#the definition of platonic soulmates being silly

[cactiaintracist]

ThEM

[toffeesbabbles]

um um drops these images and ill explain more in tags im so sorry for yapping so much oh my god.

okay number 1: he has cats which automatically makes him appealing to me. cat dad :) he loves them so much.

number 2: despite being a murderer he can actually be really cute

ignore the fact hes talking about stabbing frisk hes cute shhhh

art by @/rahafwabas

I genuinely want to understand the appeal of Killer.

Besides the whole flirtatious thing. I don’t care about that.

Someone please explain to me what you see in Killer.

Because every time I see him, I just want him to explode.

[yournightmary]

i need bsf!ellie whos secretly inlove with reader.. maybe even childhood bestfriend!ellie RAAAA i will preach the friends to lovers agenda till i die!

Bsf!Ellie HCs

content warning:: fem!reader, jealous!Ellie maybe?, modern!AU, mentions of drinking and smoking

AN:: Friends to lovers is so underrated.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ She’s the type of friend to jokingly call you her wife/girlfriend. Probably has your contact saved as ‘my wife💍’ or something similar.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ She’s always very cuddly and clingy. Cuddles you to sleep during sleepovers… that’s just what good friends do, right?

⇢ ˗ˏˋ She was such a loser when she was younger oh my gooddd. Her first kiss was you when you both decided to ‘practice’ kissing as friends. Totally did not feel butterflies in her stomach and her heart didn’t ache, what are you taking about?

⇢ ˗ˏˋ I can see her not really knowing that she was in love with you, you know what I mean? Like, she’d think that you’re just her platonic soulmate- that’s why she feels the best when she’s around you… and why she gets jealous whenever you start getting along with other people.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Made the mistake of being jokingly flirty at first and then you mistook each and every one of her attempts as just her being her usual silly self.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Buys you valentines gifts and says that that’s just what best friends do.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Definitely the type of person to force herself to date someone just so she could take her mind off of you. She couldn’t.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Maybe like a cat and mouse sort of situation. Like you’d get into a relationship with someone so she’d start looking too, but then once she gets into a relationship you’d break up yours. Am I making sense?

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Probably did some stupid shit just to impress you when you were younger. Always ended up with bruises and tons of scratches, maybe even detention or getting grounded.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Jokes about you guys getting married if you don’t find anyone before turning 30. Then gets happy like an idiot when you agree.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Slept over at your place so much when you were younger that your parents started giving her chores and inviting her to family vacations. When you got older it turned into her having her own drawer of clothes and helping you out with every single task you do. Going grocery shopping? She’ll tag along. You have to fill out some important paperwork somewhere? Yeah, she can come with you.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ I have a teeny tiny feeling that’s she’d try to sabotage your dates. You’d be at a restaurant with this new person you met and she’d call all panicked and upset about something, saying how you need to come see her right now. And you’re her best friend, so of course you’re muttering apologies to your date and leaving immediately.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Most of the people that aren’t your friends think you’re dating. Then when you tell them you’re just friends they’re like ‘righhhhttt…’ (no one believes it)

⇢ ˗ˏˋ In high school she told people you already have a prom date (you didn’t) just so they wouldn’t ask you. Then she’d swoop in and say that you should go as friends, since you both didn’t have a date.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ She’d compare herself to all the people you’ve dated all the time. And if you’ve never been in a relationship she’d do the same with your crushes, celebrity or not.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Loves to have multiple days sleepovers because it kind of feels like you’re a happy couple living together.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ FOR SURE would read articles like ‘How to tell if your best friend is in love with you’ when she was younger. Sprinkle in some ‘How to tell if someone’s gay’ if you’re feeling like it.

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Asked you to fake date in early high school because ‘some guy kept bothering her’ (he did not wtf)

⇢ ˗ˏˋ You were with her every time she did something for the first time. When she got her first period, when she first drove a car, when she first smoked and drunk alcohol, when she had her first kiss… maybe even more. That’s what best friends are for, am I right?

⇢ ˗ˏˋ She’d say she likes someone and when you asked about it she’d do the whole ‘You know this person really well’ thing OH MY GODDD.

I love women

[transmascsteveharrington]

Despite being a hopeless romantic omega Steve thinks that the whole true mates thing is bullshit. Your true mate is supposed to smell like home. But Steve can't imagine anyone ever smelling like the Harrington residence. The big, empty house reeks of stale air and cleaning supplies, artificial and chemical. Acrid and acidic almost reminiscent of the way an omega in distress smells. But it's just bleach keeping the unused kitchen counters pristine and the cold hallway tiles spotless. Steve really can't imagine anyone's scent smelling like that. Scent blockers are mandatory at school and Steve doesn't really interact with enough adults to be 100% certain but from the few scents he has smelled, none of them have had that hint of bitter bile.

Nancy smells like geraniums and gunpowder in the air like sparklers lit ten seconds to midnight on New Year's Eve, like possibilities and giddiness. Even after they break up there is some comfort in her scent. It's the first time Steve learns that an alpha's scent can be soft and gentle and not smell sharp like burned milk and suffocate the entire room the alpha is in.

At some point Steve becomes glad that his father is never home, relishing being able to breathe. His mother's scent isn't any better. Where is father's scent is biting, hers is overtly sweet. So sweet it's almost sickening. Something's always smelled off about it, fake too. Like artificial violets and stevia. Not that artificial always smells bad.

