#Plus emo twink

[edgyblackcats]

what do you even call this ship

[crunchchute]

me itching to post some cosplay pics i just found because i look good there but also fighting for my life to Not post them cause i dont want my face online

[scalproie]

With recent stuff happening Ive been thinking about V returning in future dmc games bc of how popular he is (and how much i would NOT like that fanservice for what it is bc like it or not he fullfilled his (and urizen's) narrative role) and Ive been thinking of ways it could happen without it pissing me off.

First thing, if V makes a return in any way, urizen NEEDS to also make an appearance. That's why I have such grip with world of V bc like, where the fuck is urizen in that? Is he the blue human-shaped blob on the floor? V may get playable-emo-twink privilege but I will be one of the 5 people that wont stand for it bc you cant have your character split himself in two and be like "oh this half is more important" when it goes against the very message you conveyed in your damn game. You cant say "Oh vergil wrongly thinks his powerful demon side is all he needs when in fact he needs all to be whole but actually its his human side thats more important" you cant do that id be mad. Anyway.

So option one would be, vergil can keep world of V but urizen becomes the "canon beowulf" to keep vergil's classic moveset. Plus it works bc in urizen's last boss fight he was literally punching and kicking dante up.

Option two would be urizen joining in in world of V aka be part of the attack but I guess it would be a bit too similar to nightmare but also he can do a banger finisher like hell on earth.

Final option would be vergil splitting himself into V and urizen just cause but the more i think about it... V wanted to merge with urizen to live and be powerful, urizen realized (according to vov) that he needs V to be powerful. Theyre the strongest they can be as vergil so why would they (vergil) want to separate again unless youre getting really close to the "theyre actually their own characters and not vergil (wrong)" thing

So anyway I just circled back to "V (and urizen) dont need to come back and I'd be mad if V does (and bc obv urizen wont as well)"

[regaliasonata]

Also character ask ZIGGY

Character Ask: Ziggy Grover

First Impression

-Definitely falling under the average green ranger stereotype of being the silly but less engaged member of the team, though that is quite alright cause he'll probably give some positivity to the team due to the state they are in via the season

How I Feel About The Character/Impression Now

-.....I love this twink and honestly me and everyone else should love him, the fact that he was in a mafia, managed to escape, gave medicine and supplies from said group to orphans in needed AND GOT OFF SCOT FREE WITH HIS TOASTER BOYFRIEND speaks volumes.

Favorite Moment

-So far has to be that scene between him and the cartel where he's got that serious face, I'll have to go back and fully complete RPM but seeing Ziggy look so cold is amazing.

Idea For A Story

-okay think of this....Ziggy as a Peter Pan type character who was reborn in another world that raises orphans or children who've passed early and they live in this alternate world with magic, at the same time he's an assassin that's teaming up with Dillon and Tenaya(who also have powers based on fairy tales) to steal ancient treasure from a tyrant king in order to rule the rule, Once Upon A Time walked so this can run.

Relationships

OTPs

-Ziggy/Dillon....obviously, can't have a happy twig without his grumpy muscular emo boyfriend.

-Ziggy/Scott, Ziggy/Flynn. Both these work really well in my opinion.

-Crackship idea if this crossover was ever a thing...Ziggy/Jarrod/Dillon/Casey, imagine all that chaos together with those four like(I'd pay to see a one shot of this tbh). Heck not even a crossover needed because JKP exists in the RPMverse and assuming the entire team is alive then this could fly, crazy twinks and the emo duo.

BROTPs

-Ziggy/Dr.K, honestly feel like he understands Dr.K and they are really close when it comes to hearing each other out, plus Ziggy might actually get her to enjoy some hobbies.

-Ziggy/Casey...seriously Disney fucked us over from ever getting this interaction, be happy with marvel I guess but imagine the send off you could've had.

-Ziggy/Tenaya, she needs earplugs every time he talks about Dillon...

Unpopular Opinion

-Kinda wish we got even more of a backstory for him or seen Ziggy encountering other green rangers. I feel like both him and Trip would get along quite well to be honest.

One thing I wish would/had happened in the show

-....We serious? That Jungle Fury/RPM crossover obviously because ALL THOSE INTERACTIONS AND SUCH WOULD'VE BE LEGENDARY.

-Even if he didn't end up with Dillon we should've had Ziggy kissing some guy.

-Imagine a scene of Ziggy hacking Venjix down with his axe after he found out the program's intention for Dillon, or if Venjix succeeded and Dillon died...it would've been brutal like Ziggy would be shown Venjix why the cartel kept him around🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡

Headcanons

-The RPM team technically has sentient zords because in reality they hold secret Engine Souls like their Go-Onger counterparts. This is actually a result of humanity evolving and without the vitality from Earth's nature so their animal spirits evolved into Engine Souls, thing is the team hasn't unlocked them but when they do the zords will be able to talk(a little fib of my JFAU movie arc idea with RPM cause we deserve that crossover).

-Ziggy's fingernails can turn dark green because of Venjix exposure, some humans after being exposed to the virus during their apocalypse developed small traits via their survival(Scott having sharper canines, Summer being able to detect metals for tools, Flynn when growing out his hair has white highlights and can absorb radiation, Gem and Gemma can see people's dreams and Dillon can purify dirty food and water).

-Ziggy sleeps with a huge dolphin as a pillow or just something to hold whenever he's sad. If he can't morph then he'll fill it with rocks and beat down venjix monsters with it.

-Sometimes when he would leave the dome(before the world began to return to normal) he'd walk miles until making it to the ocean since it wasn't fully destroyed and enjoyed watching the waves. Plus that spot is the only one in the world where the stars in the sky are still viewable.

-After RPM Dillon, Tenaya and Ziggy ventured out into the world to see what needed to be fixed, they built a railroad and it oddly began to glow with energy. This led to the team getting powers via trains and soul power with imagination, humanity's will to keep going(ToQger adaption), villains born from the deceased malice of humanity aim to take advantage of this world and others leading to the team having bigger stakes than last time.

