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nctsjiho · 3 years ago

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A Special Gift

warnings: none

era: Spring 2020

❀ Jungwoo wasn’t planning to give JiHo the gift he got her quite yet, but when she spotted him with it, he couldn’t help but give it to her already

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It wasn’t unusual for JiHo to hang out in the other boys’ dorms. It was actually quite the opposite actually. Even though she seemed to like her quiet, alone time, the boys had figured out she liked to have someone around. That doesn’t mean she has to talk to anyone, but just having the knowledge that someone is close seemed to bring her comfort.

That’s why Jungwoo wasn’t at all surprised to see JiHo casually lounging on his roommate’s bed. With her phone in hand she seemed to be keeping herself occupied, making it so that she didn’t notice Jungwoo walking in through the already opened door.

“What are you doing here?” JiHo could almost hear the playful smile on his lips. She peered over her phone and sent him a smile of her own. “I was bored.” Jungwoo nodded without thought, but laughed once he made sense of the situation. “You were bored, so you came over to lay down on Jaehyun’s bed instead of joining the boys to play FIFA in the living room?” JiHo only nodded, trying to suppress her giggles knowing fully well how ridiculous her logic was. Jungwoo knew JiHo longer than a day however, so he didn’t question her actions.

While the younger of the two redirected her focus back to her phone, Jungwoo got back to looking for the borrowed headphones he needed to return to Taeyong. As he opened the last shelf of the wonky storage unit in the room, he was met with the small blush coloured box. A simple white ribbon was tied around it.

Jungwoo’s hands gravitated towards it and before he even noticed he was holding it, JiHo spoke, “What’s that?” Jungwoo’s head turned to see JiHo trying to look over his shoulder. She isn’t the most curious person out there, but when she noticed the sudden silence after Jungwoo almost tore the place down looking for the headphones - if she knew he was looking for them she would’ve pointed out that the were on top of Jaehyun’s keyboard - JiHo couldn’t help but see what had gotten him so quiet.

“Ow-” Suddenly a little flustered, Jungwoo moved to sit next to JiHo on Jaehyun’s bed and handed over the box. “I got this for you.” His flustered puppy-like expression made JiHo smile as she took the small box from him - it felt heavier than she thought it would be. “You know my birthday isn’t for a while right?” She joked but thanked him nonetheless and started to unravel the white ribbon.

Once freed of the ribbon and carefully opened - the box felt expensive so JiHo wanted to be careful - the luxury brand name revealed itself to JiHo.

Jungwoo carefully watched JiHo’s face for her reaction. His heart had started beating out of nervousness ever since JiHo caught him with the gift he wasn’t ready to give her yet. Praying to all that was good, that the younger girl would appreciate it. So when JiHo smiled once more, all Jungwoo’s nerves started to calm.

“Do you like it?” Though relieved that there was no sign of repulsion, he was still sceptical if JiHo actually liked his gift or she was just being nice. It was in fact the first time someone bought JiHo a perfume.

“It’s the same as yours.” She giggled, but it wasn’t at all like she was making fun of it, rather she found it cute. “I know… It’s just that,” Jungwoo gulped and focussed his eyes on the pretty perfume bottle. “Every time you come by, you always use it. So I thought you’d like it.” He finished before looking JiHo in the eye. “Of course I like it! But you didn’t have to buy me it.” She confessed. “Or did you just hate the fact I kept on using yours?”

Jungwoo’s eyes widened and he rapidly shook his head from side to side. “No! I just thought you’d like it.” Not wanting to tease him further JiHo just thanked him again, promising she’d use the perfume until it ran out.

A few moments passed by before Jaehyun entered the room. His eyes immediately fell on the perfume bottle he was all too familiar with seeing his roommate use pretty often. Only this time, it looked unused. “Oh- Isn’t that the same as yours, Jungwoo?” The two occupying his bed nodded in response.

“JiHo must really like the way I smell, because she’s always using mine. So in case she ever misses me, she can use it.” JiHo gasped dumbfounded, and eyed Jungwoo who was just grinning at her. Jaehyun held back his laughter as he watched JiHo push his roommate by the arm. “Yah! I don’t like you that much.” “So that means you do like me?” Using his charming eyes and smile, Jungwoo leaned in closer to JiHo causing her to get completely flustered. “N-No. Agh!” JiHo pushed the boy aside before turning to Jaehyun. “Tell him that he’s too full of himself right now.”

Jaehyun smirked, deciding he liked that Jungwoo was making the youngest flustered and wanting to join in himself. “I don’t know JiHo, those times you told me Jungwoo was pretty and handsome tell me otherwise.” A gasp escaped JiHo’s lips once more, prompting her to grab her stuff and walk to the door. “I’m not going to sit here and take your slander. Not today!”

Watching JiHo storm off - probably to go sit with Yuta or Taeil - the two boys fell into laughter and shared a high five, happy they succeeded in teasing JiHo once again.

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sledgefuweek · 4 years ago

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Each year we take a close look at the prompts for Sledgefu Week, for those who may be stuck for ideas or not quite sure about what the prompts could entail. Below the readmore are all seven prompts, as well as a short write-up exploring what they mean and some ideas to help get the creative juices going. Enjoy!!

Sickfic

This is a really popular and well-known fanfic trope that I feel probably needs little explanation, but I’ll write a little bit about it anyway! It essentially covers fic where one character is ill and the other cares for them -- it could encompass any kind of illness at all, (including chronic illnesses) and there’s a lot of room to get creative with it. You can go for angst, hurt/comfort, or fluff: it’s just a really good general prompt that I think works nicely to kick the week off!

It suits for Sledgefu pretty well, considering Snafu’s canon mild hypochondria, as well as the fact that Eugene’s dad is a doctor. It could be fun to lean into it: make Eugene play doctor for an actually-sick Snafu, and it could be just as fun to subvert it! There’s really endless options for canon fic: shrapnel wounds turned bad, heat-sickness, seasickness, illness from bad food or bad water or any kind of tropical disease you can think of (malaria is a big one!). You could make one of them (or both) a medic; you could genderswap them and write the gay field nurse fic this fandom sorely needs. And of course if you choose to branch out into modern AU you can begin to think of what might afflict them outside of a war setting: has Eugene been working too much and come down with a cold? Are they hungover, and need mutual care (and lots of takeout)? A lot of the time sickfic focuses on one character doing the comforting and the other character feeling unwell, but there’s nothing to say they can’t both be feeling shitty! I think we say this every year but there’s really no rules at all, you do whatever you feel inspired to do. With Sickfic, just be mindful to tag anything that others might be affected by eg. vomiting, blood, needles, etc.

Tarot

I feel like Tarot is pretty well-known to the Sledgefu fandom, or at least to those who like to write Snafu or his family a little witchy. In case you just have a vague idea of what Tarot actually is and what its purpose or origins are, I’ll explain it as concisely as I can! Tarot decks started life in Europe as playing cards, but eventually began to be used for divination. It’s made up of four suits, or the Minor Arcana, (Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles) as well as a twenty-two card Major Arcana (the imagery of which you’re probably very familiar with). Commonly, tarot decks and tarot reading is used as a means of communicating with the higher self, deities, or with the universe. They can be used as a way to see the future, answer questions, or to give/receive advice. There are different ways of reading them too, depending on how one lays out the cards: I don’t want to make this too wordy, but if you’re curious I encourage you to check out this site to learn more!

For writers, there’s a lot of places this prompt could take you! Probably the most obvious will be fortune teller fic; a classic. Lean into Snafu’s Louisiana roots and have him telling fortunes in the depths of the French Quarter, or go against the grain and have Eugene reading cards and palms and tea leaves as a practice passed down through his family. Or maybe more casual: modern AU Sledgefu flirting through amateur tarot readings with a deck picked up from a junk shop. If you read Tarot and have a connection to it, you can express that through writing! It’s a pretty open-ended prompt, especially if you consider some of the meanings of the cards; you could even write a story inspired by that! The Hermit: Snafu withdrawing, leaving Eugene on the train to spend the next few months in solitude, working through things. The Moon: Snafu and Eugene hitting a rough patch, hiding things from each other. The opportunities really become endless once you start taking the readings of the cards into account! And for visual artists, this must be such a fun prompt: I feel like it’s so a visually rich, whether you’re re-drawing the cards to encompass Snafu and Eugene within them, or making a collage based around some of the things mentioned above: fortune tellers shops, witches cottages, etc.

Trinket

Every Sledgefu Week we tend to have a couple prompts that are a little more open to interpretation, and this year’s ‘Trinket’ is one of those. It might be difficult to try and think of something to base a whole fic or piece of art around, but we really encourage you to let your imagination run wild! There’s already some great trinkets in the show itself: Eugene’s ring, the lighter that Gunny Haney gave him, Snafu’s stolen gold teeth, or their dog tags. Think of small, special objects that you might have: what imbues them with comfort or meaning? What makes you love them? You could have Eugene giving Snafu his ring, or have Eugene musing over war and death and loss while smoking a cigarette lit by his lighter. If you’re into Modern AUs, how could these objects carry through to modern day? Once you start thinking about it, the ideas start rolling in. Feel free to invent special trinkets for them: or maybe trinkets that they hate and want to get rid of, trinkets that remind them of bad times. Trinkets that remind them of each other, or family, or war. So much meaning can be held in the things we own, and I think it’s such a lovely concept to explore!

Crossover

So this prompt was born from the sheer number of suggestions we had for various movie, TV, and book AUs. We didn’t want to put them all to the poll and risk a lot of you feeling disappointed over the one you wanted not being selected, so thought it’d work best to condense them into a ‘Crossover’ prompt so everyone could do whatever they liked. So this is a very very broad one! It would be impossible for me to really go through the prompt and highlight some things that you could do for it, because you can really do anything you want to! Anything! It encompasses movies, video games, TV, books, musicals... if something tells a story, you can do a crossover. So if there’s ever been a film/book/etc. AU you wanted to do for Sledgefu Week but couldn’t quite get it to match the prompts, now is the time!

Vacation

A pretty self explanatory prompt, and one that I think can appeal to people who prefer canonverse and those who like modern AU too! Do you want to send Snafu and Eugene on the holiday of their dreams, or are they gonna be bickering in a gas station over who gets control of the map? Is Snafu gonna drive across a couple states to surprise Eugene by visiting? Is Eugene gonna do the same? There’s a lot of scenarios you can apply to the backdrop of them vacationing, and a lot of emotional journeys you can take them through! And for the canonverse crowd, you have the extra addition of letting them go have fun on an R&R, or taking a road trip post-war, visiting 1950s Paris... you can really do whatever you like!

Historical

This was another prompt like ‘Crossover’ that came from a lot of various suggestions that all boiled down to a similar thing: different historical events or periods. So like Crossover, I won’t linger too long on it (this post is long enough already) except just to say again: do whatever you’re inspired to do! There’s no rules here, you could even take everyone out of the Pacific and put them over in Germany: give them a different experience of war. In fact, you can do that with any war if you wanted to! Wanna do a M*A*S*H AU but made something else for Crossover? You could do it here! Want to put them in the 1920s? You got it. In the 1850s? Yeehaw, they’re cowboys now. 1969, Summer of Love? 1600s, make Snafu a prince? Literally the world is your oyster!

Horror

Past Sledgefu Week prompts have included things that could come under the horror umbrella (Supernatural, for example) but didn’t necessarily have to be made 'horrific’. For the ‘Horror’ prompt this year, we want to see frightening! Disquieting, uncomfortable; creations that either cross over with existing horror franchises, or lean on horrific things you come up with yourself. Horror movies, or TV shows, or books or podcasts or pieces of art all seek to elicit a sense of fear: this can be done by tapping into common phobias, or nightmares, those things which are universally and almost instinctively scary. We want to see things which lean into that, in whatever way you want to do it!

I’m no horror media expert (not by a long shot) but the opportunities for this prompt are really vast simply because horror has so many subgenres to work with. You could go gothic horror; Dracula, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights (a personal favourite AU -- Eugene soaked out on the moors, searching for Heathcliff-Snafu? Divine). Or you could go to the opposite end of the spectrum: Jennifer’s Body AU, Final Girl AU -- there’s no set way to do horror, in fact you could even bring horror into canonverse if you don’t like AUs. Think the Terror: some unknown beast lurking beyond the borders of their camp on Pavuvu, or Okinawa. Or you could even take the prompt entirely literally and explore the horrors of war and the toll it takes on them both. Please don’t feel stuck into needing to do Scary: horror is about fear and revulsion and dread, and these feelings don’t necessarily need to come from a haunting! (This is also a prompt ripe for monsterfucking, just FYI).

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So that’s the prompts for this year! They’re all really really great, and have a lot of potential to make some fantastic stuff :~) And to reiterate something I said right at the start, there are no rules here! I think every year we normally get at least one person unsure whether their idea will be okay for the prompt they’d like to make it for, so I just wanna say here: don’t second-guess yourself! As long as it can be linked back to the prompt in some way or another (can literally be the vaguest way possible) you’ll be absolutely fine. We don’t vet submissions at all, especially not for their content relating to the prompts. All we ask is that you remember to stay respectful in what you’re writing, and when the time comes to post it, you tag and warn appropriately :~)

On the subject of writing respectfully, we’d like to just take a moment to link the document on mindful writing re: race and gender that was made last year. Please take a look at it, even if you read it last year! It’s always good to keep these things at the front of your mind, as fandom is a community sport and we want to keep it fun and safe for everyone involved! So thank you if you’ve made it this far through this whole post, check out the doc, and enjoy the rest of the run-up to Sledgefu Week!

#sledgefu #sledgefu week #mod talk #info #if you saw this post before yes you did no you didn't <3 it has the horror prompt on it now lmao

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ill-skillsgard · 6 years ago

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Phoenix Rising, Part 6 - Valter Skarsgård

Title: Phoenix Rising

Description: The struggle for domination is paved with deceit and destructive lust as two enemies battle it out for control night after night.

