Nothing Completely Inadequate

Blake is Yang's First Love

Blake's Body Language Around Yang

Yang's Feelings Beginning

Bumbleby Confession Details

The Linguistics Between Them

'That Can't Be What This Is About'

Blake Letting Herself Fall In Love

Soul Mates

(Comics) A Look At the Bees

(Comics) The Ring

Why They're So Great

The Kiss And Their Growth

The Truck Scene

Catra And Adora After Catra's Rescue

Why They Make Sense

How 'She-Ra' Delivered on Queer Promises and Helped Revolutionized LGBTQ Representation

Catradora's Beginning

Catra Understanding Adora Was A Victim Too

Trauma, Transgression, Triumph: Catra And Adora

Chipped Catra

How To Break From Toxic Environments

How Catradora Made It

Catra Being There For Adora More

Their Fighting Dynamic & It Changing

Adora Being A Martyr

Their Abuse Affecting How They See The World

Catra & Adora Choosing Each Other

On Subtext, Authorial Intent, and Korrasami

Korrasami and Unity Between Women

Why Korrasami Works

Trauma, Transgression, Triumph: Korra and Asami

Why Korrasami Happened to Begin With

I Don't Think They'd Understand: An Analysis of Korrasami

Korrasami Beginning to End

How ‘The Legend of Korra’ changed the landscape of queer representation in animated shows

Korrasami: Well Designed Relation or an Afterthought | Legend of Korra Video Essay

It Is Canon, Deal With It

Their Relationship Works Better Than Makorra

“The Owl House,” Queer Love, and the Beauty of Lumity

Lumity Is Perfect

Their Love Language In Season 1

The Owl House Made Queer Disney History. Its Legacy Will Be Remembered

Amity Growing From Her Abuse

Luz Coming Out

Amity, Luz, and Being Left Behind

Luz and Amity Have The Same Motives

Why They Work Together

Why Cait and Vi Love Each Other

Caitlyn x Vi Works, and Here's Why - An Arcane Video Essay

CaitVi Moments

The Narrative:

As a romance girly, I have much appreciation for most romance tropes. Enemies/rivals to lovers? Passionate, exciting, fun! Fake dating? The potential for accidental miscommunication gets me every time. Second chance romance? Angst!! (Not insta-love though, that trope rarely ever works for me). But god, there really is something so fucking delicious about friends to lovers.

Maybe it’s the fact that there is a foundation of trust and understanding before anything explicitly romantic occurs. Maybe it’s that there is shared history, which allows for inside jokes and a level of comfort with that person that doesn’t exist elsewhere. Maybe it’s the slow burn potential, having two people who deeply love each other slowly realize it’s more than just friendship (meanwhile their friends and outside observers think it’s incredibly obvious). MAYBE it’s because it feels so much more realistic than nearly every other trope.

It is a mix of all of the above, but honestly, I love it so much because it takes away the potential for surface level attraction. Enemies to lovers is an incredible trope when done well, but sometimes it falls prey to seeming more like a lust fueled attraction rather than a love meant to last (& we love lusty romance, but I personally prefer love that feels like it will last).

I also like that in friends to lovers, the angst seems to be higher stakes. If you get into a relationship with your best friend, will it ruin your friendship? How will that dynamic changing affect your other friends? How do the insecurities of being in a relationship manifest when you do it with someone you already deeply love and trust?

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Her: the chick in the pod is super pretty

Me, not looking up: yeah, shadowheart is my wife

Mom: 👀😏

Me: i just mean i really struggle not to romance her but like all the romance plots are totally optional

Mom: you really like dark haired women huh?

Me:

90% of romance options I've ever picked:

My real life actual girlfriend: 🧑🏻

Me: yeah I mean well shadowheart isn't... I mean she's... and anyway sometimes i romance Karlach...

Karlach's hair:

It's disgusting this is what we're dealing with, but people are losing money because of some truly evil people out there.

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