#relationship development

[avvis]

so im sure someone has said this already and far more eloquently than i’m about to, but—

hot tip for character description: the copious detail doesn’t matter as much as when and where.

obviously there’s a time and place for immediate description, like if a character has a very obvious, identifying trait, like a facial scar, or a striking tattoo. but even that immediate description sends the reader a message; the feature is jarring, and is the first thing that people notice about them (have all the symbolism fun you want with that one). but most of the time, overly detailed character descriptions right away do nothing but jar the readers out of the flow of the story. everyone’s read a paragraph about someone’s ‘stormy sky coloured orbs’ before. was it fun? probably not.

not writing in great detail about small facets of a characters appearance right off the bat allows you to save them for when they’re going to make more of an impact. see, if its only in a romantically charged scene, where your characters suddenly find their faces very close together, that your POV character notices that their love interest’s eyes remind them of the sea they grew up beside, that tells the reader many things. first off, it’s cute and poetic, and you find out that love interest has nice eyes. but secondly, you realize two things. one; your character is staring into their love interests eyes, deeply enough to have poetic, ruminating thoughts about their eyes. two; it signals that your character cares about the other one enough to notice these things. this is especially good for enemies to lovers. when we don’t like someone, we aren’t interested in the pretty little facets that make them human. we’re pretty occupied with ‘god i hate this bitch’. so when a character notices these things, it humanizes the other character, and signals a dynamic change, from seeing them as nothing but an antagonist, to someone significant enough to notice things about. no one thinks about how beautiful the eyes are of someone they completely hate. while it is tempting to describe your antagonist-future-love-interest in great detail, (because antagonists are pretty. admit it), try and save some.

save that descriptions their eyes, freckles, or tiny scars for when they can be used to subtly signal that tone shift in a relationship. we’ll know they’re pretty when your character does.

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[class1akids]

Thank you for answering. I think I understand what you said about the starting point for OT3s and it really made a lot of sense! I'm still wondering about something though: do you think that Bakugou and Todoroki's friendship in the manga has started because of Midoriya? I feel like he's not completely disconnected but I really would like to hear your take on that if you will.

I don't think the TDBK dynamic is about Deku. But it is also not not about Deku.

If you go back all the way to the first TDBK scenes, it's Shouto acknowledging Bakugou's battle instincts and Bakugou getting a dose of reality watching Shouto's quirk in action and feeling like he's not good enough. So the start of their dynamic is purely about each other.

But when in the SF Shouto challenges Izuku instead of Bakugou, their dynamic becomes a three-way mess, mostly with Bakugou trying desperately to get Shouto's full attention and to beat Deku by using Shouto as a proxy.

With the thrown SF final, the TDBK dynamic shifts to Todoroki trying to somehow gain Bakugou's respect, and Bakugou holding a grudge. I think their dynamic truly starts to change towards friendship during the Remedial arc - which again is about the two of them, but Deku is of course part of it somehow, because he's the one both Todoroki and Bakugou trying to catch up to. Plus, as Bakugou starts to get hit in the head by character development, his hardest realizations are about Deku and his own bully past - with getting to know Todoroki and his cursed family giving him an extremely uncomfortable mirror.

But Bakugou also shows moments of empathy and concern directed towards Shouto himself.

Their hot mess kind of peaks in the Endeavor internship arc, with the Shouto - Bakugou "we are friends / we are not friends!" "why am I always paired with this guy" routine, while at the same time we have Bakugou increasing discomfort watching the easy and sweet TDDK friendship as an outsider.

In the third act, Horikoshi mostly abandoned the 3-way dynamic, but we still see glimpses of the TDBK friendship - how they comfort / support each other, while Bakugou is focused on fixing his relationship with Deku and Shouto is focused on his family mess.

I don't know if we will get another TDBK scene, but I think it was a very nice cap to have Bakugou in Shouto's room the night after the battle assignments - comforting him with his presence and inside jokes. It nicely mirrors their first big confrontation before the final when Shouto is thinking about his family, about what Deku told him and Bakugou basically kicks down the door and makes it all about himself.

