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is that Malbonte blushing?!

happy valentine's day to everyone!~

#romance club #kali call of darkness #rc arcanum #rc psi #heaven's secret 2 #rc the desert rose #rc chasing you #pixel bf

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I figured they were going to slow burn Nell and Edward, but throwing Lexi into the mix really threw me off. I hope Nell and Edward still get their moments.

#television #not dead yet #not dead yet abc #otp

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uluvalir 💕

tyril's love is very physical and very passionate. there is no doubt about the emotional connection, just listen to the way he speaks of and to MC. his scenes always portray his deep longing, endless passion, they stress the physical factor a lot which I believe hints at tyril being a very generous and considerate lover.

in book 1 he admits he almost asked MC back to his room himself, and then adds that he's yearned for them since he had first laid his eyes on them. in book 2 he has to be reminded they're among people and cannot allow themselves the very much desired moment of intimacy. his love language is physical touch, yes, but what's more is that his love is all-pervading and consuming.

MC and him will be one of those controversial couples who share both kilvali and dinvali, that's for sure.

#tyril starfury #blades of light and shadow #choices blades #blades of light and shadow 2 #choices bolas #playchoices #choices tyril #pixelberry #pixel bf

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ummm... I may or may not be in love with Aerin now, y'all 🫣

#pixel bf #playchoices #choices stories you play #choices pixelberry #play choices #blades of light and shadow #aerin valleros

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If Aerin was a Love Interest in book 1

#playchoices #blades of light and shadow #aerin valleros #choices pixelberry #pixelberry #pixel bf

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changes in the show so far i really really like:

"not everyone who looks like a hero is a hero and not everyone who looks like a monster is a monster"

grover training percy using mythomagic cards

percy burning blue candy and praying to sally instead of the gods

"i am SALLY JACKSON'S son!"

the consensus song :)

updating the way medusa's story is presented to acknowledge that's she's a victim while still being a threat ("we are not our parents, until we choose to be" banger line!)

echidna actively seeking the trio out

percy sacrificing himself at the arch. gave that entire scene a lot more narrative weight and percy absolutely would do that!!

the water reaching out and grabbing percy. this was more to correct rick's little geography error but it's great that it works so well both ways, giving poseidon a more active role in saving percy

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #television #disney plus #pjo tv show

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Just a couple of dudes reminding you that Aldis Hodge is, in fact, the sexiest man alive. In addition to being a horologist, he's also a painter and a violinist. He also went to school for architecture.

#aldis hodge #leverage #alec hardison #john rogers

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You’ll be missed…

#andre braugher #brooklyn nine nine #nine nine #brooklyn 99 #raymond holt #captain raymond holt

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love this analysis! it's totally spot on, and I'm so tempted to send it to my friend who doesn't understand why I'm convinced that Carmy and Syd are a thing! she thinks they're just "vibing as chefs" 🙃

i do find the contrast between body language/nonverbal communication and verbal communication with these two so fascinating.

especially as carmy and sydney navigate each other in a space where there's clearly something that exists between them that one, or both of them, aren't conscious of yet.

as they struggle so significantly with verbal communication, we see the way they use nonverbal communication via their bodies and mannerisms and facial expressions to convey how they feel and what they want.

what sticks out to me is the way that carmy shakes and nods his head when he and sydney are having a serious, intimate or important conversation.

as if he knows himself well enough to know that his verbal agreement or response would fall short so he simply moves his head in affirmation. letting his energy convey the rest.

this is also part of why he uses his gaze and eye contact the way that he does. he's speaking to her without words.

they often stand so close to one another. like... all the time.

in many of their scenes, one could say this is a stylistic or director's choice for the shot but that makes zero sense because the shots with everyone else don't have that level of physical closeness except for some of the obvious kitchen (behind!) scenes. carmy and sydney's closeness is almost tactile even though they only touch a handful of times.

which is why the wall tear down scene is so amusing because they literally had no reason to be in each others face like that.

carmy got in her space, looked at the demo/the guys before he turned back to sydney, but she only moved away from him after they made eye contact and she said "yeah, exactly".

as if it was super normal for him to be that close to her, whether he was looking at her or not.