Robin's scent is a mixture of blue raspberry and newly bought books and Steve hopes that whenever he finally has the guts and the means to move out his next apartment is going to smell like her. They'll never be true mates, he knows that. But as far as platonic soulmates go Robin definitely is the one.

By far Steve's favorite but also most confusing scent is Eddie. Because Eddie smells just like his trailer. Like literally exactly like his trailer. Any room he walks in instantly fills with the scent of fresh coffee and beans on toast. Sun-warmed air and hints of weed. Laughter, if laughter had a smell. Drug store brand hair products and denim and leather. Corduroy cushions and cold crispness that nightfall at the end of summer brings. It's lovely and always mixed with the kids' scents or Nancy's or Robin's. Occasionally, Jocye's and Jonathan's too. For some reason, it all just clings to Eddie like cookie crumbs to syrup-soaked, sugar-sticky fingers. Steve never met anyone who's smelt so much like other people. When he mentions it to Robin she gives him an odd look.

"I think Eddie smells just like Eddie?" she says before adding slowly. "But ya know, beta nose, I don't smell much."

"But you agree that he smells exactly like his trailer right?" Steve asks. Robin's look grows even odder.

"People don't smell like the place they live in," she says slowly. "Scents are more complicated. Maybe Eddie's place just smells a lot like him because it's small and stuffy and he is always in."

"The trailer isn't sticky!" Steve has the need to defend Eddie's trailer. Robin has never been at the Harrington house when Steve's parents have been home, she has no idea what stuffy means.

Robin just hums and thinks for a second. "Does the trailer ever smell like Wayne?"

Wayne smells like gasoline and tobacco, laundry detergent and asphalt that has been rained on, what did Dustin call that smell? Petrichor? It's as comforting as a blanket and hot chocolate during a thunderstorm, reassuring words and fairy tales read in silly voices. Wayne smells like a childhood Steve never had. But the trailer doesn't smell much like Wayne. There is always a faint hint, the same way there is always a faint hint of the rest of their mismatched pack. But that's only because Eddie smells like pack and Eddie's trailer smells like Eddie. Just like Eddie!

Steve tells Robin exactly that and she grows quiet. It's always worrying when she grows quiet, usually always so quick to chatter. She doesn't share her thoughts, says she only has a thesis, not ready to share it yet. Or maybe Steve is not ready to hear it yet. He gets an idea hough of what her thesis might be when they lock up family video.

"You headed straight home after dropping me off" Robin asks as she puts the last returned tapes back on the shelves.

"Yes, Eddie said he is making chilli, so hurry up," Steve says, his stomach already growling.

"Is he cooking at yours?"

"No, at the trailer, why would he be cooking at mine?" Steve asks, wondering where Robin got such a weird idea that Eddie might be - oh. Steve had kinda referred to the trailer as home, hadn't he? It's like a row of dominos toppling over, revealing a beautiful picture once the very last one has fallen. Eddie is at the trailer. The trailer, which Steve thinks of as home. Home, that Eddie smells of. Steve is well aware of his feelings for Eddie. Has been crushing on him since Eddie pressed a bottle to his throat, but somehow despite the smell of alpha in distress filling the boat house, there had been something comforting about Eddie's scent. Something familiar, like coming back as an adult to a place you last visited as a child and the smell of memories hanging in the air. The buzzing feeling sitting at the bottom of Steve's spine, I have known you before.

Steve has never rushed so much to drop Robin off before breaking several speed limits on his way to Eddie's trailer. He basically runs inside, not bothering to knock, knowing the door is open. The smell of home engulfs him like the arms of a beloved would. Steve's beloved stands at the stove, string chilli, looking up and smiling so sweetly at Steve as if Steve's presence has been that one missing piecing, the special ingredient, all along.

"Hello sweetheart," Eddie says and it makes Steve's breath stock.

Eddie calls him sweetheart all the time, it doesn't mean anything. But what if it does? Steve is always quick to throw himself at danger, the pack gets hurt over his dead body. He takes it all, the punches, the drugs, the monsters. It makes him seem brave. Self-destructive, self-sacrificing, stupid but brave. Only that he isn't brave, not really. He loves too much to think twice about things, but if he took his time, weighed out whether he should really jump in front of a gun, Steve would be shaking with fear. Fortunately, there is no gun in Eddie's hand aimed at him, only a wooden spoon and the ask to taste, see if anything is missing. Steve lets himself be fed, has to suppress a moan because the chilli is perfect. It only makes Eddie smile more and despite Steve's breath becoming shallow he decides to be brave.

"Hey, what do I smell like to you?" Steve asks. It's a taboo question, frowned upon by most people, you don't just ask about your own scent. But Eddie isn't most people and happily indulges Steve.

"When I still lived with my parents," he says as he starts plating their food. "My mum would take me to this diner around the corner every time she and my dad would have a fight. There was this waitress, Franny, she'd always come over and bring me a piece of apple pie and crayons and coloring books while she was trying to talk my mum into leaving my dad probably. I don't really know, I was busy coloring. Like I knew something bad was happening and things were shitty for my mom, but I loved going to the diner. It was my little bubble of comfort when I was a child. That's what you smell like: apple pie heavy on the cinnamon and crayons. Little bit over strong filter coffee every now and then too. You kinda smell like..." Eddie stops, suddenly realizing what exactly Steve smells like.

