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humbly putting out a request for a fic where tobias says i love you for the first time and it causes an emotional crashout bc gabin can’t remember the last time someone has said those words to him. with lots of hurt/comfort and reassurance

cause like…gabin doesn’t seem to have friends, he canonically has a bad relationship with his parents etc. the brain rot is intense i can’t stop thinking about this concept

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saw a picture of gabin and said out loud HI BEAUTIFUL so thats where im at

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I just figured out what looked odd to me about Tobias when he bailed Gabin out of jail... HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS HEADPHONES! Not over his head, not around his neck. He just... Didn't have them! His emotional-support headphones to function in the world and move through chaos somehow seemed too frivolous compared to the tragedy of being let down, being let down by Gabin, and seeing his face all bruised

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Love the fact that Gabin went and dressed up like a proper little hitman for "the rat job"

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wdym gabin was pining for him but holding back and tobias takes until the last ep to figure it out but IMMEDIATELY kisses him abt it. IMMEDIATELY. onstage. in front of hundreds of people. i need to rant about that kiss at least once ok here

smth smth gabin is normally very loud about his feelings and expresses them very directly, whether verbally ('i want him. he's mine') or physically. but here he's like no, actually, i think this is special, this is a feeling i want to cradle close to my chest and keep safe. we don't know for sure when he rlly falls but according to gideon glick (ty gideon glick) gabin is actively pining for tobias by eps7-8. my HEART

gabin is all too aware of what other people think of him and cares a Lot about it. he's all about being seen, being liked, being loved, his skill and talent being noticed and appreciated. while tobias clearly also cares about others' opinions irt his work (see ep6, lol), in day to day life he does whatever the fuck he wants regardless of other peoples opinions. couldnt care less if people find him annoying/difficult/rude (king, wish i could be like that tbh)

the events of the show r canonically (ty gideon glick) the first time tobias has rlly Understood how his actions impact other peoples' feelings, starting with gabin confronting him over missing the photoshoot in ep4. w/ most people other than gabin he still doesnt care what other people think of him if it's non-choreography-related. so--

gabin doesnt trust himself to do smth right so he doesnt do it. tobias goes fuck it and goes for it before he loses his momentum* or his courage and also because he is blunt and straightforward and why not do it now? he knows gabin is probably down so he feels the desire to make out w him and just DOES it, who gives a fuck abt the circumstances. peak romance

you get it. gabin = bags clairo dress taylor swift, tobias = uhhh Not That. whatever the opposite of 'silence and patience, pining and anticipation'/'can you see me, i'm waiting for the right time' is. i'm probably overanalysing

*sidebar: autistic rep! common thing for people w/ autism: being so overwhelmed with emotion that you HAVE to do the thing RIGHT THAT SECOND

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I’ve been spending excessive amounts of time refreshing the Tobias / Gabin page on ao3 the past few days as well as a lot of time cooking something up in my own Google docs. Life is really beautiful.

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is there a fandom for this here? who knows, hope someone enjoys it anyway

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— But just as he was about to look away again, he saw him.

Javi, gliding through the sea of dancers just as Scott envisioned him. He was loose and languid and his hair– which had been growing out for months– was losing curly strands from where it was tied back. Scott leaned back in his seat, eyes narrowing when another body followed Javi’s. A man– tall, broad. He looked like an Oklahoma native– stereotypical. Scott picked up his glass, downing a sip of watered down, slightly flat soda. He watched Javi’s fingers curl around those of the other man, dragging him to an open spot on the floor where the mass thinned and the lights somehow shone brighter. Like a cruel pedestal to display what Scott most definitely did not want to see. Javi’s hand moved from the man’s hand to slide up his bicep, then to hook around his neck. Scott’s jaw ticked. The man smiled warmly and slid his arm around Javi’s waist, pulling him in closer, if even possible. Scott’s fingers drummed incessantly against the sticky bar top.​​ The pair’s dancing slowed to something hypnotic and ebbing, drawn together like opposite sides of a magnet. Javi looked up expectantly at the man, and bathed in blue and orange, the man kissed him. Like it meant nothing– like Javi was just some guy that he’d go to sleep tonight and forget about. Javi was never just some guy; he was warm and enthusiastic and he made Oklahoma exponentially better. He was like the human manifestation of the sun– blinding and probably not good for you, yet you wanted to bask in it anyway.

Something ugly and sour unfurled in Scott’s chest, curling around his ribs and squeezing his heart with an iron grip. He felt nauseous. He looked away from the two and turned forwards again, fingers pressing into his knees and eyes trained on a random bottle of liquor behind the bar. His heart thundered over the thump of the bass from behind him. It wasn’t fair– it wasn’t fair that he felt like this. Wasn't fair that some random guy at a shitty dive bar got to taste Javi before Scott did– and it wasn’t fair that Scott hadn’t realized he wanted to taste him anyway until this very moment. He let out a strained exhale and pushed his drink aside.

Scott didn’t turn towards the dance floor again.

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My main issue with étoile is that it's not long enough, so it's not flushed out enough, and we're told now shown a lot of things. I want to watch as the characters adjust to the swap. I want to see the discomfort and the dancers trying to fit into the cultural differences. I want to see the ballet American students fumble through their first French class then going clubbing for the first time since it's legal for them to drink. I want to see cheyenne get annoyed every time staff come wait on her in her hotel room. I want to watch tobias and gabin's bond grow slowly and how they learn each other's different habits and quirks. I want see mishi interact with them, it feels like she barely interacts with anyone in the company. I want to know more about gabin's past. It's mentioned he was "rags to riches" and lives farther away, I want to see that. I want to know these characters, not just be told about them. I really like the show, and I'm obsessive, so I'm going to latch on to the characters and ships I like, but the show feels rushed and unfinished. And this is the problem with all shows lately. Give us 20+ episode seasons again. I miss filler episodes that barely did anything with the plot but let you get to know the characters. Want to feel like I know these people and the world around them. Building headcanons is fun, but it's not the same as getting to know the characters through their actions. Stop letting greed ruin the art of television.

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JONATHAN GROFF IN ETOILE???

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You can even tell who's who...Mr Glick was a madman for this

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tobias and gabin mean so much to me. they are so in tune with each other. tobias creates for gabin to perform and it’s just so beautiful. and they love each other !!!$:!!/&/&/&@@-&-‘ i cant i miss them so bad s2 can’t come fast enough

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Yuri!!! on POINTE

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I finished étoile yesterday and I haven’t gone a hour without thinking about this show and its characters.

I miss them already

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I cannot stop thinking about the scene in Etoile where they keep cutting back and forth between Cheyenne + Gael beautifully dancing and Tobias + Gabin developing a communication style that is genuinely unintelligible to all outsiders

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Amy I'm in your walls. What does it all mean. Amy blink twice Amy Sherman-Palladino WAKE UPPPPP!!!!!!!

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started watching Etoile while writing Dead Boy Detective fanfiction and i- WOW. i was super confused why there wasn't any fan content for it.... only to realize it's only been out four days..

"I was going to pick you anyway," Tobias Bell says, in the SECOND FUCKING EPISODE, IN THE SOFTEST FUCKING VOICE

go watch this show, holy shit. i need fanfic, i need fanart, i need people to obsess over Tobias with me