#bromance of the century

[etuwubrutus]

carl and bartholemew you will always be famous

[procrastiel]

A few articles about the love and chemistry between Michael Sheen and David Tennant

Financial Times article (pay to view)

Entertainment Weekly article (July 20th, 2023), where they specifically refer to the actors as a ‘celestial duo’ that will be reprising their roles as the characters Aziraphale and Crowley.

Movieweb article (July 27th, 2023)

Popverse article (September 15th, 2023), where their relationship is referred to as ‘bromance’ and ‘becoming the stuff of legends’. Keep dancing, you two!

Independent article (February 16th, 2024)

RadioTimes article (February 16th, 2024)

[malstroem-mal]

It’s a room full of ghosts. All dressed up in their finest, standing against the walls in a loose circle deeply focused to the middle, because in the middle of it, playing the grand piano hauntingly beautiful, is Edwin.

Something she never thought she would see is Edwin playing in front of a full room of people. He looks as comfortable as he is in his office chair bent over a new magical volume. Crystal is not sure if even Charles knew that Edwin could play the piano. If he had known she would have expected him to goat him into playing at least once in her presence and like the simp he is, Edwin would have relented, but here he is. Long fingers pass across the keyboard with an elegance she did not expect a boy so rigid as Edwin to possess. Her parents probably wished she could do it after all the money they spent on piano lessons for her. There’s a woman standing close to him. She looks on proudly. Reaching out she rests her hand on Edwin's shoulder and to Crystal's shock, Edwin, who detests physical touch not carried out by Charles, seems to ever so slightly lean into it.

“What a beautiful ghost” The man by her side mentions and it's like the floor drops from below her.

“What?—“ she starts. Before she can interrogate the man she thought was a ghost, somebody else throws themselves at her.

[theheightofdishonor]

ok ik its just released in theaters but I need more gay tumblr people to watch varshangalkku shesham so y'all can obsess over this movie with me.

[raquelsantos92]

All the memes/jokes people are doing with movies regarding their bromance is amazing, but this takes the cake. Thank you to whoever did this 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[vivianblack21-blog]

I ask again: Why the hell is the canon (Anime/Manga/LN) a hundred times more fruity than anything the best soukoku obsessed authors can come up with??

[acourtofquestions]

Aelin after being trapped on a boat with nothing but the debates of “territorial fae bastards”

Aelin: *slamming flaming hands down* ENOUGH with the bickering!

Rowan: I do NOT bicker!

Aelin: Find a way to be in the same room, or find a way to start acting like it! Solve your feelings, NOW!

Lorcan: He started it!

Aedion: Shut up, Lorcan! You’re just bitter because you think I stole your brother & because Rowan likes me better!

Lorcan: Oh, because you two are SO CLOSE! He STOLE YOUR oath!

Rowan: AGAIN, WITH THE OATH?!

Aelin: I SAID ENOUGH! What’s the plan here? We’re all immortal, so a “forever fued” is going to take an awful long time!

Lorcan *shrugs*: I'd teach my sons to hate his sons and I expect the same from him.

Aedion *nodding*: You got it.

Rowan: — YEAH! —

*catches the death glare from Aelin* Rowan: … but uh, only if our children … want… to? — I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE GLARE IS FOR AELIN, WE���VE BEEN FUEDING FOR A CENTURY!

Aelin: You know what? Fine! … If you insist on hating each other, go for it. Just do it while I'm not around.

*group shared glance*

Aelin: The moment I walk in the room, I want some convincing dude on dude friendship stuff! I want high-fives!! I want golf tips!!! When a hot maiden walks by, I want to see a real nudge-nudge “Hubba, hubba”!!!!

Aedion: FINE! … I don’t know why I yelled that part …

Lorcan: I can do it if he can.

Rowan: I can do it even if he can't do it.

[sharpiedoodleee]

two boys on a break

[marypioneer]

It's been two years since my last Carlos, Rey Emperador rewatch. I only recently found out it has been turned into a novel. And, well, *chef’s kiss*

First of all, FERNANDO KING OF SASS is brillantly written.

