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absolutebl · 1 year

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This Week in BL - Disappointing Doom

Feb 2023 Wk 3

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying most.

Ongoing Series - Thai

My School President (Fri YT) ep 12fin - Them openly dating and flirting with each other (finally) while keeping it “secret” was hilarious. No surprise they got outed tho. The whole “coming out homophobic teacher” sequence was very extra but suited this show. And ending with prom could not be more YA. Plus smiley kisses!

CONCLUSION?

GMMTV gave us a classic high school set Thai BL with tropes like messy boys singing their feelings that was Love Sick for the modern age with all the gentle sweetness and pining ache, but none of the dated damaging tropes or issues. Yes, we’ve seen it all before, but this is me: I ADORE this shit. Who let my BL be this wholesome and funny? This show was fantastic, it’s only flaw was the singing (and that’s my baggage). My favorite GMMTV offering to date. 9/10 (could go as high as 9.5 on my more forgiving days)

Bed Friend (Sat YT, GaGa & iQIYI uncut) ep 2 of 8 - I’m ending my week with this one these days. I feel like this is an EXCELLENT life decision. King’s pining is WBL levels of EPIC. Uea’s ma may be the worst ma in Thai BL (and that’s some stiff competition.) Ah getting tested together, such a right of passage. I like King a lot, his attitude, life philosophy, the way he looks an Uea, everything. This show is GREAT.

Bed Friend extra sexy bits explained:

YouTube has the cut version with slightly less sexy content (this is what I’m mostly watching).

GaGa ALSO has the cut version, BUT they have “extra clips” with the uncut content, you’ll need to find and watch them separately.

iQIYI has the uncut version with the above mentioned extra sexy bits integrated back into the full episode.

Okay?

Okay.

Moonlight Chicken (Weds YT) eps 5-6 of 8 - The break up btw Wen & Alan was really hard to watch, both actors are so good. Speaking of good actors, where did GeminiFourth come from? Seriously? I love these characters almost as a much as TinnGun. Heart’s parents are EVIL. Told ya they’d kiss as this couple bf TinnGun. Back of head wrap ‘Kiss’ tho, haven’t seen one of those from Thailand in ages. Old school. And then Khaotung just broadsides us with PAIN. This is such an aces show, but it is A LOT.

Never Let Me Go (Tues YT) ep 11 of 12 - More cute BF intercut with agony. Holy role reversal dad butler! Otherwise a somewhat lackluster ep 11 of DOOM as dooms go, but I’m okay with that.

Chains of Heart (Sat iQIYI) 1-2 of 10 - This is a suspense thriller about smugglers, amnesia, and lost love. Haii is good (and gorgeous) in the lead but the story is choppy, disjoined, and confusing. May be intentional, bad writing, or the captions being particularly bad (or all 3). It’s an interesting and different start. Not good but interesting. It reminds me a little of Manner of Death only with better action sequences. But I’m not sold on it because MoD had MaxTul, and this... does not. Ep 2 did not improve matters. When Ken & Lue flirt it’s fine and the Thai food bits were fun. (Kao Soi is one of my fav northern dishes, I’m sad he didn’t get to finish it.) At the funeral, why are they all texting when it can be traced and they could just be talking to each other? Honestly, everybody behaves like an idiot in this show. So I guess this is a revenge narrative? I’m so confused. They pretty tho, so I’ll keep watching because I am weak, but if you can wait, I think this is one that’s gonna be better as a binge.

Our Winter (Thai & Korea YT & TikTok under ThaiMiniSeries) eps 1-7 of 14 - TutorYim microseries, told in vertical (TikTok) shorts. (Thanks to the BL spies for reporting in.) Cute Trope snippits but Korean is HARD to understand with a Thai accent. I’m not watching it with Eng subs and I’m not wild about this style short form but still - cute. Funny how they styled TutorYim so that they look slightly Korean - wardrobe and makeup wizardry.

Hit Bite Love (Sat YT) ep 6 fin - Degrassi Junior BL concludes in a very soap opera way, with new characters and new/extra drama. Trigger warning on the original trigger. The investigating cop was super hot tho. Can we give him a BL? Also I liked the final scene makeup tons. But honestly what a total mess. I don’t know what i just watched and neither does it. 3/10 (sorry babies)

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

HIStory 5: Love in the Future (Taiwan Weds Viki) ep 9 of 10 (or 17&18 of 20) - Kind of a filler ep and lackluster for a penultimate DOOM installment. But the HIStory franchise gets this way sometimes.

Jack o’Frost (Japan GaGa) ep 2 of 6 - I’m finding it a bit dull.

It’s Airing But ...

My Beautiful Man 2 (Viki & Gaga) - Because there are only 4 eps, I’m waiting to binge this.

Boyband ep 2 of 10 - Stopped airing on YouTube, and only available in Thailand & Japan. Not sure if they’re working a distribution deal or just fucking with us.

Destiny Seeker (Tues WeTV ) 10 eps - it’s not on any WeTV I can get ahold of. Bad Buddy the pulp rebirth meets Japanese handsome host club action. FairyGodBLer came through for me, but I’m collecting to binge just in case. It’s my new policy with the grey stuff.

Cafe In Love (Thai) 10 eps on Ch3+ - Thai pulp, about trying to save a coffee shop. Same as above.

Gossip

Thailand’s famous gay pink milk comes to Oakland, CA, USA. This amuses me greatly. And yes, next time I’m in the area, I’ll probably try to hunt it down. (What is Pink Milk?)

Kim Ji Woong is doing fine on Produce 101 5 Boys Planet. I agree with the pundits that he’ll likely make it through. (Yes, I think he’s a better actor than idol, and yes, we will mostly lose him from BL if he goes all in with whatever group results from this.) But does that matter when Peak Time is also airing? No, because Peak Time is MUCH better and more interesting show and it has Karam (Happy Ending Romance) fucking KILLING IT. You all know I love Leo’s voice but clearly VIXX-euphoria distracted me, because I had no idea Karam was such a stable vocalist. He’s insane and it’s fun to watch a 2nd gen fucking SERVE it up (have you ANY idea how hard Mirotic is to do LIVE?).

In case you missed it

Viki has acquired the airing rights to Advance Bravely. We can’t expect it to be much altered, but at least it will be legally available, and one hopes the subs will improve.

Viki added The Eighth Sense to their upcoming KBL roster, new one to me. “A university romance about the confusion often felt by college youth regarding life and love.”

KBL A Shoulder to Cry On AKA Comfort the Boy coming to Viki, March 13. (MUCH anticipated by me, this is a high school set hurt/comfort delayed by OMGEA X scandal.) This will be the first BL to star idols from the same group! Fingers crossed it’s good because this is a group that definitely needs BL’s support.

Next Week Looks Like This:

02/28 = Tin Tam Jai (Thai Gaga & iQIYI) 10 eps - Adorable Tin has a life-long dream to marry an older boy in his neighborhood, Park. Same production co as Coffee Melody & Ai Long Nhai. I'll likely binge it.

03/01 = The Promise, (Thai WeTV) 10 eps - friends-to-lovers, follow up to a previously aired miniseries Phupha | Nanfah. Because of this and the WeTV platform I likely won’t bother.

03/02 = All the Liquors (Korea Gaga & Viki) 8 eps - Liquor company rep and party boy Han Ji Yu buts heads with hot chef Park Ki Hoon, who doesn't drink.

03/02 = Heesu In Class 2 (Korea unknown prob Viki and/or Gaga) - A gay(er) version of Sex Education. I’m still not sure this one is actually happening.

03/03 = A Boss and a Babe (Thai YouTube) 12 eps - ForceBook in an office set boss/employee rom-com.

03/04 = Love Syndrome (Thai unknown prob iQIYI or Gaga) 10 eps - trailer, violent, hot/cold, hurt/comfort, amnesia. (Stars Frank formerly of FrankDrake.)

Full list of upcoming in March 2023 is here.

2023 forthcoming BL master post. (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED)

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

That tentative hand GOT me bad.

I love it when a character call’s out another character’s main characteristics. Very meta. (Moonlight Chicken.)

OMG hot cop!

Make up game ON POINT.

(Hit Bite Love.)

SO GOOD. (Bed Friend)

(last week)

Current Kpop(ish) earworm? SHAUN & Jeff Satur - Steal The Show, you should watch it ALL THE WAY to the end, just trust me. Have I ever led you astray?

No.

Don’t answer that.

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fxxreveryxung · 4 months

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What am I leaving when I’m done here?

► GENERAL INFORMATION

FULL NAME: PARK YI-JUN

NICKNAME(S): HENRY

AGE: THIRTY-THREE

DATE OF BIRTH: JANUARY 12

GENDER: CISMALE

NATIONALITY: KOREAN

HERITAGE: ASIAN

SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): KOREAN, ENGLISH

OCCUPATION: JUNIOR ATTORNEY AT PARK LAW GROUP

RELIGION: NON-COMMITTED

SEXUALITY: STRAIGHT

► BACKGROUND

HOMETOWN: DAEBANG-DONG, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

CURRENT RESIDENCE: MYEONGDONG, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

FINANCIAL STATUS: HIGH CLASS

EDUCATION LEVEL: MASTER OF LAW

FAMILIAL CONNECTIONS:

PATERNAL GRANDFATHER: PARK DAE [CHAIRMAN OF PARK LAW GROUP]

MOTHER: PARK BORA

FATHER: PARK HOON [MANAGING PARTNER OF PARK LAW GROUP]

ROMANTIC CONNECTIONS:

LEE SOO-MIN[CRUSH]: Soo-min is Yi-jun’s current paralegal. However, during their time working together, Yi-jun developed a crush on the quiet and soft-spoken woman.

SEO EUN-SOOK [EX-WIFE]: Eun-sook and Yi-jun met when he returned back to Seoul to attend Yonsei University law school. They were fast friends during their first year of the program. Their friendship developed into more once they returned from summer break. It wasn’t long after the two married in a private ceremony. Their relationship was loving for the first few years. However, once they graduated from university things shifted and they grew apart. Two years later, Eun-sook filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. In reality she simply fell out of love with Yi-jun. They parted ways shortly after.

PLATONIC CONNECTIONS:

JUNG SOOJIN [BEST FRIEND]: Soojun and Yi-jun were friends from grade school. Over the years, they have grown closer and Yi-jun considers her his family.

YOO MA-RIN [BEST FRIEND]: Same with Ma-rin, Yi-jun met her in grade school and hasn’t been able to shake her since. Soojin, Yi-jun and Ma-rin are known as the three musketeers.

CHO JUN-HO [FRIEND]

SEO MIN-HO [FRIEND]

► EXTRA INFORMATION

JUNG TYPE: INTP

ZODIAC: CAPRICORN

TROPES: OFFICE ROMANCE ; DIVORCEE

► PAST

CHILDHOOD: Yi-jun had a normal childhood. His parents were both doting and kind. He never needed much. Overall, he was a happy child. From the beginning he liked academics and this showed throughout his grade school years where he performed at the top of his class. He could always be found reading or watching some random documentary. It wasn’t until his grandfather took him to work that he realized he wanted to be like his Haraboji. This pleased both his father and grandfather immensely. Though he grew up in a higher social standing, he often hung around regular children. This helped him evolve into someone who often strayed away from the comforts that his family’s social position offered.

ADOLESCENCE: Throughout his adolescence years, Yi-jun focused on his studies. Opting to burrow in a novel than hang around people. However, this didn’t apply to Ma-rin and Soojun, the two girls he’d met on his first day of kindergarten. At the age of sixteen, he decided he wanted to follow his father’s footsteps and study abroad. Studying hard helped him to graduate earlier than most and when he applied, he got accepted into Harvard University. Yi-jun’s time completing his undergraduate degree was uneventful. He met interesting people and joined a fraternity that opened his eyes even more to many cultural differences. This made him miss home and when he was close to graduating with a Bachelors in pre-law, he decided to attend law school in Seoul.

