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Being in love isn’t enough. You also need there to be respect, good communication and understanding.
#choosing someone you fancy isnt enough too#you hv to know how to make them feel valued and appreciated#praying to get something you want isnt enough you need to pray that you can keep them too#also when its more one sided… it wont work either#it has to be reciprocated#ive been deeping it sm recently and sometimes i feel like its just luck#whatever is in ur naseeb#you can be sooo good for someone on paper but in reality its not enough to keep them#or it doesnt rly work out#personal
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hiii everybody are you normal about Falin showing Laios the same little spell that Marcille showed her? are you normal about Falin remembering it fondly enough that it was one of the first things she showed her brother while trying to teach him magic?
#dungeon meshi#marcille donato#falin touden#laios touden#farcille#not really but im going to see it as that anyway#the way falin's love for marcille is always implicit and unspoken drives me insane forreal#marcille doesn't know how much falin loves her but laios does#because falin's always talking about her and thinking about her when she's not actually there and it's just laios seeing all of that#even the audience has to go hunt for it in the little details#and marcille doesn't even know!! of course she doesn't really care she expects nothing in return for her devotion to falin#but she doesn't even know that it's reciprocated!! she doesn't even know!!
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feral look
#fairy tail#natsu dragneel#lucy heartfilia#nalu#natsu x lucy#mine#really puts into perspective how feral protective natsu is of lucy#girl been through a lot per arc jesus christ#but natsu continues to praise and be at awe of how far she come#not once has he belittled her as she's the one constantly saving him too#I'M feral for their reciprocal protectiveness for each other#self-coping cuz i'm tired of nalu crumbs give me the entire biscuit chief
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harrianthe + sewing (variations on a theme)
#tlt#my art#you sew a girl's lips shut she sews you a dress...reciprocity is so important in relationships <3#ianthe when harrow pulls out her quote unquote enormous needles: haha so do you just carry those around with you 😳#no but for real imagine being ianthe at the end of gtn and you're on God's shuttle and it's just you and this nun who you don't really know#but who you're maybe into#and then she comes over and apropos of nothing is like 'alright i want you to lobotomize me#but first you'll have to let me sew your lips shut.'#and this is the most consecutive words this girl has ever said to you.#like yeah how DO you deal with that sort of cognitive whiplash? i feel like#ianthe's snap decision to marry her was as valid as any other reaction one might have had.#also i went so hard on drawing ianthe's room in the first one for literally no reason.#me detailing swans to tastefully obscure cyrus's junk in a background portrait i plan to blur beyond recognition anyway: i may be#overdoing this.
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biting is a love language
licking the damn thing too...
#Baldur's Gate 3#BG3#Astarion#Shadowheart#Lae'zel#BG3 Tav#Mari the Tav#Tavstarion#Lae'zel was skeptical in my last drawing but now she sees we're the sources of eachothers bruises...#sorry not sorry shadowheart#the werewolf has fallen for the vampire... but maybe the vampire reciprocates?? gasp#and then they both bite Halsin hehe#IF YOU SAW THIS EARLIER NO YOU DIDN'T ASJKFJKDF
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"May I sit with you?"
#pit babe#pit babe the series#petekenta#garfield pantach#ping obrnithi#pitbabeedit#thai bl#thai drama#bl drama#bl series#my edits.#i needed this scene in agonising detail#because i don't think anyone else but pete has ever seen kenta this happy#because yes kenta lived in pete's shadow#but that close-up of him smiling?#that's kenta illuminated#and i don't think pete in this moment even rejected kenta#maybe he didn't reciprocate his feelings but he didn't reject him#(why else stare at his lips in wonder?)#kenta rejects himself#kenta keeps himself in the shadows#but also pete's “may i sit with you?”#i don't think anyone else has ever been this gentle and kind with kenta#i don't think anyone else has ever given him a choice#so how would he even know how to choose for himself?#anyway that'll be me crying for the rest of the day
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#p4#p4g#persona 4#persona 4 golden#souyo#hanamura yosuke#yosuke hanamura#you and i are what? FINISH THAT SENTENCE YOSUKE#didnt you mean to tell yu that the two of you are alike? that the two of you need/have/relate to each other?#i think this scene needs to be understood with his slink rank on the hill where he tells yu that he's special#TO HIM#and that Yu was the reason he started liking Inaba and the place he was in because its not about where he was and it's about who hes with#and for Yu to reciprocate here and say that he was settling in to inaba as well#yosuke coming really close to just straight up saying that they were each others raison d'etre that they're each others catalyst#everyday im obsessed with how yu arrived in inaba with the intention of keeping his distance?? how he watched on without genuine interaction#and then he pulls yosuke out of the trash can and then hes following yosuke back into the tv world and he has a real friend now and I JUST#IM INCONSOLABLE#anyway this scene is so souyo and for what atlus?? FOR WHAT#he's good with his queue
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Hello! I hope I won't sour your mood with this ask but I have been thinking a lot about your gay dogs this month especially.
