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Laura| Slytherin | Harry Potter| Riverdale| Vampire Diaries| Friends| Bands and stuff| | Multifandom Blog| REQUESTS OPEN
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Title: Immortals - pt 10 Word Count: 5k Rating: M Genre: Drama, smut, dark fantasy Warnings: language, smut Pairings: BTS x Reader/OT7 x reader Summary: Sometimes, you find your destiny. And sometimes, your destiny does whatever it takes to keep you. Written By: A & B

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THESIS IT [xxx.Androgen2.0]

🍋 Pairing: BTS x reader; OT7

🍋 Genre: romcom, unveristy!au, medical!au, music!au, roommates!au, cafe!au, smut 

⇢ Word Count: 12K | read at your own risk

⌦ Warnings: too-many-guys-is-a-heartache chapter; this chapter isn’t for the fainthearted. Do not read if you aren’t mentally ready to see them staring at you just like in the cover chapter photo. 

 TW: NSFW, 18+, s e x u a l  t e n s i o n, bickering, jealousy, a roller-coaster-ride chapter, light bondage, light yandere, polyamory, oral sex, foursome, threesome, double penetration, anal, multiple orgasm, orgy, sensitive readers might classify this as dubcon, angst

⌦ A/N: New banner for the XXXth chapter because every X should be celebrated! Thank you for my ever-so-patient readers. It took us this long to reach this phase, please enjoy and breakdown.

Disclaimer: I am not a multi-fandom person but I also do not have anything against other boy groups. (I do listen to variety of KPOP songs, but I haven’t come to love any other boy group the same extent I do for Bangtan) If by chance my descriptions don’t confirm to your beliefs and opinions, then I apologize.

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Shelter of Hope | Chapter 1

Genre: Poly!AU; Hybrid!AU; Fluff; Angst

Pairing: Hybrid BTS x Female!Reader; Human!Reader, Human!Namjoon, White Persian Cat!Seokjin, Siamese Cat!Yoongi, Border Collie!Hoseok, Calico Cat!Jimin, Australian Shepherd!Taehyung, Siberian Husky!Jungkook

Summary: Y/N and her husband Namjoon are the proud owners of a hybrid shelter, protecting and saving as many hybrids as they can. They have a couple of their own, a cat and dog hybrid, whom they love with all their hearts. In the shelter, they gain some hybrids with trauma filled pasts, and one particular one who no one seems to want. What will happen when their little family of four turns to eight?

Warning: Mentions of Abuse, Sexual Assault, Depression, Anxiety; Suggestions of Smut; Read with caution <3

Word Count: 1,204

Author’s Note: Ooooh, am I excited about this AU! I’ve had the thought for a while now and decided to work on it! I really hope you all like it, tell me what you think! It really motivates me when you tell me. ^_^

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Our One and Only | 01

Words: 1.9K

Genre: Fluff and I guess a little bit of angst

Pairing: OT7 x Reader

Summary: The members didn’t think they could be any more content than they were at the moment. They were getting to become known worldwide and have inspired a significant amount of other hybrids to follow their aspirations. However, when Y/n strolled into the room, they realized they could turn out to be quite a lot more satisfied.

If you’d like to be tagged, let me know in the comments!

Prologue, 01, 02, 03, 04

Chapter One

You sighed as you put your school bag down by your desk, slowly stretching your aching muscles. Your mom has been bugging you about when you were planning on visiting, saying it’s been months since they’ve last seen you, which you’ll admit is very true. College has been stressful lately and you hardly had a free day, and if you did they were spent studying. So staying with them for a weekend seemed like the best option. You didn’t have any classes on the weekend and you honestly had nothing better to do. Plus, you really weren’t in the mood to cook dinner or waste money on buying takeout so why not drop by your childhood home?

Laying down on your bed, you just stared at your ceiling wondering what exactly was for dinner. Were you having your favorite? Or were they going to make your least favorite food? A horrified expression appeared when you thought that. Would they do that to you just because you haven’t been visiting? God, you sure hoped they wouldn’t.

Your mother could be heard calling for you from the living room, “Y/n! Would you be able to come here for a second?” You groaned not really looking forward for the walk down the stairs. Why couldn’t they have an elevator in the house? Or better yet, why couldn’t you have teleportation powers. You were far too lazy for this type of exercise.

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Sirius x Reader

*REQUESTS ARE OPEN*

Summary: Both Black brothers are in love with Y/N. She’s in Regulus’ year and a Slytherin.

