#Maybe it's not like that and I'm confusing myself with rap but it was the same feeling that Yuuta felt at that moment

[lety-ufu]

I was listening to a rap by Kballero about Yuuta because he is very good, he always manages to convey what a character in question feels, but I'm not here to talk about how great Kballero is (mainly because no one here knows it, because of the different language). If not, because it lit my jujutsu flame, so I'll be stalking the tag or posting things.

The point is that we should talk more about Yuuta's hatred (resentment) for Getou, he swore, it's funny. I'm looking for a blog about it and the only thing I found are discussions of their fight. Bored.

[https-immotmari]

❝ But I can't help myself when you get close to me ❞ ─── pjsk boys!

WRITER'S STARTER NONSENSE!

first request, yahey!(❁´◡`❁) and I should probably put request open for anyone getting confused if I'm open for requests or not. Also, I don't know if you want romantic or platonic so I'm doing romantic if you don't mind ^^* cute username and pfp btw!

fandom! .project sekai character(s) used! .akito shinonome, toya aoyagi, tsukasa tenma and rui kamishiro gender of reader! .gn!reader head start! .mention of toya's dad🤢

. . .akito shinonome!

dude is perplexed the moment you snake your arms around him. It's like he hasn't been given affection (he's touch-starved)

he should have known the first time he met you, you were as bubbly as bubbles from the powerpuff girls, or even more, and just like that, you've been a daydream and nightmare to him.

back when you two were friends, you kept it minimal such as asking for his permission whenever you want to hug him and even then, akito was, and still is, a flustered mess that it gets to the point that his brain is filled with you and you alone.... okay, maybe a bit of toya but, that's a bit, kay?

now that you two are a thing thanks to an, kohane and toya, you "innocently" used the knowledge you have to make this man a mess. as you should tbh

like, run your fingers through his hair while you're cuddling him, and HE'LL MELT FASTER THAN HE CAN RAP

only in private though, when you two are out in public and you feel the urge of cuddling him there and then, he can shyly give you a side hug for now.

like, poor baby is getting multiple heart attacks whenever you just pop out and immediately attacking him with your cuddly self.

when in private though, you won't waste time in cuddling this man to death, in which he secretly appreciates it, however, can't admit out loud due to his pride and ego.

to be honest, I headcannon him being a human heater when flustered like, you two are just cuddling, you are being your beautiful self and cuddling this man to death while he's just flustered as a boiling kettle. You can even see smoke coming out of his ears.

thanks to being his human heater self, his warmth is only making you want to cuddle him more!

also, thanks to ena and mizuki teasing little bro, he prefers you two cuddling in your house since no so-called annoying older sister and her friend teasing the living daylight out of him.

SMALL SPOON! HE'S FR A SMALL SPOON! he's so touch-starved for your affection, like, after finishing band practice, he rushed to your side and waits for you to have your urge in cuddling him, in which you immediately do it.

though, he still denies being the small spoon since quote-on-quote he's the man of this relationship.

just shut him up by pecking him on the lips and he'll immediately shuts down, use this to your advantage and cuddle him.

. . .toya aoyagi! (my fave<;3)

another touch-starved baby since his father didn't give him enough love till now. L in the comments for toya's dad.

now, unlike your human heater, this guy is your human cooler.

so, whenever the summer hits and you feel like you're getting cooked to a T, just cuddle this guy and you'll feel like you're in the north pole. (merry christmas btw)

baby over here is melting from your cuddles and his gleeful smile and fond chuckles explains it.

I feel like he'll read you a story whenever you two are cuddling on his bed, since this is the only room he can have privacy besides the bathroom, he'll just one hand on the book and the other hand is wrapped around your waist or on your hair, twirling a strand or two.

even though he's fine with public pda, he's still cautious about his actions, his what ifs are like "what if somebody insults them whenever we do this" since toya cares about your feelings very much and he doesn't want your day and your feelings to be ruin by somebody who pokes their noses in other people's business. #stantoyaaoyagi

still, he'll keep an arm around you because toya wouldn't want to make your pretty head thinks he's tired of your cuddles,

it's actually the opposite, he's can never get tired of your affection and you.

though when in private, you can bet this man shows you his touch-starved self.

your cuddles are the medicine to every bad thing happening to him like, that one time where he and his dad got into a serious argument, he would go to your house and cuddle you there. once you open the door and see his rather saddened looked, your arms are already around him, whispering sweet words to him till he feels better.

no words can describe how much he places you above everything, even himself sometimes, baby just grateful to the gods above that he gets another person he can cherished besides his friends.

he was quite shy when you two were new but as time passed, you influenced him with your affection and cuddles, and now look at him, the same cuddly person as you are, maybe even more.

you guys having an unspoken rule on who's giving more cuddles and you damn well when it comes to game, toya aoyagi isn't losing but, he'll make an exception just for you<3

him being small or big spoon depends on his mood that day, like when he's feeling lovely as ever and wants to return every affection you've given him, he'll be the big spoon, especially if you had a bad day. this guy is a good listener and he'll be understanding of the situation. of course, you as well return his affection ^^.

and him being small spoon when him feeling tired after band practice, having a bad day, or whenever he feels like it.

you sometimes tease him about him being your baby and he just blushes, he doesn't deny it since he sometimes admits that he can be quite clingy and cuddly as an infant.

. . .tsukasa tenma!

this dude is ecstatic to have a partner like you (≧∀≦)ゞ

just two sunshines cuddling each other, nothing to see here~

to be honest, he doesn't care if you two are in public or private spaces, just cuddle the man right there and then.

though, if you're shy in public, he'll be understanding after teasing you a bit.

whenever some nosy people give their comments about give singles respect and blah blah blah and if it makes you feel bad about your cuddles, he'll declare war on them. he's a theater blonde, of course he's gonna do that.

it's rare seeing you two separated tbh. like, in school, every student can see you two having your arms around each other, in phoenix wonderland, his band mates, the guests, mascot, AND EVEN MIKU can see you two cuddling each other, even at his or your home!

you two just can't get enough of each other (●ˇ∀ˇ●)

though, whenever he's needed somewhere while he was cuddling with you, he'll whine before carrying you. he'll bring you everywhere since he needs his darling co-star to refill his energy whenever he feels tired.

his band mates just shake their heads and let their leader do whatever he wants.

tsukasa has the tendencies to squeeze you, he sometimes thinks you can squeak whenever he does that like a stuff toy he had when he was younger that he used to cuddle in his sleep.

though, speaking of family, his family especially saki adores you!

for saki, she's happy that her older brother has a partner like you since he always tires himself out just for her so it's wonderful seeing his brother having someone cuddly as you.

he flexes you to others. like, "look at my beloved starling! aren't they the cutest thing your eyes have ever seen?" and it's a picture of you sleeping while cuddling him and the person is just "huh?"

he flexes you as if you're a trophy or a great achievement in which you are.

it honestly relaxes him whenever you cuddle him, especially when it's such a peaceful day and without rui's inventions blowing him up. just you and him, in his bed, cuddling each other in peace while you two tell each other about your days and how it's been doing.

he cherished those moments with you, and nothing can replace those moments even when it's something expensive as gold.

like toya, him being small or big soon depends on his mood. if he wants to be pampered by you and your affection then he'll be the small spoon but, if he wants to return those pampering from you then he'll be the big spoon and pamper you! it's a win-win situation.

you make his heart go crazy, as well as his mind, that he made a play dedicated to you and you only.

. . .rui kamishiro!

aye! you like cuddles, he likes them as well! after some reassurance from you that is

from the start of your guys' relationship, he was not sure about being touchy with you but once you accepted him in those warm arms of yours, he's in.

like tsukasa, he doesn't care if you two are in public or private but, if you're too shy in public, he'll just give you a teasing cat smile and just gives wraps an arm around you all the while teasing you.

it ain't rui kamishiro without him teasing you at least 10 times a day.

you know those two faces/personality octopus plushies? the ones where each side has a different expression of the octopus plushie, you two have those but quite different from the normal ones, thanks to mizuki's help, he made two plushies for the two of you. one of the sides of the octopus plushie has a '^^' expression while the other side said, 'I'm having the urge to cuddle you rn'.

so, whenever you want to cuddle this man and you're too shy to say it, just flip the octopus plushie and he'll understand. I can imagine him being the big spoon cuddling you while both of your octopus plushies are on top of your guys' head, having the "^^" expression on them.

it's so cute that it'll give other cavities q(≧▽≦q)

just like his leader, direct over here will carry you everywhere just for the dose of his daily cuddles. he can either carry you bridal style, on his back, or maybe on his shoulders if he's feeling very teasing at that moment.

surprised attack cuddles!

you'll have to make a perfect plan to catch him off guard since he's always on guard due to you doing your surprised attack cuddles very often.

but, once you did catch him off guard with your surprised attack cuddles, he'll simply chuckles and say "such a sly partner I have~" but if you squint, you can see his cheeks being painted with the beautiful colour of red.

yes, rui kamishiro can be flustered, you just have to work hard on it.

sometimes nene just third wheel you two while you two cuddle and she's just playing her game, she doesn't feel bothered by it since she's grown used to the two of you being like this, i mean, she was the one who helped along in setting you two up.

if he was a cat, he would purr in your embrace. little kamishiro just can't get enough of you and it shows.

you're as cuddly as a teddy bear if he were to describe you. whatever occasion the world has, you two simply cuddle each other like every other day yet rui feels like he's on cloud nine.

he's mostly the big spoon when it comes to cuddles since he wants to just have you laying on his chest while he ruffles your hair, something peaceful he needed in his rather chaotic life.

however, if you want to be the big spoon this time, he'll reluctantly agree, after teasing you of course, and be the one being pampered by you.

every picture of you in his phone is you cuddling on him, and he cherishes those pictures, two of the pictures are set as his wallpaper in home and lock screen.

he just can't wait to get home after practice so you can attack him with those cuddles of yours (/≧▽≦)/

WRITER'S ENDING NONSENSE!

my goodness I feel like some sort of creature possessed me and gave me motivation for this! Hope this tale satisfied you, @hearts4saki! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o

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[lady-z-writes]

Jim Hopper x you

Summary: reader shows up at Hop's and is in a foul mood. No real content warnings.

