#Alice cooper goes to hell

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Alice Cooper - Didn't We Meet

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Another thing I never posted, this time from 2020?

[biracy]

You're something that never should have happened

[guerrilla-operator]

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: MC5 - “Boys Who Play with Matches”

Neither you - nor the MC5 - can go back.

But the latter tries with “Boys Who Play with Matches,” the lead single from the band’s first album in 53 years. Heavy Lifting features the final recordings of founding members Wayne Kramer, the driving force behind the LP, and drummer Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, who plays on two tracks; both men died in 2024.

“Boys” sounds nothing like the groundbreaking MC5, because it isn’t MC5 really, and comes off more like a generic outtake from Alice Cooper Goes to Hell, with clichéd lyrics and unnecessary backgrounds that betray a group of musicians trying too hard to sound cool.

Out Oct. 18, Heavy Lifting features a slew of fans/guests including Slash, Vernon Reid, Don Was, Tom Morello and others.

Grade card: MC5 - “Boys Who Play with Matches” - D

6/7/24

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Schlocktoberfest XIII - Day 1: Friday the 13th Part X: To Hell and Back

Friday the 13th Part X: To Hell and Back Full Movie:    *Spoilers Throughout* What’s This About: Camp Crystal Lake is terrorized by Hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees. Again. Here are some of my observations as I watched the film: Music is from Jason Goes to Hell I believe. Man, this VHS transfer is utter garbage. Still better than Jason Takes Manhattan though. Now it’s music from Part 3 (the…

[gwenllian-in-the-abbey]

I know luke + blood and cheese are considered the point of no return for many, but do you think things might have been different IF rhaenyra immediately send a message to KL condemning jaehaerys murder and bending the knee, in exchange for their lives (minus daemon)

of course i think the terms will suck in comparison to what they could have had originally. daemon being executed is a given. aemond also needs to be punished to make it fair.

This is a tough question! Because in theory, if post B&C Rhaenyra had disavowed Daemon, bent the knee, and accepted the greens' terms, then yes, the war would have ended. The whole point of war is winning, and if your opponent is yielding, then you've won. As angry as Aegon was, he did not actually extinguish Rhaenyra's line when he had the chance, and each offer of peaceful terms in canon (that involved negotiation, rather than simply bend the knee or else) was made by the greens, with Alicent leading the push. So the green leadership is not really the stumbling block.

There are two difficulties, one you already pinpointed. What would the terms be? You're looking at a minimum execution for Daemon, execution or the Wall for Aemond. The deal to keep Dragonstone is definitely off the table, so exile for Rhaenyra and her kids? You can't really just have her at court, but you're likely going to want to to keep a few of the kids as hostages and/or marriage alliances, and would Rhaenyra agree to that? So the devil is in the details. Is it possible they could hammer out a satisfactory agreement? Sure, in theory. I don't know if either side would be completely satisfied with it, but that's often how diplomacy goes.

The other difficulty, and probably the larger one, is enforcing your treaty agreement. Even if Rhaenyra wants to surrender, how does she get Daemon to cooperate and turn himself in? Daemon is loyal to an extent, but is he going to march happily to his own execution at the hands of the greens? He'd likely have to be taken prisoner, and to take him prisoner she'd have to catch him. And if Daemon isn't cooperative, will his daughters and Jacaerys be cooperative? Jace and Baela have dragons, so what if they just decide to keep on fighting anyway, to hell with what Rhaenyra wants? And then on the other side, you have Aemond. If Aemond has to face some sort of punishment, the likeliest scenarios being him being exiled or sent to the Wall, is he going to go willingly? If he goes willingly, with Vhagar, is he going to stay put? How can you force him?

I think this second point especially is one of the big points both the book and the show are making, and why B&C is often considered the real point of no return. This war escalates out of the hands of its instigators and figureheads, and there is very little place for Daemon or Aemond in a post-Dance world, but there is also very little you can do outside of killing them to stop them. Given the very obvious metaphorical connection between the dragons and nuclear power, you end up with a sort of Dr. Strangelove situation, in which one rogue nutcase (Daemon of course taking the role of Jack D. Ripper) can turn a cold war into a hot war. Just as in that film, you have two sides who are not particularly eager for all out war, but once a nuclear/dragon war is started, you can't really unring the bell. So I think that was is possible in theory might end up very difficult to accomplish in reality.

