#the core four dynamics are my fav thing to talk about !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[saturnaftertaste]

thoughts on jughead and veronica as a potential romance?

so many! you know a couple of years ago i actually had a very intense jeronica phase. there is some REALLY good stuff out there and i like them a lot; unfortunately they fall short of the mark. the same way betty and archie together fall short. they’re just too conventionally well suited to each other that there ends up being nothing THERE…

like. okay if uve seen up to even just season 2 of riverdale it makes a really good case for betty/jughead and archie/veronica - lots of traditionally interesting dynamics and insane things happen between these two couples. take for example betty/jughead. their romance seems to follow the same sort of lines as nancy/jonathan from stranger things - investigative surburban princess x ostracized alternative “artist” (even though jughead does a lot of writing on screen, in the first couple of seasons he always seems to have a camera on hand like jonathan). they have a very intense connection founded on the fact that they have similar priorities, which means in a lot of ways they didn’t get together for romance reasons in the first place. them becoming a thing is a side effect of being in the same circumstance. however, because the first thing in their relationship is not their attraction to each other, this means that the specter of veronica and archie is always there. like. think about it; betty wants archie, and she’s jealous of veronica who has archie. jughead wants betty, and is jealous of archie, because he feels like a consolation prize.

on the flipside, archie and veronica are built on mutual sexual attraction at the very start and it peters off because they don’t have the same priorities/interests/way of thinking. in this way, betty and jughead are also looming in veronica/archie, because veronica is jealous of betty who is “good” which is what she wants to be and hates jughead who is always in archie’s good graces - part of the reason that veronica wants to be with archie is because he is so Good. the narrative frames her as an agent of “good” whenever she’s with archie, and much more morally grey when she’s with reggie/chad/whatever. so when jughead, who is kind of the boy version of her - smart, pretentious, and snarky - is still beloved by the girl she would like to call her best friend (betty doesn’t fully get on the b&v train until s2, and even then it’s mostly betty calling the shots in the friendship) AND by her boyfriend, jughead by transitive law is “good” and “belongs”, things that veronica desperately wants for herself.

still in that relationship, archie sexually wants veronica, but is feeling pressured to be with betty. unsurprisingly, archie also wants jughead, but in less of a “he’s my girlfriend” way and more like “i want to tie my wrist to yours so that if your wrist breaks mine does too” because he feels bad about abandoning jughead and the road trip for ms grundy (which maybe i’ll do a seperate post on) but not only that, the narrative like, actively draws parallels between jughead and the girls (he walked in looking for the girl next door, but all he found was me). jughead and archie are described in the description of riverdale’s first season as “best friends” and this carries forward all the to the last season where it’s literally just by name and nothing else, but the point is that archie’s attention and therefore loyalty is split between three people with very different agendas and roles in the story/in the town.

which explains why perhaps the lightxlight and darkxdark pairings don’t have much appeal; betty and archie together in s5+6 was some of the most boring romance i’ve ever witnessed. jugheadxveronica is written off as ludicrous in-narrative because veronica kisses jughead ONCE in the three years they know each other, and then when suggested to do it again (jughead paradox) it’s all work and no play. even s7 jeronica is written in a weird slanted light because 50sjughead is asexual (?) up until veronica actively expresses interest in him (?) which came out of nowhere and then was dropped as a narrative thread and only picked up several episodes later. s7 jeronica is also really boring in that they don’t even like each other’s opinions on things (which is true to the main timeline, by the way) but also there’s zero chemistry there.

my theory is that the reason jeronica as a ship had so much forward propulsion until s7 was because their most important scene was actually a polycule one - the spiteful kiss in front of a visibly upset archie x betty was what really made jeronica so much more interesting than the other ships to me, but if you go one step further and consider their unaltered characters in a long-term relationship it gets really boring really fast.

i would argue, actually, that a lot of this is the fault of the non-adaptation of jughead’s comic-canon asexuality. they try to fix it later with the 50s scenes in the sweet hereafter and the characterization of s6 -> s7 jughead, but even then we end up with the four splitting off their various ways. the reason no single-woman x archie andrews relationship is compelling is because the choice made between girls is what’s compelling, and throwing jughead in as another viable option for a relationship kills the tension between the three of them by making it a perfect four, which is why i think messy polycule/bettyjughead/veronicaarchie dynamics are much more interesting, because the original thesis (well, i make it sound way more serious than it is) of the archie comics b&v choice was the opportunity cost. date betty and lose the sexy rich girl. date veronica and lose the childhood sweetheart. throw jughead in the mix, and now you have a different, even more compelling story of mutual confused desires. but separating them based on light/dark and playing happy families with them based on that dichotomy of pairing is boring. at least in the long run, without the specter of the other two left out.

