#( all aboard! :: PROMO )

[captainseamech]

Tag (re)Drop

//At long last, I finally decided to stop everything and focus on my blog by itself! This post is quite long (obviously) and a few tags were slaughtered in the process since I no longer use them and also to make place for new ones, but I hope this eases the tagging mess for once!!

🌊 | outside the ship / ooc

🌊 | inside the ship / ic

🌊 | stuck in my datapad / mobile

🌊 | coming aboard / threads

🌊 | message in a bottle / asks

🌊 | grayfaced annoyance / anonymous

🌊 | a reflection of myself / visage

🌊 | Lapis did a thing / arts & edits

🌊 | in troubled waters / memes & prompts

🌊 | watching over seas / dash comm

🌊 | this looks fun / dash games

🌊 | from another point of view / headcanons

🌊 | through the soul of a sailor / study

🌊 | you're not the only fish in the ocean... / musings

🌊 | all the beauties hidden underwater / aesthetic

🌊 | don't call me tidepod! / crack

🌊 | pay attention landlubbers! / psa

🌊 | maybe for later... / wishlist

🌊 | a story for another day / drabbles

🌊 | singing sea shanties / music & audio

🌊 | in the waves of love / ship stuff

🌊 | ocean man approval / promo

🌊 | ocean man brand / self promo

🌊 | captain's data log / status

🌊 | my new treasure / saved tag

🌊 | checking again / self reblog

🌊 | swimming along / queue

[usefulcrew]

OOC TAGS 1/2

「 🚉 」   off the rail  » ooc

「 🚉 」   telegraphs  » ask

「 🚉 」    passengers  » anon

「 🚉 」   ticket booth  » open

「 🚉 」   leaving the station  » thread

「 🚉 」   all aboard  » memes

「 🚉 」  railroad safety  » psa

「 🚉 」   roll call  » starter call

「 🚉 」   roll call » plotting call

「 🚉 」   railtour  » promo

[a-special-ship-safe-space]

I love that most of my self inserts are smartasses and i mean it in the most pos and silly way i can. anyways unrelated thing thats bout the a hat in time self insert Like to think filmy had to do something when hat kid had to fight dj grooves + the conductor (im like to imagine they tagged teamed. shhhhhhhh) and when he got back to find out hat kid beat their asses would be something like "WHAT THE H-" and hat kid waddles over to filmy and tells him everything and he just gives that glare. that glare that shows he is fucking pissed. and good lord they had a scolding. and he totally didnt fuck up the movies on purpose that day for rhe awards for payback for almost killing/hurting a CHILD.

[magic-railr0ad]

Tag Dump!

🌸Please don't interact with this post!

[necrosouls]

so used to putting a v in a url instead of a u, i didn't realize that 'nercosouls' wasnt even taken. lol

[multisaku-rarepair-cove]

🏴‍☠️ Set sail for The Cove - a MultiSaku RarePair discord server! 🏴‍☠️

The Cove is officially open and accepting members! Come aboard and join the crew - all Sakura rarepairs welcome!

Share fic and art, push your rarepair agenda, rise through the ranks, chat with other MultiSaku lovers, and perhaps find a new Sakura ship or two to fall in love with.

We've got custom emotes and stickers, RarePairs of the Month, pirates galore, and more rarepairs than we know what to do with 🏴‍☠️

This server is 18+ ONLY. Check under the cut for our list of banned, non-rarepair, ships.

Invite link below! It will be active for 2 weeks, invites will close on January 4, 2025

Hope to see you soon!

[Admin: @frostmarris

Huge thank you to @hallous for the promo art!]

The following ships surpass our threshold of 350 total works on AO3 and, for the purposes of this server, are not rarepairs. While loved, these ships are unfortunately banned in The Cove:

Sasuke/Sakura

Kakashi/Sakura

Naruto/Sakura

Ino/Sakura

Itachi/Sakura

Shisui/Sakura

Shikamaru/Sakura

Madara/Sakura

Gaara/Sakura

Hinata/Sakura

Rock Lee/Sakura

Sasori/Sakura

Thank you!