[0heartangel0]

Pt. 4: Everything Else And Loading Some Bullets

After Sojiro promises the thieves he'll nab them an RV from a friend of his, we transition to the next day, where we comically cut to Zenkichi being all shocked and up in arms over them getting a camper.

(sorry, I had to. This line is too funny not to include).

He then brings up the problem of having the boys and girls sharing sleeping space (you can argue that this odd concern could be foreshadowing for something we find out about him later), to which the girls bring up that they can protect themselves.

Zenkichi then rightfully backs off from that topic all together, which lets Makoto ask him for Alice's phone, something she requested from him the day before (how she got his contact information, since we never see this exchange, I'll never know). He hands it to Futaba, who goes through it and discovers someone's been monitoring her phone. However, she can't trace who it is....

WAIT-

....why are you like this?

I like this little detail, where Futaba admits that that's all she could find, but Zenkichi still congratulates her for finding what she did.

It's cute! See? He DOES care! Despite being a smug d-bag!

The thieves are disappointed, but Zenkichi points out that there's more cases they can work with in the future that might turn up with more leads. And with that, Zenkichi confiscates the phone to give back to Alice and takes off, bidding the thieves fairwell.

BUT! This isn't the last time we see Zenkichi this arc, for he has one last appearance to close things off.

We see him waiting in the police meeting room we saw at the beginning of the game, seemingly lost in thought. So much so, that he somehow doesn't notice Kaburagi enter, walk in, and stand right next to him. He claims it's because he hasn't slept in a bit due to this case, but considering all the other crap we see him stay up for, I'm having my doubts. Also, what part of your stalking routine forced you to stay up for 3 days straight? What, was he looking through our window while we slept?

He then explains that he has successfully made cooperation with the Phantom Thieves, and that despite their standoffish-ness with him, he promises to fully win them over eventually. Is that what you were doing these past 3 days?

What proceeds is what I like to call, 'The Loading Of Chekhov's Gun.' Basically, we get a back-to-back of different setups that will pay off later on.

Kaburagi goes on to praise Zenkichi for being so "dependable", with him stating that it's only due to her taking him under her wing, and that he'll always do what she asks of him.

Bullet #1

She then reminds him that due to the brass wanting this case done and over with for some reason (foreshadowing), he should not in any way get attached to the thieves, for their arrest is only but inevitable. Zenkichi responds accordingly:

Load that second bullet into the chamber and place your bets, everyone!

Also love how not even Kaburagi believes him, it's great!

Before Kaburagi leaves, she then asks:

We don't know who she's talking about at this point, but judging by Zenkichi’s reaction being with a downcast, "Ma'am", we can only guess it's someone that's personal.

Bullet #3

As soon as she leaves, Zenkichi points out the obvious that there's no way in Hell his Commissioner would believe anything about the Metaverse, so wisely kept it to himself. He then goes on to ponder how he's gonna get something out of the thieves, and says this:

So, remember the deal he made with you, not...YESTERDAY ago?

Yeah, he was lying.

Despite it being for just in case the case were to go south, he's still basically going against the deal that he's been working oh-so hard for.

What makes this situation even more screwed is, remember what he says as a response to you threatening him if he went back on the deal?

He KNOWS the consequences if he goes back on the deal, especially given his newfound knowledge about the Metaverse, but the fact he still goes through with planning to backstab them shows that he's either,

1. EXTREMELY suicidal, or

2. Very dedicated to his job and loyalty to Kaburagi.

Either one I find absolutely intriguing and says so much about his character.

AND THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST ARC OF THE GAME!

So, what was the point of me covering this arc with just Zenkichi? Well, the answer is simple: he's great!

Well, that, and...

The wiki is utter garbage.

