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BUT- I do appreciate the way these relationships have been introduced.

In the original seasons, it was always love at first sight:

Jay hears about a girl: is she hot? Jay meets said girl: proceeds to ask what her favorite color is in a manner that sounds strangely akin to a marriage proposal.

P.I.X.A.L. walks down the stairs: Zane can't take his eyes away from her. P.I.X.A.L. looses power during an intentional strategic move: Zane splits his entire power source to make sure she's functional.

Skylor exists: Kai, don't get distracted. Skylor still exists: Kai, not again.

Even Harumi has something similar happen- despite the fact that she ends up being a villain, all she does is stand there and Lloyd immediately has a crush and the ninja are all oohing and aahing over him.

At least in Dragons Rising, (most) of the characters are introduced at least one season before they're roped into romance, and they are given arcs outside of said romance.

Frak came in during the Tournament of Sources, and there was no trace of romantic interest in Sora until the following season. Even then, he had a very important arc occur before he acknowledged his crush, and because nothing official has happened between them, both characters have had plenty of room to develop independently.

Euphrasia was introduced during the very first season, and has made multiple appearances since, including her arc about speaking up for her own destiny. However, it isn't until the fourth season that there are any traces of romance with Arin, and even then it's mostly hand holding that extends slightly past platonic.

Wyldfyre and Roby is the only relationship that breaks this, with Wyldfyre immediately crushing on him the moment she sees him. But I still think this is an improvement for several reasons:

1- Wyldfyre, the girl, is the one who gets love at first sight. And Roby is very quick to reciprocate it, but this is the first main Ninjago ship where the boy isn't the first one to be enamored. (Except for maybe Lloykita? If that’s ever made more official??)

2- Robfyre is surprisingly wholesome. Honestly, they might be the healthiest Ninjago ship I've yet seen, and they've only existed for like 35 episodes. They have both adapted to each other's culture, and consistently show each other love and respect, which is more than I can say for some of the other main ships...

3- Wyldfyre had been taken under Nya's wing for the Tournament. At this point in Dragons Rising, Nya was desperately missing Jay. So it's not hard to imagine her telling Wyldfyre stories of her love life... and that Wyldfyre would naturally assume that love at first sight is the one and only way to go.

Scenes from Johannesburg for the National Women’s Shutdown.

Women standing together. Voices raised. Streets filled with anger, courage, and hope. This is what solidarity looks like - a reminder that we are done begging, done explaining, done surviving in silence.

. . . oh baby, really want you in my world

━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✦ 乙骨憂太 : YUTA OKKOTSU

university!yuta x reader who works at the campus library

"come on, yuta, you've talked to them before. what's so different about asking them on a date?"

"shhhh", inumaki said with a finger in front of his lips, urging yuuji to lower his voice before the rest of the library got the chance to be exposed to yuta okkotsu's deepest, darkest secrets.

"sorry, sorry—", yuuji apologised quickly, waving his arms and drawing more attention than necessary, all while yuta could feel his face heat up, the colour of his skin turning bright red with every second that passed.

"I— I can't just do that!", yuta was quick to hiss back, "what if they think I'm weird?" the words came out harsher than he had intended, and yuta grimaced, trying his best to change his expression into something somewhat apologetic, but he was sure that all there would be found on his face was a reflection of how stressed all this made him feel. yuuji furrowed his eyebrows, a puzzled look accompanying the action as he spoke again. "but, like, they obviously seem to like you, so why not at least try?", he nodded towards where you were currently sorting books into a shelf at the other side of the room, yuta's gaze instantly pulled towards your distant figure. he'd been into you ever since the two of you had been paired for a group project for the first time last semester, and the feeling had only grown stronger over the months he had gotten to talk to you more. "we— we don't know each other like that!", yuta stammered out, head in his hands as he let out a drawn out sigh, "we have this conversation every time we're here, just drop it"

★ another cure peace redraw again bc i wanted to put her in my style proper + mess around w how i color.. i think it looks nice :] og below cut

jjk character playlists !

disclaimer : this is my opinion, if you dont like them then you can make your own!

-Yuji Itadori-

-Megumi Fushiguro-

-Toge Inumaki-

- Nobara Kugisaki -

- Maki Zenin -

- Yuta Okkotsu -