#making it fun!!! and loving and tender

[yrsonpurpose]

I can feel your skin against mine, and it makes every bone in my body ache.

#rwrb #rwrbedit #red white and royal blue #alex x henry #firstprince #userninz #userveronika #chrissiewatts #usernuria #usersteen #userclara #usermegsb #mine* #the hand tremble in the first one......yeah #i cannot believe this scene exists like there was so much care and attention put into it #i've said it before but #i love that henry told alex that he was in good hands but it was very instinctively mutual #they genuinely took so much care of each other #and them laughing while kissing too >>>>>>>>> #making it fun!!! and loving and tender #no one is doing it like this whole sequence

[monkiinart]

sometimes he gets a bit homesick

#dragon age inquisition #dragon age Inquisitor #arne #cole dragon age #i never make comics like this this is hard af #dialogue isnt my thing LOL but i tried and had fun : ) i love tender moments #new hobby: giving burly men long pretty eyelashes #dragon age oc #first background element i drew in like 5 yrs please be gentle lol #arne trevelyan

[thebirdandhersong]

The men in The Chosen are openly grieving and rejoicing and allowed to feel and express tenderness and grief and remorse and compassion and love and it is very refreshing and surprising to see what this website calls Lord of the Rings masculinity in a show actually

#or rather lotr gets it from the Bible i should say #but the point is ive lost count how many times the disciples cry and cry with each other #and show such tenderness and care towards their loved ones without the script making fun of them for it #the chosen

[tanjir0se]

I have a hot take about Giyuu but I am. Frightened

#not that I think everyone is mischaracterizing or that I think I’m the definitive authority on Giyuu #because I haven’t even read the manga so I ASBOLUTELY am not #but I just think people (me) are so quick to like. babygirlify everything he does and make him such a cringefail little loser #that they forget he’s. kind of mean lol. he has a temper!!!! #I for one love his temper I think it’s hilarious and incredibly valid and SUPER fun to write #and I know most of it is probably either unintentional or like. a cover for his tender soft boy heart or something #but like. LET MY BOY BE A BITCH!!!! it’s FUNNY and he DESERVES IT #I have examples but idk I’m. afraid #so it’s staying in the tags for now #SOFTLAUNCHING MY GIYUU HOT TAKE #postcards from stupid town

[lyhil]

OC-tober Palette Week - 02

Quietly, Lyhil moved his fingers closer until they were sliding in between Harukehn's, gently interlocking in the damp sand. For a moment, he didn't say anything, content to just watch the water ripple under the gentle breeze.

"You're the first Sylvari," he finally spoke, "and the first person not drowned in drunkenness, who has looked at me - what I have done to myself - and not returned with some form of discomfort or disgust." He fell quiet. The sunset light was starting to fade to the dark purple hues of dusk, faint glimmering stars eagerly pushing through the remaining light. "So I'd like to do my best, no matter how hard it might be," he murmured. Harukehn - @harukehn

Prompt

#lyhil #lyhil but implied LOL #bweirdoctober #gw2 #guild wars 2 #gw2 oc #gw2 sylvari #gw2 fan submission #listen.....listen lyhil has said some tender things almost way too casually and they rattle around in my brain #also they've been having some moments where they're so niceys and not being stubborn and butting heads and it makes me want to explode #i love having little guys. i love blorbos. having ocs is so fun #anyway the palette challenges are actually so hard so i might just skip ahead and start prepping for the other prompts yayyyyy #art

[nanatsuyu]

what makes you like kandrew so much?? what drawns you to them??

(not trying to sound rude or condescending or anything im just curious lol)

I really adore characters that bite and snarl at each other for the purpose of enrichment in their respective enclosures.

On a more serious note lol—other than the fact that I have A Type when it comes to pairings (davekat, edxizzy, amberprice, etc), I enjoy characters that have somewhat of an unhealthy codependency on one another. Which is the extremely general way of putting it. I like characters that are kind of doomed to the narrative to never really be sated by what the world has to offer, but their person makes up for that (not that they always recognize it as such or that it's entirely positive or sometimes even completely mutual). And I don't mean doomed in a "never amount to anything" way, but in that bittersweet tone where both of these characters, wherever they fall into each other on the timeline, are at a place where their lows sync up, and that harmonizing rattles something to the perceived tune of "we're the best we're ever going to get". Again, that's all really general for the vibes of why I was drawn to them. There's a bit more nuance for them (and the other pairings ofc).

