#thank you bestie for the rec 🥰

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needed more lube because I'm almost out so I made a quick trip to the ✨store✨ and might've also used it as a good excuse to pick up some new toys and I'm so excited to try them 🙈🙈🙈

[fangirlwithasweettooth]

Jade this is AMAZINGGGG omg 🥹🥹🥴🥴 soft bestie Eddie my beloved <3 and you never miss with shy!reader characterizations!!!!

𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝? | 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧

Your best friend Eddie tries to explain what a hickey feels like and finds he doesn't have the words. He could show you, though, if you want? [3k] 

fem!reader, shy!reader, implied inexpereinced!reader, friends-to-lovers, pining, mdni heavy petting, hickeys, lots of hickeys, marking up, neck kissing, shoulder kissing, heat of the moment confessions, eddie being flirty but also a good friend, requested here

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Eddie strokes down the length of his guitar neck almost tenderly. You're focused on his hands rather than his mouth as he recounts last night's date to you, distracted by the deft movement of his fingers, which aren't exactly small. It's an oxymoron —paradoxical, even— that his thick fingers would move with such gentle precision. 

You shift around where you're sitting on his bedroom floor, criss-cross applesauce with an uncomfortable heat rising from the bottomless pit of your stomach to your tight collar. The white button up you'd worn under your sweater vest is a size too small. You're really starting to notice. 

You peel out of the vest and hope it'll help you calm down.

"She wasn't exactly sweet," Eddie says, plucking a string, listening to the sound, and tuning it this way or that depending on how he liked it. "I think she wanted to get it over with, which isn't really my thing. She was in my lap before I could make it clear I wasn't interested in anything quick." 

You lift your gaze from his hands. He must feel you watching his face. He looks up in tandem and smiles reassuringly. "It's fine. I kind of thought she was getting into it, she was like a vampire on me at one point, but I wasn't feeling it and it's clear she wasn't either. Drove her home. How was your night, d'you watch that tape?" 

You trace the coil of a black curl down to his shoulder, and can't force yourself to meet his eyes as you ask, "A vampire?" 

"What?" 

"She was like a vampire at one point, you said." Eddie's arm goes still. "What did you mean by that?" you ask.

He puts his guitar down on the floor. You worry you've said something truly dull for him to place his sweetheart in such a rush, but Eddie's like that. He can tell you're embarrassed no doubt, and he's giving you the answer to your question as swiftly as he can to soothe the wound. 

"Here, look," he says. He pushes his hair away from his neck on one side and tilts his head, bearing a wine-stained curve of skin to you unabashedly. "She kissed me. She gave me a hickey, used a lot of teeth. That's why it's bruised so much on the edges." 

Warmth you've never felt rushes in, like your blood has superheated, and it's written on your face. Eddie's room feels suddenly a thousand times smaller than before and more intimate, his poster wallpaper curving in, the space between you inching closer. 

"Sorry," he says, "I know it's kind of weird to show you." 

"No, I'm sorry," you say, mortified. "I shouldn't have asked you." 

"Yeah, you should. You didn't get it and now you do. I don't mind telling you." 

Eddie lets his hair fall back against his neck, a kinky curtain that looks ridiculously soft in the orangey light of his lamp. There's a butter smoothness to it, and the way he moves as he does is worse, his hand open and reaching for you. He doesn't hold your hand, doesn't even try, just lets his upturned palm hang off the edge of his knee as if to say, Ask me whatever it is you want to ask me. It's cool. 

"Why would she do that?" you ask, gesturing to your neck.

"It's not her fault, I was flirting with her a ton trying to make it work."

"Not like that." 

Eddie's hand turns toward his knee. "Like what?" 

Your hand drifts to your own neck absentmindedly. You get kissing, wanting to be kissed and wanting to give them. You understand why she kissed his neck; if you'd been in her position, alone in the car with Eddie laying his charm on thick, you might climb the console and push aside his hair too. 

"I know why she kissed you. I don't see why she…" You rub your lips together, your embarrassment turning sharp. You hate how humiliating this feels. "I know what a hickey is, Eds, but why would you want one?" 

His turn to fluster. The tiniest tinge of pink paints his cheeks. "Are you asking me why I enjoyed it?" 

"Did you?" 

You despise yourself, truly. Worse when Eddie laughs, his chest forward, hair falling in his face as he chuckles sincerely. 

