#this would've been my valentines edit

[laiostoudenn]

One moment with you could sate me for a lifetime.

insp. by @laezels

[swallowedabug]

JENNIFER TILLY Chucky (2021-)

[izloveshorses]

ANYA/DMITRY + tv tropes™ ~Anastasia the Musical~

[helsa-valentines-day]

Let's celebrate love~ 💖

@helsadiscord proudly presents: Helsa Valentine's Month 2024! Come join us to participate in a month-long celebration (1-29 February) on Helsa + love of all kinds (romantic, platonic, family, and so on).

EVENTS

Week 1 (1-7 February) — "You're still the one" / "You keep me warm"

'Maybe it's Fate, maybe it's meant to be. It might have been a while, but you're still the one.' / 'Like a cup of tea on a rainy day, your embrace keeps me warm.' Hugs, kisses, affection.

Week 2 (8-14 February) — "Darling, you are my home" / "The heart wants what it wants"

'They say home is where the heart is, and you're the one I keep coming back to.' Comfort, safe haven, friends to lovers. / One's heart's desire, mutual pining, passion, infatuation, forbidden love.

Week 3 (15-21 February) — "In another life, I would've really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you" / "I choose you"

Right person, wrong time. Reincarnation, paralel universe, soulmate, isekai. / Wedding vow, commitment, redemption and second chances.

Week 4 (22-28 February) — "I was enchanted to meet you" / "Stay with me"

First meeting, first glance, blind date, sparks, masquerade. / Cuddles, emotional connection, yearning, longing.

Free days (29 February) — Free Day

The examples above are merely ideas. Feel free to use your own interpretations of the prompts.

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1. @helsa-valentines-day

2. Tag #Helsa Valentine’s Month 2024, #HelsaValentine’sMonth2024 and #Helsa Valentine’s Month along with other appropriate tagging (fandom, characters, ship, spoilers, NSFW and content warnings).

Don’t be afraid to be creative, let inspiration flow! Create fanfiction, fanart, comics, edits, mood boards, headcanons, poems, essays, cosplay, anything you fancy! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask! :)

💖 Have fun and Happy Valentine's Month! 💖

[anonymityisfunwriter]

One Shot Masterlist

Season 1 Birthday 🖤❤️‍🩹 · Summary - You're rubber, he's glue. You're oil, he's water. He doesn't know when to stop being an asshole, and you're just trying to make sure he has a great birthday. Drinking Buddies 💕 · Summary - A drink between coworkers, what could possibly go wrong? The Secret Apartment 💕 · Summary - Bucky hates secrets. Finding out one of yours might just drive him crazy. Fond of You 💕 · Summary - He doesn't like you. No, that was too strong a word. He also doesn't not like you. That was too harsh. He's - well, he's fond of you. From Friends To This 💕🫶 · Summary - There's nothing Bucky hates when things don't go exactly according to plan. There's nothing he hates more than accidents, except when you went from friends to this. It's In The Past 🖤❤️‍🩹 · Summary - You've got a dark past - and there's some scars that may just never heal. And though you'll never forget those dark days, how could you live in them when you've got such a beautiful future waiting for you? Snow Day 💕 · Summary - Snow isn't the only thing in the air when it comes to you and Bucky. Illiterate 🖤❤️‍🩹 · Summary - You're more than the screw-up. You're more than the stupid, illiterate Avenger. At least, you're pretty sure you are. Jealousy, Jealousy 💕 · Summary - Beware the green eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on, or however that saying goes. But Bucky swears it's not jealousy mocking him, it's just John Walker and the fact that he can't take a hint. Nightmare 🖤❤️‍🩹 · Summary - It's rare that Mr. Sandman brings you anything but bad dreams, but tonight, he brings you the cutest you've ever seen.

Season 2 I Miss You Like It Was The Very First Night❤️‍🩹🫶 · Summary - Your friends say they know what you're going through, they know you miss him. They weren't there, they didn't read the note on the Polaroid picture, they weren't riding in the car when you both fell, they don't know you miss him like that very first night. Twitter 💕 The Compound Conspiracy 💕 Sick 💕❤️‍🩹 The Aquarium 💕💡 Kidnapped 🖤 Cat's Cradle 💕 Getting To Know Them 💕 · Summary - OTP prompts for our OTP Forced Proximity 💕 Valentine's Day 💕 The Scary One 💕 Forever Winter 🖤❤️‍🩹🫶 The Parachute Problem 💕

Season 3 Defining The Relationship 💕💡 Game Night 💕 5 + 1 (Flirting Edition) 💕 5 + 1 (Angst Edition) 🖤 A Bad Day 🖤❤️‍🩹 Secret Moments In A Crowded Room 💕🫶 The Winter Soldier (Part 1) 🖤 💡 The Winter Soldier (Part 2) 🖤❤️‍🩹💡 The Walk Of Shame 💕 Is This The End Of All The Endings? 💕🫶