It's both their journeys - Shouto has healed enough to not to get lost in his head anymore and appreciate the support and reassurance his friends give him. And Bakugou coming a long way to be that person who will care about someone else's problems, give them quiet support, joke with them. They know so much about each other that they can makes an inside joke about it. It's really a remarkable journey for the both of them.

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[sexysapphicshopowner]

🤎 Context/AU (Alternate Universe): Modern AU- Some random tidbits about you and mechanic!Sevika's relationship after her Christmas confession

🤎 soft!mechanic!Sevika x bubbly!mechanic!reader

🤎 CW/TW: suggestive language, not proofread, useless lesbians, smut, wlw ship, no use of y/n, pet names, blossoming relationship, you and Sev are actual idiots, unserious smut, lowkey crack

🤎 A/N: Ask me about this couple and I'll answer anything!! I didn't really know where I was going with these headcanons, just wanted to get into the feel for them before I write a New Year's fic for them

🤎 Notes: Idk what this is, don't... we not gone talk about it

🤎 Word count: 3.4k

🤎 Surprisingly, dating Sevika is much different than simply pining for her 

🤎 First of all, the woman is a sap 

🤎 She’s so unbelievably cute, it’s almost criminal 

🤎 Sev is the older of you two, but she’s the bigger baby 

🤎 Your regular flowers begin coming with metal ones that she welded for you to match whatever type she’d just bought for you 

🤎 Date nights are now much more elaborate- she picks you up with flowers and a little gift for each date, even if it’s just like a movie or bowling or something like that 

🤎 Hates spooning 

🤎 She prefers to wrap herself around you with her head smushed in your tits 

🤎 She actually asked you about it at first as well 

🤎 You two were on the couch, she was rested between your thighs as she played some game on the tv and you had a hand idly playing in her hair as you scrolled on your phone 

🤎 She looked up at you a few times before she finally spoke, “Hey sweets?” 

🤎 You hummed, “Hm?” 

🤎 “Which spoon do you prefer to be?” 

🤎 You thought about it for a few second, fingers still carding through her thick strands gently before you responded, “With you? Little.” 

🤎 “Hm.” 

🤎 “What’s that for?” 

🤎 “I don’t like spooning.” 

🤎 “Oh?” 

🤎 She nodded as she turned back to her game (I headcanon that Sev plays the sims in this modern au), “Yeah. I would rather be face to face when we cuddle. Or... face to chest.” 

🤎 You rolled your eyes, thumping her ear playfully, “Mmcht, you just wanna touch my tits.” 

🤎 “No, ‘m serious, babe. For one, there’s more warmth that way. Two, we can get closer. And three, I can hear your heartbeat that way. It’s calming.” 

🤎 She’s too fucking cute 

🤎 On days where one of you works and the other doesn’t, she always requires at least an hour of kissing and cuddling to unwind 

🤎 Your matching jewelry goes beyond your charm bracelets now- you two each have a necklace with the other’s name on it that neither of you take off 

🤎 Movie nights are spicier, usually ending in a heated make-out session 

🤎You’re both still idiots who can’t take each other seriously though 

🤎 Every time Sevika says something romantic, depending on the timing and delivery, you’re either melting or cracking up in a fit of giggles 

🤎 Sev on the other hand can’t take you serious when you start trying to talk dirty to her 

🤎 She finds dirty talk to actually be kind of awkward 

🤎 Take every time you tried to be a little flirty before the two of you had sex for the first time 

🤎 Once she was watching television and you just looked up from your phone to say, “You’ve gotta stop looking like that.” 

🤎 “Like what?” 

🤎 “Fuckable.” 

🤎 She always looks away with a little blush and a cough to clear her throat, “Oh.” 

🤎 The closest you guys got to fucking for the first time was during a movie night 

🤎 You guys were watching ‘Princess and the Frog’ 

🤎 Well, you were watching 

🤎 Sev’s back was turned to the tv as she tucked her face into your neck, pressing methodical kisses to all the spots she knew would make your breath hitch a little and send a shiver down your spine 

🤎 You had a hand entangled in her hair, your other one propping you up so you could try and focus on the movie and not her lips 

🤎 At least until her hands slid under your shirt and she looked up at you 

🤎 You looked down to find her smirking at you, “What? Is there something on my face?” 

🤎 “No.” 

