#I love this scene to bits

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☕ a character is tired or enjoying caffeine of their choice

I may be biased but that one Deluca cafe scene...? Or another you think we'll like!

I am also biased for the coffeehouse scene. >.>

It is quite long though, so I will find where to snip.

You’re wondering how, he asked me—while his breath was busy ordering our coffee—and that smile never wavered, silver, treasure. We are reflected in all but silver.

Then how, I checked. I checked the mirrors in the ship, in the manor, I did, every one I did, hoping to see myself…see what he had made me.

La Lune Royale is a magnificent vessel, fitted with all the finest delights my Mistress could afford, he explained, nodding to the man behind the bar, “My partner here is new to the city, and I think your café has enchanted him.”

The man nodded, smiling at the compliment, and went about preparing our coffees. While I continued to stare at my face, how all the little lines I had were smoothed away, my eyes burned a richer brown—almost red, it bothered me, that. Yet not so much as my ears. Lucient tugged me from the mirror, toward a booth, and I allowed it, but I fiddled with my ears. I knew they’d changed, felt they were different, and his were a tad pointed so I expected it. But it was strange to see.

“You’re still beautiful,” he assured, sitting across from me in the booth and trying to take my hands across the table, “More, perhaps.”

“Did you know?” I kept fiddling with my ears, the points were small—unnoticed by most—but they were different enough to alarm, to make me other. Never mind the teeth, which I couldn’t check with all the eyes in the room.

Lucient smiled as he managed to get my hands, “Yes, treasure, I knew. But we had no mirrors to prove it, and, to be perfectly honest…I thought you’d catch your face in the water.”

“Instead I had to wait until you invited me to a coffeehouse halfway across the continent,” I sighed, laying my head back on the cushioned bench.

And Lucient took his hands from mine, adapting a chill snap to his tone, “Café, and you can’t be upset at me about this. You’re the one who made assumptions.”

I didn’t wonder it in any manner he could hear, but I did wonder if he was trying to pick a fight, and played along out of…well, pedantic need perhaps, “Coffeehouse, and I am allowed to be upset,” he was smiling, and it inflamed me, burning all too easily with the sun throbbing its heat in my veins, still I looked around, still I leaned closer as I hissed, “You knew what I assumed when I looked in that fottuto mirror, and you said nothing against it.”

He leaned as well, close enough to kiss across the table if he chose, but he only whispered, “Café, we are in a café and there was no reason to correct you at the time, treasure, because once again, I had no mirrors to prove my assurances.”

“Your word would have been enough,” I said through a smile, accepting the tight grip he took of my hands before I snipped, “and we’re in a coffeehouse.”

Tighter that grip and I matched it, chuckling at the crease in his forehead at my greater strength, still he hissed, “Café.”

“Coffeehouse,” I did not hiss, smile too comfortable with how it wrinkled him.

“You want me to cause a scene, don’t you, right here in the middle of this café?” He tried to coo, I think, but it came out more of a snarl.

And I adored it, “Depends, my dream, what sort of scene are you planning to cause in this coffeehouse?”

Our coffee arrived in time for us to startle the young man who brought it, but he spilled nothing but a spoon from the tray as he caught the scene. Lucient released my hands to take my jacket in both of his and nearly yanked me across the smooth wooden tabletop to shove his tongue down my throat. I heard a few gasps and murmurs before the debates and lectures returned to fill the second of stunned quiet.

So I grabbed his jacket right back and fell into those icy lips as all of Lucient’s irritation was forced into me through the veritable war his tongue waged on mine.

That was the sort of scene he always meant. It was his manner of dealing with any emotion he didn’t care for. He didn’t seem to like feeling, or perhaps…perhaps he simply lacked experience being allowed to—he would, eventually, learn—and I took advantage of it, stoked it. And I would again; being the wretched thing I was, so eager for his touch, I would do it far more than I should be so comfortable sharing.

The young man that brought our coffees set the tray down, still gawking at us and, in a terror-quiet voice said, “We call it a ‘penny university’.”

We remained locked in our kiss, but both of us slid our eyes to glare at the poor boy, withering him before he backed away from the table—then ran.

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Shadow and Bone - Season 2 episode 4

Live Nina and Jesper reaction

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ANYONE ELSE WANT A PIECE 🤬🤬😡👹🗣️

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couldn't decide so take all of them

edit: I MADE A DESKTOP VERSION !!

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At your side [End of Season 2]

[First] Prev <–-> Next

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every now and then i look back on this GIF i have of nalu during tartaros arc and cry about how this particular scene alone solidifies the beauty of their relationship (natsu holding lucy's hand gently in the face of chaos and panic did wonders to my heart)

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The tac net crash chapter is one of my favorites so far~

Ah and. Guess what. I just discovered that including this post, I made 50 pieces of fanart for Mistakes on mistakes until.. I’m so sane and normal about this story can you tell👍

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specter

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scenes from my fic but make it ghibli 🌟

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hug! that! captain!

