#her initial hesitancy

[wildmelon]

devora wilde honestly deserves the same amount of praise and hype as neil for her portrayal of lae'zel

#ofc i think all the VAs are amazing #but there r always standouts and i do think neil is one #but devora is too. the way she plays lae'zel has so much depth and variance #she developed such a unique cadence and voice for a fantasy race with like no precedent #she brings so much strength but also humor and vulnerability #the delivery of “is... something burdening you” #is honestly so impactful like every time i'm blown away by what she managed to do w that line. #somehow communicated lae'zel's emotional and interpersonal growth #her concern and affection for the pc #her hesitancy to initiate but desire for emotional intimacy #all with that one simple line #bg3 #lae'zel #devora wilde

[acursedhalo]

Touch.

#final fantasy xvi #clive rosfield #jill warrick #warrose #warfield #cliji #clive x jill #halo's edits #gifs #look at our boy #touching her like he's allowed to #he touches jill a lot during act 2 onward #so these touches during act 1 really set that up #especially after his initial hesitation #and general feelings of unworthiness #clive realizing jill isn't someone beyond him and she's dealing with her own demons #is very much part of all of this

[pepperpixel]

+ Butch 4 Butch +

(Except neither one of them is rlly that butch but holy fUCKING SHIT THAT SONG IS LITERALLY THEM… the version of them I made up in my mind palace… it’s them.)

Anywayyyy. Yeah! Have a tagr art dump..! aka, those vibes when you, out of a series of moments of temporary insanity, end up finding, taking in, nursing back to health and eventually falling into a tangled messy yearning situationship w the asshole tsundere alien who tried to destroy your entire planet… rlly extremely relatable vibes!!

#invader zim #gaz membrane #tak #invader tak #tagr #iz tak #iz gaz #doodles #caption for the 3rd pic: #ton ten photos taken seconds before a goth girls plushie security system shoots you in the head. #anyway… yeah… I love these two #I think a lot my ideas for them are informed by this one fanfic I read as a young teen/child… but I don’t actually remember anything #concrete?? just general story beats? and I’m pretty sure my ideas deviate from it a good bit. but #I think that fic def formed the basis for my tagr love and appreciation #I think they could be complicated and messy and painful and fun as fuck #I have ideas for them lol. and some more art. so hopefully I’ll be able to post that soon too #but for now… enjoy sketch dump of messy goth saphics #*top ten moments. not ton. spellings hard ghgh #I think tak is very hesitant about initiating physical contact and intimacy and being cuddly. cuz of pride and also repression #but I saw a post talking about irkens being naturally very touchy feely affectionate and I def agree… #so. tak is wary of stuff like that at first. but once u break thru that initial barrier of her denying herself she’s actually sUPER TOUCHY #gaz has unleashed a pda beast she just doesn’t kno it yet

[foreverppl]

Moodboard for Jinnah Beatty (they/she), lead singer of ethereal goth band Mayday Malady.

@infamous-if

Playlist

#romancing august I think but we’ll see what oriana is saying when the updated demo comes out hehe #some quick facts: #they usually go by their last name #her goal with her style is to be constantly mistaken for a beautiful ghost #lots of long skirts/dresses + layers. gossamer looking fabric etc. only ever wears black or white #on stage she’s also usually wearing a mourning veil bc of course she is #half of her love of music comes from the spectacle of it. like being able to construct a persona and exist in it for a little while #like playing make believe #they make a lot of their own clothes. if they weren’t doing music they’d definitely be doing something in fashion. #she deeply deeply hates being misunderstood or having her words/actions be twisted so she’s like pulling her hair out rn lmao #the band’s songs are pretty high usually so she always secretly finds it funny when fans try to sing along and are off key or something lol #the only tattoo they have is seven’s initials and she doesn’t really plan on getting any others #they’re hesitant abt being a positioned as the leader bc sometimes she has issues with reeling in her emotions #and responding reasonably in the moment. #anyway she can’t relate to the loser mc allegations she’s the coolest mf on the scene tbh #but I am sorta… scared for them. #on account of the horrors that are yet to come #bc truthfully they don’t know any coping mechanisms that aren’t just ‘ignore it until it goes away’ lmao #one of the things she is currently ignoring to the best of their ability is seven #if: infamous #mb #mc: jinnah beatty (infamous)

