#queerplatonic pearlscar

[arisveah]

i NEED more people to care about sunflower duo. its in my bone marrow, its seeping into the soup, its the chemicals in my adrenal corti, its filling my blood with sugar at an unreasonable rate and moving fat from my outer extremities to my torso, elongating my limbs; its radiating from the midline of my brainstem, its causing me shivering and muscle rigidity but at the same time its giving me „depression, anxiety, mania, and other health conditions“ (my.clevelandclinic.org). they understand eachother like no other, and they understand what it feels like to be bonded to the only person who would let them starve if only it didnt affect them. theyre leniency bonded to a boundary, a harboured ship that cuts itself loose and is lost in a storm. leash kids. placid and murderous. autistic. feeling with the earth. the moon will sing by the crane wives. matching stained glass windows on opposite sides of the church. malicious compliance. the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, as does the moon, except for when it doesnt seem to rise at all. winter darkness and summer light. dawn and dusk. hope and longing. resignation and apathy. synonyms with different connotations. pearl and scar. COME ON!

[sloth-sloth-sloth]

ship ask game :D spins wheel

whichever one/s you want to answer: pearlscar, ethubs, and/or grumbo

AYYO let's do all of them at once :DD

pearlscar, ethubs, grumbo

makes sense, compels me

makes sense, doesn't compel me

doesn't make sense, compels me

doesn't make sense, doesn't compel me

listen... i haven't trawled through ao3 tags and multiple event/exchange collections for nothing... i see them all, like the stars in the sky. romantic platonic ambiguous queerplatonic undefined etc etc. thoughts on each ship below and i turned this into a short rec list woops.

pearlscar

moonflower beloved. i believe that they genuinely make each other worse and encourage each other's worst tendencies (see: double life) and they have so much fun about it! i think they understand each other in the ways no one else can (see: last life double life secret life) and they'd be equally happy fighting side by side or against each other, like genuinely happy and appreciative of each other's skill and ruthlessness, as long as they know that there's someone like them, someone who understands. the synonym of companion is mirror, and all that.

no strings attached is one of my favorite fics ever; double life oneshot where pearl and scar swear a blood oath to stay unattached <333

ethubs

i haven't watched any of their povs at all but i HAVE read fic and i love them. they are so very silly and also deeply tragic, which is one of the best combinations you can have for a ship.

The Worst Thing is a very normal modern au exes to lovers ethubs fic that cannot hurt you at all /lie (it is an awesome fic)

grumbo

they (grian) latched on to each other (mumbo) and never let go. them being best friends is a foundational fact of life. they're each other's check-in point, if that makes sense. they look the same whether they're romantic or platonic.

... just checked my bookmarks and what do you Mean i don't have any grumbo fics to recommend that aren't also mumscarian in some way. deep sigh. have one of my favorite art pieces of all time (also not romantic)