#Zane has been through Some Shit y’all

[colekinnie-4life]

Part two of my rant cause I’m not done yet

I’m gonna take a hiatus from talking about the show however, and turn to the movie for a minute

I know, everyone hates the movie

But I don’t care and you can express your opinions towards it here 👉🏼🗑️

Anyways, the whole “being pushed to the side” thing isn’t just a Cole problem, this time, it’s everyone’s problem

All of them except for green bean are planks of wood with basic personalities written on them

Kai- loud

Nya- badass

Jay- shy

Zane- robot

Cole- music

Cole has the least amount of lines in the movie. I counted. He has 45 lines of his own, then a few extra with the other ninja

I like him in the movie too. Not more than og Cole obviously but the movie version is kind of relatable to me because of the whole music thing (I’m obsessed with music)

The song in the end credits says he’s “sarcastic”, but he has no sarcastic lines that I can remember throughout the whole movie

The only mildly sarcastic line I can think of is

“All I know is we really need a ninja master. And you are not a ninja master.”

And that’s not even sarcasm

Anyways, that’s about it for the movie since he does literally nothing

He does way more in the video game version of the movie, but I’m not gonna count that since it’s apparently not canon (booo)

Ok, now time for season 11

HALLELUJAH HE DOES SOMETHING!!

AND WITH KAI SOMETIMES!

Y’all probably know I love lava. It’s so stinking cute and I would be infinitely happy if they turned canon

I mean I think the writers are leaning more towards geode becoming canon, which I am totally not against, I think they’re also super adorable (and I’m not being sarcastic)

For season 11 he doesn’t do much in the fire chapter besides get a new vehicle (with Kai~)

But holy shit, in the ice chapter? He gets lots of stuff to do!

He has the cute-ass interaction with Kai during Fire Maker (insert squealing here)

He loses the travelers tea

He has the dream where everyone hates him

He goes out to find the travelers tree

And he becomes a dad again, this time to Krag

Then he finds out Zane is the ice emperor and he does nothing again :(

To be fair no one does anything besides Lloyd and Zane in this part of the season but oh well

Next season

Prime Empire

Hmmm…

Well he just does whatever the other ninjas do until he blows up

(With Kai~)

Season 13

HALLELUJAH HE GETS A SEASON INSTEAD OF A BADLY MADE 40 MINUTE SPECIAL THATS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO WATCH IN ENGLISH (I watched it on Tubi, you’re welcome)

So I’m not gonna say all the stuff he does this time, but he gets the most amount of attention because- it’s his season

Just go watch Tom Critic’s review of MOTM on YouTube, even though he calls it overrated it’s still a good review and it says everything I need to say

The Island

He’s hungry throughout the whole thing and that’s it :(

But he does trap ronin in a corner

(With Kai~)

Seabound…

Once again, lord have mercy

He does legit nothing and has like 4 lines

To be fair this was the season after Kirby Morrow passed away (rest in peace) so I can respect that

He does do some stuff in that one episode based in ninjago (with Kai~)

Anyways yeah. He gives Queen Vania the fake amulet thingy and that’s it

:(

Season 15, he’s the one who finally gets everyone together. Then a whole lot of nothing happens to him specifically, he’s just doing what everyone else is doing

Until he (and Kai~) get into a car crash and he acts all loopy in save haven (greatest episode of crystallized for obvious reasons)

Then he powers up, takes care of Vangelis through the dumbest “defeat” of all time, then turns into a crystal zombie for 2 seconds and loses his powers

Ughhhhh not again…

They keep losing their powers and it’s getting annoying

Anyways, dragon’s rising

Just a note that this will have MASSIVE spoilers for part two of season two. You have been warned

Anyways, he’s not reintroduced until season 1 part 2

And like clockwork, he has adopted children again!

And he got himself a boyfriend in Geo

Like I said I’m a hardcore lava shipper. But hey, Cole has two hands, and both ships are adorable in their own ways, so I’m a multi shipper

Anyways, he’s in one episode then dips when he starts chasing after Wu’s ghost

Ughhh

Next season he actually kinda does stuff. He just goes along with Zane to find the sorceress or whatever they were doing (kinda forgot- haven’t watched part 1 in a while)

But hey, their duo is always awesome

Part 2 (once again MASSIVE SPOILERS)

He gets kicked off the tournament as soon as he fights off his opponent :(

But hey at least he isn’t shoved into a Chinese sweatshop like last time

Then he follows Wu’s ghost again and finds the new monastery

Then he finds the elemental mech and uses that to help Arin, then he just hangs out in that while fighting the bad guys

Then he- does nothing once again :(

And that’s where we end!

Well, at least with these seasons he, for the majority, got something to do. Sure he ends up mostly just going with what everyone else is doing but he does get his own thing to do sometimes

So these seasons were much better at giving him something to do :)

Anyways- there’s not much else for me to say besides give Cole more to do in season 3 whenever that comes out, and make Geode canon please they’re so cute

I mean I would be happier with lava but-

Ok bye

[extreme-technicality]

The Official Cursing Breakdown of the Ninja:

Says fuck like it’s breathing: Nya, Cole

Has said fuck before, does not currently: Kai, Lloyd

Has not said fuck before, can if desired: Sensei Wu, Zane

Legally cannot say fuck: Jay, Pixal

[garrothromeave]

the hell is mystreet season 6??

(warning, long post ahead)

ok so before i start this

1) ive never posted shiiiit on tumblr before so watch me suffer, im just here to talk about stuff that my friends who dont know anything about aphmau have to listen to me rant about for hours on end

2) i havent seen mystreet in like years (except season 3, i watch that frequently since im laurance and shadow knight deprived) so please bear with me because i might be completely wrong on this lol. it’s just like, pointing out things i remember

3) im sure someones already talked about this but who cares

4) im gonna do this stupid thing where i just explain myself a bit at first, if you dont want to read that just skip to the part where you see “the actual thingy:” in bold and italics 

5) mild disclaimer; i am completely aware that jessica is not a professional writer. i know that she did her best to appeal to her fans, and honestly, respect for that. while this post will come off as aggressive and probably look like hate, that’s not my intention in the slightest. it’s just... intense criticism. im sure y’all probably already know that, but yeah, just stating that anyways. i do believe that jess is doing her best, and in no way do i want to dismiss any hard work she’s done. that being said; prepare for a very strongly opinionated post.

haha watch there be 10000+ typos in this making me look like a complete dumbass

ok here we go 

one of the main reasons i stopped watching aphmau back in 2017 was the mess that was season 4. like, in the first few episodes of the emerald secret, i thought “woah!! this is kinda cool, im a sucker for mystery!” because of course i was, it was something new and something exciting. the only problem i had with it at the time was kim, but that’s just because i always found her annoying and out of place. i just didn’t understand why garroth dragged her along and honestly i still don’t to this day BUT, moving on.

anyways, as the season progressed, 13 year old me was of course just “:0!!” the entire time--that is, up until the reveal of the main villain. i remember watching the episode, seeing the reveal of ein, and then stopping. like, just for a quick break, but i was still just overwhelmingly disappointed. like, and this was the time when pdh was airing and ein just got made alpha (i think?) and i had really really liked eins character in pdh. either way, that really sucked and actually opened my eyes to a lot of things.

one of the main things bein’ the fact that this was supposed to be a slice of life kinda series that decided to take a turn to a more edgy kinda approach. which, i guess i regularly wouldnt mind? but seeing as mcd was kinda bein neglected at the time it just didnt sit right with me. BUT WHATEVER, point is i stopped watching mystreet all together at the end of season 4.

like, a whole year later my brother tells me that shit’s getting intense in season 5 + 6 of mystreet, and my brilliant self decided to give it a shot--but i refused to watch all of season 5, so i only stepped in when ein made an appearance. so whenever that was, that’s where i picked up because i didnt care enough to see 

and y’know--i honestly didn’t hate it at first. in fact, i found it oddly cool. it wasn’t enough to get me into aphmau again, but it was enough to where i was intrigued. i dont know why, but i never watched the finale, so i didnt see the ending until just a few weeks ago--but back then, i thought it was neat. looking back on it however... im just so confused. 

side note: only got back into aphmau this time around because of mcd. mainly because like, i adore the first season and the first half of the second season. and being nearly 18 now, im a lot more appreciative of plot and well-written characters n junk. 

the actual thingy:

ok back on track. imma stop spilling out my story of how i got back into aphmau, and lets just skip to what rewatching mcd made me realize of season 6′s plot and shit:

-emmalyn. how the fuck does ghost even remotely exist? if she’s emmalyn as claimed, then why have we already seen emmalyn in the mystreet universe alive? look i get that creators can do whatever they want with their stories but at the same time please provide some sort of explanation good god. and maybe they did and i just havent seen it, so if there is one--let me know. but until that day imma just sit here confused as fuck

-ok so imma just be real, the whole ‘ultima’ thing is just... not great. in my opinion, anyways. like... i saw someone mention this in another post, but if this ultima stuff was like, a really big deal, why isnt it mentioned in mcd? though i suppose since its a curse of sorts, it could be later on past the time period in which mcd takes place--but even then, how did it manage to make its way into aaron’s family bloodline? 

-WHY IS EVERYONE AT STARLIGHT ITS JUST SO CONVINIENT like what happened to this place being the most expensive shit on the planet or whatever, and how the gang happens to run into like, the werewolf trio and blaze and kai and guy and nate all of these people like god damn life doesnt WORK LIKE THAT 

-im sorry but turning people into relics? thats... thats the best you could come up with? plus, like, how does that even work? in mcd it’s established that relics are separate entitles that choose their wielder, based on a ‘personal’ connection (being a descendent of a previous wielder) or if they’re a good match personality and (i think?) moral wise. so the whole turning-people-into-relics doesnt make much sense to be honest. 

-irene really over here using her god powers to only keep her friends alive like god damn not a great god if you ask me 

-can i talk about how incredibly predictable aphmaus death was? like i just kinda sat there waiting for it to happen and when it did i literally went “haha! wonder when she’ll be revived” because god forbid we actually kill off characters 

-when aphmau + demon warlock fought in the irene dimension there was no passage of time whatsoever in the real world whiiiiiiiiich really bothers me because they fought in there for at least a few minutes

-speaking of aphmau and the demon warlocks fight does it bother anyone else that it had to be aaron who took over the fight?? like we get it hes the big protector blah blah blah but god damn it wouldve been cooler if aphmau had fought this battle as her. aaron fighting this battle was so underwhelming

-...love. like, thats the only thing thats needed to break out of a forever potion? love? LIKE YEAH, GOOD GUYS GOTTA WIN SOMEHOW, but its just so cliche and overdoneeee

-oh yeah and also when travis went bonkers and became the demon warlock or whatever, why’d he only take over katelyn and garroth?? like, zane had been influenced by the potions in the past as well? DONT GET ME WRONG--i do love some good brother edge, but uh, the demon warlock was just bein kinda a dumbass by not possessing zane too just sayin’

-can aaron please go to fucking jail for mass murder now like holy shit, he just got sent home on a fuckin boat. also why did blaze forgive him for killing him thats not even remotely realistic. then again, nothing in mystreet has ever been realistic when it comes to characters and motives and personalities, (cough katelyn being actually abusive and travis being an actual pervert) but yknow whatever

-katelyn and kawaii chan literally added nothing to the plot whatsoever. like lets be real, katelyn lost her personality the moment season 5 started and kawaii chan just kinda sits there :I

-ok im sorry this was bound to come up but cmon guys imagine laurances potential if he was in season 6 like god damn this is beyond maddening. AND YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY REALLY COOL PARRALLEL?? IF IT WAS LAURANCE WHO SNAPPED GARROTH OUT OF HIS MIND CONTROL THING, because it would mimic laurance’s speech to get garroth to snap out of his rage in season 1, episode 100 of minecraft diaries. like how fuckin rad would that have been? missed opportunity 

-also?? why does kim/ghost know magicks?? like, if i remember correctly, emmalyn is a scholar--not someone who knew magicks. i mean, i guess research? study?? but its been established that knowing how magicks works =/= being able to use magicks. i dunno, just doesnt seem right i guess. maybe its explained, i wouldnt know (yes i know that makes me look like a dick leave me alone)

-melissa should have stayed dead. LIKE, NO, ITS NOT AS SIMPLE AS “haha it takes more than a few bullets to kill me”??? look ive got nothing wrong with melissa (cough lie cough) but yknow it would have just been cool a character... stay dead? for once? its just too fuckin cliche that shes alive god damn

-can i also just say the only good thing that came out of season 6 was travis’ dads sacrifice like damn that made me actually sad

-howww was lucinda turned into a relic. or yknow, anyone else? like im sure they explain it better in the actual show i just dont remember, but its just that easy? turning anyone into a relic? granted, a normal person wouldnt be able to produce a good relic, but idk man. IM JUST SAYING; that the only really powerful relics that aphmau should have been able to wield is the one that aaron + zane produced because shad relic and esmund relic moment. lucinda isnt even like, connected to a divine warrior. ALSO, another point, if its seriously that powerful of a relic getting one from just a magic user like lucinda, why go through the trouble? i mean i guess ofc youd want the “all powerful” one that the ultima produces but i mean damn whats the point

-ok this is just going to bother me but in one of the episodes (i think might have been in season 5 actually) where that like, guardian dude was chasing aphmau and zane and at one point they split up and the dude just chuckles at zane diverting paths and goes under his breath “youre not the important one here”, suggesting that aphmau somehow is? first of all, id argue that any ro’meave is significantly more important than aphmau was, especially not knowing much about her other than that shes with aaron. i might be missing some bits an pieces, but if i was that dude id forget about aphmau and go after zane 

-killing off derek for shock factor sucked, and i know the moment was supposed to be really sad because like “oh :( aarons dad is sacrificing himself for his son” but lets be real dereks still was a shitty father and i dont think his reasons for doing what he did was very good at all

-less about plot or more like: why the absolute fuck did the gang bring kim along instead of, oh i dont know, a life-long friend? like, laurance or dante maybe?? im sure its explained, i never saw aphmaus year or most of season 5, but god DAMN id hate to be apart of this friend group AND GOD LIKE, imagine reconnecting with an old friend who ends up getting closer to your best friends and taking priority in their lives over you (cough laurance) like god damn lol

-im just going to preface this one with: i dont remember everything that’s happened, so if im wrong i apologize in advance--but (you actually can correct me if im wrong and please do) didnt like, irene reincarnate her friends in order to give them better lives? I DONT KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE, ITS JUST WHAT I REMEMBER--however, if im correct, then:

a. why the hell would she bring back someone like zane, or gene, or ivy, etc.

b. why the hell do they all have the same exact names? first and last? again, im aware that the whole mystreet+mcd tie wasn’t originally supposed to be there, but i dont think that means such a coincidence can be excused? its just a bit much if you ask me.

c. why the hell is the fact that (as much as i literally hate this) aaron is a decedent of shad being ignored? like, you’d think that something like this would be something thats actually important, or something the demon warlock couldve taken advantage of. or are we completely erasing every other connections to divine warriors besides aphmau + irene? because even if irene did reincarnate them or do whatever it is she did, does she even have the power to sever the connections between them and their ancestors? my guess is, no.

d. speaking of irene why on earth was aphmau able to talk to/see irene, they’re literally the same person are they not? did she like, fuckin reincarnate herself without actually doing it?? BUT--i will give it to them, the demon warlock did refer to aphmau as something along the lines of being “one of the 3 parts of her broken soul” or something like that. however, my point still remains. also what are the other two did i miss that or is it never explained

now; if irene in fact did not ‘reincarnate’ her friends then please ignore that little bit right there :)

but yes, those are a few of the problems i have with season 6 off the top of my head. i would go into like, season 4 and 5 more as well, but i honestly didnt feel like it. at some point i might go into other things, like how important laurance could have been to the plot of these later seasons, or HELL, even dante. i might also go into what could have made season 4, 5, and 6 actually good--maybe... a rewrite? perhaps? but im getting too far ahead of myself, so i just leave you with this for now.

and i know that as soon as i post this 15 more things are just going to pop into my head BUT im going to try and not edit this post because why stress myself with that even more

anyways thank you for coming to my tedtalk 

[ninja-go-to-therapy]

The Ninja as Things My Friends and I Have Said

My friend keeps a quote-book and I thought y’all would enjoy this lol

Jay: say your last words to me, I’m about to be smited

Jay: I am so bright, I am star

Kai: Pickles and Dick Jay: Pickle my dick? Kai: PICKLE AND DICK! Lloyd: TICKLE MY DICK?

