#u gotta love yourself

[riconastyfan]

#rico nasty #smoking #weed #joint #raincoat #rain jacket #2023 #music festival #summer smash #lyrical lemonade #black braids #ugly #u gotta love yourself #hd #fav outfit #fave outfits #outfit to recreate #outfit details #outfit inspo

[riconastyoutfits]

#rico nasty #rico outfits #ugly #u gotta love yourself #2023 #lyrical lemonade #summer smash #festival #tank top

[777durt777]

#UGLY #March 3rd #U GOTTA LOVE YOURSELF #im so excited for this album holy shit #Slowthai

[gardenofnoah]

the lamp light is warm across the cut of kento’s jaw. you feel it as you watch it clench—somewhere deep in your gut, the gesture makes a home that is as wholly familiar as the creak in the second step up the stairs. his hard angles are like that—you could close your eyes and know the contours of his face from memory, just as you do your own. brow furrowed in focus, he’s so beautiful that it’s almost unsettling. time has not changed him.

not like it’s changed you.

“hello, my love.”

you raise your eyes to meet his, now looking up at you. there’s a soft smile on his face—it’s not teasing, like it would’ve been 5 years ago if he’d caught you staring. likewise, you don’t have it in you to feel sheepish at being caught. not anymore.

you return the greeting, but you know that it’s not as enthusiastic as you want it to be. kento seems to know it, too. he slides the stack of papers in front of him to the side of his desk, leaving the spot in front of him empty. when he looks up at you again it’s an invitation, and it’s one that no matter how shitty you feel, you could never pass up.

you cross the room without an unnecessary step, and he leans back in his chair for you to slot yourself between him and the desk. you take your seat on the wood and he leans forward, reaching for you as he always does when you’re close enough to be just too far from him. his fingers brush down the back of your calves until they wrap around your ankles, gently pulling your feet onto his lap. you let out a little sigh when his thumbs press into the soles.

“something on your mind?”

you meet his gaze again, and it’s both fond and a little worried. he’s as perceptive as he always was—you suppose he’s had to be, though the reasons that necessitated that are few and far between now. the toe dip into retirement has turned into more of a knee-deep wade, and now he mostly uses his observational prowess on you.

you sit back on your hands, sighing a little. 5 years ago, you would’ve vehemently denied that anything was wrong, if only to make sure you could be a partner that never took up too much space. you can’t bring yourself to do that now.

“i look….different.”

he cocks his head to the side, and for a second, he almost looks boyish. it’s warm when it rubs up against the frozen thing in your chest—it thaws you a little.

“different than?”

“different than i used to.”

“right.”

5 years ago, kento’s affirmation would’ve sent you into a tailspin. but it’s different now—you know he doesn’t mean it negatively. it’s more of a prompt for you to continue—a way for him to show you he’s present in the conversation.

“i feel bad about that.”

his brows furrow again—a tiny crease in the middle of them that makes you want to reach out and poke it.

“why do you feel bad about that?”

“i don’t know,” you tip your head back, looking to the ceiling like it’ll have the words you’re searching for on it, “i just…wasn’t expecting the change, i guess. i feel like i don’t know what my body looks like anymore.”

he’s silent while he takes in your words, thumbs sliding up the inside arch of your foot while he thinks. 5 years ago, his silence would have ate at you until you packed it with empty filler to take away from the heaviness you brought into the conversation. it doesn’t bother you now, though—you know he wants to hear what you have to say. you feel secure enough to say it.

“are there specific things about your body that you feel bad about?”

you nod after a moment, choosing not to elaborate. it really didn’t matter what they were—it was not as if it was your first time feeling body insecurity, but this feeling carried a bit of existentialism that you weren’t familiar with—that was the problem.

“i feel like i’m too soft,” you say after another moment of silence. it’s not a bombshell that shatters it—it’s just a tiny pebble dropped from above that disturbs the surface.

“for who?”

“me.”

his fingers curl around your ankles and hold you there while his eyes graze your face. “what do you need right now, my love?”

his eyes settle on yours and you feel your own need for him flare up inside your chest. too warm for the thing that was there before. melted, you crack.

“maybe a hug.”

you blink and he’s standing before you, strong arms reaching around your shoulders to cage your head in to his chest. your thighs squeeze around the outside of his instinctively, like to pull him in is all you know how to do. the hand on the back of your head is warm and unwavering like the rest of him.

“not that you asked for this,” he murmurs into your skin, pressing a soft kiss to your temple, “but i love you soft. you change and i love you more than i thought i could.”

you press your forehead to his collar bone on a shaky exhale, letting his words wash over you. kento is nothing if not a man of whole truths—the biggest of those is that he loves you. it’s not like him to offer you meaningless affirmations just to placate you, so you know this carries weight—you take it for what it is.

