#He'd be that guy that ignores boundaries and convinces you that he knows better than you what you want and need

[irkimatsu]

Rewatching Hazbin and I got to episode 6 and Husk’s line “I’ll admit consent is a good name for a sex club.” Words can not describe how happy that line made me. I love a man who values consent! :D

I noticed this in Loser, Baby as well! Husk always waits for Angel before doing anything. Example: Husk waiting for Angel to take his hand before dancing with him and encouraging others to let their walls down. You know for someone who is normally grumpy and standoffish Husk is really just a wholesome old man. (If you ignore his time as an Overlord that is.)

Husk is Consent King and we all love that for him. <3 Not even just from a sexual standpoint, Husk knows damn well what it's like to have little control over your actions. "Do you think I'd be here listening to you guys bitch and moan all the time if Alastor wasn't forcing me?" He's been spending the past who-knows-how-long bowing to Alastor's whim, and then he spends the first half of the season with Angel constantly getting in his space. The man absolutely knows that having your boundaries broken is fucking awful, so why the hell would he do it to other people? It's also why he understands Angel's plight so well; having an Overlord literally control you for their own benefit fucking sucks, he's not going to do that to Angel in any way, not even by forcing him to do something as minor as dance. Bodily autonomy, baby.

...which I do think sounds at odds with Husk as the type of man who would gamble people away as an Overlord, which further makes me wonder if his current emphasis on consent is a way of making up for some shit he might have done back then. I don't think Husk was the worst Overlord ever; even at his most selfish he'd still strangle Valentino if he could get away with it, and anyone who tries shit like drugging drinks in his casino will be beaten to a pulp and banned for life; but still, maybe a few mind games to get people to act in his favor, some strong whiskey to convince a business partner to make a deal that benefits Husk far more than the partner... you have to play some ruthless games to stay on top in an environment like Hell, I imagine. Too much power can turn people into something they never wanted to be...

But those days are over, and Husk realizes what he's done. He's gotten better. Getting better is the whole theme of the show, after all. I'm really looking forward to seeing how far he's already come and how far he'll continue to go.

Love my Consent King. <3

[rangespacer]

guy who took the funny space cartoon too seriously under the cut. unedited because it is almost midnight.

manic pixie space ranger — 11/27/2022 12:43 AM i can go full nuclear now like oh my@god it's 1 am but bear with me i'll try to be coherent and i might revisit this i've gone on and on about how buzz was like. crafted to be the perfect ranger. he was bright and dedicated and talented, but more than that, he was naive, and had poor boundaries. it was easy to push him to and past his limits. he wanted to be the best ranger he could be, so if someone in power told him that that meant neglecting his health, he'd do it. and he held it together and they saw that as confirmation that they were on the right track. like whatever issues he was having did not prevent him from doing what they needed him to do. so he kept going. and going. there's an episode about buzz defecting from the force that i ignore wholesale simply because it's low key copaganda and i really don't want to touch it so it's irrelevant to me.

manic pixie space ranger — 11/27/2022 12:46 AM but buzz in ts3 says he had 'any doubt beaten out of him in the academy' so genuinely if buzz ever did think of leaving they were like. no. if buzz expressed doubts they were squashed. and i think nebula at least knows about the zurg thing and prods it occasionally to keep buzz on track. specifically like. he's like buzz you want to do good right? don't ever slip up be extra careful don't let him convince you otherwise because good people will get hurt. and honestly star command consider what they've done with buzz high risk high reward because they've groomed an INCREDIBLY talented, powerful, capable ranger just to go toe to toe with zurg. like zurg was such a threat that they needed a designated anti-zurg to deal with it. someone who could think like him and stay one step ahead of him. someone smart and intuitive. someone strong and loving. but the issue is making someone think like zurg means making them insane. because zurg is fucking unhinged. like they didn't make buzz ill he was baseline ocd and autistic. but. they had him study everything they had on zurg. for years. so he would know what to do. and told him he was the only one they wanted on it. BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE READING THE NECRONOMICON. IMAGINE THE PATTERNS THAT HAVE TO APPEAR THAT ONLY APPEAR IN ZURG'S STUFF TO LEAD TO THE PEN INCIDENT. THEY TREATED HIS BRAIN LIKE A BALLERINA'S FOOT. IT BROKE AND HEALED IN A NEW POSITION BETTER SUITED TO THE TASK. BUT IT DID. BREAK so you have this guy. junior space ranger as a kid then 18 on he's in the academy. you expose him to thought patterns so maladjusted and rancid and tell him you have to think like this if you don't people will die. and he does it and not only does he do it but you don't lose him to the insanity or zurg! in fact he's a wonderful person. crazy! but so full of love he could single-handedly purify the unimind. and then you say. buzz. we know we warned you about zurg. that we've been very careful and you've been very careful about what contact you have with him and how and when. but we need to send you into the back lines undercover. you need to pretend to work for him. the one thing you know we all fear. the one thing we made you swear never to do. you need to pretend. you need to live like that when someone tries to escape the empire. for their sake you need to put your hand directly onto the psychological stove and hold it there. if your cover is blown we cannot pull you out. (nebula only real chad moment going against this to try and save buzz i give him some points.)