the under the table moment is incredibly intimate for a number of reasons. they're already incredibly close because there's not a lot of space under there, but not only do they situate and move their bodies within the confines of that space notating physical proximity, carmy reaches out and fiddles with her side of the table, which posits her energetically directly underneath him. not just beside him.

conceptually, that is almost the closest he could be to her without actively touching her.

nevermind that moments later his fidgeting hand starts to quicken when she looks up at him and they have that moment of prolonged eye contact.

again, a form of nonverbal communication practically shouting. she can't see his hand, but we do.

the wordlessness of that particular moment, especially after they had managed to say some of the most vulnerable, affirming and comforting phrases they'd ever uttered to one another up to that point (their best verbal communication yet), is pretty extraordinary.

when they're talking about the veal fat in s1, and she's reaching over her head and says the right answer and he turns to look at her, they're SO physically close.

when they're cooking at his apt and he's cutting tape, he's so physically close to her, his shoulder is practically leaning into hers when she teases him about the chef's whites.

even in the meeting with cicero, if you look at the three of them sitting behind the table, sydney is closer to carmy than nat and carmy has his arm out, mere centimeters from sydney's elbow.

before they start their back and forth about stars, when sydney says "we're going to be better", their arms are practically touching.

even when she's walking out after saying goodnight and carmy gitches, she walks so close to him to leave. his body fully turns to accommodate and follow her energy, she almost literally physically brushes past him.

claire kind of moves out of the way but sydney walks into carmy's space and he moves his focus/attention with her as she exits.

if you watch it happen, he acquiesces to her energy and presence like a human revolving door. again, nonverbal communication.

the doorframe isn't that narrow. she could have easily said whatever polite thing to claire and not gotten THAT close to carmy to say "i'm saying goodnight."

there are a bunch of examples of their physical closeness that doesn't make sense outside of gravitational pull, a desire to be that close to one another and nonverbal communication.

sydney's body language after the under the table moment and before receiving her gift is also a huge tell, even though it's not directed at, or meant to be communicative towards, him. she's clearly impacted by what occurred.

of the two, i think sydney is the closest to realizing that what exists between them is far beyond professional likeness, purpose or partnership.

the way she's obviously trying not to get mad at him when she says "well tell claire thanks then", you physically can see her stuffing something down.

even carmy can see it, he says something about it. sydney actually does this alot with carmy specifically, ayo is so damn skilled at it.

we've seen her get mean or be reactionary with richie, tina and marcus.

but never carmy. even when she walked out on him s1, in the midst of a highly emotionally volatile scene, she didn't raise her voice.

that's why she doesn't argue with or lash out at carmy, even though it's often warranted, she doesn't want to hurt him. doesn't want to make him feel bad. doesn't want to be angry or annoyed with him.

but why? she has no problem being upfront and direct and again, even argumentative if she needs to be. but never with carmy.

to me, it seems like she doesn't want to display too much emotion with or in front of him.

but why? does the range and depth of those emotions scare her? are they messy? are they warranted? are they illuminating?

sydney is very protective of carmy (and of herself emotionally). see how she reacts when richie talks shit or when her father questions her trust in him. or even when nat makes that snide remark after he gets locked in the walk in.

she cares a lot about carmy's emotional and mental fragility and feelings.

when she came back to "get her check" they don't hash it out or fight. he just stares at her, with this unbridled relief that he can't articulate but we all see it! it's so obvious he can't even start speaking right away.

and then he launches into talking about the dining space for a new restaurant and she forgot why she was mad.

it's like when the person you have a crush on does something cute or sweet and the dumb or mean thing they did right before it completely leaves your mind.

none of this is written in the dialogue of this show. it's all nonverbal communication, toward each other or to us, the audience.

#the bear fx #the bear #sydcarmy #carmy x sydney

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I was planning on romancing Killian, but this man came and told me that men were made to kneel at my feet and I'm like 🥰☺️

Appreciation post for ✨Ratan Vaish✨

#romance club #rc ratan #ratan vaish #kali: call of darkness #pixel bf

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Love this! I don't mind Mal with short hair.

