#questions to ask your partner

[biigsaad]

Questions to dive into deeper emotional territories so you can understand each other's perspectives and feelings on a more profound level.

That will help you get deep

1. Is there a part of your past you've never shared with me because you think I wouldn't understand?

2. What's the biggest sacrifice you've made for our relationship that you haven't told me about?

3. If you could change one thing about our relationship, no matter how small or big, what would it be?

[electric-plants]

cyno: delivery for you.

alhaitham: …this letter is from you

cyno: yes. i’d already written it by the time i realized i didn’t trust anyone else to bring it to you

alhaitham: you could just tell me what it says then since you’re already here

cyno: i can’t say it out loud in your office

alhaitham: ah. so it must be a fairly sensitive case—

alhaitham: cyno.

cyno: what?

alhaitham: this just says that you think i’m pretty

cyno: yes, because i do and - considering the nature of our current relationship - i thought i should let you know.

alhaitham: again— you could just tell me?

cyno, frowning: we’re at work, that would be unprofessional. though i suppose you’ve already breached the line by reading it out loud so please be more considerate next time :/

[ssaraexposs]

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE ACTUALLY TALKING, WITHOUT FIGHTING EACH OTHER OR SCREAMING INSULTS

[morganbritton132]

On the day of Corroded Coffin’s cancelled meet-and-greet, Jeff and his wife hosted the entire band at their house. Everybody’s having a good time. They’re eating good food. They’re drinking a little more than that should and Eddie posts a Tiktok.

He’s all smiles into the camera as Steve, who is further passed tipsy than Eddie is and practically in his lap, rambles on like. “-just sad that you wouldn’t think I was hot if I was a girl. Wait! Would you have even married me if I was a girl?!”

Eddie: Stevie, baby. Sweetheart, if you were a girl than you would have married Robin

Steve:

Steve: I forgot Robin was a lesbian

Steve: I have to apologize

Robin, the next morning, wordlessly stitches the video with a Tiktok where the background is a screenshot of her last text conversation with ‘Dingus.’ The last text says ‘Sorry you’re a lesbian.’

[thoughtfulchaos773]

What I take away from the picture is that this is after Carmy gets out of the fridge...he notes Sydney is not happy and something clicks, not the breakup with Claire or the fight with Richie. But carmy knows Sydney is not happy, he 'failed' her and he gets to work, he tries to fix it, as he said about his family "sometimes they'd try too hard". And that's what it's about. His non negligible, making a new menu every day, getting the star, the unconscious grand gestures because he can't communicate with Sydney that she's the good thing he's not waiting to drop.

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

Between Sonic and Tails, who do you think would end up confessing their feelings first?

Good question. Definitely depends upon the iteration and context, but for the most part (at least in my head) getting either of them to confess (and in some cases even ruminate on their feelings and admit to themselves the nature of them) is hard

Like, for example, I personally think that game!Sonic (and post sgw Archie Sonic and IDW Sonic) kind of take Tails' presence for granted in a way. To them, it will always be the two of them (Sonic and Tails). The ideal future is that they keep on hanging out and still fight side by side sometimes and that even if Sonic goes it alone he can always come back from his adventures to chill with Tails or crash at his place. In other words, in Sonic's fantasies of the future, things like getting married or raising families or anything like that are just kind of tacked on as something that will just kind of be true at best and ignored at worst. If he even considers a future where things are a bit different because Tails is together™ with someone, to him it's only natural that Tails would be in his life the same way and nothing would really change. And so to that end, even if Sonic DOES realize his own feelings, he probably wouldn't see any good reason to confess. It would make things more complicated, especially if Tails doesn't share those feelings, and he doesn't have to worry anyways because Tails will always prioritize the two of them and be at his side, right?

And then it's even worse for versions of Sonic more akin to, say, pre sgw Archie Sonic. This is because in addition to the already existing unwillingness to change things and the assumption that he doesn't ever have to worry about no longer being the center of Tails' world (or a major figure in it at least), there is some palpable internalized homophobia within that hedgehog with an added complexity. For Archie Sonic in particular, I think even if he realized that he wanted to even be with Tails forever in a strictly non brothers fashion, he would feel mixed feelings about that (perhaps that coming out about it would ruin things or make things weird, or that getting together with Tails at any point would deprive him of "normalcy", or that he'd pressured Tails into it, or even just weird or a bit creepy).

As for Tails, I actually think that most iterations of him have figured their feelings out by this point. In all honesty, there's only so long you can go on fixating on someone and admiring them, and structuring your life around them before you realize your "I want to be with them" isn't just about simply admiring them. It's just that Tails' main obstacle to me is the avoidance of ruining anything.

