#No matter who loses I think we all know the real winner here is the lesbians

[stressedbisexualtm]

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We've all seen the idea that the life series are seasons, right? I normally see it like this: third life - winter, last life - spring, double life - summer, limited life - fall/autumn. But I think of it more like this: third life - fall, last life - winter, double life - spring, limited life - summer. Listen:

I think it would be more interesting (and true to the series) if third life was fall. The main reason people say third life is winter is of course because of the "RED WINTER IS COMING!" line, but the truth is, red winter was on its way. Red winter was coming, but first comes fall. People are more tight-knit in third life, always staying true to their real, solid, established alliance, and we see this all the way until the end of the series. It reminds me of fall, but I can't explain how. I feel like the visuals of the season match up, with the lighter greens and browns that cover most of the server, the stone of the Crastle and Dogwarts, and the tans and yellows of the desert. People are getting nervous, scared, and towards the end, more bloodthirsty than before. As the final battle of dogwarts begins, you can see the first snows of a very, very painful winter. Grian, being the winner, shares some of these traits. He's quick to judge and slow to make allies, unsure of who might betray who next. He does keep his closest ally with him until the very end, where they decide theyre going to win together no matter what. Grian, at the end, is tired of the nervousness and painful loyalty that comes with autumn. He is ready for winter to begin.

And so we move on to last life. Here, at last, is our red winter. Death is rampant and vicious here, our first red name appearing in only episode 2. Everyone is cold this season- when you're red, you're out. There are no true alliances or friends, though people tend to fall into patterns when they need to. The reds are much more bloodthirsty this season, being unable to contain themselves around anyone else (though we see our one or two exceptions). So by the time the canary falls, this season's fate is sealed in a bloodbath. No one who has made it this far is arguing that winter this year is red. This season was much more muted visually, the world being covered in dark greens, browns, and greys, as well as the snow covering a decent portion of the map (again, playing into the winter theme). Scott started the series warm, and while he never did get that bitter edge winter has, he was certainly ready to grow outward again into spring.

Double life. A brand new season, full of hope and expectancy, though that fades as time goes on (like things that only bloom in spring). It's new, it's exciting, and for some, it's full of love (as spring is typically seen). Things get intense, but there's always this air of excited mystery. Everyone has played at least one game before, so they know what to expect. Or they think they do, because at every turn there is something new. Secret soulmates? Why not! Leaving your soulmate and choosing someone else? Wonderful! FISHING A WARDEN TO DEATH?! Well, anything for the content.... Pearl, to me, also fits her season. She starts out excited to meet her soulmate, albeit a bit nervous, but she's turned away almost immediately. And, well, who could blame her if she cried? (After all, 'april showers bring may flowers', or whatever it was) She picks herself back up (a plant budding after its flower falls off) and makes it alone. She makes it to summer. And if, in the end, she learned how to plant her seeds, who was going to stop her?

And, well, limited life. Alliances, while having establishing members, are flimsy and easily remade. Everyone is wild, and spontaneous, and most people aren't really gunning to win anymore. There are go-getters, and nobody likes losing (they'd like winning even less..), but no one is playing as seriously as they were before. Everyone has played at least 2 games by now, most have played 3, and this time around dying doesn't even cost you a whole life! It only costs you 30 minutes, which out of 24 hours? Basically nothing until you hit red. Alliances shift with the wind, and not everyone is quite playing by the rules. In the end, Martyn wins. Martyn is... a wild card. He could be like summer, if he wanted to. He could be like spring, or fall, or winter. He's a traveler, a shifter, a knight, anything he needs to be. And if that doesn't go with the fluidity and changeability of this season, then I don't know who else could have won.

[pinkskytwst]

***Race for the Cookie Cup!***

"No matter whether you win or lose, what's most important is to have fun!"

* Team Bluepuff *

"Good luck everybody! Do your best!"

When Summoned: "All my 'Special People' make my life sweeter than candy! Well...Saya-chan is more like sour candy but that's okay! There's still lots of sugar in those too!"

Summoned Line: "Everything is so cute and sweet here! I love it!"

Groovy!!: "I don't really think people have flaws. They're just things that make them special and interesting and wonderful! Like how Sai-chan tries to smother me for bringing up Vil-senpai! Or when she lies about not reading my books! They're just things that make her special! You're special to me too, so don't let anyone make you feel bad about what makes you, you!"

Home Idle:

"It's so nice to have everyone here with me. It's like we're having an adventure in a candyland!"

"Don't worry! Sai-chan won't actually run everyone off the track...probably."

"I know Tsunotarou doesn't like cake but maybe I can get him an icecream cake instead!"

"I've never driven anything before but I'm sure it can't be that hard!"

Home Tap:

"These outfits are super cute! Maybe I can ask Crewel-sensei to make me one like it once we get home!"

"It's a good thing there aren't any, like, licorice spiders here or something! ...There aren't any, right?"

Duo:

[Ro]: "As long as we have fun, we're the real winners, Sai-chan!"

[Saya]: *sigh* "...Whatever you say Ro."

*Team Redpop *

"If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?"

When Summoned: "If I'm here, you know we're going to win this thing. No matter what. So don't hold me back, alright?"

Home Idle:

"I've never really been into racing before, but I'll eat my goggles before I let any of these idiots beat me at anything, so I guess I am now."

"Everything's too sweet here. God, I wish there was a river of black coffee. But nope. All frosting." *sigh*

"Ro was wandering around a field of candy canes earlier, and he almost blended right in. Red and white camouflage. It was pretty funny, actually… I should get him some sunscreen, before he starts to blend in with some lobsters instead."

Home Idle - Groovy!!: "I'm not usually someone who gives out a lot of compliments, but you'd do well on my team here."

Home Tap:

"You think this outfit looks nice? Well, if Vil was here he'd blow us all away. I wonder what he's up to…"

"This place is better than Ramshackle, I guess. I don't have to kill spiders for Ro every other second at least. But I do miss Pomefiore. …Don't tell anyone I said that."

Duo: [SAYA]: "Hold on tight, Ro!" [RO]: "Get em, Sai-chan!"

[retro-friki]

So, I know you've seen both G-Witch and Zeta, so I would like your opinion on something: there's a wide variety of military (and military-adjacent) fashion in Gundam, but I haven't seen much that looks like Suletta's Holder uniform (aside from the black collar with gold filigree), with one exception:

The resemblance would be stronger if Paptimus wore a black capelet a la Zeon officers (like Char) from the One Year War, but even so, I haven't seen anyone wear a (mostly) white uniform combined with a gold-filigreed black collar, except for these two. And I might let it go as a coincidence, but there's a number of other similarities as well:

*They're both space-dwellers, but from planets well outside the Earth Sphere, isolating them from political stances more common among their Earth Sphere-dwelling brethren.

*They're both ace pilots using machines that were custom-designed for their personal use.

*Despite their spacial origins, they both elected to become champions of Earth-based organizations.

*They're even both opposed by a teenage terrorist with dark teal hair, who attempts to use a black Gundam to crush one of their allies with its foot.

But at the same time, it's hard to imagine a pair of characters with more polar opposite moral alignments than these two, and since there's no way these similarities weren't intentional, it makes me wonder if some of G-Witch's visuals weren't partly designed as a funhouse reflection of Zeta's.

But what do you think? Am I off-base here, or is there merit to my observations? Anything I'm overlooking?

Hi, I hope that I’ll be able to answer this on a coherent manner.

First things first, even if they have some superficial similarities Scirocco and Suletta are absolute opposites, but there’s still something that we can work on here, bear in mind that this is speculative and that I still need to rewatch Zeta, so maybe I will revisit this character analysis in the future.

(Also, I won't be spoiling Zeta but there's vague G-Witch spoilers here).

So why are these characters wearing white and gold garments?

Well, I think those are Prince garments.

White represents purity and has great contrast with gold which is also the color of one of the purest and most valuable metals of the world. So the combination of the two colors has something royal and even divine to it.

I’ve read that Scirocco is described as something akin to a “dark newtype”, instead of using his powers to achieve understanding among humanity, he manipulates the people around him, particularly young women. He presents himself as the prince that would save them and give them what they’re craving for when he’s just using them as tools and human shields. We can say that his clothes, his pretty face and all his discourse about “women being the rulers of the next generation” is just a facade that he uses to hide his real ambitions. Many fall for it and follow him but they don’t know that he’s willing to sacrifice them in order to get what he wants. If we were to describe Scirocco in Utena terms, he would be an Akio.

Now all of this has nothing to do with our tanuki, but let’s remember how she got her own princely clothes. The Holder title is described as something “given only to the most outstanding student among all duel winners”. It’s a symbol of the elite in Asticassia. Once again: prince garments. However, that description omits something very important that comes with the Holder title: whoever has it gets to marry Miorine. I don’t understand why the series wasn’t that critical of the Holder title considering the Utena influences and all, but I think that the uniform was something that Suletta had to outgrow. During the series she’s putting up this noble knightly/princely persona because she thinks that she needs to be useful to be loved. Once she loses Miorine and her title, she realizes that her friends will be there for her no matter what, and that sometimes it’s important to do the right thing even if there’s nothing to gain from it. Suletta found herself when she lost the Holder title, and I think there was no need for her to get it back. By the time she meets Miorine, she knows her own worth and she recognizes Mio’s independence, they are together because that’s what they want, it’s not an imposition or part of a deal anymore.

So yeah, Scirocco is a “dark prince”, while Suletta realizes that she doesn’t have to be anyone’s prince. Idk, maybe someone like Scirocco could’ve been a great antagonist (1) to Suletta and Miorine, but yet again, people would be complaining about the story being “too woke” or whatever, so that wasn’t going to happen.

In conclusion:

Some notes:

Sure, Prospera is also a master manipulator but she was more in a “mommy knows best” mindset and I think she actually cared about Suletta hence why she was redeemable. Scirocco, on the other hand was manipulative and a misogynist.

Scirocco wasn’t in the picture yet when Kamille tried to crush that one guy, but I think he wouldn’t have cared, lol.

I would’ve liked to see a battle between Suletta and Norea and see their ideals crash. It would’ve given Suletta a greater insight of things, maybe.

Well, that’s all I have on the matter, I hope that I made some sense. Thanks for asking :)

[stardustprompts]

ghost ship ( 2002 ) sentence starters change tenses/pronouns as needed !!  some lines have been edited for clarity / length / ease of roleplaying tw ;  language , death , murder

'keep your pants on, (name).'

'why do you always have to break my balls? I said get back here.'

'do you want me to come down there and kick your ass? because I'll do it.'

'the sea gives you an opportunity, you take it.'

'in this business, the only plan is there is no plan.'

'if you don't wanna go, that's fine with me.'

'that's a pretty big 'if.'"

'I can't let you take advantage of me like that.'

'you mean what's a nice girl like me doing in a dump like this?'

'would you turn off that fucking music?'

'you sure no survivors ever turned up?'

'looks like we missed one hell of a party.'

'I told you to watch your fucking step!'