[ladyroza-18]

Okay so this is something that I made around 7 or 8 tweets about on Twitter (crazy i know so I thought why don't i just continue the craziness by bringing it to Tumblr 🙃) . So when Hwei was released lots of people were saying that he looked identical to aphelios . Obviously that isn't the case the only thing they have in common physically is that they have part of their hair on their face but hwei's is longer and curler while aphelios 's is straight and their stories are entirely different as well

But the thing that bothered me is that people were saying that they are similar because they are both "twinks" UHM THIS AGAIN? WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP CALLING APHELIOS A TWINK? Just because he isn't a ripped beefcake doesn't mean he has no muscle or meat on his bones in his biography it is said that he is physically gefted and that since he childhood he trained hard to the point of bleeding to fight the solari soldiers and if you've seen how the solari looks in LOR these guys are built like walls , like i feel like calling aphelios a twink is ignoring how actually skilled and strong he is my dude runs around mount targon killing solari tanks using multiple moonstone weapons (i don't know how heavy moonstones are but still) and he's doing all that while being in constant pain from the noctem flower poison like that's insane plus if you focus in his design you'll see that he has wide shoulders and seems to have a triangler shaped body but many people insist it's just Bec of he's clouk

However even in the heartsteel universe when standing next to ezreal whose pretty thin he's clearly wider than him so again NOT A TWINK and again just because he's not a ripped beefcake with big muscular arms doesn't mean that he must be so skinny to the point of being a twink anyway this something that has been kinda bothering me every time it happens aphelios is one of my favourite league boys and he's lore is one of my favourite and i feel like people tend to dump him down or forget how tough he actually is because of people collectively thinking of him as only a "emo twink"

[robinsnest2111]

this is apparently what my ideal room as a young teen looked like in my dreams, plus me being a skinny twink emo catboy???

still kinda goals 14 years later ngl

[voxofthevoid]

JJK 224: Battle of the Brats (Affectionate)

They're both such little shits, sweet fuck. Forget their destructive attacks, the sheer ego is going to obliterate the city. I love it.

I was really curious how the much-anticipated Satoru vs. Sukuna fight would be like. The flashy techniques are expected, but it's the ✨ vibe ✨ they'd bring to it that I really wanted to see, especially since neither of them has been shown to fight an opponent who could keep up with them. Sure, there was Toji, but that was teen!Satoru.

I love what we've seen so far—the very clear warm-up ft. banter. Can't even begin to predict where it'll go from here. It's difficult to picture this being a decisive battle in any sense given the plot threads still hanging. Plus, Kenjaku's off to kill people and fuck shit up, and with the number of students who are Culling Games players, that's got to become relevant sooner than later. As long as it's fun and satisfying, I don't care how it all progresses and comes together. And so far, it's been both. I'm still not over Utahime's CT and the full ritual for Purple from 223.

Following the leaks for this chapter, I saw a lot of comments on the Satoru–Megumi angle, mostly about how Satoru doesn't much seem to care about him. Not sure if the translations (fan and official both) have changed things on that end, but it looks to me like Satoru's using the fact that Sukuna can stay alive in and heal his vessel even if the body quite literally dies. The plan seems to be to kill Sukuna and then figure shit out from there regarding Megumi. I'm assuming whatever ideas Yuuji and Yuuta had for saving him will also play a role. But then, hurting Sukuna bad enough to keep him down without completely obliterating Megumi's body seems like it'll be tricky—the difficulties of restraining versus killing, especially of an opponent so powerful. And this is on top of the fact that Satoru can also end up on the losing end. Looking forward to how all that's going to work out.

I remain curious about what Sukuna assuming his true form would mean for Megumi. I've been laboring under the impression that there's a link between the appearance of the body and the state of the original soul, even in cases where the incarnated sorcerers can control the appearance. But this chapter at least, Satoru acted like Sukuna keeping Megumi's appearance was relevant only in terms of potentially making him hesitate. Then again, nothing he says to Sukuna can be fully trusted. It could also be that Sukuna needs to maintain Megumi's soul/body to access the Ten Shadows technique. That makes more sense than him keeping it for the face, though Sukuna having a taste for emo twinks is pretty amusing all on its own.

[thefandommind]

Friends have me thinking about genderbent Eli Monpress characters,

So far, Josef would be very buff butch lady, v hot, Nico would be a di Angelo rip off, Eli is a quote "lady twink", and Miranda is not allowed to be a man because "I don't like ginger men." -my friend who proposed this main idea.

Benehime is also not allowed to be a man, because he'd be too much like the Zeus of the old myths, and thus this au is really just the Isle of Lesbos, plus small emo boy Nico.

[soft-potatoe]

okay but what would happen if the Corinthian and Kaz met? Like both are nightmares to some degree, children haunting, eyes removing.

And like who would win the surely ensuing fight? Like on the one hand the corinthian was made to be a killer, it's like his whole thing, he probably has a knife in his boot and is very proud of that.

But then you got Kaz.

Would the Cofinthian also try to seduce him and be immediately hit in the groin with a cane the second he flirty touches Kaz (" if you do that again your brain lies on the floor") Brekker (maybe that would be the first time someone ever rejected him, imagine the mental damage alone the corinthian would take from that)?

Plus I have the hunch that the corinthian isn't a very skilled killer really. Bc he kills people by first seducing them, thus distracting them, he literally never has to stab someone that is expecting to get stabbed or hurt. But like Kaz is always expecting the worst anyway so I think the second he sees this twink with weird glasses reaching into his jacket he would just like, directly cane him in the head.

I think the humiliation of that interaction (a centuries old flaming hot killer machine loses against some emo teenager with a bad haircut and a fucking crow cane) alone would have been enough for the corinthian to just give up and fuck off back to the dreaming.

In conclusion: Dream was really dumb for not just pulling Kaz from the nightmares of Pekka Rollins and like dropping him of at the cereal convention with a few gold bars as a down payment.