Warnings: snogging and sad Regulus

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“Reg! Stop it”, said Y/N as Regulus poked her sides. Her friend just grinned down to her and continued. “Come on. We’re late for dinner.” “Because of you, if I may add”, said Regulus and walked with her to the great hall. “It’s not my fault that you are so bad at explaining transfiguration to me.” As they entered the hall, Y/N looked over to the Gryffindor table, where some of her friends sat. Y/N came from a really powerful pureblood family, just like the Black family. She was eldest child if her parents, who expected Y/N to get sorted into Slytherin. Which she was, but they soon found out that their daughter didn’t share their opinion on blood purity, which made her a traitor. She didn’t understand why Regulus was her friend, they didn’t share the same views on blood purity. What Regulus didn’t understand was, how she could be friends with his brother and his friends.

After dinner the hall started to empty itself, the most students still had homework to do or wanted to hang out in their common rooms or wanted to go out and enjoy the last hours sunshine. Y/N walked behind Regulus and his friends out of the hall when she heard someone call her name. “Y/N! Y/N, wait”,it was Sirius who called for her. She stopped and turned around. Sirius and his friends walked up to her. “You were late to dinner, where were you?”, asked Sirius, while throwing his arm over her shoulder. They all started to walk towards the lake. “I was with Regulus,” Y/N started to explain and she already felt how Sirius begann to tense. “He tried to explain transfiguration to me.” “He just tried?”, James laughed and Y/N couldn’t help and laughed too. “He really tried, it’s just a difficult subject at the moment.” She could feel Sirius relaxing again. “I can help you. I had an O in every transfiguration exam”, said Sirius with a smirk. He loved to show that he was better than his brother. Y/N smiled. “I’d like that. Tomorrow evening in the library?” “Sure”, Sirius smiled and watched as she walked away. She truly was beautiful. “Close your mouth, you start to drool”, said Remus, who had watched quietly, with a smirk. “Shut up, Moony.”

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“Where were you, Y/N? I was worried! You went without saying anything!”, Y/N was met by an angry Regulus. “I was at lake, I didn’t know I had to tell you where I am going”, said Y/N calmly and looked Regulus in the eyes. He could get lost in them, he could never stay mad at her. Y/N smiled and went to her dorm.

Days went by and Y/N Sirius would meet up to study together whenever Y/N didn’t get something. Little did they know, that Regulus knew about their study dates and would always sit a table or two away from them, just to make sure Y/N’s alright of course. What he didn’t know was that Sirius has asked Y/N out more than once. And she had said ‘yes’ every time. Regulus also didn’t know, that one day, after one of their dates Sirius asked her to be his girlfriend. Y/N said yes.

He found out when he walked through the corridors and saw his brother pinning Y/N against a wall. He wanted to walk up to them and say something, because he thought Sirius was threatening Y/N. But he immediately stopped after he heard Y/N speak up. “I love you”, she said with a dreamy smile and closed her eyes. Sirius looked at her face. He couldn’t believe he got so lucky to have her. “I love you too”, Sirius smiled and kissed her slowly.

Regulus was angry. Angry she didn’t told him. Angry his brother got her, because she deserved better. And angry, because he wasn’t fast enough to get her.

This was the first time he saw them, but after that day, he saw them everywhere. He realised how close they sat in the library. How Sirius’ arm wasn’t thrown over her shoulder as he used to do, it was around her waist. He saw Sirius kissing her before they walked to their classes. He saw him pinning her against the wall, where he saw them the first time. And it seemed as if everyone knew about them before he did and it annoyed him.

Regulus wanted to confront her. He wanted to know why she didn’t tell him about her relationship with his brother. He knew where Y/N and Sirius were. They were always on the seventh floor, somewhere near the Gryffindortower. The floor was empty, because it was already after bed time for the students and nobody wanted detention by Filch. Regulus walked around the corner as he saw them. Y/N had her arms around Sirius’ neck and his hands were one her hip. She was leaning against the wall and looked up to Sirius. Regulus felt like he was frozen, he couldn’t move nor could he say any of the things he wanted to say so badly. Y/N closed her eyes as Sirius leaned down to kiss her. Sirius broke the kiss and started kissing Y/N’s neck. He stopped and looked up, Y/N had her eyes still closed. Her lips were still a bit puffy from the kiss.

Then something happend, that Regulus never wanted to happen, his brother saw him. First Sirius was a confused, but then he understood. He understood everything, and he enjoyed it. Sirius smirked. He started kissing Y/N’s neck again till she moaned his name and her arms dropped to his shoulders. Then Sirius looked again to his brother, who by now was livid, and started kissing her again. Regulus couldn’t stand it anymore and walked away, but not without glaring at his brother.

He lost the girl he loved to his brother.

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Please make this go viral.

It is so important I don’t even care if you delete what I write here, just help it be seen. 

Reblog.

If you don’t reblog get the fuck out of here

U.S. National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 

Live chat services are also available for anyone who doesn’t feel comfortable with making phone calls/talking on the phone. 

