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[bnnywngs]

Shoyo is a famous actor/model, he's currently everywhere from the current popular drama airing prime time, to that big billboard in the city, he's also in some magazines covers and has a million followers on his sns.

He's also pretty infamous for his coming out during a live show earlier in his career, and his refusal to act in stereotypes/prejudiced works, and for calling out homophobic acts, talks and people.

Because of that, he's celebrated between the lgbt community in Japan, and his fans are not only loyal, but fiercely protective and active in protests online or in person, for many things - either lgbt, feminist, or just to get a better access for wheelchairs in the subway.

But recently, after years saying he was single, he came out saying he had a lover who was neither an actor or a model, but wasn't unknown. He didn't want to say who it was because it could be bad for them, as Japan still has a long way to go to accept lgbt couples.

People respected that, but not the paparazzi, as always, so they relentlessly followed Shoyo, who kept going from work to home, and home to work, with a few outings with his friends and colleagues, so the photographers were getting anxious and restless.

It all came down to one letter.

Every Christmas Shoyo sends a custom postcard to his parents and his sister (who's a famous volleyball player now in Turkey) before going back home for new years (if he didn't have anything in his schedule), and this year he decided to get a picture of him and his boyfriend in a Christmas setting as his postcard.

But it was intercepted by one of the paparazzi.

Shoyo's boyfriend was none other than number 1 japanese streamer kodzuken! It was a cute little postcard with a picture of both of them sitting in front of a big and full of ornaments Christmas tree, with matching sweaters and doing a heart with their hands together.

The leak was soon everywhere and Shoyo's radio interview was cancelled that day, together with all his schedule, so they could do a somewhat damage control and to write a handwritten letter to his fans not only explaining everything, but criticizing those who stole his family letter.

The truth was: Shoyo and kodzuken met each other in highschool, when they both played volleyball in their respective schools, and started a relationship early on, that kept going for years and years, both their families knew about it and accepted it, Shoyo's family loved Kenma and treated him as another member of the family, and kodzuken's parents are always inviting Shoyo to have family dinner with them and even going out together without kodzuken.

kodzuken just did a small update stream a week or so later, saying almost the exact same thing as Shoyo's letter, and also criticizing those who make money over these kinds of scandals, and that they wanted to come out some day as a couple but in their own terms and not like this - as kodzuken wasn't even out of the closet for his fans.

As the media was letting go of this and the fans were calming down (Shoyo's fans being more open and receptive of their relationship), a magazine with them at the cover was released, with a long interview where they shared one single picture of their teenage years, where they went a bit more deep into their relationship and why they gave up volleyball after highschool.

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lil continuation to this post bc it haunted me...!! save me wangxian clothes shopping montage!!!

oh lan wangji ur excuses to flirt with and tease wwx at the beginning r so important to me...........

[katabay]

johnnnnnnnnn constantine!

I usually watch constantine 2005 sometime during the last couple of months of the year. sometimes several times during the last couple of months of the year. sometimes I even get around to doing a full re read of the vertigo run and find some time to draw the man the myth the legend while I'm on a train.

[jupitersprinze]

Yakuza is coming to fortnite…

[trianglesand]

Marble hornets x Slendermansion AU but instead of Hoodie and Masky being proxies they also live in a small cabin in the same woods and are constantly trying to sabotage the creeps plans. Hoodie learns Jeff is supposed to kill some random family and follows him there to purposely set the home security system off and Masky jumps out of the closet and tackles Jeff. They all run away to their own homes afterwards when the cops are called. The Operator/Slenderman could put a stop to it if he so pleased, but finds the shenanigans amusing.

[crumchycow]

I love gay Japanese shows so much. They're like hey look, here's some boring normal dudes that are maybe a bit of a freak (but like in the way that most people are a bit of a freak). Do you want a slow and intimate depiction of them figuring themselves out and overcoming their normal insecurities and problems by hanging out with eachother and talking?

And I am like, Yes! Please!

[silverwhittlingknife]

poem: "accident report in the tall, tall weeds" by ada limón

[earthsmightiestdorks]

The KageHinaYachi piece I commissioned @analligatorr over on bluesky last month!

