♛ —- THE GODDESS.

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gemma chan as astrid leong-teo in crazy rich asians (2018)

[extravaganttastes]

extravaganttastes‌:

just a quick note that activity will be a little more slow from here on out ! i’m starting school soon so i’ll be running around until everything’s all settled but i’m by no means abandoning any of my blogs ! discord is the best way to reach me KUHSET#3820 but imessage is also available to mutuals ! 

okay so maybe i lied and i’m putting astrid on hiatus until winter break because with school + practicum + work + independent research i’ve overscheduled myself and my astrid muse is kinda wavering rn anyways :/

[extravaganttastes]

just a quick note that activity will be a little more slow from here on out ! i’m starting school soon so i’ll be running around until everything’s all settled but i’m by no means abandoning any of my blogs ! discord is the best way to reach me KUHSET#3820 but imessage is also available to mutuals ! 

[burnhamandtilly]

endless list of favorite celebs » Gemma Chan

❝I’ve been fortunate in my career, but, yes, there have been many times when I have been told my audition has been cancelled because they’re only going to see white people. The statistics are really depressing. I remember reading some that made me think: Oh, you are more likely to see an alien in a Hollywood film than an Asian woman.❞

[extravaganttastes]

waswithholding‌:

     ❛     has your son reached a point of unreasonable pickiness with food yet ? my ruth decided last week that she refuses to eat anything except chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, and dry cereal. so far, she isn’t budging on it.     ❜

&. @extravaganttastes

   ❛     YOURS TOO? i thought it was just cassian - everything must have chocolate in it. i never want to see chocolate or hear about it ever again. please tell me this ends soon. ❜

[extravaganttastes]

❝ you didn’t have to do that. ❞

                                                 short stories ( accepting ! )

   ❛  yes i did. there’s no excuse for how you’ve been treated. ❜

she insists. she’d grown up with all of those girls all of her life ; had seen them do cruel acts to people they didn’t particularly like ( mostly for no reason other than pure pettiness -- and because they simply could  ) but this was absolutely uncalled for. she’d made justifications for them every time, finding a reason to stay their friend - but all of this? when rachel had been NOTHING but gracious and kind? all of these rumors about her being a gold digger frustrates astrid to no end - especially when astrid knows rachel didn’t have a clue about their family. 

  ❛  i’m so sorry, rachel.  ❜

[extravaganttastes]

❝ there’s a difference between missing someone & missing having someone. ❞ hi ily

                                                  short stories ( accepting ! ) 

trina’s words hold TRUTH to them. this, she knows. thinks back to her first love -  will forever feel indebted to charlie for awakening her love for haute couture & for paris. after their breakup, she thought she’d never get over missing him, and missing having him. it would’ve been one thing if things had just stopped working out because of their own accord, but they’d broken up because of her parents. in time, however, she’d gotten over him - countless flings had surely helped mend her heart - and then there had been michael. she’d gotten over charlie, she could do the same with michael. 

days where michael had been hers are long gone ; doesn’t know when his infidelity began & doesn’t want to. doesn’t want to know when he stopped loving her, and when he’d started viewing her as a burden - doesn’t want to think back to when he started getting aggressive. 

she doesn’t think she misses HIM as much anymore. more so, the shell of him, the illusion of having a picture perfect family. misses the fact that she once didn’t have to worry about how cassian would grow up without his father, or that she’ll have to face the wolves once she heads home to singapore. she can’t run away forever.

❛ do you think cassian will hate me for leaving him? ❜ 

[extravaganttastes]

waswithholding replied to your post: lowkey forgot i’m going to canada tomorrow & then...

come to montreal

i would if i could i want to visit u 

[extravaganttastes]

lowkey forgot i’m going to canada tomorrow & then working saturday so i probably won’t be on much this weekend !! 

[kamiusings]

SHORT STORIES, my favorite kind of poetry ( meme ).

SIX WORDS .

❝ i heard you were doing good. ❞ ❝ you don’t grow your horns overnight. ❞ ❝ i promise, it gets better eventually. ❞ ❝ & we never talked after that. ❞ ❝ am i really, truly, that unlovable? ❞ ❝ don’t talk like you’re coming back. ❞ ❝ my most dangerous habit is trusting. ❞ ❝ we’re made of stars & stories. ❞ ❝ you didn’t have to do that. ❞ ❝ everything is poetry when you’re drunk. ❞ ❝ did i mean anything to you? ❞ ❝ real feelings don’t just go away. ❞ ❝ you came & changed the weather. ❞ ❝ when can you just be mine? ❞ ❝ there was no love, only lust. ❞ ❝ darling, stop wishing on dead stars. ❞ ❝ art is another form of screaming. ❞ ❝ silence is the most painful goodbye. ❞ ❝ what the fuck did you do? ❞ ❝ i’m drunk, dizzy & missing you. ❞ ❝ kiss me like you’re losing me. ❞ ❝ i don’t feel like smiling today. ❞ ❝ not all good people are innocent. ❞ ❝ we’re a disaster in the making. ❞ ❝ some things are better left unsaid. ❞ ❝ we really should’ve talked about it. ❞ ❝ i’m so glad i met you. ❞ ❝ i wish i knew you earlier. ❞ ❝ i fucked (pronoun/name) to our song. ❞ ❝ i dreamed of you this night. ❞

TEN WORDS .

