#He’s my platonic soulmate istg

[dumb-ghost-child]

My favorite date was when I went and got $4 tamales and cheese with someone at the local French Market and we went and ate them at a train station because it was nearby and we kept talking and joking and we had the best fucking time ever. It was with my best friend. I love him sm.(/p)

i think you people put too much pressure on what is or isnt a date like a date is literally just being together with the person you want to be with

[fizzywashere87]

:(

@serendipitous-girl i remember when i first met you on here and we started talking about rottmnt and generally getting to know each other

and we made lil scenarios

and you were so kind and friendly to me and i was so excited to talk to you because you were the first online friend that i had made :(

and i remember when some weirdo dmed u saying 'i like your blog' and then they asked how old u were and then u told them you were a minor then we tried to find the blog and it was nowhere to be found:

"i like ur blog" *deletes bc ur a minor*

and remember when

and remember when we face revealed to each other and we were like omgomg ur so pretty and just like LUIYTRDHCGFVJFTGH

and remember when we manifested that u got discord so it would be easier to text and i would have to keep logging back onto tumblr

and remember when we made the blog and tried to troll our moots on it :(((

@fashionablysouly i remember when lori told me i should text u and that ur super cool and i said the only reason i didnt is bc i was too scared (i thought u didn't like me LMAO) but then i did it like a minute later

and you replied pretty quick

and you were like HIIIII

and i was like :DDDD

and we texted sm and abt rise donnie and i loved talking to you

i thought you were so so so so sweet

and then i got ur discord

and then i yapped more aboyt rise donnie ( i was so scared u wanted me to stfu but werent telling me)

AND REMEMBER WHEN WE STAYED UP TILL 4AM TALKING AND WE FACE REVEALED TO EACH OTHER

MY JAW DROPPED IN SHOCK BC OF HOW GORGEOUS YOU WERE AND YOU MADE ME SO HAPPY WHEN U TOLD ME U WANTED TO EAT ME

i was like THIS GORGEOUS GIRL THINKS IM PRETTY

and i had excited hand flaps or whatever tf

and then remember when i suggested i make a gc with lori so we could be bsfs and The Trio™

and then u had to do it bc i didnt know how

and then we all started chatting

@serendipitous-girl @fashionablysouly remember when the gc was made and we IMMEDIATELY all clicked like it was meant to happen

and we had the most fun time ever talking

and remember whenn i went through my breakup and you guys were telling me he aint shit and that i will be okay

(i was :D)

and i remember when the first thing i did when i came home from school was text you guys and we would text until late at night

and

and

the autism jokes :((((

remember when we would all three of us rant to each other and we would get hype with each other

and remember when u and lori got mad at each other and i was trying to fix it

i was littttt himothy

i like listening to the music i listened to at this time bc i was rlly happy and i always remember the feeling i had when i would text u guys

and @fashionablysouly remember when i tried your math work and i understood it

i felt so proud of myself bro

@serendipitous-girl i could NOT do urs tho LOL

and remember when we made ocs with each other and we made up the whole ass backstory

and remember when lori started her server and we became staff

i felt so himothy

remember when i was paranoid asf (lowk still am) but i was hella spiralling and u guys were like mf chill but liie <3

and remember when i made fun of u guys for sleeping so early

and remember when we got into beef with some people and we lit thought we ate

that shit was so entertaining i was cackling

i also remember actually laughing at ur guys' text msgs

like thats actually so hard to do

but u guys would actually make me laugh

istg i thought we were all platonic soulmates

i loved the racist jokes we made (towards each other)

i remember when lori almost stopped being friends with us and we didnt text her for two days until we couldnt take it anymore and then i literally ate and brought us back together

shit was so romantic omg

*literally combusstsss a nuttt*

pause

anyways

remember when lori started the mha roleplay and the server and then we got into hella beef and we started cooking like fr

that server was so fun

guys remember when i got into my fitness arc and i started lifting heavy ahh weights like i was himothy

my winter arc is coming up dont even fret

OMG GUYS

remember when souly was talking to one of her friends and then he started hinting that he wanted her so she took ten steps back LMAPAOAOA

and remember everytime souly mentioned a guy i would be like send that mf my way

and then i would crashout bc u guys always said no

and remember when we used to rate each others booties

and remember when we used to tmi

and remeber the tmnt OMG THE TMNTTTT

theres sm more that will come back to me but this was my peak 2024 :(

we didnt even make it to my birthday :(

ily guys sm and im gonna miss our gc and our servers and our tmi

i miss it sm :(

[dissectedgrrl]

okay so a while ago i mentioned a the good place rtc au

n so i finally made one :D

keep in mind this is j kind of a rough idea thing so not every detail is there but here are my ideas !! this also includes some headcanons for the characters so dont mind certain parts

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so it kind of follows the same plot as the show

karnak is like michael and he tells the choir where they are, what happened, etc

he got their names right + the fact that they were the choir n referred to as "the six saints" in the news

but he got their personalities mixed up with other students

he thinks they volunteered, helped out a lot of people, etc.

he doesnt know about mischa stealing wine, ocean bullying literally everyone, etc

but the choir knows its all wrong n have to find out what went wrong, how to get out, etc (just everything eleanor went thru)

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cast of characters :

Ocean O'Connell Rosenburg

she/her , lesbiaB, learning 2 languages, can speak 5

Ocean is in COMPLETE denial that she doesnt belong in the good place. i mean why wouldn't she ? shes ocean o'connell rosenburg. shes perfect. shes supposed to be here.

she tries to remain as perfect as possible while in the good place

she keeps calling karnak "god" no matter how many times he tells her there is no god in the good place. sometimes she does it on accident

the soulmate she got matched up with is constance

^ when she was told that she blurted out "WHAT ? WE ONLY KISSED ONCE !!!!" and everyone just kind of . . . . stared at her

most likely says the "all neutral people should go to Cincinnati" joke

Constance Blackwood

she/her, bilingual and bisexual

Constance doesn't want to leave the good place but she knows it isnt right for her to stay

she loves ocean, but being her soulmate takes a lot of patience (that constance sometimes doesnt have)

she got SO excited about the free froyo flavors

"mmm . . . . warm laundry flavor 😍"

when ocean said the kissing thing constance was j kinda like "🧍"

Savannah

("jane doe")

she/they/it, pan demisexual demiromantic (i swear im not projecting 😭 /srs)

i have a lot to say abt her 💀

since she doesnt know who she really is she tries to learn as much as she can in the good place

^ she always has a "why" to ask n gets frustrated if she cant figure something out

^ it LOVES learning

^ whenever something interests them they get really excited

karnak gave them their doll n when they asked why all he said was "shes nice"

^ ever since then shes LOVED dolls n just toys in general

its favorite thing to learn about is toys

it has a lot of toys n keep all of them in a toy chest

when she learned she could eat food she just didnt stop 😭

^ they LOVE food but their cooking skills arent the best . . . .

^ its favorite savory food is pizza. dont ask why they just like it . . . . all kinds of pizza too

she really really likes music as well

^ favorite artists are frank sinatra and edith piaf !!

its soulmate is ricky

^ she LOVES him like theyre so close (i havent decided if theyre gonna be platonic, romantic, or both, but for now lets j say theyre best friends !!)