Chièvres has some interesting moments - the first 200 pages are basically him hating on Fernando (fight me, Chièvres).

We don’t do it like the 1500′s and it’s a shame.

It is also much more historically accurate than the show which is great :)

[honeycreammilkshake]

Don't you think it's funny cause actual canon gay characters in BL manga will say "I love you" but only the shounen bromance can spew out some of the most romantic shit akin to a 19th century poet writing a letter expressing his surpressed love for his lover 😭.....

as someone who's read quite a lot of bl and gl manga, i can't begin to tell you how pale it is in comparison to the "totally not gay" shounen characters who are out there obsessing over each other 24/7, spending nearly every waking moment trying to outdo or impress one another, and have literally been chained together by fate whether they like it or not.

yeah, that's so straight.

[shoyoackerman]

Don't you think it's funny cause actual canon gay characters in BL manga will say "I love you" but only the shounen bromance can spew out some of the most romantic shit akin to a 19th century poet writing a letter expressing his surpressed love for his lover 😭.....

BRO ABSOLUTELY 😭 like y’all spewing the most poetic shit to your ‘best friend’. Risking your life for them, will do anything for them, only to pull some type of ‘reki my love…of skateboarding’ after spilling your guts about how much you love them.

I’m crying so much about these bromance relationships. They have me in tears and pain and then you mean to tell me they ain’t even CANON.

And the way they have even more healthy relationships than most canon bl couples. Like can these creators please just make them kiss and in love

[extant-exhaustion]

Don't you think it's funny cause actual canon gay characters in BL manga/manhwa will say "I love you" but only the shounen bromance can spew out some of the most romantic shit akin to a 19th century poet writing a letter expressing his surpressed love for his lover 😭.....

The “no homo…but” of sports manga/anime in particular (but a lot of shounen in general) is just so funny to me. I mean, there’s homoeroticism in all sports, but you watch sports anime and you get your main duo gazing into each other’s eyes swearing to do whatever it takes to fulfill the dream they share and it’s like, come on. A fist bump/high five might as well be the 1-to-1 substitution for the kiss that “straight” dudes can’t share on screen.

[inc0mple]

The Peris Ravenell Post: why you should read Keys Are People Too for this soggy excuse of a man

This is a lengthy post, which is why I added the… thingy, whatever it’s called… but I promise promise it’s entertaining and it also took me like two days to put together when I’m supposed to be writing Chapter 120. That chapter’s sad, okay, I need to get out the feels by bullying Ravenell some, aight.

I recommend at least scrolling through. Especially if you know nothing about Keys Are People, Too. And also if you do.

Okay, first things first:

THIS IS WHAT PERIS RAVENELL FROM KEYS ARE PEOPLE TOO LOOKS LIKE, OKAY

I have tried to draw him on a multitude of occasions and it's given people misconceptions. He does NOT look like Abraham Lincoln, he does NOT look like a twink, he is NOT a himbo. He's just a stupid perpetually bewildered man. AND THIS IS THE ALWAYS AND FOREVER REFERENCE FOR HIS APPEARANCE

Ok thanks. NOW:

If y'all are on the fence about reading Keys Are People Too PLEASE, READ IT FOR THIS MAN

I HAVE A LIST OF REASONS FOR WHY HE IS THE BEST WORST

Reason 1: He Has Iconic Moments

This man is the most stupid, inconvenient man to ever exist. He is perpetually confused and perpetually confusing. The worst part is he wasn’t even supposed to be, he was supposed to be a background character without hardly any substance. Well he’s still gossamer, in ways, but he has also muscled his way into the plot for no reason other than to DRIVE CHASE CRAZY and provide a character foil to… *checks notes* is this supposed to say “the monkey”???