[moonilit]

“Tell me about Kanver,”

Self-Immolation By @itsjustliah, chapter 14

#Goodbye im on the floor that was SO soft #These two deserve to be soft after everything that ever happened #Let them be happy game they didn’t ask for any of this #He is so soft about holding her like joshua is so open about physical affection he just won’t initiate it himself #But put your hand on him and he will go wherever you stir him #Soft bird #Jote is so so soft in this one like YEAH MY GIRL you deserve to just be there and live in self content #No worries no clut no status #I swear if ultima show his head next chapter I WILL NOT HESITATE BITCH NOT NOW #ffxvi #joshua rosfield #jote #joshua x jote

[spacerangersam]

truly tragic that there’s no sophie x humphrey fics that cater to my specific needs of them meeting in a universe where they’re not married and sophie’s a highway man who, while trying to rob humphrey, gets caught in the middle of his assassination attempt and deciding that’s just a bit too nice to lose his head, saves him, and the two have to go on the run and learn to work together to take down Humphrey’s attempted killer

#sophie is initially hesitant but humphrey promises to pay her if she keeps him safe so she goes along with it but uh oh she catches feelings #hijinks ensue #bbc ghosts #sorry i am putting this in the main tag i want other people to think about this

[haysprite]

Me whenever someone complains about there not being an evil female killer

(evil is kind of a strong word here, but she sure as hell wasn't innocent either) (also susie is in no way in the same tier as julie in this regard do not compare them istg)

#like did everyone just forget her entire tome? #she literally was the one who first initiated the idea of the soldiers of mayhem #she brought it up to frank first #she's a fucking menace #i support womens wrongs tho #also she did not fucking hesitate to stab that man #susie did tho #susie aint pure but she aint really evil #just a dumb teenager trying to impress her besties #fuckin dumbass (lovingly) #dead by daylight #dbd #dbd legion #the legion #julie kostenko

[dutybcrne]

Lumine has an unconscious habit of holding hands with someone when she’s nervous. And yes, she becomes exceedingly mortified if the person calls attention to it or pulls away abruptly.

#hc; lumine #//An old habit of hers when she and Aether traveled together #//Her greatest comfort; it genuinely hurts that she can’t do this with him anymore #//The varying reactions don’t dissuade her from doing it—she really can’t help it #//It’s such an ingrained habit; she wouldn’t even think twice #//It has started to slowly fade the further along in her journey she goes #//The longer she goes without Aether around to comfort her #☆ ┆ ( .ooc. ); #//Just between my muses; Kae is one of few who will actively take her hand upon noting she’s nervous #//No questions asked; no hesitation. he knows what it’s like to want to be reassured and protected too #//So damned he’ll be if he leaves her without that comfort and thinking he isn’t one she can rely on for this #//Klee too will do this; bc she learned from Kae. Lisa; bc she had Experience with Razor to know it would help #//Ayaka might if explained the significance of it. Jean is another; bc she Knows what it’s like to protect a younger sibling #//Kazuha is another that will when explained; and deffo take initiative to before Lumi’s even conscious she is anxious #//Taru would Only if he knows she’s comfortable with him doing so. Lyney too #//Nahida for SURE would; both for Lumine’s sake but also bc she herself ends up adopting the habit after their minds connect #//Venti just likes holding hands whenever; so she has no worries with him

[rememberthelaughtermp3]

realising that the reason why identifying with only one gender and being perceived as being exclusively only one single gender makes me deeply uncomfortable and identifying as one and then the other and always longing to be the one im not was all probably because i have multiple genders that i identify with and forcing myself into one of them will never work out for me and ill always feel incomplete without both.

