#giggly guy

[crowisnotinteresting]

his joy and whimsy :)

[linoyes]

[orbch]

WHO WANTS LATE NIGHT CUTESY LOGICALITY. everytime i see this bobs burgers clip i imagine them and it makes me insanely emo. so i drew them.

[butterli5]

James was the first one to wake up in their shared dorm room since he joined the football team in second year. He’d heard plenty of grumbling from Sirius over the years about how no sane person should be vertical at that hour, let alone pounding pavement in the cold like it was fun.

So James tried, as much as he could, to keep things quiet. He’d slip out of bed without pulling the duvet too far, tug his running shorts on in the dark, and wrestle his sweatshirt over his head with practiced ease.

But lately, there was something…new.

Because at 5:04 a.m. sharp, just after he closed the building's door behind him, James would find Remus waiting on the staircase. Always the same steps. Always the same half-grumpy look on his face like he couldn't believe he was awake either. His hair was a mess, his eyes bleary, like he hadn’t looked in the mirror before slipping out.

Remus grumbled something about joint pain and Pomfrey and “might as well try some exercise and see if it helps,” and showed up on the steps in old trainers and a too thin t-shirt.

James had blinked at him, “You running?”

Remus shoved a granola bar into his chest. “Don’t make it weird.”

James didn’t. Not out loud.

But his brain definitely made it weird.

Because here was Remus Lupin, pale, quiet, slightly sarcastic Remus, jogging beside him in long, lean strides, his curls matted on a side one day, and falling loose around his face the next, his long legs managing to catch up to James by some miracle.

And James couldn’t stop looking.

Not just because Remus bit the inside of his cheek when hills got steep. Or because he cursed softly under his breath when his laces came undone. Or because he flushed so easily, the color climbing from the edge of his collar like a secret.

But because he was there. Every day. Tossing James one thing or another before they started stretching, a smoothie, a banana, or a granola bar, muttering about how he needed to eat something before working out for three hours, and then running beside him like it was normal, like James was someone you made time for at dawn. Like this was their thing. And every day, by the second lap, Remus would start to shiver.

James started carrying an extra sweatshirt without even thinking.

One morning, as Remus was catching his breath on the bleachers, James stripped it off and tossed it at him.

“Don’t say I never give you anything.”

Remus looked up, cheeks flushed from the cold, or maybe the run, and caught the hoodie mid-air.

“I’m fine,” he muttered, but still tugged it over his head.

Remus has always been more lean, and so the sweater was a couple of sizesvlarger than him. The neckline slipped off one shoulder, exposing the curve of a collarbone, sharp and delicate. James looked away immediately.

He did not think about that. Except he absolutely did.

He thought about the way Remus’s fingers clutched the hem like it was some sort of anchor. The way he pulled the sleeves down over his hands and stared out at the pitch, chest still rising with each breath. He thought about how Remus showed up in that same one the morning after, how he couldn't stop looking at how it looked like it belonged more on him than it ever did James as they warmed up.

He thought about it way too much.

So when he woke up one morning, clibimg down the stairs two at time with a goofy smile on his face, his stomach grumbling at the thought of what Remus would procure from behind his back, and didn't find him at their usual place, even after he waited 20 minutes, it hit harder than it should have.

He ran without him, but it wasn’t the same. The rhythm was off. He was too warm. Too alone.

Half an hour later, just as he was about to head inside, he heard footsteps behind him, fast and frantic.

He turned, and there was Remus. Hoodie clinging to his sweat-slicked back, face flushed, curls damp and wild. His chest was heaving like he’d sprinted the whole way.

James stared. “How the fuck did you catch up to me?”

“You were supposed to wake me up,” Remus snapped, trying to catch his breath. “We.. we have a thing. I run with you. Every morning.”

His voice cracked slightly on thing.

James blinked. “You sprinted a mile just for me?”

Remus dropped onto the stairs, clearly trying not to keel over. “Shut up.”

“You’re breathless.”

“I’m not.”

“You absolutely are.”

“I said shut up. ”

James grinned, heart hammering. He dropped beside him, thigh pressed to Remus’s, close enough to feel the heat radiating off his damp skin.

“Alright,” James said softly, voice dipping. “No running today.”

Remus huffed, but didn’t move away.

James nudged him gently. “Let’s just sit. Watch the sunrise.”

“I didn’t come here to sit, Potter.”

“You came here for me.”

Remus went completely still.

The sky was turning gold behind them. Their shoulders were touching. Their thighs. Their hands just barely brushing where they rested between them. Remus didn’t pull away. He didn’t say a word.

