#just boys being rivals

[dolphugly]

date masamune: sanada yukimura, would you still be my rival if i was a worm?!

sanada yukimura: but of course, masamune-dono, i shall turn into a worm myself so that our rivalry would be eternal!

date masamune: t-that's so cool

kasuga, sitting at the back of the classroom: what on earth was that

#gakuen basara #datesana #sengoku basara #gakuen basara sanada yukimura #gakuen basara date masamune #idiots in love #i mean RIVALS #just boys being rivals #if i was a worm

[slythereen]

max verstappen following a charles leclerc fan account is truly a hilarious start to the season. 2024 wdc cl16 is inbound ‼️

#why are you like this #even objectively saying prob his team did it and on accident #why are y’all keeping tabs on Charlie 😭 #so funny #these two are insufferable #never beating the obsessed rivals allegations #charles leclerc #max verstappen #lestappen #new season disclaimer that i am still not a true shipper i just like my boys being friends and sometimes their behavior must be called out #andnsnc

[aashiyancha]

I like drawing these 2 going on dates

#rune factory 5 #rune factory #rf5 #rf5 cecil #rf5 fuuka #cecil x fuuka #aashi doodles #i have a confession to make #i keep doodling rf5 stuff to avoid doing work #and i was absolutely ready to get some flower boys stuff done today but ofc #creating original content despite being fun is totally work :((( #also this was just gonna be a lil sketch lmao #goddammit these 2 are cute i want rf to have rival marriages so bad #i heard some of the older hm games had that and omg if only they kept that going

[lnkedmyheart]

What's gayer? But it's just every single moment that Dazai gets weird about Chuuya.

#the fact that the number of 'moments' exceeds the tumblr post pic limit blows my mind #this isn't a bl romance #it's a seinen series with very little romance #but Dazai being gay about a boy keeps spilling out in the most non shounen way #like no it doesn't give rivals with too much chemistry so people ship them energy #its just Dazai's flat out pseudo romantic tendencies towards a boy coming for your neck #soukoku #skk

[mewtwo24]

Okay but like. Two things about the volume 8 statue [redacted] chapter.

Firstly. By god no amount of "yeah it was unhinged" comments on this website prepared me for whatever the fuck that was. I need at least 5 business days to process.

Second, was I the only one who read that scene as:

Hua Cheng, teeming with self-satisfaction to see Mu Qing near writhing with scorned disgust and fury: this was a 100% successful trip

Xie Lian: our statues are fucking in Mu Qing's palace oh god oh fuck what do you m e a n successful

Hua Cheng, smirk getting even bigger: this was a 100% successful trip

#tgcf #volume 8 spoilers #hualian #hua cheng #xie lian #mu qing #hua cheng really out here like 'it's called christening the heavens with our love which is more than you lot deserve.' #nothing could have prepared me for how that scene played out #hua cheng how does it feel to win every single day of your deceased life #mf thought he was going to be humiliated in front of his lifelong crush/sworn love #only to instead watch one of his love rivals tangentially humiliated by XL's (hualian POST-COITAL) overwhelming spiritual power no less #I have never witnessed a bigger W in my life holy shit the way that boomeranged #I just can't get over how funnily hc's built I swear to god it ends me every time #mfer was born and literally nobody liked that. baby boy suffers for most of his life #fast forward to ghost hc. master of cataclysmic power and protecting his loving failwife (who is basically full of aged weird girl energy) #said weird girl energy being hc's salvation because xl saw him feral and unhinged and legit went 'i like him i'll let him tear up the couch #for 800 y e a r s hc pined and nourished his love--waiting for his opportunity #thusly leaving every single one of his competitors for xl's attention in the dust (not that they were much to write home about) #hc is like the definition of 'bide your time and fucking destroy' #i don't care what anyone says he's legitimately one of the coolest characters i've ever seen #i also can't get over hua cheng straight up being like 'xl in distress? we all know who this is a job for. M E' **builds hc statue** #without an ounce of hesitation #the way i love this mfer he's so sweet and so funny at the same time nobody doing it like him #i also love mxtx's passion for the dynamic of “GET RID OF HIM HE'S A MENACE” “no he just needs enrichment let him be" #why bingqiu and hualian will live forever in my heart

[sexysilverstrider]

i bring my kieran thoughts to you once more but this one involves arven. i think its *so funny* when people do a love triangle with kieran, arven, and juli because they always portray kieran as this super jealous guy and arven as a clueless sweet himbo. i dont believe that. look back at how hard arven asserts in area zero that HES your best friend and NO ONE ELSE and you have SUCH A GREAT BOND. (1/2)

personally i see both arven and kieran to be clingy and easily jealous but each have their own way of jealousy.

