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burntgods · 6 days ago

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⸻ quintessa swindell / non binary / they/he . . . is that JOEY RATHBONE i see beneath the neon lights ? not much is known about the 27 year old who has lived in neocouver for 27 YEARS. though the shadows do whisper about their DEBONAIR ways but it may be their IMPRUDENT habits that very well lead to their damnation. it has been said they can often be found working at UNIVERSITY OF NEOCOVER as an ASSISTANT PROFESSOR but their free time is spent at ELECTRIC FINDS. many will be able to hear HOW WOULD I KNOW? by OLIVIA O'BRIEN when they enter the room but it's THE DRIVE FOR PERFECTION, SEEMINGLY PERFECT & READY TO UNRAVEL, LONG HAIR PULLED INTO A BRAID, ALWAYS WANTING FOR MORE that truly leaves a lasting impression on even the quietest of souls. only time will tell if the WITCH has what it takes to live and protect what might be the very last bit of salvation for supernaturals and mortals alike.

⸻ basic information.

name: joey parker rathbone nicknames: jo, jojo age: twenty-seven birthdate: july 15 zodiac: cancer gender & pronouns: non binary ( they/he ) orientation: bisexual, biromantic hometown: neocover, british columbia current residence: neocover, british columbia occupation: assistant professor at university of neocover affiliation: archivist for the circle of balance

⸻ physical.

faceclaim: quintessa swindell height: 5'3 build: slim hair: dark brown eye colour: brown tattoos: n/a piercings: lobes, septum

⸻ personality.

positive traits: debonair, astute, steadfast negative traits: imprudent, stoic, enigmatic labels: the bibliophile, the taciturn mbti: infj character inspiration: willow (buffy the vampire slayer), seth cohen (the oc), spencer reid (criminal minds), topanga lawrence (boys meet world) moral alignment: lawful good temperament: phlegmatic cabin number: six (athena)

⸻ lifestyle.

economic status: upper class living arrangement: two bedroom apartment in kerrisdale vehicles: black honda civic languages: english, french, latin likes: reading, coffee, reality tv, pilates, rain, cooking dislikes: running, hot weather, airplanes, take out alcohol use: rarely marijuana use: occasionally drug use: never tobacco use: never

⸻ biography.

joey has always been a quiet child, the one with their nose behind the book. they were always listening and taking notes, though. they had hundreds of journals under their bed filled with everything they saw that day. their childhood was colourful, packed with laughter and love provided by their parents and siblings and even better, magic.

this rathbone child also discovered at a young age that they didn't fit into a typical gender role and while it was hard for them to navigate it at first especially considering he didn't have that many friends, he always had the support of his family. joey's parents and siblings wanted nothing but to be happy for him, so when he decided to tell them, they did their absolute best to support him and offer up nothing but unconditional love and resources they needed so he became his best self.

after high school, joey started to thrive. they were able to start growing into the person they wanted to be... especially with their magic. joey's speciality started to become enchantment and spell casting... with all of the time he spent studying, he practically had every spell the circle of balance had available, memorized. most of the time in college though, they spent most of their time in the library or at circle meetings, taking notes and testing out different flavours of coffee.

joey graduated with a degree in history & english and is currently getting their masters degree / phd while working at the university. every week, they spend the sunday with their parents and siblings, cooking dinner together and catching each other up on their lives since now, they may be a bit more spread out across neocover.

⸻ headcanons.

joey loves clothes and fashion, the second bedroom in their apartment is a dedicated library and closet to house their collections

joey has been in an on again off again relationship since their second year of university ( wanted connection on the main )

joey loves popcorn and spends most of their nights reading, snacking on popcorn and having reality rtv playing in the background

joey is teaching themselves how to sew so they can make their own clothes and wants to maybe design things for their family and close friends

more to come...

#im gonna change these gifs this weekend but #salushq : intro #joey ⸻ biography

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ameliora-j · 4 years ago

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before i fell // dm x reader

words: 2.8k

warnings: angst, talk of a breakup, mention of loss of virginity, mention of not eating, mention of not sleeping, pansy is kinda ooc and so is draco, the slytherins are assholes

a/n: i used a lot of olivia rodrigo lyrics bc i listened to SOUR while writing lol. lmk if i should add other warnings and happy reading babies!

you would be cliche and say that you fell in love the way that you fall asleep. slowly and then all at once. but you couldn’t because you didn’t. it wasn’t a john green novel and you weren’t hazel grace lancaster. falling in love wasn’t simple, and that description of it truly… didn’t describe anything. falling in love was more complicated than that. there were more layers to it than that. falling in love was rather… quick and unexpected. unexpected like snow in the middle of march. or rain when there’s not a cloud in sight. quick like waiting months for an event and finally when the time comes, it feels like you blinked and then it was over.

falling in love with draco malfoy was all of these things and more. falling in love with draco malfoy brought upon more layers than that. falling in love with draco malfoy brought pain. not just any kind of pain, no… horrible, heart wrenching, gut twisting pain. pain that began by bubbling itself in your chest right at the center of your heart, then slowly but surely worked it’s way outwards. encapsulating your entire body and making every inch of your body ache. pain like when you get attached to a character and the author kills them off. pain like when you finish your favorite book and you realize that you’re not truly in that universe and none of that actually happened. pain like when you’re two hours, fifteen minutes, and twelve seconds into avengers: infinity war and peter parker says “mr. stark, i don’t feel so good.” pain that you’ve never felt. pain that can’t be described. pain that you felt for days. pain.

you thought it was strange when the platinum blonde slytherin sought you out. he came to you one day while you sat silently at the black lake. you were alone, but only because you liked to be. you had friends of course, many actually, but you chose to be alone. the black lake was your place of solace. then along came draco. he sat beside you, a good distance away, but his presence was known. you looked to him for an explanation but he offered none. just smiled at you and turned to his notes, so you did the same. the second time he came, he sat closer, but still in silence. the third time is when he struck up conversation.

“yln, yeah?” he questioned.

“yn, actually. but yes, yn yln. and you’re draco malfoy?” you asked.

“i am,” he smirked at your knowledge of his name and then you returned to your studying. after that, the two of you talked every time he came and sat with you. short discussions about the weather or the potions assignment. you don’t know when, but soon they became longer. discussions of your day and your family. your interests and how you got your name. how you loved the rain and the stars and how you loved hogwarts, but you often missed home. draco knew you inside and out and you knew him—and before long, you called the tall, skinny blonde your boyfriend.

you walked the halls of hogwarts together, hand in hand. draco walked haughtily with a hard scowl and you with a bright smile. while you walked cheerfully and waved to your friends and to first years while draco glared at anyone who dared look at the two of you. he took you to parties in the slytherin common room and you wore his jersey proudly at quidditch games, even when he played against your house. he bought you lavish gifts at all of your trips to hogsmeade and he showered you in kisses, praise, and affection. you were whole heartedly smitten with the sole heir to the malfoy fortune.

it was one fateful day in the common room when your heart absolutely exploded. that was the day you knew that you fell in love with draco malfoy. you had been a thing for about two, going on three, months. you were sitting in the slytherin common room, reading in silence when he asked. you were pressed against his chest and he pressed a soft kiss to your head. “‘ve been meaning to ask you something,” he murmured gently. this caused you to close the book and turn your full attention to him. “want you to wear this,” he said, holding out a ring. “it’s the malfoy family crest.”

your stomach and your heart exploded into billions of butterflies and you launched yourself forward, straight into his chest. millions of emotions overcame you as you squeezed his neck as tight as possible. you nodded into his neck as a few stray tears fell. he kissed your head repeatedly as he slid the ring onto your finger before pressing his lips to your’s gently. you giggled excitedly as you stared down at the ring on your finger. “do you like it?” he asked you.

“i love it, dray. i love you. thank you s’much,” you confessed for the first time as you cuddled back into his chest. you don’t know what it was that made the blonde boy seek you out, but you’re glad he did. if only you knew the true nature of his intentions. but alas, you were oblivious.

it was the beginning of the school year, on the train to hogwarts. in the compartment of what was labeled as “the slytherin squad.” there sat theo nott, pansy parkinson, blaise zabini, and—your now boyfriend—draco malfoy.

they were all sitting around, taking the piss out of draco for all of his past failed relationships when it was brought up. “i’ll bet malfoy couldn’t get a girl to fall in love with him if he paid her,” theo spoke.

“i’ll take that bet,” draco countered.

“alright. but we get to pick the girl,” blaise decided.

“what?” pansy asked as theo began to look around the compartment. it was a few minutes before he found the victim. it was then that your fate was sealed. there, sitting in the back corner, head tucked deep into a copy of the fault in our stars, was you. you. awkward and quiet. you with seemingly no friends. poor little unsuspecting you.

“that one,” nott smirked evilly.

“what the weirdo?!” draco exclaimed incredulously. “no way!”

“so then you forfeit?” blaise asked, causing draco to release a frustrated exhale.

“alright i’ll do it,” he rolled his eyes.

“then we give you five months. make yn yln fall in love with you in five months and we’ll do your homework for the rest of the year,” theo posed.

“and if i don’t?” draco asked.

“and when you don’t… thennn,” blaise taunted as he searched for a deal that was fair.

“then we get two hundred galleons each and you have to apologize to potter for making his life hell,” theo smirked. draco scoffed at this and rolled his eyes, but nodded nonetheless.

“and what are my conditions?” he raised an eyebrow.

“she has to say it first. you can do anything you want or need to get her to say it, but you cannot say ‘i love you’ first,” blaise spoke.

“this doesn’t seem fair to yn,” pansy piped in.

