#COURTNEY / SHE&HER / 30.

[diaboeli]

a low activity multimuse, list found under the cut. carrd is in the works currently, general rules can be referred to from here in the meantime.

baldur's gate 3― ⁰⁰¹ halsin ⁰⁰² shadowheart ⁰⁰³ wyll ravengard ⁰⁰⁴ xvilnar, drow durge ﹙ barb-fighter ﹚ the witcher 3: wild hunt― ⁰⁰¹ cirilla ellen fiona riannon ⁰⁰² geralt of rivia ⁰⁰³ yennefer of vengerberg final fantasy vii― ⁰⁰¹ cloud strife animanga― plot-based, request only. ⁰⁰¹ angel devil ﹙ chainsaw man ﹚ ⁰⁰² gojō satoru ﹙ jujutsu kaisen ﹚ ⁰⁰³ nagi seishirō ﹙ bluelock ﹚ ⁰⁰⁴ sung jin-woo ﹙ solo leveling ﹚ ⁰⁰⁵ yor forger ﹙ spy x family ﹚

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[palespawn]

“ i exist. in thousands of agonies— i exist [ ... ] i see the sun, and if i don't see the sun, i know it's there. and there's a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there. ” ―  ᶠʸᵒᵈᵒʳ ᴰᵒˢᵗᵒʸᵉᵛˢᵏʸ, ᵀʰᵉ ᴮʳᵒᵗʰᵉʳˢ ᴷᵃʳᵃᵐᵃᶻᵒᵛ.

𝙲𝙰𝚁𝚁𝙳 … 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙿𝚃𝚂 … 𝚂𝚃𝚄𝙳𝚈 … 𝙿𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙴𝚂𝚃 … 𝚂𝙸𝙳𝙴𝙱𝙻𝙾𝙶 .

palespawn, a private astarion ancunín writing blog from baldur's gate 3. please read the rules before following. warning that this blog will contain heavy themes that accompany astarion's character and his history of trauma, the grittier elements of faerûn and associated horrors. established june, 2024, most activity will be on weekends. travelling with: @demonwebs , @sarastuss / @bllakcat , @dekarsus , @gaindragon

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[twifairy]

Giant spoilers for TGAA 2 but I gave the main cast's dead moms names, faces, and Court Record profiles. And I wrote up some details on my headcanons and sprite edit process.

All ages listed are my headcanons for how old they were when they died (which like. Yikes.)

These are all edited from existing sprites/official artwork with veeeery minimal actual hand drawing in case anybody thinks I suddenly got really good at imitating Nuri's style lmao.

Sumire Asogi (34)

Same age as Genshin, who also does not have a canon age for whatever reason. I assume he's the same age as Yujin, Jigoku, and Klint though, making him 33 when he dies. Kazuma's mother canonically dies a year after. This also makes Kazuma's parents both concerningly 19 when he was born??? I don't think the devs thought too hard about that at the time but I'm choosing to included in my hcs lmao

"Sumire" is a joke name. Sumire means violet and there are FOUR whole Sherlock Holmes characters named Violet, which is probably the most common female name in the books. As a nice coincidence, violets represent honesty in hanakotoba, tying into the truth theme

Sumire actually has no Kazuma in her face! She's a Courtney Sithe recolor with Kazuma's bangs. I did stare at Kazuma's prosecutor portrait to try and nudge their eyes to be more similar though

Ayame Mikotoba (25)

She's 1-2 years younger than Yujin

Obviously this is just Susato squished around lol. If I were to do it again I'd alter her hairline, I think Susato got that from Yujin

My main aim was to make her look like Susato's tearful smile sprite. Any time I see that sprite I think "this is what her mother must've looked like."

Lillian van Zieks (30)

She's 3 years younger than Klint

LADY BASKERVILLE MY BELOVED. Her married name ofc. I think I pulled "Lillian" from "Lilith" because.... vibes I guess. I also hc Klint calling her Lily so she also gets to have a flower name, and so Iris' father shares her nickname habit.

Lily's eyes are hazel because iirc, the Baskervilles in the book all/mostly have hazel eyes and Iris has her father's eyes.

This was the hardest one to make despite the canon image of her. Her base was Tusspells, herself, and obviously, Iris.

Also here's each woman with her husband and child for the sake of comparison:

[mvltiwritez1]

‘I Survived TNTL #144’ - Angela Giarratana x Fem!Reader

Requested by: @imboredloll

A/N: I’m still taking requests! I’m also writing my own stuff but writers block sucksssss.

WARNING(S): really really mild swearing.

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Y/n and Angela were cuddling in their bed, it was close to their normal sleep time so it was just time to unwind. Angela drew circles with her finger on Y/n's blanket-covered thigh absentmindedly, her thoughts drowning out Y/n's steady heartbeat beside her ear.

"Is tomorrow a TNTL shoot?" Angela asked randomly, catching Y/n's attention. Y/n lowered her phone from her face and looked at Angela.

"I think so, why?" Y/n asked back, smiling slightly. Angela didn't answer for a second, chuckling softly as Y/n looked in confusion.

"I have the best idea ever." Angela's eyes sparkled and Y/n rose her eyebrow in intrigue before Angela started explaining her idea.

——

"Hey guys! Welcome to Try Not To Laugh. I'm here with Ian, Angela, Y/n, Damien, and Keith" Courtney introduced and everyone cheered for a second before Courtney continued to speak.

"You all know how this stuff goes but if you don't, one of us will be on the stool with water in their mouth and the others will have to make them spit it out in under 30 seconds. Now if you like what you see, go and hit that bell and that like button and...let's get to it" Courtney finished their speech and everyone clapped briefly.

"Since Angela is sitting on the stool, she'll be first" Courtney said and Angela nodded with a giant grin on her face.

——

Angela, Y/n, and Keith had sat on the hot seat and the video had been a success so far but now with Courtney on the hot seat, Angela gave the signal to Y/n that they would be doing the plan they had discussed the night prior.

It was Angela’s time to step out and she grabbed Y/n’s arm gently, smiling up at her before they went out to do the bit.

They walked out hand-in-hand and, with giant grins, they started to talk.

“Hey everyone! We’ve been waiting to say this but we have now decided to announce it” Y/n introduced and Courtney tilted their head, confused as to what they were going to say.

“We’re together!-”

“In a relationship!-“ they both said in unison but once they fumbled the sentence, they both looked at each other. They muttered an ‘oh’ before trying again.

“We’re in a relationship!-“

“We’re together!-“ they switched what they said, hitting the perfect comedic timing. They looked at each other again, shocked, causing Courtney to spit the water out.

