#I did in fact post this publicly AND link it in the notes at the end of chapter 6

[aster-draws]

Couldn’t get the image out of my head so taKE THIS

AHDSIOSHDGOIHDSOFKDJNOKASNFOJDSBGODJASFNC AH oh my GOD? You're kidding this is INCREDIBLE

it's so perfect you captured the vibe IMPECCABLY i'm?????? literally speechless holy shit?

Also tim's bewilderment is so spot on that's his face literally for the entire fic

SIDhvnodhnvoafdnvaoAPOS:OAJBDS god. anyways. I'm chewing on this like a dog on a bone

[therealcocoshady]

Hi coco , I don’t know if your still doing requests if not juts by past this .

Fem reader x Marshall

Reader is some sort of celebrity and her and Marshall’s sex tape gets leaked

SECRETS OUT - ONE SHOT

Eminem x Celebrity Reader

Author’s note : Thank you so much for your request. I Hope you like it ❤️. I thoroughly enjoyed writing one shots and HCs so if you have requests, feel free to send them to me in my Ask.

Synopsis : You’re a prominent influencer, having a secret relationship with Em for years. None of you intend on making it public… until your sextape gets leaked.

When you started dating Marshall, the two of you had a serious talk about how important it was to him that your relationship remained private. He knew that you shared a lot of your life online - hell, it was kind of your job as an influencer - and respected it, but he was adamant about not being featured on your social media accounts and YouTube channel. You respected his wish. To be honest, you were a little relieved : your last relationship had ended because of public scrutiny and you didn’t want history to repeat itself. Especially since the person you were dating was a megastar. No offense to your ex, who was still a very successful influencer, but next to Marshall Mathers, he was chopped liver. If publicly dating someone with ten million YouTube followers was hard, you couldn’t imagine how it would be if everyone knew you were dating Eminem.

You actually did a good job at keeping your followers and his fans in the dark about your relationship. To everyone, the both of you were single and, even though they were rumours about the two of you dating other public figures, you had never been linked together. No one expected you, a twenty-something fashion and beauty influencer to date Eminem. From the looks of it, you didn’t have much in common and didn’t run in the same circles.

So your relationship flew under the radar for years and you even managed to get married without the public knowing. You had the most beautiful wedding, held in a secluded location with only your closest friends, with a lot of logistics and NDAs involved. Everyone joked that you had to be the only influencer who didn’t share the most important day of their life on social media. Especially when the wedding was so insta-worthy. A few years ago, you would have been a little bummed about it, but being with Marshall kept you grounded and reminded you that not everything was meant to be shared online. If anything, the secrecy of your wedding and the « no phones or camera allowed » rule allowed everyone to enjoy the moment instead of focusing on filming it or snapping pictures of their plates or outfit. That didn’t mean there were no pictures taken though. The only person who immortalised the wedding was the photographer and, though guests were sent the pictures, they were asked not to share, and everyone respected your wishes.

Just because the two of you didn’t share pictures online didn’t mean you didn’t take plenty. In fact, your phones were full of cute selfies of the two of you. At the beginning of your relationship, he often made fun of your habit to try and immortalise moments, but he ended up getting into it. When the two of you met, he was still using an old BlackBerry and took the crappiest selfies, but you managed to turn him into the perfect Instagram husband. In fact, he was the one who helped you do your daily outfit posts and he was more than decent at telling you how you should pose. And if he was a bit judgy of influencers at first, he had come to understand your line of work and your love of fashion. He was extremely supportive of every thing you did and his eyes were gleaming with adoration when he was watching you film your videos, though he still liked to tease you.

One evening, during your honeymoon, you found him filming himself in the mirror as you walked out of the bathroom in your finest, sluttiest lingerie.

- What are you doing ? You giggled.

- Immortalising the outfit. So, it’s simple, the boxers are Givenchy, fall collection… care to share yours ? He chuckled as he pointed the phone to you.

- So tonight, I’m wearing a gorgeous Dita Von Teese set, you said as you posed and played along. We have this gorgeous corset, and the panties are amazing, too…

- Turn around and show the back, babe, he instructed. You’re gorgeous.

This became a little game that you played during the whole honeymoon. Each night, Marshall filmed you in your lingerie, under the pretense that he wanted to remember your honeymoon as vividly as possible. This made you laugh and you let him. It started as « innocent » « outfit of the night » videos but, on occasion, you both felt frisky and ended up filming a literal sex tape, or rather a series of them. Nothing especially elaborate, just one of you holding the phone while doing the deed, just for laughs. You didn’t even watch them after or think about it. It was really just the two of you clowning around, making fun of your own IG account and enjoying your honeymoon. Once you got back home, you didn’t keep it going and eventually came to forget there were videos of you and Marshall having sex on his phone. Until the videos were leaked, that is.

You had been married for about six months and enjoyed your weekly brunch with Marshall’s daughters when they suddenly went silent, after Stevie showed her sisters something on her phone.

- Oh my God, I’m going to puke, Stevie said.

- Girls, no phone at the table, Marshall groaned.

- Have you guys… seen the news ? Hailie asked.

- What news ? You asked back, a tad confused.

- The Pistons headline, Alaina said.

- What’s wrong with the team ? Marshall asked with a raised eyebrow.

The girls frowned and stayed silent for a second before handing the phone to the two of you. There was an article about you and Marshall, soberly titled : « Detroit’s ultimate Piston : Eminem sextape leaked (featuring influencer Y/N ». The headline was enough to make you want to die. The article wasn’t much better. It commented on the videos and showed a few screenshots of tweets reacting to the leak such as « Bro can’t take a decent selfie but you can trust him to point the camera at his dick correctly 👀 » or « Damn. He’s 51 but Y/N’s the one who’s gonna need hip replacement surgery with these trusts 💀». You and Marshall stared at each other while the girls were looking at you. You felt humiliated. Not only were the videos leaked online, you were confronted by your step-daughters - though they were old enough to be your sisters - about it. You looked down, absolutely mortified.

- Don’t watch these, Marshall told his daughters.

- Like we’d want to see that, Stevie pointed out.

- Really, guys, a sextape ? Alaina asked. Dad, you’re 51 !

- I’m going to be sick, you said as you left the table and headed to your room.

You heard Marshall calling your name but there was absolutely no way you could face anyone right now. Once you were alone, you anxiously checked your phone. Of course, everyone was in a frenzy. Your manager was texting you and your social media accounts were flooded. Both in the comments and your DMs, people were going crazy and talking about the videos. You already had a huge following, but it was something else entirely. You immediately called your manager, who was beyond pissed. Apparently, some brands you collaborated threatened to sever their ties with you. Of course, you getting rammed on video didn’t really fit in with your usual good girl image and it wouldn’t be a good look for them. Now, not only were you ashamed but you were also terrified. You had worked too hard for your career to crumble that easily.

- What should I do ? You anxiously asked.

- For now, nothing, she said. I’m going to consult with a few people to see what we can do for damage control. Though if I were you I’d get ready to film an apology video.

- I didn’t do anything wrong, you pointed out. These videos were not meant to be shared.

- You know how it is, Y/N. I’ll get back to you ASAP.

- Thanks, you said sheepishly. Talk to you soon.

When you hung up, you couldn’t resist the temptation to go and check other articles. Obviously, news traveled fast and you were now a trending subject. Marshall being the more famous of the two of you, his name was on every headline but, from the looks of it, you were the one whose reputation was suffering the most. While everybody seemed to praise his performance - and impressive physique - you were deemed a slut by the Internet. Even worse, some people were already making memes with your face and some rappers beefing with Marshall were reposting them. You had always been a « glass half-full » type of person but you literally wanted to die. In a flash, it seemed like you could kiss your career and reputation goodbye.

After about an hour, Marshall joined you in the bedroom and took you in his arms while you were sobbing.

- Hey, he said sheepishly.

- I-I’m sorry, you said. But I can’t go and face your daughters. I just can’t. I can’t face anyone right now, I-I…

- It’s fine, he replied before kissing your forehead. I sent them home.

- Im sorry, you said. I know how much family brunch means to you…

- As it turns out, having your kids lecture you about your leaked sextape isn’t as fun as people make it out to be, he said sarcastically.

You couldn’t help but chortle. Even in this type of dramatic situations, you could always count on Marshall’s dry humor. He placed another kiss on your forehead and wiped your tears with his thumbs.

- We’ll be fine, he said reassuringly. Don’t worry, babe.

- Why aren’t you freaking out ? You asked. You should be freaking out.

- Oh, I’m freaking out, he said. I mean, I’m livid. But on a practical level, I know people will forget about it eventually, you know.

- Easy for you to say, you pointed out. The Internet is raving about the size of your dick and commenting about how in shape you are for an older dude… meanwhile, people are calling me a slut.

- You’re not a slut, he said as he rolled his eyes.

- Tell that to the thousand of people calling me a rapper groupie or whatever that is, you groaned.

- Doesn’t matter, he shrugged. We both know that’s not true. You’re not a groupie, you’re my wife.

- Well I’m about to be a stay at home wife, you said with tears in your eyes. I had my agent on the phone and sponsors are already breaking contracts… I-I’m losing everything, Marshall…

The tears started streaming down again. Mentioning the situation out loud was upsetting, it only meant it was real. You were really on the verge of losing everything. Your husband knew better than anyone how much your career meant to you, the work you put in and everything you had invested to be successful. To you, it wasn’t just a job : it was your dream. You had always tried your best to have a pristine reputation as an influencer and stay out of drama but now, people were looking down on you and calling you names. And you dreaded the perspective of doing an apology video. It was humiliating. In most recent years, you had focused your content on beauty and fashion instead of your private life but now, it was up for public consumption. Marshall held you tight as you told him about the comments you received and how sad you were about losing collaborations you were looking forward to.

- You don’t need these people’s money, he said.

- You know it’s not a matter of money, you replied curtly. It’s never only been about money. It’s more than that.

- I know, he said. But look, these videos were stolen from us. And if these brands who put that much effort into building a so-called relationship with you drop you easily, it’s not worth it. They should be sending you flowers and publicly supporting you.

- You know that’s not how it works, you sighed.

- All I’m saying is that it’s unfair, he said. And I’m sorry you’re going through this. But I know you. You’re strong and you’re resilient. And your followers love you. You’re not going to lose your career over this.

- I’ll do my best, you shrugged. My agency wants me to film an apology video.

- Are they serious ? He groaned. You don’t have to apologise for shit. These videos were fucking stolen, Y/N !!!

He was clearly mad. Funnily enough, he seemed more angry over the unfairness of the situation than the fact that everyone could see him having sex on video. But then again, it probably had something to do with his reputation being pretty intact. Sure, that would probably earn him a few lines in diss tracks people might be tempted to put out, but there wasn’t much to be ashamed of, as far as he was concerned. First of all, the videos clearly made a good job of shutting down rumours about his size, and he still came across as someone who had sex. On the other hand, you were more visible on the videos and earning a reputation of an easy and slutty influencer, hungry for fame. Typical double standard. You cursed whoever had managed to steal these videos. And deep down, you were mad that they had been so easily stolen.

- Why were they stolen in the first place ? You groaned.

- What ? He asked. You know how it is… people’s phones get hacked all the fucking time. Whoever did that was probably hoping to get their hands on new music. Joke’s on them, though. We only function with CDs to avoid this type of leaks.

- Joke’s on them ?! You almost yelled. The joke is on me !!! I couldn’t care less about your CDs. No offense but I’d rather have your album leaked than my career ruined, Marshall !!!

- Sorry, he said as he nervously scratched his beard. Poor choice of word. Of course it’s worse. What I mean is… hacks happen all the time. Every month there’s a new story about a celebrity’s phone or computer or cloud being hacked.

- And I’m usually over here, making fun about people who don’t know how to protect their data, you said as you rolled your eyes. The most basic thing to do is to at least put this type of photos in a folder that requires double authentication.

- Double what ?

He looked at you with big eyes. Of course, he had no idea what you were talking about. « That’s what you get for marrying a dummy when it comes to technology », you thought. You didn’t want to get mad at him, but you were pissed. You rolled your eyes at him and let your head fall on the pillow.

- I have to go and call Paul, he said. We’re both going to have to do damage control. But we’ll be fine, I promise you.

- Mmmmh, you groaned.

- I’ll do my best to find whoever did that and sue their ass, he assured you. And whoever shares these videos, too. When we got married, I swore I would protect you and you best believe I’m making good on that.

- Thanks, you said sheepishly.

The following couple of days were especially tough. News had obviously traveled fast and everyone in your life knew about the videos. You thought facing Hailie, Alaina and Stevie was hard, but FaceTiming with your parents was even harder. You could tell they were disappointed, and mostly worried for you. Both of your management teams were trying to find the best way to get through it. Unfortunately, crisis management wasn’t the same for a rapper as it was for an influencer. Marshall’s team advised him to stay silent while yours was almost begging you to address the elephant in the room, preferably with your husband, who was an ogre about it.

- I’m not appearing in your damn apology video, he groaned. It’s stupid enough that you have to do one of these.

- I have to do what’s best for my career, you pleaded.

- You always said these videos were disingenuous, he pointed out.

- Well, yes, but what am I going to do ? You groaned. Disappear and kiss my career goodbye ? And I’m not you, Marshall. I can’t just ignore it and go back to posting videos as if nothing happened.

He hummed and you kept talking about it, trying to come up with a solution. You weren’t thrilled about the idea of addressing the situation and he was right : you had nothing to apologise for. And he was fully against the idea of standing next to you like a First Lady while you filmed something so silly. Of course, it turned into an argument. There was only so much pressure you could take. And you knew Marshall was doing his best and keeping in touch with his lawyers, but you were mad that he wouldn’t support you publicly.

- I’m asking you to stand next to me for a damn video, that’s all, you sighed. I’m not asking for the moon, here. You don’t even have to say anything.

- Then what’s the point in me being here at all ? He shrugged. We agreed that I would be kept out of your content, Y/N. That was clear from the start.

- Because everyone thinks I’m a whore ! You yelled. I was fine with people not knowing about us, but I am not fine with people calling me a rapper whore. And I am not fine with my husband not supporting me. You said we were a team ! You promised to care for me and protect me for the rest of our lives. Or were these vows just words to you ?!?!

You knew he would be pissed off by your words. He had always made it clear that his vows were absolutely serious and solemn. And you knew for a fact that he had put a lot of heart and thought into writing them. He didn’t say anything, just sighed and left the room. Obviously, you both needed to take time off because this escalated into an argument. You groaned and stayed in the bedroom, which you had barely left since the videos had leaked.

A couple of hours later, you went downstairs and found Marshall watching some boxing match on TV.

- Hey, you said sheepishly.

- Hey, he simply said.

- Look, I’m sorry, I…, you began.

- Don’t sweat it, he shrugged as he gestured for you to come sit on his lap.

You sat on him and watched with him in silence, enjoying the sensation of his arms wrapped around your waist. When the match ended, he turned off TV and smiled at you.

- I took care of things, he said.

- You did ? You asked.

- I did, he confirmed. You don’t need to film that stupid video.

- What did you do ? You asked with a raised eyebrow.

He seemed pretty sure of himself, proud even, and you tried hard not to show it, but you were still a bit doubtful.

- Check Instagram, he simply said as he handed you your phone.