“shut your mouth parkinson. no one asked your opinion,” theo growled with a roll of his eyes. but it was too late. there was absolutely nothing the girl could do to get the three to change their minds. she just had to sit idly by and watch draco malfoy break your heart as she said nothing. she wished that she could stop it, but their minds were made up. and the three of them were very stubborn.

it was a few days after draco gave you his ring when your bubble came crashing down. you were walking to meet draco at your spot at the black lake when blaise and theo intercepted you. you knew who they were, of course you did. they were your boyfriend’s best friends, however why they were currently speaking to you, you had no idea.

they told you it would be quick. that they just wanted to show you something in the slytherin common room and left little room for argument, so you had no choice but to follow them there. they sat you on the couch and began to discuss your relationship with draco. you were very confused and had no idea why you were here. “so… draco hasn’t told you?” blaise mocked a gasp of shock.

“no?” you raised a soft eyebrow as you stared on. this made theo smirk evilly as he pulled up a projector and pointed his wand at it. a picture appeared, it looked like a memory. “what’s this?” you asked before the boys urged you to ‘shh.’ you sunk further into the couch as you idly watched on.

you truly weren’t paying attention untill you heard the voice of your boyfriend. the words he spoke stung. you were soft. emotional. the way he spoke about you absolutely crushed you. it would crush anyone, but it shattered you especially. “she’s so fucking weird!” “i’ll take that bet.”

‘s all you were. all you ever were. just a stupid belt. another notch in his belt. it was that moment that draco had barged into the common room. but by then, it was already too late. the tears had already sprung to your eyes and you were preparing for a torrential downpour as you heard his voice. “i’m out!” he announced breathlessly. he froze in his run as his eyes fell on you and what was playing on the projector currently. “bunny…” he whispered softly as his hand touched your shoulder, but you quickly jerked away as if his hand had burned you on contact.

“don’t call me that. don’t touch me,” you demanded as the tears began to fall. “that’s all i was? a bet?” an involuntary whimper sounded from the depths of your throat. “i feel so stupid.” you shook your head.

“no, bunny please listen to me,” you didn’t allow the boy to finish as you wrapped your arms tightly around yourself.

“don’t call me that!” you demanded. “in fact don’t call me at all. don’t… don’t talk to me draco. ever again. i can’t believe i fell for your stupid joke. i feel so… i feel like an idiot,” you spoke. you shook your head, hastily wiping at your eyes untill you saw stars. it was then that you decided to walk away.

“YN STOP!” draco yelled. “LISTEN to me,” he demanded.

“NO!” you shouted as you turned to face him finally. “godric draco, i wish you would’ve thought this through before i went and fell in love with you,” you sniffled as you wiped your snot on your sweater sleeve.

“yn please just let me explain. please listen to me, please,” he begged.

“i feel like you betrayed me,” you shook your head. “i told you everything. you were my everything. draco i loved you. i actually loved you. i thought you loved me too but i guess you’re just a really good actor,” you sniffled once more. “i hate you draco. i really fucking hate you. i don’t want to hear your bullshit explanation because i know that you’ll never feel sorry for the way i’m hurting right now.”

“it was a bet!” draco shouted as you walked away, hand on the door knob. you scoffed as you muttered a sarcastic, ‘no shit.’ “that’s how it started yes, but then i got to know you. i figured out who you were. i learned that your favorite color is yfc and that you prefer night over day because you love the stars and that your favorite star is scorpius and you would name your son after that star one day. i learned that you love to read and you love when it storms but you're afraid of the thunder. you only dance when you’re drunk and you giggle when you’re nervous and i love that giggle. with everything in me i do. your favorite book is yfb and you choose to be alone but you let everyone be your friend. you’re gorgeous. inside and out and while it may have started as a bet, somewhere along the lines i fell in love with you so yn please. please don’t leave,” he whispered the last part as his voice came out broken.

you took a deep breath in before you began to speak. “you couldn’t have cared less about someone who loved you more. i’d say you broke my heart but you broke much more than that,” you shook your head as you furiously wiped at your eyes again. “i gave you my all draco. you were my first everything. i gave you my virginity for merlin’s sake. all to find out that i was just some stupid bet,” you scoffed.

“yn please believe me when i say that you’re so much more than that,” he begged again. “i came to tell them that they won. that i wanted out because i fell in love with you too!”

“it doesn’t matter if you don’t see me as a bet any longer. the fact is that you did. i’m worth so so much more than that.” your breaths were ragged as you spoke. “i really wish that you had thought this through before i went and fell in love with you.” you repeated with a small sniffle. “don’t you think i loved you too much to be used and discarded? don’t you think i loved you too much to think i deserve nothing?” you were openly sobbing at this point.

“yn please believe me when i tell you how sorry i am…” he spoke softly.

“don’t tell me you’re sorry. feel sorry for yourself. because someday i’ll be everything to somebody else,” with this you turned away from him. you hastily opened the door and practically ran out of the common room and away from him.

at that moment you decided to forget about it. draco, and the bet, and love, and everything. like in the vampire diaries, you decided to turn your emotions off. you laid in your dorm crying for hours before you made that decision, however. your dorm mates checked on you often, but you never offered more than merely a half hearted shrug, letting them know that you were still alive, but barely breathing. you skipped classes and meals. you were a mere shell of yourself. it was about two weeks before you could face draco again. and even then you couldn’t truly. you went into the great hall and found “the slytherin squad” sans draco.

pansy looked at you sympathetically while theo and blaise basked in the glow of their new victory. you pulled the ring off carelessly as you stopped in front of them, hair disheveled and uniform askew. you had dark bags under your eyes from the lack of sleep you’d gotten in the past fourteen days and your eyes were rimmed red with the weight of your emotions. “c’you just give this back to malfoy,” you murmured half-heartedly as you dropped the ring on the table in front of the three. just speaking his name brought you pain.

your shoulders were sunken in defeat and you were but a shell of your usual cheerful self. you don’t even know when the last time you saw daylight or had fresh air was. “wait yln,” pansy called hesitantly. you turned to face her, still staring down at your mary janes as you pulled and twisted your fingers untill you heard your knuckles pop. “you… you really love him, don’t you?”

you just shrugged your right shoulder as you used the heel of your palm to wipe the snot from your rapidly reddening nose. “i was just some stupid bet,” you replied as tears begin to spill rapidly over your waterline.

“if it’s any consolation… it was those two bozos’ idea,” pansy told you as she pointed to blaise and theo.

“doesn’t matter,” you murmured. “he’s still a traitor,” you answered as you walked away, forgetting all about the slytherin prince and his stupid friends. forgetting all about how he hit you with a train of his “love.” forgetting all about how for three months he was your everything. forgetting all about how he wrote to his mum about you and you wrote to your parents about him. forgetting all about draco malfoy. the platinum blonde boy with stormy grey eyes who had a long story buried beneath his haughty exterior. the boy who you called your first. your first kiss. your first time. your first love. forgetting all about the boy that made you fall in love just to tell you it was all a bet.

attempting to revert back to how you were before you fell.

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cindyyberman · 3 years ago

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masterlist.

hi! my name is rosie, and below you will find a complete list of my works related to marvel or mcu actors! i don't allow them to be translated or reposted anywhere, with or without credit, but i do appreciate a reblog! i hope you enjoy ♡

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gildedploys · 2 years ago

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✦ OLIVIA SCOTT WELCH, CIS WOMAN, SHE/HER✦ EMERY SINCLAIR the TWENTY-FIVE year old has been in Hidehill for HER ENTIRE LIFE and was a FORMER STUDENT to Jade Parker, the missing first murder victim. Whispers on the streets are that the ASSOCIATE AT LIKE A BROKEN RECORD who lives in HADLEY PARK. She is said to be DETERMINED and RECKLESS but I guess we’ll find out for ourselves.

ABOUT EMERY: She was sweet like honey, but all I can taste is the blood in my mouth.

CHARACTER BASICS

FULL NAME: Emery Saige Sinclair

NICKNAME(S): Em, Emmy

AGE: Twenty-Five

GENDER & PRONOUNS: Cis Woman, She/Her

FACE CLAIM: Olivia Scott Welch

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: Blonde, dyed Pink

HEIGHT: 5′5″

DATE OF BIRTH: March 7th, 1997

ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini

MAJOR: Music Theory

HOGWARTS HOUSE: Ravenclaw

OCCUPATION: Drummer, Employee at Like a Broken Record

HOMETOWN: Hidehill, Nashville

PIERCINGS: Double lobes on both ears, Stud in right side of nose

TATTOOS: tbd

CHARACTER HISTORY [TW: Mentions of a Toxic Relationship, Gaslighting, Abuse, & Eating Disorders]

