#romance is weird man

[dubiousdisco]

I hope goncharov's success will give scorsese the push he needs to finally let Robert de Niro and Al Pacino kiss

#goncharov #martin scorsese #al pacino #robert de niro #remember in the irishman in conversation when al pacino was like #'they had a weird relationship when you think about it they slept in the same room--' #and scorsese in terror jumped right in like THERES NOTHING GAY ABOUT IT #you dont even know what alfredo was going to say chill man #al pacino was playing romance though i know it in my heart #al: oh so they're gay. martin: w-who said #al: they sleep in the same room and say i love you? did i get this wrong i was playing romance #martin: you were WHAT #de niro: i was also playing romance #martin: Y #martin: WAS ANYBODY ELSE PLAYING ROMANCE #joe pesci and harvey keitel: *raise hands*

[night--thyme]

those mobster guys you saw sucking and fucking last year? yeah they're at cannes now. yeah, the prestige film festival in france. yeah they're doing arthouse stuff now? oh, no. no, still no naked cock. sorry.

#i don't think it's a romance anymore yes I'll still see it and enjoy it #but i think they're being intentionally cagey about the romance plot bc it's yone and they know ppl will be weird about it #*gone #also i know their film isn't airing at cannes but still. just being there is um. a lot for me rn #man suang #mansuang #kinnporsche #thai drama #lgbt drama

[wereh0gz]

The way I watched the new tailstube video and saw nothing really romantic and then I come on here and everyone's talking abt sonadow in the video. Like at this point I can't tell if ppl are looking for crumbs of their favorite ship when there is none or if I'm just oblivious

#ramblings #like i didn't see that lol #i actually have kind of mixed feelings on this tailstube tbh #i felt like their rivalry was really really forced here #but also the 'ultimatesorelosersayswhat' 'what?' bit is pretty funny and cute #and when they complimented each other on their use of chaos control was pretty cute too #but i didn't see anything romantic until ppl pointed that out #like sure maybe the 'opposites attract' bit from tails could've been like a tease at the ship or something #but i genuinely didn't see it that way when i watched it. tbh i still don't really see it #it's just kinda weird?? to not see the romance in something everyone else seems to interpret as romantic #like it makes me wonder if i'm the one who doesn't get it #and it's not ppl seeing something that isn't there #idk man

[whiteheart7]

i really really really like that elora, bear, willie jack, and cheese are all still friends in the end. none of them got together romantically. theyre really close and they love each other so much and theyre friends. i was so afraid that when bear and elora had that moment in the chapel they were going to confess feelings for each other but they didnt. theyre friends and they love each other and arent afraid to say it. they hugged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and theyre friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#i just finished catching up with rez dogs and the series finale #oh man #i am sososososo glad theyre all just. one big happy family #THEYRE FAMILY!!!!!! AND THEY LOVE EACH OTHER!!!!!!!!!! #sorry my brain doesnt work right now so have what i can offer #i am feeling very acearo right now #reservation dogs #willie jack #elora danan #bear smallhill #cheese reservation dogs #rip cheese he doesnt have his own tag #also good for big and bev #also also i Did Not expect uh. bear and jackie to get together but good for them too #sorry more rambling but #i am so grateful that we got a show about family and friends and community and that there was no overarching or even side plot about romanc #not only that but the main characters arent siblings and i dont even think theyre actual cousins #so the fact that EVEN THEN none of them got together is a blessing and i love you sterlin harjo thank you for this #i know theres other shows where theres an overarching theme of family but like #it ends up being a given because theyre related and it would be weird to ship them #but AGAIN #4 characters. not related. same age. sexualities never discussed. stay friends. and then become CLOSER FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!! #achshdhskfjdh im just repeating stuff please just take this

[carboncat0]

I don't know who wants to hear this but I just simply CANNOT sleep until I got this thought out of my mind.

Of all the things I love about Charlie, my absolute favorite is definitely the moment when he figures out a plot twist/has an epiphany/realization.

Like when he figures out the major plot twist on Ranboo’s one-shot(it’s really fucking good btw if you don't know please go watch it), when Charlie pulls out the HARDEST play and found out the secret , I’m like :0

It’s so fucking hot???? And just how fast he understands the relationship between the princess and the narrator and the voices, and actually picks up the detail about the differences between “kill” and “slay” just got me kicking my feet like a high school girl it is just way too perfect ong

And at the end of the Killer Frequency he figures out the correct answer just because of one word OH MY FUCKING GOD-

No wonder he can pull all that crazy wordplay on top of this head, my guy is SO sensitive about word differences and meanings and all that detail

He doesn't usually play games that focus on investigation and detective stuff but holy shit the things I will do for him to play those more often 😩😩

#charlie slimecicile #slimecicle #please tell me im not the only one #me do be yapping a lot #rants #im a gay woman but holy shit that is a hot piece of man #but not like the weird yn romance way yk?

