#Spicy Delight

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for lying to my dog about food being 'spicy?'

A while back I taught my dog what spicy foods are (by letting her sniff them and saying "Uh oh! Spicy!") and she figured out that it means it'll smell/taste bad and she immediately loses interest. It was initially an accident but it became really handy in getting her to leave food alone if it might hurt her.

Recently though I've started saying "Uh oh! Spicy!" about any food I don't want her to eat. If she's sitting and staring at me eating a regular non-spicy snack and I don't want to share, I'll tell her it's spicy so she'll stop begging for it. She believes me 100% of the time. She does have a 'leave it' command that she obeys as well, but she always acts so sad whenever I tell her to 'leave it' and it's something she wants.

I feel a little bad because she's an older dog (10y/o) and maybe I SHOULD be sharing my snacks with her, but sometimes a man's gotta enjoy his food in peace without a little creature gazing longingly at him the entire time and crying like the world's soggiest beast.

Included is a picture of her making her very best begging face so that everyone can accurately judge how evil I am for lying to her.

What are these acronyms?

[catspawcreates]

Eclipse - Color Experiment #3

Less glowy version under the cut.

I’m not sure how I’m going to top this, but I thoroughly enjoyed the process. Colors inspired by my friend Grifty’s Eclipse variant (only colors, not design 👍)

Moon next. Debating on others like Jack O Moon…

I’ve learned a thing or two making these. Already big improvements from the first one.

[starryalpacasstuff]

Fire (1996): A Mostly Spoiler Free Pitch Because You Should Watch It Immediately

It's time for "An Indian QL bulldozed past my expectations and I am reeling in awe", Part Two!

A few days ago, @neuroticbookworm told me about Fire, an old lesbian Indian movie she'd been wanting to watch. Me being me, I promptly tracked it down and settled in to watch it.

Very loosely based on the 1942 short story Lihaaf, the movie follows Sita, a newly wed bride who is settling in with her in-laws, which is how she meets Radha, who is married to her husband's brother. Both in unhappy marriages, they find solace and company with each other, quickly falling in love. Length: 1 Hour 40 Minutes TWs: Homophobia, C-word mentioned once, some depictions of domestic violence Release: 1996

The is almost entirely in English, and while one generally expects Bollywood movies to be in Hinglish, it's definitely a conscious choice here, which does make me wonder if the movie was supposed to be promoted to a greater international audience. You can find it here on Youtube, most of the (very few) Hindi dialogues have hard subtitles. I think it's also available on Prime? It wasn't available in India though, which is odd, but I didn't bother investigating. Let me know if anyone can figure anything out about this!

Going into this movie, I expected a melodramatic, emotional movie with a bittersweet tone. I did not expect a biting, incredibly engaging movie with excellent satire, symbolism, discussions of chastity culture, and an incredibly sweet, beautifully written romance. And I was certainly not prepared for how incredibly horny this movie is??? Both in subtle tension and overt sex scenes. There's also partial nudity, which again, completely unexpected. If you're going taboo, go taboo all the way I suppose. It's also very well directed, and while I'm not nearly as good at identifying details like that as some of the people on here, I did pick up on some colour coding and interesting framing. It's just overall packed with little details that I think a lot of us would have a field day analysing.

Honestly, I could talk about the cultural nuances in this movie for hours. Contrary to my assumption about the reasoning behind making the movie fully in English, the movie seems to rely on the viewer's understanding of North Indian customs to deliver a lot of it's messages, particularly with its satire, more on that below. While I don't think it's necessary to enjoy the movie, it definitely does add some meat to the story. Then again, I'm a biased party, so it'll be hard to determine just how many messages may be lost to someone from outside of India without someone to compare notes with (this is me shamelessly trying to get you to watch the movie). Honestly, I'd be 100% down to write a more detailed, spoiler-including post that goes into the implicit nuances if people are interested.

There's two main selling points for the movie; the incredible way it shuts down purity and chastity ideology and the absolutely adorable relationship between Radha and Sita. The movie is set on ruthlessly tearing down and emphasizing the ridiculousness of purity culture. A lot of the messaging is indirect and uses metaphors, but there's also several explicit scenes addressing the issue. It's one of the main themes of the movie and I'm almost convinced the real reason it's titled 'Fire' is the sheer number of burns it dishes out on this subject. The romance portion of this movie is one of the thing's that completely defied my expectations. It wasn't sad and dramatic, it was heartfelt and silly and adorable. There's several scenes of the two subtly flirting, laughing together and just being lowkey in love. But that's not to say there's no emotional depth—they're also there for each other and are quite vulnerable with each other.

