#and this desi is not in the habit of saying 'i love you'

[doeeyeddyke]

Marker Mehndi

Desi LGBT Fest

Day 7: Faith/Rituals of Love

@desi-lgbt-fest​

[creamflix]

MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE DESI BOYS! — featuring gojo, nanami, sukuna, toji, choso, geto  content warnings: south asian & desi settings/culture/reference(s), certain non-english phrases or words have been written in italics. established relationship, more of character headcannons than x reader moments. lots of fluff and crack and very self indulgent. part one

gojo makes the most ridiculous pick-up lines that don't even make sense. “you're the gulab to my jamun.” you still tolerate him. he's raiding all the vogue india magazines you have and is critiquing every single cover as if he knows what he's doing (suprisingly he does). he hates not being the center of attention so he goes so far as to learn bollywood choreography, screeching at your cousins when they miss a step. throws a tantrum when he is dragged off the stage to make way for the next family performance. if he figures out you like paani puri, you best believe he is finishing his plate even if he is left with tears and a runny nose at the end of it. he needs to prove he's the strongest even if he keeps asking for multiple sukha puri at the end. needs to be chained under a tree during diwali because no gojo, you cannot light twenty rockets at once. begs you to take photos of him with lit sparklers or bombs in his hand. he's the only man you know who can burn milk while making kheer. he “covers it up" by adding five spoons of sugar. his excuse? “it needs to be sweet anyways!” he's also the type of guy who'd get along with literally anyone, even your bitchy grandmother from your dad's side. he loves arijit singh. he was the dude who defended kesariya's lyricism when it released. obnoxious when he plays tum hi ho super loudly during car rides, though his favorite song is raabta. can't get over deepika padukone, almost cried when you told him she's married and even has a kid now? demands om shanti om to be played during every movie night, ignoring everyone's groans of protest. unironically liked chennai express.

nanami is so insistent on cooking for your mother once that it turns into one of those “no please i insist” arguments in the middle of the kitchen. promptly solved by you ordering takeout, much to their dissapointment. sweats a ridiculous amount when he wears a kurta but insists on wearing it to every family gathering. insists on holding the edge of your saree when you’re walking down stairs because he’s terrified you’ll trip. takes rangoli competitions way too seriously. he’s that guy using rulers to make the lines perfectly even while kids scribble around him. epitome of manners. always folding his hands and touching his elders feets. naturally, he is a family favorite. loves listening to lata mangeshkar after a long day. he's one of those people who listens to retro music while drinking tea. he loves amitabh bacchan's movies. adores the family themes in k3g, but mostly watches it for amitabh's towering presence.

suguru is the designated family member to oil everyone's hair with champi. you know that little train you used to make with your grandmother, your mom and you? yea he's leading it always. bonus points if he braids it after he's done. no one's allowed to oil each other hair because “suguru's hands have magic in them.”  the habit of eating with his hands grows on him and he does so even when coming back home. loves drinking fizzy drinks out of those glass bottles - those really retro ones with the plastic straw. when you're not around he's secretly practicing the lyrics to all your favorite songs and sings them with your drunk uncle(s) during karoke night.when asked how he learned, he casually says youtube. a man of manners like kento - touching his elders feet and all that jazz. your family collectively swoons over his manners and looks. loves aishwarya rai's movies, quotes devdas occassionally, and you try not to ruin his moment by giggling.

sukuna spends half of the time in your the terrace, partaking in activities that are but not limited to; air-drying the papad he made himself, shooing away anyone who tries to get close to the home-made pickle he has sealed in glass containers (with a little help from your mom), and feeding the pigeons. pigeons. he takes the last job very seriously too, and throws a hissy fit if anyone gets to him before he does. comes back home every evening with a tan that gets darker and darker by day and complains about it to you. a very good bargainer. gives the women in his family scary dog privileges when he walks behind them with all their shopping bags. your cousin brothers love him because he’s the only one who can beat them at arm wrestling. will hold your belongings when you get your mehendi done. tries not to smile when he sees you hiding his initial amongst the design. this man....he's always blasting sidhu moose wala. i don't know why, he just seems like the type of guy who does. loves nawazuddin siddiqui. gangs of wasseypur is his comfort movie. yes, comfort. also loves sacred games, quotes the scenes to scare off random people.

choso is always tasked with buying the raw materials for family functions - extra vessels, flowers, paper plates, you name it. he leaves at the ass crack of dawn and comes back at noon with enough supplies to sustain your family's next generation as well. and yes, he did bargain well. but in all honesty he didn't even need to try that hard since the whole neighborhood loves him so they always throw in freebies along with a ridiculously low rate for literally everything. the first one to ask guests if they would like to eat or drink something, already rushing to the kitchen without waiting for an answer. the golden boy of hospitality. ends up sitting with the aunties during pre-wedding functions and learning how to play the dholak. gets ridiculously good at it by the end of the evening. loves sitting on the floor with your cousins to eat thalis instead of at the dining table. he says it feels more relaxed that way. likes lighting flower pots and sparklers during diwali as opposed to other crackers, prefers watching your family burst the bigger ones. i hate to say this but he probably listens to prateek kuhaad like a basic bitch and cries over his music because it "reminds him of you." what a guy. his favorite actress is alia bhatt and outright had a breakdown when he watched raazi with you. he was put on a movie timeout for one week effective immediate after that.

toji becomes such a diva the minute he finds out about matkas. always wants his drinks to be cooled and served from it, otherwise he refuses to drink it. water from a bottle? please, that is so 2020. always walks around with an unbuttoned kurta, not that anyone is complaining. in fact, you probably understand now why every aunty always gifts him a kurta for every occasion. the designated nariyal opener during temple visits. acts smug about his skill but secretly loves being helpful. knows all the family drama and fills you in on it every night before bed. refuses to let any random guy ask you to dance. he’s the guy standing in the corner, glaring at potential suitors while casually eating jalebis. eats mirchi like chips, leaving your family absolutely stunned. earns a ton of respect from your dad. i just KNOW this man listens to yo yo honey singh during his pre-workout...stop playing. his favorite actor's probably sunny deol, because "he's literally me."

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[angel-of-the-moons]

Hmm okay okay so fic idea where we discover somehow that Pavitr has very prominent lower back dimples

(if you don’t know what those are definitely look it up! it’s so attractive 😫)

and maybe when we bring it up to his knowledge, *he didn’t even realize he had them till we pointed it out* he kinda lifts up his shirt and looks in the mirror and AUTOMATICALLY starts overthinking and becomes insecure so we kinda start loving on him we gently like push him down onto the bed and just kiss across his back telling him how he has NOTHING to be insecure about bc we find him and them to be attractive

Okay I googled them and oh my god??? Yes they are??? WANT GIEV KISSES??? DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY FIND THEM UNATTRACTIVE?! Like akhslhsldndjsjwhooh

(Also I recommend listening to this song because a Pavitr AI I was chatting with had it playing on his phone (and singing it) when he was getting ready for our date and let me just say I can totes picture him just singing it regularly!)

All Of You

Pavitr Prabhakar x Reader

Because I'm tired of repeating myself: PAVITR IS AGED UP IN THIS FIC

TW/CW: None really, a suggestive comment by the reader at the end (nothing happens tho), Pavitr being a poor, embarrassed mess

🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷

You dumbly flick through the pages of your magazine as you chewed your gum, reclining on the soft pillows and scattered cushions you had lettering your bed.

If one thing you knew about your boyfriend Pavitr, it was that the man loved to cuddle. And in his own words "no better place to have a cuddle puddle than the softest cushions on Earth!"

You couldn't deny that his love for copious amounts of cushioning was heavenly, especially after a long hard day at work.