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Pt. 2

Pt. 3

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Bonus Bracket, Round 1

[image ID: the first image is of The Dear Hunter's album Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise. it depicts a person in a plague doctor's costume standing between two trees with intertwining branches. the trees have windows in their trunks. behind the person is an iron street lamp and buildings with older looking architecture. the second image is of Steven, a white man with long, black hair, heavy black eye makeup, and a black streak running down the edge of his lips to his jaw. he's wearing a black vest and a red collar around his neck, which a hand is pulling on via a chain. end ID]

Hunter

“The protagonist of the story, a boy doomed to a life of heartbreak and despair and destined to die alone. The instigator of the tragedy who makes several bad decisions as time goes on. The albums (Acts I-V) that tell his story fucking slap.” “Hunter is so obscure that not even he knows who he is. He was raised by his mother, who is a prostitute. He steals his half brother's identity after meeting him in WW1 and killing their father. In the rest of the concept albums (2 albums out of 5) Hunter struggles to get a hold on his identity, which he has lost. One of his songs is titled "Who Am I" for god's sake.”

Steven

*most notably the albums Welcome to My Nightmare (1975) and Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011), the 1975 TV special The Nightmare with Vincent Price, and the 2000 Neil Gaiman graphic novel "The Last Temptation" A lot can be interpreted about Steven and a LOT depends on which version of him is being interpreted. Ultimately, he's a little boy (or an age-regressing adult) who has nightmares of increasing severity and maturity. He kills his abusive father in the song When Hell Comes Home. Some people will interpret Steven as the main character and um. murderer. from Along Came a Spider (2008), but some don't. Given that he's not strictly a movie or book or game character and is instead mostly portrayed through music, he's much less defined than other characters in this event might be. Also this character involved Vincent Price putting Alice Cooper on a leash and I think this counts as propaganda.

[pa-pa-patato]

Ooooo what’s this post Angel au bout? /gen

Also HII how are you?

-♠️

Oh yea I never talked about it

So the lost angel au is about Alice’s family accidentally losing while visiting the mortal realm And she ends up in a village where she grows up in a church and becomes a nun unaware she’s an angel

Later on Bendy left hell and visited that village to be bit chaotic because it was not a kind place But he sees Alice in the church and immediately realizes she’s an angel and gets kinda angry he can tell she’s not fallen and she is certainly not helping the village be a better place so his under the impression that she’s ignoring her duties

He goes to confront her but is confused because she’s ignoring him he knows she feel his magic so why is she ignoring him? While poor Alice is shaking in fear telling herself she’s just imagining it

That is until bendy comes face to face with her And makes her faint from fear

Of course bendy is not just gonna leave her there so he takes her to hell to have her looked at while he contacts the angels

When Alice wakes up she’s terrified and it take a lot of time for both her and him to realize what exactly is happening Especially for the fact that she was able to run away and hide in a cave

The au isn’t sat by the babitim rules for demons and angels The devil is Lucifer the fallen angel and while he hates his siblings and god he will be cooperative with them ….and he dose that by sending bendy to deal with them because he’s their favorite

Btw cup, mugs and Cala are sinners that got reformed and now they can just be another citizens in hell Boris was abused as a child and died because they left him out in a cold like dog he went to hell saying that that’s where his father told him to go bendy’s immediately gets attached and he later gets adopted by his family

Holly went to heaven when she died but she often visits he’ll for history books

Felix is still alive and is trying to find alice

Also hiii I’m good it’s good to hear from you again

[milf-lover42]

I've been thinking about Georgina Orwell an alarming amount this past week but I think I've exhausted all the good fan content out there 💔, tumblr posts, fanfics, hell even whatever pinterest gave me has run dry. I'm sad, I'm contentless, and I'm shamefully in love with Georgina Orwell.

That was longer than I thought itd be but basically the point is that if you have any advice for where to look next then I will take it, and if not then I am humbly asking you for any headcanons or anything you have 🙏

THANK YOUUU SORRY THIS WAS SO LONG!! YOU HAVE WONDERFUL TASTE IN WOMEN!!!

Dear anon I am so so unbelievably sorry for the time it has taken to get to you. I, an Esmé kinner, and my partner, a Georgina kinner, think about this ask every day and have been dying to answer you. Life has just been all over the place.

I would say that these headcanons are just that, and if you disagree then that’s fine, but truthfully I think of what we have come up with over the years as the real and actual truth and canon of the series. With that in mind! Here you go, I hope you enjoy!

Lore headcanons

First and foremost!

