"To define is to limit"

random thoughts about things that i like. you will encounter multiple fandoms here. art and music. occasional nerdiness. and quotes. lots of quotes. please be 18 or older

[recolored-classics]

Lunar night (1899) by Ivan Aivazovsky

[scullee]

more x-files studies

[inthecrystalofadream]

How Sieun absolutely humiliated Seongje in that fight

[minyoonjin]

MY ETERNAL KING

[inthecrystalofadream]

And it's the classic romance trope that applies to them. The "Someone hurt me, but don't tell my man about it because he would try to defend me and I don't want him getting hurt for me." The "he finds out anyway and makes sure the other is alright before taking his revenge, quiet, dark-knight-type shit, all because no one touches what he loves". The "who did this to you" of it all.

[inthecrystalofadream]

Studying is all fun and games until you actually need to study

[yvesinc]

Weak Hero Class 2 (2025)

[hystericalend]

you ever think about how suho never told sieun that beomseok tampered with his motorcycle. about when sieun asked what was wrong with his leg, suho smiled and said, "It's nothing. don't worry about it," and never told him that beomseok almost got him killed. about how as sieun kept trying to reach out to beomseok and reconnect, suho watched on knowing that beomseok hated him enough to want him dead, but stayed silent and let sieun try because he knew beomseok still meant something to sieun.

cause im thinking about it. a lot.

[theedorksinlove]

he 😭 has 😭 someone 😭 who's 😭 waiting 😭 for 😭 him 😭

[inthecrystalofadream]

characters that go mad at the loss of another >>>>>>>

[skavod29]

Still waiting for his king…

[benzohoarder]

[figural]

#google translate does not capture the tone switch so i have to say. first two sentences are like. normal maybe kind of feminine posting tone #& the last is like. shounen manga protagonist. action movie hero. jojo's bizarre adventure character. #the tone you would use if you were holding a gun with the safety off (– @chadlesbianjasontodd)

[southfarthing]

happy merlin finale anniversary 2025 <3

[onceplusfuture]

long live the king

[inthecrystalofadream]

And it's the classic romance trope that applies to them. The "Someone hurt me, but don't tell my man about it because he would try to defend me and I don't want him getting hurt for me." The "he finds out anyway and makes sure the other is alright before taking his revenge, quiet, dark-knight-type shit, all because no one touches what he loves". The "who did this to you" of it all.

[starliteonearth]

A lot of people seem to think Sieun's and Suho's relationship is just sweet and lovey dovey and nice, and completely miss the darker, violent side of their connection. For hurting Sieun, Suho breaks Yeongbin's hand like nothing and sits there completely unbothered while that boy cries in pain at his feet. For hurting Suho, Sieun smashes Wooyoung's ankle with a dumbbell and leaves him screaming on the floor, utterly uncaring. Both are capable of great violence and are deeply obsessed with each other to the point of unleashing it on others with no fucks given.

[suhosieun]

it’s genuinely wild how often weak hero gets reduced to "bromance,” like the story is just about a particularly intense friendship and not something far more complicated, far more intimate. this isn't just shippers projecting. this isn't just wishful thinking. you don’t need the director and cast members repeatedly claiming that suho and sieun are each other's first love to interpret that on your own. the narrative already tells you this with absolute clarity.

the queer subtext isn’t subtle. it’s not hidden in glances or throwaway lines. it’s built into the structure of their relationship, in every decision they make. suho knew beomseok had tampered with his bike. that wasn’t just bullying, it was a premeditated act of violence. he knew what kind of danger he was walking into when he went to the ring, and he went anyway. alone. outnumbered. no illusions. he knew he could die. but he went. because they hurt sieun. because sieun got hurt for him.

that’s their language. not confession, but action. not sentiment, but sacrifice. die for each other. kill for each other.

and sieun, who had always been defined by his discipline, his detachment, his spotless academic record? he lets himself spiral. he got expelled. stopped eating. stopped sleeping. stopped going to cram school. when he found out suho was in critical condition, he froze in the middle of the street and didn’t move, even with a car speeding toward him. as if life without suho wasn’t a life worth returning to.

he came back from a coma asking for suho, looking for him. suho was already in one because of him. they revolve around each other like twin stars caught in gravity’s pull. love doesn’t always look like romance, but that doesn’t make it less real. or less queer.

so no, it’s not just a bromance. and if that’s all you see. if you can watch all of that and not feel the weight of what’s being said without words? then i'm sorry, but you’ve missed the entire point.