#[ she smells good honestly ]

[kiadanta]

Kia is staying with my partner while I'm abroad on holiday and she's not best pleased, poor baby. She's safe, she's well cared for, she's with someone she knows and likes, and she's getting attention, she's just,,, in a weird place without me, and not really impressed about it.

She's starting to chill out and settle in though! Slowly.

Ft @rinnaden

[al-mayriti]

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[butchsailor]

Slept in her BED last night oh my god

[ca-d]

I like when you love something so much and you can remember where it stems from 🕯️

[bubble-you]

desperately hugging you after not seeing you for 15+ months as if my body remembered that the thought of this hug had comforted me when i felt cold and imagining helped me feel safe, helped me feel warm, helped me sleep, and still helps me sleep sometimes. is it no wonder i let my mind fantasise about you in a different way now? i don't wish that ever comes out in any interaction with you. but, i know any desire to stay in, develop, and grow that social club will just be an excuse to be around you. i want being there to feel as safe as the imaginary you makes me feel. i do wish you were mine, but i know you were made by hands warmer than mine, and time. someone who was mine, and my age, made by me, would not be of your quality of gold. if i want you, or someone like you, i have no choice but to start by knowing myself better, even if i don't really want to. i guess i have to want to.

[afraidofchange]

What does your muse do in their routine to take care of themselves (physically, mentally, emotionally or otherwise)?

ask things about Rook - @hoboblaidd

So I touched on it here, but just for @sanctamater , I'll mention Ilona's skin care routine.

Ilona does have good skin on its own without many issues (though like most teens, dealt with acne as she grew up). She tends to have a standard routine with washing her face, and then treating it with a blend of honey and oatmeal, and a little bit of vinegar that ends up being like a bit of a face mask. She will also tend to try and remove dead skin with a semi-dull blade (think a medieval version of a derm-plane razor) now and again.

Otherwise, if she's on a job with the Lords, she tends to just do the bare minimum until she gets home.

Also, given that she is a dwarf, she has naturally growing facial hair, but chooses to shave it; again, if she's away for work, she'll let it grow in until she returns or has the means to shave it (out of her own preference). To take care of her skin that way, she also adds coconut oil to moisturize her shaved face as well as, her undercut.

[secretariatess]

Pro tip: If you Dash, don't smoke while you're dashing food.

Just because you don't really notice the smell or are bothered by it, doesn't mean your customers feel the same way.

[catacini]

lb6 pt2 spoilers

losing my mind at how morgan's method of dealing with calamities is to just not bother. to reject dealing with them at all. to send them back in time and make them the tormentors of a version of herself that still gave a shit. the version of herself she'd already severed herself from mentally, and could no longer reach at all. even with the line cut, she still took all her own problems and compulsively punished aesc's hope by making her fix them. saying "it doesn't matter, because i'm here, so even if she gets hurt or fails or dies it doesn't matter." methodical, emotionless self harm. "i'm solving the problem, so it's justified." when aesc never would have made a calamity someone else's problem. morgan became yet another faerie actively choosing to torment aesc. she became her own monster.

and then, by mistake, sending mash instead. mash proving her worth as a guardian not just of the faeries, but going out of her way to protect their land - evacuating the people wasn't enough; mash wanted to protect britain. and by a complete slip of the hand (not in recognition of this act of respect), she gets teleported to the version of morgan who still cares and has enough heart left to openly suffer. that vulnerable version of her that has been punished and disrespected by faerie britain's heartless queen for so long.

and mash answers that vulnerability with compassion and trust. because she's mash! always has been. it would be more surprising if mash didn't go out of her way to help aesc the savior. i mean, she's mash. she becomes the first tam lin. she leaves her future(/past) self a role to live up to, but she also becomes aesc's first trusted warrior. morgan blindly struck out at anything that looked at her funny, and by mistake and against her will, she created her own hero.

