#rhink nonsense

[becausethathappens]

season 25 teaser

[becausethathappens]

I do think anon is partly right that this is something they're less prickly about off camera. But they genuinely did used to have those types of "don't touch" physical boundaries. So it's also probably a little of their bad habits rearing up to be set aside.

They've always been objectively closer than a lot friends are in many ways (to say the absolute goddamn least), but physical contact is an easily controllable thing and (Rhett's in particular) uncomfortable interactions were very in line with the kind of humor that 2010s era were all about. (eg. Side-eyeing people around you for caring too much, implying that having emotions makes you needy, giving Jim Halpert looks to the camera, like "Can you believe this guy?", etc.)

Therapy and time have worn most of those boundaries away.

That's how this:

Turned into this:

We're in the tail end of a decades long journey to unlearn the toxic behaviors that kept them from being that close from jump. In no small part, I think, thanks to the exposure therapy of the show forcing them to be more and more comfortable with being publicly intimate over time.

That's the double-edged sword because a lack of experienced moderation over those years spent being too cool to hug has led them to grinding on each other's laps once every few months, now that they're okay with that.

It's like letting a kid cook your dinner. Sometimes they can get the basics done just fine and you wonder why you don't do it more often.

Other times, you're gonna find marshmallows in the spaghetti.

Either way, they're just trying their best.

something i've noticed in Rhett and Links relationship and their physical intimacy - in videos, they often play up how uncomfortable they are to be put in close proximity to each other (although it is their show and I presume they greenlight video ideas), and they will often be like "hey don't get so close to me, man."

HOWEVER, this often happens in a very particular way - for example, in one of the recent episodes when they are testing the "invisible" chair, Rhett holds Links thigh for a while before Link acknowledges saying he should warn him before touching him. But Rhett grabbed him as if it was completely natural, and Link didn't even flinch, just let it happened until he remembered he had to react in a certain way. This is the case a lot of the time, they are always moving into each others space with so much familiarity and comfortability. But then, one of them will address it, but it is so delayed when they do it seems that its a forced and fake discomfort. This suggests to me that they will, when alone just the two of them, act in a way where they get physically close, meaning they are used to it. That's why they do not immediately react when the other gets close, but then remember they are on camera and give a delayed reaction in hopes of making it seem like they would never usually touch each other like that. But there are so many instances where they get so close and intimate, and either forget to address it or say it so late that it almost seems forced, like "oh yeah I need to say something so it doesn't seem like we do this all the time."

there are so many examples of this but I'm convinced they actually are very used to being physically intimate and then pretend not to be on camera - Link even mentioned on an eb that there is a part of their relationship that isn't for anyone else, or something like that.

anywayssss thats my rant

Absolutely agree. It’s hard to believe that they just turn up the physical touch for the show. It comes way too easily to them, especially Rhett. And yeah they’re SO oblivious to how frickin obvious they are and how bad they are at covering it up 😅

But hey I’m not complaining 😆

[lallyloo]

My favorite rhink moments revolve around how protective Rhett seems to be always over Link. He doesn't hesitate before always throwing in "are you ok" In such serious tone whenever Link has the slightest of inconvenience in such a protective momma bear manner. He doesn't even bother curbing this instinct, Link's safely seems to be always top priority 🥹

YES

[gif by @graveyard-whistler]

[favvnsongs]

watching s19 in prolly half an hour, just wanna let everyone know that I am undoubtedly going to be So Obnoxious for the next week or so so yknow. block the tag lmfao ;____;

[skyburger]

stinging nettles... when i lived in england they fucked up my MIND bro. i didnt even touch them that many times i dont think... and yet any time i am brushing up against plants and i dont have long sleeves / long pants im like FUCKKKK WHAT IF THERES NETTLES HERE like dude i dont think i have ever in my life seen a stinging nettle in maryland. i dont think i ever saw them when i lived in new york. im sure they exist on this side of the pond but they are NOT an imminent threat

[becausethathappens]

rhett is already practiced in trying to seduce convince link to try new things and "enjoy" apples. this tracks.

had a dream I commented "rhett and link talk to each other like they're the first humans to walk the earth and they're just spitballing and figuring shit out trial and error" and in the dream they reacted to/read the comment but they interpreted 'first humans' as Adam and Eve and not Grug and Greg (because of course) and did a whole garden of Eden photoshoot

[harper44]

I hope everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving had a good holiday and to everyone who doesn't: happy random Thursday!

