#7 men and their 1 emo dad
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
maple-flavored-whiskey · 1 year ago
Text
I haven't posted anything about my ocs but,,, i have ocs,,, i swear
Hey, can y’all rb this if it’s okay to send you messages asking about your ocs, cause on god I wanna interact with y’all but I am terrified of being annoying lol
68K notes · View notes
harvxey · 7 months ago
Text
tips that helped me pass
as a pre-T boy going thru puberty, i have been FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE with all these changes happening to my body, thankfully tumblr and pinterest have been my moral support, SO heres some things that helped my gender dysphoria and helped me pass!!
1) for chest binding, i cut holes in leggings from the crotch to stick my head in, and then cut the legs of the leggings off
(thanks pinterest)
Tumblr media
i usually double them and always take breaks!! usually in the school bathroom during lunch.
2) layer your clothes!!
thankfully layering and emo, alternative fashion is really popular with other kids my age so most of the time both the girls and boys around me dress the same, my go to is 2-3 shirts (binder not included) and a sweater just incase my dysphoria starts acting up in public
(its always cold where i am & i run cold, im ok!!)
3) shorts and baggy pants!!!!1!1!1!
most of my clothes are hand me downs from my older brother (we are the same height) so the majority of my clothes are men clothes, but whenever i do go shopping i always sneak some masc pants, my dad doesn’t really care so i try to do most of my shopping with him anyway.
4) voice (training??)
i hum looking straight forward first and then look down until my chin touches my chest (it’ll lower the hum automatically) and keep that tone looking back up and try speaking like that with small tweaks to make myself comfortable, i’ve been doing this for a while so i’ve found a pretty good middle ground.
5) platforms.
i <3 my platforms, vans and sketchers are my best friends they make me taller and kind of force me to be more confident in my strides because i have to put more effort in walking and running so i dont trip!!
6) hair1!1!
im black so my hair doesnt grow very long because of shrinkage, so usually ill go out in my afro or ill go out in twists (that reach my collarbone) and long hair for dudes with curly hair has been IN recently where im from. (honestly pretty boys in general tbh) but i keep my hair in ponys often / man buns and it helps with my dysphoria and passing :33
7) exercise!!
doing push-ups, neck exercises, and hand/ arm exercises really helped my body and got rid of most my curves/feminine features, and recently i’ve taken up guitar playing simply to have more masc looking hands lol :,D
8) dysphoria at home :((
the second i get home i immediately switch into the biggest sweatshirt/sweater i own and baggy sweatpants too, and if its real bad ill carry my blanket covering my body so i don’t nt look at it, taking showers i turn the lights off and sing along to music to distract myself from looking at my body.
8) food
there are estrogen decreasing and testosterone increasing foods out there!!
(foods: mushrooms, spinach, pumpkin seeds, broccoli, organic bacon, coffee, kale, chocolate, salmon, onion, raw honey, pomegranate, cabbage, green tea, whole grains)
sorry i don’t really have any tips for your face, i have a naturally masculine face and a visible adams apple, (thanks dad!!!) and a lot of body hair (thanks mom!!!) but doing these helped me pass so well, it even made my friends refer to me as he/him sometimes :3 (I’m out as lesbian irl bc my enviroment isn’t rlly accepting of the trans community)
Tumblr media
sleepy me verified, have fun passing!! baiii 🌚
13 notes · View notes
klaineccfanficlibrary · 1 year ago
Note
Here's a bingo card full of great Klaine fics:
Debut: Days by AllyThePotato
Page Turner: Come Alive by delires
Need Tissues: Stick Season by Blurglesmurfklaine
Unusual Occupation: Witch Wanted by RockItMan
Wild Card: Running in Circles, Coming up Tails by izwordsoup
Summer: Swing, Swing by quizasvivamos
Challenge: Ebb and Flow by maanorchidee
Laugh: these inconvenient fireworks by redheadgleek
Trope I don't normally read: Out of Eden (and the whole 'verse) by wowbright
Thanks for your Bingo card! HERE is the collection (125 fics and counting!) and here is the info for the 2023 Klaine Bingo! ~Lynne
1) Days by AllyThePotato
Blaine lives in San Fransisco, Kurt lives in Lima. They've never met in person, but befriend one another and talk over the phone. They make plans to live in NYC together, but will everything go as planned?
2) Come Alive by delires
1960s NYC: Newly-wed junior advertising exec Blaine Anderson finds a missing piece to his puzzle in the back room of a Manhattan bar. Mad Men era AU.
3) Stick Season by @blurglesmurfklaine
After Finn dies, Kurt leaves everything he knows behind without a trace. His hometown, his family, his boyfriend. When his dad has a medical scare, he returns to Lima, one year after breaking Blaine’s heart with no explanation.
4) Witch Wanted by @rockitmans
Blaine is cursed to not touch anyone, Kurt is the grumpy neighborhood witch. They each have something the other other needs (the thing is love)
5) Running in Circles, Coming up Tails by izwordsoup
Kurt and Adam are married with a seven-year-old daughter, Ellie. "Happily married" is another question. Ellie takes piano lessons from none other than Blaine Anderson, who also happens to be a good friend of Kurt's since college. What happens to them when Adam goes to England to star in a West End musical, leaving Kurt and Ellie in New York? What happens when Blaine becomes a more frequently-seen figure in Kurt and Ellie's lives due to Ellie's piano schedule?
6) Swing Swing by quizasvivamos
The Skanks, Kurt and Quinn, are a thing. Blaine, a bit of a bad boy, is dating that goth girl, Tina. The four best friends are fully immersed in the Emo/Scene subculture, the kids everyone at school calls emo or just plain freaks. As close-knit as a friend group can get, the couples share a lot in common: their love of choir and band, tastes in music and art, partying, going to shows and concerts, getting wasted, and—oh, yeah—each other's partners. They swap sometimes. Because it's cool, and it's hot. Besides, it's just for fun. Then, in the summer before their senior year, they take a life-altering road trip to Cleveland for Warped Tour 2005.
7) Ebb & Flow by maanorchidee
Blaine Anderson is yet another anonymous New Yorker who's trying to get a job in the entertainment industry. His days are filled with auditions, bleak subway rides, piano lessons, and complaining about his annoying next-door-neighbour. But Blaine has a secret that he cannot share with his other friends: he dreams of playing competitive Splatoon 2. He already has a hard time justifying this music degree, so he doesn't need to add an interest in eSports to that. That's why the only person who knows about this, is yet another stranger on the internet named Kurt. The two met in an LGBT Splatoon 2 Discord and became fast friends. Little do they know that they also know each other offline.
8) These Inconvenient Fireworks by redheadgleek
After an unexpected Tony award, Kurt Hummel is Broadway's hottest up and coming star, which comes with expectations and some admirers that won't take a hint. When his best friend Elliott Gilbert suggests that they pretend to date to get the leeches to back off, Kurt takes him up on the idea. It's all working out great - until Kurt starts to fall hard for the dark-haired music director of his latest musical.
9) Out of Eden by @wowbright
As a gay Mormon, Kurt Hummel has decided to go the rest of his life without falling in love. But toward the end of his two years as a missionary in Germany, Elder Anderson moves into his apartment—and Kurt's best-laid plans fall apart.
39 notes · View notes
jerirose · 2 years ago
Text
tag game: get to know me!
thank you so much for the tag @septicrebel ! ♥ I'm going to tag @purple-belle & @happysmilebtr 🥰
Birthday? 22nd May
Favorite color? Turquoise & Yellow!
How tall are you? 5'5 / 5'6 [165.10 cm/ 167.64 cm]
How many pairs of shoes do you own? 16? 🤷‍♂️ I REALLY love shoes
Favorite song? Atm - RUN (HAN - Stray Kids) | Limbo (Lee Know - Stray Kids) | Feel My Heart (WOOSUNG - The Rose)
Favorite movie? Howl's Moving Castle, Moana, TNBC, Sweeney Todd, Edward Sissorhands, The Visit, The Witch, Kubo & The Two Strings
Who would be your ideal partner? 🤷‍♂️ Someone who respects and accepts my gender identity, neurospiciness and love for 8 Korean men?
Do you want children? No
Have you gotten in trouble with the law? Yes
What color socks are you wearing? Black
Favorite type of music? Folk Metal, 80's Metal, Alternative / Emo / Rock/ Pop-Punk, EDM, Witchhouse
How many pillows do you sleep with? 1 & a BLÅHAJ 🤭
What position do you sleep in? Wrapped around my BLÅHAJ
What don’t you like when you’re sleeping? Light pollution, it needs to be pitch black.
Have you tried archery? I have! I'm pretty decent at it.
Favorite fruit? Honey Melon, Strawberries, Pineapples & Mangos
Are you a good liar? I follow up incorrect statements with "actually that was a lie, sorry"... so... no LOL.
What’s your personality type? INFP / ENFP depending who I'm with
Innie or outie? innie
Left or right handed? Ambidextrous
Favorite food? Pasta
Favorite foreign food? Thai, Korean & Indian!
Are you clean or messy? Both? I'm generally a clean person, but I've terrible MH and when my MH is bad my cleaning goes out the window 🙃 and then I do a huge clean when it's okay again.
Most used phrase? erm... fuck, piss and shit are sentence enhancers - I picked up "literally" from my best friend... thank you 😒
How long does it take you to get ready? Full face of makeup? 1-2 hours but mainly because I listen to music whilst I put it on and get distracted. Erm, but I'm not really wearing it a lot anymore, so like 5 mins lol
Do you talk to yourself? No, I used to tho.
Do you sing to yourself? Yes
Are you a good singer? LOLLLL
Biggest fear? I don't think you really wanna know - it's very dark - but if you are curious - I'm scared I'm going to die young like my mum did, that my Crohn's will kill me before I've done anything with my life. 🙃 You asked.
Are you a gossip? Not really, I don't like the idea of gossiping - it's not nice.
Long or short hair? 🤷‍♂️ Shaved? None? I'm getting used to having hair again after 4 years of a buzz cut so I'm not sure??
Favorite school subject? Biology, English, Home Ec.
Extrovert or introvert? Introverted extrovert.
What makes you nervous? People, large crowds, not having a plan of action when I'm going out, not having a route home, intoxicated people.
Who was your first crush? James from Team Rocket.
How many piercings do you have? I used to have lots, now I just have 7! Ears (1 each for now), Snakebites, Septum, Belly Button! I want more though - I miss my tongue piercing and nipple piercings , I also used to have 3 on each ear - I'd like them back too and a I want double nostil!
How many tattoos do you have? 4; left calf, right ribs, right forearm and left forearm
How fast can you run? Very but I'm not sure anymore? I used to be a track runner!
What color is your hair? Naturally? Only Satan knows. At the moment? Blood red.
What color are your eyes? Steel Blue
What makes you angry? Living with my parents and not being able to move, being unable to work because of my physical health.
Do you like your name? I should hope so! I named myself lol.
Do you want a boy or girl as a child? .... no.
What are your strengths? I have boundaries and I enforce them. I'm kind, but I don't allow people to walk all over me. I'm caring, but I don't allow the weight of other's problems consume me.
What are your weaknesses? I'm scared of confrontation with my dad so all of what I said above is thrown out the window 🙃 He makes me very angry and that's a huge weakness for me.
What’s the color of your bedspread? Navy... I think?
What’s the color of your room? Soon to be Yellow and Black! It's getting painting whilst I'm on holiday.
4 notes · View notes
obsessive-bear-walking · 10 months ago
Text
So this post actively talks about sex below the cut. No one asked but here I go having a sexuality crisis lmao.
Like. So. I'm part of the mspec bi/pan -> aro pipeline. Because my ass could not tell the difference between friends I was sexually attracted to and romantic attraction. So I assumed I was mspec especially because I had romantic attraction to a girl for the first time when I was about, 13? Up until that point it was all men (or so I had thought at the time)
I've always been sexually attracted to men. I had my sexual awakening somewhere around 6 or 7.
I can identify crushes I had on fictional women/actresses(even more now looking back), but I could not tell you if I experienced sexual attraction to them. I can identify exactly four real/personally known women I have been romantically attracted to (but not sexually). These girls I had feelings for fell starkly into three categories 1. Alt (but its worth noting that I have always felt comfort in how alt fashion esp emo was extremely a, its something that made me feel safe dressing as when i was a confused trans preteen) 2. I can't explain but but like. High femme ig? Elle Woods. The girls from Teen Wolf, the girls from Shadowhunters. 3. Me as a woman (I'm not unpacking that though bye lol). My first girlfriend was a high femme nonbinary trans woman, my second girlfriend was high femme, one of my crushes was alt, and another was high femme. I was not sexually attracted to any of them.
My ex, who I was lowkey, hung up on detransitioned recently and completely changed her gender expression and pronouns from masc to femme, and I no longer experience any attraction to her.
I identified as bi/pan (swapped between them, but tbh when I did I'd as pan I was treated as bi) in middle school and high school before I realized that I was demiromantic and allohomosexual.
I had a friend in middle/high school who I thought about having sex with a lot, but I genuinely don't think it was attraction based? I used to think about like... giving her orgasms very neutrally. So I'm not sure if it was intrusive thoughts or just a servitude thing.
I'll admit, I kind of think both anuses and vaginas are gross. Orifices that aren't mouths are just kind of a no for me(I'm working on it), but I very comfortably imagined eating this girl out to orgasm very often and it was something I would be comfortable doing and even wanted to sometimes. I didn't get turned on by doing this which is kind of why I was thinking it was more of a servitude thing.
And sex acts/desire and attraction aren't the same things.
Also she was only only real woman I ever thought this about. Ever. I was not sexually attracted to nor desired any or the women I dated. They were both asexual and one was sex repulsed and the other was sex neutral and I'm very unsure whether or not we would have had sex of we were given the chance.
But the thing too is. Until I met my friend Huss I had never had a healthy relationship with a woman. Even my 10 year relationship with one of my female friends has only started to become healthier.
Everyone who lives in my house is a woman, and abusive towards me. I'm also the scapegoat for a lot of things. It's easier to blame me for resisting my dad's abuse then to admit he's abusive and it's my fault my relationship with him is bad etc etc. My longest relationship with a woman was so abusive that I am still recovering from it.
All my relationships with men (except for my father) have been healthy for the most part. And the only one that left me with huge after affects was my father and even that has never affected my interpersonal relationships.
Girls at my school devoured me and the boys ignored me or when they were nice it was genuine.
The friend I used to think about having sex with parentified me to such an extreme degree. She made all her decisions my problem and was very biphobic and a lot of other things. We ended our friendship because she just dropped me for some unknown reason. A few months after asking me for advice, not taking the advice and then blaming me for "letting her" do that. She didn't live in the same state as me wtf was I supposed to do? Tie her to a chair? I told her it was a bad idea and she said I was wrong, then BLAMED ME for her doing it. Then flat up abandoned me after I had to build my life around her.
