#Octane gets married??

[foreverlilmeowmeow]

Helloooooo!! Can you write a one shot about Octane from apex proposing to the reader please I realized there’s no fanfics abt it. Can it also be a fem reader? Thanks man🤘

Omg! I love this idea and I don't see much either as I love Octane just as much. I'm sorry it took me so long to write and I'm sorry if the fight scene is a bit messy. I'm not really good with fighting scenes but I feel like Octane would do something like this so enjoy :)

requests are still open, they just might take me a while as I'm shuffling between jobs and some drama at home, but please fill free to send me your ideas :) I'll get to them as soon as I can! Thanks :)

~Sleepy Ash

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Summary: You were in the middle of a fight on Broken Moon and your boyfriend of what felt like years decided now was the time to propose to you.

Warnings: nothing too big? Maybe the characters getting shot, but nothing too bad I would think.

Words: 1269

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“What are you doing? Are you crazy?” Lifeline asked as bullets were going past her head. 

“I’m gonna ask her to marry me. I mean I don’t see the issue here, plus she and I have been dating for a while. I don’t see her saying no.” Octane said as he peaked over the ledge to see where the enemy team was. 

“But we're in the middle of a fight right now. Are you sure she’s not gonna say no because we're preoccupied?” Lifeline asked as Octane shook his head. 

“I don’t think so. If in all honesty I think everyone will be shocked that Octavio Silva is finally settling down after all these years. I know I would be.” Octane laughed as Y/N made a winge noise over mic and then called out that she was downed by a second team. 

“Well, here’s your chance to be the hero. Go get them I guess.” Lifeline said as she rolled her eyes. She peaked over the ledge that Octane had just looked over and had seen where Y/N had gone down and sighed knowing that if he didn’t hurry the ring was going to pinch them and that was something she didn’t want to deal with.

“I’m coming Y/N! Just hold on!” Octane called over mic as he jabbed the needle of his stim into his chest and jetted out of the building on the north east side of The Mirage Voyage, grabbing the zipline, and then down to the second floor where he saw Mirage finishing Y/N and Wraith guardian the door.

“Wow, that's quite the predemis—Pruh—Preh... Predicam—uh... It's a bad situation for you.” Mirage smiled as he started moving backwards in some type of moonwalk dance and kick up his foot to finish Y/N but ended up stopping as Octane pulled out his R-99 and started shooting him, stopping him from finishing Y/N, and had both Wraith and Mirage focused on Octane so Lifeline could pick Y/N up.

"On yuh feet. Lifeline's gotcha back." Lifeline smiled as she had quickly followed Octane down the zipline and through the building to pick Y/N up. The three of them now dealing with Wraith and Mirage that when Y/N did finally heal up Lifeline had gotten shot by their third member Bangalore and groaned seeing her down weapon was a G Scout fully kitted.

“Tango down.” Bangalore smirked as she and Y/N locked eyes. Bangs was about to go after Y/N when Octane got between the two and sat down on one knee nearly confusing Bangalore and Y/N on what he was doing.

“Le-et me have this moment real quick, please?” Octane said as he shot at Bangalore giving her a warning and then downed Mirage as he tried to finish the job with Y/N.

“What are you doing? We have to finish them!” Y/N growled as she was aiming her gun at Bangalore looking around to figure out where the hell Wraith had fazed off too.

“Something I should have done a long time ago but was too chicken to do so…” Octane said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out what could only be but a small square velvet box. 

“You gotta be kidding me.” Bangalore said while shaking her head, “You're doing this now?!”

Octane nodded his head, “Uh, yeah, I don’t see a better time than doing it now.” 

Lifeline rolled her eyes as she and Bangalore waited for Octane to continue. The three of them standing on the bottom floor of the building just watching the ring grow closer as Mirage was knocked down in a corner, probably talking to Wraith and figuring out what to do while the other team and Bangalore were off proposing to people.

“Well, get on your knee Silva, got less than four-five.” Bangalore said as Octane quickly nodded and turned to face Y/n. His left hand removing his goggles so everyone could see his brown eyes and his cheeks a bit pink as he, himself, couldn’t believe he was doing this.

“Come on Silva we don’t have all day.” Lifeline said as she was starting to join the group of annoyed people.

“Right, Y/N, -” Octane began as Y/N nodded smiling from ear to ear, “-I know we haven’t been an item for a long time and I know we’ve been friends for twice as much, but ever since that day up on Kings Canyon on the jump course, where we did some sick teamwork on the jump pads, I knew I wanted to spend  foverever with you. You're fun and amazing and when you do that thing with the P2020.” She flipped it around her pointer finger and then threw it up into the air before catching and putting it back into its holster, “I knew you were the love of my life, my partner in crime, my life long duo…” the list goes on and on as when Octane finally pulled out the ring Y/N gasped. The diamond was green wrapped around pure silva (see what I did there??). It was the same color as his stim and green hair. Tiny but on point as he didn’t want something flashy, but enough to catch someone’s eye. He wanted the ring to represent him and her put together and to show that Octavio Silva can be locked down. He just had to find someone special enough to do so.

“Awe, babe, you… shouldn’t have…” Y/N said as she held out her hand and waited for Octane to finish. 

“Come on Silva pick it up we gotta go!” Bangalore said as she tapped her foot against the concrete. 

“Ooo, right…” Octane said as he nodded. He pulled the ring out of the velvet box and smiled, holding it up to Y/N with a smile, “Will you make me the most happiest man alive and marry me?” 

Y/N smiled nodding, “Of course you idiot. Of Course.'' and when she slipped on the ring Wraith came out of nowhere and finished off the three of them. First throwing a grenade and weakening them and then knocking all three of them with a R-301.

“Jesus, Wraith, couldn’t come fast enough? Where did you go?” Bangalore said as she threw down and heat shield and started looting through Octane’s box.

“I had to take care of some outside squads. I heard some strays while shielding up earlier and just sorry I came back late.” She said as she picked up Mirage who was mumbling some nonsense to himself. He looted through Y/N’s box as when the three of them were done. Heading out of the building and took off on the zipline.

“Did you know he was going to propose all this time?” Mirage asked as he looked back at Bangalore.

“Yeah, but I wasn’t expecting him to nearly kill us all with ring.” Banaglore sighed as she felt the heat from the ring burn her skin.

“Damn. Such a shame they all had to go out like that. Would have been rom-roman-uh cool if they got to be the champion squad in the end.” Mirage stumbled as Wraith nodded.

“Yeah, it would have, but I decided to end things. Now come on. We have less than three squads left and this ring is really burning us here.” Wraith said as they jumped off the zipline and headed to the next. They had a long way to go, but in the end Octane was happy and so was Y/N.

