#showing affections in public

[miaisabelwinther]

[flowerakatsuka]

clingy ass

[nibbelraz]

Royal Court is really just an excuse to flirt with each other in public

[lunar-years]

It's interesting that when Keeley is telling Ted about the implications of that photo of him and her leaking to The Sun, she says "Jamie is going to go mental" but it's not followed up with "he's going to think i cheated on him" or "he's going to break up with me" or "it's going to ruin our relationship" it's instead followed up by, "there's going to be photographers all over us!" And later when she's talking to Rebecca it's, "My god, Jamie would've been so pissed off with reporters poking around in our love life." There's something to be said for like, she never once expresses doubt that Jamie won't hear her out on the truth or believe what she tells him. The major focus of her concern is just keeping their business out of the press. Their relationship in season one is far from perfect but there's a lot of implicit trust between them.

[rocketbirdie]

*slips another kunsel into your pocket*

[sentientsliotar]

Verosika’s wearing her heart on her sleeve

I love that she didn’t fill the heart in black or cover it up a different way. You can still read Blitzo’s name. Verosika is not hiding her pain, she’s done with the relationship but it was still a major point in her life. It haunts her.

She’s not trying to hide what happened to her, she wears it as a symbol of the struggle she overcame.

Sorta like how scars are proof you survived something, it’s hard to have proof of emotional scars, but she has evidence of her pain and healing inked into her skin.

[foursaints]

saints what are your opinions on rosekiller's (very) unusual ways of showing affection?

i mean like evan biting barty when theyre laying together, barty pulling strands of evan's hair hard enough for it to hurt but not hard enough to rip it out, evan tapping barty's skin (like tapping tapping, like how asmr-tists (?) tap on things) just because it feels nice, etc.

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I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL 🙌 i don't see them as a couple with a lot of PDA. yes, barty is obsessively slavering all over evan in public, but it's like... one-sided and perhaps a touch performative? the most affection evan will publicly show is maybe quietly holding onto barty's sleeve <- he is always doing this

but i think they're perceptive characters who are both highly Aware of each other's bodies at any given moment, and their real pda is just how seamlessly they move around each other. it's how they always end up sitting next to one another, or anticipating each other's movements and needs. they're not touching, but you can almost palpably feel them pinging each other like satellites.

fanon barty is super touchy in private too. and i agree that in public/with friends he 100% is (he likes to use physicality to Instigate Reactions). but i try to remind myself that ESPECIALLY with an intimate partner, he is someone with deep issues surrounding bodily autonomy/his own embodiment, who is unused to being touched in a nonviolent way. there's a difference between barty initiating sexual contact and the more casual intimacy you describe. EVAN is the one who grew up cuddling a sibling, and he most likely initiates those little shows of affection....

but mostly i think they show affection via that quiet mutual (somewhat stalker-ish) awareness. it's a careful peeling back of their respective shells

[spotaus]

Hi guys, this is usually what a doodle page ends up looking like <3 (oh, and @ancha-aus thought you might like this! Not writing but certainly fuel to my fire lol-)

This one is New Age filled!!! (Close-ups abd Lore beneath the cut!)

1) Night and Cross!

Night is actually very clingy once he's a teen. He doesn't usually realize it, but around the castle he'll snake to be closer to his Knights so long as there's no one he needs to keep his composure infront of is nearby. Cross is the one who's not used to physical touch (when it's not Ink ofc) so Night in his personal bubble makes his heart melt but also scares tf out of him <3

2) Error and Night's Meeting!

Error was carrying his whole life on his back and trying not to get arrested for unintentional property damage at this point, so when he saw the chance to get back at his brother and prove he was strong enough? Yeah, he got that on chance instantly. And was VERY smug when Nightmare chose him. (Also, Error is wearing gloves, so less Haphephobia)

3) Dream and Blue designs!

I think these are good tentative designs! Dream probably has a more regal fit, but he likes to play up that rugged exile look- He's inspired by Archers, while Blue takes on that classic Knightly-vibe. Their equipment is mostly stolen from Night's troops or brought with them from Blue's home kingdom.

Also, Dream is approx Killer's height at this point, shorter than Cross and *much* shorter than Apple!Nightmare. (Hc that Skeletons tend to be tinier in stature thanks to weird monster beauty standards. Horror and Geno's fam are outliers.)

4) Horror and Dust designs!

