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[invincible llama]

username -- Invincible llama
name -- iver
gender -- male
what does love mean to them -- iver personally believes that real love is shown when you're willing to give up everything you have for one particular individual, even life itself. really sappy, but hey, he doesn't care.

[Anxioustora]

Username --
EmberDemon
Name --
Jasper
Gender --
Male
What does love mean to them --
"I will tell you what love is. It is a expression of the soul! It is a emotion, a passion. One that not many people will truly experience... I hope I am one of those lucky members... but I have a seeking suspicion I am not. It's a sad truth but I have accepted it.
A while ago I tried to find my true love. I thought I had until she broke my heart into tiny tiny tiny pieces. I was hurt for months. I didn't try to contact her after... although I was very tempted to.. I thought I would give her some freedom, since she obviously didn't want me there in the first place.
I did not come out from my house. I didn't even get dressed into my normal clothes, I usually dress professional.. white collared shirt with black pants.. but my attire for 2 weeks strait was only a robe. I had all my needs delivered, but I found myself not very hungry in the first place.
One day, I woke up and thought that this is enough. I had enough of my self wallowing and needed a change. And frankly a bath too! I fixed myself up but it still isn't the same. Something felt like it was missing in my life. I think that something is love. I don't think I could love again for fear of the incredible pain I experienced... or maybe I never really.. got over my past love.
Either way I still love the idea of 'love'. It is a amazing and I consider myself a hopeless romantic honestly. I love love, but won't have it again.

some art that doesnt count i just really wanted to draw him- will go to the winner

[redhorizon]

Username -- CaesarHorse
Name -- Beckett
Gender -- Male
What does love mean to them -- Love... Well, let's see. First, what is love? Love is that feeling you get when your heart races, your face flushes, your paws get sweaty, when you know you want to be with them. Love isn't easy, it is bumpy and rocky and painful. Love is also lovely, harmonic, and healing. You never know until you try is what I always say. Love is a road and you never know what's at the end or on the way. Love is simply a mystery.

[ℋoney]

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i try not to see love, yes i see the benifits
from it and yes i urge on for that but all that
love has given me is pure suffering. i've had
arrows in my heart the were numb at first,
i was blinded by what i saw and what i heard..
.. yet everything said seemed to be lies in the
end causing the arrows to be yanked out and
leave a gapping hole in replacement. my
heart has missing pieces due to the word
'love'. woody allen once said "To love is to
suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love.
But then, one suffers from not loving.
Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to
suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to
love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but
suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to
be happy, one must love or love to suffer or
suffer from too much happiness." and i believe
that to every word, for me? i choose the path
of not suffering... of not letting love over
come me.
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username; (ωнιѕρєя)
name; laura - the laurel or sweet bay
tree, symbolic of honor and victory
gender; trans female
song; i found
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[Placebo]

Username --
Placebo

Name --
Noah

Gender --
Male

What does love mean to them --

For Noah, love encompasses the little things in his life. Living in a family where no one is related to you is difficult at times, what with the lack of blood bonds to create that immediate and familial sense of obligation to love your real family, but... it works out for him.

Love is when Sach, his older brother and father in all but name, will pull him aside in the early hours of the day just to say good morning and offer Noah one of those last powdered donuts that he was so sure that the others had eaten up the night before. The others always tend to bully their way into getting food, and Sach is intimately aware of how timid Noah could be surrounded by so many dominant personalities.

Love is even when crippling fear grips him over making a mistake and worry like no other grips him because he just can’t do anything right-

There will be a hand on his shoulder, grounding him in reality, and Theo’s voice resonating within him, saying that "This can be fixed, Noah, all is well."

And then Noah will sag in relief, and good-natured laughs will resonate around him from the others because they know how faint of heart he can get, but they don’t judge him for it. Besides, even Noah can take a little bit of teasing.

(It’s even better when Theo, the stoic man, allows Noah to embrace him. Theo does give the best hugs.)

Love is when Bea and Poxli will keep him company and let Noah ramble on about whatever he’s tinkering with today, and Bea, always with her mechanic insight, will give her own input while Poxli jokes with Noah to let her test out his latest project when he’s able. There are few that bother to keep up with his words, and the way their body language intently focuses on him lets him blossom under the attention. Being quiet all the time is hard- it’s always nice to open up, just a bit.