I like that they have a deal that encompasses both of them trying to push the other into being a better version of themselves but they're both too stubborn/scared to move first because realised potential means you have to recognise it too. Kevin can't expect Andrew to try his best when he himself is not, and Andrew can't expect Kevin to show him his worth* if he doesn't bother to try in the first place. (Though I know their deal was labelled more as moriyama protection for Kevin, I think that kind of encompassed the idea that Andrew would be a crutch till Kevin could stand on his own if that makes sense)

Not to quote the ec but it's one of like 3 parts I would willingly print and eat:

Andrew is the kind of character I adore because he says this and he really genuinely means it. Keeping what little he has left of himself is a last ditch self preservation tactic because he can't get hurt if he has no hopes/expectations/aspirations. No one can let him down if he doesn't let them. But he's so wonderfully flawed in his own ruleset because he keeps doing just that in the hopes that maybe someone will be different this time . Like maybe this time someone will be right when they say he's worth it** like maybe Kevin is right and he can make Andrew see what he's been refusing himself.

I also love that their deal extends far past the deal itself. In the most basic of terms, it was: 'you go, I'll go.' Andrew didn't have to trust Kevin beyond that. But he gave Kevin his meds and trusted him not to abuse that. Kevin had even already promised to help him figure out a way to wean off them before if they could earlier (and I genuinely think his fear of Andrew getting off his meds early was both a kneejerk 'the game/my safety' reaction because Kevin has a lot riding on this semester too, but also because he knows he made his own promise to Andrew and he thought Andrew coming off his meds early might have been an obstacle even Kevin's stubbornness couldn't hurdle when it came to helping Andrew on his feet after). Likewise I have to imagine that very few people put their trust in Kevin with much of anything outside of Exy given his temperament and wallflower disinterest in team building extra curriculars. So for Andrew to willingly give Kevin his meds to hold onto that he's gotten violent over before probably created a very morbid sense of.. pride, I guess? Like I trust you to hold onto the thing that ruins me is so... clenches fist

There's also this rough handed care that comes with all of that. They're unforgivably honest with each other at the best of times and unnecessarily biting at wounds just to get a genuine reaction at the worst. But then they also have these quiet side/off screen moments that are unyielding in tenderness? Andrew inspecting Kevin's hand for injuries. Kevin covering for Andrew when he's sick on court. Andrew telling Kevin to trust him during a panic attack and that he'll take care of it. Kevin turning his entire attention away from the Raven's to pull Andrew up to his feet. Them smiling at each other first genuinely?? Being idiots on the court with playful mocking shoves that don't get heated?? Like you give me these two characters who make it seem as if their hearts will genuinely stop beating if they stop nipping at each other, and then show me that they're actually wrapped up in one another so tightly that they're rarely seen apart? And are burdened (affectionate) with the task of keeping the other from doing the very thing that drowns themselves?? Okay

Also a looooot of this is from my perspective on Andrew's perspective on Kevin since we're given a lot more to work with, but I genuinely think Andrew was the first to push back at Kevin and make him prove things to Andrew and himself. Kevin had maybe a couple people at most before he fled to the foxes. Like he had nothing other than his name and reputation, good and bad, when he showed up at wymack's door. I can't help but imagine some part of Andrew saw this as amusing but also rather tiresome when it came to seeing Kevin constantly shut away in hiding. He was so loud before, where is all that roar now? When Kevin left Jean, he really left his only friend behind (sorry Thea fans I know she's there I know). So here you have Andrew, offering a deal that becomes this codependency because being out of the nest alone most certainly took its toll for a while, and it sounds too good to be true but most things are. So Kevin snatches it up and then there's the trust in the meds and the constant presence (in the sense of comforting consistency in spite of any disagreements (but abandonment issues kandrew is a whole other post now innit)) and the care and it all looks a lot like what someone might call a friend. And I mean they could both say they're not friends till their dying day but they're the only ones they're still trying to fool.