manic pixie space ranger — 11/27/2022 12:57 AM you will die in zurg space. because you'll have to go over to his side so he won't kill you, in which case that's our red flag for you and we will kill you. you have no options so do not get caught. you can't tell your partner, the love of your life. by the way he did this but for real. he actually double crossed you. you still need to be shiv katall. even if it means working with him. you can't tell your new team. no one can ever know you are going to the grave with this secret. if you blow it those people trying to escape zurg to find a better life? will die. and that will be on you. if it goes smoothly you will be doing something incredible. any misstep and you're cosmic dust. so make sure zurg trusts you. but don't do anything that would make us not trust you. and that's when buzz starts to see 'buzz lightyear' as something other than himself. he's forced to go away inside of shiv to do good in the galaxy, and the abstract image of buzz lightyear has to be preserved and cannot be impacted by what the actual human being is going through.

manic pixie space ranger — 11/27/2022 1:04 AM JUST THE FUCKING THE. IT'S SCI FI. AND YET. THE ESSENTIAL ASTRONAUT THEME OF. I MAY BE GOING ON A ONE WAY TRIP. EVEN IN A PURE SPACE SETTING BUZZ IS THE ASTRONAUT TO ME. You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.' Buzz is such a kind person He has such a capacity for love He's a stickler for rules he's brainwashed within what is yes a police state But the core of him to me is the astronaut someone who goes on a one way trip to push the boundaries for everyone behind them and who looks back on the planet from far above and watches every border every stupid conflict melt away as they realize that there is nothing more important to them than that miraculous rock

manic pixie space ranger — 11/27/2022 1:16 AM LIKE THE CARTOON IS SILLY AND I LOVE THAT ITS SILLY AND IM NOT ARGUING THAT IT SHOULD BE GRIMDARK BUT IM IN MY SAUCE AND SO CHARMED BY BUZZ'S FAITH IN WARP AND TBE WAY HE TALKS TO XL

[beneathashadytree]

PRETTY BOY - OIKAWA TOORU X READER

Warnings : none, reader is gender-neutral!

Genre : hurt/comfort

Word count : 1.5K words

Additional notes : This is based off the song Pretty Boy by the Neighbourhood.

Synopsis : Weeks after sustaining a grave injury, Oikawa exposes his vulnerability to his lover in their Argentina apartment.

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Oikawa Tooru was one special guy.

He was alarmingly hardworking and determined to the point of burning himself out just to grasp at the hairs of one of his goals, he was (sometimes shockingly) handsome with his big doe eyes, perfectly styled hair, chiseled body, and devastating smile, he was a menace on the court that mercilessly slammed the ball and brought down one opponent per point, and he had every bit of charm as he had all these qualities combined, making him internationally known as every person's dream guy.

But, at the end of the day, he was just a normal man, so lost and lonely it would rip anyone's heart to shreds if they saw the way he clung to his lover's shirt like it was his lifeline. His fingers were tugging so hard that the fabric stretched under their tips, and his head dug into their tummy, almost as though he were shielding himself from looking up at their saddened expression. From the way he was sitting on the couch while his beloved stood over him, he resembled a broken-hearted child.

