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littleliv1 · 6 years ago

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I Was Born To Love You- Part Seven

Hey guys! For starters, yes, I know this one is longer, and yes, I know a director of a movie wouldn't let everyone take days off to be with an assistant giving birth. And yes, I'm aware that it probably took them longer than 9 months to make the movie. Just pretend like everything worked out okay?!?

Summary: Leah finally gives birth to her son, who she named after a very important figure in her life, giving him the cutest nick name. She and Ben exchange their feelings for one another.

Warnings: it's kind of gross, she gives birth, language, fluff LOTS OF FLUFF,

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Weeks had passed since the baby shower. The guys helped me set up the baby's room. They all asked me the name, but I told them I didn't want to decide until I saw him. Truthfully, I wasn't sure. Nothing has happened with Ben and I, though. I was 8 months pregnant. He was due in four weeks. I've grown to love him more than I've ever loved anyone. But man was I scared. I would eventually be alone to take care of him. The dogs were growing up. Easily trainable, though. That's good. I was never truly alone.

We were at the studio. They were filming their final scenes, filming would be done within the next few days. I was [huge]. It was hard to fit anywhere, I couldn't drive, and things were hurting. Lucy has been so good during this time. I was officially divorced, but I didn't think of myself as single. I belonged to the only man in my life, my son. I loved the name Harrison. I got lost in my trail of thought, as I heard Bryan telling me to hurry with a task I was apparently in the middle of. I finished whatever it was that I was doing, not realizing I was staring at Ben the whole time. But he sure noticed. Man, I know exactly how to make a fool of myself. I looked away quickly. I came to Bryan when I was done. "Thank you dear, take a few hours to yourself." He said. I nodded, smiling and went back into the group meeting room. That's just where my stuff was. I sat down, feeling my belly burning. It was my skin so dry. I started to rub some cocoa butter on it. It had hints of lavender in it, so it really relaxed me. I laid my head back, letting my thoughts take over.

The thought of Bens hands rubbing this on my belly, as I sit in between his legs, while we watch the sun set, the light glimmering off of his face just perfectly. He was so perfect. This should be his baby. I think I'm falling in l-

My thoughts were interrupted by Gwilym who was in full Brian May costume. My eyes widen. "I don't think I can ever get used to seeing you like that," I said, rubbing the lotion in more, and then pulling my shirt down. I sat up a little, resting my hands on my belly. "Sorry to interrupt you, just left my phone in here, I have to call Angie back." He said. I'm not sure how I like this new girl he's talking to. She's very demanding, always getting mad if he doesn't answer her right away, even got mad at him for coming to my baby shower. "I understand, dear."

As he started to ring her, I felt a small pain. It kind of felt like gas, or maybe I was a bit hungry. I guess Gwilym could see the look of discomfort on my face, because he stopped ringing Angie and sat on the coffee table in front of the couch I was on. "Are you alright?" He said. I took a minute to breath, the feeling passed, but I was still hungry. "Yeah I'm fine, I think I want to go to a buffet." I said. He laughed at the comment. "Well I think Bryan will let us off for an hour or so and we could all go out to eat, sound good, Momma?" He said, patting my knee. Momma was a new nickname the guys had made for me. I really didn't mind it, I thought it was sweet. "Yes, sounds lovely." I said smiling at him.

A few minutes passed and all four guys plus Brian and Roger came in. They heard I wanted food and all chimed in wanting food. So we all went to 'Fosters Buffet and Bar' to grab a bite.

Once we got into the empty restaurant, we were sat immediately. We started to fill our plates with all kinds of things. I got mashed potatoes, fries, what looked to be a vegetarian lasagna, and some fresh tomatoes. I hadn't eaten meat my entire pregnancy. After basically inhaling my food and three plates later I keep feeling those weird pains. I'd been having Braxton Hicks contractions and they didn't exactly feel like that, I just figured maybe I ate too much. "Feel better, momma?" Gwilym said, rubbing my back. I didn't want to scare anyone with a false alarm, so I lied and nodded my head. We then returned to the set to finish filming.

I was walking around on set, watching everyone film, and held Bryan's coffee as he explains what he wants from the actors. It was one of the final scenes. They had a few more weeks of filming left, but they were almost done. We were inside for this particular scene, however. All of a sudden, I felt something. It didn't exactly hurt, it kind of felt like a small period cramp but then- holy shit. It turned a mild cramp into blinding pain. I took all of the pregnancy classes, I wanted to give birth naturally with no medications, Ben showed up to a bunch of them, but I knew how to coach myself through them. Just not this first one.

The pain grew worse. So bad it took me a minute to process. So bad that I dropped Bryan's coffee and the clip board. Everyone knew what was happening once they saw my expression. Ben came out of no where, and grabbed my hand with his hand and my back with his other. Then came the screaming. I really couldn't help it. It felt like lasted an eternity until the pain slowed enough for me to speak. "Im s-so sorry for the coff-ee-e," I managed to get out. I started to breath, remembering what my birthing coach taught me. "Should I call your midwife?" Ben said. "N-not yet, my wa-water-" and with that, my body knew it was time once I felt a small leak between my legs that turned into a busted water pipe. '[Holy hell],' I thought. I really didn't think it'd be that much. "I'm calling her," He said. He started to guide me outside. "You guys can finish without me. I'm not even in this scene. Come by her house once you're done, it'll be a while, yes, hi Amanda," He started, I assumed she answered. She knew he wasn't the father, but she always told me he'd make a damn good one. And I always agreed.

We got outside and he drove us to my house. On the way there, [more] liquid started coming out. "I'm so sorry but I'm leaking on your car seat," I said, trying to laugh but interrupted by another contraction. The 20 minute tie felt like a 20 year one. The mid-sized husky/border collie pups, who we named Sasha and Bevin, started to jump on me, welcoming me home. "I love them so much but damnit get them into the dinning room and close the doors, they have food and water in there." I instructed Ben, as he did so immediately. He walked me to my bed room as another contraction hit. This one wasn't as bad, now that I had been on top of the pain, doing my breathing exercises. I was finally in the comfort of my own home. Austin made it clear that he didn't care when the baby was born. He offered to pay child support, but honestly, fuck him. I make enough money to support me and my son. I found the back of the couch through the pain, leaning on it as I felt Ben behind me, rocking my hips side to side. He talked to me through it. I couldn't tell you why, but him doing that felt good, it seemed to relieve some of the pressure.

I was breathing in and out, when my midwife arrived. "Hi, sweetheart," said the middle aged, red head. Her presence was also comforting. She had dark green eyes, and tattooed eyeliner. She had a country accent. "Hi," I said, still swaying my hips through the pain. It stopped after a few more seconds. I leaned back up, and started to rub my belly. "How have contractions been so far? Have you been timing them?" She asked recording it on her clipboard, which had cartoon koala bears on it. "Uh, I think-" "Between the first and second was 10 minutes, then it was 8, those are all the ones so far." Bed said, looking at her, then my bump, grazing his hand on it. 'Huh,’ I thought. "Alright, well just like we've talked about, let's get some fresh sheets on the bed, along with a butt load of towels. I'll unload my equipment." She said. I nodded, Ben and I walking down the hallway. I grabbed about 10 towels, and he was quick- as quick as you could be when gently taking off sheets and blankets and then folding them and setting them in a different room- to replace the sheets. "All I'm saying is that was not necessary," I said referring to his little neat freak episode, managing to laugh it out. He shrugged his shoulders smirking. "Hey-" He started but was intreated by Amanda. "Alright, good good. Leah, why don't you put on a sports bra, and some shorts for your modesty and I'll check to see how dilated you are." She said. I nodded, ripping my shirt and pants off, as fast as I could for being 34 weeks pregnant. Wait. 34? He's a month early. This was concerning to me. As soon as I managed to get shorts on, with the help of Ben, I had to bring it up. "Amanda, he's 4 weeks early. Is this safe?" I asked. She smiled. "Baby's come when they're ready. Don't stress about it. If there is an issue, the hospital is left than thirty minutes away." She said, patting the bed. I laid down, pulling my shorts off. It felt weird to be like this, but Ben didn't look, he always just looked at my face. "Hm, you're only about three centimeters dilated. It'll be a while. If you want to snack a little bit, now it the chance. After 5, it's no more. Nothing big, okay?" She said. I nodded my head, pulling my shorts back on. I got out of the bed, feeling another contraction.

This one was painful. "8 minutes again," Ben said, almost noting it to himself. "Mmmmmm," was all I could manage out. It moaned in pain. Ben came up from behind me, holding my hands in his, leaning us forward a bit. Again, swaying slightly. He was so calm and that's just what I needed. I squeezed his hands as hard as I could. But I managed to breath through it. Once it finally ended, I ate a protein bar. My favorite one, it was a apple pie cliff bar. That was all I could manage before I got to six centimeters. From the time I was four to six, five hours had gone by. I felt like this was the slowest labor ever.

Soon enough, the guys and Lucy got here. Ben was holding me through another contraction, as he saw them walk in. He smiled, giving them all a 'Hey' or 'hello'. He was just so nonchalant. They started to last longer and it was getting harder to do this. Especially without my mom. I had always pictured it'd be her walking through the front door, asking how her baby is doing delivering her first grandson. She and my dad were all I could think about. I closed my eyes, and tried to imagine what it would be like if things were normal.

"Hey! Hey, Leah, Nate and Lisa are here!" I heard Austin say while guiding me through some hard contractions. "There's my girl!" My mum said, cupping my face with her hands. She smelled like flowers. "Hurry up with this! I have to meet my grandson!" I heard Dad yell. I laughed through it. Mum came up to my belly, patting it. I looked down at my bump. "I know you're ready, my love. I'm ready, too." I whispered. My mum took a picture of us two- almost three. The picture was perfect. "Oh my girl!" She said, her voice draining out.

My thoughts were again interrupted. "57 seconds," Ben said, looking at Amanda. "Hey guys," I whispered, drained of energy. Lucy's face was bright, as she let go of Rami's arm and slowly walked over to me. "How are you, my love?" She said, cupping my face and kissed my check. "I'm okay, the contractions are getting worse. I'm hoping he comes before you guys pass out." I said jokingly. Everyone laughed quietly. "We got some strong brewed coffee on the way here. Plus we're all hyped on adrenaline." Rami said. "I can't wait to meet this sweet little boy." Joe said, kneeling in front of me, smiling. "Would it be okay if I took a selfie with your bump?" He said. I laughed at the odd request but I gave him permission. "I have an idea! Can we paint a loading screen that's all the way 'loaded' and say sending? Like in one of your picture on Instagram, Leah, how it says '50% loaded' when you were 5 months?" Lucy said. I nodded my head. "Might wanna hurry, they're getting closer." I showed them to the body paints and they were quick to do it. I started to contract again with the paint on. Ben held my hands from behind leaning forward, coaching me threw it in my ear. Joe captured a picture of it. He posted his selfie along with that picture and captioned it "Baby Mallory is on his way!"