[herejusttosufferalong]

Can anyone who was around when all of this was going down in real time last summer shed some light on how the fandom acted then?

I was around & watching this unfold in real time. I can only speak for myself.

I was indulgent with Luke, last summer. He had his boys trip & then TSOT & then the wedding in Mallorca & then Mykonos. In between, he was having a HBS, but still hanging with the friends he had always been with, their partners, & just coming out of a long term relationship & about to become way more famous & so I cut him slack. We all knew he was on Raya, but, personally, I wanted him to have fun! It seemed like a phase! (I still believe that adults can hang out & it’s not of our business, really.)

Note: I *never* shipped L&N. That might be why this didn’t bother me. Very good friends & that’s it. (Personally, having watched this in real time, I would *never* want N mixed up with L.)

Luke’s friends posted teases of what L was up to & where he was, exactly like they do now, & it was like a puzzle to figure out! So much fun during the doldrums between seasons, after filming leaks had dried up.

It was clear, by September, that he was in some kind of relationship. Very clear that it was A by early November.

I didn’t necessarily like A, & once it was clear it’s I wasn’t a FWB situation, we were into promo. (I think it was the Ami show in Paris in January that I understood how serious he was about her, because of details in her stories.)

So, we knew, going into promo that he was in a relationship that seemed serious.

I feel badly for the fans that jumped aboard the Lukola ship without knowing all that.

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[shadoedseptmbr]

Between the time he'd dropped her off at sickbay and dinnerbell, she's shaved the mashed and filthy hair off in a dark buzz. Her eyes look larger in her face, her cheekbones too sharp, but with the scrapes and bruises healed up and in a crisp uniform Shepard's looking more like the promo material up in every recruiting station than the ragged merc they'd picked up. Even her boots have the glassy shine he'd thought was cgi'd.

The other Marines in the mess are sitting a little more squarely, her precise posture something to try and live up to- which might be why Anderson is wearing that particular faint smile; Kaidan's not got all of the captain's expressions cataloged and he's seen more than a few new ones since bringing their XO aboard.

[bolinity]

Your stuff keeps popping up in my following feed and I keep drowning in how good it is. Send help. The pacing, the dialogue, the characterization, the world-building. All the OTHER phenomenal writers in your space??? GAH. <333

You’re making me want to embrace another ATLA/TLOK kick and bring my two lady characters for the fandom back.

Also, hi! How you been? Vaguely remember messaging you, like…once, then never again? Gotta get better at that, sorry. I was very new to Tumblr when I did, too. ;^^

(waaaaaaahhhh you're so sweet!! thank you so much! i saw this in my inbox right before i left for work like probably an hour after you sent it and i kept thinking about it all day gkdnfgksdfg esp since i was feeling a little rusty after not writing for a while due to busyness for a trip + work so again thank you so much 😭✨💚

i mean you're definitely welcome aboard — the more the merrier!

also big shoutout to these blogs that have a good chunk of [currently active and mainly focused on] lok characters that i've been able to chat and meme with:

@eleutheriya - currenly has varrick [she has also written mako and korra] on her multimuse blog

@bendingmuses - has a whole slew of lok and atla characters like zuko, iroh ii, mako, firelord izumi, ghazan, pema, a bunch of the beifong boys, and a good handful of OCs on her atla/lok-focused multimuse

@feiiizhu - the lovely opal i currently write with

@inkorrnate & @ninetaels - korra, mako, and asami between these blogs of theirs, the latter is a multimuse blog

@untoldwithin - just started writing with their korra! they also have asami, lin, zaheer, p'li, and tonraq on their multimuse blog

@airteacher - she's currently on hiatus but they've written tenzin since book 1

@didymousrising - they're low activity but have both eska and desna

also stupid bonus self promo of my @kingwu because i have fun writing that doofus prince/king wu but i can't rp with myself lmao

also possibly? i currently don't get too much interaction from non-roleplay blogs as i used to back in the hay-day of the fandom back when this account was run more like a bolin ask blog + rp blog in 2012. plus i took a biiiiig hiatus after book 4 ended then came back in 2020 and haven't left since [besides a few breaks here and there because life] but you're definitely welcome to interact with bo or myself! ✨)

[yesloulou]

Totally agree re: your last mclaren post. They could have had a legitimate cross-media star with Daniel and instead they’ve got an unlikeable little pr-nightmare twink with no brain-to-mouth filter and Oscar (lol love ya Oscar but he dgaf to do all their promo).

