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this is outrageous i cant stop drawing them
#tpot#two#gaty#twogaty#gattwo#decided to stop being a coward and finally post these doodles LOL#what i love about their friendship is you could interpret it romantic or platonically and it still works#i don’t like it in a romantic sense - but i love what it does for both characters. we get to see a side of them we dont see with anyone els#gaty in presplit is rude but honest. always the voice of reason. we didnt get to see her without conflict#and because of her friendship of two we get to see a caring and considerate side to her#and her friendship humanizes two - shows their struggles and shows how they work through things#and with host x contestants there’s usually a power imbalance but there isn’t here. they are on the same level and they genuinely like to#talk with each other - they look forward to it! doesn’t matter if you view it as platonic or not - its undeniable their friendship is stron
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[ cw: death mention / strangulation mention / stabbing mention / blood mention / self-sacrifice / codependency mention in tags / ]
I think a lot about how common it is for Raph to be the one to have direct focus put on him when Leo gets into all his near death experiences.
Like, when Leo is thrown off a building, it’s Raph who’s right there jumping after him, not even thinking about the consequences to himself when he does. When Leo almost gets skewered by the Krang, Raph’s right there to take the blow and send Leo to safety without a second thought. When Leo’s being strangled to near death, it’s a Krangified Raph doing the job, doing exactly what Raph would never, ever want to do. When Leo is telling Casey Jr to close the portal, it’s Raph who tries desperately to convince Leo otherwise.
Likewise, Leo is consistently very single minded when Raph gets forcibly separated from them. Both when in the sewers and by the Krang, Leo is dead set on finding Raph first and foremost.
I also think it’s interesting that during each of Leo’s near death experiences, the lightheartedness of his words during them goes directly hand in hand with both how close Raph is to him physically and how much danger Raph is also in in that moment. From a literal “I told you so” as Leo’s falling away from Raph to a soft joke about how “hero moves” are Raph’s style - both of these are on the more morbidly carefree side and both of these notably take Leo farther away from Raph and, in turn, have Raph not in immediate danger.
On the other side of things is the apology from Leo, heedless of the danger he himself is in as he seriously and genuinely speaks to a Krangified Raph face to face. Then there’s Leo’s freezing and desperation as Raph takes a hit meant for him and sends just Leo to safety, leaving Raph himself behind. Both of these involve much closer proximity and Raph being directly harmed - these together make Leo much more vulnerable in his words and actions, something not even the threat of death can make him.
These two care about each other so much, and they’re way too much alike for their own good.
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt raph#rise raph#rottmnt leo#rise leo#honorable mention to the time Leo desperately tried throwing himself into harm’s way to get to Karai#and Raph is the one who has to pull him back#I also think that it’s interesting how both of them go about self sacrifice#because wow they both have problems with it#Raph’s tends to be immediate reactions not even thinking as he throws himself over his bros#Leo’s are often shown to be ‘for the greater good’ (said greater good often being his family)#once again I am saying that post movie these two would likely have codependency issues#considering Raph’s already present acute seperation anxiety and Leo’s immediate memory of Raph standing over him bleeding#another thing to mention is how Future Leo’s actual death still falls into the whole ‘morbidly lighthearted words’ category#I also wanna point out that in Many Unhappy Returns the trust that Leo wants so much does NOT come from Splinter but from RAPH#side note but in regard to the fighting that Raph and Leo were up to during the time between the shredder and the krang#I think it’s interesting that it’s NOT depicted as screaming matches - very blatantly not this actually#also also! I totally love how the movie parallels Oroku Saki and Karai with Raph and Leo respectively#there are so many parallels in general in this show+movie it makes me froth at the mouth#and because it breaks my heart - the beginning of the movie had Raph getting angry at Leo and lashing out at him#the end of the movie has the Krang very very angry at Leo and lashing out at him#both of these times has Leo ‘ruining’ a mission so…bad parallels#in the movie as well there’s a Krangified Raph who beats Leo senseless#so I have to wonder if Raph and Leo just…can’t roughhouse anymore#else Leo would flinch or Raph would be so scared to accidentally hurt Leo like he was already used to do before#then suddenly their usual dynamic of Raph never having to be softer with Leo is thrown on its head#worse is if they’re so terrified of this dynamic leaving that they power through their own sufferings to maintain it
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Just saw a post of someone saying that Daniel (from Interview with the Vampire) is so far into the closet that at the time of the Dubai interview he doesn't even realize he's queer.
