#I see pattern of my OTPs

[mybrainrotforreal]

This is it, this is how the tops of my ships propose their soon-to-be wives

[wekissedandyousaidwow]

A Kuzlina interpretation of "My Funny Friend And Me" (Kuzlina song of the day)

I know this song was made for Pacha and Kuzco's characters in The Kingdom Of The Sun, when Kuzlina didn't even exist yet, but listening to the lyrics I think it fits so well for them too. 

"And we wondered just what happened 

To the life we knew

before the world changed

And not a thing I held was true" 

I'm imagining this applying to Kuzco being forced off the throne into attending Kuzco Academy. He lost everything he had. His power, his money, and any respect he had as the Sapa Inca. It can also apply to Malina meeting Kuzco, as although she seemed fine in life, without meeting him she would never discover certain things about herself. 

"But you were kind to me

And you reminded me

That the world is not my playground 

There are other things that matter"

Malina often helps Kuzco see the value in other people and having morals, much like Pacha. 

"But you stayed in my corner

The only world I know was upside down"

Malina stayed a supportive friend all throughout Kuzco's time at Kuzco academy, even when he was being difficult. 

"We could be lost we could refuse to try

But we made it through in the dark night"

Again there were times when Malina and Kuzco argued and disliked eachother but ultimately they graduated on good terms and supportive of eachother. 

"I'm not as clever as I thought I was

I'm not the boy I used to be because

You showed me something different, you showed me something pure

I always seemed so certain but I was really never sure"

I'm interprating this line as Kuzco being in love with Malina. He already went through an arc of character development with Pacha, but he had never been in love before or see the value in that, and I think that really changed him on a fundamental level. 

"But you stayed, 

And you called me name,

Others would have walked out on a lousy game" 

I always think of the very first episode where Kuzbunny is all sad and alone and Malina calls out to him.<3 

"Just like the patterns in the big sky

We'll be together till the end is nigh

Don't know the answer or the reason why

We'll stick together till the day we die"

I see Kuzlina as a very strong and everlasting relationship. 

"If I had to do this all a second time

I won't complain or make a fuss

Who would the angels send but that unlikely blend

Of those two funny friends

That's us"

If Kuzco got to do Kuzco Academy again, I don't think he would have given Malina such a hard time or been so whiny. I do think in his universe he would see Malina, and their relationship, as a gift from the gods.  <33

[jakebogarts]

柄本 佑 || 「光る君へ」 (2024) · 第四十四回 「望月の夜」 ​​​

[betty-fran]

#comparing d/e and k/s does feel like the inevitable culmination of my shipping feelings explosions lol#but it really does feel so much more late-p&p waiting to see how it's going to work out now that they've had the necessary arcs etc#than like ... secret relationship falling apart or whatnot. obviously more uneven than an austen novel—but as a dynamic#one of the most surprising things about tos for me was how my strong impressions of it throughout the marathon were just#/so/ different from what i'd osmosed through fandom and from every other trek i'd experienced. just so utterly distinct and compelling#and these general interpretations of what's going on or what the dynamic is in some part of tos - were so often#not how it felt to me at /all/. like i'm used to being opinionated and having different takeaways than fanon/further franchise takes/etc#and it's not like i'm supreme arbiter of anything for other people. but even for me the chasm between expectation and my actual impressions#has been really really surprising. even my beloved kirk uhura brotp was a shock bc it's so much more present than i had any idea of#anyway. i have definitely appreciated finding people who are more tos-oriented and have impressions more in the same ballpark!#so thanks op i have a drafts folder a mile deep at this point but seeing your posts is always a pleasure (via @anghraine)

One of the K/S talks about TOS S3

I've seen more than once how the third season of TOS is perceived as a season of breakup for K/S. I had seen many references to this, and I was bracing myself for the (bad) tension and estrangement between the two of them that was about to occur.

But being now at the midpoint of season three, I don't feel that way.

The third season has undoubtedly become much more intense and raising the level of plot drama in each episode, creating the feeling that they have crossed some point in a five-year mission, when fatigue and stress among the crew are only increasing. Which is especially noticeable with Kirk, who, as a captain, is responsible for his crew and his ship. You understand that all the things he's been through, the things he's been disappointed in, the things he's believed in, it's changed him. Kirk in S3 feels different from Kirk in S1, more serious, more desperate, more rigid in his own principles, and not as attached to following the rules.

Although TOS is more of an anthology in its structure and is not linear, I like to perceive it linearly. It's not the obvious things, it's not the specific plot connection, but it's the changes that occur throughout three seasons in the main characters, in their moods, the things they talk about, how they react to situations, and especially in their nonverbal language. TOS says a lot without saying anything. That's the part that makes it so poetic. And this linearity is clearly noticeable when we talk about K/S. They've come a long way since the first season, and in my personal opinion, the third season is definitely not the season of their breakup, but conversely, the season of them approaching the point where they can't help but be together. The K/S relationship in TOS is actually such an Edwardian romance - these are hundreds of dialogues that are conducted without words, with just glances, the silent conversations of their touches without touches, decisions that remain unspoken, and are expressed only in their actions. Considering what kind of people they are, how they perceive the world, and what they really want from a relationship, I don't think there could've been any kind of casual connection between them. They both want a serious relationship, and they really value and respect each other, appreciating this exceptional importance between them, and neither of them would risk that for something that wasn't visceral enough. There's no doubt here; if something really happens between them, it will be permanent, fundamental for them both.

