#Joseph Stephens you are so good at what you do

[television-for-dinner]

I know what most people are excited for in the new season of The Righteous Gemstones, but I am equally excited for another hit Aimee-Leigh Gemstone ear worm that I will listen to 80 times per year

[marybeatriceofmodena]

What did Andrew Lloyd Webber do to make Patti Lupone upset? Sorry, saw your tags and i was curious

Oh.

Oh honey.

You sweet child.

Anyway, get ready for one of the most infamous showdowns in all musical theatre history, with the guy who writes the straightest musicals on Broadway (derogatory) and the one and only, the matriarch, the queen, two three-time Tony award winner Patti LuPone.

So, Andrew Lloyd Webber was basically kind of a boy genius in his prime - he met his future collaborator Tim Rice when they were 17 and 20 respectively, he wrote his first big hit, Jesus Christ Superstar, at 22, with Tim Rice writing the lyrics. And it was kind of a big deal at the time because the topic was controversial (you know, the Passion with rock music), but also because Broadway wasn't that far off from its golden age and let's just say the music and style were very different from, say, My Fair Lady. Or The Sound of Music. Or Funny Girl. It was basically the Rent/Hamilton of its time. (Yeah, Stephen Sondheim was around at that time, he worked on West Side Story which was revolutionary in of itself, but he's kind of an oddball in this case. You'll understand why later.)

Their real follow up (I'm not counting Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for a variety of reasons) was a little musical called Evita, which you might know mainly because of a song called Don't Cry For Me Argentina. Or at least, your mom has probably heard it once at the very least. It's that song that's oversung from a musical while being out of context along with I Dreamed a Dream for Les Misérables. Or Memory from Cats.

Evita tells the story of Eva Peron, the wife of an Argentinian dictator, who basically screws her way to the top and ends up becoming the mistress of Juan Peron and the most beloved woman in her country through guile and deceit. Yes, I know the historical accuracy is very much debated but I know jackshit about Argentina's history except the bare basics so don't come at me. It was first produced in the West End in London, with Elaine Paige in the role, but because of Equity issues, she couldn't reprise her role for the Broadway production. So a Julliard graduate who was mostly starring in David Mamet plays got the part instead, and that was Patti LuPone.

Patti... did not have a good time during Evita, because the part is basically the kind of score where you can tell the composer is used to writing male parts, but most female singers have a two-octave range (yes, you got Julie Andrews who used to have a three-octave range, and many others, but they're exceptions), so she struggled a lot. That being said, if you listen to live recordings of her, you wouldn't be able to tell, and it got a lot easier later on. But she had this to say:

"Evita was the worst experience of my life. I was screaming my way through a part that could only have been written by a man who hates women. And I had no support from the producers, who wanted a star performance onstage but treated me as an unknown backstage. It was like Beirut, and I fought like a banshee."

This is from Patti's autobiography, which she wrote in 2007 - 8 years after shit with ALW went down. With all that said, she won a Tony Award for Evita, and she pretty much became a musical theatre household name from then on. She played Fantine in Les Misérables, Nancy in Oliver!, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes. Meanwhile, ALW's next big hits were Cats (I'm not even kidding, Cats was a hit), and, you guessed it, The Phantom of the Opera, which he wrote in part to showcase his then wife Sarah Brightman's triple threat talents.

So, you need to understand before I continue that ALW, from my perspective, has always had a bit of an inferiority complex. He's basically associated to writing these commercially successful musicals that show a big spectacle but aren't ultimately substantial. I'm not sure I entirely agree with that, but I do think that if he didn't have Hal Prince, Maria Bjornson, Charles Hart and Gillian Lynne backing him up for Phantom, it would have probably been a Rocky Horror Picture Show knockoff people would have forgotten about pretty quickly. This is what I mean:

Yep, that was Phantom before any of the people I mentioned above (and Michael Crawford) were really involved.

Remember how I said Stephen Sondheim was an oddball? The thing with him is that his musicals weren't always commercially successful, but in general, in part thanks to being Leonard Bernstein's protégé, he was generally pretty well-respected and it was considered that his work was bringing musicals to a whole other level. Without Sondheim, you wouldn't have Jonathan Larson, and you wouldn't have Lin-Manuel Miranda. I am convinced ALW is resentful of that, and when you stop and think about it for more than 10 seconds, it's so obvious he REALLY wants to be Sondheim or at least command the same level of respect, but that's a story for another day.

So, after Phantom, ALW had other musicals that followed that either got a meh reception or outright flopped. Then there was Sunset Boulevard, which is based on the movie of the same name with Gloria Swanson. Despite all of her griefs for Evita, Patti LuPone agreed to partake in the musical as Norma Desmond, for its production in London, with the promise that she would transfer to Broadway once that production would open. And overall, after a string of flops, Sunset was actually doing pretty well.

HOWEVER. One day, while reading the gossip column of a newspaper, Patti found out that contrary to what she was promised, Glenn Close, who was meanwhile starring as Norma in the Los Angeles production, was to play Norma on Broadway. That was a complete surprise for her since no one on the production team had bothered to tell her it was happening - and keep in mind that for the news to come up the way it did in a gossip column, it probably would have necessitated a delay of a few weeks between the producers and the newspaper, which would have given them plenty of time to break the news to Patti. And Patti kind of needed the leg up because she was pretty bitter that a) Madonna was cast in the Evita adaptation instead of her; b) they actually lowered the key to fit Madonna's voice range, and she still had to expand her own to be able to sing the (lowered) score. And trust me, Patti is mad about it to this day.

So of course, she trashed her dressing room, the cast and crew weren't even mad about it because they were as shocked and angered as she was by the news. Patti sued Andrew Lloyd Webber for breach of contract, namely for 1 MILLION DOLLARS (yup, those are the real numbers), won, used the money she got from the lawsuit to get a swimming pool, which she called (and I SHIT YOU NOT) the Andrew Lloyd Webber Memorial Pool. Since then, Webber is dead to her, to the point rumor has it she had part of a building blocked during an event so she could get out of it without coming across Webber, because she hates him so flipping much she doesn't even want to be in the same building as the guy.

