#whether that's brothers or a qpr

[frantic-babbling]

currently watching emma's vlog (12 minutes in)

she mentions how danya said that soda's letter is a battle of the brothers: your blood family (soda and darry) versus your chosen family (dally and johnny)

i'm going to throw up and will need 2-5 business days to process this

[infizero]

kris and susie’s relationship to me is like. i dont want to say anything definitive bcuz i dont like saying ANYTHING definitive when it comes to kris and their personal life as thats... not for me to hc in my eyes. but like....... i feel like there’s a possibility that that dynamic, at least from kris’ end, goes a lil beyond friendship. like i’d call them gay and tease them over the idea of having a crush on susie if i were their friend but i wouldnt actually pressure them into feeling that way if they dont. does that make sense.

[konfeitos]

ROMANCE IS BORING.ㅤ⸺͏͏ㅤJJK MEN & M!READER

❛ ⠀♡ . ˑ⠀featuring :   choso , nanami kento , higuruma hiromi , getou suguru

❛❛ ⠀Am I ready for love? Or maybe just a best friend? Should there be a difference, do you have instructions? ⠀❜❜ ⠀or ⠀being in a queer platonic relationship with jjk men !

❛ ⠀♡ . ˑ⠀notes  :   male reader. either the reader / jjk men, or both, can be seen as arospec. queer platonic relationships are just as important and equal to romantic relationships! all qprs are different from each other and are all valid. not proofread. divider by cafekitsune.

⟣   CHOSO   ⏖   ♡   !   ㅤㅤIt was a struggle to put his feelings into words when it came to you. Nothing that he could possibly weave together ever grew close to accurately describing his emotions and how he viewed the relationship between you and him. You are important to him. Of course you are. Just as much as Yuuji is important to him. Except… he didn’t view you the way that he did with his brothers. Those feelings didn’t push him to see you as more than that at the same time.

All that he knew for certain was that he adores you and you adore him. The way you look at him with smiles has his heart grow in multiple sizes. A label wasn’t necessary to place on you for him to know that he cared deeply for you. That he would do all that he possibly could to ensure your happiness and safety.

There’s not a doubt in his mind that you share this sentiment. He senses it in the way you reach for his hand to hold and squeeze tightly as if you plan on never letting go. The way you nudge him to open up his arms for you to give him a hug the second you notice anything off before he even realizes it.

You openly express your affection for him that his heart squeezes far too many times to the point that he wonders whether he should visit a doctor. 

It makes him pause whenever you two are asked if you’re dating. He never knows what to say. The love is mutual between you two for sure, but that doesn’t mean you’re both in love with one another. 

Yet he knows saying such a thing would garner strange looks or comments how you’re both confused or shouldn’t be using the word love to describe such a dynamic if it isn’t a romantic relationship. But he sees nothing wrong with using the word when it comes to you. 

He loves you. He loves you so much and will gladly let the world know it even if nobody else aside from you would understand.

⟣   NANAMI KENTO   ⏖   ♡   !   ㅤㅤMany people (read: one particular Gojo Satoru) joked or assumed that you and Nanami were together. There wasn’t a day that went by without someone making a comment about the two of you. You were always seen together doing just about anything and everything. All of Nanami’s spare time was dedicated to you, and you fussed over him like a concerned boyfriend. Why weren’t you two together? 

The pestering always annoyed him. This insistence that a relationship between two people had to be one way or the other. Or that people were that invested over somebody else’s relationship. What did it matter to them? 

All he wanted was to exist. With you specifically. 

Whenever a mission would get too rough, his mind would drift to his thoughts of retiring and running away to Malaysia. In each and every single one of them, you were there right by his side. He yearned for solitude so deeply, but for a solitude that included you as well. 

Where there would be no prying eyes to how the two of you interacted with one another. Nobody would make any jabs at both of you guys’ indifference to ever developing a romantic relationship with one another. No judgment would be made, not that he paid any attention to how people may perceive the nature of your relationship and interactions with each other, on the love shared between you two.

It’s very easy to imagine taking a stroll on the shore of the beach and having you hand in hand.

The next time that Gojo cracks a joke upon catching the two of you visiting Nanami’s favorite bakery, hands full of his favorite bread and your favorite pastries, and linked arms, Nanami is ready with a response. He waits to hear the familiar question of whether you two are together to answer with a simple, 

“I’ve always been his.”

⟣   HIGURUMA HIROMI   ⏖   ♡   !   ㅤㅤNot once has Higuruma ever considered that he would find himself in a relationship quite like the one he has with you. Granted, the possibility of having any sort of close and intimate relationship with anyone always came across as impossible. There wasn’t time for him to spare for anyone else. He was too caught up with his own work and wrangled up in his passion for justice. At least that was the case until he met you.

Your presence in his life has redefined many things for him. A new passion in him sprouts and blossoms with every passing second that he spends with you. One that is devoted to you and only you, and it grows at the mere sight or thought of you.

Nobody else understands him the way that you do. 

Each time he is weighed down by a trial that has led to an unjust verdict for his client and he catches a glimpse of their expression, you are the one who seeks for comfort. You very easily understand what he needs without any need for words. Despite being a rather tall man, he succumbs to making himself so small while being gathered into your arms. 