They've definitely been forming and deepening this attachment to each other since the first episode, but I think until around "This Side of Paradise", neither of them had really called things by their own names. I find this episode very pivotal in how they both, Kirk and Spock, accept the fact that they can't leave each other, that they can't be without each other, and that they have no right to it. They both, for different reasons, feel they can't afford it, but from that moment on, when they can no longer ignore the existing attachment, it gradually begins to change. It still remains something completely out of reach for them at this point, but they go through different situations together, changing themselves and becoming closer. That's why the second season is actually quite comfortable with this "hey, I got you, I will be there if you need me, take your time" between them. For me, the second season is their period of understanding themselves, each other, and defining boundaries that they both try to adhere to.

But the third season leaves no room for that. They're constantly moving from one critical moment to the next, going through terrible things, and they only do so because of the trust and intimacy that exists between them. They no longer have time for the polite "I'll wait until you're ready" as they have to cross each other's established boundaries over and over again to save another, their crew, and their ship. And they both noticeably become much more desperate in their actions when the other is in danger. This is a difficult season that constantly tests them both, demanding a clear awareness of their own selves, and I think at this point, all the reasons that each of them held on to, forbidding themselves from loving each other like this, denying themselves the possibility of a real relationship, are no longer so crucial. Yes, it may not happen anytime soon, but it's no longer about awareness or accepting your own feelings; it's all here, it's monolithic, and it's all undoubtedly heading towards this. This is no longer the "Let me help" of the first season; this is constant help for each other that doesn't have to be asked. It's not about heart eyes, lovey-dovey looks, or warm flirting anymore; it's about I'm willing to do this for you because I love you, and your happiness is more important to me than other things, even if it means letting you go.

These two are so obviously into each other, and for me, season three is just blatant confirmation of that. It's still like reading Jane Austen, when you're nearing the end of the story, and you know that these people are obviously going to be together, but it's still held in a tension of unspokenness.

And, well, that's what I like about it.

[wendichester]

hey gurl would you do a part 2 to a crush pls?? it may or may not have been me that requested it 🤣 could you maybe write it so he ends up asking her out on a date or they end up having a movie night in/home date kinda thing?? maybe they cook together or something?? i trust your decision because your writing is amazing 🩷

˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ a crush²,

summary. sam has a crush and finally has the guts to do something about it.

pairing. sam winchester x reader

wordcout. 701

notes. okay, but you're slowly but steadily becoming my otp. and I could see this turning out into a full-blown 50k fic

𓂃⋆.˚ part 1

Later that night, Sam finds himself pacing in the kitchen, trying to summon the courage to follow Dean’s advice. The idea of asking you out feels like standing at the edge of a cliff, heart pounding and unsure if the leap will end in flight or a crash.

“You’re overthinking it,” Dean says from the doorway, arms crossed as he leans casually against the frame. “Just do it already.”

Sam glares at him. “Could you not?”

Dean smirks but holds up his hands in surrender. “Fine. But if you wait too long, you’ll miss your shot.”

Sam groans, running a hand through his hair. He grabs a bottle of water from the fridge and takes a deep breath. Before he can talk himself out of it, he heads to the library, where he finds you exactly where you were earlier—feet up on the couch, headphones back on, and nose buried in the journal.

This time, though, he doesn’t linger at the edge of the room. He clears his throat, and when you glance up, he flashes you a small, nervous smile.

“Hey,” he says. “Got a minute?”

You pull your headphones down, giving him your full attention. “What’s up, Sammy?”

He shifts awkwardly, his fingers gripping the water bottle like it’s a lifeline. “I was, uh, wondering if you wanted to… hang out tonight. Just the two of us.”

Your brow quirks, a teasing smile tugging at your lips. “Hang out? Like a date?”

The question catches him off guard, but he nods, swallowing hard. “Yeah. Like a date.”

Your smile softens, and you close the journal, setting it aside. “I’d like that.”

Relief floods him, and he offers a lopsided grin. “Great. How about we make dinner? Together?”

“Sounds perfect,” you say, standing and stretching. “But just so you know, I’m rubbish in the kitchen.”

He chuckles, the tension in his shoulders easing. “That’s okay. I’ll take the lead.”

A short while later, the two of you are in the kitchen, chopping vegetables and debating the proper way to season a sauce. Sam works with practiced ease, and you do your best to follow his instructions, though you can’t resist sneaking tastes or cracking jokes to keep things light.

“You’re surprisingly good at this,” you say, watching him stir a pot with effortless grace.

He glances at you, his cheeks faintly pink. “I had to learn. Dean and I didn’t exactly grow up eating gourmet meals.”

“Still,” you say, leaning against the counter, “you make it look easy.”

Sam shrugs, a shy smile playing on his lips. “It’s nice to share it with someone.”

Your eyes meet, and for a moment, the air between you feels heavier.

After dinner is ready, you settle in the living room, plates balanced on your laps as a movie plays softly in the background. You’ve both kicked off your boots, and somewhere along the way, you ended up leaning against him, your head resting on his shoulder.

“This is nice,” you murmur, your voice barely above a whisper.

“Yeah,” Sam agrees, his hand resting lightly on your knee. “It is.”

When the movie ends, neither of you moves. The warmth of his presence, the way his fingers trace absent patterns over your leg—it’s all too comforting to break.

“Sam?” you say after a while.

“Yeah?”

You tilt your head to look at him, your lips curving into a soft smile. “Thanks for tonight. I needed this.”

He smiles back, his hazel eyes warm and tender. “Me too.”