I...don't know what this is.

Someone said you dont have to be in a good place to make art; make angry art. I haven't written in a while and the world feels overwhelming right now so...

Here this is.

A bit of a political undertone, I guess.

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A slam startles Hopper and he's instantly reaching for a gun that isn't on his person at the moment.

The cabin had been still, quiet; El being at Max's house for the weekend.

Sounded like a car door.

A quick peek out of the window as he hears boot stomps, he notices a figure standing on the porch.

Three raps at the door.

Monsters don't knock.

...

"Hey."

It's you when he opens.

You barging in past him.

You unwrapping a brown bag of booze.

You looking at him with this expression. One he's never seen before.

You look wild and breathless.

And, God damn it, he can't look away.

"I'm just angry. OK? Just. I picked this up and don't trust myself alone right now. And apparently I thought to drive here. So," you slam the bottle down, open it up, drink straight from it. "Could use a friend right about now."

There are tears in your eyes and he doesn't do tears.

A friend.

Okay.

He wasn't thinking 'friend' literal seconds ago, but he'll play nice if that's what you need right now.

He takes the bottle, sips from it, blinks slow at you.

"If that's what you need."

One sentence leaves him and you're pawing at him instantly, gripping him by the shirt and pulling him down into you, kissing him hard and fervent.

And, fuck, is he confused right now.

When you pull back, you snake the drink out of his hand, take a sip.

He's about to speak, but you press a hand to his chest.

"Stop it. I know. Whatever the fuck this is. I just need to get it out of my system."

"Think you're a little fucked right now, but I'll play," he steals the bottle, takes another sip.

You half laugh, shake your head, strip off your jacket.

"This world's gone crazy," you mutter, pressing your palms to your eyes, taking a big breath.

"Been crazy. Just feeling safe enough to show it now."

"We're fucked, aren't we?"

He nods, "probably."

You both let the moment linger, glance at each other until he hands you the bottle again and you drink.

"What do you need?" He steps closer.

"Fuck," you mutter, shaking your head again. "I just...I'm so angry, Hop. It's just...sitting like a lump in my throat and I can't make it stop."

The angry tears are threatening again but you don't blink.

He's silent.

"I think I need to get outta my own head for a little while. I need you to help me feel good again."

"That I can do," he steps forward, drags his hands up your hips and helps you out of your shirt.

You put a hand on his wrist before he unbuttons your jeans.

"A condom, this time. We can't afford a baby in this climate."

He chuckles at that, but there's no humor.

And then pleasure overwhelms you with his head between your thighs.

But the anger never ceases.

And maybe it's not meant to, you think.

Maybe you'll use it.

[mash-masha2011]

Chapter 1: Amnesia

So, imagine if Varian lost his memories in battle of Old Corona and went on a trip with Raps and co without knowing what he had done! That's it!

So, I kinda just scrolled Pinterest one day and saw Varian amnesia au picture. I searched everywhere and din't find any like what I wanted, so decided to write myself! That's the story! The post was drawn by @chiscribbs. So, yeah. Also, I'm new on tumblr. Just decided to write it here.

One more thing! I will update slowly. Like, last time it took me few month! Though, it was the end of the school year with all exams and all but... still it was really long. And now that I warned you, go ahead and try my au! I really hope you like it!

Giant automaton ran straight on Rapunzel. Boy inside watched with hatred on his young face how princess touched black spike looking rocks that appeared few half a year ago, but his face quickly changed to shock and maybe even fear when he saw how rocks started to glow bright blue and how Rapunzel could, somehow, control them. Varian's shock gone as fast as it came. In a second he was leading his robot to girl he hated the most that moment. He didn't care when black rocks cut off his robot's leg, neither he cared when they did the same with another leg. He could still run without legs while he still had both arms. When Rapunzel broke robots left arm machine fled a few meters before crashed down. Last thing Varian remembered was falling and pain.

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Varian slowly woke up. His head hurt and his wrists were chained together. He opened his eyes as fast as he realised it and looked around. There was a lot of people, some in armour, a few others in regular clothes, most of them had swords like they were fighting and the most strange thing was every time someone looked at Varian there was a with mix of fear, disgust and hatred in their eyes directed to him. Aside from that there was a lot of metal pieces all around, strange black spikes growing from the ground and a huge hole in a huge wall.

He noticed a girl with unnaturally long blond hair - like 70 feet or something! - arguing with a big man in all black, woman a little away from them with short black hair and a man with goatee. As fast as long-haired girl noticed that he woke up she quickly came to him with worried look on her face.

"Varian! Are you okay?" She asked carefully with some strange emotions in her voice. There was worry, guilt and... fear? Why would someone fear him? 

"I think so" Varian answered slowly "My head still hurts a little, but that's fine" He answered and tilted his head in confused gesture "Do I know you?"

"Wh-what do you mean? Of course you do!" She said with round eyes and shock in voice. After a small pause she added in higher voice than before "Do you not remember me?"

"I should?"

"Yes!" She looked at him with terrified

"What's wrong, Blondie?" Goatee-man came and put his hand around girl's waist protectively "Did he tried to hurt you again?" 

Again? What does he mean 'again'? Did he already hurt her once? Is that why there was fear in her voice?

"No, Eugene, but..." Girl breathed deeply to calm down and looked at man with still round eyes  "there's a problem" 

"What's wrong?" Man looked at blonde girl 

"Varian, do you remember him?" Girl asked Varian and then looked at goatee-man again

"No..." Varian looked confused. Should he remember them? If yes, then why don't he? What happened here before he woke up? Wait. What happened before he woke up? "I don't remember anything..." Varian whispered

"What?" Eugene asked and no one was sure if it because he was shocked or because he was curious what boy said

"I don't remember anything!" Varian answer louder. His voice was high and shook as his knees and hands.

"You don't ?" Eugene looked shocked and scared but then narrowed his eyes "How do we know Stripes's not lying?"

"Eugene, calm down! We don't, but I won't leave him be thrown in dungeons if he don't even remember for what!" Girl answered. She started calm but her voice grew stronger with each word. 

"I hate to admit it but Fitzerbert is right. We can't trust him after what he did!" Short-haired girl said appearing behind blonde girl

"Cass, I know we can't, but neither can we check if he's lying or not! And I won't leave him alone!" Long-haired girl said confidently and then added guiltily "Not again..."

"Fine, but what do you suggest we do?" Black-haired girl - blonde girl called her Cass - asked clearly annoyed

"I will talk to my dad, explain him situation and..." Long-haired girl thought for a moment "ask if he could go with us on a trip!"

"No way!" Eugene said shocked, but girl already ran off

Who are they? Why am I in handcuffs? Why does this place looks like a battlefield? Who am I? Why don't I remember anything before I woke up? Who are these people in armour? Why does everyone look at me like I was the cause of this battle? Why does that girl has seventy feet of hair?

All three sat in silence for a few minutes.

"Uhh... so, who are you?" Varian broke the awkward silence. 

"I'm Eugene, Blondie is Rapunzel and this ice cold, soulless and heartless demon is Cass" Eugene said with a smirk on the last few words

"For you it's Cassandra" Cassandra said in a really cold tone

"And who is that man in all black Rapunzel went to talk to?" Varian looked at that man and back to Eugene 

"He's the King of Corona, and her father" 

"Wow! So she's a princess! Cool!" Varian's gaze fell on handcuffs and smile appeared on his face fell. After a small pause he asked "Why am I in handcuffs? Am I a criminal? Why does this place looks like a battlefield? Who were you fighting? Where you fighting me? Is that why I'm in these?" Varian started slowly but with each word he spoke faster and higher.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm down!" Eugene saw boy was panicking "Breath with me! Breath in. Count to ten. Breath out. Count to eight" After Varian calmed down Eugene sighed "Lets... talk about it later, huh?"

"Then... tell me a little about myself" Varian looked at Eugene 

"So, you're Varian, you probably already know it, you're fourteen, have a pretty strange pet raccoon named Ruddiger. Speak of the devil, here he is!" Eugene gestured to a raccoon climbing Varian's shoulder "You live here- actually, no, your village evacuated due to black rocks so no, you live in Old Corona, and your dad is a village leader" was Eugene thought guiltily "And, of course, you love alchemy!"

"Wow, that's cool. Where is my dad?" 

"Uh... he... went on a... long trip and asked us to look after you!" Eugene knew it was an obvious lie but to his surprise kid believed him. 

"Okay..." Three sat in silence for few more minutes "Why is Rapunzel's hair is so long? It's like..." Varian looked at girl's hair "seventy feet long!"

"She's the embodiment of the sundrop!" Eugene sounded like Varian should know what sundrop is.

"What is 'the sundrop'?" 

"Oh my gosh!" Eugene said slowly 

"Fitzerbert" For the first time in a long time Cassandra spoke, sounding very annoyed "if he's not lying, which is unlikely, then he doesn't remember anything, so we will need to explain him sundrop, black rocks, and other magical stuff"

"There's no such thing as magic! It's just something that people can't explain yet!" Varian sounded like he was explaining the easiest thing to the dumbest kids.

Cassandra's face turned stone cold as she glared at him.

"Yeah, that's closer to Varian I knew!" Eugene laughed a little. Next second Rapunzel came with an exited smile on her face. "Hey, Blondie! How it went?"

"My dad told me Varian can come with us!" While Rapunzel saying this was full of excitement, Cassandra grimaced and rolled her eyes. "Varian, you will come with us on a journey!" 

"Hold on, Blondie, we don't even know yet if he wants to come!" Eugene reasoned her

"Right. Varian," Princess turned to Varian "do you want to come with us?"

"It's not like I have a choice, right?" Varian asked but saw expression on Rapunzel's face added "I mean, I have no memories, my dad is outside of Corona and won't be back soon and judging by Eugene saying nothing about my mom she or left me or dead so I don't have any choice!" after a small pause he asked "So where are we going?"

"Right! We are following the path of black rocks which appeared when I touched one of them!" Rapunzel said gesturing to the black spikes "Let's go! i will tell you everything!"