“i want to love me soft, too.”

“i know,” he whispers into your hairline, “give it some time. you’ve done this before, no?”

his palm finds the base of your neck and massages the perpetual ache out of the muscle. there are moments that you are grateful for kento’s ability to find solutions where you cannot—to accept the control you hand to him on the basis of trust that has been earned over the years—but right now you’re grateful for his ability to know when to leave something unresolved. it might be true that to let this air out is the best thing for you to do—and knowing you’ll have kento to lean on when it doesn’t seem so simple is helpful.

the warm light casts shadows of your bodies against the wall—distorted and conjoined, and still more beautiful than you’ve ever seen. you think you can understand what he meant.

“love you, ken.”

he presses his smile into the crown of your head. “i love you, too.”

#i love to use this blog as a very public diary #sometimes you gotta air yourself out like a soggy beach towel u know #anyway i want to be friends w more nanamin fuckers. i am luring u to me. pspsp #i feel like all the nanami girlies have mortgages #nanami kento x reader #nanamin #nanami kento #jjk drabble #nanami drabble #nanami x reader #nanamin it’s the little things

[keii]

Full Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir piece I did for the Always & Forever zine! 

#I was super happy with how this turned out #i could've done better on the bg BUT everything is a learning experience so i learned a lot #like this was SO fun to draw and especially when i worked on the lighting #and god.... love the poses i put em in... idk why i'm hyping myself up but u just gotta appreciate yourself LOL #art #killamonart #miraculous lady bug & cat noir #ladybug #cat noir #marinette dupen chang #adrien agreste #artists on tumblr #fanart #digital art #ladynoir

[eggwishing]

little peek at somethjing i am cooking up ...

#this is rlly rough but rn im just blocking everything out #i have like 6.5 pages sketched so far this is already going faster than last time i think..^_^ #im having a blast also #im tryna rewire my brain . every time i think Blehhh i hate drawing i just want to see it done i gotta stop n correct myself #like Hey wait you actually love drawing why are you telling yourself this The process is frustrating sometimes but that comes with art #i had to redraw this one page like 4 separate times and i still didn't feel like giving up #like yeah i was feeling pressed but at the same time i was being patient with myself #like this is part of improving Stop laying on the floor and wondering why you're even doin this you've always loved it #only drawing when u know it's gonna turn out good defeats the whole purpose of learning #also i added cal last minute to this comic and im gladi did he's so creeepy #im very excited to get this done Not impatient like i was before #im impatient for people to see it yeah lol but not w myself #and im not gonna be all like “yeah we'll see how long this lasts lol” bc i think that's already setting myself up for burning out #i have hope that i can keep enjoying art like this I just need to change the way i think #and accept the messy n ugly. the perfect is the enemy of the good #aaron blaise really inspires me. he sincerely loves what he does and i want to be like that #this is also gonna be more comic-like Panelwise i think #scott pilgrim n my bro inspired me #also the way cal's face cuts off on the right makes sense in context he's peekin from behind a chair

[kyuoki]

please take this davy jones plushie from the thing I am working on cuz that's all I have to offer rn 🙏🫶

#working on a pmv/animatic kind of thing and forcing myself to actually do something is less fun than imagined #but you gotta do what you gotta do to keep yourself going #art ain't arting #so i had to smack myself and force my depressed ass to do it u til the year is over #lol i just absolutely love this part of the drawing cuz i mean #LOOK #he looks so fucking adorable #i want a plushie like this one tbh #*cries in a corner* #davy jones #potc #my art #KSiP

[yeonggisbitch]

scared the literal shit out of me.

#put yourself in this situation #it’s 2:45 am #and u gotta walk through the hallway #to get to the bathroom #which one of these would u prefer to encounter #i think i prefer rand #webtoon #i love yoo #i love yoo webtoon

[dreamlogic]

...

