#the bitterest of exes

[razzafrazzle]

lot of middle-aged men with issues in animal crossing. i enjoy it

[image description: a simple sketched comic of tom nook, lyle, and redd from animal crossing. the first panel has tom happily gesturing to lyle and saying "He actually turned his life around". the second panel has redd looking back at tom and saying "Thats a shame I hope he relapses and dies. Right now." tom seems disturbed at this comment. end id]

[binkusdinkus]

They are the bitter exes ever

[twintravelers]

need me someone to do a haikaveh animatic of them w/the song lemon boy. i swear it fits them so much… i have my own interpretation of it below the cut !! (it's a bit long but bear w me.. tldr if u dont wanna read it: i think lemon boy nicely fits hkvh's progression in their relationship from their academia days to current times + they kiss at the end as a treat)

verse 1: There once was a bittersweet man and they called him, "Lemon Boy" / He was growing in my garden and I pulled him out by his hair like a weed

alhaitham thru kaveh's eyes, hkvh meeting at the academia (alhaitham is lemon boy), start of arguments

And like weeds do he only came and grew back again / So, I figured this time I might as well let him be

recurrent arguments+debates, slowly become friends

chorus: Lemon Boy and me started to get along together / I helped him plant his seeds / And we'd mow the lawn in bad weather

start hanging out/studying tgt !!

It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him / So, I got myself a citrus friend

become real friends / lowkey crushing?

verse 2: But soon his bittersweet started to rub off on me / You'd think smelling like lemon zest would be pretty neat

some more scenes of younger hkvh hanging out tgt :3 imagine what u want

I found out that my friends are more of the savory type / And they weren't too keen on compromising with a nice lemon pie

kaveh talking to some ppl who don't like alhaitham, argues w them (in alhaitham's favour) n leaves (maybe w alhaitham eavesdropping? lol)

chorus: So Lemon Boy and me, we just gotta get along together / I helped him plant his seeds / And we'll mow the lawn in bad weather

hkvh CUTE/fluff scenes working on the infamous project tgt

It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him / So, I got myself a citrus friend

maybe some more obvious crushing here idk.. i just love to think of them pining but not saying anything in their academia days... 

bridge: But what if I run out of fertilizer? / What if the clouds run out of rain? / What if Lemon Boy won't grow no longer? / What if beaches dry of sugar cane? / Oh well

/the/ fight. kaveh leaves. they grow apart, the years passing by. alhaitham finds kaveh drunk at the bar.

The whales start to beach themselves / Tortoise shells tear away from their spines / It happens all the time, it happens all the time

after listening to his ex-friend woes, alhaitham takes his jacket, puts it over kaveh's shoulder, and brings him back to his home, offering him a second key to the house in the morning

pre-chorus: Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever / Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever

kaveh slowly getting settled in his new home w/alhaitham <3 

chorus: Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever / Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever / It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him

them slowing hanging out tgt again, bickering w each other, little fond alhaitham moment w a small smile when he looks at kaveh arguing w him

outro: 'Cause we're the bitterest boys in town / Yeah, we're the bitterest guys around / And I got myself a citrus friend

alhaitham slowly approaches kaveh while he's complaining and kisses him to shut him up (heheheh) on the last line and it ends w kaveh being flustered but bringing alhaitham in for another kiss

OKAY IM DONE... hope someone read until the end if u did ily

[canonmisogynyvictimstournament]

PROPAGANDA

CHLOE BOURGEOIS (MIRACULOUS LADYBUG) (CW: Child Abuse)

1.) Girl was done so dirty… She was starting to develop and could've had a redemption arc and then they made her even more one-dimensional than she was at the start, dumbed her down, and the creator on twitter claimed she was never abused and that she never cared about her childhood friend, only his status. And in a scene that thankfully got cut by editors, her father was going to disown her, adopt her sister instead (who is like a "nicer" replacement for her) and pass Chloe onto her abusive mother.

And then a male character gets introduced who is also at first an antagonist with a backstory that gets revealed later, also a childhood friend of the same character, but it's acknowledged that he got abused by his parent and he gets a redemption arc and a romantic subplot and a spot on the hero team (which Chloe was excluded from because she was irresponsible with her power and revealed her identity publicly… Except he also did that)

This show is about girl power btw.

