#gil tags: edits.

[rxckbellz]

​🇫​​🇪​​🇸​​🇹​​🇦​ ​🇩​​🇴​​🇸​ ​🇨​​🇴​​🇳​​🇸​​🇪​​🇱​​🇭​​🇪​​🇮​​🇷​​🇴​​🇸 : 𝕲𝖎𝖑𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖙'𝖘 𝖔𝖚𝖙𝖋𝖎𝖙 !!!

Nunca houve qualquer dúvida por parte de Gilbert, aqui não trabalhamos com perdedores e nem com humildade, logo, menos de quinze minutos dentro da festa e com apenas alguns goles de vinho descendo pela garganta, ele já começou a contar vantagem 'pros irmãos: "Eu 'tava confiante que eu ia ganhar, caras, afinal quem mais ia botar moral no chalé? Só eu e meu incrível carisma, mesmo! Dito isso, agradeço demais pela confiança, parças!" Tirando a última parte, o resto era, logicamente, tudo balela, no entanto, o rapaz estava verdadeiramente muito animado, não só com a festa, mas também com o fato de ter sido oficialmente nomeado Conselheiro. Sendo assim, o filho de hermes não poupou esforços no look: calça jeans personalizada, com um tênis branco — bem lavado especialmente para a ocasião — acompanhado de uma blusa de botão estampada — toda aberta, com direito a tetas de fora — e um par de luvas escuras, afinal, um bom ladino não sai sem elas. Para completar a combinação, Gilbert usou seu brinco favorito: o de adaga, que era, para ele, bastante temático.

[forrest-the-ghost]

They Canceled Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. Here’s a petition to switch it to another platform and save it.

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies portrays a great level of diversity that is hard to rival in modern television. Characters from all ethnicities, sexualities, and social status are represented. It has an extremely dedicated fan base, but Paramount has made the decision to cancel the series and remove it show from their platform in the next week, essentially making it impossible to watch. This means that those involved with the show’s creation and production get no further compensation for their efforts. It is a tax write off for the company.

Additionally, ROTPL is (currently) destined to fall into the bin of “great sapphic representation silenced”, which also includes Everything Sucks(2019), I Am Not Okay With this(2020), and many others.

Aside from signing this petition you may also email and submit suggestions to alternative streaming platforms (such as Netflix, Hulu, Max, and Amazon Prime Video) to uptake the mantle. Other series to face cancellation have been saved in this way, notably the sitcom One Day at a Time(2017), which was initially removed from Netflix but later transferred to PopTV to finish its entire run.

Please do not let Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies die. Many of the cast have been extremely outspoken in their support of its renewal for a second season, and have been brought much grief by this sudden choice. The writers, actors, and producers should not be faulted and punished for their beautiful work, especially when ROTPL had only finished its first season 2/3 weeks before this sudden news. Revelation of its removal is frankly ridiculous, all things considered. Remember to Think Pink!

#SaveRiseOfThePinkLadies

(Edited for clerical error and additional information on 06/29/2023)

[narzissenkreuz-ordo]

gil says happy birthday gay people (but it is also his birthday say happy birthday gil)

[melting-sugar-cubes]

[goldammerchen]

Things such are Hell and Heaven are canon in Hetalia, where pretty much anything that humans believe strongly enough exist.

Think in Gilbert telling to some of the others Europeans nations, half-joking, half-serious:

"I'll save you a spot for you in Hell :))))))))"

Much later (20XX or 2XXX but I doubt we... forget it), after Gilbert's death, the Devil using Gilbert's likeness to say hi to the same Europeans in nightmares—meanwhile Gil is actually recreating DOOM, and mostly losing, but don't worry he will get the hang of it eventually.

[sapphosclown]

sometimes the best friendships in a show are the ones you made up in your head

[softquietsteadylove]

Hi <3 big fan of your work!

i have an idea for Thenamesh Receptionist AU where Thena unintentionally interrupts Gil's important meeting in a room full of ruthless criminals and him saying "Out. Now!" but before she can go all the men are leaving and when shes trying to apologize Gil just shows and tells her how important she is to him. some cute romantic stuff with a bit of spicy? :D

It's very nostalgic, being back in his office in Korea.

