#that's explicitly romantic

[sixth-light]

I think one of the things I liked best about Nimona was that it foregrounded a queer relationship and a major subplot was *about* that relationship without being a will they/won't they (fall in OR out of love) story, which is...just not something that happens a lot in SFF movies for het relationships, let alone queer ones. more like this, please

(also fuck Disney forever yet again that showing [significant act of violence] and [very distressing mental health symptom] was cool with them but two dudes being boyfriends in an extremely low-key way was not. that was as G-rated a relationship as any Disney princess romance, so if THAT didn't pass muster...bah)

#nimona #existing relationships are so much my jam #it wasn't 'do you even love me' it was 'do you even KNOW me' #and IDK why that hits just right #something about how you could have that for a friendship OR a romantic relationship #but it explicitly WAS a romantic relationship

[cwbuggo]

what if, instead of a boring ol text post, i made a goofy little mock user manual about my worker drone headcanons.. what then?

#buggo bumbles #murder drones #murder drones fanart #murder drones headcanon #art by buggo #uzi doorman #serial designation n #biscuit bites #// i can tag this biscuit bites right? #// even if its not explicitly romantic? #// eh whtv #// also #// my ask box is open.... if you have suggestions ! for this project in particular (but also in general) #digital art

[bakudekublogblog]

shigaraki being like “I’m killing you bc you’re izuku midoriya’s baby girl and it’ll send him into the rage” is SO LOVE INTEREST it’s so YOURE HIS PRECIOUS SOMEONE if something happens to YOU he’s gonna LOSE IT if you wanna go for izuku’s HEART you TAKE HIS KACCHAN

#bakudeku #bkdk #manga spoilers #I’m getting caught up in the manga and katsuki being izuku’s damsel is so #he’s so the love interest coded he’s explicitly izuku’s precious someone #how is bkdk up for debate when the MAIN ANTAGONISTS ARE LIKE it’s you you’re his baby girl get him #it’s so CHARGED ITS SO ROMANTIC ITS SO!!!! #no one means as much to izuku as katsuki does no one else has his love so intensely!! #like guys the author would NOT be doing this unless it was true #no sane author is gonna have just pick anyone to send the mc into a rage #at the CLIMAX his DARKEST HOUR #YOU DONT JUST PICK ANYONE TO KILL OFF DRAMATICALLY IN FRONT OF THE PROTAGONIST #YOU KILL OFF THE ONE THATS GONNA HIT HARDEST #anyway bkdk canon argue with the wall

[kelocitta]

In honor of the @rw-ship-showdown I wanted to write about Artihunter as someone who jokingly slapped them together pre-downpour and still thinks they are actually very compelling. Just not in the super soft love wins kinda way (Although I get why people like that more) And the only way I know how to do that is talking too much so heres a far too long slug essay-

Obviously the slugcats don't offer a ton of characterization but theres not nothing to work with. Their stories, whether by their roles in it or the overarching themes do provide a backbone to work with. Even gameplay itself can provide a bit. (for some more than others) Hunter, to me, is ultimately a story about selflessness. The goal is to revive Moon, which is very much an act of kindness from both Hunter and NSH. But the weight of that action is much more significant for Hunter- Hunter is deeply sick. They're on the clock, and for all their skill in combat none of that will ultimately help them to survive longer than their body can hold out. Moon is a close friend of NSH but that means little Hunter- Hunter really gets next to nothing out of helping them, and ultimately pays quiet a bit spending their limited time alive fighting to deliver that neuron so that someone else can live.

To spend ones limited days on helping another, in a game that very much stresses the unwavering cruelty of the world and nature- is pretty notable. (And you could even say that Hunter being the Hardmode of Rain World adds another layer to this)

And then we have Artificer. A storyline that very much stands out to people as more… villainous (so to speak) than the other slugcats. Artificer's story covers a lot of things. Trauma, violence, revenge, etc. Revenge is a bit of a selfish desire- That need to see someone hurt as they have hurt you. A punishment that ultimately does not fix whatever harm was done- but feels good to see because you were hurt and now those responsible share that pain.