A few hours of lame jokes and many many contractions later, I was almost ready to push. Nine centimeters. She had me on the bed, and checked me. My stomach turned in knots. "Alright everyone. It's time. Ben can stay in, but I'll have to ask everyone to leave the room." She said. They all kissed me on the forehead, wishing me luck. Before leaving, Lucy lot some candles and turned on my calming sound track. '[I fucking love that woman,'] I thought to myself. And it began.

"On your next contraction, start to push." She said. I nodded my head, closing my eyes for a moment, then opened them up to meet Bens. For a moment, I wasn't in pain. I couldn't feel the labor. Looking into his eyes made all of that go away. "Ben," I started. "Yes?" He said. He knew what I wanted to say. "I-" I tried to start, but was again interrupted by the worst pain I've ever felt. I broke my left femur in a bad car wreck when I was 16, and that was nothing compared to this. I couldn't help but to scream. I have to say, I was proud of myself that that was the first time I screamed during labor. But I couldn't focus on pride, I had to meet my son.

Ben held my hand as I pushed for the first time. "Alright, that's it, that's it," she said, counting up to ten. "Nine- and ten." She finished. I took a moment, then had to push again. I started to focus on the music. I focused on the words of 'Sign on the Window' by Bob Dylan. "You're doing great, Leah. You got this." Ben said, I could only hear him faintly. The pain was now not only blinding, but deafening. It felt like someone lite a match and stuck it inside of me. Like something was tearing its way out. And it quite literally was.

'Sign on the door says no company allowed'

All I could hear was the song, the tamber of Bens voice, and the word 'ten'.

'Ten'

Push

'Ten'

Push

'Head, head' I faintly heard.

'Ten'

Push

A new sound entered. It took seconds to realize it was the sound of a baby. My baby. He was finally here. My already tear soaked eyes, started to sob. "My baby, my baby boy," I whaled. Ben looked at me with a huge grin, also crying.

His cry was the most beautiful song. He was the most perfect baby.

But blood was everywhere. "Leah, do you want to cut the umbilical cord?" She asked. I shook my head, looking at Ben. "I want him to," I said, putting my finger on his chest. "Really?" He said. I nodded my head, wiping his tears from his eyes. He kissed the palm of my hand. He leaned down and cut the cord. "I'm sorry, but I saw your vagina." He said. We both laughed, as Amanda took him to clean him up. I looked into his eyes once again. "Ben," I started. "Yes?" He said, once more. "Thank you for doing everything you've done for me while being pregnant." I said, smiling up. "I'll do everything I can still. As long as you'll let me." He said. I nodded my head, sobbing again. "This baby needs a daddy. And if you're willing to raise a baby that isn't yours, I hope to God it could be you." I said to him. Maybe that was too much. But he didn't seem to mind. He kissed me. The second kiss we've shared. "Be apart of our family?" I asked him. And he nodded, kissing me again.

About ten minutes later, he was clean. She gave my son to Ben, and started to clean me up. It had been about an hour. We replaced the sheets as well as we could without me moving, and we were ready to try feeding. Ben handed my the boy. He hadn't opened his eyes yet. "He's a hungry one, look, he's grabbing for you," Amanda said. And he was. I laughed a bit. I had stopped crying, and pulled out my swollen breast. He knew immediately what was going on and ate right away. I squealed a bit, looking at Ben. "Does it feel weird?" He asked. "A little, but normal. A good weird, but normal." I said, smiling at him, then the baby. "Does the boy have a name yet?" She asked. I brought my smile up to meet her. "Yes. His name is Nathaniel. After my dad. Nathaniel Brian Roger Mallory. The three greatest men that I've ever had in my life." I said.

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firstdegreefangirl · 6 years ago

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It took me way too long to actually get all of this finished, but I used my road trip with @flyawayrachel for a video assignment for my TV class. Here’s that video, which I LOVE ((and that hardly EVER happens when I make things)), and the world’s longest highlights post -- including all three days of the trip, and also show notes -- is under the cut

Monday

Me walking from Rachel’s apartment to her campus because I needed a bathroom. Then the first building I found ((which did have a bathroom, thank GOD, because //someone// forgot to go while I was stopped in LFK)) being the one she’s traumatized about and can’t go into, forcing me to wait for her in a building where she weren’t, just because I needed to pee.

“I placed ‘toilet’ very high on my priority list”

We hadn’t seen each other since like July, so there was SO MUCH to catch up on

Side note: no more of this three-months-separated thing. We missed too many stories and it’s not OK.

Me texting Madison like “this is crazy but come to Denver with us right now today”

When my dad found out we went to KFC for lunch, the first thing he said was “I’ve eaten at that KFC with your mom before!”

That gas station I made Rach stop at so I could take another bathroom break. Y’know, the one with two stalls in one room and NO DOOR, just a little half-wall between them? Yeah, that one.

“Do we like Frank? Cool, I’m on Team Frank then.” In the words of one of my kids, “VILE FRIENDSHIP!”

“There we go, that’s an appropriate Hitler joke.”

“Do … something cute with the maps.” “Out here? Where people can see?”

Me: “This is gonna sound crazy, but let me text my dad. I think we stopped at this rest stop when we went to the Grand Canyon. I remember the museum.” ((closure time: I was right, we did. That trip was four years ago.))

Checking into the hotel on my corporate rate and then dissecting the agent’s check-in skills in the elevator.

Wandering into the hotel next door because it’s the chain I work at and I wanted to scope out the competition.

Then the look on Rachel’s face when I straight up told their agent “I work at another *brand name* and wanted to see what y’all have going on.”

Snapchatting my GM about the hotel we stayed at and her saying “I bet their FD girl isn’t as amazing as ours.”

Especially when she found out that we had to do the lobby wander of shame because no one told us where the elevator was.

Our hotel room had a little curtain separating the bed and the fold out and Rachel was SO EXCITED ABOUT IT ((see the video)).

Watching all of Indoor Boys in one sitting because it only takes like an hour and a half and Rachel needed to see it

How excited I was about the bedspreads being cuter than the ones in my hotel ((theirs are polka dot AND match the towels in the bathroom; my property’s are houndstooth and the towels are just plain white))

Me briefly thinking the bathroom had no door before Rachel saved the day

Rachel wanting a Frosty at 11 p.m.

Which was easily solved, because there was a Wendy’s in the parking lot.

A much harder one was my sudden and intense craving for curly fries.

Arby’s closed at 10, but Jack in the Box is 24 hour and has curly fries.

So off we went.

ONLY THE ONE WE WENT TO HAD A HANDWRITTEN SIGN ON THE DRIVE THRU THAT THEY CLOSED AT 10.

I called another store and the dude was high key judgmental that I didn’t just //know// they’re 24-hours, as if I hadn’t just been betrayed by a store that should have been and wasn’t.

But they did have curly fries, so I got my curly fries.

Also we went to 7/11 so I could try the Captain Crunch Crunch Berry Slurpee. Which tastes EXACTLY like the cereal. You decide if that’s good or not. I thought it was, Rach decidedly did not.

Tuesday

I literally ate just a bowl of oatmeal toppings for breakfast. No oatmeal, just the toppings bar.

Rach stayed up in the room and slept in, so I brought her some yogurt. Only I wasn’t sure what flavor she’d want, so she got both peach and blueberry fruit on the bottom.

OUTLET SHOPPING. Do you have any idea how long it’s been since I’ve been able to just leisurely wander around a mall and shop? Like without having a place to be at a time and/or a list of exactly what I did and didn’t need to buy?

Sam’s Lunch! ((which was then a total bust when they only had like two samples out))

“So hindsight, the Ulta looks further from here than it did from the highway.” “Yeah, you think so?”

The decision to ramen for lunch, which was then overridden when Tokyo Bowl was only one dollar sign on google and the ramen place was two.

Which was totally OK because the food was both fantastic and inexpensive

The part of the car ride where I caught up with my best friend since I was literally a year old.

High Street being just a little bit too fitting in Denver

The candy factory tour!! I’m a sucker for both free tourism and demonstrations. Especially when there’s free samples involved.

Fun fact: the flavored part of the fancy candy canes is NOT the striped part. It’s the inside layer.

Also that little kid in the group with us. “Do they send candy to Idaho? I am from Idaho.” “Do they help the elves make the candy?”

“Should I buy a whole pound of marshmallow scraps?” “It’s only five dollars.” “Right, but then I’ll eat the whole pound of marshmallows and we both know that.”

BRO-dway!

Me forgetting the theatre sharpie in the hotel room and making you circle back to get it, even if it was only two blocks

Our high-quality karaoke sessions in the car. What we lack in training, we more than make up for in enthusiasm.

Just the amount of screaming when we drove by the tour bus

Circling the block twice before we could get into the parking garage

We stopped at a fun little art exhibition thing between the parking garage and the theatre, literally just because the sign said “Under Study.” Then I looked at Rach and said “well, we always say understudies need more appreciation.”

I panicked as we crossed the train tracks NOT in the crosswalk, then again when we crossed the next set in the lines but I could distantly hear a train coming

((side note: Katie is NOT cut out for mass transit))

Tour bus photos are hard, but we made it work and they’re awesome!

I’m now the proud owner of my very own DEH cast hoodie, which I “conveniently forgot” to take home this weekend so mom can commandeer it until Christmas

Backstory: Katie is both afraid of heights and suffering altitude sickness, which results in lightheadedness and shortness of breath in … oh, I dunno, mile-high elevation

We had an extra ticket and decided to RAK it to someone who was sitting in an upper balcony so they could join us closer to the stage.

Which was/is a great idea, except that it required going to the upper balcony. Via the stairs. So by the time we got up there, the altitude sickness meant I couldn’t breathe. Leading me to step out to the little patio thing for some fresh air – usually slightly easier for me to breathe – while Rach scouted around for people.

Lack of forethought: BALCONIES ARE HEIGHTS.

So the first time I meet our new friend, it’s me zipping up behind Rachel and saying something about how I sure really would like to go back down in the elevator and get back to ground level.

Which we did, because Rach knows I’m like this and she’s wonderful and amazing

That made things … a lot better, and I was able to enjoy having a new theatre friend.

