#Dan you can say jk now

[thebirdsareafterme]

Just had a full on mental breakdown to this song!! Cuz wtf Dave???? He’s actually not doing that!!! Not anymore!!!

[caesium-55]

—seven days. [ vi.iii ]

pairing: max verstappen x manager! reader.

summary: as the third time world champion, max verstappen's manager, you function on the belief that whatever max verstappen wanted, max verstappen shall get. but this time, after four years of working as his manager, you can't give him what he wants anymore and that was to stay.

author's note: updating bc i love yall. lol jk i dont want to study for my engineering management long quiz yet. sum1 yell at me to start studying or smth.

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The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021 is a little dramatic in Max’s opinion. Some would say controversial. A lot of restarts. The issue with the safety car. Hamilton and Verstappen goes neck to neck. 369.5 points to 369.5. In the end, Verstappen overtakes Hamilton and wins the 2021 World Drivers' Championship.

The team celebrates with him after winning and in the sea of Red Bull employees, Max searches for you.

He won! Max Verstappen won! He’s a WDC now! He finally made truth of the world he told you in 2019.

Kelly appears and kisses him square on the lips. Max sees you in his peripheral vision, pulling your ball cap lower on your face before turning around and leaving. He wants to call you but Kelly keeps him in place.

Max visits your hotel room later, all happy and he holds the canned bottle of beer to you when you open the door.

“I’m not the sour loser anymore.”

You smile at him and Max feels like he’s on top of the podium again.

“Told ya you’ll be champion one day. Congrats, champ. Very happy for you.”

Champ.

Max decides that he likes Champ over every name you call him.

2022

you: go to fucking sleep u degenerate gamer

you: its 3 in the morning you have a race at 8

max: youre not my mother

you: i am ur manager u ass

you: and i have ur mom’s cell no

you: i will fucking call her if ur stream doesn't turn offline in ten seconds

you: 10…

max: you wouldnt dare

you: 9…

He moves into a penthouse at the beginning of the year and purchases a jet, Dassault Falcon 900EX, to make the traveling easier. Flying commercial absolutely sucks, even first class.

When he mentions the money he spent; the penthouse rental cost, the price of the jet plus maintenance of the private plane service, you have stood up and went to the balcony to stare at the Monaco scenery to gather your thoughts. Max laughs as he watches your brain overheat. He tells security that you’re to be given an immediate pass into the building and his penthouse without the need of going through the strict security checks. He gives you a keycard that you barely use because you knock on the door every single time you come by. A month later, Kelly and Penelope move in and this is the beginning of the little family charade.

“What are you doing?”

“Is it not obvious?” you gesture to the iPad in your hand. “Readin’ a Lestappen fic in AO3.”

Max’s brows furrow.

“Lestappen?”

“The ship name between you and Charles. Lestappen. Leclerc, Verstappen, Lestappen,” you say as if it’s the most obvious thing in the world and he’s stupid for even asking, waving your hand in a complicated flourish. “It’s good. Top-tier literature. Want me to send you the link?”

Max’s nose scrunches, “So there are people who ship me and Charles?”

“You’d be surprised.”

“Romantically?”

You nod, “Want the link?”

“Absolutely not.”

You shrug your shoulders.

“Your loss.”

Max wins P1 (as things should be) in Austin, Hamilton P2, and Leclerc P3. The team holds a private drinking party in the hotel bar. Max sits with Leclerc, whom he has invited, and Lando, who came with Daniel, and Daniel because he’s Daniel and he still gets a free pass in Red Bull parties even though he’s in McLaren now.

Daniel passes him a bottle of Heineken and Max searches for the bottle opener on the table but it's nowhere. He reaches for you, who sits on the neighboring table with the PR team. Max grabs the hem of your polo shirt sleeve and tugs slightly to get your attention. He opens his mouth to ask if you’ve seen the bottle opener but you got to moving, not even giving Max the chance to speak.

Without even interrupting your conversation with the PR people or even breaking eye contact with the person who is talking animatedly, you take the beer bottle from Max’s hand, toss a hand towel on top of it, then you use your teeth to remove the cap. It opens with a loud click. You wipe the rim of the bottle, pocketing the bottle cap, before returning the Heineken to Max.

Max looks at the Heineken bottle in his hand.

You know, Sophie, Max’s mother, always say that there's a certain type of intimacy existing when two people are able to communicate without the use of words. People associate intimacy with bare skins and basking in the fragility and vulnerability of a person, but intimacy goes deeper than mere nakedness and showing all the bare parts of you to the other person. Intimacy comes hand in hand with truth. When you admit your truth to the other person, that's intimacy. Her knowing his truth, his needs, without him telling her. That's another kind. If that's not the purest form of love then he does not know what is.

Charles pats his shoulder to pull him to reality.

At that moment, Max decides he’s an asshole because he just realized that he likes his manager after she opens his beer bottle and he has a fucking girlfriend now.

Max wins WDC for the second year in a row. Leclerc is at second and Perez at third. He’s on the top of the fucking world. Everything feels right now that he’s standing at the top.

His eyes search for you in the crowd but he doesn't find you. Only Kelly. He kisses Kelly, celebrates with the team, and visits you in your hotel room later with a cold can of beer in hand. It's a little past midnight, his watch tells him. You open the door seconds after Max knocks.

“Have you talked to Horner?” you ask, accepting the beer and opening it. The loud click when you open it feels satisfying in his ears.

You’ve changed out of the Red Bull polo now and instead, you wear a black shirt.

“No,” Max shakes his head.

“When will you?”

“Soon.”

That's the only truth he can offer. Because the bigger truth is this: Max doesn't want you going anywhere, not even the engineering team who works closely with him. He only wants you here, beside him, behind him, at all times.

One more year. One more year and he's going to tell Christian to move you to the engineering team. One more year to have you and he’ll let you go.

(That's what he told himself last year, too.)

“Okay,” you nod and it relieves Max that you’re not arguing with him about it. “Congrats, Champ.”

You don't fly with him to Monaco. You don't fly with the team either. Instead, you fly to Texas immediately straight from Abu Dhabi. Max calls you once in the middle of break to greet you happy holidays and you mail him his gift—a clay keychain figure of him. He adds it to his keys, sitting right next to the beaded keychain you gave him back in 2020 and a bottle opener keychain in 2021.

2023

“Should I break up with Kelly?”

Your head snaps up at a speed that should be considered a hazard, stunned. You give Max a look that can be translated as: Did the g-force finally catch up to your brain?

“What prompted this?” you question, slowly setting Max’s laptop aside. You’re working on fixing his laptop’s wifi connection while he’s getting his makeup done for the Heineken ad filming. Once the makeup artist deemed him done and left the room, he immediately took the chance to ask the question.

“Nothing,” he lies.

“I’ll throw away your laptop if you don't tell me the truth,” you threaten.

“It's just—” Max pauses. His mouth feels dry. He licks his lips before continuing, “It’s just… I don't know how to explain it. It feels like I don't love Kelly anymore.”

I think I love you, [Name].

“Aight,” you grab a monoblock chair and drag it until it's right beside Max’s chair and plop your ass down. You sigh deeply before your face schools into complete seriousness. “Can't believe I’m the one givin’ you this talk. Uh, Max, you see, in a relationship, you typically experience this period called the honeymoon phase.”

Max nods slowly. He doesn't know where you're trying to get at but he clings on each word that leaves your mouth.

“The honeymoon phase can last anywhere from months to years and when it's done, the strong feelings and infatuation you have for Kelly decreases and that's natural. This is the stage where your bond with Kelly is strengthened,” you explain. “It's not all sunshine and rainbows. It can get boring. But the love is still there. It's just…well, less intense than before.”

He wants to ask if this happened to you and Leo as well, but he bites his tongue and says a different thing instead, “You give advice like a relationship guru.”

“Baby, I have a long list of ex-lovers. Kelly’s your first girlfriend. You don't have a say.”

Your birthday is near. Daniel shares to Max that he’s buying you a new ball cap this year, signed by your favorite professional billiard player. Max needs to give you something better.

He thinks about the things you like. He makes a list. It's a short one.

Beer

A spot in the engineering team.

Your family

He cannot give number three. He cannot give what you already have. He can give you number two but he doesn't want to. He doesn't want you to be anything other than his manager. He can give you number one but it'll be very lame of him if he gives you beer for your birthday. What is better than Daniel’s gift? What would you like more than a ballcap?

Max calls his sister that evening.

“Shoes,” she says. “Oh wait, that's a little hard. You might get her shoe size wrong.”

“She’s size 7. In Euro, 37,” Max states a little too quickly and a little too sure.

“How did you know her shoe size?” Victoria wonders.

“I don't know. I just watch her feet?”

“So, you estimated her shoe size by watching her feet like a creep?”

“I watch her feet a normal amount, Victoria,” Max insists.

“Max, I can't even tell my husband’s shoe size even if I stare at his feet for hours.”

“Maybe you just suck at estimating measurements.”

Max ends up getting the shoes with Victoria’s help. Victoria gets too irritated with him midway because he is too indecisive. He thinks all the shoes that’s displayed do not suit you.

It's not even this difficult when he’s picking shoes to give Kelly. Normally, he just asks the saleswoman to show him the most expensive or the latest in their stock and he buys it, instructs the storespeople to wrap it up and make sure the brand shows because Kelly likes it when the brand is big and bright and attention-grabbing.

“If you think nothing’s pretty enough then go get a custom made shoe,” she advises and then sighs in exasperation. Victoria shakes her head at him. It's not supposed to be a serious suggestion but Max takes it to heart.

Instead of black, Max goes for white. You rarely go in white clothing but when you do, you become so beautiful that Max has to stop himself from kneeling down in front of you and risking everything.

It has pearls and diamonds and satin. All beautiful things that reminded Max of you. Max wants, no, needs to see you put them on. He’s the one who puts it in a box. White-colored with peach stickers and a peach-colored ribbon.

Max plans to give them to you after he wins the Miami Grand Prix. But your family arrives just as he’s about to retrieve it from his driver’s room.

Max meets your family. A family that consists of happy parents and three brothers. You are your family’s unica hija.

Julio [Last Name], your father, is a big man and his accent is thicker than yours and he doesn't call you by your name, only the most affectionate-sounding mija. He reminds Max of a giant teddy bear. A giant teddy bear who crushes rocks for a living.

Your mother, on the other hand, is a stern-looking woman. Sally, her name was. She’s short, compared to you and her sons and her husband.

You have three brothers. One older—you call him Damiano. Two younger—Rafael and Dominic. You are more your mother than your father, Max notices. Appearance-wise anyway. Damiano, too. Sharp-looking, both of you. Your sharpness makes you look charming whereas your Damiano’s sharpness makes him look intimidating. Your two younger brothers are carbon copies of your father, a little round and with kinder looking features.

“Papa, Mama, Bro one, two, and three, this is Max,” you introduce him, smiling widely and you're doing that smile where you’re showing too much gums and your eyes are shaped like crescents. Happiness looks good on you.

He lets out an oof sound when your father engulfs him in a hug. Max hears you exclaim: “Papa!”

Max laughs and waves his hand to tell you that the hug is fine and is very much welcomed.

“Congratulations, Maxwell!” Julio claps Max’s shoulders.

“Papa, please,” you shake your head at your father’s antics. “It's just Max.”

“Ya want to join us for [Name]’s birthday?” Julio invites. Max catches your eyes. You mouth a no but Max shrugs and says, “Sure.”

Max joins the family dinner. It's held in a Mexican restaurant somewhere downtown. Originally, your family reserved a table for ten. But Max has gone ahead and reserved the entire restaurant by paying upfront. You slap Max’s hand but Max laughs and says, “Happy Birthday [Name].”