[vinelark]

ALL timkon recs I BEG

hello hi! here are some of my favs! it got long so putting some under the cut

💄 Lipstick on the glass by @cairoscene read for timkon being soft and goofy and disgustingly in love, set in vague future college-y years with amazing core four dynamics too. cair is one of the funniest people to ever exist and we are so blessed that they decided to write some timkon. (also read for my own greatest contribution to literature, the fictional “jerry the void nexus” meme)

🎢 been a number and a name by @wynterstars i had SO MUCH FUN reading this one, a 90s comics-divergent AU where robin and superboy become friends—and crushes—when superboy is pretty new on the scene. feat. lex luthor being terrible, tim staging a rescue operation that at one point involves platform shoes and a blonde wig, spice girls references, and fantastic action sequences. it’s also a series, with an installment focusing on kon & clark, and a currently updating longfic sequel with SO MANY timkon identity shenanigans (my beloved) and kon feelings (also my beloved).

📸 the surveillance series by @smilebackwards i feel like i rec this all the time but it’s because it’s THAT GOOD. a tim-centric AU where tim joins the family late, but is still involved in bat business without the bats realizing. there’s some fun timkon identity shenanigans at the top, and some of my all-time favorite tim characterization (ruthless! lonely! brilliant!) plus a great tim & bruce arc, too.

🦉 Detours by miyaji_08 this is part 2 of a series and i def recommend reading the whole thing! a reverse robins + joker jr au that has lots of trauma and lots of healing, and in part 2 there’s timkon identity shenanigans that’s simultaneously enemies to lovers + And They Were Roommates. tim sure does run a gauntlet of horrors in this series, but it has so much healing and also one of my fav reverse robins concepts i’ve read so far.

📱 unfurl by @burins tim and kon might be dating, and there’s no kryptonian sex ed handy. bruce, being bruce, makes it his business, which means talking to clark and Realizing some things about his own feelings. superbat are billed first here, but i think timkon steal the show—i laughed out loud like five different times reading this. hilarious and sweet on all sides. (and if you like this, check out their timkon road trip fic!)

🌾 A Saturday Evening by malcyon in which tim visits the kent farm for family dinner with kon, feat. very sweet established relationship timkon and fun superfamily dynamics, and it touches on tim’s past grief over kon’s death (and complicated feelings post-undeath).

🤼‍♂️ Sore Loser by @hearteyeshayley kon learns that tim always let him win while sparring, and has to process that. this was such a fun exploration of tim’s prowess as a fighter—one who regularly has to go up against superpowered friends and foes alike—and also tim as a person who is always doing mental calculations about the people around him (in an endearing way). kon, too, got his time to shine and grow, and the ending was so smart and sweet.

🔮 Ascension by Violet_Witch an AU longfic where tim is a witchling and kon is a fallen angel who has (oops) just lost his wings. tim sets out to help get kon’s wings back, and there’s a ticking clock because angel wings are dangerous in the wrong hands—and tim has a big, horrible secret that’s about to come due. the plot/worldbuilding of this was WILDLY cool, and there was a big ol misunderstanding in the middle that had me clawing my face off (in a good way).

🌌 straight on ’til morning by merils kon vs. the terrifying ordeal of growing up, feat. sweet friends-to-lovers timkon and really thoughtful exploration of some of kon’s canon past relationships and their abusive dynamics. i haven’t finished this one yet but it’s been rec’d multiple times and i’m excited to dive back in (and it's recently complete!)—and what i have read so far gave me an amazing sequence of kon and dick interacting and dick’s big brother mode activating in an instant, which is something i now desperately need more of.