He looks at Steve, mouth gaping slightly. There are tears in Steve's eyes. All his life he thought he smelt just like his parents' house. Like murky water and dust-covered floors. Like the rot of something falling apart. Like something broken. Eddie is crossing the room in an instant, gently wiping Steve's tears away with his thumb.

"You smell like home to me too," Steve confesses and suddenly he no longer is the only one crying.

He is in the arms of the alpha he loves, the alpha who loves him back, surrounded by the smell of home. They don't say I love you, don't have to. You are home already conveys all the emotions they are otherwise unable to put into words. Instead Eddie almost shyly asks,

"Can I kiss you?" And when Steve nods and Eddie's lips meet his, Eddie finds out that Eddie tastes just like home too.

[holts-knees]

Happy QPR Day of Visibility to all who celebrate! 🖤🩶🤍🩷💛 This is my partner and I's first year taking part. We spent multiple years trying to find Names for what we have, from friends to best friends to muses to platonic soulmates to family, we kept alternating titles and....none of them felt "wrong" but none of them felt, Complete either. We chose not to pay it much mind, if linguistics wasn't up to what we had so be it. Skill Issue, L English, "secret third thing" as you might say etc. We kept going, planning our future together, a shared home, a shared life, cooking for each other in rotations, going on silly adventures on the weekends, taking care of each other when sick, healing and growing side by side, etc. It's a future we have both been wanting and dreaming about for nearly two years now, basically ever since the first time I stayed a week with them. More recently we came across the definition of a QPR and realized it fit us, really well. We are both aroace, our relationship is neither sexual nor romantic. It's very firmly platonic. But it's also a relationship that has "outgrown" a ""standard"" friendship. We emotionally prioritize one another, spend every moment we can together, move through life as a team, we make big decisions as a pair, enjoy platonic physical intimacy, want to build a future and grow old together, and feel we are two parts of the Same Heart. I carry them in my soul everywhere I go and vice versa. being able to say "My Partner" in a QPR way feels SO nice and so Right and it makes me so happy [and I know they feel the same!] we have both been so looking forward to getting to celebrate each other and our bond today, And we can't wait for many many more!

[deeplightblue]

Getting off the ship & leaving the restaurant. It’s been a fun ride y’all 😔

I keep thinking about this blind item Deuxmoi published in their June 16 newsletter. Later on when someone asked if it was about N and L they said they didn’t even realize, which I find weird. Now, I think we all know blind items can be sent by anyone on any topic and don’t have to reflect the truth at all. And I definitely don’t believe gossip that I see on DM without a credible source confirming.

So this is probably some troll’s doing and I’m not even going to talk about the N being married part lol. Nothing worth mentioning, actually. But still it resurfaced some thoughts I had.

I truly think N and L loves each other deeply, I don’t believe even the greatest actors could keep playing their characters for months and appear that convincing. Nor do I think they are disingenuous people who will simply fake a friendship for the sake of promo. I’m very confused about the nature of their relationship and whether it’s romantic or platonic, I think even they themselves might be confused on this part, but there is love regardless.

However I cannot help but think L is trying to distance himself from N, at least publicly. I cannot think of any other explanation for the pap pics just a couple of hours after the London premiere. I do not know if it was really him/his team who arranged those pics but if it was them, I think it’s only natural to take it as a “enough with the shipping, I have a gf” slap on fans’ faces. Like, couldn’t you wait for a week maybe?

I saw this being mentioned on some blog here but when you check his insta profile you could hardly tell he was the lead of Bton and co-star of Nic, and mind you it’s only been 3 weeks since part 2 was released. Of course he doesn’t have to share anything but it feels weird him posting his solo endeavors and not the project he put so much effort and time into.

Combined with those pap pics it seems like he is really trying to distance himself from N. But it’s not like there is bad blood between them or anything, we kept seeing them being comfortable and cute around each other until June 12, hours before the premiere. He even mentioned her name in a very silly & sweet manner on Jimmy Fallon. So, what’s the deal?

I think it must be very frustrating to have people read so much into every step you take, so I could understand him in a way. Nobody knows anything about their lives and relationship, we all just speculate and seeing those speculations must be annoying for them. But wouldn’t a simple insta post on how N is his good friend and “buddy” and another post with his gf appear a lot more genuine if shipping is the problem here?

I don’t know. This is my first time doing this with actors and I’ve been in this space for only a month or so, so these are all new to me. I truly believed they were each other’s soulmates and it was enchanting to witness whatever it was going on between them. And if they are just good friends that’s perfect too, I mean how many of us have that kind of connection or chemistry with our “friends”? Good for them!

But sensing his efforts of disassociating his public image from Bton and Nic just breaks my heart. That said, I am officially getting off the ship. I’m leaving the restaurant. My tiny heart cannot take it anymore. Also, it feels disrespectful to L to keep shipping them when it’s clear he doesn’t want that for some reason.

I will love and support both of them separately but I’ll TRY not to post any content about their possible romance. While I cannot promise that I’ll remain faithful to my decision I’ll try my best.

Cheers mfs.

😔

[izzysbeans]

listen i like your headcanons and your fanfics and theories and all but platonic soulmates do not look at each other like they wanna fuck so bad not being able to feels like starving and they do not get their heartbeat so fast when they hug that they need to press a hand to their chest as if to try and calm it down and they most definitely DO NOT stare at each other's lips and lick their own. i believe me and my best friend are platonic soulmates and we love each other and we kissed one time when we were teens and it felt wrong and we have intimacy and we can nap in the same bed and cuddle and tell each other anything but we both agree that there are no romantic or sexual feelings between us at ALL even tho we both think of the other as beautiful and amazing. we have a different kind of chemestry. platinic isn't just a word it has a meaning. when my best friend fell in love i was happy for her. she was happy for me when i did. and yes there is in the beginning that little bit of silly young jealousy of "that's MY best friend" but it's most certainly NOT like that.