On one hand, there's Sonic's avoidance to being tied down. We've seen time and time again Sonic rejecting people who pursue him openly or looking uncomfortable with them. Archie Sonic in particular made it clear that this version of Sonic couldn't stand the idea of not being able to freely be himself or adventure. He couldn't stand the idea of having to tie himself down and taking on extra responsibilities and expectations simply because he's with someone. I can see Tails being afraid that by confessing, he could scare Sonic away. If he happened to confess and Sonic thought Tails meant to stifle him or Sonic felt uncomfortable by that open expression, wouldn't that risk their relationship? Even if Sonic wouldn't go so far as to drop him as a best friend (which he never would do that for the record), there's still real fear in making things weird or different between himself and Sonic.

And that feeds right into the other hand. On the other hand, Sonic probably doesn't see him that way, right? Though Sonic is special to him and Sonic also cares for him back, at best Sonic has never thought about it and never will, or he just wouldn't feel the same (in Tails' eyes). With Archie Tails in particular, even if Tails gets over his own interlized homophobia about it and recognizes his feelings for what they are, he probably feels that there's no way to be anything different than a brother to Sonic, and thus confessing would be a terrible move. If Tails confesses and Sonic doesn't feel the same, it also runs the risk of making things weird between them or (in Tails' eyes) ruining it.

All this to say that my general opinion is that as long as things stay exactly the way they are forever, even if they start spending even more time together, I find it hard to believe either of the two will opt into confessing on purpose

But, with that being said, a confession is not an impossibility. I don't think either of the two are immune to being put in a position where they finally confess (and no, with the state of things for them, simply saying "I love you" will not count as a confession). And if we barred situations where like. They're literally about to die or one can do anything they like without the other (or themselves) remembering the outcome, I actually can give you an answer

And honestly, if one of them had to confess eventually, I believe it would probably end up being Sonic.

Why? Well, out of the two, Tails actually sits back and thinks about his emotions more often than not. I think even before he figured out the exact nature of his feelings he knew he felt very strongly for Sonic. But, no matter which media you're touching upon, I feel as if Tails fits into that archetype of "person who has been in love with their best friend since literally forever, but knows their best friend will never feel the same". The longer Tails ruminates on these feelings, the stronger he feels them, the more he watches Sonic (especially as someone who cares about plenty of people other than him), the more time he spends with Sonic, the less incentivized he feels to actually confess. Especially if Sonic would never feel the same, the best Tails can hope for is that things stay the same between them and Sonic never replaces his role.

Or in short, Tails is so in his head about it at this point, it's very hard to convince him that confessing is ever a good idea or necessary.

But while Tails is more obviously attached to Sonic, Sonic is much less obviously attached to Tails and other people as a whole. With him being "free as the wind" and the kind of figure he is, he kind of benefits from having the persona of a guy who doesn't need his friends but (nevertheless) can be assisted by them. He probably seems cool for being so strong and independent while equally caring that people live. But this doesn't mean Sonic doesn't have attachments (far from it). Rather, for Sonic, his attachments to others seem to naturally grow. And the more time he spends with them, the more he grows used to their presence. And especially with someone like Tails, who has been around as his companion the longest, he doesn't sit around long enough to consider that Tails would ever leave his side. Once he grows used to that person, he doesn't have to recognize his attachment or even think about the nature of his own feelings because it is and always has been whatever it is. So, in other words, even if he becomes more and more reliant on the fact that Tails will always be around or that Tails will always assist him, he doesn't have to admit more than "This is what our best friendship is. This is what it's like"

All of this is to say that while my idea of present Tails would be trying to do anything in his power to stay with Sonic (as long as Sonic is willing of course), even if that means never confessing the exact nature of his feelings for the hedgehog, Sonic isn't already thinking about these things. This means that while Tails has very few pathways to confession, Sonic has plenty!...if you scare him well enough.

For example, Idw Sonic has been more clearly spending more time with Tails (even baseline just. Crashing at his place more often) after the metal virus arc. Couple this with post neo metal incident 2 electric boogaloo idw Sonic who just wants to have a break and live peacefully for a minute, this is a Sonic who has become scared enough to want to indulge in spending more time with Tails. I also think that post Sonic Prime Sonic is also a version of him who would start to spend more time with Tails than before after having already lost him and having to deal with the Tails shaped hole in his life once.

So, if you got a Sonic to the point where he'd fully accepted his feelings and he felt like confessing them would be necessary to secure the future he wants, then he'd confess. Honestly, the easiest way I'd see this going about would be a story where Tails is framed as leaving him to go do something or be somewhere else, away for Sonic, possibly indefinitely, or if Sonic actually has to spend enough time without Tails after initially telling himself his own feelings wouldn't matter so long as Tails is happy wherever he is. But, if it came down to confessing being something that might actually bring Sonic to his desired future (especially if Tails rejecting him is no different from prolonging the separation they already have if he says nothing), then I think he could work up the courage to do it.

And in the end...I think it has to be Sonic. Although I on occasion enjoy fantasizing about moments where Tails can't take it anymore and confesses, only for Sonic to realize his own feelings in the process, I think that Sonic would have to be the one who confesses his feelings/wishes for the future for Tails to even believe that his pipe dreams are a possibility. I think it's Sonic who would need to pull Tails out of his head, because the probability that Tails works up the courage to confess is more unlikely.

