#they are so TENDER I am LOOKING
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the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.
sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.
you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.
it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.
but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.
they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.
they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.
barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.
and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.
but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.
they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!
this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.
#this shifts gender so much bc it actually affects everyone#yes it's a gendered phenomenon. i have written a LOT about how different genders experience it. that's for a different post.#writeblr#ps my comments about seeing someone cry -- this is not to shame any person#and on this blog we support workers.#at the same time it's a really hard experience to see someone that looks like you. clearly in agony. and have them forced to keep going.#when you're young it doesn't necessarily look like acting. it looks scary. and that's what this is about - the fact that teens#have likely already been exposed to that definition of things. because the internet exists#and without the context of healthy education. THAT is the image burned into their minds about what it looks like.#it's also just one of those personal nuanced biases -#at 19 i thought it was normal to be in pain. to cry. to not-like-it. that it should be perfunctory.#it was what i had seen.#and it didn't help that my religious upbringing was like . 'yeah that's what you get for premarital. but also for the reference#we do think you should never actually enjoy it lol'#so like the point im making is that ppl get exposed to that stuff without the context of something more tender#and assume .... 'oh. so it's fine i am not enjoying myself'. and i know they do because I DID.#he was my first boyfriend. how was i supposed to know any different#i didn't even have the mental wherewithal to realize im a lesbian . like THAT used to suffering.
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how to say "I love you" in x-files [51/?] ⤷ 6.10 — “Tithonus”
#tithonus might be one of my most beloved actually#but LOOK AT THAT SOFT SMILE!! THE RELIEF THE COMFORT!!!!#and the hands they are so soft and tender and i am crying forever!!!!#txf ily#em.txf#my gifs#the x files#txfedit#dailytxf#msr#msredit#useremsi#useralf#usergeorgette#usernessa#singinprincess#userairi#userveronika#userteresa#poangpals
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you're lovely in ways that i just can't explain
testing out new brushes w some lmhs itfs nape kisses :> jjk atla!au with @philosophiums
#my art#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#itafushi#itadori yuuji#fushiguro megumi#fanart#jjk fanart#jjk atla!au#atla!au: art#atla!au: illust#lmhs#THESE BRUSHES R LIKE CRACK TO ME I LOVE THEM#i.... paid for them.... which i normally never do#but i talked myself into it bc i figured i like them enough and they will probably get enough use to justify the $9 price tag#and im SO glad i did they were worth every gd CENT TH TEXTURE#chalky oily pastely chunky god i cld EAT IT#oh ya the itfs#fr once not much 2 say rly just a tender moonlit moment ??? honestly they r just my vessels (HAH) th real stars r the brushes#this lighting is the closest u will see me get to blue eyed megu btw. this is as much as i am willing to compromise on#also i finally managed to get the Blue Shading On Pink to look right! i love th way it looks sm but its a Hard combo 2 pull off fr me :'>#....lmhs rly pushing the hina use blue agenda i just realized#though ig that rly is just on atla for being so colour coordinated :')#also caption ! radiohead by nightly.....itfs song.....if u care........#EDIT FRGOT THEIR SCARS I NEED TO SLEEEEPPPP#smh fake fan of our own au :((((
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JINX in ARCANE
Season 2, Act 2
#arcane#arcaneedit#arcanedaily#animationsedit#netflixedit#cinemapix#dailyflicks#jinx#jinx arcane#ms#i want to bite her cheeks in the first gif so bad#also in the second to last gif she looks at isha w so much tenderness#i wan to cry#what am i going to do without her after act 3?#anyway this is the last act 2 gifset i make im kind of forgetting i am a person atp
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having seen at least the rough outlines of all the romances now I have to say that I think emmrich's is probably objectively the best in terms of coherence and completeness of story arc (with the understanding that ultimately the 'best' romance is whichever one makes YOUR heart sing anyway so objectivity is a silly thing to claim that way, it just felt like it's the arc with the most well-paced focused content and the least dangling threads)... but lucanis' is my favourite haha. just. the whole kneeling before your beloved full of reverence but without any of the distance that usually implies??? his complete undramatic certainty and calm in every scene with rook after this, having spent the whole game caught between fear and longing???? mr. lives in a pantry but it says nothing about my psyche don't worry about it it's purely for tactical reasons that I keep myself contained in a small dark room not entirely unlike a cell, love among the parsnips -- finally coming to rook in their room and it's so comfortable and comforting???? after all the times rook supports and comforts him through the game he's finally able to return the same to them when they need it while being so calm and steady and it's so fucking sweet and feels so effortless and with no price attached?????? he basically assigns himself the role of your bodyguard and he WILL stab a god over it??????????????? the turn to protector (which was in his heart all along longing to get out and find a place) of it all????? he sounds like he's found himself unexpectedly stumbling into such a soul-lightening state of revelatory existential relief, full on 'you only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves' mary oliver style, and he goes and he shares that with rook and protectively envelops them in it when they're hurting??????????????????????????? hello for the maker's sake hello can anyone hear me?????
