#Biff Rose

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PAUL WILLIAMS. In addition to his amazing run as an actor and singer-songwriter, he wrote or co-wrote (with Biff Rose and Roger Nichols) songs covered by David Bowie, The Carpenters (“Rainy Days & Mondays,” “We’ve Only Just Begun”), Jack Jones, The Muppets, Helen Reddy, 3 Dog Night (“Old Fashioned Love Song”—also covered by Micky Dolenz), and Dionne Warwick—not to mention award-winning film and TV scores. He’s been Chairman and President of ASCAP since 2009 and is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In recent years he’s had a resurgence, working with Richard Barone, Daft Punk, and The Scissor Sisters. Somewhere he’s found time to take up skydiving and become a UCLA certified Drug Rehabilitation Counselor, co-authoring the book GRATITUDE & TRUST: RECOVERY IS NOT JUST FOR ADDICTS. 

Paul wrote the confessional “Someday Man” as a single for The Monkees. Upon release in 1968, it under-performed and got lost as a “deep cut” + Paul’s own version didn’t do much better. However, as cream rises to the top, in time the sophisticated and art-y song grew in popularity, in part because Davy Jones revived it for his solo set in 2009. Now it’s considered to be a Jones/Monkees evergreen and (speaking as a former band member) it was one of our favorites to play. Here’s the song from the 2011 tour Davy did w/The Monkees. Meanwhile, HB PW and thank you for your many musical gems.

#monkees #davyjones #paulwilliams #somedayman #paulgilbert #biffrose #rogernichols #davidbowie #carpenters #jackjones #muppets #helenreddy #3dognight #mickydolenz #dionnewarwick #detroit #johnnyjblair #foxtheatre #richardbarone #daftpunk #scissorsisters #recovery #skydiving

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Fill your Heart is one of Paul's earlier works, written alongside Biff Rose. Notable covers are Tiny Tim and David Bowie (as well as Biff Rose singing it himself)!

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do not separate them

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Brackets + Participants Masterlist

Have you ever thought who is the JERKIEST and MOST LOVEABLE MEAN BLOND ASSHOLE?? Well then this is the tournament for you!

read this if you're new

complete list under cut. the order of images does not reflect matchups.

Champagne Bracket (alphabetized by media)

Sakyo Furuichi from A3! Act! Addict! Actors! Kristoph Gavin from Ace Attorney Veruca Salt from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical) Clotted Cream Cookie from Cookie Run Yoshiki Kishinuma from Corpse Party Jiwoo from Dandelion - Wishes Brought To You - Byakuya Togami from Danganronpa Hiyoko Saionji from Danganronpa Eichi Tenshouin from Ensemble Stars Nazuna Nito from Ensemble Stars Karin Sauer from Fear and Hunger Rufus Shinra from Final Fantasy Zenos yae Galvus from Final Fantasy XIV Sharpay Evans from High School Musical Vace from I Was a Teenage Exocolonist Natsume Minami from Idolish7 Cindy from Kindergarten Felix from Kindergarten Larxene from Kingdom Hearts Kromer from Limbus Company Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat Mikhael / THE MAVERICK from OMORI Ryuji Sakamoto from Persona 5 Bede from Pokémon Sword and Shield Oleana from Pokémon Sword and Shield Babette from Raggedy Ann and Andy A Musical Adventure Haley from Stardew Valley Joshua Kiryu from The World Ends With You Clownpiece from Touhou Project: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Vil Shoenheit from Twisted Wonderland Camus from Uta no Prince-sama Ryuji Goda from Yakuza Honey Bracket (alphabetized by media)

Andrew Minyard from All for the Game Mean Generic Golden Retriever from Anon Ask (link) War from Bonus Links AU by @bonus-links Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes Richard Lazarus from Doctor Who MacKenzie Hollister from Dork Diaries Ryusui Nanami from Dr. Stone The Blond "weird sister"/"bride of dracula" from Dracula Arte Ente Conchita from Evillious Chronicles Dave Strider from Homestuck Dirk Strider from Homestuck Trophy from Inanimate Insanity Emma Frost from Marvel Comics (usually X-men titles) Brittnay Matthews from Most Popular Girls in School Ambrosius Goldenloin from Nimona (comic) Danburite “Danny” Skinner the OC of @porcelain-animatronic Rose Thorburn Jr. from Pact (art by @wraith_ly on twitter) Brandish/Carol Dallon from Parahumans (art by @cpericardium Glory Girl/Victoria Dallon from Parahumans (art by @cpericardium) Goddess/Bianca from Parahumans (art by raikiri on reddit) Tattletale/Lisa Wilbourn from Parahumans (art by monkeyjay on reddit) Shaka from Saint Seiya  Thranduil from The Hobbit Achilles from The Illiad (art by ancient greek polychromatic pottery painter c. 300BC) Ianthe Tridentarius from The Locked Tomb (art by @starcanist) Dorian Gray from The Picture of Dorian Gray Adam Parrish from The Raven Cycle Rachel from Tower of God Arlo from Unordinary Mathis Quigley Sr. from Unsounded Benedict from Violet Evergarden Linton Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights

Platinum Bracket (alphabetized by media) Brad Morton from American Dragon: Jake Long Biff Tannen from the Back to the Future Trilogy Patriarchy!Ken from Barbie Howard Hamlin from Better Call Saul Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer  Johnny Lawrence from Cobra Kai/Karate Kid Daring Charming from Ever After High Ed Rooney from Ferris Bueller's Day Off Zap Brannigan from Futurama Joffrey from Game of Thrones Gideon from Gravity Falls Heather Chandler from Heathers Helga Pataki from Hey Arnold Simon from Infinity Train Dee Reynolds from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Cindy from Jimmy Neutron Ankh from Kamen Rider OOO Villanelle from Killing Eve Regina George from Mean Girls Arthur Pendragon from Merlin Skwisgaar Skwigelf from Metalocalypse Chloé Bourgeois from Miraculous Ladybug Steff McKee from Pretty in Pink Angelica Pickles from Rugrats Gunther and Tinka Hessenheffer from Shake It Up Prince Charming from Shrek Bartleby Montclair from Sonic Underground Illya Kuryakin from The Man From UNCLE (2015) Lyle Lanley from The Simpsons Tom "Iceman" Kazansky from Top Gun Julia from Total Drama / Total Takes Flash Thompson from Ultimate Spider-Man Strawberry Bracket (alphabetized by media) Lilith Bristol from Absolute Duo Rio from Assassination Classroom  Mello from Death Note Beelzebumon from Digimon Tamers Laxus Dreyar from Fairy Tail Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist Char Aznable from Gundam Kei Tsukishima from Haikyuu!! Shaiapouf from Hunter x Hunter Anzu Futaba from Idolm@ster: Cinderella Girls Dio Brando from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Isobe from Kamisama Kiss Nozomu Nanashima from Kiss Him Not Me Hanazawa Teruki from Mob Psycho 100  Katsuki Bakugo from My Hero Academia Neito Monoma from My Hero Academia Arcangelo Corelli from Neo Yokio Cavendish from One Piece Donquixote Doflamingo from One Piece Sanji from One Piece Panty Anarchy from Panty and Stocking Nanami Kiryuu from Revolutionary Girl Utena Jadeite from Sailor Moon Zoisite from Sailor Moon Akagi Ritsuko from Shin Seiki Evangelion Sofia from Space Dandy Kuusuke Saiki from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K Ryou Shirogane from Tokyo Mew Mew Sylvio Sawatari from Yugioh Arc V Malik/Marik Ishtar from Yugioh Duel Monsters  Mizael from Yugioh Zexal Yuri Plisetsky from Yuri on Ice The brackets are based on the type of media they are from. It isn't perfect but I think that is okay. I was thinking of posting all the initial matchups, but I've decided I don't want to change them as they are now and I also want them to be surprises.