Season 4 The Karaoke Bar 💕💡 The First Birthday 💕 There's Nothing Like Doing Nothing With You 💕 The Bake Sale (Part 1) 💕💡 The Bake Sale (Part 2) 💕💡 Driver's License 💕💡 The Clearance Conundrum 💕 Kiss and Tell 💕 The Pet Predicament 💕💡 The Pet Predicament (Part 2) 💕 A Blue Christmas ❤️‍🩹 💕 The First Anniversary 💕 · Sam Wilson Is A Good Friend (The First Anniversary Drabble)💕 💡 New Years Day ❤️‍🩹 💕 🫶 My Funny Valentine 💕 Battle of The Babysitter ❤️‍🩹💕💡 Bleeding Time 🖤❤️‍🩹💡 Sweet Nothing 💕 The Grumpy Sunshine Alphabet 💕 The Birds and The Bees 💕💡 · Summary: Falling in love is easy, as natural as breathing, so why is talking about it so embarrassing? The GED · Summary: There's more than one way to be smart. Or so you've been told. But how on Earth do you go about proving that you're not (the stupid, illiterate Avenger) dumb? Timeless 💡🫶❤️‍🩹💕 · Summary: It's the kind of love you find once in a lifetime, the kind of love you don't put down, and somehow, you know you would've found each other in every life.

Angst - 🖤 Hurt/Comfort - ❤️‍🩹 Tooth Rotting Fluff - 💕 Requested - 💡 Part of the Inspired By Taylor Swift Series - 🫶

AnonymityIsFun Loves Tangled List Grumpy Sunshine Series AnonymityIsFun Masterlist

[mxhirus]

Valentine's Day Headcanons

In honor of Valentine's Day, here are some headcanons! Of course, the setting is modern AU, ft. ships my friends like (i might do a second edition if you guys send asks for some pairings hehehe >w<)

MikaYuu

Mika ended up asking Yuu out to a fancy dinner, which he thought was just a friend thing because who wouldn't think it's a friend thing? (LITERALLY NOBODY YUU)

Yuu really sucks at social cues which is evident, and Mika sucks at expressing feelings

Mika has to straight up tell Yuu that he was asking him out, not like a friend.

Once Yuu realizes that it is a date, he gets all giddy and excited, kind of how Mahiru would if she were in his place with Guren. (He was raised by GureMahi with honorary uncle Shinya.)

The bill was expensive as hell but Mika's privileged rich self was able to pay because of his Krul budget

Yuu was planning on giving Mika tomochoco (lit. friend chocolate), and got embarrassed that he hadn't planned anything else

Didn't matter anyways because Mika wanted Yuu and nothing more, though he did enjoy the chocolates

Yuu dragged Mika along to many different stalls in the heart of the town they live in to try different foods, Yuu quite likes eating

Spent the rest of the day at an arcade, playing video games (Yuu likes Street Fighter, Mika likes Tekken)

GureMahi

Now that they're adults, they're able to do whatever they want. They've been married for a few years. Guren is quite shy, and simply wakes Mahiru up with a nice breakfast which he heavily struggled to cook. Mahiru enjoyed it, she likes anything Guren gives her

Guren spent the entirety of the night before planning their day together, Mahiru had obviously planned something extravagant to spoil Guren with, aware of how embarrassed he gets over being spoiled

They went out to the mall, Guren was equipped with his credit card, ready to enter debt (Mahiru has quite the fancy taste)

They bought matching sweaters because they're cheesy and corny like that

Then they go and have lunch at a local shop, and they share a bowl of curry because they are, yet again, extremely corny. Plus, it's cold.

Mahiru, noticing Guren's particular favor towards the curry, buys the whole menu, wanting to see Guren's reaction wholely

He got quite flustered

After their day has nearly ended, Mahiru blindfolds Guren and takes him on a long drive, entertaining him with some background music and conversation. She drives him to the place where they first met, and Guren, being Guren, rolls his eyes to the sky but ends up blushing like he would've when he was younger. Guren is quite overwhelmed with the amount of nostalgia, and peppers Mahiru's face in kisses, which are happily returned. They spend their day sitting in the field they played together in.

GureShin

This time, Shinya would do the planning. He's a pretty simple guy, a small act of kindness could impress and make him quite happy. Guren is a light sleeper, he has to sneak around him to get stuff done. Guren is awoken with Guren Squad outside as a mariachi, playing romance songs very terribly. Despite this, Guren appreciates the effort

Within the time Guren is distracted by the mariachi (Guren has a short attention span, and can be easily distracted depending on the topic), Shinya prepares a bouquet of Forget-Me-Nots.

Guren really likes the color, it reminds him of Shinya's eyes.

Once Guren is given the bouquet, he grows to be quite flustered and rolls his eyes and says he doesn't want them. When Shinya moves to take them back, in order to challenge Guren, he quickly takes them and puts them in a vase.

"I thought you didn't want them?" "They're mine."

Shinya had initially planned to spend the day at home, watching movies.

As aforementioned, he is quite the simple man. However, in turn, Guren tells him that he has ordered cake for them to share, so they must go to the bakery.

They pick up the cake, and Shinya, being the nosy mf he is opens the box. The cake inside says "Happy Valentine's Day, Shinya." and in smaller text under, "I love you" is written. This instantly has Shinya smitten, as he squeals extremely loudly to piss off Guren he likes teasing him.

