#I also posted the quote on Facebook last week for my birthday with no explanation and completely out of context

[lia404]

"Ai, living has no answer."

"When we're in pain, we search for an answer to feel better. A concise, absolute answer. But if you really want an answer… it's that there is no answer. There are no absolute in this world. Even if we think there is, in the end, it'll only make us feel better for a moment.

If there are no absolute, then what's left?

Bonds. Bonds between individuals. Bonds between one another. That's all there is.

That also changes with time. A huge trigger can cause a huge change. Bonds may be severed. But new bonds can also be formed. So living is a series of bonds.

That's what life is.

I have to do that forever?

Yes.

That's a lot of work.

Yeah.

I'd need to be so strong.

That's why people become stronger. That occasionally leads to conflicts. But even if that happens, we have to keep fighting. Keep searching for bonds, even if there's no answer.

You can't rush living."

So I saw on MyFigureCollection that October 13 was maybe possibly Yusaku's birthday, although I couldn't find any reliable source for this. I'd have loved to do something nice and light-hearted for the occasion, but I'm still feeling too strongly about it all. So here you are instead: Happy (maybe) Birthday, Yusaku! Please have some trauma to go with your trauma. Here's to another year of fending off expectations and looking for your own life and its non-answers with eyes wide open and always filled with hope.

[theartofimaginaryfriends]

Chapter 7 - Movie Night

Fic series: The Final Straw (HP/PJO Crossover Fic)

Premise: Weekly movie night is kicked off with a classic: Mean Girls.

Masterlist

Taglist: @ilvermornymascot, @lukecastellandeservedbetter, @eva-blog-p

word count: 1,343

A/N: We're back to posting at weird hours of the night! It's currently nearly 2AM and that's on having to rewatch Mean Girls for this and ALSO doing that at a weird hour. My staying up throuh the night thing is going to bite me in the ass on Tuesday where I'll likely sleep through the whole day and then deal with around 50 happy birthday facebook messages from family I never talk to. Which, by the way, I'm 20??? On Tuesday??? What??? On that note, I hope y'all enjoy the chapter XD

By Friday evening, the fighting had subsided enough that Nova wasn't meditating every five minutes, and she didn't feel as tired by the end of History of Magic. For once, she didn't feel the need to nap while the Professor droned on about the Salem Witch Trials. Besides, the amusement she got watching her Ilvermorny peers' jaws drop as Hermione raised her hand after every question was enough entertainment to keep the class interesting. She wasn't surprised to see her friend had done research on North American history.  

The only thing on her mind at the moment was the movie night. Instead of the usual downtime spent in the Pukwudgie common room, she was in The Great Hall organizing the space and setting up the seating areas. "Are you sure this is going to work?" 

"Lucas, for the millionth time this week, yes," Nova answered her friend, exasperated.  

"If we can do this on a laptop, we can easily utilize the projector," Cree added, looking up from the muggle technology. "And no I'm still not going to tell you how we managed to get this here."  

Lucas rolled his eyes and proceeded to help with the set up by moving the tables to the sides of the room. The three students fell silent as they did their tasks, and listened to the music playing on Cree's laptop through the aux cord. "This is looking great!" 

"Thanks, Professor!" Nova smiled at the Headmaster as he admired their handy work.  

"Have you picked out the movie, yet?" 

"Mean Girls," Cree held up the DVD. "It's a classic." 

"Ah, yes," Tahamente chuckled and made his way to the podium. "I hear students reference that film often." 

Soon after the set-up was fully finished, the student body began to pile in. Percy, Harry, Ron, and Hermione joined Nova in the section she claimed. "Should we be concerned about monsters?" 

"Annabeth didn't tell you?" Nova questioned. She explained how technology actually worked within both the wizard and demigod worlds. Her friends all looked at her like she was insane, especially Hermione who was insistent on arguing.  

"But in Hogwarts: A History, it's stated that it goes haywire around magic!" She went off on a tangent about the experiments that wizards have done to test the theory.  

"How often does this happen?" Percy leaned over and whispered to Harry and Ron.  

"All the time," Ron answered. "It's hard to get her to stop."  

"Almost impossible, really," Harry added.  

Hermione ignored her friends and continued on the rant as students continued finding spots with their friends. Once everyone was settled, the Headmaster addressed the school. "As you may have seen on the bulletin boards in your common rooms, tonight will be a bit different than usual."

"A bit?" Nova heard from a student nearby.  

"To help us all get used to each other's company, our Head Boy and Girl organized a no-Maj movie night," he explained. "In a moment, pizza and snacks will appear on the tables and everyone will be free to grab their dinner." 

The student began to whisper amongst themselves, most sounding excited. Nova glanced over at Draco, who had a bewildered look on his face. "What the hell is a movie?" 

"It's like the magical portraits, except there's a plot," Nova explained.  

"What?" 

"Draco, don't worry about it," Harry said, quickly. "You'll find out soon enough."  