[blush-and-books]

QUESTION how does darvey compare to ur other ships?? i feel like their shared body language and the way they convey HISTORY is so unique ahaha

this is actually a great question and i would absolutely love to know your own other ships vs darvey, bc darvey is so different from so many of my ships!!!

i will say that joyce x hopper from stranger things is probably the only ship i have that even comes close to having any similarities to donna and harvey because of that sense of shared history, partnership, and platonic support leading into romantic support. but for the rest of my ships, it's like so opposite.

one of my main ships that is one of my most tagged ships on my blog is Julie and Luke from the netflix series Julie and the Phantoms!!! this series devastatingly only got ONE SEASON but had a huge following on tumblr. compared to donna and harvey's nine seasons and canonical 13 years of buildup, that inherently makes the ships very different, because Julie and Luke do not become "canon" (although mutual romantic feelings are made pretty darn clear). Julie and Luke have history together in an offhanded way - Luke is a ghost, and when he was 17, he actually met a young Julie's mom before she had Julie, and then he died, got trapped in purgatory(?) for 25 yrs, and then was brought back into the world as a ghost where he met Julie (after her own mom had passed away). This has resulted in a LOT of theories regarding them being soulmates - their characters mirror each other so well to the point that the colors of their costuming is often matching or inverted to each others clothing. They both have an undying love for music, mommy issues, and they fit together like two peas in a pod. Literally there's only one season of buildup, and there are over 3,000 works of fanfiction for them on ao3. Julie and Luke truly couldn't be more different lmao, because a lot of the magic that comes from them is a sense of destiny, inevitability, and their instant ability to be vulnerable with each other. With Donna and Harvey, the romance comes from the steadfast partnership and daily choice they make every day to choose each other.

Another big ship of mine is Anne and Gilbert from Anne with an E (or the whole Anne of Green Gables book series lol, but them in the AWAE tv adaptation is so good)!! They have a good amount of buildup and a sense of choosing each other, but the stakes are nowhere near as high as they are in Suits. Gilbert is so down bad for Anne the whole time. He's so the perfect man that I have a framed photo of him in my home. The TV show introduces us to their plotlines and character arcs as parallel tracks as they are finding their way through life and eventually meeting at the same place, whereas Donna and Harvey are definitely just on their own crazy journeys until they crash into each other and are finally in a place to be together. However, a very silly parallel that Anne/Gilbert has with Donna/Harvey is there is a sequence of Person B running to Person A when they realize that they're meant to be together. And Person A is a redhead.

Other ships I have are like Nina and Fabian from House of Anubis, or Zuko and Katara from ATLA. Also Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett from P&P. I think a lot of my ships involve the man blatantly worshipping the ground that the woman walks on and constantly being complimentary and admiring of her; where we get only crumbs of that kind of dynamic with Donna and Harvey. Harvey definitely thinks, and has stated as such, that Donna is the most amazing woman he's ever met, but because Donna and Harvey are not thee main plotline of the show or even arguably the main relationship (when compared to Mike and Rachel), there's a lot less room for there to be blatant moments where Harvey is like "wow she's amazing!!!" because he's just not that guy.

please also let me know your thoughts on this and what ships you have!!! do we share any?

also, my response to your domestic!Darvey ask is still unfortunately in the works. i just want you to know i did not forget about it!!! <3333

[ilovetwig]

Steve and Dustin's relationship is so sweet and so important to their characters. They both found each other at a time when they were feeling lonely and didn't really have anyone else to turn to (Will was dealing with his trauma, Mike and El were nonstop making out, Max and Lucas were busy being girlfriend boyfriend. Steve didnt have his fake friends or Nancy in his life). Dustin became Steve's first real best friend before he met his platonic soulmate Robin, and Steve became Dustin's best friend when his other friends were off doing their own thing. They are both only children that haven't gotten to experience what it's like to have a sibling (not to mention that Dustin is the only member of the party who doesn't have a sibling). Despite their age difference, they both share advice and learn a lot from each other (Dustin talking about the clichés of high school and outgrowing that mentality. Steve helping him with girls and how to style himself). They both can recognize when the other is crushing on someone and try to be supportive (Steve when he notices Dustin crushing on Max, Dustin noticing Steve still has feelings for Nancy). Dustin helps Steve bring out his inner child, while also challenging him to be more responsible. Steve helps Dustin feel more confident and believes in him/tries to help him to the best of his ability. Steve is super protective of Dustin, and Dustin is always concerned about Steve's safety. Steve wants Dustin to still be able to experience being an innocent kid even with all the serious upside down stuff so he takes him to the movies and the arcade, gives him all the free ice cream, and doesn't mind being goofy with him (they even have a silly handshake!). Dustin even wants Steve to make more friends and tries to introduce him to Eddie. They argue and make fun of each other the way real siblings do, but they also look out for one another like brothers should. It's also cute how Steve not only takes on the role of a big brother for Dustin, but also can be considered a father figure for him since Dustin's dad isn't around. He basically looks up to Steve as an older male figure and this also makes Steve want to be a better version of himself (I know Nancy was responsible for getting him to start thinking this way, but I believe that Dustin most definitely made him want to continue on that path). My love for thier bond is endless and I hope they get a happy ending in season 5. Maybe Claudia can adopt Steve and they can officially be brothers.