And I really don't think that's true for his character.
He wrote articles about AIDS in the 1980s (later published in a book). He frequented gay bars in the 1970s (and possibly later). He's had sex with men. He's not repressed. (ETA: not repressed about the gender of people he's attracted to, anyway)
Now there's a lot we don't know about Daniel's life, so it is open to interpretation, I'll admit. But it really feels more to me that he's written to be someone who's, like, a 1 on the Kinsey scale. Like, his longest romantic relationships were with women. His primary motivation for being at gay bars in the 1970s really was to score drugs. (Tho that wasn't his only motivation). When he tells Armand "I can be on my knees in a minute" it really is just him "bargaining with desire" not expressing his own desire. He was definitely attracted to and intrigued by Louis (and flirting with Louis) in San Francisco, but the promise of sex alone probably wouldn't have convinced him to go to Louis' apartment. And for sure there is so much tension between Armand and Daniel in that Dubai apartment, you could cut it with a knife...it's just, y'know, both sexual and angry.
Daniel's a character with a lot of nuance in his sexuality. His sexuality is fluid. He's a character for whom his motivations for having sex are not always purely about desire (though desire is wrapped in it). And I love that! Finally a character whose sexuality is muddled...who doesn't fit into any boxes (not even those created by other queer people)...and yet who doesn't seem to be at all confused by himself. By the time we get to Dubai, he knows who he is, in terms of his sexuality.
And that doesn't make him less queer. His muddled queerness isn't a problem to be fixed. Hell, that's true even though Daniel might not even call himself queer or bisexual. This show has earned having a character do that. Like, the beauty of there being so many queer characters on this show is that no single character has to carry the weight of representation. So their sexual identities can be muddled and stay muddled.
#interview with the vampire#iwtv#amc interview with the vampire#amc iwtv#daniel molloy#I HAVE OPINIONS#and also yes this show loves its curve balls#so maybe we'll find out some other shit that make this untrue#but as of the end of season 2 and given the info we have been given this is the interpretation i think makes the most sense#i'm usually in the 'let bisexual characters call themselves bisexual' camp but in this case i'm not really worried about it#because the shows character have got so much depth to them whether or not they use that word is basically immaterial
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IMPLIED TVC SPOILERS !!
"[...] so she could stay in the same flat-chested, hairless-crotched 14-year-old baby doll body as her mind and spirit turn 19, 20, 25, 63, 358..."
#claudia oh claudia my mother daughter#kaitsart#i got the inspo for this randomly because i randomly remembered matryoshka dolls and how much i love them and i was like hey claudias kinda#like one of those lmao!#from what ive read they usually represent motherhood with the baby usually being the innermost piece but w her i wanted to make it the oppo#ite to show how shes just continuosly trapped by her youth or whateverrr#but maybe that was obvious lol#interview with the vampire#interview with the vampire 2022#iwtv#interview with the vampire fanart#iwtv 2022#claudia du pointe du lac#claudia iwtv#iwtv claudia#bailey bass#delainey hayles#iwtv fanart#i’m trying to be more creative with my art concepts#ms paint
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#persona 4#p4#persona 4 golden#p4g#hanamura yosuke#souyo#this scene revealed so much of their relationship in one go#yosuke has already long been established as yu's confidant at this point but this moment really drove it home!#yosuke anticipates each of yu's behaviour#but even though he disagrees with it he doesn't judge yu for it#even going so far as to help yu hide it from the rest of the team#its debatable whether thats necessarily a good thing#but it demonstrates yosuke's unwavering loyalty to yu while also making clear his disappointment#and of course yosuke has much to feel sad and disappointment over - one the one hand it felt like yu didnt trust him/them enough#he phrased it as a matter of “you should trust us more” as opposed to “you should trust ME more” because talking about trust in the singula#would hit too close to home and risk making too many demands of yu. demands that yosuke didnt feel he was allowed to make#afterall why would yu trust him but not the others? but the team is made up of other more reliable people than he was#and bringing up the team gives yosuke a defensive cover#so as usual it's part of yosuke's self doubt creeping in#but theres also honesty here - yosuke wasnt here to accost him or be angry at him; he really showed up just to make sure that yu was safe#and once hes confirmed it yosuke falls back to his usual habits of cracking a joke to lighten the mood#to end the conversation on a joke feels like its as much a service for yu as it is for himself#we know yosuke tends to joke to make the people around him feel better and i think in