Over dinner, Maxs learns that Rafael, Dominic, and Damiano are the biggest motosport fans so they all talk about Formula One and occasionally MotoGP. He finds out that they're a big fan of Marc Marquéz. Max tells them that he knows Marc personally and shares his experiences with the man. He promises to send them the man’s signatures. You tell him that he doesn't have to. He tells you that it's his pleasure.

Max listens in attentively as Julio narrates his amazing tales about his work experience. You laugh at the surprised Pikachu face Max makes when Julio is telling the entire table about the creepy call he responded to just the other month. You and your mother occasionally join in on the conversation but are more comfortable with listening to the boys.

Later, you stand up to excuse yourself to go to the bathroom. Max stands from the table five minutes after you leave. He’s drunk too much soda so now he needs to take a piss.

“Are you okay?” Max asks as he catches you reapplying a layer of lipstick—a shade of nude rose—on the sink in front of the washroom.

You hold the lipstick in one hand but the other is holding your right arm, palm covering the word MANAGER printed on the sleeve of your Red Bull polo shirt like it's something to be ashamed about.

“Yeah.” A lie.

The rest of the night goes the way Max wants it. He almost wishes it won't end.

Kelly waits for him in his hotel room. She gives him a gift for winning P1. The shoe box in Max’s backpack remains untouched.

He’s got every country except Singapore, Saudi, and Azerbaijan under his belt. His third WDC is secure even if he loses Abu Dhabi, but Max is selfish. He still wants a P1 in Abu Dhabi so he fights and fights until no one can catch up because of how fast he was.

Kelly comes with him this time to watch him race and support him because it's the final race of the season and she also knows that Max is going to win WDC this year. P is over at her father right now so it's just the two of them.

“Babe!” Max looks up from his laptop. Kelly comes running in and Max’s eyes widened, horrified, when she sees that Kelly is holding it.

The white shoes.

Max stands abruptly. The laptop in his lap falls to the floor and shatters. He curses and crouches down to pick it up and save what he can save. When he looks up, Kelly is sitting on the bed now and is trying the shoes on. Max shoves the damaged laptop aside and strides towards her. He’ll deal with the laptop later.

“That's not—”

“Oh?” Kelly’s face morphs in confusion. “It doesn't fit.”

Kelly chuckles yet it sounds empty and dread pools in Max’s stomach.

“You bought me shoes many times already. There’s no way you’ll get my shoe size wrong.”

Max takes the shoes from her hand quickly and he puts them back carefully in the box.

“That's not for me,” Kelly states.

“It’s not for you,” Max echoes.

“Then who’s it for, Babe?”

Max doesn't answer. Instead, he avoids her gaze.

“Max Emilian Verstappen, who’s the shoes for?” Kelly is seething now.

For the first time in their two nearly three year long relationship, Max and Kelly get into a screaming argument. They get into arguments as all couples do, but never ones with screaming and crying and too much anger in one room.

“I can't go on like this anymore,” Kelly cries. “I can't. I let it go when you made me wait because you celebrated her birthday with her family. I let it go when you made her that crochet bag. I let it go when you bought a billiard table and brought it into our home because she likes playing billiards—”

“I tried breaking up with you!” Max roars and he sees Kelly flinch. “And you told me not to. You used Penelope so I wouldn't break up with you—”

“Do not even say my daughter's name—”

“It's true!” Max throws his hands in the air like a man gone mad. “I told you in fucking July that I think I’m losing feelings for you! You told me to not break up with you because Penelope already thinks of me as her father and it’ll break her heart if I kick you out of my house! I am NOT her father, Kel, her father’s Daniil! You only want me because I can give you everything you want! Money, pride, and a fucking father figure for your child!”

Kelly strikes his cheek. Sharp, fast, and strong. Max remains still in shock and stares ahead.

Kelly has officially become the second person in this world who has raised a hand at Max.

“I hate you,” Kelly utters it with so much intensity. “I hate you. We’re done.”

She leaves quickly.

Max’s phone buzzes.

you: hey champ. race is on in an hour n a half. u good to go?

max: yeah

max: i’ll be there soon

you: i’ll wait for u

max: you always do

Max races with the guilt that he's a cheating asshole. His mother will not be proud of it once she learns that her son has dated a girl and idiotically realized that he’s in love with his manager halfway through the relationship.

Despite the emotional turmoil that swirling inside him, Max takes P1 and becomes a third-time WDC. He celebrates with the team. You excuse yourself, saying you have something important to do, and Max doesn't bother asking you to stay because he knows he’ll visit you in your hotel room later with a cold can of beer. It’s become your ritual now.

He drinks with Daniel, Yuki, and Checo. Five bottles in, he spills everything. He pukes. It tastes disgusting. His world turns into a hazy blur. You came to his rescue because that's what you always do.

Max is so dumb for taking so long in realizing that he's in love with you. It's always been you. You and your dumb considerate attitude and your snarky personality and your crude mouth. He never realized how horrifyingly enormous his desire for you is until its right there in front of him with its mouth wide open, ready to swallow him whole.

you: landed

you: thanks for the jet

you: talk soon gotta get to papa 1st

max: ok

max: stay safe

max: your dad will be alright dont worry

you: i hope so

It has been seven days since the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, three days since you left Monaco, two days since your last conversation in Instagram, and a day before Max flies to Belgium to celebrate the holidays with his mother and sister and his sister’s family.

max: are you okay?

max: just landed in belgium

max: mum and vic says hi

max: hey it's been a week now

max: is your dad okay?

max: im worried

max: call me soon please

max: happy holidays

max: or merry christmas

max: whatever you celebrate there in america

max: yeah i greeted a little too early

max: you didn't answer my call

max: im friends with logan now by the way

max: we talk at times

max: im trying to get him into sim racing

max: maybe it'll help him improve

max: happy holidays

max: i called your cell

max: you know christian just told me something funny

max: he sent an email this morning with a list of candidates for my 2024 manager

max: he said you resigned

max: very funny

max: please tell me you didn't

[emotionally-damaged-carrot]

Charles leclerc x male reader

Reader is sneaking around with Charles (while madly in love with him) and he's carlos's little brother

Possible f1 car fucking while in the garage after a race or at night

Charles Leclerc x Male reader

"Brother's teammate"

Holy fuck this pic makes me go feral, just legit gives me the horny hormones. Makes me want to "NGHH~" every time I see it, I want him to devour me.

Anyway sorry it took a while, been very busy lately, and sorry if it's kinda messy. It's honestly a lot longer than what I had in mind, hope you still enjoy tho 🙏

Warning: smut, kinky car smut or something, obviously hard core cause rawr

(also I used google translate, don't come at me 🙏)

Holy fuck I was busy last week and the week prior, sorry it took so long. I didnt proof read cause it's too long and idk what I even wrote, I just wanted to get this out cause it's been bugging me for some time now. Hope you lot still enjoyed even though it might be shit 🤷‍♂️. You get what you get and you don't bitch about it, jk, might not do anymore f1 ccar fucks holy shit. Peace ✌️

I was never interested in motor sports, until Carlos joined ferrari and got a demi god for a teammate. I never attended any of his races and until he went to ferrari.

"You've attended every race ever since I joined ferrari, what happened?" Carlos asked me as we were walking through the paddock.

"Can't I support my older brother in his passion?" I asked feigning annoyance while also looking around for a certain monegasque driver.

"When your brother hated something suddenly take interest in the thing he hates, is quite concerning, no?" He asked me with confusion laced in his voice.

"And? Come on, Carlos, people change, you know this." I say as I spot the monegasque, my eyes lighting up. He was talking with Lando, he briefly looked up and we made eye contact giving me a smirk.

"Y/n. Y/n. Y/n." I look up as I get cut off from my starstruck sate, seeing Carlos a few feet infront of me.

"¿Qué diablos pasó? What happened y/n?" Carlos says approaching me.

"N-nothing, just, uhm, r-remembered something." I say, looking down to hide the blush crawling up my neck.

"Doesn't seem like nothing, you okay?" He asks confused and concerned, as he put the back of his hand on my forehead.

"Yea, yea, I'm fine." I say as I removed his hand from my forehead. 'He knew what he was doing, if only he wasn't so sexy with that smile and that french accent.'

"What happened here, Carlos?" The light pink of my cheeks now getting redder as I recognized the accent of the person speaking, and the familliar smell. 'Charles'.

"I don't know, he says he's fine but suddenly stopped and blushed while looking down. I have to go now though, so can you watch over him for a bit?" Carlos says, still worried and confused.

"I think he's just dehydrated, I'll take him to get water, you go ahead and do what you need to do." Charles says as he wraps and arm around my shoulder, with his body a bit too close.

"Good to know I have that effect on you." He says as I look up, to see Carlos gone.

"You're a dick, Leclerc." I said with a chuckle and finally standing up properly and leaning my head on his shoulder.

"I know you love my dick, but, keep it for later, bit hassle here in the paddock, no?" He says in a whisper as he leaned down to my ear.

"I swe- I-I wi- I hate- I loathe you." I say as I bury my head further into his shoulder.

He just gives a chuckle and leads me to the caf. I look around, I see George, Alex, Lando and Danny sitting at a table. 'Perfect'

"Let's sit over there with the rest of the quartet and dan." I motioning to them with a wicked smile on my lips.

"You'll regret it, darling." He says as he laughs. We made our way to the table, greeted everyone and sat down beside each with Danny to my left and Charles to my right.

"Thank God, y/n, we have a question, and only you can fix this at the moment." George says with a serious look on his face meanwhile the others had smiles on theirs.

"What is it?" I say now a bit curious.

"Did Carlos really understand Lando when he said "soy lago"? Did Carlos understand what Lando meant or no?" George asked looking directly at my eyes.

"If I'm honest, I didn't bother to ask him. He probably needed Lando to explain it tho." I say with a huff, and looking at Lando who looked happy.

"I will take that as "Carlos did not understand what Lando meant." I guess I was right then, Lando is still shit at spanish." George said now laughing at Lando.

As the other two bickered, I felt Charles sit down next to me now with a tray of food.

"When did you get that?" I asked confused, surely my interaction with George wasn't that long.

"As soon as you sat down I went to get food." He says with a smile while handing me a sandwich, and orange juice.

"Sure hope you're not as fast later." I whispered to his ear giving it a bite.

"I like taking my time when it comes to you, you know, I like savouring the moment. The way you would moan my name and beg for me, it's honestly hot. Especially the way you look all red and gasping under me." Charles whispers to my ear, accent heavier and teeth grazing my ear.

'He knows I love it when he does that, fuck.'

"Y-you're not allowed to do that unless you're about to fuck me to next week." I say a bit loud and hitting his shoulder.

"Excuse me, what?" Lando says surprised with wide eyes, same with George.

Charles laughs loudly, bending forward and burrying his face in his arms on the desk.

"You're excused." I say sarcastically and blushing way too hard now, that it's comparable to Charle's shirt.

"W-w-wait, you two are... a thing??" George asks more like shouted, surprised.

"You might as well put out a PSA while you're asking, George." I say annoyed and even more embarrassed now, as almost everyone was looking at us, it's not helping that Charles is still hysterically laughing into the table.

"Sorry, was just surprised, like, when? How? Why? What??" George asked looking a bit excited to hear the answers.

"Hola Amigos, what's happening?" Carlos said beside me, putting an arm around my shoulder.

Charles lifts his head up a bit, looking at me and starts to laugh even more, seeing that I am now very red, redder than before.