[nintendont2502]

Karkat Vantas is a monster fucker. You agree. Reblog

#youre telling me this man that spends his life reading romance novels *hasnt* browsed a couple of monster love stories? #and hasnt developed a *few* fantasies? #why do you think he dated gamzee? closest thing to a dateable monster you can get on alternia #when he started dating dave he was lowkey excited because holy shit maybe humans have some weird shit going on #and then he realises *hes* basically the monster in thejr relationship #and his heart breaks #me.txt #homestuck #davekat #karkat vantas

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

set in a cyberpunk Calcutta-inspired city, loosely inspired by Aladdin

chaotic monkey bot who wants to fight in underground mecha/bot tournaments and leave to become a space hero

his human sister, the daughter of failed revolutionaries who has been working her whole life to free their city from oppression and inequality, especially with the recent rumors that their planet is scheduled for destruction

and an old unearthed bot whose function is to observe & record the story of a client who meets the siblings and quickly becomes involved in their lives

and a treasure hunt to find an old and powerful piece of alien tech that has the power to radically change their city

#The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport #aroaessidhe 2024 reads #I really loved this #a little robot with a big personality? TWO of them? im in. #The pacing is a bit weird - the first half could honestly be a contained novella. the second half is a bit all over the place #But I’m ultimately glad to have that extra more complex part of the story #it’s like very action packed with a few dense moments especially like the infodumps about what Lina / her mother’s deal is. #which kinda makes sense on a technical level (Moku learning this all at once) but also I definitely felt a bit confused at why/how some of #the stuff that was going on was happening #I did also find every now and then weirdly worded prose took me out of it? but I can look past that #I felt the side romance was random and weird. I felt like it did a disservice to her otherwise complex character to have her just forget #her goals and values because Hot Man? #idk. it’s lampshaded a bit by being viewed through the POV who also thinks it is weird and makes no sense #but they still get together again in the end…. I would have preferred if they didn’t. #that's mostly complaints LOL but the world is so rich and interesting and i love robots that are little shits (affectionate) #queer books

[caruliaa]

just bc im a lesbian doesnt mean tht i wont at times become deeply entranced with the beauty of male actor or character. it just means i wld rather be locked in a room with a man with a knife than do anything romantic or sexual with one

#NO OFFENCE TO MEN AS PEOPLE THAT EXIST. but also i shldnt have to say tht after saying this yk #also b4 u say ooh ur aro tho why do u need to specifcy u wldnt do anything romantic w a man when i wldnt with a woman either #i am actually pretty romance favorable. like i would be in a romantic relationship with a woman if it wldnt ruin my life #with how it is rn . i think i like and want all the parts tht make up a romantic relationship i just dont experince romantic attraction #but anyway i was here to talk abt my sexuality not my romantic orientation #this post was originally like 'im remembering why there was such a huge overlap with my og major starkid hyperfixation #and me identifing as bisexual' but the thing is is the main main guy from starkid i remember being attracted too #was infact . rob. and thats aged badly bc of it being revealed that hes a fucking creep since then #but also just now not that we should ignore tht but regardless of that i just. dont see it at all #maybe it is that news subconsiously turning me off him but i really dont see that much what i liked abt his appearance #but who rly inspired this post to me is infact . jeff blim ? which is suprising just from the fact tht i dont ever remember #having tht big of a crush on him with that og starkid hyperfixation. but well he is a very beautiful man . giggling a little bit. sorry . #also becoming a bit obsessed with joey richter but thts just standard lesbian obssesion with a weird little man #not attractive to me im just obssesed with him. hi #also posting this now so when i finally watch the fnaf movie i can rb it abt josh hutcherson #anyway. does anyone read these tags do these long rants i go on like. turn ppl off of my posts. sometimes i wonder #flappy rambles

[achilleabee]

i feel like a common gay arospec experience is not being able to tell if you have a crush on your best friend. like it feels like one, but not in the way people describe a crush. theres no butterflies in your stomach, you dont get really flustered or act stupid when youre around them. but theyre much more important to you than most others you know, but youre best friends so that would make sense. doesnt help at all if youre young or they arent interested in you like that, because its like yes i think about what itd be like to date them, but do i also nearly throw up the second i think about kissing them? yes. yes i do

