#wm asher

[sodascribbles]

WANING MOON – 1. STREET RAT

So, that stray dog that's been terrorizing dumpsters across the neighborhood? Yeah, it's not a dog.

content: young (teenageish) whumpee. abandoned pet whumpee. reluctant caretaker. past starvation. no beta we die like salem's sanity. swearing.

notes: FINALLY STARTING ON THIS BINGO CARD LOL. i mean actually i have several drafts. but actually POSTING something !! also gestures wildly to Moony!! yayy whump series time!!

"Of course," Salem grumbles, her umbrella springing to life above her. Thunder rumbles off in the distance, lightning skittering across the streets. "Of fucking course."

On the one day Asher couldn't give her a ride, she has to walk in the rain. Story of her life.

She spends most of the walk grumbling to herself, stomping through puddles. The chill in the air seeps straight into her bones, even though her hoodie; she scowls, jaw tight to keep her teeth from chattering.

A block from her apartment, she passes by the infamous Creepy Guy Alley— at least, infamous to her and her friends. Salem herself had nearly gotten stabbed here. When a dumpster topples over as she passes, she assumes it's just another titular Creepy Guy, and lays a hand on the pepper spray in her pocket.

There's no creepy guy. Just frantic scuffling. Maybe that dumb stray dog that Asher had been complaining about.

Salem stands there for a few seconds longer than she should, letting the cold sink into her bones. A stray out here in the rain... poor thing was probably starving...

She sighs through her nose and ruffles through her bag. "Hey, little guy," she coos, fishing out her half-finished lunch. The sounds stop short. "Hungry, little buddy?"

Salem scoots forward, carefully waving the sandwich. "Please don't be a raccoon," she says, in that same bright puppy-dog tone.

She reaches the edge of the dumpster, and holds the sandwich out a little further. She clicks her tongue a few times, shuffling forward just a little further—

Oh.

Oh fuck.

A pair of mismatched eyes stare up at her from a dirty, shivering lump of torn fabric. That's a person. He looks younger than her. Oh fuck, she echoes internally.

"You're not a dog," she whispers. Her arm is still outstretched, steadily soaking. "Oh, God." The 'stray dog' has been terrorizing their trash for weeks. This kid's been out here for weeks? She stammers for a few dumb moments, but eventually manages; "Where the hell are your parents?"

The kid blinks at her, wide-eyed, terrified. He's shivering head to toe. Slowly, his eyes unfocusing as he thinks, he shakes his head. Salem's brows furrow.

"O-kay," she mumbles, finally lowering her arm. "No shit. You've been out here for ages." She chews on her bottom lip. "Let's get you out of the trash. Come here, buddy, let's—"

Salem hardly sees him move, but suddenly he's standing in front of her. He's five foot even, maybe, hunched over like some kind of animal. He kinda smells like an animal. Everybody thought he was an animal.

Oh God, the animal in their trash was actually a kid. Fuck.

She shifts the umbrella to cover them both. "Here," she says, handing him the sandwich. "Let's, uh, let's start with that."

He stares at her expectantly. There are bags under his mismatched eyes so dark they look like bruises. His cheeks are sunken. He looks like somebody hollowed him out and filled the empty space with nothing but terror. His teeth are chattering so hard she's certain Asher can hear it from here.

He doesn't eat.

Stammering uselessly for a few moments, Salem nudges his hand again. "That's— that's food, buddy. I'm sorry I tried to give it to you like a dog, but— it's, uh, fair game." He scarves it down like he hasn't eaten in weeks. She tries not to be too freaked out. "Okay," she whispers again.

"My— my apartment is, like, a block that way," she explains, shrugging her jacket from her shoulders. When she reaches to wrap it around him, he flinches so hard he nearly topples over. "Shit— fuck. Sorry. You're shaking like a leaf. This is— well, okay, it's kinda damp. But it'll probably be warmer than—" she gestures to his scrappy sweater, hanging off of him— "that."

