#they're so romantic and for what

[beanghostprincess]

Usually I'm not the biggest fan of memory loss AUs but the thought of Big Mom forcing/manipulating Pudding into erasing Sanji's memories of the crew and editing them to make him believe he wants to be a Vinsmoke... Luffy desperately trying to make him remember but Sanji genuinely not being able to even recognize Nami...

Sanji still maintains his heart and little traits of himself even if he believes he's part of that family. Even if he acts like them. Even if he has a different personality. His heart is still there, and Luffy knows. "Say you're Vinsmoke Sanji all you want, but I know the Strawhat's cook- My cook is still in there" Luffy is determined to make him come back. "I- I don't know who you're talking about" But Sanji is hesitating. And Luffy knows he's in there.

So, to summarize, thanks to the power of love (great logic Sanji's character always uses so I'm using it here too) Luffy manages to make Sanji remember without even needing Pudding because their romance can break any Devil Fruit's ability. Because souls and love are connected to memories and Luffy and Sanji's bond is enough to make them reconnect again.

[kelpermoosee]

My friend labeled this “toxic aromantic yaoi” and I couldn’t agree more

[lazylittledragon]

i honestly think part of the reason why my relationships always end horribly is because no amount of honey/baby/beautiful does ANYTHING for me but one time my friend told me i laugh like i'm getting paid for it and i've thought about that every single day of my life

[mossiistars]

a man of his time

[laurellala-comics]

A Shakespearean comedy of errors

bonus:

[bixels]

Be honest, what are your thoughts on appledash? Do you hate it or its more of not a big deal

Not a big deal to me. I like it, I see all the appeals, I just personally like Rarijack more.

[mike-milkyway]

Happy pride month to specifically these queer people.

Pride to everyone else, obviously, but specially them.

[chipper-smol]

So...... Loop and Odile huh?

v THE OTHER RESPONSE I DOODLED v

yeagh

[actuallyregulusblack]

i love the idea of neither regulus or remus know social cues or how to flirt at all so they're just sitting together in the library like

"well hypothetically i'd personally steal his sweaters and they'd probably be really big and soft"

"right and like, hypothetically speaking, he'd probably read poetry to you and cuddle with you under the blankets so that you don't get cold....hypothetically"

[arthursfuckinghat]

Take!!! A gamble!!!! That love exists!!!! And do!!!! A loving!!!!!! Act!!!!!!!!

[beanghostprincess]

Every time the strawhats go to an island and they see their wanted posters, Usopp covers the "Vinsmoke" in Sanji's with a marker when he thinks he isn't paying attention. He sometimes even draws little hearts around his picture and cute messages about him. Sanji points that out one day (acting surprised, because he already knows what's going on) and Usopp goes: "Oh! It- It must be your fans, right? Must have a lot of fans around."

Sanji hums, staring at the doodled poster with a knowing smile. "And they covered the last name because..."

He can see Usopp trembling under his words, but he tries his best to laugh the nervousness away. "Words spread fast, y'know? They might know you don't like to be called that already. Or maybe they just realized somebody like you couldn't be part of a family like that."

The cook has to hold back a laugh at that, but it isn't long until his heart starts getting overwhelmed by the realization of how Usopp voice sounds. Angry and frustrated. He stares at the spot where the last name should be while he fidgets with the marker inside of his right pocket. Sanji wishes he could kiss him right here for everyone to see and thank him for everything he has done for him until now. But it would just make worthless all of Usopp's efforts to cover his lie, and the last thing he wants to do is embarrass him.

But it's- It's just cute. It's adorable and Sanji is filled with so much love his chest starts to tighten. The thought of telling Zeff about this someday crosses his mind, because he knows his father would've done the same thing. Well, not really, because he probably would've just torn the paper. But whatever. Same thing.

Instead, Sanji sighs contently and reaches to grab his boyfriend's free hand, starting to make their way to the ship. "It's a pity for the fans that their beloved cook is already taken, isn't it?"

He looks behind him to see Usopp suddenly growing confident and squeezing his hand back. "And by your fan number one, too!"

Sanji brings Usopp's hand close to his lips to press a kiss on his wrist... Maybe he can get used to having fans.

