#O Key of David

[thirst2]

O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel; qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis.

O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel; you open, and no one closeth; you close, and no one opens: come, and lead out of prison our captive, who sits in darkness, and the shadow of death. ——————————————————————————————————— 22 And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.

—Isaiah 22:22

7 That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

—Isaiah 42:7

[horneboy]

got bored and compiled all my comedian notices together, realised Wow that’s a lot of people

(if u want me to show responses / talk about experiences id be more then happy 😁!!)

[awesomefridayca]

Podcast: Inedia & It's What's Inside (& Transformers One)

Greetings programs!  On this week’s show, we’re taking on two exciting films.  First up, a BC shot indie film that played as part of the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, Inedia.  Then we turn our attention to a new Netflix release, the single-location mystery movie It’s What’s Inside.  Both films are exciting for some of the same and some entirely different reasons, and we have a lot…

[felixdragonheartofficial]

TFA TEAM PRIME HUMAN REDESIGNS FINALLY

FUCK

+headcannons

Optimus: gotta stay focused

looks too old compared to his bot form.

I find it impossible for Optimus to be more than a million years old in this canon. In the least, he's older than 1000 years and since we have mfs that are canonically over 70 million years old(fagatron iykyk) compared to that, he feels like a dude in his early-to-mid-30's being the group parent.

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-I made him more youthful, gave him curly hair, and tailored his clothing to actually look like his bot form.

-workaholic

-on the cusp of barley being able to hold his liquor

-doesn't own a pair of pajamas until Sari gets some for him

-usually forgets to put them on, but appreciates the gesture

-stays active for like, 3 days until he can't fight off sleep with work brain anymore, and unceremoniously passes out on the couch to sleep for a full 24 hours

-ratchet sighs and puts a blanket over him as per routine

-frequently checks security feed

-elf on the shelf despiser

-early morning talks with jazz and ratchet over coffee (they all wake up at 6 am)

-half thrives on caffeine and a vigorous training protocol

-is a dog person, loves German shepherds to death

David sama, pls forgive me ily very much

Ratchet: to old for this nonsense

doesn't match his body type in the slightest.

Ratchet is really old, he's got a sallow face and a gramp gut, how dare they square him. He's wayyy too angular and peachy looking.

-I gave him his luscious curves back, adding all the equipment id expect a field medic to have because he is a field medic, not a regular doctor. I changed his facial proportions, and also made his face gaunt, for that dead inside PTSD look.

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-drinks his coffee black with brown sugar, literally drinks it piping hot

-is one of those old people who complains about noise

-confiscates bumblebee and Sari's toy cars, and puts them in a high up cabinet

-neither of them know how to bypass the child safety lock lmao

-casual clothes includes a lot- a l o t of plaid shirts, and 10 pairs of the same blue jeans

-tunes out bulkhead and prowls convos about birdwatching

-big fan of political satire dramas

-Sentinel doesn't approve

-Ratchet doesn't give a rats ass about what he thinks of course

Bumblebee: professional smart-ass

doesn't match his body type/age.

Bumblebees holoform is presented as a 10-12 year old child specifically for the fact that he's short, and the comedic relief. Total ass

I set his human age as 19-20 years old, making him more of a big brother to sari because that og model is disappointingly lackluster

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-Bumblebee is a scrappy wisecracking punk, like an adhd kid who just got roller skates for Christmas.

-since he doesn't have wheels, I feel like he'd wear skates instead to emulate the feeling

-terrible at watching where he's going cuz he's too busy trying to show off, so ratchet makes him wear all that padding + training wheels

-legit despises the padding and training wheels

-Jealous of Blurr for mastering roller blades lmao.

-his favorite games are choose your fighter and fps

-saw ONE ancient ass assassins creed playthrough and begged ratchet to install hidden tasers in his arm bands (was denied)

-Sari used her key to do it instead

-self appointed "rizzler"

-Optimus has zero idea of what that means and thinks it's code for something dubious

-Ratchet knows what it means and thinks it's silly

-"I' was something of a rizzler myself back in my day, kid"

-bumblebee cringes

-loves summer and swimming

-wants to be the fastest thing in the sea because y'know, it's bumblebee

-is spooked from the beach for awhile cuz he saw sharks in Prowls nature documentary

-there are infact, no sharks in lake Erie

Bulkhead: big guy, bigger heart

doesn't match his body type/aspirations.

Jesus fuck he's so wide?? And his belly migrated to his shoulders?? I'm gonna be honest, I really hate this design. I feel like it contributed to the "brute strength = stupid" take that most in the fandom associates with him.

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-Bulkhead is a SWEET. CARING. NERD YOU FOOLS. He's like the male version of a tall goth gf-

-a tall-nerdy-farm hand-physics bf, You got me fucked up.

-Its already shown that bulkhead really likes art in Addition to creating it. He hates being only seen as the "muscle" so it wouldn't make sense for him to lean into that.

-bunny slippers that him and sari made together(she provided the buttons)

-the slippers go missing sometimes (basically considered community property unless he's wearing them)

(ratchet and prowl are the main offenders)

-frequent art museum goer

-really likes watching cooking shows, but is too shy to make food himself

-Owns a ton of star maps

-Really wants a treehouse that he, bumblebee and sari can hang out in

-pillowfort enjoyer

-casually reads quantum physics at the beach

Prowl: draft dodger

Doesn't look like him at all.

Prowls holoform being a mustachioed,white, police officer was an actual jumpscare for 7 y/o me, I kid you not

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- I know this bitch would not wear a helmet (you can't force him to) que windswept hair

-Not as much as starscreams, for obvious reasons but yk

-prowl is like one of those "shoes are a prison for your feet"

-emo hipster

-has a pet cactus named "planty"

-bumblebee heckles him for it

-can and has brought his cactus with him on early evening motorcycle rides

-the helmet is reserved for his cactus, bring your own >:(

-salad consumer

-him and jazz share custody of the cactus

-repeat victim of the cat distribution system

-ratchet has probably spent hours telling him they can't keep any animals at base

-frequent midnight picnics with jazz

-and beachcombing

-and roaming around antique stores cuz jazz wants to know what vinyl records are

-got a mug with an attempted pink chibi cat with big round shiny eyes painted onto it, courtesy of bulkhead trying to find an artsyle

-cherishes this mug to death

-has a shrine dedicated to it

[inafieldofstarflowers]

Having alternate POVs gives a more rounded perspective of so many parts of aftg, but I think that Jean specifically gives a more in-depth view of Kevin which is deeply necessary to understand his character.