For about 10 years of my life I was terrified of women. Like scared shitless and would actively avoid them and panic.
So I'm just like. Was I sexually attracted to women at some point but it got beaten out of me or something? I'm only romantically attracted to women who can't come near me 90% of the time. (I mean, nit actively, but I'm thinking. Perhaps that's why???) Jeez. Perhaps I'm just a caedhomosexual.
Being a human is too much.
0 notes
zipquips · 2 years ago
Text
Tumblr media
I posted 5,460 times in 2022
That's 5,459 more posts than 2021!
346 posts created (6%)
5,114 posts reblogged (94%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@/tardreryen
@/section-69
@/thecodyagenda
@/daxofthedark
I tagged 2,484 of my posts in 2022
#zip quips - 367 posts
#lad collection - 333 posts
#v important reminder - 219 posts
#queer stuff - 198 posts
#words of wisdom - 191 posts
#space pics - 175 posts
#yorange - 164 posts
#q - 130 posts
#dracula daily - 102 posts
#goncharov - 95 posts
Longest Tag: 138 characters
#for years i wouldn't let my friends meet my mom bc i thought it was too risky to see if they could misgender me bc i wasn't out to her yet
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
i'm hungry but eating food requires me to get out of bed and getting out of bed requires me to leave my blanket cocoon and leaving my blanket cocoon requires me to partake in reality for the day
17 notes - Posted May 20, 2022
#4
zip reads dracula daily | week 1 (5/3-5/7)
so, i signed up for the dracula daily emails and i thought it might be fun to jot down my thoughts as i make my way through the story for the first time. 
may 3rd
meet jonathan harker, on a fun road trip for work, as he collects some new recipes
"for i had all sorts of queer dreams" lmao, same
this man's inability to consume paprika without issue fucking kills me
this is not how i expected any of the story to work. like, given pop culture i was not ready for dracula to be sending letters and advising people to stay in fancy hotels
may 4th
jonathan feels ridiculous but also uncomfortable (same)
i absolutely love that jonathan is telling people he’s trying to see this totally not suspicious guy and everyone but him understands vampires so everyone thinks he’s stupid as fuck and jonathan’s just confused about it
may 5th
a busy day for jonathan, spanning two chapters
lmao, this man wants to ask dracula about vampires??? jonathan is dumb as fuck, what a guy
i'm sorry, but the idea of count dracula buying property in london is funny as fuck. like you’re centuries into your vampire life and you just decide that london’s the place to be? alright, nice to know you and jonathan are both fools
may 6th
nothing today :( 
may 7th
in which the count apologizes for his poor english
listen,, i fucking lose it every time jonathan describes a vampire attribute like red eyes, no mirrors, strength and he somehow remains ignorant about it all
i absolutely love that dracula managed to pick the most emo place in london
overall thoughts
this is my first time reading the story and i’ve recently been shying away from classics because i find a lot of them dry to read. the fact that dracula has inadvertently become a comedy through dramatic irony is an amazing change of pace which is making me very invested and excited to see what happens next :)
masterpost | next week (5/8-5/14)
20 notes - Posted May 7, 2022
#3
Why can't they let a girl marry three men, or as many as want her, and save all this trouble?
lucy really said dracula polycule for the win
23 notes - Posted May 24, 2022
#2
me: dracula is basically a comedy now. jonathan is so fucking stupid and i love him for that. 
my dad: you need to think about the story in the context it was written in >:(
me: no. anyway, did you know jonathan has queer dreams which is so relatable
50 notes - Posted May 20, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
today's entry has me wondering what kind of message only makes one ear tingle
59 notes - Posted May 26, 2022
Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →
0 notes
kageyamatobiyogurt · 3 years ago
Text
which haikyuu boys i would fight 
a/n: no idea where this came from, honestly just me spewing my opinion lmao. so here’s me rating which boys i’d want to fight- physically. your thoughts?
includes: most of the haikyuu men lol 
Tumblr media
hinata: 2/10 
he’s too baby to make me actually wanna fight him 
i’ll give him a little hair ruffle instead 
even if it started jokingly he probably wouldn’t do anything to actually hurt 
kageyama: 4/10
he’d take it too seriously and i feel like he could do serious damage 
he’s too calculated for it to be fun :(((
also considering his serves, i think he’d deck me and it’d be over 
yamaguchi: -2/10 
also too sweet for me to want to really want to throw hands
even if i initiated a fight i feel like he’s tall enough to just hold my arms to stop my swinging and like,, turn me away 
tsukishima: 9/10 
i may be almost a foot and a half shorter than him but i think i could win 
have you seen his energy.. IT’S LACKING
i can take this beanpole down 
he’d probably spit something mean but actions speak louder than words and i will target the kneecaps >:)))
nishinoya: 8/10
it would be glorious 
i could match his energy 
it’s literally perfect, he’s only a couple inches or so taller than me so he doesn’t have that much of an advantage 
neither of us have that great of a reach so it’s good 
i might get tired first but i won’t go down without taking him down with me 
tanaka: 7/10 
like noya, i think his energy would be funny 
i’m at a disadvantage because mans has no hair so i can’t grab anything
the kind of fight where hits don’t even really land???
would probably be funny 
asahi: -371023570/10 
i don’t want to make him cry :(((
mans is literally jesus so how could i attack that 
i can braid his hair instead 
suga: 5/10
not sure how to feel honestly
he can be a little aggressive 
also think he might be able to outsmart me so i’ll only fight him if i have to 
daichi: 1/10 
i feel like he’d intimidate me 
or like, give me a dad look that says “stop” and it’d kill the vibe 
also can’t knock him over, his legs are too thicc and strong, making him too steady 
i mean have you seen his receiving stance
what if i ran at him and he just stood there ???
oikawa: 11/10 
another one i could take LMAO 
i think it would end up being the kind of fight where you aren’t throwing fists but it’s more like flat hands??
so we’re both kind of slapping at each other ??? 
does that make sense?? 
iwaizumi: 1/10 
i would simply not win 
his ARMS BRO 
he’s probably the kind of person to have taken some kind of martial arts 
mans would put me in a headlock and it’s over 
kuroo: 9/10 
i would like to try to take down the smirky boy 
would be fun bc we’d both probably end up laughing so much that we’re more wrestling than throwing hands 
i could imagine the hyena laugh and me wheezing 
i’ll still say i won 
kenma: 0.5/10
i don’t see a point ngl 
he wouldn’t like it either bc it’s confrontational 
i’ll give him a high five for peace 
bokuto: 8/10
i like the challenge 
i think i’d really lose bc bo’s beefy as hell 
mans could throw me with one arm ngl and i wouldn’t be able to do much 
if he sat on me the fight is probably already over 
hope he doesn’t go into emo mode though :(((
akaashi: 1/10 
he’s too pretty for me to want to fight and i don’t think his personality would be into it either 
i don’t think he’d be easy to take down in general either 
tendou: 6/10 
i’m scared but not enough to back out 
i’d fight him out of curiosity but i really think i’d get annihilated 
he is the guess monster so he’d predict anything i’d try to pull and automatically deflect it 
also he’s such a wild card you never know what’s gonna happen 
ushijima: 2/10 
i’ll admit i’m intimidated... because it’s him 
he’s a softie but a competitive person nonetheless so i think he’d take it half seriously and knock me out bc he’s that strong 
not a good look for me 
atsumu: 273416/10
i’ll take ratsumu on any day anyWHERE 
he does not scare me and he may be tall too but it does not matter 
energy would also be through the roof 
i’ll pull his hair LMAO 
osamu: 4/10 
i have less of a beef with osamu LMAO 
he’s just as much of a crackhead but i think he’s just a little bit humbler so i don’t need to teach him a lesson 
suna: 2.5/10
i’m scared pt. 2 
he’s just bendy ??? so what if he increases his reach because he’s so flexible 
he’s also quieter so what is he thinking ?? 
he’d prolly jab me out of nowhere and that’s where i lose
plus he’d record the fight somehow and i don’t need evidence of it 
sakusa: 2/10 
would probably decline a rumble with anyone just because it’s contact and *ew* 
would push me away to stop the fight before anything begins 
262 notes · View notes
archived-kin · 3 years ago
Text
genshin modern au cheat sheet
i’m planning to do more pieces set in this au, so i’ve put together a quick list of the characters i'm planning to write about/include!
there are three main groups here - the zhao family, the ragnvindr family and friends, and the Miscellaneous Pals™
(the next volume in this au is going to be a xiao piece, and that should be up within the next two or so days!)
Tumblr media
1. the zhao family
zhongli, 36: history professor at the local uni who also plays the guzheng very well, tea-enjoyer, a very proud and supportive dad who loves his kids more than anything in the universe - probably unironically has so many pictures of them in his wallet
xiao, 23: taking a degree in psychology at the local uni, has a cool motorbike, bit of a control freak, doesn’t like surprises, will drop-kick you if you look at him or his sister funny, wants a cat but his dad’s allergic, never really grew out of his emo phase
yanfei, 19: baby of the family, prodigy lawyer-in-training, far smarter than many people give her credit for, likes building snowmen, has to protect her unsuspecting dad from Evil Salespeople looking to make some extra money
xiao and yanfei are biological siblings, and zhongli adopted them when xiao was 11 and yanfei was 7. the circumstances of this adoption is a mystery that none of the zhao family members seem willing to divulge…
the zhao siblings can have a little bit of tragic backstory. as a treat.
basically they were born into poverty and often went hungry for days on end. biological parents were distant and neglecting (though not actually physically/emotionally abusive - yet.)
when xiao was caught shoplifting bread and fruit from a local grocery store so that he and yanfei could actually eat, both parents went ballistic and kicked him out the house in the middle of one of the coldest winters the town had seen
poor kid was practically freezing to death out there, and yanfei raised such a fuss back in the house that mum slapped her square in the face to get her to shut up, which xiao saw through the window, and he promptly decided that he Was Not Putting Up With This Shit for any longer
immediately went to a neighbour’s house and told them what was going on, neighbours promptly called cps, and an investigation was launched
parents were deemed unsuitable for raising kids and (after a lot of back and forth) the two kids were taken into care
meanwhile zhongli was kind of sad because he had no friends or family in this town and all he really did was write articles, read books, and mark work
then one of his co-workers mentioned hearing about xiao and yanfei’s story and it hit zhongli so hard that he immediately rang up the adoption centre and ended up taking them in
and from then on both yanfei and xiao were very happy and healthy because zhongli was literally the best dad ever and put everything into taking care of them
2. the ragnvindr family (+ friends)
diluc, 29: budding businessman who still works at his dad’s cafe but is looking to open up his own company some time soon, still buys himself juice in those little cartons with the straws, still doesn’t know how raising bread works?? how does it get bigger???
diona, 7: diluc’s adopted daughter who has her father firmly under her thumb, bit of a spitfire but can also be the sweetest kid ever, enjoys making ‘potions’ out of grass and flowers and water (diluc can and will actually drink these potions because his love for his daughter knows no bounds)
kaeya, 25: diluc’s idiot little brother who’s changed majors at least five times and still doesn’t really know what he wants to do, practises fencing and horse riding in his spare time like a nerd, spoils his niece rotten
lisa, 26: the first of kaeya’s three roommates, has a degree in english and could easily have gone on to become a leading scholar but chose to instead open a bookshop that gets way more business than expected because she’s pretty and men and women alike are all simps
albedo, 23: the second of kaeya’s roommates, bit of a genius, has already started his chemistry phd, is almost concerningly pale and exhausted at all times, has not gone a day without breaking one of the cups for at least two years
venti, 21: the third of kaeya’s roommates, studying music, acts way older than he is sometimes but is mostly just a child, asks at least one of his roommates to marry him every day without fail, was and still is both a music and a theatre kid
lisa’s actually the one who owns the roommates’ residence because it’s on top of her bookshop
i was going to keep the whole ragnvindr family trauma thing but i decided that diluc deserved to be happy in at least one au so the brothers are still happy brothers :D
unfortunately that means that i’ve transferred a lot of the family trauma over to diona
essentially her mother died when she was a baby and her father, draff, turned to alcohol to get him through the stress of raising a child alone. unfortunately this led to him drunk driving one day, and he crashed the car into one of the wall’s of diluc’s dad’s cafe.
draff died on impact since he was in the front seat, but three-year-old diona managed to pull through despite her injuries. one thing led to another, diluc ended up taking care of her for a bit while the authorities sorted the whole thing out, but then he got too attached and decided to adopt her permanently
now diona has a dad, three uncles and an aunt who are all willing to shower her with all the love she deserves :’)))))
3. the Miscellaneous Pals™:
xiangling, xingqiu, chongyun, 17: local high school kids, they’re all kind of dating each other, low-key got adopted by xiao at one point, guoba is xiangling’s guinea pig and they all have joint custody over him
barbara, bennett, razor, 17: also local high school kids, also kind of all dating each other (but a lot more tentatively), regulars at diluc’s cafe, almost never seen apart
lumine, aether, ??: they keep showing up here and there around town to climb a tree and just sit there throwing leaves at people on the streets, then disappear. no one knows who the fuck they are
tartaglia, 23: nicknamed childe by his friends, also known as Mr Moneybags, is always just hanging around the local uni campus but doesn’t actually study anything there. his real name is ajax, but he thought that was lame so he gave himself a cool new one
eula, 24: new teacher at the local high school, her father used to be headmaster and was notoriously cruel to his students so everyone’s kind of wary of her, but she’s just really sweet and wants the best for her pupils :(((
amber, 21: number one eula defender, teaches the younger kids at the local primary, likes bunsen burners a little bit too much, still can’t remember how to spell the word necessary
hu tao, 25?: shady local mortician who may or may not practise illegal things, was kind of dating yanfei at some point but zhongli sent her packing as soon as he realised who she was, no one knows what her deal is
xiangling’s already a budding master chef and has received several offers from culinary schools, xingqiu is planning to study literature/language at uni but also might just go straight to trying to get a book published, chongyun is going to continue the family tradition of studying the supernatural with maybe a side job at xiangling’s future restaurant so that he doesn’t end up with no money if he doesn’t get any supernatural work
barbara is planning to go to medical school and also sings/dances in her spare time, bennett still doesn’t know what he wants to do but is considering carpentry among other things, and razor is dead-set on working at either a zoo or an animal shelter when he’s older
tartaglia never leaves the house without at least three pocket knives and a water pistol. he’s never had to use them yet, but you never know...
eula and amber live together and are probably dating but they’ll both just dodge the question if you ask them about it
they’re most definitely together though because on eula’s birthday amber brought her entire class of little kids to say happy birthday and bring her flowers
(incidentally amber is diona’s teacher)
221 notes · View notes
astral-aromance · 4 years ago
Text
Finwëans rated by intelligence
Finwe: 7/10, should have divorced his wife instead of leaving her in the void
Fëanor: 1000000/10, so smart it's creepy. Has good taste in wife. WILL invent the internet.