this instance he was also trying to cheer yu up#whether it was to make up for yosuke approaching him or to alleviate any guilt yu might feel#or even to manage whatever it was that adachi might have said to yu (which yosuke undoubtedly picked up on)#yosuke doesn't let his disagreement with yu get in the way of supporting his partner#to some extent i also wonder if this loyalty was also coloured by their previous interaction with namatame and Yosuke's anger#it's been less than a week since that incident after all and i think theres this contradiction for yosuke#and i think there was probably a contradiction in Yosuke's heart in that moment: he doesn't trust himself to make good judgements#but as much as he'd rather take yu's lead in this instance he also feels like his leader was wrong here
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[id: a set of eight images from Black Sails. The first image shows Mrs. Hudson speaking to Woodes Rogers, with the text "She said you should trust that her commitment to you remains inviolable." The second image shows Flint and Silver together in Madi's house after her presumed death. The third image shows Eleanor in the fort firing on Rogers' ship, with the text "and that this is no betrayal..." The fourth image shows Flint taking the cache ashore on Skeleton Island, viewed through a spyglass. The fifth image shows Eleanor and Rogers talking in bed, with the text "...but an act of love." The sixth image shows Flint's face during the Dragons speech. The seventh image shows Eleanor lying dead in Flint's arms, with the text "An act she is determined to see through to its end." The eighth image shows Silver pointing a pistol at Flint on Skeleton Island. /end id]
#this parallel absolutely fucking destroyed me on the last rewatch#i dont usually pay much attention to eleanor and rogers#because well#i'd rather not#but the way eleanor and flint are both so desperate in the last season#and act in ways that to them demonstrate love and commitment#but the people around them cant see and accept that#for their own reasons#and its not enough#love isn't enough#i'm having a time over here#the way they still feel an affinity for each other even when they're on different sides of the war#there's no hatred there#oh yeah by the way#if anybody makes this about saying silver is the same as rogers i'm fucking coming for you#its not that simple#parallels exist to show contrast as well as similarity#and motivations matter in this show#black sails#james flint#john silver#eleanor guthrie
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yay! I drew these quite literally three years ago. dragonheart!milo and raihan! a knight on a doomed dragon hunt being lifted out of his station by a small village medicine man. together they become magic lawyers and overthrow the government
the main details in these do survive into the iterations I’ve drawn (instead of these actual designs I spent time to make el oh el): the “leaf” diamond quilt/gambeson and the plaited coattail for milo, the “atypical” weapons, long coat, and large number of scattered fake gold trims and accessories for raihan. I think I lost raihan the hat and added a cape for milo further down the line because like this their general silhouettes are too similar for my liking lol
#pokemon#swsh#applinshipping#dragonheart AU#gym leader raihan#gym leader milo#leon is the puppet king in this one (I never made a design for him lol. lmao) (its not about him!!!!) (it is just a tiny bit#sonia actually disappeared out to sea like just the year before raihan got sent off too. and the shows up where raihan and milo are later on#as usual the everything between those three are messy in a way that makes every one of them embarrassed to bring it up lmao#if u remember one of the october pieces I did last year. the applinshipping one. yeap thats from this AU too#lmao. also remembering the swordsman AU. in every AU where I bring up a king you can TELL I cant WAIT to get rid of that guy#(its usually leon)#anyways it's not about him this is about raihan and milo!!! iirc everyone in the village knows milo is Something. bc he has literally not#aged at all for four generations#he's like doing his therapy away from the dragon hierarchy out here and raihan crash lands nearby#laughs this is so hallmark movie romance I just realized. except the city girl is trying to#extract her family from the palace before stealing the declaration of independence#oh yeah the AU is named that Specifically because the 'artifact' the whole plot runs around is supposedly a 'calcified' heart of a dragon#and the magic lawyer part is so raihan will seize the right to the throne by haha. winning a living dragon's heart instead#I'm actually surprised I remember this much abt this AU lmao it's literally been three years! I don't even remember what Im#supposed to do tomorrow#it's gettign a USB stick isnt it. Im doin a canadian horror triple feature with the senpai#I gotta remember that. well I remember This so. maybe there's a chance#man there are actually a number of applinshipping things I wanna draw... theyre my Fuckin BoyS#well! there's this at least. have a good night lads! I'll have cake soon#it's time to put cinnamon in things.
