#romantic bastard

[rainbowintheskyf1]

yeah ok i am not crying x

[justabiteofspite]

"Astarion doesn't do big romantic gestures."

My Durge still trying to get graveyard dirt out of her ass crack after being lovingly pounded into it by Astarion who wanted to share with her this deeply joyful and meaningful reclamation of himself after sharing a vulnerable declaration of his love, at this place he hasn't shown anyone else but her: "Then what the actual fuck was that???"

[beetlerings]

I think men should kiss each other and women should have as many boyfriends as they want

[floorboardghost]

Doodles of my older chuck + his mikey (they drive me nuts)

[luck-of-the-drawings]

[OLD ART ALERT] A COLLECTION OF SCENES FROM THE GILLIONS CATSCRATCH ARC THAT BROUGHT ME GREAT JOY. i love fishy chips especially when its just gillion being delirious and violent and hostile

[eyes-blazing]

Emrys chuckled at the whine, the hand on Salems chin sliding back to cup his neck. He studied Salem for a moment, green eyes always so curious. "You deserve to have been taken care of since the beginning. The fact they let the false words of their God turn them against you is unforgivable."

He kissed Salem again, pulling the smaller man against him.

@eyes-blazing

Salem hadn’t slept well in days. He was out of the medications used to treat his nightmare disorder. When he finally did crash it was curled up on Emrys’ couch.

As he started to doze he found himself hoping the extreme exhaustion would counteract the horrific nightmares he had gotten so used to experiencing. The devil has wrapped his wicked hand around this poor boy’s mind! The words rang out in his head like he was hearing the bishop say them for the first time all over again. He didn’t notice it, but he’d flinched when he heard it despite always hearing it just as he closed his eyes every fucking night.

[joshusten]

albus the terrible and his friend? mahatma

finally got time to sketch :DD

tw: blood version under the cut!

[vebokki]

days in henrietta

[laginestra98]

The metaphisical Love of Sauron's and Galadriel's hands

"They part the theater with a semitouch, their hands abstractly close-up, separated only by the glass of the car window. This marvelous cinematic gesture communicates so much more than simple character and plot resolution. The abstract nature of the shot amplifies the significance of it, suggesting love of the highest, metaphysical order." The Films of Krzysztof Kieślowski: The Liminal Image, Joseph G. Kickasola, pp. 317-318

I was reading this book for my thesis when i came about this lines and something in my head clicked at "suggesting love of the highest, metaphisical order". And in that moment I thought about Galadriel and Sauron (indeed, why doing your work when you can think of them, right?). This kind of love, which is metaphysical and it's shown through a simple gesture such as an almost-tuch. Just to give you some context, the text refers to Three colours: Red, which is the last film of the "Three Colours tryology" and of Krystof Kieslowski's career. It's about a young woman who casually meets an old retired judge and, slowly, they create some kind of connection (this is a very summarized plot, but there's more to it than this). Anyway, the frame the text refers to is this one:

This is the last time Valentine, the young woman, and the judge see each other. Kieslowksi is a real master of visual storytelling, and this is a blatant exemple. This short frame converge, as the text tells us, a ralethionship which was meant to be, but never was. In a previous scene the judge says to Valentine: "maybe, I never met the woman... maybe, you're the woman I never met". This non-meeting hangs there between them, between their hands, separeted by a glass, suspended in a timeless and spaceless moment. In this void their story exists, not in the real world, but in an alternate, separeted one. Sadly, is a world of imagination, so there isn't a possibility for a concrete connection, at least in the present. Now, there's more to say about Red, but I'll stop there because I don't think you're interested in it (but if you like cosmic connection and complicated carachters, you're welcome to watch this masterpice). What I want to address here are the words of Kickasola: "the abstract nature of the shot amplifies the significance of it, suggesting love of the highest, metaphysical order", then he adds: "at the same time, the glass symbolizes a barrier: a romantic connection reached for, but impossible". I think this words are easily applied to Sauron's and Galadriel's relathionship. So, let's analyzed how their hands are shot.

