#also he might just have me as dinner

[ninnodesu]

yeah...

The only reason I haven’t slept with this man Is because he’s playing hard to get.

(He’s fictional btw)

[radioroxx]

funny thing about aus in which another one of the party joins the loops with siffrin is that, while the others are 10x more likely to mention the loops, i cant imagine any of them would go to siffrin first.

[fractallogic]

Yes indeed we ARE already at the point where I’m watching reels from the guy who cooks for a sorority house at UNR and I’m like you know what actually maybe I want THAT to be my job. I could cook two meals a day for 28 people with full creative control (especially when they’re not made to order).

I thought hard about trying to be a personal chef before I decided to go to grad school and go all in on linguistics, but I think that could potentially be too fussy and rely too heavily on plating skills that I simply do not care about

And then there’s the woman who’s a baker at an inn, but that’s too early. I could do that if I were a morning person. Or if there were (and hear me out here) an afternoon/evening baked good need.

But this guy making the sorority house pulled pork Mac n cheese or chicken Caesar salads or what he calls BREAK UP CHICKEN (liberally garlic oil’d baked chicken thighs with a slice of provolone on top, over some orzo, with some tomato basil cream sauce on top)?? Hell yeah I could do that. Brunch on weekends, lunch and dinner all week? Sure thing.

What does your resume need to look like to be a cook at a sorority house. What connections do I need

[daisywords]

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[tennessoui]

can’t believe there’s no balcony neighbors to friends to lovers obikin au

so like imagine like anakin and obi-wan live in apartments that face each other and are separated by a narrrow alleyway, so when both are out on their own balconies, they can pretty easily see each other and talk. they don’t but they could is the thing, it’s just a weird sort of line to step over, being in someone’s space so intimately but not being invited there, witnessing someone’s life move along like an unstoppable ocean current, but not being in the water with them.

anakin knows what book obi-wan is reading and which newspaper he subscribes to. obi-wan knows anakin’s favored brand of beer and how he sounds when he sings his baby to sleep. anakin has overheard many arguments between obi-wan and his lawyer and his estranged wife about the divorce case. they’re physically close enough that when anakin steps out one summer night, obi-wan can wordlessly pass him a cigarette over the divide. “i don’t smoke normally,” obi-wan says, with a flick of his wrist to shake loose the ash. “i know,” anakin says, because he does. “divorce was finalized yesterday,” obi-wan says. “i know,” anakin says, because he does. “my name’s obi-wan,” obi-wan says. “anakin,” anakin says because he hadn’t known that.

[sga-owns-my-soul]

being an adult is all fun and games until i have to take my cat to the vet for urinary inflammation and myself to the dentist for a massive cavity and infection in the same fucking day 🙃🙃🙃

i'm so tired

[boundbyshimmer]

ignore this. thinking about how warden is incredibly guard dog coded, down to his name. he's secret service after all, it is quite literally his job to protect one person with his entire life. his lore constantly harks back to his protective nature even with his family.

anyways, thinking about a black cat/doberman-esque dynamic with him. i'm just as calculating and observant as he is, but his impulsive nature can get the better of him sometimes while I tease him over it. I'm fully capable of defending myself and standing on my own, but he can't help his nature by being at my every beck and call to ensure my safety. From small things like opening doors for me or fetching me a drink when asked to physically putting himself in danger for me, I have him completely wrapped around my fingers - the best part being he knows it, and loves it.

the nature of our relationship is a mystery to those around us, and even a bit to ourselves, but we have and unspoken bond we're both very aware of, remaining exclusive to the other. wherever one goes, the other is there. during briefings we always are each other's first to ask about ideas or to even advocate for the other to have a bigger role. there's the faintest traces of each other's cologne/perfume on the other at all times. there's suspiciously consistently timed days off for the two of us where we're practically unreachable until we return, brushing off any prying questions.

something something we're practically married but not properly, and we're both terrified in some way to speak it into existence or write it on paper. whether it be due to the nature of our jobs in rainbow or something deeper, it seems almost scary to confirm what we have, but that does not stop either of us from being entangled in each other in every way.

[jacqcrisis]

Can I talk about Gale in my bg3 playthrough? I'm gunna talk about Gale in my playthrough.

My read on Gale during his time following Ronan around is that he's pining to all hell. Mega pining. Pining so hard it SUCKS.

