I Appreciate Those Posts That Say “it’s Ok To Struggle With The Simplest Things.”

Sweetheart Alastor headcanons:

(Feel free to comment yours!!)

•He prefers for you to hold onto his arm, rather than holding his hand.

•He always makes sure you eat something and will make you his mother’s recipes.

•He loves taking you on nature walks and will wait until after he takes you home to cannibalize any deer he spotted on the walk (you’re oblivious).

•Being on your phone around him is a double edged sword. He hates technology, and he hates when your attention isn’t on him.

•He opens every door for you.

•His idea of a good time out is taking you to see live performances (musicals/plays/etc.) or taking you dancing at a jazz club.

•His idea of a good time in is cooking for you and slow dancing in the kitchen to the radio.

•He lets you do his hair and makeup for fun.

•He’ll play in the snow with you and then make you hot cocoa afterwards.

•He won’t let anyone be mean to you or disrespect you. He’ll broadcast their screams the second your eyes tear up.

•He’ll constantly pick the lint off your clothes/fix your hair/re-tie your shoes/etc. (anything as an excuse to casually touch you).

•He uses his charisma as a radio host to lull you to sleep with his voice; either telling you a bedtime story or singing you a lullaby.

•He lets you tie his bowtie.

•He’ll immediately put his coat over your shoulders if there’s a slight breeze.

•He loves seeing you dress feminine, but he’ll compliment you no matter how you’re dressed.

•He lets you play with his ears (and tail).

•He fantasizes about you being his housewife and mother of his children. He would bring you flowers home every Friday.

wear a different perfume when you commit murder fuckin amateurs 

Musically Talented XI

Someone asked for Alastor playing the saxophone 🎷

"Radio is not dead, but it is ending this broadcast."

how dare he look this good after being absolutely humbled? idk

THE LAST BIT THANK YOU. Twitter would hate you for it and I LOVE THAT LOL

Aromantic writing tips to spice up your romantic writing

(stuff I've just made up for myself, you can borrow)

1. First and foremost, get rid of the love hierarchy.

It's not Friendship < Romance, it's not a competition. People do experience very different kinds of attraction, yet it's more if an endless color spectrum, not a pyramid to climb??? Which leads us to

2. Pick a color and play with saturation.

Don't do the "I love you more than a friend". What you actually mean is "I love you differently and I want to change terms, because I'm afraid my color of love is more saturated than I thought." Let it be painfully purple or sparkly yellow or grey, characters can experience different love towards different characters. What matters is the INTENSITY. And yes, common friendship CAN be intense as fuck.

3. Never undress your character for sex.

"The desire is stronger when it cannot be fully satisfied", so unless you're writing smut specifically, maybe try writing allegorical sex? There's a lot of things to choose from: beating the shit out of eachother, cutting hair, cooking, clinical procedures, stabbing, solving a murder, you name it! Put the accent on the characters' emotions and reactions rather than their obvious body parts.

Also bonus points if they don't realise that this intense intimate thing they just did is considered sensual.

4. Write closure that doesn't actually mean much.

I mean closure always means something. That the person likes another one. But people CAN and DO adore, lightly touch and hug eachother without it meaning that they want another person romantically or sexually. Sometimes people just see aesthetic beauty in someone. Sometimes they just want to be held. Make those guys have a hot and steamy sumo fight in the sauna that will strengthen their platonic bond!!!

5. Don't address what kind of love they're having.

For a change you may try making these characters love eachother in a way that doesn't require the "are we friends or are we lovers" discussion. Sometimes it's irrelevant. Sometimes it's just people who want to be together forever and dwelling on fitting in the box won't bring anything useful.

6. Some people don't love.

Sometimes a person can enjoy being around someone without loving them. Explore that possibility. Why? What is it that makes B important in the eyes of A who is unable to love or relate? What If both of them are unloving?

7. The absence of love is indifference.

If someone still cares about someone, it cannot the opposite of love. Try switching the love formula with hate or envy or fear or hunger. You'll see that in some way it still kind of works??? As long as they're feeling REALLY intensely about this.

8. Forget the misunderstanding/betrayal cliches!!!

There's nothing more satisfying than promising to run away together AND PROCEED. Or when someone overhears and misunderstands another but still STOPS and LISTENS. Emotional maturity is soooo sexy!!

9. Don't put romantic partners over friends.

Make them be friends and be close all together. A partner is ALSO a friend. Make them not jealous, make all 3+ of them be open and comfortable with eachother, don't be afraid of sharing the time and attention because everyone in the group love and respect each other! Even if your relationships maybe on slightly different terms! Your mutual friend can make a very big and meaningful gift for your partner and it's beautiful! That's something to cherish!

Also DON'T LIE IF SOMETHING COMES UP, just TALK it out like adults, please!!!

10. Don't be scared of het.

There's nothing wrong with a woman and a man loving each other. What you actually probably have problem with is misogyny and sticking to the same patriarchal norms over and over again. These are NOT built in het inherently!!! What you should actually focus on is their personalities and love/respect for eachother that would be in character, not in the rule book.

Also don't try to turn the tables in attempt to fix the stereotypes. By making a butch x wet cat malewife pair (when in canon neither of them are it??) (JUST because you have problem with fem women loving masculine men) you're not really fixing it, that's still a patriarchal power fantasy. Look deeper.

Yeeeaaa that's about it for now.

WIPs

dunno wanted to try a more..canon style(?)

There is no stronger force than that of a girl’s desperation to write about her male hyperfixation.

“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” 🦌🎄📻✨

"Women smut cringe/problematic" SO IS MEN'S yet the latter is "actually cool!!!! Because naked dom woman = progressive in my book!!!!" Go off. Men prefer dom women since years and it's still misogynistic

Shut up.

seeing straight men be disgusted by booktok smut recommenders has actually radicalized me to the side of booktok smut recommenders. girls your taste may be atrocious but i will never disparage you for exposing mainstream discourse to the concept of soaking through your underwear. spent my whole life listening to men talk about penises it’s about time they get jumpscared by women talking about pussy in crude detail on social media. go forth and goon my warriors