Before you can overthink it, you lean up and press a gentle kiss to his cheek. His breath catches, and when you pull back, he’s staring at you like he can’t quite believe you’re real.

“I really like you,” he says suddenly, the words tumbling out in a rush.

Your grin widens, and you tug him closer, your foreheads touching. “Good,” you whisper. “Because I really like you too.”

He kisses you then, slow and sweet, and it feels like the world has finally clicked into place.

That night, as you both clean up the kitchen and settle back on the couch for another movie, it’s clear that this is just the beginning of something good—something real.

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[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Shedding

[mysterious circle of robed figures] JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: i have terrible, bone-chilling newsss Rowling: did you know that india willoughby exisssstsss? Rowling: thiss makess me ssso mad

Rowling: i know you're all ussed to me being ssubtle Rowling: you know, talking about womensss ssafety and all that Rowling: but i'm done with that Rowling: now i enter endgame

Rowling: tonight my rage ssshall fuel my final transssformation Rowling: tonight i sshed my ssskin for the lassst time Rowling: gone will be the resspectable normie lib ssspotted patterning Rowling: henceforth i shall wear banded patterning [puts on arm band]

Rowling: now i sshed my ssskin and obsserve my transformation to full blood purity fascism Helen Joyce: but dark lord! it's too obvious! Joyce: what if the rubes notice? Rowling: just point to that old "wear whatever you want" post and pretend i meant it

Rowling: i'll be right back, gonna go shed a sskin Rowling: now before i leave one lasst directive Rowling: you lot don't do anything ssilly while i'm gone Rowling: you know, anything that would make our entire causse look dumb or anything Joyce: you can count on us, dark lord!

[Rowling exits] Joyce: so Joyce: anyone wanna hear this new fan fic i've been working on Jesse Singal: when does mommy get back

Joyce: so Joyce: so my story has draco/hermione otp, noncon, dubcon, cuckolding, underage, lemon, coffeeshop au, crackfic Kathleen Stock: noooo helen! don't read fanfic! don't you know fanfic turns you trans? Joyce: sorry its a risk i have to take Joyce: for science

Joyce: look, i'm going to scientifically prove that fanfiction turns you trans Joyce: luckily i'm built of stronger stuff Joyce: the rest of you just plug your ears Stock: what about you, helen? Joyce: lash me to the mast

Stock: i've been writing a fan fic too Stock: it's about the love between the Unknown, an evil choclatier who lives in the walls, and this mysteriously sexy lady oompa loompa who everybody loves who is named Stathleen Kock [permaberry, leaking juice, enjoyment, enemies to lovers]

Rowling: ok i'm back Helen Joyce: dark lord! how does it feel to shed your lib skin of plausible deniability to don your extremely online skin of blood purity? Rowling: i feel sstrong! powerful! like a new ssnake! Rowling: i feel like i can sssay Rowling: ALL THE SSSLURSS!!!

Rowling: tinktonk! cricklecrack! boofnoggin! i can sssay them all!!! Rowling: no now mudblood can ssstand in my way! Rowling: doess india willoughby still exissst? Joyce: yes dark lord! Rowling: [coiling in rage] the cheek!!!! the audacity!!!

Rowling: ugh, look at india willoughby, performing feminine joy! Rowling: womanhood isn't about joy! Rowling: true femininity is being miserable all the time, posting and also being banned from seeing your grandchildren

[dangermousie]

I rolled my eyes at the groom saying he will never sleep with his wife because she's a merchant.

Not rolling my eyes because of disdain but because of that relatively new cdrama need to keep heroine pristine for her eventual man even tho it makes no sense. Think of Dream of Splendor where they insisted she was a virgin despite being a performer. And now here - I could see a man disdaining his low born wife but to leave her untouched? Really?

If it was a one-off, it would be one thing but this is very much part of a pattern.

Long gone are the days when Shu Qi's FL had to whore herself for her gross assassin master and still ended up happily with Wallace Huo's idealistic scholar in Red Dust or Dilraba’s FL slept with and had another man’s child despite being eventually part of an OTP with Zhang Bin Bin in The King’s Woman or Imperial Doctress where Liu Shi Shi was married to and raped by her husband and eventually ended up with true love emperor Wallace Huo or Zhang Xinyi's Princess having to sleep with her gross husband despite being in mutual forbidden love with his brother played by Yuan Hong, and ending up happily with him eventually (or, to use a more recent example, Tang Yan having to sleep with her husband but eventually ending up with her first and true love Shawn Dou's character in The Princess Weiyoung.)

[phantasmatoucan]

Owl, I need all of your thoughts on Hunted. Because you offered of course.

OFC ILL GIVE U MY THOUGHTS OF LA CREATURA...

[Send Me a Character and I'll List Ask Game]

FAVORITE THING ABOUT THEM

HOW COMPASSIONATE HE CAN BE, HONESTLY I WASNT EXPECTING HIM TO BE SO EMPHATETIC WITH THE DEN IN THE DIGGING OUT TOGETHER ROUTE BUT HE INMEDIATLY FEELS BAD JUST LEAVING HER BEHIND, HE MAY WANT TO SURVIVE IN ANY WAY HE CAN BUT HE ISNT CRUEL HE JUST WANTS TO FEEL SAFE AND UNDERSTAND THAT HE DOESNT HAVE TO DO IT ALONE, THAT SAID, I ALSO LOVE HOW WHEN HES PUSHED TO A CORNER SO MUCH HE WILL FIGHT BACK, THE INSTINCT ROUTE IS SOOO COOL BUT MAN DO I FEEL BAD AS WELL FOR HUNTED, JUST GIVING IN AND ATTACK AND FIGHT BECAUSE HE DOESNT WANT TO BE PREY ANYMORE HE DOESNT WANT TO FEEL UNSAFE, HE WILL BITE AND CLAW AT WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO SO THAT HE CAN SURVIVE, LIKE A HUNTER

LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT THEM

THIS WILL BE A PATTERN BUT I ACTUALLY DONT KNOW ANYTHING THAT I WOULD DISLIKE ABOUT HUNTED....

