#Nail Mirror

[sofiaruelle]

Guess what finally came in the mail!!!!! My copy of Seasons of the Valley fanzine and these gorgeous lil goodies!!!!!!

Thank you so so much, @seasonsofthevalley for having me as a guest artist!!!

Also big shout out to my fellow contributors and the amazing mod team!!!!

[lolitanora]

[the-modern-typewriter]

Do you have any tips for writing an enemies to lovers trope? I'm struggling with the plot and details and wanted to ask for your advice because I've seen that you've done a couple enemies to lovers with villain x hero. Thank you so much if you're able to give advice!

So, the classic question of any romance (assuming a happy ever after/happy for now ending) is why are these two characters perfect for each other?

Particularly with enemies to lovers, you need to be able to answer that question because it's the balance to the enemies side of enemies-to-lovers.

My favourite way to approach this is in the same way I like approaching a lot of my antagonist/protagonist relationships in general: have them be either foil or mirror characters to each other.

For a foil character, think opposites attract. Their contrasting qualities shine a light on each other's positive or negative traits and (in a romance) they end up balancing each other out. E.g. one is brave, but the other's cleverness also helps save the day. With hero/villain that I am guilty of overusing is something like one is determined to do good but this desire to help people leads to them having very poor work/life balance and boundary setting, the villain character has veered to the opposite extreme of the spectrum and is very selfish but lonely/unfulfilled as a result. The clash between two things leads to a happy, healthy couple.

For a mirror character, think 'different but the same.' They might for example share key values or motivations (which is what they ultimately end up bonding over) but they reflect each other by being on contrasting/parallel paths (a classic antagonist is 'I could have been you if I went down a different path).

Once you have set up your characters, the rest follows in a similar shape to any romance. Circumstances force them to spend time together/see different sides of each other, grow closer as they learn from each other and so both become better as a result, ultimately falling in love.

[spicypeachxx]

Can you be more sexy? Damn!!

That's so sweet, thanks! 😇

[prettyvixenavenue]

cute pink pedicure set

[sparkleondoom]

sometimes, i think i can see right through myself

[soupfather]

Old WIP I never got around to finishing

I couldn’t think of dumb things he’d do, so I gave up and threw this in the WIP abyss

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[thisisaname-whatahappyname]

LMAOOO

[clementinatehasperdido]

Solcito, uñas destruidas por arcilla y un perrito chicle.

[a-titty-ninja]

「ヨル・フォージャー 4」 by Piukute | Twitter

๑ Permission to reprint was given by the artist ✔.

[beauty-in-your-presence]

Disengage your temporomandibular joint

[virtual-symphony]

☆ riliane lucifen d'autriche stimboard ! ☆ with mirror, yellow nail painting, and tea stims rq by @jo3ydr3w ✩࿐

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kin/me/id | f/o

[lalizah]

This is the silliest hc anyone can hc so please don't judge too harshly lol

Liz is so so self conscious about how she looks and now that she finally finally looks how she's always wanted, she's meticulous and high maintenance with her appearance, so much so that Mason has a heart attack the first time he goes into her bathroom to take a shower whilst Nate cries tears of joy because he's finally found his soulmate

After they've known each other a while, Liz does something stupid and ends up in the medical ward (yet again) and UB are distraught, especially Rebecca. The sight she sees when she goes to check up on Liz would have her doubled over and laughing if it were not the fact that her daughter is still unconscious: Adam and Nate making sure her hair is hydrated, conditioned and styled properly, having a small argument over whether she'd want it straight or curled as Mason glares at them from where he's applying moisturizer to one hand and tells them to make sure her hair's parted correctly.

Felix is doing an immaculate job doing her nails and everyone stops arguing to appreciate the design, sure that Liz would love them. Rebecca's stunned reaction prompts a chorus of justifications - she woke up after three days last time and all she could do was cry about her hair- and - she was most distressed to find that her skin had not been provided with adequate nourishment and she proceeded to doubt our friendship, which greatly offended me hence why I have taken upon myself this task- and of course, - she spent 5 hours in the bathroom every fucking day, moaning about looking ugly and I'm not putting up with that shit again-

Deep down, they're all grateful to have something to do so that they can ignore the terror that claws at them.

[baggy-holmes]

pucker up, buttercup

i hope you all appreciate how often i clean my mirror