#and end up on a couch together

[emilykaldwen]

having the absolute best time with @vampire-exgirlfriend. Booked this trip after losing my job, and outside of the absolute nightmare that was the airport delays/cancellations, it's been nothing but absolutely spiritually healing.

There is nothing better than sitting on the couch, working on fic plotting, going out and about, just giggling together in the same way we do online, except now we compare how her pinky finger is the size of my toe and dealing with the dogs trying to climb on top of us.

I'm grateful to be at the point in my life where I'm able to do this. I'm able to go see a long distance friend and not just talk to her via text and occasional voice chat. I'm able to just fall into the comfortable rapport we share online as we do in person.

Also, I fucking left my house properly for the first time in almost a month, and that is very good too

[princessamericachavez]

like yes yes eddie needs to choose and buck needs to be chosen but also 

Eddie needs to get over the very big trauma of losing his wife. Last time he dated someone he had literal panic attacks at the thought of her being mistaken for Chris’s mother and as much as we saw him work through in therapy we never?? really?? talked?? about?? that?? So, yeah, Eddie needs to realize that he’s at a point where he’s ready to risk his heart and give love a second chance 

(and maybe realize he already did becase there already is a partner in his life who gets consistently confused for Chris’s guardian and it feels natural to him?? but he still needs to realize he’s ready for love)

And Buck needs to be ready to be in a relationship where he’s loved for who he is, where he doesn’t bend and twist to fit someone else’s expectations. And for that Buck needed to die, and needed to come back, and now he needs to process that trauma and steady himself. 

(and Buck loves so quickly, so openly, so loudly, and he gives so much of himself and he wants to be loved that way, and maybe he’ll realize that he already?? is?? loved?? but he needs to let himself accept it)

so basically, it’s not only a matter of choice... eddie needs to be ready to love and buck needs to accept that he is loved if they are ever going to find each other properly together

and that, my funny little friends, is the point of their arcs were we are at right now

[broken-heart-raven-queen]

I imagine Kevin being kinda afraid of leaving when he finishes at Palmetto because he would be the first of the monsters doing so and doesn't really know how to interact with the world outside his little bubbles.

He tries to live with Wymack for a bit in the summer, hoping to gain some confidence and maybe to put a band aid on his very broken childhood, but obviously the Queen of Exy can't sleep in a couch for 3 fucking months and it's too proud to tell Andrew so he ends up sleeping in the loockerooms at the court and Neil notices inmediatly (bc he did it first duh) but doesn't do anything about it. Maybe casually comments on it some day they are all eating at Abby's place and evryone it's like ??????

[berrydoodleoo]

should you begin to lose heart, look to me

(rendered in Blender Cycles, click for higher resolution)

[mattzerella-sticks]

No but imagine Buck-and-Eddie as roommates AND Buck still dating Tommy by end of s7/beginning of s8.

[sunnykeysmash]

the structure in mac and dennis break up

this is gonna be a short post tbh, I just rewatched the episode and I have a couple of thoughts.

if you need a refresher on what I think the structure is in general, I talk about it here.

I think Mac and Dennis Break Up shows us an example of Mac and Dennis (and Charlie and Frank) working properly in regards to the structure, let me explain why:

First... I don't think there's a need for me to describe the plot of the episode, we all know.

What I want to focus on, is that at one point Mac moves in with Frank and Charlie, and starts bringing his way of life to them.

At first, Frank is thrilled.

"I could use a little structure in my life here." he says.

This reminds me of dialogue from Carries a Corpse.

"Nobody admit this to Mac, but... I feel like he was carrying a ton of weight."

"That would be another one of his annoying identities... the man who could carry stuff."

He's been shown carrying Dennis, on top of generally being inclined to micromanage, take care of others so they're safe, and make decisions or at least demand to be consulted in them (like which movie to watch on movie night).

That's when Mac works best, so I assume that Mac generally brings structure (or is a man of action, as he describes it).

Later on, we see Mac take this too far, and Frank doesn't like it anymore. To me, this is because what this episode tells us is that Charlie and Frank don't work well with a set structure, the way that Mac provides. They're more free.

I think this reading is important because it shows me why The Gang Gets Romantic fundamentally fails in its objective (not as an episode god forbid, I mean in the narrative, especially for Mac and Dennis).

It applies the romcom structure to Charlie and Frank, while it doesn't to Mac and Dennis, when it should be the opposite. Throughout the episode we see that Mac and Dennis keep fitting the tropes to the romcom structure, but they refuse to follow it, and thus it crumbles. It can't work.

Here's another thing.

Dennis' back broke in the S15 finale.

That is funny, yes, but what does this mean when I say that Mac is the (his) structure, then?

Well... Carries a Corpse implies that Mac was carrying most of the weight of the corpse, and the corpse is meant to be the show... and most show meta is basically the same as Dennis meta (most meta lines seem to relate to him, whether the fact he left for north dakota and came back, or the fact he's a dad, being between life and death, breaking his back aka the structure, and so on), as I have discussed better in my other post.

