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Rating | General Audiences Warnings | No Archive Warnings Apply Fandoms | Among Us (Cartoon 2026), Among Us (Video Game) Relationships | Cyan/Lime (Among Us), Cyan & Lime (Among Us), Cyan/Lime (Among Us Cartoon 2026) Characters | Lime (Among Us Cartoon 2026), Cyan (Among Us Cartoon 2026) Additional Tags | Mysticism, Lime is Bad at Feelings (Among Us), Cyan is Great at Feelings (Among Us), Opposites Attract, Despite squishbone syndrome, Lime has more of a Backbone than Cyan does, They/Them Pronouns for Everyone, can be read as platonic, but it's meant to be romantic, It's Not Paranoia if They're Really Out to Get You, except in this case, It's romantically, Grumpy/Sunshine Relationships, Rare Pairings

Summary | Lately, Lime's been REALLY getting on HR's nerves, what with their insistence of corporate negligence, poor odor, general insanity and distrust towards everyone in a 32-mile radius. (Thankfully, their other transgressions make the accurate ones seem moot.) To keep an eye on them, Orange makes Cyan pair up with Lime due to being the most expendable. The most sensitive Crewmate with the least stable Crewmate. What could possibly go wrong?

Surprisingly, not that much.

The most fascinating part of Purple is how despite having a more understandable reason for disliking Red than vise versa, and having a more 'moral' view of the situation, the show never makes you think Red is beyond redemption, nor of Purple as morally pure.

Purple constantly sneaks off from their station to see their pet when their entire job is to just watch camera, they constantly downplay Red's ability to do anything right even when Red proves competent, enable the vote by voting for Red despite there being no evidence side from them being alone; and even when called out on this, they refuse to let it change them, while ironically, Red accepts the influence of Brown and acknowledges that voting each other is futile, since there's no actual evidence of anything.

And like I said, I love this so much. I love how it paints their relationship as so much more than just 'they hurt me and I don't want to get hurt again', even if that's what it is at its core. It also makes how Purple views others more nuanced; they like Cyan because they're emotional and vulnerable, likely how Red was whenever they were interns considering Red's insecure nature. In a way, I feel like Purple blames themselves for things going the way they did.

They've got a strong case of avoidant attachment, where they do care, but struggle to show it. Pair this with Red's insecure attachment, and you have a pair that cares about each other, but untentionally hurts each other. This is likely what spurred Purple into helping Cyan, not wanting to make the same mistake again, not wanting to hurt someone without realizing it.

And then we get into the duo parellels. The Among Us Show has very few healthy instances of duos, like, Brown and Yellow are the only relationship that's really good. But on that note, all duos in the show are in fact, representative of Red and Purple's own relationships.

Purple, like Black, is cold and focused, introverted. They take the charge of the dynamic like Yellow, and are a lot more competent than their partner like Green.

Red meanwhile, is outgoing and friendly, like Cyan, a follower like Brown, and a damned corporate shill like Orange.

among us. why was the show GOOD. genuinely, why was it artistically made with the intent to hit emotions, why was it paced excellently, why was it a proper takedown of corporate capitalism.

oh it was made by owen dennis.

Not enough people talk about how Mike is probably dealing with depression. He's the sole guardian of his little sister and doesn't care about what happens to HIM, only his sister.

since the last frickbears post did well, here, have my ship while i work on the vanessa doodles

Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Duncan/Kitty (Total Drama) Characters: Duncan (Total Drama), Kitty (Total Drama) Additional Tags: Rare Pairings, Prison, Duncan can't help but be good, Kitty can't help but tease him FOR being good, Slow Burn, Prison Era Duncan, These two have taken over my mind and opened my eyes to why rarepairs exist, Aged-Up Character(s), Character Study, Because nobody in this damn fandom gets Duncan right and it kills me, Idiots in Love, Falling in Love, First Dates, Except they both don't really think of it as a date, First Kiss, Actual First Dates in Ch3, Odd Couple, Contrasting Aesthetics, Duncan is a Dork, Kitty is a Troublemaker

But the truth of the matter is that there are so many people out there who will hate you for what you've done rather than who you are. A singular bad action doesn't make you a bad person. Who you are at your core, what you do as a person and what you hold true to your heart makes up who you are. Arbitrary labels like 'good person' or 'bad person' don't really mean anything. You can do evil and be good. You can do good and be evil. A world with someone by your side is odd to believe, but it's true.

