#[he hates that pirates get second chances and his friends dont]

[toodamnloyal]

Thinking about the threads with Ghost!Murtogg and Ghost!James that Theo has going on. And then prompts of 'what would your character do if mine died'

And a thing i've thought about a lot is just how Theo doesn't get death. When he dies, he gets better he learned this the hard way during the rev war and he's not really experienced his friends aging and dying to leave him behind, nor has he actually seen one of them die in battle before.

he just….doesn't really get it. he's killed pirates or smugglers and other badguys himself, he's seen people that he kinda sorta knows in passing die in battle, but it's not the same as a close friend.

he's terrified of death in general, his and his friend's because he doesn't get it.

and then in his potc verses where magic is a very real and regular thing he isn't there when james dies and he finds out way after the fact. same thing for richard in verses where he dies also - theo finds out way way later. and then jack and barbossa, both of them don't stay dead for very long either.

so he's upset and hurt because why do two pirates get to come back from the dead and not the two most important people in his own life.

it's not fair, he doesn't get it. he doesn't know how to cope without the people he leans on and relies on and is a bit too codependant on and he might be plotting to find some way to convince the two of them to repeat whatever tricks jack and barbossa used to please dont be dead anymore

[fluffy-lovely-clouds]

LONG POST

hate to be serious for a second guys but I'm seriously thinking about leaving the hazbin hotel fandom, and its because i just cant fucking stand vivsie

i haven't supported her in any way ever since i heard about her history which was a while ago, maybe around when she finished her first season of helluva boss. well i stopped watching that, and hadnt planned to watch hazbin when it finally came out until one of my friends encouraged me to. so i had pirated all of it, that way i wouldn't support vivsie in any way, and for a while ive been okay with it, until now.

its not just the fact that i dont wanna watch a show because its by her, its because of all the messed up shit thats in the show, and plus how the fandom is (NOT pointing any of you guys out, you're all great).

For one, it feels like vivienne has such a terrible grudge on Christianity. im not Christian myself, im more or less an agnostic, but i still respect Christianity extremely, along with every other religion and belief as people should. The fact that the whole basis of her story and the way she presents it is a warped telling of Christian places (heaven and hell) and figures (angles, demons, Lucifer) is kinda disrespectful. i get that there are tons of other movies and shows that fantasize christianity and stuff, but hazbin hotel feels like vivienne is just trying and WANTING to outright insult the religion. taking such a big figure such as lucifer and making him goofy as hell, or showing that heaven is full of nothing but assholes, with ADAM being the biggest fuck of them all, just feels too far to me personally.

don't get me wrong, the chance that there are demons in hell that can redeem and be good people and that not everyone in heaven is perfect makes for a great story in my opinion, but i think that plot could be written and presented so much better than what vivsie's done

secondly, there are too many characters in the show that make me so uncomfortable and disgusted, and what's bad is these characters seem really glamorized. im talking about valentino. HE IS A LITERAL ACTIVE SEXUAL ASSUALTER WHO CONSTANTLY ABUSES ANGEL. THAT IS NOT OKAY. THAT IS A HUGE RED FLAG. but guess what, hes still fucking glamorized. not just by vivsie herself but by the fandom as well. you would think something bad would happen to him personally in the show to pay for his actions, but the worst i can remember happening to him is getting bit by fucking niffty, and angel standing up to him, BUT THAT IS NOT HIS DEFEAT. HE IS CONTINUOUSLY SHOWED THROUGHOUT THE SHOW BEING WRITTEN OFF LIKE NOTHING'S WRONG. His friendship with velvet and vox is seen as positive and even cute. i dont like vox much either because of the very fact that he makes out with valentino, and it makes me wonder if vivsie wrote vox off to know that valentino commits sexual abuse. if she did, then that means vox knows he's literally making out with a groomer and yet is okay with it. im gonna fucking explode

the fandom can be just terrible in the fact that people know all this but don't give a shit anyhow and draw/ write all the disgusting, shitty characters glamorized anyway cause they're messed up and think they're hot or whatever (VALENTINO). that's it. ive seen it in this community. there was a post about him where he teased y/n and it was meant to be seen positively. it got popular pretty fast. again, im gonna fucking explode. also, there's the deal with Alastor. IT IS CANON HE IS AROACE. But I have seen the fandom completely ignore that and sexualize him so much im starting to lose faith in humanity.

so yeah, i could keep going a bit but i think y'all get the point. i MIGHT not leave completely because i dont hate everything about the show, but by that i mean that husk and angel's relationship are like the only thing i care about. you MAY still see those two on here every once in a while, but that's it

so.. sorry guys, but i hope ive made yall understand

[magic-number-3]

okay so i actually did watch a few episodes of 911 this week without liveblogging them but i did take notes as if i was liveblogging and then just,,, didnt lmao so in case anyone cares about my thoughts im going to share them anyway asdlfkjsdl mostly i think they’ll just be fun to look at later

2x02

CHRISTOPHER CAN BE ON SCREEN FOR 2 SECONDS AND I LITERALLY LOVE HIM SO MUCH

Eddie Diaz is soooooo fuckin dreamy i stgggggg

“I cant order you guys to go inside that building and im not gonna judge you if you decide not to” “Hen, you got a kid, so...” “Yeah. And I’d hope if someone whose job it was to save him they’d do it. No matter what.” QUEEN SHIT 😤😤😤

Marvin you on thin ice but you right; you a king

IM GOOD COACH HEART OF A CHAMPION WHY AM I CRYING

HEART OF CHAMP I AM CRYING AND THEY ALL KEEP SAYING IT BACK TO HIM IM- IM FRAGILE RN. LITERALLY WHY DID EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS ARC MAKE ME SO EMO

NOT HENRIETTA. FUCK

2x03

MADDIE I BELIEVE IN YOU YOU GOT THIS QUEEN

“They could really use a miracle today” “I might just have a few  of those left. I see them.” ALSKFKGKS crying why is the dialogue so good in this show???

FUCK. RUSS ITS YOUR DAY OFF

Russ gonna die im calling it. They saved the athlete and they’ll probably save the little girl?? So hes not gonna make it. At least hen is okay

“Even i couldnt save me. You dont know me, but im good.” “Oh yeah? Well maybe im better”

FUCK. I called it but it still hurts

CLOSE CALL WITH THAT ELEVATOR OMGGG

ALL OF THAT ENDING??? WE CAN BE HEROES SLAPS AND IK WE BEEN KNEW BUT ALDJFKFKSKJ everything about the end to that episode is so 👌👌👌 i wanna cry

EDDIE RUNNING TO HIS BOYYYYYYYY IM

ATHENA AND BOBBY HELL YEAHHHHH the husband is a straight g pullin thru for him like that

2x04

OMG CHRISTOPHER AND EDDIE IM 🥺🥺🥺

Also Christopher is such. Lil cutie

THEIR LITTLE FAMILY!! THE ABUELA?

“These fire guys are totally hot” LAKJDFKAL I MEAN YOURE RIGHT

AKJDKLASDJ YOU LIVE IN YOUR INVISIBLE GIRLFRIENDS HOUSE AND YOURE TELLING ME ABOUT WEAK EXCUSES. THAT SMUG LOOK ON EDDIES FACE IM ASLKFJSAL

Oh sheet Eddies abuela 😞

Every interaction between Eddie and Christopher got me like 🥺🥺🥺

Okay how are you not supposed to ship Buddie they’re talking about being single together and then his aunt telling buck about how ‘he’s a saint’ and all that??? THATS SUCH ROMANTIC INTEREST SHIT. WHEN DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER GUSHING TO A MAIN CHARACTER AND THAT CHARACTER ISNT THE LOVE INTEREST????

HE BROUGHT CHRISTOPHER TO WORK AWWWWW!! THEYRE GOING ON A MISSION TOGETHER

Oooh I love this song STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU

“Now I feel kind of lame” “BECAUSE YOU ARE” LMAO HEN

Ooooh yeah why do you call him chim???