One day Kageyama noticed Hinata is the luckiest of the three because he's in the middle in terms of height, so he gets to experience both "angles" of their kisses. Hinata came up with this idea to fix it! There's lots of yelping and struggling involved but eventually they manage to make it sort of stable, with Hinata gently pulling Kageyama closer, and Kageyama on his toes to reach up just like the other two do when he kisses them 😚

Please go give a lot of love to Ana, she was very patient about my ramblings and requests for the most random minimal details and I love her and her art forever. 100/10 will commission her again as soon as she opens them

[thebeastunleashed]

CRUENTU CRUENTO PAASHAEXIMUS

(An SFM poster I made for a server event I'm participating in.)

[vroomvroomwee]

I don't think we as fans realise how good of a ship Valastor has the potential to be.

I always see these takes that Alastor thinks Valentino is gross, or stupid, or annoying, and Valentino just thinks Alastor is way too overrated in Vox's eyes. But, if we really sit back to analyse their personalities, they're... not that different at all?

Alastor respects power, and he respects people who can dissemble their feelings behind a fake smile, who can lie and cheat and deceive and con the same way he does effortlessly. Who do we know who has a good, firm grasp on not just his own feelings but others' as well?

Valentino. Say what you want about episode 2 and Val being reckless about Angel's moving out, but if he really wanted to kill him he would have done so, he wouldn't have sat on his ass waiting for Vox like a princess in a tower. He would have gone to that hotel and shot him. Which means he knew perfectly well what he was doing. He WANTED Vox to believe he was going to go berserk, and it worked like a charm. After that, he had his little vent session and flung the information of Alastor’s return like no bid deal, knowing how Vox would react. Then, he ENJOYED watching Vox fall into manic rage. He ENJOYS playing with people's feelings, and the only instance where we truly see a glimpse of his OWN feelings rising to the surface are in the scenes with Angel. And even then, he's not revealing any vulnerabilities, he's lashing out in anger to regain control. And who else do we know who is a control freak?

Alastor. Alastor who revels in control, who strives to have his authority recognized, who keeps his thralls on a tight leash, who manipulates people to get what he wants (charlie), who plays with people's feelings and intentionally angers them to a boiling point just for his entertainment (lucifer, vaggie) EXACTLY the same way Valentino does.

They have the same deceitful, underhanded methods to gain power. By putting up a genial, friendly facade to lure a victim in, offering comfort and protection, only to eventually drop the mask and reveal the violent monster hiding underneath. They maintain a whimsical, reckless demeanour to hide the calculating, conniving evil lurking beneath, hungry and ready to pounce.

Alastor wouldn't think Valentino is stupid unless he's blinded by ego or insecurity, and he doubtfully will think him annoying since that same ego is why he likes people. The more they reflect him, the more likeable they are in his vain eyes. And he wouldn't think Valentino is gross for being blatantly promiscuous - personally, I actually think Alastor REVELS in the debauchery of hell, his superiority complex is charging every time he gets to display how unaffected he is by sexual acts, how they hold sway over lesser beings which he is not, how lust is a weakness he cannot be tempted by. He doesn't mind talking about or being surrounded by sex because it gives him a chance to put his asexual ass above others. And who do we know who navigates desire and lust with complete control and lack of effort?

Valentino. Valentino who only sleeps with tens (and Vox) because he's more worried about his image, ego and pride than about who he's actually attracted to (or not attracted to since this trait is also a very ace thing to experience). When he talks to the girls at the club (ep 6), his first instinct is to ask if they need a job. He isn't even interested in sleeping with them himself, he's more interested in how much money they can make him. In regards to sex, he is the complete opposite of Alastor. While Alastor evades sex to flaunt his (nonexistent) restraint, Valentino uses sex to assert his own dominance and boost his own desirability. He is more interested in using sex as a means to earn money, put his workers in line, and to hurt. It's the SADISM that draws Valentino in, it's the humiliation, the debasement, the vulnerability, the helplessness that can derive from sex. The man likes to WATERBOARD people for fuck's sake, and I doubt he's ever filmed something that didn't have bdsm themes in it.

He's an arrogant, narcissistic, vile sadist just like Alastor. Do we really think it's a coincidence that Angel and Husk's chains are shown together in Loser, baby, how they parallel their cruel owners? Both Alastor (ep 5) and Valentino (ep 2 and 6) lash out in violent anger the moment Husk or Angel shows a modicum of disobedience and backtalk.