Gil has business to conduct, and since the mishap in London, he's been eager to get her out of the house and keep her close. She was due for some time off work anyway, so why not?

She feels the reminiscent flutters she did when she had a crush on him from afar, resigned to the idea of working as his receptionist with an unrequited love for him. Sometimes she had feared that he would meet someone one day, and then she would have to move back home, unable to endure watching him fall in love with someone else.

Thena smiles at the idea now, unable to shake the image of her adorable 'househusband' Gilgamesh, waiting for her at home with a glass of wine in hand and dinner in the oven.

It's so different it's almost hard to reconcile with the image of him, sitting at his desk with that terrifying glower he can have. Almost.

Shit. Thena stops short, startled to find more than just Gilgamesh in his office. There are six other men in there, obviously hardened criminals working under him. They all turn to her at the interruption.

Gilgamesh shoots up from his chair. "Out. Now!"

Thena's shoulders jump at the sharpness of the order. She knows he has her protection in mind, though. She's ready to apologise for interrupting them when the men in attendance also jump to their feet.

They all bow to Gilgamesh courteously before rushing out of the room, giving her a wide berth as they open the other door to his office and file out.

Thena looks over at Gil, stepping out from behind the desk. "Sorry, I-"

"I'm sorry, Naekkeo," he whispers, pulling her into his arms without a second thought. He buries his nose into her hair as his hands settle on her back, "I didn't mean to scare you."

Thena sighs as the scent of his cologne and coffee wash over her. She allows herself to nuzzle into him. At another time, she might have been worried about them being in his office like this. But maybe thinking about how she's always wanted him to take her into his arms in here is muddling her brain. "It's okay."

"I thought you were upstairs," he says softly, pulling back to kiss her.

Thena smiles against his lips. They've been sleeping in the penthouse on the top of his office building, and he's let her be as jet lagged as she wants. Of course, he's also been extra driven to tire her out every night, too. "I came looking for you."

"I'm all yours, then," he chuckles between kisses, which are becoming less light and more demanding as they continue.

"All mine?" she laughs faintly - breathlessly - as his fingers sink into her hair. "What about business?"

"It can wait," he mutters, pulling her closer and letting his hands travel over more of her than just her back. As usual, he settles at her hips first. "I've always wanted to kiss you in here."

"Oh, really?" she gasps as he lets his teeth scrape against her lower lip slightly on the release. Her hands sneak under his suit jacket on his hips as well.

"I'd be sitting in here," he murmurs against the hollow of her cheek, and then her neck. "Working--trying to work. Then my beautiful receptionist would come in with her blonde hair, her pretty green eyes."

She mutters at him to stop his flattery.

"And so fuckin' sexy," he grins before nipping at her collar bone, having already started unbuttoning her satin blouse. "I wanted to grab you and kiss the life outta you."

Thena purrs as he slides his hands up her bare back, pausing only to unhook her bra. "Even in your fantasies, you're a sappy romantic."

"Sappy?" he pulls back and pouts at her.

"There's nothing wrong with it," she laughs, leaning in to kiss him again. And there's that gap again, between her mean gangster boss and the sweet, adorable man she sleeps with every night.

"I'm not an animal, Naekkeo," he sounds as if he's reminding her, although he's also pulling her skirt up her thighs. "I can at least kiss you before I have you on my desk until your knees give out."

Thena lets out a soft moan just at the idea of it. She happily complies as he lifts her up onto the edge of his desk. It really is a great height for doing just what he was describing. "Is that how it happened in your mind?"

"How did it happen in yours?" he grins as he asks her, settling himself between her knees. She raises a cool brow at him but he raises it right back.

Thena rolls her eyes up and away. By now he's - dreadfully - aware of the feelings she had harboured for him even back before the 'kidnapping' incident. She still doesn't enjoy having to bring it up, though. "Maybe...something like that."

