#anyway - rant over

[alexandriaellisart]

team meeting

[epiphainie]

i've just finished my s7 rewatch and it's kinda so funny to me how much discourse people created over every bucktommy interaction when their whole arc boils down to tommy being patient and vulnerable with buck and showing up for him. like when you are not wearing shipper goggles under the name of "analysis" and don't try to reverse-engineer every word and look and shot with utmost bad faith, that's what it is. a simple and sweet story of a new exciting relationship with a guy who's understanding and willing to show up. literally the two things buck needs from a relationship but never had with his previous love interests. they are kinda sickeningly sweet and well-communicating actually lol

[mxwhore]

Idk if you already got this request a while back but ever since I saw your sphinx Martin I would think what about a Harpy Jon to go with him

i hadnt actually! very fun to think about

[dont-do-rice-babes]

I know plenty of people have probably said this already, but I am so sick and tired of science being The Smart Thing and art being The Creative Thing

first off, there's a lot of dumb 'smart' people and a lot of uncreative artists

but more importantly, science and math and all that stuff takes an immense amount of creativity that really isn't appreciated enough, and art stuff takes an immense amount of intelligence that really isn't appreciated enough

[kaboom--bitch]

That previos post being said, headmates who are a part of a minority (gender, sexuality, romantic orientation, neurodivergent, disability, whatever else) that the body isn't a part of are and should be allowed to call people out when they're being assholes to them. Discrimination is discrimination, full fucking stop.

A headmate holding symptoms of a disorder doesn't have to shut up and take it when they're told their struggles mean nothing because they're a headmate. A headmate who is trans in a cis body doesn't have to step aside when presented with transphobia. A headmate doesn't have to stop using a cane when they front for their individual disability/symptoms just because other people think they're being ableist for needing it.

Headmates are people capable of their own lived experiences, and sure, it's complicated! There might be differences between people with that identity bodily vs a headmate and those can be discussed! But there's still plenty of room for discussion about the real struggles headmates of minority communites face. Headmates shouldn't be shoved aside. It's dehumanising and honestly just showing your own ableism if you act like headmates have to stand to the side and not talk about their experiences.

[youhavebeentraceyd]

i really appreciate this about brennan, he's very straight forward when it comes to competitions (see his rant regarding the whishy washy point system for Make Some Noise). cooking competitions, in particular, can be extremely subjective, but brennan goes ahead and says 'no fuck that, i'm making this objective AF. I have a set criteria, jessica hit the critera the most, therefore she wins. end of discussion.'

[self-indulgentmanic]

More of that doomed siblings angst

YT Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSqYNGyQPmk

[crowleys-hips]

"I'm sick of people portraying this character as-" "I'm tired of seeing-" "I'm tired of fics where-"

okay then WRITE YOUR OWN. if you don't like the way others write your favorite characters, if you don't like certain tropes or scenarios, if you don't like certain headcanons, you're not obligated to read any of it. you are free to write your own shit. nothing is stopping you. fanfic writers don't owe you anything, and neither do authors, showrunners, etc. we're not here to cater to your own special little headcanons. we're here to tell stories we'd like to see and share them with people who want to see them. that's all. so stop complaining, and go make your own.

[homoautoerotic]

being a dom Armand truther but also an Armand hates minimalism and leading large groups of actual real life people ceo style and isn't some booktok notion of a super confident billionaire cool calm collected sugar daddy truther is so hard....we are truly the nuance havers

[ox-imagines]

Me when people say towa doesn’t like zenji :’)))

Yeah sure there’s the little campus scene where he gets irritated and storms off but it seems like they’re just chilling in the caverns together and he first gets kinda confused w what zenji says bc zenji’s extra but then zenji’s like I’m gonna play my biwa!! And towa finally gets annoyed and just leaves. Even haku gets tired of the biwa lmao

But he calls zenji iris, and those usually represent wisdom and courage and faith and hope

And then one of zenji’s home screen voice lines is about loving “nights like this” spending hours talking to mc and towa and towa would obviously not just happily chill talking w zenji if he didn’t like him

[diorgirl444]

one thing that i think so many people miss is the pure irony of Johnny being the one to kill Bob. Bob who is loud and cocky and rude and full of rage but has become that way because he’s grown up with a lack of support from parents… and do you see where i’m heading with this? who does this sound just like? oh yeah the person who Johnny is closest too. Dallas Winston. Bob and Dallas are pure mirror images of each other so the fact that one loved johnny and one hated him is so interesting and shows so well how gang culture and classism thrusts different people together. even cherry points this out when she says “I could fall in love with Dallas Winston. I hope I never see him again or I will” this is S.E Hinton telling us of their similarities but like nearly everything that’s said by Cherry it’s been forgotten which is a real shame because to me this is such a significant part of the book and yet I never see anyone talk about it.

