#90s RANDY SAVE ME

[sassafras-mitten]

Randy Fenoli 1990

[libraford]

Okay so here's the rundown of everything that happened with the radio station because omg is it some drama.

In the 90's, there were a lot more independently-run radio stations. There wasn't IHeartRadio and there wasn't SiriusFM or JackFM. A dude could just have a radio station frequency and start a radio station as long as they complied with FCC regulations. And one of these radio stations in Columbus was an alternative station called CD101.

That frequency was sold to a classical station, which is fine because the exchange was friendly. And then the station moved to a different frequency, CD102.5.

So I know it may seem like radio DJ's are just weirdos with microphones and that's just not true- they are TALENTED weirdos with a microphone. You have to be personable, you have to know about the music you're playing, you have to be enthusiastic. And this station was pretty good about programming- they played local music, they played deep cuts, they played weird shit. There were programs for oddball and punk and goth music. They ran charities, they were at local festivals, they were in parades. Their radio station even had a small concert venue attached to it and they would invite visiting musicians to play. Like it really was about community.

But.

Radio stations are expensive, and they get more expensive every year, and in 2020 they were unable to renew their FCC license.

And then a couple months later, they were back again under CD 92.9. A radio station rented out the frequency to them and they were able to get back on the air. It was like nothing ever happened.

I'm not going to know what happened between the owner the frequency (Mark) and the owner of the station (Randy) because there's a lot of people talking about Mark overcharging on rent and Randy being late or short on payments.

An agreement was drawn up to have Randy buy the frequency over a period of (I think) 5 years. But the price was high and the terms of termination were brutal (if he was even one day late on a payment, it constituted termination of the contract). And Randy found those terms to be unreasonable.

So, they announced that the radio station would be going off the air February 1, 2024. And we're all pretty upset! Like, not to be like 'this station saved my life,' but this was a pretty consistent source of event news for me and its how I learned about a lot of concerts and artists. They played one of my friend's bands pretty often and its like 'hell yeah, I know that flutist!'

The DJs of CD92.9 said their good-byes on Facebook.

Meanwhile...

The new DJ of the new station announced that it was always his destiny run the station, and that the new station would be More local music, More deep cuts, More weird shit- and No Billie Eilish. "Out with the old, in with the new."

On one of the old DJ's good-bye posts, the new DJ tried to recruit him to the new station.

"Really? You're trying to poach me on my good-bye post?"

Mark makes a statement that the station will be committed to 'continuing the legacy of CD92.9' and will be using the same programming, the same music, the same DJ's.

Randy says 'the fuck it will, that wasn't the deal' and files a C&D. The DJ's are allowed to work for the new station if they so please, but the new station is not going to inherit shit. They cannot use the same programming, their staff, or any of the thousands of recordings they've use in the past 30 years. Any branding or attempt to brand as similar to CD92.9 is a breach of contract.

A facebook group formed around the support of CD 92.9. How to help, how to get their online stream onto your phone, upcoming events, sponsors to support, and a healthy amount of bitching. Admittedly, some of the posts were REAL stretches- like... I'm sorry darling, I know you want it to happen, but you are NOT going to get them on copyright infringement because their red X logo looks kind of like a similar red X logo from a radio station in Milwaukee.

CD92.9 goes down, 93X goes up.

He does play some more uncommon music, sure. But he doesn't announce who the artist is so its kind of like... what's the point in that? If you just play a local band, but we don't know who the local band is, how are we going to go to their concerts? He'd also talk smack about some bands and its like... don't? You're a public face now.

And then there's the radio edits, which he chose not to play on occasion, so the radio was full of f-bombs. FCC violation.

And as a DJ, simply not charismatic. Like I realize he's not Blorbo from my radio, but like I said- DJing is a skill.

So I just didn't listen. It wasn't worth my time to try. I found a different, less cool station to listen to in the car and I listened to the stream at home.

The mood of the facebook group shifted more towards support for the sponsors, events planned around 92.9, news about who is leaving and who is staying and we just kind of let 93X exist.

The promise of 'no Billie Eilish' fell through pretty quickly. Their music selection dropped to the usual 'alternative music' packet of Imagine Dragons and Twenty-One Pilots. And eventually...

They went off the air. After one month of airtime, it is now an oldies station.

93X DJ said 'well, congratulations you got what you wanted.' Which is half right. We wanted them to tank and our old station to succeed. We're still hopeful about the second part.

The Dispatch ran an article about the short-lived station. Ends with:

So just for like... summary-

Ya'll took over the station with a committed listener base, claimed that you'd be just continuing business as usual, tried to poach their talent, hired someone with no problem talking shit, and when your station failed...