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Honestly obsessed with her beautiful extension and smooth gait
#dogblr#rory borealis#rollerblade canicross#canicross#gait analysis#show dog chronicles#(<- for the tags that follow)#it is so so so hard to keep her in a trot in real life#she's just such a fast moving dog#when shes on leash i can get either a prancy trot heel (hard to maintain for any length of time) or a pace#and i know thats not great conditioning for her in the long term#but theres not much to be done about it#we dont have a yard so she does have to go out a lot on a leash#im trying to intersperse more offleash and rollerblade time#so she can do more trotting and cantering#i hope i can keep it up in the winter#shes moving so beautifully though#and i think its paying off because she was absolutely floating in the show ring#it is so rewarding to do these activities and watch them pay off like this#also the line is loose in this video because i was moving alongside her so i could get a gait video#usually theres a lot more tension in the line
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reminder
#rewatched this sneak peek for the first time since i first saw it and ugh. UUUUGHHGGHHH.#it hurts me a lot I’m ngl….. like to see charlie be so critical of something pim likes#except this time it’s even more painful because it isn’t just that pim likes it he also thought charlie would like it too and he literally#took him out and did this just for him because he thought he’d like it. he thought charlie said something so he went out of his way to#organise something to show to him to make him happy. and also how like… expectant? charlie is acting in the clip#like the way he just kinda frowns at pim whenever one of the dudes says something particularly out there#and it’s like. dude what the fuck#ive Said it once i’ll say it again i think charlie needs to lose pim during an episode or something. itd humble him#i mean that KIND OF happened with the finale but look where they are in s2#as usual what i always say. absolutely no actual complaints. if anything i Love this because it’s very clearly like#im so excited for this particular episode because you can just TELL its gonna be such a good one for their relationship#like looking into it analysing it n stuff#literally anything with them together has me screaming and cryjing they’re one of my fav duos ever#ok my hands are shaking bye#smiling friends#💝#smiling friends spoilers#also this is just Such a cute clip. the way pim runs and how charlie slugs on close behind him looking all grumpy#and how happy he looks to be calling him his best friend… actually peak i fear this is the peak of the season (joke
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Bucktommy library date when
#911#911 abc#tommy kinard#evan buckley#bucktommy#momo.txt#listen#i think itd be cute#the pair of them wandering the stacks#bumping shoulders and catching the others eyes#tommy with his crinkly smile and buck ducking his head#its a chill wanting so spend time together with no pressure date#just being in each others company#tommy looking through those action thriller books they always advertise to men#thick historical novels and queer adult fiction#looks at the occasional romance novel#he spies a few autobiographies from historians and scientists in documentaries buck has watched with him#he brings them to buck with a 'look what i found' and feels a warm swooping in his gut at bucks smile#that he found these#recognised them#and showed buck because he thought hed like them#buck looks through the autobiographies and non fiction books#looking at his usual topics of bug animals and natural disasters#picks up a few which he excitedly shows tommy#before being drawn to the transportation books - planes helicopters trains and cars#because now that he's dating tommy it's all he wants to research#buck even recognises a few books that tommy has on his own bookshelf at home#gets a few books and catches tommys soft smile as his boyfriend notices the aviation books he's picked up#idk i think theyre cute!!!!