It’s easy to sense how all he wishes for is the comfort and warmth you never fail to provide him. His soul feels intertwined with yours and his heart wants to be held with those gentle hands of yours. Said gentle hands that always seek out to cup his face and gently him closer to look at you directly. 

Without fail, you whisper to him sweet reassurances and nothings. You are always determined to make him feel loved and cared for. And as he gets lost in staring into the warmth of your gaze, being placed looked at with such a loving stare, there’s only one thought that lingers in his mind.

I’m lucky to have you.

⟣   GETOU SUGURU   ⏖   ♡   !   ㅤㅤIt’s rather funny to Getou how Nanako and Mimiko can fully understand the intricate bond between you and him compared to other grown adults. Plenty of people assume that you are together or married. Nanako and Mimiko’s habit of referring to you as their other dad most likely plays a factor into that. 

Or maybe it’s also due to the fact that he never fails to lean close and kiss your nose or your cheek or wherever he can reach. It could also be the fact that you openly address him as your other half, your husband, and other sweet terms of endearment that has his heart skip a few beats.

Anyone who dares to assume that something romantic is going on between you and Getou are quick to receive odd looks from you, Getou, and your girls. Then again, he supposes he can’t expect that for anyone outside this little family of yours to fully know how strong this bond is that it goes beyond their comprehension of love and relationships.

Both of you are fairly affectionate with each other, whether you’re out in public or alone in the privacy of your home. As mentioned earlier, he presses a kiss to any inch of your skin he has access to and pairs it with a reminder of his love for you. And you slot yourself into his side with ease like you belong there (which you do). Your head gets tucked under his chin and it doesn’t take long for the two of you to fall asleep together. 

There’s nothing to hide from you. You know full well his heart is for yours to hold and that your heart is kept safe in his.

Thinking about the future used to be grim, but knowing that you will be there every day in his future with the girls brings him comfort.

[askthebadkidz]

Sprak is just screeching.

Baron seems to be doing better now.

-Baron

Mod Baron: I'm back :]

Sprak and Riz are sort of laying on their backs and kneading the air a bit. Seems like they’re calling themselves.

[bloggingboutburgers]

this past week my qpp of almost two years broke up with me. and i know for you, you said you wouldn't necessarily feel heartbroken if your qpr came to an end, but for me, it felt more heartbreaking than some of my past romantic breakups. this whole thing made me wonder if maybe im not queerplatonic or aro enough to be in a qpr, or if id ever want to be in a qpr again. but seeing you post about your qpr gives me hope that queerplatonic love is something that i can experience fully. so thank you for always sharing your story, because that's what's helping me heal right now <3

Aah, to be perfectly honest, as much as I sorta "downplay" it compared to what it must feel for people who experience romantic attraction... I've had a time where I almost felt like I couldn't go on with my QPP as well and the sheer thought of it was really hard to bear too, so my words here aren't necessarily being very fair to the reality of things.

It was during the travel ban of March 2020 to November 2021 where citizens of my country and others weren't allowed to enter the US unless we spent 15 days in a country that wasn't banned. It made it much harder than usual to visit my partner and as it was nearing 2 years with nobody aware it was going on anymore and US people more concerned about whether they'd be able to have turkey for Thanksgiving, my hope was running really thin. So for a few days in mid-October, as I was at rock bottom, I was starting to write in passing to my partner about how maybe going on wasn't worth it because the separation was too hard on us, it wasn't showing signs of stopping, and the whole thing maybe wasn't worth the pain if they could live their life happily and not have to worry about me who couldn't visit.

And then we videocalled at some point, and when they tearfully told me that even if it did end then and there, they wanted me to keep the promise ring they'd recently given me, I suddenly felt a quiet rage in me going like "No. Fuck this. Look at them. I love them. And I love this too much to allow some cruel governmental decision to end it. If it ever ends, it'll be because WE want it to end. Not because of shit like this."

...I'm making it sound super dramatic but yeah long story short this is also a big reason why we're planning to get married. So that when the US government decides to put a ban on countries including mine again, they can't stop us from vibing together this time.

I guess... I still don't wanna 100% assume we'll be together forever because I don't wanna trap them in a situation they may no longer feel happy in. We're doing great now, but I still have it in the back of my mind that maybe someday they'll get sick of me (they say they never will and that'd be dope if they never did, but never say never and all), or we'll both just want other things, and if it ends like that, then... Yeah, that'd be alright. Much more alright than the way it almost ended.

(...Oh, and for the record, if a friendship of mine ended abruptly, or if my brothers stopped being on good terms with me, I'm pretty sure I'd be just as heartbroken, to be fair. And it'd feel like my reality was collapsing a little. I guess anything ending, any human connection ending, has that effect to a degree, if it's important enough, after all.)

Though describing things like that does make it a bit harder to define what makes it "queerplatonic" as opposed to "romantic", I still... Just have that feeling in my gut that it isn't romance, y'know? It's kinda... A mix between being close friends and being an old married couple without ever having gone through the grandiose passion-honeymoon phase. Maybe that phase IS what defines romance per se. I don't know. Maybe someday I'll find more answers, but it's kinda hard to find answers when you have no idea how romance works to begin with I guess 🙈

In any case... Sorry if I caused any confusion or if I made you question your validity. The thing is pretty simple to be honest: if you feel you're aro, you're veeeeeery likely to BE aro. Because nobody can make that call but you and nobody can name the relationships you have but you. And if amongst everything you even FOUND the words "aro" or "queerplatonic" in a world where those identities and types of relationships are so aggressively hidden or erased, then it's gotta stand for something.