FAVORITE LINE

"The pack is always stronger than the lone hunter." AND "But it's not alive forever. I can smell the end all around us. Sweet and empty. This is where we die. I'm going to lie down now."

BROtp

STUBBORN!!! I LOVE THEM WORKING TOGETHER SPECIALLY IN THE EYE OF THE NEDDLE, I THINK HUNTED WOULD HELP STUBBORN GET MORE AGILE ABILITIES AND BETTER WAYS TO DODGE HIS OPPONENTS AND STUBBORN WOULD TEACH HUNTED HOW TO BE MORE RESILIANT AND HOW TO THROW SOME GOOD PUNCHES

OTP

I DONT REALLY SHIP HIM WITH ANYONE, MAYBE THE DEN I THINK THEY WOULD BE CUTE, BUT I SEE THEM MORE AS BESTIES AND LIKE TO LAY NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND JUST SLEEP

NOtp

AGAIN I BARELY SHIP HIM WITH ANYBODY AND HAVENT SEEN THAT MUCH SHIP STUFF WITH HIM LMAO

RANDOM HEADCANON

FOR MY HUNTED I THINK HE IS VERY TOUCHY FEELY AS IN HE LIKES TO NUZZLE AGAINST PEOPLE HE TRUSTS [other voices] AND CAN SIT ON THEM DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH THEY LET HIM DO THAT, HE CLIMBS ON STUBBORNS BACK WHILE HES JUST CHILLING AND JUST LAYS ON HIM, WITH ANYONE ELSE THO, HE JUST SCAMPERS AWAY LMAO

UNPOPULAR OPINION

I HAVENT SEEN ONE IF THERE IS ONE LMAO

SONG I ASSOCIATE WITH THEM

REcorrection BY 猫叉Master AND FIGHT SONG BY Eve [THIS ARE MORE BY VIBES SPECIALLY THE FIRST ONE]

FAVORITE PICTURE OF THEM

I LOVE DRAWING CHEATED JUST CHILLING WITH THE OTHER VOICES 23KLM23R

[tacosandtouchtanks]

#Zekinaweek25

Zeke x Tina Week 2025 | 23rd - 29th of June

23.06 | <Fireflies> 24.06 | <Roleplay> 25.06 | <Observation> 26.06 | <Free Space> 27.06 | <Feast> 28.06 | <Theater> 29.06 | <Praise>

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RULES:

How do I participate?

Create something related to the prompts and our OTP, upload it and enjoy that you created something.

But I can’t draw…

Don’t worry! There is so much more you can do!

Don’t worry! There is so much more you can do! All forms of media/art are allowed! Editing a video, writing a fanfiction, formulating a headcanon or an analysis. Drawing a fanart, editing a graphic or creating a moodboard. Recording an audio or a musical composition, creating a playlist of songs, getting your cosplay out or doing a photoshooting with some merch you own, maybe giving a recommendation to a fanart or fanfiction! Are you crafty? Create a small pattern, knit, crochet or embroider something. Just share your headcanons!

Don’t be shy with liking and reblogging each other’s work.

Will you reblog my work?

Heck yeah! Please use the hashtag #ZekinaWeek25 as the first tag or mention this blog in your description @tacosandtouchtanks

Why Zekina and not Zina?

Glad you asked, phantom person that I use as a stand-in! Zināʾ (زِنَاء) or zinah (زِنًى or زِنًا) is an Islamic legal term referring to unlawful sexual intercourse. (Wikipedia)

I think it would be disrespectful towards islamic peoples believes to use it as a ship name as well as considering the meaning “unlawful sex” of all kinds… I don’t think it would be a good ship name.

Meanwhile Zekina is only a name and surname in a couple of countries, so basically free for grabs! Let’s go with that!

Rules:

Everyone is welcome to participate.

This is an event to celebrate the romantic involvement of Tina and Zeke from the show Bob’s Burgers, but portrayals of them as friends are welcome too! (But no other ships with either of them.)

No reposting of other peoples work! (Sharing a link is fine, using graphics and scenes from the show is also fine.)

You do not need to have a tumblr blog to participate. However, if you are not blogging on tumblr and would like to see your work featured on this blog, I need you to submit it. (You can stay anonymous if you want to)

Sharing links to your works from other social media sites (Ao3, twitter, instagram) as a submission is absolutely fine

Don’t worry if you’re no native speaker. Use the language you feel most comfortable with!

(I don’t feel like it should have to be said but…) No bashing on other artists’ works or harassing others. Zeke and Tina would never approve of bullying, and neither will I.

Please help to spread the word with spreading this post.

Have fun! <3

[sorry-not-feeling-it-right-now]

Ask game here!!! ^^^ (I’m on IPad so it looks like this unfortunately 😭)

(Oh gosh three asks asking me about the same character (I’ll just put them together and answer it as a singular post!))

(Also this turned out way longer than I’ve expected so I’m gonna put a cut here!! To save scrolling time!!)