ADULTHOOD: Returning home was heaven and he became reaccumulated. During his first year of law school, he met Seo Eun-sook and fell in love with her. The pair would later get married during their second year of school. His family approved of their union seeing as how Eun-sook’s family owned one of the most popular media groups in South Korea. However, their happiness didn’t last and two years after tying the knot, the two divorced. Yi-jun’s divorce was deeply frowned upon by his parents but even more so by his grandfather. Many years went by without the two speaking. This was the first time Yi-jun felt inadequate. Originally, his grandfather had spoken to him about one day running Park Law Group, however, during this time this promise became a tenacious topic. Yi-jun decided to forge his own path after this and took a position with the Supreme Prosecutors office as a public defender. This decision created a chasm of distance between his family. Lacking any care for their disapproval, he worked with the Supreme Prosecutors office for a number of years before his grandfather approached him. Though their relationship wasn’t the same, Yi-jun and his grandfather began working on mending it. Shortly after, his grandfather stepped down as managing partner and his father stepped into the role. During this time, his father brought Yi-jun to the firm as an associate where he worked his way up to junior partner. It is not well known that he is a part of the Park family lineage. This is a secret Yi-jun is willing to keep.

► PERSONALITY

Quiet (+)

Flexible (+)

Soft-spoken (+)

Intelligent (+)

Curious (+)

Discreet (-)

Empathic (+)

Genuine (+)

Good natured (+)

Individualistic (-)

Closed-off (-)

#[ c: henry park ]#[ bio: henry park ]

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evanescentjasmine · 9 months

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For the questions for fic writers - how about 4, 12, and 30?

4. What detail in [insert fic] are you really proud of?

The closest answer to mind right now is probably the name of Grief's daemon in genius loci. It gave me such (forgive me) grief until Riddance just waltzed into my head fully-formed and feral.

Details I actually worked on would probably beeeee...

The narrator voice in my Hades/TMA crossover fic, there is no escape, which had to follow the Hades style while still being horrifying. Deeply pleased with how that came out.

The way urban fantasy protagonist Gerry Keay uses the Fears against each other in my GerryOliver TMA fic, youth dipped in folly. I'm fascinated by the different conceptions of the Fears and how someone outside of the Institute would think of and interact with them, so that was very fun to do.

Most recently, the descriptions in my Daniil timeloop fic, salvage. I'm a writer who frequently forgets that characters don't just exist in a formless void and has to get bonked on the head to describe things, so this is very much a, "look, ma, I did it by myself this time!"

12. Are there any tropes you used to dislike but have grown on you?

I haven't written any of these myself (yet?) but hanahaki, a/b/o, and variations of love/fuck or die tropes have historically not been my jam - then I joined horror fandoms and discovered actually these are incredibly tasty to me IF! AND ONLY IF! the horror of it is explored and, preferably, frontloaded. Then I eat that shit up with a spoon.

30. Have you ever written something that was out of your comfort zone? If so, what was it, and how did it affect your approach to writing fic thereafter?

Related to the above but: r o m a n c e

I can co-write romance just fine, and can enjoy reading it, but left to my own devices in my own fics I tend to...forget it exists? Sex too, sometimes (#aroace brain) which means I don't tend to write ship fics usually, and pairing dynamics tend to be background or off-screen entirely.

My first foray into writing romance by myself was for original work writing and I wrote like six separate romanceable characters in that so woof. It was uh. Painful? And awkward? And I second-guessed myself constantly. Then my GerryOliver fic (although even then my lovely friend and beta had to be like "jas do you think you wanna add some...you know...kissing to this?" and I am eternally thankful) and then -

Well. How it affected my approach to writing fic is a) when I'm outlining I have to look at it and ask myself, did I forget to consider if they have romantic and/or sexual feelings again? and b) how can I use those potential feelings to make everything w o r s e

I'm looking forward to implementing the results of my learning into genius loci before long.

(although, despite being ostensibly a shippy fic, Artemy and Daniil's relationship to each other is still not quite as important as their respective relationships with themselves so. maybe one day I'll write a straight-up romance finally who knows)

#ask game

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softie-rain · 2 years

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Meet me at the Hanging Tree

Hunger Games au

previous chapter: Chapter 3

next chapter: Chapter 5

Pairings: Peter Maximoff x fem!reader

Series Summary: Panem, governed by President Magnus, is getting ready for the 75th Hunger Games. It's in this Memory Edition that the reader will learn how far one can go for the loved one, even if that could bring her to certain death.

Series Warnings: Murdering, described death and violence, suicide, death for natural causes such as starving, hypotermia, dehydratation and wounding infection.

Disclaimer: The story is wrote in third person as I'll add other point of views outside the arena. Also, romance will began later in the book, as the characters won't immediately interact!

Chapter Four: Training Session

warnings: mention of fighting and knives

summary: first day of training, and y/n seemed to already have found an ally in the last person she'd expected to.

a/n: a bit obvious and cliché, i know, sorry. My original idea was to make an enemies to lovers kinda trope, but i gave up at the end. sorry :,)

two more chapters and in the arena we goo

Darwin was right: the shower was amazing.

After the three washing they gave her before the parade she had taken another one before going to sleep and after she woke up, and made sure to fully enjoy it. Having clean hot water dripping directly over her head was probably one of the best feelings she had ever experienced.

She closed her eyes and let the water run on her face, as she gently rubbed her hair. For how long could she have enjoyed those small things? The showers, the food, the fancy dresses, even that dark beverage that if she remembered well was… Coffee? Yes, yes it was coffee.

She didn't like the taste the first time, but now during breakfast Charles told her to try it with a bit of milk. She didn't quite get how exactly it was made or the name, but she admitted it was better than the last one.

"Did you sleep well?" Darwin asked her. She nodded, but deep down he knew that she was lying, and she knew that too. Besides, he had a terrible sleep too. As Effie poured more… tea? In her cup, she spoke to both of them. "First day of training! How are you two excited?"

They shared worried looks, not knowing what to answer. "Effie, why don't we talk about how they impressed everyone yesterday? What's your response?" Charles changed the subject, which they were very grateful for. "Like I said yesterday, you were wonderful! What Emma did with you two surely left the sign, it's not every time you see a District 12 tribute dressed that properly for a parade!"

Y/n preferred not commenting on how that could have been considered offensive instead of being a compliment, and she just thanked her. She knew that deep down Effie wasn't being mean or anything, and she seemed to actually care about her and Darwin.

Darwin too just thanked her and smiled, immediately turning to her to give her a knowing look, that made her understand they were thinking almost the same thing.

A few hours later they were being dragged to the training center, where they would have spent the following five days. Y/n wasn't really listening to the woman explaining the rules such as "Don't attack each other, you'll have plenty of time for that in the arena", she was too busy observing the other tributes.

She had already seen the favorites, Scott, Ororo, Kurt and Rogue. Truth be told Kurt looked even more scared than her, and she wondered if he'd actually be a threat to her during the Games. She came to the conclusion that he'd probably be anyway if he went with the other three, which he would probably have.

She didn't know much about the other tributes, the male form 11 seemed very strong, and so did the guy from 5 and 7. The speech was finally done, and so they all parted to start they're training.

She noticed that Darwin was going to the fight spot, but she kept observing. Excluding Ororo and Rogue, the other girls looked pretty much "weak", and they would have hardly made a serious danger in the arena.

But then she remembered what Charles had told her on the train, and how that was probably how she looked in their eyes, and they obviously didn't know about how good she was with knives. She shook her head and decided to go trying to do the knots. She was already good at it, giving that back to the District she did it often, but she still decided to give it a try.

She passed by the couple from the six, who were fighting over how to make a decent bait. She met the eyes of the girl, and she shyly smiled at her. Why would she do that? She had no idea, but she didn’t even have the time to smile back that she was already resuming her argument with her companion.

She kept walking to the trap-making desk just to find it already occupied by Peter Magnus. "The President’s son is already so good at fighting that he goes straight to the trap uh?" God did she really say that?

He turned to face her, embarrassed blush covering his cheeks. "And I'm not really good at it apparently. Are you?" He asked her, trying to hide his embarrassment with the only way he knew: flirt. "Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. I'd rather not tell everyone what my specialities are, that would just benefit the others and not me." He chuckled in response. "True. You know my name but I don't know yours. Would knowing your name benefit me too?"

She shakes her head. "Guess not. Y/n Grey."

"Beautiful name for a bea-"

"Don't you even try."

She stopped him. He raised his hands in surrender and looked around. "Where's your friend?" He asked. "Fighting. Yours?" His eyes started scanning the room looking for Lorna. "Ah, there. With knives."

She followed his look to the black haired girl aiming for the targets. She was really good at it, even more than her.

And no matter what happens, do not compare yourself to the other tributes. You are an amazing hunter and great with knives, don't let yourself down.

Her mother's last words were more harsh than Jean's one for sure, but certainly useful.

She was good at throwing knives just as that girl, maybe even better. "Thinking much?" She kept staring at the girl without answering, and then totally changed the subject. "It must be hard for your sister." His smile dropped for a few seconds, just to reappear an instant later. "It is. But at least she's not the one in here and trust me, I prefer it like this." Y/n had to admit she wasn't expecting that answer.

Not that she didn't believe he had any feelings but, for sure she had thought he'd be more selfish than what he was showing.

"She's up there." He signed, directed to the room where all the gamemakers stayed. And there she was, wearing the most beautiful red dress she ever saw. Honestly, she was incredibly beautiful herself. "Woah. Your sister's hot." She commented. Peter frowned. "I guess? I never exactly stopped thinking about how hot my sister is." He joked, making her laugh.

"Fair enough." She looked at him, meeting his eyes again. She then thought that maybe he could know something about the other tributes, and tried asking him about the girl who smiled at her previously. "Uh, that's Kitty Pride if I'm not wrong, from District 6. And the guy's name is Bobby." He explained. "He volunteered for a kid, it was very touching." He said, still working on his trap.

She raised an eyebrow. "You talked to them?" "No, I just saw their reaping ceremony. And, between you and me, I got to look in the files of the gamemakers. A lot of stuff about everyone, you included dear." He said winking.

Well that was interesting. Sure, what he did was probably against the rules but, now that he already did it why couldn't she take advantage of that? Besides, Peter seemed like a nice guy.

Seems.

"Alright I have an idea. You tell me everything you know about the tributes, and I help you set up a trap and give you some personal survival tricks. Deal?" "So you do know how to make one." "Deal?" She repeated again. He accepted without even thinking about it.

"Ok so, I suppose you already know the ones from District 1 and 2?" She nodded. "There's nothing much more to say about them other than they're lethal but Alex, the mentor of the first District, is Scott's brother. And Raven, mentor of District two? Apparently she is Kurt's and Rogue's mom, but she left them because she had them at a too young age. Ok ok, this one is just a Capitol rumor, no idea if it's true." He cared to add when he noticed her unconvincing expression.

"Then, uhm, let's see. Ah, Jubilee, District 5. Her family isn't as poor as one would think by how skinny she is, and she's very fast. Oh and be careful with Warren, District 3. He could easily become a deathly threat with the smallest sword."

He went on and on with all the tributes and even if the information wasn't much, now the girl felt like she had a bigger advantage over the other tributes. A much bigger one. Finally Peter stopped at District 11 and, even if she fought the urge of asking the whole time, she eventually gave up and went with it. "And about me? And Darwin?"

He chuckled. "Darwin's family work at the market, not the best but he manage to survive. You… your father died, you live with your mom and sister, too old to play in the Games." She looked down, a wave of sadness rushing over her at the mention of her family.

He probably understood his mistakes because he immediately apologized. "Sorry, didn't mean to-" "No it's fine." She lied.

She just wanted to drop the subject and talk about anything else, and she was thankful for Peter because he didn't brought it up again once she started teaching him how to prepare a small animal trap. "I knew you were good at this. He teased, making her shake her head.

What in the world she was doing? Befriending him? He was an enemy, just a few nights before she promised herself she would have killed him if she had to. And now they were having a normal conversation like two old time friends do?

This wasn't her at all. She had to wake up from that state the boy put her into before it was too late. And yet, she couldn't help the words that escaped her mouth.

