#i don’t think this counts as spoilers

[ratsonfire]

I never thought a Honda Odyssey could be so homoerotic

[kimaisalloren]

You know shits ab to go down when they hit you wit this look

[4-lemurs-in-a-trench-coat]

The crocs are in sports mode he’s ready for action

Here too

[ziggstheenby-2]

Alright I was NOT prepared for how good nerdy prudes must die was gonna be

[amethystroselily]

I headcanon Shi Mei as bi, bc I just think it would be really funny if the one out of the main four that everyone in-universe just assumed was gay was the only one that was actually getting girls.

He spends over half of his time offscreen and it’s not like mo Ran views him as a fully formed person enough to speculate on what he’s up to, so like I think it’s totally possible that Shi Mei had flings.

[littler3d]

For the sanctity of fairness I must confess:

Daemon looks so fucking goofy in his helmet my god

[autisticstevenuniverse]

Current favorite episodes: The Empty Child, Blink, Turn Left, The Flux (counts as one), and now Dot and Bubble

[t0ast-ghost]

Not even two minutes in and this is the gayest shit I’ve ever seen

[nosleep83]

GOODBYE EVERYONE IM DONE

[opilionest]

The water 7 arc summed up in two sentences: the assassination was an inside job. Oh yeah and the two fruitiest gay guys share a dirty little secret

[cha1cedony]

Erm. No coherent words about this episode right now. But I did record a voice memo of myself screaming about it to my friend for like 10 minutes. Uhm. Augh. GOD.

[strawberryscare]

new fav ship prospect is buddy and fabian. imagine growing up intensely religious and conservative and not only do you end up with rich asshole bisexual disaster boyfriend but he sincerely suggests you meet his godless hellish pirate devil prince father. there’s something very charming in all that.

[braisedhoney]

the tsp jim button except it wipes gabriel’s memories instead

[boawawas]

whatever. close enough. welcome back Tom Wambsgans and Siobhan Roy.

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

See, I think Charles’ annoyance and frustration with the Cat King really was just pure protectiveness and not any kind of jealousy - it’s understandable, because Edwin is not telling him what happened even though something clearly did, which is not typical for them. Edwin doesn’t usually hide things like this! Of course he’s worried!

Charles’ reaction to Monty, on the other hand, is difficult to explain in a way that isn’t jealousy. You could say he’s being protective again, but Charles shows no sign of distrust in Monty, and had no idea of who Monty was or that he might betray them - he was actually very chill with him, except in a select few specific scenes. You could say he just doesn’t like him because he got brushed off during their first meeting, but not only does that not seem like Charles at all, it also doesn’t make sense, since, again, in most instances, Charles is genuinely friendly and is happy when Monty compliments him and seems to have come around to liking him (it completely flies over his head that this is a petty jab at Edwin on Monty’s part but oh well hahaha). You could say it changes up their status quo a bit and that bothers Charles. I do think this bothers him a bit, but I think, unlike Edwin, Charles’ fear and frustration here is directed more at situations (the Cat King whisking him away for several hours, as an example) than others. He’s sociable and likes being able to talk to new people. There’s absolutely no way he’d begrudge Edwin doing the same - and he doesn’t… with Niko. Edwin and Niko hit it off and become very close and that never bothers Charles at all. He’s incredibly endeared to her, just like the rest, and for the most part, he’s chill with Monty too, and smiles pretty knowingly when Edwin confesses to him having awakened some feelings. The only exceptions, where he shows definite annoyance, are when Monty first shows up and gets really in Edwin’s personal space to show him the astrology chart he made, and when Edwin is so sucked into the book Monty gave him that he doesn’t hear that Charles is talking to him, to which he annoyedly says that they seem to have been “spending a lot of time together”.

You could say he’s unused to having anyone get in Edwin’s personal space like that, but, again, Niko. She’s very tactile with him and he doesn’t seem to mind all that much; they spend time together watching things. If it was just someone getting close with Edwin in general, not only would that be weirdly possessive for the character, but it would also mean he would show discomfort with anyone getting close, I think. Does Charles see Monty as more of a potential threat than Niko, seeing as he knows her and her personality and doesn’t know Monty? Well, maybe, but again, Charles shows no sign of distrusting Monty at all.

Monty is a boy. Okay. So something about seeing Edwin so close to a boy that is not him, getting lost in thought over something this boy gave him, really rubs Charles the wrong way. Charles appears to catch on just as quickly as anyone else that there is something (or it looks like something) between Edwin and Monty. He is not surprised when Edwin comes out to him in episode 6, and in fact, seems to have just been waiting for him to verbalize it. He smiles and is not bothered at all by Edwin showing (what he thinks is) a romantic interest in Monty - he just doesn’t like it when Monty clearly shows a romantic interest in Edwin. Um. Well. Well.

Charles is jealous. I really don’t know what else to say.

Look, when I first watched this show, I actually didn’t want them to end up together romantically - I love the idea of one having fallen in love with another who does not reciprocate and the two of them still loving each other just as much. That Edwin’s confession made them closer instead of making things awkward is such a beautiful outcome to this build up and I absolutely love it. However. On my two rewatches, I caught a lot more little details, and I think it would be very strange if the show did not follow up on this. That, plus the deliberate quality of these “jealousy” moments where the camera focuses on him, Charles’ Orpheus coding throughout the show, the fact that Edwin’s arc was far more about realizing his feelings for Charles specifically than just coming to terms with his sexuality, and that even the actors admit that Charles’ response to the confession kind of left things open, it really seems to me like the path leads to a romantic endgame for them, or at the very least, that this possibility will be explored in more depth.

**This is just my reading of it. Please do not use this post as a gotcha for anyone who loves them as a platonic duo or people who really love Crystal and Charles together (because let’s face it, they’re super cute too). I’m just doing my rambles. As per usual.

[biowho]

Tweaking my Rook’s origin now that we have background paragraphs for each faction has me pacing around and gesturing in the perfect mix of an elderly Italian man in the heart of Boston and a PhD student trying to draft their thesis