Kai: I want to play hot potato with a hand grenade

Lloyd: this chocolate milk mocks me

Kai: Can we all agree that when Jay walks he looks like a flamboyant gay drag-queen toddler

Lloyd, looking at a tampon: is that a cheese stick?

Kai: Where you at you little hoe?

Cole: Don’t do gay it’s not healthy 

Jay: I live life as a pirate. Because a pirate is free

Jay: The sun's only up for half the year in Alaska Cole: We have that too. It's called nighttime

Morro: Lick his nuts, they have a sorta Mexican flavor

Kai: I need to be surrounded with seven beautiful naked women in order to sleep at night

Lloyd: You know how there's like a line between bravery and stupidity? Nya: Jay is that line

Jay: Disclaimer: I am an anxious bean

Wu: It’s not your fault but it is your problem

Cole: I can't keep a straight face anymore. It's gay now.

Lloyd: That was such a late reaction it could've been my dad coming back

Zane: DISCO PENIS

Kai: I wanna stand around and look GORGEOUS

Kai: I'm outrageously good-looking Zane: No you’re not

Lloyd: I admit when I'm wrong! Kai: Oh yeah. But I'm like never wrong!

All of the ninja, always: It would be so much fun to hurt a bad person

Zane: what state do I live in? Jay: depression

Kai: cool onesie... can I get inside it?

Lloyd: They call me Santa. I bring snow to the children.

Kai: Don't fucking giggle you little shit.

Nya: I will beat you with a meat stick

Cole: You moan more than the dumpster out back

Wu: Don't stick the plungers on your foreheads!

Garmadon: whY are you SMelLING the plungers?

Zane: How does one piss in a watermelon?

Lloyd: When I become 99 pounds I'm going to eat a pound of chicken nuggets so I can be 1% chicken nugget. It's indisputable.

Cole: It smells like SHIT. Like it smells kinda okay now, but it still smells like shit. So it's like. Perfumeshit

Jay: Your socks are untied

Lloyd: Morro can just molest himself

Jay: Can you please not get a fucking locker smaller than my self esteem

Zane: You be smellin your own shit soon Jay: I already do Zane: Get it? Cause your mom gay. Everyone: ...what?

Lloyd: My name's Lloyd and I wear shoes sometimes

Nya: Unlike Skylor, they actually like balls

Kai: Fuck fuck fucking fuck fucking fucktown

Jay. I’m about to go commit space heater in bathtub

Kai: Vaccines make you gay

Lloyd: It’s not because I’m Asian, its because I eat rice so much

Zane: Hi. I’m Zane. ... my dick fell off

Kai, to Lloyd: Your dad is my fuckbuddy. ... wait. Shit.

Lloyd: You didn’t miss. You hit me right in the fucking nipple.

Kai: Eat my dick

Nya. Bite off your own dick

Cole: Your face looks like you're trying to make your dick fall off

Lloyd: So we were sitting watching TV eating macaroni with a fruit roll-up soaking my feet in a trashcan

Jay: I’m gonna go commit visit Pompeii in time machine

Jay: How can spiders fall from the ceiling and just skrrrrt away

Kai: Because none of us can speak proper sentences

Kai: Hold on. I'm sending a meme. I can't fight.

Jay: Engulf your own dick

Jay: Please don’t have a Boston tea party in my back yard

Kai: Still it felt like I committed a minor crime in Iran with all the water in my nose

Jay: Sensei Wu, please throw scissors... I kinda wanna die

Kai: I got royally fucked

Jay: Get your meaty luscious legs

Jay: The fuck you mean take my pants off? They're always on! Cause no one wants me to take them off!

Lloyd, picking up a napkin and seeing food fall out: IT’S BIRTHING 

Zane, threateningly: Give me your kidneys 

The Overlord: Where is your technology stored?

Zane: I can balance my body on my boner and spin like a beyblade

Kai: My balls are not a muscle

Cole: So apparently I'm not the only one with asymmetrical balls. Lloyd: Wait actually? Cole: Well yesterday Kai gave us a very descriptive description of his balls

Zane, sarcastically: Gosh darn don’t you hate it when you're not allowed to bring your 5 dollar footlong subway to training

Lloyd: So he poked me in the back with a pencil and my third grade self was like, "BLASPHEMY"

Kai: You.... dickmuncher

Jay: We're playing infinity Life. It's like Life but the cars are infinity stones.

Kai: I could have divine gay sex and it would still be nohomo.

Cole, during some super serious training: Bake me into a pie daddy

Kai: a compliment sandwich, like this: I like your shoes, YOU SUCK, your eyes are pretty

Zane, to Lloyd: Don't KILL her! Too much paperwork!

Jay: Stop moving your butt. It's uncomfortable when you clench it

Cole: The STICK.. will be UP YOU! Kai: My ASS is your spot!

Jay, teaching Kai to roller skate: First, we master walking  

Kai: I know I’m beautiful and perfect and amazing and huMBLE

Lloyd: I'm here for a good time, not a long time.

Cole: I'm allergic to emotions!

Zane: Yeet is not a valid Scrabble word

Kai: I love myself 3000. And you should, too. Love yourself, that is. Unless you wanna love me as well, cause that’s cool too.

Zane: Is doing drugs illegal

Lloyd: Post-traumatic stress? More like spicy memories

Jay: Be quiet so I can see

Cole: Why is my wallaber grinding its ass on the floor?

Kai: Whatever, my ass cheeks are balanced ... just as all things should be

Garmadon: IT WOULD BE SO MUCH FUN TO MAKE SOMEBODY THINK YOU WERE GONNA HIT THEM WITH YOUR CAR!

Sensei Garmadon: First of all, nobody says they're fine when they're good

Lloyd, getting himself a donut: A chocolate frosted donut for a chocolate frosted child

Nya, about Harumi: I just loathed her at first sight. Like your dad!

Morro, about Lloyd: He reminds me of a cucumber.

Cole, after becoming human again: I’m like Jesus... I thirst

Lloyd, sipping apple juice out of a shot glass: I'm just... done, ya know

Jay: Zane was eating my popcorn and I was like "hey that's my popcorn!" And he looks me dead in the eye and goes "surprise communism!"

Lloyd: I consumed a spatula

Jay: I almost burned down my house making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Zane, after Jay climbs on his back: Unmount me you heathen.

Kai: Yeah it's been such a dick-licking long time

Karlof: In Metalonia we do not have sister, we have brother with pussy

Zane: I want to delete my meatsack

Little Lloyd: At about 10 I was so hungry so I went to the med tent and pretended to be fainting so I got crackers

Garmadon: Before we leave I'm gonna sing a Disney song to attract all the females. Especially Misako

Jay, about to get sunburned: I know right, sunscreen is gross, you look like a glazed donut after you put it on

Cole: I like nuts but not that much. ... both kinds... I like my own nuts.

Zane: Hi I’m Zane and I’m the only one in this group with any form of common sense

Lloyd: Oh there's just someone throwing up over there! Kai: That’s hot

Cole, having a cashew thrown at him: I don’t want to swallow your nut ... I DON’T WANT YOUR NUT

Lloyd: My uncle is  going to sacrifice my body

Kai: Okay. You ALL can eat MY ass

Lloyd: A picture will last longer than your family will

Garmadon: That last rep was like a hydroflask and this one was like a kleankanteen

Kai: I bet for a second he was like "oh my God they care about me"

Kai: Because no one would be ballsy enough, no pun intended, to whip his dick out and piss on a crowded bus

Jay: Fuck a duck Lloyd: Please just dont ..ff... a duck Jay: But the duck likes it. It goes quackquackquackQUACKAFLACK.

Lloyd: Digiorno? More like I'm fucking hungry

Lloyd: My socks are so wet tis but a small price to pay for salvation

Kai: No means no muchacho

Dareth after failing at spinjitzu: Now I'm just dizzy and my ass hurts

Zane: I said, Cole, don’t orgasm in public, it’s rude, and Cole started moaning as loud as humanly possible

Lloyd: Say cheese! Kai: Whiskey!

Jay: Who the fucking dammit

Jay: Spongebob square-nuts

Jay: Actual- ACTUALLY it WOULDN’T make me more of a smartass because my SMART has yet to be caught up with my ASS

Lloyd: I hate it when my foot becomes the itch

Kai: STDs are like pokemon, you gotta catch em all

Kai: Here y’all are like "I like them 'cause of how they hold themselves and whatnot" and I’m just like “GIRL PRETTY"

Cole: I hate it whenever my foot becomes the gay.

Kai: I’m shit at being a person, not a shit person.

Zane: Buses turn me on

Jay: No pissing in our VSCO hangout!

Lloyd: Are y’all on high?

Kai: Its gotta warm up to start lavaing, now it’s just lamping.

Kai, crying: When I was crawling through the sewer my hair got stuck in my knee pit and ripped out a chunk

Lloyd, deepthroating a plastic recorder: I’m blonde so naturally, I'm good at this

Kai: I’m depressed. I’m stressed. But at least I’m well-dressed.

Lloyd: Nom nom milk carton

Cole, playing Life: Give me children

Jay, on a Thursday: If Friday was a Tuesday, it would be today

Kai: We're eating lotion and calling it spicy butter ... it’s spiritually spicy

Kai: I don’t fucking know! I'm not a cheese wheel!

Zane: Beepbeep bitch what's that? My lie detector smells a lie

Lloyd: I aced two tests today! The PSAT and the rice purity test!

Pixal: I don't really get the phrase "dry as bones" because your bones are in fact, wet

Cole: Kai, Kai, we can draw you as one of those anime girls. With humungous eyes. Actually no, it doesn't matter what the size of your eyes are. But your boobs are HUGE.

Lloyd: Jay wants to become the Alpha hoe

Cole: STOP TOUCHING MY HEAD AND SAYING IT FEELS GOOD

Jay: Deli sandwich equals cold hamburger

Lloyd: How was your day? Cole: Good. I have pie dough in my water bottle

Jay: If we do that we can reach our minimum requirement which is our goal

Kai: You can taste the freedom in that nacho cheese

Lloyd: I lust for the crust

Garmadon: You dirty-minded fools!

Anyone, to Skylor: You sucked the fire

Lloyd: OHMYGOD WE GET TO COLOR WITH CRAYONS!

Nya: Not to be lesbian or anything... but DAMN

Jay: No means no in Spanish

Kai: Bro saxophone is literally the sexiest instrument alive

Wu: The only wrong answers are the ones I don’t agree with

Kai: Look, why do you need to be a bottom to suck someone else's cock?

Cole: Jay, you suck Jay: More so than you do? Kai: Wait... wait you mean like you suck at the game or you’re better at sucking than he is?

Kai: WE CAN WANT YOU SEXUALLY TOO

Cole: That's not kinky, that's just abusive

Lloyd: CAN WE STOP USING THE TERM “BLONDE BITCH”

Cole: That’s not how you do it! Straddle me HO!

Kai: I didn’t mean to kick you in the coochie! Jay, I’m the distance: Be genital with her!

Cole: Yeah, also Jay tackled me and then grabbed me in between his legs and Kai jumped on top and Jay smacked his ass and I tried to record so Kai tried to smack my phone out of my hand and missed and his finger went right in my eye so I rolled over screaming and they got up and threw pebbles at me

Cole: It sounds naked! Music!

Kai, to anyone after they say Wu seems chill: He looks like a big soft squishy man but he is not

Zane: On average, in order to feel happy, you need to be touched, (pokes Jay) 8 times a day Kai raises two fingers on each hand: I’m about to make you ALL happy" *every person at the table in unison scoots away*

Zane: You looked like lord farquad but in a cute way!

Jay, after getting a pizza shoved at him. The pepperoni sanitized my facehole

Kai: I am the WITNESS! VICTIM! And I will play ... the e x e c u t i o n e r .

[merrybandofmurderers]

first lines

tagged by the wonderful @mrs-theirin!! are y’all ready lmao

rules: list the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20,  just list them all!). see if there are any patterns. choose your  favorite opening line. then tag 10 of your favorite authors!

apologies in advance for the inconsistency (so few of these are dragon age lmao) but you really get to see my range i guess

COMPLETED

Lost Love (Is Sweeter When Its Finally Found): Nezumi returns after a few years. Give or take. After a certain point, Shion stopped counting the days. Reunion would come or it wouldn’t; either way, Shion couldn’t do anything about it. He turned his attentions to other priorities, time passed, and eventually, Nezumi was back again.

Hope Is a Bright, Beautiful Thing: After their victory over the death Star, the Rebellion returned to their base on Yavin. They could not stay long, now that the Empire knew of their location. But it would take a while for the Imperial army to muddle through the aftermath, so the Rebellion took some time to savor their first real victory.

Surprising: Marus flopped down onto the cushions. “I can’t believe it.”

For Know My Crime Was Cruel, And All My Pain Deserved: Dorian did not know what he expected of the man being hailed as the Herald of Andraste, but a towering elven mage in intimidating armor was not it. He was flanked by a massive Qunari, a bearded human warrior, and a scrappy-looking elf. All regarded Dorian with suspicion.

The Time Has Come To Be Alive (Time Will Not Unwind): The first thing Dorian learned about the Herald was that he did not like being called the Herald.

Where We Will Thrive: They left their last fight—consisting of twelve bandits and three bears—rather worse for wear. Blackwall and Lavellan were bruised, battered, and spattered with blood. Sera had slipped and fallen in Maker knew what. Dorian… well, Dorian would just have to burn these robes.

Through The Ashes In The Sky: Groaning, Dorian dragged himself back to consciousness. The entire left side of his body was a bruise; he was fairly certain his wrist was broken. His mouth tasted like ash and his eyes burned. “Maker’s ass,” he croaked.

The Revolt Inside Me: Gwythren wakes in darkness. But no, not total darkness. There are torches. Gwythren can see the glints on the damp stone walls and iron bars. A dungeon.

WIPS

A Company of Heroes: Dear Dad, Before you burn this letter, let me say I’m sorry for leaving the way I did. I’m sure you were terribly angry when you woke up and found my bed empty and one of the horses gone. I know you didn’t want me to join the Inquisition, but I still feel it’s the right thing to do.

In Heart’s Drumming: Jain raises neir head from the ground. Hair falls around neir face, torn from its bun. Blood drips down neir cheek. The sounds of battle slowly, choppily, filter back into neir hearing.

I Feel Sun: The night was warm, and Skyhold’s courtyards were filled with revelers celebrating the defeat of Corypheus. The Inquisitor moved among them—laughing, dancing, sharing drinks—letting them worship their fill. Cassandra watched contentedly from Skyhold’s entrance, before she turned and headed out to the garden.

Feathers and Scales (working title): Andreios personally assured the Tuuli Thea of Karl’s loyalty. To be proven wrong is the worst kind of hindsight. Still, he cannot imagine how much worse it is for Ailbhe. He glances to the man in question standing next to him. Zane granted Ailbhe leave from the execution, but he refused. With his sister proven a traitor, he likely felt he had more to prove of himself.

