Nonnie asks: This probably sounds like a strange request but can you write about that one plot of bmw where Cory and Topanga fall asleep together at schooland a rumor starts that they actually slept together but recreate with lucas and maya? But not exactly the same though. This was actually one of my fave episodes cause Cory was being a jerk at first and realized it then truly apologized to Topanga. Anyway thanks for your amazing writing love you!
Nonnie asks:A line from one of your last stories really got to me. It was a line about Lucas playing with Maya’s hair and her almost purring? I think it was called Double Whammy. Just the thought of tough Maya Hart purring bc someone’s playing with her hair is adorable. Maybe a prompt expanding on that? Like different situations with Lucas playing with her hair? Or him discovering that its something that can always calm her down? I don’t know, its late and I just have all the feels. Love you.
With bonus:
Nonnie asks:
I NEED NEED NEED a protective!Lucas fic , i.e. someone hurts Maya and Lucas finds out and gets all angry and protective and I’m trash and I’m sorry but pleaseeeee :):):):) thanks you
he has a whole album on his phone called “pictures of maya sleeping” which is just basically pictures of maya sleeping
First of all, thank you to everybody for these lovely prompts! To my sweet Nonnies, I love you too and thank you for the lovely compliments on my writing! I will do my best to do you all proud! 🙂
To the lovely lucayacanons, I am sorry I stole this prompt from you but I hope you like this fic enough that it makes up for it. (please check lucayacanons out for a good time!)
Okey Doke, this is a big round up of a lot of stuff, but basically I’ve molded it into a fic….
In which: Lucaya sleep together a bunch of times without ever actually sleeping together, Lucas Friar punches a guy in the mouth, Maya Hart facilitates inappropriate uses of country songs, there is star-gazing, referenced dinner parties and, also, matching t-shirts.
Let’s do this thang.
(I also haven’t written in over 24hrs so be gentle with me please lol, the muscle is tight)
WARNINGS: A little bit of underage drinking, and some talk referencing sex (nothing explicit, or even that mature)
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Maya Hart sleeping is adorable.
This is arguable.
The one doing most of the arguing seems to always be Lucas Friar. Mentally. In the privacy of his own mind, where no one could hear him coo over the way that Maya curls up in a ball, or the way she snuffles and sighs. Even the way she snores is bizarrely appeals to him eventually (which is unfair because snoring should never be cute) and somehow (somehow) Lucas finds himself starting to list the reasons, just to himself, in his own mind, to win a one-sided argument with whoever dares to refute him. It’s silly really and Maya could absolutely never know about it, but well…
1. I think that they have demonstrated more chemistry than any other possible pairing on the show.
Even Cory and Topanga have not shown as much chemistry (in this show) as Riley and Maya have. When Riley and Maya are on screen together, they create a natural energy between them and everything flows in a very smooth and believable way.
They balance each other out in a lot of ways. (Why make a sandwich out of peanut butter and peanut butter?) They look out for each other, they trust each other, they understand each other, they support each other, and they enrich each other’s lives.
3. They love each other.
Even if their interactions are only read as platonic, there can be no denying of the fact that they love each other very much. They are affectionate together. They go to great lengths in the name of each other’s happiness. They know each other intimately and accept each other unconditionally.
I started shipping them together from a pretty early point, but I almost lost my mind during ‘Girl Meets Game Night.’ And again at the end of ‘Girl Meets First Date.’ If Rilaya isn’t going to be a thing, then the writers really need to stop doing that and giving me false hope.
Maya, in particular, looks at Riley like she’s in love with her. They hold hands, they rest their heads on each other’s shoulders, they link arms, they make heart-eyes lingering eye-contact, they hug, they walk with their arms around each other, and each of them spends a lot of time staring at the other one. And yeah, sometimes girls are just close, but they make it look pretty convincingly gay more often than not.
6. Rilaya is my favorite part of the show.
With or without romantic subtext, the Riley and Maya relationship is very much at the heart of things. I think that their relationship, even if only viewed as platonic, has a lot of substance to it that is lacking in any other pairing. Riley and Maya are the driving forces of this show. They are the hook that brings me back for more. I see them as having more depth and character development than the rest of the (GMW-exclusive) characters. Even without romance, Riley and Maya are the characters that pique my interest.
