#pry found family tropes out of my cold dead hands

[xysidhequeen]

YAY NEW CHAPTER 😁

I thought my favorite part was going to be the puns. And the puns were great! But.

The moon! First date on the moon! Stargazing and picnic and Jason-made food and confession. Do it, Jason! You know you want to!

"Un-boo-lievable" is probably my favorite pun, because it feels twofold. Danny put in the "boo" because they're ghosts, but it also sound like he could be booing Jason.

Thanks so much for posting! It really was worth all the hype I had from the bits 💜

Yay! I love sharing new parts!

I'm glad you liked the puns, I tried very hard. The moon date came out of left field for me, entirely. I wasn't expecting it at all. That was Jason 100% possessing me. So I guess we can count it as foreshadowing cause I need to write it. Eventually.

It was a great pun. I can't pick a favorite honestly.

Glad it lived up to the hype!

A sweeeeet treat for a sweet ask

💚

"I'll be okay, Nox, I promise." Danny stood, Nocturn's hand falling from his hair to his shoulder as the tall ghost regarded him for a moment. 

Gratitude/Family/Care/Love/Warmth/Belonging/ThankYou

Danny pushed the emotions at Nocturn, smiling when the older ghost seemed to puff up slightly, the stars on him shifting, almost spinning.

Child/Mine/Love/Protect/Belong/Family/Belong/Mine/Pride/SoProud

[wolfy1298]

Favorite Genshin pair? 0: (Platonic or not)

I have too many but here are my top picks

Platonic

- Itto and Shinobu

- Beidou and Kazuha

-Shenhe and Chongyun

-Lisa and Diluc co-parenting Razor

(Found Family my beloved)

Romantic

-Xingqiu x Chongyun (can also be platonic, just do not separate)

-Kazuha x Tomo (fuck you Hoyoverse)

[darkcrowprincess]

i saw this rec from the threads app on my insta and i just had to share 😭😭

i think it's fairly accurate considering everything HRJFKDKD

other than fighting rick on a daily basis i also dabble in shipping certain things out of spite which i love that you do as well HHAHA they can pry my ships and hcs from my cold, dead hands-

im curious! what's your go-to trope/au when it comes to your fave ships? im personally a sucker for soulmate aus or anything with angst FJGKDK

I'm going to separate my favorite tropes/aus into normal and problematic/unhingedv

Normal tropes : fake dating, soulmates, forbidden lovers, best friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, friends to enemies to lovers, 7 minutes in heaven, fake out makeouts, kissing to distract the other person and being into it, sword training, secret identities shenanigans, bad boy/punk and nerd/sunshine, friends with benefits that gets real real quick,hand holding(its more sexy that kissing at times), showering a person with kisses, taking your time kissing everywhere but the lips to build anticipation, girly girl characters, nerdy bookworm girl characters(not Bella Swan, hate her) weird girl characters. Rich person x broke person, meeting at a bookstore(hate coffeshop tropes). Couples who have the same humor. Using humor to cope. Found family(but no one calls each other siblings. Hate that new trend) squads, squad are idiots, hot boys, love letters, diary stories, texting fics(to a point, hate it when it gets dumb). Saving person from drowning/fire/falling to there death/just saving someone in general. Protectiveness. Battles couple, power couple.

Normal aus: Period drama aus, Fantasy aus, sci fi aus, pirate aus, fairy tale aus, cowboy aus, ancient times aus(Egypt, Greek, roman, China, Korea, Middle ages), mythology au, reincarnation aus, time travel au, time loop aus, fix it fics, 80s 90s au. Hate anything high school or modern times(unless it's teen wolf, or dear Evan Hansen), road trip aus, running away aus, royalty aus, multiverse aus

Ok now for my unhinged/problematic faves. Stop reading if this makes you uncomfortable

Problematic tropes: Kidnapping, Monster fucking, age difference, student teacher/mentor and mentie romance, sugar daddy and sugar baby, ice play, knife play, some pain play, bdsm but not too much hate name calling, choking kink, prasie kink, possessiveness to the point of craziness, finding someone killing for you hot, abo, bandage, rape fantasy, dubious consent, extremely dubious consent, captor and captive, stolchm syndrome, secret relationships, dark romance to a point, villians getting the girl/guy, hot villians, evil female villians, evil queen, evil female characters, evil female characters winning, bad guys kidnapping kids and being good parents(but they were still kidnapped) evil found family, villian x female character, villian x hero, villans winning, killing abusers,killing horrible guys, gray mentality

Unhinged aus: beauty and the beasts au emphasize on the beast and kidnapping and captor and captive au, the lives and drama of the rich, dirty secrets(pretty little liars level, vc andrews level), arranged marriage, monsters, falling in love with monsters,evil queens conquering and being happy and in love,royals conquering, daddy issues, abusive parents, abo au, war bride/husband, men(mainly straight) being evil and getting what the deserve, werewolves, mates, gothic romance aus, gothic horror au, teacher and student/mentor and mentie. Gotham like or purge like world aus. Zombie world aus where there's just no laws. Supernatural type au with emphasis of the monster and dark. Romeo and Juliet aus. Jail aus.

[figsandphiltatos]

3, 5, 6, 7, 13, 17, 25, 26, 28, 30!!!!!!!!!! or as many as you want i just realized this is a lot of numbers!!!!!!!

3 Biggest self-insert OC?

definitely wes, it's not even a competition. sometimes self insert next gen au ocs for your favorite media can be something soo important to a teenager coping with untreated mental illness. but i also think i project at least a little onto every oc i make. i just think embuing the little guys that live in my head with a bit of my soul makes them more fun, sue me

5 What are some of your OCs biggest fears?

this is a hard question!! i think my ocs are consistently coping with the fear of being unlovable and alone. but also my ocs are very often super afraid of heights, which is definitely projection. wes is afraid of sharks and the ocean in general! that kid grew up near gotham harbor and you wouldn't trust large bodies of water if you'd grown up near that shit either!

