#MLB Preview

[trinketsinthesun]

Ahhhh! I can't believe it's almost time to share my fic Acting the Part. Here's a little something to whet your appetite in the meantime. Written as part of the @mlbigbang2024

Synopsis:

Costume Designer Marinette Dupain Cheng needs a break. She’s overworked, undervalued, and hiding in stationery cupboards. And that was before the leading man left. But all of that was preferable to finding out the new male lead is her teenage celebrity crush.

Ex-supermodel Adrien Agreste needs more work. When his agent offers him the chance to star in a romcom, he grabs it with both hands. But there's a catch - he has to pretend to be in a relationship with the star, Lila Rossi.

It should be easy. After all, no-one has caught his eye in years. That is, until he meets a certain Costume Designer …

Rating: Mature

Snippet:

Adrien looked around the group. Was no-one else coming? Nino had told him he didn't live with the girls, but he’d distinctly gotten the vibe that Nino was with Alya.

Nino smiled lazily. ‘I think he knows the rules well enough.’

‘Ah, but did you explain the objective of Uno?’

Adrien felt himself quail under Alya’s gaze. ‘It’s … it’s to win, right?’

‘Oh no, young grasshopper. It’s to beat … Marinette.’

‘What?’ Huffing out a laugh, he looked at Marinette amused.

But she just shrugged, a tendril of hair falling out of her bun, light bouncing off it.

His fingers twitched. He bet her hair would feel like silk.

‘Dude, Marinette always wins at Uno.’

He ripped his gaze away from Marinette. ‘But isn’t it a game of chance?’

‘Marinette is crazy lucky at Uno,’ said Nino.

Alya nodded. ‘Think of this less like a personal game and more as a team game … against her. In fact, we’re lucky tonight. Usually, it’s just me and Nino.’

Usually. The word piqued his interest. Did that mean Marinette was single? It wasn’t as if he could just ask. He was meant to be dating someone else. Something he’d only remembered after their fitting.

God, he was such an idiot.

[mostlyfate]

It's good, isn't it? Look, she likes it.

MY LOVELY BOXER 순정복서 (2023) — dir. choi sang yeol, hong eun mi

[wisteriasymphony]

TWEOS Chapter 47 Preview - Breaking III

“Here,” she said, still a bit too pink in the cheeks to properly match the feigned sweetness Adrien had to his voice just a few seconds prior. “If I get a second scoop, that means we have to share.” “Alright,” Adrien replied, about to grab the spoon from her hands. Claudia shot up out of her seat, slamming one hand on the table with much more force than she likely intended.  “I’m trying to feed it to you, dumbass,” she murmured, almost growling a bit. “Y— You’re what? …To me?! I, uh— I- Uhm, w-well then, uh—“ This was, perhaps, by far, maybe and most definitely one of the best days of his entire life. God, he could probably run around the Arc de Triomphe hundreds of times over screaming it to the world if he so pleased. But for the moment, he was simply melting into a puddle in his own seat, snickering to himself through a bitten lip like some giddy schoolgirl. “—That’s really- I mean, uhm— That’s h-highly unnecessary, Claudia— I, erm—“ 

If you're not caught up yet, do so here so you can fully appreciate the emotional damage I will inflict you all with adorable sweet moments between Idiot #1 and Idiot #2 :) !

god I love chapter previews. it's like giving you all a kiss on the forehead

Claudrien Nation + Assorted Friends Tags!: @joshua-the-phoeinx @wuhuislandconspiracy @cutepastelstarsalior @myriadmi @mxacegrey @everything163 @fabseg-reader @carpetbug

[artzychic27]

Have some previews!

I’m almost done!

[stoneyocean]

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[writer-rider-flirty-thirties]

Chapter 35: The Dinosaurs Will Turn to Dust

Chapter 35 of Can Life Be Beautiful (Instead of Big Fun)? for @mlbigbang is now posted!

By lunch, Marinette was ready to go home and stay home for the rest of the year.

Despite hearing that Marinette had done nothing wrong from Ms. Bustier and the principal, her classmates didn’t seem to care. Marinette was still treated to glares and taunts all morning. The worst of this treatment came from the new and “improved” Three Terrors and their clique…

The Two Terrors.

From the moment Marinette had entered the classroom, Chloé had greeted her with loud shrilling laughter.

“Looks like they let Dupain-Cheng out before the others.”

“Chloé-” Adrien tried from his seat but he was quickly cut off by Alya.

“I don’t know why. She should be sent to jail for what she did!” Alya sneered. “Where’s the fucking justice?”

Marinette shook her head. “I didn’t-”

It was no use.

[sudden-stops-kill]

sports betting dime

[wiersema1]

Dutch Lion's 2023 MLB Playoffs Preview

The 2023 MLB Playoffs are here. Dutch Lion predicts who will win and why. Your 2023 World Series Champions will be.....

Dutch Lion’s 2023 MLB Playoffs Preview It’s been a long time since Dutch put pen to paper, or in this case, fingers to keyboard. I think it was the broken fingers incurred by gambling losses when he didn’t pay up, and so then the men with brass knuckles took out their aggressions. Anyway, let’s get to it. The Baseball Playoffs are back….. and as usual, nobody seems to notice or care because…

[cyberpunkboytoy]

Hi. Hello. Longtime fan, new time reader (it's complicated).