He carefully pulls it on. She takes his hand— carefully, trying not to startle him again— and the two of them start off.

. . .

She half-carries him up the stairs, both of them dripping wet. He shakes against her; she rattles from the force of it.

"Stay here for a second," Salem mumbles, sliding her shoes off at the door. "I'm gonna get you something nice and warm to change into. You got a color preference?"

He stares at her like she's grown an extra head.

"I'll take that as a no."

She gets halfway down the hall and stops, turning right back around. The poor kid looks at her like a deer in headlights. He hadn't moved a muscle.

"You..." Salem pauses. He smells like a wet garbage rat, because that's effectively what he was. "You should probably take a shower."

He inches forward. There's something wrong about the way he moves, but Salem can't figure out what exactly it is. She holds out her hand, and he shakily takes it. (It's like holding an ice cube.)

"I'll get the water started and then pop out to get you some clothes. Okay?"

He nods slowly, spacily. "Yes ma'am," he whispers. So he could talk. That would make things easier.

She doesn't make the shower as hot as she normally would. Salem's no medical expert, but she's pretty sure she's read somewhere that putting a cold person into hot water did more harm than good— why was eluding her, but...

"My name is Salem," she says, waiting for the water to warm. "You got a name, kid?"

His arms waver awkwardly and finally settle wrapped around himself. For a long moment, he doesn't respond.

"Moony, ma'am," he manages, finally. Salem decides not to judge.

"Okay, Moony." She very firmly decides not to judge, even though it sounds like something a ten year old would name a dog. Living on the streets had made him physically animalistic, sure, but the name?

She keeps her face carefully neutral. "That warm enough, bud?"

Moony sticks his arm out and tests the water, nodding slowly. "Yes'm."

Salem stands, sighing through her nose. "Alright. I'm gonna go get you some clothes. You can use whatever you want in there, towels are—" She opens a cupboard, only to find it empty. "I'll bring you a towel."

She leaves him to it, clicking the door shut behind her, and sighs. "Fuck," she whispers.

The front door unlocks and swings open. Asher drops his backpack off without even glancing up.

Salem groans. "Double fuck."

[zalrb]

Why do you hate interracial relationships so much

I don't hate them, I have plenty of them myself, and broken down my reasons for loving them

and have made vids of them

or have gone hard for them

I'm annoyed by the overrepresentation of interracial couples that feature white people

and I'm annoyed with the way people act particularly with bw/wm ships

that it's essentially the ultimate goal to have a white love interest.

[todaysdocument]

Citizens of Kentucky wrote to Congress asking that free Black people be transported “to the land of their fathers,” 4/23/1832. 

File Unit: Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents Which Were Referred to Various Select Committees during the 22nd Congress, 1831 - 1833

Series: Records of Early Select Committees, 1793 - 1909

Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789 - 2015

Transcription:

MEMORIAL.

_________

To the Senate and House of Representatives

                                  of the United States, in Congress assembled.

     THE undersigned petitioners, citizens of the State of Kentucky, would respectfully represent,

that we cordially unite with our fellow citizens of other States in the Union, in deeply lamenting

the miseries attendant upon slavery, and the resulting evil of an existing and rapidly increasing population

of Free Blacks throughout the Union; and that we are anxious to see those miseries and evils

mitigated by every possible means not repugnant to the rights of individuals or to the constitution

of the United States.

     Viewing - therefore, with the highest approbation, the exertions which are making by the friends

of Colonization throughout the United States, for the removal of the Free Blacks to the land of their

fathers; and believing that the enterprize, if successfully prosecuted, will meliorate our own condition

and that of the Colonists, and that it is intimately connected with the present dearest interests

and future welfare of our beloved country, we, as patriots, christians, and philanthropists, do most

earnestly request and petition your honorable body to extend its energetic arm for the complete and

speedy accomplishment of this great and glorious undertaking. We would not presume to prescribe

the mode by which your patronage and assistance shall be afforded; but we trust that every

constitutional expedient in your power will be adopted; and we would bed leave to suggest, that an appropriation

of a portion of the national revenue, and especially of the surplus of the moneys derived

from the sales of the public lands, after existing claims upon that fund are satisfied -- to be applied to

the object herein contemplated, either under the immediate direction of the executive, or in aid of

the funds of the American Colonization Society, and the employment of a certain number of suitable

vessels, to be owned, equipped and manned by the United States, in the transportation of Free