...I guess at the very least THIS I can be certain of TwT Sorry I'm a bit messy about all of this myself, I'm still also going on about it trying to figure it out day by day, but I owed it to you and everyone to be honest. These things are hard to define and I hope to keep finding better and better words to do so someday. TwT

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

So I love the lil trope of "point of no return"-

and I talked about this in the context of Vast and Rune. That shattering of the chronometer, Rune figuring out what Vast was... that is a point of no return.

However, there is an important thing to note. While point of no return states that whatever relationship broken will never be the same... it doesn't mean it can't get better. That the relationship can't heal.

It's like a broken bowl fixed again. It will never be the same, there will still be scars... but it works. It still functions. Sometimes, it even gets stronger.

Rune and Vast will never return to the giggly mess of comfort and laughs. Rune will never see Vast exactly the same, but that's okay. Because healing is far better than sitting still and resting in resentment.

For those of you who are Fable fans, think of Centross/Violet and Wolf/Fenris. Their relationship is not some teenage romance movie stuff. They're two battle-scarred men who found each other, who support each other. Their relationship is no less beautiful, it might even be more so, than a naive, honeymoon phase relationship.

The real thing about love is that it has to survive the trials. No matter whether the love is romantic or platonic. A good example would be Spiteduo from Mer- the two were shattered apart, in a perfect example of a point of no return. But that doesn't mean Gyn turned Bite away at the door. No, they welcomed him back, cautiously but still happily.

Another example is Icarus and Rae. In the end, Rae still said goodbye. He still loves his brother. Icarus still loved Rae.

So basically, no matter whether Art and Heyhay decide to keep the two apart or put 'em in a romantic relationship again (or a qpr of sorts)... it's okay. Because Rune and Vast healing from their cracks will be far more rewarding than brushing everything off and sticking them together again with no issues to overcome. That healing is so vital to the two and how they interact. Taking it away would be detrimental to their character arcs.

[aspecmemesdaily]

bro weird stuff has been happening to me lately. so I’ve known I was ace for a year now and that’s still going strong but also I never like. thought about romance like other girls did and never thought about a wedding. I never want a boyfriend and the idea of getting married scares me. and I wanted kids but I thought babies were ugly, and never thought about who their dad would be or anything. but like over the last year I

Really love babies and little kids, and now am miraculously really good with kids. I changed my major to education and finally found my calling (elementary librarian)

when I watched the pilot of fallout and I saw her wedding dress (I love that style soooo much) something clicked in my head and suddenly I started making little plans for my future wedding

it’s still hard for me to imagine a specific person as my husband but I realized I want that best friend for life thing. (my brother and his wife were kind of the turning point on this one because they just have so much fun and love each other so much. I realized it’s a different love than what I’d ever wanted before and now I really want that for myself?!?)

I still don’t really want to date anyone but I am feeling more open because the idea of finding someone who I love is just so exciting to me nowadays.

this is just all weird for me because my lack of interest in these things were a big part in what convinced me to look into asexuality and aromanticism and It’s so weird to lose that aspect of it but still feel no sexual attraction. I’m still me, but I’m growing into another version of myself and it’s so strange but wonderful and scary. idk growing older is weird when big opinions and feelings shift from what they’ve always been.

Thank you for sharing this, @jack1701.

I cannot give you a definite answer as your experiences and feelings are unique and only you can label yourself or choose not to label yourself at all. You don't have to fit into a specific box and I am not in a position to assign you a certain label, but I'd like to mention a few things that you might want to take into closer consideration if you so desire (The following points are just my opinion and may not be accurate!):

QPRs: Queerplatonic relationships are relationships that go "beyond" traditional notions of friendship, but don’t necessarily fit into the category of a typical romantic relationship. They can be a way to have that deep, lifelong partnership you’re envisioning without the pressure to conform to conventional romantic or sexual expectations. QPRs are quite common for partnering aspec people to be in. There is no set definition for a QPR and its boundaries—you and your queerplatonic partner (QPP) decide individually what you want to do or not do (e.g. hug, cuddle, kiss, live together, raise a child, pay taxes, idk??) and what you want to call each other (e.g. partner, friend, boyfriend/girlfriend, idiot, shnookums??, whatever...), etc.

Cupioromantic: This label falls under the aromantic umbrella and typically describes someone who experiences little to no romantic attraction, but still desires a romantic relationship (regardless of whether they are in one, aspire to be in one, or not).

Aegoromantic: This label also falls under the aromantic umbrella and typically describes someone who enjoys the idea of romance or romantic fantasies but doesn’t desire a romantic relationship for themselves. You may think of it as a disconnection between oneself and one's romantic fantasies. It's explained quite well here, I think.

Other arospec identities such as demiromantic (only experiencing romantic attraction after a deep emotional connection has been developed) or greyromantic/grayromantic (experiencing romantic attraction rarely or only under specific circumstances).

But you don't have to label yourself just now or ever, and no label is permanent. Just keep being yourself and do what feels good for you.

All the best!

[oneread]

I’ve been introduced to the concept of ace x law and I think I have the funniest possible version of this.