[yourdeepestfathoms]

as hyped as i am for P3, i’m so scared that the fandom will sideline and ignore Clara even more than she already has been

[pretty-kitten-paw]

Why is it that the detractors of tme/tma language not only tokenise and pedestal black trans men and demonise white trans women as if those are the only two intersectionalities that matter.

Like the ableism I experience as a visually mentally disabled person is directly linked to how I am viewed as a trans woman because it is yet another way soceity puts a spotlight on us. To make people hyper vigilant of how this trans woman whose twitching and ticking is a threat, a weirdness, an example of what not to be.

My whiteness is inextricably linked to the way that people treat me. It grants safety. But safety isn't the same as no social recourse. Do you think the South Asian old man on the bus doesn't give me a look of derision when he sees the girl with cat ears spasm away? Anyone can show hatred or distrust, a mirror of their prejudice. But without the backing of social hierarchy it remains just prejudice instead of discrimination. This is my whiteness protecting me as whiteness was created to do.

This is the mechanism detractors of tme/tma use. They can point to the privilege. They can say look. They-i mean she hasn't experienced the worst of anything. Whilst ignoring all the subtle ways people will use their identities and experiences (becoming/realising disablity being an experience for many) as further proof of social hierarchys non-existence

I don't suppress my twitches much anymore. I let people have their prejudice and judgement. Because one day someone might see me. Someone like me. Someone who they can be discriminatory against , not just tuts and eye rolls but hard oppression. And all I can do is smile and hope that they live their life as authentically and as safely as their environment allows. But we can't assume their safety until they have the language to describe the social phenomenon they experience.

[sad-endings-suck]

and if I said that lots of mizu/akemi shippers are actually mizu/fem self-insert and mizu/fem oc shippers then what?

[the-worms-in-your-bones]

Someone: you’re just hating on ten to be different, how can you not think his regeneration was the saddest

Me, pulling out my credentials as someone who cried the first three times I watched doomsday: it is called having a different opinion, people have those did you know that

[upinthecloudss]

kentin ramblings + some hc's

he has been itching a scratch in my brain i can't begin to comprehend just yet so here you go ;)

this is a MONSTER POST let me tell you so beware under the cut

also it is like,,, 1 a.m by the time that i have finished writing this so apologies if the quality of writing isn't the best

btw i haven't watched much of the AL content so forgive me if this is not canon compliant

HSL ramblings:

candy convinced him to get into therapy to sort out his - everything that surfaced in his arc with evan

wth was that btw it felt so out of character

but it kinda made sense

because evan made kentin resurface the 'persona' that he had to put out to his military school peers

i read in TV tropes i believe that his 'classmates' in military school did sm messed up shit to him - like making him drink toilet water or locking him out during a snowy night - maybe it's mentioned in-game i cannot remember for the life of me

prolly why he doesn't like talking about it with anyone :(

candy and his mom eventually made him open up about the bullying there

he felt weak admitting to it and he felt that he was letting his father down

we know that he was sent there to deal with bullies and it was done out of his dad's worries and best interest but the message that he sent out to him was essentially _ "you are bullied because you are weak"

so his persona to avoid bullying in that school was something that he associated with strength

but it was essentially just his fragile masculinity and insecurities exposed to the MAX level holy shit

candy is better than me sticking with him through all that

i forgive him i swear

he just needs to figure out being more comfortable with himself

he never really told his dad about those experiences until adulthood

or about going to therapy

he didn't feel too comfortable with showing his emotional side to people besides his mom or candy (maybe the twins but much further along the line in university or something - I REJECT ANY UL CANON I'M SORRY)

my hc is that the evan arc took place a bit before school ended (so not during final exams) so that kentin didn't end up on a bad note with everyone in school

issued a public apology to everyone he disrespected

candy and ALEXY (big emphasis on him) insisted he did and he couldn't help but agree

to rosa specially, that scene in the mall was DISGUSTING

he felt that it was a bit of a blow to his ego because he was never too comfortable with being so emotionally 'bare' in front of people he isn't close with

ofc it took some time for certain people to warm up to him but they put it behind them eventually when he proved himself to try to improve his issues