2.) Chloe was done so fucking dirty. So basically, the creator of the show (Thomas Astruc) created the character in the first place as a stand-in for his childhood bully (red flag no.1) Because of this, any development that she as a character got from the other writers (and it was a lot) got retconned, just because he hated her. Other, objectively much more evil, (male) characters (the main villain!) were portrayed as more sympathetic than her, because god forbid a hurt, abused, emotionally immature, unloved little girl be portrayed as anything other than an unlovable, unforgiveable unchangeable demon. Also she's obsessed with clothes, shoes and handbags, because she's a mean girl, don't you see, so obviously the nice girls (who don't wear makeup while Chloe does) are better than her.

3.) Stuck up spoiled rich girl is treated as worse than the actual villains of the show. At some point we get a glimpse into her awful traumatizing home life and she starts to be redeemed, but the second something doesn't go her way she backslides and is suddenly even more evil and dumb. Also her father is incredibly neglectful but it's portrayed as her somehow abusing him into doing what she wants and he's so sad about his awful evil daughter. He gets a redemption arc but never actually becomes a better father. She's seen as unfixable.

MILLA MAXWELL (TALES OF XILLIA) (CW: Inappropriate Age Gaps)

1.) Milla was the first female MC in a Tales game. Xillia actually has dual protagonists; Milla is a female demigod on a mission to stop global warming, while the other one, Jude, is a male med student who gets dragged into her quest. The game says that you can play as Jude or Milla… except it’s extremely obvious you are meant to play Jude’s route, and play it first. Why? Because Milla dies at the end of act 2. The plot continues in Jude’s route. If you’re on Milla’s route, you do not get to see it. Instead, you wander around heaven for a while until you’re booted back into the world of the living as a deus ex machina. It is impossible to follow. Milla doesn’t get to reckon with her own death, while her friends all get to reckon with it offscreen. All of this character drama is conveyed to her through two skippable conversations. Playing this was completely infuriating, not to mention confusing. Even in her own route she’s written as the cool, mysterious hyper-competent woman.

I have a lot of issues with the plot of this game (it’s bad!) but that’s the bitterest.

2.) 1.) If you decide to play Milla’s route, and not Jude’s route, there is a part of the game where Milla has her spine broken by the villain, and you are forced to play as Jude anyway. Her paralysis is resolved with little fanfare (the important part of this life-altering injury was Jude fighting to defend her honour, of course).

2.) (CW: inappropriate age gaps) Milla is 20, but she’s teased as a ship with the other PC Jude, who is 15 (despite being a university student? I have no idea why they did this; most Tales protagonists are 17-21). You might say “hey wait, it would be extremely inappropriate for her to be interested in him, as he is a teenager and she is an adult!” Well, first of all, it never actually seems like she is interested in him, like at all. This plot is solely about the fantasy of having a hot older woman attracted to you, presented for the presumed male audience, presumed to be playing as Jude. If you’re playing as Milla it is a totally bizarre informed plot that comes out of nowhere. Also, I guess to get around any objections to the age gap, the game pulls a “born sexy yesterday” type dynamic with Milla, where she might be a 20-year-old demigod but really she knows nothing about human society and Jude the prodigy has to teach her. Everything about this is extremely terrible from every angle—I don’t think the writers even thought of “teenage boy shipped with adult woman” as much of a problem because of the genders. And from Milla’s end the relationship is totally incomprehensible. They didn’t think about why she would be interested in Jude, because what’s important is that Jude has women who are interested in him (she’s one of 3+).

In the sequel, there’s an alternate universe version of Milla whose love interest is the PC of that game, a guy the same age as her. I was so relieved! They actually “are both adults” and “have anything in common”! Unfortunately this hint of a relationship ends when the alternate Milla is sent to super hell (not only dead but her soul erased from existence) for contrived plot reasons. We are supposed to be okay with this, because she believes she deserves to die. Why? Because her actions in this universe apparently indirectly caused Jude’s death as a baby. Even though she barely knows Jude, he is, of course, the most important person in the universe, and so the only moral option is for her to die by suicide. ARGH.

Again, I can’t emphasize this enough: she was presented as the groundbreaking first female PC of a Tales game. And we were let down SO BAD.