I just like that they gnaw on the scraps that they snag off one another, these leftover cuts from failed attempts at love and kindness, and act as if they didn't hand the pieces to each other themselves in the bed they share.

—

*Andrew is worth more than his ability to play Exy obviously, but I'm working from the angle that these boys have a very limited vocabulary in how to express that given their upbringings lol ie: my absolute Favourite part of the ec:

Like again I have my hangups with some of the ec but this provides soooo much more context to their beef pre-canon and the history behind Andrew's failed recruitment. Not to mention Aaron internally calls out Andrew for blatantly lying to Kevin when he tells him he doesn't care. (I think Andrew probably holds a certain disdain for Kevin struggling to verbalize how he measures worth and how that might differentiate off the court, because that line between wanting to be told you're worth putting in the effort for versus being told it's because of your latent potential is most likely rather precarious. Shipping goggles on: I imagine wanting to get someone's attention whose love language was built up around Exy is a tad difficult even if Andrew does in fact hear what Kevin's trying to say. I also don't think Kevin's malicious in his inability to truly express that Andrew really could have everything and it's infuriating to watch Andrew self destruct.)

**And for me, this, coupled with the above conversation with Renee, really puts into perspective how agitated Andrew is with Kevin for squandering his potential. He thinks Kevin has zero self preservation skills when it comes to maybe not putting all his balls in the exy basket, but that's also why he's so drawn to him because he has this insatiable drive to live for this one thing? And yet he's not even giving it his all like he's asking of Andrew despite that? It'd be easy to dismiss Kevin's overzealous love of the game as gross infatuation that's bled into Andrew's life, but if he smothers Kevin's drive and doesn't encourage him to be exactly as he sees Kevin, this person who really can achieve these things, what is there for him? He wants Kevin to thrive, but Andrew also wants Kevin to be right and that he can thrive too.

#im sorry anon do you regret your question now lol #im kind of bad with articulating my points sometimes because theres A LOT #like i think how they view themselves and each other is blurred with how others do #and what they tell themselves versus what they themselves can articulate makes it really messy #and thats what i gobvle up about them #theyre messy and mean and have a vice grip in each others collar and constantly demand more #and at the same time theres a certain kind of devotion that comes with promising to be the reason someone wont break thats so #agonizingly tender #kiss with a fist‚ love from the back of a broken hand etc #thanks for coming to my ted talk hope literally any of this made sense #aftg #aftg meta #kandrew #nana asks #otp: did you have fun #i should be sleeping but im thinking about ✨them✨

[mymelodyisme]

Helloooo farmer friends!! So last night my friend @pavusprince mentioned how she doesn’t understand the toothpaste mint chocolate chip ice cream comparison and that got me thinking!! Let’s talk about food!!

Does your farmer like mint chocolate ice cream? Does it taste like toothpaste? Are they neutral, or do they hate it?

During the summer does your farmer visit Alex’s ice cream stand? What flavor/treat do they buy? What’s their least favorite flavor?

What is one treat your farmer will ALWAYS have in their home? Is it healthy or unhealthy?

If your farmer was a snack item what would they be? (It cannot be a food that could be eaten like a meal, but it may be a dessert) Here’s some examples: chips, cookies, M&ms, Twinkies, crackers, bubblegum, lollipops, etc

What’s your farmer’s comfort food, favorite meal, and least favorite meal?

What’s something they will NEVER eat?

What do they cook if they know they will have a guest over?

If the town’s potluck didn’t matter so much, what ingredient would they take? And what food would they put at an event table if you had to bring something?

Finally, if your farmer was real, what would YOU give them to eat.