This comic is Incredibly Good.

And I didn't have the energy to comment on each individual page (& was not willing to pause my reading enough to do so) so I'll just write my glowing review publicly here, so it can also second as a recommendation. Because everyone should read this comic.

I just read all the current pages in one sitting and let me tell ya:

• Gorgeous art?

• Hilarious and endearing characters?

• Really fun, complicated, & interwoven interpersonal dynamics?

• Hilatious & witty writing?

It's all there baby.

This author is incredible. Her storytelling is funny and light and deeply intelligent and engrossing. The kind of work that's easy to fall in love with. Read comic. Read comic now.

I bet you wish you knew what that really interesting book says

you can find out on the new page thats up on DATMcomic.com!

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[kriegerscorner]

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You can listen to the episode on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast.

[bang-bang-gang]

nobody answer this for me i know how to add the word “wikipedia” to my google search but i greatly enjoy the fact that in my attempt to translate the “FTM” in yuta’s bio i ended up on a google search for “mets phillies” and while there are many mentions of sports words like “game” “division” “results” and the abbreviation “MLB” which i assume is some sort of tournament, there is zero mention of what sport these teams play ANYWHERE in the previews of the results on the first page of my google search

[jennaispunk]

People I want to get to know better ✨

Thanks for the tag: @beefrobeefcal @sawymredfox and @burntheedges

last song: Someone Like You- Van Morrison (according to Spotify)

favourite colour: Purple 💜💜

currently watching: House of the Dragon

last movie: Twisters

current obsessions: trying to finish all my current WIPs before their deadlines, football (American football to my overseas friends ☺️), my MLB team’s improbable run to the playoffs, Beatstar

relationship status: single as a Pringle but also mentally married to the fictional men I write fanfic about.

last thing i googled: how long the previews are before a movie

NP tags: @fhatbhabiee @for-a-longlongtime @secretelephanttattoo @kilamonster @neverwheremoonchild and anyone else who wants to play along

[justhereforkeefe]

Why can I only like a post one time??

Aftermath?

It’s my absolute favorite of yours (to date)

Mine too!! Opening scene for the next chapter:

Adrien was still in bed when Marinette arrived. For a second, she thought he was still asleep, but as she circled around it was clear his eyes were wide open. 

“Hey,” she greeted softly. 

“Hey,” he croaked back. 

“You okay?” 

He shook his head, and then his eyes turned glassy and he turned away. 

She sat on the bed beside him and let her fingers card through his hair. 

“What’s going on?” 

“I wanted to bake you something, but I didn’t have all the ingredients. I went to the store, but… before I went in, someone recognized me.

She winced. “As a model or as Hawkmoth’s son?” 

“Take a guess,” he mumbled into his pillow. 

She sighed. It had to be the latter for him to be taking it this hard. “Do you want to talk about it?” 

He shook his head. 

“What if we dyed your hair?” Marinette suggested. 

He turned towards her with one eye peaked open. “What?”

“It probably won’t protect you completely, but if you dyed your hair and wore those big dark sunglasses anytime you went out, I bet a lot fewer people would recognize you. At least for a while.”

He rolled over and sat up, with her quilt pooled around his waist. “Could we dye it red?” 

She studied his face and hair. “You could probably pull off a natural red-head with those green eyes.” 

He shook his head. “No, I want deep bright red. Maybe with black tips?” 

She laughed. “You mean like Ladybug?”

“Yes,” he said seriously. 

And she had to swallow a sudden brick in her throat.

“I mean, we could. But if you’re trying not to be noticed, bright red with black spots is probably not the way to go.”

She would know. 

“True, but it’s more like hiding in plain sight. Who would think that Hawkmoth’s son would be dressing up in support of Ladybug?!”

[wisteriasymphony]

Adrien wondered when Felix would break first. Would it be getting drugged his first week, or locked in a closet during mealtimes?

Or maybe Felix wouldn't even have the mercy of the Design Expo lulling him into a false sense of security—if the railings saving him from the crowds would break again and Felix would be swarmed.

Adrien would love to watch history repeat itself, now from the outside. To watch the fear in Felix's eyes when he saw the road to fame was paved with brimstone... and then again, when Felix realized just how badly fear was punished in this house.

"Pretend to be his son all you like," Adrien snarled back. "But don't come crawling back to me once he starts treating you like it."

[artzychic27]

any sb and ib spoilers or comics or artwork going to be posted later?

"Yeah." Ismael sits by Cosette and gives them a little nudge with his elbow. "And after you win and move on to the next round, we'll stop by your place and rub it in Yvette and Jordyn's dumb faces. We'll be like, 'Hey! Check it out! Your sister fucking won the stupid, pointless game show you nominated her for because you're assholes who wanted to see her fail!' How does that sound?"

"... Pretty damn good."

"Of course it is! But real talk, though, first, you gotta learn to groan right if you're gonna be all mopey."

"Hey, it groans fine," Denise chides.

Ismael shrugs. "It just sounds weird."

"Uuuuugh. How was that?" They can almost hear her smirking.

"So you groan, then, Ismael," Jean snickers, playing along. "If you're so good at it." "Aaaaagh." Aurore arches an eyebrow. "That's a groan?" "Yeah. Aaaaagh." Deciding to join, Marc steps in. "I'll do it. Let me do it. Uuuuuugh..."