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[jjongribo]

𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐭𝐡 ] : sender drapes a coat / cape / etc. around receiver's shoulders.

𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝: a little assortment of prompts revolving around painful, bottled up affection and endless yearning, as well as the possible result of finally taking action. remember to tag your dark themes. add +reverse to swap the roles.

It was normally Drake that would come and see her after her shift, so she decided it would be nice to turn things around for once and surprise him. The day had started out warm enough that she thought a simple sweater would be enough, but when the sun disappeared behind the clouds and the occasional gust of wind came along, she realized she probably should have dressed a bit warmer.

By the time the man came out of the station, she had resorted to retracting her arms inwards from her sleeves to keep them bundled under her sweater, shivering slightly. "Oppa!" she called when she saw him, momentarily forgetting about her body temperature as she smiled brightly. He must have noticed almost immediately, not surprising as officers tended to be rather observant, as he took off his own coat to drape around her shoulders. A blush crawled across her cheeks at the action – she was a little embarrassed – and slipped her arms into her sleeves again so she could give him a hug. "Thank you... and surprise?"

[vickyvicarious]

It's kind of striking how Jonathan already is expressing doubts and fears, he isn’t ignorant of what situation he might be in, but when the Count gives him food and a bed, he dismisses these fears as his mind playing tricks.

The warm hearth, the meal, all this transferred him from the darkness and the snarling, howling wolves outside, to the light and the safety of Castle.

So Jonathan stepping from the outside, is trembling, shocked, but now this powerful old man is giving him a warm fire, security, and food. He's now putty in his hands.

In retrospect then, Dracula manipulates Jonathan from the beginning, putting him in grave danger, and leaving him alone in the cold and surrounded by wolves. Later, he plays the kind host, providing Jonathan with food and shelter. Jonathan is now like a grateful puppy, completely dependent on Dracula for his basic needs, but he is unable to recognize this due to the carefully orchestrated emotional roller coaster Dracula has just put him through.

From the start, Dracula is doing textbook abusive, gaslighting codependent tricks to manipulate Jonathan, one could say...

I feel like as readers, it can be easy to dismiss just how easy it would be for characters to dismiss their fears and doubts once somewhere warm and well lit. Unless someone is truly already a believer in the supernatural, anyone would probably try to talk themself down, just because... well, the idea seems kind of silly, doesn't it? Sure, there were scary stuff happening, but - really, my host is impersonating his own coach driver? Why? Spontaneous fires in the woods that can be seen through a solid human form? Wolves that are driven off by a commanding gesture alone? What kind of ghost story is this? Jonathan sticks to his guns fairly well, being firm about what he's certain he did see, but he admits to having fears and doubts he's not going to mention because they aren't logical, they're fearful speculation about things that for the most part, probably are things he's always considered impossible.

So, yeah. Leaving Jonathan outside in the courtyard alone for a while, to really marinate in his fear and distress at realizing he's trapped alone, surrounded by wolves and who knows what else, and has no idea where to go to seek help... by doing so, Dracula not only has time to run around and take off his disguise, but he primes Jonathan to see his invitation inside as a welcome relief. At least it's better than being exposed to the threats outside. (Though interestingly, it seems it still took several invitations before Jonathan actually came all the way in.) It's setting Dracula himself up as a welcome savior. He brings Jonathan inside, out of the cold and dark to somewhere well-lit and warm. He feeds him, he's courteous and friendly, he shares Mr. Hawkins' praise with him. Jonathan gets to smoke a cigar and relax a bit. He gets to tell the whole story to an interested audience. * Of course he feels better than before. And it's thanks to Dracula. Dracula is the one who can protect him from all that scariness out there, who can make him feel comfortable again. It's a good way to build trust and influence quickly, by positioning himself as a friend/protector.

But Dracula can't restrain himself. He pushes too much, too soon, and Jonathan feels rightfully creeped out:

As the Count leaned over me and his hands touched me, I could not repress a shudder. It may have been that his breath was rank, but a horrible feeling of nausea came over me, which, do what I would, I could not conceal. The Count, evidently noticing it, drew back; and with a grim sort of smile, which showed more than he had yet done his protuberant teeth, sat himself down again on his own side of the fireplace. We were both silent for a while; and as I looked towards the window I saw the first dim streak of the coming dawn. There seemed a strange stillness over everything; but as I listened I heard as if from down below in the valley the howling of many wolves.