'are you okay?'

'hey you smell that? I smell bullshit.'

'I've seen things that you can't even imagine.'

'so, what's our plan?'

'you okay? you seem quiet since you came back.'

'I think I saw something I couldn't possibly have seen.'

'it's crazy, it doesn't matter.'

'you're so funny.'

'did you hurt yourself?'

'I must be losing my goddamn mind.'

'stop dragging ass, what's your problem?'

'don't go in there.'

'you were fucking with me, so I fucked with you!'

'it was the sexist voice I ever heard.'

'stop! you don't know what you're doing!'

'(name) is dead because of you!'

'come on, it's not gonna bring him back.'

'it's not your fault, you know that.'

'I say we do what we do best.'

'we can't do this. I can't do it!'

'I need you.'

'well, I say go to hell, (name).'

'right, so it's everybody's fault but your own.'

'grow up, asshole.'

'where's your empathy?'

'winners do not empathize with losers.'

'I know all of this isn't real, so I'm just gonna go with it, okay?'

'oh, god, you really are a fucking ghost.'

'(name) was my goddamn responsibility.'

'we're all trapped here.'

'it's okay, you can tell me.'

'you must go at once!'

'you're coming along for the ride.'

'he just tried to kill you.'

'next thing you know, we'll all be trying to kill each other.'

'don't die on me!'

'you disgust me.'

'you heard me, you're a pathetic excuse for a man.'

'I don't have time for this.'

'who the hell are you?'

'don't worry about who I am. the question is who are you?'

'if you'll kindly step out of my way, I'll make your dream a reality.'

'well, you live for her. you willing to die for her?'

'but that'll kill us.'

'we could have a life together, you and me.'

'all right, okay. you win!'

'you're not gonna pull that trigger, (name).'

'(name) made the same mistake. he's dead.'

'what the fuck are you?'

'I don't seem to be getting through to you.'

'I gave you a great opportunity! all you had to do was take it!'

[irrealisms]

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fic here if you haven't read it!

i mention this in the end notes and it's included in the web weave but a lot of this au is drawing off thoughts crystallized by part 2 of Barrier Blocks; a theme of heaven will be mine is that mecha fights aren't real war, they're play. they're communication! they can be an argument or they can be full of intimacy and joy! the point is sometimes winning but often--when it's at its best--it's about having fun. it can hurt people for real, but that's not what it's for. and this puts it in an interestingly similar place to pvp on lifesteal, to me! (this is why zam is cradle's graces--canon zam is the most attached to pvp and lifesteal as a place to fight-for-fun, and so hwbm zam is the most attached to the ship-selves and space as a place to fight-for-fun. contrast to subz's pacifism and general disinterest in the server, and to vitalasy's exploits that render pvp pointless.)

another thing i'm doing with this au: i really like putting eclipse fed in a setting where they are...genuinely at odds, they've got different worldviews, it's not like we know the devil where there's a true ending where they can all reject society and have an ending that's perfect for all of them, they're on different sides. but hwbm envisions a world where they can fight about it and then come out the other side with an ending where--it's not what 2 of them wanted. but they can still all be happy together, there. hwbm makes me believe in eclipse fed happy ending and this is rare for me & also makes me unbelievably soft

also the thing of. gravity. control over the narrative (as opposed to fighting in physical space as opposed to cheating, as three distinct things that characters do) as physical force. eclipse federation to me

speaking of narrative control. the faction that "wins" a scene is, consistently, the one who loses the physical fight. the first scene is sort of arguable since vitalasy runs away ig but-- the outcome of the fight is what vitalasy wanted, but zam is the one who wins the scene! and then in the second two chapters there are physical fights with clear winners, and whoever won the physical fight loses the narrative one. this too is eclipse federation

all of them are trans women bc the original game is very much about transness & transfeminity but it's also doing thematic stuff for all three of them. chapter 2 in particular is inspired heavily by (a) their conversation in this vod about zam leaving eclipse (b) the conversation quoted in the chapter summary between pluto and luna-terra in heaven will be mine, about how pluto identifying as a trans woman is bc she saw luna-terra and was inspired by her

i didn't explicitly get into vitalasy's gender as much but ... her issues around being seen as both [dangerous monster] and [scapegoat], and ending up sort of embracing alien-ness but in a way where she also kind of hates it, are very much tied into her transfemininity, here, as are her issues around earth and going back to earth

this is a small note but i'm really proud of the line in chapter 1, "All the implants they fit inside her couldn't make her matter more." because of the double meaning of the word "matter". matter as in physical substance--to have more of it is to have more gravity--and matter as in importance, which, in hwbm, to have more of that is also to have more gravity

subz's characterization is deliberately ... more comfortable with sincerity than canon? this is a subz who has undergone enough character growth to be openly trans and not just Wearing A Dress As A Funny Bit, yk. this is a big part of chapter two lol, subz talking about how when she was younger she was Kind Of Shitty! i debated making Subz more ironic and shitty and such in this fic also to be more accurate to canon but ultimately i think it works bc of how i explicitly establish the ways in which Subz has grown past that

chapter names! prominence eruption is a solar phenomenon but i chose it mostly just bc prominence once again has a double meaning of importance. retroreflection is the ability of a surface to reflect light back; it's lunar-themed but it's also a metaphor here for zam reflecting subz. for the last chapter i wanted something vitalasy-themed but i didn't have anything solid so i went with 'impact crater' since (a) it's pretty generic to a lot of celestial bodies (b) the Ogygia Chasma is an impact crater (c) it does work, since so much of the fic is abt the lasting aftermath of vitalasy's suicide attempt

more names, this time ship-selves: all the canon ship-selves are named after specific features of the planet their pilot is named after (for example, Pluto (character) pilots the Krun Macula, which is a dark region on Pluto (planet)); in this au, they're not named after planets, but they do have convenient space theming (subz moon zam sun vitalasy stars) in canon that i got to kind of steal from! the Montes Harbinger is a cluster of lunar mountains, so named (and so chosen) bc it's a harbinger of the dawn; the corona is the outermost layer of the sun, but it also means "crown", which is fitting for zam. vitalasy's is trickier bc "stars" is not actually a coherent....object in astronomy that has physical features, especially not ones distinct from the sun? i considered doing a constellation but one of my betas was looking at various things in the solar system to get ship-self names from and encountered the Ogygia Chasma and went "this would make vitalasy so sad" and . well. who am i to not pick names that will make vitalasy sad. (the Ogygia Chasma, on Saturn's moon Tethys, is named after the island Ogygia in the Odyssey, where Calypso trapped Odysseus for seven years, preventing him from returning home bc she wanted to marry him. i think Vitalasy would have some feelings about this and her relationships!)

in heaven will be mine, each of the three pilots (Saturn, Pluto, and Luna-Terra) mostly interact with each other, but they also each have someone in their faction who they communicate with privately and work together with to advance their faction's goals, although the specifics of the relationship vary based on the pilot. i didn't really get to show this off in the fic beyond two one-off mentions but the person filling this role for Zam is Planet and the person filling this role for Vitalasy is Spoke. i have some amount of vision for the relationships there that just didn't get onscreened at all. oh well! part of this is because i have no clue who fills this role for Subz--so much of subz's character in s4 is tied up in his isolation that it's hard to give him a confidant and teammate outside of eclipse. (zam was the easiest--if i didn't give him planet i could've given him pangi or mapicc.) realistically if i were to choose someone it'd probably be reddoons but one of my beta readers joked that the person filling this role for subz is princess of memorial foundation & renowned twitter poster Halimede and i keep imagining this and giggling to myself

i'm pretty sure zam betraying both Memorial Foundation and Celestial Mechanics doesn't actually work with the canon timeline of the game but shhhhhhh it's an au don't worry about it

i listened to Communist Love Song a lot while writing this. something abt refusing to reject the possibility of a better future even when everyone says it's impossible. politically or romantically? yes.

fun fact: i had written a chunk of the first chapter for a while and it was just kind of hanging out in my google docs as hwbm au inspiration and then zam said "I only want to be represented as a girl. Kissing other girls." onstream and i wrote the entire rest of the fic in a day. and then spent over a week editing it lol

[catboldbot]

as usual this is very philosophical of me, removed from some very real and significant material concerns around the situation, etc

but I do think something very close to the heart of a lot of issues we see in the world is this idea that the world is divided into winners and losers, and so if you fail to be on the winning side then you are on the losing one

this is a driving force in many aspects of youth socialization and trauma. you see it in the way that oppression is talked about, especially in how benefit on one side is assumed to imply loss on the other. it is pervasive in the way these things are talked about

and this is why I do think it is important to recognize---at some times, on some level, in some aspects of the conversation---that the supposed "winners" experience a Pyrrhic victory, if it is to be called a victory at all. the macroorganism that is humanity can only suffer from the abuses we deal towards each other. cancer is not the victor in a body that it kills

I think about this anytime Elon Musk comes up in discussion. here is a man who, by the upheld metrics of wealth and power and access has the entire world at his fingertips, who could enact great change in the world, could have access to the best teachers, should have all the joy in the world. and yet all he can really manage to do is advertise what a hopeless position all his victories have put him in. yes, he certainly still fills the world with misery and grifts and yes, he certainly still has security and safety that many of us are denied. yet he is also so clearly empty. he's a fool who can never learn because he can never understand that he needs to learn. an idiot who can never be criticized because he is so assured of his success. a husk who can no longer experience human life because he is insulated from consequence and connection.

knowing all this does nothing to soften the misery he and other like him inflict upon the world, but I do think it is important for the philosophical perspective on these matters. there is no nobility to be found in the experience of suffering, but there is also none to be found in benefiting from the suffering of others. there are not winners and losers, only conflict that injures all of us in different ways

[deadcactuswalking]

REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 02/03/2024 (SZA, Central Cee, Pozer)

Beyoncé may have the #1 for a second week with “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” but the real winners on this UK Singles Chart are songs benefiting from songs above them plundering, partly thanks to everyone’s favourite arbitrary rule, Accelerated Chart Ratio (ACR). I am never explaining that rule, look it up, but you’d think maybe we’d get a surge of new songs, right? No, it’s a pretty minimal week, and I’m not complaining. Welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

Rundown

As always, we start with our notable dropouts, songs exiting the UK Top 75 - which is what I cover - after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40, and we have… unless I’m missing something, surprisingly little of note here? We bid farewell to “BACK TO ME” by Hitler, Goebbels and an uncredited Freddie Gibbs, “Ophelia” by The Lumineers, “Toxic” by Songer (thank God), “Sprinter” by Dave and Central Cee and of course, Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved” but that’ll be back soon enough.

