#real lovers are back

[tangerineprettygreen]

‘I was in love with my son’s best friend, I didn’t know what to do.

& you asked for that toothpaste I was damned if I wasn’t going to find something’

[waitingtobreatheagain]

Do you ever think about how special it is that Pen and Colin have known each other for most of their lives and have seen their love transform? Like the story that they get to tell their kids one day about their love is one unlike anyone in their circle. Love matches are already rare in their time but what is even more rare is a love reflecting what Colin and Penelope have had--the honor of loving each other most of their lives eve when it was not romantic.

I also think about how much it must have meant to Violet to see a love story similar to the one she had with Edmund unfold. Seeing so much of Edmund in Colin and so much of Pen in her. I wonder just how long she hoped for that. Especially considering how from the start of the show Colin always treated her different and in ways that would have them betrothed had others caught them.

Colin and Pen are also a great example of why true lovers--he loverboys and lovergirls--need to find their match with someone who also loves in that way. Otherwise, they would likely feel a deficit.

I will never be free of this brainrot and like Colin I don't want to be.

[trvlytylar]

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Sorry for not having a Year of the Dragon MDZS artwork; Unfortunately, I can only picture Dragon LWJ in this particular flavour.

[giddlygoat]

mario + peach is such a good ship istg they’re so good. straight ship so good it feels gay

[ddruxyart]

At this point the bully has become the bullied but he keeps coming back for more??

[thatagentcyan]

Bela's suit tho >>>>

[lemonhitsu]

«I wanna hold you in my arms tonight For your love, I'll do whatever you want»

beacons.ai/lemonhitsu    

[dylanconrique]

"it's like penguins. penguins, in nature, when one is sick, or when one is very injured, the other penguins surround it and prop it up. they walk around it until that penguin can walk on it's own. that's kind of what the cast did for me." — matthew perry about his fellow friends.

[dorothygale]

i made some more banners bc i love the funny ones but i thought it would be nice to have more simple options as well. so of course they're eras themed

[jonismitchell]

all of midnights is like "i have to walk out on you but it's the hardest thing i'll ever have to do" and ttpd is like "walking out on you was the worst mistake of my entire life"

[waitingtobreatheagain]

One of my favorite parts of the argument outside the Modiste scene is one although it starts harsh/angry…it becomes vulnerable and communicative very quickly. This is due to the core of their relationship. They are each other’s favorite person. No one understands the other more or in the way they do. Even through the hurt, the love is so so apparent.

It is a great example of how anger is a secondary emotion and in this case the primary emotion are emotions related to feeling emotionally hurt.

People say all they had was miscommunication and that is absolutely not true. You wanted them to be all good in five seconds and that was never going to be the case. Two weeks to process what felt like a betrayal, work through it, and work through your own insecurities that could impact your relationship in the future is NO SMALL THING. Not to mention, Colin repeatedly shows his love even in his anger hurt and confusion.

My absolute favorite thing about the scene (and proof of them still having good conversation even while being on the outs) is Colin doing something that Eloise never did. He actually asks Penelope WHY she wrote what she wrote. Even in feeling his most hurt, he seeks understanding. He knows Pen better than anyone (as she does him) and he really needs to identify how and why his most favorite person in the world, the love of his life, could do this. After discussing it, he is still upset which again is fair but he does understand and knows that she is still who he has always know her to be.

To be vulnerable when you’re hurt instead of hurtful also so emotional maturity. Yes, we know their first time seeing each other after the reveal he says something hurtful but he immediately regrets it which is made evident by Luke Newton’s skill in facial expression. He even asks Pen’s questions which she agrees with and identifies why she couldn’t do those things back when she wrote about specific things (I.E. “why didn’t you just tell me to my face” “I know I should have I didn’t have the confidence to then”).

And the part where we see his insecurity about his writing skill and the biggest insecurity being deserving of her on full display. Colin has grown up feeling as if he has to be so many things for so many people to be able to feel worthy. Just being himself has never felt like enough so it makes complete sense that he cannot honestly fathom that his favorite person…the love of his life…loves him simply for being him. That’s beyond belief for him. That is why the “what good am I to you, then (if I can’t protect you) and Pen’s response of I love you is so important. We see Pen’s face go from on guard, defensive, and some indignation to soft and empathetic. She is truly seeing the insecurity and similarly to how Colin couldn’t believe that Pen had no chance of romance when she asked him to kiss her…Pen can’t believe that Colin thinks he can only be loved by her if he is in service of her or has utility. His reaction to her I love you also support Colin is demisexual theories. The affirmation that she does not need him to protect her or do all these things for her and instead just has to be the man she loves is the catalyst for the passion and desire we see him kiss her with afterwards As to say, that’s right. This is the only relationship in my life where I am able to fully be myself, where I am loved for who I am, where I am uplifted, understood, seen, and valued based on my true self not based on who society says I should be, where my vulnerability and emotional intelligence is seen as a strength and not a deficit, etc.

That is so beautiful to me.

This goes back to why for me Polin will always be the pinnacle. The depth of their relationship following years of friends especially as they got closer sets up how they work through conflicts. There are so many parallels when looking at Colin helping Pen work through her insecurity with her confidence and appearance and Pen helping Colin work through his insecurity with self doubt and feeling deserving/worthy of his love.

Truly, a love that is a beautiful as it is rare.

[venusinta]

anong gagawin ko, nahulog na ko sayo! 💘

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Alas, this beautiful dream could not last.

[teddybeartoji]

i love love love when suguru is some lovesick sweetheart buuut... the temptation to make him into a piece of shit is soo strong lmao IT'S JUST SO FUNNNN OKAY he can be so awful<33333333333

[sscarletvenus]

roman empire returned to me...