3.) Since you’re looking for propaganda, Milla Maxwell. Very skimpy outfit. Their justification? She has a handmaid that designed and created her clothes. But the handmaid is a 16 year old boy who’s in love with her. And she has no idea about human society, so she’s just like. Ivar put in so much effort, I’ve been assured this is fashionable. She spends a 2 hour section of the game in another plane of existence, in a skin tight white body suit with cut outs at the boobs and inner thighs

In the sequel, her outfit is almost as bad, but this time she chose it and they don’t even discuss it 🙃

[zibiscusloon]

They are the bitterest exes™

[redjennies]

Matt is having the best time playing the bitterest gay exes this campaign, huh?

[idabbleincrazy]

First Time for Everything

Fandom: Angel (Buffyverse)

Rating: E

Pairing: Spangel

Word Count 1957

Warnings: PWP, porn with feelings, rimming, anal, slight nipple play/kink, coming untouched, multiple orgasms, come as lube, bottom!Angel, dirty talk

Summary: Spike learns Angel’s never been rimmed before, decides to do something about it.

A/N: Prompted by @impala-dreamer  

Squares Filled: Anal and Multiple orgasms for @kinkybingocard​ 

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"You mean you never…?" Spike sat back on his heels, his head tilted in surprised confusion.

"No, Spike."

"But you've done it to me plenty. Christ, pet, you should've said somethin'. I'd 'ave done it for ya in a second; always love a chance at playin' with your pretty arse."

As if to prove his point, Spike slid his hand down to cup Angel's backside, slipping a slim finger between his cheeks to brush over the hidden pucker. Angel squirmed with a soft hiss of breath, his cock still heavy with need and pulsing at the sudden change in direction of events.

"I don't know, Spike…when I do it to you, it's always without thought. In the heat of the moment, you know? I just...I don't think I'd be able to get into it. The thought of your face, your tongue, there…it just seems unsanitary. And, yes, I know we don't shit, and we hardly sweat, but…"

Spike slid back onto the bed beside Angel, leaning in for a slow, tender kiss. His own cock was leaking at just the thought of what he was trying to convince the older vampire into.

"Look, luv, just gimme a chance to show you, yeah? You never know until you try. If you really don't like it, I'll stop, 'k?" He leaned back down and whispered into Angel's ear, letting his tongue trace softly over the shell of it. "Still gonna fuck you after, though."

Mollified by the kiss and slightly dumbstruck by the hungry look on Spike's face, Angel relented. 

"...fine. Can't be worse than some of the torture I endured in hell."

"Now, what kinda attitude is that to start off a great new sexual experience? C'mon, Angel, turn over for me, there's a luv." Spike maneuvered himself between Angel's legs as the brunette pulled himself up onto his hands and knees. "Relax, Peaches, gonna make it good for ya."

As Angel lowered his head to the pillows, his ass lifting up into the air, presenting himself, Spike smoothed his hands up over the back of his thighs, as though soothing the flanks of a spooked horse. 

"Fuck, you make a gorgeous sight like this, luv. Always do. Gonna take good care of you, Angel, show you how good it feels."

Angel let his breath out in a sound that was part sigh, part moan, Spike's lust-rough voice and caring words melting away some of his tension as the blonde slowly spread his cheeks apart. Whatever his outward treatment of the younger vampire in front of everyone else might suggest, he knew it was safe to lower his guard with him. Had, in fact, never really stopped trusting him completely, even when they were the bitterest of enemies. Spike had always been the only one he had wholly entrusted himself to, the only one he would show this part of his nature to. 

Spike groaned softly as he watched Angel sink further into the mattress as his self-consciousness dissipated, and somewhere in the back of his mind, he mourned all the many moments like this lost to decades of feigned animosity. Who had his sire been able to confide in enough to be seen like this when they were apart? Had there been anyone? Wesley, perhaps, would be the most likely candidate, if there had been any moments of surrender, but somehow, he thought not. Angelus always had kept matters of his sexual inclinations close to the vest, and he thought it unlikely the uptight, too proper-for-his-own-good ex-Watcher would have prodded very deeply into the more private aspects of Angel's life.

When Angel was as relaxed as he ever was pre-climax, Spike lowered his head to lick one quick stripe over the revealed pucker, smirking at the quiet hiss of surprise and blowing cool breath over the trail of saliva. Just that too-brief taste of clean, cool flesh and musky arousal made his cock throb painfully with need and he knew it was going to be no small task to keep himself from coming before he'd even worked so much as a finger into the brunette.

"Wan' more, luv, or you wanna stop?"