Okay, so as for returns, we just get Ye’s “Runaway” featuring Pusha T back at #48, but our notable gains are where this week gets actually interesting, because we actually have quite a few, particularly in the top 40, thanks to ACR as mentioned but also potentially some TikTok-related industry politics that probably act in parallel with each other, but we start with “Thank You (Not So Bad)” by way too many brain cells at #68, “Soaked” by Shy Smith at #51, “vampire” by Olivia Rodrigo at #44 and “Evergreen” by Richy Mitch & the Coal Miners at #41. Then the top 40, where all Hell breaks loose, though most of these songs are actually pretty good: “Birds in the Sky” by NewEra at #40, “Made for Me” by Muni Long at #37, “Never be Alone” by Becky Hill and Sonny Fodera at #35, “Whatever She Wants” by Bryson Tiller of all people at #31 (and yes, I think I get it now), “On My Love” by Zara Larsson and David Guetta at #28, “Scared to Start” by Michael Marcagi at #22, “Nothing Matters” by The Last Dinner Party at #16, “Lovers in a Past Life” by Calvin Harris and Rag’n’Bone Man at #13, and finally - unfortunately - we have “CARNIVAL” by Adolf Hitler and Ty Dolla $ign featuring Playboi Carti at #9. Yes, it’s Rich the Kid’s first top 10 hit and no, you should not care.

Our top five should sound pretty normal, apart from a new entry into the top 10 at #5 as Djo gets his first with “End of Beginning”. I guess Steve Lacy can be a one-hit wonder twice. Aside from that, well, it’s all pretty expected: “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan at #4, “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone at #3, “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims at #2 and Bey at #1. I like how this top five is a herd of angsty indie rock-adjacent white dudes led by the queen of the hive.

NEW ARRIVALS

#61 - “Love On” - Selena Gomez

Produced by The Monsters & Strangerz and Isaiah Tejada

Man, one of the few times that a mainstream artist releases a well-received and popular album that I think is absolutely brilliant, if not perfect, and none of it charts in the top 75. I’m not revealing who that is, if you know, you know. No worries, guys, we have Selena Gomez instead! God… to be honest, I like to give Selena the benefit of the doubt more than often, and I actually really like this song for its quirks as I’ll discuss later, but it’s pretty funny that this song starts with the French language only for all of that effortlessly seductive aura to be replaced with “Wait ‘til I get my love on”. What? In fact, this song is incredibly clunky in its sexiness or lack thereof, and if you think it’s to fit an already constructed rhyme or construction… why does it sound this awkward and almost improvised? “Screaming yes in quotations”, “night shift but with all the perks” (or Percs?), “why are we conversating over this steak tartare”? Yes, Julia Michaels, I knew you wrote this song before I checked the credits, you didn’t need to make it too obvious. Now I actually love this song, it’s so artfully stupid in execution: Selena sounds Auto-Tuned to Hell as always but it doesn’t grant her any rhythm with that robotic hook slipping over itself, as if the verses don’t embarrass her enough: Isaiah, listen, why leave her only with the clipping bassline and add all those accentuative vocal effects? It’s almost cruelty. She doesn’t even sound like herself on the strained falsetto pre-chorus, especially not those backing vocals which you could easily convince me are Toro y Moi of all people, and the chorus promising that you should just wait until she has her love on before she loves on you, which is… what? Asexuals could write better songs about intimacy, but in all its goofiness, the song ends up winning me over on pure silliness. The production has a straightforward groove but a lovely disco swell to the strings, detailed vocal layering and those phased synths acting as stabs that make Selena’s rhythmic bruising in the chorus sound almost normal are the icing on top. This is an adorable little failure of a song, I kind of admire it. Push it in the same category as “Feather” by Sabrina Carpenter in being loveable nu-disco messes.

#49 - “Showtime” - Catfish and the Bottlemen

Produced by Dave Sardy and Ryan McCann

It’s been a five-year hiatus, but indie rock band Catfish and the Bottlemen are back to music, though with some departures and line-up changes, and oddly enough, all of that ties into the fittingly titled comeback single, “Showtime”. Yes, this song is about the strains of touring and life on the road as part of a band, but how that’s all ultimately worth it for how gratifying it is to make an impact on listeners and be performing to audiences, as well as being with the band members he loves to record and perform with. I love the breakneck pace of the bass and post-punk rhythm of the verses and pre-choruses with that soaring guitar lick, and I think that the lead singer Mr. McCann (of no relation to that one) has a solid control of his distorted nasal tone until that disappointing chorus comes in which doesn’t feel nearly as ambitious or arena-ready as it wants to be, mostly because McCann is mumbling and it halts the momentum of the entire song. Also, it starts really shoddy lyrically, it’s hard to sound profound when half of your chorus is moaning “fuck that shit, get on this”. It does end up contextualising itself better on repetitions, mostly because of the warm finger-snaps in the bridge that eventually evolve into a heartland rolick that gives the final chorus space to breathe in a muddy mix… then seems to never fully get its power back, replacing it with a gross basic synth that parades around a befuddled Bottlemen, until eventually the song is just a lo-fi piano recording that doesn’t feel like it’s entirely warranted its inclusion, though it wraps up the narrative nicely as he comes back home after touring. I really like the sentiment of this song and parts of what it’s going for but the chorus, which really makes or break an anthemic song like this, just loses me, which is really disappointing as the rest of the song focuses entirely on building up to it. I’m sure it’ll be a killer live, but that’s also with the caveat that when performing live, they can mess with the structure, the lyrics and the performance, as well as most importantly for this one, the mix… so I don’t think this song will ever sound as good on record as it could do at a festival, which considering the song’s content, is kind of beautiful.

#29 - “Kitchen Stove” - Pozer

Produced by Young Madz

It’s pretty weird that this is not the first time in recent memory that I’ve never heard of the lead rapper on a track but have seen a dozen or so credits for his producer. Unlike Rich Amiri, this is far from rage however, it’s a drill track, of course, with Young Madz being a New York producer who’s worked with Fivio Foreign, the 41 collective and sadly, Lil Mabu, as well as having produced a previously charting track from Russ Millions. Pozer, on the other hand, has no other songs, with this being a breakout track on TikTok as well as his debut single… that’s being distributed by Sony. Yeah, slick one there. To fully understand this, we need to look back two years for another fluke viral hit, “snowfall” by Øneheart and reidenshi, a Russian space ambient track with over 500 million streams on Spotify - yes, really. It debuted nearly exactly a year after release and eventually peaked at #57 in 2023 whilst Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” was #1. Øneheart’s follow-up was another ambient track, “this feeling”, which is not nearly as successful and also not as good, mostly because it lacks as sticky of a lead as “snowfall” and falls more into a vaporwave-esque filter of hopelessness which resonates a bit less. It does sound ripe for sampling though, especially that tiny vocal lead at the tail-end, so I guess it makes sense that for a manufactured viral hit, Madz took a sped-up version of the Russian ambient song and put it over some of the most rote, typical Jersey drill percussion possible. He doesn’t do much chopping, mostly because you don’t need to - like I said, that vocal sample would be perfect under Jersey drill, and Madz had the exact same idea, I suppose. Pozer, despite the name, isn’t exactly a bad rapper, his flow is pretty typical but solid and his second verse goes into more introspective and paranoid territory, pretty befitting of the haunting production… my problem is his delivery and the way he’s mixed: he just sounds too obvious. For production as potentially eerie as this, the production needs to be way more textured and dynamic, and Pozer himself needs to be quieter in the mix - as do the bed squeaks. This feels like a perfect lay-up of an idea that would make both a great song and an easy hit just fumbled in execution. It’s still a functional song for sure, but it doesn’t hit the way it absolutely could have.

#18 - “I Will” - Central Cee

Produced by John Alexis and LIOHN

Cench has another single out as he seems to drip-feed these - if he keeps them all on the record, that debut studio album will be more like a greatest hits compilation. As for this new one… first of all, I need this guy to step away from women: he’s awkward, condescending, and has strange fixations on this girl’s mother, how “young” she makes her feel, as well as just the extents of the capabilities of his penis… as well as a song-long hyperfixation on her shaving her privates. Over an Ed Sheeran-sounding beat? The acoustic guitars don’t mesh with the distant vocal loops, his vocal mix sounds horrifically unprofessional as does his complete lack of melodic understanding or personality when trying to sing on the chorus. You’d think he’d try and pick up the rapping to make up for it but he sounds half-dead. Speaking of Ed Sheeran, even he raps better than this - and yes, that includes about sex and relationships. There’s so little in the beat to distract from Cench’s terrible performance and content, so this is just an embarrassing display of everything that he cannot do properly. The second top comment on Genius, so you know, the fans, is asking what the Hell this is, and I can’t say I disagree with the fans in this case. I know you love Drake, it doesn’t mean you have to be him.

#15 - “Saturn” - SZA

Produced by Carter Lang, Rob Bisel, Solomonophonic and Monsune

SZA’s finally released a highly-anticipated song she performed at the GRAMMYs that may be connected to some form of SOS reissue and… oh, this interpolates one of my absolute favourite albums of all time. The opening track to Canadian composer Mort Garson’s peaceful, dynamic and forward-thinking 1976 electronic album Mother Earth’s Plantasia may not be iconic to everyone, but I still get goosebumps listening to it and that’s even outside of its greater context where this is the opening suite to a themed, arguably conceptual record acting as a love letter to two different pets of the musician: the myriad of plants his wife grew in the home, and his admired Moog synthesizer that he composed the entire album on. Sadly, Garson passed in 2008, before the record could gain its underground cult following amongst music fans, and before its official reissue in 2019 which particularly benefits the opening track, which has since been used in advertisements and now ends up interpolated on SZA’s new single, which released as a surprise to her fans and feels like a pretty spiritual return to some of the sounds explored on CTRL, using the sprinkling nostalgic synths of “Plantasia” as a backing for her lamenting of how dull and monotonous life on Earth can be. It’s actually fascinating to use that sample considering how celebratory I’ve always seen Garson’s album of both the natural world and human  influence or appreciation of it, but definitely not a bad one as Lang, Bisel and co. add their own cascading synths to the dejected drum mix and warm guitars that flow this song swiftly into psychedelic territory, especially on the gorgeously harmonic chorus. My favourite moment may be the pre-chorus though, where SZA’s vocal layering filters into the static of both itself and the incessant hi-hat wearing itself out over time. It’s pure escapism for sure, much like a lot of this week, really, but it’s damn effective escapism, pulling you into this forest that, despite my general issue with fade-outs, makes sense to drift out of existence. The song’s about wanting to live on Saturn, I can just imagine that as the song fades out, we pan away from SZA and the camera focuses on the scarce night sky peppered with stars. If a song ever justifies its cop-out ending, then it’s doing something really right.

Conclusion

Yeah, the girlies really won this episode, didn’t they? SZA takes Best of the Week away easily with “Saturn” but “Love On” by Selena Gomez does take the Honourable Mention. As for the Dishonourable Mention, I think Pozer just frustrates me with “Kitchen Stove” whilst Central Cee handedly has the Worst of the Week because Jesus Christ, “I Will” is almost irredeemable on pretty much all fronts. As for what’s new on the horizon in the coming weeks, I’m unsure, but it will be interesting what new stuff arises as a result of the ACR clearout this week. For now, thank you for reading, and I’ll see you next week!

