#And the searching each other's eyes

[velvet-pumpkin]

"Well, uh, that was rather direct."

Just over 3 months to go after waiting forever.

Disclaimer: We are a Polin stan over here, as well as all Bridgerton book couple stans here. Happy with whatever we're getting, so any negative opinions on ships/seasons/etc. will be ignored.

[reunitedinterlude]

phil spitting on dan <3 (1, 2, 3)

[petermurphysmugshott]

Why are Ballister's eyes so big? So he can see men better??? Thats kinda gay.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i don't think i posted doodles of Sundown Summer's loyal steed! he's a starry appaloosa. a... starpaloosa. constelloopa. appastella. he has a body count written in blood

[janewayintersection]

i honestly love the Big Damn Hug during the j/c reunion, because to me, a Big Damn Kiss (while delightful in its own right) requires strong romantic tension building up to it. it's usually really good for passionate goodbyes, amongst other scenarios, but to Me, that just doesn't fit the vibes of their reunion. instead of a more passionate, tense moment, it's one of sheer desperation and joy. they can't believe they finally found each other. it's been years. they sincerely can't believe it. a tight hug just feels so much more raw, idk how to explain it.

a kiss can come later - they have a lot to talk about and a lot of personal business to settle - but for now, it's just overwhelming shock and relief - it's you. i can't believe my eyes. you're in my arms. you're safe. you're home.

[faaun]

we sang in the aeroplane over the sea tgth ☆

[gdn7-dollopole]

I know we already said this, but the sexual tension in this scene is insane (“A Servant of Two Masters, 04x06”)

Honestly, every scene in BBC Merlin that involves Merthur has sexual tension in it, but gay people can’t simply kiss.

No, they have to pine, despair, stare at each other lovingly and with longing for years, and then share a firm pat on the shoulder (or a ‘thank you’).

When there has to be sexual tension between two homosexuals, one of them is always about to die.

It’s almost a rule (without the almost).

I love how well played the characters here were. You can literally see Arthur was thinking about it (oh, you know what I mean), but he is too insecure, and Merlin cares about Arthur’s insecurity. And it’s the fact that their desire always showed when they actually realised they cared about each other that makes the sexual tension even better (it’s the hurt/comfort all over again).

Another example of being desperate over one another, happens when they’re in the same caves as Agravaine, and Arthur tells Merlin not to go, and they have the audacity to eye fuck with an audience (and the future queen of Camelot behind them).

But the tension always happens when Merlin and Arthur are scared for the other.

Merlin and Arthur realise that if now is the moment one of them is going to die, none of them has ever had the courage, or rather, the good sense, to kiss the other, or caress the other, or just confess their feelings to each other, and instead of acting upon it, they regret what could have come of it.

I believe that’s why not even Merlin, the boldest of the two, too preoccupied at keeping the king alive, and therefore keeping Camelot secure, never tried anything with Arthur, who instead was too worried about the future of his kingdom to understand that what he felt towards Merlin was not brotherhood, but an urgent need to shag him.

I mean, the sudden silence, the brush of the back of Arthur’s hand on his own lips, the prolonged gaze, them holding their breaths?

I’m bloody insane over this scene, because Merlin could have stared at the hand surveying the wound, but Arthur’s fingers were just gripping his tunic, and Merlin started holding his breath in that moment, watching Arthur’s hand, because it had never been that close to his skin. Merlin stared at the fingers, grabbing the tunic, and they both knew.

Ugh, that’s literally what makes this scene so much better.

The fact that they both know they want each other, they just can’t do anything about it. (directors’ fault. I would have let them kiss on the first episode). Merlin, since he was about to die, or at least thought he was, was waiting, hoping to see if Arthur, at least then, would do something else beside checking his wound. *wink, wink*

Try to argue with me that the tension simply happened because Merlin thought Arthur realised the wound was worse than what it seemed, and to me, this is exactly the reason behind the tension between them.

These two were forbid their freedom, in their own ways.

The freedom to have a go at one another.

For God’s sake, Arthur stared at Merlin when he was putting the crown over Guinevere’s head (“If he’d been you under this crown…”). There were so many moments between Arthur and Merlin where we recognise they wanted each other in that way (biblically for Arthur, because this man has never been touched, I swear) because it was forbidden.

I’ll never get tired of examining this scene. It was made on purpose, I know it was.

Imagine if we had to make a list of these moments… Ha, Ha, Ha. *starts sweating because there are so many*

[hyunpic]

HYUNJIN: …and its like snow at the beach

[softquietsteadylove]

Gil braiding Thena’s hair when her mind is going a little funky and just generally being sweet and kind and loving to her when she is feeling low. That’s it, that’s the whole prompt!! Pls feel free to make me sob like a baby over this tyvm, love your works so so much!!! 🥰

Thena hadn't spoken in over three hours. She was always dazed after an episode, and this one had been rough.

