#aphmau analysis

June

Okay, I wanna start off with June. My girl🥹Her viewpoints on relationships based on the time we have with her in the minigames, as well as little things about her that would impact how she interacts with others. Surprisingly (or maybe unsurprisingly) this was actually MUCH easier for me to properly think about and analyze compared to Rylan. Minigame-formatted videos aren’t ones where you normally find depth—in fact, they tend to be the opposite. They’re meant to be a break from story-driven stuff, a fun way to get to know characters outside of the main story without the weight of the narrative. But for June…well, this sort of is her narrative. It’s the only one she has, the only videos she has any role in. And with that knowledge, I wanna give a HUGE moment of appreciation towards her VA (JessieJane), because Jessie likely understood this and RAN with it. June is genuinely given so much personality and nuance for a character that honestly could’ve been the opposite. She could’ve SO easily just been “Rylan’s crush” and that’s it, especially because the minigames are improv and everything is happening so fast. And yet Jessie was VERY dedicated to making June a consistent and enjoyable character on her own, which I find really awesome, and just wanna commemorate for a second.

Okay, but now for June herself. I personally hc her to be pan, and if you watch the minigames it is PAINFULLY clear why and just. like. so perfect to me personally. June constantly (like to an insane amount) calls everyone beautiful, and she MEANS it. In the minigame “Jealous of Blaze” there’s a scene where she’s genuinely overwhelmed with everyone’s beauty and literally says: “everyone’s just so beautiful I don’t know what to do!!! I love everyone here…🥹” She’s not saying it to just be nice, she genuinely finds everyone pretty in their own way and would probably absolutely have no problem dating or being friends with ANYONE. In that same minigame she literally cheers when Aphmau asks her to makeout (I love her omg😭). She cheers when Blaze shows off his muscles. She cheers when Rylan protects her and willingly is comforted by him. In “60 Seconds in Heaven,” she finds something to compliment about everyone in the room and you can tell she’s sincere about it (this isn’t really all romantic but again, goes to show her love for being around others. However she does show interest in Dante). In “Pranking The Girls Sleepover,” She says: “What’s a sleepover without some girls kissin, right?”

Like this girl loves everyone, whether it ends up platonic or romantic, and she MEANS it. Her friendship with someone like Daniel is just as meaningful to her even without romance, because it’s still a form of love to her, which she cherishes. And while looks do a play a role in her attraction—she makes this very clear with the comments she makes towards how much she loves other people’s appearances, most notably seen with people like Blaze and Dante—I do genuinely believe she’s someone who values deep connection and bond. She finds everyone attractive for different reasons so she’s more interested in personality. She yearns to start that bond with people around her. June is legitimately just such a joy to be around. She’s a lover at heart. Being with others gives her life, and I just adore that for her.

Point is, June loves love. But as I was rewatching the minigames, I realized something that isn’t necessarily a flaw, but just kind of a trait June has that is really crucial about her view of love, something which all these moments I’ve shared have in common. Something which would impact a relationship she would have, but moreso in a romantic way than a platonic one.

The way June approaches love seems almost…like a fantasy in a way. I don’t have the right word for it. But I notice that everything about her seems to have this wonderous, almost imaginative excitement towards it. Remember that thing I mentioned about June getting excited over Aph mentioning Rylan had a “special kiss?” She says something along the lines of, “like a Disney Princess kiss? Where you float in the air and sparkle and stuff?!!!” That line in particular, as well as many other instances, gave off the impression of June being someone who loves love, but someone who doesn’t really know what kind of specific love she wants. Who likes the idea of love and even idealizes it, views it as something fun and cute, but likely hasn’t considered what a full commitment to love must be. This isn’t a problem with her platonically—the friendships we see June form are ones she very clearly express as such. She knows what she looks for in friendships like that, with those kinds of close bonds which she cherishes. However, with the three main “love interests” she’s presented with in the minigames (Rylan, Blaze, & Dante—not saying you can’t ship her with others but these three are objectively who the minigames present as options for you to root for), I never got that same sense of establishment that I got from her friendships. She enjoys their company like she does with her friends, and maybe she even considers them that, but there’s that unkown feeling that she can’t really fully acknowledge. It’s like she couldn’t really define what she had with these guys, because while she does genuinely love everyone and would date anyone, she doesn’t know what that feeling is actually like. What does this kind of love mean to her? Is it actual love, or just something she admires? Does she actually have a desire to fully commit to it?

