#i have lots of feelings about cr characters being in unconventional but deeply loving relationships with each other

[aeoris4lovers]

i am into ashrym and would love to add onto this because i love this concept and have lots of feelings about these two:

i feel like ashton would eventually sort of give up on trying to figure out their own attraction. he explores it for a while when he realizes there might be something more there, but ultimately decides after spending more time with orym and having a moment of “if i don’t keep this halfling as close to me as possible for as long as possible i will lose my mind” that it doesn’t matter — they don’t need to know what kind of attraction that is to know that it’s real and important, and orym is the only one they’ve felt that way about anyway so they decide the specifics aren’t really relevant.

and i think that kind of relationship would be really good for orym too. because the thing is, i think orym knows that will will always be the love of his life and that he’ll never be able to feel quite that way about anyone else, and that’s part of what makes the idea of pursuing a romantic relationship so complicated for him. but his relationship with ashton wouldn’t be predicated on having a certain level of romantic feelings — ashton doesn’t even know if their feelings for him are romantic, so they would never expect that of him. they don’t expect the kind of love he had for will because the two of them have their own kind of love for each other, and that’s enough.

and they explore all of those feelings together, orym figuring out out how to reconcile his new feelings with the love he still has for will and ashton trying to reconcile his new feelings with the way he sees himself. neither of them come out of it with a nice solid answer because things are rarely that simple, but the process brings them even closer together. maybe orym gets more comfortable with something explicitly romantic over time, maybe ashton decides their feelings for orym actually are romantic, but maybe neither of them do and they just keep doing their own thing together.

in the end, they both know that they care for each other deeply, trust each other implicitly, find comfort and safety in being close to each other, and want to spend as much of their time together as they can. and that’s really all that matters to either of them, so they’re content to just love each other in the way that comes naturally to them and not worry too much about the rest.

they just call each other partners and let other people make whatever assumptions they want. are they partners because of when they hold hands or kiss or cuddle? is it because they fight side by side in battle doing badass combo moves and saving each other’s asses? or is it something else? who knows, but they sure are attached at the hip and if you talk bad about one of them, the other will kill you.

also they’re t4t. thank you for coming to my ted talk.

I’m not personally into Ashrym so this isn’t something I’ll write, but perhaps if this reaches anyone who is and wants a fun idea:

I think a really cool plot to explore would be that Ashton and FCG are like aro/ace together and for the first time, maybe Ashton realizes their preferences may be more complicated (maybe they’re demiromantic/demisexual, for example), and they have to process a new facet of their identity and sexuality and orym would help guide them through it, the precious lil guy he is. I think it could be both a really interesting character study, a chance to reflect on a personal journey of discovery, and just a really soft way for two people to grow and support each other along the way.