Between BkDk, which of them knows they're in love with the other?
A question was asked: Is it just one, is it both, or is it neither? This is my reasoning behind why I think that both of them have realised their romantic feelings for the other.
I'll start with Izuku’s side first, as he is the veteran.
Izuku's been sitting on his feelings for quite some time and repressing them as much as he can, simply just knowing these feelings… exist. Izuku has always loved Kacchan, but I'm talking specifically about the moment he realised what kind of love it was.
I think the moment that really did Izuku in was witnessing the growth in Katsuki's heroic heart for the very first time, during his team's battle in the Joint Training arc. Shiny eyes watched Kacchan's newly perfected teamwork as he fought the opposition while protecting his team and allowing them to cover for him in return.
This change in Katsuki was his heart becoming more like Izuku's, in his efforts to become the top hero that cares about saving and winning equally. He no longer looked down on the action of saving a person, so he no longer looked down on what it meant to be saved by others either. I think this really cast him in a new light for Izuku.
Kirishima: "But it's true it might be the first time we've ever seen him do something like this." (Katsuki protecting others)
As well as planting a seed foreshadowing Bakugou Katsuki Rising, Hori placed the speech bubble over a very bare panel of Izuku watching Kacchan for two reasons: Emphasis that Izuku was also seeing Kacchan's character growth for the first time, and to imply that the change in Katsuki's character that Monoma had just been yelling about was, in large part, influenced by Izuku himself.
The paneling is so genius. It seemed insignificant enough to be ignored by Bones, yet it says so much more than all other panels because it tells a story of the piece in Katsuki that had been missing their whole lives, it’s simplistic emptiness conveying the beauty Izuku saw in him finding it. If Katsuki was changing, maybe Izuku was, too... and this panel was the start of Izuku's admiration evolving into something more romantic.
Izuku watching Katsuki's heroism was an incredibly important moment for them and puts Izuku's view of love in ch.348 into some more context. Because chapter 208 was Katsuki definitely... undeniably sharing Izuku's heart. RIGHT AFTER sending his thoughts to Izuku: "Just keep your eyes on me, shitty Deku!"
".......If it responds to my feelings, at that time, I..."
And not long after JT, we get these unfinished thoughts about WHY Black Whip was triggered and Izuku has been hush about his inner thoughts on Katsuki ever since. (Other than telling Kacchan he doesn't mind being called Deku, if it's too hard to call him Izuku.)
The reason Izuku's emotions were so deeply triggered that day is because Monoma reminded him of the pain he saw in Katsuki's face when he cried to him about ending All Might in DvK2.
The recent anime ending further backs this theory during a montage of Izuku running away from the significant memories he has with his friends. This memory is a very important one to Izuku.
When Monoma triggered him, Izuku felt Katsuki's suffering on a personal level. His precious Kacchan, who had cried to him with that face, had fallen under attack, so by extension, Izuku was being attacked too. That day, Izuku discovered how very protective he is over him. (see also: "Give him back to me!")(see also: Kacchan getting hurt "because of me" to save Izuku was the Vigilante arc catalyst) (see also: Vol 37 Cover Art)
During his Bakugou Katsuki Rising chapter/episode, Kacchan too felt an immense amount of empathy with Izuku, because he refers to the moment he was about to lose Izuku as being "at death's door." Not specifying it was Izuku's death, but death in general. Izuku feels Katsuki's pain. Katsuki feels Izuku's pain. And this attunement with one another makes them both feel immensely protective over each other. Amazing.
So... Izuku has just figured out his feelings... and when asked directly by Kacchan, he runs away from giving him a concrete answer because he doesn't want to upset him with the love and overprotectiveness he feels for Kacchan inside his heart. At this point in the story, Izuku still feels somewhat disliked by him and is scared of Katsuki's potential harsh rejection. I'm sure he was thinking something like "Better to omit the truth and not cause anyone pain." No pain for Kacchan, no pain for him.