"Y-yeah", Angel breathed out wondrously, his hips pushing back minutely in invitation, "more. Show me what you feel, Spike, when I do this to you."

With a pleased, hungry growl, Spike lowered his face back to the spread cleft of Angel's ass, this time trailing his tongue up from his perineum, over the clenching furl of muscle, and up to the slight indent at the small of his back.

"Fuck", Angel's voice was a raspy gasp of surprise, his body bucking forward instinctively at the sensation before nudging back towards Spike's mouth, and Spike let out an appreciative murmur at the instinctive response, laving his tongue back down. "Oh, God, yesss."

Spike let his hands relax their grip where they were spreading Angel's ass open to his ministrations, sliding them along the curve of the taut globes and up to his hips, fingers digging in slightly and tugging him gently back as he pressed his face further into the shadowed crevice. He let his senses fill with the taste and scent of the older vampire, darkly masculine and musky, like churned earth after a storm, just as potent as the blood that ran sluggishly beneath his skin. Rich and powerful and heady, and he wanted to burrow into it, immerse himself in that scent and take it with him. Why had he never suggested this before when he'd topped the brunette? 

As his tongue pressed into the slowly relaxing opening, he fought back the urge to shift into game face and drink from that most private of places. His cock was heavy between his legs, jolting with desire as he licked into Angel, aching to sink into the tight hole currently clenching around his tongue. 

“Spike, oh, fuck", Angel moaned, pushing back as much as he could against the fingers gripping his hips. He shouldn't have been surprised by how good it felt, the sounds that streamed from Spike's lips when he did it to him were evidence enough of the pleasure to be had from the act. But this was just so much more intimate than anything the blonde had done to him before. He felt Spike's tongue push further into him, felt his nose pressing against thin skin, and let out a small yelp of pleasure as he felt that thick muscle press against his prostate. "Oh, God! Shit, Will, knew that tongue was talented, but Jesus, - yeah, right there - never thought it could feel better than when you suck my - fuck, don't stop, Spike - dick."

Spike growled against Angel's skin at the rambling words of pleasure, fucking his tongue in and out of the twitching hole, nudging the tip against the fleshy little nub on each instroke. He reached blindly between Angel’s legs, brushing his fingers over his full sac teasingly before wrapping around the stiff cock that was already curving up towards his stomach, the thick length sticky with pre-cum. 

“Oh, God, yeah!” Angel thrust forward into the slender hand stroking his aching cock, the dual sensations driving him closer to climax. “Fuck, Spike, not gonna last long like this."

Spike lifted his face away just enough to speak.

"S'alright, luv. Wanna feel you cum for me. Feel that sweet arse clamping down on my tongue as you mess the sheets. Gonna fuck you so good after, pet."

He stabbed his tongue back into the saliva-slick hole, speeding his hand along Angel’s throbbing cock as he urged him over the edge. A muffled shout, and Spike felt Angel go rigid, his cock pulsing in his hand, hole contracting around the intruding muscle as he came hard, soaking the sheets and the hand working him through the fierce orgasm. Spike pulled away before Angel had even stopped shuddering, kneeling up and maneuvering the brunette onto his hands and knees. 

"Bloody hell, luv," Spike groaned as he slicked up his ruddy length with the spend coating his fingers, "need you."

He pushed the head of his cock against the furled ring of muscle, fingers digging into Angel's thighs to keep him from pulling away from intrusion as he eased into the barely-prepped passage. 

"Can't wait, pet, got me too hot, you did. Let me in, Angel, c'mon, push back on me."

Angel growled out against the burn of the stretch, his cock still half-hard and refilling quickly, and bucked back on Spike's shaft, hand reaching behind him to grip at cool flesh. He was still swimming on a wave of endorphins, the scent of Spike’s arousal, and the revelation of newly discovered pleasure, and he knew it wouldn't take much to bring him to another climax. 

"Fuck me, Spike, hard." Angel pulled Spike forward harshly, letting out a loud moan as the thick cock speared into him. He wanted to feel the blonde filling him up, leaving his hole aching and dripping as they fell asleep wrapped around each other, and he knew just to get him there. His boy was nothing if not a goner for the sound of his voice uttering praise and filth. "Come on, Will, split me open, baby. Wanna cum on your perfect dick."

"Shite, Angel, yeah, keep talkin' dirty for me, luv. God, I love this tight arse, gonna fill you to burstin', pet."

