“What if we fail?”

“Then we died trying, and the only regret I’ll have is that I didn’t find you sooner.”

“I don’t want to lose you. You’re the only thing I’ve ever wanted."

🐾🏳️‍⚧️📚🔥

@gagakumadraws struck again! She's offering 'your character here' commissions, and there was a certain pose that immediately had me thinking of *them.* You can read about the T4T chaos in The Rebel Foxes, and meet the rest of the shifter family.

Happy 4 year Anniversary @bashfulbutcher !! Living with you the past two years has been amazing. I love the way you love me and Scott and always know how to make me feel better when I'm going through it. I'm so lucky to get to love and be loved by you!

Our anniversary also marks the anniversary of our triad with @deadpoolology !!

I'm so grateful to know you both and my life completely changed for the better the day(s) you both walked into my life. I love how safe and secure I feel in this relationship and that we can talk about and get through anything together. You've both taught me so much about love and communication! Love you nerds!!

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I think people need to normalize poly ships alot more than they do in media, your faves have 2 hands, use them cowards

Say hello to Triple Sec, out June 4, 2024 from Simon & Schuster! (Art by Petra Braun.)

It’s queer! It’s poly! It’s cocktails!!! Official synopsis below the cut.

A jaded bartender is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom-com, set in the exclusive world of high-end cocktail bars—from the acclaimed author of the “tender, decadent, and sparklingly funny” (Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author) Chef’s Choice. As a bartender at Terror & Virtue, a swanky New York City cocktail lounge known for its romantic atmosphere and Insta-worthy drinks, Mel has witnessed plenty of disastrous dates. That, coupled with her own romantic life being in shambles, has Mel convinced love doesn’t exist. Everything changes when Bebe walks into the bar. She’s beautiful, funny, knows her whiskeys—and is happily married to her partner, Kade. Mel’s resigned to forget the whole thing, but Bebe makes her a unique offer: since she and Kade have an open marriage, she’s interested in taking Mel on a date. What starts as a fun romp turns into a burgeoning relationship, and soon Mel is trying all sorts of things she’d been avoiding, from grand romantic gestures to steamy exploits. Mel even gets the self-confidence to enter a cocktail competition that would make her dream of opening her own bar a reality. In the chaotic whirl of all these new experiences, Mel realizes there might be a spark between her and Kade, too. As Bebe, Kade, and Mel explore their connections, Mel begins to think that real love might be more expansive than she ever thought possible. With TJ Alexander’s signature “witty and insightful voice, complex characters, and full-throated celebration of the joy of queer community” (Ava Wilder, author of How to Fake It in Hollywood), Triple Sec is a passionate, thirst-quenching love story that will have you asking for another round…or three.

You know the drill, folks!! I am asking/begging you to please spread the word and help me out. This book is a VERY different kind of romance and I am desperate for it to find its audience. Here are some ways you can help me:

Pre-order. I know, I know, June 4 is forever away but it really is the biggest thing. Pre-ordering is a gift to yourself and to authors who would really like to hit some kind of bestseller list some day. If you don’t want to pre-order now, consider putting a note in your calendar to buy it on June 4?

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Thank you, thank you, thank you! Next round’s on me.

ive been thinking something i really really really hate is how "the one" always has to be seen as a romantic thing!! like i love soulmates and the trope of someone having a person who they are destined to meet but why is it always like a romantic thing and why is it always just one person, why cant it be a platonic best friend, or something thats not platonic or romantic but a secret third thing, a relationship that cannot be defined by any words, why cant it be "the one(s)", why can't it be multiple people, why does amatonormativity have to exist bro its so dumbbb 💀😭 like first of all it excludes so many people and makes them feel like they have to confine themselves into a relationship that they arent really happy in because its seen as the only Okay type of relationship in society and second of all its so fucking boring when it comes to this being enforced in fiction, give me more interesting relationships in stories i promise you it wont kill you ❤️

im having feelings on polyamory in ofmd buuut theyre very bitter and i cant be bothered to do the research to figure out if what im saying is true. but there are feelings

thinking about her

(and about the fact su really went there and had a polyamorous character when hardly any media even acknowledges we exist)

Poly Rep: Girlfriend, Girlfriend

Girlfriend, Girlfriend is a romantic-comedy manga by author Hiroyuki.

Naoya has been in love with Saki for years, but despite constantly declaring his love, she's always rejected him--until recently. Not too long after they start dating, though, Naoya is asked out by Nagisa, a girl who has had a crush on him for a while.

Nagisa shows such dedication that Naoya can't bring himself to turn her down...so he takes her to Saki, and asks her permission to date them both. Initially, Saki is vehemently against it, but Nagisa gives her puppy dog eyes and says "pleeeaaaseeee??" Saki can't say no to a cute girl, so she agrees.

GFGF is a comedy series first, and a romance series second. The polyamorous relationship between the main three is used as a vessel for the series' comedy. This usually consists of characters being angry about it for laughs. The relationship is consistently referred to as "two-timing", etc, and the readers are reminded very often that Naoya is scum for dating two women. It gives the impression that the author is only writing about polyamory because he thinks it's funny, and he thinks it's funny because it's wrong...which is very frustrating as a polyamorous reader.