"You know Magnus, you're not as bad as i though." "Back at you, Grey."

tags: @raincoffeeandfandoms @sweeter-innocence-fics @septicrebel

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audiofanficpod · 3 years

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Trope Series, Part Four

Slow Burn Fics

Tempest by Missy Pennington

Never Trust Atoms by Stelgibson

Today Series by @storybycorey

Arizona Highways by Fialka

Sweat and Margaritas by @anonstarbuck-blog

Truth in the Dark by @alienqueequeg

Amish Country by Lolabeegood

12 Rites of Passage/12 Degrees of Separation by Anne Haynes

What Hands Do by Mish

Universal Invariants by @syntax6

Tethered by @cultureisdarkbeer

Seventeen by @scapegrace74-blog

Laws of Motion by @syntax6

Life Series by @tatooedlaura-blog

The Art of the Game by 2momsmakearight

Apex by @syntax6

Your Place or Mine by @tatooedlaura-blog

Bearings Series by @spookydarlablack

Leap Series Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 by Donnilee

Once Upon a Time in a Basement by @storybycorey - Audio

14 Days by @kyouryokusenshi

Inappropriate Conduct by @gaycrouton

Vox Mulder: Fired and Wired by Darwin_XF

Snakebitten by @onpaperfirst

Release Valve by @slippinmickeys

Most Wanted by ViceVersa

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soclonely · 3 years

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My Trash Inventory

Hello and welcome to the mixed dumpsterfire that is my page of Star Wars appreciation. So feel free to browse around, check out some of the finest products of my brain, hit the recycle button if you see something ya like, and have a good day!

Writings

1. Strategy-

a short story about Palpatine and his love of a good game of chess with a padawan.

2. Check-

A sequel to strategy. An emperor and a memory

3. Follow My Advice-

A medic so hellbent on others listening to his suggestions, he forgets to take care of himself

4. Pest Control-

Even the barracks need a professional to clean up the mice. Wolfpack short.

5. When We Survive

-The Domino Twins take some time to chat before an important mission.

6. Quiet-

A small Bad Batch piece

7. The Collection-

Hunter’s way of unwinding after a long mission

8. Teardrops-

A short story on Tup’s tattoo and post Umbara feelings

9. The Tangled Tooka-

a new business opens up in Coruscant

10. The Bad Batch’s First Day of Autumn-

Hunters blade is missing and Hardcase is cooking up a meal!

11. The 501st’s First Day of Autumn-

Fives and Hardcase are on leaf raking duty

12. Twas the Night Before Space Thanksgiving

13. Hardcase’s Pipe Dream-

A flooding in the Barracks

14. The Stylist-

Tup makes a new friend

15. The Petting Zoo-

Tup and Fives and a day at a petting zoo .

16. The Petting Zoo Part 2: Electric bogaloo

-Maybe people just shouldn’t go to petting zoos with Fives

17. Cody and His Fear Of Ferrets 18. Something Else-

Jesse x reader and a night out gone a little too astray.

19. Dogma Doing Your Dishes

20. Texas Roadhouse Rolls

Dont Recognize Me(Complete)-

an 8 part series where everyones favorite 501st captain travels back in time to the clone wars to try and change the outcome of the war and warn the Jedi of the chips in the brains of their comrades

1.Raptor

2.The Commander

3.The Domino Duo

4.The Medbay

5.Guilt

6.A Shiny Opportunity

7.The Order

8.Brothers

A Life Day Carol-

Commander Cody empire era (final few chapters in the works I swear)

1.The Unwelcome Visitor

2.The General

Life Day Moments

- Small acts of kindness throughout the Galaxy, even in times of turmoil

1.Echo and Fives

2.Cody and Rex

3.Padme and JarJar

4.Boba Fett

5.Jabba and Rotta

6.The Bad Batch

7.The Organas

8.Battle Droids

9..Skywalker and Kenobi

10.Palpatine and Mas Amedda

11.Small Acts

Crossing Over

- Crosshair and his bizarre adventure to the underworld

1.Where there is hell...

2.There’s Lucy

3.Stab to The Heart...

The Clones As

****These are just a few of my favorites, most of them can be found on my page under the tag “khai come get ya juice”. There are a ton if you are into that nonsense.****

1.The Clones As Kitchen Messes

2.The Clones as Science Experiments

3.The Clones as The Circus

4.The Clones as Target Shoppers

5.The Clones as Middle Aged Suburb Moms

6.The Clones and Their Top Internet Searches

7.The Clones as Inspirational Quotes

8.The Clones as Preschoolers

9.The Clones as The People You See On Tumblr

10.The Clones as My Impulsive Quarantine Purchases

11.The Clones as Inconveniences and Annoyances Part I

12.The Clones as Inconveniences and Annoyances Part II

13.The Clones as Inconveniences and Annoyances Part III

14.The Clones as My Inner Excuse For Missing Social Events

15.The Clones as Gordon Ramsey Insults

16.The Clones as What R2D2 Thinks About Them

17.The Clones as Tropes

18.The Clones as Things I Do To Avoid Family At Thanksgiving Get Togethers

other fun tags to check out on my page:

parenting clones pointless posts sw headcanons incorrect clone wars quotes

#pinned post #my master list

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Steal Some Covers, Share Some Skin

On the eleventh day of Tropemas, hyperfixated-gvf gave to me:

An “AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE BED” Josh fic combined with a certain request from a Nonnie.

Christmas Song Pairing: “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” by Bing Crosby

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Pairing: Josh Kiszka x Reader

Warnings: Language, smut, voice kink, squirting, light overstimulation, kinda unedited, I’ll fix things as I over-criticize it 😂

Words: 5.9k

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“Josh?”

You were still shaking snow off of your coat when you approached the curly-haired man in the white sweater hesitantly, not having seen the man you were looking to find for…well, a long time.

He glanced up from his phone, and smiled pleasantly, eyes drifting all over your face. “Y/N! It’s nice to see you, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?”

The bottom-heavy suitcase in your hand thumped upright as you took a rest, leaning on the locked handle. “Yeah, it has.” A small silence stretched between you as you took your phone out to check your ticket for the 20th time since you’d woken up. “Do you have your ticket?”

Josh nodded and tapped his screen a few times, tilting it towards you so that you could see the screenshot.

The whole situation was a little bit wonky – you didn’t know Josh all that well, he was just an acquaintance/friend of your friend’s that was travelling along the same route as you. Your friend knew that you hated travelling alone, so she’d sent a couple of texts, grouped you two in a chat, and bada-bing, bad-bam, bada-boom – you had a travel buddy.

And you did appreciate having him with you, despite not knowing him super well – you’d met a couple of times at various parties, events, and had even gone to one of his shows with your friend – you weren’t sure why he wasn’t travelling with his band, but that wasn’t your business, so you weren’t super concerned.

“Great! We should go get through security now, I guess.”

“Yeah.”

The wait in line was a little bit awkward, but not horrible – conversation was pretty much confined to small talk and a discussion of movies, books, and pop culture that you were both interested in. The wait was long and rather taxing, though – the holiday rush definitely not working to your favor, but you made it through, finally finding two seats in front of your gate.

“So, where have you been most recently, then?”

You finally started conversation up again after having spent the last half an hour doing body checks and wading your way through the crowds.

“Oh, we actually finished up a US tour just a few months ago. Since then, we’ve been petering around Nashville – writing songs and making plans and just…taking a small break.”

One leg was crossed over the other as you reclined in the seat. “Where are your brothers, then?”

Josh smiled. “Off doing their own things. Jake is flying home with Jita in a couple of days, Sam is already back home with Danny just hanging out with our families, and…I’m here,” he finished.

“Well, at least you—”

The rest of your sentence was cut off by the intercom, a voice announcing delays due to a snow advisory that was just put in place across the Midwest, and that flight times should be checked on the screens that were littered around boarding areas.

Knowing your destination, you ominously locked eyes with Josh and then stood up at the same time, walking over to a mounted screen that already had a crowd of people accumulating.

Delays for: Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Kentucky, and…shit. Michigan.

And not just by a couple of hours.

“You’re gotta be – eragh!”

Josh’s muttered exclamation was a sentiment you shared, looking at the board that was telling you that your flight was being delayed until 10 am the next day, when the snow advisory would hopefully lift.

You blew your own sigh out and ran your tongue over your teeth, making a game-plan for the next few hours. You’d have to text your parents, but that could wait until you found a hotel nearby – you really didn’t want to spend the night in the airport seats and force Josh to stay awake while you slept and then have to wake up so that he could, and you were already so exhausted.

Your phone pinged with the notification from the airline of the delay, along with a code for a free taxi to one of the hotels surrounding the airport.

And despite the inconvenience of the delay, you were grateful that the airline was trying to do something to compensate, even if the weather really was out of their control.

“Well,” Josh sighed, phone going off with assumedly the same message, “I guess we should go get a taxi, then.”

You made your way back across the airport, passing by the stupid security line that had taken you hours to get through.

There was a long line of shivering travelers lined up at the curb, taxis being loaded up and leaving nearly as soon as they pulled up. You grabbed the first of that you could for you and Josh after waiting 10 minutes to get to the front, and after showing the cab driver your code and processing his questions of, “Where to?”, told him that the hotel didn’t matter, just one that would get you guys a couple of rooms.

And looking back on it, you probably should have specified “not the one closest to the airport” because that would obviously be the one that filled up the quickest and would obviously be the one he took you to in order to transport as many people possible.

But you didn’t, so here you were, at the back of the line with even more people trickling in behind you, trying to keep up with the deluge of texts from your family and hoping to all things good and holy that you could get a room before they all filled up.

The head of curls in front of you was also talking quite animatedly on the phone, sighing out, “Look, I’m sorry, okay? Just…just tell Mom and Dad that I will be home, Y/N and I – no, no, Y/N is the friend I said I was flying with, she’s not – okay, well, if you stopped interrupting me, Samuel, maybe I could – you know what, fuck you, I’m hanging up.”

A long-suffering sigh escaped him and you chuckled, sending off you own text. “Taking a break probably doesn’t hold much weight when your band members are your brothers, does it?”

“You have no idea.”

You were slowly moving up in line, only three people left – two singles and one couple – and the front desk worker was looking wearier and wearier by the second.

“I just want a shower and a bed,” you sighed. “That’s all.”

Josh smiled. “We’ll get there. Eventually.”

The first person in line received a key and you took a couple steps forward. One single, one couple.

A few minutes later, one single.

Before she helped the customer, though, she looked apologetically at the line that was still extended nearly to the entrance. “Hey, everyone, I’m sorry, but we only have two singles left. It might be better if you started making plans at another hotel.”

There were grumbles and sighs, and immediately, most of the line dispersed, hoping to catch a stray cab. Josh turned to you, blowing a breath out. “Well, that’s not ideal, now is it?”

You huffed out a humorless laugh and pressed your eyes into the heels of your hands. “No, it’s not.” You only spent a second pitying your situation before you pulled out your phone, bringing up the Uber app. “But it is what it is. You get the room here, I’ll call an uber and go to one of the hotels nearby, and we can meet up at the airport again tomorrow.”

Josh looked taken aback for a moment, but immediately protested. “No, no, we can both find a different hotel – it’ll be easier to stay together now that we’re here.”

“Next?”

The front desk worker blinked and blushed a little bit as Josh glanced her way.

You were surprised that she had been the first person to physically recognize Josh – you figured there were others, but at a busy airport, there was only so much you could do. Still, you’d expected a few waves or glances thrown his way.

He turned back to you, lips twisted in thought. “Actually, hold on a sec.” Back to the front desk. “Hello there! You said you only had one single room left, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“What kind of bed is it?”

The worker squinted and searched the screen. “One double.”

Josh nodded. “And would this room happen to have a pull-out couch? Or is there any way that a couple extra comforters could be delivered to the room?”

The worker frowned and clicked a few things on the desktop in front of her. “Let me see…oh! Okay, yes, it looks like this particular room does have a pull-out couch since it’s technically a suite.”

Josh clenched his fist in victory before meeting your eyes. “What do you say? It’s just one night, and it’s just a place to sleep. I’m tired, and I’m pretty sure you are too, and if this is what –”

“Let’s just take it,” you said, cutting Josh off. “You’re right, I’m so tired, and I really don’t care if I sleep on a pull-out couch or a waterbed at this point,” you laughed.

Josh smiled. “Don’t be silly, I’ll take the couch.”

You couldn’t argue back because he turned and gave the worker his information, taking his card out and waiting for the transaction to go through.

“Thank you,” you said softly, “for paying. I’ll Venmo you or something, just let me know how much the total is.”

Josh waved your off. “I appreciate the sentiment, but it’s no big deal, I got it. It’s only one bed, afterall.”

You smiled as Josh was handed the key. “Still.”

