#I love Gorb so much

[fireflamemyers1978]

He’s just so damn cute UGH >//<

(I just love him so much eeeeeee)

[brawlmetaknight]

What are your thoughts on Anime Meta Knight?

A LEGEND.…definitely a beloved depiction, and i'm no exception! i love how chill and mysterious he seems on the outside, but at his core he's just so fiercely righteous.

probably one of the things that stand out the most when people think of anime meta knight is his relationship with kirby. it's so good fr. the parallels between his comrades with their kids and him with kirby makes me insane. his past in general is fun to think about, since it's quite fleshed out for a kirby product of its time. obviously the more poignant stuff is recounted through flashbacks, but even small details like kit cosmos saluting at the mere sight of a pocket knife with his face on it, saying he was the pride and joy of the star warriors, really sets up a fascinating image of his old life compared to now. i think there's such badassery in not losing hope even after the star warriors suffered a resounding defeat. he waited for years in dreamland, planning and rebuilding under the still-looming threat of nightmare, unbeknownst to anyone...but i also like that, in a way, living in dreamland was something of a respite. i like the little moments of him getting to just be normal, like watching and actually kind of enjoying the tv, or going to the convenience store to probably pick up some more candy. he's the perfect balance of cool and funny. it's really no surprise this portrayal influenced the meta knight brand for years to come.

there's honestly just too much say about how epic i think this dude is (or certain Theories i have about him) in one sitting lol, but YEAH. GOOD BORB. GORB.

[fernsnailz]

Followed cause of Gorb (and cool art and vibes in general tbh), I love him. Do you have more art of him, I'm like Marge with the potato rn I just think he's neat :) thank you so much!!!!

aw thank you!! here are a few more recent doodles of him, i tend to only draw him during my group's sessions so i don't have as much newer art of him lol

i have some older art of him tho, including his family portrait! gorb has a pretty big family and is burdened with middle child syndrome. Gorb is the one in the middle in a headlock (age 13-ish)

names from left to right: Quespa (mom), Gep, Ghehadur, Gorb, Gora, Gremash, Zykroff (mom 2), and Grigil

umm some other misc drawings in my gorb folder. yaaaay

[mrwhoisthis]

@kirby-the-gorb

I love this little orbo so much I just had to 🥲

[arc-misadventures]

For the Vtuber Au (if that's gonna be the name of it for not)

...has our dear Errantry Paladin ever played Dark Souls/Soulsborne/equivalent genre of games, if so how much rage has Jaune ever expressed in any form, if at all

Bonus question if you'd like to answer:

What his cute Vtuber model look like?

No, that’s gonna be the name of this, AU.

The VTuber: Of Bugs, and Rage

Errant: Hello everyone~! And, Welcome to the stream!

The Errantry Paladin started his stream with a smile across his avatars lips. People often marvelled at how expressive his avatar could be, only adding to help humanize the digital creation in their eyes.

~~~ Steam Chat ~~~

: Whoo! It’s beginning!

: It’s starting!

: What are you playing today?

: Hi everyone!

: There’s that winning smile that we all know, and love!

: How are you this day my liege?

:🥳🥳🥳

: He’s as handsome as ever!

: Sire my babies!

: Any thoughts on growing a beard yet?

~~~~~~

All as perusal for one of, Errant’s streams.

Errant: So I was asked… a lot. Honestly it more like begging, and pleading with me really to play a, Souls game. Like, Dark Souls, and the like.

~~~ Stream Chat ~~~

: We didn’t beg you.

: Suggested.

: Encouraged you.

: Certainly didn’t beg

:❤️I beg for you babies!❤️

: I beg for cake!

~~~~~~

Errant: Well, at least some of you are honest… or, claim to be…

Errant shot his chat a skeptical look before address the screen, and what game he was going to play today.

~~~ Stream Chat ~~~

: Aww he looks like an upset puppy!

: Who’s a good boy!

: Who wants the ball?

~~~~~~

Errant: Stop that! Ahem… So, in honour of your request, today we will be playing, ‘Hollow Knight!’ Now this is a game I’ve been looking forward to playing for a while now, I just haven’t had the time to do so. I stumbled across someone saying how great the soundtrack is, gave it a listen to myself, and fell in love with it, so I wanted to give it a go. And, since you asked me to play a, Souls game, and this game has been described as the, ‘Dark Souls of Metroidvania.’ And, since I’ve never played a Souls game, a Metroid game, or a Castlevania game before either. Well, three birds on stone.

~~~ Stream Chat ~~~

: Oh Hollow Knight hell yeah!

: It’s not Dark Souls but he will rage.

: This game is brutal.

: This game makes me sad.

: The music is damn good!

: Hed probably just curb stomp everything in a Souls game honestly.

: Id like to see that!

