#and even then it was not a healthy relationship lol

[oooocleo]

butterfly fae design 👁️ i need to add a crinoline under their dress and detail the corset still!

[butterflysonnets]

yes i'm rooting for m*leven breakup because byler is neat but mostly? i'm rooting for m*leven breakup for the sake of el and mike.

to me, their romance was always a puppy love born out of a combination of social pressures, naïve curiosity, and a lack of true understanding regarding intimacy and romantic love and what it really is. it was real in that they do truly, deeply care about each other and they are close friends, maybe even shared an attraction, but a maturing romance is so much more than that. they've grown up and out of being boyfriend/girlfriend, and that's okay! i think television/film needs to show more often that most of us don't have definite "soulmates" or first childhood loves that we spend our whole lives with. it doesn't mean these relationships meant nothing and didn't impact us, it just means they've run their course and that something else is in the cards, and this is part of life!

i've always felt el was at her best and most confident self when broken up with mike, discovering who she was and what she liked alongside another girl her age instead of just relying on mike for mentorship on how to live in the real world. she deserves more of an opportunity to find herself, her autonomy, and her independence, and to love who she is, and she's made it clear she's felt insecure in the relationship with mike because she isn't being loved and understood the way she wants, needs, and deserves from someone who is her partner.

also, it's okay if mike doesn't love her in "the way he should". he is not obligated to love her romantically and stay in a relationship with her just because she's a girl, because she "needed someone", or because he cares about her a lot. he shouldn't be pressured into a romance if it's not truly coming from his heart. he deserves freedom to find out and honour who he is, too, instead of just staying in his non-functional first relationship — one he got into as a child, essentially — and defining himself that way because it's what's expected when a boy and a girl are close. he loves her in some way, yes, but it's okay if he doesn't feel comfortable or secure being her boyfriend anymore, for whatever reason that is. he's felt insecure too, and that's valid and it matters.

they are their own people and are steadily growing and changing every day. they need time to figure out who those people are, and it's become clear (at least in my opinion) that those people aren't meant to be a couple at this stage.

they deserve freedom. they deserve to grow up and be authentic to themselves and not feel like they need to lie for the sake of a relationship. they deserve to move on from this version of their relationship that isn't making them happy and rekindle the best part of their bond: their strong, beautiful friendship. they don't have to be a couple if it doesn't make them stronger and better and happier people.

i think it would be healthy and wonderful for a show, especially one consumed frequently by young adults, to show a relationship starting, progressing, and ending on good terms in this way. sometimes things don't work out, and that is okay.

[amityandeir]

My favourite childhood driver duo will always be Galex. They are simply too iconic

They LOVE love each other

[jalluzas-ferney]

I don’t think this is an unpopular opinions but lowkey fannon kailor is sm better than cannon kailor.

(Read the tags)

[impactdial]

this is just my headcanon but i do like the concept of sanji being completely enamored with the idea of (unrealistic) fairy tale romance (love at first sight, etc.) to the point it often obscures his view of what healthy relationships should be vs usopp who's pretty cynical about romance because he saw how his parents fell apart and fears loving someone only to eventually be abandoned.

and i think it would be something they'd both have to work on for their relationship to work, where sanji realizes real love takes time to develop and usopp realizes it's ok to trust someone to love him for the rest of his life

[evilblunt27]

Roommates as a concept is really depressing and wrong to me like why as a human being would I live with people I am not closely bonded with on a familial level. Cus why are we not beautiful monkey family in our cave that love each other right now... I don't even know you...

I want to live alone regardless but if i ever have to live with people again I'm not doing that shit with people who don't already know everything about me and who I'm not comfortable walking around in my underwear or peeing with the door open in front of.

[iceclew]

(spoiler B-Side)

OK, listen. Listen. I get that Shinomya Isao is his Senpai and tought him well, and gave him a chance, and made him the strongest and yeah yeah bla bla..

BUT LISTEN.

IF YOU TELL ME WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER KIND HEARTED FATHER FIGURE IN DADEKAWA HERE.

that picks his troublemaker son up when down, pouty, bitchy, or whatever the issue is..

I'M GONNA THROW UP!

HE'S THE DAD THAT BRAT NEEDS, OK, DON'T TELL ME OTHERWISE.

He is with him this whole time, looking after him, he sprints forward, when Narumi disregards all the orders, he fights by his side, he literally becomes his vice-captain to support him at all times guys...

LIKE LOOK GODDAMNIT, THEY ARE SUCH A TEAM!!!

This Manga and his Father figures man.. they break me sooner or later

Also, Matsumoto, are you alright mate? Like?...

[befuddled-calico-whump]

more characters who are technically from T$$ (lore under the cut)

So Lis/Lisbet (more commonly known as "Lu", her codename) was one of Vic's first victims when he started working on his own. At the time, Lu was a secretary at a law firm. Unbeknownst to her, her bosses owed money to a local mob boss, and Vic was hired to "apply pressure". By pure coincidence, Lu was the unlucky target. Her torture was recorded and sent to the firm, and it was roughly three weeks before the money was coughed up and she was released.

Her captivity resulted in the loss of her right hand and most of her left leg, and a pregnancy. With Lu not being in a healthy emotional or mental place, the baby was raised by Lu's sister and her husband. Meanwhile, Lu decided she was sick of feeling like a victim and began devoting her time to training, getting physically stronger, and hunting down Victor Shepard.