FAVORITE THING ABOUT THEM

Probably how open Smitten is with his emotions!!! He feels so so much with his whole heart and I really love how he’s not afraid to share them! He is a really honest and earnest character and I don’t really see him lying in any way (and if he does, he’d probably do a really terrible job at it because of how he wears his heart on his sleeve andnsjsm). I can’t help but feel that his earnestness is something worth admiring!

Oh! And of course of how gentle he can be! Despite his bravado he really knows how to lift someone up with his soft words. He can see how someone is hurting and would attempt to lift them up by reminding them that they are loved and is worth loving. I especially love him in Thorn because of this reason. He’s really just love personified (even if it’s towards his own deterrent (don’t do that Smitten))

Also also! I love the way he speaks! He’s so dramatic with his speech patterns that it gives me the giddiest feeling whenever I hear him speak. His princely flair got me alright… he’s so cute,,,.,,…

AND!!! How he subverts the expectations of how love is a purely good thing!!! Love can hurt really really bad as well as heal!! Both the giver and the receiver!!!! And how he is a representation of using fantasy as a coping mechanism!!! He has a lot!!! Of stuff!!!!

(Ik it said “favourite thing about them (singular)” but I can’t help but give him appreciation by yapping)

LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT THEM

(I do have some things to say about that despite you occupying 90% of my brain space Smitten </3 it’s out of love tho I promy…)

To mirror what I’ve said at the beginning, it’s of how self-sacrificing he is. My guy has zero self-preservation and self-love despite being the personification of love and emotion. He would literally die for the one he loves and like,,,, NO!!!! SMITTY!!!! SOME PEOPLE WOULD WANT YOU TO LIVE!!!! FOR THEM!!!! SOME PEOPLE WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR DEVOTION!!!!! DONT DO IT!!!! SHAKING YOU ON THE SHOULDERS /AFF

FAVORITE LINE

He has a lot of great lines tbh sbsnsjs

A lot of them are really good, but I just, can’t remember a lot of them, so I’ll just put down those that I actually remember

“My wrath will echo the depths of my bereavement.”

“If we just showed her the contents of our heart... She'd be happy here." ABSOLUTE CHILLS

“YOU SMARMY ASS”

"By cruelly turning on the Princess on her moment of vulnerability we made ourselves an enemy. But, by mastering our fear and insecurity and handing over our power, we've begun a journey to something so much deeper"

BROtp

Smitten and Skeptic! As well as Smitten and Stubborn!!

The Heart and The Head!! The Grey Brothers have a special place in my heart… They’re like the two people who’s really different from each other but enjoys each other’s company regardless of that difference. They balance each other out rather nicely despite them never meeting each other officially in game: like, Skeptic could teach Smitten to think before he act on his own emotions and be more sceptical of the intentions of other people, while Smitten could encourage Skeptic to feel with his heart! I see Skeptic as the type of person to have a hard time empathising with other people and would rely heavily on his logic to help solve the problem for them instead of simply listening to them (he cares, just doesn’t know how to do it in a way that’s unfamiliar to him/not his nature), so I think having Smitten be there to teach him how to do that would help him greatly. They would probably understand each other in the ending where TLQ kills Shifty’s heart and becomes a god himself, since Skeptic knows what’s it like to not have a grounding presence to catch him (for Smitten it’s the Princess). Him and Cheated would comfort Smitten during those times.

And here’s Beauty and Brawn! Aside from their shared appreciation for the Princess, they are also both really passionate characters who are extremely open with their emotions. Smitten would appreciate Stubborn’s showcase of passion towards the Princess, while Stubborn would see strength and potential in Smitten as an opponent! Stubborn would probably rather head straight ahead towards violence instead of using words like Smitten does, but he likes the guy so what the hell

Stubborn would try to get Smitten to fight him, but Smitten just, doesn’t fight him simply because being violent is really not in his nature (unless Stubborn intentionally gloats him into fighting him)

They would be the duo that hugs and cries together whenever there’s a touching scene playing in a movie

OTP

You already know,,..,,,, (it’s Burned Bridges)

Funnily enough the infamous Burned Grey lines aren’t the reason why I ship them in the first place

It’s the fact that I remembered a line Cold had said about Smitten would one day want the emotions to go away completely despite how strongly those emotions burn at the current moment , and then telling him to trust him on it.

It just. Reveals so much about Cold as a character.

Not only does it imply that Cold isn’t completely emotionless as he oh so often tells us that he is, and that he had felt strong emotions at one point but had chosen to repress them completely due to how much it had hurt him, but it also reveals that he doesn’t seem to hold the same animosity towards Smitten as the other way around (at least, not the level of hatred Smitten holds for him),as he actually gave him advice on the subject matter. He seems to be more amused by Smitten then anything. Burned Grey is a route where Smitten was denied of his purpose with us deciding to kill the Princess, and Cold’s whole thing is about his purpose being denied, and hence the numbing ache in his heart that he desperately wants to fill. So I feel like he would probably understand Smitten in that regard of having his purpose denied. He just, find Smitten’s anger really freaking amusing due to the fact that Smitten is usually really chipper. And also the fact that Anger is the rawest emotion there is.

They would definitely start on rough terms though. With Smitten actually fulfilling his promise on letting Cold feel what he had felt (via hurting Cold) and Cold just becoming more and more interested in how far Smitten would go in his pursuit of vengeance. How far would he go? How low would he stoop? He would love to know, and so he would gloat him more and more and see how he would react.

