#PEP SALAZAR

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Light My Love -II - T.Nott

Series Summary - Follow Y/N as she navigated the wizarding world on her own, starting from her first year, all the way through to her seventh. As she falls in love and get her heart broken, how a certain friend is always there to mend her broken heart even though his is slowly getting broken in the process.

Chapter Summary - It's exam season before the Winter break and Y/N receives help from someone unexpected. Spending nearly every night awake studying for the exams, she is quite exhausted. Theo takes note of this and helps her out. After a long night of studying, the Slytherin boys see something rather interesting related to their dear friend Y/N.

Pairings - Theo Nott x Fem!Reader(eventual)

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Series Warnings - Blood purity, dark wizards, Reader is a descendant of Salazar Slytherin, pining, angst, reader will have some shitty boyfriends, Female Reader, use of Y/N

Chapter Warnings - Female Reader, use of Y/N, mentions of food and eating, poorly written angst, crying, rough parent-child relationship, profanity

Author's Note - Welcome to part 2 of this series! I will be creating a masterlist for this series after I post this so keep an eye out! I will link it when it's done!

Word Count - 1479

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It had taken her a few days to go back to normal but with the help of Theo and Draco, she was fine. Her mother had a certain affect on her, she knew just how to hurt her daughter. Draco understood this, his father was the exact same way, Theo’s father the same as well. That was the way the Death Eaters worked, they were harsh on their families especially with having to lay low as the dark lord was gone.

Her grade in Quirrell’s class improved with the unexpected help of Hermione Granger. She was not only Y/N’s academic rival but also Theo’s. She was willing to help the Slytherin despite the friends of the girl. She was back to acing all of her classes, buying some limited edition books as a thank you to Hermione.

It was the end of November, the autumn air getting colder as snow started falling from the sky, coating the Scottish Highlands. Exams were quickly approaching, the stress of another thing placed atop her shoulders. She had just managed to get her grade up in her worst class but now she was pulling all-nighters in the library or the common room studying. 

Her friends had taken note of the change in her, how she was always tired and sluggish, she was constantly falling asleep in class and just overall dull. She had lost her sparkle and charisma due to the long nights of studying. All of her friends were worried but Theo had taken the cake, he was acting like her little servant. Anything she wanted, he went and got for her. Anytime she needed a break, he was there to entertain her. Anytime she needed help on an assignment, he was right there guiding her to the correct answer. 

She was grateful to have someone like Theodore Nott in her life. He may have been a loner, but he was always happy to be with her, to help her with whatever she needed.

The weeks of studying had flown by and exam week was finally here. Her first one was arguably the easiest, Potions. She was able to pass the exam no problem, getting the best grade in the class. Right after she did her potions exam she had to do her exam for History of Magic. She was a bit nervous for this one, getting a pep talk from Draco and Theo right before.

“You have the best grade in the class, you’re going to pass the exam with no issue! If anyone is going to fail it’s going to be Draco,” Theo assured her.

“Hey!” Draco protested, “I’m not going to fail! It’s probably going to be Weasley who fails, he always sleeps in class.”

“So do you!” Y/N pointed out with a giggle causing the two boys to share a victorious look. Theo ushered the three of them inside the classroom, taking their seats in the back. Once all of the exams were given out and the papers were flipped over, her confidence skyrocketed. She knew every single question and knew the answers like the back of her hand. Some of the questions even pertained to her extended family, like the Gaunt family. 

She was the first one to finish and turn in her exam. She waited outside the class as her friends were still inside taking the test. It wasn’t until the end of the hour that the two boys came out, relieved looks on their faces for finally finishing the exam. They made their way to dinner together, stress eating more sweets than actual food before making their way back to the common room. 

She took her usual place next to the large window outlooking the depths of the Black Lake, pulling out her study guides and flashcards for the next exams. Theo sat beside her as he always did, asking her the questions on her flashcards and waiting to hear her answers, which were usually all right. Midnight quickly approached, the two of them half asleep, Theo coaxing her into calling it a night.

“C’mon bellissima, it’s late, we should go to bed,” He yawned out, rubbing his eyes gently as he did so. 

“Five more minutes?” She begged him, a pout on her face. She looked at him with a sparkle in her eye and a hint of a smile covered by the pout.

“It’s already midnight, principessa. Let’s go to bed, we can wake up early and get back to it.”

“But Theo, I really need to pass these exams. Just five more minutes, please?” He couldn’t say no again, not with the look on her pretty face. He was slipping, letting out a groan as he finally gave in. 

“Fine, five more minutes. No more than that, got it?” She nodded, pressing a kiss to his cheek before they continued to study. His cheeks turned pink as he looked down at the next flashcard. “What is the incantation for the levitation spell?”

“Wingardium Leviosa! Easy!”

The rest of the Slytherin house was quiet, the only two awake were Y/N and Theo, sitting in front of the window as he asked her questions and she answered. Their study session lasted much longer than five minutes. The next thing they knew, their housemates were all waking up and filing into the common room. Theo looked at the time before letting out a gasp. 

“Oh Salazar! We’ve been awake for 24 hours! You said five more minutes!” Theo realised with a groan. He wasn’t mad at her in the slightest but she felt guilty.

“I’m so sorry Theo. I didn’t even realise the time until everyone started to wake. Go to your dorm to rest a bit before the day actually starts, please. I can finish up by myself,” She rambled guiltily.

“It’s okay, principessa. If I’m going to rest, you’re coming with me. You need rest too, you know?” Theo teased her, causing a smile to take over her face. He stood up, offering her his hand which she gladly took. Theo helped her up and led her to his room that he shared with Draco, Blaise, Enzo and Mattheo. The four boys still in the room and wide awake, sending teasing remarks to the pair. “Oh shove off, we just spent all night studying in the common room. We’re just going to rest here through breakfast,” Theo defended the two of them.

“Good, you both look like death incarnate. I’ve never seen dark circles that were nearly black,” Mattheo teased before heading out of the room. The three others bid the pair goodbye and the promise of getting them up after breakfast was over. 

Y/N and Theo climbed into his bed and fell asleep almost immediately. They slept all the way through breakfast and the first 2 hours of classes which thankfully were cancelled. Draco, Blaise and Enzo sticking true to their word of waking the pair up when it was time for the first class of the day. It was exam day for Charms and Defense Against the Dark Arts.

The two of them woke up with a start when they heard screaming, bumping their heads together and groaning in pain. The three boys laughed at the two as they rubbed the sleep out of their eyes. “That was hilarious! I wish we got a video of that!” Blaise laughed.