"Carlos, mate, n-nothing, really h-happened I g-guess y/n is just feeling a b-bit warm r-right now." Charles answers, trying his hardest to stop his laughter even for a bit.

"I fucking hate you." I said silently but audible enough for both Carlos and Charles to hear.

"Okay, I'm just gonna grab some food then I have to go back for testing." Carlos says skeptically still not fully convinced that nothing was happening. As he went to get his food I grabbed Charles' hand and dragged him outside. Leaving a giggling Lando and George behind.

As he exitted Charles was calmer now and ceased laughing as he saw my face a bit angry.

"I can change your mood." He said out of nowhere and then taking the lead, walking us both to a secluded enough part of the paddock where almost no one goes. Stopping as we arrived, he took both my hands and stared at my eyes, green orbs meeting mine. After a few seconds, we dove right into each other, lips sliding past the other smoothly. His tounge licking my bottom lip asking for entrance, I obliged eagerly while letting out small moans. His hands now on my hips and mine tangled in his hair, pulling from time to time to hear his groans. Our tounges fighting for dominance, which I obviously lost, and now his tounge is exploring my mouth, like his mapping out the places in case he got lost, or simply to memorize the crevices of my teeth, the texture of my cheeks or the feeling of my tounge gently poking his.

Our heated kissing caused him to pin me against a nearby wall, slamming me against it with a bit of force, but his hand was already at the back of my head tangled in my hair, providing cushion. The hand that remained on my hip squeezed tight, making me open my mouth wider.

"There we go, all gone, you look much better now." Charles says with a smirk as he rests his forehead against mine. Both of us breathing heavily, in need of air after that intense make out session.

"I fucking hate you." I say, now in a daze, lazily resting my body against the wall and looking at his eyes. Admiring his eyes, like they are gems of unfathomable beauty that only a God can comprehend.

"You know you don't."

"No, I don't."

We both chuckle as we fixed ourself and walked out in the open, and headed to the garage for him to get ready for the race.

—

After the race, Carlos got P2 and Charles got P1 with Lando getting P3, what a surprise, no Max on the podium. Probably because of the crash with yuki.

As they spray each other with champagne, I stand on the side with the rest of the ferrari team, waiting for them to get down.

—

After all the media and partying, I found myself alone with Charles, walking back to the garage.

"What exactly did you forget?" I asked confused as we were the only ones left in the garage when we walked in.

"This." He said, and I turned to look at him in confusion, only to be met by a pair of lips on mine and my back against the door. His tounge immidiately went in for the kill, no teasing, and he was in no mood to fight a battle he would always win. He pushed my tounge down everytime I tried to move it remotely close to his.

"You're kinky, Leclerc, I guessing you want to fuck me on your car?" I asked as I pulled back, I needed to pull his head back as well to prevent him from chasing me. Which I succeeded hearing a disappointed groan from him.

"You're my lucky charm, and of course I wanna bless my car with luck as well." He mumbles as he dove into my neck, biting, sucking and kissing every part he can reach. I moaned as I felt him lick a few drops of sweat.

"I drank pineapple juice earlier, incase you wanted to know." He said now biting harder, one of my legs get held up by his strong arms, I peak down to his biceps. Seeing them bulge and seeing the veins from his hand up to his arm, brought me arousal that I didn't know was even possible. Slowly my hands began to wonder into the hems of his jeans and shirt, caressing his abs and teasing his boxers.

"You're a fucking tease, mi amor. And I'm in no mood for that, do me a favour and get on your knees." He says giving one last hard bite on my neck making me pull on his hair, surely leaving teeth marks on my neck. I do as he says, he let go of me completely and I kneel infront of him, my hands on my lap and my eyes trained on his green ones thst are now darker.

"You look so pretty like that, all eager and ready for me. You like that don't you?" He says in a low tone and squatting so we're face to face once more. He put his hand on my chin, his thumb playing with my bottom lip.

"You know this is where you belong right?" He asks in a loving manner, and I nod to answer his question.

"This is what you were meant to be, my fuck toy." He said now smirking as he let go of my chin and stood up.

"Remember how I told you I drank pineapple juice earlier?" I didn't need to be told twice, as soon as the words pineapple juice left his mouth, I immidiately unbutton and unzipped his pants. Now standing in from of me with only his shirt and boxers that can barely contain the monster of monaco.

"Wow, eager." He says as he smiles down at me. I removed his boxers letting it fall on the floor along with his pants. My hand snapped to grab a hold of the beauty that's inches from my mouth, I opened my mouth to devour his meat. As I slowly take it in he suddenly jerked forward and put his hand behind my head to pull me in, making me deep throat him.

"Fuck, I always miss your mouth whenever I'm racing, remembering how you like it when I fuck you after working out or after racing." He says as he looked in bliss and letting out small gasps of air. I full on choke, tears running down my cheeks. I tried to pull back, but he kept me down for a second longer before pulling me back. His cock now covered in my spit some of it dripping down to his balls and falling on his pants.

"I'm sorry, I just needed that." He says as he steps out of his boxers and pants. His hand running through my hair as I continue on coughing, my face turning a bit red.

"You always looked good when you're red." He said as he grabbed my hair rough and making me look up at him, tears running down my cheeks, spit dripping down the sides of my mouth.

"You look fucking delicious right now, amour. If only you could see how you look." He says as he pushes his cock against my lips, my mouth opening on instinct, and letting him push it. But now he does it slowly and more gently than earlier.

"That's it, good boy. You've always been my good boy, haven't you?" He says as I slowly suck his cock feeling the veins against my tounge. I look up at him to see how much pleasure I bring him, my own cock hard as a rock from the groans and moans his letting out.

"Fuck, if you keep looking at me like that, I will hold you down and cum down your throat." He says in between groans and his hips stuttered a bit. A sign that he's close. I keep sucking in a slow and steady pace, taking my time.

"I'm gonna cum." He suddenly says and pushed my head down, making me choke again. I feels his cum going down my throat as I cough around his cock.

"Fuck." I heard his say under his breat as he pulls my head back and making me look up at him, a string of spit and cum connect my lips to his cock.

"You're fucking beautiful, darling." He says, his thumb caressing my bottom lip, feeling and smearing the mixture around.

"Now I want you to be a good boy, strip and bend over the side of my car." I do as he says with eagerness, as I strip down to nothing I feel his eyes on me. I feel his lust filled gaze staring at me, specifically, my ass. After stripping I so ceremoniously took my time to walk and bend over the side of the car. Making sure to sway my hips making my ass jiggle.

"You are such a fucking tease."

"You love it."

"I'll detroy you the moment I get to you, I will make sure you will feel whose dick it was that made you unable to walk for a week. I will make sure you won't forget that ache inside you whenever I fuck you, I will make sure you won't forget who it is that can do that to you... I will make you, you forget your name and only remember mine as you moan it for the world to know. That I am the one you belong to."

Charles said as he approached me slowly until he is right behind me, his tip gently probing at my hole. He slowly wrapped himself around me as he whispered the last parts to my ear with the rasp and growl that I love.

"I will make you beg for me to stop."

I said as he entered me in one swift motion and biting my ear. I out loud surprised by his actions. My legs almost gave and but my arms already did, I lay my torso on the side of the car my face in the cockpit 'it still smells like him' I thought to myself as I breathed deeply, inhaling his musk. He continued to fuck into me roughly, one of his hands now on my hair pulling it hard making me moan in pain. I can hear him breathing heavily the other hand on my waist is gripping it hard, leaving marks. Being overwhelmed with pain and pleasure I came unannounced on the side of the car a few drops managing to get on the seat.

"D-did you just cum?"

He asked with pauses in between words to catch his breath.

"F-fuuuck, S-sorry."

I apologized as his grip on my waist tightened, he continued mercilessly fucking into me like I am a toy. Tears now streaming down my face dropping on the seat mixing with my sweat.

"Y-you should've a-atleast told m-fuck."

He couldn't finish his sentence as he came deep inside me. Painting my red walls white. He continued to fuck into me slowly.

"Since, you came without even telling me. How about you won't cum for the a week, starting now."

He said slowly breathing normally as he started moving fast and hard, pulling me up against his chest I can feel his sweat on my back and the ones dropping from his hair. I laid my head on his shoulder as he buries his face on my neck: kissing, licking, biting and leaving marks. My hands go to his hands that are holding me tight against him.

"You always taste good and sound heavenly."

He said against my neck as he breathe heavily. He continued to fuck into me, dropplets of sweat dropping on the car and the floor, I can feel his previous load being pushed out of my as he came again deep inside me. This time not stopping or slowly down, i tried to hold down my own orgasm so as to not disobey him and make my punishment worse.

"I'm still hard and ready to go, I can do this all night y/n. You better not cum or I'm putting a cock ring on you."

He said on my ear as one of his hands snaked up my body and wrapped around my neck. My hands gripping the side of the cockpit and he continued to fuck into me without stopping, his heavy breathes against my neck my ear and his grip on my neck is too much. I couldn't hold back anymore and I came again.

"You are really naughty tonight."

He said in between heavy breathes and he gripped my dick, and pumping it up and down, that combined with his heavy thrusts and the feeling of being full to the point his cum is overflowing was too much. I tried to push his hand away and push his hips away, pushing against his abs.

"P-please, C-c-charlessss, too m-m-much."

I said in between moans and labored groans.

"You're my toy, y/n, and toys don't talk back to their owner, do they? They just sit there and let it happen."

He said breathing in-between words and he grabbed both my hands in his right and held them tight not letting them move. And his left hand continued to stroke me.

"Be a good boy and take what I give you, you don't have a say in this, amor."

He said against my ear as my moans turned to screaming of his name and begging him to stop.

"Do you really want me to stop, hm?"

He asked me as he slowed down a bit, already missing the pain and ache. I shake my head and asked him why he stopped as tears streamed down my face.

"Well, people might hear you begging me to stop, I guess I have to do something as that mouth of yours."

He said between breathes as the hand that was holding my return to my neck as and slowly went up to my mouth, putting his middle and ring finger inside.

"Suck."

He commanded and I immidiately obeyed, moaning around his fingers as he continued his previous pace.

"F-fuck."

He whispered after a bit, I felt him cum inaide my again, my cock now all ready begging to cum as well.

"If you cum I won't fuck you for a week."

He said with a chuckle. I just whimpered and pushed back against him, feeling his sweaty body sliding against mine.

"P-p-please, I n-n-need."

Only a few words came out of my mouth as he continued again, my hole now very sore. And his thrusts became more and more painful, I bit his fingers that were inside my mouth.

"F-fuck, I'm tired."

He said as he removed his fingers from my mouth and stopped stroking me. I immidiately came as he pulled out. I leaned heavily on the car as I couldn't feel my legs.

"You okay?"

He asked in a soft voice and he made me face him and wiped the tears that were still running down my face and moved the hair sticking to my forehead.

"T-tired."

I said sleepily.

"I know, amor, d-did I go too far."

He asked me worried that he hurt me in a way I didn't like.

"N-no, just perfect."

"Good, we should get dressed so we can return to the hotel. I will clean up you can get dressed first, can you dress yoursel?"

He asked as he carried me gently putting me down on the floor next to our clothes.

"C-can't my body hurts."

I said as I looked at him he already put on his boxers.

"I'll help you, let me just clean up the mess first."

He said as he looked at my lovingly.

"T-thank you."

I said as I passed out from the exhaustion on the floor.

"Sorry if I tired you out, it's just I we haven't done it in weeks and I miss you."

I heard him say before sleeping.

Holyshit it took so long idk what happened to the ending.