Artificer's actions are founded in that need for revenge, their pups killed for overstepping boundaries they didn't know existed. Is it not fair for them to be angry at that, to punish the scavengers for their violence with their own? Why should the scavengers ever be forgiven when they and their pups were not? And that's how you get that loop- Harm for harm over and over.

The original action has been lost in a spiral of violence for violence. And here stands Artificer- their very spirit scarred. Not just because they sought revenge, but because they never ceased trying to scratch that itch for violence as an answer. Artificer only has two paths for their story- killing the scavenger king (Someone who, really, has little to do with the original 'crime' of the scavengers, but represents an important individual to them- as did the slugpups to Artificer), locking themselves as karma one for good and spending the rest of their life chasing creatures that no longer even fight back in a warped sense of closure- or to dissolve themselves in the acids of the void sea because they're too far gone to find any real peace.

They can't meaningfully recover from that state, not alone, twisting in on themselves. Even if they halt their actions, they've been using violence as a feeble defense against their own pain- violence that no longer has any real direction or basis. Artificer gets no real closure from killing the scavenger king. All they can do is continue the cycle, or try to scrub it away. No real peace in a prison of their own making. So you have a creature, who even with a strict timer on their life- a body that will crumble to disease, spends its last bit of time on saving another. And another who was so caught up in the pain of loss that were eaten alive by their own anger, poisoned their own soul on such a deep level even self-proclaimed gods have no solution for them. What peace can they offer each other? For Hunter, its only a fleeting moment of happiness- of selfish love, before their own body fails them. A bit of indulgence in something for themself. For Artificer, its a single, comforting thread to ground them again, something tangible to protect and care about again. But thats a thread that will ultimately be snapped under the cruel indifference of the world. Hunters timer will tick down regardless of if it takes another with it. Its a tragedy- its doomed to end badly. Whatever good it offers to either of them to find each other will only provide the fleeting comfort of a band-aid that will be ripped away too early. But all that can be worth indulging in anyway, if only for the moment. It doesn't change the ending, but the ending was never going to be happy. Its can so yuri

#rain world #rw shipping #tagging that just cause this is explicitly about that even though I usually dont do shipping stuff #with that said i dont even think this particular interpretation of a possible dynamic needs to be romantic its just kinda #about companionship in general. companionship thats going to absolutely shred an already unstable slug emotionally but thats #the point. friendship and love in spite of the unavoidable ending #just noticed this is like 80% theme analysis and 20% 'these go together just trust me' #but also theyre both girls because i want them to and also because im channeling hornet from hollow knight #who made me so deeply ill that my rain world tags still havent outcompeted my Hk tags because i drew her so much. so so much. #hunter is hornet coded to me and artificer is like if angela and gebura from lc combined into a deeply fucked up ferret #also i did tag the poll because they kinda inspired this but also. i wasnt gonna put all this out here WITHOUT a readmore thats embarassing #but i guess this is propaganda for a ship already seen as popular but like... idk i think theres something to it even as someone #who did literally slap them together originally because they were both red slugcats i considered girls. predownpour so we didnt have anythi #anyway hi tag readers i have so much work to do im being bad by writing about gay slugs. i need to get myself together #its so late this might just be nonsense bwaaaaaaa

[lucky-clover-gazette]

two people loving each other deeply and physically and emotionally while not having sex can still be romantic that does not mean they’re basically just platonic oh my fu

#this is not vagueing any specific mutual this whole attitude is just getting to me #the constant inserting of ‘well this is sweet if it’s platonic too’ like I GET IT BUT IT’S NOT #NOT IN THIS INSTANCE #I AM EXPLICITLY SAYING IT IS ROMANTIC BC THIS IS WHAT ROMANCE IS TO ME

[charmac]

Written by Rob McElhenney

Directed by Glenn Howerton

#iasip #macdennis #the gang gets romantic #sunny scripts #sunny 14 #the amount of mac harrassing dennis that was cut from this script is crazyyyy lmfao #like every scene has mac touching dennis or dennis saying more explicitly hes trying to offload mac #so very interesting...

