#UGH THESE TWO

[stevenrogered]

ONE DAY ↳book > screen

In truth, he had never seen the point of cuddling. Cuddling was for great aunts and teddy bears. Cuddling gave him cramp.

He pressed his mouth against the top of her head and thought this must never, ever happen again. - One Day, Chapter 1

[roseadleyn]

i can't stop thinking about how in the end of the queen of nothing, jude says that neither her nor cardan know how to be happy. they don't know how to live without lying and scheming and fighting and plotting: with each other and with other people

so now imagine jude and cardan after the dust has settled. they wouldn't know what 2 do with each other. like just imagine them now getting to know each other. it's like they've never met because ofc they still bicker and everything, but they are married and they just fought and almost died for each other. and yet jude can't say what's cardan's favorite color and cardan doesn't know her favorite snacks

with the court of shadows as matchmakers it starts turning into a whole ass romcom. one night jude wakes up and cardan is just pacing the room nervously and she immediately panics and thinks something is wrong but no. cardan is taking her to one of the places he used to hide in as a little kid and he's. stressed, to say the least

it's one of the rare times jude gets to see elfhame without some pressing responsibility on her mind. she worries about the state of the palace in the hours they're gone and cardan tries ( as well as he can ) to reassure her that the court of shadows is there and she can let the court go for like,, 2 hours. and then jude is a little quiet and she's just staring around her like yeah this land that she has given her life and body for is so beautiful. she knows about cardan's mother, so she tells him about her own.

anyway i'll go more into depth later but like. it's a very rocky journey. jude sleeps fitfully and has nightmares; cardan tries to avoid sleep by getting drunk. jude's from the human lands and tells cardan to sober up. they both kinda just hold each other during a really bad night. cardan finds out balekin made jude kiss him and is so ashamed and shocked and horrified he can barely look her in the eyes except mutter apologies

cardan also persuades jude to drink btw. she's a very clingy drunk ( not weepy, she's not emotional or anything but she refuses to let go of him )

[margaretkart]

-Is my love a burden, Dionysus? -Your love is the wings that make me soar, Ariadne.

[an-established-butt-dent]

One of my many Solavellan head cannons.

They traveled together for months, years even. Don't tell me these lovesick fools didn't regularly disappear into the woods together, to have a quiet romantic moment away from the prying eyes of the other companions.

Mixed media on paper.

[windsweptinred]

Ok Orpheus x Dionysus headcanon time.

"Orpheus is said to have been a prophet of Dionysos who established the Dionysian Mysteries and helped spread his worship."

We know Orpheus likes to declare, as loudly as possible, how much he loves someone. (Dio... Give Orpheus a watch sweetheart. He'd probably create an entire album about it).

If Orpheus openly began devoting his music to Dionysus, declaring the god his muse, pouring his love into 'every' lyric. Is this not spreading Dio's worship? His concerts would indirectly become a passionate frenzy of dance and song in homage. Every track played and tune hummed would be a hymn in Dionysus's honour. Would Orpheus’s fans (like every fan in existence) not follow their idols' example? And turn their attention to the young god in suit.

And you have to wonder, if love is as powerful as Prometheus says, could this love, generated by Orpheus's devotion not be a new way for Dionysus to turbo charge? In place of the Meander water? Divinity through prayer, adoration and love.

[hells-musing-along]

Artist: 𝙮𝙞𝙚𝙮𝙞𝙚 @alzamonkey

[naixaie]

“may we both be as brave as each other”

[rinupi]

AHEM I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS INUPI SLANDER LIKEEEEE!!!!! he's so beautifullllll his eyes!!!!! so prettyyyy with the lashes and all!!!! obv not the longest lashes but just enough to make em suit him!!! HE IS BEUATIFULLLLL AND WHEN HE SMILES THE WORLD STOPS CUZ IT SO PRETTYYYYYYYYY!!!!! i love inui seishu and i know rindou does too heehe

it's also his personality that stands out to me cuz he's a blunt mf despite the pretty lmao im always like SHUT UP INUPI DON'T SAY THAT!!!! but he so cute so i forgive him

(on a more honest note: I actually didn't care about inupi at first LMAO so i can kinda agree with u OP but his characterrrrrrr dsjhflksdfkjsdhfljksdhlfjksdjklfdsk i love him so much AND!!! LONG HAIR INUPI >>>>>>>>>>>>>

LIKEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

God is real and he is great

[stevenrogered]

ONE DAY ↳book > screen

“I told him I had tonsillitis.” “What is that? Tonsillitis. In French?” Her fingers went to her throat. “Je suis très désolé, mais mes glandes sont gonflées, she croaked feebly. “Je pense que je peux avoir l’amygdalite.” 

