#no romo only plato

[thatwildnya]

Chapter 2: Scale and Fur Babies

chatters:

Nya: finally convinced Wild to post the second chapter of his centaur AU! do give him praise!

Wild: i appreciate the feedback i get from the people who said something, it’s given me some confidence in my skills. thank you so much! you can thank nya for what deuce ended up being

TW: lilia's cooking

Jack: wolf pup

Deuce: kaprosuchus saharicus aka cheetah gator

Now that you were living with two centaurs you needed extra food and pet supplies. You left to get what you need the third day in your new home. Silver wanted to go with you, promising to be good and listen to whatever you told him. But his father wouldn’t allow it. He informed you if someone figured out they were unregistered centaurs they would be taken away immediately. It was law that any unregistered pets be taken into custody before adoption could occur. The father and son would most likely be separated if that happened. And it costs a lot of money to put a pet on hold apparently. Though the only reason it was like this was probably to bring in extra money. Basically a scam. Damn greedy government.

He told you to get identification accessories if you were interested in keeping them as your own, saying he didn’t mind having you as their master. You’d have to send in some paperwork to adopt them formally but it would decrease any suspicions if they had something on them at least.

“Plus you could definitely use some strong pets to keep you safe. You aren’t as equipped to defend yourself as most humans.” Did he figure out that you were magicless already? This did put you off for a moment, but you didn’t dwell. You’ve heard plenty of stories about how weirdly perceptive fae centaurs are.

So now you found yourself waiting at the bus stop in the rain with an umbrella that had holes. Not that it was much help anyway. It was so windy the rain just went wherever it wanted. You sigh, making a mental note to get a raincoat and new umbrella too.

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You stepped off the bus, not bothering to open the umbrella. You chucked it into a nearby trash can immediately. Taking shelter under a nearby tarp, you fish out your phone to pull up directions.

Just as you clicked ‘Start Route’ the bang of a metal trash can falling caught your attention. Peeking around the corner, you catch sight of a blue scaly tail poking from underneath an upside down cardboard box. You turned away, you already had two pets to look after. You didn’t need another.

But your body didn’t listen. Turning back, your feet carry you to the box despite you thinking over and over you don’t need another.

Squatting down and lifting it up, you find not one but two centaurs. One was a pup with dirty white fur. The other an… alligator? Its body was very gator-like, but instead of the usual small legs gators had, it had long legs definitely made for running and jumping.

The tiny centaurs stare up at you, big eyes unblinking. The pup growled, baring his teeth. His fur puffed up in an attempt to look bigger. The uh… gator shrunk behind his friend, hissing quietly.“Do not take them with you do not take them with you do not take them with you.” you think as you take off your jacket and scoop up the two up, holding them to your chest tightly as they wriggle and protest.

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“Are you okay ma’am/sir?” an employee asks as you walk into the supermarket with bleeding and bruised arms.

“Very.” you answer through gritted teeth. The little ones were very bitey and untrusting. In the end you ended up shoving them into the backpack you had intended to carry the groceries in. They kept trying to escape, so you were forced to carry the backpack on your front. Their heads poked out and kept trying to bite you.

You hurry to get everything, wanting to get home as soon as possible. It was a nightmare keeping the centaurs from getting ahold of any food, especially the meat. The pup nearly managed to wiggle free as he tried to grab a steak. You bapped his head just in time, earning your finger another chomp.

By the time you finished the two had reached their limit and poofed back to their animal forms. Without hands they had a tougher time getting the zipper to work and could only poke their heads out.

“Did you just adopt those two?” the cashier asks you as you check out. “Uh, yeah.” “What're their names?” panic ensues. It would be odd if you adopted and hadn’t named them, and even then they would have had names before you took them home anyway. 

You didn’t want to separate the two, they got along so well. They were probably surviving together for a good amount of time. That would be ruined if she figured it out and contacted the authorities. Lilia and Silver would probably be found out too.