[pensbridge]

S3 First Reactions 🪞🐝🦋🪶

❤️ Already fangirled about the whole engagement night - the hugs, Hyacinth!!!

Colin not being able to stay away for that long after their engagement announcement and immediately excusing himself at Anthony's suggestion is exactly what I'd expect of him. ×

❤️ Colin calling out Portia. "out of love." 😢

❤️ "OUR BRIDGERTON NAME" is so important, because it's reiterating that Penelope's getting to choose her family when the one she was born into is so awful

He was so nervous when she didn't respond to their new home.

"Because I love you...Pen." 😢

"Are you sure?" PEN, no 😭😭😭

❤️ That mirror moment (i love how he said "the way your eyes shine when you look at me..." callback to her complimenting his eyes) "...And other things..."

bxtch they stuck with the thread of Colin not opening his eyes to stay in the dream and Pen checking to see if it's real when they kiss

The eye acting of Nicola and Luke! (they are being doe eyes x the intensity of his gaze or w/e it is)

The gulp <3 Nicola

"You are so beautiful."

❤️ The first time!!!

"I hope my husband.." - Fran, AND John -"I would not dream of it" 😯 asdfjgkglyl

Kate & El (got their s2 vibes)

Ahh, the "Do I look a mess?" "You are my mess" was delivered so perfectly.

cute, cute, cute riding through town in carriage (no personal space)

The hand kiss in front of portia!

Colin handing Eloise the spoon 🤣

❤️ the charades game - the cutest thing (they're holding hands)

Also, fuckin Anthony being tooo competitive 😆

Peneloise rights! The back 'n forth in the game 😬

The panic attack was high-octane; the concern in the scene was cute xxx

❤️ Fran looking at John & Violet hating this story lol.....and then, me noticing her realization to another child in love

❤️ The look & collar tug in the church (polin is so dorky & domestic already)

❤️ Soooooo....the spontaneous dance in the church is better than I thought it was gonna be...their goofy footwork, spinning in a multitude of circles "dancing with MY FUTURE WIFE in THE CHURCH WHERE WE WILL BE MARRIED" bye

Part 1, the ton jokes and bullies them and Part 2, we just see people that can't help but get happy and giddy when they see their young love. Violet and Lady Danbury awwing at polin and embracing them in the park!!!

❤️ "I am going to look at the very fine wainscoting" -John, please! 😅

"Not every attachment must be dramatic and hard-fought." - Francesca 😢 bby, you're right

I legit went from this man has the crazy eyes ppl talk about to *tired eyes Wide-Open*... Bi Benedict?! ..I'm getting Bi Benedict?! (I was like: Why?Is?He?Staring?at?him?Like?That? (i knew i sensed the vibes! The Best Surprise!!!)

"This dance does not compare to a private waltz in the church where we'll be married." She's SO cute! "Well perhaps we shall have to add some flourish." Stop. km now (that's so him! he is so dumb; they're married already and dumb as they should be! ×)

Props again with the deaf representation & the sass when Miss Cressida enters the ball

"A scandal writer for a daughter. Can you imagine?" - Portia (i'm sorry i love this whole sequence)

Polin gets more perfectly dork w/stepping on feet being included during their dance at The Mondrich Ball (that's very them)

Thank god for Bridgerton giving us hour long episodes in this 2nd part.

❤️ Eloise admitting she's wrong (and so casually) 😢 ps i think they both have faults but i just love this

❤️ "The column began because I felt powerless in my own home." - Pen (well, i'm glad she said it!)

ok, now Pen admits her faults. all is right again

❤️ Irish accent again

"You are Lady Whistledown." This reveal was everything

omg, was this the scene where he wasn't supposed to cry, but did?! What would I have done without this reaction in such an important moment?! 😢

I love how Penelope highlighted the voiceless as she said she should with Eloise in her new edition of Whistledown

Violet to Agatha - "..but I hope you know that my care for you is not contingent on your aid." 😢 (she sees her)

This whole fight outside the modiste's. 😭

"I have been careful. You have been foolish.."

❤️ "I LOVE YOU" and he was shocked (an 'ily for you' moment) [i was not expecting the follow up to his line to go like that]

❤️ They deserve a hot passionate makeout before they are married where they get completely caught up after fighting.

"What am I chopped liver?" yes Anthony in this situation you are.

❤️ Violet calling in Kanthony for Colin marital advice

❤️ Yellow

The look at each other down the aisle.

❤️ Vows. Weddings on this show are usually so unhappy, but I appreciate that Colin is still so reassuring & clearly beaming about this when there is residual upset/confusion.

❤️ Eloise cryyinng

Ben's line to El- "..The friendship you have with Penelope... As the one you have with Colin." xxx (she doesn't wanna lose them)

"OUR child will always be a Bridgerton, but I should like them to know that they are a Sharma as well." fxck 🥲

"I should like to dance with my husband.."

The disappearing people in the wedding dance. like they're the only 2 ppl in the room! (Bridgerton either has it out for me [to cry] or loves me so much)

ANTHONY 👁👁 Marcus & Violet

Colin's hand caressing on Pen's face at the end of the dance they're really coming for me (bro did he almost kiss her?!??? i freaked out; had to rewind)

The queen excusing all non-Bridgertons + "Penelope, you are a Bridgerton now."

I kind of love that "Everyone except the Bridgertons are to scatter," but Lady Danbury's just there

GOD (I knew it as soon as it was coming) Eloise hugs Pen <3 🥲

ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod bi Ben

❤️ The hair grab!

This printer's assistant is on my shit list

SCOTLAND!!! JOHNCESCA

"It is not up to you what we do." 🤭❤️🤣 Colin mad but still ready to defend his wife (as it should be)

"I know my father was a good man and you are a good friend." Violet-Agatha feels

🙀He kept the letters!

💛John's words to Mama Bridgerton (her children's traits)

She said she was a fumbling mess in front of Edmund like 5 minutes before she is fumbling in front of Marcus

"Then how am I meant to help you?" ❤️ "By loving me."

❤️ Pen's love confession

"....to be a young lady to whom no one listens." - Pen!~Eloise shared look

Philippa + her "bugs"

😲 Lady Danbury x Pen (she knew! ❤️)

❤️ Colin's love confession (them crying together x)

El traveling with Johncesca

Mi-MICHAELA Stirling ... Bridgerton I swear if you are queerbaiting

OH MY GOD! Mama Bridgerton's words -FRANCESCA is fumbling her words.

❤️ Colin focussing on the hands in bed

Pen on top!

"Your father is always trying to distract with a clever word &..." "You think my smile is beguiling?" x "I could not have written without the help of Auntie Penelope." They are so obsessed with each other

Philomena?! did i hear that rt? omg Philippa

Yay we got confirmation of Colin's book! (I can only hope they're sitting in bed reading next season).