"AWW YOU SHOULDN'T HAAAAVEEE. GUREEENNN!!! Someone catch me, I'm going to D-I-E!" "Oh my fucking God."

They ate the cake together and watched their favorite movies, cuddled on the couch and fell asleep.

ShinMahi

Valentine's Day is the competition of who can be more extra than the other, for Shinya & Mahiru. In this point in time, they would've been married for many years because of the arrangement. Mahiru wakes up first luckily, meaning she had more time to get everything done. However, Shinya wouldn't lose so easily.

Mahiru quite literally dragged a massive teddy bear into the living room and plopped it down onto Shinya's favorite spot on the couch, littering the couch with cards and flowers.

Shinya, on the other hand, anticipated Mahiru's awakening and very very quietly prepared baking supplies, as Mahiru thoroughly enjoyed baking with him. He also just so happened to have bought her yet ANOTHER car (Hiiragi flex).

Mahiru bought Shinya a shiny silver watch, because it compliments the color of his hair nicely, and she likes seeing her very handsome husband.

Shinya ends up walking into the living room, to see what Mahiru was up to. He sees the massive teddy bear. He is a simple man. Looks soft, hug. So, he dragged Mahiru to the teddy bear and hugged her, along with the teddy bear.

Mahiru grew quite flustered, but is responsive to his attention. She likes it a lot.

After a good cuddle session, Shinya drags Mahiru to the kitchen. She sees the supplies and gets excited. they quickly get to work on baking a batch of red velvet brownies. Mahiru and Shinya had both initially bonded over their particular favor towards sweets.

They end up very good, and they forget about their competition altogether because they made out and did some interesting stuff for the rest of the day. (That is up to your interpretation heheh)

[nattinatalia]

❤️‍🔥JACK HARLOW❤️‍🔥

Welcome to my little Jack Harlow made up world. From first dates, to marriage and kids, enjoy <3

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Baby Shoes

10 Questions

Go To Him

Go To Him pt 2

10 Questions pt 2

Baby Nursery

The Harlow's

Baby's 1st Birthday

Dad & Daughter Day

Miami nights

Family Day

Saying Goodbye

Baby Harlow's

Date Night & Babies

Magazine Covers

Facetime Calls & Throwbacks

Festivals

Proud Husband

Proud Husband pt 2

Handprint On My....

Date Night

Surprise Visit

Family

Mom & Dad

Babies

It's Giving Bumblebee

Besties Collab

Booked and Busy

Appreciation Post

VMA's pt 1

VMA's pt 2

Mama At Work

10 Questions pt 3

Start of Tour

Day 1 of Tour & Matching Shoes

First Date

Staying Busy While Jack Is On Tour

Blocked

Announcements

Baby 3

Home for 24 Hrs

Matching Family

Touring Together

Pregnancy

Missing My Baby

Superstar

Would've Been The Hottest Bride

Hottest Bride pt 2

He Wants Me To Be Wifey

Family of 6

Ojitos Lindos

10th Date

Babies & Halloween

Ghosting

Parenting & Working

Atlanta Show

Courtside

Twinem'

Sick Babies

Saturday Night Live

I Apologize For Making You Feel Special

Harlow's No More?

Father and Son

That's Mine

Me Or Her

Me Or Her Part 2

Surprise Visits

Music Video

Christmas With The Harlow's

Baby Mama Drama

Baby Mama Drama pt2

Baby At Work

Good Luck Bubs

Valentines Day (baby mama drama edition)

[hot-take-tournament]

Hey guys!

I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone for being so patient with me, and for all the support you've sent! I can't even express how much all your kind words mean to me!

The best I can do to show my thanks is give you a poll - I would've picked something super controversial (my love language is acts of violence), but I thought this one was more fitting in the end.

HOT TAKE TOURNAMENT!

TOURNAMENT OVERTIME #18<3

Submission 580

Valentine's Day is the best holiday

It's a holiday about love! I love my friends! That's all that matters!

Propaganda is encouraged!

Also, remember to reblog your favourite polls for exposure!

Edit: I'm not 100% sure, but I think the original image used for this poll might've been AI generated, so I've changed it.

[majaloveschris]

Why nothing makes sense part 6.

Ghosted premiere edition 👻

When I woke up and read people talking about her being there, I definitely expected something much worse than it actually was. Don't misunderstand me; I obviously wasn't happy she was there, but it's not as bad as I thought it would be if she were there.

As always, there are things that just don't make any sense to me.

In the past few weeks, we've received no articles about them; the article about Chris didn't include her. However, on the day of the premiere, ET included pictures of the Valentine's Day video, and the Daily Mail also included her. It was like a reminder that, hey, he is supposed to be in a really loving and committed relationship with this Alba girl, remember? He was spotted alone, and we hadn't received any new content since Valentine's Day. The cheating rumor was also posted. I understand why many people think we are getting to the end of this shitshow, because it felt like it.

