#Descriptive prose

[hotguynextdoor2]

“Cool air kissed the heat between my thighs.” [299]

Fall of Ruin and Wrath by JL Armentrout

It’s truly momentous feeling to be witness to Armentrout’s writing. *sigh* such wonderful prose

[mercurysnova]

[ubepan]

i really love this meme for bingqiu because the correct way to illustrate it is not with a bored sqq who's readily answering all these, but a SQQ that has a tone and expression brimmed with one hundred and twenty percent warm indulgence—a promise to grant whatever request LBH might have. like genuinely that's the only way

[ID: A text conversation with Scum Villain characters edited over it. It reads:

Luo Binghe: I have a question for you.

Shen Qingqiu: Yes I'd cry if you died Yes I'd still love you if you was a worm Yes I still love you No I don't want to break up

Luo Binghe: Thank you. End ID]

[asyor]

talking his ear off and taking his head off(??)

[lizkreates]

[ID: Trigun fanart of Vash holding his gun in a ready stance while he looks back and grins with determination. He’s drawn in black and white against a gray background, and a gray triangle and purple stripe are placed above him. Text next to him says “I’ll be your bodyguard & ace(spec) gunman.” End ID]

(Thank you @princess-of-purple-prose for the ID text!)

I don’t see this head-canon often for him, but he read very ace-spec to me. <3

[orcelito]

ok, i cant resist the urge to make a post about it after all, especially since it's related to a post i made prior

one of my favorite moments in trimax is By Far this part in chapter 35

[ID: Two pages from Trigun. The first starts with Wolfwood thinking, "Now that I think 'bout it, it may be one of the major differences between our species." That deep rooted dear I felt on the ship…" He thinks of Vash crying blood and, swearing, wonders, "Is he the one who can save humankind? That monster?" Wolfwood is briefly shown in resolution before someone calls, "Hey, Wolfwood!" and he looks up with surprise.

Vash sits with a smile at the edge of a rooftop, backed by the Fifth Moon and its prominent crater. Vash asks with a smile, "Just coming back now? You're a bit of a night owl, huh?" Wolfwood looks taken aback and wary. End ID]

Right Here. Vash is just sitting there, smiling like normal, but he's got the backdrop of the damage he caused on the moon set Perfectly behind him. it's a glaring reminder to Wolfwood of who exactly he's dealing with here, and that TERRIFIES him.

& the fact that Wolfwood still remembers that moment of crying blood as a moment of true fear. because for all the cheer Vash shows in the average moment, Wolfwood just recently saw him nearly lose control Again (at the Dragon's Nest). the second time he witnessed it, & the third time he would know about.

Vash is a walking atomic bomb with multiple charges. even with how cheerful & kind he is, he's shown Multiple Times that he does not have full control. he is decidedly something different, something Hazardous to humans, and Wolfwood knows this very very painfully.

for all that Wolfwood loves Vash, he is also terrified of him. and at this point in the story, that terror is potent enough to nearly eclipse his affection for Vash.

leading to some of the next most iconic pages:

[ID: The next page starts with Wolfwood standing behind the sitting Vash, his expression hard and the moon bright behind him. Vash seems sad and has one eye open. A close-up focuses on Wolfwood looking down.

Wolfwood thinks, "So easy to pull the trigger. So easy to remove half the problem." Another close-up with bright lighting obscures his face but for one eye. Then Vash turns around curiously and asks, "What's up?" Wolfwood sits behind him and says "Nothin'. Come on. Let's go." Vash seems surprised as Wolfwood scolds, "Don't get yerself tangled up in every little skirmish ya see. It'll be pointless if ya get yerself killed before ya meet him." End ID]

the manga frames it like Vash doesn't know Wolfwood was pointing the gun at him, but I think he did know. he's freakishly perceptive over and over again throughout the story. he HAS to be in order to survive like he has. he'd hear the movement of the gun & sense Wolfwood behind him...

he'd know. i really think he knew.

but he doesn't do anything about it. there is zero fear in his face. he turns to look at Wolfwood curiously, a bit confused, but not afraid. he never once thought that Wolfwood would shoot him. there's full faith and trust there in that moment.

Wolfwood pretends that nothing happened, & Vash lets him. they both move on, not talking about it, because they never talk about Anything of substance like this (not until much, Much later).

overall, it's just such a great example of their relationship's development. Wolfwood's fear & Vash's trust that he won't act on it... it's just. Man.

