your heart is beating

isn’t it? Bee - she/they/he biracial bisexual adult

[the-quasar-hero]

Come, you simply must meet my associates! This woman right here is a delightful pervert of sorts, and this fellow here, he’s some kind of a fucking idiot.

[dogpuppy]

[chantalim]

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[laniidae-passerine]

Unfortunately a little bit tomtricia pilled and yet very much a sapphic Patricia believer. As such my ideal scenario is one where Tom accidentally falls for Patricia and then has the worst summer of his life as multiple eligible female tourists try steal her away from Widow's Bay. He’s an asshole to them all out of jealousy but it backfires because then everyone on the island assumes he’s secretly been homophobic this whole time. Responses vary from trying to help him be a better person (Evan) to detailing their own shockingly broad sexual/romantic histories (Wyck). Everything culminates in Tom crashing out at a very public event and informing the entire town that he is down bad over Patricia and also can’t be homophobic because he’s bisexual actually! so checkmate! how did he figure that out? Bechir please don’t ask. please.

[patriciafinalgirl]

"Emergency Shelter" | Widow's Bay 1x09

[laniidae-passerine]

That one quote from Kate O’Flynn about the codependency of Patricia and Tom’s dynamic suggests that he is contractually obligated to celebrate her birthday every year or else she acts like she’s going to murder-suicide the town hall. Mayor of Widow’s Bay who has to pick out a thoughtful present (that is inevitably thoughtless) and buy a birthday cake because he’s petrified of a woman at work being mad at him and for good fucking reason too. And obviously if he has to remember Patricia’s birthday, then she commits hardcore to celebrating his and he hates it so much and complains the whole time, but would also be really put out if she ever stopped doing it.

[limitedseries]

You once saw me with a flat tire and you kept on driving.

"Tom's relationship with Patricia is a funny one because I think they're a little bit codependent. She likes having this friend, who's the mayor, and she's by his side all the time. Matthew [Rhys] and I once talked about how, God forbid, he ever forgot Patricia's birthday, his life would be over. He couldn't go to work for weeks because he [would] know she's just waiting to be furious. For him, she's someone that he can rant to. She's all ears. She'll listen. Always." -Kate O’Flynn, Den of Geek

Tom and Patricia Widow's Bay, Season 1 (2026)

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[thesoldiersminute]

Possession dir. Andrzej Żuławski | 1981

[inthedarktrees]

Okay, come on! Whoo! Party!

Kate O'Flynn as Patricia

“Beach Reads” | Widow’s Bay 1x04

[aaronstveit]

KATHARINE HEPBURN & JAMES STEWART THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)

[laniidae-passerine]

frankly in the sunset cocktails episode, Patricia felt like a lesbian desperate for other womens’ approval. however it does also seem like she and Tom could end up in an accidental weird femdom to begrudging soulmates situation. either way s2 should involve her, a special someone and a uhaul

[ruchi-writes]

enemies-to-lovers is about power, actually

I think a lot of people misunderstand why enemies to lovers is so popular. It’s quickly become one of the most pervasive tropes in many novels. Is it the banter, the tension? That’s definitely part of it. But if that were true, then friends-to-lovers and literally any romance with good dialogue and characterization would scratch the same itch. For some, it does, but for many…enemies-to-lovers just hits different. 

My theory is that it isn’t actually about love, not really. I think it fulfils a fantasy that no other trope can provide: the fantasy of being seen as an equal. 

Think about what specifically makes someone an enemy in fiction. It’s not just someone the MC dislikes, it’s someone who can affect them in tangible ways, maybe even have the power to ruin them, challenge their worldview, expose their weaknesses, etc. The relationship begins with conflict because the characters are fundamentally opposed in some way. It doesn’t matter why, but they’re fighting. There is a struggle for dominance. 

I would argue that the most impactful enemies-to-lovers moments are never the romantic moments, they’re the scenes where power shifts. They BOTH lose: they’re forced into a position that would have horrified them at the beginning of the story. They end up needing (or wanting) each other. 