Fingolfin: -2/10: too loyal to his brother, challenged a god with a sword very dumb.
Finarfin: 11/10, stayed in Valinor. Very smart.
Maedhros: 10/10, very smart, less psychotic than his brothers.
Maglor: 8/10, kidnaps kids, becomes emo for 7000 years.
Celegorm: 3/10, has good taste in girls, hella stupid. Shares his braincells with Curufin.
Caranthir: 10/10, very smart, good with money, wants a buff gf.
Curufin: 3/10, too much like dad. Shares braincells with Celegorm. Bad dad.
Ambarussa: 1/10, babies. Tiny. Dumb
Fingon: -3/10, very dumb like his dad. But we love him. Sings loudly in Morgoth's yard while stealing a prisoner. Extra points for loyalty to friends!
Aredhel: 3/10, TERRIBLE taste in men. Should have killed Ëol.
Finrod: -8/10, bites werewolf, rap battle with evil god, himbo, leaves perfectly good gf behind
Galadriel: 11/10, very smart. Has a cute husband, doesn't participate in Fëanors bullshit, dislikes cousins, resists ring.
Celebrimbor: -10000/10, fucked Sauron, forged rings of power. Very very dumb.
206 notes · View notes
ghost-on-the-alter · 3 years ago
Text
Green Day Tag Game !! Thanks so much for the tag @yes-armageddon-it, and @geekgirl78 for bringing this back! This is so cool 😊🖤
1. first song you’ve heard of them: either when I come around or welcome to paradise! My dad is a huge fan of dookie and played their music a lot when I was a kid.
2. what made you love them: what really made me fall in love was seeing them live. I liked it when I was young, I like American idiot in middle school, and I had started listening to the a little bit a year ago. After seeing them live and getting to see how much they loved what they do, loved the music and the scene and the fans, I fell in love with them! I really don’t know another band like them.
3. one song you’ve never heard/seen live, but want to hear/see live: god there’s so so many. I feel like specifically I’d love to see some insomniac or 21st century live, specifically westbound sign, tight wad hill, armatage shanks, east Jesus nowhere, peacemaker, and ¿viva la gloria?, pulling teeth too
4. favourite band member and why: billie joe (if you can’t tell lol) I love him because I am an absolute sucker for small emo bisexual men I guess. But I truly I find his dedication amazing and he’s gotta be the punk that most punks look up to!
5. favourite side project: foxboro hottubs (my dad listened to them as well, so nostalgia)
6. what album is the best to you lyrics-wise: probably 21st century. I love love love a concept album, and I think 21st does a fantastic job of creating a story of real life politics, love, and disaster. Although, I think insomniac is also beautifully written, it’s very very dark and I think that is one of the most personal albums to billie.
7. what is your favourite era: I think it’s a tie between dookie and American idiot. I love really emo bj but also green hair tré <333
8. favourite green day logo:
Tumblr media
9. what would you say to any band member if you could only say one sentence? and to which band member would that be?: I would definitely thank Billie for teaching me what punk really means from an early age.
10. end this post by adding your favourite picture of green day, billie joe, tré or mike (I can’t pick one!!)
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
Most of my Green Day mutuals have already been tagged, so anyone who wants to do this totally should!!
14 notes · View notes
kaylorrehabcenter · 4 years ago
Text
Rating Every Song on Fearless Based on How Gay it is
Hello friends! I still have a few song analyses in the pipeline (and one on Lover the album) but today in honor of Fearless (Taylor’s Edition) being announced and Love Story being released in a few hours I thought I’d do something fun to celebrate!
And you know what? Fuck my usual disclaimer, I am the word of god here. Try and change my mind about any of these. I dare you. (I kid I kid this isn’t that serious and you’re free to disagree <3)
1. Fearless 15/10
Everything about this song is so fucking gay oh my god. This isn’t a fruit, this is a whole ass edible arrangement. As a small rural town Gay (my hometown has a population of less that 4,000 and where I’m living now has a population of 2,500) this uh. Hits.
“And I don't know how it gets better than this/You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless”
Y’ALL
The idea of falling in love with someone who makes you less afraid of your homophobic small town…….it’s getting to me.
“My hands shake, I'm not usually this way but/You pull me in and I'm a little more brave/It's the first kiss, it's flawless, really something/It's fearless”
This is making me emotional, I'll be honest. I see so much of my friends and my experience in high school in this song. 
This quote I found on genius is from when the album was released on BMR’s website.
“When I wrote ‘Fearless,’ I wasn’t dating anyone. I wasn’t even in the beginning stages of dating anybody. I really was all by myself out on tour and I got this idea for a song about the best first date. I think sometimes when you’re writing love songs, you don’t write them about what you’re going through at the moment, you write about what you wish you had. So, this song is about the best first date I haven’t had yet.”
This just screams baby Tay writing gay folklore to me, about the gay stories she wish she had. Notice how there are no pronouns in this song??? Fruity I’m telling you.
All that to say. I’m crying because the linear note says “I loved you before I met you” and I want to go listen to Long Story Short and cry now.
2. Fifteen 1/10
Objectively pretty straight as she’s singing about her and Abigail’s dating boys in HS. And Taylor got with a senior guy. Good for her I suppose.
Unless he was one of the shitty ones in which case.
“This is life before you know who you're gonna be”
This however, is a cute line and the whole song makes me warm and nostalgic. You can also hear her crying after the line “and Abigail gave everything she had to a boy who changed his mind” which makes me emo and I’m sure will take on new depth after Abigail’s divorce and hurt me even more.
Other highlights that make me sob include.
“When all you wanted was to be wanted/Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now/Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday/But I realized some bigger dreams of mine”
Bigger dreams of hers indeed :’)
(Also how can you say she’s a gold star lesbian when this song exists. She was obviously dating boys in high school and even if you think she’s a lesbian. Comp het is a hell of a drug kids.)
3. Love Story 8/10
Tried to change the ending indeed.
This is THE Taylor Swift song, and maybe it’s the nostalgia talking but damn I still love it. Written because she wanted to change the ending of Romeo and Juliet (how anyone likes RandJ enough to want to rewrite I have no clue.) and/or because her parents didn’t approve of a guy she was seeing. (according to genius, it would’ve been too early for Joe J so it could possibly be Boys Like Girls frontman, his image did clash with hers and they did release some cute songs together. However if you want my take it’s probably folklore about Emily, take for what you will)
This song has very oft gay vibes with the ‘They don’t approve of our love angle!’ but uses male pronouns so points redacted for that. HOWEVER this is a very early use of ~the male perspective~ in Taylor’s songs and for that it deserves all the love.
“ So I sneak out to the garden to see you/We keep quiet, 'cause we're dead if they knew/So close your eyes/Escape this town for a little while”
More rural town angst!!!
Nothing gets me more than rural town angst.
“Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel/This love is difficult, but it's real”
Originally the lyric was “this love is different”. Granted I do not remember the source, i’s just lore implanted into my brain, but make of that what you will.
“"Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone/I love you, and that's all I really know/I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress/It's a love story, baby, just say "Yes"”
Marry me Juliet from the male perspective :)
Also worth noting. This is Karlie’s (and Kim K’s lmao) favorite Taylor song which. While basic as hell. Makes this cover sad as hell to this former Kaylor. (thanks @swiftgron-get-married for the tears <3)
Also not to make this about a man AGAIN but the secret message is “Some day I’ll find this” AND SHE DID IM CRYING.
4. Hey Stephen 1/10
The one thing Camilla Cabello and I have in common is loving this song, so I have to live with that for the rest of my life.
This song is very painfully straight.
How can you think this woman is a gold star lesbian.
The only noteworthy thing is that this is one of the few songs she confirms who it’s about. The secret message is “Love and Theft” which is the name of a country music duo who went on to open her Fearless tour. Which, does make me side eye this song a little bit.
Still a cute song.
“Hey Stephen, boy, you might have me believing/I don't always have to be alone”
5. White Horse 1/10
Oh look. It’s track five. 
You know maybe this is just me being a bitch but in my ranking of track fives this is. Pretty low. Maybe on the bottom.
Like I don’t have a lot to say about it. 
She’s going through it over a guy. He was a cheating dickweazel. 
“'Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't a fairytale/I'm gonna find someone someday/Who might actually treat me well”
“Try and catch me now, oh/It's too late/To catch me now”
These lines hit though!!
And she found Joe!! Who treats her well!!!! And she isn’t the princess, she’s the prince who dropped her sword and knocked on her door!!! But this time if they come for them she’s ready!!!
Yes I will make every song about Long Story Short <3
6. You Belong With Me 5/10
Ah yes. The other THE Taylor Swift song.
You know. If I went to a high school with a cheerleading squad. And I had a crush on a cheerleader. I would blast this song. So for that it gets a 5/10. Otherwise. Fairly straight and fairly iconic.
7. Breathe 8/10
Well. We know this one is about a woman. (Emily Poe for those not in the know. Ha. A rhyme!) That alone has an 8/10. And it’s the first time she has a featured artist so bonus points for that!
It was nominated for a Grammy and it fucking lost to Jason Mraz. When’s the last time you thought about Jason Mraz.
I will not have Kaylor feels on a fucking Fearless song but damn is it VERY easy.
“Never a clean break, no one here to save me/You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand”
“It's 2 A.M, feeling like I just lost a friend/Hope you know it's not easy, easy for me”
Also this bridge? Goes off. HIGHLY underrated. 
8. Tell Me Why 3/10
You know. Maybe this album isn’t as gay as I once thought.
This song does bop though, not as good as her other angry songs on this album. But I can vibe with this you know. Why are you being an asshole mysterious man.
“You could write a book on how to ruin someone's perfect day”
This has to be one of baby Tay’s best burns. Damn. 
“Why do you have to make me feel small/So you can feel whole inside?/Why do you have to put down my dreams/So you're the only thing on my mind?”
Men ain’t shit kids. However, bonus points for the shade. 
9. You’re not Sorry 1/10
Ok, ok. Maybe this was a foolish endeavor.
Because yet again we have a very straight song. A good song. That was on Taylor’s episode of CSI. But oh dear. Very straight. Gets a measly one point. We started this post off so very very gay but damn. We seem to be nearing the end on a very straight note.
10. The Way I Loved You 20/10
Hey Remember what I said about this album being very straight.
WELL THAT WAS A LIE.
Is this a comphet album or am I projecting.
This is one of my favorite baby gay Taylor songs. Her masterful use of pronouns (he is sensible! And so incredible! And all my single friends are jealous! But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain, when it was two am and I was cursing your name!) makes the other person she’s singing about completely vague, while we know she isn’t happy with whichever guy she’s dating.
Mayhaps an early reaction to PRomances?
Either way this song is so good, truly an underrated gay gem I mean. Look at it.
“Breaking down and coming undone/It's a roller coaster kind of rush/And I never knew I could feel that much/And that's the way I loved you”
AND THE BRIDGE. Do all of her gay songs just have kickass bridges?
“He can't see the smile I'm faking/And my heart's not breaking/'Cause I'm not feeling anything at all/And you were wild and crazy/Just so frustrating/Intoxicating, complicated/Got away by some mistake and now…”
Damn. I’m imaging this with 2020 vocals and fucking ascending.
Also please watch the live performance of it from the Fearless tour. It’s such a damn shame this got cut from the movie and some woman in the front row is wearing a cowboy hat. Everyone is holding up those cameras everyone had to have before smartphones. Taylor is being endearing. It’s a good time.
11. Forever and Always 6/10
Bonus points for the ~drama~ of it all. Added last minute to the album? The iconic throwing of the chair in live performances?? All of it very dramatique and for that we stan.
Still pretty straight.
Also Joe Jonas responded to the song and why do I find his response so damn funny. “It’s part of being a musician, I guess. You write songs about each other.”
This is another song where the idea of Taylor’s grown up vocals on this is………..whew
12. The Best Day 0/10
This gets zero points because it’s about her literal mom.
Still makes me cry.
God bless Andrea Swift indeed
13. Change 13/10
We start the official tracklist with a gay song. We end it with a gay song.
We will ignore that it was originally written for Scott and BMR and instead induct it into the hall of gay pride anthems, as it should be. 
“We're getting stronger now, finding things they never found/They might be bigger but we're faster and never scared/You can walk away, say we don't need this/But there's something in your eyes says we can beat this”
“This revolution, the time will come/For us to finally win/And we'll sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah”
The music video is cringe though lol
14. Jump then Fall 10/10
This song is gay because I choose it to be. <3
Like. Picture baby Taylor writing this song and playing it on her guitar to a girl she has a crush on telling her that she’ll protect her and they’ll be safe and in love and happy together. Gah, maybe I’m ~projecting~ but this sweet ass song always gets me and is EASILY in my top five Taylor songs. Super underrated and hecking cute. 
“We're on the phone and without a warning/I realize your laugh is the best sound/I have ever heard”
Like. Look at this shit.
“I watch you talk, you didn't notice/I hear the words but all I can think is/We should be together”
Tell me this is about the first time you get a crush on a girl and she’s your best friend and she’s amazing and beautiful and you realize you kinda want to kiss her and you hope she wants to kiss you too.
“I had time to think it oh, over/And all I can say is come closer/Take a deep breath and jump then fall into me”
And she’s the Romeo who's going to protect her!!!!! She’s the knight in shining armor in this song and I love that for her??
“The bottom's gonna drop out from under our feet/I'll catch you, I'll catch you/When people say things that bring you to your knees/I'll catch you/The time is gonna come when you're so mad you could cry/But I'll hold you through the night until you smile”
I won’t divulge into full on analysis here because. This is what this post is about but PLEASE listen to this song more. It’s such a gay little gem.
15. Untouchable 9/10
How does she make a cover sound gay.
It sounds so gay.
“You got to come on, come on, say that we'll be together/Come on, come on, little taste of heaven”
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
16. Forever and Always Piano Version 1/10
This song gets 1/10 because I don’t like it. There. I said it.
17. Come in With the Rain 3/10
I can see why this is a bonus track. It doesn’t hit me as much as the other songs on the album.
But damn if I don’t want to scream sing this one driving down a high way.
18. Superstar 7/10
You can’t tell me this song is about a man. I simply won’t entertain the idea.
You cannot prove to me that this song is about a man. There is not a male pronoun in sight. 
>:)
19. The Other Side of the Door 6/10
Is this song about having a fight about being in the closet? Probably not. Will my gay little brain make it about that? Yep!
And that, funky little queer pals, is my gay rating of every Fearless song. Like and subscribe, #t3atmidnight
68 notes · View notes
almozayaf · 4 years ago
Text
The end of season report – Anime season Fall 2020
It is 20th July and I finally saw the last episode of all my Backlog of this season, I’m so slow watcher and seasoning not for me, this will be the last time.