On multiple occasions throughout his narration, Neil comments on Kevin’s single-minded focus on Exy. This makes sense, because Exy is at the heart of Kevin and Neil’s relationship and is central to the overarching conflict of the books. Neil gives his game to Kevin, and Kevin takes that seriously. Moreover, Kevin has something to prove, to himself and to the world, and the success of the Foxes in their season is key to his success in proving his worth, so of course he’s focused on it. Also, Kevin just truly does love Exy: he’s spent his whole life working hard to get to where he is by the time the series begins, and he clearly did that because he cares just as much as he did it because it was expected—it makes sense that he loves the Trojans, because they play for love of the game, not just for the desire to win.

When Jean’s narration discussed Kevin, it agrees with all of these things: Kevin is fanatical and he loves the Trojans (even though his playing style is incongruous with theirs, as Jean points out) and he is arrogant, though not without cause. It also, however, gives peeks at a softer side of Kevin. Part of this is because so many interactions between Kevin and Jean are colored by Kevin’s guilt at leaving Jean behind, and the validity of Jean’s accusation that Kevin twisted the knife as he left, but regardless of the reason, Kevin lets his walls down ever so slightly when it comes to Jean, and while he’s still standoffish, it’s also evident how deeply he cares about the people he loves. Jean notices this side of him, though he doesn’t typically mention it outright, being justifiably angry with Kevin; he leans closest to admitting it when others criticize or doubt Kevin’s motivations, unwilling to let them misrepresent him.

Kevin Day is the ultimate fake idgaf-er. He has his people—Andrew, Neil, and Jean, but also the Foxes as a whole—and he sticks by them. He believes in them. His faith in Andrew keeps him going, his confidence in Neil gives him space to dream about the future, and his trust in Jean is what he falls back on (when he learns about the district change, when Neil is headed to the Nest),

Applying that lens to the original trilogy makes so many of Kevin’s actions stand out, even though Neil rarely flags them as significant or identifies them as a result of either his desire to show up Riko or his fear of retribution (which Neil sees as cowardice, while Jean intimately understands the way that bone-deep terror mixes with a cultivated, years-long habit of obedience to make a cage that is nearly impossible to escape).

In this light, Kevin’s love for the Trojans looks like a small act of defiance. His History major—of which Neil makes only a passing mention—gains weight as evidence of other passions strong enough to get Kevin to fight. Kevin’s plea for Neil to leave after he learns his identity, his decision to agree to train Neil every night, and his initial refusal to accept Neil’s choice to go to the Nest at Christmas are all highlighted, exemplifying how much he cares about Neil. Every act of defiance—every time Kevin stands up for or by the Foxes, each interview where he indicates he is where he wants to be, each moment he supports Neil instead of trying to change him—gain weight with Jean’s commentary on the trauma that comes from the Nest.

Kevin Day is an Exy player. He is arrogant and irritable and abrasive; he has built himself around his success. He has also built himself a net to fall back on out of the people he has chosen to have faith in, chooses to find worth in people the rest of the world has written off and fight for them to achieve the version of themselves everyone else has long stopped believing they could be. He is the Son of Kayleigh Day and David Wymack, and he takes after each of them in spite of growing up mostly apart from both of them.

[what-we-do-in-santa-carla]

Lost Boys Incorrect Quotes

Star: Croissants: dropped Dwayne: Road: works ahead Paul: BBQ sauce: on my titties Marko: Shavacado: fre Michael: Miss Keisha: fuckin dead David: David, grumpy: I didn’t understand a single word of that and I hate every single one of you.

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David: Who the fuck added me to a fucking group chat? Dwayne: >:O language Marko: Yeah watch your fucking language Paul: OKAY WHO TAUGHT MARKO THE FUCK WORD? Michael: 'The fuck word'. Star: Are you stupid? You guys use the f word all the time Paul: Oh my god she censored it Michael: Say fuck, Star. Paul: Do it, Star. Say fuck.

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David: Would you guys be there for me if I was going through something? Dwayne: Nope, absolutely not. Paul: I hope it sucks, whatever you're going through. Marko: I hope it emotionally scars you for the rest of your life. Michael: I hope you reach out to me so I can ignore you. Star: I can't wait to go to your funeral, knowing I could've changed that outcome.

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David: We need to distract these guys Dwayne: Leave it to me Dwayne: Centaurs have six limbs and are therefore insects. Discuss. Paul, Marko, and Michael: *Immediately begin arguing* Star, watching in horror: Oh this. I don’t like this. I don't like this at all.

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*Everyone is standing around the broken coffee maker* David: So. Who broke it? I'm not mad, I just wanna know. Everyone: Dwayne: ...I did. I broke it. David: No. No you didn't. Paul? Paul: Don't look at me. Look at Marko. Marko: What?! I didn't break it. Paul: Huh, that's weird. How'd you even know it was broken? Marko: Because it's sitting right in front of us and it's broken. Paul: Suspicious. Marko: No, it's not! Michael: If it matters, probably not, but Star was the last one to use it. Star: Liar! I don't even drink that crap! Michael: Oh really? Then what were you doing by the coffee cart earlier? Star: I use the wooden stirrers to push back my cuticles. Everyone knows that, Michael! Dwayne: Okay let's not fight. I broke it. Let me pay for it, David. David: No! Who broke it!? Everyone: Michael: David... Paul's been awfully quiet. Paul: rEALLY?! *Everyone starts arguing* David, being interviewed: I broke it. I burned my hand so I punched it. David: I predict 10 minutes from now they'll be at each other's throats with warpaint on their faces and a pig head on a stick. David: David: Good. It was getting a little chummy around here.

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Michael: Time for plan G. Sam: Don’t you mean plan B? Michael: No, we tried plan B a long time ago. I had to skip over plan C due to technical difficulties. Edgar: What about plan D? Michael: Plan D was that desperate disguise attempt half an hour ago. Alan: What about plan E? Michael: I’m hoping not to use it. David dies in plan E. Star: I like plan E.