🤎 “Okay? What’s up, you stopped.” 

🤎 She held eye contact as she slid your shirt up just the slightest, lips meeting the base of your throat, “Can I go under your shirt?” 

🤎 Your pussy? Aching right now 

🤎 You nodded, stammering softly, “Y-yeah... sure...” 

🤎 She looked like a kid who’d just gotten a piece of candy as she pulled your shirt up over your breasts 

🤎 You weren’t wearing a bra, having taken it off earlier in the day because it was ‘too hot’ 

🤎 You forced your eyes away from her as you looked back up at the movie 

🤎 She took her time, kisses trailing down your breast, lips narrowly avoiding your nipples even as they ached in anticipation of being invited into her mouth 

🤎 You shifted slightly, releasing a soft breath the moment her tongue circled your areola 

🤎 She slid closer to you, slotting one of her legs between yours as your hand came back up to entangle with her hair as her mouth latched onto you, tongue drawing quick circles around your nipple 

🤎 You were wearing some biker shorts and one of her t-shirts while she wore a wife pleaser and some sweats 

🤎 The combination of her mouth on your breasts and the slight pressure of her thigh up against you was almost euphoric, especially considering how much you’d been needing a release lately 

🤎 She let out a chuckle as you started to rut your hips against her thigh, her hand sliding from your waist to grip and palm your ass as she helped you along, pulling you against her leg with every upward thrust of your hips 

🤎 The sound of you dissolving above, turning into a mess of little whimpers and whines with every second you drew closer to coming was all she needed as she showed attention to both of your breasts as evenly as she possibly could 

🤎 She didn’t release your nipple once you came, slowing your hips down against her 

🤎 It wasn’t until you tapped her repeatedly, panting softly as you stopped the movement of your hips with a breathy mumble of ‘wait’ that she stopped 

🤎 She kissed back up your chest, pulling your shirt back down, “Enjoyed yourself?” she teased. 

🤎 If it weren’t for you getting too sensitive so fast, you were pretty sure you guys would have actually fucked that day 

🤎 Regardless, there was no rush 

🤎 This leads to you guys’ actual first time together being almost completely hilarious to the both of you 

🤎 It’s full of giggles, whispers, and ogling 

🤎 When Sev sees you fully naked for the first time, you thought she’d actually short-circuited with the way she froze 

🤎 You burst into giggles, closing her mouth, “You always turn into a fly catcher around me, hotshot. Like what you see?” 

🤎 And boy did she ever 

🤎 She runs her hands over your curves, committing each part of you to memory 

🤎 It’s not serious for long though 

🤎 Well, it is because this is you guys’ first time having sex together, but also... it’s you and Sevika, you two can’t take anything too serious 

🤎 The giggles have returned once it’s Sevika’s turn to get naked 

🤎 This woman, I kid you not, decides that this is the time she wants to ‘try to be sexy like you’ by stripping 

🤎 She’s a mess of Magic Mike moves done half wrong because she spent most of that movie covering you in hickeys and whispering gay shit in your ears 

🤎 But the funniest part is how she struggles with each article of clothing 

🤎 She starts with her shirt but she ends up fumbling on the second button, stopping the sway of her hips to whatever music was playing in her head as she lets out a huff, looking down to focus on getting the button undone 

🤎 Amidst your snickering, you reach out to help her, but she smacks your hands away, “Just gimme a sec... almost... got it.” 

🤎 Next are her pants and oh boy- 

🤎 You’d swear her belt buckle was a rubik’s cube the way she struggled to unhook it 

🤎 Once she’s made it down to her bra and boxers your giggles die down- only a little bit because she’s still humping the air and making fuck boy faces at you (she calls it her ‘stripper smoulder’)- but your focus is 100 percent on taking in her body 

🤎 Sure, you’ve seen her shirtless before 

🤎 In the really hot summer months when the A/C is finnicky and all leaving the garage doors open at work does is make it hotter in the shop, you can find her either with the top of her work jumper hanging loose around her waist and shirtless, or at the very least in a wife pleaser that she’s constantly raising to wipe the sweat from her forehead 

🤎 Back to the present though 

🤎 You find yourself getting pretty hot- and wet- once her bra has been discarded (she kept fucking up with unhooking it, it would come undone just to get hooked onto the next hook over), anticipating the removal of her boxers so you can take in her full form 

🤎 She’s fucking dripping 

🤎 So are you, but who’s asking? 

