#clowning 24/7

[burningcheese-merchant]

Was prompted to slap these together after someone alerted me to this

I'm starting to get really fucking bitter, you guys lol

[mori-no-majou]

actually obsessed with Athena and Apollo’s entire dynamic btw though like. they can switch from mercilessly dunking on each other to giving each other very sincere emotional support in literal seconds. the first interaction they ever have is her throwing a cop at him. AA5’s overarching narrative is told almost entirely through the framing device of Athena reflecting on how they became friends in the first place. they get given a scroll with a drawing of two yokai on it as evidence in the murder they’re investigating, and immediately start debating which one would win in a fight. he watches the same video about her current hyperfixation with her five times on loop. he has to talk her out of kicking down a metal door. they’ve held hands onscreen twice. he starts telling her about the gore in a manga he read once, in excruciating detail, within less than an hour of meeting her. she asks him to tie her up to prove a point and he ties the rope in a decorative bow. he has a complete nervous breakdown over the prospect of not being able to trust her or keep her in his life. she is very aware that he’s having the breakdown but blames it on a jacket. they’re on opposing sides of Ladder v. Stepladder. he asks her to punch him. she asks him to rip out a handful of their boss’s hair. they once got into a custody battle over a stray cat. and like that’s just off the top of my head

[kevin-the-bruyne]

first and khaotung have somehow got the whole silently asking for a kiss thing down to a T - when you’re a couple you don’t usually ask with words but also you’re not actually connected by a script running in your heads. So for the vast majority of the time kissing is like one person wants to kiss or bring a moment to a close with a kiss and has to make some sort of kissy face and there’s this fraction of a second delay for the other person to be like ‘oh! I guess it’s happening now!! muah muah!’

and in both ep 8 and 9 first has initiated the kiss with khaotung having that 0.3 second delay before going in. I know a lot of the beach stuff was improv and it’s not like I’ve heard anything specific about the kisses but god either way why do they kiss like that please kiss like you’ve got a script running in your head I am WEAK and UNWELL

[wellidly]

Every time Buggy and Shanks do something incredibly stupid, Rayleigh feels it in some parental way. At first it was when they were little and Rayleigh wasn't around, but as soon as he felt that strange sensation he would immediately start looking for them and would find them in the most ridiculous, possibly dangerous situations.

The thing is, it stayed with him even when Baby Blue and Baby Red became adults. He's just sitting at the bar drinking his booze like he always does and then he stops for a few seconds and goes "Damn... Buggy's doing it again...."

[clownakai]

They're everything to me

[evilvvithin]

quick bs meme because i LOVE the 2016 soundtrack totally healthy amount

[demigod-of-the-agni]

Need you to know that I’m in the spidey server and I have, somehow independently of your posts, gotten involved in these fuckass legos. The heart wants what it wants and what it wants is RGB sibs

OH BRO YOU AND I ARE SO COOKED 😭😭😭 TF AM I SUPPOSED TO CALL THIS MEETING? THE MERGE?? CONVERGENT EVOLUTION??? from spidey to the ninjas,,,,,, the tomfoolery,,,,,, the absolute tomfoolery of it all,,,, we are but slaves to the fruity lego whimsies............

FRRRRRR rgb siblings is where it's AT. THIS IS WHERE THE HOMIES GATHER... THE ELITE OF THE ELITE WITH THEIR MOST BEAUTIFUL TASTES god bless dragons rising for delivering all the rgb sibs content where would we be without you T-T

[mnemehoshiko]

the fact that there's no jinmao mirror sex fic is like CRIMINAL

[fun-esta]

Ok, hear me out guys 🗣️📣

If I were in Christopher's shoes, and Joker just brought my soul from the depths of hell to revive me and be free to pursue my life goal again, and in return he asked me to be his playmate/companion/friend in this dramatically sensual way in the rain, I would completely rethink my sexuality, my heart would be already in his hands for him to tear it apart, i would bite my lips to not moan, and my highly death-driven ass would say yes without a second's hesitation 😭

[beanghostprincess]

I want Shanks to apologize to Buggy, not because of not chasing the One Piece right away, but for not reaching out to him when Buggy ran away.