You nervously checked your account. You were tagged in thousands of new posts. Only these weren’t posts of the sex videos. Your account was flooded with pictures of your wedding, posted by your friends and reposted by tons of fan accounts. Your closest influencer friends had posted the beautiful pictures of them with you at the wedding. Marshall’s friends had done the same : 50, Dre, Porter, Royce… everyone was posting about your nuptials. The most beautiful shot was the one shared by Marshall on his account : a gorgeous black and white shot of the two of you after the reception, holding hands and staring at the fireworks, captioned : « For better & for worse. Happy 6 months anniversary. ». Everyone was going absolutely crazy in the comments, not failing to show their surprise and mentioning that he was now following one account : yours. You looked at him, almost crying and took him in your arms.

- Oh my God, you said. I can’t believe you did this.

- Called in a few favors and asked our friends to post the wedding pictures, he said with a smile. I figured the Internet would focus on these rather than the videos. So far it seems to be working…

- You didn’t have to, you said emotionally. I know you wanted to keep the wedding a secret.

- I also wanted to keep our sex life secret, he chuckled. But I care more about you and supporting you. Now, everyone knows I have your back. Until death do us part. And if anyone dares come for you, I will end them. I promise.

- I love you, you said emotionally.

- I love you too, he replied before kissing you. I’m sorry I was grumpy about the whole thing. You were right, these vows were never meant to be just words. I want to put them in action.

You kissed him passionately and you both took a minute to enjoy the posts everyone made about your wedding, reminiscing about that special day.

- I’m happy I don’t have to make that stupid apology video, you confessed.

- Me too, he chuckled. I did make an apology though.

- You did ? You asked in surprise.

He showed you his IG story. A black screen with simple text - in true influencer fashion : « I want to take a minute to apologize about the videos that have been leaked. I am sorry if anyone was confused. They were misleading and I want to state that the boxers were actually not Givenchy but Calvin Klein. Sorry for the confusion. 👀». You chortled and kissed him.

- What ? That was the only thing worth an apology, he pointed out with a smile.

- You’re such a troll, you said as you playfully rolled your eyes.

You spent the following days in bliss, showered with love from both your followers and his fans. Everyone was going crazy about your wedding and, even though there were still mentions of the sextape, most of the attention was focused on your relationship. Both of your management teams were also happy to put the incident behind them, though now they had to deal with plenty of interview requests. However, you agreed that even though your secret was out, nothing would really change. You slowly got back to business. Though nothing didn’t really change for Marshall - who was always in hermit mode in the studio - you had a lot of new followers and tons of collaboration requests. The sponsors who had been quick to drop you even came back and attempted to suck up to you, though you absolutely refused to work with them again. You were in your home office, reviewing partnership requests when you came across the biggest offer of your career : none other than Calvin Klein wanted you to be the new face of their underwear campaign, offering you a shit ton of money. It was the biggest opportunity you had ever received but you were a bit nervous when you mentioned it to your husband.

- What do you think ? You asked after you brought it up to him.

- I think we’ve established that you look good in underwear, he grinned.

- Yes but that would be banking on our sextape, our relationship… would it be ok with you ? You asked.

- I’ll cut you a deal : I’m ok with you doing that campaign if you’re ok with me using your moans as ad libs, he said with a smirk.

- You can’t be serious, you giggled as you rolled your eyes.

- What ? He chuckled. We’re partner in life, we might as well be business partners.

[lukolabrainrot]

What are your thoughts on the Emmy’s weekend regarding N, L and JD’s activity? To me L’s silence and the fact we haven’t seen him at the London fashion week or anywhere indicates that he probably did not want to take the spotlight away from N. JD’s post was also serving that purpose because he is a good and supportive friend. I am puzzled though by N’s complete silence and lack of posts.

Here are my thoughts based on all the information I've seen:

JD's stories he posted or was tagged in yesterday DEFINITELY SERVED AS A WAY TO SHUT DOWN THE RUMORS ABOUT HIM AND N. No one can convince me otherwise atp. Now, does that mean he's in a relationship with the man that shared the story of him? No, not necessarily. I personally think they were just being cutesy, but it was definitely a MESSAGE. To me it was saying, these rumors about me and N are not true, we're good friends and I am really proud she is going to be presenting at the Emmys, we should all focus on that, and my "husband" and I are going to go out and have fun in London tonight. I also want to note that if you go on SM, JD has been publicly linked to this man (who is openly gay) MULTIPLE times. They hang out a lot, and often with other openly gay men and in gay male spaces. This post by @fiamat12 perfectly sums up my thoughts on JD!

L's silence could be for MULTIPLE reasons. He hasn't been super active on SM in general lately, and him not going to London fashion week could also be for a bunch of different reasons. I don't think it's DIRECTLY tied to N. I do think his silence yesterday though could have been strategic. If he had posted any sort of congratulations, the energy in the fandom would have shifted from her success and accomplishment at the Emmys, to more speculation about L/N. Although I know I was trying to manifest L showing up to the Emmys, I knew there was like a 98% chance that wasn't actually going to happen. I think they still need their privacy and space before going public. However, IF they are together currently (which I'm pretty confident they are after EVERYTHING I've seen this year), then I stand by my thoughts that they will have to go public sooner than later.

I don't think N's silence is any type of bad thing. She has posted some things in her stories and been liking some posts. I think she's just REALLY busy, and now that she's a lot more famous, I think she is learning that unfortunately she will need to change HOW she utilizes her public SM and what type of information she chooses to share to the masses.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Alex Nguyen at Mother Jones:

Long gone are the innocent days when media outlets claimed the independence and nuance of the politics of Elon Musk. Now, amid myriad X posts spreading far-right propaganda on immigrants, trans people, and, well, just about any other topic, it has become obvious where one of the richest men in the world stands. This week, there was more proof that Musk has put his money where his mouth has been. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Musk poured tens of millions of dollars into Republican campaigns and conservative groups even before he publicly endorsed Donald Trump in July. Conservatives helped conceal Musk’s contributions through so-called social welfare or “dark money” groups that do not have to disclose their donors and can raise unlimited funds. (Musk did not respond to the Journal’s request for comment.) One piece of reporting stood out. The newspaper found that the tech billionaire donated more than $50 million in 2022 for campaign advertisements by Citizens for Sanity, a group connected to former Trump aide Stephen Miller and his non-profit America First Legal, which bills itself as “the long-awaited answer to the ACLU.”  Ties to Miller back in 2022 illuminate Musk’s current penchant for posting about immigrants. Musk has increasingly aligned himself with xenophobic anti-migrant plans and trans hysteria championed by Miller within the Trump administration. 

[...] In recent months, Musk’s posts have sunken to lies of mass voter fraud to help Trump win. As I reported, the billionaire recently posted a rant about how Democrats are the true threat to democracy by fast-tracking asylum seekers for citizenship so that they can vote in swing states. Simple fact-checking finds that asylum seekers are not being flown to battleground states, are not being given a facilitated citizenship process, and are not being allowed to vote—it is all false.  As we previously noted, these statements fall within the 2024 iteration of the Republicans’ “Big Lie.” If Trump loses in November, then Democrats stole the election through noncitizen voters.  Musk has also directly aligned himself with Trump, founding a super PAC called America PAC to get 800,000 people to vote for the former president in key battleground states. According to the Guardian, Trump’s ground operation in swing states are now mostly outsourced to America PAC, and Business Insider said that Musk is now shelling out millions to Republicans in 15 competitive House races. Yesterday, Politico reported that America PAC was teaming up with Turning Point Action, the political advocacy division of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, to fund hundreds of “ballot chasers” in Wisconsin. 

A Wall Street Journal reports that right-wing X owner Elon Musk has been funding anti-immigrant propaganda, including funding $50M to right-wing group linked to Stephen Miller called Citizens For Sanity (or more accurately, Citizens For Insanity).

[bb-kawa]

Kiss Cam <3

Crossing posting from my ao3 since i think ppl will like this fic. a03 link if you prefer reading there.

What will Falena do when Leona seems to be hiding the  fact that he has a girlfriend? Rig a magical kiss cam to publicly  embarrass the two, of course.

f/n = first name, third person

Did I steal this prompt from sporting events kiss cams and make it more dramatic? yes.

anyways Falena is hilarious in this.

side  note: I interpret twisted wonderland as being an actual University  where magical men and women attend. I don't think that matters for the  specific fic though. reader can still be interpreted as being yuu.

Falena was annoyed. Irked. Displeased. Leona had finally, finally, brought home a love interest, or at least that’s what Falena thought she was; However, Leona refused to admit or even discuss the possibility that she was his girlfriend.

It was the Festival of Love after all in Afterglow Savanna, a three-day event that celebrated all types of love within the kingdom. Why else would Leona have brought home a girl if not to celebrate with her, but Leona didn’t specify if she was his girlfriend or not upon introduction. Furthermore, when Falena prodded Leona for answers, he basically told him to shove off and leave him alone.

When Falena tried to investigate, follow them around, and send spies after them, they always coincidentally appeared to be just platonic friends. A woman holding a man's arm could still be considered friends after all. That wasn’t a big enough clue either way. And when Falena had finally thought he was going to catch them sneakily kissing in a dimly lit hallway, they’d always be conveniently separated from each other.

However, Falena could smell them on each other. Her light perfume blended into Leona’s skin and when she passed by, Falena could clearly smell the earthy scent of Leona’s hair products. They must have been coming into at least close to close contact to justify smelling like each other!

There were other times too, that were as plain as day, that the two were so obviously in love. Leona would laugh with her. Falena could hear their snickers and teasing during various festival activities. Leona rarely laughed as much as he did with her. He looked at her with a sort of happiness Falena hadn’t seen since Leona was a child. Leona would also talk to her, speaking far more than he had the past four years since going to NRC and starting his work as a Prince of the Afterglow Savanna. Falena could barely get Leona to say more than a sentence to him sometimes, but here he was having these long-winded conversations with her.

So why was Leona hiding it? Was he ashamed of her? No that couldn’t be it. Leona would not have brought her otherwise. Was it because he knew it would annoy the entire family if he was as vague as possible about it? That was a possibility but seemed to be a bit of a stretch. They had apparently known each other since NRC but Leona hadn’t thought to bring her around until now? How could Leona decide to enlighten his family with a girl and then proceed to not introduce her as his girlfriend?

Furthermore, every time Falena tried to get the girl alone for a quick chat, Leona would somehow always swoop in like a knight in shining armor here to sweep his obvious lover away from revealing any sort of truth to the matter. Leona always pulled her away with a groan of ‘Don’t annoy F/n with your questions.’ Really, how could Leona consistently be so grumpy about it?

It really was starting to get to Falena. He was determined to find out the truth and the perfect opportunity to do so was going to occur later that evening. A special event was planned called ‘The eye of love.’ It was a yearly activity where a magical camera would pan the crowds showing couples that exhibited a blossoming love. It was an ancient spell mainly used for fun to embarrass couples and had been a main part of the festivities for centuries.

Falena politely, strong armed the yearly caster into making sure, no matter what, the camera would focus in on Leona and his friend. Was this perhaps a bit petty? Yes. Was this also a small invasion of privacy? Also yes. Falena was determined though, to thoroughly ignore his brother's reluctant feelings to find out the truth.

Why, one may ask, was Falena so determined to find out whether Leona had a girlfriend or not? The answer was simple, Falena wanted to make sure the one person that seemed to make Leona happy would be welcomed into the family. Instead, Leona had been corralling the girl away at any possible moment. Two could play this game. Leona wasn’t the only one that could play dirty.

Soon, the roar of the crowd killed Falena’s train of thought concerning his brother. He walked out onto the stage waving, sending out well wishes and hopeful phrases. The general announcements occurred as well as the small speech about hope and encouragement for the love season. Normally Falena wasn’t so impatient during this part, but he really wanted the excitement to start.

Finally, the magical camera, naked to the eye, zoomed around homing in on various couples of various ages. It was quite cute. The first couple to be shown was an elderly pair that seemed to finally admit their love for one another. The next two couples were younger, around mid-age, and were showered with the traditional flower petals for the event during their kiss.

Falena could barely contain his excitement as Leona’s face appeared on the magical screen. The crowd instantly recognized the second prince with a slight cheer. Excitement was strumming through the air. Falena’s smile slightly dropped though, when it appeared that Leona wasn’t at the event at all, but seemed to be walking in some sort of foliage area with F/n.

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“If you get in trouble for missing the eye of love event, I’m not gonna defend you.” F/n said. A smile appeared on her face as Leona helped her step off the rocky ledge.

“What do you mean? You’re my accomplice, you’re breaking the rules with me.” Leona responded as he looked back with a smug grin.

��That’s not what I’ll be telling King Falena.”

F/n didn’t have to be looking at Leona to know he was rolling his eyes as she trotted up behind him.

They had been walking for a good thirty minutes. Winding through a rocky path, up various hills. Honestly if F/n knew Leona was going to take her on a full blow hike she would have worn different shoes.

The path soon widened and appeared a large opening filled to the brim with green foliage and blooming flowers. There was a small opening to the left that looked over the grasslands. The sun was just about to set, yellow and orange hues filled the sky.

“Wow… it’s beautiful!” F/n said, running up to the opening admiring the view and the flowers. An excited smile graced her features. “This is what you wanted to show me? How romantic.”

“Always gotta get a tease in, huh.” Leona shuffled back and forth on his feet. He took a few steps towards her, grabbing her hands. His features softened and a slight anxiety bubbled in his chest. “F/n, I… wanted to ask you something.”

“Yes?”

“Actually, I wanted to give you something.” Leona said, reaching into his clothes to pull out a small box. He flipped the lid up revealing a red jewel hanging delicately on a golden chain. F/n's eyes widened, and she glanced back and forth from the box up to Leona’s eyes.

“This… this is for me.” F/n asked. She was shocked, while Leona often gave her gifts, they were usually just things F/n had recently said she wanted. While it was incredibly thoughtful of him to always indulge her whims, his normal gifts weren’t as elaborate. They were flowers, or a blanket for them to share during naps, not an incredibly expensive looking necklace.

“In my culture, giving a gift like this is… 2nd to a marriage proposal. It’s a declaration of intention. An intention to love forever.” Leona explained, bringing a hand up to F/n’s cheek. Leona was a bit scared, nervous to ask this. He had never met someone as wonderful as F/n. While he didn’t think she’d say no, there was a possibility she would maybe not prefer this life with him. “If you accept this, it also means you… feel the same.”

F/n smiled; a nervous feeling fluttered through her. She couldn’t believe it. Leona and her had been serious for a while. While she knew he took their relationship seriously and she did find the whole ‘annoy Falena as much as possible’ schtick funny, this wasn’t what she was expecting.

“Leona… are you sure? I’m… not royalty and well… I don’t want you to be put in a bad position because of it. You care for your kingdom, and I just want to make sure you’re always happy.” F/n responded. She really was worried. She loved Leona and didn’t want to make his life more stressful. What if the kingdom didn’t accept her? What if he regretted it?

“Tch, what happened to that lecture you gave me the other day, huh?” Leona asked with another roll of his eyes. He handed her the box as he wrapped his arms around her. “You told me the world was full of possibilities and that there was always hope. You’re not gonna fight for me now after saying all that?”

F/n laughed, her body shaking in Leona’s arms. He always had to be so cheeky.