Right now however, Pavitr was currently humming the tune to "Desi Girl" as he changed his clothes in your shared room (he was overjoyed when you agreed to move in together).

He had a bit of a tic you came to adore which was his habit of humming or singing when he did things. Well, not really a tic per se, so much as it was an endearing little habit he had.

You watched him as he pulled his shirt off over his head, hair bobbing as he did, and your eyebrows raised. You did love to see him with his shirt off...

"Oh." You hum, looking over your magazine.

"What's up?" Pavitr asked, looking at you with an adorable head tilt; much like the stray pups he loved to feed.

You giggle, holding the magazine to your face, hiding your smile.

"C'moooooooon!" Pavitr says, rolling his eyes, a smirk playing across his lips.

"Tell me!"

"You have such cute little back dimples!"

"I have cute what??" Pavitr's face dropped, and he immediately began to spin, trying to look over his shoulder at himself; looking again, like one of his stray dogs chasing his tail.

He walks over to your floor length mirror and uses it to look at himself, frowning with a worried crease to his brow. He apparently didn't like what he saw.

"Oh." He mumbled.

You sit up and close your magazine. "Pavitr? What's wrong?"

He doesn't answer immediately, just stares at himself over his shoulder, eyes not leaving those dimples.

His brow furrows and a frown creases his normally smiling mouth.

"Pav?" You question again, your legs swinging over the edge of your bed.

Pavitr groans, and trudges over to your bed, plopping down and burying his face into the pillows and cushions.

Oh. So that's what was wrong.

"Sweetheart." You coo gently, turning so you could put your hand on his shoulder. The poor guy looked so bummed.

"Is this about your dimples?"

He makes a full-body sigh in response.

Pavitr took great pride in his appearance, and you simply couldn't fathom why he would feel self-conscious about dimples of all things.

They were adorable! Like the dimples in his cheeks when he smiled! Didn't he know that? You certainly told him he was handsome and cute often enough...

"Pavitr...."

You lean forward and kiss his shoulder.

"Seriously, they're adorable." You murmur as you ghost your sweet kisses across his shoulders.

You could feel him tense up at that, but otherwise he didn't move.

You frowned.

Okay, fine. He wouldn't acknowledge it? You're just gonna have to show him yourself!

You lift one of your legs up and straddle the backs of his thighs, locking yours around them so he couldn't squirm free (like you knew he was gonna do) and started kissing your way down his back, all the way to the dimples he seemed so disappointed with.

You splayed your fingers across his shoulders as you kiss your way back up.

"Babe..." He groans, squirming (of course) to try and wiggle free from you and your onslaught of affection.

"Nuh-uh. You're gorgeous and cute and I'm gonna make sure you know it." You say softly against his skin, as you keep kissing him.

You really can't suppress the smirk on your lips when he shudders and his breath hitched just ever so slightly.

"I'm just--"

"Just what?" You hum, kissing your way back up his spine again.

"Cute? Handsome? Adorable? Sweet?"

"Er..."

You place warmer kisses on his shoulder before laying your full weight on his back; your hands slowly sliding up the length of his arms before you lace your fingers through his own.

You kiss at his jawline, just below his ear and purr playfully, your lips brushing the shell of his ear.

"Am I gonna have to show you another way?"

You grin like the Cheshire cat when you hear his breath stutter.

[seonne]

geeeeeez, obsessed with your indian princess pic!!!!! Like finally get some of that masala content...What do you think about roadtrip with bakugou or bakusquad and they are all jamming on Punjabi playlist (kinni kinni, 9:45, one love, softly etc) or like bakugou finding the reader dancing Bhangra on one love randomly like that hot pink crop top girl.

(you can search it up on yt)

Thank youuuu and yes I know Tumblr was seriously lacking some Desi content. I'm South Indian so I don't know how accurate I'm going to get this but I'm gonna call on the "unity in diversity" into my blood for this one. Hope you enjoyy~

It's been two years since Bakugou and you started dating and half a year since you two moved in together. You two had a whole lot more in common than you initially thought and he thoroughly enjoyed being in your company. You made him (begrudgingly) admit that he loves the Punjabi nicknames you throw at him from time to time.

"Hello Jaan!"

"Haaye mera shonaa"

"Tch, don't call me weird stuff, dumbass!"

And living with you for these past few months brought him so much closer to the person you were at heart and your adorable annoying habits.

Including your random energy spurts which concludes in you dancing around the house.

Now how could anyone ever blame you for dancing your heart out? Indian music just slapped and listening to Shubh just awakens your Punjabi ancestors and you have to dance lest you die from embarrassment.

Bakugou comes out of the kitchen at 6:30 in the morning with a cup of strong coffee to wake up and there you are blasting One Love on your speakers in your flowy pajama pants and a wide grin on your face.

Bakugou looks at you quizzically as you place the speaker on the table and... Oh.

You break out into a dance while singing your pretty little heart out to the song and he watches you in amazement.

He watches your footwork, the seemingly carefree flow of the song and your body moving along to the rhythm with an ear splitting grin on your face. He can't help the small smile that creeps on his face as he watches you over the rim of his cup.

You laugh as your dance number ends and Bakugou along with it.

Bakugou walks up to you to wrap you in his arms as you jump onto him. He kisses your cheek as you giggle.

"So, was that a Hindi song?"

The question earns him a small smack on his shoulder.

"No fudu, that was a Punjabi song. Come on, I'll teach you some steps!"

Next thing you two know, you're teaching him the steps you just played in front of him and the entire morning is spent laughing and groaning and repeating the song over and over again until the both of you are in sync.

Safe to say, Bakugou has never danced so hard and he's always singing One Love under his breath when he thinks no one is listening. (You do tho, you just smile and don't address it in case he stops doing it).

Ok! That's the end of that. I really hope you liked it, I tried my best with it and if there's any problems with the representation here please let me know. I wanna make the requests as accurately as possible!

[desifemininewoman]

Heylo meri pyari sakhis! Hope you guys are all well.

Starting this month, I am going to be more consistent with my content. Your suggestions and asks are always welcomed.

Here is some of the instagram handles I absolutely adore that you guys can find useful too:

1. @seemaanandstorytelling (sexual health influencer)

There is complete lack of sexual competency in India. Most of the time, people ask her 'silly' questions. But I love that she answers them patiently. Plus, she gives advices based on kamasutra also.

2. @learnwithadithya ( yoga and nutrition coach)

I stumbled across him before the foodpharmer and I loved how he called out on certain food products and gave alternatives on them too. I have stopped eating gems after watching his videos.

3. @foodpharmer (health and nutrition)

I love, love, love him. He's literally God send. He has recently gotten famous but I followed him from a long time. He provides the much needed guide to read labels. I realized how much trash food I was eating while thinking it was healthy.

4. @veefitcheck (Hormone and gut coach)

She helped me a lot in improving my eating habits. A lot of time, whenever we go to the doctor for our period issues, hormonal issues or anything else, and god forbid, we are not skinny, their first response is loose weight and then we will see. That results in us taking major steps that ruins our health more. Just going through her reels and doing my own research has helped me improve my eating habits alot.

6. @Yogwishi (yoga and holistic lifestyle)

I don't have photos to post for this one but god, I really love the whole natural and holistic lifestyle and it's a bit hard to follow it fully what with juggling college and other work but I really love the tips and guides she provides. Forget my blog, I would say follow her.

In addition, I would say @pinterestwannabee is the go to for desi aesthetics and if you guys want to read bhagwad gita or mahabharat follow @spiritualnikita and @mahabharatwithdivyansh. They simplify it for us.

[harbringercharacteraskblog2]

In-depth dive into...The Mummer (Kuker)

Again, most if not all is from my chat with @bunnybird-afk. It all started with me writing the "Damoiseau" and his story, then I chose to keep the 'trend'. So it's mostly lore(?), nerding out about this cryptid.