"Yeah," he says, smiling at you "I liked it. Before she started trying to kill me I was having a good time." 

He doesn't put you through the agony of asking what you both know he wants to. 

You've never had one?

"It feels warm, and it's– you know how being kissed gives you butterflies, right? It's better than that. It's hot, and all her weight is on you and you have your hand on her back trying to pull her in, and she's as close as she can be without, you know." Something flickers across Eddie's face. Not longing, but a remembered pleasure. It makes you squirm. 

"I don't see how it doesn't just hurt." 

The hand that hadn't been reaching for you holds a pick. He flashes it between his fingers, a party trick, a nervous tic, his eyelashes tangling together as his eyelids inch closed. He scrunches his face up for a second. 

"Don't hate me if I ask you something weird," Eddie says, eyes shut tight. 

You don't think you could. You watch Eddie's face, knowing he can't see your analysis, and feel a shock of pins and needles in your hands when his eyes open and immediately lock on to yours. 

"Do you want me to give you one?" he asks. 

Your lips feel like they've been glued shut. You're aware of your breathing, how shallow each inhale has become, but you can't do anything about it. 

He has the decency to acknowledge what position his question puts you in, "I know it might be weird but I can't describe it to you if you don't know what it feels like." 

You surprise him. You surprise yourself. "Uh, yeah. Okay." 

"Yeah?" 

"It doesn't hurt?" 

"Not unless you want it to." A hint of a smirk plays on his lips, though it fades quickly. "It doesn't hurt. That's not the point. But it can feel… foreign." 

You nod jerkily, wishing you knew what to do. 

The atmosphere is thick enough to cut through. Neither of you like it. Eddie gives you another type of smile, a familiar one that says, I'm your best friend, I always will be, so please chill out. 

"You're gonna have to sit in my lap." 

You actually laugh. "Eddie," you chastise, thinking it's a bad joke. 

"Sorry, sweetheart, but it's that or the bed." His teasing tone is light, but he still adds, "I mean, we can do it sitting next to each other but it's difficult. Whatever you want, though." 

You climb up on your knees. You're shy, absolutely, you always will be and especially when Eddie's teasing, but he really is your best friend, and the bed isn't happening.

He doesn't scare you. 

He grins and ushers you toward him. "Alright, come here." He tugs one of your thighs over his lap and your breath catches. He grabs the other and any laughter between you abruptly dies. 

You settle over his lap with an expression not far from pained. Eddie's hands rest against your thigh and your hip. He has to look up at you now, and he does as he encourages your weight firmly downward. You're more than conscious of where you're positioned. 

"Do me a favour?" he asks. 

"Yeah." You put your hand on his chest tentatively. 

"Don't suffer through it if you hate it, okay? All you have to do is say something and I'll stop, but if you feel like you can't, a good right hook would work too." 

"I'm not gonna hurt you," you protest. 

"Me neither," he says. His hand lifts from your thigh to your neck, and he brushes his fingertips down the curve of it ineffectually. It would feel good if you weren't choking on air. "Relax, sweetheart. Please." 

"I'm really warm." 

"Your shirt's too tight anyway," he says, hand at your collar. He thumbs open your top button, a second, and exposes the flat of your chest. His fingers slide across your neck as he folds back your starched collar. They're cool compared to the raging heat he finds there. 

You take a deep breath. 

"You could put your hands in my hair," he says. Wishful thinking has hope colouring his tone. 

You put your hands on his shoulders. The very tips of your fingers partition his curls. 

He raises an arm above your mess of limbs to weave a hand behind your ear. It's then that you feel his callouses, so rough against the delicate skin of your scalp. Despite their texture, you find it feels good. He tucks his hand in tight, and slowly, slowly turns your head to the side. 

"Look up," he murmurs. 

You lift your head and stare at the ceiling with widened eyes. 

He can't know but he does, and he says, "Close your eyes." The heat of his breath kisses your neck.  

You shiver at the suggestion of his lips, and again when they press to your skin. Close-lipped, Eddie kisses the skin just under your ear where on the opposite side of your head his thumb strokes quarter circles. You're quickly overwhelmed by the duelling sensations. You don't notice his lips have parted until he's kissing a sloven path downward, his spit cooling in wake. 

This isn't a hickey, this is straight up kissing, and you don't know what to do with how you feel. You hide your hands in his hair. 

It tugs him forward. He reads your hands for enthusiasm, and if it is or isn't he pulls you closer still and opens his mouth against your skin. His teeth are impossible to ignore. 

