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biillyhargroves · 2 years

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consider: eddie x steve x billy throuple

consider: I have no willpower and love (almost) every single ship involving Billy Hargrove. I am simply delighted, thank you for opening this little door for me, friend. for context, this is a kind of an alt-s4 vibe where Billy survived the Mind Flayer attack.

in the middle of it all (fic requests open)

"So," Robin says, slapping a stack of Sunday night returns on the counter. Steve yanks on the door to make sure it's locked, flips the window sign to Sorry, We're Closed. "What are you going to do?"

"Nothing," Steve says. "I'm going to do nothing. I have Billy. I'm not losing him. This is just some stupid crush, you know? It doesn't — it can't mean anything."

"All hail monogamy," Robin proclaims. Steve raises a brow and she only shrugs, scanning in overdue teen dramas, old-school horror flicks. When she finishes, she shifts her spoils to a metal cart that she pushes she Steve's way. "All I'm saying," she goes on — Steve takes the opposite end of the cart, tugs it away from her and Robin follows along, her hands moving as she works through her thoughts, "is that maybe you can broach the topic. Delicately, you know? Casually." They pause at the new release shelf and Steve begins replacing the returns. Robin picks up a handful, moves around him to start sorting through rom-coms. Her voice drops an octave as she tries, "Hey, Billy. What do you think of Eddie Munson? He's not so bad, right?"

She turns to Steve, a half-hearted smile on her face. He rolls his eyes, shakes his head, shoves the cart further down the aisle. "You've met Billy before, right? Blond, muscley, about yay heigh?" Steve holds up a hand to demonstrate, then grabs another few tapes to shelve. "Has kicked my ass before?" he continues. "Could still kick it again? I'm not poking that bear."

"What if it's an adventurous bear," Robin muses. Steve waves her off, and Robin sighs. "I'm just saying," she shrugs. "Maybe he'd be into it."

"Okay, but that's the problem," Steve says. He abandons the videos, leaning against the corner of a shelf as Robin takes over rearranging the staff picks on an end cap. "Because if he's not into it, then all I've done is piss him off by asking. And if he is into it, then there's a whole other person to worry about. I mean, what if Eddie thinks it's insane? Then what?"

"Then you tried," Robin says.

"I don't know," Steve sighs.

Robin is quiet for a long while. She empties the returns cart, pushes it back to its usual place behind the counter. Steve follows her, neatening displays of cheap candy on his way. When they return to the counter, Robin hops up onto it, swinging her legs.

"So?" she asks.

Steve sighs dramatically, folds his arms on the counter beside her and lays his head on them, mumbles, "I don't know."

Robin rests a hand on his back. "You're seeing him tomorrow, right?" she asks. Steve shifts his head, one eye blinking up at her, and he nods. "Feel him out. Decide then." She is quite for a moment and then adds, "I just think if you say nothing, you might regret it."

Steve buries his face against his forearms and mutters, "I guess."

***

Billy is in a bad mood.

Steve can tell. He can tell by the way Billy has barely said a word, the way he pushes at his food without touching it, the way he hammers his heel against the ground as if punishing the grass for some first degree offense its somehow committed against him. He observes Billy silently, sipping at a can of soda as he does.

"Uh," Steve starts, and Billy doesn't look at him. "You good?"

It is their usual Monday ritual: a rickety picnic table outside of Hawkins High, stale fries and shitty burgers from the joint down the road, a little moment nestled between Billy's fifth period lunch and Steve's afternoon shift. It started way back in September, on those first early days when Billy returned to school, bandages still wound tight beneath shirts he'd started to button a little higher.

Billy glances and Steve, grunts, and then looks away.

Steve grabs his hand beneath the table, smooths his thumb over Billy's knuckles. Billy tenses but doesn't pull away. "Hey," Steve says softly, and Billy levels his gaze. "What's wrong?"

"You tell me," Billy says. Steve can't quite gauge his tone — not quite angry, perhaps annoyed, or something in between.

"What do you mean?" Steve asks.

Billy scoffs. "You're acting weird. Have been. For a while."

"I don't know what—" Steve starts, but something his catching his eye. Someone, across the school lawn, shoving open the heavy cafeteria doors: Eddie Munson, sporting his Hellfire tee and laughing at some half-assed insult some basketball jock slung his way. Billy follows Steve's gaze, watches Eddie disappear inside the school, one Converse sneaker kicking at the door at the last moment so that Eddie could flash his middle finger at the jock, his tongue out, his eyes comically wild.

Billy turns back to Steve, understanding clear across his face. "Oh."

"No," Steve says too quickly. "It's not—"

But Billy has already risen, licking French fry salt off his fingers and stalking after Eddie. Steve hesitates, hovers over his seat, eyes darting around before coming back to Billy's retreating back. "Shit," he mutters, and takes off after Billy.

***

The cafeteria is loud, all chatter and shouts, and Billy moves through it like a predator. His prey sits at the far end of the room, and Steve hurries to reach him. Robin catches his eye. She's sitting beside Nancy and her face blanches when she realize what's happening.

"Uh-oh," Robin says quietly.

"What?" Nancy asks.

"Uh," Robin stammers, frozen in place, unsure if she should go after Steve or seek higher ground. "Something's happening." Nancy follows her gaze, confusion setting in as she sees Billy getting closer and closer to Eddie Munson, Steve looking more and more distressed as he does. Robin says, "Something's definitely happening."

***

"Hey," Billy says loudly, gruffly, as he halts by the Hellfire table. Heads swivel toward him and chairs squeak across linoleum as kids scoot away from him. Eddie freezes, eyes moving from Billy to his friends, to Steve, and back to Billy again. Billy juts his chin toward Eddie, singling him out. "You got a minute?"

"Do I—" Eddie starts, but Steve grabs at Billy's arm, tries to tug him back, says something to him that Eddie can't quite make out. Billy yanks his arm away. He doesn't repeat himself, but his eyes don't leave Eddie. "Sure?"

Billy looks around at the table, meeting everyone's gaze in turn. It is Dustin who says, "Wow. Look at the time. Guys? We should go." and Mike Wheeler who nods along, motioning for everyone to get up. Billy can feel all of their eyes on him as the retreat.

Once they've gone, Billy grabs a chair, swings it around and sits on it backwards, his arms resting across the chair's back. He looks at Steve and Steve, unsure of what else to do, lowers himself into the seat beside Billy.

Billy is quite for a long while. He tugs a pack of Camels out of his jacket pocket, puts one in his mouth but doesn't light it. He tells Steve, "Go ahead."

"Go—" Steve stammers, then shakes his head. "It's not—"

"Shut up," Billy says sternly. "Don't lie. You've got that stupid kicked puppy look." Steve's face flushes. He opens his mouth to speak but Billy beats him to it. "He walks by and it's like there's a fucking movie soundtrack spinning in your head." Again, Steve tries to speak, but Billy holds up a hand. "We settle this now."

Billy turns away, but Steve feels no relief. That steely gaze is pinned on Eddie, who is glancing between them like a corner animal. "You into him?" Billy asks, jabbing a thumb toward Steve.

Eddie's mouth hangs open. He stutters a few mismatched syllables and Billy rolls his eyes. He is about to stand, about to push off the chair and stalk out of the room the same way he stalked in, but then Eddie says, "I'm sorry. Are you— are you guys propositioning me?"

"Yes," Billy says at the same time Steve says, "No!"

The two exchange a glance. Steve deflates. Billy lights his cigarette, school rules be damned, and blows a plume of smoke across the table at Eddie. He nods toward Steve and explains, "He's into you."

Eddie looks at Steve, who feels the hottest flush burning his skin. He nods confirmation as Billy goes on, "Personally, I couldn't give two shits about you. But..." He looks Eddie up and down as if he assessing him. He shrugs as says, "Maybe you'll grow on me."

There is along pause. Steve looks over Billy's head and sees Robin and Nancy standing against the wall, pretending to look busy, but he knows they're listening to every word. Robin meets his eyes. She sticks her thumb out, moves it slowly up and down, a question in her eyes, but Steve can only shrug.

"Okay," Eddie says eventually. Billy puffs at his cigarette, smoke curling between his lips as he smiles.

"Okay," he agrees. Steve looks between them, incredulous.

"Uh," he says, and again he meets Robin's gaze across the room. She is bouncing on her tip-toes, her fingers tapping nervously together in front of chest. "Okay?"

***

Three months later and they are all at Steve's house, a bowl of popcorn left half-finished on the coffee table, everyone smelling of chlorine and cheap beer. A movie — the crappiest one Robin and Steve could find in the store, some really awful B-flick with so-bad-its-good potential — plays on the television. Nancy is on the floor, legs stretched out in front of her, her back against an arm chair that Robin is perched in.

On the couch, Billy is laying down, his head in Steve's lap, dozing as Steve plays absently with his Billy's hair. At his other side, Eddie fidgets with a beer bottle, leaned toward and focused intently on the movie, Steve's hand on his back, thumb tracing small circles. One of Billy's arms is draped across Steve's legs, fingers lazily laced with Eddie's.

Steve can feel Robin looking at him. He peeks over at her and shakes his head at her I-fucking-knew-it grin. Billy shifts in that restless way he does when he's trying not to fall asleep. Eddie leans back, folds his legs beneath himself as he leans against Steve's side, his grip on Billy's hand tightening ever so slightly.