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Star: Michael... How do I begin to explain Michael? Marko: Michael is flawless. Paul: I hear his hair's insured for $10,000. Dwayne: I hear he does car commercials... in Japan. David: One time he punched me in the face... it was awesome.

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Michael, walking into his house: Hello, people who do not live here. Paul: Hey. Dwayne: Hi. David: Hello. Star: Hey! Michael: I gave you the key to my place for emergencies only! Marko: We were out of Doritos.

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David , negotiating with Sam: We have your brother. Give us ten thousand dollars and he'll will be returned to you unharmed Michael: Whoa, whoa, wait, you think I’m only worth ten thousand dollars? David : Star, in the distance: MAKE IT ONE MILLION– David : STAR STOP

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Marko: What time is it? Paul: I don’t know; pass me that saxophone and we’ll find out Paul: *Plays sax loudly and extremely out of tune* Star: WHO THE FUCK IS PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE AT TWO IN THE MORNING Paul: It’s 2 am

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Sam: What if I press the brake and gas at the same time? David: The car takes a screenshot. Michael: For the last time, get the fuck out.

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Marko: I trust Paul. Dwayne: You think he knows what he's doing? Marko: I wouldn't go that far.

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Star: I really like this whole ‘good guy, bad guy’ thing you guys have going on. David: It’s not an act, it’s just that I’m mean and Michael isn’t

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Marko: HELP! I TOLD DWAYNE I’D COOK DINNER TONIGHT BUT I CAN’T COOK! Paul, pouring milk directly into the cereal bag: And you thought I could help?

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Alan: On the count of three, what's your favorite cake? One, two, three- Alan and Edgar, in unison: Chocolate cake peanut butter frosting with chocolate chunks! Sam: Our turn, Laddie! One, two, three- vanilla! Laddie, deadpan: I've never had cake, what is cake.

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David: Tonight, one of you will betray us. Dwayne: Is it me, David? David: No, it’s not you. Paul: Is it me, David? David: It’s not you either. Michael: Is it me, David? David: David, mockingly: Is IT mE dAvID?

[stxr-bxy]

Getting into the goth subculture

ok just to clarify, nobody asked for this but i’m making it anyway

here are some great influences for the goth music subcultures

i’ve been hyperfixated on pretty much every one except metal and grunge at one point or another so i think i’m pretty qualified to make this statement.

also some of these artists are problematic so please do your research before you promote them! also i don’t support any of their actions, they just have good music that’s very influential to the scene.

anyways…let’s get started

- siouxsie and the banshees are a really great band to start out and they’re one of the most popular goth bands. they have about 12 albums and 2 compilations. they had many members at different times but notable members are siouxsie sioux (lead vocals), jon klein (guitar), steven severin (bass + keyboards), budgie (drums), and martin mccarrick (keyboard + strings)

- another great goth band is bauhaus, they are one of the pioneers of gothic rock and are often credited with making the first goth song. they have five studio albums. members include daniel ash (guitars + saxophone + lead vocals + backing vocals), peter murphy (lead vocals + backing vocals + guitar + keyboards + melodica + congas), kevin haskins (drums + keyboards + piano + backing vocals), and david j (bass + keyboards + percussion + lead vocals + backing vocals).

- another great band to start off with is the cramps (i recommend their album psychedelic jungle). many people think of the cramps as more psychobilly or punk-ish but they are also considered gothabilly and have gothic elements. they have at least 8 (i’m not sure) studio albums, 2 EPs, 2 live albums, and 4 compilations. members include, Lux interior (lead vocals + harmonica + percussion), Poison Ivy (lead guitar + rhythm guitar + bass), Slim Chance (bass), and Nick Knox (drums + percussion)

in order for a band to be goth they must play either gothic rock, post-punk, ethereal wave, cold wave, dark wave, death rock, visual kei, gothic pop, gothic metal, gothic symphonic metal or another gothic subgenre.

some more goth bands include…

- the cure (post-punk)

- sisters of mercy

- christian death (death rock)

- she wants revenge (gothic rock)

- alien sex fiend

- sex gang children

- lebanon hanover

- type o negative (gothic metal)

- o.children

- joy division

- london after midnight

- bat nouveau

- horror vacui

- the danse society

- strawberry switchblade (gothic pop/synth pop)

- depeche mode

- cocteau twins

- switchblade symphony

- fields of the nephilium

- twin tribes

- the march violets

- xmal deutschland

- clan of xymox

- pink turns blue

- rosetta stone

- plastique noir

- mephisto walz

- corpus delicti

- 13th chime

- specimen

- skeletal family

- molchat doma

- drab majesty

- altar de fey

- inkubus sukkubus

- strawberry switchblade

- the birthday massacre

- killing joke

- this cold night

- japan

- the birthday party

- paralysed age

- the scary bitches

- scarlet’s remains

- mareux

- she past away

- bloody dead and sexy

- rose garden funeral party

- mephisto walz

- this cold night

- cold cave

and more!

edit: just a note. you do not need to dress goth to be goth. goth fashion is optional. if you choose to dress goth but don’t listen to goth music you are just alt. the only way to be goth is to agree with the beliefs behind it and listen to the music (you can also listen to other genres in addition to goth).

some beliefs of the gothic/alt community are:

- there is beauty in darkness, pain/sadness, and the macabre

- rejection of conservatism

- rejection of conformity

- anti-war

- anti-racist

- anti-fascist

- anti-authoritarian

- pro-LGBTQ

- pro-choice

- anti-capitalism

- and other leftist or anarchistic beliefs

also…

if you agree with the beliefs but nothing else you are just a leftist/anarchist

if you listen to the music or dress goth but don’t agree with the beliefs you’re not alt and/or you are considered a “poser”. right-wingers cannot be alt because they contradict eachother.

if you listen to goth music you are goth

if you agree with everything you are goth

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Random Doctor Who Facts You Might Not Know, Part 4

While trying to figure out how Jenny was the Fifth Doctor's daughter, the Nine suggested he might be her father or her mother.

The Nun once shot and imprisoned the Tenth Doctor on her TARDIS, using a psychic shroud to take on his appearance temporarily before "regenerating" into her own body.

The Eighth Doctor has traveled with both a Cyberman and an Ice Warrior before (albeit not at the same time).

Jasper and Stewart are a pair of Fledershrews (a type of bat) that took residence in the TARDIS. The Doctor considered them to be good friends.

