#otp: aspire to each other

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it is my firm opinion that narumitsu is the only ship deranged enough to refer to each other by last name when in a romantic relationship

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@sae-what

[katyspersonal]

Queelign for the ask meme pls lmao

That terrible, terrible man....

(Asks from this ( x ) meme)

Favorite thing about them:

The way he is basically suppressed, or lost, little version of Messmer! It is not just that he modelled his weapon after his spear and aspires to be like him, but also the way he speaks of Marika and feels about her! He is very infatuated, loyal and oddly.... naive, considering the context! I absolutely feel like he reflects that more hopeful, more puppy-eyed child Messmer doesn't get to be. Untouched by curse or hatred of abandoned child. I love when character serves like a window into someone else too!

Ignoring this narrative nonsense that I am probably just hallucinating, I just love how sensitive he is. Seeing how he sounds passionate or pathetic or both, I expected him to be a young man, but he is listed as 'mature'! So he is like, around 40! I love me a male who doesn't lose his sensitivity with age... to better or worse. In a better turn of events, he'd be a great poet, I can tell this. :pensive:

Least favorite thing about them:

This is a pain to explain but whereas I love how religious-fanatical he is, I ALSO hate it? He captivated me from the first invasion (as much as I didn't want to admit it), but also I read Crusade Insignia description and was like "ohhhhhh FUCK I reeeeally hate this guy already!!!" hfhghh I suppose, it is fair to be conflicted? He falls for the type of the characters you love in fiction but would dread to meet in real life!!

Favorite line:

"Queen Marika, behold! I have excised another. Another cancer to thy joy." This kind of made me uneasy XD How he is this pathetic and this scary at the same time?

brOTP:

I feel like he and Moonrithyll would be friends! ….that are constantly bickering with each other. XD Whereas he is very fixated on Messmer and aspires to be like him, with Moonrithyll it is similar with Rellana! Rellana believes that sky and fire should be together, after all, and Moonrithyll respects trolls as descendants of Fire Giants more than she does as just loyal friends to Carians.

But whereas things between Messmer and Rellana are very good and settled, Moonrithyll constantly lets the attitude of "pledging to the Erdtree was a cringe phase for us, at least thanks to Messmer we are soooo back baby 😎" slide. Before Queelign. *million skull emojis* But despite them often fighting, they are not enemies. In fact, maybe frienemies? They have long conversations (mostly about their leages lol) that they enjoy a lot, and they have fun... until one of them says something they really should agree to disagree on already. -_- Queelign doesn't because he is too petty to not remind everyone how he is the only one to "really" respect Marika, Moonrithyll doesn't because she is honest to a fault!

OTP:

I actually really like to think about him and Messmer? Help me??

^^^ Messmer and Rellana are canonically a thing, apparently, so it is somewhere in AU drawer... but still!! There are just... a lot of things between them.

^^^ Queelign is the only Fire Knight that seems to have been "spared" by Messmer's curse; he doesn't have red hair and trademark red cape! And I like to think this is deliberate. That Messmer cherishes his "innocence", seeing him as little naive version of self. He could not take that away from Queelign, nor ruin the hair color so golden, nor he wants Queelign's heart to break upon learning that true nature of Messmer's Flame comes from something existing as anathema to the Erdtree.. He never got to be a person so blinded with faith in Marika's love, but he can allow Queelign to be this...

At the same time, Messmer pities him sometimes. He sometimes feel bitter and hurt when Queelign goes on the rant about Marika's "boundless love" and "sure return someday" and wants to snap at Queelign. He has dark enjoyment pushing Queelign to think of dread of Marika's hatred and neglect and watch him break down and cry, as Messmer is almost dead inside nor he physically can have tears. He wants him to cry for them both. He also wants to comfort him. He is uncomfortable with Queelign wanting to be just like him. He also finds solace in it because Queelign gets to be a version that isn't cursed. He cherishes his naivete. He also sometimes wants to obstruct this little sunshine and curse him too but restrains himself. There are many conflicting feelings.

And yeah, it looks a bit one-sided, right? :p Messmer has such an internal conflict over Queelign, whereas the other just admires him and thinks being like him is epitome of a proper Marika's follower. But all Fire Knights know Messmer very well, and he is not an exception. Queelign is very insistent on Marika's holiness and perfection with anyone else, but when Messmer allows his suppressed hatred and knowing Marika will never embrace them again slide? Queelign argues for his sake and not hers. He genuinely hates to see him despair. The contrast between Queelign being very sensitive and Messmer becoming oddly cold for a fire wielder is also fun x)

They have a lot of tension between them most of the time, but deep down they both know. Messmer is not stingy with affectionate words for people he trusts and values, and Queelign is no more afraid to disagree with him than one would with a very moody friend. He can tell that he has special rights even compared with other Fire Knights despite not being given direct "communion" with his flame, and when Messmer tells him it is because he cherishes him the way he is, Queelign believes that.

nOTP:

Either I live under a rock or fandom is yet to invent ships for Queelign to BEGIN with. xD I legit don't know which ship for him would be bad? I'll know it when I see it, I suppose...?

Random headcanon:

He constantly fucks up cooking. Like, there is no way he doesn't ruin his meals. When it is not misinterpreting recipe or adding too much due to simple clumsiness, it is that he got distracted or lost in thoughts about Marika's grace. 🙄 Every time he is determined that he WILL focus and do it right, and every time he fails. When things are inedible, like, it is charcoal or looks dangerous, he resorts to making puppy eyes to other Fire Knight so they share their food with them gghkugg They are used to it! Hilde even used to cook a bit more dinner than she needed, fully expecting him to drop by!

Unpopular opinion:

Look, I do like jokes about his haircut, I am not humorless! AND I love this cursed image from Reddit proving "that he only looks bad because of his haircut":

( x ) gfhghgb but- I disagree with allowing it to brush an interesting character aside!! Jokes are fun, but making whole character a joke isn't 😔💔 He deserves his place amongst other "fanatics who simpmaxx" like Lautrec, Alfred and Leda, and should have many bitches same as THEM!!

Song I associate with them:

Ironically, not the depth of introspection I see him reaching any time soon.