... you want to blame a Facebook Group?

Are you a child?

Anyways, if you'd like to hear an alternative rock station in Columbus that's just doing their best, here's a link to the stream!

[likehephaestionwhodied]

Hi! I saw your comment on leatherdaddies/leather/kink at pride and you mentioned how this type of masculinity isn't meant to be performed for a het audience, and removing that framework is essentially hollowing out this type of masculinity. (?) I've been looking into modern media portrayals of non hegemonic masculinity and I was wondering if you had some good intro sources for leather culture? Based on the info in that post I'm wondering if there's some bleed through with pop culture/TV and the modern pop cowboy/space western but I could just be jumping to conclusions. At any rate would sill love and appreciate any recs you would be able to give--if not, totally understand! Either way I love the info that you added to that post a lot!!

It's like you knew I didn't want to be working on my thesis and have come to save me.

Okay so, it really depends on what you want for like "sources for leather culture" because if it's leather culture as it exists today put on your tightest Levis, and your heaviest leather boots and go to the local gay bar on leather night and make friends (easier said than done I know I've always lived in rural America, also pls don't go gawk leathermen we can tell) But if you want historic sources that I can help you with better.

The two books I cite the most in my thesis when it comes to leather masculinity are 1. Urban Aboriginals: A Celebration of Leathersexuality by Geoff Mains and 2. The Leatherman's Handbook by Larry Townsend.

The first is much easier to get your hands on than the second. You can just by Urban Aboriginals on Amazon or Thriftbooks or bookshops, probably even your local gay bookstore if you have one, it's still in print. I have the third edition I love that book SO MUCH it was originally published in the early 80s, and I use it as a reflection of the "golden" age of Leather in the 1970s.

Unfortunately, The Leatherman's Handbook and The Leatherman's Handbook II are out of print. That is not to say you can't get your hands on them. I spent an obscene amount of money to buy the pair on ebay. But also, I once found a Lesbian SM reader in my school's library, so you might beable to get it though an interlibrary loan? or maybe a pdf exists?

Another useful text that I cite quite a bit is Leather Folk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice, edited by Mark Thompson. This is an anthology of essays written by, you guessed it, leatherfolk both gay men and others. (I am assuming because of the post that you are most interested in gay leathermen)

Regarding the rest of your post on pop-culture portrayals of non-hegemonic masculinity (I am assuming you are using that term in an academic "I've read R.W. Connell" way, if not RIP, sorry again I'm working my thesis the first chapter of which is very "I'm Read R.W. Connell") I have one thing to say:

I am 90% sure only three of these men are gay, that only three of these men are intimately aware of the costumes they are wearing. David Hodo, the construction worker, Randy Jones the Cowboy, and Glenn Hughes. I wish I could find the photo of the three of them in their costumes with one very important detail, a single button of their 501s is undone. If you are a gay man crusing in the 1970s you own a pair of levi 501s that are so tight you have to shimmy into them, and you leave one of the buttons undone to make your dick bigger. You can also just tell when they're dancing who understood the assaignment.

I give all this information because the village people have such a weird relationship with the gay community. I haven't done a lot of work with them specifically so I'm sure someone is gonna read this and know xyz. But these guys are named after the west village, where gay men lived in new york, and got their start preforming for gay men. the costumes they wear are of course different types of masculinity idealized in the gay community. Their songs (at least the first iteration of the village people) are usually about gay things. YMCA is of course about crusing, but "San Francisco" from their debut is even more overt along side "Go West," "In the Navy," and "macho man"

I've inserted this video as a visual so when I say, "the three gay ones understand the assignment," you know what I mean, their performance is campy where, where the other two are missing that.

But deconstructing the Village people, or at least the three queerest ones takes an understanding of queer history. In the same way that the Leatherman is a "biker," the construction worker is not really a construction worker (this is not to say that Leathermen are not often bikers, they are) The construction worker is a "Clone" the promiscuous gay men of the 70s who wore Levi jeans, work boots, tight t-shirts, and flannel and solicited sex from other clones in public. Similarly, the cowboy might be a cowboy, but he might also be one of the hundreds of men who hung out at western-themed bars (closely related to leather) and are the prototype of the bear. All three of these particular queer masculinities resist the feminine archetype of queer men HOWEVER, when produced for mass conception, they are camped up.

I think that this would be an instructive place for you to start, I don't know that I can help with more modern pop-culture though.

[animaniacs-groove]

For all of you, if you could do another movie together, what genre would it be?