[oceanlipgloss]

PIE CHART

MINHYEOK.

+ warnings: implicit mentions of sex, light angst, light curse words.

+ female mc, feminine pronouns, hints of female mc’s official appearance.

Childhood friends, childhood friends, childhood friends.

Was sort of like watching some silly drama progress, except this one seemed to be all about angels, devils, and two childhood friends staying that way till the very end.

Eye candy, women thought. They were mostly college girls with their faded jeans and their long hair that glimmered just over their bubble butts.

A fair slice of the pie chart found the idea of being with him appealing, even if only for a day, or one night or two. Because, you know, the usual—pretty face, nice body, them not really bothering to look past those and into his personality, that kind of thing.

It's how their brains function. Blame them, or blame something else, whatever. It didn't really matter. The truth is, chemicals are weird. Or is it upbringing?

But wow, for once they didn't like the wrong guy, didn't crush over another loser. Kinda lucky. They were actually safe this time. Just not from rejection. Because sure, his mind may have been dirty, but those thoughts were reserved for one person only.

Dirty-minded...they would have liked that: an  innocent-looking, composed guy, hiding some freaky shit in his mind.

Well, he was a college student, and most of that population is like that or close to it, thinking about cheeky things and sex. There are extremely rare—opposite—exceptions, but it's kind of hard to expect something else. The others cut a pretty big portion of the pie chart.

Just like the girls who gushed about him.

Yeah, yeah, so what? He just liked the girl that knew him as her childhood friend, but he wanted way more than that—even when she didn't see in him what the lovestruck kids with their sadistic crushes did: perfect soulmate, unapproachable crush, sugar rush.

He thought she was cute, dammit. He liked her long purple hair and soft pale skin. He also knew she was really lewd, but had long ago accepted that aspect of her too.

He really, really wished that when she thought about him, suddenly her world would flush pink; and then, they would do more than a few naughty things.

But...she had seen—was still seeing—much better men, right?

He missed her.

Each time, he told her to come back to him in the end, and that's what she planned, but for platonic attachments and reasons entirely different.

He thought that maybe they would forever live with the sweet memories of childhood and awkward photographs of adolesence. He thought that maybe they're not meant to take that old friendship to the next level.

Sadness slapped him in the face, punched him in the heart. He thought that her percentage was meagre, thin, a sliver in the admirers' pie chart.

+note: Minhyeok's moment of insecurity was the inspiration for this one. And though I'm not fond of him, I don't particularly dislike him either—the neutral part of the spectrum—but the idea already popped into existence, so I thought "meh, whatever, I'll write it." This will definitely be the last fic I write about him, however lol

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©𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨

[mediocre-noodle]

recent reblog: tell about q!slime 👀 (i havent watched qsmp but i know crumbs)

HAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHA yippee!! im very bad at character analysis and articulating my words but its ok i got this

1. feelings: ohhhhhhhh my god. he literally has been my favorite character of all time for the past year or so? i cant get him out of my brain 😭 i think hes such an incredibly tragic character that deserved so much better than the shitty hand he was dealt :( i feel ill about this freaking guy.

2. romantic pairings: main romantic ship is definitely him and mariana! at first they were the definition of a toxic, loveless marriage (still pretty much are LMAO) but i think, especially after their conversation in purgatory, they were genuinely really good together. like, them joking around and being really sweet was so, like, augghhhh 😭😭😭 but like. the toxic marriage was so fucking funny to watch 😭 i laughed so hard i started crying during the trial of juanaflippa LMAOO

2.5: another romantic pairing is him and cellbit because. dude. their conversation during the dia de los muertos stream was SOOOOOOOOOOO omg. it lives in my head rent free 😭 i think they would only serve to make each other SO MUCH WORSE and i am here for it (yeah cellbit is married but like. slime had a mega crush on that man theres no denying it, and me personally i think their relationship (romantic or not) is SOOOOOO fascinating, especially during slime’s code arc)

3. non-romantic otp: slime and baghera!!!!!! they are the definition of friendship soulmates to me LMAO. baghera trying so hard to be there for him even when NO ONE ELSE WAS and the infection was getting so bad……. ough……! but also, their funny moments are EVERYTHINGGGG to me. the fish joke and the karaoke and all their silly little conversations… gah…….. AND PURGATORYYYYY!!! i cant articulate thoughts about them beyond OOOOGH🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍 (platonic)

4. unpopular opinion: idk how unpopular this is but like. i wish purgatory never happened 😭 like it was SO MUCH FUN while it lasted, but the overall impact it had, especially on qslime, was DEFINITELY not worth it lmao. like, it completely shoved all of his lore and buildup out of the way in favor of the event, and then????? he wasnt ever told to log back on???????? (context xi: the admins on the qsmp handled a lot of lore for the players, and slime’s lore really started to pick up just before the purgatory event. when the event was over, multiple players were told to not log on for “lore”, but slime and one other guy (pol) were never let back onto the server 😭 like, they straight up forgot about him even though he was SUPPOSED to have made it out of purgatory) i dont really have much more to that. bolas was fun, wasnt worth my cubito never getting anymore lore tho

5. something i wish happened: i wish we got an ending… or closure……… or something………

because!!!!! like!!!!!!! his story was going SO WELL (in a pacing and interest sense, the character was SUFFERING lmao) and it was really coming together!!! the pacing and buildup were AMAZING and it really looked like it was going to reach its peak after purgatory!! but, alas. he was forgotten. and so was his lore. because we NEVER saw codeflippa again. or him. or his code infection. and im never going to be over it.

i really need to go back and rewatch the streams to brush up on my qslime brain but. yeah!! thank you for indulging me :333 (if any of this was confusing or smth lemme know and i can clear it up!!)