And about Valentino thinking Alastor is overrated - I think that might be his initial opinion of Alastor, until he actually meets him. When he meets him Valentino instantly realises that the tricks he uses on other people won't work on Alastor, because Alastor knows how overlords play these games and unlike Valentino he doesn't play them to climb the social ladder or gain territory or snatch as many souls as possible. His reason is far worse, and far, FAR more terrifying.

He does it for FUN.

And that's why Valentino would quickly realise Alastor isn't someone to mess around with. Not like he does with Vox anyway. Vox is an open book, he wants control, power, customers and to extend his influence and grow his business. Alastor, however, doesn't want any of those. All he wants is to be entertained, to watch the political scheme unfold and to sit back with a bucket of popcorn and watch the chess pieces crush each other. He has NOTHING Valentino could use to gain leverage, not even an offer for sex, and he never knows if Alastor will get bored and decide to make him his next dinner.

Both of them twist the concept of gender and what society expects of them. Valentino's queerness is ostentatious, paraded even. He wears heels, feminine clothes, make up etc. Alastor’s is a bit more underlying. His femininity isn't obvious from a first, visual assessment, but it gradually becomes clear from his movements, his motions, his gesticulations. Valentino views men and women more or less the same with the pansexual mindset of "skin is skin, a hole is a hole. Why does it matter?", while Alastor views men and women more or less the same with the cannibalistic mindset of "anyone is dangerous with a knife and proper amount of rage". Whatever misogyny they might have isn't recognized by them, Valentino's reflects (for example) in his clothing, the way he dresses more masculine for work where he needs to be more authoritative, while he dresses more feminine for other occasions. Alastor’s reflects in his opinion that "women are better than men, they're more tolerable, and most need protection which is why I'm nicer to them" which directly undermines the reality that not all women are dainty and soft, that they can be extremely perverted and despicable too. Either way, they both treat the concept of the gender binary in an unorthodox way.

Also, Alastor wouldn't be disgusted by Valentino's lewd speech or sexual advances would be treated the same way Valentino would treat Alastor’s cannibalistic, gory tendencies: "not my thing personally, but there's a kink for it I'm sure. As long as you keep it away from me, we're good." They're decades old DEMONS, they'll be fine with some unconventional, eccentric habits.

Neither of them stick to the rules or what's expected of them, EVER. Alastor disregards societal expectations of him with vocalised glee, while Valentino does it more subtly - he follows through with them until he reaches the perfect point to step away, shattering the illusion. He NEVER does what people expect and want from him, almost subconsciously.

The only difference that really might drive a wedge between them is the matter of their looks. Alastor wears torn, outdated clothing that he probably hasn't washed in months, not to mention his insistence to keep that godawful fuckass bob, while Valentino can't afford to have a single wrinkle on his expensive, perfect clothes and always keeps his fur in tiptop, clean, fluffy shape. That and the fact that Alastor has no support, unlike Valentino who has a stable partnership with two other very powerful overlords.

They're also both whiny bitches who need constant attention and pampering to survive. They're like catnip to Vox's delusional sugar daddy image of himself and his need to feel necessary and strong. They're pillow princesses who like to be in control. They pose for his cameras and bask in Vox's obsession over them and they LOVE to ignite his temper tantrums. They're untameable, they're unpredictable, which is a sweet, irresistible delight to Vox's secret need for chaos that these two effortlessly bring (and his need to be dominated)

This turned out way longer than I intended. Anyways, my point is these two should fuck. Peace

[catparty41]

A few days late but heres my post for cb/caboose’s day of freight appreciation week!

Heres another sneak peak into the cb animation meme im cooking up, my god is it taking forever lol

[coddda]

Hiiiiiii. Episode 25/26 lawlight analysis rant thingy here. I don't know how to write an intro for this so let's just get to it LOL

I think one of the reasons that the rain/foot scenes stick out so much (the. Sheer insanity of a Foot Massage Scene in an anime revolving around two guys trying to kill each other aside 💀) is the fact that the anime specifically suffers a bit in terms of adapting a few of the "emotional" moments in death note.

And I don't mean "emotionally impactful" exactly. For example I think the adaptations of scenes like Raye and Naomi's deaths were very impactful and the atmospheres of their final scenes were great, but I mean more from a characterization standpoint (if that makes sense). Being more focused on mind and logic games, Death Note as a whole isn't as invested in individual characters' deeper feelings as it is in its action (which isn't necessarily a criticism per say, it's simply part of the nature of a mystery thriller series). But just because they're fewer and farther between doesn't mean there are none at all. In the manga we do get to see, for example, how much Light actually cared for his family and especially Sayu, and how he actually felt more conflicted and suffered lack of sleep/appetite when he first used the Death Note.

