Anthony to himself: It’s okay! Calm down, Anthony! The most beautiful woman to walk on earth ever just danced with you!! *chest puffing in pride* You can ask her to marry you later! Don’t be an idiot! You have to ask her… no… beg…. beg her to marry you! *heart eyes* God, I love her! Is it obvious?!? She’s a goddess and she deserves soooo much better than me! *self berated sighs*
Kate thinking to herself: Nah. He doesn’t like me. Stop getting your hopes high, Kate!
“Do you think that there is a corner of this Earth that you could travel to far away enough to free me from this torment? I am a gentleman. My father raised me to act with honour, but that honour is hanging by a thread that grows more precarious with every moment I spend in your presence. You are the bane of my existence. And the object of all my desires. Night and day, I dream of you. And what I… Do you even know all the ways a lady can be seduced? The things I could teach you… I did not ask for this. To be plagued by these feelings…”
remember that you’re white before you’re anything else and this impacts every single way you interact with the world compared to poc
whiteness is a shield for you as a person and its part of your privilege, ignorance on said privilege is complacency and support to white supremacy. a poc saying you have privilege is not an insult but a fact and a lot of you seriously have to think critically for once and question as to why you feel insulted