"Yeah, about that... I don't think I can walk in these!" Varian gestured to chains he was in

"Crap! Sorry, Kid!" Eugene quickly bend down and lock picked the cuffs on his hands and ankles in no time "Here you go!"

"Wow! That was so fast!" Varian looked absolutely shocked and awed, but Cassandra just rolled her eyes

"We have keys for this, you know?" She said flatly

"Don't mind her" Eugene whispered in boy's ear with a smirk "She's just jealous of my handsomeness!" 

"Let's go now!" Rapunzel said visibly struggling to stand in one place

"Okay, okay, Blondie, we're coming!"

When the four of thew started walking Rapunzel finally was able to let out all the energy she was holding in, which to Varian seemed like energy of a whole world.

"So, long long long long long time ago drop of sun fell from the sky. And from it grew a magic, golden, flower. It had the ability to heal the sick, and injured, turn younger and save from death. Then...

Hey! I wanted also say sorry to everyone who likes evil Frederic or Royal pain, but this time I decided he will be a bit more... kind? Understanding? And giving second chances? Bleh, when I write Frederic and kind in one sentence it's like I'm committing crime! Sorry for that, probably reading about kind Fred also wasn't best experience) 

Anyway, see you next time, love you all!

P.S. Don't forget to comment) I know I'm not the best writer ever, but... it would really make my day! Thanks!

Also I noticed that I didn't mention that this isn't a one-shot! So now I'm telling you this! It's not a one-shot! It's a multi-chapter story and I have a second chapter already written!

And also I have V's look drawn and please like it because it was hard with me being a super bad at drawing! Thanks!

[bp-trio]

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( ALL IN ENGLISH ) ( questions searched on the web about Sol)

"Hey, I'm Sol and this is the Wired Autocomplete interview," Sol said smiling. Sol was given aboard. A medium-sized board where the questions were stuck with a paper and she has to peel it off to open the question. “Let’s see what you all are curious about”

[ UPBEAT MUSIC ]

"Have you ever googled yourself before?" Interviewer.

"No. I try not to."

"Alright, first question," Sol said before carefully peeling off the sticker that was covering the full question that was searched on the web about her.

[ WHAT ]

"What is Sol’s full name? My full name is Solaire Victoria Raeya Ivanov and I know it's a long name. But my parents liked it." Sol answered and smiled.

"What does Sol like in a guy?" Sol chuckled at the question. "Wow, did someone actually search this on the web?" Sol asked as she looked at her staff behind the camera and giggled. "What I like in a guy is honesty and just be good to me."

"What is Sol’s net worth?" Sol smiled at the question. "why do you guys care about this? but to be honest I don't even know what my net worth is."

"What is Sol's zodiac sign?" "Aquarius, I am. Fun fact, I actually share a birthday with Rosé. I was told recently about some of the characteristics of the Aquarius. Think I maybe have like, three of eight."

"What is Sol's phone number?" "That is a question I won't be answering. I don't give my number to anyone. So, it is maybe impossible to get my number. Sorry." Sol said and smiled blandly.

"What is Sol's accent?" Sol laughed at the question. "Honestly I have no idea. I would say British on most occasions. it also depends on where I go. When I got to America. my accent changes to American English and when I'm in Paris, I speak in a Parisian accent. Or these days it feels like I’m getting Aussie accent because of Rose. It is a bit confusing I don't know what my accents are." Sol chuckled.

"What is Sol doing right now?" Sol exhaled and chuckled " Talking to you. that's so funny people would google that. what is Sol doing now, like Google's gonna know"

"What was Sol's first song?" "The very first song I wrote was for my mom on her birthday when I was like six years old, and it was about when I grow up, can I be as pretty as you? when I grow up, can I wear your dress? and still, my parents and my siblings make fun of me sometimes."

Sol throws the medium-sized board on the floor and grabs the one handling to her.

[ DOES ]

"Does Sol have pets?" " Yes, I have 4 pets, three dogs and one cat. I have Shiba Inu named Cain, Samoyed named Chico, white Pomeranian Cece, and a Manx cat named Cleo. I adopted all of them from a rescue shelter. They are my angels."

"Does Sol speak Spanish?" Sol smiled. "Yes, I can speak Spanish because I taught myself and I'm proud of myself for doing that because I can now communicate with my fans who speak Spanish," Sol said and continued smiling as she peeled off the sticker that covers the next question and read it.

"Does Sol play guitar?" "Yes, I do play guitar. In fact, I play a lot of instruments. My grandpa taught me how to play the Violin and Piano. during my trainees days, I learned to play drums, electric guitar, ukulele, recorder, flute, and Saxophone recently. since I have much free time this year because of the pandemic, I spend my time mostly learning new instruments and learning online." Sol answered and nodded.

"Does Sol has tattoos?" "That’s a secret" she giggles, “but I do, I have four tattoos and each one of them has a meaning.”

"Does Sol watch anime?" "Do, and my top three animes are the seven deadly sins, my hero academia, and One Piece."

“Does Sol know how to play games?” “Yes, I love playing games. It’s my hobby.”

[ CAN ]

"Can Sol sing?" Sol laughed at the question. " I bloody hope so, otherwise I have no idea what I'm doing here."

"Can Sol rap?" "Yes, I can rap. I’m the lead rapper in the group."

"Can Sol drive?" "I can drive.  I actually passed my driving test the first time. I do really love the freedom of just getting in your car and going wherever you want."

"Can Sol come to my birthday party?" Sol laughed."I wish I could but I think you would have to speak to my agency and my manager about that."

"Can I date Sol?" Sol laughed and grinned. the staff also laughed "that's an interesting question. Maybe but I think you would have to speak to my agency and my manager about that too." Sol said and shrugged with a chuckle.

[ HOW ]

“Okay last board, How old is Sol?" Sol read off as she peeled the tap. "I'm 26 years old."

"How to get Sol's face?" Sol laughed. "Seriously? I don't know. surgery, I think?" Sol said and shrugged with a chuckle.

"How did Sol become famous?" Sol chuckled. " by releasing good music."

"How many languages can Sol speak?" Sol smiled. "I can speak 7 languages. Korean, English, Japanese, French, Mandarin, Spanish, and Russian I'm hoping to learn Thai and German by next year." Sol answered.

“How does Sol stays in shape? By working out.” She stated. “I don’t like dieting and I was extremely bad at it. When I was training to be a singer, I had this extremely diet and I just failed. I couldn’t resist my love for ice cream.”

“How does Sol keep her hair healthy?” She smiled, “I use a specially made shampoo and conditioner provided by my wonderful stylist aka Lina.”

“Well, that’s it?.” She asked, throwing the cardboard away when the staff members nodded. “It’s been fun! They weren’t as scary as I thought they would be.”

“I hope you enjoyed the video, thank you. Mwah.” She says, staring directly into the lens and blowing a kiss at it.

[roo-bastmoon]

Let's get into the Angel Pt 1 controversy

Summary of Roo's Point: Please follow your conscience but do not bash Jimin for other people's crimes.

More in-depth analysis of the underlying issues:

Let me start by saying I'm a musical theater geek so I have no idea who any of the other artists on the Angel Pt 1 track are, I don't know their music, I don't know their backstories, and frankly, I don't really care to. But yesterday a full kerfuffle kicked off on Twitter with many people ready to cancel Jimin (and by extension, ARMY) for working on a song with someone called Kodak Black.

Who is Kodak Black?

Well, apparently he's a rapper who brought a high schooler back to his hotel from a concert and then ripped her clothes off and bit her and raped her but he entered a plea deal and got probation for it. Not to be confused for the times he had illegal fire arms, committed armed robbery, possessed marijuana, and tried to evade police. Or the time he punched and kicked a woman at a strip club. By all accounts he sounds like a total asshole, and not someone whose pockets I want to line with my hard-earned money, even if I weren't a survivor, myself.

I think we can all agree that Kodak Black is not the kind of person ARMY would ever want to support.

So if at any point you feel like you cannot get behind the Fast X movie or soundtrack because Universal chose to employ that man? Please feel free to boycott and sleep easy at night. That's your value-based decision and I respect it. Don't let anyone call you an anti for it.

However.

There is another legitimate take on this with regard to Park Jimin, and it's a bit more nuanced than simply "don't work with bad people."

For a decade, we've gotten to know who Park Jimin is. He is kind. He is considerate. He is gentle. He has excellent manners. He gives to charity. He obeys and honors his parents and elder members. He has never been violent. He has never broken the law. He respects women deeply. He is a hard worker. He is a good human being.

I can't help but recall how Jimin had absolutely no idea that the song he made was going to be in Eternals. Like, he didn't believe it at first.

Clearly, this company has some serious issues with communication and the handling of Jimin's releases. I could say more but we don't have all day for that.

It is therefore plausible to me that Jimin was approached for this song, possibly by Jvke. Jimin has said he's seen all the movies so we know he likes the franchise. Maybe he said sure, he'd love to sing for Angel Pt 1. So he recorded his parts and moved on to the next amazing groundbreaking industry-shattering piece of work on his schedule. And then Universal brought in other artists and no one said a thing to him about it.

And you might think there's NO WAY Hollywood wouldn't tell you who all you're working with. Listen, I never worked on any big productions, but I lived in LA for years and worked in entertainment long enough to know you could make something and months later find out it's a whole other thing with people you've never heard of, and you signed off your work and likeness so it is what it is and you gotta live with it and not make waves, especially if you ever wanna work in that town again.

Then again, maybe Jimin met the rest of the artists during the filming of the music video. Maybe he knew Kodak Black was on this song. Maybe he, like me, had no idea of that man's past and never once imagined someone with a rap sheet that long would be in such a large-scale production in the first place.

Or maybe he did know, because it appears Kodak Black is billed as a "creator" of the song, but as an industry professional, he also knows nothing is ever totally clean or pure in this business. So oftentimes in entertainment, you will see people mentally separate the art from the business.