Which was wonderful, and she’s wonderful and that was such a neat thing to be able to do.

The Show

So we’ll start this one from taking our seats TEN ROWS FROM THE STAGE.

We’re gushing about how close we are to the stage and how great the view is and everything when I see someone coming up the back aisle who looks kinda familiar.

“Hey … is that Pasek and/or Paul?” “Nah, I don’t think so. Wait … YES IT IS!”

Cue us freaking out and shoving Rachel to the front of the group because I’m incapable of approaching people.

Long story short, we got autographs from Pasek and Paul, pics with Paul and Alex Lacamoire, and at intermission we got signatures from Michael Grief.

People kept asking us like “who those guys were” and we just went “they created the show!!”

Now this is where things are gonna get incoherent, because I spent 15 minutes gushing out thoughts as soon as the show ended and I got home, and I’m just going to type them out here.

Ben Levi Ross’s Evan and I do the same lil hands on face/neck/ears thing when we’re anxious.

Merrick’s Connor did the same little finger gesture thing I do at work when I give people directions to the elevator in my hotel during Sincerely, Me and I basically just DIED.

BLR’s Evan seemed so much less worldly than OBC, but Zoe was grown up AF

Larry was STUNNING and AMAZING

Tbh I got hella Leslie Knope vibes from Cynthia

Larry’s arms around Cynthia and his hand on her shoulder when they talked to Heidi and literally just Larry

Marrick’s rubbing and then sudden/intense nipple twist in Sincerely, Me

Everyone was SO GRATEFUL we were there to see the show

BLR hit the stage door in this amazing vintage pinstriped blazer. I told him I loved his jacket and I don’t know which one of us was more excited about that moment.

Rachel and I crushing each other’s hands the entire show ((it’s been five days as of this writing and the bruises are just now mostly healed))

Marrick missed a cue and the poor bab looked terrified

One word BLR said gave me like alarmingly intense vibes from the cast album, and it’s something I noticed right away, but now I can’t remember what word it was. But it sounded JUST LIKE Platt, in a very shooketh way

BLR tied the tie perfectly onstage and I’m shook. When I wear my tie to work, I have to get up 15 minutes earlier to have time to get it tied the right length

Jared’s Jared was 20/10. Amazing delivery and fantastic comedic relief

There were all these little costume changes from Broadway, since so many things had been thrifted

IT TOOK ME WAY TOO LONG TO NOTICE but Connor is wearing Evan’s hoodie, not the other way around, and I can prove it.

It’s on Evan’s bed during Anybody Have a Map?

I heard a voice behind me during Act Two, and my first thought was my usual “what kind if imbecile …” But then I realized it was Michael Grief, and like it’s his show, so he can do what he wants.

Same thing when Justin Paul used his phone as a light source so he could take notes on the show.

We mentioned to Arron at the stage door that we skipped two days of school and drove nine hours to see the show and he goes “It’s your life. You gotta live it.”

BLR finished the stage door line before Christiane did, so he passed behind her on his way back into the theatre and 10000 percent patted her ass football-style.

In For Forever I totally thought the original lyric was “life will be alright for forever,” not “LIKE WE’LL be alright for forever” and that hit me harder than it should have tbh

Dude, Larry hit me so hard at the beginning, like he recites part of the letter and it took me until now to realize how many times he must have read it over before that moment

Zoe’s wardrobe was so classy

Evan straight up hugging into Connor’s chest at the end of Sincerely, Me

At the stage door, Phoebe almost fell off her heels and said “that’s what I get for wearing stilts. But I’m out here with all these dudes, like I’ve gotta assert my dominance.

It was a Moment, especially when I replied “I don’t even need stilts to fall down. It just happens sometimes.”

FREE OPENING NIGHT HATS. I’m not a hat-wearer, but this hat might just make me into one.

We made friends with an eighth grader at the stage door, and she was so wonderful honestly.

The three of us referred to ourselves as “trash” and her mother looked so concerned

Post-Show/Wednesday

Rachel and I parted ways as soon as she dropped me off back at the hotel, so you’ll have to hit her up for her Wednesday stories.

But we were at the stagedoor when @crazygoblinfreakoutnoise just texted me like KATHERINE *lastname* so I replied like “can I call you and scream?” because that felt safer than texting her in mass caps while we walked alone in the dark in an unfamiliar city.

Then I woke up Wednesday at 4:30 a.m. ((kinda, I had so much post-show rush that I didn’t actually sleep much at all)) and ate my leftovers from Tokyo Bowl before I called an Uber.

Chattiest Uber driver EVER. It was a 45-minute ride and by the end of it, I knew about his divorce, how long his family has had season sports tickets, why he doesn’t go to the games, all the major highways in Denver, everywhere he’s ever traveled … the list goes on. But he did get me there safe

I’d left hella early because the TSA said Denver was super busy and had lots of delays at security. So I’m to the airport a full 150 minutes before my scheduled flight, full of excitement about being enough of an adult to manage my own road trip travels.

Then security took maybe half an hour. Not even that, but I’ll be generous.

Point is, I had lots and lots of time to explore.

And then they delayed my flight 40 minutes.

So I dropped seven bucks on a cup of coffee, trying to combat the two non-consecutive hours of sleep I was running on.

I did get to see the sun rise over the mountains with airplanes in the background though, and that view was incredible.

By the time I got to board, I really needed to pee, but I didn’t have time, and then both of my row-mates fell asleep before we even took off.

Also we sat on the tarmac for almost an hour. So by the time we landed I REALLY had to pee.

Finally got to a bathroom, and made it out to meet my dad, for a ride back to Rachel’s place to pick up my car.

We went for lunch before we did that, and longtime followers might remember the fries that changed my life back in April. I had more of those, and they’re still amazing.

I had to use two of my last four percent cell battery ((look, it’d been a really long day)) to re-reschedule a test. The plan had been to take it when I got back to campus, but then delays happened.

Happy ending: took the test the next day, set the curve with a 94 percent.

#seriously? best trip EVER #katie and rach: destination denver #the adventures of katie and rach #originalcontentfirstdegreefangirl #flyawayrachel #crazygoblinfreakoutnoise #my franns #irl franns #dear evan hansen #deh #deh tour #dera evan hansen tour #road trip #my face #my video #here's your one chance fancy

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richiefuckfacetozier · 7 years ago

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reddie prompt: eddie gives richie the silent treatment for saying/doing something stupid and richie lowkey has real bad issues with attention since his deadbeat parents don’t give him any, so he freaks out after trying everything to get eddie to talk to him, and eddie still doesn’t. then eddie comforts him when he confesses his issues and yeah pls i need this fluff!!! 💗💗

Chapter 3: Pour Some Sugar On Me

Story: It’s Not My Fault

Note: Thank you @wilhelmina-fae this commission came out gorgeous!

Title - Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard

Located on Archive of Our Own

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Eddie was so mad at Richie. As in HIGHEST LEVEL on that stupid arcade game he plays all the time.

Why was he mad? Because Richie fucking forgot it was Eddie’s birthday.

Eddie was a stickler for his birthday traditions. Every year since he was little, Richie would come over first thing in the morning scream “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EDS” and usually throw something at him. The first year he did this, Eddie almost killed him, but the annual tradition was one of his favorites.

Last year Richie got his hands on a blow horn, which promptly got him banned from Eddie’s house for a month. “I just wanted to blow your son, Mrs. K.” Richie had said innocently. Eddie remembered putting his hands in his face, red as a tomato. Somehow (And thank fuck for it), his mother did not get the joke and simply threw Richie out of the house.

That was before they even started dating, or making out, or whatever they were doing. They really had not said whether they were TOGETHER together but knew they didn’t want to be with anyone else except each other. So basically exclusive without saying the words.

Today, however, the last thing Eddie wanted to do was be around Richie. When Eddie woke up normal, without any disturbing wake-up calls, he thought he had gotten the date wrong.

So he got dressed in a yellow polo, jeans and a sweater, grabbed his backpack and fanny pack then ran downstairs. His mother had cooked all his favorite breakfast foods and there was a cake that read “Happy 16th Birthday” on it. Now he was starting to get nervous. Did something happen to Richie? Maybe he was sick. Eddie fought the urge to pick up the phone and call his house. He sat down, eating ravenously at the eggs, bacon, biscuits, and cake until he thought his stomach would explode. His mother handed him a lunch box with extra cake inside. He kissed her on the cheek and went out the door to grab his bike.

When he arrived at school, Bill was parking his bike at the rack taking out a container of coffee to drink. Bill had been drinking coffee since they were kids, so he usually had 2-3 cups day. He claims it calms his nerves. Bill saw Eddie approaching, “Happy Sweet 16, Eddie! Any chance you got a c-car so we can move on from bikes?” Bill had one of the sweetest smiles in their group. They always seemed rare that Eddie really appreciated receiving a genuine Bill Denbrough smile.

Eddie grinned back, “Thanks, Big Bill and no such luck for us!” Bill handed him a present that was poorly wrapped with a card on top. The card had a hand drawn picture of all the losers as superheroes. Eddie in front as still the shortest in the gang, his hair neat and a big E on the chest of his suit. Bill gave them all masks and capes except for Richie’s drawing, which had him without glasses on.

“If Richie truly didn’t have glasses as a superhero, he would surely get us all killed.” Eddie laughed and he wondered again if Richie was going to be in homeroom.

“Yeah, but in this world, his g-guh-glasses hide his tr-true identity,” Bill looked at his handy work.

“Sure, give the asshole of the group Superman’s thing. That won’t inflate his ego more.” Eddie said sarcastically. He stuffed the present in his backpack unceremoniously, then grabbed one of his folders and placed the card inside so it would not wrinkle as much.

Ben arrived at the rack almost crashing into Eddie, then said a quick, “Hey guys!” Out of breath from riding super fast. He took a moment to calm himself, “So Eddie, I have a gift for you but some of the 12th graders started to chase me this morning and…” Ben pulled out a slightly squashed model of the Barrens. It had tons of detail from the rocks to the plants, to the miniature scale character pieces of the Losers Club.

Eddie was so touched. Ben had really come along way with his models, “This is amazing Ben! It doesn’t even matter that it’s squished.” Eddie turned it every which way to analyze the work. He did not have the patience to make something like this, let alone the organization that must go into perfecting every detail. Eddie was far too scatterbrained for that.

“Why the barrens though?” Eddie asked.

“Because that’s where we became friends.” Ben looked a little embarrassed.

