#( ship: your eyes they tell

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🖤 + RINSHIMI

SEND ‘🖤 + PAIRING’ FOR ME TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

1) my muse’s initial impression of yours

it was difficult to not notice the one kid who kept to herself, even when scepter 4 had brought out the huge bundle of toys and study supplies they'd donated to the orphanage. rin had been a wallflower, clinging only to the weathered walls or to the sisters who went to check on her, and when fushimi, mustering patience as kids scrambled for the bags he'd offered, finally saw her, he felt a sliver of camaraderie. saw his old self in that quiet, blank-faced kid, but not quite. he hadn't been that visibly sad and emptied, he thought.

just before they'd started packing up, he approached her, but kept a solid distance. "hey," he said, then tossed one of the bags at her feet. he then turned away, and no one had to know that he'd stuffed some candies ( -- lieutenant awashima sometimes slipped him some; claimed they're for an energy boost -- ) into the pack.

2) my muse’s favorite physical attribute of yours

her hair. for her first few years in scepter 4, rin really only kept to fushimi, so i could see him developing a habit out of combing out and fixing up her hair for her. he'd grumble about it, of course, but he would studiously learn about how to cut and style a girl's hair for her.

he really likes her smile. it puts a small, enduring bright spot to even his worst days.

3) my muse’s favorite personality attribute of yours

her perseverance. even when it borders stubbornness.

4) a moment that made my muse realize how much they care about yours

when he'd found himself going out of his way to ask about whoever the hell tailors the scepter 4 uniforms, just so he could have them make her a replica of his coat after she'd once gushed about how cool it looked.

5) something my muse never found the words to say to yours

even when they're now at a point where they just know what the other wants to express, no actual words needed, fushimi still finds himself in moments with rin where he just. thinks. thinks of how he can say 'thank you' for everything rin had opened up for him. for teaching him how to care for someone to such a depth; for allowing his walls to fall, if at least to her; for helping him heal some deep-seated scars alongside her -- for everything.

6) something my muse wishes they had never said to yours 

there are too many -- too painful -- to list down. he's already so indiscriminately abrasive, but it gets so much worse when he has those days. and while one could assume that their closeness would spare rin from the sharpness of his tongue, on the contrary, it loads him with more lethal ammunition, and i can see more than a handful of nights where he says too much, cutting when he doesn't really mean to, and rin recedes back into her childhood shell, and fushimi digs himself into deeper pits of regret and self-hatred.

but thus far, they've always patched things up. it makes fushimi hold this growing mass of guilt tighter to his chest.

just say the word and mayhaps we can write or discuss one of these nights hahahaha....

7) something your muse does that makes mine feel safe 

when she keeps the perfect amount of distance from him. rin undoubtedly has the best understanding of fushimi's boundaries and comfort zones, so he silently appreciates it when she can respect his personal bubble while effectively asserting that she's there for him. it's the first instance of him being 'seen' where he feels it's more comforting than damning.

8) something your muse does that makes mine smile

...an incriminating amount of things, so he would really rather not let me name them lololol. rin's cheerfulness is just so damn transparent and infectious that fushimi can cite several examples where he'd had to fight back a smile.

9) something my muse wants to protect yours from 

loss. he isn't always the best at showing as much, but he's dead-set on protecting rin from experiencing anything that even slightly mirrors what she'd gone through before they'd met in the orphanage.

10) ways my muse says ‘i love you’ without saying those words

in the small gifts and in the smaller gestures. he puts a ridiculous amount of thought to what he gives rin, and more often than not the gifts are hand-made in a certain fashion. and with how he's the worst with physical affection, he'd like to think that the times where he's initiating contact ( -- a pat on the back here, a bout of hair ruffling there, an awkward, loose hug whenever she seems to need it from him -- ) counts as much.