Someone (me) is unable to track these down at the moment so check the comments for iconic moments (comment your favorite Ravenell moments do my dirty work pleeeease)

Reason 2: We Love To Roast Him

So if you’re in the fan server or the AO3 comments you might not understand this completely, so let me indoctrinate you into the objective best view of Peris Ravenell: in that he is a pathetic, wimpy, soggy man and we love him for it. He doesn’t know how to dance. He doesn’t know how to cook. If his wife actually liked them they would be the epitome of girlboss/boyfailure. He’s like if margarine was a man. “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better.” Except one look at him and it’s very easy to believe.

These are so easy to rattle off. I could go for hours.

And screw you, maybe I will.

So... yeah. It's the funniest thing ever. That is in fact, fact.

Reason 3: We Ship Him With Tree Guy From "Love Between the Christmas Trees"

If you have not read “Love Between the Christmas Trees” by proseburia on AO3, you are missing out. Not only is it a very well written and funny story, it includes Ravenell’s one, always and forever love, Tree Guy.

His name is Nick. We don’t call him Nick.

Prose’s story revolves around Chase and Deacon going into a Hallmark movie style book, in which they meet Chase’s character’s love interest, Tree Guy—a lumberjack who loves all things to do with Christmas and his hometown. Like Ravenell, Tree Guy is so straight he can hardly turn corners.

Naturally this means we head-canon them as secretly in love forever and ever, the bromance of the century, a duo so dynamic NASA wants to study it.

I even started making fanart of them, but… I stopped. Because I got lazy.

*REMEMBER, RAVENELL DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THIS! HE LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST IMAGE IN THIS POST! DO NOT TRUST ANY OF MY OTHER ART LMFAO

The name for this incredible, very valid ship is Sap Duo. They are called this because tree sap, and also Ravenell as a person is sappy. It’s perfect. They’re perfect. I know.

Also, here’s a link to Prose’s story, if you wanna go read it :3

Reason 4️⃣: He Has Fanart (that Mari made)

Lul. Look at this guy.

Reason 5: The Monkey

Ravenell’s number one nemesis in Keys Are People, Too is a monkey by the name of Jaabu that belongs to Buddy’s character, Lady Spicula. Jaabu hates the duke for no discernible reason and will go to any length to wound the duke’s pride (and sometimes just wound him in general), out of apparent personal enjoyment. She also often seems to embody the audience in their frequent desire to throttle Ravenell, so I’ve been told. (I think it’s loving?)

I illustrated a very good, very effortful depiction of the two’s usual relationship. Please view below. I’m not responding to hate mail for emotional damage over the sheer beauty of this artistic rendition. Please forward it to Jai, they wrote In Sepia after all.

Reason 6: He Is On The UQuiz For Princes (that Mari also made)

A quiz for canon Cinderella Boy Princes… and also one non-canon duke-failure!

Pretty on the nose.

She has also made fanfiction for that man, which is what the illustration is from. I… don’t know if she’s okay.

Reason 7: Flavenell

That’s it that’s the section. @lilliferwashere this one’s for u

Reason 8: He Has Good (?) Reviews

⭐️⭐️⭐️ "3/5 man. Good at fighting, probably, but bad with women most of the time. Very troubled man, so I can't give him too low of a score. That feels too mean. Monkeys are really drawn to him for some reason though and that just seems like a health hazard. To him, mostly" - @leejeann (author of So Shaped By the Chances, Viva La Short King, Notable Anti-Fluddy-er)

⭐️⭐️⭐️"Arrived soggy. Extra star for freeing the slaves — oh wait no that’s Lincoln. Well a four score or better is outta reach for Dukey. Mediocre at best." - @theautumndream (author of A Glitch Apart, Wanted For Several Photoshop Crimes, Lowkey Likenapple)

⭐️⭐️⭐️ "3/5 stars: I broke my leg and he started crying. He was so focused on how much it hurt him emotionally I forgot I was hurt and carried him back to the castle" - @mysteriousmonty (Also Finny (Allegedly), Bookbinding Enthusiast, Art Challenge Perpetuator

