#What is love?

[thatoldbooksmellsstuff]

When Achilles said "And though the dead forget the dead in the house of Hades, even there I shall still remember my beloved companion" and Lemony Snicket said "I will love you as misfortune loves orphan, as fire loves innocence and justice loves to stil and watch while everything goes wrong" And when Franz Kafka said "Love is that you are the knife which i plunge into my self" And when Cardan Greenbriar said "My heart is a shabby, worm eaten, scabrous thing. But it is yours"

[suzypfonne]

This is beautiful @klikandtuna

Why? Love.

-Neil Gaiman

[sydcarmyfan]

Without friendship, there is no love. Simple. Love is friendship.

- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

In Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Anjali and Rahul are best friends. The chemistry between them is so fire, but when a new girl, Tina, arrives at the school, they start to grow apart as Rahul starts to spend more time with Tina, leaving Anjali alone. This reminds me of Sydney and Carmy. Although SydCarmy haven’t voiced what they mean to each other, it is clear that they are best friends.

When Tina, Rahul and Anjali spend time together, Tina starts to realize that Anjali is in love with Rahul. Also, Anjali realizes that she’s been in love with Rahul all this time, so she decides to leave. 8 Years later, after reading her deceased mother’s letter, Rahul’s daughter (also called Anjali) plays Cupid and helps her father find Anjali, but when he finds her, Anjali is now engaged to Aman. Anjali decides to marry Aman despite reconnecting with Rahul. Fortunately, Aman decides that he can’t come between Anjali and Rahul, so the two best friends end up together. Like Tina, I wonder if Claire will realize that Sydney and Carmy are meant to be together, and if she does, will she be like Aman and decide that she can’t come between them?

[valarioncy]

I found this GIF I made ages ago and now you all get to suffer and laugh with me. :)

[digitalfriend08]

XXX

[indiestar]

If love is just chemicals in the brain, is this message just bits in the machine? Maybe less, but also, maybe, more.

[agathazinha2009]

crater perspective lmao:

more meme, post 2 :D

[getblackout503]

This a very experimental and my shortest chapter yet. I hope you guys like it and understand it because I’m afraid i did a terrible job at writing this one out.

The chapter is in sonnet form

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What is love?

It is something that cannot be explained

Though the feeling can be interpreted as freely as free as a dove

Yet some love can cause so much pain

Even then some can not let go of that conviction

And this is the case for our heroine

Her feelings for the devil man will cause much friction

But it will grab her all to fragile heart and tear in

But what is this conviction you may ask

They are secrets she is keen on keeping

But it isn’t an easy task

And every night it causes her to continue weeping

Amara’s secret and burden are hard to be carried

“For I still love Dante and we are…still married”

[p-h03n1-x]

Vogue Clothing and Beauty with Wang Yibo for Chanel Spring/Summer 2024

[dd-writes]

Gentle forehead kisses when she's sobbing after you've ruined her

*chef's kiss*

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[lantanaatenta]

What is love?

Love is when the one who loves you stares at you for a few seconds before saying "I love you".

Love is when you wake up excited to be alive at the same time as the person you love.

Love is recognizing the face of your loved one as the fingerprint of love and eternity.

Love is caring about the interests of your loved one.

Love is not worrying about what you want to say to your loved one, because you know they’ll never judge you.

Love is when at every moment you want to learn more from your loved one.

Love is not measured.

Love is understanding and trying to understand.

Love is unconditional.

Love is fearless.

Love is powerful.

Love is timeless.

Love is unconsciously demonstrated if it is present.

Love is above all things.

Love is giving without expecting anything in return.

Love is crying just for the sake of it

Love is laughing too much.

Love is wanting to be in the good and the bad.

Love is wanting to try what scares you with the person you love.

Love is having been thinking about someone while you were reading this poem.

[0eyesofgod0]

Just realized Tumblr makes a terrifying sound when sending a dm. Never attempting again without Do Not Disturb switched on.

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Yue Andreu Marquez Robertson

Muy secas las luces pero me gustó el resultado al ser una paleta de colores estiló Cyberpunk... Se me complicó un poco en colocar los colores pero al final me gusto

@soutenir-les-artistes 🫂✨

[szeengames123]

(via https://portal.comic.studio)

Chell humping a Companion Cube while Haddaway's What is Love?. With G-Man comes up and says "Well, I think you weren't expecting this now were ya? from Idiots of GMOD 2

[bethanydelleman]

How much love and how much lust made Darcy propose to Elizabeth in your opinion?

Because my headcanon is that Darcy is somewhat demisexual and feeling something sexual was (possibly) new to him and it convinced him to propose. I've seen some people see Darcy as a bad boy and lust is almost completely what convinced him to propose and on the other hand there are others who see him completely head over heels in love with Elizabeth.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. (And sorry if you have answered something like this before.)

Thanks for the question!

If we head back to the very beginning of Darcy liking Elizabeth, we learn it's not about "fine eyes" but "rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes." and "in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness." Darcy did totally resist Elizabeth's beauty before he knew her, it was her intelligence and playfulness that caught him. However, as often happens in Austen, this attraction to her mental attributes leads to appreciation of the physical, "he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing"

I also read Darcy as demisexual. However, by Hunsford he is clearly intensely experiencing both lust and love. His proposal is about overwhelming desire:

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” (don't know why I'm quoting this, ya'll know it by heart I'm sure)

Now as for the ratio, that's hard to tease out. Elizabeth assumes that this is a fleeting feeling (ie lust), which will quickly fade away. That is clearly not the case, especially since we know he's been attracted to her since the last fall. Romantic love is for most people intertwined with lust, at least in my experience as someone who isn't asexual. It means you want to talk to them forever but also tear off all their clothes.

I do think he's seriously in love with Elizabeth, even if he doesn't have a completely healthy regard for her (disdain for her family isn't a great look). I don't think it fits with his character at all to propose marriage based on lust. He thinks very seriously about marriage and he's aware that it will last forever. He has carefully considered the pros and cons, he's not acting purely from emotion. The fact that he stays longer in Kent and doesn't propose till the end of his visit speaks to how much he's thought about it. That's not lust-based irrationality.

And the fact that he listened and changed! That's not lust or a fleeting feeling. That is actual love and respect. If it had been lust alone, it probably would have been fully extinguished by his mortification.

So the answer is... 50/50?