#So clueless

[rosenroot]

“Then they settled down to wait, for they knew it was the custom of Queen Helaena to bring her children to see their grandmother every evening before bed.”

[artsy-artw0rld]

Happy birthday toooo yooouuuu...

Happy birthday toooo yooouuuu...

Happy birthday to Caroool...

Haaappy biiirthdaaay toooo...

Yooouuuuuu...

...

Happy birthday, Mach.

I hope you're doing well.

[voidoffline]

Me before I was diagnosed with a physical disability: man I’ve gotten so weak and un-athletic lately. Like what I took a short hike and now I feel like death? I lost a race? Man I need to exercise more…

[ladyhawke]

i just watched this way up and i think i’m in love with tobias menzies

[vfdcatlady]

Me: whose is that?

Coworker: It's, uh, you-know-who's, uh...

Me: Voldemort???

Coworker: I don't know last names

[sastielsfandom]

Your Heart Is The Beat

Grass swayed beneath their feet, Phoenix standing in front of Onyx as she moved. Noting every movement with care.

She moved with precision, grace, and with an energy that captured anyone's attention once they caught sight. Phoenix watched, engaged fully as Onyx moved.

Phoenix felt the stare down and began to move, attempting to mimic her every move. Her moves were rigid and unsure, nowhere close to the certainty that Onyx held.

While Onyx held one hand to the sky, her hand gently holding the air, Phoenix hand captured the air in a fist. Onyx hand flowed towards the ground, Phoenix arm dangled down with concern.

Onyx raised her foot, tapping the floor twice with ease, light and airy, bringing her arms down swift in motion as her feet traded places. Arms always changing in opposition to her footwork as she spun around.

Phoenix rushed to spin around, losing count and her arms resting along her leg that bounced. Moving her arms at the wrong time, while she was aware how heavy her feet came down, unlike Onyx who could only move with light.

Onyx stopped her spin, shaking her head, "I don't get it, Phoenix, you're an excellent dancer. You help teach this to the tots, how is it that you're all over the place right now? Are you dancing with your head again?"

Phoenix stopped along Onyx, and sighed, "There's no music. You can't blame me for losing track with no music." It was a lie, they've danced thousands of times with no sound other than the wind.

"Since when?" Onyx asked, pinching her nose bridge, "Okay, let's pretend that's the real problem. And not that you have that look in your eyes again. I'll start the music."

Phoenix blinked quickly, and pushed Onyx's phone down, "What do you mean that look? I have a look?" Onyx raised an eyebrow and shook her head, "Of course you do, I don't know who he is. Nor do I care but please focus on our tradition and not him for two seconds."

"Him?" Phoenix asked, "I am so lost." Onyx looked at her about to roll her eyes until she saw she was truly clueless, "You look like you're yearning while we dance."

"Oh," Phoenix said, blushing, looking down to cover her face, "Yeah, him or whatever." She lied, and Onyx's face softened, "Or her, I don't know. But either way, please let it go while you dance. Your mind is always so full."

Phoenix nodded, "I know, I know. I don't know how you do it." She spun around, and backed away, arms crossed, "I focus on the wrong things at the wrong time."

Onyx slide her phone back into her pocket, and shrugged, "I can sometimes be distracted, but I trust my movements enough to stay on track. You dance with your head and not your heart. And your head doesn't trust you to stay on track."

"Very inspiring, but can I have some grounded advice?" Phoenix asked, causing Onyx to sigh deeply, "Turn your brain off and just let your muscle memory move you. No music, just move."

Phoenix rolled her eyes, "Just move," she muttered as she loosened her arms, and Onyx began to clap, a simple beat they do with the tots. The beat they were taught as children.

One foot tapped the ground twice, while the other was brought up in a collected bounce, swiftly touching the ground with two taps as the other one lifted off the ground. She could hear a song in her mind, keeping with the beat as heard her own heartbeat.

"Spin," Onyx called out, and Phoenix began turning in movement, her arms reaching out into place all on their own. While Phoenix closed her eyes, trusting her movement and keeping them from being on Onyx.

Onyx could picture Phoenix with her shawl, swallowing hard as she saw how the name fit her friend so well. Moving swiftly with a strong power within each movement. It was a trance she didn't want to break out of.

Phoenix imagined the first time Onyx and her practiced this, back when Onyx was taller than her. Leading her even back then, "Look at my feet when they move!"

She opened her eyes now, catching a glance at Onyx as she looked up at her, watching her feet move with practice. Her heart soared catching a glimpse of approval from Onyx.

The beat slowed, and Phoenix finished strong, right in front of Onyx, who shook her head with a smile, "See, that's the fire you have in the arena. That I barely get to see out here."

"Is that a compliment that I hear?" Phoenix asked, and Onyx waved her off, "Don't get used to it. I'm trying to keep your head fitting through the doorway."

Phoenix laughed, and stretched, "What's next, teach?" Onyx looked at her phone, "We'll dance with real music next, but first we have to eat. I'm so hungry and I can smell your mom's cooking from here."