That being said, viewing the show through a Rilaya lense really changes the way I see it and heightens my enjoyment. Even though I’ve enjoyed ships over the years, and even though I’ve shipped some ships pretty hard, this is the first instance in my life where a ship has really been so central to how I intereact with the medium. Rilaya is something that could really make this show stand out. If I take that element away, if I let go of the hope for Rilaya, the rest of the show really deflates for me. It’s a good show as it is, but it has not yet achieved greatness. There are many paths that it could take to become great, but Rilaya is the one I would enjoy the most.
7. “Believe me, I know the story.”
And if I want to watch that story, I can. I’ve got all seven seasons on DVD. It’s a nice story, but it’s already been told. GMW really needs to stand on its own two feet. I love Boy Meets World and I love that the universe of it is being expanded, but Girl Meets World needs to grow into its own thing sooner rather than later. Even if Rilaya never happens, I still don’t want this show to be Boy Meets World over again. It needs to establish its own unique identity. It needs its own voice. It needs to dare to be different. Rilaya is not the only daring path they could take, but again, it’s the one I would enjoy the most.
8. I think their brand of love is a good one, a strong foundation for a romantic relationship.
My favorite kind of love is not being too nervous around someone to speak, but being calmed and relaxed by their presence. Love is feeling free to be yourself. Love that grows from mutual trust and existing emotional bonds is beautiful.
It goes back to what I was saying about substance. Cory and Topanga, for all of their destined-to-be-together, first-love-must-be-true-love, retconned-into-married-since-they-were-two-years-old hooplah…when you look past that, they still have substance to them and it’s that part of their relationship that makes me like them together. From where I’m sitting, I just haven’t seen that kind of depth or believability in any of the other pairings.
Meanwhile, the Riley/Maya relationship has it in spades. It’s not just a case of a character becoming infatuated with the first cute person they see. And it’s not a case of a boy and girl pairing off because that’s what’s expected of them or a romance developing for the sake of it. And it’s not just some boy being rewarded with a woman for being a semi-decent human being.
These are two characters who care about each other, who are affectionate, who always have each other’s backs, and who each want the other to be happy. Even if the show pursues only het romances, I’ll still be unsatisfied if these traits are not present in the relationships. Riley and Maya already have those traits and they could be great together.
Rilaya doesn’t have to have happen, but if the writers want me to buy into a romance, it needs to be as good as Rilaya is. And I haven’t seen that yet from anyone else. The Riley and Maya love story (whether platonic or romantic) is a beautiful one. No other match of two characters on this show sells me on their love for each other like these two do. Riley deserves someone who is as good for her as Maya is. Maya deserves someone who is as good for her as Riley is.
I love that they’re different. And even though they’re influenced by each other, they maintain a healthy level of autonomy and individuality. Maya’s personality is tempered by Riley’s, not eradicated by it. Riley’s inhibitions are eased by her friendship with Maya, not abandoned entirely. This dynamic is really highlighted in “Girl Meets Maya’s Mother” and it’s one of the things I really love about them as a duo. Their differences often serve to make them an even better match for each other. “The best thing you can do for her is be you.”
10. Representation matters.
Heteronormativity needs to be challenged. The world needs more same sex love stories. Not just some one-off LGBT+ character. Not even an LGBT+ cast member. This isn’t the 90’s anymore; the world needs LGBT+ protagonists. And not just in niche shows that target LGBT+ audiences, but in mainstream media. Even media targetting older demographics fails to meet this need more often than not.
Frankly, I don’t have enough faith that either Disney or the writers will ever be brave enough to make Rilaya happen. Even though Cartoon Network has Garnet and Nickelodeon has Korrasami, I don’t really expect Disney Channel to even rise to the competition, let alone try to out-gay them. (Prove me wrong, Disney, I dare you!) But Rilaya could be a beautiful story if they did decide they were brave enough to tell it. And the world could really use more beautiful same sex love stories.
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