like arven asserts his friendship with aoi. yes. but he doesnt realize how deep his feelings are for aoi until like later/when the situation calls where aoi is talking abt romantic feelings to another person. yes hes clingy to her but clingy in a way like 'THIS IS MY BEST FRIEND. SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND. MY BESTEST FRIEND. MY BEST FRIEND. DID I REMIND YOU GUYS THAT SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND. SHES SO COOL. MY BEST FRIEND.' like man went through so much grief in his childhood that the trauma has shaped him without realizing it. aoi has always been there for and with him BUT he also sees her bond with penny and nemona and besides him calling himself aois bestest friend he thinks nothing of it.

until kieran comes into the picture

arven gets jealous. definitely. but his jealousy is. safer in a sense. he gets anxious and nervous and just the fear of losing someone dear again really can make a grown man panic. he'll realize his feelings and tries to win her before its too late.

now kieran. kieran is literally the blueprint for any yandere trope. he was obsessed with ogerpon. he then got obssessed with beating and wanting to be like aoi. we have literal dialogues about how he got aoi in the brain. aoi became the sole reason he made a 180. aoi changed him in the worst way possible.

of course flash forward to the post dlc. he definitely lets it all go (as he said) but i see it as he slooowly gets over the process. hes taking a leave of absence after all kieran baby come back so he needs to therapy time to think back and redeem himself. hes slowly reverting back to his timid sweet self but heres the shtick: only to aoi

hes gain a reputation to be ruthless and cold. while hes not that anymore people still either fear or respect or hate him. hes calm at best or indifferent at worst. but to aoi? thats when people gets to see his sweetest. and to people flirting with aoi? thats when people gets to see his worst.

he still has that obsessive tendencies. he still has possessive tendencies. kieran will definitely assert his dominance over aois attention. sometimes subtle. sometimes not. im not talking volo levels of obsession of course but hes still a cunning boy and the best part is he doesnt even realize it. he loves aoi A LOT and he will not make the same mistake that causes him to lose her or this new bond they share.

anon i hear you aois bond with arven is way stronger and meaningful but kieran doesnt know that. and even if he does he does not care. aoi was kierans first love and its love at first sight. shes everything he ever wants to be and now shes everything he ever wants

#of course arven is not a clueless himbo #hes still the jealous type but the type that becomes vulnerable and he starts to doubt himself and has dreaded fear of losing her #while kierans jealousy is the type where boy can just lose it part 2 #while he stays calm around aoi he will show his dominance towards his rivals #n that fear of losing her is just as tenfold #sorry anon while i do agree about arven being just as clingy #kieran isnt going down without a fight lol #theres a reason why there are so many jealous kieran fanarts in the jpnese side #kieran is just kanato kidzbop #ask #anon #about pokemon

[kakusu-shipping]

wait omg yes omg yes you me and shin and the polycule in the same universe, we met through teruteru 😭 i adore it

WE MET THROUGH TERUTERU!!!! I'm shaking you SO violently you're so correct

Did you two date in this AU?? Teruteru is poly and has partners outside of the Ideal Polycule so you could still be dating, but idk if you wanna be mono with Shin... Lemme know about that one

Either way!!! You lamenting to Teruteru that Shin doesn't seem to have anyone to hang out with outside of you and how you'd like him to make more friends and he's instantly like, "Let me introduce him to the two most social people I know" and sets up a double date for all of us!! (Is it still a double date if one of the couples is 4 people?)

Shin still kinda quiet and just letting you do most of the talking but Koro-Sensei and Taishiro canNOT leave this guy alone they know a shy kid when they see one and they will not let him just fade into the background he WILL be the one to answer their questions

We have a good time! We eat good food, go out somewhere and do something Shin would be good at (He's a gamer right? so like maybe an arcade). I feel like Shin and Koro-Sensei would form some sort of friendly rivalry constantly trying to beat the other at any game we all play. They are out for blood in Uno and what not.

Aaaaah that all sounds like so much fun we have Game Nights!! Maybe Shin visits The Hanamura family Diner from time to time just to see Teru and chat, if he and Taishiro's breaks line up maybe they meet up to get lunch together sometimes. ffjdkjgk It's cute it's cute they are friends!!!

