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20 Flirty Remarks to Build Romantic Tension Without Being Overbearing

Feeling stuck trying to give your characters a good flirty one-liner that doesn't sound cringe/overdone? Here are 20 ideas/dialogue prompts for you (that I may or may not have stolen from my own books): 

“I must warn you: you have a dangerous effect on my heart rate.” / "You have no idea what you're doing to my heart right now."

"If I said I wasn’t thinking about you, I’d be lying. And I’m a terrible liar."

"You know, I could get lost in those eyes, but I'd probably trip over my words trying to find my way back." (could also double as description/inner monologue).

“I can’t tell if you’re really charming or if I’m just easily charmed.”

“You have a knack for making me forget what I was going to say. It’s kind of impressive/infuriating.”

“I think you owe me a drink. When I saw you, I dropped mine.”

“I’ve been trying to find the perfect excuse to hang out, but I keep forgetting everything when I’m around you.”

“I bet you get away with a lot of trouble with that smile.”

“You must be a magician because every time you walk in, everyone else disappears.” (The right character could pull it off I swear)

"I’ve been trying to think of something clever to say, but all my brain can come up with is how much I want to (kiss) you."

"I saw that little glance—you’re not as sneaky as you think."

"How do you manage to make even the most mundane things sound exciting?"

"You do this cute thing with your hands when you’re nervous, you know?"

“One more word, and I might just have to kiss you.”

"Finally, there's that pretty smile of yours. I've been waiting for it all day."

"You keep staring—should I be flattered?" / "Keep looking at me like that and I might start thinking you have a crush on me."

"Do you have any idea how fun it is to watch you try to keep a straight face?"

"I’m pretty sure you could charm the socks off anyone, but I’d like to keep mine on for now."

"If laughter is the best medicine, then I’m pretty sure you’re my favorite doctor."

"Is it bad that I kind of like the way you’re trying to mess with me?"

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Writing Notes & References

Alchemy ⚜ Antidote to Anxiety ⚜ Attachment ⚜ Autopsy

Art: Elements ⚜ Principles ⚜ Photographs ⚜ Watercolour

Bruises ⚜ Caffeine ⚜ Color Blindness ⚜ Cruise Ships

Children ⚜ Children's Dialogue ⚜ Childhood Bilingualism

Dangerousness ⚜ Drowning ⚜ Dystopia ⚜ Dystopian World

Culture ⚜ Culture Shock ⚜ Ethnocentrism & Cultural Relativism

Emotions: Anger ⚜ Fear ⚜ Happiness ⚜ Sadness

Emotional Intelligence ⚜ Genius (Giftedness) ⚜ Quirks

Facial Expressions ⚜ Laughter & Humour ⚜ Swearing & Taboo

Fantasy Creatures ⚜ Fantasy World Building

Generations ⚜ Literary & Character Tropes

Fight Scenes ⚜ Kill Adverbs

Food: Cooking Basics ⚜ Herbs & Spices ⚜ Sauces ⚜ Wine-tasting ⚜ Aphrodisiacs ⚜ List of Aphrodisiacs ⚜ Food History ⚜ Cocktails ⚜ Literary & Hollywood Cocktails ⚜ Liqueurs

Genre: Crime ⚜ Horror ⚜ Fantasy ⚜ Speculative Biology

Hate ⚜ Love ⚜ Kinds of Love ⚜ The Physiology of Love

How to Write: Food ⚜ Colours ⚜ Drunkenness

Jargon ⚜ Logical Fallacies ⚜ Memory ⚜ Memoir

Magic: Magic System ⚜ 10 Uncommon ⚜ How to Choose

Moon: Part 1 2 ⚜ Related Words

Mystical Items & Objects ⚜ Talisman ⚜ Relics ⚜ Poison

Pain ⚜ Pain & Violence ⚜ Poison Ivy & Poison Oak

Realistic Injuries 1 2 ⚜ Rejection ⚜ Structural Issues ⚜ Villains

Symbolism: Colors ⚜ Food ⚜ Numbers ⚜ Storms

Thinking ⚜ Thinking Styles ⚜ Thought Distortions

Terms of Endearment ⚜ Ways of Saying "No" ⚜ Yoga

Compilations: Plot ⚜ Character ⚜ Worldbuilding ⚜ For Poets ⚜ Tips & Advice

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the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

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Self care is listen to the 100+ hours tumblr binges brought to you by pm seymor

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Tumblr with people with filter is difficult to comprehend, especially if you are a bilingual person with filter.