“Fuck off Zabini!” Y/N groaned, swinging her legs over the side of the bed before standing. “I swear you guys have better beds than the girls. My bed feels like a rock,” She yawned, stretching her arms over her head. Her shirt riding up revealed an interesting scar on her abdomen. It was almost identical to the scar on Harry Potter’s forehead, just slightly larger.

“Where’d you get the scar from?” Draco asked with curiosity.

“None of your business, Draco. I’m gonna go back to my dorm to get ready,” She snapped before rushing out of the room quickly.

“Am I the only one who saw it? It looked like Potter’s scar,” he mentioned to the three other boys.

“I saw it too, I wonder if she got it in a similar way. An unforgivable curse backfiring but leaving her with a scar? It’s possible, right?” Enzo theorised before shaking his head, “Nevermind, just let her come to us about it. It’s better that way than us trying to figure out where it came from.” With that, Enzo and Blaise left the room to make their way to Flitwick’s class. 

“You think her parents did that?” Theo asked, his voice deeper and laced with sadness just thinking about it.

“I mean probably. You know how her mum is, she’s a terrible woman and her father is a terrible man. I can only imagine what she goes through being stuck in that house day in and day out.”

Taglist:

@bigsimperika @melllinaa @chgrch @the-girl-who-simps-too-much

[thenukacolachallenge]

some fun facts about Luis and André Peña(his VA)

(from the Nick Apostolides(Leon Kennedy VA) livestreams, because i think Luis is neato and i liked André's performance, especially for a first-time big VA gig!)

UPDATE: NOW WITH TIMESTAMPS bc someone on the part two of this post asked about them lmfao

-André actually auditioned for the Spanish cops that escort Leon to Valdelobos originally, and went through several more auditions before landing the role of Luis Serra. for his first role on a big project like Resident Evil, that's incredibly impressive! (timestamp)

-Both Nick and André did motion capture for multiple enemies, including André calling his "best role" playing a dead body lmao. He and Nick also did mocap for the Verdugos, Salazar's bodyguards! (timestamp)

-Being that it was such a big role, he was very anxious about the game dropping, from the moment he got cast to the day it dropped. He even apparently asked Nick constantly if he had somehow been recast. (poor dude, as someone with anxiety issues and huge imposter syndrome, i feel for him!!!) Nick gives him a very sweet but stern pep talk about how he earned and deserved his role on stream too, it was a cute moment! (timestamp 1: André first mentioning his nerves) (timestamp 2: second mention of anxiety/Nick's pep talk to André)

-André is a big enough fan of the original to remember where all the treasure used to be! i love when people who are fans of a series get to work on it, dude. in addition, he was also very happy with the direction he was given, and felt that he was allowed to explore Luis as a more fleshed out character. (which he absolutely is, and i love it! Luis in the original was so strange and honestly off-putting imo. fucking ballistics lmao) (timestamp 1: first mention of André knowing a lot about RE4) (timestamp 2: more of André knowing the game) (timestamp 3: MORE of André knowing the game lmao) (there are a lot more than just these. dude is a FAN) (timestamp 4: André talking about direction and Luis)

-He refers to the bag Luis is stuffed into as a "Luis burrito", which is hilarious and adorable. (timestamp)

-(Also, not related to Luis, but Nick yells "YEET" when Leon gets tossed into the wall by Mendez, which is fucking hysterical) (timestamp)

-UPDATE: thank you to tumblr user @hamartia-grander for this detail that i completely missed originally! (timestamp)

(transcript: I hope this okay for me to add, but he also said that in the first scene with Leon and Luis, Luis looks away as Mendéz injects Leon with la plaga because he couldn't watch another person be infected by something horrible he had a hand in creating. Which is easy to infer from that scene, but it was nice that it was a conscious decision on André's part, rather than aimless direction.)

-the first scene André and Nick filmed together was Luis and Leon chained up together! and the first line of Luis's that got revealed was when he said to Leon, "I guess you, me... picked the wrong spot to vacation, eh?" Apparently the mocap for this scene was also very awkward for André, which is totally understandable, considering Luis spends 90% of it getting jerked around by Leon or trying to dodge a Ganado without the use of his hands lol. (timestamp)

-André worked very hard to make sure that Luis's accent was as accurate to Spain's Spanish as it could be, which is awesome, especially for someone who doesn't naturally speak that particular dialect. GOOD ACTING, BABEY (timestamp)

-André owns a legitimate Red 9 gun, the weapon that Luis uses in the game. this is a unique gun bc it was manufactured during the first World War, and it's VERY expensive(they can go up to $10k, but André apparently got his for a great deal!). he also has MADE a copy of the RE4 tactical knife Leon uses, and there's a video up on his youtube channel! (timestamp)

-(not related to Luis, but André also mentioned he has adhd! same buddy!!!) (timestamp)

-OKAY NEW STREAM TIME! This begins part four of Nick's playthrough, and André is a guest once more. All the previous facts are from part one, which is the first one André guested on. According to Nick, André learned how to flip a lighter around his fingers just for Luis, which is awesome. (and he shows off by doing so in stream!!!) (timestamp)

-Ashley's VA, Genevieve Buechner, got asked about her reaction to Luis' infamous "ballistics" line and both her and André aren't sad to see it missing from the remake. André himself makes a comment about how this version of Luis is still flirty without coming across as "creepy" about it. (i find the ballistics line from the original annoying, and it was a huge part of why i didn't care for Luis in og re4, so i too am VERY glad it's gone) (timestamp)

-André jokes about Luis breaking the brake on the minecart: "I react so depressed, like.... 'Guess that's it, bro.' 'Hey man, I tried.'" He really does! it feels like a mix of sheepishness at breaking it in the first place, and just very, resigned and depressed lol. (timestamp)

-Sadly, because he hadn't played up to that point yet, he didn't watch Luis' death scene, and therefore didn't have much to say on it :c

-when the cast was asked what kind of pet each of their characters would have, André said Luis would be a cat person, and he'd probably specifically adopt a stray cat, probably one that "adopted" him first. I definitely agree! (timestamp)

i havent watched Nick's last vid in the series yet but this is long enough as it is! im planning on watching some of André's streams up on his personal channel, and some others where he's a guest in, and i may make a part 2 of this :D (update: i did, link at the top of the post lol)

[sapphire-weapon]

So, you know how, during Salazar's boss fight in Remake, he starts to freak out and tells Leon that he looks like his dad? And it's like "lmao ok weirdo he's lost it"?

Well uh

I found this in the pep talk room:

So, Leon looks like Salazar's dad...

[josiecarioca]

Salazar: "You will have to outsmart them. Lie. Pretend." Evelyn: "I can't do that, I'm a terrible liar!" Salazar:"You're a Black. There's enough Slitherin cunning left in you, or did your muggle blood water it all down?" Evelyn: "Amazing how you can't stop being a biggoted wanker even when you're trying to give a pep talk."

