#otp: more beautiful

[sweet-sweet-petunia]

Flufftober Day 5

Prompt: Dancing Together

Pairing: Humanized!Larry and Petunia (main verse)

“You might need to find yourself a new partner,” Petunia sighed with a laugh “I am definitely a dancer last. Maybe even lower than third. If we put my non-performance skills in the mix I’m a dancer roughly 26th.”

Larry simply laughed along, reminding her “I’m dancer last too, ya know. We can’t all be as graceful as Jimmy. Besides,” he grinned, grabbing her by the waist and pulling her in closer “I don’t want another partner. I want to dance with you.”

It didn’t matter how often it happened - being this close to him always made Petunia feel like melting. She’d give into any silly request if he was holding her like this, singing the same sweet nothings to her. “Okay, we’ll try again.”

“It’s really not that hard.” Larry tried to assure her. “I think you’re just over thinking it. Ya gotta be like me. No thoughts, head empty.”

“You need to be nicer to yourself.” She responded, almost out of habit.

“And you need to trust me.” He took her hand in his own, as his other arm laid protectively on her lower back. “Come on, we’ll take it at half speed. You got this.”

With a nervous nod, the music started up, half speed, like he said.

Petunia did her best to follow along, and for the first few counts of eight, she was doing alright. But suddenly her foot landed in the wrong spot, causing her to trip, completely losing her focus and her sense of where she was in the song.

“It’s okay.” Larry gently coached. “Don’t give up, just follow my lead, okay? Just follow my lead, I’ve got you.”

Taking a deep breath to steady herself, she suddenly realized she was already back in step with Larry.

The music came to an end, and Larry smiled at her so proudly she felt like she might burst. His hands reached to cup her face as he gushed “Look at how good you did! You shouldn’t doubt yourself. If anyone can do anything they set their mind to it’s you, Petunia.”

“I still messed up though.” She sighed, before smiling “But it’s definitely progress.”

Larry leaned down slightly, just enough to quickly capture her lips against his own, promising “We still have seven months until our wedding. You’ll be a professional by then.”

[princessplantasaurus]

For reassuring your lover prompts, LarryxPetunia with #45?

The ride home had been tense. An awkward silence hung over them, the gentle waft of music from the radio only ever disturbed by Larry’s choked out attempts to change the subject, lighten the mood, met with a small “hmm” and nod from Petunia each time.

Even upon dropping her off, the usual goodnight kiss was brought down to a soft kiss on his cheek.

So it wasn’t much of a surprise when Petunia came into his office the next morning, a steaming coffee mug in each hand, as she gently suggested “I think we should talk about dinner last night.”

With a nod, and a gracious smile as a coffee with mostly sugar and milk slid towards him, he inhaled deeply, before sighing “I’m so sorry, Petunia.”

“Don’t be.” She smiled smally, sadly. “It’s not your fault.”

“We shouldn’t have-“

He was cut off by Petunia barely whispering “Maybe she was right.”

Well. Whatever Larry was expecting to come out of her mouth. It wasn’t THAT. “What?”

“For the wrong reasons,” she tried to clarify “but, I don’t know, it might just be easier for you if you…”

Immediately Larry was shaking his head “No, no, Petunia, I love you. You!”

“And I love you.” She assured him. “But, if it’s such a concern to your family-“

“My brothers love you.” He interrupted. “They don’t care! It’s just…”

“We’re not going to be able to change your parents mind on something like this.” She sighed sadly. “And I love you, Larry, I really do. But I don’t want to ruin your relationship with your parents-“

“And I love you.” He interrupted again. “You, Petunia, exactly as you are. I don’t care that you’re…” he paused, forgetting the right word “…what’s it called?”

“Mixed.” Petunia supplied with another warm, heartbroken smile.

“Oh yeah. Right.” He nodded, swallowing a lump in his throat before jumping back into his plea of “You could be anything, but as long as you keep making me feel the way you do, I’d accept you anyway you are. Isn’t that what matters?”

“But your family matters, too.” she kindly reminded him.

“But, well, you know…” Larry’s eyes darted around the room, before admitting “…I was kinda hoping we’d be a family someday, too. You and me.”

Petunia felt a blush rise to her cheeks, as she meekly questioned “Really?”

“Of course!” He chirped happily. “You make me happy. And I wanna spend my life with you. And I know my mom thinks she’s looking out for me, but, she really just wants me to be happy, too. And no one could ever make me happier than you.”

He was a little shocked when Petunia walked around to his side of the desk, but the shock melted away with the loving, familiar feeling of her lips against his cheek. “Okay.” She smiled, inhaling sharply through her nose, exhaling through her mouth. “I love you, and I trust you.”