of course nothing mash did for aesc could reach the husk that is morgan. the line is severed. the chance to comfort her has passed. but it was assumed that in this battle, mash would be the one best suited to righting fallen aesc's wrongs. maybe even reaching a bit of her heart in the final moments, like killing a zombie version of someone you love and hoping against all odds for a flash of recognition at the end. this is the part of the story where she says she's proud before fading away.

but that's not aesc's story and it never was. she became morgan in a fiery challenge to the story of rejection she was born into. if you'll hurt her without her deserving it, fine! let her deserve it! you'll get your monster. covering her ears, not using her unmatched strength to defeat calamities, never acknowledging her grief or her desperation for self harm even when she has everything she decided was worth pursuing.

and it doesn't feel better. it's not more fun when you deserve that suffering. it's not a relief to have earned their ire for once. she doesn't feel any satisfaction at having been the bad guy. because the people that killed her never did it for justice. because the humans that sought justice could never be permitted to kill aesc, she who is damned by faeries. it would always be on a whim and for the hell of it. she could earn a place for herself in hell a hundred times over, and they would never put her to justice. there is no justice. just ripping her apart for the fun of it. every time.

i'm sure mash is going to have a wonderful time at the coronation. didn't kill morgan. didn't reach aesc. "the most beautiful fairy" aurora congratulating her after having proudly said that aesc killed the first human king. justice was served, right? she's dead! that's justice, isn't it?

i'm guessing without morgan or stor-stor's weight on the world's thumbtack, britain's gonna slough off of cernunnos like dead skin during the coronation. gonna be honest with you. i can't wait!

[red-hemlock]

@gnarledbite

"Hmm, it's a bit hard to trust someone who doesn't love a good cheesy pie... It's like, where do their loyalties truly lie in the end?" Of course, now that she has a closer look, he did go and fill-in the 'Loyalty' box too, didn't he? Perhaps proverbial gun's been jumped a little, and she's gone and allowed bias to whisper those sweetest nothings into her ear again. Pizza may be love and life, but she really shouldn't allow it to drive her into appearing 'dismissive' of someone who's gone and made a cute little arrow on this paper for her: scoring a good three Bingo lines out of it.

"Tell you what, darling... I'll make you a deal." Looking-up, the back of River's hand raps twice against the paper, "You take me out, and show me how good those dance moves of yours really are; and I'll forgive that 'disrespect' made against the Pizza box. How about it?"

"Oh, and by the way? Swords definitely do count."

[brunetterightsactivist]

i got rid of a bunch of my perfumes last year and now i miss them...something wrong with me actually

[hyperspacial]

King of being bullied more as an adult than as a closeted autistic child 💪

[vohtaro]

coworker gave me an icy-hot type patch for my back and now i just want to be covered in these things

[maelancoli]

Writing Intimacy

i often see writers sharing a sentiment of struggling with writing kiss scenes which honestly bleeds into other portrayals of physical intimacy. i see it a lot in modernized styles of writing popularized by the recent trend in publishing to encourage short, choppy sentences and few adverbs, even less descriptive language. this makes intimacy come across awkward, like someone writing a script or clumsy recounting of events rather than a beautiful paragraph of human connection.

or just plane horniness. but hey, horny doesn't have to be mutually exclusive with poetic or sensual.

shallow example: they kissed desperately, tongues swirling and she moaned. it made her feel warm inside.

in depth example: she reached for the other woman slowly and with a small measure of uncertainty. the moment her fingers brushed the sharp, soft jaw of her companion, eliza's hesitance slid away. the first kiss was gentle when she finally closed the distance between them. she pressed her lips lightly to gabriella's in silent exploration. a tender question. gabriella answered by meeting her kiss with a firmer one of her own. eliza felt the woman's fingers curling into her umber hair, fingernails scraping along her scalp. everything inside eliza relaxed and the nervousness uncoiled from her gut. a warm buzz of energy sunk through her flesh down to the very core of her soul. this was right. this was always where she needed to be.