“Jack!” “Deuce!” they popped back into centaur forms to answer the cashier. Oh so now you want to cooperate.

“How cute! Deuce is a fitting name for the kaprosuchus saharicus with the spade birthmark on his cheek.” you stare blankly at her. What kind of weird ass name was that.

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“I’m ho- WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!” you return to a flaming kitchen. Dropping the groceries, you run into the black smoke.

“Oh! Welcome back!” Lilia greeted you, waving from the stove. You yell at him to turn it off instead of greeting him back. He does as told with a pout, snapping his finger to extinguish it.

Apparently he was making you an early dinner, saying he wanted to thank you for taking him and his son in. The dinner, if it could even be called that, was supposed to be soup. Whatever was in that pot was definitely not safe to consume. You rubbed your eyes, now you’d have to deal with this place smelling worse than it already did since you couldn’t air it out.

Silver tugged on your jeans, pointing at the backpack. “Who’s that?”

Once introductions were out of the way you shooed everyone out of the kitchen. You told Lilia to give the boys a bath, they sank of garbage and wet dog.

Turning back to the kitchen you roll up your sleeves with a sigh. Even though you had just bought groceries, you were too tired to do much else. Today you were going to order some takeout. But first, some cleaning needed to be done.

[our-aplatonic-experience]

having avpd and being (allo)aroapl is like. idk.

with Safe Person(s), the wires kind of get crossed. i think i'm somewhat plato-averse, and that continues with SPs, but i'm also romo-repulsed unless it's either (A) fictional characters, or (B) my SP/someone who's bordering on becoming an SP. with both of those i'm romance favorable.

so with SPs, even though i don't feel romantic attraction, i immediately jump to romance and romantic-esque relationships because i do Not want platonic relationships, and romance is "the next best thing" or smth like that. (and yes, with being allosexual i am aware that there could be purely-sexual relationships or primarily-sexual relationships with an added emotional component that isn't necessarily platonic or romantic. however. that makes me feel like i'm Icarus reaching out for the sun while being painfully aware my wax wings are melting. romance just feels easiest, so that's what i shoot for in the case that i shoot for anything)

and like, sure, my apl-ness comes in part from the avpd. and especially the aversion to platonic relationships. sometimes i wonder if i might actually be plato-favorable, but then i remember what friendships actually mean and have meant for me historically and i vomit in my mouth a little bit. (especially with the latest venture of my ex/ex-SP wanting to Stay Friends and me agreeing even though they'd just broken my trust in an extremely fundamental way (far beyond the break-up--there's a lot of circumstances with what happened that go well beyond just the break-up) because they were, quite literally, the only real relationship--romantic or otherwise--i had. plus i was also scared that if i refused and cut them off (which i did eventually do) they would start spilling my secrets to their new boyfriend who they started dating within literal weeks of breaking up with me. so.)

(and then, of course, the npd comes in and makes me crave attention and love from people who know literally 0 about me because i'm too scared to say things about me in case they hate me, but that's a whooooole other tangent)

sometimes i get annoyed with what feels like a growing attitude in fandoms that there's Too Much Shipping and that there needs to be a bigger focus on platonic relationships. and like, i get it to a degree, platonic relationships need more recognition in fandom, but the problem isn't the (romantic) ships like a lot of other aspec and especially arospec fandom-goers seem to believe, the problem is the lack of platonic rep, which can be fixed without turning ire onto romantic ships (and occasionally the people who like the romantic ships as well). especially as someone who's primary mode of dealing with emotions and thoughts is through (fan)fiction and prefers romantic ships because of my own personal experiences. like, yeah, i get that there's a lot of amatonormativity and allonormativity in fandom, i feel it too--but sometimes it feels like people are missing the forest (the amato- and allonormativity) for the trees (individual people finding romantic ships to be more interesting to write/read/think about than platonic relationships)

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[selfshipgushing]