I'll just try to keep the context short but in general I'm someone that has accepted being romantically undesireable. It was hard but in the end I have built my life just around me, my humble family and at this point in time I don't even think I have the time for a partner. And considering that it's the love month and a lot of people are preparing to celebrate it with their SOs I assumed that, actually, this is a thing that I sort of have in common with Machete.
From the miscellaneous lore on your profile I see Machete as someone that also has kind of rejected love. That also has built his life around his job, possibly hobbies, his family or mentors (depending if we're talking about canon or modern au). Who kind of forgot that relationships are a thing and that people bond with others in that way. Well, at least he did until meeting Vasco.
I just love thinking about their awkward beginnings. Machete being 100% sure that Vasco is just joking, maybe even sometimes teasing him (in a friendly banter type way) or just explaining to himself that all that kindness and interest is just him being a very considerate friend. And then we have Vasco that just tries to be subtle, as if he was trying to pass a fawn without it noticing and running away, but also with time gains confidence and tries more risque moves. Vasco being all smug and Machete being flustered when their hands or shoulders or tails brush in passing. And then when both are sure of their feelings we have Machete who has to choose between God and his love. Who, at first, unwillingly accepts that divine wrath will be worth their brief love.
I just love your boys. I swear they are all the love supply one might possibly need
Thank you for such a long and thoughtful message! I don't know why you thought you might accidentally sour my mood, I'm utterly delighted whenever I hear that someone has been pondering my little guys (rotating them in their head, as they say), and when they go through the trouble of sharing their findings and conclusions I'm so happy I could crawl up a wall.
I think you deciphered Machete's inner workings very well, especially those of the original canon version. The concept of love is of course prominent in Christianity, so even as a kid being raised in a religious environment that discouraged overt displays of affection and close personal bonds, Machete wasn't completely alienated from it. But it has always been a nebulous, unperceivable and unattainable thing for him. When he was old enough to lock down his career choice he readily accepted he'd never have romantic relationships, spouse or a family, and I think he must've been too young and socially inexperienced to think of it as a significant loss. Either he consciously blocked out the need for companionship by studying and working like his life depended on it, or he didn't really consider that being genuinely befriended, appreciated and loved as a person instead of a respectable and competent authority figure was even an option for him, at least not until Vasco came along.
#I think it took some time to get through his initial defences#especially since when they first met the stressful apprenticeship period was still fresh in Machete's mind#the years under his explosive and gaslighting mentor's wing had made him very distrustful so he preferred to just stick to himself#Vasco is good at winning people over and once he convinced him that he didn't have any ulterior motives they became besties pretty quickly#and even though the line between platonic and romantic started gradually blurring Machete kept convincing himself#that his feelings for Vasco were just Very Deep Friendship#and Vasco has an eye for noticing these things and a bolder personality#so when he tried to reciprocate a little bit Machete thought 'what a good friend he is'#'so kind and considerate and I'm so grateful and lucky to have him and I must not ruin things by getting too personal'#it was awkward and at times a little bit painful but I'd like to believe the progression was for the most part smooth and natural#considering the circumstances it could've been a lot more distressing#as corny as it is I think they were just happy to have found each other#they advanced at the same phase and reached the 'I think we've become a couple actually' stage at the same time#at least that's how I imagine it at the moment#answered#anonymous#Vaschete lore#long post
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Christopher Eccleston did not kiss a man on the lips for you bitches to say that the doctor used to be straight
#the biphobia popping out after this ep is so telling icl#“10 was straight 11 was this 13 was that” the doctor has always been gender fluid and bisexual i hope that helps!!!#and that kiss is textually romantic as well he literally confessed love to the doctor and kissed him and the doc reciprocated!!!#that was the second ever on screen kiss between the doctor and another person first ever in the new series#and you bitches have the audacity to say he was straight before dt mentions fancying isaac newton??? grow up!!!!#anyway some of u are rly showing the biphobia by even declaring that he's “now gay” bitch he been bi he always been bi and will always be bi#dw#doctor who#dw spoilers#david tennant#rtd2#christopher eccleston
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this is jet with zuko except zuko doesnt care
#i like to think that jet is a delusional gay when he has a crush#and whatever makes zuko like someone back is a mystery to us all#he first finds jet extremely unimpressive then jet does Something that gets zuko to reciprocate#lord knows what that something is. Its a very strange situationship indeed#atla#jetko
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Happy Valentines, Akira.