“Well that doesn’t count. Don’t use my words against me.” F/n responded, leaning in closer. She could see Leona’s eyes soften. Who was she kidding? She would do anything for him, even if it led to tough times. “You promise to take care of me every day?”

“Of course.”

“Alright then Leona Kingscholar, I accept your love.”

She saw a smile appear on his face, the brightness behind his eyes gleamed, as she leaned up to give him a kiss. Her arms wrapped around his neck as he squeezed her tighter. Leona kissed her back passionately. A laugh bubbled out of her as Leona slightly raised her body off the floor spinning her around.

“Perfect, my love”

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The camera cut out. Falena could hear the deafening silence as the crowd, as well as himself, processed what they had just seen. It took about three seconds before cheers broke out. The silence turned to rancorous chants and screams. Flowers were thrown up into the air as music started to ring out.

The crowd seemed to fully support Prince Leona’s plight for love if the chanting of his name was anything to go by. Falena was quite happy as well. Now he could finally get to work and plan a wedding. As well as devising a separate plan to make sure Leona didn’t kill him after finding out the entirety of Afterglow Savanna witnessed his love confession. Perhaps Falena should go on an extended trip to a neighboring kingdom to avoid Leona’s wrath.

Well, it’s not like Leona would find out that Falena was the one to order that the magical camera be rigged. It was just a very very unfortunate coincidence. Well, Falena would find a solution soon enough. Perhaps Leona would be so enraptured with his newfound love he’d be too busy to plot murder. Falena was content to enjoy the festivities for now, maybe he’d get lucky, and Leona would never know.

The luck of the draw always fell towards the king after all.

I hope you liked it! reblogs appreciated.

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WAKE UP ITS HAMILTON TIME (hamilton pt 1)

everyone thank richard for getting me to put all my knowledge about alexander hamilton in one place. if you're at all new or confused, @thereallvrb0y once asked me 3 years ago to tell him everything about every historical figure i can, and since then i have been doing that. now we are onto the last one on the list he gave me, and studying hamilton is literally my life's work, so here it is. on tumblr.com. for free.

my sources for this are Ron Chernow and Hamilton himself and a strange amalgamation of knowledge from different museums, documentaries, interviews with historians, and other otherwise publicly accessible knowledge that i have compiled into the vast library inside my mind! you can find my notes in the link in my pinned post. let's go (this historical research is sponsored by the ghost of freddie mercury and my aunt who made me a whole pot of coffee)

Background Information

Ron Chernow loves to talk about how the island of St. Kitts and Nevis was formed, but that's not fucking important. What's important about Hamilton's birthplace is that it was positioned in the Caribbean in such a way that made it a very easily accessible port, however the coastline was pretty smooth which made it generally unideal for mooring ships.

Source: The St. Kitts' Scenic Railway; Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the US Navy by Ian W. Toll, p. 112 ("Basseterre Roads was not a good natural harbor. It was little more than a dent in the otherwise smooth coastline that ran along the western side of the island. There was no pier- visitors were obliged to run their boats directly onto the beach, sometimes surfing in on waves that broke heavily as they reached the shore.")

Now, notice that St. Kitts and Nevis is, in geographic terms, to the right-ish of the Caribbean. That means when you're coming from Jolly Ole England, you might make a pit stop in St. Kitts and Nevis. So if you ignore the fact that the island has no natural harbor (at least not a good one), it might be a good economic prospect for a young merchant, right?

Well, not if that merchant is James Hamilton, because he was an idiot. And I say that lovingly, or at least more lovingly than Ron Chernow did. Ron Chernow also emphasized that St. Kitts and Nevis was filled with the 18th century version of Shameless, and also Jewish people. Ron Chernow might not hate Jewish people, but he does hate the character archetypes in Shameless. In Shameless terms, James Hamilton was like Frank Gallagher.

Disclaimer: knowledge of Shameless is not necessary to understand that being compared to a guy named Frank is not a good thing

I've already made posts about Hamilton's parents and brother (here, if you'd like to read that ig. weirdo), but I want to talk about the things that Hamilton would have learned from his parents. Later in life, Hamilton vaguely alluded to his father's failings in business being due to an excessive amount of generosity and not really understanding where he should and shouldn't spend his money. This did not by any means make Hamilton stingy with his money, or even smart, for that matter, but it did make him want to be something specific: independent.

James Hamilton's tragic flaw was his dependence on other people, whether it was his older brother or Rachel Faucette or his business partners, etc. Due to the position and order in which he was born, James was never destined to be a leader. He wasn't exceptional academically like other non-first-born-sons, such as James Madison, or dispositionally inclined to organize and inspire, like George Washington. He was just a dude, and he was a dude who was not built for 18th century society, especially not in the Caribbean. From what we can tell, James Hamilton was a gullible, moderately intelligent man with symptoms of autism and non-descript mental health issues. He was basically fucked from the get-go.

Source: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (p. 12-16); Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 25, p. 89, letter to William Jackson, August 26, 1800 ("In a capacity of a merchant he went to St. Kitts, where from too generous and too easy a temper he failed in business and at length fell into indigent circumstances.")

Rachel Faucette was like James Hamilton's polar opposite. She was forced to learn how to provide for herself, not being able to rely on anyone, because that could be ripped out from under her feet at any moment, and the only thing concrete in her life was herself. She was a woman, and that was what most women had to learn at some point.

Rachel was also perfectly poised to be the clear moral guide for young Hamilton. When James Hamilton left, he basically sacrificed any reverence his son might have for him, and instituted Rachel as Hamilton's sole role model for his developmental years and i just burned the shit out of my hand with coffee.

Disclaimer: James Hamilton had nothing to do with me burning the shit out of my hand with coffee, I promise. You can't blame all your problems on deadbeat dads

If you're a Sigmund Freud fan, (good opener, I know), you're aware of the Oedipus Complex, and that's not exactly what I'm talking about, but yk. look it up. This theory proposed by Freud was only partially rejected by the psychological field (due to the fact that not everything is about wanting to fuck your mom and kill your dad, and also that's not the story of Oedipus Rex like. at all??), but the part that still rang true was that children do have a unique attachment to the opposite sex parent.

Psychological studies show that children tend to describe their opposite sex parents more favorably than same sex parents. Why? I don't know, I'm not a psychologist, I'm an 18 year old who drinks coffee like he was 5 kids to raise.

Source: "The Relation between Attachment to Opposite Sex Parents and Attachment to Romantic Partners" by Gary L. Grogan and Dr. Mary E. Pritchard, p. 10 ("However, most significant for the present inquiry were the findings that respondents described their opposite sex parents more favorably, and same sex parents more critically.")

This statistic is visible in Hamilton's descriptions of his parents, and must have been enhanced by James Hamilton's early departure in his son's life, the consequences from that which seemed constant, but also by the reputation his father had built on the island he left Hamilton on. Hamilton would grow up to see his mother not only providing for herself and her children, but also overcoming the consequences of James' actions, which provoked resentment towards his father, and admiration towards his mother. This will develop as a theme throughout his life, but we'll touch on that as he grows up. He isn't even born yet! So let's get on to that.

Source: so when I say Hamilton's description of his mother, I really mean HIS son's, but JCH most likely got this description from his father, Life of Alexander Hamilton by John Church Hamilton, vol. 1, pg. 42 ("...a woman of superior intellect, elevated sentiment, and unusual grace of person and manner. To her he was indebted for his genius."); for the sake of my reliability and reputation, I'll include JCH's description of his grandfather for comparison, Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton by John Church Hamilton, p. 13 ("Hamilton's father does not appear to have been successful in any pursuit, but in many ways was a great deal of a dreamer, and something of a student, whose chief happiness seemed to be in the society of his beautiful and talented wife, who was in every way intellectually his superior.")

Early Life

Alexander Hamilton was born ginger on January 11, 1755, and I don't entertain the argument that he was born in 1757 because I'm not an anarchist and I believe society has laws (I'm actually lying, I'll talk about the birth year debate in the college section). Hamilton was not, however, born black or Jewish. He was also, potentially, born not James Hamilton's son.

"Wh- WHAT?! *cries*" I hear you say, and I know, it's shocking information, but yes. First off, Hamilton was not black in any percentage more than the Pillsbury dough boy is black. This theory comes from the fact that Rachel Faucette was a lower class woman and therefore we have no proof that she WASN'T partially black. I don't even have to dispute that for anyone with a gram of critical thinking skills to see that that isn't a valid historical hypothesis.

The Jewish thing has a little more merit to it, and there's a whole book about it that I haven't read. There is some evidence to suggest that Rachel Faucette's ex husband, Johann Lavien, could have been a secret Jewish person, and possibly caused Rachel herself to convert, and she tried to pass on that to Hamilton by having a Jewish woman educate him when he was a toddler (that last part is a true fact, and is the earliest piece of information we have about Hamilton's education). If this is true, (and it's nearly impossible to prove true or false because well if Lavien was a secret Jew, it was a secret), it did not impact Hamilton's religious beliefs in any way, and he identified as a Christian throughout his entire life.

We'll do a paternity test on Hamilton later, just hang tight. See, this is how I get you, I say something controversial, and then I don't talk about it until 16 paragraphs later.

Source: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, p. 9 ("A persistent mythology in the Caribbean asserts that Rachel was partly black, making Alexander Hamilton a quadroon or an octoroon. In this obsessively race-conscious society, however, Rachel was invariably listed among the whites on local tax rolls. Her identification as someone of mixed race has no basis in verifiable fact. (See pages 734-35 [this is in Chernow's Acknowledgments, and he just talks about how he used a paper trail to come to this conclusion, and thought genetic research would only confuse the evidence. He also discusses that there is a small chance that Hamilton fathered a black child named William Hamilton, but I can go ahead and tell you that's false due to the fact that Hamilton had just arrived in America when William was born -HWS]) The folklore that Hamilton was mulatto probably arose from the incontestable truth that many, if not most, illegitimate children in the West Indies bore mixed blood."); Life of Alexander Hamilton by John Church Hamilton, vol. 1, p. 42 ("...rarely as he alluded to his personal history, he mentioned with a smile his having been taught to repeat the Decalogue in Hebrew, at the school of a Jewess, when so small that he was placed standing by her side upon a table); Ibid., vol. 7, p. 710-11; Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, p. 774, "Comments on Jews"

Hamilton's education began with his mother, who is almost definitely the person who made him fluent in French by the time he came to America. Despite limited access to books (34 books in both French and English to be specific), Hamilton still studied everything he could from a young age, with an early love for learning new things and proving that he was smarter than you. However, most of his education was in the School of Hard Knocks Community College, which was amply provided by the environment around him.

In the height of the British Empire, the Caribbean was essentially a social prison for anyone who broke the moral laws of the colonial, Eurocentric society of the time. This included pirates, prostitutes, drunks, thieves, and basically anyone who didn't fit the mold for a member of high society and/or someone who could serve high society and their lives of luxury. Hamilton, by birth, was one of these people.

Hamilton's father moved the family to St. Croix right before he left, which was a dramatic shift from Hamilton's life on St. Kitts and Nevis. In St. Croix, everyone knew Hamilton's mother as the disgraced ex-wife of Johann Lavien, and therefore knew her two sons as "whore-children", which was a word usually given to illegitimate children. Here, Hamilton was roped in with the degenerates of society, and it was practically said directly to him that he was destined to be unholy, unclean, worthless, and disgusting. Could you believe that this would have an impact on his mental health?

Along with seeing the poor lifestyles of the inhabitants of the Caribbean, Hamilton also saw glimpses into a very different world: ~rich people~. There were few rich white people on the islands, and they owned vast amounts of enslaved people, with the black to white ratio being 8:1 in the Caribbean. These enslaved people were forced to live in horrible conditions, and Hamilton saw it everywhere- his mother owned three people, but they were often rented out to garner profit for the white family, rather than working a plantation as others in the Caribbean did. Violence towards enslaved black people was only part of the violence young Hamilton witnessed in the Caribbean, some of which came in the form of dueling *insert ominous music*

Source: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, p. 18 ("To the extent that dueling later entranced Hamilton to an unhealthy degree, this fascination may have originated in the most fabled event in Nevis in the 1750s [a duel between two men where one of them was killed"); Ibid., p. 19; Ibid., p. 23-24

James Hamilton abandoned the family in 1765, and the reasons he did so are debated, but most likely are due to debt. However, there's another possibility that I've alluded to before: Hamilton's paternity.

So, remember, Rachel Faucette is not a perfect angel, and she also didn't particularly care for matrimony. There is a chance that she was with other men besides Hamilton and Lavien, and though we have no evidence that she was, there is an interesting character I'd like to throw into the mix.

Thomas Stevens, a moderately rich guy, was a merchant who lived on King Street in Charleston, St. Croix, with his wife Ann and his son Edward, who was born a year before Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Stevens was a very generous guy, and Edward Stevens would later be lifelong friends with Alexander Hamilton. And uh. They looked almost exactly the same. I really wish we had a portrait of Edward Stevens, but according to literally everyone, it was hard to tell the difference between him and Hamilton. Now, statistically, we all have some kind of doppelganger out there, but like what are the chances that they grew up down the street from each other and their parents had suspiciously close connections? Now, I'm not saying that Hamilton should have been Alexander Stevens, I think that's pretty irrelevant, but it is possible that Thomas Stevens... you... ARE THE FATHER!!!

Source: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, p. 27-28 ("Nevertheless, in the absence of direct proof, the notion that Alexander was the biological son of Thomas Stevens instead of James Hamilton would clarify many oddities in Hamilton's biography.")

The Hamiltons' life post-dad-desertion was actually somewhat comfortable due to Rachel's kickassery. She established a little store for a source of income, relocated a couple times, rented out the enslaved people (as one does, i guess, that's such a wild phrase), and kept a pet goat for milk and cheese and idk soap or whatever else people make with goat milk. Her sons would help out, possibly providing an origin for Hamilton's incessant need to be productive at all times without resting. At times, they were supported by his aunt Ann Lytton Mitchell, who he would remain loyal to until his death. During this time, as he was old enough to understand what his father did, is probably when his fiercely loyal, chivalrous and family-driven attitude developed.

Source: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, p. 22-23; Ibid., p. 28

I'm so hopped up on caffeine I could do a triathalon.

Hamilton and his mother were both afflicted by a strange and unspecified illness in the winter of 1768. The primary symptom was a severe fever, and they were treated with purgatives, medicinal herbs, and bloodletting. Nothing helped, and Rachel died at 9 pm on February 19. Hamilton miraculously survived.

Immediately, Hamilton and his brother James had everything they owned taken away, indebted by bills charged against them by local debtors. Their half brother inherited whatever else belonged to their mother, which brought up the marital scandal all over again, beginning a legal battle that lasted for around a year. In the end, the two Hamilton brothers were left with two things: jack shit and fuck all.

Custody of the two boys was appointed to their cousin, Peter Lytton. In my notes, I described him as "white trash" and "insane", including the quotes, so idk who said that. Peter Lytton lived with his black mistress and their illegitimate child. He killed himself on July 6, 1769, and what's strange about that is that we don't know if he shot or stabbed himself. I don't know who got confused about the difference between a knife and a gun, but that isn't my problem.

To make a bad situation worse, Peter Lytton didn't leave the boys anything in his will, and neither did his father, who did "his best" to help. His best could have been even just mentioning the name Hamilton in his will, but whatever, I guess.

