#fangirl truths

[chardwic]

x how do I move on from them?

[jojo-schmo]

I wish I could tell the original artist that this drawing permanently changed the entire direction of my life in 2009. I want to shake their hand, look them in the eye, and admit I would not be who I am today if this drawing didn’t exist.

EDIT: Original artist is @ivynajspyder !!!!

[laurrelise]

breaking: old man can’t figure out how to put on clothing that isn’t a three piece suit

also dropping the reference pic + a little bonus <3

[bookish-karina]

Writing Share / Last Line / First Kiss Friday Tag!

thank you for all the tags @the-golden-comet (X2), @drchenquill , @willtheweaver , @rotting-moon-writes , and @gioiaalbanoart !

ahhhh okay so since I was tagged in a variety of these, I'm combining them! I've been playing around with how Jace and Maeve's first kiss is going to happen. I have so many ideas for this since it's a slow burn (and I'm little miss impatient when it comes to the slow burn burning) and the opportunities are limitless, please give me some feedback or a way you think it should happen (whether it's in a comment, reblog tags, ask, or private message)! bonus points if you've been reading the chapters as I've published them on AO3, which I know many of you have been (which thank you so so so much for all the love and support you have been giving me and Your Average Fangirl !! whenever I'm having a bad day at work, you never fail to make me want to cry happy tears at your comments, reblogs, kudos, etc)

without further ado, here's a first kiss scene <3

“Truth or dare?” Lucas asks, a small smirk dancing on the edges of his lips.

“Dare,” the word is out of my mouth before I can fully think of anything remotely gross he could dare me to do, being out in the middle of nowhere and all.

A full grin takes over his face as he says, “I dare you to sit in Jace’s lap,” he points towards where Jace sits to the right of me, “and make out with him for one full minute.”

“No way,” I laugh nervously. There’s no way he just suggested I make out with Jace. “That’s not gonna happen,” I shake my head.

Kai and Gabriel both laugh, shaking their heads at Lucas for such an inappropriate dare this soon in the game.

“You don’t have to do that,” Jace says to me before turning to Lucas, giving him a look I can’t decipher. “She doesn’t have to do that.”

“Come on,” Lucas taunts, “it’s just a dare.”

It’s just a dare. Except it’s not. I’m a fangirl, I’ve probably dreamt of this situation hundreds of times. But to actually do it? That’s too much pressure. Too much pressure to be perfect. In my head? I’m the perfect kisser. In reality? I could be mediocre. What if I ruin kissing for Jace?

“It’s just a dare,” Kai echoes, shrugging a shoulder as I meet his eyes.

“Come on, do it,” Lucas whines and I know he won’t drop it until I do.

With a deep, steadying breath, I get up and slowly walk over to Jace. His eyes widen as I lightly place my hand on his left shoulder.

“It’s just a dare, right? Meaningless?” I add the last part for his benefit, my heart beating so hard I swear I can feel the vibrations in my fingertips.

He nods, wetting his lips.

For some unknown reason, my heart sinks at his response. This is going to be meaningless. It doesn’t matter if I kiss him tonight or a year from now, I’ll only ever be a fan. A friend at most.

I gently crawl onto Jace’s lap and he moves so that I’m straddling him, my legs dangling on either side of his hips. His friends start hooting and hollering as I remind myself one last time that this means absolutely nothing.

Then, I lower my lips onto his.

The kiss starts slow, gentle, but my heart never slows down as his hands roam my body. His fingers dive into my hair as he pulls me impossibly closer, deepening the kiss. I wrap my arms around his neck as I lean into him, letting him take control.

His hands slide down my back and his fingers tickle the bare skin on my lower back, causing me to shiver at the sensation.

Jace smiles against my lips before pulling away and kissing a line down my jaw, where he finds the sweet spot on my neck and starts peppering it with kisses.

A timer goes off loudly, causing me to jump away from him and land harshly on the ground in front of his chair.

My chest heaves up and down in quick breaths as I refuse to look up at Lucas, Kai, and Gabriel, who are all laughing and clapping as if they’ve watched the best show.

I run my fingers through the grass, reminding myself of what’s real. What just happened, everything I just felt, it wasn’t real. It was meaningless. It practically never happened.

After a few more minutes of trying to calm my heart, I get up and walk quickly to the tour bus before slamming the door shut and burying myself into the covers in my bunk. Embarrassing. That was so embarrassing.

basically what I was going for with this scene is that Lucas knows there's something going on between Maeve and Jace (whether that's from mere observation or Jace confiding in him) and he knows nothing will happen unless he forces their hand a little. he bands together with Kai and Gabriel to egg them on into doing this, not thinking that he may be harming what could've happened naturally. he's definitely the golden retriever of the group, though!

one song I really associate with this scene for some reason is Dead Inside by LØLØ, which I'll link here :)

if you want another version of their first kiss, let me know!!

also no pressure tagging @romances-not-tragedies @wyked-ao3 @katenewmanwrites @kaylinalexanderbooks + an open tag

[shallowrambles]

So I've been thinking. It's funny how enjoying meta is somewhat embedded with trust.