I'm playing BOLAS book 1 again as a refresher because I play Book 2. I'm excited to flirt with Tyril again 🥰❤️

#play choices #playchoices #choices stories you play #choices pixelberry #blades of light and shadow #pixel bf #tyril starfury #mal volari #imtura tal kaelen #nia ellarious

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i recently finished the bear and its been living in my head rent free ever since. had to do something inspired by 1x07 since its such a brilliant episode 👌

#the bear #carmy berzatto #sydney adamu #richie jerimovich #the bear fx #television

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Can we talk about how Anthony goes from disdainful, arrogant and proud nobleman who thought no one was good enough for him or his family, except for a diamond, to falling in love with an actual commoner, humbling himself before her and choosing her as his viscountess, willing to give up everything to spend a lifetime with her? Or the fact that not even once has Kate’s relatively humble origins bothered him nor does it ever bear any significance in accepting his feelings for her because he has always wanted her for herself and seen her as her own unique and singular person without such superfluous trappings as lineage or noble blood?

Even though, it’s addressed rarely in the story, there are hints that Kate has been cruelly scorned upon due to her parentage (at least behind her back) for most of her life, especially during Lady Danbury’s ball; the very same event Anthony expressed his disdain for one of Daphné’s potential suitors for the same perceived ‘sin’ only a year ago. 

If Lady Featherington and Lady Cowper consider her lineage lacking, it’s very likely most of the ton thinks the same, considering those two women serve as a representation of a public opinion, and the Sheffields basically repeat the same words at the dinner. To them, Edwina shares the Sheffield noble blood, Kate does not and she has been painfully aware of it. The continuous backlash and scorn has shaped her and influenced her whole life. 

Moreover, no one ever dances with Kate nor talks to her unless the men want to get to Edwina through her. It’s a combination of her age, lack of dowry, prickly nature and definitely her relatively ‘low’ birth. If Anthony starts the season as the most eligible bachelor in London, Kate kicks it off with the mantle of the least likely to marry and ends it with snagging the biggest catch, the Viscount Bridgerton. 

Moreover, Kate’s impassionate claims that she is going to leave for India, that she will never marry and doesn’t care what the English nobility thinks of her reveal that she has been at the end of similar insults and sneers for most of her life. She doesn’t merely negate herself for the sake of her family, she negates herself because of the way the upper society looks down on her and her vow to remain single and independent is a defiant message to a society which doesn’t embrace her as one of their own. She uses her pride as a bravado to mask the pain and seeks a lifetime of loneliness as a gesture of defiance against them, because there would not be a day when they wouldn’t besmirch her one way or another if she lived with Edwina in London after her marriage. 

That’s why when she overhears Anthony in the garden talking about his requirements for the perfect bride, she doesn’t feel merely disappointed, she feels extremely hurt and sad as her face visible falls while listening to Anthony’s description of his future wife because she can never aspire to be the woman of ‘impeccable quality’ he wants, the mere origins of her birth disqualify her as a candidate for his heart, and it makes him just like everyone else, just like the rest of them who have been scorning her for most of her life.

Although Kate had no one to defend her at her first ball, during the dinner at Lady Danbury’s not only her mother comes to her support (which is to be expected from a family member), but Anthony stands up to her and protects her from the Sheffields’ insults. It’s not merely the fact that he does it, but the way in which he does it. The Sheffields are utterly blunt and condescending, yet even Lady Danbury doesn’t dare to admonish them openly because of their social station. And while Kate tries to defend herself she doesn’t dare to do anything that would make them shun or jeopardise Edwina and her chances of receiving her dowry, even though her anger and pain are apparent – in her eyes or the way she throws her napkin and clutches it tightly in frustration next to Lady Sheffield’s hand. 

And Anthony sees it all  – her pain and helplessness  – because he’s always watching her and always notices everything about her. It’s no coincidence that every close-up of Kate is shown through Anthony’s POV, allowing the audience to see her from the position where he is and through his eyes. 

He won’t tolerate anyone insulting her and hurting her and rushes to her defence because he knows how much Kate’s been suffering since the moment she met the Sheffields in the drawing room earlier. 

