#ive not been in many relationships

[staghunters]

6, 8, 18!

6 - any relationship advice?

Ough, uh, based on my own experiences I'm gonna go with that there is no set way/pace of doing things. Similarly there's the thing that every person loves differently, and reading into that is a totally human thing, but sometimes it is better to just vibe it out.

Or I had trouble with when things got uncertain and then I got stressed out about trying to save a sinking ship and only sinking it further in the process. Working on that! You're not gonna know everything about each other, and that's totally cool beans.

8 - any fandom/niche/hyperfixation topics you can rant about for hours?

If we're taking ranting in the negative way, I can totally go on about misinterpretations of fairly popular greek myths and the effects that has on the general image of mythology. It's always more nuanced than most popular interpretations seem to suggest. (l*re *lympus my beloathed)

But on a positive note! I love it when works break the mold. I love it when things are aware of the limitations of their medium and twist them into tremendous advantages. I got a whole thesis on why Carrie (Stephen King) works so well in book form because telepathy!! and when you are reading the words you are thinking them!! so it's close to the thing it wants to depict!! Also the intertextuality of that one is so nice. UGH. It is one of my favorite books for a reason.

18 - favorite biome/landscape?

Already answered!

beep boop ask game

[petricorah]

scenes i loved from Real Enough to Get Me Through by @marriedzukka <333 [ids in alt]

[maomango-doodle]

Getting to know people

Based on @acetrigunweek day 3's quote

[ricky-mortis]

Curtwen Week Day 6: Happy Ending

[mc-tummy-blur]

I’ve been so busy with other stuff but I really want to get back to drawing WHF art so I went and cleaned up a wip. Not sure how I feel with some of the angles but I just needed to get this out of my system

Based off of this clip

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[prapais]

LOVE IN THE AIR ⋮ SPECIAL EPISODE. are we good now?

[zuzu-romeave]

insane to me that brad just straight up tells jo "i like you." in the season 2 finale. it wasn't some manipulation thing or a power play it was just a genuine moment of affection it's literally so cute

[possamble]

I'm not allowed to be on social media for more than two seconds today but I just wanted to say that Laios will absolutely have his own reaction to all this as someone who would die for Falin but has also imprinted on Marcille as his Emotional Support Comphet White Girl Not-Girlfriend along the way

[glyphes]

i think part of the reason why bloodweave works so well is because it’s self recognition through the other. 2 sides of the same coin

astarion didn’t like gale at first and i think it’s because it was like looking into a mirror. the same hunger, the same need to chase after power because neither of them think they’re safe/good enough as they are, the same desperation for love and acceptance

and they could very well be the pair that breaks each other out of this pattern of thinking

we see how gentle astarion can be with someone he cares for and how he doesn’t want to see the other hurt. we see how understanding and sympathetic gale can be and how devoted he is to his partner no matter what. they won’t want to ruin the other because they’re all they have. i might even go so far to say that they understand each other on a deeper level than any of the other companions do

[forestgreenlesbian]

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[redrobin-detective]

Iruma is an invasive species within the Netherworld, and like many invasive species he will conquer if left unchecked.

We know at some point, humans and demons interacted though, at some point, they each became each other’s myths. I propose that the separation was intentional on the demon side, relegating humans to bedtime stories. They did this because they knew a single human could elevate or devastate the Netherworld. Humans are weaker in demons in most ways physically but their real strength lies in their cooperativeness and desire for community, adaptability  and perseverance despite adversity.

Right from the start, Iruma has unnaturally succeeded in a world that incredibly hostile to him. And yet from the start be began building relationships. We’ve seen demons don’t have much of a concept of ‘friends’ the closest being ‘allies’. The Misfits individually were lazy and self-centered which is what got them sent to troublemakers class. Only when Iruma reached out and formed positive relationships, created a foreign system of giving and receiving help did they really flourish. With each arc, we see the class cooperating and relying with each other more and more, even in individual events. Its helped them grow exponentially in power and personality and only occurred because Iruma planted the notion that they are stronger together.

Iruma is also extremely adaptable not only from his hectic upbringing but his innate humanity. Despite not knowing the context of what is happening during most of his day, he adapts extremely well. He uses what skills he gained in the human world by tweaking them to suit his needs and picked up new demonic skills (such as using Ali-san’s stored magic) very quickly. Part of the ‘special training’ leading up to the Harvest Festival was forcing the kids to break out of just using their bloodline abilities. Iruma has no power himself and thus isn’t limited in what he uses to complete a task. We’ve seen on a few occasions he wins simply because his opponent is too stuck in a particular way of fighting and thinking. Being able to think on his feet and not just stick to the familiar is what makes him such a fierce opponent.

