#Eric pls why aren’t you real

[confuchan]

I posted 286 times in 2022

That's 286 more posts than 2021!

24 posts created (8%)

262 posts reblogged (92%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@/dontflailmenow

@/woozi

@/bitchlessdino

@/jeonwonwoo

@/milfgyuu

I tagged 281 of my posts in 2022

Only 2% of my posts had no tags

#svt gifs - 93 posts

#svt pics - 37 posts

#dividers - 32 posts

#random svt post - 22 posts

#tbz gifs - 15 posts

#tbz pics - 15 posts

#random relatable posts - 12 posts

#random misc. posts - 11 posts

#random writing posts - 10 posts

#hope tagged - 10 posts

Longest Tag: 77 characters

#lowkey didnt know it was eric the first like 3 times i saw it in compilations

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

About Me

Name: Hope (not my real name but has meaning between me & my mom so i went w/ it)

She/Her

Age: I'm an '01 liner

Fun facts about me:

I love writing✍ & reading📖

Music is everything to me, same as writing & reading is🎼🎶

I have a tendency to be more shy/introverted, mostly around new people...and second guess myself alot (things i say or do)

"I'm a socially awkward social butterfly" ~Kevin Moon🌙

I'm typically very open about everything...idk why but I just am

I have a slight tendency to be oblivious (if I annoy or upset you pls tell me, I don't ever mean to be, I'm genuinely just unaware)

I have a ½Corgi ½Australian-shepherd dog Theo i got as a puppy, & a ½Corgi ½Dachshund dog Coco i got first as an older rescue (maybe I'll post pics eventually)

I'm 5' 10" & I despise it(/j?) bc almost everyone i went to school w/ was always shorter than me. (& yes there were jokes made)

I was born on Christmas Eve so i was called a 'christmas eve baby' growing up by EVERY teacher/grown-up🎄

I like craft stuff & art (only really good @ drawing/charcoal/oil pastels)🎨

First Kpop Group: Got7

Ult Groups atm: The Boyz, Seventeen, Ateez, Stray Kids (I do also have interest in & at one point was more invested in others, ex. NCT, GOT7, TXT, Enhypen, etc.)

Biases / Wreckers in each group: (this is not every group, but the top 15)

TBZ - Kevin, Sunwoo / Q, Jacob, (& Hyunjun)

SVT - Dino, Mingyu, S. Coups / Wonwoo, Hoshi

ATZ - San / Wooyoung, Seonghwa

SKZ - BangChan, Han / Felix, I.N.

NCT - Haechan, Taeyong, Xiaojun, Sungchan / YangYang, Jaemin, Kun, Yuta, Jeno

TXT - Yeonjun / Soobin

Enhypen - Jake, Sunghoon / Jay

Monsta X - I.M, Kihyun / Jooheon, Shownu (& Wonho)

SF9 - Rowoon, Youngbin / Zuho, Jaeyoon, Hwiyoung

GOT7 - Mark, JB / Jinyoung, Youngjae

Astro - Jinjin, Moonbin / Rocky, Eunwoo

Infinite - L, Woohyun / Sungyeol, Dongwoo???

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4 notes - Posted October 6, 2022

#4

Ok...I'm not alright after this edit😣😍

Credit to user in vid (top left)

6 notes - Posted September 28, 2022

#3

Tagged By - @/sugarcherriess

Favorite Color - Pink & Blue

Currently Reading - All My Love (j. ww) by @pepperonidk & Sweet Night (k. mg) by @wooahaes

Last Song - T1 x Raiden, The Boyz 'Last Man Standing' or The Boyz 'Christmassy'

Last Series - watching multiple bc they all have new seasons (DC's Stargirl, Kung Fu reboot, All American, DC's Titans)

Last Movie - 20th Century Girl, Enola Holmes 2, The School For Good & Evil

Currently Working On - Svt Dino college au

TBZ Kevin house cleaner(?)/s2f2L au

SVT or TBZ(?) assistant s2f2L au

Tagging - @/twogyuu @/bitchlessdino @/momobani @/biaswreckingfics @/leejungchans @/wooahaes @/pepperonidk

(if you wanna do it but aren’t tagged then consider yourself TAGGED 🫵🏼 and also if u dont wanna then consider yourself untagged 👉🏼👈🏼)

7 notes - Posted November 10, 2022

#2

Thanks @/twogyuu for tagging me🤗 I love sharing music w/people too!

Tag game: Put your playlist on shuffle, list 10 songs, and then tag 10 people.

1. Flower - Seventeen

2. Trauma - Seventeen (Hip hop unit)

3. Now Or Never - SF9

4. Vicious - Sabrina Carpenter

5. Here Comes Trouble - Neoni

6. Bo Bo Chocolat - Everglow

7. Thnks fr th Mmrs - Fall Out Boy

8. Circus - Stray Kids

9. Don't Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers ft. Daya

10. Merry Bad Ending - The Boyz

Still dont really know 10 ppl but let's try anyway...

(if you wanna do it but aren’t tagged then consider yourself TAGGED 🫵🏼 and also if u dont wanna then consider yourself untagged 👉🏼👈🏼)

@/sugarcherriess @/bitchlessdino @/momobani @/leejungchans @/biaswreckingfics @/dontflailmenow @/noempathyy @/wooahaes

17 notes - Posted November 10, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Seventeen Recs (updated: dec. 2, 2022)

Warnings usually left by authors at beginning of each

My warnings just in case (I hope these make sense): ⤵

♨ - contains nsfw in story         🔞 - just nsfw

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244 notes - Posted October 5, 2022

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[gubler-me-up]

Lost in Translation

Request(s): Hey :) Can i make a Spencer request? Something like that episode in Mexico, with a bilingual reader please <3 Like a trip and he realizes that the reader can speak Spanish, he's kinda mesmerized and she helps the team to get more information about the unsub

hey beautiful :) could u write something (literally anything) where the reader speaks another language or like they have an australian accent or smthg and they have to like translate for the team and spencer just thinks it’s the hottest thing in the world and then the reader gets real worked up and starts yelling in the other language and spencer is just like skdkdmend,,,,u don’t have to if u don’t wanna but like i love u sm ur amazing 

A/N: Thanks for the first request @cryingforwill​ and shout out to the anon who sent the second request! Can y’all believe this is my last fic of 2020? Being posted early? New year, new me (maybe)! Thank you to everyone who has been reading and supporting my work for the last four months of 2020 you literally ROCK 🗣 btw I am by no means bilingual (maybe a lil French but that’s it) so all the Spanish being spoken in this fic is straight from Google Translate so pls forgive me if it doesn’t translate properly and if you’re like me and don’t know Spanish pls have Google Translate on deck while reading

Couple: Spencer Reid/Fem!reader

Category: Fluff

Content warning: Swearing, semi-nudity, mentions of violence 

Word count: 2k

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It was rare that the team travelled abroad for a case but when an unsub was on the run to Mexico they had no choice to follow their tracks. The team landed in Mexico within a day of finding out the unsub had fled. They didn’t waste time scoping out places the unsub could possibly be according to eyewitness reports.

Unfortunately for Spencer he got stuck with surveilling at the beach with Morgan in the hot sun. They made sure to dress for the part by wearing swim trunks and sunglasses. Well, that’s what Morgan was wearing. Spencer opted to wear a white t-shirt,  brown khaki pants and a pair of black converse.

Morgan had begged him to change into something else so he wouldn’t stick out like a sore thumb. Spencer insisted that if he just stayed on the outskirts of the beach he would look like a tourist sightseeing. The explanation earned him an eye roll and look of disappointment from Morgan.

No matter the amount of disappointment Morgan felt, the surveillance plan went as planned. Morgan went on the beach to blend in with locals and tourists so he could ask people if they had seen the unsub as well as scoping the area for him. Spencer stayed just at the border of the beach surveilling the area. Whenever someone would pass by he would ask them if they had seen the unsub.

From a handful of people ignoring him to them just giving him a weird look, he felt as if he actually did look a bit weird in his attire. He sighed and decided it might be best if he did some surveillance from the car with his pair of binoculars. Before he could turn around to leave, a volleyball hit his feet.

He looked down and picked it up. He had no idea why he picked it up considering he didn’t know who to give it to. Even if he did he wouldn’t embarrass himself trying to hit it back to the person it belonged to. Volleyball was apart of his long list of sports he wasn’t good at.