[dteamain]

Wait spill the spanish squidcraft drama

okay fine here is everything i know through translated tiktoks:

Spreen gets the dream treatment from Komanche:

Komanche finds a twitter stan who tweeted something along the lines of 'i hope Spreen kills Komanche' and in 2020 dream fashion he takes the 2 like andy tweet and replies 'i guess i won't invite Spreen next time to avoid this community' Spreen and Komanche go back on forth on twitter for a bit Spreen saying he can't control his fans and Komanche saying he doesn't like Spreens community. the funny part is the OP wasn't even a Spreen fan she was a quackity main and also dsmp (beeduo) enjoyer so Komanche was shitting on this stupid barely liked tweet blaming Spreens 'toxic' community for something they had no part of

Komanche's Smajor moment:

It's day 3 and everyone is lining up for the egg game except they don't know it's the egg game yet. Komanche is very vocal about who should go where telling people which lines to get into. Now two separate things happen. First the TPing starts to happen this is to make sure the lines have an even amount of people in them. Originally Komanche was in the red line. While Komanche is in the red line a person named Darick I believe gets removed from the blue line because it's to full, however right after Komanche gets TP'd to the blue line. This is bizarre not only bc if blue team wasn't full allowing Komanche to be TP'd there then they wouldn't have had to remove Darick from that line. Also they are supposed to be TP'ing the last people in line only and Darick and Komanche were both some of the first people in their lines so they shouldn't have been TP'd anyway.

Second thing that happens is once they advanced through the doors and are waiting to get into the egg game Komanche says 'the admins trolled me, they told me this was the cookie game' hense why he went in the red line first bc he thought he would get a square cookie. Now first this reveals that he does know the games ahead of time but second most people think he was covering his ass and actually did know it was egg game the whole time. Here is why. First the TPing, people think that he was purposely tp'd to the blue team and that's why darick had to be removed. darick was crushed bc his team ended up losing and he kept saying 'i didn't even pick this team'. the blue team had some of the biggest players including quackity rubius spreen but what is even more interesting and the second reason people think Komanche knew it was going to be the egg game is when each colour got split into two teams Komanche was watching closely on who was going to which side and instead of choosing the team with all the people he knew he choose the side with people he didn't know that well but were known fall guys sweats. people think komanche knew it was going to be the egg game and purposely choose the fall guys players for his team as they would have more experience with that game. Komanche since has come out and said he does know all the games but feels it doesn't matter because everyone gets explained the games before they start and he is kind of like the old man in squidgames giving hints. He also said today that he didn't have control over where he got TP'd but do we trust someone verifying claims on themselves lol idk. Also rubius and auron both said they chose not to know the games to be surprised so Komanche had the choice as well and choose to know the games.

The egg glitch:

you probably all know about the egg glitch by now. during the egg game points were not registering properly for all teams but one of the blue teams got the worst of it bc they only lost by two points. as you know twitch decided to let those 14 disqualified players compete and 4 winners got let back in the game. some players feel none of them should have been left disqualified while most of the 14 think they should have all been allowed back into the game. the real drama comes when spreen exposes that other players are being toxic towards him and the revived players in the discord chat. he was upset because every day Komanche says people will be disqualified for being toxic yet nobody has been disqualified for it yet.

[baptistsuicidewidow]

Unpacking

I packed a bag for him to wear... favorite shirt, tie, glasses, wedding ring, jeans, underwear, socks, shoes,

-Word to the wise- DO NOT choose their favorite outfit for this. Pretty much ruins a quarter of your happy photos together. I wish I had known this, but nowadays I'm wishing I knew a lot of things I had no clue about.

I made the mistake of smelling his shirt, as a wife does. the 'Is this clean?' check, and BOOM-just instant sobs. His scent right here-like is he right here? He was indeed just here moments ago... My friend just held me like a baby and let me cry like one.

My introvert self getting business and condolences flooding the phone. Unpacking each message, and pausing to cry with so many others who were shocked across the internet. Soul winner. Father. Husband. A real '3 to thrive' Baptist. Never so much as listened to worldly music or watched worldly shows. No one saw this coming. I don't think he saw this coming, either.

They did him up. Not very well either.. The makeup was all yellow... His lips just yellow. A part of me was grateful it looked so unreal-so unlike him. This whole thing was so unlike him. They packed him up with whatever chemicals and somehow shlumped his favorite outfit over his cold, stiff frame. They packed him in the coffin we picked out-black and silver just like his favorite Bible with "Going Home" birds etched in the lace. He looked asleep from afar. His words about sleeping and not waking up come to mind every time when I think of the funeral scene. He didn't say it much. Like 2 times when he was super mad in the last month. I let him know how he didn't mean it, and how dumb it was to say (in light of our children)… I wish I knew. If only I knew.

I had to watch the nightmare of his mourning parents. Crying and staring at their dead son the entire time. Watching the coffin drop into the hole. Re-arranging the flowers on the top of the fresh dirt as if the flowers mattered (Google reviews said the local deer would eat them all by tomorrow). They all posed next to his grave and took group photos-their last complete family photo-only to have an empty chair or an empty slot in all the rest. The same thing applies for Isaiah and I too.

I've lost my husband, my home, and all family, save for my babies and my brother Josh. I was further surprised to lose 'Christian' friends, some of which even robbed the house while I was away.

I somehow fumbled through business thing after business thing. Meeting here, costs there, questions begging the answer with deadlines all swirling all around. Minutia peppered throughout. Meanwhile my peaceful routine being interrupted since August 27th. Here I sit a whole month later, finally able to read my 15 month old's books to him as we used to everyday. In the last month he has learned screaming, yelling, and disobeying. When it rains it pours... or screams at you while perusing the trashcan.

We packed up the 'suicide house'-I wanted to hurry that along in hopes it would help my waking nightmare to end. Being there, and doing normal things, just unnerved me further. I was tempted to call his name through the house, just to remember what that felt like. But helpers were constantly babysitting me, so I refrained. Little huge triggers were everywhere. Looking in the fridge, and seeing the last juice he bought for our Subway date around noon on September 3, 2023... only for him to be dead around 10:30am September 4, 2023. Shivers and shudders.

I found more shirts that held his smell and put them in a big Ziploc bag, and then in another Ziploc bag. I haven't been ready to open them, but I was thinking maybe there would be a day I would need to. Most of the rest of his clothes got donated to Goodwill. They went back to where they came from-we just borrowed them for a bit.

Little by little the entire house got packed, sold, stolen, donated, trashed, or gifted. It felt like Jeremiah had exploded. His life had exploded into so many places, and I was left with the scraps of what we were working towards. We had mostly good times with a few bad times. Like 6 bad nights out of the 945 days we knew each other. 3 of which were in the last month he was alive. With little to no warning, there's no way to know just how long he wanted to be unalive. In his last months he kept his feelings packed and his private thoughts to himself. He would speak out loud while holding back comments, mistaking me for someone else. Why was he so muzzled and muffled? I have my suspicions for why, but I don't think I'll know this side of heaven exactly.

Here we are a week after moving. I divvied up belongings into storage vs. everyday, yet amidst it all I find random triggers hidden in my stuff. I've learned to compartmentalize his painful nostalgic things... save them for an extra rainy day. And during the packing the moving the unpacking the drama and the paperwork, there is this Niagara Falls sensation in my chest that will not go away, no matter how much I pray for God to heal my heart, or forgive my husband for what he's done, or forgive me for however I may have contributed, or forgive others for anything they might've done,... despite it all the heaviness of sad just rests inside me every waking moment. It reminds me all the day long that something is not right. That something is deeply wrong. Half of me is decaying and buried 24.5 miles North of where we live now.

So I resort to listening to podcasts for Suicide Loss Survivors, and creative outlets are highly recommend. Someone said, "Grief is just a lot of love with nowhere to go". I love you, Jeremiah Joldes. I wish we could wake up from whatever prolonged coma nightmare this has been, and have another hug and some more cuddles. For the time being I will try to unpack all this pain. I've heard it lasts a lifetime. God, please help me get through this.

[thatsohkai]

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what’s a song you can put on repeat & never get tired of ?

   no role modelz j. cole - “no role models and i’m here right now, no role models to speak of. searching through my memory, my memory, i couldn’t find one, last night i was getting my feet rubbed.”

a song that instantly lifts your mood when you’re sad

   reel it in amine - “and i’m tired of being humble, b*tch i feel no way. this that young, young sh*t i may pull up to your bitch like, reel it in. i got the bag tell a friend.”

your favorite song from your all-time favorite artist 

   villuminati j. cole - “please forgive, according the preacher man, he need jesus in him. but the devil run the tv, so the demons in him. im in trouble, did a deal with the devil, now i’m pleading with him… like ‘give my soul…i ain’t letting you go again.”

a song that inspires or motivates you

   finish line chance the rapper - “ but who would think the raps would turn into racks? don’t matter, matter fact, it could happen to you. scars on my head i’m the boy who lived. the boy love playing when the boy too sick, reclining on a prayer, i’m declining the help. i’ve been lying to my body, can’t rely on myself.”

what’s a song that reminds you of someone ?

   so high doja cat - “blow, weed, pop x, speedin’ up the heartbeat bangin’ in the chest. when you put it on me, you relieve my stress.  you got me so high, takin’ deep, deep breaths. you get me so high, you get me so high. i know you ain’t a drug but you get me so high.”

the song that gets you in the mood to party

   paramedic! sob x rbe - “california, california, and i’m heavy in these streets. if you don’t keep a pole, how you ready when it’s beef? .22. or .23, i’m heavy with the heat. hit you with this chop, paramedics can’t save you. really in field? come on bro, i know that ain’t you. 2018, hell nah, i ain’t gon’ fade you. gon’ paint you, tde and sob we can’t lose.”

your guilty pleasure

   typa girl braveheart - “typa girl that you wish for when you blow the candles out. typa girl that you wanna bring back to ya mama house. typa girl who don’t ask for what she want she takin’ out. typa girl who got bags in same quality as chanel.”

a song that’s out of your typical music preference

   backyard boy claire rosinkranz - “and we’ll turn the volume up to some good boy band tunes. love to feel the fresh air, i can feel your eyes stare. and i’m not gonna lie, i get a little bit scared. and my heart is on wings, i’m living in dreams and at the top of our lungs, we sing.”

what do you listen to when you’re in love ?

   #1 heebiejeebies amine x kehlani - “just for you i might jeoprodize. my whole life i might sacrifice. the way you look is like ‘woah.’ got me locked in i’m hypnotized. shakira-like and these hips don’t lie. say i don’t, but i always try.”