Ooh, that's a GREAT question! We haven't acted since the '90s, but if for some reason Plotz changed his mind on the whole "the Warners aren't going to be on any screen ever again" thing, I personally would LOVE to do a full-on musical. Of course, just about everything we do has a musical number or two, but I'd love to just get to sing a TON of fast-paced Randy Rogel songs again. Sibs?

I'd love to do something with a bit more adventure! Maybe Yakko, Wakko, and I could go look for some mysterious artifact. Oh, and there HAS to be a moment where I save Yakko and Wakko, there's just gotta be one! I may be adorable, but I don't want to just be a pretty face. I wanna kick some butt!

As for me, if we ever get to do another movie, I'd like it to just feel like a longer episode of the show. You know, us messing around, getting into trouble, good ol' Warner shenanigans. Not too much drama either, I don't like that kind of stuff. Freaks me the heck out.

Thank you for your question! Keep 'em coming!

[wanderingmind867]

My Rant against SNL: Part 2

Seasons 7-10 seem like some of the best years SNL had. Their cast was great. Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo, Christine Ebersole (who has a beautiful singing voice and starred as White Diamond in Steven Universe), Tim Kazurinsky, Billy Crystal and Martin Short (who seems very funny, from what I've seen of him). I've seen a best of Eddie Murphy compilation, and it made me realize just how funny he's always been. I also saw one episode of season 10, and I loved it. Harry Shearer, Martin Short, Billy Crystal, etc. It was truly an all star cast. Makes me all the more angry when Lorne Michaels comes back and fires them.

Once Lorne comes back, It seems like he at least stayed semi-okay in the beginning. Sure, Terry Sweeney and Danitra Vance seem to have only played stereotypes, but at least some of the others were fun. I've liked Jon Lovitz in some other stuff, and Randy Quaid is funny sometimes (I like him in those vacation films).

Seasons 12-15 or so seem okay too. At least they seem to be one of the most sober casts. I don't think any of them did drugs, but it's hard for me to say definitively. But at least they sound more sober, and that's good for me. Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Jan Hooks, Mike Myers, etc. They all at least seem entertaining. I like Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman from their roles on The Simpsons, and Mike Myers was in Shrek (and I liked most of those). Not much to say since I haven't seen these seasons, but they sound okay.

The 1990s sound like a return to the drug added mess of the 70s, however. And that's not a good thing. I read a whole New Yorker magazine article on it once, and it's really tainted my view of the era. Comedians like Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, and the others can be funny, but in moderation. Also, I hate Rob Schneider. Stupid vaccine denialist. Shows you just how lax Lorne Michaels was when it came to hiring people. There was still some good from this era (as said, their performers could be good in moderation), but it seems like a return to the hit or miss days of the 1970s.

I'm going to save my views on Mid to Late 90s SNL for Part Two, however. This is mostly so that I can cut Part One off before it stretches into the long and unreadable territory that I fear we're fast approaching.

Part 2: SNL of the 2000s I've not seen much of SNL in the Late 90s. But it seems like their cast was at least okay. Will Ferrell has had a bunch of funny films, and Molly Shannon is good in her guest role on Bob's Burgers. I don't have too much experience with a lot of the other cast members, however. Still, they seem okay. My Dad liked Norm Macdonald, but I don't have much of an opinion on him. Point is, at least a good chunk of the people here went on to do bigger and better things later in life.

I can't speak much about the 2000s as I know so little about them when it comes to SNL. Still, at least some cast members from back then seem funny. Not all of them, but some of them.

Now, let's talk about the 2010s. Let's discuss the cast members, and how some of them were funny and some just don't seem super entertaining. Kenan Thompson has always seemed pretty funny, and Bill Hader has done some decent stuff outside of SNL (like his guest part in Bob's Burgers, for one example). Jason Sudeikis is good in some things, although I never watched Ted Lasso or nothing.

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Tyler Perry Confronts Insurance Companies' 'Pure Form' Amidst LA Fires

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Tyler Perry slams 'pure greed' of insurance companies amid LA wildfires

Tyler Perry (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Critics' Choice Association) Tyler Perry Condemned insurance companies who implemented policy changes before the wildfires that devastated the greater Los Angeles area. “Watching a girl use a garden hose to save her 90-year-old parents' house because their insurance was canceled was uncomfortable for me,” Perry wrote. Instagram Sunday,…

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Tyler Perry slams 'pure greed' of insurance companies amid LA wildfires

Tyler Perry (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Critics' Choice Association) Tyler Perry Condemned insurance companies who implemented policy changes before the wildfires that devastated the greater Los Angeles area. “Watching a girl use a garden hose to save her 90-year-old parents' house because their insurance was canceled was uncomfortable for me,” Perry wrote. Instagram Sunday,…

