#love at first sight it's true

[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.

[general-yasur]

I think Lloyds secret guilty pleasure that he keeps from the ninja is reading cheesy romance novels. There’s something about those stories where the only problems/qualms characters have to worry about is their love for another that Lloyd finds amusing

Lloyd: [ This is so silly, why are you so worried over how he thinks of you….oh my god he looked at you…hold hands now or I will throw this book]

​there’s so much violence and chaos in his life that he just consumes media that is the complete opposite

[pluralprompts]

Prompt #2,022

A "true love at first sight" story – however, Character A is somehow able to sense whenever System B switches, and goes through this "first sight" experience with every single one of System B's headmates.

[jacnaylor]

i am always thinking about whilst generally, justin is the one to really pursue brian and be open about his feelings, brian is the one who saw this guy across the street first and immediately had to approach him. brian kinney, the guy who everyone wants, is the one who felt the pull first and liked him first, because the guy who everyone wants wanted justin.

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Frederic Leighton (1830-1896) "Cymon and Iphigenia" (1884) Oil on canvas Academicism Located in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia The painting is based on a story from Boccaccio's "Decameron," in which the well-born and handsome young Galesus was renamed Cymon - meaning beast - on account of his brutishness. One afternoon in May, Cymon chanced upon the sleeping Iphigenia, sensing at once that she was "the loveliest object that any mortal being had ever seen." Falling instantly in love, he became a lifelong devotee of beauty and philosophy.

[darcyolsson]

i knew i wanted to be a chronically online girl from a very young age so when i was about 9 years old and my parents didnt allow me to have any social media accounts (while my friends WERE allowed!!) i did what any reasonable child would do and i quickly became addicted to sending my friends emails. every day when i got home from school all i wanted to do was get on my dad's pc and send out three to four different meticulously crafted messages to chase the high of MSN messenger which my parents so cruelly (rightfully) kept me away from. connecting with your friends from a distance! via text! it was all i wanted. i loved it and i loved it bad. i had these emails down to an ART. i would use 𝕒𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝒶𝓈 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 and preferably use several colours too. most of all i loved highlighting words for ᴇᴍᴘʜᴀꜱɪꜱ (i read a lot of geronimo stilton books at the time). i really wish emails were still that fun today. i wish i could send my professors emails in hot pink with a hello kitty glitter gif attached. i could make email great again if you would just let me

[wenclairlove]

You can just see the gay in her eyes🩷🖤

[calsvoid]

yeah kurt is blaine’s one true love but have you forgotten that blaine could’ve been sebastian’s

[anastasiareyreed]

and that, kids, is how I met your father

[vulpixsworld]

Chapter 7 is uploaded!

Enchanted - Chapter 7 - Vulpixhc86 - Stranger Things (TV 2016) [Archive of Our Own]

[certifiedmaidenlessblog]

Taemin when he saw that "can't stop the dance" street sign:

[pieceofpoems]

When i first saw you, the world around me dissolved.

-love at first sight?, Sadiya Ajaz

[dreamwinged]

remembering the time i hated this one character bc when i first found out about my f/o i thought those two were dating bc i saw like 3 fanarts at random (i had no idea how the media worked and didnt know that this would literally never happen ok this waslike very early on 😭 ) and i HATED HERRRR SO BAD i feel really guilty now sorry girl i love u we're friends now in my mind

[compacflt]

wip wednesday: some dense icemav paragraphs free of charge idc idc

[nobigsecrets]

1x01: “Danno...”

Rewatched the pilot and noticed Steve’s soft, whispered “Danno” after he listened in to Danny’s phone call with Grace and heard the nickname for the very first time. He’s mesmerized, almost reverent as he’s staring out of the window, it’s like he’s trying it out on his tongue.

I mean Steve had already been impressed with Danny before, but listening to Danny talking to Grace, you can tell he’s falling hard and fast, you can all but see it happening.

[too-tmi-too-handle]

i used to stan kpop groups but now i stan fang wan ling

who is she you ask?

WEIGHTLIFTING QUEEN THAT'S FUCKING WHO

also i only knew of her existence like 20 minutes ago but that's a different thing this is true love