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Diarmute Week Day 3: Sin

"I know you wanna go to heaven but you're human tonight." — Young God, Halsey

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you may have already talked about this so forgive me buuuuut what were Belle and Adam's reactions to each pregnancy? and their baby's reactions as they joined in on the fun of learning they would be getting siblings?

i have been SO excited to answer this all day. i love pregnancy discoveries/announcements SO MUCH i just think they’re so cute. (i mean, they can certainly be Not Great news, but in otp land!!!! CUTE!!!!) so without further ado, let’s get INTO IT!!

okay for their first baby… gosh i’ve probably written and rewritten this scene twenty different ways over the years. this is the BIG ONE!! the moment they go from a married couple to PARENTS!!! it’s HUGE it’s LIFE CHANGING!! i think about it all the time. and i think after all these years i finally have a scenario that i’m most happy with, that i’d really love to write and sort of insert into my canon, but just haven’t finished yet. and the funny part is that i’ve already written The Conversation™️ i just have to set it up and context and story and all that jazz. but anyway, i think it’d be such a big thing for both of them.

for belle, she really never imagined she’d get to be a mother. and i think the idea of motherhood, in a way, sort of scared her. she LOVES children for sure, but i think growing up in the village with no real prospects, no chance of getting out and being free, the idea of becoming someone’s domestic little housewife and homemaker was just such an awful idea to her. she wanted true love, she wanted a family of her own, but she just didn’t want it to be in that little provincial town with no hope of escape. and marrying someone and having their kids would just tether her there forever. and she wanted more for herself!!

so then, when she marries, idk, THE PRINCE? and becomes THE QUEEN? everything just changes. she’s not just some guy’s little wife. adam would rather die than let that happen. adam believes in her and pushes her to be as incredible as he knows she is. she has so many responsibilities in her role, she’s a freakin powerhouse!!! so when she does end up pregnant, almost a year after they get married, she’s actually quite excited by it. because she Knows she’s so much more than a homemaker. she doesn’t have to compromise herself to be a wife and mother, as she had once feared. she gets to have a baby with the love of her life and still fulfill all her own dreams. she can really do it all, your honor! so, in short, realizing she’s pregnant that first time is exciting and a huge relief knowing this isn’t the end of her life, just another chapter.

for adam it’s more like AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH !!!??!! PANIC PANIC PANIC WORRY WORRY WORRY !!!!!! but i can elaborate further. essentially, adam was never really keen on fatherhood. surprise surprise, having an abusive father and growing up suppressed and bullied and then directionless and scared and all that… didn’t really enthuse him on the idea that he’d be a great parent for any kid. despite that, of course, he did know deep down he would have to have an heir at some point. probably with some random woman who was deemed a politically advantageous match, someone he didn’t care about, the way he didn’t care about anything. but he ignored that prospect as often as possible, the same way he ignored all his other royal responsibilities. BUT! NOW? he Loves his wife……… he loves his wife so much and everything is different now. he’s a changed man now. he’s trying so hard to see the goodness in the world now. everything is brighter and it’s scary but he’s strengthened by her and supported by her and loved by her and… and… she’s pregnant 🥺

i’ve written this scene so many different ways mostly because adam’s reaction is just so… complicated. he wouldn’t be angry but i don’t think he’d be overtly happy either. he’s changed, he’s grown, but “fatherhood” is such a Deeply Rooted issue for him that i think when belle tells him, he just doesn’t even react at first. he knows he loves her and knows, logically, this is a good thing, so he holds her and starts worrying about her and starts processing this great big change in his life. and he fears becoming his father, despite the fact that it’s his mother’s kind heart beating inside him. and belle tells him there is no one else on this earth she’d rather have children with, because no one would ever believe in her the way he does. the way she believes in him. so they have lots of reassuring talks over the course of the pregnancy, and of course, that beautiful day when their first little one finally arrives, it’s just magic 🥹

GAH! first baby euphoria consumes my soul. i could talk about it forever, clearly. but i’ll move on to baby number TWO!

i actually HAVE written this fic of belle telling adam!! it’s a couple years old now so i’m tempted to not link it but it’s still how i imagine it happens in canon so it’s okay. i shan’t cringe at my old writing!! anyway, it’s christmas 1743 when belle tells adam they’ll be spending NEXT christmas with one more little angel than this year 🥰 adam is a lot happier on the second round, now that he’s been a father for a bit of time, now that he’s positively fallen in LOVE with his daughter, he’s more excited to keep growing their family. renée, however, is not even two yet when this is happening, so she really doesn’t have any thoughts about it lmao. HOWEVER, once her baby sister arrives, she is Not enthused by the sudden lack of attention. i’ve written a cute one about that so i’ll link that as well <3 i really want to write the moment renée meets juliette, i think it’d be sort of funny considering how young she was, but i just haven’t gotten around to it. my fic about the day juliette was born is already so hectic for other reasons, so it just didn’t work to write renée into it.

LASTLY!!! LE PRINCE!!!! it’s like you’re in my HEAD bro because just Yesterday i got a cute idea for how this pregnancy may be discovered. (and i have considered multiple possibilities, this is just the latest and greatest). i was imagining perhaps juliette (age 4) comes down with a cold of sorts, so belle’s been taking care of her. then belle starts to feel sick, and she just brushes it off thinking she caught juliette’s bug. but then juliette gets better and belle is still feeling like GARBAGE. and eventually it clicks that it’s because she’s pregnant <3 i think this third one catches them both off guard just a bit because the girls came so quickly one after the other and then it’s been almost five years and nothin??? i mean it’s the 18th century it’s not like they were doing anything to prevent it. (i am aware of 18th century contraception methods but these two definitely were not using them lmao). regardless, when it finally clicks, adam and belle are both just sort of like “oh shit!!!! NICE!!!!” lmao. they had gotten settled in life with their two girlies, but they’re certainly not mad about adding to their number 💖

as far as the girls’ reactions, i would also like to write that some time, but haven’t yet. in general, i think renée (who was very nearly 7) just EXPLODES with a million questions. she’s also very adamant that this baby Must be another girl (spoiler alert: it was not💙) and she’s just in general trying to be as obnoxiously involved as possible. she’s always tossing out name ideas (usually characters from the books she’s reading, but also lots of flower names like chrysanthemum and hyacinth). she also loves putting her hand on belle’s growing bump and asking “what’s the baby doing now??” like 20 times a day. (she loses her mind whenever she feels him kick🥹)

juliette, on the other hand, takes a long time to process it (it’s the autism, but also she’s just younger). but it sort of helps that, at the time, lumiere & plumette were already expecting their second child. so adam & belle could be like “you know how auntie plumette is gonna have a baby soon? well now so are WE!” and juliette’s like “oooooohhhhh 🤔 (doesn’t get it at all).” but when that baby arrives (a lil lad named xavier🥰🧡) juliette gathers what’s going on. that is a BABY. she does like feeling the baby in mama’s tummy move as well, it’s very wild to her. she’s much more quietly curious about her future little sibling than renée is, but she’s just as excited when they do finally meet him. which i HAVE written 🥹🥹🥹

