#They'd been married for like

[spoiledskullz]

how old are welkin and knuckles when they have kids?

Pretty young LOL both knuckles and welkin are born the same year but Knuckles is February and Welkin November so he was 26 and Welkin was 25 when they had Beryl (the first born)

Zephyr is born when Beryl is 5, and Spinel is born when Zephyr is 6

[redrobin-detective]

Something I wonder about Simon and Betty's relationship is how long they were together before the whole crown ordeal. But they were engaged, you say. My aunt (in)famously met my uncle and had a ring on her finger in 8 weeks. We've seen that both Betty and Simon were both weird outcasts, crazy determined and a pinch insane. I would not be surprised if they decided they'd met their one true love and got engaged super quick.

My point being, Betty's shifting to revolve around Simon and Simon's rose colored glasses of their relationship feels very much like New Love. They're people who love each other and love being a couple but still haven't quite figured out how to coexist together, as two people in a partnership. I feel like if they'd known each other longer, lived together longer, some of the issues we're seeing would have probably self resolved.

I don't think their relationship is toxic nor is it totally perfect. It's two lonely, most likely neurodivergent people in a relatively early relationship still figuring out how it works. Everything that happened afterwards: the crown, the seperation, the time travel, the magic/madness/sadness just exemplified issues they had both as individuals and as a couple.

[cellgatinbo]

fit raided pac and almost immediately the huevitos and ratinhos declared the chats married 💍

[avelera]

I wonder, because I genuinely don't know, if there's a correlation between age and writers who consider a romance where the main couple shares a kiss to be the resolution of the romance rather than the beginning of it?

I feel like it's a younger perspective to think that a couple pining for one another, dancing around one another, and then finally confessing their feelings to each other, and maybe kissing or having sex represents the arc of a romance.

Whereas, at least for me, and full disclosure I'm in my 30s, cis, bisexual, married, and with a decent number of partners before that, a kiss and a declaration of love really just means the two of you can start negotiating what it means to share your lives together, what portion of your lives you're going to share, whether this is temporary or ride-or-die, or whether you have baggage to navigate, whether you love each other but don't like each other or vice versa.

And of course, most importantly for epic romances and genre fiction that deals less with mundane romantic concerns: just because you've declared your love for one another, doesn't mean you'll be able to keep it. In a story with action or adventure, one of you could die, or you could get separated, or be pulled in different directions by fate, just as an example. And maybe this just shows my age, but I've always found stories where established lovers lose one another ten times more emotionally impactful than potential lovers who were still pining for each other but never made it official "losing" what they never really had.

This all comes to mind because occasionally on my romance or smut-centric fics I'll get a comment by people surprised the couple got together so quickly, or worried because oh no, the big kiss happened in the middle of the story, so what's going to happen between here and the end? And I adore these comments for what they show me of the mindset of the readers (something the author can only ever guess at) but I also find it overall curious just how often, when I'm writing mature, often middle-aged or more (like, immortal) characters that people are surprised that these two adults kissed and yet that there's still more of the story to tell.

Because all I can think is, oh honey, they've kissed, which means I can now put them through the absolute wringer of what they will do to keep this love they've found :3

(Edit: I should clarify, I also love pining, slow burn, and get-together stories! Those are absolutely a valid and core part of the romance genre. I guess I just find it surprising when it seems readers only expect romance to be slow burn, or to be completed with a kiss.)

[aurawra21]

Are 30 yr old Jeckole married?

and what is their stance on adopting children

they ARE married and the way i imagined them marrying was out of the blue, no wedding or anything, just the two of them going to the courthouse on a random day

and they don't want kids. period. sorry, i can't ever see them with kids and they dont want them either in general i think. if they were to be around children, it wouldnt be their own, but their friends' kids or something. but that's the most that happens. they're just the aunts.

[phoenixcatch7]

Love the idea of each previous hero's journey being mostly lost to time, such that each time the cycle starts again absolutely no one picks up the very obvious clues that might lead them to the hero.

Oh, you've named your blond haired blue eyed child Link, have you? That's a good name!