6 Do you have any OCs without stories? Will you ever create one for them?

yeah! i have shelves full of ocs that i made in a blind haze and now they sit and collect dust in the broom closet of my mind. and honestly? who knows, but probably not. a bitch can barely write fanfic, not to mention a competent original story

7 What are your favourite relationships between your OCs? (romantic or platonic!)

my favorite relationships are always familial!!! i fucking,,,, LOVE exploring family dynamics in fiction i'm so normal about it. it's why peisistratus has basically the same amount of interaction with his brothers as he does with telemachus in bbyhr (and i think i should get to count AT LEAST echephron as an oc because i showed that man more love that homer ever dreamed of). but!! i had a superhero oc named jaime and their relationship with their dad (xander) was really fun to mess around with! the aforementioned wes has relationships with a lot of canon characters and their relationship with dick is sooo fun to think about (good relationship dynamic to squirm to, even).

i also really like really close friendships! like the kind where two characters just exist as their entire messy selves around each other because they're so close that it doesn't matter. wes was good friends with the xander i mentioned earlier and their dynamic was Ride Or Die, but then when they fought they were absolutely brutal to each other. very sibling-like ig lol

13 Which story has the most lore?

LISTEN i also don't do lore because i'm not a nerd. but if i did lore, it'd be the story that wes comes from. it was technically a dc related universe? i think it could generously be called an au, but it got so out of hand we ended up calling it the councilverse. it had enough of its own lore to justify being a whole ass other world. there were gods and sirens that had insane and deep lore completely unrelated to dc comics. not to mention!!! all the backstory for all the characters (i could not come close to giving an exhaustive list of all the characters. by the end of it there were roughly three or four generations, and three alternate universes within this one overarching concept of the councilverse. she was,,,, messy)

17 What are some tropes and character dynamics found in your wips?

most common character dynamic has to be Messy Family Dynamics. from parental issues to weird estranged siblings vibes, i simply cannot be stopped. swallows in the windless field is playing up the menoetius and patroclus drama, and braved by your hearts resolve is just a love letter to daddy issues lmao. i think i'm a big fan of slowburn tropes like yearning and obliviousness. and the power of friendship? is a trope you'll have to pry from my cold dead hands

25 What’s your favourite genre to write? Is it also your favourite genre to read?

lately i've been REALLY into writing historical fiction. i've enjoyed all the research i've gotten to do for bbyhr. but i also enjoy writing fantasy stuff maybe more! fantasy is by far my favorite thing to read, but i can be picky about historical fiction stuff. i also really like reading superhero stuff, but writing it makes me nervous (i do it for myself but idk that i'd ever publish it for fear of it not being that good and also for fear of dc comics fans [source: i am one and they are scary])

26 What are your favourite books?

i mean,,, i OBVIOUSLY have an unhealthy fixation on the odyssey and the iliad. so, ya know. we are the ants is a book that had a huge impact on me when it came out, it's kinda sci-fi ish but very fun! and i do, i think technically, have to give credit to the song of achilles and circe for being as formative as they were.

i've also been reading A LOT of comics lately because i realized you can get that shit for free on the internet (pls pls pls don't ask why it took 20+ years for me to figure this out i'm just an incredibly lil guy with not a very big brain). so i've recently revisited the red hood and arsenal run that rewrote my brain chemistry as a teenager. but also favorite comics could be a whole other conversation so maybe i should stop there lmao

28 Favourite songs at the moment?

ahh!! i have so many. i've been listening to a LOT of phoebe bridgers and boygenius. so smoke signals and icu are probably two songs that i spend the most time listening to rn.

but also! against the kitchen floor by will wood (i can finally listen to songs OTHER than this one now, though, which is great)

nightstand by dev lemons!! is really good

body to flame by lucy dacus

and!! the kingdom is within you by gang of youths (fun fact: listening to the gang of youths album angel in realtime. and day dreaming about fridging batman for the sake of drama between the robins is a very good pastime)

30 How are you doing? <3

i'm doing good! my birthday was yesterday :3 so that's neat. i am in desperate need of motivation to write (and a cure for the temptation to write jayroy fanfic)

[retrodesis]

As much as I love found family headcanons, I am also obsessed with the dynamics of a dysfunctional family. (And Technoblade can pry them from my cold, dead hands)

He said something yesterday about how it wouldn’t make sense in canon because he’d just be backstabbing his family constantly. But personally I find that EXTREMELY compelling.

Give us chaos-hungry Technoblade that puts his own morals before family, standing amongst what he knows are his brothers. Not his accomplices or his enemies. Just his brothers, one slain in cold blood, and the other a child pleading for his home. I want a Techno who knew this, and who still chose to destroy L’manberg.

I want to see Wilbur, older brother and Tommy’s impromptu guardian, as he spirals into insanity, taking everything down with him. To see as the need for power and conflict slowly begin to outweigh any semblance of justice or liberty. I want Tommy to feel as his relationship with Wilbur shifts, slowing losing whatever trust he had in his brother, his only protector since they were children turning against him. I want Tommy and Wilbur to stand in the place where they took refuge together, as Tommy stares onto the face of his brother, eyes manic and unrecognizable. Give me familiarity turning to icy fear.

I want to see a Tommy who has zero concept of what family should look like. A child who’s been betrayed by every person he’s ever trusted. Someone who views his brother as a weapon and a traitor. He’d watched as Techno slaughtered Tubbo and Philza murdered Wilbur. He clings to the man that stripped him of his home and friends and identity simply because he’d offered open arms and comforting words where his own family didn’t. So easily manipulated and codependent on Dream because really... how could he know any better?

But all that being said, there’s two sides to the same coin.

I want a Technoblade that grits his teeth and fights tooth and nail to deny the relationship with his family. But when push comes to shove, and Tommy shows up underneath his house angry and afraid with a variety of Techno’s potions and a stack of Gapples, Techno offers him shelter without consequence. Gives him resources without hesitation. A Technoblade who claims he’d give up Tommy at the drop of a hat, but lies straight to Dream’s face when he asks. A ruthless killer who wants his brothers to be safe and a private recluse who gifts Phil with a compass that points directly to where he lives.

A Tommy that says he hates Techno, but inevitably gravitates towards him anyway. He claims they are not brothers, not even friends. But when Tommy is lost in the woods, overwhelmed by memories of logstedshire, he calls out for Techno. And Techno helps, attempts to bring him down, tells Tommy that healing takes time. I want a Tommy that climbs in bed in the house of the man that he’d called a bastard and a traitor, and thinks to himself that maybe it could be true. Because despite Techno’s quick wit and Tommy’s erratic mouth, there is a surprising patience between them.

And then there’s Phil, who finds reassurance in the reconciliation of his living sons, and Ghostbur, who finds relief in the memory of his own death.

I want the portrayal of a family so threadbare that tragedy is interwoven into the seams. A family that is built on the bases of betrayal and catastrophe, made up of people who don’t fit together like puzzle pieces as much as they’re hammered together like steel bars. Maybe it’s not the most idealistic portrayal of family, but in what world are there families that are? One of my favorite tropes ever is watching people who don’t know how to love try and love each other.