But… love is also the quieter moments. Moments where he can simply sit with Coda and not have to worry about carrying on a conversation with the taciturn man and simply bask in the silence with an unjudging party by his side. And Coda’s fur was always so soft, too.

Love is even when Noah screams himself hoarse trying to get along with Canan, a basket case much like Noah and a victim of a lack of birth parents as well, and reconciling with the fiery kalon with actions rather than words. They’ll find themselves splitting the bill buying five pizzas and stuffing their faces full with the odd comfort food. And hey, seven times out of ten, they don’t throw up.

Noah does suppose that it’s a weird way to view love, but his family, since he’s gained them in his life, has never strayed from him. And he’ll do the same, so long as they’ll have him.

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[MotherMother]

Username -- MotherMother
Name -- Duga (aka "sap" in Cebuano)
Gender -- male
What does love mean to them --


Love is the only time his mother smiled when the newborn cried
Love is waking up at the craziest times in the night to calm him down and give him a kiss
Love is his parents holding his hand as they walked down the street
Love is the first day of school when his mom packed him his favourite lunch
Love is the hug he got in middle school after the other kids called him names
Love is talking long hours after his high school girlfriend dumped him
Love is telling Duga to not be afraid of college
Love is telling him they were there for him, even after dropping out of college
Love is holding him close after his best friend since childhood moved away
Love is being there for him at the vet when they had to let go of his dog
Love is letting him live at home, even at his age


Love is his parents, who slowly start to fade away


Love must be held close as they cried
Love must be taken care of at the craziest times in the night to calm them down and give them a kiss
Love's shaky hand must be held walking down the street
Love must be packed their favourite lunches on the first day at the old folk's home
Love must be hugged after the other elders didn't connect well with them
Love must be talked to for hours after dementia made Duga forgotten
Love must be told not to be afraid of themselves
Love must be told Duga is here for them, even after they dropped out of rehabilitation.
Love must be held close when their best friend transferred to a different care facility
Love must be comforted when an old friend slipped away
Love must be allowed to live at home, even at their age


Love is saying they couldn't ask for a better son
Love must not be forgotten
Love is telling him to be brave without them
Love must not see him cry
Love is wiping away the tears that come anyway
Love must see him try to be strong
Love is holding his hand in their aged ones, the same way they did when they walked down the street when he was a child
Love must be held close for as long as time will allow
Love is telling him they raised such a smart, strong boy
Love must see him try to be strong even now, at the hardest of times
Love is telling him they never stopped loving him
Love must be told how he never stopped loving them


Love is slipping away
Love must have Duga there for them
Love is getting ready to say goodbye
Love must know he is trying to understand
Love is saying goodbye
Love must never be forgotten.

[22tabby]

Username -- 22tabby
Name -- Dukro
Gender -- male
What love means to them --
(original poem by me please don't steal)

Loving You is a Blessing
Love is something unimaginable,
Only something I thought I knew.
Vital, people call it.
Instead, I call it a blessing.
Not one that everyone finds.
Great must it be to find that.
Yet somehow I know I already did.
Only when I'm around you do I know.
Underneath the pain of the world,
Is something better than anything.
Somehow it's found me.
Always stronger than before
Because I love you more every day.
Life is nothing without you
Eternity, I will love you.
Someone whispers your name
Snapping my attention to my mind
I'm insane, crazy without you.
Night and day you're my all
Greatest thing of all is having you

[Nodell]

Just a heads up, this will end in 3 hours!

[ToxicShadow]

Username --
ToxicShadow

Name --
Zenexi

Gender --
Male

What does love mean to them -- (no more than 500 words)

Love is an abstract concept.

They have witnessed other beings that claimed to be in love with one another; they enjoy observing others. They may fawn over the other person. They may care for them, protect them, give them gifts and affection, even put themselves in harm's way to do all that they can for that person. Others manipulate each other. People are hurt, used, and abused, some even kill, all in the name of love. He's seen love fade. One day, one may claim to love someone else more than anything, the next, they can't stand that person anymore.

To him, love is simply a temporary state of being, if anything, to facilitate the continuation of a species and stave off loneliness, at it's best. At it's worst, it's a tool to do far more harm than good.

It's safe to say that love is something that has eluded him and, based on his outside observations, it's not something he feels he needs to pursue.