[hoeshiworld]

rogue court — two: cheating?

"i really can't believe it's finally time!!!" riki yells from the changing room across from yours.

you swore your ears were going to bleed soon from the crowd. if not the crowd, riki was going to do the honours for you. they were this close from bursting.

"shut up, kid!" sunwoo screams at last.

you thank salazar for the occurrence because the youngest is quiet.

it doesn't seem like it takes a lot to make sunwoo angry but it does. he has an abundance of patience.

riki drove the last ounce of it off the table and a different side of sunwoo resurrected as a cause. you don't know whether that is a bad thing or a good thing but you know that you need to tread lightly or you will drown.

getting a last look at your uniform in the dusty mirror, you leave the changing rooms. the robe restricts you but you'd rather wear it than let madam pomfrey give you an earful and delay the inevitable—wearing the robe.

one by one, your team members come out of the changing room. as each member comes out, the volume of the crowd outside increases. more people are filling up the field, you can feel it in your bloodstream.

it's been a while since you've seen the hidden excitement in your team's eyes. and the endearment in sunwoo's...it's his last year as captain and you've gotta give it to him. every year has led to success.

this year will be the same.

"it's my last year as captain..." he starts and he's at the brink of getting emotional. he gave you guys a pep talk last practice. it was emotional. he managed to make sunghoon cry. not you, though. it's not that you don't care. it's just you'd rather cry when it's all over. so you were helping your teammates recover and comforting them. your heart drops a little at sunwoo's remark, "let's make it the best year!"

jay and riki start yelling and wraps their arms around the captain.

they walk out, allowing the rays of sunshine.

you do too, grabbing your broom inside of the changing room.

"ready?" rei asks, almost forced.

she's just filling in the gaps of the nervous air.

you don't look at the crowd. it's nerve-wracking and hard to process. you would get used to it as you fly around.

you nod at her, trying not to prolong the conversation. "we got this. we've always got it."

the firebolt feels sturdy in your hand. as the sunshine shines on you guys the loud cheers wash the nervous energy away. you can feel it practically evaporate from the team.

today, you're up against ravenclaw.

you don't know much about the team...you barely remember names of opponents. you remember them by their best distinguishing feature because you find it easier that way. also because you don't have time to remember the names of people from other houses, it's not important. it's been drilled in your head since birth to be that way.

your team gets up on their broom and to their position. you follow jay. you're a good metre away from him and look in front, ignoring the cheers and taking the time to relax a little before the game starts.

the bludger is right in front of you.

when madam pomfrey blows the whistle, it is up to you to get over there and bludgeon it up a ravenclaw's ass. it's your main goal and you'll risk your life making sure every ravenclaw gets hit once, if not, twice.

you're in your planning when suddenly, eyes catch you in a trance, a little further from the bludger. your direct opposite.

he has cat-like eyes. in fact, he might as well be a hybrid from how much he reminds you of one. he's staring at you for some odd reason and you're not sure why.

he almost seems...angry...but maybe it's just the way the sun is hitting his face, causing his eyebrows to furrow. he looks at madam pomfrey rather intently...like he wants to say something to her, with the same look.

your fingers grip tighter on the broom as you assess your competition.

this is his first year as a beater. last year, he was a chaser and an awfully good one. you recall chasing him around with the bludger, trying to knock him off the broom.

he'd glare every time he saw you trailing behind him.

it wasn't your fault. you just wanted the satisfaction of seeing him knocked out of the broom.

this year he's a beater.

you don't know why. it must be a new plan the ravenclaws are working on. not that you care but it is his first year and it'll take some time to adjust to the new environment.

especially when slytherin is the first team you're against.

"y/n!" jay calls.

you look to your left, a bat being thrown at you. you catch it quickly, missing the feeling of it.

"please...play fairly..." she says and doesn't fail to give the slytherins that morbid look, yet again. "any questions before we begin?"

the boy almost immediately raises his hand.

why is he so desparate?

"yeah?"

"i'm not sure if i should say it here..."

everyone nearly fell off their broom.

his voice is loud.

not just loud but like sonorus-spell loud.

you grip your broom tightly, ears straining.

he probably does have the sonorus spell, he must have hexed himself.

but he looks...confused at his voice?

"we can fix that later." madam pomfrey said, indicating the voice problem. "tell us what's wrong."

he looks at you.

"i've been told ten minutes ago that the slytherins are using chelidonium miniscula."

you gasp.

everyone gasps.

the quidditch field becomes so quiet that you could heard a pin drop, even on the grass, in that moment.

you can already see the ending of this and you're shocked. the boy is still looking at you.

and then, the hushed whispers and exclamations begin from everywhere. louder than the sonorus spell.

"what?" sunwoo finally breaks out. "that can't be!"

"who gave you this information?" professor mcgonagall asks from one of the stands.

she's close to you which explains why you can hear her. she's peering from underneath a gothic sunhat. you can barely see her underneath it if it wasn't for her gown.

"i don't want to say who the person is in case it can be used against them." the boy said.

you're so confused. by saying that, it obviously makes you guys look bad. as if, if you knew who the person was with the 'information', you would harm them.

you're misunderstood.

but you're mad.

who would accuse your team of such a thing?

chelidonium miniscula is a potion used to increase adrenaline in the bloodstream. it's considered cheating since it's inducing an altered state of consciousness, like alcohol or drugs.

"i suggest we check." the boy says, urging a search.

"i suggest the same thing." another loud voice comes.

dumbledore.

he's staring at your team.

not at anyone in particular, but he's staring at you guys.

you can't read his eyes.

it's serious.

"an investigation?!" riki yells as if he's trying to argue.

madam pomfrey isn't even looking at your team and there's a visible disappointment from everyone at the end of a game. but a bigger problem awaits you.

"an investigation. everyone, back to your dorms."

your heart drops to the pit of your stomach.

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SUMMARY ➤when ravenclaw’s new beater accuses the slytherin team of cheating, turns into the truth, turns into y/n fixating absolute rage on jungwon. add tension, an accidental kiss & an ex, forces them to be unbearable around and to each other.

