#I know James can fight p well but he has this whole thing with the undead and experiences with cult like communities so

[dearestkei]

TWDG/ F&H AU. Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler/ survival/ RPG maker in a dark medieval fantasy setting. It is a cruel game towards those in the story and the player.

Louis as the Mercenary Violet as the Knight James as the Dark Priest Clem as the Outlander

[mlobsters]

supernatural s13e16 scoobynatural (w. james krieg, jeremy adams)

ok finally a space for actually relaxing that i was semi-confident wasn't just from fic. tickled that it's the two chairs. dean's rec room with space for sam

SAM Okay, hold on, hold on. When did you have time to do all this? DEAN When it's important, you make time, Sammy.

i mean, how did he get the furniture and foosball table etc inside the room without sam knowing? lot of logistical questions on this one :p

i've been dreading this episode. maybe it'll be fine. 🤪

i get that it's not supposed to look like them very closely, just broad strokes. but they this lighting makes it look like dean has a huge jawline super hero beefcake face. weird. a lot more approximate proportions in the regular light

DEAN Sam, growing up on the road, no matter where Dad dragged us, no matter what we did, there was always a TV. And you know what was always on that TV? Scooby and the Gang. These guys, they're our friggin' role models, man. Except Fred. He's a wad.

even i will basically reject this theoretically tasty morsel of pre-series canon because it feels like some weird influencer collab

DEAN Just think about it -- we do the same thing. We go to spooky places, we solve mysteries, we fight ghosts. SAM Yeah, except our ghosts don't wear masks, and we don't have a talking dog. DEAN I don't know. I mean, Cass is kind of like a talking dog.

rude, dean.

so half of the enjoyment i get watching the show is looking at their faces and i'm having a hard time staying focused :p

DEAN (bleep) right you can. You're gonna do what you do best -- build a trap.

have they done this since that old ghostfacers episode? which was a whole other thing about how different they were and how much they swore in that found footage outsider type filming. can't remember if they did in the found footage werewolf episode

ok. well. i'm glad that's over.

[idkwhattoputheresoo]

dude we're getting the band back together

au no magic

that one episode of phineas and ferb where they reunite their parents favourite band, but the band members are the marauders idk.

ok so i aint got rhythm guy= remus

im fabulous guy =  james

music shop / blues guy =  sirius

ok so idk if we actually need the kids aka p y f but i just have to get it out of my headd.

the "i aint got rhythm" guy has to be remus bc he works in a library thats so him like the old ladies love him again so him, he thinks hes not cool like must i keep going ? amazing anyways.

now the other two are tricky bc the "im fabulous" song could be ab both sirius and james, i mean "youre the one with style" " but look at me i look like dream " so sirius right ? but but theres a lot of the james potter ego there along with the fact that he is like a hairdresser and who do we know who has a father in the hair products business ? James Potter ppl so thats why i went w him instead of sirius.

Besides that, the next guy is the one that plays the guitar and his whole song is ab how he discovers who he is through his guitar after seeing a man playing blues like ??? ok sirius. On top of that the whole song and the music genres switching and the guitar solo yeah yeah thats a sirius if ive ever seen him.

i know what you may be thinking, wheres peter ? well i actually dont know yet this idea came to my mind ab half an hour ago after watching a tiktok w a clip from i aint got rhythm when i was like wait that is soo remus so yeah i spent the nex 10 min looking for the other two songs

another important question Wolfstar ?? bc we all love wolfstar and you cant make a marauders fic w/o wolfstar thats a crime and the truth is they probably were dating before the band split up and somehow *insert angst* they broke up, maybe it has something to do w peter, maybe its a family issue, maybe its just miscommunication. They would obviously be endgame bc duh but im really not creative which is why im doing this.

now james and sirius ? i mean those two are two peas in a pod why arent they on speaking terms, again im thinking maybe the band broke up bc of peter (maybe he was their manager??) and he just twisted things in a way they all ended up fighting an etc.. idk really.

i am making this in hopes that i can stop thinking ab it or someone just makes the fic for me bc i cant write to sace my life fr.

[steele-soulmate]

Tattooed Wings, CHAPTER 385, Peter Steele & OFC, Soulmate AU

SUMMARY: Mary Claire Bradley meets her soulmate- literally- the famous Peter Steele of metal group Type O Negative. But will obstacles including trauma, stalkers, and toxic family members get in the way of their life?

WARNING: mentions of child rape (nothing graphic) PTSD, milk kink, soft smut, grinding, assault, fingering, hand jobs, blow jobs, 69, P in V sex, blood, noncon rape, blood, violence, death, vandalism, graffiti, attempted kidnapping, break-ins, wild animal attacks, terrorist attack (sabotage)

WORDS: 1193

“Yay, you’re up!” Katie cheered as she bounced into the hospital room, followed closely by Elizabeth and Aaron.

“Hey, James is back at the house keeping an eye on things,” Aaron announced. “How are you all doing?”

 “Well little girl has baby PTSD from the whole event,” I told him in a gentle voice, handing over little girl for some cuddle time with daddy. “She starts screaming whenever Peter isn’t in easy sight. A child phycologist came in earlier this morning to observe her and gave us the diagnosis. I can have her come in and talk to you if you want-”

 “Yes please,” Aaron cut me off, giving our daughter a fatherly kiss to her temple. “I am so sorry Vanessa Rose Pickings.”

 “Daddy? Papa Pete fell!” she meeped out, snuggling herself in deeper to his arms.

 “Oh, I heard he fell and got a booboo,” Aaron cooed, watching as the girls clambered up onto the bed with sharpie markers in hand and began drawing on their father’s cast.

 “Doo mee! Doo mee!” Baby Tommy ordered the girls, thrusting out his little cast for them to draw on and erupting into gleeful cackles when they did as he commanded them to do.

 “Sweet Baby Tommy!” Elizabeth cooed as she drew a flower onto the little man’s cast.

 “Excuse me, Mrs. Ratajczyk? May I have a word with you?”

 I lifted my head up and smiled at the child phycologist, who had finished talking to Aaron and was now waiting for me out in the hallway.

 “While I was observing Vanessa Rose, I couldn’t help but notice that your son- Thomas Joseph?- didn’t seem to react whenever his name was said and that he also making avoid eye contact with me,” she started off with.

 “Oh, I never noticed really.” I didn’t sugarcoat anything, opting to be honest. “To be honest with you, the family encourages the babies to meet their developmental goals more so then what society deems as being acceptable goals.”

 “Well, I think that Thomas Joseph-” she started to say only to be cut off by a scowl from me.

 “Baby Tommy,” I corrected her. “Thomas Jospeh’s name is Baby Tommy. Everyone we meet calls him Baby Tommy.”

 “Understood.” She flashed me an icy smile. “I think that Baby Tommy may be autistic; I’m pinpointing him as having Aspergers.”

 “Oh.” I blinked a few times, wondering what now? “Do you think that he’ll need an IEP for school?”

 “It’s frankly too early to tell,” she told me, hugging her clipboard tight to her chest.

 “Well, what do you recommend we do next?” I asked her, leaning back into the wall. “I need to tell Peter-”

 “How do you think he would react?” the doctor asked me.

 “Well, I do know for a fact that he will love Baby Tommy all the more,” I told her with a frown. “Why do you ask? How do you think he would react to such news?”

 The look in her eyes was all the answer that in needed.

 “Yes, my husband and I were born generations apart, but that doesn’t bother either of us,” I seethed. “He will never lay hand on the kids or me. You can trust my word when I say that. Peter Thomas Ratajczyk will fight for our kids.”

 “Mmm hmm…” The Doctor didn’t look all the way convinced as I grabbed her and dragged her into the room.

 “My love, Baby Tommy may be on the spectrum,” I told Peter flat out. “The doctor here didn’t want to tell you because she thinks that you’d abuse him.”

 “Baby Tommy, is your mind different?” Peter picked up our son with his hand underneath him and raised him so that father and son were looking into each other’s eyes. “Is your problem solving out of the box?”

 Baby Tommy just let out a violent sneeze before erupting into giggles as Peter’s head jerked back and he brought his other hand up to rub the baby snot out of his eyes and settled Baby Tommy back onto his naked chest.

 Little girl crawled up, joining her little brother as she cuddled up next to him and wrapped her little arm tightly around him.

 “Here my love!” I laughed as I handed him a box of hospital standard cheap tissues and chuckled as Elizabeth and Katie still drawing on their father’s cast. “Do you want me to take the babies?”

 “Oh no sweetheart- I’m good!” he chuckled as he wiped at his tearing eyes. “Baby Tommy has some toxic snot!”

 “And toxic farts!” Katie added in, setting down her blue marker and grabbing a pink one. “We cannot forget the toxic farts!”

 “Don’t encourage him!” my husband scolded her. “I can’t move away should Baby Tommy let one rip!”

 POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

 “Peter!” I squealed as the foul odor overtook much of the room. “Don’t encourage him!”

 Little girl started crying, leaving her father to rush over and carry her out of the room. The girls jumped off of their father’s bed and raced over to open the window and try to air the room out.

 “Here!” I lobbed Baby Tommy at the startled child phycologist before hurriedly setting up a baby changing station. I held out my hand for him to be handed back to me and she literally hurled him into my arms right before rushing off, her face a bright green color.

 “Baby Tommy, Baby Tommy, little chubby tummy,” I sang as I wiped him clean. “Baby Tommy, Baby Tommy, kiss kiss kiss!”

 “Kissies!” gurgled the happy boy, holding his arms up as I finished, picking him up and holding him up over me before pressing loving kisses to his face.

 “KISS KISS KISS!” he happily chanted, breaking out into fresh giggles. “KISS KISS KISS!”

 “Can I get kisses from my woman now?” Peter whined, relenting when I pressed a chaste kiss to his cheek before beginning to pull away. “I demand real kisses now.”

 I smiled as I gave into my husband’s desired, already knowing that the moment we got back home again, he would fucking ruin me black and blue.

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[polikszena]

Top Gun: Maverick - The Karaoke Masterpost

UPDATED: 29-08-2022

So, about a week ago I asked around about the go-to karaoke songs of the characters of Top Gun: Maverick, but since that thread started to become very long, I’ve decided to make a masterpost for the whole thing.

Below you can find the list of the songs the young and the old guns would sing on a karaoke night at The Hard Deck.

Many thanks to @allkinds-oftrash and @animezinglife for the collaboration, and also to @opalinedaydreams because this and this post of hers also influenced the list!

And make sure to check out @buckyr00s’s karaoke list as well! It has some very cool tunes and inspired some new additions to this one. So did this post by @highwaytothedangerzone502.

Also, this list is by no means complete, so further suggestions are welcome! :)

And lastly, here is a playlist with all the songs added.

