#// i dont even care if it's platonic soulmates or romantic soulmates

[aliaology]

NOW THAT WE DONT TALK

summary: somehow, somewhere, cole caulfied gets yn to go to his end of the summer party down in michigan. it works in her favor due to college starting back up. pt.5

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“no fucking way, cole.” you said into the phone, sitting at the island of your brother’s house. the sliding door nearby was open, sending small gusts of wind in, causing you to shrink closer to your body.

“oh come on, please!” cole whined from the phone. cole tried his hardest, but if he tried his hardest, his party would not be held, on the hughes property.

said party will also have jack hughes— and even trevor zegras.

“cole—“ “no come on, y/n, i havent seen you in forever. i get trevor and jack will be there, but just ignore them, please. i miss you and i dont want them to be the reason we can’t hang out.” cole pleaded.

you let out a sigh. “can i bring a plus one?” you ask. you can hear cole whisper a small ‘yes!’ in victory before speaking, “of course, is it gonna be your brother?”

“uh no— i was gonna talk to sab…” you trailed off.

“i dont care who you bring, as long as i get to see you, bells.”

there is was. the nickname you had been given one summer many years ago by cole, that soon everyone in the hughes summer house called you.

he started to call you bells because of how quiet you would walk into a room, he made the joke you needed a bell to stop scaring them. fast forward, he bought you some and forced you to have them around your neck, and the nickname just stuck.

it was almost endearing at this point. not some joke.

“okay” you whispered, bringing a leg up, resting your chest against your knee.

“when is it?” you asked.

“next weekend. so is this a yes?” cole asked excitedly. “i guess so. i better get paid back for this unexpected flight.”

“fuck yeah, i cannot wait to see you, bells.”

“cant wait to see you too..”

you sigh softly, curled in a fetal position on your bed, your white comforter draped over your body. you hated how after a year, you were still hung up on your ex, who was doing way better than you.

he had a girlfriend, your best friend, hockey, he had it all. you shared your music to the world, not as an act of revenge but as a way to pour your heart out and see if people have and are going through the same thing.

you feel lucky to know you have yet to receive a message from jack, or even his girlfriend. that doesn’t mean you havent seen the comments though.

quinn commenting every once in awhile kind of scared you. what was he telling jack? what was he telling trevor? what was he saying about you in general?

but you and quinn had a good relationship, he was practically your third older brother (right behind your actual one, and auston!). you went to him for advice about jack, or to complain about jack.

luke and you also had a good relationship. one that crumbled when you and him had a small argument over your break up with jack, and him ultimately choosing his brother. you didn’t blame him though.

sad fact is, is you believe that all the hughes brothers were your soulmates in some form. quinn and luke were your platonic soulmates. jack was your romantic soulmate, in every possible way. but not anymore,

jack is on your mind constantly. all you see is him everywhere you go. all the time its just him.

you wanted it to stop. jack was practically your roman empire and god you needed to find a new one.

but hey, at least you don’t have to pretend you like acid rock anymore, because god some of his playlists for game days were bad.

but he was happier now, right? with his new girlfriend who definitely dissed you online..

maybe its a good thing, yknow? now that you dont talk..

tags: @honethatty12 , @slaythehousebootsdown13 , @lovinbarzal , @outrunangelss , @absolutelyhugh3s , @hockeyboysarehot , @shadowsndaisies if u want tags, lmk <3

[lovermyme]

Headcanosn i have that i act as its canon:

Spider was born the day Jake land on pandora

Paz was killed by neytiri, because she killing both spider parents is fun (she doesn't know she killed paz)

Spider is a rainbow baby and also a miracle. Paz have lost a daughter and also had some miscarriage through her life span, and she was already in her mids 40, the chances of she getting pregnant and birth a alive baby are lowlow ☠️ but it happend because ✨ Eywa✨

Spider and Kiri are soulmates, platonic or romantic i dont care, they are 💓😔✊

Grace is having her lesbian goddess romance with Eywa

Jake is a mysterious dad, he dont say a shit about his human life on earth. Even neytiri knows very little.

[ludwigplayingthetrombone]

out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on narusaku? ive always loved them together soooooo much, smth about how naruto loved sakura since they were kids and he never wavered, she just learned to recognize and appreciate his love for what it really was... i feel like he's a better match for her than sasuke (who never showed any love or even affection for her in canon really) and shes better for him than hinata (who honestly just wasnt super well written and so she didnt seem to have much connection with him beyond friendship. like yeah naruto would die for her but lowkey he would dke for any of his friends). just curious abt your thoughts on this bc i value your opinion sooo much lmao!!!! you are my favorite naruto artist/writer hands down, your kkg stuff has me losing my mind every time it drops and you are one of 2 blogs i have notifs on for lmao bc i love your stuff so bad 💖💖

Oh thank you so much! these aren't strong opinions bc its meh to me, but-

i adore how close naruto and sakura are and both would die for the other, but i dont see them working out. its the same reason i dont like obito and rin, just bc a guy likes someone doesnt mean he deserves her/shes his prize if he just keeps pursuing. naruto loves sakura, but respects her decisions. romantic love isnt the end all be all; they're platonic soulmates to me and will always be in eachother's lives

I actually liked sasuke in part 1 bc he genuinely cared for narts and sakura in the beginning, he complimented her and knew her strengths. i would be more down for sasuke and sakura if he showed ANY sign of respect for her in shippuden. ANY sign of missing her and naruto and kakashi. i wanted them to be people sasuke knew he could rely on no matter what instead of constantly insulting them and trying to kill them

They fumbled hinata so badly in general

My sakura endgame was her not choosing either one romantically bc they obviously want eachother, and sakura deserves peace. her and karin makeout

[thesummerpetsalamander]

Frenchie on the cusp of a mental breakdown every five minutes and Kimiko once again in her trauma era… just let them be happy and safe together! 😭

i know right!!! when the first three episodes initially came out i was trying to hide how let down i felt by their romance going nowhere. i was thinking, “theyre both so broken, they need to heal themselves instead of trying to heal each other.” but like…the entire show has been the two of them healing together. theyre so trauma bonded, and they so clearly help each other work through their respective issues. they heal TOGETHERRRRR. even if it wasn’t romantic, their time as a duo for the past three seasons was really amazing because of how they understood each other so well. nothing felt weird between them then. NOW things feel weird between them because it feels the natural progression of their relationship was halted and flipped upside down.