❝ you saw the messed up parts of me, & stayed. ❞ ❝ all i’ve ever wanted was for someone to save me. ❞ ❝ since you left, i have no one to talk to. ❞ ❝ i apologize for the nights in which i cannot breathe. ❞ ❝ everytime i look at you, i want to kiss you. ❞ ❝ we said no strings attached but now we’re in knots. ❞ ❝ there’s a difference between missing someone & missing having someone. ❞ ❝ for which f are you drinking? fuck, forget, or fun? ❞ ❝ my biggest mistake was thinking i could live without (pronoun/name). ❞ ❝ whenever (name/pronoun) rose to kiss me, i fell even more. ❞ ❝ i wish that ‘goodnight’ was followed by ‘i love you’. ❞ ❝ let’s smoke a pack of mentholds & talk about love. ❞ ❝ your deep, sleepy voice makes me feel like i’m okay. ❞ ❝ i read both of our horoscopes looking for an answer ❞ ❝ reality is the absolute last place i want to be. ❞ ❝ i didn’t expect that drunk kiss could mean this much. ❞ ❝ all i need is a late night drive with you. ❞ ❝ feeling pain is nowhere near as terrifying as feeling nothing. ❞ ❝ your eyes are the color of summer fading into autumn. ❞ ❝ you are the warmest home i will ever, ever find. ❞ ❝ the world is less scary when i am with you. ❞ ❝ i still can’t tell which of us was the victim. ❞ ❝ i just need an excuse to hang out with you. ❞ ❝ your expectations for me have been set way too high. ❞ ❝ i don’t want to feel this way about anyone else. ❞

[ladykeivt]

Crazy Rich Asians (Movie) starters

Send one in my ask box!

‘ Bok-Bok Bitch! ‘ ‘ These people aren’t just rich, they’re crazy rich. ‘ ‘ But you can’t swerve! ‘ ‘ She looks like a clowns tampon.. on a heavy day’ ‘ We’re comfortable. ‘ ‘ That is exactly what a super rich person would say.‘ ‘ Have you prepped to face the wolves?’ ‘ I met a girl/boy, I fell in love and I want to marry her/him.’ ‘ I know this much, you will never be enough.’ ‘ You nasty. You’re kind of nasty. You got nastier. ‘ ‘ Only a fool would fold a winning piece.’ ‘ Happiness is only an illusion.’ ‘ It’s not my duty to make you feel like a man.’ ‘ You know what to do.’ ‘ I own 14 apartments. I can probably stay in one of those.’ ‘ That red dress is good! Only if you want to look like an envelope.’ ‘ You’re [ muse’s name. ]. You’re untouchable. But, [ muse’s s/o’s name ].’ ‘ Family is first.’ ‘ If he/she chooses me, she/he’s going to lose her/his family. If he/she chooses family. He/she is going to resent you forever.’

[extravaganttastes]

♛ COLETTE.

It was a nice feeling - how often did they just have nice things that didn’t come attached to endless strings and compromises? Their lives were not wholly their own, and nobody better understood that concept that Astrid. Whom, she knew, was yo-yoing between Charlie and her own family, and perhaps it was in that moment that it would have clicked the reason why Colette was here, with such a torn expression on her face as a waitress graciously placed a basket of freshly baked bread and irish butter on the table, already knowing their drink order without having to interrupt the conversation so that they could continue onwards together. 

“It is. I mean. He’s so…?? Brash. I love it! Like his personality is incredible and outrageous and he’s always daring me to do more and more. Plus. He’s not as stuck up as some of the other guys I’ve dated thrown my way via the means of a magazine rating and my dad going apeshit about how he has a son and well, what did he have a daughter for after all.” eyes rolling hard at the insinuation that carried within the words, hating every time that conversation came up - to the point where she avoided all mention of it completely, if she had the chance, eyes wavering and cutting back to her friend with her teeth chewing along her bottom lip.

The problem was Richie. Astrid knew him as the guy that her father had her dating sometimes while she was here, more of he’d want to fly by and go out for a good time. And in that respect? Colette could be accommodating, knowing just how to direct the booze to keep him out of her face. But could she juggle the expectations of home, plus Carlton? “I just… what do I do with Richie. Just keep holding him at arm’s length and hoping that if I play it coy, it’ll keep him far away enough? Every time I try to break up with him, my dad just interferes and sends him apologies and tells him I’m just being crazy! I feel like I’m stuck… I mean. Your mom hasn’t interfered as much right?” hoping that somewhere in this, there could be a happy ending.

