#He’s just a romantic your honor

[duskspring]

I’m a ‘secretly soft Secondo’ truther (NSFW under the cut)

He might not always show it in public but if he’s actually with someone romantically this man will know exactly how to make them feel special.

~First of all, for the ‘in public’ part, he indeed doesn’t appear very soft. I do believe he’s quite touchy, but not ‘kisses on the cheek/hand holding’ touchy. It’s more possessive: an arm around their waist/lower back, a hand on their thigh if they’re sitting down, generally having them be by his side the whole time

~Once they get away from prying eyes however, he’s a lot softer: long, slow kisses and words of praise about how stunning they look and how he couldn’t keep his eyes off of them all night

~He’s absolutely the type to say “I would give you the stars if only you asked. I could never deny you anything”. Just a lot of very outwardly romantic words in general

~Spoiling his partner on dates, think fancy dinners and gifts. Only the best for his beloved

~Has anyone hurt or bothered his partner? He won’t hesitate to make a fucking scene about it if it’s necessary, though he prefers fucking with that person in small ways that pile up FAST

~Will sing or read Italian poetry to his partner, especially if they’re feeling down

~Dancing. Having his partner’s head tucked underneath his chin while they slow dance to an old Italian record of his

~He likes having his partner watch him while he works, whether that’s him doing paperwork or cooking a meal. Even if no words are spoken, he appreciates the company

~Allowing himself to laugh around his partner in general. That deep rumbling in his chest only reserved for the one he is closest to

~Though he’s never really the one to initiate it, if his partner wants to cuddle he would never deny them. And though he greatly prefers keeping their head on his chest or arm around their waist, if he’s in a good mood he’ll sometimes allow himself to be the little spoon (especially if his partner is way smaller than him, he finds it more humorous)

~I think he heavily prides himself on his ability to make his significant other (or really anyone) feel good sexually. Yes, he’s more of the type to take charge, but that doesn’t mean he won’t spend hours between his partner’s legs, making sure they feel impossibly fulfilled by the end, even if that leaves them with no energy to get him off in return

[my masterlist]

[tremendously-crazy]

Relationship envy except I envy the bond between iconic fictional characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

[bicheetopuff]

I don't believe iz/ch is canon bc like why would you forget abt the tragic intense sapphic romance you had and build an entire system to help that girl that died for you for some gay boy you had a crush on in hs 😭

same goes for izk. why would you forget abt the intense rival friendship with your devoted childhood friend that died (twice) for you and declared that he wanted chase after you forever and funded your power to make it happen for some gay girl you were friends with in hs

(i'm joking, obv)

Wdym you’re joking? You’re literally right.

[crystallizsch]

these valentines day cards for scarabia got me blushing, giggling, and kicking my feet fr (also featuring me unnecessarily analyzing them) (i really hope the cards are in the right order i think they are or else everything that i say here will look incredibly silly)

━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ kalim al-asim:

To my dear friend— Thanks for the present! What colorful and sparkly sweets. They look delicious! I just had an idea! How about we eat them together after school? Gifts like this taste better when shared, after all. I'll pick out a good tea to go with them. Can't wait to see you later! ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

To my dear friend— Thanks for the gift! It's flattering to know you picked this out for me! I'll treat you to anything you like in return—food, live entertainment, an item you've been pining after... You just say the word. ...On second thought, no. I'll come up with something myself! Just like you came up with this gift to give me. ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

Hey love, Thank you for that wonderful gift! Getting something like this from you just put a smile on my face! Let me throw you a feast to show my gratitude! After that, I'll take you on a magic carpet ride, it'll be really fun! ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESSION BETWEEN THE CARDS???

on kalim's first card, it's really cute but it also feels just like his usual demeanor where he treats everyone as a friend.

but on to the second card, it looks like he's definitely feeling more strongly enough about you to think "hey let me get you something too!! let me be your genie of the lamp!" at least right before realizing it would be more meaningful to give you a surprise gift as well like you did.

his "dear friend" on the second card is more real this time.