i’ll always love the show, and i still like the direction the characters are going in now (and im definitely not complaining about watching frenchie make out with another hot dude). as much as you could justify frenchie and kimiko ending up together, i also think you can justify them not being together romantically. even if they are just platonic soulmates, as long as they’re with each other, because they really understand each other like no one else. i just wish things werent kinda awkward between them this season. i want to see them be best friends again, helping each other through their issues. hopefully we see more of it in the second half of season four.

maybe frenchie will explain the situation with colin to kimiko, and she will talk about the guilt she feels for bringing that girl into shining light, and the two will be there for each other once again? i honestly dont care if its romantic or platonic, i just want them to be there for each other.

[sassykinzonline]

what’s your opinion on people who say sns is platonic? like i’ll see well done essays about sns and how they changed each other for the better and their love. then… theyll say its platonic.

is it just blissful ignorance or? 😭

oh wow this is a really good question, thank you.

um hm, i never really want to totally shit on anyone's interpretation of anything so long as its accurate to the information thats presented so im not really against any interpretation thats well-defended. i havent read the kind of opinion youre talking about so i cant really say anything more specific than that.

what i will say though is that i think sometimes some snsers get caught up in "fighting homophobia" that they kind of miss the essence of naruto and i's specific relationship: that we are every type of attraction and every kind of love. its obvious in the manga's arts, the different parallels, the words we use to describe each other, the progression of our relationship, the intimacy we share with each other, i could go on and on.

so, do i think our relationship is presented in a way thats exclusively platonic? nope and the only way you could come to that conclusion is either a) homophobia or b) genuinely not being able to grasp the storytelling elements in the manga (ie. you dont necessarily need to be able to understand or feel romantic/sexual attraction to see that the manga shows you it exists between us explicitly). the anime is a bit...worse but i still feel like most people have seen the anime ONLY and still feel discomfort because they cant figure out if we're gay or not, and ive never heard of another shonen anime with a problem that big.

however, the platonic element is a huge and important part of our relationship. there was no one among our "friends" that could truly understand, sympathize, or care for us. but at the same time, that wasnt enough. there's the familial element too, in the sense that we wanted the safety that we knew a family should make you feel. we knew the "family" we had (iruka and itachi) were broken. there's a professional side to it too, where our profession is so intimately tied to our sense of self that thats how we communicate our feelings to each other. there's a romantic element yes, the feeling of completion and feeling that someone is "for you". there's even a sexual/aesthetic element, where just the appearance of someone overwhelms your senses and consumes your body. i would also look at the relationships you have with other people and ask if they dont include different kinds of love/attraction despite mainly being one thing.

ultimately though, i think that the way the narrative is presented (and the way i feel), the point is meant to be that we have all those different types of love except because of our context (familial, political, social, whatever) its difficult to realize the romance that we both desperately wanted from the other. the manga presents the double suicide proposal as romantic, and thats the climax of the story. so the relationship should be looked at as a romantic one. at the same time though, if people feel like "well just because the manga says its a romantic relationship doesnt mean this is inherently romantic, theyre exclusive queer platonic soulmates that kiss and bone" or something then i think thats fine too. so long as they understand that naruto and i will always come before anyone else to each other, and that whatever we feel for the other is not only mutual but mutually desired and all encompassing.

[strawbubbysugar]

Hi hello I binged your fic in two days, scrolled through the tag until chapter one and I am full of ✨questions✨

So Matt sees both his wife’s and DJ’s as green, right? Is that bc green’s his favorite color? And that’s why he confused his wife’s string as romantic?

Did Matt’s wife divorce him after the DJ realization or did she die during childbirth? By the little info it sounds like he has full custody of Maddie??

If Matt’s wife IS dead, what happened to the string? In general what would happen if a soulmate died? Does the string disappear?

Idk if I’m overthinking it, but is Monty becoming.. too friendly? Based on the latest chapter with the tail wagging, I feel like he’s become more invested with YNgineer? Maybe he has a platonic string with them? Again, might be overthinking???

Saw some art with Rockstar YN in the So(u)l tag and I COULDNT HELP BUT NOTICE they’re wearing sun and moon colors?? Have they unconsciously been wearing their colors even before their awakening because that’s ADORABLE

So I know YNgineer’s string is silver/grey for the DCA because colorblind, but did you have a specific color in mind, like if YN COULD see color, what would their fav color be? Or is that reader interpretation? In which case fair lol

YNGINEER WROTE A SONG FOR SUN IM???????? THATS SO CUTE AND I HAVE TO KNOW IF THERES ANOTHER SONG FOR MOON? Chapter cliffhanger got me bad man I sense incoming angst but auuughhhhhh I hope they get back to fun sleepover times soon!!

Tysm for an amazing fic love it so much! The chapter lengths are so delightful! Not too short and not too long! Idk if that’s intentional but chefs kiss!! Looking forward to more, but of course no pressure!!! Take care of yourself!! Sorry if any of the questions are spoilery but I can’t wait to find the answers one way or another! 👁️👁️

^^ I recommend goin through the blog since I dont tag everything as so(u)l and a lotta these questions are answered!! Ill answer the ones that havent been/are incorrect though!!

Matt saw his wifes as a dusty green, and he sees the DJ's as rainbow. Dj sees his string with Matt as a more electric green, woven with black! already answered! When your soulmate dies, the markings you had for them fade even more than they already wouldve if both of you confirmed the bond. Theyre still there though, they just lose all colour. shrug! hehehehe Silvery would still be the colour I imagine, though with more of a hint of teal! Its really up to reader interpretation though :) There is another song for moon! :)

[sunny12th]

What are your favorite Dany ships?

