#Partially because it’s NYE

[herawell]

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[yesimwriting]

Happy new year! I wish you all a blessed 2025 ❤️

Now personally I don’t care the new years kiss tradition is about kissing your significant other, every single friend I love is getting love back from me when I’m drunk.

Bestie reader should absolutely give Louis the biggest platonic SMOOCH because he deserves it. He’d walk around with lipstick on his forehead or something, take a pic, save it for later to make fun of the level of readers intoxication.

a/n happy new year!! i'm totally the same about nye kisses and drinking, i get a little sappy and suddenly everyone in my life needs to know how much i mean to them lol i love this concept and it's perfect for the first fic of 2025!

also as a side note, going out/drinking with a vampire seems so perfect, ultimate scary dog privileges bc let some creepy man try anything and suddenly louis has a little late night snack <3 it sounds so freeing

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The music's heavy pulse has aligned itself with your own, the base of it reverberating through your chest so thoroughly it might as well take the place of your heart. You can't bring yourself to dislike the feeling.

"O-kay." Your enthusiasm breaks the word into two. You let yourself lean into the feeling, into the fullness of your joy. "I think the regular vodka's stronger than the jello shots, because it's vodka not vodka-jello."

Louis presses his lips together in an attempt to keep from grinning too broadly. "That makes sense."

Your eyes narrow as you give yourself a moment to absorb the response. "It does," the words are much more contemplative than they need to be, "I'm so smart."

This time, Louis lets himself react. He laughs at the deliberateness pressed into your syllables. You're too out of it to think to mind his reaction. "You're drunk."

You straighten slightly as if that'll be enough to prove him wrong. "I'm happy."

Louis extends an arm, placing a hand on your shoulder in an instinctual attempt at keeping you steady. You're not exactly implying instability, but he's spent enough time around you like this to know it's better to be safe than sorry.

"You're drunk."

You tilt your head at the correction, blinking at him curiously. "For some people, that's the same thing."

"Yeah?" The word is much too amused.

You nod enthusiastically, shifting your weight from foot to foot in a way that leaves Louis squeezing your arm a little tighter. "Yeah." You pause, eyebrows drawing together pensively as you struggle to grasp your next thought in its entirety. "I love you. I want you to be as happy as I am."

"Okay." He lets out a partial laugh. You're a good, terribly affectionate drunk. "I'm very happy. I promise."

His assurance doesn't seem to ease you. Instead of moving onto a separate topic of conversation or attempting to escape him in order to track down another shot, you frown. You step back slightly before lifting your arm. "Here."

You're holding your wrist out in front of him so innocently Louis can almost make himself forget what you're offering. "That--that's really nice of you, but I'm okay."

You frown, staring up at him with wide, sad eyes. Louis sighs, his fingers gently bending around your forearm. He pulls your hand down towards your side before stepping closer to you. In an abundance of precaution, he angles his head towards your ear. "I had that boy that grabbed your arm earlier, remember?"

"My blood is perfectly good--blood." Great, he's stumbled onto this argument again. You're not looking to be hurt, but for whatever reason, you're convinced that Louis's refusal to consume your blood to any extent is limiting your friendship. "Seriously, a doctor has never struggled to find my veins."

The defense is slurred and devoid of serious logic. Still, such a consistent mentioning of something he's always trying to ignore...always trying to forget makes it difficult to focus on anything else. The blood moving beneath your skin is warm against his palms, and it--the scent of it...

It is possible to stop. Some know how to resist, how to take just enough to feel something without bringing a life to its end. Lestat had possessed that kind of control, had used it when creating Claudia.

The thought leaves him more somber than he's prepared to be. Even if he could sense that kind of strength in himself, he--he couldn't use you in that way. Introducing you to his world at all was a cruel enough act on its own, he doesn't need to taint you further.

Louis squeezes his eyes shut, exhaling before pulling away slightly. He lifts your arm slowly, his thumb brushing against your wrist's pulse point. You watch him silently as he brings your inner forearm to his mouth. He presses his lips against your skin. "It's not you."

You're quiet for a second, something oddly sober briefly flickering behind your gaze. "I know," you relent slowly, "On some level, I know."

You look at him, then, with a careful awareness that often leaves him feeling like you're the one capable of looking into his mind. "But it better not be because you think your existence is some terrible burden you're inflicting onto me."

It's a warning he's used to hearing. His lips part, but before he can think of a response, the crowd around you shifts. A variety of voices blend together as they start to count, "...Ten...nine...."

"New years!" You beam, reaching for Louis's hand as you turn towards the others.

The countdown continues, the numbers oddly in sync for a bar so full of drunk individuals. The clock hits midnight, the crowd erupts into cheers.

You grin, straightening fully as you lean towards him. Before Louis can think to ask about what you're doing, you press your lips against his cheek. He can feel the residue of your lipgloss against his skin, but he can't bring himself to mind it. This isn't the first time you've gotten a little affectionate while drunk, but normally there's some warning. "What was that for?"