Warning: 18+ swearing/mentions of rape/violence/femdom/DDLG leanings

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I replayed my night with Valter over in my head like a tune that I couldn't stop humming. It was repeating even as we put our clothes back on and sat in the living room with controllers in our hands. I couldn't help but wonder if Valter was thinking about it too; the sensation of my pussy squeezing around him, after-shudders or if he still had the taste of my juices on his lips. The fullness he had given to me remained seeded inside of me and when I moved in my seat I was reminded of what it felt like to be spread open by a cock that I hadn't expected to be so substantial. And there he was, dressed in his jeans and hoodie with his hat back on, playing video games with me like I didn't just make him beg for me to let him come. He was unsettlingly casual about it. He didn't bite his lip nervously like I was or try to steal glances. There was concentration written on his face that made me forget about how he looked when he was watching me ride him and how sweet it was to hear him sounding desperate. We played until the early morning hours and it wasn't until about 3 AM that Valter looked down at his phone and realized just how much time he had spent with me in my apartment. The game we chose was starting to lose its entertainment value and he stretched his arms up and yawned, twisting his spine to stretch out from being slumped over on the couch for too long. "Nixy... Would you hate me if I called it a night?" He asked cautiously. "No, of course not. It's pretty late," I conceded. I watched as he set the controller down on the coffee table and turned to me. "I won't bother you any longer." Blushing, I replied, "it's no bother. You can stay over again if you like." "No, I shouldn't. I should get back home like a good little boy," he teased. Flushing harder, I watched him get up and stretch his body out some more. I was reminded of how I had just witnessed every inch of him naked but now that he was clothed it was like it had never happened and I craved to do it all again. Valter standing up and making his way to the front door to put on his shoes signified the end of the evening and the beginning of a strange limbo and a string of questions that I would be polling myself for endlessly. Was this just a casual fuck? Would he regret it? Had my aggression been too much for a first time fuck? Was he now scared of me and relieved to be escaping my home? What would he tell all of his friends? Did he actually like me? All of these possibilities jingled inside of my head like a dryer full of nuts and bolts but when Valter turned around after pocketing his cell phone he bent over, gripped both of my shoulders and smiled. "Now don't look so pouty," he nearly whispered. "You look so lost." "No, it's nothing. I'm just suddenly extremely tired." "I know. You should get to bed. I know I can't wait to lay in bed when I get home." Nodding my head, I tried to avoid his eyes but his grip on my shoulders tightened. "Hey... What's the matter?" He asked. "Nothing. Nothing, I swear," I tittered nervously. "Nix... I'm not going to go tell everyone and their uncle about us hooking up. And don't for a second think that once I leave I'll have no intentions of returning. I like you and judging by the magnitude of the pout on your face over me leaving, you like me too?" Rolling my eyes, I scoffed, "well, I don't fuck guys that I don't like." "So, then it's agreed. We'll hang out again. Soon." "Okay," I nodded. Valter dragged me into a hug with both arms coiled tightly around me and kissed the crown of my head as he took in a deep haul of my scent and sighed. "And don't worry about Riley either. We'll make up some dumb shit if he asks about anything. Or something. I don't know. We'll figure that out when we get there." "Sounds good," I agreed, still unable to speak more than a few words at a time in fear that anything I said could send him running for the hills. "Goodnight, Nixy-cat," he bid me farewell and left as a warm wave of arousal drizzled over my body like thick syrup. Once the smell of him had gone and the sounds in my house ceased to exist, I turned off my TV and went to bed with hopes that his scent may have been lingering on my sheets. I felt equal parts excited and lonely when I laid down and pulled the blanket up to my chin. Silently, I wished that he had stayed so that I could bathe in his presence and doze off in his arms but I knew that what I wanted would have been asking too much. Breathing in deeply, I tried to center myself to pull the pieces of my exploded mind back into one coherent picture. Overthinking was always something that I had been detrimentally good at and I didn't want that to be a hindrance to me any longer. I had to keep my head on my shoulders and not allow myself to fall in love with Valter no matter how nice he was to me or how cute it was when he smiled and the balls of his cheeks caused his green eyes to squint. Even if he called me pet names and made me feel small and safe. No, I had dominance to assert. I couldn't let the musings of a happy little relationship taunt me from afar. But I still couldn't help but sigh into the pillow that had cradled his head when I had fucked him, breathing in what I wanted to believe was the lasting smell of his blond hair.

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Valter wasn't scheduled to work the next couple of days at the same time as me and I couldn't deny that it was upsetting that I wasn't able to see him. I kept my phone on vibrate in my pocket just in case I got a message because I was eager to hear from him even though I tried to train myself to be indifferent. The whispers of internal anxiety were telling me all sorts of things I didn't want to entertain. They told me that if he really wanted to talk to me, he would have messaged me already. Then my voice of reason would scoff and tell me that it was only the next day and to expect a good morning text from a guy that I had just fooled around with was unrealistic. I tried to drown the voices at work by keeping myself occupied. When I wasn't with customers I was cleaning and once there was no surface left unpolished, I began organizing games and making sure everything was in alphabetical order. Riley came out every once in a while to check in on me but would quickly disappear back into his office when our conversation dwindled which it did several times and quickly. The following day was the same as the last and when I got into work and shoved my stuff into my locker I looked over at Valter's and really started to miss him. Work was boring without him there to make jokes and alleviate the awkwardness that came with working with only one other person. However, Riley came out more often and seemed chipper enough to actually make decent conversation. I nearly forgot about what Valter had told me about his inappropriate comments. "Hey, Nix. Do you want to come to DND tonight?" Riley asked. "DND sounds fun. Who's all going?" "Just the guys again. I know it's probably not so tempting to sit around a table with a bunch of nerds being the only girl but... I wanted to invite you. It was fun last time." "Yeah, except for everyone drinking too much wine and dropping off like flies," I giggled. "It won't be like that again. It's just going to be a casual little Monday night campaign." "Is everyone from work going?" I asked. "Yeah. At least, I invited everyone and they all said yes." I agreed to go out for the simple fact that I wanted an excuse to see Valter again without having to reach out to him personally. Riley didn't seem to harbor any feelings of animosity and if he did, he did a good job of hiding it. That was until I got to the cafe and found Riley sitting at a table for two. Unloading my purse from my shoulder, I hung it on the back of the chair and looked around curiously. Riley was beaming up at me, motioning towards the glass of wine he had taken the liberty of pouring for me. "Where are the rest of the guys?" I asked as I took my seat slowly. "Oh, uh, yeah. A couple of them canceled last minute. Still waiting on some of them. But we can play a game in the meantime if you want," Riley suggested. "We're going to need a bigger table though," I pointed out. "There's no way the board is going to fit on here." "That's okay, we'll just move to another one when they get here." I didn't suspect anything was amiss at first. Riley suggested we play a couple games of Mastermind to eat up the time we were taking waiting for the rest of the group to join us. He kept my wine topped up and ordered a plate of nachos for us to share, stating that he hadn't eaten hardly anything all day and that he would need his strength for later. Plucking a corn chip from the mountain of cheese, onion, and tomato, I laughed uneasily and looked out the storefront window to see if anyone recognizable was pulling up. It wasn't until about an hour in that I realized Riley hadn't so much as glanced at his cell phone. We had blasted through a few games of Mastermind that I had easily won and the novelty of it began to wear off quickly. I shifted in my seat and forced accommodating laughs when Riley slung out mediocre joke after mediocre joke. "Wine?" He asked, lifting the bottle again to pour. "No thanks, I'm good for now. I have to drive. Can't really get too buzzed on a Monday night. Work and all," I shrugged. "Ah, one more glass won't hurt you!" "No, really. It's fine. I haven't had much to eat today and if I get pulled over I'll be a dead giveaway." "You're hungry? I can order more food for us if you want," Riley offered. "I'm fine. I have leftovers at home that I need to eat." "Well, if you want more wine, it will be right here waiting for you," he wiggled his eyebrows. I cocked my head in puzzlement but the pieces were all starting to fall into place. I reached into my purse and pulled out my phone to see if anybody had written in the work chat about coming out to play DND but when I saw that the last message had been read by everyone the day prior, my suspicions rose drastically. "Um, are you sure the guys are coming? Nobody has said anything in the group chat," I pointed out. "Hey, now. DND is a no cell phone zone!" Riley tittered. "Put that thing away." "We're not really playing DND right now though so-" "Yeah, but we will be! Come on now. Put that away. Really." His suggestion didn't sit well in my stomach and I brushed him off so that I could check to see if Valter had been online recently. The green light beside his name told me all that I needed to know so I opened a private chat window with him and sent him a short message.

You coming to DND tonight?

Riley arced his neck and looked at the screen that I was staring at intently. I waited with held breath for Valter to see my message and respond to it. "Who ya talking to?" Riley asked. I set my phone down in my lap and looked up at him with a twisted grin that masked my discomfort. "I'm just messaging Valter to see when he'll be here." "Oh," Riley said gravely. "What?" "Nothing, it's just... Man, I told you it's a no cell phone zone." "Dude... We're not playing right now. Relax." Moments later my phone buzzed to life with a message from Valter. My heart skipped a beat when I began to read it.

Didn't know there was DND tonight.

Cocking an eyebrow across the table at Riley, I felt my cheeks start to turn red. The scoff that left my throat was accompanied by a shake of my head and the man seated in front of me began to squirm uncomfortably in his chair.

Wtf. Riley said he invited everyone?

"Seriously, Nix. It's kind of rude to sit there on your phone, don't you think?" When I snapped my head back up, Riley blinked profusely and a damp sheen coated his forehead. He tried to hide his guilt by sipping on his glass of wine and shoveling another handful of chips into his mouth.

I didn't get invited. But how are you going to play with no dungeon master?

"When is Liam coming?" I asked Riley. "Not really sure," he replied.

What do you mean?

Riley's mounting frustration began to show through clearly and as much as I wished it weren't true, I started to realize exactly what was going on. The man across the table from me sighed heavily when I looked back down at my phone to another message from Valter.

I'm playing AOC with Liam and Kyle right now.

It made sense that nobody had said anything in the work chat and Riley could see me putting everything together before his eyes and the only thing he did in response was drain another glass of red wine before clapping his hands together. "Let's play something else. What do you suggest?" He asked. "Riley... You didn't invite Valter to play?" I asked. He rebuffed and rolled his eyes but I could see how jittery he had become now that I was figuring out that his invitation had been a ruse. "Yeah, okay. Whatever. So I didn't invite Valter out. Who cares? He's kind of a dick, anyway." "Valter's not a dick," I defended. "Yeah, he is. Of course, he's nice to you but to everyone else, he's really quite cocky. I don't know how you don't see that." I stood up, clutching my phone in my hand, readying myself to gather my things but Riley was quick to stop me. "Not only that, Riley, but you also didn't invite Kyle or Liam? Liam's the dungeon master." "So what? Anybody can be the dungeon master. It doesn't always have to be Liam." "No," I shook my head. "This is weird. Tell me what's really going on. What were you trying to accomplish?" He jeered and shrugged his shoulders, "I told you already!" "Did you literally just invite me out and nobody else under false pretenses?" "No! Nix... I already told you. Pretty much everyone canceled. Sorry that it's just us right now. Am I really so terrible?" "But you didn't invite Valter?" "Why would I invite some Swedish dickhead that thinks he's better at everything than everyone else? He's not that fun to play with anyway." "At least he's honest! This... This was a fucking low blow, Riley. This was a dumb move." "Nix... Wait," he pleaded as I jammed my arms into the sleeves of my hoodie. "No. I'm leaving. I can't believe you did this." "How else was I supposed to get you to agree to come out with me?" He asked, voice hovering above a whisper so that nobody else in the cafe was alerted to the spectacle that was unfolding. My anger was marked by how many times I scoffed in his direction. "I don't know... Ask? Like a normal person. Don't lie to my face to lure me out on a date with you." "You wouldn't have said yes," he murmured. Anger tightened my gut and I slung my purse across my chest before leaning over the table to bore my eyes into the sorry little man that was hiding behind a green glass bottle and a half-finished plate of congealing nachos. "Listen to me, Riley. You're my boss. I'm not interested and you shouldn't be interested in me either. This is wildly unprofessional." "And fucking your coworker isn't unprofessional?" He jabbed. I recoiled but instead of hesitating for an iota longer than what it took for my anger level to skyrocket, I shoved the chair I had been using under the table so hard that it nearly knocked over the empty wine glasses. "What happens between Valter and I is nobody's business but ours, okay? Valter is my friend. He doesn't hide behind measly fabrications and he doesn't lie right to my face." "Oh, he doesn't? Then I guess he's told you about all of the other girls he wheels. It's not just you." With fists clenched tightly, I willed myself not to blow my top and scream in the middle of the cafe at the man that had duped me into unknowingly attending what he had intended on turning into a date. "I said that we're friends," I repeated through my pressed teeth. "Oh, I'm sure you just want to be friends with the big, tall Swedish guy. Your face certainly betrays your words when I see you swooning over him while you're supposed to be working." "Riley..." I breathed, trying to steady myself emotionally. "There are laws in place that prevent you from being able to penalize me based on this encounter. You cannot talk to me like this. This is harassment." "We're not at work," he pointed out. "If you so much as whisper a word of this at work or if you try to make me feel bad for rejecting you, I promise you that I will get a lawyer and take legal action immediately. Consider our friendship terminated and from now on, the only relationship we have is professional. Don't invite me out to game nights. Don't talk to any of the others about this and if you try to punish me or Valter, I will be on the phone with the labor law board so fast you won't even have time to apologize." "There's nothing for me to apologize for. I'm well within my rights." "We'll see about that," I sneered, adjusted the strap of my bag, pivoted on my heel and left without looking back. When I got behind the steering wheel of my car and stewed in the silent orange glow of the streetlights I let out a long groan. It had taken all of my willpower not to lunge across the table and ram my fist down Riley's throat. Ferocity was bubbling over the edges of my ability to remain calm.