GENRE ➤ enemies to lovers, hogwarts au, ravenclaw x slytherin, quidditch teams, angst, fluff, threats, slight violence, tension, fluff, drug mention

TAGLIST ➤ @sunasbbie @kange3939 @shinsou-rii @flower-lise @woncheecks @boowoowho @shwizhies @faelyncore

[pasitheapowder]

Sunday Scaries getting you down? Dreading that one specific person at work who's just...that one specific person? Pep yourself up with some Salazar & Steptoe jams. They can definitely relate. 🚀

[hqagain]

welcome  back  to  rvu   ,   alistar  salazar  &  arizona  gilbert   !   please  move  in  to  your  dorm  within  twenty  -  four   hours  or  risk  losing  your  place  here.      (   thank  you  for  applying   ,   gi   !   aron  piper   &   giuseppe  maggio  ,    charlotte  d’alessio   &   alycia  debnam  carey   are  now  taken.   )

(   aron  piper  &   giuseppe maggio  )   bopping  along  to  forever  by  drake  is  alistair  salazar  ,  the  twenty  two  year  old  cis  man  thrown  back  to  their  business  days  with  none  of  his   memories  .  voted  most  likely  to  move  out  the  country  ,  alis  was  known  for  being   resilient &   facetious ,  go  figures  you’d  always  find  them  being  threatened  to  be  kicked  off  of  the  football  team  ,  but  grew  up  to  be   audacious &  untrusting  .   ✎   gi  ,  nineteen  ,  she  and  her  ,  est  .

(  charlotte  d'alessio   &   alycia  debnam  carey  )   bopping  along  to  rude  boy  by  rihanna  is  arizona  “rizo”  gilbert  ,  the  twenty  one  year  old  cis  woman  thrown  back  to  their   hospitality  management  with  some  of  her   memories  .  voted  most  likely  to  star in their   own  reality  tv  show ,  rizo was  known  for  being    flamboyant &   loquacious ,  go  figures  you’d  always  find  them  giving  drunk  pep  talks  in  the  girls  bathroom  ,  but  grew  up  to  be   punctual &  hard  headed.   ✎   gi  ,  nineteen  ,  she  and  her  ,  est  .

[unproduciblesmackdown]

Over nine minutes of material here as Joe Iconis and Will Roland alternately provide explanatory introductions for “More Than Survive,” “I Love Play Rehearsal,” “Two-Player Game,” “A Guy That I’d Kinda Be Into,” “Loser Geek Whatever,” “Halloween,” “Michael in the Bathroom,” “The Smartphone Hour (Rich Set A Fire),” “The Pants Song,” and “Voices in My Head.”

Transcriptions!!

Hey, I'm Will Roland from Be More Chill, and this next track, "More Than Survive," is from Be More Chill's original Broadway cast recording; it is our opening number where we follow our leading man, Jeremy Heere, as he travels throughout an average day at school. In it, we get to watch Jeremy get tortured by everyone around him, and also tortured by himself, and the voices in his head, and it really rocks! It's a lot of fun to do every night, and I hope that you have fun listening to it.

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Hi, this is Joe Iconis, writer of Be More Chill, the musical, and this song is "I Love Play Rehearsal." Which is the first song that our leading lady, Christine Canigula, sings, and the song just sort of encapsulates her feelings on theatre, and on life—y'know, she's a character who's really excited about theatre at this moment in her life, and all she wants to do is express that excitement to anyone who will listen. And so, this is the song that sort of encapsulates her as a human being. And, uh, the performance by Stephanie Hsu is pretty spectacular. It won several awards in my amateur theatre awards that I hold, uh, every month in my own apartment. So, "I Love Play Rehearsal."

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Hey, everybody, I'm Will Roland from Be More Chill—"Two-Player Game" is the buddy-cop fun friendship song on our show; features myself and George Salazar as Jeremy and Michael, these are two guys who are supremely uncool and—and supremely uninteresting, but the thing that they have is each other, and their friendship, and this is a song wherein we find them, uh, playing video games, and, uh, discussing life together. On the surface you might think, "Oh, this song is about video games," but this song is actually...about friendship.

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Hi, this is Joe Iconis, writer of Be More Chill, the Broadway musical, and this is "A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into," sung by Stephanie Hsu and our incredible Be More Chill cast, and this song—it's a song that happens, uh, sorta towards the end of Act 1, and, uh, our leading lady, Christine Canigula, says that she has something that she needs to tell our leading man, Jeremy. And we think that this is going to be the sort of classic musical theatre love song, but what she, uh, lays on him is not quite that? Take particular note of the really, really cool orchestration done by Charlie Rosen; uh, this song is a song that could feel like a sort of very generic pop-rock tune, but it has so much character, uh, the instrument choice is so specific, there's such an undercurrent of technology in this song, even though it's kind of a bop.

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Hi, everybody, I'm Will Roland! From Be More Chill. Uh, this next track, "Loser Geek Whatever," is from Be More Chill, the Broadway musical; it takes place at the end of Act 1, and, uh, in this moment we find our leading man, Jeremy Heere—he is alone onstage, and he has just been told by his SQUIP—uh, played by Jason Tam—the SQUIP, which is a supercomputer which is implanted in his brain and instructing him how to be more chill—the SQUIP has told him that in order to make this transformation and become the cool guy that he wants to be, he has to get rid of his best friend, Michael Mell, and leave his old life behind and become this person that, uh, that he thinks he's always wanted to become. My friend, Joe Iconis, often describes it as the—the "anti-Defying Gravity," because instead of singing about becoming yourself, he's singing about becoming someone who is not himself. This is: "Loser Geek Whatever!"

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This is Joe Iconis, the writer of Be More Chill, the great big Broadway musical, and this song is called "Halloween." "Halloween" is our great big opener of Act 2;  it takes place, unsurprisingly, at a Halloween party—the sort of ultimate suburban high school Halloween house party. There's debauchery, there's people dressed as killer clowns, it's sort of everything that you want and dread from a high school party. This song is notable because, uh, one of the main inspirations for the score of Be More Chill is the John Carpenter film, Halloween, and, uh, this song, uh, just completely stopped trying to reference it, and, in fact, it just stole its title! So here is..."Halloween," from Be More Chill.

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Hi, this is Joe Iconis, writer of Be More Chill! The Broadway musical. This song is called "Michael in the Bathroom," it is a song that's—has been a lot of people's, uh, sort of gateway drug into the world of Be More Chill. The song takes place in Act 2, and, uh, the character of Michael Mell, who is the second banana character in our show, he's sort of the sidekick to the leading man, uh, Jeremy—Michael, uh, has been ignored by Jeremy up to this point in the show, uh, formerly his best friend—they have this big fight in the bathroom, Jeremy leaves his best friend alone in the bathroom, uh, and Michael, uh, depressed, and with this raging Halloween house party going on outside the door, sings this song, and the—the performance by George Salazar is one of the things that kinda catapulted Be More Chill from being this, y'know, sort of, uh, musical oddity that lived in the—the nether regions of social media, uh, to being, uh, a musical in New York City! Um, it's just one of my favorite performances of a song that I've ever heard, let alone one that I've written, check it out! George Salazar, singing: "Michael in the Bathroom" from: Be More Chill.