You shrug innocently, "New Years kiss."

You let go of him fully, halfheartedly pushing his arm off your shoulder as you start moving away from him. "Where are you going?"

"I want another shot." The response is absentmindedly thrown over your shoulder, like Louis should have had the foresight to follow you.

A part of him is glad that your back is to him. This way, he can grin openly without encouraging your behavior. "Slow down--you're in heels."

You turn at that, flashing your middle finger before continuing forward. Oh, you're not going to get the hear end of this tomorrow.

[hawkinshistoricalsociety]

ST5 "overall season plot" brain dump

I’m being driven moderately nuts by how we still do not know the overarching plot of ST5 or like, any confirmed details about it really. Things we’d gotten in past season promo cycles by this point (the ST3 Starcourt Mall/NYE teasers, ST4 character descriptions and the four storyline teasers, IDK about ST2 I wasn’t around for that) I think were much stronger fodder for sussing that part of the puzzle out. which tbf is maybe why they’re withholding them this time around.

But it's just so hard to really speculate without that larger framing, so this has not stopped my getting stuck on this. so I'm dumping a recent version of an attempt to think through that below - partially posting this to keep track of my own “theories” (that’s putting it too strongly lol) but I’d also love to hear what other people think/how you’re putting the kind of scant data we have on this together.

So, framing this as a kind of exploration of: what are those big “overarching season plot” details we’re missing, and what are some possibilities based on current available evidence for answers to those questions about the bigger picture?

(the below noodling contains spoilers for all ST5 spoilers we’ve gotten so far, through official or unofficial channels, so don’t read if you’re avoiding any part of that. if you're not caught up on any of the details cited here, I've been trying to keep track of that in a more detail-oriented way in a "ST5 Timeline" Google doc)

I. What is/are the precipitating event/s that cause the story to pick back up in November 1987?

Some options:

A. Vecna’s reemergence begins after he’s spent 1.5 years regrouping (maybe manifesting for our protags via Will’s Vecna connection-related distress accelerating, though if we know anything about Will it is that he is unlikely to volunteer that info to the group himself). What is Vecna’s grand plan, and how much have our protags figured out since we last saw them (both about the plan, and how to finally take him down)? B. Military “stabilization” of the mega-rift starts to show cracks, probably related to Point A. maybe makes the McCorkle Farm UD entry point possible?  C. Something is going on with the kids in Hawkins. Impossible to know at this point if the military’s interest in the elementary school kids is self-initiated or is caused by some kind of supernatural, probably Vecna-related phenomenon, since both military and Vecna seem to have their own separate but surely somehow related agendas wrt the kids. D. Linda Hamilton arrives in Hawkins, probably related to Point C (or maybe she’s been around and the Extended Party is just becoming aware of her/the specific danger she poses, maybe because of Point C) E. Supernatural-caused murder, disappearance, or some other kind of incident, resulting in probably military “forensics” team response, per early extras casting call. Also maybe weird “sickness” of some kind spreading through around Hawkins, considering how much time we seem to spend at the hospital and how Nancy is posted there as a candy striper. F. Supernatural/Vecna targeting of Holly, also probably related to Points A and C, though my current read is this starts up a little later than whatever the real “Ground Zero” launch point for this season is, mid or late ep 1 into ep 2 G. Some new development with Max’s condition? I have no other speculation on this because we've gotten so little on what's up with Max, but seems logical since her situation is probably thee dangling thread from the end of ST4 H. Probably not the precipitating event, but larger town response to whatever the precipitating event/s end/s up being also likely to be a driver, picking up the unresolved ST4 Hellfire Club witch hunt/Satanic Panic storyline

II. What is our protags’ response to this/these precipitating event/s?

A strong possibility is the proposal plan of a plan that the Party brands “The [Dungeon] Crawl." It seems like the enactment of a plan, “crawl” or not, is underway by midseason and has at least has a couple phases with the second phase being at least two-pronged (unsure if El + Hopper prong that splits off at the same time was intentional)

Phase One: “The Turnbow Trap” - they need something from the Turnbow mansion to enact Phase Two. Derek? Some information from a document in the Turnbows' possession? A key? IDK Phase Two: Group A - Upside Down: enter UD via a portal of some kind on the McCorkle Farm. in the UD, visit Lab, Church (Steve, Nancy, Jonathan, Dustin). Steve car's antenna may be installed specifically for this UD trip. Group B - Right Side Up: post up at the McCorkle Farm, access the downtown Hawkins military barracks (where the kids are) via the tunnels, end up going to the Hospital and Lab (Joyce, Will, Mike, Lucas, Erica, Robin, Murray, Erica, probably Vickie) Wildcard - Upside Down x2: Are Hopper and El in the UD part of the plan, or were they forced to split off? either way, they also seem to go to the Lab and the Church, but probably on a separate timeline than Group A (unless they meet up at one and go to the other location together?).

