#totally twitterpated

[kurlyfrasier]

Anne Shirley-Cuthbert and Gilbert Blythe zinged when they first met (in every version) and nobody will ever convince me otherwise.

[elliespuns]

There's this deleted dialogue between Ellie and Dina (video) where all of our theories of how their friendship/relationship started are confirmed. I took the time to write down the whole thing before analyzing the hell out of it.

Dina, is pink. Ellie, is not.

I was asking, if I hadn't come on to you in Jackson, how would you have hit on me? Like I would have hit on you. You totally would've hit on me. How bad could it have gone? You might have rejected me and then what? I'd have to watch you fall for someone else. Okay, worst case, it would be a little awkward and we just move on. There's no way we just move on. Yes, you would have. What if you were grossed out? What if you didn't wanna be around me anymore? Such a pussy. Okay, who was the one that had this blinding urge to kiss me for 4 years and didn't do shit?

Tell me about when you first realized you were into me. Was it my swagger, my overwhelming beauty? I was into from the day we met. Go on. The day we met, you introduced yourself to me and Joel like you were the major or something. Because I thought you were cute. *blushing* shut up! I hate you. No, you don't. Yes, I do. No, you don't. I love you. I love you too.

Okay, so, as Ellie says, she was into Dina from the day they met. Which was when they came to Jackson with Joel. Ellie was still 14 (I guess more likely freshly 15 at the time, actually). Dina is probably like a year older, so she was 16. I mean, now I can't stop imagining 15-year-old Ellie meeting 16-year-old Dina and being all twitterpated by her. Just remember the cuteness when Ellie was shown to be in love with Riley. Imagine this when she's 15 and meets Dina. Just adorable.

Also, quoting Ellie "Okay, who was the one that had this blinding urge to kiss me for 4 years and didn't do shit?"

This means even Dina had a crush on Ellie in the early stages. 4 years ago, Ellie was 15, so that means she either started to like her right away or a little bit later on. The girls were into each other, just tiptoeing around one another not to do anything stupid or ruin their friendship.

This also gives us a pretty clear picture of how things were between Ellie and Cat. She was already in love with Dina at the time she was going out with her, and remembering how Dina always disliked the fact that Ellie was hanging out with Cat only proves that Dina was jealous all along. Her relationship with Jessee must have been something similar to what Ellie had with Cat, although I believe that Dina started dating Jesse a lot sooner and had already been good friends before that.

Ellie seems a little hesitant when it comes to relationships (this whole dialogue confirms it too), so maybe if it wasn't for Cat making first steps, Ellie would have never gotten into any relationship to begin with. It seems to me that she just wanted to explore and wanted to know what it was like, but she didn't really made herself believe that she loved her. She surely cared for her and liked her, but knowing she was in love with Dina at the time, it was probably even the reason why Cat broke up with her (I always thought it was her who ended it). She probably knew all along that Ellie had eyes for her best friend anyway.

I also appreciate how Ellie admits she was insecure about asking Dina out. "What if you were grossed out? What if you didn't wanna be around me anymore?", I love how deep this digs into Ellie's personality and how, even though she is a strong and independent girl, she still struggles with abandonment issues. Now she doesn't feel like this only towards Joel, but towards her best friend too. Like, she is lovely, nice, funny, and beautiful, but she still feels insecure. Help me with this girl, she deserves the world because she'd rather love her friend from afar than ending up without a friend. Under the layer of thick skin and a strong mind, this girl is so fucking sensitive and fragile it physically hurts me.

This gives the dance scene a whole lot of new meaning. It's probably the very first time Dina says to herself, 'Okay, now's the time. It's now or never.' and after all those years of resisting, she makes a move on Ellie, knowing the girl must feel it too. The girl is too quirky and shy to hide it anymore whenever she's around Dina.

And Ellie? She has been loving Dina for too long, probably trying to convince herself she wouldn't have a chance with Dina, thinking she's into guys, not girls, let alone her girl best friend. And there she is, suddenly grabbing Ellie's hand and leading her on the dance floor, wrapping HER ARMS around HER BODY. Ellie's arms around her body. What is happening? Is she just imagining it? Ellie's heart must have missed thousands of beats at this moment. I love how it's shown in her facial expression as Dina whispers in her ear. Ellie is so awestruck that she doesn't even realize all Dina wants to do is something she should've done 4 years ago.

[not-a-perfect-metaphor]

Hi! Thank you for your awesome awesome blog ! Visiting it is like getting a shot of dopamine straight to the brain everytime (if that even makes sense). Wanted to ask, I don’t know if you have it/have seen it, but I was thinking about a video or gif of J2 I saw some time ago… one where Jared is standing besides Jensen and seems to KEEP WANTING to put his arm/hand on Jensen’s shoulder but he doesn’t ever actually touch Jensen. He almost goes for it like 4 or 5 times I think. Wanted to find it again but haven’t been able to for now. Does it ring a bell ? :) much love !!

First of all -

I absolutely love that you get your dopamine fixes via the Js and their twitterpated husbanding adventures (as do I, by the way…surprise! 😉).

And, second of all -

The thing that immediately popped into MY mind based on your description was this particular little J2 interaction:

Tehe.

Although, this one was more recent…which makes me wonder if you might be looking for a different, older moment.

And, I mean…

Let’s be totally real about this.