Angel met each of Spike's punishing thrusts, rising up onto his knees and twisting his head around to capture his mouth as his arm slid up his chest, nails scraping over a taut nipple. The change in angle had Spike’s cock sliding over his prostate on every short, sharp thrust.

“Jesus Christ, yeah”, Angel keened, pulling away from the kiss, panting. "So fucking good, Spike, love the way you feel inside me, love feeling your cock splitting me in two. God, I'm so close, Will, make me cum. Wanna feel you fill me up, Jesus, fuck! Please!"

"Fuck, squeeze my cock again, luv - oh, yeah, just like that. Christ, Angel, so bloody perfect, you are. Love you so fuckin' much, Sire. Gonna cum, pet…"

"Do it, Will. God, I love you, too, little one."

Spike let out a roar, thrusting into Angel one last time as he hurtled over the edge into one of the most intense climaxes he'd ever had. Being given another of Angel's firsts had had a more extreme effect on him than he'd even realized, leaving him heady with its significance. 

Feeling Spike's cock pulsing inside him, Angel cried out, following him into his second orgasm, his cool seed spurting up from his cock to rain down on his chest and the already soiled sheets in thick drops. He slumped back against Spike's chest, letting his muscled frame support him as a post-orgasmic haze settled over him. 

Spike nuzzled into Angel's neck as they came down from their hormone high, letting his spent cock slip from the slick hole. He eased the older vampire back down to the mattress, turning out the light before snuggling up alongside him. As he pulled the sheets up over both of them, Angel wound his sleep-heavy limbs around him, pulling him close, a soft purr rumbling in his chest.

"That good, eh, luv?"

"Mm. Revelatory." Angel nuzzled into Spike's neck, blunt teeth biting teasingly into his skin. His ass throbbed pleasantly, and he could feel a cool, slick trail sliding down his thigh as Spike's cum trickled out sluggishly. Sated, content, but not perfectly happy. "Still wanna fuck you, though. Don't think this change in plans made me forget about what I was going to do to you."