"Also here's clips of Mummers and their games + dances-- To help add to how Valen- The Balladeer looks and sounds like when dancing/chasing off/after evils:

-This is also a documentary on them. At 4:24 starts the dance part

5:15 starts a different part

6:50 starts another dance part

7:24 part ends.

It's pretty much those/ the moves aren't very different. Clanging/rattling of bells -Jumping, ''wild-dancing''

just focus on the dances/Mummers. Not the text

...Simply imagine: You're in Ryeham or Holistone's turf/Remnant Peak, and hear this 'hellish'/'ungodly' racket or also see this masked fur-figure dancing 'wildly' while making THAT sound on top of his ruckus while tapping the stick on the ground. " -Finch

And here Bunnybird opened my eyes with something I overlooked-

"Also the idea that it originally was for young boys to represent them maturing into adults, and now Val dons the outfit while 'maturing' from a man to a cryptid." -Bunnybird (I really didn't clock this in at first. But I love this concept so much, it fits right in!)

And I'll just spoil my responses to asks as him with this tid-bit but eh.

"The Balladeer's responses would likely involve him communicating through dance/movement or signing ...in a lingo he knows/made up. Tho he CAN talk.

If asked why he mostly doesn't, he'd probably say something about his voice being.. "....I don't want to scare others with Death speaking.."

And always will have the ghostly song play/linked in his posts." -Finch "And these guys are.. not sure what kind of ballpark outside of their shtick being cryptids/SCP-sort of things."

Merlinverse lore/ ideas/ possibilities for the Balladeer=

Starting with his relation to Sena.

"If Sena is still Val's dad in this au, then he is firstly horrified at what his boy had to go through to get to this point. But afterwards, when Val has accepted his role as a guardian of Holistone/Ryeham? He's weirdly proud. Like Sena tends to minimize his divinity and his 'old habits' (*cough* being unapologetically Desi *cough*) but seeing Val as the Balladeer?? It would probably awaken that old latent spark of his again. Especially the bells since I headcanon Sena as knowing how to dance Kathakali.

Just Sena playing more into the fact that he's a god of the old faiths and now that his son has embraced a role that fits into an old faith (not his but still), it'd probably let Sena feel more comfortable slipping into his old self too." -Bunny

"And given he sees Pirin as his son too.. "The Balladeer- Two sons for the price of one!" :D (Morbid joke but..I mean.)

And since i'm subverting who could be who-- Valen was originally supposed to be Damoiseau while Soren's Arlecchino.. Berial was initially going to be the mummer and by extension, the Balladeer.

So why not make Berial, this gleeful mischief-maker clown, as the coldly-calm and stern/stoic Arlecchino? And by proxy home-in on Pirin's fire/rebirth/death themes plus combat? (Besides cold-bloodedness.)" -Finch. Yup. Val was originally supposed to be the Damoiseau (Inspired heavily from Collumbina, the Damsellette. Except somehow it didn't sit well/too cliché or obviously on the nose.)

"This whole project gives me heavy uhh.. scientist fuses his daughter with their dog in the name of science FMA episode vibes... Sans the close relations part."

"Next on the block for this is Valen-- Kuker. The fusion could happen sort of Majora's mask way or like in ... Occarina of time I think? Where you collect the masks of various dead people, and when you put it on, you become that person."

Just me generally talking more about the concept of this ''timeline''.

[kaeyachi]

do you know about lord Krishna (a deity) of the Hindu mythology? I'm not much of a religious person but i know ab him a lot bcz of coming from a religious household and somethings ab him and kaeya just clicks so much

I actually thought ab it bcz kaeya's constellation is a peacock and Krishna is often symbolized with peacock feathers, so i looked into it . I think there might be some links connecting the both but I can't say for sure everything is connected but somethings might be telling us what might happen in the future lore.

And if i really post it rather than keep it in my mind can I tag you?

Thank you for asking, anon! I do know a bit about Krishna (my mom had a Bollywood phase and Krishna was frequently mentioned) but I have a feeling you know better than me. I wish I knew more than just the basics, but there are a lot of similarities between them other than just the peacock symbolism!

I also realized while seeing some Desi!Kaeya fanart that he gives the same energy as to when I see images of Krishna (the fanarts are so good. Probably one of my favorite types of Kaeya art)

I will be using some texts from wiki to better explain my MAIN points because my mind is a mess and I need to learn to control my blabbering!! If i didn't do this, who knows how long this post will get...

Feel free to use this as a basis as well! I'd be happy to get tagged when you post about his possible future for in-game lore. For people knowledgable in Hindu, please feel free to expand on this as well!

"He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love"

-Kaeya has been portrayed as a protective force of Mondstat along with the rest of the knights.

-Noteworthy moments are him being said to protect a nun's family and his roundabout way in protecting Diluc's identity as the darknight hero

-"Specializes in awakening knightly virtues in others." - Text in TCG card

-he is the guy who planned a birthday party for a friend in secret and passed the praise to someone else.

-several instances of Klee mentioning him being like a big brother to her (him making her a survival handbook and teaching her tcg)

- he has a cryo vision. Love has always been a main topic when it concerns them, especially since their archon representative is the Goddess of Love

"They portray him in various perspectives: as a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero, and the universal supreme being."

-his father has dubbed him as their last hope, already putting him on a (very bad for a child) pedestal. He is clearly seen as a possible hero for them and the entirety of Khaenri'ah

-seemingly the only curseless Khaenri'ahn thus far (hope we learn more in 3.5), and perhaps even "blessed" to have a vision

-known to prank and tease people enough that most descriptions of him are exactly about that

-was said to be the elderly's top choice for grandson-in-law

-crack idea but the game has this habit of inserting anecdotes or comments about Kaeya as much as possible to make sure to remind you of him. Suspicious, but so far its mostly funny things. He also seems to be a universal representative in-game oddly enough (frequently the face of tutorials or is part of the character trials).

Kaeya having Desi themes is definitely the biggest indicator to this. Were he not designed and named in such a way, many of us would have probably brushed this off (probably wouldnt have even connected the dots)

I hope this inspires further discussion. This topic is genuinely interesting in my opinion :)

[feelinhnostalgia]

I always loved English language from very start of my academic career and i loved learning as well. I used to get highest marks in English and I'm pretty proud of it now as well. I learned to read English in early stage and i so enjoyed reading paragraphs in my English period. Growing up i started watching England movies with subtitles and English songs and enjoyed every beat even though i didn't much.

Growing up in desi household, i did my schooling in my mother tongue and English was my second language. Till college i was taught education in my mother tongue. I started my college and i found it hard to understand what my professor was teaching us and i mostly couldn't understand for some time then i got familiar and i did completed my college with average marks. Even then i loved reading, writing in English and never had any difficulty solving any problems. Cause i loved it.

All of said and done, still I'm not fluent in English. I can't speak English. I can merely say two or three sentences together without fumbling. Yes, i can write very well without any spelling mistakes. Yeah i suck at grammar. I hated it. I can understand well what the other person is speaking thanks to my habit of watching Hollywood movies in English from early age. Thats how i developed my love for English.

Very sometimes it occurs to me that i cant speak fluently cause I've gone to various interviews and most the them were conducted in English till i say, "sir, I'm not fluent in English can we talk in hindi?". Being an adult saying that is an embarrassing thing itself cause people younger than me speaks English so fluently I'm literally in awe of them. And jealous a little.

I shouldn't be however cause they may have gone to English medium school and are already familiar with the language from early age. That makes me wish i was in English medium so i could nail the interview as i should. That's an another sad story. Moving on, just sometimes it sucks when i can't speak cause it's a requirement for job and other purposes. If you can speak English you wont get a job. That's how it goes around here.

