#roseunspindle

I work at a hotel and those things just...manifest themselves into rooms I swear.

Absolutely

Is there a universe where Cloud married Barret?

There are infinite universes, so I'm sure there is.

What are Calamity Zack's thoughts of Cloud x Zack + possible others? Is he just like whatever floats your boat?

Calamity Zack rolls with anything that's healthy for Cloud and everyone else he loves. (And ugh, fine Aerith, things that are also healthy for Genesis.)

Strifesodos family - Genesis is better now and mourning and guilty as hell. Ends up finally throwing himself at/on Cloud in hopes of judgement/absolution...something. Tifa and Barret have just left of their honeymoon post Advent Children and Cloud needs help. He has Marlene, Denzel, Moogle Girl, and three now infant former(ish) Sephiroth clones to wrangle. Yuffie was supposed to help but she's more aiding and abetting. Genesis finds absolution might come in wiping sticky hands, and taking children to and from school, and changing dirty diapers.

Like, Naruto and Sasuke had so much stuff between them I get why they haven't let each other go.

So it seemed weird as hell that sakura would even still "like" sasuke... as her original feelings stemmed from childish "he's so cute and broody" which is okay in a 12 year old girl but less okay as an adult woman...

The naruhina I though, ah, he and hinata must have had many moments in all the parts I've missed, and bonded...oh...she just...endangers herself and confesses to which naruto doesn't react at all...and then their married...

As a shonen manga I figured we wouldn't get a blatant narusasu ending (even though they are the best) ...I'm even a cheery multishipper often for characters I like but...it was so sad. I'd of been happier to have it end with shion just randomly turning up to have naruto keep his baby making promise...

Anywho sorry for blathering on.

I adore your art as well, it's super pretty and I need all the naruto x sasuke content to heal my shipper soul...

Hi @roseunspindle ! Oh gosh!! You couldn’t read past the reunion scene??? I would’ve gone crazy 😭

^_^

Unfortunately, rexwalker is practically the only queer sw ship that, even with full shipping goggles on, I still cannot get any chemistry for in canon. I don't dislike it (I reblog rexwalker art!) and I have absolutely no reason not to ship it, just doesn't light my brain up with the shipping juices, which rules out obirexwalker for me.

The first chapter and the prewriting phase of Battlefield made me a definite codakin shipper and enjoying all three pairs that comprise the triad really makes the shipping-brain go brrrr. Each pairing has such delicious dynamic and I enjoy them each for such different reasons that the interplay between them as a polycule is just *chef's kiss*

There is a grand total of one fanfic that was able to sell me on rexwalker, but it was one of those situations where the author nailed the characterization so well and set them in such a fitting scenario that I would have shipped damn near anything they put forth. ripe with severed faith by Hornet394. It's actually rexanidala but, like rexwalker, an anidala fic already has to be very VERY good to get me to read it (counting this fic, there are only four anidala fics I've liked). Also made me so fuckin emotional over the decisions of a mouse droid so yaknow

The short answer is... no, I don't.

The slightly longer answer is that it really depends on what characterization you're going with for Qui-Gon, which in turn impacts Obi-Wan's character, and while I have seen 'Qui-Gon lives and Obi-Wan and Anakin become super close' done convincingly, it's really difficult to get to that point.

The long answer is that no matter what, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are both really bad about talking about their feelings. Neither of them likes admitting they're hurt, especially when they're afraid that the other person already knows and doesn't care. Qui-Gon is too proud to admit his mistakes first, and Obi-Wan (while a lot more willing to swallow his pride to make peace than Qui-Gon is) has to think there's a reconciliation that's possible if he wants to get to that point.

Which means that, if you want Obi-Wan to get along with Qui-Gon well enough to (a) not resent him enough to come visit and (b) not resent Anakin at least a little bit for the debacle in the council chambers, you have to stick Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon in a room together and make it so they won't argue. Like, for instance, making it so Qui-Gon got stabbed through the gut, saw his life flash before his eyes, and not only doesn't have the energy for the row that would lead to Obi-Wan stalking out and not coming back for years, but also genuinely just feels bad enough to swallow his pride.