From my perspective, I feel like the idea of love and actual love are two different things in June’s head which tend to be mixed up at times. It’s like a blurred line for her. The way she views romance throughout the minigames always felt so idealized to me. Not that her love was ingenuine, but it wasn’t the kind of love that can grant a healthy relationship. She doesn’t have the definition of actual love, but the version of love with sparkles and cuteness tends to help her not think of worry about that.

This became even more apparent to me in the intro of “CAT-GIRLS SLEEPOVER!” when asked if she likes someone by Katelyn. Sorry for all these quotes but this one is actually SO SO SO SO important to me. She says(and I’m quoting this like EXACTLY how she said it, trying to copy her tone):

“Oh! Oh, my…*stammers* Well, I mean…I-I hadn’t thought about it, but…I guess I think Blaze is pretty cute.”

Aph talks here

“Yeah! He’s cute! I mean…I don’t like-him-like-him…I just don’t really know him too well. But he’s cute!”

Aph mentions Rylan here

“Oh, he’s really cute, too :)”

This entire dialogue is really telling to me. And it honestly hits really close to home to me personally (which I’ll talk about later). It’s short, and by itself it doesn’t reveal a lot about June, but when you consider everything else established about her throughout the minigames, it says a lot.

There is just this. Uncertainty in June’s words. Not in the sense that she doesn’t believe what she’s saying, she absolutely does. She does find Blaze & Rylan cute, and she would need to get to know them more before even considering them as crushes, which is completely understandable. But I feel like this is one of those moments where June really questions what kind of love would really be deserving of her having a crush. What kind of love would be deserving of even dating someone. It’s like she’s dreamt of that love and has an innocent picture of it, but the actual reality of it is foreign to her. It’s not that she won’t confront it, it’s that she doesn’t even really know how to.

June gets flustered in this scene, she blushes at the mere thought of a crush. Blaze is the first person that comes to mind, because she’d just met him the minigame prior, and finds him endearing. But that’s only for a moment. When the camera cuts back to June after Aph speaks, she’s not blushing anymore. It’s like the moment where she has to reel herself back and “think realistically,” because she doesn’t even truly feel like she understands her romantic feelings.

I also want to briefly mention other traits June has that aren’t necessarily romantic or anything, and are simply bits of characterization. Just her personality yk. Regardless, they’d still impact her interactions with others, and therefore a potential relationship, and I think it’s very important to aspects of Ryune which I’ll discuss later.

June’s forgetfulness is one of the reasons I relate to her so deeply. One of the reasons I started loving her. It’s so endearing to me what do you mean you forgot this guy’s name when you were chasing after him a few minutes ago. But I honestly think June would feel a bit of guilt over this. I do, so maybe I’m projecting, but I feel like she feels extremely bad when she forgets someone’s name and stuff. She want to remember but her brain just doesn’t let her. Just think I should mention that for when I bring up how ryune helps and love each other.

Rylan

ooohh boy Rylan. My favorite dork. The party animal ever. I admittedly actually really struggled with him at first. Since he’s a character that exists outside of the minigames, I had a lot more to look into. For starters, Rylan’s character has teeny tiny shifts between the series and minigames, but that honestly makes sense. Like I said, minigames are meant to be goofy, fun stuff, it’s fine if they’re not fully consistent. But the ryune minigames are different to me because they feel so much more seperate. They explore a side of Rylan which isn’t really present at all in the series and in most of the minigames without June.

In the series and even in a few of the minigames, I find that Rylan is a very impulsive person. He’s the first to act and try to resolve things, even if he doesn’t put much thought behind his actions, which usually results in things not going exactly as he thought they would. Examples from the series include:

When Ein chooses Daniel to be Omega, Rylan is the first to immediately try and go after him and has to be stopped and rationalized by Dottie, since he could’ve potentially just made things worse if he’d done anything.