Rooster: 

Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis

Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars

Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. (+ the rest of the boys)

Rock and Roll Madonna by Elton John

I Got Life from Hair (dancing on the table, of course. Penny wouldn’t approve it, of course)

Hangman: 

Holding out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler, 

Save The World by The Swedish House Mafia

A Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler (if he’s in the mood for it)

Hot Blooded by Foreigner

Simply The Best by Tina Turner

Phoenix: 

Material Girl and/or Like a Prayer by Madonna, 

It’s All Coming Back to Me Now by Celine Dion, 

Born This Way and/or Hold My Hand by Lady Gaga, 

Long Live by Taylor Swift

Trouble and/or Just Like a Pill by P!nk

Can’t Fight the Moonlight by LeAnn Rimes

Landslide by Fleetwood Mac

Oops!... I Did It Again by Britney Spears

Coyote: 

Low by Flo Rida, 

Dynamite by Taio Cruz

Halo by Beyoncé

Hero by Mariah Carey

Payback: 

Hello by Lionel Richie

Something by James Brown

Africa by TOTO

Fanboy: 

Larger Than Life and/or I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys

Boy With Love by BTS

Bob: 

Killer Queen, ‘39 and/or Hammer to Fall by Queen, 

Teenagers by My Chemical Romance

The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and The News

Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry

Sister Christian by Night Ranger

Penny:

Mamma Mia by ABBA

Cowboy Take Me Away and/or Long Time Gone by The Chicks

Something by Dolly Parton

That Don’t Impress Me Much by Shania Twain

Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar

Maverick:

You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling by The Righteous Brothers

Can’t Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon

Footloose by Kenny Loggins

Cyclone:

Greased Lightning from Grease

Rock You Like a Hurricane by Scorpions

Duets:

Burnin’ for You by Blue Öyster Cult (Fanboy and Payback)

It’s My Life and/or Livin’ on a Prayer by Bon Jovi (Coyote and Hangman)

The Winner Takes It All by ABBA (Phoenix and Hangman)

Take a Chance on Me by ABBA (Hangman and Bob)

Does Your Mother Know by ABBA (Bob and Phoenix)

Group Songs:

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Counting Stars by OneRepublic

Anything by ABBA

Lucky by Britney Spears

Man! I Feel Like a Woman! by Shania Twain

Everybody by Backstreet Boys (special performance by the boyband Backseat Boys)

Wannabe by Spice Girls

Songs that could be sung by anyone of the group:

Hotel California by The Eagles

Don’t Stop Believing by Journey

You’re the One that I Want from Grease (Could be sung by any couple)

Songs that I don’t know who would sing but would appear on a karaoke night:

Livin’ La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin

Anything by Britney Spears

Hell’s Bells by AC/DC

Tiny Dancer by Elton John

Uptown Girl by Billy Joel

Dancing Queen by ABBA

[voiceless-terror]

I am so completely enamored with Danny as jons ex and I would be forever in your debt if you finished that

i wasn't expecting people to like this idea so much, its definitely one of my weirder ones xD since im not sure when i'll get around to actually finishing it (if ever) you can have a very rough chunk of it instead. you'll have to forgive any mistakes, im not up to editing it.

In a surprising show of athleticism, Jon ducks under Sasha’s chair before the specter of his past manages to see him.

Sasha swears at the action, backing up in her chair and peering down at Jon in bafflement. “What on Earth are you doing, Jon?”

Instead of answering her question, he backs up even further, tucking his feet out of sight. He thinks Sasha’s umbrella must be under here, and judging from the sharp point currently jabbing at his thigh, he probably broke it. “Is he still there?” he hisses, tilting his head to avoid bashing it into the desk.

“Who?”

“That- that man!”

A pause. “Tall, dark and handsome?”

Jon’s turn to pause. “I suppose you might call him that,” he replies stiffly. And it’s true. The man, from Jon’s brief, panicked glimpses, is at least six foot, with thick, dark hair and a bright grin.

And he looks exactly like Jon’s ex, Danny Stoker.

He’d done an almost comical double-take after a cursory glance; at first he’d thought Danny was the new hire, but this man was more angular, like a sharper, leaner version of his ex. So no, it couldn’t be him.

That didn’t stop him from diving under the nearest object, ergo Sasha’s desk. Not the wisest of decisions, considering his throbbing side, but he’s never been known for grace under pressure.

He’s not exactly sure why this fight or flight mode’s been activated- he and Danny had parted on fairly good terms, each recognizing that although they cared about the other, they simply weren’t compatible in the long term. They’d dated for a little over six months when Jon was a freshman, and he’d fallen hard.

Danny had been his first real relationship, and Jon was shocked that someone like him even looked his way. Impossibly handsome, incredibly fit, desired and envied in equal measure, and he dated scrawny, shy, insecure Jonathan Sims; the rumor mill went wild. They’d met at a party, and not even a good one. In a brief moment of liquid courage, Jon managed to insert himself into a group and fit in one snarky joke that sent Danny into stitches, the rest of the partygoers following his lead. For one second, Jon felt like he truly fit in, like he was someone worth knowing.

Danny had a way of making someone feel special. Big, romantic gestures, surprising him after class, taking him on little expeditions beyond campus. Jon didn’t drive, still doesn’t, and Danny wanted to show him the world outside of their privileged little campus.

But, like all of Jon’s relationships, it came to an end. Jon wasn’t ready for such overwhelming affection (didn’t think he deserved it, quite frankly), and Danny needed someone who could handle his fast-paced lifestyle. Jon was not that man. They broke up amicably, even if Jon shed a few tears in private, saw each other on campus a few times. Danny tried to reach out more than once, just as friends, but Jon’s never been able to handle more than one relationship at a time, and by then he’d met Georgie.

But now it seems the past is unavoidable, and standing near the circulation desk. Well, now walking in his direction, if the steady footsteps were any indication. Jon’s heart begins to hammer in his chest as it hits him that he is, in fact, hiding under a desk because a man who sort of looks like his ex is in his general vicinity. Coward.

“‘Lo!” God, even the voice is similar, if not as deep. “Tim Stoker. Reporting for duty.”

Stoker. Tim Stoker. Jon startles, slamming his head against the desk with a yelp.

Somewhere in his spiraling thoughts and throbbing head he remembers- Danny had a brother. An older brother that he adored. This must be the famous Tim- Danny made him out to be a saint, and though Jon never met him, he felt some fondness via Danny’s descriptions. But Tim’s going to have no fondness for him, especially considering Jon’s current position, hiding in pain under his coworkers desk.

“Pleased to meet you!” Sasha chirps, very clearly amused by the situation. “I’m Sasha James. And this-” she tugs at one of Jon’s legs, dragging him a few inches into sight. Jon buries his head in his hands and wishes he were invisible. “-is Jonathan Sims. We’ll be training you.”

“Excellent.” Tim’s voice holds the same good humor Danny’s always did, and sends a pang of nostalgia through his chest. “Er, you alright down there?”

“Yes,” Jon responds robotically, scrambling to his feet and standing behind Sasha’s chair, unwilling to meet the man’s eyes, lest he be drawn in. “I- uh, lost a pen. P-Probably left it in the copy room, I’ll just be going...there.” With that incredible performance, he fled.

And only tripped once on the way out.

________

So Jon’s kind of cute.

Tim doesn’t normally go for tiny disgruntled academics, but Jonathan Sims is an interesting fellow. He’s got a reputation for being the ‘problem child’ of the Research Department, awkward and prickly and always available with a snide word. He wields his books and files like a little suit of armor, and the only person he’s seen him open up to is Sasha. Besides their little conversations, Jon is all work and no play.

Except with Tim.

Sasha says she’s never seen anything like it, with one of her secret little smiles. Jon’s always staring. Usually, the man can’t hold eye contact to save his life, but he’ll spend full minutes looking at Tim when he thinks he can’t see. The first few times, Tim would turn around and smile, but that practically sent the man into convulsions, dropping his papers and jumping out of sight like a spooked cat. It was funny the first few times, but Tim pitied him enough to ignore it now. He hopes Jon enjoys the view.

God forbid he ask the guy a question. Jon will look around the room, as if waiting for someone else to answer, when it’s clearly directed at him. He’ll blush and stammer his way through every explanation, keeping a wide berth of at least two feet between them. Even when Tim wants him to look at his screen, he’ll squint from far away. Tim starting to think he smells bad, or has some sort of communicable disease unbeknownst to him.

“It’s not that,” Sasha assures him, again with that unreadable smile. “Trust me.”

Time to try something else.

He prints out his latest follow up, a rather elaborate statement regarding mistaken identities and absolutely nothing supernatural. He knows Jon prefers to look at things on paper, as screens ‘trigger his migraines’ if Tim understood his mumbles. Maybe if he can engage with him on familiar territory for the both of them, he’ll be able to hold a conversation. Tim specifically requested his help on this one.

“If you could just look it over, make sure everything’s up to snuff, that’d be great,” Tim says to the top of Jon’s head, as the man refuses to lift his own to meet his gaze. “You know how Dr. Walker is. Always-”

“Finding mistakes where there are none? I’m familiar with her methods,” Jon snorts, and Tim feels like he’s getting somewhere. A whole sentence! With classic Jonathan Sims snark! “I-I can give it a look. I’m rather busy, but -”

“Take your time,” Tim says with a dismissive wave of the hand. “I finished a bit early, so I don’t need it for a few days yet. Don’t want to put you out.”

“You’re not.” Jon meets his eyes for about ten seconds before ducking his head back down.

Progress!