“Hey, sorry, that’s mine.”

He looked in the direction of where the voice was yelling. He raised his eyebrows in surprise as he saw a gorgeous woman running towards him. He tried to be respectful and not stare for too long considering she was wearing a bikini. He didn’t want her to think he was a creep or even worse, the unsub.

She smiled as she made her way right in front of him. She held out her hands for him to give her back the ball. He looked down at her hands and then at his. He silently went “oh” as he realized he still had the ball in his hand.

“Sorry,” he said as he handed her the ball.

She looked him up and down with a questionable look. She looked back at his face. Spencer for sure thought she was going to treat him like the rest and pretend he just wasn’t there. To his surprise she smiled at him.

“¿Eres de eta zona?” She asked.

He shook his head. “No, no lo soy.”

She giggled. “Por la forma en que mataste tu sentencia, puedo decir que eres de los Estados Unidos.”

He raised an eyebrow. “Supongo que eras de la zona.”

She nodded her head. She reached into her bikini top. He watched carefully to see what she was about to pull out. He then realized there’s no way she could be hiding a weapon in her bikini top so he strayed his eyes away from her breast.

She saw how flustered he had become and laughed at how his pale face turned red. She pulled out her I.D. card to show him who she was. He looked at her surprised when he read her identification.

“My name’s Y/N Y/L/N. I’m originally from America myself but I opted to work for the Policía Federal after serving my time as a special agent at the FBI California headquarters. I’m here to be of assistance to you and your team, agent,” she said.

“How did you know I was-”

“My team was informed by your unit chief, Aaron Hotchner, that an unsub had crossed over to our borders, so we know everyone on your team. Also, no one dresses like that unless they’re undercover.”

Spencer looked down at his attire. He guessed Morgan had a valid point of him sticking out. She laughed and grabbed his hand to escort him onto the beach. He hesitantly held back.

“I hate sand in my shoes,” he complained.

“Well, you should have worn sandals. Aren’t you the genius of the group? Dr. Spencer Reid? How come you didn’t think of that?” She questioned as she yanked him onto the beach.

Spencer trailed behind her unwillingly. He could already feel the sand seeping into his shoes already. He would have been more upset but he was entering the beach for some reason Y/N hadn’t explained to him yet. Since she was on their side, there wasn’t a direct reason not to trust her.

“I wasn’t going to go onto the beach. My partner, Derek Morgan, is surveilling the beach,” he explained.

“The beach is the best part to surveil though. Seems to me you got the short end of the stick,” she said.

“It’s the stick I chose and I’m fine with it,” he said.

She giggled. “Tonto, tonto chico.”

“Uh, gracias?”

She led him over to an area where there was a blue beach towel set up with a cloth bag on it. She let his hand go and kneeled on the towel. He looked at her strangely as he watched her ruffling through her bag. She pulled out a bottle of sunscreen.

“Can you apply sunscreen to my back please?” She asked.

“I-I don’t know if-”

“Do you want to blend in or not, khaki pants?”

He looked down at his pants before looking back at her. She reached the bottle out to him and he didn’t feel as if he had a better option so he took it from her. She smiled as she scooted down to make some room for him to kneel behind her.

He went behind her and kneeled. He opened it up and squeezed a good amount on his hands. He rubbed his hands together before he started applying it to her lower back. He had to admit her skin was the softest thing he had ever touched.

“Crees que puedes seguirme si hablo español durante esta conversación?” She asked

“Intentaré,” he said.

“Excelente. Tengo un hueso personal que elegir con su sospechoso,” she said.

“Que hizo…Wait, what are you doing?” He asked.

Y/N reached one hand to the back of her bikini top and untied it. She held the front of it with her free hand so her breasts wouldn’t spill out, flustering Spencer anymore than he already was. She looked back at him with a smile as she saw him turn red again.

“You need to get the whole of my back,” she said.

“Uh…I guess?” He said.

“You sound unsure. Wait until you have to do the front,” she said.

“I what?” He choked.

“I’m kidding. We’ll save that possibility for another time,” she said with a wink before turning her head.

Spencer’s mouth was gaped open but he couldn’t find the words to say back to her. He honestly didn’t know what would be the appropriate way to respond to her. If Morgan was there he probably would have been even more disappointed by the way he was acting around Y/N.

“Your unsub, Eric Brown, almost killed my partner,” she said.

“I heard,” Spencer softly said.

“Ese hijo de puta nos sorprendió. Le disparó a mi compañero en el cuello y si no estuviera allí para evitar que se desangrara, habría estado muerto,” she said, gradually becoming louder in her tone.

“Lamento que tu y tu pareja hayan sido víctimas de él,” he said.

“¿Ser víctima de él? Si vuelvo a ver a ese hijo de puta voy a hacer que me caiga víctima,” she yelled.

He let her have her little moment because he knew how upsetting being in that type of situation could be. Even though he was upset for her, he couldn’t help think her yelling was tantalizing. It didn’t help he was enjoying rubbing her back with sunscreen and feeling her soft skin over and over again.

“Estamos aquí para ayudar en todo lo que podamos. Queremos hacer justicia a su pareja y a las otras víctimas de Brown,” Spencer said.

She turned around to look at him with a smile. He smiled back at her as he took his hands off of her. She looked down at the string that dangled at her side and then looked back at him. He didn’t need her to say anything and grabbed both strings on both sides of her to tie it around her back.

“Eres muy dulce, Spencer. Le devolveré el favor diciéndole esto: escuché de un informante hoy que Brown intentará esconderse en un carro de cargamento de drogas que se dirige a Cuba,” she said.

“Really?” He asked in shock.

“Sí. The shipment leaves in six hours, but the dock isn’t too far from here. If my hunch is right, he isn’t staying too far from the dock,” she said.

“Reid.”

They both looked up to see Morgan walking their way. Spencer immediately got up and dusted the sand off his pants. Y/N also got up and picked up all of her belongings off of the ground.

“Morgan, I-uh…I know what this might seem like but I was-um.”

“Hi, my name’s Y/N Y/L/N. I’m with the Policía Federal. I was informing agent Reid about Brown’s possible whereabouts,” she said.

“Yeah, apparently, he’s going to get on a drug shipment to Cuba in six hours,” Spencer whispered.

“He’s most likely hiding out somewhere north of Cancun,” she said.

“Great. Thanks for the information. Are your units scouting the area out?” Morgan asked.

She nodded. “Yes, but we’re not trying to penetrate the area directly. We have no idea what kind of people Brown has paired up with and he’s already attacked one of our own before, so we’re treading lightly.”

“Fair. I guess we’ll meet in six hours to catch him,” Morgan said as he reached out his hand.

Y/N grabbed it and shook it. “We definitely will, agent.”

As she let go of his hand, she looked over at Spencer. She smiled and reached out her hand. She noticed his hesitation to grab it, so she did him the favour and latched into his hand. She pulled him in and gave him a light kiss on the cheek.

“Gracias por aplicarme protector solar en la espalda. Tal vez después de atrapar a este hijo de puta, podamos ser más íntimos,” she said into his ear.

She pulled away from him and saw that confused yet intrigued look on his face again. She laughed before waving them both goodbye. They both watched as she walked off from their sight into the overcrowded beach.

Morgan flopped his arm around Spencer’s shoulders. Spencer looked at Morgan to see a grin spanning from ear to ear. He sighed as he already knew what Morgan was going to say.

“So you spent the time you were supposed to be surveilling rubbing on a hottie’s back?” Morgan asked

“How about we don’t talk about it?” Spencer said as he shrugged off Morgan’s arm and started to walk away.

“You can’t keep your secret move from me,” Morgan said as he walked behind him.

“What secret move?” Spencer asked.

“The “standing there out of place but yet attract all the ladies to me” move,” Morgan said.

Spencer smirked. “I would teach you if I knew why it happened.”

Morgan chuckled. “You know what, I think I’m more content with you finally not knowing an answer for something than I am with you getting a potential date.”

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MASTERLIST

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[juju-on-that-yeet]

I beg you ELABORATE BIGLY

*cracks knuckles* Hell yeah

Actual footage of me writing this all out:

To start off, I’ll say that the egos are technically all roughly the same age. They’re figments, not humans, so it’s all a little fuzzy. Some of them look younger and/or act more childish, but even then they’re physically/mentally 20ish at the youngest. But they’ve all technically only been alive for a few years at the most (except for Dark and Wil, who as we know are ALL sorts of fucky), so the age differences between them all mean a lot more proportionally. I’ve mentioned this in fics before, how even a few months age difference means a lot to figments because they haven’t been around very long in the first place.

