#STAR CROSSED LOVERS DOOMED BY THE NARRATIVE...

[silverselfshippingchaos]

(d.ragon age origins spoilers ahead?? the game is old as shit but hey)

in general i don't have ash and a.listair stay together at the end of origins since i made him king in my file

but every now and then, I remember what ash and him said to him the night before they fought the final boss and I get so sad

[aucris]

In another life I was a fierce warrior and you my mortal enemy with a smile like a shark, then you were a princess and I was a witch with a little hut in the deepest woods, I was a cursed boy with a wish for revenge and you the chosen one with the sad eyes - but it always ended the same way. How will I fall for you in this life? How long will it take me to find you? Destiny will try to push us apart again, but this time I will fight tooth and nail. See you on the other side, my love. I can't wait to meet you again.

[eemcintyre]

30 movies that absolutely devastated me in alphabetical order

Cinematic experiences that made me cry, made me cry, haunted me with a days-long feeling of emptiness, made me vent about the Injustice, and/or stunned me with their harsh realities and lessons

Doomed by the narrative. The love was there. Right person wrong time. The uniquely angst-ridden female experience. Being forced to grow up too fast. Self-destruction. Revenge. Star-crossed lovers. Striving for something unattainable or just plain failing to reach your obsessive goal. The ends didn't justify the means. What might have been. Corruption arcs. Bittersweet redemption arcs. Bittersweet endings. The senseless cruelty that the world sometimes thrusts upon random and innocent people. There's a sprinkle of everything here.

"AMY", 2015

"Black Swan", 2010

"Born on the Fourth of July", 1989

"The Breakfast Club", 1985

"Camille", 1936

"Carousel", 1956

"Citizen Kane", 1941

"The Crow", 1994

"Eddie and the Cruisers", 1983

"The Green Mile", 1999

"Hotel Rwanda", 2004

"I, Tonya", 2017

"In a Lonely Place", 1950

"Jackie", 2016

"JFK", 1991

"Leaving Las Vegas", 1995

"The Outsiders", 1983

"Roman Holiday", 1953

"Se7en", 1995

"The Silence of the Lambs", 1991

"Splendor in the Grass", 1961

"Taxi Driver", 1976

"Titanic", 1997

"Truly, Madly, Deeply", 1990

"Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me", 1992

"Ulterior Motives", 1992

"Valkyrie", 2008

"Vertigo", 1958

"West Side Story", 1961

"Zodiac", 2007

[lightasthesun]

hello I have a question for my fellow codywan crazies! i wanna make a new web weave BUT here's the problem.. Idk what to focus on! I already did one vaguely focusing on the evolution of their relationship but WHAT NOW??!

I'm hoping some of you love web weaves as much as I do and may have an idea!

[packet-of-staples]

Its actually sickening how in the Call of the Sea cover of Dear old Pal of mine the verses Norah and Harry sing reflect their situations at the end of the story. Like fuck you!! my heart strings!!!

[majokothesmol]

Gosh do you ever have like. Two characters doomed by the narrative. Not doomed to die, I mean like two characters who would've been unstoppable as friends, but were doomed from the start to fall in love with each other, mess up their romantic relationship horribly by saying everything wrong, and eventually having a terrible breakup even though they both still care about each other deeply? And they just didn't know any better?

Help this dynamic has me brainrotting.

[paleneckauthorcowboy]

I meant to post this a lot sooner but I genuinely forgot; anyway, this fic isn't completely canon to the timeline, it's mainly just self indulgent. Tw! THIS FIC CONTAINS BLOOD, VIOLENCE, DEATH, AND CRINGE. Once again if you know me irl or off of tumblr, no you don't. Just pretend you never saw this.

This was the end, Alex lost. Even after all his efforts Tim beat him, stabbing him in the neck for the horrible atrocities he had committed while under the influence of the operator. Now, here he is, lying on the floor of the college building; as he's bleeding out he thinks back to the one he truly cared about, even under the influence of the operator.

His one true love, Kestin. He tried so hard to save him, even managing to isolate him from the source of the problem and everyone else, even going as far as to slightly distance himself, as to not let him become infected with the sickness. But, Alex could only protect him for so long. He knew the end was inevitable but he never wanted to think that when it came to his lover. Alexs' mind wanders to past memories, remembering the summer before everything went down; God.. everything was so normal back then. 

He and Kestin were on a nice little date, walking along the beach. Neither of them planned on swimming; they weren't very outdoorsy, Alex would much rather spend his time working on his laptop and Kestin prefers to play videogames, Alex occasionally looking up a walk through and giving his boyfriend hints as to what to do. They were talking about their plans for the future. "what do you plan to do after we graduate?" Kestin asked, curious about his partners after college plans.