“We’re in a relationship! God, Y/n” Angela kept her smile giant and her tone bubbly before dropping it to pretend to mutter the last part to her girlfriend, loud enough for the mic’s to pick up.

“Sorry Ange” Y/n pretended to be taken aback and looked at the camera awkwardly before breaking character and looking at Courtney.

“That was awesome” Courtney giggled and they got ready for the next person to go up.

——

Y/n had forgotten about the bit they did that shoot but she was reminded when it was uploaded a month after filming.

She got the notification from YouTube and saw the TNTL title and thumbnail. She stopped stirring her eggs for a second before calling out to Angela.

“Ange! The TNTL is up!” Y/n said and she heard slightly quick footsteps coming out of their bedroom.

“Really?” Angela’s smile was huge as Y/n chuckled and handed the phone to her. Angela quickly scrolled through the comments and saw remarks about their bit come flooding in.

‘17:38 is this real?!’

‘HOLY SHIT ANGELA AND Y/N?!’

‘Guys, it’s a bit. It’s literally a TNTL’

‘I’m kinda hoping it’s not a bit…is that wrong?’

Angela read them out loud and the couple laughed at some of them. They had a plan to post stuff on Instagram as soon as the TNTL was uploaded but…maybe they could have fun for a day.

The only people that knew about their relationship was their families. They had met each others families too so it was just a close knit group, not even any of their co-workers or friends knew.

——

They decided to keep the lack of relationship charade up until the next day so they staggered their entrances to get into the building.

Damien ran into Y/n and gasped slightly.

“Your bit on TNTL was killer. Ever since it was posted at 11, I haven’t seen anything else talked about on our socials. Such a good joke” Damien chuckled thinking about it. Y/n laughed back.

“Well don’t thank me, thank Angela. She’s the mastermind” Y/n replied and continued walking to her desk, setting her bag down.

The rest of the day, they were bombarded with employees talking about how their ‘bit’ was insane and was turning the fandom into a crazed mess. All Y/n and Angela could do was chuckle along with them, knowing that the next day, everything will be public and out there.

——

They woke up to more notifications on each of their phones from different people, close friends, distant friends they barely thought of, co-workers applauding them.

Y/n groaned before putting her phone face down on her chest. They were still snug in their bed.

“I’m starting to regret doing that bit” Y/n chuckled and wiped her face gently to wake her up more. Angela scoffed playfully.

“Well it’s too late now. I think we should post those drafts now. What do you think?” Angela asked and Y/n looked back at her, waiting a second before nodding.

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Y/N_Y/L/N All the rumours are true ❤️ (for real though, you’re the best person I have ever met and I love the way we announced us @angelagiarratana )

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[roylustang]

HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SHIT. NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS DID I EVER IMAGINE I WOULD. GET 24TH FEMALE AND 39TH OVERALL. THERES 400 PEOPLE IN THIS RACE. WHAT IN THE HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Time to experience physical suffering previously unknown to me

[imanii-leaa]

wanted to start off making a good impression, so here y’all go! 😅😅

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I’m Ready.

y’all ever feel that chu can’t do something? ever? like your life doesn’t fit with said something. well, that’s how jey (josh) felt towards coco. his party animal life didn’t suit with coco’s dream life. for him, it was too settled.. too rushed. sure, he loved her but was he willing to risk freedom for her expectations? ↴↴

‼️ YALL DONT AND I MEAN DONT EVER USE, COPY, OR STEAL MY STUFF, REBLOGS ARE APPRECIATED, FEEDBACK AND LIKES INCLUDED, AND ALL OCS ARE MINE. i dont own anything else (obviously except fictional events made by me) 😌 ‼️

*Not proof read

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(3rd person POV)

𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 (𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐞)

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Jones was getting ready to hop in the shower before she got a WhatsApp notification from her friend, Trinity (or some like to call her Naomi). Coco ignored the message, played her shower playlist and stepped into the shower. She closed her eyes and swayed her hips to the music as she felt the hot water comfortably burn down her skin.

She was really getting into it before her music stopped. What the heck? That question lingered in her head, not for long though as she heard her iPhone ringtone coming from her phone. Coco sighed as she looked through the glass mirror cover bit of her shower to see the contact name.

“WhatsApp call incoming: trintwin 💕💚”

The 5’10 woman felt as if to laugh. Is she serious? Coco waited for the ringing to end and her music to play, and it did just that. Around 20 minutes later, she stepped out and grabbed her towel to wrap around her slim, ebony body. Entering her room and drying off, Courtney went on her missed calls list, tapped on her friend’s name and calling her again. After one ring, Naomi picked up.

Here’s how that convo went:

T: GIRL, I BEEN CALLING YOU!

C: Chill, boo, I was in the shower. ‘nyways wassuh?

T: Yuh, uh-huh, anyways Jon’s going out and asked me to accompany him, I do wanna go but not without my girls. I texted and called Jade, Bianca, Nikki and Brie already, telling them to bring their mans but I can’t leave my fav out! So whatchu say?

Coco sucked her teeth and giggled a bit. They had only known each other for a month through mutual friends and with their busy schedule, they never really had the chance to hang out. Despite the fact that it is in a group, it would still be nice to catch up on things with her.

C: Nope, I’ve got no plans for the day and I desire to keep it like that, thanks though!

T: Oh, it wasn’t a question. Be ready by 8 later this night. Before you say anything, I do know that it is currently 11AM but I didn’t want to forget to ask you. Please come, it’s our day off, we both barely get those, and it’s time to let your guard down and relax with the girlies for a bit!

Trinity was a master at persuading people because after that, Coco had reluctantly agreed to her invite. She wasn’t going to lie, she was playing hard to get as she was feeling a tad bit excited to go out and enjoy herself for the night; she did have nothing to do after all.

( 𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗣 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝟳𝗣𝗠, 𝗖𝗢𝗖𝗢 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗢𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗨𝗣 )

Coco was listening to her song, ICU, while doing her hair and makeup, until she received a text notification from Trinity. She stopped everything that she was doing to pick up her phone and take a look. Tutting, she picked the iPhone 14 pro up and took a look at what Trin had said.

‘Change of plans, we’re leaving in around 30 minutes, so you should probably start getting ready to leave. Sorry for the inconvenience!’

Coco dropped her phone down and sighed. This just annoyed her. She’s near the end of her makeup and doesn’t know what jewelry she was going to where. What perfume, what bag, shoes..

That was very important to her! Nevertheless, she had to round up what she was doing-so she quickly finished off her making, though making sure not to rush, found a cute purse to match with her CUTE outfit and of course had to finish off the look with some gold accessories and shoes. Adding a bit of her Clive Christian - X Feminine Perfume into the mix before she was set to go.

That must’ve taken around 45 minutes, but if they were to be disappointed it would be their fault for changing plans on such short notice.