These events held very important lessons for the young Alexander: 1) nothing lasts forever; 2) everyone dies; 3) the legal system is terrible; 4) rich people hate you; and, most importantly, 5) the only way out was up.

Source: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, p. 22-27

On His Own

This marked a split between Hamilton and his older brother, but this didn't seem to affect him as much as what happened with his parents- possibly because he wasn't biologically his brother, but I don't really care about that. What's more important is that Hamilton was almost entirely on his own, with inconsistent housing, so he couldn't always rely on the Stevenses. He was in a very similar situation that his mother was in at one time not long ago: alone and self reliant.

Hamilton was already working for the mercantile company, Beekman and Cruger. This company was later renamed, so I'll just say that Hamilton worked for Cruger, who was a business man with ties to New York. Hamilton worked as a clerk at this import-export business, giving him the responsibility to monitor intake and outtake as well as the organization of papers and just generally keeping everything in line. Due to the international relevance that was St. Croix, Hamilton often used French in his business dealings. Here, Hamilton perfected his handwriting into that elegant mess we know and can't read, picked up information on shipping/navigation, and learned his famously proficient math skills, particularly in relation to finance and economics.

Hamilton's famously maniacal work ethic began here, but so did his yearning for military valor. The first piece of personal correspondence we have from Hamilton is a letter to bestie Edward Stevens, and was made very famous from The Musical.

"Im confident, Ned that my Youth excludes me from any hopes of immediate Preferment nor do I desire it, but I mean to prepare the way for futurity. Im no Philosopher you see and may be jusly said to Build Castles in the Air. My Folly makes me ashamd and beg youll Conceal it, yet Neddy we have seen such Schemes successfull when the Projector is Constant I shall Conclude saying I wish there was a War. I am Dr Edward Yours Alex Hamilton (sic)"

Source: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, p. 29-30; Alexander Hamilton to Edward Stevens, November 11, 1769, St. Croix; Library of Congress, Image 13 of Alexander Hamilton Papers: General Correspondence, 1734-1804; 1734-1772

When Cruger left St. Croix for New York due to medical reasons in 1771, he left 16 year old Alexander Hamilton in charge of his primary source of income. And you're probably thinking that's a stupid idea. Because it is.

BUT ITS ALEXANDER HAMILTON. SO IT WAS FINE??? Well, fine for everyone besides the captain of the HMS Thunderbolt.

The Thunderbolt pulled into St. Croix's busy harbor after crossing the ocean and manned by a veteran captain, however Hamilton was not satisfied with the outfitting of the ship nor the quality of the goods that had been transported.

"Reflect continually on the unfortunate voyage you have just made and endeavor to make up for the considerable loss therefrom accruing to your owners." -Alexander Hamilton to Captain Newton, February 1, 1772

You can really see Hamilton's "I'm better than you and I know it" attitude shining through, made more shocking than ever than the fact that he was SIXTEEN YEARS OLD and talking to a man who was LITERALLY TWICE HIS AGE. The only reason he didn't lose his job over this is because he was right. The mules that had been transported were in such poor health, Hamilton had to pull strings to get them sold, and the wood was too waterlogged to be sold on the open market, so he sold it to a private buyer who was able to find something to do with them. He showed quick thinking, confidence in his abilities, and managerial skills. It was these skills that would later appeal to George Washington, not his financial abilities, and led to his most important appointment.

Source: Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, p. 23, letter to Tileman Cruger, February 1, 1772 ("It would be undoubtedly a great pity that such a vessel [the Thunderbolt] should be lost for the want of them [cannons]."); Ibid., p.4, letter to Captain Newton, February 1, 1772; Alexander Hamilton: A Biography by Forrest McDonald, p. 128 ("Taken aback, Washington replied, 'I always knew Colonel Hamilton to be a man of superior talents, but never supposed that he had any knowledge of finance.")

Cruger's firm also engaged in the Atlantic slave trade, as did the majority of trading firms in the Caribbean and the American south. It was this exposure to the abhorrent conditions on slave ships and the violence African people faced in the triangle trade that shaped Hamilton into a vocal opponent of slavery- when it was convenient. More impactful was the fear he developed of slave revolts, as was very common in the Caribbean because of the disproportionate slave to free/black to white ratio in the islands, and this would later define his views on the French Revolution and public protest in general. He and Thomas Jefferson had this in common.

Hamilton continued studying books in his free time, and the local newspaper, the Royal Danish American Gazette, began publishing poems from an anonymous young writer- obviously it was Hamilton. His poems ranged in subjects, and aren't particularly good, but they're better than any poems I've written angrily in my journal about my evil exes, so that is to his credit.

Hamilton's poems took a religious turn, most likely traceable to the arrival of Reverend Hugh Knox, who took in Hamilton as a mentor. Clergymen were a hot commodity in the hell hole that was the Caribbean, and Knox had a lot of work on his hands, but he took a particular interest in Hamilton, specifically in getting him out of the aforementioned hell hole. He saw that Hamilton was incredibly intelligent and hard working, almost to a fault- he was probably the first person who was genuinely concerned for this dude's health over how much he worked.

Fun fact, Knox also had personal ties to the Burr family, but that is literally only a fun fact and not a sign that Burr and Hamilton were star-crossed lovers in fair Verona or whatever Chernow has deluded himself into thinking.

Source: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, p. 32-33; Ibid., p. 34

Source: National Guard Bureau, "Examining Lessons from Katrina 10 Years Later"

Then, a massive hurricane struck the Caribbean on August 1, 1772. It was incredibly damaging, causing mass destruction in St. Croix, and this is most definitely one that we in the south would evacuate for. Even my dad would evacuate for this one, and it took a lot of convincing to get him to evacuate for Katrina.

In reaction to this event, Hamilton wrote his famous letter to his father detailing and reflecting on the storm. And finally, I'm giving y'all my analysis of this letter that I keep saying I'll do. However, this post is already incredibly long, so I'm going to do it in a google doc and attach it here.

Source: Alexander Hamilton to The Royal Danish American Gazette, September 6, 1772

The letter was published to The Royal Danish American Gazette, which spread around the afflicted community. Knox's congregation gathered money for the anonymous young author (now not very anonymous) to sail to the American mainland for his education. Originally, Hamilton went to study medicine, due to the high demand for doctors in the Caribbean (his knowledge of anatomy would remain helpful throughout his life). However, at some point he decided he would not be going back to the Caribbean, and switched his focus to law, but we'll discuss that more in part two.

Source: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, p. 37-40

Well, there's part one. I did all of this in one day because um. I don't know, but it is now one in the morning and i have to wake up earlier than normal. so that's fun. i hope y'all enjoyed. shout out to my mom for proofreading half of this, and shout out to my aunt who gave me coffee, that was a horrible idea. i'll be back with part two at some point, which will probably be more concise because hamilton's childhood in the caribbean is where most of the theories are, so yeah. love y'all.

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Aren't you the one with the weird ass misogyny kink

This is such a perfect example of how fucking stupid callout culture is, actually.

For context, nearly two years ago now, a few blogs known for picking fights & starting harassment campaigns picked a fight & started a harassment campaign against first one transmasc blogger, then a bunch of other transmascs they harassed about reblogging his post who either didn't respond to them, or who responded unfavorably.

I won't get into the nitty-gritty here, but I did elsewhere [1] [2] and so have a few other folks.

I wasn't the original person called out. I was tacked on after the fact because I didn't respond.

What I've been "called out" for since then is, essentially, a bunch of complete bullshit made up by people who are pissed off that I encouraged people to think critically about the callout posts they came across.

Even among those lies, my sex life, kinks, fetishes, whatever- none of it has ever come up. Because I don't engage with that online, I never have, and I never will, for exactly this reason.

Would you be surprised if I told you this wasn't the first time I'd been accused of the "crimes" that original person was accused of?

You probably shouldn't be! This shit happens all the time, and it's only a natural progression of the callout culture it all stems from: one person has some shit they said taken out of context and painted in a bad light by a vindictive and usually transphobic internet loser, everyone who doesn't publicly disavow them immediately and without question is guilty by association, and what reason do they have to defend this person anyway, except so they can get away with the same thing? They must be doing it too!

And this ask especially is phrased in such a blatantly manipulate way. There's no good way to answer this: either I say "yes, but" and people stop thinking or caring there, or I say "no, here's what really happened" and I look weak and dubious for defending myself at all. The accusation has been made, the question has been asked, and now everything I say is with the assumption that this is something I am responsible for proving or disproving.

It's stupid and pointless and it's all fucking made up. It's designed to run on instinctive disgust and outrage, and what better conduit is there for rage and disgust than trans people? Especially trans people who talk about being trans.

And even putting all that aside: who fucking cares?

Who cares if one dude gets off to some shit he, in real life, both suffers from and actively tries to combat? Why are you so concerned with the private sexual fantasies of one random internet stranger? Why is it so important to you that everyone in the world know what this one dude thinks is hot when acted out between two consenting adults?

Come off anon and tell me all your kinks, anon. Tell me every single thing you have ever been turned on by, everything you've masturbated to, and why. I want detailed notes. I want links to porn. If you've made art, written fanfic, roleplayed- I want to see it.

C'mon, if this should be publicly available knowledge, let's start with you. It shouldn't matter as long as none of it's weird or off-putting to anyone else, right? You don't need to hide anything, right? There's nothing there you'd be embarrassed about, nothing you'd rather keep private, right? So what's the hold-up, why haven't you done this already? Why are you on anon to begin with; what are you hiding?

If anyone's the "sex freak" or whatever, anon, it's you. Nobody fucking needs this information about anyone, especially if they aren't sexually involved with each other. It's a massive invasion of privacy, and much more importantly it is textbook sexual harassment.

Anyway. Hi, voc and w-oc. I should be more surprised to see you two in my inbox, but I guess yall are obsessive enough to respond to, literally, a couple of tags on one reblog containing undefined, contextless acronyms of your urls. Hope you talk to a therapist about that someday.

[lightofraye]

glen powell glen powell GLEN POWELL!!!!!

i wannahear what u think of him and the gigi paris mess!

... my gods, I've turned into a gossip columnist. 😏

All joking aside... there's really not much to tell. Glen, Gigi, and Sydney all kept it out of the public eye. Lots and lots of gossip magazines went nuts, so did fan speculation. I think it was later addressed, eventually, with very vague interviews that only stated something along the lines of "It just didn't work out" and Sydney insisting that she and Glen were only really good friends (that and she was happily engaged, with her fiancé being right there as a producer as they filmed).

As I said, the gossip mags and tabloids made a lot about it.

Whenever Glen and Sydney weren't filming on set, they took tours and trips around Australia. They went to local Sydney (as in Australia, not the actress) sites, Taronga Zoo, and even the Sydney Swans locker room.

There was a behind-the-scenes clip of Sydney on Glen's lap that apparently sent fans into a tizzy.

What's interesting--and noted by many--is that when a lot of those couple-y photos of Glen and Sydney came out, Gigi came to visit Glen in Australia. And he greeted her with flowers.

Anyway, back in April 2023, rumors of affairs stirred up when someone noted that Glen's then-girlfriend, Gigi Paris, unfollowed him and Sydney on social media.

That happened right after Glen and Sydney finished filming Anyone But You.

To many a fan, that meant that was confirmation of an affair. That and Gigi's "break-up" IG post, which was cryptic as heck but also very pointed to anyone who could read between the lines.

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A post shared by Gigi Paris (@msgigiparis)

(Interestingly, Glen actually 'liked' that post.)

Gigi and Glen had been dating since 2020. They had a ton of cute photos on Instagram (both of theirs) and in public. But roughly around the time of filming wrapping up, Gigi and Glen hadn't been seen together since she came over during filming.

Sydney and Glen were also incredibly flirty during the press tour. When they appeared at the 2023 CinemaCon. During an exchange, Glen joked that the actors love to see themselves on screen, and Sydeny responded with, "Oh please, Top Gun."

Glen replied with "I love when she calls me that."

Eventually, June of 2023, Sydney said the supposed affair was just good acting. She claimed that the photos they saw were all of them on set, in character.

While social media and gossip magazines and paparazzi fanned the flames, Glen admitted the intense speculation took a toll. During an interview with Men's Health in November 2023, he admitted, "When all that stuff happened, you know, publicly, it felt disorienting and unfair. But what I'm realizing is that's just a part of this gig now."

He spoke about it six months after Sydney addressed the rumors.

Of course, Sydney fans were puzzled: wasn't she engaged? Yes… yes she was. And still is.

Sydney became engaged to her long-term partner, restaurateur Jonathan Davino, in February of 2022. When she guest hosted SNL in March of this year, she confirmed that she was in fact still engaged with him, and he was on-set for the entirety of Anyone But You. (They co-produced via her production company, Fifty-Fifty.)

Glen made a special appearance on SNL in the audience, and during Sydney's monologue, the camera zoomed onto him instead of her fiancé. A lot of folks found it funny. I found it cringe-worthy. (Link to her monologue.)

Thankfully the rumors began to die down, though there were smatterings of gossip about Jonathan being seen without his ring and "moving" out of Sydney's place. But that too died down.

Meanwhile, Glen's been busy with a number of movies--Hit Man, Twisters, and apparently working on a mini-series (I think) about Chad Powers.

I do remember Glen talking about how finding love is hard when he's constantly working. There's aspects of the industry that makes it hard to have a relationship, especially when they're on the go. He said, in an CBS Mornings interview:

“This is a time where life is moving so fast that I don’t even know if I could bring someone into it … in a healthy way, even if I tried,” the Twisters star explained.

“If love comes and hits me in the face and knocks me over, I welcome it with open arms because that’s something I really want,” Powell said, noting that he wants a family and kids. "At the same time, I realize that it’s going to take a very specific type of person to navigate this. It’s a lot.”

For now, Glen has his adorable dog, Brisket, to keep him company.

[kangals]

Boone merch update/backstory:

-in 2014 I posted a picture to this tumblr of Boone with a stick on his head, it for whatever reason got popular (350k notes as of now)

-picture got picked up and memed with on Facebook and Reddit (some were funny, some sucked, I wasn’t too thrilled but whatever, that’s the internet). a few times I commented on them like “hey this is my dog” but nothing much.

-up until now I still see it reposted every several months but I just assumed it was relegated to the life of an old, minor meme. fine.

-then yesterday I get a DM on Reddit from someone saying (verbatim) “as I’m sure you know this picture has gone viral on discord over the past year” ….no I did not in fact know that.

-they send me several screenshots of what is clearly at least one thriving discord server dedicated entirely to this picture (which they are calling Der) and some Etsy links to patches. -they ask if they have my permission to make Der merch

-tbh my gut reaction was “no, fuck you” so I asked for clarification and they said that they’re just being distributed among server members and using Etsy for order convenience, and not selling publicly/for profit. (idk if these servers are 10 people or 10k)(edit: it’s 14k) -idk maybe I’m just super gullible but I’m going to choose to take this in good faith. I told them as long as it’s just kept among server members and it’s not commercial or turning a profit I’m fine with it, which they agreed to. I also suggested they look into donating to their local greyhound/galgo rescue which they seemed excited about.

-so yeah that’s it for now. and like I said I might just be overly trusting, but the fact that they tracked me down from like a handful of comments in all of Reddit + seemed genuine about it, yeah sure I’ll let them keep memeing and have fun with it. i don’t really have the emotional capacity to get angry about it tbh.

