#How to Marry a Millionare

[mametupa]

[selamat-linting]

youre telling me i have to let people make their own bad choices? even if it would scar them for life? unbelievable

[hotvintagepoll]

tossing in a new pitch for new How to Marry a Millionare casting— Sophie Turner, Ayo Edebri, Jasmin Savoy Brown. I don’t know which is which to be perfectly honest. We have to make at least one of them gay. Women can be millionaires too!!

I was realizing, as another anon kind of alluded to, that I can’t think of that many actresses now who are as young as the original trio with as much like star power and to an extent acclaim as the original trio (at least, not as much in film, maybe more in television). Idk if that’s a product of my retroactive view of especially Marilyn and Lauren as huge Hollywood icons (though they were both already big when the movie came out) or like. Maybe we’re cooler with somewhat older women now? Though I’m not sure if that’s all that true. Or the movie/tv differential… idk!!

Great list! And yes, we're making the new one gay. And on your second point, I think the early 20th century had a different approach to early-twenties people than we have today—I think there was more of an assumption you'd be a full-flown adult by nineteen back then, so fully diving into a career or a marriage and what have you, whereas nowadays society lets you age a bit slower, and doesn't expect you to be fully grown up in your early twenties. (I think. This isn't a full fledged idea.)

[scandinavianfairytale]

Doubt

Pairing: Tony Stark x Millionare Reader

Warnings: A few mentions of sex, but no act itself and a small age gap (7 years) between the reader & Tony 😊

"I think you two would be great together. He works a lot, you work a lot, he's rich, you're rich, he's a nerd, you're a nerd-"

"I get it, Pepper." You stopped your friend who has been trying to set you up with her boss for a few weeks now. She has seen you go through so many boring men that you were rolling your eyes immediately after someone offered a date to you. Experience taught you it will be a dumpster fire.

The last one turned out to be homophobic, ignorant and went into detail how his Christian ex-girlfriend was into public sex. As you listened to him you wondered if it wouldn't have been easier for you to just stay single. So you deleted all the apps and decided that you won't be going on any more dates any time soon.

And now Pepper has been pestering you about her boss.

Tony Stark.

In all honesty, a date with him worried you. He was a billionare, while you just made your first million, and you came from a humble home, still feeling weird and queasy when attending anything remotely fancy. The thought of dating a rich old(er) man confused you. There was a 7 year age gap, which doesn't seem much, but you've been dating guys your own age your entire life. And none of them could've ever imagined being as rich as you. Let alone as Tony Stark.

"Just go out on a date. I'm not asking you to marry him." Pepper pressed. Tony has been driving her insane, working at all hours, meaning that she was also working insane hours. So she figured...maybe if Tony gets a girlfriend, he'll sleep once in a while. And who would be better suited for him than her sharp-tongued and a newly turned millionare friend who was into robots almost as much as he was.

She has been trying for weeks to get you to agree. She didn't worry that much about Tony. If she was to mention a woman, he was on that subject immediately, requesting a date.

You, on the other hand, with your string of very bad dates...you were the tough cookie.

"One date." You stated.

"One date. If you like him, more dates, but for now let's go with one." Pepper smiled.

And then Natasha got involved. The sensual, no holding back friend that also knew Tony was "tasked" with your make-over. Not like in the movies make-over, the kind where she went through your closet and told you what to wear. She pulled out the black dress that was reserved for fancy dinners. Not a first date.

"He's a man. Not like the boys that you have been going out with. You need to pique his interest and you're not going to achieve that wearing those disgusting jeans." Natasha commented as she glanced at the jeans that you were wearing at that moment.

"He's dubbed as the playboy." You conutered.

"That's because playman doesn't exsist. Now go change."

As it turned out, the first date was actually really good. You actually had a good time. Tony picked you up himself and you went to a new art exhibition at the Met, followed by a dinner and a ride home. As you were about to exit his car, Tony took your hand and kissed the back of it.

"Thank you for the lovely time." He said with a smirk.

"Thank you as well. But please, let me get the next one." You smiled back as he let go of your hand.

"Deal. I do hope you forget that you promised to pick the tab."

"I don't forget things, Tony." You smiled before wishing him a good night.

As the weeks went on, you met with him several times. It was always interesting and you spent hours talking and he even made you laugh. You could feel hope and contentment bloom in your chest. That little anticipation whenever he called or texted.

And then it all came crashing down. You noticing that he started getting cold. He was texting less, no face times were requested. It just died down.

"He's busy with work." Pepper told you over the phone. Tony has been holed up in his lab for days, barely getting out of that room.

