#chirstmas romance

[lunaslittlelibrary]

Tis the Season #BlogTour | Q&A with Abiola Bello

Only for the Holidays: Cuddle up with a cosy happy-ever-after this Christmas! The Spanish Love Deception meets The Holiday in this fake dating YA romance about a city girl and country boy’s lives colliding at Christmas. City girl Tia Solanké is dreading the festive period. She’s on a break with her boyfriend and the last thing she wants to do is spend Christmas away from London. Arriving at…

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#Abiola Bello #chirstmas romance #Christmas #cosy christmas #Only for the Holidays #recommend #uk author #ukya

[rockislandadultreads]

Cozy Christmas Romances to get into the Holiday Spirit

Home Sweet Christmas by Susan Mallery

Until Camryn Neff can return to her “real” life in Chicago, she’s in Wishing Tree to care for her twin sisters. She’s not looking for forever love, not here. But handsome hotelier Jake Crane is a temptation she can’t resist, so she suggests they pair up for the season. No golden rings, no broken hearts. At his side, she sees her hometown through Christmas-colored eyes. The cheer is cheerier, the joy more joyful. She thought she had put her future on hold…but maybe her real life was here all along, waiting for her to come home. New in town, River Best is charmed by Wishing Tree’s homespun traditions and warmhearted people. When she’s crowned Snow Queen, she’s honored but wary. Dylan Tucker, her king, seems like the stuff of sugarplum dreams, but she can’t shake the feeling that he’s hiding something big. As they perform their “royal” duties—tasting cookies, lighting trees—Dylan’s good humor and melty kisses draw her to the brink of love. But she can’t let herself fall until she uncovers his secret, even if her lack of faith means losing him forever.

A Wish for Winter by Viola Shipman

Despite losing her parents in a tragic accident just before her fourteenth Christmas, Susan Norcross has had it better than most, with loving grandparents to raise her and a gang of quirky, devoted friends to support her. Now a successful bookstore owner in a tight-knit Michigan lakeside community, Susan is facing down forty—the same age as her mother when she died—and she can’t help but see everything she hasn’t achieved, including finding a love match of her own. To add to the pressure, everyone in her small town believes it’s Susan’s destiny to meet and marry a man dressed as Santa, just like her mother and grandmother before her. So it seems cosmically unfair that the man she makes an instant connection with at an annual Santa Run is lost in the crowd before she can get his name. What follows is Susan and her friends’ hilarious and heartwarming search for the mystery Santa—covering twelve months of social media snafus, authors behaving badly and dating fails—as well as a poignant look at family, friendship and what defines a well-lived and well-loved life.

All Is Bright by RaeAnne Thayne

Sage McKnight is an ambitious young architect working at her father’s firm who takes on her most challenging client in Mason Tucker. The former pro baseball player is still healing from the physical and emotional scars after a plane crash left him a wheelchair-using single dad, and he’s determined not to let anyone breach his emotional defenses. Sage knows her work on Mason’s new home in Hope’s Crossing is her best work yet, and she won’t let her grumpy client prevent her from showcasing her work personally. With Sage’s gift for taking broken things and making them better, the matchmaking talent of the quirky locals and a generous sprinkling of Christmas cheer, Mason doesn’t stand a chance against the power of this magical holiday season.

Snowed In for Christmas by Sarah Morgan

A family gathering This Christmas the Miller siblings have one goal—to avoid their well-meaning family’s endless stream of prying questions. Ross, Alice and Clemmie have secrets that they don’t intend to share, and they are relying on each other to deflect attention. An uninvited guest Lucy Clarke is facing a Christmas alone and the prospect of losing her job. Unless she can win a major piece of business from Ross Miller, the season promises to be anything but festive. She’ll just deliver her proposal to his family home and then leave. After all, she wouldn’t want to intrude on the Miller family’s perfect Christmas. A Christmas to remember When Lucy appears on the Miller family’s snow-covered Highland doorstep, she's mistaken for Ross’s girlfriend. By the time the confusion is cleared up, they're snowed in—she can’t leave, even if she wants to! But does she want to? As secrets spill out like presents from an overstuffed stocking and the chemistry between her and Ross ignites, this is going to be either Lucy's worst Christmas ever or the best mistake of her life.