You know, it's okay! Cause I can write, read and understand the language very well. Hell, i have established myself as a writer and I'm so so so proud of it. There are people who reads my writings and feels emotions they're afraid to feel. They cry, they breakdown, they laugh, they love and I'm glad i chose to write. It wasn't in my plan but I'm glad i did. It feels good to be known as writer! A writer who doesn't speak the language but nails it everytime he writes.

I think what people doesn't understand is that how difficult for me is to write in English given I'm not from English medium school, never spoke the language in my daily life, and never interacted in English unless its interviews. They see me as well known writer but they don't know the difficulties and hurdles i faced to get here wher i am now. I'm not a published writer. However, I'm proud of my mother tongue. Its the easiest language in the whole world. You can learn it in six months if you're determined to learn.

I'm proud when i see big companies hoardings in my mother tongue and not in English. Cause here if you want sell you're going to have to deal with my mother tongue first. I'm proud that i didn't have to learn it i just knew it. That still doesn't change the fact the world runs by English language and I'm still not mastered in it. My fault you can say, but their fault as well cause they made it mandatory to speak and learn it. So, if you're someone who can't speak English very well, i see you, i feel you and i hear you, cause you and me are the same.

[aeternals]

@quixoticfcrged said, " you might learn that we're not so different. "

the great thing about tycho was that it was a giant station where people could easily stay out of one another's way when time called for it. he didn't hang in the same bars as holden or, as far as he knew, even go to the same restaurants. if the idealistic bastard had ever been to the gallery it wasn't while desi was in the office.

he didn't hate the man, perse. in other circumstances james holden would be fucking interesting for all the information he had about the universe. hells, for all the information he had about the things he'd seen and survived.

problem was, desi's heart was already tangled with another of holden's crew, which made everything the idiot did a lot more personal. instead of fascinating from an outside perspective it was heart wrenching. what should've been incredible information was reduced to a series of unfortunate events from a man hellbent on saving everyone from everything.

sighing, desi sets the chopsticks down on the edge of his noodle bowl. the message from his hand terminal is waved away purely out of habit. at least this time, he can talk to holden without screaming at the high heavens but that was because he was confident in the knowledge that amos was ( relatively ) safe somewhere on tycho.

" if this is your way of saying i don't need to glare every time i look at you than it's a great argument. have you ever considered public speaking? "

leaning forward, he tops off the glass of water he'd been sipping from while ( attempting ) to enjoy his meal. cool liquid slides down his throat before the glass clatters to the table again.

" the next part is ' we all want the same thing. ' right? we both care about amos or we both care about what happens to the people we love. i'm crying inside, i promise. " head tilts to the side. " let's pretend, for a second, we aren't very different. why does that matter? "

[badedramay]

You know what it is. Breakdown of the Kim and dawood scenes from this week? 😏

you guys..i am in love.

i am in love with the show. i am in love with the characters. i am in love with their dynamics. i am in love with the pacing. i am in love with each and every pixel of the show. i love it i i love it i loveeeee it.

see when you just have LIKABLE characters across the board and you add in a direction and screenplay that emphasizes NOT on the dhoom tana drama but instead chooses to focus on beautifully penned down and peacefully directed conversations...the show just automatically becomes something that keeps you coming back for more. ab now you can either beat the dead horse by complaining about the same "flaws" that have been there since ep1 or accept them as just a reality of this world to focus on all the GOOD this show offers. and this show offers a lot of GOOD food for thought in a very subtle, relatable way without making an entire circus out of it.

Kim&Dawood continue to grow on me but i think after this epi they have me in a chokehold. just the whole CALMNESS they exude in all their interactions and the maturity with which they handle all important topics related to their relationships..it's just so refreshing to watch? i mean i love the push&pull hot&cold chemistry as much as the next person but it's also just so damn NICE to witness a love story developing that does not make use of those dramatic tropes. for weeks I have read praise of Yunhi being all "this has a very old classic PTV drama vibe to it" and today I finally understood WHY that is said for this show. cuz in those dramas the entire chemistry of the characters was built via the conversations they had and the vulnerability they shared with each other. Kim&Dawood do just that. theirs is such an HONEST relationship that leaves, at least until now, no room for misunderstanding. they both are so aware of where they stand in this relationship and what they think will be the end of it. despite them "challenging" each other you just know it's not cuz of any emotion like a veiled hatred they have for each other but because they want the other person to know exactly what they are thinking in that moment so the other person can adjust their expectations. cuz see..it's not like Kim is 100% against the idea of staying with Dawood. and it's not like Dawood will only accept Kim if she 100% changes as per his wishes. all they just want is to be given the chance and space to open up to new possibilities.

which, btw, IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TB SO FFS STOP SAYING BOTH THE SHOWS ARE SAME!!!!

I was sooooooooo glad that in 14th Kim already confessed that her initial perception of Dawood was wrong and that he isn't a bad guy after all. urgh this show's habit of not letting things stretch is *chef kiss* nazar na lage! their lunch date conversation was so beautifully written. i giggled every time Dawood taunted Kim about her decision to leave and Kim just brushed it all off. it's their inside joke already!!! I feel like Kim continues to test Dawood about his integrity and he passes with flying colors. like when she questioned him if he borrowed his father's money and Dawood replied that between a parent and child there's no such transactional relationship of lending and borrowing. but then he followed by saying that he will still return the money to his father. it's the way Dawood always defends his traditional desi values but also incorporates the liberal western ways of living that impresses Kim. and see! she said so! she put the onus of making her stay behind completely on Dawood's ability to impress her. Kim has many reasons to leave, she doesn't have a reason to stay. and she just needs one. DAWOOD is that reason, she knows it. she just wants him to prove it. AAAAHHH i love it!!! this dynamic is just so..uff!

Kim says their relationship is that of friends and not husband and wife and here i JUST want to say that YES, physical intimacy IS a huge part of a married relationship but relegating it to JUST that is so...isn't it insulting to the entire institute of marriage? how or when do two people choose to consummate their marriage should be completely on THEM and their comfort level. Kim is NOT comfortable with the idea of having a physical relationship with Dawood as she has the complete right to. Dawood wanting to have that relationship but respecting Kim's wishes is also not a sign of weakness in character. in fact it is a mark of a well developed human. humans can control their innate desires if they wish so, that's how God created us. it's difficult but it's not impossible. the running theme with Kim&Dawood is that of TIME. Kim needs TIME to adjust and accept. Dawood is WILLING to give her that TIME. it's beautiful and doesn't need to be negatively criticized BECAUSE even without their lack of physical intimacy..their relationship STILL stands strong. because they have chosen to be FRIENDS first.

and you can already SEE how Kim reacts to Dawood the friend vs how she reacted to Dawood the would-be husband. Kim is aware of the intentions behind touches..PAINFULLY AND TRAUMATICALLY aware of it. Kim lashing out at Dawood for holding her hand to stop her from leaving at the terrace vs Kim opening up to Dawood when he held her hand to say she's his bravest friend (OH GOD THAT SCENE! THAT LINE!! HAD MY HEART WEEPING!!!!)..it's really all about EARNING the right to be that close to Kim. and Dawood continues to earn that right more and more with more time he spends with Kim. it's either cuz he has realized that the way to get to Kim is to not be forceful with her but to gently make her understand or because he's just naturally GOOD at the art of talking.

now the BEST scene of the epi - Kim speaking about her abusive past. can I just applaud Sarwat Nazir and M. Ehteshammudin for writing and executing this scene with SUCH sensitivity and brilliance? AND OF COURSE TO MAYA ALI FOR DELIVERING IT WITH SUCH FINESSE THAT SHE HAD ME WANTING TO GET IN THE SCREEN TO JUST HUG KIM!!!!!! so subtly..with just ONE single line and the appropriate expression of disgust, horror and grief..it made us completely aware of what Kim went through. and suddenly everything about her makes sense. why she thinks negatively of Muslims? why all the research she did on Pakistan was done with the intention of confirmation bias? why she's averse to nonconsensual touches? why she has a black belt and isn't afraid of using it? ONE LINE and we understood it all. na shor..na sharaba..Dawood BLESS HIS HEART AND HIS MATURITY so quickly understood it all and immediately apologized for asking too many questions. and Kim who was confiding in a friend both as like an explanation of her behavior continued on to tell him WHERE her fears are coming from. i loved how after having that talk Kim didn't go to sleep peacefully. the trauma within her still lives on. despite all the defense classes she has taken..her demons have a way of winning.