I dont really ship Dany with anyone. She's a romantic character and she longs for a partner that will love her regardless of her past but I've always interpreted this as her wishing for a family as well. She equates marriage and romantic love with family bc she doesn't believe she can have children and all of her family has died. Her last chance at family is through marriage but "who could ever love a dragon." I think it'd be pretty beautiful for her to find a family (like her literal nephews) and have that found family love. She's never experienced pure familial love and, imo, Dany finding that would be much more poignant then finding romantic love. I'm always gonna choose a found family trope over anything else lol.

I like Dany and Daario, I think it's massively overhated and Daario is villainized by the fandom even though he's no more violent than any other male character. Of course I'd like Dany/Daario is they were closer in age but I like that Daario is clearly her mistress and is just a fun time. It's a very lust-fueled and youthful romance. It's not great but it's overhated and I like the version of it that exists in my head a lot. There's also some potential exploration of Dany's trauma here with how she compared Daario to Drogo in one of their first encounters. It's like she's trying to recreat her first traumatic sexual experiences except this time she is in control, she initiates the sex, she is the one with power. Can't ignore that all of this was started when Jorah molested her and she suddenly began to have sexual urges, like the molestation triggered her into seeking out what she experienced with Drogo again. I feel like grrm could've done more with their relationship in that regard but Dany actively avoids looking too closely at her wounds. At some point though, she's gonna have to get over that. If grrm had my vision then Dany would have pegged Daario the first time they fucked.

Dany/Tyrion is also a good ship imo but, again, I wish they were closer in age lol. That's just my personal preference but it is what it is. I'm happy with them being platonic as well esp considering they can be the loving siblings they never had. I love found family dynamics, I love healing from generational pain, I love the heartache and relief of realizing 'this is how family is supposed to love.'

I'm not into Jonerys or Dany/FAegon. I dont, like, hate those ships but I'm pretty ambivalent about them. *Could* be interesting but we'll see. grrm is a very good writer (when he wants to be) and all that so whatever he decides, it'll probable be good. For me, personally, Dany and Jon being a family and accepting each other as their family is way more interesting than some soulmate driven romance. Dany and Young Griff have so much potential as a platonic pairing to me too.

I dont really think about any other Dany ships that much honestly. Dany/[insert any woman character here] is obviously perfect. Seriously wish grrm would explore Dany's sexuality more but I doubt he will at this point.

Dany/Jhogo is the superior ship but there's very little to go on bc grrm refuses to give any of the bloodriders interiority or personality. It is the ship that had the most potential tho, if only grrm could try to care about the nonwhite characters that have been by Dany's side since day 1.

edit: wrote some more thoughts about different Dany ships here if you're interested

[nurdhaniyam]

yk. . .i havent rly address this tag properly nd ik some of you arent rly familiar with qpr marriages well here r my thoughts on this hc;

Personally, id like to think anti cosmo and anti wanda as like, frenemies with benefits, but they aren't exactly**that**, they dont just hate fuck or wtv , to me i think they both knew they were destined to be soulmates, it all started by the two's rivalry from the beginning, with how irritated anti cosmo was to be met with someone like anti Wanda, like how brave she is, full of life, with little to no care abt the environment, he was always up to her and wondered how can an anti female fairy be so different than others, and how she could possibly not fear for him and his powerful magic, and with anti wanda, no matter how arrogant and cold he was to her, she have always had this need to know him more, as annoying as that might sound to her,like how his life is as a king or how it feels to rule a kingdom on his own, she had always wondered if his short-temperedness had to do with his isolation in life, if his arrogance with his power had to do with wanting to project into his insecurities, or if his bitterness had to do with him masking only for the sake of his royalty

And then, here comes the hard part, after they found out abt their counterparts' marriage, from that day on, they had to force each other to like one another (their rivalry was prior coswan's marriage btw) bcuz according to Da Rules, they cannot interfere w/ true love, so this sorta gave them an advantage to get close with each other, but with one problem; they hardly know each other! They were stuck to being arranged with one another just because their counterparts decide to make their life a bigger mess

Fortunately, they did get along, anti cosmo learnt to realize why anti wanda was always how he interprets her, and anti wanda eventually learnt a new side of anti cosmo which she had always wondered deep down, basically bonding when they knew they shouldn't be but the feeling was so new, they both just wouldn't let it go

Starting from that day on, they both are always together no matter where and what they do, they started doing pranks, going out to dinner sometimes, causing mayhem by releasing bad lucks across the Earth, giving kids nightmares, haunting people, anything evil that you could think of, and despite all of this, they were never tired of each other's presence. This made them believe that they're actually starting to fell for each other, so they started experimenting, going on 'dates', gift giving, giving each other pet names, physical touches and they gotta admit, they had fun by doing so! but, even after they did possibly everything they could to feel that spark, there was simply nothing... They were confused, baffled even, they didn't know what they did wrong, i mean they care for each other, spent a lot of time together, they fulfill each other's emotional needs, they keep each other happy, so what rly goes wrong then??

Well guess fucking what, they totally forgot that anti fairies are supposed to do the opposite of what their fairy counterparts do so instead of their fairy counterparts being in love **romantically**, they became in love**platonically**, its in their gene after all lololol!!!!! so long story short they eventually marry after agreeing that their marriage might not be as perfect as it is, but with love, trust and an unbreakable bond, it will always be perfect in its own ways and they wouldn't trade it for anything the end !!!!