"Until then, I have an announcement to make." Nova's attention was brought away from Harry and Draco, and back to the Headmaster as he continued his speech. "Professor McGonagall, Professor Chiron, and I have decided to host a championship." 

"If this is anything like-" Harry whispered to himself.  

"It will be modelled after the legendary Triwizard Tournament," Tahamente hushed the crowd again as the students continued talking amongst each other. Harry and Nova shared looks of disdain. "We have decided to name it The Chimera Games. The rules are simple: twenty teams of two, and it must consist of one wizard and one demigod. There will be no age restriction for the competitors." 

"Is that safe?" Hermione seemed worried.  

"No, but neither is the life of a demigod," Annabeth said. "A tournament is nothing to us." 

"To enter, you will write your name onto a slip of paper, and drop it into the Fountain of Fate." The murmurs started up again, much to the headmaster's dismay. "When it is time for the choosing ceremony, the fountain will reveal two names for each team. The fountain will be in the Entrance Hall tomorrow morning, and everyone will be free to enter until dinner on Sunday. Once the teams have been chosen, I will give out further information. For now, please enjoy tonight's festivities."  

Nova attempted to mask her worry, not wanting to talk about what had happened in fourth year. Harry shifted so he sat next to her. "Did you know about this?" 

"I had no idea," Nova shook her head. "Do you also have a bad feeling about this?" 

"I have a feeling that if I don't willingly enter my own name, someone will do it for me," he scowled.  

"I'm sorry, Harry." 

"You have nothing to apologize for." Harry gave his friend a small smile and squeezed her shoulder. "We'll talk about this tomorrow, now is not a good time." 

"Okay," Nova agreed and smiled back. As worried as she was about the prospect of a tournament, Harry was right. The movie nights were meant to be fun. Dwelling on the news wouldn't benefit anyone.  

"Are you okay, Nova?" Cree asked, taking a seat next to her.  

"Yeah," she nodded, taking a plate he held out to her. "Just zoned out."

"You better not do that during the movie," he joked. "I'm not about to quote it on my own." 

"I would never do that to you," Nova feigned offence. The movie began playing when everyone was settled back in their seats. The two tried to be as quiet as possible as they talked through it, failing at their favourite scenes.   

The Head Girl was mostly entertained by Malfoy watching the movie, and Harry quietly explaining to him that shouting at it would do no good since they don't respond. "That makes no sense." 

"A movie is pre-recorded," Harry couldn't contain his grin, clearly enjoying Draco be clueless for once. "Which means the characters on screen are played by actors, and they can't hear or talk to you." 

"But, how?"  

"We might want to save the full explanation for later, boys," Nova teased.  

"Says the one saying almost every line," Harry shot back, good-naturedly.  

"That's different!" Cree and Nova chorused.  

"Do the two of you ever shut up?" One of Lou Ellen's friends, Macie, glared at them.  

"No, they don't," Lou Ellen answered her friend and winked at her sister.  

Over the course of the movie, the group teased Draco as he kept yelling at the screen and expected a response. Cree and Nova noticed other students quoting the movie as well, making the experience more fun. Movie Night seemed to work in bringing everyone together. Even the wizards that had just been introduced to a movie were enjoying themselves.  

"All I'm saying is Cady giving out the crown is unrealistic!" Malfoy ranted as they walked to the campfire. "I mean, you can't just break it in half, that's not how royalty works!" 

"How would you know?" 

"Do you really think that breaking a crown into pieces and handing it to others is going to make them royalty?" He continued. "No! Because that wasn't accurate."  

"Why do I have a feeling he's got his own throne at home?" Percy whispered to Nova.  

"That wouldn't surprise me." Nova laughed.  

When they arrived at the fire, Nova noticed the whole school was there. It was quite the change from the small groups they've had all week. The flames glowed a bright gold as the Apollo cabin led the activity. The witch enjoyed the moment while it lasted, knowing very well that the fighting would start again the next morning.

[justapayneaway]

Hi! First of all, I’m a big fan of your account! Thank you for all that you’re doing! I have a question: Do you have a post/ multiple posts proving that the PR relationship with MH is indeed a stunt? (If you don’t have the time/energy to find anything could you tell me who else I could ask?) I am already aware of the bs but I’m trying to show it to others as well!

Hi :) thank you so much for the support!

Listen I don’t think I ever did like a post with all that’s adding up or I don’t think I've ever saw one... So I'm gonna give you a tiny crash course on this mess so maybe you can show others. This will be discussed in 10 long points under the cut:

1. The teenager met all the 1D boys in 2015. At that time meet & greets were a bit selective and mainly for people with money or for people going through charities. So knowing the teenager’s family you can see exactly why she had access *cof daddy has money cof*.

2. Fast forward to 2018: Liam became recently single after the whole sham thing ended publicly. Two weeks later he went to Italy and was invited by D&G to do a performance there for their fashion show. There he met a lot of people and the teenager was included in that gang. After a few weeks of this encounter we got a lot of articles saying they’re together and going on dates. As you can see from that time we had many articles from the usual suspects: (x, x - just a few examples).