There are a literal TRILLION examples that would meet your criteria, because Jared (bless his twitterpated heart) cannot seem to go for a single minute without either visibly fighting against his overpowering need to be touching Jensen or forgoing the fight altogether and just blatantly doing it. 🥰

What an adorable, tactile hubby, though.

Like…in every possible way and at every possible opportunity.

Just. A++.

That’s my conclusion to this.

But also, feel free to write me with any other details you can conjure up if I didn’t find the right thing!! ❤️❤️

[violettathepiratequeen]

April 3rd, 2025

Hello there, gentle viewers! Welcome back to Buffy Slays, where I’ll be going through all 144 episodes of BtVS over the course of a year, highlighting as many of the GOOD moments, lines, character choices, worldbuilding moments, etc. etc. as I think people will have the patience to read. 

So, here we go! 

Season 2, Episode 2, “Some Assembly Required.”

A series of grave robbings leads to a science club with a sinister agenda. (Pulled from Hulu.)

If you're reading along and haven't finished the show, consider this your Spoiler Warning for discussion of future episodes and major plot points in any and all of these posts.

Episode Number: #14 Episode Ranking: #137 out of 144. Writer: Ty King

Top 5 Quotes:

“Speak English, not whatever they speak in, um…” “England?” —Buffy and Giles

“Love makes you do the wacky.” —Willow

“Sorry, but I'm an old-fashioned gal. I was raised to believe that men dig up the corpses and the women have the babies.” —Buffy

“Maybe not, but I'll tell you this: people don't fall in love with what's right in front of them. People want the dream. What they can't have. The more unattainable, the more attractive.” —Xander

“Yeah, but he's in your life. He gets to be there when I can't. Take your classes, eat your meals, hear your jokes and complaints. He gets to see you in the sunlight.” —Angel

How “Some Assembly Required” Slays:

Buffy plays with a yo-yo in the beginning scene while she waits for a vampire to rise. Like the lollipop from the Harvest, it signals the child within, the playfulness that’s still inside her, and I love to see it. Buffy’s yo-yo will return in the episode after this, and Willow will give one to her as a way to pass the time when her mother is in the hospital, so symbolism aside, Buffy just likes yo-yos!

Giles has to practice asking Miss Calendar out… by asking a chair. Xander and Buffy walk in on him doing so, and give him playful ribbing as is their right, before Buffy actually coaches him on what to do. She is encouraging of his date throughout, reminding him of what to say, letting him skip out on helping her to keep his date at the football game, and all of it is so delightful and precious.

Even better though is when Giles actually goes to ask Jenny out, and totally chokes. He tries his best, we can see him fumbling over what words to use and not use, as instructed by Buffy. Jenny totally bails him out by just doing the asking out for him, and he smiles all twitterpated and even gives a little skip afterwards. Giles in love is absolutely something we were robbed of having more of because he’s just SO precious.

Giles’ giddiness for the weird and disturbing returns. He’s so excited to talk about grave-robbing and what might be the reason for it, and when Buffy chides him, he offers a string of words a normal person might say under the circumstances, even though he’s still wearing a pleased smile.

Miss Calendar tells Giles to call her Jenny, stating that “Miss Calendar was my father.” Honestly the best part of her character is the way she keeps him on his toes! The fact that she also loves football and admits she can’t find a justifiable reason for doing so is amazing, as is the fact that she drags Giles WELL out of his comfort zone to go to one. And then teases him about a first and a second date.

The Scoobies digging up a grave. Willow promises to bring food for the event, and she does, even though she’s the only one partaking as she and Buffy sit off to the side and watch the men dig. Xander says they should help, and Buffy declines, but I actually love this. Because they KNOW she’s the strongest one and could probably do this in half the time it takes the two guys. And when Giles and Xander are both squeamish about actually opening the coffin, Buffy jumps in and takes care of it. It’s not that Buffy couldn’t dig up a grave, it’s that the girls are being spared the hard and dirty work, being treated as the ladies they are, and it makes me happy.

Buffy’s empathy. And yes, this should just be a segment in every episode, but as most of this blog is just singing her praises anyway, that seems a little redundant. When Willow tells her about Daryl’s death, Buffy immediately expresses condolences for Daryl’s younger brother, Chris. When she goes to the Epps’ house and sees the totally checked out mother, she is patient and gentle. Though irritated with Chris at the horrendous things he does and tries to do, Buffy is always tactful when talking to him. And after stopping him from plunging into the fire at the end, she sits with him and listens to him explain why he did what he did. Patient, gentle, and sympathetic.

Cordelia in general in this episode. She picks “Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable?” for her science fair project, because she can finish it in a weekend. The next scene shows her coming into the library and saying she needs Willow’s help. “It’s a fruit,” Willow informs her. I’m also obsessed with the fact that the gang is talking about zombies and grave robbers when Cordelia walks in, and none of them bat an eye at her presence or stop talking about the creepy supernatural stuff. She also doesn’t really care about what they’re talking about. They’ve accepted her as “in the know” now, and she knows they’re gonna talk about something icky, but that doesn’t bother her. There are major strides in both her future relationships, with Angel and with Xander. Xander dives into the flames to save Cordelia, and she gives him earnest and heartfelt thanks afterwards, even if he rebuffs it. And when Angel finds her in a dumpster, she wastes no time in playing the damsel in distress; giving him her hand to help her up, telling him he’s lucky because her night is free, clinging to him after finding body parts in the trash, and telling him she’s fragile and needs him to take her home. Everyone is watching for that last part, and Angel and Buffy exchange a look, but Cordy has no shame in taking what she wants. Buffy and Angel will dance around their feelings and relationship for… well, for most of their relationship, but Cordy has set her eyes on the prize, and she takes what she wants. She also gets attacked, tied up, and knocked down right before she has to go out cheerleading. Buffy stops the boys before they can drag her away, but when asking if Cordy is all right, Cordelia immediately runs out to the field to do her cheer thing. A mugging and almost-kidnapping isn’t gonna slow her down!