The movie used a lot of metaphors, but my favourites were the almost satirical representation of mythological stories. In a religion as diverse as Hinduism, every holiday has two dozen stories behind it and each story has two dozen versions, so it's to be expected that you'll find a number of problematic or otherwise kind of ridiculous stories in the mix. The stories were told completely seriously, but the context of the movie highlights their absurd facets in a truly brilliant way. I'm not going to give too much away, but I will say, it was a delight to watch the juxtaposition of the myths and the storyline of the movie, particularly it's ties to the purity culture discussion. You'll understand when you watch it. I'm not turning this into a Hindu mythology lesson (yet) but one interesting tidbit is that Radha and Sita are both names of mythological figures; namely the partners of two of the most worshipped avatars of the god Vishnu: Krishna and Rama respectively. And I was overjoyed to find that their names do have relevance to the metaphors in the story, particularly Sita's.

When the movie was first released, there were massive protests against it, I'm talking hundreds of people storming into theatres to destroy them and drive away audiences. I don't know what to say here beyond this, but what I will say is that I think Fire is an amazing movie that absolutely does not deserve to be lost to the sands of time. I hope you give it a shot, and if you do, tag me in any posts you make about it!

Tagging people who seemed interested in recs from my last post, let me know if you'd rather I not tag you!

@lurkingshan @impala124 @bengiyo @letgomaggie @winnysatang

@watertightvines @nutcasewithaknife @blorbingqls @twig-tea

@waitmyturtles @cryingatships @benkaben @usertoxicyaoi

@befuddledcinnamonroll @flyingrosebeetle

[blackwood4stucky]

do you trust me with your scars, enough to show me your heart

author: aspen blackwood

series: wonder if it's room in heaven for savages

james “bucky” barnes x steve rogers | mcu | fic playlist

masterpost | 🅴 | 🔞 | word count: 11,037 | multichapter fic

read ch 1: a maze you love getting lost in

tags: blood, creature!stucky, gore, non traditional omegaverse, sexual content, violence

Steve hesitated by the entryway to the kitchen. Just being around Ma Winnie made him nervous given how he felt about her son. - a dark and twisted fairytale

bingo fills + event prompts

@afgomegaversebingo | confession of feelings

@anyfandomangstbingo | hurt/comfort

@anyfandomgoesbingo | confession of feelings

@ao3tagbingo | scent kink

au challenge | fae au

@augustwritingchallenge: april showers brings m-au flowers | fairies/fair folk

@avengers-assemble-bingo: [aa002] | anal play

@badsexbingo | free space

@bloodyheartsbingo: twilightdreams' card [bloody hearts bingo i] | all mine [nsfw: bloody] | kissing/biting their partner so hard during sex that they draw blood

@buckybarnesbingo: round 6 | u4: friends to lovers

@buckyboybingo | fae

@character-a-character-b:

emotions | finding comfort in each other's arms & bodies holiday | free space spooky | a night of passion beneath a blood moon romance | rough passion winter | body heat under a shared blanket

crossover bingo | multiple orgasms

@darkspicyevanstan | unseelie

@dark-stucky: bucky's birthday bash 2025 | jealousy

@deaddovedec: 2024 | week 1: day 7 | free day

@deaddovekink:

august heat | mating cycles: heats + marking: scents frisky feb | groping monsterfcking march '23 | beasts of myth: fae monsterfcking march '24 | bizarre biology: abnormal body parts

@eclipsingbingo

card 1 | soulmate au card 2 | alternate universe

@fairytalebingo | court of night

@fandombingo

the little prince | moonlight wonderland | loss of innocence

@fandom-free-bingo

august chaos | friends to lovers dream | free space gingerbread | falling asleep on one another, moving closer in bed july | blushing maritime may | best friends to lovers, fae au medical | omegaverse au october | tentative smile wild | childhood friends world book night | fairy circle

@fictionaldelightsbingo: under the sea bingo | their heart stops

@halcyonianlove | fae

@herohardshipsbingo | road trip

@hurtcomfort-bingo:

hurt and comfort | first love pick your poison | fever, swallowing

@julybreakbingo: post july 24 | soulmates

@marvelousyahtzee | 2s: kneeling, flowers, fight, holding hands, jealous

marvel-smash-bingo | best friends to lovers

@multifandom-flash: here there be monsters bingo | mystery monster

@seasonaldelightsbingo:

cozy feels | dark academia card: shadows types of love | card 1: free space

@sebastianstanbingo | sharing a bed

@secretcrypticevents: into the wilds bingo | unseelie

@stuckybingo | huddling for warmth + music [march prompt]

