#i just care them so much

[littlecrittereli]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE BIG BROTHER MARTIN INTERACTION EVER!!!!!!

#The way he just :( #and then gently explains his idea #hes like no look at me it’ll be fun!!! #IM GONNA THROW UPPP /pos #I JUST CARE THEM SO MUCH #THE BROTHERS EVER #wild kratts #chris kratt #martin kratt #littlecrittereli #kratt brothers

[the5n00k]

Trauma is not a competition (long post)

‼️Spoilers for the ghost and Molly McGee season 2!‼️

And 1 but that's a year old so I assume you've seen it already

Just like the title says, Trauma is Not a Competition. And somehow, Molly and Scratch understand that better than most people out there. Heck, better than most people I know in my own family. Let me explain:

All trauma is equal, if it traumatized you and changed you as a person, it doesn't matter what it is. It could be so much as a bad dentist visit or your house burning to the ground in front of your eyes. Trauma is trauma

I've heard some people imply Molly's trauma is not as bad as Scratch's because she's younger or hasn't endured the same pain of losing everything after death. But she did lose everything. Multiple times. Now I personally believe they've been through equally as terrible shit but even just saying that is reductive because it doesn't matter what my opinion is because trauma is equal.

For an in universe explanation of how the characters understand this concept, let's look at season 1:

As early as episode ONE, Scratch is empathizing with Molly. He doesn't remember Adia at this point or even care about Molly as a person, he just met her. But his expression changes in a very peculiar and specific way. He puts his walls up right after this though.

First Day Frights is a prime example of him going out of his way for her feelings that everyone points back to but what Really stands out to me are the two bandshell episodes and Saving Christmas. Molly gets repeatedly beaten down by circumstances out of her control and her positivity is sapped out of her. And it freaks him out. He can't stand to see her like this and does EVERYTHING in his power to return her "annoying" positivity. Perhaps he's empathizing subconsciously from a life full of disappointment? But regardless, he deeply cared about her problems from the very beginning. They mean just as much to him as they do to her

In Home is Where the Haunt is, he knows she's had to move a lot, leave behind a ton of friends, and that he means so much to her because she thought she'd never have to leave him. Everywhere she went, he was there because of the curse, he couldn't leave either and she must have unintentionally gotten security from that feeling, knowing he's always there. So when it broke, and she knew it broke, (she says "I've been thinkin..." she was probably thinking about the curse being broken for the entire month the month the McGees were homeless) he saw her worried and instantly comforted her. In the goofiest goofball way possible (while also low-key avoiding the issue) but that's just how he does things, he's not good with the feelings stuff so using humor is his next best option most of the time. But his "see? I'm not goin anywhere" was probably the most genuine we'd heard him be up until this point.

I don't know if he ever considered leaving but even then, what's the point now? He finally had everything he ever wanted and Molly needs him just as much as he needs her.

Moving onto season 2

Even in situations where he can't directly relate to her like in 100% Molly McGee, he tries his best to help her feel better. He's terrible at giving advice but he still tries his best. It really means a lot to me that even when he was bunging up the entire inspirational speech, he tried naming something he knew always cheered her up (that being "puppies")

He stayed up probably all night with her cramming in as much Thai education as he could with her just so she'd feel less inadequate around her family. Season 1 scratch wouldn't be caught DEAD (again) putting in that much work. He was even trying to help her through the dinner scene (even if they were both getting overwhelmed)

Most of the time, even if he can't directly relate, Scratch does Everything he can to make Molly feel better and that's the sign of a good friend. That's emotional maturity I wish more people had quite honestly. Now I've rambled about this dumbass (/affectionate) enough, where's Molly fall on this?

Well first of all I'd like to start this by saying she literally separated her soul from her body to save him so girlie is also willing to do Anything for him.

But most of her emotional encouragement comes from season 2, let's take a look.

A Soda to Remember is a good example of this. For as much as she really wanted to learn more about Scratch, she understood how scary it must be to suddenly remember a past you've completely forgotten. She was willing to let him make the choice himself and that is HUGE emotional maturity for a 13 year old. Like some adults will pry more than her, but she's more than okay with giving him his space if he wants it, even after putting in all this effort to get him this soda. It could have been a huge waste of time for her but she was still willing to give him a choice and to me that just solidified how far they've come as best friends.

Now here's the really spoilery part, PLEASE don't read until you've watched All in the Mind

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You have? Okay, good. Anyways

Molly is once again (understandably) thrilled to learn more about Scratch by experiencing his memories first hand. I've actually had a talk like they had on the boat with my family and friends that was very similar, she just wants him to open up and be honest about his feelings. Because keeping it bottled up (ha) is a recipe for disaster. She probably knows a lot about how much that hurts because despite all the pain she's endured, she has to keep this upbeat, chipper attitude to keep enhappifying others. She has to keep moving forward. I wish we got an episode where she just Acknowledged all the shit she's been through at such a young age but eh, beggars can't be choosers.