AND, juliette gets the credit for giving her little brother his lifelong nickname. when her parents told her they were naming him maurice, she very quietly replied “hi, reece☺️” and he is forever called reece/reecy by his family and friends henceforth 🩵 (it also helps to differentiate from his beloved namesake grandfather!)

renée isn’t super excited about having a brother instead of another sister, (especially when lumiere and plumette already have TWO boys. (ENOUGH WITH THE BOYS IN THIS GOSH DANG CASTLE!!!😒)) but she does come to love him!! even though he’s annoying as hell!!! but it’s his gotdamn right as the little brother💛

[randomluck-ofthe-universe]

Hi there! Can I ask about the period when Timmy was living in Armie's place in LA at that time? I mean if you don't mind telling me or sum it up for me.. or if there's any kind of masterpost I can refer to. I wasn't really following any of them at that time and though I think I've seen a related post somewhere but didn't really think about it and now I'd like to know more. I've also tried to go through the timeline but now that I'm trying to remember I don't think I got to that point. Thanks!

you're welcome, anon 😘 and I don’t mind at all, I always feel happy when I remember meaningful times of their relationship.. 😍😍 I don’t know if I can help you as you would in this case but I’ll do my best.

I wasn't around at the time so I don't have a very detailed story for you but from the little I know about that time, I can tell you it was 2017 when Tim was in Los Angeles shooting Beautiful Boy and for about four months he lived with Armie and Elizabeth in their house in Los Angeles while he was working on his new movie.

so from February 2017 to May he was based at their house, as he confirmed during BAFTA in January 2018...

.. and during those months some photos and Liz's IG stories came out about some moments when he was with them in that house

so this is the summary of everything I know, more or less.. but if you're looking for a more accurate timeline and more infos, search for @zuzla33 or @mysteryofcharmie blogs, they will definitely be more detailed and much more informed than me 😉

once again thanks to Zuzla for confirming me some informations, as always she's my rock and my certainty.

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a dor nos uniu. | João Félix

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parings: joão fèlix x mclaren!oc!driver, lando norris x mclaren!oc!driver

summary: Lando Norris and Jhené Solána were the F1 IT couple. That was until rumors start to spiral that the brit was getting frisky with a certain footballers girlfriend.

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jhenesolana I feel as though i should be the one to make this announcement. After the 2024 season, i will no longer be in a contract with McLaren. I have talked with Zak over this and we both agree it’s best. I love McLaren and i will always love the family i have gained since 2017. Thank you to everyone who supported me while at McLaren, and i hope you all continue to support me after.

-love Jhené.

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caption my love💕. @joaofelix79

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leave it up to you to expose your own relationship 🤦🏼

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Loose Ends Part1 Chap45 by Romax @slashpaloozawebcomics

💕💖HAPPY VALENTINES’S DAY!💖💕2023

⭐🎈Hello, to all of those who endured this comic since 2017 [ and newer readers as well] I want to THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart. You are the fuel to a content creator’s engine, without a fandom, people like us would just be sending our work to a vast void. But, your likes, your comments, your reblogs and further engagement as fandom is what makes it work, what makes it worth it. I love you for being here reading the comic and these words.

It’s been a ride, and to be honest, you made it better, you pushed me to keep going and finish it... for now. 🎈😉

I loved TUMBLR because of you and hope to come back soon, because of you. I still have some REDDIE content I would love to create and eventually share here.

I hope to see you soon, 'cause one can leave TUMBLR, but TUMBLR won’t ever totally leave you, and that’s a treasure, the treasure of FANDOM, the treasure of YOU.

I LOVE YOU DEARLY.

END OF LOOSE ENDS Part1...

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Happy release day to 'Sword Catcher': Book Review + Exclusive Interview

Happy release day to Cassandra Clare and her debut adult fantasy novel Sword Catcher! We have come a long way since its first announcement in 2017 and I am thrilled to celebrate Cassie and her new book today. Sword Catcher is now available in bookstores and online as an ebook or audio book. The audio book is narrated by Christian Coulson (aka Tom Riddle in the second Harry Potter movie 😉 ) and…

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Baby Chalamet 2024! 🥳

Hi Nonny!

My dear, I think you are mistaken. According to my sources, Baby Hammer-Chalamet isn't expected until 2032! But, oh how we will celebrate then! 🥳💙💚 CCG

For all my fellow chaos demons--you know who you are! 😉😂😘❤️

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🐶The Moon’s Message to Your Inner Child ♦︎ Timeless Pick A Card

This PAC is in collaboration with @faerytreealtars and her part of the PAC covers a message from the Sun🌞Check out her PAC to get a full circle reading~🍃😉

["Wisdom from the Sun" – how to reach your divine self]

‘Do you like to draw with crayons? I’m not very good at it. But it doesn’t matter. It’s the fun of doing it that’s important. Now, I wouldn’t have made that if I’d just thought about it. No matter how anybody says it is, it feels good to have made something. The best thing is that each person’s would be different. In a way, you’ve already won in this world. Because you’re the only one who can be you. And that’s the way it’s supposed to be.’ – Mr Rogers

SONG: Take Me by Miso

MOVIE: Finding Neverland (2004) & Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)

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Pile 1 – Kinder and Kinder to Your Younger Self

VIBE: BAD MODE by Utada Hikaru

your heart’s secret desires – XIX The Sun

You are actually somebody who believes deeply in world peace. You desperately want to see the world become a sweetly welcoming place for all, especially children and animals. You have a belief that children and animals are so deserving of gentleness and safety. But you often forget that all adults are just as deserving of the same kindness we bestow children and cute animals.