[my-castles-crumbling]

hey! I've been having some worries about my (platonic) relationship recently and I'd love advice that isn't from my best friend (because of course he'd never tell me if anything was up). Also, I may have sent in this ask before, but my adhd brain can't remember

So, I've been with him for a year now, we dated for a couple months at the start and now we're friends, we're both different levels and flavors of aroace, and he's my soulmate and literally everything to me. I'm beyond in love with him. He says that he feels the same about me, but I'm just not sure. It feels like he's avoiding me and falling out of love with me, and he hasn't been really talking to me much for weeks. He says that he's busy, but he just doesn't seem to care as much and I don't know how to let go of him. I keep trying to get him to tell me that he wants to end what we have, but he just won't, even though he's pretty clearly uninterested in talking to me. Lately, the only way we communicate has been hour-long calls at night. I'm worried that I'm putting too much on him with dealing with my insecurities (I'll tell him that it's okay if he hates me and I understand why he doesn't want to be friends anymore and then he'll get a little upset and say that he does and I dont need to worry about that stuff), he was there for me while I was dealing with severe depression and everything that it brought and I'm just scared that it's been too much for him and he's tired of me constantly complaining, or I'm pushing him too much and he won't tell me (we're still figuring out what our relationship is, it's not romantic but it's so much more than just being friends (to me at least) and he just seems less in love with me than I am with him). I can't get him to admit any of it and I can't bring myself to just block him and let him go (we go to different schools and live pretty far from each other so he wouldn't be able to contact me any other ways given that I can ignore emails much better than texts).I know it would be what's best for him and it's was he really wants, but I just don't know how to do it and let go of him. He's the love of my life and I know I'm being too selfish but it's just so painful to think about letting him go, even when we already only talk once or twice a day. I don't know what to do

Hi hon!

I'm a bit confused, here. You keep saying you know he doesn't want to be with you, you know you're bugging him, you know he's better off, you know, you know, you know- but then you say he says everything is fine?

Has he done anything to make you think this?

Trust me, I have been in this spot so many times, where I feel like I am too much, where I feel like someone secretly doesn't want me, where I feel like I should just run. But if this person is saying or doing nothing to actually confirm this, then there are two possibilities:

Either you are feeling anxious about something that actually isn't true (valid. Like I said, I've been there) In this case, then...yay! It's not true!

OR he is feeling this way, but he isn't telling you about it. In this case, then...it's HIS job to tell you how he's feeling. You shouldn't have to pry that from him.

Either way, you don't have to do anything! It sounds horrible and terrifying, but try to take his reassurance at face value for a bit. See how things go. Try not to just leave. I don't think that'll work well.

Please write/vent to me anytime <3

I'm naming you good anon, for when you write back!

[bebx]

hi im so sorry but i need to get this off my chest and i cant talk to my friends about it because its so embarrassing and ive talked about it PLENTY

but anyway long story short i was dating someone, we have a weird history dating wise & have been best friends for 3+ years before that all started. literally three weeks ago we decided to be exclusive, on friday i found out that the day before, he kissed another girl IN PUBLIC. i know that girl, they've hooked up before (when i was also hooking up with him but it wasn't anything really and i didn't actually know for sure if they were hooking up (they were)). so we called it quits.

i still spent the weekend bc i'm weak and all i want is him. he said he never felt a connection like this with anyone, he said he loved me and he said he was sorry a hundred times..... he said it would take a long time before he'd feel 'normal' about me. we were both emotional when i left, and since then i havent really stopped crying lol

AND NOW. i dont know if im just driving myself crazy but i feel like he's (still) (again?) talking to that one girl and it would make sense because he basically cheated on me not even a week ago so why wouldnt he do this now??? but. it feels too cruel. but maybe thats just who he is.

god i hate this so much he drives me completely mad im stalking his every move and every time i see something that even slightly hints at my suspicions i get so ill and it makes me wanna kms. i just wanna feel normal i hate that he did this to me i miss him so bad. i know we literally shouldn't ever get back together again because this is just a fraction of the shit thats happened in the past 10 months, BUT I ONLY WANT HIM. and i feel like we're soulmates. BYEEEEE this is so humiliating. im so tired i just want it to end

hugging you so tight right now, anon!!! 🩷🩷🩷 so sorry you have to go through something like this. I can’t say I know exactly how you feel, because each person experiences this type of pain differently, but I do know it just super sucks when the person who hurts us and the person we want to hate turns out to be the one we love the most. sometimes our hearts can be stubborn just like that (it all would’ve been so easy if we could convince ourselves to stop caring and to being able to fully hate them and moving on, but it’s never that easy, sadly). I can’t tell you what to do or how to react to the pain you feel, but know that your pain is valid and how you feel / how you react / how you cope with that pain, that’s valid too. and you are not weak for being hurt when someone wronged you, especially when it’s someone you trusted. I know this is cliche and is so much easier said than done, but please also be kind to yourself, above anything else. that boy and the girl he cheated on you with, they don’t deserve you. they lost you, not the other way around. think of this as an opportunity for you to open yourself to someone else who truly loves and values you, whether it be romantically or platonically. I know right now you just want him, but if the wrong person can make you love him this bad, imagine how much happier you’ll be when you finally find the right one who can make you love them the same way you loved him, if not more, the only difference is that they won’t break your heart. and you deserve to be happy. that someone is out there, and I truly believe you both will find each other when the time is right. but for now, try loving and being gentle to yourself even if it’s hard (I know it can be hard, but at least give it a try), the best revenge is to prove to them that you don’t need them to be happy and that you can heal from this and thrive without them in your life. doesn’t matter how long it takes, but you will get there one day, and you will look back and be so damn proud of yourself for how far you’ve come. because hey, look at you, you are still here, and for that, I am so damn proud of you!!

it’s okay to cry, it’s okay to be completely broken, because the thing about crying and being broken is that it’s not permanent, even if it feels like it right now.

and by the way, the ones who should feel humiliated are him and that girl, not you. screw it if they deserve each other. YOU deserve so much better than that anyway.