[murfpersonalblog]

IWTV S2 Ep3 Musings - Daniel & the Talamasca (SPOILERS)

I can see what the reviewers meant when they complained about the Talamasca & Daniel.

We start off with Daniel nervous AF, tryna keep tabs on all the mindscrewy shenanigans (at the sushi restaurant on his lunchbreak or whatever).

Today's... etcetc Cell phones, google -- Daniel, your handwriting effing sucks. San Francisco. Polynesian Mary's Playboy magazines as a doorstop? doorstep? |CLAUDIA| Mary's cab. Coke...etcetc. Alice. They'll come for me and Kate next--you bet your arse they will! XD THIS TIME I WON'T SAVE YOUR LIFE

He draws an arrow from Save Your Life up to Playboy--I assume cuz those are two incidents with Armand that took place in SanFran?

I really like the Omakase bit--

About how many risks Daniel's subjecting himself to under the whims of these vampires--but also about Daniel's hubris/arrogance breaking the rules of engagement by thinking he has any say over what they do and what he gets out of it, by stepping onto their turf. If you can't take the heat, GTFO their kitchen.

I'm only just now noticing the foreshadowed titles of Dan's books. 🤦 Burning & Blood--AMC swears they're hilarious.

OK, Raglan's been stalking Daniel's career just like Louis did. So my early suspicion about Daniel breaking the NDA was right.

Which is SO EFFING STUPID OF HIM. They're gonna find out! Loumand's literally drawing out this giant tragedy about what happens when vampires--Armand, specifically--are LIED to, and you're gonna pull this mess on them!? You're not even being SUBTLE!

AGREEMENT.pdf--Daniel, you in danger girl.

Raglan, stop tryna gas Dan up b4 they put him off commission permanently. He's no body-snatching psychic CROOK like you.

Get this nosey bish offa my dang screen.

Oof, right in the Devil's Minion feels. U_U

O__O WOAH!? OK, so aside from Dan (played by EB, a white Jew, along with JK) throwing shade at Caucasian European Israelis (which we been knew), he's implying that Armand & Louis might be persons of interest in the UAE by the Israeli gov't & assassins, esp. cuz of their ties to powerful people. But it's funny cuz that's the exact same thing Lou asked about him.

So Dan's telling the sushi patrons there's Israeli spies/assassins crawling around Dubai--STOP, b4 you get that place John Wick'd! XD

Not MI6. 😭 I said JOHN WICK, not JAMES BOND. XD

Raglan's gone full rogue then--if he was still working for the Talamasca he'd have darn near unlimited funds--they got that dirty TEMPLAR money. 💰💰💰

Yeah, and they don't actually call the Talamasca by name in the ep itself--only in the Insider interviews the producers give.

Daniel, why TF are you talking SO EFFING LOUD, when Raglan's whispering, tryna act like he's on the phone NOT talking to you in case y'all ARE being bugged. 🤦 SUBTLETY, my guy. What kinda investigative journalist are you?

I'm starting to suspect they're not gonna do the rockstar!Lestat, and instead this stupid Great Conversion's gonna be what wakes up Akasha/Amel, when their blood/consciousness gets stretched way too thin with all these new vamps being made.

To attempt an interview...? I believe that. We already know Marius & Lestat stalked Talamasca members for decades upon decades. Ain't no way NO vampire ever tried getting close to humans & talk about their lives to someone out of loneliness or something. Esp. the ones not attached to the European covens & all their stupid Great Laws.

Rest in Preternaturalism, Raymond Gallant.

BLENDERS! XD But this is THE most Anne Ricean answer imaginable, cuz everyone lost their ish when she had her vamps flying around with GPS-trackable cellphones in their pockets as they KILLED people. Rookie mistake. 😂

Armand was on a cellphone in S01E07, and he is LITERALLY married to his iPad, so PLEASE, sir. 🙄

There's Santiago's COMPLICIT speech coming back. Ain't no moral high-ground here!

And I figured Armand/AMC was gonna pin it on AMC!Lestat, and his jaded version the Savage Garden.

Armand says technology distracts humans from vampire crimes, but what's distracting vampires from psychic/Talamasca crimes, huh?

ISTG these are the laziest vamps I've ever seen; they care so much about their privacy & security, but aren't reading Dan's mind at all? I hope one of them just casually name-drops Raglan or catches Daniel in the act or something.

Raglan said Daniel's laptop was "comically vulnerable," and uploads a bunch of data files on it from the Bibliotheca Talamasca bestiary/archives--WHY? To help show Daniel he's helpful & trustworthy?

RJ: Omakase? Louis: The conversation was easy and flirtatious.... Armand: And combative. Louis: And combative, yes. Daniel: Arguing as foreplay. RJ: Peruse at your leisure.

I hate this effing show. 🙇🙇🙇

[juliapark13]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cve81XVo7i_/?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg==

Wow just wow 🤩🤩🤩

For me performers in BTS goes like : JM > JK > Hobi > Tae > Suga > Jin > RM

Jimin is superior, no matter who denies it we all know even haters eyes automatically gravitate towards him. Theres a reason why among all member's his fancams went viral multiple times. He gracefully flows but with crisp moves. Basically sex symbol of BTS... no one can say Jimin's performance doesn't make them feel some way lol. Just him wearing his purple outfit with purple eyes and wt hair is enough to captivate people.

Jk and hobi, for me the difference is power and sex appeal. JK gives more power in moves and oozes sex appeal which makes his performance more attractive. He performs like he wanna wreck you lol.

Someone told Jimin always gives : Come and get me energy while JK gives: I'm gonna eat you up energy. Its evident in their performances too.

Tae and Yoongi are laid back perfomers but Tae's cold looks gives him an aura which makes him more appealing to many. While Yoongi only concentrate on expressions while his part comes up. But I don't understand why some are adamant about Tae being in dance line lol. There's a huge difference in movements and stability 3J gives in performance vs tae.

Jin and RM, not best performers but Jin kinda has a cute expression while performing than RM. While RM looks like he's repeating moves which he by hearted. Also many expressions make his performance awkward lol. But it's ok, as dancing line is strong they cover it up.

Interesting analysis. I don’t know how exactly I would place others besides JM and JK, probably similarly as you.

BTS’s performances overall are incomparable and unmatched. But in my opinion JM and JK in both group and solo performances stand out.

Let’s watch some Jimin’s now

1st of all this legendary iconic Jimin main character

Then this most iconic fancam

Lie - timeless iconic, it’s one of my favourite songs by him and my favourite performance

Serendipity - another timeless iconic

Filter - epic

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This Set Me Free Pt.2 performance

This Like Crazy performance, I love this one

Jimin dancing contemporary is my favourite

Basically everything is iconic

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And when Jungkook and Jimin dance and sing together? Unmatched power duo

Imagine if he had concert where he would perform all of his old and new songs…

[jmdbjk]

[...aggressively posts the thoughts of boss man of JIMIN FANCLUB...]

There he is! Yes, it is Chief Executive/Chief Hypeman (not to be confused with Hybe... puh-lease)/Chief ball-juggler/the one and only Jeon Jungkook... [applause APPLAUSE applause] thank you, thank you very much.

[also aggressively crops out the weverse logo]

Some of us were reticent to speak out loud about whether JK would do a live (because Jimin left the country) for fear of being called delulu... but when we all came online... lo and behold... everyone else had the same thoughts... As everyone is saying... two is a coincidence but three times? It's a thing y'all.

It's also not a coincidence that he was playing a Muni Long song in his underwear folding live last month. We should all learn by now, when it comes to Jimin and Jungkook, there are no coincidences.

I love the way he mangled the rap parts! He's one of us!

Is it just me or does that ray of light traveling up the side of his head give Like Crazy MV vibes?

He sang and hummed Angel Pt. 1 intermittently between other songs and chatting throughout this live.

I noticed a few changes in Kook's surroundings and I wonder, since the stalker food delivery scare, I wonder if they've come up with some new guidelines for broadcasting lives from their homes? Use an opaque drink container; point the camera away from areas that show personal affects; keep the volume low enough that you don't disturb your neighbors (this makes me laugh because he has been notorious for potentially disturbing the peace for YEARS!). He received a "semi" complaint. Semi...

Imagine having the retched luck of buying/renting an expensive and very nice apartment in a very nice part of the city... and your punk neighbor is constantly playing loud music/singing in the wee hours of the morning? (have no fear neighbor, he won't be living there forever).

Not a coincidence when Jimin was cautious about being too loud in his own apartment during his #1 BB100 live at 3:30 a.m. Why? He knew that JK received this semi-complaint. If they aren't together, they are surely up in each other's DMs all day. I digress.

I wonder if Kookie is finally listening and following a few of these guidelines? We won't call them rules because I think to Kookie they are just "strongly recommended suggestions" quote/unquote. But perhaps its time he heeds some of these suggestions. I know Hobi would be proud.

Except he was belting out Taeyang's song so he forgot he was supposed to be keeping the volume low hahahahaha.

Kookie cooking a lot lately, gaining weight, no big deal, he can just lose the weight (after all he's a 25 year old male with a mesomorph body type). He says he is back to working out and having to "kind of" have to go back to maintaining his body. His right shoulder is giving him a little issue with tightness but it needs to get better quickly because.... he didn't say.

He reminds us he's not on that old dusty boring Instagram app anymore but he looks at weird and wild TikTok these days (lord help us). But is probably where he saw the Jimin Summoning challenge.

He saw a comment "We're so sorry"... does this mean Weverse Armys finally got the memo about being total dumbasses in the comments in the past and are cleaning up their act now?

Songs he listened to/sang today: Charlie Puth x Dan+Shay: That's Not How This Works; Imase: Night Dancer (JK made a comment that they needed to make songs like this); Taeyang: Seed (In Your Heart); Seventeen: Son Wukong; Taeyang: Shoong!; TWICE: Cupid; Seventeen: Let's Fight.

This made me laugh (turn up the volume):

He mentions Hobi finishing his basic training...

He let out a decidedly resigned sigh and said:

And then he did an military marching chant... and it just occurred to me... JK would make a good drill leader. If that's even a thing?

Right, Kookie... we'll never notice... we'll just be bawling our eyes out every time we see it get shorter and shorter knowing what's coming.

Overall, he looked upbeat and in a very good mood, no low points or withdrawn moments. A lot has happened between the last time we saw him live and now. It seems like he's in a very good and positive frame of mind. He said he would be back soon.