BOBBY AND CHRISTOPHER. CHIM AND CHRISTOPHER. THIS IS SO CUTE

AWE EDDIE AND CAP

BOY CRUSH ON EDDIE ADLSJFLDKS

Awe good for Maddie omg 🥺🥺🥺

CHIMNEY IS A MODERN MEDICAL MIRACLE???? I mean good for him bro figured lol but for it to be said out loud shittttttt

AKSFJALSDK TATIANA SHES FUCKING MARRIED YOURE KIDDING ME HOW QUICKLY DID YOU GET MARRIED AFTER BREAKING UP WITH CHIM

alkjsdskla im losing it over Tatiana

Awww now this is sad :( chim’s got noboddddddy

Sdkljfas Buck you have GOT to move out of Abby’s place dude

‘I had a life-altering trauma and her life got altered. All I got was the trauma.’ THATS SUCH A GOOD LINE SPEAK YOUR TRUTH CHIM

YOURE MY FRIEND SHES YOUR EX. YOU GET TO FORGIVE AND MOVE ON I GET TO HOLD A GRUDGE UNTIL THE DAY I DIE ALSKFDSDA

Chim 🥺 awe. “Wakes me up in the middle of the night”. Buddy :( CAPS GOT YA

CARLAAAAAAAAAA HELL YEA

“BESIDES THAT PERFECT BONE STRUCTURE” SDKAFSJA

like. Fuck Tatiana. But also good for her. And Chim gets to start to move on!! That was a really sweet scene

Aw Bobby gets Athena ^-^

This was such a good fucking episode yo. Like the way the idea of being stuck had to do with the 911s lives while also all of the calls they went one were being physically stuck and the way the proposal instigated Chim’s breakdown to allow him to finally move on…. just. Excellent television!!!!

So proud of Maddie!!!! So proud of everybody this episode :)

Buck yeah you gotta move out buddy

2x05

ASKFJHASJLAD this has gotta be fake im sdlfkjsaldk

LMAOOOO THIS BITCH she’s gonna end up actually getting hurt

OMFGGGGGGGG this bitch had it coming

DONT WE KNOW YOUUUUUUUUU THE PORCH PIRATE?? ASLDKJFALKSS

What is this girls fucking problem with Maddie lmaaooooooo fuck off

Awe this lady with the muffin or whatever is so sweet. This places Celine dion 😂😂😂 queen

Lmao wait why is she actually horrible 😂😭😭

BUCKETTE LMAOOOOO

Omg Maddie and Athena are so fun

THEYRE PROTESTING HOMOSEXUALITY??? WHAT THE FUCK

HES A FUCKING RACIST TOO???

I CAN HELP YOU WITH THE SWEDISH HALF BUT I DONT KNOW WHICH HALF THAT IS SLKDFJASLK EDDIE

I love Maddie and Athena so much alsdkfj

WHATS HER FACE? EVA? STRAIGHT UP BITCH JFC

Gloria im sorry but you’re getting what you deserve.

LKAJSDALKS. “People who yell and scream and cry and expect you to do something for them” GIRL YOU ARE LITERALLY A 911 RESPONDER THAT IS YOUR GOT DAMN JOB???

“Do they ever think of anything but themselves and what they need?” THEY ARE USUALLY DYING GLORIA

“SNITCHES GET STITCHES” JEEZ WOMAN

I feel so bad for Hen and Karen :( Eva can fuck off dude. Can’t they get sharing rights with the dad? I mean yeah it sucks that Eva is just doing this to fuck em over but like.. the dad still deserves to get to know his son if he wants to. Though Eva would probably try to stay with him just to turn Denny against Hen and Karen… UGHHHHHH

Lil denny :( aw Hen. I love her sm

Hen what u doing girl…. Cant it make the case more difficult if you keep interacting with Eva?

I love Karen and Hen sm 🥺

WHAT YOU DOING HEN. ARE YOU JUST GONNA LEAVE HER???

YOURE FINGERPRINTS ARE ON HER NOW DUDE. GO BACK

Ugh I hate that she lived but it was the right thing to do….

“I save awful people every day its my job” Hell yeah girl

SHES GOING BACK TO JAIL HELL YEAH

Dont love cheering for her going back tho jail can be terrible…. But at least she’ll be out of Karen and hens lives. we’re not meant to think too deeply about this is.

LOVE MADDIE AND ATHENA

GLORIA IS THE FUCKING WORST

oh…. gloria… damn.

Cant you just share custody?? :( I mean it sucks but like… just talk to him.

“Yeah people can be awful… but not everyone is awful… but you’ll never know what kind of person someone is unless you give them the chance to show you” :(

WOW THE DAD IS THE FUCKING BEST?? HELL YEAH

ATHENA AND BOOBBY ARE SO FUCKING CUTE

Wow the last shot of the episode thats like the long shot at the dinner table with the narration was real fucking good :( im emo.

2x06

ADSLFJLK;ALSD. BUCK THOUGHT SHE WAS CALLING EDDIE CUTE BUT SHE MEANT CHIMNEY

listen. I do know what happens between those two and I am very excited.

Oh no maddies so anxiousssss

Buck fangirling over this reporter lady im asldkjflksad

“But the way they cared for me, thats what kept me alive” :( Hen :(

Omg are Athenas kids like the same age as Bobbys :(

SOMEONE SENT THEM EDIBLES????? OMFGGGGGG

OH NO CHIM IS THE ONLY ONE THATS SOBER

THIS WOMAN HAS A HIGH HEEL STICKING OUT OF HER FACE EWWWW ITS SO GROSS

DID THESE BEAUTY QUEENS SHRINK OR ARE WE SUDDENLY GIANTS ALKDSJFLKAKL

TEEN TINY THE WAY HIS VOICE FUCKING CRACKED

SDKFJSKDA THEYRE ALL FUCKING HIGH IM

HIGH BOBBY IS SO FUCKIN FUNNY

Oh no eddies upsetttttt 😂

This is fucking HILARIOUS

Oh no bobbyyyyyyyy :((((((

Awe the news piece was so nice

CHIMNEY AND MADDIEEEEEEE

Oh shes got a fucking POPCORN MAKER IM SO JEALOUS

Wow Taylor was really going to use the footage :/

“Just get a room already” BUCK NOOOO DUDE

The way bobby always fist bumps Athenas son whenever they say hello/goodbye. So fun 🥺good content right there

DONT TELL ME THEYRE GONNA ASK HIM TO BE IN THE PIC????

OMGGGGG BOBBYYYYYYY IM CRYINGGGGGG

AWE AND THE FUCKING SONG; WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE YOU MAKE ROOM YOU PROBABLY NEVER LOVED SOMEONE LIKE I DO

[skekheck]

For the character ask: SkekSa

YES THE PIRATE QUEEN

Why I like them

The original different skeksis. She’s a lot like skekMal where she mostly distances herself from the skeksis court, but still has to intermingle with them on occasion. Otherwise, she’s out doing what she loves and exploring the seas. On top of that, she’s different from her kin in that she genuinely loves and cares for the gelfling (or at the very least the Sifa). Her very first scene is treating a gelfling who was poisoned. You don’t really see that from the other skeksis and that’s a really refreshing perspective. Not to mention the reason why she out of the others loves them is super interesting. 

She’s also a pretty complex villain. All she really wants to do is sail the seas, but she is tied back by her services to the Emperor. How fiercely she wants to be independent, but truth of the matter is she needs someone to guide her. She needs stability and to be able to rely on others to function. But she’s also self-destructive: she’s very sensitive to trust. Because she subconsciously relies on others, anything that she sees as a betrayal destroys her. She hates it above all else. When the Sifa joined the rebellion, she decided to team up with the very people she hates to get some kind of control back. She was even offered a chance to join the resistance, but ultimately decided against it for her own selfish reasons. Eventually she had no one but herself, losing all of her connections to everyone she’s ever known, and suffered a slow, agonizing death. Her descent was mostly self-inflicted and there were better options for her that she never took. And that’s the tragedy of it, really. 

Why I don’t

I think if there was anything I don’t like about skekSa is how she views the gelfling. She loves and cares for them of course, but not more than as a pet. It’s better than how the other skeksis see the gelfling, but not by much. Also I don’t like how the fandom romanticize her, but I think that’s because the majority have never read the books and only learned about her through word-of-mouth. Also fandoms just be like that, can’t be helped. 

Favorite episode (scene if movie)

(Well I guess scene from a book is more appropriate) Her debut. I just like the way she’s portrayed as being a “nicer” skeksis to add context to the fact not all skeksis act or think the same way. She added a complex facet to them by being their contrast. And how she views the gelfling: while she sees them nothing more than her pets, she cares for them. She denounces her kin’s essence drinking ways and wanted to take the Sifa to safety. She even cradled Tae when she was poisoned and helped her by teaching Naia how to heal her. But you also saw snippets that she’s not as benevolent and foreshadowing of her eventual descent. It’s so good. 

Favorite season/movie

(Again, relying on the books here). I think I liked her in Tides more because, again, we see that contrast and descent most strongly in this book. Also she was more involved there.