It's not like you weren't busy as well. You also had a demanding job and a life outside of it. And you understood the fact that he gets sicked into work, you knew from experience, but this was different. It hurt, because you got your hopes up. That he'd be different. And he was, much different than all other guys, but this time around you might've gotten attached. Which has never happened and it made you mad. Mad at yourself for feeling this, mad at him for doing this to you, mad at everything.

"I don't care how busy he is." You responded.

"Just be patient, he has never taken this much time for a woman before."

"That's because he immediately sleeps with them." You rolled your eyes, pacing around your still empty apartment.

"You still haven't slept with him?" Pepper stopped walking.

"Of course not."

"What do you mean of course not?"

"We barely spent 18 hours all together." Saying that aloud made your blood boil. How the hell were you feeling this way after 18 hours.

"You talk everyday, what do you mean it's been 18 hours? And so what?"

"I don't sleep with men I don't know. And if this is how he acts in everyday life, I think it's better I stop seeing him altogether."

"If you gave him a reason to continue trying it'd be for the best."

"If he's not interested in me with what he already knows, sleeping with me is not going to pique his interest. I'm done, Pepper. I'm not the type to sit at home and wait for a man's text. I don't care what his profession or reason is. This isn't me, nor is this my style."

You hung up the phone and angrily stared at the blank walls and the pile of boxes waiting for you to unpack them.

I can't believe that I'm feeling bad because of a man. You groaned before taking off your jumper and started unpacking. You put your phone on silent and threw it in the bedroom, away from your reach. You noticed how much it put you in a bad mood when you saw 0 messages from Tony.

It must've been a couple of hours when the doorbell broke your concentration. You made significant progress as almost all the boxes have been unpacked. In all honesty, you were mildly annoyed that you were abruptly taken out of your flow state as only 2 boxes remained.

"Why are you ignoring me?" Tony asked as you opened your front door, getting startled as you saw him standing there.

"What are you doing here?"

"You were not taking my calls. Can I come in?" He didn't wait for your answer and entered your apartment.

"I've been unpacking. And also that's rich coming from the man that has been steadily ignoring me for the past two weeks." You rolled your eyes.

Tony started opening your kitchen cabinets, looking through them. "Do you have any coffee? I could use a cup about now."

"You're not staying that long. And my coffee would be wasted on you." You snatched your speciality coffee from his hands.

"Why are you angry?"

"Because you showed up at my door, entered my apartment without my permission, and are now snopping around my personal things."

"You were angry before that." Tony pointed out and leaned on the windowsill.

"I was annoyed. Now I'm angry and annoyed." You glared at him.

"Okay. Why were you annoyed?"

"Because I feel like you're playing games." You confronted him.

"Regarding?"

"Me."

"I'm not playing games. At least not that I know of. Do you want to play?" Tony smirked and winked at you, making you roll your eyes. "Can you tell me what's got you upset?" He crossed his arms.

"It's been two weeks since we spoke. And then you show up at my place, accusing me of ignoring you."

"I was busy at the lab."

"I understand. I get how quickly you can get sucked up in work, I've been there. But I've never ignored someone I was interested in. A clear deduction from that is that you're not interested in me. Which is fine, but then you don't get to show up at my place, demanding attention. You don't get to act hot and cold and expect me to go along with it. I have an ego too. And also you pride yourself with being direct however you love playing games. There are hundreds of women who would love to play games with you, but I'm not one of them. I take no pride in becoming one of the notches on your belt."

"Great speech, a couple of things, though, if I may correct you." Tony straightened and walked towards you slowly. "I am interested in you. That's a given. How could I not be? Secondly I am direct and as such I can tell you right now that the reason why I was holed up in the lab for two weeks with no contact was because I needed to finish something before focusing on you. I want to spend more time with you. Take a trip or two." He paused for a second. "And have sex with you."

You let out a snort, feeling your face heat up slightly.

"Lots of sex." He was standing right in front of you, staring into your eyes. It made you insanely nervous, making your skin crawl, but in a good way (?).

"You made your point." You found your voicebut you knew it sounded breathless.

"Did I?" Tony asked before tipping your chin up and kissing you.

It was such a good kiss. God, you haven't been kissed this good in such a long time. Your hands pulled at his collar, trying to bring him closer to you, and together, you stumbled backward until his hand extended behind you, slowly pushing you into the kitchen wall and preventing your head colliding with the hard surface.

As you separated to catch a breath, Tony stared at you. "Still doubting my interest?"

"No." You replied firmly before reaching for him again.