But knowing Smitten, he would probably get really tired of hurting Cold over and over again. He is. Just not a violent person at heart. His starring chapter two is literally one of the three routes that doesn’t have a chapter one that ends with violence(it technically does but you know what I mean(Damsel, Prisoner, Stranger)). Eventually it would reach a point where he would just tiredly tell Cold off without it ending with violence, and that would make Cold feel surprised about the change in his usual pattern of behaviour. I’d like to think that Cold would be the person to reach Smitten out to soothe him on his hollowness and aimlessness when Smitten would deny him over and over until he eventually lets Cold do his thing (heavily influenced by @pink-november ‘s fic btw) and Smitten coming to a realisation that Cold might not be as emotionless as he thought… and then the two deciding to start over on their relationship and become friends… and then learning that wait, they’re actually quite similar… and then they unknowingly fall for each other for real the more time they spend with each other…. oughhhhh slowburn Burned Bridges my beloved

“Who needs violence when you have love?”

“Who needs love when you’ve mastered yourself?”

Also also, fire and ice, pink and black, pillow and blanket, “hero” and “villain” (but not really), emotional doofus and stoic fella????? ENEMIES TO FRIENDS TO LOVERS SLOWBURN?????? That’s a lot of stuff!!!! (And the comedic whiplash of “GRRRR I HATE YOU!!!!” to them cuddling together is just. Really funny to me ok.)

Again, this ship can either go down an even more toxic route then it already is (yummy toxic yaoi) or it could become something really fluffy and tender. It really depends on what direction the writer wants the ship to go. I’m fine with either though. Both are really fun routes.

NOtp

I don’t really have a NOtp for him tbh,,..,,,,.

RANDOM HEADCANON

I’ve already said this in another post, but I’d like to imagine Smitten would abuse nicknames and name the voices with the positive qualities he sees in them. Also this is a headcanon for the Voices in general, but I’d like to think that he’d struggle acting away from his nature. Much like the Vessels, the Voice’s nature is all they knew. A part of him would always yearn for the presence of the Princess, since she was literally who he was made to love and dote upon. Even though he would feel genuinely happy that TLQ had found his one true love, a part of him would always feel that emptiness She had left behind, and his heart would ache more and more. Broken in Apotheosis had proven that the Voices can in fact grow their perspective and in turn become more complex, so I feel like Smitten would definitely have his own arc as well once the Voices learn to become their own person and not just a singular facet of TLQ (and especially Oppy and Cold but this ain’t about them).

Smitten would be really affectionate with his show of affection (depends on Voice to Voice though!!!! He wouldn’t want to make them feel uncomfortable). If you ask him which showcase of affection his likes most, he would tell you that he loves all shows of affection equally! Love is love and should be showed proud and loud across your heart! He’s the type of guy to casually give platonic smooches on the cheeks (again, depends on Voice to Voice—if the Voice is uncomfortable with smooches, he’d probably just do a handshake or something). He doesn’t really put a line in love. To him, love is just that—love. There is no need to put a line between platonic, familial and romantic love. As long as the parties are comfortable with how that love is expressed, there is no problem!

Also can we all agree he would write the corniest love songs ever?? Thanks (Cold would be amused by him and listens to Smitten perform despite his comment on the corniness of it all ahahahahah anyway)

UNPOPULAR OPINION

I can agree on Smitten not being a d!ck but saying Smitten is completely harmless and lacks any malicious intent is where I have to disagree. I dunno if this is an unpopular opinion though.

Him wanting to hurt someone in the name of love IS malicious intent despite the motivation. And he has proven that can AND will do what he had said that he would do with him literally killing us after we killed Damsel for seemingly no reason. He is love as much as he is emotional.

Also he seems to care more about how you AND the Princess feels more then his own opinions. He reads as a people pleaser to me. He genuinely just wants you and the Princess to be happy, but then that mixing with his own perception that he is supposed to be the knight in shining armour for the Princess makes for a weird complex.

SONG I ASSOCIATE WITH THEM

We Become We, but specifically that one part of the song with HEA Smitten. I do love me some angst.

(Again sorry about the format!!!!!)

Full song: https://youtu.be/hRllUeany_Q?si=AJHdP-dJUHdf-r30

That one part: https://youtu.be/mwnXg6GXCk8?si=G1hzN_EG93ulKAhN

FAVOURITE PICTURE OF THEM

Ohohohohoh I have a couple of those teehee

(I love it when I just draw him like a ball)

[olderthannetfic]

Would I accuse any individual fan in my fandom of bi erasure? No, that way lies madness. And besides, everyone has perfectly valid reasons for their headcanons.

And yet, there are some things I can't help but find suspicious…

Like the many fans who look at a male character who's clearly attracted to women and also has a male love interest, and declare this character to be exclusively gay. Almost as if they think his attraction to women would somehow threaten the sanctity of their M/M OTP.

Or maybe the other fans who see a female character who has important romantic relationships with both boys and girls, and insist that she's a lesbian and take it as a personal attack when other people continue to ship her with men.

Or perhaps the fact that it's only ever the gay characters (none of whom explicitly identify as gay in canon) whose sexuality must never, ever, ever be erased by shipping them with someone of a different gender, while meanwhile it's always A-OK to declare the canon bi characters to be gay.

Yeah, I would have to say I find the pattern suspicious.

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[frobinfandays]

#FRobinMonth25, 06 Feb - 09 March

RULES

How do I participate?

Create something related to the prompts (one, two, or all three or just answer one or both questions) and our OTP. Upload it and enjoy that you created something.