Your hand works further into his hair, getting caught in a tangle as he sucks your skin between his lips. His lazy mouthing turns insistent but still gentle, his teeth scratching ever so slightly at your pulse as it capers beneath his ministrations. You gasp at the warmth blossoming under your ribs. You cup the back of his neck a touch too tight. 

He doesn't stop kissing you, only grabs your wrist to stop you from choking him out. You make a sound you've never made with him before, a mewl, all breathless and teary as the sensation worsens. Which is to say, betters. 

He breaks a particularly rough kiss to suck in breath, his nose sliding up the curve of your neck as he leans back. "You okay?" he murmurs, half-lidded eyes locking onto your flushed face. 

"Why does it feel like that?" you ask. 

He drops his head, his nose level with your chin. "I don't know," he says, punctuating with a kiss right there, the closest bit of skin he can find. "Want me to do it again?" 

You swallow and he must see it. He says nothing, wrapping his arms around your waist as he waits for you to respond. Your stomach pushes into his, your arms braced on his shoulder so you don't collapse into his front, limp with touch. 

"Sweetheart, can I do it again?" he asks.

"Yeah," you say, quiet but enthusiastic. "Please." 

He's slower this time. Eddie leans into your neck and doesn't kiss you at first, his lips so close to your skin that you can feel their phantom. You skin tingles from his previous scandalising, and it doesn't beg, skin can't beg, but you can, you curl your arm behind his neck and hook his head there, crushing his hair to the crook of your arm. He doesn't take much convincing beyond that. His lips smush against your neck and you feel every millimetre as they part, heat and warmth and wet spreading like budding flowers come to bloom. You melt into him soon after, and Eddie takes your weight in stride, hand at the small of your back and pulling you in so hard you can feel his ribs. 

When you think you're used to it —not used to it, but expecting what can be expected— Eddie nips you. Tiny dainty kisses broken up with a nibbling you'd couldn't describe as anything but playful. He laughs at your gasping and does it again, again, giddy hot laughter mixed with one of the strangest feelings you've ever been subjected to. You're molten. You're dizzy with it.

Eddie pulls back enough to ask, "I'm gonna undo another button, okay? Just one. Is that alright?" 

"What for?" 

"So I can kiss your shoulder. Just your shoulder." He sounds pleading, desperately excited in a way you've never heard him and you want to know what it'll feel like, so you let him. 

This next button unveils the top of your bra and the soft hills of your breasts. He doesn't look, barely glances at his hand as he tugs your shirts down your arm, diving into the juncture of your neck like he needs it to breathe. His kisses are proper compared to some of the stuff he's been doing, but then he opens his mouth and the flat of his tongue wets your skin as he kisses kisses kisses down your shoulder. His hand is somewhere under your shirt, fingers slipped under your bra strap and pulling teasingly at the elastic as he eases you down in his arms. You're shorter than him where you'd started taller, totally compressed in his arms and at his mercy.

When he pulls back, the slimmest ribbon of spit shines between your shoulder and his lips. He wipes his face with the back of his hand, his eyes glassy, and that hand cups your face. He pretty much grabs you, but there's not a lick of cruelty in his touch. Eddie's rough. Never cruel. 

"You're on fire," he says. It's objective rather than joking. "You're so hot. Do you want to stop?" 

"Not– not unless you want to," you say, trying to quieten your breathing. You sound like you've run a marathon. It feels like it. 

"I'm gonna give you a real one, cool?" 

"I didn't know they weren't real." 

"Oh, sweetheart," he says, and his eyes are damning, a loving pity in the black of his blown pupils, "I was just warming you up." 

Your mind blanks. 

"Make sure I can hide it," you say. 

You aren't thinking straight, concerned about hiding his hickeys but not what this means for the two of you. His unexpected hunger, and your willingness to let him eat you whole. 

"I don't think you can hide it anymore," he says, stroking your cheek with his thumb. 

You look down at his lips. They're rosy, swollen from the pressure.

He sees you looking. 

He yanks you in by the waist and sizes you up, almost, like he's calling your bluff, not spiteful but something mean about him as he stares at your mouth in return. 

Like he doesn't want you to make the mistake. Like he knows you won't. 

His hand tips your chin up high and he ducks his own down. An inch and you'd be kissing. That's all it would take.

"Is that really what you want?" he asks.