[dballzposting]

Insane about Aro GT Trunks in the best way possible because to me he still pretty much loves Goten in a totally platonic way but also they are forever soulmates so i think they're more than friends and i dont think Goten and Trunks ever had like any boundaries at all because Goten is a weird dog and Trunks is like just down for it and thats just how they grew up so i feel like Trunks is so used to Gotens bullshit that if like Goten started kissing him on the mouth or something he'd be like "huh, so we're doing this now" and he'd start doing it too once the fact settles in and if Goten like told him he loved him or he liked him or whatever the fuck he'd be like "yeah man, same, i thought that was a given" because GT Trunks is like the least affected by my "Trunks is Lowkey a Stupid Tsundere" tinted glasses, AND IT'S BECAUSE HE'S ARO, he just doesn't even care but one day he's gonna end up practically dating Goten and he'd be like "damn" and he'd just go along with it because its Goten and he loves Goten yknow but not that way but ENOUGH in another way that he would be down with the romantic affections even if he doesn't get them at all and he would just unironically kiss the homies goodnight because he doesn't give a shit and he's used to Gotens bullshit pseudo affection like ear licking is kinda gross but as Goten grows up it gets a little less gross so Trunks doesn't mind anymore and it's not like he wants to date Goten, that's like his best buddy ever dude it ain't happening BUT they totally do like dating stuff and Trunks seems like he's in a glass fucking closet with how much he denies liking Goten but he just fucking doesn't, sure he loves him but he doesn't like LIKE him, yes he will kiss him or whatever weird bullshit Goten came up with today but in a completely platonic way because Trunks just doesn't feel it yknow he just doesn't get it but he's not opposed to it he just does not care and he's so chill before he goes insane in space so i don't think he actually minds,

am i making any sense

@yu7i <- The genius behind the text.

You are making so much sense. I am honored to offer a platform for which you may speak the #TrutenTruth through.

When I read this through the first time I started counting on my fingers and saying outloud “YES” to every agreeable clause and fragment and by the end I was over 20 and then it ended and then I heard the knell of a gong in my head signifying the end of the most intense round of TrutenTruth ever.

Much of this I have either said or felt was true myself before, but all of it is readily understandable and immensely agreeable. I have a lot of iterations of Goten & Trunkz in my head and occasionally I will see a post that is like ... one of the Consummate Tenets of Goten & Trunkz to me. Whether it’s expressing something I was personally trying to get at or not. And every time that happens I feel a little closer to fulfillment and satisfaction. Like I need to talk about Goten & Trunkz less and less because more and more of the truth is being successfully articulated and communicated and understood.

This is one of those posts. This is THE CONSUMMATE TRUTEN TRUTH !

Breakdown of personal opinion under the cut:

1.  “Insane about Aro GT Trunks in the best way possible” - YES.

2. “because to me he still pretty much loves Goten in a totally platonic way” - YES.

3. “but also they are forever soulmates” - YES.

4. “so i think they're more than friends” - YES.

5. “and i dont think Goten and Trunks ever had like any boundaries at all” - YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6. “because Goten is a weird dog” - YES.

7. “and Trunks is like just down for it and thats just how they grew up” - YES.

8. “so i feel like Trunks is so used to Gotens bullshit that if like Goten started kissing him on the mouth or something he'd be like ‘huh, so we're doing this now’ and he'd start doing it too once the fact settles in” - YES ! What good would rebuffing it do, he would get nothing out of denying him? Like whatever lol. They’ve always been in each other’s space so WHY NOT? Their doors are wide open for each other.

9.  “and if Goten like told him he loved him or he liked him or whatever the fuck he'd be like ‘yeah man, same, i thought that was a given’” - YES!!

10. “because GT Trunks is like the least affected by my ‘Trunks is Lowkey a Stupid Tsundere’ tinted glasses,” - YES !!! He just doesnt act that way in GT. In fact I feel like we see behavior directly to the contrary of the theoretical tsundere nature. He truly has a healthy amount of self-assurance in GT.

11. “AND IT'S BECAUSE HE'S ARO,” - Y.E.S. ! ! !

12. “he just doesn't even care but one day he's gonna end up practically dating Goten and he'd be like ‘damn’ and he'd just go along with it because its Goten and he loves Goten yknow” - YES.

13. “but not that way” - YES.

14. “but ENOUGH in another way that he would be down with the romantic affections even if he doesn't get them at all” - YES. Sweetness is sweetness and affection is affection and his best friend is his best friend and love is love. Physical affection is sensory input and he likes it all the same.

15. “and he would just unironically kiss the homies goodnight because he doesn't give a shit” - YES. Especially in GT he seems confident enough to not have unorthodox expressions compromise his sense of self. I mean it’s a 90s anime so it is what it is BUT ALSO even though he strongly disliked having to dress as a bride on that one episode he GOT OVER THAT RIGHT QUICK and was able to MAKE IT WORK BABY! Because he works with what he has and is resourceful and is happy to grab ahold of the tools that life hands him. So he’ll kiss the homies goodnight because it’s beddy bye and they need it.

16. “and he's used to Gotens bullshit pseudo affection” - YES. His BULLSHIT PSEUDO AFFECTION. It’s real to him but like COME ON MAN !!

17. “like ear licking is kinda gross but as Goten grows up it gets a little less gross so Trunks doesn't mind anymore” - Slonks your ear with dignity and valor.

18. “and it's not like he wants to date Goten, that's like his best buddy ever dude it ain't happening” - Y.E.S. !!! In some ways it’s completely improper, like, too close for comfort. And like, who’s gonna be his BFF if they start doing romantic shit ? If they start caring about things that couples care about then what will become of them .. Trunks generally has agreeable opinions about the way that things work in his culture and he feels no strong reason to usurp the status quo by turning what he has with Goten into romance.

19. “BUT they totally do like dating stuff” - YES !! Becasue it’s not too close for comfort if theyve always been the other one’s Other, the other one’s Favorite Friend. Theyre special friends. They are of converse blood and their fathers rival in their twin Saiyan strength, and theyve merged before, and NO ONE ELSE WILL TOLERATE THE OTHER LIKE THEY TOLERATE EACH OTHER !!!

20. “and Trunks seems like he's in a glass fucking closet with how much he denies liking Goten but he just fucking doesn't,” - T.R.U.E. ! ! ! It literally SEEMS like he’s full of shit, and maybe he even begins to doubt himself, but it’s never been in his nature to doubt himself for long, because he’s pretty fucking sure of who he is (like in GT when he was strong enough to reject Baby during his first possession). So he knows what he means and how he feels. He DOESNT LOVE HIM IN THE TRADITIONAL ROMANTIC WAY THAT YOU MAY (rashly) CONCLUDE BY THEIR BEHAVIOR!! 

21. “sure he loves him but he doesn't like LIKE him,” - Yes.