"I'm probably just going to find an apartment and start trying to make a career as a director." Alex seemed to have most of his life already planned out. Kestin liked that about him, he was alway able to keep Kestin on track as well. "That makes sense, I might become a writer but I'm not sure." Kestin smiled, he was never really good at making plans for the future; in all fairness, he never expected to make it as long as he did. "That sounds like I'd fit you perfectly, you are very creative." Alex was not always good at encouragement, but he tries so hard for his boyfriend. 

"Aww thank you, that really means a lot to me. Do you think we'll move in together?" Kestin asked, he'd been trying to hint to Alex that he wanted to live with him for months but he'd usually be met with confusion. "It's very likely, I do have the intentions of marrying you one day." Kestin stopped walking and Alex froze, as if he hadn't meant to say what he did. "You want to marry me one day?" Kestin looked a bit nervous, not because he doesn't love Alex, he just.. is afraid that Alex might be joking.

"Well.. of course I do, I can't imagine a future without you." Alex stood infront of Kestin. "And, well, I was going to wait until we got back to my dorm but," Alex gets down on one knee and pulls a small box out of his pocket. "Kestin, will you marry me?" Alex looked at Kestin, Kestin was quickly in tears and hugging him. "Yes! Yes! Yes! Oh my gosh yes!" Kestin was happier than ever as Alex slid the ring onto his finger. Nothing could ruin this moment for them and nothing could ruin their love. 

And, then it starts to rain, heavy downpour. Kestin is laughing and Alex is trying to keep Kestin from getting wet as they run to the car, "That felt like something straight out of a teen movie!" Kestin held onto his arm, all giddy. "I certainly did." Alex starts up the car and drives them both back to campus. That night was one of the last happy normal nights that they had.

Which brings up back to the present, where were we? Ah, yes, Alex is bleeding out. His last thought as he slowly passes away is of his fiance, he closes his eyes for the last time. But yet somehow from just above his face he hears a familiar voice.

"Alex... Alex.. come on open your eyes." It's Kestins voice, Alexs eyes open and his face to face with his lover, Alexs head is resting on his thighs, he's smiling down at him looking so happy to see him. But, how could he be so happy? Doesn't he hate Alex for everything he did? "Shhh, it's okay, honey. I'm here, I still love you and I'm ready to spend the rest of eternity with you if you so wish." Alex hadn't even realized that he was crying as Kestin kissed his forehead and held him. "I'm so sorry for everything." Alex sat.up and held his partner close to him.

"I know, and I already forgive you, although I'm a bit sad that we didn't get to have our wedding day." Kestin kept it light hearted as he cupped Alex's cheeks, letting Alex melt into him. "Brian and Jay are here too by the way." Kestin nodded his head as he pointed behind him. Brian was sitting there kind of glaring at Alex, Jay also doesn't look too happy to see him. 

"Oh, uhh hey guys." Alex said awkwardly, "Kestin filled us about what happened, doesn't mean we forgive you though, we just won't cause issues." Brian spoke up after an uncomfortably long silence. "It'd just be counterproductive seeing as we'll be here for the rest of time." Jay added, Kestin smiled at them all. I guess this is their version of a happily ever after and everyone's story can finally come to an end.

[acompassionatemonster]

I didn't expect this post to do half as well as it did. (Considering I just come on here ranting half the time.)

Since the interpretation of Kenpachi and Unohana's relationship seems to vary amongst the bleach fan base...

Many people -myself included- seem to view it as romantic (bordering on sadomasochistic, in my opinion) and love the intricacies in their 'love story'. To me, every story in fiction is a love story. (Or at least begins because of a love between two or more people.) The greatest fights and complications all stem from love(just look at berserk).

Why am I mentioning this? Because Kenpachi would've never had true meaning in life unless he met Unohana. His meeting with the first Kenpachi led him to meet the most important people in life, Yachiru, Ikkaku, and Yumichika. And there's no greater love than that which you would name your soul after...

And here's where the divide amongst people in the bleach fandom happens,,, many people seem to think that their relationship is something akin to a mother-son dynamic more than lovers. And (maybe I'm just too caught up in kenuno to see them as anything else than lovers but), I disagree.

I can see where people might get confused and draw that conclusion since Kenpachi named Yachiru after Unohana. And since Unohana is seen as 'motherly', then it's only right then their relationship is something of a parent-child relationship? Right? Nope.