III.   What are our protags’ goals with the above plan?

Some options:

Save kids from military custody/possible experimentation

Locate and save Holly

Figure out the Max situation, revive her

Locate and take down Vecna

Solve remaining mysteries about the Upside Down and the Hawkins National Lab, especially as it relates to dealing with Vecna

I think the "sub-goals" to achieve all of these are probably more important for piecing together the big picture, but when I try speculating on those atp it starts to feel like I'm getting a little far afield of responding to the evidence we currently have. so this really basic list is a placeholder.

Appendix: Other important "season big picture" details

that didn't get mentioned anywhere else, woops

WSQK: something more is going on here than just it being the group HQ this season. what is it about a radio station that motivated that choice for our big new season location? (plus the car antennas, Mike keeping a not supercom radio close at hand biking/at school - so much radio equipment all over the place...)

Flashbacks, probably mindscape or vision-y, to Henry's past and Will's 1983 stint in the UD seem to occur throughout the season

[thirtysixsavefiles]

WIP Amnesty

For NYE I’m yeeting a bunch of partially-written concepts from fandoms past out into the ether — I enjoyed writing them, even if they never got finished, so aye you will enjoy them too!

Because these are wips I don’t intend to finish, there are a lot of fandoms past greatest hits in there — anything more current I am still planning on finishing. Nevertheless I had fun writing these, and I had fun rediscovering them as well.

Because of who I am as a person, I have Made A Schedule :D (times in PST)

See you in a bit!

[merildae]

something ive noticed recently about myself is that i have completely lost interest in alcahol

i got wayyyyy too wasted on NYE and decided to do "dry january" and have just passively been drinking much less since then (think i can count the number of drinks ive had in 2024 on one hand)

this week i thought it might be nice to buy myself some wine but i keep wasting glasses of it because i take one sip and just get bored and forget it and then wake up the next day with a partially evaporated glass of wine on my bedside table

not that its been like an active change but i think less alcohol has been a fairly positive part of 2024 for me (saves me money and cals too lol)

[project-sekai-facts]

honestly i think when saki gets her fes card it'll probably be paired with luka. that would still make it uneven but i think it's more probable than her + miku, even if miku getting a 3rd fes card *would* make everyone else even. so, minoshizu nye fes, saki luka 3.5, emukasa june? july is l/n world link so saki would have to be 3.5. wxs's world link is in march so that makes emukasa not work. that is unless prsk devs decide to throw any semblance of schedule left to trash. hopefully they don't

tbh i'm tempted to say saki will be paired with ichika. hear me out, it makes sense for saki to be paired with a l/n member more than a vsinger, but also, ichikas fes was counted as an anniversary card along with the fan festa cards and she was event bonus despite only being the fes. Her getting two fes cards wouldn’t surprise me either bc like. Face of advertising privilege again.

I think we need to let go of the idea of units completing their fes before WLE. Like, the fes is not plot relevance to the WLEs really. I guess there was a slight reference to Mafuyu’s (the book, although it wasn’t the same one) and Kanade’s another cut referenced hers, but then again that wasn’t even a song commissioned for the event. We’ll see what happens though I guess.

I heavily doubt Tsukasa being on the NYE fes. Partially bc of sanrio Emu but also just because he was rateup on 3 fes banners in the past year. Saki we can rule out as well. Which leaves minoshizu which does work based on the 2 month gap rule. Unless they pull the rug out from underneath everyone and do tkem fes because “sanrio lims aren’t real lims bc they don’t have hairstyles” or wtv. Bc that’s kinda true actually and all the 2*s count as lims as well. These are just… collab cards. Which the evillious ones were too but they at least had hairstyles. It’s still a punch to the stomach for emu fans if they did that though so like I wonder if they would. It’s not quite back to back though and there are instances of them doing normal card->other event->lim card (ichika).

For the fes I’m tempted to say minoshizu->tsukaemu->ichisaki (my gut says upcoming honami banner could be ichihona lims but I haven’t quite worked it out yet) though they could just decide they hate everyone (again) and do tkem->mnsz->icsk.

I reckon the sanrio collab will get rerun eventually. Like there’s a lot of cards, I feel like it would be really unfair to players to not give them a second chance esp since I think it’s gonna be really hard to get them all first try unless you have a lot of gems you’re willing to throw away.

[cedarspiced]

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[theanticool]

It has been a weird year for combat sports. Plenty of great fights and cards, but at least partially overshadowed by promotional shenanigans outside the ring/cage. Many of those outside the cage things are coming to a head in 2024.

So here are some things to be on the lookout for in combat sports in 2024.