Blacks to the coast of Africa - which might serve as a valuable nursery for seamen, as well as for

the more important object in view - may be among the most feasible and efficient measures which can

be adopted.

[signatures]

Js. T. Morehead  D.[?] Donaldson  A.J. Mitchell Sr.

Saml. A. Atchison  Jas. A. Neale  R.W.Lucas

Asher W. Graham

H. Grieler [?] John [illegible] Briggs  W[?] Payne

Wm. Volt. Loving  Wm. Marshall  [2 initials, illegible] Thomas  B S Young

A.R. Macey  Richard [illegible] [3 initials, illegible] _akey

Euclid M. Covington  W. Mitchell Tho. Sterrett [?]

C.T. Damaron [?]  John H. Graham  Tho. Rogers

John H. Todd  Wm. R. Payne  John S. Lucas

[illegible]   James G. Pitts

Geo. [illegible]   C. T. Jones

Charles D. Morehead  Benj. Temple  Jas. R.[illegible]

SIR: [italics] The Board of Managers of the Kentucky Colonization Society respectfully request, that you will procure as

many respectable signatures as you conveniently can, to the above petition, and forward the same directly to your

representative in Congress for presentation. [/italics]

L. MUNSELL, Cor. Sec'y. Ky. Col. Society.

[serwynterwulf]

LFRP Braxis Wynterwulf

“The Savage Knight”

The Basics

Age: Late 30′s

Birthday: Unknown

Race: Highlander

Gender: Male

Sexuality:  Heterosexual

Marital Status:  Single

Server:  Balmung

Physical Appearance

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes: Icy blue

Height: 6′8

Build: Muscular

Distinguishing Marks: Three scars on his face, prosthetic magitek left hand, various cuts, bite, burn and claw marks are scattered across his body. Tattoo’s on his shoulders/arms.

Common Accessories: Wolf and Dragon Claws/Fangs, Family Ring, Various rune marked bracers and charms.

Personal

Profession: Dragoon / Mercenary

Hobbies: Fighting, Feasting, Hunting, Training, Fighting, Drinking, Fighting

Languages: Common

Residence: The Pillars

Birthplace: Limsa

Religion: Ancestral Worship + The Twelve.

Patron Deity: Halone & Rhalgr

Fears: Failure, Being too weak, Being the one his family and clan dies with.

Relationships

Spouse: N/A

Children: Io Saarwulf (Adopted)

Parents: Ragnar Direwulf (Deceased) Beatrice Beatsong (Deceased)

Siblings: Quill Sureshot, Roric Eldar,  Venoiux Grinningwulf, Asmaria Soulmender and about 4 more he doesn’t list off often.

Distance Relatives: Asher Rukoth (Cousin), Aelin Stormwulf (Cousin), Kilaani Bloodwulf (Cousin, Deceased), Alexander Greywolf (Uncle, Deceased) Delvaani Songwulf (Aunt, Deceased), Astrid Redwulf (Cousin, MIA), Hunter Ironwulf (Cousin, MIA), Connor Wulf (Nephew, MIA) Siv Wulf (Niece, MIA) Jorgen Frostwulf (Grandfather….Frozen?)  Sigrid Bloodwulf (Grandmother, also frozen.) Hugo Boulderfist (Uncle, Father like figure from mother’s side.)