[bywons]

moots as songs

𓈒 ୭ৎ 🖇 — 𝒎oot games !

sorry i took a bit long bae :( </3

♡ @euncsace as always forever by cults ( you and me always forever, we could stay along together say you'll never be separate )

♡ @atrirose as salvatore by lana del rey ( i adore you, can't you see, you're meant for me? summer's hot but I've been cold without you )

♡ @leaderwon as white ferrari by frank ocean ( i care for you still and I will forever that was my part of the deal, honest we got so familiar )

♡ @voikiraz as you get me so high by the neighborhood ( we could be the greatest it doesn't matter if we're never rich or famous )

♡ @haknom as lover's rock by TV girl ( you like a pretty boy, with a pretty voice who's trying to sell u something )

♡ @hoonvrs as stargirl interlude by the weeknd and lana del rey ( and i shouldn't cry but i love it starboy, i just wanna see you shine cause i know you are a stargirl )

♡ @lilacnini as remember when by wallows ( do you remember when we felt like the only two alive? don't let me be one of the people that seek a lost romance )

♡ @copyhanni as good looking by suki waterhouse ( baby, I'm high octane, fever in a shock wave, my core vibrates in an opium haze )

♡ @weoris as pain by pinkpantheress ( i expected to see you on your morning run again i know i shouldn't be watching 'cause every time i feel the pain )

♡ @lheebra as washing machine heart by mitski ( toss your dirty shoes in my washing machine heart, baby bang it up inside )

♡ @bambisite as melting by kali uchis ( so you'll smile at everything i say you got some soft lips and some pearly whites )

♡ @isoobie as the perfect pair by beabadobee ( 'cause I would anyways we'd end up like always you know me, you better show me )

♡ @okwonyo as show me how by men i trust ( show me how you care, tell me how you loved before, show me how you smile )

♡ @wonifullove as stupid in love by max, huh yunjin ( let's get married in vegas, we don't need guest list i don't wanna think too much )

♡ @naespas as are you bored yet? by wallows, clairo ( 'cause we could stay at home or watch the sunset, but I can't help from askin', "are you bored yet?" )

♡ @rsmura as tek it by cafuné ( i watch the moon, let it run my mood, can't stop thinking of you )

♡ @yeokii as i must apologise by pink pantheress ( Your paranoia, it happens all the time, and that's 'cause lying's a big problem of mine )

♡ @sainns as dancing with your ghost by sasha sloan ( im still your girl, holding on too tight, head up in the clouds )

HELP i hope i didn't miss out any of my pookies 😔 if i did don't be sad bae, it's prolly becuz i dunno ur vibe yet as we don't interact much! SO TALK TO ME BAEEE :3

[xxdespairfactionashtonxx]

I also have an announcement:

I am no longer a fan of Black Veil Brides. I hate that Andy is doubling down defending Ronnie Radke. I refuse to support a band that defends transphobia and racism. This was never about the outcasts, it was all a marketing ploy. Andy was a pretty white boy raised in a well off family that actually was wealthy enough to pay for him to go to acting school in high school and pay for him to live in Los Angeles in his teen years to pick up gigs in commercials. He always sought out fame, rather than being for the passion of CREATING, the writing was on the walls from the beginning. The gimmicks, constantly saying his goal was to be the "biggest band in the world", distancing himself from the scene despite the scene influencing him and bringing up his career, PURPOSEFULLY creating a fan base of scene kids that would form para-social bonds with him and riding off of a "savior complex" (quite literally, HE LITERALLY WROTE A SONG CALLED SAVIOR). He has been writing the same song for 15 years. There is never a creative risk, it ALWAYS is manufactured to what is popular on the radios at the time. Late 2000s-early 2010s was metalcore, so they made metalcore. Now its whatever plays on Octane XM. Also we are lying to ourselves here about Andy's connection to Scientology. You can cope all you want with using Catholic symbolism in his music or his Catholic tattoos, but its not hard to find that the Cult of Scientology allows its members to also practice other religions. Covering up the L Ron Hubbard tattoo doesn't mean he's leaving. It is just to bury the truth. If Andy was truly separated from the cult, he wouldn't still be married to Juliet. He would have denied his connections HIMSELF (not his dad!!!) if the rumors weren't true. HE CAN'T. Cause if he does, he will be exiled from the cult, and lose all of his connections. People often join the church to take courses on marketing one's self and enhancing skills, as well as to form connections with powerful people in the entertainment industry. Marrying into the cult was calculated and intentional. It would not even surprise me if Andy starts to ride the conservative grift, he will chase dark money to get what he wants. At least that's what I believe. I know I am going to piss off so many BVB fans with this post. I am not sorry, and you cant change my mind so don't even try. I want nothing to do with BVB anymore. This is my final word on the subject.

[schro4444]

thank u I'm gonna now rotate all those specific Family Shenanigans my mind like a rottisserie chicken

but YES!! EXACTLY!!! like ik the (boring) answer as to why we weren't shown the learning curve was ANIME but his parents are genuinely so weird and extra and THIEVES THEMSELVES I'm 1000% certain that the answer was HIGH-OCTANE CHILDHOOD like...look at bby kaito...in one (1) panel w Toichi and already popping up right in front of his Professional ThiefTM dad without Toichi realizing, what a menace, I love him.

About Toichi though...... I would ALSO have wanted to see THAT learning process and I'm kinda bitter it was never mentioned actually. gimme the Chikage training Toichi montage!!! like, weird penchant for standing inside tower exhibits in the dark and memorizing laser grids to impress ladythieves aside, as far as we know he was just a weird little magician man who suddenly decided to become a thief, and while his being an escape artist would have useful applications on his budding career as a thief there are lotssss of things being a magician doesn't cover. Plus it was Chikage who was known as the Woman of Twenty Faces! why did they suddenly make TOICHI the expert in disguise who taught Vineyard and Yukiko! like yeah I buy Chikage being gleefully retired (izumi curtis "I'm a housewife!" vibes but like gleeful instead of menacing) until Toichi's death but like...waste of potential man...at least a mention abt her teaching Toichi would be nice...........

no boring answers in this household, only SHEER SHENANIGAN POTENTIAL!!! like, what else are you supposed to do as two (2) happily married overdramatic phantom thieves/theater kids with a super genius baby who has an improbably high iq and a photographic memory? OBVIOUSLY you train him in the family business without telling him that's what's going on. and OBVIOUSLY he gets ridiculously good at it by the time he's in first grade. quoting some old tags of mine: shapeshifting nightmare baby that can already pick locks. he's impossible to babysit!!! my favorite gremlin.

