#yaoi time babey

[snubmoth]

dirkjake to match my cottoncandy fanart from last month, happy pride youse cool cats~! 🧡💚

[dragcnbreak]

happy chapter two of spider-man ness au!! art in this chapter was done by the lovely @froggiesir <3

[skelelephant]

its real griffstan hours on the blog lately and im so glad for it. love some old man yaoi

griffstan,

[rafent]

kissing your lover friend under the night sky while stargazing. / FX AU!!

Divinity's hand rested on the railing before her as she stood in silence. "Tonight's quite peaceful, don't you think?" She spoke looking upwards, alongside the moon shining bright were the countless stars surrounding them miles away—among them her mother and many other Divine Dragons, her kin.

Yet so close a Fell Dragon was at her side, the man he and her twin shared blood with an enemy, but they were friends to her. Nil was a comforting presence despite a part of him being a mystery she hadn't resolved, there was more to him than he showed, she could sense as much.

Naive as one would perhaps think of her for it, she trusted him and only wished for his happiness and his company at her side.

"The stars look gorgeous." She smiled the moment her eyes laid on him, her heart inviting the Divine One to step a little closer. Her gaze explored each inch of his visage, prompting her to speak. "They remind me of you, Nil. Their presence is pleasant and i'm drawn to looking at them, but they're sadly far away, unlike you who i only need to turn to see."

"I've always been curious how it was to hold one close. To feel their warmth."

In an impulse her arms wrapped themselves over pale shoulders, nose brushed as she leaned closer and decisive in her movement divinity kissed the fell. A touch she melted to, a pleasing experience that matched how comfortable she was with him.

But impulsiveness had its ending and she removed herself as an uncharacteristic shyness painted itself on her visage. Flushed cheeks and avoidant eyes led to the Divine One's apology. "...Forgive me, that was selfish of me." A heartbeat. "I must admit, i... quite like you Nil."

Nil agreed easily, only partly because something was true. Because in a lamb's meek and disarming language, agreeing was always the right thing to do.

"The stars really are gorgeous, Divine One. You flatter me in their comparison." Beneath the star-kissed sky, they sat close with legs outstretched. So close he could feel the warmth from her thigh touch faintly to his. Moments like these were uncommon, they often relaxed across one of the many grassy patches allotted by the Somniel, Fell and Divine side-by-side, but not ever with this degree of closeness. It was. . .distracting. One half of his mind trained on her running words, the other focused absently on her leg. Her body.

That very body was deceptive. Alear was strong, but despite the Emblems and swords she masterfully wielded, the destruction he'd seen in her wake, she was shorter than both of the Fell Dragon twins she welcomed into her army. Smaller. His thoughts wandered to the natural place, as a cunning child of Sombron, or as something all his own. Maybe if Nil shed his wool and bared his fangs right now, he could avail of the element of surprise, tear her throat open before she could muster even a single cry for help. Only a gaping mouth like a fish, only a betrayed and empty-eyed stare. Wouldn't that be nice? He turned, smooth lips parting on a sliver. "Divine On—"

. . .Divine One? Owlish eyes fluttered, mouth flush with hers, contending with the realization of kiss and embrace in the same stride. A shocking confession. Faced with that trifecta of revelations, Nil wiped his face uncertainly, the lower half of it tingling as if struck by a fist, lingering like heat from a brand. Whether enjoyed or detested he didn't know. Couldn't say.

"It's. . .alright." But it was, at least, 'alright'. Yes, very much so. He leaned over and kissed her again, balanced his hand atop the thigh he'd eyed, felt just how soft it looked. How weak and giving. When he pulled back it was with a bruise on her lips, a smile on his, that same hand shifted to her cheek. "You aren't selfish, Divine One. How could you ever be? You're my hero! And, well. . .you're the one I quite like, too. If you're feeling cold again, I'll be your warmth. I'll be yours."

And Nil could use this; and Nil agreed; because in a lamb's meek and disarming language, agreeing was always the right thing to do.

[420technoblazeit]

it's only been a week and a half??? i'm refusing to look at the date now or when it dropped because fuck time in general but HUH. why have the past couple of weeks felt like entire months.

htat's the power of doomed yaoi being undoomed babey. im gonna b riding this high for actual fuckign months i stg

[forget-me-not-automaton]

Aristotle is like the little guy of all time to me,, They’re pink! They’re a wizard! He’s nerdy as shit! They’re gay and an enby! He’s one side of some incredibly depressing yaoi! They’re voiced by Edward Bosco! They’re in his 40’s but look so babey that I was (positively) shocked when I found out! He’s even autistic!

