“Old friend” either means an elderly dog or an individual of the same gender with whom you have been secretly in love for more than a decade. There are no other possible interpretations.
This is blatant archenemy erasure and I won’t stand for it
You say archenemy erasure like the second category doesn’t entirely cover that
FYI- I think this is the moment when Erik realises he loves
Charles:
Like, you can see hints before that, but it’s always in the
things that Erik doesn’t say.
Erik stays when Charles asks him to, but he never
acknowledges it.
Erik looks at Charles like he’s something precious, but he
never voices it.
And in that moment at the mansion, Erik is so so vulnerable after letting Charles into
his mind, and instead of Charles using that exposure as an opportunity to
manipulate Erik- as I’m sure countless others have done in the past- Charles
gives Erik a gift, and tells him:
In response Erik still doesn’t vocalise his feelings, but
there- in that tiny little clench of his jaw- is everything.
For someone who has spent years considering himself as
nothing more than a monster, to be told he’s more than the broken man Shaw has twisted
him into is so powerful.
Who couldn’t love Charles in that moment?
I will forever and ever and ever re-blog this @cherikyassss
Loki is the Philosopher King 