Riley invited me out for "DND" but when I got there it was just him.

I waited impatiently for the three dots of Valter's impending response. After five minutes of sitting alone in my car, I nearly sobbed. I couldn't afford to lose my job and the last thing I wanted to do was get into an overblown legal battle if things were to escalate further. I could see nothing else but a mountain of shit wreaking in the distance and I was headed straight for it with no brakes.

Lol what?

My impatience made Valter's response seem uncaring. It wasn't as though he was going to come running to my rescue. I was just a girl that he had fucked the night before and the things that Riley had said about him made me fear the worst. After all, I didn't now Valter well and if what Riley said was true then perhaps I was just another point on his kill count.

He tricked me. He invited me out and said everyone was coming for DND but it was just him. He didn't invite anyone else. Idk I guess I just feel... Violated?

Valter's response was much quicker after I reiterated what had happened.

Are you okay? Did he try anything weird?

I typed away manically and had to backspace several times because I couldn't quite convey my level of astonishment.

Nothing weirder than luring me out on a date that I didn't know I was a part of.

He must have been awaiting my response because as soon as I sent the message it checked off as read.

Do you need me to come to get you? Or do you have your car?

I couldn't respond fast enough.

I have my car. I'm in it right now. I haven't left yet. I'm just so angry. There's a tire iron in my trunk that I want to break his kneecaps with. Ugh... Sorry. I know this has nothing to do with you but I'm just SO mad.

Valter replied in under five seconds.

If you want you can come over? I don't have a nice house to myself like you but you can come chill out here if you feel unsafe.

A smile broke out over my face as wide as I could possibly manage. With my heart aflutter, I turned the keys in the ignition and sent one last response before driving off in the direction of Valter's apartment building. I was buzzed into the building promptly after typing in a code that Valter had sent to me. He said nothing over the speaker box and the lock clicked open for me to open the door. I took the elevator to his floor and walked down the hall in the wrong direction before I heard a door open at the opposite end of the corridor. "Nix," he said softly though it reverberated off the white walls. Blushing slightly, I turned and made my way to his open door. He shut it gently behind me and I took a moment to take in the surroundings. It was a quaint apartment with a standard kitchen that branched off into a living room. Almost all of the lights were off except for the one in the kitchen that shone down over a table surrounded by a couple of wooden chairs and a bowl of fruit sitting atop. "Just this way," he nodded towards a closed door that I assumed was the entrance to his bedroom. I waited for him to turn off the kitchen light and open the door for me to step into his room. When I looked around I saw many things that would give light to anyone exactly the type of person that spent their time in there. There were posters and collectibles from video games and raunchy cartoons on shelves and light pouring out from two huge computer monitors. I saw that he had a microphone set up and a decent webcam attached to the top of one of the monitors. It was definitely a guy's room and I made my way through it as any stranger would, staring at all of the memorabilia and inching closer to the bed. "Can I sit here?" I asked, hinting toward his made bed. "Yeah, for sure. Sorry, I don't have another chair in here. I could go get one." "No, it's okay. No worries," I replied. The room smelled so profusely like him that I was immediately calmed and when I set down my bag and took off my sweater I sank onto the mattress as he sat down at his desk. "Give me one second, Nix. I just have to finish this game and then I'm all yours," Valter ran both of his hands through his hair before putting on a set of headphones and unpausing a game that he had been in the middle of playing. He told whomever he was playing with that he had to leave after their game but didn't tell them why. I waited patiently on his bed with my face buried in my phone trying to distract myself from the heart palpitations I was experiencing simply by being immersed in his domain. When I looked at his profile I felt like I was going to melt and when he took off his headset and turned to me with a smile I felt even more lightheaded. "I'm done now," he told me as he scratched the back of his head and mussed his hair in the process. "Are you all good? He didn't like... Try to kiss you or anything, did he?" I shook my head. "No. I would have punched him." "You should have punched him anyway. That's so weird. Why would he pretend to invite everyone out?" Valter began to speculate. "Trust me, I've been trying to figure it out. I don't know what planet he lives on to think that an idea like that would go over well with anyone." "Yeah," Valter laughed. "Like he would be such a good time that you wouldn't notice that nobody else showed up!" "And we all have work together tomorrow," I pointed out. "Fuck. That's going to be weird." I picked the cuticles of my nails nervously. The room went quiet until I breathed to speak up. "Riley said shit about you too. Like, rude shit." "Fuck that guy. He's so... Fucked." "You don't want to know what he said about you?" Valter snorted, "I don't give a shit what he says about me. Riley doesn't know me. We've known each other for a few weeks now." "Apparently he has it out for you," I replied. "Let him. The guy is just jealous. It's not my fault the girl he likes wants me instead." I rolled my eyes before replying, "well, it's kind of your fault that I like you." "No, it's not. I can't make you like me. Nobody can make you like anything!" "Oh, shut up. You wanted me to like you." Valter smirked at me before getting up to turn off the light. All at once, we were bathed in darkness and I giggled softly in excitement when I felt him crawling into bed beside me. "Of course I wanted you to like me. You're cute," he whispered. "Now, get under the covers. It's bedtime." "Really?" I asked. "What? You don't want to cuddle?" "Oh, cuddling. Is that what we're doing?" I followed him underneath the covers even though I couldn't see a thing. All I could feel was how warm his body was right beside mine and shudder when he pulled me close to him. "Nix... Fuck. I'm sorry. I feel like I'm fucking everything up for you." "What do you mean? It's not your fault." "I don't know... I might have said something that set Riley off long before any of this bullshit started happening." Pulling away slightly, I pressed him. "What did you say to him?" He sighed and I could tell by his tone that it was something he had hoped he would never have to tell me. Alas, there he was, trying to conduct the silence for a little bit longer before having to spill the news. "When we first started at the shop, Riley talked to me about you. Asked me if I knew if you were single or whatever. I kind of just laughed though because I thought he was joking. Like, why would a manager ask an employee questions like that? I made the mistake of telling him that the chances of you liking me were way higher than his chances with you. I was just being a dick. But I think he took it a little far." "Oh, please, do go on," I said sarcastically. "Honestly, it was before I really knew you and I was just joking with him. He was all offended that I said you would like me more. Then when you actually did start to, you know, act like you were interested it just got worse. He challenged me almost. Like it was a fucking dual or something." "I'm a conquest for you two?" Valter's grip on me tightened. "Hell no! A couple weeks went by and everything seemed okay until we... Well, until we kissed. But I wasn't going to tell him a thing. Not like I need to rub it in his face. I'm not like that." "But you DID win the game, huh?" "Nix... I know you're not a game. You're not a prize to be won. I wasn't in some stupid unspoken battle to win you over. Shit just happened naturally. You're hot... Of course, I wanted to flirt with you. Even if Riley didn't say anything about having the hots for you I still would have given it a shot." "Well, I appreciate your honesty, I guess, but now I've found myself in the most awkward mess imaginable." "You know how to solve that?" He asked. "How?" "Letting me kiss you... Letting me touch you." "Sounds like the opposite of what will make my situation less... Weird." "Hey, you're already here and... Not to be crass but... I'm already hard." "You're very presumptuous, aren't you?" I laughed. "What, you're not wet? You don't want to play with me?" I couldn't think of anything snarky to fire back at him so he punctuated the end of the conversation by kissing me. We melted into each other and the sounds of our lips connecting and peeling apart was a saliva-coated deluge of sound and stimulation. With senses heightened, everything about him became more potent. His smell, the feeling of his hands stroking down my body to push up underneath my clothes, the small moans behind his breaths when he pulled back for air- every little thing he did rang bells inside of me that reverberated down my spine and settled warmly in my pelvis. Valter's fingers disappeared down the back of my pants so he could feel the fabric of my panties. "Take these off. Take your clothes off." He impatiently helped me yank down my pants and remove my shirt so he could resume touching my body unhindered by more materials than necessary. His clothes were quick to be discarded as well and when he settled back into the mattress beside me his right hand snuck right up between my thighs with zero hesitation. "Can I touch you, please? Yes... Spread your legs for me," he whispered, humming happily when I parted my knees to allow him the access he craved. The tips of two long fingers gently stroked up and down my slit, never pushing in too far until he spread the juice of my arousal all around and up and down. In the dark, I heard him suck on those same fingers and moan gently as my flavor danced on his tongue. Drawing in a deep breath through his nose, he found my lips again and kissed me as he shifted his body closer so our chests were pressed together. "You like hanging out with me, don't you?" "Keep playing with me like that and you might not ever be able to get rid of me," I breathed. "Oh? You want me to stop? Because I can stop. I can stop making these nice little circles around your clit. That's okay." "Don't you dare stop," I adjured him and he listened right away. With his forehead pressed to mine, we shared each other's breath and he worked his fingertips over my sweetest most sensitive spot until I was shuddering and clutching his shoulders. "Tell me when you're close, okay?" "I am. Valter, I am." "Good. Turn around," he told me, leaving me to whine for his touch when he pulled away. "Go on, turn around." My obedience only came as quickly as it did because I didn't want to be without his touch for too long. When I rolled over to face away from him his hand slid down my thigh again and lifted my leg up to pull it back over his hip. "I want to fuck you and feel that pussy squeeze around my cock when I make you come for me," he managed to give his filthy words an innocence that was as delightful as it was alarming. From the angle he entered me on, I couldn't help but moan as the entirety of his hard length slid deliciously up against my augmented g-spot. The words, his breath in my ear, the fresh boyish smell of his sheets, the way he forced his arm underneath me so he could squeeze my breasts as he toyed with my clit was all too much stimulation and I made it known by moaning louder until he had to quiet me down. "Sh, quiet, quiet. I don't live alone as you do. I know you want to scream." "M'sorry," I shuddered. "It's okay, just come for me. Yeah... Come for me. Come on my dick. Make it all nice and messy for me." I never planned on having deep, passionate sex with the lights off in Valter's bedroom but when he whispered to me that he couldn't come until he felt me coming first, I smiled and thought that maybe it was okay to allow myself to be desperate in front of him just this once. After the night's traumatic events, being wrapped up in his arms while he fucked into me from behind, hushing my groans of ecstasy while simultaneously encouraging me to flood his cock with my juices, it was welcome and I almost forgot about the minefield we were about to step into together. Almost.

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25 fics to pick you up

Humor, crack not crack, romcom fics for @cuttlemefishwrites and y’all. I tried to make this list short, I SWEAR idk ENJOY!! Also you can check some other fic recs by moi here, here and here.

(i'm) the boy you'd die for by jenmishe

Canonverse, Rated T, 6K

v-nikiforov ✓

[Video: A short clip where Victor is laying dramatically on the couch with miserable expression. “Heartbreaker” by Marina and the Diamonds is playing.]

13,481 likes

v-nikiforov✓ Am I the another one? (((

vitYASS victor,,,, honey,,,, i lvoe you so much,,,, but WHY are you like this.

red-blue-gay but??? does that mean that somebody has broken victor’s heart???? I DON'T UNDERSTAND

christophe-gc ✓ You’re ridiculous.

starsaregay But who recorded it?? Makkachin???

vityathebabe user @starsaregay asking the real question.

--- The adventures of Yuuri "Heartbreaker" Katsuki, or: how Yuuri became known as a cold player full of himself who doesn't care about anyone. (Hint: it's an anxiety and obliviousness.)

• ADORE!!! oblivious heartbreaker Yuuri + social media fic. The best description is actually one of the tags: everyone is in love with Yuuri: the fic.

He Should Know by Lady_Ganesh

Past Yuuri/Chris, Canonverse, Rated T, 2K

A public service announcement Chris and Yuuri made for the Sochi Olympics comes to light.

• HI HI this speaks to me directly: Viktor is a dork and jealous and Yuuri is precious.... I just love this so much.

Master Plans by Qwertzu (@qwertzu824)

Canonverse ish, Rated T, 17K

Who wouldn't want to date Yuuri and/or Viktor? Nobody is immune to their charm - including random strangers, who unfortunately have no idea the two are happily married and totally smitten with each other...

• This series!!! outsider pov, identity reveal, and the last installment!!!!! I die. You'll laugh and you’ll feel sorry for these people at the same time.

The Way to Life and Love is a Curved Trajectory by crossroadswrite (@crossroadswrite)

Canonverse, Rated T, 5K

“Do you know Katsuki Yuuri?” Victor asks Chris, two minutes later, when he finally manages to convince himself to stop looking at the dip of Katsuki’s back and his powerful thighs in those tight Mizuno track pants, and the way his hands are poised in the air mid-skate, and his slicked back hair and brown eyes and flushed cheeks.

Christophe hums into the phone in a way that suggests he not only knows Katsuki Yuuri but he’s acquainted with him. Chris’ version of acquaintance is very physical and usually involves a healthy amount of groping. “Don’t you?”

“He’s Japan’s Ace,” Victor says, trying to rack his brain for more information. “His step sequence is good?”

Chris hums again. “You’re not that oblivious that you haven’t heard of Unfairly Beautiful Yuuri.”

“Who?”

(Or, the one where Victor falls - literally and then figuratively - for Yuuri. Also something about a Best Ass Poll that is way more official than it should be.)

• Alternate first meeting <3<3<3 you have it all: social media, pining and THAT ASS. I would say 12/10 would read again, but I have already, a bunch of times.

What you should know about dating a man with children by SassySalchow (diedraechin) (@diedraechin)

Canonverse, Rated G, 2K

Based off a tumblr drabble prompt and then grew too big...

"AU scenario where the skaters mistake the triplets for Yuuri's kids when they first meet him, possibly when he brings them to the skater-only area as a b-day treat, or something? (Kudos if you can work in jealous!Victor somehow, but the skaters having a fun reaction would be A+, tbh. Would be lovely if you could include Chris and/or Yurio :D )

• Ahhhhhh my quick fix for whenever I’m feeling down, this Viktor is such a dork and extra, I love him.

