a sailor but is just better at hiding it than everyone else because she doesn't want to influence aang or toph, and tries to keep up pretenses of being proper.

after all the time they spent fighting each other as enemies and sparring as friends, zuko’s the only one that knows this about her but no one believes him.

(for those who question where katara could possibly learn to curse, i ask - have you ever assisted women through childbirth in a world where epidurals don't exist? katara has. like c'mon. she knows all the swear words).

[legendoftherisingtide]

did other aroaces ask their friends constantly what crushes and love were? or was that the autism.

[clonekiss]

alright but have you considered that i can cherish your void too, that as part of you its also worthy of care and affection? like have you??

[hermdraws]

they stay silly