[karmilleryn]

This made me lose it in the best way just overall, but also/especially because that last bit felt very “I’ll take care of you. / It’s rotten work. / Not to me. Not if it’s you.”

[girllookingoutwindow]

Polin and Beauty and the beast parallels Part 1

[kcrra]

rhanicent dungeon sex 2026 truthers...it's time to lock the fuck in our campaign begins now

[thirdeyeblue]

“Nine would have treated Martha better than Ten did”

I need to talk about this argument that never seems to stop circulating.

Note: Not a venomous/anti post. There’s more than enough of that across fandom spaces as is, and this is supposed to be a place for ✨sweet, blissful escapism✨

When making this argument, people seem to envision a scenario in which Nine never met Rose.

While I can appreciate a good hypothetical, recognizing Rose's significance to the Doctor (Nine and Ten) is essential to understanding why things with Martha played out the way they did in the first place.

In the third series, the Doctor is grieving. This grief is deliberately threaded into nearly every script, whether spoken aloud or not (and these are just a few examples):

He's burning in Rose’s wake the entire time Martha travels with him, which is why it’s so frequently called upon: It’s 100% deliberate in framing his grief. He grieved as Nine too, of course— having been fresh on the heels of the Time War — but then he met Rose, which changed everything.

Back then, he was still a rude, traumatized pain in the ass, but we watch Rose soften more of those jagged edges with every episode as they grow closer; as he lets his guard down and forms a deep connection with her.

He falls in love (against his better judgment) and it's game over.

And yes: provided S1E1 had been titled 'Martha', one can realistically assume things might have unfolded similarly to how they did with Rose. However, it wouldn’t have been that way just because the Doctor was Nine and “Nine was different” — it would be because he wasn’t already in love with someone else. The same can't be said for the start of S3.

Think of it like this: if Rose AND Martha had been in that cellar — if Nine had taken both of them along with him in S1 — we’d eventually be looking at the most melodramatic love triangle ever, what with him living in close quarters with two brilliant, gorgeous, compassionate young women... But Doctor Who is plenty “soap opera” as is with just one woman in the TARDIS.

(I certainly wouldn’t object to reading that fic, though)

Now, regarding the unrequited elephant in the room…

His inability to be romantic with Martha isn’t because he thinks her lesser, nor is it for lack of compatibility. It isn't because Rose is any better than her. It certainly isn’t just because he’s Ten.

It’s really only for one reason, which can't be denied — and now I’m a broken record:

He is still in love with Rose.

(cut from a tenrosedaily gif)

Nine is Ten, and Ten is only such a mess in S3 because he’s just lost the love of his life. Martha merely got caught in the crosshairs of a volatile Time Lord in mourning, and yes — it sucks. Absolutely.

But it also feels dismissive to chalk Ten and Martha’s relationship up to little more than some sort of mindless dance of pining, jealousy, and toxicity.

Ten trusted Martha with his life over and over again — and hers, with him. He constantly praised her brilliance, happily carting her around time and space with no intention of letting her go. In the BBC’s extended universe of novels/comics/cartoons/etc, there’s so much depth to their relationship: love and trust and trauma and sacrifice. They had their own special bond as mates, their own complexities — so it’s a bummer that it's forever overshadowed by the other things.

I’m not denying that there was a lot of stuff that sucked/was for sure toxic about Ten's S3 behavior, but so many of the things I've seen him catching flak for can be directly attributed to being A Clueless Fucking Alien Idiot (not a trait that’s unique to Ten) — as well as his flat-out obliviousness to Martha’s feelings.

So yes, I agree: if Rose never existed, he would have treated Martha differently as Nine. He also would have treated her differently as Ten. Certainly.

But Rose did exist, and when discussing canon, it matters.

“He tells me that he absolutely, 100% loves Rose... He tells me how my daughter; my wonderful, beautiful, clever little girl saved him from himself before… And he says that’s all because of me! I made her into the Rose Tyler that saved him.”

-Jackie Tyler, Flight Into Hull!

Martha got the short end of the stick in S3. She came round at the wrong place and time, but that doesn't mean it was all bad. It doesn't mean the Doctor didn’t adore her. It certainly doesn't mean the time they spent together was wasted or worthless. They were brilliant!

Sure, he could be a twat, but let it be known that he was a twat with Rose as well, both as Nine and Ten. I’m sure Tentoo can be plenty infuriating, too. So while I'll defend Ten (and Tentoo) into the ground forever and ever and ever, I'll concede that he's fucked up.

The Doctor is a certified Pain In The Ass. It’s one of the things I love so much about this character — dynamics.