I definitely don't agree, because as someone who is a fan of the mentor-mentee romance trope I can appreciate kenuno to the fullest. There will never be anything more romantic to me than baring your soul to someone, naming it after that same person, and then having them die and past off their title to you.

Is this something I would like to experience? Maybe. Anyways, this has been my TED Talk for this week. Thank you for listening. I only had to come back because too many people seem to comment that "unohana is a mother to kenpachi" under wayyy too many posts.

Unohana and Kenpachi's relationship needs a lot more spotlight.

Like this man was so changed(looked up to her) that he shaped a part of his soul and named it after her.

Depending on what you believe, he could be one of the only people to truly know her - or that side of her at least. A side she has hidden from almost everyone.

There's something so romantic to me about (the concept of) fighting to death with the one who meant the most to you. The person who you idolized and is now passing on a torch to you - the strongest.

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

Rating Non-Zelink and Non-BotW Link Ships in Legend of Zelda Games because they don't get enough love

Malink; Malon x Link: Adorable and somewhat canon depending on who you think TP Link's parents are and what timeline shenanigans you subscribe to. Link's first non-Kokiri friend turning into his soulmate is cute and finding peace after the craziness of OoT is beautiful. Also, Malon is cute as a button. 11/10, love you, funky Horsegirl.

Ilia x Link: Pretty good but feels too much like a reskin of Malink to be really fun. People give Ilia grief for freaking out about Epona but it really isn't fucking deserved. Girl get's done dirty by the narrative and the fandom and she deserves better. Also, memory loss and falling in love all over again is absolute peak. 9/10, you deserve better, baby.

Marin x Link: A child's first taste of tragic ending and hot girls being doomed by the narrative. Very child friendly "Calypso and Odysseus" feel to this one. Still, Marin is absolutely adorable and the idea of falling in love with a literal dream is heartbreaking. 10/10, would cry like a little kid again.

Link x Ruto: Okay, hear me out, this one isn't terrible. Ruto's chld-like crush on the guy who saved her life is pretty cute and being a haughty teenager about it is pretty funny. Also, she understands they can't be together, and sends him off with her love and good wishes, which is surprisingly mature of her. I'm just saying, Ruto isn't the weirdo people make her out to be. 7/10, it still feels like entrapment

Midlink; Midna x Link: TOP TIER! BEST OF THE BEST! ABSOLUTE PEAK ROMANCE! Romeo and Juliet style star-crossed lovers from literal opposing sides of reality. Allies of convenience to friends to soulmates?! PEAK! Adorable evil goblin design for most of the game and then complete knockout reveal at the end?! ROMANCE DOOMED BY THE NARRATIVE?! PEAK, I TELL YOU! PEAK! (Also I headcannon that because Midna looks like a Hylian she's considered ugly by Twili standards so Link finding her beautiful warms her heart). 20/10, best ship, best girl, best love story.

Ganlink; Ganondorf x Link: Objectively the funniest Legend of Zelda ship in existence and I will take no arguments on that. Destined enemies giving the middle finger to fate and falling in love instead? Amazing. Ganondorf hates every minute of it but he's also the happiest he's ever been with this stupid twink and he hates that too. 10/10, something something the Grinch's heart grew three sizes that day.

Link x Zant: Objectively hilarious as Link is seducing his enemies into submission yet again, like any self-respecting bard, but this one feels a little too Batman x Joker like for my liking. I really ship Zant x Therapy but Midna watching her rival give up his conquering ambitions for a twink is objectively hilarious. 8/10, not great but not bad.

Got others you want me to rate? Let me know! Or better yet, rate them yourself and I'll tell you if I agree or not.

[wolfienation]

rhaenyra and alicent are literally tragic trope central. star crossed lovers. potential lovers to enemies. miscommunication. childhood friends to enemies. doomed by the narrative. hurt/no comfort. angst with no happy ending. the one that got away. "run away with me" . opposite sides of the war. major character death.

like damn they really can't catch a break

[whumpthemusical]

Whump: The Musical Prompts!!

As stated before, this challenge will run from March 1- March 31, 2024. All fandoms are welcome to participate despite it being prompts based off of musicals. Once again, all types of media are allowed. This challenge has the standard "choose one for the day" style, but feel free to do all three prompts if that's what you want to do!! All types of whump are allowed, but please be respectful to your fellow audience members and properly tag it!! Some of these prompts are sensitive, so make sure you warn your readers correctly! There will be an ao3 collection and an FAQ post coming soon, so if you have any further questions or comments about this challenge, feel free to drop me a line. Happy writing, my beautiful ingénues, and enjoy the show :)))

The prompts will be listed under the cut for those who have difficulty reading fonts!!