Point being, Mac carries Dennis. That's what he's meant to do, and what he does best in their relationship.

This makes me think of another recent scene that I think is emblematic of their dynamic... but in an interesting way.

So, in 2020: a Year in Review, Mac and Dennis work together on a song.

They seem to be in harmony, but eventually start disagreeing and stop altogether to focus on something else. Why?

Because Dennis is working on the backup vocals, and Mac is working on the words. Which means their roles are reversed. Mac is supposed to be carrying the song, like the wind beneath his wings that he is, and Dennis, like the man of words that he is, should be responsible for the lyrics. They're doing each other's job, which means any harmony they reach is still bound to crack a bit the moment the song doesn't work for them.

Their seating position on their sofa reflects this.

Compare it to Mac and Dennis Break Up, which is supposed to be our ideal.

They're in each other's places, in 2020.

This isn't new, they've been sitting in each other's places ever since Break Up. Mac was sitting in Dennis' place in MFHP, Dennis was sitting in Mac's place in Gets Romantic.

So tl;dr... Mac and Dennis work well under structure, when Mac is the one to bring it and carry Dennis. They fit a proper couple structure after all. Charlie and Frank don't work as well under structure, since their relationship is more unique and doesn't quite abide by normal rules because of that.

This does bring me to one last consideration though...

They're back in their right spots, in season 16! Only problem is... couch is different. I would argue an inflatable couch doesn't offer the same amount of support (structure) that a normal one would...

Now that Dennis' structural essence broke, is he gonna feel what it's like when Mac is absent?

Perhaps this is why in Cursed we get Mac as the lucky one while the others as so unlucky they start to believe they're cursed (according to the synopsis...).

So the whole gang needs Mac?

Well...

In Goes To Hell pt2, when they build the human pyramid, it's both Mac and Dennis that end up at the bottom, as its structure.

So maybe... Dennis needs Mac as his structure, and the gang needs them to be in sync so they can both, together, support them (or shut the hell up about it, as both madbu and s15 would argue). Maybe this realization could be what brings the gang to work together in order to get them together. But that's getting into just speculation so imma end it here.

I like these thoughts though... Mac and Dennis being the foundation, the structure of the whole thing :)

[handsmotif]

sakurai and koyama are never fucking saying “i love you” or doing any cheesy shit they don’t care abt all that. moreover they don’t Need to. just the fact that they’ve been bonded for life like a pair of feisty shelter kittens is enough they both know the other isn’t going anywhere any time soon.

[saerins]

event: matchup for @saeist !! 👼🏻

stupid cupid: wanna preface this by saying this was not biased at all because when you sent me your pic ??? could think of only one guy , like he just POPPED UP in my head <3

you’ll end up with … 𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐒𝐇𝐈 𝐒𝐀𝐄 !!

bonus — blue lock world !!

you know who’s also in love with you? 𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐎 <3

by the way, 𝐑𝐘𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐈 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐎𝐔 is your best friend .

🎁 a gift from cupid !!

meeting sae through your best friend turned out to be godsend. sure, things were rocky at first (if only because sae has a sharp tongue and blunt nature), but once the tension breaks and he gives in to his feelings and lets you see the real him—past all the witty comebacks and cold demeanour, he’s actually a pretty decent guy. the way he looks out for you is non-conventional, with how he calls you out for everything you’re at fault for and how he encourages you to be bad when he feels you need it. in the end, no matter how much you’re struggling or how much of a pain he claims you are, he’s pathetically yours and always will be.

[ ( interviewer: so what’s a song you associate with—? ) sae groans and rolls his eyes, saying fuck you by lily allen. he catches the sharp look from his manager and concedes, revealing it’s really angels by chase atlantic.

sae: if you tell her this i’ll kill you. anyway, it’s just ‘cause she’s the one person i don’t get tired of talking to. (because he only bothers to talk to you anyway…) and she’s always listening too. always there for me and shit. so. yeah. ]

[lazer-screwdriver]

Head in my hands. Lucy being one of the only people post-time war to know that time lords purr.

[yugiohz]

I want older deku to be petty idc

[ssilentcharlie]

okay i want to make something clear before tonight: i am not expecting Buddie canon tonight.

what i am expecting is them with their son, and that being the start of them navigating their relationship into whatever it may be.

[kakusu-shipping]

I wasn't even keeping up with the MHA manga but I did read the last three chapters without context and I've already decided how to fix the ending for my Self Insert

[imthatqueerkid]

"It processes the invisible as if it is being spoken out loud"

[johnsbleu]

happy father’s day to john!

[liltingoddesss]

filter coffee>>>>

[deepwoundsandfadedscars]

Just got home with some new shelves from ikea and I just want to put them up right away, but the wall they will go against needs to be painted and I don't want to do that right now 😭 I just want to organize my books, nothing else