Even if the car was still terrible, if they’d worked enough with Danny to get it to a point where it was easier for him to drive (mind you he still dragged that shitbox to their first win in a decade), they could have also leaned more heavily into his personality/marketability to make up the gap. Even Renault, for all their faults, knew what they had with Daniel and were ready to dismantle the whole team and rebuild it around Danny - they just didn’t have the time/money to do it.

In short, mclaren once again display their absolute loser-mentality

i mean id love to jump on the mclaren slander train any day of the week but first of all you have to give it to them for promoting themselves with daniel's popularity but at the same time keeping a distance from his persona/brand so when they threw daniel under the bus they were able to detach and cut ties just like that. pretty much came out unscathed. i think mclaren was way more comfortable with lando being their poster child for this reason

from what i know about the mclaren cars, they were just not a fit for daniel's driving style at all. and while it's true good drivers should be able to adapt, the mclarens were one of the most temperamental. to make their car balanced enough for both daniel and lando, mclaren would've needed to make a lot of progress with car development, something they never had the $$$ for. with their automobile sales targeting a market exremely susceptible to economic setbacks, mclaren's finance took a BIG hit due to covid, right before daniel came aboard. in fact the reason they suddenly became so much faster mid way thru 2023 is bc right now they're financially solvent for the first time in years.

looking back i think it was just a very stupid decision for mclaren to sign a very expensive daniel when they didn't even have enough money for daily operations, let alone making cars that could meet daniel's needs. and then it was just plain hateful that since they didn't want to admit to their incompetence, they tried to gaslight daniel into thinking it was all his fault (he ended up really thinking that despite obliterating his driving style to work with mclaren).

obviously i think daniel's team was also to blame for entering the partnership but a) back in 2020 he didn't know whether renault f1 would still exist so he kinda had to jump ship and b) knowing zak brown and mclaren's corporate ways i think some empty promises were definitely made.

[snowbellewells]

Self Promo Sunday: “Father Figure”

This week’s little one shot is chosen in honor of Father’s Day, and the sweet surrogate father-son relationship that developed between Killian and Henry as the show went on. It was originally written in late season six, around the time of the CS wedding, and so is meant to be fairly canon compliant, more of a missing moment sort of fic. There are some elements that diverge, but most it’s just something I envisioned having happened that we didn’t get to see. I hope you will enjoy - now with cover art!

Also available on AO3 or ff.net as part of my one shots collection “Of Swans and Swords and Hopeful Hearts”

by: @snowbellewells​ 

The morning of the wedding had begun in a troubling wet, dreary grey of rain drizzle, but by mid-afternoon the clouds had slowly parted and sunlight was peeking through their wispy, tattered remnants with gaining strength.  Killian Jones had stood for some time, uncaring if he got a bit wet, staring over the water from the side of the Jolly, hoping deep in his heart of hearts that they would not have to change the venue for their nuptials.  He would of course rather that than see the occasion dampened or have to postpone it even a day longer, but he had truly hoped to pledge his troth to his True Love while standing on the sturdy boards of his previous truest love; the old girl who had been his home and companion for centuries.   

 Once the day began to dry, Killian had gone below to his cabin and started getting dressed.  The dark suit with its soft, well-made material felt transformative against his skin, whispering as it brushed across his flesh that today was infinitely special.  Today began the rest of his life – the happiest and best part.  And in a town where magic was all around at most given moments, that this day would still have a magic all its own was truly saying something.  Emma Swan – the Princess of Misthaven, the Savior – loved him, and today she would promise to spend the rest of her life with him, as he would her.  As he shrugged into the waistcoat over the button up dress shirt, and deftly did its fastenings one-handed as well, Killian caught a glimpse of himself looking conspicuously misty-eyed in the reflection of the looking glass in the corner.  It was true that is some ways, ever since Neverland – no, perhaps even since Lake Nostos and the beanstalk – he had been pledging himself to Emma every day; still, the culmination of his deepest wish seemed more than he could possibly deserve.      

