#THE FREAKING PARALLELS??????? I'M GONNA CHOKE??????????????

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WHAT THE CRAP IS THIS

WHAT IN THE FLYING FREAKING FRICKIN' EVERLOVING CRAP IS THIS, ACTUALLY

[l0stfoster]

Paul anon here, im literally in fucking tears by these doodles like . Im so . Skgskshdjhdbd AH. The socs choking Paul bc they dont know how his power works makes so much sense but is also like , SO sad . And Soda showing up during the jumping is crazy and Umbra my beloved you are the best character in this .

Darry calling Paul his pretty boy im gonna mmfnshhdvd i actually had to put my phone down and the RINGGSGSSS IM ACTUALLY SOO pony being a good brother reluctantly is soo funny and special to me actually . And paul using the last bit of money he had saved to buy that ring for darry is so ,, what a simp, i love him so bad . that had me in tears i love cursed!parry so much

And the powers beinf tied to his lifeforce ,, we’re gonna pray to god he never tries a ritual again or imma rock his shit lovingly <3

Im so obsessed with this au actually and it is constantly in my brain good job please never split parry up or i will sue 🫶🫶

Paul anon you match my freak™️ because we’re both insane for Cursed Paul. The writers appreciate every time you pop up because I storm over to our discord server and smack down a screenshot like it’s murder trial evidence and I'm an android detective (/ref) it’s great. Paul's jumping sucks extra for him because in the way I've gone about it is that the ones who jumped him were arguably the socs he was closest with; they took his sudden shift to bond with the greasers as an utter insult. Started a little writing thing about it but I'm not sure if I'll finish it, was mostly for my own visualization.

Paul got SO lucky that Soda showed, though it's likely that absolutely anyone would've followed after Umbra as well. Poor Soda absolutely PANICKED after the socs were gone, though. He had no idea if Paul was even still alive. (Fun Fact! In parallel to Two's jumping and how he mistook Dally for a soc when he was found, Paul assumed the same with Soda. Instead of lashing out against him, he tried to use his magic to get Umbra to run </3 Thought she was in danger by being there.) Even with his newfound scars and the ones he already had (ritual scars beloathed) he always be Darry's pretty boy. He loves his man, do NOT separate them. It certainly wasn't the last of his money but it sure as hell WAS the majority of the money he'd been making ('cause like I said, he does eventually end up finding work to help w/ bills). He's so down bad, Paul would do so much for Darry and it's my favorite thing ever. They get to be healthy.. or, as healthy as an unstable fae and human in a gay relationship during the 60's can be?? Seems like you might have to rock his shit.. Paul doesn't know that very important fact; but he is VERY intent on freeing himself (and assumedly, whatever upcoming generations of Tulsa) from this curse. Poor Darry has to witness the outcome. Aaand don't worry, Parry will never split (save for their pre-book falling out {and when I draw non-canon Darbit} ) so don't sue me I'm poor /silly

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just gonna lob some projmoon balls at you: binah/hod, ayin/angela, hod/yesod, yesod/netzach, and uh...binah/angela. 🗿

[rubs evil little hands together] aight lets fuckinnnn go

Binah/Hod - A+ OTP

I've basically already drawn a tongue-in-cheek manifesto of sorts as to why I like them, but.

Peak messy yuri. Morally Bankrupt Ex-Fed/Outwardly Sweet Virtue Signaller. I love. I love. It started as a curious thing I ran into on Ao3 once or twice (shoutouts to the people writing Binah/Hod and Garion/Michelle out there I owe you my life) and then gradually just completely took over my brain

general feelings on why I love it:

It's the contrast of someone who desperately wants to be seen as a good person for...reasons that are not entirely selfless! who frankly kind of sucks at accomplishing that and is (circa LC) so self-absorbed that until her core suppression leadup she can't even acknowledge it (side note: Hod Sucks is the reason I fell for her in the first place because she is...not a character type I'm normally into!)

vs. someone who choked down any sort of regrets and anxieties she might've even thought of having ages ago, who is a walking moral nightmare of a human, who openly tells you to your face that the only thing that really gets her going is human suffering.

Binah is unquestionably Worse but Hod is wayyyyy more fucked up about it. Binah doesn't actually care about whether or not Hod is a good person or not but is locked in a basement and bored as shit and would be happy to study this neurotic little undead scientist in her own personal petri dish to see what happens. Meanwhile Hod is the kind of person who Will Not Stop prodding at people she doesn't understand, especially if she thinks its for her own benefit, and Binah is a cryptic rubix cube of darkness. I like it for the same reasons I like Hannigram. It's just Yuri Hannigram.

It's a rarepair. It's not healthy. It's not safe or sane. But it IS fun and I'll pilot this ship with my own two hands if I gotta

Ayin/Angela - A

Ohhhh this one is a mess. You ever just make a clone of your dead colleague who you were probably sort of definitely in love with (and give her noticeably bigger tits to boot—holy shit, Ayin), force her to read off a rigid script for the next several millennia, and then refuse to even look at her despite her inherited feelings for you?