[blindedguilt]

I ship Caim and Inuart because Caim seems like he can be a bit of a softie (in his own way) when it comes to him and Caim and Leonard because toxic yaoi

//REALLLLLLLL godbless anon

//Cainuart is probably the best this fandom is going to get in terms of the "Ship something that's not Kaian" challenge (And don't get me wrong, I ADORE that ship!!! ...but there's more u could do if u aren't a coward 😈) though I'll be honest, it's never REALLY struck a chord with me?? I don't dislike it and it IS cute, but I have trouble getting interested as great of an idea as it is (THE WHOLE DYNAMIC AS FAR AS THEY'RE CONCERNED AS KIDS IS SO????? Arranged Marriage Fiancé x Arranged Marriage Fiancee's Brother is so...... but considering how lukewarm i am on inuarts character as a whole mainly with his role in the plot which is odd, he used to be my favourite lol i think that's why I'm not TOO invested despite the ship itself being really good

//AND THE SWORD FIGHTS!!!!!!;!;;;

//BUT ON THAT SAME NOTE ITS PROBABLY BECAUSE (and im realising this JUST as im typing this) I GENUINELY JUST WANT MORE FUCKED UP SHIPS IN THIS FANBASE

//like i want evil, fucked up shit!!!! Drakengard is all ABOUT evil fucked up people and their evil fucked up bonds together!!!!!! i dont want to back out at the last second and say "it all led up to them being wholesome, in the end!!! in this dark world, they at least have each other 😀" NO!!!!!!

//I WANT ""RELATIONSHIPS"" THAT ARE EVERY BIT AS EVIL AND FUCKED UP AS THE WORLD, THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES

//THEY WILL UNHEALTHILY PROJECT ONTO EACH OTHER

//THEY WILL HURT, MAIM AND ABUSE EACH OTHER (??? or one will, unless we're talking about 1.3 which hoohoohoo boy!!!!! hoohoohoo boy fuckinh babey!!!!!!!)

//THEY WILL FUCK WITH EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DUBIOUS CONSENT ON BOTH ENDS THEY DO IT AS A FORM OF SELF-HARM (in the form of "Hates them and themself so much they think they deserve it and/or might as well accept it as karmic punishment" and "Hates them and themself so much for the idea of getting attached (and at the same time hating the fact the other can't reciprocate at all as much as they hate the concept that they would) the least they can do is make that their problem in the only way that benefits him, too")

//ill be honest, it might as well be noncon at a certain point but I've been having revelations lately that i dont have to care!!!! and i don't!!!!!!! I COULD TALK ABOUT THEM AND HOW ENDLESSLY TOXIC THEY ARE AND HOW THEY HAVE ENDLESS POSSIBILITY TO MAKE EACH OTHER BETTER BUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ABOUT THEMSELVES WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT DRAGGING THE OTHER DOWN THEIR PIT OF ISSUES INSTEAD FOREVEEERRRRRR i may be on ic hiatus but anon!!!! please tell me about the toxic yaoisms forever i am OBSESSED and ALWAYS willing to hear i love them

//AND I HATE THE DRAKENGARD FANBASE FOR NOT HAVING MORE EVIL, FUCKED UP SHIPS IN GENERAL I DON'T WANT JUST BORING VANILLA WITH A HINT OF "QUIRKY" CHARACTERISATION I WANT DEPRAVITY AND SELF-HARM AND EVILNESS GRAAAAHGGGGGGGJHHHHHHHHHHHHH RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

//HATE HATE HATE FUCK FUCK FUCK‼️‼️‼️‼️

//also anon i apologise if u were the one who sent the one ic ask!!! I'm not currently doing ic asks at the moment but I will save it, just for you <3

[georjeez]

24 to 28?