Pets: Snow, a Coerthas bred Ghost Wolf. A silent, grumpy canine. Along with Pup a Natalan War Wolf and Coerthas Ghost Wolf mutt. A more friendly, slightly smaller version of Snow

Additional Notes:

Bastard: Born out of wedlock to a traveling Ishgardian Knight and a daughter of an Ala Mhigan merchant. With his fathers early death it left him and his newly disowned mother in Limsa for many years.

Prosthetic Hand: Losing his left hand near the end of the Dragonsong War was a blow to the highlander both in mind and body. But after four prototype hands and thanks to Asher. The man now boasts a well made and “Braxis Proof” Prosthetic magitek hand. Allowing him to control his aether more efficiently, even recently covered in various runic markings.

Card: https://braxis.carrd.co

ART: https://imgur.com/a/YOGOS

Traits

Extroverted / In Between / Introverted

Disorganized / In Between / Organized

Close Minded / In Between / Open Minded

Calm / In Between / Anxious

Disagreeable / In Between / Agreeable

Cautious / In Between / Reckless

Patient / In Between / Impatient

Outspoken / In Between / Reserved

Leader / In Between / Follower

Empathetic / In Between / Apathetic

Optimistic / In Between / Pessimistic

Traditional / In Between / Modern

Hard-working / In Between / Lazy

Cultured / In Between / Uncultured

Faithful / In Between / Unfaithful

Loyal / In Between / Disloyal

RP Hooks

Including but not limited to..

Hooligan Years: Despite acting as if he has lived in Ishgard all his years. This Ishgardian bastard born spent his childhood in the streets and waters of Limsa Lominsa. You might recognize this hooligan street rat if you stared at him long enough.

Former Dragoon:  Serving in the Order of the Dragoon for six ~ eight years, being retired from the order shortly before the end of the Dragonsong War. Although temporarily brought back in when the battles climax rose to the heavens at the very gates of The Holy See. It would be easy for a fellow Dragoon to spot this war tested veteran.

Ishgardian Noble: A fact about himself he begrudgingly accepts. With the previous Lord of Wulves, Alexander Greywulf’s passing at the end of the Dragonsong War. Leadership of the Houses Warbands and the House Itself have fallen onto the shoulders of this Highlander. Any of Ishgards noble would have an easy time spotting this Savage Knight amongst a crowd of nobles.

White Wolf of Coerthas: Was a title earned in his years as a Dragoon. Leading small hunting parties or pairs with ruthless efficiency like a wolf hunting its prey. His most common partner was another dragoon of renown, Claude Duval the Bronze Dragoon. The two were well known for constantly one upping one another.

Mercenary Warband: Either it be earning coin and glory to keep their household a float. Dispatching The Holy See and her allies enemies, or plundering and raiding Garlean assets. It would not be uncommon to hear of his company’s boasting in local taverns or similar venues. ((FC Card: https://wm-rp.carrd.co/ )

Contact Information

Tumblr: @serwynterwulf or @braxis-ooc​

Twitter: @BraxisRp

Discord: Braxis#1996

OOC information

I work from 8am - 4pm EST and I am normally not on till roughly and hour or two after that pending on what is going on IRL.

I am over the age of 21 and do enjoy Dark/Mature Rp, etc, even more so if it serves a greater story arc. Although I do find casual RP even more so with this character highly enjoyable.  I am looking for all sorts of connections for this character. Ships and the such I am more then happy to discuss.

[view-paradise]

2019 books

january;

the beauty suit - lauren shields

born weird - andrew kaufman

february;

other people’s houses - abbi waxman

the guardian - nicholas sparks

poison study - maria v snyder

magic study - maria v snyder

fire study - maria v snyder

storm glass - maria v snyder

sea glass - maria v snyder

spy glass - maria v snyder

shadow study - maria v snyder

night study - maria v snyder

dawn study - maria v snyder

when the curtain falls - carrie hope fletcher

march;

the handmaid’s tale - margaret atwood

saint anything - sarah dessen

once & for all - sarah dessen

a map of days - ransom riggs

the bright hour - nina riggs

the whole thing together - ann brashares

april;