📧 aaaand would it even be a reclist by me if i didn’t include send to all by @cairoscene the absolute moment i find myself feeling down i go reread this and boom. i am instantly laughing again. timkon are just one part of a bat grab-bag here but they are so so funny and cute and in-character. maybe one day i’ll compile the timkon-centric sequel that exists in my head but for now i’ll just go reread this for the zillionth time.

okay yeah!! i’m probably missing so many good fics here because i constantly have like a zillion tabs open that i plan to read someday. also i reserve the right to reblog later like OH I FORGOT— but in the meanwhile, happy timkon reading!

[wolfjackle-creates]

20 questions for writers, tagged by @gremlin-bot

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

10

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

87,995 (What the hell? I thought it was, like, half that 🤯) [This will increase dramatically once I get a few more things transferred from tumblr to AO3]

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Right now, it's mostly dpxdc. I'm trying to break into more solo DC and DP stuff. I also have a few works for Good Omens that I'm not ready to abandon.

4. What are your top 5 fics by Kudos?

The Nurse's Demands

Electricity

Remember, Remember

Want to Hold on and Feel I Belong

Answer My Call

5. Do you respond to comments? Why/why not?

Yes! I'm in fandom to make friends and have fun. I made one of my best fandom friends through AO3 comments. Besides, talking about things I've made and my thoughts behind them is fun. ^.^

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

On AO3? Probably Carry On. It's a Good Omens two shot that more-or-less starts with Abel's death. It then follows Crowley and Cain as they experience exile together. But I don't really do sad endings, so it ends with Cain finding a degree of peace, even if Abel is still dead.

In general? Never shared, but it's another Good Omens story. A sequel to the above. I wrote 3 fics/chapters that explore a Fallen Raphael!Crowley coming to terms with the fact that he can't heal. So in the 2nd installment, he gets close to some humans and when one is severely injured, he fails to heal them and they die. I won't share more than that, but I literally can't read that fic without crying and I wrote it. (The fourth and fifth part of the series are him wresting the ability to heal back from the binds that were placed on it, so even those have a happy ending in a way. The people who died remain dead, though, so I think it still counts.)

7. What is the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Considering none of my dpxdc longfics are finished yet, I'm gonna go with another Good Omens fic, The Demon Piper. This is based off the story of the Pied Piper, obviously. Hamelin, Germany is experiencing a famine due to rats getting into the winter stores. The adults are desperate and many are considering selling their kids to indentured servitude or worse. So the kids and Crowley make a pact to run away together. They they go off and set up their own little settlement in the mountains and everyone lives and it's super sweet. I have a few sequels I need to post that get even fluffier.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Haven't yet! Y'all are the best <3

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

My third Good Omens fic! An Evening In! It's an 18k PWP with Soft Dom Aziraphale and Service Bottom Crowley, human AU. Really, it's just two men who love each other very much. It's so soft and self indulgent, even if they do explore some kink dynamics.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one?

DPxDC is my first time in a crossover fandom. It's been a blast! IDK if it counts as crazy, though.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope. Wouldn't that be the biggest flattery, though.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

No. I don't think my writing style lends itself to co-writing. I'm very particular about how things get phrased and I'm a plotter and most of my planning happens mentally while driving or at work or something.

14. What's your all-time fav ship?

Oh, I don't have one! I have a fav ship in certain fandoms, though. I was in the Sherlock fandom for a while, so Johnlock obviously. For Be More Chill (the musical) it's Michael/Jeremy. For Good Omens it's Crowley/Aziraphale. For Avatar it's Zutara. Newsies has Jack/David. For DC only fics, I'm an avid Tim/Kon shipper or Core Four. But for DPxDC I'm a multishipper. I was also a multishipper when in the MCU fandom (though Steve/Tony became a nOTP for me and was never a favorite even before Age of Ultron).

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Oh, damn. It's hard to say. I plotted out a whole Good Omens Parent Trap Fusion. (Aka take the plot of the Parent Trap and fit in the characters from Good Omens.) I hate to call it abandoned since I would like to go back to it. But time...

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I do panic attacks and emotional breakdowns very well. I'm also proud of how I can weave a complex plot into a coherent story which will hopefully come out once I get further along in some of my long fics (particularly Answer My Call and I'll Carry Your Heart (Until I Find You Again)).

17. Writing weaknesses?

I don't think I'm very good at making sure all my characters have distinct voices. I've gotten way better at that this past year, but I'm still working on it. I'm also too much of a perfectionist which makes me slow. And I jump around ideas too much which makes it harder to finish projects.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages?