"I don't know," you say. Is it what he wants?

It has to be. 

"Have you wanted to, before?" He draws a line down your cheek with his marriage finger. Fast as a heavy tear. "You want me to kiss you?" 

"Yeah," you whisper, trying to make sense of this, your sudden confession, a secret want pushed into the light. 

Eddie turns his hand and strokes down your cheek with the back of it, pushing any dampened baby hairs away from your skin. His gaze softens. 

"Was that so hard?" he asks. 

"You knew?"

He kisses you. He's smiling, and he doesn't take just one. He must kiss you four or five times, your lips parted enough to know he could push it further if he wanted, but he doesn't. These kisses are unhurried, missing the ravenous passion of his hickeying but not the fondness. 

"You don't know how hard it is," he says after he's broken away, his forehead tipped against yours, "how hard it is to have someone look at you like you look at me everyday, like I'm something you can't have." 

"I didn't know–" you knew. You felt the same. His kissing is evidence alone. it's confessional.

"I know. Guess I thought nothing good would come of it, but– but I don't want good. I want you." 

He pulls back quickly, like you've said something confessional rather than him. He surprised himself. 

"I'm not good?" you ask. 

"You're good. You'll ruin me, that's all." 

You don't have time to ask him what he means by that. He kisses you again, kisses your cheek, draws a line of crescent moons down along your neck to the mess he's made of you. He kisses– he sucks your neck so hard, so sudden, that goosebumps erupt and you can't stop yourself from saying, "Ohh," as you cling to his shoulders. 

This is the vampire thing he'd talked about, the points of his teeth stark against your skin even now. There's another layer of vulnerability unveiled here, knowing that he could really hurt you and knowing he never would. He kisses you until you're overwhelmed by him. Heat everywhere. Sweat shining on your skin. You don't want anything else but this.

You squeak as the pressure turns from pleasurable to too much. Eddie hears the pain in it and pulls away, instantly sorry and willing to prove it, his hands cradling your face. 

You pant. He shushes you gently.

"Sorry, baby." He pets your cheeks. 

Your head falls back, too heavy on your sore neck. You feel wiped. 

Wiped, but good. Lax. 

"That was nice," you say breathlessly. 

Eddie sits up and drags you with him, hand behind your neck to prop you up. He's laughing again, his awful sweet laugh that you've heard a thousand times before. It never fails to make you smile. 

"You're like a dead fish." 

You cover an eye with your hand. "I take it the romance is over." 

"You thought that was romantic? Babe, I'm only getting started." 

Eddie gives you a quick peck. Where his hickey had felt like the heart of a star growing hotter with each passing second, his smaller kiss feels like the sun through blinds, a dappling of warmth. 

"Are you messing with me?" you ask.

He pushes his arms over your shoulders for a hug. 

"No. Not messing with you." His nose rubs against the shell of your ear. "It's about time we talked." 

You let your hand drift down the dip of his back.

"Okay," you mumble. Talking. You need to talk about whatever it is that just happened. 

"...Maybe I'll get you a glass of water first," he adds.

"That's a good idea." 

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Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed, and if you did, please consider letting me know/reblogging, it means the world to me and makes a big difference!! ♡ NOTE: Eddie def pines back if that isn't fully clear, I tried to imply it with his date where he could've hooked up with someone but didn't go through with it, it was cos he's too in lurve

[akajustmerry]

Hi

1 love your blog and podcast

2 I’m really enjoying your weekly Palestinian film recs

3. Do you have more recommendations for Arab and Middle Eastern cinema ?

Thank you ☺️

helloooooo, thank you 🥰 I have a whole sideblog which I don't promote enough called @swanasource where I and my co-mod @thatidomagirl frequently post middle eastern/SWANA film and films made by swana filmmakers in the film tag here:

I myself am still on my journey of watching more swana films (and non-english and non-Western films) so I won't claim to be any sort of exhaustive expert. but here are some of my favourites!

Salt of this Sea (2008). Dir. Annemarie Jacir. Palestinian film about a Palestinian-American woman heisting an Israeli bank

The Persian Version (2023). Dir. Maryam Kershavez. Comedy about an Iranian-American lesbian who gets pregnant after a one night stand and so decides to learn more about her family history.

Kedi (2016). A calming and beautiful Turkish documentary about the cats of Istanbul

Ali's Wedding (2017). A rom-com about an Iraqi-Australian Muslim who falls in love with the Lebanese girl from his mosque who's helping him get into med school.