(Side note: To be honest, nothing is ever clean or pure that you pay to consume. The wage slaves sweating in the shops that make the clothes on your back or the device you're reading this post off of. The migrant workers toiling for pennies and living in communal shacks for the veggies in your salad. The animals crammed into horrific crates and slaughtered inhumanely that end up on your plate. The earth that's raped every time you write on a sheet of paper or put gas in your car. The plastics in all of our products are also in our landfills, our oceans, our blood streams. We all of us live and consume off the suffering of others. Doesn't mean we shouldn't fight for a better world--of course we should--I'm just saying, none of us consume anything that's "perfect" and cancel culture fails to acknowledge that.)

Which brings me back to the point about boycotting. If you feel like you just cannot support the business of employing someone like Kodak Black, that is a worthy choice and no one should bully you for it or label you an anti. But please do not consider Jimin "tainted by association." Because everyone is associated in one way or another with harmful people and practices. You'd never get to consume anything ever, if you could only consume things made by "good" people.

For my part, I don't believe Universal will see people refusing to stream or buy Angel Pt 1 and think "Gosh, we shouldn't have hired a man who batters and abuses women, it will hurt our bottom line on this soundtrack, we were very mistaken, let's do better." Maybe they will, but probably they won't. They have yet to even witness the buying power of ARMY anyway so they have no results to compare a boycott to. It's already a done deal and they will likely pull this shit again if it's expedient to do so.

On the other hand, this is Jimin's first OST for a major motion picture and I intend to support the hell out of it. I think it's a good song and I want Jimin to be seen by the industry as a safe bet to bring in numbers. I think the more projects he has, the more opportunities he has to promote good people and good music as alternatives. I say this AS A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ASSAULT who is no way making light of sexual assault. It frankly galls me that by association, Kodak Black (and numerous other unknown assholes) will benefit. But I'd rather that than, by association, Park Jimin suffer.

And I'll square with you: I think Justin Bieber, Charlie Puth, Park Jay, and others are opportunistic assholes problematic and it galls me that they will benefit by association with BTS members. But on a case by case basis, I will choose whether to support BTS members' collaborations. So far, I'm still all in. That's what feels right for me, according to MY conscience.

I cannot dictate to you what your conscience should tell you. That's between you and your soul, and it's no one else's business. Do your will and harm none. Trust yourself and honor your limits.

So if at any point you feel like you cannot support JK's Dreamers because of the horrible inhuman treatment of the World Cup stadium workers, abstain. If you cannot support Jimin with Angel Pt 1 because of Kodak Black's inexcusable violence, abstain.

But please do not lay the crimes of others at BTS' feet. They are responsible only for themselves, and we have seen they are sometimes not given complete information around their projects. I'm certain they do their best. When it's clear that a collaboration would go against their values (such as playing for their current president's inauguration), they decline. When they have the opportunity to make informed decisions, they usually decide well. But not always, because the members are human too.

I guess my point of this ramble is... human beings will be human. They are flawed. They inevitably make mistakes. Intention goes a long way. I can make a pretty clear-cut case that Kodak Black intentionally caused harm. So I'm happy to not support his art or business ventures and I hope after a lot of soul searching he becomes a better person but I'm not holding my breath. However, I cannot make a clear-cut case that Park Jimin endorses the harm Kodak Black caused just because he lent his voice to a song Kodak Black is also now a part of. Not yet, not without Park Jimin making a statement defending Kodak Black.

Until he does, I'm not going to hold Jimin responsible for anyone's choices except his own. I trust Jimin. He's earned it. So I'm going to support Jimin.

If you very strongly feel like I'm choosing to do harm here, that I'm anti-feminist, or a rape apologist, or a fan girl making light of serious crimes, please protect yourself and block me. You go ahead and do what you need to do to police your own experience. But I worry that eventually you are going to find yourself in a very lonely, very sparse and dull echo chamber, because that sad truth is... nothing and no one is pure. Certainly not in business, and rarely in art. Considering one out of four women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes, it's a safe bet that almost every song or movie you've heard of is somehow benefitting a man who was part of it and who has also abused a woman. I know k-pop idol culture heavily manufactures this PG13 image of artists but the truth is the world of entertainment is a cesspool and a viper pit, and we are very lucky to stan seven artists who are, by and large, truly good people. That's super rare.

My unsolicited advice is to take everything on a case-by-case basis and listen to your gut. Support Angel Pt 1. Don't support Angel Pt 1. It's a deeply personal choice what you endorse with your money.

But please miss me with trying to cancel Jimin, or any of the members, for other people's crimes.

Shunning, dogpiling, mobbing, shaming--cancelling people--those are Mean Girl tactics, designed to make people afraid to work with the "unworthy" and it doesn't work in the long run. (Extended, organized boycotts do work because money talks loud. So feel free to boycott if you want to.) But ruining people's reputations because of who their coworkers happen to be is in no way helping solve the actual problem.

If your goal is to make it so big studios don't employ rapists, keep the heat on the rapist and call out Universal and Kodak Black.

If your goal is to support Jimin, then trust and support Jimin and his songs.

Where those two goals conflict, trust your gut. That's all anyone can ask of you.

For my part, I choose Jimin.

Whatever choice you make--as long as you aren't bashing Jimin--I can respect it.

That's pretty much all I have to say about that. Feel free to disagree but keep it kind and respectful in the comments, please...

Love,

Roo

[stormblessed95]

Hi storm! 👋 I wanna state first that everyone is entitled to their opinion and they can agree or disagree. I also know that we come from different backgrounds and different upbringings, and so with that being said, I would like to share my thoughts about WOH if that's ok? So, the first song that got me into bts was black swan (black swan will always have my 💜 fight me lol 😆) and then after that I came to know all of BTS discography and when I came across the WOH MV I thought it was cute but also at the same time seeing men expressing how girls make them feel I thought, well that's nice to see them expressing how they feel when you go through puberty lol I mean, wheres the lie? I didn't see anything offensive about the mv or the lyrics but then I started getting shamed and made to feel bad for liking the song and I'm not sure if they were army's or not as I was a baby one myself back then but I wanted to share why I don't find the lyrics or mv offensive. well, because of my upbringing, I grew up (you can probably guess my age from this lol) listening to NWA, ICE CUBE, snoop, dre, 2pac, biggie etc. Etc. You name it, I've listened to it. so like 50% of my life growing up revolved around hip-hop/rap and in listening to those songs (not all were bad) I mean you couldn't hear a lyric without hearing B*tch or Wh*re or sl*t being mentioned in every other sentence, women were just considered objects in their songs and in their MVs too the women were half naked and being objectified, being a groupie was like a badge of honor, or at least, that's the way I saw it portrayed, and the sad part is that it was considered normal back then, and then I grew up and realized it wasn't normal. so when I came across WOH and people were bashing it so bad I was so confused lol because i saw that the song was appreciating women not demeaning them. (opinions) so, in a strange and weird way, I guess I'm glad that the people calling that song misogynistic and tried to shame me for liking it didn't grow up being exposed to what i have been exposed to because let me tell you it's a huge difference. I love WOH. hope it's OK that I shared my thoughts 🙂💜

I love WOH. I really do and I'm so sad they never perform it anymore because of all the backlash it got. What a song they took from us! Lol plus WOH Yoongi was giving everything! And his verse?? Idk, maybe it's like you said and what I grew up listening too vs WOH seems so tame and appreciative in comparison lol Yoongis verse particularly

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"About the Blogger" meme

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Star Sign(s): Virgo sun, Cancer rising and Aries Moon - * ratata, in the ghettooo*

Favorite Holidays: Christmas and New Years, I just love little lights and the snow in the trees and to be reminded that makeup is just make up by the Canadian wind, while I get bitch slapped like I owes it money, ahhh, canadian's winter. I loveeee Christmas songs, I get so excited when it'ssss timmmee ( Mariah is it you). I dream for the day were I get to put lil socks like in movies with name and everything. Might even stitch them myself uwu. We don't do it, but maybe one day, family on my own.

Last Meal: As like my last meal if I d i e or - I ate a burned sandwich, I did it to myself. Me and myself are not talking right now, the sandwich was the last straw for today. It had two large meatballs in a subway wanna be bread - could have been great- I'm getting emotional all over again.

Current Favorite Musician: Brown noise 10 hrs- no wait - Rap orchestra - that's like the current thing I'm listening to right now. Mostly Metro's concert rap Orchestra. But Tanarelle, forever my love. Sade, for sure.

Last Music Listened To: * sigh - go look at the last edit I watched** 1975- about you, the snippet of Holt singing. Last Movie Watched: Bottoms - Lmao- THEEE GAYYYZZZ

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Last Book/Fic Abandoned: W A W Abandoned? I Do Not Abandoned My Kids. They just live inside my head until one day a smell, a sound,or an idea reminds me that they exist, or I write them on a piece of paper and forget about it OR they live inside my notes pads. Let's not speak about myout-of-wedlockk Skyrock- Wattpat and Fanfiction.net, children, they are not mine, you cannot prove it. Where is the paternity test?

Currently Reading: Y'all posts, like it's bedtime stories. Curry's fanfictions - honestly I read most of y'all updated or not fanfiction, I was on A3O Sydcarmy tags when there was barely two pages, so ouf - thank you to y'all my loves :* truly. I would lie if I said now I have too much windows open I'm confusing the timelines and fanfic. - Seasons of Sydney by shewalksoverme I am waiting for them to update. I am not handling it well, sadly *sighs*

Last Thing Researched for Art/Writing/Hyperfixation: Canada's woods, slightly make me sounds like a serial killer but HOW would you write a werewolf Carmy,huh!? I lived there most of my life, thought it would help me get a better writing experience, yet I've been too busy to continue and now I'm alarmeling aware that we have coyotes. Great ;-;

Favorite Online Fandom Memory: I have alot but I watched the last episode of Stranger Things with my friends last year. S8 of TVD, feeling like a last survivor of some sort, trauma lol - The Howl House - the finality, it healed my inner child to see a queer neurodivergent kid being understood by her mom, kick ass and be happy lol.

Favorite Old Fandom You Wish Would Drag You Back In/Have A Resurgence: Amphibia- it's such a cute and layered cartoon. OMG - I ALMOST FORGOT - CENTAURWORLD. It deserves the praise. It deserves to be acknowledged, the bad guy changed my perception of so many things.