At some point if Life, you grew up and became tough. I think you thought that you needed to become so. I think your environment made you believe it was important to become so tough the world you wouldn’t beat you to it. You’ve experienced quite a bit of hardships, too, so it was rather easy to fall prey to this cruel notion that adults must all toughen up.

‘If you’re tough with yourself, the world will be gentle with you.’ ??

Though it may seem like those words contain so much practical wisdom, deep down, your heart is terribly disturbed by it. There’s just something that’s not quite right about it. If everybody is hard on themselves… how can anybody be gentle with someone else?

in your element – 2 of Swords

Irrespective of what your Moon Sign is or where in your natal chart it is placed, you’re technically not a person who wants to toughen up. I think you’re a deeply sensitive Soul who still believes that patience and compassion can solve many of the world’s problems. Because in fact, your Higher Heart knows this to be true. You’re somebody who can make real compromises to accommodate the needs of others and you’re genuinely capable of real charity because you’re the type that tries to understand wholeheartedly where somebody else is coming from.

When you help others, you do so with their best interest at heart and you don’t even expect anything in return. When you are useful to other people, when your existence can improve other people’s life situations, you feel most like yourself. All that you hope for is that people are at minimum grateful because when people are grateful, they’re really only increasing their own ability to manifest even more ease and abundance. You’re not even expecting them to be grateful to you. My goodness, you must be God🤩

But uhm… You sure, honey, you’re not compromising way too much because you’re also somewhat people pleasing for a lack of gentleness in your childhood?

making dreams a Reality – V The Hierophant

See, The Sun is no.19 in the Major Arcana; that reduces to 10. The Hierophant is no.5 and this is telling me that you’re about halfway to manifesting all your dreams of ease and world peace. The half of your manifestation is already stored in your Higher Heart and you have nothing to worry about it. What you do need to focus on is learning to be kinder and gentler with your own younger self. You’re so kind and accommodating to others but often forget that you need tender care yourself.

There’s a possibility that you grew up with stern adults who didn’t know how to be gentle with children. You grew up being a victim to this kind of behaviour so you overcompensate by being overly nice to others because you don’t want to become like them. But you’re still hard on yourself because this is like already programmed in your subconscious, and if you notice, you have a tendency to also be quite stern with those closest to you. And wow… that often kinda gets messy.

Can you imagine if you became a parent yourself? You could become a perpetrator of a cycle of old people pointing fingers at young people who are still trying to figure out their place in the world. I don’t think you’d be happy with yourself in your older years when you realise you haven’t broken this pattern yourself. I believe you’re someone who wants to leave a legacy of a more peaceful nature🍂It begins by creating a new world by creating a new you, after forgiving yourself for past mistakes you made when you didn’t yet know so much🍃

INNER ALCHEMY🔻❤️

balancing logic and emotions – Silver Astrologer (John Dee)

speaking with conviction – Priestess of Inspiration

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Pile 2 – Baby Venus, You Came Here to Beautify This World

VIBE: Forever by aespa

your heart’s secret desires – Ace of Cups

You are for sure a Lightworker. Maybe even a Starseed. Or something of a cosmic mystic. Could also be from the faery or elven realm. The point is, your Soul is deeply connected to a realm other than this Earth we perceive consciously right now. That makes your heart EXTRA pure and sparkly because the essence of your being is more refined, baby!

What does it even mean to be Human? Often you don’t have an answer to that. Only thing is, a lot of things about common human conducts that seem to denote their humanness don’t seem all too humane for you. It’s like you’re wondering, ‘If these are the traits that make people Human… then what am I? Because I certainly am not that harsh, deceitful, destructive, or whatever else!’

You have a strong morality about you and you should damn well honour this. The Human world is ugly, indeed, and from your place of beauty, your Soul volunteered to be born here to teach Humans about beauty. Beauty is nice. Beauty is good. Beauty elevates the Human Spirit and if only more people would open themselves to the possibilities, surely everyone would be a lot happier than they are now.

That’s your philosophy, more or less✨🪷

in your element – VI The Lovers Rx

You may resonate to a large extent with being an activist of sort. Whether or not you call yourself an activist or are involved in any real activist project, you know deep down that you’ve always been an activist before even knowing such a term exists. You want to fight for something good in this world. You want to bring an end to all these uncomfortable things that you are witnessing being perpetuated in the Human world. Problem is…

It's been quite hard for you to find people who are on the same bandwidth of frequency as yourself. I think you have a lifelong mission to find your Soul Tribe whilst being incarnate on Earth. I mean, your kind is far and between, honey. It may take some time to find each other and unite for a good cause.

Although you may feel misunderstood and lonely from time to time, the way I see it, you could view this whole journey to finding kindred spirits as a wholesome adventure story. Like a fairy tale, you know. After all, you are a faery. Your Life Story has a purpose to beautify the human spirit later when all’s weaved together to create a grander story with your kindred spirits. It’s all written in the stars already, so might as well enjoy the story writing itself from now🧚🏻‍♀️

making dreams a Reality – II The High Priestess

For you really aren’t of this world, I sense that you actually possess some kind of a superpower. Sure, others might think you’re a weirdo (even a freak for some of you) and that your interests and hobbies are strange and taboo. But what do they know? These mortals are prisoners of their own fake realities.

Since you were a kid, you’ve always known there are holes within this perceived reality and somehow, you’ve always believed there are ways you can bend reality with thought alone. You kinda just didn’t know exactly how that works, you just know it. Like breathing—unless you’ve studied biology, you wouldn’t know how to explain how breathing works but you just know that it happens and how it feels. Something like that.

Your connection to your personal spirituality, your personal occult practices, and everything else of that nature, holds the key to making your Divine Dreams a part of this mortal reality. It’s a beautiful process that only you can experience in your own divine ways, so I can’t tell you what to do exactly to manifest your Destiny. You’ve just gotta keep going at what you know to be your truth🧜🏻‍♀️

And the truth is, you are a magical being who doesn’t even play in the same dimension as the mortals😉Keep doing your magical shit!

