#bellini gets or gives one romantic kiss

[ijustwantedtoresetmypassword]

I need y'all conclave shippers and writers of fabulous stories to know: kissing would make these men so. much. worse

these idiots built their whole identity on not-kissing. if you make them kiss they *will* implode

[fandom-lover20]

Writing Prompts I Really Want To Use

DIALOUGE PROMPTS 1) "I got off the plane." 2) "Sometimes memories are the worst form of torture." 3) "I am way too sober for this." 4) "Heroes and Villains, we're all somewhere in between." 5) "You know they're going to use the things you love against you." 6) "If I was naked in front of you right now, what would you do to me?" 7) "This is going to sound cheesy but... I love when you're half asleep and talking nonsense." 8) "Tell me again." 9) "Can't you stay a little longer?" 10) "I heard that!" "You were supposed to!" 11) "How do you destroy a monster, without becoming one?" 12) "Don't you dare, for one minutes, believe that my kindness make me anything but insurmountable. I did not unzip my chest to every kind of hurt, and stagger back, wounded and alive just to hear you call me weak for trying." 13) "She/He's a little crazy. And by a little I mean a lot, and by crazy I mean psychotic."

ROMANTIC DIALOUGE PROMPTS 1) "I really want to kiss you right now." "Then do it." 2) "I love you. You enormously stubborn pain in the ass." 3) "I turned out liking you a more than I originally planned." 4) "I didn't say I love you to hear it back. I said it to make sure you knew." 5) "I may not be your first love, first kiss, first time or first date but I want to be your last everything." 6) "You told him/her you love the rain and now s/he never sleeps during storms; not because s/he's afraid be because they remind him/her of you." 7) "Wait a minute... are you jealous?" 8) "No, I'm not letting go. It's too early to get out of bed." 9) "It's too cold! Come back!" 10) "I'm not going to stop poking you until you give me some attention." 11) "Your eyes are as beautiful as Enchanted Eden, your hair as perfect as Roasted Coffee and your lips as bright as Raspberry Bellini." "Someone has clearly been looking at the deluxe colour chart."

ANGST DIALOUGE PROMPTS 1) "How did I ever give someone the power to fuck me up this bad?" 2) "It's okay. I forgive you, you hear me? I forgive you." 3) "He/She was never mine but losing him/her broke my heart."

[thesinglesjukebox]

CIARA - THINKIN BOUT YOU

[6.91]

We're mostly thinkin bout other songs...

Katherine St Asaph: What I wanted to hear from Ciara in 2019 wasn't really a near-remake of a Jason Derulo song, but at least she picked one of the cheerier ones. [7]

Will Adams: "Thinkin Bout You" is admittedly modeled on the same chunky-beat lite-disco that was a mini-trend via the likes of Jason Derulo and others four, almost five years ago, but it's nice to hear Ciara having a go at it and managing all right. It's an adequate way to pass the time waiting for a song that never comes. [4]

Tobi Tella: Listening to this, I felt like I SHOULD hate it for being a complete sell out. It's nothing like I could remember Ciara doing, a far jump from woozy R&B, dance pop, and club bangers. The longer it went on, though, the more I was won over- it's carefree and fun, even if it is watered down funk and the lyrics are empty. Sometimes I just want to turn my brain off and jam, and this is a perfect candidate for that. [6]

David Moore: I like that this song appears to have no verses to speak of, or rather, the verses have been absorbed into some more fundamental unit of song, like Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful of Sunshine," which is just as ruthless in giving you a good time you didn't ask for. My attention span is all shot to hell, so I wish that this song was at least a minute shorter at the same time that I wish someone would make a 10-hour version of it, but in this darkest timeline of stray melodies groping in the dark for a chorus, I can appreciate how easily you could turn any fifteen seconds of "Thinkin Bout You" into a greeting card. [8]

Alfred Soto: Ciara's had a second career getting written about for the record company mishaps of her first career, so when she gets a winner it's reason to mix bellinis. A bass-heavy tune in which she reminisces about a guy who kisses girls and takes names, "Thinkin Bout You" represents what I want out of Ciara. Forget exclusivity, she wants to know if she at last made his list. [8]

Ramzi Awn: Ciara makes it sound easy on "Thinkin Bout You," a deceptively simple display of power pop that shows off her nimble voice and puts a stamp on CiCi's legacy status. It is probably the closest she's come to her Jackson roots yet, and the pitch-perfect production is clean as a whistle. In a career that has taken many musical risks, "Thinkin Bout You" is a moment of cashing in. This is a melody that was found, not written. [9]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: I didn't get "Level Up" at all when it came out-- it felt like manufactured fun, the kind of song written for Target commercials or dance party scenes in mid-tier comedies that can't outgross the third weekends of Marvel movies. "Thinkin Bout You" instead makes the case that Ciara is actually fun, a musical dynamo that bounces over a joyfully elliptical funk-pop riff. It's repetitive and hooky without ever being boring, self-assured without being self-serious. [8]