[witchinatree]

i've been relistening to the magnus archives (by that i mean i just listen to it constantly. more than music at this point i think.) and i really really really really love jon & daisy's dynamic and every time i thnk about it i just get hit with this new "oh my god...."

like they're the two i think of when i see the "there's only one person who's ever truly understood me, unfortunately i fucking hate the guy" (i think i'm quoting it wrong but ykwim)

one of my favorite moments in the show is when they're following daisy after the change and jon is like "i never forgave daisy for what she did to me, but she never asked me to either. she knew she had no right"

also it's like they both died twice (kind of) the first time during the unknowing after trying to protect the others (daisy giving into the hunt to kill breekon or hope i forget & jon trying to stop tim from blowing himself/everyone up) and the second time when they gave up the last of their humanity for the people they love the most & those people had to kill them

they also doomed themselves for each other if you think about it. like jon went into the buried (technically he didn't know about the marks but he still knew he might not come back) and daisy gave into the hunt for the final time to protect him from trevor & julia. they don't even really know each other but at the same time they know each other like the way they know themselves??????

like WHAT those are the same person but also they aren't but they are???? sorry i'm actually incoherent but i really love their dynamic and i just keep putting together more pieces the more i'm thinking about it/listening to the show.

i think there's more i wanted to say but i forgot

[usertoxicyaoi]

"I'll make a ton of cash, and leave this place."

TAIKAN YOHOU (2023). EPISODE TWO.

[nocturusvulpus]

I may be a bit late to the trend but I wanted to make my own spin on this Featuring my favourite Beast ship <3

[foxstens]

aromantic kevin day is borderline canon, if you even care

[aq2003]

really love how throughout a lot of smith and jones martha is really skeptical and apprehensive towards ten (+ one of my favorite exchanges between them - "what, people call you 'the doctor'?" "yeah?" "well, i'm not. far as i'm concerned, you've got to earn that title."), not taking everything he says at face value, even doubting the fact he's an alien until over halfway through the episode.. And like. i really truly think the thing that wins her over isn't him kissing her or any of the other insane mixed messages he manages to send, it's this scene here, where he /earns that title/ in her eyes:

(+ david's bit in the commentary, where he says: "[the doctor] has actually sacrificed himself, and - i would say, that that final act of selflessness is what finally, eventually, welds martha to him. [...] and she now returns it. she returns that act of selflessness.")

this is what their relationship is built on. it isn't about martha being the second-best replacement to rose or a rebound or whatever. bc it isn't really about rose. it's about doctor-in-training martha meeting someone (quite literally, "the doctor") whose ideals she aspires to, and doing her best to be the same person to him as he is to everyone else. it's about ten in return admiring her intelligence and inquisitiveness and how she cares for human life, recovering his compassion, letting himself lean on her for support - and then remembering at the most inopportune moments that he's supposed to not need anyone and be on his own forever. And around in their little nightmare loop they go where they save each other over and over until one of them breaks

i've seen ppl look at martha and go "why she does she admire/why is she so in love with ten if he acts like that to her?" or something along those lines and like. it's not just the fact she's in love with him (in fact i'd argue she actively tries to push it aside post-gridlock). it's the fact that she knows he's the kind of person to put everyone else's lives/well-being over his own. she trusts him to save her when she's in trouble even though it's been like two days at most that they've known one another bc she recognizes that same "deep all-encompassing drive to help others" in him. and she also recognizes, much much earlier than him, that he needs someone to save him, especially when he's unwilling to save himself. and yeah for a bit she thinks he returns her feelings and is just playing hard-to-get, but she realizes pretty early on that this probably isn't the case, and i think that realization fully solidifies here:

(this is when she's listening to ten talk abt gallifrey). And idk it might just be me but i think this expression isn't just her empathizing with his loss. it's also guilt, for wanting something from him that he's clearly unable to give when he's wracked with so much grief. (and you see it in the next episode, where tallulah asks if they're together and martha says for certain that they're not, and that he doesn't know about her feelings for him. she keeps everything to herself bc she now knows that when he shut her flirting down at the end of 3x01 it was the genuine reaction of someone who a) isn't interested and b) is scared of getting close with someone else again)

freema described their dynamic as "she's keener than him" and i think about this all the time. martha doesn't really take what ten throws at her. what she does instead is constantly poke holes in his already-failing front of "i will show someone the wonders of the universe so i can ignore what is wrong with me". what she does is stand up and fight him when he tries to go off on his own. what she does is put aside her well-being in favor of helping someone - just like what she saw him do for the people in the hospital when they first met. tldr, that's the doctor and his doctor and rip martha you would've loved who's gonna save u now by rina sawayama