Please reach out when you are struggling. You deserve so much more out of this life. Don’t ever forget that somebody loves you. 

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By text: 45645 just text start. Some of us can’t talk on the phone. This service runs 4pm - midnight Eastern Standard Time

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Hell, even message me on here if you want to talk. I can give you other ways to contact me if you need it <3

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Alright you guys, I'm looking for a peter parker( not 100% sure, could also be tom) smut where he is like training and reader sends him a video of them fucking, and Bucky and Steve (or seb and Chris??) first teased him for being late and whipped for his girl but then they see the video of tom spitting into his girl mouth and they shut up. And there's also a second part where he like shows of how good the reader is trained because he calls her from the shower and she appears in just a towel and has her suck him off I think?

If anyone can find it and send me the link I will love you forever, thanks

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Spoilers for Locke & Key (I guess)

But I was so disappointed when in the last episode it was shown that Gabe isn't who we thought he was, because I was rooting for him and Kins the moment it became clear he is going to stick around as a character and is interested in her. And then the last episode just broke my heart, because I actually liked Gabe a lot more than some other characters, because he was always there for Kinsey. When she wanted to do something he was like, 'sure let's do it' now it makes sense why he was like that. But still

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You know what I love about the pjo/hoo/mcga/toa fandom? We all agree on most of the headcannons. Like, we all agree that Alex is taller than Magnus even thought there’s not really anything confirming it(if you have something that does please tell me). We al l agree that Piper and Percy would be best friends despite them not having a one-on-one conversation. We all think that Percy could kick Jason’s ass. We agree that Jason would be the biggest Solangelo shipper. We all agree that even though Luke’s final act was miniscule and that it was to small to erase all the bad things he has done he still can be forgiven. We call the author Uncle Rick for crying out loud. We are the best fandom because we are so close that we could be a family of empty cups. We welcome other fandoms and from what I know have never had a war against each other. We are the Percy Jackson fandom.

*EDIT* Several messages later: Alex being taller than Magnus is not 100% agreed on and also evidence against the statement can be found in cannon material (thanks to the people that mentioned this)

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god will i ever stop thinking about the fact that annabeth admitted in mark of athena that she fell even more in love with percy the summer they all thought he was supposed to die at the hands of the prophecy and the whole summer they were still skirting around their feelings but neither of them would do anything because annabeth was scared of losing him just like she’s lost everyone in her life and percy didn’t want to let her down but then he did survive and he didn’t leave her and they started dating and she said it was the happiest four months of her life dating percy and then he was taken away from her just like she always thought he would and i can’t even imagine how she was feeling knowing the person she cared about more than anyone in the world was taken away from her and he might not remember her and her feelings just got stronger and stronger the longer they were apart but then they’re finally reunited and he’s telling her that the only person he remember, the only thing he remembered was her, and he’s telling her he wants to make plans for the future with her and despite the separation and anxiety and sadness and fear she had been feeling for the past six months, imagine how reassuring that felt for percy to say all those things to her and throughout all of mark of athena he just kept promising her he was going to come back and when she finally completes her quest to save the athena parthenos and the first thing he says to her is “it’s okay we’re together again” and she thinks to herself i love him for saying that because he knows her better than he knows anyone and then he still refuses to leave her and they fall into tartarus together and i think annabeth really knows how much percy loves her and knows her as person by the end of mark of athena because she’s always been a little worried and she tries to move past it but it takes a lot for her to trust but percy just proves time and time again that he doesn’t want to leave her, not if he can help it

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Okay

So we all know in heroes of Olympus Annabeth and Percy fell asleep together in the stables. And after Hedge found out he grounded annabeth and didn't let percy and her anywhere together and stuff. But I refuse to believe that anyone would have said something when they started sharing a bed after coming back from Tartarus. They literally have been to hell and back together and you can tell me what you want, but when they share a bed the nightmares are easier to endure than when they're alone. Also I think that none of the crew members would really care if they sleep together, since it was only Hedge who lost his shit.

Annabeth and Percy refuse to sleep alone after Tartarus, that's it thanks for your attention

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No offence but Percy being made to feel guilty about how the gods forgot about Calypso because he was ~a little preoccupied~ and having that guilt validated is bullshit. Calypso cursing Annabeth for Percy leaving her is bullshit. Percy bearing the blame for that curse is bullshit. Annabeth having to pay the price & then basically being treated as a background prop for this shitty plot line is bullshit. Leo holding it against Percy for not choosing Calypso over saving the world is bullshit. I’m sorry if u think I’m wrong but like if it wasn’t gna be fleshed out why was it introduced I hate this

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Sirius x Reader

*REQUESTS ARE OPEN*

Summary: Both Black brothers are in love with Y/N. She’s in Regulus’ year and a Slytherin.