24. Movie that makes you cry every time?

A.I. Artifical Intelligence that dumbass robot kid makes me bawl like a baby every time. oh and The Green Mile

25. VHS, DVD, or Blu-ray?

DVD babey. also i always felt like Blu-rays were a fad idk (i guess theyre good for collectors or people obsessed with high quality but idc about that)

26. Best experience going to the movies

the best? hmm idk. i can definitely think of the worst though. a lot of the times i can think of are just fine with no issues but they're not amazing. probably when i went to see The Batman and got free drinks and popcorn from the guy i was on a date with

27. Top 5 actors?

YOU'RE ASKING ME THIS LIKE I KNOW PEOPLE AND HAVE TASTE

like idk if i should answer as in the best 5 actors i can think of or ones i just rly like personally

tom hanks. everything he's in is a banger and even if it's not he makes it good

keanu reeves. he's not even that good of an actor but i'm allowed to say that after watching the majority of his filmography

bruce campbell <3 king of cinema

christian bale is like the god of character acting and he scares me a little bit bc of how committed he is

al pacino + robert de niro. im counting them both together cus they come as a pair #yaoi

28. Top 5 actresses?

jamie lee curtis <3

winona ryder but mostly cus i dig her vibe

sigourney weaver but maybe im saying that cus i watched Ghostbusters recently and my friend was talking about Alien this morning

jennifer tilly cus she slays so hard and she's my everything

carrie anne moss

[the-acid-pear]

I just remembered that yaoi manga about the twin fetuses fucking in the womb 😭

[theygotlost]

haiii im not sure if youre still looking for these but <:) alister azimuth of r&c fame and/or jadzia startrek for that character hc meme 💙

this is also long lol

alister my poor little meow meow 💔

Sexuality Headcanon: he was gay and in love with kaden ......... ☹☹☹☹☹☹ i know ur name is also kaden but you know what i meant. hi

Gender Headcanon: just some guy.

A ship I have with said character: perhaps he had a bit of a yaoi moment with kaden in their youth 🤨 but then kaden got married and he just had to accept it even tho he still had feelings for him :( IF GAR OR SAM ARE READING THIS I KNOW WHAT YOURE GOING TO SAY SO DONT EVEN FUCKING START WITH ME. um sorry ignore that it wasnt for you

A BROTP I have with said character: him and kaden were besties and i feel like they knew each other for a really long time, like maybe since they were teens... and ofc his mentorship to ratchet and even if got a little fucked up there at the end

A NOTP I have with said character: WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY DO PEOPLE FUCKING SHIP HIM WITH RATCHET. EVERY TIME I FIND A GOOD RAC FANARTIST I GO IN THEIR TAG AND THERES FUCKING R*LISTER IN THERE AND IT PHYSICALLY MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH. THATS HIS FUCKING FATHER FIGURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU PEOPLE ARE SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A random headcanon: THEE LINE OF DIALOGUE. That fucks me up every single time i think about it. Which exists only in-game in a really random spot and there are so subtitles for it so it’s really hard to find it. Is shortly after meeting ratchet he says, “I’m sorry you had to go so long without seeing another lombax. If I knew you were alive, I would have come for you.” and i just imagine what that would have been like. Alister searching the galaxy for kaden’s baby and raising him as his own... bc he feels so much remorse and he knows that saving just one lombax won’t make up for what he’s done but he just wants to do something right 😢

General Opinion over said character: sorry for my image :/

Jadzia :)

Sexuality Headcanon: CANONICALLY BISEXUAL BABEY!!!!!!!!!

Gender Headcanon: the Dax symbiont is bigender/genderfluid/genderless/is whatever gender the host is. Specifically Jadzia’s transition from Curzon is easily a metaphor for transing her gender. She and other characters make comments like “wow its kind of crazy that i was an old man and now im a hot girl. Everyone treats me so differently now”. She is a trans woman <3

A ship I have with said character: WORFZIA WARRIORS WE RIDE AT DAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE SO SPECIAL TO ME THEIR LOVE IS SO REAL AND TRUE AND PURE 💔😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

A BROTP I have with said character: kiradax is kind of yuri but they are also girl best friends. AND SISKO!!!!!! I love that she is still his Old Man they know each other so well <33333

A NOTP I have with said character: she is NOT into julian no matter what ezri says. She likes him as a friend and every day i mourn the fact that he learned to accept this and then suddenly didnt for no reason. GET A JOB STAY AWAY FROM HER

A random headcanon: she strengthens her raktajino by pouring like. A 4loko in there

General Opinion over said character: I LOVE HER!!!! SHES SO AWESOME AND I MISS HER EVERY DAY. FEEL LIKE PURE SHIT JUST WANT HER BACK X

[16ruedelaverrerie]

how do you draw Nines?? is it like this? 1. draw soft boi ( Connor) 2. erase those puppy eyes and give him cold dead orbs and eyebrows that could shank someone. am I close???

YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, ANON. That having been said, just to state the obvious, ALL RK900S ARE PRECIOUS AND WORTHY: “Dead-Orbed Eyebrow Shanker” Nines, “Erotic Asphyxiation Guru” Nines, “Emotions Are for Children and Italians” Nines, “Soft and Wet” Nines, “Babey’s First Day at Pre-K” Nines, “Gay and Unhinged About It” Nines, THEY MUST ALL BE CHERISHED

Sometimes I give Connor and Nines different bone structures, or maybe I just think about giving them different bone structures and don’t actually do it??? Do I even know how to bone structure in art? Debatable. This blog is not a place for representational accuracy so a lot goes fast and loose around these parts. It’s all good SO AS LONG AS NINES IS CHERISHED

If it’s the Apollo addressed in that one Cassandra comic, TRULY, WHAT THE FUCK, APOLLO, RIGHT???

It’s nice when that comic makes the rounds without it turning into a reblog fight about how Cassandra ~deserved it for breaking a promise to Apollo~ and how ~the original myth explains why she was in the wrong~. I think I’ve written enough about my opinions on those stances to have purged myself of the need to write any more, but still, very pleasant not to have to think about it!

Oh gosh definitely not a professional in re: art! Not only because I struggle a lot with basics and technique, but I don’t have the work ethic, either! But that’s okay! I have fun here regardless, and I’m very happy to hear that you enjoyed looking through the blog! Thank you thank you v v v

WHAT’S UP KNUCKLEFUCK my god I have not been accused of being Ana Marie Cox in 10+ years, THIS... IS A FLASHBACK EPISODE. Are you Ana Marie Cox?!

RBR was such a meaningful time for me! I suppose my politics have changed since -- or rather, I’ve learned a lot about how my politics were not being served adequately by elected officials -- but what I remember most fondly about RBR is our vernacular, the in-jokes, and the moments when we were the most determined to make RPF resemble real people as little as possible. Our sloe-eyed ex may be in the rearview, but RBR, I think of you all the time.

Aaaaa thank you so much, I’m glad they were a good time! :’) IT APPEARS THAT I’VE PEAKED VERY EARLY, BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THIS FANDOM UNTIL I AM DRUMMED OUT OF TOWN

YOU SHOULD BE SORRY ABOUT THIS!!! YOU COME INTO MY HOME, DUAL-WIELDING MONSTROUS DISCORD-BASED ALTERNATE UNIVERSES OF BOTTOMLESS HORROR, SMASHING THEM TOGETHER TO FORM ONE GIGANTIC MONSTROUS DISCORD-BASED ALTERNATE UNIVERSE OF BOTTOMLESS HORROR!!!!!! I most definitely did not even consent to Teletubby Vacuum Nines, that is not even a monstrosity that I signed up for

I really wish that there were a better way to share these “you had to be there” trains of thought with people, because I’m sure that literally everyone has accidentally come up with horrible things that make them laugh for years to come, and yet so much of their charm is impossible to capture in subsequent explanations. Like how would you go about explaining JELLO NINES? “Well it’s that jelly is very... versatile... and we talked about Gavin deciding that if he can make anything out of aspic, he can make a boyfriend out of aspic too... and it’s just very funny to think that a Nines made out of jelly, a QUIVERING TRANSLUCENT DUNGEON BOSS, is for some reason MUCH BETTER LOVED BY GAVIN THAN THE ACTUAL NINES”

I cannot draw this, Sun. I cannot draw this because I cannot explain it. I cannot draw it... but I will love it to my dying day

!!! THIS IS AN HONOR thank you very much! I am grateful for this follow, given with absolutely nothing received in return! I suppose I can say for myself that I don’t update frequently enough to clutter up your dash overmuch, which is a small but truthful thing. I also just generally like shooting shit about fandom-at-large and tropes in the abstract, so I know that we have things in common beyond the vagaries of what particular fandoms we are involved with!

I wonder what my Thoughts on Yaoi are at the moment, I should gaze inwardly and poll myself on this very important matter.

[jinglebellrockstars]

theres probably something to be said about some fandom peoples obsession with "enemies to lovers" and villains and stuff but then every time they describe the Ideal Villain its just "nonthreatening kid cartoon babey villain uwu" and imagining some playground cops and robbers stories and then going on to say all yaoi is bad because it has kidnapping or whatever and making callouts for "icky fujos/fetishizers" for enjoying anything darker than a megamind flower shop au

[kari-izumi]

Continuing from the ask meme for @imhereformysciencefriends , I'm gonna jump to the Renji Abarai request cuz that's gonna be way fast lol

003 | Give me a character & I will tell you:

How I feel about this character:

I just think he's neat 🙃

Plus design is 1000000/10

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: 

Rukia! of course :) how can you not after all their childhood history together?

