#that's how strong the bond is

[pianokantzart]

Luigi is The Most Loyal MVP On The Planet

Mario has a dream to quit his construction job and start his own plumbing business? Luigi believes in that dream enough not only follow after his brother, but join him in investing their life savings in a commercial. 

Mario is parkouring through an active work zone to get to their destination because the van won’t start? Luigi follows best he can, despite not being nearly as coordinated or daring as his brother. 

Mario sees a city-wide plumbing emergency unfolding on TV in the middle of the night? Luigi is already letting himself get dragged outside to whatever craziness Mario is planning.

Mario’s jumping into a watery whirlpool spinning down an open manhole? Shuffling across an unsteady pipe over a precarious pit in a gambit to save Brooklyn? Luigi is terrified, but he follows close behind.

Despite how obvious it is that Bowser loathes Mario for traveling with his “fiancee,” Luigi proclaims his admiration for his brother in a fit of terror, with how much he misses him outshining any sort of rational thought.

When the final battle in Brooklyn erupts, Luigi hides in a dumpster. He is a frightened everyman caught in the middle of a battle between superpowers. He has no training, no power ups, and barely even any knowledge of power ups beyond what he’s witnessed. But then he sees his wounded big brother reenter the scene to face Bowser, and Luigi knows that he needs to join the fight too.

Mario takes up residence in a dimension that, to Luigi, has been filled with nothing but terror and mayhem? Of course he’s going to join him. They’re a team!

NGL, I’d fight a gorilla for Luigi too. 

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Normal Friend Behaviour.

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[alexwilltellyouthings]

There's one thing, though, that makes romantic payneland better.

It's NOT that the love or bond would be stronger, or that it's "more than friendship", etc. This post I did about the line between platonic/romantic is where I stand in this regard.

The thing is: Edwin wants something new now. And it's unbalanced, when one part is craving for something and the other is not.

That doesn't mean the relationship is at risk. I'm not talking about the feeling, I'm talking about what you want to do about it. The feeling is there and it's safe. But not being able to express it as you wish, having to repress the desire to touch and speak new words and act differently, well, that hurts anyway.

In another world, maybe Edwin could eventually stop craving those things, but I don't really see it happening. Not in a looong time, at least.

So if Charles reciprocates, that is them finding the balance again. It's not about loving more, it's about loving the same way, you know? If Edwin wasn't in that place, they could remain platonic forever and nothing would change. But Edwin is there. So I really need Charles to follow.

[dailyloopdeloop]

DAY 94: antiquing

[riricitaa]

Ladies and gents, the Chris Evans effect:

[fakakta-art]

Happy Hanukkah! My gift to you- some quick lil doodles of the batfam celebrating!

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

There is a cyclic tragedy inherent to Mori's character wherein he's actually a deeply lonely man, but it's mostly because his resolve to do morally reprehensible things and think of people as pieces on the game board is something he prioritizes over his relations with those very same people, and this inevitably pushes them away (for very understandable reasons). And it kind of sucks honestly because the most frustrating thing about Mori is that he 100% has the potential to be a fantastic teacher and mentor, and more than that, I think he loves it! Just look at Beast! But for as long as he decides he needs to be the one to make "the hard calls" to "preserve peace", then Mori will inevitably continue in this cycle of alienating all the people he has a fondness for.

I do feel as though Mori's loneliness is something he views as a necessary sacrifice that he is making for the greater good (and if he is so willing to sacrifice, then Dazai's unwillingness to do the same comes out of left field because - "what do you mean? you're supposed to be just like me!").

Anyways.

Mori voice: "I'm so alone"

Also Mori: *continues to prioritize pure logic over the emotions of his people and himself*

The people: *get rightly angry and/or become extremely traumatized and leave him*

Mori voice: "I did what needed to be done"

Mori: "..."

Mori: "..."

Mori: "I'm so alone"

Sir. You are doing this to yourself.

