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Idk anything about Devil May Cry...

...Except what most of the main characters look like and what my brother recently summarized for me (cuz he doesn’t trust me to play the series anytime soon and he wants to talk about it with someone). 

By the time he got to DMC3 and DMC4′s summary I was already muttering to myself “Dante sounds like a disaster bisexual or disaster gay...”

Then he got to DMC5 and showed me the dance scene and finished DMC5′s summary. 

I don’t care how much time passes from now to whenever I get to playing the DMC series, but I don’t think there’s anything it can do to convince me Dante is straight. This man can be anything under the sun, I don’t even care, except straight. 

ALSO! Maybe I’m just into silver foxes, but I kinda like how he looks in DMC5. Idk what the popular opinion is (my inner circle is not a fan of DMC5 Dante), but I think he’s pretty damn hot when older

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I’ll finish Inktober I swear! Working on getting those functioning meds :\

Original template here!

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SY-Y watches Voltron (in 2019): Misc. Lance Commentary

Context: I’m watching with @ficus-fig (who as seen about half of the show); I have not seen the show at all (beyond what I have seen now I mean) but know a lot of spoilers and general stuff. 

Ep 1: Wow Lance sure shows a lot of potential. He doesn’t seem anything like how others have described him to me.

(Later) in Ep 1: Okay I’m confused. I vaguely know stuff that happens later so how does a show start off with SO MUCH SET UP in a character they supposedly throw under the bus later?

Throughout Ep 1: Why is Keith such a fucking douche to Lance? He insulted Lance literally over NOTHING a total of 3 times and Lance just took it. I don’t even care that Lance snapped by the 4th insult, I would’ve cracked by insult #2 so idk how Lance lasted until Insult #4. 

^Somewhere in the middle of the season: Wait a minute. Keith’s terrible at social interactions on all levels and seems to run on impulse. So...Keith is either a liar or this is a huge plothole but there is no way Keith forgot Lance in Ep 1 with how ready he was to insult Lance - as if he thought of these things before and jumped at the chance to finally say them. Keith has shown no ability to be able to be so specific and quick (in his words) over anything or anyone else (snappy, yes, but that’s it). In fact, he is consistently shown to be impulsive and just BAD when it comes to communicating in general. So HOW was he so ready to shove a knife into Lance and twist it after claiming to ‘not remember’ Lance? 

^^All the episodes: Okay, almost all the problems/plotholes regarding Keith seems to go away when you apply him being gay for Lance as canon. 

Ep 9: Okay maybe I’m wrong and Keith can be good/fast with words-WAIT A MINUTE! HIS INSULT TO LANCE WAS MEMORY-BASED! HE WAS REFERRING TO THE FORGOTTEN BONDING MOMENT! HOLY SHIT KEITH TOTALLY WAS THINKING UP THIS INSULT FOR LIKE 4 EPISODES! yeah, he totally remembers Lance...

Ep 10: So when does Lance start flirting with Allura (consistently)? Does he really do it a lot or was that an exaggeration from the fandom? He only flirted with her I think literally two times so far. I counted. 

After Ep 10: Okay...was Lance originally the main character in the concept and they just forgot to remove all the set ups and parallels-to-Shiro that was sprinkled in throughout the entire season? Cuz from what I know of what happens later on it really doesn’t feel like they will follow through with setting up Shiro to be Lance’s mentor and help Lance hone his already-established skillsets. If this is true, I feel so bad for the people that saw this too and didn’t see the disappointment coming......though I’m now pre-disappointed knowing this so idk which is worse...

Me right now: Okay I just found out the season only has 11 episodes so I’m apparently right before the season finale and idk what to expect...Lance better be awesome in it though...

Idek when this happened: Okay so I love Lance. There is no Lance-hatin’ under my roof. I will die for him. I will give him the world. I don’t know how this happened in one season so I’m also going ‘WTF” to myself. I’m not supposed to get attached when I didn’t even FINISH the season yet. Oh god. I’m already feeling pre-disappointment but and I’ve decided I’ll definitely take pre-disappointment over disappointment knowing vaguely what happens later. 

[EDIT: we are now past this point]

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So I’m looking for Zevran stuff for a thing

...and I just fell back in love with my first DA love again because I looked at his face like 5 times in a row and i’m just...I DON’T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN

nghhhhh I saw some art from this artist i like and now I’m gonna contact the artist to see if they even still have any prints at all (left) of him. Taking a shot in the dark but worth it. For him. 

Also realized I haven’t gotten a commission of him and my Amell in this other artist’s style that I’ve always liked. hmm :| 

I’m supposed to be saving money here...

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Me “hating” Keith

Disclaimer: I’m only on season 1(I know I’m late); I’m watching with a friend who has seen the show. I obviously don’t actually hate Keith, but I do enjoy making fun of him.

Me: “Man, Keith sucks”

Also me: 

“I can’t even blame him [Keith], I’d also be stunned by Lance’s very presence” 

“Is it bad that I’ve done something similar to this [what Keith did] at one point in my life?”

“Keith was pretty useless here but I almost can relate cuz I too, would be completely and utterly useless in this very situation.”

“I hate that Keith sounds like me when I’m trying to prove a point that I know I didn’t think through but I’m opening my mouth anyway.”  

“Feelings”:

Me: I could always just not say anything and just admire from afar? Not commit? Feelings are scary man, you know I got commitment issues.