1. The UFC antitrust lawsuit: Cung Le and the fighters will be going to court come in 2024 barring a Hail Mary from the Zuffa legal team. The outcome of this case, whether it’s the UFC paying hundreds of millions of dollars to the fighters directly or being forced to have less restrictive contracts, could change the entire sport as we know it. It’s the most important thing happening in MMA. As we move closer to the case, I really hope more of the MMA media (outside of Bloodyelbow) starts talking about it more.

2. PFL-Bellator merger: for as pessimistic as I have been about this, I really hope the PFL team manage to get this thing off the ground. They’ve got a new deal with ESPN that includes some shoulder programming. They’ve got one of the hottest names in combat sports right now with Francis Ngannou (also that one Paul brother). They’ve got a good roster that has a bit of depth to it now. I want them to succeed, I’m just not confident the team that tried to sellout MSG on NYE can figure it out.

3. ONE Championship - MMA, $$$, and BS: despite putting on amazing fights, I have to imagine 2023 will be another year where ONE operates deeply in the red. With rumors of their investors in Qatar, growing tired of losing money, ONE needs to start making cash. I can’t imagine their recent addition of $40 PPVs will be the cash cow they need, but it’s showing some desperation for liquidity. But that’s not the only trouble bubbling with the promotion. ONE put on something like 20 kickboxing bouts and most of their MMA champions fought at most once, or not at all. The focus on Muay Thai and a handful of grappling “super” fights has come at the cost of MMA fighters and kickboxers. So much so that a handful of them are openly complaining and were attempting to leave the promotion before legal action was taken to keep them in house. ONE has booked a couple big MMA bouts for 2024, but without booking of younger talent there’s really no infrastructure to build future challengers. And that’s concerning for a promotion that wants to run cards in the US and potentially land a big TV/streaming deal.

4. K-1 ReBoot - More J-Kick disappointment : K-1 ReBirth aka ReBoot has been a disaster. While the first event produced a new exciting Chinese Light Heavyweight challenger and was main event Ed by a terrific fight between Kaneko and Kumara, the card was streamed on the Quintet YT channel because something kept it off DAZN and FITE TV. And while Rebirth 2 was fire start to finish, the card was only accessible via VPN and ABEMA as their international streaming rights still had not been settled. If K-1 wants to be a globe trotting promotion that does business in Europe, China, and the US, they need to sort all this out.

5. PBC post Showtime: Showtime Boxing is dead after almost 40 years of business, meaning one of the last bastions of boxing on US TV. It was recently announced they will continue with PPVs being broadcast thru Amazon prime (and traditional providers) but it’s unclear how many events they will hold and if this will exclusively include PPV? Word is they are shopping around for another partner but this has understandably been a big blow for the entire industry. 2024 is an odd year for PBC, especially if they have to trim down their roster because they can’t get everyone fights.

6. Glory Kickboxing - What next?: Glory kind of limped thru 2023. While they had some highs, there were a lot of events and stuff that fell flat. Relying on heavyweights is always a gamble like that I suppose. But the guy they got to fight for the welterweight title against Endy Semeleer last week had like 3 fights to his name? So in an effort to build contenders and momentum, they’re bringing back the one night four man tournaments of Spike era Glory. We’ll see if that works for them. They also have that big heavyweight Grand Prix coming up apparently so we’ll see.

Feel free to add your own

[daniwib]

My 2023 AO3 wrapped

Looking back over my writing in 2023, I can say that I've had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed myself and it seems like those reading my work do too. Thank you everyone who left comments, they really brighten up my day every time I get one, and those who left kudos too.

The word count is a bit off on this, I have approx 100 - 150k more written but haven't posted yet as it's mostly from two long fic that I won't start to post until they're finished (werewolf AU & Seal!Buck for those following along). I also have a few more shorter incomplete fics and partial chapters for my incomplete WIP's that I will finish one day!

Phoenix, Rising is my favourite fic this year because it challenged me the most. I wanted to see if I could write about a well liked, kind and caring character making a life altering mistake and hurting someone he cares about deeply; and what would happen after that. Could I write it in such a way as to not villainise him for his action? It was very difficult emotionally and mentally and I think I achieved my goal. 2023 for me finished with gastro, ED visit, more gastro, another ED visit, correct diagnosis of the gastro as appendicitis while also ill with influenza A followed by emergency surgery. Recovery during a heatwave followed by a tornado on Christmas Day night and then several days without power then followed by 3 months of rain in 2 days starting on NYE, resulting in widespread flooding and the second disaster declared in our region in 7 days. December was not fun for me at all, friends, and there was very little writing done, sadly. But! Tomorrow hubby and I are off to Tasmania for our first holiday alone together since we had kids. I am very excited and I just know I'll return rested and refreshed and ready to get back into writing once more.

Thank you everyone who has read my writing and who has supported me this year. Special shout out to @daughterofscotland and @hella-writes for all our varied and interesting chats throughout the year! And thank you @spicedrobot for your awesome template, I appreciate it!

