okay so because previous anons asked about sex, I wanna ask about aftercare, how they act after sex? oh and i’m curious how their sex life change after being together for a while
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their aftercare isn't always aftercare-101, if i'm honest. theo is very bad at it and doesn't really... ever... do that for matthias. and matthias may be very good at giving aftercare but theo is incredibly resistant to it. i mentioned earlier that theo really gets off on praise, but... he also flinches away from it. he's so twisted up about so much of what he wants and he's really, uh... well. he makes it really hard to get close to him and offer comfort despite how much he desires it. matthias can't say certain things without scaring theo off (and i mean, like, theo will quite literally run away), so he has to talk around what he wants to say and what theo needs to hear to prevent theo from bolting before he can bring him down.
matthias takes a long time cleaning theo up and massaging his muscles after, and he'll hum or talk to himself in polish so theo knows he's still there touching him (but isn't stirred before he comes to himself on his own by english he can understand). when he's finished, he'll ask theo very simple yes or no questions that let matthias know how theo's feeling without outright asking how he's feeling. he also checks on theo throughout the day, but he has to be even more subtle there or theo starts to feel smothered. is your body okay? do you want me to get you dressed? does your head hurt? do you want me to read to you? he focuses on asking about the physical and what theo wants to do rather than theo’s emotions. matthias has learned that asking if theo's feeling okay after is a quick way to trigger a very, very negative response in theo. it's one of the reasons why i think matthias is constantly asking theo in the heat of sex how he's feeling, because that's when theo is so preoccupied by the physical aspect that the emotional effects leak out without him fighting to keep them in. it takes a few months for theo to get comfortable with the feelings he has after sex with him before matthias can really give him proper aftercare. that’s why the sex they have early on is never anything too crazy. matthias coaxes theo into a better place first.
i also think it’s important to clarify that it’s not like they’re always having kinky sex. still, theo usually needs physical touch after vanilla sex as well. matthias himself always craves conversation afterwards, so he waits for theo to stir awake (because he often falls asleep after sex) or come back into his body fully to talk to him.
as for changes to their sex life after they’ve been together for awhile… i believe i've talked about this before, but their sexual dynamic turns on its head after a few years. theo starts to take control of the reins and gets more comfortable asking for and doing what he wants. with theo he just has a lot holding him back and it's only after he's grown as a person and worked past a majority of his intimacy issues that he can act on the desires he's been burying waaay down. there's a sort of brattiness that theo starts to have a lot of fun with during sex—a lot of pushing and prodding, withholding, insulting... matthias is having the time of his life lmao, like he loves being challenged and pushed around. matthias takes on a more submissive role during sex as they age, which is fun for him. plus it's kind of the dynamic they've always had outside of sex anyway. of course, there are never any set roles in their sexual life so i'm not saying that it's always like that, but theo enjoys telling matthias what to do and how to do it. they have a lot of fun with it.
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GAP the Series ep 11 thoughts (spoilers!!)
I loved this episode so much, my god. I've been super overwhelmed and overextended the past bunch of days, so haven't been able to sit down and type about it yet, or backread the tag, but my love for a lot of what the episode did has only deepened so I guess lemme just try to get a few thoughts out real fast.
So many character choices I thought were so compelling and lovely:
Sam went to Grandma, and she tried to stand up to her; she bravely, earnestly tried. She put everything into holding her ground and appealing to her grandma's reason and her grandma's supposed love for her and what Sam knew with all her heart to be true. And she still failed, and not for any deeply externally compelling reason. Grandma just needed to outlast her, and Grandma knew it. Just needed to let Sam pour her heart and her truth out to her and deem all of it unworthy. Just needed to tell Sam the reason she's against her relationship is because she loves her, and because she worries for her, and society is homophobic, not Grandma, okay? and Sam crumbled. But Sam still fought to protect Mon in that crumbling! She carved out a slice of freedom for Mon even if she couldn't get it for herself.