The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020). Tunisian thriller about a syrian refugee who agrees to let his back be tattooed and be part of a living exhibition by a notorious artist so he can get a visa.

Sirens (2020). A documentary about the queer Lebanese all-girl metal band, Slave To Sirens, set around the Beirut explosion.

In Vitro (2019). A short Palestinian sci-fi film about an elderly woman in an underground bunker trying to describe the world before to a young woman who's only ever known the bunker.

Cairo Time (2009). Dir. Ruba Nadda. Look, this film isn't perfect but It's about a white American woman who's husband is a UN worker in Egypt. She goes to visit him in Cairo, but her husband is waylaid so he sends his bestie played by the beautiful Alexander Siddig to take her around Cairo and oh my GOD the romantic tension of this movie keeps me up at night.

Butterflies (2018). One of my fave movies ever. A Turkish comedy about 3 estranged siblings who have to take a chaotic road trip to fulfil their father's last wishes.

[saturnskyline]

fic authors self rec! when you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. spread the self-love~<333333

🥰🥰🥰 thank you babs!! i really appreciate it <333

this is actually very easy for me, since i only have five fics on ao3 lol. that being said, i can now advertise them all hehe

you're everything, my perception of love

kinnporsche the series, vegas/pete, oneshot, rated t, 3.8k

simple summary: pete doesn't safeword when he should have and drops, but vegas is able to help him and they work through things together <3 featuring shibari as a calming mechanism, mild angst, and post-canon hurt/comfort

this was my first fic on ao3 and the first time i'd written for a long time, and it's still one that i'm really proud of 🥹 i was pretty nervous to post it but i actually think it's pretty good. also fairly self-indulgent if we're being real lol

i'll water you carefree, i'll rise you up high as the sun

kinnporsche the series, vegas/pete, oneshot, rated t, 2.8k

simple summary: post-canon vegas grows a garden and has feelings about it. featuring food as a metaphor for love and vegas mom lore (sorely needed)

pure brainrot that i tried my best to work into a character study lol. can't take credit for the concept whatsoever but i wanted to write my own take on the gardener vegas agenda and this was it!

just a ghost in your eye

dexter, dexter & brian, oneshot, rated m, 1.8k

simple summary: just dexter being introspective about his brother and his future. we love a vibes-based fic in this household!

shocked myself by not only writing more than two fics, but writing one for a separate fandom haha. just goes to show that murderous brothers with a complicated bond will always have my heart

in your dreams (i'm all you see)

kinnporsche the series, vegas/pete, multichapter, rated e, 8.5k

simple summary: vegas suggests somno stuff one day, pete agrees, and then it escalates from there, aka sleep deprivation leading to more somno stuff

i wrote this for nevertheless/nev_longbottom, my beloved bestie, as part of the hedgehog server winter exchange of 2023 :) definitely my biggest fic accomplishment yet, since i had neither attempted smut nor a multichaptered work before, but i am very proud of how it turned out! also just very fun to let these two be as unhinged as possible lol

found my place in a twisted rib cage

kinnporsche the series, vegas/pete/macau, oneshot, rated e, 9.9k

simple summary: macau gets home one night and walks in on vegas and pete having a Moment, with pete in subspace...... and then it all goes down (figuratively and literally)

shared most of this via bursts of 2am inspiration with my dear discord besties and was beyond taken aback that it became fully realized 😭 but yet another work that i am proud of! hopped aboard the smut express and promptly crashed into the incest ravine. if you will. might even become a series?? who knowssss

[pointyobjects]

Chapter 14 was soooo good 🥹 I was finally able to make an account n t on there so i subscribed to you yesterday 🥰 and reread FWFB in the meantime. Outside of yours, it’s so hard find many good quality KogKag fics 😭💔

Thank you! The final chapters are among some of my favorite writing that I've done, and I hope you enjoy them! Thank you for subscribing, and I would love to turn you on to some of my favorite Kag/Kog fics by some authors who have inspired me!

All That Glitters by @nikkxb

Listen. LISTEN. I can't get enough of this story. It is so good. I read this probably once a month, because its SO STINKING GOOD. There's mutual pining, mistaken identities, Kagome and Inuyasha being BESTIES, a masked party, fancy dresses, MUTUAL PINING. Such a treasure. Such a treat.