[womanexile]

I think a lot of the rep love songs were initially about Harry, or at least had started out as Harry songs but eventually, she just changed certain details to make them about Joe. She may even have thought that she was writing about Joe, but subconsciously without realizing it, it was about Harry.

Let's look at the songs:

End Game: she says ''you and me, we got a BIG reputation'', ''you and me we'd make a BIG conversation''. Now Joe back then did not have a big reputation in the public eye to make any big conversation. I don't even know if that's possible still today. No offense, but how many people care about him enough to talk about him, outside of Tay's fandom.

DWOHT: ''I loved you in spite of deep fears that the world would divide us'' I don't think the world cared much about dividing them, other than maybe the paparazzi being invasive trying to learn more about Tay's love life and writing about it. Something that could potentially push Joe away. Now, on the other hand, everyone and their mother was up in Harry's and Taylor's business while they were dating. His fandom harassed her so badly because they didn't want them together. The media was constantly following them and eventually, I think this is what actually broke them apart. The pressure and anxiety being one of the few things that came with all the attention that they were receiving.

...RFI?, SIG... : I mean I'm pretty sure every time there's an ellipsis in a song that it's about Harry. After all Question...? is a song about him.

Dress could have been a Harry song at one point, but she probably reworked it and made it about Joe with the flashback part of the song.

KOMH: If I remember correctly, there is a video of Taylor writing the song in September. How could she write that Joe is the king of her heart when she barely even knew him. I mean no judgment here, it could be possible, it's Taylor after all, anything is possible with her. But I personally think that to a degree it could have started out as a Harry song. The ''never took me quite where you do'' part really reminds me of ''you showed me colors you know I can't see with no one else''. Now, when Harry first met Taylor, he was just starting out with 1D, I don't think he had that much money from the very beginning to be owning such cars, even though by the end of 2012 they were driving in a range rover in England. Harry has an unreleased song Baby Honey (which I think is about Taylor) that says ''and I know he's got the money baby honey, but does he kiss you in the place I know you like'', which makes me question was he ever feeling intimidated about Calvin having more money than him at that point in time?

Anyway to end it, New Year's Day could be about anyone, but as soon as I hear Polaroid pictures my mind just goes to a certain place. Also the NYE kiss in times square.

Delicate could also partially be about them (H&T), their situation was delicate I think I also read somewhere that they might have been secretly meeting each other at the of 2016 at a hotel in London. Didn't Harry help her out with her brother's Xmas gift?

I think you are so right about all of these. I think the same thing. There was fan reports of seeing them together December 28, 2016.

Austin made a post around the same time about getting the signed album. Then there is this anonymous saying they were staying at a hotel on several occasions from late 2016 to mid 2017. This was all while she was supposed to be falling madly in love with joe.

But I guess she ended up choosing joe cause I think it would be a less stressful relationship.

[thejagermeister]

just finished watching season one of the bttf cartoon and. some scattered thoughts/reactions:

its so cute and so nostalgic. any criticism i say here is overridden by the fact that 90s cartoon are so charming i love them

apparently this show is what led to bill nye getting his own show? which is bonkers. he doesn't even speak in the live action segments (but he does have his signature bow tie)

christopher lloyd does live action segments at the start and end of every episode and i solely believe its to remind kids that "this cartoon is about that fun movie you love!"

because the cartoon takes place in 1991-92, marty's in college. he's technically 23. scary

marty rides a 2015 hoverboard around 1991 hill valley like it's no big deal and no one ever questions it apparently

doc has an entire garage of tech contraptions and its all funded on clara's teacher salary which is so funny to me. doc doesn't have a job. who's paying for him to build weather machines?

the amount of times i heard the phrase "spare flux capacitor" is bonkers. they already have the car and the train's flux capacitors and doc made SPARES?

marty hangs out at doc's house a lot but there is a conspicuous lack of his own family. where are george and lorraine? dave and linda? jennifer is there for like three seconds each in two episodes but that's it

jules and verne are so adorable. cute brothers. doc loves them to bits and its obvious. however this also brings me into my biggest complaint about the cartoon

i believe this is partially for the sake of it being a kids show (but even still, characters in "children's media" can still have depth. or at least more than two character traits apiece)

but everyone is flattened into archetypes and are never allowed any depth outside of that. the best way to explain is simply by listing them

doc: smart wacky inventor. says common phrases with fun science words instead ("holy bovine!")

jules: smart kid. has doc's fun science words thing

verne: stupid kid. never allowed to express any interest in anything "smart" for the sake of plot

clara: woman mother wife lady

marty: the most dumbass man in the world and its not a good thing. tries to hit on every girl he meets even though he's technically still dating jennifer i think

seriously they butchered marty so bad. hes not even a himbo bc hes not nice hes just bland

to go back to compliments, i honestly love the fact that we get a biff ancestor/descendant in every episode it's really fun

although we never meet modern day biff (in season one at least, i think we see him in season two?) and it's never explained why everyone is always like "oh no, a tannen!"