The Taste of Hope: When Angharad first notices she is pregnant, it is because her bleeding is late. Her mind balks at the realization, tries to excuse it—it’s been late before, there are so many justifications. She tries to keep it a secret, but of course the Immortan discovers her; he keeps careful tabs on all of them. An invasive once-over by the Organic and it is confirmed.

Such Great Heights: Warren doesn’t want to do this. A scream is building behind his teeth, and heat itches in his veins. He wants so badly not to fucking do this. But when he made a last ditch attempt to convince his mom this was not a good idea, she rubbed her temple like she was scraping together every last bit of patience and just said, “Please,” and she looked so fucking tired that Warren shut up.

Nona: Some nights, she comes to me. Her face alight with vicious triumph, dark eyes warm, approving, loving—of me. Before I met her, no one had ever looked at me that way. She pulls me into the tender embrace of her body, wrapping like pale moonlight around me. Her sweet, cool scent clouds my senses, her breath hot on my ear.

Life Is A Highway (working title): My mother is Diana, as my father is fond of saying. When I was little, my bedtime stories were retellings of the old myths. On the ceiling of my nursery, my father painted the image of a dark-haired woman pulling the moon behind her chariot—the same champagne color as Mom’s Mercedes.

ORIGINAL WORK

Fire Prevention: She doesn’t think she might be in over her head until she’s crumpled over the toilet, heaving up lunch. Even then, it’s a momentary thought. When the regurgitation subsides, she flushes the toilet, washes her face, brushes her teeth. As she steps back into the kitchen, her father’s mantra rings in her head: “When shit happens, shit’s gotta get done.”

Hell’s Half Acre: RJ had been walking for an hour when it started raining. “Come on!” he shouted at the sky, disbelieving even as the clouds opened above him. “Isn’t this a fucking desert? Why now do you decide to rain?” The heavens did not deign to answer. The rain didn’t even do anything to cool him off. It fell, warm and steady, in swollen drops.

Into the Eye (working title): The sea winds whipped around Soona’s body, as she clung to the slick rock of the cliffs. Her hair was pulled from its tight bun and lashed across her face and neck. She could barely see, having to make her way by instinct and feel alone. Her limbs trembled as she panted against the rough stone, heartbeat loud in her ears.

Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear: The usual routine consisted of Luther knocking off work, dropping by the grocer, launder, library—whatever destination was necessary for the day—then coming home and making dinner. Justin would either be there, poring over texts at his desk, or would arrive home from class just as the meal was ready to be put on the table. But today was different.

favorite line: have say it’s The Revolt, my tranquil oc fic. i’m still very pleased with it and love the style; i think it’s the right combination of dramatic, enticing, and evocative

tagging: @kirkwallgremlin, @thegingerjedi, fuck i can never remember who all writes; if you see this and wanna do it, feel free to say i tagged you

[feelthepainofdodick]

What Did I Do? (D.D. Imagine)

Request! HELLO, CAN YOU DO AN IMAGINE WHERE THE READER AND DAVID ARE JUST STARTING TO TALK AND FEEL EMOTIONS TOWARDS EACH OTHER BUT KELSEY (I know, very specific) IS SECRETLY JEALOUS BECAUSE SHE LIKES DAVID SO SHE AND STASS SET SOMETHING UP (I don’t know what) TO TRY AND GET THE READER TO BE MAD AT DAVID AND END WHAT Y’ALL HAVE AND THE READER LEAVES IN TEARS BUT EVENTUALLY THE READER AND DAVID REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED AND CONFRONT THEM? I don’t know if that made ANY sense but GOOD LUCK AND THANKS!

Notes: SO. I was writing this request and it just got so long! I wasn’t expecting for this to be so long! So I’m making a second part to finish it. A two part-er. Thank you to the anon who sent this in and I’m sorry this took me so long to write, but! I seemed to like your request so much that I couldn’t stop writing. Much love, Julie

Word Count: 1846

Tonight was like most nights, you went to David’s with a bunch of the other vs members to just hang out. Tonight’s hangout also happened to include some Instagram models and other random people you knew from a distance. You and David had been flirting back and forth for a while now and only recently went out on a date. None of your friends knew much, but they knew you both were into each other. You left the party early tonight to get some sleep because you had a meeting early next morning. At the end of the night it was just David, Zane, Todd, Scott, Kristen, Olivia, Stass, and Kelsey. They were all sitting around the fire pit outside, drinking some beers, casually talking when Zane said something to David.

“Hey David. How have you and (Y/N) been doing?”

“What do you mean?” David questions.

“You know! You guys like each other right? Have you gotten anywhere?” He insists.

David blushes. “We’re talking. I like her a lot. We actually went on a date the other night.” He leans in closer to Zane. “It was so great dude. I’m so into her, but we’re taking things slow.”

Zane nudges Davids shoulder. “Damn baby! Good for you. You go and get it!” David shakes his head and chuckles. What David didn’t know was that Kelsey was listening in on their conversation. She was so angry. How could David like her? I’m right here and so madly into him. I deserve him! Not her! She thought.

She went home that night with Stass and told her about David and (Y/N). Kelsey pouted and whined about how David doesn’t like her. Stass suggests, “Why don’t we mess with them a little. Get the soon to be couple to not be so soon?”

“How?” Kelsey cries.

“There is this part in one of my favorite books where the male lead has some photos taken of him from years ago when he was a playboy and fucked around with everyone. But then they resurfaced as ‘new’ when he was in a committed relationship with the female lead. She saw these photos through the press and was so convinced it was him and that they were recent that she didn’t even talk to him about it. She left for days. What if… we do the same thing with David and (Y/N). We make a photo shop picture. Show it to (Y/N). She becomes passive aggressive towards him because they’re thing is so new. Boom... No more David and (Y/N).” Stass explains.

Kelsey stares at Stass thinking about whether she actually wanted to do it. She simply nods and they begin planning.

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Multiple nights later…

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You were back at Davids for another one of his get-togethers. You sat on the couch surrounded by vlog squad members and Instagram models. You walked outside for some air when Kelsey walked out as well and sat next to you.

“Needed some air too?” She asked.

You nodded.

“Sometimes David invites too many people.” You grin.

“David loves having people around him. He thrives around a crowd. But I get you. I can’t always be surrounded by so many people.” You say.

Kelsey makes a tight-lipped smile. “Right…” She starts looking through her phone as you stare off into space enjoying the fresh air. Until Kelsey gasps.

You snap your head to look at her. “What happened?” You asked concerned.

She just looks at you and turns her phone towards you. You lean in and stare at the screen in front of you. You saw David, in a club of sorts, in a VIP section with a girl straddling him while in a heated make out session. The caption read - David Dobrik found making out with mystery girl. Liza forgotten? You leaned back stunned and thought, is this real? That’s so clearly him but that’s so out of character for him. I see that with my own eyes. How could he do this to me? I know we barely started talking but I thought we had something… I guess not. 

“Hey are you okay?” Kelsey said after you saw the picture and said nothing. “Crazy right? Never saw David as the type.” She chuckled.

“Yeah me neither… Um.. Kelsey, I’m not feeling too good. If anyone asks, I went home.” You say now feeling like you wanted to curl up and have a good cry.

“Okay! I hope you feel better.” Kelsey said with fake concern.

You walk away from the backyard towards you car all the while, Kelsey smiling behind you knowing she won this round.

You had no desire to talk to David after seeing that picture that Kelsey showed you. You ignored his calls, gave him short snippy text responses, haven’t been back to his house since the party, and didn’t want to film with anyone for the vlogs.

Carly, Erin, Jason, Natalie, and David were all sitting at his house trying to come up with filming ideas when the conversation veered towards the topic of you.

“Hey, where has (Y/N) been? I haven’t seen her in days and I thought you two were a thing.” Jason asks.

Carly and Erin nod in agreement. “(Y/N) was just telling me a few days ago how things were going good between you guys. Taking it slow, enjoying the fun things.” Natalie says.

“I don’t know. She hasn’t answered my facetime calls and barely answers any of my messages. I don’t know what happened. We were good at the party and then she just disappeared. I thought she might be going through something? I was going to go over to her apartment when she answered me but she hasn’t yet.” David says sadly.

“I don’t think anything bad happened. Erin and I just asked her this morning to do a sit down vlog squad gossip video tomorrow and she said she would love to. We are supposed to met her at her place tomorrow.” Carly said.

“Shit… Did I fuck something up? What did I do? I am really into her and you guys know I can be dumb sometimes.” David looked at his friends hoping they would have an answer. They all shrugged.

David was now worried and could not get it off his mind. He filmed all day with his friends and went back home just as confused. What did I do? What did I do? What did I do? He racked his brain, retracing all the moment you had together, trying to thing of where things went wrong. He started getting angry because he couldn’t think of anything he did wrong. I can’t let her be angry at me for something I don’t even know about! I have to confront her. How can she not even talk to me about whatever she is mad about? He was now pacing across his bedroom. You know what? I’m just going to go to her apartment right now. He looked at the clock. Midnight. Shit. Maybe I should wait til the morning? No! No David. Go get your girl. He grabbed his keys, ran over to his car, and drove all the way to your apartment.

He was standing outside your door debating whether or not to knock. He laid his forehead on the door. Suddenly the door opened and David jumped back. You stared at him with a bag of trash in one of your hands and your apartment keys in the other. He stood there, mouth ajar, staying dead silent.

“How may I help you?” You said feeling all the angry and sadness bubbling back up.

He snapped his head back like he had been hit. “So you are angry at me?” He asked.

You sighed, already feeling emotionally exhausted from the feeling of a fight coming on. You walked back into your apartment leaving the door open so he knew to come in. You put down your trash, walked over to your sofa, and patted the seat next to you. He obeyed. When you both got situated, you began talking.

“David. I like you, a lot. And I know it’s too soon to expect anything from you but I thought we had a good thing going. I understand if you want to see other girls but that’s not the way I like to deal with things. I’m a one ride pony. I-” David interrupted.

“What makes you think I want to see other girls?” He questioned, genuinely confused.

“David… Don’t lie to me. I saw the photo.” You sighed.

“I have no idea what you are talking about.”

“David. I saw the photo. Kelsey showed me the photo of you making out with a girl. Don’t get me wrong. I thought it was pretty weird you were doing that in public but I saw you. It definitely was you.” You explained.

“(Y/N). I have no idea what you’re talking about. I didn’t make out with a girl, let alone in public. You have been the only person on my mind since we started talking. The little moment we have together. The date we went on was one of the best dates I’ve ever had. I genuinely haven’t been able to get you off my mind. I have no idea what Kelsey showed you but it’s not real.” David confessed.

You tilted your head in confusion. “Umm? What. Are you serious? But I saw you… Kelsey showed me.”

He grabbed you by the shoulders and looked you dead in the eyes. “I wouldn’t do that to you. I know we haven’t established anything officially but I like you a lot and wouldn’t do anything to mess that up.” You melted and smiled slightly.

“You really like me?” You asked shyly. He grinned. “I really do.” You smiled so big it hurt. Then frowned. “Oh god what now?” David asked.

“Then what was that picture that Kelsey showed me?”

That’s when David had a light bulb moment. “She just told me yesterday in the car with Jase that she likes me. I told her I didn’t like her like that. Maybe she made that picture so she could show you and drive you away.”

You face-palmed. “Of course she did.” You shake your head in disbelief. “I can’t believe she would go to those lengths to sabotage this.”

David jumped up from the couch suddenly angry. “We can’t let her get away with this! She almost ruined what we had! What if you decided when you saw that picture that it would be the end! What if you didn’t want to share why you were mad at me! This could have ruined a good thing! We have to go talk to them. Let them know this is not okay.” David was now looking at you for some sense of confirmation.

You were slightly startled by his anger but also found it hot that he was so passionate about what you both had. “Let’s do it.” You said suddenly swept up in his desire for justice.

-

To be continued...

[crowdedimagines]

Reunited pt. 3 - David Dobrik

an// i know it’s been a while, but i have been BUSY!  I have been really excited to continue this series, i hope you guys like this:)

PART TWO

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“HOLY SHIT”

David and I both jump pulling away from each other from the sudden disturbance. Zane is standing in the doorway with both of his hands covering his mouth, his eyes are wide with shock.

“Zane.” David stands trying to get Zane in here and not say anything about what almost happened. Before he gets the chance, Zane races out into the living room.

“Fuck.” David sighs.

I get up from the bed and run my hand through my hair. How did I get so caught up? I’ve barely been in L.A for a couple hours and I already almost kissed David. What the hell am I doing?

“I need some air.” I walk past him and out the door.

“Y/n, wait.” He follows after me. I walk out into the living room and the entire room falls silent. Zane is standing in front of everyone, obvious he shared what he just walked in on. They all look at me, I cross my arms over my chest and continue towards the front door. David keeps calling my name, shutting the door behind him.

“Dave, stop. I’m fine, I just want to go for a walk.” I continue to walk several more steps down the driveway.

“Y/n, don’t you think we should talk?” He grabs my wrist lightly. I look down at the contact before looking up into his eyes.

“Not right now.” I pull my hand from his grasp and walk past the gate. He knows better than to try and stop me again. I walk down the street, it’s a quiet street. I know sometimes there are issues with fans showing up, but this late at night no one is around. I get a good ways away from the house when I finally take a seat on the curb. I don’t even know what time I left, my phone is dead now. 

What was I thinking? It’s been four years and the first day back I already want to fall back into his arms. He is not the reason I am here. We broke up and we didn’t talk at all, that has to mean something, right?

A car slowly pulls up that I don’t recognize as one of David’s.

“Hey.” I look up to see that Carly and Erin are in the car and they have rolled down the windows.

“Hi.” I smile, getting up so I can actually see them.

“Do you want a ride back to the house?” Eric asks, “I think almost everyone has left, but we can drop you off so you don’t have to walk all the way back.”

I nod and thank them for their generosity. Erin turns around and drives back to David’s house, and it seems like they’re right. Most of the cars from earlier are gone, I was gone for a while. I thank them once again before getting out of the car. As soon as they pull away, I let myself into the house.

“Hey, you’re back.” Natalie looks at me from the couch.

“Yep.” I kick off my shoes.

I walk towards the living room and David comes out of his room.

“I’m going to bed, it’s been a long day.” I walk past them both and go to my room. As soon as I shut the door, I let myself fall back on the bed.

It takes me a while to fall asleep, it’s still hard to turn my brain off after everything that happened today. Eventually I do, and I wake up in the morning. I let myself wander outside, it’s early enough that no one else is up in the house yet.

The sun is rising and I can feel myself soaking in the warmth. The view is even better during the day. The peace gives me time to think, today is the day of my interview. I stay out for a while, I can hear people talking inside which means both Natalie and David are up.

“Hey, I thought you were still in bed.” Natalie joins me on a lounge chair.

“Nope, I got up early to watch the sun rise.”

“Wow, did you even sleep?” Natalie laughs, referring to how late we were all up last night.

“Not really.”

“What time is your interview today?”

“It’s at one.” I smile, “I’m excited.”

We talk about the interview and I explain the job a little more to her and why I am so excited for it.

“Did you have breakfast?” Natalie asks, stretching as she gets up.

“Nope.” I shake me head.

“Well, I’m starving so let’s go inside.”

I follow her inside as she walks straight to the kitchen. David is laying on the couch on his phone.

“Hey, uh good morning.” David quickly sets down his phone noticing me come in too.

“Morning.” I pull the patio door shut behind me.

Natalie has already pulled out bowls and hands me a box of my favorite cereal. It’s a brand new box, I have a feeling that no one else in this house eats this cereal and it’s new to the home.

Shortly after breakfast I excuse myself so I can take a shower and start to get ready for the interview. It takes me a while to go through outfits. I packed three good interview outfits and I have no clue what one looks best or if any of them seem appropriate. I am doubting everything now.

“Nat.” I call, walking out of my room. She answers in the living room so I follow to where they are both seated.