Before the ranking I want to talk about few anime I didn’t watch
Plunderer is anime I wanted to watch but didn’t have the time and it was episode 17 when I saw it, Hina is so cute that the only reason I wanted to see it and it weak reason as you see.
Hakushon Daimaou 2020 is a remake of old anime from the 70’s I saw as a kid long time ago, it didn’t have any fan translation.
Appare-Ranman! | Digimon Adventure | Gal to Kyouryuu | Yu☆Gi☆Oh! SEVENS
All anime I was watching but COVID19 , they got delayed some started some will started soon
Shadowverse | Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation | Shachou, Battle no Jikan desu! | Tamayomi
Watched First episode but didn’t like
10. Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!
Tumblr media
This is a bad anime I should not watch, but I needed one SHIT show in my list for to bad it good, but it was just boring
9. LISTENERS
Tumblr media
I love Giant robots and music references but this one was not that good, it maybe better if it had time more than 12 episodes but who know, I just didn’t feel it.
8. BNA
Tumblr media
This is good anime but the rest is much better, This season was good, full of good.
It like X-Men for Furry who like Trigger anime, it fine anime
7. Tower of God
Tumblr media
It is good anime remind me of the first arc of Hunter x Hunter, it is great in few part but miss that thing that make it timeless, maybe one more season will show more of the story, oh yah so many characters just so LOWkey, everyone talk so softly, there no energy in action anime.
The T-REX guy is cool
6. Princess Connect! Re:Dive
Tumblr media
Not good in a good way, this is pointless comedy anime with few ecchi and moe characters, I love this cat girl she had that cat personality LOVE HER, It is Isekai anime where the main character have no character, and they did it right, there so many filler episodes that just show case of new waifus, but it still has a lot of fun, this anime is 99% and 1% everything else.
If you like mindless cheap fun, watch it.
5. Yesterday wo Utatte
Tumblr media
This is one of the best anime story wise but dame it, this anime so SLOW and I take it sweet time doing anything, and this is 12 episode anime that base on 113 chapter manga, can you imagine reading it, and yes it full adopted thanks god, the anime is so slow but faster than the manga for one.
I love the characters and the story and it not so emo or gloomy as you may think but it still a melodrama, but one of the few good ones, the slowness and the feeling of NOTHING happened is it only weak point but watch it.
4. Kakushigoto
Tumblr media
It feels wrong putting this on number 4, This is great anime about a dad who try his best to rise his little girl it great, Melodrama yes but also one of the FUNNIES anime this season, mixing sadness with comedy is a great way to make me love your anime.
3. Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta…
Tumblr media
This is the anime that I watched each episode the day it came out, Great comedy and lovable main character, and the story make you want to know what the next episode will hold.
2. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai?: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
Tumblr media
COMEDY GOLD, no, COMEDY DIAMOND, no, COMEDY PLATINUM
This anime is the best comedy I ever saw this year, and one of the best comedy I ever saw in my life, I saw so many comedies.
I love the characters and the comedy is fast and hit the point, there few Drama moments but never slow the comedy (except in one episode that was so dark and melodrama but it was the best episode.
1. Gleipnir
Tumblr media
Best anime this season, It was hard to rand 2-9, I know what number 10 was day one, that piece of shit, but this one was something else, I didn’t plan watching it at first, that why you watch seasonal, to find this gems.
Best action story characters, it so Serious in tone if you like your action with humor and more Shunen like Tower of god is that show, this on other hand the light Horror action anime, there blood action killing and no super moves but so much badass monsters and crazy will animated fights
In Summer I’ll not watch seasonal, it takes so much time and work, I’ll just watched all 2st episodes to take an idea of what we have this season and wait tell October
66 notes · View notes
screenchart · 3 years ago
Text
Every number 1 Channel (2014-2021) on Screenchart.com HOT 200 Channels.
Being a No. 1 channel is one of the biggest accomplishments in today's online video landscape. Since 2014, Screenchart has been publishing a weekly YouTube chart called the HOT 200 YouTube Channels. Channel views are totaled each week to determine the most popular channel in the United States. So far (August 2021), 27 different channels have claimed the top chart position (most of them nonconsecutive), but few of them have been able to hold on to the top until they reached their maximum number of weeks. Channels are retired from the HOT 200 after 52 weeks and relisted on the 100 Must Watch Channels chart. Below is a list of all the channels that reached No.1 in chronological order.   
Tumblr media
1. ERB (formerly Epic Rap Battles of History) (2014) - No.1 for 6 weeks
'Screenchart' began shortly after the Youtube Renaissance. YouTube had already been acquired by Google (Alphabet) through a huge acquisition, which brought in a new website design, the YouTube Partner Program, and the Channel Initiative. On the countdown, 'ERB' was the first No.1.  Two characters in history, either fictional or real, would battle over lyrics, beats, and insults on the musical comedy channel. As a result of no videos being uploaded, the channel was delisted from the chart.
Watch this: Goku vs Superman. Epic Rap Battles of History
Tumblr media
2. Smosh (2014) - No.1 for 35 weeks
Prior to 2012, every high school and college student watched the stapled channel of YouTube website, ' Smosh'. It was created by Ian and Anthony and became a astronomical on YouTube, also becoming one of the first to reach 10 million subscribers. 'Smosh' is one of the oldest channels on the platform (15+ years) and spent weeks at No.1 on the countdown and even was one of the first to be added to the '100 Must Watch' chart, where it still stands today. 'Smosh' featured creative video series like the annual 'Food Battle,' hilarious parodies, and fully invested music videos.
Watch this: FLAPPY BIRD RUINED MY LIFE - YouTube
Tumblr media
3. React (formerly The Fine Bros) (2014) - No.1 for 35 weeks
'React' is another well-known key YouTube channel that most people are familiar with. The reaction genre was born on this channel. While most channels copied their format once they became popular, 'React' provided real opinions from many different personalities and ages, including teenagers, adults, and even elders. Nevertheless, 'React' did more than just react. There were series like "Emo Dad" and "Fine Time". The 'Must Watch' 100 Channels chart currently lists 'React'.
Watch this video: KIDS REACT TO OLD COMPUTERS - YouTube
Tumblr media
4. FouseyTube (2014) - No.1 for 2 weeks
In the early 2010s, pranks started taking off. It seemed like every other day a new prank channel popped up or an existing channel was converted into a prank channel. While 'FouseTube' wasn't an original prank channel when it was created a few years earlier, it saw a massive explosion once it did become one. His videos had a lighter side of pranking the unexpected as well as a more serious tone when it came to social experiments because of Yousef Erakat's charismatic personality. There is debate over whether these pranks are real. As a result of no videos being uploaded, the channel was delisted from the chart.
Watch this: MORTAL KOMBAT ELEVATOR PRANK! - YouTube
Tumblr media
5. VitalyzdTv (2014) - No.1 for 4 weeks
Vitaly is a very controversial Russian-American YouTuber who is known for his popular channel 'VitalyzdTv'. Along with his many arrests and streaking across football matches, he is also known for his darker side in prank videos. A number of Vitaly's pranks caused his victims to come close to blows. Vitaly's fearless antics manage to pull him massive views, despite it all. Similar to 'FouseyTube,' pranks are accused of being fake. When the 'prank' genre died off, VitalyzdTv followed suit. As a result of no videos being uploaded, the channel was delisted from the chart.
Watch this : Gold Digger Prank! - YouTube
Tumblr media
6. Bart Baker (2014) - No.1 for 2 weeks
'Bart Baker' is one of the pioneers of YouTube, having launched the channel in 2006. In his music video parodies, he drew inspiration from Weird Al Yankovic, a popular American singer. His spot-on impression of Justin Bieber was a staple of his channel. Unfortunately, the YouTube copyright system and unamused record labels began cracking down on Baker's right to parody their music.  As a result of no videos being uploaded, the channel was delisted from the chart.
Watch this: Nicki Minaj - "Anaconda" PARODY - YouTube
Tumblr media
7. Roman Atwood Pranks (2014) - No.1 for 5 weeks
Pranks channels were already huge on YouTube by this time, and ‘Roman Atwood Pranks’ was no exception. The same as 'FouseyTube' and 'VitalyzdTv' before him, Roman had a daring personality to go along with his extreme pranks. Unlike the other two, his channels do seem to give off a more realistic reaction from his victims, some becoming physically aggressive, at least in early videos.  As a result of no videos being uploaded, the channel was delisted from the chart.
Watch this: Stealing Peoples Gas Prank!! - YouTube
Tumblr media
8. Good Mythical Morning (2014) - No.1 for 41 weeks
Link and Rhett have known each other since childhood. The two started a YouTube channel together, which eventually became a global phenomenon. With their banter, these men have proved to be a formidable challenge to late-night talk show hosts.  The comedy duo has featured many celebrities and Internet personalities over the years, including Daniel Radcliffe, PewDiePie, Hank Green, Kobe Bryant, Joseph Garrett, Gus Johnson, Megan Fox, and Zach King. The 'Must Watch' 100 Channels chart has relisted 'Good Mythical Morning'.
Watch this: The Mythical Show Ep 12 (Key & Peele, Vsauce, KassemG, ChesterSee) - YouTube
Tumblr media
9. Jen Smith (BFvsGF) (2015) - No.1 for 4 weeks
'BFVsGF' - Boyfriend versus Girlfriend was the last prank channel to reach No.1 on the HOT 200 Channels list. Jen and Jessie were not pranking strangers on their original channel, instead, they pulled practical jokes on one another. Their prank channel accompanied this channel. The 'Dope Fresh Nation' enjoys their daily uploads, their relationship, and their ability to make fun of each other. It was one of the first attempts to combine vlogs and mini pranks and it worked. The dynamics never took each other too seriously and they built an army of 'Peeps'.  It has been long since Jessie and Jen split up, and they each took over their own social media channels. The HOT 200 still lists 'Jen Smith' today.
Watch this: DRESS UP CHALLENGE!!! - YouTube
Tumblr media
10. AsapScience (2015) - No.1 for 1 week
It's not unusual for a gem to take the top spot on the countdown and the biggest upset this year came from an educational channel, 'AsapScience.' 'AsapScience' is a YouTube channel run by Canadian YouTubers Mitch and Greg. So what pushed the channel to be the number one most watched channel that week? 'The Dress' it was. As a result of an international phenomenon, there was a debate as to which color a different dress design was, and what better way to resolve the controversy than to apply science.  'AsapScience' made a video about the dress, which went viral. It was the first and only time the channel has been number one and so far, it is the only educational channel to have done so.   'AsapScience' is still listed on the HOT 200 today.
Watch this: What Colour Is This Dress? (SOLVED with SCIENCE) - YouTube
Tumblr media
11. Mystic Got Jokes (2015) - No.1 for 1 week
'Mystic Got Jokes' is another gem to make it to No.1 on the countdown. The content on his channel tends to be sexual in nature, which pushes the boundary of YouTube censorship. It was a stripped prank video featuring loaded dice that catapulted the Channel to the top in September 2015. This 2-minute video would not be made today if people found it distasteful. Before the prank victim could take any more clothes off, the young lady was informed of the prank.  To this day, 'Mystic Got Jokes' remains on the HOT 200.
Watch this: Strip Challenge Prank - YouTube
Tumblr media
12. Rclbeauty101 (2016) - No.1 for 20 weeks
Rachel Levin was one of the first female channels to reach the top of the countdown.  Before she was even listed on the countdown, she already had a large following of young girls. Despite the sea of YouTube Channels, the lifestyle and beauty channel was discovered. Dress-up videos of Disney princesses helped her maintain the No.1 spot for many weeks. RCLbeauty101 remains on the HOT 200 to this day.
Watch this: Disney Princess Pool Party - YouTube
Tumblr media
13. Wassabi (formerly Wassabi Productions) (2016) - No.1 for 5 weeks
Alex Wassabi has been a YouTube veteran for many years. 'Guava Juice' was the other half of the duo. Alex continued the channel on his own after the duo split in early 2016. The sudden influx of new subscribers satisfies their curiosity about how Alex would perform without his friend. Everything went well for him. In addition to dating 'LaurDIY', Alex assisted in changing the channel from being based primarily on sketches to being a vlog channel. Other friends such as 'FouseyTube' and 'Guava Juice' appeared to help keep the channel flowing. To this day, 'Wassabi' is listed on the HOT 200.
Watch this: NO THUMBS CHALLENGE! ft Caspar Lee, LaurDIY - YouTube
Tumblr media
14. Lilly Singh (formerly Superwoman) (2016) - No.1 for 3 weeks
Lilly Singh has always been a great YouTube personality. She's charming, funny, and charismatic. Having worked with big names and even bigger companies, the Canadian formed her very own production company based in Los Angeles, Unicorn Island Productions.  Her signature series is her impression of her parents. She is always focused on the next step in her career and has a drive like no other. Till this day, 'Lilly Singh' is still listed on the HOT 200.
Watch this: Types of Commercials - YouTube
Tumblr media
15. Casey Neistat (2016) - No.1 for 15 weeks
When it comes to quality content on YouTube, he is one of the most respected filmmakers. Casey Neistat introduced the art of not just shooting videos, but creating art that has never been seen before. With his insane editing, he has inspired a new generation of visual storytelling. For years, Neistat has been the model of a vlog channel. Casey Neistat is still listed on the HOT 200 today.
Watch this:  INCREDIBLE First Class BAR AND SHOWER!!! - YouTube
Tumblr media
16. Unbox Therapy (2016) - No.1 for 3 weeks
'Unbox Therapy' breathed new life into opening new products for the first time. Lewis Hilsenteger's multi-videos-a-week reviews of new technology products were different from his peers. With his genuine first impression, he captivated our attention with a cool setup and a lovely personality. To this day, 'Unbox Therapy' is still on the HOT 200.
Watch this: The Secret Android Button - YouTube
Tumblr media
17. Ray William Johnson (2016) - No.1 for 2 weeks
With competition from 'Smosh' and 'The Fine Bros (React),' Ray William Johnson should have been No.1 a long time ago. Johnson had already been on the Youtube platform for almost 10 years by the time 2016 rolled around. In the channel's heyday, a major controversy involving 'Makers Studio' resulted in a minor setback. The first type of content he created was reviewing viral videos or funny videos in a series called "Equals Three." Think 'America's Funniest Home Videos'. In 2014, Ray stepped down as host of the series, and a rotation of different hosts began. The Channel gained some traction after Carlos Santos hosted until the end, however, many fans disliked many of the hosts. As a result of no videos being uploaded, the channel was delisted from the chart.
