#a LOT of macdalton songs on here mostly

[bleak-nomads]

1. Whistling in the Dark - They Might Be Giants 2. A Simple Desultory Philippic - Simon and Garfunkel 3. Grifters - Charming Disaster 4. The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel 5. Until I am Whole - The Mountain Goats 6. All that and More (Sailboat) - Rainbow Kitten Surprise 7. Luckiest Man - Wood Brothers 8. The Alphonse Mambo - The Mountain Goats 9. Sadness Grows - Spirit of the West  10. At the Bottom of Everything - Bright Eyes

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Spotify * Youtube

* I don’t actually have a whole lot to say about this one! The order is rather nonsensical, but I really like the feel of it for Jack, and wanted to complete the set. Hope you enjoy!

[rai-knightshade]

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#5

Random love: ❤️❤️❤️

What’s your favourite fluffy MacDalton headcanon?

*brain goes blank like a blue screened computer* uuuuuuhhhhhhhhh.......

Oh!

Headcanon: Mac tinkers a lot on their off days, doing stuff that would confuse even a moderate science enthusiast let alone Jack, so Jack usually just leaves him be for hours on end until he finally goes looking for him at bed time and finds Mac sprawled across whatever, dead asleep, so Jack usually picks him up bridal style and gets Mac back in bed for some proper sleep!

3 notes • Posted 2021-07-26 12:31:37 GMT

#4

4, 18 👀

Oh thank you! I never get asks so this is a treat 😂

4. A song that didn't qualify for the final but should have:

Alekseev, Forever, Belarus 2018 (it was good!! I'm sad!!!)

18. A song that qualified for the final but shouldn't have:

Uhhhh ok imma be real with you chief you probably should've led with the question about "first eurovision watched" because the answer to that is... 2019. Sort of. I got to see who won 😂 so my knowledge of the contest is limited to 2009, 2018, sort of 2019, 2020, and now 2021, with some random winners/straight bops thrown in from other years. All that is to say... I don't have one 😅 there's no song that comes to mind that I've actively listened to that makes me think "god how did this even get here". (Though that may change for this year, stay tuned.)

Ask me about eurovision and I'll try to answer

3 notes • Posted 2021-05-18 14:08:57 GMT

#3

Tumblr tag game

Tagged by @azurelacrima , thanks!!!!

Gender: Female

Star sign: Gemini

Height: 5'5" (just average 😅)

Time: by the time I get this posted it'll probably be 6pm/18:00

Favorite Bands: Pink Floyd, Def Leppard, Foreigner, KEiiNO, Maroon V but not super hardcore, ABBA, LOONA but it's still low level, Computer Games

Solo Artists: this is a hot take but I'm putting Panic! At the Disco here cause one man does not a band make, Alexander Rybak, TSwift but not Swifty level ya know?, Katy Perry but mostly just her og classics, Elvis

Following: 1380 (a solid chunk of which probably are not active)

Followers: 441 on my main, though @rai-knightshade-art only has 51. V small blogs 😅

Last Show Binged: Macgyver when I went through all of season 1 and the first few episodes of 2, like, a year ago or something. ...I don't watch tv much 😂

When did I create this blog?: 2013 I think, I'm an oldie

Last thing googled: Dala Horses, cause I was decorating Dala Horse cookies and wanted to try to get the icing to look like the paint!

Why I chose this URL: it's been my internet handle since I created Rai the character in 2013, keeps everything consistent under the pseudonym

Hours of sleep: idk depends on the night. 8-10ish is the goal usually, tho?

Lucky Number: 8!

Instruments: played the flute for about 9 years but haven't picked it up in about 4, and I own a Kalimba now!

Favorite food: tortellini! Usually in a red sauce, tho I've tested it in others (red is best)

Favorite song: uhhhhh like right now? All time? From different eras? Fuck it in answering all those questions.

Childhood favorite: Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson

Teen/Early College favorite: Stressed Out by Twenty Øne Piløts

Pandemic rediscovered favorites: tie between Hey You by Pink Floyd and Europe's Skies by Alexander Rybak

Current favorite: toss up between Monument by KEiiNO and Strela Amura by Alexander Rybak, tho his new collab with Sirusho, Stay, is becoming a new fave

Dream Trip: I've got a few in mind, mainly a tour of Europe (especially the Nordics + the UK) and New Zealand

Dream Job: ideally irl I wanna be a head web designer somewhere, but if I could do anything ever I'd be, like, someone that's just paid to travel the world and experience new stuff and maybe draw it. That would be so cool

Nationality: U.S. American, specifically Kansas!

Tagging: @panchostokes @impossiblepluto @thesammykinz and anyone else who wants to give it a go!

3 notes • Posted 2021-02-15 00:11:39 GMT

#2

Tagged by Ezra aka @thesorrowoflizards , thanks my dude! "You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. Put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs then tag 10 people! no skipping!"