YOURE SO RIGHT. i want this prequel so bad. oh my goodness. he was just a Really Good Magic Nerd, that'll only carry you so far!! eventually my guy had to learn from his beloved wife how to break open safes and avoid snipers!! I kinda like the idea that maybe they combined their knowledge on disguises--maybe toichi was more on the acting side of things while chikage had the latex, lol--to make the Ultimate Disguise (enter kaito, stage left). the woman of twenty literal faces + some guy with a mustache who could probably convince you that the sky turned green, through sheer charisma

chikage: so what was your plan for getting out? have you memorized the blueprints yet? I've counted at least twenty potential escape routes for you, as long as you're feeling agile enough to get through the vents, hehehe toichi: well you see toichi: I was going to. um. talk my way out chikage: chikage: sweetie you were going to What toichi: IT ALWAYS WORKED FOR ME BEFORE

[fat-oc-battle]

sigma octantis (@identityquest)

"Sigma Octantis is a godlike manifestation of the strong interaction, a fundemental force. She governs the interactions that create hadrons and atomic nuclei. She's calm and level-headed, and is considered a patron god of mediators, navigators, and travelers. She manifests as a low-magnitude star in the constellation Octans to watch over and guide her followers."

angel (@slenderverse)

"This is Angel! A lot of her information is already on her profile so I guess I'll just talk about her as a fat person :) She's based off my body type, especially with the smaller chest. I don't see a lot of representation for the way I'm built so I wanted to make sure she can be there for me you know? Drawing her makes me really happy because I can represent myself like I could anyone else.

As it's the 1970s she does struggle a lot with her appearance but when she gets older & starts testosterone, a lot of her issues with her weight go away as she gets more comfortable in her body. Later on she started dating & gets married to a man named Miller who is also fat.I wish I had art of him but he currently does not have a ref sheet."

[lol-jackles]

Hey, Aamir Khan fan. I was wondering if you enjoyed the movies I recommended. If you liked them and Aamir's acting I have more movies for you to see!

Watched Dhoom3 and holy gamole guilty pleasure galore! Aamir Khan is a movie star of the bygone Hollywood golden era but still well and alive in Bollywood. That Dhoom3 took place in "exotic locale" Chicago was not lost on me.

Aamir Khan is a force of nature as the antagonist, and the movie only pretends to try to resist Aamir's gravitational pull as he's on an obsessive revenge mission to destroy a bank whom he blames for the death of his father. By day he's a brazen bank robber, by night he's the star cirque du solei performer.

I'm unfamiliar with the Dhoom franchise but I get the sense that #3 essentially turned the antagonist into the protagonist and side lined the heroic Mumbai cop Jai Dixit and his goofy sidekick Ali Akbar. It's only in the 3rd act that Jai finally has an arc that involves cat-and-mouse chase of switch-a-roo magicians and why cops and thieves could never be friends not just because they are on opposite side of the law (in the U.S it's not unheard of for felons to marry police wo/men).

There's high-octane actions and crazy stunts with motorcycles that makes me wish there is a crossover with Fast & Furious just to see motorcycles vs cars war. Dhoom 3 fully embraces the insane, the zany, the complete disregard for logic, and slo-mo action scenes that extends the movie's running from 2 1/2 to nearly 3 hours. But what makes this movie stand out among action movies is the highly emotional storyline of Aamir’s character, which requires spoilers ahead.

[spoilers]

While I saw the twist coming during the glitzy cirque du solei scene, the reveal that Aamir's Sahir has a twin name Samar was very satisfying, helped by the soundtrack that is unapologetically bombastic throughout the movie, providing vital emotional hook for scenes that otherwise would have fallen flat.

I feel that Aamir borrowed from Dustin Hoffman's Rainman to portray the autistic math savant Samar who is hidden from the world and only brought out to take over second half of Sahir's role in bank heists and circus performances. Nobody outside their late father knew that there are two men instead of one.

Due to isolation and his mental disorder, Aamir plays Samar as a slouching wide-eyed innocent with complete trust in the perfectly postured Sahir, whose scowl reflects his relentless ambition and revenge mission that has prevented him from romantic pursuits in the lovely Aaliya, the cirque du solei lead female performer. Even though Sahir is the public face of the circus and has many interactions with his cast and the police men on the case to catch him, he is just as isolated and insular as Samar.

Before the twin reveal, Aamir tries to drop hints to the audience when he is playing Samar, mainly by showing his puppy love for Aaliya during the cirque du solei performance from their switch-a-roo act, contrasted with Sahir's indifference towards her when the curtain drops and the show ends. It is this reason why Aaliya was able to avoid the Lois Lane trap and figured out she has been singing and dancing with two different men.

Then the movie throws another twist when Jai meets with Samar to convince him to help turn in Sahir, only to turn out to be Sahir in another satisfying reveal that I didn't see coming. One of my favorite acting scenes is the flashback of Sahir taking Samar's place by switching clothes and when he starts walking, he morphs into Samar's physicality on his way to meet Jai, who is sympathetic toward the brothers but the law is the law. Jai wants to help the brothers by having turn themselves in and plea for mercy. Sahir eventually agrees after failing to kill Jai by rollarcoaster (trust me, just go along with it) and makes a deal by taking the full blame and leaving Samar free and to be with Aaliya.

But in the final twist, the faithful Samar refuses to follow Sahir's plan and instead choose to follow Sahir to his death. I admit I wasn't sure if they would go this route because it would be too heartbreaking, and yet I was still surprised that the dual deaths happened even when it makes narrative sense. The brothers lived as one person all their lives would die together in the end, clutching hands. It's also a genius call back to the movie's first scene of Sahir running down the side of the bank he just robbed.

Score: 8.5 out of 10. Very entertaining high-octane movie with very strong emotional heart. I think if the story didn't take place in Chicago, a city I'm very familiar with, I might have rated the movie higher.

[thestalwartheart]

instead of "fuck marry kill" i prefer "best friend, marry, one wild night out". so of course the obligatory q, bond, moneypenny. but also: jeevan, clark, and miranda from station eleven.

Oh!!! Oh!!!! This is such a great ask, thank you @dude-watchin-with-the-brontes ❤️

For Bond:

I'm marrying Moneypenny, though she is vastly out of my league in every sense imaginable. It's not even a question. And maybe getting married and needing to come home/go on a date occasionally would give her the opportunity to tell Mallory to where to stick it once in a while.

Bond and I could never seriously be friends lol, not least because we'd both pull disappearing acts on each other too often. We do, however, share a lot of terrible coping mechanisms, so I think we'd do well on one wild night out. I think we'd get strangely vulnerable with each other over 75 drinks, do a lot of bitching and run away from someone in a high-octane boat chase. You only live once (unless you're Bond, ofc). I may never live again afterwards.

My version of Q and I would get on like a house on fire, tbh. I would 1000% be best friends with him. I think it would be that kind of friendship where we don't talk for ages because life takes over but when we slip back into it, the friendship feels like a warm hug.