Warnings: snogging and sad Regulus

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“Reg! Stop it”, said Y/N as Regulus poked her sides. Her friend just grinned down to her and continued. “Come on. We’re late for dinner.” “Because of you, if I may add”, said Regulus and walked with her to the great hall. “It’s not my fault that you are so bad at explaining transfiguration to me.” As they entered the hall, Y/N looked over to the Gryffindor table, where some of her friends sat. Y/N came from a really powerful pureblood family, just like the Black family. She was eldest child if her parents, who expected Y/N to get sorted into Slytherin. Which she was, but they soon found out that their daughter didn’t share their opinion on blood purity, which made her a traitor. She didn’t understand why Regulus was her friend, they didn’t share the same views on blood purity. What Regulus didn’t understand was, how she could be friends with his brother and his friends.

After dinner the hall started to empty itself, the most students still had homework to do or wanted to hang out in their common rooms or wanted to go out and enjoy the last hours sunshine. Y/N walked behind Regulus and his friends out of the hall when she heard someone call her name. “Y/N! Y/N, wait”,it was Sirius who called for her. She stopped and turned around. Sirius and his friends walked up to her. “You were late to dinner, where were you?”, asked Sirius, while throwing his arm over her shoulder. They all started to walk towards the lake. “I was with Regulus,” Y/N started to explain and she already felt how Sirius begann to tense. “He tried to explain transfiguration to me.” “He just tried?”, James laughed and Y/N couldn’t help and laughed too. “He really tried, it’s just a difficult subject at the moment.” She could feel Sirius relaxing again. “I can help you. I had an O in every transfiguration exam”, said Sirius with a smirk. He loved to show that he was better than his brother. Y/N smiled. “I’d like that. Tomorrow evening in the library?” “Sure”, Sirius smiled and watched as she walked away. She truly was beautiful. “Close your mouth, you start to drool”, said Remus, who had watched quietly, with a smirk. “Shut up, Moony.”

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“Where were you, Y/N? I was worried! You went without saying anything!”, Y/N was met by an angry Regulus. “I was at lake, I didn’t know I had to tell you where I am going”, said Y/N calmly and looked Regulus in the eyes. He could get lost in them, he could never stay mad at her. Y/N smiled and went to her dorm.

Days went by and Y/N Sirius would meet up to study together whenever Y/N didn’t get something. Little did they know, that Regulus knew about their study dates and would always sit a table or two away from them, just to make sure Y/N’s alright of course. What he didn’t know was that Sirius has asked Y/N out more than once. And she had said ‘yes’ every time. Regulus also didn’t know, that one day, after one of their dates Sirius asked her to be his girlfriend. Y/N said yes.

He found out when he walked through the corridors and saw his brother pinning Y/N against a wall. He wanted to walk up to them and say something, because he thought Sirius was threatening Y/N. But he immediately stopped after he heard Y/N speak up. “I love you”, she said with a dreamy smile and closed her eyes. Sirius looked at her face. He couldn’t believe he got so lucky to have her. “I love you too”, Sirius smiled and kissed her slowly.

Regulus was angry. Angry she didn’t told him. Angry his brother got her, because she deserved better. And angry, because he wasn’t fast enough to get her.

This was the first time he saw them, but after that day, he saw them everywhere. He realised how close they sat in the library. How Sirius’ arm wasn’t thrown over her shoulder as he used to do, it was around her waist. He saw Sirius kissing her before they walked to their classes. He saw him pinning her against the wall, where he saw them the first time. And it seemed as if everyone knew about them before he did and it annoyed him.

Regulus wanted to confront her. He wanted to know why she didn’t tell him about her relationship with his brother. He knew where Y/N and Sirius were. They were always on the seventh floor, somewhere near the Gryffindortower. The floor was empty, because it was already after bed time for the students and nobody wanted detention by Filch. Regulus walked around the corner as he saw them. Y/N had her arms around Sirius’ neck and his hands were one her hip. She was leaning against the wall and looked up to Sirius. Regulus felt like he was frozen, he couldn’t move nor could he say any of the things he wanted to say so badly. Y/N closed her eyes as Sirius leaned down to kiss her. Sirius broke the kiss and started kissing Y/N’s neck. He stopped and looked up, Y/N had her eyes still closed. Her lips were still a bit puffy from the kiss.

Then something happend, that Regulus never wanted to happen, his brother saw him. First Sirius was a confused, but then he understood. He understood everything, and he enjoyed it. Sirius smirked. He started kissing Y/N’s neck again till she moaned his name and her arms dropped to his shoulders. Then Sirius looked again to his brother, who by now was livid, and started kissing her again. Regulus couldn’t stand it anymore and walked away, but not without glaring at his brother.