"Come on, baby," he whispers against her lips, teasing her with more sweet little kisses before he blows her back out.

"Sometimes," she whimpers as his tongue teases hers. Does he want her to be able to talk or not?--because she can't kiss him and talk at the same time. "I would...you'd had a hard day. I could tell."

Gil pauses, more interested in hearing the end of her story (just for the moment).

Thena tangles their fingers together, feeling the warmth in her cheeks intensify. "I was never sure what to say on days like that. But, one time I thought...what if I kissed you?"

Gil sweeps forward, kissing her with a renewed passion. They're pressed tightly together, her breasts scraping against the fabric of his shirt. Why is she the only one half-naked?

Gil kisses her with a sense of urgency--desperate for her to understand what he's failing to put into words. His hands pull her closer to him, and with no need for the preamble, he's buried within her, setting a steady pace.

"Gil," Thena moans, leaning back and letting herself become dead weight in his arms. She knows he'll support her. And she can't possibly be expected to hold herself up when he's doing that and she feels like this.

Gil mutters something, half English and half Korean, and completely indecipherable. He holds her thighs up against his sides, happily letting her legs keep him from pulling away too far. She's kind of clingy during sex - making love, as he prefers to call it - and he thinks it's incredibly cute.

"Fuck, fuck, baby," Thena gasps, scraping her nails over his shoulders and down his chest, snapping the buttons off his shirt in her desire to feel his heartbeat against her palm. She opens her eyes and catches a glimpse of him. This looks exactly like the perfect combination of her tough, scary boss and her sweet, adorable househusband.

Gil grunts as he feels the way Thena's heart has skipped a beat in her chest. If only she knew the ways in which she stopped his heart on a daily basis. He pulls her closer against his chest, an arm wrapped around her shoulders while the other hand pulls one of her legs up and around his back. "Shit, sweetie, I'm so close."

"Yes, yes, yes," Thena moans, because she doesn't have any more words in her brain at the moment. There's just 'Gil' and 'fuck-this-is-amazing', but for now the agreement/encouragement will suffice.

Gil kisses her, swallowing up her moan as he comes first, grinding his hips against hers. He keeps her leg around him, keeping them close and keeping her from being pushed away as he leans into her. He gasps as she follows him.

Thena pants for breath, their mouths caught between being sealed together and seriously needing air. She can taste the coffee she was smelling earlier. He she known he had a meeting, she would have made tea. But now her knees won't work for a little while, so...

Gil holds her cheeks in his hands as he kisses her gently. He pulls away slowly, softly, gently untangling them from each other so she knows how reluctant he is to part from her. He stares at her unabashedly, waiting until her eyes flutter open again. He smiles, "I love you, Yeobo."

"I love you too," she sighs out, all in one breath as she slumps against him. She's officially boneless as he pulls her into his arms, running his hands over her back again. He's become a real master of knowing what she needs and wants, exactly when she needs and wants it.

She really did think about kissing him, all that time ago. Obviously she didn't, but she thought about it. She had been horrified at herself the first time it happened. He was her boss, after all! He had been kind, understanding of her developing fluency in Korean and accommodating to her lack of social charm. How could she think of such a thing?

Well, it was his fault. Because he would give her that smile when she came into the office, and he would thank her so softly when she made him tea just the way he liked it. He was the one who would make excuses to order her favourites for lunch, or gently pull her to sit down on his office couch after news that Kro had left London had shaken her to her core.

He was the sweet one who had been so unexpectedly soft with her ever since she took the job. It was his fault she fell so hard for him.

[kanafinwe-makalaure]

Last words

Rules: Post the last sentence/line from your WIP or wherever you left off in your art. Then tag as many people as there are words in the sentence/line. Please make a new post if you decide to join the game, don't do it under this post

He was quite certain he would not be doing any more work that day, but in rare instances such as this, that had to be somewhat acceptable.

I am never going to tag as many people as there are words in that sentence either but I will tag @meadowlarkx @tinnurin @melkors-defense-attorney @searchingforserendipity25 and anyone who wants to do this!

