#ab foster

Oh, pilot-and-bombadier FOR SURE. That's so Nat/Arthur coded. You can't see each other, you can probably barely hear each other, but you also know that the other person CAN and most definitely will take control of the aircraft. You need to trust them to take the both of you to safety. Nat and Arthur have that trust in each other in spades, it's almost creepy.

It's so pretentious but I'll let it pass because as a bilingual bitch myself I, too, get angry when Americans pronounce things from my language wrong.

OH PLEASE that's so many levels of gender fuckery, and I love it so much.

A part of me kinda wants to see how Arthur might find that sort of sweet spot of the feminine-in-the-masculine that drag queens (and Teddy) find and perform in? Kinda like what we talked about before? Because that'd be pretty interesting arc to follow, I think?

Ok but let's be real, Arthur is so Joe-coded, actually, in that he WOULD spend the whole time flitting from one disguise to another, going bigger and bolder each time because, uh, Teddy might've rubbed off on him maybe a little too well.

YES IT WAS ABOUT ARTHUR AHAHAHAHAHA the soulmate-isms has A LOT of downsides

asldkfjskksd i have a feeling it's unspoken between them too bc like. Arthur only ever got into that fight because he and Nat fought first and they were fraying at the edges, alone for the first time ever! and Nat's wanted to take some of the blame for that, but tbh they're trying to draw boundaries between each other, now that they recognize they have to, and so of course Arthur's not gonna allow her to take blame for a fight he started.

so Nat's gotta find a way to expend that energy somehow.

she's also just really angry as a person and her first reaction to conflict is to punch it, so of course she's gonna find the nearest group of ne'er do wells to punch, never mind she is 1) outnumbered and 2) not in the best headspace to do ANY of that.

but yeah, it's an unspoken thing in that... Arthur KNOWS something's happened (soulmate-isms), but Nat won't tell him, and it sits between them like this weight they just have to get used to, ya know? Arthur knows there are scars on her that he help put there, and Nat knows there are phatom boot marks on Arthur's face because of her, but they're not gonna say anything!!

rules: list 9 songs for one (or more) of your ships. optionally, tag 9 people.

thanks for the tag @cody-helix02 and @georgieluz

winnix

1) Tourist - Jon Cozart

2) Love You For A Long Time (Live) - Maggie Rogers ft. Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes (I love the original version, and you should listen to it, too, but this slow one matched their vibe very well)

3) Two Slow Dancers - Mitski

(obligatory OPM pick: Ikaw at Ako - Johnoy Danao)

webgott

4) Dips - Daisy the Great

5) Just Like the Sea - PigPen Theatre Co.

6) La La Lost You (acoustic) - NIKI, 88rising

(obligatory OPM pick: Lakambini - Ebe Dancel (apart from webgott, there's a very important story relevant to Filipino History behind this song, ask me about it some time))

Joe/Arthur (OC by @hellofanidea)

7) If You Let Me - Lukas Clay

8) Something Slow to Dance To - Jay Allan

9) Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow - Freddie Mercury

(obligatory OPM pick: Higa - Arthur Nery)

I'm in a particular "intense gay YA romances" mood after RWRB, gotta be honest

STRAYS MAKING THEIR OWN PACK 🥺🥺🥺 ugh god you are so correct