Watch this: BEST OF YOUTUBE // week 4 - February 2016 - YouTube
Tumblr media
18. Logan Paul (formerly Logan Paul Vlogs)  (2017) - No.1 for 11 weeks
Logan Paul dominated most of 2017. He had been popular on Vine a year earlier and like many former Viners searching for a home, he had found one on YouTube. It was he and his brother Jake Paul who made 'dis songs' about each other and pulled antics to claim the 10 million subscribers mark first.  Every video seemed more like a television reality show episode, and the 'Logang' was hooked. All came crashing down in January 2018 when Logan Paul made a controversial video while filming in Japan. The YouTube star apologized, but the damage had already been done. After taking a few weeks off from uploading, he lost most of his audience and dropped out of the top spot. Logan Paul is back in full swing with new content and a new format to a new audience. 'Logan Paul' is still listed on the HOT 200 to this day.
Tumblr media
19. Roman Atwood Vlogs (2017) - No.1 for 21 weeks
Roman Atwood is the first and only YouTube star with two No.1 channels. In 2014, he had a No.1  Prank channel and he did it again in 2017 with this family vlog channel. The channel offered an inside look at life outside of pranks. He encourages his viewers to smile more every day of his adventure. There has never been a family channel that has pulled in such a large amount of viewers since the 'Shaytards'. In the next two years, the family felt burnt out and started to cut back on daily uploads. In 2019, tragedy struck the Roman family when Roman mom suddenly passed away.  As a result of no videos being uploaded, the channel was delisted from the chart.
Watch this: GREATEST IDEA EVER!! - YouTube
Tumblr media
20. David Dobrik (2017) - No.1 for 52 weeks
YouTube star David Dobrik became one of the first people to spend all 52 weeks at No.1 in the new chart format. In recent years, it was decided by Screenchart that a channel can stay at number one for 52 weeks (or one year) consecutively or non-consecutively. Dobrik and his fans claimed the spot for weeks on end until the channel was relisted on the '100 Must Watch Channels'. Unfortunately, the Coronavirus pandemic also claimed the channel of David Dobrik, and the vlogger ceased uploading for much of 2020. As a result of no video uploads, the channel was delisted from the '100 Must Watch Channels' list.
Watch this: CAUGHT HIM FLIRTING WITH MY GIRLFRIEND!! - YouTube
Tumblr media
21. Lucas and Marcus (2017) - No.1 for 25 weeks 
No matter what you think about the Dobre Twins, they have a dedicated following.  Dancing gymnasts' duo rose to prominence on the now-defunct video application Vine. Throughout the year, 'Lucas and Marcus' have stayed focused on their simple craft, which includes pranks and challenges, as well as a music video now and then.  Even today, 'Lucas and Marcus' is still on the HOT 200.
Watch this: Dobre Brothers - You Know You Lit (Official Music Video) - YouTube
Tumblr media
22. RiceGum (2017) - No.1 for 7 weeks
'RiceGum' is one of many controversial YouTube stars. His rap disses have reached platinum status, as has his beef with other YouTube personalities. Among others, the rapper and Jake Paul had a very public feud in 2017. Until he released a diss track with Paul's ex-girlfriend, he wasn't known to the mainstream. Today, the channel is a shell of what it once was.  As a result of no videos being uploaded, the channel was delisted from the chart.
Watch this: RiceGum - Its EveryNight Sis feat. Alissa Violet (Official Music Video) - YouTube
Tumblr media
23. KSI (2017) - No.1 for 4 weeks
"KSI" is known for his FIFA gameplay, but by the time he joined the "HOT 200 Channels", his video game content was reduced and he became more of a reaction channel, and his music career was in its early stages.  In the latter half of the year, KSI was promoting his upcoming first boxing match with fellow Youtuber Joe Weller, which he won. His 'KSI' channel now serves as his music platform outlet to upload new music videos. KSI is still listed on the HOT 200 today.
Watch this: I'M SORRY MUM - YouTube
Tumblr media
24. The Bee Family (formerly Eh Bee Family) (2018) - No.1 for 4 weeks
The Bee Family became the first family channel to reach No.1 since the Roman Atwood Vlogs. Although not traditionally a family channel, 'The Bee Family' focuses mostly on challenges and skits. Due to their 'Fortnite' dance-inspired videos, the former 'Vine' family enjoyed a few weeks as the most-watched channel on the 'HOT 200 Countdown'.  To this day, 'The Bee Family' is still listed on the HOT 200.
Watch this: FORTNITE DANCE CHALLENGE! - (In Real Life) - YouTube
Tumblr media
25. Mr Beast (2019) - No.1 for 52 weeks
No surprises here! 
Having maxed out his stay at No.1 on the 'Hot 200 Channels,' 'Mr. Beast' was relisted on the '100 Must Watch Channels' where he was also ranked No.1 many times. Each week, this channel receives over 100 million views.  'MrBeast' is currently listed on the 'Must Watch' 100 Channels list.
Watch this: Surviving 24 Hours Straight In A Desert - YouTube
Tumblr media
26. AzzyLand (2019) - No.1 for 8 weeks
There aren't many female channels that make it to the top of the 'Hot 200' channels, but we're glad when they do. The YouTuber 'Azzyland' is best known for her video game-centric content, which includes gaming videos and cosplaying. Right now, her channel is a reaction channel of today's viral videos from around the world, including Tiktok.  To this day, 'AzzyLand' is still listed on the Hot 200.
Watch this: Try Not To Say WOW Challenge ... (IMPOSSIBLE) - YouTube
Tumblr media
27. Snipperwolf (2020) - No.1 for 40 weeks and counting...
YouTube's reigning queen is 'Snipperworlf'. A gaming channel originally, 'Snipperworlf' made the jump to mainstream reactions and attracted such a large following that it rivals 'Mr.Beast'. As with 'Azzyland,' she uploads multiple times a week, and no one has yet dethroned her. If she survives 52 weeks, it appears she will retire at the top. This seems very likely.
Watch this: Amazing Things You Have NEVER Seen Before - YouTube
5 notes · View notes
atlasishere · 4 years ago
Text
I Bake Sins Not Tragedies pt. 1
Characters: Logan, Virgil, Patton, Roman, Remus, Janus, Remy, Emile
Relationships: Analogical(eventually), Royality (in progress), Dukeceit(background), Remile(background)
Word Count: 7568 
A/N: I wrote most of this before the newest Sanders Sides video, so if Janus’ name is incorrect, sorry, let me know if it is.
Taglist: @normallyaspen @watchoutforthefanfics @superwholocked-for-life (if you wanna tagged when the next part is uploaded or whenever I write, let me know)
 Virgil “woke up” at 6:00, meaning that he snoozed his 6:00 alarm until 6:30 when he had to get up for work. He got up, put on his black jeans, purple shirt with long sleeves that would end up getting rolled up, and grabbed his hoodie. He walked into his kitchen and grabbed the pizza from about two nights ago and ate it cold. He put on his converse and walked to his bakery, arriving at 6:45 with just enough time to set up before his first customers walked in. He went through his day, making his baked goods, jamming to his emo music, eternally grateful to his brother, Patton, willingly helped him run his bakery. 
Logan woke up at 6:00 sharp, got dressed in jeans and a black short-sleeved polo, gelled his hair back, and ate a simple breakfast of cereal and eggs. He read a book until 7:30 when he left to go open the tattoo parlor he worked at. 
These two men lived their lives separately until one fateful day. Virgil had decided he wanted to get a new tattoo, something simple. He had considered getting something in remembrance of MCR but he already had one. He already had a flower for his dad, a Starbucks cup with sunglasses for his ren, and a blue heart with glasses for his brother. Along with that, he had some lyrics from “Na Na Na” by MCR. So Virgil went through the things that are important to him and decided to look up symbols for them. He had found a couple of ideas and sketched them. As he was doing this, he looked at his copy of Coraline on the bookshelf across from him, and inspiration hit. He sketched two black buttons and a spool of thread and called his brother out, “Yo, Patton. Come look at this tattoo idea.” 
Patton walked out, looked at it, said, “I like it, what’s the inspiration?”
“Coraline, the buttons were supposed to take her to this life of ‘happiness’ but it would have led to more pain and she discovered that her own life wasn’t as bad as she thought. It was all about her perspective,” Virgil shared, having clearly thought this through as he sketched it.
“I like it. Where would you put it, dear sibling?” Patton asked.
“Well, somewhere I would see it daily. Also, I use ‘they and he’ pronouns so no need to use sibling,” Virgil answered, “Heck if you wanted to use ‘she’ I wouldn’t complain. When I came out, I said I am indifferent to pronouns.”
“I know sib, but I like using the more neutral pronouns, a habit I picked up from Remy for a parental unit,” Patton countered. 
“Fair point, but with my fluctuating gender, it’s kinda pointless,” Virgil argued.
“Oh freaking well, deal with it,” Patton said, ending the argument, knowing that Virgil wasn’t irritated.
Virgil decided that he needed to put his stuff away and get back behind the counter and help his brother. 
A full day of baking, serving teens and college students, and cleaning up, Virgil walked home. As he did so, he was paying close attention to his surroundings, looking for tattoo parlors that he could look into. As he was walking, Virgil saw a sign for a tattoo parlor and decided to check it out. 
Logan heard the bell above the door of the tattoo parlor where he worked ring and looked up to see a man dressed in black jeans, a light purple top, and a patched hoodie. As the man approached, Logan decided to partake in his favorite activity, at least while at work, guessing their tattoo, he guessed it was probably song lyrics from one of those emo bands. It turns out that Logan would be pleasantly surprised. 
“Hi, I am new in town and looking for parlors to get this tattoo that I want. I was curious if you had any examples of some of the work that you guys do,” the man asked, with a deep, smooth voice that caught Logan off guard.
“We have several artists with different specialties, so it depends on what you want. Do you have a picture or sketch of what you want?” Logan asked, keeping it professional but giddy to figure out if he was right.
The man pulled out a square piece of paper and said, “It’s not super complex,” Logan stared at the spool of thread and black buttons as the man continued, “It’s based on the book “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman.”
So, Logan was wrong, “I mean most of us could do that but I like to think I am the most qualified.”
“Got any examples of your work?” the man asked cheekily.
Logan decided to get his best friend up here who happened to let Logan do all of his tattoos, “Roman get your lazy ass up here!”
“Lose again specs?” Roman asked as he got up.
The man looked confused and Logan decided to change the subject quickly and said, “Show this customer some of my work please.”
“If you wanted me shirtless, all you had to do was ask,” Roman countered as he removed his shirt to show the tattoos. There weren’t many but the ones appeared to be sentimental and detailed. 
“I may be pansexual, but I am not desperate,” Logan said, continuing the banter.
“Wow, rude, and in front of this fine young person too,” Roman said, pretending to be hurt.
“Well, they probably didn’t want to see your chest either, but you refuse to get them anywhere but your back and chest,” Logan countered, clearly noticing the way Roman had glanced at the bracelet on the customer’s wrist that said he/they. They looked surprised that someone had noticed that.
“Well, maybe I don’t want to ruin my wonderful arms or legs, Mr. Andy Hurley,” Roman said, attempting to defend his honor.
“I’ll take that as a compliment since Andy Harley is a very attractive man and I do enjoy a good amount of Fall Out Boy,” Logan countered.
Roman scoffed as Logan turned to the customer and said, “I guess I should introduce myself, formally. I am Logan Croft.”
The man smiled and shook Logan’s outstretched hand firmly as he replied, “I am Virgil.”
“I would like to apologize for my fiend, I mean friend, he gets quite excitable at times,” Logan said as he glared at his friend.
“Actually, I like your work and wouldn’t mind getting my tattoo here. May I make an appointment?” Virgil asked.
Logan looked astonished as he said, “Sure, when would you like to?”
“I don’t work until later on Saturday, would that work?” Virgil asked.
“Yes it will,” Logan answered.
Virgil nodded then gave a quick wave goodbye as he left. Logan watched the door close and turned his head to see Roman with that impish look he got. 
“You like him!” Roman shrieked.
“No, too soon to tell,” Logan said, “Also what happened to ‘they’?”
“His bracelet said, ‘He/They’. Also, if not yet, soon. I mean he’s cute so I understand but not my style,” Roman said, “I mean his brother’s pretty cute and comes to my pharmacy and I’ve had my eye on him for a bit.”
“You know his brother?” Logan asked.
“Well, they own that emo themed bakery up the street from the pharmacy where I work,” Roman shared.
Logan took Roman’s statement as food for thought as he left the parlor, waving at his coworker goodbye. He walked home and thought about the customer who had come in so close to the end of his shift. Logan didn’t necessarily believe in soulmates, fate, or chance since there was no scientific proof but he also had an emotional side and hope. Soon after he thought this, Logan’s logical side won over and said that there was no reason other than the obvious convenient coincidence. He entered his simple apartment, grateful that his roommates weren’t home. He started cooking dinner, which was almost finished as his roommates, Roman and his twin brother Remus, walked in. Roman had gone to get Remus since Roman had used their car to get to work so he had to drop off and pick up Remus. Roman’s job was farther out than Logan’s and Remus’ who couldn’t walk to work either. It was a weird set up but they shared a car since neither of them had the money for a second car. Logan didn’t have a car either, he was saving up his money to pay off his loans and hopefully to find a good job somewhere science-related. As the twins dropped their stuff off at the door, Remus was talking about his job at the zoo and the newest animal exhibit there. Logan looked at the very chaotic person who enjoyed handling the animals. His brother, however, was clearly ready to tell his own work story. To prevent a fight, Logan said, “Hey, set the table boys.”
“Okay mom,” Roman said, chuckling. Logan had learned that Roman and Remus thought of him as a motherly figure. 
They sat down for dinner as Roman talked about how his day at the pharmacy went, “Someone who was a regular, came in for their antidepressants and had said, please remember I am paraphrasing, ‘Do you have the potion that shall help me, O’ wise mage’ to which I said a simple yes. They responded with, ‘I thank thee, no curse shall leave my lips that will torment you’. They left the Walgreen’s and I realized that was fairly normal for me. Anyway, Logan, got any good stories besides that cute emo coming in?”
Logan would never admit this to anyone, but some blood rose to his neck as he responded, “No my day was normal, including the man from the bakery. However, I seem to remember something about a cute brother that works with him from you Roman.”
Remus snickered as he watched his two roommates who were definitely crushing pretty hard. He was glad that he was behind those days, having a boyfriend and all. 
That night, Virgil walked home to his apartment that he shared with his old college roommate, Janus, who was making spaghetti for their dinner that night. Virgil set the box on the table that held some “Hey Youngblood” thumbprint cookies from their bakery. Janus looked at the box, pointed a spatula at it as if to ask the contents. Virgil answered the unasked question, “Thumbprint cookies, made with Crofters. And no, I am not calling the cookies by their name because I say it enough at work.”
Janus smiled as he responded, “Well maybe you should reevaluate your decisions then.”
