gensoukyou is a place where stupid, lazy, impulsive, self-centered losers somehow manage to save the day and i think that's beautiful. may they continue to do so forevermore
please don’t reject care and compassion because you feel like you don’t deserve it. no matter how small your wound is, it is worth being tended to. please don’t let your brain tell you otherwise. you deserve love and care.
"Well it's 3 AM and I can't sleep, let me do some light reading on wikipedia. Huh, I feel like I've heard about this 'Battle of Suiyang' before, let me check it real quick haha."
I think one of the reasons friendships in fiction are often overlooked in fandom is because they're not written like real friendships. Like don't get me wrong, a huge part of it definitely stems from an obsession with sex and romance on the part of the people consuming the media, but that's not all of it.
In fiction, friendships are often trivial bonds. An easy relationship to establish between two characters. A way for the two of them to establish how they're feeling about a particular event by using each other as a vessel for a long personal rant. And pretty much all actual emotional relationships and important dynamics are given to romantic or familial relationships.
But in real life, friendships can be the things that change you more than anything else. They can be deeply impactful in a way that romance sometimes isn't. Your friends can be the people that you lean on when times are tough, who support you and bond with you. They can even save your life. And you don't need a traditional "found family" plot as an excuse to write this either. Sometimes your friend can feel like your sibling, but sometimes they're just your friend, and that can be meaningful all on its own.