(There's also drama that happened with Faye Dunaway who was supposed to replace Glenn Close after she went from Los Angeles to Broadway, except they abruptly closed the show down after Close left, but that's a story for another day)

So with all the bad press, and with ALW forced to pay 1 million dollars for Patti's lawsuit, that led Sunset's productions to close earlier than expected. ALW has stayed around since, with... mitigated output, so to say. The lowest point for a lot of people is Love Never Dies, the sequel to Phantom, which some people love, and that's fine, but it didn't do well with either critics nor fans of the original show, which ALW is EXTREMELY BUTTHURT ABOUT. And like, there are so many stories I could tell about LND alone, but I will share my own crack theory about it, since it does relate to the ask.

Anyway, buckle up.

So. There have been jokes going around for years that the Phantom in LND is basically ALW's self-insert, where he displays to the world that he's totally not over Sarah Brightman leaving him (in part because making Phantom kinda ruined their marriage lmao), despite, you know, having married since. (Aaaaaakward.) So LND basically becomes this really uncomfortable therapy session where a man writes a self-insert musical about how his ex-wife made a big mistake of leaving a sensitive artistic soul such as himself. The characters from Phantom who appear in LND are all more or less unrecognizable as a result, and one who gets it worse (in my humble opinion) is Meg Giry, who was basically Christine's sweet and loyal ballerina friend who basically went into the Phantom's lair on her own to save her friend despite the danger. In LND, she's basically a bitter hag (because ALW hates women, guess Patti was right about that), who really likes the swim and even has a stripping vaudeville number about it, written in universe by the Phantom, no less.

For comparison, here's Don Juan Triumphant (the Phantom's opera in the original):

And here's Bathing Beauty (the vaudeville number):

Yeah, so... do you see why people hate LND already?

And that's not the only thing with Meg! She's also pining for the Phantom to pay attention to her and threatens to drown the Phantom and Christine's secret love child when he makes it clear that he's gonna love Christine for EVA AND EVA.

So, with everything we learned today about ALW, would someone like him view someone like Patti LuPone as some sort of crazy, bitter diva who's obsessed with him for whatever reason? Absolutely. Would he be petty enough to insert Patti LuPone into his self-insert musical, which gave us the version of Meg Giry we got in LND? Of course. Why does Meg love to swim so much and why does she drag Gustave out ostensibly for a swim? Is it a dig at Patti's Andrew Lloyd Webber Memorial Pool? Maybe.

I kind of hope we find out one day if that theory is true. And maybe start a kickstarter so Patti can add this painting from the 2004 movie in her collection.

Fun fact: during the process of casting for the 2004 movie adaptation of POTO, ALW allegedly suggested Patti LuPone to play Carlotta... only for Joel Schumacher to have to awkwardly remind him that they were not on speaking terms. The idea was therefore promptly dropped.

[erzherzog-von-edelstein]

So, you want to draw Austria in uniform?

Here's a long overdue post that I suggested a while back. Maybe it will be useful to an artist or two.

Q: Why would I draw a character who is notoriously bad at fighting in uniform? A: Because Austrian dress uniform was a symbol of status. Most officers would wear it in public. It was also a tradition of the Habsburg dynasty to be part of the military and wear their uniforms on official occasions, regardless of their own military prowess. Franz Joseph, for example, wore a uniform practically every day of his life and had a rather lackluster track record for battles. Roderich wearing it would be more about prestige than anything else.

If you want to draw him in a historically accurate uniform, there are references below:

So, what do they look like?

Color: White. This is how you would identify Austrian soldiers and officers. The pants are often red. If you're looking at the 18th century or later, this is the uniform in different shapes as fashion changes:

(from left to right: Seven Years War, Napoleonic Wars, and 1850s)

None of this applies to periods before the standardization of uniforms (which is in the 18th century)

It does also come in light blue, though that is the less common version:

Changes: In the Mid-19th century, there is an increase in the use of dark grey or blue overcoats in battle. This was because of the increased precision of firearms, which made putting officers in bright white a worse and worse decision.

You sometimes see these overcoats in paintings over someone's shoulders:

Hey did I mention that Franz Joseph wore uniforms every day? It makes him such a good reference for what Austrian uniforms looked like.

The overcoats are a protective measure for the battlefield, and if Roderich is at a formal event, he should still be in white.

Don't forget the sword! He doesn't have to be good at using it to wear it symbolically. Dueling and fencing were large parts of Austrian officer culture.

Important Decorations (for adding spice to his uniform):

The Red and White Sash: This is self-explanatory. The colors of the flag of Austria. The sash is often associated with being part of the Order of Maria Theresa.

The Order of the Golden Fleece: This is a chivalric order that the Habsburgs were (and still are) the heads of. It goes back to Burgundy as an order of Knights. It's insignia looks like this:

You'll see it in every portrait of a Habsburg king, emperor, or archduke. There is a Spanish and Austrian version because it is inherited from before the split (and divorce means you split custody of the chivalric order). Both Roderich and Antonio should have one of these. In the Early Modern Period, these were often worn on a chain. In the Modern Period, they're worn on a ribbon:

The Order of Maria Theresa: Order of Military Merit founded by Maria Theresa during the Seven Years War. Its badge looks like this:

Order of Franz Joseph: Order of Military of Civilian Merit found in 1848. It's insignia looks like this:

These are both orders from beloved sovereigns that Roderich is likely to have, just be mindful of when they are created.

One more that was common for Habsburg monarchs, but consider the symbolism if Roderich is wearing it:

The Order of St. Stephen of Hungary: Founded by Maria Theresa, but associated with Hungary. This is still the highest honor of the Hungarian state:

If you wanted to only include him wearing it after 1867, it could be symbolic of his marriage.

[blahahala]

Watching Sam Hazeldine's Movies, part 2:

I've added three more of Sam Hazeldine's films to my watched list: The Machine (2013), Persuasion (2007), and The Last Duel (2021).

First up, I really enjoyed The Machine; it's a solid 90-minute AI thriller. Sam's role in it is fairly small, and it's actually one of the critiques I have of the movie - I would've liked a little more of his character. Besides that, the movie is filled with solid performances including those of Caity Lotz (who is excellent), Toby Stephens, and Denis Lawson. It's nothing life-changing, but is a solidly engaging film. It can be found for free on tubi.

Next, I watched Persuasion. I'll be honest that I was completely unfamiliar with this story, having never read the book or seen any other adaptation. I enjoyed the film and Sam's performance as Charles Musgrove; he reminded me a bit of Hugh Laurie in the role. This movie is very Adar heavy as Joseph Mawle is also in it! Really enjoyed him in his role. Overall, I can't say it's my favorite movie in the world, but I'm glad I watched it; there was a lot of running towards the end 😂 It can be watched on Peacock.

