Kohaku: [lifts Senku Up]

I completely missed the parallels in s4 between el and max, especially in episode 1

- theyre both struggling with grief and loss of a family member who they had mixed feelings about. billy had been paralleled to max's stepdad, and hopper had been compared to brenner. they're both girls who have grown up in violent and controlling environments, but we see them bond in season 3 as each others' only female friends amongst the nerds. they get to have fun being girls together and el grows massively as a person for it

then in season 4 she's immediately tossed into the deep end as soon as she was trying to find a sense of self. we don't see max's mom, but we hear that she drinks, and we see joyce also having wine and being sad, not that this is ever shown to affect her parenting. but max and el are both incredibly lost at this point in the absence of each others' only true friend, and they both become withdrawn from the people around them in trying to act like everything is fine - el trying not to show will when she's upset, and max trying not to show lucas that she's seeing things, and being defensive to the rest of the party.

in s4e1 we see el getting mocked in her presentation while max is walking out of the counsellor's, both in positions of vulnerability trying to move very fast and get away from the past which is clearly haunting them (and they're both talking about the past and the specific trauma they're dealing with in the scenes prior) and failing to.

they're also both being pursued by vecna, which i feel is likely intentional on his part because he can read max's mind and knows he can use killing her to break down eleven.

and max is also so relieved when el finally comes to save her, from vecna but also from everything he is bringing up - el's intervention is as a hero but also as emotional support after max has been so isolated and alone in her feelings for so long, and we never really get to see her and el bond over their mutual grief before she moves away, nor exchange letters about feeling each others' absence.

it would be nice if in season 5 we get a reunion from them that explores some of that in their relationship as it develops, if they decide to bring max back.

i also think it's noteworthy that el and will and max and mike are also kind of parallel characters? mike and max have a lot of sassiness & sark and strength in character for standing up for the people they love & their friends, and a lot of their feud comes from being the same kind of defensive bitch (especially of eleven) and bickering cos they're just the same person? and even in terms of like gender nonconformity, max is a masculine girl while mike is not necessarily effeminate but by being the weedy gay autistic phenotype is kind of inherently gnc.

and el and will are both the sensitive, impressionable counterpart who they fight for, who've also both come from violent backgrounds, experienced a load of trauma pertaining to the same one guy, have the same terrible fringe and cry and have ptsd episodes a lot.

which i think is relevant because for both will and mike and el and max, that separation really strains on all of them, and when they come back together they realise just how much they missed each other.

in conclusion elmax byler supremacy

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Yes, I’ll make so many cheap jokes abt this matter

in the modern au senku is only friends with all those guys cause he made friends with kohaku and everytime she came over she brought somebody with her minus Chrome who he probably met in the science lab

Ginro is big lazy energy and hes glad to have him around

"Why does Batman need to be a billionaire?"

"He has to fund the Justice League. They often have a space program."

"But couldn't he do more good if he just invested-"

"The Earth is routinely invaded by aliens, gods, and the forces of an extraterrestrial god of tyranny."

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Everybody moved on, I stayed there.

Nanashima and Shinomiya (7x4/4x7): The Real BL Couple of Kiss Him, Not Me

Since the manga ended a couple of months ago and there has yet to be a 2nd season, I was exhilarated by the news of Junko penning another special chapter dedicated to Nanashima and Shinomiya’s reunion mid-timeskip. Now that the chapter is out and they have officially become canon, I’ve taken the liberty of re-reading the manga to take note of the goodies Junko provided for us.

NOTE: This is not meant to invalidate the other relationships in the series! We all have our preferences when it comes to pairings, and it’s fun to pick apart and identify what we love about them! So if this ship is not your thing and you are more inclined toward other ships, feel free to ignore and scroll past, simple as that! <3 But in case you’re interested, hell yeah :) 

Keep in mind though that this is only my personal opinion and in no way am I stating that what I say is canon or completely accurate so if you disagree, that’s totally fine! Everyone has different interpretations of a series and its characters. But any aggressive comments against my POV will be promptly blocked.

WARNING: Contains manga spoilers past Chapter 29! And blatant signs that I am just reading too much into shit. Also use of TV Tropes logic.

Nanashino may not be the deepest relationship in the series as most of their scenes together are for comedic effect but they have some cute behind-the-scenes interactions worth looking into a second time.

Keep in mind that this will not be 100% objective as it is Nanashino-centric for the most part but I do hope the points as to why Nana and Shino work for me as a couple come across.

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Cute but mostly funny BL

1. Uncanny Charm: An unhinged sarcastic MC finds himself a medium boyfriend while searching for his lost brother. This manhwa is perfection: interesting and original plot, cute main couple, and both ML and MC have intriguing backstories. But the best thing is the comedy, from the MC's dry humour to the memes quoted. Also ML is hot in a subtle way. I don't know if it's the earring or the blue hair but it works.

2. The Scent of You (completed): I love this bl cause I feel represented by the ML being a nerd with childhood trauma. I'm joking (not really) but ML is a cutie and MC is one of the funniest main characters I've ever read thanks to him being completely unapologetic. It starts with the main couple being more of a funny duo than anything but it ends with them being the loveliest couple.

3. The Boy Who Stole From the Fairy Lake 1° season (completed): MC is my pfp for a reason; he's a cutie who just wants to run away from his psychotic brother. Not much to say about this one just that I love the dynamic between the chaotic MC and the ML being done but also in love with him. I just put the first season cause in the second one the main couple changed and I couldn't really get into them.

4. I Ship My Rival x Me (Ongoing): In this manhua both MC and ML are chaotically dumb in the best way possible. Even though there are so many misunderstandings to keep the story going it's not a bother cause you just want to see MC and ML flirt their way out of everything.