“T-technically, it was in an alleyway as Eddie p-p-patched you up before you died of aids.” They both looked at Bill, who just stared at them, daring them to prove him wrong. Then they all burst into laughter. Eddie’s sides were hurting from how much he was laughing.

The 15-minute bell rang and the boys headed inside. Eddie attempted to carefully put the model in his backpack. “Did either of you see Richie when coming in today?”

Ben shifted uncomfortably and Bill kept his eyes suspiciously away from Eddie’s face.

“Nope, didn’t see him. I was being chased.” Ben said quickly, “Oh, I think I see those 12th graders, I’m going to hustle to class.” Ben proceeded to jog awkwardly down the hall. “I should g-g-go,” Bill said unconvincingly. “Bye.”

Well, that seemed weird.

Is Richie keeping something from me? Oh god…does he want to break up? Bill and Richie are so close, he probably told Bill before telling Eddie. This would become the worst birthday if his thoughts were right.

“Eddie!” Mike came rushing down the hall, “I got you THE best gift.” Mike handed over an envelope with a sloppily written ‘Eddie is an old fart’ on the front. Before Eddie could open it, Mike burst out excitedly, “It’s a voucher to get 7 tickets to ANY movie you want at the Aladdin Theater!”

“NO WAY,” Eddie grinned at his friend, then looked at the stupid writing on the envelope, “Mike, I thought I could count on you to be the serious friend. The only one who won’t tease me.” Eddie said dramatically.

“I think Richie’s flair for the dramatics is rubbing off on you.” Mike chuckled. Eddie rolled his eyes skyward, “Oh fuck. Let’s not let that happen.”

“I’ll be your personal ‘We can only handle one Richie in the group’ check-in. Also, you know full well that I tease you one day of the year. Specifically about your age, always on your birthday. Why do I do this to you?” He gestured for Eddie to speak.

“Because I deserve the abuse at least once a year,” Eddie answered knowingly.

“Exactly!” Mike cupped Eddie on the shoulder.

Eddie’s knees buckled from the impact. Working at his family’s farm and sports was making Mike too strong. “Thank you for the incredible gift. This must have cost several weeks of allowance.”

“Not at all! Been working overtime for my pops, so he gave me extra this past month and I had some help. You just have to take us all with you of course.”

“Oh…this is awkward. I was going to take the other 6 friends I have that mean the world to me.” Eddie tried to hold a straight face but broke into a grin. Mike chuckled some more then looked at his watch.

“Homeroom is soon, we better go.” The boys continued down the hall. Mike picked up the pace and with his much longer legs, rounding the corner toward their class faster.

“And Mike, have you seen Rich -” But he was caught off just as he was about to turn the corner to catch up. He felt his arm being grabbed roughly. Eddie’s heart started pounding from the surprise. He was going to get beat up on his birthday, just great. He was pushed backward into the wall, his backpack cushioning the impact and definitely crushing Ben and Bill’s gifts more. His arm was pinned, and another hand grabbed his hip. He felt chapped lips hit his own and his eyes landed on the assailant.

Eddie relaxed into the kiss with relief, closing his eyes. Richie smelled of his usual cigarettes and candy. The candy seemed to be something fruity, which Eddie could only tell was cherry after Richie coaxed his mouth open. As they deepened the kiss, the usual butterflies swarmed in Eddie’s stomach.

It suddenly occurred to Eddie that Richie was just fine. Not sick or dying, completely normal. Eddie’s brain woke up before getting carried away and he bit Richie’s lip. “OW EDS,” Richie said drawing back, he ran his middle finger over his bottom lip, and stared at the smear of red on it for several seconds. “You bit me,” he said, sounding astonished.

Eddie crossed his arms in front of him. He glared opening his mouth about to tell Richie off for worrying him and forgetting a certain person’s birthday when he thought better of it and shut his mouth.

Richie kept looking at him confused, a flicker of a smirk coming on, “Are you mad about something?”

Eddie’s eyebrows rose incredulously, waiting for Richie to catch on. The taller boy just kept his face neutral and unblinking, trying to start a staring contest. Eddie could hit that stupid face if he was a violent person. Instead, he readjusted his backpack, combed a hand through his hair and walked away. Not speaking to Richie would be more punishment then yelling at him.

Richie would probably convince Eddie to forgive him immediately if he did speak and Eddie was not ready to be that kind. He preferred being petty sometimes.

He almost made it to class before Richie caught up with him. “You know,” He said with a teasing tone, “Not talking to me is pretty childish. Being short and the youngest of our group doesn’t mean you have to behave like a kid.”

Eddie ignored the bait and opened the door to their class just as the school bell rang.

The rest of the day…WAS HILARIOUS.

Richie, being the attention seeker he is, was constantly and incessantly trying to make Eddie talk to him.

During homeroom, he tried flirting.

“Hey Eddie, what’s that on your face?!” Richie exclaimed in a whisper. Eddie looked up from his book with a stony expression. “Oh my god! It’s just your beautiful eyes!” Richie batted his long, dark eyelashes. Eddie took his book and hid behind it.

“Don’t hide your beauty from the world!” Then a student nearby shushed them and Richie fell silent.

As they left homeroom for their next classes, Richie moved onto his classic: your mother jokes.

“Your mother’s had the clap so many times her doctor treats her for applause.” He said raising his hand up to Mike for a hive five but keeping his eyes on Eddie. Mike shook his head laughing a little and did not return the gesture. Eddie kept on walking to get to his next class.

During lunch Eddie would converse with everyone except Richie, which proved hard since he sat so close to Eddie on the bench, he might as well be on his lap. In fact, one of his legs was slung over Eddie’s but he kept ignoring him.

“Stan and I baked you a cake!” Beverly said excitedly.

“You didn't…” Eddie looked at Stan who beamed at him, handing over a carefully wrapped package with a bow tied perfectly on top.

Richie laughed at the present, “I see Stan the man took advantage of wrapping the gift, but it’s a cake. He’s just going to tear it apart and eat it all.”

“I made sure to poison it on the section you give Richie,” Stan mumbled glaring at Richie.

“Oh he’s not getting any,” Eddie replied.

“OH, MY GOD! You all heard it. He spoke to me.” Richie pointed at the group who just tried to avoid the tension.

“I don’t think that counts because he said it to Stan.” Beverly ventured with a hesitant smile. They were all trying to be cheerful but it was hard when Eddie’s enthusiasm was forced.

They all dug into the cake. Which was half chocolate and half vanilla. The icing was made from scratch, easily the tastiest thing Eddie had ever experienced. Richie watched everyone clearly hurt. He removed his leg from Eddie’s and shifted over so that they stopped touching. Eddie stiffened at this, almost venturing to speak to Richie but he could not do it. Richie STILL had not acknowledged his birthday. Eddie had no idea what the kid was playing at but it was not fun or funny.

He rose from his seat and all eyes went to him, “I think I’ll head to class early. I’ll see you all after school and we can head to the park then grab dinner.” Eddie picked up his lunch box and pushed the rest of the cake toward Richie before leaving the group.

He got to his locker, did the combination, and got smacked in the face with confetti and glitter raining down on him.

“What the fuck?!” He sputtered and spit out the confetti. He removed the confetti from his hair looking at the explosion of birthday decorations in his locker. His eyes landed on a card.

He picked up the card and the front read: To my favorite superhero, you deserve to have your face plastered on every cereal box in town.

The writing was obviously Richie’s. He opened the card and taped to the inside was a gold cereal box ring. Eddie had lost the one he used to have years ago. He took it off the card, placing the ring on his right pinky.

“Hey, Eddie. Let’s g-g-go.” Eddie turned around to see Bill.

“Bill, what’s going on?” Eddie asked confused but with a huge smile on his face.

“Oh, you know Richie. He couldn’t just throw you a simple p-p-party.” Bill grabbed Eddie by the elbow, closing the locker.

“We have class!” Eddie protested slightly.

Bill yanked harder on his arm, steering him away from the confetti-strewn ground. “Nope. Ben forged notes.”

“He did?!” This was so out of character, Eddie could not believe his rule-abiding friend would do such a thing.

“R-R-Richie promised to tutor him in math. He’s the only one with an A in the class.” Bill shrugged. Eddie let himself be taken down the hall and out of the school. They walked along for about 10 minutes before Eddie realized they were going to the Barrens.

“We haven’t been down there in forever,” Eddie whispered nervously.

“It’s ok, Eddie,” Bill squeezed his arm reassuringly. “We’ll keep each other safe like always.”

When they got to the Barrens, Ben was there with a banner that read ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDS!’ “Ben, how dare you hold that monstrosity. Eds is not my name!” But Eddie was smiling from ear to ear without a real care. “He’s such a dick.” Shaking his head thinking about Richie painting this.

Ben grinned, “Fits since his name IS Richie.” With Bill’s help, they folded up the banner. Then Ben took out a piece of paper.

“Richie commissioned me to write this,” Ben said importantly.

Eddie laughed at that, “What could he possibly pay you with?”

“Mostly in candy and the promise of an A in math,” Ben cleared his throat,

“I come with no wrapping or pretty pink bows.

I am who I am from my head to my toes.

I tend to get loud when speaking my mind.

Even a little crazy most of the time.

I’m certainly not perfect and don’t care to be.

You can be you and I can be me.

I try to stay strong when pain knocks me down.

And the times that I cry is when no one’s around.

To error is human or so that’s what they say.

Well, tell me who’s perfect anyway.”

Eddie stayed silent at first. His eyes looked up and blinked quickly holding back unshed tears. He managed to say a soft, “Thanks, Ben.”

“Your poetry is getting r-r-really good!” Bill said appreciatively. “Ok, next stop.”

“How long is this gift?” Eddie could not believe how much work had clearly gone into this.

“Oh, just wait,” Ben said excitedly. Eddie followed them away from the Barrens. Ben handed Eddie the poem and he placed it in his backpack.

They headed toward a park that was a usual hangout for all of them. Especially when Richie and Beverly want to smoke weed and talk about life. Eddie usually did not smoke unless he was really stressed out, those years thinking about how smoking is bad for your lungs when you have asthma does not go away. He may not actually have asthma, but he still carries around his inhaler out of habit.

In the distance, he could see Stan and Beverly running around setting up some kind of picnic. There was a blanket with an assortment of food. Beverly turned on Richie’s portable radio, while Stan meticulously set and reset all the food. As they approached, Stan looked up in alarm, he heard him say, “Abort the balloons! We are out of time.”

“What!” Shouted Mike from behind a tree, “I took the time to throw out the red ones and have been blowing up the rest as fast as I can! They are happening.”