Ichigo: hand to God, I used to be one of Those People(tm) who thought yaoi was inherent out of character but this was the very first time I was ever disabused of that shitty ideal, because they do fight like an old married couple 🤣

Rukia AND Ichigo at the same time: it's the most versatile of my OT3s where I enjoy any and all combinations of such ❤️👀🔥 but for real, if you've never read The Roots of Heaven, y'all should do that, it's truly a S tier OT3 fic that loves all three in the throuple

Karin: a crack ship that started for lulz but then I shipped unironically and then wrote a fic about it. Besides the initial desire to see Ichigo explode, the personalities could play off of one another pretty well.

Ishida: jock/nerd solidarity babey 👏

Chad: guys, they trained together for weeks and there is so little fic for this. Press F in chat

Orihime: something I never considered were not for @recurring-polynya 's beautiful fic Six Hearts Beat On , a fic that forever makes me see Renji as a Girl Dad btw 🤣

Pretty much the entire Sereitei: a long time ago @effervescible and a a few I think it was had a comm called The Tale of Renji , which was inspired by The Tale of Genji, often credited as the first serialized novel in which the protagonist banged a lot of women. This was basically in the same vein and I respect that because why should he be limited to one person? 🙃

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: Him and Byakuya. Actually, Bya is one of the very few people I don't ship him with, but I'm down for the idea that while Byakuya will never outwardly show it, he considers him to be one of his best friends.

My unpopular opinion about this character: you mean besides The Main One?

Actually, I did realize one which I'm gonna put in the next section since they connect.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I wish Renji had gotten more development for a personal goal independent of Rukia. I love the story and the background but the bulk of his development pretty much ends with the SS story. He has Rukia back, so what's next, yanno? Like maybe after all the shit with RUKIA'S execution he fights to reform Soul Society or something, yanno?

Which ties into my unpopular opinion that I don't think Renji was necessarily shafted by not receiving a captancy. Indeed, I think he's the one character who has a clear image problem with thinking he isn't good enough for Rukia. But with her being a captain with her own Bankai, they're both equals. I'm sure at some point during the 17 month time skip they confessed to one another and Rukia told him that shit never mattered. Plus, I'm sure Byakuya respected the shit outta him for trying to save her, so.

Anyway, Renji would be a great captain, but that wasn't his goal. As long as he had Rukia, he's good...and given how many of the captains turn out on this show, he dodged a bullet IMO.

Favorite friendship for this character: Honestly all the scenes with Ichigo are hilarious, but the very last scene they share in the manga where Renji credits him for bringing Rukia back into his life says so much ❤️

My crossover ship: Renji/Jounouchi from Yu-Gi-Oh. We can call it Knuckleheadshipping 😛

Alright, now off to finish the last one! :)

[valtsv]

i've never liked barduil because it always felt like a straight "hot yaoi sin babiez" fangirl ship to me but i like your interpretation of it

yeah i got turned off for a long time for that exact reason but 2019 is the year of re-examining and falling back in love with your old interests babey!

[stimmyvillainarchive]

I was looking at all the transphobic caricatures about trans guys and it's just "IF YOU DYE YOUR HAIR AND DONT WEAR HOODIES U ARE NOT A DUDE" like do they know there are cis dudes who dye their hair and have boobs wtf is this policing on how to be a man im sfdosdlifjsldfj l good stamp honestly

(Sorry for the 2 messages) honestly thanks for talking about the transmed and stuff because i just followed this blog for the gifs but i had no idea of those issues so u know i learned!!

also they completely ignore that like. you can have dysphoria and still do all that “trender shit” 

like. idk how many of you have SEEN a pic of me but I often fit the description of those caricatures. I have that buzzcut with the longer hair on top style + I dye it (shoutout to my mama for always doin it for me and getting excited about it with me), I often where those happy clothes (wearing sonic the hedgehog stuff rn babey!! makes me fuckin happy!!) and if I found good pride merch to buy I’d absolutely wear it, I’m overweight, I often add feminine things to complete my personal look (hell I’m known at my place of work for bein the person who always comes in with weird/cool earrings cause I demand my earrings be EXTRA extra! that includes cute glittery shit!!), I say I don’t wanna interact with truscum (even though I’ve stated multiple times I don’t want them interacting with me about the shit I went through when I first ID’d as truscum when I was a fuckin kid who had just escaped my abuser and lost almost all my friends when I came out as trans. Let’s just ignore the fact the truscum community actively took advantage of a hurting, lost teenager and capitalized on the fact they were suicidal and had deep internalized transphobia. we’re just gonna IGNORE FUCKIN THAT), my gender isn’t completely binary (I’m a genderfluid trans guy, gender is fucking weird fellas!) so on and so forth

