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Like I said on my other post, hand me a Cig n a pack of edibles, and I’ll draw him in lingerie-

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no one: literally no one: not even Drax: my fav Marvel characters: a space himbo (Star-Lord) a 50s soldier with PTSD (Bucky <3) a raccoon with PTSD (Rocket) a middle child (Loki) an angry grape (Hulk)

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OH SHIT I ALMOST FORGOT TO POST THIS BUT HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM L.T, THE ULTIMATE CIRCUS PERFORMER!! this is for a dtiys challenge i’m hosting over on instagram!💗💗

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OK I’M BACK, AND JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS-

yeahhh i did not plan on being MIA for almost two weeks but i caught a fever that essentially put me in a damn coma for a whole day, then i got cramps a few days later so i had little energy for art😮‍💨

i feel alot better now and i’m back on the art grind with this doodle, as i’ve been watching the 1965 beatles cartoon and enjoying it alot, it’s trash but it’s my trash, and paul is my favorite character…he’s so babygirl✨

i have an actual christmas piece but i can’t show it yet so take this🩵🩵 merry crisis ya’ll 🎄

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WEEEE i have given in to the gundham tanaka propoganda, thanks to @melonpire 🖤🖤

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i see y'all like that last drawing so i wanted to post more of these, sorry if ryoma starts too look different in the future i need to make a character sheet for him

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Thinking about a duct tape wizard

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✶⋆.˚happy birthday Paul ✶⋆.˚

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL MCCARTNEY 🎉🎉

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83 candles for paul

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no wonder im in love with jj maybank, this dude was my first childhood crush...

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🎵🧁 age regressor sweetie belle stimboard!

with related stims! stimboards arent requestable

🎵🧁🎵|🧁🎵🧁|🎵🧁🎵

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{ 🌈 ✂️ 🌈 | 🌈 👨‍🦰 🌈 | 🌈 🔪 🌈 }

chucky stimboard

had to include the flag gif bc if there's anything my man is not, it's homophobic 🫰

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“ Muffin ? ”

Ditzy Doo Stimboard!

🫧 | ✉️ | 🪽

💛 | 📜 | 🩶

💫 | 📦 | 🍪

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Writing ROMANTIC TENSION!

When you're writing romance, you need to have TENSION. Your characters need to pull your readers into the story with not just their dialogues, but also their chemistry. What is tension, you ask? It's quite simple. When two people are attracted to each other, or like each other, or are in love with each other, it causes a certain shift in the air. When these two people come together, they seem to outshine everyone else in the room and make it just about themselves (in a good way ofc). This shift in the air which hooks you into the scene is called tension. The chemistry that your main characters carry, will infact carry the whole story --- if you're writing romance, i.e.

How do you write this romantic tension? Well, as someone who's been writing romance for 4 years now, here's a few things I do to show the chemistry between my characters.

Show, don't tell: This is probably the most common advice you'll ever receive. And spoiler alert: IT IS TRUE. Any scene that includes an emotion will require you to show it, visualise it for the crowd instead of just writing it down. Romance, love, is a sensitive emotion. The readers need to SEE it happening, instead of just reading about it. Eye contact, long stares, switching their gaze from the eyes to the lips & back to the eyes, coming close for a few seconds, banter-turned-flirting are some ways you can show the chemistry.

Intimacy is key: Proximity. Closeness. Coming together. Put your characters in situations where they have to work together. Show their differences/similarities in handling tasks and make them argue or slightly quarrel if there's any differences and show them rejoicing if there's an agreement. Intimacy lies in more than just the body, bring out a quality in your characters, preferably a good one, in your characters when they're together. Make that quality their strong suit that drives them closer.

Words are sexy: Dialogues can create tension better than anything else (in my opinion). Notice how every time your ships/pairings are bantering, one of them ends up saying something sexual or romantic in a frisky way and we end up blushing like crazy? Yep, that's the goal. We absolutely love it when the guy says "oh yeah?" or ends up calling the girl a cute nickname while bantering. Dialogues can reach out to readers in a more personal way because they are the direct interactions between your characters. Make your OTP interact and have fun (pun intended!)

Add restraint: Sometimes, when the characters are almost about to kiss and someone interrupts them, we feel like throwing the book away. But at the same time, we want more because we want to see our characters kiss, or confess, or even get down dirty ;). You have put your characters in each other's close proximities, given them a driving force and added a razzle-dazzle with the dialogues and flirting! Yet, something is missing and the romance feels too....predictable? Put a constraint. This is especially important for slowburns. Personally, I love me a slowburn - it creates higher tension, emphasises on a foundation between characters and makes the kiss/confession/sex even more hot (again, my opinion). I suggest, a hint of a barrier won't do any harm. When you've reached the level of tension where it's normal for your characters to kiss or make-out, your readers are more focused than ever. Adding a restraint will make them crave the romance more and hence, stay hooked into the story. HOWEVER, DON'T STALL THE PROJECT. Just because your characters got interrupted in chapter 7 doesn't mean they can't kiss till chapter 15 or something. If they don't kiss in this chapter, they kiss after maybe 2-3 more chapters. You want to delay the romance only by a tad bit, so that your readers are still interested.

That's all I have for today! I hope these help you guys! - ashlee.