Mon learned just how fucked up Sam's relationship with her grandmother was, moments before Sam asked her to go back to being her sidepiece. So without hesitation, Mon agreed. No questions asked. I genuinely really loved that! I knew it wasn't going to last and I knew Sam probably needed Mon to say no to push her to break the stalemate with Grandma, but as someone who loved her and understood her, who didn't blame her for the situation she was in, who knew it wasn't her role to demand Sam change the like fabric of her reality and family structure for Mon to love her and want to be with her, it was the right, loving call.
Like I love that there was no drama or melancholy about it, and it only started to hurt Mon when Kirk showed up and started getting in her head. For someone who cares so much about societal "good"-ness and reputation, I do think being in an affair would wear Mon down long term, but to me it's sort of the flip side of Sam trying to confront Grandma all on her own, where both of them are facing something insurmountable with only the strength of their love for each other as a weapon, and... it's almost enough. Their love takes them both so far, but not all the way. It's just, idk, both realistic and romantic? If you could survive off love alone, they'd be golden, but reality sucks and they're up against more than they can handle with just the two of them.
Which brings me to my absolute fervent love for Nueng, and every single part of how she was brought in as the ringer. Sam knew she needed help. She didn't want to just let Mon walk away again, but she knew if she put herself back in a room with her grandmother, it would go down the same way. So... she asked for help. (So proud of her😭)
Nueng's help did not come easily. She's not just some sassy strong-spined heroine. She's kept her distance all this time for a reason. Sure, she's been counseling her little sister and trying to push her to make decisions that allow for her own happiness, but that doesn't mean she's ready to retraumatize herself by going back into that house. Sam had to bribe her to get her to even consider it, and though we have no explanation for why Nueng was late, I wonder if it wasn't avoidance, a procrastinating dread.
You wouldn't know either of these things were true from the confrontation itself. Nueng seemed untouchable. Sam seemed like someone who was having an intervention forced upon her against her will. Nueng was on fire, standing up to Grandma like she was built for it; it hurt to watch Sam, to watch how the very idea of breaking with Grandma tortured her. But actually, Nueng was hurting herself for her little sister's sake by being there; nothing she was doing was easy. And actually, as she sobbed and shook and covered her ears, Sam was accepting the absolutely vital help she herself had sought. She was making a break she wanted to make, but couldn't make on her own, and it hurt so much but it was what she wanted and chose.
IDK DID I EXPLAIN THAT IN A WAY THAT MADE SENSE? I just loved the confrontation scene, so fucking much. I loved Sam and Nueng so, so much. I loved Mon, not wanting to be the source of Sam's pain but not wanting to leave her behind either, so fucking much. Just really really good shit.
This post is long enough so to end I'll just rattle off my new ships and call it a day:
Kirk/Grandma: IF YOU LOVE HER SO MUCH WHY DON'T YOU MARRY HER, both ways. I've felt this way for a few weeks but it was extra intense this episode. Leave Sam out of your little wedding fantasies, you weirdo freaks!!!!!! Pick out that jewelry for YOURSELVES!!!!!!!
Nueng/Jim: If Jim has it bad for Sam can you imagine what she felt growing up around her sister? Also she bragged about how rich she is this episode. Go sugar mama an Anuntrakul who is single and ready to love you as boldly and loudly as you love her, Jim! Bang her across every surface in your fancy house like you told Mon to do! Live your bliss and raise a beautiful non-conformist baby together. DO IT DO IT
Nueng/Jim/Nita: I just think they're all v hot and would ship in any combination, but as with Jim, Nita if you have it bad for Sam, have you considered her world-weary older sister who will catch every innuendo you throw her way and shove it back in your face? And like Jim deserves to be in the middle of that sandwich. i m h o
Ep 1, Ep 2, Ep 3, Ep 4, Ep 5, Ep 6, Ep 7, Ep8, Ep9, Ep10
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