“Okay, so what do we think of this outfit?” I ask waiting for an opinion.

“I like it on you, but it doesn’t seem like a business outfit. What else did you pack?” Natalie asks.

“Two more outfits.” I run back to my room and change into the second one. My fear with this outfit is that I feel like an old lady in it. I feel like my mom would pick it out for me which is unsettling.

“What do we think, now?” I reemerge.

“This one is better. It looks like an interview outfit.” Natalie nods.

“But is it cute? I mean I am a designer I don’t want them to think I’m boring.” I spin, looking over the outfit on my body.

“David?” I ask, waiting for him to chime in. He’s been unusually silent this entire time.

“I like this one better than the first one.” He shrugs, looking between Natalie and I to see if that was the right answer.

I roll my eyes and go back to try on the last outfit. As soon as I put the last one on, I can feel it. I feel confident. The skirt is tight enough to be cute and fun, but long enough to be appropriate. The blazer dresses everything up.

“Well?” I ask as I round the corner.

“That’s perfect.” Natalie nods with a smile.

I turn to look at David waiting on him for an answer.

“This one is perfect. It’s very you, Y/n.” He nods, sure of himself this time.

“Alright, I’m sold on this one then.” I smile, happy to be settled on the subject.

“How soon do you think I should leave if I need to be downtown by one?” I ask, not sure what traffic is really like in L.A. “I want to get there a little early so I’m not sure what time to get my uber.”

“You should probably leave here soon.” Natalie says, looking at the time on her phone.

“Do you want a ride?” David asks.

“You don’t have to, it’s not that big of a deal. I like driving, plus then you’ll have a ride home after too.”

“Are you sure? That means you’ll just have to wait around while I’m in the interview?”

“I don’t care.” He shrugs.

“Sure.” I agree, this will probably be a good time for us to talk anyway.

David gets up from the couch and goes to his room probably to get changed.

“Do you want me to come with too?” Natalie asks.

“No, it’s probably for the best that we talk anyway.” I reply.

“Okay, I wasn’t sure after whatever happened last night how things are between you two.”

“Yeah, I don’t know either. Does everyone like hate me now? I was being so dramatic.” I roll my eyes thinking back on how I acted in front of new friends.

“No, they’re all pretty understanding.” Natalie smiles, “I’m pretty sure no one could ever hate you.”

“Ready?” David asks, walking out of his room.

“Yep.”

I grab my portfolio off the table and Natalie wishes me good luck as we walk out the door.

“Since it’s just the two of us I would’ve taken the ferrari, but I don’t think you want the wind blown look for the interview.”

I laugh, “No, probably not.”

David starts driving to the building where the company is located.

“So, can we talk about last night?” I ask.

David nods and keeps his eyes on the road. I’m sure he doesn’t want to have this conversation, but he should’ve expected in now that we’re stuck in a car together.

“I think Zane coming in last night was a good thing.” I admit.

David’s head snaps over to look at me.

“That was the first time we’ve seen each other in years. We went from having thousands of miles for space to heal and then came rushing back together and are staying under the same roof. It was too much too fast.”

He nods, seemingly agreeing with my words.

“We almost crossed a line last night that we shouldn’t. I think we should just be friends again.”

“Friends?” David cuts me a look.

“What?”

“Umm, we’ve never been just friends.”

“What do you mean?” I ask, turning in my seat a little more to actually look at him.

“Y/n, I have liked you since we were little kids, are you kidding me? You’ve never been just a friend to me. You were my best friend and girlfriend, it’s hard now to have one without the other.” He laughs without humor.

“Ohh.” I lean back letting the new information sink in. I started to like in high school, I knew he liked me, but I had no idea it went so far back.

“But, I’m willing to try. I’ve seriously missed you these past few years.”

“Me too.”

David stops the car as he pulls in front of a large building with lots of stories. This must be where my interview is.

“Good luck.” David holds out his arms for a hug. I raise my brows at him, questioning his actions.

“What? Friends hug?” He smirks.

I roll my eyes and lean in for a quick hug regardless.

“I’ll be waiting right here for when you’re done.” I shut the door and David rolls down the window to keep talking, “You’re going to kill it in there, I can feel it.”

“Thank you.” I smile and turn around and walk towards the building. It’s going to be hard, but now I need to put all thoughts of David out of my head.

It’s interview time.

~

y’all want me to keep going? ;) 

[wtfdavidsvlogs]

By My Side (J.W.)

Warnings: Fluff, mentions of panic attacks, swearing

Requested: @cracraforfandoms said Fluffy Jeff thing? Where y’all r at a party and he doesn’t leave ur side cuz he knows u get anxious at parties even when David tells him too?? And it’s really cuddly and cute idk idk lov u!!!

Gif by: @morganstarky

David always asks me to come out to party even knowing that I hate them with a passion. He always says that my boyfriend Jeff will only go if I go. Which is sweet and all but puts me in a really bad place. But I will do anything for him so I always end up going and having an awful time there. I get really bad anxiety attacks when I’m left alone in situations like these. So Jeff always sticks around me for the entirety of the party.

“You know I hate this shit, David!” I yelled at him as I was already stepping in the car.

“Loosen up, maybe you’ll actually have some fun with that stick out of your ass.” David said from the front seat. I roll my eyes clearly seeing that he has no idea what is actually going on in my head. Jeff sat in back with me and squeezed my hand. I look at his hand and smile. I cover his hand with mine and i hold it for the ride.

“Okay sluts we’re here!” Zane yells through the car.

“Thank God.” I say quietly and sarcastically. We all step out and head to the door of yet another random party for David to film at. We step inside to see mainly youtubers and other miscellaneous people packed into a giant house. I hold Heffs hand even tighter as I start to feel anxiety rush through my chest and stomach. He stops me and turns my body to him.“Hey, look at me...I’m gonna be right here with you the whole time. I won’t leave you. I promise.” He said to me calmly. His claim immediately soothing my nerves. I nod and we continue walking. I find a couch for me and Jeff to sit at for the rest of the time here. That’s what we usually do we sit and talk really loud over cheers and music and drunk as fuck people. We sit and he wraps his firm arm around my shoulder.

As we were now into an in depth conversation, I notice David sprinting around the corner with his camera in hand.

“Jeff come with me, now! There’s something I want to show you!” He said out of breath.

“I can’t, David. I’m sorry, man.” He says to him. Davids face drops and he groans.

“Please?! Y/N will be fine for 10 minutes.” He says looking at me. I took a lot of offense to that. I start to sink down into the couch more now hugging myself.

“Panic attacks. Do you know anything about them?” Jeff said with a serious and intimidating look on his face. He didn’t give David even a second to answer.

“Panic attack symptoms hit very randomly and abruptly and reach their peak in 10 minutes and last for 30. She suffers from those at parties. She doesn’t like being alone and/or without me by her side. So by the time I would have gotten back from your stupid little vlog thing she would’ve already been at the worst part of her panic attack. Therefore making you a fucking asshole for making me leave. So no, David. I’m going to stay right here with my beautiful girl and make sure she’s okay. Or are you gonna be an asshole about that, too?” David’s jaw was on the ground. Speechless.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t-“ He started.

“No, you didn’t. Have fun at the party, David.” Jeff said and he left. At this point I didn’t even really know what to say.

“Thank you.” I said quietly but loud enough for him to hear. A genuine smile spread across my face.

“Aww, baby. I would never leave you.” He said embracing me into his chest and holding me tight. I cuddled into him further. I’m so glad that I have Jeff by my side.

[sibillascribbles08]

essay for zane?

Oh boy anon hope u have some snacks or some water or something we’re gonna be here a while.

But really, for the sake of not talking for 80 hours lets just stick to a handful of topics here.

Mainly, I like how Zane is the writers favorite and yet also not.

Like I can’t blame them. Robots are hella (of course they ONLY treat Zane well for a robot all the other ones get trashed on). His reveal episode was so hecking good. The stuff with his dad was so gd good.

But why oh why did they do him like that in season 3. I touched on it in my cryptor essay but like?? Why did Zane just GLOSS OVER the fact his dad died that’s so gd weird. Even if it’s been a while. You had the perfect root for all the drama in this season and you just didn’t bother to use it. Didn’t bother to actually give Zane a sense of development. Zane’s not actually fighting any sort of personal conflict during a season that supposedly focuses on him, just a bunch of robots. The whole “It’s not about numbers, it’s about family” line would have punched SO much harder if Zane spent the entire season worrying about being obsolete, or out of date, or statistically worse off than the other nindroids, only to realize the reason he can rise above them is because regardless of how he’s built he’s willing to do anything to protect the people he cares about.

Alas

It’s smoother sailing for seasons four and five, but idk wth was going on in season six. (Also Zane why did you not just get Pixal a new body to run around in as soon as you got back to Ninjago smh). But like?? As much as I love s6 personally fuck that scene where Nadakhan trapped him lol. Idk, Zane and Pixal’s relationship charmed me when it first happened but there’s been a handful of times in the show where Zane flat out doesn’t listen to her and I’m never sure why?? Zane having an ego wouldn’t bug me if it’s shown more often, but the writers always try and play it off like he’s the logical one of the team. If he’s so logical he should be listening to Pixal when she’s waving a red flag, yeah??

Also wtf Zane needed more of a comment about the fact Echo was there like ???? HELLO? I know we don’t have like ? a ton of time, and it’s fine if Zane is excited to see him but like? Not even a QUESTION?

Zane: Jay! I’m glad you found so many allies but um... where did you find him?Jay: Oh your dad left him in the lighthouse I think.Zane: Wh...what?

Zane almost dies in season 7, the beginning of his problems. Gets chucked off a cliff in season 8, sent to another realm in season 9, then again in s11 like christ y’all. Leave this boy alone.

And?? Man. This show in general has a gd issue with addressing grief and trauma but with the amount of shit Zane’s dealt with there’s gotta be SOMETHING going on there.

Thank god for fanfiction I suppose.

I think it’s just a shame though, that the writers will continually put him through the grinder and not bother to take the time to write some form of recovery, or recognize what he even went through. They play it up for drama and emotional nonsense and then just chuck it aside to make room for more plot. Like yeah we’ll pull on your heart strings by putting the fav in a dire situation yet again but we won’t actually RESOLVE it. We’ll just ignore it. That makes it better right??

Wish I could see Zane and Pixal just interact in a situation that’s NOT mission related because christ is hard to get a read on their relationship otherwise like wtf do they do for FUN??

WISH that they brought Echo back so we could have some additional sibling dynamics on this show, cause that’d be cute, but that would take... effort.........

More on Echo in the next essay tho

[minuky]

Minecraft Diaries Episode 6 - My Thoughts and a General Summary

 Oh, hot the time flies.... sigh. Already on Episode 6. Before you know it, we’ll be halfway through the season, and I’ll be crying because Leona is reintroduced and finally... other people will care. But I’m getting off topic. Let’s jump right into it, shall we?

So, our episode begins with a nice shot around everyone’s favorite Worst Brother of the Year, Zane! 

God, look at him. He’s such an asshole. I love him.

Now I know I can’t be alone in the group of old fans who saw this next scene and thought -

“Who the fuck are you?” 

His name is revealed to be Ivan, and I had no idea who this dude was. According to my Good Friends, all of whom are much better at remembering Everything Aphmau, Ivan is Lucinda’s ex. He was introduced sometime in Season 2, and then killed off subsequently after. If you don’t know who Lucinda is yet, because you’re new to Minecraft Diaries, just hold on a bit longer. And if you do know who she is because of MyStreet... well I prefer everything MCD to their MyStreet counterparts, so... good for you?

Back to the summary, Ivan has returned from scouting to inform Zane that they haven’t found anything relating to whatever he’s searching for, but that some scholars are supposedly hiding something. Zane decides that mayhaps a visit from the High Priest Himself is in Order. Which means shit it about to go down. If OG MCD taught me anything, its that when Zane LEAVES Oh’Kahsis, people die. Just look at Falcon Claw.

Back in ye old Phoenix Drop, a freshly bathed Aphmau is being escorted out of Donna’s house, and Donna tells Aphmau not to fret over what happened to Visher. She then admits that events like this are precisely why she hasn’t let anyone get close to her heart. Aphmau, having literally only come to consciousness only some days/weeks(?) prior, is confused to what Donna could mean. Before Donna can properly explain, aside from some cryptic message about protecting her heart, Dale (surprisingly more or less sober) runs up, informing the two that Brendon has been killed.

Spoiler, he’s not dead, just very badly wounded. Garroth and Zenix are freaking out over what to do, and Donna, Dale and Aphmau showing up cause even more chaos. Zenix runs downstairs to heat his sword so he can cauterize the wound, and Aphmau notices a bruise on Brendon’s foreheard. She does some of her good old Glowly Glow Magics and proceeds to pass out.

This marks another time upon which Zenix was not present to see Aphmau perform her magics. The exact reason for this, I couldn’t say. Maybe if he see’s he’ll recognize her? Or maybe it’ll be more of a running gag? Again, I can’t say for sure.

Back downstairs, Kiki has arrived! The group questions Zenix as to what happened, as he was with Brendon. Zenix states that he and Brendon were working, when he heard a noise and saw Brendon has been shot. Looking around, he spotted a thief in green, and attempted to pursue, but then instead flagged down Dale. Which, to me, is a massive red flag, as Zenix is a hot headed idiot who has ALWAYS chased things down. But you know, everything all crazy.

So after more or less dismissing HOW everything went down, its explained that while Aph was able to help Brendon, whatever was on the arrow is still eating at his flesh, and he needs this special herb. However, Visher, who normally sells medicine, doesn’t have any in stock at the moment. But, the Lord of Bright Port does! Aphmau at this point as been listening to the conversation, and discovered that for whatever reason, her powers aren’t working. Visher makes it clear that he can leave to get the herbs, but will only leave in the morning when its safe. So what does Aph do? 

She jumps out the window and steals Paul’s boat. 

....

This is the most on brand thing she’s done, I swear. 

We get a small taste of Gene and Sasha being all evil, Gene sayin he needs to go do something, and even dropping hints about Sasha’s past (oooOOOO).

So Aphmau sets sail (don’t even get me started on how she fuckin knows how to use a goddamned boat) and she makes it to -

BRIGHT PORT!!!!

We’re movin on in the world y’all! It’s GREAT. 

And now.

My favorite PART of the episode.

The One.

THE ONLY.

*insert the sound of panties dropping*

Laurence.... 

Laurence sees Aph, decides he’s gonna go after that, and starts to work his charm. Some of the village girls get a bit upset, but aren’t too upset. He flusters her, then leaves to Meteli, to lie in wait.

Now, to some OG fans, you all might be questioning : Hey, why is Laurence here so early? Well you see there... dear viewers, Laurence WAS in Bright Port the first time Aphmau went to Bright Port.

Nice little nod to the OG series there Jess. 

BUT ANYWAYS.

We come upon some kid named John, who is pleading with some guards to help him free a baby werewolf. They refuse, and Aph steps in to help him out, in exchange for help. 

AND SO WE MEET LOWEL. 

Look at him. He’s so tiny. He’s looks kinda weird. But she saves him and its v cute.

Bromance.

And a weird lil hug. But that’s excusable. 

This next boat scene ain’t. 

Dear. Lord. 

I see why the boats were only seen in low light. This looks like... BAD. I get it. These peeps are on a tight schedule. They pop one episode out a week. BUT LIKE THIS BOAT LOOKS SO WEIRD. IDK MAN. ITS JUST WEIRDLY SMOOTH AND GROSS AND LOOKS LIKE PNG. BLEH.

This scene is basically just setting Gene up to whatever the fuck he’s gonna do. But i could care less cuz THE FUCKIN BOAT.