They'd crossed the ocean to land in Argentina, a split-second decision that normally would've broken any couple. But the look in his eyes that screamed 'Please don't go' was far too earnest to ignore, and they'd agreed in a heartbeat, promising to stay and take care of him even as the world falls down. Nothing he possessed was of value, but he knew damn well that they were the only thing worth taking with him so he could cherish them all the more, and have them ground him when things got too much.

Be that as it may, Oikawa wasn't the kind of guy to come to terms easily with his limits. He had a knack of finding a loophole; finding a way to compensate for what he lacked---and when it came to his life-long dream of volleyball, he was fully convinced that the more he pushed the boundaries, the more he'd be able to make up for the fact that he'd been born less talented than the child prodigies that had popped up all around him---from the power aces like Ushijima and Bokuto, to the brilliant setters like Kageyama and Atsumu.

Naturally (though he'd tried to deny it for so long), there would come a time when his body would betray his mind---after all, no normal person would tolerate trainings deep into the night, and insomnia driven by an obsession with self-reflection and analysis of rivals, all despite his lover's pleas to take better care of himself and take things slow.

Unsurprisingly to them, his knee had given out from right beneath him, a sickening crunch sounding mid-training as he could visibly see it dislocate and then swivel back in place. The sight alone was enough to make any grown man pass out, and in a flurry of limbs and concerned yells, he'd been transferred to the ER in a hasty ambulance ride before he'd had surgery on the battered ligament to remove the blood that had inevitably collected at the base.

And here he was, already nearly a month later, and nuzzling his darling's stomach as the tears fell down from his eyes, the throbbing in his knee stopping him from standing up at the moment.

"I got you, it's alright," they mumbled from their higher standing point, arms creeping around his body that looked so frail like this, pulling him closer as one hand reached up to brush his hair gently, "You're gonna be fine, okay?"

"You don't know that," he choked on his words, finally looking up at them with glassy eyes and tear streaks on burning red cheeks, "My career's probably over."

"That's not true," they argued, releasing his hold on them, but before he could latch onto them once again with a panicked look in his eyes, they took the seat beside him on the couch and pulled him carefully by his neck so he could lie down in their lap, "You've done rehab for the past 3 weeks, and look how far you've come. It's only a matter of time before you get back on the court."

His frown got deeper, and he looked away from their eyes, unease settling in his expression, "When I do get back, I'll be so far behind my teammates."

"And I know for sure that you'll be even better than before from there on out," they firmly insisted, deft fingers reaching to cup his cheeks, brushing at the stray tears that had escaped with his frustration, "The surgery's meant to relieve you of joint problems permanently. You've always had a bad right knee, so now, with practice, you'll probably feel less restrained than you were before."

Gulping, the brunette in their arms nodded, before lapsing in silence for a couple of beats. Soon after, though, he shook his head, a weak smile coming onto his face.

"Look at me, moping already when I haven't even gone out of the house in almost a month."

"That's perfectly fine," their voice was gentle, and the kind look in their eyes had warmth pooling in his stomach, "Tooru, you're allowed to be sad and mope around whenever you like. Don't be so hard on yourself."

"But I should be thinking of ways to jump back up---"

With an arch of their brow, they interrupted, "What you should be doing is being kinder to yourself," their eyes softened when he fell quiet, "Give yourself time to heal properly. I've got you, haven't I?"

His tense shoulders fell defeatedly, and he pressed his cheek against their thighs, a pleading look in his eyes, "Please be patient with me. I'm going to need help."

"You don't have to tell me twice," sweetly grinning at him, they ruffled his hair playfully, "I'm crazy for you, so it's only natural I'll be by your side 24/7 if you need me," their tone turned teasing, "Just make sure you don't take advantage of that."

His eyes blew open and he shot out of his place, his arms holding him up as his legs remained stretched, "I'd never!"

"Relax, I'm only messing with you, love," fingers tilting his chin, they kissed him softly, enjoying the delighted sigh that fell from his lips before they pulled away far too soon, "I just know you've got too much pride to outright ask for help every time you're troubled."

Flopping back into their lap, Oikawa pouted up at them, "I'm not that prideful."

They gave him a look, "You refused to tell me your knee was dislocated when I rushed into your operation room."

Bashfully looking away, he picked at the threads at the end of his shirt, "That's cause they called you over from work, and I didn't want you to worry."

