#february romance

[sugarsaltreading]

untitled comic by Sal Jiang (source)

[rendevok]

Moon dance 🌕✨

[julls]

kiss from above!? ꒰ ♡ ꒱

[pluggedintosaverockandroll]

I finally "finished" my battle vest!

[forthosetunedin]

please let me do it for you ➡️ i’ll ease the path ➡️ man do it yourself

[nedseii]

Sansaery?

sansaery indeed 🙏

[dr3adlady]

February 2024 Romance Drawing Challenge

Day 14: Robb Stark and Jeyne Westerling

[imjustapoorwayfaringgeek]

Ship Drawing Challange Day 1

flowers and hair 🌸

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was watching a film where my ex boyfriend had an enemies to lovers romance with a Monster Energy drink and it was all edited like a Game Theory video.

[spookysalem13]

Gothic Love Poems 🖤

For all of the dark literature readers, lovers of all things moody, spooky & Gothic. I've found an amazing list of Gothic love poems for this Valentines Day.

Please let me know if you've read any or use any as part of your valentines celebration.

[sugarsaltreading]

"I Want to Stare" from SAL: Stories About Love, a short story collection by Sal Jiang

in recent years i've noticed Sal Jiang becoming a rising star of sorts among yuri enthusiasts, probably in no small part due to the TV adaptation of Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko. Sal Jiang is well-known for her OL stories and- what seems to be her favorite character type- female characters with pretty faces and twisted personalities, but one of the most notable characterstics of her work, imo, is her unique and varied character designs, and that includes her use of different body types. I Want To Stare is the most notable in this regard because of the main character, Saho

I Want To Stare is by far one of Sal Jiang's most "gentle" stories, but that doesn't make it toothless. it really stands out to me in how Saho feels about her body and how others behave around her- the reader never sees her face outright mistreatment. if anything it's the exact opposite; pretty much everyone seems to adore her... but that's its own kind of weird, isn't it? in her own words, people treat her like a "mascot," something "soothing" for them to cuddle and fawn over, but not treat like a person

this is why she's so adamant that Kenji's constant flirting attempts are just him attempting to tease her- a "mascot" can be adored and doted on, but not desired. as it turns out, Kenji does desire her, but sadly, he still treats her like a "mascot," talking over her and grabbing hold of her, treating her like an object and almost showing her off, assuming she reciprocates his feelings before she even opens her mouth

it's a subtle story and a subtle character arc, but Saho ultimately does change, finding the courage to assert herself and not let others treat her like a toy. and in doing so, she's able to connect with someone who is capable of both desiring her and seeing her as a person

[pomo-positive]

Hello everyone! I had a new idea for a februari challenge 🌟

Within fandom, there’s a big focus romantic and sexual relationships, in my opinion sometimes to the detriment of other types of relations. Friendships, familiar bonds, queer platonic characters and aspec characters more often than not get the short end of the stick in these kind of spaces. I fear this notion reinforces amatonormativity and makes fandom spaces less comfortable for aspec folks.

In fanfiction spaces, gen fics are a good way to filter out romantic content! I love ao3’s tagging and filtering system in particular, as you can look up fanfics that explore non romantic relationships easily. I appreciate the ampersand and slash differentiation.

I would like to take the idea of gen fics further, and develop the presence of non romantic or sexual relationships in fandom spaces more. For example, I want to coin the term “gen art”! This would be fanart, that much like gen fics, explores characters and character bonds that aren’t focused on romance. I think it would also be great to develop a tagging system for platonic bonds. Creating this type of language within fandom is the first step to changing the relationship hierarchy we so often see there.

For this challenge, the idea is that for every day you create a gen fan work inspired by the prompt of that day. This can be art as the name suggests, but any type of media is welcome! Fanfics, art, edits, poems, moodboards, photography, the sky’s the limit. Don’t worry about skipping any days or changing up the prompts! This is all in good fun ✨💕

You are very welcome to join in! Please tag your posts with #genartfebruari so I can find them and reblog them 💖 I will be reblogging all entries! I'm of course joining myself too 😊

Even if you don’t plan to join, I would very much appreciate reblogs as it would help spread the word 🙏

It would be really nice if we could make this into a solid thing together. We could have fun creating together, but also try our hand at changing fandom spaces to be more safe and comfortable for everyone ✨

The prompt list (text version):

1. Hug

2. Goodbye

3. Pets

4. Garden

5. D&D Party

6. Birthday

7. Plushies

8. Pride

9. Cosplay

10. Comfort

11. Stars

12. Childhood friends

13. Dancing

14. Love

15. Reading

16. Snuggle

17. Karaoke

18. Picknick

19. Texting

20. Rain

21. Road trip

22. Silly

23. Found family

24. Movie night

25. Missing

26. Gifts

27. Reunion

28. Sleeping

[authenticcadence18]

Pnf social media person you have a golden opportunity to make a post for “you just wait ten years” that leads into the end of AYA to celebrate ten years of phinbella being canon plsplsplsplspls

[snake-berry]

ship drawing challenge day 1 - sansaery!

this was def a QUICK sketch but yeah fun times as i've been meaning to draw more asoiaf ships

ignore how rushed this is pls n thank u. (if u see a mistake no u didnt)

[nedseii]

Jonsatin for day 3!