“Ok, so where is Richie hiding?” Eddie asked laughing at his friends. Eddie felt a tap on his shoulder. When he turned around, Richie was dressed in a white button-up shirt and black slacks. He had clearly tried to comb and calm his curls, but they had not stayed contained very well.

“Hey Eddie,” Richie smirked at Eddie’s reaction, which he knew must be one of utter shock.

“You look…amazing,” Eddie said quietly. “You could have at least TOLD me to dress up too! I look like crap.” He looked down at his green shorts and yellow polo shirt in dismay.

“You always look great,” Richie shrugged. “Didn’t think it mattered. Anyway, not what’s important right now. Beverly if you would.”

Beverly came over to Eddie and handed him a shirt. He unfolded it. It was a replica of the superhero shirt, Bill had drawn of him with the E on it. There were gold flecks outlining the letter. The shirt was red with a purple E, his favorite color combination. “You made this?!”

“Put it on!” She urged. He quickly took his polo off throwing it at no one in particular, then put the superhero shirt on.

“Guys, this is all amazing. Thank you so so much.” Eddie felt tears coming on and quickly wiped at his eyes. “God, I’m so fucking sappy today.”

“Don’t become soft on us!” Stan told him.

Richie clapped his hands together, “Ok! Let’s eat, it’s getting dark.” They all gathered around and ate, laughing and teasing Eddie about being old. Mike laid out balloons around the group with pride.

“So did you all come up with this big charade?” Eddie finally asked.

“Mostly Richie, he wanted you to feel like a superhero,” Ben responded.

“Cause you’re my hero every day.” Richie grinned. At that, he took out a bottle of cheap wine he probably nicked from his parents’ and poured out cups for everyone.

“Raise a glass to Eddie,” Richie gazed into Eddie’s eyes. They were bright as the sun to him and kinder than ever. “You’re my best friend and in front of all our other best friends I want to officially call you my boyfriend, unless you object, but be warned I’m a fragile being.” Eddie shoved Richie but did not object. “It’s been hard to say boyfriend mostly because, at home, things aren’t great. I don’t tell you all too much about it because I WANT to be the friend who keeps it light and happy. I think the only person with any idea is Bill who has walked in on unfortunate family drama in the past. But -“ Richie put down his drink and took both of Eddie’s hands to hold. “I want to be there for you when things get hard just as I know you will be there for me. Ben wrote his poem by me talking about how much I think I’m not good enough for you.”

“Richie -“ Eddie squeezed the other boy’s hands.

“I’m serious Eddie. I’m not. I’m selfish to take someone off the market who is as great as you. So I want to thank you for everything. Here’s to you and whatever happens next.” Eddie kissed Richie full on the mouth while the gang took a drink, whooping and hollering. Richie smiled pulling Eddie’s head in closer. They parted and took drinks from the cups of wine.

The rest of the group started to pick up their various things giving Eddie hugs and asking him how the birthday turned out, “It was perfect, you losers are all perfect.” They eventually trickled away leaving Richie and Eddie to be by themselves.

Eddie said his last goodbye and slowly walked over to Richie with a big grin on his face. Richie was lounging on the blanket with his legs stretched out, finishing off Bill’s barely drunk wine. He made a sour face, “I should have grabbed something better.” Eddie stood above him gazing down at Richie in a rare moment of sweetness, “Nah, then your parents would have noticed.” Eddie kicked Richie’s shoe, and the boy glanced up. He guessed what Eddie wanted and parted his legs. Eddie turned around and sat between Richie’s legs, leaning against his torso. Richie put down the drink and wrapped his arms around Eddie’s middle. He took Eddie’s hand with the ring and admired it for a moment, then kissed his cheek.

“Sooooooo, do I get an apology?” Richie mocked.

Eddie ran his hands over Richie’s arms softly, “And why, pray tell, would you deserve that?”

“Because you wouldn’t talk to me ALL DAY. It was excruciating.” Richie whined.

Eddie rolled his eyes, “Would you like some cheese with that whine, attention whore? You acted like you forgot my birthday. As you now know, I hate that shit.”

“My good SIR! I am no whore! I am a proper lady,” Richie said in a terrible southern belle impression.

“Beep Beep Richie.” Eddie said softly.

Richie chuckled then said in his regular voice, “I was going to come surprise you, as usual, this morning, but I got held up…” Eddie waited patiently for Richie to go on. He just kept running circles along the arms that surrounded him, looking at his gold pinky ring. This seemed to help Richie relax. “My mom got really really drunk last night. When I tried to wake her this morning…she would not move. As in, I was worried she was…ya know. I finally got her out of bed and in the shower when I realized you were probably already at school. Then I just turned it into a game because it’s fun to mess with you.”

Eddie scoffed as Richie put his chin on his shoulder. Eddie leaned his own head against the side of Richie’s face, “What about your dad?”

Richie sighed heavily, “My Dad doesn’t give a shit about me or Mom. He may as well move out for all I care.” Eddie knew he was lying by the amount of sadness in his voice.

Eddie brought Richie’s hands to his mouth to kiss them. “Why have you never told me any of this?”

“Because it’s my problem, not yours.” He confessed.

“Your problems are my problems. I want them to be. Or at least, want you to tell me so I don’t assume it’s something else.” Eddie turned his head so they were looking at each other. “Things go a mile a minute in my head.”

“Tell me about it.” Richie laughed pushing back a stray hair from Eddie’s face, “I can only focus when you are around.” Eddie shook his head, “Lucky you. I’ve never been able to focus around you.”

Eddie’s eyes were glued to Richie’s golden brown ones like he had cast some kind of spell on him. For once, he didn’t want to make a move. Eddie was content to just stare into his eyes if that was all he wanted to do. Eddie raised a hand so he could run it through Richie’s hair. “You know that line in the poem about ‘the times that you cry are when you’re alone’?” Eddie played with Richie’s curls as he nodded in understanding. “Well, I don’t want you to ever feel alone, but if you do, you can cry to me. God knows I’ve cried to you.” Richie took a shuddering breath and then he was kissing Eddie.

Eddie readjusted so he was sideways on Richie’s lap. Richie drew him in closer; his mouth was open over Eddie’s, his tongue running gently along Eddie’s lips for permission. He opened his mouth under Richie’s, pressed up against him, arms wrapping around his neck. Richie tasted like salt, his face feeling wet, and Eddie realized Richie was actually crying. Eddie stopped the kiss, kept his arms around Richie and let his head fall in the crook of his neck, and let him cry. Richie’s arms tightened around Eddie’s waist. His sobs were silent but heartbreaking.

They didn’t know how long they stayed like that, but Eddie could have stayed for a lifetime and not notice.

At some point, Richie whispered, “Thanks, Birthday Boy.”

#reddie #Eddie Kaspbrak #richie tozier #beverly marsh #stanley uris #mike hanlon #bill denbrough #ben hanscom #it 2017 #i am a loser #the losers club #theatregal fanfic #it movie #kissing #gay #cursing #It's Not My Fault #TheTheatregal Reddie Fanfiction #Shannon writes

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uhohitsthecops · 7 years ago

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I got tagged by @britneyshakespeare for this meme thing! Am I supposed to do all the questions? Cause that’s what I feel like doing. Let’s go

1. Favorite ice cream flavor?

Ben and Jerry’s Chocolate Therapy is the best flavor in human history

2. First five songs when you put your music on shuffle?

Uhh hang on

-Little Red Corvette by Prince

-Bang the Doldrums by Fall Out Boy

-Everlong (Acoustic Version) by the Foo Fighters

-All the Boys by Panic! At the Disco

-YYZ by Rush

3. Favorite concert you’ve ever been to?

Tragicaly I’ve never really been to a concert

4. Song(s) you’d like to see live

I want to go to a Mowgli’s concert and hear their entire discography

5. Weirdest dream you can remember?

I had a really weird dream last night and I don’t even remember what happened. All I remember was it involved Deadpool and Ryan Reynolds (as two different people) and also my family. It was basically a shitpost in dream form, that’s all I remember

6. Best vacation you’ve been on?

I don’t travel much... I went to Disney World when I was 4 and I don’t remember it but I’m sure it was the best. Besides that I’ve been to Eagle River, Wisconsin several times and I love it

7. Favorite childhood tv show?

Uhhhhhhhh I used to watch Arthur obsessively but I also enjoyed Spongebob

8. Favorite lyrics?

Ah geez uhh

“They say the west is home to reason, so that’s where I’ve gone, I’ve gone to meet my maker/ And when I find what I was made for, this soul of mine will finally find some peace” -The Great Divide by the Mowgli’s (a banger)

I could go on all day but that’s among the best

9. Who’s the worst teacher you’ve ever had?

I tend to get along well with my teachers. I think the worst was my 6th grade math teacher cause I started doing terribly and she wasn’t really nice or helpful about it

10. Do you believe in ghosts?

Sure, I guess

Diana’s questions:

1) What are 3 songs that mean something to you, and what do they mean?

I feel like Everlong by Foo Fighters could be that Our Song with my future partner, like maybe that’s weird to say but it’s got that kind of vibe to it

The Great Divide by the Mowgli’s just makes me feel really inspired

I’ve been listening to In A Little While by U2 obsessively lately and it’s got this really crush-y feel to it and I love it

2) What’s your ideal self like?

20-ish pounds lighter, top surgery, a year or two on T, maybe a beard...

3) Who, of all of your family members (immediate or extended), do you think has had the most influence on you, for better or for worse?

My Nana because she’s so kind and she has helped me through hard times. Also my sister cause I picked up like half my interests from her

4) What’s your main outlet of expression?

My art and my bass guitar

5) What was the first album you ever bought for yourself?

Oh geez uh... the Deadpool soundtrack, does that count? As far as actual albums by musicians go, I think it was Jazz by Queen, deluxe edition.

6) Do you like to go shopping?

Only if it’s for stuff I care about or really need.

7) Kind of cliche but, if you could have dinner with any person, living or dead, who would you pick?

Oh geez. Either Freddie Mercury or Ryan Reynolds/Blake Lively (they’re both invited)

8) What TV show do you watch when you’re feeling stressed or low and you need a quick feel-better fix?

Either Futurama or Parks and Rec

9) What was the last intriguing conversation you had about?

Tattoos. We were talking about tattoos in art class and the general agreement was that they don’t have to mean anything. There’s a girl who has a leg tattoo of a mermaid with big boobs and she got it just for fun. I explained that I wanna get the Ziggy lightning bolt on one arm and a Chicago flag on the other, and they seemed to think that was a neat idea.

