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[mediicusvitae]

Anonymous said: Lamy! Uta's @muselexum​ birthday is today!

“I know! Isn't it exciting?!” Lamy squealed in excitement. She exhaled a proud puff of steam through her nose as she tapped her little notebook with the tip of her pen. The date had been marked in pink glitter, surrounded by little hearts. Her voice dropped to a low and confidential tone, a little shaky with exhilaration. “I've been prepping for this! I freed up my schedule so we can spend the whole day together.” A perfect plan construed with near surgical precision, her Trafalgar genes preening. The gesture itself was surely going to be appreciated the most, but what kind of manners would she be displaying if she arrived on the diva's special day emptyhanded?

She had tried baking her a cake, but it had ended up burnt at the edges and raw on the inside, so she had discreetly gotten rid of it. A blessing in disguise thanks to her abismal cooking skills. “I also got her some sweets from different islands, and a new paperback where she can write down her lyrics. And a red teddy bear. And a new frilly dress from Doskoi Panda—it has pockets!” The last part was underlined with a wink as she snapped her notebook shut.

I'm such a good girlfriend, she would've thought to herself, if she was feeling a tad smitten. Which she was. Oh, god, she was. Lamy cleared her throat, adjusting her reading glasses back up her nose with her thumb. She spent so many of her waking moments studying cardiac matters, and the myocardium of her own heart was filled with love and adoration, damnit. She was going to find as many ways as possible to show Uta that she deserved the world. Lamy closed her eyes and clutched her notebook tighly to her chest, imagining her reaction with a dopey grin. “Ahhh... I really hope that she'll like it!”

[nicostiel]

Red, White and Royal Blue (2023) + text posts

[swearphil]

What about you?

[k-wame]

Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) · RomCom · dir. Matthew López

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[ningadudexx]

art dump of stuff i forgto to post... also i have TWO whopping slots open for comms still :D i finished the other three comms (^_^) 👍

[kawaiizombiepizza]

#the undiagnosed ADHD bisexual that is# Alex Claremont-diaZ

[ashintheairlikesnow]

Okay so here, I think, is why I think Red, White and Royal Blue succeeds spectacularly as a romcom, and actually to me is a better-than-average take on the genre.

First, the leads have absolutely scorching chemistry. They are incredibly believable as two men absolutely infatuated with each other. They each kiss like drowning men shown water, right down to how each grabs at the other, at hair or back or neck and face.

They each have developed their character having a specific characteristic even when flirting or kissing. Henry grabs Alex's hair, for example, every single time, in a way that makes it clear he spends serious time thinking about that hair.

Fair enough, Henry.

They also do something even goddamn better.

They are friends. They are believable as two people who could actually get along long enough to fall in love.

They are allowed to become FRIENDS.

They are given time to get to know each other before they get physical. You can feel their interest in each other growing. And, to my opinion, you can tell that Henry is feeling Alex out through texts to see if the interest might be reciprocated even though he thinks it can't possibly be.

One thing that kills me about romcoms is how the leads will have witty "sexy" banter but don't seem to actually like each other. They are enemies who fall into bed but aren't really believable as lovers.

Henry and Alex are believable, because they... Well. They're impossibly silly even when tearing at each other's clothes. They have awkward moments.

They laugh.

Alex laughs in bed. He holds Henry in a way that is romantic, openly so. Henry is overcoming the conditioned hesitation and avoidance he has, his smiles and warmth and laughter come with rare vulnerability - Alex is a man who throws himself head first into life and has no such compunctions in the moment. He laughs because this is awesome and Jesus Christ, Prince Henry is too hot to be real.

They like each other, they stumble, they laugh.

But also, another reason this works so well?

The sex scene isn't scorching.

Watching the sex scene felt realistically intimate. It felt like I had walked in one real people and needed to leave. It was intense in a way that felt like something I maybe wasn't meant to see.

It was filmed so well. So much romanticism and deeply felt adoration in a simple grasping of a hand, the look in soft eyes, a hand pressed against a back. The edge of a knee just in frame. Looking up and looking down.

It felt like we walked into their room during and saw them both laid utterly bare.

Henry's look of vulnerability and nerves and pleasure, Alex looking slowly over his face to take it all in. Moving slowly, then, when everything they do before this is hurried or hidden.

It works as a romcom because you believe 100% these two men could get to like each other, fall in love, and stay that way.

You believe Henry's very real terror of rejection from the public because he already knows his family, beyond his sister, will reject him. You believe that Alex is a headstrong idealist who is sure that you can bulldoze through any wall too tall to climb.

And you believe that between the two of them, they can find a way around the wall entirely.

This movie is a master class on how a movie can get you to suspend so much disbelief if the leads sell their characters. The importance of believable chemistry.

And also... Isn't it nice to see a queer love story in a world that is, in some ways, just a few shades better than our own?

P.S. you cannot tell me Stephen Fry did not chew the goddamn scenery in circles all around everyone during his single scene. That man was having a ball.

[xanthickee]

Meanwhile American Invasion💀

someone take my phone away🙂

[roseapothecary]

Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) dir. Matthew Lopez

[renegadesstuff]

IT'S BEEN ELEVEN MONTHS SINCE ALEX & HENRY RETURNED AND I'VE MISSED THEM EVER SINCE 🥺❤️

[xxbeyondangelsxx]

Alex & Henry ● Paris.

Source: Red, White, & Royal Blue/Amazon Prime

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[swearphil]

Wait a minute || for anon

[in-myheartofhearts]

THE BEAUTY OF...

Red, White & Royal Blue directed by Matthew López.

[hischiersjohnston]

RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE | Favourite Heartbreaking Prince Henry Moments ( 2 / ?? )

The Kensington Palace Scene