#listen I was forged in the fires of garrusmancing. I went through two whole games just to get a gentle headbutt and some tender words#before me3 comes along and rewards you for your tenacity more fully#me? the reyes romancer???? I have the strength and headcanon game to bear the relative lack of content before the end#when the endgame is this good I am willing to hold out for it haha the way he looks at rook towards the end......#I also really liked taash' (it's really sweet) but I don't think I have any rooks ready to go right now who would go for that vibe#emmrich for sure is going to be my either crow or shadow dragon romance it really is very good! and extremely goth not unrelatedly#undeniably that old man has the most game out of anyone in this story. the move with the flower??? I'm sorry????#I actually like that lucanis' romance blooms out of the safety of an established friendship more than anything (again. avowed garrusmancer)#but emmrich... he's got some next level romantic stuff going on and is being both so wholesome and such a freak about it lmao#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard spoilers#dragon age spoilers#lucanis dellamorte#rook x lucanis#rookanis#all jokes aside I totally respect and understand that people are a bit disappointed and frustrated -- they're not wrong to feel that!#there really are some gaps in content there for the midgame#however I was personally custom built by experience to get the most out of this scenario as possible and by god I will#just as I feel that ryder and reyes go off and have some soul-shrivingly good sex after the first kiss#(it makes that arc make a lot more sense to me haha)#I think rook and lucanis Get Up To It after the second coffee date. weird of them to not show us that but okay I'll fill it in myself then
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Domestic bathing Wyllstarion fluff for draculastarion on the Wyllstarion! discord server Valentine exchange 💕
#wyllstarion#astarion ancunin#wyll ravengard#bg3 fanart#my fanart#they are so soft I cry#i am a sucker for tender looks#happy Valentine’s Day!!
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“Regulus would be proud of us,” James whispered quietly to no one in particular, still gripping onto the painting like a life raft.
— Tender Curiosities, Baby! @otrtbs
#tender curiosities baby#art heist baby#james potter fanart#james potter#jegulus#rosekiller#rosekiller fanart#marauders#marauders fanart#evan rosier#barty crouch jr#jegulus fanart#jegulus fanfiction#fic: ahb#art heist baby!#mine#my art#hp#ahb#ive thought about this scene for so long it just took me forever to draw cause once again the anatomy of cars is the bane of my existence#like originally i wanted evan and barty holding hands to be visible to have the contrast of sad lonely james and sad not lonely rosekiller#but alas cars wont allow it#ahb just still has my entire heart you dont get it#i have a none blurry rosekiller and a just james in front of blue with stars version of this but i think ill only put them on insta...#(sneaky end notes: i do have to admit i am not too pleased with evan and barty but this was my first time drawing them)#(so i couldnt figure it out quite yet hency why they look a little. less efforty...)#(also the snake ring is the same design that i drew for chapter 34 of ahb in my little chapter illustrations for my typeset)#((nvm i just checked back and i am fully lying here i used a different one for my typeset and now im vaguely upset oops)#(i shouldnt make decisions only half awake im going to think about this for too long now i am sad))#((like suddenly i was like. hold up. i had a different design there didnt i... it was an open ring goddamnit))
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i just have a feeling / you're better off than you think you are
(song insp.)
