#jess personal

[saradika]

me telling myself I can’t get mad when the new craft /hobby I’m learning isn’t perfect the first time I do it

[inkskinned]

i got my isbn today for the book. 8 months to go. my mom and i were talking about what the next steps are. i was eating trail mix, standing on one foot, phone tucked into my ear.

"yeah," i said. "the problem is that tumblr as a market is like, not something that can be studied." there's this weird wave of nostalgia and affection for this place that came up over me: how lovely we avoid consumerism. okay, it sucks as a creator. but also? keep stickin' it to 'em.

my mother made the sound at the back of her throat that i also make, the one that means i've got an idea. "you should figure out some kind of reward for presale amounts. maybe you give out poems or a mug or a signed book or something. would your followers like that?" my mother is sweet, and kind, and i have no idea how to explain on this website you can buy someone crabs.

i put more m&ms down the hatch. i had to speak through peanuts and almonds. "if it passes 25 thousand i will print the book out in its entirety and eat it live on camera."

"oh god. no, you don't have to do that." she was anguished. "just tell them that you'd love them to read it, and that they've inspired you to write. you got started on that site, and they helped you keep going. raquel, you love these people. the community? you talk all the time about the other writers and artists and whatever else. tell them that you're hoping for their support, they'll come through."

"no," i assured her. i discovered i had dropped an m&m, but an ant had already found it, so it belonged to him now. i will let his little life have a surprise blue treasure in it, too. "i'm gonna fuckin' eat the book."

[unlikablefemaleprotagonist]

profoundly suspicious of the use of the rat emoji before each contestant name. and accompanied with images of the contestants walking through gray, unidentifiably bland halls? like....a rat in a test maze??

and what else has been utilized in multiple episodes throughout the season? that's right

a maze

[pandadrake]

He’s not funny because his jokes suck.

Dedicated to that deleted scene from ATSV where he actually tries to quip and Jess nearly dies of cringe.

[awesomechocolatesauce]

Asking the same question to Astarion as the romance progresses is amazing.

ACT ONE

"And what do you want?"

Astarion: *deflecting* "What do any of us want? Pleasure."

ACT TWO

"What do YOU want?"

Astarion: "I... I don't know. It's been so long since I've had to make these decisions for myself."

ACT THREE (if you don't ascend him)

Astarion: "Now I need to figure out who I am. What I want."

"And what do you want?"

Astarion: "You. I want... you."

I'm not crying. You are!

[sopuu]

Mayhaps some jesstra? (Female Jesse of course of course~)

wow y’all really like women huh

[sunshikilo]

art block kicking my ass but i’m constantly inspired by the work of my fav creators leeeike @enden-agolor ‘s au ^^ again. scene pulled directly from their fic which is really good

[hobnob-moth]

Wait… aren’t directors usually supposed to be the silent voice in stories? -Jesse

Oh, tons of directors are in their own work. Hitchcock, Harold Ramis, Mel Brooks, M Night. Shyamalan, Uhh ███ ████. -Emily

Who? -Jesse

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Had a silly idea pop into my head when I heard the dlc for Alan Wake 2 would have Jesse in it, and the idea kept tormenting me enough to finish this drawing. I wanted to work in something with The Director vs a director, but wasn’t able to make it concise enough to fit sadly.

[critter-of-habit]

So I met Jessica Madsen (Bridgerton's Cressida Cowper) on the weekend and she is now one of my favourite people 🥹

Got her autograph, sat in on her panel, and thanks to encouragement from a new friend I also went along to a special lil event and got to chat with Jess over dinner for 2 hours 🫠 It was her, Sam Phillips (who plays Lord Debling and is also a joy of a human) me and 7 other lovely folk.

They were both really relaxed and chatted openly about the show - both love the change to Michaela and that there will be more queer rep. They asked which order of Bridgerton siblings we thought the show would be going with and seemed really amused at our guesses (I dont know if they even know what the order is themselves, they were playing very coy about it 😅).

A highlight of the night tho was early on I mentioned that I had to drive 2 hours to get home afterwards, and didn't think she even heard me. But then when she was leaving she touched my shoulder and told me "drive safe!" And I just 🫠 - so sweet she remembered 😭

Anyway, I am now forever a Cressida defender, my girl can do no wrong and deserves the world

[eyesfullofsttars]

the party ended 2 year ago and i'm still here...

[saradika]

merry christmas! sending love & wishing for a nice and cozy day for everyone - I am so happy to get to hang out with you all here! 🎄💕

[stewyhosseini-bf]

Also the fucking irony. Of Kendall getting mad at Tom for that unhinged line but then calling shiv a piece of dirt like 20 minutes later is not lost on me but also that really is the quintessential sibling experience, it has to be said

[yeukio]

Hii uhh kinda nervous to post this but um heres jesse art to start off this account

[enden-agolor]

today i have to offer the gay minecraft men. tomorrow? who knows…

[lesbian-sunshim]

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i have this idea of appleshy having a daughter who is the spitting image of her gramma pear butter so they name her Buttercup and i cry a little :')

[awesomechocolatesauce]

"Y'all would really kick babies just so Astarion would approve."

Um...no? Do you realize you don't have to be pure evil to get him to like you?

I'm over here playing my bard as a chaotic good/neutral little shit and I gained his approval REAL fast in Act 1:

I screamed "BAAA" at the redcaps

Defended Karlach against Wyll, and then later Mizora

Told Kagha "I just wanted to see what would happen" after saving Arabella from her

Fed the Owlbear cub and later pet him

Shouted "Boo!" at Volo's singing

Threw dung in a goblin's face after he tried to get me to rub it on my face

Intimidated another goblin to kiss my foot after he tried to get me to do it to him

Refused to accept Raphael's help upon first meeting him

Let him bite me

Listened to him talk about Cazador and offered my support

Let the Laviatar worshipper beat me

And I did all of that before I even encountered the Gur monster hunter that's tracking him, found the necromancy book that I ended up giving to him, or started his romance. I didn't even do all of these before his approval was in the High range. Not once did I hurt an innocent person.

It's really not unheard of to follow the "good" path and still have him like you. Granted, he does call you "a bit naive in the ways of the world" later on in Act 2, but at that point, he still respects the hell out of you.

No doubt that there are some players who would do cruel things to get Astarion's approval early on, but not all of us.