*sigh* gang, it all goes back to his dad i'm afraid

his dad was very well meaning but kentin felt that he had to put on a character to satisfy him

adding onto this, i feel that his insecurities stem from all the passing comments from his dad adding up over time and him getting the wrong ideas about how he should act as a man

as well as from his experiences in military school ofc

so we get a boy that felt that he needed to be this macho, non-emotional guy to be respected

since his dad was never home because of military he never saw him being too emotive so that reinforced his erroneous beliefs

he associated emotional vulnerability with his mother mostly and he came to associate being vulnerable = weak men who relied on their mothers

that's why he became closed off to even his mother after military school

that is so wrong tho nooo kentin don't break your poor mother's heart

he seems ashamed to be scared of castiel and like

i hc that castiel reminds him of the attitudes of his bullies in the past and that's why he's uneasy around him

ofc castiel would never really stoop that low but kentin has built a defense mechanism around people like him

also i feel that he feels the most 'threatened' by castiel because he sees him as all that his dad looks for in a man - getting out his emotions through the medium of being physically strong, bouts of irrational anger and being closed off emotionally

but my boy is a softie at heart and can't help if he sheds a tear if his friends tell them about how they are going through hard times

or if he get scared if someone raises his voice at him :(

he hates that side of him because he feels that it makes him 'less' of a man

he will figure it out later on dw

he knows he should sort out these issues - candy, his mother and his friends point out those parts of him and remind him that it's okay to let your walls down but it will take him some time to internalise it

genuinely don't think his dad meant anything bad when he tried to 'raise' kentin but he sent out all the wrong messages

i feel that the twins pick on him to: ofc get a reaction out of him, but also because they realise that he puts up unnecessary walls emotionally

they see right through him and they know that it would do him some good to accept that he is who he is - a scaredy but kind-hearted guy

since they grew up in a household where they were very much allowed to express themselves they want to pass on that 'wisdom' to their "emotionally constipated" friend (their words)

kentin's mother encourages him to be more in touch with his feelings but he can't help but associate that part of him with 'Ken' or his 'weaker' version

it's only when he learns to reconcile the two parts of him that he becomes a more emotionally-balanced person

but that's for him to come to the conclusion in therapy and over time with the support from his friends

Post-HSL ramblings:

i see him either becoming a dog trainer or something related to animals - in the manga, the response where candy wants to hug a koala gave you points for his route LMAO that was rlly funny to me

if he were to take on a major to 'settle down' like his parents may want him to (BOOO let him do whatever) i see him becoming a vet

is the type of s.o to bring animals home because they were alone in the streets

"they followed me home candy i swear"

they already have 3-4 animals living with them (mostly dogs)

big contibutor to local shelters and volunteers a whole lot

really into outdoor sports as long as they're relatively safe

would enjoy kayaking, as an example, but it might take more convincing to get him into bungee jumping

HATES spiders or any creepy crawlies - also got this idea from the fact that the choice where you say that you hate them in the manga gives you points in his favour lmao

candy is always the one to kill/kick insects out of the house

or they're just both climbing on furniture if there is one around, screaming at each other to do something

has become wayyy more comfortable with himself and his emotional nature

realises it's only natural and that he doesn't need to be a perfect 'macho' to be respected

because he never was in the first place - he didn't fool anyone in high school LMAO

that includes eventually letting close friends call him ken or other nicknames - to an extent, he still clocks it as disrespect or mocking if it's said in the wrong tone

looking at you alexy

it's all well intended i swear

or it means wearing his glasses in front of people more willingly

candy finds that side of him so attractive as well

who would've known that a man in touch with his feelings was x1000 more attractive than some persona that was always a 'perfect' macho in the eyes of society?

it's just who he is, and he learns to embrace it

General hc's - ramblings in the mix too ooops

this is based on the idea that him and candy are together and living in amoris btw - you can tell when u read them tho LMAO

cries at the 'married life' opening scene of UP sorry i don't make the rules

every. single. time.