Favorite line

(When talking to Amri about what he did to skekSil during the carriage rescue)

“Apparently, Lord Chamberlain skekSil ran afoul of a group of Gelfling south of Ha’rar. One in particular - a Vapra, to his memory, but I think he may be mistaken- threw Sifa fire dust in his eyes. You wouldn’t know who that might have been, my little apothecary?Amri tried not to shrink back “He was asking for it”.“Oh, you can burn out both his weepy eyes for all I care.”

Favorite outfit

So skekSa doesn’t really have an official outfit outside of her book description and the only fully colored piece of hers is completely different. But from what is seen from the new prequel comics cover? That is a look. I like that look. It might be close to her book description. 

OTP

Her and urSan. There’s no way I’d ship her with anyone else. 

Brotp

I do like to imagine when she was much younger she had some friendships with other skeksis outside of skekZok. I do fancy a short friendship between her and skekMal because of how much they detest the skeksis court and they prefer nature and adventure over everything else. But I think it became an issue where skekMal despises the Mariner for living the same luxurious lifestyle as the other skeksis and relying on weakling creatures like gelfling to do things for her. Also his degradation, become more and more wild over time, made skekSa fear and be disgusted by him. I also see her being friends with skekAyuk for a short while, bonding over their favorite alcoholic beverages (and the Gourmand recommending some to her).

Head Canon

She has the best hygiene out of all the skeksis next to skekUng (as I headcanon he has medical knowledge like his mystic) and that’s why she still has a bunch of her hair/feathers/fur left. 

Also she’s the second tallest skeksis: the tallest being skekGra. 

Unpopular opinion

She’s going to look old and decrepit just like the other skeksis. SkekSa is almost a thousand years old she’s not going to look young and pretty. She’s going to look old as balls and make it WORK. 

A wish

I hope skekSa’s arc plays a big part in season 2 and just as complex, maybe even more, as she was in the books. 

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen

Go easy on me with skekSa’s death, Jim Henson Company. I am not ready. 

5 words to best describe them

Swashbuckler | Fickle | Tragic | Self-destructive | Brokenhearted

My nickname for them

Pirate Queen

[indigopurple]

Saw an ask game response abt disliking certain tropes and now i feel the strong urge to overshare my own opinions on that. Here's a list of my most UTTERLY HATED tropes/AUs/etc out there from worst to...less worst. This was rlly difficult cuz I cant think of them til I accidentally see them on AO3 and get all pissy abt it

The A/B/O wolf thingy. Its so dumb to me I'm sorry i just can't follow it and it always gets romantic and sappy somehow. Also I dont understand how wolves work. The more I think abt it the more annoyed I get.

Soulmates AUs. Ugh. Again, sooo sappy and gets SO ooc. The only exception is I once saw (didnt read tho lol) this fic where one of the characters like, kinda rebelled against the soulmate meeting thing, and he said that his eyes change color all the time with different friends. Aka its PLATONIC! SCOORRRRREEEEE! I also recently learned that soulmates AUs are often used to explain ppls pedophilic/incest ships. Disgusting.

OC/self insert fics. I dont have any issue with ppl writing these, in fact its prolly good practice for the beginner writers that make them. Assuming they're all like, 12 y/o kids. Cuz that's the grammar and vocab level in all of them. Also, theyre never very engaging or intriguing, and i never know why I should care abt the main character. I just have absolutely no interest in these fics, sorry.

Sickfics involving like....gross sickness. I get that that's more realistic or whatever but is that rlly what you're going for? This is this just whump and fluff 99% of the time. I dont need a description of [whumped character] throwing up all over the floor. Just like, fucking make them have a dizzy spell or smth; kinda gets the same result. Like are you trying to gross us out? Really?? I make one exception to this rule: throwing up/coughing up blood. That is a whole nother story tho.

Deaging/aging up fics. I dont have a huge problem with these, but I've never been interested. I've heard that this one is also used to make ppls incest/pedophilic ships seem ok, which isnt very cool. I've seen this be used for rlly weird fluff abt like, [said deaged/aged up] having to mother or be mothered by their close friends which I guess is just some weird form of fluff, but like...rlly strange. It's like the filler episode no one liked of fanfics. If it's used as a way to force a characters traumatic past be brought up then ig it's ok since theres some interesting plot, just as long as the character isnt aged down to like..an infant.

Time travel fics. Often used to fix something that happened in canon that the writer is salty about. Usually undoing a character death, or going back to see friends as their younger selves, things like that yknow. Usually hurt/comfort which is cool. I dont have a big problem with these fics, I just find them kinda hard to follow with such a weird perspective (usually the character that travelled back in time). I see a shit ton of these in the one piece fandom, mainly consisting of "luffy goes back in time to save his brothers" or "luffy, after dying before he can reach his goal, gets a second chance and goes to reform his pirate crew". Its always those. Wouldn't be surprised if it was the same stuff for other fandoms but adding "[main character] goes back in time to remeet [character's crush/soulmate/etc] so they can get married" or some sappy shit. Sorry this one is way too long lol.

Slavery AUs. These...ugh ok. These are actually pretty interesting to me, absolutely heart-wrenching and also very sweet in the end. The hurt/comfort angst in these is fucking unreal. My issue with these is they sometimes get super rapey. Starts with idk some kid gets kidnapped + sold into slavery of some sort, then [a lot of the fic being then suffer and be traumatized], and then they are freed. Bonus points for written in epilogue with a healing process and like..found family yknow. It gets fucked up in the suffering part. Way too many of these fics get into like, rape. Which makes sense tbh (god I hate that tho), it just gets too...detailed. like uh hey writer, is this like, a turn on or what? I've stopped in the middle of a few fics, or skip a chapter, cuz I was like dude I cant deal w this. Also dear authors, fucking tag your writing, stop surprising me with shit like this. I should know what I'm getting into before reading it.

Cant think of anything else atm. Might add more later if smth on AO3 catches me off gaurd lol.

Someone out there is gonna hate me for making this post

[serendipitys-lie]

Harry Hook x Reader Imagine “Trust Me” Pt. 1

Harry hook imagine

Authors note: Again I take requests on any fandoms I’m always free just ask away! This wasn’t requested but I thought about it haha :)

Also the part where you start with “I’m the girl who loves my island” is basically a passage from the reprise song that Moana sings in the movie Moana and I thought it’d be nice to include lol

Also i split this into two parts (maybe even three) because tumblr says its too long ;-;

Summary: You are the daughter of Moana and after the events of its going down you are left behind on the isle to fend for yourself. You run into Harry Hook who will end up being your best chance on getting out and along the way you will learn more about each other and grow closer in relationship.

MAJOR WARNING: BIG MENTION OF RAPE, I DONT REALLY MENTION IT ITS MORE OF ME IMPLYING IT BUT ITS STILL THERE SO

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You woke up from your dream in a daze panting slightly. Taking in all your surroundings you realized, yes you were still in the same place and yes, that place was the isle of the lost.

Normally the isle of the lost was not a place where a princess should be, let alone the daughter of Moana herself yet you were here. You had begged the VKs to take you on their rescue trip to save your closet friend Ben who had been kidnapped on the isle. Sadly a mist the battle between pirates and royalty the group fled in a hurry and had forgotten that you were on the other side of the plank once Mal had kicked it off.

As soon as they realized their mistake they tried all they could to get you back, you assuring them you’d be fine and that they just needed to go. The last thing you saw Mal word to you was “we’ll come back for you” before they disappeared into the pipe and you fled from the pirate scene hoping to stay out of view from any villains.

That had been nearly three months ago when it occurred and they still hadn’t come… you still hadn’t left. Yet it all consisted of the same. Everyday you’d hide out in Mal’s old apartment and leave when you needed food and such making sure no villains or crew members of Uma found out there was a princess on the isle.

You had learned to steal, it wasn’t a favorite of yours but sadly you learned you’d need to do it if you were to survive anymore on this gosh forsaken dump of land. You hated it here, not for reasons many would think. You were homesick, tired, and alone. You’d give anything to be back in Auradon smiling with Ben and your friends yet, you were not.

You sighed preparing yourself to head out for the day. You put on your beige shorts, red top, white sneakers, and your signature Hawaiian flower (given to you by your mother) in your hair. Lastly you tied the look all off with a big, old, dirty cloak so no one would recognize you and you left.

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You had been “shopping” around for what felt like hours before you began to grow tired. Your feet were starting to ache and you only wished to go home when something shiny had caught your attention from the corner of your eye. You quickly turned to see the object more clearly and couldn’t help but feel your curiosity grow. You definitely felt your mother’s childlike wonder grow in you more and more as you inched closer now in a more secluded area of the alleyways.