This one also falls under Tasty Parallels for me just because. They are both very hurt people who deal with that pain incredibly poorly and proceed to spend an entire game making it everyone's problem and I love them for it. I think this ship is a beautiful downward spiral of love and hate. Also the way Angela post-haircut looks more like Ayin than she does Carmen is [chef's kiss].

Also, please look at this fanart because it lives in my head rent-free.

Hod/Yesod - C

I never actually considered this one outside of an Asiyah Disaster Polycule until you mentioned it honestly but I can dig it! I can get behind it! I think Hod could make him Worse

Yesod/Netzach - C

Generally neutral-to-favorable, it's not a ship I actively seek out but I pretty much always enjoy it when someone puts it on my plate.

Binah/Angela - D/E okay i know i know let me explain

It's uh, definitely not for lack of trying! Objectively speaking, it's a good ship, it's got legs, it's got tons of content and if you're a fan you won't go hungry in the slightest

but I just....can't get into it.

Some of it is just the ship not clicking with me for whatever reason but I think a big part of it is that—unfortunately—my first couple exposures to it were via people being weirdly sanctimonious about it in a "ship this it's the only healthy option for either of these characters" kind of way

which causes the nasty little spitebeast in me to immediately recoil, also uh...healthy? Hello?

Binah's involvement alone injects a solid hit of questionable powerplay and General Freak Shit into basically any ship she's a part of, Angela totally sucks (I say this with unfathomable amounts of affection), both of them are a highly questionable mess at best. I also personally think a lot of fanworks tend to really file off both characters' edges in favor of something more palatable, which I'm personally really not into.

Unfortunately for me it's the most popular f/f ship in the fandom by leaps and bounds, so like, no shade at all if you're into it, I support your fun! I just can't join you sorry orz. Some of the art is nice tho

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Sorry, but...I can't be the only one who just doesn't understand why everyone is so in love with Jeff and Abed's dynamic, right? Like yeah they have some nice moments, but like...the way Jeff views Abed has always gotten under my skin.

Yeeeeeaaaahhh. Okay so I wanna talk about this. And I'm gonna put a warning here, if anyone reading this is like a huge Jeff fan you might wanna skip it. Because I got some shit to say, and it's not complimentary. And I do not want to start a fight with anyone, I just...yeah I got opinions on this. And to anon too TL;DR is I completely agree.

So everyone talks about season six and yeah that was the worst of it, but honestly that didn't just come out of nowhere. Jeff's treatment of Abed in season six is the culmination of a tendency that has always been there. Jeff has never consistently treated Abed well. The calling him a computer, telling him to shut up, repeatedly dismissing his ideas and interests...yeah. It sucks.

And honestly it seems like Abed stuck up for himself more earlier on, like with the "I know I'm not Batman, you could try not being a jerk" and the "I know the difference between reality and TV" thing. The first time Jeff calls Abed a computer, Abed responds by revealing that he's figured out Jeff and Britta are sleeping together. He acts like he's playing along, and then says something Jeff decidedly was not looking for. Like okay you want a computer? I'll show you a fucking computer.

But later on, he stops doing that stuff. Jeff calls him a computer, he nods and does what he wants. He stops confronting him and just takes the insults. Which makes sense, I mean if someone you generally like and even look up to just sometimes attacks you with these snide little remarks...you might decide to put up with it. If someone repeatedly implies or outright states that you're not human, it's easy to start believing them. Especially if you've been treated similarly before. At least he's not shoving him in a locker, right?

So by the time of season six, they have this dynamic where Jeff knows he can take his issues out on Abed and get away with it. And it gets to the point where he can hit him and yell at him and say he's only pretending to not know what's real, and there are no real consequences. And he can choke him (admittedly not realising how badly he was hurting him but still) and then Abed will freaking comfort Jeff. A fully established adult having a tantrum over his ego, abusing a much younger, autistic, mentally ill man, and then relying on said man for emotional support. I just. This is a comedy.

Like yeah, there are some nice moments. Earlier on there's even some moments where Jeff is the nicest to Abed (like being the only person to realise it's messed up to force him to change to appeal to girls). And there's definitely something interesting in the dynamic. There's parallels in their abandonment issues and such, and I think Abed makes Jeff uncomfortable for reasons that have to do with repression and vulnerability. And I guess it's meant to be pretty clear that Jeff is deeply unwell. But it's no excuse. And it's heartbreaking to watch.

[blyedeeks]

Hi! I'm new to Reylo shipping.. I felt it in TFA but with the shitstorm that ensued in the fandom after that I sort of tried to stay away. After seeing TLJ though I can't help it, I'm won over 100%. I just wanted to tell someone lol and I followed you very recently and I think you're pretty awesome so I guess I am directing my Reylo confession to you! There is this song "Come To This" by Natalie Taylor and it's so Reylo (esp. post TLJ) I want to die... I'd love to know your thoughts.