What's up with Tara and her family? So Tara and her family were in NYC yesterday, on the same day of the premiere, and Gully even met them before the event. Why wasn't she or they at the premiere? The fact that they were there on the same day and even met Gully would be too many coincidences if she or they weren't supposed to be there. But if both Tara and Alba's appearances were planned, then she couldn't have been the reason why she didn't go to the premiere? And they had time for it because, as it turned out, they went to the Broadway Museum before the premiere started. Or was she there? Because I know some people say she was, without any evidence, of course, but if she was there, why didn't we see her? And why wouldn't she arrive with Chris and Alba?

So the one and only time we say Alba was when they got out of the car with Chris, and then when we saw her going in with two people, who are supposedly Chris's friends or whatever. Where was everybody else? Tara was in town. Scott, Steve, Lisa, Shanna, or Carly? Where was everybody? They would've been better company for her, especially since they all adore her. Chris gave something to her; it wasn't his phone, that's for sure. They looked like some kind of tickets, I guess; maybe she got Tara's 😂 People also say they kissed in cars, but there is no evidence of that, and there is no way somebody can tell that from that video. I thought that if she were there, she would walk down the red carpet with him, which didn't happen. I'm not complaining, and I don't believe he was either. But what was the point of her being there? Why wasn't she on the red carpet with him, like his family members and friends usually are? I remember the Lightyear premiere, and I remember seeing Steve on the red carpet, behind Chris, while he was giving an interview. Why wasn't she there too? And please don't say that because of "backlash" or because "they didn't want to get bullied", because I have an easy solution for that: don't bring her to the premiere. He's never had a problem with not bringing his partners to premieres, but he didn't have a problem being at Jenny's premiere, for example, and he didn't seem to care about the backlash then. This whole premier thing was just as half-assed as everything else in this shitshow. You want to come to the premiere? Okay, I will do the bare minimum. You can get out of the same car as me, and we can have a fast chat, and then you can do whatever you want.

I hope those who said this will be the last thing he needs to do and then bye-bye PR contract and Alba are right.

That's my take on everything at this exact moment. Feel free to correct me if I made a mistake here and there 😊; I was trying to write down everything until this whole thing was fresh in my mind 😅

[elvenbeard]

Then and now - shippy edition! 💜

Enabled and inspired by @pinkyjulien @humberg @arcandoria @breezypunk @kharonion and everyone else who's done something similar XD My little VP and modding journey featuring Vince and Kerry over the last few months!

So, I figure, most of you can relate to my disappointment when I realized at the end of my first playthrough that there's so little interaction possible with the main NPCs outside of their respective questlines. The text messages your LI sends you are adorable, yes. Being able to sleep in their bed and then waking up next to them? A+ game design, 100/100, every game with romances needs this. But where is my option to hug, kiss, spend time with Kerry? Rude!!

Still though, I was undeterred to create some shots for my new favourite blorbos with my vanilla game (I had never heard of AMM then (or at least was too chickenshit still to install it)).

2023/Feb/06

Behold, my first attempts at creating something shippy (and I do still like these a lot) - title: Kerry meets Nibbles.

The idea behind this is probably kinda self-explainatory XD I had these as desktop background for so long, it feels so nostalgic to look back at them now. I think I have some slightly edited versions somewhere but cannot find them for the life of me, but there's no big difference really, just some slight colour/contrast editing.

I was always a bit bummed out by the fact that Kerry's default outfit for idling at the villa is the one with sunglasses on (while over the progression of his questline he wears it less and less as he gets to know V better, as if he is letting his guard down). But oh well! Also yes, that was and still is my favourite photomode pose for V really, because it is very versatile:

But that's... really it when it comes to opportunities for shippy moments outside of the quests.

2023/Feb/09

I was yearning for more!! As you can see, these are only 3 days apart. I had done some research and learned about the "[NPC] Interactions Enhanced" mods that I highly recommend for the options to kiss and hug your LIs alone :3 And! More shippy shot opportunities, because Kerry will finally be somewhere else in his huge-ass villa besides the sofa or the bed, and take off those beloathed sunglasses:

Hhhh.... I can't tell you how happy I was about this shot. I remember yelling to my friends on Discord about it half in tears (none of them really knowing much about the game yet apart from my occasional screaming about all the angst and plot twists). I think I described it as "Vince finally feeling some actual, real happiness, daring to imagine a future", just content and relaxed, having a late night talk with Kerry. I still like it a lot, and because of the mod enabling me to take this pic I still low-key wanna look into quest-modding some day and see if I can make something in a "romance-enhanced" direction. The "Kerry calls V and wants help with cleaning up the villa" quest we all deserve xD

2023/Feb/12

Another couple of days later, and with one toe dipped into modding now, I finally installed AMM (I think, since this was around Valentine's Day, this must've been when I saw a tutorial by @pinkyjulien on how to pose your blorbos for kissing poses with AMM, and my mind was blown XD). My first attempt to even get anything accomplished was kinda frustrating though (because I wanted to do too much too quickly). In a couple of the other "then and now" posts I saw earlier that the more common approach for getting into AMM used to be "swap your characters with NPCs around the city" and I was like.... "oh, yeah, that would've made things a lot easier" 🤡 Nope, I went right in with spawning them in and trying to squish them together with poses that somewhat matched XD

The following were my first AMM-posed screenshots that worked how I wanted them to, and aösdhfdsaf I am somewhat self-conscious about them still. What is a "look at" feature? What are expressions?

