#applies to both

[vrepit-salt]

You develop spidey senses at the station, not from being bitten by a radioactive spider

[factual-flittermouse]

Being queer is seeing a post saying “Movie night! We’re watching Legally Blonde because we are secure in our masculinity” and realizing that you actually have fragile masculinity (likely tied to being queer and the stigmas that accompany that) and that your fragile masculinity is why you feel embarrassed to like a musical that’s so aggressively pink… or not, idk

[capsfriendly]

i wish kuzy were still here

[rivilu]

*frothing at the mouth* I love elves a perfectly reasonable amount

[nicholas-wolfwood]

Oh he does NOT like that...

[aidenwaites]

I think in the same way there's a 90/10 rule with horror and comedy (horror works best when it's 90% horror and 10% comedy and vice versa) there's a 90/10 rule for some relationships in fiction that's like. Wholesome and fucked up. A good friendship is at its most compelling when it's also 10% a bit fucked up. Fucked up relationship is at its most compelling when there's at least 10% of something actually sweet and substantive within. Do you get me

[afterthelambs]

"In another life I would have really liked just dancing and making inventions with you"

[esneullert]

yes i still can’t watch and still neuerless but it’s my birthday tomorrow so can we please get through and preferably win?

[saggitary]

There is no greater bond than the one between a person and the fictional character they’ve written 50k+ words about

[avasillva]

— Traci Brimhall, Dear Eros

[kyliafanfiction]

Your issue with this mechanical aspect of the rules is valid.

However, that is not an inherent problem with the aspect - the problem is that the aspect does not work for you.

What does not work for you works fine for others.

Do not conflate "does not work for me" with "does not work at all"

[saturnniidae]

Al and Ed's dynamic is so funny bc Edward's got such a complex about being the older one even tho the difference is by one year and he thinks himself a single mother of one raising Al by himself and he needs to protect his little baby brother at all costs then Alphonse is like holding Ed's leash and telling him no when he barks/lunges at passers-by and is making sure he gets his rabies shots and doesn't die doing something stupid also protecting him at all costs etc

[ao3commentoftheday]

treat yourself to a short fic. in 2k or less, your whole day could turn around.

edited to bold the "or less" because people were ignoring it

[ryllen]

moray eel that grows bigger and turns into female

what is this story oh my god

[geekgirles]

Ironically, I feel we, as a Phandom, don't talk about Sam's Friend to All Living Things status enough.

[4bsurdcreature]

Really going through it, with those friendship quest bathroom breaks