For Station Eleven:

I would like to marry Miranda, if only to show her that relationships don't have to be awful. She's such a beautiful person, though. I completely fell in love with her while reading the book. We both have a Big Creative Project and cling to our independence, so we could give each other the necessary support, understanding and space we deserve. Truly, a match made in heaven (the undersea).

I would have one wild night out with Jeevan. a) He wants to be a paramedic, so if I ended up falling over or poisoned, he would be an excellent asset. But b) he needs to have fun and let loose just once! The man has been working so hard. He's been so in his own head. I just want him to experience a bit of peace and euphoria <3

And I would be best friends with Clark so we could have many wild nights out and live like we're not acting or pretending anymore. Also, he got on well with Miranda, so the dinner parties would be great.

This cheered me up so much. Thank you, my friend! Would love to hear your answers too ❤️

[lenin-it-to-win-it]

Imagine if Octane Apex Legends Married Splinter From TMNT <3

a lovely and wholesome set of hcs in honor of @seerofmike's birthday

octane has daddy issues, so what could be more appealing to him than a 100% premium grade A dilf like master splinter whomst is actually a GOOD father???

they have their meet-cute in the sewers, of course, because splinter lives there and octane probably likes to run around in the tunnels pretending he's sonic the hedgehog

he was a manwhore and he lived down a manhole what more can i say

heh. manhole

whenever splinter gets groceries he hides a few cans of monster energy under his collection of robes for wise old men monthly magazines so the turtles wont drink them all. for octane <3

(yes, robes for wise old men monthly is actually a soft core porn mag and yes splinter DID model for it in the 80s)

and how does octane bond with his stepsons, you may ask?

mostly he tries to impress them by doing ridiculous parkour stunts to varying degrees of success

mikey thinks octane is fucking sick (and way too cool for splinter, honestly, but whatever, new dad lets him borrow his fraudulent credit cards to buy pizza and video games, so its all good)

leo keeps his distance, partially because it's just Weird to have another dad around all of a sudden, but also because he doesn't approve of octane letting mikey use his fraudulent credit cards because they're supposed to be THE GOOD GUYS and credit fraud is for BAD GUYS

donnie is okay with having octane around bc he makes splinter happy but he REALLY gets along with octanes other legal husband, crypto, because they're both gamer freaks

yes, crypto moves into the sewers too. he already doesnt shower (see: gamer) so it's a lateral move for him really, him and splinter are not married but splinter is cordial to him and crypto mostly just makes vague noises and then crawls back into his fetid gamer cave

raph HAAATES octane at first because he doesnt WANT a new dad, his family was perfect ALREADY and now this HUMAN GUY with SKIN wants to mess it all up and hes PISSED

raph keeps threatening to beat octane up if he hurts splinter or his brothers but octane mostly just thinks its really funny and is like "okay sure kid. do you want your allowance now or at the end of the week" and raph screams and punches the wall

raph keeps hating octane until one day splinter takes him aside and reassures raph that just bc hes married now doesnt mean he loves the turtles any less and raph ugly cries and splinter lets him sit on his lap like a little hatchling and pets his slimy turtle head and after that raph grudgingly tolerates his stepdad (octane is very smug about this)

[mermaidsirennikita]

Any recommendations for when he needs to improve?

Lol what made me really light up for this was Run Posy Run by Cate C. Wells. It's a mafia romance, and the heroine (Posy) is this kinda simple--not stupid--girl who's grown up surrounded by mob guys, and she's been with this kind of "man behind the man", Dario, for a while.

What she doesn't realize is that their relationship is actually pretty subpar, and Dario has someone else taking care of all the things she thinks means he loves her--flowers, jewelry, etc, because he's like... got a screw loose. He's very detached. He does not see himself as capable of love, but she has these qualities that he finds very interesting so he wants to keep her.

Anyway, they have this big falling out that kicks off the book and Posy realizes he ain't shit, and part of that is looking back and going "wait a fucking second, when I did get off it was always ME GETTING MYSELF OFF!!!" Like, he just never DID FOREPLAY. He isn't like, against it, it just NEVER OCCURRED TO HIM LMAO.

It's very high octane and emotionally real, imo, and part of him essentially doing a very twisted book-long grovel to get her back (even though again, he can't love!!!) involves him upping his sexual game and there's a scene where he literally like. STUDIES THE ART OF THE BLADE LOL (her pussy). Like makes her touch herself and watches very intently because he's super smart and views basically everything as a mental exercise. It's... hot.

Otherwise I feel like this is a thing I used to read a lot in ooold books I read as a kid. Like, 80s/90s books, where I can remember the plots but I can't remember the titles. I feel like there used to be more books where the hero would get amnesia or the heroine would be his actual wife who runs away--they fell in love after they got together, and them getting together happened before the book began.

Haven't read it yet, but I know Regarding the Duke by Grace Callaway has a hero who gets amnesia after being married to his wife for eight years; and they always had standard sex once a week, which she enjoyed, but was purposefully meant to withhold from her because... he can't love, lol.

Anyway, post-amnesia he's like "I was... selling you short on the sex thing" and fixes That.

[daddyd0nt]

Realizing now that my weird attraction to gross characters is my inability to tell “well written/acted” characters/admiration for an artist or autistic interest in a pop culture figure like an artist or criminal to wanting to be important to them through marriage and therefor as I grew older sex which was the only way I was raised to believe a woman could be important. When I was very little I said I wanted to marry RL Stein, Rod Sterling, and Sergei Prokofiev (I absolutely said his name wrong but idr how I said it) without ever having seen a picture of 2/3 and thinking Rod Sterling looked kind of like a Disney Prince because of his haircut and liking his show like turns out I just like art and things that make me feel intensely especially things that make me feel afraid in a safe way because I have adhd to the point where I literally cannot function and am a disastrous dopamine seeker which I satiate with high octane media, marijuana, and carefully monitored but somewhat heavy adderall use but it keeps me from doing high risk behaviors and shit like self mutilating or b/p-ing out of under-stimulation or taking hard drugs (not that I don’t consider adderall hard I don’t think it or benzos should be given to anybody under 21) and allows me to beat my depression enough to do a few basic household tasks and even read a bit which like honestly is a miracle and I actually am enough of an adult now to be moderate about it and only use it a few days a week (at 19-23 I was taking every single one I was prescribed down to the day the way I was taking benzos up until recently and I was on 3x the dose back then) and like I’m confident that it’s not damaging anything because my dr orders a lot of testing and I also go to the hospital once or twice a year on average where I get a full heart thing (forgot what it’s called but the thing with the stickers) and blood work, never for more than like a week or two and sometimes I don’t go for years at a time but this is the worst year I’ve had since before the pandemic I went 3 times and also did a round in partial which I don’t really remember due to being snow on haldol but people not taking responsibility for their mental health is how most antisocial crimes (not drug/property crime but actual immoral shit like columbine or the ucsb shooting) happen and I’m honest with my therapist about what’s going on in my head even if it means I have to go under observation for a while until the episode passes and people feel safe with me being a member of the public again as minimally as I do/can participate like I’d rather deal with a week or two out of the year in the hospital than people in a dangerous state be not treated like a medical emergency that requires observation and rest at the very least and possibly medication which needs to be monitored closely especially in cases where high doses are used so that mentally ill people don’t wind up sentenced to a life of slave labor in the prison system or dead or hurting somebody else if you want people who are mentally ill to the point that they can’t participate in normal society or in a condition where they feel that they are not in control of themselves and at risk for making a bad potentially permanent choice to feel safe calling attention to and addressing their medical emergency and that means not only not throwing them into poverty/prison and giving them access to therapy and medication but funding hospitals and making them as pleasant and dignified as humanly possible so that you don’t feel like you are being punished for being sick if you are sick enough to have to spend time there this is a novel of a rant and I don’t think anybody will read it but I kind of just wanted to say it

