Guys... i am not doing well.

I wish to know more of...✨️Him✨️

So. Um. This might be a stretch. In which case, fine. But I think there's something here: being turned was this big metaphor for sex, right? Losing your virginity. And it was terrible for Guillermo with Derek. It was messy and painful and not romantic or gentle or anything like he'd always imagined. And he regretted it.

But he was "turned" twice this season. Once by Derek, into a vampire. Then by Nandor, into a human.

And look at that scene. Look how kind and understanding and tender Nandor is with him. Always asking Guillermo what he wants and if he's sure and caring for his emotions.

If being turned is losing your virginity, then look at the fucking difference.

the bradshaws and the small smile

gertie for @oranqehd-blog :3 loml

vote applebees pin inspired by @knopartt!

what a kind young man

heavy thoughts about arranged marriage with jing yuan and how he’s so nice and treats you so well but he already has someone he likes that he keeps under wraps so you don’t feel hurt, but then you find out anyway and now you don’t know what to do with yourself because you feel like you’ll never be able to make him feel that way for you …

but of course over time, jing yuan sees you as more than just wife in status, sees how you look so pretty in the mornings and how you’re so perfect in your own ways that maybe hey, maybe he could fall for you after all.

Okay, but hear me out:

We've seen three Lestappen podiums so far in the 2023 season; in Azerbaijan, Austria, and Belgium, all of which have been sprint weekends.

You know what Qatar is in a couple of weeks? A sprint weekend.

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BFFL 41/∞ ↪ makeup artist chae hyungwon (don't quit your day job)

+ changkyun's first up-close look

george calling jayden the love of his afterlife in a birthday post is so ducking cute 😭

Sometimes I stare at the wall and am thankful that Suzzane Collins never made Katniss explicitly choose between Peeta and Prim at the other’s expense in the story. I don’t think I’d be able to cope with any situation that would have arise from that choice.

"Around that campfire . . . did it matter?"

idk I gotta say I kinda get why all the villains in rise want to kill these kids like. imagine you're a grown ass adult trying to do crimes and you get beat up by a middle schooler with a glowing yoyo like how do you recover from that

Listen... I know shen wei pinned for 10,000 years for Yunlan so he's clearly winning the fight.

But Yunlan who has no memories yet never being able to push away his need for Shen Wei.

Like Shen wei knows and sees him through his lifetimes and yearns and yearns.

But Yunlan doesn't even know what he's yearning for, even less who. But he still yearns.

Something about how even though his godly soul is almost shattered, most if not all his powers lost and he's mostly just a human now who knows nothing of himself but his soul never forgetting Shen Wei.

Always calling out to him and not even knowing he's doing it. Going through his life unhappy, thinking he just couldn't love and accepting it until he sees him and he finally finally feels complete like he's found everything he's ever wanted.

He's dreaming of a life with shen wei, in a big house, with two pets- a cat (daqing) and a dog(they will adopt in the future) and how they would play. He's dreaming of waking up late in Shen Wei's arms and sharing the sweetest of kisses and not needing anything else.

Shen Wei is dying in the background with guilt, wanting to pull away, knowing he would hurt him by simply existing beside him.

But Yunlan is all in. He doesn't care. He just wants and needs to be with shen wei.

I just fucking can't.

It always baffles me how much people believe that their ideas about gay sex and shipping come from nowhere when it's clearly just thinly veiled homophobic and sexist stereotypes that fem=bottom=submissive we’re all unconsciously taught growing up in homophobic societies (with racist undertones anytime half of a ship is not white). i believe it to be unconcsious bias, im not blaming people for not having unpacked why they jump to headcanon the character performing the most traditional masculinity to be a top, but it’s getting tiring. Especially when authors refuse to question themselves when getting callled out for fetichizing, say, latino men and reducing them to sex-obsessed, domineering, possessive, bordeline abusive partners. I promise you your tendency to make the more traditionally masculine one a top with a dominant attitude does not come from yourself entirely. It’s not something you just “happen” to consistently repeat your work for no subjacent reason. You have every right to hold these headcanons, and to like exploring these dynamics, i sometimes even agree with those interpretations myself ! But we all should be careful and conscious of the why, what pushed us to hold these headcanons, and check it’s not rooted in shallow gendered and racialized stereotypes.

Anyways

(Prince Dain) has seen something in me, something Madoc wouldn't see, something I have yearned to have acknowledged... - The Cruel Prince

I start to tremble all over, the adrenaline draining out of me. Courtiers, waiting for better battles, study my bruises and evaluate my prowess. No one seems particularly impressed. I have done my best, have fought my hardest, and it wasn't enough. Madoc didn't even stay to watch. - The Cruel Prince

vs:

"For a moment," (Cardan) says, "I wondered if it wasn't you shooting bolts at me." I make a face at him. "And what made you decide it wasn't?" He grins up at me. "They missed." ...So, too, can he say something that ought to be insulting and deliver it in such a way that it feels like being truly seen. - The Wicked King