Cats- Sabotage • Second Chances • "I Can Dream Of The Old Days."

Wicked- Mob Mentality • Propaganda • "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished."

Jesus Christ Superstar- Whipping • Betrayal • "Then I Was Inspired, Now I'm Sad And Tired."

Les Mis- Survivor's Guilt • Failure • "Drink With Me To Days Gone By."

Heathers- Poison • Reluctant Whumper • "Wanna fight for me?"

Newsies- Chronic Pain • Exploitation • "Let 'Em Laugh In My Face, I Don't Care."

The Last Five Years- Infidelity • Gaslighting • "I Will Not Lose Because You Can't WIn."

Hadestown- Deals • Doomed Narrative • "Doubt Comes In."

Sweeney Todd- False Imprisonment • Razors • "Have You Decided It's Safer In Cages?"

Rent- Substance Abuse • Poverty • "Feels Too Much Damn Like Home."

Bare: A Pop Opera- Outing • Religious Trauma • "Please, See Me."

Waitress- Unplanned Pregnancy • Abuse • "She Is Broken And Won't Ask For Help."

Tick Tick Boom- Atychiphobia • Working To Exhaustion • "Is This Real Life?"

Dear Evan Hansen- Deception • Broken Bone • "Words Fail."

West Side Story- Star-Crossed Lovers • Prejudices • "A Boy Who Kills Cannot Love."

Come From Away- Stranded • Aftermath • "Blankets And Bedding And Maybe Some Food."

Spring Awakening- Withheld Information • Suicide  • "I Don't Scream, Though I Know It's Wrong."

Hamilton- Hurricane  • Dueling • "I Will Kill Your Friends And Family To Remind You Of My Love."

Falsettos- Sickness • Identity Issues • "Death Is Not A Friend."

Into The Woods- Blame • Lost • "Nothing But A Vast Midnight."

The Great Comet- Abduction • Letters • "Did You Love That Bad Man?"

In The Heights- Grief • Homesickness • "I Know That I'm Letting You Down."

Be More Chill- Mind Manipulation • Panic Attack • "Everything About Me Makes Me Want To Die."

Moulin Rouge- Class Differences • Sex Work • "Come What May."

Chicago- Cold Blood • Trial • "He Had It Coming."

Six- Execution • Trauma Bonding • "Playtime's Over."

Ride The Cyclone- Unexpected Tragedy • Forgotten Whumpee • "I Hear The Anguish Of The Street."

The Rocky Horror Show- Obsession • Wrong Place, Wrong Time • "I've Seen Blue Skies Through The Tears."

Nerdy Prudes Must Die- Bullying • Ritual • "Who Will Pray For You?"

Jekyll And Hyde- Duality • Good Vs Evil • "If I Die, You'll Die."

Phantom Of The Opera- Disfiguration • Shunned • "My Power Over You Grows Stronger Yet."

[codecurucho]

Star crossed lovers (Fitpac) doomed by the narrative (Pac’s internet)

[ephemeralzenith]

fate vs agency: altan trengsin and fang runin

The Phoenix outright states: ‘You humans always think you’re destined for things, for tragedy or for greatness. Destiny is a myth. Destiny is the only myth. The gods choose nothing. You chose.’ But is that true?

Altan and especially Rin were doomed by the narrative the moment Speer was razed, the moment they were whisked from their homes to a lab or an abusive household.

The thing is: nobody actually wanted them. They were dirty Speerly shaman trash; Altan was experimented on and Rin was abused for her entire childhood. Even in Sinegard, they were both discriminated against - Altan’s a freak of nature who is used for entertainment even if people fear him, and Rin is only her skin colour - even though they both worked so hard and DESERVED to go there. Nobody wanted them until they went to the Cike.

This fuels the anger that has been curated since they were literal kids. Of course they’re angry, and of course they don’t know how to express that in a healthy way - they’ve ALWAYS been abused, they’ve never known anything else. Obviously that doesn’t excuse some of the things they’ve done because of this anger (see: Altan’s abusive behaviour and Rin’s genocide), but the people around them, and society as a whole, failed them. There were two children, maybe Speerlies, but they were two hurt and scared children.

They did choose some things, but they were doomed the moment that Nikan decided to place them in Shiro and the Fangs’ hands. They were so angry, so hurt, so scared - they never would know anything else, really.