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "5/5 stars: I love him dearly. He's an absolute mess. I hope to get him a job where his actions affect absolutely nothing and no one where he also feels fulfilled." - @jaistashu (author of [Redacted for emotional damage] and some other ones, Certified To Know Your Stuff Better Than You Do, An Honest-to-God Baja Blast To Be Around)

⭐️⭐️⭐️ "In my opinion, he’s just A Guy™. His personality is very wet feeling, but it’s not bad. He tries his best, but he’s also a little… dumb, sometimes. He’s not the most intelligent, as in he has little common sense, but he is trying his best, which I appreciate. Peris Ravenell is a fantastically written character, and I appreciate him and his endless trying his best. He was quick to change his wording to include woman. I very much appreciate that. His upbringing wasn’t the greatest, and I understand that. He’s trying to navigate life without a proper parental relationship. He’s thrown into the world of royalty and dukedom very quickly, and he’s trying his best to navigate it. He’s a mess, albeit a wet mess, but he’s trying, and I appreciate that. Minus two stars for being an uncle’s boy." - @spookieee28 (author of Bed Bath and Hbeyond, Four Theorist, Donut)*

⭐️ "Overscoring him will only make you disappointed. You need to know that his appeal is not in how great he is. He's just a guy in the wrong genre. He's not a hero, he's just a mess. If someone got isekai'd into a murder mystery they had no brains or courage to solve. He just wants to be at the end of the book. He wants everything to be lovely without any effort. And he deserves it. He was born to be everyone's favorite useless uncle. The butt of family jokes but he loves the affection. Like watering the ugliest plant you've ever seen. 1 of 5 Stars. Would you recommend him? Yes." - @xiaomao-ai-wo (author of Unallied Queens, Sticky Note Enthusiast, Either Stalter Or Waldrorf We Aren't Sure)**

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Duke Peris “Dukey” Ravenell review:

Duke score: 2/5

He kinda sucks at it. Mostly stands around waiting for Galeus to tell him what to do I think?

Guy score: 5/5

Put this man in a JAR so that I may study him. Simultaneously a carefree goofball and the soppiest, saddest man to have ever existed. Just trying to have a nice time due to being born in Nice Time Land but The Horrors won’t let him. A little misogynistic with it but he pays for his crimes with monkey torture.

Overall score: 4/5" - @proseburia (author of Love Between the Christmas Trees, Lab Rat in Training, Sap Duo Shipper)

⭐️ “Peris Ravenell is as suspicious as a [REDACTED] and just as [REDACTED]. Overly clingy and also overly needy of compliments and acknowledgement. A follower, not a leader. No ability to read a room. At all. Whatsoever. Makes little attempt to think for himself and no attempt to [REDACTED]. Leaves that for [REDACTED] and then wonders why [REDACTED]. Likes [REDACTED], has a temper at times, has a weird thing about [REDACTED]. Enjoys [REDACTED] just to [REDACTED] (they'd already [REDACTED]). Extremely loathed by middle aged etiquette teachers and monkeys. Little man who wants to be a big man when he grows up. 1 star out of 5.” - Shadows_Mirror (author of like half the CB fanfiction on AO3, Registered Dukey Hater, Was Not Told She Could Not Include Spoilers)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I want to put this sopping wet beanie baby of a man under a microscope and study him. I hate him and I love him and I hate that I can’t decide which one it is. 5/5” - @lilliferwashere (author of Sunshine and Saccharin, Fluddy’s True Love, Pigeon Handmaid)

*"Canonically married to Deacon" she says. Uh huh.