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Tyler Perry slams 'pure greed' of insurance companies amid LA wildfires

Tyler Perry (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Critics' Choice Association) Tyler Perry Condemned insurance companies who implemented policy changes before the wildfires that devastated the greater Los Angeles area. “Watching a girl use a garden hose to save her 90-year-old parents' house because their insurance was canceled was uncomfortable for me,” Perry wrote. Instagram Sunday,…

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Totally Killer was funny but the writing could use some work. And the director needed to direct the actors a bit better cuz a lot of parts was giving Tik-Tok/Skai Jackson. Also, please get someone under 45 in the writer’s room. The minute I saw the principal and coach I was like “Oh lord please don’t let it be the black guy” and well…and no I’m not saying anyone was racist or that him being the killer was racist. I just didn’t want Doug to be the killer cuz he seemed so nice. Randy would’ve just been a boring killer. I was hoping they would tell us Randy and Doug or Fat Trish’s brother and Doug got together at the end. That would’ve been better than giving her an entire brother who stole her name(which I still liked) for me. The podcaster was one of the ones at the top of my list, but I stopped suspecting him cuz he was helping Amelia. I can’t believe his fame hungry ass just killed her. But that made sense cuz why wait damn near 40 years to kill her mom? Doug seemed to only want to kill the girls who were at the sleepover.

And let’s discuss that; The Mollys weren’t even all that bad for bullies. They didn’t seem to go out of their way to bully anyone. Edit: there was the talent show thing. And she did say all of those names. I feel like they told us they were horrible bullies more than they showed us, which isn’t good. And they let anybody into their party clearly. They didn’t care Jamie was there until she wouldn’t shut up. They were as lil bitchy to people outside their circle but obviously it wasn’t that serious cuz Pam had no issue inviting Amelia’s mom over to her house, and there was never a “why are you hanging with that loser moment?”. And I also don’t think they deserved to die. They didn’t even bully Fat Trish like that. I thought they was on some Carrie type shit. They was being nosy and got her drunk, but it’s not their fault she got in a car crash and died. Especially when they tried to keep her from leaving while drunk in the first place. Furthermore, while drunk driving has always been recognized as an issue, it wasn’t really a big deal until like literally a year after this took place and through the 90s-2000s. And I don’t think it was even a wide cultural taboo until the last decade or so. I think it would’ve been better to have her go back in time and save Fat Trish. In doing so she would’ve saved everyone else - including Doug. At first I thought they wanted to keep shit mostly the same but then they gave her a whole brother and niece. Also, we got the tech for DNA in ‘86. I guess it wouldn’t have gotten to every police station by then but they should’ve at least known about it. And they could send the DNA to a city with the tech. But they’d have to get a sample from everyone in the city to match it anyway. I still enjoyed it though. It was self aware and funny.

[blowflyfag]

OK THIS IS ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT I NEED.

The main characters really are Bret Hart, a Banu Haqium, X-Pac a thin-blood now Brujah, and Marty Jannetty a recently embraced Malkavian later in the story. I’m gonna go in down and talk a lot so… read more teehee. The story itself takes place from the early 90s-late 2000’s

Each one of them has their own starting stories that all come together in the end. However some of the other characters we see in the story are Shawn Michaels, the toreador prince of New York as well as his cohorts Triple H (venture) and Stephanie McMahon (Giovanni). They are in charge of the Camirlla sect of New York after using an Anarch rebellion to overthrow Vince McMahon (Giovanni) so Shawn could take over for his own sake. In the process scorning the Anarch group he formed just to get to the top.

X-Pac (Brujah), Chyna (Tremere) , Roadd Dogg (Gangrel) and Bad Ass Billy Gunn (Toreador.) as well with a few hidden aces up their sleeve, including Kane, a nosferatu who was recently accepted into the group who is rumored to be beothers with a powerful Lasombra in torpor. As well as someone else, however they stay hidden until a solid bond is formed.

Marty Jannetty after escaping being someone’s blood doll is thrust into the harsh reality of unlife, having to leave New York and stay in the equally vampire infested Philly with his dear friend Al Snow, who unbeknownst to Marty, understand his vampire woes more than he knows.

Al Snow is the Malkavian who will end up embracing Marty Jannetty to try and save him from being more than a ghoul or blood doll. He stays in Philadelphia for a while, meeting other vampire, including Raven and his coterie, however Raven (Tremere) and Beulah (Tzicmese) are the only full blooded vampires, Stevie Richards and the Blue Meanie are but thin bloods.