But if, say, Obi-Wan dumps Anakin on the Council, leaves (for Duty and Selflessness and certainly not because he's still angry at Qui-Gon but he feels bad being angry at an invalid and he just feels bad being angry in general, because he should be Above It All by now), and doesn't come back for years—

And if, say, Qui-Gon wakes up, realizes Obi-Wan is gone and isn't coming back, and decides to ignore Obi-Wan's... everything and train Anakin (for Duty and Selflessness and certainly not because he's deeply, deeply hurt, so he's pulling a Qui-Gon and covering it all up with Righteous Indignation), and doesn't see Obi-Wan for years—

Then I think we have an Anakin on our hands who not only resents Obi-Wan (like in canon), but resents him for being Qui-Gon's Perfect Former Apprentice, who did EVERYTHING right that Anakin couldn't and STILL left Qui-Gon (because clearly this is a black-and-white issue where Qui-Gon was the victim and Obi-Wan was the villain, because Qui-Gon can't do any wrong, Qui-Gon rescued him, Qui-Gon is the perfect Jedi better than all the other Jedi which means he's always right and they're always wrong, etc etc).

We focus on Hades missing Persephone a lot, but you also have Persephone without Hades for half the year. Maybe she wants a distraction, maybe she's seeking companionship, maybe she wants to get a good look at the Demigod Olympus keeps freaking out about as an adult.

They run into each other on Olympus. It's curiosity at first, but they start a conversation and maybe Persephone spins a tale about her and Hades (I do so love playing with different interpretations of that myth), and Percy maybe sees something relatable there. Maybe it's the feeling of loneliness, lack of understanding, maybe it's the feeling of being trapped by your circumstances. Whatever it is, they connect.

Percy leaves Olympus and the conversation kinda sticks with Persephone. She might not take on lovers the same way other Gods do, but she's still a Goddess and that means the obsession, possessive thread rings true. She decides Percy will be hers, whether as a lover or as the crowning jewel in her garden, she doesn't know.

Persephone shows up where Percy is - camp, apartment, dorm, class, whatever - and just kinda sticks around. Percy's getting a bit suspicious here, because what does she want, but his first thought isn't going to be Persephone wanting to take him to bed.

One night, maybe she's watching him make or eat dinner, he asks her what she wants. She leans in and says, "you."

Percy is startled, but also has the moment of oh maybe he should have seen this coming. He's not...bothered by the idea, not really. Persephone is...Persephone. She's the Goddess of Spring and typically thought of in relation to Hades, but was called Dread Persephone.

So, Percy goes for it. And afterward? Well, Persephone doesn't leave.

Talk about a summer romance, amiright

Also the Frazel debate, I thought they were adorable but many have a problem again with an age difference?

*not related at all, any opnion on perjasico? (i like the canon ships but this one loves to pop up and go "love me!" ^_^')

Thank you for your message!

I absolutely agree with you about Luke and Annabeth. A lot of people (including Annabeth herself) did interpret Luke's final conversation with her as having romantic implications. To each their own I guess, but personally, I heavily reject that notion and the thought would never have even crossed my mind if it hadn't been put there by other people's Tumblr posts. I have previously answered an ask about it here if anyone wants to read more.

About Frazel, I am torn on that topic. Frank wasn't the most mature kid, so if he relates to a 13-year-old then I guess that's not super odd but my recollection of being 16 is that 13-year-olds felt like toddlers. Rick, however, isn't great at distinguishing ages in his writing, the 17- and 18-year-olds talk and have the same level of reflection and maturity in their inner monologue as the 12- and 13-year-olds. This is probably the reason why we as readers don't react more strongly to the age difference. I believe that the only reason Hazel is made to be so young is so that she can be a little sister to Nico, as a character growth arc to mirror Bianca's role to him. If not for that, I'm almost convinced she would have been 16 as well. I do find them sweet, but if I personally were to write them, I wouldn't have introduced the romance until they were both a bit older. Not only for the age difference reasons but also because I think Hazel needs some time to heal her trauma independently.