Born in Hidehill, Nashville Emery was always surrounded by music. Her father John often kept a guitar close by, finding his voice early on in Emery’s life to provide her with the musical childhood that would mold her future. It was something to pass the time after a long day, the stress from the tireless work of building and managing clients in need of a proper defense. From the time her hands were large enough to play each chord she fell in love, her mind racing until she was able to focus on the symbols displayed on the sheets in front of her. She couldn’t help but allow it to take a front seat to her studies, music became the constant in her life while her father traveled. Her mother was lost at an early age, one where Emery was too young to remember, most of her days were occupied by her nanny Charlotte. She met a boy named Axel when she was 17 and he wanted her in his band, this is when Emery realized she enjoyed sitting behind a drum kit and controlling the rhythm more than anything. His band took off during College, providing Em with the desire to leave their hometown and tour around the country. Things started off great, seeming like it was plucked out of a Netflix romcom with their happy ending in reach. Axel changed, the fame and groupies caused him to nitpick every performance and blame every mistake on Emery rather than except responsibility. He would gaslight Em into thinking she was the problem, yelling at her to release his frustrations instead of dealing with them another way. One day things escalated, Emery caught him backstage with a girl who’d been following a few shows of their latest tour and he backed her into a corner, punching the wall beside her head. He wanted her to believe her actions caused his and Emery was stuck choosing between her passion and her mental health. She didn’t have to think about it for long, mid tour Axel decided to leave Em behind in the dust by ultimately deciding to replace her and remove the female representation from his band completely. He said a manager wanted a different look for the band but it didn’t take long for the brunette to put all the pieces together — his girlfriend needed to disappear so groupies would fall at his feet. He needed to remove all possible competition from the stage so he’d look obtainable. It disgusted Emery beyond belief and caused the abrupt end to their relationship, but she couldn’t help but blame herself for went wrong on the flight back home. The girl found herself wanting more, perfection, the ability to construct a message with the beat that tied all her visions together. The blonde couldn’t help but fixate in the mirror, harsh words from Axel sticking in her mind telling her she wouldn’t measure up. She focused on herself, pushing past all her limits until being late for meals turned into skipping them completely. Her impulses were on edge, her stomach rejecting food altogether when she tried to force it down. She needed a change and settled back into her hometown with a new career opportunity selling records. Since tour she was hesitant to play music again, but her desires wouldn’t let her put it down altogether; she found the perfect way to maintain some creativity with choosing the music that played throughout the store. She’s been back in Hidehill full time for officially a year, determined to overcome her anxiety and put together a band that’ll help put some memories behind her.

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hachichimitsu2 · 4 years ago

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ABOUT ME

Hachi ✨ 20 ✨ She/Her ✨ 🇵🇭 ✨ INFJ 6w5

Hello, I’m Hachi! I'm a full-time freelance illustrator on Fiverr, and I hopefully plan to branch out in other artistic areas in my life! Expect me to dump all of my artistic interests over here : #hachichiart

I also have a children’s picture e-book that I self-published on Amazon. I made it as a requirement for my high school thesis, so while the art there is definitely a representation of my past, I still stand by the message I was trying to send. I hope to eventually branch out this series in a form of a webcomic of sorts, for people who can’t afford to purchase my e-book for financial reasons. These characters are extremely dear to me, and I can’t wait to expound on them when I have the time lmao. Here’s a tag regarding the series: #behindtheartistichand

Some note-worthy things to mention, this blog is generally 15+, but I do make sure to tag any NSFW content and general triggers out there. I often post and retweet adult animation, so I’d say tread carefully if you’re a minor. I’m also critical with the media I consume, but most of the time, I like to talk about why I like something rather than why I hate it. I just find it more fun to expound on the positives of my favorite things. I also don’t take everything seriously.

Please let me know privately if I did or say anything wrong. Sometimes I say things without meaning to, and I’m not the brightest crayon in the box, so constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. If you take offense with anything I posted, just send a polite DM and explain why it offended you so I can be educated regarding the subject. I’m also available for any questions, DMs and a genuine chit-chat.

MAIN INTERESTS

1. Character-Driven Storytelling

2. Adult Cartoons

3. CGDCT / Slice-of-Life Shows

4. Pastel Goth / Creepy Cute Fashion

5. Coming-of-Age Stories

6. Magical Girls

7. Psychological Horror

8. Well-Written Children’s Media

9. RPG Maker Horror Games

10. Video Essays & Film Studies

11. Speed Metal / Vaporwave / Shibuya-Kei

12. K-POP / J-POP Girl Groups (Serotonin Babey!)

13. 4LT (MBTI), Typology, Cognitive Functions

14. All Types of Artistic Endeavors (OCs, FanArt, Comics, Film, Music, Fanfiction, etc.)

TOP 5 ANIME SERIES (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

1. K-ON!!

2. Hunter x Hunter

3. Neon Genesis Evangelion

4. Ojamajo Doremi

5. Ouran Highschool Host Club.

TOP 5 CARTOON SERIES (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

1. South Park

2. Bojack Horseman

3. Moral Orel

4. Ed, Edd n Eddy

5. Infinity Train

FAVORITE MOVIES

1. Interstellar (Favorite Sci-Fi Movie of All Time)

2. Nacho Libre (Favorite Guilty Pleasure Movie)

3. Johnny Got His Gun (Scariest movie of all time due to the sheer existential dread)

4. Studio Ghibli Films (Particularly Ponyo, My Neighbor Totoro & Grave of the Fireflies)

5. Perfect Blue (Favorite Anime Movie)

6. One Cut of the Dead (It’s hard to recommend this movie without spoiling it, but it’s an absolute must that you finish it in its entirety before you proceed to make any further judgments)

7. Coraline (I know almost everyone loves Coraline at this point, but it’s genuinely good.)

8. Interview with the Vampire (Favorite Vampire movie of all time that doesn’t seem overdone or cliché. It’s also really gay)

9. Get Out (2017)

10. Us (2019)

11. Up (2009)

12. Toy Story (Movies 1 to 3)

13. Hereditary (2018)

14. The Shining (1980)

15. Audition (1999)

16. Misery (1990)

17. The Green Mile (1999)

18. Shawshank Redemption (1994)

19. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

20. Mommie Dearest (1981)

21. The Others (2001)

22. The Platform (2020)

23. The Lodge (2019)

OTHERS

1. Homestuck (It’s been a good while since I read Homestuck, so my memory of the general storyline is fuzzy. I’ll re-read it once I have the chance)

2. When They Cry (Currently up-to date with the Higurashi anime and watched the live-action movies. Finally started to tackle the sound novels. Have yet to encounter Umineko and Ciconia)

3. Age of Youth (Favorite K-drama of all time.)

4. Squid Game (Battle Royale-type thriller series that tackles capitalism and the illusion of choice and free will? Sign me the fuck up)

5. Majisuka Gakuen (Favorite J-drama of all time. Also, yes, I’m biased because of my love for AKB48.)

6. Flight of the Conchords (Favorite live-action series of all time.)

7. Adult Cartoons (The Boondocks, Camp Camp, Superjail, The Oblongs, Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Home Movies, Beavis & Butthead, Daria, Smiling Friends, Aggretsuko)

8. FilmCow (I absolutely love everything they put out. Currently up to date with VuloLives’s broadcasts)

9. The Eric Andre Show (A good friend recommended me this show, and I haven’t stopped since.)

10. Nathan for You (My humor condensed into one show)

11. CGDCT / Slice-of-Life Shows (Sweetness & Lightning, The Amazing World of Gumball, Spongebob Squarepants, Gakkou Gurashi, Lucky Star, Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight, Koufuku Graffiti, Hidamari Sketch, Pita-Ten, A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, Di Gi Charat, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, Yama no Susume, Shirobako, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Saint Young Men, Gunslinger Girl, Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou, Osomatsu-san, Hey Arnold, The Peanuts, Arthur, Hibike! Euphonium, Nichijou, Asobi Asobase, Azumanga Daioh, Codename: Kids Next Door, Chowder)

12. Idol Anime (Love Live! School Idol Project, Aikatsu, Revue Starlight, Full Moon wo Sagashite, Pretty Rhythm, AKB600SEC // Will get into IDOLMASTER eventually)

13. Undertale (Will pick up Earthbound and Omori eventually)

14. RPGMaker Horror Games (Mad Father, Misao, The Witch’s House, Ao Oni, etc. Hoping to get into newer released games!)

15. Fictional Children / Adolescents Getting Trapped in Dangerous Scenarios (Digimon Tamers, Made in Abyss, The Promised Neverland, Alice Academy, Code Lyoko, The World Ends with You, Total Drama Island, Danganronpa)

16. Weird, Experimental or Slightly Disturbing Series (Serial Experiments Lain, Kuchuu Buranko, Invader Zim, Flapjack, Salad Fingers)

17. Shounen Anime (Yu Yu Hakusho, Mob Psycho 100, Dragon Ball Z)

18. Magical Girl Anime (Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Tokyo Mew Mew, Mermaid Melody, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, RWBY, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, My Little Pony, Princess Tutu, Powerpuff Girls, My Life As A Teenage Robot, Bee and Puppycat, Star vs. The Forces of Evil, Steven Universe // Will pick up She-Ra & The Owl House Eventually)

19. The Haunting of Hill House / Bly Manor (Don’t let the jump-scares deceive you. It’s a genuinely good character-driven horror series)

20. Sci-Fi Cartoons (Rick & Morty, Solar Opposites, Futurama, Bravest Warriors)

ROLE MODELS / BIASES / OSHIMENS / BEST GIRLS

1. Trey Parker & Matt Stone

2. Gain & Narsha (BROWN EYED GIRLS)

3. Hyuna (SOLOIST)

4. Sooyoung (SNSD)

5. Gyuri (KARA)

6. Hani (EXID)

7. Seulgi & Yeri (RED VELVET)

8. Sana (TWICE)

9. Yves & Olivia Hye (LOONA)

10. Shuhua (G-IDLE)

11. Yena (IZ*ONE)

12. Winter (AESPA)

13. SUZUKA (ATARASHII GAKKOU)

14. Shiroma Miru (NMB48)

15. Yabuki Nako (HKT48)

16. Takahashi Minami (ex-AKB48)

17. Kojima Haruna (ex-AKB48)

18. Shinoda Mariko (ex-AKB48)

19. Sayaka Akimoto (ex-AKB48)

20. Watanabe Mayu (ex-AKB48)

21. Shimazaki Haruka (ex-AKB48)

22. Matsui Jurina (ex-SKE48)

23. Sakura Miko (HOLOLIVE)

24. Natsuiro Matsuri (HOLOLIVE)

25. Oozora Subaru (HOLOLIVE)

26. Inugami Korone (HOLOLIVE)

27. Houshou Marine (HOLOLIVE)

28. Kiryu Coco (ex-HOLOLIVE)

29. Momosuzu Nene (HOLOLIVE)

30. Kureiji Ollie (HOLOLIVE)

31. Takanashi Kiara (HOLOLIVE)

32. VuloLives (INDEPENDENT VTUBER)

CONTACTS

• Instagram: @Hachichimitsu

• Twitter: @Hachichimitsu

• I take art commissions on Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/hachichimitsu

• I have a children’s e-book on Amazon. Make sure to download the Amazon Kindle app to be able to read it on your smart device: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Artistic-Erika-Marie-Vargas-ebook/dp/B08789CW3V

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Chapter 8 Summary

Read the chapter here or read the summary below.

