Folks In Those Stories Had Lots Of Chances Of Turning Back, Only They Didn’t. They Kept Going. Because

“are you a cat or dog person” why would we pit two of the most wonderful creatures against each other? Why would we lift one up by tearing the other down? I have so much love to give, I can be both, I can love both with all my heart and still have the capacity for more love I could never choose just one

Ive come up with the phrase "blorbo-in-law" which is a fictional character who isn't, like, YOUR blorbo from YOUR shows but it is your mutual's blorbo who you nevertheless have developed strong opinions about due to long term dash exposure

Pre-whump Whumpee who talks nonstop about their interests, they’re the type of person to just come up and start talking to Caretaker unprompted about whatever has their attention that day. Caretaker gets a bit annoyed by it sometimes, but they don’t say anything, building resentment.

When Whumpee disappears, it all flips. Caretaker would do anything to hear them talk about their interests again. However, after Whumpee is rescued, they’re quiet, answering questions with a sentence or less, never wanting to go in depth. Caretaker tries to talk about anything they can think of, just to get the same few words out of Whumpee

Was scrolling through AO3 and found this gem

Enemy to parent is a trope we have to popularise lmao

ok but give me one good reason why you wouldn’t date Kermit the frog besides that he is a puppet and a frog

Watching the rain

I’m always saying this