#the homoeroticism of it all

[brainrotcharacters]

When irl pisses me off, I rewatch the Honda Odyssey scene to relax

[murasaki-cha]

Honestly Wade and Logan could have kissed on the mouth and I would have just gone "Eh not the gayest thing they've done so far"

[heyitsspaceace]

rent was due. they had a dollar between them. heating gone. they did what they had too

[tearsjuiice]

I Did a Thing y’all 👀

[catalinemorosetheblog]

On Divergent Universe and Aventio

Okay, so I know that pretty much everyone has noticed the Aventio bits in the Divergent Universe video that was released a few days ago, but I wanted to take a moment to point something out in the famous question 2 section at the end.

So, as most probably already know, this is what I'm talking about. Aventurine puts up a sign that says "Find Ratio", when asked who the Trailblazer could team up with. This in of itself confirms Aventurine see Ratio as an ally, but what happens before it is just as important.

This is where Owlbert first puts forwards the question. Now, nothing particularly special happens in the prior one. Everyone gives pretty standard answers for their specific characterizations, Screwllum's is the only one that's helpful, and Ratio and Aventurine give their typical responses pretty quickly.

That changes however for the second question.

Aventurine does not answer immediately, unlike everyone else, including Ratio. Which means he had to think about his response.

Further evidence of this comes from Aventurine's pose when the question was first asked.

He's doing a thinking pose (also sort of mirror Ratio lol), and he doesn't do this for the other question (so it isn't some sort of default animation). And given that his responses to question 1 and 3 both related to money/bribes, he did not put this same level of thought into them.

It's also pretty easy to miss due to Sparkle transforming and everything, but if you look carefully...

He looks at Ratio, or in the very least glances in his direction, possibly to look at his sign. However, it also exists the possibility that Ratio was the first person he thought of when thinking of a good teammate.

And then a moment later...

Ratio glances back, which leads Aventurine to put up his own sign.

Now, Ratio staring back could mean many things. It could be that he started staring at Aventurine because Aventurine was staring at him. It could be that Ratio noticed that Aventurine hadn't answered yet, and was urging him to do so. Or, dare I say it, he saw Aventurine hadn't answered yet, and was concerned about him. Ultimately, there is no way to determine the true reason, given that none of the G&A guests talk.

But it is extremely telling that Aventurine, who could have just tied it back into money again, was the only guest who gave a specific person to team up with. And it was Ratio, not one of his IPC coworkers, not a member of the Astral Express, but Ratio. Someone who, at some point, Aventurine believed that Ratio would not understand his methods so much so that he forced him to point a gun at his chest, as seen in the infamous Final Victory Lightcone:

(Please note that, in the short video for this lightcone, Ratio tries to pull the gun away from Aventurine, but Aventurine pulls it back).

And assuming that Aventurine was reading Ratio's sign card, there exists another possibility.

As seen above, Ratio responds with the phrase "Walk Your Own Path". This is in line with pretty much everything known about Ratio. His main motivation is to "cure" foolishness. He wants people to overcome their problems. He's a teacher, a strict one, both metaphorically and literally. His role in the interlude quest before Penacony was to both push the Trailblazer to figure out what was going on with the researcher's disappearances and step in if things went south. It's also why one of the reason he gives Aventurine that note in the main story (that, and that they were likely being watched by the Family) instead of telling him directly. Every interaction, voice lines, and the fact that Ratio does not wear his plaster head in any scene he appears in with Aventurine, implies that he does not see him as foolish. He knows Aventurine is capable. Hell, in the most final Penacony main story mission, he says Aventurine is his responsibility or something along those lines (unprompted, mind you).

But it also relates towards Aventurine's backstory. Aventurine, for all his good luck, has had one sucky life. But he also has fought tooth and nail to survive, through gambles and wagers and money and being quite literally sold away to live. In that sense, his life also has never been his own. But I think he managed to regain some hope by the end of Cats Among Pigeons, and of course, Ratio's note, which told him to live (in a Ratio way).

So imagine: Aventurine sees Ratio's response in the video, thinks about what he would do, what he would do following his own path...and says to find Ratio.

Now, it could true that I am pulling at threads here, but there is evidence of trust. In one way or another, these two emotionally constipated too smart for their own good dumdums care about each other and show it in the most convoluted ways imaginable. And for the that reason, I think that these two mentioning each unprompted on multiple occasional, this video included, is very telling. They're important to each other. They went from shaky allies to two people who will bring up the other in conversations. Hell, I already made a post about the cake cats, and how in Divergent Universe, what this video was explaining, gambling got added, which could have only been done by Ratio, because let's face it, Screwllum would not.

Essentially:

These b*tches gay.

Bonus:

Their reactions to Sparkle's shenanigans.

[onegothwillgraham]

Little beast, how doth thou ravage my heart?

[sargericnation]

sports commentary is so funny because wdym that's the most "fascinating hole" and that they're "finally coming together"

[emmedoesntdomath]

trying to explain why I love the top gun ships and the fandom the way I do can be so weird sometimes. like, no sir, I didn’t make it gay. I wasn’t looking to make something unnecessarily homoerotic. no, it was these fuckers:

really, I had nothing to do with it

[sam-winchesters-gay-lover]

every time sam and dean use “because i’m your brother” or vice versa as an excuse i feel violently ill

[jonny-stims]

Okay, so my next job will be “Witness of the Gay Agenda Via Disco Elysium,” thank you I’m already doomed by the narrative and the sweet seductive puff of Kim Kitsuragi’s bomber jacket.

[darkshrimpemotions]

Okay but every single reread makes me more convinced that if Jonathan had stayed, he would have ended up Dracula's fourth bride.

The way Dracula turns to gaze at his "sleeping" form while he says "I too can love"? The way he carried Jonathan safely to his room and tucked him into bed? The way he kept Jonathan up till sunrise talking, and bragged about his proud lineage? Looming over Jonathan's shoulder while he shaves? Running around trying to look like he has house staff for Jonathan's benefit?

And don't even get me started on Johnny boy over there, fixating on the Count's hands and shit.

[png-magician]

[lonely-night]

I'll never be normal about borg queen's obsession over seven

[theninth09]

why do these look like those female bullying stock pics

like. okay. look:

[idembroiderthat]

I fear my embroiderinis are becoming too niche. This isn’t even a shot from the actual show; it’s a behind the scenes shot. Still, “Justified” continues to be the most magnificent show to rewatch and I’mma make it everyone’s problem.

[ynbabe]

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