Because really, despite it all, when the dust settles and all you’re left to do is pick up the pieces, what else is there to do?

[possumratcraftbat]

Me to myself : no what? I’m not a sucker for any trope

The sunshine and moon trope / the grumpy and kind one

Found family

🤡🤡🤡 I fucking love these tropes you can pry them out of my dead cold hands

[writing-culture-is]

writing culture is found family

i cannot get enough of found family i could read 200 stories with that trope and would still read more you can pry it out of my cold dead hands

.

[starfast]

Worldbuilder Profile

Thank you @worldbuildingwedasks for setting this up! I meant to do this when I first found out about, but I’ve been so busy with work and school, and my horse so I’m only getting to it now 😅 Anyways, without further ado

Name and pronouns: My name is Bridget, but y’all can just call me Starfast. Pronouns are she/her

Favorite Genres: YA Fantasy

Areas of Worldbuilding Interest: Real life inspiration, culture, history, magic, sometimes politics. Also, I really like talking about the more “meta” details about my worldbuilding. Stuff like how I came up with certain things, how my worlds have evolved over time, etc. I don’t know if it really fits much with the concept of WBW, but I do like to talk about it a lot, if anyone ever feels inclined to ask. 

Areas of Worldbuilding Disinterest: Probably languages. And maybe also holidays/celebrations. It’s not that I’m really disinterested in these, but they’re just not really areas that I’ve really fleshed out all that much so I probably won’t have a hugely in depth answer for these areas, if I even have one at all. 

A bit about your WIP(s): 

Magic Keepers of the 5 Nations: This one has the most in-depth world building (my WBW answers are usually about the Five Nations). It’s about a girl named Keyla who gets chosen by the gods to protect her kingdom against another kingdom that’s ruled by one of the most powerful people to ever exist. Intro post is here. 

New Vellarton: Follows four characters named Crispin, Kit, Caleb, and Eva who are forced from their homes after the wrong people find out about their powers. Their paths cross as they all try to dodge enemies and make their way to a secret safe haven. A story that features forbidden magic/powers and found family, which are the two tropes that you can pry from my cold, dead hands. Intro post is here. 

Keeping Time (working title): The story of Ella, an autistic superhero in training who wakes up one day and realizes that someone has altered the timeline, and that this alteration has somehow resulted in her and one of her friends never meeting. Ella is determined to fix things so that she can have her friend back, but ends up caught in a dangerous conspiracy in doing so. Intro post here.

Immortal Minds: This one is about a guy named Dallas, and he has no idea what happened the night that his classmate Vivian went missing, only that he (probably) had nothing to do with it. But then over a month later he finds his classmate bleeding to death in a back alley and learns that 1. Vivian can read minds, 2. So can he. In order to find out what really happened to Vivian, Dallas has to team up with two strangers who can’t stand each other in order to figure out what really happened to Vivian. Intro post here.

Any other info you’d like to include: I’m always happy to chat about other aspects of my writing (I’m super shy, but I love rambling about my projects when I get the chance). I try to answer all my asks but sometimes I can’t think of a good answer, or I just got too busy. If I don’t answer your ask (Whether it’s for WBW or some other reason), please know that it probably made me very happy anyways.

Keeping Time and Immortal Minds are both set in Vancouver, Canada. Keeping Time is set in an alternate universe where superpowers are a thing, while Immortal Minds is just set in regular Vancouver. I probably won’t be answering many WBW prompts for them (I usually end up talking about the 5 Nations), but I figured I’d put them anyways in case it came up, or if anyone was interested in the stories. Immortal Minds is really more of a concept at this point (and sort of has been for a while). I’m hoping that I do eventually figure it out though, because the characters are truly something else. 

[angsty-omi]

kuroo x fem!reader angst.

warnings: cheating, no happy ending, anxiety..

“do you still love her?”

you had asked him, and his hesitation answered your question.

˚✧₊⁎❝᷀ົཽ≀ˍ̮ ❝᷀ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧༚

kuroo had invited you to his hometown to meet the parents. you were quite excited to see where he originated from. his whole life, before moving to shibuya.

shibuya was where you guys first met. he had just moved and didn’t know his way around. you luckily lived next to his apartment, so you took his hand and guided him around the district.

you had asked him why he moved here when he lived in tokyo.

“i couldn’t handle things at home,” he said. you didn’t pry any further.

however, during your relationship, you would learn tiny bits of what happened. for what you knew now, was that him and his parents got into an argument; that he had a toxic relationship with his childhood ex girlfriend at the time. that he couldn’t handle all the stress, so he left.

this was the first time he was coming back, after a year of course. he wanted to bring you along for support and you gladly complied. when you guys got there, you were greeted with open arms at the front gate. for the most part, his parents seemed like a sweet elderly couple. as you walked in, you saw another family. you assumed that it was his relatives or something, so you walked up and bowed to them. there was a girl who looked around your guys’ age.

“Hi, I’m L/N Y/N, it’s very nice to meet you,” you took out your hand.

thinking she would shake it back.

but she didn’t.

she just stared at you, you could feel her eyes staring at your insecurities. like your gut, or acne scars, etc. it was almost impressive how she spot all of it out.

you put your hand down and smiled. you turned your head to look at kuroo, only for his face to be flustered.

“kuroo-san, are you okay?” you asked.

“yeah, i’m fine.” he shook his head.

you grabbed his hand to comfort him, knowing that he wasn’t okay. you held his hand and took him somewhere secluded (although, it was hard because you’ve never been there).

“hey, what’s wrong?” you soothed his cheek.

