#KC that’s right 😎

[readysetjo]

The invisible strings tying Taylor Swift to Kansas City continue.

The pop star’s longtime trainer and fitness guru who helped her prepare for 152 high-endurance shows in 54 cities worldwide hails from Kansas City.

“I’m ready to be known as ‘Taylor Swift’s trainer,’” Kirk Myers told Vogue recently. “I don’t think there’s a cooler title out there.”

Myers founded the famous Dogpound gym in New York City and Los Angeles, known for an elite clientele like Justin Bieber, Tom Holland, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Hugh Jackman, Karlie Kloss, Kaia Gerber and, of course, Swift.

The UMKC graduate began training Swift when her “1989” album debuted nearly a decade ago, and continued to work with her before and throughout her record-setting Eras Tour.

“Taylor trained during the entire tour,” he told Vogue.

“If you’ve seen the show, you know how intense it is physically. Imagine doing that three, four days in a row and then you finally have a few off days and you’re still showing up to gym.”

“That’s Taylor.”

[text is from the caption under the Instagram post]

[molochka-koshka]

Owlcatober 2023 Day 1: Protection

Better late than never 😎 for @owlcatober !

Ship: KC Tristo x Sosiel Words: 1685 CW: Violence, trauma

Also on Ao3 now!

Tristo’s body lay broken on the cobbled ground.  It had been a shock to see, the babau’s spear piercing through his chest, his body–so tall and lean and imposing, seemingly immovable–had been elevated from the force of the blow as the weapon slid neatly through the space between his ribs.  It had been so sudden too–the Hellknight had charged ahead, angry, infernal power radiating off of him, fiery halo blazing above him, and the demon had materialized directly in front of him.

The wound had looked fatal.  Any nearby observers would have judged it so.  Sosiel’s glaive sliced through the demon in the moments immediately following, bisecting it.  Tristo’s blazing eyes watched in admiration as he lay there.  Pride.  Sosiel is a capable warrior in his own right, and he hoped in that moment that everybody would witness him delivering the killing blow to the beast.

Tristo exhales wetly, hot, red blood spilling out of his mouth.

His eyelids flutter at the feeling of Sosiel’s fingers cradling his cheek, warmth radiating from his fingertips and into Tristo’s skin.  Sosiel’s other hand presses firmly–painfully–against the wound on his chest.  He’d removed his breastplate, at some point (an event that Tristo must have been unconscious for) and had reached his hand under Tristo’s bloodied shirt, skin pressed to bruised, broken skin.

A cultist appears, rushing both of them, and Sosiel lowers his body over Tristo protectively.  A dagger clangs off of Sosiel’s armor, and he jumps to his feet moments later.  Tristo is starting to come to, becoming more and more lucid with each passing moment.  He staggers to his feet, Sosiel quickly coming to his side to support him as a group of crusaders rush the cultists after seeing that their Knight Commander isn’t dead yet.

Tristo starts to unsheathe his sword, enchanted blade radiating white-hot flames, but Sosiel’s hand comes to rest on top of his.

“It’s almost over.  Let me heal you.”  The look in the cleric’s eyes is pleading, almost somber.

Tristo opens his mouth to speak, then rips the sword from his side, slicing the blade deftly past Sosiel’s hip to pierce the gut of the demon who’d tried sneaking up on them.  He pulls Sosiel close to him with his free arm, yanking the sword free of the fallen demon.  The motion makes him wobble on his feet unsteadily, and he would topple over if not for Sosiel’s body there to support him.

The crusaders make quick work of the remaining enemies, and Tristo leans against Sosiel, breathing heavily, leaning down slightly so that he can rest his head on the other man’s shoulder.

The bandages are wrapped tightly around Tristo’s chest, almost painfully.  Sosiel’s healing magic and a couple healing potions saved him from death, but not from pain.  Pretending not to feel it is a chore though, and every breath cuts through his lungs like a knife.  He doesn’t want to be seen as weak.  He sits at the head of the table in the keep at Drezen, trying to focus on the map laid out in front of him, listening as closely as he can to Regill and Melies’s suggestions.  He’s spent over half of his life training himself–body and mind–and he should be able to fight through this.

“You’re sweating,” the gnome beside him remarks bluntly.  “Your injuries were significant in the battle yesterday.  We aren’t at a point in the crusade where it would be wise of me to advise you to rest, but if you’re in a state where you’ll only be a hindrance to the crusade then perhaps it’s best if you excuse yourself.”

Tristo casts a cold look at the other hellknight, eyes blazing with a cold, angry fire.  “I’m fine,” he insists, eliciting a laugh from the devil on his other side.

“A babau collapsed one of your lungs.  As entertaining as this may be, you’re of no use to anyone when you’re like this.”