[akkivee]

inspired by veil

[clambuoyance]

I’m sure it’s because not many people know but kon actually has a lot of different sources for angst potential! He’s engineered to be a copy of earths greatest hero yet constantly struggling to find out who he is outside of a given purpose. He galavants around with the idea that he’s independent enough to be his own boss, but from the moment of his creation he’s been told who to be or exploited by the people he meets. He’s both treated like an adult yet punished for acting like a kid. He makes mistakes and often feels like a screw up but he gets up and tries again every time! He’s acts like the S symbol is both something he already deserves (because that’s what he was made for) yet acts as if he constantly has to prove he’s worthy. He didn’t have a name for the first years of his publication history, and for a long time he didn’t know how to be anything other than Superboy (and maybe he’s still figuring that out). He cried tears of joy when Superman finally gave him his very own Kryptonian name and verbally accepted him into the family, a testament to how important that journey of identity and belonging is to him. At the same time, why did it have to take so long?

His life is constantly being uprooted, and he can never settle in one place long enough to call it home. He deserves agency and stability, yet his life is often slipping out of his own control. He yearns for a mother or father, and maybe if he had one, he wouldn’t feel so lost. For a while, he thought he would never grow up and be who he needs to be, which is ironic given how many people are quick to call him immature. He cares so much for his friends and family, and he is pained when people leave and feels immensely guilty when he hurts the people he cares about. Regardless of what he may think, those people are happy to remind him that they think of him as family too and they’ll travel across time and space and to the ends of the earth for him.

Despite being created in a lab to be a copy of someone else, ironically he is brimming with a unique personality that is sometimes sought to be stifled. But he’s tied so much worth into who he’s supposed to be that shaking that foundation shakes his very core and is a source of insecurity. He acts so differently from Clark, yet so similarly as well. He wants to be Superman, but both emulates him and fights to be Different from him. He believes in seeing the good in people, even if it lands him into trouble, and though he may doubt it or question it he really is a hero at heart. He’s like Clark where it matters, but everything else—his personality and style, his connections to his friends and family, his struggles and triumphs—all of that is completely his own.

He may not have figured out everything it meant to be human, but he’s loved enough to die for it. To die would indeed be an awfully great adventure, but like J.M. Barrie said, “To live would be an awfully big adventure.” And Kon has certainly experienced it all, good and bad.

<3

[zingaplanet]

Ok but are you talking about complicated relationship or are you talking about John Lennon and Paul McCartney meeting when they were just 15 & 17, who decided then and there that they will change the whole world forever, who fell in love with music and skipped school to write songs eyeball to eyeball every day, who wanted to be credited as Lennon/McCartney because all their craft should always be remembered as one, who changed history and wrote music that still inspired generations for the next 5 decades together, who've lived together and saw each other almost every day for more than 10 years, who were each other's biggest rivals driving each other mad trying to outwrite history's greatest hits, who were each other's greatest inspiration and source of jealousy, who had a bond so intense their wives said they never looked at anyone else like they looked at each other,

who ended their musical partnership and friendship through an article in the press, who didn't properly speak again for almost 8 years and only communicated through veiled insults in each other's solo records and media, whose breakup of friendship drove each other to substance and drug abuse for over a decade, who lost a battle to time as the other was gunned down just when they started properly connecting again, who said the night he was murdered that the other was family, and family always forgave each other,

and McCartney who never showed up to induction ceremonies but cried as he said, "John Lennon, you made it, tonight you're in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" because they always promised they'd conquer the world together, who still showed up to gun laws march in Central Park 40 years after Lennon was murdered across the street, who spent every single interview he got telling people to tell their loved ones "i love you" before it's too late, because he never forgave himself for never being brave enough to say it.

[sircolinmorgan]

ENDEAVOUR | LAZARETTO.

[fromtheseventhhell]

The first mention of Arya in the story being "Arya is already in love" is so important and precious to me

[yuseirra]

**persona 3 reload spoilers**

P3R adventures- summoning thanatos

[spacecravat]

the unintentional yet powerful homoerotic vibes of 100+ year old books that didn’t yet know they had to be afraid of male friendships in case it looked gay to the viewers

[nobleriver]

In death, I carry you with me, my eternal companion, a broken melody.

[riodoesstuff]

IDK why but to me it is kinda hard to "romance" myself with a fictional character; Like I don't want to kiss them or anything like that, I guess I just kinda want to hold hands, give hugs and spend time together in a way that we create such a strong bond that we become important in eachothers lives

I guess those are also my feelings about "being in relationships" that I couldn't really formulate,

if this has a name then idk what it is but it would be nice to know that im not alone