There are so many things involved in their separation and Buggy resents him (unfairly, sometimes, but validly enough if you think about his situation) for stuff other than not stopping him. But that's the one thing Shanks could do to save them and he didn't because he viewed Buggy's rejection as plain hatred and he didn't want to get in the way of his decision.

But! His decision was to be with Shanks, and idiotically enough, Shanks didn't see it. Because they were both stupid impulsive teenagers with so much grief to deal with and nobody to tell them what they were supposed to do.

Buggy ran away despite wanting to stay by Shanks' side because he didn't fully understand his decision and jumped to conclusions. And Shanks didn't stop him because he thought Buggy wanted him to respect his decision.

So yes, I want Shanks to apologize to Buggy for not seeing what was right in front of him but I'm sure that even if Buggy doesn't apologize for his impulsive behavior and unfair resentment (he's too proud for that) just making amends with Shanks would be enough for both.

[silly-detector]

Are you the april fool?

[anubiarts]

anubi: become clown

(made for pixel dailies, theme: clown)

[es--arcana]

Just wanna go on record and say that in spite of the fact i clown on Adam & will continue to do so, with great enthusiasm, I genuinely really love his route.

Each route is clearly meant to fit a different trope/vibe and they all have varying levels of angst.

Nate/Nat feels the most like a classic romance story out of the four vampires. This aspect is mentioned both by the detective & other characters in the books. Course N has their secrets that will come into play later.

Felux/Farah has that delicious "I'm dating my bestfriend" feeling. I play their route when I wanna have fun with someone so open. But it's clear there's a hidden depth to them.

Mason/Morgan is that initially unapproachable "doesn't do commitment" type and part of that appeal is getting to see those layers beyond the surface. M may not be good with words but their actions speak volumes.

Now onto the main point, Adam/Ava is that slow burn back & forth, hot & cold "this will hurt for awhile" type of route. Their feelings are so obvious but a combination of trauma, fear and their own stubbornness means they aren't gonna just go for it.

And the best part? The fact they're doing the thing they're trying to avoid gets addressed. It's not just a "Oh yeah this attitude is clearly hurting A & the detective but we're not gonna say anything". The detective can call A out as can other members of unit bravo. No matter who the detective's bestfriend is they make it clear to A that "Hey you're my friend to and I love ya but I'm not gonna let you keep pulling this shit. 😠".

It's gonna be so interesting to see how things play out in book 4. Drama is gonna be insane. 🤣

[yinyuedijun]

why do you not like it when your writing exceeds the targeted word count? 😭

there's a few reasons 😔

it's so much work. I can't even explain how soul crushing it is for me to write 10k words and then revise all of them to be acceptable quality to post. it actually leads to severe burnout for me sometimes OTL

longer fics do worse on tumblr. the more words I write for a fic, the fewer people will read it. which is fine LOL like people can read whatever they want, but it does make me a little sad sometimes!

with how I am as a writer, the longer a story is, the more emotionally complex it becomes, which becomes exhausting for me to write and exhausting for others to read. I really wish I could write something fun and horny for once that everyone can enjoy. but I just can't do it for some reason 😓

I feel like I failed as a writer. I couldn't create a vision and execute it faithfully 💀

it becomes apparent how much I want to fuck that 2D man. it's truly humbling. I wrote 16k words for shin in the span of a month like everyone can tell I want to fuck him so bad it's making me look stupid 😔 someone please free me.......

all in all though it's not that serious LOL hence I try to make a joke out of it

[bbeeohazardd]

i hate tumblr, bc i'll go to reblog a really good post about something important, and then one of the reblogs on the post between the original and someone reblogging an important link is always fuckin "if you don't rb you're evil!!!!" reblog bait and i'm so unbelievably tired man

like, JUST AUGH

[SHAKING YOU] IF YOUR ACTIVISM RELIES ON SHAMING PEOPLE AND CAUSING FEAR IT ISN'T GOOD ACTIVISM

ALSO, BEFORE I GET IDIOTS YELLING AT ME, THIS ISN'T ME SAYING ACTIVISM IS BAD, LEARN TO FUCKING READ

[stoopid-turtle]

Consuming Candies Pt 2: DD ❤️ GG and GG ❤️ DD

ALL FAKE. I'M MAKING SHIT UP FOR FUN. DON'T BELIEVE ME.