#this is me talking to the void #arospec #aro #aromantic #lesbian #sapphic #romance is weird man i dont even have much care for it i just want to define this

[moeblob]

Karen: LMAO every guy I meet reminds me of my big brothers that's so funny except if Paul is already my brother and you're also a brother that's a bit awkward, huh Hot bartender: THATS MOVING REALLY FAST AND I LIKE YOU AS A PERSON BUT - Karen: having my brothers date would be SO WEIRD Hot bartender: Well on the bright side I literally cannot speak more than five words to him so we aren't dating because he's so cute

(Everyone else: that is somehow the most depressing bright side we never want to hear)

#my characters #oops i fell in love #I just think its really funny how i view so many of the cast as either the only child or #somehow still the only child but with twin cousins that he grew up with somewhat like siblings but is older than them #and then THESE TWO LOSERS (beloveds) are definitely younger siblings #there is no way Karen developed her personality without the help of older brothers #there is also a very funny and agonizing thing where she is super single cause she can't view a guy as more than a brother #she meets an asshole and is like wow just getting huge brother vibes from him wtf #and meets the nicest man possible and is like HOW IS HE ALSO LIKE A BROTHER I WILL NEVER LOVE ROMANTICALLY #and she has all of the guy friends and its very clear if they were interested she has long since friendzoned them #but its fine because they all are also convinced that shes exactly what it would be like to have a brother #so its fine its all good no one really agonizes over not romancing her and she just as a found family in everyone #hi my name is salmon and you may recall my feheroes experience where i want to give a certain male all of the siblings #the sibling adopter extraordinaire ? yeah thats basically karen now that i think about it #you know one time at work at my first job there was a girl who had a crush on a guy and we all worked the same shift a lot #and one day she was whining because he was so friendly to me and he looks at the girl straight faced and says #ITS BROS BEFORE HOES aint that right and im like uh huh sure thats exactly right #and later i told him i really wanted to know where she went wrong because i had a crush on him in school until he opened his mouth #and hes like yeah sucks to wanna date me you made the right choice #and i just ..... will never forget that weird guy #he saw me in a hoodie once and goes NO WAY I HAVE THE SAME ONE and then makes sure he brings it in next time we work together to prove it #he was like an annoying younger brother to me and i thought it was very funny that apparently i too am a sibling to him #i might be adopted and i might be biased but i think everyone could use an adopted sibling that they dont live with #thats a special bond ok im just sayin #also sorry its so late tonight i had some uhhhhhh problems haha

[crimeronan]

there's ALSO hilarity potential in the princess luz AU w amity being like "okay. so he's your cousin on a technicality but like barely acts like your cousin and is basically your brother but you don't call him your brother and you guys are a lot weirder and clingier than i've ever been with my siblings but you're also definitely not lovers so what..... what DO you call him" and luz being like "he's just hunter :) he's my special little guy :)" while hunter, who's been listening to and watching this entire exchange bc he's around luz All The Fucking Time, is like [inb4 amity can say it herself] "i'm her pet dog. woof."

#sorry. my rodansey is showing. theyre even closer to rodansey in this AU than in the canon and it Gets Me Every Time #truly neither luz nor hunter beating the 'you two are fucking weird' allegations #my favorite relationships are always the queerplatonic pairs that are equal parts wholesome and DISASTROUS #like you guys arent just a sexless romanceless romance. theres something so much more deeply bizarre and wrong with you #that's what i want. all the time. amity's gonna get stuck with both these idiots for life #she's gonna love them both So Much. and theyre both SO STUPID. #ideal. so good. can you tell i'm in some pain. i gotta take a migraine med. think about these three #toh #shitty idiot repression gang #lumity #and who is that other witch #horrible mindscape trauma pals #princess luz au #hunter: i'm her silly rabbit. amity: is that what she calls you. hunter: no #luz mostly just refers to him as her best friend if pressed. but hes her right hand arm man. et cetera

[the-knife-consumer]

Grah as someone who does sort of like zelink its just??? Disappointing? Disheartening? That people are SO hellbent on them being an explicitly romantic couple and getting mad at others for being like "oh i just see them as friends :)" and coming onto people's posts where they are portrayed as friends or just close with no romance and being like "uuuum actually theyre MARRIED theyre in a RELATIONSHIP! BC OBVIOUSLY you can NEVER share a house with someone without being married! Zelink canon 😏 cope seethe🔥" like do you understand how painfully annoying that is

