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AHHHHHHHH IM GOING CRAZY IFIYIHIYIHUIIUHHGDCBH

-staring at the ceiling-

do you think Kris has realized that all of Susie's favorite things about them almost universally have been genuinely Kris? or are they too intimately aware of our presence looming over their every interaction, guiding their hand, picking their words?

how strange, for someone to love your core without having ever met you

and still they smile at her across the diner table

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The difference between male wish fulfillment vs female wish fulfillment in romance anime

There’s kind of a different gaze that can be targeted to in romance anime. 

In male wish fulfillment anime romances, there’s usually a much heavier emphasis on the male love interest’s pov than the female’s. Also, women tend to be much more.. objectified and there’s an unnecessary amount of fan service. An example of this is Rent a Girlfriend and Don’t Toy With Me Miss Nagatoro. It’s more about the male lead being hit on by.. really horny women than actual romance.

However, in female wish fulfillment anime, it tends to be more told from the female’s perspective. The way the male love interest tends to be written is to make him emotional and aware and.. kind, rather than objectifying him or even making them horny, because women.. we don’t really want to be lusted after like that, typically. We’re already objectified enough. My favorite example is Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me To You. Kazehaya admits he’s a ‘pervert’ but in a respectful way. The writer doesn’t make him fully pure or naive or anything like that. He’s still a teen boy. But in this series, the male character is written to be sweet, emotional, and aware but he’s not stripped away from his inherent masculinity (nontoxic masculinity!). Not just.. a guy, if that makes any sense. Meanwhile, in male wish fulfillment anime, the women are just women, rather than characters. Again, I hope this makes sense!

Now, I’m not saying all romance anime that’s written from the female’s perspective is the best! I think MY Love Story!! is a good example of this! The main character is a male and he’s a genuine, total sweetheart while still having a sense of masculinity! And the female character isn’t objectified! And I would even say even say that this show could be considered a male wish fulfillment romance, based on how it’s written.

And then there’s shows for both, like Kaguya Sama: Love is War. In this show, the two love interests have complete equal power in focus, making them feel completely balanced and real. Neither are objectified and both get treated like humans. Same with The Apothecary Diaries, if not more so!

Anyways, sorry for this ramble. I just really like (well written) romance anime. And I will leave off with a list of romance anime recommendations!

•Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me To You (adorable, fluffy, amazing character development, doesn’t beat around the bush the entire fucking series. Half of the manga is pining and the other half is the complexities of being in your first ever relationship as you try to navigate it all)

•Snow White With The Red Hair (amazing female lead with cool world building and interesting dynamics)

•MY Love Story!! (SO CUTE! Amazing show about not judging appearances)

•My Happy Marriage (Really wholesome Cinderella type story)

•Kaguya Sama: Love Is War (hilarious. I actually recommend the dub. Genuinely really sweet)

•Sasaki To Miyano (so sweet it’ll give you cavities)

•Tomo Chan Is A Girl (there is sadly quite a bit of fanservice in this. I’ve seen way worse, but ya. If you’re wanting something to watch with your parents, this may not be it. Mostly just close ups on boobs)

•Monthly Girls Nozaki (romcom that leans really heavy on the comedy more than the romance, but I love it too much to not recommend. Watch it in the dub, you won’t regret it)

•Fruits Basket (Really sweet)

•Toilet Bound Hanako (THE MANGA! READ THE MANGA! DON’T LET THE TITLE WEIRD YOU OUT, I SWEAR IT IS INCREDIBLE! READ!)

•Komi Can’t Communicate (I would, however, like to apologize for Yamai ahead of time. The entire fandom hates her, don’t worry. There’s also quite a bit of fan service in this one 😔)

•Toradora (haven’t seen it in a while, but it’s a classic lol)

•Horimiya (Another romance anime that doesn’t beat around the bush!)

•The Ice Guy And His Cool Female Colleague (SO. CUTE. AGHHHH. Despite it being ice themed, it certainly makes me feel warm and fuzzy)

•Love, Chuunibyou, and Other Delusions (so silly, amazing story about maturity while also keeping your inner child alive)

•I Want To Eat Your Pancreas (be sure to bring tissues! You will cry!)