When given the chocolate cupcakes from Aph in Aphmau’s Year, he’s the one to immediately throw them out the window without even considering if they were a chocolate substitute (they weren’t, but there’s a moment where he turns around and goes: “oh no, was it? :(“ which shows how he doesn’t fully think through his actions before acting).

Hell, even back in pdh S1 when his personality was almost entirely different, he still showed this impulsivity to take initiative (trying to challenge Aaron’s demand at the party despite literally KNOWING what he can do, breaking into Aph’s room for his wallet, the whole scene where he asks Aph to prom, etc). This version of Rylan is ofc pretty outdated but it does go to show how some traits carried over.

There are MANY more examples I could point to—the minigames are actually the most evidence I have—but that’s not the main focus. What I want to explain with this impulsivity with Rylan is how it affects his relationships and kind of plays into his personality and interests, and how this is later contrasted in the ryune minigames. Rylan, like June, is a people-person. He loves parties and just being with others that make him happy. I think he’s a lot less outgoing when meeting new people compared to June, and likes sticking to his circle a lot of the time, as seen in “Werewolf Party” where he’s literally overjoyed at the thought of having a party with just three people LMAO. He’s a bit reserved in that sense, but not closed off. Because when he does get to know someone new, he doesn’t hesitate to be himself around them. He’s pretty carefree and chill but also gets super excited and isn’t afraid to be himself, even if it doesn’t meet a “quota” of what a werewolf or man “should be like” or something He shows genuine gratitude for his friends and very clearly cares about them so much. He’s not smart but he’s also not dumb, and I’d say he’s probably the most socially mature out of the three pups when he wants to be. I’ve already discussed their dynamic in more detail when analyzing the pup trio in another post, so I’ll leave that there. But with this specific focus being on Rylan, I find that his impulsiveness naturally flowed throughout all of this. Through his friendships and personalities and little things about himself, it was there. Not that he only acts impulsively, he’s actually pretty considerate in his friendships and thinks in order to do what’s best for the people he cares about. But he still does kind of just act on a whim, even if he has the best interest of others at heart.

So, that’s how Rylan is as a person and how that sort of impacts how he interacts with others around him. Impulsive but fun, kind of reserved a little, but also very open and friendly to be around once you’re close with him. He genuinely cares a LOT for his friends and people close to him. The reason I go into so much detail for this to emphasize how much Rylan DRASTICALLY changes around June because of his crush. June is the first time we’ve seen Rylan have any sort of intentional romantic interaction with anyone, so it’s bound to be different than how he interacts with others platonically. But yet there was something about it that also felt like it shifted his personality, but didn’t necessarily change it.

In the minigames involving June—I’ll include “Rylan’s Crush” despite her not being physically present, since she is still important to that one—Rylan’s impulsivity feels almost gone in a way. He's the exact opposite of it. He’s the last to act now, he actively needs to be pushed to do ANYTHING because of his how flustered he is around June. His reserved nature really shines here as he’s scared to even initially know June at all, being content with her not even knowing he exists. Where he’s usually pretty loud and outgoing, he’s now pretty quiet and a nervous wreck. And like. Even in these minigames, you can see “normal” Rylan there in how he interacts with Daniel and Aph, going back to joking with them and being able to interact with them just fine, not afraid to be himself and show off his emotions. But the moment June enters the conversation, it’s like he hides that. Hell, even when she isn’t present, like in “Rylan’s Crush,” just the mere thought of her makes him unable to muster anything up. That’s actually another thing I quickly wanna point out. It’s not that Rylan is silent around June, he’s just much less coherent and verbal. He stammers and stutters, and can’t find the right words, and makes a bunch of embarrassed or flustered sounds like grumbling and groaning. His VA (KamiWasa) actually does a great audible contrast with Rylan around June and Rylan literally anywhere else. His voice is much less stable, less certain. There’s a big shift in tone and the way he emphasizes certain words out of nervousness, stuttering at times and being unable to express himself. Will just SOUNDS flustered and I think that’s incredible characterizing voice performance, which I wanna commemorate as well as it’s a great way to show off this part of his character.