While her family was very supportive for the first few years of her recovery, most of them were horrified by her desire for revenge. Despite being raised in a close-knit Catholic family and being religious herself, Lu quickly became disgusted at her family's urging to forgive Vic and move on. The only relative who didn't shy away was her cousin Adrien (also known by his codename, "Uriel")

The two were close as children, and Adrien wanted revenge for Lu as much as she did. He not only listened to Lu's violent fantasies, but encouraged them, offering ideas of his own. As a former Marine, he had training to back him up, and helped Lu on her own journey, swiftly becoming her second in command and the most trusted person in her life.

Through the years, Lu tried to maintain routine visitation with her child, but the visits always felt strained, and gradually her goal took over and she came over less and less.

Years later, Lu's son (then going by Leo) sought her out. His aunt had warned him that Lu was going down a dark path, but he was desperate to form some kind of connection with her. He knew the basics of what had happened to his mother, but at her own request, he'd always been told that his father had passed away before his birth. Lu welcomed him aboard, finding it easier to foster a connection when he could be viewed as a soldier and not her son. When he came of age, she welcomed him into her group officially, granting him the codename Gabriel.

Though Vic is her target, Lu and her angels also chase after people like him, capturing and killing them in the name of avenging those who have been lost or had their lives destroyed.

In canon, Lu briefly captures Vic, but he escapes before she can do any real damage. However, in this AU, she manages to contain him, and gets the revenge she's sought for so long.

[tarsusingkirk]

fang xiaobao is s o handsy i lov it. he doesn't even think abt personal space just zeros in and touches. pulling at li lianhua's sleeves, smacking di feisheng's upperarm even tho he knows feisheng could kill him with a finger. he's a brash dumbass with no boundaries hangin around two people with The Biggest Boundaries and Personal Spaces and goes u kno what i display affection and love thru my actions and ur gonna get my affection and lov so hang on tight.

in this essay i will argue that it spooks the Shit out of both feihua and feisheng does toss xiaobao like a sack of potatoes sometimes

and lianhua does slip xiaobao some sleepy eepy powder sometimes just to run away and then feisheng will b like 🧍‍♂️ why did u do that and lianhua will go aiyo u tossed him like a feral cat just the other day. why'd u do that

and then they'd glare at each other bc they don't like talking about Emotions

[rainbow-arrow]

i cannot emphasize just. how well the end of season five of miraculous sets up lukadrien being end game.

[ableedingpromise]

I can't relate to women who want a child at all. I don't even hate children, in fact i think they're very cute!! And i understand that it could be rewarding to help nurture another human being and help them grow.

But i still can't understand the need for one. Like I've never wanted a baby and never will. But it feels scary to know that I'll always be different from everyone around me. After twenty years everyone will be happy with their own families and I'll be alone :(

[three-atoms]

"Roger Parslow, I am very pleased you came."

Asriel: "Do you know who your mother is?" // Lyra: "Your choice in women is almost as bad as your choice in bears."

Asriel: “What is the most important question we can ask?” // Lyra: “Where Dust comes from.” // Asriel: "There you are.”

Roger: “Lord Asriel, please!” // “I’m sorry this is happening to you, but in war there are casualties. And believe me when I tell you that this is a war, one that will free humanity forever!”

“I am pleased that you came, Marisa, to see what I have done.”

“The Magisterium have no power anymore, not once the world sees the possibility of all this. It is the end of the Magisterium. After hundreds of years. No more oppression. No more abuse. No more darkness or suppression of knowledge.”

Asriel smiling in HDM Season 1 (2/2)

[tricoufamily]

they have amazing compatibility i had absolutely no idea why [unintelligible alien sounds] found hugo unattractive 😭

so i'm going in and out of cas trying to toggle different things bc absolutely not but nothing's working i'm literally at this point going through like 'ok foodie trait toggle on all the foodie/culinary stuff, loner trait toggle on all the-'

[unintelligible alien sounds] likes polished clothing so i was like ok. let me give hugo just a random outfit w the polished tag and

this was such a great idea ea clothing styles and clothing colors should definitely have been a part of turn ons and turn offs there is nothing else that could have taken its place

[dbphantom]

Hate having adhd went to go work on my fallout modpack, got distracted while going to disable the steam overlay, ended up in the points shop, went to go edit my profile, decided to change my pfp, found a buried folder I forgot existed, found some old Veneer art I forgot existed, spent 45 minutes looking at all the old photos, STILL HAVE NOT TOGGLED ONE SIMPLE OPTION THAT SHOULD'VE TAKEN 30 SECONDS AT MOST

[willowser]

the thing so sweet to me about step dad!touya specifically is that your daughter isn't being raised in a toxic/abusive household. no, you and her father aren't together, but you both love and care for her, time is split fairly, you two can stand to be in the same room as one another and at events together to support her — so she has no qualms about being like "love you!" to touya and that THROWS him OFF.

[bambiraptorx]

Every so often i remember that one Big Mama/Lou Jitsu fic I started that would have gone into their relationship and how it decayed over time, and the premise was something like she was using magic to mess with his memories so that he wouldn't remember that he was kidnapped. Obviously then she would have lured him into the battle nexus, probably with a combination of "hey you'll like it more than stage fighting" and "yokai are tougher than humans anyway so you wont have to worry about hurting someone too much or killing them". Those statements were only partially true.

There was gonna be a major plot twist at some point that was basically that not only was she altering his memory, she had also used magic to basically freeze him in time or something so that by the time he woke up he would have been declared legally dead and no one would be looking for him anyway.

I'm never going to write it though because as it turns out writing romance sucks ass lol