He lost the girl he loved to his brother.

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inritum

reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)

OH MY FUCKING GOD, IT’S BACK ON MY DASH.

THIS SHIT WORKS OKAY, I AM DEAD SERIOUS.

The last time I saw this on my dash, I didn’t think it would happen, so jokingly I wished I could go to a fun. concert.

AND GUESS WHAT, I WENT TO A FUCKING FUN. CONCERT.

THIS SHIT WORKS, TRY IT.

YOOOOOOO

I SAW THIS ON MY DASH THE OTHER DAY AND THOUGHT “ITS WORTH A TRY” SO I WISHED I COULD GET A 3DS

LITERALLY LIKE 4 DAYS LATER MY DAD SENT ME A PICTURE OF THE 3DS XL HE BOUGHT FOR ME WHILE I WAS AT SCHOOL

IM STILL FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS

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doryishness

holy fuck, I didn’t expect this to work, I was like psh, whatever it’s just a quick reblog, but I wished my Dad would actually respond back to me AND HE FUCKING DID A FEW DAYS LATER, I GOT A FUCKING TEXT FROM MY DAD TODAY WHO HASN’T SPOKEN OR RESPONDED TO ME IN MONTHS HOLY FUCK WHAT IS THIS MAGIC IT WORKS. 

I WANTED TO SEE MY BOYFRIEND AND I DIDN’T THINK I’D GET DAYS OFF BUT THIS WEEKEND I’M HEADING UP THERE??? THIS IS CRAZY SHIT 

SO LIKE I JOKINGLY WISHED FOR MY OWN LEN KAGAMINE AND THEN LIKE A WEEK LATER I GOT A LEN NENDOROID??? H ELP

WTF OKAY SO THIS SHOT ACTUALLY WORKS BECAUSE WHEN I WISHED, I HAD WISHED MY CRUSH WOULD LIKE ME BACK AND GUESS WHAT? I HAVE A BOYFRIEND NOW. WHAT THE HELLLLL?????

ok I’ve said this before but IM DOING IT AGAIN THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS, MY WISH DID COME TRUE SO I REBLOGED AGAIN AND SAID IT IN THE TAGS BUT THEN I WISHED FOR SMTH ELSE AND IT LITERALLY LITERALLY HAPPENED LIKE A COUPLE DAYS LATER WHAT THE HELL SO NOW IM WRITING THIS HERE FOR YOU BC I DONT BELIEVE IN THIS CRAP BUT STILL IT’S AN AWFULLY BIG COINCIDENCE

THE BOY I FELL I LOVE WITH LEFT TO TRAVEL THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD AND HAS BEEN GONE NOW FOR 3 MONTHS. WE HAVENT SPOKEN SINCE BECAUSE I DIDNT WANT TO MAKE HIM FEEL TRAPPED TO ME AND NOT ENJOY HIS TIME SO I WAITED FOR HIM TO CONTACT ME FIRST. I SAW THIS ON A PARTICULARLY LOW DAY WHEN I WAS MISSING HIM SO MUCH I CRIED FROM THE PAIN, GUYS I REALLY LOVE HIM, SO I THOUGHT MEH WHAT THE FUCK, AND WISHED HE WOULD JUST LET ME KNOW HE WAS OKAY.

GUYS.

HE FUCKING CALLED ME 20 MINUTES LATER

20 FUCKNG. MINUTES. LATER.

GOOD THINGS DO HAPPEN. AND ITS IN THIS POST.

I wish for someone to leave something in my ask.

OKAY SO I ASKED FOR A HEDGEHOG AND NOW GUESS WHO HAS A PET HEDGEHOG

I WISHED FOR SNK MERCH THE FIRST TIME. I GOT A JACKET.

I WISHED FOR MY GIRLFRIEND THE SECOND TIME. I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND.

THIS WORKs I WISHED I WAS MOVING TO NORTH CAROLINA AND GUESS WHAT GUYS IM MOVING TO NC IN AUGUST I PROMISE U IM NOT LYING

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ariya-art

guys ok ur probably thinking that this is all just bs right? WELL I THOUGHT SO TOO BUT I WISHED MY CRUSH WOULD CHAT ME AND HE DID AND IM FREAKING OUT not even kidding i swear on my grampas grave this works

I love this it always works for me yey thank u shooting star :’)

woah the notes let’s hope my wish comes true

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Body Language: Eyes

So I stumbled across this really useful thing which I use for writing and wanted to share it with you all.

The eyes are often called, with some justification, ‘the windows of the soul’ as they can send many different non-verbal signals. For reading body language this is quite useful as looking at people’s eyes are a normal part of communication (whilst gazing at other parts of the body can be seen as rather rude). When a person wears dark glasses, especially indoors, this prevents others from reading their eye signals. It is consequently rather disconcerting, which is why ‘gangsters’ and those seeking to appear powerful sometimes wear them.