#The Ideal Polycule #LOVE TO FINALLY TALK ABOUT THIS CANON OF THE POLYCULE!!!! #THEY ARE FORCING SOCIALIZATION ON SHIN!!! And he has a good time #He and Koro-Sensei duo-queue together #And also have the most intense 1v1s #Rivals!!! #I like the idea of him hanging out with Taishiro just because to Tai Shin is a lot like Tamaki but more a buddy #So he can be a harsher dskfjkkjd #Which is saying a lot because he is VERY harsh to Tamaki his son boy boy son dsfkjdkjfkds #Tai and I are both Bully types we will pick on Shin some. But never too much promise!! #And Taishiro always buys lunch so the ribbing is worth it #Teruteru no hesitation 'Lemme introduce him to some people' the second you mention Shin being kind of isolated #Teruteru is extroverted but These Two. Jesus Christ. #jfsdjgfsjh It's sooooo cute <3 #Thanks for indulging me on this Emmy!!! It's a lotta fun to me #More of my friends/mutuals should cough up an F/O or two to make canon to my Ideal Polycule AU #for fun fun

[timewontwait]

" Sure, you're evil. But are you immune to homosexual thoughts? "

#🌀 — you’re too slow! ❪ crack. ❫ #LMAO #the trope of sonic winning over a villain/antag rival by just being a cute boy continues to be one of the funniest ones out there

[themaevethcometh]

Not to be a billy hargrove apologist because he did genuinely awful things in canon and it’s important to acknowledge that, but i do find it interesting how so many people absolutely hate him and think he deserved to die (“deserve” is a strange way to be looking at media in general but that’s a different essay) when there was so much evidence pointing to the fact that if he has been given kindness and support he could’ve changed for the better. Like. The guy genuinely has no one looking out for him. His mom abandoned him. His dad is abusive. Susan doesn’t do anything to stop the abuse (not blaming her, completely understandable why she wouldn’t/couldn’t) and Max didn’t make things better either with the way he was forced to watch out for her and punished when he couldn’t control her (again, not blaming Max here, that’s 100% not her fault). He has no safe environment and engages in a lot of self-destructive behaviors (driving recklessly, lashing out, trying to hook up with grown women as a high school student) but the second he was shown a little bit of kindness by El he gave up his life trying to protect her. He and Max were obviously in a better spot in season 3, implying that he had at least changed his behavior towards her in the narrative time between seasons. We don’t know what happened with lucas in that time (if anything) but I doubt Max would’ve lessened her hatred of billy if he was still racist to her boyfriend, and dacre said he wasn’t playing billy as racist so he obviously justified those lines and actions towards lucas in some other way, which opens a whole different (slightly problematic) can of worms but is something i’ve seen fic writers explore explanations for. There was so much potential for a redemption arc if he hadn’t been killed off and it’s been interesting to me how strongly some of the fandom recoils from that idea and how the duffers negated a lot of the shifts in characterization billy had in the previous season while writing season 4. Maybe i’m too much of a bleeding heart who wants to believe that no one is beyond forgiveness and everyone can be better if they want to be, but comparing how this fandom is so polarized when discussing billy compared to, for example, draco malfoy, who also was a child in a bad situation, who also was extremely prejudice against a group of innocent people, who at least had an extremely loving mother, and the majority of that fandom approves of the idea of a redemption arc for him but billy is so divisive.

#maeve posts #also if my male high school rival was lying to me about where my sister was in a creepy house in the middle of the woods with only other #boys and no adults? i too would get pretty angry. wouldn’t almost kill the guy but definitely would throw a punch #yeah. Idk. I’ve just been thinking recently #fandoms are so fascinating i want to study them under a microscope #i’m not saying that people who are anti-billy are wrong i’m just saying the text perfectly set him up for positive change #especially when we had a season from his pov where he was on the verge of tears every shot #back stories do not excuse a villains behavior but they can make me want them to be better! #and oftentimes being better comes with support to get rid of traumatic circumstances #yeah. I’ve been thinking a lot #billy hargrove #stranger things

[amiharana]

revalink shitpost of the day: revali and link as kpop stans

revali is either a complete anti who openly mocks and says shitty stuff about kpop idols and runs blockchains on stan accounts, or he gets extremely defensive and aggressive because you didn’t like his nugu girl group’s comeback song because come on this is musical genius what do you mean it sounds like construction noises!!! he spams fancams of his bias and runs a protect/shooter account for his ult group. revali is definitely at risk for being a solo stan, though, he's got a couple of strong opinions about certain idols in certain groups...

