#its been a while since ive watched slimeriana content (because its been MONTHS since they were together) but

[pyrosomatic-metamorphosis]

the biggest difference is internal vs external factors i think. because both ships are made of damaged people who have and will hurt each other, but slimeriana started out hurting each other. they didnt love each other; they loved to hate each other. every slight fed fuel to the fire. there is no understanding except in anger and grief and sex. they are Like That because of the people that rhey are- it’s all internal factors. putting them in a different environment wouldnt do anything but give them more things to be jealous over and fight about. They’re too similar, and -in slime’s case, at least- there’s of too much self-hatred for that to ever be a good thing.

vs 4halo, which only became painful during the election. before that, they were genuinely so sweet. Forever was one of the first people Bad saw as an equal Egg Protector, and Bad helped Forever locate Richarlyson after quackity took him. they were playful and sweet until external forces (the feds) started putting pressure on them, and even then they still fought to get along. Even after their last big fight before the Furniture Incident, bbh was still trying to play devil’s advocate because he KNEW forever is good and was trying his best. and forever has been reaching out to bad Non Stop after he came off the happy pills, even though he knows bad kidnapped a fed worker. and the way they came back from the happy pill arc itself!! before it, they were genuinely at one another’s throats- i think bbh was This Close to starting a genuine revolution. but then the happy pill arc happened and he remembered it wasnt forever he was upset with, it was the feds, and that’s allowed them to come back to some equilibrium now. theyre still at odds because of the “dont kidnap a worker” “i wanna kidnap so many workers” alternate sides they’re on, BUT, if you dropped them on another island somewhere with none of these responsibilities to ‘reset’ them, i genuinely think they’d find their way back to the initial genuine friendship (especially if they had something to mutually protect)

Our resident toxic yaoi couple is self destructive and requires no one but their own damn selves to Ruin Everything. and our dramatically tragic yaoi Situationship needed to be wrung through eight different wringers before they turned on each other

toxic yaoi (slimeriana) vs tragic yaoi (4halo)