“the girl you were talking to... was my ex, kagura. and those were his parents you just bowed to,” he said.

you didn’t know what to say. that girl was the same one who invented all of kuroo’s insecurities? the one who would continuously cheat on him? the one who put his feelings down? your face started to get angry. you remembered that his family and hers were close. kuroo could see it and reassured you that it was okay.

as you guys got back to the main room, dinner was almost finished. you sat next to kuroo and kagura sat in front of him. you looked at his eyes, and he was just staring at her. you trusted kuroo with all your might, so it didn’t bother you.

at first.

his parents asked you about your plans for the future and you replied with the best answer a parent could hear. creating more small talk, you accidentally dropped your napkin. bending down to pick it up, under the table kagura was playing footsies with kuroo. now this made your heart twinge. as you got back up, you looked at him. he was blushing. you chose not to pick a fight in front of his parents.

and kagura knew to take advantage of it.

as everyone bid goodnight, their families would sleepover when the dads would get too drunk. kagura’s family had their own guest rooms; kuroo and you shared a bedroom. as he cuddled you to bed, you immediately passed out due to traveling. you heard an abrupt noise and shot your eyes open. you were nervous so you reached out for kuroo next to you. only for him not to be there. this made you even more panicked. your anxiety kicked in, “what if he got kidnapped? what if he’s dead? what if he was just a figment of my imagination,” you knew it was far fetched, but your anxiety reeled you in that trope.

as you got up, with your heart beating a million times per second, you went to the bathroom to wash your face. as the cold water, calmed down your nerves, you heard an uproar of laughter from the living room. it sounded like. like. kuroo’s? and which the other person you could only presume it was kagura.

you didn’t want to eavesdrop, but it just happened. you sat in the bathroom quietly, hearing them perfect well, with a cup to your ear.

“remember when i fell from the tree and you carried me home?” kagura chuckled.

“yeah, i also remember when i was carrying you i fell too, so you had to carry ME back home,” he laughed.

then there was a silence. that was not good for your anxiety.

“kuroo be honest, who is better in bed, me or y/n?” she giggled flirtatiously.

“i mean i can’t answer that,” he said playfully.

“c’mon, no ones going to know your answer besides me, and i’ll promise not to say anything.” you presumably assumed she put up her pinky.

“ok, ok, fine” kuroo caved.

was he really going to answer that?

“you.” he said with a such serious tone.

and with that, more silence came. oh how in the next few seconds, you wish you heard more silence. instead, now you were hearing moans. you dropped the cup making a loud noise.

“shit,” you muttered, with tears welling in your eyes.

“what was that?” you could hear kuroo ask.

“it was probably nothing,” kagura reassured, only because she wanted to continue.

“listen, it’s late, i think i should be heading back to bed.” kuroo spoke.

you quickly snuck back into bed, before he could see you. you faced your body position towards the window, so he couldn’t see your tears. as he walked in, he laid down next to you and put his arm around you. he kissed the back of your head, and you cringed. those were the same lips on kagura just five minutes ago. you cringed. with tears streaming down your face silently.

the next day, his parents planned a trip to go cherry picking. during breakfast, you ignored kuroo. either that, or giving him short answers like ok, yeah, idk. he knew something was up, but shook it off. big mistake. kagura asked to be tagged along, in which kuroo didn’t even hesitate to agree with her. your heart was aching in denial. the whole way there, kuroo kept trying to make a conversation with you, and you continued to shut him down. you put in your headphones and shunned him out.

“fine, if you’re going to act like this, then i’ll partner with kagura.” he scoffed.

“ok.” you politely said. he was hurt that you didn’t seem to care.

with him partnering with kagura, you tagged along with his parents. you and his mom got along very well, it was like your humor aligned well. you were so occupied, you didn’t realize kuroo and kagura separated from the group. until 30 minutes later, when you realized you were being childish. real couples communicate. you strayed from the group, even though you were unfamiliar where you were. you found him and kagura, together. holding hands. seeming like the perfect couple. you were at a distance so he didn’t notice you, but she did. and ignored you. in fact, she got closer to him and he obliged.

your face was blank. your heart at this point was empty. you had disassociated from that situation, because you knew that if you took it, you wouldn’t be able to survive the pain. so you just turned it off. you looked the other way and started walking. you didn’t even know where to go. you just knew that it was away from them and their families.

it was starting to get dark, and at this point you were lost. physically and emotionally. you didn’t want to show your puffy, red face. it was embarassing. you found an abandoned swing set and swung yourself. you heard your name being called out. it was kuroo. you didn’t want to answer it, because you honestly didn’t want to be found. but at your demise, he saw you. and ran over to you.

shaking your shoulders abruptly, “where were you? you had me worried sick?” he scolded.

you just rolled your eyes. the irony.

“didn’t think you would notice.” you shrugged.

“ok what the fuck does that even mean?”

“I was there, kuroo.”

he made a confused face, and then the realization hit him. he knew he heard the cup. he thought he was just imagining it. but it was you.

“y/n i am so so-“

“do you still love her?” you interrupted. you had no tears in your eyes, because you had none left.

he hesitated. and that’s all the information you needed.

“it’s okay, kuroo. i understand, she is your childhood girlfriend,” you wiped the tears off his face.

“where do we go from here? we will walk back to your family. we will go home. i will pack my things. and leave. you, need to stay here. go get her.” you smiled, now with tears forming at the brim of your eyes.

he kneeled before you and hugged you waist, tightly.

“no, no, no, i don’t want you to leave. please i need you.” he sobbed.

you comforted him, even though you were the one who needed saving. you could feel yourself losing your mind. but, you put him as a priority, because you loved him.

“kuroo, stop. stop being a child, and get off of me.” your demeanor changed. it pained you to say that, but you needed him to hate you, or to at least lose feelings. you pushed him off your waist. and started walking towards the cherries, assuming his parents would be there. good for you, they were. as you looked as normal as can be, kuroo looked like a mess.

“kuroo, honey what happened?” his mother said in worry.

“y/n and i-”

“he’s just so happy that he found me, right kuroo?” you pinched his cheeks.

it was a common theme in the relationship to pinch each other’s cheeks. and here you are doing it for the last time. you also didn’t want his parents to be upset on such a “wonderful” day they called it.

“y-yeah.” he smiled, putting his arm around you. he was taking advantage of the situation.

on the train ride home, you opted to sit by yourself. but kuroo rejected it. sitting next to you as close as you can be. trying to persuade you to stay.

“kuroo, i don’t think you understand,”

“i hate you. with all my heart.” you emphasized.

“you cheated on me. with someone as horrible as you. you guys belong together. i’m just the girlfriend trope of every fanfiction that always gets hurt in the end. because childhood lovers? am i right?” you joked.

kuroo didn’t answer. he couldn’t, knowing that the girl he loved the most, was leaving in an hour. he continued to beat himself up for even hesitating for a second. his relationship with kagura was messy. it wasn’t that he was still in love with her, it was more like it felt nostalgic. like he was back in high school. but now he was a full grown adult, who had just lost his potential wife. the velvet box waiting at your guys’ home in shibuya had no use anymore.

kuroo cringed when you guys reached the family home. you quietly went into the bedroom and kuroo following behind. his parents just thought you guys were about to have sex, when in fact it was the opposite. he was losing the love. good thing everything was still in your suitcase, because it was only the second day, so you hadn’t made a mess yet. you grabbed your necessities from the bathroom, while kuroo was sitting on the bed just staring at you. even though you were for sure leaving, you had wished he’d at least fight a little more. zipping up your stuff, you accidentally spilled a tear. this gave kuroo hope. that you still cared for him. you looked at him, about to say something, until the door knocked. kuroo was angry at whoever knocked. low and behold, it was kagura, opening the door and seeing the situation unfold. she started laughing at what she saw. before you could do anything, kuroo already got up and pushed her out with force, slamming the door in her face.