as for link, no one had any clue that he likes kpop at all. his personal belongings have no indication of kpoppery and he never talks about it irl, but then you look up his youtube channel and its like 300+ videos of full length kpop dance covers. link performs it exactly like the original idols do down to a T and also has really nice outfits and sets, and the video is just really professional??? how did he film this??? champions+zelda would probably find out after doing a random kpop dance challenge for shits and giggles, but wait why is link slaying the choreography to antifragile by lesserafim rn…

#loz #botw #loz botw #revalink #shitpost #this was extremely sef indulgent i know #very specific niche of mine being fulfilled #disclaimer i'm an army and not a kpoppie i'm just severely ill (a twitter user) #i started writing a whole kpop stans rivals to lovers revalink au because of this #if this gets attention i'll post it #in case anyone wanted to know my thoughts on the other champions #daruk isn’t a kpopper but he thinks the whole newjeans hype boy tiktok trend is hilarious and sings the song constantly #he might ask link to teach him the choreo for hype boy… #urbosa likes older gen kpop like 1st/2nd gen #she probably cried when snsd came back with forever 1 #mipha says she’s not a kpopper but she’s an avid collector of jimin photocards and has spent hundreds to buy his official pcs #(she’s not a solo stan btw she just really admires jimin’s contemporary style of dance) #zelda is one of the baby kpoppies who have 22.6k followers on twitter #she’s gonna follow in revali’s footsteps and become a shooter account i think #king rhoam bosphoramus hyrule knows one (1) kpop song and it’s butter by bts #i could write so much kpoppifying the champions #amihan's revalinkverse

[lexa-griffins]

I adore the idea of both witch Lexa and witch Clarke being early risers. When they finally get over themselves and get together, early mornings are so... well, magical.

Clarke likes to catch the first rays of sunlight, sitting in the sun room in a sports bra and shorts, sketch book in hand. Those always feel more energized, more full of life. She dislikes being awake early despite it all, and will eventually nap for a few minutes as the sun rises and shines on her face. Lexa will eventually wake her up with a kiss and some tea, smiling bright at how Clarke's hair shines a little extra golden st this time of day.

Lexa likes to be there to see some of the flowers in their garden wake up. She talks softly and quietly to them, reminding them its time to get up, she'll walk around the garden barefoot because she always feels more grounded when she can feel the grass and the moss beneath her. The morning smell of the world waking up, how nature feels so full of life this early on, Lexa loves it all. She might lose hours there, sitting in the middle of her flower garden, before Clarke brings her a tray with some breakfast, and they have a nice start od the morning outside.

They don't talk much in the morning. Its almost a time for meditation, a time to let their powers wake up and soak in the world around them as they enjot a soft early morning next to each other ☀️🌼

#au: rival witches #it gets harder once the kids are here #but Tara will just fall asleep in Clarkes lap as she naps too #Cyrus is a bright little boy who enjoys being outside with Lexa early in the morning too #Ash is the one that gets groggy waking up early #but does it either way because she likes that quiet time with her mom and big siblings 🥰

[morninkim]

redrew an old oc for funsies bc i wanna revive her story and world

Ruriko Ishino - JUMP Stinger

#neo toku #<< tentative tag for this setting and characters #my art #my ocs #tokusatsu oc #she's the daughter of her world's kamen rider nigou pastiche who fights evil outside of a privatized hero industry run by her dad - #and gets labelled as a dangerous and violent vigilante because of it #while being mentored by the ichigou pastiche (who also was labelled a vigilante when he wouldn't sign up with his former partner's company) #like... straight up i think this story is kind of tokusatsu the boys but pg-13 instead of hard R #she's bee themed - obvs - and her twin brother is another JUMP user named JUMP Soldier based on an ant #JUMP being basically just like. the name for Kamen Riders in this world. they're JUMP Users #or JUMP System Users #interchangeable i guess lmao #she's also got a rivals to lovers thing with one of the ultra pastiches whose a corpo but grows disillusioned eventually #after mentoring a newer and younger ultra and kind of through him seeing how she was treated by the company in the past - #but on the outside looking in this time and is like now wait a sec this dudes a child and so was i - kinda fucked ngl #havent nailed down a name for this worlds ultras yet but. yknow #IDK IM HAVING THOUGHTS AHH #anyway i like ruriko

[crescentfool]

never in my life did i think i need to makeout with a piece of software so badly but here we are i guess