Favorite Thing You Enjoy That Never Had an Active or Big "Fandom" but You Wish It Did: I wish (His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass) when I tell you, that this fantasy world has haunted me, because of how good it was for little girl me, argh! I would watch it all over again, I wish it had a bigger fanbase - if you love Christmas-

Tempting Project You're Trying to Rein In/Don't Have Time For:

Listen - Projects are not the issue, it's the follow-through, I'm gonna try writing mini-stories to keep my mind engaged. I'll manipulate myself into work - Also I keep losing password to things so, yeah- My fic started: Under the moon- I will this week updated it- I want to write more one-shots, more smut for sure- I am interested in exploring differents fronts of any characters. Shit, I might even a Bob's Burgers fanfic. You can't stop me, you're not my mom- that I know of :O I would like @currymanganese to do it @angelica4equity You don't have to, but like... an ant somewhere might die cauz of it so, idk- do u wanna be an ant murdereww? Yeah, that's what i thought

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Too Many Words on Mean Girls the Musical

The discovery of Mean Girls (2024) has sent me into a genuine tailspin, y'all. The adaptation nerd in me is intrigued and screaming. The younger version of myself for whom Mean Girls on Broadway acted as a gateway to musical theater is just screaming. The film school graduate is confused???

I think I'd much rather gush over why the original stage show, despite its flaws, does work--it's generally more fun for me to dissect a thing that I love rather than something I dislike--but the fact is, I am STILL trying to figure out what the hell I actually think about the 2024 movie. I guess this is my flailing, word-vomit style attempt to do so.

Okay, some context: I have watched all three versions in their entirety. I think the 2004 movie is very well-done and absolutely deserves its status as a cultural icon, but I've always connected more with the original Mean Girls musical, which ran on Broadway from 2018-2020. It was one of the first musicals I ever got into, one of the first cast albums I ever bought with my own money, and though over time I came to recognize many of its flaws (the lyrics can be hokey, I wish they'd threaded in Cady's stars motifs better, there's an argument a bajillion people have already made about the girls not being mean enough, etc.), Broadway!MG was always going to hold the peak Mean Girls place in my heart.

But I'm also an adaptation nerd, and I was fully aware of my bias going into the 2024 musical movie. I tried to keep an open a mind as possible, even looking forward to changes and what they might do with new character interpretations or space from cut songs. Maybe I didn't do a good enough job keeping that open mind, because I'm seeing a lot of people who liked the musical saying that this was an okay adaptation. I just. I don't know what they watched. I don't know what I watched.

In roughly chronological (read: increasingly ????) order, a list of bullet points:

I understand the motive behind replacing "It Roars"--not because I think "It Roars" is a weak song, though. I think "It Roars" is actually quite good, despite some debatably rough lyrics; it neatly sets up Cady's excitable energy ("I've got new things to try / like high school, and skateboards, and rapping / and Starbucks venti chai"), her roots in Africa (the drumbeat musical sound, which will recur through Cady's songs), and her naiveté ("Hi teens!"). The transition from African drumbeats/Disney princess to pop/rock as the percussion and guitar kick in really effectively communicates the transition from Cady's world to the world of Western high school. Most importantly, though, "It Roars" introduces us to Cady's fundamental want and a big theme of the show: friendship and belonging. ("They all want to be included like me / so eventually, I'll win!")

But 2024!Cady is a different character, and the movie seems to want to explore different themes (maybe??). So it makes sense that they would need a different opening number, because they're establishing different things. 2024!Cady is quieter, but much more unhappy in Africa; her main want is to live life freely and without regret. Fair enough! That works well with how she'll be challenged in the story, wanting to try living like the Plastics but being forced to hold back in the process. I can get behind that.

HOWEVER. Cady's signature sound is gone, as are pretty much all the signature styles, leaving the musical language of the film much weaker. By replacing "It Roars" but leaving other songs the same ("Apex Predator" and "I See Stars," mostly), they muddy the themes and metaphors threaded throughout. And crucially, they frame "What Ifs" and "Stupid with Love" as dream sequences that get cut off by the Real World of high school.

This is...certainly a decision. It sets up expectations about how the music works in this world that they can't follow through on--there are scenes Cady doesn't see, and therefore cannot dream-musicalize. So when normal people start singing outside Cady's perspective, it's so jarring, because this high school has not been established as a Musical World. (Compounded by the ensemble and the instrumentation sounding thin, and Cady's performance being like it is.)

The establishing of the music as Cady's dream sequences also does a disservice to the real feeling of high school. High school is big and dramatic and the emotions you feel are larger than life. To delineate it so firmly, to have it only be so big and campy in Cady's head, like a sort of "oh, look at that weirdo, thinking that high school is like a musical" feels, to me, so much less genuine.

It sort of felt like if they could have gotten away with playing all the musical numbers as insert songs over the actual action, they would have. They tried so hard.

I think the orchestrations in general are bad and afraid to be a musical. And I don't get people who say that "they had to tone it down for the screen, because you don't have to go as big on screen." I mean, I do, but there is precedent for doing big, loud, ensemble-heavy numbers on screen and it working. Look at The Prom movie, or Hairspray. Look at freaking High School Musical. They could have done it, and it wouldn't have broken the cinema screen or anything.

I love Renee Rapp, I do. But Cady is the protagonist of the story for a reason (just like Emma was the protagonist of The Prom for a reason, and look, the same thing happened there.) Broadway!MG worked because, under all of Regina and Damian's show-stopping numbers, Cady was there as the emotional backbone of the show. You can have your "Stop"s and your "World Burn"s because you have "More is Better" or the reprise of "Fearless" that is tragically missing from the OBC. I always had the sense in the show that everything would eventually feed into Cady's arc; she would learn something from the number (or refuse to), and/or whatever happened through the song would affect her behavior going forward. The sense I get from 2024!Cady is that she exists to be swallowed up by Renee Rapp, which, good for her, but it can't support the narrative.

In general, they've just gutted a lot of Cady's internality by cutting her songs (and her musical asides! Justice for the musical asides!), leading to this lack of agency/accountability/character. Which I find dishearteningly funny, given that the Broadway cast have talked about how this was an issue the creative team was aware of in the original stage show, and how hard they worked to fix it.

I disagree with the notion that the dialogue scenes could replace the impact of these songs. I just don't see it. Once you add musical numbers, you're adding emphasis--here's the big emotional moments I want you to pay attention to. And the emotion dips back down, so we talk--and here's another big emotion, so music, pay attention. The 2024 movie has told us what it considers important: the fun numbers and the Plastics, mostly Regina. And that completely kneecaps the core narrative arc (as well as the pacing, because we're speeding through in weird places before stopping down for a full Regina song).

I just. I really don't know why (narratively--I understand the meta-reasons and they're bad) they cut "More is Better." I'm not joking when I say the movie would have been significantly better with it in. It would have improved the pacing, at least in a musical sense, because going straight from "Revenge Party" to "Someone Gets Hurt (Reprise)" left a surprisingly noticeable gap that made me wonder if they'd forgotten what they were adapting. It would have given Cady a little more voice, and it would have fit really well thematically with what should have been the arc of 2024!Cady--living without holding back, living sincerely. (Also, since Aaron is literally the only person this Cady cares about, that reality check would have packed an even greater wallop.)

I will give credit to the scene with Cady crying as her mom comforts her. That was a good scene.

I was glad they reprised "What Ifs" briefly in the Mathletes competition, although I do miss "Do This Thing," especially because I think it would have worked with 2024!Cady's character arc.

Also, I do sort of get putting "Stupid with Love" over the Mathletes/getting ready for prom, but why the "calcu-lust" portion of the song? And why is it the only song to depart from the musical style this movie is determined to stick to (I'm not counting Damian's iCarly rendition, great as it is--that's meant to be a joke.)

"I See Stars." Okay. Unironically, I love this song as the ending of the Broadway show. I do. You can fight me on it. In Broadway!MG, Cady's driving want is the need to belong, the need for friends; "I See Stars" is her reaching out to the other students (and the audience) and "including" everyone, finally achieving that sense of belonging and friendship by being kind to everyone. The ensemble all coming in and saying "We're all stars," when at the beginning they are so opposed to her ("Just ignore her!") or focused on Regina warms my heart every time. It so earnestly resolves the thematic through line (and also I love Erika's voice).

HOWEVER, it does not work in the 2024 movie. 2024!Cady's desire has never been about friends or belonging. Again, she wants to be herself and live without regrets. I could buy that she would sing an inspirational finale a la "I'd Rather Be Me" or a rousing reprise of "What Ifs" to say something like "we can all do what we want AND be kind to each other." But the thematic throughline to "I See Stars" is much thinner--and the ensemble doesn't even sing together! It defeats the original power of the songs and makes it one more insert song.

I guess what confuses me about this movie the most is that the two takes I've seen are "they changed everything about the arrangements, now it sucks" and "must a movie be good? I enjoy the 2024 movie for what is is." I generally dislike the arrangements, yes, but I think changes to a source material can be interesting and worthwhile, and honestly, the musical arrangements/production is only one of many problems I had with the movie.

And on the other hand, I think I'm frustrated because I wish I could enjoy the 2024 movie for what it is. After all, I enjoy Broadway!MG for what it is, calcu-lust and all.

But maybe that's why--Broadway!MG knows what it is, and genuinely, goofily revels in it. Mean Girls (2024) is a wild mishmash of pop music and TikToks playing over Renee Rapp and the amalgamation of three different scripts of Mean Girls, filmed by a camera that won't stop spinning. That is to say, I don't think Mean Girls (2024) has any more of an idea what it is than I do.

[honeyhotteoks]

as someone who bias mingi, im so happy you read him the way that you do.

i hope i don't sound rude, but i've seen so many atinys turn him into this fuck boy-like, crazy spirit, loud persona that it throws me so off from sometimes reading/interacting.

mingi is so intelligent and thoughtful; his words are wise and well expressed, he strikes me as someone who is on the internet a lot, reading about topics and making sure he knows better, that he learns so he can become better or be someone who has answers to those who are confused.

i'm in no way saying that fictional portrayals of mingi should be canon, in no way shape or form, but the fandom in general has grown so fond of this dumb, fun and chaotic side that sometimes mingi puts on for variety/when he's in stage that they forget he's in reality, quite a quiet person. the same when they joke about his english, people don't realise mingi is actually speaking/writing in a language that he doesn't use 24/7, him not being proficient in a language he doesn't speak on the daily shouldn't be a joke to so many (and as a bilingual myself, they've no idea how much it discourages you to see people laugh at all the hard work you're putting to learn/improve yourself).

i ended completely off topic, and im sorry to bother but i had to speak my mind on this one, because mingi should be much more appreciated in this fandom.