And that sums up the episode! What are y’alls thoughts? Feel free to add to the post, I’d love to talk to more Aphmau fans! And look forward to my drawing for this episode. See y’all next time ^-^

[valiantsilver]

it’s three am where I live but I’m wide awake so I’m gonna tell y’all about some more disastrous OCs I made-

Raeden (pronounced REYE-dun)

basically a self-insert

except she’s a year older than me lmao

asexual aromantic demigirl

is fifteen but owns her own apartment and lives alone for some god forsaken reason

a normal gorl

like literally just a regular human person

who for some reason always gets into the craziest shit

looks like an idealised version of me

so like, short black hair, white skin, always wears black leather jackets and black jeans and heavy boots and covers herself in pins

she’s like me personality wise as well

tries to be nice but often fails, sometimes very outgoing and sometimes very shy

anxiety tm

just plain weird sometimes

meme culture

tired all the time

also she has a pet crow called Corey that she rescued when he was a baby and he’s followed her around ever since

very emotional and sensitive

like you need to calm down raeden seriously

loves the idea of an exciting life like the ninja have, even if she’s just a regular human being

after meeting her disaster friends she gets that life

she’s very happy

Aitana (pronounced EYE-tarn-uh)

one of Sensei Yang’s pupils who recently became human again

breaking free of yang’s spell was weird, like waking up from a dream

next thing she knew she was human again

physically and mentally she’s still exactly the same age as when she was cursed - around 16 - but chronologically she’s hundreds of years old (idk how old yang is lmao)

adjusting to modern life was hard for her, everything was completely different and all her family and friends outside of yang’s temple were long gone

she had no real ambition or motivation for the future until she met raeden

Raeden was the first person she really connected with in the modern world

they’re very different - aitana is stubborn where raeden is flexible, raeden is often in a world of her own whereas aitana is very grounded

however the two bonded over both being fond of music and the colour black and both being emotional messes

Aitana has long brown hair and light brown skin

she often wears long black dresses with lots of skull patterns on them and stuff like that, with sturdy, sensible boots

she’s a good martial artist and obviously knows airjitzu

also after having been a ghost for a long time she’s retained some ghostly abilities

she can walk through walls, disappear and fly

she’s much more unique than the other guys

she can also possess people for a short time

she’ll often possess raeden when it comes to a combat situation because raeden wants to fight but also is clapped at fighting

and yeah that’s basically her

Jin-Ho

fangpyre

look I’ve never had a snek oc before

Jin-Ho is fifteen

she’s a fangpyre (obviously)

one of the few serpentine brave enough to go out in public, in her mind the serpentine have made peace with the humans and if anyone has a problem about it they can answer to her

she’s quite aggressive and uncaring on the surface, but she’s actually very kind and caring once you get to know her

raeden and aitana bump into her one day

they take one look at this angry snek gorl and are like ‘ok we’re adopting you’

at first Jin-Ho wants nothing to do with them but then they save her from stoopid humans who think they can get away with beating up serpentine

she could’ve handled them herself she couldn’t but it was the first time humans had stood up for her

she started to warm up to them after that

wears typical teenage girl clothes, whatever’s in

red puffer jacket, black leggings, white trainers

idk that’s what all the kids seem to be wearing where I live

she has venom but it’s not very potent as she’s still growing

basically if she bites something it’ll probably go scaly for a few hours but then it’ll wear off

Jin-Ho tries not to use her venom

she uses her tail as a weapon

she stands on two legs but also has a long tail and it’s very strong and she’ll whip you with it if you’re not careful

also actually very smart, a good strategist

I think that’s all I’ve got on her

basically the idea is they all like, team up and solve mysteries? kinda like scooby doo lmao

also Echo Zane is gonna be there because goddammit I REFUSE to believe that they left him alone

so it’s like, Echo, Jin-Ho, Raeden, Aitana and Corey all solving mysteries together and trying not to die in the process

yeah that’s it

[alrightinbed-betterwithapen]

Clever Little Things — Chapter Five — D. Dobrik x Reader

A/N: so this part was heavily inspired by THIS VIDEO. Also @poisxnyouth was a giant help as always! I hope y’all enjoy! ♥️

Clever Little Things Masterlist

Masterlist

Warnings: Smut, marking, oral, sex, being tied up, masturbation, etc Smut y’all

Summary: You still dislike David, and pissing him off is fun for you. Especially when the night ends like this...

——

The rest of the previous night is a blur of fighting tongues, and hands pushed down your jeans, ripping your own orgasm out of you, then feeding you the mess.

He leaves without finishing his edit.

——

The trip went on smoothly after that night and conversation with David, expectations were set. But neither of you were afforded a night alone for the rest of your time in Chicago. Things went on as normal: David was still a prick, and you were an asshole right back. He grated on your nerves when you weren’t fucking him, so there were no appearances to keep; you still genuinely disliked him.

It’s especially irking for David when his hometown friends take as quick a liking to you as his LA friends had. Ilya and Dima are delighted in your ability to hold your liquor and Alex loves the jabs you give David. David grins through it all and it makes him livid. He is a direct extension of these people, they formed who he was as person through childhood. But you still didn’t like him?

Yeah, you couldn’t become best buds for sake of appearances, but he thought you’d soften to him a bit by now.

When you don’t, it spurs a level of petty in David he didn’t know he had. He watches his friends accept you with open arms, charmed by the quiet, sharp witted girl. His teeth were sensitive from the grinding by the time they all touch back down in LA well into the evening.

David and some of the crew had been invited to a party in the hills opposite his own home. Apparently there were going to be a bunch of big creators and it actually seemed like some good footage for the next vlog.

David spends the walk out of the plane and to their rides convincing a few people to come out. They could leave right from the airport and Natalie will take a car back to his house with everyone’s shit. Jason reminds David of the vlog he needs to post before tomorrow but that’s not an issue. David’s finished vlogs at parties many times before he explains. He’s snide with his follow up comment,

“And (Y/N) has to be there anyway ‘cause I need clips. She’s a good little worker bee, it’ll be done in no time.”

Jason gives you a side eye, eyebrow quirked, waiting for your response.

“What the fuck ever,” you tell them, making a show of furrowing your brow, “I can finish up both of your vlogs there, Jay. Not a big deal, I’ll dip out when I’m done. Asking would have been nice though, dickface,” you’re scowling at David, moving to throw your shit in the car Natalie was taking back to the house, chucking it on top of Zane’s duffel bags.

“Woooo! Fuck yeah, drunk (Y/N) is the fucking best! You gonna do another keg stand?” Zane’s bellowing as you make your way to David’s Tesla he had stored at the airports private parking garage while they were gone. Zane’s referencing the binge drinking you’d done with Dima three nights ago and how you’d held out for longer upside down over the keg of PBR, making Ilya swell with pride and call his best friend a pussy.

“Yeah, no. I don’t think so,” you laugh to the bearded man draped over your body, patting the arm haphazardly thrown across your shoulders.

“Why?!” Todd’s joining in as you climb to the back of the car, everyone finding their places. “Bet you could make Logan Paul look like a little BITCH, (Y/N)!”

“What the fuck, Logan’s gonna be there?! Why didn’t anyone tell me that! Now I almost don’t wanna go,” David’s groaning as he pulls out of the garage, head thrown back in despair.

“You don’t like Logan?” you’re asking, looking around the car to everyone for explanation, “I figured you’d guys would have a lot in common.”

David’s stare is hardened in the rear view mirror, rage in his brown eyes. He doesn’t even reply. Jason turns from the front seat and laughs loudly at that,

“Yeah, they are pretty similar, aren’t they?”

“Oh yeah, I film dead bodies all the time,” David’s saying, tone light but gaze still burning through you, “but that’s for my private collection.”

That had the car full of people hollering with laughter. You can only smirk at the man before being distracted by your phone for the rest of the ride.

David wants to wipe the look off your face with his dick.

——

The party is what you expected. Loud and annoying with content creators everywhere. David finished his vlog before you’re done, basically ignoring you the entire time if it wasn’t about the edit. You stay a couple extra minutes after the man wanders off with his camera, stuck in the middle of a tricky transition you want to finish before you head out.

Jason’s pulling your headphones down out of nowhere, startling you to look up.

“So, I think things are about to get crazy. Grab your guys’ shit and get ready to go,” he’s ordering, sounding too much like a dad for you to ignore his warning before walking away and into the adjacent room. You shove everything in your giant bag, hauling it over your shoulder before following the way Jason went.

You’re just crossing the entrance way when you see David drop his camera to his side and holler at a tall blond man,

“Don’t compare what I do, to what you do! Go fuck yourself, man!”

“What? I’m gonna call out shitty production value when I see it, bro. Like look at you! You still film everything yourself, you only have one extra angle, and your camera dude isn’t even here! You’re still Vine-ing out here in Hollywood! That’s weak, man,” Logan Paul is laughing in David’s face.

There’s a group of people around them, phones recording. Logan is getting more aggressive with the second and David is following suit. You stand back and watch the scene unfold. David’s lithe form is buzzing and he’s moving closer to the man while continuing to scream,

“Weaker than getting your jaw rocked by KSI, pussy!”

David’s pushing up to go chest to chest with Logan when a man you don’t recognize pushes past the blond and guides David back, trying to calm the brunette as Logan starts yelling even louder, “You don’t even have a mic on your- David! DAVID! You don’t even have a mic on your camera, bro!”

You see Zane recording it all, laughing manically (which means he’s plastered). David’s now ranting to the still unidentified man, pulling away and out of his hold. You can’t hear his words over the volume of the party which had gone up as they realized a fight was happening. Jason is looping around to grab Trisha and Zane, when David turns your way finally.

His face is flushed with anger and he looks almost out of control when your eyes meet. You can only raise your eyebrows and give him a smirk, shaking your head at the dick measuring contest you’d just witnessed.

He’s storming past you, not pausing, and breathes out,

“We’re fucking leaving.”

A giant roll of eyes later, you do a 180 and follow him out. Jason on your heels arguing with Zane about staying when Trisha catches up to you and gives you a smile too big, “That was hot.”

Can you strain your eyes from rolling them? Cause at this rate, you will. David is seated in his car before you guys even make it outside.

Time passes slowly during the drive, you’re listening to the three men banter about what fucking happened with the blonde piping up every once and a while. Zane wanted to stay and thought it was a joke. Jason didn’t want to come in the first place and is just ‘I told you so’-ing all over the place. And Trisha is placating David, telling him he would have totally had Logan.

You say nothing.

There are already some people at the house when you get there and Zane continues to rage. Trisha and Jason are grabbing their shit and are off quickly, you tell them you’ll have the vlogs posted tomorrow.

You’re exhausted and really just wanna go home. And David will never send people home, not that you would ever expect him to. You start to order an Uber and David’s form looms over you before slapping your phone playfully and catching it before it drops to the ground.

“Fuck that. You’re not leaving.”

“David. I’m fucking tired. And-,”

“And you need some of my clips and you haven’t even checked if you can use all the bits. Sit down and let’s finish this shit,” he’s commanding.

He’s right and you begrudgingly find a place near him on the couch and finishing up. His friends still partying are eager to go out somewhere and are ordering their own Uber a half hour after you guys return. They’re begging David to come out but he says he needs to finish the edit. He urges them to go out without him and they oblige easily. Natalie even goes with, leaving you both alone to work.

But he’s still vibrating with adrenaline from the near fight with Logan. It’s obvious from the way his brow stays furrowed and his feet tap nervously on the ground. You find the whole thing funny. David has such first world problems.

“Alright. I’m done. I think I’m gonna order that ride now,” you’re telling him, packing up your stuff and pulling out your phone.

“Nah, I’ll give you a ride. I just need to find music to finish, it can wait.”

“David...” you give the man a look, exasperated tone heavy in your voice.

“Don’t fucking argue with me right now, (Y/N),” he’s hissing though clenched teeth, throwing his laptop to the side on the couch. He rises and you follow, you don’t particularly like taking Uber’s this late, so you listen to the man. Even though the rebellious voice in your head says not to obey.

The ride to your apartment is quiet for a while until you break the silence, wanting to poke the bear a bit.

“So, you were really gonna fight Logan Paul? Really?”

“Don’t even start,” David says, fingers gripping the wheel a little tighter.

“What? I’m just curious as to what the hell happened back there,” you reply, pulling on an overt expression of innocence.

“He’s a fucking cunt. He’s not usually that bad but I think he was fucked up on something. He wouldn’t leave me alone about production value! Like what the fuck?” he’s ranting, playing with the rings on his fingers idly, “He just kept comparing us and I had enough.”

“And your plan was what? Go toe to toe with a dude who has like half a foot on you? Yeah, that would have went well,” you’re laughing, shaking your head at him. He’s side eyeing you, face scrunched in disbelief.

“What? You got a hard on for the guy?” he grits out.

“No. But, like, what makes you better than him? Especially after that shit show.”

“What make me better th- Are you SERIOUS right now? Are you fucking ser-,” David’s crowing, hands fumbling for the auto drive so he can properly turn and unleash on you, hands flying with his words, “You should know enough about that asshole to understand how unalike we are! He has no conscious, he uses everyone around him and he’s a little bitch on top of it. So don’t even-“

“You’re a little bitch too.”

“Why don’t you go fuck him then!” David screams as your eyes widen, shocked for a moment. That’s all he needs though to take in your sudden change from cocky to still as you shake your head No in disgust. He’s smirking when he adds, “Yeah, that’s what I thought. It was my cum dripping off your face five days ago. It was me you were gagging around, you fucking bitch. Remember that! Now. Shut. Up.”

You’re unmoving in your seat at that outburst and obeying him steadily. David is angrier than he’s ever been at you and you momentarily think you fucked up. He’s taking control back of the car and doesn’t look at you again until you arrive to your home. You’re unsure of what to do, but David’s hopping out and grabbing your shit out of the back before you have your seat buckle off. He’s stalking behind you to your apartment and you don’t glance back, nervous to see if David is still as angry as he was.

He is. And that’s apparent as he pushes past you once the door is open and throwing your bags wherever. You barely have the door closed behind you when David is grabbing you around the waist and throwing you over his shoulder. You gasp and start to protest but he doesn’t respond, just continues to your room before throwing you on the bed roughly.

“Take off your shirt.”

Ripping it off your body too quickly at that order, you begin to undress fully, anxious to see where this night goes. You’re both desperate for sex with one another and you think this will be a nice rough session with the way he’s grabbing your discarded shirt and ripping it to shreds, the veins in his arms prominent with the rage flowing through him.

Naked and ready, you watch David crawl on to the bed, moving towards you so that you have to move against your headboard. He grabs your hand and drags it to the post on the bed, beginning to tie your wrist to it.

“What the fuck, David! You can’t-“

“I can stop,” he says, not stilling his movement, gripping the edge of the ripped fabric and pulling it too tight around your wrist. He moves to do the same with your other arm as he continues, “I can untie you and leave. Or, you can take my punishment and I might let you come later.”

His red face hasn’t lessened since his outburst and you’re actually really turned on by how outwardly angry the man has been all night. You think this might be a good outlet for his frustration and honestly, you’re looking forward to the marks he’ll leave on you.

You nod your agreement even though he hadn’t stopped restraining you. He looks pleased as he pulls back to kneel between your bare legs. The smile etched on his lips make your pelvis pulse and you throw your head back. He’s laughing as he begins to kiss up your bare thigh, other hand gripping your hip, nails digging in to bite at skin. You gasp out a soft moan and wiggle in his hold.

“That’s right, baby girl. You better remember who you belong to,” David croons, pulling back and off the bed to undress himself, “I don’t want you even thinking about that fucking blond cunt tonight. You think I’m like him? I bet he can’t pull orgasms out of anyone the way I can out of you, little girl.”

You laugh and pull at your wrists, legs spreading as he climbs back between them. His hands go to press on your thighs, pushing them away as he bends down to suck on your hip, biting and sucking to mark up the skin. You push your pelvis up and his lips trail upwards in response, not going the way you want him too.

