#this would be my guilty pleasure

[respectthepetty]

Bad Guy My Boss is going to give me romance messiness, gun fights, workplace scheming, and, hopefully, color-coded boys in love.

Because Elyes is a dark guy (possibly a Black Brooder) while his assistant extraordinaire is a light guy (possibly a Happy Human).

But the thing is, Elyes is much lighter when he is alone with Pat.

Or at least he was.

And perhaps that was because they were very close when they first started out, sharing meals and their dreams with each other late into the night.

But now there is a wide distance (and many men) between them.

They no longer share plates side-by-side at home and small restaurants, but instead discuss the next day's schedule with a large table of options laid out in front of them.

So Elyes has gotten darker.

And so has Pat, but it's not the job that has gotten to him.

Pat's friends figure out that he is in love.

And even though he won't admit who has him heartbroken,

It's clear only one color-coded boy has all his attention because Elyes has demanded all of Pat's time for over five years.

Even though they still exist in their own little world,

The distance is getting worse all the time.

So I'm surprised that in the end of the episode, Black Brooder Elyes was the one to step up.

And close the distance that is growing between them, literally.

Because based on how the episode began, I know he is successful.

Because if he wasn't breathing down Pat's neck before, he definitely will be now that the possibility of Pat quitting has become a reality.

Bless.

[vii11]

Omg yes. Can we please make this a thing😨 like, how many men would learn to just shut the fuck up and leave women alone

[baoxie]

🥀 sylvain + ingrid 🌼

[tartarduck]

time to out myself as an otome isekai enjoyer...

[oodlesodoodles]

[sofijaeger]

ok hear me out:

thinking about how shouto todoroki is so used to being stoic and reserved until he finally meets you. He's able to become a new version of himself, one that's trusting, endearing, and downright pervy. Shouto is the kind of guy that pulls out his inner Usui Takumi personality with the things he'll say and do to you. Teasing you becomes his go-to form of affection, and he finds excitement in showing everyone who you belong to.

Might I add that David Mantraga voices both Usui AND Shouto in English dub... so if you're in need of romantic, pervy todoroki I suggest binging Maid Sama 😏

[otiksimr]

There is some, innate fun in writing some trashy ass romance.

[faux-mance]

noticed that a lot of kross/criller is people trying to put cross in the role that color canonically takes

[shesmyscar]

this one’s for the lisa frankenstein, chappell roan stans

[ghostofsnails]

so did you guys know theres this character called tristan vik disventure camp and

[mockiery]

Once Upon A Time 3x05 "Good Form" my beloved, I know the text and shots and scene transitions directly parallel Hook saving David's life to Killian's loss of his brother, and Killian's pained expressions of seeing David succumb more and more to the same poison Liam did. Killian's insistence David tell his family, give them the chance to say goodbye that Killian didnt have with his brother. Of Killian himself sayinf David reminded him of Liam, his canonical hero. I know the ep's dialogue speaks of Killian's want to be seen as a man of honor, to be that man of honor.

And I know Killian would absolutely have been a deflective ass with the "I didn't do it for you" to David about saving his life, bantering teasingly that he did it for Emma like David has accused all of his actions to get to and be at Neverland as - just a selfish attempt to have Emma.

And I know Killian's half-joking flirtation with Emma later with "Is that all your father's life is worth to you?" is in character bc for his entire presence on the show previously he has used compliments of himself and flirtatious remarks as deflection, jokes, and to be actively antagonistic/inflammatory/annoying/playful.

I know all of this. I know this is all perfectly in character and the nonspoken motives informed by the flashbacks to his past and his performance are deeply in character. But christ alive I wish that a tiny little line would've been added in somewhere that made it clear that his motivations in this ep and the Neverland arc as a whole weren't just about Emma bc it feels like the writers partially forgot this in 3a, despite the strength of this episode and all its parallels. They say characters' feelings out loud or allude to them more directly in dialogue all the time like pleeeeeeease, you could've made it a lil more obvious it's not solely bc of Emma like. i just wish it wasn't easily misread if u didn't read into it deeper with Killian's characterization, beyond his contradicting words

[respectthepetty]

I can only watch one show today, so in normal trashy fashion, I picked my Wattpad BL Bad Guy My Boss because I'm ecstatic that PAT had a girlfriend while Elyes has been the gayest motherfucker in all the lands since Day One! Look at him. He doesn't understand bisexuality! He can't even fathom a man wanting to sleep with a woman.