In Chapter 8, we follow the stories of three main characters - Crown Princess Diana, Duchess Ella, and now Ambassador Grayson. Plus, we’ll see Spencer’s story, as well.

Diana - Official portraits and titles are released from Princess Diana’s wedding. Diana’s working (and watching Grand Duchess Bria’s new talk show) when Maranda enters her office with a note from the Royal Physician. After recieving the letter, she decides to heads down to see King Spencer to try to convince him not to abdiacate one last time. He assures her than he plans on abdicating, but wonders if there is something more to her inquiry. She says no.

Diana is distracted later that day as Gerhard tries to tell her about his day. He reassures her that she will make a great Queen and supports her brother’s decision to abdicate. She reveals to him what she recieved from the phsyician - she is pregnant.

Diana embarks on a Solo Royal World Tour then she accompanies Spencer to open Parliament, then she hosts an Ambassador’s dinner.

Alexandra visits Diana and apologizes for her role in bringing Chris to her wedding. Maranda interrupts to inform them that Chris’ interrogation was leaked and he admitted to wanting to kill Diana.

Diana visits Lillian in the hospital and the ladies resolve the bad blood between them. Diana runs into the Duke and Duchess of Parkshore who are expecting once again. She feels sadness towards her own pregnancy due to all the changes coming once the baby is born.

Diana’s busy schedule leads her to open the Britechester University of SimDonia which is her passion project. However, she collapses while given a tour.

Ella - Ella reminisces on moving from Brindleton Bay, Simerica to SimDonia. She interrupted by her school friends Victoria, Erik, Chantel, and Anthony at lunch. They chat about Karlee ditching them, the football player she has a crush on, and the new ballet teacher. Ella meets the new teacher at ballet practice, he is attractive and takes ballet seriously.

Karlee and football caption, Luka, invite Ella out. She pretends she’s going out to study but meets them at the old quarry which is closed but full of high schoolers. Luka is clearly flirting with Ella which annoys Karlee. The cops show up to break up the party. Luka runs Ella to safety and then kisses her. Later the girls dish about it, Karlee pretends it doesn’t bug her. Ella is unsure of their relationship, but goes to Luka’s football game. But jealous Karlee, kisses him to congrtulate him on winning. Ella leaves.

A sad Ella goes to ballet practice early and talks to her new ballet teacher who encourages her to stop focusing on non-issues. She develops a crush.

Grayson - Grayson is helping his brother move into Del Sol Valley. They talk girl troubles. Grayson is worried about his relationship with Sarah and living in Selvadorada where his first crush Olivia lives. Gianni says to not worry about girls and that he’s going to basically be a player.

Grayson officially moves out of Britechester and says goodbye to Sarah who is also nervous about his move. Grayson likes his new place and is invited to the palace for dinner. Olivia who lives with the Royal family is there and dinner goes well. After dinner, Grayson is approached by the Princess Royal who kisses him.

Diana - We see Diana is in the hospital on bed rest after her collapse, but she still wants to work which worries Gerhard. Diana lashes out at Maranda which further worries Diana. She hears his concern and rests.

In a dream, Diana is visited by her parents who assure her that she is ready to be Queen. They tell her to find strength in her loved ones. She decided to name the baby after her father.

Chris’s trial plays on tv and he is found guilty.

Diana apologizes to Maranda for how she acted and gives her the day off. Soon after, she goes into labor. Parker Johannes Winston De Geloes is born.

Ella - Victoria wants to talk to Ella about what happened with Luka but she is not interested. Erik is upset that Luka hurt his friend. Luka approaches and Ella says she doesn’t want to pursue anything with him despite him saying the kiss with Karlee was not mutual.

Ella fantisizes about her ballet teacher, but is interrupted by Vickie who reminds her about their styling appointment with Bria. They head to KBE SimDonia and meet Bria in her office and try on homecoming dresses.

Back at school, Erik is trying to talk to Ella about homecoming but they are interrupted by Karlee talking smack about Ella. Ella confronts Karlee who just insults her more which leads to Ella punching Karlee in the face. An angry Bria has to go to the Deans office to talk punishment, the Dean suspends Ella from the dance and ballet.

Ella goes to grab the last of her things in the ballet room and runs into her ballet teacher Jonah. He expresses his disappointment and reveals he’s planning on getting engaged. This makes Ella even sadder.

Ella sooms with her friends at the dance who miss her. Erik isn’t with them. Soon he shows up at her home because he felt bad about her missing out. They hang out together which helps Ella feel better.

Spencer - Spencer finalizes his abdication with the Prime Minister at the Parliamnet building. He goes to meet with Diana and his nephew. Diana feels more confident about becoming Queen. Spencer officially abdicates and it’s all over the news.

Grayson - Grayson is taking on his new role very well while trying to maintain a long distance relationship with Sarah that is not easy.

He finds time to explore with the King’s son in law. He talks about the importance of supporting your partner’s interests. Olivia is also there because she is studying culinary and wants to test out a new recipe. When Olivia and Grayson are alone the connect well.

Olivia helps Grayson bring some artifacts home and they reminisce on how things were back in SimDonia. They are interrupted by a surprise visit from Sarah.

Sarah and Grayson’s trip is just alright. They aren’t entirely on the same page. Sarah expresses that she is nervous to meet his family who are in town for his college graduation.

Grayson’s family arrive and they seem to like Sarah. At lunch, Bria upsets Ella by telling Grayson about her punching another student. Grayson goes to check on his sister. Ella tells Grayson she is frustrated with their mom and he tries to reason with her. They also talk about his relationship with Sarah and Grayson finally admits things aren’t going well. Ella encourages him to break up with her.

As Sarah is preparing to leave, they finally talk and Grayson struggles to break up with Sarah but she does it for him and cites his relationship with Olivia as a reason.

Olivia tries to offer support and Grayson takes her up on her offer to talk. He heads to the Palace but is cut off by the Princess Royal. Katalina demands that Grayson enter a relationship with her or she will sabotage his job.

Diana - Diana prepares for her coronation, but still feels some doubt. Her father and now grandfather are summoned to her in spirit form. Her grandfather offers some tough love which helps Diana confidently go to the ceremony. She is offically crowned as Her Majesty Queen Diana Ophelia Winston De Geloes, Grand Duchess of Sage.

#chapter summary #chap 8 #blog stuff #whew this is a long summary #you might as well just go read the dang chapter lol #jk

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My 2021 film ranking:

1. Last Night In Soho (AKA ‘The Great British Stabbing Bee’) – A young medium moves to London to study fashion but experiences disturbing visions from the 60s. I’m mad at myself for being so on the lookout for foreshadowing. It spoiled some of the reveals, but that’s not Edgar Wright’s fault. The director makes the Soho setting enticing and then increasingly terrifying, with flourishes that are creative but not obnoxiously so. Tomasin McKenzie’s Elouise could have just been an audience avatar, but she’s great in her own right – by turns naïve, driven and damaged.

2. Dune (AKA ‘Spice World’) – In the far future, the powerful house Atreides are sent by the Emperor to plunder the desert planet Arrakis. Dune is sort of like Game Of Thrones in space, complete with just-about-comprehensible lore and sudden twists where things go very bad very fast. And, like ‘GOT’, Dune is at its best when awing you with its staggering special effects and production design. Director Denis Villeneuve does most of the heavy lifting, creating an intoxicating sandbox for the simple yet vivid characters to play in. The third act does feel a bit like the first act of a sequel but I’m sure it’ll all balance out in part 2.

3. Sound Of Metal (AKA ‘Deaf Becomes Him’) – A punk drummer and recovering addict deals with a sudden and severe loss of hearing. I wish I’d gotten to see more of Riz Ahmed drumming with his shirt off but maybe that’s point? The sudden silence hits Ruben and the viewer like a tonne of bricks with ‘point of hearing’ sound design ensuring you empathise. Olivia Cooke is great too and the desperate romance between addicts really appealed to the angsty teen in me, until it resolves in an appropriately mature way.

4. Spiderman: No Way Home (AKA ‘Spiderverse But Good’) – Peter Parker meets friends and foes from other dimensions. While recent instalments have gone a bit too easy on him, ‘No Way Home’ puts Peter Parker through the wringer right from the get-go and gives him real lasting consequences at the end. His insistence on rehabilitating villains at any cost makes him easy to root for and gets to the core of why people love the character. Standout performances by Tom Holland and Willem Dafoe.

5. The Dig (AKA ‘Ralph Fiennes A Boat’) – On the eve of World War II, a wealthy widow hires excavator Basil Brown to dig up an Anglo Saxon burial mound.. The stakes are low but it’s just nice to spend time in the countryside with these characters. I normally like shaky-cam and creative sound mixing but both are overused enough to be a bit distracting. Where director Simon Stone really shines is with his handling of the cast, who give some great naturalistic performances, particularly Ralph Fiennes who seems to be channelling Toby Jones.