You had decided that you’d just take the item and be on your way. Yes stealing was wrong and always would be but you only ever stole food and you didn’t see why you couldn’t steal for your own pleasure for once. And so you did, you inched closer and closer till you finally grabbed the item, yanking it from its position, and running.

You ran as fast as you could feeling the wind in your hair and your cloak hood fall. You could hear footsteps approaching faster and louder and quickened your haste. When it suddenly seemed like you had won and the steps had died down you reached a dead end in a dark ally way and ran into the wall, falling to the ground with a thud and mentally cursing yourself for being so clumsy.

You were just about to get up and sprint when you suddenly felt a grip on your wrist and chills go down your spine. You were pulled to your feet and pushed in the hold of whoever had caught you. Your back was pressed against the strangers front, whoever it was clearly being taller than you and being able to keep a strong, tight grip.

You wriggled and squirmed but just could not break free of the hold they had you in. You suddenly felt a warm breath down your neck and the words, almost a haughty whisper by your ear,

“Didn’t your mother ever teach you that stealing from a pirate was a mistake?”

Your face flushed at the voice, feeling uncomfortable and hot at the same time. With one strong big push you were able to break free from your attacker, hitting the wall once more, dropping the stolen item, and falling on your butt. As you looked up, one hand shielding your eyes from the sun you saw it, those beautiful blue eyes, the shadow of the figure putting the shiny, stolen item onto his hand. you knew instantly who he was! You had recognized him from the battle to save your friend and what you had just happened to steel was his pirate hook… ouch.

“Harry Hook” you spat out.

“Well well well, you do know me. That’s a shame lass I don’t recall who you are?” He said holding one hand out to you to help you back up with a cheeky grin. As you stood up and were able to give the pirate a better look at your physique, many things seemed to finally come back to Harry.

“I know you doll, you were at the battle! To save king beastie! Oi you must be some kind of princess now aren’t ye? Let me guess lass, go on gimme a princess name” he said with a menacing grin.

You rolled your eyes at the pirate annoyed with his behavior and the fact that you had finally been caught.

“I’m not a princess, I’m the daughter of the village Chieftess. There’s a difference and frankly I’d rather if you didn’t know who I was thank you very much” you answered calmly seeing it as an opportunity to start walking away when he grabbed your arm once more and moved closer.

“Tsk tsk tsk” he began, “you’ve made two mistakes in one day lass. Never steal from a pirate and never walk away from Harry Hook. Now judging by your snarky attitude and rebellious behavior ima say your Y/N, the daughter of Moana ye?”

“H-how… how did you know that?”

“I know all royalty love, I’m a pirate, makes for good loot stealing plans.” You just simply nodded and gave him a straight face hoping he wouldnt ask why you were here.

“Now, what’s a good little lady like you doing all washed up on our shore hm? Are you lost? Stuck? Oh- oh ho ho!!!” He began chuckling and smiling all along. “Did the mean wittle villain kids leave their least favorite friend behind to rot on an island with no one but herse-“

“ENOUGH!” You yelled cutting him off by surprise but not long enough for him to smirk realizing he had gotten to you. “I chose to stay, no one left me, you can stop bothering me now.”

“Oh come on love, no one chooses to stay on this dreadful place, not even I wish to stay here, only madmen and witches. If you did so desperately wish to stay what was the reason? Did ya miss me?” He asked with a cheeky wink at the end.

You rolled your eyes and thought of a quick, untruthful, reply.

“I just wanted to know what it felt like… to fend for myself, to steal, to not be good for once. It’s not to much to ask for!” You began realizing your answer may not have been the best and quickly changing the topic. “Anyway what you did you say about even you wanting to leave?”

“Ah its true lassie, not even the most handsome devil on this island wishes to stay…” he took a seat on a barrel nearby, you taking up room next to him on some crates, listening to him begin to speak. “I wish to go to a place, I don’t expect you to know. Tis a place I come from. My sisters are there and my father, the one I am sure to make proud. I miss them… they were lucky to make it to the unreachable land were as me, I was too slow and got put here. I dream about the beautiful island everyday, a place I’d rather be with my mates and my family just chillin happily. Ah yes, what a glorious place it is… Neverland.”

You choked once hearing the last word… “Neverland”. No not Neverland. You wished to never think of that place again. You wished you’d never have to go back. You couldn’t. You wouldn’t.

“Only thing not too glorious about Neverland is Pan” he mumbled clearly annoyed with the thought.

“N-never. Never mention that name to me. I never want to hear of that man again, got it?” You snapped.

Hook smirked, “Finally someone who hates him as much as my family does! Welcome to the club lass! Whaddya hate em for?”

You didn’t respond. Rather than listen to Hook babble more about his “dream island” you began to think long and hard. You were tired of waiting for rescuers who were sure to never come. You needed off the island now, and you now had a better chance because you had something you didn’t have before. You had a useful persons motive.

Cutting the pirate of you stood up right in front of his sitting figure, gaining his attention and, looking dead into his serious eyes.

“Hook,” You began, “I have an idea and just hear me out. We both really want off this island for different motives but our goal is the same. To just get off the island. If you show me a way to get off the island I promise I’ll take you to Auradon and get you a way back to Neverland.” The last words leaving your mouth left a sour taste… you couldn’t go back to never land you couldn’t…

Hook was not the least to say intrigued at the idea you were proposing and didn’t know what to think. He really wanted out of this gosh darn smelly town but he didn’t know if he could trust you, yet something told him he could.

“How do I know I can trust ye?” He asked raising an eyebrow.

You paused for a second before responding with a smirk.

“You’ll just have to trust me and find out. Deal?” You said sticking your hand out towards him to shake.

He smiled for once, not a smirk but a genuine soft smile and took your hand sending tingles all over your body.

