#When You Miss Your Best Friend/Soulmate

The Office 3x5 | Abbott Elementary 3x1/3x2

Rewatching the first few episodes of Young Justice, and this is kinda birdflash kinda not (you can absolutely take it as them just being besties), but Wally grabbing Robin’s utility belt when Dick uses it in CADMUS, so Wally doesn’t get left behind is SO cute to me. Dick is just minding his business, being one half of the dynamic duo who doesn’t play well on teams, but then there’s Wally who is so clearly repeatedly saying “if you’re going, I’m going” by sticking close to Robin. Dick isn’t thinking about the others, but Wally is SO prepared for Robin’s next movements, and it speaks to such an amazing friendship and partnership in the field😭I miss them so much - they were never the same again after the 5 year time skip what HAPPENED to THIS version of them goddammit

BFFL 43/∞ ↪ when you put the besties next to each other (LOVE cheering guides edition)

+ no one saw that

Now that they can, would they want to spend a lot of time together? (Patreon)

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i miss 2021 genshinblr sm im ngl 😞😞😞

anyone else getting a little bit of a gay vibe from the doctor and donna in wild blue yonder?

hate how im now at a point where im legit like kicking my legs and grinning like an idiot over fictional characters SEND HELP

So there's that D&D class quiz going around, & I took it & was so deeply offended I got Paladin.

& so I have had conversations with both Bestie & Birdfriend about this grave insult & they both were like, "Well... They have a point?" & informed me that my desire to absorb hits meant for others & deep drive to help whenever I actually can & strong convictions make me a bit Paladin-coded.

& I am just so... Idk. It's just interesting to get glimpses of yourself from other people's POVs. To be told that my defining characteristics are protecting & healing others & being incredibly fighty about the things I care about... Especially as someone whose brain specifically fixates on whether I care enough, do enough, give enough... Yeah. It's just kinda wild.

Anyway, I'm now adjusting my self-perception to include the fact that if I were a D&D character, I would be an Oath of the Ancients Paladin & not a wizard & that actually that's okay.

Do you have any headcanons or thoughts about Aymeric's relationship with Estinien?

// I do, yes. Aymeric and Estinien's bond took some time to become a favorite of mine, I'll admit, and that's likely because it took me a while to understand and warm up to Estinien himself. How close they really, TRULY are didn't hit me until the scene where Aymeric is sitting at Estinien's bedside, and then I went 'oh. OH,' and proceeded to cling to the idea of them from then on.

They're so different from each other. They share the same values and wants, but it's like the golden retriever puppydog with the stoic, clad in shadow wolf.

Aymeric is the guiding light, the leader, the one who steps forward and does not hesitate to be the face of hope and strength for his people and his friends, while Estinien fights for the very same thing, but from the shadows. He's often posted off to the side, in the corner or against the wall, just listening. Observing. But, best believe if you need him? He's also there, just like Aymeric. They are so ALIKE but so different at the same time, and I absolutely eat UP that sort of dynamic.

There are also a lot of complexities, too. Estinien is Aymeric's best friend and most cherished confidant, besides maybe Lucia, and even then, his bond with HER is largely professional. He longs for and greatly enjoys Estinien's company, even despite knowing his best friend isn't one for idle chitchat or opening up; Estinien LISTENS, though, and listens well, and Aymeric is comfortable being vulnerable in front of Estinien, where he can't be vulnerable in front of anyone else (and for someone who's leading a nation that's still recovering and rebuilding, the need and opportunity to be vulnerable are CRUCIAL, lest Aymeric crumble beneath the weight of it all).

Their bond, understandably, is very tense in Heavensward, but when it all comes to a close and that new, hopeful chapter begins, paving the road to eventual happiness and prosperity in Ishgard, I think that sense of longing that Aymeric has (and does well to hide) almost hurts him, to some tragic and sad extent. He's proud of his friend and is eager to watch him grow stronger, to travel, to be more ESTINIEN than he is the AZURE DRAGOON, but... then he remembers how strained everything has been. How he almost lost Estinien MULTIPLE times (and Estinien almost lost him once, with the assassination attempt.) How he wonders how Estinien feels about him, if Estinien is proud of him, if Estinien would ever come to call Ishgard HOME just like Aymeric does. He thinks about Estinien quite often in both good and bad ways, and I'd say it almost consumes him.

fklwalkflkwa ahhh I'm RAMBLING, but I just... I feel so strongly about them both. ;_; It makes me want to play through Heavensward again so I can approach the expansion with this new mindset, and maybe even catch things that I didn't the first go-round. The fact that both of them still mention each other in the expansions that follow, even being regions upon regions apart, it just... UGGGGH, they're so important to one another and I'm CRYING.

I miss Santa Barbara

shout out to the time bucky "died" and the one who was most upset by it was clint, so much so that he called an avengers assemble in his honor

i just really love how equal and compatible helen and dale come across in the show, and how they're such ~kindred spirits. i'm not actually even talking in a romantic way at all here, but they are so comfortable with each other so quickly 🥺

Sometimes, Lisanna found herself simply watching her friends in sweet contentedness, basking in the knowledge that they were there with her and that all was right in the world for now. Her eyes were on Natsu now, a soft smile touching her lips, her heart and eyes warm with affection. She couldn't resist moving closer, sitting beside him and linking her arms around his, leaning against his side and savoring the familiar warmth he provided. She sighed and simply hugged him tighter, unable to find words in the moment to express how glad she was that he was alive and well, and that they were together again. // fairybond 🥺

there was something in the air, natsu was not sure what exactly it was. but did it matter? it was certainly POSITIVE, this winter night. the guild was quieter now, with everyone huddled in their own corner and that was where natsu was with lisanna. it was nice. it was peaceful and he just finished his fourth s'mores.

natsu turned to look at lisanna, to ask her if she wanted anything else only to find she was starring at him. he smiled back, a bit confused at first but nonetheless accepting of the attention. there was a look on her face, one he had not seen before. that was a thought that merely brought forth elation that erupted in his chest. only two days prior, he was SO SURE there would NEVER be an opportunity to see a new expression from lisanna. his lisanna. the one who hatched happy with him, the one he played house with (and levy), the one who teased him all the time and attempted to get under his skin just enough to get him going but never enough to truly hurt — his best friend. the one he lost before he knew it. just like igneel.

when lisanna moved closer and wrapped herself around him like a snake, natsu attempted some humor, "what, ya cold or somethin'?". but they both knew it wasn't that. their hearts knew different. natsu smiled, a rare hidden one with no boisterous energy — a soft energy wrapping around them in a warm blanket. she was not cold. that was impossible abound him.

"i missed you, too." natsu whispered just for her ears. a soft secret released into the wind.