   #2 best part h.e.r. x daniel caesar - “it’s the sunrise, and those brown eyes, yes. you’re the one that i desire. when we wake up, and we make love, it makes me feel so nice. you’re my water when i’m stuck in the desert. you’re my tylenol i take when my head hurts. you’re the sunshine of my life. i just want to see how, beautiful you are. you know that i see it, i know you’re a star. where you go i follow, no matter how far. if life is a movie, then you’re the best part.”

 do you have song you’ve listened to all your childhood ?

   a long walk jill scott - “your background, it ain’t squeaky clean, but sometime we all gotta swim upstream. you ain’t no saint, we all are sinner. but you put your good foot down and made your soul a winner. i respect that, man you’re so phat, and you’re all that, plus supreme. then you’re humble? man i’m numb yo, with feeling, i can feel everything that you bring.”

is there a song your parent/sibling/friend/etc. introduced you to that you love ?

   streets doja cat - “we play our fantasies out in real life ways. no final fantasy, can we end these games though? you give me energy, make me feel light weight, like birds of a feather, baby, we were made for each other. and it’s hard to keep my cool, when other b*tches try to get with my dude, and when other chickens try to get in my coop. cause you’re a one in a million there ain’t a man like you.”

a song you didn’t expect to like

   rules doja cat - “break some bread up, you know that butter my biscuit. you ain’t talk money, then really that’s none of my business. i don’t even need these lenses, 20 on 20 my vision. bad yellow b*tch with her on on they prize, but, but, you know i ain’t no minion.”

what song would be your ‘intro’ music ?

   #1 emperor’s new clothes panic! at the disco - “welcome to the end of eras, ice has melted back to life. done my time and served my sentence, dress me up and watch me die. if it feels good, tastes good, it must be mine. dynasty decapitated, you just my see a ghost tonight. and if you don’t know, now you know.”

   #2 i might need security chance, the rapper - “i bought the chicagoist just to run you racists b*tches out of business. speakin’ of racists, f*ck your microaggressions. i’ll make you fix your words like a typo suggestion. pat me on the back too hard and pat’ll ask for your job, and in unrelated news, someone’ll beat your ass at your job.”

   #3 amari j. cole -  “out of the concrete was a rose, and windows was cold. had to go over and stand by the stove. we from the southeast, know know. this where the cops creep real slow. won’t vote, but mob deep with the poles. i punch the time sheet, not no more. now my assigned seat is throne.”

what song best represents your outward look —  or your attitude towards life ?

   king of the clouds panic! at the disco - “when i fall to rise, with stardust in my eyes, in the backbone of matter, i’m combustible dust. in the fire when i can’t sleep, awake, i’m too tired,. this old world, this old world.”

the song with your favorite lyrics

    the climb back j. cole - “every body mentions, suicide prevention, man, they even got a hotline. to call up when there’s tension, but i got a question, what about a f*cking homicide? need a number to call for my, for my to call whenever there’s a urge to get the triggers involved. need an number for my, for my to call, whenever there’s a urge to get the triggers involved.”

[theofficefantasyfootball]

WEEK 3 - Wrap Up

PLAY TIME IS OVER!!!!

Ok guys...it's week 3. Things are starting to get real. Players are getting hurt, new players are starting to emerge, teams are figuring out how to win in the NFL and you need to figure out how to win in Fantasy...otherwise before you know it - it will be week 8 and you will be 2-6 and done with your season. So stay focused! Here we go...wrap up time!

TuPADRE vs HOWARD

I'm so confused. Last week when I was playing Howard he put up 120 something points but when he plays Gully he strolls into Monday night with 50? WTF! I guess it wouldn't have mattered if he happened to put up 120 cause Gully was on fire this week! Even grabbed the high point win for the week ($20). 34 from Henry, 30 from Kyren Williams, 22 from Rice and who knows what Moss will do tonight. Impressive. Both of these guys move to 2-1 which is a good place to be in week 3. Nice win Gullahorn.

LONG LEFT BALLERS vs MOOSES ON THE LOOSES

Gotta believe that this GIF is how Bebo is feeling at 0-3 and losing to the Moose this week. Hey, I am writing this before the start of the Monday night games so maybe a miracle happens and if it does I will gladly re-write this but right now Mitch has 108 and Bebo has 18.50 with 4 to play. Whatever happens - if he does in fact lose - lets all keep Bebo in our prayers. That's a rough start. So Mitch moves to 3-0 and Bebo 0-3. Nice win Mitch...great showing from Steelers D, Charbonnet, Olave and Taylor. Brilliant!

TREE HUGGERS vs BOOMER SOONER

What! Tree Huggers took down Boomer Sooner...who is now on a 2 game losing streak. Stu actually confided in me the other night and texted that he may not be able to win another match up all season. He is for sure running scared. Meanwhile - Scott is up in Seattle, cashing the songwriting checks and cashing in the wins moving to a respectable 2-1. Respectable for not attending the draft that is. Of course, his breakout performance was from Seattle Seahawk DK Metcalf and on his bench Odunze. Nice win Scott - next week you face Kyle which should be a great match up!

RIDLEY ME THIS vs LANAKILA

Hey, did you know this is what comes up when you type Cliff in the GIF search?! Wild! Well, the reason I did type Cliff in the GIF search is because Cliff is our winner this week in the Kyle vs Cliff match up. Was it an exciting win? No. Cliff put up 83 points which is okay but not great. It was enough though because Kyle who moves to 1-2 only put up 56.78. I think Kyle expected Derek Carr to have another big week but that didn't happen and Ridley didn't have a chance to catch many throws from Will Levis cause Levis was on the ground most of the game. Anyway, congrats to Cliff who is thanking Barkley for the 34 points he bestowed upon him. Congrats to Cliff!

MR. AWESOME vs TRADE WITH ME

Nothing more to be said. This is why Brett lost this week. Instead of making a trade or checking out the waiver wire. He was being a jack ass American in a foreign country....so the rest of the world can laugh at us even more than they already do. Congrats Gabe.

WHAM BAM THANK YOU LAMB vs FUNK GUY

Hey - I found a way to win! I am 1-2! All i had to do was play against someone who scored less than I did! Sorry Dana - tough luck with poor performances from Pollard, Achane, Pittman, Robinson and Raiders. But, man Lamar looked good. Don't give up! You have Bebo next week. Surely you won't lose to a guy that is 0-3.

SURVIVOR

We already know...MR AWESOME has secured the title of Survivor Champ 2024 and the $150. Congrats to Gabe!

CHEERLEADER OF THE WEEK

Here she is...from the screen shot it looks like her name is Kelcey. She's a keeper for sure and is our Cheerleader of the week. Let's all celebrate Kelcey and all that she has achieved!

[marlaluster]

Some comments by me that I've shared across the web where I'm taking a new approach in trying to end the world...

Here (below) are some comments I have shared on Instagram, on Daily Mail articles, and Page Six articles. The comments are where I am acting like I think it is okay and the stuff is okay here. My goal with the comments is to be corny and fake and phoney but seem I could pass as real and okay.

Comments I happen to have left on the cliptray on my phone from the padt couple of days follow.

[Comment I put on a post on Instagram by Elsa Pataky]

Who wouldn't want Elsa Pataky???!!! Fitness and flirtiness and bad assedness PERSONIFIED!!! You go GURL!!! All the bad guys, you better WATCH OUT!!! That gurl KICKS SLEAZE OF THE EARTH'S BUTT!!! LOL!!! LMFAO!!! Seriously, you make the world a better place just by being SO BADASS… AND MULTIFACETED!!!! You can do anything, especially be who you are like no other -- that's why you deserve the spotlight (and others not - LOL)!!!

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[Comment I put on a post on Instagram by Chris Hemsworth about his new docuseries Limitless.]

These experts are such geniuses! The multitudes of us little people of this mysterious and amazing world are lucky to have these gems among us! This is truly a night among the stars for you, Chris! Usually you are among a different kind of cream of the crop specimen with all of your big movie premieres and red carpet events! Tonight, though, you are among the true cream of the crop! For who would we be if not these winners rose above the fray?! Other contributions we can do without, such as those of singers or sketch artists, but not of these true specimens of genius! Thanks for your work and continued focus on what really matters, which is keeping people alive, even the little people! Entertainment comes second after that, of course! OMG! Because of this and other things you do, Chris, you're the best -- I mean SECOND BEST!!! LOL!!!

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[Comment I put on an Instagram post by Tom Brady about him reuniting with a few of his teammates from the Patriots for a movie he has coming out in February called 80 for Brady.]

So worth it to come back together for this epic movie showing even old ladies are gaga for a old BUT sternly disciplined QB!!! Discipline will get you EVERYWHERE! The lengendary Gisele knows, everybody knows!!! It'll save ya from losing, WHICH COMES NATURALLY with Old Age, but Tom hasn't found out yet cuz he doesn't eat tomatoes and probably gets up with the birds!!! He'd prolly rip his own arm off to win, unlike weaklings who can't do anything worthwhile!!! LOL!!! LMFAO!!!

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[Comment on an Instafram post by Elsa Pataky sharing about Chris Hemsworth's docuseries Limitless.]

No way I'm gonna miss it!!! How could someone not watch THIS masterpiece where Chris is giving so much of himself to save mankind from the REAL threats they face!!! So much for the fake trials and tribulations vying for people's attention! Chris hit at the heart with this work of art! So long fakeness and insincerity!!! Hello REALNESS and a REAL MAN facing what ails us and being mankind's real life super hero!

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[A comment on an Instagram post about some celebrity couple, maybe Ryan Gossling and Eva Mendes or Pierce Brosnan and hus wife.]

A love so TRUE! I can see it in this photo and others. Celebrities are passionate people and true winners, so their love brings the 🔥🔥🔥!!! False things fall away in the face of their love and the world is left with truth standing tall. This and other couples make the world a better place because where there is love there is mercy. The world stands as a merciful place for all its TRUE love.

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[A comment on a Daily Mail article about Chris Hemsworth saying he would take time off from acting to be with his family after getting news that he had a gene in his DNA where he had a high chance of developing Alzheimer's later in life.]

The TRUTH is I am so glad to hear this beautiful family will be spending more time together. I am so affected by this news. FAMILY is EVERYTHING. There being so many beautiful FAMILIES in the world makes this world what it is: so warm and AMAZING! It is HEAVEN on earth with so much TRUE LOVE in the world. Honestly, I'm tickled, TOTALLY delighted to hear this! It is AWESOME!!! Excited to see what blossoms from this love fest/hiatus!!!

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[A comment on a Daily Mail article about Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky going for a walk in New York.]

I just LOVE this couple! I'm so affected by truthful things in this world of ILLUSIONS! Chris and Elsa seem SO COMPATIBLE and have so much CHEMISTRY!!! There's no way theirs is not TRUE LOVE!!! What does true love look like? It looks like this couple, that's what! I was SO DISAPPOINTED I didn't see them together in photos from the premieres for two different MAJOR projects they had. Surely they were not together because of conflicting schedules because this couple would survive a nuclear explosion!!! LOL! 100 percent PURE LOVE!!!

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[A comment on an Instagram post about celebs Gwyneth Paltrow, Jada Pinket and Kristin Bell and how they talk to their kids about sex.]