Luffy catches up to Ace in Impel Down and they escape. The government isn’t going to admit they let two high profile criminals with such complicated history get away and their connection to each other stays a secret.

They go their separate ways again and Ace either meets or reconnects with Law. Law has heard a million and a half things about Ace’s baby brother but he has not heard a very crucial fact, his actual name. Whether this is because Ace is secretive to protect Luffy or because the brothers are allergic to plot relevant information sharing is not important.

What is important is Law goes to Punk Hazard without Ace. He makes an alliance with Luffy and is perturbed at every turn by the Straw Hat crew. These people haunt even his dreams with their absolute nonsense. He has very few opportunities to bitch to his [boyfriend, casual occasional partner, fwb, qpr, however you want to see the relationship] about this horrible crew. Their conversations are short due to plot and there are other things he would rather talk about. So it somehow happens that he never says the name of the crew or the insane captain.

Ace is going to meet them in Dressrosa and Law is relived that finally he will have reasonable, enjoyable company. He’s waiting for them when they dock, but while they are still far away Luffy spots Ace and flings himself off the ship, tackling his brother and calling his name. Law is in shock, poor Ace is also caught in this annoying crew's trap? Why had he never mentioned? And then Luffy is calling out to Robin, Franky, and Brook and telling them to come meet his brother Ace.

Law just lies down right there on the deck of the Sunny while his brain bluescreens. Ace has to come pick him up and drag him off the ship.

[mrblazeflappybird]

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hi you gave the go ahead on sending you reddie asks so uhhhhh hi im here now

the losers club is one giant love heptogon. like poly qpr with romantic subsets

because everyone loved bev romantically and vice versa (cough cough sewer sex scene cough)

and richie loved eddie but he also had a crush on mike and definitely thought ben was hot (voiced this himself) and he has self worth issues and hides his insecurities with jokes (insecure hes bi so makes im-so-straight jokes, insecure hes ugly so makes im-so-hot-and-deffinatly-pull jokes) and even if hes stupid people love him because they KNOW why hes like that so thet play into it to make him feel better BECAUSE THEY LOVE HIMMMMM

and ben has always been just this little socially awkward idiot filled with love and definitely loved everyone in the losers club and hes emotional and i personally think hes arospec and feels unreasonable amounts of intense platonic love, to the point he mixes it up with romantic love (like me!!)

and mike definitely thinks hes not enough if he doesn't help people. he thinks if he doesn't help everyone around him hes useless and unloveable but at the same time only cares about the opinion of people hes deemed important (people that can hurt him and his friends) so of COURSE he helps his friends and hes the guy who keeps them safe (assuring they have weapons, making sure everyone is present and accounted for, ect) and everyone else loves him because hes there when they need protection and thats enough<33333333

and everyone loves bill to. how could you not hes just a stuttering dumbass little baby that need protected. plus he loves his friends for being there when he needed it (when georgie died, ect)

and eddie worrys about all his friends safety because they might be dumb and disease ridden assholes but there HIS dumb disease ridden assholes. and everyone loves eddie because hes like a weird overbearing jerk and he CARES. he CARES about there safety and no one else does.

and stan. he has some form of religous guilt. so when he found people that thought of him as stan and not stan the jewish kid he was over the moon. and everyone loves stan because even though he has his issues theyd NEVER leave him

sorry im just really fucking mentally ill and think my gay children need hugs and that my old man yaoi should have been allowed to be happy (reddie fix it fics save me. reddie fix it fics. save me reddie fix it fics)

Yikes, this got longer than I'd expected. Buckle in.

I read the sewer scene for the first time at school surrounded by my friends, and I think it was the one time I've read something that genuinely horrified me so much that I couldn't bring myself to be over-the-top scared of it to be funny. I have a younger brother who's turning eleven soon and the thought of it makes me wanna take a bath, if you know what I mean!!! Hm.

Also you are SO right about the Losers all loving each other. Yeah, there's the romantic pairings - Richie + Eddie, Bev + Bill (at least as kids) - but honestly they all love each other sooooo much it's kinda crazy. I'm kind of obsessed with how they conveyed how much they care for Richie in particular to the films - when he's crying after Eddie's death and they all hug him and he's like, 'Hm? They know I'm gay, and they still love me?', and he looks down at them genuinely confused for a moment - because it's so subtle but my God it's done so sweetly.

Speaking of sweet, HELL yeah Ben loved them all! My boy literally has love rolling off him like Sisyphus' boulder off the mountain. Whether it's platonic or romantic is personal opinion, but literally nobody can dispute that after Bill and Eddie (and Richie, in the film) took him into the Losers Club, he fucking adored them, man. Of course he loves Bev, that's kind of the most given thing to ever be given, but to be honest I think both he and Mike are the most symbolic of the Losers' love, because they were outsiders who found their family within the group.

