#WHY did they appear at a little mix concert?

[seasurfacefullofclouds1]

It’s unfortunate for Larries because they bought into the marketing at one point and now it’s very difficult for them to cut off their losses and walk away.

The biggest marketing gimmick being those bears. Star crossed lovers as a concept has been used by many a playwright, its appeal over the centuries hasn’t diminished.

Any thinking person would question why their label/management allowed them to use the bears to communicate with the fandom? The answer is simple it brought interest to their tour especially at a time when their tour was quite jaded and their chemistry on stage had waned.

Harry and Louis were supposedly the people who were behind all of the bear setup which spoke extensively to queer history. The references were sometimes quite obscure and not mainstream which relied on proper research, yet Harry wasn’t even able to talk to the concept of “camp” while hosting the met gala. He wasn’t even familiar with the concept of pronouns until the fans explained it to him. Clearly he lacked familiarity with the queer culture to speak off the cuff on it which wasn’t consistent with the bears being masterminded by them. Clearly in the latter years of 1D Larrie had become a huge attraction.

To keep the interest going, the fandom was manipulated into thinking that they were in on a secret and were helping the lovers from the evil clutches of the management. This is even used till this day where people still believe Harry has no agency.

Playing up homoerotic relationships and the androgynous image was very popular in the 80s with David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Prince, Freddie Mercury etc being the icons of that time. That was the chosen genre for Harry’s launch as a solo artist. Hence, his male friends who later on formed his management team were his suitors. He had a stylist who gave him a wardrobe more suitable for the next gay icon. Plaid was replaced with florals. It wasn’t an organic transition by any stretch of imagination.

I am not sure how anyone can think that the huge launch to his solo career was serendipitous and that not every aspect was carefully crafted with the investment that came along.

Also, transferring the loyalties of the Larries to Harry were really important hence allowing Louis to have a musical career at that point didn’t really work.

“I believe in Larrie” is like saying I really loved that marketing campaign that Sony ran from 2015-2021. It resonated with me. Okay good for you.

Nothing to add, really.

[oneforthemunny]

take it to the end of the line |older!dilf!eddie munson x reader| part 11

prompt: a guilt trip, a lapse of judgement, a blow up. or you and eddie's first fight.

contains: age gap relationship. eddie is 42 and reader is 26. angst. make up will be in part 2 of this but angst for now :(

"Why would you do this?"

Eddie's eyes were hard, cold, stern, an unfamiliar look to you. Normally he looked at you with nothing short of adoration. Even when he was frustrated with you, his muddy eyes always held a flicker of light. Not now.

He was furious. You couldn't blame him. You would be mad too given the circumstances.

"Ed, please, I just-"

"You put my daughter in danger." Eddie's voice was cold and cutting, brows furrowing so deep, eyes sharp and boring right through you, slicing you down the middle and leaving you shivering and exposed.

"I didn't-"

"You did." Eddie hisses, jaw flexing. The vein on his neck stood prominent, protruding against his reddened neck and chest. There was no room for argument with his tone, it was final.

"Eddie, please, just-just..." Your lip wobbled. Taking a cleansing breath to keep that familiar burn from rising in your chest, you looked at him, pleading and pitiful. "I swear I didn't... I just wanted Brielle to-to like me." You admitted with a shuddering breath.

Eddie didn't falter, face staying ever stoic and hard. "Like you?" He asked, unbothered by your cringe at his tone. "You wanted Brielle to like you, so you deliberately went against something I said no to, and took her two hours away and put her in danger?"

Your stomach twisted and dropped in uncomfortable guilt. When he put it like that, it sounded so bad.

It wasn't that bad, really.

Well, maybe it was.

Brielle and Madeline had came to you three days ago, begging you to take them to a concert in Indianapolis. Some Indie band playing at a hole in the wall bar, and they needed an adult to take them. Eddie had said no, of course, a bar and a band and his underage daughter was not mixing. It was Eddie's weekend so Gina couldn't save Brielle either.

"Please, it would be cool of you." Brielle pleaded alongside your own little sister. "You know my dad will listen to you. He totally won't care that we went. He doesn't even have to know."

"Yeah, c'mon, you fuckin' owe us." Madeline added, giving you a less than impressed pointed look, one only a little sister could produce. "You're banging' Brie's dad. You put a strain on our friendship. This is us bonding, you have to help us."

You rolled your eyes because you knew she was just being dramatic, a little shit like she'd always been. Yet you worried that her statement held some truth, disguised under sarcastic, dramatic tones and eye rolls, you were with Eddie and it had shifted their relationship. You held some regret about that, some anxieties that appeared every time Brielle would cut her eyes at you.

You held so much anxiety about it, that you opted to take them. Declaring it a girl's day- a bonding night at your apartment to Eddie. You felt nauseous with guilt at how excited he had been, eyes lighting up and dimples deep in a grin when Brielle bobbed her head in excitement.

Then, Friday came around, and you were taking the girls to Indianapolis to some sketchy club you would never go to alone, watching as the bouncer at the door didn't even check IDs. It was noisy, smoky, and they served to everyone. You had drawn the line at them drinking, knowing Eddie and your own parents would have you six foot under if they found out. If. You clung to that if, praying things would go your way.

It never did.

Your cell phone buzzed, Eddie's name flashing across the screen, your face dropping slightly. You decided to decline, texting him something about 'it's a girls night! brie says no boys allowed lol!'.

You were smug in your cleverness over your boyfriend. He'd be none the wiser, then it rang again. You let it ring. Again. You let it go to voicemail, tummy twisting in knots.

From: Eddie

'I'm at your apartment now. Where r u?'

Your heart plummeted, hands shaking when you scrambled for the phone. You scanned the audience, finding the two girls easily near the front, dragging them out frantically.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, Dad's gonna kill me, oh my god." Brielle whined, looking down at her own phone to see a string of calls from her father and mother.

Your hands shook, unlocking the door to let the girls in, before standing outside the car to call Eddie.

He was angry, furious, fuming at you. Voice dripping in venom and anger through the line. He yelled at you. Eddie never yelled at you.

"Eddie, I-I was with them!" You tried, throwing your hands out in exasperation. You were scrambling for reason here, to sway him, a scrap of some understanding or a glimmer of his usual affection.

Eddie's brows shot up in challenge. "I wasn't going to let anything happen to them, ok? That's why I went with them!"

"That was fuckin' careless."

"No," You shot back. "If I was careless, I would've just made the lie, and let them go by themselves. Let them buy alcohol when we got there, or-"

Eddie's hand slammed down on the coffee table in front of the two of you, the wood shaking and smack echoing into the room. You jumped, wide eyed with a small gasp looking up at him.

Eddie stood, pinching the bridge of his nose, breathing in slow, letting it out in shaky, harsh puffs. "You need to leave." Eddie gritted.

Your heart plummeted. "W-What?"

"You need to leave." Eddie hissed, eyes flashing at you with so much anger it made your heart drop. "Leave. Now. I don't want to see you right fucking now. I'm gonna say some shit I regret."

Your lip wobbled, stammering around broken breaths and words. "Eddie, please, I-I really didn't-"

"Brielle is not your child, ok?" Eddie roared. "That was not your call to make whether it was ok or not. That is my child, and you are my girlfriend. I said no, and you fuckin' disrespected me. You hurt me. Me." He shoved a finger into his chest, eyes wild and electric when they scorched down at you.

You were frozen in spot, stammering and sputtering for words, chilled from his icy, mean tone. "I already went through this shit with Gina, and I'm not going through that again." Eddie snapped. "I thought you'd actually care about me-"

"-Don't say that." Your voice cracked, head shaking furiously. "I do care about you, Eddie. I'm sorry. I just, I wanted Brielle to-"

"I don't give a shit if you wanted Brielle to like you or not." Eddie growled. "You shouldn't be trying to get Brielle to like you at the expense of disrespecting me. Putting my baby in danger. I mean, fuck, what if Gina found out?" Eddie roared, throwing his hand out.

"Do you realize what she'd do to me? She'd take my ass to court and say I let my girlfriend take my underage daughter to a bar and-and she'd get Brielle taken away from me." Eddie's face crumbled, brows furrowing and lips pressing together to keep himself from wavering.

Your heart shattered, breaking and sinking deep into the pit of your tummy. You hadn't thought of that, truthfully.

"I-I'm so, so sorry." You shuddered out in a quiet whisper, tears streaming down you cheeks, dripping under your chin and down to your lap.

Eddie looked at you, eyes glassy and red rimmed of his own. He looked so upset, so hurt. You felt sick.

"You need to leave." Eddie said firmly, jaw locking and shoulders rolling to straighten his posture. "I can't... I need some time to cool off."

Some time. It was a haunting ring in your ears that left you dizzy, overwhelmed with fear and dread and guilt.

You nodded, swallowing to hold back your own tears. Shaky hands reached for your purse, walking to the door on numb legs. Eddie still held the door open for you, still walked you to the porch. The gesture made you sob, a strangled cry ripping from your throat.

"Eddie, I-I really am so sorry. Really." You sniffled, turning to him before you got into your car.

Eddie nodded, curtly but didn't speak. Didn't tell you to drive safe or that he loved you. Didn't tap on the window and point for you to roll it down, before leaning in to smooch you sloppy and sweet, your head pressed back into the head rest.

Not this time.

Eddie simply crossed his arms over his chest, not aggressive but protective, shielding himself from you. You crumbled, a shaky, pathetic sob breaking through you while you slammed the door.

You couldn't see, vision clouded with tears, but you couldn't sit there and watch Eddie look at you, so sad and hurt, knowing you were to blame. You and your stupid actions. You parked on the next street over, sobbing angrily, fists slamming and punching the wheel while you screamed, hurt and angry. Anguished cries and screams that ripped through your body, racking your frame with hard sobs until you were hiccuping.

You'd hurt Eddie.

He'd compared you to Gina... Gina. You felt physically ill at the revelation, shaking your head before starting on the main road. Your heart felt heavy, stomach a pit of knots and nerves. You knew you'd fucked up. You knew it was over, and the worse part is you had no one to blame but yourself. No, this time it wasn't him, wasn't another girl, wasn't communication issues, or Gina, or distance, or even the age. There was no excuses you could use this time, no face to save, because this was all on you.

This was all your fault.

[littlemissheavenonearth]

Since We've Been Loving You (Jimmy Page x Reader x Robert Plant)

a/n: this isn't a Def Leppard fic, but this was in the works, here's to Led-Zeppelin <3

Night fell and the darkness rushed through the windows of my small bedroom. The only light was the light from the lamp on my bedside table. I just laid on my side on the bed staring at the wall at my posters of many rock bands. I couldn’t sleep, I admit that I had some kind of insomnia ‘cause I have been getting very little sleep for quite some time now and I cannot figure out how to fall asleep. Like I used to. I was tired, but I just couldn’t sleep, ever. I could maybe shut my eyes for about ten minutes, but I would wake up immediately after. 

I was about five minutes into my “eye shutting” situation until I heard my bedroom door open. I opened my eyes again and looked at the two familiar faces standing in my doorway. One was taller than the other, he had bright strawberry blonde or more so blonde than red and he had a nice, confident appearance. The other one had dark brown hair and he looked a lot more shy than the other. I set myself up on my elbows and I smiled at my two boyfriends. We met in December of 1969, when I went to one of their concerts. I was completely hypnotized by their smooth, or even sauve movements on stage. Robert’s girly moans mixed with Jimmy’s orgasmic riffs was too much for me. So, I had to, I had to go backstage. I did and I was fairly shy when I got to talk to them. We didn’t do what you think we did. We just talked about life and our opinions about music. 