"My boyfriend was in the ER in a country that's not our homeland, I think it was kind of impossible not to worry. I had a million scenarios of what I'd end up telling your parents once I was forced to return back to Japan."

He snorted a bit, before an incredulous laugh escaped his lips, "Oh my God, you're so dramatic."

"Says you!" they gasped indignantly, before lightly shoving his shoulder, "Go on then, get off me. Hell if I care. We'll see how dramatic I can be."

His laughter had turned to full-on wheezing now, and they couldn't help but chuckle in amusement. It had always been so easy to make him happy; he'd always been a man who appreciated the smallest gestures and seeked comfort in the tiniest acts of kindness and care. Half of it was endearing, but it was partially upsetting that he'd somehow learnt to expect so little from people; that he seemed to settle for the bare minimum affection.

When Oikawa had calmed down and the happy tears in his eyes had dried up, his gaze fell on their content countenance, and a lovesick smile painted his own face; a grin that he reserved for their eyes only, no one else's.

"You know, I'm so glad you moved all the way to Argentina with me," his hand pulled theirs to rest on his chest, eyes full of admiration and fondness, "You have no idea how much I love you."

"The fact that you tell me how you truly feel shows how much you do, trust me," they bent over to press a kiss to his forehead, relishing in the happy hum he made, "And you know I genuinely care about my pretty boy."

He cuddled into them with blushing cheeks, strong arms looping around their waist as his eyes fluttered shut, "I don't know what I would've done without you."

"Burned the kitchen down, probably."

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[alirhi]

10 Sebastian roles as boyfriends

Because... I'm bored and I feel like it. 😂 Probably some spoilers for, like... everything? So yeah... That.

Putting it under here for easy scrolling:

10: Chase Collins

Who doesn't love a goofball? In the first half of the movie, Chase is basically perfect. He's sweet, funny, not all caught up in his ego, and actually pays attention to what the girls around him are saying, not just to what he wants to hear. If not for the whole... it was all an act to get close to Caleb and try to steal his magic thing, Chase would actually be a damn good high school boyfriend. He's adorable and would be a fun date, but he's also only 18 so best not to start making long-term plans lol. Also, y'know... the whole psycho revenge/power grab thing.

9 Jack Benjamin

Y'all. Y'all. Words cannot describe how much I love Jack. Pretty sure I've made this clear. As a person/character in general, he's absolutely in my Top 3 - not just of Sebastian's characters, but any character ever. ❤ But as a boyfriend? Boy's got baggage. It's what makes me so protective of him, but seeing as how he's trapped in the closet thanks to his overbearing homophobic family and the insane expectations heaped on him, as the show left him, he can't handle an honest relationship. He's too easily influenced by all the wrong people, poor babe.

8 Chris (Destroyer)

On paper, undercover cop sounds cool and exciting, but even if you ignore the fact that he, y'know, dies... Chris got in too deep and kinda lost the mission, so to speak. Best case scenario, you're his sexy partner and in on it all with him and end up on the lam for the rest of your lives. Worst case, this man lies for a living, so can you even trust him? And... yeah. The whole dead thing. Chris is hot af but getting involved with him is a recipe for disaster.

7 Ben

Min and Hathor have mercy, I love Ben! He's smart, he's snarky, he's caring and loyal... he's an absolute disaster. He's another one who seems allergic to honesty, until his lying and avoiding nearly kill his girlfriend. Not exactly relationship goals lol. Everything before totally was, though! Ben's adorable, and I love how he stayed up all night to protect his girlfriend (from a ghost/demon thing... with a baseball bat. I said he was smart, not perfect, okay? XD points for effort lol)

6 Mickey Henry

I. LOVE. MICKEY. Oml I love Mickey. He's a spazz and - even more so than Ben - an absolute disaster of a human being, but I love him. Pros for dating Mickey Henry: he's fun, he's carefree, he'll cook for you even though he's kinda bad at it lol, he loves his son and wants to be a good dad, he wants his partner to be happy and to love life as much as he does. Cons, and the reason he's not higher on the list: He's a pushover; easily influenced by the toxic people in his life, and it gets him into a lot of trouble. Being easily influenced by toxic dumpster fire of a human being Chloe almost lost him the partial custody of his son that he barely even had. He's an absolute sweetheart, but he's a complete man-child, and dating him would often feel more like raising him.