Talking of Mike, he is the personification of 'the glue that holds the group together'. Literally, yes, when he calls them back to reunite after twenty-seven years, but you're right that it's in more subtle ways, too; the way he has the bolt-gun and ammunition, the way he is willing to sacrifice himself in the movie because he knows he messed up big time. And that last bit, too, is one of the biggest pieces of evidence in my opinion about your theory, dear asker who is definitely not a raccoon in disguise, that he feels inadequate if he doesn't actively protect the group. But they love him for it! <3

Ahhh, Billiam my boy. The one that every one of the Losers was genuinely a little bit in love with. The one who would not only readily die for any one of them, but who would die for a random kid with a skateboard who's only ever been rude to him! Of course in the book it is explored how much Georgie's death really affected him, of course it was, but that scene in Chapter 1 where he finds Georgie's raincoat and the Losers all just hug him without saying anything while he sobs is so fuckin' special, man. And that's the Losers Club, them all together, unconditional love and respect and love and love.

Eddie hiding how much he adores his friends under a mask of worry and ill-tempered arguments is genuinely such a lovely character trait. It doesn't take a genius to see that "You guys know that alleys are known for dirty needles that have AIDS, right? You guys do know that?" is a masked-up version of "Guys please don't go into that alley, I don't want you cutting yourself and getting this awful and scary disease going around". It's literally just him saying, in his own little way, I fucking love you guys, don't get hurt, and taking it upon himself to keep them all safe forever. Bill's "He'd be looking out for us... the way he always was." is in NO way lost on me, man.

One thing the book did that I thought was so so good and so so interesting was looking at religious guilt, through Patty, but it's not difficult to imagine that it extends to Stan, too. I swear there are some points - usually from characters like Henry Bowers' points of view - where Stan is kind of just, 'the Jewish one' (like how Richie is the loudmouth, and Ben is the fat one), so I reckon you're definitely right that when the Losers got to know him as Stanley Uris, rather than 'the Jewish kid', it was probably like a huge weight off his shoulders. And that's one of the reasons that he loves his disjointed little group, because they were the first to accept him and his religion as one.

Anyway, yes, the Losers love each other and they would die for each other and I would die for them please and thank you.

(Also, I agree that Reddie fix-it fics were put onto earth by God Themself.)

[marigoldbaker]

ice cream headache

kind of having a mini writing kick today where i write everything but what i am trying to write ❤️ anyway: more original fiction! this time ft. a couple who have not yet found the words “lesbian” or “aroace” but love each other so outrageously that they accidentally invent a qpr without knowing that that’s what this is. it’s complicated.

Caleb is not worth her parents’ notice. It’s an interesting position for him to be in. If he was the son of their cook, or of Jane’s old nanny, they’d probably have some sort of conniption about her associating with him, and if he was the son of anyone important, they’d probably be arranging some sort of complicated business partnership contingent on their kids getting married once they were of marrying age. He’s none of those things. He’s Jane’s next-door neighbor, and because they’re about the same age, their parents are both fine with Caleb spending time with Jane.

Caleb’s parents aren’t anything like Jane’s. New money. Their house is always a mess. Something about a rich relative dying, or something. Jane’s always instructed to conduct herself with comportment and decorum whenever she goes over to their house, to not forget that she’s from a long, long line of Medinas going way back to the time of something-or-other, but she doesn’t do it because they ask her to, she does it because she doesn’t know how to be anything else. She watches Caleb’s mother wander around the house in bell-bottom jeans and a tiny little beaded top with a kind of fascinated curiosity, like she’s one of those safari-hat experts on the Discovery Channel. See how the new money dresses flashy and fun? Notice the absence of full skirts, pearl necklaces, and some of the stiffest, most boring coats you’ve ever experienced.

Jane likes things stiff and boring. It’s why it’s so strange that she’s also always liked Caleb, who is neither of those things. He’s the one with the big imagination, who’s always coming up with the fun games to play, but he doesn’t do it like her awful cousins or her three younger brothers who roughhouse relentlessly and step all over each other. He’s sweet. Sensitive. He pays attention, and he always holds a hand out to help her cross the river behind his house.

Jane decides when she is six years old that she’s going to marry Caleb. She doesn’t bring it up to him immediately; she’s not sure how he’ll take it. All of her cousins talk about how gross girls are when they get lovey-dovey. She wonders if all the other girls, then, look at the boys carefully, assessing their strengths, their weaknesses, whether they’re nice or mean, before finally deciding whether or not they’re a decent marriage prospect. She knows she is going to have to get married, mostly just to ensure that she has someone else’s house to live in that isn’t with her parents, who seem perpetually annoyed by the fact that they have to remember she exists.

She doesn’t look good in the family photos. She’s just a shade too dark to pass. They put her next to her nanny in a lot of the old ones, so if you look on the wall, it looks a little like Jane and her nanny were very nicely allowed to be a part of the lovely, light-skinned Medina family. Of course Jane’s mother is a little darker, but it’s well within the range of exotic. It looks pretty on her. It doesn’t on Jane.

Caleb’s skin is darker than Jane’s, which is probably part of why his family’s not invited to all the social gatherings around the neighborhood, but his family also has such an obscene amount of money that Jane’s parents can’t say don’t hang around with that Caleb without it causing problems for them down the line. Somehow it makes Jane feel safer to be around him. He knows what it feels like when people stare at you like they’re looking through you, not because they don’t see you, but because they don’t want to see you. He knows, and he still smiles like that.

He’s the one who plays good music for Jane. He likes R&B and disco and all kinds of things that aren’t just the same piece of classical music, over and over, played clunkily on the piano by one of Jane’s brothers. His parents bought him a guitar, but he’s got a hand tremor—he doesn’t explain to Jane how it happened for a very long time—so he can’t really play it very well.