Most recently, I watched The Last Duel. This is a movie I'd been meaning to watch since it came out in 2021, so I was glad to finally sit down with it. Firstly regarding Sam's role - I spotted him a couple of times sitting next to several of the main supporting characters at the duel, but I didn't spot him anywhere else in the film? I'm not sure if I just missed him, or if most of his scenes were cut... given where he is sitting in the opening scene, I expected to see more of him.

Here he is in the opening scene:

The movie as a whole is good - I think I'd give it a 7.5/10. Jodie Comer is excellent in her role and Adam Driver also gives a solid performance. Where I came away a bit puzzled, though, was with Matt Damon and, in particular, Ben Affleck. Neither of their performances were bad, but they just seemed to be really odd casting. It didn't necessarily take away from the film (though good lord what was going on with Ben Affleck's hair) but I do think that some different actors might have added a bit to it. Jodie Comer was, in my opinion, the highlight of the film.

A few of my favorite clips:

Ben Affleck's fantastically protracted proclamation of "cuuunt!":

Adam Driver's epically devious cape swish in front of the king:

Jodie Comer's delightfully delivered "sow!":

This movie is available to rent online, though I got the DVD from my library (and ugh the DVD is so frustrating to navigate; I accidentally hit the scene back button and I swear it went back 20 minutes). Please read a bit about the content of this film if you are going to watch it, as it is very violent.

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I'm not sure what is up next - any recommendations? I'm also thinking of delving into Charles Edwards' filmography; I've seen a few things he is in, but there is a lot left to discover so I'd also be grateful for recommendations there!

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[lessthansix]

‘Jack, do you see that piece of string hanging down? Would you have the goodness to tie it to the hook over there, to reattach it? It came undone. Thank you. I pull upon it to moderate the motion of the cot, which exacerbates all my symptoms.’ ‘Are you unwell? Queasy? Sick?’ ‘No, no. Not at all. What a foolish suggestion. No. This may be the onset of a very serious malady. I was bitten by a tame bat a little while ago, and I have reasons to doubt its sanity: it was a horseshoe bat, a female. It seems to me that I detect a likeness between my symptoms and the Ludolphus’ description of his disease.’ ‘Should you like a glass of grog?’ asked Jack. ‘Or a ham sandwich, with luscious white fat?’ he added, with a grin. ‘No, no, no,’ cried Stephen. ‘Nothing of the kind. I tell you, this is a serious matter, calling for . . . there it goes again. Oh, this is a vile ship: the Sophie never behaved so – wild, unmeaning lurches. Would it be too much to ask you to turn down the lamp and to go away? Surely this is a situation that requires all your vigilance? Surely this is no time to stand idly smirking?’ ‘Are you sure there is nothing I can fetch you? A basin?’ ‘No, no, no.’ Stephen���s face assumed a pinched, mean expression: his beard showed black against the nacreous green. ‘Does this sort of tempest last long?’ ‘Oh, three or four days, no more,’ said Jack, staggering with the lee-lurch. ‘I will send Killick with a basin.’ ‘Jesus, Mary, Joseph,’ said Stephen. ‘There she goes again.’

Post Captain, Patrick O’Brian

[marabarl-and-marlbara]

hi i wanted to know if u have any good book recommendations? they can be about anything rlly i just want to become smarter

hi anonymous;

you:re as smart as you need to be, and really: you should read books out of passion (and fun) in lieu of pure raw erudition--mostly cause i think that is a fast way to burn yourself out by forcing yourself to read through dry garbage you don:t really want to read (this sounds loaded, but countering what i:m saying: if you are suddenly passionate about pursuing Pure Mathematics and want to just dive into math textbooks: then pursue that passion :-)) );

i do have recommendations, though! but i don:t think they:ll make you smarter; my favorite book as a kid was Howl's Moving Castle (hated the movie, garbage), it:s just a very fun fantasy book and it rekindled my love for reading after a long stint of trying-to-be-smarter by pursuing philosophical trash;

i really really really loved Squee! and Johnny the Homicidal Maniac as a kid, too; my dad sent them to me as a gift when i was really young & probably one of the only things he sent me that i deeply loved; i wish i still had those books, i:ve really been wanting to re-read them;

read Crying of Lot 49 this year and it moved me a lot--made me really interested in Pynchon as a whole; I'd rope a handful of American authors into this actually: Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard To Find, Cormac McCarthy's Outer Darkness were all amazing surprises to me that just made me really appreciate American authors (sort-of doofy but I really did just appreciate this southern tradition of writers in an inspiring sort-of geographical way, like: I know these lands! I am soaked in this dust! I have this same odd bigotry in me!) -- but I think all of those works/authors are great and you probably can't go wrong with anything any of them have wrote;

I'm currently reading My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante and really enjoying it; the cover/name makes you think of some harlequin romance novel but it's basically a femcel manifesto on hating someone so obsessively that it is indistinguishable from love; I'm currently listening to Stephen King's Duma Key and enjoying it--I'm listening through a lot of King books, just finished From a Buick 8 (loved it) (I'd rope King into the 'loving American authors' thing, cause he was a part of my culture growing up, you know? as doofy as it is, I'm kinda happy to have grown up alongside his career and output and it's been fun to finally delve into his stories);

also finished Nabokov's Pale Fire recent-ish -- if you like stuff like House of Leaves you might like it (it sounds sinful to compare that book to Nabokov but it's pretty apt, too); it's one of the few books I've read that actually made me laugh, and Nabokov is a beautiful writer, and Pale Fire is a book with enough depth that I think a reader could go through it several times and pluck out something completely new each time.

I don't think any of these would make you smarter; funny as it is: I think the KJV Bible is a beautiful read but I don't think I'd suggest it outside of attending church wholly because part of the poetry of the Bible comes from studying the context of a passage and all the lenses that come with it (I'd actually consider studying the 'academic biblical' analysis of the Bible as a church itself, not in contrast with church apologia); you can find a lot of odd inspiration in the works of prophets ala Mary Baker, Ellen White, various Catholic saints, Joseph Smith, Hubbard (wink, but sincere, I like Hubbard), etcetera--but I feel like inspiration or passion leads you to those works rather than some dull desire to soak up another persons passions in hopes that'll saturate you with something you've been missing. Ex: if you want to be a Christian Scientist: read Mary Baker; but likely if you wanted to, you'd already be reading--as circling as that sounds.

Take care, anonymous.