3. But a few days later, we got a different story! Liam was seen with another model Cairo and he followed her on IG & started liking her posts. Again we got a wave of articles and even some pics of Liam trying to kiss her in front of our salad! Then out of nowhere in a John Mayer live (mind you like a few weeks later), Liam confirms he is single!

4. Again passing through the Naomi thing and him being single, we got to this last month and a half. So for his birthday, Liam went to Ibiza and oddly we didn’t get any new content besides the things he posted himself. On the day of his birthday, he tweets this: 

Fans started to side-eye everything and then on the next day we got the 1st pap walk between Liam and the teenager on a Friday. The pap walk was awkward as fuck, she looked bored and Liam gave his fake smile to her. It was very weird, but of course we had an explanation a few days later. 

5. Liam went through the same strategy and started following the teenager on IG and liking her posts. Then on the next Monday (2nd September) we got buzz and promo tour for Stack It Up started! Coincidence?! I think the fuck not. Over the next few days Liam was papped in London alone doing promo and then he went to Manchester. There he was seen at a restaurant, but we got no reports with who (I think his own team was there at the restaurant too). Again, next day we got articles on the tabloids saying that Liam’s parents met the teenager on a private dinner and that Karen liked the kid, but was worried blah blah blah. 

6. We got basically a weird radio silence on that week (probably because UK promo was done), but it all came crashing down when they were seen arriving at the airport in Madrid ahead of Liam’s concert. Again nobody cared about her or knew who she was... so his team had to film her at the concert trying to dance to Familiar and even include her on the background of the Lilo pic. 

7. After that it was like all hell broke loose! We got the 2nd pap walk where they were all “giggly” and “so in love” (thanks JoJo pics for always warning us of new pics!). She went to NY with him for Stack It Up promo and they’re papped again having a dinner date with Steve Finan too! She was there for basically two days: to get papped and to take that pic Liam’s team decided was the best pic to appear 1st when you’re saying thank you to your team and fans for the release of your new single. All the UK interviews basically mention her or he mentions her and they all say how happy they’re on the pics... Mind you these were the 1st pap walk pics that were cringie as fuck!

8. Then the IG comments appeared and it was the cringiest Wattpad Y/N flick ever! After they reunited “home” we got a sneaky pic of Liam eating alone at a restaurant. What happens the next day? We get the “making out” pics and after date it has been some solid every two/three days where we get some content. She goes wherever Liam goes! First, Liam posts something on his IG story of him going out or something music related. Then we get either something on her IG or on Liam’s. To end it perfectly we get pap pics. We usually get first a Just Jared article with the pics and then it spreads over night to all the tabloids. Ah btw Liam is always a pulling a “do you know my girlfriend” on IG stories by tagging her with the biggest letter ever!

9. Fun fact: HMV concert in Birmingham. So to be expected she goes again because the these two are just so ride or die since they first looked into each others eyes. His parents and his sister Ruth also attend. Most hilarious moment that I caught by accident: some dude was doing a facebook live and saw her leaving the backstage before Liam started to perform. She saw nobody was following her so she went back inside. A minute later she comes out with Liam’s team and Liam’s parents/Ruth. His parents pulled a “I don’t know her” and went to see Liam’s performance leaving her alone. Ruth stood next to her but didn’t talked or looked at her. Sad I know lmao.

10. Which brings me to the Table Manners podcast that came out this week. In that podcast Liam expressed how happy he was and that they were so serious. He talked how they met and used Greg Yuna as an excuse. How she was so cool and didn’t mind to be papped (of course) but that he worried about her image (then tell your team not to make you do so many pap walks). Later in the interview he said that “hey this has been going on for a while”, Jessie’s mom asks him how long have they been dating and he says and I quote “one month and a half”. If it’s already this serious, I don’t even want to imagine how will it be in the next few months! Then he mentioned that she is living in London and that he is going to Texas for thanksgiving with her family... Like already?! You just started going out!?

So in conclusion it’s basically this the timeline of Sham 2.0! 

(This got super long and I know I didn’t link some stuff, but it’s late and some of the things you can easily find on the latest articles. Sorry!) 

[someonethatdoesexist]

THIS IS QUITE LONG

(1)

So i had this guy friend of mine....

well yeah he's close with my family, at the point that he just go to our house almost every weekends....and im just aquainted to his mom (something like that)

So I don't consider him as some kind of 'Best Friend' 'cuz we're really far far for that kind of relationship. We just know each other...

each others name

birthday

name of parents

address ( I don't know where he live but I know their ancestrals house address)

as far I can think hat's what we both know with each other because that's what we just talk about.

Sooooo....Year 2017? Yeah I think it's 2017

He's showing motive that he likes me. Well he told my mom about that but he

NEVER

told me directly that he like me.