The anime specifically as an adaptation is pretty good at adapting the main mind fuckery and action of Death Note, but its lacking in properly adapting scenes like the ones I mentioned above is a criticism I see somewhat often, and it's pretty fair imo. Compared to all the other adaptations, it certainly seems to fall short on an emotional level: the musical has entire songs going in depth about the characters feelings and relationships, the 2015 jdrama is. Insane and has its emotional moments in spades (because it's a TV drama, which are more focused on portraying emotional conflict and the like), even the 2006 movies has its emotional beats and L Change the WorLd is. Well. Oh Man.

Anime Light to a lot of people is like. Light but he's "already evil" (which I have my own thoughts on but I digress). Light but after using the Death Note for like 2 minutes he's already like "fuck yeah time to kill criminals". Basically the anime doesn't take as much time to delve into his less cynical sides or really delve into his already vague and harder to decipher feelings in general, he is noticeably colder from the get-go here, etc.

But that's part of why I think episode 25 manages to stand out so much tonally (apart from it being, y'know, the episode L literally Dies). I love the episode so much and could probably rant for hours about how much I love the artistic choices made in it but what I'm trying to get at here is that it's one of the very few moments where the show tries to go deeper into specific character's emotions, and one of the very few moments where the show Attempts (emphasis on "attempts" because, well, you'll see in a bit) to get more in-depth into Light's feelings apart from his cynicism/apathy/justice. ness.

L in these two scenes in episode 25 is, well, pretty damn open about how he feels. It's usually interpreted as him knowing that he's going to die, and you can see it. He visibly looks/sounds lost, somber, etc. He never really had much to hide around Light to begin with (since he doesn't really care about hiding himself the same way Light does) but especially not now and it Shows, and I personally thought it was pretty cool to delve into his thoughts/show how he feels this way. The somberness can be felt throughout the entire scene, even people who don't already know the plot of Death Note from the manga could probably tell that he's about to die.

In the manga, once L starts suspecting Misa again and Rem realizes what Light is trying to do, it goes straight to Watari and L's deaths, but the anime instead gives a distinct and unexpected pause in the middle of this where L contemplates his own death. It's fucking great, and the shift from straight action to slower emotional weight makes these scenes stand out a lot, since, like I said, the show usually focuses more on the former. But it's kind of ironic, too.

Not only does the anime open up L's feelings more in these scenes, but it also tries to dig deeper into Light's feelings as well through L. And it's really funny honestly because while, yes, these are the more "emotionally open" scenes of the anime Light still manages to be Incredibly avoidant and contribute almost nothing to the entire ordeal.

L is visibly upset -> "Yeah Ryuzaki, you're not making any sense at all" (Not addressing the obvious conflict from L)

"Tell me, Light. From the moment you were born, has there ever been a point where you've actually told the truth?" -> "[The most stale, over-explained, avoidant answer to a "yes/no" question that you could ever hear + blatant attempts to reframe the question]"

(L's half-smile here kills me) "I had a feeling you'd say something like that" -> [Nothing]

"I'm sorry" -> [Nothing]

"It'll be lonely won't it? You and I will be parting ways soon" -> [Nothing]

^ From this point Light continues to say literally Nothing for the rest of the scene. I'm not even joking, from then on the rest of Light's voicelines are reduced to nothing but vague noises of confusion.

Everytime L calls Light out as a person ("Has there ever been a point where you've actually told the truth?" / "I had a feeling you'd say something like that." / "Won't it be lonely?") he doesn't actually acknowledge anything. Out of those three lines, he only answers verbally to if he's ever told the truth, and even then it's the most blatantly people-pleasing answer ever, as it usually is with Light. And I don't think it's because Light just. Doesn't care about any of what L's saying at all, or that he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about (questioning Light's authenticity as a person, saying it would be lonely when they part), instead he's choosing not to acknowledge any of what this means about himself or him and L at all. He's like a fucking wall.