I never shared these publically before but hhhhh... this is it, this is the moment where the brainrot started. They're at Dark Matter, talking about V's childhood in Charter Hill, musing about how it's insane how they both occupied almost the same spaces for such long periods of their lives and only never ran into each other due to their age difference. I'm actually still (slooooowly) working on a little comic with this scene/story as topic, cause it is so essential and important to me (based on a random spontaneous decision I made about V's past before even knowing the Dark Matter existed... right across from V's childhood home asdöasdhfjds. Setting the whole "we were destined for each other" trope I have going on with them so much in stone ;A;). This is one of the shoots I'd also really like to redo with my current VP skills... maybe when I've finished my hand-holding poses, cause yeah... hand holding ;__;

Speaking of which:

2023/Jul/13

Five months later, still stupidly in love with each other, still regularly back at the Dark Matter because the place is so gorgeous and important to them. Kerry's getting some more outfits slowly but surely (even with sunglasses!), I have a much better understanding of AMM and the VP possibilities in general now. These two unlocked completely new ways of creative expression for me that I wouldn't even have dreamed of possessing or wanting to follow. VP has become such an amazing creative outlet, for creating all those little scenes I wish I existed in the base game, or which I'd love for them to have in their future.

Am I crying about fictional pixel men too much? Maybe. But over a short period of time they've become so important to me, and I got to meet so many cool and inspiring people in this community after not really feeling part of or even drawn to creating for a fandom for a long time anymore. Can't wait to update this post some time in the future to see where my and their journey will lead to!

I feel like my progress is kinda slow, and I wish I had more time to dedicate to them and all my creative endeavours, cause they'd deserve it for all the joy they bring me xD But alas... Fingers crossed for more spare time and better time management in my future! Thanks for reading this far and coming to my blorbo talk 💜

[djservo]

january lasted 100 days and nights and now february has practically flown by BUT i returned to hallowed ground (tumblr) to get your reading recap! did you make room for any romance reads what happened i’m all ears

surprisingly not really any romance specific reads though I think love was sort of the implicit/explicit thread stringing these all together so in a way it was still kinda fitting!! I did watch Touch of Pink (2004) on Valentine's Day which was a silly + sweet (if not slightly troubling) time!!

Since I Laid My Burden Down by Brontez Purnell

if I disembody my adoration for Brontez as a person and try to see this as just any other work of fiction, I could see the kinda jumpy/non-linear structure and casualty not working for me, but because it's Brontez and because I've adore him for years, it's impossible for me not to read this in his voice and demeanor specifically + thus get such a kick out of this!! in fact I'd say the casualty and rough edges are such a big component to its charm + narrative voice. reflective in such a real + funny way without pretension, and I think really indicative of his roots in zines and peak early internet blogging era (at least from my first introduction to him)

Punks by John Keene

poetry! really great when it was good but kinda cliche when it was weak which was disappointing. I'm not a big fan of repetition poetry (? not sure if there's a specific term for it) and there was just one too many in this collection for me to take seriously. could've cut down on a few poems which I feel like I've never thought about any poetry collection before so maybe that's actually a testament to Keene's generosity on not skimping on page count lolol. still I appreciate the good parts for what they are - love letters and testaments to simply existing as a gay man during a time of so much death and strife, proof of life as impossible as it seems to confront sometimes

I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean And Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader edited by Alice Walker

admittedly added to my tbr way back mostly bc of the name alone (which may just be the greatest book title ever) and somehow didn't realize this was a reader/anthology? I knew it included her famous 'What White Publishers Won't Print' essay so I just assumed it was just a collection of essays ANYWAY. I wondered if I would've appreciated this more had I already read the entirety of the works featured (aside from Their Eyes Were Watching God, the only one I've read) or if this was actually an ideal way to get a better sense of Hurston's variety of writing. I'm leaning towards the latter since I really enjoyed just about every piece and genre - folklore and memoir and fiction - and getting to witness the similarities in how she writes each form and also the background context of her life/controversies added so much to the experience. simply love a woman with capital "A" Audacity and it's so clear from the intro alone (amazingly done by Mary Helen Washington) that there was no end to it!! inspiring!!! I also adored the afterword of Alice Walker's journey in trying to weave together Hurston's legacy with varying accounts + recollections of her life while trying to find Hurston's unmarked grave, which honestly could've been its own book bc it was that engrossing. loved this

Sula by Toni Morrison

buddy read this with one of my best gal friends which I think is the best way to read this ugh so damn good I barely have the words. The Bluest Eye floored me and set such a high expectation that Sula somehow surpassed and now I'm finishing up Song of Solomon which has been soooo ??#$?!!? IDK how Toni does it each time, not even just consistently amazing but somehow sharper than before. and with a vengeance!! I love stories about how friendships shift overtime with differing life outlooks n values to the point where you're wondering how you were even friends in the first place, and to create such a rich and complex net of characters and histories in less than 200 pages? just unbelievable. highly highly recommend this one

[cherryliqueurkinks]

cherry lips and candy hearts - part 2

femslash february: valentine's edition

pairing: betty cooper/hermione lodge

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When Veronica suggested that Betty work under her mother for the summer to build her network, Betty hadn't expected much to come of it. She wants to get into journalism to investigate and deliver hard-hitting truths, and she doubts the tabloid writers and gossiping socialites that Hermione Lodge knows would help her craft that image. Still, it would've been silly to turn down the chance at an easy paycheck as a personal assistant to a woman who barely lifted a finger. With maids and housekeepers and personal shoppers, Betty doubts Hermione Lodge would find much for her to do.

