#Melissa speaks

[tcnysncrk]

solemn vows is the fic that got me into 9-1-1, like I saw a tiktok of yours back in 2022 when s6 was on and was intrigued so I read it in two days and got obsessed with the show and then after I finished the show I read it another two times and now 9-1-1 is my whole life so I just wanted to say thank you. Your fic has legitimately changed my life, as cheesy as that is, and I really love it.

I cannot believe that THEE commander Cody has read my fic 😭🫰

All jokes aside, Solemn Vows is my baby and has been a weird way for me to actually process my own trauma through Eddie. 9-1-1 has brought me to friends and support in the most amazing way possible. I hope the continuation of part 4 does not disappoint 🩷💙💜

I’m so happy that it has touched you and brought you to 9-1-1. Somehow this silly little wee woo show with fruity fire fighters has brought so many people so much joy

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

Just saw Speak No Evil, the more evil James McAvoy got as the movie progressed, the less clothes he wore and the buffer he got. By the end of the movie he was pretty much hulking out.

[harbingermotel]

cbs ghosts season 3 has everything. affairs, weddings, engagements, a throuple, dinosaur-loving strippers, and P̷͙̆Ą̴̈́T̸̘̊Ȋ̴̙Ê̶̘N̴̲̅C̷̤͋E̴͍͛ ̵̥̀T̶͝ͅH̷̢͐E̶̬͋ ̵̦̚V̶̙̏Ḙ̷̀N̶͍͆G̴̩̀E̸͕͆F̷͙͐U̴̘̿L̴̮̔ ̴̤̌P̶̪̽U̵̖̍R̶̥̿I̴̮͘Ṱ̷͊A̴̱̒N̸͚̾ ̶͈̆G̴̼̅H̷͎͐Ö̵̜́S̴̠̆T̴̅

[thatgayb1tchwhosimps4her]

Request: Hey, just wanted to let you know that I loved this fic! I would love read more Sam x Reader written by you, specially one where we could see a more vulnerable side of Sam and her being taking care of! Thank you for all the content you give us 😊

Of course I can do that, I too love the vulnerable side of Sam that I picture in my head. She's so cute and loveable and just adorable in general. She's definitely protective af as per usual like "Touch her and your dead", but at the same time is like begging you to hold her hand, kiss her, hug her etc basically all of the time.

@carolcunha7 This one is for you.

This is smuttier then I intended it to be, but let me know if you'd prefer a less smuttier version and I'll see what I can do :)

*****

Make You Feel Better

Sam Carpenter x Female Reader

Word Count: 1524.

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You had been on the floor of yours and Sam's bedroom, in the apartment the two of you shared with Sam's little sister, Tara, and their roommate, Quinn, painting for the past hour and a half, waiting for Sam to come back from her appointment with her counsellor.

You had nearly finished painting you were making for Sam, almost ready for it to be signed, when you heard the front door open, and then close again.

"Sam! Is that you baby?" You shouted, slightly on edge in case you had to get up from the crossed leg position you were in on the hardwood floor of the room, and hide the painting from her and not smudge the wet paint.

You heard somebody grunting and mumbling, along with things being thrown around. Assuming it was Quinn and one of her 'gentlemen friends'; as you and Tara had so graciously named them, you decided to grab your earplugs from your bedside table, hoping it would drown out the gross sounds they would most likely be making.

Just as you were about to put them on, somebody burst into the room. Quickly turning around, you saw Sam wearing her headphones, pacing up and down the floor at the end of your double bed, not noticing you were on the floor yet. You took this opportunity to slid the painting under the bed, luckily there wasn't anything under there yet.

"You're gonna wear the wood out if you keep doing that." You said, making her break the pattern of pacing and almost jump out of her skin.

"Fucking hell," Sam stated, pulling the headphone off her ears and letting them rest on her shoulders, "You can't scare people like that, Jesus. I thought you were still at Econ with Tara and Ethan" She added, wiping her face.