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

Not a poll request (so don't worry if you don't want to answer on the blog) but - could we get each of the mods' top 10 horror movies? (: I'd be so interested in hearing them!

Long post!

Mod Z:

*long sigh* *opens letterboxd*

K-12 (2019)

NOTE: Yk what imma just leave this here

2. Beau is Afraid (2023)

NOTE: a masterpiece i probably won’t rewatch for a long time but since i’m an ari aster truther it deserved this spot

3. Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

NOTE: Yes

4. The Crow (1994)

NOTE: Awesome ass movie. Awesome ass soundtrack. An absolute classic. I have the graphic novel it was based on and it’s one of the best things I have in my library

5. Carrie (1976)

NOTE: Stephen King’s the best at writing real characters <3

6. The Craft (1996)

NOTE: As a wicca myself, accurately depicted teen witches are my jam and this film did the best job at it

7. Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

NOTE: The only reason this isn’t in the top 5 is because i haven’t seen it in a while. If u had asked me in early 2023 i would’ve put this in second place for sure

8. Cam (2017)

NOTE: So underrated. Go watch this on Netflix now while u don’t know anything about it

9. Frankenweenie/Nightmare before Christmas/Edward Scissorhands

NOTE: CHILDHOOD (lumping them together cuz i couldn’t decide which tim burton film to add)

10. Smile (2022)

NOTE: okay wait this scared me shitless at the theatre and i just convinced myself this movie was bad to stop myself freaking out but this is a genuinely good and scary movie i’ve made up my mind

These are subject to change and Invisible Man (2020) definitely deserves an honorable mention but I haven’t seen it in a while to check if it still holds up

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Mod L:

The Thing (1982)

Absolute masterpiece. Perfect marriage of cast, visuals, music, and script. They (audiences in 1982) hated Jesus (John Carpenter) because he told them the truth.

2. Ravenous (1999)

I love social horror more than life itself, and this is a pitch-perfect example. I recommend Atun-Shei Films' Overanalyzing Ravenous, if you haven't seen it yet.

3. Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

See above re: social horror. I never stop thinking about how this series was inspired by rising incidents of domestic violence in Japan - how the contagion of violence in the home spreads to anyone who comes in contact with it.

4. Demon (2015)

This would pair amazingly well with my next pick, which is:

5. La Llorona (2019)

To quote a friend of mine after we watched Demon, "there is no society without memory."

6. Black Christmas (1976)

Truly ahead of its time as a slasher, as well as in its politics. Ladies, never date a Peter, and DON'T trust the Toronto Police.

7. The Devils (1971)

Nobody was doing it like Ken Russell, and nobody ever will again.

8. The Changeling (1980)

This movie understands the greatest horror of all: Joseph Kennedy Sr.

9. Us (2019)

My favourite Peele to date, no I will not be budged on this point.

10. Peeping Tom (1960)

An extremely prescient film about the male gaze and the medium of film.

(Mod Sus releases their own once they get the braincells rubbing for more than 5 movies)

[emily-mooon]

OK! here's the general idea for this Nordegrim Ghosts AU that has been haunting me:

CW FOR MENTIONS OF DEATH, ATTEMPTED MURDER, AND ALSO A TINY BIT SUGGESTIVE (just a tiny bit though)

Stacey, Scott, and Lawrence inherit this big house from a distant great aunt they have never met after she passed of old age. Scott is in debt so he cant take the house like he was supposed to, and Lawrence wants nothing to do with it, so Stacey gets it instead.

It’s perfect though cause her and Neil, who is also her husband now here, were planning to move houses anyways and were struggling to find a good place. Also since the house is super big, they thought about opening a hotel at one point once the house is all fixed up.

What they don't know is that the house is haunted. the ghosts in question are:

Knives Chau: A teenage girl from the 1950s who was a fan of rock n' roll that got pushed down the stairs by a jealous classmate (not Tamara btw that was her gf) at a party

Julie Powers (IDK her married last name yet): An Edwardian women who got pushed out the window by her husband (who is Joseph in this AU btw)

Stephen Stills: A folk singer from the mid 60s who dies in a fire (people confused him with the other Stephen Stills all the time)

Gideon Graves: A music producer from the late 60s early 70s who was poisoned by a rival producer

Lucas Lee: A Victorian lumber guy who was crushed by a wooden beam during the construction of the houses renovation

Todd Ingram: A 90s Rockstar who died while having sex with his bands drummer (which like in the comic, was also cheating on his girlfriend and it is still Lynette and Envy)

Lisa Miller: A somewhat famous 1930s actress who died while filming a scene

Matthew Patel: An early 19th century poet who died in a duel that was orchestrated by a good friend of his

Roxie Richter(she has no last name in this au btw, putting it here cause I put everyone elses last names here): A Viking who was struck by lighting

Ken and Kyle Katayanagi : Inventors/mechanics from the late 19th century who died in a car explosion along with their dog (who is a dog version of robot 0-1 btw). They live in the carriage house as its far more peaceful than the main house

The ghosts overhear the hotel idea when Stacey and Neil are talking about it and they are not too pleased with it. So they try to haunt them so they'll leave, but ultimately fail.

Then either Gideon or Todd, come across Stacey leaning out the window and decide to push her in an another attempt to get them to leave which in turn, almost kills her. Because of this, now Stacey can see ghosts and forms a close friendship with them. Neil, like Mike and I assume Jay in bbc and cbs ghosts respectively, will have a collage of what they all look like since he cannot see them.

So yeah that's my idea so far! I’m still tweaking things but I’m happy with this rn. I’ll definitely make art for it at some point (and if people want it, an ask blog). Feel free to also suggest some ideas for this au if you have any :]

[cadeska85]

this words broke me:

okay so, unlike in the movie we’re Scott was broken up with knives a week here it was 8 months ago, 8 months since knives and Scott stopped being a thing and he started to date Ramona. And then she’s goes on and calls Scott a horrible person, which he is but still, I understand he was tried and couldn’t really explain the full situation but still, and also Ramona is a hypocritical bitch because she has cheated three times. The first one was with Lucas the second one is with the twins and the final one is with Roxie and you want to know something funny, Roxie happen in August about 3 months ago when this bedroom talk took place, yeah best version of Ramona everybody. You know I just want to say this book five sucks, the only things that are good about it is Wallace, Kim and Stacey at the end. (But then again the scene that she’s in is handle way better in the movie.) everything else about this book sucks. The twins have no personality what so ever and are just boring as fuck, knives is annoying throughout the entire book, Stephen has nothing to do besides doing shit with Joseph which barely does shit with the plot and actively makes the book drag on for to damn long, the fight at the end was disappointing and anti-climatic (besides Kim’s moment.) Scott is more stupid and more annoying, you know what fuck it, book five is (in my opinion.) the worst book in the franchise. And now I want to piss on it.