INNER ALCHEMY🔻💗

balancing logic and emotions – Silver Astronomer (Galileo Galilei)

speaking with conviction – Priestess of Illumination

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Pile 3 – Don’t Kill Your Dreams No Matter How Wild

VIBE: Anata (Darling) by Utada Hikaru

your heart’s secret desires – 5 of Cups

Hellow, wildchild. It seems you’ve been through quite a bit in Life. There was something in your childhood that erupted in ways your child mind couldn’t have anticipated and it broke you emotionally and spiritually. You’re a pretty logical person, actually, so there’s a part of you that’s been wishing you could get over this heartache. But it hasn’t been easy, at all.

The reason for that is that you care too much. Because you’re incredibly sensitive and kind, you couldn’t help but care. Your heart gets easily disturbed by any small distortion you perceive in this Matrix Reality. You have spidey senses for this kind of thing. Your inner world is so expansive and this is partly why you always feel like you want to help. You want justice to win over evil.

You tend to feel like you’re the one who has to be strong and prove everything to everyone. Not only are you helpful, but you’re truly heroic! That’s how I see it😎The problematic thing is… human beings are not exactly a grateful bunch, so… Maybe being so helpful and heroic isn’t always the best way to nurture your Soul whilst living in this human world?

in your element – Page of Wands Rx

I’m not saying you should stop caring and become a coldhearted bitch. But perhaps posing to be one is a good strategy to preserve your sanity?😜The truth of the matter is that you’re really too precious for this world. You know when people say, ‘We don’t deserve this man or woman or dog or cat.’ You’re exactly like that.

Your passion for making the world a better place is often used against you. I’m kind of thinking of someone like Elon Musk in your case. He was bullied badly at school, but look what he’s doing now. He’s making attempts to improve the lives of everybody that even those bullies are bound to benefit from his passionate work. The haters today are probably gonna benefit just the same, right?

Well, I’m a coldhearted bitch, so my petty view is that these losers don’t deserve to benefit from the works of Elon Musk LMAO But what do you think of yourself? I know that in this lifetime you are going to make great leaps that will improve the lives of those you care about. But what about your heart? Will you be able to forgive those who have made hell out of your Life? Or will you become a vengeful barbie bitch who shows them the door to hell of their own making?

It’s up to you and it should be a very exciting spectacle to anticipate👻

making dreams a Reality – XII The Hanged Man Rx

The Hanged Man is a card that has some relations to The Lovers (to think you even get the Priestess of Love for the bonus content🤯). The Hanged Man often talks about compromises and sacrifices. It’s like, when you love and care so much you’re bound to make sacrifices because the world is far from utopian. In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to hurt just to manifest blessings and abundance, for ourselves or everybody else. But… this is what we have, so…

But although this world is messy and hurtful, it wouldn’t be wise for you to reduce the brilliance of your dreams just to avoid heartache or disappointments. You’re avantgarde; not that many people can see the value of what you wish to achieve with your talents. Never kowtow to the convention. Although you’re helpful and a very pleasant person to be around, you’ve got your own big dreams that are needed by the community. I think you just haven’t allowed yourself to fully embrace this idea.

Know that you’re supported by the cosmos in pursuing to improve what you know to be your true talents. One day, the world will be so grateful that you never gave up on your Light. But when that day comes, what’s your care? Gratitude is the least of your concerns. Basically you just want to live on your own terms and create magical pathways for the world to enter into🌏Whilst at it, might as well do whatever you like🌞

INNER ALCHEMY🔻🧡

balancing logic and emotions – Gold Historian (Raphael Holinshed)

speaking with conviction – Priestess of Love

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"The future only belongs to the future itself, and the future is Electric Youth".

Okay so, Time Traveler (The Crane Legacy) wasn’t a story in the beginning, it started as just gameplay about a young guy from the future, Robin Crane, a plumbot builder, who travels to the past and meets the woman of his dreams. Robin had a concern, though, in the Oasis Landing population files, no descendants of his were listed, so he became obsessed that he should start having kids right away, so much so, that he got into all the trouble that gave rise to the story.

Then, you know me, I started planning and writing a plot, taking posed photos for the characters, using special saves in both Aurora Skies and Oasis Landing to stage scenes, etc. And, since I had to follow a script, my characters’ lives were kind of on pause. But… in the original Aurora Skies save, where everything started, time and life continued to pass for the Cranes and the Shens (Juliette’s family), something that doesn’t happen in my story saves, where, due to technical reasons, life takes much longer to pass.

I've tried to keep secret what happens in the original Aurora Skies' save, so as not to spoil the story, but since Time Traveler is about, well, time traveling, lol, I thought we could do a little six-year time jump from 2017 to 2023 in order to introduce the next generation (3rd actually) of the Crane dynasty. So, without further ado, I present to you the third generation of Cranes.

From left to right: Carrie, Wanda, Rowan, Jessica, and Collin. Rowan and Jessica are the oldest with 8 (real life) years; and Collin, Carrie and Wanda are 6 (real life) years old. (Yes, they're all the same height cause I don't use height sliders in order not to mess my game).

As we already know, these five kids are all Robin's children, from three different moms, which are Juliette Shen (Rowan's mom) Kaleigh Chandelace (Collin's mom) and Ann Conners (Jessi, Carrie and Wanda's mom). Despite this, they love each other as if they were full siblings, cause they all have something in common: they have the same father, and some of them, (I am not telling which ones), also share Robin's alien genes. They are currently living their lives at the fullest, learning about their alien powers and preparing to compete among themselves to be Robin's successor. Who of them will make it? I still don't know so I can't tell, and if I knew I wouldn't tell. 😉

Sorry if this post was too long, or if it seemed like a spoiler, it's just I'm so happy with how this generation turned out that I couldn't resist, and I just can't wait for them to grow so I can tell their stories. 😋

I take this opportunity to say that Time Traveler (the actual story) is not over, it will be back, though maybe not too soon. I'm currently writing the episodes of Part Three: To the Moon and Back, where we will go to Robin's rescue after his abduction by an alien ship, and where, contrary to this post, we'll go back one generation to meet Robin's long-lost parents. It's a long way to go, but eventually we'll get there, then we'll let Robin take a rest as we move on to this brand new third generation. Of course, I want to give my endless thanks to Bee @poses-by-bee, @gabrielabenacci, @anasaquasims and Rayne's Factory and for the poses. As well as to @aroundthesims, @anzuchansims, @ifcasims, @plumdrops, lillka, blakegriplingph (MTS), and sketchbook pixels for the kids' hair and clothing. Proper credits and links here below: POSES

Child Friendship Poses, Child emotion Storytelling Poses, and Child Sit Poses by Bee. Child Posepack by Gaby's Creations. Cute Kid Poses by Rayne's Factory. Child Poses Shy by Anasaquasims.