•Kamisama Kiss (I really like the characters and world building in this one. Sadly, we’ll probably never get another season 😔)

•Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (SUCH A CUTE MOVIE! Amazing feel good romance that just makes you happy)

•My Little Monster (not my usual first recommendation, but it’s an overall fun watch… still so desperately want another season. False hope lol)

•Ouran High School Host Club (an absolute classic romcom. Another situation where I actually recommend the dub)

•Apothecary Diaries (AGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! …full stop. I love this show.)

•Princess Tutu (I LOVE THIS STORYBOOK SETTING! And Ahiru is so silly. She’s just a duck, she can’t handle all these responsibilities!)

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‼️Helping me means helping 5 members of my family..‼️

🥶We're freezing🥶

Hello, I'm Wasim from Gaza, in Al-Mawasi specifically... My family and I were displaced from Rafah after hardship, bombing, displacement, and hunger.😭😔

Now we have been away from our city and our beautiful home for 9 months. We have lost our house that my father built stone by stone and he worked 24/7 to build this house. But the occupation destroyed it, and no house remained in my beautiful city remained intact.😭💔💔

We are now living in a tent or semi-tent, which does not protect us from the cold of winter or the rain. Our lives are very difficult.😔😭

Thanks to your donations, we have been able to buy food and flour, and now I am asking you for help to buy a tent that will protect us from the cold of winter. We do not know what it means to sleep because of the extreme cold.🥶

This is our tent made of fabric and some nylon, not closed on one side. We are freezing from the cold. Help us to buy a new tent. You are our last hope.😭🥶🥶🙏

I also want to ask for help for my mother, who is the most precious thing in my life. Without her, I am nothing...

She has a back cartilage disease and is in great pain. She needs physical therapy, medicine, and vitamins, and I am unable to provide them. Help my mother receive treatment.🙏🙏😭

Campaign Link⬇️⬇️⬇️

@gazavetters

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Hello dears👋! I am asking you👈 to support my campaign to help me🙏 reach my goal. I am now in dire need of your support to help me survive👇Gaza is a very dangerous place both in terms of living and lives. I need your financial support to enable me to get the basic needs for my family until the Rafah crossing is reopened to transport my family to safety and peace. Please help a family survive through your donations or through your shares to others. Thank you very much for standing by the oppressed🇵🇸

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Scrumptious well written food

89 and 90 for grumpy boy keef please? I love your blog so much!!!! 😍

Anonymous said: thank you for doing those requests! i feel bad about requesting so much from you ;; but like, that prompt list you posted have many ideas, so I’m coming back (the entirety of 51+ sounds so much like lance) // but for now, 89 & 90 for keith? c:

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89. “Aaand, they fell asleep. On top of me. Great.”

90. “You’re like a cat, but 97 times cuter.”

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You jump, startled, when Keith yanks open the door to your room and stomps to your bed, his brows knotted in a frown and murder shining brightly in his eyes.

He crawls onto your bed, still keeping his lips firmly shut, wrapping his arms around your waist and plopping his head in your lap, making himself comfortable and closing his eyes when he did. Shifting slightly, you sit up a little straighter against the wall, your fingers automatically finding their way to Keith’s hair. He takes a deep breath, and you can feel the tension seeping from his shoulders and leaving his body entirely.

“You still have your shoes on,” you chuckle, lightly brushing locks of dark hair out of Keith’s face. He doesn’t loosen his grip on your waist, only kicking off his boots, and you shake your head with a smile.

“Long day?”

“Hm,” Keith grunts, tightening his hold and burying his face in your shirt. “I just… I wanna nap.”

A laugh rolls past your lips and you ruffle his hair, secretly adoring the tousled look and the startled squawk that Keith lets out as he tries to swat your hand away. He scowls at you, his lips in a pout so exaggerated it’s almost comical. You peck him on the nose.

“You’re like a cat, but ninety-seven times cuter.”

Keith lets himself fall back into your lap. “Only ninety-seven?” he asks, voice muffled by your clothes.

“Ninety-seven. And not one more.”

“That’s fair.”