Thank you for reading 😊

The GIF doesn't belong to me, belongs to the amazing creator 😊

My first Tony story! 🙌

[hellokittysasuke]

Doesnt it give karushuu as adults?

My favourite are the fics where they meet again years later,, maybe by chance, but the thing is they never stopped searching for the other in people they meet

Maybe they dated, broke up as teens/ never confessed/ gakushuu had to leave for mit/ unrequited/ didnt realize until it was too late but basically now theyre all grown up, well known people with like jobs and shit but people can see theres something fucking wrong with them.

but when they meet 10 yrs later it hits them in the face full force, and after a 2 week extremely hectic dating period in which they speedrun codependency,, they get married

Bcs theyre both INSANE. like you get that right. theyre fucking crazy abt having bonds with people. abandonment/neglect issues mixed with hyperviligance/mental abuse go BRRR what a lovely volatile cocktail 🍸

And its like. Gakushuus probably some ceo or a multi millionare or founder of a startup that now holds complete monopoly over the entire market,, cmon look at him ik a future workaholic when i see one; maybe Karma would go into bureaucracy like he said, terrorise politicians, etc etc idk what bureaucrats even do

Anyways the point is theyre extremely rich and succesful people in their own rights but- deeply, deeply lonely, like an illness. and always, always thinking abt what couldve been. bcs they never unlearnt. what they were taught at kunugigaoka (why would they need to? the ones at the bottom, the ones crying and begging and desperate, those are the ones who needed to learn how to separate the principals idealogy from their selfworth, if only for their own survival)

and these two were the posterboys right?? maybe not at first glance, esp karma, but who played the game better than them? And the best players are always the ones who have the hardest time finding themselves after the game is over

and just ugh these too finding each other and its really messy and wild but they finally feel complete,, and the ppl around them are like no shit we could tell

[reynita9]

The year is 1912, The luxurious “Millionare’s Special” steam engine oceanliner RMS Titanic is about to embark on her maiden voyage. Aboard it are John Aster, Isador Strauss & Benjamin Guggenheim; three of the world’s wealthiest men, who are opposed to the creation of the federal reserve banking system and turning the USA into a corporation. JP Morgan Chase, the owner of the ship, coincidentally was not aboard. He’d intended to be, but cancelled just hours before it’s departure. Which is terrible considering he’d invested 7.5 million dollars into it (1911 7.5 million… according to an internet inflation calculator that is equivalent to $2,401,002,631.53 “two billion ,four hundred one million ,two thousand ,six hundred thirty one dollars and fifty three cents” in 2023!) Tragically amongst thousands of others Aster, Strauss, and Guggenheim perished at sea when The Titanic crashed at full speed into an established iceberg. So sad. But without them around to use their wealth and power in opposition of the creation of a Federal Reserve System, in 1913, a year later, it was signed into law.

It’s interesting that now in present time, 2023, Billionaires were adventuring to the bottom of the ocean sea-floor, for entertainment’s sake, to traverse the oceanic graveyard of Titanic Shipwreckage.. of course they died too, and with full time coverage. All of those of us who never even asked suddenly being non-consensually updated and roped in. I was at work today and people were like “Did you hear? They ran out of air.” I’m like who the fuck even are they? But still, it’s trippy. Especially after a year of many satirical eat-the-rich-laugh-at-them-suffering films topped charts. In these times laughing at kings fall is all we have, I get it. But it gets weirder, because the CEO of OceanGate Expositions was married to a woman named Wendy Rush, who’s the great-great-great granddaughter (by blood) of Isador Strauss (remember him? mentioned above ^) it’s crazy! How esoteric. But I don’t really even want the focus to be on waterlogged billionaires or the late Strauss Bloodline.. I want to go back to 2023 JP Morgan Chase.. the original man is dead but his namesake and legacy live on, leeching evil into the earth. I wonder why it doesn’t get more press when ten days ago JP Morgan Chase Bank agreed to pay $260 million dollars to victims of Jeffrey Epstein to settle their class action lawsuit around the bank associating with Epstein as he trafficked people and even after he was convicted of pedophilia. TODAY, the same fucking day that these random rich bros die 20,000 leagues under the sea. 6/22/2023, JP Morgan Chase (bank) is fined 4 Million dollars for permanently deleting 47 million emails. I wonder what future lawsuits they sunk by deleting that info. I wonder if this OceanGate Submarine story is real or an intentional distraction/ psyop. Idk I’ve been writing for 15 min n just got hit with so much sleepiness I’m going to be lazy and not actually conclude this at all. Banks own media Banks have bloodlust Banks know how much we love bread and circuses and it’s all smoke and mirrors. A Triangle Of Sadness that we can’t do anything about until we realize how disgustingly low they will sink to get what they want. Abolishing these unimaginably massive wealth and power inequities is the only path forward, but first we have to sit with the information we’re given, and discern and be open minded, be curious, hold massive possibilities with our mind’s eyes. not shut down, or deflect with laughter. Not be lead like a mouse to a trap. They invest trillions into keeping us busy/distracted/subdued/subservient and it doesn’t even matter because we mock and police each other and make jokes of curiosity. “Conspiracy Bullshit” / unconscious trust and devotion.