✨anon

Oh I genuinely could not agree more with you!! And honestly more people should say it. I think that's the danger of having a wide fanbase, you have some people who dig in and get to know them, and others who just see some stages or a few variety shows and that's it, that's the persona. And that's okay..... but it does genuinely bother me that Mingi in particular gets this weird rap as dumb or even a himbo. he's not.

I really do think that for all the smut i write and however hot i think these guys are...... the thing i love about them that keeps be around is that they're all good people who don't feel like crafted idols 24/7. and maybe that's just me being a fool for the parasocial machine, but i just don't think you can fake how genuine they can be at times. it just bums me out that when they're being genuine and honest, atiny can sometimes look the other way because it's not.... thirst trappy enough or because it's not about their bias.

i watch and listen to all the content, for all members because i feel a certain level of responsibility writing them, and i love them all, despite my diehard yunho biasing ways.... and i just think more of the fandom should slow down and listen versus projecting onto them.

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What song/songs are you most proud of? Which songs do you think should’ve preformed better (like on youtube ect.)? Are you proud with how far you’ve come?

Sorry, there’s so many questions in one ask!! Hope you’re having a fabulous day!!

Back to asks! Sorry I forgot about these for a second. I'll do my best. 1. What song am I most proud of? Probably Tanjiro's Lullaby. My favorite song is usually my most recent, but Tanjiro's Lullaby has been around long enough and meant enough to me and other people that I think it deserves that spot. If I'm proud of a song in particular, that's the one. 2. Which songs do I think should have performed better on release?

That's a tough one to answer. There are lots of songs I definitely wish had done better, but you just can't predict these things, and the more I expect a song to do well, the more it hurts if it doesn't, so I try to put all my effort into making something that I'll enjoy whether anyone else does or not. That said...here are a few songs that I think deserved more attention, and you can feel free to check them out and share them if you want. These aren't all my lowest-performing songs, but they are songs that I think a lot more people would enjoy if they knew about them. - Close at Midnight (FNAF Security Breach Rap Song) - Into the Unknown (Over the Garden Wall Theme Cover) - O Kawaii Koto (Love Is War Song) 3. Am I proud with how far I've come? This is the hardest question by far, and it's not because I don't know the answer. The truth is, I don't think I am proud. I'm still looking so far into the future, for my online presence and work to be bigger, better, more recognized, lead to more opportunities, become easier...for myself to feel more okay more of the time...everything that's happening right now feels like I'm looking at it through a very far-off telescope. I don't know how to feel about now because it's still happening, it's always still happening, and maybe that's just life. It's hard to remember a time when it didn't feel like everything was happening too fast, happening all at once, happening around me instead of to me or with me or something a bit more grounding. I don't see myself, I see the things around me, I see people's numbers going up faster than mine, I see people onstage, more than that, I see people happy and comfortable with the places they've arrived in life and I know that I'm just not there yet. My worth isn't defined by numbers, I know that, we all know that, but that doesn't make them invisible. And with that much visual clutter, it can be hard to see your own hand in front of your face. So it's all kind of confusing. Overwhelming. You know? But what I do know is that if the me from the past could see me now, they would be very impressed with everything I've done so far. I've learned how to make my own music instead of just scribbling down lyrics in a blue five-subject notebook and wishing someone would ask me to be in a band. I have performed onstage, and even opened a show for one of my biggest inspirations. I get to work with people I never thought I'd even have a chance to talk to. I get to travel! I get to travel to other countries and spend time with other artists and record songs with my...friends. Hey... ...I have friends. A lot of friends. I wouldn't have believed that once upon a time. If I can't be proud of myself just yet because of all the stupid things distracting me, then...maybe my opinion doesn't matter too much this time. But I can remember a frail little somebody that I used to be. That kid should be answering this question, not me. They'd say they're very, very proud of how far I've come. And they're just waiting to see what I'll do next.

[golden-booti]

he keeps asking me why I didn't do these things beforehand and I never reply. maybe it's because idk how to say "I thought I had the rest of our lives."

I want to do any & every little thing with you while I still sort of have you by my side. any and every little thing I thought we had forever to do.. I've never had heartache like this. you tell me it's bc of the past and I hate when you say that because (as much as I hate this is my reality when it comes to memories like that) I don't remember the time you're talking about.... how can I be afraid of you for something that, in my head, never occurred. and I know that's such a shit reason but I'm sorry I took such baby steps toward trying to fix it until now. I just hope you know I only ever felt pure love from you, even when we were arguing. some sadness. some anger. some confusion. but never fear of you.

sorry I want to make love as many times as possible lately, even though I'm sure it's just fucking to you now. sorry I want to listen to you sing and rap about silly shit, unsure which one will be the last time. sorry I seem so 'energetic' lately, but it's just a mood swing. sorry I want to kiss & touch you after we say bye, not just because of habit. sorry I seem to want to follow you like a lost puppy at work still, I'm trying my best to leave you alone and give you the distance you asked for.

but who else is going to think I'm perfect even when I'm pouting and at my lowest. who am I gonna secretly gawk over even when he's upset w me and the world. all I dreamt of & tried working towards was being in a home w you & the kids. that's why I got so stressed about spending money, but now know I shouldn't have. I let the stress of waiting get so bad to the point it caused me to push you away & made you give up.... the last thing in the world I ever dreamed of.

you say we need to stop doing what we doing. that I need to tell you 'no'....... but god I truly hope you know in your heart that I don't want to say that. that I am still in love with you, every little thing about you, including the you that broke my heart. you always gave me butterflies but now instead of happiness, it brings me to tears. I feel so empty it feels like people are staring right through me... and looking into your eyes fills me back up for the moment. until I have to remind myself you're not in love & the hollowness comes back. you are my perfect puzzle piece, my soulmate. I'll never be whole again. I don't want to lose you and I just want to scream it i don't care who hears me. but I'm so scared of being rejected over and over by you because i felt my heart cracking apart each time.

I don't want you to think this is going to hurt me any more than I already am. I want it, I absolutely still want you. our energy when we touch is like no other in the world, I would never hesitate. it was never about the dick or thinking that'll make my problems go away, it's just you. you ask how it could feel so amazing every single time.... and I'll just say it's bc of you. although I know the real answer is so simple; because of love. it would never feel like this w someone else. like I said, you're my other half. my perfect fit. if these are truly the final moments of being able to call myself yours, all I want to do is take in every single millisecond of it. try to absorb & hold on to this very distinct feeling you give me, because I know if I've never felt this way before you, I will never feel it again after.

I'm sorry you couldn't forgive me and stopped believing that everything was able to change, that yeah things got hard but we would come out stronger than any of it. I'm sorry I took too long. I'm sorry for any time I ever hurt you in the past. I'm sorry I could never blame you even though you're trying so hard to get me to. I'm sorry you thought you couldn't be yourself. I'm sorry this is because of me. I'm sorry I was so hard to love.I'm sorry that I'm so...... sorry.

besides, I firmly believe that I can't possibly hurt any more than I do now. well, that is until the moment you meet someone new.

all I wanted was to make you happy, the way you do to me, and I failed miserably. like I do with everything in my life. it just hurts more that I thought this time things were finally slowly but surely visibly showing signs they'd come together soon, but that you were feeling the opposite.

we were supposed to end w/ gray hairs & rocking chairs 💔

now I feel like we're burying alive something that never even died.

and I'll forever suffocate because of it.

[cleopatrasbaby]

i don't think i'm selfish.

I don't think I'm a selfish person, but at the same time, I don't really know.

I was called selfish many many times while I was growing up, and now I always wonder why.

Because I don't feel like I'm selfish but other times I think, well yeah, maybe I am. Maybe we all are a bit selfish and maybe in some ways we are meant to be.

I get frustrated at myself when I don't want people around, and I get frustrated at myself when I can feel people are frustrated at me.

I get frustrated when I can't control the positive outcome of a situation for others, and then I internalise it. And then I feel selfish.

But then again, I am realising, I don't think I am selfish because I don't want people around sometimes.

I don't think it is selfish that I can't be the answer to people's problems, and I don't think it's selfish to think those people are selfish for expecting that from me.

I think for a long time in friendships I have acted as a placeholder for other people's problems, just kind of like the empty cup that they fill with their bullsh*t which I then have to vomit out and work through on the other side. Their insecurities, their judgements, their projections, all of this, and it gets me to a point thinking, I should be a goddamn paid professional with the amount I am taking on other peoples problems.

How much people don't want to face their own problems and then so project them on others who then take on those problems as their own. I'm thinking, well maybe that's what is selfish!

To be so rapped up in your own problems that you bring that sh*t storm to the table that you eat at and share with others...how is it that I am calling myself selfish when I am actually the one consistently showing up and trying to do my best?

I work on myself, to heal myself. I look at my shadows and wounds, and I do those things alone. And I do those things so I can show up in my relationships feeling the absolute best and bringing the absolute best. I don't think it is selfish to expect that from other people. I don't think it selfish to not believe other people should believe they can shortcut through me as a side route through their own life's problems. You have to do the inner work if you want to feel contentment and satisfaction with life. I want to be surrounded by these people only. People looking at themselves, honestly.

I feel like this is a deep, ancestral feminine wound buried down, and now coming up for my healing and transmutation. It all begins with the days of Eve and her choice to give into desire and eat the forbidden fruit, it is the story that Christians have used to demonise the desires of women for generations on generations. And so when I am here, genuinely feeling fed up, drained, exhausted, like I've had enough, like I'm sick and tired of being a dumping ground for other peoples problems, I'm sick of feeling into peoples shit storm and trying to dig up answers for them, and I want to feel at peace and chose myself, then that's when I feel selfish.