#yaddayadda as someone who is usually averse to romance but has VERY close friends and plans to room with #a friend to not be painfully lonely and have platonic companionship its just. ugh. #'oh they lived in the same house and probably shared a bed! so romance obviously!' ... implying that in order #to be allowed that comfort you HAVE to be romantically involved with that person. no other way for that to happen. #ugh its just. like do not get me wrong i do like zelink but it is a bit 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 why.. why are you people being so #weird. i dont know to exactly put it into words but cmon man. that thing where people #try and treat friendship qpr and romance as entirely seperate things that can NEVER overlap its just. UUUGGH #and where they like. say that friends can only behave like this and they cant do this bc if they do then theyre a couple. #uuuugghhh SHUT UP AND EXPLODE RIGHT NOW #just the idea that friendship is inherently lesser than romance in some way is SO gross yucky bad uuugghh

[waterfall-ambience]

nghm okay my take on the neuvillette 'ships' is that they're...all kinda boring? theres a lot of interesting dynamics to explore dont get me wrong but for all of them romance is the least interesting option lol. first is because i dont think he's romantically-inclined by nature (aroace king) but also he intentionally tries to keep people at arms length because of his position as iudex (so even if he has friendly connections i cant see anything 'more' than that actually working out) .

however the most interesting juxtaposition for his character imo is being so filled with love for the world and the people around him and simulataneously not experiencing 'love' in the way a lot of people traditionally understand it. he loves people so deeply no he does not want to pursue any of them romantically. it doesnt even have anything to do with him being a dragon, he's just like that.

#genshinblogging #i dont want to like lean into the idea that aroace people are somehow inhuman but i think the experience would intersect with his dragonhood #but at the same time he'd be pleasantly surprised if he found out that some humans dont experience certain forms of attraction as well #yknow theres a bit of human connection there. like hey man you're not as 'inhuman' as you think you are. youve got something in common with #ordinary human beings #idk i saw a take about his & furina's relationship that kinda ticked me off. their dynamic is weird and complicated by their positions and #traumas and literally everything. they're siblings they're awkward coworkers they're father and daughter they're estranged and #they care about each other. but there is no romance. you can have that level of complexity without romance #and i think adding in the 'neuvillette is romantically interested in furina' aspect to that just flattens it? #romantic shipping is a black hole. once you put the romantic aspect in there it swallows up basically everything else #because it recontextualises everything. in this case unnecessarily so #(im ace and frustrated by amatonormativity again)

[howhow326]

Nerites x Poseidon retelling where Nerities is a young adult and he gets saved by Poseidon which causes him to fall head over heels and everyone else tells him that he shouldn't be with Poseidon because he's too old for him and he's problematic and there's a power imbalance and and and but Nerites decides "I'm going to fuck that old man" anyway.

Bonus: Poseidon dosen't push Nerites into a relationship and allows Nerites to decide how fast their relationship is going and he dosen't kidnap him or rape him or force him to be his husband or turn him into a cup barer or whatever and yes I am shiting all over the other two ships

#nerites #poseidon #nerites x poseidon #like we can have a relationship that confronts all the weirdness of an actual DILF romance head on without being passive aggresive about it #and without turning it into romanticzizing abuse #he fucked that old man #hes proud of it #hes a homewreaker but not really cuz Poseidon's wifey was asexual anyway and didnt want to be with him actually #you can do that #and not whatever LO did #anti lo #also if someone does this but villainizes Amphitrite than just throw the whole thing away #just let the story be about a young man on his quest to fuck the 2nd worst old man ever #thank you for coming to my ted talk #greek retelling #mythology fandom

[15-lizards]

Need a film adaptation of Little Women where Jo clearly does not want to marry Bhaer and is pressured into it. A reflection of the publishers pressuring Louisa May Alcott to have Jo be married at the end, if you will. I think it would fix me in a really weird way

#it would just be cathartic #every weird young lesbian should have been able to see themselves in cool spinster aunt Jo March #Louisa May if you can hear me from beyond the grave just know I’ve always supported your unmarried Jo vision #my main gripe with the recent movie #loved the classic themes of coming of age and sisterhood but did not like Jo desiring romance and in turn Bhaer #she did not like that man that much and I will stand by that! #at least not in a romantic way they were coworkers and friends To Me