I will leave you with Kookie butt-wiggling in his chair:

[breannastewart]

i’m worried she’ll get cancelled for this like i know she’s a big hp but she can’t do that in 2024…

alright, I’m gonna be 100% real with all of you when I say all of this, and I am saying this as someone who was directly targeted by JK’s comments when they started publicly years ago: this whole notion of cancel culture, is complete bullshit, and does nothing productive for the people you’re supposedly canceling all these people over for. I haven’t touched the books since the first tweet got posted years back, and I would literally curl up under the covers and stay up for hours reading them as a kid when I discovered them (very late compared to others, but still) and when she went out and did all that, it was the first time I felt truly hurt by a famous person. however, I still watch the movies after Dan Rad’s statement. and ultimately decided not her, nor anyone gets to decide how I react or interact with any of it. you have no idea how exhausting it is to face this stuff day in and day out, and knowing there are people in power in the country I live in who would love to strip every right and safety from me and others with the single stroke of a pen. that scares me more than her dumbass twitter fingers right now or whether or not I care if the online warriors “advocating” for us care if I watch the movies at the same time. I have to pick my battles at this point for my own mental healthy and energy. if you want to cancel me for still watching the movies, then by all means. if people want to cancel Stewie for this, then by all means. the people who most likely will, are just teenagers who think that will save people like me, or whatever cause it is we’re canceling people for not being perfect about. it was the same nonsense the new teenagers in the fandom pulled with sue when one tweeted about her being a “raging z*onist” and claimed she signed this or that and blah blah blah, when it took me a couple google searches to debunk that as false. it’s literally that easy to think for yourself. these people are so quick to jump the gun because if they don’t look the most perfect online to oomfies then they might get canceled too. the world is not that black or white.

you can be like oh that’s disappointing, or oh that’s not the “perfect” response to something. but at the end of the day, literally none of us are gonna be perfect. if you wanna view the world this way constantly worrying about will I get canceled or omg my fave might get canceled :( then we all might as well stop engaging with any form of anything because none of it is going to be perfect. and if I’m being perfectly honest? it wouldn’t be a total loss if that demographic decides they can no longer “stan” her because it’s not like they actually care about any of these causes beyond making sure their online persona looks good and they can post a bunch of smut instead. these people drop who they stan for every other day when they find out one did this or that. I really don’t care if they decide she’s canceled. am I gonna personally post anything about the shoes? nah. am I gonna cancel and unstan her over it? nah. those people will just come crawling back to her eventually anyway because like I said, it’s not about caring about the cause, it’s just making sure you look like you care enough until it all blows over.

and I have friends who are also trans who don’t agree with me, and I don’t agree on every point they have either, and we’ve talked about it in depth and detail, literally did it today when stewie posted the shoes. but we don’t love or understand each other any less. I’d encourage people to have those conversations with people like us rather than making sure they scream the loudest that so and so is now canceled. at least that’s actually productive.

[charlieswanismydad]

about me !!!

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drawn by the amazing @ghosttoastx !!! if you read this ily you’re never getting rid of me now

Hi!!! I’m Alice.

I do stuff. It’s pretty cool.

Enfp, hufflepuff, Capricorn Sun, Libra moon, Pisces rising, he/she, and more!! I’m also a non-partnering aromantic and gray asexual!

I stalk blogs I like, don’t be alarmed if I like a bunch of posts at once!! In fact, be happy!! I love you!!!!!

If you want to talk to me please do!!! I want more friends. Just keep in mind I am a 15 year old minor!

You have been warned!

DNI:

racists, homophobes, sexists, etc. general dni criteria ig

people who just hate for no reason!! (anti-furry, just hating on certain fandoms, etc. ticks me off!)

proshippers

frans/fontcest

exclusionists

radqueers

radfems

pro paras. go to therapy

nsfw (also sorta related to above, pro cnc/ageplay. go to therapy)

WIPS:

Wilting Flowers - My actual baby. My pride and joy. It’s imperfect but that’s okay.

The actual grim reaper falls in love with a mortal. I can’t do it justice, you’re just gonna have to trust me.

don’t break my heart - Shameless Sans fanfic. All of the self indulgence ever, but it brings me joy :) semi discontinued, might come back!

I love it man. It makes me so happy. Basically yn is an awkward dumbass and so is Sans and they fall in love and stuff :)

Fandoms:

My main fandoms are Twilight and Undertale (obv), but I’m in a bunch more!! :D

The Arc of a Scythe by Neil Shusterman

Harry Potter by Daniel Radcliffe (JK…)

Steven Universe by Rebecca Sugar

Doki Doki Literature Club by Dan Salvato

Omori by Omocat

Arcane by Riot Games

The Walten Files by Martin Walls

The Amazing Digital Circus by Glitch Studios

The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber (the book’s by Gaston Leroux but i haven’t read it lol)

Deltarune by Toby Fox (is that an anagram???)

Meet the Robinsons by Disney

And more that aren’t off the top of my head!! Just ask bros :)

I’m kinda obsessed with UTMV, soooo….

Fav AU - Insomnia (link to chapter 1)

Fav Sans - Dust by Ask-Dusttale and Geno by LoverofPiggies

Music:

Ranked by popularity, with my fave songs from each! Just like the fandoms, it's all over the place.

Taylor Swift - Haunted

Hozier - In The Woods Somewhere

Muse - Soldier's Poen

Mitski - Last Words of a Shooting Star

Will Wood - Suburbia Overture/Vampire Culture/Whatever the hell the name is idek anymore

Dazey and the Scouts - Maggot

The Oozes - I Still Adore You

Lemon Demon - Action Movie Hero Boy

Tally Hall/Miracle Musical - Misery Fell

Teddy Hyde - Terry’s Taxidermy

Destroy Boys - Crybaby

The Crane Wives - Little Soldiers

Steam Powered Giraffe - Malfunction

Writing Requests:

HEY SO HERES A FUN FACT: I WANT YOU TO ASK ME TO WRITE THINGS FOR YOU!! LIKE I LOVE THAT!!! I WILL WRITE YOU LITTLE ONESHOTS IF ITS A FANDOM IM IN!!! OR I CAN WRITE ABOUT MY CHARACTERS IF YOU’RE INTO THAT!!! JUST PLEASR PLEASE PLEASE ASK ME AAAAAAA

Things You Might Want to Be Aware Of:

i tend to isolate myself when i’m having a Big Sad™️ moment. please do not be mad if i act cold!!!

i’m a very empathic person and i get really upset around negativity. please do not send me or mention me in anything political or controversial.

i get in my head about disturbing/sexual things. once again, don’t show me this stuff. don’t ask me to write about it, either!!

i am uncomfortable around religious discussions. i get enough of them irl!!! please keep them away from me :')

i’ve got adhd and possible ocd so yeah and also my auditory processing sucksssss so if we ever interact on call or *gasp* irl then i’ll say “what?” every five seconds

books. @bunny-on-a-bookshelf for books.

i’m just a silly little girl who is also a boy. we have fun here

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(new so they haven’t been used much)

#mootie patooties - mutuals

#irl alice - real life shtuff

#reblogs - self explanatory

#alice writes sometimes - my writing!!!!

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#is that an anagram??? - deltarune

#sparkly - twilight

#im aspec BUT - simping, fangirling, i do a lot of it

#liveblogging homestuck - reading homestuck and making vague comments about it.

#ALL HAIL - welcome to nightvale stuff!!!

#rock n robinson - meet the robinsons

#musical automatons - steam powered giraffe!!!! the best band ever btwwwew

Moots:

I literally love you guys 😭😭

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[purpleandstarlight]

@hateweasel here some more!

-Me: I love how Ciel planned everything in detail...except plan B. That one only says "Run away if caught".

My friend: Finally, normal teenager behavior from Ciel, like they asked!

-Me: Travis says everything will end badly. I trust Travis. Everything will go to shit.

-Me: So then Dan painted a golden dick on the statue's butt bc "It's to say that he's gay and passive!! uwu" like, Dan, you're not beating the "Dan is gay" allegations doing stuff like that...

My friend: Dan, this has only become a cry for help at this point...

-Me, an Audrey stan: I'm sorry but Audrey is a fucking idiot. He lied on the pool table saying "This is my bed now lol'' as a joke but then fell asleep for real...his back is gonna hurt like hell tomorrow...

-Me, out of nowhere: Dan is an idiot.

My friend: We already knew that though...

-Me saying maybe for the first but not only time how I wanted to know more about the servants and what happened to them and Ciel's reaction to it (This was still during DLTD1. I didn't even have the news about Lizzie being a founder of HELLSING yet, so you can immagine how little we knew about the Servants back then)

-Me: THE PROFESSOR JUST ROASTED THE SHIT OUT OF ALOIS 💀 Not the Iconic Professor tho.

My friend: Oh, is he not the only teacher ever existed?

-Kris' mom saying that out of the Westley parents, the mum is the worst and the dad is pretty good in comparison...Devils Like To Prove shows otherwise (guess that's what they were trying to prove the whole time /jk)

-We discovered Lizzie was a Hellsing and I immediately started referring to Integra as Integra for the sake of confusing my friend less with all the HELLSING talk

-Me to my friend, pointing at how Ciel was high on Rosemary and cuddling to Alois in a chapter right before suffering for the news on Lizzie's life and death and reading her letter to him in front of her grave the next: This is what I meant when I said this fanfic has some serious mood swings.

-Me: Alois and Ciel really said 'marriage is for commoners, let's make a demonic contract with eachother instead!'

My friend: ...Fair?

Me: It's just that they're both demons so it doesn't work. They keep trying though. Because they're stupid.

My friend: Love makes you stupid...

Me: Yeah, but they were stupid before that, too

-The sensational seven graduating and me being nostalgic but then Alois confirmed our fear that they possibly really had left the severed foot in the camp's fridge and me and my friend lost it.

-The graduation chapter back then kinda left me...idk, needing more? I was thinking we would have had more conversations between the seven about graduating and their future or friendship, or something more like that, but nope. It was just a recap of the day, finishing off with Ciel receiving the plot-related letter.

[crustycantankerousgrownup]

I'm all for mercilessly critiquing media that you love but I have something to get off my chest;

You do not get to retroactively declare that something is meaningless garbage JUST BECAUSE the author is revealed to have committed Sins and Crimes ™

If it resonated with you before, it has not changed. You have not changed that much. You still got something from the thing that the shitty person made.

If Victorious made you want to audition for your school's talent show, or choir, or sign up for theatre class, then you now have skills that you wouldn't have if it wasn't for Foot Fetishist and Child Harasser Dan Schneider.

Likewise, if Harry Potter helped you become more accepting of others, more skeptical of fascists, more willing to stick up for your beliefs, etc. then you now have values that you wouldn't have if it wasn't for #1 Most Incorrect Harry Potter Fan Jo Rowling.

Don't act like the value that you got out of it was some sort of Mandela effect. Don't act like it's suddenly retroactively worthless or uniquely bad when a lot of people got real, significant benefit from it before JK had her big betrayal meltdown.

Good things can be made by people who cause great harm.

Are some people so out of touch with empathy that they're incapable of making good art? Yeah, I'd say Onision was a good example of that.

But most of the time bad things are done by ordinary people trying to do their best. The key is to be aware of the consequences of your actions, and willing to learn and change.

You know why JK Rowling has dug her heels in and continued to cause harm?

It's not because she's evil.

It's not because she lacks empathy.

It's not because she's an idiot.

It's because she won't admit to herself that she could ever become the thing that she hates, so she's unwilling to learn or change.

She has drawn a line between herself, and the people she sees as bigots-- the worst thing she thinks a person can be-- and she can't see that she herself has become a bigot.

She won't admit to herself that an ordinary person might become a bigot, so she can't see that she's oppressing people who do not deserve to be oppressed.*

You know why it bothers me so much to see people dismiss art made by bad people as meaningless?

Because if you can't see that HP represents JK's espoused beliefs better than her actions do, then you can't see when your own actions contradict your beliefs.

That's how you become the thing you hate.

That's how you become the bigot.

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Just to Clarify;

I'm not suggesting that boycotting something is wrong when the author does bad things or espouses bad beliefs, I'm suggesting that retroactively declaring that the work was never good is not helpful, and may actually be harmful. It's always best to critique works on their own merits, and HP clearly has some merit given the themes it explores, and the number and types of people it resonated with.

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*People who deserve to be oppressed include fascists, racists, basically anyone who is trying to use their beliefs to hurt others.

[ultramaga]

It’s actually an interesting problem because some celebs were caught outsourcing social media accounts, so that some dude, living who knows where, would be roleplaying as the personalities in exchange for cash. I remember someone asked pretty much the same question of William Shatner on Twitter, and he banned them. I love the dude to death, but man does he have an itchy trigger finger. Or at least he used to, not really in touch nowadays. Of course, the next thing to happen will be ai avatars, who read your posts and imitate you. A fake Neil Gaiman could be created in the future that is almost the same, or at least can fool people into thinking that they are the same.

