#“Norman of course also loves Ray but they are so similar that him simping for Emma wins out lmao”
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when the polyphobia come out and you make an entire account just to complain on a post
i don't understand how some people interpret norman and ray's relationship as like. this vaguely competitive thinly veiled rivalry for emma's heart. or even that theyre not friends at All and only tolerate eachother for her. like did we watch the same show??? i know our brains have been rotted by lame heteronormative 2/5 star romances but yall.
Ray did not spend six years planning an escape and literally staking his life on the escape of a guy he tolerated. i guess i understand how people can think theyre not Really friends like they are with Emma from the scene where Ray gets revealed to be the traitor. but Norman's initial thought to use Ray wasn't some plan he'd just been Waiting to use to get his rival out of the way, it was just logic. Norman relies on logic above all else as a default, which is why he needs Emma, but thats a whole other conversation. Anyways- if nothing else, the time between it getting revealed that Norman's getting shipped, and him Actually getting shipped shows just how Much they All care about eachother. Ray was willing to break his arm and get sick to save Norman, he abandoned all logic for their makeshift plan to save Norman. Not to mention Norman's little speech about how he couldn't bare to have either of them die in his place. oh yeah also all the grief when Norman realized what Ray planned to do to trigger the escape. it Is a little more subliminal in the anime though so i can get that being missed. i know i missed it the first time i watched it
#ksdsjflk holy shit???#it's the vitriol of something that is ultimately of no material consequence on the world that always does me in with these things#also the complete worst interpretation/bad faith take of Rosalie's reply like#“I genuinely don't think Ray would ever acknowledge his own feelings if Norman and Emma were together.”#“Norman of course also loves Ray but they are so similar that him simping for Emma wins out lmao”#= “Noremma and everyone who ships it is EVIL actually” ???#read: i do not like that you are not playing with these toys in the exact same way as me in your own little corner of the fandom#when it wasn't even the viability of NE vs RE being discussed#but the false belief there was a rivalry founded on the basis of a love triangle inextricably integrated into the core of the narrative#by virtue of being a REN shipper you kind of have to like NE in some capacity it's an entire third of the ship#but ig tbf you might have tempted fate putting this in all the ship tags instead of just the poly ones ash rip /lh#something something canon fidelity adherence is a complex and nuanced topic#with some death of the author thrown in#Long Post#Fandom Salt#Fandom Wank
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