That’s why I think people are often disappointed when a supposed enemies-to-lovers story turns out to be a milquetoast attempt where they’re just kinda mean to each other for a few pages, and then immediately start making out. Where’s the risk, the actual threat? If the characters aren’t capable of genuinely affecting one another, then the relationship isn’t actually transforming in a satisfying way. The appeal is in the fact that they have power over each other, because the eventual trust they build requires real surrender.

Because here’s the thing about enemies; they pay attention, and usually more attention than anyone else. They notice weaknesses because they’re actively looking for them, they notice strengths because they need to account for them. They notice habits, blind spots, ambitions, fears. 

They study the MC with a level of scrutiny that borders (and later crosses) intimate, but unlike friends (or supporting characters in the MC’s corner) they’re not willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, they don’t overlook flaws out of affection. Which is exactly what makes the eventual romance so satisfying. It feels earned. 

It’s easy to imagine being loved by someone who sees the best version of you, but it’s an entirely different thing to be loved by someone who has seen you at your worst. That’s why this dynamic often feels more convincing than romances where the characters are immediately into each other.

I imagine there are many who go through life feeling misunderstood, or worse, that the people who love them only love the polished, perfect version they present to the world, almost like impostor syndrome. But what if there was someone who couldn’t be fooled by this carefully constructed image? 

When someone more powerful chooses someone, maybe the fantasy is protection. When it’s someone less powerful, the fantasy might be admiration. But if there’s someone intelligent and observant enough to see the MC as an equal, the fantasy there is the most intense and honest validation. 

Which means enemies to lovers was never about turning hate/annoyance into love, it was about turning power into vulnerability – which is a terrifying loss of power, which THEN leads to intimacy. 

[monkparakeet]

Fun facts about the making of Biosphere (2022) that I learned from listening to interviews:

-Mark Duplass came up with the initial idea for a script where the last two guys on Earth are stuck in a biodome arguing about Super Mario Bros, and then he ran into a wall with it so he brought it to Mel Eslyn who filled in the rest, did the scientific research, and offered a queer female perspective. They also got input from Zackary Drucker who provided a trans woman’s perspective, as well as Sterling K. Brown’s perspective on the homophobia he encountered in his own community growing up as a Black man in the south (source 1 2 3)

-Mark and Mel wanted Sterling for the film after seeing a videos of him dancing goofily and being goofy in interviews. Mark said he fell in love with the idea of Sterling playing Ray before they had even reached out to him. They sent him the script asking if he wanted to be a part of it, expecting not to hear back for several months, but he read it overnight and called the next morning while driving saying he wanted in (source 1 2)

-it was filmed over a period of 3 weeks (source)

-the 30lb weights Ray uses for bicep curls before [redacted] are real and from Mark’s garage, and they had dust on them from not being used (source)

-there were a lot of LGBTQ crew on set and their appreciation for the story and how much it would mean to the LGBTQ community really bolstered Sterling during the process of making the film (source)

-Sterling found that he went on a similar journey in preparing for the role as Ray does in the film (source)

-Sterling thinks Mark’s junk looks very normal (source)

-Mark: “the key ingredient to this movie is being able to giggle warmly at these gentlemen’s discomfort as they try to deconstruct who they have been and try to grow and they mess up and see if they can survive, both literally and metaphorically. […] and I hope that anyone can see a little bit of themselves as our society is bringing us so many challenges about who we are and who we want to be and is it okay to admit that we have these blind spots at times. I hope that this is a warm and non-castigating way for people to see some things in themselves and get a different lens on it without feeling like theyre being called out.” (source)

[monkparakeet]

Biosphere (2022) No Context

[mullomohiam]

if I lived in the world of Biosphere (2022) and I was forced to live in a dome because the dumbass republican us president had blown the world to shit. And then the atmosphere started to heal and I got to go outside for the first time in years only to find out that same dumbass republican us president had got mpregnant by his chief advisor. Well I don't know what I'd do.

[fridgrave2-0]

'is the touching or pressing of one's lips against another person, animal, or object'