Sweet Medicine by MissMadScientist

This story is so good, and it's not done yet, so stick around. Fated Mates, Kagome as a Veterinarian, Pack Lore, so many good things. And the smut is top tier. I love it.

visible light spectrum by beckawrites

Okay. OKAY. There's no reason for this story to be this good. There is no reason. It's a one shot, but literally, so refreshing. The writer's voice is just...just go read it. I feel like a cloud whenever I read their words. So beautiful. Can't say enough good things.

I have more recs! Hope you like these!!

[greenlandpissshark]

Hey bestie, I kinda wanna get into the bathroom family but idk where to start, kinda figured that you're the person to ask

Omg yessss

Ok im assuming u mean the bat family obvi but ignore this if im wrong 💀.

I first got into it, as I think is true for a lot of ppl, through the 2003 animated Teen Titans series (which totally holds up by the way and is worth the watch!) Robin (Dick Grayson) is the team leader and it’s a great way to get to know him as a leader and almost-solo hero. The show is set in his teens during a period in which he is estranged from Batman and Gotham due to a series of fights with his mentor/father/partner (their dynamic is complicated), so you don’t see the Bat or his city at all. Frankly this is likely partially a legal thing with the show, but it’s also a period in which Dick is really finding himself as a hero outside of the sidekick-gig so he’s angsty and rejecting his previous life, making this a super approachable depiction bc u don’t need background info.

If you’re looking to understand Batman and Robin as a dynamic duo (which is important bc it’s the basis of the family structure) the older movies, BTAS, and the og comics are great for that.

The comics get complicated bc each “age” of comics has a different tone, art style, philosophy, creative team, and understanding of the characters so it’s def the most intimidating place to start.

I’m not sure how much you already know about Batman, but if you have read Year One or have a solid knowledge of his early years with and without Robin (dick Grayson) then the next most important family events center on Robin #2 (Jason) and his death and resurrection.

Death in the Family and Under The Red Hood are comics and movies that explain a lot of the thornier dynamics and conflicts btw the Bat and his kids. The early conflicts between Dick and Bruce and then Jason and Bruce hugely influence every other relationship and connection in the family.

Honestly, reading a summary of who each core family member is, their origin stories, and their relationships is enough to start reading fanfiction, which is some of the richest media out there. Lots of it is ooc, of course, but so are a lot of the comics 🤷🏽‍♀️. I find that once you have the knowledge to be able to spot glaring mistakes and avoid fics that truly misinterpret the characters, most fan works treat the characters with more nuance faith and love than DCs rotating cast of writers (with a few notable exceptions, of course).

I’d be super happy to give a summary of each character + their origins + some aspects of their dynamics and/or rec some beginner-friendly fic.

TLDR: There’s really no good or “right” place to start, you just jump in and start treading water until you learn how to swim 😅

Lmk @freezi-drink ! And thanks for asking bestie 🥰

[always-ascending]

Tagged by @mottles in a few fun tag games. Thank you! 🥰

Tagging, to do one, two, all, with no obligations to do any: @gresit @henricavyll @deforest @talesfromthecrypts @hayaomiyazaki @mikaeled @acecroft @madeline-kahn @anthonysperkins @netals @stars-bean @tomshiddles @leotanaka

First up, the cat picrew.

squish, squish Here's my kitteh:

Next up, the cosmos persona.

Nebula is mopey looking cos look who the besties are... 👀😂

The tag game of no name:

Last song listened to: Indila - Dernière danse

Favorite colors: green, orange, luminescent yellow

Currently watching: Doctor Who, idk what's next on the list, any recs?

Current obsession: It's gardening season 🌸🌱🌻

Last thing Googled: Why does emoji box flash on screen and disappear on OS Sonoma

[wheresarizona]

Question Time!!

What are three of your favorite movies?

What are two books you always recommend to others?

What is one life lesson you want to teach other people?

Answer time!!

Three favorite movies: Mamma Mia, The Emperor’s New Groove, and Return of the Jedi.

Two books: this is embarrassing, but I haven’t read a book in literal years, so imma rec a couple of my fav fics that are completed and book length.

Oblivius by @juletheghoul. The fic that made us besties and that we still talk on a daily basis about. It’s Frankie Morales/Reader

Lie to Me by @iamskyereads. One of my fav Javier Peña fics and so fucking good.

Life Lesson: It’s better to be alone than in a relationship with someone you don’t love.