Hedgehogs can't get hurt if they never lie close to each other, right?
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With Katsuki, I think he awoke to a new feeling born inside him after he almost lost Izuku. The uncompromising need for Izuku to stay in his life. And his feelings from childhood that he’d hidden deep inside reemerged with the same explosive level of fervour that he’d given Izuku their whole lives, except now when he thought about Izuku, his heart was filled with something… different.
He only realised what those feelings really were at the same time he faced the looming death that was ahead of him. Katsuki was stripped completely bare by AFO and found all that remained of him, which was now staring him straight in the face, the precious piece of him AFO could never touch: Izuku’s and his intense and binding love for each other. There's no other explanation for chapter 362, other than him becoming more aware of both Izuku's and his own feelings. That's why he thought of him in the end, that's why he longed to see him so much.
That's why he wanted his feelings to reach him, to have Izuku in his grasp, at a time when he knew he had no hope to. All For One told him to face his reality. But that reality and Katsuki's wishes are two very separate entities and nothing can come between the love and belief Izuku and Katsuki have for each other. Katsuki would not be broken… and it was his hope that won out.
Edgeshot: "Don't give up, Dynamight! The guy you're waiting for will... Deku will come for sure. That's why I won't let you die!"
Hori revealed on the back of Volume 37 that Izuku is the person Katsuki had been waiting for because... (and this BREAKS ME):
Katsuki had been waiting to be saved by him.
I KNOW, I KNOW. There's a small part of me that's just like "SHUTUP HORI THESE CHAPTERS WERE ALREADY HARD ENOUGH TO TAKE YOU DIDNT HAVE TO RUB THEM IN EVEN MORE :((" because thinking about all of this hurts like hell.
But I know these lines probably weren’t written to upset those of us who live in a perpetual state of bkdk canon brainrot, and were written so that everyone else, the average "casual" fan, can start to see/accept the love that's between them a little more. I'm sure it's with this kind of intention that he reminded everyone again of who exactly it was residing in Katsuki's heart and whose name it was Edgeshot felt he needed to use to call out to Katsuki with, for the sole purpose of motivating him harder to stay alive. (ily Hori, thanks for the pain.)
As of ch.362, they are both now aware they love the other, Izuku doesn't know yet that it's very reciprocal, but I think Katsuki realised it, and he allowed Izuku's love to overflow him during his delirium, using it as his shield to protect his spirits after the awful things AFO did and said to him. It's devastating that he had to suffer so much to see the truth that had been lying dormant inside his own heart the whole time.
This uncovered truth is why he got back up and acted in the way he knew Izuku believed in most about him. Izuku wasn't coming. But at the very least... he could still become the hero Izuku admires and loves one last time, before it was all over...
"(Never giving up until I get my win is what you always believed in about me,) so I just gotta win, right.... Izuku....?"
Ch.362 felt like Katsuki's answer to Izuku's feelings, an incredibly private moment of him exposing his bare heart for all to see. His final act was an acceptance and reciprocity of the love Izuku felt for him that had been there all along. He was completely run down mentally, physically and spiritually, so he comforted himself by thinking about his special guy.
What provides more comfort than your beloved being right there with you, at your lowest? What greater desire does the heart have than to feel loved by the person it yearningly aches for the most?
Katsuki was only able to see Izuku's feelings because he could finally face and recognise his own.
I couldn’t help but notice Holly mentioning “Thomas” over and over from the 12 kids escape episode it had me like “Thomas, Thomas, Thomas… is he the only kid there?” so I thought there must be something about him and what I found ties perfectly into the finale’s ending scene.