[goldammerchen]

Pretty much what happened character-wise! Even if I like to keep some of his edge

Hetalia Volume 5: Special Booklet Part 2

Slowjamastan is what fandom thinks Prussia is

[rxckbellz]

BOOBOO STEWART? Não! É apenas GILBERT ROCKBELL, ele é filho de HERMES e CONSELHEIRO do chalé ONZE e tem VINTE E SEIS anos. A TV Hefesto informa no guia de programação que ele está no NÍVEL III por estar no acampamento há DEZOITO ANOS, sabia? E se lá estiver certo, GIL é bastante ESPIRITUOSO, mas também dizem que ele é TRAPACEIRO. Mas você sabe como Hefesto é, sempre inventando fake news pra atrair audiência.

ɪ. 𝔭𝔬𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔰 —

Prestidigitação — Gilbert é capaz de produzir pequenos efeitos mágicos e inofensivos, em outras palavras, ele executa truques ilusórios. Algo que um mágico de rua ou um ladrão — ou um vigarista — seria capaz de fazer, porém, um pouco mais palpável. Dentro de um alcance de três metros, Gil pode criar efeitos sensoriais inofensivos, acender ou apagar instantaneamente pequenas fontes de fogo, projetar cores e símbolos em superfícies de objetos, limpar ou sujar um objeto e até criar uma imagem ilusória que cabe em sua mão. Definitivamente, não é uma habilidade muito útil em combate, visto que todos os efeitos são inofensivos e o alcance é curto, mas, para um trapaceiro como ele, o semideus certamente encontra usos interessantes para ela. 

Percepção Ilusória [ habilidade passiva ] — Gilbert adquiriu a capacidade de ver através de ilusões, para ele é muito mais fácil identificar quando um efeito ou ação foram causados por magia ou criados a partir da manipulação da névoa. Assim, ele pode ver através de disfarces de monstros com maior facilidade, além disso, criaturas que utilizam manipulação de névoa possuem dificuldade para aplicar o efeito nele. Contudo, criaturas consideravelmente mais poderosas do que ele são capazes de ultrapassar suas resistências e fazê-lo cair em ilusões; nesse caso, o semideus ainda terá certa vantagem para ver através do que é falso, mas precisará se concentrar muito mais e gastar mais energia.

ɪɪ. 𝔥𝔞𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔡𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔰 —

Agilidade sobre-humana e velocidade sobre-humana.

ɪɪɪ. 𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔡𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔰 —

Conselheiro do Chalé de Hermes, Instrutor de Combate Corpo-a-Corpo e participa da Corrida de Obstáculos no Time Vermelho.

ɪᴠ. 𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔞𝔰 —

Gil tem um conjunto de três adagas de arremesso que retornam para seu cinto uma vez que acertam o alvo. Elas são feitas de bronze celestial, mas cada uma tem um design único, sendo uma delas uma adaga tradicional, a outra uma de lâmina curva e a última com a lâmina serrilhada. Quando precisa sair em missão ou entrar em combate, Gil gosta de mergulhar cada uma em tipos diferentes de venenos. Elas se chamam, respectivamente, Robin Hood, Houdini e Billy The Kid.

ᴠ. 𝔟𝔦𝔬𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔣𝔦𝔞—

— Gilbert nasceu da união de uma magnata de Manhattan, Elinor Rockbell, e o deus Hermes. Ele e sua irmã gêmea, Duncan, foram recebidos com muita alegria pela mulher que, perdidamente apaixonada pelo deus, via aquelas crianças como seus tesouros, fruto de seu amor verdadeiro. Contudo, deuses são ocupados, ainda mais o deus mensageiro. Quando Hermes se foi, Elinor entrou numa depressão profunda. Desenvolvendo um tipo de carência crônica e aversão à solidão, a modelo começou a adotar mais e mais crianças, numa tentativa desesperada de encher a enorme mansão do Upper East Side. Não que ela estivesse em condições emocionais de cuidar de nenhuma delas, porém, para Elinor, como uma mulher influente, era fácil conseguir o que queria. Nessa época, Gil e Duncan já estavam mais crescidos e, por estarem sempre juntos, acabaram atraindo um monstro que os atacou. Sem demora, os gêmeos foram levados ao Acampamento Meio-Sangue com apenas 8 anos de idade. 