[iguessihaveawrestlingblog]

seth and finn teaming together is like .. trying to out-thot each other

[anatthema-art]

Mrs. Tumblr Men Academic, do you have any opinion on the reason top hats, canes and sometimes overcoats and/or suits are such obvious ways to spot a Tumblr Man or a Tumblr Man in potential? Why do these specific clothing items seem to always be associated with these characters?

first off holy shit i cant believe ive been diagnosed a tumblr man academic by random tumblr dot com anon this is my legacy i'm SO proud

second: i actually think it's a mix of a lot of things! it's the intersection between a lot of different reasons tumblr sexymen are appealing to a lot of different people

like i said in the original post, i think the main appeal of tumblr sexymen is the perceived humanity within a character, whether that be apparent in canon or explorations of an alternate universe where they could be redeemed because of the small spark of potential gleamed by fans. this lens TSMs to being villains, though it's not always the case (see sans or jack frost! those ones don't have suits in their designs!) and suits are just generally a super common thing used in character design language to convey someone who's snappy, smart, and sure of themselves, which explains why there's just a lot of villains who wear suits in general! suits lend themselves towards that, especially if the character wears one in canon!

there's a huge part of more mainstream TSM coverage that conveys the narrative that it was a bunch of straight girls obsessed with these twink men but i think that misses a pretty important part that... NOWADAYS most of those people have realized that y'know.. they're very very queer. back in the day, the obsession with these characters led to a lot of exploration with sexuality and gender, i've seen a LOT of people (myself included) who found a LOT of solace in these masc characters in snazzy suits and definitely look up to their styles in a gender sense! plus: a lot of them are very much queer-coded, which is a villain staple in gender but with their tendency to be flamboyant and such, it also lends itself to that approach for a lot!

finally...? they just look GOOD? like, i think with the rise of emo/steampunk aesthetics alongside TSMs people just? really got attached to the aesthetic and a lot of neat characters existed that shared that and so people wanted to explore a cool style? i'm a genuine unironic lover of the style and considering the time period i'm not at all shocked it was popular even if people DIDN'T have deeper reasons for it in fact i am... such a fan of the aesthetic i was dragged into doing an animatic for a webshow i watched (if you've been poking around my blog, you've probably heard of discord murder party before, if not, it's a very big rabbit hole that i wont go into now BUT the animatic on its own is a good standalone!) that absolutely REVELS in the 2000's emo aesthetic and the main antagonist is VERY MUCH leaning FULL into the tumblr man aesthetic and i unironically love all of it. my art starts halfway through but it's a real fun watch if you just wanna be extremely self indulgent in hot topic tumblr sexyman nonsense! There's a Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey [Animatic]

[sunnysviolin]

Cat crypyid Sunny, emo college Hero, and just Kel GO GO GO

Okay nothing weird with an adult and a minor before any of you come at me this is a game

Slow burn/fake date/enemies to lovers

I’m gonna go with slow burn for Kel because he is baby and he is such a good candidate for slow burns. So much potential for budding crushes and mutual pining and inferiority complexes chefs kiss

I’m fake dating Cat cryptid sunny because I think that if it was real dating I would end up getting sacrificed to a goat lord ala the VVitch and I’m just not about that there’s no mutual agreement to actual dating just normal fake dating that ends fake. He wants to date to get more cats

Finally enemies to lovers for emo college Hero. He’s definitely the person that everyone slightly envies for being so good at everything he does and if he’s a sad twink while he does that then hell yeah. Plus emo college hero has the potential for an angsty argument outside of a party or being angry at being partnered together for a final project etc. etc.

[youngbuckisms]

AEW is basically doing the tik tok "small boy, does not know ABCs, just knows be tiny" sound for Darby. I get that it's part of the storytelling to put him over because it's selling "outcast nerd fighting bullies" to a bunch of fans with a niche interest that gets made fun of, especially since AEW is selling itself as "make wrestling cool again." Plus it feels like thumbing their nose at WWE who're basically trying to get all their guys to look like Rob Liefeld drew them to have an emo twink beating up their big guys. But also he's a pillar and a former champion who's proven himself again and again so it's just very weird to have him continually be underestimated and undersold. Like we get it, he's baby. Baby who's about to fist fight god.

The only thing I can think is that they're expecting to lure in more of the WWE crowd given *gestures aggressively* and so they feel the need to continue to introduce their characters and storylines so everyone feels caught up from the jump. This is Darby. He's a smol. He's gonna coffin drop from the rafters through a table and straight to hell. Go Darby go.

Baby who's about to fist fight god.

This line killed me oh my god

But yeah, it is frustrating to see them underestimate Darby over and over again despite being the one to hold the TNT title the longest (180 days I think) and he beat Cody for it too. I don’t think you need to hype him up as this tiny little man who kicks ass. But I do see your point as a way of “introducing” Darby to fans. But could they stop calling his size a disadvantage? Have you seen this little goblin wiggle out of literally everything?

[transsexualhamlet]

the many sins of tokyo ghoul :re

or: 13 reasons why :re is fucking terrible not clickbait

Disclaimer: I think no matter how long this post gets I’m missing something, so let’s just outline the worst ones. And I mean to be transparent, the only reason I actually read :re was so I could make this post... (and bc i wanted to see the what, five panels of hide) Well, I couldn’t stand hating it without evidence beyond hearsay and General Vibes. But I knew it was gonna be bad, I knew it was going to ruin me jesus christ. Obviously I’m not hating on people that like it, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with genuinely enjoying it (I do genuinely enjoy parts of it, and by parts i mean chapters 1-50 with exceptions and 75) I think it’s wonderful if you can derive joy from it (lmao) but I can say that through my lens in life, there’s so much fucking wrong with this goddamn fucking piece of shit manga and I feel the need to yell about it because i am ✨autism✨ so let’s get going (this is r e a l l y long just a warning)

tl;dr Ishida stay in your fucking lane

1. Transphobia and Homophobia:

alright here we are first off with the big one and if I had to choose, one of Ishida’s greatest sins here. It’s quite unusual in mangas like these to have any sort of representation for such things in and of itself, and yeah of course that annoys me, but having no represntation at all is like so much better than getting actively harmful representation. Most manga that aren’t specifically about those things shy away from those topics, and it’s tiring but it’s normal. You wouldn’t want a mangaka to try to write about something like that without experience or informed opinions. So I say if you can’t write something correct, just don’t write something like that in at all. Ishida clearly,,, does not get this.

And it’s not just the case of Mutsuki, who, well, gets it bad enough, there are three full fucking trans characters Ishida made like, just to shit on. 

Big Madame- god, made like that specifically to perpetuate the predatory trans woman trope jesus christ is Ishida friends with JK fuckface Rowling. Ah yes the ugly, human trafficking, predatory, pedophilic killer that tried to make their male child more feminine? Has a dick. Really? Could you be a single bit more transparent about your fucking agenda here? I really don’t have to say much here.

Kanae von Fuckwald- Technically Ishida says here that basically this bitch was just like??? Pretending to be a guy for years just to what?? I don’t even know?? Get together with Tsukiyama? Cause he’s fucking gay or something? I don’t even get it but like i read this post yesterday and that’s a whole ass thermian argument. It’s like “oh well this is fine because well this person’s not actually trans and therefore the representation thing doesn’t apply”... it’s useless. You created the character that way and you made it intentionally to for whatever way promote this idea that people would “pretend” to be a different gender and that eventually they’ll realize that it’s a “lie” and they never really wanted it. This is what you’re saying about the real people who are,,, actually trans? Jesus christ. Also thinking that a twink like that would be trans? God yeah trans guys can be feminine but buddy that’s clearly not what you’re going for here.