Intro post for this series

Once I convinced myself that DD and GG are some variety of gay, the rest is honestly not hard to conceive of. Two gay guys filming a BL adaption on a set that was open to same-sex relationships who got on really well...it's not hard to believe they'd "get together".

3. DD and GG had "a thing" around the time of the TU production. This could include the time period during filming and through the promo period. Actual timelines and details of the nature of the relationship are secondary.

If an actor and an actress hit it off as well as DD and GG did, it'd be easy for people to see that they were an item. For some reason, people struggle more to see that with two men (okay, I know the reasons, but I'm not getting into that here).

By the time I'd established 1 and 2, I'd seen enough bts and other footage to buy in to 3, as well, but here's the list of moments/candies that just nail it for me. It would be impossible for me to list out all the moments that simply scream "They're in a relationship!!!" because there's, just, a lot. So here's the short list, again, in order of most inarguable to more open to interpretation.

a) Old cow eats young grass.

That's it. That's the clip. There is no het explanation for that. I guess you could maybe claim DD was referring to GG liking younger women, but that doesn't flow with the rest of the conversation they're having. Especially with GG's comment about paying for new brake pads,

They did the gay together. More than just casually. They were an item at this time. Hands down. Case closed.

(Again, I'll get to the argument that this is all fabricated fanservice at another point)

b) The bts of DD getting into costume where he's quizzing the costume-jiejie about what GG said about him in an interview.

This is straight-up, cliche, 'shows up in freaking romance novels' behavior when you have a crush. Nobody's that concerned about what their friend is saying about them in interviews. You only care that much when you're trying to get a feel as to their feelings for you.

Also, the costume-jiejie is hilarious about it. Asking him about his response in an interview and then teasing him about not remembering what GG said about DD. She clearly has served as a sounding board for DD about his crush before, and she's amused and encouraging and teasing, all at the same time. Hats off, costume-jiejie.

c) Happy Camp moments: jealous!GG and the necklace.

I don't usually put much stock in the jealous GG/DD stories, but the instance with GG going grimdark as DD wriggled through the hole with another guy is just...again, I'm struggling to think of a context that would make sense that isn't "they are together and GG is jealous".

(I don't find jealousy cute, tbh, so I'm not jazzed about the moment. I don't know what was going on between them that led to that, but I'm glad they seemed to clear it up).

This leads to the other Happy Camp moment, seen only in fancams. The ox-head necklace that DD had been wearing scratched up his neck during the game. GG's stunned reaction to DD's injuries and his concern, plus clearly telling DD to take it off...none of this makes sense unless GG gave DD the jewelry.

Like, okay. I have a necklace my bff gave me, and I wear it a lot. It's really meaningful and sentimental. But if it were scratching up my neck, I'd take it off. If she were there while it was scratching up my neck, she'd joke about it and agree that I should take it off. She wouldn't look distraught.

My wife, on the other hand...

c) DDU's 11th anniversary episode

There's no way to describe this episode except that it really felt as if DD was having his new partner meet his fam. The fact that DDU stopped throwing women at DD after that speaks volumes.

From a), it's clear that their relationship was pretty serious (and extended after the end of filming), and having GG meet DD's DDU brothers is another indication of where their relationship was at. That's not a trivial thing.

d) GG's lack of chill during promo interviews.

I get the vibe that if they were in a relationship, GG was a lot more scared/nervous about it than DD was. He also had less experience with interviews and such. There are numerous moments where GG misunderstands, overreacts, or just acts weirdly during interviews that are hard to explain away.

