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I fell in love with a person, and that person happens to be a man. And that man happens to be a prince.

just watched haikyuu for the first time bc of the Olympics and omg why did I never know these cutie pies existed they are all SO adorable 😭😭😭 would kms if any of them are sad for any reason

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tips for writing bilingual characters

there are different types of bilinguals

the All Around: speaks, reads, and writes both languages pretty well

the Conversational: one language is stronger than the other; can speak the other language a lot better than they read/write it (a lot of kids of immigrants are this type)

the High Schooler: understands what’s being said to them in the other language, can’t really speak it

don’t have your characters randomly drop words from their other language mid-sentence around people who don’t speak it lol

languages are a mindset thing. like personally if i’m around english-speakers, i’m speaking english and i don’t really switch to my other language (which is portuguese)

so like if you’re writing a bilingual character who speaks spanish and have them say something like “hey chad let’s go to the biblioteca” to an english speaker i’ll probably spend 5 minutes laughing and then close your story lmao

exception: the character is speaking in their weaker language and forgot a word (”where are the…? uh… llaves…. keys! keys, where are they?”)

otherwise really the only time your character should be randomly switching languages mid-sentence is if they’re talking to another bilingual

like i don’t speak spanish but i’ve legit never heard a spanish speaker say “ay dios mio” to gringos lmao

conversations between two bilingual people can take a few different forms:

Pick One: they pick one language and kinda stick with it for the whole conversation (a conversation i might have with my portuguese-speaking mom: ”you okay?” “yeah, i’m good. how’re you?” “i’m fine, but your dad-”)

Back-and-Forth: someone says something in one language, the other person replies in the other (”tudo bem?” “yeah, i’m good. how’re you?” “tou bem, mas o seu pai-”)

Combo: they speak a combo of the two languages, a popular example being spanglish, though basically every bilingual has their own combo language (”tudo bem?” “sim, tou bem. how’re you?” “i’m fine, mas o seu pai-”)

when in doubt: just ask a bilingual to look at your stuff and tell you if anything sounds weird

Consent is a beautiful thing.

Remember Alex hasn't been with a man so intimately. Henry is his Northstar here. Henry let's Alex learn his body and needs in the most subtle ways. He let's Alex know that he is ready with that subtle press of the hand.

Alex's eyes don't leave Henry's even for a second . He doesn't know what Henry is comfortable with. He waits for Henry to let him know he can proceed further. Henry gives him the slightest of nods and then and only then does Alex proceeds.

They didn't leave out any sexual dynamic in these scenes. I'm so fucking glad we got this lovemaking scene.

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had a stark realization the other day that no future ship will ever compare to klance for me. i've put too much emotional weight on them over the years that nothing will ever be able to surpass it

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