Now you may be thinking, “but they’re rockstars and you went backstage, why didn’t you..?” because I didn’t go backstage to do it, I went backstage to talk to them, to get to know them. I don’t know what you think of them, but they are incredibly sweet and gentle, might I add. I went backstage and I was a little lost, I will admit.  I was just walking around when I bumped into Robert.

“Oh, sorry, love,” He made sure I didn’t fall over, “My fault.”

I looked at him and smiled shyly, “No need to apologize,” I managed to say. 

“What’s your name?” 

“Y/N.” 

“That’s a beautiful name.” 

“Thank you!” Just as I finished speaking, Jimmy walked in. “Jimmy,” Said Robert, “This is y/n.” He pointed to me.

“Nice to meet you, Y/N. I’m Jimmy.” 

“I know, it’s nice to meet both of you too.” I began to get a little more relaxed around them. 

“Y’know, we saw you in the crowd.” Robert explained, “You caught my eye almost immediately.” 

“Wow, really?”

Oh, that night was an absolute dream come true. After that we got into the show and it eventually led to us discussing our opinions about music. We all generally had the same opinions. 

How did I start dating both of them? Well, it started out with the boys inviting me to the Led-Zeppelin after party that night and I happily accepted the offer. The boys got pretty drunk and I wasn’t a drinker, so I just drank some water. Robert and Jimmy started fighting over me. I could not believe that two of the greatest rock n’ roll gods were fighting over me. They asked me to choose who I wanted to date, but to nobody’s surprise, I couldn’t choose and I told them that I could not choose. It seemed that they had accepted that answer. 

“It’s either both of you or neither.” I stated. I remember them looking at each other and then nodding.

“Both,” They responded at the same time. 

I remember that night like it had just happened, all those years ago and we still have the magical bond that we had when we first met. 

“Robert, Jimmy,” I said in my raspy night voice. 

“Hello there, darling,” Responded Jimmy as he undressed and made his way into bed. Robert did the same and they both laid on either side of me. 

“I can’t sleep, again.” I turned to Jimmy, just as Robert moved his body against mine. Jimmy laid on his back and I moved so my head was on his chest. 

“Is this comfortable?” I asked both of them.

“If you’re comfortable, I’m comfortable.” Said Jimmy. 

“Okay,” I yawned as my eyes began to close thanks to Jimmy’s beating heart. I fell asleep as Robert lightly dragged his fingers along my skin. 

“Good night, beautiful.” Whispered Robert and he gave me a light kiss on my cheek. 

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[blueberrypancakesworld]

hi there! could i get a faust imagine where reader is like a black metal artist with their own solo project, but a mix of black metal and bimbo aesthetic? also, i hope you enjoyed your trip, love 🫶🏻✨🤍

Pink and Black

warning : fluff, alcohol, mention of relationship

masterlist

Info : Hi there and thanks for the request of course you can have it. And my trip to England was just the best :)

Disclaimer : I don't want to glorify anything, it's about the actors who play a role, not the real events.

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°Since you two met at a small concert supporting new musicians and artists, you seemed to have hit it off. You had only planned to play a little bit of your new album when you heard the first comments.

°Well, a black metal girl in a bimbo outfit wasn't something you got every day, that's for sure. Especially not in a stuffy, dark club full of partying men. But it didn't matter, you were here to make music and not to justify yourself.

°It took you a few more minutes to get a drink, so you went to get a beer. You had just arrived at the bar when a guy appeared next to you. Out of the corner of your eye you could see his longer dark brown hair, his gaze directed towards the bar and his pleasant calm voice.

°,,Are you one of the musicians?" he asked when he saw the badge on her top. Already bracing herself for the worst, she turned to face him. Cute was the first word that came to her mind - not an overbearing creepy guy. A boy about her age, maybe a year older, who smiled at her with a curious, slightly uncertain look. She nodded and pointed to her ID card.

°,,Yeah, I just released my first album and wanted to do some promotion," she said curtly and saw his nod before he seemed to guess what kind of music she was making. She was about to say something when her name was called. ,,Maybe you'll like it," she said, winking at him before taking another sip and walking onto the stage.

°To say her show was good was an understatement. At first it was scepticism that filled the crowd. But when she started using her voice and the attention wasn't on her fluffy pink black chocker, the crowd went wild.

°They sang along, shouted at her and it wasn't just the alcohol. Even the unknown nice guy was among them who seemed to feel the music. But that was only the beginning of the two of them and their relationship.

°After the performance he came up to her and praised, no, even seemed to adore her music. As he analysed the song, the mixture of cuteness and violence. ,,The guitar solo was brilliant" he said and his eyes seemed to light up even though she would have classified him as quieter. He liked the music because he liked the woman behind it and not because it came from a woman in a skimpy dress who looked good.

°He respected her for what she was, not for what his fantasy made of her. Which is why he asked her out on a date, which turned into a trip to the nearest pub. From then on it became a relationship of music, support, devotion and black metal a lot of black metal.

°But even though they both went with the music, singing along to some songs and helping her was the sweetest thing he did in the relationship, helping her with her style. From then on, whenever they went shopping for new ways to play music, he bought everything that was either fuzzy pink or black or just screamed bimbo.

°She saw his gaze linger on some pink things more than once. Which meant at the end of the day for the black circle on Valentine's Day that everyone took a photo in full pink, because there was nothing better than pink and black metal, as Faust and his girlfriend knew best.

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@mayhem-things , @icarus-star

[cianmars]

Um hi….I saw you were taking requests/prompts for your 14th Doctor series. I’d love to see one about 14 and Rose talking about her name. Or some “therapy sessions”

Thank you so much!

AO3

The Doctor was a night owl, it turned out, he obviously had never known this as time when you’re constantly travelling through the time vortex can get a bit…. Mixed up. 

So most nights they found themself down in the lounge, and more than often than not Rose would also be awake until the early hours alongside him, sometimes working on orders, or school work, sometimes they’d talk, other times they’d just sit in companionable silence.

Tonight he was sitting on the floor, the family’s toolbox he had found in the shed beside him, and the microwave in front of them in pieces, which he definitely knew how to put back together, honest. Rose was on the couch, lofi music playing as she sewed up an adipose toy ready for a big order she’d been working on all week.

The Doctor shoved a screwdriver into their mouth as he rooted in the toolbox for some electrical tape, because they had lost a screw.

“What was Rose like?”

He froze, not sure if they had heard what they had heard. He took the screwdriver from his mouth, setting it down, he turned to his surrogate niece. “Rose?” 

She nodded at him, she had put her project down in her lap, purely focused on him.

“She was�� she was amazing, she saved me in so many ways, I was still reeling from the Time War when I met her, she was the first human to make me want to connect with anyone or anything. She figured out where London was going to be destroyed from the London Eye and a whole bunch of mannequins. We travelled everywhere, we met Queen Victoria,” they grinned at that memory, “I’m pretty sure I’m still technically banned from the UK, I don’t think Unit remembers that though.”

“Wait,” Rose interrupted with a smile on her face, “how did you get banned from here?”

They smirked in response, “I don’t think Vicky liked that me and Rose knew that she got scratched by a werewolf,” he wiggled his eyebrows, “now you know why they never make appearances during a full moon.”

“I… I would say that you’re making this up but I remember dreaming about that when I was little.”

“Why did you ask? I mean, it’s fine that you did, it’s good, it’s just.. You remember things that have happened in my life, in your mum’s life, Rose was… I’d just lost her when I first met Donna, those memories should have been clearer to you, even if you saw the memories as dreams.”

“I did, but,” she shrugged. “I named myself after her, it felt important to, it felt like the name of someone strong, and I knew that I needed to be strong to continue on existing. Now I know why it felt important, why I knew it was a brave name, I know that she was important to you and to mum… but I didn’t know her, or the details, or all of the stories.”

The Doctor leant their head back against the couch, dropping the pretence of fixing the microwave, he smiled softly. “I get that, wanting to know more about yourself. I can tell you stories, any of them.”

“I’d like that.”

They thought back to hundreds of years ago when they were a parent, telling stories to their own kids, long gone now… “Just a quick one then. We were in Scotland, this was just after we went to New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York, when I had this face brand new, the first time around, after we got body switched so many times and nearly killed by cat nurse nuns, nurses who were cat nuns, not nuns for cats but for anyone.”

“Doctor, you’re getting a bit off track, about cat nuns…”

“Right! Anyway, we decided to go to Earth, the old one this time, we were going to go see a concert, we were just a smidge too early, it happens sometimes…”

“When was the concert meant to take place?”

“Nineteen seventy nine…”

“And you got there…?”

“.... eighteen seventy nine… It’s not my fault!”

“Uh huh sure it wasn’t…”

“It wasn’t! A hundred years is barely anytime, and Sheffield is basically Scotland, not that Rose agreed. Before we could get it right we were stopped by the king's guard who were travelling with Queen Victoria after an attempted assassination attempt- but I was quick thinking and put on a local accent which fooled them.”

“I very much doubt you can do a Scottish accent.”

“You’re meant to be on my side! I’ve already got Donna doing this whole,” they gestured vaguely at Rose, “eh, being mean to me, thing.”

Rose rolled her eyes, sending him a fond smile, “Fine, but only if you promise me when the Tardis comes back we can go on a trip somewhere.” 

The Doctor liked it when she smiled fondly at him, he could admit that, so he hesitated, before slowly saying, “Donna’s… kind of grounded me to Earth…. Until I feel better….”

They could see the disappointment on Rose’s face, even though she tried to hide it, still smiling at him. 

“It’s okay, really Doctor, we’ll just go when you’re feeling better. “So your Scottish accent-?”

“I mean,” they interrupted, “Donna… couldn’t know, not that there’s anything she’d need to know of course… but the Tardis does need to have a fly regularly, like an aeroplane…” they found themself smiling as Rose beamed at him, “just a quick visit, and it’s not like there’d be anything bad happening.”

“Yeah, totally just quick trips, that's… oh my god, this is great!,” she glanced towards the door, making sure her parents or grandma hadn’t heard them discussing their plans. The Doctor was grinning back at her, she was certain that he needed this as much as she did. “In that case, I take it back, I’m sure your Scottish accent was amazing.”

He rolled his eyes, yup, they were right she was so like her mother, but she was also entirely her own person, and he liked that person a lot. “I should hope so, I was a Scottish about two after this face.”

Rose pulled a throw off the back of the sofa and wrapped it around herself.

“Do you need to get to bed?”

She shook her head, “You haven’t finished the story.”

They wiped their hands on their own t-shirt to rid them off gunk, before pulling a throw off the couch to wrap around their own shoulders. “Okay, so, we had just gotten discovered by Queen Victoria, I convinced her with my amazing Scottish accent and that I was a doctor, which isn’t a lie, so we were taken with her to the house of someone important for some reason I can’t remember why to be honest, I think something to do with politics?”

He carried on telling the story, remembering details about it that they hadn’t thought about in a long time. It hurt, remembering his Rose with this new Rose, but it hurt in a good way. When they finished the story he looked back at Rose to find her nearly asleep, so they started another story he thought she’d like, about him waking up in New York not remembering who he was. 

“What the absolute hell have you done!”

The Doctor shot up from the ground where they had been slouched asleep, judging from the crick in their neck. “What’s wrong,” they slurred, his head darted around, seeing Donna looking pissed, he reached into his pocket for his sonic, but it wasn’t there, they must have left it in the kitchen the night before.