The series can never seem to decide whether or not Saki and Nagisa are happy in this relationship. They will waffle between being perfectly content, and wanting Naoya to themselves and lamenting the situation they're in. Then, later on, Mirika and Shino join the fray, and they are both constantly deriding the relationship and expressing how wrong it is. (At least Shino makes solid points, interrogating Naoya about bigamy being illegal, and asking how he intends to financially support two people in this economy. She comes at it the wrong way, but her concerns are valid lol.)

During certain stretches of the series, it feels like every chapter is telling the reader, "this relationship is morally and socially wrong, but isn't it funny how scummy this guy is?"

Spoilers from here on out:

There are some very lovely moments, in particular chapter 129, after Saki has broken off the relationship because sharing Naoya makes her too sad. While the plot development itself feels like its retreading the same ground other arcs did, the conclusion is heartfelt. Shino and Nagisa agree that if Saki isn't happy, the relationship can't work, and they'll back off so she can date Naoya monogamously. They tell her that they love her, and want to see her happy, and they hope one day she might love them just as much. Saki bursts into tears and exclaims that she loves them both so much, and she always had fun while they were together. She comes to the conclusion that she's ultimately okay with the relationship after all, because, despite the sadness she feels from sharing Naoya, the happiness she feels at seeing the girls she cares about happy as well outweighs it.

THIS is fantastic. It's beautifully written and illustrated, the drama is great and heart-wrenching. I cry every time I read it.

But it's followed by Saki kind of, sighing, rolling her eyes, and letting Shino into the polycule. It still feels begrudging, even after all of that. Again, it's frustrating to read.

I could rant forever about Mirika and how deeply irritating I found her as a character, but I'll summarize it as this: she spends the entire series telling the main cast that not only is their relationship wrong and never going to work, but she's going to break them up and keep Naoya for herself. Then she joins the polycule at the end with no significant development to change that perspective. It's unsatisfying, not only because all of her wrong-doing throughout the series is basically ignored/forgiven, but it also doesn't do her character any sort of justice. SHE didn't want to be in a polyamorous relationship. She actively hated the idea, and down to the very last second, she continues to refuse it. Then...Naoya begs her to join the polycule, and she says yes. That's it.

I would say, in my opinion, as far as polyamorous representation goes, GFGF mostly fails. Some moments shine through, but the majority of the series is almost hostile to the very concept of polyamory, even if it is done in a comedic fashion.

If you're able to take this kind of writing on the chin and not be bothered by it, you very well might enjoy GFGF. I wouldn't go so far as to never recommend it to anyone looking for poly rep in anime/manga. But I definitely know of other series I'd recommend first.

The only way you can make me the slightest bit interested in sitting through another love triangle is if Malakai gets to explore his bi-curiousity with the new dude.

love triangle where the new guy is only interested in the girl in the established couple... boring, overdone, tired, basic, we don't want to see it.

love triangle where the new guy is interested in both the guy and the girl of the established couple... amazing, unique, interesting, groundbreaking, fashion, we love to see it.

My response to love triangles and stuff has always been “so and so have two hands for a reason” LMAOO and this even applies to quads, pentas!?? EVERYBODY HAS TWO HANDS TO SHARE SO EVERYONE GETS A SHARE !!

All/lh/pos lol

I really like poly stuff being rep, brings warmth to the soul :)

Turns out love has no limits! Never did!

Although I may not ship it

If Tremolo and the girls become canon then they join the roster of LGBT+ characters being the first Polyamorous characters

in light of all this bandai fuckery, I just want to say that people really, REALLY shouldn’t equate suletta and miorine’s situation in g-witch to how kudelia and atra were portrayed in the literal last moments of IBO.

suletta and miorine were not only engaged from episode 1, as in it’s in the text, but exploring their relationship and seeing it develop is the biggest focal point of the entire series’ writing and the marketing prior to this stupid announcement was primarily focused on that as well.

it’s on an entirely different level to kudelia and atra being actually framed in-series as part of mikazuki’s harem and them only being shown together for less than a minute in the far-off epilogue so they can take care of mikazuki’s son after mikazuki dies—they’re almost always treated and framed as hangers-on for mikazuki rather than having a developing relationship between just the both of them without mika involved. and far be it for people to treat any Implied progression from the timeskip to be the same thing as watching that progression on screen like suletta and miorine on top of that.

Final Fantasy XV 🤝 Disney Descendants

Media that to this day randomly makes me furious when I remember they do not end in a polyamorous OT4

By sheer force of will, you too can wear your mother down to the point where when once she would have thrown a fit to see the Mr. Mrs. Mr. glasses you have on display in your throuple's new home, now she simply laughs.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN RIVERDALE ENDED IN A POLY RELATIONSHIP??????????????? I need to know everything right now

just finished godly heathens by h e edgmon and currently going insane please let me know someone else is too it was SO GOOD