I wasn’t the girl growing up that boys/girls liked in a romantic way, so by the time I was 18 I had this deep, deep fear that I was going to end up alone. This led to me marrying the first person who showed me any kind of interest and that will always be the biggest mistake I ever made. I was miserable for over twelve years and experienced some of the darkest times of my life.

I’ve thrived since I became single again, though, and I’m no longer scared of being alone, I actually prefer it. 🥰🥰🥰

Thank you for the questions!!

[askinkiskarma]

ANDRA BESTIE!!!!! congratulations on 3k bb!!!! you are so wonderful and talented <3 i am so happy that you reached another milestone seriously i can’t believe you have 3k followers like imagine being in a room with 3k people and they’re all there for you i feel like ive witnessed your account and your writing grow/evolve in real time ever since illicit affairs omggg it’s crazy like just seeing the difference between then and now AHAHAH but anyway you truly deserve it for being such a talented writer, but also such a kind person who always radiates happiness and positivity!! you are like a little ball of light!! while your followers mean a lot to you, YOU also mean a lot to us 💖 thank you for all the effort and time you put into this fandom and into creating such beautiful fanfics!!! seriously i can’t stress it enough!! i love love love everything you post even if it absolutely breaks my heart and makes me cry. you are literally a pillar for the avatar tumblr community 😩and im so happy to have met you, i love talking to you, getting to know you, and sharing our song recs together 🥹 ILYYY MY QUEEN!!! can’t wait to see your grow even more and im excited for what’s to come 🥰

not you literally making me cry while i'm trying to do a boring ass presentation, this is unheard of!!!!

kENDRA!!! you know, yesterday i was looking at your reblog of illicit affairs and you saying that you read it from the first day it was posted and it made me so so emotional, if anyone knows what i've been through and how i've grown on this platform, it's you, and i rememeber EVERY ONE of your comments on illicit affairs and the archer and i have them all saved and i still look at them from time to time. you genuinely were and continue to be one of the main reasons i'm here and i work so hard to want to grow and produce better writing, because i feel so grateful and appreciative of you and i love you so so much. you were the first person to annotate my fics, and probably the first person to want to befriend me and talk to me and i will never be able to thank you enough :(((

ily so so much, thank you so much and i will forgive you for making me cry bc i made you cry too so it's only fair hahhaha

[azsazz]

Bestie, I’ve got some book recs for you.

Anything by my queen Maggie Gates

I definitely recommend the what hurts us series and the 100 lifetimes of us.

I also recommend my queen Meghan Quinn, particularly Dear Life (the ending ripped my heart out), highland Fling, and her duets series (also were beautiful)

I ALSO recommend any book by my queen Mariana Zapata, the queen of slow burn, particularly Kulti, The Wall of Winnipeg and me, and Wait for it.

Honorable mention for T.J. Klune and his book The House in the Cerulean Sea, as well as Emma Slate’s Tarnished Angel series (morally gray motorcycle men who fall hard and don’t cheat)

I have more… but I’ll leave you with those

Oh I'm always looking for books to add to my tbr so thank you so much for sending these my way!! Looking forward to reading them 🥰

[fuckyeahdindjarin]

congrats, beloved! 😍

this is such a fun idea, and i'm going to be greedy and choose three emojis!

🏅 ✍🏼 💎

Thank you bestie! And YES please be as greedy as you like 😉

🏅 Top three: I've done a poll some time ago, but I want to know - who are your top three underrated Pedro boys?

✍🏼 Oh my gosh I'm so psyched I get to ask you writing questions, so I'm going to be greedy now and ask you two:

Which fic of yours is your favourite, and why?

You've written so prolifically for Din, how did you find it writing for Joel? What was your process getting into him as a character?

💎 Hidden gem: Mari @mandosmistress is a hidden gem in that I don't see her very often around the fandom anymore, but I absolutely adore her Din stories! Here's her masterlist:

If you have a hidden gem rec, please do share as well 🥰

Fuck Yeah 3k Reverse Sleepover

[mobius-m-mobius]

to the other anon, watch starsky & hutch… imo it’s underrated and has super rom com-y vibes (to me). also meet the fockers or whatever the first one is called because even though he’s not in it that much, the cable knit sweater he’s wearing makes it all worth it. this is ju by the way ok bye~

Yesssssssss bestie I already thought it was you just seeing Starsky & Hutch and the cable knit sweater mentioned because your taste is impeccable and you're right as usual so thanks for saying it 😂💖

Wanted to mention those in the rec list soooo bad plus Life Aquatic and Minus Man too but kept trying to hold back from listing like... every other movie he's ever done?? In reality though underrated with super rom com-y vibes describes so much of his work and we all need more of that energy in our lives so really why not indulge as much as possible! If you asked which Owen movie is someone's very fav you'd get a different answer from each person and I think that's beautiful 🥰

[seedlessmuffins]

Rules : 🎶 when you get this, list 5 songs you’ve been listening to & tag 5-10 people.

tagged by the lovely @krocodilf (literally you have me like 😊🥰🥹 bestie omg!)