"Wouldn't dream of it, pet. Sleep first, though. Bit shagged out at the mo'."

~~~~~

All Things Spike: @leatafandom

[marshal-raylan-givens]

Thought about it on the way home but if my childhood crush came to my house after twenty years and we started spending time together and fucking and he comes to my house with this whole monologue about I’m potentially the only reason he’d stay in a state he loathes and then slowly cut contact with me and tried to break up with me but was obsessed with my brother in law because they fucking ??? Dug coal together ??? Only for me to go visit him one night to find him in bed with his ex wife ???? I would simply be the bitterest bitch alive and of course id also fuck his old friend and nemesis

[total-izzney]

now that tomato loss mentioned it..

katney and izva are the BITTEREST exs in my head. Like.

imagine your ex is dating your girlfriend's ex. funniest shit ever

[bookaddict24-7]

RECO OF THE WEEK!

The Summer of Bitter & Sweet by Jen Ferguson

Synopsis: 

“In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person—and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth. Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She’ll be working in her family’s ice cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend—whose kisses never made her feel desire, only discomfort—and her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word. But when she gets a letter from her biological father—a man she hoped would stay behind bars for the rest of his life—Lou immediately knows that she cannot meet him, no matter how much he insists. While King’s friendship makes Lou feel safer and warmer than she would have thought possible, when her family’s business comes under threat, she soon realizes that she can’t ignore her father forever.”

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Check out my review here.

Add this book to your TBR on Goodreads here.

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Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?

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Happy reading!

[richincolor]

New Releases

Quite a few YA books by BIPOC creators are launching this week! Are any of these on your TBR pile?

Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester

Verónica, a Peruvian‑American teen, must deal with both her painful hip dysplasia and her overprotective immigrant parents, all while chasing her dream to become a professional mermaid in this gorgeously written, authentic novel about secrets and finding your wings (or tail).

Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthing hidden truths, and the undeniable power of hope, by New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed. Perfect for fans of Sadie and Dear Martin.

Safiya Mirza dreams of becoming a journalist. And one thing she’s learned as editor of her school newspaper is that a journalist’s job is to find the facts and not let personal biases affect the story. But all that changes the day she finds the body of a murdered boy. Jawad Ali was fourteen years old when he built a cosplay jetpack that a teacher mistook for a bomb. A jetpack that got him arrested, labeled a terrorist—and eventually killed. But he’s more than a dead body, and more than “Bomb Boy.” He was a person with a life worth remembering. Driven by Jawad’s haunting voice guiding her throughout her investigation, Safiya seeks to tell the whole truth about the murdered boy and those who killed him because of their hate-based beliefs.

This gripping and powerful book uses an innovative format and lyrical prose to expose the evil that exists in front of us, and the silent complicity of the privileged who create alternative facts to bend the truth to their liking.

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person—and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth.

Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She’ll be working in her family’s ice cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend—whose kisses never made her feel desire, only discomfort—and her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word. But when she gets a letter from her biological father—a man she hoped would stay behind bars for the rest of his life—Lou immediately knows that she cannot meet him, no matter how much he insists.

While King’s friendship makes Lou feel safer and warmer than she would have thought possible, when her family’s business comes under threat, she soon realizes that she can’t ignore her father forever.

A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan

Mina Rahman has a plan for her future: • Finally win the Golden Ivy student film competition • Get into her dream school across the country • Leave New York City behind once and for all

Mina’s ticket to winning the competition falls into her lap when indie film star—and known heartbreaker—Emmitt Ramos enrolls in her high school under a secret identity to research his next role. When Mina sets out to persuade Emmitt to join her cause, he offers her a deal instead: he’ll be in her short film…if she acts as a tour guide to help him with a photography contest.

As Mina ventures across the five boroughs with Emmitt by her side, the city she grew up in starts to look different and more like home than it ever has before. With the competition deadline looming, Mina’s dreams—which once seemed impenetrable—begin to crumble, and she’s forced to ask herself: Is winning worth losing everything?

The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero

Magic will burn you up.

Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an artist, Ilana Lopez—a biracial Jewish girl—finds herself torn between her dream of becoming a violinist and her immigrant parents’ desire for her to pursue a more stable career.

When she discovers a forgotten Jewish cemetery behind her aunt’s cottage, she meets the ghost of a kindhearted boy named Benjamin, who died over a century ago. As Ilana restores Benjamin’s grave, he introduces her to the enchanted side of Prague, where ghosts walk the streets and their kisses have warmth. But Benjamin isn’t the only one interested in Ilana. Rudolph Wassermann, a man with no shadow, has become fascinated with her and the music she plays. He offers to share his magic, so Ilana can be with Benjamin and pursue her passion for violin. But after Ilana discovers the truth about Wassermann and how Benjamin became bound to the city, she resolves to save the boy she loves, even if it means losing him—forever.