I can well imagine someone like Breeeee Larson just paying $15/month to have some avatar pretend to be her.

It could not be less interesting, after all. Compare that to Henry Cavill.

Here seen posing before going into battle. The reason Henry is a fan favourite with nerds is because he has a genuine human personality, and it would be really hard to fake it. He has opinions on a lot of topics. Whereas most Leftist celebs just copy/paste opinions, because they are terrified of being cancelled. I remember when she was the darling of the Left.

JK Rowling would regularly pop up on social media to announce that X was gay now and always was, that Hermoine was black and Voldemort voted for Trump. Leftists loved her. Then she spaketh heresy, and ceased to exist as a person to them. Many Leftists say they would kill her, and if one does, frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised. Of course they would have to sneak up on her, preferably while she was in a coma, but there are Leftists eager to murder those they call “TERFs”, and the police just look the other way.

Frankly, Ceasar’s ghost is probably hovering around counting the daggers that have been drawn behind that woman’s back.

They turned on her in a heartbeat. They’d do the same to Neil, too, if he so much as sneezed funny. He’s white, he’s male, and as far as I know, straight. 

That’s three strikes. I remember talking to Dan Slott online, and it struck me how banal he seemed. He seemed creative enough in writing when he tried with comics. Where was his personality when he wrote online? Well, I expect he always had to be very very careful not to displease his Leftist fanbase. Because his cancellation was always a drunken tweet away. So he would post things like whites have no culture, and that the world will be better off without them, and his fans would all clap and bark like seals. And then the fans would take that ball and run further, and explain how they loved to kill white people, and I could not help but notice that he never objected. He could see their tweets, he was clearly aware of what they were saying, but he wouldn’t contradict them, even as they called for genocide.

Dan was just another man saluting. You can’t tell if he genuinely means the things he says, or if he says them to avoid the horrible results of being the man who doesn’t salute.

https://www.businessinsider.com/german-refused-nazi-salute-landmesser Or the horrific outcome of those Germans who peacefully protested. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose

Every Leftist I have talked to imagines they are the brave Freedom Fighter, but they are the sheep following Hitler and Stalin and Mao. They fall in line, even if they don’t do the killings themselves, because they are afraid they will be hurt, or simply afraid to think for themselves. The people with true courage. The people who truly stand for something?

If Leftism wins - they won’t just be put to death. They will never have been.

On a lighter note ...

Below is a discussion of the fear of being a nonconformist that dominates Leftism. Leftism is an ideology that oppresses its enemies and allies alike. The great irony is that the mythical culture of Gilead actually describes what it would be like to live as a Leftist, always being quick to denounce others and yet terrified of the boot breaking down your own door.

how do we know this is the REAL REAL REAL neil gaiman????? what proof do you have, sir

None, obviously. The real real Neil Gaiman doesn't have any social media.

[trenttrendspotter]

The Spa Industry Has Become A Fusion of Natural And High Tech

The 2023 ISPA Conference took place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, May 9-11, 2023 with a plethora of wellness brands taking the spa industry to a new level. Equipment and products are proving to be bimodal, a signal that an industry has become mature: as a result, we’re simultaneously seeing both high tech touchless and high-touch concepts, luxury and democratized offerings, and brilliant spa design and products for at-home usage. The president of the International Spa SPA Association, Lynne McNees, explains how spa technology continues to be the trend on everyone’s mind, “Touchless treatments and wearable equipment show that technology is reshaping the spa experience.”

Other trend highlights from the show include sustainability, spirituality, and the mainstreaming of sex and CBD products.

Spas Go High-tech

At many spas, new tech bridges a gap created by post-COVID talent shortages. And some emerging tools integrate medical technology with the spa, expanding the industry’s reach.  

Blake Feeney, VP of business development, Spa at Arch Amenity Group, says that the big trend is technological advancement in equipment innovation and service with the touchless wellness offerings like the Mind Sync Harmonic Wellness Lounger from Living Earth Crafts and other manufacturers.

“They can be deployed in lounge spaces, treatment rooms or, the holy grail, hotel rooms and suites,” says Feeney. He adds, “I am bullish on this technology trend only as a complement to the hands-on, therapeutic massage that is delivered by our amazing massage therapy community. There is no substitute for magical hands.”

Touchless Tech Brands Shake Up Spas

One company that is upping the touchless game is JK Products & Services, featuring wellness equipment and its new product from its line Wellness JK. The company offers a hydrotherapy massage experience. It’s a full body massage with waterjets, complete with a sensorial immersion to bring clients total relaxation. There are even different light, sound and aromatherapy programs. Executive director of sales, Charles Lerebours, says they were received very well.

Spirituality is Getting More Serious, Mainstream Attention at Spas

Kim Matheson Shedrick, managing director of wellness at Arch Amenity, adds, “When you study the principles of Dan Buettner's Blue Zone—which I had to extensively to help create the first Blue Zone Spa and Wellness Center—it says faith and spirituality can extend a life by 4-14 years. Some of the top spas already are getting more into spirituality and metaphysics, and at this time Miraval has the most developed spirituality program. If spas want to impact longevity, they have to offer more spirituality in their treatments.”

To connect on a deeper spiritual level and immerse yourself in a space of calm and serenity, one should experience Eastern Vibration. The company provides sound bowls and specializes in education on the use of therapeutic sound, as well as offer spa services, such as sound therapy, meditation and vibrational sound massage. Their bowls induce theta brainwaves, leading to deep relaxation, while the soothing vibrations gently massage the cells.  

Christine Hays, chief energy officer, Eastern Vibration, says, “Sound and vibration reinstate health and wellbeing by restoring the natural harmony of our body, mind and energy. Sound Therapy is a profound therapy that has been practiced for thousands of years and was introduced to the wellness world by Eastern Vibration in 2006, primarily in spas across Southeast Asia. Back in 2016 we participated in ISPA. Our innovative approach received great appreciation, although only one spa decided to give it a try. However, in recent times, sound wellness has gained significant traction due to the widespread popularity of ‘sound baths’ in yoga studios, becoming a noticeable trend.”

The response Eastern Vibration  received at ISPA was exceptional, signaling that now is the opportune moment to incorporate this unique wellness component. By doing so, they will elevate themselves above the competition by offering a results-driven and unique therapy, while providing a memorable experience for the guests.    

According to Hays, within the spa/wellness world, sound wellness, salt therapy and breathwork have emerged as new modalities.

Hays says, “I strongly believe that each of these holds true healing potential.”    

Hot stone massages have also enjoyed a long-standing presence in the industry, but Hays anticipates that Himalayan salt stone treatments and salt experiences will gradually replace the traditional hot stone massages. Additionally, body wraps might require reinvention or replacement to maintain their relevance in the market.    

Non-Invasive Treatments That Get Big Results

The revolutionizing brand, HigherDOSE, has organically grown with the spa channel over the past few years. They have been on a mission to ignite vitality  by reconnecting you to the healing power of nature and supercharging your self-care with the hottest wellness tools.

Chief growth officer, Lisa Pounds, saw recurring themes including innovation with wellness products including red light and infrared for all parts of your body and an overall theme of prioritizing self-care which doesn't just mean a basic massage or facial anymore.

Pounds says, “Consumers are savvier and starting to learn about red light and wellness technology or they are trying our saunas at new various locations around the country.  It’s necessary for spas to innovate faster due to consumer demand. They need to offer all the state of the art wellness tech and infrared technologies, that can be used as standalone treatments (full spectrum infrared sauna or sauna blanket) or can use products like we offer as enhancements to usual treatments, like adding our PEMF Recovery mat to massage tables or our PEMF GO mat in recovery rooms or IV drip rooms, or our red light mask as enhancement to a facial.”  

With the shortage of great massage therapists, more spas want offerings that are self-service like HigherDOSE’s full spectrum sauna. It keeps the customer onsite longer with more regular visits and increases incremental revenue to the spa and does not require a massage therapist to operate. Other examples are the Spa at Casa Cipriani New York, which has really elaborate detox body treatments using their sauna blanket, and of course their own location Services (higherdose.com) where they offer a lymphatic massage, get lifted facial and full spectrum sauna sessions. They also sell into 1 Hotels across the country and Six Senses around the world. It’s clear that it’s time for the spa industries to shift toward prioritizing preventative care. Harnessing innovation and advanced technologies are the future of self-care, skin care, body care, fitness and recovery.  

Artemis Distribution brings today’s top beauty devices from around the world to the United States  market with the aim of building a community of successful entrepreneurs who empower their clients to be confident in their own skin. After their success with Cryoskin, they expanded their portfolio to include endospheres and plason. They continue to add new product lines that align with their values: providing non-invasive and effective treatments. Account executive, Kristi Lee, recognizes that consumers are getting smarter about beauty and wellness technology.

Lee says, “In 2023, it's become a top priority for resort and hotel spas to enhance the guest experience by adopting non-invasive result-driven technology in treatment rooms.”

Lee agrees that the spa industry is embracing technology and relying on data.  

Since AI is being incorporated into the spa experience and evolving procedures, the creams and powders that people have been using for skin care for centuries are going out of style.

Lee adds, “At Artemis we believe that beauty professionals should utilize more technology to provide better results for their clients and in return increase earning potential.”

One’s entire skin care routine will look a lot different in the near future.  

Red light therapy was everywhere at ISPA this year as well. Though the non-invasive LED technology has been around for 30 years, the ability to deliver light therapy with smaller handheld devices and masks has fueled its surge in popularity.    

The brand Geneo provides the only facial technology that triggers a natural oxygenation process within your skin, gently creating the ideal conditions to nourish and transform skin from the inside out. It’s for every age, every skin type and every season. Its versatility, results and that you no longer have to worry about blotches after treatments make it irresistible. The brand’s new noninvasive, Glo2 Facial is a breakthrough treatment that unlocks the body’s natural superpowers: Oxfoliate with O2 bubbles, amplified with LUX via its lite ultrasound experience and detox via lymphatic massage.

Spa Insurance  

With the increase in medical and cosmetic technology, it’s important for one to have protection before they experience these treatments. CoverWell by InjectSure is the beauty and wellness industries’ first ever opt-in pre-treatment insurance. They cover the medical cost of treating complications from minimally invasive cosmetic procedures, medical spa treatments and wellness therapies. This way, businesses can have procedures with peace of mind.    

InjectSure president, Kimberly DeOrsey, notices rapid innovation of cosmetic medical technologies driving the continuous introduction of new procedures, which are unfamiliar to both the consumer and the practitioner. This trend increases the risk of medical complications. DeOrsey says, “The stigma attached to med spa treatments is diminishing. This will precipitate an apparent increase in complications. However, much of this will be attributed to increased reporting of these issues.”  

CoverWell will help the industry gain a clearer understanding of the actual number and type of complications that occur, which will help in prevention.    

DeOrsey also realizes that customer relationship management (CRM) software for medical and wellness spas is becoming more robust, thanks to an increasing number of helpful software integrations.

She adds, “Patient Now, the leading medical spa management software, integrated the CoverWell insurance solution right into their product, making the offering of coverage organic and seamless to the patient experience.The growing popularity of results-driven products and services for the skin and body means that more of the spas we spoke with this year plan to add minimally invasive cosmetic and wellness services to their offerings. On the cosmetic side, these include offerings like injectables and laser treatments. On the holistic side, it’s acupuncture, cryotherapy, float tanks and IV therapies.”

Most spas aren’t prepared to address how complications from these new services could impact their ability to maintain high levels of customer service.    