(pls lordt let the readmore work)

But on the whole, the egos fall into three groups:

The Older/Oldest Ones/The Elders (or The OGs, as I kinda like calling them) consist of Dark, Wilford, King of the Squirrels, The Host, Dr. Iplier, Silver Shepherd, Google, Bim, and Ed Edgar. They’re the ones at the conference table in MarkiplierTV, because they’re the head honchos. Dark may be the boss with Wil as his right-hand man, but all the older egos have the respect of the younger ones. They’re on the whole more mature than the others, and when things get crazy, they’re the ones the others look to for guidance (some of them are even older brother/father figures to certain younger egos) (tho Dark and Bim each have a boyfriend among the younger ones, which got some side-eyes from their peers at first but everyone’s over it by now). They’re also the group with the most politics in it: Dark and Wil don’t respect Silver at all, for example, and half of them only trust Dark as far as they can throw him (except for Google, who actively hates him in addition to not trusting him). But they’ve been around since the beginning, since before Ego Inc. even existed, and remember what it was like to live apart from one another without a solid way of life or place to call home. Dark was the one who brought them all together (not without resistance, mainly from Host, then The Author), so as wary as the others are of Dark, they do all respect him with various levels of reluctance. They also know very well what it’s like to lose egos, to see them get forgotten by the fans and fade away, and they’re all a little desensitized to it. It usually takes them a while to warm up to new egos for this reason.

If you look at the birth dates of the egos (at least among the main ones + ones that are in my canon), there’s a couple big gaps between new ones cropping up. Not that none appeared, but that none appeared and survived. The first such gap comes after Ed Edgar was made, leaving a space of a year and a half where no egos had enough footing to stick around. This period finally ended when Yandereplier popped into existence and became the first real baby of the family. Even though Ed was previously the youngest, he wasn’t much younger than the next-youngest (Bim) and never felt like the baby, nor was he treated like one. But Yandere, between his appearance after such a drought of new egos and the fact that he was the first one to really look younger than the others, made the whole group collectively say “oh, he’s baby.” It didn’t last very long, though, because more egos showed up pretty soon after, and became…

The Middle Kids: Yandere, MarkBop, Bingiplier, Oliver, Plus, Chrome, Reporter Jim and Cameraman Jim. They’re not quite babies anymore; they’ve been around for a couple years or more and they’ve become savvy to how things work in Ego Inc. But they’re still much younger than the oldest ones, and are still less mature than them. Of the three groups, this one causes the most trouble by FAR (Yandere likes wrecking shit in the city and is constantly getting hurt, Bing picks fights with 3/4 of the Googles and Plus and Chrome pick fights with him in return, and the Jims are just constantly Up To Something™). They mostly see the older ones as authority figures, but they aren’t quite up in the politics that the older ones create (even Yandere, who gets away with everything thanks to having Dark and Wil wrapped around his finger, barely notices that fact most of the time). They haven’t seen as much death among the egos as the older ones have, but they’ve seen enough to make them a little cautious around newbies. The hardest hitting deaths for them were the first pair of Jims, Weatherman Jim and News-anchor Jim. Those two were unusual in that they lived for a good few months before they faded, which hadn’t really happened before. The newer Jims, RJ and CJ, ended up evoking the same “they’re baby” response that Yandere did for this reason (and the one place where my subconscious grouping was inaccurate was with the Jims, who I associated as being in the younger camp, when they’re really just the youngest middle kids).

After the Jims show up, it’s a little over a year before the next ego shows up, leading to…

The Youngest Ones/The Newbies/The Babies: Eric Derekson, Yancy, Illinois, and Captain Magnum. Granted, Eric is almost a year older than the Heist egos, but let’s be real, he’s still baby. These four are still finding their footing among the group, still figuring out who their friends are, still finding the limits of Dark’s patience. They know the written rules but not the unwritten ones, essentially. To them, the middle kids are a mixed bag of fun friends/intimidating authority figures (half the noobs are scared of Yandere, for example, and they’re all intimidated by Plus and Chrome, but they like the others pretty well for the most part). They listen to the older ones and follow their lead much more than the middle kids do, and are intimidated by pretty much all of them. At the same time, the softer-hearted among the older egos (Doc, Silver, Bim) baby them a LOT. They’re not spoiled rotten, but they sure are spoiled. On the flip side, though, they haven’t been exposed to the loss of egos like the others have. Eric’s only seen a few egos die, and the Heist egos haven’t seen any die at all. They’ll be the most optimistic and hopeful when new egos show up – and be the saddest and most horrified when new egos die.

But yeah, I kinda subconsciously had them organized like this and it’s always influenced how I write them, even though I only just recently realized it enough to put it into words. It’s pretty wild what your brain can come up with without even trying! I truly love this dynamic for them, and it’ll be cool to see how it changes as more egos crop up (we’ll see if E-boyiplier manages to survive his first month without being forgotten :3c)

This is already way too long but I did compile a list of the egos in age order with their birth dates for my own reference that I can post if y’all want it (plus their astrological signs because I’m that bitch) (side note @ Mark WHY are so many of your characters Scorpios??) (also idc what Eric said in his video, he was introduced on December 2 so he’s a Sagittarius and not a Libra and that’s that on that)

[its-rockin-pete]

113 with Peter pls ;)

113. “I prefer blondes.”

Her golden hair was now messy from running around and defending herself. Although her long yellow locks were untidy and quite frankly a mess, her hair still managed to catch whatever light there was left in the darkness of the night. She could pull off the messy look though; her soft natural beach-waves made it all possible.

She rushed up the stairs and observed her surroundings quickly before beginning to run across the roof-top as fast as she could. Her teammates were engaged in the fight against Eric’s team, and she figured that they were distraction enough to allow her to get closer to the flag’s location, but she was quickly proven wrong. 

Suddenly, she was completely put to a halt by a sharp pain that pulsed through her entire leg. She stumbled forward trying to keep her balance, quickly realizing that she’d just been shot in the back of her calf. The situation mortified her because she knew that if she fell forward, she’d be an easier target to keep down- but at the same time, standing meant an imminent shot to the back. Despite her attempt not to, she fell forward onto her knees and tried her best to scoot somewhere safe.

Suddenly, she felt someone from behind grab her by the collar of her vest and hastily pull her behind a vent duct.

“You suck at this game. Are you purposely trying to get shot?” Peter playfully scoffed at her

“Why- wait- what?? I’m not even on your team, why are you helping me?”

“Because watching whatever the hell that was was absolutely pathetic.” He smirked, crouching down beside her to try and stay hidden. 

“I should shoot you right now just for being an asshole, but you’re being a nice asshole so you’re safe this time…” She rolled her eyes at him as she took a deep breath and pulled the dart from her leg.

“Do you even care about finding our flag?” She huffed

“Of course I do. Pulling you aside makes one less member of your team going for our flag, so that compensates for me doing jack-shit right now.” He abruptly stood up and turned around after speaking to shoot down two people who were a little too close for comfort, one of which was on his team, and the other on hers. Once he was sure they were safe, he ducked down behind the vent again and squatted next to her.

“That’s a horrible excuse, now, why did you really help me?” she raised her eyebrows inquisitively.

“I told you, you’re miserable at capture the flag, I honestly don’t know how you made it this far without help.” he kneeled beside her and rested his gun on his lap.

She looked at him, purely perplexed by the whole situation. She knew he was bullshitting his way out of a real answer; Peter was never nice to anybody like this, so it made her wonder why she was an exception. She thought about the fact that they did talk pretty frequently, but whatever time was spent with him was usually spent bickering like siblings. Sure, it was playful banter, but she never really thought of him as a close friend- more like an acquaintance.

“Why aren’t you out there helping your girlfriend or something? Aren’t there people on your team that actually need help?”

He turned his head towards her with genuine confusion reading through his facial expression. “Girlfriend?”

She curved her lips into a slight frown and raised an eyebrow, “You know, the tall brunette you’re always hanging out with?”

He immediately put his hand over his face and then sighed in disappointment, “You’re not serious are you?”

She smirked and watched him rub his face, flustered.“…You guys aren’t-?”

He looked at her and shook his head with disgust written all over his face, “Absolutely not. Me- and Molly?! Are you out of your damn mind?”