At least, that's what Betty had assumed.

"A-ahh, ah!"

Betty's head tilts back with a mewl as Hermione continues sucking at her nipple, humming indulgently and sending delicious vibrations across Betty's flushed skin as she squirms under the relentless attention of her mouth and her wandering, groping fingers. She doesn't quite know how they keep ending up like this, but it's far from the first time this summer that Betty has ended up straddling Hermione Lodge on top of the velvet chaise in her walk-in closet, and she knows it certainly won't be the last if the woman has anything to say about it.

Hermione may be the one on the bottom at the moment, but they both know that Betty is the one who lives to please.

"Ah!" Betty gasps as Hermione bites down on her nipple before releasing her breast with a wet pop, the obscene sound making the blush deepen across Betty's cheeks.

Then Hermione flattens her tongue against Betty's other nipple and begins lapping at it in slow, broad strokes, making Betty wriggle from the white-hot pleasure that shoots straight between her legs. She tightens her arms around Hermione, tucking herself in closer in a desperate attempt to seek more friction from her tongue, and the shift of her hips has her throbbing clit sliding against one of the buckles holding Hermione's stockings in place.

And Betty's eyes nearly roll back from the sensation as she lets out a wanton whine.

"Did you like that, mija?" Hermione murmurs as she nips at the underside of Betty's breast. "You're such a sensitive little slut that can get off on anything, aren't you?"

"No," Betty pants, starting to shake her head in protest, but Hermione tightens her grip on her hips and grinds Betty against her again, scraping her clit against the garter buckle through the thin, thoroughly soaked lace of her panties, and a moan falls from Betty's lips before she can quite catch it.

Hermione's eyes glitter as Betty blushes harder, if possible.

"My little liar," she coos, digging her perfectly manicured nails into the flesh of Betty's ass. "You're making such a mess on me and yet you think you can say it's not because your cunt is as shameless as you."

Betty whines, squeezing her eyes shut, but Hermione simply chuckles as she grinds Betty against her again and again, making her gasp with every glide of her clit over the garter buckle. Their bodies are pressed so tightly that their tits brush and their nipples rub together as she rocks Betty on top of her, and it doesn't take long before Betty feels her hips grinding down a little faster, a little harder, her body angling to get even more friction on her throbbing bundle of nerves. She's shamelessly riding Hermione's thigh as more wanton whimpers fall from her lips, and Hermione grasps at the waistband of her panties, tangling her fingers in the flimsy lace for more leverage as she helps Betty gyrate her hips.

She hates that she's about to come like this, shamelessly grinding against her best friend's mother's lingerie-clad thigh, but she's so close to coming that she can't bring herself to feel embarrassed.

Not when Hermione bites down on her nipple once more, the slight burst of pain heightening Betty's senses right as her clit grinds down on her thigh, and Betty comes with a keening cry, writhing atop Hermione's lap as her orgasm bursts through her. She tosses her head back and rides Hermione's thigh without abandon, too caught up in the throes of pleasure to do anything else but ride the waves of it as they crash over her, her wetness spilling all over them as she comes and comes.

Hermione coos softly, stroking a hand down Betty's now-untamed ponytail before winding it around her hand and tugging, making Betty gasp as her chin is forced upward.

"You did such a good job at polishing my garter with the dripping little cunt of yours," she muses with her lips against Betty's throat as she nips at the delicate skin there. "Perhaps you should help me polish my boots next."

[yugiohcardsdaily]

Random Yu-Gi-Oh! thoughts (original series):

Ryou Bakura deserved better.

Tristan Taylor and Téa Gardner weren't useless and were more than just the cheerleaders.

Yugi Muto was constantly overshadowed by Yami Yugi/Atem and still is in media. In fact, most often when a merchandise item says it's Yugi, it's actually portraying Yami. The series may be named after him, but it disrespects him a lot, if sometimes unintentionally.

Seto Kaiba is one of the best anti-heroes of all time.

Mokuba Kaiba is a very decent character who could do with a bit more screen time.

Having Maximillion Pegasus live beyond Duelist Kingdom was actually a good move for the anime.

Noah Kaiba and his arc aren't terrible. They're just mistimed because the manga had been on hiatus due to Takahashi-san being ill during the end of the Battle City arc and the anime had to improvise. If it wasn't for it taking place in the midst of the finals, it would probably be my second favorite season tbh.

The Doma/Orichalcos/Waking the Dragons arc isn't as bad as people make it out to be. It's not great. But I do like several things from it. The new characters (not including Dartz, he's kinda boring and meh) and the development of old ones tends to be good for the most part, imo. I have more thoughts, but I'll just sum it up by saying it could've been handled better.