#Fiction #Romance #contemporary romance #contemporary fiction #cozy #christmas #christmas story #chirstmas romance #holiday romance #to read #tbr #booklr #booktok #book blog #reading recommendations #Book Recommendations #to be read #library books #book recs

[nicoveil]

Made a Gerard cookie at school before break.

It taste like shit.

Someone thought he was Thomas Edison.

Happy holidays.

The black parade is dead.

#gay people #lgbtq #mcr #mcr gerard #mcr5 #mcr5 is real #my chemical romance #my chemical fucking romance #gerard way #my chemical gerard #gee way #chirstmas #Gerard way cookie #shitpost #not horror or comics #sorry #black parade #the black parade

[marsconer]

hallmark movie idea, art major city girlboss girl’s dad passes away and she has to go back to her home town on Christmas for the will reading and the family business that is booming during the holidays. she reconnects with her home and the guy that’s actually taking over her family business bc he helped her dad. her dad is santa claus.

#hallmark #christmas movies #chirstmas #happy holidays #hallmark movies #santa claus #y’all never expect the fairy romance #fairie romance #elf romance ?

[strangekindaerin]

Deep Purple Imagines #2- Holliday Edition

Jon Lord- You and Jon spend the whole day baking cookies and other treats for family and the band. You are carrying batter when you trip on something and end up covering yourself in batter (like that scene in 2 Broke Girls where Caroline broke her pearl necklace and trips on them and ends up covered in batter). Jon was too busy mixing the cookie dough that he didn’t see you. “Jon...” You said meekly like a child. Jon turns around not expecting you to be covered head to toe in cake batter. His mouth opens in shock then he starts laughing hysterically. “It’s not funny Jon!!!” You shouted embarrassed. “Go take a shower and I’ll finish everything.” He said still very amused. So you do just that. After your shower (which took a long ass time since you had to get batter out of your hair which required many uses of shampoo and conditioner), you got dressed and dried your hair. When you came down, everything was finished. “Sorry I took so long. The batter was a pain to get out.” You giggled. “Why don’t we just relax and watch something on the telly.” He suggested. You nod in agreement. You both end up falling asleep on each other. 

Ritchie Blackmore- You and Ritchie planned to celebrate the Winter Solstice. “Do we got everything we need?” You asked him. “I think so.” He grumbled. Well it turns out he forgot something... The Yule Log. “Well let’s get everything set up so we can stay up all night.” You decorated the place before going to make Wassail. “BLOODY HELL!!! I FORGOT TO GET THE YULE LOG!!!” you heard him yell loudly. You then heard the door shut and Ritchie was gone. You giggled while stirring the spiced beverage while thinking about the past year. A few hours later, Ritchie returned. He was more grumpy than usual. “There were no bloody logs left.” He grumbled to you. “Don’t worry! We can light candles.” You said cheerfully. “Okay...” he sighed in defeat. Soon it was time to celebrate. You drank the Wassail and wrote what you wanted to let go of on small sheets of paper before burning them in the candles. You felt tired but were determined to stay up all night with Ritchie by your side. You thought about how you met Ritchie this past year. His success with his band (and the many fights he had with Ian Gillan). You soon heard snoring and noticed Ritchie sleeping. You smiled at him before falling asleep yourself. So much for staying up all night. 