And of course, Mutsuki- There’s just... so much wrong here. I mean like. Before we even get into anything about his character and what they did to him let me just discuss his entire design. Buddy like if you had to choose one person in that show to be trans that’s the least likely one. Ah yes, the feminine one. With the androgynous haircut and the shy disposition and the physical weakness compared to the others. God that’s like, a fujoshi’s take on ao3 of what character should be trans. As much as yeah of course, trans guys can be feminine, they are in no way obligated to be such and you shouldn’t make them more so to be more “believably” so. Ask any actual trans person ever. A character like that is just perpetuating the notion of trans guys being inherently more feminine or trying to pretend to be otherwise.ThEn, of course, there’s the ridiculous sexualization, infantilization and fetishization of this character, going through a thousand plot hurdles to make him constantly stripped, put in girls clothing, chased by perverts, assaulted, ET FUCKING CETERA. Give him a fUCKING BREAK. Creating this character the way he’s portrayed in canon (including so called backstory of murdering parents because of sexual and physical abuse) is perpetuating a notion that someone would be a trans guy because of internalized misogyny and/or trauma instead of because they’re just... a guy. It’s just it’s just it’s just Really bad. Plus taking his character, demonizing him and making him like, supposedly love haise (which i Really hate for a thousand reasons, god that’s like, a parent and child type relationship they have there not romantic,,, god,,,) try to like fucking murder touka and stop seeing sense, and then just... return him to being infantalized. God. Jesus christ fucking goddamn it I love Mutsuki and he deserves better.

Oh yeah and then the homophobia, this one’s smaller because... most of the trans people are here to go “it’s gay... wait it’s not Really gay so it’s ok” but I would like to leave a small note here for all the gay characters who got thrown under the bus not just in re but in the original, like, you know, Nico and shit? I really do not know shit about Nico but all the things about Jason? God if I had a thing for one person that you shouldn’t try to portray as representation it’s Jason. IDK what’s up with him and Naki but god it wasn’t healthy. (i’d like to say here that i love naki and i think naki deserves the world but honey there are better heroes than yamori) Anyway yeah I think that’s also bullshit and Ishida should stay in his fucking lane. (or her i guess, i just feel like it’s probably a guy bc of just... so much sexism)

Ok, now that we have the big one out of the way-

2. The mishandling of portrayals of various mental illnesses:

I’m not an expert on this one like I can say about the gays TM but just like in general, the whole manga’s very messy and portrays a lot of gritty stuff, and Ishida clearly attempts to throw in some mental illness for fun, but god fUcking damn it they’re bad. I couldn’t really even give you examples bc it’s pretty widespread and i’m stupid, but it was really like trump throwing paper towels “and you get a demonization, and you get an infantalization, and you get a butchered character, and you get a fetishization-”

3. Ishida having no fucking clue how science works

This particular factoid led me to have a very hard time reading this manga because it went from being about like, yknow, torture and fights and crying and stuff to weird experimentation bullshit and mutated whatever and everyone’s a hybrid now I guess. When I heard this thing about the quinxes, I thought that made no sense, because I was like “yeah but wait,,, how tf does that work didn’t Ishida say earlier that kagune literally were fueled by human meat isn’t that like the entire point the ccg is against?” and then Ishida’s explanation of how they’re not just exactly like Kaneki is that “oh yeah well there’s like, metal around it, so it’s different.” OH YEAH OK THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE NOW, THANKS.

The thing is... there’s no way of actually regulating that. You couldn’t move a kagune unless it was attached to your cells, and if it’s attached man, it’s attached and it’s part of you. Also yelling “frame two” won’t like make it any bigger lmao, either you’re gonna have it based on theoretical science in this universe or you’re going to have a dumb supernatural magic pokemon fight deal. The whole thing makes no sense. The science issue isn’t just about this either, it’s also about how the entire thing basically undermines the point of the whole story. When you blur the lines between human and ghoul with little to no real rules or basis in real science, every rule kind of just becomes cheap plot convenience.

So the Quinxes can eat human food unless they use their kagune too much, alright, but Kaneki couldn’t eat human food before he’d even ever used his though the only difference between their bodies was this,,, theoretical metal thing?? And Haise... was never really covered, before he went black hair emo bastard and like vored Eto, did he eat human food like the rest of the CCG? He certainly cooked it. And the squad that lived with him wasn’t aware he was a ghoul until he pulled out the kagune. So I’d assume so, but then how could he have a kagune, how could he survive when his body still was like that?

Is it the RC suppressents? Then couldn’t he just have taken those and lived as a human the entire time? Is that all he fucking needed, is that the only difference between human and ghoul? It doesn’t make sense and the rules are bent so much they don’t function anymore. Ishida like write down your rules somewhere even if they’re bullshit, they shouldn’t contradict each other.

Damn man I’m not even going to go into the dumbass rules of the half humans or the special fast aging thing or the fucking,,, folded up cells deal,,, or the Imagination Kagune, or the fucking,,, Dragon, or the zombie ghoul apocalypse or the “whole new species made of just kagune” i don’t even have the time it is fucking ridiculous and I can’t even with it. Physics. Laws of physics. If not biology, at least follow physics Ishida??? Please???? And if you’re not you need to do that consistently??

4. character glow ups actually being character glow downs 

(with the exception of nishiki, he baby now, and akira, i think her development was valid af)

God, this one gets me every time. Touka was cool. Touka was fucking badass, she had a complex character with many motivations and wants, and in the original having her eventually kind of soften bc of Kaneki is valid. But taking her and turning her into like literally nothing but Pretty Housewife Yearning For Husband At War? God, kill me. She’s a strong person. She can like Kaneki without the guy being her only character trait. Also uh, Touka and Kaneki being a couple was valid before this change, now I honestly can’t stomach it. Like they were the kind of “both bisexual” m/f couple that we stan. No longer I guess.

She’s the most egregious example, but I’d also like to point out Juuzou, not everything they changed about him is bad, honestly we fucking stan his knife legs, but he’s kind of like a rip off L now? You got rid of his ~unhinged~, we do not stan. I’m on the fence about him bc i think that kind of is a valid transition to adulthood and I guess he’s grown up, but again, why change his fucking hair color? What is the explanation for this?