Anyways, point is, you’ve all heard me go ooon and ooon about how Rylan is afraid to be his true self around June out of insecurity, because YEAH. THATS JUST WHAT HAPPENS MAN💔 it is so painfully obvious and I feel so horrible for him. He genuinely believes he isn’t likeable enough for June. In “The Girl Rylan Likes,” which is basically the introduction to june and ryune, the opening scene makes it painfully clear just how insecure Rylan is with himself around June. This scene is VERY important so I’ll just put a bunch of his quotes from it here: “Gah-! Shut up! She’s gon- she’s gonna look over here…!” “And I’m happy being a chicken! Just—don’t look at her!” “*Stammers* Nno-! No way! Never! I-I…I can’t, she’s too perfect.” “No! N-No way. She doesn’t even know I exist!” “*Stammers* MmnNNo! I won’t! I-I’m fine being a lonely coward!” “*Hesitates* What if she…thinks I’m ugly…?”

All of these quotes from just that scene alone (and sososososo many more in other moments throughout the ryune minigames) just show how much Rylan feels like he isn’t good enough for her. Rylan isn’t an insecure person necessarily, I don’t think he hates himself or anything. But he’s specifically insecure around June. It’s like he suddenly gains this wave of anxiousness and he’s aware of every little flaw and imperfection about him that might not make him likeable. There’s this large fear of rejection in his character around her, because he thinks the real him isn’t any good for love.

Rylan believes the real him wouldn’t be a good partner, and he’s scared to face that. He struggles to see himself in a relationship because while he would be fully committed, he doesn’t know if the other person would reciprocate that. His love for June is genuine, and he admires her, but it’s made him sort of put her in this pedestal that he can’t reach. His admiration for her and everything about her makes him put himself down constantly, willingly even. I noticed throughout the ryune minigames that when receiving compliments by Aph or Daniel or anyone to make him look good for June, he avoids it. He rejects the idea and denies it. He runs. Because he genuinely believes the real him isn’t someone June would love. And avoiding and letting those feelings boil hurts him, but it still feels more safe than actually having to confront them.

I find his jealousy to be really interesting, too. Rylan has shown jealousy (mostly panic) towards Blaze and Dante for getting close to June in both of their respective minigames (though with Dante it was more brief). It never came off to me as possessiveness or anything, but just kind of fear that he was right. Because he really doesn’t want to be. He fears that he’s right that other guys are more of June’s type, they’re more manly and what a good partner should be like. He can’t live up to that in his mind. He fears losing her, because he genuinely loves her for her. Looks play a part in it, and he finds her beautiful, but he just adores her personality as well. And he can’t confront those feelings, but he also doesn’t wanna lose her.

So…Rylan’s a mess. Nothing new. But it’s honestly so endearing and also a bit sad to see him like that. I mentioned his normal personality and mannerisms at the start to show much of a contrast it is around June. He admires her so much and is so scared to be himself, and that’s really sad because in the few moments when he IS himself around June, you genuinely see him SHINE. They’re very small moments and few, and they usually only last a few seconds because he immediately goes back to being a nervous wreck, but you genuinely get this sense of relief. He wants to be himself around June, because he loves her. But at the same time, he doesn’t know if he deserves her.

One last thing before I end this section with Rylan: Unlike June, Rylan hasn’t shown real interest in a lot of people romantically, so I kind of had to base it off vibe and personality and just my preference for him. My personal hc for rylan is that he’s polysexual (not to be confused with polyamory). I could honestly see him dating literally anyone except boys😭 I don’t rlly have any explanation for this unfortunately it’s just kinda how I view him personally. I just don’t think he’d be into guys but I also don’t think he’d mind dating someone who’s nb or genderfluid or anything like that. He would have preferences n stuff but I’d say he’s pretty open for the most part and cares more about the bond with that person. Looks would probably play a role, but again, Rylan doesn’t give me the impression of someone who really minds. He just listens to his heart 🥹

Ryune: Connections, And How They Affect Each Other

OKAY. Now that I’ve covered both of them, I wanna display their similarities and how these individual viewpoints of theirs would impact their relationship. I wanna dive into what they love about each other. I also want to explain how they’d help each other improve, which you can actually kinda see throughout the minigames.