#shit chat #disordered eating cw #how to. politely ask my housemate to stop fucking telling me about her diet progress #she's trying to lose weight cause she's a musician & her band is traveling to this big thing at the end of the month #by doing really strict by-weight portion control and it does NOT seem healthy #she's trying to get back to her 'italy weight' and like. girl. u went to italy in high school 10 years ago & biked everywhere for a month #if you are at that same weight a decade later without exercise by simply making yourself eat less food there is a problem! #that is not aspirational that's horrifying!!! no u don't look hot in your gig outfit from 2013 you look disproportionately skinny! #so i gotta sit her down at some point and be like listen. ur an adult ur gonna do what you do #& i know ur industry puts insane pressure on women to look a certain way on stage. #but as someone with a history of disordered eating i will not cheer you on and support your 'progress' #and quite honestly it makes me uncomfortable to even talk about it and see your stupid little diet scale on the kitchen counter every day!! #i strongly associate weight loss with poor health for a number of reasons #and firmly believe that weight gain is cool and sexy and that everyone should be less afraid of being actually!!! #it was a struggle w/ dysmorphia for a while but putting on some chub is one of the best things i've been able to do for my body as an adult #i love my squishy tummy and hearing you obsess about having a perfectly flat (ie concave) abdomen daily is deeply saddening!!! #bleh. it's hard. i feel like i should gently intervene but also i do not want to get involved bc it's more than i can handle rn #*less afraid of being fat actually

[frazzledazzlin]

hope u guys don't mind me being a little queer sometimes and talking to myself in the tags, it helps clear my head since people can filter out rant posts easily

#bc i had not used this place in a while until late 2022 ive absolutely forgotten if i used to talk to myself in tags here before or not #i say this bc i now have people who actively see my art here n just throwing random rants here would be very rude so i prefer tags help #feels safer here too LOL #also feels a little scary but im sure that's normal for many that there are ppl who read all tags mein gott #NOT A BAD THING THAT PPL READ TAGS i wouldn't be writing anything if i wanted to kill people for reading tags lol #just stating observations aheem aheem #its like writing on a public bathroom's walls and people passing by to be like “damn bitch ok” /funny #also do not worry at all about how i express myself i do apologize if my words sometimes sound like im on the brink but like #violence is the only way i love to be expressive HELP #watch me be on the government watchlist for the shit ive said gootbyeeeeeeee #but do not feel worried i will be ok eventually every time. sometimes i just gotta explode oh so violently to deflate and feel normal again #WISH I COULD USE EMOJIS ON THIS DAMN PC #anyway the person im trying my damned to avoid is Sure Making It Difficult #at least the people i wanted to know why i was autotune crying baby for a while heard me out n im alive in that regard finally smile emoji #how long can you keep gently hinting you want to distance yourself from somebody until you lose your goddam mind and feel sweet relief when #they actually leave said group themselves after getting my blunt hints help help #oh i sound so fucking rude with just my side but mein gott i don't care bc it was never a serious thing to begin with #just shot my anger thru the roof for good reason and finalliegh im getting mutual distance from that person lol #never get close with ur fave artists worst mistake of my life /hj for real #u start off loving seeing them every time and then boom youre sad how things turned out every time you see them my god #also make sure ur minor friends dont feel like they need to mend things for the adults i feel so fucking sad for someone bc of this rn but #i talked to them n hopefully they understand aouhg. #anyway back to queer posting thats enough soup for today good god #ranting

[pangolen]

i am ALMOST done with chants of sennaar but i have work in the morning so i need to stop for the night

#aaaaaaa #also i'm laughing cuz i think the bards are the only ones with a different word order? #and the way it's translated kinda implies that like. it's a fully stylistic choice on their part #they're just speaking that way to sound more poetic or whatever #i love it #also i didn't check before i shut my computer down #but i wonder if there's like a. Hard Mode where you DONT get the english translations #& you have to compare everything to the devotee's language #i think that would be fun #& when u come across a new word the devotees don't have then u just gotta remember it #or maybe u gain a new devotee character #this is probably not a real mode #but it's one i would like to play #saw someone in a comment somewhere say this would be a good way to learn a new language #and yeah probably something Like this #but at the same time. the way the game is set up it'll just give you the answer sometimes #or else you accidentally yourself into a faulty translation #i've played a couple language learning games before #there was one where you run around a town and talk to people which was interesting #but i don't know that i really learned anything from it #and another that was like. the 3d game equivalent of flash cards #which is not how i learn #and also it made me motion sick #i've gotten off track #anyway this game is fun #if u were interested in heavens vault but didn't like all the dialogue or the controls this might be up ur alley #(i'm not dissing heavens vault btw i think it's rad. this is a 'it was almost for you' rec) #cos also has a point and click mode but it's usually pretty smooth

[kindcore]

scammers sendign me asks like im not wise to that shit

#will o' whispers #reminder if you get asks frm people youve never heard of asking for help its probably not real and you shouldnt take the chance #its sad as fuck but esp if youre like me and never promote that stuff #you gotta be careful esp if you yourself are tight on money #love u guys

[jaysavex]