And like, for the truth question in particular, the show makes sure that you know it's not something that Light just. Doesn't care enough about to answer. The hard cuts to silence are a very rare but extremely effective way that the show conveys an extremely important moment (see: Light regaining his memories, Matsuda noticing Light opening the warehouse door before he escapes (not as much of a "direct" cut to silence but still)), and cuts to multiple angles/framings/zooms of the exact same shot are also used for the same purpose (see: Light hugging Misa when she was crying, Matsuda aiming his gun to shoot Light, Light regaining his memories Again). Just like the scene where Light gets his memories back, the moment L's question finishes the show utilizes both. That question cut Deep. There's is a solid Almost 5 seconds of silence before the sound of the rain gradually starts fading back in, and honestly that should be telling enough as is (but of course Light doesn't actually admit that. Or anything at all really, so). Oh also another fun detail! We do not see Light's face At All (except for the shot where you can see his mouth moving but not his eyes), for the Entire time that he's going on his spiel to L. We Will Be Revisiting This Later, by the way. This is not, in fact, the first time you're going to see this detail from Light.

The only sort of reciprocation that we see from Light during Any of these two scenes is when Light dries L's hair while L dries his feet. Biblical meanings/references aside it's interesting because it's the only time he directly does anything "for" L in these scenes, but even then he doesn't try to pass it off as anything meaningful really the same way L does ("You're still soaked", a purely neutral and factual statement. It doesn't Add Anything compared to L's. Sin atonement loneliness grieving stuff. While Light is showing his own reciprocation to this more personal moment he also tries to keep it impersonal enough that it doesn't actually have to mean anything deep). And when L says "I'm sorry" after he once again gets no response from Light. It's also after this that L gets that pained look on his face, like he knows that at this point he's not actually going to get anything meaningful from Light (again, very significant and rare from L in the show. We've seen him in distress (see: when Ukita died, hell, when Watari dies), but even then he mostly manages to keep his usually neutral expression), we never see him "look sad" like he does here):

I just think it's interesting that this is one of the few scenes in this particular adaptation of Death Note where they try to open up the character's thoughts/feeling (especially considering the fact that they. lowkey blunder in adaptations of original scenes from the manga), and L himself is being rather open (not that he ever really tries to hide what he thinks nearly as much as Light), and yet all Light contributes to it in return is like. Actually nothing. Bro fumbled it. There is no resolution to any of this, to any of what L asks at all, to any of the many opportunities for a meaningful conversation, and the only thing even relatively close to an answer that you can get from Light is what you can infer from how he acts in the episode after L dies, where he's just going through the motions, but hardly acting as if he's actually living at all.

(Honestly I think the transition from this scene with the taskforce to the subsequent scene with Misa says enough on its own. Light's expressions and tone says everything:)

(Oh sidenote but. This shit again:

"Light, this is our first date in forever. can't you enjoy yourself a little more?" ('Why don't you seem happy? We can finally be together since L is dead') -> No response, Light instead changing the topic to him wanting to move in with Misa without changing his mannerisms at all

Also there's that one detail again. You pretty much don't see Light's expression when he speaks here at all, except for one shot of his eyes, which is quite literally the exact same shot they used when he "saw" L, just altered for the new setting. You have No idea what he looks like when he's responding to Misa, although it's probably fair to assume that it's the same empty stare he has for the whole Two Shots where you can clearly see his whole expression in the entire scene.

Something something Light Yagami bad at feelings I think you get the point though)

I guess Light's Kind of showing what he's feeling now? He'll admit to himself that it's boring without L, but no more than that. Light never actually admits to anything "significant", and L's dead already anyway, so what would that even do?

And then we get, uh. Basically nothing from Light. For the next 5 Years. Except that he joined the NPA, so, uh, yay? Good job, Light you totally nailed it! Thank you for allowing us as an audience to delve deeper into your inner thoughts and feelings as a character so we can find out more about you as a person! Very helpful! Thank you for not sabotaging one of your few dedicated opportunities to look into yourself as a person and reflect on your relationships with others and being 100% honest with yourself! We stay winning guys.