22. “yes he will kiss him or whatever weird bullshit Goten came up with today but in a completely platonic way” - YES. HE’LL GO ALONG WITH IT. LIKE WHEN GOTEN WANTED TO GIVE HIM A WEIRD SENSUAL MASSAGE IN THE BATHTUB WITH ROB ZOMBIE PLAYING. And Trunks loves him deeply and they have an invincible bond.

23. “because Trunks just doesn't feel it yknow he just doesn't get it but he's not opposed to it he just does not care” - Yes. The way that Trunks feels is not romantic but it’s deep and sustaining and nurturing and supportive, and it is the truth. It lacks the thrill and titillation of fuzzy feelings - it is just the comfort and the marvel of what’s always been, and what continues to define and uphold the world.

24. “and he's so chill before he goes insane in space so i don't think he actually minds.” - So true.

25. “am i making any sense” - YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel like Trunks needs Goten as a LIFE PARTNER, because he’s not especially keen on meeting new people and trying to pick a wife. If it happens naturally then that’s fine, but he doesn't want to have to put in the effort, he has no real “objective” to shoot for in doing so. He has no burning desire for romance or for children. But he does need support and friends and love, and the family he has is important to him, and Goten is a very special pillar in his life. And whether Goten is wholly committed to him or if he takes on a wife of his own DOES NOT matter to Trunks - just as long as they keep being quintessential in each other’s lives, just as long as they maintain that sustaining bond.

THANK YOU. This has been essential. I zoned out for 15 minutes responding to this ask becasue I started thinking about a truten story in my head. But I’ve returned and now the world has seen this ask. Stay gorgeous everyone. And always be sure to bite life with all of your teeth. Dballz Out

[xxswagcorexx]

I know someone asked a while back for Swagdoons/scam duo fics, but I read all of those so, got anymore? (Please I crave Swagdoons content and I’m incapable of finding good fics on my own)

omg my fav thing ever.,...reccing fics.,...dw anon i got u! ^^

anyways same rules apply as last time: i'll provide a quick synopsis, any warning tags, and the relationship nature of the fic ^_^ if any of the fics arent your thing/the cws are too much, you're free to skip em! (also if ur a fic author please don't take any of this personally this is just personal preference <3)

anyways preamble over. swagdoons fic recs 2: electric boogalogo!

Falling doesn’t feel so bad when I know you’re falling this way too by Scared_Rodent

one of the older ones that i think slap <3 banshee!ash entering god!red's realm. absolutely love the desolate aesthetic paired with how. standoff-ish both of them are Despite having a clear place in their heart for the other. this is romantic, but there's no real flirting or kissing or anything, just complicated vibes <3

cws for: a personified version of death and discussions of death (there's no character death, though)

No one has to know by 13001

royalty au red and ash, with both of them being princes from different kingdoms with political tension going on right now. they flirt for a bit before confessing that they like each other, and that no one has to know about their relationship (ba dum tss). this fic is nice and short and is romantic with flirting and kissing scenes

cws for: mentions of political tensions and potentially going to war

bleeding out in your bathtub by Anonymous/np13

a marble hornets au with ash and red. no marble hornets knowledge is needed to read this, and it's mostly ash and red trying to survive in an apartment together <3 very much "awh shit this place is haunted and we only have each other to trust (but we're still assholes towards each other)" vibes. this fic can be read either platonically or romantically, with the whole "i can only trust you in this world" thing going on

cws for: absence seizures, getting stalked, and heavy sleep deprivation from paranoia

overdosed on sugar and holiday high by Anonymous

coffee shop au! ash is a cashier and red is a little shit of a customer and they have fun banter <3 it's a christmas fic too, so that's fun! even despite the insults and whatnot they care abt each other and its very sweet <3 this fic can be read either platonically or romantically, and there's no hardcore flirting or kissing

cws for: none that i can think of

if you were a waiting room i would never see the doctor (i would sit there with my first aid kit and bleed) by treacherouna

vague lifesteal au where ash gets jumped during battle, red finds him at ash's base, and helps to bandage ash up <3 v tender that's juxtaposed with them dancing around their feelings <3 this fic is romantic, although it doesn't go much beyond physical contact

cws for: injury/pain, bandaging wounds, and also ash is shirtless but it isn't sexual or anything so (plus its just for being able to bandage stuff easier)

hold me close (and hope that they dont see my face) by rayius

a genshin impact au! red is a lawyer and he and ash talk about legal trouble ash is in <3 0 genshin knowledge is needed and its fun banter! this fic is platonic

cws for: legal issues and mentions of witnessing a stabbing

efficiency! efficiency! the call of perfection by Anonymous

a fun ficlet of red and ash being hyper obsessed with their trash factory in seaclean <3 very them vibes with Capitalism Flavoring. this fic is platonic

cws for: overworking/obsession with progress

Pretty Things by ros_is_writing

a cute fluff fic of red trying on earings and hanging out with ash <3 this one is full of good vibes and v soft. this fic is romantic and includes kissing

cws for: none that i can think of

gather stones together by Felix_J

a soulmates au fic of ash and red. it has an unconventional soulmates dynamic and the Way their emotions are explored is soooo. i have so many brain worms abt this fic. man. this fic is romantic with kissing and lots of flirting

cws for: smoking/cigarettes and like 1 mention of sex

and now some fics that aren't swagdoons centric but that i think are nice anyways ^_^

after closing time by cherubium a fun casino quartet (ash, branzy, clown and red) fic of them working at a casino w lots of fun banter! this fic can be read either platonically or romantically cws for: alcohol/drinking

digital in reciprocation by Anonymous ok i'm going to be real ash and red only interact for like 1 chapter but in the chapter they Do appear in, they have a fun rival thing going on ^_^ anyways this is is a highschool clownzy-centric fic where branzy gets blackmailed by clown for his revenge plot. this fic is romantic, but for clownzy and not swagdoons cws for: someone setting themselves on fire, suicide, blackmail, cybercrime, and doxxing

also swagdoons week is happening right now! if you want content of them, i recommend checking out the ao3 collection and browsing for fics that catch ur interest! ^_^ happy reading and stay safe! :D (also here's the other fic rec list i made for them, enjoy!)