Favorite picture of them:

I can't really find Queelign fanart, let alone chosing a favourite tbh.. Myself, I have like, four WIPs featuring him, but you know me, I finish like two drawings per year at BEST. Scarlet Rot Depression eaten away my artist poweeerrrr...

Thank you for asking!! Lmao I can't shut up about this man

[tokillamockingbird427]

first of all happy pri(de mon)th

second of all I posted this on my blog but no one saw it so alas here I am

chronically online logan and kick who are close enough in age but occupy completely different spaces on the Internet. kick is into top 20 most DANGEROUS PLACES, looking for ghosts at 3 AM and he does know the skibidi toilet lore. he's not gonna use it for anything but it's up there. and logan is participating in fandom discourse on forums and telling people to kys over it (hesh finds out and logan is in tears begging him to not tell elias) (little does logan know hesh is an anime fan and can't blow his cover) he likes dbz and the typical shounen stuff but likes slice of life animes more than he cares too admit bcs they usually have an animal side characters. he also had a "concerning shojo" phase I will not elaborate and he likes horror as an adult but doesn't watch it often bcs he doesn't wanna scare logan (logans fine hesh is just babying him)

-angel :] decided to go non anon

CHRONICALLY ONLINE

Kick 100% used Randonautica at some point. (That one "Random locations" app that blew up a while back.) Also 100% watched those "Exploring abandoned mall at 3AM! (WE GOT CHASED OUT!!)" vids that were popular before then. (Shout out to anyone who watched Sam and Colby.) Kick knows the lore but doesn't use it for good or evil; Simply possesses it.

FANDOM DISCOURSE..... real. "Don't tell dad!!!" "You swatted someone because they said your otp wasn't canon." "IT'S FANDOM, THE POINT IS TO MAKE SHIT UP.... Also you're way too familiar with saying "otp" David." "Uh..." *nervous sweating* (Hesh should have never showed his brother how to find someone's address.)

Hesh "Anime Lover" headcanoners RISE!!! "shounen" Oh I know this mf watched Nauruto. (QUICK IMAGINE HESH NAURUTO RUNNING!!!) Young David was just covering all his bases dw dw. I think even alongside everything else he'd really enjoy the big ones like The Vinland Saga and Beserk. He is Guts fr fr. (Fun fact: I aspire write Logan like Thorfinn is written. Not that I've read a lot; But what I've seen seems very promising.)

(At some point Logan and Hesh got into an anonymous back and forth on a fandom they intersected on and neither of them know it was each other to this day.)

Off anon pog

[cherrytimemachine]

Breakdown: Deathsaurus

HELLO THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME ABOUT MY WIFE.

How I feel about this character: He's one of my favorite Transformers actually. I love his cheeky attitude in Victory, his protection of his people and his human son Solon (and his fear of caterpillars for some reason) in the Victory manga, and his strong leadership and advocacy for his troops in MTMTE.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Esmeral, of course. I'd love to see more people talk about her and her dynamics, both as an individual character and alongside Deathsaurus. I do think that the slight homoerotic beef going on between him and Star Saber is funny tho.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Star Saber. Their rivalry is extensive, beginning before the war. In my AU, Star Saber was the head of the Elite Guard during Sentinel's primacy. Sentinel was an avid hunter, and he was not shy about it either. He ended up crossing a major line when he decided to bring the guard with him to Kalis on a hunting mission. It had always been an aspiration of his to kill a Predacon and add the beast to his trophy case. Star Saber did question the importance of it, to which Sentinel reassured him that it was well worth their time as Predacons are considered a dangerous species that poses a major threat to Cybertronian lives. It was at this time that Deathsaurus was the new young leader of his tribe. They ended up slaughtering most of Deathsaurus's tribe mercilessly, and ever since Deathsaurus hated anyone from the guard. Once Sentinel was dead, his hatred turned to Star Saber, who had enlisted in the Autobot ranks and became on of the Prime's generals. Deathsaurus's grudge turned personal when Star Saber imprisoned his fortress in the Dark Nebula. He didn't know it until much later, but Star Saber had just stranded over half of Deathsaurus's forces, including his wife, taking the only family he had left. To him, Star Saber had taken everything he'd held dear once again, and he was determined to make him pay for all the destruction and misery he brought.

My unpopular opinion about this character: He should be recognized as part of the Predacon species, like the ones in TFP. His alt mode is a Kaiju, which is a big monster not specifically like a dragon, but there are types that are very dragon-like. I want there to be Predacon tribes on Cybertron that persisted after the Great Cataclysm, and for them to have their own cultures. Because of his striking similarity to Onyx Prime, I'd like to think his tribe was the remains of Onyx's empire in Kalis, which is now mostly uninhabited by Cybertronians due to it being considered too dangerous. There's a larger population of Predacons there, and the lack of Cybertronian civilization had the city nicknamed the City of the Dead. I think it's fitting for Deathsaurus since he was from a place called the Death Zone in Victory. I have more thoughts on Esmeral's tribe as well, so feel free to let me know if you're curious.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: His wife wasn't in the Victory cartoon, nor was she in the MTMTE comic. Esmeral needs more love, and an updated design. I would also like to see more backstory with the rivalry between Star Saber and Deathsaurus. According to Ask Vector Prime, they have known each other since childhood and have always had beef. Their parents knew each other, and I would like to see someone take the ideas of Terrorsaurer and Galaxy Saber (their respective parents) and make some canon or fanon media around them. I also wanted some more collaborative shenanigans between Deathsaurus, Tarn, and Overlord. People make such funny interpretations of their reluctant alliance that I really want to see it now.

Ask me more about my blorbos!

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Oh, my time to shine! I have a document full of fic recs that I save for when people need them (and also made it bc a friend of mine on Discord made one and I wanted to participate...). I took out all the AUs from this. It got pretty long, so I'm putting it under a cut.

stormheart by pyr0technic (2.7k) | Rated G

Spoilers For: minor AA3 spoilers, nothing major

Other Ships: Miego

Author’s Summary: Four times Miles catches Phoenix in the rain, and the fifth time he realizes that maybe the heavens are trying to tell him something.

My Notes: A cute little fluff piece.

From the Top by lazynina (13.7k) | Rated T

Spoilers For: no major spoilers?

Other Ships: N/A

Author’s Summary: Miles Edgeworth has trouble focusing on work, thoughts muddled by a certain defense attorney. Phoenix Wright gets in the way of his plans, but Miles will always have time to finish his work tomorrow.Except that tomorrow is... today? Again?