Also Hinami. I mean, I don’t really care about her a lot in general, but it’s weird to see her as like an adult when Ayato emo boy looks like exactly the fucking same and they’re like,,, supposedly the same age. 

There are definitely more I’m missing here. Honestly, Hide was valid. God him with his fucking burlap sack. With a fucking lenny face on it. I can’t with him. That’s so Hide. But there were some bad ones.

5. one hair color change was my limit, enough said

black white black and white black white more white god bitch get some variety

6. Showing me great new characters and then promptly ruining them

And you can tell this one’s about quinx squad, my favorite bastard children. God, I love them. They’re the only good things about Re other than Hide and Haise and like everything else, Ishida took them and went “what if i *guts*” god why. I love these kids with all my heart. Why. Why. Why did you do that to Mutsuki. Why as soon as Haise isn’t in the room they all get themselves tangled up with pedos. Why they gotta break up the squad. Why make all of them lose all the wholesomeness and lessons they learned from Haise. Why do you ruin them all with weird unreciprocated random crushes on each other when they’re like basically siblings. Why fuckinG KILL SHIRAZU HE IS THE APPOINTED CHIEF DUMBASS OF THE SQUAD WHY HIM. WHY. WITH SO LITTLE IMPACT. YOU COULD FUCKING MISS IT SO EASILY. THAT’S NOT RIGHT. AND KANEKI JUST FUCKING ABANDONS THEM BC HE HAS HIS MEMORIES AGAIN N O ? NO ACTUALLY NO.

7. the casual racism and sexism :)

i just :) can you stop having girls constantly bring themselves down for being female :) and making them be oversexualized, less full characters :) always in some way connected to a guy :) more weak and hurt more often :) my fucking god :) also yeah it’s way less prevalent but there were a few racist caricatures thrown in there for taste if you don’t know how to draw lips just don’t

8. Ishida being too much of a pissbaby for a real death scene

Basically: undermining the impact of “deaths” fom the first series while also randomly and badly killing off new characters. Oh that character that died in the original in a really cinematic way that made you cry and think about the meaning of life and how beautifully tragic this story was? Oh lol they’re not Actually dead. (x10) Doing that with Hide (at least in the manga, not the anime, god root A really did it with him but we’re not talking about that) was valid, seeing as I love him your honor and in the manga one of the lessons that his character hinges on was like in chapter 75 to live on instead of giving up even if it hurts and all that... (this is obviously kind of the opposite from root A where his character was like more about sacrificing for kaneki since kaneki had already done so much, i think both are valid but we’re Talking About The Manga) he was done well. That was right (even though i think they should have done More of it) but there were so many characters this kind of thing was done to without the proper adjustment in the handling of the messages given here. 

Like with Koma and Irimi, who,,, honestly should have stayed dead because their entire character arc kinda ended there and showed how they were sorry for their actions and this was how they were making it up. And then they just like... come back. And fight more. Really? This wasn’t the only instance either, same deal with Shinohara (though him coming back made me cry) it like, kind of undermines it if you’re going to have Juuzou derive his character development from that. Either Juuzou gets to keep his unhinged and his dad, or he loses his dad for real and he also grows up. God guys choose. What’s the message you’re playing here. (at least they kept Yoshimura dead, his death made me cry and I would have stabbed something if it wasn’t real, probably Ishida.) And even with Kaneki himself, god, if he can’t die from being stabbed straight through the fucking eye, what COULD kill him? It really diminishes the anxiety you feel about “omg is this person gonna die i want them to be ok” if they basically evade the laws of physics and their own previous character arcs 70 times. I’m definitely forgetting more of the same, Ishida can’t write a good death, he needed the anime writers to do it for him.

9. Kaneki. Just. Kaneki. 

God they fucking butchered this man. I could go on about his character is weird and confusing in the manga from the beginning, but we’re focusing on mostly all his weird :re character development, the bad handling of Haise and his memories, and all his iterations.

Before I read :re, what I could glean from fanart and the occasional fic that wasn’t tagged properly was really confusing and kind of a mixed bag. I knew Haise was Kaneki but without his memories, now in the ccg trying to be a pacifist and going :DDDDD a lot yknow. And what I came up with in my own mind for that change was a deal of (this makes more sense with the anime canon tbh, the manga honestly doesn’t do any of this well) like Kaneki after The Shit Went Down With Hide (whichever canon you’d like to interpret that as) he basically realized that he really couldn’t be a ghoul, he didn’t want to be, he didn’t want to hurt people and he wanted to be happy and make other people happy instead of what he thought was right before (trying to fight to protect others on his own etc) because that mentality had gotten people he loved hurt, and well subconsciously I guess that kind of factored into his development into Haise and maybe caused his memory loss (along with the, yknow, shanked eye.) So when I started to read it that kind of checked out, this is what he’s trying so hard to be now. But then this whole bullshit of the whole other like, 37 different versions of kaneki complicated things. 

Haise was scared that when he got his memories back he would cease to be, well, Haise, and he would just like revert back to what he was before everything. Which I can understand him being scared of and I think was a good point in the plot for him to worry about that, but I was like “oh honey don’t worry that’s not how it works” and was kind of vying for him to eventually get his memories back, come to terms with the fact that those were his memories, he did do those things, he was half a ghoul, and maybe come back to his original fight of wanting to bring the humans and ghouls together, still caring about his human people in the ccg and all. That development was real, and it wouldn’t just go away if he got his memories back, he learned a lot and grew a lot and he has a different outlook on life now. Right?

Fucking wrong I guess. Dude gets his memories back (very ambiguously, it was really hard to tell when that even happened tbh) and like. Turns into a flaming ass looking like ebony darkness dementia raven way. Haise gone. Fucking completely. No trace left. Doesn’t care about his kids anymore. When he’s done with that and goes white again he’s just Kaneki again and there’s really not enough left of things that like, really wouldn’t go away? He loses the flair? The dumbass? The :D? The Extra? WHY? Why would those things go away? Haise shouldn’t have been right that he would disappear when he got back his memories. That killed me. I love Kaneki and all but H a i s e. He is my b o y. H i m. With his e n e r g y  s h o r t s. And his m o m. And his c o o k i n g. And his k i d s, I l o v e him. And Ishida doesn’t seem to realize that they’re... literally the same person. Haise isn’t just some stupid bastard occupying Kaneki’s body, he’s a valid part of Kaneki himself and to be honest, peak Kaneki. Should have stayed that way. Would have been great for Hide tbh. Not just having him pretty much revert to his old self, but basically respond equally to both names and balance the world between human and ghoul. I would have loved that. What happened for real? It doesn’t make sense and it breaks my heart.

