#cleotxt

+ kalim pov second year fic about dancing -> post ch4

+ silver pov second year beach fic -> post first year

99% of the time people ship kalim and jamil they do it in way that's like THIS ISNT THEMMM cause like okay. The barest fucking read of episode four gets you this: jamil has had to give up so much for kalim constantly for his family and for his own survival

what fucking good would being a relationship do him? unless it's kalim consistently prioritizing jamils needs over his, there would always be the same dynamic of jamil constantly stressing / sacrificing his own happiness for kalim. and we see that kalim DOES try to care for jamil but ultimately like. even by nature of being the way he is jamil still has to care for him. Jamil still has to make sacrifices for kalim and HE SHOULDNT HAVE TO DO THAT!!! HE DOESNT OWE HIM ANYTHINGGG

jamil is not a tsundere or a mom friend hes a TEENAGER who's been forced to give up SO much of his independence and safety and years to care about someone who can never understand that experience and to look at chapter four and all you get out of it is wow . They should make out is a DEEP misunderstanding of their characters (they're NOT just a grumpy x sunshine ship I PROMISE)

and in the end I don't really care morally if people ship it like there are more freak ships out there. I think the 'brotherzoned/cousinzoned' discourse was ridiculous but in the end its like. Ohhh my god. if you're going to ship them ship THEM actually and not archetypes that you think they fill! Discuss the inherent power dynamic that still exists there, talk about the remaining resentment that jamil still definitely fills, how it would fit in way kalim processes trust and relationship but for gods sakes they are who they are because of whats happened to them so don't try to flatten that into uwu cute at least