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Fiona Green Moments from I Became the Wife of the Male Lead

Manhwa Recommendation!!!

I possessed the body of “Fiona,” the final villainess whose soul was sentenced to eternal suffering after her gruesome demise at the hands of the world’s hero.She was tortured by her own family just because she was an illegitimate child.And so… arriving six years before the start of the novel, I was sent to war at the age of thirteen! Fortunately, as the story’s greatest villainess, Fiona was a genius mage.I had to survive the monster invasion. But now, I couldn’t be in the middle of a battlefield.Just before I ran out of breath, I encountered the teenaged male lead.…Why is he here?Well, if the male lead dies here, then the world will be destroyed. So, let’s save him first!

#I became the wife of the male lead #isekai #manhwa #another good one!

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I’m willing to do anything for you

#how to get my husband on my side #how to win my husband over #rudbeckia de borgia #izek van omerta

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I feel so blessed to be alive rn. I feel like this cured my depression and anxiety. I'm in zen now. THIS is the moment

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It’s the difference on how Shuli holds their hands

For Jeremy is basically how I hold my younger sisters hand. It’s pure parental love. Not intimate, just very casual, not suggestive. Also her hand is above Jeremy’s to show that she’s the one taking care of him as the oldest. It doesn’t show any attraction and it tells everyone that Shuli only sees him as her child.

On the other hand for Nora it’s more intimate. Their fingers are intertwined and locked. Her hand is also above here but this is also to indicate that she’s the oldest (as an older sibling after holding my sisters hand from above it feels weird to hold someones hand from under so that could also be the case for Shuli). Also the way she’s holding Nora’s hand causes her to be closer to him. And their way of holding hands doesn’t suggest any siblings or familial kind of love. Maybe a bit of friendship but believe me there aren’t a lot of friends who hold hands that way. It’s very intimate and romantic. That’s the way couples hold hands.

So what I’m basically rambling about is, Shuli already loves(or has begun to develop some romantic feelings for) Nora. This was also shown with the way she reacted when she saw Nora at the ball dressed up. So she’s in love but doesn’t realize it herself. But at the same time her body language and her reactions betray her. And I’m now crying over them so bye-

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I'd still choose to love you in every life

#historical manhwa are so gooood #how to get my husband on my side #stepmother's marchen #how to win my husband over #who made me a princess

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the fact that there’s an entire arc in tcw dedicated to how giving someone your lightsaber shows trust in a romantic connotation and codywan has not one, but TWO scenes with this drives me up a fucking WALL.

their relationship is built, inherently, on the mutual trust and respect they have for each other, and this is just. an extremely beautiful way to show that.

especially with Cody handing Obi-Wan the saber with the emitter facing himself. he fucking loves and respects and trust Obi-Wan so deeply and that is what makes their relationship SO refreshingly good

#codywan #I love their dynamic

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filled prompts for @codywansleepbingo :D we got: spooning, deep sleeper, insomnia! nothing particularly to warn for, though this is set sometime in the HEA phase of I Got My Head Checked, the Sithywan AU. Rest of the ficlet and bingo card under the cut!

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“Major or long-lasting stress can lead to chronic insomnia.”

“Tell me something I don’t know,” Obi-Wan mutters to himself.

It has been… a while since sleep turned away from him in such a snit. He’s not unfamiliar with insomnia. For a long time he had been too afraid to sleep, catching naps here and there during his training—

“Abuse,” Cody would correct him.

His unconventional youth.

Sleep was for doomed prey until he was shaped enough into a predator to grab the luxury and take advantage of it. To take and take until the sleep deprivation was a fond, silly memory of the weak.

To sleep soundly, arrogantly, next to an enemy until the blaster was pressed against his forehead like birdsong. Nothing to concern himself with because he was made to be just that good.

Cody, Obi-Wan mourns to think of their first morning, isn’t anything special in that regard. What made him special, and continues to do so, is that Obi-Wan came back into his arms to sleep, to rest, over and over.

With Cody, he could wake up slow and unafraid. How Cody manages the same is a mystery to Obi-Wan still, on some days. Possibly the insomnia talking him into the spiral of fear, hate…

He doesn’t bother to remember what came after hate in Qui-Gon’s little speech. Cody said it was something to do with toasters.

Cody isn’t naïve. Perhaps he’s still lacking a bit of life experience, down to the few years he’s existed and how, but he’s not going into situations without a plan. Admittedly, he had lost his sight for a tiny bit there when Obi-Wan slithered into his life like the snake he was. Nevermind that it all had backfired on Obi-Wan rather spectacularly, the blind spot for himself Obi-Wan had started to cultivate in Cody had turned out to be mutually beneficial.