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FINAL SHOWDOWN

I genuinely wouldn't have this any other way.

Rip each other to shreds, ladies.

those who fought valiantly but didn't make it under the cut:

Clive (Rose)

Raffalo from Crespellion (The End of the World)

Jabe (The End of the World)

Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)

Toshiko Sato (Aliens of London/World War III)

Cathica (The Long Game)

Suki (The Long Game)

Sarah Clark and Stuart Hoskins (Father’s Day)

Dr. Constantine (The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances)

Nancy (The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances)

Lynda Moss (Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways)

Unnamed Female Programmer (Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways)

Novice Hame (New Earth)

Mrs. Moore (The Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel)

Zachary Cross Flane (The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit)

Ida Scott (The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit)

Danny Bartock (The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit)

Scooti Manista (The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit)

Ursula Blake (Love and Monsters)

Nerys (The Runaway Bride)

Thomas Kincade Brannigan and Valerie (Gridlock)

Alice and May Cassini (Gridlock)

Tallulah (Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)

Frank (Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)

Jenny (Human Nature/The Family of Blood)

Tim Latimer (Human Nature/The Family of Blood)

Billy Shipton (Blink)

Kathy Nightingale (Blink)

Chantho (Utopia)

Morvin and Foon (Voyage of the Damned)

Bannakaffalatta (Voyage of the Damned)

Caecilius (Fires of Pompeii)

Evelina (Fires of Pompeii)

Soothsayer (Fires of Pompeii)

Ood Sigma (Planet of the Ood)

Miss Evangelista (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Proper Dave (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Anita (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Val, Biff, and Jethro Cane (Midnight)

Unnamed Hostess (Midnight)

Rocco Colasanto (Turn Left)

Capt. Erisa Magambo (Planet of the Dead)

Yuri Kerenski (The Waters of Mars)

Maggie Cain (The Waters of Mars)

Addams and Rossiter of Vinvocci (The End of Time)

The Unnamed Curator (Vincent and the Doctor)

Canton Everett Delaware III (The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon)

Lorna Bucket (A Good Man Goes To War)

Rita (The God Complex)

Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

John Riddell (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

Emma Grayling (Hide)

Journey Blue (Into the Dalek)

Orson Pink (Listen)

Perkins (Mummy on the Orient Ecpress)

Rigsy (Flatline)

O'Donnell (Under the Lake/Before the Flood)

Cass (Under the Lake/Before the Flood)

Bennett (Under the Lake/Before the Flood)

Heather (The Pilot)

Jenny (The Doctor’s Daughter)

Jake Simmons (Age of Steel)

Katherine (The Girl in the Fireplace)

Ross Jenkins (The Poison Sky/The Sontaran Stratagem)

Eve Cicero (The Tsuranga Conundrum)

Daniel Llewellyn (The Christmas Invasion)

Diana Goddard (Dalek)

Rita-Ann Smith (The Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel)

Shona (Last Christmas)

Vivien Rook (the sound of drums)

Unnamed Male Programmer (Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways)

Dee Dee Blasco (Midnight)

Lee Clayton (fugitive of the Judoon)

Sabra (Time Heist)

Mr. Copper (Voyage of the Damned)

Psi (Time Heist)

Pete Tyler (age of steel)

Ohila (Hell Bent)

Professor Docherty (The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Time Lords)

Hath Peck (The Doctor’s Daughter)

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Back to the Future - Outta Time (One Shot)

Description: When Marty is faced with the death of his father, he runs to the Doc for comfort.

A/N – So, when I went to London, I saw the Back to the Future Musical. It’s my new fave musical and it rekindles my obsession with the franchise.

Warnings – Angst.

Rating – T

Marty had thought of a lot of things since he first met Doc Brwon, and the two had taken part in various adventures together.

He had thought about the many different lifetimes and ways upon which they had both met in other timelines, he had considered the various experiments they might attempt in their lives, and he had even wondered what it would one day be like to have the Doc serve as his best man when he was ready to marry Jennifer.

In all his imaginings of events past, present, and future, he had never thought about the day he was currently faced with. Yet, as he sat in the front pew of the church, one of only six people at Doc Brown’s funeral (unless you counted Doc’s dog Einstein who made their number seven), he didn’t know what to say, but he would have to figure it out soon since the priest would soon call upon him to make a speech about Doctor Emmett Brown and who he had been in life.

Jennifer squeezed Marty’s hand, and he turned to look at her, silent tears falling from his eyes as his mouth sat slightly ajar, his bottom lip quivering against the onslaught of sorrow.

Past Jennifer were Marty’s family, and the only other people to attend the funeral. While it was a relief to have them there, Marty couldn’t help but wonder about the family he had left behind in his original timeline, and where they would have been on this very day had he not accidentally changed the events wherein his mother had fallen in love with his father.

His original, unchanged family probably wouldn’t have been there. That George McFly would have been stuck at home, doing Biff’s busy work, his mother Lorraine would likely have been drunk and his siblings… Well, they probably would have told Marty that he was wasting his time mourning an insane disgraced physicist and that it was probably for the best that such a lonely old man was gone.

It wasn’t fair to imagine his family like that when they were here for him now, but Marty couldn’t help it; after all, this more successful, happier family had only been his for a little over two years.

“And now, we in the church would like to hear a few words from Emmett Brown’s dear friend, Marty McFly,” The priest said, standing aside from the podium where he had been delivering the Doc’s last rites.