He returned your smile in response and then looked at the key. “Room 412,” he muttered, eyes searching for the elevators.

The ride up was quiet, exhaustion seeping into the late hour, nothing but the roll of wheels against worn carpet and the soft hum of the heating system accompanying the two of you to your room, Josh inserting the keycard into the reader on the door, the light beeping green.

“Home sweet home,” Josh sighed, flicking on the light.

It was noticeable immediately. The size of the room was not that of a suite, and there was no couch in sight – in fact, other than the standard bed, nightstand, and hutch with a TV and small coffee maker, the only furniture in the room was a scratchy-looking armchair in the corner of the room.

“Okaaaaay,” you drawled, “I’m gonna make a quick call to the front desk.”

Josh’s bottom lip was sucked in between his teeth. “Yeah.��

The dial tone to the front desk turned into elevator music, and you waited in silence for a few minutes until the worker picked up. “Hello, this is the front desk.”

The poor girl sounded frazzled to all hell, and you were sure with a full house, she was probably busier than ever, and you felt bad that you had to bring a problem like this to her.

“Ah, yes, hi. I’m currently in room 412, and my friend and I were informed that since it was a suite, it would have a pull-out couch, but there’s not one in here.”

There was a small pause. “And are you here on reservation?”

“No.”

“Okay. Well, and this is for certain my fault, because I had to be the one to tell you it was a suite, but I must have been looking at another room. I’m afraid we don’t have any more rooms available. I’m sorry, is there anything we can do to make your stay more enjoyable?”

You pinched the bridge of your nose. “Uh. Do you have any extra comforters that could be sent to the room?”

“Yes. I can have one arranged to be delivered in a few minutes.”

“Okay, that would be great, thank you.”

Once you had hung the phone up, Josh raised his brows, waiting for the resolution. He still held his bag in one hand, ready to have to up and move out to another hotel.

You shrugged, sitting on the bed. “She said she must have been looking at the wrong room when she told us it was a suite, and of course there’s no other room we can move to. They’re gonna bring up an extra comforter, so if it’s okay with you, I’ll just make a little makeshift bed with the two comforters on the floor for tonight.” You already knew he was going to protest, so you shut him down before he could say anything. “You’re already paying for the room, so you get the bed. Now,” you said, standing up and ruffling through your suitcase, “I’m gonna go brush my teeth and everything, I’ll take a shower in the morning.”

Josh looked uncomfortable and like he wanted to say something, but set his bag down as you went to the bathroom.

You weren’t in there very long, maybe 10 minutes at most, and when you came back into the room, Josh was sitting, looking rather detached on the bed. When the door opened, though, he shot up.

“There was another mix-up,” he said lowly.

“Uh-oh. What was it this time?”

Josh pointed to the waffled blanket sitting folded on the end of the bed. “They don’t have any more comforters. I guess there were more people who had the same idea as we did.”

You eyed the double bed – considering what surely both of you had thought about over the course of your time at the hotel. “I mean—”

“Why don’t we—” Josh paused and cracked a smile when you both started talking at the same time. “Sorry. I was just gonna suggest – and I know we don’t know each other super well, but like, if you wanted to, because it would be a lot more comfortable than the floor, we could always just share the bed.”

You swallowed, playing cool even though your stomach was squirming a little with nerves. Only because you weren’t used to sharing a bed with anyone, much less a famous almost-stranger.

“Yeah. Yeah, that’s what I was about to say. We can do that – we’re not in middle school anymore,” you joked.

Josh left with his pajamas and toiletries, and you glanced at the bed, suddenly anxious.

Which side did he sleep on?

Would he care that you moved around in your sleep a lot – twisting and turning and such?

Would it be awkward trying to fall asleep?

You shook the thoughts out of your head, shuffling around aimlessly until Josh reappeared, glancing from you to the bed.

“…are you sure you’re okay with this?”

“Uh, yeah,” you said, eyes wide, “are you?”

“Definitely.”

The two of you stood there for a second longer, and you finally asked Josh, “So which side do you want?”

He smiled. “I usually take left, but it doesn’t really matter to me.”

You let out a chuckle that was mixed with a sigh of relief. “Sweet. I’m a right-sider. I do move around a lot, though, just a fair warning, sorry. It takes me a bit to fall asleep, and so I’ll start out on one side and then turn to the other and then my back and then my belly and then end up on the side I was originally on.”

He crossed the bed, setting his bag down on the floor and plugging his phone in before untucking the blankets and sheets and sliding under. You took the same actions, settling in and trying to ignore the strange feeling of the weight of another person next to you.

It wasn’t as awkward as you thought it would be, though – you’d been able to talk to him throughout the time you’d spent together, and he was a nice conversationalist, which is why the lamp stayed on for a couple hours after you got in bed talking about everything and nothing despite both of you having previously complained of your exhaustion.

“I don’t know where this second wind came from,” you chuckled, tapping the bedsheets with contained energy. “I really was so tired before, but now I can’t stop moving. Ants in my pants.” Josh laughed out loud, shifting next to you. You chuckled back, glancing at him with a smile. “What?”

“I’m not sure you really want to know,” he teased. “Just an old piece of gossip I heard somewhere along the road.”

You made the full turn towards him, curiosity prompting you to lean in closer. “Ooooo, tour gossip? Please, continue.”

The smirk on his face build anticipation, but the gleam in his eye told a different story. “Well, I’ve heard two different versions, one is a general version, the other…specific.”

“Tell me both,” you demanded, watching Josh’s expression brighten.

“You asked for it.”

“I did.”

He paused, eyes searching your face, and suddenly you had a small amount of difficulty breathing. Josh inhaled once before starting.

“Well, the specific one pertains to the feeling right before going on stage, when you know what’s going to happen but are still jittery, just a little nervous energy with nowhere to go. I won’t go into details, but—”

“No,” you complained, “I want details. I’m not a rockstar, I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

You decided that if you wanted to be embarrassed for acting like you’d known the man for years instead of having met him in passing only a couple of times, you figured you’d do that later, but now, you were fully invested in what he was saying, and this was the most fun you’d had all day, particularly after the one you’d had.

Josh cocked his head, arching a brow and licking his lips. “You don’t want details, I promise. Some of the rockstars I’ve conversed and traded tips with are…salacious, and their particular pieces of advice and stories are less than savory,” he murmured, and the space between you became charged.

You met his eyes, controlling your breaths so that he wouldn’t pick up on the change. “I wanna know.”

He hummed, drawing the noise out before continuing. “Well, everyone has their vices, especially in the music world. Performing gives you a high, but instead of getting the jitters when you crave it, you get them when you have it in the palm of your hand. And, while there are healthy ways to deal with it, like meditating, talking to a friend – most of the time, those vices chase you, and being famous with money to spare, they’re available whenever you might need them.”

In that moment, you knew that you could have listened to him talk forever – voice low and slightly gravelly, methodical and soothing and hypnotizing. So you didn’t interrupt.

“Drugs, alcohol, a warm body, material objects, fame and fan worship – whatever it may be, most of the rockstars out there will tell you the same thing.”

“Mmm. What is it?”

His eyes lit up with mischief. “That little piece of advice I always hear – most of them, mostly men, will tell you that there’s nothing a woman’s mouth can’t fix, and that in our line of work, there’s always a willing one to be found somewhere.”

A high-pitched laugh bubbled out of your throat and you felt your neck warm with the beginnings of a blush. “How…charming,” you giggled, and he laughed right alongside you, a flush in his cheeks as well. The tension diffused marginally.

“Hey, you asked. And just as a disclaimer, I’m not one of those people – I don’t just use people like that.”

“Never?” you asked teasingly, and his blush heightened, words and excuses sputtering out before he redirected your attention.

“Stop prying,” he accused. “Don’t you want to know the other thing?”

You couldn’t help yourself. “I wanna know everything.”

Josh’s expression morphed into something that told you that you might regret asking.

Or not.

“Well, it’s a little more general. And a little dirtier.”

“You just told me that most rockstars get blowjobs before they go on stage, and definitely just exposed yourself, too, by the way—”

“I did not! I specifically said that I didn’t do that.”

You grinned. “Did too. Maybe not religiously like the other rockers, but you just couldn’t lie, could you,” you teased.

“I was young and had more people throwing themselves at me than I had ever had before,” he explained. “And as awful as it sounds,” he mumbled, eyes dropping, “it does work.”

Images flashed unbidden through your mind of what Josh would look like from below, from your knees – what faces he’d make and if you’d be able to see them from your position.

“I won’t tease anymore. Please, continue on,” you offered, settling in for what was shaping up to just be Josh putting you under a spell with nothing but his voice.

He collected himself, blush receding and laying his head back on the pillow. “I don’t know if I want to, anymore,” he pouted, but as soon as you started pleading with him to finish his second story, he rolled his eyes and relented. “Begging me to tell you the dirty tales I know? I’m not the only depraved one in this bed.”

You shrugged as best you could, lying on your side. “I never said you were,” you said simply, and Josh stared blatantly.

The tension was back.

“Well, then, if you insist.” You could have sworn you saw him shift his hips infinitesimally, but he started speaking again, and you focused in on his voice. “You were talking about ants in your pants – the second wind.”

“Yeah?”

“That’s sort of like the energy you get before a show. I said I’d heard two versions: there’s the blowjob, and then there’s the…extended edition. They always say that the nervous energy – ants in the pants, whatever you wanna call it – is just nature’s call to fuck.”

You blushed again, this time because you were now aware that when you said that, as innocently as you had meant it, to Josh, you’d basically admitted that you felt the need to fuck. Even though he hadn’t interpreted it literally, you understood why he’d started to laugh.

“They say that jitters is one thing, a milder sort of feeling, but that kind of energy is another. Therefore, jitters call for a blowjob, pent-up energy calls for a fuck. The all-encompassing feeling and exertion that comes with it, where you aren’t just the receiver, but a giver, as well. A full-body release,” he breathed, and you fell deeper into his words, the trance you were 100% certain had never happened before, even when you’d seen him in concert.

Your words were soft and genuine and dare you say suggestive. “You make sex sound euphoric, but in my experience, it’s incredible, but nowhere near as—"

His Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed, fingers inching up from the blankets and gently dragging down your mouth, the pad of his middle finger catching your bottom lip, and you stopped talking at his boldness. He continued, “The transfer of your energy into another person in an explosion of cosmic relief – from the natural build-up of emotion and human desire and zeal for life itself. Everything fucks, it’s only natural.” His mouth twitched up in amusement at his reference. “And those rockstars, they never fail to deliberate on the matter, going further to make sure you know that that little piece of advice is applicable to any situation – anytime, anywhere, anyone.”

He noticed that you were no longer meeting his eyes, and that was because you didn’t want him to recognize any of the desire that you knew would be advertised in yours.

You let out a weak chuckle, very aware of his fingers, still poised on your chin. “Damn, rockstars really know how to tell it, don’t they?”

Josh hummed. “Not all of them. It takes a certain…incentive to draw those kinds of things out.”

His voice dropped a register and you couldn’t keep your eyes off his lips. “Incentive, hmm?”

“Everyone always wants something. Incentive for them, perhaps incentive for yourself.”

He shifted closer, feet tangling with yours, and you ran your arch up his calf. “And what is it that you want, Josh?”

Your faces neared each other, and you wanted to kiss him, so badly. You could tell he felt the same.

“Only what you want,” he admitted.

You thought back to his words, how he described sex and wondered if he was just buttering you up, making it sound other-worldly just so that you’d want him or if that’s really how he perceived it.

“I want you to show me sex as you know it. Right now, right here, with me.”

He caught your lips as soon as you finished your sentence, your bodies beginning to wrap around each other like a flower in reverse bloom – legs and lips and hips and chests and arms all coming together like one disfigured being.

Josh took the upmost care peeling your pajamas off your body, his eyes rarely leaving yours, and you wondered, if having to give an answer, if his voice or the intensity of his eyes were more mesmerizing.

“Just focus on me, Y/N, I’ll show you the best I can. Best I can,” he promised, his pajamas joining yours on the floor.

His fingertips grazed your skin, lighting the nerves up for a fleeting moment and then leaving to skate across another expanse of skin, electrifying your entire body in anticipatory energy. You were rather occupied with his lips to watch, so each touch was a surprise, and in no time, he had you asking for more, body starting to warm up and require a heavier caress for stimulation.