“L’amy…?” “L’amygdalite.” “You have an amazing vocab.” “Well, you know.” She shrugged modestly. “Had to look it up.”

They smiled at each other. Then, as if an idea had suddenly occurred to her, she quickly crossed the room in three long strides, took his face between her hands, and kissed him. 

[sylebs]

OMFG I'M GOING TO EAT GLASS

SYLUS AND CALEB IN THE UPDATE VIDEO LSKDJFLSJDLFJ

"join me in this dangerous dance."

"you were the gravity keeping me on my path."

WHAT IF I FUCKIN SOB ASLDKFJSDF UGHGHGHGH

[bodybebangin]

[corrupted-creatures]

BRO I LOVED THE SWATCHTON RAMBLE I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHATEVER ELSE YOU ARE PARTICULARLY AGITATING ABOUT W THEM/GEN

Literally anything you want to talk about

(Sorry for the delay!! Got busy IRL and haven't had the time or brain power to sit down and write this out)

AHH I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT!! I was hoping I got my point across in an understandable manner!

As for swatchton thoughts, I have been thinking a lot about them and the role the machine/NEO body has played in their relationship and individual lives... (most of what's ahead is not particularly based in canon and is just a result of me thinking about these guys A Lot) [Long post ahead once more]

I've always believed that the machine holds a lot of personal significance to Swatch. They aided in its creation, after all, only for it to end up in the basement. While I don't think Swatch has the sort of religious reverence for the machine (and the Light World in general) that Spamton does, they do still hold Lightners in high regard, which I'm sure extends to Lightner creations as well. The machine, with all of its power and history, commands respect regardless.

I've mentioned it before in a post or two a couple of years ago, but I like to believe that Swatch visits the machine when they've had a long day and need some alone time. Not only is the basement it's housed within quiet and virtually inaccessible to all but a select few, but Swatch's personal sentimentality towards the machine makes it all the more soothing when they're stressed.

Spamton was, most likely, incredibly stressed out during his big shot days. He was juggling a massive amount of success he'd never experienced before with keeping the "recipe" to this success under wraps, all while dealing with the fallout of his broken relationship with the Addisons. We know Spamton would vent to Swatch about these things thanks to the Spamton Sweepstakes Q&A. We also know that the machine is a closely guarded secret that Spamton somehow found out about.

What if, as Swatch and Spamton grew closer and Swatch began to trust Spamton to a greater degree, they told him about the machine.

Spending time with it was how Swatch de-stressed, so perhaps they brought Spamton to it after he'd had a particularly rough day. In my mind, Spamton was a bit of an egotistical ass at this time, but not really mentally unstable, so Swatch had reason to believe Spamton would not do anything with the machine. They trusted him, after all.

Perhaps the two of them made a habit of spending time down there. They would share what was bothering them, joke around, fall for each other, you know the drill. It was wonderful for a time, and while Spamton certainly took more of an interest in the machine than Swatch expected, it wasn't anything to worry about.

...Until the voice on the other end of the phone line went silent.

That's when it all began, really. The desperation, the reverence, the begging, pleading, praying. That's when the obsession began– with the machine, with the light, with Heaven. Spamton was losing it all, and he couldn't do a thing. Nobody could.

Swatch bore witness to it all, at least all that happened within the mansion. They wanted to help, even as Spamton distanced himself from everyone and even after he was evicted, because Swatch still trusted him. They loved him.

But then Spamton began breaking into the mansion. He began impersonating Swatch. He began trying to steal the machine for his own goals. And Swatch's trust was eroded.

And when Spamton finally got ahold of it... well, the mere thought is almost too much for Swatch to bear.

The machine, the NEO body, lies at the heart of their mutual trust issues I think. It's something that they bonded over once upon a time, but as things started falling apart it drove a wedge between the two. It holds value to the both of them in such differing, conflicted ways. It represents both of their hopes, dreams, insecurities, and flaws. The machine was, and always will be, a broken dream at the end of the day.