After Scratch admits he kept the Adia memory a secret, she isn't mad. She's just confused and a bit sad about it. She just somberly asked "why didn't you tell me?" She's a little hurt about it, obviously because she's his best friend, but she realizes how hard that must be to talk about, especially after how scared he sounded the entire time. And she reiterates what she told him in A Soda to Remember:

Then, they see the memory together.

(small aside, I think it's interesting with how many parallels there are to Molly and Scratch's relationship and Adia and [Scratch]'s relationship that Molly would see the blurry memory and ask "is that us?")

She saw the moving truck pull away, she knows now. She's been the one pulling away too. Countless times.

Both of them, regardless if it was s1 ep18 or s2 ep12(?)b, did NOT hold any resentment towards each other for being on the other side of the situation. A selfish asshole like scratch could very easily say "well how would you know? You're the one always leaving! You have no idea what it's like being the one who's left." but they're better friends than that. They both understand how much that entire circumstance SUCKS from either side. So she empathizes with him by mentioning how it feels to have people leave. Each time probably burned into her memory, no matter how short her time in any town was.

And she uses his own words to her to comfort his worry before he even expresses any. She recognizes how terrible that must have felt for him just how terrible it was that they had to move out of their forever home for a while. She remembered him comforting her after they moved back in and she began to worry about the broken curse. They both recognize how deeply hurt each other are by no longer having the people from their pasts in their lives. And they both reach out with nothing but empathy and understanding. They even extend the same care and compassion towards feelings they personally haven't experienced. Because they're best friends.

Might get a little personal here but I appreciate that they aren't one-upping each other constantly with whatever problem they currently have. I've had people do that to me and it's honestly discouraging and keeps me from opening up because it makes me feel like my problems don't matter. But their problems matter to each other, all of them. Even the stupid little problems they have, all of them matter

"If it upsets you, it matters" is something I've been told when I refuse to open up about something because I think it's dumb. And basically that's their entire relationship. If it bothers one of them, it matters to the other

I just think that's beautiful and a good, healthy friendship. Nothing is one sided, they both deeply care. They're both deeply flawed. Both deeply traumatized. Both deeply loving (platonically of course)

Ramble over, I have no idea if I got my point across At All because I had to stop writing this like. Three times to do something else lol but I think I got it. Hope you enjoyed me pouring my heart out because of Molly and Scratch. It will happen again. This is a threat

#the ghost and molly mcgee #tgamm #tgamm season 2 #tgamm spoilers #molly mcgee #scratch mcgee #i just care them so much #sometimes i cant handle it #theyre the best friends ever #theyre actually the best characters to ever exist #bold claim but im dying on this hill

[its-your-mind]

I keep being smacked in the face by the fact that despite their eccentricities and knack for sticking out of a crowd, each and every one of the Hells is a footnote of someone else’s story. Laudna, the effigy raised to threaten a returning Lord. Orym, the bodyguard and widower of an attack on his leader. Fearne, left by her parents as they left on their grand quest. FCG, a tool-turned-artifact of a long-dead civilization. Chetney, the ex-employee of a toy maker, now newly turned werewolf. Ashton, orphaned at a young age by a grand ritual gone horribly wrong. Even Imogen, who has a whole lot of Main Character Energy, was left behind by her mother as she went off on her own journey of discovery, and is only now on this path because she was chosen as a tool for a god-killer.

In so many stories, they would be the NPCs who are just there to fill in the world. They have no divine order, no greater purpose, no one standing behind them to direct their actions. None of them have a throne or a kingdom or any other kind of pre-ordained destiny waiting for them. No one is going to recognize them in a crowd, beyond taking note of their odd appearances. These are all profoundly average people, and yet they have chosen to grab and harness that which sets them apart. They are choosing to continue on this path to protect the world because it is the right thing to do, and dammit, it doesn’t look like there’s going to be anyone else more important and powerful who’s going to step it.

#critical role #bells hells #critical role c3 #c3 spoilers #critical role spoilers #c3e49 #I just care them so much #and I can’t stop thinking about any of this #and ahhhhh #anyway it’s time for bed now

[strawberryjamsara]

Mizuki and Ena having gone through so much, claims they weren’t good enough, claims that they’re just inherently less worthy in what makes them happy, for Ena it’s art, and for Mizuki it’s being a girl, and when they’re with eachother there is no ‘good enough’. No right way to be. Just two people enjoying each other’s company.