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Hey, everybody! I'm Will Roland, from Be More Chill. This next track, "The Smartphone Hour," in parenthesis: "Rich Set A Fire," is a song that takes place in the second act of Be More Chill—it is this massive, uh, maximalist technicolor extravaganza. What happens is there's a big Halloween party, and then at the end of the party, uh, we see this one kid, Rich, um, sort of really—really, like, uh, tweakin' out crazy, and we're like, "Oh, is he okay?" And we find out, uh, in the first chorus of this song that Rich has, in fact, uh, committed a heinous act. And throughout we get to see all of the kids at school disseminate this information and—and share it amongst themselves, and it's really about, y'know, the way in which news and gossip can spread in the 21st century, and it's very much our homage to, uh, "The Telephone Hour" from Bye Bye Birdie mashed up with some 21st-century lunacy. As the song really ramps up, it becomes this sort of, like, pep-rally cheerleader situation, so imagine human pyramids, and people flying through the air, and—and air-raid sirens, and, uh, just the most insane experience you could ever picture in a theater. Transport yourself there, and it will really, uh, enhance your experience with "The Smartphone Hour."

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Hey, everybody! I'm Will Roland, from Be More Chill. This next song, "The Pants Song," is, uh, sung in the second act of our show by the wonderful Jason SweetTooth Williams and George Salazar. It begins with Jeremy's dad, played by Jason; they've just had a big fight, and Jeremy's dad has realized that his son, Jeremy, who I play in the show, has really sort of gone off the rails—he's become this—this unrecognizable young man, and he realizes that he has been derelict in his duty as a father. And so, he decides, in one of my favorite lyrics of the 21st century, that "if you love somebody, you put your pants on." Because at this point in the show, he has literally not worn pants. At all. For the entirety of the play. And so this is a big moment where he decides to make a change, and he goes and enlists the help of Jeremy's best friend, Michael, and they decide that they are going to save their buddy. Here it is, from Be More Chill: "The Pants Song."

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Hey, everybody, this is Joe Iconis, writer of Be More Chill, the Broadway musical. This song is called "Voices in My Head," this is our finale of our show, and it is sung by the leading man to end all leading men, mister Will Roland, one of my absolute favorite actors of all time, and I—I can't believe that I've been lucky enough to work with him on Be More Chill, and that I get to hear him sing the finale of my musical. It is the first song that I wrote after the death of the fella who wrote the original novel, Be More Chill, Ned Vizzini, and, um, y'know, Be More Chill is a show that's pretty wild and wacky and crazy and it's kinda easy to look at it and—and say, "Aw, this is this sorta goofy show about, y'know, technology and computers and high school kids," but it really is about something deeper, y'know—it's about how we struggle with anxiety and depression and how we deal with that, and "Voices in My Head" is the song that kind of most explicitly deals with that, right? It most explicitly talks about how, y'know, we all have issues, right? We all have voices in our head telling us what to do, uh, and the—the trick is to not make them go away, it's just to know which ones to listen to. So here is our celebratory finale, "Voices in My Head" from Be More Chill.

[anifangor]

I joined the Nino Zine and have some Nino sketches that aren’t related to the piece I’m doing for the zine, including some fashion Nino and this Really Old AU that hasn’t been touched in Years

I haven’t contributed anything in this fandom since the AU lmao but hi, Nino dragged me back

[supertagged]

S10E5: “Fan Fiction”

CHARACTERS: Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, Marie, Maeve, Siobhan, Kristen, Maggie, Mrs. Chandler, Principal Salazar, Calliope, Chuck.

RELATIONSHIPS: Sam & Dean Winchester, Marie & Cast, Marie & Dean Winchester, Marie & Calliope, Siobhan/ Kristen.

ADDITIONAL TAGS: Musical Theater, High School, Kidnapping, Impersonation of Law Enforcement, Meta Episode, Implied/ Referenced Alcohol Abuse/ Alcoholism, References to Wincest Subtext, References to Destiel Subtext, References to Fanfiction, Sam Winchester Ships Castiel/ Dean Winchester, Angst and Drama, References to Episode: S1E17 Hell House, Tulpas, Deanisms, Monster of the Week: Calliope, References to Cannibalism, Anxiety Attacks, Sam!Girls, Dean Winchester is Good with Children, Pep Talks, Snark and Sarcasm, Fluff and Feels, Chuck Being a Dick, Unreliable Narrative.

[sapphire-weapon]

another broke take i keep seeing is that ashley develops feelings for leon but that it’s not mutual, which is dumb bc even if leon isn’t as open about it (the ‘running from creeps’ and ‘good company’ lines notwithstanding), his body language is very telling imo.

holding on to her a little longer than he needs to during the church escape, touching her shoulder to check on her (when they’re saved by luis) or in reassurance (post-stabbing), gently cupping her head and tracing his fingers down her arm, reaching for her face again when she’s on the altar, grabbing her hand to pull her into the lift, and the way he always stops to help her up with both arms when she’s downed by enemies

even the fact that he’s literally being paid to protect her can’t justify the tenderness of all these little touches. i highly doubt “touch the president’s daughter like she’s the only thing that keeps you going” was in his job description. don’t even get me started on his boyish, almost bashful, “i can catch ya” like literally what the fuck

I think, after being forced into the shadows for eighteen fucking years by this fandom -- and by Aeon fans especially -- I've been hesitant to make any definitive statements on Leon and Ashley's relationship outside of its effects on Leon's character arc (and reaffirming over and over and over again that Ashley disappears from the series, as though to soothe people's reactions??).

But I was on discord talking to @godtier earlier, and once I actually said it out loud and then actually got an agreement from someone who could not be paid to give a fucking shit about this ship -- I'm just going to go ahead and say it for the wider fandom.

Resident Evil 4 Remake was written as a romance, and the romance is between Leon and Ashley.

With the new scenes they've added in, it's literally structured like a romance story is. I'll even outline it for you.

1) Call to Adventure / The Meet Cute

Literally their first meeting in the church, culminating with the catch and that moment of longing as they lock eyes while Leon continues to hold her just a few seconds too long.

2) Refusal of the Call / Rejection of the Relationship

At first, Leon treats Ashley solely as his mission objective. ("Hey can we take a break?" "Sorry, we need to keep moving.") And Ashley, for a good bit, doesn't trust him at all but goes with him because she has no other choice. ("Seriously, this cannot be happening.")

3) Acceptance of the Quest / Giving the relationship a chance

The escape from the cabin sequence up to the "seems this isn't your first time running from creeps." line. This is where we see them actually start to warm up to each other, and Ashley, for the first time, believes Leon can and will really get her out of there.