I don't feel selfish when I leave the world behind, I only feel selfish when I carry the belief that I have to carry other peoples problems.

I don't feel selfish when I play the music I like, I don't feel selfish when I sit down and chose to write.

Because ironically, the least selfish thing you can do for all of humankind is to literally chose yourself.

And so yeah, I am going to let go of anything that holds me to that. That tells me where I gotta go, who I gotta be and how I gotta act.

Na, I'm gonna be selfish, if being selfish means self-expression, if being selfish means self-love, if being selfish means self-care, pleasure, wealth and adoration. Then fuck yeah, lol. I fucking chose selfish to the day I die.

It is so interesting how writing is my tool for healing. I sit down to write and I feel so miserable and confused that I could die.

But as my fingers rip through this keyboard and the words trail through my shakti spirit translating as these words from my mind, body and soul I experience a return to myself.

And I remember that it is this woman that doesn't sacrifice herself, but this woman that choses to sit down at her keyboard, and write, it is that woman that will be demonised, it is that woman that will be called selfish, but inherently, it is that woman who is liberating everyone with what she does.

[timmaddocks-blog]

ice spice rigged the super bowl

sunday night was super bowl night. I didn’t watch it, but I did find myself on twitter monday morning trying to figure out what it means that taylor swift drank a beer on the TV and why i know this and whether travis kelce is good at football or if he is just good for a celebrity football boyfriend (like Tristian Thompson a la basketball-kardashian-blah). I stopped watching football after spending four years tutoring in a writing center for university football players and learning how the NCAA is a watered-down form of chattel slavery. But anyways, Travis Kelce had 93 receptions this past year. Is that good? It seems good. Looking here at stats, I see he averages just about that many receptions each year. And, of course, I saw Taylor Swift chugging beer too--didn't you?--and I don't have the stats on that, but her anorexic-looking frame makes me think, she's not typically a chugger of beer. And that's the main thing. she chugging a beer while watching her romantic partner catch nine catches for 93 yards. She does the cheering and dancing and the drink chugging. He's does the catching and the running. I first noticed Taylor Swift chug a beer sometime in the first quarter when i flipped the game on for about 20 seconds ~ around 6:50 p.m. Then saw it again on my phone before bed and again monday morning. Over coffee, it starts all over: my wife yelling (at me I think): taylor swift's doing psyop beer commercials .... It’s just ads on ads on ads… look! And this is when I realized that I'm seeing the same image over and over again. My wife: It’s a scam. This is all fake! This is rebrand Mickey Mouse. And she's on to something, sure. But what i'm worried about is ice spice. why do I know what an ice spice is? and why am i kind of worried about her? In the beer-chug video, ice spice is the curly-haired rapper one row above Taylor, the only black woman in Taylor Swift's luxury box … I remember her from a meme internetty thing back in 2022 or 23. Red annie hair. Green tube top. She was hot and new. hot in a sun'll-come-out-tomorrow kind of way. On my timeline, she was memed from a video called munch or something. to me, she sounded like Cardi B. But probably maybe all lady rappers sound to me like cardi b. (maybe i'm sexist? maybe im' racist?) Ice Spice tho, apparently, she performs a kind of music called Bronx drill. And I’m remembering a video of her rapping on stage, and I'm remembering how the internet told me she was bad at being on that stage, and I'm remembering how When I clicked on it, I could hear her listlessly rapping along to her own recordings, moving like tin man, emoting the charisma of oatmeal. And yet now there she is on the biggest stage in the world with the biggest hair next to Taylor Swift who is chugging beer. When the beer chugging starts, Ice Spice looks up at the jumbotron to learn that Taylor Swift (alongside Blake Lively), only one row below her, is pumping her fists and gulping down an amber ale. Huge moment for america! But on re-runs I'm noticing poor confused Ice Spice: On that first gulp-and-a-half, while taylor's pumping her fists, she looks alien, forlorn. confused. Ice Spice doesn't look comfortable. but then -- on gulps 2,3,4 down-the-hatch -- ice spice starts doing a little dance in her seat and doing little hand gestures. It's as though once she realizes that the jumbotron camera is on them, she *has* to perform too. but she looks neither cool nor dorky. Instead, she's just kind of lost in the delay, a half-click behind everyone else.  To me, a 40yr-old white dude who’s been listening mostly to Thee Silver Mt. Zion on repeat since I was 27 — I’m in no position to judge raps or rappers, let alone female rappers. I'm also really not a jumbotron judge-man. Whatever. But now… I’m watching Taylor Swift chug a beer (for which I AM a capable judge) and I’m just worried about ice spice … And …. Believe me… I'm wondering if she's okay?

[thatforgottenbasilisk]

bubblegum, bubblegum

Words: 2724 (AO3)

Originally Posted on 2/11/2024

Summary:

When Mina was in middle school, she came up with a code for anyone to tell her, that would immediately make her believe that they were in a time-travel-related crisis.

"Bubblegum" means that they've traveled back in time.

"Bubblegum, bubblegum" means that they're stuck in a time loop.

On her first day of high school, a boy walks up to her and says her code.

For Febuwhump 2024 Day 11: Time Loop

On Mina's first day of high school, she's almost tardy for her first class because she gets lost on the massive campus.

She walks in just before the bell is supposed to ring, so most of the rest of the class is already there. The teacher's probably going to be arriving any minute, so she's got to scope out her potential friends quick- she thinks she recognizes the red-haired boy from middle school, maybe, but she can't be sure because he isn't facing her and she can't really hear his voice. Other than that, she knows no one.

She's about to jump into a group of girls that are laughing at something, when she's stopped by a boy with fluffy green hair and freckles. He steps in front of her, grabs her by the shoulders, and looks her dead in the eyes. She's momentarily confused, and a little nervous, until he says, with the most intensity she's ever heard from anyone in real life, "Bubblegum, bubblegum."

"You're in a time loop?" She asks, at a volume that's a lot higher than she intended, judging by the way the entire rest of the class goes completely silent.

The boy- she doesn't even know his name, but in some alternate version of today, or the future, they're close enough for her to tell him her personal "help I'm in a time-related crisis" code- nods vigorously, and he lets go of her shoulders while she stands straight up in her best attempt at looking helpful. Everyone around is staring at both of them, but she doesn't care very much, because either this entire timeline is going to be erased when the boy loops next, or else it'll be super obvious what's happening to anyone who's observing.

When Mina was in middle school, she created her own personal code for time-travel related crises- she'd figured that if she was going to be a hero, she should be able to help everyone, right? So the plan was to distribute this code among friends and people that she could trust not to abuse it and try to use it to prank her, then upon her heroic retirement, release the code to the public, so that everyone would know it and if they get stuck in time-related situations, they can either go to her past self- who already knows the code- or to anybody else who follows her and knows the code. It's mostly foolproof!

"How long is it? What do you know so far? How can I help?" She asks rapid-fire questions, while everyone else seems to just be staring in shock. Some heroes they are- nobody's doing anything except watching! Maybe it's because she's had a while to think about what she would do in this exact situation, but she feels like other people should be doing more, too! Time-related quirks are nothing unheard of, and she can bet that there are a few records available right now of people having had those quirks used on them.

"I know our teacher's going to come in the room about six seconds from now, and he's not going to believe either of us if we tell him about the time loop unless I can predict the next thing he does, and last loop he recited Present Mic's Digimon rap from memory- totally deadpan- so that's what he's going to do this time. The loop is just today on repeat, but we only really have until lunch to make real changes- ah! I'm Midoriya, by the way! Sorry, I keep forgetting to introduce myself!" The boy- Midoriya- rattles off very quickly, like he's trying to get as much information out as possible in the shortest amount of time he can.

Mina nods, and she sees a few people absently nodding along with her. That's good, that means that other people are listening and maybe believing Midoriya? She's sort of expecting the angry-looking blond boy to start something, accuse them of teaming up and trying to prank the whole class; after all, he's got no way of knowing that they didn't coordinate this whole thing before coming in today, but surprisingly, he doesn't say a word.

"Oh! That's Kacchan, he's like the hardest person in here to convince because I already knew him well enough to predict what he would do, so I can't use that as proof- hi Sensei! I'm stuck in a time loop!" Midoriya notices her staring at Kacchan- which cannot possibly be his real name- and explains that they know each other? Somehow? Then some guy doing his best impression of a caterpillar crawls through the door, and Mina thinks that this school is really, really weird.

What did her alternate timeline self involve her in?

Whatever it is, she's in it now, and it's at least mildly entertaining- watching their apparent teacher and Midoriya perform the Digimon rap from memory in equal deadpan is pretty funny, and it clearly convinces a few more people in the class that Midoriya is actually telling the truth.

When the both of them are finished, their teacher gives Midoriya a begrudging nod of respect(???) and says, "I believe you. Are there any specific details that you know about the loop itself? Were you recently affected by a quirk, for instance?"

Midoriya shakes his head. "No sir, I wasn't affected by any quirks to my knowledge. It only lasts for today, but I'm pretty sure that the break-in during lunch has to be avoided in order to escape the loop." The break-in? Who breaks in? Why? How? UA is supposed to be more secure than military forts! Their teacher looks about as confused as she is, and he starts to say something, only to be interrupted by an intimidating-looking boy with split-colored hair and a birthmark on his face.

"Excuse me, but how do we know that this isn't some kind of elaborate training exercise? Are we supposed to automatically believe this... Midoriya based entirely on two other people that we've never met? How do we know that none of you met in advance and planned this whole thing out?" He seems to be asking pretty valid questions, ones that Mina would probably be asking if she hadn't had her time-travel code ready, because UA is known to be a pretty weird school and she honestly wouldn't put something like this past them. On the other hand, however, Mina's never told anyone about her secret time-travel code, so for someone to just guess it out of the blue would be the wildest coincidence out of any coincidence.

Midoriya, however, seems completely unfazed, and looks the other boy directly in the eyes before saying, in total deadpan, "The Himura family." He does not elaborate, but the split-hair boy nods as though he just said something that makes any actual sense.

