#They have such a complex and interesting dynamic and relationship!

[high-queen-of-exy]

on a side note, in the rereading of aftg, I'm deeply interested in the relationship Kevin and Andrew have at the beginning of the series, and how immediately Neil is like "oh there's something up" because they're so.... ugh.

Also, I'm never gonna be over the little looks they gave each other in tgr!!! I read that and went "oh they totally kissed at one point", or that one time Kevin pissed Medicated Andrew off so bad, threw his racquet across court, ughhh I need to know what happened.

I'm a diehard believer that Kevin might not have loved Andrew, but he did the closest thing he knew how to, he needed him, he wanted him. Andrew's trust yet refusal to bend is so much, and I think if he'd been sober and Kevin hadn't been so unwell, they could've been something, or they were and it was extremely awful and unhealthy. Its so interesting to me, it lives in my head with such complex feelings.

Kandrew remains one of my favorite ships, but also I can ship Kevin with almost anyone, and I do, because he's so... him and he has such a strange intriguing dynamic with everyone it makes me insane.

[alwaysagathario]

The more I think about it, the more I realize that there’s something about Agatha that feels deeply attuned to things beyond the surface, like she has an instinct for realness. And I believable that, even if she didn’t understand it at first, she felt something in Rio that she had never felt before upon first meeting her. Maybe it wasn’t instant trust, but it was recognition—like looking into a mirror and seeing something she didn’t even know she was searching for.

And I think it’s even more beautiful how their relationship must have evolved. Agatha, who was so used to being let down, had to unlearn her instinct to push people away. And Rio, despite being Death, had to learn how to love someone who wasn’t afraid of her.

[deadpoetsandlivinglegends]

Something something every time Charlie isn’t fighting to be the center of attention, he is always looking around to others to gauge their reactions and silently observing them all something something he is searching for connection, to fit in and be loved but he doesn’t know how to ask for love so instead he gains their attention by acting out in ways he knows they’ll notice and tries to pretend their attention and love are the same thing

[slankyyy-vs-the-world]

i think these two could be interesting

[helloimamistake]

Hear me out...

Queer platonic relationship (QPR) Jayvik..

👉👈

[fire-in-my-woods]

Will never not think about the potential LIS 1 would've had if Rachel and Chloe's roles were reversed

[edmunderson]

"How can anyone love a pebble in their shoe?"

[artistictea]

I hope, above a else, that I can be the Hanush apologist mutual to you guys

[galactic-rhea]

Thoughts on Padmé x Anakin x Rex?

Padmé and Anakin are so mutually obssesed they would first have to check into that before trying to bring another person to their carefully-balanced-kind-of-damage or something it's going to explode.

Honestly it's a fun ship! But I don't have too many thoughts about them because when I consider them is usually in very low-stakes-fun-AU-scenarios.

And I'm actually a bit of a fan of Rexwalker myself! Athough I tend to like them more as very good buddies, the covering-for-you-dynamic it's so funny for them, lol It's also angsty and complicated because, y'know, the power-imbalance and unchecked trauma? Is funny that the clone that's actually a slave for the republic is the most normal if you bring him into the anidala romance circus.

Also shout out to @phoenixyfriend , she has a lot of rexanidala fics and recs for anyone interested reading this!

[wormsdyke]

i have no one to talk to about this bc its a very niche crossover but i desperately need someone to compare notes with on the parallels of fabian in fantasy high and troy in community. your honor they're both pretty boys with legacies to uphold that have caused them to repress multiple aspects of their identity until they meet their autistic best friend who they are initially kind of embarrassed by until they are able to shed their toxic masculinity and fall in love with their autistic best friend in ways that exist outside of traditional romantic or platonic pairings. also they both used their newfound passion for dance as an entryway to deconstructing their shame and pursuing self expression. can anyone hear me

[margindoodles2407]

hmmmm i am feeling the "cody and obi-wan certainly do not have a normal relationship but it is by no means romantic" today

[rebornofstars]

i mean personally i find the appeal of batfam comes from the unbelievable tragic fucked up dumpster fire of interpersonal dynamics between every single character. i keep seeing the accepted fanon shove them into neat little boxes of brother and son and father and sister and like you aren't wrong but when are you going to mention the fact that this is simply how they choose to refer to each other in front of strangers to prevent themselves from having to try to explain the infinitely messy impossible gordian knot that is their relationships to each other. because you just know whatever the fuck is happening between those little weirdos aint right. big happy found family? they're stuck together against their will for life, yeah, and none of them would know how to feel a thing without the terrible ecstasy and adrenaline of what they share, and it's some kind of family, sure, but it's a monstrously complicated one, and not the kind of thing you can just explain. or leave. or understand. even when you're right in the thick of it. i like to think that they each have a wildly different take on what they mean to each other, and none of them are wrong but all of them are missing some key facet of it, and only the characters directly involved in each combination have the whole story. that's how twisted things get: nobody understands how damian and jason manage to continuously interact without hard feelings. nobody gets why steph and alfred talk when they don't even get along. nobody knows what the fuck is wrong with dick and bruce!!!!!