the cartoon logic of it all is hilarious from an adult's perspective. they see someone introduce himself as a tannen and they just Know he's up to no good

it really makes you wonder how the tannen family like... even got to biff in the first place. if all the men in his ancestry are Like That

we do see 1955 biff after every end credits roll, saying a silly joke and then he usually gets beat up or falls through the floor or gets pelted with fruit or something. i love it

[voxiiferous]

VBS Kids

It doesn't start with Vox as one might expect, but Ms. Felicity Dizzle. She was a school teacher in life, and upon dying, found herself in Pentagram City, trying to keep her head down. It's not like there was any need for an elementary school teacher in Pride.

She met an Envy Hellborn named Avonmora who moved from Envy to Pentagram City looking for a job.

Avonmora was sending money back home to her family in Envy because her sister had two children, and her husband, a Greed shark, left to go be with a Lust demon. And the thing is, Felicity was nice. She was working as a barista, and they ended up talking. First about the struggle of living in the city, and then about being homesick. Avonmora for Envy, and Felicity for Earth. And then Avonmora started to talk about her worries about her sister's kids, and the education they would receive.

This was Hell after all, most people weren't lining up to be school teachers, and between what Avonmora could send back, and her sister's work, it wasn't enough to get private tutors or send the kids to a nicer school on Sloth.

And it made Felicity think. There might not be a need for teachers in Pride, but the other Rings needed them! She couldn't leave, but... the TV playing in the corner seems to provide all the answers. If they could broadcast all their lessons it could fix that problem, make it accessible to what was surely more than just Avonmora's family.

Vox signs off on the suggestion, partially because he thinks it will be funny, things were busy, and it could be a cheap bit of good PR fluff programming.

And so Avonmora and Felicity become the Misses Drizzles, hosting Hell's own equivalency of the Magic School Bus.

The first month is slow, because most people in Pentagram City don't watch children's educational programs for a reason, but quickly it picks up popularity in all the other Rings, and among people seeking nostalgia in Pride.

Next comes Kill Nye the Science Fly, former entomologist, current children's educational TV show presenter. He's enjoying the chance to make things explode.

Adelard's intern manages to convince him to come host a show about language and literature to make up for some of the science heavy programming. (Vox's shock to see Adelard should be the first sign that maybe he's not been paying enough attention to what is clearly just a show or two right? It's not.)

A lot of people with specialized degrees that couldn't use them in Hell ended up flocking to Vox, and the ever growing division of VBS. A zoologist who educated kids on the dangerous of Hell's unique fauna, and his best friend had had been a botanist and does the same but with plants.

One of the companies that fell victim to a hostile takeover ends up working with puppets. A few animators decide that this is the more interesting posting within the company.

Vox is passively aware of the goings on of VBS, but most of the time is focused elsewhere, until he gets the question to come guest star on some of the programming. And he does! Even if his entire time is also taken up by the lingering question that surely he would have noticed the growth of children's programming under his brand...

It's fun, Hell learns his knowledge of mathematics is much better than anyone realized, and that he knows about how electricity works rather than just how to harness it. That leads both to a fascinating demonstration, and a warning for kids not to stick forks into wall sockets because they want to be like Overlord Vox.

When he gets home, he actually sits down to look at what he had mostly been passing off as a show or two to realize that no, actually, it's a flourishing division of his media output. It's arguably his most watched export to the other Rings.

Avonmora and Felicity are married on air, with the audience taken up by the other hosts and some of the puppets.

Vox still doesn't know how it happened, but he can't exactly complain.

[a-canceled-stamp]

Your “Bill and Nye die. Poor science guy.” wip title made me laugh 😂😂 I need to know what is happening with that! Curious about Dick’s bad call too 👀

Wellll, the ‘poor science guy’ one is going to be more of a drabble than anything else. It’s basically an idea that popped up a few months ago and that I haven’t been able to forget.

Basically, Tim has two pet fish, who he’s named Bill and Nye (honestly, it’s probably an inside joke he has with one of his bat-siblings but who’s to say who). Tim is, you guessed it, the science guy, who unfortunately has to experience the pain of having his two pets pass away after a really challenging week. As he’s alone at Drake Manor, he calls Dick in his moment of dispair, but since there’s a gala at Wayne Manor and Dick (for some reason) left his phone with Damian, he’s the one who picks up.

After being grilled about why he sounds like he’s about to cry (he’s not), he cracks and tells Damian what happened. He expects to be ridiculed. Instead, Damian is…pleasant, for once. Comforting even, in a very Damian sort of way. I just want them to be supportive of one another, for once :’(

I don’t have anything share-worthy from that wip, BUT I can share a snippet from ‘Dick’s bad call’ cause I might be finished with it soon. It takes place barely a month after Jason’s death. Dick is working as a detective in Blüdhaven, distancing himself from Bruce and running away from the pain of being reminded that his little brother is dead (as you do). He’s on his way home when dispatch sends out a 10-80 over the radio.