Told you, Robin mouths. Steve shakes his head, but he doesn't quip back. She was right, after all. Somehow, Robin is always right.

#anon #answered #harringroveson #harringrove #steddie #steve harrington #billy hargrove #eddie munson #with some slight background ronance for good measure #lex writes fics

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carbondated · 5 months

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❝ That´s my favourite sort of art, ❞ crimson stained lips drew back , exposing a toothy grin. ¨what, grim? disturbing? barking mad? ¨ She rolled her eyes at the assumption. ❝ The one´s that leave you with a visceral thrill. If art doesn´t terrify you a little then it´s positively boring in my opinion darling. Géricault understood that. But then the French love a good drama. ❞ Anita yawned, giving her a playful push." nah, give me a good Warhol any d....River, do you see that?¨

The holo-image shimmered, tiny ripples forming at the centre of the canvas that began to radiate outwards, off of the painting and onto the wall. Growing, ever growing and morphing the space it touched. In the blink of an eye the Raft of Medusa came to look more and more warped, lines blurring together, painted strokes becoming smatterings. ❝ Find CAL and the others, QUICKLY! ❞

On the eve of the 300th anniversary of the Library disaster, an unknown person/s? broke through the sealed defences and extracted the consciousnesses of Professor River Song from the database. The Vashta Nerada, having resorted to cannibalising to survive, had long since died out. As a result of CAL and the Doctor Moon´s intervention, the transfer was a disaster, deleting everyone in the process and rendering the Professor, her body transferred to a fresh doppleganger host, with a virus whose symptoms were not unlike selective amnesia.

The intruder, for reasons unknown, abandoned her before she awoke, leaving her utterly alone in her new life. Paranoia soon set in, and, believing that Madame Kovarian and the Silence may have played a terrible part in her apparent resurrection, River set off to the place where she had left her last ( AUDIO: The Furies ) her suspicions only deepened when she found Kovarian gone. With no clues to go on and no clear indication of her memories returning, River abandoned the search for her past.

Frustrated, alone, and still coming to terms with having been dead for three centuries, River focused her efforts on trying to move forward instead. During a 10 year period, she settled on several small planets, went through 16 different careers and an impressive 30 residences. Nothing stuck.

Soon after, by complete coincidence she found her way back to the final cluster and witnessed first hand the devastation that King Hydroflax´s presence had had on this sector of the galaxy some 12 years after his demise. With no apparent successor to claim the throne, she did the natural thing, and claimed it as his widow. It was an easy enough feat, war having devastated the galaxy, there were none left who would have known her previous incarnation. In healing the final cluster, she healed her own wounds too. but peace never lasts.

Many species converged on the galaxy, believing the truce had made them weak, cybermen, weeping angels, sontaran´s just to name a few, horde upon horde upon horde, never ending. By the year 5203 the final cluster had been utterly decimated. River herself appeared to have died again, her Halassi spaceship crashing off the west coast of Cering IV. She survived of course and after being stranded for 3 days, managed to infiltrate an enemy supply ship on it´s way back to base. Successfully commandeering the ship, it´s crew tied up in a cleaner´s closet, she instead landed on a nearby space station. The wounds she had acquired, coupled by the sheer mental will it took to make it out alive, left her gravelly ill. Unfamiliar with her genetic makeup, the station had her transferred to the sisters of the infinite schism.

The sisters healed not only her injured but worked their science and found a slow working antidote to the virus she suffered from. They urged her to revisit her past, assuring her that the memories would come back in time. She took their advice and after volunteering on a dig, fell back in love with Archaeology. With a mixture of doctored and very real credentials, she fast tracked her career and became the new head of the Antiquities department at Luna University precisely 5 months after her previous incarnation disappeared on the Library expedition.

#out of character.#i made a garland for her head. and bracelets too. and fragrant zone; ... headcanons #a thing of beauty is a joy for ever: its loveliness increases; it will never. pass into nothingness ... canon/verse 2/ post library #here it is. the post library headcanon

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tokkias · 6 months

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20 Questions for Fic Writers

tagged by @grayseyebrowscar thank u milo i'm putting you in my mouth

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

75!

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

227,929

3. What fandoms do you write for?

just fairy tail at the moment. i've thought about dipping my toe into other fandoms, pokemon or fruits basket maybe, but i just have ft brainrot right now

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

secret moments in a crowded room, taking the hint, i don't want to be your friend (i want to kiss your lips), don't touch what's not yours & heartstrings

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

yeah i respond to like 99% of comments. i've gotten really slow with it lately but i love to engage with fandom and i don't want people ever thinking i take comments and engagement for granted just because i'm fortunate enough to get a lot of them. every comment means something to me so i want people to know that i'm grateful

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

happy ending ironically. i think you could make an argument for wait for her because i did cry while writing that, but i think wait for her is more bittersweet and happy ending is just downright heart wrenching

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

i mean, i think most of my fics have happy endings? if i had to choose, probably fool's errand just because the ending is both really sweet and a great payoff to like 15k words of everyone just absolutely going through it

8. Do you get hate on fics?

yeah <3

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

i mean what kinds art there? most i guess. i like writing soft silly giggly fluff, i like writing gentle body worship worthy of a hozier song lyric title, and i like writing downright filth

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

no but when i was in my transition period from ft to rwby in like 2016 i reaaallly wanted to write a crossover with that

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i'm aware of

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes! a have a couple into chinese here (i wouldn't know what dialect bc i don't speak it) and i believe there might be one in russian floating around? but i don't have link for that

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

no. i'd like to in theory? but i am very particular about my writing, i think i'd be the worst co-author in the world. i'm such a control freak that writing a fic with someone else would probably ruin our relationship

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

i'm very normal about nalu (lie)

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

sigh. i never say never but i have had cuffing season sitting at 13k words since like? may? i started it in janurary and it's seen many a fic started and finished since then. i'd love to finish it one day but i just don't see that day being soon

16. What are your writing strengths?

i think i have a really strong and descriptive writing voice

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

pacing. i feel like i can never get it right. everything is either too fast or too slow

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

i don't have any thoughts

19. First fandom you wrote for?

t....total drama...

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

it's always changing because i just have so many but at the moment i really like under your hands (i come undone) and ten baby dragons (or less)

i don't have anyone to tag but you can just say i tagged you and i won't mind

#mya's mumbles #i fucking love a writers tag #fuck yeah love talking about myself #thank u for tagging me

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salthien · 2 months

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do u have any favorite hollow knight ships or headcanons? :)

yes have you heard about quirrelhol- [cartoonishly large anvil drops directly onto my skull]

(discussion below the cut - I've censored character names/keywords with periods so this (hopefully) doesn't show up in tags as it's entirely just me rambling.)

The requisite #1 Gay Bugs In My Heart aside, there are a handful of others I do care about! I really am fond of She.o and the Nailsm.ith. what if two big round bugs fell in love over a shared calling to Create and the finding of purpose beyond achieving 'perfection' in their respective crafts. I've a mind to go through their fic tag at some point. I'm curious about Lacen.et but it's hard for me to get into it with zero story context, so my interest in that will probably be very passive until The Day Of Reckoning (SS release date).

I honestly don't have much else romantically I'm very into - most other ships I'm either of the "it's cute/fine/funny, I can see it" or "not my thing, but live your life" camp, since I'm not generally a multishipper and Quir.rel and Holl.ow seem like the most popular people to throw other characters at. Generally not a big 'dead dove'/'problematic' ship fan, and I won't touch that pressurized can of worms any further than that. I'm not here to evangelize or condemn, just to do my thing like everyone else! If anyone really really needs to know my opinions on a specific ship, send me an ask/DM me and I can give my honest answer (I just don't want to kick up any drama, even accidentally.)

That being said, I am incredibly interested in explorations of quite a few of the nonromantic relationships in HK - I love anything to do with the Dreamers (Her.rah <3333) and postgame stuff with the siblings. I've got a long list of fics bookmarked in a Need To Read folder (includes stuff like sbab.l, Worldse.nse, Los.t Kin, etc.) and will likely have more properly-formed thoughts then, but I'm a sucker for narratives about healing and growth and general bittersweet angst-with-hope stuff so postgame fix-it stuff is probably always going to appeal to me the most.

As for headcanons, I am notoriously terrible at coming up with them myself oops. You'll notice I tend to gather what I like from fanon and mess with it in my own little sandbox (with all due credit) so common things like eight-limbed Horne.t, the Child of Three Queens lore (which I think is more cut-canon than fanon??), Quir.rel's antennae (and general elaboration on buggy qualities in general, for everyone), etc. As a personal headcanon for the Knight/Ghost of Hallown.est/whatever you wanna call our funky little player character, they are like. Absolute peak autism to me (in the absolute most loving way possible). Fully a sentient adult, but nonverbal/generally noncommunicative and not really a former-of-solid-relationships. They come and they go as they please and everyone finds them charming, even those who might not admit it right away.

I'm much better at "here is this idea, expand it" than "come up with something new from a vacuum". I will take a headcanon and run wild with it, but generating those on my own? That requires brain cells that I usually do not have a proper hold on.