(A lot of this post was sort of Swatch-centric but I have so many thoughts about Spamton with regards to the NEO body as well that I'll have to get into at some point)

Thank you so much for the ask!! Feel free to send in more if you want to pick my brain about them or if you have thoughts of your own!! (And this goes for anyone)

[cinematic-timing]

closed for @darkwants

madeline thought her heart might beat out of her chest as she pulled into their driveway, parking her car behind ezra's. tonight was the night. she'd had her gynecologist appointment at the start of the week, and, after a few sore days, she was back to normal following the removal of her iud. she'd been planning to surprise ezra with the news after a nice evening in. she'd picked up his favorite dinner and asked him if he could close the shop a bit early so they could have a date night. his car was confirmation that he made that work for her and this was happening. she couldn't wait to tell him.

she walked into the house with the full bag of dinner and a bouquet she'd made at work in the other. "i'm home," she said warmly, seeing the top of ezra's head in an armchair in the living room. she dropped her things on the dining room table, taking off her jean jacket and kicking off her chucks before padding across the wooden floors back to him.

"hi baby," she sat across his lap and pressed her lips to his neck in a soft kiss. "how was your day?"

[captivemuses]

@gildedsplendors || briefly continued from here bc mild angst

Dan Feng was long past the point of listening to the grumblings of his preceptors about the choices he's made in his life. Up until Yingxing came along he did everything that was expected and asked of him. Then the ridiculous and arrogant and stubborn man came along and decided that Dan Feng needed that ridiculous stubborn man in his life, and he'd been right.

And there wasn't a single ounce of regret in Dan Feng's body for allowing this man into every corner of his heart. All of it belonged to Yingxing until the day both their hearts stopped beating.

There was no resistence from the Vidyadhara when he was pulled into the arms of his husband, nor when their lips met and eyes immediatly fell shut to savor the simple affection he'd gotten thousands of times before today, and yet would never crave any less than he did now. He knew Yingxing's words to be true, that they were meant to be together, and despite refusing to pull away so he could properly speak, words were murmured back in between kisses.

"I love you too. Until the day you're no longer here, and even after that until my own life is done my heart will always be yours."

If only he knew that Yingxing's hope that they would not be parted would ultimately come much sooner than they may think. But for right now, he's kissing his love with every bit of affection he could possibly give. How could he possibly do anything else?

[roosterbox]

Fic Rec Friday 7/28/2023

Title: think of you always

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, M/M

Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler

Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Steve Harrington's Parents, Wayne Munson

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - College/University, First Kiss, First Dates, Christmas Fluff, Falling In Love, Friends to Lovers, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, Halloween, Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents

Summary: steve and eddie have the same 8 am math class, and quickly find themselves brought together by chance.

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This fic. This fucking fic, man. It’s got EVERYTHING.

The Modern College AU setting is rife with possibilities, and this takes wonderful advantage of that. I love the very mundane (comparatively, I mean their canon one is pretty unique) meet-cute, the developing friendship, and of course, when said friendship grows into something more. Even though Eddie is pretty smitten from minute one, but I can’t fault him for that - I’ve seen Steve with my own two eyes.

One aspect I love is their relationships with their respective besties. Steve and Robin is obvious, just like canon. Eddie and Nancy on the other hand… this is an interesting dynamic that I’d love to see explored more. Also Ronance is cute, as always.

The romance builds up slowly, but very believably. It’s Eddie’s POV, so you really get a good sense of his growing affection, much as he laments getting a crush on his straight best friend (lol, oh Eddie). Also, how nervous and flustered he gets. It’s adorable. It’s fun to see Steve be the more self-assured one in the courtship too. When he turns on that Harrington charm, it’s a wonder there are any survivors.

And the smut. The SMUT. The smut is GLORIOUS. Worth waiting for.

Definitely one of my favorite fics for this ship so far.

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Next Week: How about something new? My latest favorites: an immortal human and his also-immortal personification-of-dreams boyfriend? That’s right, it’s Dreamling.

This one is pretty great. Featuring miscommunication, gender fuckery, and a big ol’ bucket of angst.

See you next time!

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Johnny only doesn't climb him because he wants the replacements to think he's dignified.