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Sunday 23 July 1837

8 ½

12 ½

slept with A- second night but tired for tenderness – very heavy rain in the night or rather about 3 am   rainy morning – off with A- to church at 9 25 in the market cart (Mosey told me on Saturday it would never be liked here, they thought it so ‘ugly’) henceforward to be called the ugly  pronounced and perhaps written Hoogly  - told this to Frank this morning who drove – the 1st time of using the vehicle (had the gray horse) since Mrs. Heap’s breaking her arm (vid. Sunday 18 June) – the gray went very well – and the alteration in the hanging of the cart makes it comparatively easy – A- and I having gone in it first, the servants can hardly object to try again – set A- down at the church door in ½ hour – not open – she would go to the boys’ Sunday school? back in ½ hour – stood talking to Frank in the stable and breakfast at 11 – still rainy – damp and small rain – came up to my room at 11 ¾ - from then to 2 looking over memoranda and the plan of the borough lent me by Mr. Jubb on Friday – at 2 had A-s’ Hatters street tenant Hinton till 2 32 – about A-‘s tenants John Mallinson (Hartley) and Standeven – if A- would be contented to let them split their notes – no! – would say no more to the 1st or 2nd and the latter could not vote – might Hartley stay if he gave a split – no! let give a plumper for Wortley and then talk about staying – Hinton said he could get 20 votes for £100 – then said tell some of our committee – I think there are 20 blues who would be glad of the votes – off to church at 2 ¾ (took Mr. Gray and the Hoogly followed with Oddy and Sarah 1st time of the servants going in it to church) – took up A- at the turn of the 2 roads (Crownest and Cliff hill) – she thought us late – but we were in church just before the organ had done the introductory voluntary – Mr. Ramsden did all the duty – preached 25 minutes from Luke xvi. 2 – I asleep – A- wanted to write to Mr. Gray so we did not call at Cliff hill, and got home at 5 – then wrote the last 10 lines – then till 6 ½ wrote a ½ sheet note full and 1 p. of envelope pretty close to lady Stuart Easy chitchat –she is right – I should not be well without travelling – ‘my mind is so bent upon it, I feel as if it would fidget me into a fever, if I was to abide another unbroken 12 month in one stay – had written in my 1st p. ‘Here I am, and here I must be till near the end of the year – Surely I shall then see you, if I survive all my disappointments – and if not, I trust my next state of being will be infinitely more agreeable than my present one has been for the last year or two – DO not quite forget me’ – said when I wrote my note to Lady Harriet thought of passing thro’ Hamburg next month to Leipzig fair etc. etc. but luckily had not named it – ‘for my visions of Leipzig fair, etc were shortly afterwards dispersed’  - should have written Last Sunday but ‘fancied we might know better how we stood if I waited a few days – for the country, we hope Mr. Worltey is sure – for the borough, we must wait the event – I remember telling you about 12th month ago, there were great fears for Mr. James Wortley – opinion has made a great turn in his favour since them; but still I believe it would be impossible to say at this moment with anything like certainty how the contest will terminate – the fight will be a very close one; and if we do gain the day, it may be a 2nd time by a majority of one – the conservative interest has not yet had time to grow to its full strength, or to the strength I think and believe it will have by and by – I can improve my own interest very maturely in the course of 2 or 3 years – we had a few rotten boroughs before the Reform act – there will now be more and more; and we shall all be rotten ere long – the united whigs and radicals are buying up all the votes they can – they may outwit us – the whole thing depends upon management – but the weight of property in the borough, is decidedly conservative – it is very feverish work always dearest Lady Stuart, very truly and very affectionately yours AL’ – went into the cellar – sent off my letter at 7 to ‘the honourable Lady Stuart’ under cover to ‘Lord Stuart de Rothesay Carlton house terrace London’ dinner at 7 10 coffee at 8 10 – not A- and I had only 1 cup  and then came upstairs with A- (not having seen Mr. G- since dinner) before 9 – from then to 11 digesting A-‘s letter to Mr. Gray respecting Mrs. AW-‘s life interest in £4000 left to her by her sister Mrs. MW. deceased 13 September 1822 wrote rough draft of a new letter – fine day F54° now at 11 20 pm having stood talking ¼ hour to A-

[ginemrys]

Jily prompt!

Hiding in a closet together.

this was heavily inspired by the closet scene in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, I may have stolen some dialogue from it :P

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She was in big trouble.

Lily’s eyes widened as she looked down at the parchment in her hands, sitting alone at her desk. How could they have covered something this huge up without anyone noticing? Her heart felt like it was in her throat as she started to panic, what if they discovered that she’d found them out? The Ministry was clearly corrupt, someone was working on the inside, working to bring down the wizarding world.

Footsteps echoed down the hallway and Lily quickly shoved the parchment into the pocket of her robes, her whole body tingling with fear. She needed to get out of here, get this information to someone who could use it for good. Dumbledore maybe.

She cleared her throat as she tried to act natural, getting to her feet and tidying up a few things on her desk before she started to make her way out of the office. She glanced into the face of Lucius Malfoy, the hair on the back of her neck standing up at the cold look in his eyes. But she kept walking, even when he called her name. She wasn’t about to stop, keeping her head down as she descended a small set of stairs.

But then she collided with someone, her forehead smacking against a surprisingly firm chest. A tiny gasp escaped her and she looked up, the person’s face making her gasp a little louder.

Of course she’d walked straight into her ex-boyfriend. An ex she hadn’t seen for a few years, not since they’d split up at the end of their seventh year because he’d wanted to join Dumbledore’s fight club and she’d wanted to work her way up in the Ministry. That was a point, what the hell was James Potter doing at the Ministry of Magic?

“Evans?” He looked just as surprised as she felt, his hands gripping her waist as though he’d tried to catch her from falling. Had she fallen? She didn’t have a clue.

“James, I… What are you doing-?” She started to ask before hearing footsteps heading towards them and she suddenly remembered what she’d been up to just seconds ago. So she grabbed James’ hand and dragged him down the corridor towards a small cupboard, pulling him inside.

The door was made up of thin wooden slats, allowing for a slightly obscured view of the corridor beyond. She peered through, looking around. She couldn’t see anyone coming so turned on James, her voice hushed into a whisper.

“What are you doing here?”

“I could ask you the same thing.”

“I work here.”

“Right,” he said, chewing on his lip for a moment as he looked at her, “I’m here for Dumbledore, for… Well, you know what for. Can I ask why we are in a maintenance cupboard?”

“For Dumbledore…” Lily ignored his second question, her eyes widening. “Perfect! I’ve found something, hence the hiding cause I’m pretty sure that Malfoy has realised I’ve discovered it.” She reached into the pocket of her robes, pulling out the slightly crumpled piece of parchment and handed it to him. “The Malfoys, Lestranges and a bunch of other members of the so-called Sacred Twenty-Eight have been paying the Minister to divert attention from them, so they can go around performing illegal acts of magic without the Ministry breathing down their necks.”

James looked stunned as he stared at the parchment, at the transaction history of hundreds of thousands of Galleons. “Holy shit.” He breathed, his eyes moving to meet hers.

“Yeah,” Lily suddenly became very aware of how close they were to each other, of how long it had been since they’d seen each other. Memories started to resurface of times when they’d hidden in broom cupboards and behind tapestries at Hogwarts together, their bodies pressed up against each other. Without her even thinking, her hand reached up to touch his chest briefly, her breath catching in her throat when she felt how muscular he had grown. “I… Sorry.”

“No, no, it’s fine.” He whispered, rolling up the parchment. “Can- Can I keep this? I should take it back and show-”

“Yes. Please do, I… Take it to people who can stop these bastards.” Lily breathed out, her eyes still wide. How was she still so drawn to him? He seemed taller than she remembered, broader. He had stubble now, his jawline defined. This wasn’t the boy she’d been in love with, no, this was a man. “James…”

“I can’t believe we’re in a maintenance cupboard.” He smirked at her, moving a little closer. Small lines of light were dappled across his face, the rest of him in shadow. “Lily, this is the most cliché hiding place you could have chosen.”

“Oh, I’m sorry I didn’t take us to the Paris of hiding places…” She rolled her eyes at him, a small smile pulling at her lips as she too inched towards him in the darkness.

“Listen, I want to talk to you about… About where we went wrong.” He said all of a sudden, his eyes dropping to her lips. She knew she was powerless to stop him and she didn’t want to either. All she could think about was him pressing her up against the wall of the cupboard, like he used to. “I think we-”

She cut him off with a kiss, her arms looping around his neck to pull his mouth down to hers. A small sigh escaped them both as their lips met, Lily’s fingers tangling in the hair at the back of his head while his hands gripped her waist, pulling her body flush against his.

It was like riding a bike, kissing James Potter. He’d clearly gotten some practice since their days together, but he still knew how to kiss her the way she liked. His teeth grazed her bottom lip before he soothed it with his tongue, prompting her to open for him. Together they moaned softly as the kiss deepened, James’ hands sliding up her body to cup the sides of her face, tilting her head back so that he could kiss her a little rougher.

But then they froze, mouths still pressed together and eyes opening as they heard Lucius Malfoy talking with someone, right outside the cupboard.

“Lily Evans, yes. I think she’s uncovered us. She needs to be dealt with.”

“Very well, Malfoy, shouldn’t be hard to do. No one will miss a mudblood like her anyway.”

Reality came flooding back. Lily and James broke apart, both stricken.

“We should go.” He whispered, moving his lips to her ear so he barely had to say anything, his voice hardly audible. “Come with me, we’ll protect you.”

She just nodded, letting his hand slide into hers. The two other voices disappeared down the corridor, out of sight and earshot. Lily’s eyes met James’, the two of them thinking the same thing. It was high time that Lily Evans joined the Order of the Phoenix and helped the fight to win the war. And she’d do it by James Potter’s side. Together.

[girlllthatsgrim]

NSFW ALPHABET (Harry Potter Version)

Severus Snape

A= Aftercare

I can see Severus clean up the room with magic while you bath and soak in bath salts; he doesn’t seem like the guy to make his lady do any type of work after sex. He wants you to feel even more relaxed after making love together.

B= Body Part

Severus doesn’t seem like the type of guy to care too much about his physically appearance so I don’t think he would have a body part that he’s personally proud of. As for a favorite body part on a woman, I think he would favor the eyes because eyes are windows to the soul.

C= Cum

He would religiously use a condom and even if he did ejaculate inside you, Severus would always ask you if you were on birth control. To be very honest, I don’t think he wanted children at all so, that’s another reason why he would use condoms.

D= Dirty Secret

Severus is a big time introvert so, I think he would have a ton of secrets. Even after the two of your start dating, he would be very reluctant to divulge these secrets. One secret that he would keep from you is that he is a masochist - he gets aroused from receiving pain. Now you know why he completely loses it when you scratch up his back or dig your nails into his cheeks as you kiss him roughly.

E= Experience

A stark contrast to the likes of James or Sirius, Severus would probably be more interested in the latest Dark Arts book than chasing after skirts every day. So, I don’t think Severus would have much experience if any.

F= Favorite Position

After the two of you have sex for the first time, I think Severus would favor the lap dance position where you sit on him; I think he would like this position because it allows for face-to-face intimacy so he can maintain eye contact.

G= Goofy

We all know Severus to be a no-nonsense person as a middle age man and I think that wouldn’t change as a young adult either; even as a teenage he was very mature for his age. In the bedroom, he would be especially serious. I think he sees sex for what it is: an adult act and not recreation for kids. So, don’t expect jokes throughout the whole romp.

H= Hair

Before he met you, his hair was quite greasy since he didn’t care much to wash it as frequently as he should. Now, Severus has seen the error in his ways and washes his hair, which unleashed the latent beauty of his thick, jet black hair. As for his pubic hair, I think he would shave it, but not routinely; there will be times where you two will have sex and the forest has gone untrimmed. If he doesn’t even keep up with his shaving, I doubt he will care much if his lady shaved either.

I= intimacy

Out of all the Harry Potter guys I’ve analyzed so far, I think Snape would be the most romantic in bed. Under the facade of coolness is someone who is capable of loving a woman unconditionally. It might be hard to imagine, but he would be one of those guys in their twilight years that is still married to the same woman and says ‘I love you’ every night before they sleep. In bed, eye contact is an absolute must; since that is the most attractive attribute on a woman, I don’t think he would ever look away from you.

J= Jack off

I don’t think Severus masturbated that much even before he met you. It’s not that he he doesn’t like girls either. He has an unbelievably high level of self-control for a young person his age, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t think about it at times. When he started dating you, he didn’t masturbate at all because he has you. It does not make much sense for him to masturbate when he has a lovely girlfriend whom he loves with every fiber in his being.

K= Kink

As mentioned before, Severus is a masochist. When he gets around to actually telling you this dirty secret, he has a major kink for scratching up his butt. There are times when he’ll make you drag your nails across it because it arouses him even more.