[stmaryslibraryios]

Shari Lapena Everyone Here is Lying

Shari Lapena Everyone Here is Lying

Lapena's books are always readable and generally about dysfunctional families with characters you can relate to.  Not high octane crime but a slowly unfurling psychological thriller.

'Stanhope, a place for families'.  

Nora & William are having an affair.  Both are married with children.  William is a doctor and Nora a volunteer at the same hospital.  They live in the same street. However, today, Nora decides that she can't do this anymore.  As they are leaving the motel she tells William she is ending their affair.  William is devastated and goes home to what should be an empty house, to lick his wounds, instead of back to work.  However Avery, their 9 yr old daughter is there, alone.  She should be at choir practice and should have walked home after practice with her older brother Michael.  Avery has behavioural problems and is getting help.  She was sent out of choir for bad behaviour.  They argue, she goads him & William loses his temper and slaps her, but not for the first time.  However, this was harder.  He is shocked that he lost control.  He apologises then leaves in his car to clear his head.

An hour later he gets a call from his wife.  She and their son are at home, Avery isn't there.  They know she left school over 2 hours before without her brother.  She is missing!  

When the police arrive they are assuming Avery went missing on her way back from school.  William knows different but he can't say anything as he is ashamed of slapping her plus details of his affair might come out.  So he lies & hides his burner phone.  But eventually the lies catch him out & he confesses to the police but not who the woman was.  He loves here.  He becomes a suspect.

Nora is worried too both for the safety of Williams daughter and how devastated her family would be if they found out about her infidelity.  She worries too about William but darent contact him.

As police start questioning neighbours more secrets & lies are revealed false information is given and other people become suspects.

A twisty but easy to read thriller.

Review by Lindy

[allthemusic]

Week ending: 2nd January

Goodness gracious, it's 1958! And what a high-octane start to the year - very excited to see what this turn round the calendar has in store, if this is how it starts out!

Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis (peaked at Number 1)

Whew! This song is a wild ride. I knew this one in advance, but I was still somehow surprised by just how full-on it is. There's a thumbly blast of piano, Jerry's shouting at you - You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain! - and it just doesn't let up, after that. There's guitar, wild piano glissandos - glissandi? - and over it all, Jerry hooting and hollering about just how crazy you're driving him.

It's all incredibly over-the-top, and that's I think what makes this song so charming. There's no subtlety to it, and Jerry, ever the performer, seems to take a particular glee in the goodness gracious, great balls of fire hook, shouting it with a respectable amount of gusto at key points throughout the song, interspersed with a whole range of little woooooo noises. It works shockingly well - I challenge you not to listen to this song and have fun. And part of the fun is that Jerry seems to be taking it entirely seriously - the song's hammy, but there's still a sense that he means it, you know?

We aren't actually going to see too much more of Jerry - he vanishes from the public eye for a bit in the May of this year, where aged 22 and about to tour Britain it's found out that - with two divorces already under his belt - he had married his then 13-year-old cousin. Even in the wild, wild days of 1958, this was apparently frowned upon, and he disappears from the public eye as scandal erupts, leading to the tour getting cancelled. Jerry doesn't return to the UK for five years, and while he's still making music for all that time, he definitely doesn't become the sort of iconic figure that, say, Elvis is. Which is... I don't know, maybe not a shame, all things considered, but definitely a loss.

This particular song, at least, seems to have had a healthy afterlife, with a bit of a resurgence in the 1980s, in particular, when it featured in Top Gun and was used as the title of a Jerry Lee Lewis biopic. And even without really knowing either of those, I get a real 1980s vibe from the song. I think it's possibly because of the broader rock and roll revival through the 1970s and 1980s - it kind of sounds a bit Grease, you know?

The more I'm listening to this song, the more fun it is. It's high-energy, slightly silly and doesn't take itself too seriously, but also doesn't dissolve entirely into parody. What more could you want, to kick off the new year?

Favourite song of the nerve-shaking, brain-rattling bunch: Great Balls Of Fire

[cattatonically]

Dragon Ever After - Louisa Masters (Here Be Dragons, book 1)

Synopsis

Note to self: You can’t teach an old dragon new tricks … he likes to invent his own.

After half a century of chaos, my retirement from leading the Community of Species Government has been bliss. No more hellhounds playing pranks. No more snippy demons demanding my attention. No more cajoling money from the wealthy to support the community. Just peace while I avoid my overbearing father and try to work out what my next steps will be.

Although… maybe three years of peace is enough. It might even be starting to get… boring. In fact, an adolescent dragon crash-landing on my landlord’s shed is just the kind of excitement I need—especially when he brings his species leader to my door.

Brandt. Wing leader of all dragons, suave, sexy, and … slightly unhinged. It doesn’t take much for him to convince me to give up my solitude and spend some time getting to know him. It’s hard to care about the future when I’ve got a dragon of my own to “play” with. Naked dragon rides for the win, right?

But Brandt’s the leader of his people, on call for them all the time, and I’ve left that part of my life behind me. Plus my father insists I should fulfil my duty to the family by getting a nine-to-five job and “marrying well.” That’s not what I want, but riding herd on a group of beings who fly, breathe fire, and could literally crush me beneath their feet would be a huge challenge, especially since Brandt’s kind of loose with rules.

It all comes down to how much I want my very own dragon ever after.

This exciting spin-off from the Hidden Species series kicks off with Percy’s story

My Thoughts

After being introduced to both Percy and Brandt in the previous series, Hidden Species, I have to admit I was always curious about the kind of person Percy was. We always saw Percy at a bit of a distance – someone in a position of power and leadership. Now that he’s more or less retired, I was really looking forward to seeing more of Percy, and what he’s been up to.