Aiight, let's see.... Probably shouldn't use the one-artist-only playlist huh? 😂 Let's go with my Lovecore Playlist instead:

1. Cold Hearted (Glee Cast Version)

2. Danse for Trærne (Dancing for the Trees), Alexander Rybak (lovecore includes all forms of love, actually, including friendship)

3. La Vie En Rose (Single Version), Louis Armstrong

4. You Can't Hurry Love, The Supremes

5. A Winter's Night, KEiiNO

6. Is This Love (2018 Remaster), Whitesnake

7. Once Upon a Dream (from Disney's Sleeping Beauty)

8. I'm a Believer (Soundtrack Version), Smash Mouth

9. Rainbow Connection (from The Muppet Movie)

10. Say You Won't Let Go, James Arthur

My taste is.... Eclectic, shall we say 😂 the unifying connector though? Lovecore 😍😍 (and violins 🎻)

Tagging: @parttimetrickster , @beautiful-flutey , @lord-owlsnake , @thesammykinz , @panchostokes , @deanbennyforthewin , @telltaleclerk and anyone else who'd like to do this!

4 notes • Posted 2021-02-21 15:56:26 GMT

#1

Tumblr Catch Up! Thanks for tagging me @mojsvijet!

Rules: answer the questions and tag the nine people you wanna catch up with!

Last Song I Listened To: technically I'm still listening to it but I've had it on loop for a bit so still counts. It's Looking My Way by Alexander Rybak and Philip Cecil

Last Film? Sonic the Hedgehog. Yes, really. It was fun! Not stellar, but it was good clean fun

Show I'm Watching: ostensibly Macgyver but I haven't actually watched a full episode since last summer soooooo none? None I don't watch tv nearly enough

Book I'm Reading: I haven't read a book in years 😅😅 I suck at this catch up I'm sorry

Tagging: @panchostokes @thesammykinz @dont-stop-believin-in-klaine @thesorrowoflizards @telltaleclerk @lavendersblues @thethistlegirl @impossiblepluto @deanbennyforthewin @spiritsontheroof please be marginally better at this than I am djsjfkskdkd

5 notes • Posted 2021-01-10 06:55:13 GMT

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[kingreywrites]

Love's a form of memory loss

Very self-indulgent MacDalton idea coming up... I don't really know what to do with this, I'm not much of a ship writer, but I didn't want it to be in vain!

Oh and while you're still reading, can I just say that "I'll follow you" by Shinedown is such a good MacDalton song?? I love it.

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Mac hated concussion with as much passion as they seemed to seek him out. There was a lot of reasons for this hatred and the one he gave everyone was the fact that he couldn't think properly which was a dangerous thing in the middle of a mission. And that was mostly it, Mac worried for his teammates' safety each time his head wasn’t right.

There was, however, a more personal reason, that he had trouble admitting even to himself: when he was concussed, he had absolutely no filter. Which, worded this way, may not seem like the worst problem either, if it wasn't linked to another trouble of Mac: his ginormous crush on Jack Dalton. That is to say, his partner. That is to say, the most likely guy to take care of him if he was concussed.

So, in summary, concussion meant emotional Mac, which meant risking a declaration of undying love to Jack, thus altering forever their relationship by making things awkward since Jack was straight. And putting everyone in danger during a mission. All in all, not good.

So, when Mac returned slowly to consciousness, his head pounding as if there was no tomorrow, he didn’t groan out of pain but of sheer aggravation. Then, out of pain, because damn if it didn't hurt. He was face down on the floor, pain throbbing through his eyeballs and, overall, feeling like it was way too early to do anything - which, given that he didn’t exactly knew the time, was still true.

He heard hurried footsteps coming his way but, before he could tense, the worried voice of Jack resonated from far away. As soon as Mac opened his eyes and rolled on his back, Jack's face was wavering above him, beautiful brown eyes creased with concern.

"Woah" mumbled Mac, "I wanna k-" kiss you his heart screamed as, thankfully, his rational mind reacted and made him clamp his mouth shut.

"What is it hoss?" Jack said, distracted as he was carefully checking Mac's head, way too close for the blond's comfort.

"No, uh- I want to get out. Of here. Get out of here."

"Yeah, I do too" Jack answered, his smile so soft that Mac's heart melted. 

After checking his injury, he hadn't let go of Mac's hair, and the blond didn't know how to feel about that, but he didn't say anything. Maybe Jack hadn't noticed. Anyway, this was nice.

"How are you feeling, nogging still in one piece? There's no blood, but you've been knocked out for ten minutes before I could get to you according to Riley."

"I'm definitely feeling the concussion" Mac admitted, "but honestly, I've had worse."

"Good!" Jack exclaimed, getting Mac on his feet quickly. His partner was worried for Mac's health, this was obvious, but there was something else, the blond realised suddenly, which was only confirmed by the next sentence. "Good, because I found the bomb, and it's going off in thirty minutes."

One thing that Mac liked about his body, was that he could put pain in the background when the situation was pressing - and the term "bomb" made this shift nearly instantaneous. With a sudden clarity, Mac realised that he had no idea where they were and, more importantly, why they were here. He didn't recognize the place, he didn’t remember the mission, even less any search for a bomb, he didn’t remember putting on his clothes today or noticing Jack's (which he always did). The last memory he had was of going to bed after a mission.

