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showyourself80 · 17 days ago
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Reactions to... a love confession
"Oh."
"Thank you."
"I love you too."
"I don't know what to say."
"Not the right time, not the right place."
"I never thought you could love me."
"You're as stupid as you look if you think I don't feel the same!"
"What do you want me to say now?"
"I've waited so long to hear this."
"Can you please repeat that?"
"You were quite obvious."
"I've always known this."
"Can I get some time before I answer?"
"Why did you decide to tell me now?"
"I guess I have always been in love with you too."
"This is not a prank, right? Because then I would have to punch you and I actually really want to kiss you."
"You're not the only one who feels like that."
More: Love Confessions Masterpost
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showyourself80 · 17 days ago
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I'd actually love to see as many of these used on an unwilling Snape as possible in Snarry fics 😂😂😂
Cuddling Dialogue
"Have you always been this cuddly?"
"Come here, I'll warm you up."
"You're so warm and soft."
"Let's just stay in bed and cuddle some more."
"Nothing feels better than your body."
"You actually do give amazing hugs."
"I think someone needs a good cuddle."
"Hmm, you fit so well in my arms."
"You're like my personal teddy bear."
"Need a cuddle?"
"Come on, bring it in."
"You can't escape my cuddles."
"I'm not letting go, so you can stop fighting it."
"Today is one of those stay in bed and cuddle days."
"I want to stay in your arms forever."
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showyourself80 · 20 days ago
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These are comments on a post about "immoral porn" and it made me so fucking angry I had to rant here. THIS IS NOT TRUE. Consuming "fuckdd up" content, including sexual content, does NOT corrupt you or numb you to the point you'll seek out worse and worse stuff or suddenly be okay with doing it IRL.
Do you know why people say this? Where it comes from? FUCKING TED BUNDY saying that "hardcore pornography" was the reason he killed women. SERIOUSLY. Obviously HE WAS LYING!!! He was a lying ass bitch who wanted to kill people, then once he was caught he invented an excuse that would make him look more sympathetic!!
Porn is not actually a slippery slope into serial killing. People choose to do awful things because of their underlying value system, not because of the art they engage with.
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showyourself80 · 20 days ago
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showyourself80 · 20 days ago
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not me just making myself sad about snape on the hogwarts staff
1980-ish, voldemort's sent him to apply for DADA; he failed in this first attempt, but brought back the prophecy. fast forward to september 1981 and sev has turned, is working for dumbledore, is perhaps already having to use occlumency to prevent voldemort from working out his true motives and the fact he went to Dumbledore for a reason other than "spinning a tale of deepest remorse" for the sake of spying
he's 21ish. he's teaching little kids all the way to students barely younger than him. secondary school students can be unbelievably cruel and rowdy (source: our year, famous for being one of the most tame in the yeargroup and forever bitter that the actually wild year above us got all of our privileges like going into town at lunch revoked for shoplifting, made at least one teacher cry; other source: the marauders).
he's having a constant low-level crisis about whether he's doing everything right. he's second-guessing himself because school guidelines are so vague. he gets told he's a harsh marker and to allow for the fact his students are kids. he's just sticking to the guidelines. he'd never have made these mistakes.
students whisper about him behind his back for all the same reasons harry and the marauders did (he's too ugly, too greasy, too sour). he's teaching lockhart. lockhart is in a year where he'd have heard what happened in SWM. i don't think Lockhart is intentionally cruel but he will say anything for attention; he starts the rumour again after giving a dramatic performance with real and gossip-added details of SWM and other encounters. severus battles for classroom discipline; he has to rule with an iron fist. the next time he loses classroom control is after lupin's lesson with the boggart
he potentially has no close peers. the closest people in age to him are the students, but he can't socialise with them. his colleagues were his teachers only a few years ago; they either know outright that he'd spent time as a death eater or heard rumours that he was very likely to have been one. the war is ongoing. they treat him with politeness and respect because this was dumbledore's doing, not because they like or trust him. he's on their side now, but they don't know that
the war ends a few weeks into his first term. voldemort is gone. lily is dead. snape is sobbing in dumbledore's office, but he won't tell anyone else he's upset; he never tells anyone the depth of his feelings for lily, his guilt and remorse. his temper shortens; he's even less popular with the students, and more reclusive with the staff. i imagine it takes a while for his friendly rivalry with minerva to develop.
