#more than i can ever express

[bbnibini]

I am personally a supporter of the Solomon being "a tease but also a blushing mess" agenda. I love the idea of him being relentlessly, purposefully obnoxious and downright annoying to the person he loves(please notice him :'( ) but the moment you reciprocate. The moment you respond in affection. In praise. In a kind word, this man SHUTS DOWN. Solomon.exe has stopped. His face is red. Because what is love? What is kindness? What is this foreign emotion he isn't used to? And why does it feel like his face is burning?

Alas, he only loses his guard for a moment. Stares at you in wonder, but the wisdom he was "blessed" with trained his expressions enough to make those heart-stopping moments last only a few seconds in your eyes(almost as if you had only imagined it), and he's back to his exasperating, teasing and light-hearted self again.

[canniju]

shout out to my friends for supporting me during these hard times and dealing with my whining <3

[critter-wizard]

you are all I have, you are the eyes that see, the air that breathes, how can I worship anything else?

[redysetdare]

I think queer stories would be better if people stopped assuming that queer representation hinges on if two characters are romantically involved at all. Like the moment you accept characters as being queer without needing romance to prove said queerness then i think we'd find ourselves with a lot more unique, nuanced, and interesting queer stories. but by limiting queerness to only romance you are stifling queer stories.

[campyvillain]

i’m not posting this on my art account happy belated 4/20

[sysig]

Even stardust shimmers, darling 🌟 (Patreon)

[kataraavatara]

“Keir paused at the threshold as the doors opened on a phantom wind. He said to Rhys, perhaps the closest he’d come to asking for permission to leave, “Lord Thanatos is having … difficulties with his daughter again. He requires my assistance.” Rhys only waved a hand, as if he hadn’t just yielded our city to the male.”

lord thanatos’s daughter is my roman empire actually. i know rhysand had his hands full what with hybern and eris and of course grossly betraying mor’s trust plus publicly blindsiding and humiliating her and all but there was zero thought from anyone about what keir, well known daughter torturer famous for torturing daughters could possibly be leaving that room to do. not even from supposedly empathetic feyre? the same one who held a dying faerie’s hand in book one? like you’ve just brokered this deal with keir so obviously i’m not expecting you to kick down the door and save her but she doesn’t even get an afterthought. ouch.

[adrift-in-thyme]

One thing that really got me about this update is that while they’re back on the road now and Twi is alright…it’s not a victorious departure. It’s sorrowful, it’s fearful, and it’s ridden with guilt and regrets about what just happened

Their body language says it even more than their words do. They’re slumped, they’re tense, they’re frowning rather than smiling. Hardly anyone cracks a joke this time around.

Their journey is beginning to take a toll on them. And although the Shadow just suffered a crushing defeat he doesn’t have the same emotional aspect that our heroes have had — and continue to have — to deal with.

I definitely foresee some arguments — maybe even physical altercations — in the future. That alone makes them vulnerable to the Shadow’s revenge (which previous updates have shown he doesn’t hesitate to exact. He’s angry. He’s coming for the heroes. Especially Twilight.)

I look forward to seeing how this will all play out

Credit to @linkeduniverse

[aroanthy]

trying to write something about how much i hate the ‘misandry in utena/the utena fandom’ crowd but it feels kind of redundant to me. i think i just don’t consider people who use the word ‘misandry’ serious people. i do however feel an obligation to occasionally make my position clear on that front, because im aware i tougapost and some people love to bring that guy up as the misandry in the utena fandom poster boy. which is so fucking stupid because touga is not victimised by ‘misandry’, touga is victimised by homophobic violence which is wrapped up in misogynistic violence, both of which are the cogs in the machine we call patriarchy. touga is not affected by misogyny in the same way that anthy is, that’s one of the key takeaways you can get from their being foils, and i don’t really like the whole ‘oh patriarchy hurts men too’ stuff because it neglects the fact that men reap so many material benefits from what some people deem ‘harm’ to them (emotional repression being the big one. it’s not great but when you’re the privileged party and gain power from it, who cares? it’s like the inverse of kozue trying to use sexuality to gain power: she can’t do that). but touga is a shitty dysfunctional person who has been shaped by violence and in turn perpetuated violence, and his character excels, imho, at examining how patriarchy functions and attempts to homogenise life’s many complexities. same deal as nanami really. they just play different roles in this gender essentialist nightmare that crunches out any grit. and you can extend that idea to all rgu characters but i am who i am and that is a kiryuu siblings enjoyer

[bumblingbabooshka]

Polycule Moments Guess who got access to recording software

[ohgaylor]