#lizzy speaks #OK IM BEING OVERDRAMATIC AND I WOULD ELABORATE BUT I NEED TO SLEEP BUT #DO YOU EVER JUST #FUCK !!!!!! #IVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO COME ACROSS A PIEC EOF SOFTWARE #i need to fiddle around with it some more but everything ive seen about it is MIND BLOWING to me #ive been waiting my entire life for this moment i think #i feel like it's funnier if i don't say what the software is. i wanna be mysterious so bad but i cannot shut the fuck up #literally been suffering through notetaking and organization softwares and im like ohh i think i finally found the one #this is the minecraft of sex i think its like wowza i can finally do all those writing projects i want to do #boys (me) don't want girls they want an organized database of notes that they can easily reference at anytime #sorry for being unhinged but like its like past midnight lol im sure i'll wake up in the morning and be like 'what the FUCK were you doing' #BUT!!! i think ill come back to this post to reblog it with like actual shit about the software when i figure out how i want to use it #i think everyone should experience joys in life. and sometimes that joy is having organized notes #bonus points if anyone can figure out what im talking about just from the tags alone i think this software will change my life #it has fucking tag functionality i literally love tags #sorry about the vocabulary but this rivals like. my love of spreadsheets. which are like. a wonderful thing i think but ANYWAY IM RAMBLING #anyways goodnight i wish you all on the dash a very lovely evening i just needed to share this because im so overjoyed right now o7 #if you have a software that you really like thats changed you feel free to tell me in the tags or something :) i like learning new things

[ryokoaoi]

Two hot-headed geniuses just inlove hating each other /lh

#incident #redacted asmr #redacted audio #redacted au #redacted vindemiator #redacted gavin #redacted lasko #redacted magic swap au #redacted swap magic au #art #lasko x gavin #okay so the little with gavin and lasko from the prime universe does happen here too #even funnier that it happened behind a 7 eleven LMAO #Vindemiator's just very much embarrassed whenever he remembers #Lasko's a menace though #despite being a hot headed boi too #i guess you could say this is kinda a rivals to lovers situation #redacted fanart

[deathfavor]

@kyukicho said: 017. BajiTora

Christmas Scenery prompts 017. in the trenches of snow forts, amidst a war of a snow fight! who will win?.

" Oi Kei ! " Kazutora calls out with a laugh when he watches one of his snowballs explode against Baji's chest. " If you keep this up, we might as well turn you into the snowman. You're almost as much as snow as a snowman would be. " He taunts, tossing a snowball up and down.

Kazutora's taken some hits too, evidenced by clumps of snow clinging to his hair and jacket but Baji? He looks like he's faceplanted in the snow. Looks like the food fights in juvie had some point to them after all. The tiger laughs again and then only barely managed to hide behind a tree as the snowball smashes into the bark and sprays everywhere. Smart. Doubtful Baji intended that but he's sure he'd claim it was intended if it was brought up

. The tiger's head pops up to the side of the tree again with a smug look of satisfaction on his face. " You working on your surrendering speech yet? " He asks, only to get Baji talking before he bolts back to the shelter of the the snow fort wall. His face ached from a mix of the cold and smiling, but it was the most fun he'd had in a long time. He wants this happiness to never end, to enjoy it forever and ever. Baji always brings the best happiness along with him.

" I'll only accept it if you kneel while saying your speech! " Kazutora yells out to Baji, laughing when he hears like Baji rejecting it and calling him an asshole for it. Probably, But it WAS funny, and he'd definitely not let Baji forget about it. Baji might best him in a classic brawl, but this sort of warfare Kazutora was excelling in.

#kyukicho #just 2 boys having fun as they should #kazutora being a lil Brat #affectionately tho! #᛭ — [IC] wounded tiger caught in mania's pit [KAZUTORA HANEMIYA] #᛭ — [RELATION] not even the sun can rival the warmth of your love [KAZUTORA & BAJI]

[cementcornfield]

Even though they are «rivals» Patrick Queen always likes and comments most of Joe post. Even when they beat him in the playoffs

i have noticed that and i love it! honestly joe and patrick queen seem to have such an interesting history. iirc patrick told a story on some podcast once about how joe punched him in the face at an lsu practice one time? and i guess ever since they've been pretty good friends! male affection is wild! 

#i love when the boys play their lsu teammates #and it seems like there are a bunch of them in the afc north so they face them at least twice a year! #it's just cool that they have that connection and maintain it despite being 'rivals' now like you say! #football is about the bonding it's about the relationships and connections!! #ask #anon