They don't wanna hide the TRUTH from their little ones, which is that people be doing naughty things in this world all around us, but behind closed doors! This world is full of people who get busy and everybody knows because there's NO WAY it's not happening with all the babies being born!!! Babies don't just come from nowhere, but people naturally don't wanna spill the beans about their (semi) PRIVATE lives! Or maybe they DO want to spill the beans because it's so tempting to tell THE WHOLE TRUTH!!!!

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[A comment on an Instagram post bout Lily Rose Depp saying she didn't want to comment on her dad Johnny Depp's trial where Amber Heard accused him of abuse or something like that.]

Who among us wouldn't want to be PRIVATE!! It's the TRULY the way of humankind! She doesn't owe any kind of explanation to ANYBODY!!! Humankind has SCIENCE and RESEARCH and the occassional TELL ALL book to learn about life and people from, assuring that we lose NOT from our propensity to stay TIGHT LIPPED about who we REALLY ARE!!! Long live PRIVACY and the infamously private HUMAN RACE!!!

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[My comment on an Instagram post sharing a photo of a boy accompanied with a caption sharing a story about how the boy had escaped a woman following him after he pretended another woman on the street was his mom.]

SMART BOY!! He knows the TRUTH, which sadly is that some people are NOT so nice! Children are so innocent and yet also in some ways like miniature adults with their SHARP awareness of things around them. They are a MIRACLE! I hope that woman PAID the price for her actions!

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[A comment I shared on a Daily Mail article on a sighting of Gisele Bündchen in New York going to the airport.]

I wish she would return to posting to social media. I miss her wisdom and positivity. She has so many interesting things to say!

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[A comment on an Instagram post by Tom Brady about a shirt in his apparel line called Gummy stretch or something like that. His daughter Vivi was somewhat included in the post asking a question about the shirt.]

She's so CUTE!!! Nine year olds know TOO MUCH for comfort!!! It's like they're not TRULY children at all, but are MINIATURE ADULTS all along!!! LOL!!! LMFAO!!! And you treat her SO TENDERLY!!! I can tell it's TRUE love!!! How could anyone not love HER??!! OMG!!! And what a cute NICKNAME!!! I'm so affected by this POST and the TRUE LOVE between a dad and his GIRLY GIRL!!!

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[A comment I put on an Instagram post about a celebrity couple. I can't remember which couple now.]

I know it when I see it: TRUE love. Their love is young, yet it is TRUE! Theirs will stand the test of time, like so many cases of celebrity love, I can tell already! Celebrity love brings the 🔥🔥🔥! It is between those who rise above the fray and make a name for themselves, those for whom smallness is not meant! Only big things for those with big dreams! It's a VIBE!

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[A comment I put on an Instagram post about the granddaughter of Joe Biden getting married at the White House.]

A White House wedding: Not just for anyone but those who are quite exceptional. There is but one life. Best to live it exceptionally well like these two, Naomi and Neal. They do not fade into the masses and mulititudes. They rise above and go on into infinity. May their TRUE love last as long as The White House and the noteworthy presence of this couple, which could not fade into the nameless, faceless lowly multitudes! I'm sure this nature of an event moved the surely QUALITY people in attendence!

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[A comment on an Instagram post by a seemingly semi famous or famous guy saying he crashed his pregnant partner's baby shower.]

Of course he couldn't stay away from her for even a moment!!! LOL!!! They can't keep away from each other!!! Such a 🔥 couple, especially with her preggo!!! OMG!! I am so AFFECTED by seeing this REAL love!!! May your TRUE LOVE endure the days, weeks, years… the end of the world!!!

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[Another comment I put on a different post on Instagram about Lily Rose Depp saying something like that the media focuses on who she dates rather than her work. I can't remember for sure what the post said, but I think it was something like this.]

She can really WORK IT on the runway. I wonder why the media NEVER writes about THAT and the kind of GENIUS it takes for a model to DO WHAT THEY DO!!! Not just anyone has the discipline to LOOK like a model or BADASSEDNESS to slay on the RUNWAY!!! Who wouldn't want Lily Rose Depp, but she is also showing so much PROMISE on the catwalk! Read 'em and weep losers who don't deserve the SPOTLIGHT on them like Lily Rose Depp!!! OMG!!! No way she's not BIG NEWS other than for what lucky guy she dates!!!

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[A comment I left on a post by Tom Brady sharing a trailer for his movie coming out in February called 80 for Brady.]

This looks HILARIOUS and incredibly CUTE!!! How can anyone resist lining up for seats TODAY!!! You are so HOT, not even undesirable old ladies can resist, so I'm sure this movie is right ON POINT!!! This movie is perfect for showing even old ladies are COOL to Old Brady! Old ladies AIN'T NO joke!!! Neither is a old a*s QB!!! LOL!!! SMH!!! LMFAO!!!

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[A comment I left on a Page Six article about Tia or Tamara Mowry telling why she filed for divorce from her husband. She said she had an awakening where she realized she should not be so focused on doing for others instead of herself, something like that she said.]

Everyone knows selflessness is at the heart of being a good person: doing for others. But one must have self love, also. Mowry has looked within and found the truth: She had a true awakening by focusing FOR A MOMENT on herself! How could it be any other way! Each thing has its place! Selflessness comes first, but there is also room for self love and self focus SOMEWHERE in the mix!!! But focusing too much on one's self is a concern, so only a MOMENT can be spared, of course! Sounds like she truly had true love, but it couldn't endure her moment of introspection! LOL!!!

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[A comment I left on a Page Six article about Leonardo DiCaprio and Gigi Hadid leaving the same restaurant within minutes of each other.]

They are SO dating! She is just his type: Young and celebrity! (And who wouldn't want Gigi Hadid!) He is JUST RIGHT for her: Heartthrob and celebrity! Of course Page Six and other news outlets wouldn't fudge on this topic of whether these two are dating! Why would they??? There's no reason to! Nothing but the truth is their game! So there it is: Leo and Gigi are an ITEM! Read 'em and weep, ZANE! There's no way they're not dating! I'm CONVINCED by the ALL THE PHOTOS that are CLEAR AS DAY! OMG! Can't wait for their next DATE, which will surely be reported! SHE IS THE ONE TO PUT HIS WOMANIZING WAYS TO BED, LITERALLY! LOL!!!

[caitimetravels]

she’s insignificant

chapter 2: welcome home

the umbrella academy x (fem) reader

disclaimer: i do not own the plot/storyline of the netflix tv series and i do not own the umbrella academy characters.

warnings: mentions of death, mentions of drugs and alcohol, poor parenting

masterlist

“number eight! this is serious! if you do not train properly you will not be allowed to join your siblings on missions.”

“number eight! that’s not how you behave!”

“no, number eight! how many times must you do this before you get it right?”

“no! not like that, number eight! you must be quicker, smarter, stronger! you’ll be a liability”

“no! again, number eight!” 

“number eight!”

“number eight!”

she wished it was stop. the yelling. the shouting. the insults. the pain. the training. all of it. her head hurt. she could feel the anger swirling around, growing. control. she needed control. relax.

she took a deep breath. again. again. she pushed herself over and over until she collapsed. she worked herself to the bone only to always be left with disapproving stares. the scowl. the glare. and then she was alone, forced to pick up the broken pieces and put herself together. she didn’t have her other siblings. their family dynamic wasn’t much of a family dynamic but just once she wished one of them could be there. even just to see what she was going through. it hurt that she was alone. she hated alone.

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“um..” luther slowly stood, unsure. “i guess we should get this started” he looked around at his siblings sitting in parlour. they all sat separately with klaus making drinks at the bar in the back.

“are we having a family meeting?” y/n stepped into the room, confused. she paused as realisation crossed over their faces. “..you forgot me”

“sorry, y/n, we didn’t mean-” allison started, trying to defend them. y/n shook her head.

“no, no, don’t apologise. it’s okay.. let’s just get this over with” she waved off any concern, taking a seat beside vanya. in her lap sat a familiar book. 

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“you’ll be okay” ben spoke softly, gently bandaging y/n’s arm. he gave her a small smile. the pair sat in the back of the library, secluded and separate. the others were too wrapped up in themselves to care. 

vanya stepped over a moment later. she frowned at the tears on y/n’s cheeks. taking a seat beside her she offered them the cookies she had stolen from the kitchen. they weren’t meant to have any until dessert but ben and vanya found this much more important. y/n sniffled, taking the cookie in her good arm. 

“thanks v” she gave a watery smile, eating a big bite of the cookie to stop the sobs about to escape her mouth. ben and vanya shared a frown over her head. 

“should we read something?” ben offered, pulling a random book off the shelf behind him. y/n merely nodded, she needed this to calm down her raging emotions. these two were the only two who understood. if her emotions went haywire so would her powers. 

“hm, little women? i didn’t think dad would have this” ben smiled at the cover. 

“pogo got it for me” y/n murmured softly, listening to her brother’s soothing voice as he read. she smiled, they were always able to calm her down.

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“so, i figured we could have some sort of memorial service in the courtyard at sundown, say a few words” luther started again, “just at dad’s favourite spot”

“dad had a favourite spot?” allison asked, confused. 

“yeah, you know. under the oak tree” luther nodded, eyebrows furrowing. “we used to sit out there all the time.. did none of you ever do that?”

“will there be refreshments? tea, scones” klaus interrupted, walking to join them with a cigarette between his fingers and a glass of alcohol in his other hand. “cucumber sandwiches are always a winner” he waltzed over beside y/n who smiled at his laid-back attitude.

“what? no” luther shook his head, “and put that out, you know dad didn’t allow smoking in here” 

“is that my skirt?” allison questioned, looking down at klaus’ attire.

“what?” he mumbled distracted. he put his glass down before turning around. “oh, yeah, this. i found it in your room. it’s a little dated but its very breathy on the.. bits” he gestured.

“listen up” luther put on his leader voice, commanding as usual. “there’s still some things we need to discuss, alright?”

“like what?” diego snapped, obviously sick of this.

“like the way he died” 

“and here we go” diego rolled his eyes and luther glared at him.

“i don’t understand.. i thought they said it was a heart attack?” vanya spoke up, confused. klaus plopped down onto the couch now, wrapping his arm around y/n.

“what? he had a heart attack?” y/n’s eyebrows furrowed, she hadn’t been told that. they all looked at her, surprised.

“you didn’t know?” allison asked softly,

“no? you did?” 

“that’s only according to the coroner” luther chipped in, still pushing his theory.

“well, wouldn’t they know?” vanya raised an eyebrow.

“theoretically”

“theoretically?” allison asked.

“look, i’m just saying at the very least something happened. the last time that i talked to dad he sounded strange” 

“oh, tell us please” klaus gurgled through his drink, not at all serious. y/n would have laughed if she didn’t see the real reason luther was bringing this up. he thought one of them did it.

“strange how?” allison continued to push, incredulous. 

“he sounded on edge, told me i should be careful who to trust” luther frantically tried to convince them.

