#only label necessary is that of bloodhounds akchually 🤓☝️ fhskhdsk

[elotoier]

I’ve been seeing some people call roier and etoiles brothers as like. an argument against shipping them and I just wanted to put in my two cents on why I disagree with both the idea of shipping them in a romantic relationship but also the idea of calling them brothers.

I get why people are shipping them the homoeroticism is almost palpable sometimes with the ways they joke with each other. Those jokes are the precise reason why the label of brothers doesn’t fit though. Brothers don’t joke about liking each other’s dicks that much. They’re not brothers, they’re brothers in arms. Their bond was forged in the battlefield under sweat and blood and the inherent intimacy of living and dying next to another man. There’s an undeniable sense of homoeroticism to that, but that homoeroticism is undeniable to us precisely because most of us, not attached or blinded by the idea of “manhood”, can see beyond the attempted blanket of illusion that says because the intimacy of blood and touch is done in the name of a manly endeavor then it doesn’t count. Or that it’s just boys being boys. we can see that the label of brother in “brothers in arms” is a cover, yet another one of the intricate rituals that allow and normalize the touch of other men.

but the label of romantic love just straight up doesn’t work with their vibe either because not only is roier very happily married, etoiles cubito gives off some of the biggest aromantic vibes I’ve ever seen. Plus they are way too similar to each other for it. Someone else already explained it better, but they understand each other in a way very few other people can. That’s because when they look at each other they see a fellow tired warrior that can’t stop no matter how much they might want to because otherwise their loved ones might get hurt. I don’t quite know how to explain myself here but to me there is such a thing as too much understanding. There’s a chance that instead of challenging each other to slow down and confront their flaws and failings they’ll keep pushing each other forward and farther into the fight.

They aren’t brothers, but that doesn't mean there must be anything romantic going on. There’s not only two alternatives, men can be close without having to hide underneath the label of brothers or lovers, and that’s the intersection they fall under. They’re just close and they love each other, no labels necessary