So to start, as I was writing analysis, I realized like. Oh my god these two are so stupidly similar and they don’t even know it. Both of them struggle to see themselves in actual relationships, albeit for different reasons (Rylan for his insecurities, June for her uncertainty). Both have this sort of “rose-tinted glasses” view of love (Rylan for his view of June, June for her view of love in general). And both have expressed very clearly that they need TIME to actually consider fully committing to dating anyone and don’t wanna rush into things, as seen here:

“I don’t wanna kiss her!” - “I’m not asking June on a date! *sigh* That’s final for sure…” - “The DATE?!?”

“Yeah! He’s cute! I mean…I don’t like-him-like-him…I just don’t really know him too well. But he’s cute!” - “CAT-GIRLS SLEEPOVER!”

Not to mention, they’re both also similar in non-romantic ways. They both love parties, get excited at small thing, clearly care for their friends and compliment them a lot, aren’t the best at the minigames but still try, can be a bit clueless at times, and both seem to have a small interest in theatre (fun fact, Rylan’s model could be seen in line for the theatre club in pdh s1!). There’s a ton of other stuff I haven’t mentioned, but even though they do have unique interests and personalities, they actually have a lot in common.

So…this would probably make it easier to understand each other.

If you were to ask me how my ideal ryune plotline would go, they’d start off as friends. The minigames do establish their friendship despite June’s forgetfulness and Rylan’s awkwardness, as June does approach him on several occasions and Rylan does learn to hold a conversation with her. They even go on a date in the final minigame, though it is very implied that it was established to be a platonic one. So, they’re close. But the thing is, I honestly think their time as friends would probably be really crucial to their future relationship. Because during that time, they help each other overcome each other’s struggles and problems, and help each other come out of their shell. Only after that would they start dating, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s get into the specifics, staring with June.

As June hangs out with Rylan, that uncertainty starts circling through her mind. That she can’t define what she really wants, what she actually likes in someone in order to date them. What that kind of love really looks like. She’d only ever seen love through this view which made her unsure what actual love looked like, and if she was even capable of accomplishing it. But as she spends time with him…the line begins to unblur in a way. Something about him helps her sort of realize what she really wants. It draws her out of this ignorant view of love she had previously.

Rylan isn’t conventionally attractive, but she’s stated that she finds him cute, and I think she means that. It’s not the same tone where “cute” is an uncommitted term, like a vague crush or admiration she can’t define. She likes his freckles, and bangs, and the way he looks at her. She likes his smile, and the way it makes her smile. Finds herself staring at them. It makes her wanna go up to him more, get to know him. It makes her feel warmth and calm in a way nothing else had really done before. She loves his personality, too. The way he cares for others really stands out to her, and she expresses this, too;

“Guys! You aren’t ugly! You’re both beautiful!”

“Awww! Your friend is so sweet!”

Throughout the minigames, despite how hard he tries to avoid her out of anxiousness, June keeps chasing after him (literally sometimes). She constantly shows interest in him in a way she doesn’t do with Blaze and Dante—and that is, she shows true and genuine curiosity and affection for the actual real him. Whether she means it platonically or not, it doesn’t matter, because it’s genuine. It’s not about his attractiveness or anything like that, something which was her only main interest with Dante and Blaze. She’s into the flirting those two do, but even then, she doesn’t engage with it in the way she does with Rylan, and he doesn’t even have to flirt. It was just a desire to know him and an excitement to do so.

And I think she’d realize that that’s really what she’s looking for. Someone who gives her flowers and gifts out of the goodness of their heart. Who doesn’t put down her excitement or make her feel stupid. Who doesn’t get mad or frustrated at her for her forgetfulness, but instead is understanding about it. Who comforts her when she cries. Who helps her with climbing and encourages her. Who she finds endearing due to their little charms like their interest in parties or their goofy laugh. Who makes her laugh and smile and gets her heart racing. Who she feels an urge to get know more of in a way she hasn’t with anyone else. Who genuinely cherishes every part of her, even the parts she doesn’t cherish about herself. Rylan helps her find her definition of actual love. It helps her understand herself better. And she loves him for it.

Rylan helps June realize that she is worthy and capable of commitment, even with her flaws. That he loves every part of her, even more than just her looks, and that makes her feel seen in a way she hadn’t known before. He sees her.

