#sometimes it’s not actually enemies to lovers

[notadryseatinthehouse]

The sub-categories of enemies-to-lovers, on a scale of “enemies-to-lovers is an accurate description” to “this should probably not qualify as enemies-to-lovers”:

I hate you because we are actually sworn enemies, from warring kingdoms, clans, families, tribes, ideologies, or other social demarcations…but now, in the face of everything I know and hold dear, I love you.

I hate you because you once did great harm to myself and/or someone I love…but now, despite the pain you caused, I understand you better and love you.

I hate you because we were once lovers and you betrayed me…but now, you have made appropriate amends and we have both grown as people, and I love you.

I hate you because I have a bias, or have heard a rumor about you, that makes me hate you…but now, having learned more about you, I have learned that I was wrong and now I love you.

I hate you because we are trapped together in circumstances that I detest and I wish so badly I was in different circumstances that I hate you by default…but I have since discovered that I can trust you, and now I love you.

I hate you because we have been acquainted or even friends for a very long time and shit-talking and/or pranks have long been our way of showing our affection…but now I am no longer being an idiot and I realize that I love you.

I hate you because I’m sexually attracted to you and that’s annoying. Aaaand now we’re fucking. And oh whoops I guess I love you, yikes, how did that happen?

[gncrezan]

@chrysanthemumgames celebrates four years so here i am, forcing everyone to see all the various playthroughs i have ! thank you, as always, for a game that i adore to little pieces <3

(well to be more accurate i'm drawing 75 but still)

[astarlightmonbebe]

dohan is really out here living in a high stakes thriller while jihan and ajeong try out an enemies to lover romcom

[druckkugelschreiber]

Why, yes, I am totally not normal about this, thanks for asking. I'm actually screaming. This whole conversation had me screaming!!!!

[rbbess110]

guys do you remember any ideas from when you were a kid/were only beginning the writer journey that would be technically considered "cringe" or "stupid" but brings a smile to your face still?? like damn it does not make sense now but i had so much fun with it. be it an oc, world you've created, plot idea you loved. tell me about it

[seiwas]

i hate how smart gojo is cos as much as i'd want to hate him for it i'd actually find him so attractive lmao

[ramveins]

Whenever I see tweets like the one below, I get so confused because it feels like people just want to move the Overton window over but for... writing tropes? Instead of simply picking a less extreme trope to read from???

(Also the implication that people who read more "problematic" types of e2l stories must love oppressors and bullies in real life is a little... 😬)

^My badly done visualization for reference that does Not include all forms of (thing)-to-lovers just fyi lol

[not-poignant]

Daily excerpt from Underline the Black 69:

‘We should talk about some things,’ Gary said. ‘Yeah,’ Efnisien said. Gary’s arm was around his shoulders and Efnisien felt cocooned. Was it okay to feel…warm and soft, after everything that just happened? What did it mean to take responsibility for his actions? How would he know when he was doing it right? ‘Do you regret not saying the safeword?’ Efnisien pressed his lips together. He didn’t want to admit that he didn’t hate it. Of course it was overwhelming, terrifying, and it had been painful in places, and Efnisien’s fingers hooked into the hem of the blanket and finally he shook his head. ‘If you do, you can tell me,’ Gary said. ‘At any time, you can tell me. There’s no time limit on telling me you didn’t like it.’

[volivolition]

Can I get some Message to All Bitches: Please Survive for WIP Wednesday? (if there's nothing you can share without spoilers, then I am also intrigued by Unstoppable Force)

oh yeah can't share the specifics of this but know that i've finally figured out the wording and results of a very significant VisCal check in Message Please Survive in honor of you hkjhg <3 instead, you get these two uncommunicative idiots from Unstoppable Force <3

VOLITION turns at the squeak of a chair pulling up next to him, and immediately wishes he hadn’t – Electrochemistry.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY sits back, cocking an eyebrow at his full name – Crownhead.

VOLITION tries not to shift in his seat. It has never been unusual for skills to shuffle around the table throughout the day. Logic will move to discuss something with Interfacing, Suggestion will slide over to sit with Savvy, and even Empathy likes to sit next to him sometimes at the head of the table. This is no different. It can't be any different – What is it?

[finalgirlwave]

omg too bad im stupid and can’t flesh out my thoughts very well because i’ve come to the conclusion redemption arcs must fundamentally be uncomfortable or they’re not true redemption arcs

[9ofspades]

Took me forever to realize “enemies-to-lovers” was actually two separate tropes. Can we come up with separate names for them? Like there’s a huge difference between “opposite sides of a battlefield” and “I hate you because you said something rude to me at a party”. And the latter isn’t necessarily “rivals-to-lovers”, because there isn’t always a rivalry. Sometimes they just kind of hate each other until they get to know each other better.

[fouroddapples]

Restarting a 100k+ word fic that you already know you love, but it’s been long enough that you only remember the gist of it + that you loved it, is truly one of the most joyful moments a fandom-obsessed autist can experience

[foxmulderautism]

postgrad preptober

[llycaons]

a lot of talk in those tags about 'friends to lovers' and 'enemies to lovers' and which is better like please release yourselves from these bonds, there are bad and good examples of every trope and writing device under the sun and the inclusion one over the other can be a personal preference but it means nothing about the quality of the relationship or the work

[crossbackpoke-check]

wait you got me so invested in the stammer & heddy tailor au....

this is my standard disclaimer that i have never posted a fic on ao3* and for however much i say “au” i truly mean that it’s a universe that lives in my head & i am absolutely delighted to tell you all about, all the time <3 if it helps i ALSO got me so invested in the heddy & stammer tailor au

ok now that the author’s note is out of the way here’s some notes about the not!fic heddy & stammer tailor au:

stammer as the tailor from gent’s playbook, very reserved, quiet, with an excellent eye for details (honestly the evidence i have for his style sense is just that he’s best friends with pk subban so it has to be there somewhere if only by proxy irl) is hired by victor hedman, star of the tampa bay lightning who is every other tailor’s nightmare to dress (huge, opinionated, fashionable)

heddy is decently well-known throughout the league for being very well-dressed & becomes quietly well known for also being one of his new tailor’s favorite loyal customers [heddy has the nicest fabrics. he has his suits the first day a new collection drops & e v e r y o n e is jealous]

stammer’s business booms after heddy takes a chance on him as his first big client & promotes him, heddy sees him grow in popularity & get more clients

heddy also moonlights as a model for stammer’s suits on instagram, initially to help him grow his business because then he won’t have to pay for a model and then because he’s over there all the time anyway because they’re dating (that’s why the model’s face is never in the pictures)

there’s not really a plot to this besides the vague idea of a plot where stammer makes heddy his lucky suit that he wins the cup in & sews a special little tag into the lining of his jacket that says i love you

because love sometimes is picking out the perfect right color pocket square to match your husband’s beautiful suit that you fitted like a kiss to the curves of his huge body

& also sometimes love is making your beautiful husband who makes you beautiful clothing enjoy nice things for himself once in a while, like the fancy watch you bought him or the nice suit you custom-ordered for him (from him) just so you could take it off of him

[thatwitchrevan]

I disagree that fictional ships have to be toxic to be spicy cause there's all kinds of conflict and fun dynamics and kinky shit or cute and hilarious shit you can add to your pairing without them being at each other's throats or something

But also I think toxic blorbos trying to relationship us very very funny.