Some people on the interwebz try to kind of even that whole deal out by trying to say he like, has DID, which although is obviously a valid thing, like, so does not apply to him. God I’m like so not an expert on this but I feel like it’s not that hard to tell. His 87 little Kanekis in his head aren’t separate personas, they’re metaphorical representations of his past morals, experiences, and ideologies that all conflict. Again Haise here is peak conflict because when he gets his memories back, he has all these different conflicting ideas that were all previously separate. They’re all him. Tortured Kaneki constantly yelling at him in Jason’s chamber is basically again, a metaphor for how he’s denying his ghoulhood and the trauma that he’s been dealt. It’s not that this dude still exists just the way he is ready to show up at any moment lmao. Ishida kind of dealt with that badly too because Haise really said

after his memories happened so I can see why people might, but it’s... not right, and it’s Ishida’s fault about that which is Incorrect

Also just blanket statement, black reaper Kaneki? Fuck him and all he stands for. 0% valid. I can excuse literally every other version of him. But wh y. God he leaves the room and Urie starts misusing his power and getting groomed by a pedo, Saiko is just, left behind and sad, Mutsuki gets captured by a perv and mentally destroyed again, Shirazu dies and the bitch is like like “lol it’s your fault” yeah helpful, die

10. P- the- the porn chapter-

Idk about you but that was so fucking unecessary??? Not even going off of how terribly awkward and weird it was to have it there when the opening was “i’m sad about my best friend who’s gonna get executed what do you do when you’re sad about your best friend” “i simply do not think of him or i might actually just curl up and die” “yo lmao same” “wanna fuck” Like ok um I’m biased bc i’m not straight but I like, really hated that. Even just flipping through the pages as fast as I could to get to the end of it like. God. It’s not a fucking hentai. I’m here for the plot. If you’re not gonna release the director’s cut of kaneki fucking voring hide, i don’t think i need to see 20 pages of straight fucking sex. And if you absolutely must have porn, kaneki is a fucking bottom. That man gets pegged do not try to prove otherwise. You started it out that way god I love how they’re like “oh god wait that looks kind of gay, the woman being dominant, better stop that right now” god Ishida not having a single iota of knowlege about his own characters aND THEN SHE GETS PREGNANT? NO. Excuse me. No. I just. I. Why. This isn’t. A fucking porno. This isn’t tentacle porn i swear oh my god kill me

11. Giving the wrong characters attention

Basically, redeeming characters that should have been redeemed and not going into/discussing characters that should have been redeemed/had more backstory. For example, Tsukiyama can go fucking die. I like, do not even care rich boy. I don’t understand how anyone could think he needed to be redeemed he’s just a gay attention whore who really needs to let this kid get on with his merry fucking life. I don’t care. I literally did not need to read three whole books about his dumbass hangup over eating Kaneki. Kaneki doesn’t fucking want you bitch move on. He didn’t need to be redeemed or seen to be in any way sympathetic, no one wanted it. Same with that bitch ass Furuta, he wasn’t really redeemed but he was given w a y too much time to play out his sob story. God man Rize doesn’t fucking want you. These gross ass simps. I swear.

On the other hand, I kind of liked Eto even though she’s a pile of shit, and I got mad when they didn’t really go into much about her. And you know who could have gotten much more screen time/development? TOUKA. God, I love her and she was just sitting around in the background being straight. Let her have some spicy development. Also obviously, Hide. He was... so underappreciated and underexplained? What happened with him? He didn’t just pick himself off the ground in the sewers and go ‘well i’d better get back to the ccg now’ we have a whole two years which are completely unexplained, most of which he was off mysteriously being involved in things but completely missing the eye of Haise and other major players. Where tf was he? How did he get around? What was he even doing??? I wanna know about that! Not all the characters I hate’s tragic backstories that make me feel 0% more sympathetic towards them :)

12. ARE WE ALL JUST GONNA COLLECTIVELY IGNORE THE WHOLE VORE THING???

Ok like i know i say “the entire reason I read :re was __” but like to be honest this was the turning point, I saw pictures of hide’s vore face and went like

So I was like “god fucking damn it ok, Ishida would you care to explain this to me” *cracks open re*

And then they DIDN’T.

Like. It’s actually laughable how much that entire situation was just glossed over. They gave that maybe like two pages. Like what. I. This manga has more sex scene than no homoing that. They just don’t even bother to. I feel like Ishida had that as a plot point but realized halfway in how it looked (i.e., really fucking gay) and decided that was something that he was just gonna, not deal with. Just act like that’s a completely normal heterosexual bro thing to do. Like of course anywhere would be pretty gay but Kaneki chose his face. His face. Like his face and his wholeass neck and his shoulders and nowhere else. (and assumedly like, his tongue, seeing as how the dude can’t talk... bruh) Dude really said extreme hickey. French kiss to the max. Ishida clearly did realize that generally, you can only get a bitten off face by,,, having your face bitten off, which is just inherently really fucking gay. Like, I’m just at a loss as to how it even makes sense. You wouldn’t think that the skin off his face, and specifically around his mouth, would really be the most nutritious thing to consume? I can get like the shoulders but generally you’d think something like his arm or leg would be 1.less inconvenient, and 2.much more logical and nutritious? But NO, Kaneki was like “you know what i’m gonna do? eat your Face” and hide’s like “lmao sounds cool”

(not to mention, wasn’t there another guy with a vore face somewhere? like that old guy in the ccg with the bigass turtleneck, i wanna know about him) But like... my bro Ishida went “yeah this happened but i’m going to cover it up with speech bubbles and the ends of panels guys they clearly had their socks on” Dude didn’t even TRY to explain otherwise. Like hey man, that’s pretty damn gay, you are kind of at liberty to either tell me why otherwise, or accept those implications and acknowledge them?? It’s really hilarious when you ignore it cause it’s like

kind of

pretty damn

WEAK of you to leave it at that fucking pissbaby

hmmmmmmmmm however could this happen i guess we’ll never know

13. What the fuck was even the plot omg

God I’ve been writing this post for like five hours so like, I’ll keep it short but like it made sense in the original, not to be like an anime fan but the anime made fucking sense (not re i mean like the original) this lore is so fucking stupid god, the horrors of the entire fucking dragon arc bleach my eyes, unresolved plotlines who???? (the whole ‘oh yeah also ur dying of old age’ thing etc, is kaneki like??? still doing that?? or was that randomly resolved with the whole spewing ovary bullshit i’m going to fucking kill myself) and to top it off, good job Ishida at a real fucking cheap ending. 

