#mourning friendship

[look-a-diversion]

not to get personal to a bunch of strangers on the getting-personal-to-a-bunch-of-strangers platform, but mourning a friendship you chose to end is a really odd, specific kind of grief.

that thing you saw that made you think of them, who will you share it with?

that thing sitting on your desk that you hadn't gotten around to mailing to them, what will you do with it now?

that trick or skill they taught you, that resource they shared with you, that song they played you that you still like-- they're still part of your life, but now sometimes you feel sad and angry when they come up and wonder if you have a right to them anymore.

your friend isn’t dead. somewhere, they are alive and experiencing all the joys you would have celebrated with them and the pain you would have tried to support them through. they're having a day somewhere and you're not going to ask them how it's going. you're not going to talk about it. you're not going to laugh at those inside jokes you had with only them ever again. you'll never talk to them again. you could, but you can't. you could, but you won't.

it's for the best. you wouldn't have made the choice you did if you didn't sincerely believe that. but still, this strange grief for the living.

where do you put it?

[the-royal-blue-network]

Casualty

Grief, or deep sorrow, is usually reserved for the dead; but in Maya Wallace’s case, no one has died. Instead, she is mourning the loss of a friendship. For years, Maya, her partner Rex, and their friend Roger were thick as thieves; the three amigos. But when Roger began dating Megan, Roger became unrecognizable, and though Rex and Maya tried to hold onto their friend, in the end, Roger was a lost cause. It took months of crying, watching shitty rom-coms, and lots of ice cream for Maya and Rex to process the loss of their friend. But they did it, they went through it, and made it to the other side. But months later, when Maya comes across a photo of Roger, on a very important day of his life, Maya comes to learn that grief isn't a linear process. But what does that mean? What’s in this photo? And why would it have the power to send Maya back through the entire grieving process again?

CLICK THE TITLE, AND FIND OUT TODAY!

[dapper-lil-arts]

It's never too late to love, it's never too late to live.

[sylvia-de-silva]

[miss-louisa-may]

pete, richie and ruth always go over the top for halloween. richie is into anime and ruth is into theatre- of course they go hard on the costumes! and pete is so down to go along with it

they always have group costumes, planned so far in advanced, of some niche thing no one but them will recognise- it's just tradition at this point

it's really the only time they can express themselves without being bullied, so halloween is like the biggest night of the year for them

but then pete has to face his first halloween without them

and the costume hanging in his closet, from some anime richie made them all watch together, just breaks him

so it just sits there. and he just sits there

even when ted suggests they go out to the cinema's halloween movie screening. even when steph invites him to a halloween party. because they don't get it

they don't understand

halloween night belonged to him and ruth and richie. to pete, it feels like a betrayal to spend the night with anyone else

so pete spends the night locked in his room, flipping through photos of him and his friends- his best friends- over so many years of halloween costumes

and he smiles and he cries and he laughs as he watches him and his friends grow up one year at a time. he watches as their costumes change from generic vampires and witches to characters that no one recognised, but meant something to them. he watches as one thing never changes- how happy they are in each and every photo

and it really hits him...

there won't be anymore smiles. there won't be anymore costumes. there won't be anymore debates over which candy was the best. there won't be anymore "aren't you a bit old to be trick or treating?"

for richie and ruth, there won't be anymore growing up

[lunabug2004]

Sometimes I feel like such a hypocrite because even though I don't agree with most aspects of branded-ship culture for BLs, I would be absolutely heartbroken if OffGun, GeminiFourth, or FirstKhao ever permanently split

[what-is-love-babey-dont-hurt-me]

Liking family content is fine and with that out of the way I gotta say. The popular view of the fandom viewing Kirby and Bandana ONLY as kids and often forcing the main four into a nuclear family unit and reducing Kirby especially to a shallow baby stereotype and completely ignoring the beautiful, complex, and nuanced friendship dynamics of the main four that is right there is the greatest tragedy ever.

And the irony of a series that so greatly stresses the importance and significance of platonic relationships just to have it tossed to the side by the fandom gets me.

[writesology]

how grateful i am, to be able to call you mine

[buttclench-ryugazaki]

[blue-thief]

he should have been at the club

[amadelii]

In another world--

That one scene from Pride (tee hee) and Prejudice but its um... Them.

More versions under the cut!

I couldn't decide which frame style I liked so here's a bunch!

[hythlodaes]

junelezen day twenty five - old friend

[starii-void]

something about mei and mk being ‘the hero and the warrior’ except they’re more based

theres been a few instances of mei being upset about not being able to spend as much time with MK (the one i remember more vividly was her in s5 wanting to go on a ‘classic MK and Mei adventure!’ but im p sure there was an instance in s4 too that i cant recall) which lead to some thoughts

ive seen a lot of stuff about them and how mei might end up like macaque, bitter and abandoned by MK, like wukong did. but i just feel like it isnt true. so this is my future theory:

there’d be a build up of more instances like this. mei wants to do stuff with MK, but he prioritizes his hero training/duties. each time, she’s shown subtly being more and more upset until one day she snaps. she confronts him and is visibly upset, yelling at him.

but then, instead of snapping back (like Wukong did) he apologizes. maybe it can parallel the first fight they had in season 1 during the race somehow?

in the end, the two do what Wukong and Macaque couldnt, and make up. MK owns up to his mistake and they both get better. they have their own little adventures together, or something like that

and like that, it shows how they’re different from the Hero and the Warrior. it shows how Wukong and Macaque couldve turned out if theyd just put down their pride and communicated. it shows what they couldve been.

basically i just think they wouldnt turn out like macaque and wukong. ive seen a lot of people theorize that but they arent emotionally constipated enough for that to happen, plus we’ve seen them argue and make up on screen already.

also i think itd just make for some cool opportunities for art and visual parallels

[pained-princessluna]

I have such a high sense of loyalty and respect that even if we part ways, I'd never air your dirty laundry. No matter how bad you cut me down, stabbed me in the back or broke my heart. I haven't decided if this is a strength or a flaw.

[cupidford]

Honeybee Heart by OffYourBird

Johnlock Love Letters #2338

At Sherlock’s funeral, John finds a note in his suit pocket that changes everything.

[itsnotmourn]

sleepy kitties