Horror is naturally a very *large* monster. He's very malnourished when Nightmare meets him, but by the time he's a Knight Nightmare has made sure that's no longer the case. He actually loves comfy, simple clothes, but to play up the whole 'strong mysterious' bit he wears a more barbaric Knight's garb. He doesn't mind acting scary, it's more fun that way :]. Dust is very very small, and envies horror sometimes for his size, but his tiny stature let's him control his body and move a lot quicker. He's very much based on a rogue, and usually covers the lower part of his face w/ a black cloth, and the upper part w/ his hood or mask. Dust only removes both to bathe, eat, or relax in a safe location. (Ignore that I can't draw the stupid gaster blaster lmao-)

These last two were space-fillers, but Cross and his Borzoi (Windmill, otherwise known as Milly (Killer named her-)) and really bad first wips of Ccino! I think Ccino was a chubby, happy toddler, but lost a lot of 'weight' (bone mass? Magic?) due to stress and pressure and bad eating habits. So it isn't until a while after the Coronation that he starts to relax abd feel safe enough to eat normal meals (Nightmare used to guilt him into eating snacks together, but as his boss (and younger brother) he can encourage it more often). By the time Killer shows he's still not quite healthy, but he's better. As more weight is lifted off his shoulders, the better he is. (That 'beauty' most people saw was a more stereotypical slimness, but Killer never stopped seeing Ccino as beautiful-) I think he never looked traditionally underweight, so no one noticed, and it was only much later that Night processed it. (And maybe it's why Dream hardly recognized him later on-)

[caracolcondiarrea]

I’ve heard some people say like “ but it isn’t confirmed that tweek and Craig are married in post COVID bc they don’t wear a ring and/or they don’t say that they’re married”

ok, the ring thing is stupid, like, none of the adults that are married have a ring as far as I’m aware.

secondly and most important, they don’t need to say that they’re married so you can guess they are. They literally introduced themselves again as Tweek and Craig, they do it together, they don’t need to be showing affection constantly to put it clear that they’re married. Also, when they go to look for aluminum foil, they go together, it would be rather awkward if they had to be together and they are exe’s.

“maybe they’re still dating but they decided not to get married” maybe, but after like 40 years of dating the same person it would be weird if they aren’t honestly.

[skeletoninthemelonland]

never lay down in bed right after eating. don't think about staying on your phone for nearly two hours in that position. don't sleep either. acid reflux is real and i hate that guy

[miaisabelwinther]

[lovepassionheart]

I need this so bad

[metaphysicpareidolic]

moments that should have been in the sandman tv show

1. Dream’s far superior mind duel outfit

2. John Dee eating a fly

3. this

4. literally described as looking like a “wet puppy” (something along those lines) by neil himself

5.

bip

6. world’s worst laugh

7. the most twinkified fit ever concieved

[holland-vosijk-antari]

I've been thinking about how white london probably has different kinds of physical affection to red and grey, I can't imagine hugging being common among people who are casual friends like it is in a lot of places here (I'm talking from the pov of someone from an area not too far away from real london so i get that this isnt the case everywhere lol) hugging requires a certain trust that the person you are hugging is doing anything nefarious with their hands - like stabbing you in the back for instance... so i like to think that in white london where trust is about as thin on the ground as magic, hugging is a massive declaration of trust in which you may as well tell the other you love them.

on an additional note it makes me wonder about what affections would be commonplace, would a kiss on the cheek be a more common greeting to someone you care for? would people give a short bow as a greeting towards an acquaintance? (both things very common in many places in this world too so not exactly strange?) or are people simply all-or-nothing with their affections, giving all their affection to one or two people who have their absolute trust and not showing any at all otherwise?

when it comes to greeting a stranger i was taught in my martial arts classes to introduce myself with both hands visible and to shake hands with both of my hands as a sign of respect within the culture so i wonder if that kind of action would be common in makt - dont hide your hands when trying to gain someones trust or they will think you are hiding something...

[leatherbookmark]

"modern au in which jgy is poor and oppressed" okay, i'm listening! "--and everyone feels bad for him and tries to help him, which is why everyone's shocked and hurt when their favourite Good Guy turns out to be a toxic and phony asshole who's been preying on their good instincts all along" insert that one gif of mark hamill yeeting the lightsaber away over his shoulder because that's precisely what i'm doing with your post/fic in my mind 😔

[daisiesonafield-blog]

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