IT'S JUST SUCH GOOD WRITING????

Kim dressing up for the dawat (MY GOD ABOVE MAYA ALI IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL I CRYYYY) and Dawood not shying away from complimenting her. but she's just so irritated by the clothes to even bother asdkjhawekaw! it's the very natural scenes like these that make me go all squealing giggling over them and i NEVER thought i'd be doing that for THEM but here we are!!!!! HOW THE TURN TABLES!!!!! but but but thennnn Dawood first saying Kim doesn't have to go to the terrace if she wants a smoke like IMPLICATING that she is free to smoke in the room if she wants however he continues to say smoking isn't good for health and it'd be nice if she dropped this habit. IT'S JUST THE WAY HE PHRASES IT???? NOT ASKING HER NOT REQUESTING HER AND DEFINITELY NOT ORDERING HER! just merely stating a FACT after she has a cough that reminds her of something we allllllllllllllllllllll know and then just SUGGESTING that it'd be good for her if she stopped smoking. not taking away her agency, not taking away her right to decide; just merely giving her an option. that's all Dawood does..he gives Kim the OPTION. an option that broadens horizons for her. an option of a possibility. an option to lead her to a future she doesn't think is possible for her but STILL...it's a option. she can choose to pursue it if she wants. or not. but she can never complain that she was never given the OPTION.

[siriusblack-the-third]

Honestly this rant is better than anything anyone else could come up with. It's incredibly demeaning when people hc that a certain character is from *this* culture, and then fail to describe the influence growing up jn that culture had on said character. It's not just for Desi Potters, it's for other fandoms and other ethnicities and communities too.

The caste system is such a sensitive and complicated topic, and I hate it when people just gloss over the nationwide (and worldwide, because many thousands of Indians emigrate to other countries) impacts it has politically, socially, economically, educationally, and in so many dozens of other areas. I myself will never deign to say that I feel the effects of this systems because I am a Brahmin and the system does not affect me the way it affects other people ie it doesn't affect me at all. But it is there, and it is not going to go away if you ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist.

Taking the matter towards "incest", marrying distant cousins or even first cousins is pretty prevalent here and again, it is not going to go away if you pretend it doesn't exist. It's a real thing and if you are worried about the health of the child, don't be, because extensive studies show that children of even first cousins are born just as healthy as children of any other couple unless there are complications unrelated to genetics.

This is all to say that if you want a character that is affiliated with a certain culture, you have to go deep into all aspects of that culture— good, bad, neutral, niche. All of them. It's not a question of whether you want to or not. You have to, because any other way of going about this is just going to end up in you writing for performance or misinterpreting the cultural practices or completely going off the track.

A person's culture has colossal effects on their thoughts, habits, personality, actions, beliefs and so many more things. You cannot just point out the skin colour or a stereotype of a character in the middle of a fic that has them acting like a white person because that isn't believable.

Please, for the love of all that exists, stop cultural appropriation. It is a product of ignorance and/or misinformation and/or "idgaf about learning about the culture I'm including my character in".

H E L L O jfp-eyes pen (thats your new name btw)

i know its a little late but my mind keep going back to it and i also talked about a similar issue w several other people on here since and i was wondering if you can/want elaborate on what you said about this:

"like, u want potters to be desi? it’s not just the cute clothes and good food and linguistic differences u need to keep in mind. there’s so much more where it comes from, including several practices that will be considered highly objectionable by this rigidly judgemental crowd."

((i am v v interested but no pressure to answer this, i totally get if you dont want to get into this discourse))

dani—you’re gonna pull me into the desi potters discourse one way or the other, eh?

so. i’m not sure how much sense this’ll make because it’s like…half-baked thoughts but my problem with this scenario actually stems from a more macro, general trend i’m noticing in fandom behaviour. for some reason, puritan culture & veiled conservatism is coming back in the guise of progressiveness? and that’s leading to a lack of critical thinking in these spaces & randomly attributing buzzwords to things out of context bc u don’t have more than a shallow understanding of it.

which means that that comment was directed at a very specific subset of fandom that decided that idk ignoring the Bad Things & Flaws would somehow make them cease to exist. let’s only take the most ‘exotic’, fun aspects even if it’s a completely one dimensional reading & run with it. they wouldn’t be able to tell u what desi is beyond the barebones.

so, you’ll have people vehemently arguing that the potters can’t be anything but desi and white james is gross and i’m just like—why. why are u, as a non-desi person, so attached to this headcanon that you’ll ridicule real people for it? and then their attitudes as well. the incest thing, for example. there are communities in india that marry their first cousins—if i write a story tomorrow where james marries his mother’s imaginary brother’s daughter, then depending on how i HC him, that’s perfectly culturally acceptable (and desirable). if i write a story where euphemia and fleamont use corporal punishment for him, and he takes it super lightly and jokes about it, that’s also fine. (which is a direct contrast to how the western black family & sirius’ abuse is treated). there’ a community in india where the man ‘drinks’ from his mother’s breast, publicly, at his wedding to symbolise the last time he’d be her son before he becomes someone’s husband. another where a new mother can’t feed her son until her sister-in-law washes her breast thoroughly. caste is something that’s not even touched upon. it’s so complicated. but how do u think it’ll be received by most of the desi potter crowd if i actually do write any of this? will i be praised for my ~representation or called out on twitter for being a freak?

and that’s really where i get annoyed. the attitudes most of this crowd hold does not have any space for cultural subjectivity, what is ok to them has to be universally ethical. there’s no way other cultures do things their way and if they do, it’s barbaric/backward/problematic etc etc. pseudo-colonial, like i said.

(disclaimer: i want it to be made very clear i’m not demanding people nclude this stuff in their fics. i’m well aware of how escapism works, being the premier advocate for it. im just saying it won’t hurt to be mindful of these facts, that this is a whole culture that’s ridiculously diverse that doesn’t just exist for the sake of people’s headcanons)

and this isn’t even going into the cultural nuances of how desi families work. you can’t bring in american/european individualism & have james move out at 18 & write everything transactionally & do everything the way u would for a white character but only pay lip service when saying they’re brown ykno? when u say they’re a certain identity, there’s so much that comes with that. and if u don’t include any of that, then it really just makes me wonder why u want a brown james—feels like ego appeasement and falling to peer pressure half the time tbh.

another important thing for me is that so much of this crowd intersects with the ‘fandom is activism’ crowd and i just. fundamentally disagree with those people. and find their words/actions incredibly performative. by which i mean, the way they treat real people—people from the communities they’re adopting as HCs for their beloved characters. there’s this…hypocrisy, yeah? what i mentioned above, about how if i wrote some culturally different practice, i’d probably be attacked. they don’t want desi potter, they want white-lite potters that is palatable to & tailored for their own constitution but in a form that they can pass of as ‘oh look, my characters r diverse which makes me Morally Good and i can use that to shit on others’.

i think my problem is just that i don’t like it when people use the identity headcanons to portray themselves as being inherently better because they have ~equal representation. fandom is not a government institution—lateral visibility & membership is not a prerequisite to wanting to write about x and y fucking or going on a date or hugging or having a conversation. making a marauder group where each character—functionally an OC—is from a different community (often w/o considering how intersectionality works) for the sake of saying ‘oh i have a x in my HCs’ does not make u some radical leftist, yeah? and i strongly dislike people who pretend it does.