His kisses trail up to your breast where he takes a nipple in his mouth sucking and playing with nub while you groan out, “David, mmm, c’mon.”

“Shut up,” he mumbles into your skin as he moves his head to your other breast, repeating the flicks of his tongue that have you crying out. His hands are caressing your sides, soft and sweet before scratching down and repeating the process over and over as his lips make their way up to your neck. All you can do is extend your throat as he paints your neck red with his bites. He’s too close and at the same time too far. He’s pushing his hips into yours for a brief moment, before holding his weight on one arm above you, hovering.

You fucking love that grin on his face.

It promises more, as he lowers himself down and settles between your parted thighs. His hands move to dig his nails into the tops of your thighs then stills, his head tilting to look up at you.

“Punishment, remember?”

He’s explaining, eyes locked to yours as he tears down your thighs, a scream pulling from your throat. You’re blinded by the pain and don’t notice the man move himself further down. It’s when his hands are almost all the way down your legs, you feel his tongue push between your folds and start moving.

The guttural noise that comes out of you might be embarrassing if he wasn’t pushing your legs back and moving his fingers to start caressing you as well. Your hips start lifting up fluidly, pushing up against his face as you turn and bite the pillow to stop you from sounding like a needy whore.

His tongue is flicking around your lips, stopping to suck on your clit every couple moments, while his fingers gather your slick and one slides in smoothly. It’s so good. Your arms contract, trying to jerk down and bury your fingers in his brown locks, but your destroyed t-shirt restrains you, making you cry out in frustration as he adds another finger and crooks them upwards, hitting your g-spot.

It’s torturous not being able to touch David while he eats you out. You just want to move his head and thrust against him. The man loves that you can’t though, breathing out a soft laugh against your heated and damp skin. He’s rolling his tongue around your clit, massaging it greedily when his fingers push up against the bundle of nerves inside you and stop, applying too much pressure. He sucks the nub into his mouth, his free hand going to bruise your thigh with his grip.

You’re about to come, tension building in your stomach and back rising from the bed when he pulls away completely. His face shines in the light of your bedroom and you’re left to shake through your ruined orgasm as he smirks, making a show of licking his lips.

“Fuuuck DAVID!” You scream, yanking at your tied wrists and writhing on the bed at the loss. And the dick has the audacity to laugh at that, pushing his hips flush against your core. He’s so hard, you hadn’t even noticed. The promise of him fucking you makes the anger inside you fade, groaning and arching into the man when he bends to suck on your breast.

“See what you don’t get when you’re being a little bitch, baby girl? I wanted to feel you come around my fingers but you don’t deserve it,” he’s mumbling around your skin, and you can feel him stroke himself against your wet cunt, lining up.

Your head is turning to bite the pillow again as he pushes in, but David’s hand not supporting his weight goes to wrap around your throat, holding you in place and not allowing your gaze to drift from his. It takes your breath away, unable to touch him or hide your face as he starts to thrust in and out.

Your hips are fucking upwards on his downstroke, desperate. It makes him chuckle and groan out lowly, “Yeah baby girl, you wanna fuck yourself on me? Does that feel good for my sweet girl.”

“Yes, daddy,” you snarl, trying to poke at his pet names but it makes him still and an obvious shudder goes down his body. His eyes widen at the words and he leans down to bite your bottom lip too hard before letting it snap back.

“Yeah? YEAH?! I am your daddy, huh? You don’t call me anything else, you understand?” He’s commanding, grip tightening on your throat so that you can only nod out your affirmation instead of speaking it.

He doesn’t stop fucking you, just repositions your thigh around his waist and bends your hip so he can pound in deeper. It’s the combination of him hitting so deep and his nails digging into your throat that has you staring to come again. David’s eyes look panicked as he feels you flutter around him.

He’s reeling back, pulling out and stroking his cock over you rapidly. You yell into the room, head slamming from side to side in utter frustration; you just wanna come, you just wanna come around him.

His warm come hits your stomach, his grunts overpowering your screams as he pulls the last of the feeling from himself until he’s too sensitive. He’s so gross, hand coming down to rub the come into your skin, drawing patterns into your stomach. You mewl ‘daddy’ pathetically at the touch, looking down to watch, just as enraptured as David was in the act.

He’s breathing hard still, the sticky mess fascinating him when he scoops some up and shoves it in your hung open mouth. You’re so wanton, sucking it off his fingers and then massaging the digits like his dick is in your mouth.

He pulls them out and slaps you cheeks fondly, an evil grin plastered on his face. Then he’s untying your wrists letting them fall limply to the duvet before standing up and off the bed, pulling on his discarded pants. You’re so confused when he leans against your dresser across from the bed and crosses his arms.

“Finish yourself off.”

You’re just staring at him in shock, “You’re not going to help me?!”

“No. You were bad, baby girl. I said I’d let you come, I didn’t say I’d do it for you. Now, let daddy see you come.”

He’s ordering, eyes staring at the wet mess your pussy had become. You moan and immediately start rubbing at yourself, two fingers pushing into your heat while you work over your clit.

“That’s it, baby. Does that feel good, are you gonna come around your fingers for me?” he’s narrating as you stare into his eyes, pulling pleasure from yourself with each twist of your wrist and flick of your fingers over your sweet spot. You’re breathing is quickening and you can’t help moaning out,

“Daddy, please. I wanna come for you, I wanna be good for you. Please just touch me.”

“No.”

“Pleeeease,” you’re trailing off, falling back against your bed, heat uncurling through your body as you come. The notion of being abandoned to take care of yourself is pushing you over the edge. Your hips jerk onto your fingers and you hear David cuss through his teeth as your body bends and contorts from your orgasm. You can’t think at all when he croons out,

“That’s daddy’s girl.”

When your legs stop shaking and you can think about anything other than David’s tongue and fingers and cock, you feel him sit next to you. His hand caresses your side as you’d turned over during your writhing.

“You’re so good for me. Maybe next time we can play together... If you can manage to tamp down on being a bitch in the future,” David’s whispering softly to you, kissing your shoulder and moving off the bed. You grunt out a short ‘fuck you’ as you hear him laugh down your hallway and out your front door.

His come is still drying on your stomach when his text rolls in,

Send me a picture of your thighs, I wanna jerk off to my marks tomorrow.

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[lmaobx]

Loved You First / Jeff Wittek AU

This is my first time writing on here, sorry if it’s bad!! Constructive criticism is appreciated!!!

Warnings: language

I wrote it where the vlog squad is friends but not YouTubers or anything like that, I hope it’s not confusing. They’re just being used as characters.

Hope you enjoy:)

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You and Jeff had been going out for almost three months and he still hadn’t introduced you to his friends. You had brought it up to him a few times that you wanted to meet them but he always brushed it off. You didn’t think anything of it at first but it’s been so long and it was starting to seem like he was going out of his way to make sure you didn’t see his friends.

You spent the night at Jeff’s place last night and woke up alone so you walked downstairs to the kitchen wearing one of one of Jeff’s shirts and a pair of shorts that you had in the back of your car. One you got there you saw Jeff sitting at the kitchen table looking through his phone.

“Good morning, baby,” he smiled and got up to hug you. He was wearing red flannel pajama pants with a black t-shirt and he looks so good. His hair was messy yet still looked good. You smiled at him and rested your head on his chest while y’all stood there for seconds hugging.

“I’ve gotta go to Todd’s house in a bit with a few of the guys to help him unpack a few things but I’ll be back in a few hours,” he said pulling away and getting his phone off the table.

“Okay, I’ll go with you, I’m sure they won’t mind the extra help” you smiled at him hoping he would agree so you could finally introduce yourself to the so called “guys” that you hear so much about.

“That’s okay, baby, you don’t have to do that. We got enough people and it’s not too much stuff so we’ll be alright.” Of course, there he goes again making up excuses for you to not meet them. You just nodded and walked to find something in the fridge. While he went upstairs to take a shower. ‘How could he be so stupid and not realize this is bothering me?’ you thought to yourself. There has to be a reason he doesn’t want you to meet them. You made a bagel and sat down and ate it before you went back upstairs to find Jeff getting dressed.

You didn’t want to be annoying about it because you were sure there was a good reason he hasn’t introduced you to them yet but it was bothering you so much you couldn’t help but say something.

“Is there a reason you don’t want me to meet your friends?” you asked with more attitude then you intended.

“What do you mean,” he said not even looking at you.

“I mean we’ve been going out for almost three months and you always make up some dumb excuse as to why I can’t ever go with you to their houses to hang out or even go to parties with you when they’ll be there. Are you embarrassed to be dating me or what?” You said getting frustrated but still worried of how he might answer your last question.

“No baby of course not, I’m not embarrassed by you at all,” he had a sympathetic look in his eyes as he walked to you and rubbed his hands over your arms, “I guess I’m just a little nervous for you to meet them because I don’t want them saying anything stupid and making me look bad and I don’t want them trying to flirt with you or anything like that.” You smiled at his genuine answer.

“I promise no matter what they do or say, nothing will make me think less of you and I will never ever ever let any of them steal me from you,” he smiled and kissed your forehead before wrapping you into a hug. You hoped now that he would let you finally meet them since you’ve reassured him about his worries but you didn’t wanna ask so you were hoping he would offer.

“Okay I gotta go but I’ll be back in a few hours but you’re more than welcome to stay here, I love you,” he pulled away from your hug and gave you a short kiss on your lips before walking out the bedroom door.

What the hell is wrong with him? You were frustrated even more now since you thought you cleared up the problem but he obviously doesn’t think so. You brushed your teeth and put your hair up before getting your purse and going back to your apartment. You were mad at Jeff and didn’t want to sit around his apartment waiting for him all day while he hung out with his friends.

As soon as you got home you took a quick shower and got dressed. You wanted to do something but you weren’t the biggest fan of going out alone so you called your friend Zane to see if he wanted to go to the mall with you.

“I wish I could but I told a friend of mine that I’d help him move into his new house today,” he said over the phone, “you’re welcome to come help though I’m sure they’d love you meet you.” You agreed and he said he’d be at your place to pick you up in 30 minutes.

You felt slightly guilty for getting mad at jeff for not telling his friends about you because you hadn’t told most of your friends about him either. It’s not that you didn’t want them to know, it just hadn’t come up in a conversation with most of them and your best friends only found out because you were getting tired of making up excuses as to why you couldn’t hang out with them so you finally told them about Jeff.

You wondered if the friend that Jeff was talking about could possibly be the friend Zane was talking about, you didn’t think so because they’re polar opposites and you’d never think of them to hang out together. Your thoughts were interrupted when you heard a knock on your front door, you knew it was Zane so you grabbed your purse and walked out to meet him.

Zane was a friend from middle school that you stayed in touch with after you moved away to Dallas the summer before freshmen year. You two became close again about a year ago when you moved back to Nashville for work.

After 15 minutes in the car you arrived at a medium sized, gray house with a few cars parked outside. You were surprised when you saw Jeff’s car, you really didn’t think that Zane and Jeff would have the same group of friends.

You and Zane walked in together and he began introducing you to everyone starting with David. Everyone seemed so nice and you truly wondered why you hadn’t met them sooner. That’s when Jeff walked into the room everyone was in and saw you.

“Jeff, this is y/n, y/n this is Jeff” Zane said having absolutely no clue what was going on between the two of you.

“Yeah I fucking know, what the hell are you doing here? I said I wasn’t ready for you to meet my friends so you call Zane to bring you over here? How the hell do you two even know each other,” he said angrily.

“We’ve been friends since middle school,” Zane said looking just as confused as everyone else, “how do you and y/n know each other?”

“Zane, we’ve been-“ you started but stopped as you saw a girl walk in from the door Jeff walked through just a few minutes before. She walked behind Jeff and wrapped her arm around his, he looked startled when she did so and pulled away as soon as he noticed her.

“Of fucking course you come in her right now why-“ Jeff began but you cut him off.

“Jeff and I have been dating for three months,” you shouted above everyone else.

Everyone looked shocked when you said that. It wasn’t until you heard David say something that you finally understood what was going on.

“Jeff you’re cheating on Audrey? What the fuck? Why would you do that?” this couldn’t be right, this had to be some sick dream you were having. Jeff would never cheat on you, never in a million years.

“Baby what’s going on” Audrey said as she was getting worried.

You were so mad and upset you didn’t know how to control yourself as you start crying.

“You don’t get to call him baby, he’s not your baby” you yelled through tears as you ran out the front door and go into Zane’s car as Zane followed you out.

You can’t believe this, this is why he never introduced you, because to Jeff “hanging out with the guys” actually meant “hanging out with the guys and my other girlfriend Audrey”

Zane was beyond confused as to what just went down in the living room but he knew you were upset so he didn’t hesitate to comfort you.

“How long have they been dating” you managed to say to him. He looked hesitant to answer because he didn’t want to upset you more with his answer.

“About two and a half months”

You started crying more. The past three months of your life was a lie. He had been seeing something else almost the entire time he had been seeing you.

You asked Zane to give you a ride home and he gladly agreed.

It was the next afternoon before you finally heard from Jeff. He came to your apartment without warning. He looked a mess. He had obviously been crying and he looked like he hadn’t slept since you left Todd’s house.

“Baby, please forgive me. I know what I did was fucked up. I know I’m a piece of shit for it. I know I don’t deserve you but please find it in your heart to forgive me. I loved you first. She meant nothing to me, she will never mean anything to me. You’re my world, baby. I’ve never been as happy as I am with you, please.”

This was torture. You both standing at your doorway crying, one begging for forgiveness and the other internally begging themselves to stay strong and to not give in.

“Jeff, I cant even look at you right now,” you sighed as you closed the front door in his face. You couldn’t forgive him for this. No matter how much you wanted to go out there and hug him and bring him inside and just lay in his arms, you couldn’t. You couldn’t ever do that again without worrying that he was secretly wishing you were Audrey.

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[martiniblves]

mijoo and her iconic entrances DFKLSJGDF

yes, i really am recycling the intro some of you probably Just caught when you followed me DGSFLJLGSD

hey y’all, i’m kat, english student and an old hag :/ also slowly coming down from an anxiety moment, hence only deleting old shit now and potentially going rogue from my blog for the night after posting this ( aka, best if y'all send me your d*scord users bc it's much easier for me there ) sfdgjgfd i’m super excited for this group and can’t wait to read all about your muses !  and hoping you feel the same, i’ll get right to introducing avalon bay’s resident messy brat, dahlia !