Just like on movies a person tells the person they like

"I like you"

I never heard or read that. (We talk at messenger sometimes.)

I can say that he's bit showing some hints on me ... just like some playboys like to do. Giving hints and stuff.

So as time goes by ... some things change ..

I just realize that I have a crush on him.

I don't know why.....

well he went to our house every weekend. And every weekend im very excited.

We became closer than before. We talk even we are both in class . But one day , I just saw on Facebook that he's been talking and continuosly interacting with girls. Well it just caused my sudden sadness. He didn't talk for me for about a week and he didn't came on weekend.

After that some whatever you call that.

He just showed at my mothers work place (forgot to tell ..that's where we met..I'm just shy to tell why he's at my mothers work place...just try to guess it haha)

~He showed up just like nothing happened, he approached me just like nothing happened~

Like nothing happened

He didn't bother to explain why he didn't talked to me for about a week.

(I didn't think about it too much... thinking too much makes me hungry)

After that showing up moment he chatted to me again.

*fast forward*

◇He was drunk.

I forgot to turn off my mobile data (Well also because i'm expecting his message that night)

He just made a drunk call at 2 in the morning .. He's just talking about how he met his friends and some stuffs like he found a cute lil puppy.

So we're talking until he was home and I ended the call. (Im relieved that he went home safely)

Summer of 2018

(May 31)

We went to enjoy the last week of summer at some resort. I just feel that somethings strange about him. He keeps on looking at the screen of his phone and smiling like an idiot.

◇The next day at night I am waiting for his reply cuz I asked something.

He just went quiet..Again.. didn't reply to my message.

and suddenly I saw his post at Fb tagging some girl with a sweet quote.

That made my heart ache.

We didnt talk . I didn't met him.

I can still see some of his sweet post on Fb

He showed up again just before my birthday. He said sorry about not replying to me to my message and not talking to me.

I didn't talk too much when i'm with him even when he's trying to have a long convo with me. Its just that I still can keep with what's happening. I really want to push him away but he keeps on giving me HOPE

I made to think about the thought that I dont own him so who am I stop him from falling to another person.

Day by day he build a step on the stairs of hope leading to somewhere I really dont know And idiot me keeps on going on those steps even I dont know where he is leading me to.

I didnt stayed angry at him. So we talk again in a snap like how the girl he's keep on interacting with stopped.

He messaged me some text early in the morning. We keep on talking for hours.

He keep on hinting that he likes me but he never said that he likes me. Yeah dude the f.

November 18, 2018. That idiot guy didn't talk to me again. What the F I didn't do anything wrong. Im tired of On and Off interaction, He always keep me hanging. And again I saw his Fb that he is AGAIN posting some sweet posts to a girl.

It made me angry my heart is about to burst that time.

I deactivated my account.

Surprisingly the next day (11/19/18)

He went at my house and asked why can't he fimd my name on fb.

I told him that I deactivated it because I want to. He didn't asked me for further explanation and i'm lucky with that.

He went home after lunch because my mother told him to stay for a while so 'Me and that Guy ' can have some shit chat but WE didnt talk. We just stayed at the living room watching telivision.

I became cold when it comes to him . I easily get angry beacuse I felt that I've been betrayed.

[bigyack-com]

Sophia Hutchins Comes Clean About ‘Best Friend’ Caitlyn Jenner

Keeping up with the new besties in the Kardashian-Jenner entertainment complex can be a full-time job.But even in their social media panopticon, Sophia Hutchins stands apart, and not just because of her ice-goddess looks and self-promotional savvy. Sometime in 2017, tabloid stories began linking Ms. Hutchins to Caitlyn Jenner, first as “friends” and “gal pals” who shopped and vacationed together.Before long, the tabloids said that the two were romantically involved, and often pointed out their age difference: Ms. Jenner, who is 70, was apparently dating someone younger than her 24-year-old daughter, Kendall. (Ms. Hutchins is 23.) Some reports went so far as to say they were engaged.“Who is Caitlyn Jenner’s fiancée Sophia Hutchins?” read a headline in The Daily Mirror in 2018. ”Ms. Hutchins has not exactly hurried to dispel those rumors. She has posted selfies on Instagram from what looks like Ms. Jenner’s bed, with the caption “home sweet home.” Another time, she created an Instagram Story and took questions from followers; when one asked, “Are you in a relationship?,” she replied coyly, “Oh yes!” without naming anyone.But Ms. Hutchins, the C.E.O. of a start-up beauty brand, has never commented directly on their relationship, until now.On a recent Monday afternoon, Ms. Hutchins was sipping green tea in the lobby of the Mercer hotel in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. Dressed in a black Alice + Olivia turtleneck, she had straight blond hair that framed her slate-blue eyes and gravity-defying cheekbones. She bore an uncanny resemblance to Ivanka Trump.Ms. Hutchins grinned at the comparison to the first daughter. “I’ll take it,” she said, adding that she is not a registered Republican. “I think Ivanka is gorgeous.”Seated with perfect posture, Ms. Hutchins expressed emotion sparingly and came across as analytical and preternaturally poised. She was keen to discuss her beauty product, Lumasol, a sunscreen mist she plans to release next year. We would get to that. But first: Are she and Ms. Jenner really a couple?Ms. Hutchins folded her hands on the table, set her blue eyes to stun and said in a matter-of-fact manner: “We were never romantically involved.”So why have the tabloid reports persisted? “Because we weren’t addressing it,” she said. “I don’t feel a need to address my sex life, quite frankly, unless I want to.” She took a sip of tea and, with her firm tone, indicated that the matter was closed.