CLOTHING, HAIR AND SHOES

Jessica: Loose top with Tulle Skirt, Cute Cardigan for Girls and Shine Leggings by Lillka; T-Bar Pointy School Shoes by Blakegriplingph (MTS). Jessica's hair: Nightcrawler Deep S3 Age Conversion by Plumbdrops. Carrie: Ruffle top with Cotton Jacket by Lillka; River (Shorts) by Sketchbook Pixels; Darte 77 Vans Old Skool by Anzuchansims. Carrie's hair is N03 Thyme, also by Anzuchansims. Wanda: Zipped Hoddie 4to3 conversion by ATS3 (Around the Sims 3), Winter Shorts by Lillka, Darte 77 Vans Old Skool by Anzuchansims. Wanda's hair is Anto - Milano by IfcaSims. Rowan: Sforzinda SP42 Hoodie, Studio-K Giruto Multi Pocket Pants and Darte 77/Pixicat Old Boots, all by Anzuchansims. Rowan's hair is Wingssims ER0914 also by Anzuchansims. Collin: Darte Coat and Hoodie, Darte 77 Jeans and Darte 77/Pixicat Old Boots, all by Anzuchansims. Collin's hair is Anto Male 75 by TTS -My Bluebook

Thank you very much to you all for making my game beautiful, interesting and fun. 🤗💗

The quote at the beginning of this post, is from Electric Youth, by Debbie Gibson, one of my all-time favorite songs. 😉✨

[ruiniel]

👋😁 Helloo again~ My dear!! For the explicit Alucard ideas, may we have a soft dom F!Reader and pegging, please?? 😊 Maybe as a first time experience for them both?? (Honestly don't have a specific scenario in mind, you can go wherever the road takes you.👍 Canon timeline, AU, time skip, etc. the ball's in your court 😉)

Hi! Here I am, and told you before: love this (he would too, 1000%).

Taken

Fandom: Castlevania series (2017-2021)

Pairing: Alucard x fem!reader

Rating: E 🔞

Count: 1K

Tags & Warnings: smut, pegging, strap-on sex, soft dom hours, emotions, pleading, metaphorical angels getting rammed, season III never happened here

He’s beautiful.

Of course, that’s obvious but now it’s not in the usual, ethereal way you’re used to seeing. It’s the way he lies naked on this enormous bed, muscled body glistening, his cock wet with precum tucked tightly against his abdomen, and his thighs spread; and you, on your knees, between them. 

His pupils are dilated, eyes glowing in the golden-black chiaroscuro the silvery candelabra spreads across the chamber. Parted lips bitten raw and that long, silky hair fanned all around him like a halo.

I'd like to get what you’re getting, my dear. 

It was just a thought shared once, as you both stared at the jade phallus found by chance during one of the many cleaning incursions into the Hold. 

And now here he is, having meant it after all; all oiled up and you both took your sweet time prepping him—a first for you, and more arousing than many a thing you'd tried until then—to ensure the least amount of discomfort when you actually entered him. Even now, your own cheeks are aflame remembering the slow moments, the licks and soft moans as you felt him inside, your fingers tentative at first, then pursuing and finding that spot which had him cry out and lean into your hand; him, helping adjust the straps on the leather harness about your hips, his touch sliding to massage your pussy as he did.

You’ve not begun to move yet, but when he does it, you know you relish the slow way he enters your body. “Halfway in…”

Adrian nods, not breaking your gaze for a second. “Go for more, it’s… fine.”

And you do, delighting in the warm flush on his cheekbones as you inch deeper, watching him until the pleasure toy disappears inside his body to the hilt. “Is this all right?” you ask, feeling his back arching on the bed. 

“Yes.” When he says it, his cock twitches—delighted, you take it in hand, stroking in a languid rhythm, rubbing the slick head, keeping your hips completely still at first before joining in with slow, shallow movements.

“You’re... gorgeous like this…” you murmur, and an intense need comes over you, to see what else only you can make him feel, and wondering: is this the sense of ownership and immense gratification he feels, when you’re squirming and panting and shaking under him?

Adrian doesn’t reply but smiles that dangerous, sharp smile as you keep pumping him in tune with his breaths. “You’re too far,” you murmur, because there's not enough of him to touch like this.

Lowering yourself to him until your breasts are flattened against his hard chest feels much better, with your abdomen pressing into his erection, now coated in the stickiness of his desire. He winds an arm around you as you lick into his mouth, thrusting slowly and gaining rhythm as his cock pulses against your belly, as his moans grow longer and his kisses wilder. His amber eyes gleam at you with feral passion when you break apart, a shiny, thin thread of spit between your mouths.

His lips part, but no words come out—his eyes roll back as you thrust, both hands grasping your ass and holding you there. He’s hot as a forge against you, growling like an animal when he releases you and is given more. 

“I have an idea... Up,” you order, sucking on his lower lip and slowly retreating. You rise and stand by the bed, hands on your naked hips and makeshift cock erect. 

Adrian does the same, a lewd grin on his face, drunk on thrill. “This suits you,” he says, towering over you and grabbing your chin for a kiss. 

“Turn around for me, will you, beautiful?” you push against him.

“Mmh…” he complies, and props a leg against the bed so you can easily play. 

You caress and lick his broad back, a hand on his shoulder for leverage and the other on his muscled thigh as you enter him again in one slow plunge. 

His moan is such delectable music, and you love being the cause; you love the way he tastes, the way he smells, the way he gives in. On the opposite side of the bed, is a large oval mirror. “Look at you,” you murmur, moving as Adrian sighs and grits his teeth, and you both watch his reflection in the mirror: licked by candlelight, abdomen tight, his tasty cock hard between defined thighs and dangling in tune with each controlled thrust you slap against his ass, each muscle harmoniously flowing beneath his pale skin. 