“Deal”

~~~~~~~~~~~

You arrived at what seemed to be like one of the far corners of the isle. A cliff that lead to a straight drop into the murky green water and the bright yellow barrier ahead. Straight across you could see a small rift in the barrier, a part that never seemed to have closed when they locked everyone up here. The hole was too small for even a human infant to fit through but barely big enough to fit a small rabbit.

“That’s our ticket,” Harry whispered behind you sending shivers down once again, man he really loved doing that.

“I’ve known about this hole for ages but never been able to get through it, no one has. It’s just there… taunting us and all we can do is stare at it.” He stated looking at the small tear coldly. You studied more of the surrounding and found out something amazing. The ocean water in the isle never listened to your call despite being friends with the ocean, it was like this water was hypnotized or poisoned. But the water just outside the hole was still blue and filled with life… what if…

“I can get us through,” you said to Harry. “Just umm…” you trailed off looking around. You grabbed him by the arm and sat him on a wooden fence not that far from the cliff. He seemed amused watching you walk back to the edge with excitement. As you reached the side you could feel his wandering eyes on you and just picture his evil smirk.

“YOU KNOW IT DOESNT HELP WHEN I CAN FEEL YOU STARING AT ME!!!” You yelled back at him not even turning around to know.

“Well excuuuuseee meee princess!” He said sarcastically with another huge smirk knowing he had gotten to you again and turning to face the other side of the fence.

You began to feel more calm and at peace. You took a deep breath and tried what had always worked before, you began to sing.

“I’m the girl who loves my island I’m the girl who loves the sea It calls me”

Harry rolled his eyes seeing as it was clearly no time for karaoke. He began to open his mouth to speak for you to knock off the foolishness but stopped as he felt the passion in your beautiful voice grow stronger.

“I am the grandaughter of the village chief We are descended from voyagers Who found their way across the world They call me”

You began to look out onto the horizon and sure enough the ocean seemed to be moving but as you had remembered! Your friend was listening to your pleas!

“I’ve delivered us to where we are I have journeyed farther I am everything I’ve learned and more Still it calls me”

You began to feel a smile creep on more and more on to your face as you watched the ocean rise higher and higher to greet you. Harry not being able to stand not knowing what was going on turned around to witness a giant mass of water squeezing through the rift in the barrier and reaching up to your forehead as if to give you a kiss. To say he was baffled was an understatement.

“And the call isn’t out there at all, it’s inside me It’s like the tide; always falling and rising”

You witnessed your great grandmother, a beautiful spirit Manta Ray leap into the air and splash into the water. You were filled with so much passion and determination tears began to brim your eyes.

“I will carry you here in my heart you’ll remind me That come what may I know the way I am Y/N!!!!”

With the last words you sang, you began to walk backwards a reasonable amount preparing to do the unthinkable. It took Harry less than a second to realize what you were about to do. Oh no, a fall from this height was certain death, there was no way.

Harry reached out to grab your arm but barely missed as you had already sprinted off the cliff and into the waters down below making a huge splash into the mass of crystal clear waves that were still floating.

You began to laugh happily, content to be with an old friend again. After what felt like ages to Harry and seconds to you the ocean hoisted you back up onto the cliff just enough for you to reach your hand out to Harry.

“Let’s go home.” You smiled at him extending your hand for him to grab. He reached out to grab your hand when a booming voice scared the three of you.

“HARRY!!!!” It screeched really loudly. You saw her surprised eyes and remembered instantly. How could you not… Uma.

The ocean immediately became frightened and set you down safely back onto the cliff with Harry, scattering it’s way back through the hole and far, far, away. However it wasn’t fast enough for Uma to notice you could have just found a way out for her.

“Well well well,” she began. “What do we have here? Little y/n! Daughter of the stupid ocean girl… blah blah blah. Grab her.” You suddenly were grabbed on both sides and couldn’t move. You tried struggling but nothing seemed to be able to break you free.

Uma began to circle you as she spoke. “Little poor y/n. Far away from her precious royal friends and even farther from her precious island! How cute! I’ve been rotting on this island for longer than you’ve been alive sweet pea and I was starting to lose all hope off getting off after that whole Mal and Ben fiasco. But now… now it seems fate has brought me something. You. And I’m not failing this time.”

Fear struck your heart listening to her speak “what are you going to do?” You asked. “Kill me?”

“Oh dear” she laughed maniacally. “Of course not… I wouldn’t dream of hurting you! Besides I still need you alive if I am to leave this wretched place, let’s just hope you’re really worth something.” She finished having gotten closer to your face and grabbing your mother’s flower from your hair.

No. You could feel the panic attack setting in. You needed the flower. It couldn’t leave you! It would protect you!

“UMA!” You begged and shouted. “PLEASE DONT TAKE IT FROM ME NO!!! PLEASE!!!! IT WAS MY MOTHERS YOU DONT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO ME!! GIVE IT BACK PLEASE PLEASE!!!” You screeched, sounding like you were calling for bloody murder. The sobs became harder and the panic began to set in all the while pleas and begs leaving your mouth.

“You’re so cute when you beg!” She laughed evilly. “Harry, lock her up.”

You turned to look at Harry, your bloodshot eyes and sobs escaping your mouth directed right at him. Harry didn’t know why but he could feel his heart break and it broke even more when he heard the next words leave your mouth.

“t-traitor! TRAITOR!!!!!” You screamed. “I TRUSTED YOU! GIVE IT BACK PLEASE I CANT BE WITHOUT IT PLEASE!!! I HATE YOU TRAITOR!!!!” You cried all the way to your cell, Harry having to cover his ears with his hands and his heart with a mask.

[malisonquill]

Rebuild: Behind The Scenes

I thought just for some fun, I might post the plan I made for writing Rebuild. It has some silly alternate titles, some doodles I sketched out, and I thought some people might like to see how much the end product was different from the plan. 

I do also have a section of the plan just for ideas, but I haven’t included it here because it contains spoilers for the sequel(s). 

Hope you enjoy my ramblings below! (Obviously it contains major spoilers for all of Rebuild, so make sure you’re read all that before reading this!)

Rex Brickowski AU Outline

C1: Rexile (AKA Anikin Voice: "I hate Sand". AKA What to do when you're suddenly not dead)

Rex ends up back in his own original timeline in the outskirts of Syspocalypstar. He’s alone, no Rexcelsior, no velociraptors. That makes him sad. 

He looks to the city and thinks about everything.

Cat lady comes, he gets bricks and builds and awesome bike  and drives to the city. 

C2: Shattered (AKA Rex really likes bikes for some reason and also fucks shit up)

There, Lucy and the others are chillin in a park while Rex tears through the city exploring, turning heads. 

He goes up a ramp that sends him up over a building above the park. Whilst in the air he grabs his bike and does a flip. The others watch him. He lands on the road next to the park and spots Lucy, his eyes go wide. He does a skidding turn to pull up beside them. 

They say how awesome that was. They don’t recognise him and he plays along with that. He needs to get used to them and himself before he drops a bombshell on them. 

They show him around the city. He gets a black coffee from the shop. Freezes when he sees a laundromat (PTSD), he hallucinates the deafening roar of the Dryar of Undar until Unikitty distracts him and pulls him away and they continue the tour. 

At one point Everything is awesome plays, he acts aloof but taps his foot quietly and lucy notices. 

Eventually they get to the town square. There is a statue of Emmet. Rex is immediately taken aback and asks what it is (to gauge his friends reactions and also because he's genuinely surprised to see he's been acknowledged). 

Lucy says it honours the special, Emmet. That he was there friend. That they looked for him for a while, but eventually had to admit that he was gone, so they stopped looking. 

BIG ANGST TIME.

Rex snaps. He’s still bitter. He starts off vauge like “You gave up? Would he have given up on you?” but gets increasingly louder and madder. Revealing that he was trapped in Undar, how he feels abandoned and slowly revealing to the others that he’s Emmet. Lucy is like “Emmet…?” And he’s like “Emmet is gone! He’s dead!” 

He breaks the statue in one punch in anger. His friends are horrified. He looks between them and the statue, shocked and saddened by himself. “What have done?” (Internally). He drives off, leaving the others sad and confused. 

C3: Traces Of You (AKA Talking to your ex who you feel betrayed you, even though she thought you were dead… that's rough buddy)

Alternate titles, How can you stand there, a whisper from me? Gone But Not Forgotten

