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Hi! Can I request a web about the phrase "to be loved is to be understood"? I am planning to write a short story and I am looking for similar phrases for inspiration. I really like your blog! It is very inspiring

@capfalcon (via @nr0r)

Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

@brigittefitzgerald, ‘who are you in this haunted house story?’ uquiz

Henry Rollins, The Portable Henry Rollins

Director’s Commentary, Pride and Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright

Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

Little Women (2019) dir. Greta Gerwig

Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

Michael Dempsey, Being Known Is Being Loved

George Orwell, 1984

Leonardo da Vinci, from The Complete Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Vol. II, compiled and edited by Jean Paul Richter

Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated

Taylor Swift, cardigan

Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

Robert Brault

John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

@ilikemycoffeeiced (x)

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uhhhhhhhh super quick but fun fact:  it is @bloomrots / @hoistsails / @handbitten ’s birthday (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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(  HENRY  -  lighthouseborn​  )

        One brow stiches to the other, drawing an indecisive frown across the whole of his expression. Frightened? Not exactly. Uncomfortable…uncertain. He would like very much to believe her, to take her at her word and gesture. She does not strike him as a liar— though, in a foreign, fickle fashion, he wonders if he can rely upon that impression. That is: he doubts himself.

        It leads him to scour his rationale. Is his a blind desire to trust or has she given him reason? When th- she had been there, yes, but had she pressed in like the others? ..He doesn’t remember. Had she set foot in the gorge? ..No, if she had she’d be dead, crushed or drowned or both. ..Why had she been on the ship at all? She clearly wasn’t crew. (Pirates these days might take women into their ranks, but certainly not the navy and certainly not Spanish Navy and certainly not Spanish Navy from, what was it, nearly three decades gone now? Four?) The urge to touch his face is nearly overwhelming, like a phantom limb begging to be stretched. An itch begging to be scratched. What if-

        “..The sea brought you,” he allowed with a single, stiff nod, interrupting the blooming thought. Aware in full of the the water’s notion to do as it pleased with you. A coincidence, at least in part. He gestured at the way she had come, back down into the town’s centre. “The roads too? Or did someone point you this way?” He’s gaining ground with it. Settling into a conversational tone that would almost fool a stranger, finding the means of movement so that he can resume pulling a length of rope through his hands, checking it for flaws- though now only with his hands. Reluctant to lose sight of her. “We’ve filled our crew, if you were planning to bargain. I should doubt it would change now.”

          el matador del mar ,   is what they called him .   the killer of the sea .   even as a young girl ,   dominica had always known her father was dangerous in a way that she was never brave enough to challenge ;   after all ,   a daughter was property to their fathers ,   and then their husbands .   and it feels like it had only been yesterday when she had kissed her mother’s stiff cheek in farewell ,   had boarded her father’s ship in preparation to be handed off to a man she had never met before .   and though she had not been jumping for joy at the prospect ,   she had relished in the thought of being free of the suffocating confines of her family .   but that fateful voyage would be what led to the demise and subsequent cursing of every member aboard the Silent Mary  -  including the single civilian maiden aboard as well .

          “   i walked until i found a road ,   and i followed the road until it brought me here .   ”     she can’t help it ;   she studies his face to gauge his feelings and catches the way he busies his hands ,   the way he seems to almost refuse to take his eyes off of her .   his distrust of her makes sense ,   it’s wise of him to be wary ;   he may know only her face ,   but it was once a face that was difficult to regret .   cracked skin ,   sunken eyes ,   floating inky hair ,   forever followed by a horrible stench of rotting flesh that permeated through every environment .   dominica purses her lips ,   and relishes in the feeling of flesh stretching and dipping with the shift in expression ;   basks in the feeling of warmth in her cheeks under the blazing sun .     “   all those years trapped on el matador’s ship was enough to last me a lifetime .   that’s not why i’m here .   ”

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Alita: Battle Angel (2019) dir. Robert Rodriguez

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(  CJ  -  calithal​  )

“        aw,        ‘    please    '        ?        isn’t    that    cute?        well,    i    wasn’t    even    thinking    about    it    before.        but    now    that    you    said    something,    i    just    have    to.        ”

          “   maybe i’m just using reverse-psychology to get you to join one so you’ll leave me alone !   ”     kicking her feet up on the table ,   she crosses her ankles and grins cheekily at the youngest hook .   “   let’s be real ,   you would be the worst cult member ever .   you know you have to be obedient to be in a cult ,   right ?   ”

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(  HENRY  -  lighthouseborn​  )

@handbitten​ (Dominica) || x

        “…I remember you.” A dawning realization as grave as the terrible dawn his memory has placed her in, one of many ghostly faces circled ‘round the weather deck. One of many faces he’s not accustomed to seeing outside of his… sleep. It leads him to lean back. Test the tips of his fingers. “..I-” Hm. “… How did you..?” Get here?

          “   i’m not here for a fight .��  ”     hands held up in a placating manner ,   keen and sharp eyes track the way the boy leans away .   her lips purse in thought ,   wondering if he’s afraid of her ,   if he thinks she is here to finish what her father started .   she wonders if the stench of death and betrayal still follows her wherever she goes .     “   oftentimes ,   the sea takes you wherever it pleases .   i washed up on the shore a week ago .   ”

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Rosa Salazar for the Hollywood Reporter (2019)

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          dominica salazar

Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky / The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Stephen Adly Guirgis / 1x09 “Horse Majeure”, Bojack Horseman / Skeleton & Demon, Brian Luong / Only Angels Have Wings, Nicole Dollanganger / Warsan Shire / Brand New Cherry Flavour, Nick Antosca / I Wake in a Field of Wolves with the Moon,  José Olivarez /  Youth Decay, Sleater-Kinney / L’Amour Cache (2007), Alessandro Capon /  Tales of Dominica, Lil Nas X /  / Look What You Made Me Do, Taylor Swift / Haunting of Hill House, Dan Kaplow 

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word prompts compilation

complies THIS MEME // THIS MEME // THIS MEME

ADD ++ FOR REVERSE

[ attention ] for your muse to touch mine as a way of getting their attention

[ wake ] for your muse to wake mine

[ cover ]  for your muse to cover mine with a blanket or a jacket

[ lift ] for your muse to give mine a hand stepping up or over something etc.