Stephen Eisermann: This song, much like "Make Me Feel" by Janelle Monae, proves that Prince inspired tracks can still be great, as the combination of funk and pop just works so well when done right. Ciara gives the perfect provocative vocal necessary to sell the song and the lyrics do a good job of defining the feeling of infatuation. It's all so romantic. [7]

Alex Clifton: Did I know Ciara could channel Carly Rae Jepsen? Did I ever expect it? No on both counts, but I guess we've found the actual follow-up project to Emotion. [7]

Iris Xie: I did not expect Ciara's new song to basically sound like the funky, downtempo falsetto version of SISTAR's "Shake It," but the introductory verse is basically identical in melody structure, but while Hyolyn works hard to be the sexy, fun summer girl who wants to have the best time, Ciara is...just there? I don't really get who she's trying to appeal to here, because the quiet, midtempo nature combined with the vocals can't seem to make up its mind on how to be. It has none of the slinky alluring nature of what I would usually associate with her sound, and perhaps that's the saddest part about anticipating an artist's new sound. You would expect that it develops and builds on what made them so well-regarded in the first place, but even if they switch their sound, it would remain infectious and with a perspective. For Ciara, I always viewed her as an interesting figure of my preteen years, in Aaliyah's shadow and as Missy Elliott's protégé, who was trying to make an identity for herself and knew how to work a groove to get you to follow along with her. On "Thinkin Bout You," she is no longer that, and this Ciara is now singing on a discarded track from Carly Rae Jepsen's album, "Dedicated." It has a feeble pulse, and it's just a little sad to listen to. [4]

Leah Isobel: I hate having crushes. [8]

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[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Galatea (Kingdom of Ichor)

Nicknames- Baby by A.C

Lala by her sisters and family

Age- 18

Location- Underwater Kingdom

Personality- She's a social butterfly. She's an eternal optimist, always wanting to see the good in people. She's also a hopeless romantic. She’s secretly engaged to her boyfriend.

She’s a nereid nymph. Her tail has bright orange and gold scales.

Lala's still living at home and is currently taking a gap year before making her final decision on attending University. She doesn't know if she wants to attend school at home or on Olympius. She does know that she wants to major in creative writing.

She loves reading. She has a massive collection of books- most of them romance. She's a huge fan of Erato's (muse of love poetry) rom-com novels as well as Aphrodite's (goddess of love & beauty) steamy erotic novels. A good time for her is reading books in bed while eating her favorite snack, pineapple shaved ice. She's also a fan of watching rom-coms, chick flicks, and soap operas- the cheesier the better! Her favorite actress (an oceanic nymph) named Ambrosia Castellanos is part of her favorite rom-com movie trilogy in all the seas, The Sea in Summer!

Despite her family's wealth, Lala wanted to earn money on her own. Her very first job was at the Squid & Ink bookstore as a cashier. Her favorite part of the job was greeting the people. She also didn't mind the employee discount towards books!

Lala also loves spending time with her siblings, swimming in nearby coves with the youngest sisters. She doesn't mind playing dress up or having tea parties with them, even giving a few of them some of her jewelry (the ones that she doesn't wear anymore).

Her go-to drink is a golden dream cocktail (a drink made with galliano liqueur, orange liqueur, orange juice, and heavy cream). She also likes frozen peach-banana slushies, orange-pineapple juice, peach bellinis, seaweed soda, & champagne.

Her favorite comfort food dish is a loco moco. Her dad Nereus usually makes it. Lala can cook a little- her go-to dish being saimin.

She does have fantasies of visiting New Olympus to see the greatest architectural achievement there- the royal palace! Lala still talks to her sister Thetis (who lives in the city). She always looks forward to the things she mails to her (stuff that she gets for free because of her modeling). She absolutely loves designer shoes, her favorite brand being House of Muse. Thetis gave her a Diamond Ave. seashell shaped jeweled clutch as a recent birthday gift!

Lala used to be in a relationship with a cyclops named Polyphemus. To say her family was surprised is an understatement. She originally described him as a "cuddly sea lion." They were together for two years. Trouble started appearing pretty early on (due to his possessiveness and jealousy whenever she would talk to other guys). He even beat up a co-worker & former friend of hers because he suspected that she was cheating on him. After months of being verbally and emotionally abused & with the help of her parents and siblings, she was finally ready to leave the relationship. There's currently a no-contact order against him.

It was a bit of a surprise when Lala met a mortal guy named Acis during a solo surfacing to Naxos. The two struck up a conversation and continued talking every night for two weeks. He then asked her out & she shyly accepted. Her first date with him was a nighttime picnic on his sailboat and their first kiss happened during a swim a few nights later.

Lala and A.C (her nickname for him) are now engaged (with a family heirloom ring from him) even though she hasn't introduced A.C to her family (she keeps her engagement ring hidden in a locket necklace). She has met his family & loves them just as well. She's seriously considering renouncing her underwater citizenship, gaining citizenship from Olympius, and settling with A.C & his family in Naxos to be a part of their sailboat and fishing business.

"Doesn't anyone just love love!?"