- The "It's been a year" video, where DD points out that the camera is recording and GG balks at whatever he'd been saying. Cue the nervous laughter and whispered conversation between them. - The backwards pants interview question. - An interviewer asking him if being in a relationship means the end of his career (right after asking about his marriage plans--a question that made dd mad). - His weird denial of DD's waterfall story

In each case, something startles GG into a panicked silence. Then DD usually intervenes and so then GG has some nervous laughter.

Plainly, there's something he's afraid of being revealed in interviews. So much that he's seeing danger, even when it doesn't exist. Given the nature of the questions, we can see that the "thing" he's afraid of is

- him being in a relationship - something involving DD and him and a waterfall - and accidentally wearing someone else's clothes.

All involve DD. In all, DD is the one who relieves the panic and calms him down while smoothing over the interview.

It's not a leap to guess that he's in a relationship with DD that he's afraid people will find out. Sure, he'd want to hide a het relationship too, that makes sense. But then there's the pants question and the waterfall question. And the only way GG and DD's reaction to the question of whether being in a relationship would be the end of GG's career is if...GG and DD were in a relationship.

e) Hot pot.

Okay, this is where I start sounding crazy if I discuss this without prefacing with everything above ^^^. But the fact that their tastes in hot pot shifted over time to more align with each other is significant. I've read about the regional differences and how DD's sudden taste for spiciness could only really be attributable to GG, who's from an area with spicy hot pot.

This resonates with me, especially, because I was a hella picky eater when I met my wife. Like, embarrassingly picky. But then I met my wife, and she cooks and is a foodie and eventually, my palate just expanded. Now I'm a freaking foodie (and a vegetarian, like her), and our eating habits are pretty closely aligned.

Merging is real in longterm relationships. It looks like this. In my case, my wife demystified food for me with her cooking and likewise, it seems as if GG taught DD how to handle spicy stuff.

This wouldn't be significant on its own, but in conjunction with everything else *waves hands*...well, it's convincing to me.

In summary, it is blindingly obvious to me that they were a committed couple at some point after TU filmed and aired (when that commitment started is unclear, but I'm not gonna get into that here). Even after 227, it's clear that they're romantically together. I'm 100% convinced of this. Since I started drafting this, I've come across older mentions of (now gone) bts that just...there's no doubt. They weren't hiding it on set. They were just out there, exhausting everybody around them with their chaotic flirting/mating dances. It's insane and I love it.

4. DD and GG are still together.

Me: So I've been watching behind the scenes for The Untamed, and I think the two actors maybe had a thing? There's just...a lot going on there. My wife: Sounds gay. Me: I mean, some people seem convinced that they're still together because of shoes or something. That gets real out-there. But I definitely wouldn't be surprised if they had a thing during filming. My wife: (who only watched the show) I could see it. They had that chemistry.

(2 weeks later)

Me: Honey, I swear I sound crazy but I'm not. These two guys were totally together and I think they might still be together. My wife: Because of shoes? Me: I SWEAR I'M NOT CRAZY, HONEY, JUST BELIEVE ME My wife: Yes, dear. Their shoes make them gay. Me: *sobs*

When I first started dipping into things, I felt a great sadness watching older videos of them, because I'd heard that they weren't allowed to interact in public, that they probably didn't even talk to each other anymore, etc etc. YouTube's full of this, and the fans who say they're still together look, well, crazy.

It's easy to conclude they're not together anymore given that so much early evidence of their relationship is based on videos/audios. The bts, joint interviews, fan meetings, etc. We were spoiled with up-front and personal visuals of their dynamic. It's not a surprise that in the absence of that, most people just assume they don't talk or interact much anymore.

Not to mention, wandering in some years later, you get a massive dopamine hit with the bts and the promos and then there's a drop when you try to look for more recent stuff. When we could see it, their relationship seemed to alive. So real. So undeniable. But in the absence of that, the immediate instinct is to assume that lack of visibility = lack of existence.

But we have only ever seen a small slice of their lives, most of which has been selectively shown to us by them or by production companies. Both DD and GG have full lives when we're not around to see them. They each have their own career trajectories. They have vastly different hobbies and both of them have their own friend groups. We only get a glimpse of all of that, but that doesn't mean that's all there is. Especially now, when they're sharing fewer personal posts and China is cracking down on the entertainment industry.