^ her and rickys relationship kind of confuses her bc all the other souldmates kiss n hold hands n what not but her n ricky just kind of . . . . watch star trek and talk about their interests together

they HATE being photographed and recorded, the smell of smoke, big rollercoasters, and anything people use to smoke (weed especially)

it hates being called creepy and having people afraid of her

shes really nice and smart but no one (expect ricky n the rest of the choir) rlly gives them a chance :/

Mischa Bachinski

he/him, bi, speaks same languages as he does in canon universe

soulmate is noel

he loves music (we all know this) and listens to any recommendation he gets

has to try and keep calm while in the good place so no one gets suspicious

his weakness is animals . . . . show him a rabbit n he will cry istg

^ hes a dog person but tries to hid it bc noel prefers cats

he doesnt rlly like sweets but hes okay w the free froyo (only SPECIFIC flavors tho)

he asked karnak if his mom was also in the good place, but didnt get a straight answer, but karnak hinted at a yes

^ his goal is to find his mom while he has time in the good place

^ hes doing everything he can to find her and is convinced he gets closer every day

Noel Gruber

he/she, gay (and maybe bigender or genderfluid ? idk yet), speaks english n french

he rlly likes black coffee like . . . . a lot

^ mischa says he hates coffee, but hes never tried it so noel is determined to make him drink it

noel sees the good place as a second chance at life

^ she hopes to get to live out her monique dreams here

secretly hates mischa's music taste 💀

noel introduced jane to edith piaf !

Ricky Potts

he/they, pan + trans demiboy, can speak english n pig latin (when jane asked why he just said "itsyay ustjay oremay unfay anthay englishyay !")

he loves living with jane because he gets to ramble n he gets to hear her ramble as well

^ him n jane have cats ! :D

^ every other saturday night ricky n jane watch spiderman movies while eating pizza. they look forward to that saturday every week !

he actually CAN cook

he claims he doesnt have a favorite cat but Captain Butterscotch is always with him . . . . suspicious

one of their favorite pastimes is looking out the telescope thats in their backyard at night

^ he likes to name stars (even if they already have names)

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okay thats all i got so far ! if you have any suggestions or anything feel free to tell me ! srry if there are any spelling errors i wrote this down so fast bc i had to get these idea out or else i would implode 💔

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

ARI MLL IM SO SORRY THAT THIS IS SENT OUT SO LATE HSJSJS. I FEEL SO BAD FOR NOT REPLYING EARLIER 😭 it was assessment week and istg everyday was just filled with assignments/exams/pracs etc. i just wanna go back to high school already!! i’m not mentally prepared for this ☹️☹️

UR SO REAL ABT THE JJK DILFS THO. like they’ve raised my standards up for men so high haksjsj. i so badly want, no, NEED a college bf! geto in my life to make my very own uni life a lil more bearable. HES SO BF CODED OMG 😻 okok but hear me out. geto playing guitar?? i repeat. GETO PLAYING GUITAR??? more specifically ELECTRIC GUITAR PHEWWW. i’m sorry it’s been plaguing my mind for the past few days but i so believe that geto can play guitar w ease. hsjsjsj guitarist! geto has me melting icl 😭✋ with his piercings nd tattoos nd the reading glasses he wears at home hshshshs. its not a want, it’s a need 😔

AHHH UR SO RIGHT ABT STEM GIRLIES AND LIBERAL ARTS GIRLIES HOLDING HANDS HSJJSJ. us stem girlies have sm respect for you guys 🙇‍♀️ from what i’ve heard, lit is a pretty tough major (i took lit as an atar subject back in hs and i FAILED LMAOO). plus lit girlies are so knowledgeable it js blows my mind away. like give me ur brain please 🙏

i’ve tried getting out of my reading slump (WE’RE GETTING THERE WOOHOO!!) like i’ve recently started little woman by louis may alcott (a classic ik idk why i’m even referencing it shshs) and so far it’s pretty good! sometimes the dialogue throws me off a little since it was written so long ago and my mind just goes blank as soon as i read anything that’s not modern day english (i’m talking anything published before the 2000s 😭). i watched the movie a while ago so i’m kinda excited to see if there’s any major differences between the books and the movies. apparently there are a few but i didnt listen in further bc i didn’t wanna spoil myself hahah. welp ig i’ll k when i commit to actually finishing the book.

i haven’t heard abt the travelling cat chronicles yet but i’ll sure be adding it to my tbr 🫡 I LOVE LOVE LOVE CATS SMMM!! ive always just preferred cats more than dogs idkk. speaking abt cats, i have two ragdoll cats hsjsjs. funnily enough, someone pointed out that they somewhat remind them of gojo 😹😹 whelp i fear that i might as well grow up to be an old cat lady hsjsj. not that i’m complaining tho 🤭 really out of the blue question but dy have any pets? 👀 i’m just curious hahah.

also thank u so so so much for the advice ari! i’ll definitely be checking out the summaries + quotes for any future books i wanna read. and nooo ur not incompetent at all, don’t worry!! and thank u sm for being so supportive bby i have sm love for you 💗 AND YEAH I AGREE, READING IS SM FUN WHEN YOU’RE NOT BEING FORCED INTO IT.

and aww the tags were absolutely no problem at all! ur geto drabble was written SO WELL. like ari bby you are so talented and i cannot emphasise that enough. you have a way with words and it’s so admirable!! ++ you nailed geto’s characterisation so well, i was genuinely in awe while reading it. ahhh i still think abt it even to this day!! cult leader geto plagues my mind once a week istg. SAME W HIM AND HIS DYNAMIC W SATORU. like hello?? every time i hear abt satosugu i wanna BAWL MY EYES OUT. they’re soulmates (both platonically and somewhat romantically?? idk if you can have both hahah). but omigosh they’re so tragic shskajsjs. brb i’m not crying, i’m chopping up onions!! !! !! 😃

OMG THAT RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN GOJO AND RHE KITTY CAT OMFDDHDH. someone tell me they’re twins and i’ll believe every. single. word. thank u sm for the treat ari, i hope ur day/night is going well!! i’m so sorry that this is long overdue but i genuinely LOVE talking to you bby <333 remember to take care of urself too! ilysm 💞🥹

p.s hes so fine i swearrrr 😍 i saw this on twitter and it’s been my roman empire ever since

UKIIIII MY BELOVED PLS FORGIVE ME FOR THE WAIT 😔😔😔 i’m finally here !!!!!!

first of alllll i hope your studies n work have gone well!!!!!! 🥺🥺 you know i’m always cheering you on hehe. i just have a month left n then i’m free but i’m not sure how it is for you :’3 i hope you’ll get to rest properly soon!!!!

ANDDDDDDDD GUITARIST!SUGU. GOOD GOD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 your hcs of him made me LOSE it i hope you know that…… he’s literally so bf…… PLSSS PIERCINGS AND TATTOOS AND READING GLASSES ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 OUGHHH UKI I NEED HIM SO BAD….. he would strum his pretty guitar for you on nights you couldn’t sleep 🥺🥺 i just know he would!!!!! he’s such a loverboy…..