“Tell me, Adrian,” you whisper, “are you getting what I’m getting now?”

He turns his head for a kiss, taking to stroking himself. “Yes… and I’d… love… to get it harder, please.”

You giggle, heart beating up your throat but latch onto his hips with a deathgrip, and go as hard and deep as your powers allow. 

You find you enjoy making this man moan and fall apart, being the one to hold and pull the reins—you always did have a streak for it. And Adrian, for as much as he likes to be the levelheaded one during the day, appears to love being owned, being taken apart, relishes in it with earnest abandon. 

He’s pumping himself faster now, groaning with your movements, swearing and letting his head fall back—the sight in the mirror is an erotic painting, one you’ll keep forever: that of an angel in ecstasy; an angel, being fucked by you.

His hips jerk and snap as he cums, spurting white slick all over his hand. “Please… don’t… don’t stop,” he begs, and since he’s being so sweet about it…

You push him so he falls onto the bed and climb on top of him, layering your body over his. Your breasts press against his sweaty back; you place a kiss to his pointed ear, another to his glistening temple as Adrian turns his head. Your hand finds his, fingers curling together. 

You stare at each other, and the lost adoration in his long-lashed eyes leaves you speechless. “You were… so good, AH—!” he grins at a snap of your hips, eyes closing again. 

“More?” you ask, smiling, your ass gently moving up and down.

His clawed hand glides down your side, a finger pulling gently on the leather strap of the harness. “More…”

MASTERLIST: CASTLEVANIA SERIES x READER

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[deebeeus]

1970 Marshall 2022 Lead 20 (with original matching 4 x 10).

This is the only vintage Marshall amp in my collection. I'd love to own more of them but they are not easy to find on this side of the pond, and when they do come up for sale they are outrageously expensive! Even back in 2017 I could barely afford this one. If I had to buy it again at 2024 prices it would, sadly, be beyond the realm of my fiscal capacity...😉

[srldesigns6277]

Do you think L&H are being cheesy romantic with each other? I guess that L gets really soft when H wants something. He always comes across as so cool in public, but he's not😉

Hiya Lovely,

My thoughts on L&H being soft on each other is most definitely they are. Even so many years on, I think they are. The gentle touches and cuddles from Louis to Harry during the band, to the support Louis used to come right out and say for Harry's work, to their date right after the Paris Interview in 2012 that led to the Peace Ring. And from Harry's point of view he always used to smile so sweetly during Louis' parts in his songs, especially If I Could Fly where he used to pause right before singing it in 2017-18. To the songs Grapejuice (I was on my way to buy some flowers for you) and Love of My Life (self explanatory). They both also randomly show up at each other's gigs and have for years.

I think they still have little date nights when they can or watch shit TV while in bed together. They are both still very much the people they were in 2010-11 to the core. I think they keep those things up too, so they can still have a semi-normal relationship.

[margareth-lv]

👱🏻‍♀️🎶 Blondes have more fun 🎶👱🏻‍♀️

This is my last comment on Dora the Explorer's hairstyle, I promise.

(¡Dora habla español! which might come in handy if you're on a family holiday in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with your super-duper dashing husband and with surely more than one blonde child)

*** *** ***

Being a chronic brunette myself, I LOVED Caitríona's blonde hair. You know, blondes have more fun. As Sam said.

"Sam told me blondes have more fun. I’ve gotta try for once in my life."

I think the light colour of her hair gives her face a certain sparkle. And she doesn't look pale with blonde hair, which is surprising for a brunette.

Plus, as a blonde, she is a perfect match for Sam's hair colour 😉

I write here as if I had fallen in love with her 🤦🏻‍♀️ *** *** ***

What I'm really trying to say is that every time Caitríona radically changes her hairstyle (like cutting the fringe and changing the colour), I'm reminded of a certain article from 2017 (published in Elle in October 2017).

Pathetic Mini Rebellion.

❓

There must have been some important, significant reason for the anger she so frankly told the journalist about. Was that reason simply the fact that she had been working for 10 months? Most of us work more than 11 months a year, every year, don't we?

And what does it mean that she wanted to own a bit of her own life?

❓

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Now close your eyes... Because you may…

🤮🤢🤮

🤪

[January 18, 2024]

[theseshipsshallsail]

Sorting through some old files and not sure if I ever posted this properly over here, so... apologies for the deja vu if so 😉

Summary:

Elio sighs in contentment when a palm slides up his spine, absent-minded fingertips drumming a brief ostinato as the mid-afternoon sun beats down upon them.

The rise and fall of Oliver’s chest is almost hypnotic as Elio lies sprawled against him, Billowy’s well-worn cotton soft beneath his cheek. All around, the low drone of nature lulls them with its song, and Elio watches through heavy eyelids as he traces lazy circles over the bronzed skin of Oliver’s stomach. The berm is tranquil - the only real movement that of the wildflowers in the breeze, brightly coloured swallowtails flitting between them - and Elio sighs in contentment when a palm slides up his spine, absent-minded fingertips drumming a brief ostinato as the mid-afternoon sun beats down upon them.

“Do you believe in fate?”

It’s barely a whisper, but Oliver pauses momentarily before continuing his sleepy caress. “Outside of our teachings, you mean?” Elio nods, and Oliver hums quietly. “Well, by definition, fate is already fixed by the cosmos, whereas destiny relies upon our individual choices.” He pauses, weighing his words, and goosebumps rise on Elio’s neck when a gentle exhalation stirs his hair. “So no,” he continues. “I prefer to think I’m in control of my own life, and not just chalk it up to inevitability.”

Elio smiles. “You’re a philosopher. Aren’t you supposed to put your faith in  things you can’t see?” he teases, curling in on himself when Oliver proceeds to tickle him. “What would your Heraclitus have to say about that?”

Oliver chuckles. “He’d argue that a man’s character is his fate. And that our personalities and actions shape the outcomes of our lives, and therefore, our destiny.” Easing up, he guides Elio back to his side. “And he’s not my Heraclitus.”

“Isn’t he?”

“Jealous, are you?”

Elio leans up to see his face. “So says the man who ate the peach.” 

