#this can be interpreted as both romantic and platonic

[toast-in-a-cowboy-hat]

The universe had to make Ty and Anne enemies lest they become the worlds most powerful t4t couple

[ultimategenshintournament]

Ultimate Besties Tournament: Round 1

Propaganda below cut

Ragbros (submitted 2 times):

From a storytelling perspective, in a game where the premise is reuniting with your lost sibling, these two are excellent foils as siblings who are technically separated but always within reach of each other. I bet that drives the traveler batty, that these two could technically reconcile at any time but Don’t. If you guys aren’t using your free ‘reconcile with your sibling’ card, then give it to them. And one’s even got connections to Khaenri’ah and the Abyss Order! Are these two good siblings to each other? Well. No not really. But the way they were best friends when they were kids and are now bitterly awkward after Diluc’s fratricide attempt (I know he was in a terrible headspace but cmon man. Should’ve at least apologized afterwards.) yet still hang out even in the beginning of the game (see: hanging out in Venti’s story quest and family vacation in GAA 1) is very entertaining. The mask is off now, Diluc. Do you still care about your brother? Kaeya’s internal conflict is very tasty too, still considering Diluc family even if he doesn’t really count himself a Ragnvindr anymore (if he ever did…), and it’s a wonderful narrative metaphor for his conflict of whether he considers himself a Mondstadter despite loving his second home. Kaeya’s a character with a lot of depth from his origins alone, but his personal relationships with the other Mondstadt characters really elevate that and his internal struggles, and none are as important as the family that welcomed him into Mond in the first place. With the exception of the travelers (and Paimon!), I think this is the most important platonic relationship in the game.

Ragbros angst and love makes the world go ‘round

Loud and Louder (submitted 1 time):

They build off of each other's bits SO WELL. Peak silly behavior from them both :DD

*Disclaimer: "Ultimate Besties Tournament" is simply the best name I could think of. Characters do not necessarily have to be besties or even friends. This tournament is about the most interesting platonic dynamic.

*Second disclaimer: This is not a space to argue for why a relationship is romantic. None of the relationships between playable characters are canonically romantic. You can choose to interpret characters and their relationships however you please. But for the sake of this tournament, all relationships are strictly platonic.

[chasemywishes]

Regulus and Barty very casually have intellectual conversations at 2 am, in the middle of the night in their dorm, while Evan is snoring loudly in the background

[teshiee]

theyre my comfort pair (if i havent said this already) AGGHHHG my precious. my babygirls..

[velsatelier]

secret hiding place (6 pages).. my thoughts under the cut

this took way longer than i wanted…….. this is only my second time doing a comic of sorts, the longest colored one i’ve done being 2 pages….??? this comic to me is pomni being honest and almost unafraid of sharing her thoughts to ragatha, like she did in gummigoo, and maybe terrified of losing another connection again with the possibility clear in her mind that ragatha could get abstracted any moment (unaware that she already is kind of in the process…) this all happens on the tower on the lake…? so they’re high up, and can see the stars that way. in case there’s any confusion about their designs, it’s just my personal take on it and i’m also very sorry for all the inconsistencies throughout the pages. just don’t squint too hard okay . Okay…

also just wanted to link another comic really quickly about another tadc artist whose work i super duper love, and i found out i had a similar ending idea to theirs way too late into the comic process… their comic is super well written too and their other works are also really stunning and i’m really sorry if it seems like i stole their idea or anything

[skepticism105]

My wife said Aphrodite and Hermes are gelphie coded bcus of their colors so thats what inspired me to draw Apollo(employed theatre kid) referencing Wicked. Also Aphrodite x Ares and Hermes and Ares

[m1n4h]

Already bragged about it on twitter, why not post it here?

Me and my friends were drawing in magma. One of them drew lil hearts on their cheeks.

[maripr]

I think John Ward deserves to break down a little at the end of FAITH bc he just destroyed the cult that groomed him since childhood and abused him and his childhood friend, he's managed to protect everyone he loves, he's realized God's been with him the entire time, he has fred all the souls that were taken hostages in the rite of the second death, and he has been forgiven by the very person he wronged. He deserves to break down a bit, after things have calmed down, as Lisa and Garcia both hold him as his falls on his knees and his shoulder shake and he holds his crucifix close like he's hugging it and he wails like a child and as the tears fall on the cross once bronze, they leave golden streak, cleansing his vision of it, cleansing his heart.