"She does it on purpose you know," Phoenix said, and Onyx nodded, "I know, and we'll probably have to help but I don't care as long as I'm fed."

Onyx laced their hands together, and tugged, "C'mon before she thinks we don't want any!" Phoenix laughed, there would never be a time where her mother thought Onyx didn't want her food. She's pretty sure that's how they become friends, it wasn't declared official until she came over for stew. Since then, they've been inseparable.

Phoenix can't say she minds, it's not like her reasoning was any less selfish. She couldn't stop staring at the prettiest girl around, she still can't.

She knows she dances well, very similar to Onyx when she's able to get her out of her mind. She doesn't struggle because of movements. They're intricate, no doubting that, but she's danced for years and won plenty of competitions. There's a flow to a beat that she recognizes as she dances, no matter how quick or slow, she knew them in her heart. Can recite it and dance to it every time.

The sound of her heartbeat matching Onyx. Syncing up as they stay close, and her heart reaches out, wanting one thing.

And she wasn't brave enough to say a thing.

So her movements stiffened and she became a little kid again who doesn't know how to dance to the beat in her ears, it's already dancing to one. The beat of Onyx that sits in her heart, her favorite melody.

Phoenix allowed Onyx to lead her inside, just as she did when they were kids, and just as she'll continue to for as long as Onyx is willing to.

Doesn't matter where they're going, it just matters that they make their way together.

They may both be painfully unaware that the reason Phoenix struggles to move, it's the same reason Onyx moves so freely.

Onyx hears Phoenix and her call so clearly, hears it in everything, and she dances to capture it, hoping her spins will catch it one day. The melody that always escapes her despite being so near.

It's the melody of Phoenix and Onyx, apart they are beautiful and have their roles; they're simply figuring out how to combine them into their own.

How to dance to a noise that resides only in their hearts. They're learning how to feel it beneath their feet and raise it into the sky. But they'll learn, clumsy and messy, but they will and they'll appreciate each step. Because it's them. And that's all they need.

[ato-dato]

Road help.

[underfalls-36]

also while im here i have a Drum Question for you. If you've ever messed around w different sticks*, do u have a preference? brand/type mainly, but theres also things like tape, nylon vs. wooden tips, etc.

personally i've only used either Vic Firth SD1 or 5a sticks (whoch are the default options) and pretty much everyone in my band (including myself) prefers the thicker SD1s.

*if not, then what sticks do u use

btw if you haven't, you can go to a music store near you and see if you'll let you try different sticks!!! it's really important to find sticks that feel good to you. if that's scary though, i recommend u just start out on some common types -- 5a or SD1 (Vic Firth are best imo) and branch out. they're your sticks tho lol, so you can try whatever strikes your whimsy.

Th

There's different types of sticks???

I've just been using the ones I got with my drumset--

(I'll have to check what they are later-)

[jaybirbie]

DP x DC Prompt.

Deadserious

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>Danny had a problem. He thought he handled it well. He couldn't tell his civillian boyfriend of his half-dead status.

He definitely couldn't let him find out by being summoned by some culty wannabes who wanted to rule the world.

Easy solution: Volunteer to be the sacrifice, turn his eyes green, and act like a Royal prick and powerful being. Get rescued by one of Gothams 50 vigilantes. And claim no memory.

Boom, secret identity underwraps.

He didn't expect everyone to treat him so fragile after.

>

Damian also had a problem. That problem, being his civilian boyfriend, was obviously possessed by a spirit of the ghastly ghost king and was utterly clueless about it.

And it was all his fault.

Danny Fenton was the next June Moore/ Enchantress. Except he was hosting one of the most powerful beings in the universe.

And that lovable idiot had no damn idea about it.

[rogerdeakinsdp]

CINEMA'S BEST SWEATERS — Part 1 (Part 2)

Basic Instinct (1992) · Let's Make Love (1960) · Scream (1996) · The Big Lebowski (1998) · Lucky Number Slevin (2006) · A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) · The Holiday (2006) · The Devil Wears Prada (2006) · While You Were Sleeping (1995) · Home Alone (1990) · Good Will Hunting (1997) · 21 (2008) · Sweet November (2001) · Knives Out (2019) · How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) · Ocean's 8 (2018) · The Matrix (1999) · Mystic Pizza (1988) · Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) · Clueless (1995) · House of Gucci (2021) · The Lighthouse (2019) · When Harry Met Sally... (1989) · Awake (2007)

[petr1kov]

helena waiting for mark to kiss her VS mark who never made the first move on anyone in his life also waiting to be kissed

[artsy-artw0rld]

So... I recently learned that Pilby is now staying at Split's. I wonder why.

[forecast0ctopus]

i get it now these guys are cool

[reds-skull]

I really should draw Soap more with his red mask, as you all can tell I love it

[tubbytarchia]

I told you I never stop thinking about merpearl

[kennythetrampvamp]