No matter the version, book, show, or continuation of the movie that never happened… Georgina survived her “death” at the Mill. In show canon, obviously there’s just an escape chute in the furnace, easy peasy, everyone has said this.

In book canon… yeah okay sure she tripped and was sawed in half at the mill. However, that woman has surely seen an Alice Cooper concert and knows how to fake a gory death live. She probably taught him how to do it to be honest.

So. She lives through Miserable Mill no matter the version. That woman is unkillable.

Georgina’s family is Old VFD. Like the Orwells were founding members type shit. Maybe it was her parents, maybe her grandparents or further, but either way, she was raised knowing everything. She was one of few members capable of learning about VFD and its inner workings from her own family - long before they died. She is the last keeper of every secret. She knows more things about the history of the organization than most of the sugarbowl gen can even begin to piece together. If VFD had nuclear weapons, Georgina Orwell would be the only one left who knew the codes, and that includes the Sinister Duo. Because of this, she’s very disconnected from the other members that we know of because they just don’t know about the truly dark information that VFD has kept secret from itself. She is technically still VFD, and in her earlier life was a dedicated member in some capacity, but she has no strong allegiance to it aside from her secret keeping (though that is more familial allegiance) when the SBG undergoes their schism.

Characteristic headcanons

BOTH of her knees are bad, that’s why she carries a cane. She doesn’t always need it (see: how often she simply holds it instead of actually placing it on the ground in the show), the pain flares up at different intervals and usually only in one leg at a time, but she always carries one A) because it is her sword and B) because that way no one can ever tell if it’s a good or bad day for her as far as knee pain goes.

She takes her coffee with no creamer, but does use sugar. It just varies in quantity per day. NEVER creamer or milk. Also is totally someone that’s a “don’t talk to me before my morning coffee” person. She doesn’t ever say this, she doesn’t have a nonsense mug that says it. However, if you try to speak to her before her coffee she will simply ignore you. She doesn’t get mad or glare or anything. She just… does not care until she’s had coffee. So it’s best to just wait because you won’t get anything out of her until then.

Tea she takes plain, nothing in it, no milk, no sugar, no lemon, nothing. Just. Tea. She isn’t a tea snob by any means, she will drink any tea she is given. If it’s bad tea she’ll just think that it wasn’t great, could be improved, but will take NO steps to improve it herself. She doesn’t even look at what type she is buying and she has no favorites. She likes tea enough to buy and make it but she literally does not care enough to select one. She just picks one at random every single time. She has had some truly horrible teas in her time without complaining or changing her habits once.

If you ask her what matcha is she will have NO idea what the fuck you are talking about.

Thank you so much for the ask, I love talking about my wife. I have so many more headcanons but pretty much all of them revolve around the idea that she and Esmé are together pre and post series (I am writing a fic slowly but surely to better explain this dynamic) and that they adopt Carmelita after the hotel. In the case that you are not an Eswell shipper I am keeping them to myself for the time being, but should you want that specific Georgina content I am more than happy to oblige! Just shoot me another ask and I will begin to compile it for you.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Alice Cooper - I'm The Coolest

[tj-dragonblade]

*knock knock knock* ❄️☃️🎄 Asking for 24 for the Spotify Wrapped!!!

24 - Dance With the Dragon by Dark Sarah

Congratulations, you've landed on one of the songs that's officially on my list of Songs That Would Make Great Dreamling Fics (That I'll Never Write)! Based entirely on the video linked above and the story that it's part of, this would be a fantasy AU where the vibes are 'Labyrinth meets Alice in Wonderland' with hints of Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, and Hades and Persephone sprinkled over for flavor.