“i can’t believe that’s the girl you’re in love with,” you chuckled.

kuroo’s heart ached even more. but what more could he do? you deserved better and he knew that.

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bonus ending: trigger warning death.

he wanted to drive you to the train station, so you let him. you wanted to soak in the last moments with possibly your only soulmate. he was driving unbelievably slow.

“kuroo, at this pace, i’m going to be late for my train,” you advised.

“oh, i know”

this made you angry. at this point, you were sick of it. this whole time you were babying him. he doesn’t even understand a fraction of what you’re feeling.

“stop the car.” you growled.

“what?”

“stop the car”

“what? no”

“I SAID STOP THE FUCKING CAR,” you screamed. now you were furious.

he braked. you got out with your suitcase. seeing the train station at a distance, you decided to walk there. even though, you knew you weren’t going to make it, you couldn’t spend another second in that car.

“Y/N, what’re you doing?” he yelled from his car.

“I’m leaving, leave me alone.” you looked back while cross the street.

“come back” he yelled.

“‘no” you looked back again.

“please”

“no”

“please?” he screamed one last time. and instead of him hearing no, he heard her scream. her body made contact with a speeding car. you could tell he was a drunk driver. kuroo immediately running over to you. falling to his knees next to you.

“hey, you’re going to be okay,” he continued to reassure her.

but you knew you were fading. you could feel it. you gripped your hand on his cheek, “kuroo,” you said weakly.

“i dont think i will make it so-”

“stop it y/n, don’t say that” he panted.

you take a deep breath. one of your few last breaths.

“i never hated you, not one bit. you are the only one for me babe. i love you kuroo tetsorou, don’t you forget that. go be happy and make me proud,” you pinched his cheek. his tears falling down, like a rainfall.

your grip on his cheek, 

started to get looser

and looser.

with that, you were gone.

˚✧₊⁎❝᷀ົཽ≀ˍ̮ ❝᷀ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧༚

a/n: lol rip. i wanted to write about how in other angsts when you’re written as kagura, and the girlfriend is someone random, this is a perspective. had to kill her off.

[filler-exe]

I understand that techno has made a certain decision regarding his place within sbi but I personally reject that element of canon and will cling to sbi found family trope and good luck to any who try to pry it out of my cold dead hands

[nohappyendingforus]

alias: lulu age: 28 what are your favourite tropes/themes to explore? found families; literally anything dramatic and/or heart wrenching; trauma, and how people cope with it; chaotic bisexuals; hidden depths; etc. tell us your most beloved hp headcanons: you will pry eloped jily and divorced but still madly in love with each other bleur out of my cold dead hands!!! is there anything in particular you would like to see on the site? i don’t count, i’m an admin, but i am so excited to see all the lovely ideas everyone brings to our little corner!  post a gif of your favourite character/scene:

[pluviophile-bookworm]

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Rewatch pt. 5

Technically, I shouldn't be doing this right now. But who are we kidding? I miss my Wildcats and this seems like the only thing I can do to see them again right now. So here goes

1x8: The contractually obligated emotional rollercoaster

This episode sure is a lot... I don't know if I'm ready. But it makes no sense to skip this one. I never skip through stuff I love, even when some parts are borderline traumatising. Plus I remember this episode having a bunch of hilarious moments that are definitely worth it.

'I'm really not sure what to say' — Me neither, Miss Jenn, me neither. I'm just sitting here watching this and I know I'm supposed to comment, but I just can't think of what to say. Sometimes the silence just speaks for itself.

'The Lucky Ducky Puppet Pavilion' — I can never overlook that line. Not when I know how much it took for Matt to deliver it. Fun fact: one of my cats is called Lucky, so when his siblings were about to be born, I briefly considered naming them Ducky, Puppet and Pavilion as a joke.

Ah, the El Rey. The place where Miss Jenn totally did not suffer a professional heartbreak. Things are about to get real here. And by real I mean... real dramatic.

I've got to say, I love the duality of Big Red (well, I do love everything about him so that was a no-brainer, but still): doesn't know how to hang a light, but sure does know how to light up a room; amazing with power tools, but took three weeks to make a paper-mache basketball because he kept gluing his fingers together (that last part is far more relatable than I care to admit). I just love him, ok?

The way Carlos acts about Miss Jenn's box of production notes... honestly, I totally get it. I feel like if there's one person at that point who cares about the show much more than anyone else, it's him. And I fully understand why that is. That poor boy has been lonely for too long, and this show is giving him the chance to be part of an accepting community for what feels like the first time in a long time. Just... give my boy Carlito all the hugs.

For a place that allegedly hasn't been used in so long, the El Rey is not nearly dusty enough. I mean, you should see my room if I forget to hoover for longer than a week. And we're talking about years here. There's allegedly mould in that place, but I don't even see dust. Oh well, maybe I would, if it weren't for that lighting — or lack thereof, more like.

'Whatever it says in Miss Jenn's audition file, I am me, and that is the only me I need to be.' — A beautiful sentiment, my dearest EJ. Now maybe hold on to it for a while... just a suggestion.

'Lacks emotional connection to the material' — well, I do have to agree. My first impression of EJ when I was watching the first couple of episodes for the first time was that he was 'too polished to be Troy'. Too much Technician, too little Performer. And I do love my Performers over my Technicians.

Wait, is that a Redlyn background moment I see? I mean, everything is super chaotic and fast-paced, and my two ginger babies are just sitting together on the side of it all. Bonding, I assume. Good for them.

Seb being the only one to know why Natalie is absent, along with the two of them sitting together in 1x1, makes me think... Natalie and Seb are totally besties! I mean, he's basically besties with everyone he ever talks to, so... what can I say, that boy is sunshine incarnate. He deserves all the love and appreciation.

'I know how to hang... out' — gosh, I love this one. And I can only hope everyone was laughing with him, not at him. Because there's nothing to laugh at. My boy got dragged into this whole crew stuff, it's not his fault he doesn't know everything. He's more of an on-stage person than a backstage person anyway. Maybe put him in the spotlight next time and prepare to get your socks knocked off.