EVERMORE (redesign)— we chose to wander deeper in

[liquidstar]

This is such a tangent btw but on the topic of guilt tripping and reblogs... I remember a few years back there were some terrible fires in Greece (and again this year, entire island villages are gone now) and at that time I had family who were caught in them. I can't describe the desperation I felt with these horrible things happening to my family and loved ones in my country. And I remember being frustrated and desperate with how no one around me in America really seemed to give a shit. I remember blogging asking people to PLEASE care please share something please reblog this link for mutual aid please think about the stories and fires etc etc etc. And the thing is I was very much in a state of grief myself, maybe not every word or action was perfectly reasonable, because I don't realistically expect everyone everywhere to care about every tragedy in the world. You can't. Emotionally it's just not possible, especially with all the stuff going on in the states rn too. Yeah it's a lot. It's not like I blog about every tragedy that ever happens either. I understand.

HOWEVER what I also remember was at this time there were a couple mutuals very clearly making vagueposts along the lines of "remember not everyone has the energy to care about everything in the world uwu" while I was posting about family who died and family who were drifting in the ocean for hours as their homes and loved ones burned. Listen. You have to understand sometimes that when a person in grief and frustration with things going on in their countries and communities impacts them very personally beg you to care... It's coming from a place of needing to see that care in the world in general. They're not holding a gun to your head Specifically saying you have to reblog the posts, if you don't have the energy just ignore it.

You don't have to go out of your way saying "um actually I can't care about the horrible stuff you and your family and your country are experiencing rn. I'm too busy focusing on my own stuff so can you be quiet or more reasonable with your grief thanks." Like. Just keep it to yourself then??? Have some fucking sympathy for other people and understand that maybe it's not always logical. The same way you don't have the emotional energy to think about every tragedy in the world, people who've been impacted by them often don't have the emotional energy to handle that alone and may seek somekinda community or solidarity. Idk. It's not about forcing shit on you sometimes it's not about you

[leverage-ot3]

OMG HI!!!

we’ve officially made it to 4k leverage enthusiasts, folks!!!

I can’t express my gratitude and love for you all enough!!!

I got into leverage a few years ago when another polyship show I watched was going down the gutter, and it was such a breath of fresh air to watch something not only loved and respected by fans, but also the creators

the show matters a lot to me, and it makes me so happy that I get to share that with you guys

and honestly, this is probably the chillest fandom I've ever been in. almost every other fandom has shipping wars and anti discourse etc, but other than a minor squabble here and there it really does feel like we are a family or community just here to have fun 💖

I love when people message me and chat, and I always encourage questions and comments (even if I’m terrible at answering them). I can be kind of bad at remembering to message back but I always encourage people to stop and say hi! I read every ask, comment, and tag on my posts and everything each of you say brings me joy and keeps me going

edit: if yall want to find me for other fandom stuff I just tagged most of my sideblogs in my pinned post 💖

[vintageshanny]

The Little Things

Sometimes as I think of you and study each little detail of your being

I wonder if you could have possibly comprehended the amount of beauty I’d be seeing

Whenever you hooked your thumb in the chains of your belt as you walked the stage

Did you realize the images that would show up in the scrapbook of my heart on page after page?

The way you’d put your hands on your hips, fingers splayed right below your waist

And how your eyes would squeeze shut when you made your passionate singing face

You had the cutest little habit of curling your toes when your feet were bare

And my heart races at the natural spread of your legs each time you sat down in a chair

For whatever reason the way you balanced the microphone against your thumb gives me a little thrill

There are so many special things about you, I could never get my fill

You never let sweaty armpits infringe on your sense of style

And don’t even get me started on how you lit up the entire world with your smile

I get a flutter thinking about you calling me baby, sweetheart, honey, darling, dear

And the way you’d laugh so uninhibited and then say “Oh God” would be the sweetest thing to hear

The look of your facial expressions when you got to play the blues

Might only be rivaled in sexiness by the way you performed your dance moves

Your accent was so adorable, I could go on and on about every part

All these little things about you live forever, “ever’day” in my heart.

Poetry tag list: @lookingforrainbows @thatbanditqueen @whositmcwhatsit @ellie-24 @be-my-ally @arrolyn1114 @elvisalltheway101 @xanatenshi @jhoneybees

[sysig]

Softly, slowly, I want to love you anyway (Patreon)

[angelsdean]

ruthlessly deleting old 2021/2022 posts (not by me) from my dean studies tag like *click* un-incorporating that from my beliefs system! also the way SO many posts have me like ok uh-huh good aaand then say one completely wrong thing that loses me. it's so many posts.