Happy Valentines, Asshole.
If you can’t read what Akechi’s secondary inner-dialogue says cause I obscured it too much behind his regular dialogue, here’s a transcription in panel order:
Hello, you fucking-
Ah- Hello, Akira!
Fuck off, why should I tell you-
Just a soda- there’s a new flavor.
I don’t want your shitty gift.
Oh- haha! You’re so sweet.
I hope I choke.
They’re lovely, thank you.
Like hell.
Likewise.
There’s no way it’s just a coincidence.
Still though, it’s a funny coincidence.
#p5#akeshu#akechi goro#kurusu akira#wow- me?? posting a valentines comic... actually on?? valentines????? wack. absolutely wack#it's a short one! I purposefully tried to keep it short. it was a challenge and it still ended up being 3 pages. but i blame my canvas size#also in case u can't see what akira is holding out to akechi: theyre chocolate covered strawberries on sticks!#i saw them irl and was like oh god i want those. i am going to project that feeling on my favorite characters so help me god#and now! here we are! but my shitty-ass coloring & line quality make it hard to discern them so. sorry about that lmaooooo#ANYWAY i don't do enough post-maruki stuff so. i made this one a little bittersweet. :)#why did i put akechi's scarf in a bow? honestly i dont know! i think i saw some art a while ago that did that too and i thought it was cute#well. plus i guess there's the symbolism of 'akechi being alive and reciprocating your feelings (however involuntarily) IS a gift' part#hence that hes wrapped up in a bow. like a present. :)#also god. the first panel is supposed to be akechi's reflection in a vending machine window. I could NOT get it to look right#so for reference!!! just so you guys understand!!!!!! thats what that panel is supposed to be!!! he is NOT in fact a ghost. (sigh)#hope you enjoyed and had a lovely valentines!! for my part i have eaten nothing but sweets today and hoo boy will that have been a mistake#ALSO in terms of the audience-participation comic...hopefully coming soon. if i can ever gain the will to draw it.#but at least tumblr has polls now so i can do the audience-choose-y bit without needing to use a separate website! so thats good i guess#anyway anyway anway thanks for listening to me ramble if you made it this far! have a lovely rest of your day and hopefully see u again soon
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sometimes i make myself sad thinking about the kvthm fallout
text is lyrics from "who knew" by p!nk
open for better quality | no reposts
#kaveh#alhaitham#kavetham#genshin impact#genshin#fanart#myart#comic#this is your timely reminder that i hc alhaitham as deaf!!#the council (which consists of my friend and i) has decided that alhaitham has been pining since his akademiya days#whereas kaveh was unaware of alhaitham's feelings and did not reciprocate until much later#yk when you listen to a song when you're younger and you like how it sounds but when you're older the lyrics hit harder#that's what happened here#and i thought oh wow this song fits them so well#smth about alhaitham thinking he was correct and realizing later that being correct wasn't the important thing#and the hc that kaveh really did say out loud 'i regret ever becoming friends with you' from his character story#two students who stood out in their respective fields thinking they'd be together forever#only to have a messy fallout before submitting their thesis#(they are together forever dw the kvthm in my head is fine and well)
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help i’ve fallen for another ship comprised of two insane autistic queers that want each other dead despite also being willing to do literally anything for the other even at risk to themselves
#nygmobblepot#i literally never gave a shit about the penguin and the riddler#but the moment my brother makes me watch a show where they are portrayed by theatre nerds who care about the characters#i become obsessed instantly#i would watch the show out of the corner of my eye while my brother and dad were watching it and see oswald and id just think#that little weirdo is the only thing that makes me like this show its so fun when hes on screen#then ed starts showing up more and i start to love his autistic ramblings and general energy#then ed kills a guy and i think fuck i love this show so much#then i see them interact and find out that they are semi canon???#like oswald is canonically in love with ed but the show seems to want you to think that ed just doesn’t reciprocate#but he obviously does and just doesn’t realize at the beginning because he thinks hes straight#but by the end that man is NOT hiding how much he loves oswald#like what the fuck was that hallucination scene if not his concince trying to make him realize how much he loves oswald#and there scene in the last episode in the car???#like that man has finally accepted that hes in love and is finally ready to act on it#anyways rant over they are just like hannigram and danbert and i will never change my mind#also their actors fucking killed in their rolls i love them#and fun fact: edward was cory michal smith’s first role outside of theatre and it fucking shows in the best ways#him being a mostly theatre person just adds so much to edward and makes him just so enjoyable to watch#now the rant is actually over#gotham#gotham tv
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In my time in the MDZS fandom, I’ve seen people use Wei Wuxian dismissing the bathtub scene with “it’s normal for men to be like this sometimes” as evidence that he’s oblivious, but none of it ever takes into account the context of that dialogue.