Ian Gillan-You and Ian were good friends. You also had a major crush on him. You called him over to your place and asked if he wanted to decorate a ginger bread house with him. The challenge? You both were going to do it drunk. “Okay so here’s the challenge. We’re gonna do this drunk!!” You said getting out a bottle of whiskey. Ian got excited. He enjoyed drinking. A lot. So you got everything out. Gramm crackers, frosting,  candy, ect. You both took a swig of whiskey. “Ready?” “Yes.” He said eagerly like a child. You were setting up the foundation when you noticed Ian was eating the candy. “Ian!” You sighed annoyed. He froze and looked up at you like a dear in headlights. “Sorry he said sheepishly. “Start frosting the house please.” You said while taking another swig of whiskey (or 5). You were feeling the effects of the whiskey and so was Ian. He was frosting the house when the structure fell. “OH FUCK!!!” He shouted. You looked at the now broken house. “It’s cool man!! We can pretend that the gingerbread men’s house burned down by an arsonist that’s wanted by government officials!” You said happily. “OR THE MONTREUX CASINO!!” He said laughing. You also laughed which caused him to laugh harder. Soon you two had tears in your eyes. You calmed down and looked at Ian then back at the leftover frosting. “Hey Ian?” You said trying not to laugh. “Yes?” He said. You scooped up some frosting before smearing it on his face. “Y/N!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?!” He said shocked. You just cracked up laughing at his expression not noticing that the singer taking some frosting in his hand and doing the same to you. “Hey!!” You cried. “It’s only fair.” He chuckled darkly. You then wiped the frosting off your face before eating it. He did the same but there was still a bit left on his lips. “Hey you still got frosting on you.” “I do?” “Yeah let me get it for you.” You got closer to him until your lips touched his. Ian’s eyes widened in shock for about  seconds before kissing you back. You made out for about a good 2 minutes or so until he finally pulled away. “I um... Um....” you stammered fearing his reaction. “How long had you had feelings for me?” He asked taking your chin in his hand so you could look into his blue eyes. “For as long as I can remember.” You sighed. Ian looked into your E/C eyes for a second before kissing you again. “Man I’m one smooth motherfucker.” You thought to yourself.

Ian Paice (Paicey)- “Do you wanna build a snowman?” (I just had to okay) you asked your BF Ian Paice or as he was called in his band, Paicey. “Yeah!! Do we have carrots?” You went to the kitchen and looked in the fridge. “Got them!!�� You said happily. You two then put on your jackets and you noticed something. “Hey did Ritchie leave his Pilgrim hat here?” You asked Paicey. “Oh he did!!” You looked at your boyfriend smirking. “You thinking what I’m thinking?” “Yeah. Snow Ritchie!” he laughed. You two bolted out into the fresh white snow. Paicey rolled the 1st ball while you did the second one. You also looked for branches and rocks for the face. “Found some rocks and a sticks!!” You called out to him as he was finishing putting the body together. You added the eyes and made the mouth into a frown since it was going to be Ritchie and that motherfucker is always in a bad mood. “Do you got the nose?” “Yeah.” Paicey replied. “Um your glasses are fogging up.” “I can see that. Actually I can’t.” he giggled taking them off his face and wiping them with his scarf. He then put on the snow Ritchie’s nose. “Now the eyebrows!” you giggled making them into angry brows. “Arms!” Paicey chirped putting on the arms so they looked like they were crossed (or an attempt to look cross). “Now... the hat.” You said laughing putting on the hat. You two both stepped back and admired your work. “It’s fucking beautiful.” You giggled. Soon a car pulled up in front of Paicey’s house. “Hey is that...” You see Ritchie get out and walk towards the two of you. “Paice did I leave my...” He then saw the snowman. He just stared at it for a few seconds then back to you two. “Who’s idea was this?” He said kinda annoyed. “Um both of ours.” You said looking at the ground. “And why did you make me into a snowman?” He questioned Paicey. “Thought it would be cute.” He said sheepishly. Ritchie then just went up to the snowman and grabbed his hat before going back to the car and driving away. “Now what?” You asked Paicey. “Wanna get hot coco?” “You bet your sweet ass I do!” 