#stardew valley #stardew valley farmer #sdv farmer #sdv oc #farmer prompts #😯 I really wanted to ask about food but didn’t know how to not make it too long as I hope y’all are okay with this one #mys likes mint chip :) ! she DOES go to the stand in the summer and will buy whatever feels right that day it’s usually cookies and cream #oh she might just buy a vanilla crème bar covered in chocolate or an orange cream popsicle :) #she HATES plain chocolate ice cream or strawberry ice cream with actual strawberries in it #mys will always have some type of candy around be it chocolate or sugar chalk candy or butterscotch or cherry sours or sour gummies etc #mys; despite the nickname gumball; would be a sugar cookie in the shape of a heart with a pretty frosting deign and sugar crystals on top :) #she finds comfort in French fries 😌; she loves 🍕 ; and she HATES fish (gasp I know) #you won’t ever find her eating fish like seriously if she can avoid it she will #if she has a. guest over she’s basic she’ll make fried up lemon chicken #OR if she’s having guest over for a fun night of like games she’ll make something easy like pizza chicken tenders/nuggets fries #Mys would toss in a lemon 🤭 and she’d make brownies for the table #finally I would hand my baby some funfetti cake🥺 there would be lots of candles for every birthday Myles ignored and forgot

[alice-and-ethel]

I've tried to watch the 2022 History Channel Lincoln docudrama about 3 times, if only just to liveblog it here, and I just cannot get through Part 1. The actor looks the part well enough, but sounds like he's from a genteel North Carolina family, not backwoods Kentucky/Indiana, and I can't get over them skipping willy-nilly over years of his life when they had nearly six hours of screentime to fill. They barely mention his "angel" mother! They never even tell us his sister died! His stepmother, to whom he was very close for almost 50 years, is a complete non-entity (only mentioned once, nameless, as the "replacement wife"). They name none of his friends from New Salem, where he lived for SIX YEARS.

And just over an hour into the damn thing—one hour into a series totaling five hours and twenty-five minutes—we're already in 1860! Because most of his life before that was just window-dressing, I guess.

I get it. His most important, historically significant years were indeed those between 1860 and 1865. But idk...maybe these people should have just done a documentary about President Lincoln, the wartime leader, if they couldn't be bothered with Abraham Lincoln, the human being.

#lincoln was the greatest president this country is ever likely to see and I stand by that but his greatness is not why I love him. #his greatness is not the appeal. his person is what made him great. it's what made him interesting and compelling all these years later. #his humanity! his sense of humor. his tendency to melancholy. his love of bawdy stories and wrestling and animals and books. #his tenderness towards his children. his awkwardness and willingness to make fun of himself to alleviate it. etc. etc. etc. #his greatness was a byproduct of himself.

[botanicallyinclinednerd]

Legend of Tomorrow friendships that mean a lot to me (in no particular order) :

Jax and Stein

Jax and Sara

Nate and Ray

Mick and Sara

Mick and Ray

#theyre so important to me #jax and stein are literally 2 halves of a whole and i love their relationship #sara and jax have a wonderful friendship based on mutual respect #and when she wakes up from a coma she gives him a little kiss on the head! thats so fucking tender i love them #i know this is in the future from where i am but mick canonically considers sara his best and oldest friend #which makes me ALL kinds of emotional #nate and ray are such good best friends they care about each other so much and them openly and freely saying they love each other? #does things to my brain chemistry. toxic masculinity who? #mick and ray is also such a fun dynamic cause it feels like it shouldnt work but it DOES #liv watches shit #legends of tomorrow #mick rory #sara lance #ray palmer #nate heywood #jefferson jackson #martin stein

[soldier-poet-king]

I picked up the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue from the library because I wanted smthn light and fun and sure why not a book with the premise of youre on the grand tour of the continent in the 18th century and also youre in love with ur best friend, because I love all of those things

But like. It actively made me cry? Which is perhaps not THAT difficult of a feat, but like, there's a lot of things to make me emotional here. homophobic child abuse, alcoholism and trauma and self loathing disguised as being an irresponsible rake, 15 yr old spinster sisters who want to run away from finishing school, actually addressing period typical racism for ur mixed race love interest instead of handwaving it all away, issues of disability and forced institutionalization

Like yes it IS a ridiculous little YA romp with alchemical panaceas and wild goose chases across Europe and PIRATES and it IS mostly just a fun time, but I didn't expect to have like Actually Genuine Real Serious emotions about it