He looked her dead in the eyes and smirked after a few seconds of silence had passed- “I prefer blondes anyways.”

After that comment, he stood up and patted her on the shoulder, knowing exactly how he was about to leave her feeling. “Now, get lost,  I’ve got a game to play. We can continue this discussion later, hot-shot.” He winked at her and began to peel away but quickly leaned back to look at her one more time; “Oh, and try to remember, you’re supposed to dodge darts, not let them get lodged in your body.” He teased before getting back into the action, leaving her to sit there in shock with her cheeks hot with a rosy blush wondering what the hell had just happened.

[theboyz-engup]

36 with eric (male reader if u can) pls??

#36: “Is that my shirt?”

send me a prompt from any of these three lists

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Evidently, Eric was trying to come home quietly. It was late at night, past two in the morning, which meant you were most likely asleep; and recently you’d come down with a cold so you were meant to be in bed and cozied up with a humidifier. Hearing the near silent whir of the machine in your shared room, he smiled a bit. Even though he wasn’t home to take care of you all the time, little presents that were from him still helped when he was gone.

Little did he know though, you were waiting for him patiently. It was hard to get to bed without someone once you got used to it and, after hearing he’d be home that night, you were even more awake. Excitement coursed through your body and you thought about the best way to surprise him: it all would’ve worked out if you weren’t drained of almost all of your energy. That didn’t stop all of you.

You waited, cross-legged in the middle of the bed with the flashlight on your phone pressed into the mattress to hide it. The moment he slid into view, you raised your phone and called, scratchy voice and all, “put your hands up, this is the police!”

After a little shuffle and a small thud, you watched him slip to the ground, shock on his face. When he met eyes with you, a nervous laugh escaped his mouth before giggles enraptured his entire body, hands pressing into his face to hide it. You smiled widely, lowering the flashlight from your face and tossing it to the side so it illuminated more.

“Why did you get so scared?” you chuckled, giving him a head shake, “what illegal things have you done while you were away?”

Removing a hand from his face but keeping the other there, he fixed you with a soft look. “You were supposed to be asleep and then all I saw was a flashing light. I thought I was getting abducted by aliens or something.”

The thought made you laugh more, a clap coming through as you rocked back. In that moment, the dryness in your throat couldn’t come close to bothering you. Still, you kept your distance. Despite wanting to touch him, you decided it was better not to get him sick as well. Just because he was home didn’t mean he didn’t have responsibilities as an idol. Having to plan your life around those schedules was hard but you made it work most of the time. All you found yourself looking forward to was stolen moments and trips, anything you could do to make him feel normal.

“All that Area 51 talk,” you mused, arching up your eyebrows. As they raised, the ends of your lips followed and you found yourself in a constant state of smiling when you were with him. There wasn’t a thing that could keep you from being irrevocably happy when you were together.

Slowly, he got up from the floor and lugged his bag forward into the room. It was just a few steps in that he stopped and looked down, clicking his tongue.

“Is this my shirt?” The question was said aloud but mostly to himself. When he bent down to pick it up, he nodded. Going to blame you, he caught sight of what you had on and gaped. A finger raised to point at you.

“Is that my shirt?” Eric asked, narrowing his eyes at you suspiciously. Silly grin on your face, you fumbled with the hem of the pink shirt.

“Maybe,” you hummed, a bit of a crack in your voice from your summer cold. Eric shook his head, slowly inching into the room as he picked up a few things off the floor.

“As long as those aren’t my boxers.”

When he shot you a questionable look, you raised your hands in defence. Despite the slight pounding in your head and the congestion, you were enjoying your time. Sleep was nowhere near hitting you.

“These ones I bought, thank you very much,” you chirped, knees moving up and down slightly with a smile on your lips. “Now get over here so I can take it off.”

“Wow,” he drawled, but the few articles of clothes he’d picked up fell to the ground. Casting his shoes off at the front of your home, he was just tasked with removing his joggers and shirt, the former of which he kept on. “He only wants me for my body.”

“Maybe,” you chuckled, feeling the bed shift as he came closer, legs fitting between yours and arms on either side of your hips.

The way he leaned his weight down with his lips made you lie down comfortably, elbows the only thing propping you up. A kiss or two was placed on your neck then chin until he came to his senses and kissed you proper. You missed the feeling of his lips on yours and the way his chest moved against you with every breath. There was something about having a hand in your hair and the other running up your body to make you feel wanted- and safe. He just made you feel safe.

With a small hum, you pulled back. “Eric, I’m sick.”

“I don’t care,” he whispered, “I missed you.”

He was just an inch away from you and there was nothing more beautiful than him in that moment. The flashlight cast a few shadows across his face, white light hitting his strongest features. His cheekbones, his long nose, the bottom of his chin: they all had glimmers of light while darkness danced across his valleys. His eyes were unchanging though. Brown and black and full of stars. You could stare at him for hours.

It took everything out of you to let his lips leave you again. Once you settled in for the night, Eric mumbling that he’d hardly had any sleep on the plane, you found tiredness leeching at your bones. Maybe you were just waiting for a moment where you could hear his heartbeat again. It was all you needed to feel at peace- to feel safe. He was everything you needed. Even the t-shirt you wore as comfort, the thing that smelled like him the most, was discarded on the side of the bed. You had the real thing and, in that moment, he was all you needed.

[keepyourpantsongohan]

Ayesha Liveblogs Free! S3

I will never get tired of Makoto offering Haru a hand out of the water

OMG I guess some things do change Makoto’s been dunked and I kinda love it

“I’m never gonna be a normal person” wow who is this this Goth Diet Haru

I love the phrase “hot minute” actually thank u for ur teen slang Asahi

Offering people his lecture notes and texting back right away will anyone ever be as good as Makoto? Trick question no

“I’m still young and innocent” “That’s a weird thing to say” I love that Haru’s meeting a bunch of people who aren’t used to his antics

This flashback seems to indicate that Haru felt Some Kinda Way about Ikuya which is weird because they look almost the same

“Don’t worry too much about the family” LMAO Sosuke has received a blessing from his cousin to follow Rin to Australia 

“Just inferior copies of Ikuya” that’d be more meaningful if Ikuya had done anything other than stare broodingly

It’s telling that the Iwatobi team is dressed like the Wiggles in this outro

All this outro really told me is that they aren’t really that good at differentiating main character design

“We have to try not to spoil them too much” I approve of Ikuya’s brother and his co-parenting buddy

“I’m not going to move ever again,” said Asahi, with the full confidence of a twelve-year-old boy who knows absolutely nothing about anything

Okay but for real Ikuya and Haru straight up look like siblings this weird rivalry energy on top of that fact is a little bit Much

[Rose and Rosie voice] It’ll never work out their hair is the same colour  

“Is Haru the guy who was all dressed up and riding a camel in the recruiting video we saw?” UNBELIEVABLE their Arabian Nights outro from S1 was actually their recruitment video Iwatobi do u take constructive criticism

“I’ll even be good enough to compete against you” how many rivals does one young man really need my god

Hey Trenchcoat Man maybe introduce yourself before telling these teens how to live their lives

Dude you’re so controlling trying to prevent Ikuya from seeing his friends

Ahhhhh I love Haru being in touch with his emotions and apologizing to Ikuya tbh I give Makoto and Rin a lot of the credit for his ability to communicate lmao 

“I’d prefer you didn’t keep him too long” listen I get where you might be coming from since Haru hurt Ikuya’s feelings but also stop that

“Thought I’d give you a wake-up call” I really don’t like the vibe of Hiyori

“Japanese guy! Friend of yours, maybe?” An accurate representation of what it’s like to hang out with white people lmao

There’s a different vibe from a teenager who giggles about swimmers’ muscles to an adult swim coach who is coaching swimming at a university giggling about swimmers’ muscles put that away Mikhail

Hiyori gives me the straight up heebie jeebies every time he opens his mouth

I can’t read Japanese but I have to assume Rin was gonna call Haru and reminisce about their bed sharing night lmao

Natsuya is some kinda Swimming Capitalist Nomad I’m not mad about it

“How many of these dreams do you have?” that’s valid lmao Rin has #calledout for being a rival slut

“His face told me that what matters most to him is not here” I can’t tell if this is a reference to Ikuya or to Natsuya’s white-haired rival-friend-boyfriend-probably