And what he’s been up to has been crushing on a certain leader of the dragon clan for the past little while since the storyline of the previous series wrapped up. And seeing Brandt and Percy together, it’s obvious Percy’s crush is reciprocated.

Where Percy is level-headed, calm, and quite the planner (yet also teasing and playful), Brandt is often taken to fits of whimsy, very playful, and ready for hijinks. And yet they balance each other out very well, and their banter is absolutely top notch. (By this point, we should all know how much I absolutely love amazing banter.)

I really enjoyed that the stakes of this book were much lower than the preceding series. We had a lot of high octane drama, and now we get to sit back and watch the dragons come into their own, and find their own happiness. And the sneaky bits involving our faves from the GSC don’t hurt much, either.

[anarchic-miscellany]

Terrible Screenplay Idea: Party Hard

Chuck is getting married.

That means he has a bachelor party!

He, against his best wishes and judgement, goes to Las Vegas, accompanied by his future brother in law Alec, a quiet and meek nerdy geography teacher; his party animal coke fiend "legend" of a best friend Teddy; old recently divorced and super horny shithead friend Pete; and his darkly mysterious, cool, super rich maybe psychopathic new friend Boyd. It'll be a weekend of boys partying!

You've seen this before.

Boyd's hired a suite for them, as well as a quintet of strippers! Time for a night of perversion and debauchery!

But instead of "Very Bad Things" or "Rough Night" or any other number of dead stripper movies: something goes horribly south and there is a panic, and after the dust clears, it is the Stag Group who are wiped out to a man, leaving 5 bloody panicked strippers in the aftermath. Now we meet our true heroes of the piece: Amber (Jessica Rothe) is the brains of the crew, a girl trying to fund her way through college and have a good time, who is currently spinning a way out of this mess. Britney (Aubrey Plaza) is a single mother, attempting to provide for her kid the only way she knows how. She doesn't have time for this shit: from either the stags or the panicking girls worrying about "ethics" - she paid her babysitter until 2. Candy (Fiona Dourif) is getting too old for this. She doesn't get as many tips in the clubs anymore, and her experience counts for nothing. She RELISHES the chance to take the lead, and takes to the crime angle a bit TOO well... Dakota (Geraldine Viswanathan) is just out for a good time. She never signed on for this! But she takes to it well, and is keen to learn... Enid (Tessa Thompson) is new to this crew, having filled in for another person who dropped out. Whilst not super keen on the idea of crime, she is a much needed sane port in a storm.

What follows is a night of mayhem, panic, blood, carnage and high-octane lunacy as the strippers must hide the bodies, clean the blood, hide their involvement, and get home. Complicating matters are the fact that Alec and Chuck may not be as dead as they thought; there is a bag of drugs Boyd took which his dealer (Elliot Page) is on the rampage looking for; a nosy Concierge is periodically checking the room and looking for a tip (Masi Oka) and the girls' eccentric, foul-mouthed manager (Stephanie Tsu) is attempting to ensure she and her girls get paid... Then they bump into the Bachelorette party, when Dakota befriends the bride (Olivia Thirlby) on the casino floor.

[themovieblogonline]

Not Just “Bhaijaan”, But “Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan” (KBKJ)!