Looking Up

  • When a person looks upwards they are often thinking. In particular they are probably making pictures in their head and thus may well be an indicator of a visual thinker.
  • When they are delivering a speech or presentation, looking up may be their recalling their prepared words.
  • Looking upwards and to the left can indicate recalling a memory. Looking upwards and the right can indicate imaginative construction of a picture (which can hence betray a liar). Be careful with this: sometimes the directions are reversed — if in doubt, test the person by asking them to recall known facts or imagine something.
  • Looking up may also be a signal of boredom as the person examines the surroundings in search of something more interesting.
  • Head lowered and eyes looking back up at the other person is a coy and suggestive action as it combines the head down of submission with eye contact of attraction. It can also be judgemental, especially when combined with a frown.

Looking Down

  • Looking at a person can be an act of power and domination. Looking down involves not looking at the other person, which hence may be a sign of submission (‘I am not a threat, really; please do not hurt me. You are so glorious I would be dazzled if I looked at you.’)
  • Looking down can thus be a signal of submission. It can also indicate that the person is feeling guilty.
  • A notable way that a lower person looks down at a higher person is by tilting their head back. Even taller people may do this.
  • Looking down and to the left can indicate that they are talking to themselves (look for slight movement of the lips). Looking down and to the right can indicate that they are attending to internal emotions.
  • In many cultures where eye contact is a rude or dominant signal, people will look down when talking with others in order to show respect.

Looking Sideways

  • Much of our field of vision is in the horizontal plane, so when a person looks sideways, they are either looking away from what is in front of them or looking towards something that has taken their interest.
  • A quick glance sideways can just be checking the source of a distraction to assess for threat or interest. It can also be done to show irritation (‘I didn’t appreciate that comment!’).
  • Looking to the left can indicate a person recalling a sound. Looking to the right can indicate that they are imagining the sound. As with visual and other movements, this can be reversed and may need checking against known truth and fabrication.

Lateral movement

  • Eyes moving from side-to-side can indicate shiftiness and lying, as if the person is looking for an escape route in case they are found out.
  • Lateral movement can also happen when the person is being conspiratorial, as if they are checking that nobody else is listening.
  • Eyes may also move back and forth sideways (and sometimes up and down) when the person is visualizing a big picture and is literally looking it over.

Gazing

  • Looking at something shows an interest in it, whether it is a painting, a table or a person. When you look at something, then others who look at your eyes will feel compelled to follow your gaze to see what you are looking at. This is a remarkable skill as we are able to follow a gaze very accurately.
  • When looking at a person normally, the gaze is usually at eye level or above (see eye contact, below). The gaze can also be a defocused looking at the general person.
  • Looking at a person’s mouth can indicate that you would like to kiss them. Looking at sexual regions indicates a desire to have sexual relations with them.
  • Looking up and down at a whole person is usually sizing them up, either as a potential threat or as a sexual partner (notice where the gaze lingers). This can be quite insulting and hence indicate a position of presumed dominance, as the person effectively says ‘I am more powerful than you, your feelings are unimportant to me and you will submit to my gaze’.
  • Looking at their forehead or not at them indicates disinterest. This may also be shown by defocused eyes where the person is ‘inside their head’ thinking about other things.
  • The power gaze is a short but intense gaze that is used to impose one’s will on another, showing power without aggression.
  • It is difficult to conceal a gaze as we are particularly adept at identifying exactly where other people are looking. This is one reason why we have larger eye whites than animals, as it aids complex communication.
  • People who are lying may look away more often as they feel guilty when looking at others. However, when they know this, they may over-compensate by looking at you for longer than usual. This also helps them watch your body language for signs of detection.
  • The acceptable duration of a gaze varies with culture and sometimes even a slight glance is unacceptable, such as between genders or by a lower status person.
  • Non-visual gaze patterns (NVGPs) involve rapid movements (saccades) and fixations while we are ‘inside our heads’, thinking. Rapid movements happen more when we are accessing long-term memory and fixations more when we are accessing working memory. This is useful to detect whether people are thinking about older events or recent events (or old events that are already brought to working memory).

Glancing

  • Glancing at something can betray a desire for that thing, for example glancing at the door can indicate a desire to leave.
  • Glancing at a person can indicate a desire to talk with them. It can also indicate a concern for that person’s feeling when something is said that might upset them.
  • Glancing may indicate a desire to gaze at something or someone where it is forbidden to look for a prolonged period.
  • Glancing sideways at a person with raised eyebrows can be a sign of attraction. Without the raised eyebrow it is more likely to be disapproval.