BUT OMG THE WHIPLASH TO THE THIRD CARD

"HEY LOVE" ???? KALIM WHAT WHEN I TELL YOU MY HEART JUST WENT HFDSNSFHDJFDK PLSS HE CANT DO THIS TO ME 💀💀💀 THE "MY DEAR FRIEND" -> "HEY LOVE" PROGRESSION YOUR HONOR HE IS IN LOVE(???) NO IT’S PROBABLY JUST A REALLY AFFECTIONATE TERM OF ENDEARMENT CONSIDERING THAT IT’S KALIM (*denial* *denial* *denial*)

the closest ones (that are available) to doing something similar is jade who goes from "my good friend" -> "my dearest" and vil who goes from "dearest friend" to "my dear"

anyways, the third card is kalim finally wanting to go ALL OUT as a way to show you how he feels about you and how thankful he is. he's literally all about having fun with the person he cares about. making every moment memorable.

kalim's love language is also very much extravagant gifts since he's raised in a wealthy family where everything has been handed to him. that's probably how he got the mindset that gifts are the way to show love and affection because that's how his family did it for him. so the bigger the gift the better he can show you how he feels.

━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ jamil viper:

Hello— I was surprised to see you gifted me sweets. At first I wondered if you were hinting for me to make you something similar... But when I pulled the gift out of the bag, I saw all the details you put into it, right down to the ribbon. It's clear this was a heartfelt gesture. I'll treasure these treats as I eat them. Thank you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

Hello— I'll admit it. I'm beyond surprised. I suppose a heartfelt "thank you" is in order. In fact, why don't we meet at the school store after class tomorrow? Hopefully I'll be able to find you something to return the favor. ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

Dear friend, Thank you for the gift. To think I would receive something from you... Well, it caught me off guard. I'd like to give you something in return. Hmm... What should it be? What might you like? Why don't you come down to Scarabia sometime and we'll discuss over a cup of tea. ━━━━━━━━━━━━✦

jamillll;;;

on the first card, he was suspicious of receiving a gift. at first he's like "are you just giving me something so i could give you something as well?" until he realized "oh this is legit" and that you’re not expecting anything back. and then he just enjoys it which is hella cute.

on the second card (unlike the last one) he's now like "let me get you something in return because i really appreciate the gesture". here i think he's still genuinely confused that you still decided to give him a gift. but at this point it feels like he's only offering to get you something in return because he feels like he has to just to show his gratitude. kinda like a fair transaction.

it seems that jamil is still like "why me". like, you cared enough to see and acknowledge him to even consider getting him a gift. which i believe is something he's not used to. so he just wants to "return the favor" by offering you to go find something you like :)

and the third card;;;

"DEAR FRIEND" GOT. MEEE. YOUR HONOR I LOVE HIMMMMM

i know for other people "friend" is not on the same level as the romantic "love" but i personally feel as strong with platonic relationships as with romantic ones (if not more) and this hit me HARD.

for the third one he's finally comfortable enough to consider you a friend. but he still sounds flabbergasted that you still even thought of him (and **you** specifically) (like he didn't imagine that you'd even give him a gift).

and now this is less of a transaction but more of like he *wants* to make sure that he gets you something that you'd really like. it's not simply just "hey let's go to the school store and see what's available as a thanks", this time it's "hey i really appreciate that you got me something so let's discuss what i can get you as well. i'll be your genie of the lamp, anything is possible (within reason)"

(original twitter thread with these cards)

[pepperuni]

Just started the 5th ep of tua s4 and idk if this is controversial for some but I just came to here to say i do NOT support five x lila!!!! can writers please stop going "well, if 2 people spend an extended amount of time with just each other, OF COURSE they'll fall in love"!!!! lila is still married and also an adult!!! five is aroace and in a minor's body (or close to, idk his exact age atp)!!!

(Please don't take this too seriously i beg)

[aka-indulgence]

(This thing I just thought of that would be good as a comic but I’m just gonna write it out dhjf)

Sans tells you he’s gonna teach you how to go through an encounter

You go :OOOO “Yes please!!”

He starts the encounter. “Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans” plays in the background.

teaches you how to act (you use it to joke or flirt or hug, etc.)

“heheheh, thanks. look out, it’s my turn, you need to learn how to dodge my attacks, ‘kay?”

You get really pumped for it, your soul’s in encounter mode, you see Sans materialize something…

… and then a single.. tiny bone… drags over the floor to you. You basically just step out of the way.

“whoa you did so good! ok that’s all for the lesson.”

“…. Wait that’s it?”

*Sans is sparing you.

“Wait… no that can’t be real, give me something tougher! You told me you’re going to teach me to dodge right?”

He’s yawning. “i mean sure, but we’re just going to prolong the encounter, no one’s gonna attack you. we’re on the surface and i’m not gonna let some stranger pull you into an encounter.”

“Just, give me something more threatening!”

“ok… here goes,”

He sends two tiny bones at you. You dodge the first one and then purposefully put your feet on the second one. -1HP.

