Gigi ☀️

living life unseriously

[agardenandlibrary]

I deserve a cookie.

So do you.

Go have a cookie.

[bluehaired-boy]

I am so glad the new kdramas are bringing back the specific brand of loser men. You know which brand I'm talking about. The Ahn "min min" Minhyuk brand of loser men and I'm loving it. The "I worship this goddess and I'm so in love with her and I can't believe I get to love her. Oh my gods I love her so much" brand of loser men. And we're being fed so well with lovely runner, love next door, no gain no love, my demon, Cinderella at 2am, Hierarchy, Midnight Romance in Hagwon, doctor slump, Queen of tears, welcome to samdal-ri and even good partner (yes it's one sided but the dedication and yuri's couple too).

We need more fictional loser men who worship women to satiate our eldest independent daughter desires.

[89rooms]

She is, above all else, tired; she wants more than anything to return to her bed and her book. The world, this world, feels suddenly stunned and stunted, far from everything.

Michael Cunningham - 'The Hours'

[thespecialhell]

I love how the hand holding scenes in each season are a perfect reflection of each couple's story. I realize that's precisely the point but it's still beautiful to see.

Daphne and Simon just sort of slowly come together until Daphne tentatively, tenderly moves her hand into his and he lets her. She chips away at his wall a little more and he allows it, even participates in it, like he knows it's what he needs.

With Kate and Anthony we don't actually get the holding part. Their story is all about wanting but not having, reaching but not meeting. It's painful to watch.

And with Colin and Penelope, we see them bump and fumble their way together until they both commit to it with equal strength and certainty, holding each other steady. A shaky start that leads to perfect harmony.

I'm sorry, but this is visual storytelling at its finest.

[fairydrowning]

"Days will pass, and you'll abandon things you were addicted to, and leave someone, and cancel a dream, and finally, accept a reality."

– Nizar Qabbani

[feral-ballad]

Taylor Byas, from I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times: Poems; “Painted Tongue”

[Text ID: “my mother and I becoming each other, / her bruises and scars passed down, / family heirlooms that will take / me decades to stop wearing,”]

[kontrapoetik]

i feel people shouldn't match one another's freaks. they should have a complementary freakset to enhance the dynamic and create a more well-rounded performance overall

[bigdramaquill]

February 15th's International Fanworks Day!!

FEEDBACK FEST 2024

Here are 10 of my fave Bridgerton fics:

* back to who we are

by writergirl8

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41011764

I'm a sucker for bedside drama, what can I say?

* Say I'm What You Want

by meteorstorm

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39147477/chapters/97939521

Bridgerton ladies plot for Pen and Colin to get together during Ben and Sophie's wedding. Hot and very sweet. I love this and reread often.

* From Darkness Comes Light

by NinaFlor

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36584872/chapters/91247266

The BEST smut.

* The Great Switch Up

by Celestial_Mess1, Monicapolinstan

https://archiveofourown.org/works/45972307/chapters/115715161

Bridgerton chaos? Check. ABC&E couples getting together? Check. What's not to love?

* Written All Over Your Face

by PensReputationEra (Chickfillet)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42455715/chapters/106625232

A Modern AU favourite.

* Love in Bloom

by LillyWhitefield

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51316513

A hot and sweet sex pollen Polin story. This one captured my imagination and got me writing follow up scenes in my notebook as I couldn't stop thinking about it!

* Mykonos, Greece

by Royal_Darjeeling

https://archiveofourown.org/works/48625600

Bridgerton chaos but as text messages. Hilarious and sweet.

* If The Shoe Fits

by some_mad_lunge

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33995866

Another wonderful Modern AU. Pen looking amazing and Colin pining...

* City Lights

by LazyTuesdayMorning

https://archiveofourown.org/works/44050098/chapters/110757198

Sexy, angsty, romantic. Stunning piece!!!

* Tactile Sensation

by ktbeets

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47976574

Another fic that sent me to my notebook. It just kept going in my mind! I love it. The dreamy quality of it all, the gritty reality of the morning being so beautiful... Lovely.

I'll post a few recommendations for other fandoms on a separate post. If you're reading this, share your favourites, too!

