#or like dated casually ever

[sophbun]

sonic and shadow try to go on a fancy date like a normal couple but then realise that they dont have a relationship like that and go back to beating the shit out of each other then sharing a tender hug under the stars

[shakingparadigm]

this is random but one of my favorite ALNST joke OCs is a girl who had a massive crush on Ivan and was able to date him for a little while because he felt bored enough to accept her. what follows is the most excruciating insanity inducing half-relationship in existence (they lasted 3 weeks before she gave up trying to understand him)

[chimielie]

hajime is the last of the seijoh 4 to start dating but is the first to settle down

[devilishdelights]

official ref for my MC yeah boiiiii

They/them, 23 or smth, queer, insane, pathetic loser that tries 2 be cool, would kill for little D No.2

ohh and the crow is karasu. Ik he’s not a real bird in game but to me he’s REAL!!! He’s just the mascot for their DDD’s….! And is best friends with my MC. Also like the hc that mammon sends his crows to watch over MC when he’s not there, and consequently my MC now has multiple crow buddies. They would also die for them.

[werewroammin]

do you think they’ve ever been in a situationship

[handsomegentlebutch]

My 3 little cousins were baptized today. "Triggered" is kind of a strong word but being in a catholic church again... I'm a little fragile rn ngl.

[thyandrawrites]

I don't know when or why we all collectively decided Shidou's fashion sense consists of anything Pink, Obnoxious, and Eyecatching, but good work everyone. Keep it up

[lavenderstemssss]

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[amaranthdahlia]

post canon/war where bkdk gets to be normal teens for a day and go on a blissful first date. forgetting for a day of what happened, no worries of heroing or fighting villains, just them being teenagers in love going for an amusement park date and sharing crepes ♡

[husband-steve-cortez]

I can't help but think of Kaidan as not being a particularly sexual person for most of his life but like once he's with Shepard. Well it's me1 Kaidan vs me3 Kaidan who's throwing Shepard on the bed and just in general absolutely slutting it up in the dlc you feel. And I don't think it's just Shepard that's inspired this change but it's certainly helped.

[reachexceedinggrasp]

So when I've been complaining about even fanfiction not being romantic enough, part of what I mean by that is that people take huge, gothic characters in pairings with gigantic, dramatic stakes full of titanic emotions and then make them feel small and mundane. Stripping the very romanicism from the bones of the romance.

There are many things that are deeply appealing to me about B&tB pairings or 'unlikely' pairings or Gothic romance in general, but something that is less structural while still being absolutely key is that it's not an easy relationship to get the characters into. It's not something that would happen under ordinary circumstances for either person. It's not a bond that can be forged without some form of pressure preventing these people from continuing in their regular patterns.

If you're writing an E/C fic where you start from scratch, the moment they so much as touch for the first time should be absolutely show-stoppingly prodigious. It can never be casual, not between these two, the idea of a touch being allowed should be an Event. The reader's heart should be thundering in their chest, the suspense should be palpable, the consummation divine. A single touch is a consummation for them, there should be that much tension. If they hold hands and I'm not holding my breath, you have done it wrong. The first kiss should feel like an atom bomb going off, the world should shift on its axis, a line is being crossed which has left both characters forever altered.

And people will instead write them like a standard romance novel couple who make standard pervy comments in the narration, get a bit flirty, casually hook up and then weigh pros and cons about whether dating fits into their life plans or not. All of this being totally without weight, without feeling like any kind of Rubicon has been crossed or that it's significant for the characters to have entered into something which must foundationally alter their worldview.

Reylo brushing fingers across the galaxy and it being the turning point of the entire narrative, given the same majesty and mystical significance as Luke's vision in the cave or Yoda lifting the X-Wing is the exact correct amount of emphasis for them reaching towards each other in tenderness. You have a character defined by abandonment and loneliness and a character who is surrounded by people but never touched, both unseen by anyone else, both aching for connection, both never having felt anything like this before, both aware of the galaxy-spanning consequences of what they're feeling. Them touching is le big deal.

The kiss for the B&tB pairing, the EtL pairing, any Gothic pairing has to feel out of reach, a chasm that cannot be crossed- until it happens, impossible yet inevitable. Something the characters could never have conceived of taking place at the beginning of the story, an infinite abyss of which they have somehow found themselves on the other side. You have to do the work to get them there, you have to build that bridge stone by stone, and it should be a sublime agony of seeing the path take shape while it still feels like the gap is just unbridgable, that no matter how close you come, it will never be complete, they can never get all the way across. Until they do.

If you write characters who have (or should have) that kind of vast gulf separating them as just kind of falling into an intimacy which isn't earned and thus means nothing, I just have no idea why we're here. Why buy a giant gothic castle of romanticism and then bulldoze it to build a minimalist condo? Everything about the pairing that makes it that pairing is stripped away. If these were people who could just meet at a party and end up in bed, they would be completely different people.

[lollytea]

I can imagine huntlow in their pre-relationship stage as well as them dating in the future with radę, but the period freshly after they get together?? (Like a month or so) kinda but also it creates a black hole in my mind/pos

Unless they would get together after years of being friends when both of them are aware of each other s feeling but also didn t do much about that untill just now.

Do you know what their new relationship period is like? Annoying. They are annoying.

Willow: To be honest, I always found it kinda corny when couples make such a huge deal about their relationship when they first start dating. Like "Ohhhh happy onedayiversary!!" It's just silly. But a week? A week is a big deal. So I feel like I'm justified in spending a whole day constructing the perfect bouquet that best represents Hunter. Anyway do you guys think the colour of his eyes is closer to that of a bougainvillea or a peony?

Luz: Woo!! Look at you being all romancy shmantzy! Uhhh...gotta say peony.

Willow: Alright! Gus? Thoughts?

Gus: I've experienced Hell and it involves flower arrangement.

MEANWHILE

Hunter: Oh sorry Blight, my scroll is buzzing. It might be my girlfriend. Oh! Look at that, it IS my girlfriend! Gotta text her back. Like a good boyfriend does. Because I am. A good boyfriend that is. Hold that thought while I text back my girlfriend.

Amity:

[blazingstar29]

ain’t no way i just saw a cis guy say dylan mulvaneys is invading women’s spaces SHUT THE FUCK UP

[widevibratobitch]

aaaaaaand it's starting. mom's bestie just texted me asking to come over this weekend cause it's Bad and it's probably the last chance to talk and maybe say goodbye to my mom's husband and i need to take care of her. god. i wont get through this weekend unless im high or drunk istg.