(side note: sorry for this sort of rant ish post i’ve just been meaning to get this out of my system.)

[thiefbird]

WIP Wednesday

I haven't gone to bed yet so to me it's kinda still tuesday, but! I am finally writing again instead of being braindead, so have an excerpt from the next installment of So Long Lives This!

Shaking himself from his thoughts as he knelt to encourage the fire higher - Stephen still got cold all too easily - Jack heard Stephen's distinctive tread on the stairs, the result of the disreputable lead-soled halfboots he insisted on wearing if not bullied into more Christian footwear, and hastily rose, dusting off the knees of his breeches. "Should not have thought it were so- Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!" "There you are, Stephen!" Jack felt his cheeks stretching in a broad smile at the look of shock on Stephen's usually inscrutible face. "Come now, be a good soul; sit by the fire and have some coffee. Mrs Broad will bring us our supper soon, now you are home." "And what, pray, are you doing skulking about my private apartment, Jack Aubrey?" Stephen demanded as Jack took him by the elbow and steered him into a chair. "Have you no respect for the laws of society? Have never you learned to write in advance of a visit? I might have been in Ireland, for all love, or Spain, and then where should you have been?"

and also one from a bit of meta-analysis re: Stephen's queercoding and how I read it as interacting with Diana's insecurities:

We agree that, whether he is actually a queer man, Esteban Maturin y Domanova is canonically giving off The Vibes, even isolated from Jack Aubrey. Next point is... Despite the overwhelming evidence of his adoration and obsession and love for her, Diana constantly doubts that Stephen truly loves her. My theory is that Stephen's perception as a queer man is contributing - she is afraid that the way he comes off is because he is, in fact, attracted to men, and sp

[keldjinfae]

I was tagged by the lovely @greyhavenisback, and I cannot for the life of me remember if I've already responded to this post or not, so...

In no particular order, my Top 10 Movies:

Inception - it has Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, and Ken Watanabe. That would be enough if it didn't also have one of the most goosebump-inducing soundtracks of all... Time. It also set sail one of my all-time favorite ships with the creation of Arthur and Eames.

The Dark Knight - while this list won't be entirely comprised of Nolan movies, I can't not put this one on this list, considering how many times I saw it in theaters. Both Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart were mesmerizing as the Joker and Two-Face, and again, that soundtrack is fire (I'm sorry).

Saw (the entire series) - I went to see all of these so many damn times in theaters that it's a good thing I got to see them for free. Every weekend, provided something new hadn't been released, my friend and I went to see whichever Saw movie was still showing. And again, isn't it iconic?

Tombstone - yes, obviously there's Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday, but there's also Kurt Russell, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Stephen Lang, Billy Zane, Thomas Hayden Church, and nobody's leaving it up to one man to carry the movie. It's also one that I used to watch with my father at least once a year, usually around the anniversary of his separation from my mother, and we'd pass a bottle of bourbon back and forth and rant about how insane it is that Kilmer wasn't even nominated for an Oscar.

John Wick (the entire series) - it's a thing of beauty to me that what should just be a bunch of "shoot 'em up" movies have such an insane amount of worldbuilding to them (and if anyone bothering to read this post knows anything about my writing, it's how much I build a world before I start writing the story in the first place). The action is gorgeous, the actors themselves are gorgeous, the development and usage of things as simple as slang is gorgeous, the soundtrack is gorgeous. You can also never go wrong with Ian McShane.

The Warriors - this was legit one of our family movie night features while my sister and I were growing up. Yes, there were animated movies and whatnot, but our parents were very lax about rating restrictions. We still regularly quote "CAN YOU DIG IT?!" and "Warriooooooooors! Come out to plaaaaaaaay!" Also, James Remar as Ajax was 🔥.

Interview with the Vampire - Tom Cruise may be an... interesting individual in real life, but the effort he put into portraying Lestat was sheer perfection. I used to watch this one all the time with my dad and my sister, and again, killer soundtrack.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - a movie that decided to bring together every single comedian of the time that they possibly could, as well as come up with relevant things for them to do. Sounds impossible "on paper," and yet this movie exists. I've been watching it since I was a child and I still laugh through the whole thing. Buddy Hackett is also basically my father in this movie, which makes Mickey Rooney both myself and my sister. "NO ONE'S FLYING THE PLANE!"

21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street - I laughed so hard watching the first one that my vision literally whited out at one point. Everyone is fantastic in both movies, but 21JS is also the first time I got to see Channing Tatum's understated sense of humor.

Kill Bill (both volumes) - I could have just filled up most of these slots with Tarantino movies, honestly, because I do love just about all of them (and my dad had a particular fondness for Django Unchained), but my sister and I rewatch I and II at least once a year. They make up one masterpiece, and I may be in the minority but I hope III is never actually a serious prospect.

No pressure whatsoever tags: @dear-massacre @nerdherderette @vmures @renmackree @ephemeronidwrites

[denimbex1986]

"Wow, thank you BAFTA. Uh, first of all, I'd like to congratulate the other incredible actors in the category, Stephen Rae and Joseph Mawle, and of course Mr. Martin Freeman, who is a brilliant actor and colleague and human being. Uh, I'd like to thank, uh, Paul McGuigan and Toby Hayes, our directors this year, and Stephen Thompson who wrote The Reichenbach Fall, and our brilliant crew, and uh, Kate Rose James for amazing cast which has been led by the exceptionally talented Mr Benedict Cumberbatch, who I feel so proud to have opposite - acted opposite.

I'd like to thank my mum and dad, and Sarah and Hannah, and Stephen, and uh, Lindy King and her team, and all my friends who will be screaming at the television now, and my family. But most especially, I'd like to thank uh, Beryl Virtue and uh, Sue Virtue and Elaine Cameron, and of course Steve Moffat and Mark Gatiss uh, for, for creating this in - incredible series. Um, I was very grateful to be asked to play the part and I'm totally thrilled, uh, thank you so much, have a lovely evening."

"I'm totally shaken, I'm going to fall on top of you Kate in a second, please don't be - let's do it. Uh, yeah, I feel like I'm about going to fall over - what a shock."