10) What’s something about yourself that you don’t think comes across as painfully obvious online, but is, in fact, in person?

I don’t know, something about the way I look? Cause I don’t think any of you has ever seen what I look like. I’m really short, for example; I’m 5’1”. I’m kinda average looking and kinda androgynous despite being pre-everything (people automatically assume I’m male by “””accident””” and I’m like hell yeah)

Hmm, who do I tag... how about @bigbangfieri @spideys-underoos @marvelstarvel @iamrodrigoov @lovethepan @pabstbluekitten and @veqasliqhts !

My questions:

1) Top five musical artists?

2) Something we don’t know about you?

3) If you could play Cards Against Humanity with any five celebrities, who would they be?

4) Celebrity crush(es)?

5) Favorite movie(s)?

6) Favorite show(s)?

7) Favorite junk food?

8) If you could become any fictional character who would you be?

9) Favorite location on earth?

10) What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done?

#thanks for asking #this was fun #swearing ///

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localrobosexual · 7 years ago

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so how about The Last Knight huh

HECKO I totally forgot to make that post about what I thought about Transformers 5 after I watched it whOOPS

so here they are now!! :0 it’s kinda long though. Sorry about that. Unlike my post about GOTG Vol. 2 that one time, for this one I just kinda wrote down some erratic notes about thoughts and reactions I had as I watched the movie, and then I kinda summed up my opinion about it overall down at the end?? so yeah. That’s how this one is gonna play out lol. Generalized running commentary style.

(fair warning: this WILL contain spoilers!! Like I can’t,,, , talk about it without giving stuff away lmao. If you haven’t seen the movie, and still want to and plan on doing so, I don’t recommend you read this!)

alright u made it past the spoiler warning so here we go!!

- Quintessa gave me a lot of G1 Unicron vibes with the whole "I made you, you are mine to command" thing

- "Why do we tell these stories, besides the fact that dragons are wicked" girl same lmao

- I literally cannot. CANNOT. Take Barricade seriously. With those ridiculous "punish" and “enslave” branded brass knuckles. Buddy. My dude. Please chill. You're literally trying to be so edgy man just. Turn it down a notch lmao - Optimus literally didn't sound at all like himself at first?? It sounded like he had a different voice actor for those first few lines he spoke?? That was weird. It wasn't until the second time he appeared on screen where Quintessa was telling him about where the staff was hid was I like "oh wait yeah there's Peter Cullen" - the "Cybertron is coming" shot looked sUPER fake and green screened to me for whatever reason?? like idk I think it was the lighting they had on him but it was reALLY FUNNY PFFFFTT

- Bee swinging his legs on top of that roof was sUPER CUTE THANK U IM BLESSED

- Mohawk. Um. Who thought turning Junkrat into a Transformer was a good idea bc that’s literally all this dude is lmao

- What kind of name is Nitro Zeus. Im cryin. PRETTY SURE HE HAS THE SAME VOICE ACTOR AS THE ONE TIGER ALIEN FROM BEN 10??? I DON’T REMEMBER HIS NAME BUT HE WAS THE ONE THAT ALWAYS WENT "LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHIN". WHY DOES HE HAVE SHOCKWAVE'S FACE. IM SO DONE

- I like how they had the whole holoform bike thing going on?? like how Prowl's was in TFA and Arcee’s was in TFP that was neato - I WILL NEVER GET USED TO HEARING BUMBLEBEE SWEAR I S2G but the Siri voice thing was pretty funny ngl. I saw that in a trailer on instagram and didn't actually think it was actually a real scene that they kept I thought it was just made for that specific ad but nOPE IT WAS REAL LMAO - Megatron musing over Starscream's decapitated head oh my god liSTEN MAN PUT HIM DOWN DONT BE LIKE THIS COME ON - HI CAN WE TALK ABOUT COGSMAN I LOVE COGMAN A LOT I LOVE HIM HE WAS REALLY GREAT EASILY A BIG FAVE HE WAS SO ENJOYABLE TO WATCH I love how,,, ok heck I don't know this guy very well bc I didn't watch Age of Extinction but it's the green dude with the trench coat built into him,,, Crosshairs?? I think it's Crosshairs yeah but the fact that he called him a C-3PO rip off was fUNNY MAN that also got a good laugh outta me and he totally rekt his heckin finger lmao. He was rlly short?? that surprised me kinda like from the trailers it looked like he was pretty average human sized but nope he’s super short - BEE'S DOUBLE CHEST POUND FINGER GUN "ayyy my dude" THING WAS ADORABLE THANK U - THEY ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH WITH THE WHOLE EARTH BEING UNICRON THING HOLY HECK now that,,, that was really interesting. Didn't expect that. AND the whole Nemesis Prime deal?? OP getting brainwashed?? THAT'S why he's heckin evil nO WONDER MAN GEEZ I didn't think OP would willingly do all that to the earth just because. That makes me feel a lot better actually lmao - Soundwave!! Shockwave!! u guys are famous!! wow way to go im so proud of u!!!! - Hot Rod tho,,,, , oh boy he was a mess lmao. I only really know Hot Rod through MTMTE and the 80s Transformers movie so,, , not too too much to go off of, but he just was so incredibly DIFFERENT and off-putting from what I was used to that I honestly didn't like him so much?? I mean he was alright. Grew on me a bit more as the movie went on I think. He was ok. That time warp weapon thing he had was cool tho!! nice!! seemed kinda overpowered a bit but cool!! - COGMAN SPINNING AROUND IN A CIRCLE WHILE HE WALKED THE DOG WAS ADORABLE THANK U - you know that movie trope where he background music will become like a song on the radio and then a character comes and switches it off?? YEAH THEY DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THIS MOVIE WITH THE EPIC WORLD-CHANGING ORGAN MUSIC AND I JUST. COGMAN GOING HAM ON THAT ORGAN HAD ME CRYYYYYYYIIINNG HE WAS SO INTO IT MAN OH MY GO D. I LOVE COGMAN THANK U THAT’S ONE OF MY FAVORITE TROPES AND IT WAS HILARIOUS GOD BLESS - HE CAN SING OPERA TOO IM CRYYYYIINNNG MAN JUST. PLEASE LET HIM HYPE UP THE MOMENT HE'S DOING HIS BEST!!!! - THE TABLE WAS WRITTEN IN OLD CYBERTRONIAN yknow if you could get Cyclonus down there he could probs read that for you no problem. Or don't actually. Please don't drag him into Bayverse oh I s2g nevermind nevermind - HEY MAN I LOVED THAT ROBOT HYDRA WOO BOY THAT WAS COOL and it's like?? a Combiner?? but not really. Burton just said the twelve knights combined into the dragon but I doubt they can all unfuse from that form lmao it was probs just a one time thing. So not a Combiner. Still cool tho. Robot dragons. SICK!!!!!! - HEY they did the whole Unicron's a planet-eating god thing this time around too wow. Neat. Listen man all I'm saying is I glad I watched TFP and bits of G1 and that 80s movie bc if not I woulda had no idea why Unicron was important lmao. That was pretty neat tho!! Interesting. Interesting. - OK BUT COGMAN LAUGHING AND SINGING "MOVE B!TCH GET OUT THE WAY" WHILE DRIVING 200 MPH DOWN THE ROAD WAS HILARIOUS WHAT A BLESSING THANK U - Surprisingly Bee seemed to be ok in that open water??? Hanging on to the side of a submarine?? I mean. Salt water man. Buddy watch out ur gonna rust plEASE BE CAREFUL

- speaking of which didn’t they say there was gonna be a submarine transformer in this movie?? like didn’t they say that in interviews before the movie came out?? I mean. We never saw that. It might’ve been that the submarine WAS a transformer but it never spoke, never transformed, nothing. Didn’t give any indication that it was uniquely Cybertronian aside from Vivian’s magic touch thing. Idk. That wasn’t explained so I mean. Hmm.

- Cogman can make sushi!! dang!! wow!!! bravo!!! - OP'S HECKIN INTERDIMENSIONAL BOOB POCKET OH MY GO D dang wish I had one of those lmao - THAT FINAL FIGHT WITH OP AND BEE THO AAAAAAAA OH MY GO S H HECKO MAN!!!! OPTIMUS RIPS OFF BEE'S DOOR WINGS MAN!!! GEEZ!!!! what I wanna know is like since when did Bumblebee have a hammer lmao. Like,, , is it supposed to the the Forge of Solus Prime?? When did he get that?? How and why?? I don't know and it was never explained but I mean. Why tho. - OH MY GOD BUT BEE'S VOICE!! IT ACTUALLY WORKED!!! DANG!! WOW BUDDY!!! AAAA!! IM GLAD HE'S OK!!! and that's all it takes to snap Optimus outta his brainwashed phase lmao ok then. Cool. Wasn’t what I expected him to sound like either but then again I really don’t know what I expected in the first place lmao - I feel a LOT better knowing Optimus didn't willingly wanna destroy the earth like. He was brainwashed. And when he snapped outta it he felt absolutely awful about what he did. I mean it felt like that whole plot point was rushed, a lot of this movie felt very rushed, but it makes me feel better at least lmao. Optimus I'm sorry man can I,,, , give u a hug or something man it rlly looks like u need a hug - "YOU CHOSE THE WRONG SIDE" OOOOOH BOY FLASHBACKS TO THAT CAPTAIN AMERICA CIVIL WAR BIT IN PRI.ME(3) LMAOOOO - CADE. BUDDY. YOU CANT JUST BLOCK A SWORD LIKE THAT. THAT WAS A KILLING BLOW DEALT BY A GIANT ALIEN ROBOT I DONT CARE HOW SPECIAL THAT MEDALLION THINGY IS U CANT JUST DO THAT LMAOOOO. And then as soon as he whips that sword out the rest of the knights are like "oh wait yeah let's stop killing this guy we're chill now let's all point out swords together" lmaooooo - Crosshairs' "Love that guy. Goosebumps every time" line after Optimus gives his mandatory speech lmAO DUDE SAME - "You were by far the coolest" alright Cogman you ruined the moment a lil bit but man I still love u hecko - OK THIS IS GONNA SOUND REALLY STUPID BUT LISTEN MAN I'M GLAD THERE WAS,,,, , a lot of hand holding going on towards the end. Like fr. Cogman to dying Burton and Vivian and Cade as they were gonna jump outta that plane onto the Cybertronian tendril whatevers. Just. Small bits of physical reassurance and comfort in times of real great distress. I appreciate that a LOT more than like, watching two characters make out right before the big climactic final showdown lmao. Thank u movie wow I really didn't expect that - SO THERE WAS A COMBINER TEAM!! A COMBINER MINOTAUR!!! DANG NOT EVEN GONNA LIE THAT THING WAS NEATO!!! - Ok forget what I said about Hot Rod at the beginning he redeemed himself at the end. I didn't like him and first but now,, , now we chill. Granted I still can't see him as being HOT ROD bc he's just so different from what I know him as Rodimus but I can still appreciate him as his own character. Cool cool. - OPTIMUS RIDING THE ROBOT HYDRA INTO BATTLE AND BLOWING EVERYTHING UP WAS GREAT. MAN THAT WAS GOOD. "DID YOU FORGET WHO I AM" WOOOO BOY CHILLS MAN!!!! - OH COME ON they still made out. Lmao. Dangit. It was inevitable but I mean come on man. Alright. They kept it short and quick thank you tho if u had to put in a make out scene at least u kept it to a minimum. Thank you. Can we get back to the robots now pls. - AAAAA BUMBLEBEE'S "STING LIKE A BEE" LINE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA - that ending was pretty sudden lmao. A lot of this movie was sudden and fast. They just jump cut STRAIGHT to those credits man not even an ending panorama or clean slow zoom out shot or anything lmao - AND OH BOY THEY TEASED UNICRON’S GONNA ACTUALLY COME BACK AND APPEAR IN ANOTHER MOVIE AAAAAAA OH NO OH BOY NOT AGAIN GOSH DARN IT LMAO