Class President to Celebrity Manager

Before the spotlight beckoned, Ms. Hutchins grew up in Seattle, where she was a three-time state high school debate champion. She was raised by a single mother, who worked as a dental hygienist, and her grandparents.“My grandfather, a rocket engineer at Boeing, was the greatest influence in my life,” she said. “My grandparents stepped in and helped out by sending me to an elite college prep school,” and later to Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., in part because it offered the best financial aid package. Slightly built and studious, Ms. Hutchins initially identified as a gay man. At college, she was active in student government and planned a career in finance. But in 2016, during her junior year, she announced on Facebook without explanation that she was resigning as the student class president.A few weeks later, she gave an interview to the Graphic, a Pepperdine student newspaper, explaining that she was taking a semester off to transition. “I’ve always had the question of ‘Do I want to transition from male to female?’” Ms. Hutchins was quoted as saying. “I never thought a lot about doing it until I got into college because I was able to break away from my family and started to establish my own identity.”She regrets the interview, saying that she feels overly defined by her gender transition. “Had I not done that interview, I never would have come out,” she said. “I would just live my life. Now people can’t really see past the trans thing.”She also told the newspaper that two things inspired her to transition: the support of her friends and family, and seeing Ms. Jenner talk about her journey on “20/20.”Ms. Hutchins would soon meet her inspiration. After returning to college, she embraced a newly invigorated social life and popularity. “I blended right back in on my first day back,” she said. “The guys were like, ‘Did you transfer in? I’ve never seen you before.’”Her new lifestyle also included a hair-and-makeup team. (Asked why a college student would hire personal grooming stylists, a spokeswoman for Ms. Hutchins, Kristen Shea, said: “In L.A., regardless of whether you are a student, most everyone has hair and makeup people. I mean, glam squads are almost a given.”) One member of her glam squad was working with Ms. Jenner and thought the two would hit it off. “We were introduced through my makeup artist at a M.A.C. photo shoot,” Ms. Hutchins said. “Having a similar sense of humor, we spent the entire time laughing and ended up meeting for brunch, and we’ve been great friends ever since.”Ms. Hutchins, who had become disillusioned with a career in finance, also sensed an opportunity. Ms. Jenner’s former wife, Kris Jenner, was no longer her business manager. And although Ms. Hutchins had no relevant experience, she was persuasive and ambitious enough to convince Ms. Jenner to hire her.“I saw nobody was managing her, and there were all these people taking massive advantage,” Ms. Hutchins said. “And I was saying, ‘Caitlyn, if I don’t step in here and start managing you, you’re going to go broke.’”They quickly developed a level of trust and, during her senior year, Ms. Hutchins became Ms. Jenner’s manager, taking a 10 percent cut. She also moved into Ms. Jenner’s ridge-top home in Malibu, the same four-bedroom, 11-acre compound where the “20/20” interview took place.Since signing on, Ms. Hutchins said she has taken the lead on negotiating a raft of deals, including paid speeches for T-Mobile and the Harvard Leadership Summit, and before Britain’s House of Commons for Channel 4. She also negotiated Ms. Jenner’s recent appearance on “‘I’m a Celebrity … Get me Out of Here,’” a reality show in Britain, “which has been reported to be the highest fee in the show’s history,” Ms. Hutchins said. “We made a lot of money together and still do.”Approached for comment, Ms. Jenner declined to be interviewed, but her publicist emailed a statement: “Over the last few years, Sophia has been my best friend, family and confidant. She is one of the top minds in her field. Her value in my life is undeniable. The sky is the limit with her entrepreneurial spirit.”