As soon as Dracula touches Jonathan, he feels repulsed. Part of this may be some kind of instinctive reaction to Dracula's supernatural nature. Maybe it's related to the memory of how incredibly strong his grip was earlier. Maybe it's simply because Dracula is being an overfamiliar creep - that would be plenty of reason on its own. (And I'm sure his terrible breath doesn't help matters.) But regardless, Dracula hasn't established enough trust between them here for Jonathan to welcome this touch. And he's not quite established a fearful enough power dynamic for Jonathan to force himself to accept the touch. Politeness is the only reason Jonathan doesn't move away, but his feelings are made obvious by his shudder.

Dracula pulls back, tries to play it off, but they still fall into a silence that is clearly a lot less comfortable than before. And the atmosphere around them reflects the sudden distance too: Jonathan notices dawn coming (presaging a physical separation as well, but also Dracula's power waning right after this blunder lessens his emotional power over Jonathan). Eerie elements creep back in: Dracula's frustrated smile shows his teeth more than all his deliberately charming ones have done before. Wolves are howling, which pleases Dracula and upsets Jonathan - the final exchange which they have before Dracula sends Jonathan off to bed, and one which seems to bring Jonathan right back to a much more distressed state of mind as he relives the night's experiences over again.

Dracula spoils his own fun a little bit here, because he puts Jonathan back on guard. And I think it's clear he's a little annoyed at himself for it. He finds Jonathan so interesting/enticing that he's having difficulty playing a long game. At least a part of him wants to jump right in to more intimate/threatening actions, and though he mostly restrains himself, the mask still slips and his victim notices. Which is lucky, as Jonathan needs that guard up to keep himself safe.

* I just realized that Jonathan does say that he "told [Dracula] by degrees all [he] had experienced" on his journey. I hope to god that doesn't include him mentioning the crucifix lady's gift with any kind of specificity, or else I fear very much for her life.

[chadaching]

I check the dash but then I forget to actual post I’m a monster

[tsundeoku]

@magatsunohana : ♡

“ Nonsense! I can cook for that boy any time. You, on the other hand... it’s been far too long since i’ve seen you enjoy something truly fulfilling. Now, now, you mustn’t neglect yourself ~ “ — the ooze stirred. Swum rounds between Lilia’s fingers, all too wanting to persuade her otherwise. What a humble child. Malleus could learn a thing or two from them. 

“ This bread seemed far too plain for my liking. So I thought to myself—what could I add to give it a little more substance? And thus, my latest culinary masterpiece was born. “ The dough may have not fully coagulated, but he supposed he hadn’t left it long enough over the stove. Or did it tell him he needed to use the oven? 

No matter. It would’ve taken longer the other way around. Lilia’s actions were the most effective, regardless. 

Lilia hummed, scooping up the much larger cradle in his hand. The purple material dripped slowly into a bowl, a mixed identity of visuals that wavered between something slippery and solid. And not only had he saved a great amount of time to make the dough, he was also clever enough to already combine the custard and the bread together. Lilia somewhat hoped the finished product would’ve been more eye catching, however, its deep, rich colour was admirable too. The spices and nutrients he packed in spanned all across the world. Anything that ever rejuvenated his old form through his travelling. What was better to nourish Yuu’s body if not all the ingredients in one plate? He was confident that they would be revitalised in no time. 

Finally, all the sludge converged into one place. He chuckled at his underclassman’s ‘nickname’, shaking his head; gesturing a spoon towards Jiyuu’s direction. 

“ Oya? Really? My eyes must be playing tricks on me, then. But my intuition rarely fails me, you know. No need to put on a brave face. A little hearty food will fix you right up, I assure you! “

[booasaur]

Have you seen that there's a possible new wlw ship on General Hospital? Kristina and Blaze. I'm not super optimistic cause American soaps are terrible to gay women (and this one already includes a surrogacy storyline 🙄) but the actresses are really pretty and have great chemistry, so I'm cautiously watching from a distance to see where it goes.

I wouldn't call it just "possible", heh, but yes, I've been keeping track of it! Kind of....?

Okay, I started watching but then very quickly fell behind but I still wanted to download the eps since they're only available for a short time, so I'd check the Twitter tags to see if Kristina was on that day. So I don't know the intricacies of their plot but have some vague idea of what's going on given the reactions.