Tristo’s hand raises to his brow, pinching the bridge of his nose as he leans forward with his opposite elbow on the wooden table.  He feels like he’s getting a migraine now too.  “Let’s just finish this.  What were you saying about flayleaf, Melies?”

Tristo finds Sosiel in his room that night, the other man seated on the edge of the bed, a small sketchbook open on his lap.  He isn’t drawing currently, just slowly turning through the pages.  Every step is staggered.  The day has been long, and just sitting down for a chunk of it only makes Tristo feel worse, mentally if not physically.  He sinks into the bed when he sits beside Sosiel, leaning on him slightly.

“I hope they didn’t give you too much grief,” Sosiel says, voice soft and gentle,  just like the fingers that he reaches over to stroke the skin on the back of Tristo’s hand.

“Only as much as was needed,” he replies quietly.

“You don’t need grief right now at all, you need rest.”

Tristo casts a wry smile towards him.  “The enemy doesn’t rest.”

“Sure they do.”  Sosiel plants a soft kiss on Tristo’s cheek.  “Are you going to let me take care of you now?”

Tristo wants to argue, but the practical part of him (so often taking the reins) convinces himself to just lay back and let Sosiel take a look at him.  Sosiel unbuttons Tristo’s shirt, every movement born of practicality more than romance now–all business, and it doesn’t suit him.  He changes the bandages and frowns.

“I should probably get Daeran for this.”

“If you bring him into this bedroom I’m going to walk out that door and head straight to the front lines,” Tristo threatens with the faintest hint of a smirk on his lips.  It’s not an entirely empty threat either, and Sosiel recognizes it.  The cleric smiles and rolls his eyes.

“You’re healing up fine I guess,” he concedes.  “Just not as quickly as I know you’d like.  Probably not as quickly as anybody would like, honestly.  Really, I think resting would do you some good.”

“Then rest with me,” Tristo says, voice suddenly so soft and gentle that it catches Sosiel off guard.

It’s not uncommon for Tristo to talk to him like that, but it’s unheard of by anybody else.  The way that Tristo treats Sosiel is reserved solely for Sosiel.  He takes Sosiel’s hand and starts to gently pull him in, and Sosiel obliges with a small squeeze of his fingers.

The night air that blows in through the window is cool and crisp and Sosiel pulls the covers up over both him and Tristo to combat it, pulling the taller aasimar into his arms.  Tristo’s body always runs warm, and it’s perfect for snuggling into on nights like this.  Sosiel tries to be gentle at first, trying to not put too much weight on any part of Tristo, but he’s quickly pulled closer, held tighter, at the first sign of hesitation.  Tristo grunts slightly from the effort, but holds Sosiel tightly all the same.

The nightmares come often, and usually Tristo is able to ignore them.  Usually he’s able to gain lucidity in the middle of them, recognize that he’s dreaming, and move on from it.  The word got out earlier on in his career as knight commander that he had them, and it made some soldiers question his ability to lead.  He doesn’t know who knew about the dreams that emberkin tend to have and spread the word amongst the crusaders, but he resents them for it.

He doesn’t become lucid early enough in this nightmare to escape it.

He’s on the battlefield again, the same as before, with Sosiel fighting off demons at his side, except this time he’s carving through the enemy fast, too fast, slicing down every last one until he’s left with nobody in his way but allies.  Friends fall to his blade, spells blast through allies, leaving nobody left standing except one person.

Sosiel.

Sosiel approaches him, arms open, awaiting a hug, and Tristo drives his sword into Sosiel’s gut up to its hilt.  He kicks his love’s body off of the blade and watches in horror as it falls limply to the ground.

He awakens with a start, bolting upright in bed, drawing a sharp, frightened gasp from the man beside him.

Hot tears start to pour down his cheeks instantly, his halo blazing over him and casting the room in deep red light.  Sosiel reaches up, hands cupping his cheeks, not letting Tristo look away, not letting him hide the painful blend of fear and anger and sorrow and relief in his expression.  One of Sosiel’s thumbs brushes against Tristo’s cheek, wiping away his tears.  He knows about the dreams.  Tristo has been honest with him about them for a while now.

“It wasn’t you,” he says, voice firm and quiet and commanding.  “Tristo.  It.  Wasn’t.  You.  It was just a bad dream.”

“You don’t know that,” Tristo whispers angrily.  How could Sosiel know that?  “I killed you.”

“No you didn’t.  If that was something you wanted you wouldn’t be crying right now.”

“I’m not crying,” Tristo insists, despite knowing that it’s too late to hide it.

Sosiel takes a slow, steady breath, and pulls Tristo in close, locking his tired body into a warm embrace.  “We’re both safe,” he murmurs.  “I’m not going to let anything happen to either of us.”