@sweetspicybingo:

beginning | first "i love you" hurt/comfort | deep conversations lyrical | sweet touch / you've given me too much to feel winter | fairy lights

@thebo3bingo | cock warming

@thefairytalebingo | the fair folk

@winterbreakadvent 24 | just the tip' leads to full penetration leads to feelings realization

@wintershieldbingo | canon divergence

@writersmonth | fairy

@yearoftheotpevent | february: bed sharing

read ch 2: heart made of glass, my mind of stone

ao3 | sqwa

[unspecifiedfigure]

something happens and i’m head over heels ✨

[dvrkblooms]

All You Do is Tell Me Lies (I Can't Really Be Surprised Anymore)

Read chapter one on Ao3, Penana, Squidge, and Tumblr!

Fandom: MCU

Pairing: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers

Rating: E / NC-17

A/N: A dark romance set in an alternate universe!

Tags: Alternate Universe, Dark Fiction, Escort AU

Playlist

Summary

Bucky Barnes, self defense instructor for the widows, thinks it's about to be an ordinary visit when the head widow walks into his dojo. Imagine his surprise when Natasha offers him a mission he's never done before.

Chapter 1: All You Do is Tell Me Lies

Other Bingos and Events:

@anyfandomdarkbingo - Drug Addiction

@ao3tagbingo - Identity Reveal

AU Challenge - Different First Meeting

@badthingshappenbingo - Drugged

@bloodyheartsbingo: Aspen's Card (Bloody Hearts Bingo I)

Be Good: NSFW (Base) - Getting off on doing what their partner tells them and being called good

@buckybarnesbingo - U5: Reluctant Teamwork

@buckyboybingo - Free Space

@darkacademiabingo - Murder and Death

@darkspicyevanstan - Escort AU

@deaddovedec: 2024 - Week 4: Day 2 - Drugged

@thefairytalebingo - Love at first sight

@fandombingo:

Neverwhere Bingo - "Secrets are expensive." Valentine Trope Flash - A kiss on the cheek Wonderland Bingo - Ruin

@halcyonianlove - February Paramour: Red Room

@multiversebingo: Good Things Can Happen Bingo - Defeating the Aliens, Found Family, Shawarma, Team as Family

@seasonaldelightsbingo: Cozy Feels Bingo - Dehydration

@secretcrypticevents: Into the Wilds Bingo - Black Widow

@steverogersbingo - D1: Clint Barton

@stuckybingo - G2: Winter

@winterbreakadvent - Week Two: Day 11 - Nonconsensual Body Modifications

@wintershieldbingo - Nonconsensual Body Modification

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[adarkforestwitch]

a thin wisp of scarlet smoke

chapter 1: i'm on the edge with no control

⟢ read: ao3 ➢ squidgeworld ➢ tumblr

⟢ author: a dark forest witch

⟢ rating: explicit ➢ nc-17

⟢ fandom(s): captain america: the winter soldier

⟢ pairing: james “bucky” barnes/steve rogers

⟢ tags: alternate universe - fusion, dark fiction, post tws, deranged!steve, consent issues, sexual content, watersports

⟢ word count: 2416

Steve wakes up slowly with his face buried in soft brunet tresses that smell like strawberries. He sighs in the darkness behind his eyelids, tightening his arms, as a smile graces his lips. Warmth radiates from the body he’s holding, Bucky’s body.

⟢ summary: It's been awhile since Bucky came in from the cold. He lives with his best friend, Steve, now. Despite coming to grips with what Hydra did to him, Bucky still yearns for more from his old flame. Steve is so careful with him, treating him like he's made of glass. He just needs to figure out to ask for what he wants, what he craves.

⟢ written for the following events ⟢

⟢ @ao3tagbingo ⟡ free space! ⟢

⟢ @darkacademiabingo ⟡ canon divergence ⟢

⟢ @darkspicyevanstan ⟡ body modification ⟢

⟢ @deaddovedec ⟡ week two ⟡ day thirteen: under the tree ⟢

⟢ @fairytalebingo ⟡ "You know the rules." ⟢

⟢ @fandombingo ⟡ wonderland bingo ⟡ dreams merging with reality ⟢

⟢ @halloweenhorrorbingo ⟡ alt: "You should give in." ⟢

⟢ @seasonaldelightsbingo ⟡ dark academia edition ⟡ deep longing ⟢

⟢ @secretcrypticevents ⟡ into the wilds bingo ⟡ demon ⟢

⟢ @steverogersbingo ⟡ free space ⟢

⟢ @stuckybingo ⟡ predator/prey ⟢

⟢ @winterbreakadvent ⟡ week 2  ⟡ days 9 - 13 ⟢

⟢ The Grimoire ⟡ The Witch’s Bazaar ⟢

[tricitymonsters]