“More, Josh, please, more,” you breathed, returning each touch with one of your own, moving your body in tandem with his.

“I’m right there with you, sweetheart, don’t worry.”

You huffed out a soft laugh. “Not worried. Just wanting.”

Josh rectified the fact with a flick of his thumb across your nipple, trailing his hands down your body, heavier and with intent. The energy you’d been holding in your body was exacerbated by Josh’s hands and mouth, tension building and building from his hands touching you everywhere but where you needed him, mouth following closely behind.

“Josh,” you whined, squirming in protest from his ministrations that were not relieving you.

“We’ll get there. If you want to feel what I feel, you need to feel the energy. Let it run through you, don’t try to fight it.”

You tried to even out your breathing, re-tuning your attention to your entire body rather than the dull pulse of arousal at your center. There was still a pull of energy and arousal trying to draw you back, though, but you held onto Josh’s request, letting the tension roll through you.

“Good. Now, just – feel.” He worked you over then, mouth on your neck, breasts, collarbones, pulse – anywhere he could reach. His fingers teased through your wetness before sinking into you, pausing when you clenched around him. “Relax, Y/N, don’t fight it – work with it.”

It wasn’t necessarily a new sensation, but you were experiencing it in a new way, and the difference was, well, strange and erotic and pleasurable all at the same time. He added another finger, curling them into your G-spot, and forcing you to relax every time your body wound itself too tightly.

After a few more minutes of letting the pleasure and endorphins rush throughout your body, Josh withdrew his fingers. “Can I fuck you, Y/N?” he asked softly, kisses peppered all over your torso.

You nodded, giving your consent and brushing your fingers down all the sensitive spots you knew, keeping the thrum of pleasure vibrating through your nerves as Josh rummaged through his bag for a condom.

When he slid back into the bed, he was naked and the condom was in place.

“Come here for a second,” he prompted, and you leaned up to him, kissing him deeply once more. Josh trailed his fingertips down to your hips, twisting lightly. “Roll over, sweetheart,” he cajoled, “on your hands and knees.” You went willingly, fighting the urge to rest your head on the pillows. You felt the bed shift, then Josh pressed flush against your ass. “Relax.”

The nudge of his cock against you, and then the pressure as he pressed forward came, and you welcomed it, welcomed him.

Deep breaths, letting all the lights from them different nerves – the pleasure, the pain, the dull stretch that wasn’t either – all flashing like strobe lights through your body. You weren’t focused on that one point of contact, you were aware of Josh’s lips on your shoulder blade, one of his palms running down your arm and one your hip, the scrape of him against your back.

And it felt exquisite.

Like the pleasure was coursing through your blood – spreading to the very tips of your fingers. Without the concentration on your center, you were able to feel it everywhere. Full-body, just as Josh had described.

Eventually, Josh leaned back up on his knees, changing the angle and rhythm of his movements, his cock catching your G-spot as he pulled back.

He was panting softly behind you, a rather quiet lover – you loved his voice so much, you wouldn’t have been opposed to his lips at your ear, words meant for your pleasure spoken in low tones, but you’d take what you could get. And since you were so attuned to his every touch, the flex of his fingers and stutter of his thrusts were just as fine a means of communication as words.

Josh’s hand wandered once again, sliding up your spine, slow and sensual. You really hadn’t ever thought of that particular part of your body as erotic, but Josh was in the process of convincing you otherwise.

Until he pulled out completely.

You felt the loss of him pointedly, the flow of pleasure disrupted.

“No, no – Josh, come on,” you whined, trying to find him again.

He reappeared next to your face, swallowing your cries down with his lips on yours. “Just changing positions,” he promised, laying back on the pillows. You took the initiative and straddled him, tightly wound again in pursuing your objective to get Josh back inside you. Josh’s absence had made you very aware that you had been well on your way to climax – not desperately close, but close enough that you felt empty and under-stimulated without Josh touching you.

Without any pomp and circumstance, you lined him up and sat down, taking him all at once. The relaxed, collected approach Josh had been keeping you under was interrupted for a moment as Josh hissed sharply, hands flying to squeeze your hips as you began to ride him, fast and hard and forgetful of how Josh had instructed you to feel everything, everywhere. You had reverted back to chasing your high instead of feeling it in the moment and letting it come to you.

“Oh, Y/N, fuck – darling, baby, slow down. Remember what I – I –“ He moaned then when instead of listening to him, you just rode him harder, wanting more of those beautiful sounds.

But you were unsuccessful – Josh gripped your hips with enough strength to stop your rhythm, guiding you to a slower pace.

“Josh,” you complained, and he chuckled breathlessly.

“It’s gonna be worth it, I promise. You were doing so well, Y/N, let’s go back to that; remember, work with yourself, not against. We’ll get there eventually; let’s just feel what we’re feeling now.”

You took a deep breath and recentered yourself, listening to your body and Josh’s. Grinding down put pressure on your clit, enough to feel restart the path of pleasure, and from there, it was an experimentation of figure 8s, up and down, rocking, letting Josh thrust up into you in gratifying collaboration.

This time, Josh wasn’t as quiet – murmuring praises and curses, words of encouragement and guidance – and you soaked it all right up, integrating it into your arousal. A familiar anticipatory sensation started building within you.

“Josh, I – I’m almost there,” you huffed. The escalation of your pleasure had been gradual and all-encompassing and slow, but no less intense than what you’d get by the fast, relentless pursuit of it.

Josh grunted, snapping his hips up harshly, a stark contrast to the pace you’d been indulging in. “I – me too, Y/N. I’m there, I’m gonna come, but I promise I’m gonna make you come, too, baby, I promise,” he babbled, and you believed him.

“Okay,” you panted, pulling out every trick in the book to make it good for him. He gave one last, strangled moan and then twitched inside of you, hips sporadically pushing up.

“Keep – keep going,” he cried out, sweat beaded on his forehead. “Keep going, please.”

“Is that –“ you furrowed your brow, “is that something you want? We can finish me off once you pull out.”

Josh shook his head desperately. “No! No, I like it, it’s something I’m into – please, just – just keep going.” A flush of heat ran through you at the admission of one of his kinks, and you started moving again.

He shakily brought his hand to where you were connected, where you were still riding him, post-orgasm, before shifting upwards and pressing circles into your clit. The added stimulation ramped up the feeling of impending release, but it was different from all the other times you’d come, by your own means or someone else’s. It was building, almost physically from within you, and you gasped as the pleasure started rolling through more intensely, tipping you over the point of no return. You tried to keep relaxed, just as Josh had instructed, but the instinctive jerk of your hips was difficult to repress.

“That’s it, Y/N, just like that,” Josh murmured, voice breaking, and you came, pleasure plugging up your throat and only allowing breathy, choked moans out, hips shifting and rolling as you clenched around him, and a burst of wetness more than you’d ever felt before soaked your thighs as you peaked.

Josh let out a long, low groan. “Fuuuuuck,” he vocalized, throwing his head back, “there it is.”

You collapsed, boneless, on top of Josh, and he gently rolled you both over, pulling out with a tortured hiss and cry. He had to have been overstimulated at that point.

You both stayed quiet, basking in the rush of endorphins and catching your breath before either of you moved. Josh rolled the condom off carefully, wrapping it in a tissue, and then took a few more, swiping them as best he could across your thighs.

“I’ve never done that before,” you admitted quietly.

Josh tried to repress a proud smile, but failed. “Experienced cosmic relief?” he asked, exhaustion seeping back into his features.

You giggled, eyes heavy. “I think you just have a way with words, but it was…something else. Memorable, for certain. And before you ask, yes. Some of the best sex I’ve had.”

“Good,” Josh said, satisfaction settling into his expression. There was a moment you thought you might both go to sleep, but then you became very aware of something.

“You know, we might want to switch out this blanket,” you said. And Josh hummed in agreement, the both of you rolling out of bed, out of the wet spot underneath you.

Josh held up the extra blanket that was originally supposed to be a comforter. “This’ll work, right?”

You nodded, beginning to strip the sheets. “Yeah, definitely.” Josh joined in, peeling the material off the bed.

“See? They had ended up having exactly what we needed.”

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Note: Lordy lordy only one tropemas fic left (thank goodness). This was inspired by the anonymous request:

“ I feel like.... personally....you could probably write a great squirting fic. That seems like something you posess. “

Idk, I hope I didn’t disappoint, you’ll have to be the judge of that, Nonnie ;)

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Taglist: @theweightofstardust @theatrekidjosh @fleetsonfire

#12 days of trope-mas #josh kiszka x reader #one bed trope #josh kiszka smut #josh kiszka fanfiction #greta van fleet fics #gvf smut #greta van fleet smut

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siumerghe · 4 years

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The Longest Day in Chang’an: the TV series vs the original book by Ma Boyong.

1. The main intrigue, it’s goal and the mastermind behind it are changed in the dorama. The book’s version is more logical and simple, while the changes in the adaptation mostly aim to surprise the viewers with unexpected turns, sometimes at the expense of logic.

2. Li Bi in the series is 100% whitewashed. Li Bi in the book is one of the protagonists, yes, - but he is absolutely not a good person, in contrast with Zhang Xiaojing. I love Li Bi in the adaptation! But I still prefer Li Bi from the book - because not often a guy with a very questionable morality gets to be a protagonist, and also because I find his storyline more interesting and well-rounded when it comes to character development. (Also he gets to finish the case himself, as opposed to the TV version!)

3. The screenwriters rewrote some characters completely (Yao Runeng, Wen Ran, Cen Shen). They expanded many characters’ storylines, enhanced motivations, added more drama - they did a great job with that. But I have mixed feelings about changes they introduced to female characters - why does EVERY woman in the show have to be in love, even when it’s absolutely unnecessary for the plot?!

4. The book ends on a downer note, especially considering the afterword where Ma Boyong reminds the reader of the sad things to come - the increasing pressure on the Crown Prince, the corruption, the decline of the state, the An Lushan rebellion (which could have been avoided if the book protagonists had failed their task).

In contrast, the TV series’ ending is more positive - to a point that it could even venture into an AU territory where the An Lushan rebellion never starts.

Spoilers below. Please don’t read if you haven’t finished the series or if you intend to read the book (which I highly recommend).

1. In the original book the masterminds and Longbo’s accomplices are He Zhizhang and his adoptive son He Dong. They wanted to kill Emperor Xuanzong and put the Crown Prince (who was unaware of their plans) on the throne, while making the Right Chancellor the scapegoat for the explosion. They saw where the situation in the Empire was going, and devised this plan to avoid the imminent catastrophe.

In the series Xu Bin just wanted to become a chancellor very badly, so he somehow calculated EVERYTHING - in hopes that the Emperor will reward him with this post. He was smart enough to predict even Zhang Xiaojing’s desperate determination and uncanny luck in stopping the explosion - yet he couldn’t guess that the Emperor won’t give this position to a relative nobody just for saving him, and will be very suspicious of Xu Bin (quite reasonably)? Also, like the Emperor, I also find it very hard to believe that Xu Bin is the real mastermind behind this plan.

Xu Bin was one of my favorite characters - until this final turn.

2. Li Bi in the book is very different from Li Bi in the series:

He is very self-centered and cold-hearted, doesn’t hesitate to lie and doesn’t care about people of Chang’an or about anyone at all, only about the Crown Prince (whom he is utterly devoted yet still doesn’t listen to).

He intentionally shocks He Zhizhang with the news of his friend’s death to get him out of the way of the investigation.

When He Zhizhang refuses to help him free Zhang Xiaojing, Li Bi poisons him and steals his token of authority (He Zhizhang falls into a coma and dies soon after the events of the book).

He approves of Zhang Xiaojing killing his agent but says that cutting off a finger was a stupid sentimentality: if he were in Zhang Xiaojing's shoes he would kill without remorse since the end justifies the means.

He arrests poet Cen Shen - in order to execute him as a scapegoat if the terrorists succeed.

He arrests Wen Ran who was just saved from the well only only because she is somehow related to Zhang Xiaojing. (In the book Wen Ran is an innocent girl, not Longbo’s accomplice.)