— O Acampamento Meio-Sangue é o verdadeiro lar de Gilbert, visto que foi lá onde cresceu e aprendeu a cuidar de si mesmo e de seus irmãos. O rapaz ainda faz visitas a Elinor, que, enquanto os gêmeos estavam no Acampamento, adotou um total de dez filhos. Apesar disso, ele não tem muito apego à casa da mãe, por mais que a ame, ou aos irmãos postiços e normalmente prefere passar o ano todo no Acampamento. Não o leve a mal, é só que depois de alguns anos tendo de se virar por conta própria com sua irmã, e com um centauro como a figura mais próxima de um pai, as coisas mudam. Além disso, sua relação com seus irmãos adotivos é estranha, para dizer o mínimo, uma vez que eles se veem uma vez por ano, e isso quando o encontro dá certo. Em resumo, sua relação com os Rockbell é distante, por mais que sua mãe sempre o receba com alegria, um quarto bem arrumado e inúmeros mimos.

— Como um dos membros mais antigos, foi quase natural para Gil eventualmente tornar-se Instrutor de Combate corpo-a-corpo, uma vez que seu poder único não possui caráter combativo, ele precisou aprender a compensar com proeza física. Sua agilidade acentuada contribui para ajudar nas instruções sobre esquiva e furtividade, suas especialidades, além de ele ser um alvo mais difícil de acertar graças à velocidade sobre-humana. Após alguns anos atuando como instrutor, o rapaz genuinamente tomou gosto pela função, e acredita que está no lugar certo ajudando novos semideuses a aprender a se defender e sobreviver. Além disso, devido ao tempo que ele mora no Acampamento e, portanto, aos anos vivendo no Chalé 11, ele não só está acostumado a cuidar de uma tropa de pirralhos, como também aprendeu a lidar com os problemas da maneira mais leve possível. Ele é um rapaz extremamente espirituoso, simpático e generoso, o que o tornaria uma excelente companhia, se não fosse seu problema com pequenos furtos. Gil é um cleptomaníaco com sérios problemas de controle de impulso, de forma que seus bolsos nunca estão vazios, mas, se você souber lidar com os roubos, as piadas completamente desequilibradas e o casual ar de alguém que está prestes a te passar a perna, ele é um bom amigo!

— Gilbert estava no jantar quando Rachel recitou a profecia, visto que raramente deixa o acampamento. O evento, logicamente, o deixou tenso, ainda mais com a subsequente mudança no clima local, fazendo-o imaginar que o que está por vir, o que quer que seja, é extremamente perigoso. Ele espera, genuinamente, que ele e a irmã não sejam convocados para nenhuma missão maluca, afinal, sendo perfeitamente honesto — algo relativamente raro para Gilbert —, ele gosta de viver.

ᴠɪ. 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔞 —

— O estilo de luta de Gilbert se assemelha ao de um ladino, visto que é o mais adequado para ele levando em conta sua descendência divina. O semideus é veloz e talentoso com furtividade e com prestidigitação e opta por um estilo de combate que consiste, basicamente, de “bater e correr”, sendo capaz de danificar seus inimigos substancialmente enquanto evita ataques poderosos.

— Ele usa dos seus conhecimentos de combate furtivo e do seu instinto de sobrevivência aguçado para permear suas lições como instrutor de combate corpo-a-corpo. Gilbert e a irmã complementam as aulas com seus estilos diferentes, mas que se completam.

— Gil tem uma coleção de facas, canivetes e outras coisas pontiagudas que ele pode usar para espetar as pessoas das maneiras mais criativas possíveis, mas são todos itens mundanos, presentes de sua mãe. Seu favorito é um canivete suíço com um par de asas entalhadas na lateral, ele sempre carrega consigo, afinal, é um item muito útil.

