#shipping parallels

[homeagainrose]

So, I am a Zutara shipper, I have been for a long time. We all know the importance of “You rise with the moon; I rise with the sun.” I was reminded today that he says it while she’s almost unconscious and he’s backed by the rising sun.

Truly stunning visuals. Certainly, what seems like a once in a lifetime ship. Not even canon! They’re the OTP I always end up going back to. And for the longest time, the only one I wrote for. Until I made fandom friends, but I digress.

So this discussion today got me thinking. Where else have I seen quasi enemies where the man recites poetry when the woman is unconscious with the sun rising? Because that feels very familiar right now. And then it hit me.

“What extraordinary beings we are. Even in the revelation of our triumph, we see the depths of our despair.”

I mean I knew there were similarities between Zutara and Oshamir – I didn’t realize how many. So now I have two OTPs that I’m going to end up going back to, over and over again. I feel it’s odd this happened twice…

The heart of it is this, yes right now The Acolyte is a singled season, a canceled show. But if you like Zutara, I still say give it a shot. And no, you don’t need to know any other Star Wars. Definitely ignore the naysayers. They’re just annoying.

Well, I guess now I have two ships that never got that one kiss. Well that’s why we have fanfic.

[annachum]

Kovu x Kiara ~ Nashuri

Loki x Sigyn ~ Beauty and the Beast

Hades x Persephone ~ Xibalba x La Muerte ( Book of Life )

Jonsa ~ Link x Zelda

Marc Spector x Layla El Faouly ~ O'Connell x Evie ( The Mummy )

[mercutio-the-velaryon]

Mel and Viktor being drawn to each other but repelling each other at the same time... Ughhh you know I critique the fuck out of the writing sometimes but someone COOKED HERE

[walk-to-gallows]

"They will not lose what I have lost"

[stars-obsession-pit]

Fridged (but only half successfully)

Danny awoke in a cramped, pitch-dark box with the taste of blood in his mouth. It took his brain a few moments to boot up, but then he jerked forward in a panic.

And promptly collapsed unceremoniously to the ground as a side of the box swung open.

A fridge. He had woken up in a fridge.

What hell happened to him last night?

Pushing himself around to sit upright, he grimaced at the sensation of wet fabric clinging to his skin. Glancing downwards at his clothes, he froze. The crimson stains covering the entire front of his body were impossible to misidentify. He was soaked in blood.

Fuck, this wasn’t gonna be something he could just ignore, was it. He let his head thunk back against the fridge, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath as he cast his mind backwards.

The last thing he remembered was flopping into bed in his shitty Gotham apartment after finishing a voice call with his significant other. An apartment he was definitely no longer in. So what the hell had happened to get him here?

Suddenly, his introspection was interrupted by a figure crashing in through the window. One of the bats, who then completely froze up upon taking in Danny’s slumped form.

A horrified whisper left their lips. “Danny…?”

[paperlignes]

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2019-2024) SEASON 6, EPISODE 4: THE RAILROAD + SEASON 3, EPISODE 8: THE WELLNESS CENTER

[pocketgalaxies]

It feels good to be able to help. (for @overnighttosunflowers)

[theejael]

am i makin' you feel sick?

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yeah, okay, the ghoul's kinda cool.

[bungobble-my-balls]

OK correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like the main 'yin/yang' parallel with Atsushi and Akutagawa is not something like 'this one is bad but secretly has a good side and this one is good but secretly has a bad side'.

I feel like it's more about 'who they are at their core vs who they choose to be'.

At his core Akutagawa is kind and at his core Atsushi is not. But despite this Atsushi tries every day to make the kinder choices and I love him so much for it. He has to work so hard to be good.

He wants to be a bitch SO bad I know he does but he tries his best to help people and be nice (sometimes he fails but that's OK <3)

Atsushi doesn't always WANT to help people, a lot of the time he's selfish and scared, but he does help people anyway. He keeps helping people over and over again. There's still some selfish motivation to it, and his initial motivation for helping people was because the headmaster told him that's all he was worth, but overall he does care about the people he helps and it weighs on him if he fails to save them. And of course, as the series goes on he starts helping people more because he can rather than because he feels like he needs to.

In Akutagawa's case, he's still capable of being kind but his environment led him into being someone who chooses to hurt people. But he's always been a protector at heart. In the start he was bad compared to Atsushi because he was choosing to hurt people and keep the cycle of abuse going. Just like how Atsushi developed in why he saved people, Akutagawa starts to get redeemed when he chooses to not just act on his rage. Not only does he start to spare people, but he speaks more kindly to them (apologising to Higuchi and telling Kyouka he's proud of her). It all culminates into the moment he chooses to help Atsushi and sacrifice himself for him, going back to his core value of being a protector. Even when he's finally revived, he keeps this role in his new position as Aya's Knight.

I kind of see the streaks of white in Akutagawa and the streaks of black in Atsushi not as their 'hidden sides' but as their fundamental selfs. That's who they are at their core, and their main colours (black for Akutagawa and white for Atsushi) are how they're presented to everyone else and how they try to have people see them as.

[artzee534]

"Where have I seen this before?"

The individual frames:

Bonus: concerned brothers

[devine-fem]

this ship isnt boring/bad, you guys don't get them like i do, i fear. if peter was a god, then wade would be his greatest disciple. if wade was an artist, then peter would be his muse. / Mario Puzo, The Godfather // it chooses you, miranda july // marcel proust // Terrance Hayes, The Same City // Eliza Crewe, Crushed // judas-redeemed // Mitski, I'm your man // u.k // Mitski, I'm your man // Richard Siken // Charlotte Eriksson Everything Changed When I Forgave Myself // u.k. // Noah Kahan You're Gonna Go Far // marilynne robinson, gilead

[waltricia]

It truly runs in the family.

[thank-you-my-friend]

[sloanegabe]

Love, Rosie (2014) and One Day (2024) parallels

[danandfuckingjonlmao]

i love gay marriage

[sableeira]

the truth is the shapeshifting ability user gave themselves away by not using enough silly little pet names insults. And probably about everything else down to minuscule body language, facial expressions and tone of voice (“I know you thrusts” etc etc)

if you know where this scenario is from ily