First off, the quote from Chapter 96 is this:
Wei WuXian only put on one boot before continuing, “But you don’t have to feel too apologetic either. Uh, it’s normal for men to be like this sometimes. Please...don’t take it too seriously.”
Here’s the thing: Wei Wuxian doesn’t truly believe what he’s saying here! He’s saying what he thinks he needs to say to salvage their friendship! He thinks his confession has just been rejected and that he’s provoked Lan Wangji into doing something that he didn’t really want to do
[Side note, I’m using the ExR translation (with the exception of one scene, where I use multiple translations) because at the time this post was begun, it was the only fully translated version of these chapters I could find]
The sequence of events are as follows:
1. Wei Wuxian tries to express his feelings
Wei WuXian, “I have to tell you something.” He breathed lightly before speaking, “Lan Zhan, thank you.”
With thousands of words, there was nowhere to start. If he didn’t meet Lan WangJi when he came back, Wei WuXian didn’t know what he’d be like right now. In reality, even if he roamed around alone, it wouldn’t necessarily be that bad. But no matter what, he believed that nothing would be better than this.
Unfortunately, he didn’t notice that after Lan WangJi heard this, his body froze slightly.
The surging heat finally began to retreat. Wei WuXian’s head was still dizzy as he rambled on, “In these two lives, you’ve helped me a lot. I know you’re... really nice to me. You’re really great! Apart from thank you, I don’t know what else to say to you... Anyways, towards you, I feel... I feel...”
He’s trying so hard to convey his feelings that he doesn’t realize that as soon as Lan Wangji hears the words ‘thank you’, he thinks Wei Wuxian slept with him out of gratitude. So on one hand, we have Wei Wuxian sincerely trying to confess his feelings, while on the other hand, Lan Wangji believes that Wei Wuxian only slept with him because he feels grateful to him, not because he actually wanted to. That leads to,
2. Lan Wangji pushes Wei Wuxian away
But this wasn’t the point at all. Wei WuXian had never confessed like this to anyone before. Even someone whose face was as thick as his felt a bit embarrassed. He could only first pick a few random things to say. Just as he was thinking how to explain himself to make it sound sincere and serious when Lan WangJi suddenly pushed him away.
Now, we as readers know the reason for Lan Wangji pushing Wei Wuxian away, but Wei Wuxian doesn’t. Wei Wuxian is yet to realize that Lan Wangji has a thing about being thanked. That realization only happens later, in Chapter 111.
Wei WuXian looked at him, “Lan Zhan, you’re really scared of me telling you ‘thank you’, aren’t you? I suddenly remembered. Many of the times we parted ways in my past life, I said ‘thank you’ to you right before. And every time we separated, I worsened the next time we met.”
The time they killed Wen Chao and Wen ZhuLiu at the courier station, the time they met each other through the flowers at the tower in Yunmeng, the time they parted at Yiling’s Burial Mound. Every time, he used the word to mark a clear line between him and Lan WangJi, stretching out the distance between them.
With a long while of silence, Lan WangJi replied, “Between you and me, there is no need for ‘thank you’ and ‘sorry’.”
At this point, to Wei Wuxian, the only reasonable conclusion to make about Lan Wangji pushing him aside when he’s trying to confess his feelings is that Lan Wangji doesn’t return his feelings. Worse, that he has taken advantage of a drunk Lan Wangji. (Many people have already pointed out that Lan Wangji has already sobered up by the time they have sex, but again, Wei Wuxian doesn’t know that!)
This is Wei Wuxian’s immediate reaction.
Although Wei WuXian didn’t know when he woke up, now that he was awake, Lan WangJi’s reaction meant that one thing was clear: he didn’t want to continue what they were doing. He didn’t want to listen to Wei WuXian finish what he was saying, either.
