Sep 29, 2024
I don’t like hanahaki disease for the same reason I don’t like soulmates. It removes the choice. All the love and feelings feel instantly dampened by the lack of choice. I mean I get that with hanahaki disease there is technically a choice, but “love me back or I’ll die” isn’t really a choice, and the other options aren’t much better either
“Either you love me back or I loose the ability to love/ loose all my feelings for you/ forget about you entirely”
“Love me back or I’ll live with this chronic illness forever”
These aren’t good alternatives, if still feels forced and one sided
#hi yes you’re local aromantic has opinions on romance again#I’m tired so my point might not come across as well as I want it to#but basically I dislike both of these but I find them interesting anyways#I like seeing different ways people go about soulmate aus and different ways the soulmates respond to eachother#red string of fate is a classic#but the little tattoo/birth mark thing? they share injuries? writing on skin appears in soulmates skin? etc#that’s neat#I like that#I don’t like soulmates on principle but I think how some#people go about them is neat#similar to hanahaki disease#j find it really neat#I don’t like it#because it feels guilt trippy no matter how you spin it#EXCEOT THAT ONE TUMBLR POST#WHERE ITS LIKE HANAHKJ BEHAVES SIMILAR TK SEASONAL ALLERGIES OR SOME#SHIT#that’s so cool and I need more of that PLEASE#non-fatal minor inconvenience hanahaki that has the same#impact as the flu or seasonal allergies#while#still having the unrequited love and tragic yet beautiful image of someone puking up flowers#that’s amazing#I’d like#ten more#k got side tracked#I dislike both these concepts because I’m a huge fan of choosing the one you love for them and no other reason#love should be a choice#not something influenced by a disease or fate#it dampens the feelings otherwise