Chris is friendly to Willow when signing up for the science fair. They seem to have a friendly rivalry about which of their projects will come in first place, indicating another example of someone in the “loser” category being friends with Xander and Willow.

When Cordelia is successfully captured and finds herself strapped to an operating table, she naturally starts screaming for help. “Scream all you want, we’re in an abandoned building,” Eric says menacingly. Cordelia proceeds to do so, and after exactly one second, Eric threatens to knock her out if she doesn’t shut up. I realize one may struggle to see the good part of this… I just am amused by the way this exchange riddled with cheesy tropes is twisted in a funny way to make it not so cheesy.

Buffy asks the other cheerleaders where Cordelia is. These are the same girls who kicked her off the team in the Witch episode, and when they try to brush her off here, Buffy gets in their faces and repeats her question. And apparently gets an answer. She’s not intimidated by them, but they are most certainly intimidated by her.

When the gang starts breaking into lockers, Giles protests that as a member of the faculty, he cannot condone this. “Fine, your butt’s covered,” Buffy says, and then hands him a locker number and asks if he wants to open one, to which he immediately agrees. Poor Giles, he tries his best. 

Not enough to warrant an entire segment, but when the gang decides to go dig up a grave, Willow’s first question is if Buffy is gonna ask Angel to come. She brings him up first more often than Buffy does!

Life and Death:

You may have noticed, if you’re looking at my episode rankings, that this one is WAY down the list for me. Not quite the worst of Season 2 (that one comes three episodes from now) but pretty close. And YET, the beauty of BtVS is that even the worst episodes are brilliant, in some way.

The themes of life and death are showcased in a myriad of ways in this episode. And while the outcome is of course that killing = bad, and frankensteining someone to life isn’t great either, there’s a number of instances where the question is raised and showcased, laying out the evidence for the audience to figure out on their own.

This episode opens with Buffy in a graveyard. Not an uncommon occurrence for her, or this show, nor is her waiting around for a vampire to rise all that unique. The unique is that Angel walks up to her, and talks about how disoriented a vampire is when he first rises. She comments that it’s weird to think of Angel going through that, and he admits that it’s weird to go through, highlighting the fact that he has died and come back to life. He also laments not being able to see Buffy in the sunlight… because he’s dead, and has to stay in the shadows. Much like Daryl in this episode.

While arguing with Angel, Buffy falls into an open grave. It’s one where the body has been stolen, so not only is it an open grave, but an open coffin as well. It foreshadows her own death, and her living body inside a coffin that she will have to climb out of.

Daryl Epps died “rock climbing or something,” and his mother and brother Chris take the loss pretty hard. His mother has completely shut down, not leaving the house or paying attention to anything except watching the old tapes of her son playing football. She’s aware that his birthday is coming up… but isn’t aware of whether her other, still-living son is in the house, or if he even went to school today. And this episode obviously isn’t about her, but I was just hit with the thought, while re-watching this episode, of how distraught she would be if Chris had died, and she realized she hadn’t cherished the son she still had before losing him, too.

Chris and Eric resurrect Daryl successfully, and are trying to build him a girlfriend as well. They need a fresh head to do so, and while Chris protests killing anyone, Eric argues that if you take a life in order to make a life, the whole thing is a wash.

When Cordelia is captured and told the plan, she pleads for her life by saying she’ll date Daryl anyway, no surgery or necromancy needed, but Daryl laughs that off, saying he knows she won’t stay with him unless she’s a monster like he is.

Buffy doesn’t believe that necromancy is possible, even after all the stuff she’s seen, because crossing the life and death line is too extreme, even for her. When faced with the evidence that the science club might have actually succeeded in bringing a girl to life, her first concern is what that poor girl could be thinking, walking around as bits of multiple girls, shocked into living. While trying to convince Chris to help her save Cordy, she tells him he can’t give and take lives like he’s trying to do. “That’s not your job,” she says. She also claims to have no patience for anyone who chops dead girls into little pieces.

Buffy risks her life to save Cordelia’s, and Xander does the same. When the science building catches on fire, Willow and Giles see an unconscious Eric and pull him to safety, even though he’s the psychotic creep who was about to chop Cordy’s head off and stitch it on a corpse. Because he’s still alive, and therefore needs to be saved. On the other hand, Frankenstein-Daryl plunges into the fire to be with his corpse bride, and when Chris tries to go after him, Buffy holds him back. Letting Daryl burn, because Daryl wasn’t truly alive. Not a demon, and not human anymore, either, but a stitched-up, half-alive corpse that should have been left in peace and dignity in his grave.

The final shot of this episode lands on Daryl’s headstone. 