It’s such an empty promise, Tristo thinks, but he can feel that Sosiel actually believes it.  He wonders if Sosiel would stop him, if he became the monster he is in his nightmares.  He squeezes his golden eyes shut tightly, burying his face in Sosiel’s hair.  He breathes in his scent slowly, calming himself.  He can trust Sosiel not to tell anyone about this, but the habit of hiding his emotions completely is a hard one to break.  He pushes the terror down, relaxing into Sosiel’s arms again.

When they go back to sleep it’s quiet, dreamless, and uneventful–all things Tristo prays his sleep will usually be.

[some-october-in-the-future]

Catch-up tag

Thank you for the tag, @booksandabeer!

Last song I listened to: “Older” by Lizzy McAlpine

Last thing I read: I am excluding fanfiction here to make this easier to answer 😎 one of my goals for this year is to read more, and to accomplish that I’m reading books I am actually interested in instead of books I feel like I should read. That being said, the last book I finished is “How to Keep House While Drowning” by KC Davis because I need some tips for getting my life together lol. Highly recommend for anyone struggling with cleaning/care tasks. Before that I read “Verity” by Colleen Hoover, which is a right rollercoaster of a novel despite its subpar writing. I enjoyed it a lot and it was quite disturbing.

Last movie I watched: I think it was Bottoms. Wacky movie, not my usual preferred genre, but I’m a big Ayo Edebiri fan and she was great in it. I’m seeing Dune 2 this weekend.

Last TV show: Right now I am trying to get through as much of 911 as I can before my Hulu free trial expires. I am living and breathing this show. I’m almost done with Supernatural and I’m dragging it out because I don’t want it to be over. This rewatch has taken me years. My boyfriend and I are also watching an anime called “Made in Abyss” - and it’s fantastic! 11/10 worldbuilding. I started Succession and I’m not sure yet if I’ll continue.

Last thing I googled: “cheap online glasses” - time for new glasses but I don’t want to pay an arm & a leg

Last thing I ate: Raspberry Mamba

Sweet, salty, or savory: there’s a time and a place for all of these. But if I have to pick one I’m going with salty. My love for popcorn runs deep

Sleep: Could be better!

Currently reading: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. A friend recommended it to me, and I love a solid fantasy/romance. Y’all. This book has taken over my life and my brain and I’m only halfway through. This is my adult Harry Potter phase but there’s smut and more dragons. And there’s characters of color! LGBTQ+ characters! Awesome worldbuilding!I’ve already been looking at fandom merch on Etsy and my friend is planning a release party for the third book in the series. If you like fantasy, give it a shot and let me know what you think because I want to nerd out about it :)

Tagging a few folks, participate if you want! @forgetfulfish @sixweekoldhedgehog @the-moon-loves-the-sea

[vgrc-llc]

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[odessa-2]

So the private meet up Sam just did in KC, after he posted about it someone in the comments said loved seeing you in KC, can’t wait for Iceland? Now who do we know who’s fond of Iceland and been there on many occasions? 🤔

A private event it Iceland? I don't think that is on any public itinerary of his. But yes Iceland is a favourite destination of a certain brunette individual who is readily seen with creature features on the RC 😜. I'm guessing she wasn't marveling at the Northern Lights alone and we all know that the vampire can not see the light spectacle with his dark sunglasses 😎. Snowy mountains, fjords, trecking through woodlands to catch a glimpse of the borealis sounds right up Sam's alley. Can you imagine twinkle toes doing something like that? Yeah me neither.

[destinyc1020]

The anon talking about Jacobs career: what exactly is the difference between him and Zendaya? Both have only this show plus one or two little (in Z's case) and bigger (in Jacobs case) roles in movies. Let's her real they are both not getting booked. Z only had her Marie part bc she bankrolled M&M . So no sense in shading Jacob for his non-existing career. It's the same with her. Tbh I think he is a much better actor than she is😎

You can't possibly be serious. 🙄 This must be a joke right?

To even try to compare Zendaya to Jacob "who's that?" Elordi is almost laughable. You must be a Jacob Stan.

This dude is fortunate ppl even know who he is outside of Euphoria and Netflix rom-coms like TKB. At this point he's prob more famous for dating Joey King, Zendaya and (currently) Kaia Gerber than he is for any WORK he's actually been doing. 😏

He has a small part in a Ben Affleck film that's coming out, and was practically homeless living in his car and was about to go back home to Australia cuz he wasn't booking any jobs before Sam had the grace to cast him in Euphoria (which, by Jacob's own words he claims to have bombed the audition).

Meanwhile, Zendaya has been acting since she was a kid, was made an Executive Producer on KC Undercover at age 16, is playing the love interest in a HUGE Marvel Franchise film (which most famed actors would love to be a part of), plays the love interest in a film with the son of Hollywood royalty, played with Hugh Jackman in the Oscar and GG nominated film TGS, has TONS of endorsements and billboard ads and magazine covers, has 80M followers on IG, is lead on a hit TV show on HBO, just won a freaking Emmy, and JUST got booked to be playing in her first headlining (I'm assuming) LEAD role on the big screen playing Ronnie Spector in the biopic film about her life.