Looking up famous Thomas’, one in particular caught my eye. The bible has a Thomas who is known as Thomas the Skeptic of the 12 (yes, 12 kids!) apostles. He was famous for not believing in the revival of Jesus without seeing and confirming him alive for himself. Remember how the kids didn’t believe the story about Henry until they SAW for themselves with Kali and El’s help. They were all being a Thomas! Which is probably why we kept hearing “Thomas” after. Stranger Things brings to life their version of The Allegory of The Cave, with the unenlightened one’s (the conformists) being led to the truth all getting named Thomas the Skeptic. But Jesus chastised him, saying that only now that Thomas has seen him with his own eyes, did he believe in him. “But blessed are they that have not seen, and yet believed.”
This reference comes back with the party saying they believed Mike’s story about El existing without seeing/knowing for themselves and I think is a hidden message about Mike’s feelings for Will being left unseen and Byler being special to the show as a whole, as it’s the relationship on which most of the series is based on and in large part, the subtext of El’s existence. That’s why Will gives Mike that loving/heartfelt look when he says it. It feels like it’s personal to him because *it is* about him too — in the subtext.
One thing to note about this intimate shared look between Byler is that afterwards, Mrs Wheeler says she made them a lasagne - a LAYERED dish. This is very purposeful. Byler is absolutely intentional in Stranger Things, but like so many queer subtexts in mainstream stories, it comes layered. And when you stack up all the layers you have a delicious dish to eat, get it? It’s a metaphor for what they did in this show with Byler. And when you start to see more layers, it’s not at all one-sided, not even in the slightest.
So this comes down to: Can you believe something is real without seeing it’s real? Can you call yourself blessed like the party and still believe that Mike’s romantic love for Will (El) exists in this fictional world, clearly visible within its more hidden layers?
Mike crying while looking at Will’s binder next to his at the end I’m sure is there to show just how much he loves Will and how that won’t ever change, that he doesn’t WANT Will to find love with someone else, as he envisioned for him. But throughout the series he couldn’t ever express it other than in subtext, and his feelings and happy ending have been relegated into the territory of this “ambiguous belief” for the audience.
The fact the person with Will at the bar looks so much like Mike is probably because his heart yearns for it to be him at the time but he just hasn’t quite gotten there yet mentally, if that makes sense, as Mike is still fighting off the powers of conformity that stem deep from within his own home and permeate society in that time period. His intimate moment with Will is interrupted, this time it was his mother, who has previously symbolised a possible road for Mike that ends in a loveless marriage for the sake of the nuclear family unit and conformity. Until now, we’ve been at this crossroad where you’re not sure if Mike will get the kind of life his heart really craves in the end. The non-conforming life with Will, free of societal and familial expectations.
So that’s why it was especially important for the party to say they believe in this intangible uncertainty anyway. And they are all (Mike included!) being non-conformist because they choose to believe in this unknown. It gives me so much hope for Byler - the real story that can’t be told. The show’s writers didn’t want the Byler enjoyers to be Thomas the Skeptic either. They can’t officially confirm Byler for political/commercial/whatnot reasons… but they’re happy if the non-conformists understand the subtext and hints of the show and believe in the magic of love without needing to see it with our eyes. Thus they singled out Thomas the Skeptic of the 12 apostles to give us this encouragement to not lose hope and to believe El (who subtextually embodies Mike’s love for Will and vice versa) is alive and going to thrive in the future. ❤️
And going by this scene, they will surely be okay. You can see them both trying to stop this flood of feelings that they have for each other. But it’s completely futile, because they are practically swimming in them. There was literally no reason for this scene other than to show how much Mike and Will are both feeling for each other and are trying so hard to contain it but they can’t lmfao. Their hearts have a plumbing problem.
This enormous post was captivating and incredibly eye-opening about why El can at times subtextually represent Mike and Will’s queer love for each other in context. I highly recommend reading it if you haven’t! It’s soooo good and has me rewatching with a new lens. Byler canon. Fin~
I don't care what anyone thinks bkdk will always be the it couple of jump nothing could even come close to how perfectly imperfect and beautifully they were written and I'll never love another pair in the same way.