LIBERAL ARTS GIRLIES 🤝 STEM GIRLIES FR….. from my perspective stem subjects are a LOT more difficult i rlly can’t overstate how impressed i am by how much you guys study …… 😭😭 i’ve heard . horror stories abt it LMAO…..

AND THE BOOKSSSSS i’m so proud of you for trying to get out of your reading slump uki!!!!!! i actually haven’t read little women yet hehe, pls tell me if it ends up being good!!!!! i’ve heard great things abt it….. AND AND ANDDD i get you!!!! i think it’s important to pick books that are written in ways that you like!!! it’s easy to think that older books are like . harder to read and relate to but that’s usually more bc of the author than the time period!!! i prefer mine to be from around the 1800s-1900s and they aren’t difficult to understand at all!! some classics are super hard to get into bc of how just. Heavy they are writing wise (side eyeing shakespeare n dostoevsky rn) but others aren’t!!! one classic i absolutely adore is the stranger by albert camus, idk if you’re interested in existentialism but!!! the writing is very pretty :3

anyway anyway…. FELLOW CAT PERSONNNN i knew i could trust you!!!! and you have ragdolls!!! 🥺🥺 my current housemate has four of them LMAO and they all look like gojo ngl …. act like him too……. this little guy just follows me around n sleeps in my lap and yaps <33333

BUT YES i think you’d really love the travelling cat chronicles!!!! i read it so quickly bc it’s just. so lovely!!!! and pretty!!!!! and cute n sweet :(((( i love it lots!!!!! but it made me sob so much… so pls make sure you have tissues close by if you read it……

ANDDDD again 🥺🥺🥺 thank you sooooo much for being so sweet …. you rlly are too kind!!!!! i’m so happy you like my geto, i loveloveloveee yours too <33333 AND . YES. i cry over stsg all the time too…. sniffle……. they’re soulmates both platonically and romantically imo :’3 they just . belong together no matter what!!!!!! wish they weren’t so doomed by the narrative tho…..

THANK YOU SO MUCHHH FOR CHATTING W ME SWEETIE <33333 i hope you’re doing soso well!!!!! and i rlly am sorry abt how long you’ve had to wait for this response 😭😭 my brain has Not been braining correctly recently. but i adore you sb 🥺

[gasping-ghostzes]

I won’t ever be able to forgive the show writers for how the doctor had to say farewell to these two amazing girls !!

Like, the level of pure angst I feel when thinking how their storyline’s had to end is physically to much to bare sometimes.

Clara Oswald wasn’t even supposed to die, she selflessly took Rigsy’s chronolock even though Rigsy was (unknowingly) never meant to die. Then the terms and conditions of the chronolock were changed to default when Clara had taken the chronolock in place of Rigsy.

Then, after she died. The doctor bought her back to life by taking Clara out of the moment before her death and had given some hope to the both of them that Clara might be able to live again on earth…. But they didn’t know that Clara’s death was a fixed point !!

She also then, realised her heart wouldn’t beat if she went back and tried to live, omfg! So eventually she had to erase herself from the doctors memories so he wouldn’t try to save her again. Only for her to be let back to earth to the exact moment of her death, and die AGAIN ?!

This isn’t even mentioning the complete and utter emotional distraught that Clara went thru after Danny died and was brought back to life by the cyber men and Missy !!!

AND MY FAVOURITE RUNAWAY BRIDE; DONNA NOBLE !!!

She’s actually one of my favourite companions ! She was the doctors platonic soulmate too ! (To me atleast)

She became half human and half time lord but her brain couldn’t handle the powers and knowledge of a time lord. So the doctor had to erase himself from her memories, and let her live her life on earth without any memory of saving the universes and the adventures with the doctor. All she wanted was a best friend to travel with, all he wanted was a best friend to travel with ?? THEY WERE PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER

She went out and saved all these families and civilisations from different planets, she is put the doctor in his place and made him have empathy (not that he never did) but she humbled him. I CANT explain it entirely, but she will always be my favourite companion !!

And istg if she dies in the anniversary special, I will fall off of the face of the earth and hope I get silently and violently mauled by a car engine

[lettherebemonsters]

Your love and dedication to make both canon characters and original characters with so many details, love and lots of stories and extras is such an amazing experience. You're really inspiring! Also to know that every interaction with you as a writer is very pleasant and not pressured at all, just here to have fun and write. I just feel grateful to be a mutual of yours!

@disasters-of-dbd

I love your dedication to your slasher muses :) you do so good with bringing them to life..

@verratensduo

I AM NOT ONLY SLIDING IN, BUT I AM WIPING OUT FURNITURE IN THE PROCESS. Spooky, my clown sibling in crime, I ADORE seeing you on the Dash and all of the conversations we've had together! Your approach to Ken as a character takes a previous one note, and frankly pretty underdeveloped idea of a character (I'm sorry the devs haven't given him enough exploration, I wish the tomes covered more than they did!) AND MADE HIM INTO THIS WHOLE PERSON WHO IS UNDERSTANDABLE-

But not forgivable! You've made Ken into this character who I can really understand the cause and effect for, who I can feel empathy and pity and shame for! ISTG you've main me a clown main fr /lh. ALSO LIKE, the plotting we've done and the relationship we've built up between him and Sally just goes to further show how far and how much you can write and adapt and make so engaging! I live for it! AND THAT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR ORIGINAL STUFF

I will just come out and say it! Ringmaster is one of the best, most compelling and frankly awesome original monster characters I have seen in far, far too long! Someone here explained it better but they harken to the best parts of classic Universal monsters and I could listen to you info dump about them for hours without getting bored!! You're just such an engaging story teller and such a sweet mun and I'm so glad I get to call you my pal!

@dcwnthercbbithcle

Best friend! My darling! My platonic soulmate! You’re amazing. You’re so creative, both with your OCs and the headcanons you write for your canon muses. You’re so talented. Both in writing and drawing. You’re amazing and fun to talk to. I adore you! I’m so glad we found each other here.

@songbirdsandsugar

I love your monster designs! I love all the little details that tie back into their story. Your idea are always super interesting to read and I love how they always feel classic universal monster at times. It's really fun.

@bells-of-black-sunday

(*aggressive excited clown honks*)

I've been holding onto this post JUST so I can react to all the feedback and I just????? Love you guys so much.

And I love how everyone caught the influence of the Universal Monsters on my muses. I'm a huge fan of the classics and many of my characters are straight up based on Mr. Hyde (yes I know he's Paramount but shush he still counts meh), Frankenstein (don't even start with me on the bullshit about Frankenstein being just the doctor) and the Wolfman (doggo!)

So obviously the influence is DEEP and I love using them along with literary monsters, games, etc. Like sometimes I love mixing slashers with universal monsters lol.

Honestly y'all rock and here's me sending you interact XO's!