He didn’t miss the blatant way they had been ignoring her and pretended she’s invisible, like some nasty stain which disgusts them or dirty sordid secret to be hidden away, while they’re preening only over Edwina; nor the way they had been sneering at her from the moment she entered the room. He catches the way they openly show that they consider her far beneath them and not worthy of their company. 

And Anthony Bridgerton always notices when Kate Sharma enters a room because his eyes instantly seek her out and his world shifts on its axis, pivots to her and slowly starts revolving around her; and his eyes follow her until the moment she leaves. 

That’s why he’s noticed that the Sheffields never greeted her or Mary  – he comes from a loving family and knows this is the complete opposite of one. The dark quizzical, judging and outraged look he gives to Lord Sheffield reveals he immediately disliked them and recognized them for the awful people they are.

It’s very telling that from the moment the Sharma family arrives in Lady Danbury’s drawing room, Edwina becomes the center of the Sheffields’ attention, yet Anthony can only look at Kate and barely takes his eyes off of her the whole time. Like, the thing that most intrigued him about the conversation must have been the information that Kate enjoys opera, which he immediately stores in his memory under ‘All the Things Kate Likes’ file and which he could use to woo her or make her happy.

When he intervenes and comes to Kate’s defense (and that of her entire family, which is the most precious thing to her in the world), roasting the Sheffields and commandeering Lady Danbury’s house and servants right in front of her gooseberry sauce, Anthony unwittingly becomes the man he has always aspired to be and always thought he had failed to become  – a man like his father and a man his father could be proud of. He calls them out on not treating her right and not giving her the respect she deserves.

This aspect of Kate being a commoner-turned-viscountess is definitely something that could be explored in more detail in the upcoming seasons, even more so after Jonathan Bailey mentioned Anthony protecting Kate. And what better and more fitting way to protect her than from the scorn and censure of the ton which would be vast because, despite the Queen’s approval of their relationship, as at least some members of the ton would no doubt see Kate (out of envy, jealousy and prejudice) as nothing more than a mere commoner and a scandal who seduced the viscount, the most eligible bachelor in town, and married her sister’s fiancé, effectively stealing him from her. 

In some ways, Kate and Anthony will always be quite a scandalous couple in the eyes of the ton and it would be so powerful if Anthony became her overprotective guardian angel and avenger, slaying all her dragons (be it literal or figurative ones) who would dare to give Kate as much as an evil look. Kate is definitely going to show them her mettle but there is no doubt Anthony is going to be there having her back, supporting her and battling anyone who hurts her, fighting her battles not only for her but with her, even more so because men don’t face the same amount of prejudice as women often do and they have better means and wield more power in 19th century society to fight such attacks.

Finally, over the course of the story, Anthony goes from being just another member of the ton sneering at people like Kate and for every perceived imperfection no matter how insignificant it might be, holding it against them, to falling in love with a commoner girl and choosing her as his viscountess, lack of dowry, dubious parentage and all. 

He transforms into the man he has always wished to become and his father had always known him to be. One may say fortunately because it’s clear if he had failed in convincing Kate to spend her lifetime with him, he would have spent his whole life pining after her, never marrying or siring children (Benedict, The Viscount of Bridgerton, AU!) because if he couldn’t have Kate, he didn’t want anyone else.

#viscount bridgerton #viscountess bridgerton #otp #bridgerton #anthony bridgerton #kate sharma #kate x anthony

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ARCANUM MAIN CAST AS TAROT CARDS; @rc-appreciationweeks

thank you to @amnspages for helping me assign these!

#romance club #arcanum #selena #robert steltz #bert #mary brown #damon #liam salisbury #pixel bf

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I was struggling to pick an LI then this guy says these things and I'm hooked 😍

#romance club #pixel bf #rc arcanum #arcanum #liam salisbury

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i'm over here hoping that joaquin and beau eventually become LIs

#pixel bf #choices pixelberry #choices laws of attraction #joaquin morales #beau mcgraw

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I started playing "Rage of the Titans" during Romance Club's diamond rush, and this pixelated man is quickly becoming my favorite RC LI.

#romance club #rage of the titans #murphy #cerberus #pixel bf