#good to see ya again

[seyaryminamoto]

I'll be in the minority here, but I'd be okay-ish with Rei and Renkai becoming a couple if its handled with care. This is unusual for me since I rarely go for big age gap relationships. Though, to me, its not the age gap itself, but what I call the Maturity Gap. There needs to be a balance of life experience, if that makes sense. There's 20 year olds who've lived through, seen and experienced as much if not more than some 40 year olds. But that's usually rare, so I rarely support age gap ships.

Hahaha, I understand that position, and I'll be honest, while I'm not a huuuuuge fan of age gaps, I wouldn't jump outright to condemn them every single time. Context definitely matters, I don't think every age gap involves grooming, particularly if we're talking about adults. People of different walks of life can absolutely come together to find common interests with someone who's much younger or much older than themselves, so it's not completely out of the question for me.

The maturity gap makes sense, of course. There's definitely some people who are older and do not have the maturity of their age, just as the opposite can be true, someone can be too young to be so wise... but in these cases, I honestly leave it to each person who's in those situations, (provided they're all adults (and always have been across their relationship) and aren't making their decisions under the wrong influences).

In Rei and Renkai's case, though, I don't really think it would be all that instinctive for them to become an item. In a sense, I suspect it might feel repetitive, too -- we already have Song and Rui Shi's romance, and let me tell you, getting those two to GET STARTED was not easy x'D they were supposed to plant the proper seeds for romance as early as the end of the first Pairs Tournament, but it just didn't feel right... so they just hugged and rejoiced in Rui Shi's confirmation that Myeung was alive and safe and sound. So I had no choice but to push Song as hard as I did in the second arc of Part 2 to make her act on her feelings, if for the wrong reasons, or else they would've just danced circles around each other FOREVER. So, if those two took LONGER than Sokka and Azula to get anything started? I guarantee Rei and Renkai would be that much worse x'D And as we've also seen a relationship that has similar dynamics to this one, I feel like it might not be all that interesting to explore another relationship between a commoner girl and the captain of Azula's guards.

Now, going a little further, in terms of speaking about the characters themselves... I don't think Renkai is someone who's really looking for love. Rei? Considering her background, she's looking for the stability of a family that really cares about her, and she absolutely has found that with Azula primarily, with Song and Renkai in second place. Renkai has definitely bonded with Rei and Song, but I think it's a pretty innocent bond. He wants Song to be happy and find her way to Rui Shi again, just as he wants that for Azula with Sokka... and he wants Rei to be happy, too, in the same sense. He doesn't really perceive her all that differently as he does the other two. I don't really think it would be easy for him to think of her as a potential romantic partner for himself. That's really not on his mind at all. In that sense, he's a bit like Mei Xun, both of them are just... not looking for love for themselves, at all. They're happy to support other people in their lives who want and are looking for it, but they're not exactly desperate to find it themselves.

As for Rei, I think she would need like... 5-7 years of calm and stability to finally start thinking if she wants romantic love. I really laughed while writing her first thorough conversation with Song, where she was so confused by the concept of having sex with someone she liked, and she outright asked "would I have to?" because she's just... not really seeing the appeal of the concept at all x'D so, until she finds the appeal and has stabilized sufficiently, I think she's going to focus on pursuing her academic interests, and basically making up for all the time she sacrificed/wasted due to both of her birth parents and the circumstances she was stuck in.

So... would it be possible for something to happen between those two once they're ready? Maybe, and she'd definitely be adult enough at that point where people shouldn't feel suuuuper uncomfortable with the concept, even if they aren't big on age gaps. But there's ALSO the possibility that she might meet other people and fall in love with someone else (who knows, maybe Renkai could, too!). Point is... it's not going to happen within the scope of the story x'D potential-wise, they could have a decent relationship, absolutely, but neither character, at this point in time, is looking for romantic love or needs it all that much, they're motivated much more powerfully by other things instead.