[ultward]

Okay, I gotta ask about your fic version of vampirism. What are major changes between your depiction and canon? what stayed the same? and what fun things did you add for pure self-indulgence and just cause you could.

What about the physical changes from Human to vampire? How do gifts work? (Idk if your vampires have gifts or not).

HOO BOY ALRIGHT LET'S DIG INTO THIS

most notably, vampires can consume a wide variety of beverages, including alcohol. i think i got into the "biology" of this in the fic itself, but basically their bodies just absorb liquids the same way they do blood, it's silly vampire magic, it doesn't matter

all of stephenie's stupid and racist skin bleaching stuff is gone, and they get to keep their freckles/tattoos/etc

in canon i think vamps can only get scarred from vamp bites? but i expanded that a little to include claw marks from other vamps + scars from werewolves (of both the shifter and lycanthrope variety, since my version of caius is covered in werewolf scars)

most of the stuff about how vampires work in general is the same as canon! they're nigh invincible crystalline monsters who sparkle and shimmer in the sun and crack like statues when they get hurt, and you can only kill them by tearing them apart and setting them on fire

HOWEVER my vampires are MUCH more monstrous than in canon. i think twilight vamps have the ability to be quite scary if they want, but in my fic i really wanted to play up the idea of them being mythical apex predators. as such, they have a sort of "aura" about them that the cullens are always actively repressing. it allows them to be both incredibly alluring but also unsettling, causing a "terrified but drawn in" effect in most humans - it's a red flag, but also a lure. bella is completely immune to it, which would be a terrible thing for her if she was in any other situation

following that up, vampires who let themselves stay in this "natural" state can tend to be a lot more animalistic, which is definitely something present in canon but i wanted to amp it up a little more. the vampires are very much inhuman and monstrous, and the cullens are putting in work every day to not appear that way

i've also given vampires a much more intense "soulmate connection" that's pretty much exactly the same as canon imprinting. this is just because i wanted my fic to be a twist on the typical soulmate trope where the concept of "love at first sight" is kind of terrifying and inconvenient! i really just played up hints of things that were already in canon, like the fact that denying the bond is... unpleasant for both parties

at the same time, i also wanted to emphasize platonic and familial relationships, so i included the idea that vampires can have more than one "soulmate" and will often have very strong non-romantic bonds with others (though these are less apparent to them at first). this is why the cullens are drawn to be a family, but also why bella and edward are such good friends! they're literally platonic soulmate besties. i love a brotp

i think another related thing i hinted at somewhere is that if a vampire has a human soulmate, that human will slowly begin to gain some vampiric traits (slow aging, increased strength, etc) no matter whether they're bitten or not. bonds are incredibly powerful things in my au, and they're capable of enacting physical change - albeit very slowly

there's also the idea of vampire science and experimentation, of course. most of it has to do with testing out the effects of venom on various types of beings in different states. this is how i wound up with things like ghouls, who are essentially just much weaker, feral vampires (almost like zombies). they, in turn, spread through a different kind of bite-induced infection that causes a rot, which is how bella ends up in her strange state of slow-turning undeath after she gets bitten by a ghoul and rosalie

turning and gifts are pretty much the same! the change takes 3 days under normal circumstances and it's super painful. gifts are accentuated traits from your human life (or amped up versions of proto-gifts, as in alice's case)

i think the last big difference is the idea that vampires are capable of growth and change (not physically, but mentally). if you read the fic, the characters will often talk about how they're incapable of changing due to their nature, but their actions throughout the story definitely contradict this! the vampires aren't perfect and they have issues they have to work through, and they sometimes use their nature as an excuse not to work on themselves - but they're absolutely capable of change

the tl;dr here is mostly that i wanted vampires to be able to drink, i wanted them to be a lot more monstrous, and i wanted there to be a little more mysterious magic at play! i think that the canon twilight vampires are pretty cool, but i also think that stephenie went to weird lengths to explain everything about them, and sometimes it's better to just be like "it's magic lol".

also you didn't ask but my werewolves are different as well! i've never found a good way to actually drop this in the fic yet, but the shapeshifter-type wolves are NOT a phenomenon exclusive to the quileute tribe. there are a bunch of other packs around the world! it's still a genetic thing that gets passed down through families, but it's widespread because in my lore it originated from twilight's other elusive werewolves, the children of the moon. essentially, it's a defense mechanism that evolved in some lycanthropes over time since it was beneficial for humans to be able to protect themselves against vampires. maybe some day i'll figure out how to write that into the fic itself lmao

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Pretty Smart OCs

so they don't have names yet and this is soooo niche but this show is making me so happy and we all know how much I love Gregg Sulkin sooooo have a bunch of ocs for the sole excuse of shipping them with him!

desperately do need to name them sos send help but like i wanted to post the vibes before i forgot

Tiffani Dodson

aspiring actress, was told at her last audition that the reason she isn’t getting cast is bc she has Virgin Energy and immediately spiralled. She is a virgin but she didn't need them to comment on it