“Mum? What’s,” Rose yawned, “wrong.”

It was only then that The Doctor realised that Donna was glaring at them… and that they had fallen asleep not long after Rose, and that the microwave was still in pieces around him. 

“Ah… erm… would you believe me if I told you I had to disassemble a bomb in your microwave?”

Her eyes flared, “I am going to kill you, this is the third one! You’re buying me a new one.”

“I… I don’t have any money…”

“Use your sonic on an atm then, you’ve done it before,” she glared, before turning her sights on her daughter. “I thought we agreed that you’d be in bed by one?”

“I, erm-”

“-Also my fault,” The Doctor interrupted, shooting Donna an apologetic look this time, “I started telling her about some of my travels.”

Donna faltered then…. “Which ones…?”

“He was telling me a bit about Rose,” Rose told her mum, “I asked them about her.”

Donna took in a slow breath, she was looking into their eyes, searching for something with concern, but apparently didn’t find it as her fury ebbed. “Look, just… you go upstairs to your room so your grandma doesn’t know that you stayed up way too late on a school night, or I’ll never hear the end about it.,” she looked now at The Doctor, “And you, put the microwave back together.”

“Ah,” They scratched the back of their head running his hand through his hair, grimacing at his best friend, “Erm… yeah about that… this microwave was built faultily like the others, but I will totally buy you a new, functional one. Promise.”

Donna glared at him for a second, before faltering under the weight of both The Doctor and Rose giving her suitably pathetic apologetic looks. She scoffed, “You are so lucky my daughter likes you Spaceboy, or I swear I’d have you deported to Mars.”

He frowned, “During this year on Mars or a different one? Because if it’s a different one then that’s fine, they have amazing night markets.”

“I haven’t ruled out killing you yet.”

“You’d miss me too much.”

“I really wouldn’t.” 

He smirked, “Of course you would, you’ve told me so many times now that you’re so glad I’m here, and that you missed me so much, that you always felt like something was missing.” 

She hit them with a cushion from the couch, and Rose took the attack as an opportunity to slip away without any more of a lecture. 

[captain-mj]

Angels of Digitalism

I have the Rock Star AU y'all ordered! Changed it a little to explain why Soap is interacting with them. Will do a part 2 if asked. Very heavy on the GhostRoach

Soap saw the ad and almost flipped. Simple ad honestly. Digital artist needed. Decent pay but there was a line that said they would be open to negotiation. All of that was interesting sure. 

But the thing that drew his attention was the name of the band asking. 

Angels of Digitalism. 

His favorite fucking band was asking if someone could help them with some digital art. 

Something he did all the time!! He was looking for jobs right now and this was perfect. 

Soap applied immediately and almost immediately got a reply back. A little surprising just how fast they responded. 

“Can you get transportation to this location?” He followed it up with an address. 

Soap checked the distance. “Yeah, it’s not too far.”

“Good. Be here as soon as you can. Like…. Right now.”

“Oh! Okay!” Soap rushed to get dressed. He tried to find some of his better clothing that followed the aesthetic of the band. Ripped jeans and a black t-shirt. After some thought, he decided to do a plain one. He didn’t want to wear a band shirt in case it came off weird. Wearing one of their shirts may seem obsessive but wearing someone else’s may be off putting. A few minutes later and he realized maybe he was putting a little too much thought into his shirt. 

Soap rushed over there and while in the car, he thought over the band. So on paper, there were three members. Ghost, the back up vocalist and guitar player, Roach, the main vocalist, and an unknown masked member that goes on stage and fucks with a computer occasionaly. All of them wore masks, covering all of their faces but occasionally letting their hair down, but the third member didn’t even have a name. There were also drums and other instruments, but they weren’t done by a person, but by algorithms and bots. It was part of the appeal. A mix of techno and old style punk that was the whole point. Soap genuinely loved the music, but there was also the performances. It made sense that they’d need a digital artists. A lot of it was based on lights, colors and costuming. Well… So were most performances Soap realized after thinking about it for a minute. But he loved watching their concerts. 

The two of them danced so well. Both of them being so attractive did not hurt. During the last performance, Roach had been shirtless and he did some… Soap had watched Magic Mike and that had been the closest thing he had seen to the dancing he had done on Ghost, all while he continued to play guitar like nothing was happening. 

Also, there was occasionally a person that appeared. It was always confusing because they could never be photographed but 

Soap already knew he didn’t really have a chance. He was not going to be the y/n in a fanfiction who gets either of them. Let alone both of them. 

He got there faster than he expected and rushed out so he could go inside. 

There were two men standing out front. One of them looked… vaguely like Ghost. A little smaller, but he supposed the stage may make him look bigger. The other could be Roach. A little bigger, but… stage stuff. 

Yeah. Stage stuff. 

The smaller one was Hispanic and had a grey hoodie on while the other had a long sleeved tan shirt on and jeans. Both smelled like cologne, but the taller one smelled like he drowned himself in the stuff. 

“Hey.” The American accent out of “Ghost” caught him off fucking guard. “Soap?”

“Yeah.”

“Cool. I’m Alex. This is Rodolfo.” Neither offered their hands to shake so Soap kept his by his sides. 

Soap nodded. “Ah. Little surprised you guys told me your names.”

They stared at him blankly before Alex laughed. “I’m not fucking Ghost. He’s inside. Still wearing a skull mask. Roach is also inside. I’m just the guy running the computer.”

“Oh…”

“I’m their manager. You think I look like him? He’s a twink.” 

Alex glanced at Rodolfo and motioned to him. “I mean… aren’t you also a twink?”

“Get fucked. Anyway, no. I’m not Roach.” Rodolfo sighed. “We have a laptop that’s hooked up to the backdrop. Anything you draw on the laptop appears there. We need you to design some things. Also, do you do traditional art? Like painting and stuff?”

“Yeah.” 

“Cool. We’ll double your pay to also paint the backdrop. Three colors that correspond to the lights. Each disappears when a different light is on.” Rodolfo started to walk and Soap quickly followed to keep listening. “You paint the stuff. You made the designs. We have three weeks to do.”

“What designs do you need?”

“Ghost and Roach will tell you. Basically they’ll show you the routine and you design something around it. They seemed pretty excited about this one since Ghost won’t be playing the guitar.”

“Oh? Why won’t he be playing?”

“Injury.” 

Soap stared at him for a moment before realizing he was being serious. “What?”

“Injured his wrist so he can’t play.” Rodolfo looked at him.

“Won’t that prevent him from performing?” 

“Oh, it’s fine. It’s not in a cast.”

Soap frowned and just vaguely nodded after a minute. “Yeah, okay…”

“Anyway, come on stage.” Rodolfo stepped up on to the stage and Soap followed. Silks, like those from an acrobatic performance, were hanging above them and there was someone wrapped around them high above their heads. 

“Roach. Come down and meet Soap.” 

Soap looked up and watched him spin down, twirling and he tangled the silks right before he hit the ground. 

Okay, that was the exact size he expected. Roach only had a medical mask on. He had medium brown hair that fell around his ears and bright green eyes. Right now, he only had sweatpants and socks on. 

Yeah, definitely a twink. Though he was toned. Probably from his performances and constant practice. 

“Nice to meet you.” Soap kicked himself for his awkwardness but also was happy he didn’t stutter. 

Roach looked him up and down before meeting his eye again, just staring. 

“My name is Soap. Like Rodolfo said.” Soap tried, feeling a bit awkward.

“He won’t talk.” Ghost, he could tell by the fact that his voice was both really deep, gravely and clearly from Manchester, spoke right behind him. Soap definitely did not jump out of his skin. He glanced around but Rodolfo had disappeared. 

“Oh. Like a pre concert thing? Makes sense.”

“No. He’s mute.” 

Soap frowned. “I… I feel like I’m missing something.” 

“He can’t talk. Is that a problem?” Ghost growled at him and Soap looked up at him. 

Oh. 

He was a little scarier up close. Tattoos went all the way up his arms and he had his skull mask on. 

“N-no! Not at all! Just how do you guys… sing?”

“He uses a vocaloid. Obviously.”

“Oh. Yeah, no one knows that.” 

Ghost laughed for a second. “Seriously?? No one?”

“There’s an entire conspiracy theory about it actually. Because his jaw doesn’t move.” Soap glanced at Roach, noticing he was blushing. For a second, he thought he may have embarrassed him before noticing that no, he was just laughing. Roach looked at him, clearly smiling and happy and Soap started to feel flustered. 

Ghost hummed. “God our fans are stupid. Im retiring.”

“NO YOU’RE FUCKING NOT SIMON.” Rodolfo screamed across the venue. “PUT WAY TOO MUCH MONEY INTO THIS. OUR LABEL WOULD KILL US.”

Soap frowned. “Man i really thought it was just the three of you guys…” So his favorite band had more hands on deck than he thought. 

“Nope. Anyway, since Rudy left, I will show you where to go.” Ghost showed him the laptop and both him and Roach watched over his shoulder. Soap quietly opened it, deciding not to bring up how unsafe it was to not have a password. 

“So what did you guys want me to do?”

“So we’re going to have lights flashing on and off that will change the coloring. We’re going to be covered in different paints so there will be tons of color. We need a background in black and white that’s going to follow us during our routine.” 

Soap nodded. “Let me see your routine real quick. I want to draw the lines of movement so that I can make sure I match it.”

The two of them nodded and a second later he heard music he didn’t recognize. Before he could get excited at potentially hearing brand new music, he realized it was Mitski. 

They practiced using Mitski. 

Soap had a lot of feelings about that. 

The two of them circled around each other, both of them masked but wearing much less clothing. There was also the fact that there were no bright lights or makeup to obscure them. 

Soap recorded their performance and watched them. 

Ghost grabbed Roach suddenly and spun him, Roach’s legs going around his waist as they moved. They separated and Roach started to dance along the beams with Ghost all but chasing him. Roach grabbed one of the silks and jumped out of Ghost’s grasp, slowly twirling. They slowed for a second, but Soap wasn’t sure if it was part of the routine. The two of them had made eye contact and they seemed to be enveloped in each other before they went back to moving. 

Their dancing was beautiful. Soap wondered if they were professional dancers or just picked it up due to their performances. Roach moved like a gymnast, twirling in the air and moving with an unearthly grace. 

Finally the song ended and Roach ended up in Ghost’s arms, the two of them just staring. 

Soap paused. He thought Alejandro, the artist they occasionally hung out with, was dating Roach. 

Well, now that he was thinking of it. Alejandro said he was dating someone in the band and Soap had just found out there were a lot more members than he thought. 

He thought so hard that he almost missed the quick kiss Roach gave Ghost’s cheek before stepping away and looking at Soap. 

Soap gave him a thumbs up and cut off the recording. He then drew a mockup of the general lines of motion, making them a little big so if there were slight deviances, the designs would still follow their movements. 

Soap sat on the couch in the back stage area and started to draw. They moved around him and occasionally one of them would look at what he was doing, give criticism and then keep going. He kinda thought that should’ve gave him more instructions if they had opinions but so far all Ghost said was “Get creative”. So a black and white canvas that follows their movements. No theme. There would be colors. Fantastic. 

Soap tried to put… something together. He was interrupted by a tap on his shoulder by Alex.

“Want coffee?”

“Oh. Sure?”

“Good.” He handed Soap forty dollars. “Go get coffee for everyone please. I’ll text you our orders.” 