  He was interrupted then from his preparations and reverie by a quiet knock on the cabin door.  Just as well, Killian thought wryly, eying the bow tie laid out with the suit jacket on his bunk.  There had been little chance he would be able to secure said article – he’d never even worn one before – without someone’s help, and now such aid was presenting itself.

His heart warmed, smile deepening when the voice that called his name proved to be Henry, asking if he could come in.  “Aye,” Killian answered Swan’s boy affectionately, waving him forward when the teen’s face appeared around the edge of the sturdy wood.  “Come in.  I’m always glad to have you aboard, Lad, you know that.”

Henry nodded, but cleared his throat nervously and looked more than a bit uneasy as he shuffled his feet forward into the room.

Killian was momentarily concerned at the young man’s bearing – surely if something were wrong, if something had happened to Emma, he would know; he would feel it.  There had been nothing from their fae nemesis this day, and he had hoped to have this one occasion without fight or interruption, but he wouldn’t put it past the malicious Stiltskin matriarch to make her presence known even now.  He was halfway across his cabin to the bracket under the window where he had carefully stowed his sword, ready to take it up again in service of his Swan, when Henry finally spoke.

As he did, and as Killian turned to listen to the young man about to officially become his stepson, Killian noticed for the first time that the Author also carried a book in his hand.  It was not his usual storybook, the huge brown leather bound one bearing all their past tales in the Enchanted Forest, but a smaller black one the pirate had never seen before.

“Killian,” Henry started again, voice still soft and somewhat hesitant as he moved closer, finally coming to stand face-to-face with the man who had become supporter, confidante and sometime partner-in-crime to him – in some ways, the most constant father figure he’d known.  He held his hand out, with the handsome new book in it, offering it to Killian.  “In this realm, they sometimes give the guy getting married something.  It’s called a groom’s gift.  So… anyway… I just wanted to give you this,” he offered, meeting Killian’s eyes fleetingly and then dropping his gaze again with a sheepish flush to his cheeks.  “It’s not much really… but I… I wanted you to have it.  It’s our story.”

The pirate’s eyes shot up to Henry’s, awed emotion flowing through him and having to see into the face of this extraordinary young man he loved as his very own to make sure he was really hearing what he thought.  “Truly?” he finally choked out, arching an eyebrow despite himself, his voice low and rougher than normal, but struck deeply by the gesture that Henry was making.

Henry chuckled a bit then, as if Killian’s sincere gratitude and affection made him more at ease with the gift he had given.  “Aye,” the youth mocked Hook now in his answer, and they both seemed unable to stop the silly grins spreading across their faces.

“Well then, thank you, m’boy,” Killian spoke solemnly, clasping Henry’s shoulder warmly and merely drinking in the moment, stunned that his long, tangled lifeline had brought him here with this young man, a chance at a family he would have never imagined coming to him again.

Killian took the gift, holding it in his hand and running his thumb over the smooth cover reverently.  Curious, he almost flipped it open to see what Henry had put down, but as if reading his mind, the lad stepped forward, shaking his head.  Cheeks flushed again, Henry’s grasp on Killian’s forearm stilled his motion to open and begin reading.  “No!  Don’t read it now while I’m standing here!” the teen exclaimed in humored exasperation.

Smirking only slightly, Killian conceded, “As you wish,” with an affectionate nod of deference to Henry’s wishes.  Sitting the book on his bunk for the moment, he turned back to the lad seriously before pressing on.  “I shall wait until later to peruse your fine gift.  But… if I may – perchance you might do one more thing for me?”  Reddening a bit himself, Killian gestured to the undone bow tie where he had discarded it atop the desk by his mirror, his awkward all-done-up collar, and gave his stepson a lopsided smile. “If you could be so kind?”