6. Nomadland (AKA ‘Van Clan Thank You Ma’am) – After losing her home, unemployed widow Fern takes to the road to join the American nomads. Why are non-actors so good at acting? This is pretty light on characterisation, to the extent that it wasn’t until halfway through that I started to get a grasp of Fern’s personality, but it makes up for that by immersing you in the nomad culture, as well as showing you tonnes of lovely nature porn. Paid for by the tourism board of Nevada.

7. In The Heights (AKA ‘I Am Not Throwing Away My Shop’) – An adaptation of the Tony award winning show about Washington Heights’ Latin American community. It’s not easy adapting a stage musical for the screen, particularly a good one. And while I’ll still credit Lin Manuel Miranda’s source material for any and all gooseflesh I got, director John M. Chu did a pretty respectable job, with some nice creative flourishes. A lot of changes were made, many to the film’s detriment, but some provided new opportunities for characterisation.

8. Mank (AKA ‘Not Exactly Citizen Kane’) – Alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz draws on his experiences of 1930s Hollywood while writing the screenplay for ‘Citizen Kane’. I was more interested in this than emotionally invested. The old timey aesthetic felt like a gimmick, and though it was cool hear Nine Inch Nails playing jazz tunes, the black & white gave me a headache. The real highlight was the late Jack Fincher’s screenplay, with tonnes of snappy and insightful dialogue.

9. Another Round (AKA ‘I’m Suddenly Overcome With A Perishing Thirst’) – Four Danish school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication. I loved the first 90% of this. For 108 minutes you get a brilliantly acted and directed portrait of a mid-life crisis, exploring how small changes can lead to big improvements. But somehow right at the end, like in a game of snakes and ladders, the plot rewinds to the morals of the 40 minute-mark as all lessons get weirdly un-learned. It’s a great ride but I felt the ending was totally botched.

10. A Quiet Place Pt II (AKA ‘Now With Talking!’) – Pursued by creatures with powerful hearing, the Abbott family fight to survive the apocalypse. Remind me to always see horror in the cinema from now on. The big screen and sound system, and your inability to pause for a pee break, make all the difference. Though I prefer the first ‘Quiet Place’ this was a scarier watch, by virtue of me seeing it in the theatre. ‘Pt 2’ mostly lives up to the original, but lacks the emotional punch of its ending, and suffers from being split into two plots that don’t overlap.

11. Luca (AKA ‘I Started Out As A Fish, How Did I End Up Like This?’) – Two young sea monsters venture onto the land for an unforgettable summer. It’s a much breezier story than Pixar’s ‘heavy hitters’ but there’s nothing wrong with that. The underwater animation was so beautiful I was disappointed when things moved to dry land but fortunately the seaside setting was just as evocative. Plot-wise, it’s pretty standard coming-of-age fare, with any pubescent ‘awakenings’ relegated to subtext.

12. Shang Chi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings (AKA ‘The Lord Of The Rings’) – Shang-Chi must confront his past when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. Though I didn’t care for the mystical mumbo jumbo or tai chi air-bending, I was pleasantly surprised by ‘SCATLOTTR’. The story wasn’t that compelling but Marvel did a good job with the design of the film’s world, costumes and CGI creatures. Awkwafina was a delight, the martial arts were great and, unlike ‘Black Widow’, sincere moments weren’t undercut by jokes.

13. Black Widow (AKA ‘The Marvel Cinematic Pugh-niverse’) – Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Well, I came for Pugh, and I definitely got some quality Pugh. Also a few really exciting action scenes and creative flourishes, courtesy of director Cate Shortland. However, even at 135 mins, it feels rushed. Ray Winstone’s short changed and, though Harbour & Weisz get plenty of screen time, it’s all setup for character arcs that don’t pay off. Meanwhile Johansson’s Natasha treads water between Avengers films. But like I said, Pugh!

14. Kate (AKA ‘I’ve Been Poisoned By The Japanese… I Really Think So!”) – After she’s fatally poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge. Honestly, I doubt I’ll remember ‘Kate’. It’s a pretty by the numbers Netflix film with a very predictable plot. That being said, there were a few moments of action that were so fantastically violent I sat up, went “Oh!” and rewound to watch them again, and that’s definitely worth something.

15. Soul (AKA ‘Jazz’) – A recently-deceased aspiring jazz pianist struggles to return to the land of the living in time to play the gig of his dreams. This is absolute treacle to the eyes and ears as you’d expect from Pixar, and the narrative theme, of living for the sake of it rather than obsessing over your goals, is insightful and well delivered. The problem is that the story did too good a job of getting me invested in Joe’s hopes and dreams for me to be on board with his final epiphany. Perhaps it’s a lesson I still need to learn, and when I have, maybe I’ll appreciate ‘Soul’ more.

16. The Green Knight (AKA ‘It Was A Joke, Gawain. It Was A Christmas Joke’) – The young Gawain seals his own fate when he rashly beheads the fabled Green Knight. I liked the music, design, and some of the performances, but otherwise TGK is waaaay too arty farty for its own good. The overuse of montage and slow motion made David Lowry look like a hipster Zach Snyder. You could maybe enjoy it on the level of a music video, but one that's two hours and ten minutes long.

17. The French Dispatch (AKA ‘News Of The… French Town’) – A French-American newspaper publishes three stories concerning an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef. Anderson delivers all his usual Anderson-isms and doesn’t demand the audience invest too much in these stories… perhaps he should have. Structurally, making an anthology film of three forty-minute segments is an unfortunate choice, as I think it’s long enough to bore you but not long enough to tell a satisfying story. Also, the random use of black & white hurt my eyes.

18. News Of The World (AKA ‘Not Enough News’) – A travelling news reader braves post-Civil War Texas in order to reunite a girl with her family. This is one of the most unremarkable films I’ve ever seen. The plot is fine but predictable and played out and its execution is forgettably competent across the board, with few distinguishing features. It adequately killed two hours of a lockdown evening, but then so would a screen of white noise.

19. I’m Thinking Of Ending Things (AKA ‘I’m Thinking Of Watching Something Else’) – A young woman meets her boyfriend’s parents for the first time as she contemplates ‘ending things’. This would have made a great short film in that it seems very deep and, for the 50 mins before I stopped watching, doesn’t really have a plot. Problem is it’s 135 mins long and I can’t take that much unbroken weirdness. Directing, acting and writing choices are all so offputtingly deliberate that watching it felt like listening to a band where every member is soloing at the same time.

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‘The Crown’ Season 4 Review: It’s to Di For

Ann Donahue, IndieWire Nov 9, 2020

*Spoilers*

In a case of art imitating life, the addition of Princess Diana to the Netflix series revitalizes the Royal Family.

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for Season 4 of “The Crown” and British history between 1979-1990.]

Like the good public school types that they are, the British Royal Family isn’t above a bit of hazing to those who seek to enter its inner circle.

It’s known as “The Balmoral Test” and involves diligent bouts of outdoorsy activity at the Queen’s castle in Scotland. (Traipsing over steep hills in the mud! Stalking stags to kill! Wearing tartans unironically!)

Season 4 of “The Crown” debuts November 15 on Netflix, and early on you learn Margaret Thatcher wore high heels, brought a briefcase and a sneer to Balmoral, and unequivocally, catastrophically failed the test. Diana Spencer wore boots, bangs, and a sweet smile, and passed with flying colors.

In the end, though, they both lose the bigger game of conquering The Firm.

After a subpar Season 3, it turns out that what this ongoing narrative of Queen Elizabeth really needed was an enemy — or two. In a season with the most pop culture audience pressure riding on it — because of the Princess Diana factor, there is no doubt that people who have never watched a single second of “The Crown” before now will tune in — Peter Morgan’s show delivers its best yet.

With the addition of Thatcher, played to gritty, galling Iron Lady perfection by Gillian Anderson, and Diana, a near-impossible role that Emma Corrin makes look effortless without descending into hagiography, “The Crown” gives a riveting look at a decade that codified callous excess in the characters’ public and private lives.

Instead of the world being seen through others’ eyes and leaving Olivia Colman on the margins to react — as she was left to do in Season 3 — Colman is now allowed to own the monarch’s authority in her performance. And with foils like Anderson and Corrin, all three turn in very brittle and beautiful performances.

The great fear was that the Prime Minister vs. Sovereign face-offs between Anderson and Colman could be reduced to tropes: either “It’s Girl Power time, Tory style!” or “Oooh catfight!” Thankfully, this is avoided entirely by letting both actors show their chops in the most understated and devastating ways at their command.

Morgan was the playwright for 2013’s “The Audience,” which envisioned the weekly meetings between the Queen and her long history of Prime Ministers, and it won Tonys for Helen Mirren (playing guess who) and Richard McCabe as Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Colman has extensive stage experience, most recently in “Mosquitoes” at the Royal National Theatre in London in 2017. Anderson has three Laurence Olivier Award nominations, including one for 2019’s production of “All About Eve.”

As a result, the scenes between these two are a study in the subtleties of power dynamics and differences in upbringing that are framed to read as beautifully on a TV screen as it would on the West End. What you see is Anderson as Thatcher curtsying particularly deeply at a certain moment, or Colman as the Queen making a calculated move to end the audience. What you understand is that Thatcher doesn’t get why someone with an inherited title should hold more power than her, and the Queen’s firm resolve to keep Thatcher in her place.

