Hello Ash.
I just finished She Who Became the Sun and I’m crying. Dying. Dead. Deceased. Thank you for jumpstarting the ripping out, stepping on, roasting, and eating of my heart that has just transpired.
Aside from the obvious Zhu and Ouyang, what’s your favorite character parallel in the first book?
HIII thank you THANK YOU im so happy the propaganda got you too <33 and HMM much to think about!! I will say that it's been a couple of years (I think?) since I read swbts so the details are fuzzy but one of my fave parallels are between Ouyang and Baoxiang, especially for how strong they become in hwdtw too. They are both seen as lesser and not conforming to the "male" mongol ideal, ouyang because he's a eunuch, wbx because he's not a warrior. They both go against their roles in a very explicit and performative way: ouyang by becoming a war machine and truly embodying the masculinity of a mongol warrior despite his inability to truly ever being considered one bc of his mutilation, wbx by refusing to become a warrior and acting super feminine (genuinely don't remember how much of it is genuine and how much is out of sheer spite but id say at some point the lines got blurred for him too. the guy has Problems.) Something something "femininity" being forced on someone vs being choosen and its Consequences. They hate each other. they're scheming together. they're scheming against each other. they loved Esen. they had to kill him. being gay is a curse. being gay is a game and i am winning. they fucked each other in a parallel reality. and most importantly they're twinks. this does not even begin to cover how insane their dynamic truly is.
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megatron (idw) / fem!reader. drabble. crying k!nk (nfsw!)
cybertronians don't cry so i assume the experience of being alive is twenty thousand times more painful. however, just imagine megatron with a human s/o who cries easily — tears spilling out of her eyes the moment she feels slightly moved.
he's aware of the concept of crying. but to witness it in real life: the way your face crumbles with emotion, heart racing, and cheeks turning red, it was almost otherworldly. his processor was heady with the sudden, burst of electricity. he feels guilty, if not cruel for admiring something commonly associated with sadness — but he finds you most beautiful when you’re so overwhelmed with joy that it leaks out of your irises.
organics were expressive in their own, strange ways. humans even more so. and while he has already fallen in love with you — helm first, optics wide open — he adored you even more for your vulnerability.
you worry about being silly, afraid he finds it pathetic for being a 'crybaby.'
'nonsense', megatron replies, voice reassuring as he uses a single servo to move you down his spike. gently, slowly, promising himself that he will be good for you. the width of his hand was enough to cover your entire waist, and you could only paw weakly against his chassis as it thrums with anticipation. he doesn't know where to look, thankful that the size difference gave him a generous angle of your tear-stricken face; cunt on display as it stretches and weeps to welcome the tip. that caused you to moan: a pretty little sound that choked on a sob. and just when he thinks he is still in control, you look at him from under your lashes: bottom lip quivering, thighs wet like the corner of your eyes.
that's when the rest of his self-restraint crumbles.
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“I get on really well with Lando because he is just himself and normal. He is my best friend on the grid,”
“He loves what he is doing. I could see clearly from years ago in go-karting that he was very quick — though we never raced against each other. Everything just came to him really naturally as a driver.”
“Good performances were not just one-offs or hit and miss; he was always up at the front. So it was clear he was always going to be here. Some people are quick but don’t know why or how to explain it.”- Max talking to the Daily Mail about Lando
Crying rn😭
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@aroace-get-out-of-my-face
Stone showing up in business casual one day and Robotnik has a literal heart attack
alternate:
happy bisexual visibility day!
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