5 Frank "Suffer Buddy"

Come on! You know he and Mickey had to be back-to-back - they're practically the same character! 😂 Frank is Mickey... slightly more grown up. He's still a disaster, but he's respectful of boundaries, he's caring, he's funny in a dry, witty way that I just adore, and hoo lordy that man is a giver! 🥴🥵 Honestly, if he didn't smoke and didn't ditch Daphne in the middle of a party hours away from everything familiar to her surrounded by strangers to go do drugs, I'd call Frank perfect. He listened, he respected her wishes, he tried to keep some distance between them when he found out she'd gone on a date with his best friend (it failed utterly and brought us to the "damn that man's good with his mouth" portion of the movie lmao but still)... I don't have a whole lot of experience with men who actually give a shit, okay? So Frank is like a goddamn unicorn to me lmao. But that drug thing... That keeps him at the bottom of the Top 5 for me. Sorry, bb

4 Bucky

I can already hear everyone on here raging at me for placing Bucky so low on this list, but hear me out: I love this man. I love all four iterations of this man. Flirty 40s Bucky was a doll (fun date, not commitment material). Post-POW camp 40s Bucky had a fire to him that set me on fire. The Winter Soldier can choke me any damn day. Unf. And TFATWS Bucky... Oh, lady above, 2023 Bucky is a gem! He's sweet, snarky, and broken. He feels utterly, wretchedly alone in the world, and everyone around him, including his only friend, is telling him to "man up" and "make amends" for shit that was never his fault to begin with, rather than helping him come to terms with all that he's suffered and all that he's survived. Bucky needs and deserves love. A relationship with him would be so solid, if he found the right person... But it would take a fuck ton of work. He needs someone strong, patient, and more stubborn than he is to prod him until he finds a better therapist and actually opens up, and to keep him on track because even good therapy comes with homework. He does have to "do the work," Sam was right about that much, but he was way off base with what that "work" is. Bucky needs help and understanding, and he would be an amazing boyfriend... if he found someone with the strength to help him weather his nightmares and flashbacks, and help pull him out of this PTSD pit he's been in since 1943.

3 Chris Beck

Big brains turn me on, okay? 😂This man is an astronaut and a surgeon! Yes, please! Come here, you sexy genius! He's smart, he's funny - pretty sure Sebastian is incapable of playing anyone who's not delightfully snarky lol. He's pragmatic when he needs to be but there's also nothing he wouldn't do or risk for the ones he loves. This man is husband material and I cannot be convinced otherwise! So why isn't he #1? Cuz of the whole... spending years in space, thing. Super cool job and I'd be his biggest fan on the ground, but god damn, I would miss him while he's away!

2 TJ Hammond

Look, I'm gender fluid and he's a little bit bi 😂😂😂 Let me have my fantasy, okay? TJ's definitely got a lot of shit to work through, but love brings out the best in him. Before that fucking closeted shitbag broke his heart and stomped on it for good measure, TJ was clean and sober for months, he was happy, he was playing piano again, he was pulling himself together. Not only would he be an amazing boyfriend, but his partner would get the extra joy of getting to watch their love and devotion to him be the thing that saves this beautiful man's life. It's not healthy overall to tie your self worth and will to live to a relationship, but if he found the right person who would be there for him through all of life's shit and stick it out, I think he'd be okay. Even after his lowest point and without the support of his family, TJ still had a dream and he still chased it. He's not just the sweetest person to ever grace our screens, but he's ambitious and business-savvy, too. Keep him off drugs and watch this man take over the world, I'm telling you!

So why is TJ only #2? Well, besides the fact that he's like 99% gay and I have no bits he'd be interested in lmao, there's also the fact that this guy owns my heart:

1 Will Franklyn

And not just because we get to see him wet and mostly naked lol. Will is fucking perfect. I would die for this man... because he's already shown that he would die for his love. He almost fucking did, and they weren't even together yet! He's smart and very aware, he's a writer so we'd get to bond/geek out over books together, he's not all full of himself (self-deprecating humor ftw!) and he's willing to help a total stranger despite actual mortal peril, just because it's the right thing to do. Fierce, intelligent, sassy, strong-willed, and a flawless moral compass? YESYESYESYESYES! Forget boyfriend - let me MARRY this man! 😍🥰