He can sing, though. Oh, can he sing. Jane can sing okay, but the first time she starts playing and Caleb starts singing, she stops and curls over the guitar, and when he stops, worried, she says all wobbly that she just can’t believe he can sing like that. Almost crying. Jane literally never cries, but hearing him sing like that…

It’s not jealousy. Not exactly. The emotion that rises up in her when she looks at him is what makes him sure he’s the person she has to marry. 

Which is what leads them to now.

They’re sitting on the beautiful rope swing in the Medinas’ rose garden. Jane is wearing one of many dresses that she absolutely hates. Her mother’s one for muted pastels, which really don’t engender the sort of terror and reverence that Jane wants to embody. Her mother also wants Jane to wear her hair down and long, with that gentle Disney princess wave to it that you can only capture if you’re a cartoon character. Jane is, unfortunately for everyone, a flesh-and-blood person, and she’s already managed to get mud on her satin heels and the hem of her dress.

Caleb is wearing a T-shirt and jeans. Jane is outrageously jealous.

She’s watched a lot of romance movies with the friends she’s made at school. It’s one of those things you check neatly off your checklist to appease your ever-expectant parents, the watchful eyes of high society: make charismatic and beautiful female friends, check. Maude especially classifies as both of those things, with soft golden hair and large blue eyes like an actual Disney princess, and a sort of gentle grace that would make any man want to scoop her up and protect her from harm. Jane’s told her as much before, and it always makes Maude blush red, and—

Romance movies! That’s what she was thinking about. She’s watched a lot of romance movies, and in those romance movies, when you’re a teenage girl in a pretty dress sitting with an ill-dressed boy on a garden swing, something usually happens. Depending on the sub-genre and the temperament of the boy in question, it may be up to the girl, or, in some cases, up to the horrifying lake monster that appears out of nowhere to kill one or both of them (usually a couple on a rose-woven swing is the first to go in a movie like that). 

Jane doesn’t exactly feel that clawing impatience that always seems to characterize these pretty, polished movie girls. There’s no sense of urgency. Often she wonders if there’s something wrong with her, something missing inside, that she is so…it isn’t that she’s satisfied with her life, exactly, it’s that she’s looked at all the data available to her and sees no reason to be dissatisfied with it. This makes sense.

Yet she doesn’t know how to broach the subject with Caleb. She talks to him about everything, but this feels…potentially complicated. Fraught with potential for misunderstanding. It’s not that she’s in love with him, or that she’s aflame with burning desire for him, or that she’ll absolutely die if he doesn’t marry her, it’s more that she thinks it will make sense if they do get married, because they’ll be able to play music they like, together, and maybe go somewhere that isn’t here and start a music store. She’s not sure how to explain that to him. No one in movies is as fundamentally unromantic as Jane Medina.

Caleb’s watching her with a fond expression that probably does have a place in a rom-com. He tugs gently at her hair.

Jane ducks her head down and stares at her hands.

This is the frustrating thing about Caleb, and also the reason why she actually very much does want to marry him: he doesn’t press you to talk in the way that most people do. Jane’s parents question like private investigators when they want her to talk about something, to the point where she’s gotten good at firing off quick, sharp, precise answers that get them off her case.

Caleb, though…what is there to fight when you don’t have anything to fight against? He’s waiting for her to speak, and whatever it is, it’s going to be enough for him.

Jane could start by saying I love you, but those aren’t words she says easily or lightly. She could start by saying let’s get married, but they’re fifteen, and there’s a flippancy to the statement that she doesn’t like. 

“Do you ever think about our future?” she asks.

Caleb blinks a few times and he seems to consider the question. “Honestly?” he says. “I just figured we’d get married.”

Something unspools in Jane’s chest: sunshine relief. “Yeah?”

“Yeah.”

“You know I don’t—I’m not—” She doesn’t know how to explain it. The thought of kissing him turns her stomach.

“Yeah.” Caleb squeezes her shoulder. “You’re my best friend, though.”

“...Yeah,” says Jane. She actually does look up at him, then. Nothing about his face has changed. “And you’d be okay? With that?”

“I actually don’t know if I’m the one you should be asking that question.”

Jane blinks. “What?”

“Well, I think your comprehensive future plans involve kids,” says Caleb, “so logistically speaking, we’d kind of—” He cringes a little, “have to—”

“Yeah,” says Jane, for the third time, starting to actually giggle with hysterical relief, “for the kids! I mean, that’s how it works, right?”

“For the kids, and to get your parents off your case.”

“Oh my god. Can you even imagine what they’d say if I don’t get married and get out of their family pictures?”

“Maybe—okay. We get married, you have a couple of kids, we start our music store, you get to actually go to college.”

“You’re not serious.”

“I mean, the way my dad keeps dicking around, I feel like soon enough I’m going to inherit enough money to pay for college for you, and your parents can’t say anything about it if you’re my wife. So.”

“Caleb, don’t joke about that,” says Jane immediately.

Caleb takes this in, his smile trembling for a minute. Then he says, “Well, it’s kind of a bummer if I say I hope I’m going to inherit my dad’s money, right?”

“It’s all a bummer,” says Jane. She settles into his side. “Should we try kissing or something?”