YOU ARE SO CUTE!!! Thank you for your kind words - and man… you asked for my thoughts i’m gonna give you such a huge text cause…. my thoughts are EVERYWHERE. I hope this is okay.

Would you believe if i told you we’re actually not that different?

Truth is, I came out of TFA shipping both Rey with Finn and with Kylo, cause i saw two directions they could go : the best friend or the enemy (to everyone that knows me these are two kinds of romances I cannot resist).

 I did feel like 1- an arc with Kylo would be GREAT for the story in general (the whole dark and light force and balance and all the things I’m gonna talk about later) but i wasn’t sure if they would GO there because, to me  on TFA, it felt like they were going way more towards Finn and Rey. Which was fine and great , they are best firends and love and support each other each other. Part of me, however, just felt like, for this story specifically…i wanted a romance that would also bring a huge plot arc with it – but i was okay with everything as long as deep and well written.

And yeah when i came out from watching the movie, i encountered a HUGE amount of hostility for everyone that shipped Reylo - even from people that weren’t on the fandom. I wasn’t that involved on the fandom until TLJ (yeah, now) and tbh I don’t think i ever seen a fandom get as much heat as the Reylo shippers - and heck I’ve lived through Jonerys and… well there was a lot of heat there.

So i stayed away from reylo for my own sake, because i wasn’t even sure if they were going to go there (as much as I wanted them to) and I didn’t want any more heat in my life for the ships i had - and i figured IF it came to it, if it came to a moment i wouldn’t be able to hide this anymore, then i would just go for it.

And what do you know, as soon as the The Last Jedi trailer came out….. i realized the moment had come.

*emotional instrumental music*

Now…. man… TLJ… WHERE. DO. I EVEN BEGIN. I have watched this movie two days ago and only today i was able to form coherent text about my feelings over the PLOT, i’m not sure I still can do it over Reylo but lemme try just a bit.

I think…. i think TLJ was epic. That’s a good place to start and when I find a movie deserving of such word I use it as much as I can. The FEELINGS it brought - especially in regards to Reylo. That scene with snoke??? IT DROVE PEOPLE ON MY MOVIE THEATER COMPLETELY INSANE. When he pulled the lightsaber, when they faced each other and swirled in slow motion to fight, when they fought, when she threw the saber to him so he’d kill the guard choking him. EVEYTHING was met with such great cheering and applause that was just YES. All i can feel is YES YES YES.

NOW THIS, THIS is an interesting romance to bring for a show that deals with such huge arcs and themes. Not that other ships and loves aren’t deserving - i’m in no way talking about that. But give me a relationship that SYMBOLIZES the force and how it works, give me two people who have EQUAL AMOUNTS OF POWER (explicitly stated on TLJ) and make them clash, give me enemies that were both wronged by their parents, who were so alone, who don’t know who they are anymore, that UNDERSTAND each other in the middle of all this craziness, give me literal polar opposites and show me how GOOD they are when they put away their differences and work together.

 And give me forbidden love, it’s a simple trope but heck it is so exciting when it’s well written. (Like, imo, a lot of “forbidden love” stories happen cause the parties are from opposing sides that, later, you find out none of them were right and that the fighting became pointless and that balance and compromise is the best thing - well well, ain’t that something we need now?)

TLJ was all that. I never, in my wildest dreams, believed they’d give me in such a silver platter with cherry on top but here we are. I mean… they did THE FREAKING FORCE BOND. THE FORCE BOND. WHAT KIND OF EPIC SOULMATE STAR CROSSED LOVERS PLOT-

And, sigh, all at the same time it was hard. TLJ made and broke my heart all at the same time, and in some ways I’m glad it did because it wouldn’t even be realistic for their relationship to work and for Kylo to walk away from his personal issues all in just one movie.

Part of me is afraid of what happens now - because i can’t help it. I can’t help being scared they’ll pull the rug off my feet, the huge plot driven romance i wanted snatched away from me and all. But Part of me KNOWS this was gonna happen anyway. They ARE paralleling Kylo to Anakin, Reylo to Anakin/Padme, and the prequel arc only HINTED At anakin changing sides on movie 2 but he only committed to it on movie 3.

Not to mention the whole BALANCE message TLJ keep screaming at us, and how everything we used to know (all old SWs) is about to change because THAT order doesn’t work in the new world ( i mean…did it ever work? did they defeat evil? Cause the dark side keeps coming back, if they were truly doing things right they wouldn’t need a third movie franchise to kill it). All these messages lead me to believe Kylo has hope, the dark side has hope (*gasp*), and the light side ain’t always right (*gasp gasp*) cause it’s made of flawed people that can do dark things. And if Kylo has hope, so does Reylo - because as this romance is plot driven, the message of balance and redemption all walk together here.

PHEW. I hope this was good. I’m still too filled with feelings to say everything i want to, but at least something came out.