#feeling completely normal about this btw

[howlerbat]

I saw him turn himself inside out over the fact that someone might see him as a villain in that story. I think it’s torture for him.

[serpentface]

Scenes from The Baby Wars Part One: The First One

[Hibrides never wanted to be a mother (though the concept of childbearing has always occurred to her as 'inevitable and necessary'), underwent very severe post-partum depression, never really bonded with the infant, and was extremely uncomfortable with nursing her (they had a wet nurse who covered most of it).

Brakul ended up being the Designated Housewife throughout Erubi's infancy and was effectively the only member of the household providing parental care, was Extremely bitter with Hibrides for not really wanting anything to do with her daughter (among other things), and was raised in a context where fathers allowing their infants to comfort nurse on them is a standard practice (which is not widely conceptualized as a Thing men can do in the Wardi cultural sphere and comes off as bizarre to the rest of his household).

These combined factors lead to tense standoffs where he looms behind Hibrides trying to guilt her into Feeding The GodDamn Baby while looking, from her perspective, like he's trying his absolute hardest to breastfeed.]

[thefirstknife]

The first Echo that we encounter landed on Nessus. What they find there is that this Echo has transformed the planet, awoken it into something it's really not supposed to be. So we go down to Nessus and we immediately realize that the Vex are acting a little strange. Things that have only existed in the Vex Net are now coming out into the real world. You're going to see that Nessus is different now. As we get deeper and deeper towards the core, it really starts to become very apparent. So you're going to go down into these landmarks and you're going to unearth ancient secrets of the lost civilization. We have a mysterious new enemy. And they are able to do things that we have not encountered in an enemy before. We're seeing new behavior from the Vex. Who is behind this? But also what are they doing, and to what end?

Echoes information!

[scullcrusher101xd]

have a h8red

[indiehowell]

no but like they have confirmed that they have a joint bank account no?? or that phil deposits the gaming channel checks or whatever into his account,,,their incomes are so intertwined how do they even split the bill they have a fucking mortgage together

[pusangkambing]

Okay...

[antihibikase-archive]

It is incredibly isolating to navigate through fandom as an aromantic person. Aro experiences are so varied, and there is no definite aro experience that encapsulates the alienation that fandom spaces cause for certain people.

Fandom is mostly built and structured on shipping. And if not, the blorbofication of characters, which tends to go down the shipping pipeline; where does that leave the romance repulsed aro person who genuinely does not want to see any form of shipping? Platonic dynamics, right?

Yeah, sure. But by platonic dynamics, it's only "best friends" or "family" right? Where does that leave the aro folks with undefined labels? No, qprs aren't a get-out-of-jail card.

And qprs- they have no rules or standards set upon them by society, not even having a clear definition for what it is, because not all qprs are the same. Yet, for some reason, it ended up becoming the "nonbinary" option to a lot of people- not romantic or "regular" platonic? Qpr it is, right?

But where does that leave the aro folk who don't want a qpr? Who don't wish to see characters depicted in pairs or trios or so forth- who embrace the lack of a partner?

And these concepts presented; when aro folk talk about them, do you care? And if you do, do you understand? Do you try to?

If you aren't aro, but wish to be supportive, are you a genuine ally? Do you raise the concerns of aro folk you share the space with?

Or do you take a look at these concepts- and decide you understand them "well" enough? Do you decide to speak for aro folks instead?

Do you depict relationships outside of romance because you believe in the importance of platonic relationships? Will you accept the fact that not all platonic interactions will be familial or "best friends"?

Can you accept depictions of qprs outside of "more than friends, less than lovers"? Are you willing to accept it is not just "best friends" or "romance lite"? Will you accept that nothing is inherently romantic- and characters in a qpr may fall under your standards of lovers?

Can you resist the urge to put every character in a pair or trio or group? Are you comfortable with the notion of characters finding more joy in being by themselves, outside of all those lenses you see them in?

It's good if you can.

And if you can't, at the very least, do you understand why some aro folk in your space are upset? Embittered by your favorite ships? Starving for representation?

Did you depict these characters with these concepts with the knowledge that aromanticism is fluid?

[sherlock-is-ace]

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[derpinette]

SPERG YOUR HEART OUT

[carnivalls]

good morning. thinking again of juve and her dog

[rin-hanarin]

Clingy and possessive? Damn bro, get well soon.

[murmurmurl]

a modern human au where nothing bad ever happenned to them and they got to grow up together. I am making myself cry with this chat

[puhpandas]

imagine beckory in my flashlight duo universe

im imagining a 'meeting the family' but evan would rather punch michael in the face than be mean to somebody gregory likes so he'd just be kind and polite and already have a good opinion of him so theyd just be buddies

[marimbles]

the agony of enjoying MULTIPLE THINGS AT ONCE. How do people do it….

[goldenpinof]

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[unproduciblesmackdown]

omgg lol [guy who won't stop going "more like scapeGOATED" voice] now hold! on!! lmao [same guy just saw encanto voice] Hold on!!!