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edd cutting ed's food for him any time they have lunch together as little kids
#i know ed eats slides and shit but its a cute thought ok#tiny edd would already have that parental instinct AND vivid intrusive thoughts about his friend choking#side note i wish we had more scenes of them all eating together cuz its SO CUTE#i love that edd makes food for them multiple times throughout the show#even if its kinda gross lol#i had the idea that edd's food would also usually be overcooked because of his contamination ocd 😭🤧#even when they're older and eddy takes over cooking duty edd has to SEE him use the meat thermometer before he'll eat anything#“remember the danger zone eddy” ☝️🤓#i got sidetracked lmao sorry#anyway yeah edd would insist on cutting ed's food into comically small pieces after seeing how he inhales most things he eats#its just a phase though and he stops once he realizes that ed is evidently impervious to harm
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Janeway/Seven in 6.08 “One Small Step”
#voyageredit#janeway x seven#j7#voyagereditmine#those lines kathryn said them with a silent 'darling'#'lets just say im encouraging you to volunteer,darling'#'you read my mind, darling'#but also thoughts when i made this set#clearly seven is annoyed with this mission which she doesnt it as important with that borg efficiency thinking of hers#janeway haters would say 'see thats janeway forcing seven doing smth she hate!!!!! molding seven to her own view'#yada yada yada u know the usual#seven is an ex borg drone yes but she is seven!!#when she made up her mind of not doing something#no one is able to force her do it if shes not willing#not even the captain#you think she is gonna just obediently do smth just because janeway order her to do so??? are we watching the same show lol??#how many times we've seen seven actively contradicts the captain lmao#in this ep is seven willing to get out of her comfort zone to do smth janeway suggests her to do#not bc janeway order or want her to do it#hence at the end seven realizes not all exploring is about gathering useful data for the sake of efficiency#its the episode i believe that made seven considers to join starfleet because of this mission
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you know what, I actually will talk about this because it's bothering me. The issue with focussing so heavily on syd and carmy's potential for a romantic relationship isn't that there's something inherently unintellectual about romance or whatever, it's that a lot of people seem incapable of doing that without immediately flattening the story and ignoring or intentionally misreading any and all nuance for the sake of that romance. Every scene suddenly becomes about how it impacts their relationship, every analysis is done through a romantic lens, every frame or line of dialogue becomes about finding some easter egg or hint that "proves" these people should start dating. Their dynamic is absolutely a fundamental part of this show, but if you can only see it as a will-they-won't-they, you miss so much of what the story is actually trying to say with these two.
There are good versions of this story where their relationship is romantic and there are good versions of this story where it isn't, but as soon as you decide them being together is "the point," you lose the ability to actually judge the story for what it is, not what you want it to be.
#like so much of their dynamic (esp but not exclusively in S3) has been about showing the ways that carmy's trauma and dysfunctional#attitude in the kitchen impacts other people and how even though he cares about syd and wants their partnership to work he keeps self#sabotaging and setting himself and by extension her and the restaurant up to fail and replicating the same toxic environments that#he grew up and trained in and this is very much consistent with his character and a natural continuation of the conflicts they've been#having since S1 but because him being shitty with her runs contrary to them getting together suddenly its 'ruining the story' and#out of character and only happening bc the writers just hate to see this ship winning and like. if you really think that i genuinely don't#know what show you've been watching bc it sure as shit wasn't this one. like it hurts to see him do this because you know#they could do something genuinely great together and that he's ruining a really good thing but this is also the reality of where he is rn#if he was just a good and supporting business partner and not deeply dysfunctional it would be wildly out of character#the problem w S3 wasn't that it 'ruined' their relationship it's that it had no clear focus overemphasized carmy's arc at the expense#of the other leads deprioritized the supporting cast while failing to give them their own arcs gave more screen time to#unecessary and uninteresting new 'comic relief' characters and let conflicts stagnate without resolving them or#letting them evolve over the course of the season.