“If we’re getting married, we’ll have time later, right?” says Caleb uncomfortably.

That’s love, Jane thinks. The realization stings, but pleasantly, like an ice cream headache—the sweetness still lingering on her tongue. What she wants and what Caleb wants, the unspoken strangeness, the not-quite-rightness, are in perfect alignment. She doesn’t know what it is about her that needs fixing, but he has something in him that isn’t quite right either. He knows how that awkward isolation feels—knowing that, by any and every metric, he’s the world’s most kissable boy, and yet she is completely bereft of any desire to kiss him. Here she is, his world’s most kissable girl, dressed in beautiful pink satin and scratchy petticoats and far too expensive heels, and he is completely bereft of any desire to kiss her.

On impulse, Jane asks, “Can I kiss you?”

Caleb grins a little, like he thinks it’s funny, and says, “Yeah. Okay.”

She leans in and presses her lips to his. It’s wet and utterly pointless. She pulls back, and he’s smiling, and he says, “That was terrible,” and she starts laughing and laughing and throws herself into his arms and the swing breaks, and then it’s just them in the mud.

She decides she’s going to name their daughter Freddie. No one can stop her.

[qprsmackdown]

Tim and Sasha (The Magnus Archives) vs Jesus Christ and the Twelve Disciples (The Christian Bible)

Negative comments about either qpr in the notes will be blocked. This includes saying that either party is not a qpr. We are here to have fun. It does not matter whether a qpr is "canonically" platonic, romantic, or otherwise. I do not want to hear about why you think a relationship isn't a qpr.

Propaganda (below the cut)

Timsasha Propaganda

(TMA spoilers for s2 and beyond)

them being in a qpr is a pretty popular hc already and we know they care about each other a lot and may not have an entirely platonic relationship sooo.,, yeah :) plus i like to refer to them as the qpr of being misinterpreted and i can't let that go so they need to win actually

I know they don't get a while bunch of screen time together, but what they did have was amazing! He calls her his best friend so we know in Canon they are more than friendly acquaintances. Also spoilers, he dies to get revenge for her and his brother, and the extra audios we get where he talks to her after he finds out she's dead is so good and sad and he cared so much, their interactions were top tier!

jesus and his disciples:

I mean, someone had to

I want a Christian Bible Standoff Final. This one is for the gays.

yeah ill vouch for that

[killerzshadow]

Guys, I'm So Fucking UNWELL About MCD (Mainly) & Mystreet Right Now. Especially Rewrites And Just Personal Ideas And Rps I've Done With My Beloved. There's So Much I Want To See Fanart Of, Or Hell Even Just Other People's THOUGHTS. Absolute RAMBLES Below The Cut!

• The Shadow Knights And Being Poly? HELL YEAH! Whether You See Them As Romantic Or A QPR, I Do NOT Care. They're So Cutesyzgch

• An Rp My Love & I Are Actively Doing Is, Cadenza, A Marshal, And Gene Meeting. After Everything With Laurence Becoming A Shadow Knight And Whatnot. Oh, My Girl Is PISSED! Because, In This, Gene Was The One Who Hurt Laurence. Hurt Her Little Brother. Changed Him. She Had To Mourn Both The Brother She Lost, And The One Of Which She Gained. OH, AND YKNOW A QUOTE FROM GENE IN THAT? Cadenza Was Stating How She Had Things To Do, Like Check In On Laurence, AND THIS MAN GOES,

"I see how it is, you want to make up for not taking care of it before its death, huh, Cadenza?" LIKE HELLOOO??? AND SHE'S JUST LIKE "Or I Just Fucking Care About Its Well-being Like Anyone With A Damn Heart Would. I Did What I Could. It's Nobody's Fault Besides Yours." After Having A Whole CRISIS Because She Blames Herself And Gene Knows It. He Had The Audacity To Then Laugh And Go, "That's what you'd like everyone to believe, isn't it? But you and me both know that as much as Laurence's death is my fault, it is equally yours. You're the Marshal, you're responsible for your guards, let alone your own brother..." 😭 What I'm Saying Is, I NEED ART LIKE THIS! I NEED OTHERS OPINIONS AND IDEAS OR HCS! LIKE AUUGHHH

• Also Just. So Much More Of Cadenza And Laurence's Siblingship. How Cadenza Was Affected. Everything. The Angst.

• Or Or Or, Might I Suggest. Cadenza And Laurence Role Swap? 🤔 I'm Just Sayyiinngggg.

• More About Gene Tormenting Laurence During His Stay In The Nether. I Just Need To Read It. I LIVE For It, Guys. This Hyperfixation Is Going CRAZYY.

AlsoLikeAreThereMCDRoleplayBlogs?TheNeurodivencySaysToMakeOne,Guys...

Anyways, Fuck Cringe Culture. Give Into Childhood Hyperfixations! 💖

[onlygayinthecomics]

I been thinking about my turtle gender+sexuality headcanons (the ones I am reasonably familiar with)

To start, 2003:

Leonardo: I see him as transmasc, most likely coming out in early childhood by simply requesting that his family refer to him as a boy like his brothers, no fanfair. Probably gay, but I can swing bi/panromantic. I like him on the asexual spectrum. He seems most interested in people who can hold their own in a fight, as well as those with some kind of authority. Subby as fuck.