[thembofics]

OMG I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE ANOTHER PERSON ON THSI SITE WHO'S BLACK AND DESI (I'M BENGALI THROUGH MY MOM AND ALSO AFRO-CHEROKEE THROUGH MY DAD BTW)

Headcanons for Aladdin w/ an S/O who's an avatar of Khonshu pls? (I blame the Moon Knight x Arabian Nights tiktok edits lmao)

HELLO FELLOW AFRO-DESI, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU 🫂👑

My younger sister made me binge-watch Moon Knight last week and I gotta say, it's a pretty good show. Also, I am a FULL ON Taweret stan! 🥺🦛

Aladdin dating the Avatar of Khonshu would include...

Pairings: Aladdin x Avatar of Khonshu!Reader

Warnings: Slight angst, but at least there's fluff! I'm still bad at writing headcanons, possibly OOC Khonshu (OH MY GOD DAD!KHONSHU)

A/N: Let's pretend this is set after the film and Aladdin and Jasmine decide to remain friends, okay?

How you met:

The first time he sees you, it's late at night.

Aladdin can't sleep and goes to grab a cup of water when he hears a commotion outside.

You're running across the rooftops in Agrabah, decked out in the ceremonial suit from Khonshu's temple not psycho Colonel Sanders and Aladdin is MESMERIZED.

So, he makes it a habit of staying up very a little late every night to get a glimpse of you.

Khonshu catches on to this and warns you to be more careful. When you ask him why, Khonshu's only response is: "Someone is watching."

On the seventh night, Aladdin can't seem to find you. He's sad...

...For a few seconds, until Abu freaks out and warns his human of an intruder, pointing to you just chilling on the couch (Aladdin and Abu can't see him... yet, but Khonshu is just standing there looking at you with disappointment)

In time, you two get to know each other and eventually fall in love.

Hell, y'all even learn about each other's cultures.

It takes Khonshu a while, but when he finally reveals himself to Aladdin, this is the street rat's reaction:

"Why are you so scared?" "THAT IS KHONSHU."

How it's going:

Y'all are too cute together

Aladdin calls you "Hayati" (Arabic for "my life"), and you call him "Habibi" (Arabic for "my love")

You stay up with him at night to look at the stars and he can't help but notice how beautiful you are. Khonshu yells at the both of you to go to bed after a few minutes.

MAGIC CARPET RIDE DATES 💓💓💓💓💓

Khonshu is pretty much your overprotective dad, while Genie is your chill father-in-law.

Genie and Khonshu are the grumpy/sunshine in-law duo no one expected... oh and Jasmine and Dalia are Aladdin's wingmen 😜😜

Lian and Omar (Genie and Dalia's kids/Aladdin's younger siblings) are in awe of you and ask so many questions.

"What's it like being an avatar of a scary bird god?"

"Exhausting" you half-joke, to Khonshu's dismay.

If Genie asks about grandbabies, Aladdin will blush.

Pretty sure Taweret would ADORE Aladdin and Abu!

[itsprashimusic]

I’ll be strong for you

Pairing - Steve Rogers x desi!wife!reader

Summary - Sometimes superheros need someone else to lean on instead of being others’ support beam. In Steve’s case, that someone is his wife. 

Warnings - desi reader and references, some hindi is spoken but i have put the english translations in brackets next to them, let me know if i made any errors cause its 3 am and i don’t have the stamina to proofread

Word Count - 650

Part 2

masterlist is pinned

Your paayals (anklets) made a soft jingle every time your foot made contact with the ground. But it couldn’t be heard over the loud thuds your foot made while you were running towards the front door. 

Your husband had been out on a mission for over a month. Normally you were used to his week long missions and the ones even longer than that. But this was the first time he had been gone for a mission that lasted longer than 4 weeks. 

It was late at night, dark enough to prompt you to turn on a ceiling light in the living room. The soft yellow light illuminated the room giving it a very homely look. After checking through the peephole that it was infact him behind it did you make a move to open the door (steve wanted you to keep this habit if you were home alone). 

No sooner had you opened it, you had been engulfed in a bone shattering hug. Steve didn’t ever seem bothered by the fact that you both were still standing at the door. Realising it you walked backwards into your living room while still hugging him somehow managing to close the door aswell. 

He pulled back to look at you, relishing your features as if to remember them forever. He opened his mouth to say something but whatever was about to come out died before he had the chance. He held your face in both of his hands with such gentleness, his thumb sweeping over your cheek in a loving manner. 

Your own hands held his wrists, your thumbs rubbing over the back of his hand. The soft yellow light did a great job of not just giving beautiful structure to Steve’s face but also of making the diamond that sat in the middle of your gold wedding band shine bright. 

With his hands still cupping your face he pulled you in closer resting your foreheads before meeting your lips in a kiss. The kiss was sweet. But you could tell that he was holding back something. Deterring the thought from your mind you just focused on your significant other standing in front of you after not being there for 40 days. Steve pulled away, instantly hugging you again but this time letting his head fall in the crook of your neck. That was when you heard him say something for the first time, “I’ve missed you, so bad.”

“ हाँ राजा, जानती हूँ। ” (Yes dear, I know) you said closing your eyes and holding him even tighter, diminishing any possible remaining gaps between you both. 

You didn’t notice when, but you started feeling your shoulder turn wet. The same place where your love had wedged his head in. This was a rare occurrence. Maybe something happened on the mission that caused it? Could be, since the last time he cried was when Tony died in the final fight at the Avengers Compound. 

You tried asking him what happened, “What’s wrong, sweetheart? क्या तुम बता सकते हो what happened?” (can you tell what happened?). He said nothing only sobbing harder now. You narrowed it down to him just being exhausted and needing a break. So, you held him tight, both of you standing in the middle of the living room under the yellow light.  

Sometimes, even those who save us need to break in order to be strong. 

Bonus 

“I’ve made some aloo parathas that you can eat later,” you said knowing its his favourite. And you said the right thing because just as you said it you felt him smile against your neck, his cries slowing down to hiccups. “You made them for me?” he said with a sheepish smile as he looked up from your shoulder, your hand rubbing circles on his back. You nodded. “Can we have them tomorrow as well?” 

“ हर रोज और हमेशा के लिए। “ (everyday and forever). 

A/N -  I absolutely love this. let me know your feedback. likes, reblogs and comments are always appreciated and let me know if you want to be tagged in anything   I will be making a masterlist when i have a few more works under my belt.  

[zozo-01]

Welcome to 'Projecting Parts of Me onto Darlin' and Starlight'!!!! Buckle up Bitches, This is Gonna be a Wild Ass Ride <3 (Part One)

Hi! Hello! I have been threatened by @yetdevout to write down all of my Desi Darlin' and Starlight hcs and you know what? Imma do it. As I am writing this, this is getting reallyyyy long, so I'm gonna split this up into two <3. This willll be featuring both listeners being females, so if that's something you're not cool with, this is your warning!

[hehe, lets play a game and we'll call it 'which hcs are things that Zo doooo]

So we're gonna start with my darlin' Darlin'. (She doesn't have a name but shhhhhhh)

I have made it very clear that my Darlin' is from Toronto, and if anyone knows about Toronto, it has a diverse group of people within the South Asian diaspora.

Meaning that she picked up a little bit of every language, from bangla, punjabi, gujrathi, sindhi etc etc

It's not enough to speak fluently, but enough to get by with understanding the main points of what people are saying.