#just gender ramblings #ive been thinking about this a lot since i started using he/she pronouns #just think about why only one pair of pronouns makes me uncomfortable but both together is good #because initially i was very hesitant about adding back she/her because i knowww im always gonna get people telling me im 'not really trans' #because of that. but it definitely was the right decision. id be so miserable if i could only be a guy ever or if i only could be a girl #its funny because its been years since i realised im trans but I'm still figuring out stuff and learning about myself #and im glad i am! learning and growth and change is so important and good and im glad im able to spend time thinking about this and working #it out #its not for anyone else its just for me #i dont feel the need to come out again as anything else #im trans im queer is the rest even that important anyways #it is important to me. and it's something id want people close to me to know and understand #but outside of that? idrc #long rambles tonight i see #ez.txt

[awogga]

people are getting into discourse over whether or not gwen can be considered canonically trans in spiderverse since it’s mostly only evident through visual cues and genuinely from the bottom of my heart i am ready to accept it as canon except for one glaring issue: her conservative police captain father so gracefully accepting her gender identity and pronouns is really stretching my suspension of belief

#i want it so bad though. maybe he’s just super cool about queer people #actually the idea of him becoming super cool about queer people Because of his daughter’s identity is really uplifting idk #a negative initial reaction from him to her previous efforts at coming out (as trans) would make for a good thematic parallel and add more #depth to her later hesitancy at revealing her identity as spider-gwen #not that there necessarily needs to be more depth there. her actions and convictions make sense regardless. but still #spiderverse

[arcxnumvitae]

I think the real tragedy is that despite all of the gentry's issues with their parents holding them to standards they themselves didn't even follow, Aur and Tara's parents were the only ones who wouldn't have batted an eye at their kids bucking tradition. Yet Aur also clings just as strongly to what's "expected" of him to do as king as the rest.

#:outocash #mom was already considered a bit of an odd one (I think her and Eilidh would've gotten along well actually) for her fondness of mortals #and while their dad would've initially been hesitant he would have looked at the ways he himself kind of didn't follow the usual tradition #when it came to him only ever being with his wife #and gone 'well I can't be a hypocrite about it'

[permanentreverie]

the girl i perceived i was in a one-sided friendship with actually texted me and asked how i was doing but that was on monday and she still hasn’t responded back !?

#i didn’t text her RIGHT after i got it #but she texted me at 3 and i replied at 10??? #so i didn’t even wait a day?? #and i left it pretty open i said i was doing good and how was she doin #bestie if you’re not gonna text back then why reach out??? #it truly truly sucks because i enjoy her company so much and i miss her SO much #and i was wanting to do christmas shopping with her but im hesitant to suggest it #because i’m always the one suggesting we do stuff so i’ve vowed to not initiate time together anymore #but i miss her! dearly! so much! #is she feeling the distance as i am? or is she simply not caring? #oh the pains! #lindsay posts

[fstbmp-a]

i'm still proud of crystal the scourge, frankly. making it a title really elevates the name, imo.

#my kingdom ;; ooc #it is hopelessness ;; crystal #it was a snap decision because it came to me moments before posting #but good gods i'm proud of it... makes it much more menacing to be known as The Scourge as a title #rather than a name... gives it a bit of oomph. it also let me keep both names which was what made me hesitant initially #AND it means her and rosy match. since both their names are titles of sorts.

[iniziare]