#sorry if this is incoherent #i just care them so much #project sekai #pjsekai #mizuena #mizuki akiyama #ena shinonome #gothitxt

[aminiyard]

the wol fanclub meets on fridays

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #graha tia #ffxiv alisaie #alisaie leveilleur #aminiart #can you tell i gave up after a bit bc i dID #the idea of graha and alisaie bonding over their admiration for the wol gives me life #the friendship these two has gives me life #i just care them so much

[shorthaltsjester]

something something laura bailey true love’s crits the campaign one nat 20 was vex’s plead for percy not to leave her but the campaign three reroll nat 1 was imogen’s adamance that she won’t leave laudna

#this also bolsters my percy and imogen same side of the same coin narrative #i have So many thoughts about imodna vs perc’ahlia and their similarities #the don’t forget you’re my favourite vs is she your favourite #imogen is very calculated and composed but also unhinged and rage filled in a way that reminds me So much of percy #but also laudna wields a mask that. is perhaps unfortunately reminiscent of vex #and percy and imogen are Cynics whose lives are upended by two women who somehow find some optimism #despite so so many reasons not to #i just Care them so much #anyway laura’s power i live in fear of the day we get a laudna resurrection ritual i already think she deserves that bafta she doesn’t need #to keep proving it #percy + vex #imogen + laudna #imodna #perc’ahlia #critical role #cr1 #cr3 #imogen temult #vex’ahlia #laudna #percy de rolo #laura bailey #cr spoilers

[tinakibed]

Definitely getting more SNFers. It was easier to miss mentions of how much time they spent on calls or understandably misread their fighting as actual discord. It’s a lot less easy to ignore how often they’re together when they’re physically together and how affectionate their fighting is when you see in real time how it only makes them gravitate to each other more.

yeah Yeah theyve been so attached at the hip its impossible not to see how they care about each other, enough so that someone who didnt know them beforehand thought they were dating LOL they fight but that by no means mean they dont care, its just how their dynamic and i love how people can now see how true it is :]

#god remember when george first moved and the whole snf Fight thing came out #and sooo many people thought they really did Not like each other at all #i can get why they thought that but bro....that was Hell #anyways snf are my lifeblood and i love seeing more and more people liking them as well :) #i just care them so much #dnnasks

[iamanartichoke]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but as a creator -

I am fine with "the audience" -

downloading my fics

printing my fics

copy/pasting or screenshotting my fics

sharing your saved copy of my fics with anyone else who might want them in the unlikely but never impossible case that my fics are no longer available on ao3

making a book of my fic(s) and running your fingers across the pages while lovingly whispering my precioussss

doing these things with anything I create for fandom, such as meta, headcanons, au nonsense like 'texts from the brodinsons,' etc

I am not fine with "the audience"

doing any of the above with the purpose/intent of plagiarizing my work or passing it off as their own in any capacity

feeding my work into ai for any reason whatsoever

Save the fandom things. Preserve the fandom things. Respect the fandom things.

Enjoy the fandom things.

#fanfic #ao3 #archive of our own #fandom things #tumblr things #i may have said this at some point #i'm sure i have #but whatever - just in case #i don't say this with the presumption that i'm so amazing and people are clamoring to save my fics #but just if anyone is so inclined that's all #ftr i don't intend on ever removing my fics from ao3 or deleting fandom things from this blog #i've always shared my fandom things with the intent of keeping them shared bc that's the whole point of posting #but the fandom atmosphere and ao3 constantly being under attack who knows what can happen #not that this applies to anyone but should all else fail you can also reach out to me and i will personally give you a copy #at least of fics bc i save everything #not so much the tumblr things but this is a good reminder to myself that i should do that for the things i care about #that i've made or done and only posted here #anyway sorry i have now used up my quota of the putting words into sentences doing for today #i have plans to stare into the void now

[spacerockband]

loved

#totk #totk spoilers #tears of the kingdom #king rauru #queen sonia #link legend of zelda #zelda #the legend of zelda #loz #dragons tears #link #zelink #can be platonic or romantic #i just care about them so much #care about link seeing he is loved in every corner of time.. #fan art #art tag #totk fanart #botw #breath of the wild #loz fanart

[rypnami]

having a normal one today

#he’s a princess in every universe #srlsy imagine being this much of a cutie #couldn’t be me #i just care them so much #hogwarts legacy #hp fandom #leander prewett #meme #shitpost maybe idk???? #yeah that fits #shitposting

[captainkirkk]

I want to see characters being taken care of in an explicit and worshipful way. Home-cooked meals. Hair brushed and braided by gentle hands. Little gifts just because.

I want to read about characters who are not used to kindness being bombarded by acts of service. This trope works romantically and platonically. Give me found family and acts of service - all the ways a character is wrapped up in wordless, explicit care after years of cruelty and having no idea how to handle. I need it.

