It’s so sweet that both Inuyasha and Kagome’s first instincts when they’re being possessed is to calm the other one down. Whether it’s through physical affection (Kagome embracing him, kissing him) or promises (Inuyasha vowing that he’d never leave her, won’t ever leave her behind and he’d rather die by her hand).
The fact that both of them can snap out of the trances they’re under because they remember how much they love eachother and want to fight for eachother is so beautiful.
The deep trust they have within their relationship is also beautiful.
I just continue to adore Ram. He’s the sweetest boy who’s just trying to do right by the boy he loves now that he’s realized who was trying to hurt him. And I love that Lukchup is just as eager to defend people as Ram is. They were truly made for each other these two sweet as sugar boys.
Oh, that was a painful confession. Because it’s so obvious that Ze Shou has some feelings for Li Gong. But he’s also in deep, deep denial of those feelings. He wants to be at his side, He needs to be at his side. But he doesn’t know how to handle anything more than just being friends.
And he’s scaring Li Gong so much. Because Ze Shou loves him, he does, he loves him so much that it hurts and that he can’t handle it and that he’s afraid of it, so afraid.
But he’s also afraid of losing everythng. He’s terrified of losing everything.
He’s a divorce lawyer. Everything he sees around him is love stories ending badly. Love stories ending in pain. Love stories ending in leaving each other. Love stories that don’t end with love.
So of course he doesn’t trust love, he doesn’t trust the idea that if they fall in love they’ll be together forever.
But he still trusts friendship.
The problem is that he’s afraid of love and that all he wants is to stay with Li Gong forever platonically not understanding that Li Gong does want more and Li Gong isn’t going to let this go forever, can’t let this go forever.
Ze Shou doesn’t understand that the most powerful part of their friendship is that they love each other and that the love itself, revealed, could be more powerful than the friendship itself.
It’s so well done. We can see that he’s in love and see him deny it again and again and again because he doesn’t want that, he’s so scared of the loss that love implies to him, the end that love implies to him, because all he sees is love ending.
Because I officially started querying The Stray Spirit today and crossed 10k in Rival Potion Shops draft 0, I thought I’d draw the kids.
All the kids.
Together.
I’ve titled this one, “Oh No I’ve Given My Science Kids the Same Color Scheme, What Does This Say About Me”:
This one is titled “<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3″:
And this one is titled “The E-Boys Do Karaoke”:
[ID: three sketches. The first one is of Cal and Ambrose with clipboards, standing in front of science equipment. The second one is of Dawn and Aspen. Dawn is using a wand to create fireworks, and Aspen is looking up at them in awe. The third one is of Emry and Eli singing Don’t Stop Believing. They’re both wearing bright plastic shades, and Eli is wearing a pink feather boa. end ID]