Don't ever believe that you are alone, that you have no one to truly love. The love of others doesn't really matter when you have those few people who you can lean on. Society sucks, but people don't.

I threw this together in an hour because I actively hate being a fan of both of these characters sometimes. The nuances of them are often just pushed aside for the sake of 'Harold deserved the bullying' or 'Duncan is a one-note jerk'.

Duncan and Harold are great rivals because they have a lot in common beneath the surface, and often times are these similarities contrasting with one another. Duncan is predominantly cool, quippy, yet has a hidden nerdy, dorkish side that he would rather die than show. Harold is a geeky loser who plans to live in his mom's basement, yet has a select few moments his bite matches his bark. Even in design, they both wear undershirts while having facial hair, with Duncan's being well-kempt while Harold's isn't.

What's doubly interesting is how their main connecting trait is their arrogance. Duncan backs it up more often, but they're both exceedingly arrogant people who often put their own foot in their mouth. They both have a sense of 'I'm so awesome' and it's why they're often used as punching bags for the show's slapstick. They aren't perfect, pristine people and are notably flawed, yet also aren't quite the level of characters like Alejandro or Heather. Even lesser villains like Justin and Scott are arguably worse people than these two, because despite Duncan and Harold both being arrogant; they're also genuinely good people at heart who like to help others.

Harold is the only person to ever reach out and help Heather. This might've been due to his main character sydrome, but he went out of his way to help a fellow outcast just because he didn't like seeing her sad. Similarly, Duncan goes out of his way to get a new pet Bunnie for DJ, simply because he doesn't want his friend to go through the same thing. Harold often finds the best in bad people, while Duncan often socializes with exceedingly good people.

Even in how they interact with each other, they parallel. Duncan gets the upper hand usually, with Harold occassionally dunking on him and turning the tables. They both think the other is a total idiot, but they're willing to put aside differences for the sake of the team. Some of Duncan's confessionals even imply that he believes that his bullying of Harold will make him actually toughen up, which makes sense when you factor in how Duncan is in-and-out of juvie constantly. It's probably how he ended up being so untrusting of everyone and sees enemies everywhere.

Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Duncan/Kitty (Total Drama) Characters: Duncan (Total Drama), Kitty (Total Drama) Additional Tags: Rare Pairings, Prison, Duncan can't help but be good, Kitty can't help but tease him FOR being good, Slow Burn, Prison Era Duncan, These two have taken over my mind and opened my eyes to why rarepairs exist, Aged-Up Character(s), Character Study, Because nobody in this damn fandom gets Duncan right and it kills me, Idiots in Love, Falling in Love, First Dates, Except they both don't really think of it as a date, First Kiss

Despite his love of horror movies, he can't stand psychological horror. That stuff freaks him out big time.

He actually suffers from automatonophobia, the fear of human-like figures, particularly standees and mannequins.

He never talked to girls much growing up, hence why he falls for them so easily as a teenager.

The only visitors he got in prison were DJ and his Mama. It's not that the others didn't want to visit, moreso that his dad cracked down hard on who could visit and who couldn't.

A lot of the vandalism stunts he pulls are directed at big budget companies and political groups. He doesn't vandalize small mom and pop shops, he doesn't have the heart to.

Duncan loves chick flicks and crappy teenage girl movies, but not a soul knows of this secret. Not even Courtney or Gwen knew.

Rarely ever does he play video games or read comics; he thinks they're way too dorky and finds them super boring.

His favorite slasher is Ghostface, he finds the getup super stupid but hella cool.

He's very tender around healthy families. If you were to put him with the Father & Son or Step-Brothers from RR, he'd act annoyed, but would find their connection really adorable and somewhat envy them.

This is because Duncan's folks are very strict people, who often didn't let him grow up due to being the middle child. Like father like son, his dad was too prideful to admit he was overly critical of Duncan growing up, and it led to him developing the rebel lifestyle he has now.

His mom, meanwhile, kinda coddled him and often treated him as younger than he was. He still loves her, but definitely resents her treatment of him a little bit.

After prison, he moved in with DJ and his Mama.

Speaking of which, Duncan and DJ's Mama actually became close after Action, with Duncan hanging out with DJ during his downtime. They both didn't expect to like the other.