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mermaidsirennikita · 3 years
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Hello, I hope I'm not bothering you, but do you have any good "enemies to lovers" recs, may they be books or movies?
I neeeever am bothered by people asking for recommendations.  Those are my favorite asks because I am nothing if not in love with my own opinions, lol
Books
Obviously, The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn, the best Bridgerton book, because I’ve been blogging about it lol.  If you haven’t read it, it’s basically “rake tries to seduce the beauty of the ton, beauty’s older sister cockblocks him, he realizes that He Is Into It” 
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne is a classic.  Very light and fluffy contemporary, two people who’ve always hated each other begin competing for the same job and fall in love.
Kate Quinn’s Mistress of Rome series is a saga and the initial big ship of the first book (which you do have to read lol) is not enemies to lovers.  However, the NEXT ship which dominates the last two books of the series (which is four books long, and tbh... I recommend the second book but it’s a prequel and can be skipped technically) is SOOOOOOO GOOD.  It’s really “childhood friends to young lovers to SEVERE ENEMIES still secretly in love” and it’s literally epic lol.  Essentially, the series is set in Ancient Rome and Sabina (very bitchy Roman noblewoman) and Vix (child of a former gladiator, soldier) are friends who I think lose their virginities to each other?  And are in love as kids.  But then she fucks him over and marries the emperor.  Who he actually begins to loyally serve!  But he haaaates Sabina because she.... constantly backstabs him lol.  But he also looooves Sabina and gets off on everything she does.  And she wants him so badly.  And it is delicious.  And I live for it.
Both of the Evie Dunmore books I’ve read, Bringing Down the Duke and especially A Rogue of One’s Own are very enemies to lovers.  In Bringing Down the Duke it’s a bluestocking versus a duke who for political reasons is her enemy.  In A Rogue of One’s Own it’s another bluestocking versus a rake who has known her basically all their lives.  They have to begin working together and fall in looove.
Sarah MacLean LIVES for this trope lol.  Her first true enemies to lovers was Twelve Scandals to Start to Win An Earl’s Heart, in which the heroine is a scandalous young woman and the hero is a duke determined to avoid scandal--and he rebuffed her before the book began, so they hate each other.  But he also has a massive boner around her, of course. 
My favorite MacLean book, A Rogue By Another Name is another “childhood friends turn enemies to lovers”.  The leads, Penelope and Bourne (last name lol) were best friends as kid and he basically fell off after life set in.  Her family now has hold of his ancestral lands, and Bourne essentially blackmails Penelope into marrying him so that he can get those lands, after which she DESPISES him even though they had..... extremely great sex lol.  It’s SUPER GOOD, and it involves borderline voyeurism, which is great.
Then No Good Duke Goes Unpunished is very enemies to lovers.  The heroine was set to become the hero’s stepmother--then he woke up covered in blood with her missing. He then finds out, after years of being despised by society as a presumed murderer, that she is very much alive with a fake identity lol.  It’s WILD.
The Rogue Not Taken is an enemies to lovers roadtrip romance.  The heroine thinks the hero is a horrid rake who purposefully ruins marriages.  He thinks she’s a stuck up brat.  They end up journeying together and he eats her out in a moving carriage.
Theeen there’s Daring and the Duke.  The hero literally thought the heroine was dead (MacLean loves this) and is OBSESSED with her, but she hates him because the man who raised them both basically pitted them against each other after their days of being childhood sweethearts.  It’s very dark and delicious, and there are blow jobs!  Blow jobs don’t happen enough in romances, especially historical romances.  More BJs!  They are fun!
If you’re interested in a dark and BONKERS romance, Desperate Measures by Katee Robert is a retelling of Disney’s Aladdin about a modern Jafar and Jasmine getting together after he takes over her father’s criminal empire.  It’s definitely extremely explicit and a bit fucked up.  The book comes with content warnings; the first sex scene is dubcon.  (Like you’re reading from her perspective and she WANTS IT but she says no.)
Beach Read by Emily Henry is a cute contemporary in which the hero is a literary author and the heroine is a romance novelist.  They find themselves in neighboring beach houses and basically challenge each other to write in the other person’s genre.  Very light enemies to lovers.
A Heart of Blood and Ashes is a fantasy romance by Milla Vane!  Essentially, the hero’s parents were killed by the heroine’s father and he’s out to kill her father and overtake his throne.  Luckily, she’s on board.  But he needs to marry her in order to accomplish his goals.  They do not trust each other whatsoever and torment one another a lot.  For context, within the first fifty pages she gives him a handjob while her hand is covered in her own brother’s blood (and yes, he did kill her brother).  It’s great.
The Worst Best Man is about a wedding planner who suddenly finds herself needing to work with her ex-fiance’s brother... who she holds responsible for her fiance leaving her at the altar.  Very fun and sexy contemporary.
The entire Four Horsemen series by Laura Thalassa.  In each book, the heroine falls in love with a literal embodiment of one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, who is here to bring the end of the world.  VERY heavy enemies to lovers.  Kinda dark at times?  Kinda fucked up at times?  I love it a lot?  It begins with Pestilence; War and Famine have already been released, but Death has not.