the assistants - camille perri 

someday, someday, maybe - lauren graham

still me - jojo moyes

a hope more powerful than the sea - melissa fleming

eve - wm paul young

holding up the universe - jennifer niven

may;

the book thief - markus zusak

delirium - lauren oliver

pandemonium - lauren oliver

requiem - lauren oliver

perfect match - jodi picoult

vanishing acts - jodi picoult

the arrangement - sarah dunn

the distance between us - kasie west

eliza & her monsters - francesca zappia

june;

the royal we - heather cocks, jessica morgan

to all the boys i’ve loved before - jenny han

p.s. i still love you - jenny han

mary poppins - p.l. travers

something to talk about - dakota cassidy

july;

talking after midnight - dakota cassidy 

all my friends are superheroes - andrew kaufman

finding the blue sky - joseph emet

see me - nicholas sparks

the beauty of the moment - tanaz bhathena

the lemonade war - jacqueline davies

this is where it ends - marieke nijkamp

i don’t know what you know me from - judy greer

august;

we bought a zoo - benjamin mee

the harper effect - taryn bashford

this matter of marriage - debbie macomber

adrift - tami oldham ashcraft

the 100 - kass morgan 

always and forever, lara jean - jenny han

keep moving - dick van dyke 

thirteen reasons why - jay asher

neil patrick harris - neil patrick harris

september;

girl, wash your face - rachel hollis

the flatshare - beth o’leary

smoke gets in your eyes - caitlin doughty 

99 days - katie cotugno

the year of less - cait flanders

the elephants in my backyard - rajiv surendra 

last night in the or - bud shaw

spark of light - jodi picoult 

october;

wildflower - drew barrymore

better off - eric brende

year of yes - shonda rhimes

i’ve got your number - sophie kinsella

the bookish life of nina hill - abbi waxman

wedding night - sophie kinsella

chasing hope - richard m. cohen

girl, stop apologizing - rachel hollis

the kiss quotient - helen hoang

the fill-in boyfriend - kasie west

november;

talk of the town - sherrill bodine

big girl panties - stephanie evanovich

outer order, inner calm - gretchen rubin

the plus one - sarah archer

the bride test - helen hoang

december;

love, hate and other filters - samira ahmed

just one day - gayle forman

just one year - gayle forman

just one night - gayle forman

84/50

[bau-m]

Historischer 200-Meter-Triumph: Asher-Smith ersprintet goldene WM-Geschichte

Bau-m https://www.bau-m.com/historischer-200-meter-triumph-asher-smith-ersprintet-goldene-wm-geschichte/

Historischer 200-Meter-Triumph: Asher-Smith ersprintet goldene WM-Geschichte

(Foto: REUTERS) Im 200-Meter-Finale der Frauen erlebt die Leichtathletik-WM in Doha Historisches: Gold geht an Dina Asher-Smith, die sich mit Landesrekord zur ersten britischen Sprint-Weltmeisterin…

[zalrb]

Some of the Westallen fans are crazy. Just because an actor does not have great chemistry with someone does not mean they can't act. But to some people chemistry is connected with acting and that is absurd

And I’ve said this repeatedly and I have said this for years, I have had various gifs of actors and directors explain how chemistry is something that can’t be helped

(Gina Rodriguez annoys me but I’m using this gif to make a point)

What Milo said about his first screen test with Mandy for This Is Us

Once we got in the room and we were reading scenes together, it just felt natural. We were playing husband and wife of five years, expecting kids, and there’s an intimacy with that, and even in the room that very first time, I would say to her, “I’m going to put my face in your neck, is that OK? I’m going to have my hand on your back, is that OK?”

That is why there are ships I fundamentally do not like but I acknowledge the fact that there’s chemistry there because whether or not I like the ship doesn’t impact chemistry; how a ship is written doesn’t impact whether or not the two people in it have chemistry, acting does not create chemistry; as Lupita says, what acting does is nuance the chemistry, is give intention and motivation etc.