His breathing was slowing, but his cheeks were still pink.

James looked at him, really looked, and felt his chest squeeze tight.

Remus turned toward him at the same time.

Their noses nearly brushed.

Neither of them moved.

Remus’s eyes flicked to James’s mouth for one heartbeat too long, and then away.

James swallowed. His voice came low, raw. “Next time,” he said, “I’ll wake you up. Promise.”

Remus smiled, just a little. “You better.”

Their knees were still touching.

Their breath still mingling.

And the sun rose for both of them like it had been waiting all along. And along with it something gentle bloomed in James' heart.

[helianthus21]

love Daniel during the vampire apocalypse. Akasha shows up at the vampire dinner table burning vampires left and right and he's like wow! I'm a part of this!! I can sit at the big adult vampire table! I am here with my maker and we will be together forever and ever!!

wonder if he’d been the same if he hadn’t been high on vampire birthday endorphins

[sierrabravoecho]

Why does Ilyn clack when he laughs?

Caveat: I'm a Speech and Language Therapist who doesn't specialise in glossectomy with too much time on my hands

One of Ilyn's defining characteristics is the fact that 14 years before we're introduced to him in AGOT, he was mutilated by Aerys Targaryen:

While the removal of a person's tongue using hot pincers is barbaric, we do have a modern analogue: glossectomy.

A glossectomy is a surgical procedure involving the partial or complete removal of the tongue. It is typically performed to treat tongue cancer, but it may also be necessary in cases of other medical conditions affecting the tongue. Here's an example of a person's speech at different time points post total glossectomy.

As a result of his glossectomy, GRRM doesn't include any verbal output from Ilyn in the text (i.e spoken words).

However, there is one distinct vocal (i.e using voice but not necessarily words, such as humming, singing, or individual sounds) characteristic that we see repeatedly from Ilyn: the clacking sound that tells us that he's amused.

Here's the thing about laughter: unlike speech, where precise tongue movements are needed to form sounds, laughter doesn't require the same level of articulation.

This MRI of spontaneous laughter shows us that the main processes in producing laughter are movement of the velum (soft palate), movement of the pharyngeal walls, and retraction and lowering of the tongue. Given what we know about Ilyn, we can assume the only process that's interrupted here is the retraction and lowering of the tongue.

So why exactly does he clack when he laughs?

First of all, we need to define what is meant by clacking.

The broad dictionary definition is a sharp, repetitive sound made when two hard surfaces quickly strike each other. In the context of vocal sounds, we need to consider a few possibilities:

Speech sounds

Clicks

I'm going to be giving a lot of examples using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) here so if you want some quick resources here's the Wikipedia page, and here's an interactive version of the IPA chart where you can click and hear each sound.

Speech sounds

We're assuming, as Aerys had his "tongue ripped out", there is a significant portion of Ilyn's tongue missing. Because of this, for place of articulation I'm going to be focusing on the portion of the IPA chart from palatal sounds to glottal sounds. Because clacking requires two surfaces striking each other, there are three different manners of articulation which we could consider: plosives, taps/ flaps, and trills. However, when we consider both place and manner of articulation together, there are only a few sounds which Ilyn could produce, all plosive sounds (where articulators fully close, stopping airflow, and then release it with a burst).

Given that the sounds are described as "clacking" rather than "gulping", I'm going to assume that the sounds are voiceless plosives (typically align more with /k/ sounds) rather than voiced plosives (typically align more with /g/ sounds). This gives us three different ideas of what the clacking might sound like (I'm eliminating the glottal stop as this is a complete closure of the vocal cords, e.g the space between the first and second words in uh-oh):

voiceless palatal plosive

voiceless velar plosive

voiceless uvular plosive

2. Clicks

We can also use the IPA to transcribe clicks, which are used in some African languages.

Again, given that we can assume a significant portion of Ilyn's tongue is missing, we can narrow this down to one type of click, as it's the only type of click which does not require the tip of the tongue: an alveolar lateral click.

Yes, but you still haven't explained why he clacks rather than laughs.

There's a reason I still haven't given a clear explanation: it doesn't make much sense.

We've seen in the MRI above that laughter requires lowering and retraction of the tongue, but all the examples of clacking sounds require the raising of the tongue in order for it to strike another articulator to produce the required sound.

There's one exception to producing laughter where the tongue is raised rather than lowered or neutral: giggling.

With giggling, the vowels produced are closer to front closed vowels rather than the neutral schwa or lower, open vowels.