No, Ash, your baking club is not at all irrelevant! Honestly, I have nothing but immense admiration for how Ashlyn manages to be in the top two students most dedicated to theatre and do all those other extracurriculars. And she probably has a 4.-something GPA, too. I don't know what the Caswells are feeding their children, but I need it this instant.

'I just don't know how to make things light up' — 'You walk into a room?' — I just... this is one of my favourite Redlyn moments in the history of Redlyn. See, the thing about Ashlyn's line here is the tone in which she says it. She doesn't mean it as a compliment, but as a statement of the absolute truth. You can hear that in her voice. And with good reason, too, because she isn't lying at all. My boy Reddy sure does light up a room by walking into it. Both of them do, really. They're soulmates, you know.

'This place is not creepy at all...' — Yeah, and things between Ricky and Nini are not totally awkward at all, either. I'm living for this.

'I can do Troy!' — Sure you can, Eej. Sure you can. Emotional connection to the material and all.

Ok, but this entire scene... Carlos marking Gabriella's lines completely flatly, EJ emoting like he's in a freaking telenovela and also chopping onions... Carlos' reaction to the latter... I'm living for all of this.

Big Red just suddenly appearing next to Miss Jenn has me rolling... and also kind of wishing he could appear like that next to me too. I mean, it's not like I've visualised that so many times... certainly not every time I have to pass by a stray dog, or give a blood sample, or talk to people, or whatever... why do you ask?

'I never really loved the name Nina anyway' — listen, I relate to the sentiment of not being super fond of your given name, but... what was that stuff in s2 about, then? I mean, I do understand that too, but the two just seem to clash a bit, I reckon. That's all.

Also, can we talk about Rini's chemistry and how it's sometimes there and sometimes nowhere to be found? I think I've figured it out. Every time the chemistry is there, they're talking about or doing things that are not necessarily inherently romantic. Reminiscing about kindergarten, how they gave each other their nicknames, 'the ribbon in your hair, the secrets that we shared, the way that you would stare at me across the room' (yeah, I went there, and for a good reason)... see, Ricky and Nini have that kind of thing going on where, however hard you try, you just can't be indifferent to the other person. It's obvious that they love each other so much, but whenever they try to make it romantic, something goes south. What I'm saying is, when you're really good friends with somebody and you try to force it into something 'more', or better said, something else (because romance is not inherently 'more' than friendship and you can pry that out of my cold dead aro hands), and the operating word here is 'force', things are bound to go wrong and even reach toxic territory. And Rini are living proof of that. Some people are just better as friends, and sometimes the entire 'I don't want to ruin our friendship' trope is very valid. I just want them to be best buddies, is that too much to ask?

Bless Steph for pushing Kourtney forward when Miss Jenn needed someone to sing! Honestly, it's moments like these that make me feel like the background characters are criminally underrated. I realise not every character can be equally central to the plot, but with this cast, I kind of want them to be. I have the feeling that most, if not all of the one-line characters in this show are people with just as much talent and potential as the main cast. They deserve recognition, you know.

Going off of the above, Dara Reneé is living proof of the point I just made. You know how Kourtney was supposed to be a one-scene wonder with two lines? And then Dara showed up and hiding her in the background was instantly out of the question. I wonder how many more hidden gems there are in the show, just sitting in the background, delivering their single line and waiting their turn in the semi-metaphorical wings.

'I just need a minute, or a vacation, it's not clear' — Me, all the time. Especially after I read chapter 11 of @redlyncentral's Let It Go. That ending broke me. And this line by Miss Jenn just reminded me of that feeling, even if what she's feeling right now might not be the exact same thing I went through with that chapter the other day. That being said, everyone go check out my lovely friend's writing right now, I promise you it's worth every second.

'We're going to take a... long five' — What, no 'thank you, five'? I was expecting that. But I guess everyone is a little bit too distraught for that now.

I have to hand it to Carlos — even when he's very obviously uncomfortable and lowkey scared of some people, he just goes up to them and calls them out. I wish I could ever be bold enough to do that.

Wow, not EJ thrashing Carlos' 'forest of boys' idea. Again. I don't get why everyone dislikes it so much, I think it's brilliant visual poetry and should have been given a chance. I said what I said.

You know, everyone has been calling the show out for saying HSM premiered in the cinema, not on telly like it did in real life; and I have been agreeing with that sentiment. But notice how Miss Jenn said 'the Utah premiere' and how there were family and friends in the audience? What if that was some sort of semi-private screening for cast, crew and their family members? It would make sense. And of course, it was held in Utah because that was where the show was filmed and where the majority of background actors, dancers and extras are from. Idk, but it makes sense to me. Note that I have very limited knowledge of how the period between post-production and the release of a movie works.

Isn't Ashlyn the best, though, always noticing when someone is not ok, hearing them out, helping them... I wish I could be half as good a friend as she is. She and Big Red are totally soulmates in that, too. And they deserve each other more than anyone else deserves them, honestly. I just love both of them so much, both as individuals and as a couple, and I cannot be made to shut up about that just yet.

I've got to say, the entire 'me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me' - 'you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you' thing was super funny. And it makes me love Rini — strictly as friends — even more. You know, I think I used to ship them during s1 because the script wanted me to. Exactly like I didn't notice Big Red until midway through the season because the script didn't want me to. Sometimes the script, the acting, the directing and other stuff has immense power over viewers' perception of a show's plot and characters. And that is, as I always point out, what rewatches are for — noticing things that may have escaped you the first time over.

Yeah, so Nini was Ricky's first crush. So what? Many people have had crushes on their best friend at some point or another. That doesn't necessarily mean they're better off as a couple than they are as friends. The opposite idea is just amatonormativity speaking. I mean, sometimes it's nice and it works out; I love me some well-written best-friends-to-lovers, but that's just not always the case and the media should stop pushing the idea that platonic relationships are in any way inferior to romantic ones.

I've got to say I really don't like it when someone interrupts two people's romantic moment (and Big Red is not exempt from my frustration in such cases even though I love him so much — just think of the In a Heartbeat scene), but honestly, bless Reddy for not letting Ricky and Nini kiss. I mean, I know full well they do kiss later on (and how!), but it's just nice to have semi-platonic Rini for a while. If and when we get season 3 (manifesting!), I really hope we get more of them putting some stuff behind them and just being best buddies.

