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Quick tips for writing kisses

⇰ the pause. THE PAUSE. like “are we doing this? oh god we’re doing this.”

⇰ looking at each other’s mouths like it’s a life-or-death decision

⇰ someone whispering “can I?” or “just once” before going for it and RUINING ME EMOTIONALLY

⇰ hands. gripping shirts. cupping faces. hovering like “do I touch?? I WANNA TOUCH”

⇰ breath hitching?? yes. shakiness?? absolutely.

⇰ that stupid moment where one of them pulls back a few inches like “wait are you sure” and the other just goes for it again

⇰ kissing like they’re scared it’ll be the last time

⇰ kissing like they’ve been waiting ten goddamn years

⇰ teeth clashing awkwardly and both laughing about it but STILL FEELING IT

⇰ one of them freezing for a second mid-kiss because the feelings just hit

⇰ the post-kiss moment of “uh. so. yeah.” where neither knows what the hell just happened

⇰ OR the post-kiss forehead touch. destroy me.

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On writing sexual tension

⊹ standing too close. like just barely not touching. why are their shoulders breathing on each other??

⊹ conversations that sound normal but feel like foreplay. “pass the salt” has never been so loaded.

⊹ one of them says something flirty and the other freezes for 0.2 seconds like “oh.”

⊹ eyes dropping to lips and then—back up. with effort.

⊹ holding eye contact just a little too long. like... are they gonna kiss or duel??

⊹ unintentional physical contact that lasts one second too long and now they’re both broken

⊹ a hand on the small of the back. that’s it. that’s the tweet.

⊹ tension so thick that other characters start noticing like “hey are you two okay?” (they are not)

⊹ “accidental” sleepovers. “oh no there’s only one bed.” yeah. suuuure.

⊹ biting back a smile. biting back a moan. biting anything really.

⊹ one of them walks away and the other has to physically restrain themselves from watching the hips

⊹ lots of sighing. frustrated sighs. horny sighs. “i want to kiss you but I’m emotionally unavailable” sighs.

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The Golden Girls – 1.21: The Flu

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Last words

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Some epic "I'm the Doctor" moments

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CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION | 18x05 "The Brutal Man"

Which could mean nothing.

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Babiess 😭😭

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I’ve got to go. Back to my old life. Bye, then. Good luck. 

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“I should say that to Yaz.”

“You never do. But she knows.”

✨spoilers for the reality war✨

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AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000)

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IMAGINE ME & YOU (2005) dir. Ol Parker

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Let me imagine that we will come again when we want to and it will be spring we will be no older than we ever were the worn griefs will have eased like the early cloud through which the morning slowly comes to itself and the ancient defenses against the dead will be done with and left to the dead at last the light will be as it is now in the garden that we have made here these years together of our long evenings and astonishment

― W.S. Merwin, To Paula in Late Spring

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This was a love letter from the creators and I'm so thankful

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Black Mirror 7.03 "Hotel Reverie"

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Can you recommend some good wlw books?

so these are adult and young-adult because I’m of the firm believe you’re never too old to read well written YA books

Contemporary

1. Honey Girl by Morgan Rodgers - space enthusiast gets married to a podcast girl in Vegas

2. The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reed - the life story of famous movie star Evelyn Hugo

3. You should see me in a crown by Leah Johnson - a black lesbian runs to be prom queen

4. The henna wars by Adiba Jaigirda - kind of hate to love but in a very mellow way

5. Clap when you land by Elizabeth Acevedo - it’s about two sisters who meet for the first time after their shared father dies; one of them is a lesbian

6. Take a hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert- main character is bisexual woman, main romance is f/m, still worth a read imo (definitely better than the first book in the trilogy imo)

7. The summer of Jodi Pérez by Amy Spalding - fashion lover girl falls in love with her new co-worker/competition for an internship

Science fiction

1. The long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers - most wholesome space opera, a lot of queer characters, one love story is f/f

2. Wilder girls by Rory Powers - virus, girls boarding school, mystery

3. Upright women wanted by Sarah Gailey - I haven’t seen a single episode of wynonna earp but I assume these two have a similar vibe? like near-future westerns sapphics

4. This is how you lose a time war by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - love letters between two “enemies”, this is the most vague summery, just look it up, it’s worth it!

5. Gideon the ninth by Tamsyn Muir - lesbian necromancer

Fantasy

1. The priory of the orange tree by Samantha Shannon - high fantasy, dragons, main love story is f/f, really long but so worth it

2. The invisible life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab - like before main character is a bisexual woman, main romance is f/m; I really loved it though, it’s super slow paced so do be warnend

3. Girls of paper and fire by Natasha Ngang - girls in a castle being prepared to marry the “king” but instead they fall in love with each other

4. Dread nation by Justina Ireland - black sapphic zombie hunters during the reconstruction area in the USA

5. The Rise of Kyoshi by FC Yee - the story of avatar two cycles before Aang

Non fiction

1. In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado - personal retelling of her abusive relationship, each chapter is told in a different “genre”

2. Spinning by Tillie Walden - autobiographical graphic novel, i would recommend her fiction graphic novels as well

Some I haven’t read yet/haven’t been released yet but I can’t wait to read them soon-ish

1. The chosen and the beautiful by Nghi Vo - the great gatsby from lesbian Jordan bakers pov, my 15yo self’s dream come true

2. She who became the sun by Shelley Parker-Chan - it’s pitched as “Mulan meets the Song of Achilles”, what sounds more perfect than that

3. Girls made of snow and glass by Melissa Bashardoust - a feminist Snow White retelling, sounds like it’s made just for me

4. One last stop by Casey McQuiston - I’m one of the ppl who thought Red, White and Royal Blue was cute and and easy quick read but nothing spectacular, but of course I’m still excited for the author’s wlw time travel story

5. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse - I’m not entirely sure if this is wlw but I’ve heard it’s casually queer and has characters who use neopronouns

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Bon Nadal to all the woso fans 🎄🫶