/breathes calmly. Tifa—

#[ tifa lockhart. ] she had buried the twinges of guilt beneath the narcissism of self-sacrifice. beneath the belief of 'the greater good'. #[ one day i will go at that water tower scene one line at a time on here rather than in discord. ] #[ and i'll do so coherently and logically. ] #[ touching on the word choice of teenagers-- their physical reactions. these voice actors' performances of these lines. ] #[ gestures-- everything. there is so much here but it infuriates me because so much is overlooked. ] #[ and then i'm asked to look at an analysis and i truly feel like i'm told to walk through a dense set of woods with two lit matches. ] #[ or like twenty. ] #[ i've been listening to a tower; a promise for the last hour after having watched the scene for almost 2 hours on the 2nd monitor. ] #[ feral. /feral/ i am about this scene. square enix is nothing short of incredible at depicting human nature. ] #[ the spot where she chooses to sit; what not seeing his facial expressions is indicative of. ] #[ when we keep in mind that they haven't actually genuinely spoken before that moment-- ] #[ like remember-- nojima specified (i will find this back i swear) that cloud's recollection of even younger tifa... ] #[ going 'are you ignoring me?!' during that flashback? is not a genuine memory. it didn't happen that way. ] #[ can we stop forgetting that cloud is an /unreliable narrator/? ] #[ but any way-- /stop forgetting they don't know each other/. not beyond being familiar faces. ] #[ but even just in the moment. she can't see him and /he can't see her/. ] #[ can we talk about how... her 'sadness' initially isn't just aimed at cloud leaving? she specifically says 'all the guys are--'. ] #[ i can touch on every line but lemme focus on a few here-- cloud's little attempt at getting a reaction from her... ] #[ 'yeah. so i won't be back for a long time.' the cool guy. not only does it fail-- 'guess not'. immediate. no thought. no hesitation. ] #[ and then immediately goes to 'think you'll be in the papers?' ] #[ this is the first moment she smiles. you can see it amidst the blur but you can especially hear it in her voice. her tone brightens. ] #[ she looks up; wistful. and it's still there when the camera focuses on her and she mentions the wish. ] #[ and her phrasing is interesting-- 'and when you're a famous soldier'. that on its own can be seen as just phrasing but... ] #[ the inclusion of 'please? just once'. just once. it's not about cloud in specific. it's about being saved. ] #[ and ALSO; can we talk about how it isn't cloud who talks about SOLDIERs being heroes? ] #[ she talks about a 'hero'. not him. he doesn't mention heroes at all; can we talk about that for a second? ] #[ u g h. tag limit again-- i keep counting. don't mind me. i'm not saying tifa is 'selfish'. but i'm saying tifa is being selfish. ] #[ and that makes her an increeeeeedibly interesting character. but i need people to realize and talk about this? u g h. ] #[ also-- ALSO-- did this scene even happen this way? nOMURA AND NOJIMA?? ]

[unboundpower]

Anonymous asked: Truth Serum (for Gogeta) + Do you ever think you rushed into things with Nabooru, or that you didn't give looking for "the one" a real chance, so to speak? Additionally, if you thought you found someone more suitable for you, would you leave Nabs?

Send a question and my muses have to tell the truth. // accepting

His answer to the first question came the easiest.

     ❝ ...Maybe? None of it could've happened right then, but who's to say it wouldn't still have happened later? And maybe it wouldn't have at all. Maybe if I waited, I would've came across someone else who I clicked with. I can see how someone could think we rushed, but it's not like either of us can see into the future. I just go with the flow of things as they happen. ❞

He lives in the present; that's how he's always operated. Sure, the paramount fact that he was half of the person who she was previously involved with might rightfully cast a different light on the entire situation, but he couldn't ignore how RIGHT things felt when they both confessed to each other. That had to have counted for something...surely it did...or maybe, were they following the same kind of script still? A different story, but retreading the same ground?

While there was a fair level of confidence in his voice initially, when a period of silence passed and Gogeta chose to address the second question, a noticeable amount of that confidence was gone.

     ❝ How am I supposed to tell if someone is more "suitable" for me? Is a light bulb going to turn on? Will a lightning bolt strike me? Are they going to make me feel regret over getting with Nabs? I don't...think anyone can do that. The only person who can cause me to doubt our relationship is Nabs herself. How she treats me...views me. Of course...I'm not going to stick around if I get the impression something's changed and I'm no longer cared about. I have too much pride. ❞

The Saiyan's expression stayed neutral, though there was a furrowing of his brow.

     ❝ I don't think that'll happen. I like to think it won't. But, as I mentioned before...I can't see into the future. I can’t imagine what I would choose to do, if that hypothetical event happens. ❞

#gogeta // ★ ic ★ #gogebooru // ♡ what i was searching for was right by my side ♡ #answered. #/ ...OUCH. really didnt hesitate there \ #/ he does genuinely love her; but there are some things that he cant help but be...*unsure* about. i mean \ #/ that just comes with being a fusion of the two people he is. his existence alone makes it complicated; he knows this \ #/ not to mention that nabs IS the first person he knows he's grown to love. he initially had 0 relationship experience \ #/ he would love to blissfully toss all the concerns out the window & act like everythings perfect \ #/ but he's not that kind of person. he isnt capable of being willingly ignorant \

[fairefolked]

update on the cat situation: both bedroom doors are open and jinx is roaming and tomtom is being a grumpy growly old man in chloe’s bedroom, but they’re not fighting so this is a plus

#jinx was initially very hesitant but the whole transition was heavily supervised #and i gave her a treat for being good #and she got loads of snugs when she was scared #when i first brought her out she was in my arms the whole time #so she had a safe place from him