The basic idea is that Hob is trapped in some alternate reality and trying to collect a key from each realm he passes through to be able to get back to his own reality. No idea at this juncture what the first realm/key would be - maybe something with the fae, maybe hell, idk. The second realm is Dream's. Do I want to keep to the source and make him a dragon who lost his wings for hubris and arrogance and got banished from the 'upper world' to rule this dark 'underworld'? Maybe, but that's also very Lucifer-ish. So maybe I'd blend in something closer to his canon. In any case. Hob tries to sneak into Dream's castle, get the key, sneak out. He does not succeed and is taken before Dream. There is antagonistic chemistry. There is sneering haughty-in-my-superiority taunting and 'let's be reasonable' demands. There is at least one challenge set, there is Hob as a 'guest' of Dream's until he completes the challenge ('So I'm a prisoner, then.' 'Oh no, you may leave any time you like, but you will gain no key until you complete my challenge.' 'But what good is leaving without the key, when I'll just be stuck here forever??' 'I fail to see how that is my problem'), there is continued verbal fencing and sparring and building UST as Hob struggles with the challenge, there is an elaborate ball (masquerade?) held, there is a waltz charged with so much tension and raging attraction it's a wonder the room doesn't spontaneously combust. There is at least one moment of 'Oh no under different circumstances this could be More™️' and genuine understanding/connection between them. In the end, Hob finally succeeds at the challenge, earns the key and departs on a note of uneasy flirtation - Dream bowing and kissing his hand in farewell as he acknowledges his defeat, lingering intense smirky eye-contact as Hob goes, that kind of thing.

Potentially this can go on, if I continue the thread of the source storyline but lean on Dream's canon for details. Perhaps collecting the three keys would give him the means to restore Orpheus/free Orpheus/something to do with Orpheus, and he's never had the means to collect the other two keys on his own, but now that Hob has collected the first and second, if Dream accompanies him while he collects the third, they can both use the keys to achieve their ends - Hob to go back to his own world and Dream to restore Orpheus. So Dream leaves Lucienne in charge of the realm and follows after Hob, catches up to him, proposes they cooperate etc; they quest for the third key and finally resolve that UST in the process. When they get the third key, and present it to let's say the Fates, they're told they cannot both claim reward - and they put the choice to Dream, his lover or his son. Let Hob go back to his world/his regular life, or be 'selfish' and choose to cash in for his own goal instead. It could end here with Dream choosing to let Hob go, which could be passing a test by the Fates and as reward for passing he still gets to save/restore Orpheus. Or, the longer and angstier version, he chooses Orpheus and thereby casts Hob into yet another alternate realm, and the next leg of the story is Dream's quest to find Hob again and seek his forgiveness, and find a way to get him home. Hob can't exactly fault Dream for choosing his son over this outsider human that he's started sleeping with, but it still hurts, still feels on some level like betrayal, and while he might like to freely offer forgiveness it's more plausible that there will have to be some earning done. Eventually of course they reconcile and find a way to get Hob home and then of course establish a means by which they can continue to cross worlds to see each other.

Anyway this is far more a mental exercise in mapping one story to another and seeing where they might translate than it is a viable fic idea; it's far too grand in scope and not nearly detailed enough for me to realistically take it on. Mostly I just want the enemies-to-lovers fraught-with-tension ballroom dancing scene.

Spotify Wrapped Askmeme Post

[living-a-charmed-life]

my fav shifting coded songs

accompanied by my favorite lines in them

these are mostly rock and metal songs, so if you're not into that, this might not be for you

Charmed Life by Vixen - "She acts so nonchalant/But the girl gets everything she wants/Livin' a charmed life/ Everthing's workin' out right" Just A Feeling by Lita Ford - "The days go fast, you're stuck in my head/I'm so alone, I wish you'd tuck me in bed" I Want You by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - "I want to be with you and I will somehow" Fantasies by The Runaways - "Night visions of fantasies/Are laying in bed with me/In the dark I can see you smiling" Dream Warriors by Dokken - "When I close my eyes, I realize/You'll come my way"//"And maybe tonight, maybe tonight you'll be gone" Surrender by Cheap Trick - "Surrender, surrender/But don't give yourself away" Tomorrow by KISS - "And tomorrow/We're gonna fall in love, fall in love/Tomorrow" I Wanna Be Somebody by W.A.S.P - "You're nobody's slave, nobody's chains are holdin' you"//"Cause I, I got the guts to be somebody" Hollywood by The Runaways - "I'll be a star that shines/I can make the whole world mine"//"Each day at home I scheme for the fame and fortune dream" Odyssey by Kiss - "From a far off galaxy/I hear you calling me/We are on an odyssey/Through the realms of time and space/In that enchanted place/You and I come face to face" I Wanna Be Your Dog by The Stooges/and a version by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - "And in my room I want you here/ And now we're gonna be face to face" I'm Alice by Alice Cooper - "Created just for your lust with exquisite control/A thing you can trust to satisfy your soul" Sure Know Something by KISS - "But late at night I still hear you call my name"//But late at night I still want you just the same"//"But late at night I still need you just the name" Little Dreamer by Van Halen - "I had to tell them baby you were armed with all you need"//"You are a little dreamer" Stay Hungry by Twisted Sister - "Are you feeling the fire?/Are you ready to explode?/Are your dreams and desires Riding down an open road?" Wishing Well by Black Sabbath - "You find that life's not always what it seems, no, no/Then think of a rainbow and I'll make it come real" I'll Fight Hell To Hold You by KISS - "I'll fight hell to hold you/No river too deep or mountain high/I'll fight hell to hold you/By my side" Rooms on Fire by Stevie Nicks - "Somewhere out in the back of your mind/Comes your real life and the life that you know" Alone by Heart - "And the night goes by so very slow/Oh I hope that it won't end though/Alone" Dream On by Aerosmith - "Dream on, dream on, dream on/Dream until your dreams come true"