[ryonello]

HI YALL i am moving house this month ....... !! ✦ running a sale this week to help with costs and lighten my load !! ✧ also discounted some old apex stuff that won't be restocking !! ╰ code MOVINGSALE for 20% off ╰ ends 22/5 ╰ i hope u find something u like 💌

[kiwikiswia]

*deep inhales*

HAPPPYYYYYY (EARLY) BIRTHDAY TO THE LESBIAN NBLW YURI ARTIST MUTUAL EVER @anonymocha RRAARARARARAGGGHHGHGGGGGAGARARARAAGH🔥💥💥🔥💥🔥💥💥💥🔥🔥💥💥💥🔥💥💥💥🔥💥💥🔥💥🔥💥💥💥🔥

ok but seriously happy birthday mocha! i'm sending this birthday gift early to you (exams... tomorrow...) but I hope it still pumps your spirits up to your next age!! I hope everything's alright and progressedly better on you. take care of yourself and keep going! keep nblw-ing the fuck out and you'll have to know I ENJOY seeing you being active on my dash talking about whatever, always be, but of course take your time when you're occupied with something, all the best for you basically 🫂❤

once again, happy birthday and I hope you're doing well and always be. I hope this gift can lift yourself up and make you ecstatic!

bonus:

[7roaches]

annoying + likes being annoyed

[michyeosseo]

I want to become stronger sooner to help Master wipe out the miasma from the Immortal Realm to free the people from oppression.

[iwatodaimessiah]

“Yes, exactly.” He pauses a moment before touching his hand to the pot. “...at least let me warm it up a bit for you, though.” If it’s gonna be from the pot, it may as well be hot.

"I mean, if it works, it works." Minato's definitely been there before, no judgement on his part.

"Exactly the point. Why fix the wheel when it's already working right?"

That's besides the point Akira you're drinking cold coffee from the coffee pot, but okay-

[mxwhore]

took myself... on a movie date!

[bean-face]

i hate when advanced technology looks streamlined

sorry you're telling me you have all these beautiful pieces, wiring, motors, lights, cameras, wheels, axels, gears, circuit boards, resistors, servos, potentiometers, speakers, buzzers, all this cool-ass fucking shit, working in tandem together, and you wanna hide her inside an edgeless white cube?

do you not understand the poetic power that comes with seeing so many different parts all working together towards a common goal, every single piece of her being spirring to life, each job so simple yet so important to enabling her to speak the words "i love you"???

and you want to hide all that away, as if the sterile cube can love by nature? NO! it's what's inside her that lets her love you idiot!

SHOW IT! let her nature be bared to everyone. show to her that this is a place of joy and acceptance where her insides are free to be outside and nothing is hidden.

[breannastewart]

stewie while on the bench during the new york @ indiana game (05/16/24)

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread

To Shape A Dragon’s Breath

YA fantasy

a young Indigenous girl finds & bonds with a dragon hatchling - the first time in many generations for her people - and is required to go to the coloniser’s dragon academy in their mainland city, to learn how to raise her dragon and the science of its magic

historical inspired setting on the cusp of industrial revolution with steampunk vibes

bi polyamorous MC, Black lesbian SC, nonverbal autistic SC

[foreverxdaydreaming]

x

[kuroosdarling]

hello friendz !! i am packing my bags and moving to @tetzoro !!! please come join me if ya want ^_^

back to navi.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[heatherchasesyou]

some gore art is so fuccen well done it ends up haunting me 😭😭

[2aceofspades]

okay Ace, I need you to know that I keep staring at your newest sona design update doodle and

heckin amaze-balls as per usual

i literally cannot stop looking at your antenna like its gonna start flashing out morse code

we'll be able to tell if you're in distress from a mile away cause we can see the light just frantically

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on repeat xD

also lowkey imagining a anglerfish scenario, luring someone closer to attack them with stickers or that definitely not terrifying bat of urs

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MORSE ANON!!!

Hi hello and GAH- Thank you so much!! 😭😭 You really know how to make a goon feel special 🥹

YES YES!! AAAAAH-

That's cannon now ✨ my lil antenna can definitely be used as a distress signal OR a way to lure in prey~

We're moving out of the trenches, my dear morse anon...mehehehe~

(:

[nomagicartz]

hi this is zkylox still too scared to use my main blog but ermm i just wanted to say thank y ou so so much for just. idk. you existing and your blog. i never in my life would've that i'd come across legit team crafted art in 2024 and people reclaiming the characters and it just made me so happy. while i wasn't specifically into the very very old teamcrafted i got into it around when munchingbrotato and bodil40 became main friends with sky and it holds a very very dear place in my memory because it helped me with so much horrible things going on in my life but when the stuff came out about adam i felt like i could never go back to it and had to turn away from ever drawing any fanart or even just reminiscing on those things again. so seeing your blog and seeing a community reclaiming things i use to try to push away but were an essential part of my childhood just filled me with so much joy and i cant thank you enough also your art is swagilicious

Aw im glad that i could fill ya with joy :] real happy to hear that !!

and ur art is so good as well hello love ur style