But never forget that Martha was goddamn tough as nails and overcame every bit of it. She moved on with her life, and the Doctor moved on with his. One can only pray that, when they inevitably drag her back onto the show (which feels inevitable if I'm honest), we see at once that she's been living her best life for all these years.

[dylanconrique]

they really weren't kidding about the rom-com vibes in this season.

[comebackali]

i have NEVER understood those fics where anakin turns 18 and SUDDENLY everything’s different between them and obi wan is suddenly attracted to anakin, UNTIL i watched hayden christensen in “goosebumps” (1997) and then immediately after in “are you afraid of the dark?” (1999). because wtf the way puberty hit this boy like a ton of bricks.

hayden christensen at 16:

vs. hayden christensen at 18:

bonus: a critical hit. “higher ground” (2000) hayden christensen at 18, ft. pouty lips and frosted blonde tips.

literally RIP OBI WAN. it’s been real bitch 🫡

[seagreenstardust]

One of my favorite things about bkdk is how easily they fall into just about any AU

And Hori gave us so many to work with, winter and fantasy and pirates and steampunk and dragon riders and even band AU’s, and more and I just realized

It doesn’t matter what world you put bkdk in, it works because the chemistry is there in canon

[captainsavre]

✦ CASKETT APPRECIATION WEEK 2023 ✦ ⤷ Day Seven: Free Choice - Favorite Song(s) ｛template｝ - How do you know when you're in love? - All the songs make sense.

[ellena-asg]

[sweet-sweet-petunia]

Flufftober Day 1

Prompt: First Kiss

Pairing: Larry/Petunia (main verse)

Larry had no problem with stage kisses. He was a professional actor, after all. He played leads all the time! Surely, a suave, handsome, well trained cuke such as himself would have no problem with a simple scripted smooch!

So Bob called action. And Petunia stood there, a few hops away, waiting patiently for Larry to hit his mark.

“Um, cut!” Larry called. “Sorry, I gotta…”

“Larry,” Bob’s voice was low, secretive, “if you’re not comfortable with the-“

“I just have to go to the bathroom!” Larry lied. “It’s fine!”

But when he was still in there 20 minutes later, nobody really believed he was fine anymore.

A light knocking on the door made him yelp “Ocupado!”

“I know,” the familiar, sweet voice on the end rang through the locked door “can I come in? Can we talk?”

Had it been anyone but Petunia, except maybe Bob, Larry would have come up with some other excuse. Instead, he found himself granting her request. “Hi.”

“Hi.” She echoed, a soft smile on her face. “You can lock the door again, if you’d like.”

Larry nodded slowly, letting out a quiet “okay” before doing just that.

“Is everything…you know…” Petunia hesitated, before asking “…alright? With the…you know…?”

“Please,” Larry scoffed unconvincingly. “The kiss? I am a very professional actor-“

With a small nod, Petunia agreed “I know you are. Which is why…I guess…I’m worried…I’m the problem, aren’t I?”

“What?” Larry gasped. “No, no, why would you be the problem? No, no it’s…” he took a deep breath, and shut his eyes right before confessing “I still haven’t had my first kiss!”

Each second that passed in silence - each thud of his heart in his chest - felt like an eternity.

But eventually, she spoke “First kisses aren’t really all they’re cracked up to be. But I can understand why that’s important to you.”

“Whaddya mean?” He asked curiously.

“First kisses are awkward most of the time,” Petunia explained. “Especially if it’s not with someone you really love. They’re a cute memory, but not the fairytale moment I used to picture.”

“Hard to believe that,” he chuckled. “You’re a fairy tale princess in real life.”

Cheeks flushing, Petunia offered a genuine “Thanks, that’s sweet of you to say. But, you know, that’s probably not who you want your first kiss ever to be with. So I totally get that you don’t want to kiss me, maybe we could talk to Bob and-“

“Who said I didn’t want to kiss you?”

The words were out of his mouth before he had a chance to process them.

“Larry-“

“I didn’t, mean, it’s just-“

“You don’t have to-“

“…but what if I did?” He asked, blinking at her, hopefully. “W-want to?”

“F-for the movie?” She asked, batting her eyelashes ever so slightly.

He nodded “Yeah, yeah, of course. And, um, also, maybe not. Not…just for the movie, I mean.”

Petunia eyed him carefully, before gently…just barely…

“There.” She giggled. “Now you’ve had your first kiss.”

Almost dizzy, Larry murmured “I think I’d like a few more of those.”

[ayilings]

ouran host club (idol tamaki au?)

[karmilleryn]

This is one parallel I don’t think I’ve seen mentioned yet and it made me lose it in the best way:

vs.

[sarangkstars]

The Double

[kittenchrissy]

I had to do it

Christian in this outfit deserves Dino's huge attention🥰