he imagines it's him with his s.o and he can't handle it

he also feels so bad for carl too so it just adds up

so empathetic my sweet boy - if you cry he cries, if you laugh he does too and it's just his natural response to things

stays in close contact with alexy and armin after school - they are his closest friends as much as he hates to admit it

and they don't let him stay out of touch anyway - annoying bastards (lovingly)

because they accepted him for who he really was when he himself didn't

he has an agreement with alexy where they introduce each other to new things - kentin has to learn to bear understand the art of shopping sprees or goes to concerts of groups he has never heard of before and alexy goes with him to attempt an obstacle course for the first time (and not die trying) as well as volunteer at the local animal shelter)

alexy has moved on by now from his crush btw (prolly has a boyfriend by now who he met in uni) but he helps kentin come to terms with his sexuality

bi kentin btw

it's so interesting because alexy knew he was into men from an early age because his parents encouraged him to feel whatever he felt

and he knows the signs all too well

when he sees his best friend's eyes wander when a guy in the obstacle course with an impressive physique walks by (and even alex can't deny that he also stared) - he can barely control himself from commenting

because he KNOWSSS it's beyond admiring muscles, one gym rat to another

but he tries his best to let him come to terms with it on his own

because i shouldn't push it, he might be uncomfortable with the idea as of right now, no pressuring him alexy

since kentin pushed back his feelings for a big chunk of his life it is only very much into his early 20s when he starts allowing himself to feel is when he realises that like,,, girls prebby,,, but men also prebby,,,,

it's a long journey of him denying it to himself until he comes to an impromptu hangout with alexy close to tears because he doesn't know what to do or how to deal with those feelings

like, he knows he likes candy and is very much into her but he's starting to realise that maybe he had a puppy crush on that one guy in middle school before he started bullying him and hugh jackman has very impressive abs but he's been staring at pictures of him shirtless for way too long now and i think i dreamt that he picked me up bridal style last night and i felt the same flutter that i felt when i first saw candy back in middle school- this can't be normal alex what do i do- maybe i'm also into men what does this mean-

it is, in fact, very normal.

it doesn't even cross his mind that he maybe, just maybe, might be bisexual

he's just worried that he is lying to candy but he is SO SURE that he is into her he knows it

but he can't push away any longer those moments where he gets hot in the face at certain actors on screen or seeing a guy flex his muscles at the gym - he's not going to push his emotions back anymore

alexy gives him a quick hug to shut him up and to try to calm him down and they sit down together at the terrace of the cafe (not while candy is working there LMAO)

alexy assures him that candy would accept him no matter what

"she is also bi after all ken"

"what did you just say"

"...candy is bi? i assumed you knew given you've been dating for yea-"

"you think i'm bi??"

"I thought that what you did just now was come out to me in your weird, confusing way- WHAT ELSE WERE U THINKING-"

genuinely forgot the concept of bisexual men and that he could be a part of that demographic

internalised biphobia lowkey, highkey

they talk some things through over a cup of hot chocolate (alexy's treat)

eventually kentin comes to terms with it and tells candy

she is overjoyed at the fact that he came so far with accepting himself enough to come to terms with this part of himself

tbh she kind of suspected it anyway but didn't want to pressure him into admitting anything

also this obviously doesn't mean that they break up because it doesn't mean he likes candy any less

now they're just a bi x bi power couple

watching bridgerton or something: "babe omggg smash don't you agree?" ",,, are you talking to me?" "yea, i'm saying that jonathan bailey is attractive don't you think???" "..." "kentin." "... his smile is pretty nice" "I KNEW IT-"

they are mostly attracted to each other but it's a cute dynamic that they develop where candy tries to fluster him with different comments

he is not as enthusiastic in showing his attraction towards anyone else but candy anyway but she absolutely LOVES IT how his face goes red when a guy on-screen takes his shirt off (bridgerton wet shirt scene. my friends were screaming to me about it for days on end)

she loves it lowkey, because he reacts the same way, or gets even more red, when she takes off her shirt irl

she is so proud of him too especially because that also another thing that his dad probably wouldn't consider 'manly'

fuck that btw

he tells his mom first and she is obviously supportive - even if a bit surprised at first because the only thing she had seen him express was unconditional love for candy, a girl

she doesn't really get bisexuality at first either

"i thought that you were dating candy?" "that's not what i'm getting at, mom"

after some research on the internet she understands much, much better

she loves her son anyway, even if it saddens her to see how her husband and son can't seem to have a heart to heart

she knows how much kentin has and is suffering due to the fact that he never felt that he had a father figure to rely on - she insisted it so much to giles as their son grew up

she felt that it would have done her son wonders if he saw how sweet and caring his father is behind closed doors and how it didn't make him any less of a man

but they're both equally as stubborn when it comes to feelings

she feels that there isn't much more she can do besides wait for them to talk to each other

kentin eventually comes out to his dad but also it kinda flows out naturally as he tells him about therapy and all that bullying that he suffered through and all that he has worked on to improve on on a personal level but as a way to 'let him know' and 'not looking for his approval anymore'