Marty rose quickly to his feet and jerkily made his way to the podium. He couldn’t help hating the Priest for getting that last part wrong. Granted, the Doc’s name was Emmett, but he should have always been called Doc, first and foremost; Doc was proud to be a scientist and he shouldn’t lose his doctorate even in death.

“Uh- Hello- Hel- Ah- Hi,” Marty waved awkwardly.

“I need to say a few words about the Doc, and uh-”

This wasn’t right. None of this was right.

“And uh,” Marty repeated, his throat dry as he stared past the audience of only five people, picking a spot on the far wall in an attempt to focus.

“Uh-” He tried again, his vision blurring as his eyes welled up with tears.

Then it occurred to him.

There was a time machine with his name on it. A Delorian which he could use. There had been timelines where it was destroyed, one where it was marketed, and at least four wherein the Doc had gone back to the Wild West and traded in the Delorian for a train and a family, but as far as this Marty McFly was aware, there was only the Delorian, and it could give him more time with Doc.

“Excuse me for a minute,” Marty breathed half-heartedly before running from the church.

Jennifer got up to go after him as well as his mother, but his father shook his head, indicating that Marty probably just needed a minute.

10 MPH.

Marty had barely started the car, having only set the date for a few days earlier, when the Doc had seemed so alive and well like there was nothing wrong with him.

30 MPH.

Time travel had saved both him and the Doc in the past. Logically, he knew that there was no saving the Doc from this one, with no cure for old age, but he still needed to see his best friend.

55 MPH.

This probably wasn’t a good idea. A therapist would likely say that this wouldn’t lead to closure and that it was unhealthy for Marty to be doing something so impulsive and stupid; then again, what kind of therapist even knew about time travel?

88 MPH.

As usual at this speed, Marty was going to see some serious shit.

Once Marty was back in the past, he parked the Delorian and ran to the bungalow where Doc Brown lived, letting himself in amidst one of Doc Brown’s more stable experiments.

“Marty!” Doc lit up upon seeing his protégé, “You’re just in time! See what happens to this grape when I-”

Marty crushed the Doc in a hug, crying into his shoulder.

Doc Brown’s arms went wide, uncertain of what they were supposed to do in such a situation wherein social etiquette was not his second nature. After a minute, he closed his arms around Marty, patting him on the back twice before he simply held onto the boy.

“Marty, what’s wrong, my boy?”

Marty shook his head, for once too riled up for the right words to come out. He couldn’t tell the Doc what was wrong. If he did, he would spend his last days thinking about his impending death and that wouldn’t be fair.

All the same, though the Doc wasn’t well versed in reading people, he knew Marty and he understood that such an outburst could only be linked to something tragic. So, even though it would have probably been wiser to simply wait until Marty was ready to talk, he began guessing at the problem.

“It’s your family?” He astutely tried, earning another muffled sob from Marty. “Your sister? No, mother? …Father?”

Marty only cried harder at that so Doc pressed on.

“If I am correct in my observations Marty… Well, I-” Doc Brown didn’t want to provide his hypothesis; after all, he had only seen Marty so worked up in an alternate timeline… one wherein Marty’s father had tragically expired early thanks to Biff.

All the same, Marty was young and if he couldn’t outright say what was on his mind, then perhaps it would help if Doc said it for him, “Your- Your father has passed away… Am I right?”

Marty clung tightly to the Doc. He was the man who had always been there for him, through every timeline, and he had never given up on Marty, even when nobody else believed in him. The Doc was more like a father to Marty than anyone else, which wasn’t really fair to his newly confident biological father, but then again, that version of George McFly wasn’t the man who had raised him.

“Yeah Doc,” Marty answered after a minute. “My dad died.”

Doc Brown stroked Marty’s back, “Tell me what you need.”

“Can I just stay here for a while?” He asked in a small voice that made him sound ten years younger, more a child than almost a man.

“Of course, whatever you need, my boy.”

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Ok as a little cap on my riverdale journey here’s my favorite little things in no particular order

Jughead gets rabies

Anything chic and/or Charles do

Every time someone brings up the organ harvesting cult in casual conversation

Julian turning Archie and Reggie bisexual

Veronica placing a hit on her dad and murdering her husband

The entire next to normal episode

The entire Carrie episode (Ethel was ROBBED)

The ride the cyclone interlude

The way the sisters of quiet mercy uniforms are the same as Alice Spencer’s fit in Alice by heart (this one is just a me thing)

Every single main character having straight up tortured someone (Betty and Veronica boiling a man alive, jughead cutting of that tattoo, Archie re-breaking Nick the rapist’s broken legs)

Alice cooper I love you Alice cooper

Actually just the entire cooper family. The whole bloodline. And I do include Ethel and also chic they’re everything to me

The gravity with which maple syrup is treated it’s like fucking drugs to this town

Dark Betty.

Archie getting compared to Biff Loman (I made a comment about him being biff coded and then like four episodes later. Hell yeah)

The three jugheads. God I wish I could watch them all interact at once.

Puppet Reggie

Cheryl tricking her family into cannibalism

Nana rose

The Hiram origin episode. Actually all the backstory episodes are works of art

Sabrina being both an in universe character and also one of jugheads ocs

The bunker. It’s genuinely more iconic than pops to me I love the bunker

That time Kevin referenced succession

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All of my glee crackships (or just non canon pairings), a long long post

This list doesn’t include any canon pairing, only fanon ones and a few ones that I’m sure I’m the only human shipping them

If the ship has a ❤️ it means it’s my favorite

Rachel:

-Mercedes Jones

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Quinn Fabray

-Santana Lopez❤️

-Mike Chang

-Matt Rutherford

-Lauren Zizes

-Sunshine Corazon

-Harmony

-Cassandra July

Total: 10 fanon pairings

Finn:

-Mercedes Jones

-Artie Abrams

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Noah Puckerman❤️

-Mike Chang

-Matt Rutherford

-Jesse St. James

-Sam Evans

-Lauren Zizes

-Dave Karofsky

-Blaine Anderson

-Rory Flanagan

-Joe Hart

-Sebastian Smythe

-Brody Weston

-Penny Owen

-Jean-Baptiste

-OC (1)

Total: 17 (18 with OC) fanon pairings

Kurt:

-Artie Abrams

-Noah Puckerman

-Mike Chang

-Matt Rutherford

-Jesse St. James

-Sam Evans

-Dave Karofsky

-Wes Montgomery

-Rory Flanagan

-Cooper Anderson

-Chandler Kiehl

-Sebastian Smythe❤️

-Brody Weston

-Elliot Gilbert

-OC (1)

Total: 14 (15 with OC) fanon pairings

Mercedes:

-Rachel Berry

-Finn Hudson

-Artie Abrams

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Quinn Fabray

-Santana Lopez

-Mike Chang❤️

-Matt Rutherford

-Lauren Zizes

-Azimio Adams

-Joe Hart

-Sugar Motta

Total: 12 fanon pairings

Artie:

-Finn Hudson

-Kurt Hummel

-Mercedes Jones

-Quinn Fabray

-Noah Puckerman❤️

-Mike Chang

-Sam Evans

-Blaine Anderson

-Rory Flanagan

-Unique Adams

Total: 10 fanon pairings

Tina:

-Rachel Berry

-Finn Hudson

-Mercedes Jones

-Quinn Fabray❤️

-Santana Lopez

-Brittany Pierce

-Noah Puckerman

-Matt Rutherford

-Sam Evans

-Lauren Zizes

-Rory Flanagan

-Joe Hart

-Sugar Motta

-Jake Puckerman

-Ryder Lynn

-Kitty Wilde

-OC (1)

Total: 16 (17 with OC) fanon pairings

Quinn:

-Rachel Berry❤️

-Mercedes Jones

-Artie Abrams

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Brittany Pierce

-Mike Chang

-Lauren Zizes

-Rory Flanagan

-Betty Pillsbury

Total: 9 pairings

Puck:

-Finn Hudson❤️

-Kurt Hummel

-Artie Abrams

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Mike Chang

-Matt Rutherford

-Jesse St. James

-Sam Evans

-Dave Karofsky

-Blaine Anderson

-Rory Flanagan

-Joe Hart

-Sugar Motta

-Sebastian Smythe

-Cooper Anderson

-Brody Weston

-Elliot Gilbert

-Biff McIntosh

-OC (1)

Total: 18 (19 with OC) fanon pairings

Santana:

-Rachel Berry❤️

-Mercedes Jones

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Matt Rutherford (I hc they dated in season 1)

-Lauren Zizes

-Sugar Motta

-OC (1) (he’s a boy and I hc they dated when she didn’t know she was lesbian btw)

Total: 6 (7 with OC) fanon pairings

Brittany:

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Quinn Fabray

-Mike Chang

-Rory Flanagan

-Sugar Motta❤️

-Marley Rose

-Jake Puckerman

-Kitty Wilde

Total: 8 fanon pairings

Mike:

-Rachel Berry

-Finn Hudson

-Kurt Hummel

-Mercedes Jones

-Artie Abrams

-Quinn Fabray

-Noah Puckerman❤️

-Brittany Pierce

-Matt Rutherford

-Sam Evans

-Lauren Zizes

-Blaine Anderson

-Rory Flanagan

-Joe Hart

-OC (1)

Total: 14 (15 with OC) fanon pairings

Sam:

-Finn Hudson

-Kurt Hummel

-Artie Abrams

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Noah Puckerman

-Mike Chang

-Blaine Anderson

-Rory Flanagan❤️

-Joe Hart

-Sebastian Smythe

-Unique Adams

-Marley Rose

-Jake Puckerman

-Ryder Lynn

-Kitty Wilde

-Hunter Clarington

-Biff McIntosh

-Jean-Baptiste

-OC (1)

Total: 18 (19 with OC) fanon pairings

Blaine:

-Finn Hudson

-Artie Abrams

-Noah Puckerman

-Mike Chang

-Sam Evans❤️

-Rory Flanagan

-Sebastian Smythe

-Wes Montgomery

-Thad Harwood

-David Thompson

-Jake Puckerman

-Ryder Lynn

-Hunter Clarington

Total: 13 fanon pairings

Matt:

-Rachel Berry

-Finn Hudson

-Kurt Hummel

-Mercedes Jones

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Santana Lopez (season 1)

-Mike Chang❤️

Total: 7 fanon pairings

Jesse:

-Finn Hudson❤️

-Kurt Hummel

-Noah Puckerman

-Harmony

Total: 4 fanon pairings

Will:

-Bryan Ryan❤️

-Burt Hummel

-Carl Howell

-Dustin Goolsby

-Cooper Anderson

-David Martinez

Total: 5 fanon pairings

Emma:

-Terri Del Monico❤️

-Sue Sylvester

-Shannon Beiste

-Holly Holliday

Total: 4 fanon pairings

Sue:

-Emma Pillsbury

-Shannon Beiste❤️

-Roz Washington

Total: 3 fanon pairings

Terri:

-Emma Pillsbury❤️

-April Rhodes

-Dustin Goolsby

Total: 3 fanon pairings

Lauren:

-Rachel Berry

-Finn Hudson

-Mercedes Jones

-Tina Cohen-Chang❤️

-Quinn Fabray

-Santana Lopez

-Mike Chang

-Sugar Motta

-Joe Hart

-OC (1)

Total: 9 (10 with OC) fanon pairings

Beiste:

-Emma Pillsbury

-Sue Sylvester❤️

Total: 2 fanon pairings

Karofsky:

-Finn Hudson

-Kurt Hummel❤️

-Noah Puckerman

-Azimio Adams

-Sebastian Smythe

Total: 5 fanon pairings

Azimio:

-Mercedes Jones

-Dave Karofsky

-Bree❤️

Total: 3 fanon pairings

Burt:

-Will Schuester

-Paul Karofsky❤️

Total: 2 fanon pairings

Rory:

-Finn Hudson

-Kurt Hummel

-Mercedes Jones

-Artie Abrams

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Quinn Fabray

-Brittany Pierce

-Mike Chang

-Sam Evans❤️

-Blaine Anderson

-Dave Karofsky

-Joe Hart

-Sebastian Smythe

-OC (1)❤️

-OC (2)

Total 13 (15 with OC) fanon pairings

Joe:

-Finn Hudson

-Mercedes Jones

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Noah Puckerman

-Mike Chang

-Sam Evans

-Lauren Zizes

-Rory Flanagan

-Sugar Motta

-Unique Adams

-Kitty Wilde❤️

-OC (3)

Total: 11 (12 with OC) fanon pairings

Sugar:

-Mercedes Jones❤️

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Quinn Fabray

-Santana Lopez

-Brittany Pierce

-Lauren Zizes

-Joe Hart

-Harmony

-Unique Adams

-Marley Rose

-Kitty Wilde

Total: 11 fanon pairings

Sebastian:

-Finn Hudson

-Kurt Hummel❤️

-Noah Puckerman

-Sam Evans

-Blaine Anderson

-Jesse St. James

-Dave Karofsky

-Rory Flanagan

-Ryder Lynn

-Hunter Clarington

-OC (1)

-OC (2)