the first complaint i see regards discomfort in writing a kiss, feeling like one is intruding on the characters. the only way to get around this is to practice. anything that makes you uncomfortable in writing is something you should explore. writing is at its best when we are pushing the envelope of our own comfort zones. if it feels cringy, if it feels too intimate, too weird, too intrusive, good. do it anyway! try different styles, practice it, think about which parts of it make you balk the most and then explore that, dissect it and dive into getting comfortable with the portrayal of human connection.

of course the biggest part comes to not knowing what to say other than "they kissed" or, of course, the tried and true "their lips crashed and their tongues battled for dominance" 😐. so this is my best advice: think beyond the mouth. okay, we know their mouths are mashing. but what are their hands doing? are they touching one another's hair? are they scratching or gripping desperately at one another? are they gliding their hands along each other's body or are they wrapping their arms tightly to hold each other close? do they sigh? do they groan? do they relax? do they tense? are they comfortable with each other or giddy and uncertain? is it a relief, or is it bringing more questions? is it building tension or finally breaking it?

get descriptive with the emotions. how is it making the main character/pov holder feel? how are they carrying those emotions in their body? how do they feel the desire in their body? desire is not just felt below the belt. it's in the gut, it's in the chest, it's in the flushing of cheeks, the chills beneath the skin, the goosebumps over the surface of the flesh. everyone has different pleasure zones. a kiss might not always lead desire for overtly sexual touches. a kiss might lead to the desire for an embrace. a kiss might lead to the impulse to bite or lick at other areas. a kiss could awaken desire to be caressed or caress the neck, the shoulder, the back, the arms etc. describe that desire, show those impulses of pleasure and affection.

of course there is the tactile. what does the love interest taste like? what do they smell like? how do they kiss? rough and greedy? slow and sensual? explorative and hesitant? expertly or clumsily? how does it feel to be kissed by them? how does it feel to kiss them?

i.e. examine who these individuals are, what their motives and feelings are within that moment, who they are together, what it looks like when these two individuals come together. a kiss is not about the mouth. it's about opening the door to vulnerability and desire in one's entire body and soul.

[darkmoonkestrel]

daily kestrel 18:

today was a long-ish day at work, but also decently easy? i was in my room alone for the morning and got pulled up to the front desk twice to help out in the afternoon bc we were out four total teachers today, but hopefully that won't be as much of a problem next week

i called the cat oncologist on the way home and it turns out they never got the referral paperwork last week, so I had to call my vet and ask her to email it over to them instead of faxing. i didn't call until around 3:45 but i was hoping i'd hear back from them today & didn't so I'll call again on Monday to make sure the referral went through this time

i got home and took a bath to shave my legs before our scheduled call to the realtor - our realtor is having another realtor in the area help us out with showings, the new realtor wanted to talk to us about what we're looking for, and i think that went well. she mentioned the idea of a class action lawsuit against our property management company, just like an idle "i wouldn't be surprised if it ended up that way eventually bc of how much they're screwing y'all over on lot rent" and i had to tell her "yeah it's crossed my mind but i've never done anything about it bc i don't have the time to do the legwork for all of that" but even so I hope our place will still sell when we need it to, we should be able to start touring places next week

after a chicken sausage pasta dinner, I had Peyton suggest to Paige to do a horror movie and do their nails night so she has her nails done for tomorrow. i am def still planning to propose at six flags and she has said before that she wants to make sure her nails are done so that's one thing taken care of. Paige & I smoked and i finished up reading an article for class before i played slime rancher while they watched their movie - this one was The Birds and boi did i hear the screeching of some birds

one of my coworkers also asked today if i wanted a cat or knew anyone who wanted a cat bc her cat is having a litter and i mentioned to her that if any of the babies are fluffy and orange and white I may take her up on that as a surprise for Paige - i told Peyton about it tonight but we won't know for a while if any of them fit the bill so I don't want to mention it to Paige yet. it's about time for bed bc i have to shower in the morning, but we're not planning to get to the park until around 2 so at least we can sleep in tomorrow. gonna go join Peyton and Paige for their cat watching videos and then sleep