— Inclusive, seus bolsos literalmente nunca estão vazios. Normalmente cheios de coisas pequenas que não lhe pertencem. Ele tem o costume de devolver as coisas que rouba... eventualmente.

— Embora seja impulsivo e um trapaceiro de marca maior, Gilbert é muito cuidadoso e responsável com as crianças do acampamento e, principalmente, com aqueles que ficam no Chalé de Hermes. Ele gosta de usar seus truques de prestidigitação para animar e distrair os moleques.

— Gilbert nunca pensou muito além do Acampamento, ou do que gostaria de fazer no mundo mortal, afinal, sua mãe é rica, ele já tem a profissão dos sonhos: herdeiro.

— Ele gosta de skate e seu estilo reflete um pouco isso, usando roupas bem despojadas e puxadas mais para o street em conjunto com as blusas do Acampamento Meio-Sangue.

— É pansexual e isso não é segredo, levando em conta que Gilbert é engual corrimão de quartel: todo mundo já passou a mão. Ele é assim: facinho facinho, afinal, caiu na rede é peixe! Ele gosta de deixar fluir e não quer se prender a compromissos, o que significa que ele sai correndo ao menor sinal de que um rolo possa se tornar sério.

[howlsmovinglibrary]

You mentioned in the tags of a recent post what you’d change about Funny Story to make it a different book. Would you mind elaborating on what you meant by that? I’m curious!

hey anon, thank you for being a massive enabler bc this has in fact been my special topic for the last 48hrs.

I want to state off the bat that I still gave this book 4.75 stars. I really, really enjoyed it. That being said, I'd literally rewrite the entire thing to get it to 5.

Answer under the cut to avoid spoilers! (also shout out to @eldritchcow bc these ideas are not formed alone but through a series of ranting voice notes lmfao)

The premise of Funny Story is that two exes move in with each other after their partners run away together - the main character, Daphne, has her wedding cancelled as a result, and Miles, the love interest, also gets a pretty crap deal bc his girlfriend literally breaks up with him via A NOTE ON THE KITCHEN COUNTERTOP, before running off on holiday with another man (after they hook up AT HIS BACHELOR PARTY. DAPHNE AND MILES DESERVED TO DO VIOLENCE). Miles and Daphne move in together, a series of circumstances means that Daphne tells her ex they are now dating, and that Miles will be her plus to the NEW WEDDING that they have been INVITED TO.

Personally, I think this - two exes move in, fake date, develop feelings - is such a juicy set up for a novel, that it could carry the whole plot. But at about the halfway mark, a bunch of other stuff - family drama, friendship drama - is bought in for the third act conflict. The exes and all their drama fades to the background, and its no longer about this Very Juicy Set Up, which I think is a shame. I think that the premise could've carried the entire plot and that there was no need to bring in additional conflict... except that Emily Henry is known for adding conflicts outside of romance to her novels (creating well-rounded, 'feminist' characters - I'm not being mean, that is just the perception of it and what she is known for) and that this is thus more brand appropriate. By the same logic, it is 'less feminist' of me to argue that the book should've been more about the romance.

But it should've been more about the romance.

If I rewrote/re-edited this book, I would do the following.

Make Daphne and Miles be messier people. These two characters behave like FUCKING SAINTS, while their exes are awfully and affably evil. I've had multiple friends say that Daphne should've hit Peter (her ex) with a car. I don't necessarily think that would've been the way, but I think she should've made much more spiteful decisions. I think Henry is very concerned in stressing that these are Two Very Goody and Utterly Blameless main characters, but I think they should've gotten a little spite as a treat, actually.

And the spite they should've gotten as a treat is - fucking each other.