Even knowing that the Right Chancellor is not the one who organized the explosion, Li Bi almost orders the guards to kill him - because he wants the Right Chancellor out of the Crown Prince’s way. (Only the thought that killing the Right Chancellor may be too risky since the Emperor’s death hasn’t been proved yet stops him.)

He uses Yao Runeng (who in the book is a young and honest guard from a simple family) as bait to lure out the spy. As a result Yao Runeng is almost killed and left with broken spine - paralyzed for life.

He intends to find out and expose the truth - but only if the mastermind is not the Crown Prince.

In the end Zhang Xiaojing punches Li Bi in the face - for caring only for politics and for disregarding human lives.

In the book Li Bi finishes the investigation himself, together with Zhang Xiaojing. No sudden poets playing great detectives! Why was that even needed in the adaptation, why did He Zhizhang put Li Bi to sleep? To protect from what?! WTF?! Li Bi worked so hard - and then Cen Shen, who was a comic relief 90% of the screentime, stole his thunder!

The only explanation I see is that the Crown Prince was indeed the mastermind behind the plot. The Crown Prince, Longbo and Xu Bin are all connected through Lingwu: Longbo buried in Lingwu his comrades and lived there, the Crown Prince has a palace in Ligwu and implements there his tax policies invented by Xu Bin, also historically in 12 years in Ligwu the Crown Prince will declare himself emperor. He Zhizhang understood this so decided to get Li Bi out of the investigation in order to prevent him from finding out the truth and to protect him from the Crown Prince. But still - in this case putting Li Bi to sleep is equal to admitting to him that the Crown Prince is guilty...

May be, it’s a revenge for Li Bi poisoning He Zhizhang in the book? :D Idk, it’s a strange episode.

Also it’s a pity that in the series all the ship-tease between Li Bi and the Crown Prince was cut out. In the book these two are simply obsessed with each other. And Ma Boyong even called them “CP” (which is the Chinese slang for “couple” or “pairing”) in one of his posts. The book is absolutely not a BL, of course, but it’s difficult not to see the Crown Prince and Li Bi as a romantic couple.

3.What I like in the TV adaptation about the female characters in comparison to the book:

The amount of female characters in the series is increased (even Yuchang switched gender), and they all get more screentime and more character development. (Only the wife of the Crown Prince - Lady Wei - was cut out.)

Tanqi became the 3rd protagonist and is much better than in the book due to more screentime and the expanded storyline. I love Tanqi in the dorama, she is perfect! (Why isn’t she on the posters though? It’s so unfair! Is it a marketing thing - two guys sell better then two guys and a woman?)

Wen Ran is not a passive victim but an active player with her own agenda.

What I dislike:

Half of all the recurring female characters in the dorama are in love with Zhang Xiaojing! Why?! What’s this adolescent harem fantasy?! The trope when every woman falls in love with the protagonist is so outdated! Also in case of Wen Ran and Xu Hezi it does nothing for the plot.

Does Wen Ran have not enough motivation to do what she does in the dorama without being in love with Zhang Xiaojing?! He is already her father’s friend, basically the only living member of her family, and her savior. Are her romantic feelings for Zhang Xiaojing that necessary? It’s even creepy - because of their age difference, and because she is like a daughter to him.

Xu Hezi immediately falls in love with Zhang Xiaojing after he saves her brother despite seeing him for like 3 sec. Apparently, love is a form of gratitude. Again - is Xu Hezi’s gratitude not enough for her to save Zhang Xiaojing later? Does she HAVE to be in love to help the savior of her brother? Otherwise she wouldn’t have helped him or what?!

Ugh.

Another thing I hated is that almost all more or less notable female characters are in love, and often love is their main motivation. It’s like an essential purpose of a female character is to bring romance into the plot. And if there is no suitable love interest - oh, let’s just make her fall in love with the protagonist!

Tanqi - check. Actually, I enjoyed the blooming of their mutual romantic feelings with Zhang Xiaojing. It almost follows the book (although in the book Tanqi’s feelings are one-sided). I like that in the end Tanqi didn’t ride with Zhang Xiaojing into the sunset and chose her own path instead. As for their flirting - will it become smth serious in the future or not - who knows? (But I do ship them - they would make a great couple!)

Wen Ran - check. (In the book there is a hint at romance between her and Yao Runeng.)

Xu Hezi - check. (No romantic feelings in the book.)

Courtesan Li Xiang-xiang - check. Another victim of Zhang Xiaojing's irresistible charm. (Li Xiang-xiang doesn’t exist in the book.)

Wang Yunxiu - check. In the book she is only sympathetic to Yuan Zai, no romance. (Also in the book she is a good-natured although spoiled rich girl, not a designated hate-target, like in the TV series. And she saves Wen Ran. Thrice.)

Ding Tong’er - check. But she gets better.

Yang Taizhen - check.

Yuchang - check. Instead of a dangerous and independent male assassin of the book, in the dorama we got a dangerous female assassin who is yandere for Longbo.

The prostitute with ulcers on her face - finally! The ONLY more or less notable female character who is not in love!

4.The TV series’ ending is much more optimistic.

In the book the animosity between the Crown Prince and the Right Chancellor hasn’t reached the critical level - they are political rivals rather than enemies; the Emperor isn’t a paranoid tyrant who mistreats his son; he doesn’t plan to retire and to leave the country to the Right Chancellor.

In the end of the book the explosion impact was minimized, and the Emperor was saved. However, these events worsened the relationship between the Crown Prince and the Right Chancellor to a point of no return (especially since the Right Chancellor understood that he was the designated scapegoat for the explosion, and since Li Bi almost killed the Right Chancellor).

In the afterword Ma Boyong reminds the reader that in the next years the Crown Prince will suffer from the mistreatment by his father, the Right Chancellor will initiate intrigue after intrigue in an attempt to eliminate the Crown Prince, and will relentlessly pursue and kill his friends and supporters. The constant stress will damage the Crown Prince’s health. The Right Chancellor’s death will change nothing - he’ll be replaced by Yang Guozhong (Yang Taizhen’s cousin) who will also be corrupt, and hostile to the Crown Prince. The state will be weakened, and then the An Lushan rebellion will begin, so nothing good awaits the Tang Empire in the future.

As for the main characters:

Zhang Xiaojing is shaken because he had to kill Longbo and many others, and because of how many innocents had to suffer due to political ambitions. He despises Li Bi for his moral insensitivity and punches him in the face for caring only about politics instead of people.

Li Bi learns that everything he did during the course of the book for the sake of his beloved Crown Prince was in fact against the Crown Prince’s benefit. He is heartbroken and decides to withdraw from politics.

Tanqi is in love with Zhang Xiaojing, but it’s one-sided (although Li Bi proposes to free her and to marry her to Zhang Xiaojing, Zhang Xiaojing doesn’t seem to care).

Also Yao Runeng is left paralyzed for life, Yis “the Persian Prince” is crippled and won’t be able to walk (let alone to climb the walls), Xu Bin is killed by the spy. Yuan Zai switched sides in a perfect moment and saved Zhang Xiaojing who then saved the Emperor, so Yuan Zai will get a boost for his career. At least Wen Ran is alive and well.

The ending of the TV adaptation is much more positive:

The three main characters - Zhang Xiaojing, Li Bi and Tanqi - part on friendly terms.

The Crown Prince in the dorama is a more capable person than in the book. He even managed to build his power base in Lingwu (that’s where he’ll proclaim himself the emperor in 12 years). The Crown Prince understood that the Emperor is using him and the Right Chancellor to counterbalance each other, so it’s useless to fight the Right Chancellor - he’ll never be punished: the dorama makes it painfully clear by showing how the Emperor helps the Crown Prince to burn the evidences against the Right Chancellor by pushing them deeper into the fire.

Even if the Crown Prince somehow manages to push for the Right Chancellor demotion that would mean that the Crown Prince became too powerful - a threat for the paranoid Emperor who himself came to power after a series of coups and made his father a “Retired Emperor”.

So instead the Crown Prince chooses to prove his loyalty to the Emperor. Imo, he has two options: either this - or a coup to depose his father.

It seems the trust between the father and the son is somewhat restored. If the Emperor trusts the Crown Prince more and the Right Chancellor less, then the Crown Prince will be able to implement his tax reform, and the Tang Empire won’t be weakened by corrupt and all-powerful chancellors, so An Lushan won’t be able to rebel.

Plus Tanqi now can influence the Emperor through Yang Taizhen.

As for Yuan Zai, as opposed to the book, in the series he made Li Bi and Tanqi his enemies - meaning that now he is also the enemy of the Crown Prince and Yang Taizhen. Hopefully, he killed his career for good and won’t be able to become yet another corrupt chancellor, like in history.

#长安十二时辰 #ma boyong #the longest day in chang'an

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absolutebl · 3 years

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This Week In BL

January 2021 Part 4

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs.

Ongoing Series Thai

You Never Eat Alone Eps 1-6 - not BL, too weird for me. Only recommended if you really love YYY’s style.

Manner of Death Ep 10 - things are looking grim for our heroes, they’ve been shot and jumped off cliffs - as they should. Still fun.

Cupid Coach Ep 3 - we got some actual plot at last, but it’s rough going, I might be checking out of this one.

Gen Y Ep 12 FINALE - ended, not with a bang but with a: whaaat just happened? (Series recap here.)

TharnType 2 Ep 12 FINALE - ended, it was fine. The actual TharnType wedding will be released as a special ticketed streaming event because... BEAT THAT DEAD HORSE, BEAT IT!

1000 Stars Ep 1 - we are in proper drama territory at last, this is gonna be fun, not very tropey, but FUN. (Remember UWMA is my favorite BL, I like a heavy lifter.)

Ongoing Series Not Thai

We Best Love: No. 1 For You Ep 4-5 (Taiwan) - singing the feels (one of my least favorite tropes) does not stop this show from being unfairly adorbs. Confession & rejection time. The TONE on this BL is just so pitch perfect. I love them both so much, but Sam Lin is a fantastic actor. Also GOOD KISS.

To My Star Ep 4-6 (Korea) - pivoted hard and went all in on BL, we stan a gay af boy, even if he is a weirdo - especially when he is a weirdo. Plus grumpy/sunshine is one of my favorite combos. However, it still doesn’t make ANY sense. But hell, Gen Y just ended in utter chaotic confusion. Do we need sense from BL? Do we need it from life? I don’t know anymore. I don’t know about anything... help me.

You Are Ma Boy Ep 4 (Vietnam) - no eng subs for the first few days but they eventually dropped; pacing still good, we had a seme confession and an uke panicked freeze out. (Not sure on the total # of eps as MyDramaList doesn’t include Vietnamese shows, but my feeling is 6-8.)

Stand Alone

The Boy Foretold by the Stars (2020 Pinoy Film currently on YouTube, catch it now, it’s hard to find) based on a play this has (miracles of miracles) and out femme gay main character who meets the bi jock of his dreams in Catholic school. In classic coming-of-age fashion this is more about identity, friendship, and first love than it is a true BL (like I Told the Sunset About You). I struggled with the religious themes but if God (with a MASSIVE G) is okay with you then you’ll probably enjoy this.

Gossip

Honestly what universe are we in where Korea and Taiwan are knocking BL out of the park and Thailand keeps dropping the flipping ball? What’s happening 2021? I am so confused.

I really hope Taiwan can get their secondary distribution in order and go with reconfigured movie style (like Korea) with sub rights to Netflix or something. I enjoy seeing Rakutan taking on Netflix & Prime but their Vikki platform is pants. We Best Love would make a GREAT little movie, I hope it does and I hope it sells like gangbusters.

Upcoming 2021 BL master post here.

Links to watch are provided when possible, ask in a comment if I missed something.

Next Week Looks Like This:

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let-it-raines · 4 years

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let-it-raines cs fic masterlist

AO3: |Here|

Multi-Chapters:

Betting on the Bullseye: Emma Swan loses a drunken bet that means she has to ask her celebrity crush - if you can call him that - to be her date to her office’s annual fundraising gala for Boston’s Children Shelter. Killian Jones is that celebrity. She expects all kinds of humiliation and for her dignity to be completely lost all because of the ridiculousness of the situation. What she doesn’t expect is for him to say yes.

What she truly doesn’t expect is to actually like the man.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Bonus Scenes: 1 | 2 |

Catch Me If You Can: 298 days. That’s how long Killian Jones was away from a baseball field. It’s less than a year, only part of a season for him, but it might as well have lasted a decade as he alternated between physical therapy and spending an excessive amount of time sitting on his couch.