he leaves before his dad can say anything - he has an unreadable expression on his face and kentin cannot stand it

but he doesn't need his dad's approval anymore

don't be fooled, he starts crying as soon as he is home in candy's arms

he felt very brave

stronger and braver than anything his dad had made him be when raising him

his dad comes to the unpleasant conclusion that something went terribly wrong with him as a father when he sees how uncomfortable his son is at admitting things about himself to his own father

it makes him reconsider some things for sure

his wife recognised that same expression of her husband being deep in thought from the time that their son had gotten home crying because he was being tormented in school by three nasty girls

she let him be alone with his thoughts for the evening

even though his wife had already told him about it, he never realised the extent of how little he knew his son

giles is the one to reach out the day after kentin left their living room with glistening eyes and a quivering lip after dropping all that he had been keeping to himself since god knows how long - he calls kentin and asks if they could meet up

he now begins to understand just how much his opinion actually means to his son, and he has come to the conclusion that they should speak:

not man to man, but father to son - for the first time ever

they meet up in the park under the pretext to take cookie out on a walk

and that day serves as the beggining of a promise to kentin that there will no longer be an estrangement between them as long as giles can prevent it

it's very hard for them to open up to each other - the 'feelings' conversation with each other feels so unnatural to them

giles doesn't immediately become 'father of the year' but they come to understand each other as father and son and how they felt during kentin's formative years

giles only wanted the best for his son, his baby boy, for him to not be disrespected by the scum of this earth, and all that he did he did in the name of protecting him

he felt that he needed to be a dependable, unwavering symbol of strength to kentin

but all that kentin wanted was for his father to see him and accept him and LOVE HIM for who he was, a boy with flaws and complex emotions who was trying to make his place in this scary and unforgiving world

and of course giles loves him

but the first time that kentin hears his father say it out loud he is 24 years old, he is sitting on a damp wooden bench, he's sobbing quietly on his dad's shoulder and they're hugging tightly and kentin has never been this close with his father neither physically nor emotionally

this doesn't close the metaphorical 'wound' but it helps them mend their strained relationship a bit by forming a scar over the damage already done

after coming out to the closest people in he life, he doesn't really make an announcement to everyone else but it helps him become even more comfortable with himself to openly express that part of him to people

moving on from the angst holy shit

i might write a one shot

mmmmmm cogs and gears in my head turning

ocassionally trains with nath or kim if they come across each other at the gym

he thought he wouldn't enjoy boxing because it reminds him of his military training but he finds that it's a tamer version of what he was trained for and he finds it kinda therapeutic

is very surprised at how nath can throw a very powerful punch tho

they have a kind of understanding for each other and their respective strained relationships with their fathers

kentin is one day making a funny face at his phone

"sorry, my dad texted" "... i get that, man"

even if they're not the closest, it's there

over time, he separates himself from the military lifestyle he was expected to have but still enjoys some aspects of it - camping, survival skills, knife throwing, sports in general... - he became more of a nerd when it came to those subjects for sure

e.g that scene with the knife in the manga, i couldn't stop myself from thinking he looked cute even while having a survival knife in his hands because he was just nerding out so hard lmaoo

enjoys doing his skincare with candy as a form of bonding

when she buys those shitty quality but cutely-shaped animal shaped masks he can't help but have a heart attack at all the comedogenic ingredients on them

he's an acne survivor yall

he likes going out and enjoying moving out in the sun but he will never say no to a night in watching movies and splurging on all candies imaginable

one thing he always does in his travels is trying a sweet native to the area he is visiting

when he comes back he always has a bag of them ready to be given as a present to his parents and close friends

enjoys anything chocolate-y

a bit of a problem when he lives with so many dogs

has baby locks on every cupboard

and has baby proofed his home for his pets too

morning person - he developed the custom to wake up at the crack ass of dawn

can also sleep anywhere and any time- if its a surface where he can close his eyes on, he will go zzz

sleeping until 9pm is considered SLEEPING IN for him

candy has to physically DRAG his ass back to bed when it's 7 a.m on a saturday and they have a long day of nothing ahead of them and he has the audacity to try to get out of his pyjamas before the sun is even fully up