Kourtney and Seb's friendship is honestly goals and I really wish we'd got some more of it. Just another thing to add to my season 3 wishlist. Along with, you know, an actual season 3.

EJ saying all those nice (and very true) things to Carlos has my heart (or, well, he's renting it temporarily from Redlyn and Seblos, but you know). And Carlos really was like 'A for effort, C for execution', and I adore him for that. But EJ is seriously growing. He's pretty much reached EJ 1.8 at this point, and I love to see it.

Say what you want about the Lucas Grabeel dream sequence, but I love, love, love it. Completely unironically. I mean, he's kind of my favourite OG cast member. And the 'I'm more of a Glinda' comment referencing Kate Reinders actually being one of the BWay Glindas? Here's a note from when I first watched 1x1: The drama teacher won’t stop spilling her coffee and I love her. Also, her actress was Glinda on Broadway, so I stan. See, I didn't even know Miss Jenn's name yet and I already loved her. But then she went and did some stuff in s2 and ruined all of that. Add 'proper Miss Jenn redemption' to my s3 wishlist, I guess. But I'm getting off-track (when am I not?)

I only just noticed that all of the iconic BWay leads mentioned in the song (sans Glinda, of course, but that wasn't even a proper part of the song) start with an E. I wonder if that was on purpose or a lucky accident...

'And you never know when you'll get a cameo...' — If anyone in the HSM franchise knows anything about making the most of a cameo, it's Lucas. I'm referring to his post-credits scene in Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, of course. That is one of my absolute favourite scenes in the entire movie. Well, that and The Rest of My Life. I very unironically love that number.

Another thing on the list of things I very unironically love — the transitions both into and out of this scene. I just think they're neat.

Have I mentioned before how much I love it that Carlos' response every time someone asks where he has to be is 'Broadway'... it just reminds me a lot of Seb's 'Friendship!' — that's some soulmate stuff right there, if you ask me.

'I just... almost did something really stupid' — Yes, Nini, yes it was very stupid. And you're going to do it anyway. You wouldn't if I had any say in this, but I don't and so here we are. In a world where Rini are a romantic thing, Redlyn get 5 minutes of screentime in s1 and two major moments demoted to post-credits scenes, Seblos haven't even properly discussed their issues, and Portwell didn't even kiss on screen. I lowkey hate it here. Still, I feel like things are going in the right direction. If we get a season 3, that is — and we better be getting it, or I will riot and I know I won't be the only one.

No but... just imagine if Kourtney hadn't called YAC for Nini, but for herself. There's so much potential there... and I think Kourtney and Ashlyn deserved that spot every bit as much as Nini did, and then some. I said what I said.

Well, this was 1x8. This post is already way too long, plus I want to do a double feature of the last two whenever I get to rewatching them, so I'm ending this here. It was just as much of a journey as I remembered it being, and not nearly as negative as I had the feeling it would be. I absolutely loved it, you know. And with good reason too.

[akindofmagictoo]

thumbprint challenge

thank you @unholieds and @talesofsorrowandofruin!! I got here eventually 

rules: look back on your work, both past and present, finished and unfinished. what are five to ten narrative elements or tropes that continuously pop up in your work? tag as many people as the number of tropes you listed. 

1. character death... I like angst. and I distinctly remember several things I wrote ages ago that featured character death. also includes battles and fight scenes, but I’m much better at them now lol. 

2. family! and friendships!! this is good stuff and you can pry it out of my cold dead hands. sometimes the family sucks but there is usually found family, since before I knew what found family was called. 

3. magical creatures. dragons, sirens, etc. I just think they’re neat. 

4. lots of women. I used to write a bunch of OC fanfiction and it was ALWAYS women. this was never even a question. I didn’t examine my motives. it was just second nature. I still do it, but it’s a bit more intentional (eg “this story involves a knight. she can be a woman. because of course.”). I’m getting better at rounding them out though. 

5. I used to write more romance. because I think I felt that was what I was supposed to do. I still enjoy it, but I’m more deliberate about it now, and also more deliberate about writing stories that do not have it as a subplot — to see if I can, basically! 

idk who’s done this bc I got tagged ages ago but I’m gonna tag @zmlorenz @isherwoodj @writingbyjillian @sleepyowlwrites @writeremma @ardawyn and @pamsdrabbles! if you’ve done it before feel free to ignore. (and this is more than five people but I don’t care shhh) 

[fandomenthusiastt]

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

L: What’s the weirdest AU you’ve ever come up with?

V: A secondary (or underrated) character you want to see more of in fic?

Hi anon! I am so late to answering you I'm sorry :( But I will gladly answer the questions now!!!

B: The short answer? Yes. I have a bunch of drafts for fics of many different fandoms (Teen Wolf being one of them), and my therapist once told me writing out my trauma would help me, so I've kinda been projecting into some of the fics that I write. But yeah, I have plenty of stories inspired by events in my life.

I: I love cliches okay? I know some people don't but honestly? You can pry the 'I'm not going to fall for you' '*smiles*' 'dammit' cliche out of my cold, dead hands. I love it so much. And tropes. Any trope. Found family, enemies to lovers, roommates, one bed, all of them. I love them all. Reading or writing.

L: The weirdest AU I've come up with? Probably the one draft I wrote where Stiles used to be a criminal when he was younger. He would break into places and steal stuff. One time he broke into a place to put evidence there for a case his dad was working on to lead them to the one responsible. He doesn't stop his breaking-into-places spree when he joins the pack. He's still basically a criminal, not that the people around him knows.

Or there's this Brother!au I came up with wherein Fem!Stiles has older/younger brothers. But that one's a bit of a secret. ;)

V: A secondary or underrated character I want to see more of in fic is Mason from Teen Wolf. I love him. He is baby. He is literally supposed to be like a Stiles 2.0 (Liam being Scott 2.0), but Mason is so different from Stiles in personality and how his whole character is. He deserves more recognition. I just love him so much; he deserves the world. I want more Mason in my life.

[hearth4days]

(For the impersonating post) My name is hearth, I'm massive scalie and lizard lover who has family issues and projects onto the league but mainly dabi,spinner and shigaraki. I also love skyrim and the found family trope and you can pry aromantic kurogiri out of my cold dead hands also he's my dad,I also really enjoy music as it's an escape from the world around me ,Have I told you about how amazing echo is!!!..... I'm sorry if this went too far.