4) Trials and Temptations / Three Dates

The three dates are:

1) Ashley busting the window open after the Mendez boss fight, helping brush the embers off of Leon, and helping to pull him to his feet

2) Salazar's introduction ("The girl's just fine. With me.")

3) The road to the Water Hall (Leon jumping across the chandeliers + this is the first time the "knight and the princess" allegory is stated)

5) Midpoint Crisis / I-need-you-but-can’t-have-you

The stab followed by Ashley running away in tears, terrified of hurting Leon again and horrified that he saw her like that. This is also the second time that the "knight and the princess" allegory is stated.

6) The Road Back / Pulling Back Together

The pep talk. Leon is openly vulnerable for the first time ever in this game, and Ashley is grateful to have him with her. Note that Luis calls Leon "Prince Charming" immediately following this scene.

7) The Fall

Ashley stating "I won't run. Wait for me, Leon." And then Leon following up with the "I can catch ya" line.

8) Dark moment / The Break Up

Leon sitting at Ashley's bedside waiting to turn and ready to shoot himself. He's already half given up, and some part of him has started to believe that they won't actually make it out of here -- not together, at least.

9) The Sacrifice

"This time, it has to be different." Leon is forced to challenge the assertion by Ada and Krauser that he hasn't changed, and he even has to prove it to himself. He destroys Ashley's plaga, holding her hand the whole time, smiles breathlessly, then collapses to the floor.

10) Declaration

"Hey... we're a team, right?" "Keep this up? I'll be out of a job."

11) The HEA

Leon and Ashley literally ride off into the sunrise together towards a happily ever after.

The original RE4 is not structured this way. Even if I tried to, I couldn't slot Leon and Ashley's scenes from OG into this outline.

And the romance angle is reinforced over and over and over again through repeated use of the "knight and the princess" allegory beyond what I've even listed in the outline. You know, the fairy tales about the knight who saves the princess and they fall in love and live happily ever after. In addition to Salazar saying it, there's the "Prince Charming" line from Luis, Ashley references it when she jokes that Leon should literally put on the knight's armor -- and, on a meta level, Leon has a fucking fantasy hero costume.

There's even goddamn dialogue in the game where Ashley says to Leon, "I knew you'd come" -- which is basically just ripped right out of the Princess Bride.

And to continue the meta reinforcement of it, Leon and Ashley literally have a matching set of alternate costumes called "Romantic" -- and they are fucking Romeo & Juliet inspired. Come the fuck on, man. They couldn't have been more on the nose about it if they'd tried.

And this is in addition to all the other shit you already pointed out in your ask.

And there's the fact that they completely removed any hint of Ada possibly even remotely being a love interest for Leon in this game. The focus remains solely on Ashley and the bond that she and Leon build together.

Leon and Ashley's relationship in RE4 Remake is canonically romantic in nature, and I'm so fucking tired of pretending like it's not.

[edenlyeden]

. 　　　　　　📽️ 　𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 　　　　　　 　 　𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 　　　　　　 　 　𝖺𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗅 𝟣𝟩, 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟥 　　　　　　 　 　#𝖽𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗁𝗉𝗋𝗉𝗀　 　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　⤸ 　 　 　 　L'Infermeria era stranamente piena, quella notte, tanto che ben presto la necessità di prendere un po' d'aria investì in pieno Eden e Lorcan, che fino a quel momento erano stati un po' gli angeli custodi del dormiente - e forse dolorante - Lysander. Dopo aver rubato due lecca-lecca dalle scorte di Madama Abbott, i due amici avevano quindi imboccato il lungo corridoio che conduceva verso ― non lo sapevano nemmeno loro, in realtà: semplicemente camminavano. 　Il corvonero le restituì la caramella che lei non era stata in grado di scartare, ma subito dopo posò una mano sulla propria natica, che già precedentemente le aveva detto dolente a causa di un movimento brusco durante la partita. 　« Come stai, Peps? Non mi racconti niente da una vita. » 　Stava un po' parlando da solo, però, dato che la serpeverde era scoppiata a ridere così forte, ma così forte che dovette fermarsi per reggersi la pancia. 　« Salazar, è quasi come se avessimo fatto un rapidissimo viaggio nel futuro — sembri già un nonnetto, così. Sul serio, ti prego, ungiti la chiappa: non posso vivere così. » si cacciò finalmente il lecca-lecca in bocca, accelerando poi i passetti per raggiungerlo. « Non è colpa mia se ci becchiamo di meno. » 　« Non mi ungerò nessuna chiappa — e abbassa la voce che se ti sentono chissà che diranno: "oh sì, Lorcan Scamander si unge le chiappe!". Stupidi. » bofonchiò e la guardò in modo un po' più serio. « No? E di chi è? » 　« Ma che devono dire? Ultimamente ci pensi davvero troppo a 'ste cosacce — e comunque tua, chiaramente. » 　« Io? » toccò dunque a lui fermarsi, sotto shock com'era. « Io non penso quasi mai a / queste / cose! » 　« Che fai? Il muscolo si è totalmente atro— eppure, è o non è la seconda volta quasi consecutiva che mi manifesti simili timori, Judy-bun? » si era totalmente girata per guardarlo, pur continuando a camminare a passo di gambero. 　« Odio le chiacchiere legate al sesso, tutto qui: non mi sembra una novità e non mi sembra il mio caso quello di chi ci pensa "troppo". » sbuffò rumorosamente e si sdraiò a terra senza troppi problemi al centro esatto del corridoio. 　Eden, intanto, si strinse nelle spalle. 　« Tanto parlano sempre e comunque e — » si bloccò, osservandolo con un cipiglio confuso. 　« Non voglio fare polemica, scusa se ti rispondo sempre così. » 　« Mi trovo di fronte ad un sit-in pacifico, dunque? » 　« Mh-mh, mi stendo qui fino a che non vola via tutta la rabbia. » 　« Quindi è uno stendin... » fu una battuta infelice, quella di Eden, pronunciata in italiano. Uno stendino per abiti, che genialità! 　« Probabile che diventi una delle statue del castello. » 　Decide di raggiungerlo, allora, e mettersi al suo fianco senza troppi complimenti, ritrovandosi una mano di Lorcan sulla guancia subito dopo. 　« Dici che poi ci animeranno con un Piertotum Locomotor, prima o poi? » 　« Dico che tu ne hai meno, sicuro ti alzi prima. » 　« 𝘐𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘪 𝘢𝘭𝘻𝘰 𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘪 𝘢𝘭𝘻𝘪. » 　« Hai la faccia fredda, cretina. » 　Fu la Ambrose ad appoggiare allora la mano sulla guancia dell'amico, anche e soprattutto per sfruttare le capacità donatele da Madre Natura e tirargli via un po' di quella rabbia a cui aveva appena accennato. 　« Faccia fredda, cuore caldo. » 　Lorcan giocava a passare la stecca unita alla caramella da una parte all'altra della bocca, regalando così ai due un breve attimo di silenzio. 　« Pensi che un giorno ci riuscirò ad essere meno rigido? Con i sentimenti e queste cose qua. » con la lingua puntellò l'interno della guancia dove Eden ancora teneva la mano. 　« Penso di sì, sai? Tutti noi abbiamo un percorso da seguire — sei già meno rigido degli anni scorsi, se ci pensi. » 　« Mi faccio toccare di più, in effetti. » lo bisbigliò, voltando quindi la testa in direzione dell'amica. 　« Ti fai insudiciare la pelle, poveri noi. » 　« Lo sapevo. » 　« Che cosa sapevi? » 　Sorrise, rilassato. 　« Che i giorni dispari non dobbiamo giocare, che in caso succeda qualcosa la tua voce pepillosa risuona lo stesso buffa. So un sacco di cose. » 　« Che ti voglio bene lo sai? » 　« E dimmelo un po', va, che certe cose pure se si sanno sono belle da ascoltare. » 　« Anche se Paganini in genere non ripete? » 　« Però c'è anche l'olio, e la ditta ripete la spremitura ogni anno. » 　« Sai davvero parecchie cose. » 　Eden spostò la mano, ben aperta, in modo che andasse a coprirgli interamente la faccia. Lorcan rise, e nel farlo scoprì i denti bianchi. 　« Ti voglio bene. » 　« Ti voglio bene. » 　Ci fu una sincronia spontanea che, sebbene si fosse manifestata spesso nei lunghi anni della loro amicizia, riusciva ancora a lasciarli piacevolmente di stucco. Non che non avessero sempre la consapevolezza che il loro rapporto fosse speciale, eh!, ma, parafrasando lo Scamander, certe cose pure se si sanno sono belle da riscoprire. Soprattutto nei giorni dispari.