Her mother language is Urdu, but she's also fluent in hindi. (because they are the same language with different words and ahhhhhhh)

She gets her pronouns mixed up though. (ie, referring to masc items with fem pronouns)(Her family giver her shit, but she's trying T-T)

People who call urdu a "language impossible to make sound mean" pisssss her offfff. She'll glady be the proof to prove them wrong.

And she's inable to read Urdu because she learned how to read arabic instead. *sighhhh* Please don't ask.

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Adoresss fucking with people.

It's not just Sam though, she's fucked with the entire pack.

Marie had to be the one who stopped her.

Poor Gabe and Asher were manipulated soooo much like this.

David doesn't even let her speak in Urdu around him because he's convinced that she's lying to him, which like fair.

(Doesn't help that the last time they spoke before she went to Washington, David asked if she'll be fine and she responded with 'I'll be fine' in urdu

It's just that Sam is her favourite target at the moment.

She'll tell the poor vampire the wrong meaning of certain words.

"Tum to meri chaan hai." "Hm? You say something, Darlin'?" "Just that you're a fucking bastard." (She literally called him her moon.)

"Paghal!" "What was that?" "I love you <3" (in her defence, she called him an idiot out of love)

Sam can never trust Darlin' on her word, so he goes to Milo (who is also desi because I said so <3) to decipher what Darlin's saying.

"Pffft- ya do realize that she's been messin' with ya since the beginnin'???"

Darlin' beats Milo up for ruining her fun. :(

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Speaking of Milo, him and Darlin' were best friends growing up!!

Darlin' was always over at the Greer house and Marie loves her.

She truly believes that Darlin' was the daughter she never got.

Marie became Darlin's connection back home.

She'd cook her alllll of her favourite dishes (briyani, pulao, kalegi etc), order her lenghas, ghararas, shararas, tell her stories from back home and so on and so forth.

Most of Darlin's jewelry either is jewelry she inherited from her mother's family or gift from Marie.

Marie's the aunty who you can truly vent to and she'll give good advice and keep it a secret.

She admires the shit out of Marie for leaving her husband because she felt unhappy 'cus that shits unheard of!

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Which begs the question, why didn't Darlin' tell Marie about Quinn?

There is a culture of 'taking it' in many South Asian communities. You can't complain about anything, lest it makes you seem weak.

And with Darlin's father... oh you better believe Darlin' kept quiet about any pain they were in.

A habit that unfortunately followed them to this day.

Another reason is because she doesn't wanna mess up her mom's reputation.

Despite her wild and rebellious nature, she is obedient to a degree because she cares for her mom's reputation. Absolutely kills her though because her actions shouldn't reflect her mother, but she rather shut up and let Quinn drain her then 'ruin' her mom's life.

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Apologies for it getting dark, but I did say that it was 'Projecting Parts of Me onto Darlin'.'

But anywho back to the happier things, LUDO!!!!

For those who don't know, Ludo is a board game that is common in a lot of desi households. It's our version of Monopoly and shit. Gets. Intense.

Darlin's the Queennnn of Ludo in her family. She beat her nani, that's enough of a coronation for her.

Like imagine Vincent, Lovely, Sam and Darlin' playing Ludo for a game nightttt.

Vincent (who is also also desi because I said so <3) and Darlin' are screaming at each other because Vincent 'killed' one of Darlin's pieces. At one point, they both started screaming in urdu.

Sam and Lovely decided to grab popcorn and watched the shit show go down.

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Despite her hatred of formal settings, Darlin' really does like to dress up.

Like she'll do her make up and put on a gharara and run through the woods (Sam's backyard).

He adores watching them dress up because it's one of the few moments where Darlin' will talk about her life prior to coming to Dahlia.

"This chudiyan set was from my great-grandmother and was one of the few things she kept with her during the partition."

Her favourite piece of jewelry is her mother's wedding day tikkah because she vows to wear it on her wedding day and have a better marriage than her parents did.

Poor girl just wants to be a bollywood heroine but she's got shit to deal withhhh.

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Speaking of bollywood movies, she freaking adores them!!

From classics to modern day, she'll eat that shit up!

Doesn't watches movie with subtitles because she doesn't have the need to.

Her favourite is 'Chak De India.' (Its reallyyyy good and I am telling you to go watch itttt)

She changes this habit once Sam comes into her life.

Sings alongs to all of the songs and has the prettiest voice when she does it.

Explains some of the cultural significance behind some of the movies actions to Sam.

"There's just... this expectation to listen to your parents. And if you don't, they'll lash out. That doesn't make then bad people, it just... I don't know how to explain it." "Culture varies from place to place, darlin'. I get that."

Bollywood movies are how Sam tries to learn urdu so he can impress her. (Yes I know hindi and urdu are two different languages but shhhhhhh)

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Food preferences!!!

Loves anything with rice. Briyani, pulao, white rice, it does not matter, she'll eat it.

Not really the biggest fan of any kind of roti, paratha or naan, but she'll stomach if she must.

Does not like chai at alllll. Visibly gags at the taste. (Yes I know, disgrace to all brown people, but she cannotttt be bothered to care.)

Also the food has to be spicy, no exceptions.

She once spit out food at a restaurant because it was too bland.

Adoressss mangos. But like, she's really picky with them. They haveeee to be from south asia or else she doesn't want them.

Sam has taken upon himself to order mango seeds to plant in their garden <3.

As for drinks, adoresss lassi! But she has to make her own separately in a glass cuz she adds extra salt in hers.

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See this tik tok???? Darlin' has sent it to everyone she's had an argument with.

Here are their reactions:

David: Tank you can't use a tiktok to win a damn argument.

Asher: Sigh, Tank no-

Sam: Maturing is also realizing that help is ok and that you need to take care of yourself.

Milo: LISTEN HERE YOU BITCH-

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some miscellaneous things

Darlin' once pushed Sam away from her because she thought an auntie she knew was approaching.

Milo has 'Desi Girl' as his ringtone for Darlin' and once Sam learned the meaning behind the lyrics, he made it his ringtone too.

Darlin' exudes 'technically an only child, bur has relatives who treat her like a younger sister' vibes. [This is a specific role that I can't explain but it makes sense.]

Considers men who are called 'mama's boys' a red flag. [BECAUSE THEY FUCKING ARE (in brown communities at least).]

Sam once called himself a 'mama's boy' and Darlin' was deadass considering leaving him.

Has her wedding planned out. She has walked Sam through every single step of their wedding.

I don't really have a clear idea of their home life, just that her parents aren't bad people, just a product of the environment they were brought up in.

Can't do mehndi to save their lives, so they spend a shit ton of money to get it done for events.

[desidesidesi]

Ah, forgive my America-Centric-ness. Years of my name being mispronounced and going "Just call me Desi and I probably won't tell you my second last name" has made me hyper sensitive to that specific habit of some folks. 🙃

I will say, it's very much a regional thing here. Folks in Colorado see my second last name "De La Nuez" and ask how to pronounce it rather than just going "Is that Mexican? Can you speak Mexican?" which has been very nice. Tho I have just been going by "Desi" cuz I'm used to it now and have an excellent mnemonic device for getting people to remember it:

"My name is Desi, like Desi Arnaz, I'm a quarter Cuban!" which mostly only works with older folks since watching 'I Love Lucy' is getting rarer and rarer.