My Notes: A humorous take on the time loop trope.

Dating for a Turnabout by Mikomikono (89.6k) | Rated T

Spoilers For: AAI2

Other Ships: Larry/OFC

Author’s Summary: Investigations into a smuggling operation lead Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth to a hotel on a beautiful resort island. To catch their smuggler they have to stay there undercover ― as a couple?? The close quarters draw ~unnecessary feelings~ to the surface for the both of them, and just as the investigation starts going smoothly, someone gets murdered! What awaits them at the other end of their weekend getaway? Will they be able to accept the truths that are staring them right in the face? And can Larry finally catch a break? Tune in weekly (or binge if it's already out) to this thrilling fanfic to find out!

My Notes: A really fun Investigations-style casefic. I adore all the original components — it’s the sort of thing that can really make or break a casefic, and this is excellently executed.

Heart Sticker, Heart Sticker, Rainbow Sketch by Enisy (1.5k) | Rated G

Spoilers For: AA4 (if you know about the Gap you’re good)

Author’s Summary: Mr. Edgeworth and I ordered apple pie with vanilla ice cream, and even though Mr. Nick said he didn’t want dessert, he was clearly very jealous! In the end Mr. Edgeworth took pity on him and forked up a piece, then held it out for him to eat. They seem to be very good friends.

Pearl Fey’s Correspondence to Maya Fey During August 2020, in Which She Rides the Funicular and Learns About True Love.

My Notes: I’ve always enjoyed outside POV and epistolary, and this combines both of those into one wholesome fic.

Sally Forth by oh_help (2.7k) | Rated T

Spoilers For: AA1

Author’s Summary: High schooler Phoenix pours childhood memories into his viral Signal Samurai fan comics. Miles sends his anonymous support.

My Notes: A really sweet fic where “Nick’s secret fanboy Edgeworth” is very true and real.

Naruplantsu by Cookiegamer (3k) | Rated G

Spoilers For: None?

Other Ships: Klapollo, Franmaya, Junithena

Author’s Summary: Plants are very sexy, especially when they look like your husband in plant form.

Or: Phoenix and Miles play matchmaker with their office plants and it spirals out of control and all of the WAA plus prosecutors get involved.

My Notes: Absolutely hilarious.

but not for me (all i think about is karma) by clumsycrow (2.7k) | Rated G

Spoilers For: AA1

Author’s Summary: “skye v. state was a pretty heavy case,” phoenix says softly, eyes expectant.

miles feels himself stiffen. “yes, well- justice was served, i suppose.” it wasn't, part of him cries.

(because miles believed for years that the world was good, if not good then it was just, that it upheld the same values that his father always held to such high acclaim. he believed for years that the court system did the same, and it feels a little like losing his religion to realize that maybe he was wrong on both counts.)

My Notes: Author said Gregworth/Lana Skye parallels and I was immediately intrigued.

In the Bleak Midwinter by Inkblot0blue (3.1k) | Rated G

Spoilers For: AAI, trilogy

Other Ships: past Langworth

Author’s Summary: “You know, Miles Edgeworth, you’re not half the fool you seem.”

Far away from anywhere and anyone they know, Miles and Franziska have a long-awaited and much-needed introspective discussion.

My Notes: More a Franziska & Miles sibling fic than anything.

Dialogue between the then and the now by vaguely_concerned (2k) | Rated T

Spoilers For: AA1

Author’s Summary: Edgeworth revisits an old nightmare, only to find that something has changed.   (That is ever the trouble with Phoenix Wright. He shines like the sun — warm, illuminating, necessary, stubbornly returning sprouts and living things to spring even after the longest, most desolate winter — and, like the sun, trying to look directly at him for too long only ever ends in profound physical pain. Miles still can’t quite bear it, most days. In some ways it’s getting easier with time, and in other ways it just keeps getting worse.)

My Notes: Cathartic is the best word I have to describe this fic.

On the Sidelines by Door (1.7k) | Rated G

Spoilers For: AA6

Author’s Summary: Trucy was determined not to be left out, but she didn't realize how excruciating being in the gallery during a trial could be.

(aka, the end of Turnabout Revolution destroyed me so I filled in all the Miles-and-Trucy gaps)

My Notes: Miles and Trucy my beloved <3

Deep Dark Secrets by theacegrace (31.9k) | Rated T

Spoilers For: AA3, AA4

Other Ships: one-sided/past Feenris

Author’s Summary: "Mr. Edgeworth… is it just possible that maybe… you yourself have a deep, dark secret in your heart?"

(...!) "Why do you say that…!?"

"As they say, it takes one to know one."

(How could she have known about that…? Is she peering into my soul!?)

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Miles Edgeworth, Iris of Hazakura Temple, and their secrets about Phoenix Wright.

My Notes: One BTTT era chapter, one post-canon chapter. Good for the people who like Miles and Iris friendship.

If you’re the third wheel and I’m the third wheel, then who’s flying the plane? by cold_flame (8.3k) | Rated G

Spoilers For: AA3

Other Ships: one-sided/past Feenris

Author’s Summary: PWKM Fill:

I've read few fics where Edgeworth (in love with Phoenix) very self-sacrificingly tries to help Phoenix and Iris hook up.

And every time, I keep thinking they're going to go in the direction of people (possibly even Phoenix and/or Iris) thinking that it's Iris that Edgeworth's hung up on.

And they never did, even though it would make for great drama/comedy/irony/stuff.

So, that's what I am prompting.

My Notes: Funny but with heart. Your Honor they’re all idiots (affectionate)

Thrown Through a Loop by savitarandsigh (21.7k) | Rated G

Spoilers For: AA4

Author’s Summary: Phoenix finds himself reliving the same day. (Just his luck that it's a day he has court and not any day he can just laze around.) Whatever the case, it would be a waste to not abuse- err- use this new anomaly to solve his current problem.Join Phoenix as he interrogates murderers, investigates brick walls, and provides many a heart attack to the chief prosecutor of LA. Aka: Phoenix solves a murder case with the help of his lovely assistant, the time loop.