[calacuspr]

Lessons learnt from the top sports crises of 2020

Even in a year when so much top level sport was postponed or truncated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, there were still plenty of controversies and scandals throughout the year.

In 2019, racism dominated football while the likes of James Maddison, Pep Guardiola, Saracens, London Irish and Alberto Salazar all dominated the news for negative reasons.

Sports stars, clubs, federations and brands have all suffered when scandal strikes and as sports crisis communications experts, here are some of the major sports crises of the past 12 months and what lessons can be learnt to avoid encountering the same problems.

Eight-year ban for Chinese swim star Sun Yang FEB

He may have won three Olympic gold medals, but Sun Yang was banned for eight years after missing a doping test.

FINA, the international swimming federation, had originally cleared Sun over an incident with drug testers in 2018 but after an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) found Sun guilty of obstructing testers and of ordering a member of his team to smash vials containing his blood.

Sun told the hearing that he did not think the testers were properly accredited but having previously served a three-month ban in 2014 for testing positive for a banned stimulant and declared: “This is unfair. I firmly believe in my innocence. I will definitely appeal to let more people know the truth.”

Other swimmers have previously criticised the swimmer and Briton Duncan Scott refused to shake Sun’s hand on the podium after his victory in the 200m freestyle, with Sun telling him: “You’re a loser, I’m a winner.”

Australian swimmer Mack Horton – who had labelled Sun a “drug cheat” in Rio – refused to share a podium or shake his hand following defeat in the 400m freestyle final in 2019 and had been the subject of mass online abuse from Chinese swim fans in the past.

But after the publication of the 78-page CAS report, many Chinese fans apologised and appear to have turned their back on Sun.  

FINA’s original decision to clear him was met with astonishment throughout the sport but Sun has filed two appeals with the Swiss Federal Tribunal which are ongoing.

Learning: Sun Yang’s arrogance while he dominated the sport will now forever be in question, even if he wins his appeal.

CAS explained in their verdict that to question the accreditation of the testing personnel and destroy testing samples, despite lengthy exchanges and warnings of the consequences, sends a message that Sun had something to hide and potentially damaged his reputation for good.

Taking an aggressive stance against doping testers, even if you consider their actions unreasonable, is never a good look. That’s particularly the case when there are doubts about your sporting integrity and you have previously been banned for doping offences.

Sports stars have to work twice as hard when they have previously been convicted of doping offences and there are many who have not taken testing as seriously as they should and lost years of their short careers as a consequence.

[itwouldhityoulikeasledgehammer]

. 　 　 　 　 　 　 ╰ 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞!

　 　 　 　 　 　 　 📍　hospital wing 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 📅　apr 17, 2023 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 🔗　#𝖽𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗁𝗉𝗋𝗉𝗀