But then he came back and won the World Series.

It’s something no one saw coming, and it’s certainly not something anyone who knows about his arm would predict. Now it’s a new season with new possibilities, and anything could happen. On-field reporter Emma Swan will be there to cover it all even if she is not his biggest fan right now.

Asking her out live on-air will do that.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Tumblr: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35| 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40

Extra scenes: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

Not Your (soul)Mate: Killian Jones doesn’t like the idea of soulmates. He sees how happy his friends are with theirs, but he still doesn’t like the idea, not when he’s found love and lost it time and time again only to still not know his sign. He has no markings on his skin, no voices in his head, but then one day he meets Emma Swan and everything changes. Because, well, he may not have ink on his skin to tell him who to love, but the very first time that he hears Emma’s voice he knows that she’s the one for him. Then again, that could simply be his desire talking. After all, for every word she speaks, he becomes aroused.

It’s not the worst thing in the world to be incredibly attracted to a beautiful woman, but things aren’t that simple when she doesn’t have any interest in being his soulmate.

He’s screwed. And not in the good way.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16

Rising From the Ashes: When her husband died, Emma wasn’t sure that she could ever move on. He left her with a broken heart and a baby who was only three-months old. It’s enough to take most people down, to make them not want to keep going, but Emma Swan isn’t most people. She’s stronger than she has any right to be. And after years of heartache, she’s found ways to move on…one of those being in Neal’s best friend, Killian Jones. As she’s always known, however, things are more complicated than they ever seem to be.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21

Second in Command: Life as the “spare to the heir” isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be when you’re the supposed screw-up of the family, but people don’t know what really happens behind closed doors.

Found on AO3 | Here |Tumblr Chapters: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Sequel (epilogue) Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15

Extra scenes on AO3: | here |

Extra scenes: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

another kind of green: Emma Swan spends her days in pretty white dresses and heavy layers of makeup. Day after day and dress after dress, she poses for pictures and acts like she’s in love and having the happiest day of her life with the man standing next to her.It’s not. This is all a gig, and at the end of the day, she’s no longer the girl in the pretty dress who’s faking getting married for a magazine cover or a wedding convention. Instead, she’s the girl who probably never wants to get married.Little does she know, she already is.

| Based on two-trope game forgotten first meeting + accidentally married |

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Single Riders Won’t Stay Single: Emma Swan gets in the “single riders” line for a rollercoaster only to be paired with a handsome stranger for what turns out to be the ride of her life.

Found on AO3 | here |

Found Tumblr with artwork | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | 4 | | Extra

Christmas one-shot: A Single Riders Christmas

One shot: Look Ma, I’m on the Internet

No Longer Blue: Killian Jones met Emma Swan on one of the worst days of his life. That day continuously plays over in his mind, and as much as he wants it to stop, he never wants to forget.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Sea Dogs: Emma Swan and Killian Jones met as children and have been friends ever since, learning to navigate all of life’s ups and downs together. They’ve always known that when they have no one else, they have each other. It’s been a constant in their lives, so when their futures are up in the air, will that constant stay the same?

Found on AO3 | Here |

One, Two, Three Shots:

At Least For Now: Detective Killian Jones is fond of his partner on the force, David Nolan. They work well together, and he thinks it’s a nice partnership. He’s also fond of David’s sister…who he didn’t realize was David’s sister when they met. He and Emma have an entirely different kind of partnership that David knows nothing about. At least for now.

Found on A03 | Here |

Indirect Deposit: It’s the oldest story in the world, isn’t it? Falling in love with your neighbor. Killian’s sure that he’s seen hundreds of books and television shows starting off that way, and he’s always thought them all to be entirely unrealistic. That is until he started getting to know Emma Swan, who just so happens to live across the hall from him, and he has absolutely fallen for her in a way that he hasn’t fallen for anyone in a long time.

It’s the oldest story in the world…until it isn’t. Because it’s not just Emma he’s fallen in love with. It’s her unborn child too, and while everyone he knows thinks he’s crazy for falling in love with a pregnant woman, he knows that he’s not. Some things in life are worth taking the risk.

Some people are worth loving. And some things about life may surprise you.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr: Part One | Part Two | Part Three

Drabble | Here |

Additional Artwork | Here |

Frozen Peas: Emma Swan and Killian Jones are not coworkers. Okay, they kind of are. Emma Swan and Killian Jones are not friends either. Okay, maybe they kind of are. Honestly, Emma’s not sure what’s up and what’s down when it comes to Killian Jones…well, that’s also not true. She knows one thing that’s up.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Seasick: Sometimes moving home when your life falls apart isn’t a bad thing. But sometimes moving home does lead to things you never thought were possible. Or so Emma Swan learns.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found Tumblr with artwork | Part 1 | | Part 2 |

Palms and Recreation: Bartenders at hotels are just supposed to serve you drinks, not change your entire life, but Emma Swan’s life never seems to go as planned.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found Tumblr with artwork | Here |

His Voice Keeps Calling: They were together…and then they weren’t. But just because you’re not with someone anymore doesn’t mean you stop loving them. And it doesn’t mean that their words stop playing over in your head, even if new ones are being said.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr with artwork | Here |

Lunchboxes and Taxicabs: Sometimes strangers steal your cab from right under your nose. And sometimes those strangers aren’t strangersanymore.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found Tumblr with artwork | Here |

Unraveling the Thread: Returning home is never something anyone wants to do when they’ve been trying to leave for their entire life, but it seems to happen to most everyone. It’s just not something Emma ever thought would happen to her. But after getting let go from her job and refusing to work in another office answering phones for the next ten years of her life, she moves back home to Storybrooke and has to deal with all of the loose threads that she left behind.

It’s easier said than done. She’s still going to do it.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr | Here |

Magical Rings and Mystical Donuts: Discovering you have magic in a world where it doesn’t exist is scary enough. Having yourself exposed as some kind of magical being because onion rings are falling from the sky might be even worse.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found Tumblr with artwork | Here |

A Simple Favor: Killian Jones is a pirate. He’s no longer a Naval man or an admirable man as he once was. He’s a pirate, and that’s all he’ll ever be to the outside world. That is, until he meets a woman who changes his entire world…and then who changes it again when he has an encounter with her father.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr with artwork | Here |

Mistress of the Sea: He comes into the tavern whenever he’s docked in Misthaven, always following his crew and settling down at the table in the center of the room, ordering a rum before falling into telling a rousing story that has the entire room roaring with laughter. It’s like that for years, and Emma gets used to watching Captain Killian Jones in his element on land, idly wondering what he must be like when at sea. They speak to each other, enough to know names and to be comfortable in conversation, but he’s rarely around long enough for her to truly know him, his mistress of the sea always calling him home.

And yet he always returns to Emma.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr: Part One | Part Two | Part Three

Striking Out: For someone who has never picked up a bat, Emma Swan knows more about baseball than some of the guys on the field. To be fair, she’s that way with every sport. It’s her job, and it’s one she takes seriously. She’s been an on-air sports broadcaster for the past four years, and she’s damn good at it, better than some of the former professionals and pundits that she works with every day.

So when she gets a chance to cover the World Series, a chance to follow her home team, she knows that nothing is going to stop her from doing her job.

Well, except for Killian Jones asking her out on live television.

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Found on Tumblr | Here |

Another Bad Christmas Movie: Emma Swan’s life is not a Christmas movie. Sure, there are some aspects of it that are similar, but that’s true for everyone who has a pulse and has ever heard All I Want For Christmas is You (don’t lie, you probably sing along to it). So maybe she’s a little frustrated and annoyed with some holiday traditions, especially the cheesy ones in the movies, but Killian Jones is going to help change all of that.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr with artwork Part 1 | Part 2

I Have a Method: Finding your neighbor drunk and nearly passed out in the snow isn’t exactly a great way to become friends. But that’s exactly how Killian Jones becomes more of a friend to Emma Swan than he has been in their years of knowing each other. And it’s exactly how the both of them learn to be a little less alone.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr | Here |

The Writing is on the Other Side of the Wall: Emma Swan’s favorite author is her next door neighbor, but just because she loves his writing doesn’t mean she loves him. She doesn’t even like him. In fact, one could say that she absolutely hates Killian Jones and the way he blares his music through their shared walls and how he is always incessantly flirting with anything that breathes.

He drives her insane, and she’s about one three am wake-up call away from breaking into his apartment and throwing his speaker out the window. Or maybe she’s one three am wake-up call or one knock on her door away from her life beginning to change forever.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr | Here |

Pitching A Tent: Emma Swan does not want to go camping. Who even goes camping anymore when things like air conditioning, indoor plumbing, and the internet exist? Why would anybody in their right mind sleep on the ground instead of the softness of a mattress? David says that it’s an adventure, and while she doesn’t believe him those first few hours of trekking through the wilderness, she does once she drunkenly wanders into a British man’s tent in the middle of the night.

Created by the 2 trope game of | wilderness + awkward first meeting |

Found on AO3 | Here |

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Every Monday Morning: Emma Swan likes her routines. She wakes up at four in the morning, goes to work as a host on The Morning Show, spends her day doing segments about cooking and this season’s fashion trends, and then she goes home to spend time with her son and help him with his homework. She’s finally found something stable, and she doesn’t like change.

So when the show’s regular chef retires and is replaced by Killian Jones, it throws Emma for a loop that she doesn’t necessarily like.

At least not at first.

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Found on Tumblr | Here |

Storybrooke Haunted Farms: “Want to be chased through a corn maze? Take a ride in a trailer full of hay in the middle of the woods? Play paintball with zombies? Explore a haunted ghost ship? If this sounds like fun to you, come to Storybrooke Haunted Farms where the fun is cheap and the thrills are terrifying. Open from October 1st - October 31st.”

Emma Swan has been working at Storybrooke Haunted Farms for the past four years, and she’s done everything from work the haunted hayride to chasing paying customers through a corn maze with a fake chainsaw. It’s always been a good way for her to make a little extra cash for the holidays for her son, and it’s most likely the best time she’s ever had working.

That is until her assignment changes and she’s made to work on the pirate ship exhibit with Killian Jones, quite possibly the most obnoxious man alive.

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it’s all an act (until it isn’t): High school drama teacher Killian Jones doesn’t have time for drama off the stage. He’s had enough of it in his life, and no part of him is searching for more. But then the day before his theater class’s modern day interpretation of a fairytale begins its four-week run, his two leads get sick. There are no understudies, no one to fill the roles, but as they say, the show must go on.

With him in it, apparently.

Having Emma Swan, the music teacher and woman who has avoided him since her first day of work at Storybrooke High, fill in as the starring role opposite him is the complete opposite of what he expected.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr | Here |

Yellow Flowers In Your Hair: Emma Nolan has been raised in a privileged household and has never wanted for anything other than freedom to live her life on her own terms. Her parents want that for her as well, at least to a certain extent, but when her father unexpectedly passes, Emma is left with two options: marry a man she doesn’t love or lose the home filled with memories of her beloved father as well as memories of her first love, a man with blue eyes and a kind smile who left for the Navy years ago and hasn’t been home since.

But what if her first love were to come back?

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr: Part One | Part Two | Part Three

Tell Me It’s Real (it’s real): Killian Jones has done a lot of stupid things in his life. The stupidest, however, was telling Liam that he and his best friend Emma Swan are dating after Liam presses him on why he hasn’t started dating again after his last breakup. It’s fine. Liam lives an ocean away, and Killian has time to figure out how exactly he’s going to deal with this before there are any actual consequences.

That is until Liam shows up at Emma’s parents’ house in Storybrooke four days before Christmas thinking that Killian and Emma have been dating for months.

Emma’s going to murder him.

(A Fake Dating AU)

Found on AO3 | Here |

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what a plot twist you were: Emma’s life is solid. She has her few friends, a job that pays decently enough, and a schedule that works for her. She doesn’t want any of that to change. But when she gets a call saying she’s been left a house in Storybrooke, Maine, she ends up leaving Boston intending to deal with the house and then return to her life like nothing has changed.

Intentions never quite work out, however, especially when she runs into a blue-eyed bartender who just might entice her to stay.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr | Here |

The Spectacular Ms. Swan: 1959. New York City.