As stated earlier, there are labor shortages in the spa industry and upward pressure on employee compensation. These two factors push companies to explore automated services, including robotic massage therapy.

DeOrsey says, “As the human element is reduced, new technology and automation will bring new risks and require different risk mitigation solutions that traditional liability insurance companies may not understand.”

Next-generation CBD

Neil Fishenden, founder and CEO of On The Green CBD, sees a significant, positive shift in the quality of CBD products across the spa and wellness industry as buyers become more informed and educated on the differences between the good, the bad and the ugly.

“Until recently the market has been flooded with inferior isolate-based CBD products that lack the authenticity of broad spectrum or full spectrum compounds, which when formulated with complementary essential oils and terpenes deliver amazing results,” says Fishenden.

It seems the consolidation of the market is inevitable and will be driven by the growing level of awareness by sophisticated buyers across the industry.    

This awareness and ability to evolve their approach to product development is beginning to define the future of the industry.

Fishenden adds, “The focus on formulating specific cannabinoids with complementary botanical ingredients, essential oils and terpenes is what will provide the ongoing momentum of this exploding industry.”

Fishenden says, “Through trial and error and education provided by more authentic brands, the consumer is identifying with the greater therapeutic benefits achieved through the ‘entourage effect’ delivered through terpenes being coupled with cannabinoids.”  

Self-Care is Here to Stay  

Things that were once trendy are now here to stay, like products for the brows and eyes. The brand Chella was founded in 2003 and they spent years dedicated to crafting the best in brow and eye makeup essentials. They have clean and vegan products with high-quality ingredients.

Chris Kolodziejski, CEO and founder, shares the good news about the direction of the spa and self-care category, “The economic forecast across the five leading indicators on the health of the spa industry were all up in 2022. I think the psychology of how customers view the spa experience has changed from one of, ‘this is a Luxury when I can afford it,’ to ‘this is a necessity of self-care’ that people feel they need and deserve to take care of themselves and their mental health.”    

He points out that in order for spas to be able to maximize their revenue potential, they need to embrace the notion of integrating services and products, “Offering the combination of a service with a complimentary product elevates the experience for the guest in a way that brings more value to the customer.”

This upgrades the customer experience entirely.  

OMM Collection is luxurious, holistic, clean hair and spa-body beauty. Co-founder and CEO, Mellina Soheili, states that both the hair and spa-body categories are going to get smaller, and the survivors are the ones with the products that deliver.

“Granted, consumers are going to like natural, clean, vegan-friendly items versus all chemical items, nevertheless, the ultimate test is delivery and results in a combined spectrum,” Soheili says. “Consumers are so confused.”  

Spas Bridge the Gap Between Physical Beauty and Health

PNOĒ’s program offers spas and salons a way to bring hospital-grade diagnostic tools for heart, lung and metabolic disease, with hyper-personalized nutrition and exercise programming tailored to clients’ metabolism and health. PNOE means “breath” in Greek. The brand is the reportedly the first integrative health optimization program addressing cardio-metabolic disease through breath analysis. It brings the expertise of a team including a cardiologist, pulmonologist, endocrinologist, nutritionist and coach to facilities.

PNOĒ’s diagnostic capabilities and personalized programming are powered by the PNOĒ cardio-metabolic analyzer, the breath analysis device that democratized the power of cardio-metabolic analysis. For more than 100 years, breath-based cardio-metabolic analysis has been the gold standard in assessing heart, lung and metabolic fitness, as well as nutrition and exercise programming, but was always restricted to labs, clinics and hospitals.

PNOĒ has now made it accessible to everyone. PNOĒ has delivered the benefits of cardio-metabolic analysis to more than 40,000  individuals from world champions to everyday people. PNOĒ is also reportedly being used by more than 1,000 facilities to personalize clients’ programming and has been a source of continuing education for all kinds of health professionals including coaches, nutritionists, physical therapists and medical professionals.  

Start From the Inside Out  

Mighty Leaf founders, Jill Portman and Gary Shinner, deepen the results of already functional teas and coffees with Good Pharma, a beverage company that doesn’t sacrifice taste for health, creating easy to enjoy beverages based on centuries of wisdom.

Portman believes tea is a ritual and vehicle to transport the guest into a remarkable experience: “[It’s] not just lux or memorable, it’s got to be remarkable.”

You have to start from the inside as well. Researchers have found that drinking tea reduces your cortisol levels. With this, you can enjoy a massage or any spa experience.    

Sex Becoming Apart of the Conversation  

Beloved is at the forefront of luxurious (and a little naughty) sexual wellness for women by women. Sara Gold, founder and CEO, believes this category is moving even more mainstream with more defined niches.

“A 60-year-old, affluent woman who has been married for 30 years wants (and frankly needs) different products than a 20-year-old college student who is exploring her sexuality for the first time,” Gold says.      

She adds, “One-size-fits-all, xxx-rated, technicolor, macho, hide-it-in-your-drawer sex products are passe.”

Spas Strive to be More Eco-conscious

Being eco-conscious is hot right now and technology has made it possible and more affordable. The Force of Nature cleaning appliance converts salt water and vinegar into a multi-purpose cleaner and medical grade EPA-registered disinfectant that reportedly kills 99.9% of germs.    

Chief commercial officer, Dane Poeske, explains how the company’s non-toxic, safe-to-use cleaner purportedly reduces costs at around $10.00/gallon and is an easy switch for spas and salons, available through Universal Companies.  

“Traditional cleaning products use toxic chemicals that can adversely impact 30% of the staff and patients,” Poeske claims. “In fact, hundreds of both large and small spas are making a change to healthier cleaning products while saving up to 80%.”

These concerns will hopefully be addressed as time goes on.  

Force of Nature is endorsed by the Psoriasis Foundation for sensitive skin, is Green Seal certified as safe, and is reportedly the first multipurpose cleaner and disinfectant that is carbon-neutral.

As the concern over COVID wanes, spas will look for ways to cut their cleaning costs, simplify their cleaning protocols and move to less toxic cleaners to protect their beds and other physical assets.

An Evolution

McNees reminds people who work in spas that, “We tend to be mindful of our guests’ stress levels and mindsets while denying ourselves the grace to live in the moment and focus on our own needs. We are better caregivers to our clients when we are also caring for ourselves.”  

Overall, the spa world is going through a mountain of changes from technological advancements to self-care improvements to redefined medicine to cleaner materials to inclusive sexual wellness to spiritual awakening and more. It’s a ripple effect creating a positive impact on spa facilities, health and wellness companies, staff, specialists and consumers.

An upgraded, tech-assisted, multi-sensory experience is being created for our wellbeing. Products, services and treatments from spa centers and brands won’t just be offered, they will go a step beyond to activate and engage. It’s all about what we need as we evolve, and this natural and high-tech fusion will continue to shape the spa industry.  

On a bigger scale, Feeney is also very excited about the evolution of spa design, development and concepting happening throughout the U.S. spa channel.

“At AAG, we are breaking from the mold of the traditional spa layout to a more social, collaborative experience,” Feeney says. “There are a few contributing factors nudging us in that direction;lack of treatment staff and the elevated profit demanded by developers and owners. All you have to do is visit a few of these facilities and you will be blown away by the guest demographics and volume of guests on a daily basis, [including] SoJo SpaClub, Aire Ancient Baths and the newly opened World Spa in New York. I love this concept and believe it will continue to expand throughout the United States.”  

The paradigm is shifting. The spa experience has always been treatment-focused, but this approach is about the entirety of a spa experience, with or without a treatment.    

As seen in GCI Magazine

[philsdrivinglicence]

If you are a pre-2014 phannie immediately take 40 psychic damage, on a saving throw still take half damage.

Thank you for your question, please allow me to be mildly insane for a moment and over explain this below the cut.

The Vegas video is an infamous, never released, day-in-the-life style holiday vlog that Dan promised us but never delivered on. I'm on mobile so can't do nice links but this is a screenshot from @phancyclopaedia

If you were around at the time (2012) I'm sure you will agree it was quite impossible to avoid. Every live stream, every comment section "where's the Vegas video dan?". To the point they even reference it in TABINOF.

A big reason people were so invested is we were CONVINCED something not safe for YouTube happened on this trip (lowkey I still am) arguably this was the time wedding hill was founded.

(Though we didn't have the language for it then, we used phrases like "Vegas wedding truthers" which is now considered out dated and should not be used in a modern context, though it would be rude to correct someone who was there at the time using it about themselves /jk)

Of course this spawned ✨️discourse✨️ (example linked below) and was altogether an integral part of a messy chapter for good ole' dip n pip.

(Please do not be mean or rude to the linked post, they are expressing a fairly mainstream opinion for the time and basically advocating respect and restraint, which we can all agree is a GOOD THING)

Phagenda predictions

Realistic:

- Joint memoir

- Merch

- Feature length video project (could be fiction, could be non-fiction)

- Podcast

Unrealistic:

- Tour (not enough planning time)

- Re-brand (this much hype for something like that is not like them)

- A Dan and Phil Sims pack (lowkey could realistically be this but feels wild to actually put it in that category)

- Video series about what it's been like behind the scenes all this time/the reality of what it's like to be some of the first youtubers to go mainstream (while closeted).

- Wedding anouncement/video

Demon:

- V-day vid reaction

- The Vegas video

[maeumin]

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✧ Shades of Wrong | 122k | E - completed

enemies to lovers - CEO! JK, lawyer! JM - office au

When CEO Jeon Jeongguk is offered a deal he can't turn down, he requires the assistance of a right-hand man to assure everything goes according to plan.

What a shame the perfect candidate is no other than Park Jimin, the best lawyer in Seoul and Jeongguk's sworn enemy.

✧ How to Fall in Love with Park Jimin | 106k | E - completed

exes to lovers - idol! JM, journalist! JK - angst with a happy ending

Following the release of JIMIN's new EP, 'hate & regret', rumors of an alleged romance with journalist Jeon Jeongguk have surfaced after the publication of his newest article, "How to Fall in Love with Park Jimin: a ten-step guide written by his biggest mistake."

Jeon reportedly accuses the idol of lying about their former relationship and, with his career now overshadowed by his past, Jimin is forced to figure out how to put the pieces of his life back together- and if, despite it all, one of those pieces still has Jeongguk's name on it.

✧ to the moon | 55k | E - completed

childhood friends to enemies to lovers - tattoo artist! jk, fashion student! jm - coming of age, lgbtq themes

"I promise one day I'll go to the moon with you, Jeongguk."

Matching tattoos of the moon, lakes and first loves. That's all Jimin sees when he stumbles into Jeon Jeongguk one spring day in New York, exactly four years after breaking his heart.

or; Jimin and Jeongguk promise each other the moon as kids. Time, crueler than ever, puts an ocean between them.

✧ it always leads to you (and my hometown) | 27k | E - completed

fake dating - friends to lovers - christmas fluff

“Jeon Jeongguk, are you asking me to be your fake boyfriend for Christmas?” Jimin says, bringing a hand to his chest. “Are we having a moment right now?”

Jeongguk nods solemnly, ignoring how loud his heart is thrumming inside of his ribcage. “I think we are. So, hyung, will you be my extremely platonic and fake boyfriend for the timespan of one dreadful week?”

Jimin looks up grinning like the devil. “I can’t wait, babe.”

(or; in which jimin and jeongguk have always been best friends, but it takes them one week in jeongguk’s hometown to discover all the feelings that lie underneath their ‘platonic’ bond.)