Wow this got long. Anyways! them's my thoughts there's a billion of them

#sal.txt

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danothan · 2 years

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plssss do kirashino

who’s the cuddler: god they’re both so touchstarved, can i rly put one above the other? i guess shinobu has been more open and obvious with her physical affection, but i also rly love the idea of kira giving in, gradually pushing himself to fulfill the “husband role.” ‘i can do this, it’s fine. this is what a husband is supposed to do,’ he thinks as he lets himself hold shinobu’s hand. it’s all abt the internal pep talk and controlled indulgence babey!

who makes the bed: kira normally would, but since he now has to share the bed, he can’t exactly make it while someone’s still sleeping in it, and unfortunately—

who wakes up first: —kira tends to wake up first. he doesn’t even need an alarm, it’s just his internal clock. i definitely don’t think kosaku was an early bird tho and he might’ve even slept through some alarms, but we also know him to be a diligent worker, so his morning routines might be more rushed than kira’s peaceful mornings. i wonder if this was smth kira had to adapt to. i know he’s careful abt keeping his identity hidden, but the small joys of having his mornings to himself and carrying out his routines are part of his ideal quiet life, so i don’t know if he would sacrifice this, even as a cover. he’d be quieter than kosaku as to not wake shinobu, and she wouldn’t even realize that he’d already made coffee by the time kosaku’s alarm would go off

who has the weird taste in music: kira likes queen, he’s as generic as it gets. shinobu’s isn’t exactly obscure either, but i feel like she’d enjoy haruomi hosono (i may be biased with my association bc an old kirashino mutual o’ mine told me some of his songs reminded them of me, so U__U)! i’m thinking abt shimendoka in particular

who is more protective: i’ve said this on an old shipping chart meme, but kira definitely worries more abt shinobu! for the first time in her life, she can be carefree and relaxed thanks to him

who sings in the shower: im getting deja vu bc i swear ive talked abt most of this stuff before but i can’t remember to whom or where. whatever, my specialty is repeating myself for fun <3 i hc that kira has vocal stims, singing included, but he stopped when donning the kosaku identity. but stims are stims, you aren’t even aware you’re doing them sometimes. i can imagine a scenario where he’s humming to himself in the shower and shinobu joins in on the song and it freaks him out bc he didn’t even realize he was doing it

who cries during movies: both of them but for different reasons. shinobu cries if a dog dies in a movie. kira tears up over cinematic romantic period dramas (every day i thank araki for making him a canon romantic 🙏)

who spends the most while out shopping: kira isn’t an excessive spender but he Does only buy the highest of quality items. not necessarily flashy rich clothes or anything, but he likes his ties tailored and his kitchen knives sharp. i do personally want to headcanon shinobu as a bit of a shopper tho, she might not buy the most expensive things but they surely add up. miss material girl absolutely NEEDS to add this teacup to her china collection!

who kisses more roughly: this is more of an early-relationship answer (i struggle to imagine their relationship in the later stages, but f0r has been helping me a lot with that!) but i think they’re actually rly gentle with each other? shinobu might be a little more passionate since she’s gotten no action for 10+ years + she’s in her crush phase, but i dont think she’s rough at all. kira is rough in a clumsy way, idc how suave and experienced he tries to act, he has never known the loving touch of a woman.

who is more dominant: shinobu is more dominant in the assertive, confident sense. she knows what she wants and she won’t hesitate to lead kira to that point. that being said, i don’t think she’s very interested in taking a dominant role. she wants to let someone else take the lead and take care of her. kira is naturally dominant but also has to exercise a lot of restraint as to not go overboard (and shinobu wants to see him go overboard 😔)

rating: 10/10, a top 3 ship for sure. very influential to the relationships i lean towards in media now

#danswers #danbles #💣#part4 #kirashino #long post #sorry for being so late with this 😭#moved it from my inbox to the drafts and my object impermanence made me completelt forget it existed

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sunwarmed-ash · 2 years

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🔥Sinful Sunday🔥

You Know What They Say About Assuming…

Ships: Mungrove, Steddie, Steddiegrove

Rating: Explicit (Sexual content, drug use)

Tags: Plot Chapter, Teenage Drama, Light angst

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“Hey, whoa, you okay? What happened, what did I do?”

Eddie touches his cheek at Steve’s fearful response and curses. He was fucking crying. He didn't even know at what point they started but they weren’t stopping now. Shit, shit, shit fuck.

“You didn't do anything Steve.”

Well technically he did, but nothing bad. Unless you consider showing Eddie there was still good in the world that made even the worst of the worst worth it in the end bad. “I just- had a rough night. After I left you.”

Steve took a bold step forward, resting his hand on Eddie’s shoulder before freezing in case that was too much touching too quick. They were alone, but not as safe as they were in Steve’s house.

“Jeez, that was really late Eddie. Did you get any sleep?”

Eddie hated that part of him wanted Steve to yank away. For him to hurt him the same way Billy did so he could just move past them both. But then Steve had to go and be his ‘asshole with a heart of gold’ self and pushed away anyone else’s opinions just hugged Eddie, right there in the hallway.

Eddie shattered like china in his arms.

“Can you afford to skip next period?” He asked between gasps in his sobs but Steve was nodding as soon as he said skip.

“Yeah, totally, let's go. Want to go to my place?”

“I told Robin I’d see her at lunch, so I can’t go home yet. Can we just go smoke in my car?”

Steve smiled at him amusedly. It was his car, and his drugs, so he didn't really need to ask Steve permission, but he just, was feeling too emotionally exhausted to take the lead or make a decision about anything. Steve somehow saw that, even before he did.

“Yeah, course Ed. Let’s go.”

#sinful sunday #mungrove #Steddie #steddiegrove #stranger things #billy hargrove #steve harrington #eddie munson #sunwarmed_ash #follow me on ao3 #ko fi support helps me pay my bills

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bealovesmarauders · 1 year

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🧜🏻‍♀️mermaid - send me a description of yourself (personality-wise, hobbies, favorite things, physical characteristics, or all of the above, whatever you’re most comfy with!) and i’ll ship you with someone :) pls include gender preference and fandom!!

(every time i start writing this i get interrupted, this is my third try 😩)

umm, any gender and i don't want to say any fandom because i feel like that's too broad but literally whatever you pick i'll be happy with. Still, to narrow it down I’ll say marauders but if you think of another match i’ll love it no matter who you say<3

Personality: I'm a terribly anxious person, not to the point that it's like crippling or anything, just that like,yeah, anxiety be anxieting. So sometimes if i’m with people i’m not entirely comfortable with i just won’t talk, like i’m very very quiet at parties (also very quiet in general). I was recently described as a "Walking intrusive thought" which i'm actually ok with because her reasoning was sound. I'll either be very calm or very bonkers and off the wall (i know too many things so i must share them with the masses lest they go stale in my brain). I'm always worried that i'm too pretentious because i talk like i learned my vocabulary from a period drama. When anyone does even the littlest thing for me, I get so happy like aaahh you care about me (like yesterday i was very overwhelmed and I have tics and they have taken control of my hands so i was doing my land-synchronized swimming routine with my arms and then my friend was just like "Here just hold my hand" and i was like aaahhh you care about me🥰🥰🥰) I'm like, hella funny. I try to be humble but it's true so why deny it. it’s sort of a dry humor and it’s all about waiting for the opportune moment. and also great swaths of sarcasm… and my love languages of how i receive it is acts of service or physical touch (definitely physical touch) and how i show my love is definitely gift giving.

Hobbies: sewing (i’m making my prom dress), reading, writing, and learning anything i can about historical fashion<3 OH MY GOD I ALMOST FORGOT THE BUTTER i make butter often and frequently, sometimes i get fancy with it and make roasted garlic butter, black garlic, honey, lavender honey, cinnamon, and i Loooove giving it to people all the time. I also make stickers for people, and my typical gift is butter and stickers <3

Favorite things: the color burgundy, sea shanties, weighted blankets, 4XL sweatshirts, my dior lucky perfume my aunt gave me, collecting antique books, crystals, pre-raphaelite paintings, having deep philosophical conversations about ridiculous things, crystals, when my sister braids a piece of my hair when one of us is going away, pirate shirts, arctic moneys + the last shadow puppets, Western movies specifically with Sam Elliot, anything to do with pirates and 40s music

physical characteristics: Brownish-blondish hair depending on the lighting, blue eyes, vertically challenged (i’m 5’3 on a good day😭), and small enough to the point that if anyone needs to get something out of a tight space they call me (also small enough that random women think they can grab my waist and say “you’re so small omg”)

whenever, if ever you get to this i’m sure you’ll pick someone perfect and i’ll love whatever you come up with <3 no pressure ever and take all the time you need 💕💕 and congratulations again <3<3<3

hi my love! i ship you with remus!

obviously he definitely can relate to the anxiety part,,, i think you guys would meet at a party or something cause you both would be in the corner 😭 rem is such a voracious reader and i like to think he pics up vocabulary very easily so he's like the only one who understands when you use big words (the other marauders would probably tease you for it, albeit lovingly). he's probably not used to getting little gifts but he definitely loves trinkets and has a whole section of his bedside table dedicated to you<3

i think he'd also be really understanding about your tics. remus knows what it feels like to have all eyes on him, and since he picks up on details and body language really quickly i think he'd be pretty attuned to them. he'd probably be like your friend and hold your hand if you wanted<3 you'd also have conversations about anything and everything, especially philosophical (i hc that remus HATES david hume and loves mary wollstonecraft). he'd also be so in awe of your sewing, maybe you'd sew him something sometime and he'd wear it everywhere. you'd also share a love for antique books and he'd probably buy you a first edition of your favorite one for an anniversary or something.

and the height difference omg. since you love big sweaters he's constantly giving you his jumpers (or maybe you're stealing them, shhh) and his favorite thing would be to just see you all swallowed up in his comfy clothes. remus is also such a handholder, and i can definitely see you guys just being attatched physically one way or another literally all the time (it comforts both of you). i also think that remus is definitely all about the little things- opening the car door for you, walking on the outside of the sidewalk, holding the door open, etc. and again on the height difference, rem would 100% put things on the top shelf just so that you would need his help <3

i hope this is okay and that you like it<3

#moots <3 #bea's celly #remus lupin #ily

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kingsroad · 1 year

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I absolutely need some tyland fics, theres none

once i've gotten farther into in the ripe and ruin, i FULLY plan on picking up two other projects to juggle during the long hiatus: a tyland fic & a jace fic! ♡ i love both of them so much and have ideas percolating for both fics while working on my current story! for what it's worth, i hope you're interested in an insane slow burn with lots and lots of pining and 'we shouldn't's and period drama hand touches between the master of ships and a tyrell that could best be described as a paint smudged morning dove. because that's what my heart wants and all it can be bothered to think about, tbh. this is the tyrell, if you want to get a sense of her & her relationship with tyland!