Also ohhhh I saw some others mention OC F/Os & I am waving at y'all. Hi! Hello!! I also have those!!! Some of my biggest F/Os are actually my own OCs and ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!! It is entirely due to my own lack of doing anything but there is a CRIMINAL lack of content of all of them </2 At least the upside is that since I'm in control, I can canonically be a part of their lives!!!! While no-one will stop me even with non-OC F/Os, there is 0 anyone can ever ever do to take my OC F/Os away from me. They're mine in every way that matters <2 I looove them all!!!! My plato F/Os, my QPP F/Os, my romo F/Os, my F/Os with whom I have no concrete / defined relationship with. Every OC F/O of mine has such an extra special place in my heart because not only did i make them, I loved them as well !!! (Just wrote a big paragraph of lore / info about one of em so feeling very soft right now.... ahh >.> ) - Retro Anon

I do wonder if ever one day someone will f/o one of my OCs. I doubt it but I think sometimes like hmm what if

[aroaceandetc]

Reading this post and the responses, and thinking about all the discussions I've witnessed in the aro communities, one thing I've come to realize is that there isn't any 'brand' of aro who hasn't voiced feeling unwelcome in the community before. Romo aros say they feel unwelcome because they aren't romance repulsed or still date or still feel some romantic attraction.

And on the flip side, I've seen loveless and aplatonic and really romance repulsed aros say they feel unwelcome because of how much 'but aros can still love their friends!' is used to 'humanize' us and the way qprs are simplified and idealized. And in my own experience, most people I've seen say they are romance repulsed is more in a 'egh do Not want to date' kind of way, but they still like romance in stories and ships and all that, which can make aros who are repulsed enough to really not feel comfortable with any of that feel like a minority.

Arguably the only aros who seem to kinda be well represented in the community are mildly romance-repulsed plato-favorable aroaces who like romance in media and have or are pursuing a qpr, which...is a very small and specific group of people who probably have still managed to feel left out sometimes.

All this to say, I think the aro community is big enough now that different sections have slightly different problems - because I don't believe any of these people are lying about their experiences of feeling unwelcome. There are people who ARE bashing on romance and alienating romo aros, and there ARE people dismissing or dehumanizing aros who dislike romance.

Everyone has their own personal relationship with - and emotional baggage associated with, generally - romance, platonicism, sexuality, and their experiences with them in the community, and I think probably everyone could work on being aware of when they're speaking in a public space and have to be mindful not to step on any toes vs when they're in a space you can just vent (and try to keep in mind which space you're entering as well).

Blogs are traditionally places you can vent. Old school ones I'd say are still good for that. But places like tumblr are extremely public, and I think a lot of harm comes from public vent posts and knee-jerk reactions to those posts spiraling because there's no moderation or sense of context in a site that puts anything you post into the public tag, sometimes even when you don't tag it.

aros: we NEED to talk about how we treat romance in this community, because the way things are is really bad

first off, being romance repulsed is completely ok. being loveless or heartless is completely ok. I'm not asking any of you to suddenly turn over a new leaf and love (or even like) romance.

however, we've gotta stop treat romance like some dirty awful thing that we should hate and shame. romance is integral to the identities of a GOOD chunk of allosexual (and even arospec!) queer people. gay people did not fight for their right to love who they love just for you to say their love is wrong. because that's what you're saying when you say romance is icky—youre saying queer expression is icky, too

bashing gay romance because you're sex repulsed is no better than a homophobe bashing gay romance because they're homophobic, and actually just makes it easier for anti-queer rhetoric to get into your head. and no, bashing cishet romance only doesn't work either. there's LOTS of queer people who "appear" cishet, whether they're trans or bi or ace or aro, even. you cannot be romance negative AND respect queer people who participate in romance

stop demonizing romance, you're hurting your queer siblings when you do so

[cosmosrival]

if you're comfortable, what are your ships for kama?

OH IM VERY COMFORTABLE DONT WORRY 😌💕

small detail before i begin: romo kama ships ONLY concern their third ascension(dilf rights). plato relationships can have their first one involved but the only one i find cute and comfy is space ishtar and kama being sisters. other than that, i... act as if kama's first ascension doesnt exist, sorry!

