#FOREVER KISSING YOU BACK

[idliketobeatree]

@dont-offend-the-bees okay my darling first of all

AND SECOND OF ALL. i am gobsmacked by your commentary, thank you for taking the time to write these tags despite the cold sickly weather day!! you picked up on so many things i usually only hope people will find, and it feels like the biggest prize that you scored so many!!

(we both agree on charles in the middle supremacy <3)

and the way you described their individual voices!! excuse me! plucked them out of my brain but better! absolutely brills detail cought that you can technically read them as separate and they will make sense, but you feel there's something lacking all the same, waiting on the sidelines, and that only when they're together there is true harmony.

i hope you don't mind me turning this reblog for the director's cut for the poem!!

so here are my scattered thoughts:

starting out, i had to think about how each character would feel about their developed relationship. how it makes their life more rich? what would change about their self-perception? what can they take for themselves?

trying to breach the gap between magical and time-suspended in centuries cat king, and quite young in terms of their afterlife edwin and charles. especially charles.

charles in the middle, because this is an equilateral triangle, not a love corner around edwin; not payneland + ck, not catwin + charles. nothing wrong with those! just not the vibes i wanted

the most challenging part is not even the melding, but balancing between (what i imagine to be) their inner voice and actual poetic phrases. i don't want to feel restrained by their vocabulary, but sometimes finding the sweet middleground means you need to take down a notch of poetics for their voices to be still believable.

charles finding the strength within himself to heal-- with their combined power and support. he always includes himself in the picture. "six arms to form / all the goo inside of me" or "three dimensional beings": he recognises himself as part of the trio and he knows he doesn't have to do this alone

there's a wondrous, analysing part of edwin's brain that's somehow pleasantly surprised by this situation; he can't help but wonder what he'd be missing out on.

this poem is basically a playground. i've shown you four games these kids like to play, and they're bound by rules, but there are about ten more hidden mini-games in there. for example:

hurray! you can pick and pluck the lines from each individual poem to make new meanings! i underlined just four options.

charles' poem makes similar sense, but takes on different personal priorities if you read it from the bottom to the top

AND technically you CAN pair them up, the poems. edwin's and charles' work together well. so do charles' and tck's. it's vital for them to have a dialogue, the partnership wouldn't last otherwise.

edwin's and tck strong connection is implied, but they're on opposite sides for a reason. tck already feels a bit on cloud nine about the whole arrangement and i feel like. charles grounds him? keeps him from seeing god in edwin's eyes, you know?

THE STRUCTURE: a bit silly, but it does looks like charles is reaching out to both of them. i'm emotional about it.

AND ALSO. the closest they ever get during the line "the moment of crowning / clarity on where you stand, double-adored / a chance i never stood", because it's REALLY something that brings them together. you can't argue with that. ghostcat to me only works if all puzzle pieces fall into place, there is clear communication, there is love from all sides, the humbling and mortifying realisation that you can't be loved and protect yourself at the same time-- and in order to do that, you must get uncomfortably close.

i think that's it! thanks for reading to the end, and see you in the next poems <3

dead boy detectives contrapuntal poems — 4 — (1) (2) (3) for @dont-offend-the-bees, @dear-monday and @tw0-ravens <3

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[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

eternally thinking about alex giggling through his lyrics when miles tries to kiss him

[the-one-that-weeps]

Every time someone in this godforsaken fandom says "I think we've talked about misogyny enough" I want to hit them with a hammer. No we haven't.

We haven't even talked about the deep "Ruikasa&Akitoya Vs. literally everyone else" imbalance enough but imagine all of the people that get pressured into writing specifically for male/male ships simply because otherwise they won't get any appreciation.

Yes it's a cowardly thing but when you see Ruikasa having over 4000 fics and Ichisaki having like 5 in total obviously you're going to be discouraged. Obviously you'll be biased into creating Ruikasa instead of other ships.

And as someone who depends on appreciation in particular to do any work at all obviously that's going to have a lasting consequence. Some people spend 4 hours crying in front of a screen just for 3 people to like their work and leave, it's understandable if they lose passion for creating at all, you guys killed them.

It's even in how we handle m/m ships. You go into a fic that's tagged Rui&Tsukasa(platonic), someone in the comments always goes "okay but when do they kiss". You go to an action-packed longfic, someone always ends up going "okay but when do they kiss".

Fuck you guys. Actually. This is a silly piano tiles game about Hatsune Miku, we should be one of the MOST CREATIVE fandoms in history and somehow people still get mad over two boys not kissing immediately after getting introduced. It's so fucking difficult being a content creator in this fandom because you always end up having to take the same route. They meet they tease they kiss. End of story. "Oh you're doing something "lame" instead? -1 kudo. Bring me my yaoi next🖕"

[spearxwind]

Happy 10th birthday to Cercerion!

