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How to show emotions

Part III

How to show disappointment

swallowing hard

low, monotone voice

clucking their tongue

rubbing their face

shaking head

clenching hands

sighing

frowning

pursing of the lips

slumped shoulders

looking away

scowling

How to show relief

exhaling deeply

tension in their face going away

closing eyes for a moment

tentative smile

eyes brightening up

small giddy laughter

putting hand on their breast

joyfully tearing up

looking up

How to show desire

gaze dropping down to the other's lips

opening mouth slightly

small smile around the eyes

eyes widening

pupils dilating

biting lips

following them with their eyes

inhaling deeply

licking lips

How to show tiredness

closing eyes

slowly opening them again

long sighs

yawning

no eye contact

head lolling to the side

closed mouth, neither smile nor scowl

not moving a lot

doing everything slower

staring off into the near distance

How to show confidence

prolonged eye contact

nodding to show they are listening

putting their shoulders back

holding head high

leaning forward

standing tall

smiling openly

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I love this breakdown

The Darkling decided early on how much he would disclose to Alina about his plans for the coup based on a conversation they had on the way to the palace.

I like to look back at this scene from Shadow and Bone that takes place after Alina was seconds away from being killed by a Fjerdan assassin. She denies that she is Grisha, pointing to her plain and scrawny appearance for proof of her certainty and Aleksander responds with a remark about how Alina doesn’t understand what being Grisha even means.

It’s a telling scene because it shows just how surface-level Alina’s view of Grisha is. To her, Grisha are shiny, beautiful and strong and they are prioritized over the common folk soldiers she once belonged with. Of course, Aleksander knows that there is so much more to being Grisha than just beauty, but realizes that there’s so much to unpack with Alina’s statement he doesn’t even know where to start.

This exchange explains one of the reasons why he didn’t disclose his true plans to Alina, much less his ultimate secret. If Alina has such a shallow understanding of Grisha identity, she will also have a shallow understanding of just how much is at stake in this conflict. Alina is no ordinary Grisha, so it hasn’t quite sunk in that she has skin in the game and is more significant than she realizes. Her denial of her Grisha identity (despite obvious evidence proving otherwise) Alina is staunch in her assertion that she is just a normal girl. It is that same denial that tells Aleksander that Alina cannot be viewed as reliable just yet, time needs to be taken to teach her a better understanding of the Grisha first.

This next exchange is the second reason why Aleksander doesn’t tell her. Although Alina herself may not have said that superstition out loud, but it demonstrates how Alina was exposed to those views during her formative years. It raises his suspicion that Alina may hold some remnants of the Serf’s ideas and perhaps compels him to think ahead to assess if this could grow into a potential threat. He ABSOLUTELY cannot tell her the truth anytime soon if there is even the slightest possibility that she believes that he’s soulless and “truly evil”. If Alina snitched on him, his entire operation could be shut down for good and set the Grisha back decades. Not to mention the fact that it could get a lot of Grisha killed.

“You didn’t hurt his feelings.” Dear Reader, this was only the beginning of Alina denying Aleksander’s humanity in order to avoid taking responsibility for her prejudice and to avoid the complex reality of the situation. You can almost hear the incorrect answer buzzer go off in Aleksander’s mind as Alina tells him her answer, I can almost feel his pure disappointment through the page.

Because Aleksander poses an important question that reveals one of Alina’s central conflicts that will continue throughout the trilogy. Alina is still deeply uncomfortable with the idea of Grisha powers after spending her life among people who call them unnatural and strange. To the point that it wasn’t just the fact that the assassin was sliced in two that bothered her, but because of the magic that sliced him. Why on earth would he trust her with his greatest secret when she reacts with such hesitation? He was testing her to gauge how long it would be before Alina could be trusted as an ally to Grisha and received an answer that told him it might take a while. If Alina can’t handle her the idea of her own powers, she cannot be trusted with a secret that could determine the future of Ravka.

I don’t know about you, but I fully believe that Aleksander had every intention of telling Alina the truth, it’s just that prioritizing his personal relationship with her over the safety of his people was a risk he couldn’t take. This gets a bit muddled later on because Alina’s narration seems to care more about her personal feelings of betrayal than the consequences this plan could have on the country. She never takes a moment to look at the bigger picture and consider the consequences of her reckless actions.

I know that I’m just breaking the scene down and explaining what’s happening in it, but it truly is such an informative scene that hints at a potentially fascinating storyline.