Mai Valentine deserved better.

Duke Devlin also deserved better. I haven't read it myself, but he seems to have had more development and a better story in the manga than what we're given in the anime.

Though I don't mind it, we could do without the tournament that precedes the Millennium World arc. None of the characters introduced in it are memorable, except Vivian for her love slave comment towards Yugi/Yami and Zigfried Von Schroeder for being Kaiba's business rival and a Pegasus expy wannabe.

Why did Rex Raptor and Weevil Underwood get so much extra screen time across every season (minus Noah's arc)? Were their characters really deserving of that?

I would've loved to see more of Thief King Bakura as himself versus being controlled by Yami Bakura via the shadow game. Yes, they are different characters, and it becomes clear when Yami Bakura sacrifices TKB and temporarily relinquishes control of him in that moment. (I'll try to find the episode where it happens to show. Edit: It's episode 211.)

The priests deserved better. All of them, except Aknadin, the traitor, and Mahad, who got a very dignified finale imo. (How nobody recognized Aknadin as the former pharaoh's brother when he returned to court is also nonsense... But I digress.)

Dark Magician Girl being Mana's ka and still looking like her modern self is kinda dumb.

More of the priests should've lived to the end. As it stands, only Priest Seto and Mana remain in the anime's canon.

Ryou Bakura deserved better.

I might have more thoughts, but this is all I got for now.

[edited to make text bigger to read, sorry orz]

[ladyhindsight]

since i've just read your cofa stuff something i need to scream about is what is explained in cofa chapter 13 (?) about what is happening with jace

the silent brothers explain that the protection ritual done by them needs to be done a second time since jace died and came back without the protections

but

it says as if jace indeed had the protections in his first time alive

if the ritual needs to be done by the silent brothers, and we remember the conditions of jace's birth and childhood, how could that happen. i guess valentine and/or hodge truly did show up at the silent city with a unidentified baby nobody but them knew the existence of and asked the silent brothers to perform the ritual without asking any questions

how the ritual for clary could be done at least was explained in the bane chronicles, but never jace's, and that bothers me a lot because it's something actually important for the plot

a similar issue happened in gotsm but at least it wasn't a plot point, it's something that could be just edited out without problems

“Brother Enoch?” the boy guessed.

No, said Brother Zachariah. He knew Enoch’s memories as his own. Enoch had given the boy his first Mark,

absolutely. that absolutely happened. i'm sure brother enoch totally showed up at the wayland manor, was happily greeted by supposedly dead most wanted criminal ever valentine morgenstern, oh nevermind that's totally michael wayland, my bad, and applied the first mark on his son, then went back to the silent city completely unbothered

(screams)

- R

There's a lot of contrivance around Jace's past for sure, and this is another good example how little of it makes sense. The post you linked, the question answered by Clare, was posted 11 years ago. I too was unable to find any explanation concerning Jace's ritual after birth, so I think it's assumable that it has not been answered, at least in the series where it would actually matter, not on the author's blog.

As to the subject itself, it hasn't really ever been a concern in the series. No one in City of Fallen Angels brings up or even thinks about how Valentine managed to get Jace's ritual done in the first place. Which would've been the right place and right time to answer that question. The only thing left is The Wicked Powers and The Black Volume of the Dead, which both seem, at least at this point, rather inopportune places to address this. And late for that matter.

Otherwise, as it stands, it seems like Clare just forgot or deemed it not important enough to come up with even some nonsense.

[actionsurges]

its so fucking refreshing to see your takes on c-rs combat and overall episode lengths. dms do so much work so i dont wanna be hateful about other ppls faves but matt is not nearly as interesting as brennan and aabria are in terms of setting up encounters and running combat. also hundreds of 3-4 hour episodes is extremely hard to get into so dimension 20s stuff is a lot more digestible and easier to follow along with. i think the exandria campaign that brennan dmed was the most interesting c-r thing ive been able to sit through too.

i am infinitely more interested in the way d20 has presented their content. why i'm saying content is that Actual Play IS content. It's an improvisational d&d session but it's also content and d20 is not only a) a little bit more transparent about that with their editing and set design and behind the scenes but b) they do it infinitely better than critical role who is still saying 'we're just friends streaming d&d'... no you're a company who makes hundreds of hours of content.

i like that dimension 20 is an anthology for the most part, i like what they're doing with rotating dms and players, it's not only more 'realistic' to what playing d&d is like wrt playing with different people and different dms, but it gives great creators in the ttrpg community a platform. i LOVE watching sephie valentine's streams and i would've never discovered her without d20.

to me i think dimension 20 really understands how to split the difference between this is Content we are producing for our audience and should be consumable (themes & lengths & pacing) as well as this is an improv game where we can have fun (literally everything about the table dynamic at f&f and the 'main' cast [tho i'd argue they're not the main cast when there's been just as many seasons without them lmao]) and it's far more refreshing to watch an actual play that understands it's a form of entertainment and formats itself as such.

wrt to things like character death or fan opinions on what a game is doing, i fully agree with the sentiment of like. as an audience member you gotta let the table do what the table is doing if they're all on the same page, which they SHOULD be, and it's not the creator's fault if that is something their audience doesn't like (re; what happened when m*lly died). at that point it's fair to set the boundary of This Is Our Game, sorry that sucked, but we're all okay with it. However, I think CR hides behind that to avoid taking any criticism.

tldr; cr may have been the 'first' (to my knowledge) breakthrough actual play but in no way are they doing anything innovative with that genre of content and i think unless they start to change the way they produce their content (which they sort of have with exu i guess) they're going to become obsolete and more and more people realize there are better ways to spend their time.