Yes, yes, yes, contemplating the wounds caused by the vicissitudes of the British class system is all well and good, let’s please get to the part about Prince Charles and Lady Di, rich people in doomed love. Or “Whatever love means?” as Charles agonizingly asked at his engagement press event as Diana wilted beside him. This famously public cringe-moment is recreated in “The Crown,” and it’s one of the reasons why this long has been the timeframe where the show stood the most risk of devolving into shadow puppetry.

The Charles and Di moments have been covered a million times in various news clips and documentaries; you can see the entirety of the terrible engagement interview at a moment’s notice via YouTube. Great credit is due to Josh O’Connor as Charles, Corrin as Diana, and Emerald Fennell as Camilla Parker Bowles, as they all find layered emotional textures to enrich the footage that’s been part of the pop culture vernacular for decades.

Corrin, in particular, does a hell of a job. This is not a Diana with a sad-princess-imprisoned-in-a-tower sheen — several episodes open with content warnings due to the graphic depiction of her disordered eating. The show doesn’t play coy: Diana was a particularly child-like very young woman who checked all the boxes for “virginal beautiful young princess” — and beyond that perfect-on-paper resume there wasn’t a second thought given to her mental health. She is shown without the emotional capacity or maturity to understand that this isn’t a love story; it’s a job to fill the global complexities of a role in a chilly, treacherous family.

Corrin pulls no punches; her Diana is winsome and frustrating, sweet and calculating. She is savvy and silly and petulant. She is world famous but starved for attention. Corrin spins around to the point of collapse as she dances, all desperate, keening, frenetic energy and no joy. It’s a complex portrayal of a complex person, one that is fully aware of the mythology that surrounds the character but isn’t weighed down by it.

Diana was an Instagram royal decades before there was such a thing, and it’s through gestures like famously hugging a child with HIV in the hospital that the princess tried to kill the Crown with her kindness. It’s something a perpetually battle-ready Thatcher would never conceive of doing — but it’s also something The Queen would never consider. But why shouldn’t they? What do we expect of our hallowed institutions, and why? If we can envision better, more humane treatment, why don’t we require it?

These are weighty questions, and they are asked in a show relentless in its ability to propagate its characters’ power through setting and spectacle. It goes without saying that the production design, hair and makeup, and costumes remain outstanding on “The Crown” — there is a reason the show is undefeated during its three-season run at the Emmys in the category of Outstanding Period Costumes.

The streak should continue this year if for nothing else than the combination of creating a wedding dress inspired by Princess Diana’s voluminous meringue and the true-to-life pink plaid ensemble the lonely princess wears to roller skate around Buckingham Palace. (Corrin also at one point wears a sweater with llamas embroidered on it — also based on an outfit Diana wore. The ‘80s were a lot.)

Beyond reveling in the tawdry candy-colored tale of Charles and Di, Morgan’s writing on the show routinely explores notions of classicism, privilege, sexism, and racism. But this time around, the undercurrents surface in a way that is timely, incisive, and, ultimately, more pointed and hopeful: If England can survive 11 years of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister, the United States will survive four of President Donald J. Trump and the craven GOP leadership.

This isn’t a particularly sunny take. The cruel deprivation, degradation, and devastation wrought by the Thatcher years is the basis of several episodes over the course of the season. A war was started out of preposterous personal motivation (Shout-out to former President George W. Bush! Some of us haven’t forgotten that you’re a war criminal!); institutional racism was bolstered and emboldened for oligarchical profit; public resources were diverted from the marginalized in the righteously cold-blooded notion that there is no implicit bias in society, it’s just that some are lazy and choose to suffer.

All of this is familiar. Very painfully, infuriatingly familiar. But as “The Crown” in this season shows, with a steel spine and ice in its veins, the Monarchy was built to withstand whatever onslaught comes its way.

So are we.

Grade: A

“The Crown” Season 4 will be available Friday, November 15 on Netflix.

#olivia colman #tobias menzies #gillian anderson #helena bonham carter #the crown #the crown spoilers #peter morgan #josh o’connor #emma corrin #emerald fennell #the crown netflix #The crown season 4

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constant-creative-chaos · 5 years ago

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Fandoms I’ll write for and how to request them

Bold - Personal Favorites

Supernatural

Dean Winchester - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Sam Winchester - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Castiel - Platonic, Sibling

Jack Kline - Platonic, Sister, Romantic

Gabriel - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Charlie - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (female reader )

Jo - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Ellen - Platonic, Child

Bobby - Platonic, Child

Claire - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

The Walking Dead

Rick Grimes - Platonic, Child, Sibling, Romantic

Glenn Rhee - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

T-Dog - Platonic, Sibling

Shane Walsh - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Michonne - Platonic, Sibling, Child, Romantic

Maggie Greene - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Beth Greene - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Tara Chamlber - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (female reader)

Rosita - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Abraham - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Noah - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Daryl Dixon - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Carl Grimes - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Carol - Platonic, Child

Andrea - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Negan - Plationic, Child

Enid - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Jesus - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (male reader)

The 100

Bellamy Blake - Plationic, Sibling, Romantic

Clarke Griffin - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

John Murphy - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Raven Reyes - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Wells Jaha - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Finn - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Octavia Blake - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Abby Griffin - Platonic, Sibling

Jasper Jorden - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Monty Green - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Marcus Kane - Platonic, Child

Lexa - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Indra - Platonic, Sibling

Anya - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Echo - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Lincoln - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Harry Potter

Harry Potter - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Hermione Granger - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Ron Weasley - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Cedric Diggory - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Draco Malfoy - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Fred Weasley - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

George Weasley - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Percy Weasley - Platonic, Sibling

Bill Weasley - Platonic, Sibling

Charlie Weasley - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Ginny Weasley - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Young!Sirius Black - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Young!Remus Lupin - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Young!James Potter - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Young!Lily Evens - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Sirius Black - Platonic, Sibling, Child, Romantic

James Potter - Platonic, Sibling, Child, Romantic

Remus Lupin - Platonic, Sibling, Child, Romantic

Lily Evens - Platonic, Sibling, Child, Romantic

Minerva Mcgonagall - Platonic, Child

Marvel

Peter Parker - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Natasha Romanoff - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Tony Stark - Platonic, Child,

Steve Rogers - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Bucky Barnes - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Wanda Maximoff - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Shuri - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

T’Challa - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Carol Danvers - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Loki Laufeyson - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Riverdale

Jughead Jones - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Betty Cooper - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Archie Andrews - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Veronica Lodge - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Cheryl Blossom - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (female reader)

Toni Topaz - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Sweet pea - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Fangs - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (male reader)

Kevin Keller - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (male reader)

FP Jones - Platonic, Child

Fred Andrews - Platonic, Child

Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina

Sabrina Spellman - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Ambrose Spellman - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Nicolas Scratch - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Prudence - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Dorcas - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Agatha - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Harvey Kinkle - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Roz - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Theo - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (male reader)

Caliban - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Zelda Spellman - Platonic, Child

Hilda Spellman - Platonic, Child

A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Klaus Baudelaire - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Violet Baudelaire - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Duncan Quagmire - Platonic, Sibling

Isodora Quagmire - Platonic, Sibling

Montgomery Montgomery - Platonic, Child

Kit Snicket - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Peeta Mellark - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Gale Hawthorne - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Finnick Odair - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Primrose Everdeen - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Haymitch - Platonic, Child

Effie Trinket - Platonic

Pretty Little Liars

Toby Cavvanah - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Caleb - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Ezra Fitz - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Maya - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (female reader)

Emily Fields - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (female reader)

Aria Montgomery - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Spencer Hastings - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Hanna Marin - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Alison Dilaurentis - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Shadow Hunters

Alec Lightwood - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (Male Reader)

Jace Herondale - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Isabelle Lightwood - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Clary Fray - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Magnus Bane - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Simon - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

The Vampire Diaries

Damon Salvatore - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Stefan Salvatore - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Katherine Peirce - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Bonnie Bennett - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Caroline Forbes - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Jeremy Gilbert - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Tyler Lockwood - Platonic, Sibling

Klaus Mikealson - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Elijah Mikealson - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Rebekah Mikealson - Platonic, Sibling

Kol Mikealson - Platonic, Sibling

Marcel - Platonic, Sibling

Kai Parker - Platonic, Sibling

Alaric Saltzman - Platonic, Child

Young!Bill Denbrough - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Young!Richie Tozier - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (Male Reader)

Young!Beverly Marsh - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Young!Eddie Kaspbrack - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Young!Stanley Uris - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Young!Mike Hanlon - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Young!Ben Hanscom - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Bill Denbrough - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Richie Tozier - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (Male Reader)

Beverly Marsh - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Eddie Kaspbrack - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Stanley Uris - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Mike Hanlon - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Ben Hanscom - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

The Haunting Of Hill House

Young!Steve Craine - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Young!Shirley Craine - Platonic, Sibling

Young!Theo Craine - Platonic, Sibling

Young!Luke Craine - Platonic, Sibling

Young!Nell Craine - Platonic, Sibling

Steve Craine - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Shirley Craine - Platonic, Sibling

Theo Craine - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic (Female Reader)

Luke Craine - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Nell Craine - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Hugh Craine - Platonic, Sibling, Child

Olivia Craine - Platonic, Sibling, Child

The Good Place

Tahani - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Chidi - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Eleanor - Platonic, Sibling, Romantic

Jason - Platonic, Sibling

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geekymoviemom · 5 years ago

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I was tagged by @thirstinart thank you so much! 💖

Name four fictional characters that showcase your personality the best, with explanations if you want.

Oh boy...

Peter Parker. He was always my favourite superhero as a kid because I always felt like I could relate to him. I’m intelligent (nowhere near his level, but anyway), very nerdy/ geeky, and tend to talk way too much when I’m feeling awkward. I also tend to be a loner.