"Sorry, decided to come home early." You said, laughing it off, before getting up and walking over to and standing in front of her, "Wait, Sam have you been crying?" You questioned, seriously, placing a hand on her cheek and tilting your head to get a better angle at looking at her bloodshot eyes.

"It's nothing." She replied, avoiding making eye contact with you, fiddling with the seam of her jumper.

"Sam, don't lie to me baby." You mused, grasping her face gently with both of your hands making her look at you. "What happened?" You asked her, looking into her glossy, brown eyes, searching for any trace of doubt or hurt.

"I just- I," She stuttered, trying to think of an excuse, but seeing the sincere look on your face, made her realise she couldn't lie to you, "I was with the counsellor and we were talking about Woodsboro and about everything that happened in the house and about Richie, and I told him what happened, how I- how I killed him, how if I didn't I would've died, you would've died, how we all would've. And he got all bitchy about me being just like my dad and how I'm a sorry excuse for a human, just being a massive asshole. So I cursed him out, shouted at him, called him every name under the sun, and left." She explained.

You didn't know what to say, there's no way somebody could professionally talk to someone like that.

"I mean he's right though," Sam stated, breaking away from the soft hold you had on her, taking off her jumper and discarding it on the floor before turning back to you, catching a glimpse of her chest were her top had ridden up, in the mirror in your room walking over to it, "I mean look, I'm a monster." She added, keeping her t shirt held up half way, tracing over the scars where she had been stabbed just over a year ago, tearing up at the sight of how horrific she looked.

Picturing her blood dripping down her stomach and hands, with her dark grey tank top stained with Richie's blood, looking as fresh as it did the day she saw it in an evidence bag when she climbed into the ambulance with you and Tara.

"No, no Sam," You started, walking up behind her and resting your head on her shoulder, wrapping your hands around her waist, rubbing light circles into her hips. "You are many things, but you are not a monster. The scars you have, they aren't meant to be hidden, they're meant to be shown, shown to all the fuckers out there that think horrible things about you, not knowing a single thing you've been through, that you're a fighter, that you survived. Not many people can do that, not many people can say they went through all of that shit and came out the other side." You added, kissing the crook of her neck.

Noticing her gaze was still focused on the scar peaking out of the bottom of her shirt, and tears starting to pour down her cheeks, you moved around to stand in front of her.

"Hey, look at me baby," You stated, grasping the hand she had holding up her shirt in your right hand gently, and wiping the tears away with your left. "What can I do?" You asked, making sure she's looking at you.

"I want them to go away." Sam choked, indicating to her scars.

"I know you do, I know you do." You repeated, hugging her tightly, before sitting her down on the end of your bed "Can you take some deep breaths for me, darling?"

"Yeah, I can try." Sam replied, breathing in and out slowly, trying to calm herself down to stop herself from crying more.

"I can't make them go away, but I can make you feel better about them." You said, as Sam gave you a questioning look, before she could get any words out to ask you what you meant, you kissed her deeply.

"Do you trust me?" You asked as she broke from the kiss. She nodded.

"Then trust me and relax." You stated, pushing her back gently.

As Sam felt her back hit the mattress, causing her to yelp slightly.

"You okay?" You asked, towering over her stomach.

"Yeah just caught me by surprise, that's all." She replied.

"Okay, am I good to keep going?" You questioned.

"Yeah, it's fine. Do what you were doing, I don't mind." Sam spoke.

You nodded in acknowledgement, before moving up to her face and beginning to plant kisses on it, on her jaw and down to her neck, sucking light hickeys on it, before your mouth travelled down to the strap of her tank top, moving it to the side, starting to kiss along her shoulders, left to right, right to left, and back again.

After repeating this several times, your hand moved to lift her tank top up to where her bra ended, before your mouth moved to her sternum, kissing up and down it, causing her to moan your name softly and shiver slightly.