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Thank you so much for answering my question! It is really kind of you. I have 2 more if it is not a bother: Do you know Haikyuu? I have seen lots of ships on your tumblr and considering what kinds of ships you like, Haikyuu has SO MANY potential for you. :) And the second question is, what do you think about Mikoto and Reisi from K? I only saw Sarumi posts, so I am curious.

Oh heHE, let’s start with k project. Honestly Sarumi is the only ship I care about in this anime, I mean every other couple there for me is very undeveloped for me. Sarumi is like true love shit, I wasn’t expecting them to even go there, and when Misaki said to him “I want you to have a real home you can come back to and that’s me” my jaw was on the floor. I mean, they’ve seen each other at their worst and still loved each other (honestly the whole Fushimi’s father storyline and Misaki holding him through it was just too much for my heart). So they’re the only romantic ship for me in this anime.

Mikoto... wasn’t he in love with that guy who he took into their clan to protect? Who was killed? The one who lalala played the guitar whatever was his name? And that’s why he didn’t want to live after that, only wanted revenge and then finita? No?

Red king and blue king did have a sexual tension in that lighting a cigarette scene, other than that... they just “fought” with each other lots and I don’t even see much relationships or like anything that would make them a good romantic couple. And even if I pretend  that they loved each other... Mikoto asked him to help him killing himself? That’s like assholishness level 200 to me. I never got this idea of asking your loved one to finish your ass... like bitch, maybe it sounds good for you but did your selfish ass think about how your other half is going to live with that? So that’s a huge no for me. 

But seriously I like don’t know what to look for there, I don’t see it. I hope he’s in heavens with that other guy, but also I don’t really care, cause Fushimi was like the only thing why I sat through the whole thing, cause lord that hour of watching that girls watermelons I could’ve spent more productive (like man I was trying not to fall asleep during some useless episodes, I don’t even know why and what for some characters were even there), BUT but it was all worth it, cause there is one character who was written so good and so complex and he’s so well done that I don’t even mind.

Now before I go to Haikyuu... I think my problem is that unlike many I don’t ship every bromance just bc it’s a good bromance. Because sometimes there are some great bromances but they give out like zero romantic vibes. For example, Stiles and Scott: would totally die for each other, hug each other a lot, have no problem with saying I love you, but they’re like best bros, there is nothing romantic there. Like Stiles can ask Danny or Scott if they find him attractive, but he would never ask Derek about this, you know what I mean? They’re like me and my sister.

So for me there is a huge difference between bro things and gay things (like I only partly joked while making that rinharu post). And some couples are clearly crossed that line in some weird moments. Because things like high fiving each other and hugging each other don’t make anyone gay. I don’t know if that makes sense for anybody else... but those who have siblings or bffs will get what I mean. 

Like classical example is Rin Matsuoka. When it come to Sousuke he easily writes him letters and calls him like I feel with my best friend. I can call anytime and be like “bro, I’ve missed you”. Cue the 3x03 weirdest scene when Rin misses Haru and is afraid to call and tell him that. That’s the proof here that they’re clearly something weird there, cause if they were just friends he would be like “hey, bro, missed you” which will never be the case here.

Or can you imagine Rin and Haru seeing each other and being like “yo man” and fist bumping and hitting each other? I’ll bet 1000$ that you can’t. Rin can hit Sousuke in the shins, and ruffle Nagisa’s hair, but Haru would never get this from him. And spoiler: it’s not cause he hates him xD

Also I think the easiest example is Kuroko. (and please, don’t think I’m judging ppl for shipping stuff, I mean to each their own, it’s just my opinion). It’s the anime where people ship everyone with everyone just because of hey... bromances, while in my opinion most of them have seriously nothing gay about them and most of them just do normal bro things. Like how can Kuroko and Kagami be seen as smth romantic I still don’t get. Or like Aomine and Kagami thing??? They are like freaking twins. Same with Kise and Kasamatsu, Midorima and Akashi ships and many others.