You know what, in the context of this show: Boyfriend 

“Hey, calm down. Listen, Archerfish--” HARU PLS

I don’t know Misae but the fact she calls her boyfriend Archerfish has already won me over

Hiyori would you fucking stop interfering this isn’t fair to Ikuya

“Ikuya’s too busy to waste his time reminiscing on childish things” well that should be Ikuya’s decision shouldn’t it like not 2 get 2 real but this is all the markers of an abusive relationship if someone does this to you please tell someone

God this stubbly weird man and his ominous advice STILL without any introduction 

“I’m getting sick of hearing you speak for Ikuya like you’re his damn boss” ME TOO ASAHI

YOU CANNOT DECIDE WHO IKUYA’S FRIENDS ARE HIYORI YOU ABSOLUTE SHITPRETZEL 

HA Ikuya knows you’ve been giving the boys the runaround fuckweasel

“If I swim with Tono, maybe it’ll help me understand him” Makoto coming after jerks with his best weapon: empathy <3

“People you swim with all seem to end up suffering, don’t they” LISTEN YOU ASSBANANA IT’S NOT HARU’S FAULT THAT PEOPLE GET OBSESSED WITH HIM HE’S JUST A GOOD SWIMMER

Omg I enjoy the drama of Sosuke interacting with the one (1) person in Japan who has seen Rin lately 

“I have to admit, I’m a little disappointed there isn’t a single pudgy person here” like I know this is probably gonna be a running gag for their opposite body preferences but it’s also a self-burn for the creators of this show only drawing different scales of one body type

I really do love that Rei is swim team captain now my boy has come so far

Oh Romio is there anyone in this swim universe that doesn’t have some kind of Traumatizing Swim Experience 

“Think about what your reason for jumping in is” Sosuke’s advice sounds like beautiful nonsense I don’t know how that’s supposed to help him concentrate on start times

Lmao I love this Overbearing Friend Gesture of Shizuru and Nagisa putting seaweed on Romio and Rei’s plates without asking kjhfkghfghfk

“Actually, if you don’t mind, we have a proposition” $500 says that Nagisa and Rei are about to propose a relay race

Update from 8 minutes later: Someone owes me $500

“Can you tell how proud I am?” Natsuya is such a good big brother <3

 Hahahaha “a guy he wants to swim with again some day” Natsuya is also a good wingman for Rin lmao

Based on his inner monologue Sosuke should also be a swimming coach except in the vein of Cryptic Trench Coat Stubble Man who just offers random unsolicited advice to any teenage swimmer he passes by in the street 

“I’m so proud of you” jgjhgjhg Shizuru I love you and your tears for Romio

What kind of child welfare laws are there in Japan that Hiyori’s parents were allowed to just leave him alone in the park

“When I saw [Haru] again, the weakness I thought I left behind came flooding back to me” the moral of this story is that competitive swimming makes you gay

Ikuya used to be fun and sweet lmao what made you so broody my dude

Lmao @ Hiyori being mad that Ikuya thinks of Haru as his Prince Eric instead of him 

Wow I love Nao being a guiding force for this group of nerds

“I’m not hearting anything for you” Asahi understands Stranger Danger

It took Ryuji a solid six eps to even get a name u’d expect him to have a more important character connection than Rin’s Swim Coach’s Rival

“Then you should start swimming other stuff” I Love Misaki, Adopted Child of Haru and Makoto 

Well this wistful playground vibe has taken a strange turn

“It’s none of your damn business okay!!” TONO JUST GOT DUMPED HA

KJGHKJGH THE RAGE IN HARU’S VOICE ABOUT THE MACKEREL

Ryuji: He can just buy me dinner or something. I’m not picky. As long as it’s not mackerel

Haru [through gritted teeth]: I’m ready when you are

AH I LOVE KISUMI AND ASAHI BABYSITTING TSUKUSHI

“After all we’ve been through, why does it have to be like this?” U MADE IT LIKE THIS HIYORI

HAHAHAHAH Makoto and Ryuji had a standoff of wills and Ryuji lost

“Maybe it’s time for you to approach things more seriously” Nao has declared it’s time to stop sowing your wild oats and settle down Natsuya

Kazuma only shows up to remind Sosuke he is free to run away to swim whenever

“Hope you’re well” “Hey relax I’m not your dad” [Natsuya immediately begins acting like their dad]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH GO HARU LEADING HIS CATEGORY

“I don’t think he’s all that bad of a guy” that’s Stockholm Syndrome Ikuya

I’m glad Ikuya is finally fucking having a meaningful conversation with his friends

“In the water I’m alone. No one’s gonna save me” Get therapy Ikuya!!!

Wow Haru joining a race purely to have an Emotional Confrontation with Ikuya is some kinda growth I’m just not sure what exactly

“That guy’s the only one anyone ever talks about” to be fair if your sample size is Iwatobi swimmers they are all a little in love with him

“That’s our BOYYYYYYYYYY” Aw Asahi <3 

Ghjkghk I love Makoto teasing Haru for being Ikuya’s hero

“Oh, you’re wise now?” AWWWW Ikuya is fun again good for him

 I know that Ikuya reaching out in friendship to Hiyori is supposed to be a sign of emotional security but I haven’t forgiven him for the way he’s manipulated Ikuya!!! Ur a seawitch not a Prince Eric!!! >:((((

I’m super thrown about them going straight from the qualifiers to the next race what will the last four episodes of this season be about

“I’ve been giving myself pep talks in the mirror. ‘I am a genius. I am a genius.’” HAHAHAHA I LIKE FUN IKUYA

“Looks like you beat me” “Just in free” Haru has released Ikuya into the universe for Hiyori and I don’t like it (for Ikuya’s sake) but that’s how it be I guess

How many siblings are there in the Mikoshiba family lmao there’s a new one every season 

“But gender doesn’t mean anything in a competition” I like u Lady Mikoshiba

“You mean you were Russian this whole time??” this is a lot to digest

I LOVE RIN’S PUDGY CAT STEVE LOL IS IT THE SAME IN JAPANESE

“The water likes you. I can tell” ALBERT PLS, Haru is already FULL-UP on homoerotic swim relationships

It’s killing me that they keep cutting to Makoto like Haru’s cheating on him though

Not to undermine the subplot of these last three episodes but hasn’t Haru... lost races before hgkjhgk

“I thought something soft and cute would help balance out that scary face of yours” omg STOP this cuteness 

Gghkhgk these flashbacks and Rin crying over Sosuke’s surgery are SO cute I never thought I would feel so proud of Rin way back in S1 he’s grown so much!!

Makoto being surrounded by ladybugs and butterflies like a wholeass Disney Prince

WHY are ALL of these swimming weirdos SOMEONE’S UNCLE

“You’re still as weird as ever, Haru’s the exact same way” I should start tracking how long in a conversation it takes characters to bring up Haru

Gnjghkjhg Makoto gets through to Haru in 0.5 seconds after two weeks of him ignoring his own coach. The power of fish metaphors and Love™

Kinda seems like they are setting it up like Makoto will also get to travel the world for swimming and let me say... I’m not mad about it

Update from like 2 minutes later: I WAS RIGHT

“That’s the evil king who wanted the magic lamp” the Arabian Nights references kill me every time 

Djkhdkjhd Ryuji labelling Mikhail in his phone as “Muscle Freak” that’s tru friendship

“You should say, ‘I’m totes hip with the kids, yo’” Ryuji pls 

“You’re so cute, you must be Iwatobi’s famous Kou” KHGKHGKJHKJ 3/3 MIKOSHIBA KNOCKOUT KOU

Awwwww Rei is so nervous for nationals my sweet baby boy

I ADORE that Rin and Haru are literally running across the city right before their most important meet bc they want to see their friends swim 

Rrgjhgr the one and only backstory in this show is former childhood friends and it applies to every single character

OMG Rei get his own flashback but with his boy Nagisa I love it

“I think he’d make a good rival for you actually” Makoto Tachibana: Rival Matchmaker

GOOD JOB BOYS U DID GOOD (ALSO TEAM PHOTO I WEEP)

“Try not to cry when I beat you” SOSUKEEEEEEEEEE

Wow this final episode is already clutching at my heart right out of the gate baby Haru 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Makoto letting four more boys pile into his one bedroom for the night bc he’s the Best Boy Alive

HJGHJKGH THIS EXCHANGE 

Mikhail: That’s what I call ‘totes hip with the kids’

Nearby youths: [Giggling]

Mikhail: [Soft indignant gasp] Ryuji!!