　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 ･･･

　 　 　L'Infermeria era stranamente piena, quella notte, tanto che ben presto la necessità di prendere un po' d'aria investì in pieno Eden e Lorcan, che fino a quel momento erano stati un po' gli angeli custodi del dormiente - e forse dolorante - Lysander. Dopo aver rubato due lecca-lecca dalle scorte di Madama Abbott, i due amici avevano quindi imboccato il lungo corridoio che conduceva verso ― non lo sapevano nemmeno loro, in realtà: semplicemente camminavano. 　Il corvonero le restituì la caramella che lei non era stata in grado di scartare, ma subito dopo posò una mano sulla propria natica, che già precedentemente le aveva detto dolente a causa di un movimento brusco durante la partita. 　« Come stai, Peps? Non mi racconti niente da una vita. » 　Stava un po' parlando da solo, però, dato che la serpeverde era scoppiata a ridere così forte, ma così forte che dovette fermarsi per reggersi la pancia. 　« Salazar, è quasi come se avessimo fatto un rapidissimo viaggio nel futuro — sembri già un nonnetto, così. Sul serio, ti prego, ungiti la chiappa: non posso vivere così. » si cacciò finalmente il lecca-lecca in bocca, accelerando poi i passetti per raggiungerlo. « Non è colpa mia se ci becchiamo di meno. » 　« Non mi ungerò nessuna chiappa — e abbassa la voce che se ti sentono chissà che diranno: "oh sì, Lorcan Scamander si unge le chiappe!". Stupidi. » bofonchiò e la guardò in modo un po' più serio. « No? E di chi è? » 　« Ma che devono dire? Ultimamente ci pensi davvero troppo a 'ste cosacce — e comunque tua, chiaramente. » 　« Io? » toccò dunque a lui, fermarsi, sotto shock com'era. « Io non penso quasi mai a / queste / cose! » 　Che fai? Il muscolo si è totalmente atro— eppure, è o non è la seconda volta quasi consecutiva che mi manifesti simili timori, Judy-bun? » si era totalmente girata per guardarlo, pur continuando a camminare a passo di gambero. 　« Odio le chiacchiere legate al sesso, tutto qui: non mi sembra una novità e non mi sembra il mio caso quello di chi ci pensa "troppo". » sbuffò rumorosamente e si sdraiò a terra senza troppi problemi al centro esatto del corridoio. 　Eden, intanto, si strinse nelle spalle. 　« Tanto parlano sempre e comunque e — » si bloccò, osservandolo con un cipiglio confuso. 　« Non voglio fare polemica, scusa se ti rispondo sempre così. » 　« Mi trovo di fronte ad un sit-in pacifico, dunque? » 　« Mh-mh, mi stendo qui fino a che non vola via tutta la rabbia. » 　« Quindi è uno stendin... » fu una battuta infelice, quella di Eden, pronunciata in italiano. Uno stendino per abiti, che genialità! 　« Probabile che diventi una delle statue del castello. » 　Decide di raggiungerlo, allora, e mettersi al suo fianco senza troppi complimenti, ritrovandosi una mano di Lorcan sulla guancia subito dopo. 　« Dici che poi ci animeranno con un Piertotum Locomotor, prima o poi? » 　« Dico che tu ne hai meno, sicuro ti alzi prima. » 　« 𝘐𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘪 𝘢𝘭𝘻𝘰 𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘪 𝘢𝘭𝘻𝘪. » 　« Hai la faccia fredda, cretina. » 　Fu la Ambrose ad appoggiare allora la mano sulla guancia dell'amico, anche e soprattutto per sfruttare le capacità donatele da Madre Natura e tirargli via un po' di quella rabbia a cui aveva appena accennato. 　« Faccia fredda, cuore caldo. » 　Lorcan giocava a passare la stecca unita alla caramella da una parte all'altra della bocca, regalando così ai due un breve attimo di silenzio. 　« Pensi che un giorno ci riuscirò ad essere meno rigido? Con i sentimenti e queste cose qua. » con la lingua puntellò l'interno della guancia dove Eden ancora teneva la mano. 　« Penso di sì, sai? Tutti noi abbiamo un percorso da seguire — sei già meno rigido degli anni scorsi, se ci pensi. » 　« Mi faccio toccare di più, in effetti. » lo bisbigliò, voltando quindi la testa in direzione dell'amica. 　« Ti fai insudiciare la pelle, poveri noi. » 　« Lo sapevo. » 　« Che cosa sapevi? » 　Sorrise, rilassato. 　« Che i giorni dispari non dobbiamo giocare, che in caso succeda qualcosa la tua voce pepillosa risuona lo stesso buffa. So un sacco di cose. » 　« Che ti voglio bene lo sai? » 　« E dimmelo un po', va, che certe cose pure se si sanno sono belle da ascoltare. » 　« Anche se Paganini in genere non ripete? » 　« Però c'è anche l'olio, e la ditta ripete la spremitura ogni anno. » 　« Sai davvero parecchie cose. » 　Eden spostò la mano, ben aperta, in modo che andasse a coprirgli interamente la faccia. Lorcan rise, e nel farlo scoprì i denti bianchi. 　« Ti voglio bene. » 　« Ti voglio bene. » 　Ci fu una sincronia spontanea che, sebbene si fosse manifestata spesso nei lunghi anni della loro amicizia, riusciva ancora a lasciarli piacevolmente di stucco. Non che non avessero sempre la consapevolezza che il loro rapporto fosse speciale, eh!, ma, parafrasando lo Scamander, certe cose pure se si sanno sono belle da riscoprire. Soprattutto nei giorni dispari.

[flutesncurls]

My flutes name is Salazar Slytherin, because he's a little devil (5 year old beginners Yamaha, sucks and constantly squeaks/sticky keys/pops springs). And my Piccolo is Lumos because she lights up my life

my marching piccolo is Bellatrix because I love/hate her and she is a warrior for enduring marching season and pep band

[micromanfever]

Arena Mexico Ghosts

Some notes I have taken on testimonials of people that speak about the paranormal activity occurring at Arena Mexico. I will be adding to this as I continue to find relevant info to this subject.

Chamuel on CMLL Informa December 26 2019 tells about stories he’s been told about the spirits that inhibit Arena Mexico

https://youtu.be/gNEyB47Cff4

He's been told a story about a little person that died in the arena. He was a performer in the circus. He killed himself over a woman that never gave him the attention he wanted. Chamuel cites that you can see an apparition of him walking around the hall leading to the gym on the higher level. Ultimo Dragoncito told him.

There is also a little girl  apparition that shows up around the locker room area.

Also a woman appears on the rafters at the top level of the arena and you can spot her climbing out through the ventilation openings.

Chamuel also notes that the gym equipment will move on its own.

“If you stay around at night with no one around, you can hear the noise of someone falling or bumping in the ring.”

Nitro in a interview with Plantilla Deportiva reporter Pep Carrera

https://youtu.be/PrSoakzRw8c

He was making tortas with his friend who also worked at the arena to sell the next day at the show. His friend left him to go use the toilet. Nitro heard a loud scream. He rushed to go get his friend.

Who was finishing up and was the person screaming. He says he was attacked by a large cat-like creature that was half man. He remembers seeing the tail of this creature disappear into the dark as he ran to get his friend.

He is very afraid of reliving that moment.

Nitro also brings up the little person clown that would be crushing on a trapiezest. She was in a relationship and he claims that whatever she said to reject him caused him to commit suicide. Torpedo was his name.

The other legend is of an old lady that is based off an old lady that got a heart attack from being in poor health and attending an overcrowded event. She could not get enough air as she was sitting in the highest seating area of the arena. Nitro thinks the lack of air helped caused her heart attack and he was one of the people that performed first aid on her when she had her attack.

Nitro says the little girl also appears in the halls that is lost when the shows are over. It will happen reoccurring. Usually when there are hardly any people left and everyone is leaving by door 8. Nitro has seen photos of the apparition.

The spirit of the arena care taker also appears in the ticket booth.

Teodoro Armenta (arena caretaker) He has been there since the 85' earthquake.

We have a testimonial from the guy that works the lights. He has seen the woman in white enter a bathroom that they keep closed off to the public.

At arena coliseo there are stories of people getting pinched. He thinks they are children. You get pinched on the bum.

Poncho Penaloza official CMLL barber Says that he has witnessed a friend take a picture and see the figure of a little girl in the picture.

Tony Salazar has heard people in the ring when walking through the hall at night.

His son Alexis told him that he saw a man walking around the parking lot who he described as Salvador Luttheroth I. Tony did not believe him.