L= Location

Snape is not the adventurous type; he sticks to what he knows and very rarely ventures into the unknown (only if it has to do with potions or DADA). You two are either doing the deed in his bed or yours. You might be able to coax him to do it in the shower together since he would do anything for you, but it will take time.

M= Motivation

Why do I feel like Severus would have a thing with girls who wear glasses? Maybe it’s because he himself is quite studious, but I think seeing you wear your glasses would turn him on.

N= No

I think he would detest Anal sex; in his mind, people defecate from there for a reason and his penis doesn’t belong there. Don’t try to fight him on this one because it will be a losing battle every time.

O= Oral

Despite him being an even switch, I think Severus would really enjoy doing oral on you once he got the hang of it and learned what you liked. Again expect lots of eye contact.

P= Pace

I think Severus’ pace would generally be slow and sensual; he might go faster by watching your eyes and you scratching him, but I believe even then he would hold himself back from increasing speed because he doesn’t want to hurt you. At all.

Q= Quickie

If he’s not very adventurous, I can’t see Severus doing a quickie - even if he was desperate. That self-control would pour out the fire just long enough until the evening.

R= Risk

Similar to quickies, Severus isn’t very adventurous and I don’t think he’s keen on taking risks -especially when they involve you and your body. He’s more likely to take risks inventing a new potion than try a new sex position that might kill you. If you asked him to, then maybe he would comply, but he isn’t going to go out of his way to have sex in the Ravenclaw common room when everyone is watching a quidditch game.

S= Stamina

I’d say Severus’ stamina is pretty average; he could go on for about 4 or 5 rounds. Nothing too crazy.

T= Toy

Severus wouldn’t be into toys at all. If you already owned one, he wouldn’t mind it, however he wouldn’t be forthcoming about using it during sex. His penis is all that matters.

U= Unfair

Severus is quite sarcastic, but this is rarely seen by most people. I don’t think he would tease that much during sex unless something happened that was unforgettable like you farting or something. That’s when the sarcasm and teasing would come out in droves.

V= Volume

Save heavy breathing and couple of groans, Severus is pretty quite himself during the act unlike Sirius and James.

W= Wildcard

Severus is unique in his own way and let’s very few people into his world. Although he isn’t quite adventurous, that doesn’t mean he is not creative and the highly creative guys are the ones you should watch out for. I think Severus would find ways to change up the way you make love within the sphere of reason. Not many people can do this which is why, you as his girlfriend, should be very proud to know him.

X= X-ray

Flaccid: 5

Erect: 7 1/2

Y= Yearning

I think Severus’ sex drive would be low for a man his age and the reason being is because of his self-control as well as his priorities; there is a time and place for everything. The two of you wouldn’t have sex every day, but when you do, the experience was always memorable as Severus would always remind you that he loves you very much.

Z= ZZZ

I think the two of you would fall asleep around the same time. So, if you fell asleep first, he’s not too far behind you and vice versa.

[the-littlefangirl]

TFATWS episode 1 rewatch commentary

The first scene was so beautiful. I loved that we didn't start directly with the fight sequence. It feels way closer to the quiet beginning of CATWS and I love it so much.

The title is also SO NEAT, music's on point too but hey it’s Henry Jackman the one thing I’m sure it’s going to be great overall is the score.

The choreography is AMAZING, really well shot. Sam shielding himself with only one wing was MA-JES-TIC.

“WHAT'S UP” EXACTLY SAM EXACTLY

I did feel so uncomfortable in regards to the military aspect of it. Not that I was expecting anything else, but both here and in Captain Marvel the military we're good guys < 3 propaganda is so blatant and ugh:/ At least there wasn’t a literal recruitment spot like with CM. 

The yellow filter in the Tunisia scene BYE please stop with the yellow filters 2k21

"I've been working with the Air Force for six months now" So, did Sam even catch a break at all after Endgame? Or did he just throw himself to work like SOMEONE did after being iced for 70 years. Hmmm? Sam????

"Essentially, these people, they want a world that's unified without borders" OH NO! HOW AWFUL, how evil of these bad guys smh

Joaquin: SO about Steve

Sam: :)))))) nope

"Moon stuff" SAAAM

#1 cry with Sam's speech, full on chills.. Fuck. Me. His voice about to break before saying thank you bYE.

Shady politician: "It was the right decision" (FUCKKKKK YOUUU)

Rhodey: *press any key to doubt *

I need someone to analyze the different curation of the two exhibits pretty please

NOT THE PHOTO POST-AZZANO JFC. That photo is my weakness, Bucky sweetie (also I find hilarious that usually when there are articles about Stucky and/or #givecaptainamericaaboyfriend they aaaalways use that photo LMAO)

In case someone wants to read the transcription of the texts about Bucky: "In 1944, while on a mission to thwart a Hydra weapon transport in the Alps, Barnes was thrown from a train and believed to have been killed in action. It wasn't until 2014, over seventy years later, that it was revealed that Barnes was alive, having been found by Hydra operatives. Captain America himself (i can't read) the effort to bring Barnes in only to later aid in a escape from custody having been convinced of his innocence. Steve's loyalty to his old friend, coupled with his refusal to sign the Sokovia Accords, led to the dissolution of the Avengers and drove the Captain into hiding with other like-minded Avengers including Natasha Romanoff, Wanda Maximoff, and Sam Wilson. The current whereabouts of Barnes remains unknown, habing been labeled a fugitive following his escape from custody."

"current wherabout unknown" but not the government, interesting. Also, pretty good summary of CACW from the public's perspective, although one of the things I always wanted to see explored was the public's reaction of the fallout of them going into hiding after Civil War (which I'm hoping we'll get to see a little bit of in Black Widow).

Interesting point about the 70 years without having Captain America. Clearly the sacrifice play wasn't enough this time to fuel the nationalism so they went with a squeaky clean John Walker instead.

Sam saying the shield belongs to Steve I'm going to cry now excuse me. Sam. Sam sweetie.

The No. 1 Captain America comic in the display ugH fuck yes

See this is how you do a cameo that has actual meaning. Thank god for Malcolm Spellman being a competent writer. That scene was so well written.

HAVE YOU PRAISED ANTHONY MACKIE'S PERFORMANCE TODAY?? Holy shit that last shot fucked me up.

I'm loving the use of the wide shots, especially in the flashback. The camera movements are in synch with The Soldier's state of mind and mission focus, so good.

EVERYONE STAND UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM aka The Winter Soldier theme composed by Henry Jackman.

Without a doubt the most brutal TWS fight scene there has been, People involved in Punisher and John Wick are involved in this and it SHOWS. 

For the record, still stands that the only time we've seen him chocking someone with his right hand instead of the metal arm remains the Maria Stark assasination. I know it's probably because of blocking and the way the shot was composed but the implications are still bone chilling. God.

Uhhmmmm I'm very ambivalent about the "Hail Hydra". On one hand, it was 100% fanservice and the internet is probably going to go insane over it, and the dead way Sebastian Stan delivered the line. Good shit. Buuut what I love about CATWS is the way Bucky never, ever ever, mouths Hydra rethoric, and even when Pierce tries to gaslight him with it, it's just an empty effort. The Winter Soldier isn't doing anything because of ideological loyalty to Hydra, even if it's product of brainwashing, it's just sheer dehumanization. They don’t need him to say the words because he’s just An Asset. There are people who have put it more eloquently but yeah, I rather go with the fanon interpretation of that aspect.

The music growing louder with the shot of the keys. GOD.

I'm fine this is fine.

#2 cry with the therapy scene of fucking course.

The government monitoring Bucky is noooot going to end well lmao.

"We need to know that you're not gonna * slowmo stabbing motions *

Bucky: * nodding along slowly * 

I laughed out loud.

"It's passive agressive" I love him.

The way this scene just sucker punched me in the face, made me weep and then had me cracking up. Amazing.

Therapist: You can't do anything illegal

Bucky: yup yup check checkity check. What IS considered illegal tho?

*aggresive tablet finger pressing *

"Then why isn't it rule number one?" Bucky your Steve is showing.

I love the close up shot. I'll keep saying it. It's so good.

"I'm James Bucky Barnes" yeah you are🥺

That smile is nightmare fuel LMFAO I love it.

Uhm the way I'm kinning Bucky it's not funny anymore damn

That whole “are you lashing out at me” rambling is really reminiscent of the bar scene in CATFA and how he lashed out at Steve after Peggy left. Uhm yeah fuck.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT?" "Peace"

"That is UTTER BULLSHIT" "You're a terrible shrink"

yeah ugly crying to ugly laughing speedrun for me

"You're free" "To do what?" jesus. That entire scene. #3 and #4 and #5 cries for moi.

Ugh that Brooklyn shot. Someone needs to do a gifset compairing it to the one in CATFA asap.

"It's like Monique but it's got a "U" in there for uniqueness" "That's absurd" LMAO

"You can't keep fighting with your neighbors" uHM * redacted redacted i'm shifting into 1940s mode abort abort *

"Nobody passed 90" "So young. Such a shame" FGADHGA

🥺🥺 yes flex those flirting skills good for you

"It's a dance to this things. You can't… you gotta warm up and I haven't danced since 1943. Feels like." #6 cry I completely broke down into tears with that.

This Yori storyline is going to punch me in the face with a metal fist. Great!

The TWS theme when he looks at Yori fuuuuuck.

GREAT LET'S GO TO LOUISIANA THAT WAS GETTING HEAVY.

Those shots of Sam in the car. Immaculate. Showstoping. Yes.

Marvel, what if instead of promoting the military industrial complex you put a lot of publicity about cars?

"Uncle Sam!" LMAO subtle.

Everyone trying to have the wings lmao same.

I've only had Sarah for a day but etc. Brooklyn 99 meme

Good mirroring about Steve and Sam family's legacy. Good shit. Goooood shit.

Sam is trying so hard ouch my heart. I can't imagine how painful the scene with them reuniting must have been. He 100% still feels a lot of guilt about being gone for those 5 years (and even longer before that).

"Maybe it is time for us to move on" uuuuuuuuuuh

"To the rescue" "Always" 🥺🥺 i love them so much already

That shot outside the restaurant is so beautiful. Can't wait to see the night scenes in Madripoor tbh.

"I tried the whole online dating thing. It's pretty crazy". Uhm well that is something that Bucky Barnes has now said. In canon. Damn.

"It's a lot" "You sound like my dad" LMAO

Every Bucky fanfic trope speedrun with this scene

"Wow you really can drink" OH you have no idea

Just realized we don't even know her name, well.

"You have any siblings?" "I have a sister" THE WAY I SCREECHED. We're definitely getting Becca

Well that escalated quickly. The important thing is to try?

I can't deal with this BUCKY SWEETIE #8 cry right there fuck

The wardrobe department is KILLING IT, there's such a difference between the outfits of the shows vs how ugly and generic it usually is.

"ThEre is NO such thiNg as on time. You're either EARLY or LATE . picK One" lmao the way he delivered that line

At first I thought the flag smashers had thrown two cars out of a window LMAO

"I don't know how jurisdiction works here, but I'mma have to place you under arrest" uhm yikes. The way they changed Joaquín Torres backstory to just random army nice guy #1 is not sitting well with me, what can I say.