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— AT THE CLUB —

Coco entered the club, immediately surrounded by the smell of booze and the sound of blasting music coming from the speakers that are seen to be nearly everywhere in the club.

(COCO’s POV)

The club stank of richness. I didn’t consider myself to be rich and famous, just upper-middle class and well-known. Most would disagree. Anyways, I looked around the club, searching for my friends. The bar…nope. I turned my head to the right and couldn’t see anybody. I looked to the left and saw a big group of people. Without thinking twice, I began to walk towards them until I realized they were complete strangers. I took my phone out from my purse and was going to text Trinity until I heard her forever cheerful voice.

“Girrrlll! You came! We all thought you was gon stand us up, come with me” Not giving me a chance to reply, she took me in her arms and lead me upstairs. I figured a bit ago that that kind of annoys me. I ignore it though, because that’s my homegirl! Dang, ian knew this place had an upstairs. I thought, mentally rubbing the back of my neck.

A few minutes later after walking through a closed off hallway, we arrived in front of a door that had two security in front of it and a label on the entry that ‘Door 13: V.I.P Only’. Taking a quick second to myself, I looked around and noticed that there were other VIP rooms around us. We stepped inside and I noticed everybody that was there.

(incoming wrestler’s stage names and real life partner’s names- mind yu, main characs in this story won’t be called by their real names)

Jon, Kofi, Xavier, Bianca, Montez, Jade, Brandon, Liv, Jordynne, Bayley and … JOSHUA?!

He looked up from his phone, staring at my surprised face in shock aswell. Oops, guess I said that out loud. I turned to Trinity and hit her playfully, my jaw still dropped. “Uh, trin! You ain’t never said anything about him being here!”

She shrugged and sat back down next to Jonathan. The others looked uninterested, everybody except from Bayley and Liv, the only females without a partner. Bianca and Jade were going to greet me but obviously I was busy and they were busy too, having deeps with their partners. Josh approached me and suddenly I tensed up.

“You look beautiful.” He complimented. “Thanks” I replied back. “Can we talk over there?” Joshua gestured to an empty space: the bar.

“Um, sure”

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OKAY, YALL? WHAT YALL THINK?? Mb, yall im not very good at English and i often get messed up with uk vs us words so yea.. anywayss, lmk what yu think? 💭 🩷‼️

[bbywtfamidoing]

Damien Haas X Reader

Fluff, pinning, teasing, mentions of Angela, Keith, Courtney and Shane.

A silly video gets to Damien, a small flicker of emotions being shown behind the scenes

If you’d like more please let me know still debating on writing smut I’m not use to writing RPF

Slipping his phone out of his back pocket and looking down seeing a few messages and other pings from group chats, he took a moment and opened a few texts. A flood from Angela.. great.. he chuckled softly

Ang: Damien

Damien

DAMIEN

Me: What- what’s happening

Ang: check your Snapchat

Now

Noooowww

Me: Jesus Christ- gimmie a second I’m just getting home

Ang: Don’t care, 🤷‍♀️ work on it

He shook his head and clicked out of his messages and opened up Snapchat seeing a string of red boxes and one that was a purple box as well, he clicked through a few streaks and selfies that he happily saved in the chat to have. Eventually getting to the one from Angela that seemed to important, watching as it loaded and furrowed his eyebrows and he leaned against the counter

It was a clip from the recent eat it or yeet it, nothing all that important but they had finally got the newer editor to film a video. A simple meal that laid out that Keith reached for and dinged the bell, the video ends and then it plays after the video of everyone giggling as Angela approaches and held the phone dramatically close to their face “Eat it or Yeet it co-worker edition!” Angela giggled and moved to step back as Courtney had a hand on her hip and playfully grabbed Shayne “YEET IT!” She screamed as Shayne grabbed her back and threw her over his shoulder walking away as she screamed “Bringin her to the court office- divorce time!” As she screamed in the distance.

Damien was laid against the counter with a soft huff, he moved a hand to wipe across his face and smiled softly “Hm- interesting.” He clicked off the video and message Angela ‘Impressive 🕶️*’ and swiped off the app to his messages and opened a chat with them

💜Damien💜: So eat it you say?

Me: Oh fucking Angela- I’m gonna kill her.

💜Damien💜: How about we talk about it before you make any decisions?

Me: Okay, yeah okay. See you in 30?

💜Damien💜: 💃🏻

They nervously paced in their house as they sped ran around and picked up a few empty cans and threw them in the garbage, taking a deep breath as a knock echoed through the apartment. Quickly moving to open the door and smiled at the man in front of them, he took a step in and quirked an eyebrow up as me closed the door behind himself “So-“ he moved to put his hands on his hips

Now was the moment as they moved to run a hand down their face “Okay- I never thought that you’d see that, if I made you uncomfortable at all I do apologize for that. If you want space or to set boundaries I completely understand.”

Damien moved forward to carefully rest a hand on their shoulder “Hey- hey it’s okay, I’m not uncomfortable. If anything it’s flattering. I wasn’t sure how you would feel, since it’s kinda thrown out there. That and you were teasing so nothing to worry about.”

They looked at him and shook their head “look, I just wanna be honest. I like you- I have for awhile and I know your feelings about me aren’t mutual-“

Before they got very far and Damien took their hand into his own “You’re making assumptions.” As he carefully stepped closer and quirked an eyebrow “What makes you think I don’t like you too?” That made them pause “Oh- I didn’t think you would want to be with me. I’m not exactly-“

“Not exactly- what? I see you, you’re funny, have an amazing personality and i mean you’re beautiful as well so that’s just a plus.” Damien carefully let a hand move to settle on their face “I want you to listen to me okay? I Damien Haas, like you-“

They took a deep breath and moved forward to hug Damien and relaxed “I was scared that I’d ruin our friendship- I’ve wanted to tell you and never found a way that felt right” Damien let a hand move to look at them and set a hand on their face “Can I kiss you? Prove how I feel about you?” They felt their face flush and carefully moved up to get closer as their lips pressed against one another’s as they let an arm wrap around Damien’s waist before they pulled away and Damien had a goofy smile “See? Now before anything else. Let me take you on a date? Or even just.. have one here? We could make a meal together.. how’s that sound?”

They nodded “Sounds perfect.. I can’t wait for our date.”

A few hours had passed and they were sat on the couch and played smash TM, it was getting dark out as they finished up a round and Damien playfully booed them after they won and leaned back on the couch. They got ready to switch over to a movie and Damien mention a horror movie called Creep.