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I can't believe I just realized that GWEN ACTUALLY took the hobie's converse ONLY to impress MILES because he wore the Jordan shoes on his suit, and that she took the shoes RIGHT BEFORE she went to see him (That's why Hobie was surprised to see that she took his shoes)

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WEYLER VIBE #27

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Unprompted snippet share of a weyler wip

Wednesday has a goofy smile on her face and for not the first time Tyler wishes he had a phone to capture this moment. She probably wouldn't believe him later but she eventually pushed herself up to sit right on the desk, nearly bumping Tyler in the process. He leaned back only for Wednesday to snake her hands onto his shirt and pull him closer.

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Apparently the Tom Ford fragrance Lost Cherry smells like a corpse if any wenclair writers are in need of inspiration when describing how Wednesday smells

FRAGRANCE DESCRIPTION: A full-bodied journey into the once forbidden, Lost Cherry's candy-like gleam of exotic black cherry and liqueur, touched with teasing almond, gives way to a Turkish Rose and Jasmine Sambac blend that penetrate the senses and attains fantasy-like levels of insatiability.

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Wednesday pretends to be annoyed by all the affection Tyler gives her

But she secretly loves it

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Moon-Uranus aspects - The Little Strangeling

Moon conjunct Uranus, Moon sextile Uranus, Moon square Uranus, Moon trine Uranus, Moon opposite Uranus

The Moon-Uranus child managed to find mischief wherever she went. But really, it was mischief that went looking for her first. She plays with a secret toy box filled with magic parts, hidden compartments, psychic potions, and backward charms that she opens up to animate reality with her own imagination. It’s here that she learns reading and spelling by reading and casting spells. She learns time by visiting other dimensions, future lives, and excursions through the astral plains. She longs to recover her knowledge of the cosmos, constellations, and astronomy, and learns best when she is on the edge of outer space and out of her own mind. It’s very possible that any interest or belief in extraterrestrials came as a result of being visited by a supernatural being in a dream or during a powerful hypnognonic state. This may be especially true in the case of childhood abandonment or neglect, the child stares longingly out at the stars waiting for her ‘real family’ to come and take her home, and it’s likely because she has been sent guardians from the stars to ensure she is never left alone.

Memories of this childhood can recollected as a fast blurred cacophony of distorted dreams, unusual images, strange voices, and unbelievable stories. These may seem elusive or far away enough to belong to another person or a previous lifetime. Sometimes early encounters with humans leave her feeling like she is the alien, misunderstood and alone at a distance. Maybe she feels like her emotions are speaking in another language, or she can’t fit into the name and identity she was born into. She may have reported true experiences that were doubted, or suffered unusual bouts of anxiety that were dismissed or ignored. This would only reinforce that longterm sense of separation. 

The Moon-Uranus intellect is dialled into higher frequencies. She can ask questions that make the adults in her life question everything. If she was dissatisfied with the answer they gave her, she could simply disappear on a private search and find with the characters and caterpillars in her own mind. This child is so distractible because her distracted daydreams would unveil new realms that we could scarcely comprehend. Curiosity curates white rabbits and black cats that lead her into wild wonderlands inside. One visitor that is sure to find the Moon-Uranus child is the ‘muse’ or the divine muses who deliver ideas, inspiration, and visions to the artists and visionaries. This child has ‘a genius’, now regarded as the muse. There’s specially designed tricks in her magic toy box that nobody else would know how to find or use. It may crackle a charmed mind that spins patterns, language or arithmetic like rhythmic gymnastics. Maybe the muse moves through her like a flute and her fingers play unheard harmonies, or she has a perplexing photographic memory or ability to visually recall dreams. There’s no limit to the lifetime of possibilities that wait if these magic talent tricks are nurtured by her caregivers. The one left undisturbed to follow her joy and organic calling blooms this magic show naturally, this child thrives in the space of open-minds. Other children with this aspect who are redirected or forced into a mould express can grow into the adult who feels that she has no talent and nothing special to offer. And it’s only because she is searching for somebody else’s talent and definition, when her own is a one-of-a kind and never-seen-before performance. The spell of solitude in the Moon-Uranus child is strong for this reason. Being alone is electrifying because she becomes the authority and author of the whole scene and story. She has freedom to experiment with all of the spells and potions she has been collecting and conjuring up. While mischief was out looking for her, she was always up to something herself in the meantime. Cherry art by Nico Niemi

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“I lost myself trying to please everyone else. Now I’m losing everyone while I’m finding myself.”

— Unknown

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“It’s easy to lose yourself in the idea of a person and be blinded to their reality.”

— Jay Kristoff, Stormdancer

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Chloe with a possibly leather jacket and her hair down is a new religion.

QUEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. Tried my best to draw her with her new outfit it was hella blurry so I did what I could !

Based on the new spoilers :https://gryffindorcls.tumblr.com/post/187218485032/what-is-up-with-chloe-and-her-hair-today

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This is beautiful ❤️

Headcanon Luka’s birthday is on Valentine’s Day!

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