Eye Contact

  • Eye contact between two people is a powerful act of communication and may show interest, affection or dominance.

Doe Eyes

  • A softening of the eyes, with relaxing of muscles around the eye and a slight defocusing as the person tries to take in the whole person is sometimes called doe eyes, as it often indicates sexual desire, particularly if the gaze is prolonged and the pupils are dilated (see below). The eyes may also appear shiny.

Making Eye Contact

  • Looking at a person acknowledges them and shows that you are interested in them, particularly if you look in their eyes.
  • Looking at a person’s eyes also lets you know where they are looking. We are amazingly good at detecting what they are looking at and can detect even a brief glance at parts of our body, for example.
  • If a person says something when you are looking away and then you make eye contact, then this indicates they have grabbed your attention.

Breaking eye contact

  • Prolonged eye contact can be threatening, so in conversation we frequently look away and back again.
  • Breaking eye contact can indicate that something that has just been said that makes the person not want to sustain eye contact, for example that they are insulted, they have been found out, they feel threatened, etc. This can also happen when the person thinks something that causes the same internal discomfort. Of course, a break in eye contact can also be caused by something as simple as dried out contacts or any new stimulus in one’s immediate area, so it’s important to watch for other signals.
  • Looking at a person, breaking eye contact and then looking immediately back at them is a classic flirting action, particularly with the head held coyly low in suggested submission.
  • Long eye contact
  • Eye contact longer than normal can have several different meanings.
  • Eye contact often increases significantly when we are listening, and especially when we are paying close attention to what the other person is saying. Less eye contact is used when talking, particularly by people who are visual thinkers as they stare into the distance or upwards as they ‘see’ what they are talking about.
  • We also look more at people we like and like people who look at us more. When done with doe eyes and smiles, it is a sign of attraction. Lovers will stare into each others eyes for a long period. Attraction is also indicated by looking back and forth between the two eyes, as if we are desperately trying to determine if they are interested in us too.
  • An attraction signal that is more commonly used by women is to hold the other person’s gaze for about three seconds, Then look down for a second or two and then look back up again (to see if they have taken the bait). If the other person is still looking at them, they are rewarded with a coy smile or a slight widening of the eyes (‘Yes, this message is for you!’).
  • When done without blinking, contracted pupils and an immobile face, this can indicate domination, aggression and use of power. In such circumstances a staring competition can ensue, with the first person to look away admitting defeat.
  • Prolonged eye contact can be disconcerting. A trick to reduce stress from this is to look at the bridge of their nose. They will think you are still looking in their eyes.
  • Sometimes liars, knowing that low eye contact is a sign of lying, will over-compensate and look at you for a longer than usual period. Often this is done without blinking as they force themselves into this act. They may smile with the mouth, but not with the eyes as this is more difficult.

Limited eye contact

  • When a person makes very little eye contact, they may be feeling insecure. They may also be lying and not want to be detected.

In persuasion

  • Eye contact is very important for persuasion. If you look at the other person and they do not look back at you, then their attention is likely elsewhere. Even if they hear you, the lack of eye contact reduces the personal connection.
  • If you want to persuade or change minds, then the first step is to gain eye contact and then sustain it with regular reconnection.

Staring

  • Staring is generally done with eyes wider than usual, prolonged attention to something and with reduced blinking. It generally indicates particular interest in something or someone.
  • Staring at a person can indicate shock and disbelief, particularly after hearing unexpected news.
  • When the eyes are defocused, the person’s attention may be inside their head and what they are staring at may be of no significance. (Without care, this can become quite embarrassing for them).
  • Prolonged eye contact can be aggressive, affectionate or deceptive and is discussed further above. Staring at another’s eyes is usually more associated with aggressive action.
  • A short stare, with eyes wide open and then back to normal indicates surprise. The correction back to normal implies that the person would like to stare more, but knows it is impolite (this may be accompanied with some apologetic text).
  • When a person stares at another, then the second person may be embarrassed and look away. If they decide to stare back, then the people ‘lock eyes’ and this may become a competition with the loser being the person who looks away first.
  • The length of an acceptable stare varies across cultures, as does who is allowed to stare, and at what. Babies and young children stare more, until they have learned the cultural rules.

Following

  • The eyes will naturally follow movement of any kind. If the person is looking at something of interest then they will naturally keep looking at this. They also follow neutral or feared things in case the movement turns into a threat.
  • This is used when sales people move something like a pen or finger up and down, guiding where the customer looks, including to eye contact and to parts of the product being sold.