#this isn't exclusive to the bear this is a general trend ive noticed where as soon as the 'shipper' part of people's brains get activated#it's like they lose the ability to read the story any other way and it stops being about what's good for the narrative and starts being#about whether or not these two people kiss and anything that gets in the way of that is bad and anything that brings it closer is good#and it's usually whatever but it's really frustrating when the story ppl are doing that to is this good#it also makes people fundamentally incapable of treating any 'obstacle' to that romance in a way that isn't wildly meanspirited and#gross (esp bc those characters are usually women) which is exhausting. like no claire isn't evil or a 'pick me' or 'bad' for carmy#or a useless addition to the story or whatever other nonsense you guys have decided must be true to feel okay. she's a perfectly normal#character and their relationship is exploring some of the ways that carmy's inability to deal with or actually address his trauma#impacts the various relationships in his life. she doesn't even have to be a monster or a narrative mistake for him and syd to be#'destined' for each other or whatever. this isn't a middle school wattpad fic.#im definitely gonna get killed in the street for this but ive been looking for a good reason to spend less time on here so might as well#the bear#sydcarmy#sydney adamu#carmy berzatto
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worst tropes
men dating women in the same career/field as them an get silent/bitter because she's having a big moment/is more accomplished than him
men dating women in time-demanding careers and then are upset that their careers demand their time
men with podcasts
men dating independent/emotionally unavailable women and then are upset that they are independent/emotionally unavailable
men who can't drive
best tropes
friends to lovers
men who can drive
love on purpose, love that's intentional, love that's not rotten work because it's you
#mie.txt#been watching two shows back to back where the female lead is not only insufferable but so is her choice in men#as are all the other side characters' boyfriends#its crazy to see just how terrible a man's influence on writing women is#bc it's not even in women its in how they take back men that are the worst that are bad for them#and how hes always forgiven and grows but she doesnt#im not usually a movie watcher either but ive been using them to time my studying and GOD male directors are the worst too?#its so strange to think about because yeah men as a class are so intentionally sinister when theyre in power#but also so blissfully unaware when theyre subject to the influence of those in power that they end up (accidentally?) gaslighting everyone#else around them#idk idk idk idk idk#idk boys in real life can be and are so cute when theyre in love#theyre so so so cute#so why is that so hard to translate on screen#or like... why the unwillingness to do so????#anyway...... hiiiiii im finished w my semester does anyone wanna talk about levi and gojo 😁😁
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my favorite genre of saiki k fics is when theres like semi-slow burn of all his friends discovering more of his true self and theres a power reveal eventually, so now they know that their preconceived image of him was wrong and in actuality hes literally the strongest guy they know (or the strongest guy ever)
so they start having a NEW image of him in their head, and... sure its much more true than before, but now there are NEW misconceptions..
so of course, right when they start thinking of him as this heroic and powerful guy who takes all his problems in stride, then something happens or EVERYTHING happens and his persona comes crashing down and they see an even NEWER part of him.. one that they never imagined he couldve had with either the old OR the new images they had of him in their heads..
#the 'new side of him' varies because its just him showing a lot of emotion#since he usually doenst at all#so its just them seeing him break for the first time but it could be shown in anger OR sadness OR even happiness ??#like at the end of the volcano scene where he smiles at them for the first and theyre all shocked and feel like theyre seeing a new him#and then he ERASES THAT FROM EXISTENCE AND IT NEVER HAPPENED AND THEYVE STILL NEVER SEEN HIM SMILE#other than when hes eating...#anyway the last time i read one of these was around when i first started having a presence in this fandom so uh#i dont actually have any recs and cant find them LOL i'll have to start looking again#saiki k#tdlosk#the disastrous life of saiki k.#saiki kusuo#meows post
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Stephen King developing a romance between a heterosexual couple: It's a man and a woman and they've interacted twice. Obviously they're in love. That doesn't need to be explained.
Stephen King developing a friendship between 2 males:
#When it comes to romance#he usually just has the characters say that they're in love instead of actually showing us how or why they fell for each other#We don't get to see the process of them falling in love#Because he seems to think that if a man and a woman spend time together it's a given that theyre in love#There's no pining#no crushes#no wondering if the other person feels the same way#its literally just “he was a boy and she was a girl can i make it any more obvious?”#but when it comes to friendship#he actually takes the time to explain the deep and meaningful nuances of their relationship#he describes the way that they feel about each other#which ultimately makes them seem more romantic than the actual couples#stephen king#stephen king books#stephen king fans#stephen king quotes#i just realized that i completely forgot about reddie???#shit
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