he still feels like a child. he doesn't have the experience for this job. he doesn't have the desire. he was never a leader, and now he's head of house, potions master, unofficial dark arts expert amidst the ongoing cycle of DADA teachers. he spends the first few months or years feeling constantly out of his depth, isolated, grieving, depressed. his house is still the odd one out. he's still the odd one out.
eventually he grows into the role. he's comfortable with his reputation and his teaching style. he's on good terms with dumbledore and minerva, the others rally behind him when they hate a DADA teacher. but he's never certain whether the other teachers accept him as one of their own or whether they're all just polite on dumbledore's word
eventually he finds out the hard way. he's isolated and hated and terrified and grieving alone. whenever he makes an appearance as headmaster he fleetingly thinks it would've been easier if he were someone else; if someone like pomona or filius or minerva had killed dumbledore, people would be outraged, but they'd think something else was going on. they'd trust them enough to know that there were other factors at play. his peers, his colleagues, wouldn't be looking at him that way. hadn't he spent over a decade with them, sharing the staffroom, sharing meals, making jokes about quidditch, bitching about umbridge, sighing about lockhart, groaning about exams and the board of governors and the twin weasleys' pranks?
he knows their trust stemmed from dumbledore, and it died with him. he knows it has to be this way. he knows he actively made it this way. he had to, for his cover, for his role, for everyone's safety
but sometimes he allows himself to imagine how nice it would feel if he wasn't completely alone
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showyourself80 · 20 days ago
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Drunken Love Confessions
"I like your stupid face. It’s so stupid. It’s so… I like it. Can I touch it?"
"You're all I ever wanted. I'm sorry I can't say it sober."
"I can't wait for the room to stop spinning, so I can focus on your face again."
"I would love to hear those words in any other place than this bathroom, holding your hair back."
"You're cute. And a bit blurry. But definitely always so cute."
"I think I love you." "And I would love to answer you accordingly, but I think I would appreciate it more when you’re actually able to understand my answer."
"Don't tell my sober me that I told you I love you. It was a secret."
"I…I want to give you my heart. It belongs to… to you. How… how can I give it to you? I don’t want it anymore." "Let’s wait until tomorrow with the surgery."
"Oh I'm dreaming of you again. If I wouldn't be dreaming and if you would be really here, then I would tell you I love you."
"I love you. But that's a secret. So I won't tell you about it."
"You're drunk." "Yes. And hopelessly in love with you."
"I'm seeing you twice. Oh, now I can give all my love to even more of you."
"Say that again after two coffees at least and I will be yours."
"You're so adorable. I want to pick you up and never let you down."
"I've always loved you. But I will never tell you."
"This is not a dream, I think. In my dreams we're usually kissing."
"I’m not drunk. Can a drunk person do this?" "You’re not doing anything." "But… I sent you my love. Did you… did you not get it?"
"Can you keep a secret? I am madly in love with you. But psshh."
"I fell in love with you." "No, you fell down the stairs. You should really learn to hold your liquor."
"You're so perfect. How can anyone be so perfect? Maybe you're just a dream."
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showyourself80 · 21 days ago
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"love is love" until it doesn't include sex
"love is love" until it lives in separate beds
"love is love" until it is queer platonic
"love is love" until it does not comply with compulsory sexuality and amatonormativity
love IS love, for aspecs, for sex sepulsed folk and for platonic relationships
"love is love" apply to more than same-sex relationships in a world where romantic and sexual relationships are considered more valuable
Remember to advocate for Asexuals and Aromantics this pride. Because we are also here, and we are also queer
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showyourself80 · 26 days ago
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There is no way back.