I was thinking..... some angsty thanksgiving rhink? Maybe college age? Maybe now age? Anyone seen The Bear, you know the Christmas episode? Like that but Thanksgiving and less addiction lol. But!! All that tension, the dialoge....

Anyone picking up what I'm putting down?? That might have been nonsensical.

[becausethathappens]

[captainsourwolf]

randl if you see this no you didn’t

*

“Is there anything down here to enjoy?”

Rhett smirks, flicks his eyes down to where Link is tucked under the desk, hands resting on Rhett’s knees. He taps his fingers there and hums, waiting for Rhett’s answer.

“You’re down there already, why don’t you find out?” Rhett leans back and clasps his hands behind his head, cocking an eyebrow at Link in challenge. He’d be lying if he said he wasn’t affected by Link’s proximity to his dick right now, but he isn’t going to show it.

“Guess I will,” Link answers. Then he’s scooching forward and fitting himself between Rhett’s spread thighs, hands smoothing along the inner seam till he’s cupping Rhett with one palm. Rhett swallows, shifting his hips in the seat minutely.

Link makes hasty work of Rhett’s button and zipper, licking his lips when he sees Rhett’s cock filling out his briefs. Rhett groans and lifts just enough for Link to tug both pants and underwear over his ass. He feels exposed, like anyone of their crew could walk in and see them fooling around, and it makes his dick twitch and his chest ache.

“You gonna...?” Rhett makes an obscene gesture with one hand, grinning at Link’s eye roll. He drops that hand onto Link’s head and cups it, threading his fingers through Link’s hair, groaning as Link takes his cock out and sucks the head between his lips. He rubs his tongue over the slit and sinks lower and Rhett huffs. “Yeah, yeah, there you go.”

Rhett feels himself swelling in Link’s mouth, fully hard and wet in no time as Link teases with his tongue and lips. He licks at Rhett’s cock and sinks lower every time he takes Rhett into his mouth, groans when Rhett tugs at his hair and guides him. He’s enthusiastic about it like he always is; drools a little, nearly gags himself on it, moans in encouragement when Rhett thrusts into his mouth and forgets himself for a second.

Link loves a cock in his mouth, no doubt about it.

Rhett’s getting close already, the thrill of getting a blow job under the desk setting his nerves alight and his balls drawing up tight where they’re still trapped in his briefs. Link doubles down on his efforts and wraps a hand around the base, stroking and squeezing in time with his mouth; he uses his other hand to reach in and cup Rhett’s sac, cradling him too gently and not enough.

“Link—“ Rhett tugs on Link’s hair in a warning that he’s close. Link hums around him and takes him deeper and presses his tongue against just the right spot to make Rhett moan and jerk. He’s spilling down Link’s throat hot and fast, Link holding him in his mouth and swallowing nearly every drop.

When he’s finished Rhett sags into his chair and sighs with satisfaction. He pets Link’s hair and watches him clean Rhett up with his mouth; some of it catches on his bottom lip and Rhett can’t help reaching out to swipe it away with his thumb and suck it off. Link grins up at him with flushed cheeks and puffy pink lips and dopey blue eyes.

“So? Did you find anything down there to enjoy?” Rhett asks, grinning and smug as Link wipes his mouth on his hoodie and cups himself through his jeans. He huffs out a groan and drops his forehead to Rhett’s thigh.

