#shory

[shorylovebot]

shawn/cory + textposts

inspo this post by @merry-melody

[shawn-meets-world]

[charlieconwayy]

Favorite Character Meme [3/5 Relationships]: Shawn & Cory

"I always thought Topanga was the one person I could never live without, but she's gone, and you're here, and I'm alive so it must be you . . . Shawnie, I love you."

[bmw-incorrect-quotes]

Shawn: *wearing a cool outfit*

Cory: man, I wish I could pull that off

Shawn: go ahead

Cory: What?

Shawn, sweating: what

[applebees4prez]

goddd the trope of “we could always rely on each other and you were the person i trusted most in the world but then you chose someone else over me and our relationship has never been the same” always hits me so hard, but ESPECIALLY when there are queer undertones to relationship one but then heteronormativity wins out. like god it’s such a sucker punch. so many queer people have experienced that really close same sex relationship where you thought you were going to be with that person together, even if you didn’t even realize it was romantic at the time, but then they became interested in the opposite sex and everything changed.

[the-halfling-prince]

The fact that the writers of Boy Meets World were obviously fully aware of the gay energy surrounding Cory and Shawn's friendship, given the fact that in later seasons and GMW they leaned into that– albeit for laughs. They are the epitome of "not platonic nor romantic but a secret third thing– weird about eachother." So, in conclusion, you can't be upset fans view the male friendship as queer if you purposely write it that way, even as a joke. You reap what you sow, and you've sowed the seeds of homosexuality. I'm just picking these crops, man. I'm picking these crops and putting them into my delicious stew. The stew is my gay fanfiction but the vegetables were already there, man, I picked them from your show. You made these vegetables. I'm just cooking them. Sorry I got carried away with the garden metaphor (Mr. Feeny core)

[ajn-illustrated]

Happy pride month to them ig

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Cory interrupts him by shoving the burger in his face for a taste. Sean's eyebrows raised, nevermind. He takes the burger and gives it to Jack so he can try. Jack refuses. No, no. I have a modeling career now. Beef goes right to the hips. -Danielle

Now. Wait, Rider, I was thinking about this during, am I recalling this right? Weren't you a vegetarian at this point? -Will

May have been a veggie burger. -Danielle

I think I remember you saying like it can't be beef. Like I remember having you having this discussion about.. - Will

 I was never that picky. I think if Ben wouldn't have eaten a a veggie burger, I would've just eaten the beef. -Rider 

I think Ben would've eaten a veggie burger. -Danielle 

It must've, I'm guessing it was a veggie burger. -Will 

I'm gonna bet it was a veggie burger. -Danielle 

I think if they had asked, I would've been like, yeah, if it can be a veggie burger and if, yeah, but I, no, I wouldn't. I dunno. I was never that picky. I would cheat all the time, you know?  Not all the time, but yeah, I was never like super, it was just, yeah. -Rider 

[abcwordsurge]

a nonexhaustive list of shows with wedding episodes that are all about the best friend duo instead of the couple getting married:

boy meets world

sherlock

[abcmuushroom]

[hauntedinblack]

This is 100% how Shawn felt when he saw Riley. ok bye. (I mean this in a shory way, not in a shapanga way)

[shorylovebot]

So, I don't like C0rpanga. In fact, they're probably one of my least favorite canon ships of all time. However, I think that in seasons 1-4 (s1 especially) they weren't that bad of a ship. This can, in my opinion, be attributed to one thing: they worked a lot better as narrative foils than as each other's perfect match. When weird, feminist, hippy s1 Topanga was on screen, challenging Cory's stagnant ways and showing him there was more to life than status or whatever else middle school society was obsessed with at the time, I was absolutely rooting for them. It was super compelling and would've made for a great opposites-attract slow-burn if they'd continued it into the later seasons. Instead, they decided that that was just too interesting. Which is how we ended up with: A) ultra-conservative-no-real-personality Topanga, B) annoying Cory who whines about his girlfriend not having sex with him so much you wish he'd lose the ability to have it at all, and C) an extremely boring relationship that reads more as heteronormative America's wet dream than, y'know, 2 people with actual romantic chemistry.

One thing I do think is interesting, though, (while still on the note of C0rpanga being better as opposites rather than love-at-first-sight) is the idea of Shawn assuming the role of Topanga as Cory's narrative foil. S1 Topanga came from an unconventional background, opposed Cory's standard middle-class lifestyle, etc. S1 Shawn, on the other hand, was middle class like Cory (albeit a little bit poorer) and held most of the same viewpoints that he did. But in the later seasons, Shawn became the one to serve as Cory's antithesis (poor/ considered trailer trash, somewhat "unorthodox" interests—such as poetry and photography, and generally holding different perspectives to things in life than he did)—all the while, Topanga became increasingly more normal and more conservative, until she didn't oppose Cory in any meaningful way anymore. (Which is also why I think s1 is Shory's weakest season, because while they're great there, I do still prefer the later seasons' dynamic).

Anyway, I have a few more thoughts. But this is disjointed enough already, so I'll just leave it on that for now. If anyone has anything else to add, please feel free to do! I am dying out here.

[shawn-meets-world]

She is not a real person, he just wishes it was Shawn.

And that he can have sex with her. That's it.

Just sleep with Shawn. Shawn should just take one for the team, have sex with Cory, and get it over with. And everybody's happy and Cory could actually respect his partner.

[bmw-incorrect-quotes]

Mr. Feeny: Is anyone here straight?

Cory: *raises hand*

Shawn: *pulls Cory’s hand down*

[ldiot-savant-archive]

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[queermeetsthe90s]

Shawn, laughing: Babe, you had a crush on me? That’s so embarrassing—

Cory: We’re literally married, Shawn