As is the way with romance books, there are certain 'acceptable thresholds' for smut/romance scenes. So I get it, I really do. But Daphne and Miles only bang once it's a healthy decision... and I'll be honest, it would've been sexier if they had had sex in an unhealthy place. (for the people who've read the book: kiss at the drunk night out with Gil, sex at the truck or before the truck, then Sex With Real Feelings at the point where they actually have sex)

If they had had sex out of spite/petty revenge first, then the entire plot of the book could've been around 'catching feelings' and this would still have been a totally valid character arc. I would've liked to have seen more questionable decisions that are still somewhat about the exes - more of the 'are we doing this for them or for ourselves?' conflict which is microdosed at the midway point - and then feelings developing, and then making the 'no I actually really like you so we can't do this for the wrong reasons anymore' be the final sex scene before the third act conflict

Two things would be vastly improved by this change: 1. a weird scene where Miles sees Daphne in her former wedding dress, and they really should've fucked? but they don't? because that would be the tiniest bit weird??? (like, slightly weird and messy, in such the smallest way, but I think it was sanitised down for that reason) 2. the fact that their exes break up and call-off their wedding off screen. Have them break up at the rehearsal dinner that Miles/Daphne are attending, actually. Then you have your third act conflict.

The third act conflict of Funny Story is insane, convoluted, and unrelated to the story, IMO. Is it still well written? YES. Emily Henry, you will always be famous. But my favourite parts of it were 1. both Miles and Daphne get caught in their exes' orbit as they break up, and this causes them both to doubt their relationship (shout out to Miles having such low self esteem that he automatically thinks they're back together, I understand you king) 2. Daphne fucks up a promise she made to a friend (but bc she's not allowed to be a bad person - see the first point - it's for totally understandable reasons), leading her to wonder if she's just become part of another couple, where she's swapped one man and his house for another man, and his house. I personally think that these VERY MINOR FOOTNOTES in what is ACTUALLY the third act conflict... are a third act conflict in and of themselves. And... if we go back to what I said about Emily Henry being known for Feminism™, the second part of that is a totally valid trope/feminist critique to dig into in depth that would, if given time to breathe, be 'on brand'.

In this book, Miles drives 2hrs to try and get Daphne's shitty dad to come back to her. Where is this energy, for Peter? I think, Miles should've punched Peter, as a treat. And Petra should've had more scenes, so that she actually had a personality beyond 'being hot'.

I think we should've had a messy wedding scene. Daphne and Miles are each others plus ones, but they never get to attend bc the wedding is called off. But that wedding?!!! or that rehearsal dinner?!!! IS THAT NOT THE STUFF THAT THIRD AT CONFLICTS DREAM OF???

TLDR - I think Funny Story should've had more sex, and been more about the romance premise and the kind of fucked up, messy choices and weird feelings that premise engendered. I think the third act should've been connected to pre-existing conflicts, instead of creating new ones. I think Miles and Daphne could've had a little revenge, as a treat. They should've allowed to be sexy and weird about it.

[jaywalkerslastbraincell]

Scrolling through monster high tags anywhere just to find actual litteral adults having beef with a fictional 16 abused child, Gil Webber they can never make me hate you

But he didn't defend lagoona.. did we watch the same damn series ?? Gil's parents screamed and threatened him every time they were on screen it's genuinely concerning that Lagoona kept pressuring him to go against them when they clearly had shown they were willing to abuse their power over him by sending him away , changing his schedule, keeping him from going out to see her ect , and yet still he picks fights with them over this (think defending your laggona ) . Obviously Lagoona has every right to feel sad that her boyfriends parents are abusive jerks but Gil is the one that had to go home to those assholes everyday, give him a break , he's a 16 year old that needs medical insurance to breathe what do you expect him to do? Run away???? Pick even more flights with the people that control his life financially???

I didn't even care about Gil, but then my tik tok got flooded with edits of people hating Gil out of nowhere and at first i thought it was a meme or something I missed, until they tried to say he cheated on Lagoona with Lorna, something that litteraly didn't happen , and that made me feel so confused that I started rewatching g1 trying keep a close eye on him to find why people hated him so much only to find my self pitying him

Every time I see people hate on him I feel like I'm watching someone kick a kitten

It feels silly calling myself a Gil Defender mostly cause I'm terrified that I'll be bullied of the internet but oh well..

