human romcoms
ok but can you imagine the first time karkat sees a wedding. like even hears of the concept of this? two people choosing another person to be their one and only life partner until death do us part? i imagine he’s so fucking mad at first like his initial instinctive reaction is just wow these fucking humans have the stupidest ideas that’s the worst thing i’ve ever heard who can possibly keep a promise like that it’s so unrealistic and unfair to expect that level of commitment from another person fucking humans don’t understand anything ever
but he just lays awake at night thinking about it. puzzling it out. wondering how they make it work. wondering if it ever does work.
imagine him phrasing this to rose or dave like okay but do any human marriages ever ACTUALLY last until someone dies that’s just the unattainable ideal right that’s not how anything actually GOES and they’re like wow first off, morbid, and secondly, yes/who cares (imagine the teasing he gets for this… oh god)
and he’s just dumbfounded by this and it keeps getting in his head and under his skin and he can’t figure out why it BOTHERS him so much it must just be because it’s so ALIEN and WRONG
but like after he’s been dating dave for awhile it starts to sink in, of course the reason it always bothered him was that part of him always found it so fucking appealing, and they’re snuggling together watching some cliche fucking movie and the bride and groom are walking out triumphantly and people are throwing rice and shit and karkat is just
sweating