~~~~~~

Errant cheekily shrugged his shoulders as he gave a coy smirk as he explained his reasonings. Many in the chat we disappointed that he wasn’t playing a, Souls game, but what many truly wanted was to see their calm, and collected, Paladin rage. For the rage unleashed by the calm, and collected was a true sight to behold, and they were all looking forward to see it for themselves.

Errant: Enough stalling lets start it up. Lets see… Eh? Classic, Steel Soul, and Godseeker? Must be their names for the level difficulty. No wait… Classic: Normal Play mode. Steel Soul: No reviving. Death is permanent?! Is there a one life mode in this game?!

~~~ Stream Chat ~~~

: Yep!

: You gotta beat the game first before you can play that mode though

: Good luck

~~~~~~

He looked at his chat, then to his game with a shock look in his eyes. People played on such a difficulty, and won?

He could help, but wonder what it was he was getting himself into.

Errant: And, the last one: Godseeker: Challenge the gods of Hallownest. Is that a boss battle royal type of thing?

He looked to his chat, and saw people typing ‘yes,’ or the equivalent of that throughout the chat feed.

Errant: Okay… How many bosses are in this game then?

~~~ Stream Chat ~~~

: A lot

: Too many

: You’re gonna love them!

: Mantis Lords are the best!

: Grimm King is evil!

: 😍Mantis Lords😍

: all hail Gorb!

: You’ll die at least once to each boss

: Most likely

~~~~~~

Errant: Oh… Well now I’m scared. No matter, lets delve into, Hollow Knight then shall we?

///

Do you guys think this is a good way to integrate the stream chat reply? I think it does, but…?

Well, I ask for your thoughts after all.

As for giving, Jaune a cute, VTuber model. How about something more…

Ruggedly handsome? Roguishly charming? Somethings like that, he needs a different air about him.

Don’t you think so too?

[vioyume]

Sorry I'm just gonna ramble about the Nailmasters and Sly for a moment. I recently read some fics which has reignited my love for this game.

These are mostly unorganized thoughts.

It's been so long since I've played this game, but I remembered really liking them, and would sometimes visit them for fun. They were really nice to see in this dying world despite the strain in their relationship, it's funny too in a sad way because they're the only family that is left alive yet they're separated. Really hope that they make amends at somepoint after when the game ends. The only other few bugs who are left are the ones who reside in Dirtmouth and in Kingdom's Edge but those guys are in their own world.

How did the Nailsmith traverse that obstacle course near Sheo's home?? Asuming that the shortcut isn't a thing, even so how did he fit through that tiny gap jump that required a specific move??? Dude and Cornifer have secrets they're not sharing. (I died 100 times when I first did it)

Sheo/Nailsmith and Cornifer/Iselda makes me happy, I love finding the little bit of happiness in hopeless scenarios.

I like imagining Sly being a father to 3 children who grew practically four times the size he is. He needs a personal stool or jump on them if he needs to scold them. Nobody likes it when the fly pulls out the stool.

Thinking how his furniture was most likely him sized before meeting the kids and they either had to get new furniture or the brothers just grew used to using tiny tables and stuff.

Still never fought Sly though.

Mato was a surprise to see when I first met him, for a place that is supposedly secret without knowing, you think that he would be a boss and there's even a bench. But no he's there meditating. I go to him when Gorb gave me a tuff time.

Mato is great. :)

I don't go to Oro often since there's not much for me in that area, but I think he thinks lowly of the colosseum. Also seeing raining corpses is not a nice view, though I guess he grew desensitized to it.

Ghost makes the whole family feel a little bit of pain after showing off the nail arts and charm and they've learned from each of them. Glad to know that they're alive somewhere but it's been so long since they've seen each other. (but also there's still that tension between Mato and Oro)

Wondered what Sheo and Sly felt when that fight happened between the other brothers. Was Sheo already thinking about giving up the Nail, was the argument partly the reason? Or was it something he decided later on? I like to think Sly tried to reason with them (as well as Sheo) but whatever it was, it's clear that they should not be involved.

