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Red, White and Royal Blue (2023) + tweets

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Favorite canon bisexual characters:

Nick Nelson in Heartstopper (2022 - )

Remy "Thirteen" Hadley in House, M.D. (2004-2012)

Rosa Diaz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021)

Alex Claremont-Diaz in Red, White and Royal Blue (2023)

Annalise Keating in How To Get Away With Murder (2014-2020)

Callie Torres in Grey's anatomy (2005-)

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ALEX & HENRY | Red, white & royal blue (2023)

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What are you doing here?

DEVI VISHWAKUMAR & BEN GROSS Never Have I Ever | 4.10 “...said goodbye“

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NEVER HAVE I EVER “…wrecked my future” 4.04

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DEVI VISHAKUMAR & KAMALA NANDIWADAL in NEVER HAVE I EVER | 4.10 “…said goodbye”

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NEVER HAVE I EVER (2023) S04E10: “…said goodbye“

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'cause i'm a mastermind

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ur so right abt the way that scene between ben and devi was shot because every single moment when we see devi making out with someone (or about to have s*x) is so driven by her “horny side” only, for paxton and des she just wanted to have s*x and get over with it and with ethan she just was on her horny and active rush which is good but the ben/devi scene, yes it was framed with a sense of urgency between them but also so much care and love. the lighting, the touches, the hands, smiling at each other and just everything about it was beautiful.

and call me crazy but i am happy the show didn’t do the typical “devi only has s*x with ben” narrative because i was about sure they wouldn’t have her have s*x with ethan and they did and was surprised because most shows don’t do that. ben and devi lost their virginity together and that’s already special but they didn’t have devi pondering around waiting for ben. she got to experience a little bit of fun and discover her preferences and be comfortable with it (and maybe ben did so too with margot) and then they get to make love to each other and know what it means and the differences in that and now they can start a relationship when there’s some level of experience and they can just explore what they both want.

some shows tend to do the opposite for “romanticism” so i am glad they did not.

OH ANON HOW I LOVE YOU FOR THIS BECAUSE CAN. WE. TALK ABOUT IT!

i already predicted a while ago that the show would have ben and devi make love again but this time it would be much more natural and easy for them:

i agree with you. i think it was important to show benvi's first time as being awkward, and having it pale in comparison to her next time with ethan, who is far more experienced. it allowed devi to have fun (and im assuming its almost certain ben also had sex with margot) while embodying the whole, fun time NOT a long time thing. im sure they both learned a lot about their preferences like you said during those respective relationships.

but going back to what i loved most about 410's sex redo - how it was the ONLY sex scene in the show that wasn't shot like a high school steamy fling type of deal.

of course, there's that big damn kiss that's been building up for four years with more steam needed to be released than pati's rice cooker, BUT, the lighting. the song, the actors' natural chemistry. the tone itself already feels so much more serious than any other romantic scene in the show.

i honestly thought it would end here, so imagine my surprise when they continued - and i think this second part is what sets it apart from all the other intimate scenes in the show.

henna shot. i fucking died. ive talked enough about this on twitter and im sure other people are talking about this but it is just so symbolic for devi as an individual, her relationship with her culture and how she doesn't have to separate that from her romantic endeavours because she is desirable as she is! s1 devi would faint! she absolutely would!

and now this shot, which is what the tags you're referring to were about, has me still going cuckoo bananas like. pulling away to smile at each other. they're literally in fucking love. this is love. this is not the show trying to gain an audience using steamy scenes, or devi being horny - not that there is anything wrong with that either - but she is so visibly content and comfortable and happy and you can see it in her smile. both of their smiles in fact.

that small moment is what makes this scene for me.

anyway sorry for the huge rant. if you couldn't tell already i really love this scene! it was very well done.

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I know we just get one of your amazing fanfics, BUT are we going to get another for s4?

i have a lot of thoughts about that alternate ending, but like, mixing it with the canon because i cannot physically fathom a universe where ben gross and devi vishwakumar don't decide to be together after flying across the country to confess his love.

however, i was interested in writing a fic where they broke up somewhere later in college, and then reunite early on in their law career in a case where one of them is working for the defendant and the other for the plaintiff. meeting a lot younger than the pics from the alternate ending made it seem, but still. adult late 20s or early 30s ben and devi has always been something thats intrigued me. they have a childish dynamic that would be fun to translate into a more mature setting.

ive been struggling to find free time these days but i hope i can get it out one day. also benvi pizza delivery fic wip is collecting dust in my docs. both of them need to be freed

OH btw thank you so much for complimenting my recent fic! im glad you loved it. that makes me very happy to know

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that moment when Devi is packing and finds the UN badge, sends Ben the pic and they have that conversation about nuking someone was such a sweet moment because that was the moment the audience realizes, hey, maybe there’s something here, so bringing it back was a cute gesture to tie everything together.

exactly anon. i thought it was sweet that devi never threw it away in the first place. and by bringing it back, i felt like you could visibly feel just how much they've grown from 105. like they're young adults joking around about things they did when they were fifteen and slightly crazier.

also these two idiots both thinking of each other but being too scared to communicate it!

kind of insane to imagine how different their relationship would have panned out had devi not gone on that model un trip. neither of them may have taken home that gavel, but they both gained something infinitely sweeter 🫶🏼

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MAITREYI RAMAKRISHNAN for STILL WATCHING NETFLIX.

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flying across the country… because he realized he had never actually told devi how he felt…

no one touch me i’m fragile

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Fantasy vs. Reality

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Jaren + Maitreyi’s Goodbye Letters To Each Other

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I wish I could fly I'd pick you up and we'd go back in time I'd write this in the sky I miss you like it was the very first night

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MAITREYI RAMAKRISHNAN as DEVI VISHWAKUMAR NEVER HAVE I EVER (2020-2023)