Kimber Bradley

hot bitch and she knows it, former child star (but not super famous, mostly commercials and music videos) turned porn star & only fans queen, Grant features frequently in her videos hot bitch and she knows it, former child star (but not super famous, mostly commercials and music videos) turned porn star & only fans queen, Grant features frequently in her videos

Caitlyn Morgan

Chelsea & Claire’s youngest sister, dropped out of UCLA's psychology department for a singing career after a few songs of hers went ciral and Chelsea has never understood/supported her

Melanie Melton

went to law school (met Solana there), made a series of tiktoks that were about teaching americans about their legal rights (especially when dealing with cops) which turns into becoming a full time influencer but her legal lesson videos are still the number one thing she's known for

Olive Beasley

is a life coach, personally she’s a bit of a disaster and initially moved to LA to become an actress but failed, made instagram/tiktok videos daily as she got her shit together, they blew up, it turned into writing a motivational book which turned into becoming a life coach

Catia Marquez

started out just as a singer on tiktok (maybe also did reactions to new music), blew up, now influencer status and occasional model, details vague

Juliette Cantrell

bartender, works with Claire which is how she became friends wit them, her last living situation didn't work (was living with her best friend who was hooking up with her boyfriend for months) which is how she ends up with them, Grant is often her fake boyfriend when her ex is around which turns into more

Pepper Mueller

an author but very much like, booktok smut & silly romcom novels absolutely 0 shame, 0 embarrassment, she's proud of her books and she loves to write but Chelsea is kind of bitchy about them not being "real" books, oc would basically be like "okay but which of us us has actually written a novel and been published"; calls Grant her research assistant, whenever she has a sex scene to write she makes a first draft, they act it out together, and then she edits her writing accordingly (and they repeat the process until the scene is perfect) Real name Gwiynith, always hated her name (particularly the spelling – but she went by Gwyn and still never loved it) so decided to change her name when she published her first book, has been Pepper ever since

Everleigh Jennings

event planner, met the roommates because she was in charge of organizing an event at The Franklin, very high strung about her events but otherwise super chill, no one understands how she can switch in and out of work mode so easily (also the one making sure that bills & rent are being paid on time for sure)

Suki Duffin

pop girly who blew up faster than anyone expected, been on a world tour for a while and now is back in LA but doesn't really have anywhere to settle down, she's friends with Jayden and he invites her to come live with them

Luka Graves

Pepper's agent and best friend, he often calls her the only person he truly loves. Not at all romantic between them but platonic soulmates for sure, and he has definitely been known to hook up with she and Grant pretty regularly. Helped her choose the name Pepper when she decided that she wanted a new name to publish under

[feeling-uncomfy]

Random DabiTwice headcannon for you- well actually it turned into just me ranting about how smart Hawks was befriending Jin of all league members(that's a reluctantly given compliment) and then into some Dabi character analysis really-

Anyway- I've seen that it's mostly agreed on that out of the two of them- Jin is the more protective and prone to jealously of the two. And while I partially agree with that– I also really don't?

Looking at Dabi's track record- he was constantly demanding and expecting Endeavour's attention and burnt down an entire forest because he never got any of that "love" and approval he wanted- these habits had already been enabled and encouraged earlier on in his life when Endeavour trained him and put that mantra of "you're the best" into his head until Touya inevitably got replaced.

Those habits, repressed or not- stuck with him. When he fights, he almost commands attention from the person he's fighting with flashy, powerful attacks that have people floored and shocked– he hasn't stopped wanting to wow people with his amazing and powerful quirk- if him and Jin were to be together it'd definitely affect their relationship, Dabi getting comfortable means he won't bother hiding his bad habits because he wants to make sure he's still loveable despite them

So when- say, Hawks came into the picture- and he got all friendly with Jin and they bonded- that must have really bothered Dabi, because Jin's attention was on someone faster- maybe stronger than Dabi knew he was, and we know Dabi didn't trust him from day one on top of that- watching him talk up Jin and weasel his way into Jin's life was probably not easy for him. I'd say he got really really upset about it and took it out of potential recruits, a stray hero or two- anyone he could roast

Toga probably felt similar for a while- Jin and Toga are the definition of platonic soulmates- her and Dabi were probably equally unhappy with Jin and Hawks's blossoming friendship- fake or not, it definitely proved as great leverage as Hawks could now use Jin as a means of getting into the heads of two pretty serious threats to Japan and not have to lift a finger or feather. Its a lot of power to hold–

Stretching the idea of this even further- Shigiraki and Jim grew close during the fight with ReDestero. Shigiraki and Hawks know well Jin's potential threat and Shigiraki- despite being asleep om a mountain- wanted to make sure that Jin's a piece he could use. Hawks is a threat to that- so if he were awake, he'd be pretty upset with it all, too.

Honestly if Kurogiri hadn't been arrested, it wouldn't have worked in Hawks's favour. Kurogiri can smell a snitch a mile away and would've absolutely fucked the entire operation up, Spinner and Compress I do love but they had their own things going on- Spinner was determined to do right by Shigiraki to the point he was blind to all else, and Compress was probably the closest thing to a "peacemaker" a guy like him could be-

The point of this is that DABI is the jealous one in their relationship, not Jin. Dabi can, has, and probably will burn a man because he laid a finger on Jin. I think it'd be cool if more people explored the fact that Dabi is Endeavour- a jealous, egotistical, possessive man- and maybe explore more on how Dabi handles those emotions without becoming the thing he hates

And I just want Jin to be a silly little man too- let him be comforted, he deserves it too :(

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05: What is your relationship status? 15: Have any pets? 16: How exactly are you feeling at the moment? 32: What is your favourite color? 52: Do you believe everything happens for a reason? 63: Would you change your name? 68: Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with? 69: Do you believe in soulmates?

yayyyy thank you @matxhstixkers for the questions

5: single and honestly not mad about it. I don't think that I'm in the right mindset to be in a relationship rn.