Uh I'm done now, but I want to share the fics I've read.

Tales of a Nailsage

Tales of a Sage

Ticky Wicky

Funeral Plinth

Mind's Creation

Oro and Mato are Dumbasses (I like a nice silly fic once in a while)

[sodorsteam]

hey, cheers for the reblog! :D I've been scrolling thru ur blog

and I LOVE your oc - Rook! he's very friend shaped I want to hug him <\3

"Ah, thank you ever so much! I appreciate it! I suppose I am rather the shape of a Friend...(erm...would you mind terribly telling me what that shape is? Is it a sort of oblong? Gracious me.)"

💜🚂☠️💜

AAAA shucks! Thank you kindly! And you are welcome for the reblog, GORB CONTENT IS GOOD CONTENT!

[kirby-the-gorb]

special edition birthday roundup :)

thank you to everyone who sent me birthday wishes! and also to the two people who sent me kofis hehe I think I am going to buy a hat :) (I keep my hair short because I am sick all the time but the only ballcap I have is a washed out navy blue one I inherited from my grandpa! obviously I need a cute pastel one if I'm going to be wearing cute pastel clothes more often!)

and now we will look at the cute kirbs people drew for me!! they all make me very happy and they are all very cute!! I am saving them all to my computer (with attribution) so I can keep them forever :>

@danwithouttheplan sent in an ask that said: I always enjoy seeing your kirbys on my dash, so I thought I'd get in in the fun. Happy birthday! and drew this:

he is so cute!! I love his tiny hat and his tiny face and his enthusiastic pose!!! thank you!!!

@tinynoxx sent in an ask that said: Gorb is here to wish you a happy birf! and drew this:

ohhh he squish!! oh I love his expression he is so cute!! and his little blushies!! thank you!!!

@sunlit-art [reblogged] and said: happy birt day c: (you inspired me by saying there should be more low key simple drawings of kirby. this was very fun!! and very simple!! thank you. sorry i can't kofi :( but i can kirby hehe. thank you for the drawings you do very day :) kirby is indeed a gorb) and drew this:

ohhhh soft!! he is soft!! he has been given a birthday balloon!! I love the shape of his eyes :> (I'm glad you had fun! and I guarantee you I'm getting at least as much joy out of this drawing as I would have out of a kofi! no one has to apologize for not being able to do whatever, I am just a silly little guy drawing silly little guys for my own entertainment <3 )

@kitkat-cantdraw [reblogged] and said: frien has come to join the party!! sit down and get a hat. :D and drew this:

the shade of pink you chose looks so nice with his hat!! and they're both so cute and round with big round feeties!! they are so cute thank you!!! WADDLE DEE has joined your party. :)

[spectruminterests]

Ok, ngl, I love how much effort you put into your Human/Modern AU. It's quite fantastic to read, I do have to ask on other characters like the God Tamer, Zote, Elderbug, and Lace, what're they like in your AU if you have any ideas for them?

Honestly, I haven’t thought of much for most of them yet, but my friend and I had some discussions that led to more character lore regarding Zote and the ghost characters, so here ya go! • Gorb: the school janitor and a crazy Radiance fan. He occasionally talks with Sybil about their obsession. • Zote: The Hallownest public school’s horrible gym teacher, who may or may not be on drugs. He thinks way too much of himself and keeps talking about how his precepts are the way to success. Bretta develops a crush on him. • Marissa: an up and coming young singer who likes Radiance’s music but wants nothing to do with The Fandom (TM). She’s Marmu’s older cousin.

• Marmu: One of Ghost and Grimm Jr.’s classmates. A sweet, naïve little girl who likes to play ball games. • Xero: An absolutely obsessed Radiance fan who got arrested for threatening the lives of the mayor and his family during the Radiance protests. • No Eyes is the local legend/Cryptid.