#maybe im just obsessed with the idea that buck has thought to himself for so long that maybe he doesnt get to be happy#and now what if he does? what happens then?#fuck i am so obsessed with these two actually#buck deserves something soft!! and tender!!#THEM#and the way tommy looks at him just kills me actually#them#bonus lyrics include: “i think there's a reason / you could even get this far”#“what if the voice in your head is ten years old? / and you've been trying to prove yourself right since middle school?”#“what then? / what then?”#anyways the buck coding KILLS ME#bucktommy#kinkley#tevan#tuck#otp: better ways to get your attention#tommy kinard#evan buckley#911 on abc#911 abc#911 spoilers#em's edits#special shoutout to the clown car my beloveds#mine
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all love in OT | R1 G5 leafs @ bruins | APR 30th 2024
#you can store so much love in this team !!!#nicky is sooo happy for him !!!!!!!!#jumping a foot in the air!!!! hugging him so tight !!#the tender way matty hugs joey compared to the force that he hugs dew & nicky...#rookie friend group is so important to me i am looking and perceiving#leafs lb#toronto maple leafs#matthew knies#joseph woll#nick robertson#connor dewar#*#i know everyone is probably asleep but i wanted to post this before i passed out#2360#i guess ill tag everyone even though you cant see all their faces#john tavares#morgan rielly#william nylander#ilya lyubushkin
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Commission I did recently!
#apex legends#fusehound#fuse apex#bloodhound apex#fuse#bloodhound#walter fitzroy#my art#look at em...so tender I wuv them#MWAH this was fun as fuck#I am only able to express how much I enjoyed this on twitter without spamming ppl there lol#love the tag system here damn#MWAH MWAH MWAH
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you are actually so extremely real for karkat mpreg.. this fandom needs explore cancers themes of motherhood alot more :,)
heehoo thank youu! truly tragic that such thing has never been explored before.... that's why we must be the change we want to see in the world! (✿◠‿◠)
#i am actually writing a sort of masterpost of karkat's ties into motherhood cuz...man...theres SO many reasons besides “blood player”.......#i think ive mentioned this b4. idk#the blinded refuse to see the truth they have hid from for so long#homestuck#dave strider#karkat vantas#davekat#ask#spritemode#i love making these lil sprites they look so tender
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Izzy Hands can have a little "thinking hes incapable of feeling love" as a treat (for me. the treat is for me)
#thinking about arospec izzy again#who experiences love in a way thats so fundamentally different to the way everyone says it should be#that he convinces himself that this couldnt possibly be it#and hes never felt anything remotely affectionate for any other person anyway#so surely hes incapable of it#(and actually itd be cool if he was. love that)#(but also itd be cool if someone did come along and he had to contend with the idea that he can love. its just different)#(hes never going to experience the kinds of love that stedes stories are about. hes always going to be sudden & intense & uncontrollable)#(something he never considers until he does and then its all he knows. and he doesnt express it right because its not the same)#(but oh boy he loves. oh does he love)#anyway. arospec izzy hands thank you for coming to my tag talk#nyxtalks#ofmd#our flag means death#izzy hands#israel hands#arospec#aromantic#aromantic izzy hands#i suppose this is not exclusive to arospec headcanons but like. abnormal love dude. its so aro to me#(i am aro)#i think its so cool and fun and sexy when characters love in ways that dont look like a fairytale#when its devotion and loyalty and belonging (to someone) but never holding your hand or tender kissing#but always bringing you a cup of tea. knowing what you need before you do#love can be many things in fact#but when you spend a life being told its one thing#wont you think youre incapable? at least for a bit?
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“You’re such a pretty man,” Makino sighed, touching her fingertips to his cheek, before rubbing his beard with her thumb. “Your wife is very lucky. Oh—hey.” Her whole expression brightened, her smile entirely cheeky. “That’s me.”
Shanks grinned, delighted. “You are absolutely hammered, aren’t you?”
“Hmm, I think I’m about to be.” She frowned. “Wait—was that not a euphemism?”
My masked Zorro, the unbelievably generous and tantalisingly mysterious Cover Anon, sweeps in once more with another gorgeous cover from Shanties, this time for Penelope (aka, the wedding fic, my beloved), by the incredible @sacred_pirate on twitter.