Popcorn was being popped and lights were flicked off, they let a hand move to pour it into a bowl and turned and jumped as Damien stood behind them “Fucker!” And set the bowl aside and playfully smacked his chest “Mister Haas, never do that.” Damien laughed at them and moved to wrap his arms around them and held them close “We haven’t even watched the movie yet, I was gonna see if you needed help.” He rocked them back and forth slowly.

“Look, go get comfy- I’ll get this and I’ll get the lights turned off and we can watch the movie.” He spoke softly next to the shell of their ear and they nodded, a soft sigh escaping their mouth. Moving to the living room and grabbed a few different blankets “Damien! Do you want comfy clothes or something?” He popped his head out “Uh- sure? Not sure if it’ll fit me.”

Finally they were ready to watch the movie as they were in the corner of the couch and Damien wrapped an arm around the back of the couch, they leaned against his broad chest as the movie started. It was slow paced but it felt so real.. it was good at setting an unsettling atmosphere.

The movie was coming to an end, showing the end results of Josef’s ‘career’

Damien watched the other and smiled “Sooo what’da ya think?” They turned and looked at him and huffed “I hated it- in a good way. I’m never trusting anyone ever again.” They shivered and hid in his chest “I’m never gonna sleep properly again!” They cried out dramatically and laughed “Would you hate me if I said there’s a second one?” They huffed “Shut upppp not tonight-“ they looked at their phone seeing it was only 10:30 “How long is it?” They questioned, a small smile on their lips, was it an excuse for him to maybe end up staying over? Maybe. He didn’t need to know that

Of course Damien knew what they were doing “We can watch it in the morning if you want.” A hand moving to push their hair back “I’m comfy.” They smiled at him “I suppose I could let you stay.” He laughed “mmhm, that wasn’t what you meant when you asked how long the other one was?” A flush flooding their cheeks and groaning “I don’t like that you can read my mind…” they whined as he held them close “I’ll stay over, I don’t mind watching the second one. Tomorrow we could watch the series on Shudder.” They nodded “I actually really liked it, I’m down to watch the second one.”

Happily he pulled them close as the second one began and they started to feel that anxiety run up their spine from the performance.

@voidwithstars @fandom-penguin @wtv-my-current-hyperfixation @vc55bughead @wtf-hobi

[loveesiren]

DIAFU - Birthday Photo

Masterlist

Summary: Y/n's birthday party <3 This is before her and Rafe got together

Warnings: Language, drinking

Word Count: 624

It was your 19th birthday and you were so excited for a night out. Courtney had planned the whole night. She opted against throwing a rager and decided you, her, Rafe, Kelce, and Topper would have a fun night together instead.

They took you to The Cheesecake Factory. You were a sucker for a good slice of cheesecake. Of course, Courtney made a huge show of inviting all the waiters over to sing you happy birthday.

Your cheeks flushed pink as you giggled into your palm, fully embarrassed as the whole restaurant stared at you. Rafe pulled you into his side and smiled against your hair, shielding you from the sea of people drawn to the commotion.

"You're such a cunt!" You yelled at Courtney once all the waiters left. "You know I fucking hate that song."

"Exactly why I had to embarrass you!"

You giggled as you and Courtney downed another shot.

You weren't paying attention to the way Rafe was leaning against the palm of his hand, staring at you. The way your cheeks got rosier the bigger you smiled. The way you threw your head back when you laughed. You were so fucking pretty.

"Yo, Rafe!" Kelce said, snapping him out of his trance. "Get it together man. We're still going bowling."

Courtney stood up and pulled you with her out the double doors of the restaurant. Rafe was quick to follow you, Topper and Kelce behind him.

You stumbled as Courtney led you down the street. "Are we going bowling?!" You said excitedly.

"Of course we are, Sunflower! Gotta show these assholes your skills!"

"Rafeyyyy," You cooed in your tipsy state. "Hol' my purse, yeah?"

Rafe chuckled and took your purse from you. "Of course, sweetheart."

"Simp!" Topper yelled, cupping his hands around his mouth. You were too drunk to notice but Rafe turned around and gave him a pointed glare.

Once at the bowling alley, Rafe helped you out of your stilettos and helped you put on bowling shoes.

"Watch and learn boys!" You said before sending the ball down your lane, striking out instantly. "And that's how it's fucking done!" You cheer, throwing your arms in the air.

"I told you guys, she'll destroy you even if she's wasted." Courtney chuckled.

Everyone took turns rolling their ball down the lane as you all continued to take shots. You continued to strike out, making Topper and Kelce rather annoyed.

Rafe couldn't stop smiling as he watched you dance around with Courtney. The way you rubbed it in everyone's face that you were so much better at bowling. You were just so tipsy and happy and carefree and he was absolutely enamored with you.

"Rafeyyyy!" You cooed, plopping yourself in his lap.

"Hey, pretty!" He smiled, wrapping his arm around your back.

"Rafeyyyy, I'm beating youuuuu!"

He chuckled and leaned his forehead against yours. "You're just too good at this, baby girl..."

Your breath hitched at his words. Fuck, you wanted to kiss him. He was so pretty.

"Y/n! You're turn!" Topper yelled, completely snapping you out of the moment.

"Uhm, right! Coming!" You said as you got off Rafe's lap. The way he sighed in disappointment. Fucking Topper had to ruin it. Rafe could never get close enough to you.

You continued to bowl for another 30 minutes before you decided you were done and you had ultimately won all the games.

You and Courtney changed back into your shoes. "Y/n!" Rafe's voice cut through the air. You and Courtney both looked up right as the flash on his phone went off.

"Rafe, no!" You cried. "I wasn't ready!" You said as you tried to grab the phone from him. He held it over his head and you were far too short to ever reach it.

"I wanted a candid birthday photo!" He said, pulling you into his side.

"Rafe Cameron, I look bad!"

"Y/n Y/l/n, you look beautiful, always."

[hayleythesugarbowl]

can you do a one shot for courtney where the reader sees an edit of shane and courtney on her phone, and gets jealous/insecure but doesn't say anything. And courtney being able to see that there's something bothering r, but decides to wait till she comes to them. She doesn't, but Court mentions something about like a live with Shane and R makes a snarky comment and then it all just clicks and Courtney is quick to tell reader there's nothing she should be jealous of and they only love her.

Only You || Courtney Miller x reader

⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ masterlist • smosh masterlist ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧⋆

summary: when you begin to get jealous of courtney and shayne’s relationship, courtney assures you that you’re the one they love

word count: 1.2k

warnings: none

a/n: hope you enjoy this love!! i actually love this idea sm and it works perfectly for a short little fic <3💋🎀

edit: well this didn’t age well 🤭🩰 congratulations to shayne + courtney on their marriage!!

