Beautiful World

Hi and welcome to my multifandom blog. I post what I like and what comes to mind. Also aro ace and I put my ships into a qpr/deep friendship.

[dathen]

An age-old question aroaces get both from the outside and from personal doubts is “how can being aroace be about anything other than a lack? sure you have platonic bonds but allo people can have those too”

I used to compare this to how black and white photography has its own beauty you can appreciate on its own terms, but I’m feeling that less these days. It’s more like being able to see the stars without light pollution.

The stars are still there, but if you’re caught up in society’s amatonormativity and suffocating relationship structures you may never experience their full beauty. City lights have their own beauty, but they can choke out things you’re starved for beyond them.

(also fits with the whole “I’m not aromantic but I believe in their beliefs” thing I love seeing from people making an effort to understand)

[droodlebug]

fantasizing

[lonelylonelyghost]

I notice things about you that you haven't been aware of yourself, even though we met like three hours ago

[lonelylonelyghost]

It's about -

we met by a complete coincidence in a bus hijacking situation, but there was an instant connection

[lonelylonelyghost]

You look at my face and beneath the carefully maintained facade you see the rage and grief as easily as if it was written on my face

Because we are a little bit alike

[motherblackcap]

I actually really like the term genderqueer, because the only thing it specifies about your gender is that it's queer in some way. Does that mean you're nonbinary? Binary trans? Cis with some freaky cool gender presentation stuff going on? None of those or all of those? It doesn't matter and I think that's beautiful.

[redpepperwv]

too excited

[kaboku]

version with color. woah

[selachii-dragon]

One of the key reasons I think about Kemutai Hanashi SO MUCH is because I genially cannot comprehend it actually EXISTS.

Like what do you mean there is a slice of life manga which is both comforting and gut-wrenching. It's also so freaking thought-out, like everything means something. Space means something, flowers mean something, no line is wasted, every scene or thought or dialogue connects to some overarcing theme, so many metaphors...

Also did I mention it's the most aroace thing I've ever read? Like what do you mean it's not said upright in a "I've never fallen in love lol" way but rather in a "mom no I don't like guys and I don't know if he does but either way it's literally not important!!!!!!!!! why are you making such a deal out of it" way.

And what do you mean not just the central relationship is weird and unfit and cannot be put into neat little box people will like(which is already huge), actually EVERY relationship here is like that?? These high school girl best friends have something weird gong on. Oh, this straight couple? People don't get them either!! And these other straight people too - that's their deal?

Also the author just said "oh by the way these two are not going to be normal about each other ever", so we have "you turn my world upside down" and "you are the only person who can understand me" and "you are the one I want to spent the entirety of my life with" and "I don't want it and I don't like it but I will do it if that's for you" which flabbergasts me because most of time these kinds of sentiments are reserved for romance, BUT NOT HERE. Like YESSSS FINALLY I CAN TEAR MY HAIR OUT AND PACE AROUND THE ROOM BECAUSE OF A NOT ROMANTIC NOT PLATONIC BUT A THIRD THING KIND OF RELATIONSHIP!!!!!!!

Just genially. So many great qualities to have in one manga. Love it so much.

[obviouslystillfuschia]

Sakuko is aroace fearlessness. I love watching how happily she connects with people and enjoys life and delights in things big and small. The whole world is her friend and she brings joy to everything. Her heart is so big.