Steve Rogers. I don’t like to talk about my feelings, I always try to always put on a happy face even when I’m falling apart inside, and while I’m not the strategic genius that Steve is, I have a fairly decent knack for planning.

Samantha Carter. Very similar reasons as Peter Parker.

Olivia Dunham. After being badly burned a couple of times, I was very afraid to open myself to the possibility of being happy in a relationship. I’m also very analytical and tend to hide my own feelings behind the mask of work.

Aesthetic

Not really sure what this means? I’m a geek, so I love pretty much anything geeky 🤓

Favourite musical/ play. (If you’ve never seen a musical or play, one you’d be interested in seeing?)

Phantom of the Opera. Hands down.

What is the best compliment you’ve ever received?

“You’re the best listener I’ve ever met.”

Embarrassing story or fact about yourself that makes you laugh now?

Um... Not so much embarrassing, but it still kinda funny. I have a pretty unique laugh, and I’ve been called out by fellow moviegoers at the end of movies that they could tell that I enjoyed a particular movie by how much I was laughing 😬 😆.

Favourite Disney or Pixar Movie?

Oof da. I can’t pick just one, so... Toy Story 3, Up, The Lion King (original), Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo

Favourite flower or plant?

Violets

What’s your favourite holiday?

Thanksgiving

Name three things that made you laugh or smile this week.

Some awesome comments on my fics

My husband

My goofy daughters

What song would you play to introduce yourself to someone?

Greater by MercyMe

Name something that truly makes you feel peaceful even at your most stressed moments.

Mountains. I would so love to live in the mountains, but even looking at pictures of them can help when I’m really stressed.

What do you, did you, or would you study in college?

I majored in Biology in undergrad and then went to pharmacy school. I’m a PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy).

This is kind of a weird one, but which outfit of yours makes you feel most like yourself?

My perfectly ripped, low-waisted jeans (not everyone can wear high-waisted jeans!!), my hot pink Converse, and either my Captain America shield t-shirt or my Iron Man arc reactor t-shirt.

What is a quote you live by.

Do or do not. There is no try.

Name the funniest playlist name you have.

Um... I don’t have funny playlist names... 😬 Looks like I need to work on that.

Make a reference to an inside joke you have with someone you love with zero context.

“Stonehenge doesn’t only have three sticks of butter!”

What is a message you would give your younger self if given the chance?

Don’t freaking try so hard to please people who don’t matter!

Who is your favourite family member? (If you have no good blood family members, feel free to mention someone in your found family).

My husband and daughters

What’s a secret dream of yours?

Ooh boy. Um...

I can’t say. It’s a secret 😉

I’m tagging: @srebrnafh , @90spopstargirl @gaiagalit @frost-pink @b-boop5 @jroseley and anyone else who’d like to play 💖

Thank you so much @thirstinart this was fun! 💖

#geeky gets personal #tag game #thank you!

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bellsmj · 6 years ago

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are you a secret i’m holding in

this is like 3ish days late but when i last wrote something this long for another fandom it took me a year so i’d say this is pretty good lol still don’t have a computer i’m so sorry for the length

summary: mj loves her dad. but she hates that he hates spider-man — who happens to be her best friend.

characters: michelle jones x peter parker, may parker, j. j. jameson, sam wilson, olivia jones (original character), happy hogan.

prompt: fake dating (spideychelle week - day 4)

word count: 3,332

warnings: language, a bit angsty?

when michelle found out that her dad was invited to the first annual avengers’ ball, she freaked out. not because she was jealous, but because she was scared for her best friend.

j. j. jameson, the editor-in-chief at the daily bugle, hated spider-man. and her best friend happened to be spider-man. well, peter had never told her that’s him, but she knew. also, she couldn’t be mad since she was also hiding something from him.

but that invitation changed everything.

after the war, everyone, including the avengers, realized many things, but enjoying their time while they still have it was something that stood out. so, they organized the ball and invited old “enemies”.

“oh, you found the invitations, chelley. do you want to come with?” “sorry?” she said, distracted.

“the ball. would you like to come with?” the girl’s eyes widened and she stammered, “o-oh, i’m already going with my friend..... boy. my boyfriend.”

“your boyfriend? since when do you have a boyfriend, michelle? and how is he going to the ball?” he inquired.

“uh, it’s p-peter. i’ve told you about him,” she replied. “he used to have an internship with tony stark. i guess he really liked him,” she chuckled.

“peter? you never talked about him.” he said with a scowl. “parker? his uncle has sold a few pictures to the bugle.”

“ah, the parker kid. i-“ “i’m actually late to meet him. see you next week, dad.” she interrupted.

“isn’t your mom supposed to pick you up later?” “i forgot to tell her. bye,” she replied, already walking out the door with her phone glued to her ear.

“come on, parker, pick up.”

“em? what’s up?” he said, cheerfully. “are you home? actually, i don’t care if you’re not, go to your house right now, we need to talk.” “bu-“ “be there in 15, loser.” she hung up and sprinted to the subway station.

she got to the door of the parker’s apartment out of breath. when she was about to knock, peter came up behind her, and seeing her state, didn’t say anything, just unlocked the door. she dropped her bag on the floor and went straight to his room, knowing he was right behind her, and dropped down on the bottom bunk.

“you wanna explain what’s happening? i mean, i don’t mind, uh, being with you but that was really out of the blue. even for you.” he said with a stupid smile never leaving his face. she sat down and looked up to his eyes.

“i know you’re spider-man,” she stated. “ohh,” he said, his face dropping. “and my dad is j. j. jameson.” “oh,” his face hardened and he looked away.

“i’m sorry i never told you. i just.... i wanted to protect you.” she looked for his eyes, “please say something.” he looked at her, his face still serious.

“i never told you i’m spider-man. it’s okay. i’m sorry too.” she sighed, “you don’t have to be sorry. i wish you had told me, it wasn’t my secret to know.” he smiled tightly, “you’re clever, mj. i’d be surprised if you didn’t know.” “i’m really, really sorry.” her smile matched his, “i know you’re not mad, but still.”

he sat down next to her and after a few seconds put his hand on her knee. “em, you’re my best friend. i was planning on telling you, i promise. you don’t have to be sorry, i’m really happy that you know.” their smiles matched again, but this time, it was a real one.

she got up, letting his hand drop and now pacing around his room. “so, anyways, i told you all of this for a reason. and i think i fucked up. big time,” she smiled nervously.

“ok... what did you do?” he narrowed his eyes. “you’re going to the avengers’ ball, right?” he nodded. “good, ok. as spider-man, the superhero or as peter parker, the old intern slash tony stark’s protégée?”

peter looked down, his feet toying with the carpet. “i haven’t really been able to put on the suit since... you know. too many memories.” he looked back up, a look of despair on his face. “peter parker then.” she knew how hard it was for him to tell her that, so she didn’t mention it when she continued in one breath, “peter parker, ok, awesome, because i may or may not have told my dad that we’re dating and going to the ball together.” he instantly blushed, his eyes looking like they were about to pop out its sockets. “uh, da-dating? and going to the ball? together?” she smiled sheepishly, “yes, and i know that’s kinda shitty, and if you had to invite someone it probably wouldn’t be me anyways, and there’s the whole dating thing. but, it’s my dad, peter. i’m just scared of what can happen if i’m not there, and going with him just wasn’t an option.”

he ducks down and pulls a box from underneath his bed, rummaging through it until he pulls out two golden envelopes, similar to the ones she found at her dad’s. “actually, i was gonna invite you. and tell you i’m spider-man. you kinda ruined my thing here,” he laughed, “but, still, do you wanna go to the ball with me?” she gaped at him, “are you serious?”

“of course i am. there isn’t, uh, there isn’t anyone else i’d rather go with than you, em.” she smiled, her eyes lighting up, “i’d love to.”

they had the ball situation figured out, but that didn’t calm mj in the slightest. she had told her dad they were dating, and well, they weren’t.

so, the next day after school, when they were supposed to studying, they were having a very awkward discussion, instead.

“you could, just, you know,” she mumbled. “no, i don’t, mj.” she sighed and slid down the couch closer to him, grabbing his hand and interlocking their fingers. “do this. you could, do this, i mean.” they avoided eye contact, not taking their eyes off their hands. “oh, uh. ok.” he started tracing lines on the back of her hand with his thumb, which made both their ears redden. “y-yeah, you can do... that,” she faltered.

they looked up, letting a smile appear across both of their faces.

they were more fucked than they thought.

mj had broken the news to him on sunday, the ball was friday, and she didn’t have a dress. something peter had graciously reminded her of on thursday.

“hey, what color is your dress? may said that my handkerchief has to match it or something, we’re gonna go buy it after school.” michelle looked up from her book slowly, a look of panic on her face. “you forgot to buy a dress, didn’t you?” he asked. she nodded as slowly as she lifted up her head. “shit. i can just go with you and may? my mom has a late shift. we’d have to stop by my house first, though.”

“i was so happy when peter told me you two are dating, mj. he has been talking about you non-stop for years and-“ “aunt may!” he looked at the younger woman through the rearview mirror, both of their faces red.

they had decided to run with the lie, telling may and michelle’s mom that they were dating, and only ned knew the truth. they were gonna fight after the ball and break up. easy.

“yeah, may, i’m really happy too.” she says, her eyes not leaving his.

“well, we’re here. you two be quick, we’re in a tight schedule.” michelle smiled, and when she was about to open her door, peter did it for her.

