#and also has themes im very much not willing to read 😭😭😭😭😭

[yumienikkie]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE SHIP I'M LOOKING FOR ONLY HAS ONE FIC ON AO3

[variousqueerthings]

Uuuummmm????? Just watched due south!!!!! (Pilot movie, not the whole show obvs) whaaaaaaaaattttt 🥹🥹🥹🥹 more thoughts later cuz I work in a.m. and need to go to sleep, but !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so fun! I love Fraser and Ray so much 🥺 the best besties?? Wow. I think im def gonna keep watching/check out the show.. what fun characters, also I just love mystery/crime shows anyway sooo.. it only makes sense.

Thank you for the rec and, as always, I love reading all your reviews (analyses? Essays? Musings, perhaps?) !!

TRULY I'm rewatching it right now for a more academic (read: very nerdy) run-through of s1 and literally their first couple of dynamics are:

they meet and ray is initially dismissive, until fraser tells him it's his dad at which point his whole expression reads "ohhhh i fucked up and i've gotta make it up to this strange (yet attractive) being"

second meeting and ray has made sure he doesn't just have an apology at hand, but he's Done The Work and is willing to continue working the case with him

same day he's like. well i obvs can't call you fraser or fuckn. "benton" you need a first name

which is as far as I've gotten so far, and i cannot remember when (if it's in the pilot or the show proper) but trust this man is gonna call him "ben/benny" 😭

also the build of the plot is so so good. the landscape of canada juxtaposed with the streets of chicago (fraser being told they'll "eat him alive" there, truly giving wild being in a hostile environment feeling, which is a theme that continues)! the way it leads perfectly back to its origin point?? the underlying melancholy balanced wonderfully with the comedic elements???? argh!!!

also: thing i keep thinking is. wish this show was r-rated, just because you know ray actually probably swears all the damn time and fraser is constantly trying to get him to stop. alas, they censored poor ray and life is so fucking hard for him

but yeah. it's just. a good fucking movie. that leads into a good fucking show. that i've only seen s1 of and it'll be awhile until i get to s2, what with my schedule about to get very busy and my need to document s1 properly

also the music!!!!!!

[blooming-cecilia]

i feel like i should also start putting this convo under the cut LOL

you can clearly tell how STARVED we are of content if we've this much thoughts over him 🤡

the way i'm at a family reunion and i'm using venti as an excuse to avoid socialization ™ but also how can you just Not think of venti anyway

ANYWAY MOVING ON TO THAT RIVALS SCENARIO U WROTE .... im so glad i am wearing a mask bc i cannot stop smiling the entire time i read your reply ,, we r down horrendous tonight 💀

venti just effortlessly combines both his teasing and his genuine care for you that it's literally so frustrating to even have him NEAR YOU ??? it's gotten that bad and his stupid smile would just grow bigger on his stupidly cute face bc it still feels like he's looking down on you and maybe. maybe. you've started to see that the way he looks at you is Not out of mockery but fondness that you are too scared to ever address so you cling to this silly rivalry you have.

(and if the who can make the other more flustered competition happens After this realization?? hm 👀)

on top of that . luna has pretty much mastered teasing venti at this point 😭😭 like i remembered just straight up passing away when the maid listener audio dropped and shes only getting better at teasing all the windblumes 💀💀

aNYWAY yes god i hear venti speak and i perk up like a puppy when it hears its human ,, it's that bad,,

and its a CRIME that mh/y hasn't given us even just a small snippet of him singing a couple lines?? ALL OF HIS VAS ARE GOOD??? they can all sing, his cn va miaojiang sings covers often and i. goodbye. ascending to celestia rn .