-OC (5)

Total: 10 (13 with oc) fanon pairings

Cooper:

-Noah Puckerman

-Will Schuester

-Sebastian Smythe❤️

-Brody Weston

-Elliot Gilbert

Total: 5 fanon pairings

Harmony:

-Rachel Berry

-Jesse St. James

-Sunshine Corazon❤️

-Sugar Motta

-Unique Adams

-Marley Rose

-Ryder Lynn

-Betty Pillsbury

-Frida Romero

-Dani

-Roderick Meeks

-Madison McCarthy

Total: 12 fanon pairings

Unique:

-Artie Abrams

-Sam Evans

-Joe Hart

-Sugar Motta

-Marley Rose

-Jake Puckerman

-Ryder Lynn❤️

-Roderick Meeks

-Madison McCarthy

-OC (4)

Total: 9 (10 with oc) fanon pairings

Marley:

-Sam Evans

-Harmony

-Unique Adams❤️

-Kitty Wilde

-Roderick Meeks

Total: 5 fanon pairings

Jake:

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Brittany Pierce

-Sam Evans

-Blaine Anderson

-Unique Adams

-Ryder Lynn❤️

-Betty Pillsbury

Total: 6 fanon pairings

Ryder:

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Sam Evans

-Blaine Anderson

-Sebastian Smythe

-Harmony

-Unique Adams❤️

-Jake Puckerman

-Kitty Wilde

-Betty Pillsbury

-Spencer Porter

-blonde guitarist

-OC (2)

Total: 11 (12 with oc) fanon pairings

Kitty:

-Tina Cohen-Chang

-Brittany Pierce

-Sam Evans

-Joe Hart❤️

-Sugar Motta

-Marley Rose

-Ryder Lynn

-Betty Pillsbury

-Bree

-Roderick Meeks

-Jane Hayward

-Madison McCarthy

Total: 12 fanon pairings

Brody:

-Finn Hudson

-Kurt Hummel❤️

-Noah Puckerman

-Cooper Anderson

-Biff McIntosh

Total: 5 fanon pairings

Cassandra:

-Rachel Berry❤️

-April Rhodes

-Isabelle Wright

Total: 3 fanon pairings

Hunter:

-Noah Puckerman

-Sam Evans

-Blaine Anderson

-Sebastian Smythe❤️

-Trent

-OC (5)

Total: 5 (6 with oc) fanon pairings

Betty:

-Quinn Fabray

-Harmony

-Jake Puckerman

-Ryder Lynn

-Kitty Wilde❤️

-Madison McCarthy

-OC (3)❤️

Total: 6 (7 with oc) fanon pairings

Elliot:

-Kurt Hummel❤️

-Noah Puckerman

-Sebastian Smythe

-Cooper Anderson

Total: 4 fanon pairings

Roderick:

-Harmony

-Unique Adams

-Marley Rose

-Kitty Wilde❤️

-Jane Hayward

-Madison McCarthy

-Spencer Porter

-Alistair

-Skylar

Total: 9 fanon pairings

Jane:

-Kitty Wilde

-Roderick Meeks

-Madison McCarthy

-Skylar❤️

Total: 4 fanon pairings

Mason:

-Spencer Porter❤️

-Skylar

Total: 2 fanon pairings

Madison:

-Harmony

-Unique Adams

-Kitty Wilde

-Betty Pillsbury

-Roderick Meeks

-Jane Hayward❤️

Total: 6 fanon pairings

Spencer:

-Ryder Lynn

-Roderick Meeks

-Mason McCarthy❤️

-OC (2)

Total: 3 (4 with oc) fanon pairings

Skylar:

-Jane Hayward❤️

-Mason McCarthy

-Super Gay Warbler

-Other Really Gay Warbler

Total: 4 fanon pairings

Jean-Baptiste:

-Finn Hudson❤️

-Sam Evans

Total: 2 fanon pairings

Biff:

-Noah Puckerman

-Sam Evans

-Brody Weston❤️

Total: 3 fanon pairings

In conclusion:

Puck and Sam are the most shippable characters with 19 each (including ocs)

Of the main 13, Santana is the least shippable with only 7 (including an oc)

If a character isn’t here is because I only ship them with only one character or I simply don’t care about them

And now I’ll tag 286 characters *sigh*

[dragonsarecool]

June of Doom Day 4 - Fracture

A/N: Strickland never realises the amount of suffering he inadvertently caused Marty. Set during Part II.

Dammit, McFly, you'd make the lousiest James Bond ever.

Marty's hand flapped around uselessly on top of the desk, blindly feeling around for the sleek paper of the Almanac's front cover. He felt the tips of pencils and the edge of what he suspected was the desk lamp, yet he couldn't risk moving further out from his hiding place for a proper investigation. Strickland couldn't have put the damn thing in a drawer, or the bin…That would've really helped-

His ears registered the disgusting creaks of Strickland's chair.

Then came the sickening crack.

His nerves screamed.

HOLLLYYYYYY SHHHIIIIITTTTTTT-

The sensation seemed to spread along each of his fingers and radiated as far down as his wrist. He was able to contain the urge to scream long enough to rip off his fedora with his other hand and shove it into his mouth, biting the fabric so hard that he felt the fabric seams rip. OH MY GOD OH MY GOD WHY STRICKLAND WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT YOU OLD BASTARD AHHHHHHHHH-

A loud slurp told him that Strickland had finished his coffee, the pressure instantly being relieved from his tortured hand as the principal's chair returned to its normal position. Marty instantly yanked his hand back under the desk, continuing to munch on the fabric in his mouth. The pain only seemed to intensify as he looked at the mangled flesh; even his fingernails were pulsating with agony.

He couldn't believe that he hadn't screamed, but it was still taking every ounce of control to stop himself from hyperventilating. Get a grip on yourself, McFly!

Strickland rose from his chair, the sound almost making him jump and smash his head into the desk. He watched on as the principal gazed at the Almanac before casually dumping it in the wastepaper bin, slamming the office door behind him.

If he hadn't been in so much pain, Marty would've seen red. Instead, he stared at the trash basket in a numb state of disbelief. Seriously, Strickland?! You were just gonna THROW IT AWAY? Why the hell did I even bother!

Marty took a few deep breaths before he forced himself to move from under the desk, cradling his injured hand as carefully as he would a newborn baby. He forced himself to tear his gaze away from the discoloured skin and pulled the Almanac from the bin. "Yes! Yes!"

Holy shit, I did it! Thank goodness….This means we can finally go home!