Roger Glover- “I’m so glad you’re doing this with me Y/N. Toffee making, or how’s it pronounced in Welsh “Noson Gyflath” is a very important tradition to us.” He said smiling. “I never made toffee before. What if I mess it up?” “You won’t Y/N. Just follow my lead.” Roger then poured in the ingredients in the pan before stirring it. “Now let me take it out and you can help me twist it. It has to be gold. It’s pretty tricky not going to lie. “Ready?” He said getting the molten sugar out of the pan. “Now just twist and pull at it.” You obeyed looking to Roger for help. “Am I doing it right?” “Yeah. Just like that.” You smiled continuing to twist and pull at the molten sugar as it was starting to turn into a golden color. “Y/N your a natural at this!” Roger smiled. “I am?” “Yeah! It’s like the perfect gold color.” So you allowed the toffee to cool before having some. 

#Deep Purple #chirstmas #winter solstice #classic rock imagines #jon lord #ritchie blackmore #ian gillan #ian paice #paicey #Roger Glover #fanfiction #classic rock fanfiction #doyouwanttobuildasnowman #gingerbread house #romance #kiss #welsh #toffee #i tried

[volcanows]

my hallmark christmas romance movie pitch

its a cold october morning. a woman is driving to work. on the way her fiance calls and breaks off the engagement. she has a quick cry in her car and then walks into the tuna canning factory where she works.

her day goes from bad to worse when her finger gets caught in the machine and is chopped off. the finger wearing the engagement ring obvs. she goes home to find her fiance has moved out.

a week later she manages to find a roommate but makes a bad first impression when the factory delivers a pallet of 2000 cans of tuna to her door. they werent able to stop the finger from getting processed but its in one of these cans of tuna.

she has an idea. the honeymoon getaway is already booked under her name but she doesnt have plane ticket money. if she can find the engagement ring in one of these cans she can pawn it and still go on the non-refundable trip. every day she eats only tuna. her roommate joins in. they both eat tuna for every meal. they try new recipes using tuna. she turns down dates to eat tuna. this is where like the holiday falling in love montage is happening. dont tell me this cant be a christmas romance christmas is the backdrop im not giving you a storyboard but just know christmas is in it. her wedding day was supposed to be christmas eve cause she loves christmas so much okay

the vacation is the day after new years and its christmas eve. shes mourning the wedding that couldve been. theres so many cans left. she wants to give up. the roommate gives her a pep talk saying theres only like 15 cans left we can do it. they finish every last can, no ring. UNTIL. both laying on the floor, looking up at the christmas tree the roommate rememberes. THEY USED A CAN OF TUNA TO PROP UP THE TREE STAND. gingerly they open the final can of tuna and are greeted with shreds of blue nitrile glove. they dig deeper. the ring! the framing of the scene zooms out from the closeup of the ring. the protagonist is standing while the roommate, having pulled the can out from under the tree, is still kneeling. a facsimile of a proposal. the music stops and they look into eachothrs eyes.

jump cut to the two of them on the honeymoon and its like on the beach and when new years happens fireworkes go off and they like kiss or whatever.

#long post lol #i love hallmark chirstmas romance movies

[armaansays]

Our souls

have fallen in love

& started loving each other.

While our conscious selves are still unaware;

Probably Strangers.

Armaan 🍃☕🪶

Truth of Synchronicity

✨🌲 💌 📮

#love #love quotes #life quotes #true love #lovers #i love you #soulmates #synchronicity #couple #soul connection #magical #magic #love words #romantic love #true romance #romantic #chirstmas #christmas greetings #christmas gift #christmas surprise #christmas morning #christmas magic #relationship quotes #relationship #spilled ink #twin flame #sweetness #spirituality #spilled poetry #spiritual awakening

[chb-updates]

I want it stay in YA territory, a fall or chirstmas-y romance with LOTS of fluff - Bella

hmmm...

I dont know about any holiday ones, but theres a cute summer-y one called call me by your name, it has a film too! its kinda sad and has a few smut scenes.

#percy jackson #pjo #pjo rp #pjo/hoo #annabeth pjo #pjo disney+ #pjo au #nico pjo #pjo fanfic #pjo memes #cmbyn

[countessofravenclaw]

The 2022 writing Advent calendar: Day 7

7. Watching a Christmas movie

Funnily enough, I have not yet written a purely Gastina story during this calendar… lets fix that!