The next few minutes divulge into breathless giggles when Oliver digs his fingers into Elio’s ribs again, scribbling over his lower belly until tears leak from his eyes.

“Bastardo!” Elio wheezes, as Oliver brushes his thumb over his cheek. 

“Didn’t see that coming, did you?”

“I’ll see you coming,” Elio grumbles - not much of a threat, admittedly - before settling down to listen to Oliver’s heart. “What would Heraclitus have to say, then?”

Oliver presses a kiss to his forehead. “He’d say that big results require big ambitions.”

“Are the two not mutually inclusive?” Elio asks, skirting the drawstring of Oliver’s shorts. “If fate comes to us regardless, and free will is what we decide to do with it, then you may not automatically get what you want, but you will always get what you choose.”

Oliver tips his head up. “And you call me the philosopher?”

Elio shrugs. “I guess you’re rubbing off on me.”

“Among other things.” They share a grin as Elio wriggles closer. “The inner workings of our lives may be complicated,” Oliver says, nudging his crown with his chin. “But it doesn’t necessarily follow it was designed to be.”

“Descartes may not agree.”

Oliver scoffs. “Seventeenth century upstarts,” he says, eyes dancing. “What do they know?” A flicker of something passes over his features - an indecipherable emotion that leaves Elio exhilarated and uneasy in equal measures. “Even if I were to accept that much of existence was pre-determined, my moral choices, and the direction in which I steer them, will always be my own.”

Elio arches a brow. “Which makes you what? The designated driver.”

“Precisely. My life is governed by me.” Oliver’s tongue makes a sinful appearance. “Me, and a few sensible individuals such as yourself.” 

“Sensible?” Elio snickers. “That’s not what you said last night.”

“Yes, well.” Oliver chuckles as he rakes a hand through his sweat-damp hair. “Need I remind you we were half-naked in your father’s study?”

“The door has a lock.”

“Which is why I now have rug burn on my ass and shoulders.”

“Want me to kiss it better? Elio asks, the picture of innocence, and Oliver slides an arm around his waist. 

“You’re a tease, Perlman,” he says, rolling on top of him. 

“I learned from the best, Americano.” 

“Flattery will get you everywhere.” Oliver grinds down against him. “Tell me more.”

Elio swallows a groan. “Absolument pas.”

“Why not?” Oliver asks. “We all play to our strengths.”

“Your ego’s big enough as it is,” Elio says, and the corners of Oliver’s lips quirk mischievously.

“By all means, feel free to stroke it.”

“You’re full of yourself.” 

“I’d rather be full of you.”

Elio barks a laugh, but his retort is silenced as Oliver takes his mouth in a searing kiss, leaving him flushed and panting when he eventually pulls away. 

“What were you saying?”

Elio frowns. “Je ne sais pas,” he says, as Oliver’s palms slip beneath the material of his trunks. “I seem to have forgotten, since I was so rudely interrupted.” 

“Disgraceful.” Oliver turns his attention to his neck. “I know how much you despise rudeness.”

“Déplorable.”

“However shall I earn your forgiveness?”

“I’m sure your other positive attributes will make up for it,” Elio says, wrapping a leg around his thigh. 

“Is that so?” Oliver begins to rock his hips, their breaths turning ragged as they fall into a steady rhythm. “Care to elaborate?”

“Well...” Elio shoots him a smirk, lost in the sweet push-pull of their bodies. “My parents think you’re a saint.”

Oliver snorts. “Do you want me to lose this erection?”

“Mafalda’s ready to adopt you.”

“Annella got there first.”

“And me?” It’s the work of a moment to lick his pout into submission. “I think you’re brave, determined, charming - when you want to be.” 

“Thanks, ever so.” Oliver nips at his ear. “Keep going,” he says, completely shameless, and because Elio’s damn near incapable of denying him anything these days, he huffs a put-upon sigh, rolls his eyes for good measure, then reaches around to grab the seat of his shorts. 

“You look like a muvi star. This ass is fantastico. And you have an impeccable sense of direction. C’est bon?”

Oliver stills above him. “What does that have to do with anything?” he asks, and Elio sobers instantly, forcing himself to meet his eyes. 

“You came back.”

The lump in his throat threatens to choke him, and Elio fights down tears as Oliver cups his cheek. “I did,” he says, voice strained. “But I never should have left in the first place. So what does that say about me?”

“It says you did what you thought necessary when faced with no other option,” Elio tells him, leaning in to chase the intimate taste of his skin. “It says you allowed your martyr complex - not one of those positive attributes, by the way - to override your heart.”

Oliver grimaces, but doesn’t deny it.

“It says you defied convention, your family, and prejudice itself, to be here with me now,” Elio continues. “It means that these days? These days are ours. No more worrying about being good or bad. It’s all about us. Our choices. Whether you want one egg or two. Bach or Horowitz. Green trunks or red. It means a siesta in our bedroom -” He gestures around them. “- or an afternoon at the berm.” 

“Elio...”

“It means we can wake up in each others arms, and get scolded by Mafalda for being late to breakfast, or swim before dawn, and watch the sun rise from Heaven. It means I get to decide whether to kiss you here...” Elio drags his mouth across his collarbone. “Or here,” he says, tasting the moan within Oliver’s throat as he bucks against him. “It’s about doing what we want, when we want. It’s about making each other happy.”

“And are you?” Oliver asks, capturing his face between trembling hands. “Happy, I mean?”

Elio smiles, surging up to kiss him, and by the time dusk settles over their own private paradise, Oliver is left in no doubt of his sincerity.

[bettyshoweduptotheparty]

Orange is the new black? 🧡🖤

Thoughts on the colour orange in the TS universe

I've had some thoughts on the increasing number of orange things over the last few months and what they might mean. This is most definitely a work in progress, so please add to it with your own ideas and observations.

(Orange is currently not a colour associated with any TS album, for clarity, the colours are: Debut-green, Fearless-gold/yellow, Speak Now -purple, Red (self-explanatory), 1989-light blue, rep-black, lover- pink, folklore-grey/silver, evermore-brown (though white is also used in eras tour colours), midnights-navy blue)

The first prominent appearance of orange was in the LWYMMD mv: The prison jumpsuit in the golden cage and the door in the vault during the heist scene.