The Doctor had at least one grandfather and seven grandmothers.

Horses can be cyber-converted.

The Seventh Doctor took Ace back in time to kill the would-be dictator as well, but they were also unable to go through with it.

At the same time the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby were dealing with goblins (24/12/2023), the Seventh Doctor and Ace were in a Los Angeles toyshop.

Wilfred Mott enlisted while he was still underage.

Orlando Bloom stars in Indiana Jones movie remakes.

Sam Jones knew what the Doctor's name is.

By some accounts, the Doctor removed his name from time, meaning only they and the Master (as well as anyone they later told) remembered it.

Ian Chesterton was taught how to ride a horse by Alexander the Great.

The TARDIS once dematerialized with a Nazi (played by David Tennant) half in, half out, leading to his incredibly gruesome death.

On Harmony, an idyllic planet, the locals harvested any visitors for food as the other animals had all died out.

Sometimes, the Doctor has worked to actively change history, like the time the Second Doctor tried to save Horatio Nelson from dying in the Battle of Trafalgar.

As the First Doctor regenerated into the Second, the TARDIS also somewhat regenerated, shrinking around fifteen centimeters.

River Song has eleven siblings such as Brooke, Stream, Lake, Creek, H-One, H-Two, O, etc. All of them are clones created by Madame Kovarian from River's DNA.

Speaking of River, she's been married to both Bernice Summerfield and Jack Harkness before.

Amy Pond was once mutated into an almost butterfly-like creature.

The Master does not like David Attenborough.

At one point, the most wanted criminal in the galaxy was the Master, and the Rani was second most wanted.

Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday was a Gallifreyan bedtime story the Eleventh Doctor recalled enjoying.

In this story, Rassilon would ask the Matrix daily: "Matrix, Matrix that sees over all, who has the power to make Gallifrey fall?" The Matrix would always respond with: "Only you, oh Rassilon. Only you, through the Eye of Harmony have that power." One day, the Matrix added: "Snowana the Fair, using the Keys of Doomsday, she has the power to destroy all of Gallifrey." Rassilon was greatly angered by this and banished Snowana to the wastelands, expecting her to die, but instead, she grew into Snow White. Selendor had created a great weapon that could be used to destroy cities and fashioned seven keys to it, one for each sin of the Time Lords. He gave one key to Snow White expecting her to get some revenge, but she instead ran away and created a force field around her and the keys. Selendor died of grief for his lost keys

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[darlin-collins]

Heyyy!!!:) NSFW// Davey♡ ,since I liked so many you can choose which ones you wanna do:) A C D K F M N O P U X Y

im doing everything everyone wants

join my picnic?

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

they prefer cuddling first, catching their breaths, giggling kissing softly, before David picks angel up and gives them a bath/shower, petting their head and praising them and kissing Their Temple

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

David cums alot, it's a lot and it's thick , in oral, angel does their best to swallow it all,but it never really happens, it always spills out, David does tell them to not swallow it all (afraid for their health) so they up only swallowing a bit

it also spills out of angel's respective parts, David like pulling out and see it basically squirt out of them, during the more wolfish sessions, he'd push it back and shut the hole with his finger (queue his breeding kink)

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs

first thing angel did after looking at the man who just accused them of following him is look down at his dick , because no tiny dick man is gonna be talking to them like that, satisfied with what they saw, they continued their banter

(basically "do you have the dick to be talking like that" "yes." "prove it" "..." "..." "he can keep talking like that")

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

breeding, dirty talk, biting,they also enjoy the trill of the chase, pinning, edging is on the table too

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying

angel pinned to their bed getting a good dicking down by David who's on top of them

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

David showing any type of physical strength, lifting them, pushing something heavy that sort of thing

angel wearing David 's clothing

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

David is pretty open to anything but i don't think he'd like 3sums or sharing Angel in general

same goes for angel

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

David is pretty good at oral, but he's better w his dick

before meeting David, angel was good at oral,but David did give them tips and some additions to their game, especially to find their way around his size, now they're amazing at it,but it is low-key costume made for David

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

fast n rough w your occasional touchy feely sessions

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

David would be edging sometimes stopping just when angel is about to come just to watch them squirm for a moment under him with a smirk

angel is snarky and all,but it only takes one long ,deep thrust from David to get them to know their place

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

big tits,bigger ass,big arms,bigger dick

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

at first it was pretty high, David hasn't had action in some time ,and angel is not one to pass a good dicking,now it's a bit lower,but still high compared to others

[cinelestial]

Apple Music’s ‘100 Best Albums of All Time’ list:

#1. Lauryn Hill — The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

#2. Michael Jackson — Thriller

#3. The Beatles — Abbey Road

#4. Prince & The Revolution — Purple Rain

#5. Frank Ocean — Blonde

#6. Stevie Wonder — Songs in the Key of Life

#7. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city

#8. Amy Winehouse — Back to Black

#9. Nirvana — Nevermind

#10. Beyoncé — Lemonade

#11. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours

#12. Radiohead — OK Computer

#13. Jay-Z — The Blueprint

#14. Bob Dylan — Highway 61 Revisited

#15. Adele — 21

#16. Joni Mitchell — Blue

#17. Marvin Gaye — What’s Going On

#18. Taylor Swift — 1989 (Taylor’s Version)

#19. Dr. Dre — The Chronic

#20. The Beach Boys — Pet Sounds

#21. The Beatles — Revolver

#22. Bruce Springsteen — Born to Run

#23. Daft Punk — Discovery

#24. David Bowie — The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

#25. Miles Davis — Kind of Blue

#26. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

#27. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin II

#28. Pink Floyd — The Dark Side of the Moon

#29. A Tribe Called Quest — The Low End Theory

#30. Billie Eilish — WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

#31. Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill

#32. The Notorious B.I.G. — Ready to Die

#33. Radiohead — Kid A

#34. Public Enemy — It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

#35. The Clash — London Calling

#36. Beyoncé — BEYONCÉ

#37. Wu-Tang Clan — Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

#38. Carole King — Tapestry

#39. Nas — Illmatic

#40. Aretha Franklin — I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

#41. OutKast — Aquemini

#42. Janet Jackson — Control

#43. Talking Heads — Remain in Light

#44. Stevie Wonder — Innervisions

#45. Björk — Homogenic

#46. Bob Marley & The Wailers — Exodus

#47. Drake — Take Care

#48. Beastie Boys — Paul’s Boutique

#49. U2 — The Joshua Tree

#50. Kate Bush — Hounds of Love

#51. Prince — Sign O’ the Times

#52. Guns N' Roses — Appetite for Destruction

#53. The Rolling Stones — Exile on Main St.