In this frames their hands don't touch, but they enlace each other's arms as a sign of trust. This is the first form of connection they share, still, they keep their distance: neither of them dares to touch the other's hand, neither for a shake. So, they create a barrier.

Here, their hands touch, but there's always an object between them. Every one of this objects rapresent an idea or a desire which are important to them: hope (the simbol of the Southlands king), promises (Finrod's dagger) and power (the nine rings).

In these their hands are near, but never touch. The illusion is shattered, the promise is lost and, even if Sauron tries, he's not able to reach for Galadriel's hand.

I think is interesting that they never hold each other's hand, nor voluntary, nor involontary, nor for necessity. All their approaches are shaped first by formalities, then by ideals, finally by betrayals. Their connection happens in this space, better, in this non-space where they can hide what they feel, but will never say. Love is relegated in a place beyond phisical reach, hung in the metaphisical domain: is in the space between their arms, in the hold of Finrod's dagger, in the distance that separates their hands when Sauron try to catch her from falling. I think the last frame, more than the others, explain this. Like the one in Red, the nature of the shot is abstract, suspended in the air. The background is out of focus, their hands clearly visible. But, unlike in Kieślowski's movie, the distance here is accentuated not only by the fact that Sauron doesn't reach Galadriel, but also by how their hands are shot: they never overlap, so they can't touch neither in the metaphisical space. So is Love over, even in the abstract dimension? No, it persists, willingly or unwillingly, in the outer world, that may become visible (but still not phisical) if the theory about the bond made by Morgoth's crown is correct. This is shown by Galadriel's hand reaching for the wound = for the invisible connection:

Interestingly enough, the phisical manifestation of said love (the phisical touch) happens in an outer space, separeted from reality: in Red, it happens in a theater, the ultimate fictional realm:

in trop, this happens in an illusion, Sauron's illusion:

Like Valentine and the judge, their love can't be sustained by reality, it wolud be crushed by hopes, ideals and power, but is unlatched from reality, alive in a place that trascend time and space. They both feel it, but will they acknowledge this? Only time will tell.

With this I won't mean that their love is not real, but that is bigger than the real world they are in (regardless from their behavior and choices)

Disclaimer: this is just my interpretation of Galadriel and Sauron relationship, it can be fallacious and is not a universal truth.

[dailyhatchetfield]

day 170 - @polyamships' polyartober day twenty-eight; drinks

[darkcrowprincess]

Royed thoughts:

Another one of my favorite tropes in royed fics, is that Roy is the romantic sappy one and Ed is the possessive one. Like yes reverse that old yaoi stereotype. I just love seeing Roy being so gone for Ed and being so sappy and romantic about it. The inner monolog of Roy Mustang (the supposed ladies man) as he describes every bit that he loves about fullmetal while angsting over why their love can never be. Meanwhile Edward Elric is laying claim on Roy after the millionth time he had to save his ass from a assignation attempt. Just give me all the hopeless tragic romantic Roy, the damsel in distress Roy. And give me an Ed(usually post canon) who knows what he wants, and what he wants is Roy. All while saving his life again.

[scionsthings]

Brother..? 🤨🤨🤨 Whatchadoing.. Are you...looking? 👁👄👁 Down there??

In front of my salad............?

[lunarw0rks]

price is scarier than simon and i'll die on this hill

[soaqrudyz]

soapgaz are those “it’s not gay to kiss the homies!” guys until they start making out on any available surface at any given time and they realize “hm…this is actually pretty gay..”

[fireflylitsky]

MASSIVE thank you to @moonamayillu for drawing my sweeties SO beautifully, I cannot stop swooning over how pretty this is 😭😍

Flustering this girl is basically Hidan's hobby. He's very good at it.

[seleneprince]

Unpopular opinion:

Remus Lupin was as capable of cruelty and arrogance as the rest of the Marauders. There are plenty of hints of this in canon. The only reason we don't see this side of him as often is because of his heavy reluctante to be considered a "bad guy".

And he low-key enjoyed going against Snape just as much, he just had some conscience aftewards.