-if you’re familiar with these discord server and know what the hell they’re on about it, lmk?

[suzyq31]

Example of what Harmony authors face

Hi,

I know a lot of you who follow me or are mutuals in this space are more Jily writers/readers. But I just want to share an example of the reasons I'm no longer comfortable engaging in the main Harmony fandom space run by HMS Harmony. I'll be blocking and deleting this user/commenter. I did however want to post this here as a concrete example of why it is that I'm not eager to continue and will be focusing on writing other pairings.

Also want to reiterate that I am not against discussion of fics, I just think entire post dedicated to talking about what we dislike about a fic in public fandom spaces don't adhere to a culture of kindness or respect. Fandom is about having fun, engaging with something we all love. That doesn't mean we all have to like the same things. But I also think we can do better about treating each other decently. I have not sent a single person after this user, or to attack any moderators of these groups. But again, this is the response and while I haven't been there to see it, I do know that I'm being dragged on there. Which does make me afraid to speak up, but sometimes we have to do things or speak up even when we feel anxious about further retaliation.

One last thing about fandom culture/critique. I saw a post on here that I'll try to find again that basically said that fics aren't a meal at a restaurant where you pay and specify what you want. They are more like a home cooked meal. If you don't like it that's fine, don't eat it, but you also don't need to throw it back in the person's face. So anyways, this wasn't the best way to start my morning but I'm going to focus on the positives in my life, like going to a job where I get to plan Harry Potter themed activities for kids ❤️ Hope you all have a lovely day!

The comment can be viewed below:

Let me say this as clearly as possible and hope you don’t construe this as disrespect for the sake of disrespect.

Get over yourself. Really, do that.

Your entire author note is self contradictory to the point that it makes me laugh. You said it wasn’t meant to cast blame but you posted the link to the thread I made on reddit. You said you don’t always expect the internet to be a safe space yet you’re trying to make it that way by not only brigading your friends and supporters against the mods but making an author note to air your own grievances about a thread that did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to rip apart publicly and regularly.

If you think I’ve ripped apart BFL with that thread then I shudder to think what you’ll think when you see something actually being ripped apart. What I did was voice my confusion and frustration at not being able to understand what that story was trying to accomplish. What I did was seek out others to either see if they felt the same or see if they felt different to me. You conveniently ignored that latter part.

And now you’re giving yourself time and grace to make a decision on what you want to do in the fandom. So with all due respect again, GET OVER YOURSELF. You post a work into a public space and expect it not to be critically discussed? The absolute worst thing I could have done was “RiP aPaRt” BFL directly in Emerson’s thread but I didn’t. Instead I went to reddit and sought out others in the community to try and understand. The fact that she ended up seeing that and then announcing that she’s leaving the fandom just to put heat on me is crazy but I’ll let it slide.

I honestly do not know what I could have done better other than shutting my mouth and saying nothing but the truth is that I was a fan of the author and I absolutely refused to believe the story she put out was what it was. Do I regret offering up a discussion on Reddit? Hell no. I wanted to understand so I sought understanding.

Another contradiction. You said you were no God but you are a human but yet you’re asking others to change the subreddit to what you 🫵 want it to be. You want it to be changed to an echo chamber where sensitive people like you won’t be exposed to criticism or discussion of your work. The same bloody work you posted on a public site to hundreds, thousands, of readers. Give me a break.

If you’re so afraid of negativity, as you call it, then may I suggest a policy of perhaps not being on Reddit and not seeking out posts that discuss your work? It’s either that or get over yourself and roll with the punches.

Discussion isn’t always going to be complimentary or kind. If your work is controversial, best believe it will be discussed. And make no mistake, I DISCUSSED BFL. Never once did I levy harsh accusations or insults just because I didn’t like the story. The fact that it has 41 upvotes and counting echoes that. So many people agree with me and I love it. I think that’s what Reddit is about. Promoting discussion and understanding of things.

Once again, please either get over yourself or adopt the fanfic author’s sacred mantra: “Don’t like, don’t read.” You don’t like the way your work is read and discussed, then leave. Join a new subreddit that is the echo chamber you want it to be. Or even leave the fandom like your friend Emerson did. Join the Dramione community because apparently their subreddit is better than Harmony’s according to all yous. Or even join the Nevmione subreddit, I’m sure they could use a few more authors and are “nicer” than Harmony.

Make a note of how stupid and unfair it sounds when I tell you to do all of those things. Make a note of how you feel when I say them. And then ask yourself why “don’t like, don’t read” is a bullshit rule. You can’t just decide to fully dislike a story without reading it all the way through. Stories get better and they win you over as you read them. The fact that BFL didn’t do that after I read it 8 odd times is a testament to me trying to find some positives because that is who I am..

That being said, continue to give yourself time and grace after you read this. Give yourself both of those things which, honestly, could have saved BFL if Harry was given some of it.

[circulars-reasoning]

The Final Post About This Shit

God, it's been like a month since my last huge post, could y'all let me chill? This took me 2 fucking days to write, let me rest.

This is going to be far more disorganized than my usual debunkings/long posts in that I have Covid, many blogs have been deleted in this drama, and I am also not actually wanting to make this post. The only reason I am is because many individuals refuse to stop going, and it's causing more and more drama, and my friend is at his fucking wits end with your shit. So here - here's the definitive post on the Wesk VS JAS VS Aith VS lostagainandfoundanew bullshit that's been going on all month.

This shit has led to my friend, one of the people I love most in this world, completely breaking down in front of me due to the harassment they're facing right now. I hope that everyone involved in this situation feels sick when they read everything that's happened, and that you can comprehend the downward spiral you have sent multiple horrifically traumatized individuals with dissociative disorders. I'm not going to stoop to the lows of the likes of which are contained in this long post, but do not think for an instant that I care about any one of you anymore. I hope you all delete your fucking social medias and touch grass, and never, ever fucking interact with me or my people ever again.

TW for discussions of suicide, harassment, misinformation.

The Beginning - Aitherias Tower.

This all started over on Aitheria's-Tower's blog. Aitheria posted a blocklist which included many individuals. Here's the second form of the blocklist:

As a reminder, this is the second form of the blocklist. The original also included the user chaos-in-one with the following:

"chaos-in-one - As far as we know, still friends with DIa. Allowed for mocking of specific system member quirks, xenogenders, and more in their server solely because of who it was speaking about or creating them."

Let's take a brief pause and address some misinfo, as it makes me uncomfortable to not do so:

[Redacted Name]: I won't touch the first bullet point out of respect for my health.

SysmedsareSexist and JustAnotherSyscourse: This is actually completely accurate and was never questioned. It's valid to dislike this.

UltrabrightFlashlight: This point is going to be incredibly important going forward, as I have a few theories kicking around in my head. But anyways - Ultrabright was deleted, because the block evasion was false. Here's the clearing up of that misunderstanding.

(Remember the name Mythica-Plurality, as that is going to be very important later.)

monogrxm: Only just one of Dia's many blogs, this has all already been addressed by Dia, apologized for, explained, or written off as misinformation. You can check Dia's blog yourself.

QueerAutism: While it is anti-psych, it absolutely did not almost kill a follower with misinfo, and this is a bold faced lie that was started to discredit QuA. It actually helped the user in question in finding emergency medication, and Queer-ADHD helped the user with understanding how to care for their seizures. I debunked all of this over at @memoriesofthecircularroom when it happened.

Eroticcannibal: Oh no, this one is actually fully accurate.

Chaos-In-One: This link shows all of that drama being explained. The fact of the matter is, that was I believe around a year ago at this point, was apologized for numerous times, the individual in question stepped away, and deleted the problematic server. Notably, Chaos-in-One was only alerted to this by an asker, who sent the ask 20 minutes after the post had been made, on a blog with very few notes and maybe 2 original posts that weren't reblogs, and the blocklist itself had no notes. This is a little shady, but obviously not proof of anything. Regardless, this all begs the question...

Why the fuck was this blocklist posted publicly anyways? What was the point? Blocklists do nothing but stir up drama (as seen with this past month, Chaos-In-One's immediate ask about the situation, or idk, every single example of a blocklist prior to this one).

Well, JAS saw fit to call this out through the use of memes.

While I do not personally agree with reblogging directly from Aith here (for my own reasons), I do agree with JAS for calling out blocklist behavior in a community that has been absolutely torn apart by blocklist drama. (Lest we forget the "Pro Endo Callout" Dia had been making before the doxxings began, last time this shit happened.)

On my side of this discourse, I watched as Aith grew more and more angry at JAS for "block evasion" (you didn't have him blocked) and people losing their minds about it (more on this in part 2). This triggered my own anger, as I had recently been dealing with [Redacted Individual] interacting with me in Syscourse, who I did not realize had me blocked, who had never blocked me before now, and was now claiming block evasion. I was also reminded of the past 5 years I've spent in syscourse, wherein people repeatedly whined about block evasion without ever actually having blocked them. You would think, sometime, in those 5 goddamn years, someone would have thought to google how to block from sideblogs even once.

So, in my frustration, I made a quick post. "Learn to block bitches." I made it meme-style, I made it fast, and I wanted to just be done with it. I didn't even tag it as syscourse - it was just a fast quick post on my vent blog.

Aith then added me to the blocklist, disgusted by how I supported block evasion, and how I defended JAS's behavior. =_= I, unfortunately, do not have a screenshot of this one. However, I very calmly and politely explained my situation to Aith in DMs, in private, and settled the matter. I was then removed from the blocklist, and blocked by Aith.

Only for two anon askers to immediately try to start shit with me over my friendship with JAS. One of which, I deleted, as it mentioned [Redacted Name] who I will not ever be mentioning on this blog again through my own volition.

I received these asks while driving. Due to the unhealthy obsession with Syscourse I have, which I Have been very open about this addiction, I checked them while driving. I then checked Aith's blog to see what had sparked this ask to my blog. I then saw an untagged suicide threat directed at JAS in a way to blame him for it. I then nearly drove my car off the road in a dissociative fugue.

What a delightful way to start my work day.

I've been incredibly open about how syscourse makes me suicidal. It's why I'm working on coping skills with my therapist, in a way to combat this psychological need I have to participate in it. So seeing someone's untagged suicide threats (which this user posted, twice) in order to stay updated on the harassment my friend was receiving was triggering, to say the least.

Despite that, I tried to write two very long, very rambly drafts about my feelings. One was clearly written out of a trauma response, and got scrapped (though I still have the screenshots). The second was similar to this post - long, rambly, with screenshots, and a full in depth explanation of every single ounce of nuance the situation held.

And then I took a step back, like my therapist has been suggesting, and said "is this productive for me?" And the answer was no. The answer was "I am doing this out of a need to be validated, and a need to be understood. I can find the validation and understanding I need in other places." I also checked the blogs involved again, and I saw just... how much everyone wanted the drama to die. So I wanted it to die too. So I did my best to kill it - with a meme and stupidity, tagging it as venting and not syscourse as I wanted the discussion to die. Mind you, this took me a literal entire day to post, because I was that caught up in what the "right" choice was. I felt that AT and others involved would appreciate me not continuing the bullshit, and trying to just get people to stop, while also keeping things light.

Only for AT to once again add me to the blocklist for being a despicable person on par with the others on that list.

"Circular-bircular and related blogs - Taking the genuine harassment I have received from JASC completely unseriously, responding to genuine questions on the matter with childish non-serious responses and refusing to take accountability when JASC is using their name in excuse for the harassment."

I'm very sorry that I tried to avoid damaging my own health by choosing to not continue drama in such a way that I thought you wanted. I'm so very sorry that I have been incredibly open about blocklists and callouts being an intense trigger for me, to the point that I quite literally have an alter who handles callouts and blocklists, all because of my experiences with them in the past. I'm so terribly sorry that I did not take accountability for someone else, my friend, who knew I nearly crashed my car over your suicidal ideations, chose to defend me from your immediate cut-throat nature deciding that any post about blocking people was somehow a callout on your shitty behavior.

Sorry - am I getting too heated? /pa

I think I'm allowed to be a little angry, at this point. This has been a long, long, stupid drama, with everyone involved getting irrevocably fucked up in the process. And the fact of the matter is, I shouldn't have to explain I nearly crashed my car. I shouldn't have to explain my triggers. I shouldn't have to reveal any of this. I should be able to simply ignore an ask - but I couldn't even just delete it, because when I do shit like that, I get called out. I have in the past. If I don't acknowledge every ounce of drama, I am suddenly somehow evil. So I acknowledged the asks in a silly way, in such a way as to dismiss them, so I didn't fucking kill myself. And I'm not blaming you for my suicidal ideation - I'm pissed that it wasn't properly tagged, but I understand you were in a horrible place. What I'm angry about is the fact that I had to see it because an asker wouldn't let me stay out of the drama that I Had already expressed wanting out of.

And here we are again, with a novel length post and more drama. Because god forbid anyone lets me take a damn break.

Continuing on: Finally, Aith blocks everyone, deletes the initial blocklist and almost all of the drama, and stops interacting with everyone. JAS does not interact further, I do not interact further, and this is the way it should've been from the start. It should've honestly stopped there.

So what does this have to do with Wesk?

The Middle - Weskcourse and Harassment

You're going to have to forgive me, because since Wesk deleted, it is incredibly hard to find all of the evidence needed for this part.

Wesk came onto the scene with a very new-seeming blog, and commented on the discourse going on.

Wait-

"As the person Ultrabright did this to"?

As in, you're mythica-plurality (told you they'd be relevant again)?

AKA, mythica-syscourse, Jakecourse-Of-Violence, AKA, Wall-of-Fleshcourse, AKA, the person who repeatedly told multiple anti-endos to kill themselves, who harassed multiple individuals (past blocks), and who I personally had multiple conversations with in an effort to help you? You mean that mythica-plurality? (This was confirmed by a pro-endo who helps moderate an inclusive server I am in).

I suppose it's not very surprising to see, given that you repeatedly suiabited people on your own blog, such as telling someone who suggested Aith get off tumblr to "kill yourself like a good little leech instead of giving me shit for the actions of someone that I barely even know." Which is odd, given that I could have sworn you claimed to be Aith's friend at one point... Though, given that I can't find evidence of that now, I'm going to retract that point.

However. I am not going to retract the point that I am about 99% positive that mythica-plurality is the two eddies, eddiesramblings. You know. The people that Aith were so against in the first place. The people that Aith fucking despised from Chaos-In-One's Server.

Sadly, I am struggling to find proof, as a shit ton of these blogs have been deleted, but I did manage to find this ask mentioning Mythica is the Eddies, which was never refuted by anyone, and I personally recall talking to the eddies myself on the tumblr messenger, to help them in their struggles. So... The Eddies (quite possibly) are defending someone who hates them???

God I need a conspiracy board.

Alright. So, Weskcourse, who we now know has often created new blogs for the express purpose of harassment, is seen interacting with numerous other users. The screenshot above was the first interaction, where Wesk was upset at JAS for interacting with Aith. To put it in perspective, the "why are you so insistent on interacting" was from where JAS chose to apologize to Aith in case it was a misunderstanding, and directly address the fact that Aith was still spreading misinformation about people. Wesk obviously didn't seem to care about the misinformation as much as the fact that Ultrabright had personally harassed them (which goes on to be unproven).