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    “Try Not To Laugh is starting in 30 minutes,” you heard one of the directors call. You were done with your makeup a little early, but that was ok. It would give you a second to relax before the shoot started. 

     You looked at all of your coworkers around you passing the time and you did the same thing, sitting down to wait and pulling out your phone to begin to endlessly scroll while you waited. That was as good a way to pass the time as any, right? 

     You were barely focusing on what you were seeing. Book recommendations, the newest makeup hack, out of context clips from some reality show.

     You sat up straight. The video currently on your screen caught your attention. It was a fan made edit of Shayne, one of your coworkers, and Courtney, another one of your coworkers who also happened to be your partner of nearly a month. 

     You watched in the video as a bunch of shots of Shayne and Courtney hugging and glancing at each other—and even one of them kissing—were put together while the words to a Taylor Swift song ran across the screen. 

     You gripped your phone tighter. You couldn’t look away.

     “Oh, I’ve seen that video,” you turned around to find Amanda watching over your shoulder. “Isn’t it amazing? Some of these fans are crazy talented. I almost believe they’re dating.”

     “Almost,” you managed through closed teeth. You knew Amanda didn’t know that you and Courtney were dating. How could she know when you’d been sure to keep it private? You hadn’t told any of your coworkers yet. But the comment still stung. 

     You shut off your phone and took a deep breath. The worst part was, this wasn’t the first one of these you’d seen. Sure, the most convincing maybe. But you had seen a number of edits centering around their relationship. Add that to the constant slew of comments shipping them, the infamous fanfiction you’d heard about, and everyone at Smosh’s comments about Shayne and Courtney being ‘work spouses’ and you could almost believe they were together too. 

     When you’d first joined Smosh (and started dating Courtney not long after) you’d recognized how close them and Shayne  seemed. You’d been ready to dismiss it as merely a friendship but lately you weren’t so sure. Did you have something to be worried about?

     “Hey guys, what’s up?” Courtney walked over to where you and Amanda were sitting. They smiled at you and you managed a weak smile back.

     “We were just—” Amanda started, but you interrupted her.

     “Nothing,” you told them. You did not want to have this conversation now. Because then you’d have to tell Courtney the truth and you definitely didn’t want to do that. How would they react if they realized you were that jealous and insecure?

     Courtney furrowed their brow, “Oh ok. I was just going to ask if (Y/n) wanted to run to get coffee with me before we start shooting.”

     You knew what they meant. Whenever you could, you and Courtney tried to sneak away to have a little alone time without everyone’s eyes on you. They now smiled at you expectantly but you honestly didn’t have it in you to pretend like everything was fine and that you weren’t questioning your relationship. 

     “I just had some coffee, actually,” you said smiling, “You go ahead.”

     Courtney looked at you like you’d slapped them in the face and you felt bad, you really did. “Oh ok, I’ll ask Shayne or someone if they want to come with.”

     As they started to walk away you suddenly didn’t feel bad anymore. You were sure they’d rather go with Shayne anyway. You were just helping them by getting out of the way, you thought bitterly.

     By the end of the week—a week filled with watching Shayne and Courtney talking and laughing and how had you never noticed this before?—you were ready to go home for the weekend. 

     You were headed out the door when you heard, “You ready to go?”

     You turned around to find Courtney standing there with their keys in their hand. You had forgotten that Courtney was your ride that day.

     You nodded and waited until they caught up to you before falling into step beside them.

     “It feels like this week went faster than usual,” they said, “Doesn’t it?”

     You nodded, thinking that actually it drug on and on and you couldn’t wait to be away from work, but you didn’t say anything of the sort and you saw Courtney turn to look at you while you kept your eyes firmly on the ground.

     “(Y/n), are you ok?” They asked you.

     “Why wouldn’t I be?” You asked back, attempting a smile. 

     You assumed they had probably noticed you acting differently that week even though you had done your best to act normal. But it was hard when you had to pretend everything was normal and fine when it wasn’t. 

      You kept walking. Courtney chattered on about their day and your coworkers throughout the whole long walk to their car. 

     “So, are you here on Monday?” They asked you.

     “I am,” you answered, “But only for a couple of hours. I have a few things to do and then I’ll be out. You?”

     “Same, but I have to be here early. I have a live with Shayne that I’m doing in the morning.”

     You kept walking but you clenched your fist tight. Of course. 

     “Oh?” Was all you could manage. 

     “We’re giving dating advice and stuff like that. Should be fun!” 

     “Yeah, well I’m sure you and Shayne would just love talking about dating together,” you bit out. You couldn’t help it. You didn’t mean to say anything to Courtney. To let them know what you were feeling. But it just came out. You couldn’t take it anymore.

      Courtney looked at you for a moment before realization dawned on their face. 

     “Is that why you’ve been acting strange lately? Because of Shayne and me?” Courtney asked. 

     “It just seems like you two are a lot more than friends,” you mumbled, embarrassed. 

     Courtney closed the distance between you and pulled you into an embrace. 

     “(Y/n), you don’t have to worry about that. Ever,” they said leaning back a little to look at you. “Shayne and I are good friends, but that’s it. I promise. Ok?”

     You nodded, “I know and I’m sorry, I was being stupid. It’s just—I don’t want to lose you.”

     Courtney rubbed your back. “You never have to worry about that. I love you. It’s you, (Y/n). It’s only you. I’m yours forever.”

     Tears spring to your eyes as you realized how foolish you’d been and how lucky you were to have Courtney. You loved them and they loved you. 

     You hugged them tighter as you said, “I love you, Court.”

     “I just wish you’d come to me,” Courtney said, “If you’ve been feeling this way for a while.”

     “I just didn’t want you to think I was a pathetic and jealous girlfriend all the time,” you said quietly.

     “Well, you have no reason to be jealous and you could never be pathetic,” they said, “and you can always talk to me. About anything.”

     “And I will,” you said, “from now on.”

     You both stood there in the silence for a moment before you they it.

     “So what do you say we get some coffee now?” They asked you. “Not with Shayne. Just me and you.”

     “I would love that,” you said, taking their hand, “I would love that a lot.”

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ˋ°•*⁀➷ I hope you enjoyed this, I adore writing for courtney!! have a lovely week <3

[imoenhatesthis]

Lily Orchard and Imoen: Is the Mod Popular?

So unfortunately, Lily Orchard talks about the Imoen Romance mod in her 'Addressing Allegations' video (starting at 39:31, ending at 41:13) in regards to Courtney, whose made allegations against Lily you can hear for yourself here. Please heed the trigger warnings in both videos, though I won't be going in-depth here.