A little later, he thinks
That the most disciplined person would throw tantrums, hit people, mess about after he was drunk, meant that Lan WangJi’s drunken actions weren’t self-controlled. And, even though Wei WuXian knew this, he still took advantage of the easy manipulation, purposely provoking him and leading him to do what he wanted.
[...]
This situation clearly verified the worst possibility. Lan WangJi was indeed very nice towards him, but... it probably wasn’t the kind of nice he hoped for.
He already knows and acknowledges that Lan Wangji treats him in a special way! In fact, he was hoping that it meant Lan Wangji reciprocated his feelings, but he didn’t know for sure. The fact that Lan Wangji pushes him away when he starts to confess solidifies for him that Lan Wangji does not reciprocate his feelings. Which finally leads to
3. Wei Wuxian apologizes for taking advantage of Lan Wangji and tries to reassure him by saying ‘it’s normal for men to be like this sometimes’
It’s made clear that Wei Wuxian is trying to assure Lan Wangji that it’s normal because he doesn’t want his feelings (that he believes are not reciprocated) to ruin their friendship.
Originally, Wei WuXian thought that compared to having his feelings be found out and them become so awkward they couldn’t even be friends, he’d much rather have Lan WangJi feel that he was a cheap, flippant person instead. But right now, he began to regret saying those idiotic things without thinking about them first. He whispered, “... I’m sorry.”
The text literally specifies that he says what he says because he thought it would be better for Lan Wangji to think that he was a “cheap and flippant person” than ruin their friendship! He does not actually believe what he’s saying!
That’s also why Wei Wuxian’s confession in the Guanyin Temple begins with “Back then, I really wanted to sleep with you”.
For more clarity, this line has also been translated as
He had only said it as an offhanded comment, but unexpectedly, Wei Wuxian came to the realization: "You're not wrong."
"Lan Zhan! Lan Wangji! Hanguang-jun! I—Earlier I—slept with you because I genuinely wanted to!"
— spicychickenyang’s translation
and
He had only been thinking out loud. Little did he expect Wei WuXian to suddenly go, “You’re right.”
With that, Wei WuXian proceeded to shout at the top of his lungs, “Lan Zhan! Lan WangJi! Earlier, I—I truly wanted to sleep with you!”
— Chapter 100, boat-full-of-lotus-pods translation
Now that Lan Xichen’s monologue has revealed that Lan Wangji does return his feelings (and probably because he has been able to connect all the times he said ‘thank you’ to Lan Wangji with negative reactions from Lan Wangji), Wei Wuxian immediately figures out why Lan Wangji reacted the way he did and clarifies it.
#mdzs#mo dao zu shi#wangxian#wwx is not oblivious#wwx does not actually believe he has no feelings for lwj after they have sex#it is precisely /because/ he does have feelings for lwj and knows it#(and believes that lwj does not reciprocate)#that he says what he does
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‘F**K THAT GUY’ - RICCIARDO FURIOUS WITH STROLL’S CRASH REACTION
#ok maybe stern repressed anger Daniel IS sexy???#if he wants to lecture me I’ll get down on my knees and say sorry daddy 😌#but on a more serious note if I see the discourse on the internet going against Daniel for this incident#when he’s simply asking for the other driver to take accountability for ruining both their races it’s on sight 🔪🔪🔪🔪#because daniel has always taken all his mistakes on the chin#has always apologised for ruining someone else’s race whether it was his mistake or the circumstances#this man went to the Ferrari motor home to apologise to sainz in imola 2022#and immediately apologised to Lance in Hungary 2022 right after the race when it was mostly mcl’s shit strategy to blame for#(not to forget him getting sacked later on after that race <3)#the least he deserves is a reciprocation of the sportsmanship he’s always shown!!!#daniel ricciardo#China24
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thinking about writing zutara fanfiction post-canon a few years in the future where katara has a nasty break up with aang (because she realises that she didn't actually like him romantically) and royal advisor!zuko (imma be honest i dont really like him as fire lord i like fire lord iroh more) offers her to become a tamporary SWT ambassador in the fire nation while she figures out what to do and katara ends up realising that 1) having political power to change things, have agency and help more people is *exactly* what she wants (+the public loves her) 2) zuko is, accidentally, a way better partner than aang was
#i have 4 unfinished fanfics i should not do this#zuko has given up on katara reciprocating and is happy being a supportive bestie#zuko doesnt realise katara is literally flirting with him#katara gets accidentally friendzoned#miscomunication but actually funny#i swear#zuko#zutara#katara#zuko x katara#atla#avatar the last airbender#anti kataang#anti aang#but not really#he just needs a reality check
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