Soap stared at him but Alex was already wandering off. Look, technically everyone else seemed to also be working hard. Alex was clearly coding something, Ghost and Roach were still practicing and working on music and Rodolfo had a small pile of paperwork in front of him that he clearly needed to get done. Some of the slips of paper had giant red letters and that didn’t look promising. 

But he was also working!! What gives??

After silently fuming about it for a minutes, but ultimately deciding that Alex already gave him the money, Soap went and got the stupid coffee. Rodolfo had an iced caramel macchiato with six extra shots of espresso, Roach had a white chocolate mocha, Ghost had a shaken espresso and Alex had a black coffee. Soap stared at him for a minute to see if he was being pretentious, but he seemed to genuinely like the coffee. 

Like a freak. 

Who likes black coffee from coffeeshops? You make it at home or its just not good. 

While staring at Alex, he watched him kick his leg into the table and it bent. In Half. Not at the knee. 

Soap gagged and Alex laughed. “It’s just a prosthetic. Don’t worry.”

“How did you lose your leg?” Soap asked before wincing. “Oh, sorry. Don’t answer that.”

“Nah, it’s cool. I lost in the war.” 

Soap blinked, trying to do the mental math to think of Alex’s age versus the wars in the area.

“Not like the military. It was me, a dumpster and some raccoons.”

Soap stared at him, trying to figure out the joke here. There was a joke. What was the joke?

“Yeah… the Dumpster one. Lost two raccoons that day. What a waste. They were good dumpster diving buddies, ya know?”

“I’ve never went dumpster diving.”

“Really?” Alex looked so genuinely surprised Soap felt like he should be offended. Instead, he just walked away. 

Soap settled down with his own drink, something unfortunately low in caffeine since he had to be careful with his meds, and started working again. He wanted to get rough sketches of the animations for the background, animations would work better plus they were projecting anyway, he wanted this to be cool and impress these guys even if they were… much more… 

Alright, so they were kinda losers. Still hot though. Even the scary small one. 

The lights went out across the entire venue and Soap let out a… less than manly scream. A phone flashlight lit up in front of him and he blinked.

“Uh… Which of you is it?”

Roach tilted the light so it illuminated his face. He smiled at him and offered him his hand. Soap took it and Roach gently led him outside. It had gotten dark and only now did he realize how long he had been there. 

Roach looked at him for a moment before punching his shoulder and texting him. 

“See you tomorrow - :)”

Soap felt so giddy at having the Roach’s phone number now. “See you tomorrow. When should I come by?”

“We’ll be arriving at 12 so any time after that works.” 

Ghost, Soap could tell because who else would have a helmet with a skull on it, turned on his motorcycle and waved to them. Roach rushed over and got on the back, arms wrapping snugly around Ghost’s waist. Ghost gave a two finger salute to Soap before they both left, leaving Soap to stand there. 

Not the most eventful first day, but they would be working together for at least two weeks. Maybe longer if he could convince them to keep him around. 

Soap finally let the little freak out he had been holding in since that morning in. 

[gaymer-hag-stan]

2023 SECOND GEN K-POP GG SONG ROUNDUP

The year is almost over, so I believe this is the perfect time for a song recap!

The girlies have been pretty busy this year as we have songs in Korean, English, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese!

•Hur Young Ji's "L.O.V.E.", from her digital single album, "Toi Toi Toi"

I still haven't figured out why DSP thinks that's how her family name is spelled in English, but Youngji's (third) solo debut was by far my favourite re-release of TAEYEON's "Weekend" this year! I love the colours, I love her hair, the looks and I even like her Bora-esque talk-rap segment after the first chorus!

•SUNMI's "STRANGER", from her digital single album of the same name

Sunmi has mastered the art of delivering gorgeous MVs and visuals, that's for sure, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit I was a bit disappointed. I like the instrumental she used for the chorus, and since it was the segment playing in the teasers as well, I thought she was gonna give us "Tim Burton movie OST realness", and she did... But then she went and mixed in a completely different instrumental for her verses and bridge and another one for the pre-chorus. Girl why 😭

•TAEYEON's "To. X", from her mini-album of the same name

Taeyeon is continuing her reign as the queen of second gen with her moody breakup songs and I wouldn't expect anything less from her. Not her strongest effort yet, but still fun to listen to.

•HYOLYN's digital single, "This Love" (feat. Random Guy No. 8)

Hyolyn is the queen of cunt, but it's still a nice change of pace when she releases cutesier / less sexy songs. The guy being a dog in the MV was a hilarious twist too!

•Sandara Park's "Festival", from her self-titled digital mini album

Dara finally released the mini she has been teasing for a while now and had her solo comeback after FOURTEEN years! I hope this isn't a one time thing and she actually releases more music. She may not be the strongest vocalist, but Dara was always an idol's idol like, she would do the 2NE1 choreos while looking gorgeous and serving face and smiles so solo projects like this re-release of TAEYEON's "Weekend" are the perfect chance to showcase more "stereotypical", if you will, K-pop visuals and concepts that we wouldn't really get out of 2NE1. And she even got Uhm Jung-hwa, one of her own idols, to cameo on the MV, sampled her song for this comeback, and got to guest at her concert! Way to go Dara!

•HYO's digital single, "Picture"

A solid release from our resident DJ, although I still think her early works and the unhinged "DESSERT" haven't been topped yet. At least it wasn't "Second", I HATED Second.

•SoYou's "ALOHA" (feat. Bora), from her mini-album, "Summer Recipe"

Soyou giving us "Queen of summer"! YES! This is definitely among my favourite releases this year. It's catchy, it's summery, it's dancey and she's SANGING as usual. The fact that she even got Bora to do the most unhinged 3 second rap of her career for this is iconic! A bit disappointed she's not in the video but I guess maybe appearing for just 3scs wasn't worth it... Still curious how Hyolyn convinced her to do just that for the upcoming SISTAR19 comeback. Maybe she promised her she'll sing as much as Dasom did for "Summer or Summer"?

Also, you know what I was thinking?

This is probably delusions of a senile homosexual, but having a SISTAR19 comeback in the middle of winter is weird. I know Hyolyn did previously release a summer-themed Christmas song but... What if this is a prelude for a SISTAR full group comeback..? Think about it!

•Park Bom's digital single, "I" (feat. A Victorian Era Ghost)

Yes Bommie! This was BEAUTIFUL 😍❤️! I love that she seems to have regained control of her voice in her recent releases? In the years after her comeback with Dara her singing sounded a little... Off? But since last year she seems to be back on track! She even actually got to appear in her own MV this time, I'm so happy!

•Jessica's "BEEP BEEP", from her mini-album of the same name

Okay, this is definitely my favourite song of hers so far like... Yeah, this was the third version of "Weekend" for the year but I don't even care, she nailed it. It's fun, it's cute and she SINGS her ass off. Yass cunt!

Now PLEASE release something more dancey and edgy, bitch..! I'm still not over that one performance of "How Deep Is Your Love" where she was serving c word all those years ago but then NEVER released anything remotely close to that like... what gives girl??

•SoYou's "Digital Single That Doesn't feature Bora"

Soyou had another release this year before her summer comeback that didn't get as much publicity. It's a much more mellow song and not cunty but she gets to showcase her voice and it's a nice song to listen to.

•Nicole's digital single, "Mysterious"

Okay, this I think might be my favourite song overall this year! Nicole picked up on the "YOU.F.O." and, of course, "MOVE AGAIN" momentum from last year and she definitely delivered! She is so mother in this it's insane. Gotta love that bass!

•Nicole's physical single, "Selfish"

And she continued with a Japanese comeback this time! It even charted decently in Japan, like top 20, I think? So girl SLAYED! Glad to see they still got it with Japan. Amazing.

•Amber Liu's digital single, "No More Sad Songs"

A good song from miss Amber. I think her Chinese fans must have liked it too because she also released a Mandarin version. Definitely her best out of the ones she released this year although, if I'm 100% honest, Amber's music is kind of middle of the road for me? It's not bad, it's not amazing, it's just okay. Good for her that she's still at it and doing her thing though.

•Raina's digital single, "The Way We Were"

Raina is back girlies! Glad to see she's still representing the After School girlies in the music scene as she's the only one still releasing music here and then. Luckily, this time she didn't have to resort to collabing with Trash E for this song!

•Amber Liu's digital single, "hatemyself"

Okay, this one is the darkest of her songs yet and, for real, I know everyone has been dragging Amber through filth ever since that stupid pro-cops comment she made, and she definitely deserved the backlash for that, but it did get pretty ridiculous after that like, I can't help but feel for her. She wasn't my favourite f(x) member, her solo music is not my favourite either but I do genuinely hope she is okay?

•NARSHA's digital single, "BLUSH"

Okay so, at first I was like "Is this bitch really making her first solo release in thirteen years a ballad?" But then she released "GAME" so the balance of nature was restored, but other than that this song genuinely did grow on me. It's a nice song and it really fits her voice and breathy singing style.

•Meng Jia's "KNOCKOUT", from her mini-album, "JIALAND"

So, Jia seemingly decided to release the most UNHINGED song of hers yet this year. The production is messy but in a "so messy it's good" type of way. The red hair was a serve and this was a very fun song. Except that weird change at the very end, what the fuck was that for? Someone deserves to get fired for that, she should change producers.

•NARSHA's digital single, "GAME"

I want to once again publicly apologize for ever doubting mother. This was a song for the ladies and the gays only and I know and love that she 100% knows it herself and owns this fact. BEG are among the cuntresses in the K-pop industry that actively and openly acknowledge their LGBT fanbase and regularly release songs about female empowerment and feminism in a non-performative and genuine way, so this was definitely a gift for us and I love her for that.

If you will indulge my delusions for a second time, I'd like to think that, like SISTAR, those OG hags are cooking up some new group music and Narsha's very unexpected comeback is a prelude to the group's.

•Nicole's "Gravity", from her single album of the same name

This is definitely not as strong as the other two releases this year but it doesn't matter because we shouldn't be greedy and it's still a fun song so it's all well. Bold move to release a summer song way out of season again too.

•Jea's digital single, "Congratulations to You"

This is a very sweet song honestly. JeA said she wrote this all the way back in 2010, I think, as a means to cheer up herself for all the things she had already accomplished and her future self if she was ever feeling like she wasn't doing enough. I think she also said she had been singing it live regularly whenever she was performing, she did have a solo concert either late last year or very early this year, if I'm not mistaken, and she decided it was time to release it properly.

My only minor complaint is that the "be happy day to you" part kind of takes me out of the sentimental moment 😅😭 I know nonsensical English is the bread and butter of K-pop, and I will forever be grateful for lyrics like "I'm so bad girl I'm so cool girl I'm so sexy sexy sexy girl" or "fire in the hole when you touch me down there I'm not feeling very well so hot in down there" or "kiss me baby I'll must be stay here day by day" but for such a personal and sentimental song she maybe should have had someone double check it, just this once 🤣

•Wang Fei-fei's digital single, "Distance"

Fei seemingly decided that she should give the others a chance and not serve cunt, not mother, but take it slower and chiller instead this year. A good effort, but I had come to expect a bit more from her if I'm being honest.

Below you can find the full Spotify playlist. Enjoy!

Some honourable mentions:

~Whatever that short snippet that HyunA released is supposed to be, it's amazing! She also did it for the gays and the girls and I genuinely hope she revamps it into a full song and releases it because it's currently not available to stream anywhere, other than the performance video on YouTube of course.