Can't Get You out of my Head by Kylie Minogue: 2001 pop that reminds me of my childhood, kinda a mix between lofi and pop that makes me dance in my chair when i am writing papers

Telephone by Lady Gaga and Beyonce: i live on a university campus so i walk everywhere, and this song is perfect for walking to and i just love mid-2000s pop, always makes me feel better

Borderline by Tame Impala: i have seen so many edits to this song (especially of leo going to pissg) so i like to sit and stare at walls and think about the silly sports people while i listen to the synth and the strong bass line. it makes you feel like you're in an alternate reality

Death of the Phone Call by Whatever Dad: calm french music with acoustic guitar >>> i like to listen to this while im studying, its like a comfort song for me, feels like a warm hug (and Whatever Dad is so underrated, even if you don't like/understand french it is so sweet, like a lullaby i love it). ii name all my playlists after drinks, and this is in my "butterfly peaflower tea" playlist that i use to fall asleep with

Tonight - Quintet from West Side Story and One Day More from Les Miserables: i love musicals, and west side story and les mis are two of my favs. these songs in particular are the end of act i, all storylines collide songs where all the characters sing at the same time and its just this pleasing wall of sound that makes me melt! truly exposing myself as a theatre kid here but i think the fact i run a blog about athletes makes up for it

again thank you to nikka for the tag, and if any of you @neybappe @neyxmessi @dykemar @lioneymessilva @ksiminii want to do this, feel free because i would love music recs!

[rinadragomir]

Hi!!

Some music recs for you bestie ( part 1) . I'm not sure what kind you like so they are super varied

1. I love this song so much literally one of my best memories from last year depends on it.

2. This song is literally my will to live istg. What wouldn't I do to listen to 556773 other songs with the same vibe. And the music video is literally a piece of art . It was shot in one take and has like 100 background actors.

3. Single (double) handedly the reason why Lorde will make my Spotify wrapped this year

4. This one literally gives off Matthew and James vibes. The chorus literally translates to ' Are you listening? I'm crying. Are you listening? Why am I crying'

5. This one makes me cry so much. It is the only reason for my anxiety. Literally hits so freaking hard.

6. The only two raps I can stand. The first one is also kinda inspiring

7. Super sweet love song from an otherwise shitty movie. (I haven't watched it just heard bad things)

8. The music video made me laugh so hard.

MUSIC RECS🥹✨🌼

Thank you so much bestie ^-^ I'm gonna listen them all right now🥰

[cariantha]

Hii 🥰

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖

Hi PR!💜💜💜

This is so hard! I definitely have more than five favorites. I guess it depends on what kind of mood I'm in.🤔 I've written a lot more since I answered this earlier in the year. So here’s what I'd go with today:

Allergic to You

Bad Dream

Accidental Valentine

The Long Way Home🔥

A Kiss on the Hand (series)

Thanks for tagging me, bestie! Love ya!💕

[photogirl894]

Fanwork creators self rec! When you get this, reply with your five favorite fics/art/podfics/etc. that you've made, then pass on to others. Let’s spread the self-love!🌸💙

Thanks, bestie!! 💜

1. Well, I gotta shout out "Sun and Rain", the biggest OC fic I've honestly ever written and I'm super proud of 😊

2. "Fake Boyfriend 2.0", a rewrite of a Crosshair fic I did, but I reused the same concept for Hunter (per a request)

3. "An Order from a Princess", one of my Clone x Reader oneshots with Hunter

4. "Reunited", another Clone x Reader oneshot of Echo reuniting with Fives and (the team-up you and I did 🥰)

5. "IronStar", my newest fic for the "Fairy Tail" fandom with Gajeel and an OC. It's only got one chapter, but I'm super excited for it and I'm proud of my first chapter!