My Notes: A fun casefic!

miles to go by pheenick (10.5k) | Rated T

Spoilers For: AA4, AA5

Other Ships: Klapollo

Author’s Summary: It’s not his first instinct. Some things require a more unconventional approach and, well, it’s them. They’re practically the poster boys for unconventional approaches. Run away to Europe, dedicate yourself to a career wearing the skin of a nine-year old boy’s conviction and—

stay.

That’s right. That’s the most unconventional thing of all.

Or, Miles Edgeworth comes home.

My Notes: Meditative, introspective, and very good at setting a mood.

Out of Order by canolacrush (25.6k) | Rated T

Spoilers For: Trilogy, AA4

Author’s Summary: It took a moment for Phoenix to process what he was seeing. Later, he’d be convinced he’d gone temporarily blind.

Miles gets a haircut.

My Notes: Established relationship. In which Phoenix has the hots for the man he is in love with.

Yours, Mine, and Maybe Ours by estelraca (13.3k) | Rated G

Spoilers For: AA4, Investigations duology

Author’s Summary: Phoenix convinces Miles to bring Trucy in with him for Bring Your Daughter to Work Day, despite Miles' misgivings. Everything becomes even more complicated when Kay Faraday and Shi-Long Lang call on him for assistance. Set between the original trilogy and Apollo Justice; mild spoilers for both Investigations games.

My Notes: Case combined with baby!Trucy!

Category: General; Unrequited Feelings, Unresolved Sexual Tension; 1/? by ItsyRoyal (7.7k) | Rated T

Spoilers For: AA1

Author’s Summary: There's this one writer in Steel Samurai fandom who over-identifies with the Evil Magistrate and writes amazing fic about him. It's a shame he doesn't ship Steel Samurai/Evil Magistrate, though.

A love letter to fandom, told through author's notes, comments, AO3 stats, and discord enthusiasm.

My Notes: Though Phoenix doesn’t really make an appearance in this, it’s very much about Narumitsu — and Miles’s grappling with his own feelings.

one step at a time by OuterWilde (ProneToRelapse) (22.6k) | Rated T

Spoilers For: Trilogy, AA4

Author’s Summary: Phoenix harbours no illusions that getting his badge back is going to be an easy task, even if the hardest part of clearing his name is technically over. He's fully aware that his reinstatement is going to be a bit more complicated than just passing the bar and is going to be more of a case of:

Step 1: Save money to retake bar exam

Step 2: Study frantically to pass said bar exam

Step 3: Pass bar exam

Step 4: Hope and pray that he'll somehow be able to still pull in clients after his reputation got burned to the ground

Step 5: Haircut

Step 6: New suit

Step 7: Finally, finally confess his passionate love for Edgeworth that has been eating him up inside for the past 25 years

Step 8: ???? Lawyer???

Thankfully he has a pretty solid support network of people willing to help him out. And if Edgeworth has anything to say about it, they'll probably be able to cut out a few of those steps along the way.

Which is why Phoenix promises himself one thing. If he passes the bar again, he is absolutely going to kiss the Chief Prosecutor square on the lips. Whatever happens after that, they'll just have to wait and see.

My Notes: A sweet fic in which Phoenix works up the nerve to confess to Miles.

Cherries In The Peach Garden by shinigami_yumi (3.5k) | Rated T

Spoilers For: AA2

Author’s Summary: In the aftermath of the cases that brought them back together, Miles Edgeworth and Phoenix Wright recall a promise of solidarity from long ago as they rethink their lives' direction.

My Notes: Apparently, one of the first AA fics I’ve ever read. Coming back to it ~3 years later and it’s still good.

actually does anyone have wrightworth fic recs.... i will consume anything except for AUs at this point (i really don't know why i dislike them, but i just do). give me your most horrible chatfic and stupidest case fic, i'm here for it all

[phneltwrites]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to other writers. Spread the self-love~ 🫶🏻

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it's tempting to pick the long fics because they took the most work and have the most Stuff in them (themes, narrative experimentation, whatever) so i want to think a little more widely about the stuff i've written.

Bad Thing Twice (Not Me, Todd/Black). Ohh I love Not Me so much. What a fantastic show about a group of people taking down the biggest billionaire in Thailand. The main romance is great, the gang is fantastic, it's beautiful to watch... and then right at the end the most perfect best friends to enemies ship appears. otp of two guys who keep trying to kill each other over ideological differences but can't because they love each other so much. So then I wrote 64k to take that friends to enemies and add on a ...to lovers. One of my faves because I got to get into some themes that I love, like how and when to compromise, what to do when the love is real but the situation is hard. Also because I don't see anything glamorous or admirable in being rich and I wanted to wallow a bit in how much money fucks things up.

Say All That You're Feeling (MDZS, wlw wangxian). lesbians!! Genuinely the process for writing this was just coming up with a big list of all the things that I thought would be hot. lwj woodworking. wwx making leather bracelets and then playing with the leather bracelet on lwj's wrist. But then ALSO this fic is about comphet. Stage 2 comphet. Stage 1 is 'is it possible to like girls???' Stage 2 is learning to be ok with experiencing attraction. It's scary to be horny! It's vulnerable. And there's so much baggage around unwanted attraction and being predatory but like. it's beautiful and fun. We all know a useless lesbian who is like 'idk if that was a date or just friends' and I'm always like WELL did YOU say if it was one or the other?? and they never do. Useless. But also we've all been there so this is like, a fond and generous read on that situation (i hope)

Retrieved from Impossibility (Leverage, Eliot/Parker/Hardison). Possibly the most Me fic I've ever written. Android Eliot desperately clinging to his humanity, Parker's fierce sense of what's okay and not, and Hardison being so smart and caring and also into robots. I love books about cognition and humanity and agency and I also am very weak to a trope about heisting a person so they can be free, so.

Falling Til Four in the Morning (MDZS, wangxian). I sure do love a hyperspecific AU. Like this, technically, is a coffee shop AU, however it's set in the 90s and wwx aspires to dotcom and lwj works in radio. I researched so much for this fic and nothing makes me feel better than people in the comments say it captured the vibe of the era. In case anyone reading this has read that fic and wondered: wwx disassociated himself from the Jiangs because he was doing AIDS activism and it was communicated to him that he was shaming them.