5 times Viktor encountered culture shock in Hasetsu + 1 time Yuuri did by forochel (@forochel)

Canonverse, Rated T, 3K

this fic ... basically does what it says on the tin.

• I adore not so smooth Viktor in an environment he can't control (or at least do some research lol), good stuff.

Five Times Chris's Dating Advice Was Ignored By Russian Skaters by liliths

Canonverse, Rated T, 3K

—and one time it wasn't.

Christophe Giacometti. Twenty-five. Cat lover, chocolate eater. Professional Swiss figure skater and confirmed Grand Prix finalist. Running an unofficial dating advice ring for Russian skaters who don't listen to him to begin with. How did his life come to this?

Chris-centric, in which he is done with literally everyone. Except the dog.

• Chris is heaven sent and deserves a medal for dealing with awkward russian skaters.

just like me they long to be by sparklespiff (@todaythesamesky)

Canonverse, Rated T, 3K

"Haven't you noticed that Yuuri gets everything he wants?"

"Everything that's in somebody else's power to give him," Mari says, before Victor can bring up last year's GPF. "He's not magic, just pretty."

"But it's like magic. My theory is that it's because he's sneaky beautiful, so you're not expecting it, and then, under all that stuff, whoa! Gorgeous. And it's too late to save yourself."

"Stuff?" Victor keeps smiling but makes his voice cold, the way he does when reporters overstep. His Yuuri doesn't have stuff. Everything about him is beautiful.

or:

Yuuri lives in a Beautiful Person Bubble. It's Victor's responsibility to make sure he never finds out.

• Again with oblivious heartbreaker Yuuri, this is ridiculously funny. Also, Mari and Phichit??? A++

The Boyfriend Paradox by japansace (@japansace)

Canonverse, Rated T, 3K

For some inexplicable reason, Yuuri speaks Russian.

Now, as everyone knows, there are only two viable reasons why anyone ever learns a foreign language:

1. For school. 2. To impress a foreign love interest.

And Victor can’t quite bring himself to believe that Yuuri would be at all studious enough to hunt down Russian classes in Detroit of all places.

(Or: Victor gets jealous of a boyfriend that doesn’t exist.)

• We all think Yuuri is dense and oblivious but like Viktor is just????? SO BLIND???? it’s adorable.

The Thirst Trap by CharmingMonsters

Canonverse, Rated M, 12K (WIP)

Victor Nikiforov reads Thirst Tweets for a Buzzfeed video; Yuuri is anonymously quoted and wants to die. Phichit makes sure everyone is properly hydrated.

• Awkward meet cute, Yuuri the fanboy, sad pre Yuuri Viktor, hilarious but the feels omg

Giacometti & Co. by Anna (arctic_grey) (@finleighsaid)

Past Viktor/Chris, Past Yuuri/Chris, Canonverse, Rated M, 7K

Against his shoulder and into the fabric of his t-shirt, Yuuri mumbled, “HaveyoueversleptwithChris?”

He choked on his breath. Oh. Uh. “Errrr…” His mind raced. “A little?”

aka the fic where both Viktor and Yuuri have slept with Chris.

• Amazing!! I owe this fic so much! like really, this is cute, fun and jealous Viktor is the cherry on top.

The Early, Awkward Years by Nomanono (@nomanono)

Viktor/Chris, Canonverse, Rated E, 6K

Victor Nikiforov wasn't always smooth and suave. His singular focus on skating created a pronounced inability to people, and Chris winds up bearing the brunt of his sexual incompetence.

• This is beyond funny, I had to stop reading 3 times to properly laugh. Inexperienced, not a playboy Viktor is the best best and Chris tries so hard, poor thing.

it's like you're photoshopped by Metis_Ink

Actors AU, Rated T, 10K

Not-So-Local Ex-Dancer Upsets Coworkers by Failing to Communicate with Celebrity Castmate, details at eleven.

//Yuuri just wants to retire already.

• The actual movie is amazing? the author literally wrote an entire musical for this fic, mad respect. And at some point I cried, legit tears, because I was laughing so hard.

Pinning and Pining by Multiple_Universes (@witharthurkirkland)

Porn actors AU, Rated E, 51K

Victor starts his career as a porn star, working for a studio that has a somewhat… artistic approach to the whole genre. But that’s not the problem. The problem is: he can’t find a way to ask his hot co-star to be his boyfriend.

An AU where Victor and Yuuri are both porn stars who, despite all the hot sex filmed for a ton of movies, still end up in a situation where Yuuri is oblivious and Victor is pining away.

• The porn movies are so cheesy and bad but like artistic so you just laugh and laugh. Viktor is such a softie and there’s so much unresolved romantic tension, a big fave.

though the stars walk backward by alykapedia (@alykapediaaa)

Space AU, Rated T, 8K

“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.” - E.E. Cummings

Yuuri's only ever wanted to send a message out into the great vastness of space, maybe witness First Contact during his lifetime. He gets his wish. And then some.

• Alien viktor!!! an intergalactic booty call!!! fantastic!

Much Ado About Something by eternalsunshine13, Skowronek (@eternalsunshine13, @kaja-skowronek)

Space AU, Rated T, 33K

By day, Victor Nikiforov is the head of European operations for LearX, a company on the forefront of private space travel. By night, he is makka-baby on Tumblr, a prominent figure in the small but passionate poodle fandom.

By day, Yuuri Katsuki runs F.O.O.L., a subsidiary of Katsuki Enterprises, whose stated goal is to bring LearX down one lawsuit after another. By night, he’s oodlesofpoodles, an active member of the poodle fandom and possibly makka-baby’s biggest fan.

By day, they duke it out in court. By night, they become friends—and maybe something more—as they fall for each other one Tumblr message at a time.

Or: a romantic comedy starring two idiots in love, the Katsuki family, the mothers Nikiforov, the husbands Chulanont-Giacometti, two doggos, six hamsters, one Yurio, and many, many schemes to get our favorite lovebirds together.

• Do they really hate each other?? are they falling in love?? is the tumblr app gonna crash all the damn time? I won't tell, you gotta read this.

The Vastness of Space by shysweetthing (@shysweetthing)

Space AU, Rated E, 16K

As chief communications officer on board the Interstellar Alliance Fleet’s Star Ship Victory, Yuuri doesn’t have to think about who he actually is on his home planet. He just has to listen to his captain, do his job, and…not fall in love with his best friend, the ship’s science officer, Victor Nikiforov.

Well. Two out of three’s not bad.

Then his mother calls with the worst possible news: She, the Empress of New Nihon, has arranged Yuuri’s marriage. There’s only one thing Yuuri can do: Fake a boyfriend, and fake one fast. Who better/worse to play that role than the friend he wishes was more? What can go wrong? It’s not like Yuuri can fall more in love...

• Mutual pining, fake dating and arranged marriage AND SPACE UGHHH all my weak spots. So sweet and good and the writing is on point, i cry.

The Unknown Unknown by opalish

Superpowers AU, Rated T, 7K

Yuuri never meant to become a supervillain. These things just happen to him.

• One of the funniest fics I’ve ever read, the author has the best comic timing and this fic is beyond me like I practically laughed the whole time.

Dr. Shiny and the Case of the Beautiful Man by ShatteredPrism (@etherealalchemist)

Doctors AU, not rated, 6K

There are about five things that Victor, in this very moment, is absolutely sure of.

1. The spawns of satan are here 2. they are not accompanied by their angel of a mother 3. they are with the most beautiful man he's ever seen 4. his scrubs are wet from where he'd dropped water on himself 5. and Victor is very, very gay.

Emphasis on point five, with a side of cupid's arrow and "ba-dum ba-dum" on a plate.

Because he is Very Gay, and not only is he Very Gay but he is also Hopelessly Attracted to a man who is undoubtedly Very Straight and very Unavailable and is perhaps the Most Beautiful Man Victor has ever seen.

---

in which Victor is a doctor, Yuuri is a godfather, and Yuri just wants some peace and quiet and a larger stash of lollipops.

• So pure and fun and Viktor is so so so extra.

pass that dutch by kiaronna (@kiaronna)

High School/Mean Girls AU, Rated T, 5K

Maybe Viktor shouldn't have watched Mean Girls before he started his first day of high school in the United States, but he can't help it if he is suddenly inducted into his high school's very fashionable, Instagram-obsessed royalty. He can't help falling in love with the cute soccer player in his literature class, either. Even if he's supposed to be off limits.

• This captures the feel of the movie just right and Viktor is a mess, it’s just so cute.

esnake artist by sizhu (@sizhu)

Neighbors AU, Rated T, 1K

Yuuri meets the disarmingly attractive neighbor from upstairs, courtesy of Phichit forgetting to feed their scale baby.

Snakes like to go on adventures, too.

• Sassy Yuuri defending his reptile baby, a blessing.

all the types of dating by igneousbitch (@makkachinning)

Geology AU, Rated E, 8K

The only type of dating geologists are good at is radioactive carbon-dating. The rest goes completely over their heads.

(Viktor and Yuuri are geology professors leading a field course in Western Australia. Chaos ensues.)

Alfred shifts awkwardly. Looks at Viktor and Yuuri, and asks, “So, uh. Are you guys dating?”

Yuuri greatly misunderstands, and Viktor panics.

Of course we are, Yuuri says. Rather critically, he thinks to himself: why else would he be here, in the scorching, godforsaken heat, surrounded by a hundred kilos of rock, if not for the purpose of radiometric dating?

• I have no idea about geology and I still enjoyed this AU a lot, they’re pining so hard and ugh friends to lovers, my kryptonite.

Unconventional by so_shhy

Fandom AU, Rated M, 4K

After freezing up in front of his idol at a comic con panel, Yuuri decides that he needs an awful lot of alcohol to get over the embarrassment. It is a decision he will regret.

The fandom AU I can’t believe I wrote, featuring movie star!Victor Nikiforov and fanfic author!Yuuri Katsuki.

• So much second hand embarrassment but in a fun way, just brilliant.

If you can't take the heat... by mtothedestiel (@summersteve)

Reality show/Chef AU, not rated, 81K (WIP)

Stay tuned, coming up next it's Top Chef: International! Join thirteen chefs from around the globe as they battle it out for glory and prizes in the one and only New York City (and share all their innermost thoughts along the way!) Who will emerge victorious, and who will burn out?? Heartwarming triumphs, devastating eliminations, and even ~forbidden romance~ are all coming your way on this showstopping season of Top Chef!

• The script format threw me off for some time until I decided to read it and omg?? what a fool I’ve been for so long!!! this is incredible and well researched and makes me hungry all the damn time.

Coming Home Again by carafin (@carafinn)

Roommates AU, Rated T, 10K

Yuuri, given to periodic bouts of paranoia, would often wonder if Viktor is, in fact, a Russian drug lord on the loose, seeking refuge in a nondescript town in America. This would explain a manner of things: his evasiveness whenever probed about his job; the way he’d unpredictably throw out incisive, thoughtful commentary about the morning news over breakfast; his expensive tastes in shirts, watches, and wallets alike; why he’d want to stay here with Yuuri, of all places, when the contents his wardrobe alone could probably afford him a year-long stay at any condominium of his choice in the trendiest part of town.

And then he goes on to discover that Viktor actually has a premium account on club penguin, and that his five penguins are named Peanut Wigglebutt, Luke skyhopper, Zing Zing, Otto Von Longdong, and Mooshoo Vegetable, and beats the idea to death in his head.

• High quality hyper realistic amazing Yuuri the medical student being a mess, Viktor being a mystery but still a dork. Cute romance!!

#yuri on ice #fic rec #yoi fic rec #it's incredibly difficult to not rec z her own stuff #chel fic recs

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teensoftware444 · 4 years ago

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“If you like water, you already like 72 percent of me.”

“I’ll treat you the way Kanye treats Kanye.”

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I don’t mind telling you- that for whatever reason you think you need to copy paste something about yourself from a web page, you are wrong. I hate beating around the bush so am going to cut right to chase. As gayish and as girlish as it may sound, folks…write what you are. Yeah and do sprinkle some necessary ingredients along with sarcasm, humor, wits, stay cute a bit, reflect you’re a man of words and most importantly for god sake’s don’t fake.Read along everything you need to know about tinder bios to flourish with a maximum number of swipes. I will let you know few best pointers to follow once you are on to write down about you on tinder, and you will see how the plus counting will follow once you build your bio according to your personality traits. Well, there has to be some chance of you knowing the fact that bios are written to let the other party know what you are like.Frankly, the statistics have been done. Yet, needless to say, a human brain works in peculiar ways my friend, mostly when it comes to online dating. Every individual listed are not looking for something special and you will come across that some time or the other. It’s really important to say that reflects your personality and your intentions as a whole. You don’t want yourself lying dead in some dark alley because you dated a criminal or worse scenario you attracted some psychotic to be your date.I am going to show you few of the best bios where you can understand and learn how amazingly you can frame out your words because as long as online dating and tinder is concerned, WORDS play to be a lethal weapon in grabbing attention and gaining a maximum number of swipes.Related article: 10 Best Hookup apps you’re searching for!

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Boys are a different race altogether and the way their alternatively wired brains function are utterly praiseworthy. I mean come on, if you are a guy reading this, you probably have a smirk on your face because I know you feel me. See there isn’t anything terrific about writing a mind-blowing bio in tinder. It takes nothing more than some smoking words to set the girlish brains on fire with a first glance and BOOM! you’re a right swipe.