🤎 The two of you are just taking in each other’s bodies, not really saying much as your eyes trailed over her from top to bottom and hers from your bottom to top 

🤎 She was practically towering over you where you sat on the edge of the bed, silently appraising your body with a soft reverence in her eyes 

🤎 She reaches out to lift your chin as she finally speaks, voice softer than you’ve heard it since she first clumsily confessed her love to you 

🤎 “You’re so unbelievably beautiful, sweets...” 

🤎 You gulp down a breath, answering shakily as your eyes traced up the scars littering the left side of her body to meet her eyes, “So are you...” 

🤎 That first night is probably the softest sex you’ve had in your entire life 

🤎 We’ve already discussed that girlfriend Sev is a huge fucking sap, but in the bedroom on that first night? Oh it’s even worse 

🤎 You think you might explode as she pauses for the umpteenth time to study you, her eyes drinking you in as if she’ll never see you again after this is over 

🤎 You lean up to press a kiss to the tip of her nose, whispering, “We don’t have to keep going if-” 

🤎 “No, I want to... ‘m just... I dunno what word I’m looking for I feel like I’m short circuiting...” 

🤎 You let out a little chuckle, pulling her into a warm kiss as you mumbled against her lips, “’S okay, baby... I know what you mean.” 

🤎 A few times you both end up giggling when you make eye contact, it’s cute and it’s you and Sev unapologetically 

🤎 When she finally makes her way between your legs, holding your thighs over her shoulders, she looks back up at you and you immediately burst into giggles 

🤎 She rolls her eyes, giving a quick little nip to your inner thigh as she looked back up, “Stop laughing or then I’mma laugh.” 

🤎 You held a hand over your mouth with another little giggle, shaking your head, “’M sorry, Sev, but I’m just...” You let out a little happy sigh as you looked back down at her, “I’m happy, okay? I’m not laughing at you, I promise.” 

🤎 She shook her head, placing a few kisses around your core as she mumbled, “You’re so cute.” 

🤎 You don’t even have time to offer a retort before her mouth is connecting with you 

🤎 You’re seeing stars, feeling fireworks, butterflies, all of the things as she drinks in your taste, savoring the feel of you against her tongue 

🤎 She lapping between your lips with slow and teasing strokes, her nose hooking against your clit perfectly with every upward stroke 

🤎 When you come, it’s euphoric, heavenly 

🤎 Sevika comes from the sound of you alone, your fist wrapping up in her hair as her name fell from your lips almost like a prayer 

🤎 She kisses back up your body, stopping to show some attention to your breasts before finally making it back up to your lips, “How was that, sweets?” 

🤎 “Y-you... yeah...” you breathe. 

🤎 Embarrassingly enough, you fall asleep before returning the favor, Sevika pressing soft kisses to your skin as she rubbed your hips and ass 

🤎 Sex from then on with her is a regular occurrence 

🤎 The next point of sort of awkwardness is living arrangements between the two of you 

🤎 Sev has mentioned that she doesn’t mind moving you into the penthouse with her 

🤎 You’re almost never at your own apartment these days, it makes sense 

🤎 Then comes the anxiety 

🤎 You’re pulling away from Sevika unintentionally as you start to freak out about moving in with her 

🤎 At this point you guys have been in a relationship for almost a year now and best friends for 3 and a half years 

🤎 Because of this, Sevika notices the change immediately 

🤎 Your kisses are shorter 

🤎 You’re spending the night less than usual 

🤎 You’re quieter whenever you are over her place 

🤎 It’s not until you walk in on her cooking without smacking her ass or giving her one of your playful little gropes as usual that she says something 

🤎 “Sweets.” 

🤎 You didn’t even look up from your phone as you scrolled through Instagram idly, “Yeah?” 

🤎 The sound of your government name is what snapped your attention up to her 

🤎 She hasn’t called you by your actual name almost since you guys have met, more often than not it’s always ‘Sweets’ or ‘Baby love’ 

🤎 Sev’s face when you do finally look up doesn’t make you feel any better either 

🤎 In fact, you get a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, anxiety skyrocketing as you wait for her to say something else 

🤎 “What’s going on?” 