I...don't know how it's possible to capture the way a fic exists in my mind so perfectly it's like the artist reached into my soul, and yet that's what this feels like. This is one of the most beautiful artworks I've ever seen, and I can't believe it's from my fic, and this fic.
#I.........am actually at a loss for words#I've just been staring at this all day#sacred_pirate if you see this: your style is everything and this cover is so atmospheric you've sucked me right into this moment!!#the lighting and the composition and the sheer SOFTNESS of this cover??#and the DETAILS#the DRESS and the FLOWERS IN HER HAIR#the wedding rings!! Luffy's wanted poster!!#and t h e m#they're *perfect*#Makino is so beautiful I want to cry#absolutely breathtaking#and SHANKS#THAT LOOK#THIS IS THE LOOK THAT'S IN MY MIND WHEN I WRITE THEM#I AM!!! FEELING A NORMAL AMOUNT ABOUT THIS#I'm lying I am absolutely losing it#the warmth and the tender goofiness in this is exactly how I imagine them and I cannot overstate how much I love this#Cover Anon: I owe you my life#I don't know how to thank you enough#I just hope you know how much this means to me#that someone loves these stories so much they'd do this...I am humbled beyond words<3#Shanks x Makino#otp: sing me sea shanties#Shanties for the Weary Voyager#opfanfic#Shanties art
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A while ago I commissioned the wonderful @yoshitsuno for this regency/Bridgerton inspired piece of Sharp and MC & I received the final piece today! Safe to say this exceed all my expectations & I am so so happy with how this turned out!
Merci, Micah! Your work is absolutely stunning & I am beyond impressed with your skill, talent and dedication. I love this so much & I am so thankful you made all my wishes come true 💗💗
✨ To anyone looking for an artist to commission, I can highly recommend @yoshitsuno ! Her work is absolutely incredible and she’s a wonderful person all around 💗 This was a 10/10 experience - 100% will do it again!! ✨
#catch me not shutting up about this for months now#made all my Bridgerton/regency dreams come true and more#obsessed is an understatement tbh#10/10 would do it again#so so worth it!#can you tell I am obsessed with regency? because fuck#it’s my favourite historical era EVER#the tenderness??#the looks??#the overall vibe??#PERFECTION#hogwarts legacy#aesop sharp#professor sharp#professor aesop sharp#aesop sharp x mc
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I would rise from the dead, dig my way out of a grave, and travel for decades over miles of earth and sea to get to this man
(I think I might have screencapped these from @losthavenmine’s amazing gifs awhile back, but lmk if I am incorrect because I can’t remember)
#your honor i am so buckwild with desire for him it’s insane#sick with yearning destroyed with longing overcome with pining#this is what i see every night in my dreams#this is the look he gives me right before a tender kiss#I WOULD DIE I WOULDN’T SURVIVE A KISS FROM THIS PERFECT MAN#he’s so everything to me#so good and kind and lovely and wonderful#i wouldn’t deserve his love but i would try every day#i would never let him go a day without knowing he’s loved and cherished 😭💕#but yeah he can put his sword anywhere he wants you know???#i would become a wanton strumpet for him so fast i fear#if maximus has 0 fans then i am dead#saving this for later when i write overly dramatic romantic imaginings about gazing into his eyes#maximus i am YOURS please come take me#do not leave me like this#gladiator#maximus#maximus decimus meridius#gladiator 2000#russell crowe
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Anyways don't think about how much Jean Moreau just wants to be loved and cared for and the heartbreaking capacity he still has for love and tenderness and care DESPITE IT ALL. Whatever you do, don't think about it!!
#jean moreau#aftg#tsc#jeremy knox#I am thinking about it and then thinking about how I need to write a fic about it and then looking at my list of fic prompts and wincing#I'm writing a sick fic right now because I need that boy to be coddled and babied or I'll die#Like i'm obsessed with the idea that the first time Jeremy can be unflinchingly and straight forwardly very tender with Jean is when Jean i#at his most vulnerable and unable to care for himself#It's about being so broken open and vulnerable that you have to let the light in (Jeremy is the light) and then realizing that there is no#punishment for needing and wanting that
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