 ongoing with @extravaganttastes // astrid

her friendship with colette was one that astrid treasured. just a few years older than colette, yet she saw so much of herself in the other girl too -  in their shared backgrounds & their approach to the world. almost as if they were a reflection, or a parallel  of one another. hearing colette talk about her dilemma reminded her of her own ; sure, charlie’s parents were comfortable and had connections, but underneath all of it, she knew they weren’t the RIGHT kind of family that her parents approved of.  she loved charlie ; really, she did - but did she love him enough to disobey her family? or to deal with it, once her studies ended and she’d have to move back home? that was a question that was still left to be answered. something she’d deal with, when the time inevitably came. 

charlie was different from everyone she knew ; it was one of the things that drew her to him - similar to what was currently happening with colette. ❛ i can’t imagine it’d be easy. ❜, she sympathizes - as the only daughter, and three older brothers, she’d never really been subjected to comments like that. sure, she’d been groomed to be the perfect wife, for when the time came, but she couldn’t fathom how it must have felt to hear that from your own parents.

offers colette a wry smile -- knowing that her mother specifically hasn’t interfered, knew that her friends & those who did work for her would soon, if they hadn’t already. her luxury of being overseas was slowly running out. ❛ not directly, no. but indirectly, i’m sure she has. ❜

[extravaganttastes]

♛ RACHEL.

❛ yes, ABSOLUTELY. yes ❜  she answers without a beat, smile cracking across her lips. no amount of papers waiting to be graded was going to stop her from being there. ❛ nick’s so excited you’re here — you should’ve seen the DISAPPOINTMENT on his face when he told me about the last minute faculty meeting he had to attend to today. but, he wanted me to ask you to reserve sunday afternoon for him — there’s this place he wants to take you. he says he’s absolutely sure you’re going to LOVE it. ❜

❛ then all is well. ❜  she doesn’t frequent new york as often as she should & it honestly feels like every conversation, every snapchat exchanged between her and her favourite cousin includes a recommendation of sorts. new york is a city that she could see cassian loving - maybe a trip lin the fall is in order. ❛ i don’t suppose you know where nick plans on taking me, do you? ❜   

[extravaganttastes]

♚ JACK. 

@extravaganttastes / hi ily here’s that starter

“–’scuse me miss, but would you mind stayin’ still for just another second? no pressure, just gotta lay on some finishing touches.”

despite probably having startled the stranger by addressing her out of the blue and in such a way, he’s nothing but polite about it. he’s been hollered at by enough folks on the street and passing by for sketching them without explicit permission, and haven’t taken kindly to his insistence that it’s just not the same when someone’s purposefully posing. this woman is particularly pretty, her dignified air one to be envied by the stuffiest of the city’s women, so it’d be a shame not to try to capture it on paper!

it was just a matter of getting the details just so– something he’s furiously trying to do now that he’s caught her attention. he’ll risk being cursed out or chased if it means he gets a portrait just right, it’s where the true fun of it lies.

immediately freezes up at the request ( years of being told that publicity is BAD and that privacy is something that not enough people know how to appreciate has taught her to stay out of the limelight ) -- but then again, listening to her parents was what had lost her the love of her life so far. plus, it wasn’t like this drawing would be making page six. the anonymity that came with new york city was one of her favourite things about it. a safe haven from having to be THE astrid leong. the luxury of anonymity used to be closely associated with paris, but all of that had changed after her parents’ concern had driven them to alert various friends of her presence. paris was still one of astrid’s favourite cities, but there was no better place than new york city when it came to blending in with the crowd.

             ❛ only if you’ll let me take a look at it afterwards -  ❜ 

gives him a slight nod of recognition, careful not to move too much and disrupt the drawing. she doesn’t have anywhere else to be right this moment ; her shopping can wait. 

[helltore-a]

how writing on tumblr actually feels like

[imaginesfordayss]

Crazy Rich Asians Sequel Confirmed!: (2/4)

[extravaganttastes]

♛ RACHEL.

to say she’s feeling overwhelmed right now would be a HUGE understatement. when nick suggested flying to singapore to meet his family over the summer — this was far from any scenario she’d imagined ( and she’d thought of quite a few of them ). his ah ma’s home is grander than any place she’s ever set foot in, and currently filled with guests who don’t exactly seem to be thrilled by her presence. ( or maybe it’s all in her head ). nevertheless, she’s glad to be able to finally have a QUIET moment with a familiar face.   ❛ honestly, i don’t even know what i was expecting. ❜   a light chuckle escapes her as she gives astrid a quick glance.   ❛ it definitely wasn’t this. ❜

she had warned nick ( multiple times ) not to bring rachel in blind ; it’d been hard enough for michael five years ago, and he was STILL getting used to it all. doesn’t exactly KNOW what nicky had been thinking, having rachel show up and not know a single thing about the family couldn’t have been easy on her. she loves nick, adores rachel - truly wants to see the two of them happy & work out. she’d lost charlie due to family pressures. michael had simply been there at the right place and time ( even if he hadn’t met the high standards of the family, michael would at least put a stop to the whirlwind of rumors surrounding astrid and various men ) - look where that had left them? she might not be able to turn time back and fix her own relationship ( all that can be done is simply pretend she never saw the text and move on ) but she’ll do everything in her power to make sure that nick has HIS happily ever after.  ❛ i’m glad you’re here. even if nicky didn’t prep you to face the wolves. ❜