Marty also hears rumors of The Sandman, the Gangrel Sheriff who overthrew the old prince, Woman by himself. Rumored to have ripped her in half in an act of Anarch rebellion. There are many Kindred to meet in Philly. But back to New York,

Bret Hart is staying away from home, becoming a vampire after trying to hunt one is a very bad outcome. Especially being part of the Hart family. A known family of vampire hunters. At least there is another reason why Bret can hide his disappearance for so long, but he can’t avoid his family forever.

As of right now these are the solid stories I have! But of course there’s more I have in mind. Just not as concrete stories yet? Here’s others I plan on having in my fic.

Rey Mysterio (Nosferatu)

Randy Orton (thin blood)

Cody Rhodes (later embraced Nosferatu)

Ted DiBiase Jr (Venture)

Mankind (Malkavian)

Diesel (Brujah)

Razor Ramon (Ghoul)

There’s definitely more… I just can’t remember them right now but. I have a lot of love for this project and thank you for letting me be able to talk about it. If anything is unclear I’m happy to answer questions and even give some excerpts of stuff if you’re interested!

The Vampire the Masquerade ECW and WWF au that I’m writing goes so fucking hard in my opinion. I wanna talk about it but I also just don’t know what to say. It’s so easy to ramble about it in the car tho. Teehee

[doodleddaisies]

I’m a slut (will fall in love with) any boy from 90s media (especially if he has swoopy hair and a complicated home/family life)

[dyketectivecomics]

At long last; another recap of my 90s Gotham reading! (or rather the notes that I took along the way) Still mostly focused on Helena & Tim atm, but change for that is on the horizon...

TW for brief mentions of sexual assault &, uhh, canon typical violence

Tim

Mostly what I wanna focus on is Robin II: Joker’s Wild which... feels like an arc that’s coming in Too Soon and only serves to Prove that tims Up to Snuff.

It’s an entertaining enough read on its own, as a story that allows Tim to Hold his own against a Major™ villain. But it’s much too soon into Tims tenure as a Robin imo, and much too soon for him to have a distinct voice yet for me. It’s just... odd.

I suppose thats some of the appeal for early Tim, I can totally see him as a character here that’s supposed to be an easy way for a reader to project himself onto (he’s a Teen™, he’s a Nerd™, but even one of the Jocks™ in the story briefly point out how easy it’d be for him to be Popular™) and ofc he’s an easy way for a reader to then live vicariously through him.

having read 90s YJ already though... I can already say that I like him infinitely more in that setting than I do rn with how Dixon has handled him thus far...

again. not gonna be one of my fav robins. but i can see the meta appeal of him for others

Helena

We finally wrap up the latter “half” of the Huntress solo run and #13 opens right up with Helena rescuing a girl who’s just been sexually/physically assaulted. Takes the girl to a crisis center and meta textually is definitely taking the situation to heart bc of her own unresolved trauma which oooof

Crisis worker offers to take her on as a client which 🥺🥺🥺 (name’s Dr Evelyn Rosen, note for future randy to WRITE SOME FIC ABT THIS ACTUALLY)

at first Helena going to therapy seems like a ruse just to jacks the doc’s notebook to find out the gang’s hideout and exact VENGEANCE for the girl mentioned earlier, but later issues we see she’s still regularly attending therapy which!!!!!!!! amazing!!! wish we’d see MORE of that kinda thing for these heroes tbh!!!!

there’s a hero who steps in during this arc calling himself the Waterfront Warrior. he steals a spotlight but also the credit for stopping some gang violence, which Helena is Big Mad abt aksjks like girl do u want to be in the shadows or NOT MAKE UP UR MIND AKSJ

(He turns out to be Helena’s landlord but he’s also got a Tragic Backstory™️ and genuinely wants to Do Right by his renters and by his neighborhood just 🥺🥺🥺)

Arc ends with uplifting note abt doing what you can and it just wow. Can’t wait to see how Bruce ruins this alsjaksjsj 

Batman comin to HELENAS city and she is having NONE of it. OH HOW THE TURNTABLES

okay, read thru this all VERY quickly, some stuff to note is that the kid whose family was killed by one of the gangs last arc that i finished was the one driving part of the plot for this final arc. Helena’s kinda??? implied to be taking him in too???

she’s also framed as being much more victim-focused/empathetic compared to bruce in this story which... hmm

there’s THIS panel which is gonna live in my brain and which REALLY wants me to meta abt bc okay hear me out...

(Context jic its not obvs but also bc i forgot to screenshot the panel before it, but she essentially said something along the lines of “i was half expecting (batman) to say...”)