Finally, we’ve observed that demons on the whole are self-centered and lazy. This is not always the case but overall many lack the ability to pursue or accept change. Even the Six Fingers is all about returning to origins and reviving Delkira, in other words, moving backwards. But since he arrived in the Netherworld Iruma has boldly moved forward. He integrated well into a completely alien environment and not only became popular but powerful very quickly. He worked hard to unlearn an ingrained skill (dodging) to win a contest going head to head with the most powerful student. Even when his fellows wanted to give up, his dedication and well known compassion helped win them the Royal One. He became an expert archer even when his master said most demons gave up, refusing to put in the effort. Challenges that most demons backed down from, Iruma charged on ahead.

Iruma used his ability to bring people together, to adapt to any situation no matter how strange and to see his ambitions through to go from someone who should’ve been eaten on day one to a stand out demon. Iruma himself is a kind, extraordinary young man but he also has a natural advantage in an environment he is unknowingly adapted to. It’s one of the reasons why he will eventually be demon king because who else deserves to stand at the very top than the creature who can outnumber, out-think and outlast any demonic opponent?

[junebugdunes]

I hope the guilt hits you like a brick

[jacks347]

A story about a very religious boy who goes to confession every week to pray for God to take his gay thoughts away and the priest's son practicing to take over for his father who slowly falls in love with him until one day when he comes to confession in tears because someone caught him with another boy and he's being burned as a witch, accused by the town and his scared lover that he'd put a spell on him and was practicing witchcraft

The priest finally pulls back the curtain to confess his feelings and help him escape but he's already gone, dragged to the pyre and it's only as the torches are lit that he finally learns the name and face of the boy who stole his heart

"Caleb. Caleb Thomas. The blacksmith's son. That's who he was. The boy who came to confession every week, who begged for the Lord to forgive him, to take away the part of him that was so wrong and broken. The boy I'd come to love. The boy I watched now as my father lit the wood beneath his feet, condemning him to fires far worse than the ones that would sear his mortal skin.

Did he know? Did he know how he'd broken every rule I'd ever been taught with his laugh? How he'd torn down all the walls I'd put up as he told his story? How he'd taught me what love really was? That love was never just the transaction my parents made it seem, it was so much more beautiful than that. Love lived and grew and was so strong it made your head spin and I had it. I'd felt it. But I never got to live it. I was too scared, too stuck in the ways of the past like the generations before me. And now I'd never feel it again. I'm so sorry Caleb. I couldn't save you, I can't even save myself. If loving you is so wrong, then take my heart with you. Let it die in the fire that engulfs you, for that will be the only way I can live in the way I'm supposed to. May God have mercy on your soul."

"David Williams, you have no idea what you've done to me. I see you out there, your eyes just as beautiful as the first time we met. Do you see me now? Do you realize all I've done to try and fill the hole in my heart that was only ever meant for you? Don't cry, my love, I'm not worth your tears. Don't blame yourself for my mistakes. Don't fall in the eyes of the Lord you hold so dear because of me. I was never worth your time, your attention, your heart. I could never be worth it.

I tried, I tried so hard to forget you. To replace you, to rebuke you. But your eyes, your smile, your laugh, they haunt my dreams and remind me of these thoughts and how broken I am. My heart shouldn't miss a beat whenever we make eye contact during mass, I shouldn't ache for your touch whenever our hands would brush together during communion, I shouldn't want you the way I've never wanted a woman. But I do. God strike me down where I stand, I do. And it's because of that I can't have you. I won't taint you the way I've been, I won't give the devil your heart the way he's taken mine. I can only hope God will forgive my grave sin of loving you."

(I wish I could say I was sorry but y'all know I'm not)

(hums "Love was the law, religion was taught")

[ms-all-sunday]

for the record i dont personally care if you think how zoro treated usopp wasnt protraying usopp as appealing enough to the audience, i think thats missing the point. but regardless.

if you dont think usopp apologizing and correcting his behaviour from that point onwards isnt attractive i dont know what to tell you. thats like the most attractive thing anybody can ever do.

[skunkes]

what they dont tell you about being incredibly introspective is that you'll think you're done making realizations and then you'll just make more realizations always all the time forever

[sualne]

sycamore's relationships in kingmaker