Like, if you're "friends" and have followed a person for a long time, you have more a sense of their values, and it's easier to read their difficult meta because you trust more that they're being charitable/nuanced.

If you don't know them, it's harder to trust that they're not funneling difficult topics into rationalization of liking/supporting gross shit.

[ordinarythingsiflovecaneverbe]

Dearest Netflix,

I am a child of divorce. I expect abandonment issues from my father not my fandoms.

*begins playing Sarah McLaclan ASPCA ad music*

Save Shadow & Bone = Save my Sanity

Sincerely,

LITERALLY EVERYONE IN MY LIFE (including my therapist) because they must be tired of hearing me rant about this by now ;-)

[mxnkeydo]

WHO’S YOUR FAVORITE TPQ CHARACTER

AHHHHHHH I CANT DECIDE

i cant pick one bc all of them are amazing in their own ways but

aru bc she’s well…she’s just ARU she’s that clumsy awkward girl but she’s such a brave heroine and lives swedish fish to death i love her

aiden because he always keeps his cool and always so fed up with aru. also the fact that he calls her shah always makes me scream every time (c’mon scream with me AHHHHHHHH—)

brynne bc she’s such a protective mama bird and we both love food lmao and her sarcasm is the best

mini bc she spews our random facts all the time and puts up with all the shit the potatoes do and she’s brave in her own way

and all the side characters are so well written like rudy, nikki, sheela and kara. roshani chokshi writes so well it’s hard to not like any character

what about you??

[decaffeinatedsweetcoffee]

Careful spoil !

Watching the last season which is out on netflix.... Omg ! In the episode 6, the weight of the truth is really relatable. When Kosmos lies to Callum to put his hopes up ! And the say of his sister Astrid is excellent Gosh ! The way she explains to him that sometimes you need to be careful about why you tell the truth to the person in front of you : for enlightenment or to break her ?

...My reaction to this scene made me understand that i was 100% in 😂 as a fangirl !

And an other review : World of Warcraft all the way !!! I'm so in love !

[marlo-noni]

A small part of me would enjoy having a ringtone of Liu Yuning saying "我的姐姐，我求求你了!"

(It means "older sister, I'm begging you!")

[chryza]

But also don’t let them know I don’t like estinien

[alaskan-wallflower]

i hate how i go from feeling good about my posts on here to feeling scared as shit to voice an opinion because i’m gonna get told off by some anon or my mutuals are gonna abandon me

[ashtcnirwin]

🌻

[sideofluck]

Personal I think it's so weird for alley to send one of matt's hoodies to this girl. AND NO HATE TO ALLEY but if i was matt I would think it's weird and be kinda upset about it. And this fan girl is just gonna keep getting crazier if Alley keeps interacting with her. Like I feel like Alley just feels bad for this girl. But Alley sending out other personal photos to this girl is weird asf tho like why does she need to have those. I just find this who situation to be weird

I agree. Initially, I didn’t think too deeply about it until this situation happened, and I realized how odd it is, especially with the sending of personal photos. Who knows if he was even aware of it or had agreed to it. I'm under the impression she does some things without really informing him and is probably like these are just photos and they really support my baby brother I should send them it, that kind of thing.

And then again, who knows, maybe he doesn’t care and happily agreed to it and we are all getting caught up for no reason. You can tell she's genuinely a sweet individual and it came from good intentions. But I wouldn’t have thought it was a good idea or even thought in general to share anything even remotely personal just because someone supports my brother. Since you're essentially setting him up to be caught in weird situations with people like this and feeding further into their parasocial relationship with him, which is literally happening before our own eyes lmao.

I’m not bashing her, I just don’t understand the initial point of doing it, besides just being nice. And out of all people, it really had to be them?

[bookish-karina]

Two Truths and a Lie Tag!

thank you @honeybewrites and @leahnardo-da-veggie for the tag!

no pressure tags @the-golden-comet @tea-understands @phynewrites @aintgonnatakethis + an open tag.

[teafiend]

The emotionally hard-hitting Episode 5. Another favourite episode to feed this Kang Gil Young fangirl. So gorgeous in her light denim jacket assemble too ❤️‍🔥💙🩵🖤🩶

(GIFs from @Nungchae, Twitter/X)

[julymp4]

biggest example of me not knowing what the fuck pop culture consists of and never will bc as far as i know everything i like is critically acclaimed and when it doesnt get renewed it's corporate incompetence getting in the way