In this video, Lily describes that Gorion's Ward and Imoen are "the best of friends whose closeness borders on romantic at times...", (40:13) who discover being siblings in BGII. That isn't true but whatever, I'm not here to talk about the game itself. After going through her other sister OCs, she ends by going, "[I] talked about one of the most infamous and positively received mods for one of the most popular RPGs ever made," (41:05) end quote, so clearly this doesn't have anything to do with the real life allegations.

Two issues: One is that this is a deflection that does not address Courtney's allegations at all, or why she would find the fascination with those characters suspect. But the second is that this idea that the mod is popular and well-loved is just not true, and I'm going to spend time arguing against. If anything, how decidedly unpopular it is says that Lily is the one actively seeking out this content.

So why didn't Lily show proof about the mod's popularity in her debunking video? Maybe include a positive review? Well...

There was once a forum dedicated to the mod, populated only by people who'd want to play this kind of thing. So, if Lily is remembering this forum, that information is going to be skewed one way with any negative reviews chased out. It's long gone now, so I can't pull numbers. Instead, I'll be using general forum spaces that are probably the most popular with general BG fans, Beamdog and Reddit.

On the official EE mod release thread on the Beamdog forum... the total combination of posts from the author/coder and players only total 30 pages, with posts as recent as this month. 25 posts a page equals 750 posts altogether from across 10 years, though the most recent page is just 1 post, so 726. If we're SUPER charitable and say that's about 700 people playing and posting there throughout 10 years, not including mod authors, that's a minuscule audience. Especially when the original BGII game sold about 2 million copies, as well as Steam estimated selling about a million copies of the Steam release of the Enhanced Edition. Let's say the old deleted forum had about 1 thousand, maybe 2 thousand members, let's say there may be 10,000 downloads of the mod--that's still such a small percentage as to not matter. Definitely not enough to call it popular in the community.

Googling for lists of the best mods for BGII will bring up mods for the UI, general tweaks, difficulty, visuals, and portraits/voices. Especially portraits, people really like portrait mods. Sometimes the BG1 NPC Project is mentioned (which has it's own controversies, it's just probably the most talked about of any of these), but all of these will come long before a mention of NPC mods. So, NPC mods, especially romantic ones, are a niche of a niche.

On a few forums where I do see someone recommend the Imoen Romance as a "required mod"... most of the time they get a negative response.

(Source)

(Source)

Just straight Googling Imoen Romance mod or mod reviews will bring up forums with pages in the single digits, with general discussion devoted to "Is this incest?" questions. It's impossible to go onto any forum post about the romance without at least one person weirded out by it's existence. So, there's at least a variety of opinions on the mod, it's not overwhelmingly positive.

But fine, that's general forums. What about BG mod reviewers? ONCE AGAIN, never ever reach out to these people.

Lily uses the Smoldering Mod Bar's review of Saerilith Romance to condemn that specific mod for its bad writing and taboo themes. It sure would be something if the mod reviewer also had a negative view on Imoen Romance...Oh wait:

(Source)

Okay, well, let's look at positive reviews instead. Lily has also quoted a Beamdog forum review to defend her views on the mod:

(Source)

Why didn't Lily link to the review in question? It would prove to everyone people love her favorite mod just as much as she does, right? Well, I can link it below:

(Source; scored on a 5/5 scale)

Oh, that's not quite as positive as she'd have you believe. Still liked it, but not quite to the level Lily does.

Here's another Beamdog mod reviewer making similar negative points, despite overall loving the mod:

(Source) Even reviewers who champion the mod as great can point out "Wow, this talks about incest quite a lot in a way it didn't even have to." And about it's other flaws too, things Lily never does.

I'm not saying NO ONE thinks the mod is good or that no one has ever mentioned it. I included positive reviews for a reason.

The issue is lying about how popular and well-liked the mod is in order to paint her sister as a crazy obsessed stalker whose just overreading into things. Especially saying this in a video about those allegations, and especially after saying the Gorion's Ward and Imoen are "romantic at times" all in the same breath. Putting ANY lie in this specific video is a serious stain on the credibility of Lily, thus it's important to call it out.

[sparkyblizz]

third post I've made about Evie Vigil's iconic line in recent time but upon playing this case again, I noted that the entire interaction is EVEN MORE on the nose than I've given it credit for!

(pray forgive the discourtesy of the jarring splicing, the Nintendo Switch only captures 30 second long clips so I had to take two separate ones for this)

elaboration under the cut

the straight up reference to romance and when prompted to elaborate, explaining her interest in relationships, then speculating about Courtney and Albert (who don't know each other) and then Albert and Barok (who are in fact close friends)... and she would've already seen proof of their friendship in the way they've referred to each other by their first names in court (which is especially notable because they're from different social classes and customarily, someone like Albert would refer to Barok as Lord van Zieks because he's a noble)...

and to top it all off, Ryu basically thinking to himself "shit, she's got a point"! also I cannot get over the fact that she straight up entertains the idea of romance between Courtney Sithe and Enoch Drebber (crackship if I've ever heard one, also Courtney is married)

I also love how that particular sprite of her clasping her hands together and tilting her head shows up at those specific statements... about how romantic it'd be, how she views everything in relationships, and about Albert and Barok...

benbaro aside, no matter which way you look at it, she's smart! now the only thing I can't wrap my head around is, if she's so astute, how come she didn't figure out the truth behind her husband's employment situation...

[natalynsie]

The Noah Plan (Noco Oneshot)

“I can’t believe I’m saying this, but everything Duncan’s saying is true.”

Gwen dropped into her chair next to Cody in French. It was a typical Wednesday, and Cody and Gwen just came from their History class.

Gwen didn’t like Cody at first. At all. Cody knew that. But he persevered (he didn’t leave her alone) and eventually she grew to tolerate him. And then be kind-of friends with him. Now Cody got to listen to her complaints about… everyone.

“Courtney has a major stick up her butt.”

Yup, there it was.

“Why do you say that?” Cody asked.

“She’s just so controlling about, well, everything! I can’t stand being her history partner. It’s all ‘Gwen we have to do our project on Jacques Cartier’, ‘Gwen, you have to indent exactly 1.25 centimeters so we’re all on the same page’, ‘Gwen, you have terrible handwriting’. Ugh, everything is her way or the highway.”

Cody and Gwen had the same History class, but seats were assigned. Their teacher promised to change them every quarter, and thankfully, it was close to ending. Cody was a social guy, but Ezekiel was impossible to talk to. And impossible to work with. His denial of everything related to prejudice of the early settlers meant they couldn’t do reports on 75% of events. And also, he had an eye on a classmate of his that he was hoping to sit next to.

“Settle down students,” the teacher called to the students.

Gwen lowered her voice. “And the worst part? She complains about how stuck up Noah is.”

Cody perked up. “Yeah?”