(Traffic accident. Major injuries reported.)

This snipped is from when he's at the scene and sees someone in the backseat of the crashed car. Someone with a mop of raven hair, who, at first glance, looks painfully familiar.

In the next second, he’s by the backseat door, and the flashlight trembles as he shines it through the window.

It’s a boy. Black hair, ashen complexion made worse in the pale light of the torch. His face is partially hidden as his temple rests against the window, smudging red onto the glass.

Dick feels like he's choking. Blood roars in his ears, mingling with the static sound of rain, and he tries to speak but can’t, his jaw stiff and numb.

He lets the light trail down the boy’s body – what he can see at least. The boy is dressed formally – in clothes he never would’ve been caught dead wearing. He’s holding a phone limply in his lap, the screen cracked and black, reflecting in the flashlight.

Dick redirects the light again and nearly jumps out of his own skin when the boy – when the child – moves. He raises his head slightly, enough for Dick to see his eyelashes flutter against the brightness of the flashlight, to see the grimace of pain flash across his face. The rain pouring down the window distorts his features and makes the moving shadows on his cheeks look like tears, but Dick still sees the blood covering the side of his face, his skin deathly pale in contrast.

And it’s not him. He’s skinny – too skinny – and his nose is the wrong shape, as is the curve of the corners of his mouth. His hair isn't as curly, and he doesn’t have the scar on his eyebrow, because it’s not him, of course, it’s not him.

Still, Dick can’t stop the way his heart is pounding against his ribs, the way his legs feel like they’re going to give way underneath him.

He needs to get him out of there.

Thanks for the ask!

[unlimitedhorsepower]

Can someone explain to me how do I analyse my writing to tell whether its cringe or funny (professional dx). I have a fic I was gonna post but then I was overtaken by "whoa, Gabriel. What are you fucking thinking" and I have no answers.

Ry/anyu/rike/ith fic locked behind the classic issue I have, the cringefail disease. This is the exact same thing that happened to a ry/anyu/ri fic I wrote over the holidays and I was like I'll post it after NYE and I still havent posted it.

History is repeating itself, only with Valentine's day fic.

One issue I have is that I keep writing similar things, because unfortunately when writing about the same characters they kind of react to similar things in a similar way and they keep having the same issues because they can't be fixed overnight. And I'm self-conscious about it since there's no coherent narrative (only in my head) so it may seem as if I'm repeating the same part of their hypothetical narrative arc over and over again like a broken record.

Do you see what I mean... Is my issue partially that I don't read a lot of fanfic myself. Is it welcomed to write about the same things again and again.

I just find that part fun and interesting. My other issue is that I love bad humour. I will include extremely convoluted sex jokes that need to be set up, AND the characters thinking about how they're not good enough to be loved in the same fic and I get so embarrassed about the tonal dissonance that I get nauseous in real life.

But your honour...my blorbo Yu/ri can't simply be comedic, he's experiencing mental anguish prior unknown to man. I can't include jokes without it being OOC (to me). Jokes can't come at the expense of the brain fungus... humour is only funny if it's IC.

I can't believe high art connoisseurs are gonna write thinkpieces comparing my fanfics while swirling wine in a glass and judging me repeating certain phrases I enjoy in different fics instead of writing in an innovative fashion where every descriptive part is unique and fresh

That's how I feel every time I finish writing anything. I have a lower standard for visual "art" because they're quicker to make but only god knows how many fics and pics I have that I've never posted anywhere

Rip to hundreds of thousands of words and tens of images sitting in my files. Help. Anyway here's a poll for you

I'm not making any negative options. Just scroll by faster!!!!

[whatdoesthathavetodowiththis]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: NBD Slow Motion Mini Sleeveless Satin Slip Dress in Soft Blue Sz Medium.

[jenniferswhor3]

rooftop fireworks - peter parker

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summary; peter has a very special surprise for new years eve.

warnings; kissing ig but lmk if i missed any

authors note; i love this imagine sm i wanna spend nye with peter 😔 also happy new years everyone!!