From Lukov with Love by Marina Zapata.  It’s a figure skating romance; a down on her luck skater pairs up with a male skater who is extremely successful, and who she’s known for years and hated.  Verrrrry slow burn, but fun.
Movies
The Proposal, of course, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds.  You’ve probably seen this, but the setup is that she’s his evil boss, he’s her assistant, and she’s about to lose her visa so she bribes him into marrying her so that she can get citizenship.  But ruh-roh, they have to go to Alaska for his family reunion and he’s also got a great body and is like, an Alaskan Rockefeller?  
Obviously, Clueless which is enemies to lovers by way of former stepsiblings, and also by way of the only valid retelling of Emma.  Emma itself is not enemies to lovers, really, but Clueless amps that aspect up a bit.
If you want a super tragic version, warning lol--House of Flying Daggers.  It’s a wuxia movie, so melodramatic to the max.  She’s a blind daughter of the leader of a vigilante group, he’s a soldier who’s gone undercover to follow her to their stronghold.  Many reveals and one of my favorite dramatic love stories ensues.
Princess Diaries 2, duh.  Baby Chris Pine?  Anne Hathaway?  PLEASE BITCH.
365 DNI.  If you haven’t watched yet, watch it and thank me later.  The greatest cinematic contribution of the last decade.
Down with Love.  It’s a delightful take on like, 50s/60s sex comedies in which the heroine writes a book that convinces women to ignore love and men, which makes the hero look bad and makes it difficult for him to get laid.  So he sets out to basically.....  wear a different persona?  And seduce her?  It is one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen, and I adore it.  Renee Zellweger and Ewan Macgregor have great chemistry in it too.
The Thomas Crown Affair, starring extremely hot Pierce Brosnan and Renee Russo.  She’s an insurance investigator, he’s a billionaire who basically is suspected of stealing priceless works of art because he’s bored.  She investigates him and immediately begins fucking him.  Has a scene where she dances with him while wearing a completely transparent dress.  Then they fuck everywhere in his house.  I have never wanted to be between two people more.
The Painted Veil.  A socialite marries a dorky scientist for convenience, then cheats on him.  He finds out and basically forces her to go to China with him, where he is fighting the cholera epidemic, as an extremely long and petty murder suicide attempt.  But they get to know each other!  And the ice begins to melt!  Warning: tragic but lovely.
Casino Royale YES I SAID THAT.  The James Bond reboot movie that explains why he’s such a whore!!!  HE WAS BROKEN!!!  Basically James Bond is not like... a learned man... in this movie.  So he’s a cocky bastard and the Bond girl is impossibly sexy Eva Green as Vesper, who’s the “money man” on his mission.  They begin as bickering assholes and then fall in love.  But also!  Tragedy!
The animated Anastasia movie is one of the finest enemies to lovers movies of any time, I will defend this forever
Anyway....  Hope this gives you some ideas!  Lol
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eyes-like-the-night · 3 years
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Sleeping Beauty specifically and then Disney in general for the fandom asks
I’m assuming you mean disney Sleeping Beauty but I really can’t answer most of these with Disney SB so I’m going with the Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty ballet because I can answer more of these questions with that one
the character i least understand
Count Lilac, you really don’t know what’s up with him or why he’s doing anything and it really feels like he has ulterior motives so yeah idk what’s exactly up with him and I don’t completely understand.
interactions i enjoyed the most
Anything between Aurora and Caradoc, actually anything with him for that matter.
the character who scares me the most
It’s a toss up between Carabosse with the cursing a baby because she felt slighted by her parents and definitely fucked up her own kid or count lilac with the using of the lovers for a long game power grab
the character who is mostly like me
probably Aurora
hottest looks character
Caradoc my beloved. Maybe he looks like 20 year old human Krolock but hey we all know I have a type
one thing i dislike about my fave character
Hey Caradoc….. what’s uhhhh going on at the end… I have questions MAKE SENSE I AM BEGGING YOU
one thing i like about my hated character
I can’t be mad too long at someone who can rock that shade of soft purple
a quote or scene that haunts me
The whole bit between Caradoc and Aurora while she’s still asleep, he just wants her to wake up and she isn’t. Stab me it’ll hurt less
a death that left me indifferent
Carabosse, rip goth mom but eh
a character i wish died but didn’t
Goodbye Leo. I’m kidding he’s so sweet, uhh probably Count Lilac if I have to pick someone, really I don’t want anyone to die
my ship that never sailed
Aurora and Caradoc. He spent how long watching over her? 100 years yeah and I get that he’s the one who made sure the curse happened but I don’t care gimme a good villain/heroine ship any day
General Disney
the character i least understand
Cruella deVil THEY ARE PUPPIES CRUELLA WTF
interactions i enjoyed the most
All the horses and their people
the character who scares me the most
Horned King. I could barely look at the vhs cover as a kid (now I think he’s pretty rad but still undead army is kinda terrifying)
the character who is mostly like me
Probably Merida or Rapunzel
hottest looks character
Flynn Rider
one thing i dislike about my fave character
So few scenes for Briar Rose (tbh it works well with the movie so it doesn’t bother me too much)
one thing i like about my hated character
Gothel has stunning hair and Frollo has the best villain song ever
a quote or scene that haunts me
Certain things Gothel says…. Mmmm a little too close for comfort for things I’ve heard and mmmmmm no
a death that left me indifferent
all the ones that I can think of at the moment hit me to at least a small degree so none really leave me indifferent.