Obi-Wan snorts to himself and goes back to reading treatments for insomnia in hopes the irony alone will put him to sleep.

The small data pad is balanced on Cody’s upper arm in front of him, angled away so no light shines into Cody’s face. Obi-Wan is nothing but courteous.

Cody is a deep sleeper, here. In their space, their home, with Obi-Wan. Endearing and humbling. Not naïve. Not even with his back, his neck, to Obi-Wan like a lamb.

It’s trust like a soldier shows. Endearing and humbling, indeed.

Obi-Wan desperately wants to hold his hand, suddenly. The urge rising in his chest. The back of his fingers brush over Cody in substitute, careful not to disturb.

Cody wakes up anyway.

Slow for a minute, then all at once with a jaw-breaking yawn. One of his hands flaps over and behind him, and Obi-Wan offers his own. Like Cody knows.

His hand is guided around Cody, cradled into his chest.

“Bad night?” Cody asks in a murmur.

Obi-Wan fits himself closer into Cody’s warmth, not exactly hiding from the world.

Sleepy eyes turn to him. “Still blue.”

He feels his eyes are blue but it’s a relief to have the confirmation. Sometimes he can’t tell the difference, insides feeling breakable and rotten.

Cody shuffles back into him, a barrier between Obi-Wan and everything else that is not in his head only.

The early morning sun shines on the windows, sneaks through the glass, and plays with Cody’s skin. It's mesmerizing. Charming, in its own way.

The tiredness, the pulling at his eyelids and thoughts, is sudden and unwelcome. It’s morning. They should get up. Routine is good for both of them, after everything. A bit of predictability to stabilize them. They still get up to too many fun adventures. They're somewhat the personified headache of the Jedi Order, especially after their vacation. But this is home. Home is where the masks fall.

Cody latches onto more of his arm, lays his cheek into Obi-Wan's palm. “I’m awake now. Do you want to sleep?”

“Keeping watch for me?” Obi-Wan teases and his wrist is kissed.

“If you want.”

He sighs into Cody’s neck. “If it’s not too much trouble.”

“Never.”

Obi-Wan closes his eyes. Inserts the details into himself, of Cody watching over him like Obi-Wan watches in return. The light behind his eyelids, no suffocating darkness. Cody's stubble scratching over callouses.

Sleep doesn't come immediately. It takes its time. But eventually it's there, welcomes him like Cody's warmth.

#codywan #beautiful!

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Story Idea: Polin #20 - Jealousy thy name is Colin Bridgerton

"I would never DREAM of courting Penelope Featherington"

Michael Stirling turns just as a young lady dashes away in tears. He knew the Featherington's enough to know that it was the youngest one Penelope. He was after all attending their party.

Let's see about that Mr. Bridgerton - Michael thought.

aka The one where Michael Stirling makes it his mission to have Colin Bridgerton eat his words.

#I do love a Michael and Pen friendship #these two forming a club #for falling in love with a Bridgerton #and loving them from afar #kinda like a Bridgerton's Anonymous #Hello my name is Penelope and I've been in love with Colin for years #Hello my name is Michael and I fell in love with Francesca on the day of her wedding to my cousin #like yeahhhhhh

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Story Idea: Polin #21 - Season 2 AU

Seeing Anthony create a list for qualifications for his future wife, Colin Bridgerton decides to create his own list.

It seems like it's the season for not one but two Bridgerton men to find a wife, much to their mothers delight.

Penelope could do nothing but watch Colin go on multiple dates with other ladies, heartbroken that she isn't even on that list.

What would it take for Colin to realize that she is everything that he is looking for?

#that beginning scene with Anthony was perfect! #set the tone for the rest of the season #I do love an oblivious Colin #who gets hit with the Clue bus #and realize Pen has been directly in front of him all along

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Story Idea: Polin #23 - Lady Whistledown loves Sir Laughs-A-Lot

No one can contest the popularity of Lady Whistledown that is until a new column by Sir Laughs-A-Lot starts shooting barbs at the famous gossip author.

A war of words ensues between the two writers never knowing that they are much closer to each other than they would imagine. When public words become secret letters to each other - both start to feel a personal connection. AKA Penelope Loves Colin and Lady Whistledown loves Sir Laughs-A-Lot. 