“hey that’s ok. i can heal that up for you,”

“Sans that was a tap, I’ll live.”

*Sans heals you.

He yawns again.

“ok that’s all my energy for the day, spare me and lets go home.”

“M….. o…kay.”

*You spare Sans. And the encounter ends.

[mamamittens]

They got a crush~

But how do they act? How did they realize?

SFW

Ace

Boy doesn't realize shit. He's really obvious about to everyone but himself. He's more touchy with you than literally anyone else. He laughs louder, shows off harder, and is generally a lowkey mess. Until it's suddenly made so much worse.

He's talking about his little brother in the East Blue who's going to be the Pirate King--no cap--and realizes that he really can't wait to introduce you two. Two so very dear and important people to himself. And then it hits. Hard. He wants Luffy to meet his 'dad' and 'brothers' sure, but he needs Luffy to like you and the other way around.

Because he really likes you.

He never lives down how close the Moby was to sinking due to the fire Ace immediately created turning into a bonfire. Of course, this clues everyone else into the fact that he's realized his feelings but if anyone missed it, Ace avoiding you like the plague while staring at you from around corners would have done it.

Now, whether or not you confront him, this stalking phase won't last forever because Ace misses you. He misses being next to you. Enjoying your company and not just the echo of your laugh.

And so, Ace, with his heart on his sleeve, tells you the truth of his name. And he cries and laughs and kisses you when he realizes that you don't care.

He doesn't let go of your hand for hours. Marvels at the steady pulse in your wrist--proof that someone so perfectly alive would want him with all his issues. When he's down low he can never bring himself to seriously push you away because the thought of you leaving for real breaks him. He's not magically better just because you return his feelings but... life doesn't seem so hopeless when you take his hand. His blood doesn't seem so corrupt anymore when you kiss his cheek in the morning without thinking. Late one night he holds you close and whispers something against your skin.

Thank you for loving me.

Marco

He's more self aware than Ace, so he's got that going for him. But it does take a bit for him to confirm that he has serious feelings for you. In the meantime, any chance he gets, he spends time with you. Mostly little chitchat, watching you in the corner of his eye. Measuring his own reaction to you. How often his heart skips when you say his name with a laugh. The pride he feels when you focus all your attention on him with admiration. He wants to amaze you and reassure you all at once.

He holds the fond feelings your smile gives him. How he thinks about you even when he should be working on paperwork. He holds it close to his chest while he decides if this is something he wants to cherish alone or try and see if it doesn't turn into something bigger. It's when he can't imagine living his life without at least trying that he decides.

Those that know him well can probably guess he's caught feelings but he's pretty chill about it while thinking it over. Though his reaction to you getting overwhelmed in a fight is... certainly telling. He's never far from you in battle. Not hovering but definitely not more than a heartbeat away.

And then one day, just as the sun was setting, Marco goes up to you. Casually leaning against the railing as he tells you about his feelings. Bears his heart like he could heal instantly if it broke. He's open to the possibility of acceptance or rejection. He's a grown man. He can handle it. It's a risk, but he's beyond caring about anything beyond you in this moment.

The look of surprise and relief when you respond in kind is just a fraction of the warmth in Marco's chest when he kisses you for the first--but certainly not the last--time. Every chance he gets, he holds you close. Feeling you breathing against his side as he works, the warm brush of hands in greeting when you pass by. He follows you without thought simply because he's already decided there's nowhere else he'd rather be.

Thatch

He knows himself pretty well. When he first saw you, he knew he was in trouble immediately. Actually talking to you just confirmed it. Although he was kind of in denial for a bit, desperately hoping that his ridiculous heart would just chill the fuck out if he gave it time.

It did not.

And he was in the middle of a monotonous kitchen chore, dicing vegetables for stew, when he realized he didn't want it to. He wanted to feel his heart stutter everytime you said his name. His head to always turn in your direction when you laugh. His hand to reflexively guide itself to yours when you walked side by side or gravitate to your back so he could feel your heartbeat in his palm.

And he was man enough to admit he wanted you to feel that way too. He was madly, ridiculously in love and not ashamed of it in the least. And when he realized that, he became very familiar with the aftertaste of yearning on his tongue while wondering if you could taste it too when you said his name. He wanted to share everything with you that your gentle hands could hold and everything else could rest safely in his.

Of course, he couldn't just tell you his feelings.

He had to make a whole thing of it.