Shaking his head, Henry nodded and stepped forward, releasing a good natured snort of laughter at Killian’s expense, but lightly reaching out and putting the ensemble together as best he knew how, much like his Grandpa David had shown him to do his own.

When he had finished, the teen gave his soon-to-be stepdad a once over, smiling once more at the man he had come to look up to, who loved his mom and made her smile, who had taught him sailor’s knots and navigation by the stars, and how to manage his algebra homework.  This man had always had his back.  Even when Henry himself had been too stubborn to see, Killian had wanted the best for him, as any father would.  Though he would always miss his birth father and wish they had gotten more time together, Henry was struck suddenly by how his father figure had been there all along; he had never been truly without.  Dropping his hands from the slightly crooked but still fastened bow tie, Henry lunged forward to hug Captain Hook – their pirate – tightly in a swell of gratitude and love.

Killian was stunned still for several beats of time, blinking rapidly at the tears which welled up at Henry’s tight embrace and obvious acceptance, but he quickly recovered and hugged Swan’s boy back just as firmly, clasping him close for several long moments.  When they parted, there were conspicuous snuffles and bashful half smiles on both their parts, but also a new understanding of just how gladly and irrevocably they were family now.

A text buzzed through for Henry then, and he pulled out his talking phone as Killian watched.  “Grandma needs me for some decoration issue,” Henry said.  “So, are we all set, Captain?”

“Aye,” Killian affirmed with a wide grin and quick nod.  “I’ll see you again shortly…at the altar.”

~~*~~

After Henry had dashed off, Killian moved to his bunk once more, fully ready for the ceremony that was only a little over an hour away.  Before he headed above deck though, he was anxious to look at the gift his stepson had brought him.

Taking a seat on the edge of his bed, Killian picked up the book, opened to the first page, and began to read:

            “Once there was a little boy with an old soul and a heavy heart.  Though he believed in heroes and good and fairy tales, he didn’t know if anyone really loved him or where he truly belonged.

            There was also, once upon a time, a man who had lived for centuries, but had lost his boyhood much too soon. He was alone in the world with nothing and no one to live for.

            In truth, the two should never have met.  But meet they did, and the story of how it came to be, brought love and joy back into both of their lives…”

Killian kept reading, through a sheen of happy tears, all the way to the end; the warmth in his heart spreading throughout his whole body until he felt it might escape in beams of light from his fingers and toes.  He could hardly wait to thank Henry for this precious gift, and though words would not fully express it, attempt to tell the lad how much it meant to him. 

Neither of them had lived through very happy starts, but they were now embarking on their happy ending at last…

Tagging a few who might enjoy: @jennjenn615 @kmomof4 @searchingwardrobes @jrob64 @apiratewhopines @whimsicallyenchantedrose @laschatzi @cosette141 @elizabeethan @the-darkdragonfly @donteattheappleshook @hollyethecurious @winterbaby89 @xsajx @teamhook @revanmeetra87 @sotangledupinit @anmylica @motherkatereloyshipper​ @gingerchangeling​ @gingerpolyglot​ @tiganasummertree​ @optomisticgirl​ @spartanguard​ @therooksshiningknight​ @xarandomdreamx​ @wefoundloveunderthelight​ @ineffablecolors​ 

[wafflesetc]

Genuinely bamboozled as to why and how allllllll the other OC ships are able to get a happy ending together or leave the show with a good ending for the other half of the ship except upstead. After the main OC account changed their account to stellaride and the promo which seems to include a new clip of them together im just so frustrated that Jesse and Tracy get left with the worst storyline for their show. And it’s all stemming from the show runner who gave some of the best scenes to them yet single-handedly ripped them away. I get it’s a drama but come on there were a million other ways Jesse could have left and the drama could have continued, it is a show revolving a team not just two people but proving my point Jesse and Tracy/ Hailey and Jay being in the viewers but no let’s rip them apart in the most mind boggling out of character way possible for funsies

Totally and completely not fair to Jesse and Tracy and the hard work and effort they put into making their relationship come to life as well as the fans who tune into the show to watch their story unfold.

