#dearer than my country

[jakejeffreyperalta]

me and my friend's psychology midterm the next day watching us while we discuss how alexander the (gay) great and porus were in an enemies to lovers slowburn romance and create lore for their story + their fandom and their ship name (porander when they're being cute, alexorus when they're being angsty) and why the fandom would have shipping wars + the fanart and the fanfics and associating audios + famous lines with them at 1 am

[cxnsdellaj]

Dangerously yours

"If i betray you, i betray myself."

"If i betray him, i betray my country."

"My country is very dear to me."

"Dearer than i?"

"..."

"No, not dearer than you."

I saw an edit with this song and immediately thought of NoMae.💔

[zephyra-in-the-house]

Angsty Shadowpeach Idea

BRB just thinking about that one audio that's like:

"If I betray you, I betray myself. But if I betray him, I betray my country... My country is very dear to me." -SWK talking about the monk and his Journey

"Dearer than I?" -Mac in distress

*SWK looking at his freshly slain body laying in his arms through the tears in his eyes*

"No. No, not dearer than you..."

[shrimshrim4fun]

A relationship with Jinhsi is the definition of:

If I betray you, I betray myself

If I betray them, I betray my country

My country is very dear to me

Dearer than I?

No,no,not dearer than you.

[ghxst3m8]

Dangerously yours

Y/N: If I betray you, I betray myself... If I betray him, I betray my country. My country is very dear to me...

Makarov: Dearer than I?

Y/N: No….no. Not dearer than you.

[randomfandom-3]

matthias: if i betray you, i betray myself, if i betray them, i betray my country. My country is very dear to me.

nina: dearer than i?

matthias: no. Not dearer than you.

[yyuxii]

would talk abt how dangerously yours: the masquerade coded they are but y’all ain’t ready for that 😟😔‼️‼️

“if i betray you, i betray myself. if i betray him, i betray my country. my country is very dear to be.”

“dearer than i?”

“…”

—————————

“do you think i wanted to love you? knowing where you came from and what your mission was? don’t you suppose that every hour we were together i was thinking “she’s just pretending”?”

“i wasn’t! i loved you!”

“and i loved you so much i let you pretend?”

[eiloveir]

“If I betray you, I betray myself...” Naruto’s voice trembled, his eyes averted, unable to face the man he once knew. The darkness around them felt suffocating and strangely comforting, perhaps because of the familiar presence before him.

Uchiha Sasuke.

Years had slipped away, but the memories still stung. He couldn’t forget the moment he lost Sasuke, watching him morph into someone nearly unrecognizable—a lost cause. Yet, as he faced him after so long, he saw the boy who had once fought beside him, who had understood his loneliness and pain. With every ounce of his being, he swore again and again to bring him back home.

Back to him.

“If I betray you, I betray my country.” His voice was barely more than a whisper, each word lies emotion. He still couldn’t bring himself to meet Sasuke’s searching eyes—to betray him was to betray the village, their friends, and the future he fiercely tried to protect. What was he if he couldn’t bring him back? How could he pursue his dream without the sight of his inspiration—the one whose acknowledgment he craved?

To betray Sasuke was to betray the very essence of who he was, and that was something Naruto could never do.

“The village is very dear to me,” He continued, seizing the chance to pour out his heart. After all, Sasuke wasn’t easily swayed by words. “It’s my home, my treasure. My friends, my family, everything I hold dear is there. And you know damn well, my dreams are there too. It’s the place I long to return to.”

“Is it... dearer than I?” Sasuke’s voice pierced through the silence, its chill palpable. As Naruto finally met his gaze, he discerned a tumult of perseverance, loneliness, and suppressed anger in his eyes

It is the same ones that looked at both sunlight and darkness with him.

“No... no. Not dearer than you.” Those words were all that remained in his voice—laden with emotion. Those carried the unspoken feelings and the connection he couldn’t deny, even after everything they had been through. He wouldn’t have saved him countless times, defended him to everyone, and been willing to die for him, just for people to think he was merely his “friend.”

The truth ran deeper—the faith he has in Sasuke when no one else would dare exemplify a bond far from a mere friendship.

[cindol]

“if i betray him, i betray my country. my country is very dear to me.”

“dearer than i?”

“no, not dearer than you.”