"I really - I really wasn't. I really, really wasn't. Uh, yeah, God no, I wasn't at all."

"The evil was won through, yeah - exactly, yeah. Well, exactly. Well, uh, it's now with Martin now - now, now our BAFTAs are enemies - our, our BAFTAs can, can face, face off, yeah."

"Do you know what? I, I felt really, really sort of emotional because I, I suppose I was thinking about my parents, you know? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, it's, it's incredible because, uh, I think you sort of start off and, uh, yeah, you never dream of it, and - and my, my folks were terribly good at, uh you know, not being too worried all the time and um - that I hadn't got a proper job and they didn't say: 'You have to have something to fall back on' and, but you know, I, you know, but I did work at Tesco for a while so you know (Kate: Every little helps) - come on baby!" (high five)

"Thank you so much, Kate, thanks very - oh listen, I can't wait, I can't wait not to be hot - take off this jacket, drink some champagne. Amazing, amazing."

[buildarocketboys]

For the end of the year asks: 14. Favorite book you read this year? 20. What’s something you learned this year?

Thanks for the ask!

14. I read many good books this year, some favourites were The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (really gave me a feeling I haven't had since I was a kid borrowing random fantasy novels from the library, like I really just fell into the world), The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones + my reread of the first two books in the trilogy, I adore those books and the characters so much, who thought that a kind of campy slasher homage could give me one of my favourite characters of the year and also possibly ever, shout out to JADE FUCKING DANIELS EVERYONE! Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum was such a lovely gentle read that came into my life at exactly the time I needed it. Kindred by Octavia Butler was incredible and feels so modern even though it was published in 1979, I definitely need to read more of her next year. I read The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White TWICE this year, so that deserves a special shout-out. I also very much enjoyed The Poppy War by R F Kuang.

20. You know, I only thought about this literally the other day, but I think I've spent a lot of time over the past few years trying to recapture the person and social life I had when I was a teenager. But the thing is - I'm not that person anymore, and that's not my life anymore, and I never will be. And like, there's still certain things about me from then that I'd maybe like to find again, but even if I do, it'll look different, and that's okay. I turned 30 this year, and last year I said to myself that my goal was to have a group of friends to have a birthday party with when I turned 30. That didn't happen, for a variety of reasons, but honestly, I'm mostly pretty happy the way I am, and I am slowly building irl friendships with people, they just don't necessarily look like friends I see all the time and spill my deepest secrets to, and meanwhile I've found a really incredible group of online friends who I do have that close relationship with and virtually spend time with/talk to nearly every day. So I guess I've learned that I should stop trying so hard and just. be happy with and build on what I've got, and let it happen naturally - if it happens, it happens, if it doesn't, then I'm pretty happy with my life anyway.

[totalswap-official]

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(this blog is 14+)

- Creator: @deimosbreakfrost

- Hey, Hey!!! Thank You for Chiming in and opening the GODDAMN door!!/unnecessary ref

- Anyways, I'm Deimo (sometimes Jimmy might be here too:P) and Welcome to the OFFICIAL TSI BLOG!!!

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- Quick explanation of what total swap island is:

- Total Swap Island is a Total Drama based fan project. As far I could think, it will be a YouTube series.

- In total Swap island, there will be 24 participants that will get into dangerous perfectly safe Challenges for 1 million dollars!

- In every challenge a team will obviously win and a team will obviously lose. And when a team loses, they ALL will have a encounter in The execution cerimony where they will Eliminate one of their team Mates! (The name is just for exaggeration, they'll just vote off a team mate. Not kill them.)

- After A LOT of eliminations and challenges, all the remaining participants will be merged in just ONE team where it will be One against one.

- There will be 1 or 2 months for one of the participants win.

- It might happen everything in this reality show. People starting dating, exes finding eachother, weird ships, odd friendships, dark truths being discovered, insanity, unnecessary acts of violence, erm, a-and more!

Just right here, right now, on TOTAL SWAP ISLAND!

(The show happens in the 2000's, but in this season it happens 2003)

- If you want to know more about my project, please click in read More.

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- They'll eventually be linked with the post where their bios are on it

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- Hosts... and pseudo-hosts:

1. Britney Lindermann McGillis (Swap of: Chris and Brainely) 

2. Jason Hodder Myers - (Swap of: Chef and Chris)

3. Saint Jimmy/ Scott Von Benjamin - (original character)

4. Deimo/ Dan Vázquez - (original character)

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- Participants and teams:

- Be Gay Do Crimes:

1. Nipper Mccorp Silva - (Swap of: Ripper and Owen)

2. Alfonso Novacain Weakarm (Swap of: Raj and Lorenzo)

3. Michael Novacain Weakarm - (Swap of: Wayne and Chet)

4. Ashly Lee - (Swap of: Axel and Eva)

5. Zeck/Zacarias Spencer Kennedy - (Swap of: Harold and Sam)

6. Fubuki Shinrai - (Swap of: Duncan and Trent)

7. William Domenic Ross - (Swap of: Dave and Cody)

8. Ronnie Von Benjamin - (Swap of: Trent and Duncan)

9. Ayesha Letícia Lima - (Swap of: Izzy and Scary Girl)

10. Jane Stephen Way - (Swap of: Gwen and Millie)

11. Sarah Doe Miller - (Swap of: Topher and Sierra)

12. James "J.K" Kurt - (Swap of: MK and Ezekiel)

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- Virtual Disastorlogy:

13. Marilyn Der Versage - (Swap of: Heather and Julia)

14. Gerald Der Versage - (Swap of: Noah and Chase)

15. Bobby Vick Janisse - (Swap of: B and Geoff)

16. Alex Mark Chapmen - (Swap of: Tyler and Bowie)

17. Christian Marquéz Lopez  - (Swap of: Alejandro and Zee)

18. Nathalie Beverly Williams - (Swap of: Emma and Beth)

19. Duke Brobeck Smith - (Swap of: Damien and DJ)

20. Nicky Angellis Torchio - (Swap of: Leshawna and Anne Maria)

21. Damiano Joseph Spears - (Swap of: Justin and Caleb)

22. Helena Gordon Ahlberg - (Swap of: Bridgett and Scarlett)

23. Mia Weaving Ortega - (Swap of: Nichelle and Lindsay)

24. Clarissa Jon Sawyer - (Swap of: Courtney and Priya)

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- Things that'll have in this blog !!