#54. John Coltrane — A Love Supreme

#55. Rihanna — ANTI

#56. The Cure — Disintegration

#57. D’Angelo — Voodoo

#58. Oasis — (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

#59. Arctic Monkeys — AM

#60. The Velvet Underground & Nico — The Velvet Underground and Nico

#61. Sade — Love Deluxe

#62. 2Pac — All Eyez on Me

#63. The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Are You Experienced?

#64. Erykah Badu — Baduizm

#65. De La Soul — 3 Feet High and Rising

#66. The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead

#67. Portishead — Dummy

#68. The Strokes — Is This It

#69. Metallica — Master of Puppets

#70. N.W.A — Straight Outta Compton

#71. Kraftwerk — Trans-Europe Express

#72. SZA — SOS

#73. Steely Dan — Aja

#74. Nine Inch Nails — The Downward Spiral

#75. Missy Elliott — Supa Dupa Fly

#76. Bad Bunny — Un Verano Sin Ti

#77. Madonna — Like a Prayer

#78. Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

#79. Lana Del Rey — Norman F*****g Rockwell!

#80. Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP

#81. Neil Young — After the Gold Rush

#82. 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin'

#83. Patti Smith — Horses

#84. Snoop Dogg — Doggystyle

#85. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour

#86. Mary J. Blige — My Life

#87. Massive Attack — Blue Lines

#88. Nina Simone — I Put a Spell on You

#89. Lady Gaga — The Fame Monster

#90. AC/DC — Back in Black

#91. George Michael — Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1

#92. Tyler, The Creator — Flower Boy

#93. Solange — A Seat at the Table

#94. Burial — Untrue

#95. Usher — Confessions

#96. Lorde — Pure Heroine

#97. Rage Against the Machine — Rage Against the Machine

#98. Travis Scott — ASTROWORLD

#99. Eagles — Hotel California

#100. Robyn — Body Talk

[horneboy]

rare aesthetic: david o doherty and tim key being best mates

[mariacallous]

Although much of the commentary about U.S. President Donald Trump continues to revolve around the ways that he upends traditional Republican Party politics, much of his success, in fact, stems from the opposite—the ways in which he champions policies that have been at the core of the GOP for decades.

It was not a surprise that Trump’s inaugural address included the words “drill, baby, drill,” a catchphrase that gained popularity with vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin in her 2008 campaign for vice president, eight years before Trump first ran. And when Palin injected the phrase into the popular bloodstream, it already reflected decades of Republicans shifting from environmental concerns and promoting higher rates of fossil fuel production.

Every time that Trump utters the phrase, he reminds Republicans that regardless of his behavior, much of what he is fighting for is exactly what they have desired since the 1970s. He is the party’s path to political power and achieving key policies, as he demonstrated with passage of a massive supply-side tax cut in 2017.

Trump is the battering ram that Republicans have been looking for in their efforts to weaken or dismantle the regulations that environmentalists have struggled to put into place over the decades. Whenever the president says “drill, baby, drill,” he offers a not-so-subtle reminder to Republicans that yes—he is, in fact, one of them.

There was a time when Republicans were not unilaterally opposed to environmentalism. Between 1964 and 1976 were what writers Gregg Coodley and David Sarasohn called “the Green Years,” when most of the movement’s major federal policy initiatives, including the Clean Air Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, were created with bipartisan support.

Numerous Republicans—such as President Richard Nixon—grudgingly went along with legislation to protect the environment. Or—as was the case with Tennessee Sen. Howard Baker and Pennsylvania Rep. John Saylor—they even enthusiastically championed this particular expansion of federal power.

Since Nixon’s presidency, though, many leading Republicans have attempted to push back against efforts to curtail the United States’ thirst for oil. With the environmental movement gaining strength in the 1970s, as historian Meg Jacobs argues in her book Panic at the Pump, prominent Republicans within President Gerald Ford’s administration worked within the executive branch to undercut attempts to redirect national policy toward conservation.

President Ronald Reagan likewise cast doubt over efforts to deal with issues such as acid rain, and he deployed executive muscle to roll back regulations that did make it onto the books. He appointed cabinet secretaries such as James Watt at the Department of Interior and Anne Gorsuch at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—people who had no interest in implementing the policies that were under their jurisdiction.

“It was eight lost years—years of lost time that cannot be made up and where a lot of damage was done that may not be reparable,” lamented the then-president of the Wilderness Society, George Frampton Jr., in 1989.

As environmentalism gained strength within the Democratic Party, Republicans doubled down on the fight.

Within Congress, a new generation of Republicans that entered into Capitol Hill in the 1980s and 1990s likewise shifted to the right on environmental regulation. The “Contract With America,” a 1994 policy proposal in which Georgia Rep. Newt Gingrich and his allies developed as a platform to nationalize the midterms, did not mention the environment and called for policies that would handcuff regulatory bodies.

Gingrich, who often could express broader concern for the health of the environment, blasted the EPA as the “biggest job-killing agency in inner-city America” in a speech in 1995, just one month into his term as speaker of the House. In his mind, the EPA was a “highly centralized command bureaucracy artificially trying to impose its judgment with almost no knowledge of local conditions and with a static rather than dynamic view of itself.” He called the 1980 Superfund law, aimed at cleaning up toxic waste sites, a “national disgrace.”

One of President George W. Bush’s first acts in 2001 was to remove the United States from the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement from 1997 aimed at reducing greenhouse emissions. The administration repeatedly cast doubt on scientific reports indicating a consensus about the problem of rising global temperatures.

Bush also established the Energy Task Force, headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, which worked with executives from the oil industry to issue a report that acknowledged the need for efficiency and conservation but simultaneously proposed strengthening the existing infrastructure for oil production and increasing fossil fuel production until alternative energy sources were more realistic. The report also called for expanding the sources of foreign oil to achieve stability at home.