The Giles Family Unit:

The other redeeming feature of this episode is Giles’ arc in it. Because while he may be a Watcher in the sense that he’s there to research and provide theories, he’s very much a follower in this episode, and more focused on his date with Jenny than anything else. This episode has serious parallels to Buffy trying so hard to date Owen, because on the night where Buffy is trying to stop Chris and Eric from re-animating a dead girl, Giles protests that he’s supposed to be at the football game with Jenny, and Buffy grants him permission to go. 

While the Scoobies are doing their investigating thing, Cordelia is trying to drop hints about the loss of Daryl and how much it affected her. When no one pays attention, she demands, “Can we deal with my pain please?” Giles absently walks by her and pats her shoulder with a “There, there,” and while it comes off as definitely sarcastic, the fact remains that he was listening and decided to take action when no one else did. 

At the football game, Giles is laden down with merchandise and snacks, that either he’s been coerced into buying, or simply thinks that’s what one does when going to a football game. How should he know? He’s never been to one. But he tries, for Jenny’s sake, and when Xander and Willow show up and he tries to brush them off, they instead take the seats in front of them, nabbing Giles’ popcorn and asking about the score. Jenny gives that awkward smirk of someone who’s been romantically interrupted, but Giles accepts the presence of his kids as his God-given duty, and lets them do what they will. I wrote a missing scene for this episode just because the idea of him as a single dad that Jenny is amused by stood out to me so strongly here!

I’ve said before that Giles adopts every Scooby who comes across his path, and even though it’s still a small number by now, he is proving up to the challenge. And it’s so fascinating because I think it’s really difficult to have a father figure like this for ONE child, let alone a group. Without it being sexual or creepy, and without it being heavy-handed. It’s amazing too because it’s not like these kids are orphans, or homeless. They’re only here for Buffy, and Giles just happened to be there, too. Giles does not accept his role with grace or patience, and is very grumpy about it, but also never shirks from his duty (...yet, anyway) if one of them needs him or just wants to hang around him. I know the cast of this show have claimed that Anthony Head was actually a goof and acted more like a sibling to all of them, but it cannot be denied that Giles is an adopted father for all Scoobies current and future.

And Jenny is just looking at this single dad that she’s trying to date and totally laughing at him.

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And that’s a wrap on Episode 14! Thank you so much for reading this far!

Previous: “When She Was Bad.”

Next up: “School Hard.” 

(Credit for GIFs in this post: @detectivedawnsummers)

[xoxobuckybarnes]

November 2023 Stucky Fics

Completed

Yours, Steve (Rated: G, Words: 9K)

Summary: “I’ve been writing a lot lately, y’know? Sam told me it’d do me good.” “Oh yeah? What do you write about?” Steve shrugs, suddenly self-conscious. “Stuff about him. How I feel. Stuff that I feel would help him remember, if he ever read them. It’s... weird. They’re letters, you know? Letters for him. Even though I know he’ll never read them.” “Well,” Nat says. There’s a determined glint in her eyes. “Do you want him to?” Steve blinks, dumbfounded. A smile slowly creeps across his lips. (In which Civil War never happens and Bucky makes a life for himself in Bucharest, tries to heal on his own. Steve waits for him, and writes.)

The Intelligence Nerd and The Avengers (series) by LilyInTheSnow / @lilyinthesnow

Bucky Barnes: Intelligence Nerd (Rated: E, Words: 114K) Summary: How Bucky Barnes accidently became an Avenger and married Steve Rogers. Or some shit like that.

Twitterpated (Rated: M, Words: 12K)

Summary: Steve's POV of Chapters 1-7 of Intelligence nerd. Steve's not twitterpated. Really he's not. Bucky's just a total badass and his future husband is all.

Twenty Minutes in Heaven (Rated: M, Words: 5K) Summary: Bucky's missing twenty minutes from chapter 9? of Bucky Barnes: Intelligence Nerd as told from Steve's POV. Plus a little extra. Pandamonium (Rated: M, Words: 4K) Summary: Bucky has a nightmare. It's pandamonium. xD A Small Matter (Rated: E, Words: 13k) Summary: Steve gets shrunk during a fight with Hydra, but retains everything else the serum gave him. Bucky's not quite sure how to handle Twink!Steve. In the end Twink!Steve handles Bucky. Tony, Bruce, and Doctor Strange have no idea how to fix it and Thor thinks Loki might've had something to do with it. It's fine though. Everything is perfectly fine. Probably. Or: Steve gets shrunk, fucks Bucky's brains out, and they make a trip to Jotunheimen, Norway. Steve might steal Stormbreaker from Thor and they might get chased by a mutant maneating weremoose. They also might get into a drunken snowball fight. Oh, and Loki is there too. Reading Fanfic Pays Off (Rated: E, Words: 16K) Summary: Steve and Bucky from Intelligence Nerd wind up in the Hello Future Husband verse. Barista!Bucky takes Intelligence Nerd!Bucky lingerie shopping and some other stuff happens too. Like maybe Steve gets jealous and bones Bucky against a tree.

***These fics are complete but the series is not. ***

Hello, Future Husband (Rated: E, Words: 20K) by LilyInTheSnow / @lilyinthesnow

Summary: Bucky Barnes might kind of, sort of, be desperately in love with Steve Rogers. Steve might be a little bit oblivious. Bucky might be a little bit desperate. Natasha and Clint decide to help. Kinda. Mostly they just watch and giggle, but whatever. Enter: Lace panties, super tight skinnies that may or may not be cutting off circulation to various parts of Bucky's anatomy, see-through shirts, and a small variety of now visible nipple jewelry. Nipple shields that look like Captain America's shield? Bucky's never heard of 'em. Never seen them before. How'd they get in his jewelry box?