Raphael: Almost stereotypically masculine, you might think Raph is cis, but I see him more as bigender or a transwoman. She is unaware of this, and will never have any kind of egg moment on his own. Needs Donny to literally remind her that Leo transitioned when they were kids. Bi with heavy gay leaning. Wants a partner who can kick his ass.

Donatello: The rare cis turtle, demiromantic or aromantic pan. Sees sex more as a platonic bonding activity, would probably like a qpr.

Michelangelo: My boy hasn't seen a gender she doesn't like, whether that be for identity or dating. Very fluid in how they see both xirself and the world. I do prefer he/him for Mikey, but I also feel that he wouldn't give a fuck what pronouns are used.

2012 up next

Leonardo: I love transfem Leo with my heart and soul (big shock, I know), however this turtle is a veritable playground for identity headcanons. Leo can be read as transfem, transmasc, bigender, agender or really anything you can think of. Will be supremely insecure about this, even when no one else cares. Sexuality wise, Leo is into you as long as you're related to her able to kick her ass.

Raphael: Can be read as either transfem or transmasc, although I'm personally fond of masc. He'd prefer a woman who will kick his ass before pampering him, or a guy he can bully.

Donatello: Donatello desperately wants to be seen as "normal," to the point of refusing to acknowledge that he is both masc nonbinary and bi.

Michelangelo: Once again our pan king, Mikey will fall in love with most people within minutes of meeting them, even if that is very obviously a bad idea. Dtf whenever, but I actually think Mikey would see sex as just a fun thing to do, rather than something to be actively desired. Prefers a more masc identity, although whether that is as a cis guy or trans varies by the day.

Rise!

Leonardo: A gay transman, big shock I know. Like I don't even think that's a headcanon, I'm pretty sure that's just canon (fight me). I actually think this boy wants an authority figure more than any other Leo, and probably wants to be bullied and praised in equal amounts.

Raphael: I actually see him as cis, but I have seen the transfem art, and see the appeal. Pan as hell, with a preference for the cute and badass. Would probably also like an older partner who could kick his ass.

Donatello: Transmasc nonbinary and living it without shame. Bi, with preference for women.

Michelangelo: "Gender is optional, orange is not" quote stolen from rayshippouuchiha's Naruto Don't Gender Good au. I just think it fits him really well. Ace/aro, but loves the concept of love, just for other people. Arolovic.

I will do Mutant Mayhem after a few rewatches.

[sunlightfeeling]

TAG TIIIME

thank you so much @orchiddingme!!

Name: Alex

Pronouns: I default to using she/her on myself because those are the ones I only go by IRL but I’m comfortable with they/them and he/him

Star Sign: Gemini …two of them

# of Siblings/Fun Facts About Them (If Any):

2 older brothers; fun facts…they both built working guitars in their woodworking class in high school, and both were part of a band that performed in Battle of the Bands…also in high school (+ different bands)

# of Pets & Their Names: None right now, but I really would like at least one in the future

I’ve had 4 guinea pigs, though, some at different times than others ☺️

Fandoms: I mean SMAP is technically a fandom but it honestly feels more and more like a lifestyle since there’s just SO MUCH

I also orbit around RGG a bit… I’m like Pluto but instead of debating whether I’m a planet, people argue about whether I’m a Yakuza/Judgment blog (…not actually but I can sense the confusion for indulging in the dark side (liking Takuya’s face a normal amount) on at least some of the tags I’ve seen…)

Favorite Color: I’m gonna switch it up and actually make a specific choice

I’m going with Periwinkle 😌

Favorite Song: Changes like the season because I routinely forget songs exist

spinning the roulette wheel of songs in my head (aka scrolling my playlists and picking the first that makes me go “OH THAT ONE’S SO GOOD”)

this one! (I think I broke the question…🥲)

Favorite Author (of anything readable - books, fanfics, zines, webtoons, whatever!): Adrian Tomine, probably. I’ve loved every single one of his stories that I’ve read.

Favorite Fic Type: I don’t really read much fic, but I do love my angst…preferably the love triangle kinds or the like…(I like drama, sue me)

Favorite Holiday: Erm….maybe Memorial Day simply because sometimes it means my birthday is a holiday? lmao

Do you have a partner (romantic, qpr, anything!)?: Nope

Hobbies: Traveling (in that I really want to travel more and make it an active hobby 🥲)… exercising (lifting and running specifically)… collecting pieces of paper with pretty boys printed on them…the usual 🤷🏻‍♀️

Fun Facts About You: I once locked myself out of my own room. I had wanted to make sure no one would go in there while I was gone, which turned out to be extremely effective; who’d have thought!? …..I was five

Tagging (no pressure as always~): @tiny-tokunaga @faunandfloraas @floofz @rosemirmir @woundedheartwithin @bizarreshiz @passthroughtime

[batmanfruitloops]

I've been wondering whether Ed and Jon are in a QPR or are just friends? It's a bit hard for me to tell (this is a me issue, if ur worried) so I figured I should ask you :3

I'm glad you asked! Jo and Ed's relationship is purely platonic; they're a lot like brothers more than anything else.

This also reminds me that I need to clarify everyone's ages at some point, but Jo is 30 and Ed is only 21, so they're 9 years apart. I apologize for not bringing that up sooner, that's on me. 😅

- Sarsee