So...yeah. In my head, Sonic is driven to a point where he confesses and pulls Tails out of his head about it.

[varpusvaras]

delighted that willis live au is balancing jason's mom to dad ratio

It's balancing the ratio but I don't know if it has a balancing anything else in Jason's life ngl. First of all, he's never had this many dads before. Second of all, it's Ghost-Maker. (what could possibly go wrong?)

[shima-draws]

9 and 13

9. In Sky, do you often visit Spinda's Cafe?

Yes, all the time! Afaik it's the best way to accumulate IQ with gummis bc sometimes you get extra bonuses. Also there's specific dungeons that you unlock by random chance by using the juice bar too :"D

I also use the recycle shop pretty frequently, the rewards are good and eventually you can farm Reviver Seeds there which is HELLA useful.

Also I just love the vibe in general so yeah I'm a big Spinda's Cafe fan :)

13. Which game makes you cry the most/makes you the saddest?

PMD Sky fans will be outraged at this but it's actually Super 😳 The way that they totally flipped the roles and had your partner be the one to vanish at the end of the game DESTROYED me. Getting to see the aftermath of that disappearance from the Hero's POV hit super hard and really just puts the classic PMD ending in a whole new light. (I missed my boy SO fucking much. GODDD)

Grovyle's sacrifice will always make me cry but Super's ending never fails to make me bawl my eyes out LMAO

[zizzy-rie]

Another AU by @bog-in-a-well /@bogswell-kampilan that has never seen the light of day :D (Bog I have let your lil meow meow loose)

It has elements of the Danny Phantom show. MK is uhhh half dead?? Dead??? So uhm he can turn ghost.

Mihou here is a wukong-obsessed murderous lunatic who wants to eat MK. His backstory is very different from the canon so he has no emotional relations to wukong whatsoever. He is however, obsessed with emotionally torturing and killing the other monkey so there's that.

[thepoisonroom]

i know modern dating is a hell because i once went on a date with this lady and when we were about to kiss i pulled back and went "oh sorry i thought we were a vase for a second" and she didn't like that in the least

[fluffypotatey]

You can take it if you want. I don't mind.

I wanted to focus on the cuteness before talking about the rest of the dream. Basically when nine interrupts the glowing string, something happens (the dream doesn't explain, but in trying to explain it now consciously, maybe it's a combo of chaos magic, 2 powerful mystic monkeys, the closeness to the pillar, and/or everyone getting magic. Its dream logic, whatever) and now everyone can see strings. And then the dream moved away from shadowpeach to drama as people tracked down celebrities' end of strings, couples realizing they have no string to each other, one woman seeing an extremelly thick string between her husband and the cowoker she was told not to worry about, etc. Pure personal chaos and upheaval

oh my god…..THEY started the soulmate au

[eschynite]

Maybe I'm projecting and being hopeful but I mentioned to M that I don't even get to shit by myself in peace lmao and I feel like something clicked for him. Bc I was like hey, at least you get private bathroom breaks at work (noncombative). And since then he's been a lot more acquiescent when I ask if I can nap and stuff

[driftingballoons]

I hope you don't mind me asking two thing back to back, but for the reverse unpopular opinion ask game.

What piece of PMD lore/story just doesn't sit right / doesn't make sense with you?

Not at all! Love getting asks, thank you! :3

The one piece of lore that’s always bothered me a bit is how they handle humans in the series. Imo it’s just a little confusing and odd. Now for the positive! By leaving it vague, it really hands over the lore to the fans—how do humans live in this world? Are they common, or are you one of/the only one left? Do they tend to live side by side with pokemon, or are they more separate than in the main series? Where did Hero come from? What happened to their family? Etc etc. Plus, in Explorers, the idea of there being humans around, but you not seeing ANY in the Dark Future really adds to the oppressive and heavy nature. It helps show it’s such a harsh world that only the most feral of pokemon can truly thrive. 

[devilfic]

What is a "codependent psychosexual platonic relationship"? Genuine question

need I say more

[mixtapedoh]

✩⡱ spotify wrapped writing event !

it's the most insufferable time of the year for people like me ♡

🎧🎙️💀— send me any idol from the groups i actively follow & a number from 1-100 and i will go to my spotify wrapped and write you a headcanon set or drabble with the accompanying ~ mystery song vibes~

all writing will be posted beginning the last two weeks of december!

available numbers are under the cut ♡

1-9 available 10 & dino (svt) 11-24 available 25 & jeonghan (svt) 26-46 available 47 & dk (svt) 48-100 available

[ctrl-lupin]

looking at this shot reminds me of how the animator for Mob Psycho 100’s first ED apparently went around the BONES office asking “hey what’s a sexy way to light a cigarette”