Standing in Sharpening Wind (Game of Thrones, Jon/Tormund). A fave cause I think the setting comes through clearly, which is always something I'm working on. I feel cold in the spaces in the sentences. I can't believe I never had any fic writing inclination for this show until the end of S8 pissed me off SO bad. Not even the point of this fic but Brienne/Sansa forever I can't believe that show fucked me so bad. uhh anyway yeah north of the wall vibes, some culture clash stuff, Tormund pining like an idiot, lots of fun for me to write

[forcebookish]

thanks for the tag, @retiredficwriter!!

Make a poll with 5 of your favorite rarepairs/crackships. See which one is everyone's favorite!

PROPAGANDA UNDER THE CUT!

obviously, my favorite is kaibaek. i feel like i don't ship a lot of rarepairs so these were kind of hard to come up with after kaibaek and widowana fjdsljldg i might have forgotten a more obvious one, sorry!

tagging: @ariadnekurosaki @takeanumbrella @monwillica @sssneakiest and idk if it's my internet connection but tumblr isn't letting me tag anything else. if you wanna do it, do it and tag me! i wanna see your rarepairs :D

KAIBAEK

my exo otp and one of my ultimate OTPs. they had a bit of a rocky start and had a hard time getting close pre-debut, but once they did they now have a sincere trust for each other. they're caring and protective of one another: jongin (kai) running to baekhyun when he was injured, comforting each other when they cry (baekhyun following after jongin and holding his hand; jongin gently tugging at his ear), baekhyun leading jongin through the airport when he was sick, jongin drinking bitter juice for him in a batsu game (the reason i started shipping them), and so on. they've had to deal with a lot of similar situations wrt hate from fans (added to the group late, "overly" featured, dating scandals, etc.), as well as challenges with simply being in exo, superm, and sm in general. they admire each other, compliment and complement each other, and aspire to be as accomplished as each other; they support each other's solo careers and are always excited for each other. easily my favorite thing about them is why they're a rare pair in the first place, despite being in two groups together: their interactions, even the more affectionate ones, are rarely played up for fanservice. it's often little, private moments where they lean on each other or are affectionate in some other way. like THIS:

it's just so subtle and intimate? it's for no one but them. most of these kind of moments like the ones i've mentioned and others, can only be found on fancams! also they're really playful!!!!! i love them!!

WIDOWANA

my overwatch otp. friends (or lovers if you're delulu like me) to enemies to attempted killers. after thinking amélie (widowmaker) dead for a year, ana snipes her helmet on the battlefield, revealing who widowmaker actually is. once ana realizes it's her friend, she can't pull the trigger. ana, who never hesitates, hesitates for the first time, and widowmaker shoots her cybernetic eye out. they have an adversarial and competitive relationship now that they're both snipers on opposite ends of the war, trading barbs and pity for the other's situation. as the top two deadliest snipers in the world, they're kind of obsessed with one another and specifically outdoing each other. it provides a lot of tension and potential angst, especially of the "i know you're in there somewhere, come back to me" variety.

ISHINEMU

so rare even i don't talk about them (i tend to ship ishihime more, although even that is third after tatsuhime and ulquihime). SO much wasted potential! both of them have been wronged so acutely by mayuri and i think there are a lot of daddy issues to explore between the two of them. plus, uryuu seems to be literally the only person in the series who sees nemu as a person. shame their relationship, and mayuri medically torturing uryuu's grandfather AND the way he abuses nemu, was played for laughs later on lol good one, kubo :/

SHONEJING

jing is my name for him, he's a fusion of "force" who showed up in only boo! and that one guy in you fight, and i love (i'd use the nickname of what character from the novel he's supposed to be, but i couldn't find it lol). i have a fic in mind i wanna write for them and it would have been another entry into the hurt/comfort bingo, but it accidentally ended up too long. the headcanon is that jing is deeply closeted and shone is addicted to heartbreak.

TYLOKKA

idk i just like them. i think ty lee's crush on him is cute.

with a couple exceptions, i tend not to care about popular enemies to lovers ships but when it comes to rarepairs, apparently they're my preference? 🤔

[liminalmemories21]

5 Comfort Characters

tagged by @jesuisici33

Rules: list your top 5 comfort characters & provide gifs

1 - Giles - BtVS - look the older I get the more I relate to Giles

2 - Benton Fraser (& Ray K) - Due South - you do not understand, these characters were formative, and also so so pretty.

3 - Aeryn Sun (and John Crighton) - Farscape - these are the OTP to end all OTPs, they are such a fantastic character match, and they both grow so much with and for each other. Also, not for nothing, nobody has ever looked that good in leather before.

4 - Neal Caffrey- White Collar - he's just so pretty and so clever (usually too clever for his own good, but it's part of his charm)

5 - Dowager Duchess of Grantham - Downton Abbey - I aspire to be the Dowager Duchess of Grantham, or possibly I just aspire to be Maggie Smith, but either way, I want to be that catty and that funny when I'm 80.

tagging @rmd-writes, @freneticfloetry, @iboatedhere, and @paperstorm

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tumblr user shitpostingkats. talk to me about yuki judai and my best friend crow 5ds

*does a snappy salute* Absolutely!

Jaden Yuki/Yuki Judai

How I feel about this character: My monstrous little card game fella who I love SO much. Came into my house and kicked me in the ribs by being the actual textbook example of the "Aw! What a silly little guy!" to "He's a little bit fucked up actually" pipeline. I love how absolutely insane and messy he's allowed to be for a main character, not only did most of his arcs hit FAR too close to home, but it's just such a good example of how to take the archetypal plucky protag and deconstruct it a bit to add layers to the character. My second favorite yugioh character of all time, if I'm being subjective, my #1 fave if I'm being objective. Levels of queer neurodivergent swag I aspire to match.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: I just can't deny Jaden his funky southern rock boyf. I read him as somewhere on the ace spectrum, in a QPR with Jesse/Johan that all their friends assume is a traditional romantic relationship. Also, Yusei Fudo, because I am a sucker for narrative parallels, celestial imagery, stupid aces with the social skills of a tennis shoe.

My non-romantic otp for this character: I think he and Chazz have this relationship where Chazz gets up in the night, goes down to his kitchen, flips on the lights, and Jaden is just there eating his cereal. They are BEST FRIENDS and Chazz will not admit this even if you put a gun to his head.