JAIME JAIME HAJEMM HAIEM HAPPY VALENTINES DAY (NKT LATE) HI HIG IGIIHIII!!! HOW ARE YIU!!? YOU OKAY? THRLUWING SO MANY GUMMIE AND SILLY FUNNY CANDYIES AT YOU AUAUAUAU!! LOVE YOU SILLY SKRINGLE I HOPE YOUR DAY SLASH BIGHT IS GREAT!!! I LOVE YOU SPOINKLE! !! I promies I'm not trying to ne incomprehensible bte I just literally am frying righ nkw ANYWYA I LOVE YOU SILLY JESTIE!!! MAUAWAA MWUAH MWUA!! DRINKLH WATEYR AND EATID GOOD FOODS!! 🫀🫀🫀🫂🫀🫂🫀🫂🫀🫂🫀🫀🫀🫀🫀🫀💥🫀🫀💥🫀🫀🫀🫀🫀🫀🍒

cheRRYYYYY my lil guy u are literally such a darling how do u do it

I am so sorry for not responding to u sooner silly I got sick again like an idiot and have been deceased for the past 2 days o(-( HOWEVER

HAPPY VALENTINES TO U AS WELL!!!! Silly lil scrunkle I hope u had an excellent vday and got lotsa chocolate n snacks yesyesyes, I would love to get u some snackies as well but alas,, 😔 maybe someday I'll figure it out

Anyways a lil doodlie for u since I can't get u any chocolates 😔 ily u silly lil guy u I hope you're doing well!! 💖💖✨🫂🫂💖✨💖💖💖🫂✨✨💖🫂💖✨

#I'm going back to sleep now i think #sorry for getting to this late abdjfks ily!! I'm trying to get to ur stuff sooner i promise #but yes!! i hope u had a lovely vday and that ur day/night has been well so far #I'll respond to ur other post in a bit i just gotta wake up a lil more #take care of yourself darling!! get good rest and drink water and don't stress ok all is well friend #make urself a little treatsie #like hot cocoa or some yummy tea #i might go make some tea that actually sounds delightful #ALSO DEAREST PLEASE TELL ME U MISSPELLED TRYING INSTEAD OF CRYING #BC IF UR CRYING NOOO WHAT CAN I DO FOR U PLS BE ALRIGHT :((( #ILY LIL GUY!! mwuAH please treat urself kindly u deserve it #lmk if there's anything i can do for u and ill try my best ok 💖💖✨💖✨🫂🫂💖💖✨💖🫂 #your message made me smile #tyty all of the hugs for u 🫂🫂💖

[iloveyouitisruiningmylife]

loving you is self love (how am I supposed to spam like your posts when half of them are mine)

please love me forever deeply even when im selfish and cruel and a fucked up loser

#see what i did there? heh #now u gotta love yourself through all the ups and downs get loved idiot #vio love

[theloveinc]

LMFAOOO CAITIE THE DOES GOJO FART POST MADE ME LAUGH

i was stressing about my assignment when i looked at the notification and burst out laughing hdjshsh it took me out by surprise

LOOOOOOL AW my poor baby!!! I’m so sorry to disappoint but seriously do we think he farts? Like I was genuinely struck by this question and needed to ask…

but nfjdkd I’m glad I could make u laugh 🩷🌸🩵

#I’m gonna fart on your professors for making your stressed #get some rest while u can!!! telll ur professors that I’m writing u a doctors note #from THEE love inc they gotta listen #I love u take care of urself do ur best don’t blame yourself if sh*t happens mwah #and notification???? from lil ol me??!! 🥺🥺🥺 #crying I cry I’m 🥺🥺🥺🥺 #caitie answers #anon

[appalachianapologies]

Okay pals here's the deal:

I haven't written drabbles for you all in quite some time and I miss it. So!

I will write you a drabble of your choice

However

In return, you must say something that you like about yourself (just like say it in the ask. Read it out loud to yourself. Write it down and read it a few times). No including "haha I don't really like myself but I'll lie for this" or any of that bullshit. Your compliment to yourself better come from the heart and be genuine, and that's a (gentle, loving) threat.

Okay that's all go wild!

PS author has chemistry homework I'll be writing periodically between study problems and notes so be aware of possible delays

I'll go first: I'm proud myself for the work that I've put in for my summer classes! I really feel like I learned a way to study that works for me and I'm proud of myself for that :)

#you can send in more than one drabble as long as each one comes with a genuine compliment to yourself #it can be any fandom that u know im in and i'll try my best #first person who says some bullshit like ''i don't like myself can i still get a drabble'' ruins it for everyone #loving yourself is the punk rock thing to do. you're beating the system when you love yourself #''but it's hard to do'' yeah man. ugly people (as in roald dahl's definition of ugly people) want it to be that way. you gotta push past #them and love yourself anyway #that's the inherent beauty of being alive sorry i don't make the rules