Squinting

  • Narrowing of a person’s eyes can indicate evaluation, perhaps considering that something told to them is not true (or at least not fully so).
  • Squinting can also indicate uncertainty (‘I cannot quite see what is meant here.’)
  • Narrowing eyes has a similar effect to constricted pupils in creating a greater depth of field so you can see more detail. This is used by animals when determining distance to their prey and can have a similar aggressive purpose.
  • Squinting can be used by liars who do not want the other person to detect their deception.
  • When a person thinks about something and does not want to look at the internal image, they may involuntarily squint.
  • Squinting can also happen when lights or the sun are bright.
  • Lowering of eyelids is not really a squint but can have a similar meaning. It can also indicate tiredness.
  • Lowering eyelids whilst still looking at the other person can be a part of a romantic and suggestive cluster, and may be accompanied with tossing back the head and slightly puckering the lips in a kiss.

Blinking

  • Blinking is a neat natural process whereby the eyelids wipe the eyes clean, much as a windscreen wiper on a car.
  • Blink rate tends to increase when people are thinking more or are feeling stressed. This can be an indication of lying as the liar has to keep thinking about what they are saying. Realizing this, they may also force their eyes open and appear to stare.
  • Blinking can also indicate rapport, and people who are connected may blink at the same rate. Someone who is listening carefully to you is more likely to blink when you pause (keeping eyes open to watch everything you say).
  • Beyond natural random blinking, a single blink can signal surprise that the person does not quite believe what they see (‘I’ll wipe my eyes clean to better see’).
  • Rapid blinking blocks vision and can be an arrogant signal, saying ‘I am so important, I do not need to see you’.
  • Rapid blinking also flutters the eyelashes and can be a coy romantic invitation.
  • Reduced blinking increases the power of a stare, whether it is romantic or dominant in purpose.

Winking

  • Closing one eye in a wink is a deliberate gesture that often suggests conspiratorial (‘You and I both understand, though others do not’).
  • Winking can also be a slightly suggestive greeting and is reminiscent of a small wave of the hand (‘Hello there, gorgeous!’).

Closing

  • Closing the eyes shuts out the world. This can mean ‘I do not want to see what is in front of me, it is so terrible’.
  • Sometimes when people are talking they close their eyes. This is an equivalent to turning away so eye contact can be avoided and any implied request for the other person to speak is effectively ignored.
  • Visual thinkers may also close their eyes, sometimes when talking, so they can better see the internal images without external distraction.

Damp

  • The tear ducts provide moisture to the eyes, both for washing them and for tears.
  • Damp eyes can be suppressed weeping, indicating anxiety, fear or sadness. It can also indicate that the person has been crying recently.
  • Dampness can also occur when the person is tired (this may be accompanied by redness of the eyes.

Tears

  • Actual tears that roll down the cheeks are often a symptom of extreme fear or sadness, although paradoxically you can also weep tears of joy.
  • Weeping can be silent, with little expression other than the tears (indicating a certain amount of control). It also typically involves screwing up of the face and, when emotions are extreme, can be accompanied by uncontrollable, convulsive sobs.
  • Men in many culture are not expected to cry and learn to suppress this response, not even being able to cry when alone. Even if their eyes feel damp they may turn away.
  • Tears and sadness may be transformed into anger, which may be direct at whoever is available.

Pupil Size

  • A subtle signal that is sometimes detected only subconsciously and is seldom realized by the sender is where the pupil gets larger (dilates) or contracts.
  • Sexual desire is a common cause of pupil dilation, and is sometimes called ‘doe eyes’ or ‘bedroom eyes’ (magazine pictures sometimes have deliberately doctored eyes to make a model look more attractive). When another person’s eyes dilate we may be attracted further to them and our eyes dilate in return. Likewise, when their pupils are small, ours may well contract also.
  • A fundamental cause of eye dilation is cognitive effort. When we are thinking more, our eyes dilate. This helps explain ‘doe eyes’ as when we like others people, looking at them leads to significant thinking about how we may gain and sustain their attention.
  • Pupils dilate also when it is darker to let in more light. Perhaps this is why clubs, bars, restaurants and other romantic venues are so dingy.
  • People with dark irises (the colored circle around the pupil) can look attractive because it is difficult to distinguish the iris from the pupil, with the effect is that their dark pupils look larger than they are. People with light irises make the pupils easier to see, so when their pupils actually do dilate then the signal is clearer to detect, making them more attractive ‘at the right time’.
  • The reverse of this is that pupils contract when we do not like the other person, perhaps in an echo of squint-like narrowing of the eyes. People with small pupils can hence appear threatening or just unpleasant.

Rubbing

  • When a person is feeling uncomfortable, the eyes may water a little. To cover this and try to restore an appropriate dryness, they person may rub their eye and maybe even feign tiredness or having something in the eye. This also gives the opportunity to turn the head away.
  • The rubbing may be with one finger, with a finger and thumb (for two eyes) or with both hands. The more the coverage, the more the person is trying to hide behind the hands.
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