#nic vansteenberghe

[texasbama]

Nicolandria x Agua De Kefir 💦

[svolazi]

LOVE ISLAND: RACIAL DYNAMICS

I'm pissed the fuck off, so I had to make this. For those of y'all who aren't black, I gotta explain the racial aspect to this bullshit that's been happening to y'all.

ALL of this is alleged, none of this is factual or to be taken as truth, this is all just my personal opinion and personal analysis as a viewer of this show and not a true reflection of anyone mentioned in this post.

KC has looked down on Aniya since the first moment he saw her because she is a dark-skinned black woman and that is why he is hellbent on punishing her so badly.

He is so hung up on the fact that she didn't stand behind his door because in his mind, he is thinking that because she's "beneath" him as a dark-skinned black woman, he's owed her attraction and adoration and when he didn't get that, he's internally thinking, "how dare that dark bitch have the audacity to reject me".

This is proven by the fact that literally no other girl was behind that door, but he homed in specifically on what Aniya did.

Because Aniya is a dark-skinned black woman that comes from a well-off family, he thinks that she's gotten "too big for her britches" in a sense and he has been hellbent on humbling her since that moment behind the door and that is why he focuses on it so much.

He enjoys seeing the tears streaming down Aniya's face because he wants to humiliate her for "humiliating" him by not choosing him that first time when he views her as beneath him. He views "Titi" as above Aniya because she is lighter skinned than her.

Now "Titi" is similar to KC in the sense that she too wants Aniya to be humbled. Tierra strikes me as the kind of lighter skinned woman who enjoys being picked over darker skinned women by black men.

There's also the class aspect of it all in which Tierra and KC both appear to have similar upbringings in South Central, whereas Aniya comes from a very well-off family and both Tierra and KC enjoy humbling a girl who comes from a "better " background than they do. This is proven to me by KC bringing up Aniya having a "good family" in his recoupling speal.

Now regarding Aniya's side of things, I'll start with her and KC. Black women, especially dark-skinned black women, are very much encouraged to date within our race and are often shunned for exploring outside of our race. If you watched last season, you know that Olandria did get a lot of backlash for entertaining Nic despite her focusing her attention mostly on Taylor and Jalen (bombshell) and only fully entertaining Nic after the whole "I pick Clarke" thing.

Aniya also got the most backlash when Carl was chosen to stay in the villa instead of Keyon despite the fact that the entire group of girls decided who was going to stay in the villa. I think the girls made a good choice because Keyon has since gone on to bash Aniya on social media for the group not picking her.

Aniya is definitely one of the black women who chooses to mainly date within her race. According to her mother, she has only really dated black men and even at the beginning of this season, she chose to stand behind Sincere's (an Afro-Latino) door. She repeatedly picked and explored KC after that because she probably felt emotionally safest with a black man, as many black women do.

Now here comes in Carl. Carl is a white and Asian man, the type of man that Aniya does not typically go for. In every sense of the word, Carl is perfect. He's mature, he shares her interests, he's played the same sport as her, they converse well, he pays attention to her, and so on and so forth. Even the other villa girls notice how much better she's being treated by this man than she was with KC.

When choosing at the recoupling, obviously Aniya is still hung up on KC because she's known him longer, but regarding race, he's familiar.

Carl is new. He's perfect, but he's out of the safe zone. She's used to black men. She knows black men. She's scared to leave her "comfort zone" in a sense, so she picks the devil she knows. Rather the devil you know, than the devil you don't, right?

So, she chooses to stay with KC. She chooses to stay with what's familiar, expecting for him to do the same, and that's where she went wrong. She picked KC, but he didn't pick her.

To add salt to the wound, he picked what can be seen as an "upgrade" in a colorist point of view. Tierra is just as outwardly beautiful as Aniya, but she's lighter. And he treats her accordingly. Both Tierra and Aniya both wanted him to only be with them, but he received it much better from Tierra than Aniya because Tierra is lighter skinned and more sexual with him.

KC is resentful of the fact that Aniya, a dark-skinned black woman, is not giving him he wants sexually because black women, especially dark-skinned black women, are seen as sexual toys. You can see this in how at the heart rate challenge, the black girls were immediately turned around and had their asses slapped and were told to "go to work" by the boys, whereas the nonblack girls were treated with more dignity and respect.

KC is thinking, "how dare this dark-skinned bitch not be sexual with me?" when Aniya doesn't give him what he wants. He went on and on about this in Casa and also when he saw the images from the letter.

He also shows this by how he found it funny that Aniya wanted princess treatment because he doesn't view her as deserving of it, especially if he's not getting something in return. We see this with how he speaks as if Aniya owes him her loyalty because he "spoke life" into her.

KC is also emulating aspects of Corbin's personality because he looks up to Corbin because he's everything that he is, but light skinned. That's also why he takes pleasure on dogging out Aniya in conversation with Corbin.

But yeah, Aniya felt the same way that many black women feel, she felt that she had to stick beside KC because black men are more familiar and therefore deemed more "emotionally safe" for black women, whereas Carl is a brand-new experience for her that she's not used to. And she strikes me as the type who seems afraid to get out of her comfort zone.