So, if you have seen Princess Switch one and two, that will greatly benefit your understanding of this, but that is not required.

“I can’t believe you convinced me of this,” Gastón said to Nina as he opened Netflix on their TV. “We could just watch Infinity War and Endgame again.”

Nina had somehow made him promise that when their 2021 Christmas exam season was over, they’d do a Netflix hallmark movie marathon. Apparently there were many trilogies of different Chirstmas movies on Netflix that he had never heard off. They had really similar taste when it came to media and in general nerdiness, but this was something they really differed.

“Not happening,” Nina said as she sat down on the sofa next to him, “We can rip apparent storytelling methods and motifs of future Emmy nominations later. The Boba Fett show is coming out in January after all.”

“I am still a bit confused why they are making a show about him.”

“Me too, but at least we will learn about tusken raiders and how he actually made it out of that Sarlacc Pit,” Nina said, “But, don’t change the subject. We are watching these holiday movies, you promised…” she ran her finger on his chest, pretty outrageous move on her part because she knew what it did to him.

“Why can’t I ever say no to you?” Gastón groaned, trying to keep himself from losing focus. “Okay, you win. Where do we start?”

“I think the Princess Switch franchise had their third movie come out this year.”

“That name already sounds stupid.”

“I know,” Nina laughed, “But that is the point of these. They are bad by design. They are not supposed to be cinematic masterpieces, but just fun time.”

“With two Vanessa Hudgenses?” Gastón had finished scrolling through Netflix and had the movie up on the screen. “Well, she has gone far from the High School Musicals.”

*

“Okay, that was not half bad,” Gastón said as the credits rolled. 

“See, I knew you would like them,” Nina smiled at him.

“Well, I guess you were right. It was nice, like in a cheesy way. But this would never happen in real life.”

“Yeah, genetics don’t work that way,” Nina laughed, “What did you think about the romance between the duchess and the normal guy? I felt like it was bit off.”

“Yeah, I agree with you on that,” Gastón pondered, “I guess the problem is in the fact that the guy, Kevin was it, though she was his best friend, who he had known since high school. He was never in love with the duchess, but her as his best friend.”

“Thats right. It was more about him seeing a new side of Stacy, which made him fall in love with her, and not about him falling for this completely different person. If I would be writing this, that would cause so many problems in the future.” Nina continued, “Counter that with the actual Stacy and the Prince, who did not know that duchess, I think her name was Margaret, beforehand at all. He fell in love with her as herself.”

“And I thought you could not get anything deep out of these movies,” Gastón laughed, “But the ending was a bit odd, I will stand by that. I have heard of impulse proposing, it actually happens, but after you have known each other for two days? This isn’t Vegas.”

“Christmas magic I guess, you have to admit it was kind of cute.” Nina tilted her head toward him, “So you are you are not going to do that?”

“Propose on impulse?” Gastón eyed her varily. “I mean, do you want me to?”

Silence loomed over them for a moment, before they both burst out laughing. 

“Maybe give it couple more years.” Gastón brushed a hair out of Nina’s face, “finish the degrees and such, and I know I have made some impulsive choices, but I think Matteo has taught us that you need to think things over in life. ”

“And in love?” Nina asked him with a raised eyebrow, “Now you are just quoting Frozen. Speaking off, could we still be able to get tickets to that before Christmas, or will they all be sold out?”

“I don’t know,” Gastón shrugged, “I’d imagine it can be hard, but we can try. But let's look at that tomorrow.”

“Anyways, we got totally off topic,” Nina suddenly noted, “We have more movies to watch. Princess Switch has a sequel.” 

“Of course it does,” Gastón sighed and clicked the remote to put the second movie on. 

*

“Well, that plot was so much more convoluted than the first one,” he commented after the second movie was over. 

“Well, yeah, I have to agree.” Nina agreed with him. “It was good, but the first one was much more simple. You can only get so far with no villain.”

“My problem is with that Margaret again,” Gastón continued, “Their romance was on shaky ground, to begin with, but now she became the Queen. That kind of defeats the purpose what the first movie tried to do with her.”