Fate doomed not only Rin’s fate, but the possible future she’d have with Nezha. They loved each other, but they could never have each other. Rinezha are the star-crossed lovers, the Romeo and Juliet, the Pyramus and Thisbe, the fleeting touch, the only kiss, the necessary betrayal and the leaving one behind. They are a walking juxtaposition - fire and water, general who wants absolute destruction and government official/ruler who needs Nikan to be safe for the future, poor and rich etc etc. And yet, they have these soft moments because they know how war destroys; they love each other in spite of all of this, but they can never have each other, because Nezha is the last Yin left, and Rin will never live in a world where Hesperians rule her home.

The Phoenix (and Rin by extension, I guess) doesn’t believe fate exists - that there is a choice for everything - but literally everything ensured Rin and Nezha would never be happy and in love: their race, their positions in power, their ideologies, their families, their relationships with other people, their thought patterns, their beliefs, their relationship with their power/shamanism… literally everything would’ve fucked them up. And yet, here they are defying fate, only to fall back into it again. Love is not enough.

The same goes for Altan and Chaghan. They can never have a healthy relationship where Altan doesn’t die. Altan cannot live, he’s self destructive and miserable and angry. He lives only to destroy and when he isn’t destroying, he wants to die.

They could’ve made choices, yes, but nobody makes rational choices in war. They were limited by the tools society gave them, and yeah, they were awful people, but fate itself doomed them before they were old enough to think.

:(

[frontlinebicepsoftheninth]

i'm making it my life's mission to get every locked tomb fan to watch arcane because i know if it existed in the early 2010s we would see its influence in tlt. guys this show has literally everything you guys want (spoilers!). a billion scenes of hot muscular women fighting each other and getting beat and bruised and bloody. the most devastating doomed siblings narrative you'll ever see and it only keeps getting worse. skrunkly weird mentally ill teenager with access to explosives who blames herself for her family's deaths and is haunted by their hallucinations. star-crossed angsty lesbian lovers on opposite sides of a class system. orphan CANON BUTCH LESBIAN rebel with a savior complex who is also the eldest daughter, who feels immense guilt and singularly responsible for the socio-political situation of her entire society, who becomes everything she once hated and crashes out spectacularly. the most beautiful woman on earth and she has a gold color palette. the complex politics of capitalist imperialism on a regional level. guy gains healing abilities and accidentally invents a religion out of it. am i not describing the locked tomb right now

[addaerontruther]

addam the loyal and daeron the daring, the sweetest doomed by the narrative star crossed lovers westeros has ever seen 💖

🎨 by the lovely @faeporcelain

[conflictofthemind]

Your recent post about electromagnetism was great, but I want to know your theories on how time travel will play into the plot of season 5. I hope they won't use time travel to "fix the past" and rewrite the timeline (although I doubt that will happen).

Oh man I have so many thoughts. This is a whole can of worms to open up (which I will be doing eventually). But yes I agree with you 100%, I don’t think it will end in them rewriting the timeline. Or if they do, it will be through a creation of a new one and all of the characters will still be able to retain their previous memories. There still needs to be lasting consequences for every action, and the impacts of each characters’ decisions plus the entire story should stay with them.

Right now the main pet project that I’ve been working on gradually is something I’ve been calling the “play theory” (kind of a shit title); basically that Melvin is what’s dooming the narrative and causing the main characters to be trapped inside of a time loop. I’ll explain it condensed here but the post I have cooking is already 6 pages at least.

It first came from that whole Melvin “star-crossed lovers” “Romeo and Juliet” thing, and lines within the TFS play that is… also inspired itself by another “star-crossed doomed” lovers play. There are so many weird meta layers to it all.

There’s multiple 4th wall breaks in TFS where Henry tries to escape the theatre and seems to be aware he is performing on a stage. There’s also a very pointed dialogue which is where I finally started making this into a fully fledged theory:

“It’s a sad song, I like the gay ones best”.

“It doesn’t have to be sad, you never know the ending until it’s sung all the way through”.

“Then let’s make it a gay one”.

“Sing your own ending”.

And what a weird theme to choose, because the answer “in the play” is actually no, it can’t. TFS is a sad song, a continuation of the time loop. A play. But that surely won’t be the case for Stranger Things, because we’ve been told that Will’s superpower is his heart and he gets a happy ending.

As Mike performs his “love” for the audience, the name Montague (for Romeo Montague) appears behind him.

Basically, the characters are conforming to the pre-written roles they have already been assigned to (by society) and are forced to enact, and re-enact, a tragedy of two doomed lovers. The curtain on a play closes but the next night the story begins all over again, to a new audience, always with the same ending. Like a time loop. Like a never ending story.

Mike’s decision to keep playing the role of Romeo to El’s Juliet will result in Will beginning the time loop. So Will starts the time loop, and I expect Mike will be the one to finally break them out of it.