[imprisoned-marrionetta]

I really like Tonny and Sahed together because their entire dynamic reminds me so much of gumlee/bubbline (the in show one not the fionna and cake one). Like they’re *the* ex lovers who despises the other’s guts but also still can’t help but be in love with them even if it’s disguised as hate and contempt.

I could go on about their complicated relationship but that’s a whole other post at this point.

[timothylawrence]

i know with a fandom as big as AA there’s bound to be interesting takes but im still surprised by some things i see… why are all the bad takes about the female characters in this game hmmm

[cold--cut]

canon divergence au where when mary runs she also kidnaps ichirou (don't ask how logistically) as kind of an insurance/hostage situation thing, which of course is an incredibly ill-thought-out plan but which mary is just kind of going with now because it's too late not to do it.

[dykedvonte]

thinking abt what you said with house viewing Benny as a son and I’m obsessed. Like. The man spent most of his life before the war presumably alone, and then after the bombs fell he was alone again, save for AI he himself devised. Then he decides to pull in some Tribes, and one kid shows promise! So sure, treat him well, train him, groom him to be his protege, then next thing you know UH OH he’s got developing paternal feelings towards this guy. Wanting some semblance of a family when the time has long since passed, yet fostering that feeling all the same seems so accurate for him. Benny meanwhile only views him as a boss, and not a particularly good one at that. makes me wonder how House must’ve felt when he found out about Bennys plans

I view it as House blames only himself for this, cause he kind of does in canon (strap in this is a long one).

When reflecting on the issue of Benny, House chastises himself first and foremost for not acting quickly enough when it comes to priming Benny. He describes Benny as being ambitious, ruthless and capable; compliments coming from a man like House. House has an ego and while he is logical enough to understand there was never any evidence Benny saw him as a father-figure, he lacks the humility to admit he let his own views on his relationship with Benny blind him to the activities happening behind the scenes.

I doubt that House was as aware as he makes out about what Benny was doing, he knew early on but certainly not early enough to stop Benny from hacking and obtaining a securitron along with getting the chip in the first place. I take it he was distracted by all the possibilities he was calculating of Vegas' success and growth with him steering and Benny as the new figure head, not because of any normal affection for Benny but the admiration of his capabilities. It's to be noted that House believed menial incentives (likely caps, booze, basic needs, etc..) were enough to keep Benny tame like the other Chairmen but, as evidenced by the Omertas and Mortimer in the WGS, this is not enough when it comes to more driven Vegas citizens. This implies he still undervalued Benny and created a space in which Benny felt the need to rebel.

House in my eyes is not sentimental in the traditional sense. I can imagine his pride was severely scorned as someone he certainly deemed dumber than him was, albeit only for a little, able to out-gambit him. It would definitely hit home seeing how his brother also betrayed him but I feel like that's why he's so apathetic when he tells the Courier to do as they see fit with Benny. I doubt the way he terrorized his brother brought him any emotional satisfaction other than a "Now who's in charge!" ego boost. Putting that same emotional intensity towards Benny isn't worth it because who does it benefit? Wasted time, wasted planning, and most importantly wasted potential are all he gets from continuing to be hands-on with Benny. I say the closest example is not being able to throw out old toys due to the memories attached but knowing it's necessary as they are broken or just taking up space for new ones, and then asking someone else to do it so you don't need to get caught up in the feelings of throwing something you put so much effort into. It's not Benny House cares about in my mind, not in a way that sounds healthy to any non-emotionally constipated individual, but what he could've represented for him, which is why he so quickly offers the same position to the Courier.

As for Benny's view on all of this, it was a long time coming. Benny didn't and doesn't believe House is a completely shitty boss. He admires what he's been shown and admits House knows how to run the strip, but disagrees with the directions. Ideologically, House is an anarcho-capitalist while Benny is just an anarchist. House wants to run the strip to profit, though money is not what he's concerned with being rich with anymore. Benny wants a free state that he wishes to become a place for the people, except for the Chairmen who would be on top (I like to remind people that Benny's motives were selfish but not for personal gain/power as was it for the people he actually saw as family). Benny was never looking for a father but a future. He was not interested in being adopted, or having the chairmen adopted, as bigger names still overshadowed in House's legacy.

Truly, it's easiest to summarize as House feeling strongly and thinking positively enough of Benny to start incorporating him into the future of Vegas (a huge honor actually) while Benny was so disillusioned by House's ego and indifference that he thought the only way Vegas could be the future is with House gone.