After a short while, giving everyone some time to breathe/ think, Lucy finds Rex in the outskirts. They talk. He explains how he toughened up, how he did some terrible things, how he wants to be better but doesn’t know how. How he’s ruined any chance he had with his friends because of the statue incident. Tears form in his eyes. Lucy goes to comfort him with a hand on his shoulder and says “Emmet...” Queue the “I’m not Emmet anymore and I dont know how to be” line.

Lucy convinces him to not be just one, be a combination. That his friends can help him through this and him to be happier again. He says he’s still can’t fully/ needs time to trust them again, but he’s willing to try. Oh and to call him Rex, cause he wants to be different from movie Emmet. 

C4: Building Blocks (AKA DON'T TOUCH ME WHEN I'M WRITING ABOUT SPACESHIPING!!!!)

Lucy and the others ask Rex to build something with them. He decides on a spaceship, they let him lead. Friend interactions. 

C5: Time Heals All Wounds (AKA So it turns out you based your entire new personality on your friends and also you finally acknowledge your PTSD)

Over a longer time period (make this clear), montage of helping with each individual. Them understanding Rex and who he is more, maybe after he tries to act exactly like Emmet would but it’s unnatural for him? Finding out about raptor training. Helping him cope with his PTSD (Dryar, paralyzation, loneliness) and abandonment issues.

(after writing half the chapter, i realised) His hand injury and recovery mirror emotional healing! )

https://askmarietheapprentice.tumblr.com/post/183050688583/meta-monday-rex-dangervest-based-his-persona-on 

Order: 

Fist, alone with Benny, flying spaceship they all built. (Who Rex developed his spaceship love from.) Emotional thing dealt with: ?

Unikitty. He learnt to harness/ weaponize rage from. Unikitty encouraging him to release some anger and destroy some rubble. Helps him get his anger feels out.

Metalbeard. About being a captain of pirates/ raptors. Talk about how he misses them.

Batman. Learnt how to be tough fighter and suppress deep emotional issues. See below for events. Then they talk about talking through things with others, stuff B learnt in Lego batman movie.

Maybe he’s left alone for ten mins whilst a friend goes to grab a brick or something and is terrified they wont come back. He’s relieved but visibly shaken when they do return. 

Maybe a change over between friends. One has to go and leaves Rex to meet the batman outside of a shop. As he waits his mind wanders thinking Batman has forgotten about him, doesn't want to meet with him, or even like him etc. As this happens he hallucinates hearing the dryer roar. He stands frozen in place, covering his ears as his vision gets darker. Maybe this causes him to glitch to the real world and back every few seconds. The roar gets louder and louder and louder. Batman comes, sees Rex, is concerned and tries to get his attention by touching his shoulder. Rex freaks out, snapping out of his hallucination shouting/ screaming and madly thrashing punches. He smashes a bin or lamppost or car to pieces before Batman can calm him and he realises he's fine. Rex apologies.

Lucy. Made a super cool alias like Wyldstyle, and hides his insecurities under confident exterior like her. Maybe they talk on their way to her surprise. She asks why he changed his name and himself? He explains his thoughts on Undar, how at the time he thought his friends were right and so he toughened up. Made a cool name like she did. He realises a lot of his Rex traits are semi based on his friends. Maybe talk about how it's good to be confident but also not bad to be vulnerable/ talk about problems with others. He realises he's already been doing this with others? Or just have mostly fun not angst for them here!? Meh, idk yet.

Ends with Lucy giving him that cute little house he made for her, that he’d almost forgotten about. Says it’s just a basis and he can change it if he wants. Talk. Suggests they could be platonic (for now) roommates. She leaves him for the night, he’s now ok (ish) with being left alone. 

C6: True Colours (AKA Title made it sound like Rex would turn out evil but surprise! He actually just wanted to look pretty. AKA Rex stares in a mirror for an awkwardly long time)

When Lucy returns, Rex looks different. He briefly went to the Man Upstairs realm and used markers etc, to change his appearance. He wanted some brighter colours to look happier, and more like a combo of Emmet and Rex. He explains this, and decides he wants to be called Rex Brickowski to symbolise this combo of all his aspects. 

Basically this first bit is the man I used to be from count of Monte cristo musical.

(Rex and Lucy designs and also size comparison.)

Maybe some Rex and friends hanging out, it’s better than before. Group karaoke? Tries to warm up to Sweet Mayhem?

C7: Epilogue (AKA The end happens. Everything is awesome is still a bop)

Rex and CO are hopeful for the future. Rex knows who he is now and thinks he can be happy again and trust his friends. He’s a mix of mature and innocent/ sweet. He can now enjoy ‘childish’ things and tough things. He’s happy and thinks everything might be ok now. 

Maybe he goes to the coffee shop, orders Lucy something and a black coffee with 25 sugars for himself and returns home, listening to rock music on his headphones.

(End on poignant thing.)

Side Notes/ Reminders For Myself

“According to a draft from the first film's script, Emmet is 22 years of age in that film, thus making him 27 in the sequel if accepted.” My AU Rex spent 2 years on Undar, plus 5 getting tough before the movie happens. Making him 34 at the start of the AU.

Rex was in his past changing things. But when Emmet was saved, it was no longer his past/ his timeline. So he faded and was sent back to his original timeline. All the stuff he did in the movie timeline still happened, we see three raptors are still there with Ms Scratchen-Post at the end. So the raptors stay where they are in the movie timeline, because they aren’t like Rex who is being written out of the movie timeline’s future. Which is why Rex is alone at the start of this AU. 

Very important! Rex's trust of his friends. My take: friends are the most important thing to Emmet. With friends, he was happy even during the apocalypse. Without them, he becomes jaded, tough. Lucy is who he was closest to/ loved. None of his friends, but especially her not coming for him and moving on hurt him the most. As Rex, he was most mad at her (see him scowling at her during the movie). But then they all try to come back for movie Emmet. Lucy makes it through and saves him. She saved him. This changes post back to the futuring Rex's view. The fact the movie Lucy saved him plus the fact he loved her and cared for her the most before, means AU Rex is inclined to trust her most. 

Titles for 3 stories: Rebuild. Rekindle. Re-----. (I'm an idiot for planning 3 of these!!!!!)

Rebuild: Rex's relationships and himself up again. 

Rekindle: his and Lucy's love for each other. 

Re-----: ((REDACTED BECAUSE IT’S A SPOILER! You’re gonna have to wait to find out what it is!))

INFO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-r_G7rfnU - Chris Pratt Singing

Dino facts:

https://www.psd1.org/cms/lib/WA01001055/Centricity/Domain/36/SS_How_Fast_Did_Trex_Grow.pdf

http://cycles.westinmathies.com/Info_Pages.asp?ptype=Velociraptor_Cycl

SPELLING = Armamageddon (according to the subs)

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And that’s it! This is the rambling mess that brought you Rebuild. Hope it was interesting to see.

As another note of my writing process, I did a lot of jumping around. If I had an idea for some lines of dialogue pop into my head, I wrote it down before I forgot and then slightly altered it and filled in the gaps later. In fact that whole bit between Lucy and Rex in chapter 3 was almost all dialogue (with a few notes like “He turned. She smiles” Etc in between) and then later after writing some of chapter 4, I went back and filled in all the gaps. 

I would really recommend writing down whatever pops into your head like this if you want to write things. You might think “Oh, i’ll remember to put this in when I get to writing here!”, that is a lie. You won’t. Or it’ll be different to that brilliant thing you came up with whilst day dreaming out a window. It’s definitely better to jot it down and have it, then decide to edit it later if you don’t like it, than lose it entirely. Just make sure when reading over your chapter/ story that everything flows together nicely. :)

This method also meant I wrote chapters 5, 6 and 7 simultaneously. I had about half of chapter 6 and 7 done whilst I was still making my way through 5. (Probably because 5 was so big!) But then when I was done with 5, I finished off 6, then 7. It also really helped when I came up with the idea to put the first line of the story as the last line too. It gave me a direction to go in for the last chapter (after Rex get’s back from the coffee shop) and also was a nice way to end it off. 

Anyway! Hopefully I see you all again for Rekindle! Which by the way, if there is anything involving the characters from this story that you might want to see, please let me know! I might just fit it in somewhere! :D

[adherantnerdhi]

Félix Dyotte: un romantique

Félix Dyotte : a romantic one.

Félix: 這是一張浪漫的專輯

POLITESSES, FÉLIX DYOTTE POURSUIT SON EXPLORATION MUSICALE EN ABORDANT LES THÈMES DE L’AMOUR ET DE LA ROMANCE, MAIS CETTE FOIS- CI SUR UN TON PLUS LÉGER. L’AUTEUR- COMPOSITEUR-INTERPRÈTE, DONT LE TALENT EST RECONNU DEPUIS LONGTEMPS DANS LE MILIEU ARTISTIQUE QUÉBÉCOIS, SE PRÉPARE À ALLER SÉDUIRE LES FRANÇAIS. DÉCOUVREZ UN ARTISTE AUSSI CHARMANT QUE TALENTUEUX.