I love this Black Brooder pendejo who won't let his Heavenly Human secretary resign yet won't actually communicate that he loves him.

And it's because I get him! He was so light before and watched his boyfriend just get darker. He communicated everything! His worries. He dreams. HIS LOVE!

Yet Run didn't say he loved him back, and regardless of Run's reasons, he hurt Elyes.

Even at the very end, with a clear barrier between them, Run couldn't even admit that he ever loved Elyes.

So despite how happy Elyes is with Pat,

He will use any means possible to avoid telling Pat the simple truth.

I don't know if Run actually loves Fei Long, but Elyes is now incapable of telling Pat what he wants to because of the way his relationship with Run blew up.

Elyes wants to lighten up!

But he can't for too long because life always reminds him that Pat could be snatched away if he isn't stalking him 90% of the time.

And Lord forbid Elyes go to therapy for his dark past of trust issues! No! Instead, he will threaten Pat as his boss because that is all Elyes has to fall back on, which is why he refuses to let Pat resign.

Thank goodness Pat is a smart cookie, but even when Elyes can't get at Pat directly, he forces others to track him down and make Pat come back to him.

Elyes continues to tell Kim that Pat is the best secretary who he can't live without instead of just owning up to the fact that he loves Pat, but Elyes. Cannot. Do. That!

Pat has always been honest in his relationships, and for it, he has been rewarded with a healthy breakup due to long distance, but Elyes has not! He was honest, and for his honesty, he got his heart ripped out and stomped on.

So he is going to continue to do The Most™ in attempt to avoid doing the bare minimum.

But Pat keeps proving that all he wants is the simple life.

Which is why I'm proud that Elyes, in his attempt to be light, learned his lesson regarding food and continues to bring the two of them closer by eating meals on tinier tables.

Because the first episode emphasized one of the problems was the fact that the distance kept growing between them as the tables got bigger and longer.

And he also picked up his phone just to tell Kim he was busy with another man, which isn't perfect, but is a hell of lot better than him leaving Pat to go to Kim. Evolution doesn't happen overnight for a Black Brooder.

As far as I'm concerned, Elyes is doing everything right according to his color because some Black Brooders are far more comfortable being arrogant assholes.

Who do not utilize space appropriately!

Which is why I want to know why Run, who is dark around Elyes, is so light around Fei Long. Is it really love?! Or is it Maybelline blackmail?

But shit is getting messy before that question can be answered, and now my color-coded boys in a situationship (since Elyes refuses to say love) are being visited by thots of Booty Calls Past AT WORK.

And by the looks of that big ass barrier between these exes, I don't think Elyes is going to lighten up after this conversation.

Because just like bisexuality and viewing women as attractive, Elyes doesn't seem to understand what a healthy relationship or healthy conversation looks like.

I love him.

[consumed-by-dally]

I’m so obsessed with the fact that dally would kill for Johnny. DALLY WOULD KILL FOR JOHNNY IT DOESNT MATTER WHO HE DOESNT CARE. I need more of this, his obsession with johnny is wild he needs to be locked up honestly I don’t make the rules

[blabberoo]

i think your ultrafalls art has given me brainrot (positive) because ive been a little bit (read: extremely) obsessed with ultrakill lately and my friend had rec'd gravity falls to me a while ago, and seeing that art is lowkey giving me inspiration to write a fic. i haven't even seen gravity falls yet. your art is too powerful op

I'm glad you like it! I would be so happy to see a fic of these silly guys!

[blindmagdalena]

Reader is a spy for the boys but goes undercover as homelander's au pair for Ryan but homelander or reader slowly catches feelings? :)

ohhhh this is SUCH a good idea!!! i've dabbled in Homelander falling for Ryan's caretaker before but OH!!! throwing in the spy element is so juicy.

i've been holding onto my enemies to lovers ideas for a soulmate au, but you've filled my skull to the brim with the potential of a reader who goes into this truly despising Homelander for the horrible things he's done, and the evolution of seeing him through the lens of a father, seeing who he is when he actually loves someone.

meanwhile reader is gritting their teeth the entire time, determined Not to fall for the doting father act. it's only enemies to lovers from their perspective. for homelander? it's a romcom lmao

until he finds out they're a spy, that is...

[kalineas]

A wild night