As for how June helps Rylan, I’ve already talked about this so many times and I’m always happy to. June helps Rylan overcome his anxiety and realize that she genuinely loves him for him. Not the version of Rylan he thinks he needs to be to be worthy of her, or the version of Rylan he thinks he can’t achieve, but just himself. Even the parts of him he thought were ugly or unlovable, she likes them. She finds his awkwardness endearing because it’s honest. It shows that his love isn’t performative or anything, he actually feels nervous around her in a way which is telling to how much he values her.

As Rylan spends time with June, he starts to feel more like himself. Slowly, the fear starts fading. All these insecurities and constant overthinking of things like his appearance and mannerisms fade away, because honestly, all he can focus on is how much he enjoys her company. It’s like everything he feared fades with her smile alone. He’s enchanted by it, but it’s no longer because he’s putting her at a pedestal or idealizing her. It’s just because he realizes she sees him. And he never realized how much he needed that.

Throughout the minigames, you get these little moments of surprise every time June shows interest in him. These moments where he’s breathless, and he realizes how much she cherishes him, more than he does himself at times. And besides that, he just. adores her, honestly. Everything about her makes his heart race, helps him calm down. He admires the way she can connect with basically anyone and encourages them to be himself. He himself isn’t that outgoing, but seeing her do that is just. incredible to him. And that’s only one thing.

He loves the little things she does. He loves her looks and her smile. He loves her sense of fashion. And slowly, Rylan is able to realize she loves those things about him in return. They’re reciprocated. It basically nulls his fears of rejection. Because even if they ended up as friends, she does care about him. She finds him nice. The person he finds most beautiful, who he loves deeply, actually enjoys his presence. That means a lot to him.

So, overall, they help each other overcome these little struggles they had when it came to connecting with one another. Somehow, the other’s presence helped them heal what was truly keeping them away from each other. Rylan’s insecurities are still present at times, but June is always there to reassure him and lift his spirits. June sometimes questions if she’s doing the right thing or if she’s ready, and Rylan is patient with her and helps her through every step of the way.

As I stated, they’d be friends for a while. Everything I’ve mentioned would kind of build up overtime the more they hang out as friends. Until they realize that their feelings are actually fully reciprocated like “oh my god this person ALSO wants to be with me” and they decide to date. If you had to ask me what time would be ideal for them to date, I’d honestly say around maybe college? but that’s more of a preference hc thing more than anything. Regardless, as they start dating, this only continues. They continue to help each other grow as people. They realize they have even more in common than before. Of course, even dating takes time. Like I said, both of them have expressed that they don’t wanna rush into things. It would take a while for these awkward dorks to not freak out over just holding hands (they’d get all giddy over it I just know it). They’d probably sit down and discuss their goals n stuff. But overtime they start getting even closer than before.

If anything, the term “girlfriend” and “boyfriend” are just kind of that to them. Titles. But the technicalities aren’t important them, because in reality, it’s each other’s company that really matters to them. Their love is just so much more than that. It’s a genuine desire for the other and admiration. Looks, personality, interests, everything.

I could say so much more about how they love each other. I could go on for hours. But I honestly feel as if I’ve summarized the main points I’ve wanted to get across. Did I overanalyzing and look too deep a minigame ship that probably didn’t intend ANY of this and I’m looking rlly deeply into it? Yes. No normal person watching these minigames would probably come to this conclusion LMAO. Luckily I’m not normal about these two. I still love them dearly. And that’s all that matters to me rlly🥹

Now this next section isn’t rlly necessary bc it’s rlly just me going into why I love them and why Ryune is really special to me. This is the part that’s mostly me just rambling, sooo feel free to end your reading here if you wanna hehe. thank you sososos much for caring abt these two dorks like I do and reading it truly does mean the world to me🥹🫶

Ryune’s Importance

Okay. This part is really just sappy and me rambling abt why I love them. And honestly, it’s more of a personal thing than anything. But maybe you can find some relatability in this section, soo enjoy‼️

Rylan and June are like. Two different sides of me. Or not even necessarily two sides of me, but I just feel like they both are literally me in different aspects. almost EVERYTHING I just discussed about them I relate to in real life in a way that’s very important to me. Maybe this is why they’ve stuck to me years later despite being a silly minigame ship, but regardless, I do genuinely see myself in both of them.