GOESSSS VERYYYY HARDDDDD

[littyhoney]

DOUBTS

Miles Morales x Reader

I lost most of my stories that I have written on my laptop because of my baby cousin used it TuT, enjoy spiders ❤️🖤

(Short fic)

As you stand along with the other spiders, hearing your father Miguel O'Hara explaining to your beloved Miles about the canon events that must and will happen to any spider people. You only bring Miles here to meet your father because Miguel gives you a green light to finally introduce Miles to him... but that's not why he wants him here.

Suddenly everything escalate so fast now that Miles is determined to go home to save his dad who soon will be the captain... you reach your hand to him, to comfort him. Miles turn to you with a heartbroken feature on his face without a doubt in his mind about is 'Why she bring me here', 'She's lying to me', 'She wants to trap me like her father is planning'..but no, you don't know this will happen at all.

You bang your hands at the red cage surrounding Miles after your father throw it at him screaming at your father to "Let him go!" and "He doesn't do anything he is not the cause of this!" but your cries only heard by no one. Your father tries to be reasonable with you saying this is for the best for him, to accept his fate.

A burst of energy blows few people who stand there to be thrown back, causing the cage that held Miles to malfunction. He broke it, Miles look at you and you make eye contact with him. His eyes show fear... confusion. Your eyes seem by him is sympathy... and regret, to ever bring him here... to put him in danger.

But there is unknown connection to the both of you... both of you know what goes through each other's mind.

"If I betray him... I betray myself"

Your eyes at Miles.

"If I betray them... I betray my country"

you look back to your father and friends that you made in the spider society.

"My country is very dear to me-"

"Dearer than I?"

Your head snap back to Miles, shaking your head gently.

"No... no not dearer than you"

you snap him out of his thoughts urging him to

"Run Miles!"

[eyesofshan-if]

AUTHOR!!!! Do you know that audio that went trending a while back tHAT GOES- "My country is very dear to me." "Dearer than i?" "No. No, not dearer than you." ???? CAUSE IT WAS VERY HANSOL AND MC CODED!!!! HANSOL HAVING TO DECIDE WHAT IT IS HE TRULY HELD DEAR, HAE OR HIS MC (and what makes me love him is that it's not just romanced mc, i love that hansol love friend mc just as much😭🫶 ...right? RIGHT?!??

the question is, would hansol say 'not dearer than you'? but yes, relationship wise, hansol cares deeply about mc platonically, not just romantically <3

[maccaronimassacre]

rudolph!gn!user x katherine!ada ? :3

Ada Wong x Reader

“If I betray you, I betray myself. If I betray him, I betray my country.” Ada’s voice is barely a whisper, her words hanging in the air as she gazes at you, her heart twisting painfully at the sight of your lovestruck smile and the unwavering determination in your eyes. She knows better than to let emotions get the better of her, especially over someone she’s only known for three weeks. Someone she has manipulated, deceived, all in the name of her duty. Yet, despite it all, despite her loyalty to her mission, she can’t help the way her heart has begun to slip, falling deeper into the pit of love she swore she’d avoid. “My country is very dear to me, but it’s no dearer than you.” For the first time, her hand trembles as it grips her gun, something that’s never happened before. The weight of the decision ahead of her is unbearable. Duty or love, she knows only one path will lead her back to herself, but the other has already stolen her heart.

[deltapng]

⚠️cw//blood⚠️

An Uneasy Feeling // Blind Like Cattle

(more explanation and static image + individual under the cut)

this is me spreading my dark side Lukas/corruption arc Jesse agenda‼️‼️

so you know that One Audio where its like "my country is very dear to me" "dearer than i" "...no not dearer than you"? well i propose that but add a touch of corruption arc,, cause i kept on thinking: hero Jesse who turned to the dark side for evil Lukas (note the wording: 'for Lukas' rather than 'by Lukas') and jsifwusgfisfg

AUGH these freaks make me so sick /pos

argh cause the thought of a Lukas who has been burned by the world, shunned and beaten down over and over again by no fault of his own but then finding a light in the dark through Jesse and falling, falling, falling in love. he has to have Jesse by his side, he has to because Jesse is the light to his dark, the sun to his moon; he needs to have him by his side or else he'd drown in the rot of the world

AND THEN JESSE who tries so hard to be the hero they all want him to be but being the leader is such a heavy burden- the difficult decisions, the weight of everyone's lives on his shoulders, the ever growing expectations; he is so, so, so tired of everything but finds comfort in Lukas' arms. sweet, perfect Lukas who just wants whatever Jesse is willing to give him; soft Lukas who is willing to do anything for him.

and he would too.