With spellbinding verse prose, R.M. Romero channels the spirit of myth into a brilliantly original tale, inspired by her experiences restoring Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe.

Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee Sometimes bitter rivalries can brew something sweet

Theo Mori wants to escape. Leaving Vermont for college means getting away from working at his parents’ Asian American café and dealing with their archrivals’ hopeless son Gabi who’s lost the soccer team more games than Theo can count. Gabi Moreno is miserably stuck in the closet. Forced to play soccer to hide his love for dance and iced out by Theo, the only openly gay guy at school, Gabi’s only reprieve is his parents’ Puerto Rican bakery and his plans to take over after graduation.

But the town’s new fusion café changes everything. Between the Mori’s struggling shop and the Moreno’s plan to sell their bakery in the face of the competition, both boys find their dreams in jeopardy. Then Theo has an idea—sell photo-worthy food covertly at school to offset their losses. When he sprains his wrist and Gabi gets roped in to help, they realize they need to work together to save their parents’ shops but will the new feelings rising between them be enough to send their future plans up in smoke?

Bright (Shine #2) by Jessica Jung Couture gowns, press parties, international travel. Rachel Kim is at the top of her game. Girls Forever is now the number-one K-pop group in the world, and her fame skyrockets after her viral airport styling attracts the attention of fashion’s biggest names. Her life’s a swirl of technicolor glamour and adoring fans. Rachel can’t imagine shining any brighter.

The only thing that’s missing is love—but Rachel’s determined to follow the rules. In her world, falling in love can cost you everything.

Enter Alex. When Rachel literally falls head over designer heels into his lap on a crowded metro, she’s tempted to give up her anti-love vows. Alex is more than just heart-stopping dimples and adorably quirky banter. He believes in Rachel’s future—both in music and in fashion.

But the higher you rise, the farther you have to fall. And when a shocking act of betrayal shatters her world, Rachel must finally listen to her heart.

Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta

Mack. Karim. Finlay. Mack never thought he’d find love, let alone with two people. Will he make the right choice? And can love last for ever? A must-read queer love story for fans of Sex Education, written in verse by Dean Atta.

Fifteen-year-old Mack is a hopeless romantic – he blames the films he’s grown up watching. He has liked Karim for as long as he can remember, and is ecstatic when Karim becomes his boyfriend – it feels like love.

But when Mack’s dad gets a job on a film in Scotland, Mack has to move, and soon hediscovers how painful love can be. It’s horrible being so far away from Karim, but the worst part is that Karim doesn’t make the effort to visit. Love shouldn’t be only on the weekends.

Then, when Mack meets actor Finlay on a film set, he experiences something powerful, a feeling like love at first sight. How long until he tells Karim – and when will his old life and new life collide?

[buckybarnesss]

i’ve got my little greedy hands on the rogue one novelization. 

i’m on page 9 and orson krennic is the bitterest ex. 

sure, sure professional jealousy, ego, narcissism whatever krennic is galen’s ex boyfriend who not only cannot get over him but refuses to do so.

might as well play bad romance over this.

[saturn-s-moon]

I've been thinking a lot about Elrond/Sauron as a pairing. Now this seems random, but I ship both w/celebrimbor so it is only logical to try to experiment with Annatar being in Eregion on the 2nd age.

They'd be introduced by Tyelpe, and inmediately something clics. Maybe it's because of their Maiar connection, but Annatar is a bit more flirty than usual and Elrond doesn't really mind. He has his doubts at first, but lets himself be led by Annatar (because impending war is making him miserable and he reasons he deserves at least one nice thing, and what's the worst that could happen?) And eventually the two fall in love. And it's sweet, they both learn and complete each other in weird ways. Even when Elrond learns he used to be one of Morgoth's pawns, he figures he's trying to get better, leave that life behind. The charming blonde man who speaks up whenever someone tries to make him feel bad about being peredhel cannot possibly be evil, he reasons.

But he is, and as the story goes, he tortures and kills Celebrimbor and Elrond's whole life falls apart. Everyone he's loved and been loved by is gone now, one way or another.

In my head, it goes down as a 1 on 1 Elrond & Annatar fight by the end of the 2nd age in which they're the bitterest of exes but then… Elrond has the updo annatar told him he loved on him and the gold armor he told Elrond was perfect with his skintone. And Annatar, having gotten rid of his headband has his eye fixed on Elrond and can't help but think about the times Elrond told him he should show his third eye more, and he's wearing the outfit he wore on their first "date" and they both hate the other, and they'd do anything to destroy him and they've taken everything they can from them, but they know deep down that they still love the other and they can't stop thinking abt him, even with how things are between them. And it's awful, but they can't stop loving each other.

AND THEN after the 3rd age starts and sauron starts rebuilding his forces he "harasses" elrond through osanwë but they both know hes holding back and they can feel the tenderness underlying the connection and there's love but it's just the remains of what once was. It is love that can no longer grow, to ask them to rebuild their love is to ask a wet log to burn, but they still mourn for it's brief existence.

It's even worse if they have the LaCE soulmate bond because then, when they're using it, they know there's been something there and that is the evidence of its existence; their bond was made out of love that has long died but its ashes stain both of their hands and they can't wash it off. And Sauron may say he'll murder every last of Elrond's family but it does not work when he's used the same bond to say sweet little nothings, a few hundreds of years ago. Things that were once thought in the dark now echo through that bond and it haunts them.

