#sometimes i wake up early

[abyssmita]

Taking a drop year has one pro and that's listening to the kalesh that goes on in the house early morning when your little sibling gets ready for school as you snuggle deeper into your pillow 💗

[xx-j4nu5-c4t5-xx]

pascal and nervous in bert and ernie's sweaters

this was supposed to be a joke post but the demons took hold of me and now it's a fully finished drawing

[stars-n-spice]

Thinking about clones either makes me:

Super giddy and happy

Absolutely and utterly devastated and broken hearted, full on sobbing on the floor, shaking and trembling

Horny as fuck

[bethanydelleman]

I think I figured out the problem with the Enemies to Lover's trope, it has a bimodal distribution. Let me explain!

Most tropes have a normal distribution:

I hypothesize that with EtoL, there is very little middle ground. This is a bimodal distribution:

You either do EtoL well and join the ranks of the immortals, or you crash and burn. I've discussed previously what makes EtoL work, but there seem to be a lot of traps for writers to fall into when it comes to this trope. For example:

the turn being based too heavily on lust (common JAFF trap)

never fully establishing the enemies phase

insufficient apology on one side (almost always the man's) which makes the other's acceptance unsatisfying

the pair have the communication skills of a newborn baby (ei: the misunderstanding could be fixed with a single sentence)

one side is a real asshole but it's excused because of TRAUMA

growth is ignored in favour of acceptance (can work, usually doesn't)

Relationship is clearly toxic, above and beyond the extenuating circumstances/magical premise (The problem isn't that Edward is a vampire, that's part of the premise. The problem is his disregard for Bella's autonomy)

One side gives in because the other is too obsessed with them

Once Upon a Time flew by having Hook feel meaningful remorse for his past actions (the scene with the Little Mermaid got me so good) and establishing begrudging respect between him and Emma, The Mindy Project crashed and burned by not showing sufficient growth in Danny (does he respect her career now or are they just horny?). Parks and Recreation got it by making the leads both good people who just got on each other's nerves because they had different valid approaches. I think Brooklyn 99 is one of those rare mediocre ones, because the enemy stage isn't fully established but the relationship is still satisfying. The Kdrama Alchemy of Souls got it right by having both main characters display an impressive amount of personal growth, while 100 Days My Prince burned because it relied too heavily on obsession and trauma excusing behaviour.

Pride & Prejudice and Much Ado About Nothing show that the beginning dynamic can be completely different, old antagonists vs. first impressions, but the trope can still work if it's done right. The problem is that it's so often done wrong.

So when it's good, it's SO GOOD, when it's bad, it sucks.

[thebigchips]

He had a long day at school

[fadelbison]

ANON I AM SCREAMING I CANT BELIEVE YOU SENT ME AN ASK ABOUT THE VIDEO

you dont understand there's no give me your delulu thoughts about this I am straight up just writing fanfic and not just any fanfic THE fanfic my FK canon universe that ive been chipping away at for years HELPPPPP

[softerhaze]

idk if it was the venus retrograde or what, but july 2023 was quite literally the worst month i've ever experienced in my life like.....every single day? awful? worse than the last? it's more likely than u think

[alackofghosts]

they're so silly 🥹

[irl-marlenemckinnon]

What the fuck is the point of sleeping aids if I wake up at 5 am for no fucking reason?

[shewhoeatssand]

they are similar

[liquidstar]

good morning :)

[cuthbertimus]

I live in the UK and suffer from a 9-5 so watching FH: JY when it comes out (midnight) is a challenge, I have to do it the next day after a full day workday, which means I'm barred from tumblr lest there be spoilers for a WHOLE day and I don't know what to do on my lunch break

you want me to touch grass? go outside? read a book? on fantasy high release day?? youe fooule

[miss--river]

jori is the most clumsy when right when she wakes up. she's wobbly, she trips over things, and she almost walks into stuff all the time. if someone saw her without knowing she just woke up they'd think she's drunk lmao

[peri]

went to bed at a reasonable hour for the first time in a week then slept in til 3:30pm. you have got to be kidding me

[discovering-myself-here]

Aug 6 2024

8:43 a.m

[felixravinstills]

i feel like I've been so harsh on Felix lately, so I need to let everyone know that everyday, on top of all the psychological torture I put him through, I am also giving him a hug and little forehead kiss...

We're also mentally having a sad, pathetic knife fight, inflicting so many non-lethal wounds to each other, but you know...