“She apparently shares every club with him. Model UN, Debate, Student Government, National Honor Society. I think that’s too many clubs, but whatever. Anyways, she’s always saying that he’s prudish abt fucking like… I don’t know nerd stuff. And she celebrates whenever he skips out on Student Gov. for Book Club.”

“What day is Book Club?”

“Uh, Wednesdays, why?”

“Do you think they’ll let me join?”

“Why wouldn’t they?”

“I mean if they’re halfway through the book.”

“Right. Well, I’m in Book Club and we’re not. You’re welcome to join, but since when did you read?”

“I like reading,” Cody dragged his eyes from the board to Gwen. “Always have.”

“...Right. I just joined for something to put on my college applications.”

“So mind if I join?”

“I guess not.”

“Sweet!” Cody exclaimed, a little loudly.

The teacher whipped her head around to face Cody, with a stern frown on her face.

Cody grinned sheepishly. “Désolé.”

That afternoon, Cody entered an English classroom where the Book Club met. There were probably 7 people in the room, not including the teacher. Cody took his seat next to Gwen. No sign of Noah.

After he sat down, the club began to discuss the first chapter of the book they started reading. The teacher had given Cody a copy to catch him up to speed, and Cody read the first three pages before he got bored. How did people read this boring junk for fun? Once he hit the fourth page, he blankly stared at the words and counted down the minutes until he would leave. He probably wouldn’t come back. Noah didn’t even show up.

Cody took a glance at the clock- 3:29.

Then the door creaked open.

Cody turned his gaze towards the door to see Noah slipping in. He sat himself in an empty chair next to some Grade 9 kid that Cody didn’t know.

Noah didn’t say much for the last 30 minutes. But at least he was there! Next week, Cody was going to talk with him.

But that did mean he had to read the book.

~~~

Noah wasn’t there next week.

Cody had read up to chapter seven, just for Noah to not show up. He felt annoyed, betrayed even. By a boy he didn’t even know.

He had spent his entire week thinking about what he would say and his strategies on how he would talk to Noah specifically. Well he didn’t actually know much about Noah. He knew that he was friends with Owen, and that he liked books, and that he was sarcastic. Cody had been working on his humor. It was going… well, maybe it’s good that Noah didn’t show up.

Cody walked out to meet Tyler, his ride to the mall. He pulled out his phone- as expected, no texts or calls.

“Hey, Cody!”

Cody looked up to see Owen running straight at him.

“Oh, hey Owen!” Cody waved as Owen approached. “It’s been too long man.”

Owen gave Cody a fist bump. “Yeah! We should totally hang out sometime. I don’t think we’ve properly hung out since summer.”

“Sure! I’m free-”

“Move it along, Lunchbox.”

Cody shot his head up. Owen was the one, the only, Noah.

“Noah! What do you think about Cody taking a ride with us?”

Noah cupped a hand around his ear. “Huh?”

“Would you mind-”

“I actually already have a ride,” Cody told Owen. But really, he wished he didn’t. “And I’m going to the mall, I have work today.”

“Oh, Noah too! He works at that bookstore on the third floor on weekdays, except for Thursday. I was going to drop him off and then go home. You can tell whoever’s driving you that you don’t need a ride.”

“I’m going with Tyler and he’s going to the same place, so I can’t tell him no now. I’ll see you later Owen.”

“Totally! Text me when you get off work, we can make plans.”

“Sounds good. See you man!”

Owen waved Cody as he walked over to Noah and away.

He works at that bookstore on the third floor on weekdays, except for Thursday.

New plan.

~~~

Cody decided he would stay at Book Club one more time before quitting for good. He couldn’t keep up with the reading anymore. And Noah wasn’t even there most of the time. He thinks.

And maybe Noah would show up if he stayed one more time.

Lucky for Cody, he was right.

This time, Cody made sure to make a few comments on the book. He got too nervous to make any jokes, but Noah nodded in agreement to one of his opinions.

That counted as a win.

That Friday, Cody was ready. He knew Noah had work that afternoon. He was going to go straight up to him and start a conversation. About books. Because Noah liked books.

In History, Cody gazed from his seat in the middle to Noah in the front. He had nice hair. It looked soft and sleek. He took really good care of it. In STEM, he took occasional glances backwards to see Noah staring boredly at the screen, eyes blinking slowly. And in English (where he sat next to Noah) he actually got to talk to him! It was rare that anyone was allowed to say a word in English, but peer review came in handy. He got to comment on Noah’s work, but it was kind of hard to find anything to comment on. It was too good.

Noah handed Cody his essay, margins filled with edits and suggestions. “Cool topic. But you have syntax issues.”

Cody’s eyes glanced over Noah’s edits and chuckled. But he did make the essay more readable.

Oh, to be an English person.

Before he knew it, school was over, and Cody was yet again bumming a ride with Tyler to the mall. He took a quick trip to visit Trent at his job at the record store, and after a while left to the bookstore.

He first stepped in, and scanned the cash register. Noah was behind the counter. He quickly averted his vision and decided to browse the selection.

First of all, he decided that he needed a nice book. One that would impress Noah. But one that he would still enjoy.

Then he was reminded that he didn’t like to read.

He moved from the Thriller section to the Non-Fiction section, and picked up a book on the history of Physics. He wanted to get a headstart since he planned on taking Physics for his last year. Plus, it would make him seem smart. He really needed that after what happened in English.

He went to the counter and placed the book down. Noah scanned it.

“Oh, hey Noah!” Cody said, acting like he hadn’t seen him earlier. “I didn’t know you worked here.”

Noah glanced up. “Yeah, hey. That’ll be $20.99.”

“Do you take Physics this year?”

“Uh, yeah.”

“Cool, cool, I take Chemistry. I’m just trying to get a headstart for next year.”

“Good for you.”

Cody chuckled awkwardly. “Okay, I guess I’ll see you later Noah.”

“See you…” Noah snapped his finger in silence for a moment, “dude.”

Cody waved and left.

Well that was awkward.

It now hit Cody- Noah didn’t even know his name.

However, Cody was dedicated. Maybe going straight up to Noah wasn’t his greatest plan. He was going to find another way, and it was going to be through Owen.

[mysteria157]

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[opinated-user]

about 2:30:00 into lilys stream editing the drama video

"courtneys eyes are blue actually" ... "hey mikay, what colour are your eyes?"

when you know the eye colour of the person youre totally not obsessed with (yes they grew up together, but eye colour isnt something you tend to remember about a person unless you really like them) but not your wifes. the jokes just write themselves huh

they don't live together and LO is more attracted to Lolo than to her own wife, why would she remember such a detail about her? but seriously, you don't actually need to like someone in order to remember their eye color. that's not really indicative of much... now, don't remembering the eye color of your own wife was an actual joke on the Simpsons about how Homer was neglecting Marge and only compensating her by remembering it on his own. when Homer Simpson turned out to be a more caring spouse than you, that should be your alert to do something about it. like taking out your wife from the hoarder house full of used needles in the ground, for one.