Though, to his frustration, Bush and the GOP failed to open up drilling in the Alaska Arctic Wildlife Refuge, he rolled back many environmental regulations. In other areas, the story was the same. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, the president reversed regulations on mining metals, blocked rules to reduce the discharge of raw sewage into water, and more. Under Bush, the Office of Management and Budget gained significant power to dismantle or avoid implementing existing rules.

The phrase “drill, baby, drill,” which boiled the entire shift of the ideological outlook of Republicans down to the essence, is credited to Michael Steele, who served as the lieutenant governor of Maryland and the chairman of the 2008 Republican National Convention (and is currently a prominent anti-Trump host on MSNBC), in response to gas having reached $4 a gallon.

“So, do you want to put your country first? Then let’s reduce our dependency on foreign sources of oil and promote oil and gas production at home,” Steele told the delegates gathered in St. Paul, Minneapolis, at the 2008 convention. “In other words: Drill, baby, drill! And drill now!” The crowed instantly burst out repeating what Steele, who later expressed regret for his statement, had said.

Steele was the inventor, but it was 2008 vice presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. Palin who gave it juice. After the late Sen. John McCain selected Palin as his running mate, the governor quickly proved that she knew how to rile up a crowd. From her acceptance speech through her fall rallies, Palin had a number of breakthrough talking points, including railing against the “lamestream media” and boasting of being “your average hockey mom.” There were also all kinds of slights and insinuations against the Democratic candidate, then-Sen. Barack Obama, whom Palin made a point of emphasizing his middle name, “Hussein.”

But one of the lines that did best was when she turned to the subject of oil. “Drill, baby, drill!” she liked to say from the podium while the audience repeated her words as if they were joining in during the “shoot interviews” that professional wrestlers conduct from the squared circle.

During her debate with then-Sen. Joe Biden on Oct. 2, 2008, Palin stood firm as her opponent lit into McCain’s record on solar and wind energy. It was almost as if she had been waiting for Biden to criticize her by saying, “the only answer is drill, drill, drill.” Palin’s face lit up as she corrected him: “The chant is ‘drill, baby, drill.’ And that’s what we hear all across this country.”

Writing in the New York Times, Bob Herbert quipped: “The credit markets are frozen. Our top general in Afghanistan is dialing 911. Americans are losing jobs by the scores of thousands. And Sarah Palin is making sure we know that the chant is ‘drill, baby, drill’ not ‘drill, drill, drill.’”

When speaking in Colorado in late October, the crowd was euphoric when Palin brought up the issue, engaging in a call and response with the candidate. The line, according to energy reporter Clifford Krauss, looking back four years later, was “among the best lines of the 2008 presidential campaign, colorfully capturing the desire of many Americans for cheap, reliable energy produced at home rather than in unpredictable places like Iran or Venezuela.”

Two years after she and McCain were defeated, Palin hadn’t backed down from her slogan. Following the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, when some Republicans backed away from the term for fear that their record would make the party look terrible, she argued on social media that “Extreme Greenies: see now why we push ‘drill, baby, drill’ of known reserves & promising finds in safe onshore places like ANWR? Now do you get it?” Her argument was that drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was safer than offshore drilling. In 2016, she used the phrase in her endorsement of Trump—though in that case, senior party members would be on the receiving end: “No, we’re not going to chill. In fact, it’s time to drill, baby, drill down, and hold these folks accountable and we need to stop the self-sabotage and elect a new and independent candidate who represents that.”

During the 2022 midterms, Palin reappeared as she traveled to back Republican candidates, bringing back the phrase to wildly enthusiastic crowds.

When Trump first emerged on the political scene, he was treated like a total renegade, outside the Republican tradition and bringing down the establishment. But on many core policy issues, including energy, climate change, and the environment, he and the GOP were on the same page. During his first term, Trump rolled back hundreds of environmental measures and vastly expanded the opportunities for drilling.

With a constant eye on Pennsylvania and other top energy-producing states, he made certain that voters knew his vision for “making America great again” including a lot of fracking. “I applaud and strongly support President Trump’s continued support for the oil and gas industry,” proclaimed Kevin Stitt, the governor of Oklahoma, in 2020.

For Trump, the phrase “drill, baby, drill” is more than mere rhetoric. During the 2024 campaign, he reportedly met with oil executives in May, asking them for a billion dollars in campaign funds as he listened to a list of their demands.

Then, in his blitzkrieg of executive orders during week one of his term, Trump issued many decisions that touched on fossil fuel production, including boosting oil and gas production in Alaska, removing a pause that Biden had imposed on approving applications to export liquified natural gas operations, and revoking an order from his predecessor that would have required half of the new cars being sold by 2030 to be electric. He pulled out of the Paris climate agreement. More decisions are certainly on the way.

Some of the biggest concern, ironically, is coming from the oil and gas companies that, despite their enthusiasm for the new administration’s position, don’t want to produce more unless they can also raise oil and natural gas prices—something that would be antithetical to Trump’s promise to bring down inflation. Many of these companies, according to the New York Times, are also focused on tightening their belts right now, which means diminished investment in fracking. The United States is already enjoying extremely high levels of oil and natural gas production. Nonetheless, the concerns have not overridden the satisfaction of having a president who is on their side.

Calling for drilling for oil is as Republican as it gets. With this emphasis, Trump connects easily with all sorts of Republicans—young, old, establishment, anti-establishment—and everything in between. He reminds the party, and many of its most important economic interests, that he is with them through and through.

The coalition between MAGA Republicans and the rest of the party is a coalition built around power and policy. Trump survived the aftermath of the 2020 election not because he has some kind of superhuman power, but because he never veered very far from where the rest of Republicans were.

[fdelopera]

Welcome to the 43rd installment of 15 Weeks of Phantom, where I post all 68 sections of Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, as they were first printed in Le Gaulois newspaper 115 yeas ago.

In today’s installment, we have Chapter 17, “Christine ! Christine !” (“Christine! Christine!”), as well as Part I of Chapter 18, “Révélations étonnantes de Mme Giry, relatives à ses relations personnelles avec le fantôme de l’Opéra” (“Mme Giry’s Astonishing Revelations, Regarding Her Personal Relations with the Phantom of the Opera”).

This section was first printed on Tuesday, 30 November, 1909.