“She is never going to be a normal girl,” Nina noted, “You would not think she would want to rule a kingdom from the first movie, and I don’t think she and Kevin can ever make it work now.” 

“But they did… with an impromptu wedding at an airport.” Gastón shaked his head. “Like half of the things in these movies would never actually happen.”

“I thought you, as a person who feels in love with someone without ever seeing them, would have a bigger liking for these cheesy tropes,” Nina teased him. 

“Only because I was already in love with you in the first place,” Gastón countered while slipping his arm around her waist, pulling her closer. “even if it took me a year to realize it.”

“Well, you got there in the end,” Nina put her arms around his neck, “There’s still the third movie left, we’ll just have time to watch it before it is midnight.”

“Actually, I have a better idea,” Gastón suddenly smirked and pulled her into a heated kiss.

“Is this your way of trying to talk me out of watching that third one?”

“Maybe, is it working?” He said before moving his lips to her neck.

“Yes.”

So, I absolutely adore the first two Princess Switch movies, and yes, they are not perfect and I have complaints (like I always do), but they are exactly those bad Christmas movies that I love. But I actually despise the third one, since it absolutely missed the point that made the first two, especially the first one so good. That's why, they do not end up watching it, before getting distracted.

Also, side note here: I just threw that brief proposal conversation there, because even if this is happening, like established, in 2021, so Nina is in her last year of bachelors and Gastón his first year of masters and the actual proposal is three years away (By to way, go read it), they definitely still had open conversations about getting married. I firmly believe that once they got back together at Oxford, they pretty fast knew that they were IT for each other. I mean Gastón definitely knew it during SL as well

Geez, you can tell this is about Gastina, when I write full manifesto here in the notes

#2022 Writing DCLA+ advent calendar #Gastina #Soy Luna #the princess switch #The princess switch 2

[constantviewings]

A (Not So) Weekly Wrap-Up

The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.

I read the book at the beginning of the year when I went through my Hunger Games phase again, and this movie is exactly what I thought it would be compared to the book. They obviously had to cut a decent amount in order to turn and 600 page book into a 2 1/2 hour movie, and that doesn't bother me in the slightest; even if it means losing a couple of my favourite scenes. Tom Blythe does a great job for how subtle the performance needed to be and he really shows off in his final scenes. The only real complaints I have are minor nitpicks: there are too many 'wink wink' references to the original trilogy: Snow saying "Is this real?" and the camera hovering on the bow and arrow in the arena; it just came off a little too referency for my taste. I also don't like the aesthetic of the tech, I know it's supposed to tap into how long before the original trilogy this takes place, but you're telling me that somewhere that hoards wealth and advancement like the Capitol hasn't evolved technology that much faster than in the real world; expecially because they're using the Panem equivalent of an smartwatch in the book? Overall, I still really like this movie, and my complaints don't effect my viewing experience that much.

Rating: 4

Stamped From the Beginning

Using innovative animation and expert insights, this documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi's bestseller explores the history of racist ideas in America.

I picked this up on a whim and was pleasently surprised, everything is presented in a really engaging way and I learnt about events I'd never heard of before.

Catering Chirstmas

Molly Frost is hired by Jean Harrison, the director of the Harrison Foundation, to cater this year’s annual Christmas Gala dinner. Things get complicated when Molly falls for Jean’s nephew, Carson, who has no desire to take over the family’s foundation… until his aunt assigns him to the task of making sure the catered dinner goes perfectly.

Would it be the holidays without cheesy romance movies? Off the back of my annual Love, Actually re-watch I had to watch something with a name like Catering Christmas. It's exactly what you think it is, lots of fun and mediocre production value.

Rating: -3

Miss Americana

A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transformational period in her life as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice.

Another documentary to close us out this week. I was a Taylor Swift fan when I was younger and only recently came back because of the Eras Tour. I only sort of followed the events that are covered here, but not closely as it was around the time I fell off the Taylor Swift train (not because of the drama, I just devoted all my time to One Direction back then). It's a well made documentary that makes me want to watch all of her concert movies and fill myself with nostalgia.

