leninha what are your thoughts on the papaya rules polycule?
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i have SO MANY THOUGHTS. too many. primarily i think the dynamics are so intriguing. below the cut because i'm a yapper :)))
we have:
oscar x lando: obviously, landoscar, you know how it is. but you add the girlfriends in and it gets oh so much spicier. jealous osc being jealous of how much sex (he perceives) lando and magui to be having. lando being jealous of oscarlily's stability. her place in oscar's life. one lando could never take up, because he hasn't known oscar since he was sixteen.
oscar x lily: NOW, my imyitm brainrot causes me to only ever ship them platonically, but i think there's something to be said for "relationship you've been in for so long that it's more about the overall stability and habit of it than the actual attraction." and yes, i do think they love each other. like i find that to be evident in their interactions, and i think it remains within the polycule. however, is it romantic love? or if it once was romantic love, is it anymore? thoughts thoughts thoughts.
lando x magui: not a ton of love there, either. at least not the romantic kind. i think they definitely LIKE each other, and find each other fun, but i find lagui to be the definition of friends with benefits. like they're genuinely friends who have insane chemistry and therefore can make each other come exceptionally well. but they're just friends. i also see both of them having gossip sessions after sex. plus, they're both pretty much guaranteed to be the hottest people in any room they walk into, so there's that. they may as well date.
lando x lily: hmm. lando's scared of her. lily finds him too much. too charming, too british, too beloved. lando finds her to be too much, as well, just because lily's so smart. lando, as someone who never finished school, and while he was there, was never very good at it, would probably feel intensely threatened by her. i think when they're around each other they're very nice to each other. too nice. pulling out chairs and offering to get drinks and shit.
magui x lily: see this one is SO INTERESTING. magui as the wag epitome. lily as someone who has spent her entire public relationship with oscar separating herself from the wags. magui finding lily stuck up. but also upsetting, because lily can never be accused of being a "professional wag" like magui is. a serial dater of athletes. i also see lily as someone who finds the idea of feminine beauty (or at least the commodification of it) kind of offensive, and it can come off sometimes that she looks down on people like magui. and i think magui would pick up on that. also, they're wags of the same team. there's gotta be some competition there.
magui x oscar: he hates her ass lmaooooo. reckon he's pretty jealous of her and lando. just imagining him walking past a room and hearing them in it and having to hit the gym extra hard to work off his frustration is ughhh so delicious. magui finds him a bit serious and full of himself, and she's also protective of lando, so she's a bit suspicious of him.
anyway, those are my thoughts! what a great question :)