“How about no. I like my bakery as it is, I just kinda regret letting Pat choose the names for the baked goods. By the way, he hasn’t named everything on the menu,” Virgil confessed.
“Should you talk to him? Is it that big of a problem?” Janus asked, genuinely concerned for his friend.
“No, it’s not that. It’s just that it gets a little annoying at times. His puns are super clever though so it’s honestly all good,” Virgil answered, truthfully, recognizing the look on their roommate’s face.
Janus nodded, believing his roommate, as he served the spaghetti. The two sat down to eat when they heard a knock at the door. Virgil got up and checked to see who it was, it was his brother Patton. Virgil opened the door to let him in and as soon as he crossed the threshold Patton exclaimed, “I fucked up real bad. I mean really bad.”
Virgil sighed, probably had to do with the cute pharmacist that stopped by their bakery. Not that Virgil could complain since he usually did the same with Patton but if it was the same person, Virgil thought he might scream. But before he could, Patton continued with his story. 
“So you know the pharmacist who comes in on occasion, well I was at the drugstore where he works and I was unaware that I was speaking with him. So I said, ‘I seek the cure to the darkness in my brain’ and he went through the normal stuff and I had to continue being normal so I responded with, ‘I thank thee, no curse of mine shall harm you’ and now I definitely ruined any chances with him.”
“Patton, I am sure that if he would’ve dated you, he would have been exposed to you and you’re, sometimes, eccentric qualities. I am sure everything will end up being okay,” Virgil said, attempting to comfort their brother. 
“And if it is necessary, I can and will murder,” Janus chimed in, unwelcomely.
“Says the lawyer who prosecutes murder cases,” Virgil quips while making the universal sign for shut the fuck up, the middle finger. 
Janus stayed quiet while Virgil worked on reassuring his brother. Eventually, Patton nodded and appeared to have calmed down. When Virgil invited him to stay for dinner, Patton had turned down the offer since he needed to head upstairs to talk to his roommate since he hadn’t been home.
Virgil sat down at the table with his roommate as Janus’ phone received a notification. Virgil could tell from the look on his friend’s face that it was Janus’ boyfriend texting him. 
“Share the news, Janus, I know you are dying to,” Virgil said as he looked at his plate of spaghetti.
The lawyer smiled as he said, “Well, Roman, the brother of Remus, has started an incorrect quotes blog that is just Remus quotes and conversations.”
Virgil laughed and said, “Can you get the URL, I need to know what this man you are dating is like because you never seem to bring him around.”
Janus texted Remus and got a response fairly quickly. After being told what it was, Virgil grabbed his laptop and looked it up. As he read through the posts and showed Janus a few, he asked, “Is this what he is always like?”
“Yeah, he has his moments of being calm or more chaotic, but this is his usual act,” Janus responded.
The two laughed for a bit at the quotes when Virgil said, “I think the guy that Patton is infatuated with is named Roman.”
“Oh yeah, it is. That is, in fact, the same Roman, and yes, he is also very infatuated with Patton apparently,” Janus responded as he put his phone away and began to eat.
Virgil pondered this new information for a bit and eventually, he began to think about the Roman he met in the tattoo parlor, which in turn, led to him thinking about the guy, Logan. Logically, Virgil knew that he wouldn’t see him after he got his tattoo but part of him was drawn to the man. 
Virgil remained lost in his thoughts until, being the absolute angel that he is, Janus smacked Virgil on the back of the head. Virgil was still jolting as he got out of his chair, ready to fight Janus, and like two siblings fighting over the remote, they both ended up on the ground wrestling. 
After a few minutes of fighting, Janus finally asks, “So what was on your mind?”
“Nothing, I was just thinking,” Virgil said.
“Uh-huh, sure, I think it’s because you have a crush,” Janus teased as he watched his friend attempt to stutter out a response.
Finally able to speak clearly, Virgil said, "Actually, it's not. I was thinking about that tattoo I wanted to get." Virgil hoped that Janus would buy his half-lie and not see the nervous tapping or blood flowing up to his neck.
Janus knew Virgil wasn’t being completely honest, he ate the lies of criminals for breakfast, but he could also read the room and knew this was not the time, so he dropped it. Finally, at ease, Virgil continued their conversation and the two talked until it was close to 10:00.
On Saturday morning, Virgil made sure that their brother had someone to work with him during the day until Virgil was done at the parlor. Since it was confirmed, Virgil got up and dressed in a tank top and open flannel, aware that he would need a looser item of clothing on top of his tattoo. Virgil ate breakfast, left his house, and started towards the tattoo parlor. 
Once they entered, Logan looked up to see who was at the door. His heart was hoping for Virgil and his head was telling him that it shouldn't matter. But it was Virgil and a war started inside of him. His head won, which was smart since Logan would be doing permanent needlepoint on their skin. 
Logan took them back and prepped the needle and Virgil's skin. 
As the needle was buzzing, Virgil appeared to be scrolling Tumblr on their phone as Logan did his job. He tried to refrain from paying attention to Virgil's muscle mass and focused on the project.
After several hours, Logan finished the tattoo and gave Virgil the care instructions. They waved as they left the parlor and headed to their bakery.
Virgil walked into his bakery and was bombarded with questions from their brother. "How did it go? Do you like it? Are you feeling okay?"
Virgil held up their hand and said, "It went well considering I got needlepoint on my skin, I haven't looked since it's on my shoulder, and yes I am okay."
Suddenly Virgil was being dragged to a bathroom by his brother so he could see it as well as Patton. 
Once inside, the light was turned on and Virgil slipped the flannel off of his shoulder. The tattoo looked really good and Virgil was impressed. They walked out of the bathroom, brother in tow, put his uniform on, and washed his hands. 
Throughout the day, the bakery had a steady stream of customers who enjoyed the food, puns, and music. Near the end of the day, Virgil was surprised to see Logan, the tattoo artist, walk through the door. He walked up to the counter as he appeared to scan the menu. As he arrived at the counter, Virgil gave his standard, “Hello, Welcome to I Bake Sins, not Tragedies, How can I help you today?”
Logan smirked and asked, “What are the ‘Hey Youngblood’ cookies?”
“Well, they are a jam thumbprint cookie filled with Crofter’s jam, we have strawberry and blackberry jam,” Virgil answered, trying to use his customer voice he had picked up over the years of working in the real world. 
Logan nodded then said, “Could I please have a ‘Hey Youngblood’ cookie then and a coffee.”
Virgil nodded, took Logan’s money, made his change, and began preparing his order. It wasn’t complex, the cookies had been baked recently and coffee was in a pot, so it took but five minutes to complete. As he brought it out to Logan, he gestured to where the cream and sugar were kept for their customers to use on their own. They had found it to be more convenient and easier. Virgil watched as Logan found a seat at a table and pulled a book from the shelf behind him. Virgil continued to work and serve customers for a while when he noticed that Logan had left, it wasn’t a problem since he had figured where the mugs needed to be returned, but part of Virgil was upset nonetheless.
Logan walked out of the bakery and walked back to the parlor. The bakery was very nice, the music was loud enough to be heard but wasn’t disruptive, their food was very good and Logan desired to find this Crofter’s jam, there was a good selection of books for the customers to read as they sat down, and the aesthetic was less dark but still held to the inspiration. Logan found himself enjoying the Fall Out Boy and Panic! At the Disco puns on the food. He definitely was adding the place to his list of good places to eat at. He conveniently was skipping over the cute enby at the register. That can of worms was not going to be opened. He entered the parlor and saw that Roman was there. “Hey, Eliot, can you take out the trash?” Logan said, gesturing to Roman.
The man at the front desk, Eliot, smiled, and said, “Sorry, I thought that was your job.”
Logan smirked and responded, “Oh yeah, It is.” 
As Logan started to meander towards Roman, the pharmacist definitely looked a little fearful as Logan chuckled, "I was joking with you Roman."
"I am well aware, Specs but it wasn't very nice. Just thought that you confused me for Remus," Roman responded, trying to save his dignity.
"What a vibe check Roman," Logan said, aware the slang was incorrect but also had stopped trying with slang. Roman's face made it worth the lack of education Logan had.
"A what now?!?!? That is so wrong. I really can't believe you just said that " Roman exclaimed, continuing to rant about how Logan doesn't know slang.
Logan chuckled as he watched his friend continue to passionately rant about something as trivial as slang.   
The next week went by fairly routinely for the group. Logan worked at the parlor and occasionally stopped by the bakery with the attractive emo worker, Virgil would work and occasionally see the cute tattoo artist, Patton worked with brother and would attempt and fail to keep it together when a certain pharmacist would come in every day, and Roman would continue his daily routine of stopping in to get breakfast and see the adorable baker. Somewhere in the course of the week, Roman had slipped Patton his phone number, platonically, of course, and that sparked a conversation and eventually friendship between the two.
Virgil and Logan did not interact that much but were slowly becoming comfortable with each other’s presence. They would have a casual conversation when Logan would come in and on occasion, Logan would happen to ask about books that Virgil had. They kinda wanted to talk to Logan more, but it’s kinda hard when a guy comes in right at the time that high school students get out of school. 
But that week was done and the weekend was bringing a special surprise, the arrival of Virgil and Patton’s parents. 
It was Friday night, a mere twenty minutes before closing and the bakery was empty. Virgil and Patton had a little bit of extra bread dough from the day. It was only about the size of a fist and well, Virgil had technically started it. He had tossed it and ended up throwing it at his brother. Patton received the dough splat on the back of his head and turned to see his sheepish sibling looking incredibly nervous. Patton smiled and tossed it back to him. Virgil caught it and chuckled. The game slowly got bigger as Virgil and Patton ended up outside the kitchen and in the main area. They continued for a few more minutes when suddenly the doors opened and in walked Emile and Remy, the parents of the two bakers. 
And like children caught with their hands in the cookie jar, they froze and went to finger-pointing. Emile chuckled and held his hands up and Patton tossed the ball to his dad. 
“Think fast dear,” Emile told his partner as he threw the dough to Remy.
Remy caught the dough and smiled. They tossed it to their child and the game continued for a few more minutes until some late-night closer customers came in.
“C’mon, I need to see Patton and you wouldn’t mind seeing Virgil. Their bakery doesn’t close for a  whole 15 minutes,” Roman whined.
“I am aware and no I wouldn’t mind but it is late. One of us needs to be the voice of reason here,” Logan said, not wanting to admit how much he kind of wanted to see a particular baker.
“There is no reason not to,” Roman argued.
Logan would blame it on the fact that he was tired and not because he was giving in to the want to see someone who may not even be attracted to men as he acquiesced to Roman’s request, “Fine, Roman. Let me grab my jacket and we can walk there since Remus took the car when he dropped you off.”
The two walked to the bakery. When they arrived, they saw four people tossing something and smiling. Logan assumed they were laughing. As he looked, he saw Virgil and from the look on Roman’s face, could assume that Patton was in there as well. However, Logan felt a little preoccupied with Virgil and their existence. Their face was a little flushed and they were smiling as they threw what appeared to be bread dough. 
Eventually, Logan snapped out of his trance and realized that he was definitely gay for this nonbinary emo baker. He also made the snap decision that the other two, older, adults were likely family. Logan was going to tap Roman on the shoulder and tell him that they should just head home, but, Roman’s hand was on the doorknob and was opening the door. 
Well, Logan would argue that he had to join his friend and walked in. He was greeted with what was becoming a familiar scent of baked bread and an earthy scent that was likely from an air freshener. He felt bad for interrupting the family time that was happening, but the look of surprise and happiness on Virgil’s face almost, keyword almost, took away his anxiety. Virgil hopped behind the counter and asked what they wanted.
“Could I have a ‘Hey Youngblood’ cookie and a loaf of bread?” Logan asked and gestured for Roman to step up and order.
“Could I have some ‘Pretty Odd Macarons’?” Roman asked.
Virgil nodded, rang up the order, and began to get the food. While Virgil was doing that, Patton had approached Roman and the two began talking. 
Virgil handed him the bag and Logan just had to open his mouth and ask, “So, uh, who are these lovely people?” He was nervous and apparently he cannot control his mouth around cute people.
Virgil looked at Remy, who nodded, before responding. “Well, my ren would probably appreciate that you didn’t say men as they are nonbinary and their name is Remy,” Virgil said as he gestured to the person with a leather jacket and sunglasses, “And the other man is my dad, Emile,” Virgil answered as he gestured to the man in a suit with a cardigan and glasses. 
Then Virgil gestured to Logan and said, “This is my friend Logan. Just so everyone knows everyone.”
Logan could feel the blood rushing to his neck and shuffled his feet as he waved. 
Roman smiled and introduced himself, looked at the clock and realized that it was pretty late, and turned to Patton to say goodbye.
Logan turned to Virgil and said, “We need to get back to our apartment and make sure that Remus hasn’t burned it down. He has been at the house alone for around three hours and is pretty chaotic. It was nice seeing you, goodbye.’
Virgil chuckled and said, “It was nice seeing you, Logan. Feel free to drop by anytime.”
Logan looked down at the floor to hide the red that was creeping up his neck and towards his face and grabbed his friend to drag him home. 
Logan was at the front door of his apartment and Roman was still whining like a child. The two walked in and were greeted with Remus and his questioning looks. Logan began to share the story.
Virgil waved to Logan and Roman as they left and looked at his watch to see that it was closing time. They waved Patton over to help finish tidying up and gather the baked goods off the shelf and put them in a box.
As the siblings were working, Remy was holding the dough ball and tossing it between their hands. They could tell their husband was proud of their sons but also incredibly curious, like Remy, about the two men who had come in at closing. Their husband looked at them and Remy knew they were the bolder of the two so he asked, “Who were those two?”
Virgil happened to be at the counter at the moment so he said, “Well Roman is Patton’s admirer and Logan is a new friend as well as the guy who did my newest tattoo.”
Patton happened to hear from the kitchen so he piped up and said, “Actually, Roman doesn’t like me but I think Logan likes Virgil.”
This led to an argument. Emile looked at his spouse and moved to stand next to him. “How much do you wanna bet that both of our children are in love and their respective man also loves them?”
Remy chuckled and said, “While I normally don’t condone on gambling, I can make an exception for our oblivious children. I say it takes the rest of the month.” It was, conveniently, at the beginning of the month.
Emile smiled and said, “I think I will go with the month after.” The two lovers shook hands and looked at the children they had raised.
Virgil and Patton had stopped their bickering and were deciding who would take what was left from the day to the homeless shelter.
When Virgil and Patton decided to buy I Bake Sins, not Tragedies, the two decided that they should donate what food was left from the day to a local homeless shelter that was LGBTQ+ friendly and nonprofit. They had found one thanks to the size of the city they lived in.
Patton decided to take that day and texted his roommate, Thomas, that he would be home later.