Making bets with Amir just to lose them so I can whine about him being a big meanie <3

(What are the bets probably something very horny oops)

This is engagement for him! A fun game because yall keep making absolutely debauched bets and he has to keep dreaming up new and unique punishments to teach you about the sin of arrogance. He loves the sound of a sore loser calling him mean, if he's feeling really cheeky he might ask you to keep telling him all about how mean he is when he's got you hanging from the ceiling and he's squishing your cheeks and probably got you full of some toy

[trans-ralsei]

kitaslop

[blackwood4stucky]

casting a spell on your heartstrings, you're caught in my snare

author: aspen blackwood | fic masterpost

series: @darkerthegods | bleak are the heavens, darker the gods

read part 1 from the series ⟶⟶ the hansenkemp novella

read part 3 from the series ⟶⟶ the evermin oneshot

nick fowler x ransom drysdale | knives out x the 355 au

🅼 | 🔞 | oneshot | dark fiction | playlist | dark romance bang post

tags: alternate universe - ancient rome, caos x tvd fusion au, coven politics, creature feature, dark magic, dark romance, dubious consent, paranormal fantasy, pseudocest, background robert pronge/vlad tenev

Tendrils of crimson and white fabric twined together protruded from the ball and landed in the hands of the witches. The energy brimming in the air seemed to boil over as the witches began enchanting the warlocks with their enthralling dance. - A retelling of Proserpina and Dis Pater.

bingo fills + event prompts

au challenge | mythology

@augustwritingchallenge: au-gust 2024 | crossover/fusion

@badthingshappenbingo | stranded/lost

@bloodyheartsbingo: lillyrosenight's card [bloody hearts bingo i] | i'm yours [whump bloody] | becoming subservient to their captor

@character-a-character-b: rare pair bingo | a and b sharing a desperate first kiss

crossover bingo | politics au

@darkacademiabingo: flash | an ancestor makes a play for your soul

@darkspicyevanstan: quadruple challenge mode

witchcraft au + eldritch terror + historical fiction + ritual

@deaddovekink:

die in july 24 | human sacrifice kinktober '24: dead dove chapter | human sacrifice monsterfucking march 24 | rituals: human sacrifice

@eclipsingbingo:

card 2 | age difference the rising moon | ritual

@fandombingo:

mcu card | mythology au rpf card | ancient rome au magnus archives | human sacrifice neverwhere | saying goodbye valentine trope flash | ambrosia wonderland | dance of death

@fandom-free-bingo:

gingerbread | free space, alt: gasping for breath half-baked | forbidden love maritime may | confession medical | alt: pursued october | a stain so deep it can't be erased tolkien | cut throat, prophecy world book night edition | ancient gods

@febuwhump: revenge of the sixth | pinned down

@fictionaldelightsbingo: under the sea | bleeding to death

@ficwip: hey, sweetheart

@halloweenhorrorbingo | manipulative relationship

@hurtcomfort-bingo | hurt no comfort

@julybreakbingo | mythology au

@kinkuary | humiliation

@macrocest: winter bingo | free space

@multifandom-flash: christmas | your magic's no good here

@seasonaldelightsbingo:

cozy feels | dark academia card: groomed summertime | horror stories around the bonfire

@secretcrypticevents: into the wilds bingo | eldritch deity

@sweetspicybingo

beginnings | first victim hurt/comfort | temporary death winter | warm hands

@thebo3bingo | final goodbye

@thefairytalebingo | elder deities

@winterbreakadvent | week 2: day 9 | purpose driven

@yearoftheotpevent | february: valentine's day

read part 2 from the series here: ao3 | sqwa

[throughpatchesofviolet]

One little known fact about Sherry is that she has a ridiculously high spice tolerance. The Sinners find this out on accident when dining out at a restaurant of Hong Lu's choice, where he tells them about a certain spicy mustard served there that they can dip their food in.

Most of the Sinners are incapable of handling the sting but Sherry just keeps eating the mustard. She's in tears and has to keep scrunching up her face, but she absolutely loves the burning sensation whenever she takes a bite. Hong Lu, of course, is very happy she likes it, and Ryōshū is mildly impressed she can handle it, but the other Sinners are a bit terrified of just how much spice Sherry can handle.

[bearlytolerant]

I’m so very close.

[paranoidgemsbok]

Literally no drink has ever looked less appealing and I'm kind of obsessed with it

[steinbecks]

TEAM CHEEKBONES!!!!