Rain didn't happen often in their part of Australia. And when it did, it tended to be the storming variety. Thunder and lightning had come over them, rain washing out the landscape and the skies going dark. Not only had the thunder been so on top of them that it felt like the house was rattling, but lightning had struck around them without so much as a tree to draw it.

Gil had fought her for hours, rain pouring down around them, washing away the evidence of their wounds just as fast as they came. He'd only managed to escape by pulling them to the rain basin and completely submerging them. He had done so a few times before to shock the Mahd Wy'ry out of her. It had worked, but that didn't mean he liked doing it.

He had brought her inside, run a hot bath for her, run his fingers through her hair as he whispered soft nothings to her. And now she was in front of the fire as he brushed her hair out gently.

"Gil?"

"Yeah?" he answered, although nothing came after it. He gave her shoulder a squeeze, "I'm right here."

Thena looked around for another second before looking up at him. Her eyes were still a little foggy, but they were green, and that was all that mattered to him. "Gil?"

"Hey," he whispered with a smile.

Thena tilted her head at him. Her hand raised up, hovering close to him but never actually touching. "Gil."

He nodded, cautiously drifting closer to her touch. "I'm here."

Thena stared at him, letting her fingertips touch first, then pressing her palm to his cheek, "my Gil."

"That's me," he smiled at her with the fire casting shades of red over his skin. He turned his head, kissing the thumb against his cheek. She nodded, not startled, not confused. "C'mere."

Thena let him pick her up off the floor, scooping her up into his arms on his lap. She wrapped her arms around his neck, the sleeves of his shirt slipping up her slim little biceps. "How long?"

"At first, not long," he told her honestly. There was no use lying about it, and she didn't need to be coddled. Taken care of?--certainly. Protected?--he would do absolutely anything. But she didn't need him to lie to her, so he wouldn't. "It's been a few hours since you got back, though."

Thena just set her head against his shoulder, pressing her forehead to his cheek. "I've been thinking."

"Anything to share?" he asked, perfectly ready to accept it if she said no. He adjusted her in his arms, reaching for her hair.

"I love you."

Gil looked at her with just a hint of surprise on his face. He smiled, though, combing his fingers through her hair. "I love you, too. I thought you knew that."

"I think I did," Thena sighed, still weighed down by the day's events. Her eyes drifted down as Gil carefully sectioned out her hair and wove it over her shoulder. "I know I did."

"What made you think about it now?" Gil whispered, braiding her hair gently, moving his fingers over every plait.

"You, here," she murmured vaguely before looking down at her braid again, "this."

You: Gilgamesh, her trusty partner, for thousands of years. A soul so entwined with hers that they shared a singular heartbeat. Here: Australia, where they had made a home, all their own and completely separate from their family, and Arishem, and any greater mission or higher purpose.

This: braiding her hair over her shoulder, like he did any time he felt like it. In soft moments like these, after hot baths, or on cold nights.

Them: here, like this, just being together--together in a way no other Eternals had been or still were. They weren't like Ikaris and Sersi, but they weren't like Druig and Makkari either. They were something completely different in a lot of ways.

"Done," Gil smiled, tying off the end of the braid and moving the ends of her blonde curls between his fingers. He looked at her, "how do you feel?"

"You're here?"

"I'm here," he promised, leaning his head against hers with only the fire and their heartbeats to fill the silence. He let her lean in, just touching her lips to his before settling against his chest: the safest place in the galaxy for her to find rest.

"Then I'll be fine."

[pepprs]

one year ago today i got some of the worst news ive ever gotten in my life so far. i am so lucky because the news wasn’t as bad as it could have been and also on the scale of things you could get bad news about it’s basically nothing like it’s not even a big deal compared to other things ive experienced let alone other ppl. but it was fucking horrible. it came out of nowhere. it defined the last year and it changed my whole life. there’s no point to making this post there’s no point in acknowledging it with other people around bc quite literally not a single person on this planet cares / is still hurt by it to the degree i am and im not saying that bitterly it’s simply a thing that is true of the situation. but i feel the need to acknowledge it on here not for anyone to sympathize or whatever but bc ive been documenting all the fallout of it on here / vaguing abt it multiple times a week for 52 weeks lol and i want this to be part of the record. but it’s like. damn. it’s been a year since it happened. but more importantly i SURVIVED this year. i survived. im still here. and even though im still wounded from it and can’t see all the good that came from it right now (though i am definitely aware of a lot of good that has come from it!) i am growing and changing. i might never fully heal from it (though maybe i will!) but one day this will not hurt as bad as it does. i am going to try to hold on to that.