A person in a cage and a vault within a vault - makes me think orange represents imprisonment. Orange is the new Black was a very popular (and very queer) TV show about female inmates back in 2017. But in Taylor's case it was black (rep) is the new orange 😉

Since then we have seen orange appear on the Man wall, and all over the Eras tour visuals. Let's go chronologically. The Man mv came out in 2020 and gave us this famous wall:

There's the word karma in black in the middle, and in orange at the top at 12 o'clock. Orange and black again. But we are not aware of an album called Karma, so what's it doing on the wall amongst all the stolen album titles? I'm well aware of the karma album theory... was this something that was 'imprisoned' in 2017? Taylor does cut the wings off the plane and spray paints reputation on it...so, I'm in no position to say it isn't true. It might be. But if this was unreleased music, then I don't think it would have been part of the masters sale. It was never released by Big Machine so they couldn't have sold it. I have a different theory. The black karma is the process that ties all of these re-recordings together, her act of 'defiance' (as she calls it in the TIME article) against the man who bought them from under her. That's why it's in the middle, so karma 'comes back around' if you're going in a figure eight. And the orange karma at the top is a collective term for all the vault songs, that would never have seen the light of day/would forever have stayed 'imprisoned', if it weren't for the re-recordings. The fact that it's in a 12 o'clock position still has me stressing though, we've been counting down to midnight for over a year now and every time Taylor changes her socials back to midnights colours, we're reminded that the clock is still ticking. Will all albums/vault tracks be free when we hit midnight or is something else being released from it's cage?? There is of course, also the orange door that descends from the big screen during the Eras tour performance of karma, the very last song of the tour, that explodes into a kind of rainbow supernova when it hits the ground. Ideas on that one welcome, I've seen many but none of them have convinced me yet. Only in so far that it seems to indicate that whatever the orange thing is, it follows the midnights era.

I can't not mention the lover nail that changed from pink to orange in July on tour, but I still have absolutely no idea why that is. Of all the albums, lover was the first one to be owned by her so no clue why that one is now orange...Maybe the era that the masters heist happened. After all, that also changed a lot about Lover, including the title, some songs were replaced and she never got to wear her rainbow dress. But why not have it orange from the start then?

Something else orange that has recently been added to the Eras tour is orange confetti. I don't think anyone has confirmed when this was added, but here is the confetti as collected by people in April vs at one of the latest shows in November:

So, it seems something orange is definitely joining the ranks of the eras, but if that's something new or old...who knows. Something that would support the vault theory is the Spotify wrapped canvas, specifically this section:

There's the orange vault with golden glitter (fearless), leaves (red), purple fireworks (speak now) and seagulls (1989) coming out, so that's all the albums that have been freed from imprisonment so far. The rep snake (and what I assume are debut butterflies) are coming out of the cave underneath. Interesting to note that the woman monitoring the seismograph is also right above the vault, and above her is the person with all the clocks. The big mastermind clock is on midnight, and the full video shows us that when the clock strikes midnight, there is an earthquake/explosion, which may be what caused the vault to open, the clock person is certainly looking down towards it with interest. Something else I've noticed about the full canvas is that her lavender mountain seems to be 'melting away' like a glacier where the items are placed because they're all sitting on green grass, the only things that are actually coming out of the mountain are her head and her hand holding the burning house. Which brings me to the last orange thing: the fire.

‘Karma is the fire in your house’, right? 😉 The Lover house has been burning down since day 1 of the Eras tour, and I’ve already made multiple attempts at guessing why that might be and especially, why it’s burning with blue flames first and then changes to orange before it fully collapses. But I don’t think I got it right, because my guess was that blue meant 1989tv era, and so far, nothing’s been on fire. Or did I miss it?? If anything, she threw a flame into our little gaylor house with her poorly worded prologue… so it wasn’t 1989tv. The Spotify video actually zooms in on the burning house and we can see some of the items from the midnights house: the red phone, the retro sofa, and the chessboard that’s fallen off the table. So, does that suggest the fire is burning the midnights era? Possibly, but when Taylor’s TIME article came out, I noticed something else that stopped me in my tracks. I know we’re all waiting for reputation tv in the next few months, and rep is in fact the only re-recording she gives an explicit shoutout to in the article (along with the very rep-coded photo shoot), and this is what she says:

So much to say about these few sentences. Note how she’s being directly quoted here, so these are the words she used, no paraphrasing. And the one that stood out to me the most is the way she describes the rep vault tracks as „fire“. Out of all the words she could have used, when she’s been showing us open lighters and a burning house all year, she calls the rep vault tracks FIRE 👀. Like the fire that burns your house???

My English language graduate brain also wants me to point out the following about the way she describes reputation as a concept. (For those of you that weren’t around in 2017, reputation never had a rollout cycle or any promotion, it was the album that had no explanation, she never did a single interview about it, so this is kind of the first time she ever talked about it). Why rep is the ‘most charged’ era is probably self-explanatory, but she also says it’s an expression of ‘female rage at being gaslit by an entire social structure’. So, assuming it’s her rage, what is society gaslighting her into believing? Maybe that two female friends can’t possibly be a couple, no matter how much they act like one. But a woman holding a man’s hand in public, that’s a couple for sure! I think heteronormativity is the social structure she’s mocking here, so much of reputation (even the title) makes so much sense when you look at it from that angle. We all know that if you heard any of Dress or Gorgeous with your societal conditioning removed you’d expect it to be about a woman, but heteronormativity and Taylor’s reputation for being boy-crazy made most people assume that couldn’t possibly be the case. And those people just saw it (as Taylor says) for the ‘sick snakes and strobe lights’. And immediately after that she says that the upcoming vault tracks will be fire. Call me crazy, but for me that sounds like “Reputation was me blatantly writing songs about the woman I love, because I know you guys won’t see for what it is anyway because you’re so blinded by heteronormativity, but these upcoming tracks will burn your expectations, you won’t be able to ignore it”. It might be wishful thinking, but by logical progression of what she’s saying here, it makes sense. And if I know one thing, it’s that Taylor chooses her words deliberately.

And the movie reference…? Collecting horcruxes or infinity stones suggest there is a mission/end goal that she’s working towards with these re-recordings. Guess we’ll have to wait for the movie to see how it ends 😉.

Edit: Addition submitted, thank you anon!