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useyourtelescope · 8 months

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fic in a box 2023 letter

Hello! It’s my first time participating in Fic In a Box, but I’m excited to do it and I hope you have fun creating for it too. I haven’t had time to write as much as I normally do for optional details/letters, but I tried to include a few thoughts on each request in terms of both characters/relationships & other mediums (if not writing related). Below are some general likes and since I’ve requested a lot of my prompts before I’ve linked to some previous letters throughout.

I’m also useyourtelescope on AO3, you can find me here for reference. My account is open for treats, which are very welcome if anyone is so inclined!

General Preferences & Prompts

I prefer third person to first person fic, though focusing on the POV of one or more characters is fine. I love both fluff and angst, though I like my angst with a happy or at least hopeful ending. When it comes to fluff I like to see characters being happy and sweet/supportive and having fun. With angst I especially enjoy the kind of angst that comes from ~circumstances~ beyond control keeping them apart [as long as those circumstances don't involve one of them being in another relationship] or the angst that comes from a hurt/comfort situation [as long as no one actually dies] Below are some tropes/moments I enjoy:

Fake relationship (in all its forms, especially marriage of convenience and undercover as a couple)

Arranged marriage

Mutual pining (unrequited pining turning into mutual pining also welcome)

Friends to lovers

Hurt/comfort (maybe patching s.o. up after an injury, looking after them when they’re sick or taking home when drunk - emotional h/c is welcome as well as physical)

One partner reassuring the other

Fixing the other character’s clothes (straightening collars, fixing ties)

Clothes sharing/stealing (especially female character wearing male characters jacket or sweater)

One character covering the other with a blanket when they’ve fallen asleep

Domesticity (e.g. cooking together, going grocery shopping, house-hunting, painting their house) either in an established relationship or in the ‘friends’ stage of friends to lovers

Letters / Emails / journal entries / texts

Sleepy snuggles, intentional or accidental

Hand holding (or some sort of hand or touch related moment)

Capers/Heists

‘Bottle episode’ style fic

Outsider POV

5 times/5+1 fic (e.g. five times a character stole the other’s clothes, five times character a looked after character b & 1 time character b returned the favour, five times they secretly held hands & 1 time they did in public, etc.)

In a period drama setting, a few generic things I love for those are men rolling up their sleeves (forearms!), dancing, accidental hand-touches and characters in love not calling the other by their first name until a very meaningful moment.

As I’m okay with Explicit fic for some of my requests here are some smut general likes:

Nancy Drew

My most recent letter with relevant prompts: George/Nick | Nancy/Ace

Only Murders In The Building

Letter with OMITB prompts [post s-1]

Mabel outfits links: my fave | assorted |

Sanditon & Why Didn't They Ask Evans

My most recent letters with Charlotte/James prompts & Frankie/Bobby prompts are the same: General | Smut

This is my music tag - its sporadically populated but the most recent pages will give you a flavour of some of my music tastes if you need fanvid inspo. That said, I like a wide variety of music and have often found new songs to like via fanvids so if you feel its really fitting for the ship/character go for it.

Crossover Fandoms

The only one I've requested exactly as is before is Harper Moore (Set It Up)/Jake 'Hangman' Seresin (Top Gun: Maverik), you can find the prompts here: General | Smut

Although I haven't requested Cotillion crossed with False Colours before, I have requested both fandoms separately here: Cotillion | False Colours. If you're interested in including further Heyer crossovers, the ones most fresh in my mind right not are Bath Tangle [a request for this is also in the False Colours link for further info] and Arabella, and I have written for The Nonesuch and Venetia.

For Frankie & Peggy, my most recent WDTAE letter is already linked above, my most recent Agent Carter letter is here.

#letter

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flosbelova · 2 years

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Oblivious

Florence Pugh x Actress!Reader

summary: Both Y/N and Florence recently starred in a movie together, and through all the press, they got closer to one another. Obviously someone caught feelings and by someone, I mean the both of them. However, they’re both oblivious about it and didn’t realize until a certain moment.

warnings: none (?)

word count: 3.1k+

gif creds to the owner :)

Both you and Florence recently starred in a movie about a forbidden love period drama. If you were being honest, it was your favorite film to have ever done, not only because you were finally representing actual LGBTQ+ characters, but also because the woman who acted opposite you was none other than Florence Pugh.

You first met Florence when you were at a screening for Midsommar, and were only acquaintances. You then bumped into each other again at the Oscars after party and instantly became close. It was as if you guys had been best friends since childhood. You exchanged phone numbers that night and continued to keep in touch.

When you both got the message from your agents that you were working together, you both called each other screaming at the top of your lungs.

Now, the film has come out and your notifications were filled with avid fans who “shipped” the both of you and Florence. You thought it was sweet at first because you had been in their place before. You’d see two people who you thought would be cute together but you weren’t obnoxious about it, it was just some innocent thing you did when you were a child. Now, it was happening to you and your co-star who’s also your best friend.

You didn’t mind people DMing you nor did you mind interviewers who asked about you and Florence potentially being together. To you, it just meant that you both did such great jobs acting that people couldn’t differentiate the on-screen chemistry with reality. It’s a bullshit excuse actually, but hey, it works. ‘Cause who are you even kidding? Of course you caught feelings. But would you ever admit them? Hell no. Besides, Florence had just gotten out of a relationship, and she had just come out a couple months ago, so you wouldn’t even bother trying anything. You didn’t want to make her uncomfortable.

Just because you want to hide your feelings, it doesn’t mean that Florence wasn’t also working hard to hide hers. If Florence was being honest, you were the reason she had the courage to come out. All those late nights of you discussing how you realized your true sexuality, it made her think about how she felt towards women.

From the moment Florence was directed to kiss you, it felt real to her. All those scenes from the film, they all felt a little too real. For the first time she had a hard time differentiating her feelings and acting. Which is why she had broken up with Zach the moment filming started. She knew that it wasn’t going to be fair to him if she kept on continuing her relationship with him knowing that she had growing feelings towards you. She also wanted to have some time to herself and self-reflect.

Press tours can be one of the most stressful yet fun experiences an actor can have. You and Florence were in a room with an interviewer who was asking about the movie. The conversation then trailed onto your chemistry with Florence in the film.

“I don’t mean to pry, but can you tell me about your chemistry with Florence in the film?” The interviewer asked.

“Um,” you smile and look at Florence, “I don’t know. I mean I have a crap ton of fans in my DM’s asking if I’m dating her, so I guess the chemistry was so raw on screen that it makes people question reality,” you gave her the same bullshit answer you’ve given to every interviewer.

Florence looked at you the entire time you answered the question. “I couldn’t have said it more beautifully than Y/N has,” she says, rubbing her hand on your arm.

You smile at her and bring your attention back to the interviewer, who immediately noticed you blushing. You looked down and let Florence answer the next few questions.

“Alright, I think that’s all we have for today, thank you both so much,” the interviewer concludes as she reaches to shake both your hands.

Once the cameras stopped rolling, Florence stretched and focused her attention on you. “What’s going on in that pretty little head of yours, Y/N?” Florence reached out and stroked your hair.

Is she flirting with me?

“Helloooo, Earth to Y/N,” Florence waved her hand in your face.

“Oh, sorry, zoned out for a sec,” you say.

“Sure,” Florence continued, “Anyway, you wanna come over to my house? I’ve been dying to cook and I could use the company.”

“Yeah, of course. I’d love to,” you felt your heart skipping beats and you pinched yourself to make sure you weren’t dreaming.

You didn’t understand why you felt this way. You’ve been to Florence’s house a million times and kept her company while she cooked. How is this one any different? Is it because of the way she looked at you? Or how soft her hand felt against your skin? Or the way she would nonchalantly compliment you?

Oh God I’m overthinking again. Stop it. She doesn’t feel the same way. She’s just being her friendly self.

You and Florence planned to hangout on Saturday night since you both finally had a day off from all of the interviews. Your heart was beating out of your chest as you walked to her door and rang the doorbell. For some reason you brought flowers and wine. It’s not like anything was going to happen, but you lost your mind for a sec and decided to bring them on impulse.