1. No Fuss Bio

There is an absolute requirement for being straightforward while you writing on tinder and being a guy its necessary for you lay down your intentions on the table like whiskey on the rocks. Let me just show you an example from a guy’s tinder bio I peeped into from my sister’s phone that sounded something like this-“Like living alone, Food, cold beer, dogs, sci-fi books, rock music, love to discuss and talk about everything related to being creepy, ask me for skating in Michigan lake, people my kind will be appreciated”Dude… even I would swipe back right for this guy for being so straight up. This is how you’ve got to nail the bio shit on Tinder. It’s all very straightforward and this guy seems to know what he wants to reflect to a girl.

2. Creative Stuff

Creativity is picking out your own flaws and selling them a hand on fist. Boys, if you have to rate to the top, you really have to dig out some creative stuff trending on tinder. I mean you won’t imagine the level of creativity guys put into their tinder bios. Don’t believe me yet? Check this out-

“Facts about me only on request.

I go six feet without heels and 6’6 with, got a six tuxedo wardrobe so don’t hesitate to ask me out for summer weddings. Friends call me outgoing but I don’t mind Netflix on my couch if you are comfortable doing me there”Now that’s humor and creativity blended into a nice morning smoothie to gulp down for chick’s on fleek. Creativity has always been sexy. Take an artist or a musician for an example… girls scream and sigh to be with one.

3. Laid Back Me

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4. Humor off Radar

Adding humor to tender bio is adding fuel to fire. You don’t agree? You will be surprised how easy it gets to have right swipes when you have a sprinkle of funny write up to showcase on tinder. It’s to build up that “want to know him more” thing in their forever working brains.

“I am an astronaut, appeared for the cover of GQ and later became a French spy. I am psychic and love time traveling, recently have been to 2025 and saw myself sailing across the Caribbean with a girl with red hair, shaken yet?Okay exaggerated a bit, but I did complete science as major and luckily can humor more than the regular once in my batch, gotta swipe right to know more about me”That was too cute to have been said he sounded futuristically unreal for a girl to fit her brains around, any which ways, do try out humor because girls love it. Humor is all that a smart girl looks for with some mix of right attitude and sexy along the side.

5. Short and Attractive

There is always space for you to be all sexy with the max effect. And that’s how few men do it with least minimum action words but with more depth.

“Dog lover, food is worshipHave been a drummer so love banging”

Cool bro, this guy is all set to get laid on his first date, mentioning about his musical skills and all. Not that I am jealous, just saying.

6. Lengthy yet Interesting

If you are planning to write a long list of details about you, make sure you sound interesting. No girl has time to really open up to a complete essay about you even before she knows you in person. Save them some time, and even if you do write, write some insanely sexy words to blow their mind off, then and there.

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“Precise EnglishAwesome cookRegular to gymFoodieDisney World returnOwner of three cars Love to ride Audi on Saturdays” Over 40 friends date. That is some really good stuff and it explains how writing lengthy can pay off in the end.

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I guess girls on tinder don’t really have to worry about getting right swipes because they already do. Yet I exactly know where their interest lies… girls face problems in getting the right swipe from the right person. But there isn’t a lot of hard work to get what you want on tinder.Best tinder bios for girls are the ones which are really witty and yet again straightforward. They always rank to gain the highest swipes on tinder. Check out our six best bios for girls after which you too can easily take some ideas and tweak around to build up your own flawless tinder bio.

1. The Perfect One

A perfect bio build up by a girl reflects how serious they are with tinder profile and that is actually a good thing for boys to handle. Girls, if you are a fan of building up a nice and perfect bio about yourself then please go ahead like this one

“I love dogs, and prefer men in shape because I find men out of shape to be overly sensitive somehow”

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It reflects what kind of men you like and a little glimpse of your liking as well. It really leaves something to the imagination of men, just don’t forget to add up a nice display picture.

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“You might not know me yet but if pizzas are your thing only then bother texture”

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5. The Dark Side

Once you decide to type your tinder bio by explaining something about your dark side, don’t step back, guys love reading something different out of the ordinary and it’s so cool. To be honest, don’t start planning a murder in your bio or discuss about a long lost crime you did as a child. But be that girl if you are little nasty, that is like 10/10 for boys to swipe right for.

“Can you meet me in the dark alley beside barneys in 20 min? Lol”

“I love star wars, watching saw after midnight, a game of thrones is a religion for me and I breathe and eat Vikings, oh! Also, I can’t sleep before I repeat watching an episode of my favorite psychological thriller Hannibal. Text if you match my taste”

Wow, that’s like sex with words, I would love to know about this girl more and more and you just know what I mean.

6. The Captivating One

I know most of you would think this one is probably the best one of them all. I guess it has to be because being captivating is something that not all girls can carry. Truth must be told it’s really important to understand the mentality of a guy when he has been swiping more than hundred profiles daily.Making your profile captivating and getting them hooked to your don’t really take much effort yet it does require a little tweaking of words to get to frame that perfect sentence that can really blow their mind off the radar.

“I wonder why would you be on tinder if you’re already.Taken?”

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mercurialsmile · 7 years ago

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Another Update---What Now?

So. I finally won fucking NaNoWriMo I finished that shit 5 days early in fact. I’m pretty proud of myself but more than anything, I kinda wanna lay down and never open up google docs ever again.

That being said, rest is for the weak, I still have a lot of shit to do, so this post is kinda me organizing my ideas and spitting them out. When I talk/type out my ideas and share them, it helps me figure things out. Which is what this is, mainly.

As of right now, I still need to actually finish Mirroring Shadows (My NaNo novel) as tho it is now 50k words+, it’s not even halfway done yet. Kinda makes me wanna cry but that’s how it is I guess. Since I wanna get the “update every day during November” achievement for NaNo, I’ll prob end up still working on that until December 1st. Then I’m gonna take a break from Mirroring Shadows and return to it either when I am no longer sick of writing it and wanna continue it, or in January. We’ll see which comes first.

That being said, I will probably both be taking some breaks during most of December (both because of my current burned out-ness and also school shit) but once the semester ends, I’ll return to writing full-force hopefully unless my shitty mental health gets in the way.

During December, I hope to post a new BAP oneshot (this one is gonna be smut ;3c), chip away more at LiaL and try and get. SOMETHING done. At least a chapter. I hope. Aaand lastly, I will also be trying to finish Icarus. I’m more than halfway done with Icarus so we’ll see how that goes.

On top of all that writing mumbo-jumbo, I also wanna get to reading my first draft for my Counting Stars novel. As of right now, it is severely underwritten and a lot of it needs a complete rehaul and most likely, most of it will need to be rewritten from scratch.

I won’t get into the nitty-gritty writing process during December, tho. December will be me printing it out, reading its bullshit, hating it, and then marking it all up and figuring out a new outline for it. God. Fun. I guess. But not until 2018!

Now that NaNo is over, my main goal is, of course, “getting shit done that’s been sitting around.” I really wanna finish Icarus so I can be done with it and not have it on my plate anymore, I really wanna get back into the groove with LiaL so I can get that posted and put together again, and I ALSO am still applying edits to LiaFt.

AND ON TOP OF ALLLLL THAT STUFF I might be moving some of my fics over to WattPad. I haven’t decided quite yet. If I did, it would most likely be my more completed and... “”respectable”�� fics. Sorry Triphile such as The Once Upon a Time Trilogy, Icarus, There’s Still No Cure For Crying, My Sincerest Apologies, and also some of my original works MINUS 30 Ways since 30 Ways is super old and misgenders Ophiel and I guess I should edit that but jesus that will take forever and I really don’t want to.

Idk. I’m throwing lots of ideas at the wall and most of them I’ll forgot. I’ll probably make a poll about whether or not I should post anything fanfiction related on WattPad, then do ANOTHER poll with what fics I should transfer over there.

Maybe. I might do that if I actually remember to do that.

Speaking of posting nonsense, I am debating on whether I wanna post Mirroring Shadows online. It might be a good idea to actually show my novels (or at least one lol) to people rather than just hope the charisma I totally have will interest people (note: I am being sarcastic. I am well aware my Charisma is like a -5 or smth).

Thing is, Mirroring Shadows isn’t done, I have no idea when it will be done, I am terrified of people ignoring my original writings as most people do bc it sucks I guess idk, and yeah. Which is why I am REALLY on the fence and will probably do a poll about this as well December is gonna be the month of polls I guess guys

Anyways. Yeah. That’s allll that’s up. I hope you can make sense of this gibberish I just typed out. There’s a lot of it.

ANYWAYS those are my plans, if you’re interested, want clarification, or have a question about something, just shoot me an ask, and I’ll be happy to answer it.

If not, if ya actually read through this entire post, like it so I know you read it please!

#shutuplanx #update

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amidalogicdive · 8 years ago

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the first time i’m sending a prompt, but thought i could give it a try! 98 for nyxnoct, or whatever pairing you feel like writing about! thank you! : D

Well, you get nyxnoct! #98: “Not sure if you could tell, but I’m not exactly a people person.”

Title: The Prince

Pairing: NyxNoct

General Fluffy Stuff!

Ao3 Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/11925345

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Everyone knew the Prince, and this was a fact!

They knew him so well, in fact, that a person could walk up to any random Insomnian citizen and ask them to explain the prince and they could. Actually, they would be extremely happy to oblige! It was a hobby to some, an obsession to others, but all knew the Prince of Lucis. Of course, no one could deny this information was nothing less than 100% correct in every way. After all, facts were facts and no amount of arguing could change their mind on that.

Everyone knew the prince had attended a public school, so it was easy to see how some information might leak to the papers. How he was a kind and respectful young man who had graduated top of his class. Who cared if he did come off a bit shy, or outright ignored people at times, he was still their perfect polite prince! At least that’s what the gossip magazines printed, and luckily, few dared to speak ill of the quiet heir.

The citizens knew the prince loved helping the Lucian people and supported his father by helping him with the numerous charities and foundations they had set up within the city. They saw it on the news constantly, and the reporters would never lie when it came down to what a hard working man their future king was. It was obvious to all that he performed his duty, and they knew he loved to do it!

Of course, his unwavering patience when dealing with animals and small children? Considered adorable by a majority of the public, and they relished in seeing such interactions all over the news. A poll that was taken by a popular magazine, Insomnia Now!, showed most citizens found it charming when the prince would answer the children’s questions, or kneel to pet a happy puppy.

And his friendly relationship with the Princess and Oracle of Tenebrae, Lunafreya? Any citizen would be happy to let any poor uninformed soul know the truth of that! They had no doubt that the Citadel was hiding an important secret, that a betrothal had formed years ago and there would be a royal wedding within the city soon.

In short, the Prince of Lucis was perfect and nothing anyone could say would change their minds. He was a credit to his beloved father, his future wife, and the kingdom that he would one day rule. These were 100% undeniable and verified facts!

Except…they weren’t.

Nyx knew this better than most, seeing that an incredibly stubborn and sleepy prince laid across his chest and currently refused to get up. A pure black fluff ball with sharp green eyes laid across his legs, just as lazy as his owner, glaring at him anytime he attempted to move.

The truth was Noctis was wonderful at playing a part, and that part was a Prince. It was like a flip of a switch and a man stood before him that, at times, Nyx couldn’t recognize. If he was honest, he’d seen the training and formal duties they had ingrained into him before, and he had to admit Ignis could be brutal at times.

He could admit that the mask had fooled him at first, thinking that their Prince was exactly as he appeared. Nyx had been as blind as they rest of Insomnia, seeing the well-groomed surface and ignoring the human below. That was, until one night they had met, and he’d talked to the man who would be his King one day. The Citadel had been lit from base to tip, a celebration for the young heir’s seventeenth birthday party. A party that he’d decided to ditch, to the amusement of his father. Instead, Nyx had found him occupying a smaller library in another wing, a stolen try of desserts on the table as he read a comic.

Offering the glaive a small chocolate pastry in apology, Noct had openly admitted: “Not sure if you could tell, but I’m not exactly a people person.”

That had made the glaive chuckle, replying with his own admission. “Honestly, Your Highness, neither am I.” Seeing the Prince smile, and the mask fall away, had been an amazing sight. Instead of returning him to the party, he’d taken a seat across from him and kept him company for the remainder of the evening.

Now, that was not to say that some of the citizen’s views of the prince weren’t true.

He did love his father and was serious about his position as heir to make him as proud as he could. Noctis wasn’t ashamed to admit that animals and small children were much easier to handle than overbearing adults, and children’s questions were amusing to him. He couldn’t count how many times they’d asked his favorite color, food or animal. Nyx would also admit that his lover was incredibly smart, it was just getting him to put in the effort. But in the end, Noct was a class ‘A’ actor when it came down to it, and followed his father’s lead to perfection.

Still, that wasn’t the real Noctis.

He was the stubborn ass that laid in his arms and didn’t want to wake up because he loved his sleep. The man that hated vegetables, and picked through his food looking for hidden pieces. A man who would ditch an event because his best friend needed someone to talk too, and that was twenty times more important to him. One who would rather spend a day on the couch playing video games or with his friends, than attending a council meeting, because he did love to break the rules at times.

One who gladly shared everything he had with those he trusted the most. A man who liked to sneak out into the city with his lover, and had spent a week nursing him back to health after a mission. And while many hoped for a marriage for him and Lunafreya, they could keep hoping. Noctis had Nyx wrapped around his fingers, and the glaive didn’t plan on giving up the man anytime soon.

Running tanned fingers through messy black hair, he placed a light kiss to his boyfriend’s forehead. “You getting up anytime soon, little prince?”

A grumble was his response as the prince curled closer against him, accidentally kicking the puffball on his legs. “Sorry, Sazha.”

Sazha, or so he’d been named by Nyx, had been a gift to the prince for his birthday two years prior. They had started dating a few months before, and the younger man had expressed wanting a pet for a long time. After asking the Kings permission, Noct had found a little black kitten placed in his lap and it was love at first sight. When the prince said he reminded him of a cute little soot ball and asked Nyx to name him, the glaive mentioned that sazha was Galahdain for soot. Noctis had loved it.