My unpopular opinion about this character: Man, I wish we'd gotten more time with Yubel, but I never really got the feeling that Jaden felt any strong romantic/partner emotions towards them. Him choosing to fuse with Yubel is less a "And I will now give up everything for you, my One True Soulmate", and more just a simple acknowledgement of "You've been hurt really horribly because of me, so I'm offering you kindness and accepting responsibility for our relationship, because you don't deserve to be in pain" Which, personally, I think is a lot more impactful and fulfilling of his personal arc.

One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: I kinda wish he hadn't actually graduated high school? I mean, obviously they would never do that, but I remember watching the final season and thinking "Yeah, there's no way he's going to graduate." Idk, he's just got Highschool Dropout energy to me and I almost wanted to see that. Let him fail out of school because he was too busy sorting out his mental health! That's very valid of him!

Crow Hogan

How I feel about this character: Trans king! I look at one picture of Crow and my brain just maxes out "Trans! Bird! Guy!" He commits crime. He has five kids. He literally named himself after a yugioh card. There's just so much good big bro energy in this funky dude. I would trust him with my life.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Uh, probably no one? There's not really any named character in the series I feel he had romantic chemistry with. He and Broder probably dated for a bit then broke up and remained friends.

My non-romantic otp for this character: The first ep. he was introduced and we actually see Yusei smile for almost the first time all series and duel and have fun with it, the big hug and the way each others face lights up when they see each other for the first time in years. Your honor, they are very important.

My unpopular opinion about this character: He's older than Yusei. Yeah I don't care what canon says, Yusei is the family Babey and Crow is a full six months older than him.

One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: Some more exploration on what Crow gaining his signer mark actually meant to him. Did he feel like a replacement? What exactly did it mean to him that the tail mark jumped to him just so the head could move to Yusei? He's kind of the only one who doesn't get a whole plotline on how they feel about being a signer, so I always feel like there's some untapped potential for an arc there.

[alto-tenure]

1 and 2 for the fic recs?

1. A fic you bookmarked recently

I was hoping for this one!

Shoalsea's Into the Brighter Night is one of the best Batfam fics I've ever read. It is a Tim-centric fic despite Tim not being the POV character, and yet manages to balance the dynamics between the other characters well, too. Everything feels well-researched and thought-out, and you can really feel the love that the author has for these characters seeping into the page. If you have any interest in the Batfam/YJ and you're down to read a 150k+ fic about them, read this.

2. A fic you've re-read several times

Sally Forth by oh_help

A sweet Narumitsu fic where Phoenix had a notable internet presence as a Signal Samurai fanartist, and Miles followed his work. According to AO3, I have visited this four times.

[frozenwolftemplar]

Tangled ask game: 🎀, 👗 and 💕

Three good picks! Can't wait to dive into these!

OCs: Oh, so many! At this point, I think I've written for more TTS OCs than canon characters. Some favorites (most of which I think you may have met already, but here they are anyway):

Captain Williams, Cap's predecessor for Captain of the Guard. No one's ever put a label on it, but he's basically the third member of Cap and Cass's little family: a mentor/father-figure for the former and a grandfather for the latter. He has a great sense of humor and cares so much about them both; I love writing for him.

Romulus, Cap's horse for most of Cass's childhood who is arguably more preoccupied with the honor and prestige of being the Captain's Horse than is good for him. Also Atlanta, the little palomino mare with a mischievious streak who becomes Cass's mount once Cap deems her old (and tall) enough for a horse. I have a bunch of horse OCs, but these two are my faves.

Peder, Cass's favorite of the stableboys and essentially a big brother to her. Despite being the definition of a gentle giant, he once had aspirations to join the Guard, however a fever robbed him of most of his hearing, so he had to settle for stableboy (which frankly, he prefers, the main draw of guardsmanship for him being the fine horses). Next to Captain Williams and her dad, he's the person Cass is closest too.

I have one more who only lives in my drafts at the moment: Mariah, the elder daughter of the merchant Cap's father was stablemaster for and whom he was close to growing up. She's dutiful but also harbors a lively spirit; Cass would have liked her.

....whoops, I think I got *a little* carried away....😅

Favorite outfit: Cass's final one, at the end of the series, the green adventurer outfit. I like it best for several reasons, not the least of which is how *this* is the outfit she wears when she is finally, truly herself and no one else: not the miserable lady-in-waiting, not the frustrated aspiring guard, not the disenchanted servant with her arm and sense of self withering away under concealing armor. This is Cassandra, and this outfit really, to me, shows that. Plus i really like the green/gray/black color scheme for her, as well as the cape!

OTP: New Dream! Rapunzel and Eugene are easily one of my favorite Disney couples; they love each other so much and show it in so many little ways that give me the warm fuzzies. 😍

[ryutarotakedown]

magnus archives! for the ask game

[ask game link] YAYYYYYYYYY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ASK this got horrifically long so under the cut!

Favorite character: i’d love to say basira but it’s probably melanie. or martin. oh little moth…

Least Favorite character: uhhhh i love all the characters as *characters* but i love to hate elias of course. what a fucking creep they did such a wonderful job with him. 106 and 117 live in my brain constantly & forever

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): FIVE? THERE AREN’T ENOUGH IN HERE FOR FIVE but it’d be what the girlfriends, jonmartin, daisira, basira/melanie, and. hm. hmmm. gertrudeagnes

— oh crap wait i keep forgetting platonic relationships are ships too, okay okay add jon & basira and jon & melanie and jon & georgie in there. not in any particular order but still

Character I find most attractive: im not even attracted to women but. daisy. i didn’t understand the fan reaction until i listened to her voice for the first time (i consumed this podcast almost entirely through transcripts) and went Oh I Get It Now

Character I would marry: georgie easily

Character I would be best friends with: jon or melanie because i love befriending haters you are all so fun

A random thought: i miss them so much. i kept expecting the transcripts to switch to “archive” for jon at some point but they never did which is probably for the best for accessibility reasons but can you imagine. i miss them so much. basira is funnier than people give her credit for. georgie is less funny than people give her credit for and i appreciate her so much for it (don’t be a Stranger!). i miss them so much