Friend: ...Weren’t you recently complaining about Keith’s lack of ability to properly handle his crush on Lance for probably those same reasons? 

Me: SHUT UP! I AM NOT AS BAD AS KEITH! 

Friend: You literally admitted you weren’t sure if you were dating one of your exes one time.

Me: ...yeah well I DON’T INSULT MY CRUSHES AT LEAST!

“Holy shit. If you put me in Voltron and made me a guy, I think I actually may look similar to Keith. We both got black hair, and I know he grows his hair out later, and we’re fucking short! Fuck this!” 

“Yeah okay, I guess I probably like Lance a lot too but that’s the only thing I will admit having in common with Keith.”

“The only thing Keith does better than me is being gay cuz this guy does not have an ounce of hetero thoughts and I’m almost jealous of that fact.” 

“It’s okay, Keith, I too suck at this.”

“Shit I actually kinda feel bad for Keith here. Like I’d personally be offended too if if something super intimate happened AND LANCE FUCKING FORGOT! I know it’s not his fault or anything but I’m still gonna be fucking salty and offended about it! Like what the hell?! Keith probably poured a part of his heart out (of screen, but still) but no, Lance fucking forgot. Funny, yeah, but man if I were in his shoes I’d probably have that exact same face cuz I can FEEL that level of WTF just thinking about it.”

Lance (1):

Me: Okay, I’m claiming Lance right now. He’s my new fictional husband. 

Friend: What about Keith?

Me: What about Keith? I’m pretty much the nicer version of Keith and Lance already likes him! That has to swing him in my favor! 

Lance (2)

Me: Look, I know some spoilers, but I can still talk about Voltron objectively alright?

Friend #2: That’s fine. 

Me: by the way have I mentioned how much Keith sucks right now?

Friend #2: You say Keith sucks, but you still don’t think Lance is a douchenozzel?

Me: THERE IS NO BADMOUTHING OF LANCE OF ANY KIND UNDER THIS ROOF!

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So....

do we know the ship name for Vincent and Soldier yet???

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MY AVATAR IS UGLY UGHHH

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My love for Fluri & Fluri as an example of love?

VESPERIA TO THE PLAYSTATION FOR THE STATES!?!?

So there is a god after all...I know it's just a coincidence that E3 is also during Pride Month but I'm just saying...

Vesperia is the only Tales of game where the gayest pair is at the 'married' stage in their relationship - even Sorey and Mikleo are in the 'dating' stage; though I guess they might as well be engaged when they made a certain promise to each other at the end of their game...

A lot of this is from my memory so I may be a bit off on certain details since it’s been so long since my initial playing so pardon me on anything that is a bit off (can’t wait to re-experience everything though!)

So Yuri and Flynn hold a special place in my heart. You always see these 'types' of relationships with shonen stuff like with Naruto where one (or both) party(ies) has an unwavering faith in the other and that faith will transcend anything and everything. But I don't think I've seen this thing with characters like Yuri and Flynn. For one, they're both (actual) adults instead of anime-teenagers, and neither fall into the 'optimistic hero' trope that would usual hold this type of unwavering faith in another person. Yuri is cynical and very 'fuck the police' while Flynn believes that change starts with you and he carries that on his shoulders when he puts himself straight into the system so he can start with the changes from within. Flynn is more optimistic of the two but is still very much grounded in reality and logic. 

Top that off with them being both male characters; as the level of 'purity' and strong held belief in another being are often reserved for anime-teenage boy protagonists and women of all ages (cuz "purity") but they put that faith front in center with TWO male characters where one of which is becomes one of the two most popular Tales of characters of all time.

Despite all the obstacles, the laws/Flynn's job, the general Tales of shit they get into, and the distance the two have had both physically and by time - the two have such an unbroken bond that defies logic itself. There are many reasons/instances throughout the game where they have every reason to doubt or not trust the other, but no matter what was thrown at them they don't stop believing in each other. 

I think it's kinda beautiful; that you have all the reasons in the world where it's reasonable to have doubt based upon both characters’ different ideals, and their faith with the other transcends even that: Yuri gave up on the good of systems and people in power but will always believe in Flynn; Flynn upholds the law and lives by example will always believe in Yuri('s way of doing illegal things).

Long story short: Yuri and Flynn love each other/This is love at its purest form. It’s not glamorized at all or anything...It's obviously not perfect, it's messy, they don't live happily ever after(hell, they're pretty much on a break at the start of the game), they both have problems individually and in the relationship - but love is something you continuously work on for the rest of your life. Love isn’t just a feeling that lasts just to last, it’s also based on your choice to love and the work you put into it. 

Clearly, Yuri and Flynn chose each other to continuously work on it with. I know I said they're at the 'married' stage, but marriage doesn't mean you stop working on oneself or one’s relationships. We often parrot that love takes work, but we don’t often see that. We see the ‘falling in love’ part, the rose colored glasses part, but we don’t often see the work - and if anything, isn’t your work towards making your love work the purest form of love? 

On a side note: Rita and Estelle are also very similar to Yuri and Flynn in certain ways, but they’re very much more on the ‘falling in love’ stage - honestly, they probably only have less problems so far because Yuri is there seeing impending issues a mile away from dealing with them before and just gently guides the two away from unnecessary issues.