[neverendingford]

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[yeahxsurexokay13]

wrong guy, lando norris

summary: fans think yn is dating max, but they've got the wrong guy [bsf!reader]

been a min since i posted! honestly, these just take me way too long and i usually end up abandoning them because i start hating them halfway through from overthinking lol. hope you enjoy this one though (: xx

y/n.y/l 📍 Ibiza, Spain

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y/n.y/l we only argued 3 times, cried 2, and got lost 1 (personal record)

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user9 right so who argued? who cried? and most importantly whO IS THE SHADOW?

user14 can we talk about how u're LITERALLY glowing in that first pic? u look so happy, girl!!

user20 the vibes on this dump… rich people's holidays just hit different.

iamrebeccad ✓ Beautiful girl 😍

y/n.y/l 🫶🏼 miss youu!!

user4 “cried 2 times” is actually impressive ♥︎ by author

user55 lando and max just casually being brothers in the fourth pic 😩❤️

user81 that shot is just *chef’s kiss*!!!! Glad we can always count on this queen for hq content

user63 Okay so I’ve been staring at this shadow pic for like 10 minutes, and I can’t figure it out…

user33 my money’s on max bc that hug pic of them earlier too… feels very coupley.

user63 idk friends to lovers agenda thriving tho

user3 Max and Lando with the face masks are killing me 😂 ♥︎ by author

user6 max or lando? place your bets now. i’m team max but i’ll die on this hill if i'm wrong

user2 which you are, because it’s definitely Lando

user8 guys they’ve literally known each other since forever and go on these friends holidays all the time lmao this is just FRIENDSHIP GOALS. stop romanticising everything!!!

user24 then explain the head kiss?

user8 friendly head kisses???

user24 friendly kisses?? in this economy? be serious. that’s couple behaviour

user12 smells like a third wheel in here…

y/n.y/l sorry, that's just me. i am the third wheel🙋🏼‍♀️

user13 she really said 'stop shipping me with my best friends' lol

user44 max and lando with the face masks in the water might be my new favourite photo of all time

user16 ngl that's not bad statistics for a week long trip ♥︎ by author

user11 If it’s Max, I’ll cry. If it’s Lando, I’ll cry harder. If it’s neither, I don’t know what I’ll do.

user18 i’ve been following these three for years and i’m still trying to figure out if that last slide is supposed to be romantic or not….? HELP I AM SO CONFUSED

user22 what book is that? i need recommendations!!

y/n.y/l just for the summer!!! LOVED it x

user10 i can’t believe she was so chill about posting thAT LAST PIC!??!! miss y/l!!! SPILL NOW

maxfewtrell ✓ Why are you saying 'we'? Pretty sure you were the one who did all of those

landonorris ✓ classic move, shifting the blame

y/n.y/l @/landonorris @/maxfewtrell the getting lost part was definitely a team effort

user1 I need to go on a trip with friends like this ♥︎ by author

user5 being that close to lando AND max and surviving the friendship without catching feelings was too good to be true let's be honest

pietra.pilao 😍😍

y/n.y/l 💞💞

user7 so when’s the next ‘friends holiday'? asking for a friend (me)

15 August 2024

maxfewtrell ✓

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maxfewtrell The real girlfriend reveal, for the record 🫡

👤 pietra.pilao

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user1 WAIT WHAT

user6 so it really wasn’t Y/n??

pietra.pilao ❤️❤️ ♥︎ by author

user4 omg she's the girl who commented on yn's holiday dump!!!

user3 We owe Max and his gf an apology 😭 She’s stunning, btw

user2 omg u two are so cuteeeeeeee! happy for u max :)

user5 your gf is so pretty 😭😭😭

y/n.y/l P!!!! 💕💕

y/n.y/l you two make a better couple than you and I ever would anyway 😂 ♥︎ by author

user9 WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY THIS EARLIER?! we’ve been spiralling for WEEKS

user12 actually he's been saying it from the beginning. we just didn't want to listen 😂😂

user8 max: “here’s my gf. leave me out of y/n’s business”

user12 OK but pietra is STUNNING!! Max, you’ve been hiding her for how long?!