[cyberdragoninfinity]

I Send you a double character because they must not be separated : Yuma and Astral

YEEEEEAHHH

favorite thing about them: For Yuma! I,, fucking love that this kid is kind of a loser. LIKE FOR A YUGIOH PROTAG THATS SUCH A COOL THING TO SEE it helps play up this idea that you can grow and get better at dueling and that anyone can be a great duelist if they work at it! Let us see our protagonist lose sometimes!!! It's a good thing!!!! He's just such a believable middle schooler to me. For Astral! I love just how deadpan he is, I've always loved "alien/nonhuman entity comes to earth and has to learn earth things" and Astral's just so great with that. He's so FUNNY. I love watching him learn about the power of friendship it rules!!!!

least favorite thing about them: im going to be real, I can't actually think of anything really concrete for this for yuma or astral?? I just like 'em. I wasn't expecting to be this into either of them but I've ended up really enjoying their characters!!

favorite line: I can't think of one for Astral off the top of my head but I'm very excited to see if anything in the zexal 2 dub goes as hard as Yuma yelling at Vetrix and telling him "you think they [the Arclight brothers] owed you their lives because they're your kids, but youre wrong!" because jesus FUCK i still think about that.

brOTP: each other of course!!!! Not particularly engaged with them in a romantic context (as i said when I talked about Trey, in general I just don't particularly care much about shipping younger teen characters) but platonic soulmates let's fuckin GOOOO!!!!! I do also in general love Yuma's little friend gaggle it feels like such a middle school weirdkid friend group ;___;

OTP: See above. sidenote idk who people even ship Astral with otherwise?!?!? Dark Mist maybe??? sure alright

nOTP: Not a fan of Kite/Yuma. Yuma is 13. Be normal please.

random headcanon: For Yuma, I think he would be really good at running cross country (didn't his sub VA outrun a horse once?? yeah.) For Astral, I think he would really like ASMR. Like if Yuma showed him ASMR videos that would be it, he'd be all about it. He'd be listening to them constantly and putting Yuma to sleep in the middle of the afternoon.

unpopular opinion: i love dub yuma to bits this kid is a bouncy little doofus and he's funny and GREAT. I actually dont think I've seen enough Zexal to have an unpopular opinion about Astral? Maybe once I'm more fully done with the series.

song i associate with them: I WISH I HAD ONE ;__; i dont rly have any zexal character songs just cuz these guys havent finished simmering in my brain yet. much like with trey im sure i'll find one for either of these guys eventually

favorite picture of them: IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PICK ONE FAV PIC OF YUMA THEY MADE THIS KID SO EXPRESSIVE!!!! every time he makes a goofy face is my favorite. so instead heres one of my fav pics of (zexal) yuma and astral together

it really feels like the platonic ideal of their personalities, this image.

[dyketubbo]

you are so felt and heard 🤝

handshake with the most tired expression on my face ever. its so exhausting for any nonstandard aro out there its crazy. it feels like the whole "'theres too much of x!' what where can i see it" thing when people act as if somehow romance repulsed nonpartnering aros are at the forefront of fucking anything. as if theres a drought in content of aro characters who still get partners in some way. as if not caring for shipping in the "characters snogging each other for the sake of it" way (or hell even at all) is this taboo way to think and youre a fucking freak of nature if you want aro characters who dont end up in romantic situations just because theres some people who are actively unpleasant about it

and its especially exhausting in the mcyt fandom. 90% of this fandom (and most fandoms are like this really) is completely hostile to any aromantic person who doesnt fit the idea of a Good Aro, one who lets people call qprs "platonic soulmate headcanons" and is just as into shipping as your average allo and feverently fights off all the nasty loveless heartless freaks who still dont care for the "love is what makes the world go round" narrative even when it isnt romantic, looking their fellow aros in the eyes and telling them to sit down and be quiet because how dare we "assume love is automatically romantic, dont you ever think about aromantic people?"

at some point it stops being about what characters this is even expressed through (qjaiden already has a platonic/maybe qp partner anyways, jaiden the person not as a character is very into the aroace people still love their friends and family narrative and i could not and would not want to tell you whether or not she would give a shit about people shipping her character) and just starts being an exhausting pattern of how people act about aro issues in general. about aro characters, about aro people who dont fit an acceptable mold, whatever.

like. idk. why does it matter so much to still be able to fit aro characters into this ship focused mold, or to have this strict box of "you should only stray away from shipping if the person/character is romance repulsed". it doesnt actually matter to people if jaiden is romance repulsed or not. not to the people who are saying that she is, not to the people that are saying that she isnt. not even in general really. im starting to run out of words to explain what i mean but you see how tiring it is, yeah? youd think if the whole "you can still love your friends/family!" narrative actually mattered to people theyd be satisfied just leaving qjaiden out of shipping. not because shes romance repulsed but just like.. for the sake of leaving aro/aroace characters the hell alone sometimes. leaving aro/aroace people the hell alone sometimes

at some point im just gonna start hcing random characters as being nonpartnering aros and all these freaky "ouuhhh how could you live without love" microlabels that even other aro people hate like aplatonic as a way to bat people away from me if they cant be normal about it. nonpartnering loveless aroallo qtubbo is real to me now. aplatonic luzu. lovequeer philza. heartless bobby etc etc what the fuck ever. who is anyone to tell me no

[aquilathefighter]

Trope Game

Hiii i finally have spoons for this!! thanks for the tags @seiya-starsniper @immacaria @altair214 <3

Rules: How much do these tropes affect your decision to click on a fic?

-10 -> very dissuaded

0 - don't care either way

+10 -> very enticed

nope -> if it's a hard no and you'd never click on a fic with that tag or or you even have the tag blocked or you'd insta click out of the fic if it wasn't tagged

Bonus points for explaining the rating and whether it's conditional.

Age gap: +3

its a sometimes food for me, i just have to be in the mood for it or it has to be well done, whether it's clear we're playing in the space of sexy fantasy or something a bit more unethical

Codependency: -5

brings up some yucky feelings for me. if it's done by an author i trust i might still click though!