It’s silent for a bit, and you play with his hair a bit more, taking small sections and braiding them before grabbing another lock and braiding that too. It’s a habit of yours that developed over time–you’d always liked messing with his hair, and you knew for a fact that he secretly liked the little braids too, even though he pretended he didn’t. It was easy to see through him.

“Lie down for a bit. Cuddle with me.”

“I am cuddling with you.”

“Y/N,” Keith whines, tugging at your sleeves.

“Fine.”

As soon as you settle down, Keith snakes his arms around your waist again and plops down onto your chest, just like a cat would, tangling his legs with yours. He even snored slightly in his sleep, you know, and you bite back a grin; it sounded like a cat purring. It was more noticeable when he was really tired–like right now.

“You need to stop overworking yourself,” you say into his hair, pressing a kiss to the crown of his head.

“Hm. There’s just… a lot to be done, and there’s the Blade…”

“I know, but you don’t have to get everything done all at once. Missions with the Blade always wear you out, you should rest a bit in between.” You’d often find him snoring at his desk, his files still spread out and his fingers holding a pen or pencil. You know it’s useless to try and wake him up when he’s like that–he’d sleep for hours before you even had a chance of waking him up.

“Shiro doesn’t rest.”

“Shiro does rest. I make him. He’s almost as bad as you, but at least he knows when to stop.”

“I’m resting now, aren’t I?”

“I’m serious, Keith. It’s unhealthy to push yourself like that all the time.”

Keith groans. “I just wanted a nap, not a scolding.”

“I’m not scolding you,” you scoff, playfully tugging at his hair, “I’m just saying that you have to take better care of yourself.”

“I count that as a scolding.”

“You’re such a baby.”

Keith takes another deep breath, and you hear your own steady heartbeat resonating in your ears, and you close your eyes too. Your fingers find their way back to Keith’s hair, resuming the little braids. After a while, you feel the subtle shift in Keith’s breathing, and you curse softly.

“Aaand, he fell asleep. On top of me. Great,” you mutter under your breath, trying to shift out of his arms, but your efforts are futile. Keith has an iron grip, even more so in his sleep. Someone could shoot a cannon next to him right now and he wouldn’t wake up.

Naturally, the only thing you could do now was follow suit, and you shifted into a more comfortable position, still grumbling half-hearted curses when you close your eyes.

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Urgent: stagnant campaign!

Please take a look at the gofundme for Mohammed Almadhoun @eazeldin and his family! Mohammed is a graphic designer from Gaza. He has been raising funds to evacuate his family since May, and is still less than 10% of the way to his goal.

Mohammed writes:

We are jobless, desperate, and fearful for our lives due to the continuous barbaric bombings. We feel as if we are waiting for our turn to die.

(instagram @/palestinian_survivor19)

He and his family are living in tents, exposed to epidemic diseases and unsanitary conditions along with daily bombings. They are suffering severely due to the shortages of food, water, and medicine.

€4,449 / €50,000

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Hi palestine supporters 🇵🇸

I am Shima from Gaza,

Hope my message finds you well..

I’m simply don’t want to die, I want to live I want to give my children a better life. Help me to escape from Gaza❗️❗️

My home, along with all my cherished memories and dreams, was destroyed. Now, homeless, I struggle to find a safe place for my children.

Our situation is indescribable. the hopelessness of being unable to protect my family, and the desperation of not being able to provide for my children weigh heavily on me.

Please share, repost or donate to my family Please do not ignore my message 🙏🏻🍉🍉

Your donations are important for our survival

: https://gofund.me/b0450bfb

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Hello, I am Umm Anas from the northern Gaza Strip. We are a family of 12 people. We are in the northern Gaza Strip and have been besieged since the beginning of the war. There is no food, no water, no medicine. There is education for my children. Schools have been bombed and universities have been bombed. Our homes have been damaged. Food is very expensive. The prices are high. Please help us and donate via The link is in my biographyhttps://gofund.me/472a172b

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Hello, I hope you are well. 💜

My name is Hazem, and I live in Gaza with my pregnant wife, Nadra. The ongoing war has completely destroyed our lives; we lost our home 🏠, our source of income 💔, and now live in a tent ⛺ without safety or resources.