15: I have three cats and a rabbit however two of those cats live at my dads so I haven't seen them in a couple years. fun fact all the cats are tuxedos but are slightly different.

16: right now i'm feeling a bit sad because it's New Years and I keep seeing people doing fun things on instagram and I don't have people to hang out with lol. but i'm listening to a good song so it's fine.

52: no not really. I think some things happen for a reason and I think that a lot of life is going through experiences to help you learn lessons but I don't think things like trauma happen for a reason. sometimes people are in a lot of pain and they put that pain onto other people and that sucks but its not like you were destined to go through abuse or anything.

63: I already have changed my name before because i'm trans and I would definitely change it again. I think there's so many cool names that exist and it makes me a bit sad that I can't have all of them. some of my favorite names are Charlie, jasper, nico, miles, Parker, Oliver, and finch.

68: the last person I had a deep conversation with was probably my best friend ace or a person from school named luna both of them are super awesome and I love them lots @lovetobits i'm very excited to go into the new year with both of these people even tho I am not great friends with the person from school but I hope to change that. ace has been my number one silly goose since we met over a year ago on Tumblr we have been through lots of chaos together and I love him with all my heart.

69: despite being a cynical bastard I do believe in soulmates. I think that people were meant to be together wether it is romantic or platonic and I think that there is a person out there for everyone that will truly make them feel loved and understood like no other. maybe soulmates don't exist but even if they don't I still think that there are great people out there who will make you feel really special and important. be nice to people. show love.

[iam93percentstardust]

Was listening to invisible string and thought about how cute those fics are where there’s a little bit of string drawing people toward their soulmates, but then I thought about how funny it would be if Tony were colorblind or something and mis-identified the color of the string (different string colors mean different things), cue miscommunication and chaos

Ohhh I love this idea so much! I hope you don't mind if I eventually turn this into a longer story. I would've done it now, but I won't have the time to write for a while, and I at least wanted to get some ideas down because this idea is so, so amazing and I love it alksdjfklasdjf

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Tony has three strings attached to him, and he has no idea what color they're supposed to be. He hopes that they're not actually grey because that would mean that all three of his soulmates have already died, but it's a little hard to tell when he can't compare them to anything else. Soulmate shades of green and red don't exist anywhere in nature, and mankind wouldn't violate the colors by using them for anything else, so for all Tony knows, his soulmates are long gone.

And then he meets Rhodey, whose string leads back to Tony as surely as the sun rises in the east. Rhodey grew up in an old-fashioned family, who taught him to never talk about the colors of his strings, and Tony was taught by Howard never to admit to his "weakness," so they co-exist for the first few months awkwardly dancing around each other. Then there's a party and there's a couple drinks and Tony is kissing Rhodey, who very politely takes him by the shoulders and physically moves him a couple steps away.

"You're great," Rhodey tells him the next morning when Tony has sobered up a bit, "but I've got a Red somewhere out there, and I'm waiting for them."

Well, guess that answers that question. And Tony happily settles into his life as Rhodey's platonic soulmate.

And then he meets Pepper, tied to him just like Rhodey is. She's such a spitfire that Tony can't help but fall in love with her a little, but she never shows any sort of interest in him at all outside of being her boss and friend, so he assumes that they're platonic soulmates too. Which is great! Pepper's so amazing that he'll take anything. But then things change after Iron Man, which is great too! So maybe he just had to prove himself as a good Red for Pepper. He gets it, he was kind of a mess when they first met, definitely not a good Red for anyone.

Except - he introduces Pepper as his Red to Natalie/Natasha, and Pepper gives him a funny look. She takes him aside afterward and tells him that she doesn't mind dating him while she waits for her Red to come along, but she doesn't want to be called his Red while she's waiting.

Which makes things awkward since Tony had just assumed that she was his Red.

When he finally meets his last soulmate, who he's assumed was dead since he never once felt any tugging on the string, he's convinced that Steve has to be his Red. But he and Steve just fight and fight and keep on fighting. They can't seem to agree on anything, let alone on the color of their strings. He wants to make things work with Steve - Steve is pretty amazing when they're not yelling at each other - but it just doesn't seem to work out. Tony assumes that the universe made a mistake, that he's one of the people who doesn't have a Red, and keeps on with his life, ignoring the way his heart hurts when he thinks about it.

But.

He overhears Steve and Natasha one night when he's coming up from the workshop - and Steve is talking about him. Talking about how Tony's his Red, but he doesn't know why they can't make it work. He keeps trying but everything comes out wrong and Tony takes it the wrong way and before he knows it, they're fighting.

And Tony's heart soars.

He bursts into the room before Steve has even finished his sentence and kisses him silly (and Steve is like Oh Boy I'm Kissing Tony!!!! (yes, with the four exclamation points)). It finally comes out that Tony has no idea what color his strings are, and Steve smiles at him and says, "Red. It reminds me of your Iron Man suit."

Tony kisses him again.