[gilbirda]

Gil's DPxDC Prompts

All my prompts are tagged with "gil's prompts"

Vengeful Queen (DP, or DPxDC up to you)

Poison Cookies (Anger Management)

Nightbirds

Dick's new bestie

Jazz's haunted

Wrong Number Jazz edition

Adding on halfagone's prompt : Jason infiltrates the Bachelorette and falls in love with the assistant the guy he came to investigate

Mysterious sticky notes (Anger Management)

Jazz adopts Billy Batson

Battle for Gotham

Hey kitty (Anger Management)

Kidnapping (Anger Management)

[twofoursixohjuan]

reasoning in the tags!

[middleearth-polls]

Disclaimer: Missing options are due to tumblr poll limitation.

[runawaymun]

WIP Wednesday!

I was tagged last wednesday by @that-angry-noldo to share a snippet of what I am working on :D I LOVE this game yay!!

Here is a snippet from Beneath a Boundless Sky:

Still, even though Thalionel preferred Arwen’s company, he had to admit the mornings when Lord Elrond took him out for a ride were the best, because often they went out onto the hiking trails around the city, and there was always something interesting to look at, or to ask about, or to find. That was how he had discovered this chunk of rock. He hadn’t known what it was at first. He’d just caught the glint of the sun on its glossy surface. There was an entire trail of it down the side of the mountain. He had hopped down from Trastadweg and gone to look at it more closely, and that was when Lord Elrond had warned him to be careful, because obsidian, as he had called it, was sharp.  “The mountain made it,” Lord Elrond had said as he slipped off of his own horse to join him at the flow. “Just like it makes the hot pools.”  Thalionel had only vaguely listened as he’d explained something about melted rock and rapid temperature changes. Mostly, he’d stayed focused on the chunk of rock he’d picked up from the pile. It was as big as his fist. Rough on one side, and glassy on the other where the rock had broken in one, clean cut.  It had been a trick to get it into his pocket without Lord Elrond noticing. Thalionel wasn’t sure if he’d succeeded. He just hoped that Lord Elrond didn’t suspect what he meant to do with it.

To be honest though upon editing it's likely this will change slightly!! I am thinking about writing it out into a full present scene, rather than keeping it as a past-tense memory. I think it will suit it better and we need more Elrond and Thal time anyway!

And here is a snippet from To Partake (it was hard to pick something for this actually because so much of this chapter feels a little spoilery to share, but I do like the writing in this section a lot):

Elrond writes Erestor another note to let him know where he has gone, and when he estimates he will return, slips it under his door, and then starts down the winding staircase of the tower. His footsteps echo in the cool silence of the early morning. As he passes people, each gives him a wide berth, avoiding his gaze as if to ward off any possibility of interaction. It’s nothing particularly new, but it is a little different than the stares he’d gotten upon his arrival. With a sinking feeling in his stomach, he wonders if word about his summons to Gil-Galad’s solar —and Gil-Galad’s black mood— had traveled around the court.  It had probably been the fault of the guards. Heniriel is not a gossip, or else she would not hold such a high position.  He keeps his head low as he heads out beneath the stars to the far end of the citadel. The closer he gets to the kitchens, the more the air begins to smell like fresh bread. It makes his stomach rumble. The kitchens are a set of buildings attached to the northern side of the castle, close to the king’s quarters, the banquet hall, and the ambassadorial suites. Elrond elects to pass through a courtyard full of babbling fountains, since it looks empty enough. He follows the cobblestone footpath to a tall rock wall with a door in it which opens out onto the kitchen gardens, where carefully tended beds of herbs and vegetables lay slumbering beneath the starlight. Beyond are the King’s orchards. Elrond loves to spend time there. He will have to find a moment soon to slip away and say hello to his favorite apple tree. For now, he takes the path as it curves to the left, heading toward the kitchen proper, and more importantly: the bakery, where the citadel’s baker is likely to be starting on the day’s bread.

no pressure tags for: @the-commonplace-book @creativity-of-death @raointean @valasania-the-pale @niennawept @jaz-the-bard & anyone else who wants to play!!! I want to read what you're working on :D