Anyway, this got way too long for a scene that's over a decade old, and I've probably just said everything that everyone else has already said in this fandom before. But unfortunately this has been living in my head for way too long and I must scream. I just think this episode's neat is all :)

tl;dr Part of the reason why the rain/foot scene (tbh episode 25 in General) stands out so much is because the Death Note anime specifically was a bit robbed in terms of its more emotional character moments compared to the other medias, which makes more somber/introspective scenes like the ones in episode 25 stand out a Lot in comparison. But it's also incredibly ironic because it's one of the few moments where the show (or specifically L) tries to look deeper into Light's character, but because he is so avoidant for the entire duration of these two scenes he adds basically nothing at all. It's almost funny. Mostly sad. It's also very gay. Aand post

Okay actually nevermind one more thing I talked about how the jdrama is supposed to be more emotionally in-depth because it is a TV Drama and just for the record, same thing happens there! I could probably do an entire analysis of the Blue Scene in this context like I did with episode 25 but I'd literally be here forever, so uh, just take this iconic line as my main example:

Same Thing. L's statement "I wish we could have met some other way" is personal. It's his own wish, his own regret that he is expressing to Light. While Light's reply obviously has that same regret implied it's also phrased in a specifically impersonal way. It's closed off. "This is the only way we could have met" it closes off the topic and simply renders L's wish as ultimately futile. Light does not say that he Also wishes he could have met L a different way even if it was likely impossible, instead it's a cold statement of cynical fact.

Idk just. Something something L being able and Willing to be more openly sentimental/emotionally open towards Light/about Light vs. Light's inability to be honest with anyone including himself and his own nature preventing any form of meaningful reciprocation. Something something self-sabotage, y'know the drill. God don't even get me Started on how sincere L's tone is when he says "It'll be lonely won't it?"(at least in the eng dub) in the anime I could talk about his tone in that scene for ages. Also yes all of this relates to L Change the WorLd too by the way. Don't ask how it just does okay.

I do think that scenes like these (rain/foot scene, The Blue Scene. Uh. L Change the WorLd The Novel Adaptation) show, at least in those adaptations, that L does genuinely care for Light, and show that he values him as a friend not just in the mindgame-equal sense but also just like, a more sincere sense you know. Idk if that made any sense and that's a whole other topic for another day but you guys just have to believe me on this one alright please please believe me buries head in hands. Okay post over finally thanks for coming to my tedtalk hope you enjoyed my very-unnecessarily long analysis of the week

[nimbusclan]

A late thank you for all the kind words on this ask! Y'all are too dang sweet 🥹🫶

Featured kitties and kind word sayers from left to right are: Mapledash of @whirlclan, Mousethorn from @cutieclangen, Gutterrat from @gutterclan, Oliveshade from @ranchclan, Clawstar from @direclan, ??? from @astray-clangen, and Greyswoop from @boughclan-clangen!

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someone: no! you're supposed to play football normally!

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[trafficshippingtournament]

Get Ready for the Traffic Shipping Tournament of 2025!!!!!

It is time to vote for your favourite ships again!!!

The top 32 ships from the 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series fandom on ao3 was chosen to take part in this tournament (The stats of which you can see here)

However unlike last years match placements, which were random, this year we're giving everyone an opponent of their size by placing them in pairs by their order (Basically: 1 with 2, 3 with 4, 5 with 6,... so on and so on)

Every round of polls will last a week

Finally and most importantly, be kind to each other. This is just a silly tournament

Tags for easy navigation:

The actual match polls -> Polls

If you want support your ship by more than just voting, you can make your own propaganda posts and ask me to reblog them (with the link to the posts) or send me your propaganda in the asks to share for you! Propaganda could be anything from stellar art to incoherent yelling about your faves to bribing -> Tournament Propaganda

Fun stats about the polls for those who enjoy them! -> Tournament Stats

[hood-ex]

@dustorange you are so insane for this, I love yooou.

“You resent me,” Dick says quietly, breaking the silence. “Don’t you?” Bruce’s hand spasms. He jerks his chin to his chest hastily, surprised. He tries to cover it.  “No, I don’t.” “Yes, you do,” Dick says. “You do. Because I’m not him. You resent me for being something different from what he was. For not remembering. I can tell.” Bruce exhales sharply. It’s unsettling how well he knows him even now. But it’s still not the same.  “I don’t begrudge you having your life taken away from you, D—” he stops. “I don’t begrudge you anything. I—you are significant, to me, and I—” There is another silence, the trees rustling.  “...I wanted you back more than I ever wanted anyone else back from the dead. More than I ever wanted anything in my entire life.”

THE LAST LINES. THE LAST LINES!!!