“you don’t have to shit like this, loser,” she reprimanded, closing the door and grabbing the boy’s hand. “of course i do, it’s what ben used to do with may,” he said cheerfully, and she really didn’t know how to reply, so just she started dragging him up the stairs.

“oh, yeah, are you ready to meet my mom as my boyfriend?” she said as they stopped in front of her door. “she’s home?” the boy replied, his voice getting higher. she rolled her eyes and opened the door, yelling for her mom.

“hi, chelley, the money is on the counter,” ms. jones happily informed her daughter. “peter! it’s so nice to see you,” she opened her arms, going in for a hug. “it’s great to see you too, ms. jones.”

“how many times did i tell you to call me olivia, peter?” she said, pulling away from the hug. “sorry, olivia,” he smiled sheepishly. “oh, i’m so happy you two are finally together! i always knew it’d happen.”

michelle came up behind her mom and interrupted the conversation, “sorry, mom, we have to go. i’ll see you tomorrow when you get back from work, right?” “i’ll be here when you come back from school,” she replied, caressing mj’s hair. they quickly hugged and they were out the door.

“finally together?” he laughed. “talking about me non-stop for years?” he shrugged, “got me there.”

they had been walking through the mall for what it felt like an eternity to mj, but only an hour had passed.

“i want dark colors, loser, stop pushing the yellow on me,” she said for, what it felt like, the billionth time. “how about this one then?” it was red and black. the colors of spider-man’s latest suit. “i-it’s beautiful,” her eyes gleamed. “but don’t you think it’s a bit, i don’t know, dangerous? with my dad and all?” she whispered.

“trust me, em. it’s perfect.”

the next day, michelle’s mom was at home as promised, what she hadn’t told her is that she wouldn’t be home to help her get ready, and mj was sort of, kinda, really mad because “it was the whole point, mom! i don’t know how to do any of these... things.”

“sorry, sweetie. but i’ve talked to may! she said you could go get ready there.” mj narrowed her eyes, “you what?”

“what? the groom can’t see the bride before the wedding?” she rolled her eyes, “i’m only going because i truly have no idea how to do anything, mother.”

she got to peter’s holding her dress, heels, and the little makeup she owned. peter opened the door and whispered “sorry” before pecking her cheek, her ears reddening. he made me blush with a peck on the cheek, what the fuck, she thought, but settled for just saying the last part, “wha-“. “mj! come on in, dear. we only have 2 hours,” may interrupted. “only?” she mouthed at peter, who half-shrugged and smiled at the girl.

“look at you all dolled up,” may smiled with a hand on her hip. “not to brag, but damn, i did a great job,” she says, leaving the room. michelle laughs to herself and turns around, seeing herself for the first time. “wow,” she whispers. “yeah, wow,” peter said from behind her, as stunned as the girl. she smiled at him through the mirror and turned around, looking him up and down.

“you look really pretty,” he says. “and therefore i have value?” she replies, smiling slightly. “no! no, that’s not what i meant at all, i was just-“, he quavered. “i’m messing with you,” the girl chuckles, “thank you.” “you’re welcome.” they both have smiles on their faces now. “you look pretty, too.” the boy doesn’t have time to answer before may comes back in her room rushing them out for pictures before happy — she assumes he’s his driver? — gets there.

“just do prom poses, i guess,” may said with a frown and continued, “i don’t know how you’d pose for a ball.” they did what may told them to without complaints until, “ok, now kiss.” and of course peter was the one to get paralyzed. mj turned towards him in their half-hug-situation and put her other arm around him, whispering in his ear, “we’re dating, remember?”, before putting one of her hands on his face and kissing him, her heels made her a good 3 or 4 inches taller than the boy, so she leaned down a bit. his lips were soft, as expected. not that she had been thinking about it.

it was a short kiss, probably only 5 seconds, but when they separated their chests rose and fell with rapid breaths. the situation could’ve easily gotten very awkward if it wasn’t for petter getting a text from happy saying he had arrived.

may followed the two downstairs, hugging them and telling them to “send a lot of pictures. take one with shuri, and tell her to come over soon, ok?” “yeah, yeah, bye, aunt may!” “oh, sam and bucky, too!” she yells as they close the car door. “i’ll introduce you to all of them once we get there. we’re gonna be a couple of hours early anyways.” she nods and turns to face happy. “so, do you work for peter?” “i work with peter, not for peter,” he grunts.

they arrive at the venue and the place is empty, as peter predicted. they show their invitations at the front door and get in. the place is beautifully decorated with red and gold everything, an homage to peter’s old mentor. she saw his eyes starting to water and grabbed his hand, interlocking their fingers like they had practiced that day at his apartment, but instead, this time it felt real.

“come on, dweeb, i want to meet the avengers.” he smiles at her and pulls her upstairs until they reach a big room, this one filled with people. all heads turn to them and they look really happy to see him. some yell his name, others just smile, but she can see he’s adored by his work family. she felt like an outsider.

they walked together, peter introducing her to all these people who she only ever saw on tv.

“oh, em, this is shuri. i’m pretty sure may likes her more than she likes me.”

“don’t tell peter but may has said she likes me more than him, too,” the two girls laugh, “i’m michelle. or just mj.”

“oh, you’re mj! peter has told me all about you! and he never shuts up, so don’t doubt it.” “has he, now?” she glances at him, his arm tightening against her waist.

“i think that’s enough, for some reason i feel like until the end of the night you two could have a plan to get me killed, and i’m not risking anything.” he narrows his eyes and the other two just roll their eyes.

peter and michelle were going to tell sam what was going on. after everything that happened, the new captain america was in charge of the compound, and if jameson tried anything, they wanted him to know.

“sam, i need to talk to you,” peter approaches him, his face was serious, something the older man rarely saw. he didn’t say anything, just took them to an adjacent room and closed the door behind them. “my father is j. j. jameson,” mj blurted. “ok. that’s your girlfriend, kid?”

he looked up at her, “yeah. she is.” “and what do you want me to do about it?”

“why the fuck did you invite him in the first place? my dad is remorseless. he doesn’t care that spider-man got snapped for five years and came back to his mentor dying.”

“i’m sorry,” sam responded sincerely. “i wouldn’t have invited him if i knew about all of this, i just really want all of this to end.”

“yeah, i understand that. i just don’t think this was the best approach, that’s all.”

“if he asks about spider-man just tell him that you heard he’s still not making public appearances, ok kid? kids?” they nodded and sam left.

it had been an hour since the ball started when mj’s dad arrived. there was an aura of superiority around him that she never liked. she loved her dad. she hated his work persona.

she inches closer to peter, who idly held her waist. “my dad is here. pretend we’re crazy in love and hilarious,” she whispers in his ear and rests her head on his temple, laughing. peter joins in and turns around to kiss her forehead. his lips are warm on her skin, and he leaves the spot where he kissed tingling.

“hello, michelle.” she stiffens on peter’s hold and looks ahead to the source of the voice. “hi, dad,” her lips seal in a tight line as she gives him a quick hug, then goes back to peter’s arms. “hello, mister jameson, it’s nice to meet you. i’m peter parker,” the boy says, extending his hand for a non-reciprocated handshake. he drops his hand back to his side and smiles, matching mj. “yeah, parker,” the older man said distracted, looking around them.

“spider-man is not here, dad. if that’s what you’re looking for,” she said harshly. “i’ve heard he’s still not making public appearances, sir,” peter completes.

“i wasn’t looking for him,” he huffed.

“yes, you were,” mj says exasperated. “would you please give it a rest? that kid has suffered enough, he doesn’t need you being all over him.” her face is flushed in anger, and she pulls peter away without even glancing at her father.

she struts through the room, not stopping until they reach the garden on the back.

“how do you deal with this?” she says in a tired manner, as if she had asked that question to many people many times. “i didn’t. tony would usually tell me what to do or he’d solve it himself,” he responds with a small smile.

“i’m sorry my dad is such a dick.”

“i’m not gonna deny that because you’d know i’m lying,” he chuckles. “but, even though he has made my life hell, he also gave me one of the people i love the most, i can’t be mad at that.” she looks up at him, “we’re really not about to do this at a fucking garden, parker. what’s next? i’ll lose my glass slipper?”

“where do you wanna do this, then?” “literally a rooftop would be better than this.”

he scratches his neck and looks around before inching closer to her, “can i just-?” he grabs her waist, “sorry, i’ll just- get your leg here and uh-“ he hoists her up on his lap with one arm — she thought it was impressive (though she’ll deny it until death) — and shoots a web to the roof of the venue, swinging them up until where he could and then crawling the rest up.

there’s comfortable silence for a couple of minutes before michelle breaks it. “ok, we can do this now,” she laughs. “you love me?”

“i do, yeah.” “nice.”

he looks at her, who has a blank look on her face and chuckles, “yeah, nice.”

there’s silence again. this time is less comfortable, but at least it was shorter.

“i love you too, you know?” “you do, huh?” “yeah, weirdo.”

“nice,” he slides over closer to her.

“cool,” she still hasn’t looked at peter, but turns her body to him.

“great,” he grabs her waist with one hand and lifts up her chin with the other.

“amazi-“ he closes the gap between them, slamming their lips together.

it wasn’t like the kiss they had in front of may for a camera. it was hot and heavy. her hands roamed around his back and shoulders and they tried to pull each other closer together, as if it was possible. they pull away, breathless, and smile at each other.

“hey, em?” “yes,” she murmurs. “i’m spider-man.” her smile grows even more. “also, do you wanna go to the avengers’ ball with me?”

she laughs, throwing her head back, “was your original idea just a plan to get in my pants?” he smiles sheepishly, “maybe. did it work?”

“maybe.” she kisses him again, her dad long forgotten.

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