At the start, its all fun and trying not to die with the cleric who is quiet and stoic and gruff. They gather their little band of merry men and women, and its clear there's a more calculating, pragmatic side to Ronan in the way he talks his way out of issues. There's a softer side to him as well in how he is generally willing to help those in need and in how he acts when the day is done, his care, eagerness to listen, curiosity, and healing touch hard to miss even under the usual cold and arrogant air he has about him.

They become fast friends, Ronan defers to him the most when coming up with a plan or when needing a different point of view, and Gale enjoys the whole of him. There's a lot of him to enjoy. Aesthetically. He's rather fetching for a dragonborn in his face and his form and the rumble of a voice cannot be understated.

But Gale wouldn't. No, he's still got Mystra to win back. He's not looking for anything else with a goddess' favor is on the line. He's not ready to give that up-

And then the magic lessons happen. And he's flattered, really, truly, that Ronan would conjure up such...creative images of them together. And then show them to Gale. How very bold of him.

As flattered as he is and how those fantasies stick with him, Gale still wouldn't. He can appreciate from a distance. Enjoy his new friendship but he wouldn't...

Would he? Ronan's so... nice under the impatient, grumpy facade and he's saved Gale from some rather sticky situations, held his hand as he healed grievous wounds, hugged him in their victories. He's a dedicated ally and friend and one could imagine it would not change as a lover. Maybe when Gale is ready, maybe if he can't get Mystra back, maybe he could, perhaps-

Oh. Astarion got there first. It's a crushing blow to his confidence, further compounded when at the party, Ronan's spending it with the vampire as well. Not like it could've happened between them anyways, that Ronan would have wanted anything between them considering the orb and...everything.

He has to make peace with that. Accept that. It's fine, of course. Better a friend had than nothing at all and what a friend he's found in Ronan with is easy affection and his enthusiastic praise and his trust and his loyalty and how when Gale learns of Mystra's plan to have him sacrifice himself, Ronan is immediately and unwaveringly stubbornly certain there's another way, has to be another way, 'I'll not see you go this way'-

And he still thinks about the magic lessons. And enjoys the way Ronan listens to him. Laughs with him. Embraces him. Holds him, lingers around him at times. And the way he still looks at him at others.

Gale also sees how he looks at Astarion. How they keep getting closer, and closer until finally something changes and they're truly together. And he's touching Astarion more and their spending nights sleeping together and Ronan is so open with his adoration and Gale

He could've had that. Should have had all of that. Why didn't he take it when he could've, when he still had a chance? Why did he blow it off, wait too long only for it to pass him by?

For what? To win back favor with a goddess that wants him dead? Why was he chasing dreams of so much more than him when something real that was right there? When he could have had the adoration and the loyalty and the passion and the love of someone right in front of him?

It haunts him. Gale's happy for his friends and dedicated to their cause, but by the gods, does he regret. Up until the final fight and the celebration after and the parting of ways and even six months later when he sees Ronan again and hugs him like he might die if he doesn't.

Ronan holds him, squeezes him tight, unfathomably warm and strong around him as he whispers in Gale's ear that he missed him. And every dulled ache, every ember burning low flares back up as they part and Ronan gives him that soft, glowing smile and maybe he has ulterior motives when he invites his old friend back to his tower for a night of dinner and talking.

[icterid-rubus]

I’ve got a bizarre and predictable cycle of making friends getting very excited about hanging out and seeing them a lot and then becoming terrified and tired of hanging out and it’s annoying

[thirteens-earring]

if Eye am refusing an impulsive trip you know it’s really too impulsive. I am not famous for my risk assessment

[bumblingbabooshka]

I like Tuvok canonically having a crush on Noss that he struggles through because it means that something about this stranded spider hunter appealed greatly to him and I want to know what that is

[insanechayne]

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[todayisafridaynight]

Since you mentioned it, what did you think of Speak No Evil? I was thinking of watching it myself :0

i really liked it ............ my friend scoffed at me when i told her i was watchin it so take my opinion with a grain of salt tho </3

[hannie-dul-set]

all those fake dating fics where reader suffers from evey family gathering bcs of the routinely grilling of "so do u have a bf yet" and she's sick and tired of always having to say NO I DON'T HAVE A BF YET LEAVE ME ALONE so she hires a guy to fake date her are onto something. seriously. one more dinner with my relatives and i'm going to fucking ask my hs friends to pretend to be my bf this is maddening 😭😭😭.

[exopelagic]

okay I severely misjudged spaghetti guy he’s actually just really cool

[rememberedbyamark]

Did anyone want to tell me that the talking phase of dating feels like 5d chess, and a bunch of tiny knives, and causes stress induced illness????