But I can’t draw or write…

Don’t worry! There is so much more you can do! All forms of media/art are allowed! Editing a video, writing a fanfiction, formulating a headcanon or an analysis. Drawing a fanart, editing a graphic or creating a moodboard. Recording an audio or a musical composition, creating a playlist of songs, getting out your cosplay or doing a photoshooting with some merch you own, maybe giving a recommendation to a fanart or fanfiction! Are you crafty? Create a small pattern, knit, crochet or embroider. Also, we’ll add questions that you can write answers to! Just share your answers! 

Let’s get creative! Everything is welcome!

New Rule! No artworks or texts that are "created" with A.I. tools like Midjourney or ChatGPT are allowed! Everything created BY YOU is 1000 times worth more than anything created with those things. 

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Will you reblog/retweet my work?

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Rules:

Everyone is welcome to participate.

This is an event to celebrate the romantic involvement of Franky and Robin from One Piece, but portrayals of them as friends are welcome too! (But no other ships with either of them.)

No reposting of other people’s work! (Sharing a link is fine, using official works for edits is also fine.)

No A.I.! 

You are absolutely allowed to use the visual prompts in your work!

You do not need to have a Tumblr blog to participate on Tumblr. However, if you would like to see your work featured on the FRobinFandays blog, we need you to submit it to us. (You can stay anonymous if you want to.)

First time we’ll also have this event on bsky @frobin.bsky.social and also just write FRobin in the post or use #FRobinMonth25

Everyone else feel free to check out what is happening on those social media platforms!

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Don’t worry if you’re no native speaker. Write in the language you feel comfortable with!

(I don’t feel like it should have to be said but…) No bashing on other artists’ works or harassing others. Franky and Robin would never approve of bullying, and neither will we.

Please help to spread the word!

Have fun! <3

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Please submit prompts! Or show your interest!

[limitbreaker23]

It’s my Sunshot Campaign fic’s anniversary, Before the Sun Sets, so I’m suffering with feelings trapped on the battlefield that I need to ramble about. This beautiful Chengzhan Sunshot Campaign piece I commissioned from @rounove is too big for this site, but please look at a cropped version.

The full image in all its low-res beauty and me gushing about things below:

I always enjoy taking the opportunity to gush about all the details in artworks. Like, obviously I’m forever in love with my otp’s expressions here. Jiang Cheng’s cheek was cut in battle, narrow escape situation for our beloathed companions, and after they found the illusion of shelter, they can take care of any injuries. Lan Wangji is focused on this, completely, diligently, and wipes the blood away so carefully, leaning close. Jiang Cheng, sitting on this tree, sore and in pain, stares up at this unscathed, seemingly radiating face and appears to feel a different kind of ache. His expression murders me every time, he’s fighting a battle he’ll lose here, reaching up to cup Lan Wangji’s face with his bloodstained hand. AH! And what does Lan Wangji see and feel, with his eyes trapped on Jiang Cheng’s mouth, with his lips already parting, when he should take care of the wound? AH!

Jiang Cheng’s hand with Zidian on it already found a resting place on Lan Wangji’s thigh, a trail of blood left where it ran up from his knee. Steadying Lan Wangji as he leant in to look at the injury? Pulling, perhaps? All the white, so pristine robes draping over Jiang Cheng’s purple robes makes me feel all the things. Lan Wangji is a protective cloud brighter than anything in this moment. AH!

Their swords resting next to them, a mirror of their positions. Sometimes I just love to stare at the swords, all the details, the small, delicate patterns on the sheaths, the ruffled, soft looking tassels. Bichen would slip to the forest ground if Sandu weren’t steadily holding it up. And Sandu is safely shielded by Bichen. AH!

And the background! The rainy darkness that followed them to this spot to haunt or shield them, down a river that looks like spilled ink rippling the reflection of the trees. And this ancient, magnificent tree that keeps them dry from the rain with those thick leaves. AH!

I just love falling into this picture and thinking of how they ended up here. The pain, the suffering, the brushes of skin and fleeting touches that lead to them literally falling into each other’s warmth here. Now kiss!

[newx-menfan]

Some folks on X-Men Reddit are calling Julian guilty of sexual assault because he was introduced trying to unbutton Jean's shirt with his TK

And like I get where they are coming from because what he was doing was not cool and would be taken far more seriously if it was written today in a post MeToo culture

But I also feel like it's an extremely uncharitable view of the situation? He tried it once, was unsuccessful, and most importantly he never tried it again. He never did anything even remotely similar to another girl.

I don't want to say it was just "boys being boys" because that's always been bullshit. But I do think it's important to put it into context. He was very young when that happened and he went through a great deal of character development afterwards, and again, it was not a pattern with him.

(BTW who wants to bet that those same folks don't have a problem with Gambit or Daken or Longshot or Starfox or Spider-Woman using sex charm/pheromone powers to lower inhibitions and trick people into having sex with them)

That same redditor also said he was homophobic because of the aborted storyline where Anole would have killed himself. And it's like, okay cool so we're just straight up blaming Julian for stories that never even got published.

It’s just “people reaching for any reason to hate Hellion and this relationship” OTP.

Gambit LITERALLY had a sex tape in one comic and roped a bunch of teenagers to recover it (and it’s hinted it happened WHEN he was in a relationship WITH Rogue.) Gambit projected a nude image of Blob in his head to keep telepaths out (which kind of blurs the line into sexual harassment AND is frankly kind of mean to Fred- I’m sure Blob wouldn’t appreciate it if he knew!). And I have talked AD NASEUM about the “Foxx” storyline.