[bylertruther]

hi! when did you start shipping byler? what’s your favorite moment of theirs? and what’s your favorite part about being here on byler tumblr? have a good day ❣️

hello! i hope you have a good day, too! :)

i started shipping in 2017 after watching season two! i didn't, like... actively ship-ship anything, but i did think they were super cute. i clocked how special and distinct their relationship was from their other connections with the party, especially and specifically in mike's case, and i thought there was something there. not exactly, like... explicitly romantic just yet, but "something" as in there's potential between these two characters for something big. mike was Exhibiting Behaviors in my eyes, but i felt like he wasn't mature enough yet to realize exactly what makes their relationship so special to him. additionally, i knew will was gay, but i didn't think that he had feelings for mike yet lmao (edit: i saw him as in the beginning stages of a crush / not yet at mike’s level). if you've been following me for some time then you already know this, but you can imagine the fucking whiplash i got once season three came out lmaooooo. twas brutal.

hm... this is tough. i really like the rain fight, because that and the shed scene are the true basis for byler i think. shed scene because mike confirms his relationship with will is the best thing he's ever done and the memories he tells will show that he views him as a hero that has saved them all. rain fight because i felt that was when will "realized" his feelings were unrequited and that's why he's pulled away from mike so much, and mike realized how badly he'd fucked up and it makes him go back (as much as he can) to how he was with will before and made him realize that their friendship was just as important to will, too. mike learns that will doesn't want to lose him in s3 and will learns that mike doesn't want to lose him (again) in s4 either. it's validation earned in the most painful way lmao. i also like the rink-o-mania fight, because it fascinates me how:

mike felt that will not talking to him sabotaged his day, even though his girlfriend literally just got harassed by everyone in the rink. and he's hurt because he feels like if will had just picked up the phone and talked to him then this never would've happened. bc will always tells him things! will never lies to him! and he's been trying to be better after the rain fight but in his eyes at that point it was like will gave up and now everything is shit because they're not talking anymore.

mike didn't back down from, hesitate, or flinch at the romantic connotation of will's "and us?" after he says el is his girlfriend. repeating "we're friends! we're friends." with such emphasis is so telling, too. who are you trying to convince? why did your mind go there? why are you not... idk, taken aback at all whatsoever? (and is that why you couldn't hug him and have been watching him the whole time?) these are perfectly normal and straight things to do with your boy bestie who you know doesn't like girls, who you can't touch anymore without your breath catching, and who you've been calling nonstop for six months in 80s small town indiana despite him never reaching out first. very normal, heterosexual, and platonic behavior especially when paired with the fact that you haven't ever told your girlfriend that you love her lol not even in ur letters or with valentines day cards.

mike wrote a "book of letters" to el and he says they're romantic and thus not for friends, but he only ever signed them with "from, mike" which led el to believe he doesn't love her romantically anymore. so he goes from not being able to be romantic with el anymore to then having romantically charged conversations and tension with will that entire season.. lol.

mike tells will "that's just not true" when will says he doesn't care about anything he has to say and doesn't reveal that he tried calling him all the time and even complained to dustin about the busy tone. why? why not tell him? and why not send him a letter if he never picked up? is it because then he'd find that he can say "love, mike" in his letters to will but not el's?

and i thought it was interesting how in the car he looks at will but not el, his girlfriend who again just got harassed in front of everyone and needs support lol.... and then he makes a passive aggressive comment about what she did at dinner. like, ok, mike. way to make ur feelings super clear today.

like... yeah, their tender scenes are great, but their fight scenes (and how they make up after them) are so revealing it's insane. it's also very easy to show your love when all is well, but it's so hard to show it and more impactful to witness as a viewer when it comes out in fight scenes even when they're both upset, withholding things, and hurt. mike is only ever vulnerable with will, even and perhaps especially when they fight. he does not do this with anyone else, including his own girlfriend. he treats will better every single time in every single fucking scenario lmao. so they definitely take the cake for me, because the proof is in the pudding and all that. rain fight + rink-o-mania fight solo every other byler scene 100% in my eyes.

my favorite part of byler tumblr is thankfully having found people who are very kind, funny, and intelligent and who share that with us all on these e-streets. it's always a treat to read different analyses and i love people who point out things that have been hidden in plain sight. i also LOVE the memes n shit posts! my dash consistently makes me laugh multiple times a day lol. and it's really cool to see people who are just as passionate as i can be hehe. :^)

thank u for asking! :D i'd love to hear your responses to these questions if u feel like stopping by again. <3