💀 You're not wrong bro

[navtastic]

Some rimmer headcanons under the cut Bc I was thinking about writing a fic but have commitment issues when it comes to actually writing

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1. Rimmer is autistic and you can pry this out of my cold dead hands. Main ways he stims are his salutes and biting his knuckles. Huge parts of why he was bullied and treated poorly by his family come from the fact that he always has had issues sociallizing in the “”””normal”””” way and has related learning issues. Very obsessed with being punctual and following social rules that he doesn’t quite understand, a lot of his self esteem issues come from the fact that he knows he’s doing the right thing per social conventions but he’s doing it wrong?? Why is it wrong when he does his version of it, he’s trying his best?? Projecting onto a fictional character time: is very much the way he is in the show because he was able to repress a lot of the things that made him ‘obvious’ and now just appears to be an incredibly socially awkward/weird person as opposed to someone who just communicates differently. Likes repetitive, involved, logic and planning related type things (war strategy, board games, schedule and list making, engineering related stuff). Zero actual interest in Astronav type stuff but feels obligated to be good at it and has it drilled into his brain that it was the only way he was going to amount to something so he forces himself to try to be good at it, but that’s part of the reason he’s so crap at it. So used to being bullied that he feels like he needs to be above other people to protect himself because he’s so used to abuse of power being pointed at him.

2. Gay. that’s it, just gay. He knows it, he doesn’t deny internally as much as he did as a child. He’s absolutely absorbed so much homophobia from his family that he goes to great lengths to cover it up, but he isn’t unaware of it or so repressed that he’s convinced himself he’s not. All of the talk about women and porn and all that shit is a very elaborate and paranoid cover. He literally owns straight porn so when lister digs through his shit he thinks he’s found rimmers real porn and stops looking. Keeps gay porn stashed in some ridiculous hiding spot. Tells himself he’s verse but he’s really just a kind of dominant/pushy bottom. Did actually have sex with Yvonne because that was a gross and dodgy situation (on both ends but falls on rimmer because he was in control of his faculties) she was not fully aware of the situation but he was not the one who initiated it and essentially went along with it out of a lack of self respect and awareness for what was going to come of it (which makes him shitty because rimmer is still a scummy, miserable person). In his teen years and early twenties he thought maybe he could really ‘cure’ himself of it some way but everything he tried wasn’t worth it in the end and he just decided to never speak of it.

3: what made Ace different. Repeating a grade comes off like a joke when it’s explained that is why Ace is who he is. Really when he repeated that grade he was put into a remedial type class that tended to gather the kids with learning disabilities, bad home lives, trauma, etc (all the things that tend to make it harder for a child to suceed) and he was given new tools that boosted his confidence in being able to learn and socialize, maybe never got a proper diagnoses but just the proof that he could learn and do well if he approaches things in a different way was a huge game changer. Still had a lot of deep seated homophobia from his family and trauma from being treated differently from his brothers but it was easier to cope. Ace is still gay and the whole saving the damsel in distress and riding off into the sunset shit comes from following socializing as set rules instead of something involving nuance, follows the trope of a hero because if he’s going to go around saving worlds he’s going to do it the ‘right’ way, which is part why he has such an over the top ‘action hero’ stereotype vibe. Ace wishes that more of the rimmers he met were willing to listen to him because he just wants to drop a truth bomb and open of their potential. Ace still has a lot of unsorted issues, they just tend to be more internal than immediately obvious.

4: Relationship with Lister: incredibly, ridiculously angry and embarrassed when he realizes lister is attractive. Will never admit it but when Lister is first teaching Kryten how to break his programming he’s sad that no one ever taught him how to break out of his ‘programming’. His want to be friends with Lister is something he struggles with (early seasons especially) because he craves Listers respect but the only way Rimmer knows how to get respect is by outranking someone. Comes out to lister when he’s drunk. Lister has casually mentioned men in ways that he mentions women (but never directly says he’s attracted to men, so it just becomes a paranoid obsession in Rimmers mind, is he into guys or is rimmer just reading into it to much?) and brings up a story that is blatantly about a guy he’s dated (but rimmer still isn’t quite sure because it’s not a 100% straight forward statement) and Rimmer comments on his jealousy of lister being so open minded and nonchalant about men. Lister puts the pieces together from there and makes a point to try to make the environment of the ship more welcoming, still takes rimmer ages to fully come out. (Lister is the biggest bi on the ship and isn’t fully in the closet, he just doesn’t talk about it explicitly, people who know how lister communicates pick up on it, but most people just think he’s a friendly guy)

5. Clothes and presentation. This ones more for fun because I would love to see how rimmer would dress himself if he could get past more of his trauma. Shorts and cropped pants and tailored pants are a big one. If there wasn’t such a stigma on how gay men dress and style themselves he would be less afraid to wear something a little less baggy. Actually loves color (the uniform change from the khakis to the red, blues, and greens he wears later in the show is just absolutely fantastic. Not an accessory person, would rather just have a smooth, sleek look with well fit clothes and a pop of colors on neutrals. I think the cross dressing in the show doesn’t necessarily/purposefully come from a malicious place but is definitely a sign of the times, outdated ideas of humor and a lack of understanding of gender non conforming. Rimmer wouldn’t be opposed (well if he could get past his trauma (which is why we only see this trait in low rimmer or when he has the holo virus)) to dressing up in “””female”””” clothes, especially not the odd accessory or sexy outfit if it were a kink thing but has an overall more masculine sense of style. In a perfect reality where he was nurtured and encouraged I feel like he would identify and present in a more fluid way, but the cannon rimmer isn’t really capable of recognizing and expressing himself like that.

6: Sexual/romantic History. Oh boy. rimmer has been on dates with women, mainly to keep up apperences and make it look like he’s trying to be successful with women. Has no idea what good flirting sounds like because all the times someone has genuinely flirted with him he’s explained it away be convincing himself they’re just overly friendly or are trying to make fun of him (or he just doesn’t pick up on it). When he flirts it’s either completely over the top obvious garbage because he’s trying to get his point across or it’s vague small comments that really aren’t flirting because he’s attempting nuance or feels like he’s being to out in the open. Has had maybe one or two sexual encounters with men, always on shore leave as far from where the ship has docked as possible and always working to cover his tracks the entire time. By the time the stasis leak happens his sexual encounters with men had never reached penatration and really just amounted to some head and fooling around that he felt conflicted (but happy) about afterwards.

I probably have more floating around in my brain but I’ve really only just hit season three of my rewatch so this is all based on early seasons, some fanfic I binged, projection, and what I remember from the other couple of times I’ve watched the series.