“Sazha, idi! Spite gde-nibud’ yeshche.” He hissed, wincing when the cat dug his claws into his leg and let out a loud meow of annoyance. “Ow! Noct, get your cat off me.”

Waving one hand weakly at the said cat, the prince let out a sigh. “Go on,” He whispered, obviously half asleep. “Sazha, s krovati.”

Giving the two a dirty look, Sazha hopped off the bed to go lay on his perch by the window. “How is it your Galadhian is better when you’re half asleep?” Honestly, the man amazed him at times.

“Talented,” was mumbled as Noct buried his face into his lover’s neck, nipping lightly at the skin. “working today?”

“Nah baby.” Pulling him closer, Nyx shifted to run his free hand up and down his back, ghosting his fingers over the large scar. “Got nothing to do but humor you.”

“Then humor me by staying in bed.” A leg hooked around his as the younger spoke. “You’re warm, I like it.”

“Lazy brat.”

“Your lazy brat,” He countered, smiling up at the glaive. “and you love me.”

Nuzzling his nose against the other man’s, Nyx honestly couldn’t deny the words. “I do, with all my heart and soul, little prince.”

No, all the stories about the prince weren’t true. He was a good man, smart and honest. But, he could be picky, lazy and a brat at times.

Noctis was the Prince that a whole kingdom admired.

He was also just Noct, a friend to those close to him.

A lover to a glaive that adored him.

He was a lot of things, to a lot of people. But most importantly Noctis was his and Nyx wouldn’t trade that for anything in the world.

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preciousmetals0 · 5 years ago

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Dow 25,000? Get Real; Robinhood’s Most Wanted … Is Carnival?

Dow 25,000? Get Real; Robinhood’s Most Wanted … Is Carnival?:

Enema of the State

I’m in a mood today, dear reader, so let this be a warning that a rant is incoming.

First, let’s start out with today’s astonishing development that sparked this Great Stuff mood.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 25,000 today — the culmination of a 35% rush off its March lows. The S&P 500 Index is also on fire, gaining a similar 35% to trade north of 3,000.

Remember when everything tanked back in March? Wall Street was worried about the coronavirus’s impact on the U.S. economy and corporate earnings — and stocks took a roughly 35% haircut. (35% again? Is that like the new 42?)

The markets are now less than 12% from their February pre-pandemic plunge highs, and you need to ask yourself some critical questions as an investor…

Are things really that good right now?

People are going back to work with the “Grand Reopening,” but tens of millions remain unemployed. Business activity is picking up, but many consumers choose to stay home and stay safe from the virus. Even Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said last week that the economy might not fully recover until the end of next year.

On the corporate earnings front, first-quarter profits fell by the fastest rate in more than a decade.

Due to the coronavirus’s impact, S&P 500 companies saw earnings collectively plunge 13% on a per-share basis. And that data includes at least two months of a fully open U.S. economy. What will the next quarter look like? The one after that?

This certainly doesn’t look like a “12% away from all-time highs” market or economy to me. Does it to you?

So, Mr. Great Stuff, why are stocks rallying?

That’s an excellent question, and I have an answer: hope and unlimited stimulus.

In the movies, billionaires like Bruce Wayne step in with their snazzy PJs to save humanity from crises like these. They swoop down, solve the problem and everything goes back to normal in less than three hours on the big screen.

Despite what you might think about Elon Musk and his ilk, they aren’t pushing to reopen the U.S. economy for your benefit. They haven’t solved the coronavirus crisis. It’s still out there. It’s still rampaging across the country. More than 1.6 million are infected, and the numbers are rising. Nearly 100,000 are dead.

These supposed modern-day “superheroes” push to reopen the economy because they’ve seen profits plunge 13%. It’s hitting their bank accounts, and that’s serious.

Serious enough to push an economic reopening without a cure or approved treatment in place. That push fuels hope that things aren’t as bad as they seem.

Meanwhile, with unlimited stimulus propping up the whole shebang (and driving interest rates through the floor), what else will you do with your money? Save it? Pay down debt?

Lol, as if. This is America.

You’d buy stocks. You’d help drive the Dow and the S&P 500 back to their all-time highs — whether the economy reflects those gains or not.

But how long can you, the retail investor, hang on? Will you last through the coming second wave of coronavirus infections? Can you withstand a second economic shutdown?

One is coming. COVID-19 can lay dormant for two weeks without showing symptoms. We will all know just how sideways things have gone with the reopening in about a month. The question is: Will you be prepared for the fallout?

Click here to make sure you know what lies ahead … whether you think you’re prepared or know that you’re not.

The Good: [Insert Neo and The Matrix Joke Here]

Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker Nio Inc. (Nasdaq: NIO) clambered back into the headlines this week on positive sales data. According to China Daily, Nio CEO William Bin Li livestreamed a presentation on the company’s EVs, which led to 320 vehicle orders and $21 million in sales.

Not too shabby for a CEO livestream. Now imagine if he did it on TikTok!

The bigger excitement surrounding Nio, however, is the company’s deal with China’s Anhui province. Nio will reportedly move to Anhui’s capital city, Hefei, in exchange for $981 million in new funding. Anhui will also take a 24.1% stake in Nio.

There are two massive caveats for investors here:

First, as part of the deal, Nio and Anhui will create a new company that holds all of Nio’s assets. What that means for U.S. investors remains unknown.

Second, there’s that pesky U.S. Senate bill targeting Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges. The disclosure of foreign-government ownership could directly affect Nio under this new deal.

So, while Nio has become one of the most popular stocks on Robinhood, buyers really need to beware of the fine print on this Chinese stock.

Besides, we have better opportunities stateside — especially with Trump’s “Re-Declaration of American Independence,” his mission to bring manufacturing and growth back to American soil from overseas. Click here for the scoop.

The Bad: Robinhood’s Most Wanted

Coming in at No. 8 on Robinhood’s most wanted list, Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) has seen an unnerving bout of enthusiasm lately.

The stock saw a significant boost this week following the Memorial Day holiday weekend, after throngs of people threw caution to the wind and rushed out into bars and local watering holes. Once again, we’re looking at you Lake of the Ozarks partygoers.

The idea is that once the CDC lifts its No Sail Order in July, Carnival ships will once again flood with passengers looking to party and forget weeks of at-home quarantine. I’m not sure what gives investors this level of confidence — especially since there’s no vaccine or cure for COVID-19 right now.

But CCL stock certainly is popular.

Even today’s announcement that AIDA Cruises (a Carnival subsidiary) would extend its pause in operations through July 31 didn’t faze CCL investors. AIDA said that international regulations surrounding the pandemic remained unclear, preventing its return to business as usual.

The easing of pandemic-related lockdowns is one thing. It’s another thing entirely to be locked up on a boat at sea for weeks (or potentially longer) if your ship happens to be unlucky enough to have an outbreak.

Once again, buyer beware.

The Ugly: Luckin Nuts

Shares of Chinese caffeine purveyor Luckin Coffee Inc. (Nasdaq: LK) have surged more than 89% in the past two days.

Why? Because investors be crazy. That’s why.

If you don’t remember Luckin, it’s the Chinese coffee company that fabricated roughly $300 million in sales. It just made up cash out of thin air like it was the U.S. Federal Reserve or something.

CEO Jenny Zhiya Qian and Chief Operating Officer Jian Liu were both fired over their roles in the scandal. Luckin faces the very real threat of bankruptcy. LK’s trading was suspended, and the company received a delisting notice from Nasdaq.

Seriously, though … why are people buying this garbage stock?

Well, according to a Reuters report, there’s a chance that Yum China Holdings Inc. (NYSE: YUMC) and other competitors are interested in buying Luckin’s assets, including the company’s popular smartphone app and its customer data.

Now, that sounds nice and all, but it doesn’t mean that the proceeds raised will save Luckin from insolvency. Furthermore, if the company sells its most valuable assets to stay afloat, what exactly are investors left with?

No, dear readers, avoid this coffee nightmare like the plague.

Debates over free speech? Whack.

Completely nonsensical market environments? Whack.

A Wednesday without your Poll of the Week? Now that would be whack.

It’s Poll of the Week time!

With all the divisive news out there, let’s talk about something that definitely won’t ruffle any feathers or split any political hairs — regulations! (OK, I could hardly keep a straight face there.)

Love it or hate it, the regulation pendulum could swing ‘round soon for overseas companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges. At least, if the House picks up what the Senate is putting down.

With the Luckin calamity top of mind, we want your take on Chinese stocks in particular today.

Are you buying up Chinese stocks amid the talks of tighter regulations or have you steered clear completely? Let us know below!

By the way, boy was last week’s Poll a blowout! We asked you whether or not you’ve invested in the biotech sector — you know, that whole medicine-making lifesaving shtick?

By and large, Great Stuff readers are gung ho about biotech investing, with about 82% of you having ventured into the sector.

Another 14% want to see what all the Big Pharma hoopla is about — and for good reason. I mean, Great Stuff readers have already seen an insane 117% gain on our trade with Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: INO) … not that I’m bragging or anything. Seriously, I’m proud of all of you who got in on that win!

Now, I can’t say when the next biotech opportunity will come up … you know, uncertain markets and whatnot. But trust me, you’ll be the first to know if a Great Stuff Pick comes along!

In the meantime, if you’re still want to chase the biotech bounty, just remember that it can be treacherous terrain until you find treasure.

Don’t go into the great biotech market alone — Click here!

Great Stuff: You Write, We Listen!

Another week, another edition of Reader Feedback! If we’re being honest here, this is one of my favorite parts of the week…

It’s simple: Every email you send us … every message you write … we appreciate it all! From the rants to the raves, you have the entire Great Stuff team in stitches sometimes.

So, why not drop us a line this week?

Send us a message at [email protected], and you might see your email in tomorrow’s edition of Reader Feedback! Remember, you can always catch up on the latest Great Stuff on social media: Facebook and Twitter.

Until next time, stay Great!

Joseph Hargett

Editor, Great Stuff

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goldira01 · 5 years ago

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Enema of the State

I’m in a mood today, dear reader, so let this be a warning that a rant is incoming.

First, let’s start out with today’s astonishing development that sparked this Great Stuff mood.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 25,000 today — the culmination of a 35% rush off its March lows. The S&P 500 Index is also on fire, gaining a similar 35% to trade north of 3,000.

The markets are now less than 12% from their February pre-pandemic plunge highs, and you need to ask yourself some critical questions as an investor…

Are things really that good right now?

On the corporate earnings front, first-quarter profits fell by the fastest rate in more than a decade.

This certainly doesn’t look like a “12% away from all-time highs” market or economy to me. Does it to you?

So, Mr. Great Stuff, why are stocks rallying?

That’s an excellent question, and I have an answer: hope and unlimited stimulus.

These supposed modern-day “superheroes” push to reopen the economy because they’ve seen profits plunge 13%. It’s hitting their bank accounts, and that’s serious.

Serious enough to push an economic reopening without a cure or approved treatment in place. That push fuels hope that things aren’t as bad as they seem.

Meanwhile, with unlimited stimulus propping up the whole shebang (and driving interest rates through the floor), what else will you do with your money? Save it? Pay down debt?

Lol, as if. This is America.

You’d buy stocks. You’d help drive the Dow and the S&P 500 back to their all-time highs — whether the economy reflects those gains or not.

But how long can you, the retail investor, hang on? Will you last through the coming second wave of coronavirus infections? Can you withstand a second economic shutdown?

Click here to make sure you know what lies ahead … whether you think you’re prepared or know that you’re not.

The Good: [Insert Neo and The Matrix Joke Here]

Not too shabby for a CEO livestream. Now imagine if he did it on TikTok!

There are two massive caveats for investors here:

First, as part of the deal, Nio and Anhui will create a new company that holds all of Nio’s assets. What that means for U.S. investors remains unknown.

Second, there’s that pesky U.S. Senate bill targeting Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges. The disclosure of foreign-government ownership could directly affect Nio under this new deal.

So, while Nio has become one of the most popular stocks on Robinhood, buyers really need to beware of the fine print on this Chinese stock.

The Bad: Robinhood’s Most Wanted

Coming in at No. 8 on Robinhood’s most wanted list, Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) has seen an unnerving bout of enthusiasm lately.

But CCL stock certainly is popular.

Once again, buyer beware.

The Ugly: Luckin Nuts

Shares of Chinese caffeine purveyor Luckin Coffee Inc. (Nasdaq: LK) have surged more than 89% in the past two days.

Why? Because investors be crazy. That’s why.

Seriously, though … why are people buying this garbage stock?

No, dear readers, avoid this coffee nightmare like the plague.

Debates over free speech? Whack.

Completely nonsensical market environments? Whack.

A Wednesday without your Poll of the Week? Now that would be whack.

It’s Poll of the Week time!

Love it or hate it, the regulation pendulum could swing ‘round soon for overseas companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges. At least, if the House picks up what the Senate is putting down.

With the Luckin calamity top of mind, we want your take on Chinese stocks in particular today.

Are you buying up Chinese stocks amid the talks of tighter regulations or have you steered clear completely? Let us know below!

By the way, boy was last week’s Poll a blowout! We asked you whether or not you’ve invested in the biotech sector — you know, that whole medicine-making lifesaving shtick?

By and large, Great Stuff readers are gung ho about biotech investing, with about 82% of you having ventured into the sector.

Now, I can’t say when the next biotech opportunity will come up … you know, uncertain markets and whatnot. But trust me, you’ll be the first to know if a Great Stuff Pick comes along!

In the meantime, if you’re still want to chase the biotech bounty, just remember that it can be treacherous terrain until you find treasure.

Don’t go into the great biotech market alone — Click here!

Great Stuff: You Write, We Listen!

Another week, another edition of Reader Feedback! If we’re being honest here, this is one of my favorite parts of the week…

It’s simple: Every email you send us … every message you write … we appreciate it all! From the rants to the raves, you have the entire Great Stuff team in stitches sometimes.

So, why not drop us a line this week?