An unpopular opinion: hey did you know basira hussain is in the third most episodes total and actually has the second most scenes with jon (she had The Most, period, before martin dethroned her in s5)? did you know? anyway she should be in more stuff and i love her deeply. i also don’t think she actually had double standards for jon versus daisy per se, i think her problem was thinking that guilty people deserve punishment and therefore that daisy’s victims (criminals) were fine while jon’s victims (random people off the street) were not

— this is also why she stops daisy from killing jon in 091, because she’d met him before, he was a human being who cracked jokes, he *couldn’t* be guilty; rather than because killing people is bad

— i also think she knew deep down she was wrong for this considering how she says in the unknowing: i don’t want to hurt you. i don’t want to hurt anyone. and then in s5: of course i care! …that’s the problem

— she had to force down her compassion in order to function well as a police officer and forced herself to believe that it was the right thing to arrest people who did bad things

— reader she was incorrect

— have i mentioned i love her

My canon OTP: jonmartin and what the girlfriends

Non-canon OTP: you cannot tell me basira and melanie didn’t have something going on while jon was in his coma you simply can’t

— melanie was strong and violent and necessary and basira needed someone strong to rely on after daisy even though she could see how miserable melanie was. basira stuffed down all her emotions and became a stone figure and melanie feeling herself being overtaken by rage both aspired to that and hated her for it. they are anchors for each other but false because their usual anchors (daisy, georgie) aren’t here or wouldn’t get it. do you understand.

Most badass character: the admiral

Pairing I am not a fan of: sorry to jon.elias fans i do understand that exploring the Power Dynamics could be fun but i genuinely cannot see any romance in there whatsoever. can’t jon just hate a man in peace

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): hmmmmmmm. not anyone in particular? i think basira’s s5 arc was kind of rushed but i’m not super mad about it. also obviously the racist stereotypes in there (the haans. i mean the haans) but in terms of main cast i can’t think of anyone

Favourite friendship: tim & sasha because i haven’t mentioned them anywhere in this ask and that is a travesty. they’re fun i hope they are kayaking happily together somewhere

[editoress]

WYLL!!! AND ASTARION

I have to laugh that two people asked me about Starry. Anyway, here's my true love Wyll.

Favorite thing about them: His earnestness, I think. The sheer, unabashed openness that he shows in his heroism as well as the romance arc. Yet it's tempered by steadiness~. Not only does he mean what he says, he chooses it, you know? Irresistible.

Least favorite thing about them: I got two (2) romance scenes, the latter of which faded to black? Where is the justice???

Favorite line: The sheer amount that I listened to, "If you were a song, I'd never stop singing. If you were a psalm, I'd never stop praying."

Brotp: Wyll and Karlach. On top of being compatible personalities, they have so many narrative parallels, it's crazy. I wish they had gotten to interact more.

Otp: Wyll/Kenzan. Wyll/me? Okay, imagine if there were two optimistic, protective heroes who defended people back to back. One is a lithe fencer and the other an armored tank. They like kids. They speak gently. They're cheerful. They lean on each other when they can't be. Do you get me??

Notp: I haven't run across anything that was an immediate no from me.

Random headcanon: Wyll speaks so many languages. He's truly the polyglot we all aspire to be. Several of them were included in his education along with all his other graceful skills, but this is a talent. He has a mind for languages and picks them up quickly through exposure and conversation.

Unpopular opinion: THERE SHOULD BE MORE FIC AND ART, ESPECIALLY HORNY ART

Song I associate with them: Go the Distance from Hercules [coughs] Anyway. In a Blaze by Gentri.

Favorite picture of them: Sue me, I like human Wyll. Also, as ever, please see Kri's beautiful art. Kri loves me <3

[itoshi-s]

Have you ship ur moots yet? If you haven't I kinda wanna see it :)

hi nonnie !!! UH OH i had to let it marinade in my inbox for a lil but it's here finally ˃̵ᴗ˂̵

considering i'm moots with quite a few people on here,, i included just these that i interacted w the most / followed for the longest !! </3 i love each n every single one of u tho MWAH bbies !

@garoujo & nagi ,, they're endgame </3 i don't make the rules they come in a pack ! sweetest gamer couple ever !!!!! have u seen them at the gym 2gether !! @_@ u cannot tell me otherwise n if you think any different,, you're delirious LOL

@haitanisbug keelo my beloved ,,,, u belong w the haitanis in a poly ship </3 PLEASEEEEE you'd rock their world. and make them do the filthiest most insane shit 2 each other. MHM MHM i am rooting for this . also: shinichiro >_< keep that boy on a leash !

@tinymaru & reo !!!!! OBVIOUSLY DUH ! reine makes his rich boy ass so whipped i know it . reo's told me himself he's so in luv ong o_o also have u seen them on a double date w/ seishiro & emmie .. THE CUTEST ever !

@yaakultt n loser isagi ........ the pretty sassy girlfriend w her lame golden retriever bf .. >_< BUT ALSO ever since i picked up hq i SOOOO definitely get ur selfship w kags. it just works. i see it so well kayla i am a BIG fan !!!!

@katasstrophy RIVER hear me out.. let me tell u soMETHING LET ME TELL U SOMETHING ... sae .. it makes SOOOOO much sense. he'd LOVE u and your snarky ass. constant teasing but he smiles at u when you're not looking. PLSSSS also. ever since u outed urself as a ushijima kinda gal .... yeah.. i see it vividly he adores u. somethin about u being an aspiring writer ,, abt u being all crazy n fun and him just @_@ falling head over heels for u bc you're similar in a way but then again,, there's some differences that make it so much more enthralling. SOBBING i have sm more to say abt both of these ships

@ryudoll *slams fists on the table* RYUSEI !!!!!!! i don't take any criticism @_@ the sweetest shy gf w/ her clinically insane boyfie ??? HELLO ?? jae you'll always be the otp in my eyes ! always forever ! he's your crazy doberman boyfriend BUT u keep him on a lil pink leash and he always comes crawling back </3 PLEASE this is so cute. i am biting my fist as we speak

@lalunanymph DAWN PLS .. KAKUCHO.. i remember reading ur works back in my tokrev era and you were the one (1) single content creator on here to make me see the potential in this man !!!! how else would u do that if u weren't literal soulamtes o_o y'all just. belong together. all classy but sweet. thinkin of u two in the bonten timeline....... how you'd ABSOLUTELY turn heads ........ you're the IT couple you're the moment ! </3

