#i am going to cry again

[novaliane-san]

I've been thinking about this, too. Sasuke doesn't care about being attracted to men/women or being desired by them. Physical attraction, sexuality or intimacy are things that Sasuke doesn't give too much thought about, so he will be the type to just wake up one day and realize he wants his blue-eyed and blonde teammate and be like "I guess we are doing this now" and wouldn't care what others thought about it. He wouldn't even bother about the idea of coming out to anyone or make a big deal about it because he would be like, "Is not my problem if you didn't realize it on your own. I don't own you or society anything. What do you mean you have a say in what I want? Fuck off"

But Naruto...*sigh* he would be so conflicted and embarrassed because liking men or being attracted to them doesn't seem like something "a real konoha man/hero" would do. When asked about it, he will always deflect and over compensate.

After finally being recognized, accepted, celebrated, and "loved" by konoha society after he saved its ass, Naruto would try so desperately to keep that. Being a dazzling hero on a journey to save your rouge "friend" is cool, but being a gay boy in love on a journey to save your soulmate is not. So, of course, Naruto would try to change the narrative constantly with things like "because he is my friend", "because he is like a brother to me", "because I made a promise", "Is just that I can't put this feelings into words", "A true man/hero wouldn't abandon a friend", etc.

Then, it makes sense for Naruto's character to be in denial. After finally bringing Sasuke home and redeeming him, the next step would be: "Where do we go from here? What would our relationship be like from now on? How are we going to navigate this new middle ground we finally found?" You know, acknowledging feelings and stuff. But Naruto couldn't do it. And Sasuke knew it.

Sasuke might not care about being gay in the public eye, but he cares deeply about Naruto's feelings. If Sasuke saw that Naruto wasn't ready to be honest with himself, Sasuke would never be the one to push him because he respects and loves Naruto too much for that.

Ergo, he leaves hoping to give Naruto some time to think things through, without pressure, and with total liberty and freedom...to chose him one more time but this time not as a "friend" or "brother" but as his significant other and soulmate.

And we know how that ended.

naruto and sasuke are two gay men, they just deal with it in a different way. sasuke has no problem with it, he always didn't give a shit about what others thought of him, so he doesn't even care if a naked man approaches him(suigetsu scene)

naruto, on the other hand, always cares about what others think of him, he wants to fit into society and be one more, he wants to stop being discriminated against and judged. So he wouldn't have any problem falling in love with sasuke if it didn't mean admitting that he likes men, he never had any example of this. causing panic in him and causes him to ignore his emotions and accept any request from society, including being a repressed gay man and marrying someone he never loved.

[sapphicwitch]

Somewhere along the way, I became emotionally attached to a loner lesbian witch killer with a lifetime of trauma and her drop-dead gorgeous earthy ex who bent the rules of the natural world just to give her love more time with their son.

[hearturn]

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[uraandri]

i forgot yuji was there when nanami died what the fuuuuuuuuuuuck

[holyblanchett]

We could've had it all

[corpsentry]

pick your battles

[xxplastic-cubexx]

//LOUD INCOMPREHENSIBLE POINTING//

[featherfangart]

Nothing Beats Pizza On A Cliff

Right? And some things are said...

Part ONE | Part TWO | Part THREE | Part FOUR | Part FIVE | Part SIX | Part SEVEN | Part EIGHT | Part NINE | Part TEN | Part TWELVE | Part THIRTEEN | Part FOURTEEN

[hinamie]

god, i wish i knew you back when i was a kid / but when you stare into me now, it feels like i did

[lovely-v]

Me before completing the forest temple: okay I get that ocarina of time is fun and nostalgic for people but it’s a bit of a stretch to call it one of the greatest video games of all time

Me after completing the forest temple: By revealing that Link is not a Kokiri, but a Hylian, the game effectively strips him of his humble origins amongst a group of people that already fail to recognize him in his adult form. Thus, kokiri village instantly becomes a location that is no longer Link’s home in any sense, exacerbated by the fact that the game now loads up in the temple of time instead of Link’s bedroom— he is a stranger in the only place that has ever been familiar to him and he is depressingly reduced to his destiny alone. However, the subsequent introduction of the time travel mechanic, which allows the player to travel from the horrific apocalyptic future back to the idyllic past of Link’s childhood, gives new meaning to the idea of this “destiny”. In effect, Link is not a stock “chosen one”, but a protagonist who consciously decides to fight onwards. Link’s dual existence as a child who knows the grim future and as an adult who was powerless to stop disaster gives a sort of desperation to his character, because while it brings the player relief to revisit the Castle Town that is populated by cheerful villagers instead of lurking zombies, the story can only be progressed through the acknowledgement of reality — the decision to make those seven years pass again. Therefore, both the player and Link as a character must be proactive in their heroism and make the conscious choice to struggle onwards despite the darkness that permeates—