Like we see Kuroko and how he behaves with everyone. Firstly he was shadow for everybody: Kise, Aomine, Kagami and he was good with every one of them. Kuroko is a people’s person, he is caring, he thinks about others a lot, he cares about everyone including Haizaki who is an ass tbh, so it’s also nothing special (I mean that way you can ship him even with Kyoshi xD). Aomine is special for Kuroko bc he understands him the most on the field, Kise is his main rival, Kagami is his least problematic light, Murasakibara is his favorite as a person... etc, this way you can ship Kuroko with anyone. 

But... someone gets what none of them get. Like Kuroko never checked anybody out or said compliments... but he did think Akashi looked yummy in his kimono at the festival. Kuroko never told anybody a zillion words “it’s all because of you” speech... except for one person. None of them made his heart crack and cry rivers when they left him... except one. And I just loved how we get this with everyone:

And then suddenly this happens:

Lol okay, blue-shems. He gives him his food and asks questions about “who’s his type and his special one”, like... you know he doesn’t do that with anyone else. And Akashi is not his bestie. So yeah, explain this as “bromance”.

Same with Akashi. He forms the new team. He actually misses Kuroko so much that he goes and finds a copy of him. The ONLY GOM member he can’t go without and it’s proved after Kuroko asked him on the interview “who is the person you scared to lose the most” and Akashi answers “you.. it’s you, Kuroko”. Now... hold the horses. We all know that Midorima is his bestie, there’s no contest there, which brings us to the fact that he places Kuroko higher than his best friend which makes Kuroko his... what exactly? 

It’s just some things can’t be BRO things.

Like when you cover your eyes and going “dude, don’t show your package in public, zip it, no one wants to see that”, that’s what I’m like when I accidentally see my sister’s boob. That’s how Makoto behaves when he sees naked Nagisa and Haru who’s undressing.

Opposite to Rin oggling Haru half naked and Haru shaking before touching Rin. That’s clearly not how you feel about your “just friend”. Everyone who has bffs must confirm that they don’t get nervous about touching them or them touching you cause you’re comfortable with that. Does this make any sense? I hope, it does. I’m not very good at explaining.

Now about Haikyuu. Haha I’ve been avoiding this so much, cause I didn’t want ppl to throw stones at me. I’ve tried.. I really tried to watch it twice. Once I got to ep8, 2nd time I asked my sister to watch with me (cause it’s funnier that way, that’s how we got through durarara without dying xD) and I still gave up after ep14.

It’s not only just that I was bored and I thought it’s gonna get exciting but it didn’t (bc I’m more of an interesting characters > an interesting plot person), it’s just.. it was episode 14 and I didn’t even find any character who would interest me cause they were so cliche. Especially Hinata. He’s like that super typical main from what I called the “never give up it’s such a wonderful life” bunch that I really deeply respect, but kinda so very tired of them lol. But he’s also from the loud bunch.. and I think I still hear Asta’s voice sometimes, even though I’ve dropped Black Clover after ep10 like a year ago xD

Now I can’t make judgements about the whole thing cause I didn’t watch it, but from what I saw (I mean “shipping scenes” from tumblr) and asked from ppl who has seen the whole thing (one huge fan and another one - not a huge fan, my sister), I got the idea that this anime is more bromancy that romancy. And there are no couples there like “without you I have nothing to aim for and I want a future with you” or “you made my life a dream and you’re the light of my life and I’m scared to lose you the most” like there are in free or knb. 

Now my sister has finished it 4 months later and said that it was just okay. And I was like “okay, but what about ships?” because I’m willing to close my eyes on the plot of the ships are good. And she went “well... two mains, I guess” and she was so apathetic about it that I was like “If she who ships much more than me is like that then I won’t see anything there” xD

But... like if you have anything to say to convince me or interest me in it, I’m willing to listen. If you have smth that would make wanna try for the 3rd time, I’ll even record how did it go xD.

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