#AND A PAIR OF LIPS.

[adhd-merlin]

I love exploring new ships bc it gives me more perspectives on the characters and I get to see how different kinds of love change them as a person. So.

all this to say do you have any good starter recs for merwenthur 🙏✨

Hey :) I've only been in the fandom a few months and I mean it when I say I haven't read much Merlin fanfic (I've spent way more time here on tumblr than on AO3).

But since you asked me, personally my recommendation for a starter Merwenthur fic would be Choose and Choose and Choose by fleete.

I think it's the fic that got me actually interested in this ship in the first place, and also probably the only longish Merwenthur fic I've read (though it's only about 11k word).

You might have read it already, because it's the one Merwenthur fic I keep recommending – in which case you can skip the next few paragraphs (sorry). But I'll put another couple of links at the end if you want to check out more stuff.

fleete's fic is about the three of them getting together, and the "triggering event" is Gwen jokingly confessing to Arthur how she kissed Merlin after he almost died from drinking poison that one time. And Arthur has... an interesting reaction to that revelation.

You know when you read a fic and it just makes something click for you? This fic did so for me, and it just happens to tick many of my boxes in terms of tropes, too.

I love the characterisation; the three of them didn't feel too OOC even when they were doing things they never would in canon.

I liked the slight awkwardness around sex of Arthur and Gwen, because they're medieval 20-somethings who only recently lost their virginity to each other, and I found it realistic and also kind of endearing. I liked the tenderness and the vulnerability of it.

I liked the dynamic of the whole triad, but especially between Gwen and Merlin because in this fic it feels like their S1 friendship again and it's clear that they care about each other a lot, and in some Merwenthur I've read their relationship feels a bit like an afterthought at times, coming second to Merlin’s relationship with Arthur, or Arthur’s with Gwen.

I don't know, I guess The Vibe in this story just felt right to me, and I loved it to bits.

A lil excerpt:

Before this, Merlin was a comfortable presence at Arthur’s side. He was like Arthur’s right arm. Or maybe, more precisely, like one of Arthur’s old battle wounds: occasionally annoying, but a familiar part of his body. And now. Merlin seems to have acquired his own body. And a pair of lips. Lips that Gwen kissed. It’s absurd how little time it takes for his mind to spin Gwen’s original, innocent story into something more tawdry. He pictures Gwen sitting in Merlin’s lap, rubbing her thumb under his chin, pushing up until he consents to let his head fall back. Gwen would pull down Merlin’s stupid scarf, admire his Adam’s Apple, feel the beat of his pulse under her fingers, and stroke up and down his throat while Merlin breathed open-mouthed at the ceiling, probably aroused and nervous. Would Merlin be nervous? Arthur thinks so. 

@merlinemrys has also published some Merwenthur fics on AO3, as well as @flight-of-fantasy, who's recently updated their Merwenthur fic. They both might have more to rec.

If you've read or will read fleete's story, I've tried my hand at a sequel, because personally I needed more.

Also!! There's going to be a merwenthur fest soon (!?) so keep your eyes peeled for that 👀

[anotherdescentintomadness]

Wang YiBo and His Tiny Handbags

Wang YiBo’s recent photo drop for SDC6 brought back to mind (well it’s always on MY mind, but it seemed to remind everyone else) his love for tiny handbags.

So please enjoy this selection of Wang YiBo’s tiny handbags:

[singledigitsalary]

[birdcatt]

[drakkonyan]

*screaming and getting dragged in by Mr. Capcom himself, I know too much and he must silence me*

EDGEWORTH USING HIS CRAVAT TO COVER HIS INTUBATION SCAR HE GOT FROM SURGERIES NEEDED AFTER DL-6 AS A METAPHOR TO HIM TRYING TO COVER THAT PART OF HIS PAST UNDER THE VON KARMA NAME-

[rivertigo]

makeup I did just now! very interesting to see how my right eyelid lays slightly lower than my left one

[stuckinapril]

charlotte tilbury should sponsor me for how committed I am to wearing their pillow talk products on a daily basis

[peaches2217]

I like to think that a cute thing Peach sometimes does after her and Mario kiss (since his face is tilted up towards her) is kiss his nose and then his forehead as well, or she can go in reverse order and finish it off with a kiss on the lips 🥰

Hi, hello, good afternoon. I came as soon as I could. You seemed to have lost this so I went looking for it for you.

[moregraceful]

four on foreplay by whoredeleau

“Another?” Fabian grins around the question

The gangbang William Eklund deserves ✨ a moodboard for one of my favorite Sharks fics written by one of my favorite people!!

For @hrpffandomeventblog's April event: moodboards. Photos from here & here.

[ollyollyaxe]

thought too hard about hoffman in tank tops so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[rosenfey]

anyway. back to the regularly scheduled posting.

[peachdues]

HAVE YOU SEEN DADDY?

Seen daddy, seen heaven, seen white

[ohmygodthemuppets]

went on vacation, found the other vinyl :)

[absolutebl]

Do you know how common it is for Korea BL costars to do more shows together? I LOVED the actors together in To My Star and My Dating Sim, but I don't know that we will get any more BLs from them..I am preemptively sad about this because they had so much chemistry. I did think it was funny that both mains in My Dating Sim had previously been in a same show together (User Not Found) in minor roles tho

Hi!

Actually, the mains from To My Star had been in a show together before it aired, too: Tale of the Nine-Tailed. They were also both in The Golden Spoon after TMS, too.

(I am assuming this means the paired unit shared an agency in both instances.)

How common it is for Korea BL costars to do more shows together?

Uncommon, if not exactly impossible. Should we call it highly highly unlikely?

We have only ever gotten pairs as second seasons (in the same roles), with ONE exception, these boys:

AKA the Kissable Lips Pair: Kim Ji Woong & Yoon Seo Bin

They did Kissable Lips and Roommates of Poongduck 304 together. They even co branded for a little while (Thai style).

But for obvious reasons (see Boys Planet) we will not be seeing them together for a long while, if ever. That's assuming Mnet doesn't go all X1 on the new group...

so I suppose anything is possible.

[carnationhes]

reading mockingjay rn and right before the epilogue katniss is like “Gale is probably in district 2 right now kissing another pair of lips” and I like to think that’s her way of telling us he’s a whore

[neurosses]

someone free hennessy aka the bad bitch herself from takes that she and jordan are sisters. they are not sisters. I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE "WOULD YOU FUCK YOUR OWN CLONE" WEBSITE? I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE "NARCISSUS GETTING PEGGED WHILST LOOKING AT HIS OWN REFLECTION" WEBSITE. WERE YOU ALL JOKING? R U SERIOUS.