user7 the way he had to clarify this because of us is actually hilarious. sorry, Max.

user11 OMG I feel so dumb now we really had y/n in a whole relationship she wasn’t even in 😭

29 August 2024

y/n.y/l

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y/n.y/l outtakes from ai·bee·thuh

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user1 AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!?? MYSTERY SOLVED IG

user12 I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE GREATEST THING TO HAPPEN TO MY FEED THIS YEAR I AM NOT EVEN JOKING

maxfewtrell ✓ So Lando gets the cute video and I get the passed out in the car pic? Playing favourites, I see. Noted.

user8 Max calling out Y/n for favoritism is peak sibling energy

user33 i can't believe we were full on shipping them not even a week ago omg

maxfewtrell ✓ Also, can everyone stop tagging me in that shadow pic now? Like, I’m good, it’s definitely not me 😅 ♥︎ by author

user11 pietra honestly deserves a medal for surviving this holiday with these three omg

user17 GUYS I WAS ALREADY PRETTY SHOCKED AT LANDO'S VIDEO BLOWING A KISS I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I HAD COMING

pietra.pilao Special week 🤍 ♥︎ by author

user81 the lift photo with the McDonald’s bag is so relatable. even on a fancy holiday, you gotta have your nuggets ♥︎ by author

user25 turns out Max wasn't lying when he said y/n wasn’t his headache... lando’s the lucky one 😂

user10 and y/n and pietra? they do ✨besties ✨ better than anyone ♥︎ by author

user19 can we get a ‘whoops, my bad’ from the ppl who saw them in Ibiza and STILL missed the fact that Pietra was there?

user2 they literally had a front row seat to the full gossip and still didn’t catch on !!!!! like hELLO? u had one job

user14 THE SOFT LAUNCH TURNED INTO A HARD LAUNCH REAL QUICK I AM SHOOK

alexandrasaintmleux ✓ Ahhh loveeee 🩷🩷 ♥︎ by author

user26 both boys punching above their weight fr. i said what i said.

francisca.cgomes ✓ ❤️❤️😍 ♥︎ by author

user16 The way Max is sleeping in that last pic has me wheezing ♥︎ by author

user3 lando is literally holding y/n like he’s never letting her go boy is WHIPPED

user29 WE'RE GOING TO SEE "LANDO NORRIS' PARTNER" UNDER YN'S NAME NOW WHEN SHE WATCHES FROM THE GARAGE what a time to be alive

user7 not the way y/n is casually posting a McDonald’s bag in a robe and THEN dropping the most beautiful couple pic with lando

user5 waIT SO THE BOY KISSING HER HEAD IN THE SHADOW PIC WAS LANDO??? WE WERE ALL WRONG. I NEED TO LIE DOWN.

maxfewtrell you know, it truly baffles me how this was barely even considered

y/n.y/l no one believed in me enough to be able to pull f1 race winner lando norris. humbling.

user20 YN I - 😭😭😭😭💀💀

user38 it was a couple’s holiday the whole time 😭😭 I need a moment to recover

user9 this fandom’s clownery knows no bounds istg.........

user21 not me crying over the hard launch of the year when I was just admiring Max’s sleeping face 5 seconds ago

user24 Ibiza really gave us everything: friendship goals, couple goals, and max in a food coma

user18 IT WAS LANDO KISSING HER HEAD. I feel so betrayed by my own theories and also pretty disappointed in myself i couldn't tell it was his shadow

landonorris ✓ I see you saved the best for last 🖤

y/n.y/l ☺️☺️

y/n.y/l omg guys i wasn’t being dry i just don’t know what else to say with all you watching 😭😭

1 September 2024