#there's no romance between them at all

[constantine-2005]

hey so i might actually be going crazy

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The indescribable tension between an overworked and underpaid smut writer, and his biggest fan hater.

(for @frummpets)

[squea]

pick ur pretty boy!!!! fresh from the fields of mistria!!

[inquisitor-julia]

This has for sure been asked numerous times already but I'm curious so with the information we have so far:

[moliathh]

the scorpion and the frog

[liquidstar]

this is not a comprehensive list

[to-rise-above-monsters]

why did isayama put his whole pussy into yumihisu after saying he can’t write romance. and then fumble when it came to the straights.

[jeeaark]

Oh noooooo the broken little star lamp! My heart!

I just want to hold Greyg until the pain goes away!

Greygold made sure Astarion reverse-pickpocketed a bunch of money to the previous lantern holders. Especially if they made them. Gotta support the craft-community~

Anyway, I HOPE THIS MAKES HEARTS FEEL BETTER lakdjlasdjfIfeelbad

[logosbot-tm]

Mcr, that one band where people get sad about voting on which member we like the most and which album we like the most, bc all the members are equally important and all albums are equally important so we try to figure out other ways to decide what we like the most, bc we suck at choosing between the four albums and the four members

[chimerafeathers]

[ on youtube ]

a concept for the type of OP i'd love to see for the second season of Dungeon Meshi! both s1 OPs are great, but i'm really hoping for one that captures both the "dangerous fantasy adventure" and "comedic cooking adventure" aspects of the series in equal measure, because it's the integration of those two concepts that makes the series special to me. the joyous whimsy and the dramatic horrors are equally important!!

[harrowscore]

can't believe a show based on a videogame (usually games adaptations are notoriously bad, which isn't the case here tho) gave me the beauty and the beast/twisted mirrors/enemies to traveling companions/ruthless antihero+optmistic but still badass heroine who takes none of his shit/age gap but make it sexy dynamic of my dreams. as much as i love maximus and i think he deserves the best writing ever because 1. he's a clever deconstruction of the aspiring Knight bro who's actually a bit of a loser and, as much as lucy, sees the world in black&white at first and then doesn't get what he thought he wanted but what he needs (or at least i hope he'll eventually get it), and 2. he's a cutie and i want an epic love story for him too, it's very funny how they tried to give us a puppy kind of romance and the tumblr girlies still fixated on the "toxic ~she bites his finger off and he cuts hers off and sews it on his hand in what we'll pretend it's a symbolic marriage rings exchange or whatever~ asshole who used to be a nice guy/good girl™ with a lot of spunk and hidden anger but unshakeable morals" kind of relationship.

[anistarrose]

My current version, of my ever-evolving theory, on what constitutes "aromantic stories" is that first off, there's absolutely a wide spectrum between 1, "this is explicitly undeniably about aromanticism," and 2, "there sure is a noteworthy amount of aro subtext, but representing aros clearly wasn't the author's intent." But the spectrum is best completed not as a straight line, but as a triangle, where the 3rd point is "the story probably wasn't created with aromanticism at the forefront of anyone's mind, but was created with subverting particular expectations related to romantic relationships in mind." And in my experience, a lot of juicy aromanticism-related experiences that are underrepresented in their own right can lie in that third option, regardless of whether the characters are aro-spec or allo or kind of whatever you headcanon.

So, what does make a story on this spectrum "aromantic?" IDK, I wouldn't necessarily include all or most of the firm 2s (unintentional subtext) under the aromantic story mantle. But when you get into the gray areas that inch a little closer to 1 and 3, let alone the gray area between 1 and 3 where intent is ambiguous but ultimately may not matter, it makes sense that different people will have different takes.

[anxiousapplepie]

Highly amused that housemaiden!siffrin is the one least oblivious to seeing isabeaus crush on them for what it is. Like how did that even happen. Did researcher isa Understood The Assignment (the brick wall cant be breached with normal flirting) so he put his whole brain into making sure his words cannot be misinterpreted any other way except the one he wants them to be. Did siffrin saw this and thought 'huh! That reminds me of that one romance book mira forced me to read as a punishment!' only to go WAIT A SECOND after 15 minutes of pure mulling over it. Was it both. Was it neither. Did change god came to that housemaiden in a dream and said youre doing to best outta them all i need you to have a conundrum <:} and spilled the beans. WHAT HAPPENED THERE

HA! I don't know the exact scientific method, but an educated guess is probably a combination of Isa using his Researcher Skills to breach through Siffrin's obliviousness and Siffrin having more...... 'experience' and knowledge about the existence of romance than the average Sif. Not that either of those things will help Isa's crush or stop Sif being an absolute gremlin when they figure out the power they have over the buff Researcher. But it DOES mean the shenanigans are much more flirty than average

[lostiel]

biggest tragedy is not being able to get davrin and lucanis together bc i'm romancing davrin

[mintjeru]

it probably wasn't the smartest decision to start an ongoing 1000+ chapter webnovel when i know it'll consume my every waking thought but here we are

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[sirlancenotalot]

the fact that people still use the "no one would talk to a friend that way" "no one would grieve for someone like that if it was just platonic" etc arguments to prove a ship is canon is so annoying to me. yes i get it, we got queerbaited hard but where does it say that romance has to be higher than a friendship or no one said friends couldn't also be lovers or vice versa....? i normally say "popular media tropes that usually are for romance" when i talk about fiction but pulling a blanket statement like "NO ONE talks to a friend that way" is so invalidating to so much of our queer experiences. the beauty of queer friendship literally lies in the emotional fulfilment we get from our friends in a way that i don't normally see in cishet friendships for whatever reasons. so idk it's just been bothering me to see these kinds of posts every now and then. "you wouldn't do [x] for your friends" i would actually. i would sell my soul for them. i would kill for them and kill myself for them. i would do anything for my friends that i would do for a partner. the "proof" for a ship doesn't have to be by invalidating their friendship. also like aren't most of the ships so powerful when they're also each other's closest friends? do y'all not think of your partners as your best friends?