Natsuya and Ikuya have the cutest sibling relationship gjkghk THEY

The theme of this season is people hugging each other and crying over the lanes and I LOVE THAT 4 THEM

Rin and Haru and Makoto........... are good boys

“What is this, some kind of teen drama” that is exactly it, Rin

“He won’t stop talking about stupid crap like friendship and bonds” I love three (3) boys

Bonus: Out of Order Liveblog of Free! Take Your Marks + S3E0

Haru dropping his pants in Makoto’s apartment without the immediate context of them being near water was the most high stakes moment in this entire anime I had no idea where that was going

Haru leaving his apartment hunting until the day before he moves: Mood

Sidenote: Makoto and Haru going apartment hunting is domestic as HELL I love it

“The two of you are inseparable, huh?” “We’re friends, deal with it.” Let people be gay Kisumi 

Lmao @ Nagisa and Rei’s yoga pose video Iwatobi is the cutest swim team in the world 

“Then one day even those tears will dry out in the Tokyo desert” who hurt you, Ms. Amakata 

“Allow me to welcome you to Tokyo, the city where love and lust intertwine” Free! Love and Lust could really be a subtitle of this anime lmao

“I’m talking about the whole bunkbed situation, you know, top and bottom” lmao shout-out to Sloane for that one art

I love the wordless communication between Makoto and Haru (and for that matter, Sosuke and Rin) I’m so glad they worked things out

I’m also happy Rin and Kou are cool now they used to have quite a gap

“Rin wasn’t that honest with himself” rjghg Rin and Haru miss each other

“This is the one,” said Haru, next to Makoto, His Completely Platonic Best Friend Who Dreams About Them Sharing An Apartment and Dropping Trou

I LOVE STEVE THE FAT CAT. AN ICON. A BEAUTY. CHUNKY BABY

“The treasure is inside the red shark’s mouth” there is DEFINITELY a Rin joke to be made here and the writers knew it

I don’t know what I love about this more that Aii and Momo are TERRIBLE at scheming or that that they are throwing Rin and Sosuke together on White Day lmao

This team vacation... Sosuke giggling bc he was tickled... !!!!!!! THANKS

I’m loving all these teams getting presents for each other jkhgkjg

Oh am I finally going to understand this Momo and Capybara backstory

Lol @ Natsuya pouring his heart abt Nao to Sosuke wholly unsolicited

“What were you about to ask” “Oh, not anything important (I’ll wait for you Sosuke)”

OHHHHHHHHHH THE CHARM BACKSTORY SOSUKEEEEEEEEEE

Oh Christ alive am I about to watch the Arabian Nights recruitment film

Hhhgjgjhg I gather the only reason Haru got his license was to compete with Rin

“I’m the evil king who is after the lamp for his own selfish reasons” I hate this... but also... I love this???

“I am a mysterious peddler. I travel carrying mysterious bundles. While riding atop of my mysterious partner Chappy the Camel” HARU STOP

OH MAKOTO HONEY U POOR SOUL JHGKHFKJGH 

“Makoto. When I’m nervous I think about mackerel” I am going to expire

“I think the three of you should implement your own version of it” Fhjkhgk Haru is telling them to exploit their bodies for school recruitment but also that’s not really anything new so fair enough

Nagisa: Rei is Perfect Killer Muscles Handsome in my heart!!!!!!

“Maybe I’m never going to understand him” Omg @ The Jilted Middle School Exes of Haru Club

“How David had to give up his love.... And then Veronica, knowing they couldn’t see each other anymore” call me crazy but I think Rin is projecting his own issues onto A Rat’s Life LMAO

Tjehjkhkje Sosuke needing to call Rin bc he got lost on his way to the bathroom... Useless Husband Energy

HAHAH Rin is so upset thinking Momo and Kou are dating

At least Rin recognizes that he doesn’t get to decide who Kou dates he can only express his approval or disapproval

“Momotaru Mikoshiba is a man who lives by passion” gjhgjhg stop this

“Rin would never lose to a persimmon, ever!” MAKOTO R U OK

“You are not less than a persimmon!” THESE BOYS. U R SO DUMB BUT ALSO GET U A FRIEND LIKE THE IWATOBI SWIM CLUB

“It’s cool if you need to cry” “If you stay in the pool no one will ever notice your tears” I LOVE SOSUKE AND HARU TEAMING UP TO TEASE RIN

I also deeply appreciate that even though I’ve never heard their Japanese voices I know exactly who is saying what line in this outro just by dialogue and tone of voice

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“I have a crippling fear of mascot costumes” “Then why did you take this job” kjhgkjhgkjh if that isn’t a work mood 

Wait... if Makoto is going to be the substitute wrestler... WILL HARU BE THE SUBSTITUTE MASCOT AHHHHHHHH

WAIT NO I HAVE GRAVELY AND HILARIOUSLY MISUNDERSTOOD MAKOTO IS GOING TO BE BOTH MASCOT AND WRESTLER

“Iwa means ‘boulder’ and ‘tobi’ means ‘black kite’ so it’s a boulder-headed bird!!” Well that’s more of an explanation for the appearance of the Iwatobi mascot than I ever expected, Nagisa

“You don’t have a crippling fear of mascot costumes, do you?” No but I have feeling Makoto is about to develop one

Oh it’s THIS FUCKPUDDLE who asked u to be here Hiyori

“I don’t exactly hate it” high praise Ikuya lmao

Thkjhtkjh I love Natsuya’s long distance relationship it’s sweet 

HAHAHA is the beak thing supposed to be a ploy so people see Makoto’s face

“I cannot let Haru see me like this” “Hi Makoto” HAHAHAHAH I LOVE THIS WHOLE INTERACTION AND ALSO HOW HARU JUST GOES ALONG WITH ALL OF IT

Also I don’t know how Makoto was planning to hide his identity after he was addressed as “Mr. Tachibana”

LMAO @ MAKOTO BEING RECOGNIZED BY HIS LEG MUSCLES I’M SCREAMING

“Hey Makoto, use a backstroke!!” HARU PLEASE

“Well done, you’ll be a great mascot someday” “Thanks? I think?” This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen and I loved it

Oh my goooood Haru bringing Makoto presents for his siblings.... they have ascended to the college relationship levels of Natsuya and Nao

Man Ikuya could not radiate stronger “leave me alone” vibes 

“Wow you boys make a dashing pair” you said it Suit Lady not me 

[laissezferre]

review: poto manila cast: ian jon bourg, carla verdier, matt leisy

gosh, it's nice to see phantom again! the last time i saw it was in singapore five years ago or so, and since then i'd like to think that i've gained substantially more knowledge on the show's history, costumes, sets, etc, etc.--and that awareness of where things should be and where people should stand has somehow affected my viewing this time around.

i saw the show fairly early in its run, so things will most likely get better, but for its first week of shows, it's pretty solid! i didn't get to see the principal phantom and christine, and while i was pretty bummed about that initially , i realized soon enough that it wasn't such a bad deal (more on that later).

what i like most about this production is how palpable the thought behind every portrayal is. even as far as the balcony, it's very clear that christine was falling in and out of a trance/hypnosis in music of the night. it's very clear that christine was being compelled to walk towards the phantom in why so silent. it's very clear how the crowd in masquerade pokes and prods at christine (not literally) until she gets overwhelmed and confused. you can also pinpoint the exact moment in point of no return that christine realizes that the phantom is under the hood. i don't know if that's stage direction or clara verdier's acting choices, but either way, i loved it.

everyone already knows that they removed the golden angel from the proscenium. apart from that they also had to adjust scenic design and props because the theater doesn't allow open fire indoors. so, no flash in red death's exit, none as well when the phantom releases raoul from the lasso. no fireballs in wandering child. instead the floor bursts with gusts of air and some light when raoul goes near the phantom, and instead of a flash for the phantom's exit, the stage is lit with harsh red light accompanied by a loud thunder sound that rattles the auditorium, then black out.

i "think" that they slowed down some of the scenes. i remember listening to matt leisy sing his part in think of me and going "huh, he's taking his time". i felt the same way in all i ask of you reprise and the finale. someone please confirm, but does the show really last 2 hours and 10 minutes without interval?