Virgil asked his parents who they wanted to stay with that night since Patton and Virgil both had a space prepared for them when they had heard their parents say they wanted to visit.
The two looked at each other and Remy said, “Mind if we stay with you? I haven’t talked to Janus in a while and Emile looks so tired that walking up more stairs than necessary may cause him to pass out.” Remy chuckled as their husband smacked them. 
Virgil nodded and texted their roommate that they would have two guests tonight.
After the siblings finished cleaning and closing up, Virgil walked out to their parent’s car and asked if he could ride to the apartment complex with them.
Remy appeared to consider it before letting him in. The three drove to Virgil’s apartment and decided to not stay up too late.
The next morning was one of chaos. Janus had a big trial at noon that day, Remy and Emile were going to spend their morning walking around the city and the afternoon in the bakery. Virgil’s anxiety was skyrocketing at the thought of something bad happening and was ready to punch something. 
Having woken up earlier than usual, Virgil had the chance to run around the block before getting ready to work. So, he ran. They knew they needed to run to get the nerves under control and they would have the chance to work with dough all day which helps with the aggression aspect of his anxiety. 
After Virgil’s quick run, he went to his apartment, showered off, and put his standard dark clothing and hoodie on. Virgil walked to the bakery in record time and had enough time to put his apron on and help his brother pull the tray out of the oven. Patton had come in early to bake since he was a morning person but Virgil and Patton often alternated each week for who would come in earlier to get the first round in the ovens.
Patton decided to man the register while Virgil took over baking for the morning shift.
The brothers worked nonstop until 11:30, which was standard for Saturdays and enjoyed the break they would receive until the late lunch rush. During this time, Janus stopped in to grab a Danger Days Donut and coffee.
The rest of the morning passed without event and Virgil had decided to take a 10-minute break to go and get their anxiety medication from the pharmacy. Waving to Patton, Virgil walked down the street to the nearest Walgreens and back to the pharmacy. When he arrived, he saw a familiar face, the face of Roman. Roman looked up and saw Virgil as he was about to ask for a name. “Hey, Virgil, I am afraid I will need a last name, for protocol, of course.”
Virgil chuckled and said, “Picani, also I was not expecting you to know it. I was not expecting you to work here, in fact.”
Roman chuckled and said, “I’ve served your brother but I am surprised he hasn’t spoken of me.” Roman pulled Virgil’s medicine off the shelf and handed it to him. 
Virgil took the medicine as he made an offhand comment about thinking that his brother was speaking of another Roman, despite the fact that Virgil was fully aware his brother was very taken by Roman.
The two bantered for another minute before Virgil left and headed back to his bakery.
Virgil walked back in and saw Logan at a table near the bookshelves in the back. 
Patton saw them walk in and gave him a thumbs up so Virgil set their prescription in the back and went out to the bookshelves to talk to Logan. Virgil wasn’t sure why he wanted to talk to the tattoo artist, all he knew was there was something drawing him to Logan. 
Logan felt something tap his shoulder and tensed up a bit, startled but when he turned around, he was pleasantly surprised. Logan did not expect to see Virgil out of the back.
“Looking for a book to read?” Virgil asked.
Logan wasn’t but he wanted to hear Virgil talk about something he liked so he said, “I am actually.”
Maybe Virgil knew Logan was lying but if they did, they humored Logan, “Well, I don’t know if you have read ‘Coraline’ but that is a good one, I mean I based a tattoo off of it. But if you want something less creepy, ‘Good Omens’ by Neil Gaiman is also very good. Want out of the fantasy realm and more science fiction, we have many Douglass Adams novels.”
Logan nodded and decided to find Coraline to read. He had not read the story but had heard good things about it. 
Virgil continued to work for the next hour, making his supply for the evening and later night coffee dates, occasionally checking on Logan. Once or twice Virgil would catch themself staring and have to shake themself from their trance. Virgil was realistic, they weren't in a super-wealthy occupation and weren't the most attractive person out there, heck they had heterochromia. The left eye is green and his right is brown, he just wears a colored contact so they both look brown. Virgil was okay with their appearance but wore the contact because he preferred to assuage the questions and because he used to get bullied for it. They also were aware that it was likely an infatuation and would fade quickly.
At some point in the day, Virgil's parents had also snuck into the store and appeared to be snacking on the rejects near the back. Those two were watching their child's potential future boyfriend with interest. 
And for an hour, it was a blissful quiet. Soon after Logan settled with his book, Virgil traded with Patton to start preparing for the evening and post date bakery visitors. It was mostly making the dough and letting it rise. At one point, Virgil went out to sit with their parents and catch up. After a bit, Virgil relieved Patton of register duty and sat on the stool, sketching.
Virgil wasn’t really a great drawer but he liked to do it nonetheless, it was a relaxing activity. So, with quieter Fall Out Boy playing, Virgil drew, Logan read, Emile and Remy gossiped with Patton, and all was right with the world. Sadly, Logan’s phone decided to disrupt the peace to remind Logan that he had a job. Logan sighed and decided to go to the front counter. Virgil was sketching what appeared to be a beach and Logan hated to disrupt them but he was on a time crunch. “Hey, Virgil,” Logan started, with a softer tone as to not startle the quieter goth, “I was wondering if you could hold onto this book for me to come back in and finish. I am really enjoying it but I have to get to work.”
Virgil looked up, not startled but surprised. He heard Logan’s request and kinda wanted to chuckle because Logan hadn’t thought to ask if he could borrow the book, but Virgil could respect his wish and said, “Absolutely my dude, it is not a problem.” Virgil took the book from Logan and their hands brushed against each other briefly and Virgil was fighting the urge to blush. Logan nodded and fumbled out a goodbye as he backed out, subsequently running into a table, on his way out. Virgil chuckled and tried to convince himself that he didn’t offer to let Logan borrow the book because Virgil wanted Logan to visit again. It took the rest of the day to convince himself of this fact.
Near the end of the day, around what is normally dinner time, Roman busted through the doors and startled Patton. Virgil had left with Remy to grab dinner for the rest of his family and Patton and Emile were left to watch over the bakery. Well, Emile was sitting in his back corner while Patton watched the register and decided if there needed to be more sale goods made or if Virgil should mix dough to bake tomorrow. It was quiet and Patton was a little restless. So Roman’s impromptu entrance was actually appreciated by Patton while Virgil would have scowled. Roman walked up to the front register and put on his blindingly charming smile and Patton couldn’t help but giggle like a girl whose crush just shared that they like someone.
Roman continued walking in and walked to the back where Emile was sitting, which confused Patton. Roman cleared his throat and said, “Hello, my name is Roman. I believe we met last night.”
Emile was a little charmed and smiled as he responded, “Why yes we did.” Emile could also tell the boy was nervous, he kept shuffling his feet and wiping his hands on his pants.
Roman took a second to try to calm down and ask his question. “I was wondering if I could have your permission to take your son, Patton, on a date.” Now Patton was listening by this point and had to keep from gasping in surprise.
Emile smiled and said, “Well, Patton is an adult so you really don’t have to ask me, but if he is fine with it, so am I. I am close to certain my spouse will agree with me and I admire that you asked me but I think the one you really need to ask is by the kitchen door.”
Roman smiled and turned to see Patton peeping and eavesdropping. “Well, Patton, would you like to go on a date with me Friday night?”
Like a deer in headlights, Patton froze before finding his voice to say, “Yes I will.”
Roman smiled and went to hug Patton when the bell above the entrance rang out. Patton rushed out to the front to see if it was a customer, but instead, it was the rest of his family.
Virgil went behind the counter and handed Patton the food they had gotten him and when he finally looked at his brother, Virgil saw his brother’s face lit up with joy, and Virgil knew he was going to be in for a gossip session.
The family ate dinner, with the brothers behind the counter and the parents at a close table. The night finished routinely, with Virgil and Patton cleaning up and Virgil gathering the leftovers for the local shelter. Remy and Emile were staying with Patton that night and Virgil was going to head home afterward.
Virgil was walking back home after visiting the shelter. He was deep in thought when he ran into someone, quite literally. That, someone, happened to be very fit. Logan was that someone. Virgil was quite surprised since he didn’t see Logan outside of the tattoo shop and bakery, but Virgil was not able to form a sentence because the gay part of his brain just went berserk. As previously mentioned, Logan is fit and has a good deal of muscle mass. Virgil also literally ran into him and fell on the ground. So, the anxious, disaster gay was looking for an escape, because flight was his activated instinct. As his eyes scanned the paths of escape, Logan began to speak, “Hey, Virgil. I was not expecting to see you out tonight.”
Somewhere in the anxious fog of his brain, Virgil knew he needed to respond, so he did, “Uh, yeah. Same here. I was dropping some food donations off to the homeless shelter that specifies in helping queer people.”
Logan looked surprised. Then Virgil realized that not everyone uses queer in a friendly sense so he began to explain. “Oh, yeah, I say queer because I believe that some terms need reclaiming and it is a valid label. I, myself, identify as queer.”
Virgil continued to ramble when Logan interrupted, “Virgil, breathe. I was not offended by the use of queer, I like that some are reclaiming it. I didn’t know you donated food to the local homeless shelter, that’s why I looked surprised.”
Virgil breathed, counting so they could calm down. As they calmed down, Logan realized that Virgil was definitely on the verge of a panic attack. So once Virgil had calmed down, Logan offered to walk Virgil to their apartment. Virgil was still a little shaky and agreed. 
The two walked to Virgil's apartment complex and talked. Virgil learned that Logan was a big science nerd and that he liked to misuse slang specifically to annoy Roman. Logan learned that Virgil had always been passionate about baking and that he hadn’t actually found emo music until he was a college student. Those were simple facts and only broad details, however, it brought new depth to their relationship. 
Logan walked Virgil to his front door and waved goodbye as Virgil walked inside. Virgil walked into their apartment, gave a two-fingered salute to Logan (who gave a small wave goodbye), and watched Logan walk away as he closed the door.
“What was that?” Janus asked accusingly.
“Oh, I ran into Logan on my walk home and he offered to walk me home.” Virgil divulged.
“You mean The Logan Croft? The Logan Croft with eyes that are like golden brown honey? With hair that looks like a dark chocolate mousse? By the way, why do you describe him using bakery type foods?” Janus asked, teasing Virgil.
“Yeah, we had a nice conversation on the way home,” Virgil said, baiting Janus with a fishhook of information.
“I think that we need to have a gossip night again, so I will be making the popcorn, you get the drinks,” Janus said, bluntly and full of curiosity.
Virgil chuckled, glad Janus caught the bait. He got up and started to make the hot cocoa, ready to share every detail of the night.
Logan continued walking, tired and happy, indescribably happy. He could definitely try, he knew words, but Virgil elicited a special kind of reaction that he could never begin to decipher. Logan was happy and if he thought about it, maybe he was falling in love. 
Logan was able to make it home safely in his dazed state, and when he got home, he walked into his apartment. He closed the front door and just leaned against the back of the door. Remus happened to hear the door close and looked to see where Logan was. He saw Logan in his starstruck state and felt the need to hopelessly tease rise up in him. “Logan’s got a boyfriend, Logan’s got a boyfriend. Gonna finally get f-,” Remus singsonged until he got cut off.
“Alright, that’s enough. Firstly, I am pan, could easily be a girl or a nonbinary person. Secondly, if you are referring to Virgil, they use they/them and may not want to be referred to as a boyfriend. Thirdly, They likely don’t feel the same,” Logan said, sobering up.
Remus realized that Logan was definitely sensitive about the subject. So, he called Roman into the living room, grabbed some blankets, set a movie up, and went to make cocoa. Tonight was going to be a comfortable gossip night. He texted Janus, saying he may be a bit slow on responding because Logan needed to be listened to.
Both groups had a gossip night, though one was more lighthearted and the other was more of a rant session, both parties ended up feeling more satisfied with how they felt and hopeful that their feelings were reciprocated.
To Be Continued
Hi. This is my birthday gift to myself because I'm now an adult legally and I can do what I want.
79 notes · View notes
fymagnificentwomcn · 5 years ago
Note
Farya was not only a bad and unnecessary character, but was also sooo annoying, not only for me?
I mean…
outside how her character was out of the place, she wasn’t even likeable? My mum knew nothing of Ottoman history & how her character is so ahistorical and she hated Floprya so much, you cannot imagine.
Her ranting that if Mu/rat does not kill Ayşe, she will do it herself & being all “Damn ilahtar and Kösem, they will try to convince Murad not to kill Ayşe, and otherwise he’s so merciless DANG”.
Her feeling of superiority and being special truly shows you why she had best relations with
Mu/rat and Atike in the palace lmao.
She’s also repeatedly completely ignorant of Ottoman system & yet thinks she can be Valide (ater)?
Kösem, Gevherhan, and Ayşe told her multiple times how it works and what might ultimately befall her. Of course Ayşe wanted to just piss her off, but she actually told her truth – Murad was keeping her as his mistress closed in golden cage and just waiting when he decides to grace her with his presence, mostly at night to have some fun ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) . Living outside harem meant that (surprise!) She had a worse situation than slave Ayşe, who had an acknowledged & legitimate position as haseki and mother of princes. Being a foreign princess meant nothing there – she was kept in hiding, had no clear position in Murad’s life, and was actually living in sin with Mu/rat (yes, Murad was so mad about Kasim breaking the rules, but he was doing something far more scandalising himself when it came to sexual propriety & he was the ruling padişah). Her being so happy about not being placed in harem initially & thinking how she was so special she was given a separate palace.. shows precisely how ignorant she was of the system she CHOSE to live in.
Kösem and Gevherhan warned her how not having a kids meant she would later fade into obscurity & even legal marriage could not change it – she completely dismissed it because of “their great luv” & stuff.
Kösem knew Murad much better than Floprya did LBR and when she said his “great luv” would pass, she knew what she was talking about – she was even shocked when Mu/rat gifted Farya with necklace because it wasn’t in his nature to do romantic gestures and caring about giving his women gifts. And even if you don’t trust these women because they don’t like you much, look at how this man is truly behaving towards you (if you ignore his behaviour towards Ayşe because yes we know you are a special snowflake).
