#it's the world's greatest throuple with 6 people

[slyandthefamilybook]

gays need to get new names. every day I see posts about Steve x Bucky, Buck x Eddie, and Eddie x Steve and I'm only now realizing they're all different people

[fictionalcreator]

…okay i was convinced to read The Greatest Estate Developer and i have THOUGHTS and FEELINGS about it!! Only it’s 6 am and I haven’t slept in like 2 days because Gotta Read Story so not all of them are coherent

First and foremost (not really but for the bit) ORV has already established that the optimal throuple is a Weird Man, his aggressive but protective boyfriend, and an equally Weird Lady. We have Javier and Queen Alicia, both of whom have a deep trust and even respect for our resident Weird Man. Javier has been by his side constantly, watching him change and grow, has seen past his facades, pledging to lay down his life for him, and even learned to take a page from his book. Alicia intuitively understands him better than anyone else, is eager to see him thriving, owes him her life several times over, and is totally DTF. We are set. Also Relatively Normal Lady Siluria is there in the background (but she could be much more)

Also, Javier learned to do a Lloyd!! I’m so proud of my boy! And even as he’s doing it, he’s doing it with a base of absolute sincerity. Truly taking after his Lord in every way, from how they villainously spared people’s lives, extracted compensation from the wealthy, and improved people’s living conditions…in the end, even while acting villainous, all Javier really did was…ask the Heavens to not undo all their hard work and help save the life of his closest friend. He just did it without groveling and owing them a favor.

The same way that, in the end, Lloyd ended up saving a lot of people, even setting them on a better course in life, all while saying “this doesn’t make me a hero, because I only did it for selfish reasons.” Aaaand those reasons are (checks notes) living a life of peace, comfort, and happiness, surrounded by his thriving loved ones in a beautiful city that he personally helped to flourish. He didn’t even imagine fucking off to travel the world or anything! In his wildest fantasies he’s still managing a few things here and there! Javier was right, he has a poor man’s vision of being rich.

Honey…you talk big about aspiring to be a “rich bum” but you don’t even realize how quaint of a dream that really is…work until you save up enough for retirement is. Like. Normal. That’s just a normal thing to do. So what if you want to retire early? You don’t need to work ‘til you’re dead. You’re a nobleman in a feudal society. Not to mention, by this point (ch 167 of the webcomic) you’re put yourself through enough that you more than deserve it. Literally no one (except the Queen and perhaps Javier) would raise a single complaint about it. They’d just give you their well-wishes, saying “makes sense. He’s already done 100 years of work within 10. Lord Lloyd has done enough for us already. We’ll handle things from here.” (Though, at this point, I feel like Javier would appreciate the idea of Lloyd not facing any more life-threatening dangers, he would also be suspicious that Lloyd would end up getting himself into trouble anyway)

It’s just…god…self-sacrificing protagonists who convince themselves that they’re a fundamentally bad person for Wanting Things and handling their affairs in underhanded ways really get to me, especially when their first instinct is to be underhanded precisely because they were burned when they tried to be upright before.

And then the scene with the Jewel of Truth oooohhhhjjjkkh

He received a vision of doom from one of endings, heard from the legendary Dragon King (who apparently knows more about the world then anyone could have guessed) that this things would have his answer, LITERALLY went to Hell and back just to obtain the pieces to BUILD the damn thing, has to fight a whole-ass Angel just to finish it, and when, at long last, it’s completed, what does it say??

“Either you or your best friend have to die. No other way.”

God. It might as well have said “kys lmao”. I can see why he went into shock. All that, and he wasn’t even looking to be done and over with it, he was just looking for a way forward, something he could actually do, anything! And that bastard hunk of rock said “the way forward does not exist.” Just. God. Makes me kind of angry just thinking about it. The fact that THAT was the result of ALL of that effort. The moment Javier hears what that damn rock said it is going to be smashed to smithereens.

‘Cause he’ll make the connection. You know he will. He’s smart enough for that. He’ll hear what the damn rock said and go “ah. So Master Lloyd was preparing to resign himself to death.” And after he smashes the rock he is going to be ROYALLY pissed that Suho would even THINK about harming himself.

And then they’re probably gonna have to stop Javier from making good on his promise to lay down his life for that guy…ugh…they care about each other…

I saw that look of panic when Lloyd thought Javier had vanished for a split second, and we just saw how Javier will take matters (even outside of fights) into his own hands if it means protecting Lloyd. They just…they’re the only ones they can show their true faces to. Javier can be both sharp-tongued and sincere, Lloyd can be both scheming and sincere…heck, not even Queen Alicia has had the chance to see Lloyd actually cry. They care so much…

…to be honest I wanna see one of the “bad endings” be Javier (and Alicia) absolutely fucking shit up because someone killed Lloyd…like…do you know how much you mean to them???

(At least it looks like he’s starting to understand)

Ooohhh I have so many Thoughts and Feelings…

[bakedbakermom]

Thanks for the tag @thatfragilecapricorn30!

Fannish Year Review - 2023

1. Your main fandom of the year: The X-Files. The first, the greatest, the best. My one in five billion.

2. Your favorite film this year: Yikes I did not watch many movies this year. I did go see Barbie twice (and I'll probably watch it again this week!). I can't remember watching anything else that had an impact on me.

3. Your favorite book this year: I started reading the Discworld series and it's FANTASTIC but probably my favorite individual book this year was This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.

4. Your favorite album or song this year: Hozier's Unreal Unearth. It's the only new album I got into, though I did rediscover some old favorites.

5. Your favorite tv shows this year: A Murder at the End of the World has me HOOKED.

6. Your favorite tumblr community this year: Wait there's communities outside the XF Fandom?

7. Your best new fandom discovery of the year: see above lol

8. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year: Like 4 people read Stained. That fic has been brewing in my skull for over 20 years and I finally got it right after so much struggle and it just... didn't resonate. I get it, but I'm still kinda bummed about it.

9. Your tv/movie boyfriend and/or girlfriend of the year: I would like to be in a throuple with Mulder and Scully please.

10. Your biggest squeeze moment of the year: Absolutely LOVED the way the fandom rallied with fics, gifs, art, and personal stories for the XF 30th Anniversary. This fandom is completely amazing and I love all of you for still being the same flavor of insane that we've all been since the early days of the internet. X-Philes forever!

tagging uhhhhhhh shit i'm bad at this who is everyone uhhhhhhh @ragnarockz @perpetually-weirdening @trans-gale (you change your username so much i can never find you!) @cutemothman @storybycorey @danascullysjournal (you too with the usernames young lady)