~Various project and cover songs: Taeyeon and Naul's "Nights Into Days", Bom's cover of a 90s song, "Holding On to the End of This Night", Hyolyn's cover of a Chinese TikTok song, "Fizzled", and JeA's "Rainy Day" for the Yaoki Project.

~Some b-sides from Taeyeon's mini worth checking out: "All For Nothing", "Fabulous" and "Nightmare"

~Jessica's collab with Amber, "Get It? Got It? Good"

~Hyolyn remembering to fulfill her cunty quota for the year and releasing a performance video for "BODY TALK", one of the b-sides from last year's mini.

~Although she said "No More Sad Songs", Amber went and immediately released three more. "hatemyself" was the better of the three, but she also did "Can't Go Yet" and "ILY".

~Jia's "GOOD GOOD LOVE" from her "JIALAND" EP and another song she silent-dropped a few days ago, "Starlight".

No T-ara reps at all this year as they were all real busy playing golf... I HATE THEM 🤬😭

[jackiequick]

Marvel — Singers OC 🎼

-> -> -> I was listening to music a lot while looking over my old OC Tyler Sharp and decided why not ;)

-> Disclaimer! I don’t own the anything like the songs mentioned, artist mentioned here are just ideas and I’ve haven’t been in contact with anyone related to this post such as Sony Music. It was just a fun idea I had.

Ana B 🎼

Full Name: Ariana Sandra De Baillo

Nicknames: Ari, Ana, De Baillo, Princesses of pop, Sandy, Dra

Birthday: June 25th

Age: 25

Height: 5’1

Place of Origin: Brooklyn, New York but grew up around Washington Heights

Currently located: Los Angeles and on occasion Florida.

Specie: Half Human aka Mutant

Abilities: Sonic Screams. She can emit a highly enhanced scream of a high amplitudes. She also has the ability to vibrate her vocal chords at will.

Occupation: Singer and dance. And on occasion a bit of a small vigilante which causes her to be late to concerts and rehearsal sessions.

Type of music she likes to dabble into making: Pop, Latin Pop, R&B, Hip Hip, Rap and some acoustic.

Awards Won so far: Latin America Billboard Awards, Kids Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards & Premios Juventud Awards

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Arianna grew up in the lower east side of Brooklyn to a Ecuador & Mexican mother and Colombian father who always made sure that she was loved. Even if they didn’t have much, her parents made sure she had a roof over her head, food, clothes, and money for a education in New York.

In very late high school, she discovered her love for music and dance (it was given in her culture but still) Ari became in love with it. Listening to music from artists like Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Selena, Shakira and plenty of others. Singing, dancing, rapping and creating music videos using her phone or a actual camera.

—> She would practice dancing in her bedroom, creating videos and then later on uploading them onto YouTube. Especially her covers of songs and funny skits she would make with friends. Eventually a record label (Sony Music), reached out to her and help her start crafting her own.

First songs being The Way, Ready or Not & Hurricane. Being her popular ones too!

During this period of time, Ariana started singing and rapping more instead of just dancing. It was great until one day her voice was really sorely used and decided to rest her vocal chords. Soon enough she got a little cocky and frustrated waiting so long, as she decided to try to sing in her room instead. Screaming out the lyrics, resulting in her vocal chords to ring and a bounce of a quaking strength released, causing her desk to stumble back a little few feet away from her.

“Oh my..d-did i just do that?” She questioned, curiosity took over and she tried again.

It was captivating how powerful it seemed, also it was a small soft advantage to her singing. Ariana wouldn’t admit it, but she feared this power. Wondering how this would effect her career and life in general. It took her months to control it, there was a few accidents and even her manger found out one day, but she pulled though.

—-

Flash forwarded to a few years later, Ana B was singing and dancing on stages, for her own performances and other artists. Performing frontline for Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Cher Lloyd and backup dancing for Fifth Harmony performance for Grammy Awards 2014.

Even being featured in Cher Lloyds songs as well. Due to her mother’s encouragement, Ariana decided to dabble into Latin Pop as well. Her Hispanic roots. Adding a mix of Latin Pop and a bit more R&B into her songs

—> Which resulted in her to featured in Reggaetón Lento with CNCO and Little Mix, create Downtown with J Balvin, and a couple of others. Those are just to name a few. It resulted in her expanding her reach in the music and tv appearance on shows every once in a while.

——

It was going great until one dark cloudy while visiting Los Angels after chilling at the corner store she heard screams and yelling loudly from a alleyway running to help wearing her black hoodie, just all black in general due to leaving rehearsals a hour earlier.

A two girls were being robbed of their money, Ariana couldn’t stands for it and started to try and fight the robbers. The two girls were trying to fight them too.

One caught her by the wrist and held her backwards, Ariana was pissed off and narrowed her eyes a scream piercing scream filled up a sound attack sending both men to fly backward onto the brick wall. Slamming their heads against the wall, knocked out cold. She didn’t mean to do that, it was a scream of panic and anger.

It shocked Ariana as she turned to the girls, “A-are you okay?”

“Y-yeah..h-how did you do that?” One of them asked, grabbing their purse.

“I um..i just screamed, i guessed.” She replied, trying to cover up what happened.

The other one recognized her and gasp, “Y-your—you’re Ana B!”

Ariana smiled sheepishly and nodded, “..y-yeah i am..you girls should go home. We all should!”

The both girls nodded and gushed realizing that this artist saved their lives. They called the cops and went home. However Ariana spent those next few day rethinking that captivating scream and how she saved those girls. She smiled, it felt good. Real good. It took a few days to quietly decide but Ariana decided to used her gift and saved a few others every once in a while. But since Ariana wasn’t trained or anything, she wasn’t the best low crime fighter, at least she tried..

She took up a bit of boxing and stuff to help with fight. A few short self defense posts and it helps her moves on stage, a lot. Sometimes Ariana would be late to rehearsal dressed in a black outfit afterwards. For example…

At start of a small bank robbery downtown, a few men dressed in grey and black suit came running in. There were guns and shouting, when she sneaked into the place. Everything was fine as she pretended to be one of others until a robber grabbed her grab and smirked, “Oh, not so fast, sweetheart.”

She groaned, using her shoulder to elbow him in the chest, “Don’t grab women, sweetheart.”

Her and one of robbers started to dance, twirling, kicking and spinning around the room. Ariana was thrown across the room, her back landing on a desk near a receptionist as she yelled with her vibrating vocals chords, “Get the cops online..p-please.” The women nodded, doing as told.

Ariana was slammed into a wall, she sighed, “Now I know how The Avengers feel..this hurts.” She glances at the clock, as her eyes widened in shock, 1:23pm, she was going to be late to the studio. Better make this quick.

Taking a deep breath and narrowing her eyes towards the robbers. Like singing loudly into a microphone, Ariana lowering her mask closed her eyes shut as a scream ripped off at a medium amplitude modulation knocking off both men. They stumbled back, holding their ears and full lose balance. The cop sirens went off and Ariana nodded at the receptionist putting a finger over lips, that were covered again by the mask, then ran out.

She arrived 5 minutes late, not the worse thing. If one had to be honest, the girl tend to always be a tad late depending on what day it was. Her manger Naya, rushed her off to get ready asking if she was alright seeing how she looked a little bruised. Ariana smiled, getting an ice pack for her aches and Advil for her pains. Naya was like a big sister to her, making sure she was okay and healthy, however she always wondered what her client was up to when she’s not around.

-> Her street outfits

-> Causal Outfits

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[jmdbjk]

Don't get me wrong but I'm genuinely confused why Jimin is mot doing any activities like other members. All the members are preparing for solo album and doing other works. But Jimin is only working on his album and nothing else. If we look their solo activities since announcement.

JK - he doesn't do many activities but things he does is pretty large scale. L&R MV + making + recording. Most charted somg by k soloist on BB. Performed on fifa stage - first Korean to perform on a WC, #2 debut and many locals fell for him lol.

RM - attended a museum activity, sexy nukim, WKorea with hobi, performed with balking tiger, podcast + interview, Pharrell interview + photoshoot, now host for a show.

Hobi - listening party something no members did ever lol, Lola + BTB + interviews, radio talk shows, crush collab, IU's pallet, crush interview, Zico interview.

Jin - Multiple movie premiers, Chef baek episodes, yesterday's liquor show, running man, CP concert performance, Youngji interview, interview with an old man idk his name, GQ top 10 things

Tae - ITS with wooga squad, movie premieres, Celine event, Vogue shoot, Paris schedule 2, dj radio show.

Suga - That That+ performance with Psy+ BTB, NCB event, dropping dropdead pics of insta which is definitely some photoshoots for a collab going behind scenes lol.

* Didn't included ost of vocal line because it was while they were performing and active as a group and didn't had any behind scenes.

Jimin - literally nothing and I wonder why. Is he not intereste in other activities apart from performing ? And not comfortable on appearing for those event. He's working for his album with various producers but that's it and rest members are doing the same, we saw how many collabs RM has on Indigo. Apart from all of these he's not active on sm too. Not even posting a single pic or message. I just miss him so much and not even getting to see him even as part of work.

Hello Confused Anon...

I can see why you are “genuinely” confused Anon. You seem to have Jimin mixed up with some other person you think is Jimin...

Especially since you proceeded to compare him to every other member in the group as if lauding their accomplishments like it’s some sort of competition between the members... what’s the point of that? why does your mind even go there?

You sort of answered yourself right away in your third sentence:

"But Jimin is only working on his album and nothing else."

But in case you really are “genuinely” confused... I wonder how you got so mixed up about who Jimin is? Maybe you do not pay enough attention to Jimin... here let me help you figure it out:

Jimin has said repeatedly that he is working hard on his album. Over the last five or six months we’ve seen the pictures from so many award-winning producers and musicians who are excited to share that they are working with Jimin.

I am assuming Jimin’s involvement is very time consuming and leaves very little time to travel across the globe to see fashion shows and such. He is probably feeling a little time crunch with that thing called military service looming and we know Jimin is a perfectionist... well, the rest of us do but you probably are not aware Anon because you were confusing Jimin with someone else.... anyway... Jimin being the perfectionist is cooking up some great music for us and is laser focused and has chosen not to do any one-off collabs. Any collaborations he’s done he is keeping under wraps until he is ready to release his album. Why hold that against him?

I understand you "miss" him but he’s not been totally absent... he’s had some time to get out and about...

During June/July/August 2022:

Jimin went to watch a few soccer matches with Hobi and with Sung Woon. He also went to see his friend Sung Woon’s performance in a stage musical one evening.

One thing Jimin is not: an attention seeker. Crowds are not his thing. He tried to keep it lowkey but alas, people can’t help themselves and take pics and post them on social media. People have no chill when it comes to that. Red carpets are work for him. He obviously chooses not to do them. No red carpets mean no premiers.

Jimin made a side-trip to Chicago for Lollapalooza to support his Hobi-hyung. While there he also took in other Lolla acts including TXT. Maybe you missed that too. He's living the life, Anon. 

On to Los Angeles for his work and while there he hung out with Benny Blanco amongst others. Perhaps they even worked together again? We’ll find out eventually!

He also went to the beach at sunset again while in L.A. Jimin loves him some U.S. west coast beach at sunset (I wonder why).

On September 1 Jimin was with Jungkook on JK’s birthday. Remember JK's little smirk and giggle on HIS WeLive when Jin asked him if Jimin visited him that day and JK said yes, he did. They probably reminisced about that west coast beach sunset...I KNOW you couldn’t have missed the pic Jimin posted... but maybe you did.