On his second album, Politesses, Félix Dyotte carries on his musical exploration by approaching the themes of love and romance, but this time with a lighter tone.

在他的第二張專輯，Politesse，Félix這次以更輕的音調，透過接近愛與浪漫的課題，持續他的音樂探索。

 Le nom de Félix Dyotte ne vous est peut- être pas familier, mais il est bien connu dans le milieu artistique québécois. Et on peut maintenant dire que l’auteur- compositeur- interprète, qui a fondé le défunt groupe Chinatown et qui a collaboré avec plusieurs artistes, dont Pierre Lapointe, est définitivement sorti de l’ombre. Étonnamment, Félix détestait jouer de la musique avant d’en faire son métier. «Quand j’étais jeune, je ne pensais pas du tout que j’étais fait pour la musique. J’ai été obligé de suivre des cours de violon dès l’âge de cinq ans, et je détestais ça! Quand ma mère m’a annoncé que j’étais assez vieux pour choisir mon instrument, à 11 ans, j’ai aussitôt laissé tomber le violon et j’ai choisi la guitare. Ç’a été un vrai coup de foudre! J’ai d’ailleurs appris à jouer seul. Je suis autodidacte.»

The songwriter, whose talent is recognised since a longtime in the Quebec's artistic community, prepares himself to seduce the French audience. Discover an artist as charming as talented. The name of Félix Dyotte may be not familiar to you, but he is well-known in the Quebec's artistic community.

這位詞曲創作者，Félix Dyotte，或許這個名字對你來說並不熟悉，但才華洋溢的Félix在魁北克藝術界具有相當的知名度，其天賦也備受認可。他帶來新專輯準備吸引法語聽眾。

And we can now say that the songwriter, who founded the deceased band Chinatown and who collaborated with many artists, including Pierre Lapointe, is definitively out of the shadow.

Félix曾創辦了一個現已解散的樂團「Chinatown」，並且曾與許多歌手合作，包括Pierre Lapointe。現在我們可以說他已經完全脫離了陰影，單飛成功了！

Surprisingly, Félix hated playing music before making it a career. "When I was young, I never imagine I was made for music. I had to attend violin lessons at the age of 5, and I hated that. When my mother told me I was old enough to choose instrument of my choice, at the age of 11, I immediately abandon violin and choose guitar. It was real love at first sight. Besides I learnt to play it alone. I'm an autodidact. "

令人驚訝的是，Félix在把音樂當成職業之前，曾討厭演奏音樂。他這麼說：「我年輕的時候，從來沒想過我會做音樂。我在5歲時曾學習小提琴，我非常討厭拉小提琴。在我11歲時，我媽媽告訴我，我已經夠大了，可以自己選擇我想要玩的樂器，我二話不說立刻拋棄小提琴選擇了吉他。我對吉他是一見鐘情，而且我自學學會了獨自演奏。」

 UN ALBUM LUMINEUX

A bright album.

一張歡愉明亮的專輯

Deux ans après avoir lancé son premier album éponyme, Félix revient en force avec Politesses. Si l’amour est toujours un thème récurrent dans son oeuvre, son deuxième effort est beaucoup moins sombre que son prédécesseur. «J’ai toujours été un romantique. Mais cette fois- ci, je n’avais pas le goût d’aller dans la tristesse. J’avais envie qu’on se sente sur la plage en écoutant mon album. C’est un album de vacances entraînant et positif.»

2 years after his first eponymous album, Félix comes back with " Politesses". If love is always a recurrent theme in his work, his second effort is less dark than his previous one.

在他第一張同名專輯發行後兩年，Félix帶著「Politesses」回歸。如果說愛一直是他音樂中反覆出現的主題，他第二張專輯就比較沒那麼黑暗黯淡了。

"I've always been a romantic. But this time I didn't want to go in the sadness. While listening the album, I was looking for sharing the feeling of being on the beach. It's a holiday album, lively and positive. "

「我一直是一個浪漫主義者，但這次我不想要再那麼悲觀。當你聆聽這張專輯時，我想要帶給聽眾的感覺是在沙灘上的感覺。這是一張充滿濃厚的假期風味的專輯，生動活潑並且正面積極。」

 L’opus compte plusieurs duos, dont un avec son amie Béatrice Martin, alias Coeur de pirate, et un autre avec Philémon Cimon. Ces deux collaborations n’étaient pas nécessairement prévues et ont été improvisées. «Dans le cas de Philémon, l’histoire est assez comique. J’étais dans un chalet avec des amis et nous avons fait un bain de minuit. Quand nous sommes sortis de l’eau, complètement nus, un ami qui a des tendances nudistes nous a convaincus de rester nus et de nous installer autour du feu. Étant plutôt pudique, j’ai pris ma guitare pour me couvrir et j’ai commencé à chanter mes nouvelles chansons. Philémon est arrivé à ce moment- là. Il était évidemment très surpris de tous nous voir nus, mais il s’est déshabillé et a improvisé des choeurs sur la chanson Pour ce que valent tes larmes. La semaine suivante, on l’enregistrait», raconte- t- il en riant.

The opus includes several duos, including one with his friend Béatrice Martin aka Cœur de Pirate and another one with Philémon Cimon. These two collaborations weren't really planned and were improvised.

這張作品包含了許多二重唱，包括他與他的朋友Béatrice Martin 和 Philémon Cimon。跟這兩位朋友合作其實不是計劃中的，是即興創作的。

"For Philémon, it's a comical story. I was in a chalet with some friends and we took a midnight bath. When we got out of the water, fully naked, a friend with nudists tendencies convinced us to stay naked and to sit around the fire. Being rather modest, I took my guitar to cover myself and started to sing my new songs. That's when Philémon arrived. He was indeed really surprised to see all of us naked, but he undressed and improvised the chorus for the song " Pour ce que valent tes larmes". The week after, we were recording it ", he tells laughing.

「對Philémon，這是一個滑稽的故事。我當時和一群朋友在一個小木屋，我們洗了一個午夜浴。當我們全身裸體從水裡出來時，一個有裸體主義傾向的朋友說服我們保持裸體圍坐在火堆旁。基於謙遜，我拿起我的吉他遮蓋我自己，開始唱起我的新歌。那時剛好Philémon抵達，他看到我們全部的人都裸體，非常驚訝，但他也脫掉衣服，跟我即興合唱" Pour ce que valent tes larmes"。過了一個星期，我們就開始錄製這首歌。」他笑著說。

 UNE AMITIÉ PRÉCIEUSE

A precious friendship.

一段珍貴的友誼

Depuis plusieurs années, Félix est très proche de la comédienne Evelyne Brochu. Cette amitié précieuse a d’ailleurs commencé par une relation amoureuse. «Nous nous sommes rencontrés au Cégep Saint- Laurent. J’étais ami avec le grand frère de sa meilleure amie et il y a eu un intérêt mutuel dès le départ. Nous avions les mêmes goûts musicaux et nous avons commencé à faire de la musique ensemble assez rapidement. Nous avons formé un couple durant environ trois ans, mais nous avons réalisé que nous étions des amis. Nous ne nous sommes jamais lâchés depuis.»

Since many years, Félix is very closed to the actress Évelyne Brochu. This precious friendship also started by a love relationship.

多年以來，Félix與演員Évelyne Brochu走的很近。這一段珍貴的友情是源自於一段愛情. . .

"We met at Cégep Saint Laurent. I was friend with her best friend's elder brother. And there was a mutual interest from the beginning. We get the same musicals' tastes and relatively quickly we started to make music together. We've been a couple during about 3 years. But we realized that we were friends. And since then we always stay closed. "

「我們在Cégep Saint Laurent相遇，我是她最要好朋友的哥哥的朋友。打從一開始，我們就有共同的興趣。我們有相同的音樂品味，喜歡相似的音樂風格，我們很快地就開始一起做音樂。我們曾交往大概三年，但我們意識到其實我們是朋友的感覺，從那之後，我們就一直保持著良好的友情。」

 Après avoir connu un certain succès avec sa chanson C’est l’été, c’est l’été, c’est l’été, dont le vidéoclip a beaucoup circulé sur les réseaux sociaux en 2016, le tandem revient à la charge avec Je cours. « J’ai écrit cette chanson quand je suis allé rejoindre Evelyne aux Îles- de- la Madeleine, où elle tournait dans le film Les loups.

La chanter avec elle allait donc de soi. Nous nous étions un peu perdus de vue au cours des dernières années, puisque Evelyne a passé beaucoup de temps en Europe pour le tournage de la série Orphan Black, donc c’était agréable de se retrouver derrière le micro.» (c’était X Company=Mission X)

 After experiencing some succes with his song "C'est l'été, c'est l'été, c'est l'été", whose videoclip was broadcasted a lot on social networks in 2016, the tandem comes back forcefully with "Je cours".

他們2016合作的歌曲，"C'est l'été, c'est l'été, c'est l'été"，其MV在網路上有大量的迴響，經過一番成功之後，緊接著帶著"Je cours"強力回歸。

"I wrote this song when I visited Évelyne at the Madeleine's Islands where she was acting in the movie Les loups. Then singing it with her was an evidence. We've lost contact the last years since Evelyne spent a lot of time in Europe for the shooting of Orphan Black show. Then it was great to meet again behind the mic. (Note: it should be X Company)

「這首歌我是在去Madeleine島拜訪Évelyne時寫的。那時她在拍Les Loups這部電影。能夠與她合唱這首歌，是我們堅定友情的證明。去年我跟Évelyne很久沒聯絡，因為她花了許多時間在歐洲拍攝Orphan Black。能夠跟她私下再見面真的是一件很棒的事。」(註：應當是 X Company)

 IL RÊVE DE LA FRANCE

He's dreaming of France.

他夢想著法國

 Félix compte aussi parmi ses amis Pierre Lapointe. Il a d’ailleurs coécrit une chanson sur le dernier album de l’artiste, La science du coeur.

Felix also counts among his friends Pierre Lapointe. He has indeed co-writted a song on the last artist's album, "La science du coeur".

Félix也算得上是Pierre Lapointe的朋友。他的確在Pierre Lapointe的最後一張專輯中合作過一首歌。

 « J’ai participé à la dernière tournée de Pierre à titre de guitariste. Nous nous respectons beaucoup en tant qu’artistes et nous voulions collaborer depuis longtemps. Nous l’avons enfin fait et ce n’était certainement pas la dernière fois.» Il suivra d’ailleurs les traces de son ami à la fin du mois de novembre en allant tenter sa chance en France. « Je travaille fort là- dessus. Je m’en vais rencontrer des gens là- bas qui pourraient m’aider à percer. Je me croise les doigts pour que ça fonctionne.»

"I took part at the last Pierre's tour as a guitarist. We have a lot of respect for each other and wanted to collaborate since a long time. We did it and it was certainly not the last time".

「我作為吉他手參加了最後一次Pierre的巡迴演出。我們彼此有很多的尊重，並希望長期合作。我們做到了，當然不是最後一次」

He'll follow his step's friend at the end of november by trying to take his chance in France.

他十一月底會跟著他朋友的腳步到法國，試著在法國抓住難得的機會。

"I'm working hard on it. I'm going to meet people over there who would be able to help me getting sucess. I'm keeping my fingers crossed to this end".

「我非常努力在進行這件事。我會在那裡跟許多可以幫助我成功的人見面。為了達成這個目的，我會祈求好運降臨」

 Je cours en EN https://vimeo.com/234950455 by @afrenchclone (password: ebro) Je cours 中字 https://vimeo.com/234949764  (password: ebro)

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9 Nov 2017

