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oohooHOO *rubs my romantic little homosexual hands together*

rivals to lovers (obviously)

childhood best friends to lovers

mutual pining

mutual pining but not because they’re repressed or tragically divided by their duties or allegiances or anything, they’re just too stupid to realize that they’re both being flirted with the entire goddamn time

extremely powerful and intimidating non-human being falls for the first Dumbass McNobody to call them a bitch to their face

a variation of that trope where the powerful being falls for the idiot too dumb of ass to be scared of them but pure of heart and full of love enough to admire their raw strength and power and find them attractive despite any monstrous features they may have

yet ANOTHER variation of the trope where the powerful being is the chill one who is extremely impressed by their fragile but fiery human S.O.

gentle tall x feral small

overprotective worrywart x reckless showoff (aka “what kind of idiot - oh shit that’s MY idiot)

the battle couple

“screw love triangles, we all have TWO hands”

normally stoic secretly pining character gets hurt/sick and shock or delirium has them confessing all their secret feelings

character gets hurt/sick and their normally stoic secret admirer confesses all their feelings because they’re terrified they’re about to lose them and/or don’t think they’ll remember what they said or realize that they’re awake and can hear them

the “i don’t know much… but i do know i love you” moronic duo

partners in crime (often combined with the moronic duo)

sun/moon; red/blue; devil/angel… just the complementary opposites dynamic in general

“you’re the only person on this entire planet i can vibe with (so how about let’s ditch these clowns and make out)”

reformed villain trying to do the right thing which is strongly motivated by their desire to impress the one person who sees the potential for good in them so that they might eventually be worthy of their love and can confess their true feelings (but they’re not above fucking shit up if said crush gets injured or threatened)

the thing where one person scoops up the other and carries them to safety (sometimes with them still shouting/shooting at their opponents)

fake dating for an undercover mission gets a little too real (and then they both have to work even harder to convince the other person that it’s not an act after the mission is completed)

basically i'm still working and on hiatus and i'm exhausted but i'm also reading books and uhhh. yeah. have some angsty but spicy memes!! basically memes that involve protectiveness and angst and just. a real chance to explore softness and all the emotions. to reverse the roles, just add a + to the end!

[ DROP ] : sender unexpectedly collapses in front of receiver, having suddenly received a serious wound.

[ CARRY ] : having seen the receiver fall to the ground, badly wounded, sender proceeds to scoop them up and carry them to safety.

[ CRADLE ] : sender cradles the injured receiver in their arms as they head for safety.

[ PERSEVERE ] : sender, having received a particularly bad wound, tells receiver they're fine, but ends up collapsing later on.

[ RED ] : having witnessed the receiver get hurt by someone, the sender kills their assailant out of RAGE.

[ PROTECT ] : having witnessed the receiver get hurt by someone, the sender kills their assailant in order to PROTECT them.