At this point, Tim’s just starting to find his footing as the new Robin in replacing Jay, so like... Similarly............... Helena could kinda be seen as like.... Taking Babs’ place. Not in a COMPLETE 1 to 1 ofc, but still just!!!! idk!!!! knowing that Babs would’ve been finding her footing during this time period as Oracle... Knowing that they’re similar enough in age here (w/ Helena essentially being an early 20-something taking An Extended Gap Year from college, and Babs’ implied to be around this same age)

idk!!! i like the idea of them having contention outside of them??? (supposedly bc i havent read it myself just yet) having beef bc of Mutual Love Interest in Dick which??? that shits always so boring goddamn.

and esp knowing that obvsly in NML helena just straight up takes the Bat-symbol on bc Batman is MIA just!!!!

idk!!! idk!!! its weird!!!!!! but also im gonna be thinking abt this alot now actually!!!

[classic80sand90smovieloves2]

Meeting and Dating Produce Joe

(My gif)(Requested by @westanimagines )

- You and Joe meet when you get a job at the grocery store and are given a tour of the place by your new manager. 

- After being shown around the floor of the shop, he takes you into the backrooms and introduces you to Randy and the ever interesting Joe; who he has to tap on the shoulder in order to make him realize there’s people behind him since his music is playing so loud. 

- The bespectacled boy tries to play it cool but you can tell he’s a little embarrassed; particularly when his eyes fall on you and your manager explains that you’ll be starting work there the next Monday. 

- You give the man a polite hello before you’re ushered out of the room and whisked away to be shown around the rest of the building; leaving Joe flustered yet realistically unhopeful. 

- As I said before, you start work the next Monday and things go smoothly. You make friends with the other girls on shift and you do the mind numbing work that pertains to a job at a grocery store. 

- When you first start working there, you don’t really talk to Joe all that much. You don’t have a reason to be in his portion of the store most days and you’re new to the job so you’re doing whatever you can to look like a picture perfect employee as you figure out the rules of working there. 

- Once you’re a little more comfortable in your position, you do a bit more wandering and are trusted with more tedious jobs that have you going into the back of the store. That's when you actually start making conversation from time to time. 

- Your conversations are always a bit awkward but you come to realize that that’s …sort of just Joe. Which is why you begin to feel a bit bad for him.

- He’s always detached from everyone, always alone, and though you can’t say for sure that he isn’t the one who’s doing the detaching, you figure that it can’t be easy all the same and make it your mission to be friendly and talk with him. And his pleasant response to your interest in him convinces you that you've done the right thing. 

- Soon enough, he’s latched onto you. Not in a creepy way but in a friendly, ‘you’re the only one who I’m comfortable around and who talks to me’ sort of way. 

- It’s easy to see that you just being there makes his day a whole lot better; and that he looks forward to your little interactions, and though your coworkers certainly find him a bit strange, you begin to find him sort of cute. 

- Surprisingly enough, it doesn’t take Joe a ridiculously long time to shoot his shot. He just randomly asks if you’d want to see a movie with him on Saturday and against your better judgement of dating one of your coworkers, you can’t help but agree. 

- Hey, if there was anyone you’d be able to avoid at work and whose offer is dorkily endearing enough to persuade you into accepting, it’s Joe. 

- So you meet up with him that next Saturday and settle in for a date at the cinema, sharing a popcorn and pretending like you aren’t flattered by/don’t notice his glances towards you. 

- He almost kisses you after the movie as the two of you are saying goodbye but he very obviously loses his nerve and plays it off before the two of you call it a night. And as you’re driving yourself home, you’re surprised by how disappointed you are that he didn’t....

- Though you don’t wind up waiting too long for that kiss since you wind up taking it for yourself a few days later when you’re retrieving something from his area of the shop. 

- You figure that it’s best to get it out of the way to show him that you want him to kiss you so, after he hands you the box of things that you’d came there for, you lean up and peck him on the lips, giving him a cheerful thanks before you leave the room; leaving him an ecstatic mess. 

- And just like that, you’ve got yourself the freshest boy at the grocers. 

- Joe likes to pretend like he’s this cool tough guy but at the same time, he knows that he isn’t; which makes you being with him a big accomplishment in his eyes. He’s incredibly proud that you’ve chosen to be his girlfriend and being your boyfriend makes him feel cool so he loves pda and being able to show you off.  

- Him awkwardly throwing his arm around your shoulder while trying to look all macho. He’s a dork and that’s just something you’ll have to get used to. 

- Kiss his cheek! Kiss his cheek! Seriously, he loves it almost as much as he loves you. 

- Clumsy but sweet kisses. 

- Taking his glasses off so that you can kiss him better. I can’t imagine it would be easy to touch lips with those massive frames in the way. 