ANYWAY i like to ship kama with the majority of the india servants because of their shared history/culture !! OTHER THAN THAT its the chemistry <3 i was planning on making those little relationship charts with arrows indicating how their dynamics work, so i'll be posting about ships again very soon hehe (TODAY IS FFXIV PATCH DAY SO PROBS TOMORROW)

but i can still give you a small list without revealing too many details yet 😌

romo kama ships(tho i also love them when theyre purely platonic!)(Oh. also. kama tops in all of these.): kamashwatthaman, kamakiara, kamakarna, kamaguda(fem guda only), kamajunalter, kamavati(in an au where theyre not yurishiros and on the deva plane, kamashiva(in au au again where he's an ashwatthamanface hehe... YES ITS AN AU OT3 BASICALLY), kamamedb, kamagorgon, kamadusa and... god. SO many others. theyre gay and theyre the god of carnal love so i know they'd be a great lover and u'll have fun with them always

purely plato: kama has the potential to be a wine uncle and a big sis. incredible. so id love to see them interact with child/young servants!! especially voyager...!!!!!!!! i think he'd find their presence very comforting because theyre basically The Universe and im really happy ReDrop drew them together already!! another one i really love is kama and space ishtar interacting!! BECAUSE GALAXY SISTERS (but kama and eresh being sisters makes me soft as well... 🥺)

oOPS THIS GOT A LITTLE LONG but tysm for asking hehe!! i'll draw funny relationship charts soon to showcase all of these !!

[fluffy-thoughts]

Rambling, feel free to skip

GOD so much has happened in the past few weeks it's insane and like I just wanna ramble all this good stuff

Well first off, I started playing Among Us, got OBSESSED with the game, and the fandom, and I ended up making a server. It now has MORE THAN FIFTY PEOPLE in it!!! It's an 18+ only LGBT only server so we're all dumb and accepting and it's just aaaaa it's such a good group of people!!!!

And with this nice group, I've also made so many fucking nice friends like.. People who have been helping me through little breakdowns or just having flashbacks and such about ex friends and like, it's so nice. They're all so fucking nice and they deserve the WORLD and I'm so glad I made this chat, AND reached out to a longish time mutual and now they're in the chat and we're friends too TwT god

Everything is just going so well, with my job and my friends and life and it's just so peaceful and nice to not have problems going on

OH AND ////// I,,, have a new crush, well not THAT new cause I had a crush on them before, but every time I talked about them before I was guilted about how I'm already dating people sldkfjsd but luckily that's not the case anymore, and this person has been there for me through so MUCH bullshit and I'm like majorly loving them (I think platonically???? But who fuckin' knows with my emotions and brain) but it's officially been over a year since we've been like SERIOUS talking so we're well past the like, normal excitement stage for me, so I'm settling it on a crush, plato or romo who knows yet but still

But anyways they've been there through so much and they play Among us and /)//////(\ they're a total dom/top and such and of COURSE they love being imp, and we keep discussing ideas of like "What if the imp did this to the crewmate?" and such like obviously talking about me and them and aaaaaa,,,,,

My little gay heart can barely stand it they're so sweet and THEY DONT MIND MY EMOTIONS they don't mind that I go through like a rollercoaster of emotions and they're very reassuring cause THEY ALSO HAVE BPD and they UNDERSTAND and they like to send me nice songs and they don't mind me like totally being obsessive over them, plus their partner is also totally cool with it and aaaaaa ///////

All this to say I'M DOING REALLY GOOD IN LIFE I have friends, I can trust people again, I've been drawing again (nothing I wanna post though,,,,), I've been watching things I've put off watching for so long, going out places, like... Everything is just really good right now and I'm really happy.. and I wanna remember this moment and keep it going!

Sorry for the spam, thank you if you read this <3 !!!!!