We urgently need your support to secure care for my wife and our unborn child 🤰, provide essential needs like food 🍞 and shelter , and rebuild a simple life amidst this tragedy.

Every bit of support brings us renewed hope, and our gratitude for your help is beyond words. 🙏

https://gofund.me/97d0fcfd

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters , my number verified on the list is ( #282 )✅️

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Hello, I hope you are well. 💜

My name is Hazem, and I live in Gaza with my pregnant wife, Nadra. The ongoing war has completely destroyed our lives; we lost our home 🏠, our source of income 💔, and now live in a tent ⛺ without safety or resources.

We urgently need your support to secure care for my wife and our unborn child 🤰, provide essential needs like food 🍞 and shelter , and rebuild a simple life amidst this tragedy.

Every bit of support brings us renewed hope, and our gratitude for your help is beyond words. 🙏

https://gofund.me/97d0fcfd

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters , my number verified on the list is ( #282 )✅️

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Hello, I hope you and your family are well. Can you please help me recycle the post on my account? 🌺 And help rescue my family from the war in Gaza? 🙏 Thank you.

https://gofund.me/d36bfdc0

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My sick father and young siblings are trapped in a flimsy tent, enduring hunger, polluted water, and constant fear of bombings. They’re forced to eat worm-infested flour just to survive.

Every day is a fight for their lives. Please, help me rescue them from this nightmare.

Your support can save them.

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Dear friend I don't want a lot of things from you , just I want you help me to buy a food for my children 😢

They are hungry 💔😭

Donating for my children please 🙏

https://gofund.me/1e9ca3c4

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My sick father and young siblings are trapped in a flimsy tent, enduring hunger, polluted water, and constant fear of bombings. They’re forced to eat worm-infested flour just to survive.

Every day is a fight for their lives. Please, help me rescue them from this nightmare.

Your support can save them.

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Imagine waking up to devastation every single day—a world where safety is an elusive dream, and hope feels just beyond reach. Vetted by: 1) gazavetters verified on the list is (#89 ) 2) a-shade-of-blue Here, Here and Here 3) 90-ghost Here and Here 4) dlxxv-vetted-donations Here

Dear Friend,

My name is Ghazi Al Amoudi, and I am reaching out to you from Gaza, where life as we once knew it has been shattered. Our home, once a sanctuary, is now a pile of rubble. Each night, my family and I endure the freezing cold, hunger gnawing at us, and the uncertainty of what tomorrow may bring.

Every day is a fight for survival, marked by fear, loss, and unimaginable hardship. Yet, even amidst this despair, I hold onto one thing: the belief in the kindness of people like you to help us find a way forward.

I am humbly asking for your support. A donation, however small, can mean warmth in the cold, food for my family, and a glimmer of hope in these dark times. If you cannot donate, sharing our story with others might be the act of kindness that changes our fate.

Please consider helping through my campaign: https://gofund.me/8a2c70d7. Every gesture, big or small, brings us closer to safety and the chance to rebuild.

Thank you from the depths of my heart for taking the time to read this. Your compassion could be the light we need to see a better tomorrow.

With profound gratitude, Ghazi Al Amoudi

Almost 5% of my long-term goal

€3,446 out of €70,000

Donations are protected by GOFUNDME

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please help me on children 😭😢

Hello, my name is Mahmoud from Gaza. I have four children... Since October 7th, everything has been destroyed. Our house was bombed and my children, Rital and Lian, were injured. She is sick with nerves and needs treatment. Also, my wife was injured in the spine and needs treatment abroad...

I want you to donate and help my children or share this post with others.. Thank you very much for your support and generosity towards us....

🙏🍉🍉🇵🇸🇵🇸

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How did our lives shift from safety and stability to fear and suffering? How did dreams become burdens and hope a luxury? Every day, we search for answers, asking ourselves: Will there come a day when our lives return to what they once were? Or will the war remain a witness to the days in which we lost so much?🥹❤️‍🩹

To support us in this hardship and help rebuild our lives, you can visit the campaign link here 👇🏻