#fran reads #i just wanted a fun queer period piece distraction from my heavy heart #this actively made me cry multiple times #monty and his father. monty with Scipio #EVERYTHING TO DO W PERCY EVER #felicity is my best girl im so excited for bk 2. can she become a pirate. pls. she deserves it #anyway yeah. anything thats like. child abuse homophobe bad parents #leading to exquisite mental illness and alcoholism #im like. MAYBE SO :) #alcoholism cw #child abuse cw #i have the last section left. just venice #so thats tonights plan #but yeah i am having A Time. emotionally. w family. spiritually. etc #so this is a lil comfort #i should read more natasha pulley #twofs filled the same niche #i love tender period romance but make it queer. its abt the hand touches. the longing glances. the absolute belief in your own horribleness #and fear and self loathing and LOVE #friends to lovers is just. really good sometimes

[daz4i]

nikolai doesn't strike me as a kisser i think he will lean in and make you think he's gonna kiss you but then shove his fingers in your mouth instead. yknow?

#he just does not seem like a guy who would be interested in it. biting however- #that doesn't mean he WON'T kiss at all bc i think he'd enjoy messy wet kisses that leave both parties covered in spit. #but like. nothing soft. nothing tender. he will express passion and love in others ways for sure #do you see my vision. #(honestly making this sort of hcs is fun i get all the x reader hc blogs now)

[cruelsister-moved2]

what in the world was the point of that sorry i rambled because i do think dichotomising between 'marginalised groups that are basically bad' and 'marginalised groups that are basically good' is so unhelpful it annoyed me but like if u spend 30 seconds on my blog u know i just dont find feminine women sexy its not like a political belief i just only like women who are guys 😭

#i want to know the context of like why the person was mad at the concept of someone notloving a film. not even disliking it just not caring #sure if i was like i love uhhh ammonite and. someone help me whats another of those Tender Lesbian films #but i literally have an ask on this blog somewhere where we were making fun of the sex scenes in ammonite #on average i like lesbian films that dont have masc women in LESS than i like films with no lesbians in at all #i find it actively alienating generally to see lesbianism that distances itself from gender nonconformity #whereas if theres jst no lesbians its whatever

[theflikchic]

I think the reason that I have less issues with Good Omens taking liberty with biblical stories (aside from the fact that it's just a darn well-written show/book and positively hilarious) than I have with other biblically-adjacent fiction is because it clearly isn't TRYING to sell itself as accurate.

The roots are still there (and the more you know about the Bible, the funnier it is, imo- especially with GO2) and when it's on the money, it is ON the MONEY and when it's absolutely ridiculous, you can tell that it's just writing for fun of it all

Like, Gabriel is right that a Second Armageddon is stupid. He's totally right. As far as I know, it's nowhere in the book of Revelations as a plan and that book is already pretty weird. But then, it's revealed that Gabriel doesn't want a second Armageddon because it's "biblically inaccurate" or against God's character: he doesn't want a second Armageddon because he's in love with Beel-fking-zebub.

And that's like...kind of genius? I mean, I personally am still having a hard time wrapping my head around it but it's still well-written. Them getting together really hits home the "what if?" that is Good Omens: what if Heaven was just as badly managed as Hell and it caused the near highest of good and evils to go "um no"?

Yes, that "what if?" is already present in Azzy and Crowley but they're clearly fictional. Gabriel and Beelzebub are biblical so many people believe they are real people. And by putting two of these unknowable supernatural beings that so many people consider real beings into a romantic relationship, it hits home just how "what if" GO really is- adding extra layers of fun onto all the biblical roots and jokes.

For me, Gabriel and Beelzebub getting together was not just gobsmacking but also allowed me to really think about all the politics set up in the GO world because their relationship is so heavily rooted in THAT world. It was brilliant putting their exile right before Crowley and Aziraphale's big fight because I really paid attention to both sides of their fight (both are kinda right imo but someone else already made a great post about that). Job's "fix it fic" (as my friend called it) was like the foreshadowing to how wildly different GO's world can get from the Bible's. Because now we're really in uncharted territory and holy crap, I am so nervous and excited to see what's next.