When it’s time for action, no one does it better than Bhaijaan! But this time Bhaijaan is back to prove that he is not just “Bhaijaan” but “Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan”! Of course, he might have got tired with all, including women, addressing him as "Bhaijaan". That’s why he might have wanted to prove to the audience that he is someone’s “Jaan” too, and not just a universal “Bhai”. Introducing The One And Only Bhaijaan! https://youtu.be/K36D16cvum4 Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan (KBKJ): Starring Salman Khan! https://youtu.be/bGM490nJoDE Jokes apart! Bollywood’s megastar Bhaijaan is all action in this intense raw action-drama! Directed by Farhad Samji and produced by Bhaijaan himself, this action-packed family drama runs for 2 hours and 30 minutes and made its worldwide theatrical release on April 21, 2023. The Track “Naiyo Lagda Dil Tere Bina” Featuring Salman Khan And Pooja Hegde https://youtu.be/lzEop75AeOk Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan (KBKJ) Synopsis: An aging self-defense trainer named Bhaijaan (Salman Khan) hasn’t married yet. He has three younger brothers whom he himself has brought up. In fact, the aging Bhaijaan has vowed never to marry. Bhaijaan’s three younger brothers have nothing to do except for enjoying their lives and hitting on women. The three brothers find their respective love interests but are unable to marry them as their elder brother is still unmarried. So, the three of them decide to find a girlfriend for him. They come across a girl (Pooja Hegde) who seemed to be an ideal match for him. However, that girl's family has an enmity with a local henchman (Jagapathi Babu). Now it is up to Bhaijaan to win her love along with saving her and her family from the dreadful henchman. Let the action begin as Salman Khan single-handedly takes on Jagapathi Babu and his enormous gang of henchmen! Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan (KBKJ) Official Trailer: https://youtu.be/bsi8_9EoYyg The Good: Thrilling High-Octane Action! The action sequences in Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan are thrilling to watch. Salman, who is nearing 60, can be seen bashing up goons and henchmen to protect his on-screen love. The henchmen are after his love’s family due to some past enmity, and Bhaijaan goes to every extent to protect her and her family from harm. If you ask me, such action and fight sequences are common in Salman Khan’s films. He bashes up villains in his unique style and throws them helter-skelter. That’s what makes the crowd roar and applaud while watching his films! Salman Khan’s Dialogue Delivery The best parts of Salman are his acting style and dialogue delivery. There is no doubt why he charges a whopping INR 125 Crore for a movie. Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan consists of very absurd dialogues. But the way Salman delivers them is mind-blowing! His attitude, charisma, and style of delivering dialogues are the factors that make him stand apart from any veteran actor in Bollywood. For instance, a charismatic attitude-driven dialogue by Salman from the movie goes, “Mera Koi Naam Nahi Hain, Lekin Main Bhaijaan Naam Se Jaana Jaata Hoon” which means, “I don’t have a name, but people call me Bhaijaan (Brother)”. The manner in which he narrated this dialogue, with his macho expressions and heavy voice, was simply outstanding. Salman's pairing with Bhagyashree in Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan brings back the memories of his early-career romantic movies like "Maine Pyaar Kiya". Bhagyashree has a special appearance in this movie as Bhaijaan's past love interest with whom he was unable to get married due to his personal dilemma. The actors who played the role of Bhaijaan’s younger brothers are some unpopular newbies in the industry. People like them come and go in Bollywood. You see them in one film, and never see them ever again! Besides, when you are talking about someone like Salman Khan, who is a brand in himself, then bringing unpopular guys to the topic is not justified. https://youtu.be/MpIVk-M-tMQ High-Quality Cinematography The camerawork in Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan by V. Manikandan is of high-quality. The backgrounds comprise of exotic locations in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Ladakh which have been beautifully captured. The Bad: Distorted Screenplay Bollywood, as usual, has now copied the 2014 Tamil-language action-drama Veeram and presented it as Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan in Hindi. In fact, Salman himself happens to be the producer of this film. So, the credits for this adapted screenplay go to him. In Veeram it’s the same story as Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan. An aging man was not getting married. So, his younger brothers decided to get him married so that they themselves can get married! And in Veeram, it was South India’s action-star Ajith Kumar who fought with the villains to save the day. In spite of the intense action, Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan fails to entertain as a family drama! Farhad Samji's adapted screenplay, narrative style, and direction are weak. The adapted script and screenplay are extremely distorted which makes the movie less engaging. The scenes frequently jump from one instance to another which makes the drama lose its flow as well as emotional involvement. The audience may get confused while matching a particular sequence with its following one. In fact, this drama appears as a distorted television program of mini-episodes rather than a film. The narrative style of the Tamil-language action-drama Veeram was weak, which in turn negatively impacts this adapted Hindi drama of Bollywood. https://youtu.be/ZfeofMXu9is Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan was supposed to be an action-comedy drama. However, upon seeing it, you will find it lacking in humor. I mean, there sure is comedy in it but that comedy is poorly scripted, and it fails to make you laugh. Also, this film does no justice to the family-drama genre. The emotions portrayed in it fail to create an impact as the drama, due to its distorted and fluctuating script, fails to involve and engage the audience. In certain scenes, you will see Salman Khan, his on-screen family members, and relatives becoming emotional and crying. But the scripting of the scenes is so weak that you don’t get emotionally attached to the characters. https://youtu.be/5bAxTGjcLs4 Beautiful Actresses But Weak-Looking Villains Actresses like Pooja Hegde, Shehnaaz Gill, and Palak Tiwari appeared beautiful. They had relevant roles as the love interests of Salman and his younger brothers in the movie. However, villains like Jagapathi Babu and Vijender Singh appeared malnourished in front of Salman’s beefy personality. Even if Vijender Singh happens to be a world-class boxing champion; he still doesn’t match up to Salman’s personality in this film. And talking of Jagapathi Babu, he is well above 60. He appears like a thin old man instead of a dreaded villain in front of Salman. If you ask me, having villains like them just for the sake of it makes the storyline lose its impact. If you compare the villains of 1990s Bollywood movies with modern-day villains, they just don't match up. Villains in the 1990s Bollywood movies had such powerful personalities that they could even outnumber the heroes of that era. Indian culture emphasizes that after the older sibling marries, the younger siblings can get married. So, all the tensions aroused just because of this orthodox Indian culture. If you ask me, this is a very ordinary culture-based plot. However, to spice it up with action, villains have been introduced in this family drama. https://youtu.be/B7OUHcz2tEw The Fakeness Involved While Portraying Salman Khan If I start discussing about Salman’s fakeness in detail, it will probably be covered in five to six pages. So, I will cover it in short. If you happen to see Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, you will find Salman, who is actually 57 years old, looking like a 30-year-old guy in certain scenes. The fact is, those scenes have been shot by reforming his facial features using VFX technology to make him look like a young man. He used to look like that 20 years ago. Now, without VFX and make-up, he looks like what you are seeing on the right side of this picture. Salman Khan nowadays is entirely VFX. I doubt which part of him is original. In some instances, his body is beefed up using VFX to make him appear like Brock Lesnar or Braun Strowman. Reports even reveal that his abdominal muscles showcased in movies are fake, and are created using VFX technology. Some other scenes in Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan showcase him to be a brawny man with long hair and an unkempt beard. So, he has sported different looks in this movie and not to forget, everything is possible with the help of VFX technology and make-up! In reality, if you come across Salman, you will find him with wrinkles and sagging skin all over his face as he is aging. But he successfully hides that all in his films! I don’t know whether to address this as Good or Bad! The Famous Lungi Dance: Featuring Salman Khan With Ram Charan And Daggubati Venkatesh! https://youtu.be/xb59o_op8Z0 The Verdict: Almost all the songs in Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan are absurd. They lack rhythm as well as melody. There are some cheesy tracks where the old man has tried to look cool but has ended up messing them up with his awkward dance moves. I would sincerely request him to please have some mercy on us. I know you have the power to do anything you like on the big screens, but please, for God’s sake, do not give us such visual torture. It is torture to see you fold up a towel above your thighs and dance with awkward moves while displaying your aging calf muscles. No offense, but this is very much annoying. However, I personally liked one song from this movie, which is “Naiyo Lagda Dil Tere Bina” where he performed squats in the name of dance moves. https://youtu.be/TxJIfNtvPj4 https://youtu.be/o2GKlm_27co Salman Khan is popularly known as the “Bhaijaan” or “Brother” in Bollywood. Big Bro of all Bollywood stars and his fans, I must say! He makes and destroys careers in Bollywood. The one who messes with him can become victim to his enormous wrath, and will never ever be seen again on the screens. But this Big Bro of Bollywood has a very disturbing fan following. He is a man of the masses. As a handsome aging and angry man, you would expect him to be a heartthrob among women. But no! His crores of fans mostly comprise men rather than women! I am not saying this mindlessly, but I am saying this after having done some surveys. Many young men in India want to beef up like him. In fact, one of them was me. During my younger years, when I saw him dancing shirtless on the stage to the 1998-released “O Oh Jaane Jaana” pop song, I myself decided to build a beefy physique like him. And now, because of the inspiration that I gained from him in the past, today I am a 120 Kg monster. With all regret, I feel that I shouldn’t have taken it this far. Bulking up too much has health consequences. During my younger years, almost all gyms in India used to have his shirtless wallpapers where he would be shown flaunting his beefy physique. One day, when I was working out at a renowned gym, a hue and cry erupted. Salman Khan is going to enter, and vacate the gym immediately! After he entered the gym, he started bench-pressing, and we all watched him from a distance. Coming to the interviews, I asked hundreds of men and women about how they found Salman Khan. Unfortunately, very few women find him attractive. Nowadays, women are mostly into younger stars like Kartik Aaryan, Sidharth Malhotra, and Varun Dhawan. The ones who really find Bhaijaan attractive are men! Some men are so obsessed with him that they want to have an affair with him! I don’t want to elaborate much on the interviews, but yes, they are for sure disturbing. Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, to some extent, signifies the real-life situation of Salman. In real life, in spite of his age, he happens to be an eligible bachelor. A fact is that Salman might appear as a “hero” in films, but in real life, he is the biggest villain in Bollywood. To be precise; What Is Fear, Ask That Deer! Read the full article