Feeling giddy from a combination of pain and bliss, he found himself beginning to flick through the pages, expecting to see the familiar statistics and columns he'd initially seen in that future vintage store. Instead, a cold dread settled over him as he began to come across raunchy photos and a disturbing lack of women's clothing. "No!…"

No no no no no! Don't tell me!…

Fumbling with one hand, Marty threw the dust cover aside, his heart sinking as he realised he was looking at an adult magazine. "Ooh La La?! OOH LA LA?!"

In any other circumstances, he might have considered taking a moment to have a proper read.

But his fury was raging hotter than the fire consuming his hand, and he swore colourfully as he threw the useless magazine aside, panting as he grabbed the walkie talkie from his jacket. Dammit, Biff, you bastard! You did this on purpose!

"Doc! Doc, come in! GAHH!" Marty sunk his teeth into the collar of his jacket to stop himself from howling. He glanced at his noticeably-swollen hand, the beginnings of multiple bruises visible in the muted office light. Curious as to the extent of the damage, he gingerly tried to flex his fingers, only for a renewed wave of torment to ripple through his flesh.

"Marty?!" Doc's anxious voice warbled through the radio. "Marty, come in!"

"Doc!" He realised his voice was shaking almost as badly as his damaged hand. "Doc, Jesus, I blew it! ARGH!"

"Marty, what the hell happened?!"

"Strickland!" Marty hissed between gritted teeth. "Squashed my damn hand, GAHHH! SHIT!"

"Marty, focus!" Doc ordered. "What about Biff and the almanac?"

"He must still have it! All I got is the damn cover!" Marty realised he was on the verge of tears. He clenched his jaw shut as he doubled over, moaning pitifully into his elbow. God, man, this hurts!

"You mean you don't have it?!"

"NO I DON'T, DOC! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK?!" Marty allowed an unrestrained scream to leave his throat, the sound reverberating in the small office space. He remained unrepentant of the racket he knew he was making, continuing to hold the swollen appendage delicately. "I don't have it and it's all my fault and- ARGHHH!"

"Marty! Marty, you need to focus!" If Doc was angry or disappointed with him, he didn't let it show in his voice. "Where is Biff now?"

"…I don't know!" Struggling to gain his breath, Marty stumbled to his feet and collapsed into the wall next to the windowsill, resting his forehead amongst the dusty blinds as he tearfully stared out into the empty car park below. "He could be ANYWHERE and I wasn't fast enough-"

"Marty, the entire future depends on you finding Biff and getting that book back!"

"I KNOW, DOC! I'M TRYING!" Marty shrieked furiously, his emotional state only heightened by the spasming of crushed nerves and ligaments. Despite the thick curtain of tears obscuring most of his vision, his jaw fell as he suddenly recognised a very familiar scene unfolding in the car park below. "Holy shit!"

I never got to see this part!

"Marty?!"

Marty stared in amazement as his mother leapt from her seat in the Packard to tackle Biff, only to be cruelly shoved to the ground in front of a visibly-shaking George. "Hang on, Doc! I gotta go!" He screamed eagerly. "I got one shot! My old man's about to deck Biff!"

Without bothering to answer Doc's garbled question, Marty shoved the walkie-talkie and his injured hand into the depths of his jacket, racing out of Strickland's office at an unprecedented speed. I can't screw this up again…The broken hand is gonna have to wait.

I just hope it doesn't fall off…

[janzoo]

The Anniversary Ache

Read it on AO3 above (registered users only) or under the readmore below -

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Thancred Waters & Original Character(s) Characters: Thancred Waters, Original Male Character(s) Additional Tags: Oneshot, Ficlet, Past Injury, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism Summary:

In which a Red Mage laments the old injury that drove him to leave his shield behind - and Thancred offers to help him forget it instead, if only for a while.

My FFXIVSwap gift for empressgwenny (@biff-adventurer here on Tumblr) - here's to your H'zula Tia getting a little more attention!

                H’zula huffed in irritation. None of his usual spots for loafing around in The Willow’s company house worked. With the anniversary of his injury hanging over him, he couldn’t even be lazy right. He noticed he was flexing the fingers of his left hand again. The movement was slower than he would’ve liked. Narrowing his eyes, he forced the subconscious action to cease.

                Huffing again, he rose to his feet and headed to the door. When he opened it, framed in the Lavender Beds’ green scenery was Thancred, one foot on the first step of the door.

                “Oh! Just the man I was looking for,” said Thancred.

                “Good afternoon, Thancred,” H’zula greeted. His smile was only partially forced; socializing was something of a distraction, even if he wasn’t entirely up for it. “To what do I owe the pleasure?”

                “Would you care to join me for a drink, my friend?”

                “A drink?” H’zula noted that the day had only reached mid-afternoon. “Isn’t it a bit early?”

                Thancred shrugged. “Perhaps. Do you have anything better to do today? Especially given what today is.”

                He knew it was the anniversary of H’zula’s injury. That didn’t surprise him much, though it still undid the sense of distraction. H’zula’s tail tip flicked behind him.

                H’zula shook his head and closed the door behind him. “No, no I don’t.”

[metalcultbrigade]

New upcoming compilation album: Michael Schenker "My Years With UFO" track listing:

01. Natural Thing (feat. Dee Snider, Joel Hoekstra)

02. Only You Can Rock Me (feat. Joey Tempest, Roger Glover)

03. Doctor, Doctor (feat. Joe Lynn Turner, Carmine Appice)

04. Mother Mary (feat. Slash, Erik Grönwall)

05. This Kids (feat. Biff Byford)

06. Love To Love (feat. Axl Rose)

07. Lights Out (feat. Jeff Scott Soto, John Norum)

08. Rock Bottom (feat. Kai Hansen)

09. Too Hot To Handle (feat. Joe Lynn Turner, Adrian Vandenberg, Carmine Appice)

10. Let It Roll (feat. Michael Voss)

11. Shoot, Shoot (feat. Stephen Pearcy)

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PAUL WILLIAMS With his amazing run as an actor and singer-songwriter, he wrote or co-wrote (with Biff Rose and Roger Nichols) songs covered by David Bowie, The Carpenters (“Rainy Days & Mondays,” “We’ve Only Just Begun”), Jack Jones, The Muppets, Helen Reddy, 3 Dog Night (“Old Fashioned Love Song”—also covered by Micky Dolenz), and Dionne Warwick—not to mention award-winning film and TV scores. He’s been Chairman and President of ASCAP since 2009 and is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In recent years he’s had a resurgence, working with Richard Barone, Daft Punk, and The Scissor Sisters. Somewhere he’s found time to take up skydiving and become a UCLA certified Drug Rehabilitation Counselor, co-authoring the book GRATITUDE & TRUST: RECOVERY IS NOT JUST FOR ADDICTS. 