Like, you get something in your head in your other language and until you have the power/energy to post it, you come to think yeah, but people probably won't care.

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Saw something at PM Seymor about noble gasses being aroace.

Can I slutshame oxygen for being a slut and ionize-bonding with whomever

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Why English keeps punching me in the face like this.

Burdensome - it makes a burden.

Worrisome - it makes a worry

But

It makes a noise is not noisome???

Go home english you're drunk

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When

does

the new

Helluva

Boss

NEW

EPISODE

AIRS?

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Wierd words of measurement I find wierd

Wad

bit

tub

thimblefull

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All hail the bus, bringer of passangers

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A new conpsiracy theory:

So a friend of mine is learning to sing opera with a tutor. She is ex-jewish conservative, coming from a rather conservative family.

She just receieved to sign "Ave Maria" in German.

Let me repeat:

An ex-conservative, asexual woman is training to sing opera about the virgin Mary, mother of Jesus H. Christ.

long story short: The Blessed Virgin Mary was an asexual and her conception was indeed miracolous, because the big G didn't give her the D.

That is all.

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Sweet Zukkang moments 10#

Zuko is a very light sleeper and a late night bird, so he goes to sleep when Aang already tapped out. So when he discovers Aang talks in his sleep, Zuko wakes up, takes a quil and parchment, and starts writing whatever Aang says. It's mostly nonsense, but one night Zuko suddenly hears Roku speak through Aang to the sleeping Avatar, while Aang answers him with his own voice.

It's like a whole conversation.

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Funny DnD moments 2#:

dm: you need to reach (city name), it will take you a week to walk.

other player (witch or something): i build a car.

dm: how do you do that? it's not really an option.

she: okay, i build... a cart?

dm: okay, that's acceptable... (the cart is built) now who will carry it?

me: I will.

dm: Okay, roll for stregth.

me *rolls a nat20*

dm: *being a little sh!t* you try to lift the traces and the cart breaks.

she: i build... skateboards from the remaining wood!

dm: *sigh* roll

she: *rolls another nat20*

That's how a group of 5, including a barbarian, kobold, elf, minotaur and witch skateboarded to their next adventure.

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DnD funny moments 1#:

Dm: Okay, you need money to go through this bridge.

Me: (Minotaur warrior) are there any farmers near by?

Dm: ...Yes, there are a few. Old farmer McDonalds.

Me: I go to Old McDolands, and *whisper to the Dm* offer him to breed his cows for money.

Dm: Okay, uh... *the guy blushes* Roll for persuation.

Me: *Rolls 18*

Dm: *red as a tomato* A few hours later, (my character's name) returns to the bridge, sweaty and stumbling, holding a pouch of gold.

Other player (barbarian): How did you get that?

Me: you might say I... Ploughed some fields.

Dm: *Dies of embarrassment*

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Zuko Headcannon

So we know that Zuko's scar goes from his his nosebridge all the way back to his ear?

So I have this headcanon that Zuko's ear doesn't hear so well. He can hear, just not that very well. So whenever someone mumbles next to him from his scar-side, he turns, and asks them to repeat what they said.

Now, before his redeption, this was considered a frightening thing to do. Zuko is perhaps young, but he is quick to anger, right? So when he asks the person to repeat, the person just goes pale and said he said nothing.

When Zuko is alone, he first apologizes he didn't catch that, then asks, please if they could repeat it.

After his redeption, Zuko just smiles and goes, "what was that? I didn't hear you"

And as Firelord, he hates it when his advisors talk on his bad side, asking them to talk to him face to face.

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If in any chance I disappear for days, please know it's not my fault. University had my hands behind my back and used me as a punching bag.

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Sweet Zukaang Moments 9#

After his first orgasm, Zuko breaks into tears as the feeling overwhelm him, being so close, in love and intimate with someone is just too much for him. He breaks down and weeps into Aang’s shoulder, while the avatar sooths him.