some notable things that only fans will care about: christine falls to the floor when the mannequin moves. the phantom doesn’t catch her in time. also, the phantom doesn't drag his entire body across the stage in stranger than you dreamt it; he crawls on his knees.

could be improved: major props to the guy on soundboard that night for being alert, because feedback tried to kill our ears twice, but they got it under control before it could reach that blackboard-screeching level that haunts us all in our sleep.  sometimes i could also hear gears turning and machines whirring as the set pieces moved, which can’t be pleasant if you’re sitting on the stalls. i'm not sure if this normal, but it was noticeable when the title track switched from prerecorded to live. also, although notes 1 and 2 were considerably slowed down, i still couldn't understand most of it, same with wandering child trio. maybe poto and counterpoint just aren't meant to be.

ian jon bourg as the phantom (u/s)

as i mentioned earlier, i was a little disappointed when i learned that jonathan wasn't our phantom. i didn't check the cast board so i didn't know, but when he started singing in the mirror, i knew--that wasn't jonathan's voice. imo voice is the weak link in ian's solid performance. he struggles in music of the night; he either fades out or does an awkward falsetto that doesn't ring nicely in the ears, and he sounds out of breath. but barring that, when the notes hit right in his range, he has a lovely deep voice that booms beautifully. his voice also breaks in all the right places, giving a portrayal of a phantom that's vulnerable and sympathetic. despite being a murderer.

ian is more memorable for his acting. he doesn't have the little phantom quirks that fans love--no flicks of the wrist, no ridiculously seductive hands as they brush up his hair, but i think he's very "eric", he's canon eric. he's not fit or sexy or seductive. with ian, the audience is very much aware of who the phantom is-- an old, resentful, and lonely man. 

what ian has going for him--and here i will stick my neck out--is that he doesn't have chemistry with clara. sure, christine is drawn to him and is mystified by him, but the audience (ymmv) doesn't come out of the show choosing team eric or team raoul.

ian can pull off threatening but sympathetic really well. he acted the hell out of stranger than you dreamt it. when he got to "fear can turn to love", i shuddered because he sounded so utterly dangerous. he was the textbook delusional but controlled madman trying to convince a victim that what he's saying makes sense, and then he turns away from christine and whimpers like a child. the whiplash is incredible. what's even more incredible is that i was still able to feel for him despite all that.

this is also the first show i've seen where i can feel the phantom's age. how old is eric? late 50s? ian seems to age throughout the finale, and by the time christine kisses him and they're gaping at each other, he looks and sounds exhausted. he could barely mutter "forget all of this", and then manages to compress the bulk of his entire body into a pitiful huddle that by the end of it, everyone just feels sorry for him. carla's christine really felt for him too; she broke when he sang "i love you" but she never gave any indication that she wanted to stay.

carla verdier as christine (alt)

carla's christine is a truly terrified christine. she's not as playful or vibrant as the ones that are usually well-loved--the opposite of samantha hill, basically. the phantom really got under her skin, because it took some real comforting before she could loosen up with raoul in all i ask of you. i think she does a better act 1 than 2 when christine is really in the height of desperation. her christine eventually found her strength in the finale--when she was shielding raoul from the phantom, she was still trembling, but she managed to take tiny steps to confront the phantom, and the phantom moved away.

unfortunately, carla's voice is shrilly and thin, and once her vibrato came it stayed. i wasn't sure yet who our christine was but when she got to the part where christine was supposed to settle into singing think of me, i knew, "this isn't principal-worthy". she did that harsh inhale through the nose that sierra boggess did at the end of think of me. her voice also wavered a few times; i wasn't sure if there were mic problems or if she just had the tendency to fade out, especially when she's being drowned out by other voices. it was sad to see, because you're never fully confident that she was going to hit the note or not. that being said, her "soul began to soar" was gorgeous.

matt leisy as raoul

matt is such a supportive raoul. he's gentle with christine and he never forces himself or looms over her, even in notes 2. you know when you're watching a raoul and you keep thinking "please don't be an asshole, pls dont be an asshole". raouls are held to such a high standard of Perfect Musical Boyfriend, and matt did just that, not a single misstep.

matt has a clear voice that rises above choruses, so when he sings softly--i.e. with carla's christine--you know he's intentionally adjusting.

overall i really enjoyed poto manila, especially the clearness of direction and ian jon bourg. there were a few tech problems, but i’m sure they’ll sort it out speedily.

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opinions on this year's worlds? tell me aaaaalll your thoughts

Hi! I had lots of mixed thoughts and opinions bc some events were great (pairs and men) while other were more or less a mess/disaster (ice dance and ladies) so I’ll say my thoughts for each field.

Pairs:

Perhaps the best pairs competition ever done (I’m not ever kidding)

Having only a total of 16 spots for the Olympics is ridiculous. They should increase the number bc now, the field is so deep

SUI/HAN FINALLY WON WORLDS!!!!!!

Why not WR for Sui/Han’s SP???? Their FS was so emotional.

Pairs ladies are amazing

So many skaters injured but they fought and they’ve done so well!

The biggest mystery of Worlds: Ksenia???? Not killing Fedor after he fell??? AND EVEN HUGGING HIM AND SMILING OMG, WHAT HAPPENED

My other faves, Vanessa and Morgan did well despite some mistakes (especially in the SP: props to Vanessa for recovering this way since the following day, her back hurt)

Aliona and Bruno’s twist always get me shook and omg the throw triple axel in the FS was EPIC

I’m pretty happy with the podium (+ the other pairs men lifting Cong was precious)

Ladies:

LADIES NEVER HAPPENED, IDK WHAT YOU MEAN!

A disaster

I want to erase this from my memory

It’s bc Satton wasn’t there

I watch good men’s SP to cleanse myself from that (for real)

It was one of the hardest competitions to ever watch (and I started watching fs in 2005-2006)

Ashley… ANNA POGO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 The audience was so supportive with Anna Pogo and I’m grateful for that but fuck Russian fed for what they just did to her

I do think they can come back stronger; both already did it

Carolina’s happiness was a light in the middle of darkness: she didn’t care about her scores, she was just enjoying the moment in the ice and it was beautiful (her PCS should’ve been higher, HER LINES)

Our lord and savior Karen Chen truly saved US (and their 3 spots)

……. I’m super sad for Japanese ladies and the 2 spots, I hope nobody will get hate for this (Satoko included)

Mai’s comeback in her FS (from 15th to 5th) was spectacular and it’s even more amazing knowing how she couldn’t even skate @ last season’s Nats (she was at the hospital)

Men:

I expected a disaster and I got a high quality competition (top 4 broke the 300, wtf)

YUZURU FINALLY WON WORLDS AGAIN

Me on twitter (March 7th): “Funny thing is that Yuzuru would break his own WR again if he skated two clean programs.” WELL. It didn’t happen for the SP but look at the FS!

The podium was my dream podium (either that or Yuzuru, Javi, Shoma in no particular order)

It’s been a rollercaster for Yuzuru (bc 5th after the SP) but it was good he was the one to skate first of his group for the FS bc that was less pressure for him

Uncles proved they still have their place there and I’m so glad they proved it (they were 🔥🔥🔥🔥 during the SP)

Quads aren’t everything; of course they matter but there’s way more to add (look at Jason… as Yuzuru said!)

Shoma Uno: Worlds Silver medalist 😭😊

Shoma’s FS is truly my favorite from this season, the costume, the choreo, all the details!! (and lol, he landed that 4Lo… somehow….)

#Boyangman is truly amazing (he somehow managed to defend his bronze medal lmao)

For real, Boyang’s skating is way better than it was last season (his 4Lz is $$$) and he knows how to sell his SP (I’m not saying his SS deserve a 9 unlike what judges said lmao)

I know PChan’s FS wasn’t perfect (but still went better than expected considering the 4S) but his skating is beautiful and Eric made a beautiful work with the music (’A Journey’). I finally found an emotional connection with PChan’s skating this season!

Sad for potato medalist uncle Javi but he still broke the 300 and skated a wonderful SP (and tbh, remember what happened at the Olympics… Well, after that, he won Worlds 2015 and 2016 haha)

I LOVE UNCLES

Once again, Yuzuru and Javi’s friendship is too pure

And once again, the wedding pose lives (TWICE!!!)