Until next time, stay Great!

Joseph Hargett

Editor, Great Stuff

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go-redgirl · 7 years ago

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Judge agrees to delay Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit against Trump

by AP 27 Apr 2018

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has delayed a lawsuit by porn actress Stormy Daniels against President Donald Trump and his personal attorney.

In a decision Friday, U.S. District Judge S. James Otero agreed to delay the case and set a hearing for July 27.

Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, asked to delay the case after FBI agents raided his home and office earlier this month. The FBI was seeking records about a nondisclosure agreement Daniels signed days before the 2016 presidential election.

Cohen argues that his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination may be jeopardized if the proceedings weren’t delayed.

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, says she had an affair with Trump in 2006 and sued to invalidate the confidentiality agreement that prevents her from discussing it. She’s also suing Cohen, alleging defamation.

There are Stormy days ahead for the Demoncrats. People are getting sick of their carnival disasters.

INDIVIDUALS COMENTS:

Spock here SouthernGent • 15 hours ago

Logic to a Liberal is doubling down on stupid. Yes Americans are getting fed up with the Klingon Crap of Mueller, the Russians, Stormy, and the rest of the nonsense.

I see a RED WAVE engulfing and rolling over that little blue ripple.

Spock out.

wiseoldfart Spock here • 12 hours ago

The blue wave is rapidly becoming a blue cave. Hello down there!

Jrl for trump wiseoldfart • 4 hours ago

Go red or be enslaved

shudafucup wiseoldfart • 4 hours ago

Lol

RealisNothinganymore wiseoldfart • 12 hours ago

Wish casting

GeeWillikersWally Spock here • 13 hours ago

Don't walk too far from your little house on the prairie. You might fall off the end of the flat earth.

Randy Lee GeeWillikersWally • 13 hours ago

is that really the best you got?? thats really pathetic.

Hamper Randy Lee • 12 hours ago

Libs aren't too bright.

Yvette Hamper • an hour ago

Simple solution. Just block their stupidity.

Yvette Hamper • an hour ago

I like to send pictures from the space station of the earth to show them just how NOT FLAT our planet is. They still argue. LOL. Whatever!!

Ross Carnsew Yvette • 32 minutes ago

What did President Trump say about people who hide by taking the fifth?

Oh dear.

megajess Ross Carnsew • 10 minutes ago

Eh, really!

Delenda Est Randy Lee • 8 hours ago

That was hilarious, actually.

Jake1001 Randy Lee • 11 minutes ago

I think it is pretty good.

poorboyhome Randy Lee • 2 hours ago

Sounds better than your reply!

Hates Liberals poorboyhome • 36 minutes ago

That's because you are just as dumb.

BarryDuhStutterer GeeWillikersWally • 13 hours ago

you DO know that flat earthers and climate hysteria go hand in hand.... hmmm?

Freewheeling Frank BarryDuhStutterer • 12 hours ago

And global warming too!!

Philly BarryDuhStutterer • 4 hours ago

Actually.... off topic from the article but responding to you, it’s really difficult to believe in flat earth AND climate change/global warming. Climate change is believing in science as if it is god or a religion. Flat earthers are the opposite of that.

354tsdvf Philly • 3 hours ago

i always wonder whats with flat-earthers. if the earth is flat, whats on the other side? where is the edge? what happens when you get there? also, where do the sun and moon go when they get to the horizon?

why does an object launched straight up, land in an almost predictable direction in opposite of the rotation of the planet? why does someone have to compensate for the curvature of the "flat earth" when firing a 2mile shot?

flat-earthers have something missing from their anatomy, it's something important and smushy.

Stefan in New England 354tsdvf • 2 hours ago

I've looked at some of the "flat earth" stuff and can't figure out if they are serious, or just getting a chuckle from pulling a massive hoax on everyone. Sorta like the man-made global warming, climate change fanatics.

amin amershi 354tsdvf • 2 hours ago

What's on the other side? "Made in China" label.

amin amershi BarryDuhStutterer • 2 hours ago

He'll fall off the earth and straight into a nice fluffy cloud of carbon dioxide and water vapor and lounge with Al Gore.

Jake1001 amin amershi • 8 minutes ago

98% of climate scientists say it is real and some stupid ill educated Trumpers say it isn’t. Gee, who would an even 1/2 smart person believe?

Jack Bannerman GeeWillikersWally • 4 hours ago

Downvoted for stupidity and because I feel both embarrassed and sorry for you.

GeeWillikersWally Jack Bannerman • 4 hours ago

Thank you !

wiseoldfart GeeWillikersWally • 12 hours ago

Impossible. There's a life-saving Trump wall there.

Gene B GeeWillikersWally • 7 hours ago

Are you a real cretin or just acting?

GeeWillikersWally Gene B • 5 hours ago

Sounds like the edge is even closer for you.

Gene B GeeWillikersWally • 4 hours ago

Relax. Not even close. But you still didn't answer my question MORON.

amin amershi Gene B • 2 hours ago

Only a moron expects an answer from another moron. Smarten up fella.

GeeWillikersWally Gene B • 4 hours ago

Your question? Am I a real cretin? No, I'm a pretend cretin. Stay close to home and stay tuned to Hannity.

amin amershi GeeWillikersWally • 2 hours ago

That is funny.

tom GeeWillikersWally • 2 hours ago

Don't leave your EBT card at home, you'll have to use your disability money.

shudafucup GeeWillikersWally • 4 hours ago

Your

John graham GeeWillikersWally • 4 hours ago

are you another science denying liberal?

Yvette Spock here • an hour ago

2020 won't matter if we don't show up and vote full force this year. FULL STOP!!

skokan Spock here • 14 hours ago

They are getting tired of Trump who caused those things

Jrl for trump skokan • 4 hours ago

a bigger land slide than last time your losing your voters base maga 2020

Morgan Thomas Spock here • an hour ago

Shouldn't be a problem to have a red wave! The democrats have done absolutely nothing but make total jackasses of themselves!

just_a_moderate Spock here • an hour ago

Then you should be able to take your money and double it.

Gambling books are laying 2:1 for people who want to bet that the GOP will retain the House.

Jack Bannerman Spock here • 4 hours ago

The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few....

Joey Boats Spock here • 15 hours ago

Like many trump supporters you see things that aren't actually there!

sevines Joey Boats • 15 hours ago

What, like all the fake polls and news that said Hillary was going to win in a landslide? You mean things like that?

Joey Boats sevines • 15 hours ago

No, like the fake polls that give the donald a 51% job approval rating! More like those polls...

sevines Joey Boats • 14 hours ago

You're right, those are fake polls. His support is probably higher, at least where it counts.

ROTB sevines • 14 hours ago

Nicely done!

Gene B sevines • 7 hours ago

EXACTLY.

Factsnotfeelings sevines • 5 hours ago

Adjusting for their margin of error during the election, Trumps approval is around 119%

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oldguardaudio · 8 years ago

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Rush Limbaugh asks -> What’s George W. Bush Doing?

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Feb 27, 2017

RUSH: Here is Karen in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. It’s great to have you here. How are you doing?

CALLER: Rush, I have to tell you, you’re second only to God in giving me hope and courage on a daily basis.

RUSH: Well, I thank you for that. I’m very flattered. I appreciate your saying that.

CALLER: And for the first time I have hope in an American president that he’s gonna come through for us. So I have a good reason today to be a little more optimistic. But I have a question for you.

RUSH: Yes, ma’am.

CALLER: Why, why, after all these years of silence does George W. Bush feel compelled to comment on the issues of the day?

RUSH: Why do you think?

CALLER: I’m so disturbed. I’m so disturbed. All these years of Obama and he had nothing to say.

RUSH: Yeah?

CALLER: Nothing.

RUSH: Same thing with McCain. McCain has never ripped into Obama the way he rips into Trump or other Republicans. Look, I haven’t spoken to President Bush about Trump, so I’m in the same place you are with coming up with speculation to answer it. And my guess, look, I don’t think any of this is really complicated. We’re talking about the establishment of the world, not just of Washington, and the bull in the china shop over here who is trying to extricate the United States from whatever the establishment of the world has planned for the world. And they’re not happy about it at all.

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RUSH: I’m sorry, folks. I should have explained what our last caller was asking about. George W. Bush was interviewed by NBC. He was on the Today show today and he was asked about President Trump’s visa suspension, the first executive order that the Seattle judge (imitating judge), “You can’t do that. You said you were gonna ban Muslims and I don’t like that so screw you, Mr. President.” Then it went to the Ninth Circus. The Ninth Circus said, “We hate your guts and we’re not gonna let you have this. So fix it your own self and then we’ll deal with the next thing you try.”

So they asked Bush what he thinks about this, and if I’m not mistaken, I don’t think he mentioned Trump by name, but he said “I wish our immigration system were more welcoming,” is what he said. I know he’s got a book out and he was there to sell it. I don’t mind that. But he did not go on television to trash Trump. He went on there to promote his book. And of course if he’s asked about it, that was his answer.

I can understand the question. All the eight years of Obama when Bush was asked repeatedly, “I don’t do that. I had my time. It’s his time now.” The protocols and the history, the traditions say that past presidents don’t comment. That didn’t work for Bill Clinton. He couldn’t help himself. Obama is not commenting, but Obama is actively engaged in the sabotage of the Trump administration, with all of these community organizing uprisings. There are 250 nationwide chapters of Organizing for Action, which is Obama’s post-presidency community organizing group.

This is who these people are. Folks, leftists don’t leave it at winning at the ballot box. If they lose at the ballot box, they force themselves on the country or society elsewhere. We take our lumps. If we lose, we say, “Okay, we gotta change. We gotta improve, come back and win the next election.” They don’t. When they lose and even when they win, because they know that they’re in a numerical minority. But that numerical minority is a vast majority of pop culture and education environments. And so they just bully their way.

And they have all these embeds in their bureaucracy and in the judiciary. So even when they lose elections they have ample positions of power occupied by career invisibles. Because, to them, government’s everything, controlling it, expanding it is everything. And it’s not to us. So they leave nothing to chance. If you reject them, “Well, screw you.” They’ll find a way to either bollix up what defeated them or just overwhelm the system with what they want anyway by bullying so many people at so frequent a time that people just give up, say, “All right, all right, okay, I’m tired,” and the left gets what they want. That’s where Trump doesn’t give up and let them have what they want. But people around Trump and some others in the world of politics do.

Now, with Bush not mentioning Trump by name clearly was referring to Trump with the question, but, folks, it’s like I said, the establishment versus an outsider. Sounds simplistic, but it isn’t. I mean, that’s exactly what’s going on here. It’s gonna be this way for four years. I’m telling you, the more success Trump has, the greater the energy poured into opposing him is gonna be. If you are thinking that at some point in these next four years that the opposition to Trump is going to lay down arms, so to speak, and join him, that’s never gonna happen.

The real leadership of the opposition is never, ever gonna do anything but continue to ramp up efforts to stop Trump or destroy Trump. Now, common, ordinary, everyday Democrats, not leftists, there may be — if the agenda gets implemented and this country starts humming on the domestic side and if jobs come back and if the economy gets up to 3% growth and is sustained and the job market expands accordingly and people’s wages go up, it won’t matter.

But if you think that people today, like Hollywood, are ever gonna sing Trump’s praises, it’s never gonna happen, folks. It’s only going to get worse. And they know it at the White House. They’re not expecting these people to be won over. That’s not why Trump’s doing anything he’s doing. They don’t expect the establishment types to one day say, “You know what? You’re right, Mr. Trump, this is great. We like what you’re doing.” It’s never gonna happen. They don’t expect that to happen.

There may be, as I say, average, ordinary everyday Americans who come home to the cause, but the leaders of the establishment and the power brokers in it and the global establishment, they’re never, ever gonna say, “You know what? We were wrong and Trump is right. And we need to get behind him.” They’re never gonna become what they think Trump is, a populist, a nationalist or what have you. It’s gonna be a battle. That’s why you better be glad Trump’s the guy waging it. He’s the one guy you could have elected who’s not going to cave on this stuff, certainly not in the first month, first six months, first year. They’re just getting warmed up.

I still am of the opinion that the establishment types and the left, they still don’t know what they’re dealing with here. They’re still trying their time-honored blueprint for destroying political figures they don’t like, primarily Republicans. How many years did people hate Obamacare? Now there’s a poll out there that says Obamacare’s never been more popular. Really? Really? Just how stupid do you think we all are? After whatever it is, six years of rising premiums, lost coverage, horrible treatment, no access, now all of a sudden, and there hasn’t been any improvement in enrollment. The Obamacare enrollment numbers are nowhere near what was needed or what was projected.

But now we’ve got a poll out there saying that Obamacare has never been more popular? Well, maybe it’s people like at 25% and it’s only gotten to 23% before, who knows, but the headline is so misleading, it’s fake news. And that’s gonna continue. I know it’s tough, folks, because you’re good people. You want to unify America with a sense of culture and decency and all of this that reasserts and reaffirms the concepts of American exceptionalism.

But the left and who they are, you watch Hollywood, you watch the Oscars, you watch any left-wing, it’s not even Democrat. It is ultra left-wing radical. You know I ask myself, when did this happen? Because the left, George Bush won two elections, 2000 and 2004. So 2008, we didn’t see. It was obviously there. We saw effervescence and this bubbling up of this extreme left-wing cultural revolution, so to speak, but it seems like with the inauguration of Obama, outward appearances, it seemed like the country flipped and did a 180 overnight.

And I talk to a lot of people about this, when did this happen? And it turns out it didn’t. Obama won two elections but certainly the first one not because people wanted that agenda of his. He never told them what his agenda was. Not as it played out. Obama was something other. After eight years of it, look what happened in this election. Did the country flip again? No. I maintain it didn’t flip in 2008-2009, and we were not a 60% radical leftist population like they tried to portray it as.