I will never do it. Way I see it, if the POV character understands what is being said, the reader should understand, too. Which means it needs to be written in English (the only language I can guarantee the reader of an English story can understand). If the POV character can't understand what is being said, neither should the reader. If it's omniscient POV, I will put it in English if I want the reader to have that information and leave it out if I don't. Not give some readers extra information that others don't get.

19. The first fandom you wrote for.

Naruto. I wrote it by hand in class on lined notebook paper and passed it over to my best friend. She, in turn, gave me drawings of my favorite characters.

20. Fav fic you've ever written?

God, I have no idea. I love so many of my works and each one represents something. The Demon Piper is the fic that got me back into writing at all so that's super special to me. Bring Me Home is the one that got me writing for the DPxDC fandom. An Evening In was my first attempt at smut and I am so happy with how it turned out (never thought I could do it). I'll Carry Your Heart (Until I Find You Again) has a premise I'm absolutely in love with and I have so many plans for it. Want to Hold on and Feel I Belong is proof of how much I love emotional breakdowns and I love how much of a punch it packs. Remember, Remember is my first time writing an introspective piece that covers a long time period and I think it works really well.

No, I don't have a favorite work. No way I could pick between them all.

Tagging: @greensword101, @isalisewrites, @britcision and anyone else who wants to do this!

[icharchivist]

Hope you don’t mind me asking, but what exactly is a3 ? I’ve been seeing a lot of it on my dash (not just from you lol) and when I looked it up it’s an anime but also a game of sorts? I didn’t really understand but could you explain a bit more? thanks :)

HI NONNY!!!

I absolutely do not mind you asking, talking about a3 is one of my favorite thing to do, so you're in luck!

I'm putting it all under a cut because, while i tried to be vague and short, i, at least, failed on the second part of this attempt, but i sure hope it'll be good to read still!

and if you end up interested in trying a3 in some shape or form do let me know, i'd die for those kids in a heartbeat and if you get to want to meet them or are just curious about some aspects of it, i'm all open to discuss it. I love a3 so damn much.

A3!, or in its full name: A3! Act! Addict! Actors!, is a visual novel gacha mobile game. Its Japanese server opened in 2017 and is still ongoing. In 2019, an English server opened, translating the story from the start, but it unfortunately had to close down in 2021 after running two years of content :(.

in 2020, an anime adaptation of the 4 first main story chapters was released. It's a... pretty uneven adaptation, depends on the arc it adapts, it had to cut a LOT of things, and i'm personally biased because it completely cut down my fav chara's arcs and i'm not fan of some adaptation choices around some other favs, but it can be a pretty good introduction if you want to give yourself an idea about it (starting by the Spring/Summer season, then the Autumn/Winter)

Personally i started keeping up with the A3! English server when it first came out, until the bitter end, and i miss it so dearly. There's translations for the rest of the story on the wikis, but i've been so heartbroken i haven't managed to get around and catch up just yet...

For the record: fans managed to record and save the entire content of the A3!En server in videos, that we keep on an archive available on a google doc. We're trying to keep it as under the radar as possible so it's hush hush, but if ever you are curious enough to want to navigate it, let me know and i'll share it and give you pointers.

EITHER WAY that's for the technicality.

The Visual Novel follows the story of Izumi Tachibana as she is lured into the indebted theater her father used to own before he disappeared years ago. Due to circumstances that involves yakuza because it's a very normal game, Izumi ends up in a situation in which she is tasked with bringing back the Theater to its glory days in less than a few months: mainly, by forming back Four Troupes of 5 Actors, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, each dedicated to a specific type of plays, and putting on successful shows after successful show in the hope to save the theater.

The core of the story is especially found, of course, with the actors that ended up joining the various troupes and the dynamic those troupes end up having with one another, as each have very clear themes in the way they interreact with one another.

While the story starts about clearing a debt, the story follows specifically the whole idea of encouraging those actors to grow and bloom, both as actors and as individuals, learning to heal from their past and move forward to their future.

The Gimmick is also that each play we end up putting on together, tends to serve to have the characters use introspection in order to understand their roles. So you both end up having Unique New Mini Stories at every play, but also play the game of "and how is that play serving the character arc of the Actor inspiring it".