#ughhhh #I wrote this #and I had this whole arc plotted in my head #but then....all the new Colin haters came #and just made me have to step away from this fandom #I'd love to get back to it

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Story Idea: Polin #25 - You're My Dear Friend

"Thanks Penelope!" Colin Bridgerton takes the last piece of the biscuits she made.

Penelope smiles ,"I'm glad you enjoy it. You're my dear friend" I love you

and

"You always believe in me Pen"

"Always Colin, you're my dear friend" I love you

and

"You've read and replied to my letters more than anyone else"

"I suppose I did, you're my dear friend..." I love you

Penelope could never say out loud what was in her heart but every time she said "you're my dear friend" she means I love you...

#ughhh my heart #I do miss a pining Pen #I may write this too #but maybe she doesnt notice him actually saying I love you back

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Story Idea: Polin #27 - Modern AU

Francesca moves in with Eloise and Penelope after the unexpected death of her husband. It was Colin who was visiting who found her as she tried to do the unthinkable.

The next several years sees Eloise, Pen, and Colin (who moves in as well and puts a halt in his travels) spending time and helping her heal while going through their own personal drama.

Colin falling in love with Penelope who seems oblivious to all of his “moves”. Penelope doing her best to seem ambivalent to Colins proximity. Eloise falls in love with a single father.

Francesca slowly starts coming back to herself but they notice that she sometimes talk to someone in the room who wasn’t there - her late husband John. 

#I still want to read this #I may write it someday

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Story Idea: Polin #33 - Soulmate AU 

Soulmate AU - soulmates occasionally tastes what the other is eating aka Colin tastes Pens tears. 

#ohhhh I do want to reread this one too!

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Story Idea: Polin #34 - Penelope Featherington's Diary

December 23. Weight - too depressing to write down.

Resolution number one: obviously, will lose twenty pounds.

Number two: will find a nice sensible boyfriend.

Number three - and probably the most important that it should be number one - get over Colin Bridgerton.

#I thought I remembered someone writing this #me wants to read again

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Story Idea: Polin #39- Soul Marks

On your 18th birthday you get a soul mark - one that would be identical to your soulmates. Colin is devastated that his does not match Marina’s.

Trying to lighten up his mood days later - his brothers teasingly console him by saying that Penelope could get his mark when she turns 18 and that’s when she overhears him say that he would never marry her because he didn't think she's his soulmate.

And as is Penelope's life a couple years later she gets an identical mark. Now she plans to hide it because she can’t handle his disappointment. 

#I do love soulmate stories

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Story Idea: Polin #7 - Harry Potter World AU (Repost)

Magical bookstore owner Penelope Featherington's life is in danger. Since she was outed as Lady Whistledown (former anonymous writer for the Daily Prophet who not only critiqued the Magical British Parliament but the top elite who use them to step on the downtrodden) her life has been threatened almost daily.

She gets assigned her own Auror as a bodyguard for her safety and it happened to be her best friends older brother Colin Bridgerton.

Insert flashbacks of her 12 year crush (read everlasting unrequited love) on the charming and kind Colin Bridgerton. How ever will she manage hiding her affections when he's constantly there for the foreseeable future.

#again I would love love love magical world polin story

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New Things to Beware on the Internet

On May 3rd, Google released 8 new top-level domains (TLDs) – these are new values like .com, .org, .biz, domain names. These new TLDs were made available for public registration via any domain registrar on May 10th.

Usually, this should be a cool info, move on with your life and largely ignore it moment.

Except a couple of these new domain names are common file type extensions: “.zip” and “.mov”.

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This means typing out a file name could resolve into a link that takes you to one of these new URLs, whether it’s in an email, on your tumblr blog post, a tweet, or in file explorer on your desktop.

What was previously plain text could now resolve as link and go to a malicious website where people are expecting to go to a file and therefore download malware without realizing it.

Folk monitoring these new domain registrations are already seeing some clearly malicious actors registering and setting this up. Some are squatting the domain names trying to point out what a bad idea this was. Some already trying to steal your login in credentials and personal info.

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This is what we’re seeing only 12 days into the domains being available. Only 5 days being publicly available.

What can you do? For now, be very careful where you type in .zip or .mov, watch what website URLs you’re on, don’t enable automatic downloads, be very careful when visiting any site on these new domains, and do not type in file names without spaces or other interrupters.

I’m seeing security officers for companies talking about wholesale blocking .zip and .mov domains from within the company’s internet, and that’s probably wise.

Be cautious out there.

#who ok'd this? #scams #internet #current events #long post