After inferring Izuku could be by his side if he wanted to, and him indirectly telling Izuku he’s the standard he holds everyone to going unnoticed… it seems to me like Kacchan is releasing Izuku… for now. “If everyone is special then no one is special”… this kinda ties into what Shigaraki said to Katsuki for me. I get the impression that Kacchan believes in his core, that Izuku treats everyone special and Shigaraki had mistaken CYH for “extra special treatment” when, in Katsuki’s mind, loving and protective is really just how Izuku is to everyone.
The dig back at Kacchan for not thinking higher of himself or not noticing “obvious things” (Izuku’s feelings) is pretty sussy and very open to interpretation. It feels like they’re both not risking anything to explore the possibility for more. They’re mirroring each other’s hesitation.
This dynamic is basically inferred later, when Katsuki comments “peaceful idiots” at Kaminari and Jirou who are not taking a leap of faith to start a relationship themselves. “Lame losers” doesn’t really capture the nuance of Katsuki’s feelings towards himself and Izuku. Heiwa boke… two idiots not reflecting upon their obvious feelings for one another - all to keep a harmonious relationship describe bkdk to a T.
He’s projecting. Him and Izuku are also peaceful idiots with their dynamic too. So that’s why Katsuki let Izuku go. I’m sure a big part of him yearned for Izuku. Yearned he would turn around and not go to Ochaco. And that he’d realise Katsuki’s deepest feelings he holds tightly to his chest.
But Izuku won’t know who he is unless he fully experiences life and his feelings and what everyone and everything means to him. He needs context to understand who Ochaco and Katsuki really are to him. So Katsuki is showing a great maturity letting Izuku go. Also… Something something, if they come back again, they’re yours forever.
So my take away from all this is “They may be right for each other but that doesn’t mean they’re right for each other now” and these two peaceful idiots will surely get it together someday. Especially if Katsuki goes to those communication classes and they learn to understand each other better. 🤭
(Again, to me that’s Izuku wishing he could understand Kacchan’s subtleties and indirect way of talking better. They both have always sucked at truly understanding each other’s feelings for each other and finding a point of connection to act on those feelings.)
Kacchan is self aware of all of this. He has Izuku on a pedestal and feels he’s in an unrequited love. And since his apology, he has left the ball in Izuku’s court. It has to be Izuku to grow, to decide who he wants and who he wants to be. And Katsuki is okay with the cards falling where they may. And this, my friends… is unconditional love and why I loved this ship so much to begin with. He will always love Izuku and respect his choices and allow Izuku space for his internal growth. He’s a beautiful soul.
And in all that talk of destiny earlier, lies a certain knowing for us, that what is meant to be for them, will be. Bkdk for me is an inevitability and I think sensei did a good job to convey this to those who understand this immeasurable love and string of fate that runs between them. Bkdk have always existed in the realm of the unspoken, one just needs to open their heart to what’s really being said and implied underneath the surface. 🧡💚
I still think we’re ending season 7 on chapter 403. People are forgetting heavy action chapters don’t take up much anime time, plus the many short chapters we got in the 390s…
And just.., the aesthetic. It’s leaving anime only’s on a very positive note that Katsuki is back and if they didn’t read the manga before, they probably will from then on 🤭
bkdk nsfw fic prompt inspo for Kacchan’s birthday‼️ 🔞
song vibe let me know you’re here 🎶
Kacchan tops for Izuku but is treated preciously like a princess when they have sex for the first time. Izuku comforts him with word affirmations, worships his body and gently soothes him with every firm, heated touch from Izuku seeping into the hurt in his heart… and they make love with Izuku sensually riding on top of him coz that boy is so traumatised with war with dying with guilt with insecurities and loneliness and yearning and just wants to feel Izuku love him in the way he loves Izuku with his whole body and spirit.
The top doesn’t always have to be rough around the edges, dominant and/or take control of the sex… the top can also be soft and emotional and cry from finally receiving that close, tender intimacy he’s always longed for with the one he loves so much that he sometimes forgets how to breathe.