🤎 “What do you mean?” 

🤎 She folded her arms, a hurt look all over her face as she points out how you’ve become stand-offish with her, “You’ve been being weird. And not my usual ‘haha, I like to freak out my girlfriend’ weirdo. You haven’t slept over in almost a month... are we okay?” 

🤎 Your heart breaks as you realize how in your head you’ve been lately 

🤎 You nodded, moving closer to reassure her as you took hold of her hands, “We’re more than okay, I’m just...” you let out a little sigh, looking away only for her to bring your eyes right back to hers. 

🤎 “Please...” 

🤎 “I don’t wanna fuck things up if we move in together.” 

🤎 “What do you mean?” 

🤎 “Like... what if you don’t like the way I load the dishwasher? Or what if being around me both at home and at work almost 24/7 gets annoying? Or-” 

🤎 “Sweets. You realize that we’ve been practically living together since before we even got together, right?” 

🤎 “Yeah, but-” 

🤎 You’re cut off by her lips against yours, shutting you up effectively before she pulled away, looking down at you as she speaks quietly, “Look, if I was tired of you or thought you were annoying, I would’ve never gotten so close with you in the first place. I love you, okay? And I promise you that the fact of my love for you is not gonna change ‘cause we live together full-time suddenly.” 

🤎 “Promise?” 

🤎 She pressed another kiss to your lips, holding your hips closely, “I swear to you. I love you, sweets. More than anything.” 

🤎 You guys move in together officially within the next month 

🤎 Your first Christmas as a couple is actually a small event 

🤎 Sure, you guys attend the company Christmas party as a couple, but before that you realize just how much you’ve rubbed off on her when she wakes you up at midnight to open your gifts- just like you told her your family used to do when you were younger 

🤎 You two are useless fucking lesbians I tell you 

🤎 You got each other the same gift actually 

🤎 Like the exact same gift 

🤎 The main gift was a pendant with both of your birthstones and your meetiversary (the anniversary of the day you two met) date engraved on it 

🤎 You both were a mess of giggles when you unwrapped the matching necklaces 

🤎 “You got this from-” 

🤎 “Kay Jewelers?” Sev finished for you, causing you to start laughing again. 

🤎 “I love you, Sev.” 

🤎 “Oh really? While I love you as well, maybe you should wait until I show you the other gift I got you,” she hints with an almost suggestive look. 

🤎 You’re ready to marry her on the spot when she takes you to the shop, showing you your next gift 

🤎 It’s a custom restored 1957 Cadillac Sedan Deville 

🤎 You jumped onto her, hooking your arms around her neck as you squealed, “Baby, you didn’t! Oh my fuck- I love you...” You whispered the last words into her neck as you melted into her. 

🤎 She simply chuckles, wrapping her arms around you as she presses kisses along the side of our face as best she can with the way you’ve tucked yourself under her chin, “Been working on it since last Christmas. You like it?” 

🤎 You answered her with a fat kiss on her lips, kissing all over her face sloppily as she held you up from you jumping up into her arms 

🤎 Safe to say that you guys spent almost the entire day leading up to the party fucking between every activity 

🤎 Just put the gingerbread cookies in the oven? You guys are fucking on the kitchen counter 

🤎 Just finished watching a movie? You’re fucking on the couch 

🤎 Oh, what? There’s a sprig of mistletoe in every room? Sounds like a fuck tour to me 

🤎 You guys don’t even stay at the party long because Sev wants to go and make love to make up for all the quickies you guys had that day 

🤎 So yeah, you guys spend your first Christmas as a couple fucking in between all the traditions you guys made as best friends 

🤎 Now let’s get on to some simpler things 

🤎 You’re the blanket hog, but Sevika doesn’t mind because she runs warm anyway 

🤎 If you guys aren’t going to work together or it’s an off day and one of you has errands or something you guys always part ways with 6 kisses- one to the forehead, one to each cheek, and three to the lips- an ‘I love you, baby’ and a bite 