Z still has a long way to go before she's a "household name" in the elite Hollywood circles when it comes to the big screen, but she's definitely working her way UP, and will go far if she plays her cards right.

I mean, don't even try to compare Zendaya and Jacob in the same sentence lol. Are you kidding me? 🤣

Call me when Jacob is booked as the lead headlining a film. Or, not even a film... even just a TV SHOW! 🙄

[neo-shitty]

ive heard of that song before and i love the vibe 😎 thanks for the recommendation ! actually, balak ko talaga basahin lahat ng works mo since yun nga nagandahan ako, though im doing it one author at a time. inuubos ko yung mga bet na bet ko talaga yung stories hehe and i really need to read then ng marami para kahit papano, ma improve then yung way ko through words for writing projects sa school. tinatamad lng ako magbasa ng legit na book since gabi lang ako nagkakaroon ng free time eh tago time ko na den past 10 pm 😭

prob mahaba tong ask since im ep 14 na sa jjk :3

ive seen gojous eyes in the manga already but seeing it through animation is wow lang talaga. i started watching at ep 7 since yun yung part na i cant remember that well. anyways, animation hella cool, damn.

there was a scene where a blue-haired girl turned hyper upon seeing gojou in a blink of an eye and i just found it really funny and relatable. while watching kpop or anime sa school, kilig na kilig ako kc ang ganda e tas after watching, dedma ko na ulet tignan HAHAHAHA

nanamis cursed technique is really awesome, like fr. and yung divergent fist eme eme ni itadori, grabe. the concept is cool, it had smth to do with time lag, right? imagine, nasuntok ka niya tas kala mo tapos na but then may isa pang force na tatama sayo tas mapapa wtf ka na lang 👁️💧👄💧👁️ and mahito ugh ampogi, actually nanami too w/o the goggles (?) andaming pogi don wth

yung crush mo btw, si geto, nakikita ko pasulpot sulpot sa gedli lmao kontrabida pala siya, damn. at first, i thought gagawing kakampi or dedemonyohin ni mahito si junpei and will treat him like an ally. pero they were the ones who set it up, right? yung finger sa bahay niya which caused the death of his mother.

im curious kung about what yung pact ni itadori at sukuna :"> and the fight scene between nanami, itadori, and mahito was so cool. like yung animation grabe, ang lupet. yung mukha ni mahito, durog na durog be 😭 i already read that arc sa manga kaso yun nga i forgot majority kaya i watched it hehe the anime, in my perspective, ended more tragically than in the manga. like prob same thing lang nangyari, no additions and walang inalis na scenes pero pag pinanood mo talga, feel na feel mo. tutulog muna ako though bago i tuloy, nakapag puyat na den ulet ako. 4 am uWu

hows your day btw?

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hello! thank you for taking interest on my works. i read like that too! i go by writer regardless of the stories. and it really does help improve my writing din. AND SAME. tinatamad ako sa school related readings e.e

dude, it's cool. i adore long asks and i don't really mind. 10 episodes to go! baka tapos ka na pagkabasa mo sa ask na 'to. anw, HIS EYES ARE SO PRETTY RIGHT. it reminds me of my cat's eyes. di nakakatulong na all white pa yung fur niya. HAHAH si miwa yung blue-haired girl. what a fan girl.

i really like the techniques and power power (xd) here. what a way to put it though HAHAH i never thought much of itadori's divergent fist pero it's true na matatake aback ka na may pahabol pa pala HAHAHA hOY BAT MAHITO KSJDLK ni minsan di ko siya naging pogi was to clouded in anger ?n? sensya na anon. but yes i agree, jjk men pogi. feryodt.

lahat nalang ng kin ko kontrabida na may questionable na morals anlala :') HUY SAME HSAKJ top 10 anime betrayals <//3 junpei poor boy. siguro sinet up nila yung finger para maging trigger kay junpei to turn bad? yun yung iniisip ko. the more enraged, the more susceptible to manipulation. kawawa siya though :(

i'm also curious about the pact? i think it's something that's going to be important later on in the series. THAT WHOLE FIGHT SCENE REALLY. yeah i also observed that. there was little to no alteration sa manga. but i found myself enjoying the manga more than the series..? idrk why tho. and loh bat nagpuyat ka HJAHAJH himbing tulog ko kagabi 1 palang (which isnt too late for me)

i binge-read the arc after the animated part. what a fucking rollercoaster, especially as a newly proclaimed geto simp. now i'm at the overhyped shibuya arc but i'm waiting for a friend to reach it tapos sabay kami. how about you? nugawa mu today?