Honorable mentions:

I Am (I'm Me) by Twisted Sister

Talking In Your Sleep by The Romantics

Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles

Born Again by Black Sabbath

I'm Going Home by Tim Curry (the Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Don't Try To Close A Rose by Cher

Dream Police by Cheap Trick

The Chain by Fleetwood Mac

Looking for Today by Black Sabbath

Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll by Kiss

I Will Prevail by Doro

Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper

King of the Silver Screen by Alice Cooper

My absolute favorites:

Let's Pretend by Raspberries - "I can't sleep nights/Wishing you were here beside me"//"If we close our eyes and believe it might come true" A Dream Away by The Cars - "Because the good life is just a dream away" Waiting For The Weekend by The Vapors - "And everyday I dream my life away/just waiting for the weekend/Then I know I won't have to leave you here/and we can be alone again"

Rock And Roll Hell by KISS - "He wants it bad, but he wants no charity/He seems to think it's his destiny"

Tambourine Dream by Lita Ford - "The spell that I'm under/ Has brought you to my door, the love that I hunger for"//"We can last forever in a lover's fantasy"

[guerrilla-operator]

Alice Cooper // Go to Hell

You're something that never should have happened You'd even make your Grandma sick

[supercap2319]

Archie accidentally send his dad the bare ass shots he was suppose to send you.

Archie bit his lips in nervous anticipation. In this day and age if you wanted to impress someone you were interested in, you sent them pics. Dick pics. Ass. Whatever as long as it was your body. Archie was never one for this kind of social fad, and if he really wanted to show his crush his goodies, all he had to do was get close to his window and from across the street, Y/N Cooper would get a private peepshow.

The Ginger was sending nudes to his best friend since childhood and since Alice Cooper was so strict with her kids, Archie thought this was the best way not to get Y/N or himself in trouble. Archie took a breath as he grew a pair and pushed his underwear off his legs and turned his body back so his phone was pointed at the mirror, giving a view of his ass as he began taking pictures of it. He was hoping to make Y/N horny for him.

Once he got a nice selection of photos, Archie opened his message tab and sent the pictures to Y/N. Well, that wasn't so hard. Now, all he had to do was wait for Y/N to respond and—

"ARCHIBALD ANDREWS get your butt down here now!" His dad shouted from downstairs as Archie frowned. Why was his dad so mad at him? He goes downstairs when he's dressed again as he heads towards the kitchen to find Fred Andrews pissed as hell. His arms are across his chest as he glared at his son.

"Yeah, dad? Something wrong?" Archie said.

"You're damn right there's something wrong. You were talking dirty pictures of your ass and you sent them to me. Who were you showing off for?" Archie froze in complete shock. Oh, shit! They were for Y/N to enjoy. Not for his father to see.

"I was… I wasn't… I mean…"

"You were." Fred showed Archie the messages. All pictures of his ass on display for his father to see.

"Dad, I'm sorry." Archie said.

"Me too. I'm really disappointed in you, Archie. And you're grounded for a month."

"What? But dad—"

"No buts mister."