To them, if they saw me compared to themselves they’d assume I was an evil trender coming in to steal their spaces and be an evil cishet yaoi fangirl.

EXCEPT HERE’S THE THING;

That shit I mentioned before? true story! I’ve lived my whole life with constant dysphoria, for many of those years I didn’t even know what the hell was going on with me. I’ve lived my entire life in this “I’m wrong, incomplete, a mistake” box. Even as a child I didn’t understand why it felt so wrong to be seen as a girl. But that’s what I felt. And for a long time I even AVOIDED the topic of being transgender because I was terrified of the possibility that my heart kept yellin at me; I’m fuckin trans and that’s why everything’s been so warped. Even though I’ve nearly hurt myself multiple times over it, have tried hard to pass, and tried to cut out everything feminine in my life and furthering my misery, I’m still wrong to them. Because I’ve still not drowned in my overwhelming despair. If you are happy in your life, happy about your gender, harbor no ill will to trans people different from you, it doesn’t matter if you fit the “valid transgender” checklist; you’re a trender! And that shit fucked me up when I was trying to cope with some of my worst fears with being honest about my gender. It fucks with my head even now and I have to actively stop my internalized transphobia to this day it’s that ingrained.

Anyway, sorry for that rant. Honestly that in of itself fits for a good description for a secondary stamp lmao. Glad you liked that stamp though!! and yes sorry I’ve been on a depression hiatus with the stimmy stuff so you just get my undying salt towards injustice to the innocent

[chibicrow]

As usual, I haven’t seen the latest VRAINS episode yet (and won’t for like another 7ish hours, so if you leave vague  not obvious from the episodes before spoilers in my inbox before I get to see it, I will send you Yaoi Shoulders Man caps as punishment, mark my words.), but I’m taking a break from my freelance work/applying to full-time jobs, so I decided to scroll through my dash. As one does. 

And I see this post that starts off with something to the effect of “I’d like to make a formal apology to Ai for calling him annoying all this time.”

And I’m sitting here like:

Not in a “why would you apologize to Ai he doesn’t need it” way but more in a “oh shit I could be the next person to say that” way 😂😂😂 

I haven’t said this a whole lot, considering my dash/twitter was 90% “AI IS BABEY!!!! MUST PROTECT” before this season and I really didn’t want to explain myself if I did say this a whole bunch and get comments, but. 

Out of all the what I call the “likable Ignis” (Earth, Flame, Aqua, + Ai), Ai was easily dead last for me. No question about it. I feel like that whatever y’all saw in Ai, I really couldn’t stand. I’m all for jokester and comic relief characters, but if they cross a certain point in their joking, I legit can’t stand them, I’m sorry.

Not that Ai has ever crossed that point, but he’s been. Dangerously close. And it was so damn infuriating how many times he did that in the first arc alone that I just straight up decided “okay, I don’t hate you, Ai, but it’ll be a miracle if I decide you’re one of my faves.” 

(so you can imagine my surprise when Bitchning was like “yeah Ai’s the wisest of the Ignis.” like. excuse me? flame exists? //punted)

The second season did sort of change my view of him, especially with how they finally showed Ai with a bit more character than just “i’m the obnoxious cheerleader who just wants to go home,” but there was - is - still a part of him that I really couldn’t stand. 

Starting a series not liking a character and then liking them a LOT (or at least understanding them to the point of liking them) later on is nothing new to me, but. I swear, if the latest episode showcases Ai in such a way that I also feel the need to make a public apology for not understanding where he’s coming from for two years (even tho the way VRAINS kept hiding pivotal details didn’t exactly help), I WILL BE SO DAMN MAD!!!!!!!

I mean, mostly b/c it’ll make me seem superficial b/c “wow Natsumeme you apologize to Ai after VRAINS gives him a hot af human form hmmmm seems sketch.” BUT STILL....... GRRRRRRRR. FUCK.