Sam's wings motions I LOVE HIM YOUR HONOR

Fuuuuck this guy.

"Funny how thing's always thighten around us" "Look, I'm on your side. After all, he's a hero". This script is C R I S P as hell, great fucking job.

"I don't care, I'm not gonna quit" "What are you trying to prove? And who you trying to prove it to" SHIT HSIT SHIT!!! UGH amazing. Look it's not necessary to say the show's questions out loud but how they flow between the conversations is still very satisfactory without feeling in your face about it. Inner conflicts have been set up fucking perfectly everyone * claps *

Ugh here we fucking go.  I knew this was how the episode was going to end but my stomach still dropped like a rollercoster. God.

The score is on point. Damn. Damn.

God, Sam.🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

The captain america franchise's visuals in the credits are always so amazing.

Also, does anybody know why Mackie isn't first in the billing?  Uhm what's that about?

ANYWAY CONCLUSION THAT EPISODE WAS SO FUCKING GOOD LIKE HOLY SHIT. I love them so much. The balance between the personal conflicts and the political aspect (although the military aspect is still very much yikes) was on point and it was overall a joy to watch.

[whyqueerbaitingisbad]

movies & shows

cracks knuckles* alright this is going to be more of a rant than an analysis because i’m basing this on both my research, but also how it felt to personally be baited by these shows. there are obviously more pieces of bad (almost every horror movie) and good ones but these are the ones i’ve watched.

please keep in mind that i am but one queer and everyone has different opinions.

Supernatural (CW) 2005

This show is 15 years old and just ended. From season 5 till 15, there has been tension between two of the lead characters. They were constantly shipped together and not only did the entire fandom know about this ship but so did almost all of Tumblr. On top of that, the actors and show runners knew about it as well. Which is why it makes it ridiculous that it was constantly pushed aside while the romantic coding  kept happening, even after show runners dismissed it as being intentional. The Destiel (Dean x Cas) case has been going on for years, and as the show came to its end, many fans had hope. But N O P E. Instead, we got a love confession from Cas where Dean looked like he was near constipated and the Cas was killed and sent into a fiery place that was not hell but s u p e r  h e l l.

… w hy.

Sherlock (BBC) 2010

Just like Supernatural, this show was renown on Tumblr for not only how good it was, but its hinting at a potential relationship between Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. But again, like Supernatural, the intentional tension between the two characters was denied by producers. This caused an uproar within the fandom, and even left some people believing that, after the last season aired, it had been a joke and the producers were hiding a “secret, unaired season” because they had felt so robbed by this show that had implied something and denied it.

The 100 (CW) 2014

We got lesbians. We got background gays. We were happy. Then, all of a sudden, one of them is killed for no reason. Did it advance the plot? No. Was she fighting and died in battle? lol no. She was doing literally nothing and got shot and died. And then the producers kept bringing her back once a season in the form of a ghost or illusion because why? Because she was a fan favourite queer character. ✨bury your gays and sparingly bring them back for profit anyone?✨

Voltron: Legendary Defender (Netflix) 2016

*deep breathe* This one is a special disaster. Not only was there romantic tension and romantically coded scenes for 7 seasons, but producers, voice actors and artists working on the show repeatedly said “don’t worry klance (Keith x Lance) shippers, you’ll be happy”

. … w h e r e??? You code one of their scenes with a sunset in the background while they talk about love and then one of them goes on a date with someone who has declined his advances for 7 seasons but now in season 8 decides to do a full 180. Not only that, but you announce at a Comic Con (a convention) that a character is gay and has a fiancé, only to kill off the fiancé and never make it explicit in the show except at the last second of the last episode where he marries a no name character. 

Personally, i’d like to say a big fuck you to the show that strung me along for 2 years and never stopped saying we’d be happy to then pull the rug out from under us and call us crazy for thinking anything from the past 8 seasons was intentional.

Scooby-Doo (2002) 

While not being outwardly queerbaiting, this movie’s filmmaker has just revealed some shocking news, which wasn’t at all shocking to the gays who had watched this movie over the years. In July of 2020, James Gunn, the filmmaker of Scooby-Doo, revealed in a podcast that, initially, Velma was explicitly gay in his script, but then the studio watered it down until it became nothing. This isn’t an example of baiting as much as it is changing a character’s initial design to “better fit an audience”. The worst part of all this is that with Velma’s character having been written with a l i t t l e queer subtext, people had been theorizing about if since the movie came out, but were always yelled at by the internet for “imagining something that isn’t there”. But now, even with it being said that the initial point was for her to be gay, people have no objections to still refusing to accept it. Why?? So we can’t get the subtext gays OR the confirmed gays?? Make it make sense.

Brooklyn 99 (NBC) 2013

To have the queer characters firstly introduced without mentioning their sexualities and have it brought up naturally was so goddamn nice to see, because no one does a big deal about it unless they ask for that. This show is amazing in general but the way they show their queer characters is *chefs kiss*.

She-ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix) 2018

This. Show. My heart SOARS. It's just a remake of an old show so absolutely nothing was ever expected, but then it was sprinkled in and ENDED WITH A BANG. And it was so beautiful and real to see the struggle of two friends who care for each other and want to be together but have different visions of the world fall in love. And they also had characters with disabilities, a non-binary character and jUST SUCH A GOOD SHOW.

Kipo and The Age of Wonderbeasts (Netflix) 2020

This is a case where you go into it not expecting anything and are BLOWN AWAY by the bare minimum. And not because it’s bad!! It's mind blowing because this is the simple representation we need!! Not something over the top, but an every day relationship. It’s just two boys falling in love and going on dates and being nervous around each other, yet i was so stunned. Because it’s not shown enough. I should not be this excited over something that should be this normal. 10/10 though this show is so good for all kinds of representation.

Steven Universe (Cartoon Network) 2013

This show did so much for queer representation with its general message of loving everyone and loving who you want. Especially since it was aired on Cartoon Network, a channel for kids, it was able to help normalize something so looked down upon in some circles. It made it easy to watch for s o m e people because it's a cartoon but it's so beautiful to see these ladies so in love with each other, both platonically and romantically and we see them have a family dynamic that isn’t a “nuclear family”. Rebecca Sugar (creator) really said “lemme just break all stereotypes real quick”.

Adventure Time (Cartoon Network) 2010

It's the “knowing a fanbase shipped something so hard that the creators made it canon” for me. This relationship had been theorized by fans for years, but it had never been explicit in the show. When the finale episode came out and the two shared a kiss, it was a moment of celebration. The producer of the show said that it had not really been planned but when the episode was being made, the choice of what happened was given to one of the artists (bless your soul Hanna K. Nyströmthe). And as the show releases little bonus episodes, its latest was centered around Marceline and Bubblegum and their relationship. AND WE LOVE TO SEE OUR DOMESTIC LESBIANS BEING HAPPY AND IN LOVE.

Yuri on Ice!!! (anime) 2016

The fact that an A N I M E gave us a love story between two men is mind boggling and it makes me so happy!! Especially because it's a Japanese show and they’re very conservative about these things just makes it more emotional. The creators said they wanted to make the anime take place in a world where gay/straight isn’t a thing, it’s just love (ladies, you’re going to make me cry). So as the weekly episodes came out and fans start speculating, THEY GAVE US THE LAST FEW EPISODES FULL OF ROMANCE AND EMOTIONAL SCENES BETWEEN THE TWO AND THEN THEY GET R I N GS?!???!! You watch for the figure skating, you stay for the figure skaters that are in love.

Shadowhunters (Freeform) 2016

*insert me being frustrated that the actors are straight so we can move on from that disappointment*

This show really said “let’s name a whole episode after this couple because they deserve it”. But seriously, they gave us two characters whose entire plot does not center around their sexualities while still showing us the differences in a relationship between someone experienced and someone new at this. They were both powerful and amazing characters apart from each other, with their own story lines and goals but they loved each other so much omgs. SO MUCH. 

It was so great to watch.

Love, Simon (2018) 

There’s a lot of disagreement on whether this movie is good representation or not. However, we need to take into consideration that this was Hollywood’s first movie with a main character that was gay, where the story’s focus was on Simon’s love story. The biggest problem, for me at least, was that the actor playing Simon is a straight man and not queer. My problem is not with him, but the fact that there are other actors that are gay and that could have played Simon just as well. (the love interested was however played by a queer actor so ✨progress✨)

All in all, this movie does represent what a lot of queer kids have to go through: being outed at school, how they then come out, the bullying and doubt they go through.

The book is also really good.

Call Me By Your Name (2018)

This movie is so aesthetically pleasing and was able to capture the confusion and heartbreak felt by a boy who’s struggling with his own feelings towards a man. His inner conflict and joy and l o v e he feels but doesn’t know how to deal with is so well communicated through the screen and just breaks your heart because it feels so real.

But again, they could’ve gotten gay actors to play gay characters…

through having this list here, i want to show you that it’s not hard for creators to give good queer representation. the LGBTQ+ community isn’t asking for much, we just want to be well represented on screen as just a regular character, not some token queer kid there for the diversity points. having been exposed to so much queerbaiting and just not seeing any representation on screen, i always get over-excited when i see a queer character, and that’s not how it should be. it should be a normal thing, something you can find in most pieces of media, just like there’s a straight white cisgender person in everything.

and they seriously need to start casting queer actors for queer characters...

[kitkatopinions]

Honestly, shooting Oscar was the closes they got to an acceptable ‘good guy does evil thing’. The key being that there’s enough interesting tragedy to explore, and since Os didn’t actually die Ironwood could be easily redeemed. We’re at the scene, as Ironwood stares at the Vault. He hears someone coming down and let’s out a painful sigh because he fully understands the pain Winter is going through (the same he is with abandoning Mantle). As he turns around to comfort her, he sees Oscar. /1

You know, I fully agree that James shooting Oscar is the most ‘good guy does bad thing’ we ever needed from James. By piling on evil thing after evil thing, not only did it take away from Ironwood’s character (and the character of everyone close to him like Winter and Qrow,) but it made it so that very little that he did actually gets any focus, including shooting Oscar. Did Ruby ever even know about it? Did we ever see Oscar grapple with the fact that James had tried to kill him? Did we ever see Ironwood even acknowledge that it happened? The moment feels entirely passed over. Then again, with Sleet, the Ace Ops are all shocked about Sleet, Winter looks hesitant, but then steely and accepting, Marrow is alarmed... But ultimately that goes nowhere. Winter having stood by Ironwood even while he murders unarmed civilians and not considering it a deal breaker, along with the other Ops (yes, even Marrow,) isn’t really gone into and is brushed under the rug, because the focus quickly changes to him working with Watts. But do we see Penny in a moment of clarity forced to grapple with the fact that a former mentor and someone she probably saw as a friend had forcibly taken control of her body? Does it even have a long term affect on the story? Considering Penny could’ve died due to Cinder trying to steal her powers just as easily as a robot as she did a flesh-person (with Pietro claiming he couldn’t restore her again,) I’d argue that Ironwood hacking Penny had zero real effect on the plot. At least our main cast freaking knew about it, though, instead of the other scenes of Ironwood’s descent being mostly for the audiences sake it feels like. We quickly move on from the emotional weight behind Penny getting hacked by a mentor/friend, because then we get some rabid fire “what the heck” moments like Ironwood being like “huh, shoulda tortured Qrow.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  And I could’ve tormented some teens.” And Winter is freaked but then we only have like a minute of sitting with that before there’s a bomb threat, and James is threatening to bomb the people of Mantle for... Reasons, standing in his backlit light with the black background so you know it’s spooky villain time. This at least gets some more focus, but even then, in the fight with Winter when she’s listing grievances, she doesn’t really get into the whole torture/bomb thing. And James is still not the focus, the primary threat of the last two episodes is Cinder. Everything in season eight was just so rushed and hurried we didn’t get a chance to focus on anything for the time that it needed with the exception of possibly Renora’s makeup/breakup? which was also badly handled, but got like, the appropriate amount of screen time imo. But we definitely didn’t have any time to get into the meat of a good hero-does-bad concept. Which is a shame, because it could’ve been good.