🤎 You left to your mom’s place one time without giving her the playful bite she’d come to expect whenever you left and she was so pouty about it that you simply added it to the kiss routine 

🤎 Sev sleeps on the left side of the bed 

🤎 I have a theory that the people who sleep on the left side of the bed are the people who like to be up underneath their partner (Yes I sleep on the left) 

🤎 Sev has a double sink in her bathroom but whenever you guys are brushing your teeth or washing your faces it’s always at the same sink, Sev standing behind you with a hand on your waist 

🤎 Funny enough, but after you guys got together, Sev stopped doing most of the driving 

🤎 She enjoys being your passenger princess 

🤎 You’ve got her name embroidered in the headrest of the passenger seat of your car 

🤎 You keep a blanket, snacks, and cones stashed in your car for her at all times 

🤎 Speaking of which, yes, mechanic Sev smokes both weed and cigs 

🤎 Her cigarettes are Djarum black clove cigs 

🤎 She smokes Blazy Susan King Sized cones 

🤎 You don’t smoke as much as her, and honestly after the two of you got together, she doesn’t smoke as much as she used to either 

🤎 But boy when you two get high together? You two can’t stop laughing 

🤎One of your first times getting high with her you almost pissed yourself laughing at the way she said the word ‘spoon’ 

🤎 All in all, dating Sev is exactly what you expect dating your best friend to be like 

🤎 She’s.... the best thing to ever happen to you 

🤎 And you are the love of her life

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[seraphinitegames]

Will there ever be a point on A & M's paths where it's happy? Like, with F/N, there is joy with them. Both are playful, even if the N's isn't like F's. With M, there is flirting but no playfulness or anything that feels "happy." With A, it's all angst, no joy. Of course, the two will eventually cave & agree to be 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 the MC and content with it, but will there be any playfulness/joy? Where they actually seem happy with the MC? Or will A always be serious and M always be about sex or quiet?

There will definitely be very happy moments for both A and M. Very romantic too, in their own way!

But their routes will be angsty and heavier to begin with. It's just the type of romances I want to write for them. That's partly why I have N and F being that much lighter, so as people who don't enjoy that can enjoy those!

Hope that helps! Thank you so much for the ask :)

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[wangxianficrecs]

Meng Yao vs. the Board of the Homeowner's Association by Ariaste

Meng Yao vs. the Board of the Homeowner's Association

by Ariaste

M, 119k, WIP, series, Xiyao & Wangxian

Summary: Two gremlins, their husbands, and the horrible HOA board. As long as nobody gets arrested for arson or murder, we're gonna call it a win.

Mojo's comments: Very funny modern au (all POV meng yao) wherein he and lan xichen are happily married and living in suburbia near a similarly happily married wangxian. Meng Yao only thrives when he can scheme, of course, and his shameless violence is aimed at protecting his hubby (whose tomatoes were violated by Horrible Susan of the HOA). Wwx is just happy to gremlin with his brother-in-law via late-night McDonald's warroom planning. Somehow, this turns them into accidental friends. Meanwhile, Lan family secrets start coming out ('secret' is a foreign concept to wei 'overshare' ying, heh) and it explains SO. MUCH. 9 works so far, series in progress. (9th work is 2/3.)

Excerpt: “Sometimes I just tell A-Yao things. They just fall out of my mouth.” Wei Wuxian spoons an alarming amount of marshmallows into his cocoa. “You understand, don’t you, dage? It’s just so easy to tell him things.” “I understand,” Huan-ge says. “I too tell him things often.” Meng Yao, sipping at the edge of the foam on his cocoa, pauses. There’s a… tone in Huan-ge’s voice. A setting-a-trap tone. “Yeah! Yeah, you get it.” “For example,” Huan-ge says smoothly, picking up the tray and straightening again, “after every time A-Yao and I make love, we shake hands and say, ‘Thank you for the orgasm, respected associate, it was satisfactory,’ and then I give his sexual performance a rating on a scale of one to ten.” Wei Wuxian freezes at the phrase ‘make love’. By the end of the sentence, his eye is twitching. Meng Yao keeps his face perfectly straight as Huan-ge walks out of the room with the tray tucked under his arm. “What’s the face for?” Meng Yao says, sipping cocoa. “Do you and Wangji not do that?” “Is this real life?” Wei Wuxian says, the paralysis melting away into distress. “Did this just happen? A-Yao, that wasn’t real, was it? He was just--fucking with me? Right??” “I beg your pardon? Have you ever known Xichen to be the sort to fuck with anyone?” Meng Yao takes another judgmental sip of cocoa. “I’ll thank you to not speak like that about my respected associate.”