Her ‘Extended Family’

It didn’t take long for Ms. Hutchins’s business radar to detect other opportunities. The idea for her beauty product, Lumasol, was born one night in 2017 over dinner with Jami Morse Heidegger, a neighbor in Malibu who is an heir to the Kiehl’s beauty brand.“We were talking about what’s missing in the market and I said, ‘Why can’t I get a makeup-setting mist with SPF?’” she said, referring to a spray used to help makeup last.After months of market research, testing and pitch meetings, Lumasol is scheduled to begin selling next April. The mist will be priced between $30 and $50 and will be packaged in a bottle that changes color when exposed to ultraviolet rays, nudging consumers to spray early and often.“We consider ourselves a health tech company because we see SPF as the first entry point to tackling the health crisis which is skin cancer,” Ms. Hutchins said.Being associated with the Jenner-Kardashian clan probably doesn’t hurt. “I’m on good terms with all the family, but I’m closest with Kris, Kim, Kylie and Kendall,” said Ms. Hutchins, who recently posted a picture of herself to her 100,000 Instagram followers from a family dinner for Ms. Jenner’s birthday, standing between Kim and Kourtney Kardashian.“And anytime I needed a meeting with someone that I couldn’t get, Caitlyn could get it for me,” she added.She has raised $3 million in seed funding, including from Greycroft, a venture firm in New York. “If you attach an influencer with a huge following to a consumer product, it’s like having your own media channel,” Ian Sigalow, a founder of Greycroft said in an interview with Forbes this year. “Lumasol’s starting on third base — they’re going to take off.”But Ms. Hutchins is not counting on free promotion from the women she calls her “extended family.” “If I want someone in that clan to promote the product, they’re going to be compensated,” she said. “And these girls are not cheap.”Ms. Hutchins set down her tea and checked the time; she was fitting the interview into a busy day of meetings. When her phone rang, she didn’t hesitate to pick up. It was Ms. Jenner calling to report on repairs to her private plane, a Beechcraft Baron turboprop. “I need to get to San Francisco from L.A. on Thursday super-early, and Caitlyn is flying me,” Ms. Hutchins said.Hearing from Ms. Jenner seemed to cheer her up. The call also provided an opening to return to more personal questions. If she is not dating Ms. Jenner, is there another special someone?Turns out, there is. Ms. Hutchins confided that she just started dating a 30-year-old gentleman who graduated from Harvard and works on Wall Street. No other details would be forthcoming. But for the second time that afternoon, she softened her gaze, looked up and smiled. Read the full article

[catilinas]

may i enquire as to what the 'j dog drama' from your english gcse class was this sounds fascinating

i’m answering publicly bcs i want to keep the List 

ok so j-dog (shockingly, not his real name), was our english teacher. he was new and he was really fckin weird and after the 2 years of teaching us he Left. (not saying bcs our class was ceaselessly annoying but like……yeah). he’s also on my “i respect you as a person  and you’re good at your job but i irrationally hate you” list 

various j-dog incidents:

spent an hour talking abt how a bird shitting in a tray is a metaphor for the colonisation of nigeria

i mean in this occasion it was but it didn’t need an Hour of explanation

was constantly drinking water from like a 2 litre water bottle?? why?? who does that???

hated this One Guy in our class but at the same time was always giving him advice on protein shakes? and water polo?

“back when i was your age” and then he’d say something that happened like 200 years ago

his birthday was halloween

never told us how old he was

conclusion: a vampire

would often say “i’m not some old fishwife” (meaning unclear). after gcses we bought him an apron w the quote on it and he wore it all day

end of term “party” — brought coca cola and several cakes — “let’s see how hyper you can all get in 45 minutes”

UGLY SHOES they looked like if you flayed rats and deep fried the skins and then sewed them together and put them on your feet and wore them until they literally came apart at the seams

at parents’ evening my Own Mother flirted with him for the banter and then mocked his ugly shoes to his face

we did argumentative writing which was basically just ‘roast anmar frangoul for his piece of shit article’ and it was the most fun i’ve ever had in my life, thanks j-dog

somehow made the innocent gcse english poems sound suggestive

one poem read like:

“My face turned pale as deadly pale.My legs refused to walk away,And when she looked, what could I ail? My life and all seemed turned to clay. And then my blood rushed to my………….face……”

this was apparently accidental

made everything about sin. all of our texts were about sin. the merchant of venice is commentary on the post-lapsarian condition, i.e. sin

first merchant of venice lesson and someone suggests antonio is gay (my purse, my person, my extremest means / lie all unlock’d to your occasion ;) if you know what i mean) and he denies it  

comes back the next lesson Convinced that antonio is gay

comes back each lesson with More merchant of venice characters that are gay until he finally decides they All Are

he also really hated antonio and spent Ages talking about how he was the worst, most awful character, Ever, (like yea antonio is p bad but… not as bad as he made him out to be….chill…)

this one guy in our class found his old facebook profile which had a ridiculous selfie on it, j-dog didn’t know his password and so it’s Still There

the same guy tracked him down to his new school, found his email, and asked him to proofread his A-level coursework

and ieva Successfully got him to read smth else which was unexpected

this girl in the class lowkey had a crush on him and when we were doing the crucible was the Only person to volunteer to read, they ended up reading out john and elizabeth proctor’s heartfelt goodbye together while everyone else in the room died

gave dan a detention for doing maths homework in class. dan objected that we wasn’t doing maths hw, he was ‘just doing maths problems bcs he was bored.’ this was probably the worst thing he could have said. got the detention anyway

gave dan a detention when he fell asleep in class. dan denied ever falling asleep