Florence answered the door and immediately smiled at the sight of you. She invited you in and you set the flowers and wine on her counter, and started looking for a vase to put the flowers in. It was as if Florence read your mind because she immediately handed you a vase. You place the flowers in them and set them on the table.

“Y/N, the flowers were perfect!” Florence exclaimed from the kitchen.

You stupidly nodded, thinking she would see your response. But you were too busy at the sight of the dining table. She had set it up as if you had both planned a dinner date. Your heart started beating faster at the scenarios going through your head.

You were quickly brought back to reality when you heard Florence ask you to come into the kitchen. You felt as if you had overdressed because Florence was wearing grey sweatpants with what you thought was your sweater. Her blonde locks were tied into her signature messy bun, and all her focus was on stirring whatever she was making. You felt your chest warm up at the sight of Florence being so domestic. You started thinking about how your life could be if you lived with her– STOP IT.

“What?” Florence looked at you.

“Hm? Oh nothing,” You snapped back into reality.

Florence smiled, “take a picture, it’ll last longer.”

You giggled and pulled your phone out and snapped a picture. You smiled at the picture and God, she looked so cute.

“By the way,” you begin, “is that my sweater?”

Florence looked at her shirt. “Oh, yeah, this? Yeah you had left it on the couch last time you were here.” Florence could hear her own heartbeat.

“Oh, and you didn’t bother to tell me I had left it?” you teased.

“Well, I thought you wouldn’t have noticed. Besides, it looks better on me than it does on you,” she teases back.

“If you weren’t cooking, I would have tackled you to the ground right now,” you say.

“Oh yeah? You wanna pin me down?” she asks, her voice getting deeper.

Your eyes widened for a moment as you felt your cheeks heat up. Florence noticed your stunned expression and softly chuckled to herself.

“Dinner’s almost ready, love. Go sit down,” Florence gestured to the dining table.

Without another word, you walked to the dining table and sat there with your thoughts yet again. You couldn’t help but overthink again and wonder if Florence was intentionally flirting with you. You felt like you were spiraling as multiple scenarios came into your head and thinking about the “what if’s.”

“Hey,” Florence nudged you, “Dinner’s ready.” Florence set down the plates of food and she did not hesitate to serve you. Usually, you’d serve yourself, but for the first time, she was the one who gave you an already served plate. And it was perfect. It was like she’s studied the amount of food you would take in.

Dinner was pretty quiet. However, it wasn’t awkward, which is a good thing. Once you both finished your plates, you sat there for a moment until one of you brought up a topic.

“So, I’ve been getting so many messages from fans. And not only that, but my sister has been sending me edits that she comes across on YouTube of me and you,” Florence said.

You raise an eyebrow as she pulls up her phone and shows you a video titled, “Y/N and Florence Being A Couple For Two Minutes Straight.” You moved your chair so that you were sitting next to Florence.

The video was filled with moments you had shared with Florence. From little snippets from your interviews, to comments on each other’s Instagram page, to little video clips that you’ve posted with each other, to little moments and stolen glances in your interviews.

Once the video was over, you and Florence smiled at each other. Florence shifted her eyes to your lips and licked her own. Florence started leaning in and you felt a panic setting in which caused you to quickly get up and grab the plates.

You cleared your throat, “Since you made such a wonderful dinner, I’m gonna do you a favor and wash the dishes. Okay? Okay,” you quickly rambled and fast walked into the kitchen. Placing the plates in the sink, you breathed out air you didn’t know you were holding in.

Florence was left at the dinner table, staring at the floor trying to process what had just happened. Florence felt stupid for even trying anything. Hearing plates clattering in the kitchen was enough to get her out of her thoughts.

“Everything alright here?” she asked.

“Yeah, everything’s good. Sorry. The plates, they uh,” you stutter, “they slipped,” you gave her a soft smile.

Florence pouted her lips and nodded. “Okay, well when you’re done we can head into my room and watch a movie– if that’s fine with you,” she hesitantly asked.

“Yeah, I’d love that. Oh and uh, could I borrow some sweatpants?” you asked.

“Yeah, of course,” she answered.

After you were finished with the plates, you headed into Florence’s room. Again, you didn’t know why it felt weird to walk into her room. You’ve been in there multiple times, hell you’ve even spilled wine on her sheets, so why would tonight be any different? This is what you and Florence usually did on a day off. You’d have dinner, one of you would cook, and then you’d end up spending the night because you and Florence ended up sleeping through the movie. Then you’d wake up cuddled up in each other’s arms.

See, those last bits were normal behavior for the both of you. Your relationship with Florence had always been platonic. But something about that moment on the dining table clearly changed something in the air.

You knocked on Florence’s door and she was already in bed waiting for you. Her blonde locks were no longer tied up in a bun and rested beautifully on her shoulders. Your little scenarios came into your head again as you started thinking about what it would be like coming home from a stressful day and Florence is already in bed, ready to cuddle you. The thought made you smile so bright that it tainted your cheeks red. Florence noticed your smile, and raised her eyebrows.

“Well are you getting the bed or what? C’mon I wanna watch Ratatouille,” she whined.

You chuckled and grabbed the pair of sweatpants on her bed. You unzipped your pants right in front of her and quickly changed into the sweatpants. You got on the bed and under the covers and found a comfortable position.

Obviously, you didn’t notice the way Florence was watching you from her peripheral vision. You also didn’t hear the way her breathing hitched as you changed into her clothes. Florence felt heat below her stomach and gulped at the sight. Once you got onto her bed, she could only hear her own heart beating. She didn’t understand why it was so hard for her to be normal around you.

As you watched the movie, you both got comfortable to the point where Florence’s head ended up laying on your chest. Your arms were wrapped around her as your fingers ran through her hair softly. Florence felt comfort listening to your heartbeat and started to doze off. She wrapped her arm across your torso and you felt yourself jolt at the contact. This stupid action was enough to wake Florence up.

“Sorry,” she says, moving her arm away.

“No,” you say, grabbing her arm, “It’s okay,” you reassured her and placed her arm back at its rightful place.

Florence started to feel herself dozing off again while you were wide awake. Your wandering thoughts took your attention off the movie and you tried to keep yourself as calm as possible. It wasn’t until Florence started mumbling something that brought you back to reality.

“What?” you ask, leaning your head down to hear her speak.

“Nothing,” her voice raspy and slow. You reach for the remote and pause the movie.

“Flo, if you’ve got something to say, tell me. Do you need to go to the bathroom or–”

“I like you, Y/N..” Florence says through her tired voice.

You felt as if all the blood in your body flushed out of you. “Come again?” you ask, hoping to have misheard her.

Florence furrows her brows and sighs. She sits up and places her hand on your cheek. You watched as her eyes dart to your lips. She leans in slowly and hesitantly. Eventually, you broke the gap between the both of you and pressed your lips against hers.

You may have kissed Florence about a million times because of your film, but none of them could compare to the feeling you have right now. She tasted like wine, so did you. Florence pulled away, guilt starting to set in her eyes. You reached out for her and cupped her face with your hands to reassure her.

“God, you have no idea how long I’ve been waiting to do that,” Florence admits.

“What do you mean?” You ask, raising a brow.

“Jesus, Y/N, are you that oblivious? I’ve had feelings for you for so long!”

You smile, feeling as if a weight has been lifted off your shoulders. You leaned in again and kissed her, this time with more passion. Her tongue lightly grazed the bottom of your lips, asking for entrance. You allowed her in, tongues fighting for dominance. Florence gets on top of you and straddles your lap without breaking the kiss. She wrapped her arms around your neck, pulling you closer, as her hands traveled through your hair. Your arms snaked around her waist and pulled her closer, breaking any space in between your bodies.

You stay in a heated make-out sesh for a moment until you both pull away to finally catch your breaths. Florence rests her forehead against yours, breathing deeply. She placed her hands on your shoulders and pulled away to get a good look at you.

“I don’t think I like you Y/N,” she says.

You furrow your brows, confused. “But you just--”

“I think I love you,” she interrupts.

You look at her green eyes, trying to find any sign indicating that she was fucking with you. And when you don’t find any, your heart drops to your ass.

“You what?” you ask, a small smile forming on your lips.

“I..” Florence takes a deep breath. “I love you, Y/N.”

The smile on your face is now present as you grab her face and kiss her again.

“I love you too, Flo,” you felt yourself feeling giddy. Florence smiled and leaned her forehead against your again, nuzzling her nose on yours.

You and Florence have said “I love you” to each other countless times, but they were always platonic. However, in this case it was real. It was in a romantic way. And God, it felt glorious to finally say it aloud and have it actually said romantically.

“So, what does this make us?” you pop the question.

“Well, I’d like for us to be exclusive. I think I’d also like to take it slow, since it is my first time,” she answers.

You bite your lip to refrain from smiling big again. “We can take this relationship to whatever pace you feel is fit for you,” you say, running your hands through her hair.

“Thank you, Y/N,” she says, kissing your cheek. Florence gets off your lap and gets back into her previous position.

You pressed play on the movie again and continued watching. However, your mind was too busy at the thought of Florence finally being yours and couldn’t wait for how your life was now going to look.

“Would it be too quick if... I asked you to move in?” Florence hesitated.