"I stand corrected. I'll help as much as I can to get you out of this situation." How long has Midoriya been in this time loop??? Does he know everything about everyone???

"I apologize for interrupting- " Interrupts a tall girl in the back of the room with a giant black ponytail, "but how do we know that you don't just have a telepathy quirk?" The girl brings up a valid possibility, one that Mina hadn't even thought of, but before she can even start to doubt herself or Midoriya, two different people start yelling in response.

A cute girl with a bob and Kacchan- which, again, can't possibly be his actual name- both start talking at once, so that it's completely indecipherable to anyone trying to listen to what either of them is trying to say. Finally, they both seem to realize this, and the cute girl stops talking to allow Kacchan to say his piece.

"Are you kidding? That nerd doesn't have a telepathy quirk, he doesn't have any quirk! How the hell did you even get in here, Deku?" So Midoriya's quirkless? That's so cool! Mina's never met a quirkless person before, and she had kind of thought that they were all old people or something, but it's so interesting to know that there really are quirkless people her own age!

"What? Midoriya has a super terrifying strength quirk, what do you mean he's quirkless? He took out the zero-pointer with one punch! He saved my life!" Never mind about the quirkless thing, then? That's also a cool quirk, though! Super strength that could knock out the zero pointer- that's got to be some All Might-level stuff!

The cute girl and Kacchan both look like they're about to devolve into a massive fight about it, but before either of them can say anything, their teacher steps back in. "Disregarding Midoriya's quirk or lack thereof- sit down, Bakugou, I know what it looks like when someone's about to throw a punch and I'm not having it in this room- I feel that it's safe to say that he does not have a telepathy quirk, considering that it was not mentioned in his file. Midoriya, if you could elaborate on the much more pertinent question regarding the break-in?" Kacchan- real name Bakugou, apparently- sits down and starts grumbling while the teacher goes back to the way more important questions.

"Oh! Yeah! So a villain breaks in and uses the press as a cover while he steals the schedule for the first-year heroics classes. I don't know what he looks like or anything, and for a long time I really did think it was just the press, but one time I was in the records room during the break in- long story- and I saw someone with a bunch of papers jumping through a purple portal made of clouds. Pretty sure he was a villain." Midoriya nods to himself, clearly having given all the information he has on the subject.

The teacher nods, in turn. "So I'll call the principal to put the school in lockdown- " He starts, until Midoriya interrupts.

"Tried that. Didn't work. Neither does getting All Might to fend off the vultures, because they come back by time lunch comes around, nor does staging an elaborate anti-Ocean's-11 type scheme in hopes of thwarting the theft. Though, I guess the elaborate scheme was a pretty long time ago, and I know everyone's quirks better by now... " Midoriya trails off, and Mina kind of wonders what other plans were in between the 'lockdown' and the 'elaborate scheme.' Given what she already knows about Midoriya, she thinks that there were probably a lot of different elaborate schemes.

The boy with split hair raises his hand somewhat, and doesn't wait for anyone to say anything before asking, "Have we tried killing him?"

"Todoroki!" The girl with black hair gasps, sounding scandalized, and Todoroki shrugs.

"If we're trying everything, may as well give it a shot."

Midoriya sighs, and says, "Yeah, we killed him a couple loops ago. Instant reset." Todoroki looks vaguely disappointed at this, and Mina edges away from him slightly. Todoroki is very down for murder, good to know, she had kind of thought that Bakugou would be the more murder-happy one here, but apparently not!

"What if we pretend that we're also members of the press, and catch him while he's making the distraction?" Mina asks, and Midoriya seems like he's actually considering it- at the very least, he doesn't immediately dismiss it as something they've done before, which could be a good thing?

"We can't do that, dumbass, unless you think they'll believe a bunch of teenagers in UA uniforms are reporters!" Bakugou shoots her idea down, and Mina sighs. He's right, of course, because she figures that nobody brought casual clothes, and the only thing that UA would have readily available are UA uniforms, UA gym uniforms, or hero costumes. None of those are good for being incognito.

"No, wait, wait, Yaomomo knows how to make clothes, right? They wouldn't need to be tailored or anything, or all too different from each other, just as long as they fit and blend in with the reporters it could work." Midoriya seems like he's thinking out loud to himself, and Mina feels a little more validated by the fact that her plan could work! If Yaomomo- whoever they are- makes the clothes, using... the sewing machine they brought to school? Their quirk? The quirk thing seems more likely, but it's her first day and there's already a time loop situation and a Digimon rap battle, so there's very little she'd put past anyone at this point.

The girl with the black ponytail starts nodding, and says, "I'm not sure if I have enough fat stores for everyone in the class, but if we strategically position ourselves, that shouldn't pose too much of a problem." So she must be Yaomomo, then, and her quirk probably has something to do with turning her fat stores into clothes. She's probably got more versatility than that, but Mina also doesn't want to assume anything, so that's where her assumptions of Yaomomo's quirk stops.

"... Would getting food from the vending machine help?" Todoroki asks, having procured a credit card out of god knows where, Mina hadn't even seen him move, has he had it in his hand the whole time?

"Yes, that would allow me to use my quirk with less danger of completely depleting my stores." Yaomomo nods, and Todoroki gets up with a loud scraping noise as he shoves his chair out of the way.

He's halfway out the door before he says, "On it!" Someone else gets up, too, the boy with the red hair who she's now more certain that she recognizes from middle school- Kiri-something?- and runs after him, saying something about helping him carry everything back to the classroom.

"Okay, since Shouto and Eijirou are cleaning out every vending machine they can find, I think we're good! Sensei, you'll be watching us from behind the gates, right?" Midoriya must be referring to Todoroki and Kiri(?), and since he's using their given names, he must have gotten pretty close to both of them during the whole time loop thing. He must have gotten pretty close to her, too, since he knows her time travel code, but it's still pretty surreal to watch.

"... I've known you for five minutes, and I already know that you'll be a problem child." Mina thinks that that probably means yes.

"You say that every loop, Sensei!"

-----

Somehow, they infiltrate the reporters. How they don't suspect anyone coming out of UA and pretending to be one of them is beyond Mina, but she's also not a reporter, so she doesn't know how their minds work.

They don't actually get outside until it's almost lunch time, since Yaomomo- Mina found out that her name is actually Yaoyorozu, and the Yaomomo thing is just a combination of both of her names, but she doesn't mind being called that- was finding out everyone's sizes and tailoring everything, even though Midoriya kept saying that she didn't need to do that. Yaomomo seems like she's kind of a perfectionist, but Mina isn't complaining, since she got some super cute clothes out of it and Yaomomo seems happier about being useful than anything else.

They're watching out for someone suspicious-looking, which isn't easy because all the reporters look kind of suspicious, but eventually somebody tackles a guy in a hoodie who had, up until five seconds ago, been standing in front of a part of the gate that was crumbling into dust.

Their teacher arrests the guy and tells all the reporters to get off of UA property, and that seems like the end of that! Everyone in class relaxes, and even though they were supposed to have their first class in Foundations of Heroics today, they postpone it to tomorrow and nobody really minds.

The next day, Mina walks up to Midoriya and asks if yesterday had been the last loop. He nods, and says, "I hope I never have to say the word 'bubblegum' again."

"Why? Did I tell you my code early on or something?" Mina asks, and Midoriya shrugs.

"I think you were about the fourth or fifth person who actually trusted me enough to tell me things, and you were definitely the first one to believe me. I guess I should thank you?" Midoriya asks, and Mina smiles.

"Anytime, Midoriya!"

[multapohja966]

There's something uncomfortable in young (20 and under) influencers at least in finnish reality. I feel very bad toward them. We've always had fame hungry amoral people in reality shows and I'm not that interested in judging them (especially since most of them have some past mental health etc issues which contribute to both their desperation to be seen and the nature of content they create. and often get exploited and played way more than they manage to exploit the fame structure itself), they've given some of the most iconic lines in all of tv history to me. But the difference between these older icons and the newer kids is the complete crumbling of the public/personal divide. With older celebs the private got exploited as well, tabloids seeking into personal lifes, personal exploitation of family and your own trauma etc. But there was a person outside the public persona, there was a private life and something they could fall back into that wasn't about the stardom. Old friends who weren't famous, previous life working a normal job (since social media and tv shows became a thing only when they were already young adults at least) to which stardom was an exiting contrast.

But with the newer kids, there is no personal or private anymore at all. There's no life outside of stardom since they all have started to gain fame so young. Before their first job or big life decision. They've grown with social media and many have nothing outside of their influencer fame. All their friends are content creators, all their relationships transactional. There really is no private persona anymore because you have no one to use it with. There's no private parts of you, all your hobbies are exploited for content, your job is the content. Everyone around you, everything around you, places content creation above all else, so naturally you do also.

Which leads to. Been watching temptation island finland for 5 years now, on and off and I haven't seen as much disregard for others before the newest two seasons which included younger social media influencers (rap artist and tiktok star). It's one of the most watched reality shows, or tv shows all together, in finland. While I've previously also had a problem with the way the show exploits young working class couples from smaller cities, (making them first go through horrible things (watching your partner cheat, degrade you, being away from home, for many of these people this happens for the first time in their life) live in front of the whole nation and then not giving them proper mental health or public image help nor stepping inbetween when the public attacks them if they're seen as "morally failing/bad person" due to the show.) ie. the show being too raw and real, it is harrowing to see someone use the show completely as a publicity stunt for themselves (most people are there for fame, but they still go along with the show/be somewhat themselves and make real friends. in the good and in the bad, that is the selling point of the show). especially since in both cases it sends the influencer's partner into what seems like genuine anguish, unlike almost any other breakdowns in the show before. (the influencers talk really cruelly about their partners and the rap artist made cheating into a whole career) there's this uncanniness in the way they act, never revealing anything about themselves yet talking all the time. Getting annoyed at genuine showcases of emotion from other people around them, uncomfortable or more so, existentially confused maybe?, with the way the others aren't playing the same game, inhabiting the same universe as them. it sucks to see, but i can't bring myself to blame them. they're kids. how are you supposed to learn humanity or trust if no one around you acts human or gives you a reason to trust them? the tiktok star's mom signed him and his partner to the show.