[inkskinned]

one of the things about being an educator is that you hear what parents want their kids to be able to do a lot. they want their kid to be an astronaut or a ballerina or a politician. they want them to get off that damn phone. be better about socializing. stop spending so much time indoors. learn to control their own temper. to just "fucking listen", which means to be obedient.

one of the things i learned in my pedagogy classes is that it's almost always easier to roleplay how you want someone to act. it's almost always easier to explain why a rule exists, rather than simply setting the rule and demanding adherence.

i want my kids to be kind. i want them to ask me what book they should read next, and i want to read that book with them so we can discuss it. i want my kid to be able to tell me hey that hurt my feelings without worrying i'll punish them. i want my kid to be proud of small things and come running up to me to tell me about them. i want them to say "nah, i get why this rule exists, but i get to hate it" and know that i don't need them to be grateful-for-the-roof-overhead while washing the dishes. i want them to teach me things. i want them to say - this isn't safe. i'm calling my mom and getting out of this. i want them to hear me apologize when i do fuck up; and i want them to want to come home.

the other day a parent was telling me she didn't understand why her kid "just got so angry." this woman had flown off the handle at me.

my dad - traditional catholic that he is - resents my sentiment of "gentle parenting". he says they'll grow up spoiled, horrible, pretentious. granola, he spits.

i am going to be kind to them. i am going to set the example, i think. and whatever they choose become in the meantime - i'm going to love them for it.

[thekittyokat]

you ever just have a lot, a LOT of feelings all at once about a character and not even remotely enough words or brainpower to FORM the words to describe everything you're feeling. so it feels like you may explode. yeah

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 131

Okay, so first of all Dan would like to say it’s not his fault. Ellie was the one to bring some unknown object into the speeder and Jazz was the one driving. Or had Sam been driving- didn’t matter! It wasn’t his fault, he wasn’t the one shooting at them, he wasn’t the one to break whatever, he was not the one to open a stupid portal, and so it wasn’t his fault! 

So why is he now like, five years old, and why is the speeder crashed in some sort of corn field. Why is everyone- except for Jazz whose now like six- also like three at most?! And- oh fuck the door just opened and… okay that’s a kid. Like, nine at most. 

A kid and an adult, who he hadn’t noticed at first so again, it’s not his fault if he hissed at them and tried to hide his not-siblings behind him. It’s also not fair they’re apparently stuck to ghost speak for who knows how long, but at least they can understand the people. 

“Martha, get some blankets, it’s happened again!” 

[fernsnailz]

i don't know how to describe how much i love sonic battle's endings with words so i made a comic about it

epilogue:

[starfruitsomething]

@netflix

[cto10121]

Book Fiyero: *immediately recognizes Elphaba and stations himself at the backdoor to prevent her from evading him, stalks her halfway across town to her aerie (even though at that point in time she was only a college friend he hadn’t seen in five years), insists on seeing her again, instinctively goes to comfort her when she first cries, gets sucked into increasingly deep and fraught conversations with her about collateral damage and freedom fighter terrorism, calls her the “most individual, the most separate, the most real” DURING AN ARGUMENT, says he adores Elphaba’s looks IN THAT SAME ARGUMENT, doesn’t understand Elphaba’s “being born with a talent or an inclination for goodness is the aberration” comment because (implied) he sincerely believes Elphaba isn’t evil, changes his mind about the plight of the Animals all by himself but doesn’t mention it to Elphaba because he is afraid she would distance himself from him, buys scarves for both his wife and Elphaba even though only Elphaba likes scarves, is so concerned for Elphaba and her dangerous Lurlinemas Eve mission that he stalks her instead of staying at his club or just leaving town altogether, and is so worried about her that he returns to the aerie just to see her*

Also Book Fiyero: Am I in love with Elphaba?