[madamhatter]

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Roleplaying/Writing

My favorite muse(s) of theirs and why: Bamboo Rice will have a special place in my heart because I love big ol’ dorks whO WILL DO ANYTHING FOR THE PEOPLE/THINGS THEY LOVE. And Bamboo was really the one I got to know and we were able to somewhat extend conversation about him :’D. 

My favorite interaction/thread of theirs: Any time Xander literally opens his mouth and everyone else has to reply like “NO” and he’s like “YES.” I really just love how your general interactions can literally terrorize multiple blogs/fandoms in one successful swoop, no matter which character it is. I only know so few of your characters but I can tell this is something that has happened frequently with the others.My thoughts on their unique characterization/interpretation of their muse(s): what do you mean tsun isn’t Bamboo’s writer? And Boston Lobster’s? And Xander’s?  Why am I being fed these lies? However, there was one thing I noticed that I adored and that was the fact you really brought in actual and plausible headcanons that make sense in relation to the character’s upbringing and what they have and may not have experienced. IE: I remember Bamboo being mentioned (by you) to be illiterate due to their surroundings and being deep in the forest. As strange as it sounds, people really don’t go that far down into detail and I appreciate it. My thoughts on their writing style as a whole: You know that meme where Gordon Ramsey says “finally, some good fucking food”?  That’s literally me when I see any of Tsun’s posts, IC or OOC. I just like reading their stuff and being intimated by the writing in a way that pushes to me to go back to my more serious writing times. Also don’t get me started on their meme ANSWERS, IM HONESTLY RECOVERING FROM SEVERAL ON XANDER’S BLOGS, DON’T @ ME IT READS LIKE POETRY - Situation(s)/Plot(s) I’d love to see their muse(s) in: HMMM… I would like to see Xander in an AU where he properly is a king of a land, even if it is through questionable means (which may be slightly OOC); I do think your Sengoku M. muses will have a god damn fun time in a deity-based AU. Lmao, and if you have doubles, you can always mimick the Evillous Chronicles series with like twins (Daughter of Evil, Servant of Evil, Regret Message, etc.) because those are fun times :3ccccSomeone else I love seeing them interact with: @box-of-characters and @cirocchio ; no questions about that. No matter which character, it IS THE FUNNIEST THING TO ME. Anything else I want to say about their roleplaying: So how the hell does a gem like you stay hidden for so long? What’s your secret? Why keep hidden?? I’m going to have to hold you high in the air for folks to realize the quality that is you as a writer. 

If We Know Eachother

What I Think Are Their Best Qualities: Can deal with my bullshit, has the shitty sense of humor like me, and doesn’t find me annoying. Tsun just really knows how to get the dash working and chat with others, making a whole group experience that doesn’t exclude anyone. Tsun also takes heavy consideration and stuff when writing for characters and trying not to insert his midwestern twang in otherwise very regal mouths. Seriouly, though, I think his best qualities will alwas be the way they’re able to frame their characters’ emotions and always involve movement with them, making a whole scene play out. It isn’t stagnant, it’s always flowing, like a river.What I Think Are Their Strengths: Can laugh and tolerate my horrible fucking puns. It’s just super easy and comfortable to talk to you and get to know you! I say that not only are you an amiable personality, I really do say that at the end of the day, you care for your fellow roleplayers much more than writing partners and more as friends. This is beyond writing that I’ll consistently gush about but, I get that you’re an all around package who brings your A+ game and only deserves the best. A Memorable OOC Interaction Of Ours: How…how do I choose one?? I usually send him very cursed things over Tumblr IMs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=120HFjKPuJ4) and we’ve explored the realm of what strange things seiyuus sing. Every OOC interaction is memorable! Why Others Should RP With Them: It’s really hard nowadays to find roleplayers that really care for their characters but also know when to mess around and not take them as seriously. With the addition in being dedicated to building their characters and open to new and exciting ways to interact, I don’t why why you aren’t following yet. Also, he helps me cope with the stupid and long novella replies with eveN BETTER ONES SO, YOU GOT THAT BONUS. How Others Should Approach Them: Maybe it’s me and I see that it’s really easy to message people like a moron like “he-hewwo??” But, I always say drop into Tsun’s messages and drop a hello! I always say it’s better to drop in to meet the person first rather than their writing. It helps build bonds! Other Roleplayers I’d Recommend To Them: @vacuitas ; I think both of your multimuse blogs will greatly mesh well together and with Kat’s blog backstory and OCs should really be explored and you got some interesting personalities on both of your blogs that can either get along or hate very much! Anything else I want to say about them: how you haven’t gotten tired of me yet and the weird things I’ve sent you is beyond me– But, Tsun, you’re a real sweetheart and know how to bring a smile to my face without realizing it ;v;