1. Asks to the characters: want to send an ask to your favorite character or a character that called your attention? Send them a ask!! If you want to; just get into the inbox, type "undear *character name*", type what you want to tell them and after a while (unterminable time, actually) they'll answer (even if they're forced to do so.)

2. Posting/Rebloguing art: I mean.. it'll be hard to even gain the 5 minutes of fame that TSI had in the start of this year but whatever happens, we'll try to have a fanbase and Carry it on with it. So, if you want to us to (stalk and hunt you down.) find your art, don't forget to use the #TSI fanart tag so we can reblog it here !! Talking about art, we'll have our own art that will be posted in here! Of course, not all of them will be something to be seem as canon.. just sketching and drawing for fun, y'know? So mostly of them will have the #not canon tag

3. Yes. We do support fandom activities: I mean, we'll not go completely unnoticed during all this time, right? So of course we'll support our fandom (unless they're being problematic, fucked up, retarded or disgusting.) so we'll not mind you giving headcannons, other designs, ships and more cool stuff to them! (Again. UNLESS the headcannons are problematic and the ships are Proships.)

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- Some things that I (creator) want to say:

- Why that? It'll have acid/dark humor (basically the humor that the internet had in the 2000's), mentions of suggestive topics, cursing and mention/use of drugs

- TSI is NOT. FOR. KIDS. it'll probably be for people on 14+ or 16+. (Kids will still find it and consume it? Yeah, sure and whatever. It's better them to like TSI than cough cough, like Hazbin Hotel cough cough)

- The Series will have A LOT of references to internet culture, horror media and overall rererences to musics/albums/band/artists (especially the 2000's ones)

- Also, I don't mind if you want to get weird about the characters. And when I say that, I mean giving suggestive opinions about the characters, making suggestive art of the characters or just overall nsfw. I'm not saying this because I want to see it, I'm saying this because all the characters are young adults and adults. But in case you want to do weird or suggestive things with the characters, please respect their canon sexualitys, genders and ages.

That's it for now, welcome to the Shitshow

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All of this boys and all of this girls, losing their souls to the material World..

[c0ffee-gh0ul]

Writing request:

How Joseph and Stephen met but based around the new scott pilgrim takes off series

This one definitely had me a little stumped, but thanks to my best friend @kylealtavevo, I was able to figure it out! (creds to them for the idea, thanks pal!) I really hope you like it, sorry if it's not exactly what you expected!

ONESHOT: STEPHEN STILLS X JOSEPH IN SPTO

“This is my friend, Joseph,” Kim announced, entering band practice. “He knows about music, and, uh, he wanted to hang out today, so… Yeah.”

“Hi,” Scott said, waving.

“What’s up?” Stephen greeted.

Stephen and Scott were already in their places, behind their microphones, guitars in hand. Young Neil was on the sofa with Knives. It was her first time at band practice too.

Joseph squeezed onto the sofa with Knives and Young Neil. He waved to them and didn’t say anything. He wasn’t a man of many words.

“We are Sex Bob-Omb! 1, 2, 3, 4!” Kim shouted, catching Joseph off guard. 

“Does she always do that?” He asked Neil.

“Yeah, pretty cool, right?” Neil replied. Joseph nodded slowly in return, unsure of his answer. He looked over to Knives, who was watching intently with her eyes wide.

When the song was over, Knives immediately reacted by saying how awesome it was. Neil clapped. Joseph was still trying to soak it in, looking directly at Stephen.

“Um… Band huddle, real quick?” Stephen said to Scott and Kim. The three of them huddled together like a football team. “Who is Joseph?”

“My friend, Hollie’s roommate,” Kim replied. “Why? Do you have a problem with him or something? He doesn’t say much.”

“N-no, no problems! Just… he knows about music?”

“Yeah, he’s got a recording set up in his bedroom,”

Stephen’s eyes lit up. It was now his duty to impress the heck out of Joseph. Maybe he could help them record a Sex Bob-Omb album!

“Hi, I’m Stephen. Nice to meet you,” The huddle disbanded and he sauntered right up to Joseph.

“Joseph,” He replied, shaking Stephen’s hand.

After that, Stephen didn’t see much of Joseph. Scott “died,” and Stephen grew closer to Knives, like siblings. He kept asking Kim to bring him around to band practices again, but it was always something. He was working, or helping a friend move, or on vacation, or something.

Stephen and Knives teamed up to create a musical to win over Matthew Patel, hoping he would give them a record deal in return of him being casted as the main role.

Opening night came, for the musical titled, ��Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Musical,” and Stephen spotted Joseph in the same row sitting with Kim and Hollie. His heart skipped a beat and he went pale.

“Everything okay?” Knives asked, noticing his change in demeanor.

“Joseph is here!” He whispered. “I hope I can impress him… He knows about music! Maybe he can collaborate with us and Matthew!”

“Oh, yeah! He has a music studio in his house! I mean, Matthew owns G-Man, so he’s got, like, a real studio, but… yeah! Cool!” Knives smiled.

The musical started, and Stephen kept glancing over at Joseph to see if he could read his expressions. Honestly, Joseph was expressionless the whole time. Stephen couldn’t tell if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

When the show ended, Knives and Stephen went out to the lobby, hoping to see Joseph and talk to him.

“Do you like… Have a thing for him or something?” Knives asked. Stephen had recently come to the conclusion that he was gay, but Knives was really the only person he told.

“I-I… I don’t know! Maybe?” He replied. “Feelings are confusing.”

Soon enough, Joseph approached them, along with Hollie and Kim. 

“Great show, guys,” Kim said.

“What did you think, Joseph?” Stephen asked immediately. 

“Musicals aren’t really my thing, but… Not bad,” He replied, nodding his head.

“Well, uh, we were about to head out for celebratory pizza, wanna join us?”

“Um, what are we? Chopped liver?” Hollie raised an eyebrow.

“Yeah, you guys too!” Knives cut in.

“I don’t mind some pizza,” Joseph replied. He, along with Hollie and Kim, walked ahead of Knives and Stephen.

“You totally have a thing for him!” Knives teased Stephen.

[kishibedefender]

Familiar Faces and Awkward Spaces

Jade and Rohan finally have time to go on their first date in months. However, somehow, the worst possible people crash the event.

Word count: 1.3k Pairing: Rohan X OC (Jade Sato-Stephens, Lit The Fuse)

Jade stood next to a busy restaurant in the Morioh city center, humming and staring at her watch. She and Rohan had finally carved out the time to go on a date. He had made the reservation, and given her an address without even opening her front door, as she was drinking her morning coffee. 