Blast open the box of what bkdk and being top can be because Kacchan deserves so much softness and gentle love and all the sweet healing kisses after this war in any dynamic. 🧡🔁💚
I’m sorry I just can’t stop thinking about the cover. Every time I look at it, I’m just overwhelmed by so many different emotions. They just look so blissful and for the life of me I cannot get over Katsuki’s expression. It just feels so cathartic and final. If we get any kind of post war interaction between the boys with this same kind of softness, it would be completely fatal and you will not hear from me because I will have ascended.
The biggest obstacle when it comes to saving Shigaraki’s heart is Decay: If he so much as grabs someone’s hand… they’ll die. Which is a huge deal in a series that places so much emphasis on the act of a Hero holding a lost child's hand to reassure them that everything will be okay.
Shigaraki struggles with connecting to people because he’s never been able to perform even the most rudimentary of expressions for actually *connecting with other people* (such as a handshake)… it's a concept which has been shown to us time and time again in MHA. And if you are a subscriber of "AFO having given decay to Tenko" theory... this is probably the main reason as for why he gave him such a treacherous quirk that would never allow him to connect to another person.
No one has even hugged him since his mother died trying to… and she was his only family who cast aside her safety to give the love, comfort and reassurance that 5 year old Tenko needed back then.
So I think what's to come for Shigaraki is going to be about connecting with him in the way that’s been (impossible).
My theory is that Izuku could have a moment of reaching out to Shigaraki, just as Sailor Moon reached out with a hand for Sailor Galaxia to take… and in doing so, show Tomura his pure intentions to save him. I think this could be a main feature of the Izuku Midoriya Rising chapter!
This parallel works *really* well if Shigaraki is possessed by AFO at the time. The MC’s words and selflessness helping their enemy tap into the love which lives deep inside them. In Sailor Moon this dispersed the chaos in Galaxia… and in MHA it may tame AFO’s kosei/personality.
The full theory with videos can be read here!
When 407 came out, a LOT of us thought Izuku’s hand stood NO chance… even I was concerned! But I think this was actually foreshadowing a future chapter where Izuku reaches out to Shigaraki, knowing he’s risking everything to try reach into his humanity.
There’s also Yoichi’s words: “So why did you reach out to me that day, knowing full well of my ties to your enemy?” …Hori’s been cooking this theme of reaching a hand out to save those in need, no matter who they are. That everyone is a person with a human heart inside them.
So I think Shigaraki will reach out to grab onto Izuku’s outstretched hand, in a Sailor Moon-inspired moment of Tomura finally embracing the love in his heart… and this will free him of all his life’s built up pain.
One thing MHA teaches well is that pure love and compassion towards others, and the self-sacrifices made to help one’s community are the key to controlling one’s quirk. It’s the best expression of individuality in MHA. Kacchan had full mastery over his quirk by embracing love.
I think it’s enough for Shigaraki that Izuku is even *willing* to be decayed to reach into his humanity and show the compassion his mother once gave him when everything was falling apart around him. Izuku may even remind Shigaraki of Inko’s motherly warmth from the memories.
So Shigaraki will be able to control his quirk because his heart is cleansed, leaving only pure love inside. And so he won’t let Decay hurt Izuku when he grabs Izuku’s hand. Shigaraki’s soul could be truly saved by physically connecting to Izuku’s immense heart and kindness for others. No matter when or how it’s done, a handhold scene like this would be so beautiful!
MHA’s society may be incredibly broken and wrong… but the one right thing in the world is the connection between everyone’s hearts, all striving for a better future together. Their belief in hope and each other.
At the very end of her fight, Sailor Moon says that chaos "had gone into the hearts of everyone.” Because if everyone shares a little of the burden, it won’t all fall on one person’s shoulders. But, “It’s alright! The light of hope exists in their hearts also.” ✨❤️✨
Not much happened this chapter but it was still really hype because Denki admits he can’t say “I can trust that guy” about Izuku… because he doesn’t feel like All Might… and that’s because Izuku is missing his key ingredient.