Sorry for the rant but at this point it is just completely unfair how the so called yacht of PD is being dismantled for no good reason at all. Holding onto Jesse’s trust the process and Tracy’s doll pic wording and her hashtag for dear life because I refuse to believe this is how their story ends

Your frustration is felt, I think many Upstead fans feel the same way. I really wish things had gone down differently and handled very differently. I always say I'd love to have an interview with Gwen, one where real questions could be asked and answered. I'd love to pick apart her and some of the writer's minds on how they made the creative decisions they made and why. I'd also love to hear what J and T have to say about it, but they are too professional and respect the cast and crew too much to probably say anything that would paint it in a negative light (which is completely understandable.)

And this is good timing because we got another photo of mini Halstead and maaaaaan, I am *trusting the process* because Tracy is REALLY getting into it.

All aboard the delulu train!

[dearemma]

Do you have any theories for 2x08? I remember someone saying that it might focus on Christine and M'benga, hope that's true!

so! based on the promo pics that were released, we're definetly getting some christine and m'benga material.

we learned on episode 1 of season 2 that they served on the klingon war together and were one of the few survivors of a massacre. here is the description of episode eight:

"Captain Pike and his crew welcome a Klingon defector aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, but his presence triggers the revelation of some shocking secrets."

we are getting some flashback content. christine is looking very hot in her black widow suit, i can't wait to get my hands on the footage.

ANYWAYS BACK TO THE SHOW!!! here is what we've heard so far about the episode:

I think that that's pretty accurate. For both of you, Season 2 is 10 episodes, do you have a favorite of the 10 episodes and why? BUSH: Oh, I'm gonna say eight and nine, and I can't say why because that would be a spoiler. BABS OLUSANMOKUN: Yeah, I would say eight, but I can't tell you why either – Oh, it was eight, now nine!

[ comment: nine is the musical episode ]

“As a performer, myself, the scenes that are the most challenging emotionally are the ones that are most enjoyable [...] and where there's the most to be found artistically,” said Jess Bush of the season ahead. “And there's a lot of that in episode eight. I loved doing episode eight with Babs. It was one of my favorite from the entire two seasons. And working with Jeff Byrd (Yellowjackets, The Flash TV series). He's incredible. He's an actor's director. I think he made us both feel really safe to find the truth of that episode. It stretched me and stretched Nurse Chapel a lot.”

You can’t drop a Star Trek truth bomb like that without fans wanting to know more. So, probing deeper, the stars revealed a bit more about episode eight with the round table. Olusanmokun shared: “I can’t reveal much of it, you know, but somewhere in there, there was a moment where I was like, ‘Okay, this is going much deeper.' It felt epic. I hope that was captured. I hope what you see on screen is, but it felt epic as we made episode eight — for me, personally.”

Olusanmokun assures us that it is in the cards. "We're going to see some of their past history, how they came to be, how they came together as compadres. It's written beautifully, and of course, we then tried to mold it as much as possible with our performances. "It's been something. It was really lovely to do. It was really lovely to experience. We maybe go over a scene together while waiting. "I know what I do [to prepare], but I also see that Jess comes quite prepared, and so when we land in front of each other, or the camera's rolling, there's a lot to work with. That's all you can ever ask of your scene partner. There's a lot of giving and taking and being open. Regarding their scene sharing, Bush acknowledges how close Chapel and M'Benga are. "Speaking for myself, I think it's just about staying open and curious when we're together on set and in discovery mode. "There is definitely a lot of deepening of the relationship with Chapel and M'Benga in this season, and we get to go through a lot together. It's something that I've really enjoyed. I think it's been a beautiful deepening of both of their stories separately and entwined. Very heartful, very heartful."

and i could not find the quote, but apparently christine is dropping a shocking secret this episode

so basically.... we're in for a ride, folks

as for theories... nothing specific tbh?? i'm waiting and seeing

[busterkeatonsociety]

#SaturdayCaptions Ding Ding! All aboard the Buster Bus! Caption this promo pic for “San Diego I Love You,” released 79 years ago yesterday - starring Louise Albritton & Jon Hall with a cameo from Buster Keaton.