Here's are our first members, for Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

After one year of content, each troupe got a 6th member, whom therefore we call the rookies.

A3! shines a lot by its really amazing dialogues and humor, but also the genuineness in which it approaches its emotional moments and the characters arcs of each character. Basically we all agree, if you end up relating to Any Characters, be prepared to cry because they'll be coming for you specifically with arcs made specifically to hurt you. But also to heal you. I've never recovered and it was the best thing that ever happened to me, that coexist.

As you can see, there's 24 main characters who's story ends up very important, so teasing more about presenting each of them would make this post impossibly long (i COULD do it though, because i do love them all so dearly). The story focus mostly on them, but, at least in the VN, Izumi is herself a pretty fun protagonist to follow. I think the anime cut down a lot of her scenes though....

The story is followed through Main Story Chapters AND Event Stories, Main Story at the begining of the "Act" (see bellow) and two event stories each months, and the events bring a lot to the character arcs so it's not exactly bonus content.

Playstyle wise it's nothing really interesting, and we mostly participate to the Gacha or ranking up events because the cards are new arts of the boys and come with bonus stories only unlockable once you own the card, usually linked to the current ongoing event. They're more bonus content but a lot of them are really fun or hint at some angst as well.

The First Year of content was called Act One, and it covered first the 4 First Main Story Chapters following the creation of each troupes, then, 19 event stories. Then, Act Two, which had 4 New Main Story Chapters introducing the Rookies, each separated by one event, before then being only events. When the English server closed we were 19 events into Act 2, and we never got to see Act 3. Act 3 is a little more mushy in term of how the time flow/how the Main Story and Events are organized so i'd only recommand looking into it only if you get into the whole thing.

As I mentioned, the anime only covers therefore the 4 First Main Story Chapters, which means, only the creations of the troupes and their first plays, and it condensed them a lot so yeah...

Another thing about a3 is that it's also really musically based.

Each Troupes have about 3 Troupe songs each that kinda showcase their dynamic (Two for Act 1, One for Act 2), and each character have a Solo song that showcase their characters pretty well. (one at the beginning of their story, and one set in Act 3).

I'm not going to list everything, unless you're curious in which case i can share some of my favorites, but i can at least share one song of each of the troupes, as to drive the point that each troupe have a very different vibe going for them. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter

Aside from that, each Play the actors pull together have a duet between whoever is the Lead and Co-Lead actor of each play, in character of the play itself. Noteworthy however that each play is made to explore character arcs, so while they represent their play characters, it also represents the actors themselves.

There is also a few songs sang by the Leader of each troupes, as the one i linked above. The song i linked above is the opening song of the game when you open it for the first time!

(since the singing is an appealing part, if you want some "hey, it's the seiyuu of ____" moment, i can provide. If you're a nonny who follows me for gbf for instance i need to tell you about the duet between Vane's and Mordred's VAs because i think about it All The Time)

So, that's basically the outline of what you need to know about A3!.

Any more details about the specific bonds the troupes have, or who the characters are, could be spoilery if you want to get into it, but if you're curious about any of them i'm willing to talk more about them. I swear i could ramble about all of them for hours.

And yeah a3 is hilarious, i'm bringing back those beauty to make a point:

I Rest My Case.

A3! So Good I miss it every single day of my life. Here you should know a little bit more about it.

and as i said, i'm always up to talk more about it. God knows i can't shut up about a3.....

Hope it helped!

Take care :3c

[iseultandtristan]

I feel like we need to give more props to teen wolf for absolutely nailing parent child relationships. it’s one of my favorite things about the show. the four mains are pretty much living in single parent households and their relationships with their parents are never minimized. so many teen shows act like parents don’t exist and aren’t important in kids lives but teen wolf does such a beautiful job with these relationships, like I could probably write an essay on each of the main’s relationships with their parents. there’s just so much to say and I literally love all of them: mama mccall and scott, sheriff and stiles, allison and chris, lydia and natalie. some of my absolute all time favorite scenes from the show are scenes between these characters. 

just to say a bit about each one:

Mama McCall is pretty much everyone’s mom and it’s awesome. Not only is she just a bamf in life and death situations and just all around best nurse in beacon hills but also a phenomenal life coach. like she gives scotty boy some great advice on love and relationships. and also, her relationship with scott is just so genuine, there’s so much authenticity about their situation. I just feel like they are really well done single parenthood representation.

sheriff and stiles. oof. where to begin? probably my favorite parent-child relationship in tv if im being honest. every scene with them is just phenomenal. sheriff is really protective over stiles but stiles is really protective over sheriff too. they take care of each other as stiles would say. and something I love about the show is that, oftentimes, stiles’ main motivating factor is protecting his dad. they pretty much got each other and that’s it and they know that and they value that. they’re also one of the best comedic duos on the show (which is saying something because there really are so many great comedic pairings on this show). stiles isn’t an easy kid to raise, let’s be honest. he causes a fair amount of trouble, he’s got severe adhd and anxiety and sometimes it’s hard and their relationship strains but at the end of the day sheriff loves stiles more than anything in the world and honestly I might just make another post listing all my fav sheriff and stiles scenes because there are SO many great ones. 

Allison and Chris. Oh boy. I love them, I really do. What I really love is how much a partnership they become. Chris teaches Allison how to be fighter but Allison teaches Chris what to fight for (we protect those who cannot protect themselves) and he carries that with him always. Their dynamic in s3 is god tier. When Allison tells her father how proud she is of them (shortly before she dies) I sob like a baby. 

Lydia and Natalie. Here’s the thing. Of the core four, we probably get the least amount of like big, moving scenes between these two. but their bond is ABSOLUTELY still there. like all things with miss Lydia Martin, it’s a read between the lines kind of thing. Lydia is someone that is pretty reserved with her emotions so I think when it comes to how she feels about the people she loves, you have to pay close attention. we know that Lydia doesn’t have much of a relationship with her father. he’s in season 1 for like two scenes (and we can glean that her parents do not get along) but by season 4 it’s pretty clear that it’s basically Lydia and her mom against the world. when Lydia talks about her family having money issues it appears that they aren’t getting any financial support from her father so it’s really just her and her mom trying to stay afloat together. Lydia’s mom definitely makes some mistakes (sending her to eichen obviously) but she really does love her daughter and just wants her to be safe. some of my fav scenes for them include the one after Lydia is almost strangled to death and she tells her mom she doesn’t need to hide the bruises (but of course they still do her hair!), the scene after the gang saves lyds from eichen and her mom shows up at deaton’s and lyds’ quiet/surprised “mom?”, and also the scene after the chemical? attack where everyone at the school is getting sick (I think it’s 4x07) and when Lydia sees her mom she runs to her and hugs her and her mom just says “im sorry” a bunch of times. they also have some great little bantery bits. not to mention, they’re easily the two most fashionable people in beacon hills.

[throwing-summers-at-the-walls]

Hello again ☺️Yes, that would have been really cool! I already read two of your recomnendations and i love them so thank you again for sharing! I can understand you being unsure of your writing but i bet there are people who will love it. Judging from how you answer your asks and how much you love John i have no doubt that i would love it. But if you dont wanna post it anywhere i would completely understand too. (1)

Im glad i came around to like Root cause otherwise it would have been hard to watch season 4 & 5 cause she appears a lot. I think part of it is cause i watched it witch my family and my dad loves her so i started to like her more too (you know who you love sth cause someone else loves it?) and then eventually i liked her to. Shaw i loved from day one and i loved her sibling energy with John. The John and Shaw dynamic was one of my favorites. I love their teasing and their chaotic energy (2)

As for Shoot i think its kinda cool that the writers just went with it cause of the chemistry and i like Shoot a lot. John and Harold would be amazing too (i mean whats better than one queer couple? Two queer couples!) And there are some parallels between the ships so there was room for both of them. Eventhough Harold and Grace is cute too. And i feel John has chemistry with almost everyone (not always romantic chemistry but also platonic chemistry if thats a Thing 😂) and (3)

in Addition to rinch i also really liked John with Zoe. The only one he had zero chemistry with was the theraphist imo. That ship was just weird. I wish they would have used that time for more Rinch scenes instead. -- yes someone who agrees about the happy end! I dont understand people who wish for a sad end. Like John is my fave character ever and i just want him to be happy with his newfound odd family and maybe someday adopt a cute baby with Harold or become an uncle or idk just be happy (4)