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[rachelillustrates]

GUYS GUYS GUYS.

On that second kiss, and reality perspective:

So someone suggested the idea that we might see the second kiss in an Ed flashback at some point (I'm so sorry, Igot excited and forgot to even heart the post), and that has me thinking about reality perspective, etc. Like how two different people can experience the same event very differently because of their mental states.

And in that case, I think it makes 8,000% sense that the second kiss happened, but we didn't see it at first because we were on *Stede's* perspective in that scene, and he might have been in so much overwhelm over what had happened (on top of his inner conflict stuff about his family) that he barely even registered it. Like not in a non-consensual way, obviously, I mean like when how when you're focused on something so intensely that you register that someone said something to you, but you don't register the words, just responding "Hmm" or whatnot.

I think it was like that, he accepted the second kiss but his brain was like "WHITE NOISE. PANIC. WHEEEEE." so WE didn't get to see it.

tl,dr: THE SECOND KISS IS CANON.

#to me at least #ofmd #ofmd s2 #ofmd spoilers #spoilers #gentlebeard #stedward #otp #meta #writing #storytelling #character development #relationship development #inspiration

[rosey-blog06]

Look. I don't want "Enemies to Lovers"

I want:-

Enemies - unwilling allies - getting closer due to fighting together more - admitting to friendship - pining - realising their pining - distancing themselves as to not ruin the friendship - "B" getting upset due to "A" distancing themselves - a fight due to "B" confronting "A" distancing themselves - "A" frustratedly admitting feelings - "A" running away out of fear of rejection - "B" standing there shocked for a few moments before running after "A" - "B" finding "A" in a spot special to the two - finding "A" crying from thinking they ruined the friendship - "B" comforting "A" by saying that they didn't ruin anything - "A" rambling on about how they thought they did - "B" cutting "A" off by kissing "A"'s cheek - "B" confessing - "A" slowly blinking in disbelief - "B" joking saying "Are you just gonna sit there blinking at me, or are you going to kiss me already?" - "A" quickly kissing "B" that turns into a makeout session - Lover

None of this straight from this to that, I want development in the characters feelings!

(sorry if it's hard to read/understand lol)

#enemies to lovers #ship tropes #relationship development #bakudeku #klance #drarry #I can't think of anymore atm #There's definitely a bunch more ships #Anyway the point it #DEVELOPMENT!

[girl4music]

The fact it could have been Giles and Willow all of Season 7 as the only person (at that point) that truly understood Willow and all that she had been through and overcome with the abuse of magic and the corruption of it.

It didn’t have to be Faith. It could have been Giles.

It probably made more sense for it to be Giles.

But the way they wrote Giles in that season was so damn awful, that that idea wouldn’t even be in mind.

Even though it makes TOTAL SENSE in hindsight.

They brought Giles back in episode 10 and he never even makes a comment to how Willow is doing even though they started off the season her being with him. The one helping her, mentoring her. Seeing her through her rehabilitation phase. AGAIN - a missed opportunity for significant character interaction and relationship development. Sacrificing that for the plot. And making him out to be purposeless and aimless just because they didn’t know what to do with him. There was an arc for him. There was an arc for Willow.

There was an arc for every main core and seasonal recurring character in the last season. All the logical pieces to the whole were there. It’s so frustrating.

#buffy the vampire slayer #willow rosenberg #alyson hannigan #rupert giles #anthony stewart head #season 7 #significant interaction #relationship development

[billiejean485]

Let me say just one negative thing:

If the Sentimonster theory confirmation turns for the worst, I am not going to survive this.