@iitoshi ALL THE RINS !!!!!! all of em ! pls the way i can't wait to get to hq s4 just to meet suna n see the yet another rin that bagged u ! >_< but also !!!!! idk how u feel abt him but your vibes make me think of mitsuya sm </3 you're both the sweetest n I KNOW he'd be obsessed. i wanna see that happen mhm mhm

@saetoshis KUNIGAMI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NNGHHHHHH or or or tengen OR ANY BEEFY MAN U DESIRE MOSHI ! cuz u would bag them 100000000%. i think of you and i think of big juicy sturdy men ! kuni is my 1st choice tho <3 you're his biggest fan n he makes sure he shows gratitude in ... various ways........ some filthier than others ADKLHK but you're the sweetest couple ik it </3

@no3tis LALA HEAR ME OUT .. bachira ............. @_@ I KNOW you'd be the most fun couple 2 be around and i'd most probably piss myself laughing around u two LOL you're both insane n i lub u <3 you give me such similar vibes but it WORKS i can see you together so well !!!!!!1 one of these couples that u glance at and just FEEL that they're perfect for each other !

@haithamuse ESTHER i might not know the al haitham guy just yet but. BUT ! he gives me v smart vibes and so do u and IT WORKS in my mind !!!!! idc if i got it wrong cuz it's 1000% true to me (>_<) !! but also. let me just suggest ....... the man himself that you'd DEF bring down on HIS knees instead !!! kaiser @_@ pls you're already like past the language barrier n almost neighbors too. just fall in love already i wanna see that happen KDAJHAK

@dark-mnjiro n barou !!!!!! PLSSSS lee. sigh you'd make this man reach his full malewife potential that we all KNOW he has. you're the couple that makes everyone heal !!! the couple that makes all ur friends feel like you're the parents of the group LOOOOL the vibes are immaculate n u always make me feel so giddy whenever we interact ! it only makes sense u make shoei feel the same & put his guard down around u ! </3

[lesbian-in-leather]

Asoue and wwdits

Into the woods if you feel up to it

Thanks for the ask, darling!!

Just answered for asoue here

What We Do In the Shadows

OTP: oh it's gotta be Nadja/Lilith. What can I say; I'm a sucker for lesbians, Lucy Punch, and bitter exes. They really have it all <3

Favourite canon pairing: Nadja/Laszlo of course. Though in recent series they haven't really been getting any screen time so my love for them has been dying somewhat. I hope they get some good scenes in the last season!

Worst pairing ever: Nadja and Colin. Why did they do that. Why did they do that. Why did they do that. Why did they-

Guilty pleasure pairing: I WAS HALFWAY THROUGH WRITING AN 'OH I DON'T REALLY HAVE ONE' PASSAGE WHEN I REALISED I DO. I FUCKING DO AND NO ONE WILL KNOW WHAT I'M ON ABOUT BUT HERE GOES ANYWAY!! Okay so you know in that one episode when Nadja was on the council and they had a fancy banquet and Nandor was in his depression nap and everyone thought he was dead?? Well one of the sexy vampire ladies that turned up was Carmilla (famous vampire from the vampiric novel, Carmilla) and I ABSOLUTELY wanted her and Nadja to get together. There it is, that's the guilty-pleasure ship, yet another one-episode character but somehow worse than Lilith because Carmilla only had like three lines

A pairing you want to see more: Nadja/The Guide!! The Guide is throwing herself at my girl and she is absolutely clueless. Icon <3

That pairing everyone likes but you’re like “lol no”: Nadja/Jenna. Really not into it, she gave me a VERY strong maternal vibe and I am. Not a fan of shipping them. Again, you do you, but like. Not for me

Favourite non-romantic pair: Nadja & Guillermo! I wish we'd given more focus to their dynamic earlier in the show, they' 've always had the potential to be really great bitchy friends, but we DID get her going absolutely fucking feral to save his life, risking hers in the process, so... it's a win <3

Into the Woods

I have basically never thought about shipping these characters so this is going to be fun

OTP: Baker's Wife and Cinderella. Straight up, I think it would be really fun and also the whole "when you know you can't have what you want what's the profit in wishing?" vs "how can you know what you want til you get what you want and you see if you like it?" I'm just saying, their little late night heart-to-hearts could have turned into something fruity

Favourite canon pairing: Cinderella's Prince/Baker's Wife is literally just funny. Like girlie what was even going through your head there

Worst pairing ever: Rapunzel/Rapunzel's Prince. I'm sorry, she was locked in a tower for her entire life, then abandoned by her mother for the horrible crime of making a friend (and fucking him, but still, that was your fault too buddy-boy), and he has the audacity to complain that she cries too much?? She wandered alone in the desert with newborn twins thinking that you were DEAD. It's been less than a year! My girl had TRAUMA and she deserved better

Guilty pleasure pairing: the Witch and the Stepmother. Do they ever interact? No. Do I think it'd be super funny to pair up the only villainous women just because? Absolutely. They can start an "I was a bad mother but also I love my children with my whole heart" club and make each other worse

A pairing you want to see more: Florinda and Lucinda with Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, respectively. First of all I think it's funny that it would fulfil the whole 'good marriage' thing, but also I just think the stepsisters get a really rough deal and someone needs to get those princesses out of there before the aspiring Henry VIII's get on to their second wives

That pairing everyone likes but you’re like “lol no”: Baker/Baker's Wife. I'm sorry, there is no good option here. She cheated, he undervalued her at every turn, yells in her face because she just wants to help, and then has this ~wonderful realisation~ that "wow, maybe I should work with my wife!" before going straight back to his "you stay here and do nothing Because I Said So" mindset in act two. Mans has anger issues and I don't like it. Also, again, she cheated. There is no good angle to this relationship

Favourite non-romantic pair: Cinderella and the Baker. They really said "well, that was an awful lot of trauma none of us asked for. Guess we're sticking together and raising a family of two orphans and your infant son that you had with your wife (who's now dead) who cheated with my husband (who's telling people I'm dead)". Like that's so fuckin iconic.

Wait but ALSO the Witch and Rapunzel??? That's a fucking fascinating dynamic right there, like the Witch does love her! She absolutely unequivocally does! But also she doesn't know how to love her, and it is SO endlessly interesting to me and always will be

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