[zipsunz]

i'm not afraid of anything anymore

[atanerrum]

LOCK IN NOW!!💥

matching w this guy (z_z)

[arotechno]

i am rewatching koisenu futari right now, and i'm on episode two, struck again by how effortlessly this episode swings between a comedy of errors and an emotional gut-punch.

one thing i didn't quite register consciously before is that, when sakuko's family are very cheerfully telling her and takahashi that now they can start a "normal" family together, this isn't just in reference to the romance aspect; this is also directly after takahashi explains to them that he does not have parents.

they're extremely troubled by that fact, and yes, it is sort of a sad thing to bring up, and as a repeat viewer i know that takahashi has very complicated feelings on family in part because of that abandonment; but he assures them that it wasn't actually all that painful because his grandmother raised him with love, so he was happy.

that's when sakuko walks in, and they start waxing poetic about how finally they can have a Normal Family together, implying that not only would their actual arrangement as platonic housemates be abnormal, but takahashi's childhood and his entire life up to this point wasn't normal either. it paints having been raised by his grandmother instead of in a nuclear family unit with two parents as inherently tragic, broken, inferior, or strange, even though he was quite happy with just her.

the way this show neatly weaves together all of these complicated issues of family and values, all while this crab-centric aro comedy is playing out as the basic plot of the episode, is fantastic.

[easterndelights]

"At first, I didn't think we could be family without involving romantic feelings. But now, I feel like I can do it. So I don't want to feel lonely anymore."

恋せぬふたり Koisenu Futari (2022) | EP 8

[thegoddamnhat]

there's nothing quite like a random piece of media you consumed ages ago and loved at the time but kinda forgot about after coming back to you years later absolutely out of nowhere like "you thought you could forget about me? don't worry! i'm here to be the only thing you care about yet again" and then the cycle repeats

it's fun but also painful because the intensity of the obsession revived makes it hard to focus on anything else like someone get these fictional people out of my head please

[aro-ace-culture-is]

Aroace culture is writing characters in a way that stretches the limits of what people are generally willing to consider platonic while still having them be explicitly not romantic.

Like yes these two would die for each other, show physical affection very often (cuddling, holding each other’s faces, etc), they mutually think losing the other would be their personal end of the world and love each other more than anyone else.

No they are not in a romantic relationship. No they will not kiss. No, there is no “sexual tension”. Yes there is a platonic explanation for this. No, their relationship being platonic doesn’t somehow make it “less than” a romantic one.

.

[obviouslystillfuschia]

Koisenu Futari, my beloved (platonic)

I am so happy with the ending. It feels perfect and fulfilling and hopeful. The entire theme of the show has been about finding happiness. And finding a definition of happiness that is not heteronormative and amatonormative. The whole show is about how hard it is to be an aroace in a world that presses these things on you from all sides in many forms. 

Sakuko was desparate to find some little slice of her life that wasn’t subject to these pressures which is why she clung to the idea of a castle. She said she didn’t feel capable of “building her own castle”. She wanted  a place to hide, return to, a refuge, a solace from society that always told her she wasn’t enough as a single woman. In Takahashi’s house and through her friendship with him she found answers and support in her discovery of her identity and became confident in being aroace. She became prepared to build her own castle which means building her own life. In the end she found the confidence to embrace her happiness and to not be shaken by the pressures of society.

Takahashi found support and family in Sakuko. Everything he said about Sakuko bringing joy and color into his life is so significant! Before he met her he had the self-knowledge and assurance of who he was as an arocace person but he didn’t have the support he needed to fully live as himself! He always prioritized his Grandmother and then Sakuko because he is loyal and didn’t want to be alone. But in a way, he was still stuck in the heteronormative mold. He thought family meant living together in one house. Till death do you part. But Sakuko opened up a whole new way of thinking by shoving all the boxes society tries to put them in off the metaphorical table and saying WE ARE GOING TO LIVE OUR BEST LIVES! HOWEVER THAT LOOKS AND F*CK SOCIETY! 

Sakuko’s daring, bold, and cheerful personality allows Takahashi the ability to think differently! She showed him that happiness is available. There are many options in life. 

Takahashi’s kindness in opening up his life and house to Sakuko gave her the time to adjust to understanding herself as aroace and to face coming out to her family. 

Because they have chosen to be family they aren’t lonely but most importantly they are FREE!!! They would not have found the happiness and freedom they have now if not for each other. And that right there is a f*cking awesome found family.