**It should be noted that both Mari's name and profile picture on Discord are about Duke Ravenell.

In Conclusion

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XOXO, Inco

[guzhufuren]

GMMTV 2025

✅ horny

✅ fun diverse plots and settings

✅ mature

✅ almost fully out of high school, uni and offices

✅ adult sapphics

✅ darker themes: crime, horror, catholic guilt

✅ 20 shows this year in comparison to last year's 29 which hopefully means they will focus's on quality more than quantity

✅ 19 queer shows out of 20

✅ mature crime joongdunk

✅ keensea are back with a cool enemies too lovers plot

✅ gayification of Boys over Flowers. we got you Dew and Nani

✅ shaking up the branded pairs. offgun now get Dew as their third

✅ Not Me's P'Nuchy is back to direct dewoffgun

✅ adult Gun

✅ Gun with black lipstick

✅ milklove as grocery store keeper and a customer, bonus cats

✅ Love putting her hand under Milk's bra

✅ June with a new partner Mewnich

✅ Only Friends part 2 with all new couples cast of jossgawin, earthmix and ohmleng and Boston is back to wreck them, baby

✅ BOSTON IS BACK

✅ a whole show just about 6 theatre kids and divas who swap around fucking each other and being messy gays

✅ winnysatang as a shabby young adult criminal and the unconscious boy with amnesia whom he found washed off to a shore and who turns out to be a prince

✅ Mond with a new partner Ryu

✅ marriage equality is being validated through marriage scams and gay divorce: the series

✅ juniormark get their own bl and new pair ohmfluke join them (uwma's Ohm and My Ride's Fluke)

✅ forcebook horror with gore: criminologist Force and his ex Book who had memory loss and cannot remember him

✅ perthsanta as primary school teachers and boyfriends one of whom gets memory loss and suddenly we find ourselves in a mental age regression plot

✅ keensea as high school rivals that fate decided were soulmates

✅ Fluke, Neo, Yacht and Lego as kathoey

✅ ohmpleng as enemies to lovers from two rival temple gangs

✅ cat cafe firstkhao with mystical element

✅ lesbian version of Only Friends meets Mean Girls with namtanfilm, milklove and viewmim

✅ dykes get to be horny and slutty

✅ View with a new partner Mim

✅ fresh faces bl that is very sweet very wholesome and very heart warming

✅ papangpodd as teachers couple

✅ jimmysea in adult roles with element of magic

✅ Jimmy playing a doctor

✅ new pair franctee

✅ taynew and marcpoon are back with a crack bl about flight attendants and airplane captains

✅ pondphuwin are back with a mafia bl

✅ nanisky get a show and they are kind of giggling about it just being bromance which doesn't tell me it won't be a bl. i need it to be gay so i'm gonna consider it to be such until proven otherwise. a fortune teller and a man are tied together by a string of fate

✅ greatinn get another bl together and it's a period one set in 20th century where they are a westerner's translator and a man of nobility

✅ aouboom as a period side couple of a master and his servant

✅ geminifourth in a 1996 catholic boys bl by P'Aof

⛔️ 2 gls for 16 bls

⛔️ tons of talent going unused

⛔️ the actors who are being used still have very very few roles for the next year

⛔️ pilot trailers always look good. did they hire new writers to deliver the actual storytelling?

[autistic-and-radical]

"Fernando rebrand this!" "Vettel rebrand that!" But can we talk about Checo rebrand? Okay, yes, Nando successfully paints himself as a sassy old man, despite being involved in possibly very F1 scandal of this century, and Vettel went from being an unhinged German twink terrorizing Webber on every occasion to being just a goofy, peaceful beekeeper, BUT

The moment Checo stepped a foot into Red Bull, he got a hard reset. Like right now he is just this surprised Pikachu Mexican dude with a (very much manufactured) bromance with Verstappen. Meanwhile, not only did he say that women's place is in the kitchen,not on track, but also cheated on his wife with whom he has four children with (he was literally recorded kissing another woman). Like, how did Carola take his ugly rat ass back? Also the way he drives??? Like just this year he caused 4,6 millions in damages to Red Bull. How does he have a seat? He's not winning, not scoring major points and not helping Verstappen in his championship.

Yes, I'm a certified Sergio Perez hater, SUE ME.

[demonscantgothere]

Bromance of the century right here. Tell me a better one. You can't. It doesn't exist.