“Nah,” Link mutters into Rhett’s leg, laughing when he gets a pinch in return. “Don’t think there was nothin’ down here but a teeny cock.”

Rhett just laughs.

[lallyloo]

THIS EXACTLY 🥺 HIS PROTECTOR

[froglegsz]

Accidentally made eye contact with hot isaac in astronomy class. will be passing away

thats gay isaac to you.

[misterradio]

hezekiah wakely ::-)

[for-convenience]

Over analysis because I need a distraction.

Interesting thing the first: During the last Ear Biscuits, Link mentioned how the weirdest thing they’ve walked in on each other doing is Rhett doing his morning stretches in his underwear.  And he specifically mentioned “when we’re traveling” which means he walks in on Rhett in Rhett’s hotel room since I doubt Rhett traveled to Link’s room in his underwear or would disrobe when he got there.  Which means, the only way to “walk in on someone” in a self-locking hotel room is if they have adjoining rooms, they give each other a key to their rooms, or he was already in the same hotel room.  And this isn’t back in the day travel because Rhett mentioned the exercises are doctor and Pilates prescribed.

Interesting thing the second: In the latest MS blog, Link, while attempting to tell Rhett not to get him sick, said, “Don’t drip on me when I’m sleeping.”  I mean...hard to drip on a sleeping person you’re not sharing a bed with.

This has been Over Analyzing with Elizabeth because sometimes the tinfoil hat world is shinier than the real world.

[becausethathappens]

@soho-x​, please. this is devastating.

excuse me while i go cry

[text ID: tweet by Heather Christle replying to Danez Smith that reads, “Once a first grader asked me how long a poem had to be and when I said it could be just one word he wrote a poem that was just his best friend’s phone number. 💖]

[lunar-winterlude]

Spring means sudden thunderstorms, trees turning verdant almost overnight, and so much yellow pollen blanketing every surface that you could draw “FUCK” on your brother’s car windshield and insist that one of the other neighborhood kids did it.

Spring also means an explosion of wisteria on nearly every tree in Rhett’s neighborhood. It makes him feel a little dizzy each year, seeing how suddenly it comes alive. He likes the way the lavender blooms overtake the green leaves.

In first grade, he asks Mama about it. She says it’s an invasive species. That it chokes the life out of plants as it twines about tree trunks and climbs along branches, searching for the sun. It scares him a little, the way she describes it.

He’s never gonna admit it, but he thinks it looks real pretty.

On the rare trip to Durham, his family drives through a patch of woods by Jordan Lake that’s blanketed in wisteria. Soft clouds of purple so bright that they almost hurt his eyes. Those moments, where he can almost convince himself that he’s flying through another world, always leave an odd feeling in the pit of his stomach. He’s not sure how to feel about it.

Spring means that he gets to see Link more. They start the annual list of firsts that Rhett mentally tracks: first bike ride, first camping trip, first swim in the Cape Fear. He never feels right doing anything on that list without Link. When he’s alone, everything feels off.

Once, the spring of their junior year, he lets slip that he’s missed Link.

They’re sprawled on the bank of the river, letting the sun dry their clothes.

“You missed me?” Link says.

Rhett turns his head slightly. Link’s looking up at the sky, water droplets still trickling down the side of his face. There’s a second where Rhett’s throat constricts, when that odd feeling cuts through the pit of his stomach, but he takes a deep breath and presses on.

“Missed this,” he rumbles. “Us doing stuff like this this. It don’t feel right when it’s just me.”

Link’s quiet for a bit. Rhett wonders if he’s said something wrong. With Link, it’s hard to tell sometimes. But then Link gives him a firm nudge in the side.

“Missed you, too, brother.”

And the tension in Rhett’s throat eases.

Spring means that North Carolina comes to life again. But nothing compares to the new life it breathes into his relationship with Link.

[lovelyrhink]

rhett: jessie’s strap feels amazing but i kinda wanna know what real man-meat is like

link:

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