And maybe, when Celebrian is released and Elrond sees what Sauron has done to her, Sauron feels how he feels through the bond and maybe, just for a millisecond, he feels pity. It vanishes quickly but it was there and it was there because of Elrond, because as always he has managed to make something grow out of barren land.

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“We're the bitterest guys around and I got myself a citrus friend”

A Steddie Fanfic (Hurt/Comfort) 

Summary:  “Eddie Munson, nicknamed "The Freak" by his peers at school, fought bravely to defend his friends from impending doom. Or so they thought...

In reality, he is the coward they all thought him to be and he needed an easy escape from all the pain he was feeling. Unfortunately, that escape didn't last very long and now he is left dealing with emotions he wished he didn't have to feel.

Steve Harrington, The Ex-King of Hawkins, left to cope with his own trauma somehow finds a light at the end of the tunnel through a freak.

But if he told him what he truly felt, would he reciprocate?”

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41656491/chapters/104491368

[dragonballevolution]

You know what i will send you one two even though i know the answer to most of these. 15 good luck lmao

15. Do you have any favorite ships (canon or otherwise)?

you hate me and want me to die dont you pseud

anyway stan Jimmynouncer

real answer: i'm not really a shipper tbh. ive said before that i think Goku and Vegeta SHOULD canonically have gay sex but i dont think they should be a romantic couple, which i still stand by. most of the canon couples are ok when theyre not being written really shittily, and Vegeta x Bulma IS really funny because there's something wrong with both of them.

i dont know if i necessarily ship them but i DO think that Shin was DEFINITELY flirting with Gohan during the Buu Saga. OH YEAH i like Tiencha too adn i forget what people call Goten x Trunks but thats nice too. most ships really i dont have strong opinions on other than "oh thats nice" "oh thats funny" or "i'm going to fucking kill you" tbh. SKoT x Zamasu is boring and lame to me UNLESS theyre like an ill-fated one-week fling built solely on their shared hobby of "getting on Trunks's case for time travelling" and then become the bitterest of exes afterwards, THEN its funny

remember when we did that AI generated DBZ adventure and Babidi and Mr. Satan were bitter exes and started making out? can we make Babidi x Mr Satan a thing. they can have a custody battle over Buu

[meatcute]

i don't know your ocs so just answer for whichever one(s) you wanna!! 2, 21, 24, 54

ty! im gonna do my main set of ocs ^^ under a cut because this is LONG & i will be discussing death including child death and suicide (death surrounds these characters)

2. What’s their biggest regret?

cira: a childhood accident. i mean, logically speaking, he was too young to have known better. he only meant to play with his friend, as kids do, but somehow he was sitting in the dirt sobbing and apologizing and begging her to move, to get out of the water, until he couldnt stand the sight of her curly red locks sinking into the lake anymore and ran as fast as his little legs could carry him. he didnt know what to say to his father, to her parents, to the tall men in blue. so he said nothing. he was just a scared little kid, but he wonders to this day if its too late to finally say something

rachel: she loves her family. adores them, would move the world for them. shes ruined lives for their sake. but sometimes.. its like she feels apart from them. they care deeply for her and she has their unconditional love and support, but they know her better than anyone, and can tell when shes acting. they want authenticity from her; her bitterest enemy, something shed sooner die than provide. even so, sometimes she wishes she could be their real daughter, sister, cousin that they love and miss so much

alison: they dont regret. they live in the present moment, and that might be someones problem, but not theirs. the past only has meaning in that it allowed the present to exist, and assigning it any more meaning than that is pointless to them

phi: when the love of her life started avoiding her, she assumed what she thought was the worst; were they being unfaithful? wasnt she enough for them? they said they loved her, they said they were soulmates, was it all a lie? she wonders if this perception only sped up the inevitable. she learned the truth when she heard the voicemail containing their last words, and their body was found the next day at the bottom of a bridge. god, she wishes she could take back the suspicion and paranoia that painted their last moments together, even though itd be replaced by a different suspicion and paranoia. anything to make them stay.

21. What’s one secret of theirs that could potentially ruin a relationship they have?

cira... doesnt block ads on youtube bc he likes to watch them. idk. there was him accidentally killing his next door neighbor as a kid but i just wrote a whole paragraph about it, it gets repetitive

rachel regularly blackmails her enemies and frames them for petty crime. she has also enabled and goaded people into more serious crimes, including her partners past & present

alisons family has so much drama all the time to the point theyre constantly trying to kill or sabotage each other, its a fucking nightmare. also alison themselves is super unreliable and has broken many hearts simply bc they got bored of the person

phi is still in love with her dead ex and if they were to somehow be revived, shed drop everything for them including current relationships. she also heavily projects them onto her partners

24. Do they have any phobias?

rachel is a germaphobe. i get the sense cira is not a fan of heights, but not phobic-level. cant think of much else

54. What’s their body count, if they have one?

what kind? ;) jkjk. this is before they all start dating bc my ocs fuck nasty. cira is a virgin, phi has slept with two, rachels is 4 or 5?, alison has had dozens.