You looked at her amused, “Flo, who’s sweater are you wearing?”

She furrows her brows, “Um.. yours?”

“Exactly,” you say.

“I don’t really see how that answered my question though.”

“Florence, I basically live here! I can’t even remember the last time I’ve slept in my own bed,” you say.

“So… is that a yes?” Florence asked.

“Of course it's a yes!” you exclaim. Florence smiled brightly and kissed you on your cheek. The feeling of her lips tickled your skin which caused you to utter a small giggle.

Continuing with your night, you felt yourself dozing off halfway through the movie. With bits of your consciousness, you check on Florence only to see that her breathing was steady and was knocked out. You grabbed the remote and turned off the TV and moved yourself to a better position, careful not to wake up your sleeping girlfriend. The thought of calling Florence your girlfriend made your heart do backflips.

“Goodnight, my sweetheart,” you kissed Florence’s forehead. You felt Florence tighten her grip on you which caused you to smile. You have never felt so much comfort and internally celebrated because you finally had the girl of your dreams.

The End

#florence pugh x reader #florence pugh imagine #florence pugh fanfic #florence pugh oneshot #yelena belova #fan fiction #wlw

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back2themax · 3 years

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Haunted summer and why I adore it:

So rewatching this film I was out to prove To myself. Do I like it because my memory was off? Purely because Alex’s character or out of my genuine enjoyment? Turns out I was remembering correctly and it is genuinely a good movie to me.

I just want to ramble a bit so major story spoilers?

Simplistic-

So I can see right off the bat how it may not be some peoples thing. It’s a basic story, it’s not very complicated. It’s not action driven by any means and it’s a period piece (which can be extremely boring to some people, not to mention hard from how fancy™️ everyone talks)

However there is something beautiful and something I adore in this way. It’s a exploration movie. A small cast as our focus, it’s absolutely dependent on the relationships and dynamics of the charecter’s and luckily they’re fantastic. The great debate of evil between Shelley and lord Byron , how Mary and lord Byron face off, Claire’s relationship, Poli’s treatment.

Actions and Poli -

How this greater story comes from actions alone, from looks. I kid you not Poli tells a entire story purely from his facial expression’s and body language he is a cute and tragic figure. How excited he gets when talking about his interests or a good story about George, how he shrinks and falls back when ridiculed- how oh my god the looks of jealousy? The looks of silent pain? Whenever Byron starts to give his attention towards the female guests, openly flirting, talking with flowery poetic affection and this sense of touch. Something he could never have. Never in public, never in that way… something he is deprived of by the others cruel nature even when there is privacy. Scraps. His little , just looks. Honestly you could spend the whole time just watching him.

Percy is also quite a figure of body language himself, without that air of tragedy. He’s bouncy and energetic. He’s animated even in argument.

Period piece-

There is something special about the period piece. Especially if it’s a romance. How it has the power to make something as simple as hand holding, as touching for heads, resting against one another playing with the others hair around your finger. Into something of magic. This soft, intimate little snap shot of touch . To know warmth in love in the most basic actions. It just - it’s something else

The drama . The editing, the sheer feeling of it all. The playful nature of Shelley contrasted with byron’s cruelty and the pain to come from it. As easily as the other strikes a laugh.

A detail I love as well is the contrast. The opening to the ending.

The film begins with up beat, cheerful music. Beautiful paintings blend away to a beautiful mountainside and smiling figures all sat together.

The film ends with the boat ‘Ariel’ and with it the beautiful song earlier in the film played by Poli and Claire. Except this time the water is fogged. There is nothing but grey around the ship, no laughing figures or sunny day. The song, is now haunting. A poem. Then the screen reads of the rather misfortunate events to come after death after death.

#haunted summer #haunted summer 1988 #Poli haunted summer #john polidori #john william polidori #Alex winter #mary godwin #percy shelley #lord Byron #claire clairmont

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bleulone · 3 years

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It’s very interesting to consider how they will file the Polin love scenes. Partly because I can’t think of many (if any) plus-size female romance scenes that aren’t played for humour at the woman’s expense or where she has to be deeply insecure about her body the whole time and so is filmed mostly covered up.

Obviously it depends on the comfort of the actors but my main concern which is really shallow is the 12 inch height difference which makes Pen and Colin look really awkward on screen. Phoebe and Simon only have a 6inch difference for scale. I’m worried they will skimp out on any good season one style love scenes to avoid it looking awkward on camera. I’m thinking they’ll go safe which is so boring.

Hey! Thank you for sharing this interesting point of yours :) In all honestly, I don’t find Polin’s height difference to be that awkward. On the contrary, I really love it and see it as rather aesthetically pleasing and... very sexy in some ways! I feel like the level of hotness radiated by their upcoming love scenes will highly depend on the visual storytelling, on the choices of the camera angles— the way they’ll focus on the bodies’ movements and espouse our characters’ feelings, enhancing the colorful erotic shade of their relationship.

Plenty of sex scenes featured actors in movies and series despite a considerable height difference. For instance, we can think of Euphoria’s Alexa Demie and Jacob Elordi. Thanks to a specific color palet for the lightning, the scores and a large range of shots chosen to increase intimacy between two characters, viewers are immersed in this steamy atmosphere. They present themselves as useful tools which meticulously help creating physical and emotional intimacy between two people— these tools underlining their common story which naturally fuel the burning carnal desire they feel for one another. You can check this interesting little video concerning this topic in the hit-series Normal People. It reveals the key elements needed to its creation : chemistry, comfort and getting to know the character you play.

With that being said, I don’t think Luke and Nicola’s twelve inches of difference can work in their disfavor nor that it risks to be accidentally cringy. Though a certain cringe of another nature could appear mainly due to the way both Penelope and Colin were portrayed in season 1. Young, uncertain and shy, they don’t stand, walk nor behave confidently like their elders, not when they’re actually making their first steps into the world. By the time the future seasons come out, some radical changes are yet to be seen, first in their personalities then in their physical appearances, making them the self assured and experienced adults they are meant to be. Thus, we, (especially the readers), won’t struggle to picture them being all horny and naughty after the amount of cuteness they served us in s1 ahah.

About the sex itself, in Romancing Mister Bridgerton, Colin is very conscious of his imposing 6 foot-ness which will push him to be even more careful with our (5’1) Penelope when he initiates intimate touches with her. He doesn’t want to intimidate her. He makes sure to not crush her with his weight on the plush cushion of the carriage/of the soft mattress of his bed when he places himself on top of his love and passionately kisses her. He even pulls her on top of him at some point to make her feel comfortable with his body (and the proof of his need). It’s a nice call back to the scene in Chapter 18 where Colin, before deflowering Penelope, is very concern about hurting her or doing anything she doesn’t like during the act. To what she lovingly answers “Let me be the judge”, meaning that Pen’s pleasure is put in the center of his attention... or a wonderful mark of the female gaze : Penelope takes her own agency in the deep exploration of her sexuality. Those elements are most likely to be translated on screen through the uses of close ups on their faces, eyes, hands and other body parts... and DIALOGUE ! It will be so adorable seeing Colin eager to put her needs before his and making sure that Penelope is enjoying herself as much as he does.

I don’t know what our couple are willing to show but I’m still hoping we get the same type of steamy scenes Daphne/Simon and Anthony/Siena had in season 2 (and why not more lol)— IF, like you said, the actors are comfortable with nudity obviously (which they’ve probably signed up for). Once again, I feel like it’ll be very gripping to see a plus-size woman’s half naked body in a period drama getting the same depiction as a slim one, showing that curviness doesn’t prevent you from being desirable or sexy to the eye of your significant other as well as the mainstream public.

In any case, I’m sure Lizzy Talbot, Bridgerton’s intimacy coordinator, and the directors will perfectly know how to stage and depict this fondamental aspect of the show, aka hot!Polin, on screen. Hell, they can even surprise us, innovate, by not necessarily being “boring” but still going safe. They’re a fan favorite couple so I have faith in what the production has in store for us and for our boos. After all, the show already set its tone in season 1 : it’s lavish and sexy as hell. Plus, Chris Van Dusen and Jonathan Bailey said in previous interviews that season 2 will be even more sexier... so yeah, season 3 and 4 are definitely following on from this. Even Nicola and Luke are very fan of the ship and the fandom’s love for them ^^. Either way, having a very long slow burn like Polin will be such a wild ride and trust me, when the payoff’ll finally arrive, imma savor every second of it!

#bleulone answers #ask #anon #meta and gush #polin meta #polin #colin x penelope #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington #bridgerton

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wonkyyslush · 3 years

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SHIP YOUR MUTUALLSSSS I WANT TO SEE THE DRAMA

*evil laughter* instead of paying attention I wrote all of this down during my classes you’re welcome.

I tried to do people you wouldn’t really expect either

And I’m indecisive so some people have two my bad 👩🏾‍🦲

You should also pay me for this I worked hard

I’m never doing this shit again I need a nap omfg 🗿 if you weren’t included in this and you want to be you gotta wait a month for my brain to regenerate sorry besties

@uniquabackyardigans I was stuck between both Aran Ojiro from Haikyuu and Shoto Todoroki from mha so I just picked both.

Todoroki is emotionally unavailable already your type. All jokes aside he would be really soft with you and it’s like a whole different side of him other people don’t really see often. If you were upset about something he probably wouldn’t know how to comfort you (I feel like he’s bad at comforting people in general) but he’d try his best. Also he’s probably touch starved just like you <3 have fun with his conspiracies.