[doomed2repeat]

I say Colin didn’t need a glow up because he’s kept an entire side of the fandom fed on his face card alone. That’s a real historical hottie right there.

[ilovepolin]

This Colin

With this Penelope

🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

[ilovepolin]

I definitely understand you Pen 😫

[asteroidtroglodyte]

[headspace-hotel]

people get specific as they age

:O

[kikibridger]

Hey👋 I am new to the fandom can you suggest some polin fanfic. thank you😊

hey🤗

To Penelope, with Love

romanticizing mr bridgerton

Play Pretend

Standing Pitchside

a (veritable) font of knowledge and gossip

If This Is Where Memories Are Made

cardigan

The Missing Piece

Island Breeze and Lights Down Low

Ten Milestone

Cradle Robbing

Only Brought This Dress...

Say I'm What You Want

[ktbeets]

Bridgerton Masterlist

Colin & Penelope

WIP

Only You | E | Regency | After a heated argument leaves their friendship in tatters, Penelope and Colin wake to find the entirety of London abandoned

Chaptered

Hang Society | E | Regency | Penelope is acting strange, and Colin can’t seem to satisfy his curiosity

Colin and Penelope’s Excellent Adventure | E | Modern AU | An impromptu road trip leads to embarrassing revelations, sunscreen seductions, not-so-sober shenanigans and confessions of all kinds

I Hope This Email Finds You | E | Modern AU | Penelope find herself in a bind when she accidentally sends her smutty fanfiction to a co-worker

Letters | E | Regency | Colin and Penelope take to writing to each other in the offseason, and their growing closeness does not escape the notice of the Ton

Anthology

Sinful | E | Modern + Regency | A collection of one-shots themed after each of the seven deadly sins

Series

hands | E | Modern AU | Colin and Penelope push the boundaries of their friendship into something more after a particularly handsy night out (3rd installment coming based off those insane interview clips; written in collaboration w/ @liziana)

Shouldn't, Couldn't, Wouldn't | E | Regency | Two lovers continuously find their way back to each other, even when the choices they made long ago seek to keep them apart

One Shots

Almosts | M | Modern AU | 5 times Colin and Penelope nearly kissed and one time they actually did - Christmas edition 🎄

Waking Hours | M | Modern AU | In the middle of the night, Penelope sneaks into Colin’s room…or is he simply dreaming again?

Tactile Sensation | E | Modern AU | Her dreams of Colin so vivid and frequent, Penelope works through her intense feelings the only way she knows how

Very Good | E | Regency | "You really are very good, you know that?" A re-telling of S1x06

Hush | E | Modern AU | How refreshing it was that they didn’t need words to understand each other

Drive-In | M | Modern AU | A movie night leads to more

Look What You Made Me Do | M | Regency | 5 times Penelope & Colin didn’t realize their arguments were foreplay and 1 time they did

Take Me To Church | E | Regency | Tensions run high as Colin and Penelope take a heated carriage ride back from the city

By The Book | E | Regency | Can Colin maintain his honor when confronted with an emboldened Penelope alone in the library of Aubrey Hall?

Twister | E | Modern AU | Colin & Penelope play a game

Game Night | M | Modern AU | Penelope joins a Bridgerton game night and gets more than she bargained for

Half-Past Midnight | E | Modern AU | All afternoon Colin and Penelope toe the line of their friendship, until a house party turned impromptu sleepover sends them over the edge

[bamsara]

Something I made while dealing with my own stuff and hoping drawing this would pick me up somehow. Maybe it worked.

FT my cat. His name is Mischief

[therealrichardpapen]

QUEER BOOKS I READ (and recommend)

Here's a list of queer books I read and highly recommend. Some of them are extremely famous (The song of Achilles), and some of them are pretty good and quite unknown (The Goddess of Nothing at All).

*I DO not recommend A little life, but if you do want to read it, check the tw first.

War of the Foxes by Richard Siken

Crush by Richard Siken

The song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Heartstopper series + This Winter by Alice Oseman

The Goddess of Nothing At All by Cat Rector

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra

My Policeman by Bethan Roberts

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

The secret history by Donna Tartt

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

[burningsoulsite]

in need of a makeout sesh but the boy whom i like doesn't like me back