#and if they were both boys

[autumn-may]

Mostly spoiler free summary of my viewing experience

[notbecauseofvictories]

I'm re-reading the Discworld series for reasons, and honestly the most relatable part of reading these as an adult is how many of the protagonists start out being tired, used to their little routine and vaguely disgruntled by the interruption of the Plot. Sam Vimes wants to lie drunk in a gutter and absolutely doesn't want to be arresting dragons. Rincewind is yanked into every situation he's ever encountered, though he'd much rather be lying in a gutter too. (Minus the alcohol. Plus regretting everything he's ever done said witnessed or even heard about fourth-hand in his whole life.) Granny Weatherwax is deeply suspicious of foreign parts and that includes the next town over; Nanny has leaned into the armor of "nothing ever happens to jolly grannies who terrorize their daughters-in-law and make Saucy Jokes"

Only the young people don't seem to have picked up on this---and that's fortunate, because someone has to run around making things happen, if only so Vimes and Granny and Rincewind have a reason to get up (complaining bitterly the whole time) and put it all to rights. Without Carrot, Margrat, Eric, etc. these characters don't have that reason; they're likely to stay in the metaphorical gutter and keep wondering where it all went wrong or why anything has to change.

............well, that's not quite true. You get the sense that Vetinari knows how much certain people hate the Plot. And as the person sitting behind the metaphorical lighting board of Ankh-Morpork, he takes no small pleasure in forcing the Plot-haters specifically to stand up, and say some lines.

[kausparty]

historians will say they're masov and nilsen coded..

[wenidcore]

"they're so platonic" if enid was a boy, y'all would ship them. it's that simple. i mean, golden retriever gamer boyfriend and black cat goth girl? 💅🏽

you would be fighting with your LIVES against people who just want to see boy!enid and wednesday as friends

you'd be losing your minds if some of the actors, including jenna, were oddly supportive about this forbidden and impossible completely platonic relationship that can't become a romantic one for... what reasons ⁉️

WAIT, they're a boy and a girl, in this scenario, they could totally be a thing even if they started out as friends

moving on to their dynamics in the show now...

you would say they do have chemistry because enid was ACTUALLY always there for her and has always respected her boundaries.

you'd gloss about Wednesday trying hard not to hurt his feelings by not using sharp words she does with everyone else BUT him. you'd most definitely notice that even the way she looks at and speaks to him is different, softer. but because enid is a girl, you believe it's only platonic and it'll always remain that way.

you'd be swooning over the fact he was the only boy Wednesday was afraid of losing and she was on the verge of tears because of him, and she doesn't like the prospect of being alone in this world anymore. but because enid is a girl, you don't think this could mean something else 👍🏼

remember when enid blinked and smiled at wednesday kind of flirting....? you'd think that boy sure is onto something, i meaaan 😳

(random but i just remembered something. you'd be calling him a male wife or whatever. i just know that. cuz that what you call xavier and - and I'm so serious - rowan???? 💀)

oh you'd be fangirling so hard if he finally wolfed out just to save wednesday. You'd feel crazy about the soft way he glanced at her in his wolf form. it kinda reminds you of jacob, who was head over heels for bella 💀

idk doesn't it sound like straight ship material or whatever goes for you guys? bffr

and enid, he could've died for her at that moment. he, who was a coward boy, so afraid of blood and gore, jumped a whole fat hyde to save Wednesday.

you damn sure would parallel this scene with Gomez saying "I would die for her, I would kill for her".

but because Enid is a girl, you don't get why people want them to be something else. "Friends do that for each other too", but if enid was a man...

I mean, xavier and weds are platonic too at the moment, or at least it's clearly one sided for now, but you still eat them up too and expect something to happen next season. even when the lead actress says she wants them to have like a sibling relationship. crazy that, all you gotta have is a boy and a girl to breathe the same air but HEY 🤪

(don't even try to say gay people do that too, because mostly that IS all we get, crumbs and subtext, but even that you won't allow us to have. if there's chemistry, we are looking too much into it, but if the same happens to a straight pairing, suddenly it's ok and possible????? make it make sense...)

ANYWAYS, moving on...

You'd be eating The Hug™ up if it was all you've got, you would be saying WHY DIDN'T THEY KISS, or think they're setting up for some slowburn next season 🤷🏽‍♂️

but enid is a girl, so everything has to be platonic and can't become anything else. I wonder why is that? 🤔

‘they’: wednesday and enid

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I hope you take this as the compliment it is intended to be, but you strike the same chord of irreverence-as-love, jokes-to-showcase-sencerity that I get from Chuck Tingle, and I adore both of you.

You have bestowed the greatest honour upon me.

[aunmenosheteroenespanol]

2.12 Chimney Begins - 2.09 Hen Begins - 2.16 Bobby Begins Again - 7.04 Buck, Bothered and Bewildered

Tommy's family arc

[kensatou]

have some couth babygirl

[hoofpeet]

:]

[jonathanbyersphd]

Oh, it is OVER for the Wheeler Siblings

[not-the-living-ghost]

One thing that i really appreciate about dead boy detectives is that they never treat platonic relationships as if they are less important than romantic ones. charles’ “rejection” on the staircase is never truly treated as a rejection, because he loves edwin back in all the ways that matter. in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't really matter if they are dating or not because charles and edwin will always be charles and edwin no matter what

[palmettoshenanigans]

*grabs your face by the cheeks* Listen- listen to me. Andreil? Was never about codependence. No, don't run- listen. It was never about codependence. Stop biting me- Andreil was always about learning to be independent and fiercely choosing interdependence through the process

[bisclavaret]

kittys in love…..

[exasperatedoctopus]

On a scale from completely cutting them out of your life and moving to the other end of the galaxy (Julian) to subconsciously metamorphosing into a murderous goo creature and attacking them on sight (Odo), how well do you deal with your garbage-tier parental figure?

[a-most-beloved-fool]

Kinda want to write a Spock POV post-fal-tor-pan fic where Spock sees Jim and is instantly whammed with the fact that he's in love with him, but still has no idea why or what that means, so he just goes around with a knot of love tangled in his mind, utterly baffled as to why it's there or how to figure it out. He can't ask the kolinahr adepts, because it feels un-vulcan, so instead he's just. confusedly pining the entire time.

Jim smiles sappily at him and Spock's like "My Heart Is Beating Faster. Why Is My Heart Beating Faster. There Is No Cause For My Heart To Be Beating Faster. Do I Have Tachycardia."

Spock, to McCoy: Doctor, is there history of heart disease in my family?

Bones, suspicious: Yes? Why? (already surreptitiously scanning Spock w/ a tricorder)

Spock: I have noticed concerning irregularities in my heart beat. They occur primarily around Admiral Kirk.

Bones, freezing: Repeat that for me, Spock?

Spock: I have noti-

Bones: No, not that, the next bit! Where they happen!

Spock: Ah. Around Admiral Kirk.

[FIVE MINUTES LATER]

Spock, annoyed: Doctor, cease laughing. I fail to understand what part of my medical condition you find so amusing.

Bones, still wheezing with laughter: Don't - don't you worry your little head about it, Spock. You're not sick, that's the important thing. (interrupts himself by laughing again) You'll (wheeze) figure it out eventually.

(Spock, disgruntled, gives up on him and leaves.)

(McCoy keeps laughing for another ten minutes.)

[toobusybeingdelulu]

My favorite animal is Billy Hargrove going absolutely apeshit right after receiving the softest of touches

[heynhay]

merry Christmas klancers 🎅