[captainkurosolaire]

Volume 3 - Chasing Kismet

[Sin’s & Tragedies]

Promo Omen: Fogged Dream of a Boy Promo Omen: Captain’s Siren Promo Omen: The ‘Crown’ Tricorne Promo Omen: Sea-Lover Promo Omen: The Pledge Promo Omen: Spiritual Guide: Perish Promo Omen: Face-Paint Promo Omen: Survival & Fury Prelude: Skull Brethren Prelude: Original Crew Prelude: Founding Captain Prelude: The Sol Problem Chapter 1: Who Dunn It? Chapter 2: Fallout Chapter 3: Tailspin Chapter 4: Rumblin’ N’ Tumblin’ Chapter 5: Absence Ushers, Fate Declares! Chapter 6: Lie Mouse, Wrath is Born. Chapter 7: Farewell, Friends. Chapter 8: Traitor Chapter 9: Gold x Silver Chapter 10: Hat Chapter 11: Perish. Chapter 12: Dreamer of Dreams Chapter Finale: Sunbreak Treachery (Commentary below cut.)

(Achieved a great chunk more than I expected early this year to start with. But after a breather for little while, I’ll resume. Aim for that 60 Chapters or beyond @_@. Really put a dent into some of these stories. Have ton’s to write. Lots of characters to just flush out but least throughout this I got a lot set up, and many progressed. Ideally work on screen-sets and going casual mode for my standards though. Also between what may be confusing between Saga/Compendiums/Volumes: Compendium’s strictly will be like a glossary index, with the level’s of interesting stories to read. That’ll always probably be the recommended way to read if interested. Sagas/Volume may approach a more specific type though finding stories, based on Genre. While making the screen-sets I did throughout wildly that seemed like nothing, were pieces of stories that eventually got turn into an arc like this one. >Eventually, I’ll master-list writing into like two-links. Continue polishing my pinned post.< [Gratitude & Love] I legit like have a hundreds to thousand stories remaining. Strangely through feels like hardly anything when I visualize it mentally, feel like this is too short of a story. But reality and with how much energy it really does take and much detail often applying and honing screenshots trying to double-dip, dedication to what I want to go it’s so much, but my resolve and pure grit for passion is wickedly mad. 😎 But I must always shout thanks for all the support, whether invisible lurkers or visible cheers, from new and longtime hearties, who’ve been on this voyage with me. Treasure you from the deepest bottom that beats within. It’s plausible everything feels trivial only cause I have heard and gained lot of inspiration and in-turn your energy with ye all aboard or just merely in my surroundings, your sights are sublime.

[jules-has-notes]

2015 VoicePlay summer & fall round-up

In between a two-month tour in the spring, and a two-month Disney World residency in the winter, VoicePlay had a variety of shorter adventures, video shoots, and some very important time at home with friends and family.

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Can't stop, won't stop

The day after they got home, they released the music video for "Stay With Me" that they'd recorded and edited while on the road. Then just two days later they hit the stage again for a single show. Once they'd gotten a few more days of rest, they gathered at Layne's studio to tape an interview for the Behind the Mic podcast.

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Ahoy, moms

Then it was time to hop on the Royal Caribbean Oasis, the first of multiple gigs with multiple cruise lines they'd booked over the coming months. They disembarked for a week at home, during which they spent Mother's Day morning performing for the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration. A few days later, they set out again on a Disney Magic cruise up the east coast to Nova Scotia, which gave them a day off in NYC while the ship was in port.

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Family time

After that gig was complete, they took a couple well-deserved weeks off. Most of the guys flew straight home, but Layne went back to New York to meet up with his longtime girlfriend and her daughters for some family time. While they were on a bike ride in Central Park, he staged a fall and proposed. Yay, love!

[NOTE: I linked to the video and family photo of Layne and Cyndi's engagement rather than embedding them, because the kids were young and deserve to not have images that show their faces pulled into public spaces their parental units can't control. But do feel free to click through, because both are very cute.]