dan tried to Appease him by baking him cupcakes. j-dog refused the cupcakes and dan Wept

tried to make the class write essays in the last week of term in a cover lesson when he was away….we actually did it and he never gave them back

the next time he tried it we went on Strike and just didn’t do the essay and he gave up

occasionally the class as a whole would be so annoying he would just leave the room

one time he left the room and from the window we saw him walking out of school and Away

my own personal beef:

really early in the year wouldn’t let me and ieva sit next to each other??? we had to use the bsl alphabet to talk for Two Years

because i am the person i am i’d always point out minor errors in powerpoints and stuff until he Banned me from asking any non-important questions

marked me down on a group presentation bcs i “sat down and didn’t speak much” abt half way through like….i fainted…i was literally unconscious….fucker

tried to mark me down on coursework bcs it had too many sets of brackets but it got moderated back up haha can’t beat my full marks in english language, fool, 

so me and two other people ran poetry society for like two years before he joined the school, upon doing which he Immediately was like..im in charge now… and moved it to a day none of us had free…. bye bye poetry society

(and then me and iev won the poetry society poetry competition) (retaliation)

he lost my essay once

OH AND FINALLY the rumour is that he has been fired from his new school. we don’t know why

anyway that’s…..only the stuff i can remember. gcse english was wild. @blue-eyed-buildings might have more? 

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Sophia Hutchins Isn’t Dating Caitlyn Jenner

Keeping up with the new besties in the Kardashian-Jenner entertainment complex can be a full-time job.

But even in their social media panopticon, Sophia Hutchins stands apart, and not just because of her ice-goddess looks and self-promotional savvy. Sometime in 2017, tabloid stories began linking Ms. Hutchins to Caitlyn Jenner, first as “friends” and “gal pals” who shopped and vacationed together.

Before long, the tabloids said that the two were romantically involved, and often pointed out their age difference: Ms. Jenner, who is 70, was apparently dating someone younger than her 24-year-old daughter, Kendall. (Ms. Hutchins is 23.) Some reports went so far as to say they were engaged.

“Who is Caitlyn Jenner’s fiancée Sophia Hutchins?” read a headline in The Daily Mirror in 2018. ”

Ms. Hutchins has not exactly hurried to dispel those rumors. She has posted selfies on Instagram from what looks like Ms. Jenner’s bed, with the caption “home sweet home.” Another time, she created an Instagram Story and took questions from followers; when one asked, “Are you in a relationship?,” she replied coyly, “Oh yes!” without naming anyone.

But Ms. Hutchins, the C.E.O. of a start-up beauty brand, has never commented directly on their relationship, until now.

On a recent Monday afternoon, Ms. Hutchins was sipping green tea in the lobby of the Mercer hotel in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. Dressed in a black Alice + Olivia turtleneck, she had straight blond hair that framed her slate-blue eyes and gravity-defying cheekbones. She bore an uncanny resemblance to Ivanka Trump.

Ms. Hutchins grinned at the comparison to the first daughter. “I’ll take it,” she said, adding that she is not a registered Republican. “I think Ivanka is gorgeous.”

Seated with perfect posture, Ms. Hutchins expressed emotion sparingly and came across as analytical and preternaturally poised. She was keen to discuss her beauty product, Lumasol, a sunscreen mist she plans to release next year. We would get to that.

But first: Are she and Ms. Jenner really a couple?

Ms. Hutchins folded her hands on the table, set her blue eyes to stun and said in a matter-of-fact manner: “We were never romantically involved.”

So why have the tabloid reports persisted? “Because we weren’t addressing it,” she said. “I don’t feel a need to address my sex life, quite frankly, unless I want to.”

She took a sip of tea and, with her firm tone, indicated that the matter was closed.

Class President to Celebrity Manager

Before the spotlight beckoned, Ms. Hutchins grew up in Seattle, where she was a three-time state high school debate champion. She was raised by a single mother, who worked as a dental hygienist, and her grandparents.

“My grandfather, a rocket engineer at Boeing, was the greatest influence in my life,” she said. “My grandparents stepped in and helped out by sending me to an elite college prep school,” and later to Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., in part because it offered the best financial aid package.

Slightly built and studious, Ms. Hutchins initially identified as a gay man. At college, she was active in student government and planned a career in finance. But in 2016, during her junior year, she announced on Facebook without explanation that she was resigning as the student class president.

A few weeks later, she gave an interview to the Graphic, a Pepperdine student newspaper, explaining that she was taking a semester off to transition. “I’ve always had the question of ‘Do I want to transition from male to female?’” Ms. Hutchins was quoted as saying. “I never thought a lot about doing it until I got into college because I was able to break away from my family and started to establish my own identity.”

She regrets the interview, saying that she feels overly defined by her gender transition. “Had I not done that interview, I never would have come out,” she said. “I would just live my life. Now people can’t really see past the trans thing.”