Moving yourself down to the end of the bed, kneeling in front of Sam's legs and resting your hands on her hips, made her tense up, suddenly getting insecure again unsure of what to do.

Sensing this, you moved your hands to her stomach, starting to gently trace your hands over it, to somehow communicate with her and reassure her that it was okay. You continued this for a little, until she relaxed a lot more.

This was when you continued the kissing trail down her body, and started kissing over her stomach, taking extra care and kissing them longer when your lips lingered over her scar.

This made both her hands go to the back of your head, entangling her fingers in your hair, tugging on it firmly when she felt good, whimpering occasionally, in between moaning your name softly.

"That's all you needed baby? Just needed me to make you feel better?" You asked, suggestively.

"That's all I needed- all I needed- to feel better." Sam replied, panting lightly, while scratching the top of your back lightly.

"You're so fucking perfect, Sammy." You stated, teasingly tracing your hands over her thighs, causing her to buck her hips up and moan loudly.

"Not now baby," You said, resting your hands firmly on her thighs, "Maybe later, but for now we are watching movies and cuddling." You said, standing up and planting a kiss on her forehead.

"Okay," Sam sighed, grumbling a little, "As long as we've got popcorn, cause if we don't I'm not watching." She added.

"Who do you think I am? What psycho doesn't eat popcorn when they watch movies?" You questioned, walking toward the kitchen to get snacks before turning around when you heard Sam giggling, to see her with her hands covering her face.

"I'm glad you're my happy girl again Sam." You stated, looking at her with heart eyes.

"Me too," Sam replied, "But that doesn't mean I don't still need to be made to feel better late." The brunette added, seriously, sitting up and pointing at you.

"I'm counting on it." You answered, walking out the room to get snacks.

*****

Wow okay, disclaimer my first time writing anything remotely smutty so don't judge me if it's absolutely shit, but yeah I'm gonna go bleach my eyes (for legal reasons, that's a joke).

Hope you enjoyed reading, I guess, and yeah see you in the next one.

-Harlow

[great-gronkamorka]

the fact that melissa mccall was able to reach inside a brain and identify by touch alone that a teeny tiny pituitary gland was missing is insane actually. give her a raise

[apollos-boyfriend]

oh….. forever’s chat is talking about festa junina and now i can’t stop thinking about them actually holding one…… brazilian ccs if you can hear me please please please i would do anything for this

[iheartpeppino]

I said yes. And yes, that is a real engagement ring. I am the queen of cringe, but I have never been happier.

[summerongrand]

7x02: The Watcher

Any amount of gratitude you might have been owed was more than paid off while we were dating...

Generally, from what I observe, fans who interpret this quote sexually are in one of two camps: they're eating it up or they think it's misogynistic. Ironically, those in the misogyny camp who until recently labeled seemingly every trivial slight toward Lucy as racist now insist that the offensive quote in the 7x02 gratitude scene is *not* racist. Their sloppy rebranding undermines both the integrity of actual discussions on racism and so-called "dog whistle" conversations about the subtle ways racism manifests.

Anyway 💋.

I grieved this scene, then rewatched it with fresh eyes and picked it apart more times than I can count, analyzing it through as many perspectives as possible. The quote is suggestive. More importantly, it's loaded with problematic implications, especially for women of Asian descent.

Please look up intersectionality if you're unfamiliar with this word. With WOC, we cannot disentangle misogyny from racism. We just can't. So when we talk about the misogyny, we gotta talk about the racism too. We can't leave the latter part out. But when we discuss WOC experiencing racism, the misogyny part is inherently there.

The implication that she "more than paid off" her gratitude with her body plays directly into ingrained media tropes and stereotypes about Asian women being hypersexualized, docile, existing for white male gratification, etc. She's not his plaything. She doesn't owe him sexual favors for doing his job as her TO. This is the same woman who sabotaged her own career to get him into Metro and she's still paying off that debt.