Izuku can’t succeed the former symbol of peace, who makes everyone feel at ease, without Katsuki by his side. Only together do they have what it takes to surpass All Might. An underlying message lies here that Izuku being queer and in love with his partner in crime is also what sets MHA apart from regular shounen - the comic book genre Denki referenced, which All Might symbolically represents. ✨💥
Denki can’t say “I can trust him” because it’s meant to be, “I can trust them.”
Alright guys here’s some Hori-brand freshly juiced bkdk meta.
Before chapter 415, I was writing a post on twitter about how I really love the “Dokun” of Shigaraki’s heart beat when Izuku punched him and how it’s the same sound effect for Izuku’s panic attack and also when Katsuki’s bead of sweat brought his heart back to life.
at the end of my post I casually wrote:
It definitely feels like this is being written in a way that gives: “memories are bringing Shigaraki’s heart back to life.”
and then it just freaking hit me about the other place DOKUN showed up… chapter 403… Katsuki’s first appearance after reviving.
I realised OH. OH SHIT!! “DOKUN” is the onomatopoeia Hori has been using for their hearts being brought back to life…
Katsuki in the literal sense, Shigaraki in the spiritual sense, Izuku in the ROMANTIC sense.
Now that we have Shigaraki's example of it, we can see this pattern that “DOKUN” is Horikoshi's chosen sound for hearts being revived.
And if we look back to after Izuku's panic attack, with this retrospect, we can surmise that the one last big “DOKUN” was drawn when Katsuki was finally revealed alive because Izuku’s “heart” had revived.
And so through the narrative’s subtleties, we are once again being told that Kacchan is Izuku’s heart. 🧡💚
While the second opening was disingenuous to the heart of Izuku's solo arc, the actual content of the anime itself has remained quite faithful. Even going so far as to add or change some details to better represent the characters and their feelings. It's almost as if these changes were an amendment to the manga, just in case the manga didn't answer certain questions well enough.
Like the true reason Izuku decided to leave U.A. The manga presents Izuku's loved ones as a group, with Katsuki there as the last person your eyes should look at. But will readers make that connection? With the removal of just one word in the anime, the group part of the sentence, it shows viewers a more solid, concrete reason: It was explicitly because of Katsuki nearly dying.
Another example is how the various translations of Katsuki's line ("waatteru") created fandom friction, and they would flitter between "I know" and "We know," depending on who was translating it.
I always thought it had a very personal "I know" vibe to it because as Katsuki stated, and this is something reminded to us only 3 chapters earlier: He is the person who "knows" Izuku best. The anime removes ambiguity of the I know/We know debate by having Izuku apologise only once he'd made it into Katsuki's arms, making their exchange of words appear even more intimate and direct to one another. Katsuki knows.
Then after he stumbles his way into Katsuki's arms, there is that bonus clip of him being awake to hear Katsuki's gentle forgiveness of him. To express that the last of his resolve has crumbled because of Katsuki’s apology and being held in those arms he feels safe. He feels loved. So Izuku gives himself fully to Katsuki's care, murmuring out his beloved’s name with a "Ka…” right before finally succumbing to sleep. I think this extra moment makes the feel of their apology seem even more romantic… because it's supposed to.
And now Ochaco's handhold! It being featured in the opening gave some of us grief every week simply because this arc was never about IzuOcha, it was about Katsuki and Izuku.
Katsuki realising his need for Izuku to be by his side and losing SLEEP over not knowing if he's okay. Katsuki's proud statement of knowing Izuku best and that he couldn't be left alone because of his disregard for himself. Katsuki instigating the search and rescue of Izuku. Katsuki humbling himself before Endeavor and Nezu, setting aside his pride in exchange for the safety of his most important person and best friend, PLEADING Endeavor for his help because he's SO AFRAID of Izuku being out of his sight and losing him forever.