She also told the newspaper that two things inspired her to transition: the support of her friends and family, and seeing Ms. Jenner talk about her journey on “20/20.”

Ms. Hutchins would soon meet her inspiration. After returning to college, she embraced a newly invigorated social life and popularity. “I blended right back in on my first day back,” she said. “The guys were like, ‘Did you transfer in? I’ve never seen you before.’”

Her new lifestyle also included a hair-and-makeup team. (Asked why a college student would hire personal grooming stylists, a spokeswoman for Ms. Hutchins, Kristen Shea, said: “In L.A., regardless of whether you are a student, most everyone has hair and makeup people. I mean, glam squads are almost a given.”)

One member of her glam squad was working with Ms. Jenner and thought the two would hit it off. “We were introduced through my makeup artist at a M.A.C. photo shoot,” Ms. Hutchins said. “Having a similar sense of humor, we spent the entire time laughing and ended up meeting for brunch, and we’ve been great friends ever since.”

Ms. Hutchins, who had become disillusioned with a career in finance, also sensed an opportunity. Ms. Jenner’s former wife, Kris Jenner, was no longer her business manager. And although Ms. Hutchins had no relevant experience, she was persuasive and ambitious enough to convince Ms. Jenner to hire her.

“I saw nobody was managing her, and there were all these people taking massive advantage,” Ms. Hutchins said. “And I was saying, ‘Caitlyn, if I don’t step in here and start managing you, you’re going to go broke.’”

They quickly developed a level of trust and, during her senior year, Ms. Hutchins became Ms. Jenner’s manager, taking a 10 percent cut. She also moved into Ms. Jenner’s ridge-top home in Malibu, the same four-bedroom, 11-acre compound where the “20/20” interview took place.

Since signing on, Ms. Hutchins said she has taken the lead on negotiating a raft of deals, including paid speeches for T-Mobile and the Harvard Leadership Summit, and before Britain’s House of Commons for Channel 4.

She also negotiated Ms. Jenner’s recent appearance on “‘I’m a Celebrity … Get me Out of Here,’” a reality show in Britain, “which has been reported to be the highest fee in the show’s history,” Ms. Hutchins said. “We made a lot of money together and still do.”

Approached for comment, Ms. Jenner declined to be interviewed, but her publicist emailed a statement: “Over the last few years, Sophia has been my best friend, family and confidant. She is one of the top minds in her field. Her value in my life is undeniable. The sky is the limit with her entrepreneurial spirit.”

Her ‘Extended Family’

It didn’t take long for Ms. Hutchins’s business radar to detect other opportunities. The idea for her beauty product, Lumasol, was born one night in 2017 over dinner with Jami Morse Heidegger, a neighbor in Malibu who is an heir to the Kiehl’s beauty brand.

“We were talking about what’s missing in the market and I said, ‘Why can’t I get a makeup-setting mist with SPF?’” she said, referring to a spray used to help makeup last.

After months of market research, testing and pitch meetings, Lumasol is scheduled to begin selling next April. The mist will be priced between $30 and $50 and will be packaged in a bottle that changes color when exposed to ultraviolet rays, nudging consumers to spray early and often.

“We consider ourselves a health tech company because we see SPF as the first entry point to tackling the health crisis which is skin cancer,” Ms. Hutchins said.

Being associated with the Jenner-Kardashian clan probably doesn’t hurt. “I’m on good terms with all the family, but I’m closest with Kris, Kim, Kylie and Kendall,” said Ms. Hutchins, who recently posted a picture of herself to her 100,000 Instagram followers from a family dinner for Ms. Jenner’s birthday, standing between Kim and Kourtney Kardashian.

“And anytime I needed a meeting with someone that I couldn’t get, Caitlyn could get it for me,” she added.

She has raised $3 million in seed funding, including from Greycroft, a venture firm in New York. “If you attach an influencer with a huge following to a consumer product, it’s like having your own media channel,” Ian Sigalow, a founder of Greycroft said in an interview with Forbes this year. “Lumasol’s starting on third base — they’re going to take off.”

But Ms. Hutchins is not counting on free promotion from the women she calls her “extended family.” “If I want someone in that clan to promote the product, they’re going to be compensated,” she said. “And these girls are not cheap.”

Ms. Hutchins set down her tea and checked the time; she was fitting the interview into a busy day of meetings. When her phone rang, she didn’t hesitate to pick up. It was Ms. Jenner calling to report on repairs to her private plane, a Beechcraft Baron turboprop.

“I need to get to San Francisco from L.A. on Thursday super-early, and Caitlyn is flying me,” Ms. Hutchins said.

Hearing from Ms. Jenner seemed to cheer her up. The call also provided an opening to return to more personal questions. If she is not dating Ms. Jenner, is there another special someone?

Turns out, there is. Ms. Hutchins confided that she just started dating a 30-year-old gentleman who graduated from Harvard and works on Wall Street. No other details would be forthcoming. But for the second time that afternoon, she softened her gaze, looked up and smiled.

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