Women aren’t supposed to have their own voices and opinions, and they certainly aren’t supposed to be funny. Emma Swan, however, has a lot of opinions and is damn funny. She also doesn’t care what anyone thinks.

Except maybe Killian Jones, a comic who has been her supporter since the day she bailed him out of jail after one of his comedy routines.

Found on AO3 | Here |

Found on Tumblr | Here |

Tumblr Prompts:

Found on AO3 | Here |

On Tumblr on my page under the header “prompt stories”

I’d list them here, but Tumblr won’t let me add in all of those links on one post 😊

#cs fic #cs ff #cs fanfic #captain swan fic #captain swan ff #captain swan fanfic #let-it-raines #let-it-raines masterlist

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misdre · 4 years

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hello i am doing this shipping meme (ignoring it being a 1 like=1 answer thing) for no other reason than it being fun, and i have nothing of substance to post here rn anyway

1. List 3 shipping tropes you love friends to lovers, complements (sun/moon, dog/cat, light/darkness, contrasting colours etc), and forbidden relationships of all kinds. yes feed me that problematic shit

2. List 3 shipping tropes you don’t love actually there aren’t that many i’d say i don’t like at all… not very into tsunderes these days, and i don’t like one-sided unrequited love that goes nowhere. aaanndd anything involving cheating

3. One emotional aspect of a ship that always gets you p i n i n g

4. One physical aspect of a ship that always get you actually don't really know if i have one that would be consistent with my ships. but i enjoy one being more buff and the other a twink

5. Multiship or Monoship? well i do multishipping but like, for OTPs you won't really see me writing a fic where they actually don't end up with each other tbh. so it's kind of a combination of both because i’ll multiship up to a point of certain seriousness and then it turns into a monoship

6. Rare pairs or Mainstream? i don't pick my ships based on rarity or anything, but i do feel special sympathy for rarepairs

7. Polyamory or Monogamy? some threesomes are fun but generally i just want it all to be monogamy

8. If the ship is physical, reversible or not? YES!!! nothing's weirder to me than people being super AGAINST it like why

9. Do you always have romantic ships for fandoms? i do not! but! having a ship certainly makes me more engaged ngl, extremely unlikely to write fic for something that i have no ships for.

10. How important is the sexual part of your ship? wouldn't call it important, but it basically adds another level of fun in shipping and a ton of headcanon opportunities so generally i do wanna go there HA

11. Opinion on platonic ships? i like all kinds of relationships between characters, doesn't always need to be romance

12. List 3 ships you currently love well rei/max is obviously always in ma heart. because of the digimon frontier rewatch i found myself in a kouji/kouichi hell suddenly. and one newer ship that's been in my mind lately is dr.stone senkuu/gen

13. List 5 OTPs from past fandoms ironic but takuya/kouji from digimon frontier, 8059 from katekyo hitman reborn, yuuri/wolfram from kyou kara maou, england/japan from hetalia, gon/killua from hxh. i still like them all tho but i guess they count as past stuff.

14. Opinion on the importance of marriage? can't think of many things that would have less importance tbh

15. Opinion on OC kids? not a fan of them. i generally don't like characters having children in either canon or fanworks. that stuff is too difficult to relate to for me.

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mudtomagic · 4 years

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Novel Prep Tag

Thank you @leah-yasmin-writes for the Tag! I’m happy to share.

First Look

1.) Describe your novel in 1-2 sentences:

A mage and a wolf shifter meet as captives of the Cryptozoology Research Corp (CRC), they escape - but the mage, Swae, is lost and presumed dead. Years later, they are reunited by a common threat - once again they are being hunted by the CRC, but they won't go back without a fight.

See more of my WIP Intro Here

2.) How long do you plan for the novel to be?

70,000 - 80,000 words

3.) What’s your novel’s aesthetic?

Dark, fire, sunrise/sunset.. somehow work a wolf into the backdrop

4.) What other stories have inspired your novel?

Everything...

I was first introduced to mages in Wild Magic by @tamorapierce over twenty years ago. I went on to read everything from the Tortall Universe. I still see her portrayal of mages and magic as the truest form and I can't go too long without revisiting Tortall.

I developed an interest for shifters from J.D. Tylers racy romance series Alpha Pack.

Then anything with a strong female protagonist, unlikely love story or fated mates trope.

5.) 3 images that get the feel of my novel:

Main Characters

6.) Who is your protagonist?

Swae - Mage

Rafe - Wolf Shifter

7.) Who is their closest ally?

Rafe’s Friends: James, Declan and Reese

8.) Who is their enemy?

Cryptozoology Research Corp (CRC)

Dr. Gerald Guyse - Lead Scientist

9.) What do they want more than anything?

Freedom. Security. Revenge.

10.) Why can’t they have it?

The CRC is targeting supernatural creatures and they are being hunted by CRC as subjects of unique significance and importance to Dr. Gerald Guyse.

11.) What do they wrongly believe about themselves?

Rafe sees his shifter nature as a weakness when it is actually his greatest strength. Swae believes she is better off on her own not understanding the benefits of having friends and especially not love.

12.) Draw your protagonist!

Nope. I can't draw... like AT ALL!

Plot Points

13.) What is the worst thing that could happen to your protag?

Recapture by the CRC

14.) What secret will be revealed that changes the course of the story?

Wouldn't you like to know!

15.) Do you know how it ends?

Yes indeed I do.

16.) What is the theme?

Survival, Perseverance, Love and Sacrifice, Reunion, Self-realization, Trust, Friendship, Loyalty

17.) What is a recurring symbol?

Burning/Fire as a symbol of rebirth and renewal - Rise from the ashes

18.) Where is the story set?

Present day New England - Bridgewater Triangle, Massachusetts (hot spot of Paranormal activity); Boston, MA; White Mountains, NH

19.) Do you have images and scenes in mind already?

Several - I will share excerpts as they are written

20.) What excited you about this story?

Fire, Magic, Shifters, Love story, Strong Female Protagonist and most importantly its MINE

21.) What is your usual writing method?

Plot point outline - summary outline - Write

Presently my goal is to write 500 words a day.

Tag You’re It!: @fae-academia @hazedartisan @littleleaf25

#tag game #novel prep #novel prep tag #My WIP

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rapeculturerealities · 5 years

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In the new “Black Christmas,” a remake of the 1974 horror film, Cary Elwes plays Professor Gelson, a priggish classics instructor who spends a lot of time with frat boys, laments the good ol’ days when men ran everything, and goes into a rage when he thinks women are trying to usurp his power.

“The Brett Kavanaugh hearings had just happened, and I think I was really struck by how emotional he was, how aggrieved he was,” said Sophia Takal, who directed the movie and co-wrote the script with April Wolfe. In the original, a foul-mouthed weirdo terrorizes and murders a group of sorority sisters during the Christmas holidays. So: the guy who may be the villain of Takal’s slasher remake is patterned after … Justice Kavanaugh? “Yeah, pretty much,” she said.

And thus, a slasher movie for the #MeToo movement is born, one where women take center stage in front of and behind the camera.

Opening on Dec. 13, “Black Christmas” is the latest release from Blumhouse Productions, the Los Angeles-based company behind Jordan Peele’s 2017 Oscar-winning hit “Get Out,” and the franchises “Insidious” and “Paranormal Activity.” After 10 years making scary movies, Blumhouse had never hired a woman to direct a theatrically released horror film — until now. “My gender was definitely part of the conversation, where they thought a woman would tell this story well,” Takal said. “But yeah, no one said, you’re the only woman we’ve ever hired.”

On a recent afternoon, Takal was having a late breakfast at Foxy’s, an old-school diner that reminds the actor/director of her native New Jersey. “I love that they have toasters on every table,” she said. Takal was discussing all things horror, from “The Exorcist,” which she considers the scariest movie ever (“I’m too scared to even say the name of the movie, or even refer to the thing that the movie is about”), to the first-look deal she recently signed with Blumhouse, to why she may not make the best horror-movie companion (“I’m the person in the theater you hear screaming like crazy”).

Takal’s tenure with Blumhouse began last year, when the producers Marci Wiseman and Jeremy Gold enlisted her to direct “New Year, New You,” a feature-length episode for the Hulu horror anthology series “Into the Dark.” Her first two features, “Green” and “Always Shine,” which had successful debuts at South by Southwest and the Tribeca Film Festival, hadn’t skimped on the tension and creepy moments. But Takal had never directed a straight horror film before. For “New Year,” she assembled an all-female cast to create a psychological thriller that explored the toxic nature of social media and the self-care movement, among other things.

In November 2018, when Takal was wrapping production on “New Year,” the Blumhouse founder and chief executive Jason Blum was asked in an interview with Polygon why his company hadn’t hired a woman to direct one of its horror films. “There are not a lot of female directors period,” he replied, “and even less who are inclined to do horror.”

When Takal found out about it, “my reaction at the time was, this was such a weird thing he said, because I’m making something for them right now! And he was developing another horror movie with Shana Feste, ‘Run Sweetheart Run.’ It just seemed like a not particularly thought-out way of articulating something that actually really resonates with me.”

Blum apologized soon after, and again, repeatedly, during a recent phone interview. “It was a stupid thing to say,” he told me. “I am guilty of saying dumb things, and this is one of the dumb things that I’ve said.”

Four months later, Blum approached Takal to direct “Black Christmas.” The 1974 original had inspired countless slasher flicks to come, from John Carpenter’s “Halloween” (the Christmastime setting; seeing the action from the perspective of the killer) to 1979’s “When a Stranger Calls” (the killer’s calls are coming from inside the house). Blumhouse had just scored big with its recent remake of “Halloween,” pulling in over $255 million on a reported $10 million budget. Why not reboot the film that inspired it?

The offer was tempting, but it came with a pretty big caveat. “They said, you can do whatever you want as long as it’s called ‘Black Christmas,’ but it has to come out this December,” she recalled. “This was in March, and there was no script.”

To prepare, Takal watched the original film (“I liked that it wasn’t just about a bunch of sorority women who were bimbos”), and ignored the 2006 reboot. She screened a clip reel of scary movies sent over by Blumhouse, and became a student of the jump scare (in a 2017 Times interview, Blum listed a number of foolproof ones, including “door swings closed, someone is now standing behind you in the room”), and the more difficult and labor-intensive “dread-building scare.”

At the end of the original film, Olivia Hussey stabs her sexist boyfriend to death with a poker, believing he’s the killer, but — surprise! — the real murderer is still very much alive, and eager to kill again. Takal was struck by how much the ending of that film mirrored what was still happening in 2019. “All of these men were being exposed for all the terrible things they had done, like Louis C.K. or Mark Halperin, but then they were coming back into the public sphere,” she said. “I was like, what’s happening? We felt like we had had a victory where women had finally found their voices, and then these men kept popping back up.”

Inspired, Takal tweaked several slasher-film traditions in this latest version, including the trope of the “final girl” (think: Jamie Lee Curtis in “Halloween”). “I really wasn’t interested in making a movie where men just kill a bunch of women,” she said. “It didn’t feel like the movie I wanted to make in 2019.”

Outsider takes like Takal’s are becoming more and more common at Blumhouse, whose horror films have tackled a range of social issues over the years, from racism (“Ma”) to income inequality (“The Purge”). “Jordan Peele is an excellent example of somebody who has really brought the conversation about race and racial privilege into the horror genre,” said Aviva Briefel, a professor of English and cinema studies at Bowdoin College. “‘The sunken place’ has become a phrase that people use and think about, even if they haven’t seen the movie.”

Even so, Blumhouse isn’t shying away from creating horror for horror’s sake, with sequels of franchises like “Halloween” and “The Purge” in the works. “I love movies that have bigger ideas behind them, but I also love straight scary movies,” said Blum. “With ‘Black Christmas,’ I think we’re lucky to have both.”

In the end, Takal found working on the film cathartic, particularly working alongside guys who, she said, didn’t look all that different from some of the film’s villains. “These were, superficially, the same types of men who might be characters in the movie, but they were all so supportive and engaged and encouraging,” she said. “I think it allowed me to explore this anxiety I have about misogyny, and to work through my fear that, underneath it all, men just really want us all dead.”

#MeToo #movies #entertainment #Takal #Black Christmas #toxic masculinity #misogyny #horror

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