I’m not saying any of this applies to anything: I am sure it is all coincidental, this is just here to make u smile. A joke. Love u.

[countessofravenclaw]

I often make up stuff that I am not an expert in, like medical stuff in my fic so it serves the narrative.

I also do that with legal stuff, mainly in S2AU with the whole issue of Luna's custody. I mean, it probably actually wouldn't be as easy as that. Luna hadn't been taken into the care, meaning that the social services weren't involved yet, and technically Moninca and Miguel signed away they parental rights voluntarely (which would have revoked anyway) so they could be tranferred to Isla and Marco, who don't have a foster care lisence, which they don't need bacuse Luna was not taken into care. They're not doing it under on supervision.

Some research I did, does say that this requires and courhearing in reality, but hey, we're not in reality, but in my head. The document they signed was officially submitted and filed through all the oficial legal ways. I guess my answer is for the court part; that it was not deemed nessecary as the document was written so foolproofly, so the judge signed off on it without any further questioned, plus the repuation Isla and Marco have also probably encouraged no further questions to be asked.

Now I guess we can aknowledge the fact that to an outsider this very 'under the radar' custody tranfer could seem a bit questionable, Especially given the obvious power imbalance, employers who are millionares taking on thier eployees's child. But again as reader you you know the actual reasons why it happened the way it did, and that everyone's main conern was to protect Luna, because the social services would have made it a mess.

Monica and Miguel signed to the document voluntarily, and Luna was consulted and she agreed. There was no other choice, because they didn't have anty family and I have dicussed before how Simon would never in million years be awarded Luna's custody even if he would try for it.

Only other option would have maybe been Ana, but first if all, she did not offer to do it not doesn't seem very willing to do it. And second, she agrees with the fact that the best for Luna would be to stay at the Perida's house, given thet she lives there already, they know each other and they pay for her school already, so on and so forth.

Plus, I don't know how conservative the courts at BA are, but especially as the aim was to get the papers through as easy as possible, you would think that, it would be easier for a hetero couple who have been married for almost 20 years than a divorced single mother.

The reason why I am discussing all of this is because, even if everything is neatly taken care of right now, doesn't mean there won't be some questions raiased about it later...

Perhaps some sort of wellness check by the social services or something...

Let me throw a bone to all of you. How'd you would think that will go? Luna getting interviewed by the social services about her situation and if she's taken care of and stuff like that.

[drsp00n]

I've officially reached that age where I can't help but be condescending to people younger than me.

Specifically, those that grew up in the current generation of hypertransactional relationships, trend chasing, exploitation, and social marketing.

This kind of shit is just normal to younger folk, and I'm over here screaming my head off over how things didn't use to be this way.

It's not like there was some innate purity or sanctity over the way things used to be. It just feels that we've lost sincerity along the way.

People bitch about burnout all the time while participating in the system that subsists on relevancy and showmanship. Of course you're going to get exhausted dipshit, you've turned yourself into a brand that people buy into, which comes with its own set of problems.

The internet used to be this thing I could retreat to because the real world was fucking cruel and unfair. Some of my most meaningful connections happened over the internet and I am married because I met my spouse on tumblr.

Now I don't even want to look at these platforms or engage with people. The things that made the old internet appealing to me are gone, and it's got nothing to do with me just growing up.

The concept of influencers and social marketing has fundamentally thrown a wrench in how people just behave in my immediate sphere. Becoming a microcelebrity has always been something that was depicted as desirable in the media I grew up in, but actually becoming one was a completely different topic.

People who clearly let that sort of influence get to their head are now microcelebrities with platforms to say the worst takes you've ever heard. Glorified babysitters are now millionares. The free market is working as intended.

I've got a lot of baggage and personal issues. I've got many reasons to be bitter. But watching what felt like my only safe space become this insufferable feed of poison and exploitation just makes me want to become a hermit.