You’re right that shooting Oscar was all they needed. They established a really good base conflict: James believes they’re in a no-win situation and is trying to save as many people as he can while Team RWBY believes they need to come up with a plan that will save everyone all at once / because of Team RWBY’s actions, Ironwood doesn’t trust them and tries to have them arrested, Team RWBY are fugitives who no longer have Ironwood’s resources to rely on and must grapple with those consequences of their actions. Then, they want to - imo unnecessarily - drive the point that due to the terrible situation, the recent perceived betrayal of Team RWBY and co, his own deteriorating mental health, and pushed by his TOTALLY UNMENTIONED semblance, James falls into destructive actions that cause harm. Having him shoot Oscar/Oz in a moment of paranoia does this without wholly ruining his character. It breaks Oscar’s aura, but nothing worse, and one could argue James didn’t mean him to go over the side (you know, except that the writers did mean for him to mean to, but for the sake of this narrative, we’ll say it was maybe unintentional.) It could’ve been something that Oscar/Oz then have to process or struggle to understand, or forgive, while it’s something Ironwood could regret and possibly come back from while still clearly being in the wrong in that situation, and it could’ve been treated more sympathetically. We could’ve actually paid attention to that moment, rather than having it (and every single further jump into villainy) swept away. James could’ve been an antagonist for the season without being a full villain. Not everything has to be “Team RWBY against pure evil.”

We already had Cinder, Watts, Tyrian, Emerald, Mercury, Neo, Hazel, and Salem for god sakes. Most of those villains had to get taken out by fellow villains - in fact, all of the villains that we dealt with in V7 and 8 that got taken out of the picture were by the villains, including Emerald abdicating, which happened because of Salem’s motives and Tyrian confirming them and Oscar literally just said a sentence and then sat around. None of these villains were used well or got the focus they needed except for possibly Cinder, who wound up not growing at all anyway. But they could’ve been a great, compelling threat if they hadn’t gotten trounced by a fifteen year old with a magic deus ex machina after doing almost nothing this season, because they had to get pushed aside so Ironwood could have his moment as a villain. And then even Ironwood got pushed aside too. Even the built up and dreaded ridiculously stupid grudge Qrow had that made him want to kill James just up and vanished. It’s almost like James never had to be a villain at all since it amounted to nearly nothing and there was very little emotional depth tied to it. It’s almost like the writers could’ve actually made their existing large amount of villains more interesting and do something with them.

Like, don’t get me wrong, Watts was amazing. And the temporary team up of Watts, Cindy, and Neo had me thinking CRWBY would do something interesting and compelling with the villains for once (I’m putting on the appropriate clown paint for it.) They could’ve used the volume 7 momentum to go into an actually emotional arc centered around this one violent act, how people feel about it, how James might come back from it, all while giving the focus to the actual main villain of the series and presenting her as the real threat. But instead...

Anyway, this wound up being a pretty long post. Sorry about that. :P

[ithoughtthiswastwitterbutfr]

Wanda vision thoughts of episode 6 spoliers ofc

It’s startttttinggg I’m so excited I’ve heard good things.

I love the new into im trying to think of what show it’s related too it’s defiantly familiar.

The way it’s filmed like a show with the talks to the camera is making be very happy.

I LOVE WANDAS SCARLETT WITCH COSTUME. Visions too

“I don’t remember it like that,”

“Probably because you suppressed a lot of the trauma,” Now they’re saying it like it is.

“Mom and Dad have been not fighting just different?” Vision is still on edge as he should be honestly

AWW TOMMY IS A MINI QUICKSLIVER THATS SO CUTE.

Ugh now the sword agents are here with the plane and nasty Hayward.

Hayward is trying to pin the whole thing on Wanda again.

“We can’t outgun her and clearly antagonizing isn’t only making things worse,”

He brought up Monica’s mother then quicked the trio off the mission ig.

They took out the sword agents escorting them.

It’s back to the trick or treating and Peter/Pietro said “Raise hell demon spawn,” I may be reading too deep into this but that made me kind of suspicious.

“Do you remember we were in the orphanage after mom and dad died what was the name of that kid who was always trying to steal your boots. He had the... He had the skin thing?” Wanda to Peter/Pietro

“You’re testing me,” Peter/Pietro

“No I’m not,” Wanda

“Hey it’s cool. I know I look different,”

“Why do you... look different?”

Wanda knows this Pietro is different and doesn’t have the same knowledge as the other one which is why she was testing them she just doesn’t know where this version of him came from she’s still clueless to (the multiverse) that world.

This has to be like Uncle Jesse a bit he keeps calling himself Uncle P

“Say it again now all the candy has dissapeared?” Herb then cuts to all the kids looking down cause their candy is gone.

“And now all the jack-o-lanterns have been smashed?” Product of Quicksilver and the twins they’re using powers very openly this episode.

She just found out Vision wasn’t on duty

“Is there something I can do for you Wanda? Do you want something changed?” Herb

She seems caught off by the question I’m assuming that’s her subconscious trying to make up for the fact that vision lied to her and she wants to fix it.

Now she’s confused again.

He sees this woman who is glitching and crying she is trying to put a ghost decoration up over and over again. The she pain she is in is seeping through and I guess the control over her isn’t allowing her to do anything else but struggle to put up the decorations.

“I’m so hungry I’d eat anything,” Commercial snacked on Yo-Magic the kid is too weak to open it and they died. Yo-magic the snack for survivors. Still trying to figure out this commercial

“I got shot like a chump on the street for no reason and the next thing I know I heard you calling me. I knew you needed me,” Pietro/Peter very suspicious it’s a different multiverse Pietro but he definitely has bad intentions. He also brought up “isn’t that what you wanted?” Hinting to Wanda calling the shots.

Tommy had super speed now great now he’s running everywhere after Wanda told him to take it slow because she can’t control him.

“Do go past Ellis Lane,” I’m assuming that’s where that’s where hex cuts off.

The people near the edge are barely moving because they’re out of Wanda magic reach I think.

Also where’d Wanda get all those kids from there were none before.

Monica and the Jimmy and Darcy trio found out Hayward is tracking vision so now they can find out how sus be really is.

Vision is flying up to see everything and he here’s Halloween phrases and he sees a parked car

Should be Agnes from the trailer.

“ Town square scare. Where is it?” Agnes

“Oh, well the Town square I expect,” Vision

Agnes let out a creepy laugh.

“Took a wrong turn got lost,” there are tears in her eyes.

“In the town you grew up in?”

Vision pulls her out of the control.

“You... you’re one of the avengers youre vision are you here to help us?”

“I am Visuon. I do want to help. What’s an Avenger?” I guess Wanda does have some control over him if she was able to make him forget about everything before hand or maybe because he doesn’t have the mind stone he doesn’t have the memories but Shuri said without the mind stone there were so much vision still there. I’m gonna assume it’s Wanda

“What why don’t you remember?” Agnes “Am I dead?”

“No why would you think that?”

“Cause you are?”

“I am what?”

“Dead,” She confines to shout that she is dead.

She has brought up how no one leaves Wanda won’t even let them think about it. Her witch laugh is definitely a sign on Agatha she’s even wearing a witch costume and Peter Wanda and Vision all have their comic costumes on. 

AHHH THATS WHY THEY CANT GO PAST ELLIS LANE BECAUSE THATS WHERE EVERYONE STOPS MOVING. They can’t move and it’s almost like they’re dead. There stuck in a cloud of Wanda grief.

I think Monica‘s powers are coming in because Darcy is talking about how her Energy in her cells on A molecular level is being rewritten and it’s unsafe too go back in the hex. In the comics Monica can turn herself into any form of energy I believe she can turn herself into pure energy.

“It’s changing you,” Darcy to Monica

Monica wants to stop Wanda’s grief.

Darcy is trying to breakthrough the into what Hayward is hiding which is the fact they’re trying to weaponize Vision.

“Where were you hiding all these kids up until now?” Pietro/Peter.

"What?” Wanda

“ I assumd they were all sleeping peacefully in their beds no need to traumatize beyond the occasional Holiday episode cameo, am I right?”

“No I dont-”

“You were always the empathic twin. hey don’t get me wrong you’ve handled the ethical considerations of this scenario as best as you could, families and couples stay together, most personalities aren’t far off from what’s underneath, people got better jobs, better haircuts for sure”

“You don’t think it’s wrong?” Wanda

“What, are you kidding? I am impressed seriously it’s a pretty big leap from giving people nightmares and shooting red wiggly-woos out of your hands” Like in age of ultron reaching into the Avengers biggest fears. On the other hand the phrase wiggly-woos is very cute.

He’s telling her how he can’t talk to her. And she said she doesn’t know how she did it she only remembers feeling completely alone and empty. So she was grieving and depressed. She just saw the gunshot wound and the white eyes on Pietro like she did to Vision with his head crushed earlier on. She’s losing touch to this made up world and is now getting glimpses of reality.

Darcy is almost at my into Hayward’s stuff.

Idk if these names are important but they’re in Hayward’s email so I’m gonna write them down.

James D. Gadd,

James J. Alexander 

James X-ND Seckler.

James woo wasn’t listed in his contact either. He’s either been blocked or was never there.

Vision is at the edge of the hex HES breaking through now. He’s halfway out. Now he’s all the way out. The hex is pulling him back in and now he’s falling apart because he’s exciting.

THE BILLY CAN HEAR VISION SCREAMING

Hayward doesn’t want to help Vision so he’s handcuffing Darcy too a car.

Y’all really made Vision die again.

“It’s not like your dead husband can die twice,” Peter/Pietro she flung him backwards at that.

He can also see the soldiers and could hear Hayward. The hex is expanding outward to reach Vision and it swallowed Darcy and many other soldiers turning them into Circus performers and clowns. All the cars and shops it swallows turn into things to fit the aesthetic of her town.

I’m not sure if the hex is still moving outwards she opened her eyes so I think that was a signal that it stopped when her eyes went back from red to normal. Guess I gotta wait till next week.