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Aiming for colour with this one. (And that means I'll show what Severus is hiding under the glove 🤫)
I really don't like the "hurry" we live in. It's like… everything has to be done for yesterday, if you get what I mean. This feeling is my shadow and it's kinda killing me inside because I want to do- draw so many things and even more but I can't skip "the progress" part, which is slow as hell. So I'm not finishing shitloads of fanarts and sometimes it's really bothering me. In the same time I'm happy because I managed to learn to share unfinished stuff, not keep it in the drawer, you know, far away from everyone. I feel like this hurry-thingy don't want to let me go. Like… if I want to draw something, there is that thought in the back of my head: "finish it today, in two hours or so; if you don't, you will throw this idea away and will never come back to it!". It's weird, it sounds like a threat in my brain, hehe. I don't know how to explain it, but I just realised this is another part of my "old way of thinking" that I have to say goodbye to. Maybe writing it down will help me to remember that I don't have to hurry anymore with doing fanarts. With drawing for myself at all. Of course I'm not talking about doing one art in a month, because that's... no, just no, lol. But giving myself, you know, a permission to work on something at least couple days... it sounds nice.
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showyourself80 · 26 days ago
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Stages Of an Arranged Marriage Writing Tips
The whole thing starts with that awkward moment, the first time they meet. It's not like some romantic movie scene or anything. More like two strangers, thrown together by fate (or their families), fumbling around, unsure of how they’re supposed to act. There’s this weird tension, like they’re both trying to figure out if this is really happening. Do they shake hands? Say something witty? Or just stare at their shoes and hope someone else fills the silence?
And speaking of silence, there’s a lot of it. Those early conversations are painfully stiff, with long pauses where they’re both scrambling for something, anything, to say. But eventually, one of them cracks a joke or finds something they both like, music, movies, some random topic. And it’s like a tiny window opens. Just a little, but enough to let some air in, enough to feel like they might not be total strangers forever.
Then comes the learning phase. They start picking up on each other's habits, the way they stir their coffee, or the fact that they always forget their keys. At first, it's just background noise, but slowly it becomes something familiar. They realize they're not tiptoeing around each other as much anymore. They might not be best friends, but there's a rhythm starting to form, like they're both settling into this new, weird reality.
Of course, it’s not all smooth sailing. There are moments when everything feels like too much. The weight of being tied to someone they didn’t choose starts pressing down, and they’re both frustrated. Sometimes with each other, sometimes just with the whole situation. There’s tension, maybe even a few arguments, and it feels like they’re stuck in this impossible bind.
And then there’s that one conversation. The one where they’re both too tired to keep the walls up. Maybe it happens late at night, or when they’re caught off guard, but suddenly, they’re talking about real things. Fears, hopes, the stuff that actually matters. After that, they look at each other differently.
What’s even weirder is when they catch themselves caring, like, genuinely caring. They didn’t expect it, didn’t want it at first, but now it’s there. And it's not just that, it’s this slow, almost sneaky attraction that creeps up on them. They start noticing little things, like the way the other smiles, or how they laugh at their dumb jokes, and it makes them feel...something.
Before they know it, the tension they felt at the start melts into something else entirely. What began as awkwardness and uncertainty turns into understanding.
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showyourself80 · 1 month ago
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Snarry Microfic Fest 2024 🕸️ October Prompts
This is a fest with daily prompts to inspire you to write snarry microfics. While I encourage you to write microfics/drabbles, there is no word maximum. You can mix any of the prompts together. Every day, there will be two prompts. You can choose one or both to write. And you're allowed to write for previous prompts.
AO3 COLLECTION for you to post your fics.
Rules:
All content is allowed, but you must be at least 18 to post nsfw or dead dove content.
Tag your tumblr posts with #snarry microfics 2024 and/or tag @snarrymicrofics
Add the appropriate warnings to your work
No ai works, must be an original work written by you
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October
Ghost, Nail polish
Miniature, “I knew it!”
Praise, Pumpkin
Cabin, Hateful
Cat, Skeleton
Evening, Shun
Breed, Vampire
Churlish, Lumber
Creepy, Wrangle
Song: Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby - Cigarettes After Sex, Toes
Tombstone, “You lied."
Chess, Flimsy
Cobweb, Vigil
Acquire, Revert
"Am I annoying you?", Cauldron
Bush, Shallow
Injury, Scarecrow
"I'm tired of you.", Insure
Graveyard, Muffin
Afternoon, Song: older - Isabel LaRosa
Cheek, Werewolf
"Forgive me.", Party
Grim Reaper, Swallow
Octopus, Poised
Ghastly, Jostle
Carve, Shave
Clip, Mask
"I'm fine.", Otter
Cup, Sweater
Song: Yes We Can - Ruelle, Sip
Adage, Cynical
Substitutes: Luggage, Rose, Vein, Wine
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showyourself80 · 2 months ago
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Showing 'Fear' in Writing
Eyes wide with pupils dilated.