Wesk continued to go after everything JAS said, including this post about how JAS was harassing people (this is not harassment), this post where they are angry that JAS said people shouldn't use their suicide as manipulation (like Aith did), and finally, the post that started the latest rounds of syscourse, this post, where Wesk suddenly revealed that JAS had somehow endagered their life (what happened to Ultrabright???).

JAS, rightfully, was confused by this claim, and tried to ask what on earth had happened. In that, SAS (an alt of JAS) was sent this ask:

Which, upon investigation, was referring to Oops-All-Syscourse (not to be confused with oopsallsyscourse).

Wesk claimed that SAS had posted a screenshot of their DNI, which led to people harassing them, which led to people doxxing them IRL. They also claimed they asked SAS to take down the post, to which SAS blocked them.

One: This is the post SAS made. There is no identifying information other than what is publicly available for literally anyone to see, as it was a publicly made post. Furthermore, SAS is raising an important question. The DNI isn't being mocked - they are questioning "what KIND of diabilities" as many individuals claim they experience disabilities they do not actually have. Lastly, this was a year ago, which is not the 3 years Wesk originally stated, and is vastly different from their current DNI.

Two: This is what the anon in this screenshot is actually referring to. Not SAS - but Oops-All-Syscourse.

JAS, rightfully, says "this is not my drama to interact with" and doesn't reply beyond letting Wesk know they would own it if they posted that (which all they posted was the DNI, which they owned up to, and it literally was public). Wesk, not content to let that lie, then started vagueposting JAS, telling people repeatedly to kill themselves, and insisting that JAS was ignoring the entire situation without owning up to it, which JAS of course responded to.

To his credit, JAS did his very best to avoid the drama. However, directly after this came...

The Middle Part 2: Yandere Simulator

Things died down for all of about 5 minutes, with JAS stepped back while receiving suibait asks, and Wesk telling people to kill themselves regularly, until a new blog showed up called lostagainandfoundanew. Here's what we know about the situation:

On the 11th, a "new" blog called lostagainandfoundanew (henceforth called Lost) "threatened" Wesk with an IP address and a statement to "leave JAS alone."

About 10 minutes later, Lost then doxxed the individual (I will not be posting the address here, in case the doxx is legitimate). Wesk immediately confirmed the doxx was real on their very public tumblr blog.

At 4pm on the 11th, JAS received an ask, directly from the blog (meaning it was a main account of its own), in a yandere style "are you proud of me senpai" way. He was incredibly unnerved and did not respond. Notably, this completely obsessed yandere blog does not and never had followed JAS.

Upon digging into the blog, we found two posts, both around the same point as the original "harassment" from JAS, where Lost denounced the anti-endo community, and stated they didn't condone any harassment. Odd that an ex-anti-endo is suddenly riding JAS's dick hard enough to break it, but here we are???

The last time the blog had been active was early in 2021, and it is nearly 2023. Why is this random blog suddenly popping up, out of the blue, to harass this random user?

Oh don't worry, that got answered: Wesk later admitted that this was the person who doxxed them to their abusive ex last time, to support JAS. Only... that really does not line up at all with the posts we see here? And none of this was brought up in 2021 when it supposedly happened?

Let's take a pause from the bullet points to breathe, because that's a lot. Let's review some of that information.

An Ex-Anti Endo who hasn't been active in over a year is suddenly doxxing a Small Pro Endo (supposedly for the second time, with no evidence given for the first time) in the name of a Big Anti Endo, who they're supposedly seeking the attention of in a flirty yandere way.

Can anyone else see how batshit insane this is? Is it just me???

The worst part is, the IP address is complete bullshit, and the actual address leads closest to a coffee shop, but is genuinely just an empty street with a few businesses nearby. The address itself has no postal code, meaning it is not a legit address. Not a house, which is what Wesk first claimed.

If they do this every time you get into it with JAS (who, mind you, had no idea you were Mythica/Fleshcourse/Jakecourse/Etc until I started writing this post, you gave no clarification of this point, and people genuinely have not interacted with you in so long that even I forgot you existed) then why the fuck do you keep getting into it with JAS? If any of this is fully, totally, 100% legit, and that's a strong IF at this point with how much sketchy shit is happening, then why are you still getting into it? If this is legit, a genuinely unstable individual is doxxing you for their yandere love. STOP FUCKING INTERACTING IF THAT'S THE CASE OH MY GOD?

Jesus Christ.

Let's keep going.

Everyone reports Lost to get the blog taken down, because if the doxx is legit, we don't want it hanging around. Wesk thanked everyone, and things honestly died down in public for like two days.

In the meantime, JAS was being spammed stalker messages from the yandere, suicide threats, and dealing with shit in his personal life. And yet, no, JAS Is the big scary one to blame here, not the clearly fucked up asker.

An unrelated blog who I personally know, to whom I was venting about the entire situation, made a post about this: oopsallsyscourse (not to be confused with Oops-All-Syscourse). They made a post about how the doxxing had been faked, and how nobody was saying anything about it, and how that was fucked up.

They received "proof" that the doxx was real.

This is not proof that the doxx was real - it is simply proof that there is a discord account for the Lost individual. The account has existed since 2020, and they joined an Emoji server 3 days after creation.

Any investigation I've made into the "Starlight sys" has drawn a blank, particularly because galaxy themed system names are a dime a dozen, so it's hard to narrow down. (More on this at the end of the post).

This proof was left to sit for a bit, as it's not actually proof of anything, and is genuinely pretty flimsy at best. Anyone could've made this account. It's not indicative of a real person.

Sadly, said person, on December 16th, tried to join the Survivor’s Network, the server that Dude and I both moderate for. This was intensely triggering, and they were banned immediately.

This leads us to...

The Current Bullshit: Satoriships, Deletion of Evidence, and the Return of Aith

Satoriships. They're a new blog, having posted for the first time 6 days ago from today. Keep in mind that this means the blog came into being during the very brief pause in this syscourse drama, when nothing was happening other than JAS receiving harassment, during drama that involves (let me remind you) someone who has frequently created numerous blogs which are known for harassment and death threats.. They began to follow numerous anti-endo blogs, many of whom had them on their DNI. It got to the point that sysboxes made a very gentle post, made for anti-endo anti-ship individuals, to ensure they were checking who followed. Satori was not pleased about this post and bitched about how they don't check DNIs. (Wasn't breaking DNIs the reason why Wesk and Aith had issues with JAS? So it's fine for you to break them, but not for JAS?)

Satori, 2 days ago, then decided that they were going to defend Wesk. Why? According to Satori, Wesk and them have been RP buddies for 5 years. Satori states the doxxing was very real.

Let's look at all of the evidence Satori provides.

Evidence One that the doxxing is real: "First, from a close friend of the system running Weskcourse."

Uh. Hold on a minute, let me just -

(Shout out to my singlet friend who knows literally nothing about syscourse for helping me with this!)

So... This screenshot effectively proves nothing. People sometimes go on the internet and lie, and genuinely, I don't think you CAN prove the doxx is real without giving some deeply personal information. I think it might be more important to, idk, stop trying to interact with those who don't believe you and maybe take a break for your own health? That sounds like a much better idea.

Let's see what other proof is there...

Another discord DM conversation with Weskcourse, who we know is going to say the doxx is real because they already have said it is (whose username is Lord Mythicum, btw, which is further evidence of being Mythica-Plurality if the name is anything to go by, and will be important information later).

Another discord DM conversation with a "close IRL friend of Weskcourse"

Another discord DM conversation with "Weskcourse's IRL cousin"

There is no proof that any of these people are who they claim to be beyond their own testimony

All of these follow the same script, which easily could've been handed out before hand, as I demonstrated with my singlet friend above

Each of the conversations provided happened minutes between each other. Conversation 1: 7:34pm to 7:39pm. Conversation 2: 7:40pm to 7:42pm. Conversation 3: 7:45pm to 7:47pm. Conversation 4: 7:52pm to 8pm. I don't know about you, but for me, coordinating 4 completely different people to talk with me in the span of a single half hour would be a feat of Godlike proportions - and you managed to do it with no edited messages, no interruptions in the conversations, no mistakes whatsoever.

I think people are well within their rights to call out the sketchiness of this.

Oh but the "proof" that the "doxxing" is "real" does not stop there!

We have the new Lostagainandfoundanew blog! (Which is password protected, but don't worry, another unknown user named the Asylum System totally knew the password was "boobie"). Let's check it ou-

Oh. Hmm. Let me try mobile?

Don't worry guys - my singlet blog to the rescue. Let me log into my other account on tumblr, the likes of which nobody actually knows abou-

It's the same shit. You've gotta be fucking kidding me. Hey, buddy, if you wanna use someone's blog as evidence, it needs to be accessible. You couldn't have taken some screenshots of the blog or smth? "More evidence is coming" Oh boy, I can't wait for this drama to continue after everyone involved has literally stated, out loud, that they want the drama to end, and the only reason I'm making the post is cause people won't just stop interacting with everyone else. FFS guys.

Evidence Number Whatever The Fuck:

"This feels real" is not the evidence you think it is. This isn't even evidence! It's personal testimony again! It's also FURTHER FUCKING SUIBAIT. CAN Y'ALL STOP FUCKING RESORTING TO TELLING PEOPLE TO KILL THEMSELVES???? Jesus christ I'm getting triggered all over again. Fucking hell.

The last piece of evidence is the "horrifying" discord about of LostAgainAndFoundAnew, which was posted above, and messages from Emoji Hell, the server where this person is evidently writing about how much they wanna be noticed by JAS-Senpai.

Just gonna cover this one now - Satori has an extension that allows for their cursor to be placed on existing text to help them follow along, which evidently shows up in screenshots. I was suspicious about this fact too, as cursors typically show up when you are typing something yourself, but I'll accept this as truth.

People obviously called this shit out.

Here's system-stings, calling out the inconsistencies brought up about the blogs being brand new or almost brand new, which seems to indicate they are created specifically for this drama.

Here's Satori's response:

I'm going to actually come back to the DiscordUsername thing at the end, don't worry Satori <3

You stated the password came from someone who has legitimately never even been a part of this entire saga. Bro.

You were antiship and became proship? Just like weskcourse, the person people are now suggesting you might be?

You mean you have a sideblog, just like Weskcourse has been known to have 50 Million+ of?

None of this actually answers how fucking shady this entire situation is. I think people are well in their rights to call out how shady this is.

Here's SAS calling out the time inconsistencies, the fact that only these random ass start-up blogs are the ones continuing the drama, and calling out (yet again) that these discord usernames are uncensored, and the cursor being shown.

Satori's response:

(Does not address the time inconsistencies, the fact that they're a brand new blog - though I suppose they did that with Stings a moment ago - or the usernames). But don't worry guys, there are apparently 5 more people still waiting to continue the drama! Boy howdy I can't fucking wait for this bullshit to continue!!! /s

In the meantime, JAS posted the following:

And right afterward, Weskcourse deleted their blog. This was later revealed to be due to mental health reasons, but it is, once again, particularly odd timing. Which was then called out.

Enter Aith, back into the drama once more, to "defend a fellow pro-endo." (As a reminder, Wesk is Mythica-Plurality, aka, the Two Eddies, aka, someone Aith went on record saying was part of the reason Chaos-In-One was on the blocklist that started this whole drama).

SAS made a post detailing the entire drama. Here's aith's response.

If you say you aren't interacting with someone anymore, if you have them on a public blocklist (which you then deleted, but it is assumed you still believe the same thing you said about a week and a half ago), if you say you shouldn't interact for your mental health - fucking stop looking and hold true to your block. You blocked SAS for a reason. So stop interacting, stop prolonging something that you yourself have indicated was unhealthy for you.

But nope, you continued to participate (while admitting you didn't want to) by making claims (what you yourself admitted was just you being petty) about oopsallsyscourse and JAS being the same person (later claiming they "type the same" which... I have never seen oopsallsyscourse write the novel length posts seen from JAS, nor with the amount of screenshots and sources provided.)

I think this post someone made sums up the drama very very well.

Hmm.

oopsallsyscourse has personally said, in conversation, in public servers, why they're so invested in this drama.

oopsallsyscourse also chimed in on Aith's post about the claim I had made at one point that they were friends (which we now know is definitely false, I wish I could see Wesk's blog to see if I'm misremembering). Here's the full conversation, which had its last update that I can see 21 hours ago. Let's look at this:

So... you follow people in the pro-endo community, strictly because they are pro-endo, despite breaking their DNIs? So... You do. Exactly the same shit you put people on a blocklist for in the first place.

WHY THE FUCK DO YOU FOLLOW THEM? My fucking god can people start making sense for 5 goddamn seconds. Chalk this up to another inconsistency.

And oopsallsyscourse's response to the petty bullshit conspiracy post:

"But sick men should rest" aww thanks bby I do appreciate the kindness. Sadly, I think you're absolutely right that these people won't believe this post I've finally been dragged into - they'll just argue that I"m biased (you know, the Most Centrist Syscourser Ever who has been INCREDIBLY vocal this ENTIRE time about disagreeing with the actions of like everyone fucking involved in this bullshit, but whatever, public discord screenshots be damned I guess).

And now...

The True End: I Fucking Hate This Shit

Let's do this, shall we? The part I didn't share publicly yet: I'm going deep into this deep dive.

Well, Satori did invite anyone who wanted to join: "the server name is Emoji Hell if you can find it." Let's see what we can about this server:

The rules for the server, written by CorpseHusband, the username of the admin, were written in October of 2020. Many channels on the server are completely empty, and many users have not been active in literal years - which is an accomplishment given that there are only 9 members.

Right off the bat, we see that Lost has some beef with a new user when they join in October 2020 - very soon after the server was created.

Oddly enough, Lost is not the Starlet System. They are the Millennia System, and Starlet System is actually one of the blanked out users above - and is actually the server owner. I won't share the personal details of their pluralkit or tupperbox entires in the introductions channels, but here's some evidence of this:

So it's very odd to see their about profess they are the starlet system in their bio. I'm reaching out the the Starlet System now for more information, but as they have not been active since, as far as I can tell, October 6th of 2020, this may be a bit difficult.

Making it even more difficult is the fact that the proxies for the Millennia System do not exist in any of the bots I've checked. PluralKit has no record of the system code, and Tupperbox has no record either. I tried my best, but it seems that whoever posted the 2020 system members in that server has since deleted those proxies, which is concerning, given that Lost Again And Found Anew is still active in the server. It seems odd that they're still active with no information about them beyond the yandere style messages and bio...

Further shadiness comes in the lack of activity in the server. This user was last active (before the drama) on 05/08/2021, when they boosted the server twice. There was almost no chatter between then and now (none of which is from them), in which the most that really happened were people leaving and joining the server.

At least, until Weskcourse joined the server. Remember how I said that discord username thing would come back, Satori?

Now, we do have confirmation that this is Weskcourse, based on the SatoriShips screenshots. If I wanted to, I could actually DM Weskcourse right now, furthering the harassment. Thankfully, I'm not a fucking asshole, and I can actually not interact with people who I've said I won't interact with. Remarkable!