But in my Imagination he didnt die and someday he and Harold retired and started their quieter Happy life with Bear. --- yeah poi Reddit loves the later seasons and hates the first and i noticed they can get a bit mean with people who dont agree (thats why i only read and never write anything). Also said you could skip most of S1 which is just sad cause its a great season 😔 i will accept that i lost validity (is this even a Word?) for liking Root 😂 also yea 4x20 is the ep with the carter hallucinations so check it out. But a warning: Root appears :D sorry this ask got so long, but i just love talking to you and i always look forward to your replies :)

Hi !! Happy to see you're back :)

Glad you liked my recs ! I think there's quite an amount of fics with suicidal John out there actually. Not that surprising since it's canon.

I appreciate your support ! In the long run idk if it's healthy for me. Like a few months ago I fell back into ace attorney and I read a lot of fics about Miles being suicidal and it affected me negatively. Sometimes I purposefully seek out suicide fics. And it may not be the most healthy thing to do. So I'm not sure about that fic. Bc I do wanna write it, but idk if it'd be healthy, as catharsis, or unhealthy, as rumination. I mean I've been writing that body horror fic with some projection of my body issues and it's fine. But yeah I'm pretty sure that if I ever finish it I think I'll post it – after all I posted a fic in which John jumped off a bridge a long while ago before I got suicidal (foreshadowing my own life here lmao). I also wanna try to work on my other wips

Yeah I see, that's understandable. Ngl Root makes me not motivated to get to these seasons during my rewatch (which technically wouldn't be a rewatch). It's wild how I feel nothing for Shaw (she do be kinda hot tho,,,, muscles,,,,,) but I think it's mostly bc I wasn't that interested in her back then and it's been so long since I watched the show I don't remember shit about her. She'd be able to grow on me I think. Yeah I've seen a lot of posts about that "mayhem twins" dynamic around here it does sound cool. Also it's refreshing to have a male/female relationship that isn't turned into a forced romance. But I'll always have a soft spot for S1 and its four core characters.

It's nice if they have chemistry, I didn't feel like they did. Yeah I'm still disappointed that they didn't go for Rinch too. I mean come on their chemistry is so painfully obvious ! I dislike the word queer but mood pls just give me canon Rinch I'm fucking begging hhhhhhh. I'm quite sure the notion of chemistry works with non romantic relationships as well. John is definitely good with people. He looks scary and brooding but he's just a good man who wants to help people ! I love him so much and same he's my fav character of all time !! Also I love seeing him interact with kids he's so good with them. But I also love when he's being an absolute badass. Damn I always forget about Grace gkjdfkjfd I don't have anything against her though, Harold and her are cute together. (Not much into the grace/harold/john OT3 tho, I've seen it around after return 0 but :/ not my thing. But hey good for people who like it.)

I liked John and Zoe too. Even if he had chemistry with Iris it's so cringe, didn't think poi would fall as low as portraying such a relationship between a therapist and a patient. Guess that shows the decrease in quality in the later seasons. Sad they did that shit when as you said they could have showed more Rinch. Like come ooon Rinch is just. Right fucking here. Just make it canon you cowards.

Yeah fuck sad endings (John didn't die obviously) I want my men to be happy and in love and live a good life together with their dog is that too much to ask. Like sometimes I read fics with MCD bc why not but most of the time I just want happiness. Fluffy domestic Rinch is so good ! Gives me so much life. I have a soft spot for married Rinch as well. Also while we're at it let me rec this domestic fluff fic:

Yeah not surprised. And you're right don't waste your time arguing on reddit lol it's not worth it. It baffles me when people say S1 is boring like ??? Where ?? There's literally soooo many eps I love in this season !! 📣📣📣number crunch is the best ep📣📣📣 Glad they stay over on reddit with their last seasons and their shit opinions about S1 smh. Like imagine being a fan of a show and disregarding the season that created the basis of the show and developed characters and relationships. Big brain time uh

I'm quite sure validity is an actual word, and that's how it be if you like root :/ I don't make the rules :/ you're the half valid anon now 😂

Oh well I shall endure root if it's a good ep ^^

It's cool !! I love your long asks !! I hope I didn't get lost in my own reply lmao