#this isnt me breaking a het ship for my yaois this is me wanting the best for these freaks

[ritzcuit]

how does the dhurkemara divorce go in your mind. is it amicable is it messy or what

honestly i think it's immensely amicable.. AND this might be because i'm not great with angst or any sort of conflict (soft hearted) but like. GESTURES

i like to think of it as like, when dhurke rescues amara, and she's keen to "hear him out" on his innocence and all that, and they have rayfa... i think that is a sort of "lets try very very hard to make this work" even though several years passed and they aren't 23ish anymore..thing. like, it went from young intense love -> intense tragedy, so for all those years dhurke still Had Feelings for amara and was desperately trying to get her back. right? so.

but then i don't think it works quite the same anyway. like yeah the joy a baby brings to a family, it's lovely, but ohh there's already been a lifetime between them that they haven't experienced together. and they're both a little older. and though amara believes in his innocence now, maybe, it still feels a little different... it's not that same intense young love, you know? it never was going to be. but surely it has to be love, right? or else what were they fighting for...?

well they lose amara again so 🧍

and so it leaves dhurke and amara to ruminate on their feelings in isolation, again, and missing each other deeply, but also with a little more maturity in it now. like they're still married but how can you be in love with someone you haven't seen much over the past (cups hand around mouth) TWENTY THREE YEARS ...? isn't it more like you're in love with the idea of them? or at least, you still CARE about them! but love...?

their relationship will never be the same way it was pre-canon... if it was allowed to mature and grow like any healthy one, they'd probably be one of khura'ins strongest couples... but it was cut off the same way everything in their lives was broken and cut off. they didn't even get to raise their children together..

so in a sense, a divorce would be an "acknowledgement and healing" thing, letting go (and moving on ?!?!?!) of the past trauma theyve been carrying for so long.... at least in some part.

but theyll always be close friends ^_^

i can't imagine a messy divorce at all honestly. to me, amara would be on board with it basically instantly, it's dhurke who'd have trouble letting go (and moving on!??#?#$?%#) just because this is part of his driving force, is returning to the normalcy that he can never return to. Lowkey canon dhurke would probably be a weirdo about it. canon dhurke would be like "no let me Prove Again-" and IM TELLING YOU HE'S LITERALLY ASGORE LMAOOOO this eggs-husband motherfucker

but in my head, post-canon dhurke has the sense to know that divorce is what's best for all of them... after all, again, they've basically been divorced this whole time anyway. i think amara is like "dhurke i've been thinking" and dhurke's like ... yeah i could've guessed that. and it's fine. bittersweet but fine in all sorts of ways..

[paraemu]

ok like i said on twitter here's a bullet point list on my dragon ball yaoi opinions

Goku/Vegeta: i know this is most popular for obvious reasons but this is a classic case of fujos deluding themselves. im not gonna say vegeta hasn't experienced some level of attraction towards goku but like he fully does love bulma and i genuinely dont think goku is capable of romantic or sexual attraction. that said i think their relationship as it is in canon is pretty interesting even without putting on the yaoi goggles

Gohan/Piccolo: this one i kind of get. people want gohan to have yaoi and he does have a pretty special bond with piccolo but this bond is explicitly a father/son thing. piccolo literally says in the show that gohan is like his own son. "piccolo is technically around the same age as gohan" he was obviously mentally an adult when gohan was a toddler so dont even try honestly

Gohan/Dende: if you REALLY need to ship gohan with a man this is your only real choice. its cute and had a lot potential pre-saiyaman saga but after videl i can only see it being one-sided. poor dende

Gohan/Trunks: ok this one needs to be evaluated on a case by case basis so lets break it down

Future Trunks/Future Gohan: after everyone else died gohan probably had to help bulma change trunks's diapers and keep him entertained and stuff so trunks was like a little brother to him. for trunks though gohan was this really cool masculine ideal that he was chasing after and i think its not a stretch to say those feelings took on a distinctly non-plantonic tint during puberty even tho he knew gohan would never see him that way. its safe to say gohan was future trunks's first (and only?) love

Future Trunks/Present Gohan: the roles have been inverted, now trunks is the cool powerful adult and gohan is the kid trying to match his strength. i think if they had been able to spend enough time one-on-one gohan might've developed a similar crush but with how little they saw each other and how high tension the situation was he was just left with the feeling that long hair really suited him...

Present Trunks/Present Gohan: we know canonically gohan was on babysitting duty for goten and trunks both. they have a brotherly relationship and trunks thinks gohan is kind of lame for being a nerd but he still looks up to him at times. no yaoi to be found this time around

Goten/Trunks: NOW we're talking! this is the crowning jewel of dragon ball yaoi. they grew up together, they're best friends who spend all their time together, they're the poster boys of fusion, they're literally attached at the hip. its got everything you could ask for in a good ship. case in point: gt and super both tried to make them het and they still haven't managed to put a single dent on their popularity. i hope they get married and have full saiyan babies

Whis/Bills: i love this one. they're such old gay queens who have been married since the down of time. im surprised its not more popular tbh, i think their involvement is blatant. couldnt have picked a better duo to relaunch the franchise

Whis/Goku, Whis/Vegeta: ok the way whis keeps checking out goku and vegeta is INSANE. he's not even trying to be subtle. that said i dont think he actually wants to fuck them hes just a muscle fan and they both remain oblivious

Android 17/Piccolo: ???? this is popular on twitter and idk why. ik they fought each other but nothing remotely bait-y happened in that fight. im chalking this one up to 17 is the only twink in db and ppl are desperate to have someone to ship him with

Yamcha/Tenshinhan: another pair the spares type of situation. its valid ig i just don't give a fuck about either of them. also i think tenshinhan is married to chaoz

Mr. Satan/Majin Buu: I SEE NO DIFFERENCE LOVE IS LOVE!!! ok jokes aside this one is literally canon. look at this figure and tell me it isnt