[keelymewett]

Zombie Movie: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

Three words: that fight scene. 

So upon recommendation from a friend, I have recently watched the BBC mini-series of Pride and Prejudice, as well as the Keira Knightley movie. Therefore, I have about 8 hours of Pride and Prejudice knowledge under my belt, so here we go into probably my favourite type of adaptation ever: simply adding zombies.

Uh, medium to light spoilers, but it’s nothing really Earth-shattering especially if you have the gist of how Pride and Prejudice goes. 

Firstly, I love all the Bennet girls in this movie. The subversion of what makes a “lady” is great - instead of sitting around embroidering, they sit around cleaning guns (to then use them) which makes total sense for this period of war. 

Unlike in actual war-time throughout history, where it happened in a “far-off” place wherein the war was seperate from home life, in PPZ (I’m sorry I have to abbreviate it the run on sentence of a title is too much) the war is literally on the home front - anyone can become a zombie, therefore everyone is part of the war, not just soldiers like in the original P&P (had to put the & because otherwise it’s PP which will make me laugh too much yes I’m a child).

We get this absolutely fabulous getting-ready-for-the-ball scene which literally made me scream in excitement - firstly, knives, secondly, FUNCTIONAL FASHION. 

On the subject of fashion, the leather accents on everyone’s outfits in this movie is just *chef’s kiss*, and Mr Darcy is 100% emo. Like, he literally squeaks through every scene he’s wearing that much black leather. 

I will also never not be over the opening scene where he’s like “this guy’s a zombie. Let me finish my drink first though.” That’s very Australian of him, I approve (yes, I know this is British.) 

We get great fight scenes, although in terms of it being a Pride and Prejudice adaptation the plot is a little confusing - all of the plot-beats that make total sense in the BBC series are a bit lost in all the blood. 

I just want the letter scene where Mr Darcy is the one who catches her crying and comforts her - is that too much to ask? 

Other random notes:

Lady Catherine is awesome. I like Mr Collins. His actor, Matt Smith, played him brilliantly. On the subject of actors, Lily James as Elizabeth Bennet? Yes please and thank you. 

Oh and Lydia doesn’t marry Mr Wickham!!! Thank God. 

The zombies

Firstly, they’re called zombies. That’s a win. Secondly, they’re kinda freaky because they can still function as members of society. Which brings me to the first thing that surprised me about this movie: as much as I hate Mr Wickham, I kinda agreed with the dude. Like, he figured out how to win the war by essentially “befriending” the zombies and making a peace treaty. And then Mr Darcy went and ruined the whole thing which is just... ugh. When I pointed this out to my friend, she proposed that Wickham’s plan could’ve just all been a ploy to attack the humans and win, which I will gladly accept to redeem Darcy and condemn Wickham. Might’ve just been a lost-in-translation thing from the book (yes, I haven’t read either book). 

That fight scene 

Welcome to how I convince people who love Pride and Prejudice to watch PPZ. The fight scene. Take the iconic verbal argument, set it in a war-with-zombies period, give the Bennet girls fighting skills and you get this masterpiece, which is filled with so much (romantic? sexual?) tension. If you’ve seen it, you know what I mean when I say the buttons. 

Also, this P&P adaption really amps up the romance between Elizabeth and Darcy (who, I only just found out in this film, has the first name Fitzwilliam. Excuse me what?). So if you’re in it for the romance, you’re in luck. Also, if you’re worried about the horror aspect, as long as you can handle SFX gore it’s not that scary. Just very dramatic. And emo. (Thanks to Darcy.)

I thiiink that covers pretty much everything I wanted to say. As you can see I’ve used GIFs instead of my own screen-grabs because I wanted to watch this for fun. I didn’t even take any notes or anything like I usually do because I really just wanted to watch the movie and when I saw it was on Netflix I wanted to quickly watch it in case they took it off. 

Closing GIF instead of remarks: 

[smalltragedy]

* justice smith, demi man + he/they | you know gabriel de leon, right? they’re twenty three, and they’ve lived in irving for, like, six years? well, their spotify wrapped says they listened to 1984 (infinite jest) by the used like, a million times this year, which makes sense ‘cause they’ve got that whole waking up in a body as heavy as the dead, emotions always on the verge of spilling over - you laugh before the punch lands, the belief that every encounter you have will be the last thing going on. i just checked and their birthday is october 31st, so they’re a scorpio, which is unsurprising, all things considered. ( james, 21, est, they/them )

hi im just reposting gabe’s intro bc its been a very long time n im starting a little fresh hehe. yes i do regret the text color bt im not going back.

VIOLENCE TW

mini playlist.

ghosting ;; mother mother / roam the room ;; citizen / art of doubt ;; metric / thnks fr th mmrs ;; fall out boy / heart in a cage ;; the strokes / where is my mind? ;; the pixies / flowers grow out of my grave ;; dead man’s bones / 1984 (infinite jest) ;; the used / blister in the sun ;; the violent femmes.

statistics.

full name: gabriel de leon.

nickname(s): gabe.

birthday: october 31st, 1997.

zodiac: scorpio sun, scorpio moon, gemini ascending.

label: the icarian.

hometown: belleville, new jersey.

sexuality: bisexual (masc-leaning).

pinterest.

biography.

it’s only rly ever been gabe n his mom n the little new jersey suburbs that r always the same no matter where they go. they dn’t speak abt fathers or brothers or spain or anywhere other than the now, and how its constantly changing bt oddly the same.

his mom’s name is sonia n we love her. she worked a lot as a single mom n p much hs done everything on her own ever since leaving spain.

they dn’t talk abt spain bt we cn talk abt spain n hw sonia hd grown up partially there n partially in the states n hw she’d originally planned to live there forever bt the man she’d fallen in love with ws involved in some. high class dangerous shit n it ws safer fr them to part even if tht involved leaving everything she knew n loved <3

bt its like. ok. bc she hd gabe <3 n they dnt talk abt it so it practically nvr happened. n she tries her best as a mom n usually tht is enough.

they moved around a lot just bc sonia is a very. flighty person. anxious bt nvr seems tht way is just always. tense. gabe didnt think she ws capable of relaxing fr. a rly long time.

she wld commute 2 nyc every morning n after school gabe wld climb onto the train n by the time he got 2 her place of work she’d be just getting off n they’d get a slice of pizza n sometimes they’d go somewhere like central park or coney island (just fr the novelty) bt most of the time they just got back on the train home w/ gabe either doing homework or napping on her shoulder.

when gabe got a little older he’d sometimes skip school n take the train after sonia had already gone so he cld spend the day in nyc. he liked learning bt didnt rly like school. he nvr properly fit in bc of the amt of times they’d move so it felt like nowhere ws. right fr him.

got rly involved in. the punk scene as a young unsupervised teenager n tht led 2 a lot of like. shitty stick n pokes bt also a love of. very loud angry music n a sense of justice tht he held tightly in his fists. got mouthy towards bullies whether at school or in the scenes he involved himself in n started getting into a lot of fights bc of it.

during this, sonia ended up dating n marrying gabe’s stepdad who he calls craig sometimes bt i dnt think thats his name i wont lie to u guys. its partially a joke n partially purposeful disrespect bc gabriel does not trust a single man bt like. man. ‘craig’ is just an accountant. he’s fine he’s a good dude. they once bonded over like. the mets.

violence tw // anyways. when gabriel ws 16 he got into a super super bad fight tht ended rly. terribly n like listen. nobody died bt it ws just. it got blown up very out of proportion n gabe might’ve gotten expelled even tho he wsnt even the one who started it bt thts okay. ‘craig’, or paul, suggested tht maybe. a change of scenery wld b good fr gabe n b4 they knew it they were. moving to paul-robert’s hometown of irving, north carolina. violence end of tw //

he wld’ve complained more bt. fr sonia’s sake gabe kept it 2 himself. it made her happy 2 see them all get along anyways n like. idk he cld put forth tht little effort <3

bt honestly like. he didnt rly get into too many fights once they moved down here n even tho sometimes he ws like. ommgg. i hate this town .. its so washed up .. he still made friends n like. the only thing tht changed ws tht it ws a lil harder fr him 2 acquire illegal substances.

anyways. currently he hs a tattoo apprenticeship n is a professional piercer n like. he plays guitar n writes songs bt thts more of a hobby rn than anything else. mostly focused on paying his rent at port apartments bc as much as he. loves his mom he does not want 2 live with her forever <3 n thts okay!

personality & facts.

overall xtremely passionate person like god. feels emotions so intensely. every time he opens his mouth n talks abt an interest of theirs its just very like. u listen n ur like oh. gained 2 inspiration. thanks.

clings onto his friends p tightly bc he like. nvr rly stayed in one place fr super super long in new jersey so he nvr made very long term friends n now hes like. very clingy HLKDSHLKFSHLKDG also hates to b alone. subtle desperation behind interactions with ppl he rly wld like to be friends with.

like dnt get me wrong hes gotten into. sm fights bt thts mostly bc he cannot keep his mouth shut n he also cnt stand douchebags he like. always wants to tear them down prob bc he ws a victim of bullying. n u know what. we support him. otherwise he loves ppl bt esp if they hv similar interests 2 him.

like golden retriever who bites kind of. intensely loyal but at the same time is very skeptical. things tht good things do not last very long even though they’ve been doing already fr the last few years.

also bit of a nerd. they were nvr rly a big fan of school bt theres smth abt a good superhero comic tht draws their attention more than like. any english class evr. bt seven soldiers of victory? classic. big dc fan.

uh. very into like. hardcore music. hardcore rock. punk. if its loud n angry they r into it like so so much. hs sm tattoos is like. super covered in them its partially bc they work at a tattoo shop n partially bc they do not know hw to manage their money well.

ooohh u know what theyre. kinda moody i wont lie to u. very defensive like they dnt evr wna talk abt their past. has experienced Things n they do not wish to discuss them. will usually like. deflect frm conversations he doesnt wna hv.

in tune with nature. loves fkn taking walks. hangs out in the woods by abernathy creek n lilac ridge bc nobody rly goes there n its just. nice

tries not 2 take anything super seriously 2 the point where when he does take smth seriously its a little scary bc theyre super intense abt it. forcibly optimistic even tho on the inside he feels like a total pessimist. lots of. deep down insecurities tht he projects by attaching himself p firmly onto others. >.>

so so so energetic. can never stay still. always hs to be moving around. restless like tht. probably got it frm his mom. overly protective over the ppl he loves. probably got it frm his mom as well.

goes onto Tangents bt also divert frm those tangents n is generally all over the place.

always cold n always looks tired n like he hsnt slept in a thousand years n u know what. sometimes he just does not sleep.

oooohh theyre a vegan. totally into animal rights. devious little demi man beyond that .. loves horror n the paranormal n believes in like. every cryptic. will debate u on it.

erm not. the kindest 2 themself theyre a bit self destructive. impulsive. drives very fast n parties super hard. said i will hv my effy stonem moment. u dont hv to gabe.

bt ya! luvs oranges n reds n is maybe a short king. hs an eyebrow piercing n like. a lip ring i wont fk around here he IS living his best emo life in 2021. a little outdated on the trends bt thats okay. probably will tell u hes frm new jersey. its a personality trait. smokes the shittiest cigarettes ever.

wanted plots.

just ghosting along ,, dnt even exist 2 me ,, ;; god. firstly just the vast amt of ppl tht gabe hs like. spoken to romantically n then dropped suddenly. n then maybe like. one tht actually Hurt bt they cnt avoid each other bt theyre actively pretending each other doesnt exist n its. hurtful bc it ws like. actually smth nice bt <3 ykno FKLFSDHG

hey hey heyy c’maahn i’m just a little guy ;; n this is the vast amt of ppl tht gabe hs probably. pissed off n hs either fought or been on the verge of fighting just. unable 2 resist a good bicker-turned-duel.

just blistering in the sun ;; they cld b close friends bt also they cld also not b bt just ppl who. indulge in bad impulsive decisions with gabe. general bad influences on each other’s health n just. no good! party hard bt at what cost.

n also ;; like ... rly solid good friendships ... flings n maybe an exe or two tht either ended on good terms or just. horrendous, ppl they’ve distanced frm, ppl also frm up north, piercing customers, bt not tattoo customers bc im p sure they’d get fired if they were just tattoo’ing ppl willy nilly, etc.