[ lee mijoo ] dahlia kim, twenty-four, cis female, she/her, radio dj — a world-class traveler in the making, self-proclaimed “ reformed ” groupie, has been a tennant at avalon bay for two years, her cherry blaster obsession is the sweetest thing about her, she slept with an ex-best friend’s roommate and crush as revenge. [ kat, 22, nt, she/her ]

she often goes between dahlia and dia, first and foremost sdfglkj

came from a super small town in upstate new york where there wasn’t much to do or much to see, so growing up she had an adventurous streak that would run rampant when she was able to go off by herself, able to drive, and finally able to leave it behind

her family life was rather average, her parents scraped by financially but her and her two younger siblings never really went without — aside from a toy or two at christmas or a brand new car for their sixteenth birthdays sfgkljgdf

gets on fine with them, but her and her little/middle sister have had an on-and-off contentious relationship that, at the moment, is very much ON SDFGFG

small town life was.. okay overall, she was social Enough and polite but never really maintained any close relationships with her childhood pals once high school came and went, mostly bc the town was full of gossips so everyone thought poorly of each other and passed it onto their kids LSKFDGJGDFL

and yes, i’m kinda basing this off of the antics of adults from my hometown, what about it ??

she spent most of her formative years with her head in the clouds and music always around her or on her mind

so you bet she wound up taking guitar and piano lessons when she was a kid and well into her teens, and dare i say she was pretty good at it fsdglkjgdf

having that skill gave her the boost of confidence she needed from middle school onward, having been a tad reserved before then

idk what else to add bc i honestly can’t think of anything else about her past Before moving away. dull as hell probably, more than it’s already been said LKGSDF

upon moving to the city, she attended nyu just to keep her parents from completely losing their minds over her not.. wanting to go on a sure path, majoring in communications and spending much of her time as a dj for the campus radio station’s late night shows

soon began searching for dj gigs at major radio stations once she’d graduated and landed a spot as an intern to meet with artists the station wished to interview, etc, and even had an opportunity or two to interview them herself

through that job, she became more exposed to the groupie lifestyle and — having always been somewhat intrigued — soon became one ( of sorts ) 

sorry if you’re a fan of h*lsey bc this might come across as a dig, but this is where she becomes the chill version of groupie!h*lsey that h*lsey wishes she had been DFLSKJDGSFL

she liked the attention from drummers, singers and rappers alike — plus having sex with talented, rich people whenever they were in town didn’t hurt one bit — and she kept it all separate from her job, although it did help the station land more interviews, tickets for contests, etc

wasn’t big on hard drugs, but she never shied away from a bong being handed to her or a couple of xanax tablets, just so we’re clear here sdflkgjfdgk

however, the no-strings set-up quickly shifted for dahlia upon meeting a rising indie band’s lead singer

he was smooth as hell, which she already knew alongside his tendency to get bored easily with fangirls-turned-groupies like the rest of the musicians she’d met, so when she played along with his game, it didn’t take long for him to maintain an interest in her and for them to forge something of a friendship

she’d never admit it to anyone, but he was her first love as the initial sexual attraction very quickly became romantic after long conversations about music and aspirations, mundane happenings in their lives separate from their encounters and who should’ve won immunity on the recent ep of masterchef; dia knew he wouldn’t settle down now and she knew that while she was his number one at that point, she wasn’t the only one he had. a couple of months passed where it seemed like he was going only to her, that his interest rarely waned to the other girls that would swarm him, which led her to believe he was at least somewhat into her and to her confessing when they were both drunk one night — only to be shut down but not shut out

dejected and heartbroken, she still couldn’t quite distance herself from him like she knew she should and the front she put up — that she exaggerated her feelings and would get over it — made him none the wiser

however, he couldn’t get over the thought of his fwb still being in love with him and cut ties with her abruptly before his nth departure from nyc

it took her right out of her bubble, left a horrible taste in her mouth to even go back to being a groupie for others over how poorly it all went with him, so she abandoned the sexual aspect and potential intimacy of it — but not before taking herself completely out of that lifestyle for a few months to get over him

which.. lbr, she’s only 90% of the way there to this day sfdlkkdfsgl

upon going back, she showed up to shows and parties solely as a friend of the performer.... before that got old Quick and she realized how soul-sucking it was for her sexually frustrated And repressed ass KFSLJGS

though ask her pals and they’d think she’d given it up altogether, hence her supposedly being reformed

.. at least she isn’t indulging in drugs like she occasionally used to, so that counts for something lksdfjlgdf

as for her time in radio, she got promoted to a morning slot as a dj with a couple of co-hosts last year, though once an afternoon slot opened, she high-tailed it out of there

anything to get back to her chill, late night roots and this was the first step

lastly, she moved to avalon bay 2 years ago, after uni was done and she had to move out of the dorms. in that time, she’d become best friends with another girl and had a massive falling out bc the other was. well. changing for the worst sgfjgfd

she became selfish, judgmental, advantageous and disloyal, and soon dia had enough of her hypocritical and generally nasty antics ( and not without a brutal argument that left both of their egos bruised )

dahlia isn’t always one for petty revenge, but when the ex-bff’s roommate and crush — who dia had a slight interest in as well — bumped into her in the hallway of their dorm one night, she took her chance to knock the other down a peg by initiating a flirtatious conversation that quickly turned sexual

with her ex-bff being on the other side of the wall of said roommate’s room

safe to say that their ( final ) conversation in the morning was a fucking disaster SDFLGKJGFDK

it’s not something she’s entirely ashamed about, but dia doesn’t feel the need to disclose what happened

PERSONALITY AND OTHER SHIT

she loves her friends, would die for them, would kill for them. let’s get that straight first and foremost !

does that mean she’s the nicest or even the most tolerable person ?? fuck no SFGLJGKDF

i described her to one of my pals as a “ chaotic free-spirit with a mean streak when she doesn’t get her way, ” which. could also describe a couple of my bitchier muses tbh FLDKGJDS

but she’s stubborn, irritable and has a sense of high self-worth and self-preservation

she obviously has an attitude that can and will come out if you hurt her or someone she cares about/someone she thinks doesn’t deserve it

or if you think you’re a god or something

and it can get ugly.. as explained above dfskgdgkf

however, we love confident women on this blog and here you have one !

she’s chill for the most part, so you ( probably ) won’t have anything to worry about if you stay on her good side gfsdkljgfd

passionate af about radio and music as a career, wants to have a gig like zane lowe’s beats hosting job or even annie mac’s one day

although she also wishes to put out music of her own at least Once before she dies dfgsljdfgk

bit of a wild child, likes to party and just do her own thing — partially bc she’s scared of getting older and having to give that all up/being forced to act her age

doesn’t mean she doesn’t like her quiet nights in though !

closet romantic, just wants to be swept off of her feet..... but no one needs to know that, at least she doesn’t think so FSDJKGFD

won't let you see it anyways, at least unless she's Interested and knows you're not someone who's only useful for her in the short-term

also quietly doting, will never be the mom friend bc it’s too much responsibility and patience, but will always be a good shoulder to cry on who tells you your feelings are valid before she tells you to toughen the fuck up and amend a situation yourself, might even tell you how

some exceptions may apply FDLSJGSFLK

a bit vulgar at times, just warning you now fgldskf

wants to see the world and has travelled a little as it is bc of her connections. loves it

JFKDGS

has a pet succulent bc she Knows she can't look after the big fluffy dog of her dreams rn

named him bobby after one of the characters from the love island game DFLKGSJF

i honestly dk what else to add rn, plus i’m eager af to post this so we’ll end it here ! cute extras can always be posted later !

[cruddyborderlandstheories]

i have so many theories!!! theyre all screaming at me!!! i must write out them all!!!!! 

so here’s one that’s been knocking around my head since finals week began:

the Writing 3 Playlist on Spotify 

I think this bad boy is a hint at the game’s timeline

maybe not 100% explanatory, but I think we can guess certain parts of the game through this

and i just wanna tell y’all now, almost all of this is speculation, as honestly im 90% sure the playlist was created bc it had borderlands-y songs in it (although the last few have me scratching my head)

lemme explain why im writing this, though I’m very thirsty for lore

tl;dr: game goes like this: lilith powers stolen. go to promethea, go to jungle, find brick mordy and tina, get into a fight, lose fight, go find other VHs, get into another fight, Krieg shows up to save Maya, maya die. (oh no she ded), the twins have their we are GODS moment, the VHs get summoned to the Eridian homeworld, there’s a huge ass final battle, someone attempts to create an end-of-the-world scenario

so the playlist itself was created to help one of the authors of the game get into their borderlands jam 

it starts with a Cage the Elephant song, “Trouble”, the band of which we all know wrote the first song used in BL1. Not really much else to say here, but we do know the opening cutscene of the game involves our current team of Vault Hunters being attacked by the Children of the Vault. this is, of course, not indicative of any songs used in bl3, but we can assume it captures the general feeling of the game.

Second song: “Fire” by Barns Courtney (holy shit I love this guy so fucking much!! if you’ve never listened to his music, PLEASE do so! I really recommend “Rather Die”- I am in the process of making a bl3 animatic to it actually lmao). 

So anyway, I’m just sayin’, the lyrics of this song...

“Oh, a thousand faces staring at me Thousand times I've fallen Thousand voices dead at my feet Now I'm gone... And my mother told me son let it be Sold my soul to the calling Sold my soul to a sweet melody Now I'm gone... Oh gimme that fire ...”

Honestly, I would not be surprised if this song was about Lilith’s loss of her powers. I mean, she used to call herself the Firehawk because she burned the shit outta bandits. c’monnn.

The man, the myth, the legend himself even says that "[The song is] quite defiant as well, like this cannot be how it ends, it cannot be my situation."

Mooooving on

“Majesty” by Apashe and Wasiu

holy fuck i love this song so much. and its so very obviously about the Calypso Twins- at the very least its Tyreen.

“All the stars and galaxies address me as your majesty So better say your majesty, I might react erratically Throw you in a fire, purify you I'm the sire, my empire's on the rise You better find yourself a place to hide Your place to find, but say it twice My name divine, I'm aimin' high Don't look in my face or eyes Take a bow and save your life Glory to the emperor, my temperature is risin' Always hot, it's getting violent”

I mean come on if its not when we meet the twins for the first time after they steal lily’s powers, then its definitely when they do something absolutely badass and really show us why they’re revered as gods. Possibly related to the Holy Broadcasting Center?

“The Way I Do” by Bishopp Briggs 

this one honestly had got me stumped as to its purpose, i lowkey kinda think its getting Sanctuary 3 up and running (and possibly meeting Maya for the first time- still not sure about that). I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a whole thing for Scooter and this song fits pretty well. I imagine we also meet Vaughn and the Children at some point, so maybe here?

“Greeting the Menace” by Zack Hemsey 

yeah i uhhhh dunno. This sounds like a song about a dude getting tortured which scares me a bit lmao. 

I thought maybe this song and the next 2 could be VH-based songs, as the next 2 have no lyrics whatsoever and the third is called “Best Friends”, but who knows... If this is the case I could make the argument this is about Zane or Moze, leaning towards Zane cuz he’s pretty covered up, plus I think “Best Friends” would be more Moze’s style lmao

I could also see this being a song about Troy... could explain all the ‘body mods’ and the missing arm.

“ProtoVision” by Kavinsky

If we’re going with the idea that these next few songs are about the Vault Hunters, then I imagine this would be Fl4k’s. It’s got that synth and some guitar which I think fits perfectly with his robo-hobo aesthetic lol

Other than that, I truly have no idea what part of the story this song could reference since there aren’t any lyrics. Maybe Promethea’s city? I could kinda see it, it sounds pretty high-tech

Similarly, “diatribe.” by Oliver Michael

the beginning gives me a whole meditation vibe which I kinda associate with Amara and her phasecast skill which “sends out an astral projection” of herself. 

Then again, this could be the outskirts of the Promethean city... I could see myself wandering around the huge ass foliage and discovering an abandoned research base to this song idk

“Best Friends” by grandson

aaahh i love grandson. I think this could be a Moze-based song. I just get that vibe from her leather jacket... anyway

I also could totally see this as discovering Brick, Mordecai, and Tina in the research base (if that truly is where they are). Cause we saw them in the trailer hanging out there. 

tbh the lyrics themselves kinda remind me of pre-Tales Rhys and Fiona and all their friends

“All of my best friends Like to go and get fucked up Then they talk about all the lives they never got to live Oh, they're still waiting for some sort of invitation It's never coming along, oh no, you'll get just what you give”

but idk if that’s what its meant for

“Bap U” by Party Favor

hmm another ‘lyricless’ song. not really lyric-less but uhhh the lyrics are pretty nonsensical lol

I could see there being a fight scene with Brick Tina and Mordy as AIs helping out here, maybe exploring the abandoned research base?

“Not Human” by elegant slims 

oh you know what im going to say here hahaha

monster troy p l e a s e

i wouldn’t be surprised if Tyreen started accumulating more powers here, like perhaps the previous fight scene was over the Vault on Promethea and the twins were able to access it before us? and Tyreen gives the Vault Monster the succ

“Crack in the seams You're breaking through The animal inside of you You're not human anymore... Your eyes go black electric blue The animal inside of you Life on a string Watch it swing Hide your teeth”

and one (or both) of the twins start going feral lol

“Way Down We Go” by KALEO

one (1) fear and that’s that someone dies during the scene that corresponds to this song

hopefully its just the boys being depressed over a loss instead of a victory, but oof

anyway, you know what they say: “sometimes you gotta fall before you make it big” ;) thats a typhon deleon quote

“I’m a Wanted Man” by Royal Deluxe

I want to believe these next few songs are us recruiting the rest of the Vault Hunters not seen yet

I kinda associate this one with Axton since his whole History with DAHL, but who knows! It could be Gaige, too. or Maya since she looks like she’s being incredibly gay criminal on the Maliwan Monastery planet. Maybe both Axton and Gaige? I would love that

“The Devil You Know” by X Ambassadors 

Could also be Axton! I lowkey think its Salvador or Timothy Lawrence. The reason I think its Timothy is cuz the whole song gives me huge Handsome Jack vibes, but it could also be Sal cuz I totally imagine him becoming a bounty hunter to fund his gun addiction lmao

“00000 Million” by Ella Vos

this one also gives off Maya vibes imo. I wouldn’t be surprised if this one is about her and the introduction of Little Blue. I could also see Athena and Janey here, just living their lives out in a cottage somewhere. awww

“Jungle” by Tash Sultana

Ahh a love song [pukes] Hopefully this one is about Athena and Janey, cuz there is a depressing lack of both of them in all the trailers we’ve seen! It sounds lowkey sad, though. I hope nothing happened to them D:

“Don’t Wait Up” by Dustbowl Revival

this one gives me very big Fiona and Sasha vibes. 

Of course, there’s also the fact that the song is about a dad, and we still don’t know who the heck “the Father” is on all those Calypsos posters. We also dunno who in the heck “Mother” is, either. Sounds like Father left the cult, though, oof, and Mother stuck around. Wonder what that’s all about, maybe he felt like the twins were working fast/efficient enough and left to do things himself? Very lost on this idea tbh. the song seems very out of place, but it has to connect to something, yknow?

“Dies Irae” by Apashe and Black Prez

For those of you who don’t speak fluent Latin (the fuck guys?? lmao jk), the title means "Day of Wrath". Nice, nice, nice. 

the lyrics, you might be asking:

“'Cause I'ma beast. Where you at? I've been unleashed. Whatchu doin'? Sink my teeth. Y'all can't fathom I'ma beast”

me: [vibrating in my seat] monster twins monster twins monster twins monster twins

at the very least this is definitely a fight scene here. Probably with the twins again (hopefully). Maybe they found some way to imbue the cultists with fucked up powers and are sending them against the VHs as giant demon things and as we fight through the temple (apparently with some Guardians) we realize the final one is Troy and/or Tyreen?

I like to imagine this is where Maya gets her powers stolen, if only because the next few songs... I think she’s around because she’s now the only person with Siren powers on the side of the Crimson Raiders, so they might need her help with the Vault in some way

“RAMPAGE” by GRAVEDGR

y’all wonder why I seemingly forgot about Krieg in the above songs? Well, this is why. 

The only lyric for this entire song is “Bitch, I'm on a rampage- mask on my damn face”

I mean come on, Krieg with his psycho mask on, the fact his action skill is literally called “Buzz Axe Rampage”, the fact he loves Maya as shown in his introductory trailer... it’d be so perfect. And I bet badass psycho Krieg would be the only thing able to beat back whatever’s attacking at the moment. I’m just imagining him smashing down a wall and going apeshit

“Black Out Days” by Phantograms

Another song I think is about Krieg and Maya. I don’t think Maya does too hot in this game, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if she gets the Roland treatment if you know what I’m saying. I wonder if this causes Krieg to devolve back into insanity cause the whole song seems to focus around that. I hope not D:

“Hide the sun I will leave your face out of my mind You should save your eyes A thousand voices howling in my head Speak in tongues I don't even recognize your face Mirror on the wall Tell me all the ways to stay away”

To be honest I could also see it being that Maya gets her powers stolen and thoughtlock-ed by the twins to fight on their side (as she’s seen fighting with the big demon elemental things), and maybe we have to kill her or hurt her in some way to get her to stop attacking us. God I hope not.