I relate to June’s love for love. I genuinely adore the concept of love, whether it’s platonic or romantic. I love my friends, and I love interacting with others. And I like the idea of having crushes, I love this idea of love I have in my head. But at the same time, I really struggle seeing myself in a relationship. I struggle knowing what actual love looks like for me. I fear that I won’t be committed to someone, that my love isn’t actually genuine and just this silly-innocent-crush. I don’t wanna hurt anyone I potentially get in a relationship with because of that. This means that a lot of the time, the crushes I have feel sort of unlabeled to me. Like yes I like them but I don’t know if I see myself in a relationship with them. I like the idea of a relationship, but would I be any good at it? I don’t know. And honestly, there is no really way to know until I actually get dating experience. But because of that, I genuinely deeply relate to June. Besides that, I also relate SO much to her forgetfulness and nativity. Like that’s literally me. And as silly as it sounds, June has also somewhat inspired me in a way. She’s shown me the beauty of being a good, kind person who reaches out to others who feel like they aren’t good enough.

As for Rylan, I feel like his individual personality is VERY VERY me. Like him, im rlly content with my friendgroup and don’t actively try to reach out to new people. I’m happy in my circle of friends. But when my friends introduce me to someone new, I do try and be myself with them and form a connection. I also relate to his impulsiveness highkey…I don’t have the same level of impulsiveness he does, like im pretty different from him in that regard, but still. It hits rlly close to home. As for his insecurities with dating, I don’t really relate to that fully. I don’t like to think of myself as ugly or anything, though I do 100% understand his fear of the person I like seeing me as such. I also get his fear of not being himself around his crush and just his absolute flustered awkwardness around June…like yeah me too girl PLS.

I relate to both of them wanting to get to know someone better before actually dating them, that only feels natural for me. Actually one of the reasons I fell in love with them bc SO REAL. I need at least like a few months knowing someone before even CONSIDERING a full committed relationship. Like yeah crushes exist but like I mentioned with June, those feelings of admiration aren’t enough to translate into dating, even if the person I like reciprocates them. I’d just have to know em more first

And I know what I’ve said maybe sounds like my love life or whateva is a mess, but trust me I’m not as awkward as these dorks. And I’m not even rlly focused on a partner rn as it stands, I’m actually really happy and content with just my friends and focusing on schoolwork. But it is something to think abt from time to time sometimes. When I say I relate to them it’s usually less of a “oh I’m exactly like that down to a tea” and more of a “I completely understand where they’re coming from and have done this but in a different level” if that makes any sense.

And also I just. I find them really cute. That’s it. If you throw away all this depth I’d still love them. I attach to dumb stupid silly things so much and they’re so perfect for that🥹 like don’t get me wrong I love analyzing complex couples and pairings, but sometimes the drama and conflict and narrative can be a lot. At the end of the day I just want a comfy lil ship that’s problem free and isn’t rlly affected by a narrative, bc…well, minigames. I like ryune bc it helps me acknowledge the simple things in life and the beauty within them. It helps me love inspite of flaws. It gives me hope that I can find that genuine connection with someone, where they love me for the real me, whether it’s romantic or platonic. Idk ryune is very hopecore to me Yeah, I know ryune didn’t end up canon which devastates me. But there’s something rlly comforting abt the thought of them. Maybe it’s because I relate to them, or it’s just bc I find them endearing, but who knows. These idiots mean the world to me. I love you stupid minecraft furries

There’s SO much more I could say. Trust me there is. I’ve analyzed what the specific kind of flower Rylan gives June in “O Romeo, Romeo!” means and how this symbolizes their relationships and helps them grow (the flower is a daisy btw and it symbolizes purity, innocence, new beginnings, and true love which is genuinely perfect for ryune actually insane coincidence god I love them). But this is already insanely long and I wanna wrap it up. You will be hearing me yap about them in the future you know me.

If you’ve read this far THANK YOU FOR READING!!! I’m a yapper I know I know it’s insane💔 I’ll probably take a wee break from speaking of ryune just bc this was extremely long and I wanna give other stuff I love some attention too. While I love ryune I do wanna be more diverse in my posts and talk abt other characters I adore, bc they deserve love as well. I’ve just been extremely ryune pilled recently PLS