Oh, he's found a strange red and white maned horse he's named epona who has utterly bonded with him? How unusual!

Yes, the princess Zelda is the same age, isn't she? What a good omen for the family!

We know he doesn't talk much, but he's the sweetest lad, don't worry!

Don't fret, dearie, his wanderlust will abate when he grows up, I'm sure it won't get him in too much trouble before then.

Prodigious little swordsman, isn't he? He would make a great knight if he wanted to when he's older!

Oh? Rumours about a long forgotten temple in the woods? How strange! Are you sure it's not just the children telling stories?

Look at him in his armoured green outfit! That hat looks lovely on him - where did you find it?

[bluehairedspidey]

johnny cage in every single one of my fanfics: HEY BTW DID YOU KNOW THAT I'M MARRIED TO KENSHI TAKAHASHI

[strawberrisoulmate]

{ modern day | 2010s - 2020s } > they're on a date 🥰🧋❤

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[ubejamjar]

♬ If you like it then you should've put a ring on it ♬

[mearcatsreturns]

“Even if this wasn’t your dumbest idea yet, there is no way you’d be able to pick someone right for me.”

OH, HOW THE TURN TABLES, TIMOTHY

[fractured-shield]

Pride tag

thanks for the tag @honeybewrites!

Rules: Tell me your OCs sexualities without telling me your OCs sexualities

Therien: "Sorry, not interested. ...No offense or anything."

Idhren: "I'm sorry to say I'm no longer interested in such things, these days. But my past partners have been a varied bunch. One commonality is that they are no longer with us."

Leithe: "It's not that I'm not picky, I just have lots of qualifications regarding personality and none about what's in your pants. ...And, ah, I may have a certain weakness for anyone who can wield a weapon or looks good in armor."

Oenith: "...never thought I'd have the luxury to do more than look, but I think I'd like to get to know someone first, now that I have the chance."

Waith: "Hang on, let me figure it out...okay, yeah, women."

Malin: "Flirting is good fun, I'm not one to turn down the desires of the body to a willing partner—but does it look like I live the kind of life I could drag another person into?"

(check the tags if interested lol)

tagging @the-golden-comet @katenewmanwrites @leahnardo-da-veggie and anyone else who wants to join!

[nostalgia-tblr]

thanks to the sort of gossipy history i tend to read i know entirely too much about the grounds on which i could get out of the unhappy medieval european marriage that i am not and never will be part of.

[bumblingbabooshka]

write to me

[thatsitso]

Orufrey week day 3: First date

First date, but they're both idiots who didn't confess for 20 years

[infizero]

showing my growth by rejecting the “every ship gets happily married and becomes wonderful parents to lovely children” mindset and admitting that many pairings should just not be parents

[ofallthingsnasty]

You know what's juicy? A yandere forcing you to do the whole 'meet your parents' thing. How would they keep you in line? Or are you broken in already? Any well-known pro hero would just have to work their charm a little to convince them they're the right fit for you - like Hawks. Or Mirko. Any top 10 hero will probably meet little resistance on their part. (Because even if your spouse croaks - you’ll probably be set up for life.)

Lower ranked pros might not hog the front pages every day but they can still work the public - and to a certain extent, your parents. Who could say no to someone as caring and sweet as Fatgum? They just know he’s going to make you so happy. And someone like Nighteye? Good for you, he seems respectable enough and it looks like you’re finally taking your life a little more seriously. Most villains don’t even think of meeting your parents - but Overhaul would. He can’t help himself, he needs to do it the old-fashioned way (not to mention that it’s quite the twisted power play on his part). And that man can be quite the charmer when he wants to be - even if he sits on your parents’ couch, stiff as a board and just a tad pale because it is a little dusty. You won’t recognize him. I think Compress would be quite similar. What if you do try to tell your parents that something is very, very wrong - what if you try to escape - how will they handle it? Are they able to play it off, talk themselves out of it or do your parents simply not buy it? It’s a ridiculous notion, right?

And probably the most important question of them all: Why? What‘s their motivation?