“luther” diego sighed, standing “he was a paranoid, bitter old man. he was starting to lose what was left of his marbles”

“no” he quickly shook his head, turning to him. “he must have known something was going to happen. look” he looked over at klaus. “i know you don’t like to do it but i need you to talk to dad”

klaus rolled around, disagreeing, “i can’t just call dad in the afterlife and be like dad can you stop playing tennis with hitler for a moment and take a quick call” he waved his cigarette around, sitting up and letting go of y/n.

“since when? that’s your thing”

“i’m not in the right frame of mind!”

“you’re high?” allison looked up,

“yeah, yeah!” klaus laughed, nodding his head, “i mean how are not listening to this nonsense?”

“well, sober up, this is important” klaus merely sighed, “then there’s the issue of the missing monocle” 

diego scoffed, “who’s give a shit about a stupid monocle?”

“exactly, it’s worthless” luther was only digging himself a bigger hole, “so, whoever took it i think it was personal. someone close to him, someone with a grudge”

“yes, cause that’s all we need” y/n rolled her eyes, exasperated “more grudges”

“where are you going with this?” klaus narrowed his eyes, confused.

“well, isn’t it obvious, klaus?” diego sneered up at luther, “he thinks one of us killed dad”

luther opened his mouth to deny it but nothing came out. it was true.

“and i bet your top suspect is little y/n” diego pointed a finger right at the said girl. she froze.

“what?”

“you do!” klaus sat back, shocked. 

“how could you think that?” vanya stared in disbelief.

y/n stood abruptly and everyone watched as her eyes turned black. the same way they used to when she had trouble controlling her emotions. they watched as she quickly shook her head, storming out.

“great job luther” diego mocked, “way to lead” then he begun to walk away. 

“that’s not what i’m saying” he tried to defend himself but nobody listened.

“you’re crazy man, you’re crazy.. crazy” klaus stood too, picking up his drink. vanya went to walk away, following diego.

“i’m not finished” luther attempted to stop them. 

“okay well sorry, i’m just gonna go help y/n murder mom, i’ll be right back” he commented sarcastically, walking away. 

“that’s not what i’m saying-” it was no use.

y/n curled up beside ben’s statue, book pressed against her chest. she took deep breaths, trying to regain control. her breath came out shaky as she rocked slowly. eventually she relaxed, leaning into the side of the statue. her cheek pressed against the cold concrete. with a final sigh she looked up at him. 

“hey..” she spoke softly, “i brought our book” she gave a weak chuckle, showing the statue the book she had been cradling. 

“i finished again.. should i start again?” 

diego stood in the doorway, watching her talk. he frowned, she was so sweet. it wasn’t her fault she was born with such a horrible curse. he understood why she got along so well with ben, they both hated their powers. it made training unbearable for them. she begun to read aloud, still leaning into the statue as she sat on the gravel covered floor. with a sigh he walked away, she would be okay, she just needed time. 

time didn’t heal y/n, no matter how much she wished it would. she didn’t have anybody, everybody left her. she had to get over everything all by herself. her words started to come out stuttered, her voice cracked. slowly she begun to sob, tears wetting the pages of her book. she wiped them from her face, standing up. she had to be calm.

she spared one last glance at the statue before walking away.

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“number eight, you must always keep your emotions in check” reginald scolded, glancing up from his notebook. he scribbled something else, ignoring her watery eyes.

“b-but i can’t” she sobbed out, she was young. her siblings were allowed to show emotion why couldn’t she?

“then you are weak!” reginald snapped his book shut, raising his eyes to glare at her. the words shouldn’t have hurt as much as they did. she was never enough, she was always going to be weak. she needed to do better, to be better. to be strong. 

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“emotions, number eight” the girl supressed her smile at the name her mother had just given her. he wouldn’t even use it. her face fell blank.

“emotions, number eight” the girl took a deep breath, no anger. nothing. you cannot feel. she closed her eyes for a moment, controlling her urge to destroy something. she opened them to see a confused diego. this wasn’t how she was meant to react, he had stolen the ring her mother had given her. she just walked away. 

“emotions, number eight” she caught ben’s eye across the table. he nodded softly. she breathed calmly, no dessert. she was weak, she didn’t deserve dessert. five frowned from beside her, looking between her and their father. something was wrong.

“emotions, number eight” reginald turned on her. she stood, hands gripping the table until her knuckles turned pale. how could he let five go? as she raised her head she heard gasps from her siblings. pogo and reginald shared a look as she glared at the latter, taking a moment to calm herself. it wasn’t working. she was struggling to keep her emotions at bay, she couldn’t supress them. “y/n..” vanya whispered as she ran from the table. she couldn’t do it. he was gone and she hadn’t stopped him.

“emotions, number eight” she couldn’t do it. not this time. she shook her head. her eyes filled with tears. she couldn’t. “number eight! emotions!” she shook her head again, all she could feel was pain. it was her fault. she let him die. her siblings must hate her. her father hates her. ben would hate her. she let him die. she watched him die. 

“number eight! your emotions!” reginald’s voice got louder and she heard herself scream. everything was crumbling. he was gone, it was her fault. “number one, do it” 

it was all.. her fault..

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on her way to the staircase she paused. her eyes lingered on the painting. five’s painting. she felt herself move without wanting to. she stepped into the room, looking up at her brother sadly.

“i’m sorry” she frowned, “i’m so sorry, five. i shouldn’t have let you go. i should have gone after you. i’m sorry, you must be so alone and i lied. i’m sorry for lying.. i should have done better, i should have listened to dad.. i couldn’t bring you back and it’s all my fault. it’s always my fault.. i’m sorry five, i’m so sorry..” 

“sweetie?” she looked over to see grace. “who are you apologising to? did something happen to you?” the blonde robot walked over, glancing over her to see if she had hurt herself.

“oh, no, it’s okay mom” she smiled fakely, trying to reassure her mother. “i was just thinking out loud. nothing to worry about”

“oh, alright, sweetie” she smiled again, “how about something to eat?”

“i’m okay, thanks. i think i’m just going to rest” grace nodded, allowing her to leave.

she wouldn’t be okay, not until she could stop blaming herself. she took one last look at five' picture before she closed her eyes, trying to stop her tears. when she opened them she appeared in her bedroom. she quickly shut the door, locking it. at least in here she couldn’t do anymore damage.

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“number eight” reginald’s voice was disappointed but y/n couldn’t find it in herself to care. so what if she was a failure, she had always been one anyways. “you are no longer allowed to go on missions with your siblings”

she didn’t raise her head. he wasn’t done. this is what she deserved. “you will instead be working on locating number five”

she froze, staring up at him in shock.

“what?”

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a flash of blue light outside her window broke her out of her thoughts. she stood from her bed, glancing down at the courtyard. it couldn’t be..

[dekusheroacademia]

All Kamijirou moments

I will try to keep this post updated, but under cut here is all Kamijirou moments. The number is the manga chapter, after manga I added the spin offs and the movies

KAMIJIROU MOMENTS

MANGA

011: Kaminari and Jirou are paired together in the first exercise

013 : Jirou and Kaminari teasing Bakugou

016: Kaminari, Jirou and Momo fight together against the villain. Jirou calls Kaminari the lighting guy, and Kaminari is shocked that she doesn't know him, as they partnered before

016: Jirou kicks Kaminari into battle. Later, when Jirou and Momo are protected by the blanket, Jirou tells him it is time, and Kaminari grins at her

020: Jirou calls Kaminari and the electrict types a natural born winner, and Kaminari is confused

029: A small scene of Jirou ending up on the wrong side of Kaminari's quirk

045: Deciding the names, Jirou suggests Jamming-Yay, teasing him about his quirk's drawback, when Kaminari thinks it is a literary reference to Hemingway

045: Later on, Jirou reveals her real hero name and Kaminari asks her to stop teasing him

060: Kaminari and Jirou looks amazed at Momo being excited about teaching them, thinking she is adorable

098: Jirou laughing at Kaminari going "yay"

099: Jirou punishing Aoyama and Kaminari with her quirk, after a comment made during the room contests

103: Them commenting on how they are basically celebrities because the other schools recognize them

169: Kaminari noticed that Jirou's room had a lot of musical instruments so he deduces that Jirou must be a musician. He repeats it even when Jirou says to move on, until Jirou actually tells him "stop". Kaminari wonders what he did wrong

169: Later on, Kaminari looks at Jirou, wondering about her reaction

169: Kaminari finally understands Jirou's esitations, and finally convinces her that she is a rock star and she can lead the festival because it is so frickin' cool how musical she is. At the comment, Jirou blushes, overwhelmed

172: Jirou, Kaminari, Bakugou, Momo and Tokoyami play together to prepare for the festival

173: A small scene of Kaminari, Jirou and Momo training for their musical act

174: Momo tells Jirou that she is a natural teacher and that with her help even Kaminari is getting good, implying Jirou is giving lessons to Kaminari

175: A small scene of Kaminari cheering Jirou's up

181: Jirou looks unimpressed as Kaminari forces Bakugou to wear the uniform

182: They play together for the festival

198: Jirou mocks Kaminari for not being humble

209: Kaminari comments that Kacchan saving Jirou makes Jirou into a total heroine, and Jirou comments that Hero is just fine

242: Jirou, Mina and Kaminari celebrating Christmas with Jirou playing guitar

263: Kaminari is worried on the battlefield and Midnight tells him to imagine the person who matters the most to him, so he thinks of Jirou

263: On the other side of the battlefield, Jirou says that she is worried about Kaminari the most. They think of each others in the moment of fear

263: We have a flashback of Kaminari training for the festival, saying that Jirou acts shy and awkward but she knows a lot about music. So he has to do the best to perform too

327: A small scene of Jirou dragging Momo, Kaminari and Tokoyami close, before grabbing Bakugou. The people of her band

MOVIES 01: Two Heroes

When Melissa gives invitations to Mineta and Kaminari, Jirou comments that she took pity on them, while smiling, so they can also go to the ball

Jirou and Momo arrive, dressed up for the evening. Kaminari and Mineta are very enthusiastic. Jirou says that she feels like she is wearing a costume and Kaminari comments that he is just glad she is not wearing a t-shirt, Jirou shock him with her quirk and Kaminari complains that it was a compliment

During the hostage crisis, Kaminari seems to lose hope on them being able to intervene. Jirou asks him if he is really okay with just letting villains do what they want

After hearing Melissa's plan, Jirou seems enthusiastic about it and Kaminari agrees

Kaminari uses the max of his power and Jirou warns him that he is at risk of exhausting himself. When the robots capture him, she calls for him

Jirou and Ochako carry Kaminari

OVAS

Ovas 01: Training of the dead

Kaminari asks the new girl for her number, and Jirou shocks him with her quirk

Kaminari rushed to Jirou's side when she falls

Season 6 OVA (U. A. Battle heroes)

Izuku uses Jirou's card to win against Ojiro, and Kaminari cheers for the real Jirou. Then Ojiro gets the Kaminari's card and he defeats Jirou-card with it.