[shakingparadigm]

The kiss is very controversial but if there's one thing about it that I'm most grateful for, it's that I can send that shit over and over again to my friend who insisted that Ivan and Till had a brotherly relationship

#THAT SHIT WAS NEVER BROTHERLY WHAT ARE YOU ON 🔥🔥🔥 #i know ivan wasn't happy during the kiss. it didnt elate him or anything of the sort but it at least sent a message #he confirmed that his feelings were explicitly romantic. he was in love. it wasn't just a best friend thing or a “brother” thing. #and honestly amidst the confusion and several hundred different interpretations #i admire the fact that they went out of their way to make that one thing clear #as if it wasnt clear enough already #at least i have solid evidence for the non believers #alnst #alien stage #alien stage round 6 #ivantill

[science-lings]

Out of every ship i have been invested in, which isn't a whole lot but still, I think that narumitsu is the most justified in being the most painfully slow burn to ever have burned. Like, it's obvious to literally everyone around them that there is something between them but it still takes twenty years to do anything about it. Not because they're stupid but they're both just specific types of fucked up that make getting into a relationship kind of impossible.

They're both seemingly very reluctant to get into any sort of romantic relationships in the first place, one due to general disinterest and a truly incredible amount of emotional constipation, and the other due to his last (and only known) relationship being so fucked up that he kind of gave up on the concept entirely. Them being excruciatingly in denial about being in love for decades is just so in character because they're just Like That.

Their history is also complicated enough to warrant waiting around for each other forever, there's so much baggage and trauma and hurt between them that it's just crazy. They've saved each other and they've hurt each other and they push each other away, they owe each other their lives and their jobs and their hopes. They would do anything for each other but are still pretty justified in being afraid to take the last step into making their relationship not just platonic.

idk it feels like a lot of other ships fall into the infuriatingly slow romance because the characters are too stupid to take a hint and it's just kind of painful after a while but these are the most hilariously repressed characters I have ever seen and while they might be stupid about their own feelings, it's usually stemming from trauma which is far more interesting for me personally lol.

#my pet peeve in fics is when they admit to being stupid after pining for so long like NO YOURE TRAUMATIZED #THEY'RE JUST MENTALLY ILL #also they are some of the most non explicitly aroace characters I feel like I've come across #also its so funny to think about how gradual their attraction towards each other could have been #they start out pretty strong but are constantly toeing the line between platonic and romantic while thinking its all platonic #everyone thinks theyre married but they haven't even kissed yet #narumitsu #wrightworth #pheonix wright #miles edgeworth #ace attorney #sorry for rambling again

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID: an 11 panel comic featuring characters from the owl house. Panel 1- a cloaked Darius sneaking around a wall. panel 2 he peaks around the corner, saying "well? Did you retrieve...the package?". Panel 3 Hettie Cutburn (who has old Hollywood style text announcing "surprise Hettie Cutburn!" next to her) says "Darius! Of course! Took some digging but I found them eventually. Tell the boy I say 'hi!'". Panel four- she hands documents labeled "classified" to Darius. Later, Hunter (post timeskip) walks through a door in Darius' home, saying "hey Darius, hey Eber, I'm ba-". Next panel- Darius, Willow, and Eberwolf on the couch. Hunter says "...willow?", She replies "hey hunter!", he asks "what are you guys doing?

Darius says "oh nothing...except looking at pictures of you as a baby!" Holding up the documents from earlier. We see two pictures of a younger hunter framed like panels- the first is of hunter as a baby/toddler aged hunter freshly sprouted out of the ground with a blanket around him, covered in dirt, while the second one shows a young scout Hunter covered in bandages receiving his sprig plushie. Darius' narration reads "courtesy of Hettie Cutburn- she found the only surviving copy of your early life medical records and gave them to me". Willow says "aww, you were so cute!". The final panel shows Hunter looking embarrassed/stunned as Willow takes a photo of the documents, and Darius says "I'm considering it an early father's day present- so, thank you, Hunter". End ID]

MERRY DADRIUS WEEK!!! Thank you to @sergeantsporks for hosting! There's other prompts I wanna do but they'll probably be late (maybe I'll do them in bulk and upload them on the final day). Til then here's a silly comic!