Then Jimin did a few WeLives for us, I think three of them, spread out between then and his birthday on Oct. 13. So he's made himself visible when he's in the right frame of mind.

One thing that has become obvious... Jimin requires structure in his life. He flat out said going to work every day was something he needs to do... “it feels like clocking out, not clocking in” when he gets to work. It lines up with his near obsession about his workout regimen. During the pandemic he tearfully told us he wasn’t sure what he was supposed to be doing all that time. The man needs a schedule to function.

Another thing that’s quite obvious. Jimin is not gonna share anything he doesn’t want to. Except that he loves to eat but is constantly trying to maintain his weight/physique. And also he just lays around the house. Oh and also there are five moon tattoos running down his back now... see’em when you can he says... that boy... 

Yes, he’s an idol and he’s stated he is not a solo artist, he is part of a group. So this period is a real growing time for Jimin. Out of all the members, I believe Jimin will show us some things that even HE had no idea he could do. I am waiting patiently for him to be ready to show us. 

So I hope that made things less confusing for you, Anon. Any “outside” work that has nothing to do with is album is probably non-existent because that is what Jimin has chosen for himself. If you are still “genuinely” confused about that then I will just chalk it up to you choosing to be a “genuine” douchebag of a person and I hope you eventually grow out of that mindset. 

But hopefully you meant to be nice.

[c0smiccom3t]

Sudden Kick-Out

[The Bandicoot sibs and Lani-Loli, after defeating N. Gin, run through the rift after Akano, the mask of Dark Matter. What they don't know is that somebody was watching them. And it was none other than Ryonna. Ryonna, surprised to see N. Gin was defeated, decides to quickly inform Dr. N. Tropy (mostly) and Dr. Neo Cortex about what happened]

Ryonna: Bad news, Tropes! It appears that the little furbabies have defeated N. Gin!

[N. Tropy, annoyed, face palms. He, of course, knew this was gonna happen. Considering how bumbling the other scientists are compared to him (in his own opinion)]

N. Tropy: Of course they defeated him that easily...

Ryonna: It's sad too since I did think that "Rawkit-hëd" concert was a neat idea from his part. That's not all though, it appears that the furballs are heading towards Salty... Waft or... whatever it's called.

N. Tropy: It's Salty Wharf, Ryonna.

Ryonna: Whatever. t'least that's still a long road ahead, which means that'll give us plenty of time.

N. Tropy: That's correct. In fact, that will give us more time to get the rift generator to be finalized. Though now that I think of it, we may need to think of a back-up strategy before they find a way to get to Tranquility Falls...

[Upon hearing that, Cortex stops whatever he's doing and clears his throat. N Tropy and Ryonna then turn around and pay attention to him, much to the clock-wise scientist's annoyance and the lemur's confusion]

Neo Cortex: And if i tell you about my plan that i've had in mind since 50 minutes ago?

[N. Tropy looks extremely not amused, not interested in whatever he's plotting, Ryonna however is thrilled to hear about his plan. N. Tropy of course, decides to say something which catches the lemur's attention]

N. Tropy: Absolutely No--

Ryonna: Shh! Let him speak, he's up to something!

N. Tropy: [long sigh] This better be good, Cortex.

[Neo Cortex, noticing that Ryonna and N. Tropy want to hear about whatever he's plotting, decides to explain it to them.]

Neo Cortex: I was thinking that I could set up into the 11th dimension, when i'm there i can set up a little base with the help of my lab assistants. Once the bandicoots get there, I'll tell them that i will meet them at the mountain. And since i'll bring in my blimp, I shall make a 'few' notifications to it so it will be impossible for those morons to beat me, and once they'll be out of the way, nothing will ever stop us from "dominating all of time and space" or whatever it is. You know, just so to do my part?

[As Cortex finishes his monologue, Ryonna looks surprised, N. Tropy however is not impressed. Which makes Cortex look annoyed about their reaction]

Neo Cortex: Ugh, do you even have anything to say about it?! Seriously, it's like you don't appreciate the hard work i--

Ryonna: Wai-Wai-Wait! I actually like this plan.

Neo Cortex: ..You do?

Ryonna: Yeah! Though it could need a few tweaks here and there, but hey, I think it's pretty good! Maybe I can help you develop it a little more so we have a much higher chance of winning, If... That's possible of course.

[N. Tropy then gets an idea. he decides to pull out his tuning fork and pushes Ryonna towards Cortex]

N. Tropy: In that case, listen up you two, I've had a slight change of plans. So, I will stay here and focus on completing the rift generator, while you, Cortex, will go to the 11th dimension and put in action... That potentially-failing plan of yours. Oh, and Ringtail is coming with you.

Neo Cortex/Ryonna: WHAT?! US?! WHY?!

N. Tropy: Well, it's simple, it's that you're both equally the most annoying people, except one is much more mature and capable on their job, and one is extremely short-tempered who will need to be accompanied and watched over so he doesn't mess up.

[Shocked by this news, Ryonna is extremely confused and angry, perhaps a mix of both emotions too. Cortex, on the other hand is being very stubborn due to hearing this]

Neo Cortex: EXCUSE ME?! I do NOT need her to accompany me in this! The great Neo Cortex is a lone wolf, a bald eagle, a burrowing hamster. Thus I dont want her to help me, nor watch me over!

Ryonna: Yeah, and I am a Professional Bounty Huntress (PBH for short), not a babysitter! And by the way, what happened to my initial task on watching over what the little furbabies are up to--

[N. Tropy then throws the monitor at her it hits her face a little but it didnt hurt that much, the object ends up in their hands, still extremely confused]

N. Tropy: Bring that with you, it still works in other places away from here, it's not like it needs wi-fi to work. Now you all know your task, so you better be off.

Neo Cortex: Alright, fine. I'll just have to activate my blaster's teleport function for us to get there. Just a single shot and--

N. Tropy: Actually, I got a better idea.

[The evil scientist and the Huntress look at eachother, confused on what idea he's got to get them to the 11th dimension. Cut to the latter, a quantum rift opens up, and the two hooligans yelp and fall into the snowy ground after getting their butts kicked by N. Tropy (literally). while their faces are planted in the snow, he looks at them with a smug smile in his face]

N. Tropy: Good luck, though i doubt you'll have it.

[he chuckles evilly and the rift closes. Cortex lifts his head up and coughs, he in rage, then slams his fist on the ground and grumbles under his breath]

Neo Cortex: Stupid, insolent, overbearing, egoistic, pretentious son of a-...

Ryonna: [muffled] Huh, this ground's actually pretty soft, Wonder if this is the 11th dimension!

[Ryonna then lifts her head up and sees that they're of course, in the 11th dimension]

Ryonna: Ohhhh, there we go. You know, I never witnessed or felt snow since forever. So, i think s'a breath of freezy air. Hahah! Get it, because, the air's fresh but its more cooler than it is--

Neo Cortex: One more pun, and i'll end you.

Ryonna: Okay, okay i'll stop. So, all we have to do is just build that base, right?

Neo Cortex: Ugh, yes of course, why?!

Ryonna: Well, because we got plenty of time to spare! Currently, the bandicoots are in Salty... What was it again? Wrath? Waft--

Neo Cortex: (annoyed) Salty Wharf?

Ryonna: Salty Wharf, thank you!

[Ryonna finger guns at Cortex, who is still annoyed he has to work with her, but he needs to focus on his current task anyway. Meanwhile, Ryonna turns on map mode for the monitor and it shows off all of the places of the 11th dimension, so they, of course, can focus on planning. Cortex then looks at the tablet while she's rambling]

Ryonna: Anyway, we got time until they get here. So, all we have to do is just build said base and get your blimp here. We can find out where we can put the latter and I think we can put iiitt... Right at the mountain's cliff, juuust a few miles away! Now how do we get your blimp and some metal here--

[suddenly two quantum rifts open and tons of pieces of metal and tools fall to the ground, and the blimp then flies through the rift and arrives in the 11th dimension, the two look extremely surprised]

Ryonna: What just happened??

Neo Cortex: Beats me. But you know how these rifts work. Now, to contact my assistants and get them her--

Ryonna: Uh, I don't think you have to, doc.

[Ryonna points at another Quantum rifts which various lab assistants fall out from. every single one of them fall into the ground, some are getting up, shivering from the cold. Cortex and Ryonna in the meantime are extremely surprised about all of this. they then look at eachother]

Ryonna: Well, heh, what do you know, the rift brought us exactly what you asked for!

[Cortex then gets annoyed and inhales, already done with all of this and just wants to get to work already. (and he's also done with Ryonna's nonsense, too.)]

Neo Cortex: Do you happen to have some snow clothing?

[Ryonna then gets tons of winter clothes out of her back belt pouch. When noticing that, Cortex was out of words, not to mention very confused]

Ryonna: Can't go anywhere without them!

Neo Cortex: WHA- H-how?????

Ryonna: My pouch is like a black hole if you think about it. Oh yeah, do you need something? I dont think staying in the cold weather like that is gonna help you.

Neo Cortex: Ugh, I do NOT need your help! I'm completely fine! Just stop wasting time and give them those!

Ryonna: Alright. Careful though, surviving this breeze-y isn't easy.

[She then walks out off-screen, Cortex just rolls his eyes in annoyance and facepalms, he then just looks very disappointed.]

Neo Cortex: Ugh. Why did I have to team up with her?

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 - You're here! Chapter 4 - Next month!

[popentertainment-moviereviews]

TRAP (2024)

Starring Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills, Alison Pill, Jonathan Langdon, Mark Bacolcol, Marnie McPhail, Kid Cudi, Russ, Marcia Bennett, Vanessa Smythe, Lochlan Miller, Steve Boyle, David D'Lancy Wilson, James Gomez, Nadine Hyatt, Michael Brown, Hailey Summer, Olivia Barrett, Allison Ference and M. Night Shyamalan.

Screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13.

It’s been a long time since anyone expected anything even approaching realism in a film by M. Night Shyamalan, but even for him, his latest film Trap rides upon a head-scratching number of coincidences and unrealistic plot points.

Even the basic premise of the film makes little sense. The FBI picks up on the fact that a vicious serial killer known as the Butcher will be going to a pop concert by a huge new teen superstar, and they decide to use the show – with its thousands of innocent bystanders, mostly young girls and their mothers – as a trap to capture the guy. Once the show starts, no one can leave the venue until they are interrogated by the law.

First things first – how do they know that this killer, who they have no name for or description of – will be at this show? (Towards the end of the film, the film does sort of explain away why they believe this, but honestly it kind of feels like a scriptwriter’s cop out.)

However, if they do truly believe he will be there, how is this trap supposed to work? There are about 3,000 adult men in the concert. They have no idea what he looks like, who he is, why he is there. All they know for sure is that he is very good at appearing normal and avoiding capture. Are they really planning on having in-depth interrogations of all the guys in the place before allowing anyone to leave? That would take hours or days. And even if they did that, how would they really know who was the murderer?

Then, when the actual killer recognizes the increased police presence, in another extremely unlikely plot point, he is able to get a stranger who he has just met – perhaps the most indiscreet merchandise worker in the world, to tell him exactly what the police plan is. Hell, the guy even gives him the secret password for employees to be able to move around the venue undisturbed by police. Now is that good luck, or just lazy writing?

That is not even touching on the super whopper of a coincidence in which a character (played by Shyamalan himself) essentially gives the killer the opportunity to possibly escape from the supposedly “unescapable” trap.