OUGHHH UR RIGHT CERCIE IS 10 YEARS OLD NOW !!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY BOY BELOVEDEST DID NOTHING WRONG EVER IN HIS WHOLE LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nyxofdemons]

i can't believe anyone ever doubted that these two had a romantic angle to their dynamic like LOOK at this shit. look at how fizz is hanging onto him. the casual easy intimacy. the purple lights like one of those heart eyes filters. this is so goddamn romancepilled teenage pining core

[pareidolla]

on the topic of cheat-coded (heh) songs, i associate him and razor with "that unwanted animal" esp in the context of then as a ship

i'm the touch you crave, i'm the plans that you made / but fuck all your plans, i'm bored

we've done it, boys! we've broken chearazor down to it's bare fundamentals! banger song btw ♡♡

speaking of chearazor yippee i have an excuse to finish this

(he said no)

[humlase]

Neil's mother may have been abusive, but that doesn't stop him from missing his mom and Abby is right there to pick up the pieces.

Or in other words, Abby gives great mom hugs.

[castielsprostate]

genuinely though if they continue venom without tom hardy, or without eddie brock, i will blow myself up and not in a good way

[kaiser1ns]

TAKIISHI CHIKA IN CHAPTER 153

[gunthermunch]

SLASHED - day DOCE. the killers.

the truth is: there is no vampires in windenburg. instead, deep in the woods, there is a cannibalistic cult led by a tall pale man. he never gets his hands dirty tho, that's what his two most skilled and loyal followers (one more than the other) are for.

[bleaksqueak]

Honestly, I'm really grateful that my brain isn't wired to jump from hyperfixation to hyperfixation. It has its own unique drawbacks, sure, but I've always found it really comforting that I know what to expect from myself.

[teatitty]

Anytime this scene pops back up on twitter it never fails to make me laugh this was by far the funniest and best moment from that tedious war arc but what this screenshot misses is when Madara ACTUALLY LISTENS and spends a bit sulking right after. It's so good I love this glimpse into what their relationship was like when they were alive

[abernathyvalois]

Hm

[laesas]

I don't know how much more explicit the message of "THIS IS GROOMING" could have been without Be On Cloud superimposing it in all-caps text over every one of Non and his teacher's scenes. People interpreting that as "cheating" are cracked in the fucking head.

[lotus-pear]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BESTIE!!

Imagine being 17 that’s so cringe /j

Anyway here’s ur present from me

OH MY GOD HELP HOLD ON FUCKING GOD I WHAT OMG I CANT WHAT SUMIIIIIII⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

THIS FIXED MY MARRIAGE CURED MY DEPRESSION GAVE ME STRAIGHT A’S WATERED MY CROPS BECAME MY THERAPIST TOOK ME BY THE HAND SHOWED ME THE LIGHT INVENTED HAPPINESS BECAME THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF GORGEOUS ASCENDED TO THE HEAVENS INVENTED NEW COLORS BECAME MY WILL TO LIVE MY SOLE GUIDE IN LIFE

BRO IS SO BEAUTIFUL, HANDSOME, PRETTY, ELEGANT, BREATHTAKING, GORGEOUS, ATTRACTIVE, CHARMING, HEAVENLY, STUNNING, EXQUISITE, CUTIEFUL, MAGNIFICENT, DIVINE, ALLURING, PLEASING, LOVELY, DELIGHTFUL, APPEALING, ENGAGING, WINSOME, RAVISHING, GORGEOUS, GLAMOROUS, IRRESISTIBLE, BEWITCHING, BEGUILING, GRACEFUL, AESTHETIC, HOT, SEDUCTIVE, FOXY, DIVINE, BEDDABLE, DAZZLING, FINE, GOOD LOOKING, GRACEFUL, GRAND, SPLENDID, SUPERB, WONDERFUL, SUBLIME, STATUESQUE, RAVISHING, RADIANT, IDEAL, ENTICING, CLASSY, ADMIRABLE, FANCY, ANGELIC, BEAUTEOUS, LUSCIOUS, FETCHING, ADORING, ADORABLE, SKRUNKLY, EMBELLISHING, FLAWLESS, PERFECT, PERSONABLE, DESIRABLE, SEDUCTIVE, SNAZZY, STRIKING, SHOW STOPPING, GLOSSY, EYE CATCHING, PRIME, TOP NOTCH, SENSATIONAL, PREMIUM, TEMPTING, MAGNETIC, CAPTIVATING, PREPOSSESSING, BRIGHT, LUMINOUS, CURVACEOUS, DOLL LIKE, TANTALIZING, FLAMBOYANT, GLORIOUS, SPECTACULAR, FANTASTIC, DANDY, JAW DROPPING, RAPTUROUS, BLISSFUL, SUMPTUOUS, LUXURIOUS, PALATIAL, SWANKY-

[thetardisisnotourdivision]

When you see a post about romance or kissing or sm and just for a second you can't help but think of the person you're in unrequited love with.