#the owl house #toh #dadrius week #hunter toh #hunter deamonne #darius deamonne #won't tag eber and willow cause they're barely there #also i realize that op isn't really a fan of hubtlow i. literally forgot while making this the brainrot was so strong #it's not explicitly romantic though so hopefully it's not obtrusive. i know ships are allowed but i don't wanna annoy anyone yknow? #anyway this was 90% an excuse to draw baby hunter even though it was 90% me practicing drawing Darius #he's fun to draw! i just struggle w drawing him consistently but like. i do that w/ most characters from illustration to illustration #i finished this right under the wire. executive dysfunction and exams really got my ass #but it's finished now! not perfect but i haven't really made a proper comic since my final piece this year #on account of that one took me like 6 months #i needed comic recovery time 😭 #also hope the ID isn't an issue for anyone since it's a bit spartan. i was trying to trim down it's length since a) it's long as fuck #and b) this fandom is- respectfully- whimpy as hell abt image IDs #but anyway yeah! happy dadrius week #and also happy fathers day if you celebrate! #i got my dad 'do androids dream of electric sheep' and he was really happy w/ that :]

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

Julian tells Miles he should give his wife a present and immediately suggests the exact same gift that he and Garak famously give each other, which could mean nothing

#garashir #Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #hilariously similar circumstances too: Garak leaving the station vs Keiko returning to it #JUST. YA KNOW. IN CASE THE AUDIENCE HAD ANY DOUBT ABOUT CHOCOLATE-GIVING BEING AN EXPLICITLY ROMANTIC GESTURE........... #also this scene is so fucking funny bc Julian killed Keiko's prized plants and is trying to avoid him and Miles getting yelled at for it #literally the PERFECT setup for a Garak-Keiko team up!!! he should help her scheme to get revenge on these dumbasses!!! #also he might be useful with the pagh wraith situation. but mainly plant vengeance. #Starky's Original Posts

[kosegruppaa]

paul simms saying that nandermo would be problematic because "that's his boss" is the funniest and weirdest thing i have ever heard

WHAT DO YOU MEEEAAAAAN ???

also "nandor + guillermo + kiss" on an index card "burning a hole" on the wall in the writers room??!??!?!??!?!?!??!?!

#what we do in the shadows #paul simms might become my enemy actually #also like. what do they think people want nandermo to be #me personally im not sure i even want them to be 'canon' in a traditional sense #but like maybe more explicitly romantic #and maybe canon in the end but mostly i just want more of their insane dynamic #but to write this show the way it is and then be like 'well nandor is his boos so nandermo would be Problematique actually' is insane to me #wwdits

[hell0mega]

underrated doctor donna scene

#doctor who #donna noble #10th doctor #tenth doctor #catherine tate #david tennant #doctor donna #them: *makes it explicitly clear that it's not going to be a romantic relationship* #me: good cuz im not over rose and he isn't either #them: *does shit like this* #me: ..........FUCK #my favorite parts of this scene are #1) the TINIEST LITTLE ''really? :('' he does #2) the fucking EYE CONTACT #3) the ''laugh'' he does when he says ''so many places i wanted to take you'' is so fucking real. i felt that #4) the way he holds his face out of embarrassment at the end #mine #edit: how could i fuckin forget. the way he RUNS UP and GRABS HER HAND???????? LIKE A LIL KID

[toxi-works-at-culvers]

do NOT separate them!!! (or maybe do. that might be for the better)