#miraculous ladybug #adrien agreste #chat noir #cat noir #sentiadrien #sentimonster theory #senti adrien #adrien is a sentimonster #sentimonster adrien #ml sentimonster #Sentimonsters #miraculous ladybug season 5 #love square #relationship development #marichat #marichat kiss #personal post #Christian rant #BillieJean485 #I will be diagnosed wirh real clinical depression #artist problems #fluff #ladynoir

[chatbugmlb]

There's definitely gonna be alot of changes in these relationships seeing the ups and downs they've went through which ofc will be the good and sweet ones cause they've faced and suffered so much plus can't wait to get their dynamics back whether platonic or reverse relationships, them just being together and happy in each others company.According to me this relationships will have quite a significance in Season 5 cause there're alot of secrets, feelings and understandings which are important and there to be shared and I just know they trust each other.For eg. how ladybug trusted Luka as her last hope in Ephemeral unaware about him knowing their secret identities but still sure of him saving the world after her, he's the only person other than Alya (whom she trusts about her double life) its certain she will be upset and mad at first about him telling he knew their secret identities for a while and lied to her at first but she will definitely understand him or rather the situation and so likewise Alya he will be one of her trust worthy persons and this will have a impact on their relation with Chatnoir Too since now she may have easy access to him through Luka(and can't forget Marichat development other than this) and good for Adrien that he may at last have someone to trust and talk about his double life since he can't or rather doesn't trust Nino about it and remarkably helping him with Marinette cause ofc he'll at least have one or some advice from him or Luka may individually help him needless to say like the most supportive ex he is. It'll really be awesome to see these relationships evolve💙❤💚✨🙌

#Instagram #lukadrinette #miraculous ladybug #mlb season 5 #lukanette #adrinette #ladynoir #special charms #relationship development #adrien agreste #marinette dupain cheng #ladybug #chat noir #luka couffaine

[chanyoungies]

on my last new years' post i was saying that i hope inas not too annoyed by me or smth along those lines n this year ive annoyed her even more 🫶

#relationship development

[sherkirti]

The Law of Correspondence emphasizes the importance of recognizing that patterns repeat throughout the universe, that our external reality is a mirror of what is happening inside of us. It encourages us to take responsibility for our lives and to view challenges and difficulties as opportunities for growth and self-discovery. This concept is beautifully summed up in Kaiser's mantra, "it's happening for you, not to you."

Kaiser reminds us that if our external reality is chaotic and fearful, it is because we carry chaos and fear within us. Similarly, if our life appears calm and grounded, it is because we feel peace within. However, this is not meant to be a source of shame or self-blame. This is not to say that it's your fault that for some reason the world isn't working—because of me, because of you. Rather, it is an invitation to look within and explore the underlying causes of our experiences.

#kaiser #law of correspondence #law of attraction #universal laws #philosophy #law of polarity #spirituality #relationship development #self development #psychology #healing trauma #relationship healing

[dezsa-delitefull]

You really can't judge how I look at 2am after a full day of physical activity🥴🥴🤣🤣

Soooooo... Facebook had ads for free karate classes..I convinced my sister to come, told our mom we were going so she came. It was a family event. Then followed that up with a trip to the park which, was great to until these aggressive ass mosquitos started attacking. They damn near unbutton your clothes just to suck your blood🥴🥴 it was intense to say the LEAST. And I've been at home unpacking ever since. Had a great debate with a long time friend on gender roles, and the how I don't believe submission and authority should be in relationships/marriages. And.. here I am now, on Tumblr 🥴🤣

#black girls #black women #dark skin #fat girls #melanin #plus size #black beauty #conversation #late night #all nighter #relationship development

[deny-the-issue]

Chapter 13 is up!

Let me know how you like it ~ I hope my humor shined through!

#the battle of illumination #chapter 13 #fluff #smut #relationship development #silco x reader #silco x you #original female character #no y/n

[therulerofallpotatos]

Us getting Eddie being the voice in V’s head as much as the other way around is exactly the content I wanted from the sequel.

#relationship development #venom let there be carnage #veddie #symbrock

[rachelillustrates]

Has it occurred to anyone else that Thorin’s obsession with Bilbo while he was in the Gold-sickness, considering that Bilbo was able to reach and break him out of it at least once, was a sign of his will to recover and survive?

#bagginshield #otp #inspiration #recovery #true love #writing #character development #relationship development #thorin oakenshield #bilbo baggins #the hobbit