In fact, you knew what he was up to long before the main course of a private meal because subtlety was far from Thatch's vocabulary. Anymore roses and candles and you'd think he was proposing--oh no he's going to be so fucking dramatic about proposing you could already tell. The confession barely left his lips before you laughed and kissed him silent, much to his utter surprise.

He did whoop with joy as he lifted you into a spinning hug, and yes it was very loud. Whoever somehow missed his obvious affection before now certainly didn't miss it afterwards. Kisses to your head/hair/hand/shoulder/literally anywhere near him when you happened to be close. Gentle touches and endless fond smiles.

Thatch is absolutely living his best life and is making sure you never regret returning his feelings--even if he's put out that you didn't let him recite his whole speech before responding. No, he still hasn't caught on to the fact that he was painfully obvious. But that's just part of his charm, I suppose.

[gentleman-aster]

Reasons why Count Dracula is babygirl:

Fictional

Old man

Homicidal

Kinda gay

Beyond redemption

Spooky and isolated

Tries to act formal and like his plans work but is actually pathetic and kinda silly

[jankwritten]

Jason and Nico are dating and in love and their connection is deep-rooted and incredibly complex and everything.

jason and hazel are best friends. They're besties. They hang out and try over-complicated coffee drinks together and they have sleepovers (with Nico ofc) where they gossip and paint each other's nails and swap stories about growing up and inevitably dive into trauma about their mothers and how that has affected them in the modern day.

Jason and Nico are dating but more often than not Jason has his arm around Hazel's shoulders when they all three hang out together. Nico is always reluctant about touch, or maybe only in the earlier stages of their relationship, but Hazel has no such reservations so she and Jason hug all the time. Jason carries Hazel around on his shoulders when they're in large crowds, usually with Nico holding onto the back of his shirt so they don't get split up.

Hazel and Jason have matching tattoos (Nico and Jason do too, but Jason and Hazel got theirs first). Hazel is the person Jason goes to when he first realizes he maybe wants to wear skirts. Jason is Hazel's first stop when she wants to spar or train with someone, because she KNOWS Jason will not hold back or pull punches.

Nico is beyond happy about all of this as well, because he loves Jason so much and so deeply but there are some days he just. cannot deal with people, he doesn't have the energy to talk or interact or even be in the presence of other people, and on those days, Jason and Hazel hang out and Nico knows that the two people he loves most are taken care of, that they will still be there when he's ready to see them again because they'll keep each other safe.

It's like. Jason and Nico are soulmates and they will always find each other, always save each other, always know each other. but Jason and Hazel are life partners in the way where they didn't fit at first but as they grew older and spent more time together they learned that they were both rebuffed by the walls each other put up and, actually, the person underneath is pretty cool.

Jason and Nico are married and Hazel lives in their third bedroom kind of situation. IDK. they are just important to me. they have to be Connected. near each other. spidey senses tingling when they're in danger.

(this rant brought on by the reminder that there are 7 different kinds of love given names in greek and Jason Hazel and Nico are three of them. Romantic, Familial, and some form of deep platonic.)

[narmothewraith]

You're just in denial Lucius /jk

[eastwardbound7]

Give me a Tim and Tam met in rich kid school au. Let them get into the stupidest shit while trying to do the mundane teenage things.

Let Tim be able to crash with her and her to go “another Tuesday with my local on fire train” despite her not yet knowing his secret identity

Let them grow apart in his robin days as they both get busy with different life events. Let them try to reconnect and have it fizzle out.

Then let Red Robin come and shove them back into each other.

After it all Him, Her, and Pru should go get food or something. Idk i didnt think this far

[nebula-award]

Bulkhead being pretty much the only one that calls Arcee "Cee" makes me so soft you don't understand

[bumblingbabooshka]

Ok. Get closer why don’t you.

[victorluvsalice]

-->As Harvestfest started in earnest! And, as Victor was already in the greenhouse, I had him kick off the celebrations by offering a pie to one of the happy standing gnomes in the corner by the front door!