Literally just dropped the restaurant address, and a time on her front porch. It was a nice gesture for sure, but it would’ve been nicer if he was on time.

Rohan walked up after a few more moments of aimless waiting, “Sorry to keep you waiting, I was chatting with an editor and we had too much to discuss for one meeting.” 

Jade looked off to one side, before huffing and turning to face him. She had worn a nice dress for once, a light blue one with a pair of heels she kept for emergencies, “It’s fine. The fact we’re even out at all is a miracle.”

It was true. Since Jade had graduated college and returned from Italy, her work with the Speedwagon Foundation had only doubled, and Rohan’s manga was nearing its end, so he was busy trying to secure new projects. The two, by all accounts, were swamped, with barely any time to meet for coffee in the morning or even say hi to one another. 

It had been Jade’s idea to finally try and make time to get together. They had been dating for a long time, being busy shouldn’t mean you never see someone. She had finally managed to track Rohan down at his home, and he agreed. Next thing Jade knew her Thursday evening was booked up. Their first date in a month. 

“Well, should we head in, the place looks pretty packed.” She commented, and Rohan took her arm, walking inside without another word. Jade stumbled but laughed quietly and followed. 

The two finally were seated after a few minutes of waiting, and Jade looked around at the place. It was pretty nice, newer to the town so it was still popular. The two hadn’t had the chance to give the food a try, though, as Jade usually cooked for them on the nights when they were holed up in one of the houses working on their own projects. 

“So, how are your next endeavors looking?” Jade asked, trying to break the ice a bit, and Rohan leaned back in his chair, “Good as of late, I have a few oneshots lined up in the next few months,” Rohan said, and Jade nodded, “Anything good?”

The two would be interrupted by a waiter to take their orders. After they had placed them Rohan decided to turn the tables, “How is your research coming?” 

The two talked back and forth about life, and what had been going on in each other’s absence for a few minutes, with small smiles. The conversation flowed, like usual, and both were engaged. Jade was ecstatic. She forgot how much she had enjoyed just talking to Rohan, she had missed him. His arrogance, but also, his passion. 

“If it isn’t Rohan and Jade, how have you two been?”

Rohan’s back stiffened, and Jade’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets at the sight she saw, looking past Rohan. Rohan himself would turn around, and the young couple would meet the eyes of Joseph Joestar. 

“M-mr. Joestar?! What are you doing here?” Jade finally plucked up the courage to ask. 

“Oh, I’m visiting Josuke here in Morioh for a few days. I came to Japan to see my daughter and decided to take the ferry down here with-”

Jade’s eyes shifted to the man standing to his right and the woman wanted to crawl under the table at that moment. 

“Hi, Jotaro. Been a minute.” Jade said quietly, and Rohan turned forward again to bite back a laugh. 

This was the worst. Effectively her boss, and then the man who had set them up in the first place, crashing their date. She looked at Rohan, who was almost red from holding back his laughter. Jade glared, and kicked his leg under the table. 

Rohan flinched and glared back, delivering his own kick to Jade’s shin. 

“Why don’t we join you two, save the restaurant a table.” Mr. Joestar said, and Jade went to protest but he had already pulled out the seat next to her. He carefully sat down, with Jade’s help, who was staring at Rohan and Jotaro with eyes the size of dinner plates. 

Jotaro would look at the situation, not reacting much, however his eyes did widen a fraction when he caught sight of a certain something glittering on Jade’s hand. 

Jotaro eventually would sit, and now the group of four would wait for their food in total awkward silence. 

Jade didn’t know how to handle this. This was a complete disaster, what kind of terrible luck did she have? The table was deathly silent until Rohan decided to take one for the team, “How was your ferry ride over, Jotaro?”

“Good, there wasn’t much weather so it was a smooth ride,” Jotaro responded, and in true Jotaro fashion, decided his question would be addressed to the elephant in the room, “How long have you two been engaged?”

Joseph Joestar seemed to perk up at that question, and Jade paled. She looked at Rohan, but Rohan was taken aback, too. 

“O-oh, no no, We’re not engaged Jotaro. No, it’s just a promise ring,” Jade explained, and Jotaro nodded once. Jade and Rohan’s eyes met, and moved simultaneously to Joseph Joestar, who was staring at Jade’s ring. 

“We got it after everything died down here in Morioh… just in case…” She explained hesitantly, and Joseph kept looking at the ring. 

“I had a ring like that once, got it when I was about your age, too,” Joseph said, and Jade smiled a bit, “Was it from your wife?” She asked. 

“No, it was from a man. And he didn’t put it on my finger, either,” Jade’s head whipped around to look at Jotaro, who looked equally as horrified. 

“He put it around my heart, if I didn’t defeat him in combat it was gonna kill me.” He said, and the three people at the table breathed a sigh of relief, “Glad you’re still here, Mr. Joestar,” Jade said with a laugh, as the food Jade and Rohan ordered was brought out, followed by Jotaro and Joseph’s. 

Jade and Rohan looked at eachother again, and Jade gave a small shrug, deciding to just enjoy the night to the fullest. 

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After the dinner, Joseph and Jotaro had gone on their way, and Jade and Rohan walked hand in hand towards their homes. 

“That certainly was an interesting night,” Jade laughed, and Rohan agreed, “Mr. Joestar was admittedly on the bottom of my list of people that could interrupt the evening.” 

“Maybe that’s a sign that dinner dates aren’t the move… what about coffee dates? In the morning?” Jade offered, and Rohan looked at her, “What do you mean by that?”

She looked forward, smiling, “Well, we both drink coffee to start our days, what if we come to each other’s houses in the morning. Private, it’s time we both have…” 

Rohan looked forward and thought about it for a moment, before nodding, “Not a bad idea, perhaps we try that next week,” He said, and Jade stretched up to kiss him on the cheek, “So… Monday morning, your place?” 

“I’m surprised you even asked,” He said, and Jade decided to pull his leg right back, “Fine, I just won't come then, if that's your opinion.”

“Alright, then it seems like I’m coming to your house,” Rohan smirked, and Jade laughed a bit, “Fine, fine. What time should I break into your kitchen?” She joked, and the two made their new date plans as they walked home, from probably the most awkward date either of them had ever been on. 

I literally couldn't imagine two WORSE people to crash this date, i wrote this in like 30 minutes too lmao