Last season, her ex-boyfriend called her a freak in the sheets and a fifteen year old made assumptions about her bedroom activities. We're two episodes into S7 and Lucy's already been sexualized twice.

I'm disappointed that a woman (Natalie Callaghan) wrote this episode. Like, why cause Lucy to embarrass herself publicly in front of both her exes, surrounded by colleagues who gossip? Why lean into and embrace racist stereotypes? I also wonder if there's some spillover of Melissa onto Lucy because the actress often shares suggestive content. If personal choices by an actress are being used to justify further objectification of her character, it compounds the existing problems of Asian female hypersexualization trope both on and off screen.

To those who ate this scene up—ask yourself why. Racism cloaked in snark to make it palatable isn't funny. It’s exhausting to see systemic issues iterated on screen, only to have it celebrated or ignored by viewers. This scene didn’t just undermine Lucy’s character, it fed right into intergenerational trauma for women who share her culture.

Last season, I pointed out that Lucy was being used as a plot device to advance Tim's storyline. I also said that Lucy was being used as a doormat for Tim. I'd rather that Lucy over the S7 one we've gotten so far who can't resist betting with her ex, flirting with him, checking him out, degrading herself, doesn't set boundaries around locker room gossip about her former relationship with said ex, etc. Her world shouldn't revolve around Tim but that's been her focus so far.

Oh, and Seth (white man) can't tell her he's running late? Tim (white man) made this about Tim too. He embarrassed her in front of a station that already gossips about her, plays circus music when she walks in (while Tim laughs), and makes bets about her relationship. Then after promising her kindness, he mocks her in front of Nolan (white man) during the food truck scene. That's not kindness. You don't tell someone you'll repay their kindness back after they saved your life (again), and do the opposite.

Look, I love these characters. I just hate what's currently being done to them (and by extension to real women like Lucy). I hope Natalie Callaghan learns from this.

[reigningprinceofithaca]

hey lil meow meow

MEOW MEOW???

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

.....Has Spider lived on Pandora longer than Jake????

[blood-and-pizza]

At first I was like,

"I can't be a fan of the Daycare Attendant, Sun is kinda annoying, Moon is very creepy, why are so many people obsessed with this animatronic?"

But then I was like,

"Oh, that's actually pretty good fanfiction of them. Okay, I think I'm starting to see the appeal."

And then I was like,

"MUST SEARCH TWO DIFFERENT GAMESTOP LOCATIONS FOR SUN AND MOON PLUSHIES AND THEN END UP BUYING THEM FROM GAMESTOP'S WEBSITE ONLY FOR MY PACKAGE TO GET LOST AND CAUSE ME ANXIETY BECAUSE FED EX SUCKS!"

And now I'm like,

"Sun and Moon? Yeah, I'm a fan." *wears a shirt of the two of them from Hot Topic as pajamas* "Eclipse has my heart, though."

I'm still perplexed by how this pipeline went.

[muses-of-the-memory]

Melissa Fahn, the VA of

Rika the Digimon Queen and

Luna Platz/Ophiuchus Queen and her family lost their home in the LA Fires needs your help.

Hi, I’m supporting this fundraiser on GoFundMe. If you can, please consider supporting by donating or sharing the link. Every bit of support makes a huge difference.

https://gofund.me/238994c9

[astuteobservations]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT IS A WRAPPPP

[ambafaerie]

Hollywood will embrace abusers, rapists, and racists and only give them a slap on the wrist then welcome them back when the public learns of their crimes but are quick to fire and blacklist people like Melissa Barrera and Susan Sarandon and paint them as antisemitic for being Pro - Palestine and against genocide.

[hirunoka]

I've just watched "Your Monster" and oh my, it's one of my favourite movies now. It was everything and Melissa Barrera KILLED that role. She was absolutely amazing.

Highly recommended. 10/10 😭❤ Definitely gonna rewatch it soon.

[lesbianlenas]

my friend sent me the minecraft movie trailer and i’m like wtf why isn’t melissa in it….she did it first…..