a dazzle of dying shadow

andrea | queer | certified lurker

[potluck-s]

the thoughtfulness of thirst

oh my god finally locked in long enough to finish chapter 4 let's gooooo

Emery looks conflicted, teeth sinking into her lip. Samira's eyes drop, voluntarily, to the action. She is either going to kiss Emery in the next five minutes or move out of her house entirely. For all she knows, the first thing might very well lead to the second.

chapter 4 | start at the beginning

[blueeyesshyskies]

My clenched jaw queen 💔

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Watching any movie before 2000 reminds you that people in movies used to be hot but like in a normal way

[killyridols]

music room by salman toor, oil on canvas, 2021

[filmnoirsbian]

I have so much love and respect for women who are honest about their own loneliness but also find the good in it like when audrey hepburn said “I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel” and when charlotte bronte said “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself” and when jenny slate said “I think I’ve come to terms with the fact that there will always be a ribbon of loneliness running through who I am. But that’s why I want to do comedy, and why I want to connect with people. You can use that ribbon to be a part of a finer tapestry, or you can choke yourself out with it! Your choice!” and when mary oliver said “whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh & exciting - over & over announcing your place in the family of things”

[potluck-s]

just had the worst day off of my life reading and dissecting the most dogshit script I’ve ever read in order to give notes to a guy too fucking conceited to take anyone’s advice because he’s going to be able to raise the funds anyway to make a project that will absolutely end his career

[parkchanwoohoo]

[potluck-s]

The Invite is a phenomenal movie, oh my god! Olivia Wilde directs the shit out of it, as I knew she would! I never doubted her for a second!!!!

Perfect performances from everyone, incredible blocking, beautiful cinematography, great score, good credits, FUNNY script! we used to make movies, ya know

[butchfromthepyre]

isa briones deserved an emmy for the scene stood over the suture drawer alone. like the minute movements of her face muscles as you can see her internal dilemma are insane. you're telling me six of the seven supporting actors nominated in a show with a diverse case are white by coincidence huh. thank god sepideh got one.

[cosmonautroger]

Oscar Niemeyer, Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, Brazil

[mirieo]

what if my kink is true love

[potluck-s]

wip wednesday

had an underwhelming writing week bc I'm trying to buy a new bed and it has taken up an unbelievable amount of my time and energy 🙄 ridiculous.

while the snippet this week isn't technically nsfw, it is extremely adjacent

next chapter of the thoughtfulness of thirst (x)

When Samira drags her up for a sticky slow kiss, Emery doesn't bother trying to keep it neat. "You doing okay?" she mumbles during the tiny gaps in contact. Samira nods into her mouth, tongue sloppy at the taste of herself on Emery's teeth. "Need to stop?" Emery seems to anticipate her whine of distress, gripping the inside of one thigh to splay her out and grind into the cradle of Samira's hips, fleshing her whine out into a moan.

[nowadayz]

ZENDAYA as EMMA HARWOOD THE DRAMA (2026) dir. Kristoffer Borgli

[theunfortunate-author]

my daily affirmation as an author

[galaxysharks]

I want Ellis to be teaching Santos something and she can tell that Trin's only like half there so she does that thing where you pull on someone's name card and let it go so it retracts and smack them in the face.

[oracle-fae-deactivated20260720]

jellyfish umbrellas

[mohankisser]

I love your pitt opinions so much. What are some mowalsh hills you will die on?

oh baby i have so many (also thank you). here are some:

they wouldn't have kids. i only get this vision if it's outside canonverse and in an au where their jobs aren't such a pillar to their characters. i could maybe see emery having one or two, but i only really see samira having them when she's 35+, and still i'm not a fan of that for her character/it doesn't sit well with the samira we saw on screen. i still like reading fics of them as parents though.

they are NERDS !!!!!!!!! they're both such dorks! i die on this hill every damn second. a lot of fan content makes emery out to be this freezing cold nonchalant robot and then samira is this soft gentle doormat. i rebuke this. they're both argumentative and snappy and a bit bratty but that's what makes them so interesting (to me).

they have polar opposite taste in movies and books and music. genuinely so different. movie nights are awful to witness.

emery is a HEAVY sleeper and samira comes home to find her knocked out on the couch at 1pm wearing samira's college sweatshirt and sweatpants 75% of the time.

samira will be minding her business at work and emery will walk by and quite literally yank her into a closet to hookup. samira is the one who is very much "we are at work we shouldn't be doing this" and emery is more "they'll cope i want to hear you'

samira hasn't had to fill her gas tank up since they've gotten together. emery fills it for her and cleans her car and changes her oil without samira having to ask and samira finds it very Hot to watch emery work on her car (who wouldn't)

i see them having a BIG wedding. i know a lot of people are not on this train but i feel like emery has a huge family and samira has a huge (extended) family and both don't want to cause drama with anyone so its a big guest list. they take a 2 week honeymoon after where they don't speak to anyone besides each other though.

emery wouldn't move hospitals to be with samira in canon. i am team samira gets a job at presby and emery stays at ptmc.

emery hates yappers and small talk and noise but loves how samira never stops talking around her. that's Her Yapper.

even though emery is on nights she wakes up a lot to get to hang out and go out and do stuff with samira. she'll get off at 8am from a 24 and you can bet your ass she's sitting watching her beautiful girlfriend try an 9 dollar matcha at a new cafe at noon. she yawns during all of these outings but reassures samira she's not tired (she falls asleep on the drive home).

big hikers and campers. emery grew up doing it, and samira gets super into going on long walks during this 4th year of residency turmoil. so once they're together they love going out and doing it!

i'll cut myself off here, but i could talk about these two all night. i love them.