[emy-loves-you]

Wrong Numbers and Useless Gays Chapter 4

Sad Boys and Fun Facts

Patton’s a sad boi but Virgil has a distraction

Chapter 3 | Masterlist | Chapter 5

Three weeks had passed since Virgil had first texted Roman. In those three weeks, Virgil had learned a lot about his new friends.

First, there was Patton. God, did that man love puns. Virgil also loved puns, but he preferred reading Patton’s puns over making his own. Remus had caught Virgil blushing at his phone and made a comment about his new “friends with benefits” (Virgil had been unable to respond. He was too busy trying to hold back his giggles from one of Patton’s pun tangents). Patton also made it clear that he was the “Dad Friend” of the group. Virgil couldn’t type a single self-deprecating comment without Patton threatening to physically fight him. It was rather terrifying, really. He also made sure that everyone was taking care of themselves. Once they learned that they were in the same timezone (They hadn’t shared cities yet. Friend or no, Virgil was telling where he lived in that quickly) Patton made it his goal to check in and make sure that Virgil ate at mealtime. One last thing about Patton was his… struggle with technology. He tended to send almost everything directly to the group chat instead of private messages. Logan said that he tried to teach Patton how to do so, but the lessons never seemed to stick.

Speaking of Logan, the nerd had his own quirks. He didn’t type much, usually only responding when someone required everyone to respond. The other time that he typed was during debates. Nine days into their friendship, Virgil had mentioned saying “you too” to a cute barista and claimed that he ruined any chances with his new crush. While Patton and Roman offered words of encouragement, Logan remained silent. Virgil had assumed that Logan agreed with him but didn’t want to upset his boyfriends. As soon as their conversation ended, Virgil received a private text from Logan, requesting to debate. They argued over cognitive distortions for a whole hour before they reached a compromise. Logan had called the debate “lit” and asked if they could debate again in the future. That was another thing about Logan. Apparently, he had vocabulary cards for slang words. When he was talking out loud, he would hold the card up so the others knew what slang word he was attempting to use. When texting, he would put quotation marks around the word. It was adorable, in Virgil’s humble opinion.

Then there was Roman. Princey was known for his dramatic flair and Disney references. When he was feeling especially Extra™ , he would use “thees” and “thys” and call people peasants. He also had a love for nicknames. Patton had very few personal nicknames, with most of them being terms of endearment like “honey” and “amor.” Most of Logan’s nicknames pertained to him being a nerd, such as “pocket protector” and “Microsoft Nerd.” He seemed to have a limitless number of nicknames for Virgil, with most of them referencing his emo-aesthetic (how Princey had discovered that so early in their friendship, Virgil had no clue). He never repeated Virgil’s nicknames; the only exception was “storm cloud,” which he tended to use at least once every conversation.

Virgil had become extremely close with the trio over these three weeks. That wasn’t the only thing he did, just the thing he did most often. The Dark Sides had finalized their contract with Thomas, who set up a tour almost immediately. Virgil really should have seen that coming. Their band had become extremely popular over the past few years, and they had only done one tour before this. Performing across the country would help boost their popularity even further. Virgil sighed, his anxiety spiking at just the thought of seeing all those faces in the crowd. That was why he used the persona Anxiety. Anxiety wasn’t afraid of anything, he was fear. Being Anxiety allowed Virgil to be confident and suave without worrying about judgment. They judged Anxiety, not Virgil. The case was similar for Janus and Remus. Deceit was elegant and mysterious, while Duke was loud and over-the-top. They didn’t have to be rejects wanting to fit in with society. No, they were Rockstars. Society wanted to fit in with them. And Virgil was just fine with that.

Bzzz

Vigil glanced over at his phone. He was in Los Angelas right now, around halfway through his tour, which put him 3 hours behind his new friends. He glanced over at his clock, 9:45 PM glaring at him through the dark. He turned back to his phone. Why are they up at 12:45 in the morning? I know Logan keeps them on a rigid sleep schedule.

P- (9:45 PM) Ro? Are you still up?

V- (9:45 PM) Pat, why are you still up?

P- (9:45 PM) Why are you still up, kiddo? It’s almost 1 AM! Don’t you have a hangout with your friends today?

Virgil sighed, thinking of the concert he had tomorrow. He glanced over to his sketchbook. Patton had been really impressed with his sketches, so he had been practicing less gory drawings to show him. It had evolved into something almost therapeutic. Knowing how he worked, Virgil would probably sketch until around 2 in the morning, then sleep until 8 AM. The concert wasn’t until 7 PM, so he had enough time to sleep in if necessary.

V- (9:46 PM) First of all, you know I’m in California right now. It’s 9:46 for me. Second of all, we’re not hanging out until tomorrow night, so I can sleep in if needed. Third of all, you’re avoiding the question: What are you and Roman doing up at 1 in the morning? I thought you guys had work in the morning.

P- (9:47 PM) We do. Roman got a burst of inspiration at around 10, and he usually refuses to sleep until he writes it all down. He probably fell asleep at his desk, that silly billy!

V- (9:47 PM) That doesn’t explain why you’re still awake. And why didn’t you get up to check on him? I thought you guys lived together.

P- (9:47 PM) We do! I just couldn’t fall asleep tonight. And the bed’s too warm to get up!

V- (9:48 PM) Well, Princey’s probably being a “sleeping beauty”

Virgil frowned at his phone. Patton hadn’t responded to his text. Sure, that wasn’t a very good pun, but it was still a pun. Patton laughed at every pun he saw, or at least followed it up with another pun. He could be asleep, but didn’t he just say that he had trouble sleeping?

V- (9:50 PM) Pat?

P- (9:50 PM) Yeah, Kiddo?

V- (9:50 PM) Are you okay?

V- (9:52 PM) Patton?

V- (9:52 PM) I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said that. Just because you didn’t answer my pun doesn’t mean that there’s something wrong with you. I’m sorry that I sounded like an asshole.

P- (9:52 PM) No, Sweety. It’s fine! It’s nice to know that someone cares about you!

P- (9:53 PM) I’m just a little sad today.

V- (9:53 PM) Do you wanna talk about it?

P- (9:54 PM) I’m fine, Kiddo! This just happens sometimes. No need to worry!

Virgil sighed, thinking about how much Patton reminded him of Janus. Janus grew up neglected, and was taught to convince everyone that his life was perfect. By the time Virgil had met him, Janus was 19 and a compulsive liar. Virgil wasn’t much better, having just gotten kicked out of the foster system. Virgil lived with Janus (and soon Remus) until The Dark Sides had enough income for Virgil to live on his own (technically Janus had more than enough money for that- his parents were loaded. But Virgil wanted to have something that he earned. He wasn’t just some charity case). When they first lived together, Virgil could never tell what Janus was actually thinking. It took a lot of time and trust to separate Janus from Deceit. Now, he was still heavily sarcastic, and he tended to close himself off when he got upset, but Janus had come a long way.

Virgil looked back to his phone. Patton didn’t seem to have it as bad as Janus did, but you could never tell. At least he acknowledged that he wasn’t okay. There is the chance that something really is bothering him, but Virgil had to trust Patton on that note. It is entirely possible that Patton is just feeling down today; God knows how many times Virgil would question why he should get out of bed. He bit his lip. What helps me when I feel sad for no reason? He smiled, remembering when Remus would spout the most obscene things to distract himself from his own negative thinking. A distraction.

V- (9:56 PM) Did you know that giraffes can clean their ears with their own tongues?

P- (9:56 PM) What?

V- (9:56 PM) “Rhythm” is the longest word in the English language that doesn’t have a vowel.

V- (9:56 PM) Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.

P- (9:57 PM) More like Elecan’t!

V- (9:57 PM) Haha :)

V- (9:57 PM) Without food coloring, Coca Cola would be green.

V- (9:57 PM) A 3-year-old boy was elected as mayor in Dorset, Minnesota

P- (9:58 PM) No way!

V- (9:58 PM) Yes way! His name was James Tufts.

V- (9:58 PM) 7 different dogs have been elected as mayors in the US.

P- (9:58 PM) I love dogs! They’re such good boys!

Virgil smiled, adding Loves Dogs to his mental list of Quirky things I like about Patton Morale. They continued to talk about dog mayors for a while until Patton ended it abruptly.

P- (10:14 PM) Why are you doing this?

V- (10:14 PM) Doing what?

P- (10:15 PM) Why are you going out of your way to try and cheer me up? You should’ve stopped talking to me 20 minutes ago. Instead, we’re laying here at 1 AM talking about dog mayors! I would have been fine on my own. Why are you wasting your time on me?

V- (10:16 PM) Pat, if you tell me that I’m wasting my time talking to you, I’m going to have to physically fight you. You are my FRIEND. I care about you. When you’re sad, I WANT to cheer you up. When you’re happy, I WANT to laugh along to your punny jokes. Because I know, at the end of the day, if I was sad and needed someone to cheer me up, you would do it in a heartbeat. You, Lo, and Princey are amazing people, and my time spent with you will NEVER be a waste. I swear.

Virgil sighed, dropping his phone on the bed. He might’ve been too forward with that last text. But it was true. While the four of them weren’t nearly as close as Virgil was with Janus and Remus, he still cared about them a lot.

P- (10:18 PM) Thanks, Virgil. That really means a lot to me

P- (10:18 PM) I’m gonna try and get some sleep now

V- (10:18 PM) Alright Patton, Goodnight

P- (10:18 PM) Goodnight

The next day, Virgil saw a postcard in the window of a gift shop. It had a puppy with sunglasses on the beach, with cartoonish letters saying “Having A WonderFUR Time!” He took a picture and sent it to Princey.

V- (1:08 PM) What’s your address or PO? I wanna send this to Patton.

R- (1:09 PM) Say no more, Hot Topic!

V- (1:09 PM) Aw, you think I’m hot.

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