Sass is my middle name

I was totally about to say "they're so MamOuSa coded" but ya know what? I also just really freaking love these two so much.

Sleeping Beauty was the first Disney story I ever watched/was introduced to. My mom had a Disney classics collection story book and she also bought Sleeping Beauty Platinum edition for me and my sister. Ever since I was little it's been my favorite. Phillip is 100% the best prince there ever was. Aurora is so pretty and sweet and honestly relatable. The three good fairies are actually quite entertaining and I think they have a lot to like about them. Maleficent is the most iconic Disney villainess there ever was.

AND THE ART?!?! This movie has got to be the most esthetically and artistically pleasing animated film in history. The character designs fit the background to a tee. The first thing I ever noticed about the art as a child was the use of geometric shapes (square trees) and bright, saturated colors for the props and characters. It's just a freaking masterpiece.

The story makes me swoon in a very similar way that the first arc of Sailor Moon does (I mean duh I've said this a million times)

Prince and Princess betrothed from birth but separated before ever meeting and the first time they do meet is 16 years later as perfect strangers and fall in love as ordinary people, a boy she met in the woods as she was leaving her cottage and the first thing he does upon seeing her is sweep her off her feet and pull her into a dance. Then they are told that they must marry their betrothed but Oh no! What about that wonderful stranger I met and can't stop thinking about? And then the curse that Phillup has to wake her from; and he does not hesitate whatsoever the minute he learns that his betrothed and the girl he's falling for are the same person (thanks to a top tier villainess taunt/speech from Maleficent btw) and be rushes to her and defeats the wicked villainess and awakens her and then THEY LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTERRRR

Ahhh it's just- ack I'm in love with this storyyyy.

Kaz and Inej send letters back and forth while Inej is off at sea. Pim and Annika bring them to Kaz and they’re always curious in regards to the contents but they never open them out of fear. Kaz keeps his letters safely locked away next to his desk and Inej spends hours tracing Kaz’s looping cursive in the privacy of her cabin

It takes them some time to get used to skin on skin contact, but in the meantime, they make a habit of holding hands through their shadows instead

Kaz learns the story of Inej’s father giving her mother geraniums, and makes an effort to find out Inej’s favourite flower and present them to her the next time she returns from sea. Inej is charmed but she teases Kaz, saying he could have just asked what her favourite flower was instead of recruiting his new spider to help figure it out. Kaz makes presenting her with flowers a recurring theme

Speaking of the new spider, Inej helps Kaz find her replacement. He wanted her to get final say

Kaz did a lot of rope work as a young farm boy, so he incidentally knows how to braid hair. Sometimes he braids Inej’s when she’s unable to out of injury or exhaustion. Sometimes it’s because it’s a bright afternoon and work is slow and they have Kaz’s office all to themselves

Inej is the only one alive who’ll ever know Kaz’s full name. Kaz asks her not to use it though, as that name died alongside the young boy on the barge, and she obliges

Inej used to stay with Jesper and Wylan when she came back from sea, but quickly started staying with Kaz at the Slat as their relationship progressed. It took Jes and Wylan a little while to figure out where she was

Kaz learns Suli customs early on in their relationship after seeing how important they are to Inej, but only really reveals the extent of this knowledge after he’s comfortable showing just how much Inej means to him

Inej is sometimes hit on by people, occasionally right in front of Kaz. She asks if this bothers him. He says no, because the crux of his love is that he wants her to be free to make her own decisions, without feeling owned again. This means more to her than words can describe

Inej also has a moment when a villain kidnaps Kaz because she made the mistake of looking at him. She piles bodies miles high until she gets him back. They are each other’s Achilles Heel

Inej’s parents absolutely adore Kaz for reuniting them with their daughter. It takes him off-guard, this level of affection- parental affection, which he hadn’t received since he was eight. Inej thinks it’s cute and a little bit funny how Kaz goes from Dirtyhands to an stuttering teenage boy under their gazes. Inej’s father laughs goodnaturedly at the awkwardness with which Kaz receives compliments. Inej’s mother tries to ruffle his hair at some point and he flinches. At some point, noting that their daughter has touch-related trauma from her ordeal, they ask if Kaz has something similar. Inej confirms but gives no specifics. Inej’s parents are now a lot more careful with Kaz but no less affectionate. Kaz and Inej keep Kaz’s reputation and work under wraps for as long as possible

Kaz is sometimes jealous at how easy physical affection is to Jesper and Wylan because he wishes that could be Inej and him

Inej goes down in history as Sankta Inej of the Seas and Kaz as Dirtyhands, Bastard of the Barrel. They’re both known to have existed in the same timeframe, but it’s thought that they’d certainly have abhorred one another. There are rumours that they might have known each other, whispers that they might have even been friends once upon a time, but those are easily dismissed on grounds of sacrilege

Kaz shows Inej card tricks when it’s just the two of them and she oohs and ahs half the time and teases him about it the other half

The other Dregs think Kaz and Inej are hooking up every time they lock themselves in his office and there is a lot of gossip and speculation on the specifics. Kaz threatens to kill them when he picks up on the rumors

Inej calls Kaz “darling” and several Suli terms of endearment, which fluster him to no end. Kaz tends to go simply with “Inej” and “Wraith”

Kaz and Inej usually ask before purposefully initiating physical contact- not aloud but silently, giving the other an opportunity to decline or pull away if they want to

Kaz and Inej eventually reach the stage where they can hold hands and hug, but it takes them almost a decade to be able to have sex. It’s fine. They’re patient with each other and themselves

Even before they can share a bed together, they make a habit of sleeping in the same room because of the comfort each other’s presence brings them

Inej has used the tip of her dagger to tilt Kaz’s head up at least once. In whatever context, it just has to have happened at some point

Inej’s parents eventually find out about Kaz’s reputation and are rightfully furious that the two of them hid it from them. They reach the conclusion that they’re still mad but they’ve grown to genuinely love Kaz, and the boy who brought their daughter back has to have some good in him

Inej introduced Kaz to all of her cousins, who all practically rush him and bombard him with a million questions. Inej fends them off with a “One at a time, please.” They all generally think he’s decent, if a bit aloof. None of them find out about Dirtyhands till long after he and Inej are married