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SILVER BLAZE PART THREE - happy jonkday everyone. one of these days i'll draw a scene that doesn't take place at night

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loop log 2

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"a fact so true, so loud, that he can’t believe he’d been able to hear anything else before now."  (fic by @campbyler)

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Romance Anime Starter List

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m sick and tired of seeing “Top ___ Best Anime of All Time” lists that are nothing but shounen. So, with "My Happy Marriage" getting a little attention from the anime community, I wanted to put together a list of some romance anime that I consider good “starters” for the genre. Because if I were just now becoming an anime fan, I’d think all there was to offer was shounen action series.

And by “starters” I mean basic stuff that’s not too…out there, and actually involves the characters getting together instead of just harems or using romance as a side plot (sorry Ouran High School Host Club and My Next Life as a Villainess). 

So if you’re new to anime and want stuff that’s not just guys beating the shit out of each other (which is also fun, don’t get me wrong), here are some basics.

Taisho Maiden Fairy Tale- When the pessimistic Tamahiko Shima loses all function in his right arm, his family sends him away to live in the mountains with the cheerful, hard working Yuzuki Tachibana…who was purchased by the Shima family to pay off her family’s debts and basically act as a caretaker/future bride for Tamahiko so they’d never have to deal with him again. It’s a more cheerful version of My Happy Marriage (without the supernatural stuff), except in this one, the guy is the one who has massive self-esteem issues and an abusive family. There are still very serious themes, but ultimately it’s not meant to make you cry every episode. I swear it’s so good, but nobody watched it!

Horimiya- A slice of life in which pretty and popular high school queen bee Hori, finds out her quiet, unassuming classmate Miyamura is hiding piercings and tattoos that could get him expelled. The two gradually find out more about each other and get together in the most realistic way I’ve seen depicted in an anime. It’s also fucking hysterical and genuinely emotional.

Recovery of an MMO Junkie- Another slice of life that focuses on two adults who meet in an MMO game without realizing they also know each other in real life. I don’t want to say much more than that. It’s adorable, and the main character is so relatable it hurts.

Love with Yamada-kun at Level 999- Speaking of MMOs, this is a newer series about Akane Kinoshita, a college first year who’s reeling from a bad break up. In an attempt to get back at her ex, she winds up meeting Akito Yamada, a popular gamer who happens to be in her guild in the MMO they both play at an IRL meetup. The two go from acquaintances to something more as they keep running into each other. Even more relatable main characters and just wholesome relationships all around.

Snow White With The Red Hair- A fantasy in which an apothecary named Shirayuki (meaning, you guessed it, “snow white”) runs away from her home in order to escape becoming the concubine of her town’s prince. While fleeing, she is rescued by Zen, the prince of a neighboring country, and she ends up becoming an herbalist to repay him. It's super cute with some genuinely swoon worthy moments and a couple that just works so well together. I have a habit of comparing this to Akatsuki no Yona, even though the two aren’t really that alike. This is more romance driven while Akatsuki no Yona is more of a serious historical fantasy with romance elements (Yona manga is amazing, but the anime barely scratches the surface, so that’s why I didn’t include it).

Sasaki to Miyano- When the shy, easily flustered Miyano meets Sasaki, a cool “delinquent” upperclassmen, the two end up bonding over manga…specifically BL manga. That’s right, Miyano is a fudanshi, but due to his small stature and somewhat feminine appearance, he’s constantly trying to convince others that he’s not interested in having his own love story where he’d be reduced to a stereotypical doe-eyed uke. But as Sasaki and Miyano spend more time together, they realize that what they have is more than friendship, and they have to come to terms with their own perception of gay relationships. This is my favorite romance of all time. It’s a slow burn, but boy is it worth it. Their relationship is so natural and realistic, just like Horimiya. Just two people hanging out and bonding over things the way people do in real life!

Given: The story of some boys in a band with trauma. Enough said. It's great. Go watch it.

Bloom Into You- Yuu Koito is a high school girl who’s been waiting her whole life for her own perfect romance to start…but when she receives a confession, she realizes she doesn’t know how to respond when she’s just not into the guy. And then she gets another confession…this time from the cool student council president Touko Nanami, who basically jumpstarts her lesbian awakening. Very cute story about how we perceive the concept of love vs actually feeling it. Also has a canonically aro/ace side character, so that’s a win for me. Another show like this is Adachi to Shimamura (but I honestly don’t remember much about it. It just didn’t stick with me as much).

Ore Monogatari- Takeo Gouda is a tall, bulky high school first year with a sensitive heart of gold. He wants nothing more than to find his own true love, but most girls are intimidated by his enormous stature, and they end up falling for his conventionally attractive friend instead. That is, until he meets the tiny, adorable Rinko Yamato. He falls in love instantly, but he’s sure she’s interested in his best friend like everyone else, so he vows to help get them together, even though his heart is breaking. Peak himbo behavior. Pure of heart, dumb of ass.

Yuri on Ice- Yes it’s the gay figure skating anime everyone knows. And yes it’s a fucking romance, okay? I will die on this hill. The romance between Viktor and Yuri is just as important as the plot!

Kaguya-sama Love Is War- Two insanely smart high school students both have a crush on the other, but since they’re…you know…high schoolers, neither of them wants to admit it first. So they come up with increasingly convoluted plans to get the other to confess first. This will go down as one of the best of all time. It’s a hilarious yet poignant modern classic.