Yet- Gambit is STILL one of my favorite characters. 😐

Nightcrawler was represented as “homophobic” in the Ultimate verse… should we say that applies for 616 verse Kurt too?

It just becomes frankly RIDICULOUS to sight old problematic shit X-characters have done (because they have ALL done something!) or aborted story arcs that never happened or AU.

But fans will inevitably always do it. 🙄

It’s truthfully kind of like the “age-gap discourse” with Magneto and Rogue with Romy fans- A) their fictional characters, not REAL people… AND B) that’s very rarely the real reason people ACTUALLY hate Magneto and Rogue.

There are moments where I get sad OP because fans really JUST want to enjoy this moment without people screaming or people acting ridiculous… and then I remember Romy fans and how ugly that can get lol! (Nothing will EVER be as toxic as the “Rogue-Gambit-Magneto” ship fights… not even “Wolverine-Scott-Emma-Jean” are as vicious lol!)

All the big “X-ships” have people who violently hate it and will give sorta BS reasons why to justify hating it… and that’s usually just a sign that ship has made it to the big leagues lol

I would actually be MORE worried if people DIDN’T talk about it- because that usually means there is zero interest in it or Laura fans didn’t see it as potentially becoming canon and lasting lol!

[neverpathia]

how do you feel about wraith x opportunist?

okay I've been ignoring the shit outta my inbox for like a decade or something (not actually that long, obviously, but still pretty dang long) so I better reply for once.

and let me just say! fucking hilarious.

now we all know that smitten and opportunist is my otp and it's been like that for quite some time but I need to give this one a special mention. just watched a wraith route playthrough today and I gotta say:

1. I love my wife number two. Paranoid. Wife. I love you.

2. OPPORTUNIST SHE'S NOT GONNA BE A GOOD EMPLOYER.

okay but on a serious note? when we see them interact for a few moments it's kinda just funny and lighthearted. seeing oppy being oppy and wraith just enjoying the show because it makes everyone else suffer. but in the long term, it's not gonna be pretty great.

just a bootlicker and someone who doesn't even care if her boots are getting licked, so long as she can chuck those boots at someone.

opportunist's priorities don't actually align with wraith's. actually, they don't align with anyone but his own's. his craving for power and control here comes in the form of trying to please her; from feeble attempts to persuade her into sparing him. I guess in that aspect, it's a little reminiscent of the broken.

but what prevents it from becoming too much like tower and broken's dynamic is simply the fact that opportunist isn't actually resigned to his fate. he just acts like he is so he can have a chance to turn the tables against her later on. and the wraith, like tower, still ignores him. she only keeps him around if it benefits her to some extent.

it might traumatize opportunist, or it might not. he's gonna pull out as soon as the implied drawbacks outweigh the implied benefits. but the thing is, the biggest implied benefit from working with the wraith in general is not being subjected to suffering at her hands, so it might take some time before he gives it up.

and I don't think oppy would have it in him to address the root cause of her sadism. she's lonely. perhaps after some time, he would genuinely do something about that loneliness. perhaps she could recover.

but for the most part I can still see oppy leaving once it gets old and he finds a better position. because the wraith would probably tire of him eventually. and then it's not gonna end well.

I don't know if a real emotional connection could actually form there, but I'm kinda digging the idea of this dynamic in general. oppy being the same scheming snake as ever, and wraith just giving a grand total of zero shits.

huh. most ships involving oppy happen to involve a relationship built on falsehood and scheming. I'm starting to see a pattern here.

tldr: I do kinda like it, in all honesty. it's like towerbroken, but oppy has a lot more agency and is a lot less resigned than broken. plus, wraith would get bored.

unless...? that's for the other fanfic writers who like this pairing to do something about, because personally I don't give enough of a crap.

[dovetalez]

rewatching 1899 because I sold my soul to Bo and Jantje and im on ep.3 around 56:38

Daniel points out the fog and how it’s “almost like someone sent it here to stop that madman” (paraphrasing) and the way Maura defends him 😭. I can’t help but feel bag for Daniel. I love him but Eyk and Maura are my beloveds they’re my otp I cannot help it.

Anyways I think it’s really interesting how the conversation plays out ESPECIALLY after the scene with Ángel and Ramiro; again paraphrasing because I don’t have much time to find the exact quotes, but Ángel says something along the lines of “you can’t change the nature of things, I will always be who I am and you will always be who you are” and thinking abt the true husband/key eyk theory makes me want to implode. Maura is constantly choosing Eyk, she does in the beginning by opening up to him the way she does, (I’m sure there are faults in my statements but like I said they’re my otp and I’m just excited to ramble about them) and even though their letters all say trust no one they have this weird invisible pull to each other. Also before I joined tumblr, everytime I rewatched it I would always focus on Sebastian. I think it’s really interesting (I could be looking to much into this of course) that some of the time when Eyk and Maura are interrupted it’s because of Sebastian— and he always kinda has this look or behavior around them. It just makes me think if hypothetically he had seen this happen over and over again, he definitely sees patterns. Again with what Henry says, I don’t need to state the line because we all know it— takes me back to this same statement of “you can’t change the nature of things” god I love the dialogue in this show.

I just think personally, there are a lot of things I know I choose to exaggerate knowing Jantje and Bo write very with the flow of the show— (flashbacks to andreas saying he stopped trying to understand Jantje a long time ago gives me a giggle) but the way Eyk and Maura behave around each other is no coincidence I won’t except any other answers. They love each other.