For anyone following along in David Coward's translation of the First Edition of Phantom of the Opera (either in paperback, or Kindle, or from another vendor -- the ISBN-13 is: 978-0199694570), the text starts in Chapter 16 with, “Following Christine Daaé’s startlingly phantasmagoric disappearance, Raoul’s first thought had been to suspect Erik,” and goes to Chapter 17, “…in which Messrs Richard and Moncharmin had locked themselves for reasons still unclear to the reader which it is my duty as chronicler to keep hidden from him no longer.” 

NOTE: The ending of this section in the Gaulois text differs from the ending in the First Edition, since in Chapter 17 of the First Edition, Leroux summarized the events that transpired in “The Magic Envelope” (the chapter that Leroux omitted from the First Edition, for which I published the first English translation). See #6 below.

There are some differences between the Gaulois text and the First Edition. In this section, these include (highlighted in red above):

1) Chapter XVIII was printed as Chapter XIX. This numbering error was made in Chapter VII, and was not corrected, so it was propagated throughout the Gaulois publication.

2) Chapter 18 in the Gaulois text is Chapter 17 in the First Edition, etc.

3) This passage appeared in the Gaulois text, but was omitted from the First Edition:

Que va-t-il devenir ? Que devient-elle ? Où est-elle ?…

Translation:

“What was to become of him? What was to become of her? Where was she?”

4) Compare the Gaulois text:

Oui, Christine lui a bien parlé de cela !… Et il court, il sort.

Translation:

“Yes, Christine had spoken to him of that!… And he rushed out.”

To the First Edition:

Oui, Christine lui a bien parlé de cela !… Et après avoir constaté, hélas ! que la lourde clef n'est pas dans le coffret, il n'en court pas moins à la rue Scribe.

Translation:

“Yes, Christine had spoken to him of that!… And after noting, alas, that the weighty key was not in its box, he nevertheless rushed to the Rue Scribe.”

5) This line was added to the First Edition, and did not appear in the Gaulois text:

Le Persan !

Translation:

“The Persian!”

6) In the First Edition, the following section of the Gaulois text was cut from "Mme Giry’s Astonishing Revelations," and a section was added to summarize "The Magic Envelope." In Coward’s translation, this added text goes from, “I have had occasion to observe that, over a period, the mood of both Directors had changed for the worse” and goes to, “The next time eventually came round… as it happened, on the very day of Christine Daaé’s disappearance.”

In the Gaulois text, Leroux wrote (highlighted in red above):

I will surprise no one in stating that MM. Richard and Moncharmin had not abandoned the hope of returning the first twenty thousand francs to their cashbox, which the Phantom had taken out. And to this purpose, they had not hesitated to risk twenty thousand more. This is, moreover, a bold wager, or if you will, a daring calculation, which is rather common amongst unlucky gamblers. The Managers had lost the first round against P. of the O. They hoped to win the second.

“May the second round go to us!” Richard had thus exclaimed… “I have only preached patience, my poor Moncharmin, so that we may better catch P. of the O. with his hand in the till.”

The till, in this case, was none other than the magic envelope.

7) Minor differences in punctuation.

Click here to see the entire edition of Le Gaulois from 30 November, 1909. This link brings you to page 4 of the newspaper — Le Fantôme is at the bottom of the page in the feuilleton section. Click on the arrow buttons at the bottom of the screen to turn the pages of the newspaper, and click on the Zoom button at the bottom left to magnify the text.

[yeoldecryptid]

My Discworld fan casts:

(let’s pretend this casting takes place in a wibbly wobbly timey wimey world so we don’t have to acknowledge that some of these folks are no longer acting or are too old for the part.)

Otto Chriek: Henning Wehn.

Twoflower: Key Huy Quan

Havelock Vetinari: Stephen Briggs (I mean, you can’t get a better person than that, can you?)

Granny Weatherwax: Maggie Smith

Eskerina: Millie Davis (specifically her as a child actress. She played Ms. O if any of you have seen the kid’s show Odd Squad)

Ponder Stibbons: Brian David Gilbert

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Hear My Righteous Plea

1 Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

10 They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

14 From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. — Psalm 17 | King James Version (KJV) The King James Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Numbers 6:24; Deuteronomy 32:10; 1 Samuel 2:3; 1 Samuel 23:26; 2 Chronicles 6:40; Job 23:10-11; Psalm 1:1; Psalm 3:7; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 4:3; Psalm 6:4; Psalm 7:2; Psalm 9:4; Psalm 10:5; Psalm 10:9; Psalm 10:12; Psalm 18:30; Psalm 18:36; Psalm 27:12; Psalm 37:31; Psalm 88:17; Psalm 98:9; Psalm 99:4; Ecclesiastes 6:2; Matthew 13:15; Luke 16:25; Luke 21:20; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 John 3:2; Revelation 22:4

Psalm 17 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise)

Key Passages in Psalm 17

1. David, in confidence of his integrity, craves defense of God against his enemies 10. He shows their pride, craft, and eagerness 13. He prays against them in confidence of his hope

[thefuseoftemptation]

maybe for the lost boys you could do how they’d teach y/n how to drive? maybe headcannons

oh, OH.

THE LOST BOYS X GN!READER

WARNING(S): cussing, the use of y/n (just bc I know some of us prefer when it’s not used so here’s a warning) I typed this out in under half an hour so if there’re typos, then you know why. NOT PROOFREAD.

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they'll be teasing you for not knowing how.

Whether you just ask one of them or you go to all of them, they'll show you, but they'll show you their way.

and let's just get it out there, Dwayne is the one to go to when it comes to learning.

He's also the one who's got more of a understanding when it comes to rules.

you ask Marko or Paul? you might as well be making your own bed, man.

And David? I mean sure, but c'mon, think about it, it's David.

and there's many scenerios at which this could go too so-

but I'll put how each of them would be and then the further we go, I'll put how it'll be if all of them were showing you at the same time....which is never something to be heard in the same sentence.

David

let's say for the scenerio w David, while he (or more so all the boys) knew you didn't know how to drive, you still went to one of the others and asked if they could teach you.

and while he never showed it, why were you asking them and not him?

like the guy would legit be taken back (but not show it) that you had gone to Paul to teach you

Paul? Really?!!

but let's be for real, asking David to teach you to drive is like asking your parent.....if y'know, Y'KNOW

you may as well have not gone to the boys in the first place if if this were case

if anything, he more likely makes you come to him rather you go to him on your own terms.

for this, he probably told the boys to step back just so you could go up to him later on

"David..."