Obsession/Possessiveness, jealousy: +4

it can be sexy and i like when characters talk through it

Opposites (grumpy/sunshine etc): +8

*gestures at most of my favorite ships*

Enemies to lovers, Enemies with benefits: 0

eh just not really my thing!

Friends with benefits: +4

its a fun thing and i love a pwp where they're just buds. but i do really prefer more romantic pairings personally

Sex to feelings: +7

love the exploration of what happens when it becomes not 'just sex'. also smut yummy

Fake dating/relationship: +10

oh my god this is my favorite trope e v e r. the number of spirk fics where they have to pretend to be bfs/husbands bc of the aliens i've read..

Friends to lovers: +9

CLASSIC. i love a beautiful foundation of two people who really know each other well realizing their affection for each other have evolved into something different!! only knocked off a point bc sometimes its really amatonormative in that the romantic relationship is seen as more/better than the platonic relationship and i do not vibe with that.

Found Family: +1

i could take it or leave it for the most part but if it's done well its certainly appreciated!

Hurt/Comfort: +10

afjdskaf;jsda i dont even have an explanation other than i like to hit characters with hammers and then nurse them back to health

Love Triangle: -8

i just think its kind of played out and very rarely do the dynamics catch my interest

Poly, open relationships: 0

i tend to get really fixated on one pairing so its kinda hard for me to get really excited about them?? all the power to poly ships but i just have very few of them (e.g. mcspirk)

Mistaken/hidden identity: +3

it can be fun! love some drama but if its simply misunderstanding i get a bit frustrated. more phantom type hidden identity pls

Pregnancy: -1

kidfic is generally a squick for me on account of me never wanting to get pregnant in my entire life ever and some personal stuff, but if its more about the relationship between the pregnant person and their partner(s) i'm down! and breeding kink ofc, thats a whole other thing

Second Chance: +7

people who have history between them giving it another try? trying to move past the ways they hurt each other??? yesssss

Slowburn: -2

this is more about the fact that i simply do not have the brain power to read 100K+ fics a lot of the time!! when i do have the capacity i love reading a slowburn but unfortunately i expend a lot of reading spoons on work on account of being an academic at all

Soulmates: -4

man im such a pessimist but i personally find the idea of predestined people you're gonna fall in love with kind of depressing? much more a fan of love being a thing you create between people

i am probably the last one to do this XD take this as an open invitation if you would like to do this game and haven't been tagged!

[princeyuuta]

i think i have always believed in soulmates, or more like, i have hoped they exist. and i thought id found mine several times. but like a wrong puzzle piece, they never quite fit. there was always something missing, something keeping me and them from fully understanding each other. eventually, i resigned myself to the fact that while i could love someone deeply, that nobody was ever a true "romantic soulmate." i thought, for a while, that soulmates were a fantasy, something that was nice to dream about, but ultimately werent real.

that is, until i met you.

at first we were strangers, then acquaintances, then not-quite-friends. but i was always wanting more; it was like i was drawn to you, as if something about you was calling to me. as if we were tied together by an invisible thread. and as we got to know each other, i realized why.

it was like something clicked; it was like a whole new world opened in front of me. everything was natural with you. our words and actions, everything just made me smile and laugh. we saw each other at our worst several times over and still, and still, we stayed close, maybe even closer than before.

it was more than i could have dreamed of, more than i could have imagined. more than i could have hoped.

despite knowing my feelings for you were more than platonic for quite some time, i kept it to myself. i was too afraid of losing it all. i would have been content with being by your side as a friend, even if your loveliest smile was reserved for someone else.

i resigned myself to this fact, but dedicated myself to you. i wanted to be there for you... and to my surprise, you wanted to be there for me. despite the reservations around the term, we truly were best friends. but i wanted, no, craved more, as selfish as it felt.

every chance i could get, i would flirt with you (dense as you were, you thought it was playful). every chance i could get, i would imagine myself with you. my heart would skip a beat every time. it was a form of indulgence, and a form of torture. but i wouldve lived that way forever and been content.

but this story is about soulmates -- this story is about love.

my world exploded with stars that night. swirling, dizzying, bright, overwhelming, blinding. it was almost too much to bear. to think that the one i'd been pining over for months could ever love me back. to think that you loved me and cared for me. to think that the feelings were mutual. it made my heart soar. it made me the happiest i've ever been, and the most scared i've ever been.

god, i was terrified.

in all honesty, i still am.

this was the most joy i'd ever felt, the most romantic love i'd felt. and i was so scared to lose it, so scared to mess it up. over and over i thought and thought and thought, too much probably. and i decided that it was better to love, to let the adoration pour from my heart, than to keep it locked away.

and that was the best decision i've ever made.

i have never felt more loved, more alive, more complete, than i have with you. through all the ups and downs and ins and outs, you are someone who truly understands me, and i hope you feel the same. it's truly like we were made for each other, like we are two souls destined to be together. like i have found you in every life before this, and i will find you again in every life after.

i have never felt as safe and as joyous as i have with you. because to me, you are my sunshine, the light in the darkness, the hope in despair.

your laugh, your eyes, your voice, your smile, your lips, your hair, everything, everything about you is beautiful and radiant and extraordinary. you are kind and compassionate, with a fire in you that you dont even seem to notice is lit. you are so full of love and laughter and joy despite all that has happened. despite everything, you still pick yourself up, and march forward. maybe you feel as if you have to be strong. even so, you are like a knight in shining armor to me.

i have never laughed as hard as i do, as often as i do, before i met you. my days are now filled with love and happiness and joy and excitement to talk to you, instead of the darker feelings that followed me before. are there still hard times? of course--there will always be. there will always be darkness. but there will also always be light; they cant exist without the other.

you are so precious to me... you make me so happy, every day. i want to spend the rest of my life with you. there are no words to describe the love i have for you, but i hope what i've written can even portray a tiny fraction of what i feel.

i love you. i adore you. i want to be with you forever, from now until the next life. i love you. and i will always say it, every time. i love you.