of blood and starlight

hi, i’m sage | nd | the pitt !!

[longstoryshort-143]

[luke-thompsons]

OFF CAMPUS (2026—) Season 1

[unemployedinfabuland]

I love their friendship so much. They mean so much to me. I loved the fact the show highlighted healthy male friendships. How they were vulnerable with each other and safe spaces for each other. It was beautiful to see.

[p0p-salvation]

[offcampusdaily]

OFF CAMPUS

S01E03 - The Orgasm

[diaryofsongs]

wtf is tumblr premium? wtf has become of this app

[automakta]

I feel like everyone is trying to be the same person

[comradesandallies]

was just reading a kingdon fanfic and realized I need a scene in the next season with Frank calling Mel like “Melissa” in a warning tone like only soft dom Langdon could call her. I mean, he needs to regain control of things and it’s difficult for him to get back on track, and she needs to be cared for and this scene could be similar to the “Dr. King, why don’t you get some air”? Buuut then she doesn’t obey and he goes “Melissa” andddddd that’s it I just need it

[psychicpinenut]

langdon being the only person in the ed who doesn't cut mel off and the one time he does he thinks about it for the rest of the shift and then apologizes??? jesus christ

[aintmyjewelry]

[katskipz16]

I think this is the point where Robby finally realizes why Langdon was his ‘golden boy’ and ‘heir apparent’ for the ER in the first place. The addiction skewed everything so negatively in his mind, he saw Frank as a caricature of his former self. Now, he’s seeing the actual man he used to know. It’s forcing him to confront his notions of who Frank is now, especially after rehab.

[dahlia-molinas]

and you know what. you can't even blame kingdon shippers because at this point frank langdon is the only one who bothers to engage in a conversation with mel.

[stardoves]

[scripturiends]

reading the new tdeardz elle interview and i am absolutely picking up what they are putting down which is that

1. r scott gemmill reframed the ambulance bay scene in the finale to reflect that langdonmel have definitely crossed the threshold from a mentor-mentee relationship to becoming equals, not just equals but definitively friends. they share their joys and sorrows with each other without the pressure of having one be solved or the other be put on a pedestal, it’s just a reflection of the long day they both have had

2. tdeardz wants langdonmel to stay friends because if they push further than that, it could end. and she and pball do not want the langdonmel dynamic to fizzle out the way quick romances do.

and i understand that, i really do. i think maybe what they don’t realize or maybe it’s not communicated to them by the interviewers or anyone really (not that anyone has to) is that what draws most of us viewers to their dynamic is the fact that it’s both slow and quick at the same time. it’s quick in the sense that there’s this instant chemistry, that they’ve managed to connect in such a short amount of time, but it’s also sweetly slow in that we know there’s still so much potential to scale up. what draws viewers in is always the thrill of the chase, the possibility of a friends to lovers dynamic, but because of what the canon has established especially in the finale (confirmed by r scott gemmill) is that they can never revert to anything below friendship anymore.

as i’ve said before, they either have to maintain the momentum (which is what pdeardz want, “to keep a lifelong friendship”), until they peak at a certain level and they have to take the relationship into a romantic one or just hit a wall and stay friends and that’s it. but it can never ever be reduced to anything else below best friends or soulmates because 2 shifts with each other, not even fully together, and they’re already acting like that. what more when they get to spend those next 4 months everyday nonstop

and also i do think it’s even more romantic, even if she probably didn’t mean to make it sound that way, to not want to get too close to the flame in case it burns you but to comfortably sit with the hearth because of the constant warmth you both can give each other. sure, i get that. u don’t want to lose him so u just won’t risk it. but that lifelong friendship can become a lifelong romance too if u play it right. many of the best relationships start from friendships but i digress because that’s not the point i’m trying to make with this observation

what’s really funny to me actually is that not once has it been brought up in this interview specifically that the reason they cannot cross that threshold from friends to lovers is because langdon is married

like ok i can accept obviously the reasoning that oh they must stay the way they are because one mustn’t ruin the friendship with romance whatever sure.. but what about the big huge shiny wedding band-shaped elephant in the room.. are we ever going to address that

[felvsworld]

01.11->02.15

[diaryofsongs]

PERLAH. Perlah. That scene at the end with the fireworks. Perlah. She remembered. Louie wanted to see those damn fireworks.

[divorcedfranklangdon]

how people look at you when you're a fucking nerd

[bumblebunss]

remember in s1 when mel was distraught finding out frank was gone because she couldn't tell him about the emergency delivery they did that day

and now s2 we have frank checking in on her as the day's about to end and asking how she is, talking about their day and getting to bounce off of each other's attention only the two of them get to share so intimately