[demigodofhoolemere]

To the guy on Facebook trying to insist to me that this woman named Jackie Lane is the same woman as the Doctor Who actress Jackie Lane…

… dude.

[whatkindofnameisella]

waiting for a hardshine moment in the kissing booth scene in ep 75 only for it to never come......................

[vixlenxe]

Here's the ship tag masterpost that I actually need to keep track of these, so please don't mind the @ spam!

『Fell for these Ocean Eyes ❤️ TiffaniexAkihito』 @thelazyeditor

『Been through Four Thousand Lifetimes; Searching for a pair of Ocean Eyes ❤️ TiffaniexDurante』 @diegesis-x-dolonia

『Standing tall in the Dark; We carry on Together ❤️ TiffaniexTobias』 @bloodylariat

『Bleed and Cried for a Missed Life on Each Other’s Shoulders ❤️ TiffaniexAuryn』 @tetsuwan-atom

『I don’t need a Monster; I only need You ❤️ VioletxNera』 @frznkingdom

『You are my Sanity in my Mind most Mad ❤️ VioletxHermes』 @strykingback

『I’m being Dragged down into Hell and you Jumped in to be with Me ❤️ VioletxTheo』 @diegesis-x-dolonia

『Out of Hell and into Heaven ❤️ VioletxOni』 @tetsuwan-atom

『Where the Moon goes; the Sapphire Star follows ❤️ MaxiexBowen/Madman』 @tetsuwan-atom

『The Pain of the Past fades with You ❤️ ElixMadman』 @tetsuwan-atom

『I'm Supposed to be your Ender; yet still You are my Savior ❤️ VioletxBowen』 @tetsuwan-atom

『The Universe’s Strongest Power Couple ❤️ VioletxAccelerator』 Legacy tag

『The World gave you Pain; I gave you Heaven ❤️ Goddess!VioletxBad Future!Leon』 @fctedivided

『You’re everything I Hate; yet my Heart holds only Love for You ❤️ VioletxEdward』 Self tag

『Survived on Spite; Lives for Love ❤️ VioletxXaos』 @prettyboywarrior

『I’ll teach you to make Room for Darkness in your Heart ❤️ TiffaniexRokuro』 @tetsuwan-atom

『Two Terrible Troublemakers ❤️ IvyxAuryn』 @tetsuwan-atom

『Your Heart; Your Soul; That’s What I Adore ❤️ RusexSakura』 @akumanoken

『You Lived and Died with my Heart in your Hands ❤️ IvyxHaurchefant』 @diegesis-x-dolonia

『A far reach from Home; but I feel I belong with you ❤️ ZenxYiska』 @diegesis-x-dolonia

『Beauty lies in the Eye of the Beholder; and you’re my Goddess ❤️ IvyxYua』 @petiteamores

『A Hero’s Love… Higeki o Motarashita ❤️ IvyxRayos』 @prettyboywarrior

『The Dahlia's home in the Fern's Heart ❤️ TiffaniexG'raha』 @s1lxcs

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i just spent the last like hour going through all the lights out au stuff and im OBSESSED rn PLEASE

i'm not sure how to help you! enjoy the brainrot

[oldmyths]

Okay first of all i remember a couple years ago when a twitter thread was going around about artists that made really fucked up paintings and were huge horror iconography and everyone was sharing their favorite horror artists like goya and when i was scrolling through replies someone linked (?) to a thread where someone painted these detailed pieces but there was always at least one person looking directly at the viewer. like the concept was so fucking scary to me that i forgot to bookmark/like the tweet and i lost that thread forever and i really want to know who the artist was

[a-sip-of-milo]

Hey, you are not an embarrassment for not knowing how to do certain household chores/basic self-care. They do not come naturally to us. A lot of it takes practice! Maybe you had a neglectful guardian. Maybe you had one that was very coddling and never thought to teach you. Maybe you haven't lived in a place where these things were available to you or needed. Doesn't matter. It's okay to not know and far more common than you might realise.

That said, this website provides very simple instructions on how to do everyday tasks such as making your bed, using a washing machine, cooking different foods, washing dishes, taking a shower, etc. All you have to do is use the search bar to find the task you're struggling with, and it'll come up with what you need + other related how-to's:)

If you're having trouble navigating it, let me provide you with some examples:

How to clean dishes by hand

How to make your bed (with visual demonstrations of each step!)

How to fold clothes (with visual demonstrations of each step!)

How to take a shower & dry yourself off (also provides ways to shave beards, armpits, legs and genitals)

How to shave legs, armpits, beards, pubic areas, etc. (a more in-depth guide)

How to mop the floor

How to sweep the floor

How to swallow pills

How to make small talk

How to make eye contact in different situations (or how to avoid it while still looking natural)

It's also perfectly okay if these don't help or aren't appealing to you. Unfortunately, nothing helps everyone.