I looked back at the message I wrote for you almost 2 years ago now, to see what I said. And honestly, I have to agree with past me. It doesn’t feel like that much time has passed since the first day you showed up on VLive and spoke to us so kind and warmly. 200 episodes later, and well now on YouTube, and you are still doing just that. Week after week, being there for us to cheer us up with your laughter and your jokes and your advice and your terrible pick up lines. I still have nothing in my heart but gratitude towards you, Channie. Thank you for continuing to be the most amazing person ever.
Back on my merlin doesn't spend 1500 years being a sad wet cat and has a life agenda but I think it would be very interesting if Merlin never shies away from talking about Arthur. He grieves him in some way yes but as he lives his life he talks about him to his (immortal or not) friends/lovers/spouses/children to the point where (and it's where it becomes funny) it becomes litteraly common knowledge that Emrys is in love with the once and future king and NOBODY even think about the fact that Arthur may not know
Imagine Arthur's face if someone say to Merlin "Don't worry, I can manage to babysit the Love of your life for 5 minutes!!" and Merlin doesn't blink/blush, he just nod and smiles "Good luck, see you later!"
Arthur being utterly confuse because it should be a big deal, right? Why Merlin act like nothing happen?? What the hell????
And if the Knights came back too, just IMAGINE their face when someone just casually break the 10 years "Don't ask, Don't tell" Merthur version
Okay so soulmate AUs are one of my favorite troupes in fanfiction, but. But! I don’t like it when it comes to hualian.
Now hear me out! I’m not saying they’re not soulmates, I just don’t like the au troupe when it’s used in fanfiction about them. There’s just something about Xie Lian being so kind and caring to little Honghong-er just because. Everyone else was ready to throw that little boy out, but XL was like “no. You can’t do that. He’s just a little kid. Be nice.” He did that not because he had any sort of connection to the little boy, but just because it’s the right thing to do. It really showed XL’s character, his principles, and his kindness. Those were the reasons that HC fell in love with him.
I feel like if by putting them in a soulmate au where they’re soulmates that are tied together and have a predestined bond, that that takes away from XL’s choice to protect Honghong-er even if it caused problems. It becomes like “of course, XL would save him and fight so fiercely to protect him, they are soulmates after all.” Instead of Xie Lian doing it because that’s the type of person he is.
Soulmate aus are fun, and I really do love them, but for hualian, I just don’t. I love their choice in each other. I love that they chose to be tied by the red thread. Who knows, maybe they’ve been soulmates all along, but I love that they had no bonds or connections when they met and XL, despite all the bad stuff that happened around Honghong-er, chose to keep him safe and comfort him when he was upset.
Torchbearer: Well, Clancy is the cutest little thing Ive ever had the pleasure of being able to know so I protect him and make sure that he never thinks a single bad thought or worry. And he makes sure I know that someone will miss me if I disappeared one day as well as telling me I deserve more than basic human decency.
Clancy: And?
Torchbearer: And that I have the hottest ass around.
Sorry that I’ve been inactive, I was born a couple days ago so I had to eat some cookie cake for that. Anyway, here’s this. I’ll be using more fuckass templates soon because they r funny
"You have to let them. Find that person who seems farthest from you and reach for them. Reach for them. Let them guide you."
I don't know if I've mentioned before, but I've just realized (again), that the reason Spock went after Chapel so hard is not only cause she's a good friend, but from his perspective, Chapel, who's the "complete opposite" of himself (Sung in the musical episode), he may have seen her as the person that was the "farthest" from him, in personality and mind.
And obviously, later in life, he actually finds it with Jim.
Love deeply platonic relationships where two individuals are practically platonic soulmates who care for each other deeply and have changed each other’s life significantly.