[lokislytherin]

Heyyyyyyyy so this ask is just out of pure curiosity, but what is your lookism

otp

rareship

kinda popular pairing u cant just jive with so much

hello curious anon! thank you for the ask hope you're having a pleasant timezone!

otp: idk if you've seen my posts or my ao3 but i am literally a janiel writer. jaeseok is literally The lookism otp for me. but if i had to pick a second otp it would be zami bc they're so good for each other sorry vinzackers but zami is one of my only few valid het ships that i'll actually die fighting for (i like danizoe too but i think they're better off besties bc they both need a bestie of the opposite gender so 1) zoe can realize guys are not that great 2) daniel can realize he can be good friends with girls without having to date them)

rarepair: idk if anyone ships this other than me but yuimira? i made a bs headcanon post when i saw lookism rarepairs prompt-ish thing and i'm too lazy to link it but if you search yuimira on my blog i bet you'll find it but anyway! mira's 'i can fix them' energy is so strong (read: zack, johan) but she's also really sweet and her angel energy could really balance out yui's bitch energy you get me? hence why i raise you the even rarer rarepair of zamiyui bc zack is also a bitch at least to others you can't tell me no

non-ship: hmmge. HMMGE. CURIOUS ANON YOU'RE GONNA GET ME STONED FOR THIS but i'm gonna say quite a few ships actually so i might as well let the homies flame me sooner rather than later btw some of this might get a little nsfw!

gundaniel: i'm sorry but you can't tell me daniel would ever love gun romantically of his own volition. i only ship it as gun simping for daniel and daniel being terrified and disgusted / noncon / possibly dead dove ish with the broken bone and blood kind of gore combined with noncon

gungoo & jakemuel: they act like brothers. i thought they were brothers for the longest time i can't ship them romantically, sorry for the anon who asked me to write gun x goo and jake x samuel sheesh both of my non-ships!

jakejiho: idm jake but i HATE jiho with a burning passion. i love his bastardisation arc and it was really well written but 1) it took up too much of the main story imo like daniel literally wasn't the mc of lookism for that arc 2) his ending SUCKED. he just died like that and i think it was just like ??? why so sudden?? why he just end like that? haiyaa ptj-nim you already made him bad why not make him Worse and keep him in the story (and keep me fuming every other chapter /LOL jiho's the one guy i would hate irl more than gun bc he's so fucking pathetic istg)

vasco and jace: this is the one i'm gonna get flamed for more than anything but LOOK. vasco's neurodivergent aroace vibes are so strong to me and just. male friendship yk. they're platonic soulmates bc that's good too yk. they're more than besties but not lovers in that sense... not me hinting at my vascojace platonic soulmates agenda in hit and run with "jaeyeol and hyungseok have the special bestie telepathy like vasco and beomjae, but it's different for jaeyeol and hyungseok" as in romantic difference, and one of my readers immediately went omg yeah vascojace should totally get married and i was sobbing like NO THAT WASN'T WHAT I MEANT AT ALL

vinzack: i just can't see it. sorry. i believe in mira supremacy but that might be bc i'm gay and i would date mira if zack doesn't

phew that was a lot LMAO but it had to be said! once again thank you for the ask curious anon feel free to come back to ask more!

[rozcdust]

Favorite thing about each one of your moots ?

aight doing this for moots i do actually (somewhat) know and keeping it super short bc aha expressing affection is something i’m not good at 🤧

@minoozi - i adore her writing ngl, plus she’s an infp and i would give my kidney for all infps no questions asked 🤧

@xashiui - their prompts. their brain is so sexy and angsty it makes me want to kiss it 😩

@rinsie - literally the most adorable person i’ve ever fucking met i’d risk it all for her ♡

@mochiswifey - has shown me the light and i love them for it, plus they are so sweet and kind it kills me 😭💖

@a-toxic-person - FUCKING ADORABLE PLUS HER BLOG IS SO COOL AND PRETTY JUST MWAH

@7rkx - i love them so much god help me they helped me realise i was aroace plus her writing it so *chefs kiss*

@sanzucide - i love her writing and envy it every day, it is so beautifully well researched and put together and i hope she chokes (lovingly)

@nahoyas-nymph - THE FUNNIEST PERSON I’VE EVER MET ACTUAL PLATONIC SOULMATE MWAH

@soushswag - have you ever talked to them??? met them??? because they’re so fucking cute i wanna squish them

@haikyuu-simps-assemble - unintentionally the funniest person ever, casually texts me ‘there is a hurricane’ as if it’s nothing, incredibly hardworking

@wakasa-wifey - the way they write out a whole essay to show their thoughts on fics is so fucking incredibly to see and she is so fucking smart jesus fuck

@aces-high - BEAUTIFUL ART STLE, BEAUTIFUL ARTIST have y’all seen this man??? istg he is the only thing that keeps me saying i like men

i hope i got everyone down 🤧 if i didn’t pls let me know

[jiminrings]

ok this be the same anon that’s reading stem koo got up to the part where shit hit the fan AND KOO ISTG I WILL BEAT YO ASS UP U MF-

also unrelated but “he can't explain his close bond with you and he's always seen you as his platonic girlfriend!!! his platonic girlfriend who has a bond with him that's closer than a sister's, more understanding than a mother's, and the utter admiration more than a friend's” that made me uwu that’s actually so sweet

wait because this is actually so sweet 😭😭 sometimes i forget the things i wrote and this just reminded me that wow <33 lunchbox lovers would always be one of my favorites bc of the platonic relationships in it!!! this was rlly the fic i explored that into detail and yoongi and oc r just soulmates thru and thru <3

[ackerfics]

what are your thoughts on the other aot boys?

ooooh this sounds like a fun question 🤩 since i love every single character in aot, i'm going to limit this around the 104th ☺️

long post ahead !! woot woot 🥳

let's start with eren. sighs. this man, istg, somebody hated on me a while back for defending him while the final season kicked off. i think behind the facade of this impassive persona he has to portray in season 4, he's still the passionate, determined eren we grew to love since the beginning of aot. at first, i actually didn't like him mainly bc he nearly made me deaf 😭 buuuut i admire him for that tenacity he has in achieving his goal of having a safe place for his family. i think this personality of his will still show in the modern au. i see him as this person who brings out the talkative in you bc he's so comfortable to talk to. as if he knows how to gauge your mood to adjust his responses.

ngl, armin is my little sister's favorite character and she cried at what happened in s3 🥶 armin tho is someone i want to protect, like i know he's stronger and smarter than me but he has this atmosphere where you want to give him all the attention. it's those blue eyes, man, they make me weak in the knees. you can't help but love him at first glance bc he has this childlike wonder whenever he learns new things and that's mainly why i like him as a character. for sure, i'm never going to talk to him in the modern world, he's this amazing student that i probably would look stupid if talk to him, much less sit beside him. yikes. nonetheless, i think if you're friends with him, he'll be your platonic soulmate, where everyone thought you're dating but you're really not.