They’re never been a majority. We just fell for one of the greatest illusions in modern politics. And this election has exposed that. So who are these people? I go back to Robert Reich and his appearance on Stephanopoulos’ show. The Democrat Party has not been in this bad a shape since the 1920s. Well, how in the hell can that be?

If during the eight years of Obama they won and they had converted this country into this radical, leftist, extremist culture and country, and if that was the trend, and if that’s what Obama’s elections meant, then how is it that the Democrat Party, which is the home of all of that, has lost 1,200 seats since Obama’s second year in office? How is it that Reich is right? How is it that the Democrat Party has less power today?

You have to go back to the 1920s, almost a hundred years, to find the Democrat Party as weak and out of power as it is today. Well, how did that happen with just one election? Well, it didn’t happen in one election. The fact is the Democrats have been losing elections, except for the White House, for the last eight years in numbers that have not been reported, other than on programs like this. Now, what’s becoming of them?

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RUSH: You know, this Berkeley business and Milo Yiannopoulos, the editor at Breitbart, openly gay, gay conservative, challenges political correctness from college campus to college campus.

There’s two schools of thought on what is happening. One of the schools of thought is that the students at these universities, Berkeley being the most recent, they are just so scared, so frightened of anybody showing up that is going to say anything that they don’t agree with, makes ’em really frightened. That they go bonkers, and they start burning down buildings and destroying property and trying to injure people in order to show their dissatisfaction over this guy coming to campus to make a speech.

The other school of thought is that this really isn’t student centered, that it is professional rent-a-mob focused bought and paid for by leftist organizations and that the real protesters are not students, that they are black-clad, wear masks or other kind of paraphernalia on their faces to hide their identity. They show up with explosives and bricks and bombs. They let the students get the so-called protest started, and then the real rioters show up and start doing all the property damage.

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And it wouldn’t matter who was showing up, whenever the students object to anything, the professional rioters get in gear, and then they call it a protest, you know, free speech. It’s the antithesis of free speech when somebody’s not allowed to speak because the audience doesn’t want to hear it.

But folks, it isn’t new. This kind of activity, people wring their hands over it, but it happened in the sixties. It happened with the Students for a Democratic Society. It happened when Reagan was governor of California. He even met with these people. It happened at Berkeley, and there was property damage. There were riots.

The difference then and now is only one arrest. There was serious property damage last night and a considerable threat to innocent people, and only one person was arrested. As long as that’s the case, there isn’t gonna be any deterrence to this. These people are still the losers. They lost in November; they have been losing, even through the eight years of Obama, they have been losing. The Democrat Party, which is their vessel, has been losing significantly.

And what’s on display every day, I mean, they can act like children all day long and they can destroy the — I mean, these students are destroying their school. They’re destroying and doing damage where they go to college. They’re inflicting all of this damage on themselves, in a sense. What has to be obvious to them is that it’s not making a difference. It’s not stopping Donald Trump. It’s not changing the outcome of the election, and everything they’re doing adds up to nothing, because it isn’t changing anything.

Yeah, they might keep Milo Yiannopoulos off campus, but it’s not stopping Donald Trump, and it’s not stopping Milo Yiannopoulos. He will just go someplace else, or say what he was gonna say on the Breitbart website. Milo probably loves it, all the notoriety, the attention. To be able to cause this kind of havoc, big feather in your cap.

But at the end of the day I think what’s driving the Democrat Party and the American left crazy is that what they’re doing doesn’t matter. They lost. They really are not affecting any change, nor are they stopping any. They’re not even changing public opinion. Public opinion is still majority for Trump in what he’s doing. The Democrat Party can’t stop anybody. The Democrat Party can’t stop any of Trump’s nominees. The Democrat Party cannot stop or interrupt any of Trump’s policies. That has to dawn on ’em.

Hollywood celebrities are literally bat excrement, folks. They’ve always been mindless, but it’s on full display now. Some of the things that Hollywood celebrities are tweeting out and saying, I mean, it is genuine special kind of stupid that’s on display for everybody to see now. It’s not just ignorance. It is genuine stupidity, from Chelsea Handler to Sophia Bush of Chicago PD to what’s-her-face, Lena Dunham’s always been off her rocker. Lena Dunham’s never been right.

You just go down the list of any of them, and they’re genuinely dumb. They are dumb and stupid and they haven’t the slightest idea what they’re talking about. And they haven’t the slightest idea who Barack Obama really was. They don’t have the slightest idea what Barack Obama was really doing. They live in a make-believe world where, when people who they think think like them are in power, then everything is utopian. Whether it is or isn’t, they don’t care to examine it.

If like-minded people are in power, then it has to be blissful, it has to be wonderful. They’re not even aware of what Obama was destroying. They’re not aware of the damage Obama was doing. They’re not aware of anything. And it’s embarrassing. It literally is embarrassing that we have, in this country, this much concentrated stupidity and idiocy that is willing to put it all on display. They’re so stupid and so ignorant, they don’t even know how stupid and ignorant they are, which of course kind of makes sense. If you’re dumb, you’re dumb.

They don’t have any proper education. But of course in their minds they are the smartest and the best and the brightest and the most aware and the kindest and the most compassionate. It’s gotta be blowing their minds. It’s just gotta be destroying them. They lost. They can’t come to grips with it. The techniques that they’ve used in the past to intimidate and bully people into laying down and quitting and going away are not working on this administration.

And, because of that, they’re not working on the Republican Party, yet. And so it’s all for naught. And they end up destroying their own houses. They end up destroying their own institutions. Berkeley is one of their institutions, one of their precious universities, and they’re destroying it. They’re not destroying Trump’s house. They’re not destroying the White House. It’s the most amazing thing to see.

And with each passing day I think there’s a bit more revelation. Every passing day they realize just a little bit more how totally ineffective and irrelevant they are. It makes ’em go even battier and they become even more unhinged. But if you don’t have any historical perspective beyond the day you were born, I can’t blame you for thinking, “My God, we’re losing the country, it’s unraveling.”

That isn’t what’s happening. What’s happening, folks, is we’re reclaiming the country. What’s happening is the country is being refocused. The direction of the country’s being changed, and it is being reclaimed from the left that wanted to destroy it, as founded, who wanted to transform it, as founded.

What you’re seeing is a bunch of people taking their country back from people who thought they already had succeeded in transforming it. They thought that the opportunity to take this country back, to reclaim it, was gone. We, you and I, had been defeated. You and I were in a minority. You and I were not able to stop them. The reality is, they can’t hold on to what they did. They’re desperately trying to. The point here is that this is going to be daily, and Trump addressed it at the prayer breakfast today. This is what it looks like.

It was never going to be peaceful. The left was never going to say, “You know what? You won. It was a great, great fight, and we have all the respect in the world for you, and we’re gonna continue our efforts to transform America, but you won.” It’s never gonna be like that. It was never gonna be them acknowledging or respecting us or the opponents. It’s always gonna look like this. Trump better start firing more people in the federal government, folks. Sally Yates is not the only one there trying to undermine him.

Somebody’s leaking these transcripts of his phone calls and then lying about what he’s saying to the president of Mexico or the prime minister of Australia. One of the best ways, one of the fastest ways to get rid of this left-wing deadweight would be just have a policy to cut the federal government by 20%. Twenty percent across the board. Whack, whack, whack, whack, whack! Just do it. But I would speed up the timetable of getting rid every Obama and Clinton appointee that’s still in positions where you can fire ’em. Just do it!

And even when you do, this stuff is gonna continue. You have to hang in, folks. So far, you are. Every bit of data — polling data and otherwise — indicates you have not lost spirit. You’ve not lost your conviction, your courage. You’re still supporting Trump. This is what reclaiming your government and your country means. This is what it looks like. Taking our country back? This is what it looks like. So just steel yourselves. And if you ever have any doubts, if you ever have any questions — if you ever are, perhaps, losing your resolve — you make sure you are here every day.

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RUSH: Folks, are you aware the Democrats walked out of Congress to protest Abraham Lincoln? Did you know that? You didn’t know that. I’m not surprised. I mean, most people don’t. The Democrats walked out of Congress to protest Abraham Lincoln. They were afraid to lose their slaves, and they hated Lincoln. They just despised Lincoln, so they walked out, and it ended up being great for Republicans. They were able to do all kinds of things with no opposition. Let them walk out. I don’t know…

Judd Apatow is some worthless, irrelevant actor who doesn’t know it, so he keeps tweeting things, and he tweeted something to that effect that the Berkeley riots are just beginning, adding, “When will all the fools still supporting Trump realize what’s at stake?” Mr. Apatow (whoever he is) is one of these people that still hasn’t come to grips with what happened to him and his side. When will the fools in Hollywood realize that they lost and that there’s nothing they can do about it, and that all they’re doing is making fools of themselves — and, by the way, probably inflicting great damage on future box office?

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RUSH: Donald Trump tweeted at 6:13 this morning: “If UC Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view — NO FEDERAL FUNDS?” I mean, that hits ’em right in the breadbasket. I mean, that’s right in the cauliflower there, folks. These people can’t survive without their federal funding, without their subsidies. I looked it up. I have the numbers here in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers. The UC Berkeley’s website brags, “Each year, the UC Berkeley campus receives well over half a billion dollars in research and other support from external sources.”

Of that half a billion dollars, “The federal government provided 55% of these funds, and California state agencies and other government sources, industry, and the nonprofit sector supplied the rest.” So we’re basically looking at $370 million a year the federal government gives Berkeley. Just yank it! Only one arrest. You’ve seen the video? There were fires, property damage. Why do these people…? By the way, somebody needs to explain something. I got an email with a great question.

Why do these crazed leftists — every time they do this — destroy a Starbucks? Isn’t Starbucks their home away from home? Isn’t Starbucks the quintessential liberal hangout? Why do they destroy…? I mean, they literally destroy the Starbucks. I just saw the photo. It doesn’t exist. I mean, it exists, but you can’t go in there. The front’s off, the glass is blown out, the tables are a wreck. (interruption) You have a theory why they destroy Starbucks? (interruption) Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm. Mmmm-hmm. (interruption)

Oh, they’re upset because Starbucks is “corporatist”? (interruption) Globalist and corporatist? Well, that makes sense. Well, I mean, they are. I mean, this Howard Schultz guy, he’s always at Davos. He’s with the globalists. He’s in there. But he’s also for every liberal cause under the sun, including immigration.

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RUSH: Here’s Bill in San Diego. Bill, great to have you. I’m glad you waited.

CALLER: (garbled cell connection) Hey, Rush. Just have a question. Do the police want to arrest the rioters, the protesters that turn into a riot? Because you’d think by now they’d have some kind of strategy. Maybe like the dye packs they use for banks that explode. They shoot off some dye packs into the crowd where they’re doing the riots. It paints them and they’re able to extract them later and charge them. Because you don’t see that. Also, ’cause we’re busy working in your audience and you watch cable news, what was the response of the Democrats with all the national media going to them asking them if they’re going denounce their supporters and what they’re gonna do to stop it?

RUSH: Wait a minute. I’ve got a bad phone connection here. What was the last thing you said? What…? Since I can’t see what’s on TV, what’s the response of the Democrats, national media, asking them if they’re gonna denounce their supporters? What’s that about?

CALLER: Well, because they go to Trump and ask him if he’s gonna stop his supporters from doing violence, which was the Democrats paying for it. Did they go to the Democrats and ask them to denounce their supporters?

RUSH: Oh, you’re talking about during the campaign. Oh, okay. So during the campaign they went to Trump and said, “Hey, Trump, when are you gonna stop your mad supporters from ripping things up?” It turns out it wasn’t Trump supporters doing it. They were Hillary campaign activists. This has been documented to be true. Project Veritas video uncovered Robert Creamer, husband of Jan Schakowsky, congresswoman, Illinois, working for Hillary Clinton’s campaign admitting that he hired for $1500 a person people to show up at Trump rallies and cause violence.

But the media did ask Trump, “Well, when are you gonna shut down your people? When are you gonna tell people to stop violence?” So he’s asking here, “When are the Democrats gonna tell these people in Berkeley to stop it?” It’s a great question. They’re not gonna tell ’em to stop it. They are encouraging it! Folks, do you think Obama might have something to do with this? I’m not saying per se because this stuff has been going on for time immemorial, but it was just last week that Barack Hussein O issues a statement encouraging people who are protesting, encouraging the opposition.

This is the guy who said, “They bring a knife to a fight, we bring a gun,” or something like that. Yeah, I think Obama has tacitly encouraged this kind of stuff, and not just last week, but during his entire Regime. What are we talking about? We’re talking Berkeley. You know what happened across the Bay at San Francisco, San Francisco City? The San Francisco Police Department told ICE and the FBI (paraphrased), “Screw you! We are not capturing illegal aliens using San Francisco as sanctuary.” The police department!

Not the mayor. Not the city council. The San Francisco cops told ICE, if I have this right. I saw this this morning. If I’m wrong about this, I can get this corrected before the program’s over, but I’m sure I saw this, that it was the police department specifically telling some federal law enforcement agency that they were not going to try to apprehend people violating the sanctuary city law. These leftists… You have to understand out there, Bill, the leftists have strategically placed themselves in countless places in countless bureaucracies, including fire departments and police departments and in every other avenue of bureaucracy that you can think.

They’re everywhere. It’s been a tactic, it’s been a strategy, to be put into positions in the bureaucracy where you can’t be voted out because you’re not voted in. You are a career appointee per se. The training occurs at many top-flight universities, including in the Ivy League. But your idea of paint dye on all the protesters to be able to identify them later? Just round ’em up at the time. They’re all there!

Just grab the paddy wagons and round ’em up and arrest them. I mean, this is clear. This is… These are not misdemeanors these people are engaging in; it’s pure felony. This is property destruction. This is wanton attempt to maim and injure. You know, this isn’t just idly marching down the street and throwing chewing gum at people and spitballs. There was only one arrest at this whole thing in Berkeley.

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