Hands trembling uncontrollably.
Heart pounding audibly in the chest.
Backing away slowly, seeking escape.
Holding breath or breathing shallowly.
Breaking out in a cold sweat.
Startling at the slightest sound.
Whispering or speaking in a hushed tone.
Looking over their shoulder repeatedly.
Clutching at clothing or objects for reassurance.
Voice quivering or stammering.
Legs feeling weak or buckling.
Feeling a chill run down the spine.
Hugging oneself protectively.
Trying to make themselves smaller.
Furtive glances around the room.
Feeling light-headed or dizzy.
Stiffening up and freezing in place.
Swallowing hard, throat dry.
Eyes darting around, unable to focus.
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showyourself80 · 2 months ago
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Showing 'Jealousy' in Writing
Eyes narrowing with a sharp, intense stare.
Clenched jaw and pursed lips.
Crossing arms defensively.
Making snide or sarcastic remarks.
Glancing repeatedly at the object of jealousy.
Trying to outdo or one-up the rival.
Faking a smile that doesn’t reach the eyes.
Speaking in a tense, clipped tone.
Avoiding eye contact with the person they’re jealous of.
Drumming fingers impatiently on a surface.
Feeling a burning sensation in the chest.
Sighing loudly or rolling their eyes.
Gritting teeth and taking deep, forced breaths.
Biting their lower lip hard.
Tapping foot incessantly.
Passive-aggressively commenting on the situation.
Mimicking or mocking the rival’s behavior.
Frequently changing the subject away from the rival.
Feeling a knot tighten in their stomach.
Casting resentful, sidelong glances.
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showyourself80 · 3 months ago
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Jealousy Starters
"Why do you need to talk to them?"
"You seem to enjoy their company more than mine."
"Are you cheating on me?"
"I saw how you looked at them."
"Why did they text you?"
"You never laugh like that with me."
"Who were you with last night?"
"You’re always so secretive with your phone."
"I bet you’re hiding something from me."
"I don’t trust your friends."
"Why did you stay out so late?"
"Who is more important to you, me or them?"
"You never make time for us anymore."
"Are they more interesting than me?"
"You didn’t tell me you were meeting them."
"I feel like you’re replacing me."
"Why do you need to dress up for them?"
"Are you trying to impress someone else?"
"Why didn’t you invite me?"
"I bet you wish you were with them instead."
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showyourself80 · 3 months ago
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I, of mostly sound body and spirit, request that if I’m ever to die, someone post a new work on my AO3 that says “sorry, she died, ongoing stories postponed forever” because don’t I want my fanfic buddies to think I ghosted them. Amen or whatever you say in a will.
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showyourself80 · 3 months ago
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Soft Gestures for Comfort
Bringing them a blanket when they’re curled up on the couch.
Whispering, "It’s okay, I’m here," when they wake up from a bad dream.
Stroking their hair gently when they’re lying on your lap.
Running a warm bath for them after a tough day.
Holding them close and saying, "I’ve got you," when they’re upset.
Preparing their favorite comfort food when they’re feeling low.
Turning off their alarm and letting them sleep in when they’re exhausted.
Reading their favorite book to them before bed.
Playing their favorite soothing music to help them relax.
Just sitting in silence with them, letting them know your presence is their safe space.
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showyourself80 · 3 months ago
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oh, my porn is unrealistic?
it's not supposed to be realistic. it's supposed to be fun.
call it suspension of dickbelief.
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showyourself80 · 3 months ago
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Gaslighting Starters
"You’re just imagining things."
"That never happened."
"You’re overreacting."
"You’re too sensitive."
"You’re making things up."
"You’re remembering it wrong."
"That’s not what I said."
"You’re being paranoid."
"You always blow things out of proportion."
"You’re just looking for reasons to be upset."
"You’re losing your mind."
"You’re not thinking clearly."
"It’s all in your head."
"You’re seeing things that aren’t there."
"You’re just trying to start a fight."
"You’re being irrational."
"You’re always so dramatic."
"You’re making a big deal out of nothing."
"You’re not making any sense."
"You’re misinterpreting everything."
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