#WHY ERIK WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT :(((

[samgirard]

wrong jersey, but we still love you uncle ej | col vs buf | 12.13.23

[secretly-a-catamount]

I’m sorry, but if you think that Raoul wouldn’t switch places with Christine to be bait for the Phantom if he could, you’re just objectively wrong (it’s okay, I still love you).

[gl0wy-gh0st]

Hello gang!! So I drew Erik from CaFae Latte!! Because yes, I'm still in denial

Drawings ans rambles under the cut because they are bright

Latin translates too: "I will either find a way, or I will make one"

Also here's some symbols in the drawing because I'm a sucker for symbolism:

Peach tree (left) (Chinese Mythology)

Holy Grail (Middle) (Christianity)

Yew tree leaves (Right) (General symbolism)

Chrysanthemum petals (Top) (General symbolism)

Golden Apple (Top) (Norse Mythology)

All of these symbolise immortality because I like so heavily related to his fear of death before he Fucked Shit Up™️ and wanted to show that by surrounding him with symbols of immortality that he's almost reaching, but not quite

[erial-c]

leaving the balance four's decision on getting their memories modified ambiguous hurts me way more than if i just know whether they wanted it or not . either way it would still hurt because ik brachium would've modified their memories regardless

[righteous-r0de0]

is this how i find out that fool!milo’s steel under velvet line comes from fifty shades of grey 😭

[fun-k-boards]

Whenever people fail to understand that what we as an audience know is sometimes entirely different from what the characters know I get genuinely heated I need to put the phone down and just breathe in a serene forest or something because otherwise my blood pressure would get to a dangerous level

[thewingedwolf]

it is funny that the new menendez show has started people on the “are they making erik gay/is erik menendez gay” thing as if his sexuality wasn’t a key part of the hoopla surrounding the trial bc it was the 90s and the idea that erik menendez was ~turned gay~ by sexual abuse or was secretly like some sort of gay freak and that’s why he murdered his parents, was way more digestible to the general public than the reality that being sexually abused by both his parents for his entire life might have massively impacted the way he views sex and relationships

[mumbledramblings]

i keep forgetting tristamp vash's angel arm ate his prosthesis

[reachexceedinggrasp]

So when I've been complaining about even fanfiction not being romantic enough, part of what I mean by that is that people take huge, gothic characters in pairings with gigantic, dramatic stakes full of titanic emotions and then make them feel small and mundane. Stripping the very romanicism from the bones of the romance.

There are many things that are deeply appealing to me about B&tB pairings or 'unlikely' pairings or Gothic romance in general, but something that is less structural while still being absolutely key is that it's not an easy relationship to get the characters into. It's not something that would happen under ordinary circumstances for either person. It's not a bond that can be forged without some form of pressure preventing these people from continuing in their regular patterns.

If you're writing an E/C fic where you start from scratch, the moment they so much as touch for the first time should be absolutely show-stoppingly prodigious. It can never be casual, not between these two, the idea of a touch being allowed should be an Event. The reader's heart should be thundering in their chest, the suspense should be palpable, the consummation divine. A single touch is a consummation for them, there should be that much tension. If they hold hands and I'm not holding my breath, you have done it wrong. The first kiss should feel like an atom bomb going off, the world should shift on its axis, a line is being crossed which has left both characters forever altered.

And people will instead write them like a standard romance novel couple who make standard pervy comments in the narration, get a bit flirty, casually hook up and then weigh pros and cons about whether dating fits into their life plans or not. All of this being totally without weight, without feeling like any kind of Rubicon has been crossed or that it's significant for the characters to have entered into something which must foundationally alter their worldview.

Reylo brushing fingers across the galaxy and it being the turning point of the entire narrative, given the same majesty and mystical significance as Luke's vision in the cave or Yoda lifting the X-Wing is the exact correct amount of emphasis for them reaching towards each other in tenderness. You have a character defined by abandonment and loneliness and a character who is surrounded by people but never touched, both unseen by anyone else, both aching for connection, both never having felt anything like this before, both aware of the galaxy-spanning consequences of what they're feeling. Them touching is le big deal.

The kiss for the B&tB pairing, the EtL pairing, any Gothic pairing has to feel out of reach, a chasm that cannot be crossed- until it happens, impossible yet inevitable. Something the characters could never have conceived of taking place at the beginning of the story, an infinite abyss of which they have somehow found themselves on the other side. You have to do the work to get them there, you have to build that bridge stone by stone, and it should be a sublime agony of seeing the path take shape while it still feels like the gap is just unbridgable, that no matter how close you come, it will never be complete, they can never get all the way across. Until they do.

If you write characters who have (or should have) that kind of vast gulf separating them as just kind of falling into an intimacy which isn't earned and thus means nothing, I just have no idea why we're here. Why buy a giant gothic castle of romanticism and then bulldoze it to build a minimalist condo? Everything about the pairing that makes it that pairing is stripped away. If these were people who could just meet at a party and end up in bed, they would be completely different people.

[dbphantom]

you know if you guys voted for stretch armstrong i probably would have shut up a lot sooner tonight

[ironhusband]

Thinking about Erik snapping at Charles with “well maybe you should have fought harder for them” and the pain in his eyes when Charles told him they didn’t want the same things.

[dyswarpia]

since the anniversary of the inversion is coming up soon: a fun fact about me is the first time i watched the inversion, i was so upset and anxious about it that it made me physically sick and i had to be sent home from school the next day. traumatising.

[cybergothmiku]

MONARCH SUMMIT PART 3 SPOILERS

IM VIOLENTLY SOBBING

PORTER MY BELOVED YOU DESERVE SO MUCH MORE THAN THIS

WILLIAM SEEING VINCENT AS HIS SON I CAN’T BREATHE IM TEARING UP WILLIAM YOU HAVE GIVEN ME SAM AND NOW YOU PERSONALLY GIVE ME COMFORT FOR MY DADDY ISSUES

I knew house Baz was in cahoots with William 🚶🏻

Terrified of what might be coming from close knit (sunshine and Elliot please be okay)

im also terrified for sweethearts future if they get too close to close knit, that also makes me worry about Aaron 😔

It’s not looking good for the rest of house Bennet 🧚🏻‍♀️

Im glad to see that Porter and Vincent could be mature and have a soft moment of brotherhood

Vincent being the favourite child is so special to me

I need more Porter content now, let me have treasure comforting him please they could very easily become my favourite couple

[zemnarihah]

hm. my dad is now aware that i have slept over at eriks when i visit him.

[cuntvonkrolock]

you know the mental illness is mental illnessing when you start fantasizing about erik operaghost being your parent instead of your actual mother

[messrsbyler]

so much could've been avoided if they'd closed those curtains