All in all, surprisingly, I actually ended up kinda enjoying it!! Like it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be!! Tbh for me it might even be second best in the series!! (First being the first movie from 2008 lmao) Honestly I was really REALLY surprised at how much I didn't hate it. Like. I still dislike it to a degree because it's still Bayverse, and I probably won't watch it again unless I'm with friends (like I do with the rest of the transformers movies) but it honestly wasn't too too bad! It really exceeded my expectations as far as plot, and I wasn't hardcore cringing for most of the movie so hey that's a plus!! The movie had a lot of genuinely funny moments, especially with Cogman, which got some pretty good laughs outta me like I was really having fun at those parts!! Optimus’ absence for most of the movie didn’t sit well with me for some reason. Like it just felt strange. But it kinda had to be for the story to move forward so I guess I can forgive that lol. The pacing was REALLY whack and way too fast though. Like they were REALLY trying to cram a whole lotta stuff into a relatively short amount of time. The movie's almost two and a half hours long but it really didn't feel like that because of how fast the pacing was. Some of the dialogue felt really forced because of this issue too. It didn’t feel genuine sometimes. But that has to be like, pretty much my only specific issue with it?? surprisingly?? wow. I'm honestly super shocked lmao dang man I didn’t think I’d like this movie at all but I was very much proved wrong!! I hated those old ladies tho and their obsession to get Vivian a boyfriend and the whole innuendo thing. Yeah. No. Don't do that. Stop. I'm too ace for this.

anyways yeah those were my thoughts sorry that was so long lmao whoops

#transformers #bayverse #tf5 #transformers 5 #transformers the last knight #words of meg #long post

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bayobayo · 7 years ago

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@idonotknowhowtonamemyblog replied to your post: “I wanna do a review for Spiderman: Homecoming, but I don’t think I can...”

Oh please do it! :) You can tag spoiler easily so it´s everyones own choice if they gonna read ot or not. I watched it two days ago and would love to read what YOU think of it!

@stilinskidetectiveagency replied to your post:

I say do it, tag it as spoiler, say what it is but continue with the actual review under a "continue reading" line.

Welp. Here goes. But first! A quick non-spoiler review for those who might be thinking of watching the movie. :)

WARNING: Grammar mistakes may ensue.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is without a doubt a teen movie, which is what it should be.

For a quick recap, Peter Parker is a high school student that gets bitten by a radioactive spider which then gives him superhuman abilities and thus turns him into Spider-Man. What’s interesting to note is that most people jump to that last part when it comes to his persona, which is why for someone who deeply appreciates the “high school student” part of his character, this movie’s overall Teen setting was just right for me.

It’s kind of like Logan, in a way. The story of Old Man Logan is not a happy story, so it deserves its R rating to fully express that not-happy story.

Spider-man was about a kid who learned that “with great power comes great responsibility” and many people, especially through the old comics, got to grow up with that lesson because of him. So, yeah. Something about Stan Lee making Peter a teenage hero alongside the then era of heroes (Ironman, Captain America, Superman, Batman, etc.) and believing that it would work really makes me feel nice and happy inside. :]

ANYWHO, Homecoming is a great movie. It’s a literal coming-of-age story and presents Spider-man like never before. You get to see him learn, not just what he could do as Spider-man, but also what he could be as Spider-man.

Of course, Spider-man would be nothing without Peter Parker, and Homecoming paints a pretty justifiable picture of him. He’s a smart kid with good friends, often bullied by the typical high school bully, and has a crush on the typical high school crush. He loves his aunt, cares for his bestfriend, and has just the right balance of enthusiasm, charisma, awkwardness, and good morals.

Adrian Toomes a.k.a. Vulture is a fantastic villain because personally, if a villain manages to convince me that his motives are reasonable, then that is a villain done well. And it’s nice to know that he isn’t like Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus or Sandman where something grand happens to him. The Vulture simply just happened.

Tony Stark is, of course, the mentor figure for Peter and essentially provides for his journey as Spider-Man. I’ve heard jokes that Tony/RDJ was probably going to steal the spotlight every time he was onscreen, which I can safely tell is false. While his appearances were always pleasant and may reach that potential of spotlight-stealing, Peter/Tom would meet him halfway and they’d share that spotlight together as equals.

TL;DR: The movie and storyline was done amazingly. Easy 10/10 for me.

Now. Spoiler review (a.k.a. my gushing over all the little details I could remember) under the cut. :)

The old Spider-man theme song reorchestrated was BRILLIANT. I honestly wouldn’t have noticed it if it weren’t for my sister who I was watching with at the time. It just shows how much of an individual story Spider-man was and how much of an impact it had in so many lives.

Peter’s vlog was a good touch to the movie. While I don’t personally vlog ad had never seen the appeal in doing it, this one bit was a good way of showing where in time the movie was taking place. And I don’t just mean that the vlog showed what was before, during, and after Civil War, but also that Peter was in a time where people have the means to vlog wherever, whenever they can.

Think of it as what Toomes says when he comments on the Avengers drawing (which I assume was made by Liz a few years ago): “back in my day, I used to draw cowboys and indians”. That was then. This is now.

Also Tom Holland’s flips were pretty damn cool.

Speaking of Toomes, I thought it was a great setup that his job was in salvaging, because that’s what vultures do. And what was even more awesome was that he was salvaging what was left from the Chitauri invasion from the first Avengers film. Meaning that his business had been under the radar for that long.

Of course, props to Michael Keaton for that first impression. Here was a man who worked hard to provide for his family, but was sick to the bone of people who take that one thing away.

Speaking of business, it was implied that Damage Control was employed by Tony, but the actual buyer of the building wasn’t mentioned. My theory is that if there are more Spider-man movies to come, then the buyer is probably Norman Osborn.

I saw Happy during all the “vlog” promos, but getting to see him in an actual role for the entire movie was a pleasant surprise. I missed him very much, along with Pepper, too. And that last line about the ring, though. HAH.

Ned is a great bestfriend, and his friendship with Peter, even greater. I liked the little detail when he first appears and places a little lego figure on Peter’s shoulder, and pretty much establishes his nerdiness then and there, to which Peter responds to with equal enthusiasm whilst the girls in the background are weirded out. I don’t know much about Star Wars, but that much enthusiasm is one way of getting people interested.

Liz was adorable. She was smart, cute, responsible, she was the perfect high school crush. I was genuinely sorry for what happened to her.

Michelle was weird, and even though a detailed storyline wasn’t established for her, I loved every scene she was in. Her presence kept coming at unexpected times, though, so I’ll admit that the MJ reveal didn’t process in my head until after the movie. Not sure how they’ll handle it, since MJ has such a significant part in Peter’s life, but I’ll give them a chance. :)

Flash was the one that probably didn’t sit with me immediately. To me, Flash was always that athlete-type who imparts fear with his physicality, so seeing a smart Flash that was arguably on the same level of smarts as Peter (but with way more popularity) took some time to take in. Once that settled though, I found him pretty funny and was the right kind of dick to balance Peter. The “Penis Parker” jokes were so bad, but he says them with such dickish confidence that it sold to me.

The outfit for Vulture was great. I just love how superhero films know that some costumes just can’t work when translated to film, so I love the style they got going on for him. The bomber jacket made it feel like he was both a pilot and a vulture, and the green light was a nice way of adding that original green to his character. And the overall black color around him screamed “night camouflage” for me.

Speaking of which, I like that he sticks to simple theft. A simple “get in, get the stuff, get out, nobody gets hurt” mission says a lot about him, but when he kills one of his men by “accident” and it registers in his face that he learns that he doesn’t care, that spoke volumes.

I love the scene where Ned finds out. So many things can be achieved by CGI but something as short as that ceiling crawl done with only practical effects really made me happy. And you gotta praise Tom’s physicality. Not sure how they managed to rig the entire thing but he did it so seamlessly in that one long shot, Tom Holland really is Spider-man.

And of course, you gotta appreciate the fact that they didn’t tell the story of Uncle Ben again. It’s like the movie’s way of saying “we know you know the story, so good job for remembering, let’s move on.” I basically just love those little lines that hint at what happened to him (“I can’t do this to Aunt May again.”, “When you know you could’ve done something, but you didn’t, it’s your fault”).

The entire montage of Ned’s interrogation was excellent. I remember the one line that I liked in the trailers where he asks to try on the suit, Peter says no, but when he asks to at least try the mask, Peter considers it and the next shot is Ned with the mask on. That really showed how much he trusted Ned with his life.

But then the scene never actually happens in the movie, and is replaced with Ned already with the mask on, implying that he had worn it overnight, and Peter was still okay with it, responding in stride as we can also assume was him sleeping on the ceiling. I dunno, man. Their chemistry was just amazing, and if there was any way to replace a scene that could’ve been extremely iconic, this was how you do it.

I loved the first look of Spidey-Peter. Him putting his suit on in an alley instead of having him conveniently in the suit already was a neat little detail. And I just generally love watching him learn from his mistakes in being Spider-man. Like how the first time he hides his backpack, he does it in low ground and ends up loosing it, so when he does it the next time, he throws it up a tree instead.