So, let’s face it, Trap will strain your credibility mercilessly. You won’t buy most of what it is selling. Which is not to say it’s necessarily a bad film. It does have some very good parts mixed in and a truly fantastic performance by Josh Hartnett as the normal goofy suburban father who is hiding the heart of a killer.

You just really won’t buy the story for a second. But, okay, allowing Shyamalan his premise, what does work?

Well, as noted before, Harnett continues his stealthy comeback with a terrific performance in the lead role. Hartnett is onscreen almost the entire running time of Trap, and even when what his character is saying or doing doesn’t make total sense, he sells it.

Also surprisingly good is the director’s daughter, Saleka Shyamalan, as pop star Lady Raven. When you hear of the casting it reeks of nepo-baby casting, particularly so quickly after he co-produced her sister’s debut film The Watchers. In the early scenes, it feels like Lady Raven is going to be a one-note character observed from afar, but as things move on and she becomes more integral to the plot, Saleka does surprisingly well. Even the music, which was written and performed by the actress, is better than you may expect.

The film also has a strong claustrophobic vibe, taking place almost entirely in one stadium.

Also, while you can see the ending coming from a mile away, for a change M. Night Shyamalan doesn’t try to leave things off with one last huge twist that makes the things that happened before even more ridiculous than they could be. The ability to finally let an ending happen organically may be Shyamalan’s biggest filmmaking Improvement in Trap.

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2024 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: August 2, 2024.

[alltheselights]

I feel like this cancellation was a mix of personal and logistical issues. I just wish Louis would have expanded a bit more about why the dates were cancelled :(

Yeah, honestly, I feel like cancellations are understandable to most fans, regardless of how upset they may be. Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Niall Horan, and Camilla Cabello are just a few major artists off the top of my head who have cancelled tours or large portions of their tours in the last several years...and yes, fans are always going to be upset about it, but most people do understand that it can happen for a bunch of different reasons.

What's unacceptable is how this was handled. Even if Louis didn't feel comfortable expanding on what's going on in detail, his team should have made the announcement before all the venues reached out to people. Adding a message on the website after the fact is not enough. It's always worse to drip feed people information and that's what was happening with the rumors and then venue after venue tweeting or sending out emails. And Louis' tweet fell a little flat, especially considering how late the notice is for this cancellation. Yes, people can get full refunds for the tickets, but so many people spend a lot more money for concerts, whether it's for hotels or travel or whatever, and a lot of people take time off or rearrange plans. And Asian fans almost never get to see him, which makes it even worse. The idea that Louis and his team don't owe fans anything when we're the entire reason the tour is happening in the first place is just blatantly untrue. That mentality is really weird to see. There are a lot of understandable reasons why a tour may get cancelled and Louis and his team have the right to make that call if it's necessary, but when they cancel ten days before the first show, he and his team absolutely do owe fans more than one short tweet.

This tour already appeared poorly planned and executed considering fans had like little notice before tickets went on sale, a lot of tickets got plucked up by scalpers immediately because there was no fan pre-sale, the different legs were announced at random times, some legs were never announced (LATAM, anyone?), Louis implied that more dates were coming (like India) weeks after dates were announced, and there was no promo. Now with this? While personal reasons may also play a role in this cancellation, it's an indisputable fact at this point that Louis' team lacks either the will or the ability to successfully execute the basics of their job. Louis indicated that he wanted to put out another album and tour quickly last year yet it seems that they did everything poorly and last minute. I have no doubt that they would've also waited until the week before tour started to figure out who the openers were like they did with LTWT.

Louis and his fans have a special relationship, but the longer his team's incompetence continues, the more strained it becomes for a lot of us. And things like this where it feels like too little, too late really doesn't help. I feel sad that he's not able to tour Asia because I know how much he wanted to, but more of my sympathy lies with the Asian fans who weren't treated the way they deserve.

[madecanary]

(  NICHOLAS  GALITZINE  |  CIS  MALE  |  HE  +  HIM  |  TWENTY  -  ONE  )  — — —  it's  just  been  another  long  week  in  boring  -  ass  hawkins.  isn't  that  right,  WILLIAM  BYERS?  shit,  i  guess  they  can't  hear  me  over  WHY  CAN'T  I  TOUCH  IT?  by  BUZZCOCKS  playing  through  the  headphones  of  their  walkman.  it  looks  like  they're  gonna  be  late  for  WORK  as  a  SALES  ASSOCIATE  at  FAMILY  VIDEO.  did  you  know  WILL  has  been  in  hawkins  for  HIS  ENTIRE  LIFE?  yeah,  their  family  and  friends  describe  them  as  GENTLE,  but  i've  seen  them  be  RESERVED  too  !  i  would  also  say  they  remind  me  of  a  wound  in  the  shape  of  a  boy, raw-bitten  lips  as  sweet  as  they  are  sour,  an  intolerable  tenderness  nestled  in  a  center  that  cannot  hold,  splotches  of  ink  littered  haphazardly  across  flushed  skin,  eyes  rife  with  mischief  and  melancholy  in  equal  amounts,  but  is  that  weird  ?  i  guess  nothing's  too  weird  for  this  little  town,  huh  ?  — — —  (  dev,  any,  25,  est  )

usually found trying his best to not visibly judge family video's patrons and their taste in film, doodling on scrap paper, bobbing his head to whichever mix he's listening to now, with his head in a book, getting away with being a little shit in the background, and being soooo normal 😁👍 (lies) prominent traits empathetic, coy, pragmatic, anxious, sweet, sensitive, pixyish, prone to keeping things in & then exploding, self-sacrificing, frank mini anachronistic playlist climbing up the walls (radiohead), i'm just a kid (simple plan), prey (the neighborhood), i wanna be adored (the stone roses), basket case (green day), good feeling (violent femmes), unloveable (the smiths), my love mine all mine (mitski)

bridging the gap

whatever dreams will had of going to college were momentarily completely and totally squandered by The Horrors and Their Consequences. he went through a lot, year after year, and leaving the nest to venture out into the great unknown by himself right after just... wasn't in the cards for him yet. he wasn't quite ready, didn't know how to reconcile what he felt with the life he was living and the one he wanted to live. so, he stuck around.

got a job at family video because if the abysmal reviews in the local paper were anything to go by, then clearly this town was in great need of at least one person with good taste to guide them, and who else could it be but him, your resident movie buff? he's been there for a minute—probably over a year now—and he likes it. he likes it a lot, actually, and probably abuses his employee discounts lmao.

a lot can happen in two years, especially two years of peace, so i'd like to think will continued his self-realization journey he was on in canon and is in a better place than he was. he's in this unique position of simultaneously being both hypervisible (widespread gay rumors & bullying have existed since forever, and his family dropped hints throughout the years lol) and invisible (it doesn't stop girls from barking up the wrong tree; some doubt still exists), and he'd use that to his advantage. it isn't safe to be fully out, but i think... that if you need to know, you'd know. ...you know? so, not out-out, but not making a concerted effort to appear otherwise. you either notice his flags and put two and two together, or you don't. does that make sense? his family absolutely knows, and i do imagine he'd want his chosen family to know and love the real him, too.

considering his unfathomably shitty luck in life, he probably spent most of that first year of peace waiting for the other shoe to drop, and only finally exhaled when november came and went without any issues. still doesn't know what he wants to do with his life (does he go the practical route and do something with computer science? or does he chase after his pipe dream and pursue art?), but he did enroll in some gen ed classes at the local community college with intentions to transfer someday, so that's progress. he still feels so behind, like he should have moved on by now, but baby steps are still steps.

so, y'know. he was living that small town life. getting by, shooting the shit, trying to not shit his pants thinking about The Future. everything was fine! so great, so normal. until. :)))))))) he started not being able to sleep as well as he used to. started feeling anxious, not entirely alone. he thought it was just... him, y'know? he knows he has ptsd, he knows that life isn't always as easy for him as it is for others — he made peace with that. but... he thought he was getting better, that things were finally starting to look up for him. and now this?

he hasn't told anyone. his options are both shitty: either he's so scared of growing up that he's getting bad again (and then he has to be the mentally ill one, ugh!) or it's not just him and they really are in danger (and now they have to fight for their lives again, great!). nightmare scenario no matter what. but it's probably fine. it's just his brain turning his fear of the unknown and unfamiliar into something that he does know and is intimately familiar with. it's — no, yeah. that's probably it. right...?

so, basically, old habits die hard and will has fallen back into the routine of pretending that everything is fine and soooo very normal, unaware that he looks and acts like a prey animal to anyone with eyes. if he has bags under his eyes, no he doesn't. if he's been listening to should i stay or should i go? again, no he hasn't. if he's extra quiet, extra jumpy, and a little more sensitive than usual, well. what happened to minding our own business, huh? 🤨 can't a man be a freak in peace? could someone going through it do this? (cue will giving himself a choppy wolf cut in shitty midnight bathroom lighting). it's literally so fine!!!!!!! (<- lying again)

he may... have to start opening up a little bit, though, given the latest murders. maybe. but only if you promise to not get mad... 🙄👉👈

extra tidbits

it's very important to me that will has a little gay hoop earring that someone gave him at like three am during a sleepover on a random whim. sometimes he wants to buy a pearl and serve full on girl with a pearl earring realness, but he also doesn't want to get hatecrimed, so. little innocuous hoop it is 💛

joining the war on smoking on the side of smoking by following in s1's historical accuracy footsteps and making will an occasional smoker. and yes, he does still bum cigarettes knowing full well he has a pack of his own on him (we love a scammer) + it's been a lil bit more than occasional ever since the return of The Horrors :(

i'll still be writing will as a sweetheart of course, but bitchy will is so near and dear to me. his season three WHO CARESSSSSS 🙄 & cracking up at the boys getting dumped & you weren't with her? 🤨😒 & general #imwithher vibes and season four sighing and rolling his eyes and calling others out etc mean Everything to me. get their ass, william!!! sigh and bitch and moan and complain, as is your right!!!

will had that hair you see in the second gif, but he cut it recently and now it looks like the first and third gif. is this because i'm indecisive? perhaps....

he still loves dnd + still the same old geek + still loves [video] games + please hang out with him he wants to hang out can he come over to hang out or do you want to come over to hang out when are y'all gonna hang out bc he just told me he wants to hang out. btw

[shit-talk-turner]

The guys just saw someone say something about how Lola invited Louise to the wedding and not Taylor. First of all, how do we know she didn't invite Taylor? Secondly, why are we so sure that Alex was the bad guy? Taylor had openly said that she was trying really hard to get better and got sober (I don't know what), but if you look at her page from back then, there was almost a glorification of everything related to alcohol. It seemed like she always posted about alcohol. It makes me think that she was probably suffering from possible alcoholism and, honestly, mixed with her personality, which is very eccentric, she probably would have become a very difficult person. There are also certain interviews from that time in which it appears that Alex is hiding a bruise under his eye (he might not have any relationship with Taylor). My personal interpretation is that Alex tried as long as he could, he wanted to break up with her, but her dog was very sick/died and he didn't figure out the right time, so when she seemed settled and had moved forward with the adoption of other. dog decided to break up with her and that's why he was able to move on so quickly. I don't know if there was a trap. This doesn't necessarily make Alex a bad person. I think he was in a very, very unhealthy and complicated relationship and so this idea that Alex is horrible/cold for moving on so quickly is a little ridiculous. It could also be the reason why he kept Louise at such a distance. This is a really problematic shot. I know Anon was trying to make Alex look better with this theory, but those are massive accusations against someone who lived with him, was clearly in love with him, and who we have pretty solid evidence was cheated on. She is flawed and I agree that it didn't seem like a healthy relationship (there was definitely a power imbalance), but it seems cruel to try to blame all of this on the woman who ended up scorned, especially without literally any evidence pointing to abuse. Alex is not a perfect baby. He surely does bad things and very clearly didn't do right by her. // Also, not in vain, but from what we can see, Taylor's substance abuse and attitude problems came AFTER she was with Alex... not that he's responsible for it (she's an adult ), but if someone fostered an environment that supported her. That kind of thing was probably him. Really, who is more likely to have introduced drugs and partying into the relationship: the touring musician who lives out his most outrageous rock star fantasies with his best friend, or the C-list model from Tennessee who Is she still on tour because she's not famous enough? Have her own concerts taking up her time? I don't mean this as an insult to her, but he clearly had more access to her. So if he really left her because of a problem he was a part of instead of helping her recover... that's even colder than cheating, to be honest. // And Lola definitely did not invite Taylor to her wedding since Taylor stopped following Zackery and Lola on Instagram after the wedding. They basically threw away her friendship after her breakup with Alex and it's strange why they invited Alexa and not Taylor.