[eye-of-yelough]

sending ask for aeryn and gortash kiss 👁️👁️

oh wooooowwww this is so unexpected hehehe >:3

so, little bit of backstory: despite the fact that in all of the screencaps i’ve posted of him he doesn’t have them, Aeryn has those um. those ritualistic facial scars that a lot of people give their durges. on the lips and down the throat and on the eyebrows. those ones.

anyway, not very long at all before The Incident (3 weeks, tops) Sceleritas happens upon Aeryn sucking off the Gorb. on his knees and everything, how embarrassing. and he snitches to Dad like the little fucker he is. in the midst of the usual Bhaal Family Drama Orin comes up with a very fitting punishment. she’s going to mutilate him. no, not this mouth, his knees. i imagine the scars look a lot like that uhh. circle durge draws in blood around Alfira’s body. she does that to his knees. try kneeling in front of your lordling now, bitchboy.

aeryn kinda just. let’s it happen. because he’s a good boy 👍

Gort notices somethings off immediately and loses his fucking mind because he’s normal. and also quietly thinks about how nice the scars look. still, Orin’s hands aren’t as steady as his, artistic, sure, and putting them on the knees was a nice touch, but where’s the precision? and knees are so easy to hide. he could do a much better job. and take back what’s his at the same time. he loves a bargain.

so yeah he uh. does that. Aeryn’s sitting there letting it happen (good good boy) as blood gushes out of his throat, tears streaming down his face like 🥰 because he’s insane. afterwards gortash traces the centrepiece scar with his tongue, gets it right up in there, gathering up blood from his mid-neck to split lip, and thinks, this is the most beautiful his monster has ever looked. dazed from bloodloss, whimpering at his intrusion, and utterly vulnerable. fuck it. he deserves it.

so they have a lil smooch. aeryn shits bricks. something something about how Orin’s (Bhaal’s) scars weren’t half as painful, but did she hold him after? did Bhaal reward him for his self sacrifice like this? has he ever?

hm. maybe i should just turn this into a fic. that’s clearly what my brain wants .

[getgotperidot]

Zote and Gorb Go on a Trip

Summary: Zote and Gorb finish packing and embark on their trip. Zote is grumpy. Gorb is Gorb.

Note: I've recently been replaying Hollow Knight, and Zote and Gorb are some of my favorite characters. I wanted to write a random fic about them. Don't question anything.

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Zote the Mighty picked up his trusty nail. The nail was named Life Ender, for it would someday end many lives. But that day was not today. 

Zote's manly brow furrowed in concentration. He tightened his grip on his nail and slowly edged along the perimeter of the room. The journey ahead could not begin without all of his trusty supplies. So where had he put his purple polka dotted socks?

Those socks were a faithful companion on all of his Quests. Without them, he would surely fall to even the most pathetic of enemies. And Zote the Mighty had many enemies. 

A foreboding thought struck him. Were his faithful socks in the laundry? Zote frantically gallantly galloped over to his laundry bin. Sure enough, right at the top of the pile was his socks. 

Zote fell to his knees dramatically. He cursed the heavens. Gorb would be there soon, and there was no time to start a new laundry load. Why did the universe hate him so?

A faint warbling noise sounded at the door. Zote rose to his feet and trudged confidently to answer it. 

The entrance swung open. "I AM GORB, " said Gorb.

"Yeah, yeah," grumbled Zote, "We have more important things to worry about. Like my socks."

"I am Gorb?" asked Gorb.

"Of course I wear socks!" Zote bellowed, "I have feet!"

Gorb wiggled skeptically, and shot a pointed glance at the stumps of Zote's legs. Zote's didn't seem to notice. 

Zote sighed. "It's hard being the most powerful bug in Hallownest," He growled solemnly, stroking his nonexistent beard.

"I am Gorb," Gorb replied wisely.

"Bah, no matter," Zote harrumphed, "A great man without his favorite socks is still a great man. Are you ready to go?"

Gorb faltered momentarily at the weight of Zote's knowledge. After regaining their composure, Gorb gave an affirmative, "I am Gorb" and held up their My Little Pony suitcase.

Zote went to go fetch his own Transformers one, and to say goodbye to his girlfriend Bretta.

"Bye, Bretta," he said in a gruff manner, not showing too much emotion as a staple to his manliness.

Bretta was staring dreamily at a photo of some weakling vessel. "Did you say something?" She asked seductively. 

"I'm leaving," said Zote, flexing his many muscles, "Don't miss me too much." 

Bretta rolled her eyes. "I won't. Take your time coming back." She planted a kiss on the vessel's picture and waved Zote away. Zote left the room with swagger, confident in his relationship with his beautiful girlfriend. 

"It's just a shame she's so clingy," he muttered to himself. "A man like me doesn't have a lot of free time to spend with his loved ones."

Gorb warbled from the other room. "I'm coming, I'm coming," Zote huffed. Zote sauntered past Gorb and out the door. Gorb wiggled along behind him. 