[sillyyuserr]

Not exactly an analysis but possible parallels/basic comparisons <3

Comparing none other than terukane (teru x akane) and dangerously yours masquerade, a 1944 podcast/radio show, in summary is about a french spy named Catherine that is sent to make an American man Rudolf Stephan fall in love with her so she can kill him and gain information, but in the end she falls in love with him too, but he makes her think he never loved her so she can complete her assigned mission (or something like that?)

i saw stuff ab terukane and dangerously yours on tiktok and thought it was so interesting so i wanted to make a thing ab it 😭 FYI this is gonna be alotta words and like zero pictures so turn ur brightness down and don’t kill ur eyes

just the basis of these two are incredibly similar, two people from opposing sides forming an unlikely bond, originally unwanted but now shared?

Comparison/Possible parallel 1:

the line

“if i betray you, i betray myself. if i betray him, i betray my country. my country is very dear to be.”

“dearer than i?”

“… no not dearer than you..”

feels not like a parallel, but so uncomfortably fitting for them. (Akane being in Cathrine’s place and teru being in Rudolf’s place) if taken from akane’s place, “if i betray you, i betray myself, if i betray him, i betray my country, my country is very dear to me” easily we could associate “country” with aoi or one of akane’s supernatural duties or wtv he does with his clock keeper shit

from teru’s place, “dearer than i?” The “i” would pretty obviously be teru

the basis of being in between sides, not knowing which to chose but regardless of which you end up choosing you’re fucked one way or another is a common ground for both catherine and akane, especially with what happened in chapter 112

Comparison/Possible parallel 2:

the line

“I will betray you”

“If you do, you will betray yourself at the same time”

“yes… yes i know”

also feels eerily similar to them aswell. Again akane in cathrine’s place and teru in rudolf’s. This also especially relates to what happened in the “betrayal” part between teru and akane. Again relating to akane not knowing which side he should choose.

in summary, the doomed lovers cathrine and rudolf have so much in common with teru and akane its kind of crazy. how could one possibly look at them and not think of terukane? Akane/Cathrine being inbetween sides (the two sides being their counterpart and their duties) and in the end choosing their duties but still hoping for a seemingly unachievable chance at their counterparts. Ive specifically avoided using words like “coded” or “heavily implied” because i’ve never been completely sure,

Taking it into account, AidaIro are Japanese, and in japan homosexuality isn’t exactly normalized. yes queer people are in japan, they are everywhere and always have been but queer people in japan often conceal their sexuality and from what ive seen simply mentioning homosexuality in the wrong crowd is frowned upon (although don’t take my word for it 100%, i don’t live in japan)

And from what ive seen, AidaIro are pretty “traditional”. Literally name one female character without a male love interest that isnt shijima mei or tiara.

although the whole “lemon and akane” thing happened, it really was just for fun and jokes, although it seems to be a running joke in their friend group that “akane likes lemon” so make of that what you will

queer people being in tbhk is very much possible, we’ve seen panels of boys wanting to be teru’s boyfriend, nene blushing at sakura and claiming she was duped by her gorgeousness, mitsuba constantly accusing kou of wanting to do “pervy” stuff with him, akane mentioning his confusion on how teru can attract both genders (when their current topic had nothing to do with that? Are you the male attracted to him akane?) and natsuhiko’s entire character, but the likeliness of there being multiple queer characters is much lower than just one, of course im not opposed to there being multiple, the more the merrier, but we need to remember homosexuality is not normalized, and in some asian countries homosexuality blatantly doesn’t exist. like you could propose to someone of the same sex and people would say “omg such bffs!!” and we don’t know much about AidaIro besides they’re both girls, both Japanese, one’s a writer and one’s an illustrator.

although this alone does not down-right dismiss the queer implications, it still makes you think. We can never be too sure

Make of this what you will :3 ive been thinking ab compiling every possible queer implication or hint in tbhk but i feel like that sounds stupid and no one would read it

[fruittarts-with-rosepetals]

Mai: if i betray you, i betray myself, but if i betray her, I betray my country, my country is very dear to me Zuko: dearer than I? Mai: No, not dearer than you..

[feyhunter78]

Dearer than I?

Description: You must choose between betraying your dear friend or your dearest love. Got bored during my last half hour of work, and that TikTok audio has been stuck in my head, so here's my attempt to purge it from my mind. Enjoy!!!