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On the seas again

Once the guys were rested up, VoicePlay climbed aboard their third ship of the summer, the Celebrity Summit, for a jaunt to Bermuda. On the way out, they crossed paths with Kathy and her band, Soul Funktion, who were performing on a different cruise.

On the downside, being in the Caribbean meant that they missed out on National Doughnut Day, which is something they generally enjoy, being the snack conoisseurs that they are. On the upside, they returned home to some exciting milestones on their YouTube channel — lucky sevens followed by many zeros.

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Long-term planning

They had two more weeks at home to do prep for their next video shoot. And then they spent a long night at a local pizza parlor with several family members and friends to create a characterisitically silly three-part saga as a promo for their upcoming Patreon launch. During the next few weeks, they started editing those videos while also preparing to hit the road again.

Meanwhile, Eli did a solid for their friends in The Edge Effect and hopped on yet another cruise with them. That favor would turn out to be rather fortuitous. The other guy subbing with the group for that trip was a talented baritone/bass named Jessie, who Eli would remember the next year when an opportunity arose. (Ooh, foreshadowing. 😉)

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Oh, Hi! Oh.

In mid-July, VoicePlay headed north once more for a pair of shows in Ohio, first at the Fraze Pavilion in Dayton, then at the Lake Chautauqua Auditorium in Port Clinton.

Dayton show — photos by Leslie Tidd

Port Clinton show

(On the way home, Geoff matched pitch with the airport security equipment in true music nerd fashion.)

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Homebodies

Then they dispersed for a couple weeks to do individual things. Earl spent some time doing "a little puppet show with friends" at Disney World. Geoff and Kathy worked on some home renovations. Eli and Ashley spent some time with his family in Pennsylvania, then swung through D.C. and New York City on their way home. Layne relaxed at home with some TV bingeing in between wedding planning. And Tony did mysterious Tony things. (His socials are all private.)

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Ready for their close-ups

At the end of the month, they took another trip to Bermuda on the Celebrity Summit before spending most of August and early September working on new music videos for "Cheerleader", "Summer Hits 2015", and the long-awaited "Phantom of the Opera". Not to mention the ongoing Patreon preparations.

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Quick jaunts

As fall rolled in, VoicePlay rolled out once more. They opened the performance season at Texas A&M, popped down to Florida's gulf coast for a show in Treasure Island, flew up to Baltimore to attend the Performing Arts Exchange conference, and then scooted into D.C. to perform for a Red Cross event at the Smithsonian. In between trips, Earl and Layne sat down to share some wisdom about keeping fueled on the road.

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Stein nuptials

And then it was time for Layne and Cyndi's wedding! The gang was all there to celebrate, complete with extended family and friends.

(Fun fact: Tony made Cyndi's wedding dress. She was the very first PattyCake princess.)

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While she was in town for the wedding, Emoni Wilkins spent a day at Disney World with Earl and Nick.

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Back at it

Once Layne was back from his honeymoon, the guys got on a plane to San Diego and boarded the Disney Wonder for a cruise down to Puerto Vallarta. A week after they got home from sea, they headed inland to give a concert and student workshop at the University of Wyoming.

In mid-November, they finally announced their Patreon, and proceeded to meet their first two goals in less than a week. Clearly, they timed that well.

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Happy (early) holidays

While they were celebrating that victory, though, their other projects kept going. In particular, they had started their first of three annual residencies at Disney World for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, which kept them pretty busy for most of the end of the year.

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They did make time for a few other things, including some full holiday concerts, several more video shoots, their regular theme park shows, and visits from friends. Earl and Nick continued their tradition of hosting visitors by helping Tim Foust and Adam Chance speedrun the parks before Home Free's holiday show in Orlando. Layne got an exciting birthday present when he found out he was going to be a dad. And Geoff fulfilled a childhood dream by subbing in with Rockapella for their New Year's Eve show in Vegas.

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Once the end of the year whirlwind was finished, they took a few days to finally rest before they hit the road again. But that's a tale for another post.