JEAN. yes in caps. JEAN MF KIRSCHTEIN. he's my first guy crush in aot. the moment i saw him appear on my laptop screen, i was ready to fight for this man 😔 he's so handsome like what the actual fuck ???!! i have been thinking on this for a while — all of the male characters in aot are pretty but the exception lies in the form of jean (cough and erwin cough but we won't talk abt this fine man bc it's jean's time). if you search the term handsome in the dictionary, his face greets you. putting aside my dying crush on this man, he'll be the best guy friend you'll ever get aside from armin. he knows his boundaries and learns not to overstep on the line you created for the sake of your friendship. just imagine him knowing about your period cramps and he comes knocking at your door with your favorite foods. MARRY ME.

ah, connie. there's never a dull day if you're with this guy. every day will be an adventure when i think of connie. i also want him as a best friend bc i need to do stupid yet exhilarating things to spice up my boring life ankdkwj don't come at me but i think that his trio with jean and sasha remains superior. istg, they're so fun if i think about it. i think connie will be the type of person to send you random memes late at night or invite you in a video call, on any platform mind you, whether it's zoom or Facetime, he'll be announcing that you two will be calling — just accept it. he's such a fun character. i will never forget how he made me wheeze while making that eren jaeger joke in s3, that shit made me laugh to this day.

reiner. i had a phase where all i think about is reiner. he's such a teddy bear to my eyes ??? i think that's just me but the moment i saw him in the timeskip, i wanted to bury myself in his chest. and i wanna hug him so bad :((( the guilt he carries and the burden he has to endure while being sent to paradis at such a young age, that shit still hurts me, man. i will never forget one of my facebook friends for hating on him for no reason whatsoever, i was about to defend him in the comments even tho that friend of mine is just a schoolmate but the way that they seem like they're woke makes me so mad. fucking hell, this guy wanted to shoot himself and they're thankful for it. JUST ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT. in short, reiner is a husband material, caring for your worries while being empathetic enough to prioritize mental health in your relationship (no matter what kind it is 🧡). all the hugs won't be enough for me to comfort him. agh, i love him so much tho.

in short: i love all of them and the rest of the boys who i didn't mention 😌

[bywhatilove]

Y’all I have had some of my favorite ships not be endgame (whether that be as platonic or romanticly) and have cried like a baby over some of my favorite characters dying (I’m looking at you Glenn Rhee)

BUT losing Justin Foley and the Justin/Clay brotherhood and platonic soulmates relationship is my biggest loss to date istg. they did me so dirty. I hate it here.

Not even because Justin is like my favorite character ever or anything- because as much as I love him, he’s not. But Clay and Justin’s relationship was so special. They really saved each other’s lives. They would have done anything for each. I’m so emo. I swear I will never get over this.

[tonyglowheart]

Wangxian ft. oh my god they were soulmates

aka: I break down my perspective on translating “知己” and why I defend translating it as “confidant”/“true friend” etc. (i.e. it’s NOT bad translation if the subber doesn’t translate it to “soulmate,” because the term used is different, and different terms in CN exist that do directly mean soulmate. But I think the scene CAN be understood as a “they have a soul-deep connection”/confession scene, and should be understood as such. My intention is more: do not attack translators for “bad” translations, especially if you don’t actually understand what the original is)

So first off, “知己” does not, in fact, translate to “soulmate.” I don’t think the concept of the “soul” or “spirit” in traditional Chinese cosmology is treated quite the same it is within western Christian concepts. I think the anglophone term “soulmate” is heavily colored with the concept of predestination, and of a duality (i.e. with Aristophenes’ story about Zeus splitting a being into two, and a soulmate being a joining of this previously singular being whose body/soul is now split in two). This is where I think “soulmate” may not be the most apt translation, as to me with what “soulmate” implies, it rigidizes their relationship into a specific box without considering the depth of context and development built into mdzs/The Untamed. (It’s a fun brightline shorthand tho! and I definitely love the meme-factor of “oh my god they were soulmates,” but I think it shouldn’t be taken as the end-all, be-all translation when taking cultural context into consideration, and it rubs me wrong when I see ppl decrying other translations as somehow being lesser than just the shorthand of “soulmate.” i.e. I like “soulmate” as an English translation too, but I want to see it further contextualized beyond a simplified concept of the word.)

That being said, what 知己 DOES mean, from Pleco and other translation engines, is “confidant,” “bosom friend,” “intimate friend.” The characters translate to “know” and “self/you.” So then, together, this means someone who knows you inside and out, who you can confide anything in, who may already know what you’re going to say to them. From what I’ve read in some forum posts I’ve found discussing how to translate 知己, this term can be used platonically or romantically, but does not quite have the degree that “soulmate” has in English. (the posters don’t really elaborate, but I think what they mean there is the more “you have a predestined match, usually romantic” usage of the concept of “soulmate,” like in a soulmate AU you’d see in fandom)

However, I still defend that scene as a romantic scene, not for the word itself used but for the context in which it came up.

Immediately preceding the line, we have this:

[Now that I think of it, that time really was lonely]

[The few people who believed me all died...]

[Wen Ning... Senior Sister...]

[Luckily...]

[Lan Zhan: There’s still someone who believes you in this world.]

Now I want to point out, right now all of this isn’t spoken out loud to each other. It’s all VO. But they’re clearly having a conversation with each other. Which I think really ties into the 知己 idea, that they know each other so well that they don’t need spoken words to know what each other is thinking. They’re literally finishing each other’s sentences in VO.

I wanted to show the Chinese subs here too along with the fansubs because the original doesn’t just say HAVING, “得” is more like get/gain/earn, so it’s not just that he HAS one soulmate, but that he earned/gained one zhiji (someone who understands him inside and out), is enough. (the “is enough” part also interests me because the characters are 足矣, with the first part meaning “enough, ample sufficient” and the second being a classical literary way of ending sentences, so it’s not just a casual determination of “yeah one is good,” but a meaningful declaration.)

To me, this reminds me of this one post I saw on Tumblr where someone got advice about love from an elderly Latina lady about how love is built, and there was a metaphor of do you think our ancestors discovered the temples as is? They found a site and built them. I think this, to me, better illustrates the power of WangXian as a relationship; they’ve been through So Much but throughout it all, it wasn’t some kind of external predestination that brought them together, but that they brought themselves together and gained/earned this intimate understanding of each other, and their indelible tie is through that.

The other part that gets me is the lines following this:

(jfc Lan Zhan speaks too literarily. I’m on Pleco scrolling through trying to find the classical literary context of things like bls,,, my heritage Chinese can’t deal with this D8) 

But anyway: Lan Zhan goes something like “Nothing else is needed, as long as you have a clear conscience,” which Wei Ying’s VO echoes. And this ofc echoes their wish from the lanterns ;-;

And also, Wuji plays in the background starting from “Luckily..” so A++ for romantic framing.

My conclusion being: I think the scene definitely is romantic, and while they may not be “soulmates,” I think the totality of it sets it up as a very beautiful and poignant scene which sort of lays out the nature of their relationship in a deep and meaningful way that can’t be encapsulated in one word, and also I think indicates intrinsically that their relationship was earned/built and not predestined.