"but- i should prepare breakfast" "you would burn the kitchen anyway, lets cuddle." "... not true, but okay"

when he hears about armin waking up at 2pm as a norm he shudders at the thought

also because his dad complained about him being lazy if he ever got up later than 8 so it's just hardwired into his brain

again small comments that turn out not to be so small HUH GILES

enjoys morning runs, or runs in general, to take out his dogs

burns super easily though so he learnt to put on tons of sunscreen at those times (guys there's still UV even when the sun is going up or down for the love of god protect yourselves)

one time in high school came into class with a red face and couldn't understand why the twins kept making lobster-related puns or comparing him to castiel's hair (???) until he looked into a mirror

came to candy in distress during break and she gave him her green-tinted bb cream to try to conceal the redness a little bit

only time his high school self wore anything resembling makeup - and even then he only put it on to spare him the torture that is the relentless teasing of the twins

he doesn't really wear makeup nowadays anyway but he doesn't mind the words 'tinted' when he puts on sunscreen stolen from candy's drawer

character development yay

his freckles appear more during sunnier times of the year

has tons of them on his back

candy counts them but since he's so ticklish he makes her stop pretty quickly

is a genuine disaster at baking sweets - never gets the amounts right and ends up with an unsalvageable, undercooked, somehow-burnt, blob of sugar and flour

candy is usually the one to bake him a batch of cookies every week even if he is embarassed to ask for it at all (and the fact that he finishes the whole batch in less than a week every time doesn't help)

she does it out of her own volition tho, she loves seeing how his eyes practially sparkle when he comes home to the smell of a fresh batch out of the oven

kentin is fine at cooking but prefers to be the one to wash the dishes and the kitchen instead

this was out of candy bullying him kindly discouraging him out of the kitchen until he "learnt how to use a spice that isn't pepper" and "didn't burn our kitchen down"

he loses his breath anytime she mentions anything "ours", he's so whipped yall

can probably cook those bland-ass military recipes and developed a taste that made him consider it acceptable 'food' when he moved into his own apartment and resorted to cooking for himself

candy and alexy are beyond horrified when they see him try to make soup with a singular boiled potato and some carrots - the seasoning being salt and onions ¡if he is feeling fancy

his mother and father actually cook really well so candy is baffled at how incompetent (lovingly) their son turned out in the kitchen when it came to flavour

moving on

he grew to love himself more beyond being 'obsessed' with candy

he came to realise that it probably wasn't healthy to have your s.o to be the guiding light of your life

and candy urged him to do so as well even if they are in a relationship together

it's all about the balance~

develops a love for stargazing, learns the names of all constellations and teaches candy along the way

candy draws any constellations she might find with kentin's freckles and he loves it (once again, ticklish, so it doesn't last too long until he burst out laughing at the feeling of her tracing her finger along his back)

loves loves lovess getting candy plushies

any cute plush he sees that reminds him even just a tad to candy? to the cart it goes!

they have a whole pile and it grows every week

candy had to limit him to a one-plush-a-month rule

so then he starts bringing teddies with a size that would be equal to 10 standard ones LMAO

low blow but candy can't deny his genius

1 - 0 she accepts the loss

they give away some of them to NGOs during the holidays because no one needs that many plushies - and they're all new anyway!

and he kinda admits that they're taking up way too much space for their student-sized apt

1 - 1 fair enough candy

the one plush that candy will never get rid of is her teddy bear from high school

he sleeps with them in bed every night

it kind of symbolises how far they have come since he gave her that plush

and the plushies are kind of a way to signify that he is constantly working to be better - for her but most importantly for himself

candy and kentin are the type of losers people to apologise to the plush and pepper it with kisses if they wake up and they find that it dropped to the floor overnight

kentin called candy 'his teddy bear' once as an accident and candy was both so cringed out but so delightedly flustered when he said it

she calls him that a lot now to embarass him

but also because he is quite literally one big teddy bear

i see kentin being the one to say ily first but it took all fibers in his very being to not do it as soon as he got together with candy

he didn't want to jump into anything with her that she might have been uncomfortable with

he's not proud of how he acted in middle school, because like

he professed his love to her so often before they even started dating that he feared that his professions of love might have lost meaning to her

he tries to say it only on very memorable ocassions - though he can't stop him from saying it on the daily

it may be while they're cuddling in the morning as they wake up

or when he hugs her from behind as she's making scrambled eggs

or when she comes home particularly excited because of some achievement in work and he is so proud and happy for her

but what says 'i love you' to candy the most is all that he does for her

so she doesn't mind the verbal reminders

because she knows that they're not devoid of meaning at all

alr that's enough good night yall kisses and love. mcl has sm writing potential holy shit