"We'll start in a few."

He more likely tells you how to go about driving rather than show you.....if that makes sense.

Like he'll sit back, stare ahead and just tell you what to do rather than being more hands on and guiding you through every step

which is very very annoying bc you need a little more than that, David

Though he is one of the boys to tell you about safety and all that stuff everyone talks about

you get behind the wheel? you better have that goddamn seatbelt on. even though he himself doesn't have it on.

while he never outwardly shows his concern, it's there. so you get in and try putting the keys in before your seatbelt's on? He's going to tell you something.

"Unless your looking to be head first through that windshield, I suggest you put your seatbelt on. Or I could just turn you now and we won't to worry about that...."

Hence you putting your seatbelt on while giving him a side eye.

expect to have a few alot of disagreements about standard procedures/rules when it comes to being on the road

"I'm not going to go, David. I don't have the right away!"

"Y/N asked me to teach you, so I'm teaching you. So turn."

"I did not ask you!" you did, but he wasn't your go to.

or

"Stay to your side."

"I am on my side."

"No, your steering into this lane."

"I'm in my own goddamn lane!"

cue you swerving bc you were in fact, in the said lane he'd been referring to.

"Told you."

and though you hadn't been looking forward to it, David isn't all that bad at teaching you.

Dwayne

he's the go to.

Dwayne is the go to when it comes to certain things, and in this case, it's driving.

he's even the go to when your riding with them. while you like taking turns between all your boys sometimes, not dying, is preferred.

plus, when you ride with Dwayne, it gives you the opportunity to feel his exposed torso.

the guy is shirtless all the time, what do you expect? only someone in the right mind would think the same thing

and like David, he will tell you to put your seatbelt on. but it's more of a reminder than telling.

He'll probably put his on himself

Even if he isn't exactly the most ideal example since he and the boys are always breaking rules, being on the road isn't excluded. He speeds and cuts others off just as much as they do, he just doesn't do it as often as them. He still wants to make sure he can be an example when you're around at least.

afterall you're just a mere person. you're not like them....yet.

and though he isn't much of a talker, he'll be one when it comes to this

you're sure this is the most he's spoken in the time you've known each other.

Dwayne is very hands on when it comes to this, and is nothing like David when it comes to telling you when you're doing something you're not supposed to or when your lacking in a certain department.

it's definitely his tone, man.

"just keep the wheel still, you're steering into this lane a little...."

and it's in the lowest voice ever, almost in a whisper before he gently guides your hands to steady the wheel.

you learn a lot with him in one session than you do with the others in one week.

Paul

m'sorry but anyone in their right mind shouldn't be going to a guy like Paul when it comes to teaching you how to drive.

It's Paul.

that should be enough of an explanation in itself.

but to be real, he's probably not that bad of a teacher.

sure, when you'd asked him something, he didn't even know the answer to, he at least learned it with you as you went. even if it may have almost got you guys hit and possibly even broken a law, at least you guys knew.....now.

just don't tell David or Dwayne. they'll have his head.

he's very laid back when it comes to anything, this isn't excluded.

like Dwayne, in a way, he sort of just reminds you, when he’s not forgetting himself.

he doesn't tell you like David would, he just sort of waves it off or shrugs when you make a mistake like hit the curb.

it's comforting yet concerning bc man, this is safety and I shouldn't be hitting the curb to begin with.

it's one thing when he was showing you how to ride his bike, not that it's ever come to you using it or any of them (he was just simply showing you), but it's a whole other thing with him showing you how to drive a vehicle.

the boys attention goes from one thing to another.

one moment he's telling you where to go and the next, he's asking what button does what before pressing it or even pressing on the horn.

"Paul, would you stop that!" you say for the umpteenth time.

"Fine." cue him turning up the volume to the a radio before going on to press something else.

let's just say it's too much with him sitting next to you sometimes.

Marko

it's an uncetainty w this one bc you're not sure how he's going to be or what he'll say to you during the time.

you've seen how he is on his bike alone so you weren't sure why you were questioning yourself when you asked him....

out of all the boys, Marko is the one whose temper doesn't last

I'm saying that in "you keep asking or making him repeat the same question/answers, it’ll set him off," sort of way but also in a "if someone pulls some nonsense on you while your driving, that's it," sort of way.

he doesn't put up with that in general much less, on the road, what makes you think he's going to tolerate it when your in the vehicle with him?!

And put you being behind the wheel and someone cuts you off or honks bc you're going too slow (you're learning), he's going to be pushing on that horn so quick.

not to mention sticking his head out the window to cuss the person out

let's just say you had to press on the pedal more than once when he told you to pull over so he could let them have it.

It never meant that. it always ends up w someone else on a missing flyer

sometimes it's over little stuff too

like if it was your fault, he'll still argue that they were the cause

"Marko, it wasn't even them, I mean I was-"

"They should know though! It's just basic common sense!"

"How is it basic common sense when they don't know it's my first time on the road and I'm still learning? It's not like there's a sign they could see that tells them 'hey, I'm new, go easy!'

"Still!"

He gets annoyed that you defend someone else over something you did.

He's not a bad teacher per say, he's just one you prefer not having on the road especially when you're still new to it all.

all of them

m'sorry but make your bed already. there's no way of you making out of there

it's one thing to go to one of them and ask but to have all of them in the same space with you, and on the road for god sakes!

let's be real though, in this scenerio you probably did go to one of them and then the rest just took it upon themselves to come

or

it could be that you already got your license and are taking them for a ride

again, make your bed. why would you even think of that?

back to where I was though

they're all in that car with you, it's going to be a lot.

David is going to be in the front. no matter what.

Paul didn’t just get a foot to his behind for nothing

the rest of the boys are in the back, if there's even room for them back there

you got three out of four there, two of which are tall, there's going to have to be some leg space

I see it like this, Dwayne and Marko probably take to the sides, by the windows, while Paul is seated in the middle

it becomes too much bc let's face it, you got four boys in the car with you. four boys....think about that.

it's only when David finally says something that they sit down

and god, you really wished he would've said something sooner if it got them like this

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