You gave them. Fake human. Really? They just come up with artificial human at the end. Kind of undermines the entire fucking story my guy. Ah yes throw out our whole plot. That was the whole tragedy. You gotta eat human. The ghouls have to eat human and that’s tragic bc they have to kill people or whatever. Or i guess they fucking don’t well fucking ok. God you could have just had them negotiate a kind of peace where the ghouls can get dead humans and such, there are plenty of them and no one has to kill anyone then, there could be a rule system for it, it would be messy but eventually everyone would be ok with it, and I think that would work a lot better than “quick fix i made some hamburger helper human you can eat it fine” guys wtf. It’s like Ishida started plotting out the ending for re approximately 2 hours before his deadline. Anyway yes I hate re and I love yelling about it thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[satanic-assistant]

Jeff and I got ready for bed together, for once. His "happy pets" as I have started calling Smile dog and Grinny cat much to their dismay, hardly ever let me see him without his jacket. Let alone his shirt entirely.

The happy pets were being suspicious; smile was a bit of a darker pink and smiling wider than normal a clear sign he was up to something, and Grinny cat wasn't being as much of a nuisance which made me think he was sick or planning something bad.

Jeff of course didn't notice, busy making"innuendos" that we both knew the happy pets would never let happen.

Getting in the bed was awkward to say the least, but we managed it with me hugging him from behind while smile was in his arms and Grinny was covering his feet, like a fuzzy rug.

It normally takes Jeff awhile to sleep but I put my hand in his hair and suddenly, gentle snores.

"you are so touch starved I swear, gum bug."

Making horrible but somehow cute pet names for each other was an inside joke, but got really mean about it sometimes especially when he was mad. He made me cry at least once and then his sadist would show, laughing at me and calling me even worse names. He never apologized for it, but I forgave him it was a joke anyway. Besides Jane walked in and threw things at Jeff and called him "twinkle toes" and he didn't let that go.

Eventually I got to sleep too. I was hoping for a nice dream, but then I heard an all too familiar voice.

"heeey there, ahem "gum bug" how're you, in my dream?"

When we heard Smile dog budge in

"the sarcasm is crippling, Jeff. Anyway Grin and I won't get in the way of you two's disgusting human acts."

And with that Smile was gone. I looked up at Jeff, who was staring at me with what can only be described as, embarrassment and obsession.

"what are you looking at-...."

I tried to snap him back to a conversation

My voice trailed away as I look down and see a very "suggestive" outfit. I look back at Jeff with the look reserved for Grinny when she tries to swipe a crispy chicken nugget from Sally.

He looks like he's fighting a very hard battle with himself, somewhere along the lines of; should I take what's been given to me, against staying in this relationship.

I tried to snap him back to a conversation.

"w- who does he think he is. We both know he isn't and can't be "fixed". So what does he mean "disgusting human acts"?!"

Jeff didn't answer, looking at me like "take what has been given" was winning. He never answered me which was very chilling to say the least.

I'm maybe slightly uncomfortable right now, I'm not really saving myself for anything or anyone, but Jeff is the kind of person you'd want experience with before trying anything out. For once he said something before me, surprising me.

"ahemmm anyyywayyyy maaaybeee we should try to wake up, though I doubt either of them would let that happen."

I kind of wanted to know what the huge change of pace was for so I asked

"W- what was that? The change of pace! One day I can't look at you without a jacket, next we have to bang!?"

Maybe I was getting hysterical but I was justified. Plus I didn't get an answer just a recognizing

"hmmmmm"

I'm getting hot and shakey now, it's a weird but exciting experience even if nothing happens.

"instead of doing anything I know I can't do, how about we just talk???"

I know he'll laugh at it but I know I can't do anything he wants.

"I guessss but you have to be in my lap, and I'm touching you. Not my fault we're here, but I'm going to take advantage of it."

I agreed and the night was eventful and slow thanks to smile's dream manipulation. We both laughed, I told him about how the twinkle toes thing made me feel, he still didn't apologize so I got annoyed at him.

"okay then Twink-le toes, see how it feels when I ignore you."

Tilting my nose up away from his face with a little puff of breath.

He grabs my face with two hands, not really helping his point, and drags my head to look at him. He was cute in some kind of e-boy or emo way, the thought making me giggle

"what're you laughin about Hug Bug~?"

I could only reply honestly through laughs.

"You look like a emo, or an e-boy, I can only see you with the-"

"I can see the-"

Bursting out into laughs again my throat almost hurting

"I can see the stupid little chains but they're coming out of your s- swe- sw-weater pocket-"

Crumpling up to hold my stomach I look at his face, he looks dramatically unamused, at least. I think he does it can hard to tell with out his eyelids and eyebrows sometimes. Nonetheless his face reads "I'm not humoring this shit, but it is kind of funny." Not being able to tell only makes me laugh even more. By the time I calm down my throat is sore and my stomach feels liquefied.

He starts saying something but I don't hear, so I responded with maybe the worst choice I could have picked.

"What did you say stupid e-boy?"

He looks absolutely enraged and I'm half afraid of getting hit, but as always he was just being as dramatic as possible.

"I swear I'm going to make you go to sleep whether you want to or not, Snot Cake."

I decided to try and match his drama.

"Oh my heart, it hurts. My vessel only used for love has been damaged to no end!"

We both continued one upping each other's dramatisms until we were yelling at nothing, I gave in because I knew he never would. I pecked a smooch on his cheek and lay down, my outfit finally changing into my own clothes signaling I was awake.

Jeff still sleeping soundly like a baby. I reached over and tried to pet his hair until Grinny walked up and demand that I feed her, I look at the near by clock it says 12:30 am. I have no idea how Jeff ever went to bed before 1:00 but I have a feeling it was a combination of be hugged for once and the head rubs.

"No Grinny it's nowhere near breakfast."

I was tired and could hear it in my voice

Grinny, being hungry voiced his complaints in BEN's voice.

"I am Hungry, I will wake Jeff up right now! Do you think I won't!? Watch me!"