His hand is outstretched, patient but pleading, his eyes, dark and intense, but somehow still soft as sunlight settling on the ocean floor.

Your arms are wrapped around yourself, tight and desperate, attempting to keep yourself from metaphorically spilling onto the sand, a bloody mess of grief and regret, of anger and loss.

“Please in yakunaj.” His voice is a whisper, breaking at the end, and it feels as if someone has taken a spear and jammed it through your chest.

You want to look away, you’re desperate to, but cannot. His eyes always draw you back, he need not open his mouth to sing, you were ensnared by a single glance, by the kaleidoscope of warm colors weaved within his eyes.

The invisible thread that exists between you and him keeps you pinned in place. “I would be betraying Shuri, she is my friend, I owe her my life.”

“You would betray me, instead?” He asked, voice still soft, as if it would pain him to raise it.

You wished he would yell, scream, rage, do anything, be anything, but this soft broken K’uk’ulkan that stands before you.

You swallow hard, blinking away tears, your lips move but no sound escapes.

The waves crash on the shore, the nightbirds sing, the wind swirls between the two of you, and you take a step forward. Towards him, the man—the god—the mutant—whatever the hell he is, and he takes in a quick breath, chest expanding as you draw closer.

“I love you.” You manage to utter, your heart in a vice grip, the pressure of the choice you must make weighs so heavily upon you, and you wish to collapse, to drown, rather than make it.

“Then take my hand, burn the world with me.” He pleaded, the moonlight bathing him in her soft glow, shining off the gold he adorned himself with.

All his focus is on you, every flicker within his eyes, every rise and fall of his chest, every syllable that passes through those perfectly formed lips, is for you.

“I would be betraying Wakanda, the very country I left my home to protect, the one who embraced me even though I did not bear her blood.” You stressed, praying he would understand, that somehow, he would make the decision for you.

“And you believe Talkon would not do the same? That they would not welcome you with open arms, that my people would not rejoice in the fact that I have found my queen?” His fingers twitched as if he wished to take your hand, to press it to his heart as he often did when making silent promises.

“I didn’t say that—”

The anguish is clear in his low voice as he cuts you off. “You are mine, my queen, you have stolen my heart and held it captive within your chest. I cannot retrieve it without cracking open your ribs and ripping it out, and to do so—to do so would end me. I cannot fathom harming you in reina, do not force my hand, I beg of you.”

Tears slip down your cheeks, your heart pounds against your chest so strongly for a moment you think that perhaps he is right, his heart resides beside your own, for your heart never possessed such strength. “If I could return it to you, I would, K’uk’ulkan I would never wish you pain, never wish to force your hand.”

His tone is angry now, words sharp as the weapons his people favor, but his eyes remain swirling pools of grief. “I do not want it back, it is yours. I want you. I want the woman I love by my side, where I can protect her.”

You’re on the brink of sobbing, of falling to the sand and crying until your tears flow, so heavily you become one with the sea. “I cannot betray them; they are dear to me.”

His fingers curl inwards, slowly, mournfully. “Dearer than I?”

You shake your head, mind a whirlwind of choices, of answers, of guilt and grief, and want.

You want to be with K’uk’ulkan, you want to ease his pain, to smooth out the furrow of his brow, to sit by his side and be his queen. You are both immortal, if Talkon remained hidden, you would rule together for eternity.

“No, no one is dearer than you.” You admit, half-adoringly, half-helplessly.

You are helpless against the torrent that is your affections for him, helpless to the call of his heart to yours. He’s wrong, his heart does not reside within your chest, beside your own, for yours has slipped between the cracks of your ribs and into his own. He carries your heart as you carry his.

“Then I do not under—”

It’s your turn to cut him off. You take his hand, unfurling it, and bringing it to your cheek before you kiss him. Fervently, desperately, wishing to drown in him before your grief chokes you. “No one, there is no one dearer than you.” You assure him, willing your heart to return to your chest, to free him from this torment.

Your heart gives no answer except beating in time with his, two drums of war echoing each other’s call.

He cradles your cheek, his free arm wrapping around your waist, crushing you against him. “In reina, in reina, in reina.” He whispered over and over as he brushed soft, grateful kisses to every inch of your skin. “I love you, only you, I am yours.”

“I am yours, your queen.” You echo, letting him take you under, the world muffled by the sea.

You would not face Shuri, would not return to Wakanda until she was long dead, perhaps then you could seek forgiveness from her grave.

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