Let’s hope this is someway about the twins and definitely not about our favorite Siren and/or Psycho

“The Finishing” by Stavroz

oof i think somebody dies... If its not Maya, my best guess is Krieg or Lilith. Maybe Mordecai or Brick? Oh I hope not, I love both of them way too much for it to be healthy. But, hey, at least Tina learned some coping mechanisms :(

“Intro” and “Apocalypse Please” by Muse

merged these into 1 because Intro is like 15 seconds long and is literally the introduction to Apocalypse Please. 

Definitely reaching the end of the game here... 

“And it's time we saw a miracle Come on, it's time for something biblical To pull us through And pull us through And this is the end This is the end Of the world Proclaim eternal victory Come on and change the cause of history And pull us through”

I think the twins (or whoever may have become the main villain- perhaps the Eridians?) have claimed victory/gotten the ultimate power in one way or another, and/or this is the Crimson Raiders getting themselves ready for a final stand-off with the big bad evil guy. 

I would really love if there’s a scene right at the end of this where the Twins have their huge “BOW TO ME” moment and then they just get COMPLETELY obliterated by a new villain. Just absolutely decimated.

New villain, like if they opened a Vault and whatever was being imprisoned there just wipes the floor with them (something like the Destroyer, if not the Destroyer itself), or fuck shit maybe even Tannis? or the Eridians looking for help in the war. or the Eridians bringing war. Who knows!

Again, could just be the Twins having gotten their hands on the end-game material, like realizing they can turn troy into big demon fuck (no i am not letting this one go) and we are kinda fucked now.

“Free Animal” by Foreign Air

I... have no idea lol

maybe Krieg getting rescued, maybe (one of?) the twins getting recruited by the Raiders for the final fight? It could fit into the ‘Beast’ imagery. Fuck, maybe even rescuing/finding Typhon or something? Idk, im kinda in the party that Typhon is going to be coming back some way or another lol, I’d love to meet the guy

“Dreams” by ZHU and Nero

This definitely sounds like a new BBEG has just been introduced or the big bads just entered the final phase of their plan, like the Crimson Raiders just learned about something life-changing and this is their “oh shit” moment

i wanna believe that the Eridians or another alien race (like the Seraphs!) are going to come in at the ‘end’ of the game and the Watcher is gonna be like “bitch did you really think I thought these dumbass ECHOnet streamers were the epitome of War??” I imagine we’d be on the side of the Eridians here, since y’know, the Watcher came to us for help.

Of course, the twins could still be the BBEG and have gotten their hands on that universe-destroying power that was described on the website (”to recover a map to ancient Vaults and prevent a universe-destroying power from falling into the wrong hands”) so maybe the Eridians called us in in order to meet and get help against the COV?

“Beyond the Fray” by Cassandra Violet

personally i think this one is about the Eridian homeworld

“I'll mark the day When we can meet beyond the fray Don't lose the will to see your home You find the way so we can meet beyond the fray I'll fight to see that you get home Consider this small clue Look beyond your point of view Make a space for honesty hide“

Wouldn’t even be surprised if someone made a sacrifice so we could get there... I imagine its hidden somewhere in the alternate dimension or wherever the Vaults lead to so it couldn’t be found, so maybe Lilith’s got her powers back at this point and she sacrifices herself to send us there?

idk...

“Outside the Realm” by Big Giant Circles

ah yes, another reason I think the end of the game involves the Eridian homeworld in some way. Have you heard this?? huge “we just stumbled upon a long-lost-alien-planet” vibe. I love it. Maybe even just a shot of Sanctuary III slowly gliding over the giant planet, having just exited phasewalk. God yes

“Battle Royale” by Apashe

another reason i think the final fight is some giant battlefield/wave fight instead of just against 1 or 2 enemies. not to mention the fact that the VH skills we’ve seen so far are crowd control based instead of raid boss focused. 

Its likely the VHs against the Cult of the Vault, but if we defeat the Twins halfway through the game, then the Cult will dissolve on its own. Either way, I really really really really really want a huge fight against an army. I don’t care if its against the Children of the Vault, the Eridians/some Guardians, or if its against the Seraphs or a new set of aliens we’re gonna get (maybe whatever the Destroyer was/is?). idk idc i just want a huge battle. I imagine we’re on the Eridians’ side, as I said above, but who knows, maybe the Watcher went rogue. 

oh and also, the next song:

“Doomsday” by NERO

oh hey, I recognize this song, it’s giving me major BL2 flashbacks lmao

Also the last song in the playlist, which is giving me the big fear (tm)

I imagine that we wouldn’t have been brought to the Eridian homeworld if it wasn’t kind of a huge deal, and what’s more of a huge deal than the end of the universe?!

that’s what i’d call doomsday, anyway.

could be the reason the Eridians are coming out of hiding after all this time. Either to stop our dumb human asses from opening the Vaults, or to get help against these alien fucks because our dumb human asses keep destroying their first line of defense- the Vault Monsters.

If the twins actually DO remain the main villains throughout the whole game, then I imagine this is them prepping to destroy the universe

but maaaan i really want some aliens... maybe the universe destroying power IS the aliens? aw hell yeah

[constant-calum]

Watercolors (Brandon Arreaga) ~ Chapter 4:  Rembrandt

Summary:   17 year old Amina Parker was far from a blank canvas, but he still managed to make a finger painting with her love.

A/N:  It’s been 85490 years...and a girl still can’t get a reblog out here...wow

Part Three   Part Five

Amina was not looking forward to lunch on Friday.  It wasn’t because she didn’t want to see the boys, but rather, she didn’t want to see Brandon.  But as she approached the table, this time with Zane in tow, it seemed as though nothing changed.  Nick stood to greet her with a hug, almost squeezing her to death.  Amina found it comforting.

“What’s up, chicas?”  Edwin called, waving a french fry around.

“Hey, guys.”  Zane practically sang.

It was unfair how pretty Zane’s voice was.  Just by hearing her speak, you could tell she was an amazing singer.  Amina’s voice was a little deeper, definitely raspier.  She wished she had the clarity and presence in her voice that her best friend had always possessed.

Much to her dismay, Amina found herself sat in between Brandon and Nick.  She tried to block Brandon out as much as possible, admittedly still upset about their encounter yesterday.  It was hard, though, because his nose wasn’t buried in his sketchbook like it usually was.  He actually seemed engaged in the conversation.

“Yo so guys, I saw Miss Herrera in the hallway today, and I seriously considered taking spanish again just for her.”  Brandon said.

“B, you already speak spanish,”  Austin pointed out.

“I know, but she’s just that fine.  When I say I would risk it all…”  Zion fist bumped Brandon from across the table.

Zane looked confused.  “Wait, you speak spanish?  Like fluently?”

Brandon nodded.  “I speak it at home, so...But still, Eggwin is way better at it than me.”

“Once I leave the building,”  Edwin explained.  “No english for me.”

Amina was surprised, and oddly attracted to that fact.  She was in love with the spanish language.  She wasn’t oblivious to the fact that the boys were attractive before, but learning that about them instantly bumped up their attractiveness levels.

“Speaking of leaving the building,”  Austin interjected.  “Y’all are still good to come to mine for the Friday night tradition.”

Both Zane and Amina nodded as Austin pointed at them.  All of the boys smiled, except for Brandon, who looked confused.  Amina smirked to herself.  For once she was apart of something special, and it made her even happier that Brandon had no idea.

“Wait, you guys are coming tonight?”  He asked.

Amina couldn’t stop herself from snapping back.  “Yeah, is that gonna be a problem?”

Brandon looked Amina dead in the eye, and she could tell exactly what he was feeling.  It was a possessive, white hot anger.  Well less angry, and more competitive, Amina felt.  This was a stare down that Amina was not going to lose.  She cocked one eyebrow as a slight moment of silence passed.  For Amina, it felt like an hour, when in actuality, it was only a second or two.  Eventually, Brandon cleared his throat.

“No, no problem.”  He looked to Zane.  “It should be fun.”

Amina felt Nick squeeze her thigh under the table as everyone began speaking again.  It was low, closer to her knee, but it still made Amina jump.  She turned to him, and he looked extremely confused.  

Everything okay?  He mouthed.

Amina nodded, placing a hand on his bicep in reassurance.  The last thing she needed is for the guys to know how Brandon had treated her.  Maybe she had been overreacting yesterday, but what he said was still rude.  In her mind, that was even more reason to keep her distaste for Brandon to herself.  She had only been apart of this friendship for two days;  it was no time to be causing drama.

Amina half-heartedly picked at her black eyed peas that her mother had packed in her favorite gold glittered thermos.  A sudden wave of anxiety crashed over her as she thought about the reality of her friendship with the boys.  It had only been two days; why did it seem as though years had passed already?  The boys provided her with a sense of comfort that took years for her and Zane to establish.  She didn’t know how to feel about that.

Across the table, Zane leant into Zion’s side, the two of them fitting like puzzle pieces.  Amina couldn’t help but be a little jealous.  Of course, she was happy for her best friend, but at the same time, everything always came so easy to Zane.  At any given moment, she could have any boy she wanted.  That was never the case for Amina.  So now, to see Zane easily falling into a relationship was making Amina’s heart clench.  She knew it would be a long time before she had anything like that.

Austin’s house was on Mendham Road, only a few short blocks from where Amina lived.  If he was wealthy like Nick was, his house sure didn’t show it. Amina kind of liked it though; it made her feel less alienated about her own family’s financial status.

They all decided to drive to Austin’s house together, squeezing way more people into Nick’s car than legally allowed. The boys all busted through the front door like they owned the place. Amina couldn’t tell if it was because they were all so close, or because that was just the nature of the boys.  Amina and Zane hung around the back, shutting the door quietly behind them.

The two followed the group of boys down the main hallway. Austin peeked into a room that Amina assumed was the kitchen to say hi to someone. As Amina passed the room, she took a glance in and saw a short brunette woman fussing over some cake batter. She was adorably petite, and humming to herself. Amina thought that made her even more adorable.

Eventually, the group ended up in the basement. Nick, Edwin, and Brandon were all squeezed into a small, black leather couch. Zion and Austin sat together on a matching loveseat. Coming down the stairs last, Amina and Zane scanned the room for a place to sit. Not spotting one, they both made a move to sit on the ground.

“No, no, no,” Edwin protested. “You ladies are not sitting on the ground. Here, one of you take my seat.”

Austin got up along with Edwin, and sat on the ground. “And one of you sit here.”

Smiling to herself, Zane went to go sit in Austin’s place next to Zion. Amina mentally sighed, once again finding herself in between Brandon and Nick. She was beginning to really dislike Brandon, no matter how pretty or cute she thought he was.

Austin turned the tv on to an animated show that Amina didn’t know the name of. She was surprised when no one complained, but she assumed they all went by the rule of “his house, his rules”. A small nudge to Amina’s shoulder caught her attention. She looked over at Brandon.

“What?” She whispered, trying not to interrupt the group.

“I’m sorry.”

“For?”

Brandon rolled his eyes, sighing a little. “You know, for being an asshole in the art room. You didn’t deserve that. So, I’m sorry.”

Amina wouldn’t have believed him if it weren’t for the glint in his eyes.  He looked genuinely sorry, even though Amina didn’t want to believe he was.  She thought about earlier, and how she didn’t want to be the problem in the group.  She found it in herself to smile.

“It’s okay.  Just don’t do it again,”  She joked.

When he smiled back, Amina felt that familiar rush in the pit of her stomach.  Brandon was honestly beautiful.  His sharp jawline and pronounced nose created an almost model-like aura, but his black framed glasses made him seem impossibly nerdy.  Amina thought he was the physical embodiment of every sexy nerd-next-door character there has ever been.  It made Amina feel like there was a sinking hole in her stomach.  She loved and hated the feeling.

The group spent the next hour or so watching the tv show, with the occasional laugh or comment from Austin. Amina looked over at Zane and Zion, whose faces were so close that they were practically breathing the same air. Zane smiled, causing her dimples to pop out. Zion placed an arm around her shoulders, pulling her closer to bury her face in his neck.

Nick was the one to break the relative silence. “Yo, it’s almost 6. Time to head out?”

Amina looked up at him from where her head was lolled to the side. He shot her a wink. Edwin stood up, stretching as Austin turned off the tv. Brandon was quick to get off of the couch, and he even extended a hand to help Amina stand as well. She took it with a shy smile, feeling her cheeks begin to heat up. For once in her life, she was grateful for her darker complexion.

The walk to Burger King was short, only because the group took a shortcut through the woods, which only Zane and Amina were opposed to. They ended up getting there a little after 6:15, which Amina thought was the perfect time for dinner. Her stomach growled at the thought of it, as they all waited in the long line.

“Mimi,” Zane called. “Shit, sorry. I mean Amina. Pops gave me the money for us so tell Mama I got it, ok?”

Amina nodded after rolling her eyes at the mention of her nickname. The boys, like always looked confused.

“Y’all are related?” Nick asked.

Zane chuckled in response. “No.”

“But you said Mama, and Pops…?” Austin looked like he was desperately trying to put the pieces together.

“I call her dad Pops,” Amina explained. “And she calls my mom Mama. It’s just because we’re almost like a family, despite not being actually related.”

“It’s a person of color thing,”  Zane said when Austin still looked semi-confused.

Edwin laughed loudly.  “Nick and Austin are our honorary POC.  They still got stuff they gotta learn.”

Everyone laughed.  Amina was starting to be able to piece out the roles of everyone in the group.  Zion was the heartbreaker, the pretty boy who was always with a girl.  Edwin was the dad, with all his corny jokes and sassy side remarks.  Brandon was the shy, quiet, artistic loner of the group.  Austin was the wild child, adventurous and outgoing.  Nick was a little harder to decipher; he seemed kind of just the glue to hold everyone together.

Where Amina and Zane would fit in was still unclear.  Amina knew that she was alone in this feeling, though. Zane was malleable. She could fit into wherever she was placed. Amina, on the other hand, could never change herself to fit her surroundings. She was always just who she was, even if it didn’t fit who she needed to be. For once in her life, Amina prayed that the people she was around would only need her to be who she truly was.

Nick threw an arm around Amina’s shoulders lazily, leaning on her for support. Amina chortled. “Well hello to you too.”

“Hey Mimi.” Nick smiled.

Amina sighed and rolled her eyes, looking to Zane right behind her. “Look what you did, Zane. Now everyone thinks they can call me Mimi. I think it’s only right then for me to introduce them to your household nickname.”

“Amina Nicole Parker, I swear to god I will fucking kill you.”  Zane threatened from under Zion’s arm.  

“Eh I think they should know. So tell me, Shu-shu, how does it feel?”

Brandon practically choked with laughter. “Shu-shu? Where in the hell did that come from?”

Amina cocked an eyebrow, smirking to the group. “When Zane was little, I’m talking about months old, her mother used to say she looked like a little dumpling.”

“And then my Pops,” Zane continued. “Who always takes things too far, started calling me his little shrimp shumai. Eventually he just shortened it to Shu-shu. And that’s been my nickname ever since.”

Zion cooed. “I think it’s cute.”

“Mimi and Shu-shu...sounds like anime characters,” Austin added.

Brandon happened to catch Amina’s eye as they both looked in each other’s direction. He sent a soft smile Amina’s way, and she felt her heart hit her pelvis. A warm tingle shot up the back of her neck, causing her to send an overly enthusiastic smile back. When she realized how weird she must of looked, she cursed to herself. Why did stuff like this always happen to her? All she wanted was to give a cool, cute, calm smile back, and instead she was all crinkly eyes and exposed teeth. God damn it.

“Next in line!”