#fanfiction #this is the 'comfort' part of hurt/comfort #but i want to take it to the extreme honestly #not just comfort immediately after a traumatic event #but consonant daily comfort! #being taken care of because you are loved always and unconditionally #this is the real reason why i sometimes read sugar daddy AUs even though i don't like them #i want to read about characters being SPOILED #this is also why i love the mdzs love interests so much #luo binghe is the ultimate worshipful house husband and i love that #my posts #you can tell i'm irrationally tired when i start getting tear-eyed over someone being cooked a meal

[ewwww-what]

Average fig post on crystalbook or whatever they call it

#Adaine looks so pissed off. sorry girl. #that wasn’t intentional she’s just sleepy #it was actually supposed to just be Kristen at first but I like the idea that fig is just a friend kisser in general #so Adaine is here too #fantasy high #d20 #d20 fantasy high #dimension 20 #d20 fanart #adaine abernant #adaine o'shaughnessey #kristen applebees #kristen fantasy high #fig faeth #fig fantasy high #my god do they not have a trio name? #I have been devastated over and over to learn that other people don’t care about them as much as I do #fantasy high fanart #fh #fhjy #d20 fh #dimension 20 fantasy high #not described #my art

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Laios's three Boy Best Friends. And yes, they hate him.

#dungeon meshi #laios touden #toshiro nakamoto #chilchuck tims #kabru #BF in this context could be boyfriend or best friend. The line is so blurry. #Chilchuck less so but whatever is going on between Shuro and Laios & Kabru and Laios is giving strong: #“dude if you were a girl I'd date the hell out of you”. And from the genderswap extra's that sentiment is canon for BOTH. #This was made prior to the translation of the Laios & Kabru & Shuro restaurant date comic and honestly I am just feeling vindicated. #I don't even know what to call this dynamic other than a situationship. There is so much going on between all of them. #Even on a purely platonic reading - the miscommunication and male yearning for friendship hurt so bad. #When we got the Big Hug scene in the epilogue arc I was whooping and hollering! Pure catharsis moment! #I also don't like hugs very much so I really felt it went Shuro ('hates being touched') went in for the bear hug. #Do not get me started on the agony of 'always lying' Kabru telling the truth (I just wanted to be friends) #and 'always believes' Laios thinking it's another lie and brushing him off. #I am once again supporting dungeon meshi day by posting art. Please watch dungeon meshi. #obligatory edit because I’m tired: YES. Chilchuck cares for Laios and him admitting it was a huge part of his arc #YES he is more just fed up with him that actually hating him. #I needed a third guy to be canonically done with his ass for the THREE WEED SMOKING GIRLFRIENDS reference

[archivebottles]

"You don't need to worry about me. I can take care of myself now."

#signalis #elster #isa itou #blood / #i hope i didnt overdo it with the grime... #i cant really sit on this as much as id like to bc im so busy right now but i needed to get this out of my system as fast as possible #ive been thinking about this scene a lot recently and i do just wanna say #you have no idea if you last words will really be your last words to someone..so if you can show someone you care about them while theyre #still here ok?

[raepliica]

tristamp post-S1 mashwood sillies and tri98(?) merylwood :]

#trigun #trigun stampede #tristamp #trigun 1998 #trigun 98 #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #meryl stryfe #mashwood #merylwood #stryfewood #the comfort of mashwood spending days together without much happening. just eventless days together #also i know i know meryl and ww barely interact in '98 but #who cares when i can just put two of my fav characters together like playing with dolls #after the fifth moon incident ww trying to leave w/o a word to go look for vash #and meryl having none of his shit bc she already lost sight of one of them so shes not about to lose the other one #*SLAPS VW AND MW* THESE BITCHES CAN STORE SO MUCH UNSPOKEN THINGS #i also just really like ww getting flustered and manhandled by a three-apples-tall woman #merylwood is yuri to me. im not explaining #my art #raepliica_art

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

as someone who rarely listens to music, i am unceasingly in wonderment at the emotional connection many humans have to music as a medium. genres & styles & artists and all that jazz --you guys care a lot about this stuff. i sit marveling at the sheer commonplaceness of people feeling an intimate connection to individual songs & albums & musicians. to the point musical preferences are often considered a meaningful part of one's identity as an individual....thats crazy. so much passion...so much fierceness of feeling ...people say "you have to listen to this song" and i listen for 30 seconds and say "neat!" bc it is, it's neat! the chorus is catchy! i might tuck it away to hum to myself later. but for now im putting my earplugs back in returning to the glorious silence that my essence depends on the same way my lungs depend on an oxygen-rich atmosphere. u beset me with fascination

#me listening to a Certified Jam: i get it now! i get why you guys care so much i understand the Feelings #me 60 seconds later when the chorus is over: ok that's plenty let's calm down with a nice quiet breather #yall are out there just constantly Absorbing Sounds huh #just letting your ears rawdog it when you're not surrounding them with Specific Rhythms And Tunes #u have such rich lives. sounds exhausting but im happy for u