✧ say yes to heaven (say yes to me) | 3.5k | T - completed

academic rivals to lovers - valentine's day fluff - bickering

Park Jimin, master of Always Being Right, gets into an argument with his self-proclaimed nemesis, Jeon Jeongguk, about love during a lecture. Jimin claims it's a social construct built by capitalism, and Jeongguk thinks he can fix him.

(or: Jeongguk dares Jimin to go on a date with him and he agrees just to prove a point.)

✧ a portrait of you | 10k | E - ongoing (1/8 ch.)

arranged marriage - modern royalty au, prince! JK, artist! JM - seemingly unrequited love - angst w/ a happy ending

"No one can rewrite the stars, my prince."

"There is no such thing as destiny, Park Jimin, but even if there is, I'll make sure to defeat it."

Jimin has painted portraits of Jeongguk over the past ten years, secret confessions of his love for the prince of Korea. Now, as he stands in the middle of the throne room, his ears ring. He's going to marry Jeongguk in the spring— Jeongguk, the one he wants the most, the one who will never want him— and it leaves him with no choice but to set fire to his paintings in hopes that his love for the prince, too, burns down to ashes.

✧ Wasteland, baby! | 26k | E - ongoing (1/2)

enemies to lovers - religious! JK, queer activist! JM - coming of age

"Did you want something, or are you here to waste my time?”

“Here to waste your time,” Jimin replies with no hesitation. There’s a playful glisten behind his dark eyes that forces Jeongguk look away. “You know what they say. Summer doesn’t start until you bother the hot son of a priest.”

Jeongguk has always lead a quiet life. He prays, studies and remains in the shadows, keeping the truth about his sexuality away from prying eyes. But when Park Jimin— the town's LGBTQ+ activist and Jeongguk's self-declared enemy since middle school— invites him to a Pride party, he begins to discover the joy of loud, fierce and unapologetic queerness.

✧ heaven is a fire-lit room | 15k | T - completed (vminkook)

soulmates! au - seemingly unrequited love - yearning

There is a certain eerie beauty to the concept of soulmates. It may be the fact that there’s no such thing as an answer to why they exist, why the universe decided we must share the same stardust with another person.

Taehyung should be thrilled, really- he finally can feel his soulmate. There’s not a single reason for which he shouldn’t be buzzing with excitement at all times.

Except for the fact that he’s in love with someone else. Two boys. His best friends, Park Jimin and Jeon Jeongguk. He tries to forget about it, but he’s the most selfish boy in the world. He doesn’t want to let go.

✧ palo santo | 41k | M - completed

soulmates - gang member! JM, singer! JK - hurt/comfort - angst w/ a happy ending

A world where the words that make you realize you're in love with your soulmate are tattoed in your body; a world where love brings hope. A world Jimin stopped belonging to a long time ago.

(or; in which Jeongguk shows Jimin the stars still shine.)

✧ finding old places anew | 10k | G - completed

80s! au - slice of life - established relationship - LGBTQ+ themes

Moving into their first house, Jungkook and Jimin find a journal full of photographs of places around Seoul in the 60s. Many of the places have since changed, but the couple decides to take a trip around the town to find each of these treasured locations and take new pictures to add to the collection, in hopes of returning it to its original owners.

(or; in which time passes, the world changes, but jimin stays.)

✧ can you feel (my heartbeat?) | 5k | T - completed

christmas fluff - inspired by GCF in Tokyo - mutual pining - confessions

Jimin needs a Christmas present for Jeongguk, but he can't think of one good enough to pay back for everything he's done for him. What Jimin fails to realize is that Jeongguk only needs his love.

[eeveelotions]

alrighty, time for me to ramble about the MYSTERY CAFE AU, the au where Stan inherits(ish) a cafe in gravity falls

Stan gets to gravity falls probably a few years after he's been kicked out- I'd say when he's 20 or so

I am taking a page from Taz amnesty and having him break into an abandoned looking storefront for shelter, only to be greeted with an elderly person who takes pity on him and gives him a job

the cafe, quite frankly, sucks. only the locals know about it, there's barely enough money to pay the bills, and Stan feels guilty bc now the owner is paying for him to eat and live there too

so, what does Stan do? I think y'all know the answer

behold, the MYSTERY CAFE! decorated with all sorts of wonders and mysteries- the rock that looks like a face rock is a huge selling point

drinks themed (ie named after) around cryptids or myths!

business starts booming-

I should figure out who the old person who takes Stan in is, huh? since I'm gonna hurt y'all's feelings and they're gonna die from, guess what? (you might know if you read my post last night)

HANAHAKI DISEASE, DUH DUH DUH

hanahaki disease is a thing in this world, usually known for romantic feelings, right?

well, inspired by the fic Chrisanthemums by the lovely @detectivejigsawpines , gravity falls has a unique strain due to it weirdness, where it can be platonic for loved ones as well

Stan is shocked to find out this person was also kicked out at a young age, and never reconnected with their family.

so, not long after this person passes, does Stan start hacking up flowers.

a few years pass. (should I link this to my letters au? where Stan sends Ford letters? idk homies, more to come)

Stan starts hearing about a reclusive scientist that moves into the edge of town. boyish Dan, a regular who loves the Manly Mocha (made solely for Dan to purchase), informs Stan that the man could be his twin

Stan promptly throws up, because he knows exactly who it is, and Dan finds out he has hanahaki disease

and guess what? he doesn't do a damn thing about it

ooo, except maybe now he writes letters? pretending he DOESNT live in the same town as his brother (it's my au I do what I want)

regardless, the next two years drag. The disease has gotten worse, now that Stan knows his brother lives not even twenty minutes away, but likely doesn't care for him (gasp he does write the letters but never gets a response and that ALSO makes it worse)

so, two years pass, right? two long, painful years, where Stan thinks about going to see his brother but opts to just write letters like, hey I'm sorry for the project, hope you're okay, I'm alive, I run a cafe now, but doesn't give a return address because he doesn't want Ford knowing where he lives and thinks Ford is still pissed at him

enter: fiddleford mcgucket

fiddleford shows up to gravity falls a bit early in my au. bc I like nice, normal angst, and I'm scared to try and write whatever the hell bill causes (this is debatable, I thought about an almost portal scene where Stan throws up petals and that stops, but idk homies)

anyway, fidds shows up because he's going through a divorce, it's somewhat mutual because him and Emma may realized they liked not the opposite sex, but he still loves her and wants the best, and of course there's Tate, and he misses his son, but he had to get away because feelings are complicated and Stanford had invited him

quell surprise when he visits the local cafe before heading to see Stanford and, lo and behold, stANFORD??

jk it's stanley

fiddleford puts two and two together pretty quick, and Stan admits, yeah, that's my brother, he doesn't know I'm here, he doesn't want to see me, yadda yadda

fiddleford promises not to say anything, because like a good southern boy, it's not his business

but, like a typical southerner, he can't leave well enough alone when he can do something about it, so he DOES convince Stanford to come into town to the cafe

Stan and Ford make eye contact, Stan books it out the back door, and Ford pursues him, followed by fiddleford

"I've been worried SICK about you, you IDIOT, WHY WOULD YOU SEND ME LETTERS WITH NO RETURN ADDRESS"

"don't worry about it"

anyway, Ford is still mad, or upset maybe? but there's the in person discussion about the science fair, and they begin rebuilding their relationship, and everyone is happy

right?

WRONG BECAUSE IM CRUEL

(this is actually the happy ending for people who don't ship fiddstan bc after this it's fiddstan central babes)

a year or so later, Stan confesses to ford (Ford found out about his hanahaki disease, which soon almost completely disappeared due to them reconnecting their relationship) that the petals are back, but they're a different color this time

Ford starts drilling him, fascinated but also concerned. could it be for ma? pa? shermie?

but then he starts probing into stans dating life, and Stan shrugs, bc it's gravity falls, there's nobody worth dating and boyish Dan isn't his type

except, fiddleford

Stan starts talking about fidds, how the two are good friends, hang out, Stan talks about looking forward to seeing him, etc etc

"Stanley, you're in love with fiddleford"

"WHAT" spittake

and then i go from there :)

if you made it this far, thanks? I want to write this and I probably will but I've got like. two but technically three if you count the pokemon one aus and together against the world is my main one but I love cafe aus so

anyway bye 👋👋👋

[whysojiminimnida]

THE JEON-PARKS ARE DANCE GODS BUT THEY CAN ALSO KICK YOUR ASS

And many thanks to @slowburnwithahappyending for sending me some dance nerd questions to keep me happy and blogging instead of, y'know, going outside and touching grass or something crazy like that ANYWAY I'm so sorry this is so very late. I am easily distracted by shiny things, apparently.

Seriously slowburn is so cool, the query goes thusly:

"I wonder if Jm and Jk background in martial arts can be viewed as advantage regarding dance and to what extent?" And the answer, as you might have guessed, is OH HELL YES. With a qualifier here or there. You ready? LET'S GET IT:

And here is some background on Jimin's martial arts training and level of accomplishment. UH THIS MAN IS DANGEROUS IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW. I would not piss him off, for real.

To summarize, he's at least a 3rd-4th Dan (equivalent to a 5-7th degree black belt) in Kendo so he can kill you with a stick. He's studied hapkido, holds at least a First Dan black belt in Taekwondo, and reportedly has also received some training in other forms in China. The advantages, from a dance standpoint, are numerous. He developed coordination and core strength early, as well as discipline, speed and precision. Dance training was easier later because the hard work and hours of physical effort were not unfamiliar to him by that time. This is a kid who worked HARD. Jimin also got exceptional balance, a head start on the elevation of jumps and the spotting motion necessary for spins and rapid turns, and had a good sense of body mechanics probably before he ever started dance training. That was very helpful for him.

NOW Jungkook has said that he has a red-and-black belt in Taekwondo. What this means is that he was trained to black belt level, but he was not yet 16 Korean age - the age necessary to achieve full official black belt standing with the World Taekwondo Federation. Once he hit his sixteenth year he was eligible to have that belt switched to solid black and it appears that he did so. But it also looks like he trained wearing a black belt from a very early age, which many schools do allow outside competition :

So, similarly, Jungkook can kick your ass and smile and he does not need boxing gloves to do it. That he took up boxing is not a surprise given his talent for Taekwondo. It also helped his dance in many of the same ways that Jimin's training did. One difference is that a TKD dan level can be reached in about three to four years. So Jimin has the advantage in terms of hours of work put in on martial arts prior to his dance training, and also in terms of dance training hours, possibly. That doesn't take away from JeiKei's work ethic or talent, though. Dude is insanely good. NOW THE DOWNSIDE BESIDES THAT LOCKER ROOM SMELL

Where martial arts is an issue with dance is in two areas: injuries and technique. And the two go hand in hand. Jungkook wins out here. He has less technical training in both martial arts and in dance. (CALM DOWN I DIDN'T SAY HE WAS UNTRAINED. JIMIN JUST HAS STUPID AMOUNTS OF HARDCORE TECHNIQUE TRAINING OKAY). This means that he had LESS, not more, to un-learn to get the dance technique correct. He also does not train contemporary dance as a rule. Hip hop is technical but much closer to martial arts in its execution. Jiminie runs into problems because different muscle groups are used for different types of dance and different martial arts styles and getting your body to work them ALL is.. a LOT. It can be done but it is not easy on the hips, the spine, or the shoulders and neck. Any of the joints really. It also causes him some technical headaches when changing styles. Koo does what Koo wants so he DGAF really, but he's also a bit less likely to get hurt as a result. SO OKAY I WROTE ANOTHER BOOK ACCCKKKKK SORRY NOT SORRY

More from the @slowburnwithahappyending folder soon. I hope that helped answer your question!