Let me love you (Rated: T, Words: 4K) by thatgreenleaf

Summary: The Winter Soldier keeps trying to shower Steve with affection in the middle of fights. Steve keeps mistaking them for fight moves.

Fantasmic! (Rated: T, Words: 11K) by mambo / @whtaft

Summary: It's Steve's second summer working at Disney World when he meets Prince Charming (aka: Bucky Barnes, college kid from Brooklyn whose ass looks absolutely devastating in his Prince Charming slacks) and maybe starts to feel a little Disney magic in his heart.

I Held You in Gloved Hands (And I’m Not Letting Go) (Rated: E, Words: 48K) by Voylitscope_speed / @voylitscope

Summary: Bucky Barnes jumps at the chance to take a job opportunity hours from home. He's expecting a fresh start and a decent salary jump. He's not expecting to run into his childhood best friend, Steve Rogers, on his first day. The years since they last talked have been hard ones for both of them, but falling back into their friendship is shockingly easy. Despite their time apart, December in this small town might bring them closer than ever. (Or, a holiday romcom in which Bucky reads to children, Steve teaches art, new friendships are made, difficult conversations are had, cookies are baked, way too much coffee is consumed, home is found in surprising places and, eventually, feelings are confessed.)

I Feel Warm with You (Rated: G, Words: 7K) by LelsieSphinx / @kittytheroseofkirea

Summary: 5+1 winters throughout the lives of Steve and Bucky; filled with fun, kisses, wars, separation, reunions and softness.

Podfic

Late Show (Rated: E) by ipoiledi & thatsmysecret

Summary: “Rogers,” Bucky says, seriously, “You wouldn’t know how to shake your ass if one of those sweet ladies herself tried to stand you up and teach you.”

WIP

Treading Water (Rated: M, Current Words: 261K) by sparkagrace / @sparkagrace & art by Dyslexic_Fetus (Reagy_Jay) / @reagy-jay

Summary: Olympic swimmer Bucky Barnes always believed that when the time came to retire, he would walk away with his medals and world records firmly in the history books and never look back. He never thought the water would leave him first. ***Part of the series Lane Lines: Lane Lines (Rated: M, Words: 132K), Lumière (Rated: M, Words: 5K), & New Traditions (Rated: M, Words: 6K)***

Lost Vocabularies that Might Express (The Memory of These Broken Impressions) (Rated: E, Current Words: 76K) by dorian_burberrycanary / @burberrycanary

Summary: The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away. How’s that for some consolation on the road? A post-The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Stucky fix-it as part of the all-American road trip, detours included. ***Part of the series A Man Takes His Sadness Down to the River (The Consolation of Philosophy): The Same River, Twice (The Man Is Still Left with His Hands) (Rated: G, words: 4K), Still Left with the River (The Paradox of Motion) (Rated: G, Words: 14K), &  Not Language by a Map (The Grammar of Sensation) (Rated: E, Words: 20K)***

[jessicanjpa]

Twilight Advent Calendar 2023 Event

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Dec. 12 - What changes did the rest of the family see in Edward as he began to fall in love with Bella?

-He was so, so twitterpated. If he were human he would have been stumbling over his feet and walking into walls. As it was, everyone had to shout his name fairly often to snap him out of his Bella haze. He left things in the wrong places all over the house. He took ten times longer to get dressed because for once he actually cared about what he was wearing (which also meant more arguing with Alice over what he wore). He accidentally called Esme Bella more than once.

-His piano music suddenly filled the house again. He had never totally stopped playing before, but it had been a long time since he had been able to fully relax into a several-hour session of just meandering through his favorite pieces. Jasper started hanging out in the living room again to do his paperwork and hobbies because Edward's music felt lovely and even inspiring. It hadn't felt like that in quite a while.

-His composing muse awoke with a vengeance too: new pieces sprang to life faster than he could manage. Most of them weren't even directly inspired by Bella. He was just suddenly seeing beauty and poetry in all kinds of things that had seemed mundane before.

-(Ironically, he was much happier when he was away from Bella; most of his angsting was done when they were together. When he was at home without her, that's when he felt all wistful and silly and gentle and romantic. Now that most of his objections and worries have been laid to rest post-canon, let's hope Bella gets to see more of this side of, uh, their relationship.)

-The cooking thing. Most of his family was... a bit perplexed, because they don't know anything about cooking. They just assumed the whole thing would be a flop because Edward wasn't capable of tasting anything properly. But of course Esme's mother-heart just overflowed with happiness over it. I wonder if she was the one to suggest it, or if Edward approached her? Either way, she spent many a happy hour in the kitchen with Edward helping him out—not so much with the recipes themselves as "This is how you measure flour."

-Everyone noticed he was more attentive to them in general (when he wasn't in his Bella haze); it took a while for them to realize that he was watching how they interacted as couples. How they argued, how they compromised and solved disagreements, how they apologized (or didn't), how they touched, how they went from silly to sexy over the course of a conversation, how they greeted each other and how they parted. He'd made a casual study of these three marriages for a long time, but as with his composing, suddenly he was taking notes again.

You can find all of the #twilightadvent23 prompts here!