(EDIT: people have made some good points about how Vash's expression when Wolfwood points the gun at him shows that he probably did know and YEAH that's a good point! & probably why I was so certain he knew lol, I just hadn't realized it myself)

[sarcasticmothdraws]

The boys are fighting

[chadlesbianjasontodd]

[translation] "Pear Blossom" by Yoshiya Nobuko

Although the fiction of "Japan's first lesbian author" Yoshiya Nobuko was (and remains) hugely popular, of her entire body of work only one short story has ever been published in English translation, and no (other) fan translations appear to exist --- despite the enormous influence of her work on the predominant aesthetics and themes of shoujo manga. The beautiful flowery style and melodrama so famously attached to shoujo manga are thanks in large part to Yoshiya, and I'm very happy to be able to share one of her stories with you now!

"Pear Blossom" is a sparse and vivid short story from Yoshiya's early collection Hanamonogatari ("Flower tales"), a book noted for its use of beautiful imagery and its emphasis on the importance of romantic relationships between girls.

Read it here!

(nota bene, "Pear Blossom" is in the style of romantic, 'narcissistic' girlhood tragedy for which Yoshiya is most famous; approach accordingly. I've also included a page of notes on Yoshiya and her early lesbian fiction.)

[strawberrystepmom]

okay we are loving ourselves today by force & order of me so here's an exercise: please put in the tags how your fav would describe you if they were writing about you

keep in mind - this is someone who loves you. words that are NOT allowed include: boring, average, ugly or anything relating to unattractiveness. see yourself through the eyes of someone who loves you and let me know how they see you.

[taterdraws]

hm, is that microphone even connected to anything? 🤔🤨

[ID: A dramatic portrait in black and purple of Cecil Palmer in Night Vale episode 48. He stands within a purple frame, holding a mic and Khoshekh, and looks forward with three glowing purple eyes. A black angel with many eyes and a glitch effect of them hovers behind him. Around them is the text: “He is holding… a cat.” End ID]

[hotguynextdoor2]

“[Prince Thorne] slid his hands down my arms, catching the sleeves of my gown. The breath I took snagged as the silky material slipped from my arms and from my hips, pooling at my feet.” [pg296, ch27]

Fall of Ruin and Wrath by JL Armentrout

My favorite part of this is the structure of the second sentence. I love how breath is the subject while I is merely an article? I’ve never been great at grammar. Armentrout does this alot with their sentence structure. It makes the writing flow as if you’re listening to a harp.

Difficult to describe but very moving even with description as simple as Lis being undressed.

[15-lizards]

Idk if You've already posted about this, but I would LOVEEEE to see your fashion ideas for the bene gesserit

I already did but im still on my dune kick so I'll do some more <3

Since this is a sci fi where folding time and space to cross the universe is literally possible, the types of clothing any given bene gesserit wears will not be the same as her sister who lives two solar systems away. However, there is an overarching feature that connects all of them. The idea of being hidden and mysterious is so important to the bene dessert's functions, and they need to portray themselves as these mystics behind a wall in any way possible, including in their look. This seems to be basically canon in the new movies, so I'm running with it. Thus there's always some sort of barrier in what they wear. Veils, headdresses, masks, etc. Anything from a delicate lace veil to a simple hair wrap to an extravagant metal full-face covering. Any sort of barrier from the rest of the world, to wordlessly say that they are above the masses, that the curtain is not to be pulled back.

And ive talked a bit about clothing before, and recently came up with more ideas for different sects and stuff, but that's a whole other long ass post that I won't do (just yet). But like the headdresses, what the BG wear is also widely varied due to their spread across the known galaxy, though I do imagine it is always quite elegant.

[lizard-isms]

congratulations to deeply strange individuals with symbolically significant round frame glasses, identity issues, purple color-coding, and middle part bangs, who lie, have an eventual twist betrayal, and are trapped near-inextricably in their circumstances (at least in part) by the hand of an evil horrifically manipulative groomer. and have leap year birthdays!!!

[ID: A screenshot of Anthy from Revolutionary Girl Utena and a screeenshot of Kabuto from Naruto. Both are shown smiling. End ID]

[duckiemimi]

there’s a “peeling oranges as an act of love” renaissance happening on twitter right now and it reminded me of this 🍊

[grocerystoretrip]

pluto probably has a hole in his heart and we will never know

[ducotte-real]

Ok so AO3 user Eggio's Sampard Divinity AU fic series has me going Bananas mhm mhm so i had to scribble or I'd combust (EDIT: AND THEY HAVE A TUMBLR @/SHOEZUKI OOOOHHHH IM GONNA DOUBLE COMBUST)