What we do not have confirmation of is when Wesk left the EmojiHell discord Server, nor why they chose to join the EmojiHell discord server, given that the screenshot of the Yandere Bullshit (which did not include all of the disgusting shit LostAgain was posting) happened on December 16th, long after LostAgain had been active. It's almost like Wesk joined the server, knowing Lost was there, and suddenly the drama continued. It's almost like the LostAgain yandere shit didn't start until after Wesk had already been in contact with JAS, and as of yet, there is absolutely no evidence provided, beyond testimony of someone who has repeatedly harassed anti-endos that LostAgain doxxed them in 2021.

I'm still waiting on the user Starlet to respond to my DMs, but I have very little hopes of this happening. So let's review the entire drama, TL;DR style:

TL;DR: EVERYONE NEEDS TO FUCKING GET OFF TUMBLR

AT makes a very public blocklist, which includes heaps of misinformation, and (as it is a public blocklist) inherently supports drama-hungry individuals causing shit.

Chaos-In-One gets an immediate ask continuing drama. They are removed from the blocklist upon apology.

Ultrabright responds to AT to correct misinformation. AT informs Ultrabright that this was due to the Mythica-Plurality drama from who knows how long ago.

JAS responds to the blocklist with a meme.

AT is upset that JAS interacted, despite having not googled "how to block from a sideblog" once in this entire time.

JAS responds with another meme.

AT continues to interact with JAS, once again being upset.

During this, Ultrabright is removed from the blocklist.

JAS explains why he is still interacting, which involved the misinformation about Ultrabright.

AT learns how to block people after taking a vaguepost of mine about [Redacted User] and other bullshit in syscourse to be a vaguepost about them, and after I took it upon myself to explain to AT how to block from a sideblog (which numerous other users also attempted to do, despite my username and theirs not being "google it")

Weskcourse jumps on the drama declaring that Ultrabright is the person who harassed them (hence confirming they are Mythica-Plurality)

AT posts public suicidal thoughts, untagged, which triggers me and causes JAS to create a post asking people not to manipulate others using untagged fucking suicide bait.

Weckcourse then changes their tune to say that JAS personally harassed them after this post comes out.

AT puts me back on the blocklist after I refuse to engage further with the drama that triggered my suicidal ideation.

AT then deletes the blocklist, proving it was pointless in the first place.

Weskcourse continues to go after JAS, insisting that JAS harassed them, eventually adding that it was on the SAS blog, and that SAS had posted a DNI of theirs 2-3 years ago, which led to harassment.

SAS has to go digging to find the post, from a year ago, which had no identifying information and nothing that was not publicly shared.

It is revealed via anon that the person who popularized the post was Oops-All-Syscourse, who is no longer active in syscourse.

JAS leaves Wesk alone, as this all seems to be a huge misunderstanding.

Wesk continues to go after JAS, and after any anon they receive, suibaiting each of them.

JAS responds to Wesk saying "look, I have no idea what you're talking about," as Wesk is making claims that are not true (such as asking JAS to take down the post, or JAS blocking them).

Wesk is "doxxed" (via a fake IP address and a shady-at-best address) by LostAgain, a user who is (supposedly, though the evidence dates to December 16, 2022, three days ago) obsessed by JAS.

Everyone collectively loses their shit, reports the "Doxxer," and looks into the doxxing, only to discover the shady details.

Nobody calls out how shady it is because everyone involved has professed wanting it to fucking be done with.

Wesk thanks everyone for getting the "doxxer" removed from tumblr.

JAS continues to receive stalker yandere asks that go unpublished, which he does not mention publicly to avoid more drama.

oopsallsyscourse, a close friend of mine who has heard me bitching about how this drama is affecting my friend JAS, takes it upon themselves to post about the shadiness of the doxx.

Wesk throws a fit and insists the doxx was real.

Someone comes to oopsallsyscourse with "proof" the "doxx" was real (said proof being recorded at 12/16/2022, which is well after the doxx at this point).

This same day, the “doxxer” tries to join the Survivor’s Network discord, a discord dedicated to healing from our trauma as people with complex dissociative disorders, and greatly triggers Dude.

SatoriShips chooses to defend Wesk, posting "evidence" that is not only easily faked, but doesn't... actually prove anything, as it is private testimonies and, at best, the "vibes" that Wesk gives off.

Sick and tired of this bullshit, I decide to go straight to the fucking source, and do a deep dive into the Emoji Hell server, discovering that there is no record of LostAgain being obsessed with JAS until after all of this drama unfolded, and no record of LostAgain being the original doxxer whatsoever.

And where has this left us?

Aith, not being touched by anyone but anon messages, who they could shut up by just turning off anon. The blocklist was deleted, so clearly didn't need to be posted publicly in the first place, and they now know how to block people correctly.

Weskcourse, who deleted their blog, whose main is for some fucking reason now trying to syscourse (You ain't the lord of shit, get out of the syscourse tags and let it fucking drop already).

SatoriShips, who has existed for 6 days, suddenly coming in with "evidence" that isn't evidence, prolonging this shit.

oopsallsyscourse, who was trying to deflect the harassment JAS is receiving by taking the drama onto themselves.

Me, sick with Covid, writing an essay long post because none of you will let this fucking go.

And JAS.

Who has been receiving daily harassment, who has dealt with constant shit from you all and others in their fucked up life, who is trying their best not to spiral from all of this. JAS, who is the person who helped me most of all to confront my plurality, who has taught me so many coping mechanisms, and who has supported me daily since I split 4 damn times in the past year. JAS, who is one of the sweetest people I know, who you all only get glimpses of through tumblr screenshots on a goddamn silly syscourse blog that has been doing nothing but posting people's cute pets for the last goddamn week in order to try and stay mentally well.

I have Dude's (that's JAS) express permission to share this next part, and that is the only reason I'm going to. I won't share everything - he shouldn't fucking need to, but I genuinely feel like people need to understand what they're doing.

Dude has been on the receiving end of absolutely god awful fucking horrific childhood trauma. He suffers from OSDD, and suffering is a good word for what I've witnessed tonight. He has worked so hard for years now, around 30 years now, to just survive and thrive as the person he is. He was stabilizing recently, and had not reached out to a therapist in two years.

Tonight, in the course of me making this post, I contacted Dude with the server information, the part I added at the end. And Dude... he spiraled, completely. He has suffered so much in the past, including shit that is incredibly eerily similar to a lot of what's happened in this situation. He immediately went into flashback-mode, and started having a very public crisis in two different servers I share with him. It's ongoing, and he's thankfully reaching back out to his therapist about everything, but it's fucking inexcusable.

For people who claim to be against harassment, how fucking dare you all. How dare you call what Dude did "harassment." How dare you call this situation anything other than what it was: an inconsiderate person starting petty drama, who then could not handle the backlash when people called them out, who then was backed up by a known harasser and a disgusting individual, who is being backed up by some unknown goddamn rando who's friends with them. You all are going after JAS with everything you've got.

But not the actual person you claim is doxxing people. Not the actual person who has my friend in a crisis at the moment, and has me genuinely scared they will hurt themselves, all over you petty bullshit about a blocklist.

I am sickened by everyone involved in this situation, but particularly Aith, Wesk, and Satori. I cannot comprehend how you all thought this was okay. I cannot comprehend how you all still have yet to let the drama go, how you all continue again and again to push buttons that did not need to be pushed. I cannot comprehend how you all haven't learned to block and keep them blocked. I blocked all of you, some of you before this drama started, and I did not go back until I had to make this post to stop the harassment against my friend.

And LostAgain?

I have no respect for you, which is a hard thing to accomplish. Kindly find someplace else to shout into an abyss, and never utter JAS's name again.

Now will all of you please

Shut the ever loving fuck up.

[petefromarma]

same anon, to clarify wasnt criticizing you specifically im moreso just like shocked at Everyone (online)‘s behavior towards those old men being on two opposite ends of a spectrum where it’s either like slightly insincere outrage or no (verbal) outrage and just like a “oh haha we know they suck what can u do 🤷🏻‍♀️” vibe. def agree that the only way to get genuine results is to stop supporting them financially but i dont think a majority of the people who regularly buy merch etc have the balls to stop, but tbh i cant see them even making a statement i feel like their pr strategy has always been just avoiding discussing shit and waiting for people to start ignoring it again (which they always do!!), and even if they were to say something regardless of how sincere it might be (it won’t be) i really dont think i or a lot of other people can go back from that 😭 like i’ll never see them the same again, n e ways yes he said that shit’s crazy i don’t remember it word for word but he quoted someone talking about the death toll with some bs about how a genocide needs to involve a Certain number of people killed and the death toll hadnt reached that number yet……… crazy shit but like to end on a lighter note andy hurley (as the only member who’s explicitly talked about the genocide) (using talked very loosely bc all he did was post on his story lmfao) in particular is a chickenshit pussy bc how you gonna command a doomsday commune during the apocalypse when youre too shy to tell off your associates w shitty politics 💀 kid on twitter talking abt revolution but they cant ask for extra ketchup packet vibez

again under a cut

no you're good i figured it wasn't about me specifically i just thought maybe i should elaborate on my perspective. also yes i agree with all of this; i will say the reason i think it could be realistic for them to, like, throw up a donation link on their insta is that it's not something that's related to their personal lives (as in, there's other points of criticism they will never ever talk about because it has to do with their own actions) and they do, occasionally, respond publicly to fans. but i completely understand why that wouldn't really change anything for you and i am sorry that this happened and that you're not able to enjoy them or feel the same connection to them that you once were

also yeah speaking of i did notice that no one has had any heat for andy despite the fact that he's shown up for at least two of the three cobra shows. i think patrick is an easy target rn bc he's the one most visibly involved and everyone is too scared to criticize pete but no one has said anything about andy except to praise him and it's like, i think we're maybe past that point lol. and yeah i do maintain that if he wasn't in a band he would be the world's most annoying accelerationist larping on twt about violent revolution

[foxtricksterwriting]

Yijun Bai

Author's Note: this is 1 of 3 mcs, I'll link the others when they're posted.

Credits: This is a mc for the interactive fiction game-thingy Infamous. Find it here @infamous-if

Preferred Name: Yijun Bai

Alias: Juniper

Gender + Pronouns: man + he/him ("I know I look feminine, you don't need to tell me")

Singing/Voice Claim, if any: Cowboy Malfoy for his singing voice and his speaking voice lol

Age: 26

More About Him: Yijun Bai and Juniper are like two completely different people. Juniper is Yijun's stage name/act, as such he acts very different. The change is so stark it's often jarring to strangers, acquaintances and even friends.

Juniper is portrayed as a flirty drunken fool. He acts drunk or tipsy even when it's been days since his last drink. He flirts with everyone; fans, interviewers, other bands(👀). He often seems clueless as to what happens around him and acts overly laid back. Contrasting Yijun's usual punk-grunge clothing Juniper wears loose, flowy shirts and pants in various shades of wine red, purple and black. He has a sense of careless laziness that clouds everything he does.

Yijun himself is serious and has a no-nonsense attitude. He seems to despise the stage act he's made, but can't seem to shake it no matter how hard he tries. He has a 'devil make care' attitude and does mostly whatever he wants. He's loyal to a fault, and once you make it into his inner circle it's hard for him to hate you. Yijun is willing to do anything for his friends. He tends to be very calculated and aggressively blunt.

Two things that don't change between 'personas' is his general non-conformity and his love of nature. He strives to stand out in as many ways as possible; the blatant promiscuity and generally flowy-ness of his stage act and his normally aggressively in-your-face view points about the world are the first examples that come to mind. And his love of nature. He does everything he can to lessen his effect on his environment and cares a great deal about the wilderness. He hikes when he has the time and is known to go camping regularly. He's stated that sometime after he retires he wants to live in a cabin in the woods, away from people and engrossed with the forest around him.

Fun Facts:

His Pinterest here.

His(and the others because I'm ✨uncreative✨) band is called The Cult of Dionysus, specifically so he can call his fans Dionysians since he thought that was cool as fuck. Does NOT promote any of the shenanigans that actually went on and is willing to publicly denounce someone if they try something. ("Guys, don't try to replicate anything the actual fucking cult did. For the love of fuck, do not. That's a warning.")

He's fairly superstitious, thanks to his family also being superstitious.

He has a routine he tries to follow closely and if it gets messed up somehow it ruins the rest of his day.

He tends to suppress his emotions and gets frustrated when he does end up feeling them. This also makes him kind of oblivious to some things and a little insensitive, but he's quick to apologize. He's emotionally constipated, please bare with him. ("I'm sorry I said something hurtful to you, I didn't mean to hurt you like that. I don't have a excuse, but I truly am sorry.")

He wants to be covered in tattoos and is getting there slowly but surely. If you ask about them, he'll explain why he got them and what they mean.

Yijun is not close to his family; they're very traditional and conservative people while he's the exact opposite. ("My family? You don't need to know about them")

He likes photography and specifically favors those polaroid cameras. He'd like to have a photo wall, but hasn't settled in a place long enough to build one up.

Yijun doesn't like interacting with his fans, not because he doesn't like them but because he's scared he'd say something wrong and hurt or offend them. Will happily give hugs and pose for pictures if asked.

While Lani wants a PO Box, I feel Yijun would actually have a PO Box and treasure each and every little thing sent to him. You could send him a rock and he'd be 🥺🥺🥰🥰🥰

You know the way parents embarrass their kids by constantly bragging about them? Yijun does that with his fans lol

He's a fucking tsundere lol would absolutely accidentally say some variation of 'it's not like I like you or anything!' lmao

Yijun is one of my regular ocs and has his own story. His 'pre-made' backstory is that he met Lani when he was like 8. In high school he met Storm, and shortly after started a band. In said band he's the lead singer and drummer, among other things.

"I'll stick with you from now on, so you better not fuck this up."

[karlie-what-you-want]

Hi bestie, loved your last post about the hypocrisy behind defending Joe versus Karlie. Are you a Kaylor historian? 🤭 Or do you know someone who is? Does anyone have sourced reasoning tied to why people turned on Karlie? Or was it all purely based in rumors and hearsay? I just don’t know the history that well surrounding what caused the (supposed) rift (both them drifting apart publicly and anything that’s as said). Just the general fallout.

Calling on all Kaylor experts too!!

I just have always been curious because it feels like people always say she betrayed Taylor by telling Scotter personal details but is there any “proof” or “evidence” people use to base those claims in? Thanks!!

- ❣️ curious Kaylor/gaylor who doesn’t believe Karlie is the villain some fans make her out to be

Hi lovely anon! Thanks for the support 🥰

I am far from a historian, but I have enjoyed studying up on this myself. I’ll give it my best, and if I miss any important details, everyone else is welcome to chime in as well! We’ve got a great community around here with lots of knowledge. (If anyone has links to the many Tumblr posts documenting the below in more detail, please share! I know we’ve got so much of their timeline mapped out with photos and evidence. This is just my overview, as I’m currently in the office working.)

In short, the rumors were largely unfounded.

To fully get the context of the “rift” between them, I think it’s important to note that their public friendship which had once been very loud and affectionate dimmed significantly after they were caught on video kissing at the 1975 concert in December of 2014 (kissgate). People were already speculating that they were no longer friends anymore, but they were still occasionally seen together, and Karlie maintained in an interview that she and Taylor were still very close.

I think that background is important, as it had Swifties on high alert and ended up setting the scene for what happened next.