Fruits Basket- I’ve talked about it before and I’ll talk about it again. A romance “comedy” that slowly morphs into a drama about a girl named Tohru who finds herself living with the mysterious Sohma family after her mother dies. Little does she know, the Sohmas are the victims of a  (somewhat silly, but ultimately tragic) curse that she must fight to break. Even though I’m more into it for the family drama, the romance is still top tier and plays an important role in the story. This is my second favorite anime of all time, and it’s a classic for a reason. If anyone hasn’t watched it yet, GO WATCH IT! IT WILL RIP YOU TO SHREDS!

And now for some honorable mentions that didn't quite fit into the regular list:

Ride Your Wave- A movie about a surfer who falls in love with a firefighter……and I’m not going to say any more than that. Go into it blind. If you like stuff like Your Name, this is a good one to watch.

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun- A comedy about a high school girl who finds out the upperclassman she has a crush on is actually a shoujo manga artist, and no matter how she tries to confess to him, he just never gets it.

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague- A slow burn slice of life that focuses on a guy with ice powers who has a crush on his coworker. That’s it. That’s the show. When I say slow, I mean SLOW. It’s perfectly cute and fluffy, but my god does it take forever to get anywhere with these two.

Skip to Loafer- A high strung, small town girl decides to go to high school in Tokyo, where she meets a variety of classmates, including the laid back Sousuke Shima. The unlikely pair become friends, and soon enough, she starts to feel something more than friendship. The only reason I didn’t include it in the main list is because they don’t get together by the end of the first season, but it’s still really cute (also canonically trans character for the win!?)

So that’s my starter list. And no, I didn’t include Toradora, even though it’s a classic. I know it’s blasphemous, but I like it more as a comedy than a romance. It kinda lost me with the ending. But anyway, maybe someone will find something they like. Or maybe you'll just want to roast me and my picks 😅

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Go you funky little SecUnit! Go!

(One of my favorite scenes from the newest Murderbot novel: System Collapse)

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One Piece Live action season 1 + hints or similarities to future One Piece moments (specifically after East Blue saga) - part 1: episodes 1-3

This wasn't meant to be a comparison between the live action and the animanga, but more so seeing these added/modified scenes that differ from the manga, yet with some of the acting/writing includes clues and hints to different and future canon material, or even characterization that necessary doesn't fit East Blue yet, but fits well enough into later arcs.

Luffy not knowing his world directions both in Opla (ep 1) /// Skypiea arc, in anime ep 168. But it could be for honestly any other arc (Funny thing is, in Opla he rang the bell that unfortunately alerted Alvida's crew, and only when I was rewatching that scene it made me connect it with the great Luffy moment at the end of Skypiea.)

The matches that Zoro has on the Island of Sixis in Opla ep 1, possibly manufactured on Baldimore (?), with a name Beast of Baldimore. /// After Sabaody Archipelago Franky was sent to Baldimore by Kuma, finding Vegapunk's homeland and laboratory, and also developing more of his science projects, as well as causing funny incidents, such as the Burning Beast. (It has probably nothing to do with the matches, except for the 'tiger on fire' motif and the name of Baldimore, but the details of Opla are just so fun!)

Zoro's first meeting with Luffy in Opla episode 1 is really different but fun nonetheless, especially with wording of the line that he doesn't want to 'play pirates' with Luffy. It's such a great setup line for his development to truly be one of the very first to understand how much Luffy means everything he's doing /// Zoro in ep. 323 Post Enies Lobby arc, making sure both his crew and the audience know how seriously he takes being part of Luffy's crew and what it means for future arcs.

Opla ep 2, Luffy mentioning Shanks' way of thinking about fighting (or not fighting someone who's not worth it) /// ep. 146 Jaya arc, Luffy saying to Zoro not to fight Bellamy's crew, which was direct influence from Shanks not fighting the Mountain bandits in the first chapters of the manga. It's interesting that for both of these scenes both Zoro and Nami are there to hear this.

This is just a fun bit, but seeing Nami excited about having a bath was cute. Opla ep 3 /// anime ep. 326, just after they get Sunny and everyone was finding out what space there is for them.

Garp and Koby playing the game of Go, Opla ep 3 /// CP0 agents playing Go while discussing the outcome of Strawhats & Oden's crew's raid on Onigashima against Kaido. It seems like a game that maybe Marines play more/enjoy (?) & above, up to CP ranks.

Usopp 'retelling' a story about eating a dragon, Opla ep 3 /// Punk Hazard ep 580, Zoro killing the dragon and planning with Luffy what's the best way to cook and eat it. Lol. In next chapters Luffy was carrying a big chunk of it, seemingly ate a bit part of the dragon already.

This one is self explanatory. Zoro is so gone for Luffy in Opla it's insane. Every time I remember that I get emo. ep 3. /// One of the first really fond smiles that Zoro keeps smiling at Luffy, a mixture of proud and understanding how Luffy works. ep 63, but it's just so much better in the manga, just look at it. Smitten™ (ch. 104)