We had very cute green room moments and not emo ones for once, BLESS

Not really a thought but pls watch the post-SP and post-FS press conf, both are iconic

Ice dance:

My podium prediction was right, however it didn’t happen like I thought it would AT ALL

I liked V/M’s new SD opening

I don’t understand the gap tho (bc there was a slight mistake on a key point but you can only see it in the slowmo)

The tech panel was strict on both the SD and mostly the FD (that’s why the scores were so low)

The judging was ‘?????’ on some points

FD event didn’t happen

Except for P/C and WeaPo

P/C’s FD got me emo 😭😭😭😭😭 It was sublime and it’s even more amazing when you think about how they struggled it with through the whole season

I was super sad for H/D bc I wanted them to medal or at least get the potato medal (their FD was beautiful)

Super sad way to end this mess

It seems that both Evan and Zach have issues with twizzles, I’m a bit worried (but I wasn’t surprised e.g US Nats)

I wish Shibs had skated their FD with more abandon and let go the angst but I understand why they skated this way (bc look at all the disasters)

I’m happy Shibs got a medal tho

I’m glad P/C were super happy though they lost their title (but it’s understandable that they were smiling etc. considering their FD performance… and a bit ironic too)

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Dino-mite! T. Rex-Inspired Listing Roars to the Most Popular Home of the Week

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Paging Steven Spielberg! Here’s a happy ending for your next “Jurassic Park” flick: the Tyrannosaurus Rex is now king of the housing scene. Or at least responsible for this week’s most popular home on realtor.com®.

A listing agent in Texas donned a dinosaur costume to pose for photos in an unassuming lake house. The result? Plenty of giggles and tons of clicks. Because, really, there are a lot of listings for homes—but this is the only one (we know of!) featuring a creature out of the Cretaceous period.

This week’s runner-up also earned plenty of buzz around the web. A Nashville mansion owned by “The Hills” star Kristin Cavallari and her NFL quarterback husband, Jay Cutler, is up for sale at the same time that it’s in the spotlight on the couple’s new reality show.

Other popular places include Knoxville’s Villa Collina, which comes with 50 rooms across almost 40,000 square feet, the SoCal home of Hollywood legend Zsa Zsa Gabor, and a luxurious new contender for the most expensive home in Arizona.

See the stories of all the homes that made it onto the list this week. 

10. 922 Arabella St, New Orleans, LA

Price: $975,000 Why it’s here: Let the good times roll with this cute century-old cottage in the Big Easy’s Uptown neighborhood. The gorgeous four-bedroom abode includes high ceilings, a newly updated kitchen, a spacious master with a private sitting room, fireplace, and patio access, and a side yard.

New Orleans, LA

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9. 5628 Lyons View Pike, Knoxville, TN 

Price: $14,995,000 Why it’s here: Known as Villa Collina, it’s reportedly the largest home in Tennessee. Now back on the market, the sprawling space features 50 rooms and almost 40,000 square feet, a three-tier library, a 2,500-bottle wine cellar, three guest apartments, two pools, a ballroom, and (of course) a gym. It was purchased at auction in 2016 by a local businessman, Eric Barton, for $6.375 million, who planned to renovate the immense mansion but not to live there. He’s now put his investment on the market to gauge interest. And while the incredible pad has gotten plenty of views, time will tell whether all that attention translates to a buyer.

Knoxville, TN

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8. 1063 Fighting Frk, Grayson, KY 

Price: $239,900 Why it’s here: Relax in a rustic log cabin on almost 12 acres. Built in 1996, the cabin has cathedral ceilings in the living area, an updated kitchen with granite counters, and a master suite on the first floor. Take in the views from the wraparound porch, or enjoy a dip in the backyard pool, with its serene surroundings. 

Grayson, KY

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7. Paradise Valley, AZ

Price: $18,950,000 Why it’s here: Here’s your slice of Paradise! The 30,000-square-foot spread on almost eight acres offers “exquisite amenities,” with interior design by architect Vernon Swaback, who was trained by David Scott and Frank Lloyd Wright. Built in 2005 and listed just over a week ago, the mansion weighs in as the second most expensive home in Arizona.

Paradise Valley, AZ

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6. 1001 Bel Air Rd, Los Angeles, CA

Price: $23,450,000 Why it’s here: It was once the home of Hollywood legend Zsa Zsa Gabor! The actress scooped up the property in 1973 for $250,000. The site of numerous star-studded parties, it’s in need of a major update, but comes with a storied past.

Los Angeles, CA

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5. 56 Snow Peak Way, Bakersfield, CA

Price: $649,000 Why it’s here: A long way from Buck Owens and the streets of Bakersfield, the custom-built five-bedroom home sits on a vast holding of 22 acres. The property boasts gorgeous views, a pool and spa, an oversized living room with coffered ceilings and a fireplace, an updated kitchen, a master suite with a walk-in closet and soaking tub … and no neighbors.

Bakersfield, CA

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4. 00 Abnaki Trl, Campton, NH

Price: $2,995,000 Why it’s here: Perched on Cheddar Ridge, the sprawling estate offers proximity to shopping, skiing, snowmobiling, and the lakes region. But you may never want to leave this 477-acre mountain retreat. Luxe amenities include a recording studio, pub-style bar and game room, executive offices, and a workshop.

Campton, NH

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3. 4470 Gatlin Knoll Ln, Clemmons, NC

Price: $319,900 Why it’s here: This family-friendly ranch home offers four beds and 3.5 baths and includes a separate in-law unit. Details include an updated kitchen, large back deck, and master suite with jetted tub. 

Clemmons, NC

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2.  39 Bancroft Pl, Nashville, TN

Price: $7,900,000 Why it’s here: “The Hills” star Kristin Cavallari and her NFL quarterback husband, Jay Cutler, are selling their huge home, which is featured in their new reality series, “Very Cavallari.” The Mediterranean villa was purchased by the couple in 2012 for $5.3 million. 

Nashville, TN

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1. 5407 Water View Dr, Granbury, TX 

Price: $89,900 Why it’s here: News flash: Dinosaurs aren’t just for “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.” They’re also for selling houses. This delightful and cozy 800-square-foot home got a gigantic boost from listing photos featuring a T. Rex performing everyday household duties.

Listing agent Casey Lewis had the crazy but effective idea to dress up to earn mammoth attention, as we reported earlier this week. You’ll find the ancient species raiding the fridge, lounging on a bed, and mowing the lawn. The humorous pics snagged serious attention, making the little house with the big dinosaur a web sensation.

Best of all? The dino-mite sales tactic worked! This week’s most popular property earned more than just tons of clicks: The listing is already in “pending sale” status. “That’s insane,” Lewis said, when told of his first-place finish. “I’ve sold some pretty fabulous homes over the past decade. But the media attention from something so funny has been amazing.”

Granbury, TX

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hi i'm another kihyun stan and i love reading your thoughts about the members and idk i just have so many feels about kihyun and recently one of my friends got into mx but she doesn't understand why i love kihyun so much and i'm just like ??? :( it makes me sad bc even tho he is the main vocalist, i feel like he's underappreciated/underrated at times compared to the other members I JUST WANNA LOVE HIM AND GET TO KNOW HIM MORE ok sorry i just had to scream somewhere about my kihyun feels ;~;

hello friend! thanks for sending this in, don’t apologize. pls scream more!!! n im very pleased you pay attention to what i say abt mx at all? lmao anyway.

he’s not underrated ! in a recent interview they said that among their korean fans (probably based on marketing analysis and stuffs? idk) kihyun’s tops (internationally, it’s a different story. i guess). in this one interview mika took with eric nam he said that the love of music his Korean audience had was smth else, really different, and i guess that means that KH’s legendary singing skills are really recognized? or idk?????? that’s the first reason i’d give to explain WHY he’s so likeable to me anyway…….. but yeah i get that he’s not up there with wonho or shownu in people’s perception of monsta x. it doesn’t mean he objectively isn’t great in his own way and any real fan will discern that. so don’t listen to the hateration coming from individuals who don’t get why you’re into x or y. stanning should stay enjoyable for you guys! it should, as long as your fave isn’t harming anyone. (and as long as you both take a sip critical look at things….i like to wonder abt mx’s negative or more neutral/hidden traits and their missteps from time to time because in terms of their jobs as idols, they’re figuring it out as they go along the same way we are them, with their identity and who they are, like you said, which can be hard if they aren’t sold the same way bts’ personas are–constantly, guilelessly, and over a longer period of time than mx has been around. figuring them out, that is.)

or, you know, maybe you be equally pissy about who she likes too? :p