The gnome was immediately like “Fuck you and fuck your pie.” XD Poor Victor pleaded for forgiveness, but only got a nasty shock for his efforts. I had him flee the greenhouse in favor of upgrading the dryer in the laundry nook by the stairs to ALSO be “Whisper Quiet” while Smiler busied themselves putting up some holiday-appropriate banners and bunting with the decoration box (not that anyone could really see any of it, given the miserable weather they were having, but it's the thought – and tradition – that counts). By the time they were done, all the gnomes had teleported to the living room to gather around the TV, so I had Smiler approach the “Guardian of the Gnomelaxy” alien gnome and offer it a future cube. It accepted happily, so I decided to have Smiler try pleading for forgiveness from the upset pie gnome –

Aaaand they got electrocuted too. Damn – and they’re the charismatic one! I had them flee back to the first floor hallway, where they hung out with Victor while he finished his upgrades, while Alice (after a quick bathroom break) came down to offer some coffee to one of the pool floatie gnomes. This was also accepted, so SHE tried her luck on the angry pie gnome, begging for mercy –

Aaaand got shocked (which unfortunately I didn’t get a proper picture of). This gnome was just NOT having it! All I could be grateful for was the fact that the happy gnomes seemed to be fixing the TV as much as he kept breaking it!

-->With the gnomes mostly appeased, and the thunderstorm having settled down and become a less-dangerous rain, I had Alice recover from her electrocution by listening to some classical music to fulfill a want while Smiler briefly went out and raked some leaves – and I mean VERY briefly, because I quickly decided they shouldn’t be raking them in the rain, that made no sense. And besides, they wanted to give Victor a hug, which I liked a lot more. Unfortunately, the original interaction ended up timing out by the time Victor was finished with the dryer upgrades – fortunately, this allowed me to make them embrace more romantically. :) And then I had Alice come in and give Victor a cuddle from behind, while Smiler looked on with interest. XD I love when I can do a little OT3 moment with them…

-->Anyway – with Necessary Romance done, I had Alice go back upstairs and finish her book while Victor appreciated the classical music from the living room phonograph before heading down into the basement to experiment with his cauldron and Smiler went upstairs to listen to some New Age tunes and do some yoga in their room. Mostly because I’d switched them over to the Inner Peace aspiration and the former would help them find peaceful surroundings. (Which reminds me, I gotta send them to that spa I built at some point…) Alice finished her book quicker than I anticipated, so I had her take advantage of the break in the weather to clean out the chicken coop and the cow pen – which took a bit longer than anticipated because she started cleaning up all the stinky leaf piles on the lot too, and her first attempt ended a T-pose and her dropping some random garbage on the ground. *shrug* Anyway, I put the garbage in the can for her and had her feed Toothy (who had the old cake tongue out) before sending her to muck out the cow pen – this she did successfully, AND managed to clean up more stinky leaf piles, this time without any T-posing. Yay! It’s nice to see the lot looking a lot cleaner, that’s for sure.

[hecksupremechips]

I always heard people say that Layla should’ve gotten with Warren Peace instead of Will in sky high but guys come on it’s 2023 we all all know she and warren were just bearding for each other I’m sick of pretending they weren’t

[kakusu-shipping]

Pre-relationship 4-6 for the Mario Bros.! (Or your favorite of those questions if you only want one haha)

Yes!!! More Mario Bros ramble!!! Blessed!! Thankyou!!

4. Who felt romantic feelings first?

Hard to say, sense they've always been like this. There's not a specific moment either of them could go back to and say when they fell in love, they've always loved eachother, you know?

Though Luigi was the first to recognize these feelings as romantic, and different than how he loved, say, their mom and dad, and that that was something important. Mario didn't think it mattered what kind of love they had, their mama had taught them Love is Love, so what does it matter, right?

This happened when they were like 7.

5. Did either of them try to resist their feelings?

Maybe not quiet resist, but Mario did consider it for a while.

Around middle school-ish age, 12 or 13, their mom sat the brothers down to explain the difference between Familial and Romantic love, and why that difference was important, kind of assuming they didn't really know the difference in their emotions yet.

The whole thing made Mario feel awful. He'd made his mother worry, his father angry, and worst of all he, the older brother, put Luigi on the line for his own selfish reasoning.

The only reason he didn't fully withdrawal from Luigi and stew in an early sea of self deprecation was Luigi rubbing it in Mario's face that he was right, that the love he has for Mario and the love he has for the rest of their family is different. He did an "I Told You So" dance and everything. He was right and Mario was wrong ha ha ha ha ha!

So yeah. Mario considered resisting his feelings for all of about 20 minutes before Luigi snapped him out of it, and reminded him why that would simply never work. Not for them.

6. If you had told one of them that the other would be their soulmate, what would they think?

Mario doesn't believe in soulmates, he's a simple guy and not all that romantic in the grand scheme sense. Luigi on the other hand is all about Cosmic Connection and the "Over and Over again, life after life, I will find you, and I fall in love with you again and again" kind of cheesy nonsense. He'd be over the moon about it.