HIS TEAPOT VOICELINES ... he's sweet as always but i especially melt everytime he calls me my warrior~ like?????? 🧎

as for mermaid venti. yes. i see you, yes i hear you, and yes, he would be so so so pretty as a mermaid. (imagine his hair and his marks glowing underwater.... he'd move as gracefully underwater as he does in the air me thinks)

the way he says it too (in en).... dont touch me. im weak. weak!!!!

i. have all his profile voicelines downloaded from youtube, among others 🧎

i've actually listened to an audio of mermaid prince venti + pirate listener from another artist and i really liked their take on it too! that part of why i wanted to hear a reverse on that one hehe

THAT VENTI POV PLSJWJDHSB

that random bystander has to understand that this man is a singer songwriter, he didnt just SING he WROTE the song, u pay for the whole package baby give him 100 mora!!!!!

no wait u are so correct. it's always on his face how very 🥰 he is when thinking about windblume,, he just turns into a really comical lovestruck cartoon character—it's honestly very funny and endearing to watch and honestly I JUST WANT TO PUT A RING ON HIM ALREADY?? where else are you gonna get a man like that 😭 if he doesn't look like a silly lovestruck cartoon character when he thinks about you then whaTS THE POINT????

ok the flex of having a literal god as your husband though. hehe

SEE OK I GET YOUR DILEMMA. bc honestly i see him like that too, but i think he'd somehow make it a simple affair yet it's also grandiose in its own way? like does that even make sense. he somehow finds the perfect balance between an intimate ceremony but he also doesn't pull the stops at making it super duper special because his spouse deserves nothing less on their wedding day <3

on the wedding.... well, venti can care less about glittering ballrooms— if that's what you want then sure, he's fine with it! i do think a more nature themed wedding is something he'd personally enjoy though, but nothing extremely fancy, but still very pretty and magical! whatever you both decide on, i don't think either of you will particularly have to worry too much on. you've both got many friends in many places, and they surely would all be willing to lend a hand in any materials or services you may need :]

and hey, maybe what makes it a grand celebration to venti is the people at the party anyway. he enjoys merrymaking with friends and any friend of his beloved is also a friend of his—he trusts your choice in companions—and he's able to mingle easily with a crowd of acquaintances!

but yes anyway proposal first. i. would really just love something so silly and endearing like that to happen. imagine both of you were thinking of proposing at the same time???? im always weak for those kinds of proposals 😭

FLUSTERED VENTI FLUSTERED VENTI FLUSTERED VENTI

akqjjdjwkdhkwjfjwkwhfjwjxn. u have such a huge point there. kaeya teasing him repeatedly about how he's down so BADLY. on the topic of can venti get flustered. i think cheesy stuff like overused pickup lines doesn't really get to him but i am a firm believer of the show any form of genuine affection to venti and he's immediately passing away agenda

and what makes him flustered when people tease him over how down horrendous he is over you is bc he keeps remembering the things you do and it makes him so 💕💞💖💗♥️💘💓 because he just loves you so much and awh now look he's all red! and now all of his drinking buddies are laughing at him again that night and honestly? he wouldn't have it any other way. they can laugh all they want but that's only because they don't understand love the way he does whenever he looks at you.

YES YES YES YES!!

venti asking advice from zhongli and just. talking about it with his friend. for once venti is serious, usual mischief and chaos that happens everytime they meet together gone (re: drinking together in that one video), and all that's left sitting in front of zhongli is a dear old friend that's finally found happiness. and wbk he's gonna be supportive but i imagine him to be extra happy for him bc its a lil rare to find this kind of happiness as immortals, gods, and for him to get hitched to someone he already trusts, someone he's certain would make his friend the happiest like he deserves, he really could not ask for more and gives only his wishes . brb going to Cry

DON'T EVEN MENTION HIM WANTING TO BE WITH US FOREVER EVEN IF WE MAY WANT TO LEAVE ONE DAY IM ALREADY SO WEAK ICANT DO THIS NO MORE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH 🧎💔💔

lastly. please. no. dont shut up either we are both STARVING and we only have each other to rely on to survive til the next crumb of content.

throw all the words at me and i will throw back nonsense at u too

in this house we simp together 🤝

all the req ideas on luna's livestream is driving me insane