[ kiss ]  for your muse to come up to mine and kiss them without warning

[ run ] for your muse to run their fingers through mine’s hair

[ braid ] for your muse to braid mine’s hair

[ embrace ]  for your muse to hold mine

[ smile ] for your muse to smile at mine from across the room

[ wave ] for your muse to gesture to mine to come closer

[ panic ] for your muse to grab mine’s arm or get behind them in a moment of danger

[ touch ] for your muse to rest their forehead against mine’s

[ weep ]  for your muse to catch mine crying

[ eat ] for your muse to offer mine food

[ hit ] for your muse to attack mine

[ love ] for your muse to touch mine as a show of affection or reassurance

[ nap ] for your muse to fall asleep against mine

[ rest ] for your muse to rest their head in mine’s lap

[ look ] for your muse to catch mine staring

[ seduce ] for your muse to touch mine sexually

[ help ] for your muse to lean on mine for support

[ give ] for your muse to offer mine their arm

[ entwine ] for your muse to hold mine’s hand

[ laugh ] for your muse to laugh at something mine did

[ dance ] for your muse to dance with mine

[ sit ] for your muse to pull mine into their lap

[ yell ] for your muse to calm mine down

[ cry ] for your muse to wipe mine’s tears away

[ dream ] for my muse to share dream with yours

[ nightmare ] for your muse to wake mine from a nightmare

[ surprise ] for your muse to show up at mine’s house without explanation

[ fix ] for your muse to treat mine’s injury

[ sacrifice ] for your muse to get hurt protecting mine

[ guard ] for your muse to step between my muse and danger

[ taste ] for your muse to cook for mine

[ sing ] for your muse to sing to mine 

[ goodbye ] for my muse kissing and/or hugging your muse goodbye

[ secrets ]   my  muse  sharing/confiding  a secret

[ bloody ]   for your  muse  coming  to  my  muse  with  blood  stains 

[ drunk ]   your  muse  takes  care  of my very drunk muse 

[ bed ]  my  muse wakes up in  the  same bed as your muse with little  recollection  of  the  night  before

[ scream ]   my  muse  hears  your  muse  scream  and  runs  to  them

[ trail ]   my  muse  watches  as  your  muse  traces  one  of  my  muses  scars,  asking  them  about  it

[ piggyback ]   my  muse  gives  yours  a  piggyback  ride

[ jump ]   my  muse  holding  yours  up  by  their  thighs

[ carry ]   my  muse  carries  your  muse  to  their  house

[ lighter ]   my  muse  pulls  out  a  lighter  and  lights  it  for  your  muse  to  use  to  light  their  cigarette

[ shot ] my  muse  gets  shot  and  struggles  to  your  muses for aid

[ wound ] my  muse  patches  and  bandages  a  wound  your  muse  has  gotten

[ fight ]   my  muse  stops  your  muse  from  getting  into  a  physical  fight  with  someone  else

[ arrest ]   your  muse  finds  my  muse  arrested  in  cuffs  

[ hospital ]   my  muse  awakens  in  a  hospital,  finding  your  muse  by  their  side,  asking  what  happened

[ betrayal ] my  muse  finds  out  that  your  muse  has  betrayed  them and  confronts  them  about  it

[ nude ] my  muse  walks  in  on  your  muse  accidentally  seeing  them  naked

[ karaoke ]  for our muses to sing together

[ wet ]   your muse  strips  down  to  their  under  garments  and  runs  into  the  water,  motioning  for my muse  to  join  them

[ crawl ]  for  your  muse  to  crawl  into  bed  with  mine .

[ flower ]  for  your  muse  to  offer  my  muse  their  favourite  flower

[ gift ]  for  my  muse  to  surprise  your muse  with  a  gift

[ homemade gift ]  for  my  muse  to  make  your muse  a  gift

[ bestow ] for your muse to give my muse a gift, bought or handmade ( bonus if you add what it is )

[ serenade ]  for  my  muse  to  sing  to  your  muse

[ caress ]  for  your  muse  to  gently  run  their  hand  down  my  muse’s  face

[ caught ]  for  your  muse  to  catch  my  muse  wearing  their  shirt .

[ love letter ]  for  your  muse  to  give  my  muse  a  love  letter  they  wrote  for  them

[ boop ]  for  your  muse  to  boop  my  muse  on  the  nose

[ date ]  for  my muse  to  ask  your  muse  to  go  on  a  date

[ confess ]  for my muse  to  confess  their  feelings  to  your  muse

[ sleepy ]  for  my muse  to  slowly  fall  alseep  on  your muse

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henry & dominica - don’t make me laugh, i’ll choke

Pablo Neruda / Only Angels Have Wings, Nicole Dollanganger / Nickie Zimov / Cruel Summer, Taylor Swift / pinterest / vulnerability, @achillics / Half a Man, Dean Lewis / The Americans, Joe Weisberg /  unknown /  euripides, Anne Carson

@lighthouseborn​

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Seychelle Gabriel as Sam in Blood Fest (2018)

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“I love the story and the characters, it has made all art feel more approachable again. I’m never going to put down my paintbrushes, but acting is an art of the mind — you can apply it to other practices.”

- HUNTER SCHAFER about Euphoria for ELLE Magazine

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