Not to mention the fact that it’s hilarious and bizarre that the way these shippers evaluate misogynoir is purely through shipping practices and not even shipping practices in general — because then they would see that there are many ships featuring black women/people that if I do not stan then I at least acknowledge chemistry i.e. Michael and Ash, Beth and Randall, Michaela and Asher, Noah and Rosalee, Damon and Ricky, Maxine and Kyle, Rick and Michonne, Bilquis and Anansi, Sally-Ann and Hasil, Stan and Ruby, Bonnie and Kai and etc. etc — but whether or not you ship Westallen. Like I haven’t even said anything about Iris as a character or Candice as an actress, I haven’t even said anything about the way Westallen is written, all I’ve said is that they have no chemistry, that’s it. And I’ve also spoken about how other ships, ships where both the people in it were white, have no chemistry, it’s not specific to bw/wm ships or to Westallen alone. The fact that I am accused of reblogging Candice speaking about reforms needed in Hollywood for “woke points” is also absurd when I, as a blog, have spoken about misogynoir and anti-blackness in general on televsion pretty much since I started tumblr, like the entire situation with these anons is illogical and tiring and like I said, just bizarre and bemusing.

[zalrb]

OK! So.

The first thing I did for this post was look for gifs of romantic relationships between black people on relatively popular TV shows outside of 90s sitcoms

I’ll add all three of Issa’s love interests because Insecure, for the most part, navigates romance through black relationships 

(and I do note the serious lack of dark skinned couples) 

Compared to:

Now to the point, I high key wish there was as much investment in onscreen relationships between black people as there is regarding interracial, specifically wm/bw, romances and more critical thought as to why it’s so rare to see black love in television shows.

While it’s very much still progressive to see [...] leading women who unapologetically wear their Blackness onscreen, pairing them each with a Black man of similar or complementary virtues is apparently a no-no [...] It appears that the only place Black couples can be seen regularly on prime time is via reality TV. Shows like Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta and VH1’s Love and Hip-Hop almost exclusively showcase Black men in relationships with Black women. The only problem is, nearly all of these relationships are based in gross disrespect, betrayal, dismissiveness, and even violence. And since these are real-life couples, it further promotes Black love and Black rage as different sides of the same coin.

Like I get the fact that fandoms are anti-black and that when white male characters are paired with black female characters, they go crazy because how dare a black woman sully a white fave and they’ll find every excuse to render the ship non-romantic or toxic or abusive or whatever else, I get that, but legit, it’s as if people fail to see the systemic anti-blackness in the fact that a well-written, earned love story between two black people is so rare to find in television in general (but teen television specifically) and most of the time if a black relationship is portrayed, it’s along the lines of:

Bonnie and Jamie share one kiss in 3x20 and then Jamie is just never heard from again and he was clearly a rebound after Jeremy and after Jamie, Bonnie and Jeremy reconcile and then it’s on to Enzo.

Or Edison and Olivia 

where his purpose was basically to reveal to her how much she wants to be with Fitz.

Michaela and Aiden were engaged when the show started but it turns out he didn’t really love her and she didn’t really love him

she’s attracted to Caleb but oh wait, he’s a psychopathic murderer

A one night stand with Marcus that doesn’t lead anywhere.The framework here is basically Michaela has a idea of her “perfect black man” but the only relationship that actually fulfilled her that we had seen on the show is the one she had with Asher.

The erasure of black love is even in background details like how in The Good Place when you see the “soulmates”, it’s white couples or interracial

same in The Handmaid’s Tale, it’s either white couples or interracial couples 

(and I didn’t even put gifs of all of the ww/bm relationships there are) 

Another example of this is when it comes to the representation of LGBTQ relationships. 

So often, gay lives in America are coded as white, and the forces that shape the lives of queer people of color – say, how immigration affects being Chicano and gay in Calfornia, or how police surveillance affects being black and gay in the New York – are ignored, as gay identity is usually swept up into whiteness.