It's interesting to hear the error in your name from your Chinese teachers. Tho I gotta wonder if it's like this one English class I had in high school where we had seven students in it all named "Chris" just different variations (Chris, Kris, several Christine/Kristine/Christians that all go by "Chris/Kris".) The teacher gave up on calling names and just pointed at people 😅

... ngl but im pretty sure calling dan heng and zhongli things like daniel and john lee is like, actually just overt racism. it shows that you dont respect their names enough to pronouce them correctly, and would rather assign them western names that are "easy to pronounce"

it does feel like it but im giving ppl the benefit of the doubt and chalking most of this up to really bad and overstayed jokes

i dont think ppl are actually racist but repeating the joke over and over doesn't make it any funnier. i guess a non Chinese version of these kinda nicknames is like calling childe 'tartag' and navia 'taylor swift'

but then again they dont exclusively refer to them by the weird joke names so what do I know

[annathesillyfriend]

Anna's April Fic Recs ✨

Hello everyone, wellcome to my April fic recommendations (part 1) masterpost! This is a new thing I want to try to do and create a list like that twice a month. It really pains me that the amazing authors out there don't get the recognition they dereserve so I'm gonna do what I can to spread my love for them. I also hope more people will get to experience the joy of reading all these wonderful works!

To all the writers - I love you and I appreciate you so much! To all the readers - please, share the fics you read and love. The reblog really makes the change! It's the least we could do to show our gratitude.

Without further ado, here are the fic I read this month and adored

MARVEL

Bucky Barnes

Take a chance on me by @jurassicbarnes

one-shot, single mum!au, fwb to lovers

Bucky's game nights by @eurynome827

series, slow burn, they're playing games with their hearts

Baby fever by @youlightmeupfinn

one-shot, who wouldn't want that man as their baby daddy?

All yours by @babyboibucky

one-shot, 18+, tfatws!Bucky

A single thread by @jobean12-blog

one-shot, coffeeshop with Buck

New adventures by @celestialbarnes

one-shot, best friends to lovers

Beautiful girl by @borkingbarnes

one-shot, a morning with Buck

Erase every trace by @angrythingstarlight

one-shot, 18+, tfatws!Bucky

What you need by @buckycuddlebuddy

one-shot, 18+, best friend and roommate!Bucky, a cam is involved 👀

Cookies, kisses and such by @sweetbucky

one-shot, friends to lovers

The Match by @/babyboibucky

series, ceo!bucky

Policework by @jurassicbarnes

one-shot, police detectives!au

Eyes on you by @kleohoneyao3

one-shot, 18+

Take me as I am, whoever I am by @/jurassicbarnes

one-shot, 18+

Greedy by @/babyboibucky

one-shot, 18+, hot hot hot!

Destructive by @buckybarnesdiaries

one-shot, Bucky's scared of his feelings

Sunday kinda' love by @msmarvelwrites

one-shot, 18+, some things are more important than breakfast

Separation, connection (part 2) by @firefly-in-darkness

two-shot, 18+, the angst is strong in this one

Angel on her knees by @/babyboibucky

one-shot, 18+, Bucky gets some love hehe

Feelings are fatal by @sunmoonandbucky

series, steve leaves to be with Peggy, reader deals with the loss

It's messy inside, let me take your coat by @/divine-mistake

one-shot, 18+, plus size!reader

Beautiful people by @nacho-bucky

series, plus size!reader, the most real, beautiful, human story

Sam Wilson

Dancing with Sam Wilson would include... by @certifiedskywalker

head cannon, the title says it all

Positions by @luciilferss

one-shot, 18+, Sam's a gem Monday through Sunday

Identity by @samwilsons-pillowpecs

series, Sam loses memory and they say he wanted to kill Bucky

Amartment 3C by @/bohemianpages

series, Sam comes back from the snap to find his flat occupied

Honest by @xbuchananbarnes

one-shot, tfatws!sam

The first time you realise you are in love by @barnesnroses

part of a mini series, the fluff 😫

Walk me home by @whisperlullaby

one-shot, Sam comes to the rescue

Memory loss by @/captain-kelli

series, Sam and reader are on a hunt for winter solider

SamBucky

Cratures of habit by @callitdreamland

miniseries, sambucky x reader

How sweet it is by @indyluckycharlie

series, sambucky modern!au

The therapist by @holylulusworld

mini series, y/n helps them with their problems

Steve Rogers

Glitter by @sarahwroteathing

one-shot, elementary teacher!Steve x single mom!reader

Error by @buckysknifecollection

one-shot, de-serumed!steve

Words whispered in the dark by @anika-ann

part of the Attached series or stand alone, modern-college-professor AU, 18+

Corrupting a good boy by @donutloverxo

series, ceo!steve x desi!reader

Cash rules everything around me by @/slyyywriting

series, stripper!steve

Where the love light gleams by @/sunmoonandbucky

series, social media!au

Sharon Carter

Permanent by @/samwilsons-pillowpecs

one-shot, tattoo artist!sharon

Loki Laufeyson

Steam by @the--sad--hatter

series, slowburn, enemies to frenemies to idiots in love

Peter Parker

Love sick and a little bit drunk by @spideyspeaches

one-shot, collage!peter

Invisible string by @peterbenjiparker

series, soulmate!au

Don't hold back by @hollandcrush

one-shot, 18+, college!peter

Dancing with our hand tied by @/justeclipseblogs

series, stark!reader, enemies to lovers

My medication by @/kelieah

one-shot, broken teens in love

HOLLAND & CO.

Tom Holland

Lockscreen by @cherrycheridarling

one-shot, famous!reader

Monday mornings by @blissfulparker

one-shot, professor!tom x professor!reader

Written in the stars by @ptersmj

one-shot, fuff!!!

Hooked on your feelings by @heyhihellowhatsup0

series, fwb!tom

Ski date by @tetralea

one-shot, 18+, idiots in love, friends to lovers

Take sugar? by @/hollandcrush

one-shot, carpenter!tom x ex-best friend!reader, 18+

I swear to God I never fall in love by @hazofmyheart

one-shot, fratboy!tom, 18+, spoiler alert: he does

Break up with your girlfriend by @rosyparkers

one-shot, 18+, frat football player!tom, cheerleader!y/n, fwb au

Perennial by @peeterparkr

series, sequel to Perdify, the biggest oof moment yet

All for her by @screamholland

series, single dad!tom

Royal convinience by @/poetrcy

series, royal!au

Kiss me slowly by @/storybookholland

one-shot, soft frat!tom

Harry Holland

Always by @/multiholland

series, best freind!harry

Sam Holland

'tis the damn season by @/unsaidholland

one-shot, ex boyfriend!sam

Our night by @/storybookholland

one-shot, jealous!sam

Harrison Osterfield

No way by @soft-haz

one-shot, friends to lovers

Second self by @/soft-haz

one-shot, 18+, reader gives Haz a hand wink wink

Harrison mastelist by @allegra-writes

lots of great Haz things!

Bet on it by @storybookholland

series, fwb

THE IRREGULARS

Whole masterlist by @uglypastels

these all wonderful!! you should also check out the amazing art works at the bottom of this masterlist

LEO

The Fountain of Ichor by @thegirlintheswivelchair

series, leo x lady-in-waiting!reader

OTHERS

Anthony Bridgerton

Sham, pride and illicit affairs by @/peeterparkr

series, quite possibly the most poetic fic ever written

Coming home again by @/misstonybridgerton

series, old friends reunite

Spencer Reid

An Interesting Electronic by @/homoose

one-shot, 18+

Frank Adler

I ruined our sweet tune by @/rodrikstark

one-shot, kinda professor!frank

Ransom Drysdale

The Five Times You Told Ransom Drysdale You Loved Him (And The One Time He Said It Back) by @just-one-ordinary-fangirl

one-shot, childhood friends to life gets in the way to lovers

Sacrilage by @the-iceni-bitch

one-shot, 18+, you'll have to shower in holy water after this

Okay, I might have gone a little overboard but hey, there's no such thing as too much good fanfiction!

Enjoy! 🥰