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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
MetaFour
MOD
(Old Master)
(i put western animation because simon and betty are the best example of this)
Imagine 2 lovers, with a long extended history overtime and in current day are distant because they are much different physical people from what they once was. They see each other often but these are their vastly different versions of themselves and if they work to try to go back to what they were or accept their new identities, it will never be the same. think Simon and Betty, like how even though they saw each other originally a couple times in Finn and Jakes time, but they now live as Betty looking at Ice King, or Simon looking at GOLB Betty. Think maybe even Sol Baguy and Jack-O, they still love each other, but Sol looking at the physical manifestation of his history as a gear kinda hurts over time and he has to accept that he wont see Aria again. Maybe even Sollux and Aradia, when Sollux was alive, Aradia wasnt. When Aradia was from god tier, Sollux was (half??????) dead. They exist in Homestuck^2 but are still distant a bit.
These are kinda different examples and idk how well they fit but im hoping this gives u and idea what im trying to ask