Ignoring stuff such as period-appropriate behaviour (Murad laughing at Farya wanting to command an Ottoman army, I guess even less misogynistic men would laugh her off), he calls her his prisoner even before the pig incident, and afterwards…. 1) he hits her without even asking her why she put a freakin’ pig in; 2) keeps her wounded and bleeding in cell while making his decision, at the same time being all emo about how poor HE is because he loves this woman and she hurt HIM so; 3) when he (graciously, please everyone clap) decides to spare her, he doesn’t just let her go, he makes a show in which he scares her and “shows her her rightful place” aka on her knees before him; 3) continues to be offended and passive aggressive towards her afterwards; 4) gives her throne away behind her back without even asking her if she wants to stay with him; 5) rides after her, tells her “you slept with me, so you are my woman & you belong in my harem” & takes her on his horse forcefully (it doesn’t matter if she secretly wanted it inside); 6) didn’t explain why he gave her family’s throne to someone else even after he took her back to the palace, Atike had to do it; 7) yes, kept her without any status and intention to change it hidden in another palace, without any participation in his daily life and only visiting her when it suited him, not even sticking to any promises to come if he decided so, only the terrible incident with Farya’s miscarriage made him marry her and seeing how his “great luv” began to die after it, one does question whether it was out of love or him simply wanting to show everyone (both his mother and subjects) that he could do as he pleased, even against any rules; 6) he actually never promised her he would marry her and not have other women, it was only Farya always saying this – conversely, in MY Suleiman DID actually promise this to Hürrem and then did not keep it [doesn’t make Murad less of a dick, but shows how delusional Farya might be because he never actually said so himself or agreed to it].
And I said in one of my previous posts how Hürrem (and any harem women) weren’t homewreckers because it was indeed their only chance to have a family & love, but damn Floprya is a homewrecker because she truly didn’t have to stay with Mu/rat – she had her family, her throne, friends to come back to… please you knew what mess you created by coming there, and you had all the signs how violent this guy was and about his attitude to women… you could truly do a lot better, honey.
Murad never saw her as a consort of importance either. He never asked for her opinion on anything (he’d sooner even ask his mother) and when she got an accidental chance to say something (pleading with him not to execute a poor guy who forgot his lamp to bring his dad dinner, nota bene an incident described by Ottoman historian Mustafa Naima, just without Farya in the picture obviously), he completely ignored her and looked pissed she even dared to do so. It was frankly the only instance Floprya tried to talk Mu/rat out of something bad – even when he executed people who simply had been on the market during the attack on her (and even completely unrelated ones as later turned out), even though Kosem had already punished the actual attackers, our “kind-hearted” Floprya did nothing…. I’m not surprised he didn’t consult her before because he never does & well… talking sense to him never works because Kösem tried to reason with him it’s wrong, even for him because it provides people who want to go between him and ordinary people with great opportunity… and he didn’t give a fuck as always, but Farya never said anything, even following this? It was a matter closely connected with her and we never even see them talking about this or Floprya’s reaction to it? I can’t believe she didn’t hear about this… she likely just didn’t care.
Kösem also told her that marrying a sultan is not enough, and (since we know she couldn’t have kids) she should at least drag her ass and do something useful, like take care of people? Well, it was the only time we saw Floprya doing charity.
 Following the wedding, Mu/rat began to gradually lose interest in Farya, including going after Sanavber after he saw her with dagger pointed at him because it seems he has a dagger-fetish & now Floprya  even stopped wielding his favourite toy to have his attention… And again never forget Atike’s “Murad finally met a woman worthy of him, she can wield a sword like A MAN!” (STFU ALREADY ATIKE).
Speaking of Atike… Floprya encouraging Atike to pursue Silahtar even if it’s clear from Atike’s words he isn’t responsive to her, bah, even after it’s known he loves someone else… how stupid you can be to encourage Atike to get the guy who loves someone else and keep telling her again how special & daring she is, so go on and take what you want? Or Floprya threatening Silahtar to expose it was Gevherhan because he called her out on threatening Ayse at night with knife (yes, Ayşe was guilty, but there was no evidence at that point & it was not for her to go and punish somebody without evidence like that). He was just doing his job.
Farya later begins to openly mention her frustrations and how she’s now sidelined because she cannot have children… which of course makes her more the bitter and angry at Ayşe & striving towards revenge so bad – she  isn’t satisfied that Ayşe got exposed and would be punished, she wants her DEAD & would not accept any other option (never mind that poor, innocent children would be orphaned in such a case).
Even after  the matter is revealed and she does regret what she did, she’s as defensive as ever and tries to put all blame on depressed, abused woman aka Ayşe… she sees no fault of Mura/t’s there.
Still, she didn’t deserve execution for that, especially from hands of person who was chiefly responsible for the tragedy aka her husband… and her being pregnant saving her was meaningful.
Yet she continues to be ignorant about Ottoman system – now that Mura/t continues to pay her little attention even though she gave birth to two sons and instead spends time on drinking parties with Yusuf & other male buddies, she wants to be Valide and supports changing succession law back to the one involving fratricide… Okay, she doesn’t care about Murad’s brothers, but her own sons? Mu/rat being all “I don’t give a fuck” to Kösem pointing out one of his sons will kill the other is… well, him being himself, but Floprya should get worried about implications for her sons, right?
The scene with Sinan is SO indicative of Farya later on – she sits on balcony frustrated because she sits at palace all alone with her sons, while her hubby spends time on one of his parties & watching some (sexy!) dancer after promising her he would be now focused on his family (and even in that scene she still looked so scared of him), Sinan comes, calls her future "Valide Sultan”, she smirks, brightens up & already feels relevant and in better mood, so immediately does what he wants her to do and sends message to Mura/t about Kösem holding meeting with statesmen and ulema about changes in succession law.
Yet another win for Sinan!😂
Farya and Mu*rya stans claiming she was sooo "good-hearted” and they were equals.. were we watching the same show, eh? He didn’t treat her as her “equal” or whatever, even in “their best days”. The relationship was a disaster WAY before he tried to kill her.
I really never hated MY/K ship as much as I hated Mu*ya, a total disaster that really had nothing appealing to me – it was straight-up abusive plus it wasn’t even interesting. I swear even Mihrimah and Rüstem, while thouroughly dysfunctional, were more interesting to watch as a totally fucked up, toxic couple ugh.
- Joanna
Tagging @onlythelonelysurvive because it might be of interest to you and maybe take your mind off your worries :)
54 notes · View notes
taste-in-music · 5 years ago
Text
My Favorite Hit Songs of 2019
This year’s crop of popular music was... absolutely bonkers? I mean, this year we had Billie Eilish crash into the mainstream, Lizzo managed to get multiple hits out of songs she released nearly three years ago, the Jonas Brothers made a comeback, and the longest-running #1 hit in Billboard history became a rap/country crossover that got its start on Tik Tok made by a complete nobody and the dad from Hannah Montana. I’m going to admit, this list was pretty hard to put together, as I found it hard to find 10 songs that I genuinely loved that were hits this year. Despite that, the sheer absurdity of this year’s popular music gave me a spark of hope going into the new decade. For this list, I’ll be selecting my favorite songs off of Billboard’s year end Hot 100 songs list. I’m ready to recount this year in music, so...
Tumblr media
10) Sucker by Jonas Brothers I never watched the Jonas Brothers show or listened to their music back when they were big on Disney, so I’ve got no nostalgic investment in them. However, this was a fun comeback to watch play out. This song was pretty dang good for a while, with the funky guitars and the instantly catchy lyrics. It reminded me of “Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man. Then it got the point where three separate radio stations were playing it at the same time, and now I can barely stand it. I think that after the radio releases this song from its clutches it will warm up on me again though, because I do like it overall.
Tumblr media
9) Better by Khalid The strongest attribute of this song is its ATMOSPHERE. The beat, melody, and vocal delivery all compliment one another perfectly, combining to create a smooth, almost sexy sound that washes over you with ever listen. I also like the Daft-Punk-y vocoded lines that pop in at the end, they’re so unexpected and yet they fit in perfectly. I've always loved Khalid’s vocal timbre, it’s so chill and yet warm at the same time. The only thing I can’t praise about this is the lyrics, because I have no clue what they are. Khalid, bless his sweet soul, cannot enunciate. It’s the same problem I have with Ariana Grande. I love your voice, I want to know what you’re saying! 
Tumblr media
8) Trampoline by SHAED Give me the hipster points, because guess who knew about this song before it was cool! I’ve loved SHAED’s music for some time now, so it’s been thrilling to watch this song climb the charts and for them to get the recognition and success that they deserve. While this song isn’t my favorite by them, (that slot would probably be reserved for “Perfume” or “Melt,”) it does showcase the group’s strengths, which are emotive vocals and glossy electronic production. I love the effervescent backing vocals and bubbling keys that pepper this song, it gives the song a floaty feel while still keeping it tense. 
Tumblr media
7) Old Town Road by Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus I can’t think of a piece of music in recent memory that has captured the public’s attention so swiftly and so completely, and you know what? Sometimes something gets big because it’s good. This song, despite all the memes and jokes and radio play and oversaturation, never ever got old to me. Every time it comes on, it puts a giant, goofy smile on my face, and I sing along to the whole thing. I want Lil Nas X to stick around, but even if he doesn’t, I want what this song represents, genre blending, trend-bucking, and a sense of fuck-it fun, to stay.
Tumblr media
6) bury a friend by Billie Eilish Out of all the strange hits we had this year, this was the weirdest one to hear on the radio. It doesn’t have a classic structure! It’s about the monster under your bed! It’s got nothing but a shuffle beat, bass, and the sound of dental drill! It just doesn’t belong on the airwaves next to songs like “ME!” or “I Don’t Care.” Despite that, I’m beyond happy that Billie Eilish is bringing a bit of emo weirdness to the mainstream, because if the success of her music, specifically this song, says anything, it’s that pop is heading in a far scarier and more experimental direction. And I’m on board with that. 
Tumblr media
5) break up with your girfriend, i’m bored by Ariana Grande The groove on this song is fantastic. The combination of eerie synths, bass, reverbed backing vocals, and rolling snares makes it feel tight and controlled, but also loose and flowing at the same time. There was a lot of pushback against this song due the sentiment of the lyrics, but it’s not like Ariana is unaware that she’s the bad guy in this position. There’s enough indifference and sarcasm in her delivery to show that she’s self aware. This was probably my favorite out of the hit singles from the thank u, next era, (”thank u, next” is great but got a bit old to me, and I don’t care for “7 Rings.”) 
Tumblr media
4) Circles by Post Malone  This is embarrassing to admit, because I rarely, if ever, enjoyed any music Post Malone has put out in the past. But this song just hits different. The instrumental feels more acoustic-driven and has a nice pulse to it, projecting a warmth and comfort that none of his other songs have. This was a perfect hit for Autumn, being chill and relaxing enough for Summer, but the underlying bass groove makes you want to move into the productive patterns of the school year. If Post Malone made more music like this I’d reckon I’d enjoy his music quite a bit. 
Tumblr media
3) Dancing With A Stranger by Sam Smith ft. Normani Sometimes radio filler turns out to be spectacular. The ambiance this track builds is relaxing but in an otherworldly kind of way, forming a soundscape of echoing drums and whispering synths. I’ve always stood by the opinion that Sam Smith sounds really good with an electronic beat under them, it helps their great voice move in a more free-flowing way. Normani also sounds amazing on this song, her vocals dipping into smokier territory, and when the two sing together they play off one another’s performances with ease. 
Tumblr media
2) Sweet But Psycho by Ava Max Who predicted this in their last year’s hit song’s list? This bitch! I was so happy to see this hit the U.S. charts, you have no idea. It was such a breath of fresh air in that it was so splashy, sugar-sweet, and unabashedly pop. The lyrics are some of the silliest of the whole year, (”she’s poison but tasty” makes me chuckle every time,) but it doesn’t matter. The addictive melodies and the earnestness in Ava Max’s performance make them sound like Shakespearean poetry, or at least like she believes that they’re Shakespearean poetry. 
Tumblr media
Should Have Been Hits
Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift This should’ve been a single. I get why Taylor chose the singles she did, but this was primed to be a Summer smash, with the glossy synths and vocoded backing vocals and soaring chorus. We were robbed. Robbed, I tell you!
Graveyard by Halsey While “Without Me” got all the glory, this is my favorite of all the Halsey singles we’ve gotten so far by a wide margin. It’s the only one that I’ve made the conscious choice to listen to on my own time for one. I love the way the production rushes as the chorus hits, and the synths that sparkle throughout the verses, and Halsey’s reserved performance.
3 Nights by Dominic Fike This was a hit in the U.K., and I even heard it on a few alternative stations, so why no cross over? If there was any song that should have been the chill Summer hip hop hit, it should have been this. This song is weirdly addictive, the chorus is so inexplicably catchy that once you hear it one time through you will know all the words to it. 
Blame It On Your Love by Charli XCX ft. Lizzo When the mainstream decide that it didn’t need Charli XCX? Because it’s wrong, it needs her very, very badly. The success of “1999″ in the U.K., the name recognition, and the Lizzo feature should’ve been more than enough to boost this onto the charts, but I guess we didn’t want an instantly catchy and fun EDM pop song on the radio. Oh well. 
Motivation by Normani Normani and Lauren are my favorite Fifth Harmony members, so I’ve been rooting for their solo careers like nobody’s business. This single in particular had so much potential: a bouncy beat, a stamp of approval from Ariana Grande, and a kick-ass music video filled with impressive choreography. I hope this gets a bigger push into next year, because Normani is a wildly talented performer that deserves success outside of her collaborations. 
Guilty Pleasures
bad guy by Billie Eilish This was a good song, just not my favorite off the album, or of the hits, (I prefer ”bury a friend,” obviously, and “when the party’s over,” which made last year’s list.) Still, watching this idiosyncratic little tune become one of the biggest pop smashes of the year was enthralling. Like “bury a friend,” it was so strange to hear this on the radio. 
Close To Me by Ellie Goulding ft. Diplo & Swae Lee When a melody gets its claws in me, there’s nothing I can do about it. This is not Ellie Goulding at her best, (I’ll admit that I miss the days of “Lights,”) but the way she delivers the hook on this song is absolutely infectious. I’m not the biggest Swae Lee fan, but he’s fine here too. I never minded when this song came on the radio. 
This year was a bit of a roller coaster for me. Needless to say, there were several instances where I felt quite a bit of stress and insecurity, and oftentimes, I would turn to music to make myself feel better. There was one song in particular that a friend of mine, @hasanminajs​, introduced me to, that instantly became a beacon of self-appreciation and enjoyment to me throughout the year. And when I tell you that I have never been happier to hear a song on the radio than I have with this one, I'm telling the truth. 
Tumblr media
1) Truth Hurts by Lizzo I have never rooted for a song’s success like I have for this one, and watching a hip hop track this bouncy, confident, and enigmatic climb the charts was an absolute joy. There are so many great punchlines in this song, from “why men great till they gotta be great?” to “I don’t play tag bitch, I’ve been it,” to the ever-iconic “I just took a DNA test, turns out, I’m 100% that bitch.” This song raised the standards for lyricism in the mainstream. I want Lizzo to be huge, I want her to be influential, I want her to be one of the biggest pop stars of the next decade if not longer. Everything about this song, from its production to its message to its performance makes me smile. And you know what? Sometimes that’s all that pop music needs to do. 
Do you agree with this list? What were your favorite hit songs of 2019? Leave a comment and let me know!
65 notes · View notes