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[bcbdrums]

Why are there so many Drakgo-antis and KimxRon-antis lately?

bruh all i can think is people aren't watching the show.

maybe they're pulling opinions out of memory, out of fanfic/fanart, headcanon... the things i've been hearing don't make sense to me if you actually put the show on and watch it. so generally i'll say...ppl are relying on their decade-old memories instead of actually watching the show.

like, i even asked one anti person to cite examples of things and they just spout the same generic rhetoric without hard evidence. and their rhetoric sounds like interpretation more than fact.

however, another point, people can like/dislike whatever they want. what's bugging me more is the seeming...insistence of some folks that "my opinion is the only correct opinion." and then they defend that point of view by saying their interpretation is canon.

well... kinda yes, but also kinda no? i'll give an example. Shego says she has a teaching credential. this is canon. meanwhile, my very dear friend's headcanon is that Shego's credential is a fake. which, for a villain...totally plausible! there's literally no reason a person couldn't choose to interpret that. but there's folks who would cry foul because it's not "canon." well imo it could fit into canon, but...even if it can't, who cares!?

there's things one can't argue. like, Kim and Ron kiss at prom and begin dating after So the Drama. these are irrefutable, stated canon facts. no room for interpretation around these events occurring. but in fanfic/headcanon, people can extrapolate Kim's and Ron's feelings/emotions/thoughts about the entire sitch...however the heck they want. feelings of twitterpated teens, or feelings of awkward uncertainty about shifting from friendship into romance...as two possibilities. some ideas are more readily believable than others based on how closely they adhere to canon, imo. regardless, a good writer will convince a reader of their viewpoint, whatever it may be.

but, to get mad and say that a person's view is invalid cuz someone doesn't agree with it.... no. and, and! a person has a right to dislike something! that's equally fine. going out of their way to bash a viewpoint though, i see no productive purpose in that. and i think Anon that's what you're referring to... i've seen it too, where ppl seem to be going out of their way to leave negative comments cuz they disagree with someone's pov.

like, ultimately i'm a canon purist. canon adherence makes my brain happy. but seriously, let people interpret how they wanna interpret... it's fandom. why do folks gotta insist on their way being the only way?

[so-called-yokai]

A short, goofy drabble I was inspired to write featuring my Eshra and @thescribblings's peepaw and Lil Leo. Totally non-canon (call it an AU to both AUs) but the potential for shenanigans was too good to ignore.

"I'm on to you."

Eshra cracks open one eye to study the teenager looming over him where he reclines at the cafe's patio table with his clawed feet kicked up… and how annoying is it that a kid not even half his age can loom over him? The so-called-yokai gives the tufted tip of his tail a mildly irritated flick and doesn't answer. That's fine, because Leo doesn't seem to need one.

"You think you're slick, always touching him and batting those eyelashes." Eshra blinks, and Leo points at him accusingly. "Yeah, like that! Well, I know what you're up to, you-- you hussy, and if you think I'm going to let you get all cozy and handsy with my brother--"

Leo continues ranting, and Eshra lets it go in one ear and right out the other, his honey-gold gaze sliding past the teenager to where the mutant in question is browsing a rack of clothes outside a nearby boutique. The sight of him makes Eshra smile into the over-caffeinated sugar bomb he calls coffee, his heart and crest both giving a little twitterpated quiver.

"Stop that!"

Eshra finds his line of sight abruptly cut off by one supremely irritated teenaged turtle, his eyes narrowed and his arms folded across his plastron.

"Stop what?" the yokai asks innocently, sipping his coffee.

"This!" Leo shoves both hands in Eshra's direction as though indicating the whole of him. "This whole…"

"Situation?" Eshra supplies helpfully.

"Ugh." Leo stomps away to join his older self in front of the boutique, leaving Eshra to observe them both and fight the urge to burst out laughing.

This is going to be the most fun he's had in years.

[eve-nightengale]

Kicking my feet and totally twitterpated 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[henrysdailys]

No for real I think I need help

[jade-green-butterfly]

@vampireflowerarts WOOO-HOOOO!! O///W///O❣️❣️OMG, OMG, OMG!!💓🥹✨️✨️🥹💓Unicorn JD and Amalthea look absolutely stunning in their precious twitterpated moment, EEEEEE~!!🤩✨️💚💘🌌✨️🤩Their poses and expressions are also so friggin' adorbs, I absolutely love, love, LOVE it all to the stars~!!💖🌟🥰🌟💖The action pose you did look great too, 100%!👍🏻😉💯 My goodness, I cannot stop looking, you've done true justice on both, my lovely!💗👏🏻😊💗Just so...magnifique~💕😘👌🏻Can we just agree that Unicorn JD is the luckiest in the unicorn in the world to sometroll as beautiful as Amalthea as his beloved~?😚💕I totally think so, hehe~🤭 Awww, thank-you ever so, soooo much, my dear, sweet Vamp~💖🤗 This really made my day - truly!💞🫂💞I'll treasure it, along with your other amazing masterpieces, always~💝😍🫶🏻✨️💝xoxo.

Request for the lovely @jade-green-butterfly of her OC Amalthea and John Dory as Unicorn Trolls. He's hopelessly twitterpated with this classy lady. Unicorn Trolls created by @x-elyssa-x~ Designs @x-elyssa-x

[notprincehamlet]

@justleaveacommentfest wrap up!!! and fic recs too!!!

Total comment count: 12 comments!

