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my qpp qiutam hcs are mostly saved for comics but i always imagine that tamarack associates love with like, sappy fairytale stuff with her being whisked away by a beautiful person on a white horse and being called a princess or smth.......... and then discovers she loves qiu, but does not associate These Things with them at all. qiu acts all coy when they have a crush, but they are really casual with tamarack. that degree of casual where they allow themselves to do things they might not do in front of other people. some think that they might not care about their image in front of tamarack At All, and....... yeah they dont. they can relax! i imagine they flip out their shit everytime they think of each other bc they cannot grasp what are their feelings toward each other are. they dislike each other they need each other to change they want to be happy together and cant stand each other but realize they cant imagine not having each other side by side.

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Qiu 🤏

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Character "flaws"/flaws the romanceables have but it's not cannon. Tamarack: "I can massage you!" proceeds to break your back but says it's "just the knots"

Qiu: Has and will fall for fake fruit

Baxter: him.

Derek: Could break a bone and say "I'm fine, it's just twisted!" but bone is protruding from skin.

Cove: Fanny pack collector and enthusiast

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Obsessed with the foreshadowing in the OLNF step 1 prologue. “We’re gonna be stuck together forever” “This is gonna be a long however long it is” “I’m gonna be there for sure” what if I exploded

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lowkey this is how i feel sometimes about tam and qiu

people criticizing tamarack for ignoring social cues and generally being put off by her behavior, not realizing that they are interacting with a heavily neglected child who was thrown in an environment that she never had a chance to properly learn! you think she would want to stay in the town where every interaction just seems to remind her how out of place she is? she tries to play it off and be as independent as she can - but when that knowledge finally catches up to her, of course she would be reduced to her 14 year old meek self. in the same way, people praising qiu for being such a good kid and ultimately just adding to the pile of expectations thrust upon him. because 10 year olds are usually not that perceptive and accommodating and don't take the effort to spell out their name to everyone they encounter. their burned out 14 year old self is a natural result of everything they are in step 1. if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? it's easier to be in the town where there are kids to play with and problems to be solved.

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Things To Never Say To Someone Who Just Came Out

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You know, in the same way that the boys in OLBA all needed patience in their romance, someone willing to wait with them while they figured out their shit, Qiu and Tamarack need unconditional acceptance. Tamarack needs a partner who loves her as she is, doesn't try to change her, and thinks that she is worth the risk of loving. Qiu needs someone who will tell them that they are worth the effort, even if they can't be everything, give everything, 100% of the time. Like, agh! I love when people write with intention. I love themes.

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This might be premature, since I haven't finished Derek's romance and Tamarack and Qiu's are 100% based on character analysis of what they're like as 10 years old, so a lot of this is vibes, but I feel like its pretty accurate. So far.

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everyone take my 114 result ‘which character are you’ uquiz

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So was I the only one emotionally devastated by six hundred strike?

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Would Qiu be bothered by being called baby girl as a (joking) term of endearment?

Step 1: Yes. Qiu as a kid would not think that's endearing at all

Step 2: They wouldn't be if you're close. They would get the joke, but would be sarcastic and mocking about it

Step 3 and 4: No, they can be a baby girl

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Thinking about how in “No Longer You” when the prophet says “I see a man who gets to make it home alive, but it’s no longer you” he isn’t saying that there will be a man besides Odysseus who makes it home, he’s saying that the things Odysseus will have to do to make it home will mean he’s not himself anymore by the time he gets there

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THEM

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This gonna be really specific art request

But please draw Qiu fighting the urge to drink chocolate milk

specific request confirmed, this shit is hilarious.

They look like a cat about to take a bad decision