I feel like people think that Aran is mean because of his resting bitch face and also this face -_- he occasionally makes. So when they see how nice he is with you they’re so confused ?? Also remember when you were complaining about your ass in your jeans? He’d say it does make your ass look like a square just to make you mad :) you too also probably think flipping people off is a good date idea 🗿

@king-tobiyolo I ship you with Sakusa Kiyoomi (is that his name?) Now hear me out it would probably be a opposites attract sort of thing. You make shit jokes he’s a germaphobe you’re a menace he’s less of a menace. He hated you at first, you and your bad jokes annoyed him. So when he started catching feelings 👩🏾‍🦲 Theres never a dull moment with you two. You get him to loosen up a little (not a lot but it’s still noticeable).

@lilies-and-rosies I ship you with Megumi Fushiguro. You and Megumi have a interesting dynamic. You’re either done with everyone’s bullshit together or he’s done with your bullshit. You send him the dumbest things (I’m talking about those weird people you find 🧛🏾‍♀️) and he hates to admit it but some of them actually makes him laugh. I feel like he’d be the type to be embarrassed over over the slightest things such as hand holding so you’re gonna crack him out of his shell 🥸. Also you’re a Tsukishima Kinnie? No problem who else would he date he has Yuuji Gojo and Nobara on his ass. LMAO IM SORRY THAT WAS FUNNY TO ME. I also ship you with Hange Zoe but I’m too Lazy to explain further I’ve been at this for hours

@sao-tom3 I ship you with Itadori Yuuji. I don’t know if you’ve watched Jujutsu Kaisen yet but I feel like you and Yuuji would be a cute couple. He’s in love with your cat obviously not more than he’s in love with you but it’s a close call 🤩. He cooks for you (period get yourself a man who can cook). If you have a specific comfort meal you like to eat when you’re sad he’d gladly make it for you and do whatever he can on top of that to cheer you up. He’d also be the type to randomly go “Do you wanna do my make up for me?” Do his makeup bestie 🤬. Have fun with Sukuna bothering you two though. 🦤🦤🦤

@angeldvst-amajiki I ship you with Armin Arlert. I can’t explain myself on this one I just feel like you would be his type (his type being intimidating woman, not saying you’re intimidating but you did say Tamaki would be afraid of you NOT THAT I THINK ITS TRUE THOUGH) um anyways you and Armin would be that couple people didn’t really expect but once they see it they love it. Armin would constantly reassure you that he loves you wether he says it to you straightforwardly or coveys it through his actions. His love language is either quality time or giving out gifts and when I think of Armin giving you sea shells enjoy bestie

@shawtyybae I ship you with Akaashi whatever his last name is. Doesn’t he just look like mega mind? 🥸 But Fr Fr it’ll take a very patient man to deal with your bs. At first I thought that Akaashi would probably go for someone who isn’t a menace (yes I’m saying you’re a menace) because he already has bokuto giving him migraines but you’re an exception I guess? Most of the time he’ll go along with your jokes because why not but other times he’d be like 🧍🏾‍♀️. Akaashi is also a over thinker proven buy bokuto himself 🙄 so I feel like he’d overthink your relationship and then need reassurance that you still like him (I have a ton of Akaashi conspiracy theories but that’s not the point)

@starrjin I ship you with Inumaki and Kita but I don’t feel like writing these anymore so I’m only gonna explain Inumaki 🗿 You and Inumaki in my opinion would be good for each other. He can comfort you without even having to speak somehow and for him he finds your presence comforting. His love language in my opinion is physical touch and acts of service. He can’t speak? He’ll make up for it with his actions.

@melichios I ship you with Eren Jeager. Why you may ask? Because I read your about me and you’re basically into edgy people and who’s edgier than a mass murderer? Also “men with long hair” Last time I checked Eren has some pretty long hair 🌝 He also finds your interest interesting (see what I did there? 🤩) like your biotechnology. Loves hearing you talk about your interest. I mean he’ll fall asleep on you listening to you talk about it but he loves it nonetheless.

@hoodsokka I ship you with Sero and Denki from Mha but I’m only explaining Sero 🗿 You two would be a comedic duo. He wouldn’t even mind the accidental dick jokes in front of his mom (haha get it because you accidentally told a dick joke..in front of..okay) He goes along with whatever impulsive urge you have except having a baby at 17 (haha..get it because..okay) Wether this is a platonic ship or a romantic ship that’s for you to decide.

@aphroditeparadisesstuff (WE SHARE SO MANY OF THE SAME INTERESTS) I ship you with Tsukishima Kei. I read your about me thingy too and it says you’re sarcastic. Who’s more sarcastic then Tsukki? 🤩 You like reading too so library dates yaaaaay. Every now and then he recommends books he’d think you’ll like. He loves hearing about the things you’re passionate about seeing you rant about something like mythology makes him smile. Also “I’m shy” great you two can stay at home together :)

#I FINALLY FINISHED #IM GANGSTA 🥶💯#there’s probably a bunch of spelling errors no way am I going back and double checking #if you don’t like this I’ll cry #survey corps 🪶#Lia’s Letters

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Live-blogging Bulgasal ep 1 / spoilers I guess?

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Omg this cinematography 😍

Man, you know you’re fucked when the flesh eating monster runs away from you.

If Bulgasal is so powerful, how come he can’t find the poor boy? You’re telling me he can slaughter that villager’s family but couldn’t bother traveling another mile or so to get to him? Kinda lazy, Bulgasal. You gotta be willing to take that extra step if you want to succeed in life.

Omg these villagers are literally chasing this poor boy with pitch forks. I hate them all, you go get them Bulgasal.

Dad you bastard, how can you leave him behind and toss off his hand like that!

Hm, who are you mysterious pretty lady played by Kwon Nara?

General, I just met you, but I already love you. You’re gonna die, aren’t you?

Get this damn old witch off my tv screen.

Ffffuuuuck he’s so hot.

I’m so glad Korea is finally leaning more into the whole period fantasy/folklore fare. Mmmaybe they can even start adapting some web novels from *coughmeatbuncough*

Omg this man needs to stfu. Hot Cursed Hobo literally saved all y’all so don’t even start with that cursed bullshit

Fffffuuuu he should not look this hot tending to the huge stab wound in his gut.

Aww I love General Dad. He’s the rare good kdrama father, and in a period drama no less! So yeah, he’s going to die isn’t he.

Oof of course his baby died. Because Hot Cursed Hobo hasn’t suffered enough.

Lady, If you despise his cursed self so much, maybe you shouldn’t have married/banged him.

Omg and he has a blind son too? Oh god and he’s too scared to touch his son even though he’s reaching out to him like he did with his own father. And it’s because he’s afraid of tainting him further with his curse and oh gooooood the angst.

*don’t get turned on by the tortured man grabbing the sword with his bare hand and sliding it down the blade*

Omg he just called her a monster! And I don’t think he meant it in a demeaning way. And that’s why he married her.

Ok I don’t know why but I kinda ship this. They were so happy together when they were children and he empathized with her because she was different just like him. Ugh and now she hates him and wants to kill him and I’m oddly into it.

Oh jeez, these villagers are still killing poor young boys? Ugh why won’t this old witch just die already.

Who ARE you pretty lady? And what shampoo do you use because damn those are some gorgeous flowing locks you have.

I don’t know where they shot this drama but I hope they keep shooting dramas in this landscape.

OMG WTF WHAT REALLY? Her?!

Ahh his poor son. This poor baby. He’s never been held by his father and thinks he hates him. Stoooop. You’ve already stomped all over my heart drama.

Honestly, at this point I think Bulgasal is missing Hot Cursed Hobo on purpose.

Nooooooo, not the boy. And not while he’s calling out to his father. Drama, you did NOT make the first time he held his son also his last time. Omg and even with his last breath he reached for his father’s face just so he’d know what he looked like. Ok, I need a fucking moment right now.

Noo drama, don’t you fucking start with the happy fantasy sequences.

Pretty long haired lady, wtf is your deal?!

This man seriously has not known a single moment of peace from the moment he was born.

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Well! That was quite the first episode. I wonder if his son is going to be reborn and if we’ll see him again. They kept fixating on the fact that he doesn’t know what his father’s face looks like so I dunno, I feel like it might come into play later on. Or not, who knows. Now onto the second episode!

#bulgasal #kdrama

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alright i will finally try to gather my thoughts on bridgerton ahead of s2. i’ll be discussing s1 as well as the books, but for the sake of tagging, this will go under “kei watches bridgerton” (i’ll be liveblogging my watch of s2 and tagging it with that as well, so feel free to blacklist the tag if you don’t want to wade through long long tangents of me being kinda mean about bridgerton lol)

genuinely don’t think i’ve ever had mixed feelings about a piece of media to this degree lmao. all my thoughts are going under the cut because this might get LONG. and hopelessly messy and disorganised. sorry. 🥴

let’s take a look at daphne and simon, shall we?

- right off the bat, i just have to say. i HATE daphne bridgerton. words cannot describe how much i despise her. i have never loathed a fictional character as viscerally as i loathe daphne fucking bridgerton. i have to say, i found her more bearable in her book, at least at the beginning. but then of course that scene happened.