a character i wish died but didn’t
Gargoyles. hond. they drive me batty. Again I’m usually pretty chill with what happens in the movies lol.
my ship that never sailed
I... don’t think I have one? I’m pretty content with shipping what happens
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floopaslopp · 4 years
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How would Sun would react if he were to watch a fast pace action flick like Jason Bourne or John Wick (if you watch those)? Considering Sun have a incredibly sheltered life that the only source of entertainment is the weather news forecast.
It entirely depends on how old he is I suppose.
If he was 1-10, he'd probably be scared of that stuff tbh. Hes a super shy kid who doesn't like confrontation that much so if the action movie were to have blood and stuff... eh he'd probably hate it. And I feel like those action movies, depending if Mao Mao likes the movie or not, he'd probably let Sun watch at least a couple; to show him some semblance of battle. It's Sun's own choice not to watch those movies though, so he sticks to the weather network lol
If he was 10-15, he'd probably gently ridicule how unrealistic the movie is when it comes to its violence. At this point he's full blown into training, so he knows a lot, yet he still wishes for some semblance of a regular childhood; so even though the movies are kinda bad, he likes watching them. This is also around the time when he begins watching the Star Trek like show with Badgerclops.
If he was 16+ he'd probably pass on watching a movie. Sun would think it's a waste of time. However, if someone he cares about really wants to watch it, he'd sigh and agree to make popcorn. If he's watching it with his friends or a more laid back person, he'd probably relax a lot too and make some jokes about the movie. Or at least try to
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aia-prima-raufton · 6 years
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(Minor Spoilers) So. I have finally finished watching the entire first season of Marvel-Netflix's hotly anticipated show- The Punisher. And I have mixed feelings about it. First off: the plot. This season feels like a Jason Bourne movie, but stretched out. Frank Castle was involved in an illegal operation, and now, in an attempt to erase any evidence of such operation, the CIA tracks him down. For me, that was good enough, but I found the other plotline about a young former vet turned terrorist unnecessary. I completely understand that they just wanted to show that such a thing happens in real life (and I think that that's the point), but overall, I think that it just derailed the story. The pacing is slow but worth it when you get to the near end. Characters: Jon Bernthal is PERFECT. Absolutely. It's a rare event when an actor and the character he plays are so harmoniously converged. Jon took Frank from a one-dimensional murderer into a wounded man, desperately fighting his way to avenge his family. My boy deserves an Emmy, ffs. Then there's Frank's polar opposite in everything, Micro. Together, they make one hell of an odd relationship (I'm all about odd couples or partnerships). Through Micro, we get to see Frank laugh again, talk about how he met Maria, and get upset over a sandwich. And of course, we can't talk about Frank without mentioning Billy the Beaut. Wilson Fisk, Kilgrave, and Cottonmouth are all memorable villains that we high key love to hate but low key hate to love. Let's add Billy there, because he's sooo good at being bad. He's just smooth as fuqq. Also, I like Ben Barnes now (lol). Rawlins was kinda disappointing because I expected him to be a bit more intimidating. Now, let's talk about the women in this series. First, Dinah Madani. I like her, and I don't understand why so many people dislike her. I didn't find anything annoying about her, not one bit. She's smart and she can fight, too. In fact, I love women who can actually kick ass and need no saving: Jessica, Trish, Misty, Colleen, Elektra, and Dinah are all supernova mega red hot badass for me. But I do not like how Sarah Lieberman and Karen Page are written. The former seems to always need a man in the house, and the latter is just there to appease "Kastle" shippers. TBH, I don't like shipping two characters who are not romantically involved in the first place because, for me, it reduces two amazing characters into just two attractive people whose genitals must meet. Ugh. Seriously. I like Karen Page as a character. Like Dinah, she is smart, fierce, and independent. But dammit, she creates her own problems without regard to what might happen if she plays with fire. Going back to "Kastle," I really, really hope that they don't go romantic. First, if Frank moves on, his war will be pointless. Second, making them romantically involved is just pure fan service for those who want a good ending. Like, come on, this is The Punisher. OK, enough with my rambling. I'd give this show an 8/10. Close to perfect, but not quite. My favorite among all Marvel-Netflix shows is still Daredevil S2, followed by S1, then followed by The Punisher. Will I rewatch it? Right now, I don't think that I want to. Still, it was an enjoyable show. P.S. Can we talk about the cinematography in the beginning of the last episode, where Billy was gonna have some coffee and then BAM! That slow-mo, tho. That was just something else. OK, bye.
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