If We Have/Plan To Interact

A plot I’d like to write with them: ANYTHING. ANYTHING. just honestly throw me ideas about AUs and I’m like butter, easy to melt and get into things. *steeples hands* If there’s any way I can make a character suffer at the expense of one of mine getting hurt or being mean, lmk :eyes:. Maybe hm… “Asselin you’re not a demon and those horns are totally fake - what the bloody hell. No I’m not going to stop pulling these horns these are NO way real ” AU. A muse I want to introduce to them: Natsume from Enstars. Just trust me, just trust me you will love that little shit and he’ll fit in with your crowd and he curses people like a fucking moron please I LOVE HIM… Since you like characters in trashbags, but I want you to have a variety, I can also bleed in some of my Mogeko charas like Shirogane (a scaredy cat wolf) and Battler Ushiromiya from Umineko (he’s a man who defies meta to solve the murders of his family that fateful October 4th, 1986). Also Phantom from Maplestory, I …love him to bits, he’s amazing. He’s gorgeous, he’s powerful, tends to not take things seriously is a phantom thief but I …oh god I love him so much : ‘ ) A ship/broship I’d like to propose to them: Xander/Sophie’s dynamic is amazing, I love when the bourgeois and the peasants argue. I’m also glad that their relationship can translate on different levels but there’s always that call-back to bickering yet support. If I can propose another, uhh– I really like Bamboo/Spam as a friendship and Boston/Spam as a mix of plato/romo (not too sure but I really liked their differences, i can see it as a “grey” area).  UHHHH… Asselin/Sophie looks like it could be a god damn trip :tm: bc a servant of satan of a witch sounds all sorts of chaos :3c. A thread with them I’m excited about: CHISANA THREAD, CHISANA THREAD! GIANT ASS DRAGON INDEBT TO WITCH AND HE REGRETS TURNING HUMAN BUT THEN HE REGRETS TURNING BACK AND … YEAH.  Anything else I want to say: God has forsaken you since you’re my friend and I hope you realize the path you’re now down wnjdfksnfdsj/. 

[what-even-is-thiss]

Nightmares. Constant nightmares. They keep him up at night. He never sleeps. But he doesn't tell the others. He refuses sleep in the same bed as them, because he doesn't want to accidentally wake them up while thrashing in the middle of the night. The others are concerned. (LAMP, plato or romo, anyone)

I only do platonic for the sanders sides. It’s my personal preference because selfcest personally makes me uncomfy. But yes I will add this to the to do list.

Plato still made me think of the philosopher Plato. I’ve been meaning to read the republic. Hmmm…

[what-even-is-thiss]

LAMP (romo or plato either way) Roman has disappeared and the others are trying desperately to find him. Was he kidnapped? Was his ego so badly bruised he decided to run away? Was he gravely injured on a quest, now in dire need of assistance? Whatever the case, the others have been looking for hours. Logan is crying, Patton won't stop calling out for Roman, and Virgil has completely retreated into his own head. It is not a fun time.

For future reference I pretty much only do platonic for the sanders sides. But yeah, I’ll do this.

And when you said plato my mind immediately jumped to Plato which made it jump to the allegory of the cave.