- and the narrative never fucking holds her accountable for it!! instead they place all the blame on simon, whose very legitimate trauma is dismissed without a second thought in favour of giving daphne everything she’s ever wanted. she rapes her husband and is fucking rewarded for it. besides, does the difference between “can’t” and “won’t” really matter by this point? he’s allowed not to want children, even if it’s “just because”. she went into the marriage knowing full well it will be childless. but noooooo.

- i am a staunch proponent of letting people ship whatever the fuck they want (and yes, i do mean whatever the fuck they want, it’s fictional, don’t y’all have better things to do over picking fights with people online over something as ridiculously trivial as fictional ships lmao), but that doesn’t mean i won’t still side eye people who ship daphne and simon. i won’t start shit with you about it, but i will bitch behind your back with like-minded people 🖤

- i know i have a tendency to get irrationally irritated by the dumbest little things, but myyyyy goddddd. the showrunners fundamentally misunderstood what makes a Period Drama Hand Touch™ scene meaningful. by that point in the show, they’ve had, what, three?? four conversations??? i genuinely did not get the vibe that they were falling in love. falling in lust, absolutely. but not fucking love. the hand touch in the gallery fell flat for me. it felt awkward and forced.

- and that brings me to my next point! nowhere in the show did i believe they were In Love™!! that whole speech simon made to the queen about how how daphne is supposedly his best friend and he’d be so lucky to marry her felt unearned. all they did was argue and fuck, miscommunicate because Reasons™, argue and fuck, she rapes him. and then, somehow, he’s the one who’s made to apologise. make it make sense.

- it’s so interesting to me how the show made their very first child a son whereas in the books they have three daughters before the heir is born. that paired with the fact that regé-jean page is confirmed not to be returning makes me believe they made the first child a boy just so our duke and duchess can divorce sooner. i will not buy any feeble explanation regarding his absence that they’re inevitably going to come up with in s2, their divorce is canon in my heart ❤️

and now onto eloise.

- i really liked eloise in the books!! she was independent and strong-willed, but at the same time, she didn’t look down on her more “traditionally minded” peers. i believe at one point she even said she was open to marriage and motherhood, she just hadn’t found “the one” yet. but of course the show went and turned her into a complete “not like other girls”.

- i find it so cute when people speculate that marina was brought in as a key player in the very first season when she’s only a posthumous character in the books and changed from a bridgerton cousin to a featherington cousin because “maybe they’re setting up for a love story between her and eloise!!!!1!” bestie, they barely changed the rape scene from the duke and i, what the fuck makes y’all think they’d change a whole-ass love interest????

- i’ve seen a lot of people interpreting eloise as gay, but i personally just did not see it. (benedict, on the other hand......) she spends the majority of her screen time disparaging other women for having more “traditional” life goals. didn’t strike me as very gay imo.

- i feel like the show tried to make a feminist statement with daphne and eloise and somehow missed the mark with both.

- this might be a controversial opinion since practically every youtube video essay i’ve watched seems to really hate sir phillip, but i really didn’t think he was that bad. yes, he starts out as a neglectful father and that isn’t okay, but he gets better in the end. i liked how he gradually healed from his childhood trauma and learned to become a much better father to his kids than his abusive fuck of a father was to him, actually.

- anyway, he straight up tells eloise in his letters to her that he’s looking for a stepmom for his children, so it’s not like she was clueless about what she was getting herself into when she ran off to his estate unchaperoned. daphne bridgerton is objectively a much worse character than sir phillip. at least phil never fucking rapes anyone.

i wanna talk about benedict for a bit.

- i really don’t know whether his queer-coding in the show was intentional or accidental on the showrunners’ parts. i think we can all agree that his interactions with that gay artist friend of his came off as more than a little fruity. let benedict be bi

- i like sophie, but she isn’t going to turn up until s3. maybe im expecting way too much of this show (my poor naive pre-bridgerton self genuinely thought daphne bridgerton was supposed to be a deconstruction of the ingenue archetype throughout my first watch, and we all know how much of a bust that turned out to be), but i sincerely hope his s2 subplot involves him exploring his bisexuality more. bisexuals in media don’t always have to end up partnered with someone of the same gender. he can end up with sophie and still be bi, y’all know that, right?

lemme rant about the costumes for a bit, you know this was coming

- sweet jesus, i don’t think any costumes have ever infuriated me as much as portia fucking featherington’s wardrobe does. why would you keep the empire waistline intact if you’re just going to make her dresses form-fitting???!? i don’t know what effect they were trying to go for with that, but i do know they looked deeply unflattering. to me, anyway.

- i know historical accuracy is not what this show is aiming for, but goddamn it, the tight-lacing scene at the very beginning of the very first episode is just. so wrong on so many levels.

- first of all, in the regency era, they would have been wearing stays, not corsets, and those stays wouldn’t have been boned and therefore very hard to tight-lace. second, they should have been wearing shifts or chemises underneath. lastly, why the fuck would you tight-lace when you’re going to be wearing an empire-waisted gown?? it’s like wearing a push-up bra just to go out in a baggy hoodie.

- portia claiming her waist was the span of an orange and a half when she was young is not only laughably anatomically incorrect, it’s impossible since she would have been wearing very rigidly structured stays. you can’t tight-lace those stays, babe.

- i blame gone with the wind for modern day hollywood’s perception of corsets tbh. they weren’t torture devices. they were basically bras with more overall support. tight-lacing was nowhere near as common as movies and tv shows make it out to be.

- it pisses me off how the costume designer consciously chose not to include bonnets. if bridgerton is trying to be camp, then exaggerated regency era bonnets would have been goddamn fucking perfect for it. bonnets can be done well! look at the bonnets in emma 2020! the bonnets on gentleman jack! the bonnet amanda seyfried cosette is wearing in her very first appearance! y’all can make bonnets look pretty, i promise. *tan france voice* make an effort 🔫

- i also hate how they put the queen in fashions that are fifty years out of date, and based off the production stills we’ve gotten of s2, they’re still insisting on doing that. just because she kept enforcing hoop skirts (panniers, really, but semantics) in court dress throughout her lifetime doesn’t mean she wore 1760s fashions all the damn time in later life. really, it’s just a quick google search away, so what’s your excuse, bridgerton costume designer?

now for my miscellaneous thoughts!

- if they don’t renew this through at least s7 (i don’t care whether or not they do a s8 because i could not give less of a shit about gregory), i will riot. im only holding out for francesca- and hyacinth-centred seasons. i will be incredibly upset if we do not get them. i am only hoping this show maintains its high viewership so we can get all the way to s7 at least.

- the books (excluding the first one) were decent i suppose, though they were way too heavy on the happily ever afters for my liking. why are all the men rakes and why are all the women virginal and inexperienced? (except for francesca obviously since she’s a widow in her book. which is part of why she’s my favourite.) julia quinn, im starting to think you don’t actually know what a rake is.

- as much as i liked benedict and sophie’s interclass romance, i found a few other historical romance novels handled the tension inherent in such a relationship much better than bridgerton did. go check out a league of extraordinary women by evie dunmore and the wild wynchesters by erica ridley and you’ll see what i mean lol.

- i know british aristocrats would’ve had nothing but rp accents, but dammit, we’ve established that this basically takes place in an alternate history, so we can get a scottish actor with a thick highland brogue to play michael stirling. i will not settle for anything else. make him a sexy highlander you cowards

- also, i know the british class system is a garbage fire and i am wholeheartedly in favour of abolishing the aristocracy completely, but this is fiction, and i think the bridgerton girls should have ranked as follows: francesca as a duchess, hyacinth as a marchioness, eloise can have anyone between an earl and a baron, i don’t really give a fuck, and daphne should have been married off to some smelly old fortune-hunting baronet.

- i knew about nicola coughlan from derry girls first, jonathan bailey from theatre first, and simone ashley from sex education first, so i will be gatekeeping them ❤️ (this is a joke. mostly. partly.)

- anyone grossly mislabelling kate and anthony as enemies to lovers is getting blocked idc. i am a big, big supporter of knowing the goddamn difference between RIVALS to lovers and ENEMIES to lovers. it’s not enemies to lovers until they’ve tried to literally kill each other at least once, end of story 🖤

the books, ranked (this is just my opinion, but i am Correct.)

when he was wicked (francesca supremacy) (best love scenes, i will not elaborate)

it’s in his kiss (hyacinth) (gareth is a terrible name for a love interest—no offence to my homies named gareth—but his surname is st. clair so it basically cancels out)

an offer from a gentleman (benedict) (why is this a cinderella retelling while absolutely none of the other books are fairytale retellings lol)

the viscount who loved me (anthony) (i believe siena rosso of the show is maria rosso of this book, and i hope that scene in the study with kate hiding under his desk is in s2 lmao)

to sir phillip, with love (eloise) (i liked eloise’s relationship with his kids, anyway)

romancing mr. bridgerton (colin and penelope) (i didn’t really read any actual romancing going on, so the book title is inaccurate.)

on the way to the wedding (gregory) (the false love interest’s name is hermione watson 😭 this was published after the first few hp movies came out, so. did jq run out of name ideas or something?)

the duke and i (daphne) (she can go rot in fucking hell and she did not deserve one child, let alone five. the fifth child should have killed her. she was 41 years old and it was the regency era. edward basset you had one fucking job you fucking disappointment)

see y’all in march 😘

#kei watches bridgerton

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