#films reviews #tbosas #Stamped From the Beginning #Catering Christmas #Miss Americana

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HRM - Snowed Under, by Nicolette Dane

HRM – Snowed Under, by Nicolette Dane

A lonely novelist and a pretty divorcée beat cabin fever and find love in this uplifting winter romance! Alone in her cabin, during an increasingly snowy winter, novelist Emma Doughty has a lot to work through. As she struggles to complete the latest book in her on-going series, Emma must also contend with remnant feelings of heartbreak and abandonment. And now, after turning forty and spending…

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#Chirstmas Romance #FF Romance #holiday romance #Holiday Romance Month #Lesbian Romance #LGBT #nicolette dane #snowed under

[icewindandboringhorror]

idk if its just having learned too much about efficient conflict resolution/healthy communication or simply that I’m a boring silly person or etc. etc. but I often run into the issue of having to pause shows/movies and walk away for a while because I am SO annoyed by the way characters handle things in the most nonsensical way imaginable.. 

It’s weird since I actually always find it very difficult to relate to any characters, so it's not out of emotional attachment/personal stakes (more the opposite lol, I usually view them all neutral or negative, am only there for the world lore or sets/costumes) yet despite my overall detachment from anything that happens (often have no investment in how the plot actually turns out, etc) -  it’s like... just the sheer act of witnessing blatant easily solvable miscommunications or situations that go SO poorly is enough to gradually grate at my nerves 

(maybe it’s also that I'm a very problem solver/solution oriented type of person  so my brain may be a bit more rigid about that - like I don't ever really ENJOY seeing stuff go wrong, it’s not intriguing or interesting to me, usually just stressful because I can imagine all the ways it could have easily been avoided/want to solve it/, etc. As opposed to others who are maybe able to turn that part of their brain off and see it as entertainment, etc.)

And, I understand that for plots to happen, generally something has to go wrong, I mean usually plot is based on conflict (in SOME form), so I don't know how to articulate why exactly SOME plots bother me so much and others don't, but for some reason there's just a very specific type of story event where the things that are apparently meant to have stakes seem SO forced and completely irrational or senseless that it's like.. legitimately impossible to watch lol 

(I don’t mean in a overly nitpicky cinemasins style criticism way but just.... you don’t even have to be nitpicking details to see that it’s like... why do NONE of anyone’s actions or motivations make any sense and half of you resolve conflicts like a 5 year old... HOW is this meant to be interesting to watch in any way..?? like Flawed characters can be fun!! I’m not saying everyone must have 100% perfect communication skills, but there’s a difference between having well established repeated patterns of behavior due to character flaws and “Oops! The Story Demands That We Lack Common Sense At Random”)