Day 1 (old fics/new fics)

1). My True Love Has My Heart by Nineveh_uk Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers Ship: Harriet Vane/Peter Wimsey Rating: G

2). Heat entering each pearl by lotesse Fandom: Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier Ship: Mrs Danvers/Rebecca de Winter Rating: M

3). You Don't Need Provenance Documents to Acquire Me by androgenius Fandom: Nancy Drew (Video Games) Ship: Alejandro del Rio/Joanna Riggs Rating: E

Day 2 (<2k words)

1). whatever it is he's lost, may some day once again be found by JessesGirl Fandom: Daredevil (TV) Ship: Vanessa Marianna Fisk/Wilson Fisk Rating: T

2). twitterpated by ladybundle Fandom: Poker Face (TV) Ship: Charlie Cale/Marge Rating: E

3). Girlfriends by thingswithwings Fandom: Ted Lasso Ship: Keeley Jones/Rebecca Welton Rating: M

4). a quiet care by theroyalwelton Fandom: Ted Lasso Ship: Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton Rating: G

Day 3 (AUs)

1). Across the Pond From Kansas to the Weltons' Door by QuillerQueen Fandom: Ted Lasso Ship: Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton Rating: T

2). it's a symptom of your touch by @waddingham Fandom: Ted Lasso Ship: Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton Rating: E

3). The Consort by Blizzaurus (Pisara) Fandom: La casa de papel Ship: Raquel Murillo/Sergio Marquina Rating: M

Day 4 (rarepair/platonic)

1). Praise for the Morning by bea_bickerknife Fandom: A Series of Unfortunate Events Ship: Georgina Orwell/Esmé Squalor Rating: M

Day 5 (something new)

1). A Simple Life by @gellavonhamster Fandom: A Series of Unfortunate Events Ship: Beatrice Baudelaire/Bertrand Baudelaire/Lemony Snicket Rating: G

[captainbee89]

Yes. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. For example: You're walking along, minding your own business. You're looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face. Woo-woo! You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you're walking on air. And then you know what? You're knocked for a loop, and you completely lose your head!

A Dream of Spring (aka A Time for Wolves) with a pinch of heavy sighing and a dash of longing looks. Complete with a sprinkle of smiles and flirting.

Utterly twitterpated.

[bcbdrums]

As much as I love Drakgo and KimRon don’t you think the ships felt a little one sided?

i'm not totally sure what you mean. do you mean, in terms of the characters' feelings for each other?

if yes, there's a lot apparent in canon as far as Kim/Ron are concerned.

facts:

Ron has entertained the idea about he and Kim as a couple for a long time

Ron chooses to stay friends in case being a couple didn't work out

Kim "waited 12 stinking years for [Ron] to kiss [her]" quote from Homecoming Upset, indicating clearly that she's liked him from the very beginning

that's...really enough right there. it's unspoken since we don't get to see about romance from Kim's perspective that much (because to talk about it is to be vulnerable, and some vulnerabilities heroes don't reveal) but her comment about the twelve-years thing shows that she was almost certainly just as concerned about hurting their friendship as Ron was. it's not one-sided, it's just that we're not allowed to see Kim's vulnerable side in this way.

now on to Drakgo. Drakken comes to Shego's rescue with a giant robot in Go Team Go. she comes to his rescue in: A Very Possible Christmas, Clean Slate, Graduation... Shego comes back out of jealousy in Mad Dogs and Aliens. that's twice she leaves a vacation for him, once she comes back just because she wants to, and in Graduation puts herself in dire harm's way to save him.

Drakken fantasizes about Shego water skiing in Kimitation Nation and that's also the episode where he calls her "dumpling," not a typical pet name for just one's sidekick. Shego is constantly hanging around Drakken in a bathing suit, tanning and hot-tubbing in the lab which is wholly unnecessary. in Graduation she even changes out of the swimsuit to her normal suit in front of him.

their relationship is an old married couple vibe, not a twitterpated teen first love vibe. so they come across differently than our teens Kim and Ron.

this is just a handful of examples, but i could go on... point simply being, it's not one-sided in either case.

i think the reason people may not see it is...because the show isn't a romance. it's an action cartoon. the romance was never the focus. the show was meant to end with So the Drama, the kiss being the final scene, and all of S3 teased it blatantly even with Kim and Ron poking fun at it themselves when talking about Agony County, the in-show soap opera they watch. ending on making the ship canon is a perfect ending, but the romance was never ever the point. it's all there, but it's never in your face because....that's just not with KP as a show is about.

appreciate the ask, Anon!

[missevarosales]

Eva was told many times how lucky she was to have Sameer by friends and colleagues alike. He was thoughtful and caring and just a beautiful specimen. It was always flattering to see her friends get twitterpated anytime Sameer joined her at company events or dinner parties and those women saw their fair share of handsome men on a daily basis. Her man though? He was a rare jewel. She felt herself smile at those words because god knew she wanted nothing else, but to be just that. The woman that was by his side through all of life's ups and downs. Eva gasped, feeling his fingers successfully undo the fastenings of her bra. The sheer fabric fell from her body, revealing her full breasts. Her heart raced at his command, Eva turning to face her fiancé and letting him see her almost naked figure. Her lower half remained covered by those shorts, but she knew those would be gone soon too. "Someone's happy to see me." And she meant it in all the right ways because those pajama bottoms were looking a little snug now that her effect on him was becoming increasingly more obvious by the minute. She rubbed him through the fabric to tease him, wanting him hard as rock and driven totally by need.