[its-all-a-bit-futile]

Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall - How to Marry a Millionare (1953)

[morbid-archive-com]

△Shifting ask game: with Frank⋆˚࿔

⋆˚— What was your first dr? : i know it's cringe but i have to be honest, lt was MHA, i was a very cringy loser kid back in 2020 and watched way too much anime. And for why i switched it: it took a long time but i realized how much o didn't want to be a pro hero and how toxic that dr was. Now my main dr is dead by daylight (my fav game!) and this band dr i really love.

⋆˚— Here my name is Frank Morrison... I stole it! (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠) I just didn't have more ideas for names and decided to take one from a fictional character from my dbd dr.

⋆˚— The garage! Just kidding, i stay with my band member in his house but he forgot to tell his parents, his mom saw me on the garage taking a nap and started hitting me with a broom! ರ⁠╭⁠╮⁠ರ

⋆˚— For edits well, it's 2005 so we got AMVs of our songs, clips from concerts going viral and glittery pfp's of my band members. Also stamps and blinkies people use in Myspace about our band! The fandom is pretty chill, mostly people getting wasted and doing pot or teens who hate their parents.

⋆˚— aaw the outfit of the day! I love that part.

well we have alternatives, being a teen fashion icon by the time looks so good.

⋆˚— free time is all the time, if you think about it... Anyways, just hang out with the guys, writing some lyrics or getting in trouble! Setting fire to cop cars is always an option! (I'm joking-not joking)

⋆˚— My non-native english suffered this one... But i think it means like my comfiest and safe dr that feels like a home. Well it's my alt future dr: already 35, life solved, millionare scientist and married to a beautiful husband. It's just the greatest dr i could have.

⋆˚— Punk band dr: 4 junkies with guittars play like shit and go famous.

⋆˚— My brain just spits ideas like a maniac and i make a pinterest board... Everything is in my braing or in notion written down.

⋆˚— i made a post once about it: i met Lu on highschool, Kristen is my mutual on Myspace and Dan works part time at a videoclub i always go to.

⋆˚— family?... what family? you guys scripted a family? The problem is that i didn't have any ideas for parents and it would be a problem for me so i scripted i was an orphan. This is very common so don't act like i'm weird.

⋆˚— the funniest scenario definitely was a my first awarding, i was so out of place between big artists from the time and i was just a little high so i fell asleep. Can you imagine waking up from a nap with your friends screaming and shaking like crazy, spotlights shining on you and a bunch of applause? I genuinely screamed "ALIENS?"... Anyways that was such a cool week, like having 5 star hotels, meeting a lot of people, getting out of jersey to visit Los angeles was something incredible as just a garage band.

⋆˚— Kristens brother, our manager and promoter. Like dude can you not frown and stare at me with hate for once?!? I just had a few shots, definitely not a whole bottle of vodka.

⋆˚— It's a Myspace blog named "The mischief booknote" i just post stuff about music and rebel shit i do for fun, also listing my 46 commited crimes and adding more everytime. Cause setting stuff on fire is cool when you're a teen.

That was fun!!! Thanks for this Asking game @solstices-dreams

ᓚᘏᗢ﹐𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞. ⁞ ˎˊ˗

shifting ask game reblog for asks ↻ ‧₊˚.

i’m bored so here’s another ask game, i’ll try to ask to everyone who reblogs, as long as tumblr isn't too glitchy, but feel free to send asks to others

— 💡 : what was your first dr and what is currently your main dr? How and why have you made this switch?

— 🏷 : what is your name for your dr and why is that your name?

— 👜 : what’s your house look like? Do you have any roommates or people who live with you? What’s your favorite aspect of your house and why?

— 🎞 : what edits of you would there be in your dr? what is your fandom like?

— 🩰 : what is your OOTD (outfit of the day) for a dr and why?

— 🏛️ : what do you do in your free time? Who are you with? Where do you go?

— 🗝 : what is your most niche dr and why did you make it?

— 📜 : summarize your dr in a sentence

— 🧳 : what is your favorite way to script and share your favorite dr script

— ♟ : who’s in your friend group and how did you make this friend group?

— 🕰 : what’s your family like? Who’s your favorite person and what are your relationships with your different members?

— 🎻 : what is a fun scenario you have scripted and you excited for? (be detailed! :)

— 💼 : who is someone you don’t get a long with in your dr? Why?

— 🍨 : what are your socials like in your dr? Followers? Username? What do you post?

[mametupa]

[fabioperes]

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[chicafinal]

she's so funny for this

[daseylove4life]

Love these two so much!

How To Marry A Millionaire (1953)

[realitv]

uh netflix why the fuck did you take off gentlemen prefer blondes wtf