.....And also also: um the guqin rendition of Wuji preceding this part? is so unlike the other renditions we’ve heard, it’s hesitant and not on-beat, and sounds exactly to me like the sound of someone playing while looking for notes & where the notes are on the qin, with some parts going faster bc they’re more familiar and odd gaps between notes that aren’t melodic choices. i.e. istg it HAS to be Wang Yibo playing it right??? if it were dubbed like the others it wouldn’t sound exactly the way that someone learning both the piece and the instrument would sound like playing it??? It’s gotta be, right??? It’s--

edit/addendum: I’ve been wrestling with this idea and toying with it a LOT, and I think, ultimately, given the words that ARE available in English... yeah “soulmate” probably WOULD be a very acceptable understanding of what the scene means. Especially since in the novel, we have 命定之人, “fated person.” HOWEVER, I want to emphasize: it’s not necessarily “bad” translation if the subber doesn’t translate it as soulmate! because the original term DOESN’T mean that, the translation of soulmate in CN is 灵魂伴侣. however, from how the term sounds to me, and from people I’ve chatted with, my impression is this term is more of a literal translation; one person told me they only really see this in subbed films or foreign media.

[lepussolum]

          i gotta stop with the ooc posts istg. but uhhh i updated a little part of my rules with regards to relationships. again. because i guess my muse just becomes more averse to romance with time idek. the change is below the cut.          also, life update, my hours are drastically changing over the next two weeks at my job. it’s not exactly the greatest thing for me financially, but it does mean i will have a bit more time to be here. so expect a burst in activity. and i do apologize for the radio silence over the last few days, it is in part due to that issue with work and extensive, exhausting hours that i had been previously working. thank you for your patience, as always. ❤

X. Relationships

Relationships are something I approach with hesitation, please respect that and do not come to this blog purely for the opportunity to ship with my muse. While I welcome platonic ships (friends, soulmates, familial, hate, toxic, etc.), romantic ones are more complicated and sexual are more or less obsolete. My portrayal of Isa deals with a large amount of physical and emotional trauma in typically every verse. He has an absolute aversion to touch, making the physical aspect of those relationships a challenge for him. I ask that you do not question this headcanon as it is one very personal to me. That being said, romantic relationships are not completely out of the question. I write Isa as demi-romantic/sexual and the right person just might be able to provide that. But such plots require extensive discussion and developed chemistry between muses. In addition, there are several canon characters from the Kingdom Hearts series which are banned from relationships outside of platonic.They are as follows: Vexen/Even, Aeleus/Lexaeus, Dalin/Xaldin, Braig/Xigbar/Luxu, Ienzo/Zexion, Terra and any incarnation of Xehanort regardless of canon-divergence. While I personally adore these muses, I consider them to be too triggering to my own's past. I also will not ship with any mun/muse under the age of 21+ as that makes me extremely uncomfortable. With the exception of immortal  muses, those that exceed an age gap of 15 also do not sit well with me. In addition, any ships with canon muses that should develop will be treated as exclusive on my end. This means that I will only ship with one muse of a canon character. The only exception being heavy canon divergence. This is to maintain dynamic relationships.

[cartoonyappreciation]

Synopsis of a story I may never write

They met in college, both engineers,and became fast friends

Eventually they became lovers

One of the pair sets off for home, across the state for the holidays with family

A sudden storm overtakes them, they die.

The partner felt sudden pain in their chest, knowing something must have gone wrong.

It was at that moment, they realized they lost their soulmate.

Distraught, the other decides they must dedicate their lives to create a time machine to get back their other half.

Miraculously succeeding, they go back in time and stop their soulmate at a rest-stop as the storm approached.

The first, of course, doesn’t believe that the other is a timetraveller, so they are taken by force into the time machine where they sit in limbo as the other continues to convince them that the are indeed soulmates and yes they travelled in time to save them and about the wonderful future that awaited them etc etc.

Sitting in limbo in a time machine definitely stuns them, sends them into a sort of shock, but eventually they begin to think again, to believe, to reason.

They had been studying theory of time and the current theories surrounding it that past week in class, a type of irony.

With this in mind, the first realizes that nothing is assured. They can not just survive the storm and go on living, else they would break the timeline. They could not go with them into the future either. It would risk the natural order and a whole bunch of other things that hadn’t been testing.

The traveller is distraught, they had completed all this and it wasn’t good enough? They were soulmates, they needed each other, etc

The one brings up a point that at this point with their age difference, they aren’t sure they could ever think of this other person romantically

“Don’t you know? I love you. All of you. And I will have you in whichever way is allowed. Romantically, platonically, or otherwise. Just please. Come with me.”

The first sits. Thinks. Thinks some more. There is no rush. They are in limbo.

“No. It can not be. I have to go back. Allow life... and death.. to play out as it may.”

Desperate, the other replies, “Why can’t we just stay here? I can’t lose you again! If you go back, I will come with you, we can leave this world together.”

“(Name), if we are really soulmates, we will be born again. We will not be apart forever. But you can not lose who you are. I need you to be YOU when we meet again. In the afterlife or otherwise.”

The traveller sobs, breaks, finally facing the reality they had refused to accept before.

“Don’t cry. We have the rest of eternity to find each other once more. We have lived apart for who knows how long before. But we will always be connected. Always have one another. Whoever we end up being, it will always lead to this. You. And me. Together. That is all we are assured, that you are you, your soul, and I am me and we will recognize each other’s spirits in the next life.”

“Aren’t you scared?”

“... Yes.”

“How can you be sure we will meet again?”

“I’m not. But I believe we will. Hell, you invented a time machine to find me, nothing will keep us apart forever. All that’s left is to ask, Do you believe in me?”

“Of course, but-“

“No. No more. I love you. I need to go through with this before I lose my courage.”

They start towards the door-

“Wait!” They are pulled into a hug.

“I will see you again.”

They exit the machine, parked back by the rest stop and eye the impending storm. They get into their car and close the door. It is only then they allow themself to break. To cry. To fear. To feel.

The storm grows closer and the tears subside. “Okay. I have to do this. We will meet again.”

They text their loved ones a final message of love and drive into the storm.

The traveller wept in their machine once the door had closed. Verbally, they command the machine to take them home. Once there, they are unsure of how to proceed. They have spent the past 10-15 years of their life constructing this machine... what do they do now?.

It is once again the anniversary of the death. The traveller sits on the bench, weeping. A child walks up to them.

“Why are you crying?”

The traveller jerks upright, stares at the child, then looks around, “where are you parents?”

“Miss Janice says they’re up in heaven. Is your friend up there too?”

The traveller is concerned. Both for the child and their own sanity... are they talking to a ghost. Regardless, they respond, “I suppose so... I lost them a long time ago.”

“Well... try not to be too sad. They wouldn’t want you to be sad on their behalf, right?”

“I guess not..”

“I’m sure you’ll meet again someday too! Its just like I told my friend before I went! Nothing can keep us apart from our loved ones forever; we will find each other again.”

“Went? Where did you go?”

“To a place like Heaven! And then I picked my Mommy, and then I can here!”

The traveller looked at the child, alarmed... shit they’re really talking to a ghost-

A woman’s voice rises over the hill of the graveyard, “Sarah?! Sarah, honey where did you go? Sarah!”