Later Jirou and Kaminari fight against each other's (with Jirou winning the match)

ANIME FILLERS

Season 3

Kaminari and Mineta decide to organize a visit to the school pool because they overheard the girls talking about it. They both want to see the girls in bikini. Once they arrive there, Jirou comments on Kaminari being at the pool too (and the girls are not in bikini)

Season 6

After the war we see Jirou supporting Kaminari, to help him stand him

After the war, while Deku is in a coma, Kaminari is also at the hospital, and Jirou and Tokoyami with him

SCHOOL BRIEFS

Novel 02

Ch1: Kaminari notices that there is something wrong with Jirou and Jirou thinks that Kaminari is quite sharp. They then bicker a bit

Ch1: Jirou teases him because he cannot solve a problem

Ch1: Some more teasing about Kaminari's studying and then Jirou stuffing Kaminari with some of the cookies

Ch2: Jirou teasing Kaminari for needing Momo's help

Ch2: Jirou has to say a name with the letter R and she says reggae, but then laughs commenting that she is thinking of Kaminari saying regg-yayy

Ch4: Momo knows Jirou gets along well with Kaminari, during their talks about possible boyfriends. Jirou comments that he is a womanizer

Ch4: Later the girls talk about being a guy for a day and Uraraka immediately says that she wants to be Kaminari

Novel 05

Ch5: Jirou teases Kaminari about his dreams about girls, because she wants to protect the girls of class B from him and Mineta

Novel 06

Ch2: It is San Valentine and a bunch of girls bring chocolate to Jirou (a lot of it), saying that they loved her singing. It is confirmed by the novel (by how Mineta's react) that it is heartfelt-chocolate (not friends-chocolate). Kaminari complains that all that chocolate is for her and not for him.

Ch2: Mineta goes full zombie mode because he is desperate to get some San Valentine chocolate. Kaminari decides to stop him and let the girls run away. Jirou does not like the plan, but Kaminari still stays - and gets distracted. Mineta escapes and Jirou calls him a dumbass.

DRAMA CD season 1

Volume 4

Kaminari tells Jirou and Mina of a support student who has seen the ghost of the music room. Jirou is quite skeptic, while Mina and Kaminari believes in this ghost, one of the seven misteries of UA

Kaminari has to help the girls with something from the closed off building, so he asks Jirou to go to the closed building instead because ghosts are scary, and Jirou calls him an idiot because he should fix this on his own. Still, Mina convinces her to accept and Jirou goes on her own (meets Tokoyami on the way)

EXTRA SKITS

Hero fest 2022 skits (@dekob0ko and @shibuyasmash summaries)

Kaminari is hiding his romance comedy manga because he is embarrassed and Jirou knows he is being secretive

Kaminari accidentally spoilers the new volume of a manga they love and Jirou gets mad because he is spoiling the story to Momo. Momo comments that Kaminari is very unaffected and Kaminari seems to think it is a compliment… but Jirou angrily tells him that Momo just meant he doesn't care about spoilers

The girls (Jirou too) want to pet Koda's rabbit and Kaminari wishes he could be a rabbit in his next life

Kaminari comments that Bakugou is amazing at cleaning and maybe he could clean his own room too, Jirou replies that he should clean his room by himself

[echoghost1]

What's In A Name

okay, this took me longer than I expected... but here is the fic based on this post

Title: What's In A Name

Summary: Danny thought that having a sub in class would make things easier. Unfortunately, this leads to everyone finding out that his first name isn't Daniel.

His class isn't taking the news very well.

word count: 1670

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Danny had just gotten to school and was getting his supplies for first period when Tucker ran up with way more excitement for this early in the morning.

“Dude, you’re never going to believe it!”

“Believe what?” Danny asked with an amused grin.

“Lancer took a sick day since the first time in forever!”

Danny felt like he was missing something.

Tucker rolled his eyes when Danny didn’t react correctly, “Subs, man. We have subs.”

“In all of his classes?” Danny asked as the news finally sunk in.

“Yup.” Tucker said with confidence as he popped the ‘p’.

“I have so many classes with him.”

“I know dude, me too!” He wrapped his arm around Danny’s shoulder, “Which means that today is going to be a breeze.”

Danny smiled and couldn’t help getting excited about a nice easy day at school.

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His first class was easy.

The sub seemed just as tired as they were and simply checked that they were in their assigned seats and handed out a worksheet for them to do.

Once the teacher made it clear that they didn’t care if they worked together or not, it turned into more of a hang-out session than actually getting much work done.

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His second period was science which he didn’t have with Mr. Lancer so he actually had to pay attention.

It was a lab day and he was still banned for life from handling all fragile school property, so the lab they had was a bit difficult until the teacher remembered (was reminded) and let him team up with Mikey.

All he had to do was take notes on what was happening. Which was fine. He could do that no problem.

All Mikey asked was for his handwriting to be legible.

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It was his third class that ruined everything. It had all been going so well until then.

The teacher had decided to ignore the seating chart list and did roll by reading off the class roster list on the computer. Which in theory would be fine, except that the computer list didn’t have the notes that Mr. Lancer had added over the year, things like nicknames for instance.

It would have been fine if she had called him Daniel. It would have reminded him of Vlad, which would have been annoying, but manageable.

Unfortunately his first name isn’t Daniel.

“Johnathan?”

Everyone perked up at the name. They looked around, confusion evident on all of their faces. There was no Johnathan in this class. No John or Johnny’s. Was this a secret classmate? It couldn’t be, all the seats were full and no one here was Johnathan.

The teacher sighed and tried again, “Johnathan Fenton?”

Danny perked up and raised his hand, “Here. Sorry. I just um, everyone calls me Danny. Or Daniel, or just Fenton.” he realized he had been rambling and apologized again.

He looked down at his desk still embarrassed that he sort of forgot his own first name for a second. Then he felt like he was being watched.

He looked up and realized everyone, but Tucker, who was too busy chuckling to himself, was staring at him with varying degrees of confusion and anger. Sam included.

The class said nothing. Only stared for the remainder of the roll call.

Once the teacher was finished, and before they could truly start class, Dash was the first to break the silent tension. “Your name is Johnathan?!”

“Yes?” Danny answered hesitantly as he leaned away from the angry jock. Normally Dash wasn’t much of a threat anymore after all the ghost hunting, but he couldn’t exactly use his powers in the middle of class.

“Since when?!”

“Birth?”

“No!” Dash countered.

“Look, I’m named after my dad and it’s too confusing if we both go by the same name, so we just use my middle name instead.”

“But your dad’s name is Jack.”

“Which is short for Johnathan,” Danny explained with a sigh.

Dash sputtered in confused annoyance. Apparently, he didn’t know that either.

Before he could get too angry about his lack of knowledge, the teacher made it clear that they were going to start class now.

Dash glared at Danny and pointed an accusatory finger at him, “I don’t believe you, Fenton.”

“Okay?” Danny shrugged it off and the rest of the class went back to ignoring him.

Except for Sam.

She was still glaring at him.

“What?” Danny mouthed not a hundred percent sure as to what his gothic friend was upset about.

She flipped open her notebook hard enough for the paper cover to slap against the desk and furiously scribbled something down before tearing out the page and quickly folding it like a ninja star and chucking it at his head.

He carefully unfolded the note and read it.

“Are you serious?! Is this some elaborate prank?”

Danny looked up to Sam in surprise and then back to the note.

“No really. That is my name.” he wrote before trying his best to fold the note back up as she had it. He really wasn’t as good at it as she was.

She wrote her response quickly and made a point to get the creases of the folds just right. “Then why is Tucker laughing?”

“I don’t know? I’m not a mind reader Sam.”

“Did he know?”

“Yeah.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

He didn’t really understand why she was so upset by this. It didn’t really matter. Did it? “I wasn’t keeping it a secret. I just forgot.”

“Forgot what? That it was your name or that I didn’t know?”

He hesitated too long and Tucker finally snatched the note from him and read it over before snickering to himself and added his own two cents before tossing it back to Sam.

Finally, Sam smiled. With a roll of her eyes, she slipped the note into the pocket of her notebook and went to doodling like nothing was wrong.

Danny wasn’t really sure what that was all about, but he was glad it was over.

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The rest of the day was mostly fine. His friends teased him about his full name occasionally throughout the day, but it was nothing he couldn’t handle.

Dash kept giving him the stink eye, which was weird, but better than being shoved into his own locker.

Lunch was a bit of a disaster once Tucker let out his inner bookie and started holding bets on what Danny’s real name was.

There were three options.

One was that his name was really Daniel and he was just pranking everyone somehow.

The second was that his name really was Johnathan and he was telling the truth because Fenton can’t tell a lie to save his life.

While the third was that he had a completely different name and may or may not be related to the Fenton’s at all.

Danny wasn’t sure if he should be finding all of this hilarious or just plain annoying. Maybe it was one of those, ‘we’ll laugh about it when we’re older’ things?

Of course, word spread fast and everyone was trying to figure out what the real answer was. No one was asking Danny, because they weren’t sure if he actually was a reliable source. Tucker refused to give the answer until the end of the day when he would reveal the winners. And Sam admitted that all of the name nonsense was news to her, but since she loved chaos, she would wink and add, “But it could be true.”

Danny realized too late that the only other person to ask before the end of the day was his sister.

Before he could get to her, someone else beat him to it.

Dash had cornered her just outside of the library and asked, “What’s your brother’s name,” without any preamble.

Of course, Jazz, being two years older than them and in none of their classes, had no idea what had been going on. So she answered the question as best she could despite the confusion, “Danny?”

“Ha! I knew he was a liar!” Dash boasted as he turned around and punched his fist into his open palm as he eyed Danny.

“Wait!” He called out to Dash before turning his attention to his sister, “He means my first name!”

“Oh,” she turned to Dash, “Why didn’t you just say that?”

Dash’s shoulders slumped in defeat, “his name isn’t Danny?”

“His middle name is, but not his first name.” she turned back to Danny, “Didn’t you explain it?”

“Of course I did! He just didn’t believe me! And now the whole school is losing their minds because they think this is some crazy prank or that I’m a liar or something.”

Danny sighed and composed himself before giving the warning as he had meant to, “Tucker is taking bets on what my name is so other people might ask you about it too.”

Jazz hummed thoughtfully to herself while nodding, “I’ll keep that in mind.”

“You are going to tell them the truth right?”

“Of course,” she said but she still had that far-off look in her eye.

Danny figured he would probably regret asking, but he was just too curious, “what are you thinking about?”

“This is very interesting from a psychological perspective, don’t you think?”

“How?”

“Well by learning that what they assumed to be true, wasn’t, it has shifted their perspective on things.”

“Do you really think it’s that deep?”

“What do you think it is then?” she asked, not annoyed that her theory was being questioned, just curious.

“I think people just like drama.”

“Perhaps.” she said as she watched a dejected Dash walk away, “and maybe it’s a bit of both.”

“Whatever it is I hope it goes away tomorrow.” he walked away and wondered if this was a preview as to what would happen if his secret got out.

He stopped in his tracks with a sigh. No, if they found out he was really Danny Phantom it would be worse. So much worse.