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[randomvarious]

Terminus City - "Landlord Bastard" The East Coast of Oi! 1999 Oi! Punk

Plays: 2.2K+ on Spotify // 300+ on YouTube

If you've been following me for over a year now, you probably know that a big component of this blog at one point was to present songs by mostly obscure acts that I felt were deserving of much more love and attention than they'd ever received. I've said it many times before and I'll say it again here: one major goal of this blog is to dig up all this slept-on shit and ultimately, little by little, piece together a thorough and mostly untold and unknown history of music.

And I think various artist compilations and DJ mixes are a pretty neat avenue for accomplishing that goal. They can be retrospective and present the big, era-defining hits; they can be samplers that show the best of what a label has to offer; and most importantly, they can be ephemerally contemporaneous and provide a snapshot of what a certain slice of music was like during a highly specific period of time. Those latter ones seem to capture those raw, authentic, and pure little moments of history like nothing else out there really can and it's those types of compilations and DJ mixes that I tend to derive the most joy out of.

The simple fact of the matter is that almost all music is ephemeral and also cloistered. It stays in its scene and it gets some brief play within that scene and then it just pretty much vanishes into thin air, never to really be thought of again. But of course, it doesn't actually vanish; it just sits there on dust-collecting vinyl, tapes, CDs, 8-tracks, hard drives, and iPods that haven't been touched in years and it also hides in the dark corners of YouTube and streaming services, almost totally ignored by ~[<{the algorithm}>]~.

So, here I am, like the guy at the beach with his trusty metal detector in hand, recognizing the fact that there's all this cool, decades-old shit just laying out there that's barely ever been exposed to the masses, just wanting someone to get the same level of pleasure from it like I have.

I love so much music, I love discovering all these little gems, and I love showing them to other people. And now I'm happy to say that I'm gonna be writing about individual songs once again. I'm gonna be providing you with killer tunes that you've more than likely never heard before by acts you've more than likely never heard of, and I'm going to give you their backstories and provide their proper context. Simply put, this shit deserves to be more known than it currently is and you should know how it all fits into this vast, woven quilt of music history.

So, without further ado, let's fuckin' go, shall we?

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Today's song post is about landlords. We sure do hate 'em, don't we folks? We fork over a hefty portion of our paycheck every month to them just to keep a roof over our heads (that's fucked up, isn't it?) and then they do little to nothing in return to make that payment ever seem worth it. They're never there when you need them when something needs fixing, so what's the point of them in the first place? Why do we let them get away with all the scummy, underhanded shit that they pull? Hey, someone should write a song about these bastards!

Well, here's a group that did just that. Introducing a relatively short-lived punk band from Atlanta called Terminus City. Critic Mesquita Borges provides some background on 'em:

Assembled in 1998, Atlanta-based Terminus City endowed frenzied conceptions of hardcore punk, taking on Oi! style's most dashing heritage. Associating pushy guitar sets with raging vocals, the squad crushed the local punk rock scene and quickly began to be named along with the best Oi!-styled teams. Formed by Frank (vocals), Guillermo (guitar), Wes (bass), and Chris [drums], the band started off by playing a series of concerts in the Atlanta area, being the opening act for bands such as Patriot or the Dropkick Murphys. Recording a series of singles and appearing at the Arizona Street Punk Festival in 1999, Terminus City gradually began to congregate a respectable fan base. During late 1999, the crew recorded what turned out to be their debut full-length, Justice Isn't Always Fair, which hit the record stores in 2000.

So, '99 is when Terminus City made their first releases, which consisted of a 7-inch of their own, plus three other 7-inches that they split with other bands. And in addition to those releases, they also ended up contributing a pair of exclusives to two different compilations that year as well: "You Shook Me All Night Long" for Oi Oi - A Tribute to AC/DC and "Landlord Bastard" for The East Coast of Oi!

Now, oi! as a genre has something of a checkered past. It's a working-class kind of punk rock, but it's had some strains of fascism, white nationalism, and reactionary politics within its ranks. And you'll even find some of that grossness on the East Coast of Oi! comp itself, with a song like "Welfare Case" by Squiggy. That's a song I'll never write praiseworthy things about, and, by the way, Squiggy, didn't Clinton pretty much obliterate welfare by the time you'd released your dumb song anyway? Find a fresher shitty thing to write about!

Anyway, I don't know the full discography of Terminus City, but if "Landlord Bastard" is any indication, then it doesn't seem like these guys fell into that bad strain of oi!. Landlords are typically an enemy to working class politics, so I don't think you'd find a right-wing band lamenting about them. But I guess I could be wrong 🤷‍♂���.

Anyway, it's never *just* the message that'll get me to love a song; the music itself's gotta be good too, of course. And Guillermo's guitar tone as well as the main squealing riff that he sports with it throughout the verses on this song are both nothing short of spectacular; pretty simple in execution, but also catchy as hell, and serving as a nice contrast to both Wes' deep, accompanying bassline and Frank's gravelly vocals too. Blast it in front of your landlord and if they give you any guff about it, then crank it up a notch with this classic from The Coup (YouTube) 😈.

Also, if you like this song, I included it on this broad 90s punk playlist that consists only of tunes that I’ve come across by way of compilations. And it’s also on YouTube and YouTube Music, with a few more added bonus tracks that aren’t on Spotify. 

Feels really good to be fully back ☺!

[derireo-galge]

Mischievous | 1k | yoonmin✍🏼

Jimin's omega Yoongi loves to sneack backstage to see his alpha idol boyfriend.

[ blowjobs, mirror sex, a little roleplay, jimsu! ]

There again was a crowd and he didn't enjoy it one bit. He tried to avoid a mass of people like that because he couldn't tolerate the amount of scents being thrown in the air, mixing together obnoxiously and irritating his sensitive nose.

Yoongi tried using special blockers that would numb his sense of smell for a while but their effect was less then temporary. Moreover, it started affecting his health in not the best of ways so he resolved to just avoiding such places.

Easily said than done. Because that was before he started going out with literally and idol.

Park Jimin refused to call himself that and Yoongi fully agreed. First and foremost he was an artist who enjoyed doing what he did. Though that didn't deny the fact that he was still famous and collected crowds in concert halls and more rarely in smaller stadiums.

Those just were not acceptable for him. But at nights like this, when his boyfriend would have a performance in a smaller venue, Yoongi would be there.

He would sing along, dance away and clap his hands until they felt like falling off. Then he would leave the VIP seat and did something he really loved after the concert.

Sneaking backstage.

He enjoyed seeing his talented alpha after the show to tell him as many compliments as he could before they start kissing breathless and decide to go to either of their places.

The spicy part was that everyone knew Yoongi and let the omega in with no problem. But once he reached the door of Jimin's changing room and walked in everything changed.

He entered right after knocking, not bothering to wait for the answer. He hastily closed the door behind him and locked it.

- Park Jimin? - he asked hesitantly.

Then the person in question appeared from behind the curtain where he was obviously getting changed. Jimin only just started because he still had his leather pants on but his flowy shirt was already unbuttoned all the way down.

- Yes? - he leaned on the make up table, - To what do I owe such pleasure of seeing a gorgeous omega in my humble room?

Yoongi gasped and almost broke the character. He willed himself to focus on his current task.

- I just wanted to express my admiration. I'm a huge fan, - the elder clasped his hands in front of his chest and tilted his head a little to the side, knowing exactly how it affected the alpha.

Jimin noticed the gesture of submission and his eyes flashed amber. He usually had a tight grip on his instincts, fully controlling when to unleash them and when to hold back. Right now he wanted to ravish the pretty boy that was standing in front of him expectantly.

- Why don't you come closer? - the omega carefully approached until he was a step away from the idol. - Good, now you can express your admiration freely.

Yoongi's eyes widened.

- I can do whatever I want? - he asked seductively, leaning in and throwing a glance on the table, in the meantime exposing his neck even more - his hand tucked his long hair behind his ear and it was impossible not to notice how deliberate it was.

- You can try, - Jimin drawled and leaned back, clutching his hands on the cool surface.

Yoongi's palms went up the muscular chest, gliding on the naked skin. Long fingers traced the slender neck and rubbed at the scent gland, making him take in a sharp breath.

They connected their lips for a moment and then Yoongi went lower, moving down the abdomen and getting on his knees before his idol. He unzipped and pulled down his pants, huffing in annoyance from how stubborn the tight material was.

Finally his alpha's cock was in front of him, hanging heavy right before his mouth. He licked at the tip teasingly, looking up at Jimin and swirled his pink tongue around the head.

He took half of it in his mouth, bobbing his head and wrapping his lips around it sloppily with the sole purpose of having it in his mouth rather than to make him come.

Jimin sighed at the warm wet feeling around his length. He did his best not to thrust back, letting Yoongi have the upper hand for now.

- Come up here, - he finally asked through gritted teeth when he realized how the elder's skillful tongue playing with his balls was quickly getting him to climax.

Yoongi came up, clutching at the younger's body and the next moment his lips got devoured roughly. Jimin grabbed his round butt through his jeans and got them down to his knees. He landed a few slaps on the supple flesh and turned his hyung around, pushing him to lean on the table facing the mirror.

The omega could see his disheveled state and his ruddy cheeks as Jimin rubbed his fingers between his asscheeks where he's been leaking slick for a while. He whined when he was stuffed with two fingers at once.

- Ji - Jimin, - he choked out ad the fingers were replaced with a thick cock.

The alpha bottomed out and Yoongi cried out in pleasure. He planted his palms on the table surface as he was being jostled with every push of his boyfriend's hips.

- Watch yourself, pretty, - he ordered and the omega focused his eyes on his own reflection that was being pounded into roughly. - Watch yourself squirm on my cock.

- Alpha, - Yoongi breathed out, finding it hard to breathe under his boyfriend's powerful pushes. - Come inside me.

Jimin growled. He wondered if his hyung knew how he looks when he asks of things like that in his sweet deep voice. He thrusted harder, faster, making his omega come untouched and spill his release on the surface.

- Hold on just a little, - he whispered into his ear and soon stilled inside, filling the omega up with his come.

Both sweaty and panting, they stayed connected, with Jimin sitting on a chair and pressing his hyung who was perched on his lap close to his chest.

- Wild insatiable omega, - he commented and the elder chuckled.

He wasn't even going to deny it. After all, his alpha was just the same.

The end.