And I like that Tony sort of knows this, too. He wouldn’t have designed a parachute for him if he didn’t know that Peter had a height limit.

There are so many things in this movie that I want to talk about but I can’t remember the others for now. I might update this in the future, but in summary, Spider-ma: Homecoming was amazing. :)

#spiderman spoilers #spiderman: homecoming spoilers #spiderman: homecoming #spider-man: homecoming #jacksepticeye #bb says #tagging jacksepticeye for the people in the community #knowing him there's bound to be a ton of people as passionate about peter as well #and that goes for both peter parker AND peter quill #whatever you guys decide xD #spiderman #spider-man #haven't written a review in a LONG while

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g8sman · 5 years ago

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Touristy but fun

Thursday, July 18 That was not a good sleep. Not sure the reason. Evelyn was awake by 6:30 and goofing around. She was inch worming in here sleeping bag all over the tent. When it hit 7 it was time to get out and break down the tent. I took off the rain fly while Evelyn collapsed and folded the air mattresses. Then she said she could take down the tent so she did. We got that all a way and then went and took showers. That felt good. Got everything into the car and off to Chattanooga we were. After a quick stop for breakfast. The drive was pretty easy and we were parked at the incline parking by 11:30, EST. We went up the mile into the sky, took some pictures, went to the Point Park that is part of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Then we came down the mile. The train itself was pretty neat. The have two cars and when one goes down it pulls the other up. 10 minutes to go from bottom to top. Is it touristy? Yeah, but it was fun and worth it. We grabbed lunch at Mr. T’s Pizza and Ice Cream which was right across the street from the Incline train. It was pretty good and I would recommend it. From there we headed to Rock City. Now all the things I read I was not really all that excited to go. It is basically at the top of Lookout Mountain just on the other end away from where the train comes up. So we drove up there and parked. I must say I was pretty impressed. Nice walk through the rocks, some nice flowers, a swinging bridge and great views. Also claim that you can see seven states from there but today was hard pressed to see that. Way to hazy/cloudy. Also, they piece de resistance was the Fairytale Land which were all these dolls posed for the different fairly tales. It was quite impressive. Also, there are some really weird fairy tales from back in the 1930s. If you find yourself in Chattanooga, I would recommend Rock City. It was worth the time. From Rock City we headed over to the Chickamauga Visitor Center in an effort to look at some of the stuff there and see the film. A distant relative was instrumental in establishing the park so I was looking to get a little more information. Back in 1990, my mother, brother and came down here as part of the 100th anniversary and I remember us posting a wreath or something along those lines. So I asked if there was a marker for hm or his regiment and the ranger there helped navigate us to where that is located. We will check that out tomorrow as we do the car tour. We left the visitor center and headed to our hotel. Went for something different tonight. Found a place called the Bluff View Inn. It is right on the Tennessee River in the arts district. We got here and checked in. The family that owns the Inn owns several buildings that cover a coffee roaster, a bakery, several restaurants and several houses for people to sleep in. Quite impressive block of what they have. We got ourselves checked in and then walked the 3-4 blocks to get downtown and dinner at Big River Grille. They are a brewery as well as serve food. We had a good dinner and then went across the street to Ben & Jerry’s for ice cream for Evelyn. Then we walked back along the river to the hotel where Evelyn beat me in crazy eights and war which was cut short as it was bed time and she needed to get a shower in. Today was a surprising good day. Going in I thought it was going to be touristy and campy but it turned out to be pretty cool. Evelyn seemed to enjoy it but has said several times over the past couple of days that she misses home. to really any one thing, but all of it. I do too. Tomorrow we will be in the western part of the state and one day closer to being back home. Here is to a good night’s rest and to see what tomorrow brings.

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f4liveblogarchives · 7 years ago

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Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #80

Tues March 13 2018 [21:59:13] <Wackd> FANTASTIC FOUR VOL 1 NO 80 [22:00:02] <atticus> the penn election is killing me rn [22:00:06] <Wackd> aw jeez aw jeez aw jeez aw jeez [22:00:57] <Wackd> lamb is winning by a slim margin [22:01:05] <Wackd> with an estimated 95% of the votes in [22:02:32] <atticus> too close to call [22:02:35] <atticus> it's excruciating [22:02:40] <Wackd> aw jeez [22:03:14] <Wackd> so for the record, that's not why i was aw jeezing, i'd started typing that earlier, though yeah, yikes [22:03:44] <maxwellelvis> So what's so "Aw Jeez"? [22:03:47] <Wackd> no i'm aw jeezing because johnny has been invited to come help wyatt's reservation deal with evil spirits [22:04:03] <maxwellelvis> Oh [22:04:23] <Wackd> i'm sure this storyline will be just swell and completely respectful to all the relevant cultures involved [22:05:18] <Wackd> So anyway, Reed, Johnny, and Ben have a week to kill before the baby's born, so hell, why not. [22:05:33] <MousaThe14_> So yeah, of course they can run off and do... whatever [22:05:43] <MousaThe14_> Participate in a probably racist affair [22:05:47] <Wackd> It's not like babies ever come early or anything. [22:06:04] <Wackd> And they're only heading to "a desert region out west." Not far at all! [22:06:16] <maxwellelvis> "Are you sure you want our help, Wyatt? I mean, there's this guy down in Greenwich..." [22:09:06] <Wackd> So, uh, remember when T'Challa gave Wyatt that neat Kirby craft? Wyatt's taking it out into the mountains for undisclosed reasons when he's attacked by oh dear fuck

[22:10:11] <maxwellelvis> You're not going to believe his true identity [22:10:20] <maxwellelvis> Or maybe you will. [22:11:28] <Wackd> So this isn't great, but you know what? I've watched enough 60s Westerns to know that this could be a lot worse. Like, at least these are coherent sentences.

[22:11:52] <Wackd> And guns! You don't see a lot of Native Americans using guns. [22:12:19] <maxwellelvis> Granted it's a Kirby gun so it looks like Han Solo's laser pistol [22:12:32] <Wackd> Anyway, like, of COURSE these guys think the Human Torch is some kinda demon. [22:12:41] <Wackd> Did...did Wyatt not tell his grandpa about his roomie up at college? [22:13:16] <Wackd> "So, my grandson Wyatt Wingfoot! Have you met any interesting people at State University?" "uh nah not really" [22:13:26] <Wackd> Actually, no, this checks out. [22:13:48] <maxwellelvis> And yeah, I'll take Stan's melodramatic prose over what was on TV at the time any dang day. [22:13:51] <Wackd> "And how are your studies going?" "they're fine, uh, look, it's my turn on the xbox, i gotta go" [22:14:35] <Wackd> What did college students do in the sixties instead of calling their grandparents? Movies, right? Probably movies? [22:15:00] <maxwellelvis> Protest [22:15:39] <Wackd> Right, yeah. [22:15:59] <Wackd> ...Wyatt probably grumbles a lot about how all his peers dress like his grandparents. [22:16:27] <Wackd> So anyway, there's no great fight scene between Johnny and Silent Fox, despite how these things tend to go. [22:16:42] <Wackd> Johnny chills out and Fox explains the situation pretty calmly. [22:17:29] <Wackd> Reed, don't pretend you know who that is.

[22:18:26] <Wackd> I decided to Google to see if this is appropriation or just making shit up. It's the latter. [22:18:32] <Wackd> But there were really no good options there. [22:20:00] <Wackd> "Have you SEEN the state of gun laws in this country? I just walked into a store and fucking bought them, no questions asked!"

[22:21:00] <Wackd> Okay then, two things.

[22:21:20] <Wackd> 1. This is just Wakanda again. Stan's clearly running a bit short on ideas. [22:21:32] <Wackd> 2. This is a fucking Scooby-Doo plot, isn't it. [22:21:38] <maxwellelvis> Oh yeah. [22:22:03] <maxwellelvis> I looked it up ahead of time. That's why I said "You're not going to believe his true identity.” [22:22:39] <Wackd> "The Red Star Company? But they're controlled from behind the Iron Curtain!" Oh, well, okay then! [22:22:59] <Wackd> It's not the American people who're exploiting the Native Americans, reshuffling them at will to gain access to resources! [22:23:15] <Wackd> It's the COMMUNISTS! Those dirty communists, with their evil oil corporations and shady business deals. [22:24:25] <Wackd> Jesus. This is too dumb for me to actually be mad at it. [22:25:18] <maxwellelvis> Pictured here: the representatvies of the Red Star Oil Company https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/5/58127/1215468-boris_badenov_and_natasha_fatale.jpg [22:25:21] <maxwellelvis> Couldn't resist [22:25:41] <Wackd> Anyway, Silent Fox claims that if Red Star gets too uppity, Tomazooma will protect them. [22:26:00] <Wackd> It would be really clever, the way American business interests depict Native American beliefs as sinister and evil, if, again, [22:26:13] <Wackd> this wasn't being perpetuated by communists. [22:27:18] <Wackd> Alright, so, fight fight fight. [22:28:13] <Wackd> SO! Two things to like here. [22:28:35] <Wackd> One, Silent Fox doesn't take much convincing that THIS Tomazooma is actually an evil robot. [22:29:10] <Wackd> Two, this:

[22:29:26] <Wackd> This glorious panel in which Wyatt is, like. [22:29:50] <Wackd> Okay, in period context, Wyatt's obviously engaging in some nonsense about his people being technophobic because they're traditionalists. [22:30:12] <Wackd> But, like, reading it now, today, it translates easily to Wyatt being baffled his grandpa has a cell phone. [22:31:37] <Wackd> So, having got the intel he needs, Silent Fox refuses aid from the US military. He and his people are gonna handle this them damn selves. [22:31:49] <Wackd> Which, sure. If I was him I wouldn't want the US military showing up either. [22:32:57] <maxwellelvis> "But why not?" "Do the words Wounded Knee mean nothing to you, Mr. Richards?" [22:33:25] <Wackd> eeeeeh

[22:33:55] <Wackd> so, like, we're getting into some white savior nonsense here [22:34:05] <Wackd> where OBVIOUSLY these guys are too proud to know when to back down [22:34:15] <Wackd> so reed has to take care of this himself before a massacre happens [22:34:55] <Wackd> Granted, I'm willing to forgive a lot for a plot resolution where Wyatt curls Reed up into a ball and fires him out of a bazooka at a giant robot. [22:37:58] <Wackd> And anyway this is waaaaaay less racist than the Black Panther stuff was, so.

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