The two bros ventured across the landscape, occasionally stopping as Zote tripped over rocks took time to inspect the dirt. It was a very impactful journey. 

In the end they disappeared into the sunset. Except they were underground so there was no sun. They just kept walking until the camera was too far away to see them.

The bros returned to Dirtmouth the next day, much to Bretta's displeasure. 

THE END :D

[aqqleshiqqing-archive]

i love being lightheartedly critical about any character so i have a tier list again. me rambling about some of the characters for each category below

ill skip explanation on the "overrated characters" since. they're overrated and many would know why PFTTFT

i dont even have to explain myself for the first bracket. for the first two at least..... so..... i'll skip them or this becomes an embarrassing love letter. (OKAY BUT HOLLOW IS LITERALLY DOOMED BY THE NARRATIVE AND I AM VERY EMOTIONAL OVER THAT) anyways i LOVE white lady i love her so much part of it is simply because of her motherly nature and voice and her cute eyes its just so adorable asdfhfashfuas i like the way the fandom characterizes her. maybe the humor on that specific trait of hers is one reason why i like it so much (SHUSH ITS FUNNY BECAUSE SHE'S REGAL) if dryya was here she would've been placed in this bracket but she isnt here :[[[

i came to really like the 3 brothers but sheo is probably my better favorite (just because he's the only one taking it easy and his battle is fun with the paint mechanic). cloth became an immediate favorite because of our battle with the traitor mantis... despite her unfortunate demise but that's also why, i respect her so much and her enthusiastic battle cry gets me going :']]] also the mantis lords are just so cool - game, lore and design wise.

im a big fan of the vessels and the siblings so the lost kin is no exception to this and i really like fan portrayals where they're around same age as hornet and act like the middle children. collector is. um. im not immune to this kind of design,,, + i loved the battle so much and the ridiculous sounds they make.

i have a very love hate relationship for radiance thats all i can say. nosk should be buried 6 feet under

skipping to the very last category uhhhh i just love how every meme i see for pale king always consists of him being an absolute piece of shit and everyone beats him up for it - that or he's a smug prick. if it werent for those memes i could care less about him.

must i even elaborate on gorb? gorb is gorb. Gorb.

i dont like zote anymore i thought he was funny at first but NOW HE'S JUST REALLY ANNOYING HADUHUASUFHSUAFH BUT AT LEAST EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TAKES THAT MUTUAL RESENTMENT AND BULLIES HIM FOR THAT AGSDUHFAHFSA

[fernsnailz]

I would love to know more about your dnd dragonborn

HHOUGH MY BOY GORB... i can share a little bit about his backstory and where he's from! so Gorb grew up in an oceanside town with his moms and five siblings - all of his siblings also have names that start with G which makes it. confusing to keep track of lol. Gorb is the third oldest, and he used to be a bit of a rowdy kid (mostly because his 2 older siblings were VERY rowdy and he followed their example)

names from left to right: Quespa (mom), Gep, Ghehadur, Gorb, Gora, Gremash, Zykroff (mom 2), and Grigil

when Gorb was 15 though, a massive storm hit his hometown. Gorb's youngest brother (Grigil) was killed by the floods after disappearing from Gorb and his brother Ghehadur's watch. this was one of the main defining events that began Gorb's path to becoming a paladin and a follower of Torm (the god of loyalty and justice). However, Gorb doesn't talk much about this event, even with his family. he and Gremash have barely discussed it in the years following.

(my DM/roommate actually did a very cool piece about this event for artfight this year, you can check it out here if you have an artfight account)

despite Gorb's commitment to his ideals and his paladin training, he spent 3 years at sea after being recruited into the local military. this was a particularly bad period of Gorb's life because 1. being a part of this region's militia ended up warping his views of justice, becoming less about individual morals and more about the law in general, and 2. Gorb does not like the ocean. he kinda has a complicated relationship with water in general

Gorb's relationship with his ideals and how he views the world in general has changed a lot since i first started playing him (which was like. 4 years ago now? lord have mercy). he wants people to value doing the right thing as much as he does, but he doesn't care about spreading religious influence or creating more followers of Torm. he just wants to be the best version of himself, and he wants to see the best in others as well. though, that's a little difficult to achieve when the main emotion that led him down this path in the first place was his guilt. he still has a lot to work through lol

[vampireteeth016]

Gorb The Great Mind!!! I love Gorb so much I don’t even know why.