Katsuki saving Izuku's life again. Katsuki humbling himself a second time, apologising to Izuku and telling him to put some trust into him and their hero friends; that they can be relied on to help him. Katsuki telling him his ideals of saving people weren't wrong, and they can only win by saving everyone: Izuku, the people at U.A and the people in the city.
The beautiful poetry in Izuku’s reason for leaving, to protect his most precious person, being overtaken by his reason to stay: Izuku’s unconditional, everlasting love for that person and his overwhelming need to be by their side. And here Katsuki was, finally telling him it was okay to; he wants him there.
Even Daiki-kun said the last of Izuku's resolve left him because of Kacchan’s heartfelt apology… Yes. The opening’s handhold was really out of place.
And after Izuku is brought back to U.A, we get to the real IzuOcha handhold... But rather than grabbing his hand like she does in the manga, they have her grab the more impersonal wrist area instead. It's so hard to believe we are in a timeline where Bones are making an opening Ocha-centric, when it shouldn't be, and yet NERFING her handhold in the ACTUAL anime content…??????
All of this has got me thinking that maybe Hori himself has been directing Bones to make these changes - to make BkDk's growing love for each other a more prominent fixture in the story that’s almost impossible to miss, while dampening the IzuOcha teasing into little more than kindness between two good friends. And in doing so, the anime has now become spiritually connected to the manga because this is the exact same direction the manga has been going in lately.
Why else were all of these changes and enhancements made in the anime? Maybe it’s because Horikoshi is preparing people for the bkdk romance that's about to go into full bloom.
So Bones did hear from Horikoshi about MHA’s ending, after all… I can’t place my finger on it but the exec producer’s line about “not shying away from Horikoshi’s expression” is really hitting me in a certain type of way.
Shigaraki finally changing his ways after witnessing all of Izuku's gay Kacchan memories is already a funny idea but imagine being exposed to all of the gay Kacchan memories all at once finally makes IZUKU realize this is not a normal platonic friend/rivalry relationship.
Hi....if you don't mind me asking, who are your favorite romantic relationship's couples in books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series (ca be canon or non-canon)? Sorry if you've answered this question before......Thanks....
WAH YOU WANT MY WHOLE SHIPPING HISTORY OKAY LETS GO ILL BOLDEN THE ONES I STILL REALLY ADORE AND PLACE IT UNDER A CUT
(and to be clear I've liked a LOT more than these but these are the ones I grew really obsessed with at one point or another!)
Bulma x Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)
Drarry (Harry Potter)
Usagi x Seiya (Sailor Moon)
God I really loved Yugioh shipping too ahhhhh
Yugi x Atem mostly!
Yuki x Shuichi (Gravitation)
Misa x Light (MISA DESERVED BETTER) and Light x Mikami (Death Note)
YUME of course (KANAME DESERVED BETTER) (Vampire Knight/VKM) and AiRen is really cute too ;;
Tyrande x Illidan (Warcraft - WHY AM I A SUCKER FOR FORBIDDEN LOVE AND BAD BOYS)(THIS IS STILL MY DESKTOP WALLPAPER BECAUSE I LOVE IT SO MUCH)(IT'S DEPICTING WHEN SHE GAVE HIM HIS FLOWER AND IT'S HIS LOOT DROP WHEN YOU KILL HIM IN WOW... APPARENTLY)
I liked Rickyl (The Walking Dead)
I liked Reylo (Star Wars)
Oh and I was a Larrie once *cries* me and a few bkdk friends bond over one direction sometimes LOL
Can't forget to mention my Sasuke x Naruto past either...
I'd say my favourite movie is Memoirs of a Geisha... I just... love everything about the vibe of that movie including that beautiful romantic scene at the end, and I feel like bkdk is sort of being written in the same way where they'll have this intimate moment of connecting to each other which recalibrates everything that's ever happened between them with a romantic lens, if that makes sense?
Togachaco, Kudoichi, and finally...
Bakudeku (Forever and ever til I'm gone from this earth)