Come the masters heist just as Lover era kicked off, Perez Hilton posted a gossip tweet alleging that Karlie might have shared information with Scooter. This was a baseless claim which came only from the fact that she was contracted with Scooter as her manager at the time and thus was seen at gatherings where he was present. It’s worth noting that as soon as her contract with Scooter was up, Karlie ended that business relationship and found new management.

Swifties, however, ran with that narrative. From one gossip column whose author is known to create drama, rather than reporting news. This was not at all like with Taylor and Joe’s “breakup” news, which was reported by reputable magazines and publications that Taylor has always had positive relationships with.

The only proof these Swifties have of these rumors comes in the form of Ashley Avignone and Claire Winter, two friends of Taylor, “liking” Perez’s tweets regarding this. Those likes are gone now, though, and the tweets wiped from the internet (though their legacy unfortunately has lived on and mutated into something vile). I think it’s very interesting and important that the tweets are gone, because one has to wonder why. Who had it removed? What happened to those “likes?”

Meanwhile, Karlie has always denied any claims that they fell out, and she famously tweeted “I will not allow the media to misconstrue my words. Taylor has always had my back, and I will always have hers.”

That tweet is still there. Taylor did not have that one wiped from the internet.

And, as Taylor Swifts friends and family are quickly jumping ship and unfollowing Joe on social media (Austin, Ryan Reynolds, and the Haim sisters all did in the last day), many of Taylor’s closest friends continue to publicly support Karlie (including Ryan, Haim, and Selena Gomez, who is supposed to be Tay’s best friend). Even Abigail (Taylor’s childhood bestie) still follows Karlie, which I think is the most telling thing of all. If these people would all be moved to unfollow Joe because of an allegedly amicable breakup, it would make even more sense for them to unfollow Karlie and keep as much distance as possible—if there really had been this big, world-ending betrayal, that is.

But there was no betrayal. Just one—ONE—rumor started by one man, and an entire misogynistic generation that went on a witch-hunt to make Karlie as miserable as possible. To this day, people harass Karlie over it, and she remains polite and strong.

The treatment of Karlie has always bothered me, but it stands out even more now as I see the same Swifties jump to Joe’s defense over far less egregious claims (with far more evidence of truth to them).

Again, if anyone has links to outlines of kissgate, early lover era (or even how it appeared Taylor was about to come out at that time), or anything else I’ve mentioned here, please share! I know there are so many resources here on our little hellsite, but as I’m working right now, I don’t have time to dig for them.

Anon, I hope this was helpful and enlightening! There is so much history and context here that it can be kind of like opening a hot oven door and getting blasted with the heat 😅 but I encourage you to take your time and explore what the Kaylor community has to offer here on tumblr, because there is so much right at your fingertips.

Thanks for reaching out!

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The passing of the late Queen Elizabeth II - How early was the first chapter in Scobie's book planned (?) - the aggressive tactics to be at the late Queen's bedside. Was TW planning to film the death? Attempts to merch of Queen Elizabeth II's passing??? by u/narcwatchkiwi

The passing of the late Queen Elizabeth II - How early was the first chapter in Scobie's book planned (?) - the aggressive tactics to be at the late Queen's bedside. Was TW planning to film the death? Attempts to merch of Queen Elizabeth II's passing??? I couldn't help but notice that the very first chapter of Scobie's horrid new book talks breathlessly about the late Queen Elizabeth's passing, and is titled - 'Elizabeth II's final Days'.How early did the Harkle's plan with Omid - on the first chapter - about the late Queen Elizabeth's passing?As we all know, Omid is not at all truthful about the real extent of his links to the Harkles.Rules about Harold's recent visit to the Late QEII's tombI also note that Harold's recent visit to the late Queen's tomb at the George VI memorial chapel at Windsor Castle, was only allowed under the strict provisions that the visit remain private, and that it was last minute.I am wondering whether these strict stipulations were to help to prevent TW from going to the tomb, and of course, Harold already revealed morbid and inappropriate details of the late Queen's passing in 'Spare', and publicly criticized his father for not allowing TW to be at the late Queen's deathbed.Lack of interest in visiting QEII while she was aliveDespite numerous attempts by the late Queen Elizabeth to spend more time with Harold, and wanting to see her great grandchildren, and despite her very painful, numerous medical conditions, Harold and TW repeatedly turned down her invitations - to spend time with her while she was very elderly, frail, and some say, terminally unwell.Attempts to commercialize QEII's meeting with great-grand-childDespite this, the Harkles asked to film the first time that the late Queen (finally) met Princess Lillibet - which was fortunately turned down. They also seem to have wanted to commercialize other aspects of their relationship with the late Queen, possibly even her death.Extremely aggressive attempts by MM to be at QEII's deathbedListening to the reports about the very aggressive tactics that MM employed to attempt to be at Queen Elizabeth's bedside, such as issuing press reports stating that MM would be at the Queen's bedside - after she had been told 'no', and the resultant tantrum from Harold about her not being able to come along, makes me wonder.“The fact that you think that you will be welcomed at the Queen’s bedside as she was passing away,” Ms Schofield told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “They even go as far as to claim that Harry and Meghan’s press team released the fact that Meghan would be attending to force the royal’s hand. “That’s not the way it works – you do not force these people’s hands at such a difficult point in time – in history.”Links to Omid's new book?I am wondering whether this epic tantrum about MM's attendance at the late Queen Elizabeth's passing, was to gain material for the planned first chapter of Scobie's book.Personally I believe this is only due to the fact that MM may well have wanted to secretly film or otherwise record the late Queen's passing, and Markle likely had secret cameras or recording devices hidden on her person, for later use in a book or even in a Netflix documentary, or even for blackmail purposes. Am I going to far with this? I do think that Harold has at least some little shred of decency when it comes to his granny, but I do not think TW has any. I personally just find it SICK that they would want to share details about a loved one's death, for commercial gain. Am I wrong here?! post link: https://ift.tt/a0yZoSg author: narcwatchkiwi submitted: September 24, 2023 at 08:12AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit

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What I like about Alicent and what I will always like about her is that she and Corlys Velaryon were the only ones to say at any point during the Dance, “You know what, let’s put down our swords and talk.” By that time, Alicent could recognize that there was clearly a disputed (and disputable) point of law in the Dance, stemming from the Great Council of 101 AC. Jaehaerys had in 92 AC set the precedent that a king could name his heir, over the dictates of traditional Andal-First Men succession rules. That’s fine and dandy, until 101 and the apparent precedent that a male-line claimant comes before a female-line claimant. Viserys named his heir as Rhaenyra, but his male-line claimant was Aegon. Which precedent was more correct ? With three great lords (Stark, Arryn, and Tully) declaring Rhaenyra to be the rightful claimant, and three others (Tyrell, Lannister, and Baratheon) advocating for Aegon, the answer was obviously not as clear as either side had previously believed it to be. 

So what does Alicent do when Rhaenyra flies into KL ? She says “Let’s call a Great Council”. She put a lot on the line here; there’s no second try or appellate court for a Great Council’s decision. Now, did she think Aegon would probably win ? That’s a fair guess, Viserys had won 20 to 1 over Rhaenys and her children in 101 AC, but it’s not a guarantee, or the Green council would not have pored over the records of the first Great Council to note which lords would and would not support Aegon. Still, Alicent was willing to risk losing in a very public Westerosi legal forum to end the bloodshed and destruction in the realm. That takes courage and wisdom, the wisdom of a woman who saw her eldest son crippled and horrifically burned in his first battle, her eldest grandson coldly beheaded in the name of vengeance, and her daughter descending into madness.

So I like Alicent. She’s no saint, she’s not a good person, and she fought hard to place her son on the throne over his half-sister. But she offered to back down, and that takes guts.

Maybe a post responding to this recent one.

You: "But she offered to back down, and that takes guts."

AND

You: "Still, Alicent was willing to risk losing in a very public Westerosi legal forum to end the bloodshed and destruction in the realm. That takes courage and wisdom, the wisdom of a woman who saw her eldest son crippled and horrifically burned in his first battle, her eldest grandson coldly beheaded in the name of vengeance, and her daughter descending into madness."

No. Absolutely not.

Always Remember:

If we compare her to Alicent, Alicent is a heavy-duty blood purist who never looked out for other women, even seized power from another woman entirely for herself and her house's patriarchal prestige and power. No matter who Rhaenyra was before King's Landing or after, Rhaenyra was "vulnerable" to this due to her gender's inequitable access to higher positions of power in Westeros. Rhaenyra was never a tyrant before King's Landing and the greens' usurpation.

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And to the second bold text, refer to section A of the post I linked above, where I provided evidence of her doing very much the opposite and did it to deceive, bide time, or because she was angry. Not for "the realm"!

Aside from the fact that Alicent had been after & had been actively publicly (subtle and unsubtle) undermining Rhaenyra years (since she was 10) before the Dance and Viserys' death, there is so much that shows that no one can trust Alicent to be so self-sacrificing or diplomatic towards Rhaenyra and most blacks.

Grand Maester -- Geradys (Rhaenyra's candidate) vs Alfador (Alicent's candidate)/her saying Rhaenyra was "meddling" despite Gerardys saving Viserys' life

Alicent enlisting Criston Cole after he killed Joffrey, seeing the separation bt him and rhaenyra

her making as if she were concerned about Rhaenyra's well-being concerning Cole years before, but really trying to get Cole separated from her/dismissed and Rhaenyra's prepubescent virginity questioned in the minds of others

try to get Aegon married to Rhaenyra not for Rhaenyra's sake, but Aegon's...as Viserys himself pointed out

Rhaenyra had no reason to think Alicent would be so, and we even have more information proving that!

A)

1.

You: "So what does Alicent do when Rhaenyra flies into KL ? She says “Let’s call a Great Council”. She put a lot on the line here; there’s no second try or appellate court for a Great Council’s decision."

Quote to which you refer ("The Red Dragon and the Gold"):

...anon, did you skip over the "Upon seeing that resistance was hopeless, the Dowager Queen Alicent emerged from Maegor’s Holdfast" part that shows she only came out bc she saw there was literally nothing else she could do? There was no graciousness about her motives for doing this, nothing but defeat for herself and survival.

And like the anon from before mentioned, she was doing all she could to keep Rhaenyra and her armies back right before Rhaneyra took KL. She had every intention of winning and resisting to win before Rhaenyra put her into a corner...as well as biding time for Aegon and his kids to escape.

Why is it so hard to remember that Rhaenyra is the one to have tried to negotiate for the throne that is already hers through Viserys' ruling and by being firstborn? why do you, anon, and others think Alicent & Aegon were the ones gracious 7 rational when they sent those terms for Rhaenyra's surrender way before any fighting began? ("The Blacks and the Greens"):

Rhaenyra vs Aegon - Negotiations (Alicent and the green council's Terms, really) ->

Oh and, this lovely line of her wanting Rhaenyra to die in childbirth is so "gutsy" and a sign of her willingness to "back down" ("The Blacks and the Greens"):

Is it so hard to contemplate that Alicent hated Rhaneyra?

I'll say why: bc you actually think the sexist customs and feelings against women leading are in themselves valid enough to bar women from leading. Apparently, "culture" wins against logic and actually figuring out how to create safer environments for more people and not just a select few.

You'd say bc the Great Council? Once again, Jaehaerys muddied succession by allowing subjects to participate in selecting their new king/monarch when he was all about consolidating power for his own dynasty...this precedent he set for strengthening male primogeniture is actually both self-contradictory AND relatively new. Yes males are preferred in Andal succession customs, but there were female heads of house in their own right while male relatives existed. Or female candidates that were eldest but actively barred from ruling without Jaehaerys' precedent and despite women having some ability AND her being older than the 8 yr old male candidate. A few named ones are in TWoIaF: Shiera & Agnes Blackwood.

It's quite obvious that misogyny worked against these women to their deaths or inability to use autonomous power and leadership despite some becoming leaders. Alicent comes from these actions becoming president, Jaehaerys' actions reaffirmed the feeling against female rulers. To try to minimize the detrimental effects to not only the target of misogyny but wider society is ridiculous.

2.

You confused either show!Rhaenys or show!Corlys for book!Corlys ("The Blacks and the Greens"):

Corlys only did the "You know what, let’s put down our swords and talk" thing after Rhaenyra died and the Greens had Baela in custody. Remember that she tried to kill Aegon above Dragonstone when he came on Syrax.

Again, Alicent only did something similar when Rhaenyra was going to kill her sons/her side could lose ("Bastard blood shed in war") AND after Rhaneyra dies she has the luxury of conceding...bc Rhaenyra is dead and her supporters hadn't really grown enough for her to be vicious or worried as much as she would later be. Neither were really doing it for the sake of peace for smallfolk or social peace & harmony. Nor were neither against violence for their own ends (section B, mentioning what happened right before and after the Battle of the Kingsroad).

There is this maybe-rumor--but in my eyes, a very believable one considering her words about Rhaenyra's labor death and her wanting to mutilate 10- year old Aegon, and her actions putting KLers more at risk than you seem to think--of Alicent laughing at Tumbleton death and rape, including children's in her anticipation of it coming back at the blacks/Rhaenyra ("Rhenayra Triumphant"):

B)

QUOTES of Alicent and Corlys actually being at odds on how to go forward (her never actually trusting him, being annoyed at him for holding her back) and her actually not being "gutsy" but calm enough to listen to others (who were conspiring against her for their own ends after she and Aegon became more and more resilient to some advice, eeven threatening Aegon III and Baela), and despite when she did "listen", her insistence on killing all of those who supported Rhaenyra AND harming Aegon III/Baela leads to Corlys and Larys working together to kill her son:

Larys:

C)

You: "By that time, Alicent could recognize that there was clearly a disputed (and disputable) point of law in the Dance, stemming from the Great Council of 101 AC."

AND

You: "Viserys named his heir as Rhaenyra, but his male-line claimant was Aegon. Which precedent was more correct ? With three great lords (Stark, Arryn, and Tully) declaring Rhaenyra to be the rightful claimant, and three others (Tyrell, Lannister, and Baratheon) advocating for Aegon, the answer was obviously not as clear as either side had previously believed it to be."

Anon refers to Alicent after Rhaenyra dies and Corlys switches before he kneels to her and they are negotiating, which I already showed she wasn't that willing to accept his particular terms.

Anyway, how does Alicent see what you think she is seeing? Where is that proof? Especially in the face of the total opposite happening that my quotes show, anon? In order to argue that she somehow "changed her mind", you need proof and a reasonable argument using said proof, not pure conjecture.

This, the debate over which precedent was "more" correct, was never an issue for Alicent. She never philosophized over it, nor doubted that the throne should have gone to her son, Aegon. Not once. Ther eis no suggestion that she had a change of heart. Just as Rhaenyra in her last words affirmed her right to rule Aegon by emphasizing her firstborn status, Alicent' never expressed her thoughts's thoughts about the succession in regards to her own son never deviated from what she said in the following quotes:

("A Question of Succession")

("The Blacks and the Greens")

She went to her grave trying to kill Aegon III and spite Rhaenyra and her legacy, willing to use anyone and anything at her disposal. How many times do I need to repeat this?

Conclusion

NONE of what you say, anon, was an honest or observant reading of the text!

You have not used context and past events nor seen tone and mood in the language given to you to see that Alicent remains as she was, even becoming more determined to get to her goals/desires. To realize her enmity against Rhaenyra.