There was something intoxicating about being with Eva. It didn't matter if it was the first time or the seven thousandth time. She made him feel everything as if it was the first time he was getting to be with her. "That," he nodded with a grin as she pulled his shirt from his body, Sameer eagerly helping her along before he heard her words. "I think that's a good idea," he whispered as he felt her touch on every inch of his upper body, it was driving him insane with need but Sameer had to keep his resolve at this point. He put his hands on her shoulder and turned her so that her back was to his chest, his chin on her shoulder as he spoke. "You're forever going to be by my side, as my wife, my partner--the woman of my dreams." His words stayed a soft murmur before he snapped open her bralette hook and let the straps fall from her body. "Let me see you properly," he stated before stepping back to let her turn around for him, already his hands on his pajama pants, eager to rid them but waiting for her to do the honours.

[iwillgiveyoumyhappiness]

Ok ok but imagine: being friends w the whole group & hooking up w yonghee on the down low and nobody else knows about it but one time after a long while of being w the group he finally gets you alone (or so he thinks) and you kiss & then Seunghun walks in 😳

I’m such a sucker for the whole secret relationship trope 😩 -yonghee anon

Nooooo, 'cause he would've been so careful and subtle up to this point, and he'd be totally embarrassed to be found out :')

Y'all would probably be having a game night at the dorms or something, and as you were absolutely dominating in a harsh one-on-one battle of Guess Who with Hyunsuk, you'd decide to get up and grab some snacks.

Maybe give him some time to mull over his options and suss out his next question.

The whole night, Yonghee had been watching you closely, utterly endeared by your laughter, grinning, and adorable little victory shimmey. In that moment, he decided that he just had to show you how cute you were.

Yonghee never did anything risky when you were close by the boys. He just wasn't interested in the teasing and complications. And if he was being completely honest... He liked having you as his little secret.

Something he didn't have to share with anyone else and that he could entirely call his own. He loved the guys and his job, but there was very little privacy that came with either.

He liked having his own little secret world to escape to—and he'd found it in you.

He followed you to the kitchen under the pretext of grabbing water refills for everyone, a couple of glasses gathered up in his hands and arms.

You grabbed some chips down from the cabinet, he started filling the glasses using the spicket in the sink. You both had smiles on your faces, enjoying the comfortable silence.

You'd finished grabbing your things, but you still waited for him, leaning casually against the countertop.

He met your eyes, smile widening. "Hey, beautiful," he said softly, so as not to be heard by the four rambunctious boys just one room over.

You hushed him unconvincingly, not being able to hide your growing smile and twitterpated giggle. "Someone's gonna hear you!" you chastised.

He chuckled, your words only spurring him on further. "You've been so cute all night, though..." He finished filling the last glass, setting it on the counter next to the others. "How could I just sit back and not say anything?"

He stepped closer, hands resting on either side of the counter where you stood, caging you in. Not in an intimidating way—a very safe one. One that blocked you off from the rest of the world so that it was just you and him.

"Whaddya say?" he started, leaning in closer. "Just one kiss? No one's gonna know."

You tried your best to list all the reasons why this was a bad idea in your head, but for whatever reason, nothing was coming to you. Well... He was nothing if not convincing.

"Oh, fine," you muttered, reaching up to cup his cheeks. "Just the one."

With a big smile on his face, he leaned in, closing the gap between the two of you with a gentle closed-mouth kiss ending in a playful 'mwah'. A short little peck, nothing more than that.

You ran your thumbs over his pretty cheekbones once he pulled away. "Okay... Maybe one more," you whispered.

He jumped at the invitation, leaning in for one more peck before you had to return to the bustling living room. He could already hear them starting to argue about some stolen Monopoly money.

Seriously, what would they do without him?

Yonghee pulled away with a sigh. "All righty..." He tucked some hair behind your ear, a loving look in his eyes. "Back to real life now, I guess."

You nodded, giving him one last comforting smile. "Back to real life."

When you both turned around with your bag of chips and his glasses of water, you certainly didn't expected to see a bug-eyed Seunghun with a slack jaw standing in the entry way.

"Seunghun!" Yonghee gasped, almost dropping the glass in his right hand. "I- what are you doing here?" He gave you an apologetic side-eye. This was not supposed to have happened.

"I- well, I..." Seunghun fumbled, trying to make sense of what he'd just seen. "Hyunsuk was cheating, and I just came to warn you, and then... And the counter... And the... Y'know."

Yonghee's cheeks turned red. "Ugh, Seunghun..." He wished he could hide his face. "How much did you see?"

"Everything. I mean—nothing. I- I don't know..." The older guy started backing away, bumping into the walls as he went. It was pretty rare to see him this flustered, so in a way, it was an achievement. He chuckled awkwardly. "I'll just... go now. Your secret's safe with me, I promise!"

With that he scurried away, leaving you two to stand in stunned silence.

"Our secret's definitely not safe with him," you chuckled, knowing the older boy all too well. He wouldn't try to tell everyone, it would just slip out.

Yonghee groaned, setting down the glasses and resting his head on your shoulder. Your fingers instinctively went to his hair. "I'm so sorry..." he mumbled, muffled by your shoulder. "I should've been more cognizant."

You shook your head. "I don't mind too much," you assured him. "Think of it this way. Now I can kiss you whenever I want."

Yonghee paused for a moment.

"...Yeah, I guess that's not so bad."