- The main pet name he uses is babe and it almost always sounds hilarious whenever it leaves his mouth.  

- Most of the time, when you cuddle, he’s the big spoon. He likes nuzzling into the back of your neck and having you pressed up against him; and he’s tall so it works out quite nicely. 

- Laying your head in each others laps. Oftentimes he’ll snuggle into your lap or stomach, wrapping his arms around the small of your back as your fingers card through his hair. 

- Brushing his hair out of his face. It never seems to bother him but every now and again it bothers the hell out of you. 

- Always having the freshest fruit and vegetables. If your boyfriend doesn’t put aside the best of the bunch when your favorite produce comes in, is he even your boyfriend?

- Spitting watermelon seeds and playing other stupid little games.

- Sliding down the grocery shoot every now and again when you know you aren’t gonna get caught; not that your boss really cares 90% of the time. 

- Making faces at each other.

- Goofing off and not taking yourselves too seriously. 

- Occasionally spooking him when you come to visit since he plays his music so loud. It’s become a highlight of your day to make him momentarily jump out of his skin; you consider it to be you avenging his eardrums. 

- Borrowing his Walkman and cassettes. It’ll definitely take some convincing though, that things practically his baby. 

- Dancing to music and lip syncing to songs.

- You can’t tell me that he doesn’t look like a “little” nerd, which is why I’m making him liking Star Wars and Star Trek and all of those geeky interests a thing. 

- Going to conventions and other nerdy events like that.

- Playing different tabletop games. 

- Movie dates. Something tells me he’d be one of those guys who are scared of horror movies but would try to play it off like he wasn’t…up until he’s clutching your hand all tight and refusing to walk down a dark street.

- Arcade dates.

- Carnival dates. 

- Mall dates. 

- He’s adorably willing to indulge in your more “girly” interests and probably secretly likes them himself.

- Taking naps together; though he strikes me as the type of person who barely gets any sleep so you might just be taking naps at his apartment while he does his own thing.

- Playful competitions.

- Him scaring the shit out of you with his chopping and dicing; to the point where you’re compelled to do his work yourself so that you know he isn’t gonna lose a finger. 

- Eating lunch together and sharing food. You spend pretty much all of your lunch breaks in the backrooms with him.

- Talking with Randy every now and again while you wait for Joe. He appreciates the occasional company and the fact that you can save him some trouble and relay messages to your boyfriend for him. 

- Long conversations about nothing in particular. You can rant to him about whatever you want but I can’t guarantee that he’ll be listening too intently; not that he’s purposefully ignoring you or anything.

- He’s kind of the typical oblivious boyfriend but he’s never malicious in his ignorance. He’s just a goofy dork who doesn’t take notice of subtleties and has trouble concentrating. 

- Letting him brag about his accomplishments; even though you probably know that he’s completely making them up. He’ll probably “come clean” later on in your relationship and you'll have to hold back a laugh while trying to sound sincere when you tell him it’s okay. 

- Him trying to act tough yet borderline hiding behind you when things get scary. 

- Most of the time, Joe doesn’t take notice of any flirtation or suggestive interactions between you and other men so he rarely gets jealous of people. You could openly flirt with a dude and he’d be none the wiser. 

- As much as Joe likes to pretend like he can kick peoples asses, he most certainly cannot so don’t expect him to start any fights in your honor. He’s a bit of a coward so he really isn’t all too protective of you. 

- Joe’s a laidback guy and you sort of knew what you were getting yourself into when you started dating him so the two of you really don’t get into too many fights. If you do have them, they’re a quick argument and an even quicker resolution. 

- Both of you sort of just choose to forget about arguments or you bicker until you come up with a quick “fine.” “fine!” sort of agreement and subsequently forget about the problem. Either way, fights never last long. 

- Joe tells you he loves you pretty much every day; usually when you’re saying goodbye or in other circumstances like that. 

- He might give you the occasional headache but you love him nonetheless. He’s a dork but he’s your dork and you’re gonna stay with him for as long as you can. 