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your boyfriend had a knack for showing love in grand gestures. for example, one time, to tell he he loved you for the first time, he webbed the words 'i love you' into the wiring of the bridge. you had never been more happy in your life with happy tears forming in your eyes.

he loved showing his love rather than say it. of course, he'd tell you he loves you and praises you, calling you beautiful, but he was more for grand gestures. he would buy you flowers all the time. on special occasions he'd go all out with dinner and gifts.

you could definitely tell his love language was acts of service.

you were currently sitting at home, all alone, working on random little things. you were writing in your journal, working on art pieces, anything you could distract yourself with.

it was new years eve and you had no plans. your superhero boyfriend was out on patrol around the city and your parents were attending a fancy work party. you were slightly disappointed you couldn't spend new years eve with anyone but peter promised he would stop by for a new years kiss. you didn't want to hold him to that knowing he'd be busy patrolling and stopping potential crime but you really hoped he would.

peter on the other hand partially lied about his whereabouts. yes, he was looking out for criminals, but he was setting up the perfect night for him and his beautiful girlfriend.

everything was set up perfectly. there's a thick blanket, a couple pillows, two champagne glasses accompanied by a bottle a champagne he so gratefully got from a liquor store owner after he saved him from a robbery. he even brought an old school cassette player with a speaker because he knows you love and collect cassette tapes. he set some sparklers next to the blanket with a lighter so you could have a little new years fun. all that was missing was you.

meanwhile, you laying on your bed with your headphones in that care, coincidentally, plugged into a cassette player. you were a sucker for old school music players. it was 11:30 now ad you were seriously debating on taking a shower and just going to bed. you could see peter tomorrow and give him anew years kiss. a kiss one years day after midnight is still considered a new years kiss, right?

peter pulled down his mask to swing to your firescape. he began knocking on your window knowing it'd be locked. he saw your laying figure with headphones in, you weren't sleeping and he could tell, your head was slightly bobbing along to the music. he sighed, knocking continuously on your window hoping by some miracle you'd hear.

you didn't end up hearing his knock on the window, but he did give you a frightening startle when you decide to get up. you thought long and hard about showering and sleeping and it felt right in your mind. you sat up in your head and was about to head towards your window to close the curtains when peters red and blue clad self perched on your firescape. you nearly jumped out of your skin. you opened your window, "peter, oh my god! you almost gave me a heart attack!"

he chuckles, "im sorry. you couldn't hear my knocks."

you both chuckled as he made his way through the window. "happy new years eve." he says leaning in for a kiss.

you pull away, "happy new years eve."

he pulls away from you, leadings you to your window again. "c'mon, lets go." he smiles. you don't say anything, your brows furrow and confusion spreads across your face. "just trust me, okay?"

you both step out on the firescape. "you gotta hold on tight, alright?" you just nod nervously, wrapping your legs around his waist and tightly wrapping your arms around his neck but not tight enough to choke him. peter pulls his mask down before swinging through the city. your screams would be heard if it wasn't new years eve and everyone was partying with music playing loudly. your hair flowing through the wind as you and peter swing through new york. this was the most thrilling thing you ever experienced. you were scared out of your mind, cue your screaming, but the rush of it felt amazing.

you don't realize you stopped swinging until peter had let go of his arm around your waist and spoke up, "we're landed, you know." your eyes unscrew themselves and you see your on top of some building. it was too high but it was high enough to give you some privacy without hearing cars on the street.

you look around in awe. the rooftop of the building was set up so beautifully. there were lights strung up and a fancy blanket sitting area with pillows and champagne. "peter, this–" you turn to face him, you find he's already looking at you. "–this is amazing."

peter just smiles and you turn to look back at the set up. "c'mon, lets go sit."

you two sat down of the fluffy blanket and pillows. peter poured champagne in both glasses. "i wasn't really patrolling," he took a sip from his glass. "i was setting this up, just for you."

"oh, peter," you set your glass down turning more towards him. "this is incredible. this is the best thing anyones ever done for me."

peter was about to respond before something struck him. he almost forgot, "oh, wait! i almost forgot about this."

you watched him curiously as he pulled something out of his pocket and from behind one of the pillows. it was a cassette player with a speaker and one single cassette. "i made this tape for you, for tonight."

he hands you the tape to look at the casing with the songs listed on the side. you can't help but admire the title with the goofy smiley face on the side. peter had labeled it 'for my new years baby'. you looked at the songs listed and you could almost cry. these were your favorite songs for infinite moments like this.

you did say anything but instead leaped into peter, pulling him into a hug. you muttered a small ' thank you' as he kissed the side of your head.

"why don't you set the tape while i change out of this." he said referring to his red and blue spandex he was wearing. you pulled the cassette player in your lap and set up the tape. you pressed play as you heard peter head back over to the blankets.

you didn’t know exactly what time it was, neither of you wearing a watch or having a cell phone on you, so you sat and looked at the city skyline and surrounding waters for the fireworks.

in the distance you spot a group of red and yellow fireworks. peter points out a different set of blue and green fireworks, both indicating the new year. looking over at him, you see bits of blue fireworks reflecting in his eyes.

"happy new years." he says softly with a charming smile.

"happy new years." you lean in for the expected new years kiss, spending the first three minute of the new years kissing your amazing boyfriend and the next few gazing at each other with the occasional small kiss in between. this is the best day to spend the new year.

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