#wasnt going to post these but whatever. get sprited boy #i attempted minigame style but well. i couldnt stand it #these were just made for my website lol #dont use without permission or ill hunt you like a dog #fnaf #fnaf art #my art #digital art #artists on tumblr #artwork #drawing #illustration #artistsupport #five nights at freddys #fnaf fanart #william afton #henry emily #i wont tag willry since this isnt explicitly romantic #but as you know. of course they are in my heart #purple guy

[theyhitthepentagon]

CRINGETOBER DAY 3 - ANGEL X DEVIL

wasnt sure what i was gonna do today but then i saw a post in the at tag saying there should be betty selfcest between golbetty and magic betty like there is between simon and the winterking and i felt like i had an epiphany

#my truth #my art #betty grof #golbetty #adventure time #fionna and cake #selfcest #its not explicitly romantic but i assure you it is. i just cant draw romance sorry #put too much effort into this for it to be ironic SORRY! #cringetober #bettycest

[hopelesslyromanticgay]

This is Stupid (Don’t Stop)

Wednesday Addams X GN! Reader

I burst into Wedneday’s room in a hurry. 

“Y/N, have you been stabbed?” she asks worriedly.

“No.”

“Have you been threatened with stabbing?”

“No!”

“Have you had the urge to stab someone?”

“Wednesday none of this has to do with knives!”

“Then what is it?” she asks curiously, “battle axes?”

“I just had a rough day, and was hoping I could talk to you” I mumble, it seems rather stupid compared to stabbing.

“Give me two minutes, my writing time ends at 6:30, and it’s only 6:28.” I nod, starting to sniffle a little.

“Thing, get Y/N some tissues,” she orders him. He rapidly signs at her, she groans.

“I guess two minutes isn’t the worst tragedy,” she begrudgingly gets up and sits next to me.

“What happened?” she demands, unsure of what to do.

“Just a lot of work,” I respond honestly, “someone gave Yoko and allergic reaction by cross contaminating her pizza and someone else’s garlic bread, so I had to shock an epipen into her, which isn’t exactly fun…”

“So there was stabbing!” Wednesday grins.

“This is so not the time, Nes,” I deadpan.

“My apologies, please continue.”

“I was just overwhelmed honestly, and the bees could sense it when I went to see Eugene, so I got seven bee stings.” I hold up my arm to show her. She looks in pure curiosity.

“What morbidly round shaped wounds they make until you pull out the stinger, barbed, destroys the perfect dome,” she comments, “I realize that’s probably not what you wanted to hear, apologies again.”

“At least you’re listening,” I sigh. I end up resting my head on her shoulder. She doesn’t move.

“What are you doing, L/N?”

“Getting physical comfort.” I wrap an arm around her waist.

“This seems pointless. I am the least comforting person known in this world. You should try Sinclair. She loves to smother people with affection, and not in the suffocating way. Much to my dismay.”

“Okay, fine, I’ll stop,” I start to pull away but she reaches out her hand to stop me.

“Just because it’s stupid does not mean you should leave,” she asserts, “I will call Sinclair so she can comfort you.”

“Wednesday, I don’t want Enid to comfort me, I want you.”

“Why would you possibly want me?”

“Cuz I knew you’d like the bee stings,” I tease her, elbowing her just a little. This earns the smallest smile from her. God I love her smile. 

“You know me well, Y/N.”

“I’d like to think so.”

#Wednesday addams #wednesday fanfic #cute #cuddles #Jenna ortega #jenna ortega x reader #gn! Reader #wednesday addams x reader #comfort #hurt/comfort #nevermore academy #enid sinclair #wednesday is secretly a softy #Cute #not explicitly romantic #eugene ottinger

[ind1c0lite]

Them <3 (also trying out a new brush and a different lighting style hjklj)

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #narumitsu #indys art #there was supposed to be more to this but I really couldnt bring myself to finish it fully so u get the best part instead <3 #also it isnt explicitly romantic or whatever but that is the intended vibe hence the tag #I REALLY like how this came out im SO proud of it #drawing edgeworth smiling is always very nice <3