Olandria and Trinity have both spoken on the experience of being dark skinned black women dating/exploring outside of their race (Bryce/Nic Vans) and how scary it is to step out of what you know, so with them to reference, we can further understand Aniya's reservations. Hopefully she's learned her lesson so that when Carl gets back, my client knows what to do!

That's all from me! Thanks for reading!

[tresleches333]

idk if i wanna be sandwiched between nicolandria or carniya....😩

[nicolandrians]

Olandria & Nic Agua de Kefir campaign | August 2025

[eternalsturn]

𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒅𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔☆𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒙 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓

summary: nic wants to rekindle as you’re caught up in a misunderstanding. inspired by nic and cierra’s conversation on the dock. (pretend ur name starts with an L, i’m sorry, i hate writing y/n lmaoo, it’s only used twice tho); light angst, fluff

warnings: none rlly slightly suggestive at the end

“Hey ladies. L’s, can I pull you?” Nic requests as he approaches the day-beds, finding you alongside Huda and Iris. Finally, you think to yourself.

“Yeah, of course.” You responded, gulping slightly.

“You’ve got this, babygirl.” Huda whispers to you and Iris smiles. You send them a little peck as you get up and accept Nic’s hand.

“This two-piece situation you’ got going is so flattering, you look beautiful.” He complements the indeed-flattering floral set you chose to wear this evening.

“Oh, thank you, you look so good.” You hit back, giving him a faint smile, having missed just about everything that came with his presence. So, you walk hand in hand, Nic taking lead and you soon realize he means to head over to the dock. You sit down, not letting go of your hands and Nic wastes no time blabbing.

“Firstly, I really want to apologize that it took me the entire day to pull you. I do think it caused unnecessary damage, so sorry.”

“Yeah, thank you for saying that. I’m actually happy you acknowledged it because it made me feel quite ambivalent about everything which stressed me out even more so…”

“That’s what I mean, I hate that I allowed you to kinda enter this headspace, especially after last night.”

“I mean, I knew you wouldn’t have just been like, willingly negligent towards me, it just still hurt - us, being so distant.” He nods in agreement.

“Oh, god, I know. This day felt like an entire week.” “Exactly!” You throw in. “I really hated not talking to you before bed yesterday or at all today, I hated not kissing you, just…not having you.” He admits, placing his hand on your thigh. The contact immediately provoked your heart to skip a beat.

“Me too, trust me. I did need some space when we were going to sleep last night but I fucking dreaded that we wouldn’t cuddle.”

“You definitely showed me how much I’m able to like, miss you if you’re not there, I was genuinely so sad.“

“I’m sorry, Nicky.” You couldn’t handle his little pout.

“Oh, no, I’m not trying to switch this up,” He takes both of your hands in his. “I pulled you because I wanted to apologize for the way I worded things last night. I totally get that it conveyed the wrong message and I never ever want you to think that I’m somehow invalidating what we have. I cherish this connection so deeply and I hate that I made it seem like we weren’t on the same page.“

“I appreciate your apology and feel so much lighter already. I lowkey feared you weren’t gonna come through today.”

“Woah, I mean, I do admit that I took my sweet time but come on, I’m miserable without you, I’m sure Ace let you know.” He flashes you a smile. It sounds cliché but-that god damn smile.

“Yeah, I was grateful to Ace for our chat, it reassured me at least a little bit.” You let out a sigh of relief.

“I also hated not being able to crack up with you today, oh my god.” He notes, the corners of his mouth curling.

“I know!!! It was so strange since we’ve spent literally every single day here shitting tears.” You both giggle in an almost perfect sync.

“So sorry, babygirl. For how I handled this whole thing.” He returns to his apology, visibly regretful.

You smooth your thumb over his cheek, caressing it with care, while your head rests tilted on your other hand. “I think all that mattered to me, at this point, was this conversation.” He hums and oh, so effortlessly lifts you onto his lap from the bench. “Don’t you worry anymore .” You whisper as you both lean in and finally lock them lips. The kiss is so gentle and slow, savoring each other as if there had not been another thing to ever taste. You catch the tiniest whimper from him as you pulled on his hair lightly, hinting at your hunger. His hands moved up and down, gliding across your thigh towards your waist, squeezing you firmly. “Mhm, you’re so warm.” You moan as he grabs the back of your head and leads you back in, his tongue creeping in your mouth, way more eager this time. “And you smell good.” You add. “Mm, you’re just always so quick to flirt with me, L.” He teases, tossing you the cheekiest grin. You press your lips together, blushing. You mutter a “Shut up.” and he goes back in, absolutely giggling at you. “You’re so cute, I love it.”

You share a few more pecks and agree on heading back to your fellow islanders. Ace is the first to notice you as you get closer to the common area.

“Wohooooo, my boy’s back home big time!!!” He yells, compelling everyone to look in your direction. Everybody cheers, seeing your hands intertwined and the vibrant flush painting your faces.

[hopelessmoods]

Olandria Carthen by painted by esther for 'watch what happens' (2025)

[themuseinmuseum]

[matt-daddario]

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