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

meow〜

[mrstellmeafuckingsecret]

mary: is your dick big enough for you to act the way that you do?

sirius: yes.

mary: let's see it then

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mary: he can keep acting the way he does

[dykecory]

:3 could u do zach and chris with christmas hats or doing holiday stuff i think ur art is so so insanely cute

I'M FINALLY DOING THESE.. merry late christmas !!!!

[idiou]

Random TADC AU #1

Where Jax and Pomni knew each other irl, and Jax recognised her when she arrived in TADC. He was really happy, because she was the only thing he remembered from the real world, and now she was there too

[freyfall]

saw a post the other day about how the dsmp fandom doesnt pay attention to any of quackity's relationships other than the romantic ones (also specifically shitting on quacksicle) and tbh while I think it's a valid point to talk about because quackity has so many other important relationships, you do realize that his romantic relationships (at least the arguably canon ones - specifically referring to fiances and schlackity though I guess you could argue tntduo but I'm personally not arguing that) like, completely inform a major part of his character?????????? It's about like. showing vulnerability to people and getting screwed over for it.

AND, perhaps the key part here, is that quackity and slimecicle follow in this pattern of quackity showing vulnerability to someone he has a close relationship with and then that relationship falling the fuck apart. so I don't know if it's necessarily off the mark to say that, in a sense, quacksicle was implied to be the same strain of relationship that q had with schlatt and karl and sapnap (and perhaps also wilbur) and that may or may not be romantic.

like, a platonic reading of it isn't incorrect (in fact it is probably the MORE correct version if I'm being realistic about cc intentions, etc) but like, the subtext isn't NOT there imo. Shrugs

anyways the op was right in that the entire other half of q's character is heavily informed by his nonromantic relationships - like. the entirety of LN (foolish, fundy, PURPLED) everything with the prison (sam, DREAM!) and also the friends he had in earlier dsmp days (tommy, eret, p sure bbh, this list can be added to but I wasn't a big early q watcher so this is all I got). (also, like, tntduo, but tntduo exists in the weird grey area yknow.)

anyways I love c!quackity and all of his relationships. they're all so fucking good

[book-lover85]

realizing that because our society is so deeply ingrained in amatonormativity even more than heteronormativity that most if not all people make many assumptions about interactions and relationships assuming things "must" be romantic or sexual

even as an aroace person I fall into this hole of wondering if I'm reading into characters or people too much or not enough

I have a tendency to just not understand most ships

even the one's I ship because I can't always understand the implied romantic tension that comes with the assumption that all their interactions are romantic and so I sometimes don't see the ship coming or don't understand why it's such a big deal when there wasn't any "obvious" build up (even when there is build up in their relationship it could absolutely be platonic how do I know?)

I can't understand when someone says that my friend has a crush on me without any proof

a friend can be nice to me and not have a crush

but I also sometimes assume an interaction between two people is romantic

and it's so strange

wtf is the world

[witchspeka]

Ritsu doesn't respond to Shou's messages, not cause he's disinterested or doesn't consider him a friend, but because 90% of the time he forgets he owns a phone

Like from an outsider's POV Ritsu seems like he's cold towards him or mildly annoyed but in reality he's just introverted and hasn't had any friends before besides his brother

Whatever you think they feel for one another is mutual, whether it's friendship or love or just mutual understanding and sympathy

Like, I can see them argue and be annoyed with eachother's personality once in a while but they care. I like to believe this isn't my bias but canon fact, Ritsu wouldn't have agreed to help Shou otherwise

They understand eachother. Shou tells Ritsu his big ideas and Ritsu understands how he's come to that conclusion and gives criticism and Shou listens to him. Because he knows it isn't an insult, he knows its genuine advice, he knows Ritsu actually listens and wants to help

That has its shortcomings as well, I think they're overestimating how well they understand eachother sometimes, there's a certain degree of projection happening. Their situations are similar but very, very different

What I'm trying to say is that they don't hang out that often but ten years post canon Shou could call Ritsu up after they haven't spoken in forever, unsure if he even has his number anymore, ask for help and still receive it. That Shou would let Ritsu crash on his couch after he impulsively quits his job even if months passed since their last conversation. It's not about personality compatibility with them, its about trust.

[wooahaes]

jisung is so friends to lovers coded in the sense of u two can be so casually affectionate w one another. he will be sharing his snacks with u down to the point where he'll feed them to u if ur busy or if said snacks r slightly messy (like those lil powdered donuts for example) and don't want to get ur hands dirty. he holds hands with u and calls u the love of his life and the minute someone asks how long u two have been dating ur both like huhwhat