I'm tired and not in the mood to hear Grinny's bs, responding to him saying.

"Do you want a treat then?"

Just to shut him up.

Both Happy pets shoot up at the word and get on to the floor ready to tail me until occupied with their late night snack.

I try to be quiet though for no real reason, most of the proxies being awake or gone anyway.

BEN was playing on his new nintendo Masky is cleaning up Hoody's room while Hoody watches. Toby is pestering EJ for nothing other than entertainment. Jane, Clockwork and the other grown women were out having a "girl's night out" which they deserve to be honest Liu, well Sully was out aswell but not for socializing, he was doing what most of the proxies did best, kill. LJ doesn't sleep often. The real concerns are Sally sleeping soundly and Slenderman passed out on the couch.

Sally is a child and Slenderman being intimidating, I'm a fairly new proxy and I don't want to piss him off too much.

I get downstairs and in the kitchen, very aware to be even more quiet than before. Getting the respective treat cans for Smile and Grinny, I prepare them and put crunchy treats on top.

About to put the bowls on the floor, Grinny plays another great prank knowing full well I'm trying to be quiet as possible.

"Heeeey We're hungry Ya'know!"

I shoot a begging look at the two of them before putting the bowls down faster and running upstairs.

Getting to the room without confrontation, I keep the door open, knowing Grinny will try to prank me again if I close it.

"hmm morning uhhh- busy bee. Where were you?"

Jeff's sleepy voice makes me fill with some kind of energy I can't explain. Swooning nonetheless I answer.

"Giving your asshole animals late night snacks."

I say in a voice more irritated than I meant to sound.

"ohh don't care, but okay."

He says with a smirk and a shrug. I pick up a pillow and smack him with it, making him jump and grab me by the waist, pulling me into his lap.

"Don't get so buzzy, Honey cake~"

I turn around and try to hit him with my hand only successful once on his thick skull.

"the damn cat threatened and then pranked me!"

I get huffy and try to melt out his grasp, again failing in that endeavor, again attempting to hit him.

"Come on slug bug, don't treat me like that."

The only thing that gets me to calm down is his voice. I push him into our previous spots on the bed only missing the happy pets. He doesn't fall asleep right away this time, but I do finally getting rest without two furry assholes pestering my dreams.

Scene sorry if it's hard to read, this is my first fanfic anyway, I hope you enjoyed it.

[lesbianholster]

In honor of Toby and Adil’s anniversary being today-ish, I present: a list of their top ten moments as ranked by yours truly

(which would have come with images but apparently tumblr’s being homophobic tonight)

Ten: Adil offering Toby a drink when he literally already has one (episode 5)

It may not be particularly explicit, but by God, it’s a fantastically ridiculous scene. Theresa’s being uncomfortably straight (or at least trying to be straight, but that’s a topic for another post), Toby’s dying in repressed gay, and Adil is over here offering a nice twist on buying your crush a drink. Like, he’s really going “back off, that boy is mine” but in bartender. Truly playing the long game here.

Nine: The end (episode 8)

No doubt extremely painful; I mean, Adil nearly d*ed and we get the most heartbreaking “I love you” in the entire show (already a hard bar to cross!), but still places because of Toby frantically running across London to save his love and because of how thoroughly this smashes the Bury Your Gays trope. Anyways can’t believe they made up and lived long enough to get legally married in 2013!!!

Eight: The entire coffee debacle (episode 4)

This scene isn’t overtly romantic, plus Toby’s too worried about his brother maybe being dead to appreciate Adil shooting his shot, but hey, it’s still nice to have a little confirmation of Adil’s feelings. Tragically Tom being a straight idiot kind of kills the vibe but also somehow improves it? In general, it’s just a nice “being dumb around one’s crush” scene with no uncomfortable implications!

Seven: Turning down Theresa (episode 5)

Even after running away, Toby’s still not throwing himself into heterosexuality, and Adil, clearly freaking out, allows himself a little smile, like maybe things will really be ok. Perhaps this isn’t the start of something beautiful, but it’s certainly paving the way for things to come.

Six: Adil leaving Toby’s room without an ounce of subtlety (episode 6)

Once again, this show manages to tastefully convey that They Fucked without showing them doing the deed, even if it’s in the stupidest way possible (though Adil buttoning up his jacket after leaving Toby’s room is pretty funny). Also that little damn cheek pinch is just so unnecessarily adorable and I could stare at it for hours. But alas, D’Abberville, being D’Abberville, just has to ruin it...

Five: This damn domestic bliss (episode 7)

It’s got it all: a thirst shot of Akshay Kumar showing off his workout routine, Toby lounging around in his little twink-ass dressing gown and being a total pillow princess, Adil checking him out and being all “short top rights,” the flirting,my God! This definitely would have been right at the top of the list had it not been for, uh, Later (see: D’Abberville ruining everything!!!). Let’s just pretend this scene ends early and we’ll be fine

Four: The first kiss (episode 5)

What a delightful scene! They’re all cute and playful while hiding from The Straights but also just blatantly dropping all of their braincells on the floor. Plus, Adil going all “on God I will kiss my crush on the clock” is a nice glimpse into his more impulsive side. Tragically Toby’s still very repressed so he has to run away to Figure Some Things Out once he accidentally realizes he was kissing back, but also points for this being the gay awakening. Congrats, you two!!

Three: “Oh, thank God!” (episode 6)

I mean, just look at it! Toby jumping Adil the first chance he gets! And worrying! And them both realizing just how much they really love each other!! The first appearance of the gay-ass dressing gown!!! “You were that worried about me, huh?” “Oh, shut up. You have no idea.” LIKE I AM EMO DO NOT TOUCH ME

Two: The Glass Scene (episode 3)

Ah, this. The moment the subtext finally became text. A moment so quintessentially gay I had to make it my icon. Flirting + the essential period drama shot of a closeup of two hands meeting + Joe knowing exactly what’s up = a classic. Also, it’s a rare moment of Toby being smooth and gay on main which is absolutely excellent! I only wish he did that consciously...

And, of course, coming in first is:

One: When they actually got together (episode 5)

My God, here we finally have the start of something beautiful! The heart-wrenching yet endearing monologue! The tie-fixing parallels! Adil calling him “Toby” for the first time!! The soft yet hesitant kiss followed by an enthusiastic and passionate one!! The utter relief and giddiness all over their faces!!!! Truly gays stay winning, happy fucking anniversary