For instance, in The Get Down we have a predominately black cast, a narrative that explores the rise of hip-hop and disco through the perspectives of black teens but when it comes to Dizzee exploring his sexuality, the show goes to a white space as if New York in the late ‘70s didn’t have a black gay scene. Even in Black Lightning, we see Anissa with another black woman for all of two seconds and then that relationship is shunted to the side in favour of an interracial one,

which is why Damon and Ricky in Pose were such a refreshing dynamic to see (as well as Chiron and Kevin Moonlight and Kena and Ziki in Rafiki but those are movies and I’m focusing specifically on television).

There is a dismissiveness or a refusal to look at the fact that the only way to see black characters in loving relationships or relationships that are meant to have substance is when they’re married to whiteness or non-blackness:

Added to that, I feel like there has been this unspoken yet spoken idea that for [cishet] black women to be desired and loved onscreen, the goal is to pair her with a white man.

To find a black woman as a love interest for a white man in which a stable and loving relationship follows is rare when relationships with white women are staple. A black woman paired with a lead white male in a giant franchise is almost non-existent in media. Uhura is breaking stereotypes and showing that black women are desirable, in which one is so desirable that the most popular and loved Star Trek character, Spock, falls in love with her.

Clearly the above section is from a tumblr post defending Uhura and Spock specifically but I think the ideas here permeate the way bw/wm relationships are viewed as being the Golden Standard for black female characters because she inhabits a role white women usually inhabit, because popular, typical white leading men are intrigued by her, there’s a form of validation there that I think we should unpack because I find this idea myopic because whiteness is still centered. I’m ready to move on to more Nakia and T’Challa, Ziki and Kena, Damon and Ricky relationships as being staple relationships, to seeing functional, romantic, lustful, healthy, playful nuanced black relationships onscreen. 

And this isn’t a call to stop shipping interracial ships, I have quite a few myself, I love Ashburn and I love Micasher and Silvermadi and Sasil and Jesus and Lafayette and Alisha and Simon and Chris and Jal and Kevin and Raymond etc. I have breakdowns and “love letters” to a lot of these ships, but this has been bothering me for a while so I decided to just post about it.

[zalrb]

ok i don't see it! i love michasher and i love bonkai but apart from wm/bw, i don't see any similarities? pls can you explain more? i love your meta.

I'm on my phone so I can't use gifs.But firstly I think the similarities begin in the fact that Asher and Michaela as well as Bonnie and Kai are two people who are opposites but have surprisingly intense sexual chemistry. Like Micasher's sex scenes are always ridiculously hot no matter how tame the scene even last episode when she straddles him and Asher just lets out that groan? And Connor mentions how the sex sounds like it's really good. Obviously Bonnie and Kai haven't had sex but that visceral chemistry is apparent immediately that Damon (who is essentially Connor) notices it and no matter the situation that chemistry is still there and as us BKers like to write about, gif about, post about it isn't hard to imagine BK having wildly good sex.Secondly as the original anon stated, I'm very much into the angsty, tortured Kai but Kai is also comedic and he's also tactless like Asher. Kai putting Bonnie in a trunk and then getting excited about cooking her a Thanksgiving meal and trying to make it last longer would be the equivalent to Asher making fun of Michaela's southern accent but then trying to make her feel better by dancing to that country song which actually only aggravates her more. And Kai's earnest attempts at getting Bonnie to forgive him could be like Asher's earnest attempts at getting Michaela to admit he's more than a meat stick. Essentially picture Bonnie and Kai as two normal people in a fucked up situation and you can see them as Asher and Michaela because Michaela and Bonnie both have this "over it" attitude while Asher and Kai have a sort of reverence toward them that is almost puppy dogish at times. Like couldn't you imagine Bonnie finally admitting to liking Kai and then as they have sex Kai saying "Say it again" and Bonnie laughing "Stop" and him saying "Please? It turns me on." Like Michaela and Asher? If you still can't see it, tomorrow I'll try to make a gifset.