Paul wrote the confessional “Someday Man” as a single for The Monkees. Upon release in 1968, it under-performed and got lost as a “deep cut” + Paul’s own version didn’t do much better. However, as cream rises to the top, in time the sophisticated and art-y song grew in popularity, in part because Davy Jones revived it for his solo set in 2009. Now it’s considered to be a Jones/Monkees evergreen and (speaking as a former band member) it was one of our favorites to play. Here’s the song from the 2011 tour Davy did w/The Monkees. Meanwhile, HB PW and thank you for your many musical gems.

#monkees #davyjones #paulwilliams #somedayman #paulgilbert #biffrose #rogernichols #davidbowie #carpenters #jackjones #muppets #helenreddy #3dognight #mickydolenz #dionnewarwick #detroit #johnnyjblair #foxtheatre #richardbarone #daftpunk #scissorsisters #recovery #skydiving

[looney-mooney-studio]

Buford and Baljeet as god-tiered Homestuck trolls!

Baljeet’s a Seer of Rage, and Buford’s a Thief of Mind. This might seem contradictory to their characters in the show, but keep in mind a god teir isn’t how you present yourself, it’s the core of your being. This got long so uhhh essay on why they are these things under the cut!

Baljeet is a Seer of Rage. Seers are prone to being single-minded - to a seer, everything is THEIR aspect. To Rose, everything is light - chance, luck, narrative relevance. To Terezi, everything is mind - the way people think, and the decisions they make. To Kankri and the Signless, everything is Blood - the connections people have, and our duties to do right by our community. They can be incredibly intelligent, but also incredibly dense, and are driven to affect as much change as possible.

Rage players are driven by the idea that something is wrong. They try to change it, and are obsessed with the big picture and how to throw a wrench in the works, how to burn everything we know down to the ground in the hopes that maybe, possibly, something better MIGHT rise from the ashes. This concept is Baljeet's everything.

Baljeet is incredibly intelligent, incredibly driven, and incredibly eager to burn shit to the ground. As soon as his anxieties and carefully-structured schedules get out of the way, Baljeet is a force of NATURE. He is a hulk, a punk rockstar, able to climb any mountain and tackle any problem with little regard for the well being of others. Hell, one could argue that even his academic career is based on a desire to do this sort of thing, and he finds absolute glee in breaking the laws of nature - so long as it is HIS EFFORTS that make it possible. If it weren't for his upbringing and unqenchable desire for success and praise, Baljeet would probably be a full time supervillain.

As it stands, however, Baljeet IS filled with an unquenchable desire for success and praise, and readily shares his knowledge with others - even when he himself does not fully understand it. Baljeet particularly has a knack for understanding the chaos of his reality, and has been shown to find ways to explain the flow between dimensions and the machinations of such forces as Murphy's Law and the Mysterious Force.

Buford, on the other hand, is a Thief of Mind. Thieves start out with a lack of their aspect, and have to steal their aspect form others over the course of their lives. A thief is selfish, but this is not entirely a bad thing - sometimes you have to save yourself before you can help others. In this way, Selfishness can be a virtue, especially when used correctly. When done wrong, however, it can and will hurt everyone around the thief, especially when they decide to take too much without letting the team replenish their resources.

Mind players deal in agency. Knowledge is power, after all, and usually power comes in the form of free will. Terezi could see what people's choices would lead to, and was able to direct people towards the best outcomes through this.

Buford, as a Thief of Mind, would start out his life with no agency at all, and would have to steal agency from others in order to have more for himself. This lines up with his backstory on the show, and is part of the reason why I made him a lowblood - on the show, when Buford was a child, someone bigger and stronger and more powerful than him was going to eat his pet goldfish, Biff. In order to prevent this, Buford had to take that decision away from his tormentor, and become a bully himself. He stole the bully's agency, and gave it to himself, taking the bully's reputation and his power by tying him up in his own shoelaces.

Throughout the show, Buford steals agency in similar ways from his friends and the other people around him - he stole everyone's bikes, limiting their ability to move around in Danville. He steals Baljeet's agency all the time in small ways, oftentimes by picking him up and carrying him around, or by changing Baljeet's schedule around for certain things.

Baljeet is used to this, and it becomes a sort of symbiotic relationship in a certain sense. Baljeet has a habit of micromanaging his own agency, so by stealing some of it Buford ironically gives Baljeet chances to relax and let his own aspect - rage - breathe. Buford is also the only one who can calm "Hulkjeet," and by taking Baljeet's option to cause havoc that way Buford gives Baljeet his own common sense back. Symbiotic, benefits for both parties involved.

We also see that Buford is an intellectual, though he tries to hide it, and that Baljeet is a force of chaos and destruction, though he tries to hide it. In a sense, Buford and Baljeet meet in the middle here, between Rage and Mind, and find a lot of common ground. Baljeet can talk nerd stuff to Buford, and he'll be able to not just follow along, but provide new imput - and vice versa for Buford's more destructive habits.

Obviously this sort of back and forth symbiotic relationship of their classpects continues in the game, and they have eachother's shoe colors.

[cheruib]

💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

[ocalaghan]

i finished watching the golden girls tonight and let me tell you... that is not a show to finish watching when you're in the heartache of a friend break-up lmao.

it was good though. i started it in january 2022 because it had been on my radar for a while and in the wake of betty white's passing, it felt like a fitting time to finally start it. i watched the first 5 seasons quite quickly but slowed waaaaaay down with the last two. i can see why it was so loved. i almost wish i'd kept note of the plot-holes to make a post about them though because i noticed soooooo many.

i think rose and dorothy were my favourites. rose was so sweet. i'm clearly too fucking soft to be alive because sometimes when the other girls made jokes at rose's expense, it made me feel like crying lmao.

i was surprised the series ended without saying anything about she and miles' wedding because they were engaged just a few episodes before the finale? i guess that might be because of the sequel show but i was shocked it ended with a wedding that wasn't rose's. i'm glad she was choosing to stay living with blanche and sophia instead of moving in with her daughter though, but it did sort of make me wonder because if she's getting married won't she be perhaps moving in with miles sometime in the near future???

i was happy for dorothy though. the whole series she had such back-and-forth with stan and the other girls joking about her single life so i think she deserved a nice husband!!! the fact it was someone related to one of her best friends was a nice twist (although it did make me wonder how old he is if he's blanche's uncle).

