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something so crazy-making about unhealthy mentor-protegé relationships. we're foils, we're mirrors, we're the same person, we're a parent and a child, we're lovers, we're enemies, we'd be better off without each other, we'd kill and die for each other

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Rivalry or homoerotic tension

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One thing about me is I love a poly trio that is canonically an eccentric straight love triangle but in actuality is two gay bitches comphetting for the same aro girlie who is honestly already content with the queerplatonic vibe they've got going on and at this point is just trying to wait for the dam of tension between the other two to burst so they can all hold hands again

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Small Ships Summer: making small posts this summer about small ships to fill up my tumblr queue!

Keeping on with the old ladies (with not that much screentime) theme, I now nominate Yamashiro Kyouko/Kuzuryuu Youko from Chihayafuru.

While Kyouko is a regular minor character of this long competition manga, Youko only starts to get mentioned towards the end of the story and is really introduced in volume 45 out of 50!

But the Chihayafuru manga has a lot of really neat female characters, whether they just appear for a few chapters or throughout the story and those two are no exception.

The scene about Kyouko going to find Youko and bringing her back to the world of karuta is so beautiful. I like imagining them getting together post-canon, enjoying their shared time as grannies :)

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crazy how suo and yukiko are the only familial relationship ever

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he was openly bisexual. he didn't know that but he was

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love going into chihayafuru and seeing posts that says how polyamory could have saved everyone. you're right and you should say it.

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So funny to see someone call a m/m/f pairing "het"....I believe in women and I believe she can have gay sex with those men. if she wants

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𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆.

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part of the reason I think it’s so sad that we collectively write so few stories about unrequited love is bc I feel like there’s very little public acknowledgment of how much it sucks to be the one somebody is in unrequited love with??? and not in a way of like, oh they’re crossing boundaries or putting expectations on me or whatever. becoming close friends with someone and then finding out they’re in love with you and you don’t love them back the same way is heartbreaking, bc a) someone you love is in pain and there is literally nothing you can do about it, and b) it usually means that whether you like it or not there’s going to be distance in your friendship that wasn’t there before as they try to get over you. idk man I just feel like we’ve all discussed the tragedy of loving someone who doesn’t love you back quite a lot and very rarely discuss the tragedy of finding out the way that you love someone just isn’t enough.

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With nothing to do, I could lay and just look in your eyes

-About You, The 1975

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kyoto reunion

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Chihayafuru is about god's most hapless soldier facing the agonizing predicament of being in a love triangle with his own boyfriend and girlfriend who love and cherish him and each other.

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・❥・ARATAICHI: ❝I'm having visions of you.❞

Song: show me how by men i trust.

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more of just casually wiping things off your rival's face

bonus: arataichi approves

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more taichi aratas

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some chihayafuru stuff