[batfam-all-the-way]

Wayne Gala Headcanons

The Wayne Gala is THE place to be as a reporter

There is always something going down among the Wayne family

They know how to behave and at other’s events they are perfectly respectful but it’s Bruce’s gala and they can’t not embarrass him

The kids always do the most dramatic dances which they learn specifically to embarrass Bruce

everyone will be slow dancing/chatting and out of nowhere Jason and Dick start doing the tango

They find the slow dancing boring so they're always looking for the opportunity to spice things up

Steph grabbing Cass and spinning her around as fast as she can until Steph has to run off to throw up all the finger food she had eaten

At some point they actually do dance normally, ballroom dancing that Alfred taught them

Jason will only dance with Cass and Steph

Dick dances with everyone just to be polite and charming but he always makes sure to save a dance for each of the batgirls

Damian avoids the dance floor mostly but will dance with Cass which is cute to watch because she’s like a head taller than him but they just hold hands and sway and spin happily

Duke will dance with guests upon request or to be polite, sometimes he’ll dance with someone who catches his eye but mostly he dances with Cass 

Cass dances with all the batkids but not with strangers

Steph will dance with everyone and she seems like she has endless energy spinning and laughing but by the end of the night she has her feet up half asleep on the couch with Cass

She ditches her heels like half an hour into the night

Tim makes small talk about the business mostly but will happily dance with the batgirls. 

Barbara will dance when she’s asked but she mostly likes to mingle in the crowd, occasionally being dragged away to dance by Dick or Stephanie

Jason always gets drunk and says the funniest stuff

Some old lady: Aren’t you a bit young to be drinking so much?

Jason, holding eye contact and draining 3 glasses of the nearest alcohol: Aren’t you a bit old to be judging me so much?

They always sneak off in the middle of it to get McDonalds or something 

90% of the time if one of them/some of them go missing they can be found on the roof

Bruce goes to do his speech and there's a chorus of booing and “loser” and “dork” that sounds an awful lot like its coming from where his kids are huddled in the corner

Someone (usually Cass or Jason) always ends up insulting some snobby rich person sometimes accidentally but often on purpose

On more than one occasion Tim has, completely exhausted, worn his suit jacket on inside out. The kids place bets on how long until he either finds out or is told

Their outfits are always a big deal because they will either rock up wearing something amazing or the most ridiculous outfit

Jason once came in a pair of dress pants with the Red Hood symbol pattern and a t-shirt

Cassie, after being asked what she’s wearing: Uhh a thrift shop dress?

They all come up with great answers to the “who/what are you wearing” question

Tim: This is Duke’s shirt, Jason’s pants, Dick’s jacket and Damian’s bow tie (Cue Damian spending the rest of the night trying to wrestle it off Tim’s neck

Reporter: what are you wearing?

Jason, wearing a plain button up shirt and a leather jacket: Jason Todd’s skin

Stephanie: A dress I am regretting choosing as I have just realised it will restrict my ability to absolutely stuff my face with food

Reporter to Cass, who is wearing a floor length black gown: and what heels are you wearing under that?

Cass, glancing around discreetly then beckoning the reporter closer, lifting her skirt up to reveal Nikes

Stephanie to a reporter: Do you want to meet my date? *Pulls Alfred the cat out from behind her back, dressed in a bowtie*

They put in song requests and the band plays them of course no matter how absurd because it’s Bruce Wayne’s kids

Jason tackling Dick because “If I have to listen to ONE more ABBA song I’ll go mad”

Singer: And this song is dedicated to Bruce Wayne from his kids *The Macarena starts playing as the kids dance in the middle of the room. Bruce is suddenly nowhere to be found*

Singer: To Damian, from Jason *Short people by Randy Newman starts playing*

At least one song about Batman is dedicated to Bruce from one/all of the kids 

[looooooooomis]

11, 20, and 39 for the horror asks 👀👀

hey babaaaay

11. answer for real life vs if you were a slasher movie character: you escaped the killer but your friends are still stuck on their hunting ground, hiding and running for their lives. do you go back for them?

100% I'd go back for them lmao I would not / could not live w myself if I didn't

20. there's a rip in the fabric of the universe and you find yourself warped into a horror movie. which one is it? pick a movie you actually find interesting enough to want to be a part of, maybe one you've already imagined yourself as a character in- not one you just think would be easiest to stay alive in. the rules to your current situation are unclear; you don't know whether this is one of those "if you die in here, you die in real life" scenarios or not- so why not just aim for some fun right now.

hooboyyyyy so I mean I feel like I gotta say scream because I LOVE me a good 90's horror and obviously my inner whore says look at billy stu and randy, ya know? even if I go out, I'm surrounded by hot men, right so like you deal w it. I also feel like I could maybe survive it? is that hopeful thinking?? absolutely lmao. I'd save Tatum though bc my bitch deserved better

39. what do you think of modern horror? in general, but also in comparison to horror of the past?

I love both but I do think modern horror always does better when it pays homage to its past. I don't even mind the remakes most of the time. like I love the 2003 version of Texas chainsaw massacre, house of wax from the early 00's was, yes, a little hokey but a lot scarier than the original. it just depends tbh if they pay tribute to the predecessor, I'm all for either