[ye-olde-sodor]

Crack Ship appreciation post (The Gorb x Danger Loaf #10) because I need more stuff on this blog and I want to talk about them

You know that moment when you start shipping two characters as a joke and it either dies down or snowballs out of control? A month or two ago, I was looking more into 10's class (the BR class 42 aka the Warship class) and I noticed a few similarities between him and Gordon.

-Both engines started out as goods engines before they were transferred to express services due to exceeding the expectations of their makers and BR. On top of this, both are considered to be very fast engines. (Gordon with around 100 mph (160 km/h) and 10 with 90 mph (145 km/h) in a surprising twist).

-Both suffered a massive loss of their siblings. (10 has two preserved siblings while Gordon has Scott and his cousins). I head cannoned that the preservation of steam is why 10 was so aggressive to steam engines in the first place, and when you look at the numbers you can see why.

-Finally, as a funny side note, both have Moon Moons in the family. Zebra for 10 and countless others for Gordon. (Gay Crusader, Dick Turpin, Papyrus, Sandwich, and many more). I personally find it funny that 10's siblings have all the majestic and powerful names while poor Gordon has a sibling named Salmon Trout of all things.

So what do all of these comparisons mean? It means we have a potential for these two to have a lot to talk about and eventually bond over. But how exactly does the regal and formal Gordon fall for this idiot anyway? Simple...it's his carefree attitude.

Gordon is incredibly fond of his image, even with his various blunders he still sees himself as an important and regal engine. We know he's secretly a goof, but he almost never lets it show. Many people head canon that he needs to keep up this charade because he was quite literally built into the image of being this high and mighty being. If he can't keep that pristine image up, then he's worthless in the eyes of the Gresley's and to BR.

Now let's compare 10. He's the crazy Florda guy who's doing all sorts of things just because he can. He doesn't care about his image, nor what people think of him. He's always been the outcast, even more so after his class was withdrawn, so he adapted to work on his own and to do his own thing. He doesn't have the same problems as Gordon. He doesn't have a name or a legacy to keep because there's nothing left to keep.

Put the two of them together, give it some time, and you got yourself quite the duo. They'd make for an interesting friendship, but how would they fair as a couple?

-As I mentioned in my SS Gordon post, I'd imagine 10 being more open to relationships then Gordon. It's safe to say that the Mainland doesn't take too kindly to engine romance, but it's even more likely that it would still exist. 10 would absolutely believe in love to some degree, and would later convince Gordon that it exists too.

-Going back to that post, I mention that Gordon was drawn to 10's free and goofy personality, and eventually allowed for him to express his own funny, laid-back personality. The two of them would act both as foils and as complements for their characters. Gordon is the more controlled of the two and keeps 10 in check while 10 helps Gordon ease up and to have some fun.

Head canon wise, I could go on about these two for hours lmao

-It was absolutely 10 that fell for Gordon first. Gresley's always had a reputation for looking like marble statues, but he never believed that it was true until Gordon showed him the ins and outs of pulling the express. He was even more interested in him when he learned that the old kettle was actually able to keep up with him!

-The both of them are secret literature nerds, with 10 specializing in poetry and Gordon specializing in gothic/Victorian literature.

-If they were human, 10 would be much larger than Gordon, and Gordon would absolutely take advantage of that with constant cuddles and lap sitting. The only downside is that he needs to stand on something or be held up by 10 just to kiss him.

-Staying on theme with human head canons, 10's many hobbies would involve engineering and inventing. This, in turn leads him to making all sorts of wacky stuff, such as a car that has two steering wheels and a button that presses itself. Gordon is usually the one who has to bail him out whenever these inventions blows up in his face (figuratively and literally).

-They're dorks. Big, silly, loveable dorks who would gladly beat the other in a friendly competition or race and listen to the other brag about it for hours.

-Gordon is one of the few engines who knows 10's real name, and he's never told anyone what it is, much to the dismay of any nosy engines or humans.

-While 10 is open about his previous life as a bounty hunter, he's ashamed of it and wants nothing more than to make amends for it. Gordon insists that he already has, but even Gordon's words aren't enough to help him. It'll take years of support (and maybe some ghostly visitors) for him to finally let go and move on.