TL;DR: Ilyn clacks when he laughs because he's a giggler.

[seokminfilm]

bf seokmin headcanons for the soul

🤍 warnings, fluff, headcanons, established relationship, boyfriend seokmin, pet names, mentions of periods/cramps, shy/soft seokmin, mentions of nudity, overall just sickeningly fluffy boyfriend seokmin headcanons

🤍 author's note, wanted to write something but couldn't think of a good plot so we're going the headcanon route instead!! saw these pictures and instantly felt like writing fluffy boyfriend headcanons so here we are 🤍

🤍 now playing, everybody wants to rule the world (tears for fears)

🤍 word count, 614 | for @kstrucknet, @maestro-net

— boyfriend!seokmin who packs your lunch for work and leaves you handwritten notes telling you how much he loves & cares for you

— boyfriend!seokmin who finds pleasure in cooking for you and providing for you when you don't ask (will jump at the chance to text you and ask if you want something from the store)

— boyfriend!seokmin who loves spooning you at night if you have period cramps. he knows the exact spot where you like pressure and will spend his time massaging that spot until you're satisfied.

— boyfriend!seokmin who will send you song recommendations at the most random times of the day. no matter where you are (even if you're a few feet away from him), he will send you a song that reminds him of you or your relationship with him.

— boyfriend!seokmin who still gets shy when he takes off his clothes in front of you. no matter how much you've seen his body before, it still makes him nervous and gives him butterflies when you love on him.

— boyfriend!seokmin who sends you instagram reels he thinks you'll like, hoping that you'll laugh at them so he can hear your giggle.

— boyfriend!seokmin who dries you off after you get out of the shower. he thinks it's so intimate and loves hearing your pleased sighs; seokmin will kiss your skin as he does so.

— boyfriend!seokmin who waits for you to take the first bite of food. always wants to make sure you're happy with what you got before he starts to eat.

— boyfriend!seokmin who when jealous will cling to you 10x more than he normally does. will stay glued to your hip when suspicious of a guy, and doesn't hesitate with pda if he's bothered enough.

— boyfriend!seokmin who calls you all the sweetest pet names in the book and is constantly looking for new ones to try and get your opinion on.

—boyfriend!seokmin who loves it when you play with his hair. he will give anything to have his head in your lap while you play with his naturally curly hair, and loves it when you kiss his forehead while doing so.

— boyfriend!seokmin who has a secret pinterest board planning out his future wedding and house with you. it has all types of pictures, and he has so many dreams for your future house.

— boyfriend!seokmin who loves to have your hands on his body, whether you're holding his hand or running your fingers along his bare chest. adores when you trace his facial features with your fingers.

— boyfriend!seokmin who cannot resist the nose kisses you give him. will become a soft blushing mess when you peck the end of his nose.

— boyfriend!seokmin who will listen to your vent and spend all the time he needs to comfort you before giving you advice/reassuring you. will never rush you or force you to tell him what's bothering you; he wants you to do it on your own time!

— boyfriend!seokmin who will do your hair for you if you ask; he loves to braid your hair and brush it for you, and will not hesitate if you ask him to wash it.

— boyfriend!seokmin who considers it an honor and a privilege to be able to be your boyfriend. he never takes you for granted and always lets you know that he loves you in some way, whether it's verbally telling you, giving you silent hugs or kisses, or doing acts of service for you that will show you his adoration for you. seokmin's main goal in life is to please you and show you that he cares for you.

[jyjkj]

Landoscar vs Word Association

Landoscar challenges are what I live for

🎥: Instagram

Lando’s colour evolution over the course of this video needs to be studied and his little voice crack at ~0:45 like “We’ve go📈t this one” is so endearing to me

GUYS the little feet taps?? Don’t touch me I’m soft 😭

Me watching this video like same Lando same…

How did they not get cow from milk and horns?? but oh well papaya twins operate in ways we may never understand 😭

The way Oscar just progressively got more and more stressed as Lando got more and more giggly, I love these fools 😔🧡

[clown-eating-pig]

Omg no way!! It’s Jon The Magnus Archives!!!!

[kijeu]

favourite bang chan fancams 5 / ∞ [ 210912 inkigayo - thunderous ⋆ ]

[kenniteh]

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY HEHE

[hollandmarrch]

RYAN GOSLING interviewed by Fandango, April 2024 (x)

[calamarispiderart]

heeeheheheeeeheehee

[youling-the-ghost]

Titch my beloved <3 (ft. Derek)

[beans9172]

*click* supplemental

[mobwhim]

a couple drinks at home later ..