The child perks up and looks towards the voice, “oops... i guess i wandered off again, that’ll be Miss Janice... Feel better!” And with that the child runs away, humming a tune oddly familiar to the traveller.

Stunned, they watch the child run towards the woman form cresting over the hill. He sees her lightly scold the child before they walkback to a gravestone towards the middle of the hill, placing flowers there.

When they leave, the traveller walks to the gravestones and reads the names. They look up the story of the family, and the little girl called Sarah. There was just something so familiar about her, her presence, the way she spoke, the song-

The song! The one their soulmate sang to them before they left... the first time... over 25-30 years ago. They begins scouring the orphanages, the news surround the child’s name.

18 years later, Sarah Marshall graduates with her bachelor’s degree, headed to vet school. Her proud adoptive parent sits are the graduation, and kisses her on the head as she moves into her first apartment. She cries as her parental figure drives away and she is on her own for the first time.

They talk everyday, as adults, they were able to develop their friendship, as close as a parent and child could be (istg if you assholes read some inappropriate relationship into this shit-).

At the end of the parent’s life, their child sits beside their bed, holds their hand and weeps. The parent hadn’t been lucid for some time now, and while they knew it was time, it was hard to let go.

They feel a squeeze on their hand and loom up to see the parent looking at them, smiling softly, weak as they are.

“Do not weep for me child, we are kin of the soul. Just as you said to me all those years ago, we will meet again. I love you Sarah [name of person 1] Marshall.

With that, the burst of lucidity is gone, and the parent by adoption takes their last breath in this body.

[sage-nebula]

pokemon (games) and/or pokeani for the meme?

I’ll go ahead and answer for the anime, since although I prefer the games, I think the anime works better for memes like this.

the first character i ever fell in love with:

Ash Ketchum, way back in 1998. He was pretty much an instant fave for me, and no doubt contributed to my love of snark and sass (given that his name could have just as easily been Sass Ketchum and would have arguably been more accurate).

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not:

Manon. I liked her well enough at first, but the way her stans constantly bashed and degraded Alan while using that degradation to prop Manon up (often by making him her trophy boyfriend, which is really disgusting when you consider not only the age, but the maturity difference between them) quickly ruined any fondness I had for her. The fact that she got off scot-free in the show without having to realize or own up to any of her own mistakes or shortcomings (while Alan took the fall for all of them instead) didn’t help.

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not:

Mmm, I can’t really think of anything for this one. I don’t think there’s anything that I used to seriously ship in this show that I don’t ship now. There are casual ones I can think of that I no longer even casually ship, but even those were more of a shrug and acceptance rather than something I actively liked.

my ultimate favorite character™:

ALAN [SYCAMORE], FIRST OF HIS NAME, HEART OF A CHAMPION, SOUL OF A DRAGON. It’s honestly no contest. I cannot think of a single character in the whole of the PokéAni that could come even close to comparing with him. I still block on sight for any nonsense hatred or condemnation thrown his way, and I regret nothing. 

prettiest character:

I mean … I know I’m biased, but …

My valiant dragon son is beautiful. I mean, in particular, his eyes …

He has dragon fire in his eyes. You don’t get much prettier than that.

my most hated character:

Paul. He’s straight up abusive to his pokémon, and him learning to give them the absolute bare minimum of care and praise at the end of a match (or losing to Ash at the League, which I literally do not care about at all) is not enough for him to curry favor or earn forgiveness in my eyes. He can go burn, and for that matter, he can take that bastard Damian from the OS right along with him as he does.

my OTP:

Ash/Misty will always be endgame to me, as well as Jessie/James. 

I do think that it’s probable that Ash and Misty would end up dating other people as they grow older—that Ash would date Dawn for a while, for instance, and that Misty would have a relationship with Lana—but at the end of it all I think they’d find their way back to each other, once they’ve grown up and matured and realized that, while their first crushes on each other might have been puppy love back when they were kids, now that they’re older … it’s deeper and more meaningful than that. It’s real.

As for Jessie/James, I think those two are soulmates, however you want to interpret it. Maybe their relationship stays platonic forever. Maybe their relationship is romantic. Maybe their relationship floats in a nebulous space between platonic and romantic, undefined as Meowth rolls his eyes from the other side of the balloon. Whatever the case, I don’t really care as long as they’re together. That’s what matters most.

my NOTP:

Aside from the obvious ones of bestiality, incest, and pedophilia, my answer to this would have to be Alan/Manon. I never liked it to begin with because of the age / maturity gap between them (honestly, Manon acts like Bonnie, the show parallels her to Bonnie, and Alan is so mature people often mistake him for an adult despite Malva referring to him as a boy, how is this even a question), but between how the show handled their relationship and how the ship’s stans (who are always Manon stans, from my experience) handle it / treat Alan, I honestly want to scrape my brain out with an ice pick every time I’m reminded this ship exists. It’s a trashboat of epic proportions as far as I’m concerned.

favorite episode:

It’s less one single episode, and more one trio of episodes: OS022 - OS024, a.k.a. “Abra and the Psychic Showdown”, “The Tower of Terror”, and “Haunter vs. Kadabra.” Those three episodes left a major lasting impression on me as a kid, in a good way. That depiction of Sabrina as a villain with a creepy monotone, who had a small “doll” that represented her childlike innocence (that was still villainous in her innocence!), and the way she presented a formidable threat that no one else in the series had managed until that point … not to mention the backstory with how she drove her own parents away (and turned her own mother into a doll), how she was always waiting for her father to show himself again, how she drove herself to that point by obsessing over her powers (I would too, ngl) … man. I loved everything about that trio of episodes. I still love that trio of episodes. There are quite a few episodes in the OS that I turn to regularly whenever I just need something to watch, but I think those three are extra special.

saddest death:

LATIOS IN THE GUARDIANS OF ALTO MARE. At first I was like, “wait, did anyone who wasn’t a villain ever even permanently die?” AND THEN I REMEMBERED LATIOS AND HAD TO CLUTCH AT MY HEART FOR A SECOND. RIP LATIOS, YOU ARE MISSED.

favorite season:

It’s a tie between the very first season (Kanto), and the second season (Orange Islands). While both had their faults, what I like most about those two seasons that latter seasons (even in the OS, with Johto!) lack is how organic they feel. Kanto especially was created before the Pokémon Anime really decided on its identity, and chose a formula to stick to for successive seasons, most likely because they weren’t sure they were even going to get successive seasons back when they were making it (the series was supposed to end with Mewtwo Strikes Back, after all). As a result of this, we had some truly original episodes. We had the three episodes with Sabrina that I mentioned above, but we also had episodes like “The Ghost of Maiden’s Peak” with a Gastly that could talk for reasons unexplained and who impersonated humans to keep a dead girl’s legend alive; we had episodes like “Mystery at the Lighthouse” with a giant Dragonite that was never explained or seen again (also, still mad at Team Rocket to this day for attacking that poor baby); we had episodes like “Electric Soldier Porygon” where everyone traveled into the internet with Porygon to stop a computer virus (and give 800+ Japanese children seizures, but that wasn’t supposed to be part of it); and we had episodes like “Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon” where Ash discovered that a bunch of fossil pokémon were living underground and, in the process of all this, almost got eaten by an Aerodactyl. And the Orange Islands, while slightly more tame, was similarly allowed to be pretty free and fun given that it didn’t follow the badge quest formula, and the Orange Islands weren’t drawn from the games, meaning that the anime team could do whatever they wanted with them. So between the anime not yet having a set formula in season one, and the anime being set somewhere completely new in season two, seasons one and two of the PokéAni had plots that were basically like:

That was every day in the first two seasons of the PokéAni, because the first two seasons of the PokéAni were already so goddamn weird, and they were better off for it.