-The two of them would often switch jobs on occasion. If 10 was too tired to take the Midnight express then Gordon would take it, and vice versa. You can imagine Topham's shock when Gordon offered to take one of 10's goods trains for him after his engine failed. It was at that moment that he knew something was up between those two, but it would take years for it to click.

-While 10 is the more affectionate of the two, they usually keep it behind closed doors (again, to keep nosy engines or humans away). Having said that, he'd be the more likely of the two to display some PDA when no one was looking.

-The Mainland was known for separating and even scraping engines who showed some sort of romantic interest in each other. This, in turn, made all engine couples fiercely protective of each other, to the point of being aggressive towards those who suggest separation. While the two are protected under Sodor's various Antitheft and Antiscrap laws, Gordon and 10 are still weary about Mainlanders. The pair are considered to be some of the most aggressive engines on the island. Gordon more so than 10 in a surprising twist.

-Nicknames for Gordon include: Big Blue, Babe, Baby Blue, Speedy, Blue Streak, Shooting Star, Jekyll

-Nicknames for 10 include: Claw for brains, 10, Bread loaf, Hazard Stripes, Love, My Love, Dear, Hyde

-There was a case where Gordon referred to 10 as Jekyll in front of Percy on accident, and now everyone is convinced that it was 10's name. He felt horrible about it until 10 thought it was so funny that he just rolled with the mix-up. Besides, he preferred the name Jekyll over Cockade.

TL; DR These two are the textbook definition of Opposites Attract and I am absolutely making fanfics of them in the future (both on here and on my AO3 account).

[sunset-bridge]

asks your thoughts on akeshu. go. be free and be a hater - 🍾

THANK YOU GUYS for enabling me. thank you thank you..

ok so like,,,,it's just, i think their genuine rivalry is like. sooooo much more interesting than a normal ass romance,, and like thats rich coming from me cuz im honestly such a grand romantic i love to wax poetic about sweet nothings and the other etc. but like. helloooo

true kibouheads will remember my rival poll from a bit ago. truth is ive been that way my whole life ahahah i always seeked out someone to be "rivals" with at school or otherwise,,, like i cant live without having this cool ass person i can both look up to but that also challenges me to get better and always try my best yknow... but like an important part is that i feel its always someone that. Gets me you know. i hope i dont sound insane but . people think in different ways u know and some people kinda see things a bit similarly to you and so you feel more connected to them. well like that. finding someone that is like that to me is..... quite the amazing feeling. some of my friends also feel like that to me; someone who gets how i think because they see the world similarly but yet a biiit different so we can share our experiences...people you can talk about anything with for hours and hours and never get bored. i feel like this is a form of real love and im not fucking joking . have u had ur rival give u a compliment or tell u happy birthday ...... WAHOOOO over the moon

ANYWAYS when i was playin p5 at first i didnt think much of goro (unbeliavable i know). but then when i started doing his social link i was like. um. erm. HELLOOO its like. points at screen 🫵🫵🫵 rivals. helloo. YES??? like . i feel i dont see too much appreciation for this kind of relationship EXACTLY because a lot of the time it gets reduced to romance or normal friendship when its so muuuuch more than that.

for anyone that hasnt had a rival its not like normal friendship,, theres this element of strange freakazoid obsession going on and also admiration and dare i say a streak of jealousness !!! at the risk of sounding delulu i will say it occupies a different and special niche compared to a friendship or a romantic relationship. its a different thing that u cant replace!!!

so yeah it was like. finally a weirdo relationship for freaks like me. im seen...yyyyyes. sooooo imagine my disappointment when a lot of ake shoo content reduces them to just plain romance HELLOO wheres the freakazoid content. this also goes to the other extreme where they make it seem like they Completely hate eachother when like. uh. yeah they do not obviously... like just read the dialogue helloo

also because a lot of romantic ake shoe woobifies goro soooo much (NOT ALL obvs but. a majority). like helloooo thats not my freak thats some random twink,,,.. i think this is more for gorogirls sorryyyy its true. i had the tragedy of seeing Things on google images while trying to look for a fucking Gorb png T__T

i also understand the desire to see him more happy but we cant fall on the "fandom takes guy whos a cunt and draws them happy 100% of the time and then kinda starts to forget canon" etc... happy goro is awesome cuz its so rare. its what makes it Sting yknow

anyways. theres also the thing that i see the p5 protag really differently from a lot of people apparently but i dont think that affects this issue toooo much. thats another can of worms

thank you :3c