Yall See How Fast And Smooth Daddy Pulled Out That Wad Of Cash. WET

Y’all see how fast and smooth daddy pulled out that wad of cash. WET💦😩

Damn he is fine.

Black Characters and Blushing

entropyalarm said: When describing embarrassment, blushing is typically used as an indicator. I’m white, but I recognize that darker skin tones shouldn’t show blush the same way as lighter tones. My friend, with medium skin, told me it only shows in her nose and ears, felt more as intense heat radiating from her cheeks than a visible color change. What is your insight on handling blushing? I feel this is especially important for proper portrayal of PoCs in romantic situations.

Anonymous said: You’ve written some great advice for describing black characters, but I was wondering whether you have any advice for describing a black character blushing? I have face blindness, so I’m having a lot of trouble with this. (otherwise I could just look up pictures and describe those) So sorry to bother you!

I’m glad you’ve asked. It bothers me how often I’ve heard “Black people don’t blush” which only seems to be another way to dehumanize Black people (and defeminize Black women) for not possessing this base human reaction, even if it’s not always notably visible.

Everybody blushes. Or rather, can blush. It’s the physical act of blood rushing to the face, ears, and other areas of the body; how visible the output doesn’t dictate whether one blushes or not.

While fairness has its part, I think blushing and how visible it is has a lot to do with the individual (some folks have better blood flow) + the undertones within their skin.

I’m going to steal my undertones chart from the Skin Tone Guide here:

As shown above cool skin colors have undertones that mostly fall under red/pink shades.

I’ve seen dark cool-skinned people with naturally rosy cheeks. I can only imagine when they blush, those reddish undertones are emphasized or brightened.

On the other hand, warm skin is usually in the golden, orange spectrum. Not so much reds. Still that doesn’t mean red coloring doesn’t appear on dark warm skin tones.

I have warm medium skin with golden orange undertones, and I definitely get flushed from extrinsic factors, such as if I exercise hard (I turn a berry-red coloring), plus the winter cold pinkens my nose like Rudolph.

I’ve also had friends call me out on blushing, but I can’t tell you exactly how that looks for I’ve never checked a mirror at the time, though I imagine it’s like a slight tinting or an enrichment of the undertones in the skin, brightening them, paired with a “coral to dark red” reddening.

In general, though, it can be redundant to constantly refer to blushing to show shyness or embarrassment with characters of any skin tone. It seems blushing is one of those things that happen more often in stories than daily life. Kinda like green eyes.

For variety, also consider these indicators: 

~Pages from the Emotion Thesaurus, seriously every writer should buy this book 10/10 would recommend.~

To reiterate; dark (cool) skin with red/pink undertones might show blushing more notably than warm skin, as an enhancement of those reddish undertones. 

Dark (warm) skin without red undertones, more “richening” of the undertones with pink to dark reddish coloring as an influence, likely depending on how harshly they’re blushing.

In any case; if you’re describing the blushing from the character’s perspective, it makes more sense to focus on heat and sensation.

Followers, any personal experiences or thoughts?

~Mod Colette

This picture 😩 his lips parted open like that are SENDING me🙌🏾

What are some miscellaneous things and info about Maya? I am fully invested in this AU and it's your fault😫

 Lol awe!

But lemme see:

Her mom is of Creole decent and her dad’s grandmom is from Morocco 

Mom’s a big time lawyer and dad is a producer/director

He produced Friday and Love & Hip Hop (to name a few) which he got Maya some acting credits as a kid extra. 

T’Challa took her to Morocco for their honeymoon

Sis has nipple piercings

She has a tattoo on her bikini area with T’Challa’s name and he has one of her name on his inner arm. They got it while they were dating.

She doesn’t have any siblings

Got arrested twice in her early 20′s

Never wanted children until she met T’Challa then sis wanted to give him all of her babies

Grade A thot for T’Challa

Their sex tape got leaked so now everyone definitely knows how they both get down for each other

Told Bey to leave Jay when she told her about his infidelity

But after awhile she supported Bey’s decision to stay

Hates when people touch her feet and literally but accidentally kicked the shit out of T’Challa when he did that during their courting stage

Sleeps with a retainer. Doesn’t care if she ruins T’Challa’ mood; she wants to keep her teeth perfect

Got thicc after having her second child. Examples:

T’Challa wants to drink her bath water not like he didn’t before but he is in love with her post baby body.

Tr*mp called her ‘fat’ in a tweet while she was pregnant with Abdul and that prompted T’Challa to hop on the Royal Talon in his BP suit to defend his wife’s honor.

Isn’t too fond of Nakia

Speaks 5 languages fluently not including English; Mandarin, German, Spanish, Italian, and of course Xhosa. 

Likes to be roughened up in bed and choked and shit. 

Talks a lot of shit but can back it up. 

Knows how to throw hands but chooses not to. 

A realist and a bit of a perfectionist. 

Everyone’s counselor. Like literally everyone comes to her or calls her for advice and she never hesitates to listen.

Almost died from pneumonia after giving birth to Mala

Went through a painful pregnancy with Abdul and cried almost everyday.

Had a miscarriage while carrying their 3rd child. 

Took a bullet for T’Challa when they were dating

Erik Killmonger

- Black Panther (2018)