[fruitbasketball]

wnba recap 6/27

holy FUCK bro what a fucking day i know i’m late but let’s get into it

minnesota lynx vs. dallas wings

there is genuinely no world in which the wings should have won this game. none at all. rike shot 8-17 and that’s GOOD for her. mccowan had a double double, solid work, but everyone should really be thanking odyssey sims. everyone say thank you!!! say thank you kim mulkey!!!

yeah y’all should’ve left courtney williams in chicago if she was just gonna win the cup and then pull this shit. 1-6? lord we got klay thompson himself in the w. lynx bench is really just zero help like poor phee put the team on her back against dallas and it just didn’t pan out.

connecticut sun vs. washington mystics

the fact that this game even went to overtime… connecticut you are in trouuuubleeee! i thought it was gonna go to DOUBLE too. shout out shatori walker-kimbrough because miss girl was automatic until she had to hit that clutch 3 😭😭 nah i’m playing but lord help poor aaliyah edwards. this girl was never injured in college and missing this many games. THEN she gets to washington and her teammates are injured or running furniture stores, and her own back is out. my poor husky i’m so sorry baby

now ms. alyssa thomas. 1-5?? 7 points??? 37 MINUTES????? lord give me strength this team is gonna piss me off thank god she got 8 boards bc why the fuck else are you on the floor. dijonai 4-9 from 3 tho thank you good god. since no one else on that damn team could hit a 3. what do you MEAN 2-9?? db bro??? jesus christ.

las vegas aces vs. chicago sky

AYEEEE SEC LINKUPPPPP IK Y’ALL SEE DAT ‼️‼️ we got the bayou barbie, killa kamilla, and the m’vp herself going head to head to head

dawn staley not too happy about her girl blocking her girl but it’s all love <3 HELLOOOOOO A’JA WILSON 30 PIECE! HELLOOOO ANGEL 9TH STRAIGHT DOUBLE DOUBLE. I GOT MY MVP. I GOT MY ROTY. THIS IS GOOD FUCKING TELEVISION THANK YEWWWW ‼️‼️‼️‼️

in other news… the 3 points from kysre explains some… other events that transpired maybe

indiana fever vs. seattle storm

YEEEEEAAAAHHH GIVE IT TO EM GOLD MAMBA. GIMME THAT SHIT. i love jewell loyd so fucking much idc. i literally LOVE her.

34 points???? on 10-15??? with one eye??? yeah. YEAH.

kristy wallace get out the fuckin league bro. 18 whole minutes and you couldn’t contribute a single bucket. what are we doing here guys??? why is christie sides’ head so far up her own ass??

caitlin clark - great efficiency from the field. good shot selection.

nneka double double, sds what the fuck, sami whitcomb i just feel like you should be playing soccer and idk why, nika… played for 1 whole minute!

anyway seattle absolutely clobbers the fever in a somewhat rare occasion of having their shit together so that was like really good!

[lol-jackles]

So question about a show like Friends. What made people like Rachel more than Monica? CC is objectively way prettier than JA, and her character is the uniting link between all the others, plus Mondler was quite popular. I’m also confused why CC wasn’t even nominated for an Emmy? Her acting was just as good or bad as the others…

Conversely, Ross doesn’t seem to be as popular now. Was that always true? And as the first one cast for whom the role was written and who was paid the most, didn’t DS have any say in how annoying woobie they were making Ross? Tbh while a bit toxic, I didn’t dislike Ross much and I was never a Rachel fan so things haven’t aged too badly for me. Thoughts?

Also in general what do you think about the 6 leads career before and after Friends?

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Because Jennifer was hella ambitious and she latched onto Courtney Cox who was the best-known actor at the time. She and Courtney became the Jensen and Jared of the Friends fandom.  Then you have Jennifer’s father who has been working in Hollywood for 30 years and knows enough of the network to give his daughter the advantage.  Between this and Jennifer's PR team, they got the media to make a fuss over Jennifer’s hair style.  The show’s premise switched from Monica and Ross as the show’s sibling leads to the insufferable Rachel-Ross story arc. Other characters mentioned how hot and beautiful Rachel is, except she’s not noticeably more attractive looking than Monica and Phoebe.  Jennifer's manager and PR team continue to work overtime and successfully maneuvered her as the "America’s sweetheart" even though she was born into Hollywood semi-royalty while her colleagues came from humble beginnings.  Rachel Green got to be the most developed character while Monica Geller was flanderized into a shrieking neurotic.

As you said, Monica and Ross were originally supposed to be the focus of the show as all characters are there because of them.  Monica and Ross knew Rachel in high school, Ross and Chandler were college roommates.  Monica and Phoebe were former roommates.  Chandler and Joey are current roommates.  It was supposed to center around the siblings; it was called Friends after all, not Fucking.

I think Ross's popularity is the same now as it was then, with its usual waxing and waning depending on the new fans' age and maturity level. IMO David Schwimmer saved Ross from becoming a caricature because only he can make Ross’s “we were on a break! and "pivot!” and "FINE" after finding out about Joey and Rachel into something that is relatable and making it iconic instead of annoying. After Monica who cooked and looked after everyone without thanks or acknowledgement, Ross was probably the second most caring and generous out of the group, like when he walked his ex-wife down the aisle at her wedding.

Actors don’t have power over the direction of their character unless the show is based on their creation, like the shows Rosanne and Seinfield were based on their stand up comic routines. But even then actors still don't have power, Rosanne Barr had a mini-strike on set over lines she didn't agree with and still lost out.

"what do you think about the 6 leads career before and after Friends?"

I liked Courtney's career pre-Friends and during Friends than her post-Friends era. I have to admit I really liked Jennifer's predatory dentist in Horrible Bosses, only second to Steve Martin's sadistic dentist in Little Shops of Horror. She's having the best career trajectory post-Friends. David is the best actor of the cast and I liked him in Uprising and The Laundromat and his portrayal as the late Robert Kardasian is my guilty pleasure. His career as a character actor is going well even when it's hard not to see Ross Geller at first. I've only seen Lisa when she guest starred on The Good Place as the brilliant Hypatia from ancient Egypt who was reduced into a Phoebe because eternal happiness turns you into a brain-dead happiness zombie. Matt continues to play version of his Joey character, or maybe he's just playing himself. Rest in Peace, Matthew, 17 Again was underrated.