Plus, even when GO is being explicit about not trying to be accurate, it somehow STILL manages to have these moments where I'm laughing or cheering like "YES EXACTLY" (basically Maggie's ENTIRE interacting with Shax. That scene was personal, man, and I loved it).

I guess what I'm saying is that I really love GO right now. It really shows that you can make fictional retellings of the Bible comically while still being respectful and while contemplating the source material AND while just going ham with it.

#i gotta read Small Gods #because Feet of Clay was awesome #also GO doesn't make fun of Christianity as a religion or Christians #it HAS FUN with what Christians believe #and that's a HUGE difference #plus it's just so tender and emotional #it has such amazing queer rep #the spouse dressed in accurate Jane Austen garb?! #Crowley and Azzy being ace?! #UGH it's great #good omens #good omens 2 spoilers #good omens 2 #go2 #go2 spoilers #i love Muriel #they are me #long post #analysis #the bible #christianity #theology

[dent-de-leon]

Fuck, now I'm reminded of that one fic series of Caleb seducing Lucien and joining the Tombtakers to get their attention off the M9 as well as moving Beaus' eyes to himself.

That was a good fic series... if I find it, I'll send it.

oh, that sounds so interesting!! 👀 The thought of Lucien and Caleb does make me feel some kinda way. It's a little sad to me, that Lucien was happy to flirt with Caleb too--that him thinking of his lost lover made Molly think of kissing Caleb--

The tragedy that I think a part of him really started to care, and in the final fight Lucien keeps punishing Caleb for it, because he thinks it's just too late to turn back now--

And of course now we know they're narrative foils with literally mirrored backstories, that they both lost a family in a fire that they started themselves, wanted more than anything to bend reality to their will just so they could get it all back...it's so sad that Lucien didn't meet Caleb before, because I think it could've saved him.

#caleb trying again and again to get under luciens skin in the last fight and the way lucien keeps telling him to let go of molly and give #up on him like!! #and such similar tragic backstories?? these two are just #so so fascinating #molly telling lucien 'kindness is never lost or forgotten' while sharing the memory of kissing caleb?? telling lucien that even if he #died and can never be with the nein again like...the fact that he still had those moments of tenderness and love with them still mattered #and he used his memory of caleb to make that point #im inconsolable-- #anyway yes lucien and caleb fics sound fun

[mothwenchiest]

hahaha I will never feel romantic love ever huh

#trying to come to terms with a lot of shit rn and not every revelation has been fun #idk if i want romance #the idea of cute soft tender romance sounds nice but like. idk if I'll ever experience that and if i do would i be able to reciprocate #think im a little too fucked up to ever be able to love someone like that. which makes me feel great abt myself #like yay thats another part of my psyche irreversibly damaged just what i needed today #irrelevance

[odetolovers]

i love. cats and my girlfriend

#my girlfriend has 2 cats that moved in with us and i Adore them and they love me too and. Explodes #oh how i have missed having pets #also yeah moving in with your partner is fucking awesome IM HAVUNG SO MUCH FUN #the domesticity…the tenderness…the feeling of having someone by your side completely. it’s not her and i anymore it’s Us yknow and ough. #it makes me so happy #i LOVE LIFE 👹👹👹 #it’s so funny to me ive been such an introvert my entire life to tbe point i doubted id ever want to live with someone and be this #romantically intertwined (who remembers the wondering if i was aro phase (i was not i was just demi) #but i met her and literally everything changed #i cant wait to spend every day of my life with her from here on out Tbh. #just. explodes explodes explodes i thought i knew what love was but it’s so much deeper and more profound than i could have ever imagined #i love her i adore her i neeeeed to be in her skin 24/7 If im honest. #id marry her tomorrow #EEEEEEEE #me when i use my blog only for reblogging pretty things and rambling about my girlfriend. as i fucking should #my lover #valentina talks #oh shes so cute i need to die her laugh her smile her humour IIIII NEED TO DIE