#maybe it's the type of conflict also? I seem to not mind conflict as much if it's like 'character vs outside factors out of anyones control' #or the conflict is that characters need XYZ thing and don't have it or complex ideological disareements between characters that aren't clear #cut so they keep butting heads over it. etc. etc. but when it's stuff like ''character who SUPPOSEDLY implied to be a master strategist #routinely makes the WORST decisions imaginable' or 'two chars have a conflict that could be easily resolved with a simple 5 minute convo' or #character who is supposedly mistrusting and cold falls into traps and is easily manipulated by person who might as well be wearing an 'I Am #Evil And Will Betray You Immediately' t-shirt.. like.. hello?? i hate all of you #and it's often this on TOP of other things that already annoy me - like straight romances or etc. etc. #It’s not that I necessarily inherently have anything against cishet (straight romance specifically between a cis woman and cis man) relation #ships in media but I think it’s just something you get tired of seeing since forced romance (especially of that kind) is in #EVERYTHING.. kind of like with All I Want For Chirstmas Is You - like I don't think anyone thinks it’s an objectively awful song the #vocals are good. music itself is fine. etc. - BUT still it’s SO overplayed around holidays that when it #comes on most people groan and whine and moan and wish they’d play ANYTHING ELSE. Media is sort of the #same way when I start a new TV show and in the first episode cardboard cutout stink ass Male Main Character gives his first glance to boring #underdeveloped Female Main Character and you just.. know.. that there’s going to be some annoying romance or something you groan and whine a #and hope that they both blow up #OR WHEN i FINALLY actually like or relate to a character in ANY way and they ruin them by forcing them into a straight romance #any character I've ever had even moderate care for (which isn't many lol) is usually more like.. aro ace coded or at least usually #like the weird hermit nerd unemotional genius sociopath detached from society isolated whatever etc. etc. - you know the character #archetype I mean. and they ALWAYS are like 'aww but actually they're lonely.. some poorly written other character that they have #zero chemistry with must finally get through their Icy Exterior and finally they can feel Happy and Loved' liek guiejnhjknJKGBHRJGBEJHBTH #listen you KNOW this man (it's usually a man) is NOT interested in anyone and even if he WAS he would be some eccentric #old gay wizard or evil scientist or something but you KNOW IN YOUR HEART he would not date a cis woman.. ESPECIALLY NOT #THIS ONE *points at the generic romantic interest character that literally has nothing in common with them at all and is only there to be #The Opposite Of Them and Teach Them Humanity * .. let him be isolated in his wizard tower and HAPPY ABOUT IT you cowards #now look at what you've done to him.. you've tried to make him a Normal Human With Normal Emotions and you've RUINED him #BUT ANYWAY jhgibhj that's another pet peeve but not the main one I'm talking about right now lol #This is another reason I rarely watch stuff lol.. like i WANT to see the costumes and the world and maybe get aesthetic inspiration but.. #god... sitting through the plots and characters.. There's definitely a scale like some shows are actually reasonable OR are completely nonse #nse and every character is a dumbass but in a fun actually entertaining way.. but ..hhh.. so many times it's just like No.. I Can't Do This #long post

[absolutebl]

Diffuse point lighting, AKA Fairy Lights in BL 

When multiple light sources are used to create atmosphere, establish mood, and define a setting. 

Pictured above:

Cherry Magic, 2gether, Theory of Love, Until We Meet Again, He’s Coming to Me, We Best Love, Oxygen, SOTUS, Dark Blue Kiss, Monster in Law. 

Enchante

Vice Versa

Coffee Melody 

Plus & Minus 

(source)

#film lighting #fairy lights #chirstmas lights #lighting technique #bl trope #romance trope #visual trope #trope du jour #filming technique #diffuse lighting #diffuse lights #thai bl #asian bl #asian dram #thaibl #japanese bl #cherry magic #2gether #still 2gether #theory of love #Until We Meet Again #he's coming to me #history 4: close to you #oxygen the series #sotus #dark blue kiss #vietnamese bl #monster in law

[books-in-a-storm]

Howls Romance

A Very Beary Christmas

#mybooks #booklr #bookblr #books #funko pop #funko and books #abbie zanders #a very beary christmas #the nightmare before chirstmas #romance books #howls romance #december 2020

[readtilyoudie]

She stood and placed her hands on the table. “You’re the last man I would ever consider being with. So whatever has put that gleam in your eyes, ignore it. Whatever chance you had blew away with your cruelty.” 

“I’m sorry,” he said in a husky tone. “I was an arse.” 

“Agreed,” she said. “With one caveat.” 

He was almost afraid to ask. “And that is?” 

“You’re still an arse,” she said in a bitter tone. “But I would have to add that you’re also an arrogant arse. You think that saying you're sorry and kissing me will make me fall at your feet. As if my capitulation is a given.” Her gaze went from all heat to ice in the blink of an eye. “But I won’t surrender my heart to you ever again. You do not deserve me.”

-  Once You Love a Scoundrel by Dawn Brower

#romance wednesday #book quote #once you love a scoundrel #dawn brower #chirstmas on scandal lane #scandalous gentlemen #daniel andrews #iris keene #historical romance #regency romance #quote #quotes #booklr #bookblr