blanche's story concluded the way she'd always been and she's fairly happy with her life so... no complaints there??? i think it would've been fun if sophia had a lil boyfriend though. but i still have to watch the golden palace so i guess we'll see. i'm just glad none of them will be lonely/without each other. the scene of them all crying and hugging goodbye had me so sad though. like pls! you can all visit each other! </3

throughout the series though i had a crazy hard time keeping up with their families. it seemed like they all had absolutely hundreds of siblings and children. rose had like... nine (???) adoptive siblings. and she mentions five children but we only ever meet two of her daughters, kiersten and bridget, and we know of two granddaughters, both kiersten's.

and then blanche is one of five children and i think we meet all of her siblings bar her brother tad in this series. and i was constantly confused by her kids, every time she mentioned one of them it seemed like there was a new drama!!! probably because she was a distant mother who relied on nannies because she had five kids she seemingly wasn't super interested in mothering, but anyway. i know we meet janet and rebecca whom she repairs her relationships with, and then we don't meet matthew "skippy", or doug, or biff. and we know her late husband had a son borne of an affair, david. i like to think blanche keeps in touch with david and maybe introduces him to his half-siblings so they can all have a relationship. it bugged me that he was called david though because, common as the name may be, they could've just made it something different since one of janet's three children is called david and we meet him during the series too.

dorothy was less confusing because she only had one sister and one brother (i was so sad for her and sophia when he died??!) and only had two kids, michael and kate. so as a result, sophia, also less confusing, because she's got three kids with one of them obviously being a main character.

anyway. i find it deeply interesting how the perception of middle-aged women has changed in the decades since this show aired. i always thought these women were meant to be much older than they were (with the exception of sophia, since she's aged 80 in the pilot). like definitely late 60s at the very least (which still isn't really that old now). but they're all early to mid 50s when the show begins. they are by no means 'old' ladies in my eyes. whereas you look at shows nowadays that portray women in their 50s, you generally wouldn't assume they're 50. it's just interesting how the style has changed but also the lens through which we view aging women.

anyway, it was a great show. i'd like to watch the sequel. i feel like it tied up the main plots nicely enough and it made me laugh out loud genuinely several times. it was far more progressive than i expected it to be considering the era and seeing these beautiful women being trailblazers for 'older' women, and for these minority groups and prevalent issues they discussed on the show was a joy.

it feels strange to think they are all now passed, but they've given people such comfort even long after their deaths. <3

[biff-adventurer]

FFxivWrite 2023 Prompt #9: Fair

She was asked to meet him in the yard at six. The setting sun made her nervous. Did it have bad news to give her? Surely if there was a man with the power to kick her out of the Willows, it was the one named Biff Guy. And then she’d be homeless! What if he simply didn’t like her? Or what if she said something silly? This was a bad idea. Just the two of them? Why did she not agree to Arslang’s offer that he come along!?

“Liliana?”

Liliana’s heart jumped as she stumbled forward, waving her arms around to reach for some kind of invisible balance. “S-S-Ser Guy!”

The man laughed while she caught her breath. “You alright there? I didn’t mean t’ come from behind, but ye didn’t hear me call fer ye.”

“O-Oh! Sorry about that!” She bowed deeply, hoping it would show him her sincerity. “I didn’t mean–I mean, I’m here! I’m here to chat, like you said!”

“Aye. Maybe I should’ve brought some tea. Ye like tea, don’t ye?” He moved to sit on a stone bench in the garden, waving her along. “It’s almost dinner time, though. Didn’t wanty spoil yer appetite. Uh, unless ye’ve already eaten. Then tea would’ve been good t’ get yer dinner down.”

Liliana quickly sat and looked to her lap. “You’re so kind, Ser Biff… Just like everyone says.”

His large, square hand gently pat her knee. “And what does Liliana Ivers think?”

She shook her head. “I don’t know. I don’t really know you personally. I’ve just heard all the stories. Like how you rode a dragon into Ishgard! And how you marched Doma to victory. And how you defeated Zenos in the Ala Mhigan Queen’s garden! And–”

“You like stories, eh?”

Her hands clenched. “Yeah… very.”

He sighed a little, but Liliana wasn’t sure why. She supposed he was disappointed. Maybe it was the way she sat. In fact, she could sit up a little straighter. She could pretend interest in the rose bush. Miss Pudada had done a good job on that. Red, red roses. All blooming happily, knowing exactly what they were made for.

“I’m sorry,” he said.

Liliana gasped and waved her hands. He looked so sad and confused and she did not know why. But she mustn’t get on his bad side. “No, no! It’s all my fault. I didn’t get into the spirit of things.”

“I gave ye the impression I didn’t want ye around,” said Ser Biff, shaking his head. “Really, I didn’t want ye t’ feel like ye had t’ come if ye didn’t want to. And I thought ye’d rather do somethin’ else with yer time. Like sleep an’ make sure ye’ve got the energy t’ do what ye’d rather be doin’.”

“I do like sleep,” she said, “but I don’t have anything like that. Not some… grand purpose, like you lot. I just wanted to find a good company to find footing in and keep a steady income. I’m really good at hunting, you know?”

“What else are ye good at?” He smiled, if just a little. “I’d like t’ know all about ye, little miss.”

“Me?” Her eyes went wide. “I’m just some green archer girl from the city! I’m not really good at anything else. Well, except gossip. I’m really good at getting the goss. Did you know the Wolves couldn’t get the gods to answer them?”

“No!” he gasped, intrigued. “How’d that come about?”

“I’m not sure. But I heard G’raha Tia asked them to leave, very forcefully! And he told them that no amount of coaxing could get the gods to listen to you no matter how much you yell like children on their lawns.” She giggled, fingers to her lips. “They said it wasn’t very fair.”

“Oh, o’ course they did.” He snorted and shook his head. “All they wanted was t’ be on the list.”

“The list?”

“Aye, the list. The imaginary list of important people who get t’ see gods. Y’know, it’s hard t’ ask anythin’ o’ the gods when ye see ‘em in the flesh. It’s a good thing a man can make his own destiny with his own two hands.”

“Or woman!”

“Or woman.”

“And whatever Zia is.”

“A fuckin’ legend. I’m humbled they joined us.”

Iliana tore her eyes away from Biff’s sunny smile. He was so much like a fluffy, excited hound and she knew not what to do with it. “How did… you find your purpose?”

“I don’t have a purpose,” said Biff. “I do what I want, so long as it don’t hurt nobody. And sometimes it hurts the right people, so ye can’t really call it wrong.”

She smiled to herself. “That must be nice.”

“What is it that you wanna do? Be a gossipmonger? It’d be nice not t’ rely on the Scions fer information, y’know.”

“What? That’s a thing?”

“Yeah. Ye never been to Ul’dah?”

“I’m too scared to go! I can’t make it on my own!”

“Who says it has t’ be on yer own?”