No doubt, we only know the tiniest, most tailored portion of their personal lives these days. But back in 2019-2021, they were clearly together. Their relationship was clearly serious. They joke about shared financial decisions, get introduced to each other's on-screen and off-screen family, visit each other's set. Both of them seemed in it for the long haul.

Given that, I don't see why we should assume they have broken up just because we're years later and we don't get the joy of seeing them together anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think a break-up is impossible. Couples break up. Even couples that have been together for a while. Even couples who adore each other and try to make things work. It happens.

But there's no reason to assume that they're broken up just because we haven't seen them together recently.

I do have a couple "reasons", but this evidence won't convince anybody who doesn't believe they were ever a couple. It's only when you accept that, yeah, these 2 BL actors are actually gay and in a long-term relationship, that this seems reasonable.

a) The bone necklace.

I'm pretty well certain that the ox-head necklace was a gift from GG. The timing of the bone necklace's appearance, plus DD's attachment to it (similar to his attachment to the ox-head necklace), makes it a decent guess that the bone necklace was also a gift from GG.

We can kinda guess at the meaning. I've only seen one clip where GG has called DD gouzaizai, so I don't know if that's an actual "thing" between them. (though it's not outside the realm of possibility that they are influenced by bjyx fandom).

In any case, the bone necklace is still around. Still being worn. That's notable to me.

b) They could end this ship if they wanted to.

They have both had other pairings shut down. The fandom wars between turtles and solos is intense and causes disruption, something neither of them need. The solo fanbases are huge and it'd be a no-brainer to jettison the CPFs if you want to cut down on the type of fandom upset that gets unwanted government attention.

But they haven't.

They could have the supertopics shut down. DD could avoid being anywhere near the number 3. They could both dive into a bush rather than be around the color yellow or a turtle. DD could take a video of himself melting down the bone necklace or giving it to a pretty woman. They could starve the fandom.

But they haven't.

They keep around their gay CP, despite not publicly interacting with each other in years. They take down articles about them breaking up, pull down hot searches about them with actresses, and continue to feed the fandom with candy.

Most recently, GG went to work late on the days DD was out sick. That's not even an intentionally thrown candy. That's just us noticing a couple taking care of each other. If they weren't together, then GG, whose team certainly knows about DD being sick, could have avoided doing anything that would make it seem like he was involved with DD during that time.

But he didn't. Either their teams don't care about turtles, which seems difficult to believe given the conflicts that have arisen within the fandoms, or the teams (notably, gg and dd) want to keep turtles around. At this point, years past the point the show is out, years past the time the two have even been seen together, there's no rational business reason to hold on to the turtles.

That's not neutral. They're not keeping turtles engaged for economic reasons. They're not keeping turtles engaged just for shits and grins (the joke has run a little long for that). They're keeping turtles around because they're getting something of value from having us around.

Honestly, I think having a huge contingent of cpf cheerleaders is probably comforting when they aren't allowed to express their feelings for each other publicly. It's probably weird and sometimes probably intrusive, like most stuff with fans, but they still have millions of people who embrace them as a couple when they live in a country that is hostile to their relationship. Who in that situation wouldn't want to keep that?

In sum, I had to get past the "too good to be true" hurdle. The automatic dismissal of BL fangirl fantasies. I mean, BLs often market to those fantasies, so a healthy dose of skepticism seems reasonable. I don't honestly blame people for dismissing it when they only have a passing familiarity with the whole thing.

It took a lot for me to see past that, and to see that this is the one case (that I'm aware of) where the fantasy is real. I think it's notable that this "fantasy" doesn't actually look like the fanservice fantasy often served up in BLs. I mean, ggdd have their moments, but they're also snippy, jealous, possessive, lewd, awkward, and just plain weird sometimes. They're real and that's messy and that makes it even more real.

In the next part of this little series, I'll talk more about the fanservice question, plus fanfic, and The Timeline. That post requires more editing, so it probably won't go out until next week.

Just remember it's all fake and nothing I say is true.