Including the surrogacy storyline! Not loving that, indeed, especially as people seem to think it'll lead to Kristina stealing the baby, but I'll wait for it to play out. In some respects, it's nice to get a secondary plot, because at this point it's a little boring to get the same old coming to terms with sexuality/coming out storylines, especially on shows that are meant to be over-the-top dramatic. Even for Parker/Kristina, I was glad to have a professor/student age gap conflict to add to the bi Kristina plot. If they're gonna do weird surrogate drama, that's something.

But yeah, even with Parker/Kristina, GH's not got the best track record. They had hardly anything onscreen in MULTIPLE go-arounds, and I was really eager to see what they were going to do with Kristina/Valerie, but they backed out of that before even beginning, and while we never got confirmation Alexis/Harmony were going to be a thing, that was a waste if not intentional! Tragic, that the one time they gave two plot-centric characters a slow build, they either backtracked or it was never even meant to be.

I had seen at the start that people were hoping Blaze was secretly part of some other family/revenge scheme and tbh, I wouldn't hate that either! The GH writers seem responsive to the viewers so I hope they take the good ideas too and not just listen to random homophobia/racism/misogyny.

[marinehero]

Stares off into the distance. Garp believes in Luffy so much. Believe isn't even the right word, he knows. He knew Roger. He knows if there's anyone who's going to do it, it's Luffy. He knew it early on and it terrified him. Just as he knew Roger's sotry, he knows how this story ends. He's terrified. He loves his grandson. He knows who he works for. He knows the powers in charge. But Luffy kept proving the world wrong again and again and again and even he couldn't deny anymore that if there's anyone who can make it and survive, it's Luffy. He's so damn proud, he always has been. Luffy's going to be the one and he knows it to be a fact as given as the sea.

[cloyingcadaver]

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[dinoburger]

HI. OH MY GOD. HUGE FAN. SO GLAD YOU LIKED MY ENGIE AND TFC ENGIE ART!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!! HOPE YOU HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK. oh my god.

GAH OF COURSE MAN!! YOU TOO! <3 WE LOVE SOME CONAGHER APPRECIATION HERE

[pawbeanies]

can skillshare teach me how to flirt actually ...

[jjongribo]

Hyesoo baby, tell me something you been thinking of often recently?

Oh, that's a tough one. There's been a million things going through my head lately ㅎ I've actually been thinking about my mom a lot. There's not much I remember about her, unfortunately, but I can remember how she used to sing me to sleep when I was really young. I wish she could have been with us a little longer than she was.

[thermodynamiclawyer]

Hey, thanks for your time in advance, as I was curious about JB Bronze. Have any snippets regarding him as a character (behavior, dislikes, etc)?

so Bronze is the underdog of the triplets. he’s very levelheaded and logical, always looking for the most reasonable explanations for things and trying to find easier ways to solve problems. he’s the brains and the brawn, both incredibly smart and full of strength. he likes to lift heavy objects for fun, along with utilizing his strength for repairing machines. since he’s also super small compared to other JBs, he can detach his weights and climb into small mechanical crevices if needed. Bronze gets annoyed when his brothers jump to stupid conclusions and wishes he was appreciated more. he’s the backbone of the Metals and hardly gets praise for it. probably the most sane JB

he also has a tank. this was from 2020😭

[lightningfilledsaber]

I really need to plan holiday themed art in advance

[jennycalendar]

hi celia!! i am obsessed with all of the beautiful characters in what you make, and look forward to what’s next in the series <3 i can’t wait to see more of art, jenny, and giles’ adventures!

I Am Going To Cry This Is Very Cute And Sweet!!! Thank You!!!!!!

[8golden-harvest8]

Just wanted to thank you directly for the kind words about Overmorrow!! I hope you have a great time writing to your heart’s content!

Your welcome!! That fic is your baby and it deserves that praise! You did amazing with it!! :D I wish you all the luck for your future projects!

And thank you! I’ll do my best!! Hopefully when I get do a set amount of words I’ll post it on AO3, one day-! ;w;

[chosenass]

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[gh-verse]

Does Anna put on both socks and then her shoes or does she do sock shoe and then her other sock and shoe?

Trick question, she doesn't wear socks.