Aside from how weird and strange the plot could get, though, I also feel that the first season especially felt a lot more organic than even the second because the effects of the journey were regularly shown on the main characters. They were lost pretty much all the time (which is why they needed to keep Tracey for Johto, tbqh; he was the only one who had a sense of direction). They were often dirty and longing for baths and laundromats. In “Wake Up Snorlax” they’re out of food and practically crying as the town they reach doesn’t have anything to offer them because it’s been so long since they’ve eaten. Ash, Brock, and Misty are two children and a teenager traveling across the continent by themselves. It makes sense that they wouldn’t always have a nice place to sleep, that they’d run out of food, that they’d be grimy and exhausted a good deal of the time, especially since they’re always lost. (They were lost for like 70% of the first season istg. The narrator even lampshades when it takes them two weeks to reach Vermilion City and they all cheer.) I really liked how the first season in particular showed them tired, grody, hungry, and lost for a good portion of the journey. It felt so much more realistic than the perfect, spotless journeys that came later on.

least favorite season:

Outside of Alan and everything to do with him, I’m not much of a fan of Kalos. I’m also not really a fan of Alola because I don’t think slice of life really suits this series as much as the adventure genre does, but it had some good cameo episodes and also has Gladion, so it has its good points, too.

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate:

Paul and Manon. Paul in particular is incredibly popular and I will never understand it.

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave:

Honestly, I’m not sure? I think the closest I get to this is Jessie and James, since they’re two grown adults constantly stalking and bullying a ten year old boy, which would be insanely worrying if not for the fact that said ten year old put them in their place literally every other day. (Plus I like to think they actually do really care about him at this point. It’s what I’d like to believe, anyway.) Maybe Cassidy and Botch would be better contenders, though. They have no redeeming qualities, they’re just assholes, but I’d still be super mega excited to see them come back.

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave:

ALAN deserves better than all he has suffered, and definitely deserves better than this goddamn unappreciative fandom. He is a burned cinnamon roll, been through hell and back, slightly charred, and he deserves the world.

Apart from him, though, Ash every time he gets put through some hell because of fate or destiny or legendaries or whoever the hell has decided to mess with him this week. After everything that went down in Kalos, can we really blame him for going to Alola for a vacation? And yet he’s STILL pulled into Ultra Wormhole nonsense! My god, just let this poor boy rest, he deserves it!!

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship:

Listen, I’m not one of those fools that thinks it’s canon, but I always loved the fic trope of Giovanni being Ash’s father because he and Delia had a fling way back in the day and I am grateful to that awful musical for giving it to us. The angst potential is real for this one, and I also like the idea of Giovanni allowing Jessie and James to chase Ash all over creation despite how it completely tanked their careers and potential not just because it “keeps them out of the way,” but also because it’s a way for him to keep an eye on his son without them ever knowing that’s his son. There’s some good fic potential there.

On a more serious note, while I don’t think it’s “wrong,” or “nasty,” or “makes me want to cleanse my soul,” I’ve always kind of shipped Spencer/Delia, too. The idea of Spencer Hale and Delia Ketchum finding love together later in life, and Ash and Molly becoming step-siblings as a result, is one that warms my heart. I know that Molly’s mother comes back at the end of Spell of the Unown, but … well, that was just a post-credits scene and so it’s easy to ignore. Come on, let Ash have a little step-sister. Let Molly have the mother she always wanted. It’s what they deserve.

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship:

I wouldn’t say I’m highkey invested in any romantic ship in this show, haha. I mean, let’s be honest, it’s not like any of them have a chance at development outside of small hints here or there, you know? So there’s no reason to get all up in a twist about it. So I think that most ships I ship could fall into this category. Cute, but no need to make a fuss about them.

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Eleven N Mike best friend headcanons (Stranger Things, background Byeler and Elmax sorryyyy)

-they figure out that El doesn't need a relationship pretty quickly??? it would've been sooner but Mike was in denial bc of his crush

-not much changed between them, just no more kisses

-El's 100% okay with this, Mike sorta isn’t for a while

-El going to the snow ball with Mike as friends? That happens every year

-Mike is the one that teaches El about everything. He actually uses these opportunities to study his own material, just teaching it to El

-Mike’s suddenly doing so much better in school and El’s learning everything so quickly that she’s able to join 9th grade with the rest of the party

-Mike literally supports everything El does

-“Mike I wanna join the track team” (personal hc is that El is on the track team) “YES EL JOIN THAT TRACK TEAM SHOW THEM WHO’S BOSS”

-El tells Mike that she wants to go by Jane and he does his very best to call her Jane. That lasts roughly a week

-When Jim and Joyce get married Mike is like “omg my crush and my ex crush are brother and sister!!”

-and this is how El is the first to learn that Mike is bisexual and totally in love with Will Byers

-she is the best at keeping secrets and Mike tells her literally everything

-they stargaze together every weekend

-people often think they’re dating and they shoot them down immediately and know they’d never really date

-El finally talks to Mike about that day at school with Max and he’s like “omg El no??? I never liked her that way I honestly hated her more than you did”

-and El’s just like “holy shit I gotta go talk to Max”

-and that’s how those two become friends

-El: Mike I think I’m finally ready for a relationship-

Mike: uhmmm no I don’t want to date you please let’s not

El: IM GAY *panicks and leaves*

-yeah so Mike was the first one El came out to

-Mike is literal shit at keeping secrets from the rest of the party and El knows this

-So she feels obliged to come out to them the next day

-Mike’s right next to her the entire time, knowing who she likes and he will murder that girl if she hurts his El

-spoiler alert: it’s Max

-Max does not hurt El!!! They start dating and Mike is really happy for El but kinda jealous

-bc she stops hanging out with him as much and he does not like that

-he’s not good at talking about his feelings but he’s not gonna lose his El and he actually tells her???

-she’s like “Mike I love you and I want to hang out with you but I need freedom?”

-freedom lasts a week istg the two are so inseparable Max welcome to the family

-and now the three of them hangout all the time

-and now El and Max have to set Will and Mike up smh that’s the least they can do

-that works and now the four go on double dates all the time

-idk basically they're platonic soulmates thanks

-El is just more of a sister to Mike than Holly and Nancy ever will be

-and Mike is the brother El never knew she needed

This is was A Mess™️ but yeah

idk anyone who sees this can add more but I honestly just want healthy platonic Mike and El,,, is that too much to ask