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[far-east-orient]

Gin’s Journal Part 5

The port of Kugane is the same as i left it five years ago, the salty wind whipping on my face and the sound of the native people welcome us as we step on the dock. Even after years leaving the city, i still feel awed at the majestic Senmon. The gate of the Hingan that lead us to the Holstery. We spent a bit of time discussing which inn we should stay. I initially offered the Uragshi to stay at the boarding house belonging to the Ittotshu Hanabi Dojo. 

I know for a fact that sensei will gladly have us use the place as all the students have left home for summer vacation to their hometown. The rest that left will not mind having companies.Khatun Qurcaqi decides to stay in Bokairo inn, an excellent choice too as the inn provide a fair price and high-quality service. I remember once writing an article about Hingan tourism in the local newspaper and gave the inn a  good review after they invited me to stay for 2 days and 1 night.

As the person who has stayed in Kugane for sometimes, i am familiar with the laws and custom of the port town. I explained the rules and is glad that the Khatun and other Uragshi sisters understood this.Everyone was glad to have left the ship and as soon as we settled in the inn, the Uragshi went to the hot springs to relax while i went to the dojo with Sara and Nergui. Sensei was happy to see me, it was a happy reunion. He is older than i remember and has stopped teaching for a year now. Focusing on his inner cultivation and only overseeing the Dojo. Hiroki, my fellow Meijin have taken over as the Sensei of the Dojo temporarily until he receives approval to take over completely. We exchanged news and pleasantries. That night, i sleep in my old room with Sara and Nergui.

Speaking about Sara and Nergui, the kids have been very obedient to the Uragshi and i have volunteered to take care of them. Nergui reminds me of my younger self. He is quiet and reserved but takes his responsibility for his sister seriously. The Uragshi, unfortunately, do not have enough capacity to raise children at the moment, i do not blame them as the clan is still too new for younger charge and it would be a considerable burden. Even though my heart is heavy knowing this, the most logical way we should take is request the Bairon to take the kids with them if we cannot find the Arulaq. Once Nergui is older, if he chooses to return to the Uragshi then he can do so.

I spent the next day reporting to Sekiseigumi as a custom, as an ex-volunteer i have few colleagues in the security force. Chief Kondo Hiraizumi gave me my old badge, the man trust to me is something that sometimes weight my heart. I resolved not to misuse his trust and keep the badge in case it comes handy.

I might have gone all around the city for most morning and afternoon, however, my mind constantly moves back to a woman staying in Bokairo Inn. Ever since talking to Dayuuqi above the ship, i found myself unable to deny it anymore….i am surely getting attracted to her. I am trying hard to not make it too obvious so she won't feel uncomfortable.Passing through the Kogane Dori, the owner of the shop pulled me to peruse her wares. Initially, i was going to return to Kogane Dori to meet the Uragshi however the wares caught my eyes. Various items that the owner claim to be popular with the young ladies. Looking at the various colorful hairpins, the owner keeps promoting her wares stating that this is the current trend in Bukyo, the capital and amongst the lady of higher class. I start to try and picture how it will fit Yuu, bringing the item in front of my face and trying to picture her wearing it when a voice greeted me.

I almost dropped the hairpins in surprise. Seeing her standing there wearing a very beautiful Suikan.I wonder if she knows Suikan with Silk Yarn Kikutoji she wears means she is ready to be married...the mere thought brings me to fluster about it but i recovered quickly. Using souvenir as an excuse, i bought her the hairpin which she wears on her hair fitting her Suikan and her beautiful smile. We conversed for sometimes after that, before the rest of the Uragshi came to join us. I offered to take them to the Ijin section since Sara wants to see the Garlean consulate. When we arrived, the Garlean as always is haughty and arrogant. Sara keeps trying to imply that she wants to get in, even jokingly said she may be able to break in. I feel this is quite disturbing since it may pose two kind of danger. First is that the ground inside the Garlean consulate belongs to them. If she got caught, she can be treated and punished according to Garlean law. Second, if the Sekiseigumi found out one of the Uragshi tries to break in, they won't be pleased. The Garlean guards feel annoyed at Sara and was about to see what she was doing when i start talking to them, i shown my Sekiseigumi badge and told them that the Xaela are guests of the Bakufu. This does not seems to deter the Garlean as they shout at Sara to move away. Sara proceed to spoke with the Garleans and they seems to be caught aback. I wasn't really sure what she said to them.

When i returned to the group, a tall male already joined the group and was talking with Yuuqi. We introduced ourselves to each other, his name is Tagadhur and he is an acquaintance of the clan. He seems to be curious at me. As we walk towards the park, i observed Tagadhur keeps attempting to talk to Yuuqi. I know that Yuuqi is a beautiful woman and that she have many admirers. It was foolish of me if i expect that we would not encounter one of her admirers, to which this man apparently is. As we sit near the pond, i conversed with the rest of the group, however, i found myself keep losing my focus as i keep watching Tagadhur tries to attract Yuuqi's attention. The man is not as subtle as i thought as he tries to sit between me and Yuuqi, i feel the same pang and jealousy but thought to myself that i need to be the one who take the higher road here.

I realize the group haven't ate yet, so i went to the market to buy few boxes of Bento. I remember Caqi's wife is pregnant and one of the healers i had a pleasure of acquainted with said that pregnant woman should not eat raw food. When i return and distributed the box, everyone starts to eat except for Ibakha because she was resting. The feeling of uneasiness keeps pulsing through my being, these new feelings i have is really unpleasant akin to seasickness but worst. I feel myself keeps clenching my fist and tries to take a deep breath, but it keeps getting worst. At one point, Yuuqi wishes to return to the inn. I took this chance and approach her, offering my hand to walk with her back to the inn. Tagadhur tries to come with us and Yuuqi rejected him politely.

Then i did the unthinkable... Something that even myself find shocked that i would do that kind of action... I told Tagadhur that if i cannot escort my Fiancee safely back to her inn, what kind of a man i am? My mouth might have said it in politeness but in my mind it was a sword, dripping with venom. The worst was, i did not regret saying it. The only regret i had was Yuuqi might be angry at me for my insolence, claiming something that she has not even acknowledge at that time. I was new, too new to this raw feelings and emotions and find myself lost. All my life, i never dislike a person without clear cause. I hated those slavers and pirates who burnt down that coastal village seven years ago. I fought them and lost because of my inexperienced self-was too confident in my own ability. Spent a year in their stockade, manage to escape only thanks to Nhaama's intervention.

At that time, however, i feel every time i see Tagadhur tries to talk to Yuuqi and his questioning glance he throws at me is scraping and irritating me to no end.  I disliked this man who tries to woo someone who is not even mine. That was low of me and i found myself in later days pondering about this. I was ready to stand in shame had Yuuqi deny my words, but i will never walk away. A part of me was wondering what drives me to do such action and stance? that even if she denies it, my shamed self still won't go. I would later realize that this is the first time i realized that i am falling for this woman...and no matter how i deny it, i am falling hard for her.

To my dismay and the next shocking thing was that she acknowledges that her family had betrothed her with me. I swear at that time it took me all my self-control not to just jump into the pond in joy. I was known to do weird things to express my happiness... Opposite to my happiness, Tagadhur expression was the epitome of disappointment. I applaud him for doing well to mask it and at that time i truly wish we could be a friend. It was ironic, because a moment ago i was ready to fight him right there. It seems that i am not as mature as i think i am... The last words Tagadhur whispered to me was "Give her whatever she wants, even if she asks for moon or stars...she deserves it" i applaud the heart of this man but does he thinks i will give Yuuqi less? i would give her even more.

Our walk home was quiet until the fireworks start to illuminate the sky that night. She seems to be excited and i explained to her about the Tanabata festival. Where the buffalo herder meet the weaver girl during the peak of summer. A symbol of everlasting love, even though distance and time separate. It brings a smile to her face. Suddenly i feel like taking a long detour, however, the inn was at sight. I dropped her by and goes back to the dojo. I was happy, and sleep was hard to be found... I dont care

I am in love with Dayuuqi...