Amnesia, his brain supplied, probably temporary, not that uncommon with a concussion even if the large chunk of time missing was worrying. And Jack couldn't know. Well, he will, later, but there was a bomb to defuse and, if Mac told Jack about the amnesia, he would freak out, insist they wait for someone else - Charlie if he was close enough - and Mac hated leaving a bomb alone longer than it was needed.

And, honestly, he felt fine. His head was hurting, he felt some vertigo but he didn't lie when he said he had worse. He could work with this. And then, tell Jack, and live through the worried rant his partner would certainly give him. Probably the three rants he would give, helped by Riley, Matty and Bozer, about safety and communication and being careful.

This is worth it, he thought, once Jack lead him to the bomb with only twenty eight minutes left to go. It was enough for Mac, but the complexity still required a level of precision and patience which very well requested at least twenty minutes. For the slowest EOD of all time that Mac was, it took twenty-two, everything checked and re-checked twice.

He sighed and sat down heavily, dreading the conversation he was going to have with Jack about the amnesia. For his part, his partner cheered, complimented Mac and took the time to call the team to inform them of the situation. Apparently, they weren't too far from home because they had to drive back with Riley, who was waiting for them in the car.

"Jack" Mac tried once he hang up.

"No need to try the puppy eyes hoss, you're going to medical" he answered without looking.

His lips were beautiful Mac noticed, before wrangling his crush back into the vault he created for it. Not the time, not the situation and thinking about this had a great chance of making him saying it out loud, which he definitely didn't want. Damn concussion.

"Jack, I- well, uh… The bomb couldn't wait and…" Bad start, the blond knew, but he was trying.

"Yeah, well, you still took your sweet time" Jack laughed, apparently attributing Mac's weird behaviour to his still concussed state. "Weirdly enough, this wasn’t a bad end for a mission!" Jack got up, and helped Mac up too, but he didn't let go of his hand. "Reminded me of the past you know, meeting the most annoyingly adorable EOD of this Earth."

Adorable, Mac mouthed back, faintly. His hand was still being held. Jack was smiling at him softly, but there was something different in his eyes, that Mac couldn't quite place.

"Hum" he replied intelligently, knowing that he was probably blushing.

Jack was too close, he smelled like home and Mac only wanted to hug him and never let go. But he couldn't, because his stupid crush could never be reciprocated and it could make him lose the relationship they had - which he wasn't willing to bet. And if Jack was this touchy-feely, his brain reasoned, it was only because he was worried, nothing more, Mac needed to tell him the truth and stop imagining- 

Jack was kissing him.

It was possible that Mac overloaded at this exact point. Maybe lost one or two brain cells. Jack was kissing him, on the lips, one hand cupping gently the back of Mac's head, and it was like the best thing Mac ever experienced. He would have been a fool if he didn’t do anything, so he kissed back eagerly, eyes closed so he could admire the fireworks going off in his head as each and every of his thoughts disappeared in order to scream "Jack is kissing me". Continuously. Because Jack was kissing him holy shit.

Jack laughed, breaking the kiss at Mac's great regret. They were both a little out of breath, and his partner's eyes were twinkling.

"Hey, don't think you'll escape medical like this. We'll finish what we started this morning after, dear husband of mine."

If the kiss hadn't fried Mac's brain, "husband" certainly had. Numbly, he looked at their still entwined hands and noticed, as it was quite obvious, the new ring Jack had.

"Yeah, I know, I should wear it on a necklace around my neck like you do, yadda yadda yadda" Jack snarked, as if it was an old joke between them. As he said it, Mac realised that he had indeed a necklace, but his fried brain refused to come to a solid conclusion. Oblivious, Jack kept on talking. "No need to re-do the whole speech about how easily a ring can break a finger, I will do it, but you know me, I'm an old guy, I like my traditions."

Smirking, Jack hugged a pliable Mac (how could he even begin to process "husband". What.) to his chest.

"The ring also tell everyone else that I'm yours" he whispered.

Mac ? Mac lost it. Even more than he already had, which was quite impressive.

The blond wasn’t proud to say that he swooned. Honest to god swooned, his legs like jelly under him as he let Jack take on his weight. Like, maybe the concussion had something to do with this, and given Jack's instantaneous worry, it was probably the explanation, but Mac was sure that it was just too much. (He didn't even start to process what "what we started this morning" meant. He couldn't.)

As Jack helped him lay down on the ground, frantic with worry, Mac numbly reached under his shirt, and touched what was quite obviously a ring. Husband. Him and Jack were husbands. Jack and him kissed and were together and got married and he didn’t remember it?!

Amnesia, his brain supplied unhelpfully. Amnesia because of a concussion, concussion that he dreaded because he feared that he would confess his love to Jack who was apparently not as straight as Mac thought and who loved him back enough to marry him. Angus Macgyver. Who was married to Jack Dalton.

"Jesus Christ" Mac breathed out, locking eyes with Jack and wondering how much time he had lost.

And now that he was actively looking for it, he saw the little changes brought by time. A little more gray hairs. One crinkle around his eyes that wasn't here before. Mac had observed (longed for) Jack for so long that he knew every little detail of his face - how didn't he notice the little scar near his ear that he didn’t have before?

God, Jack loved him and Mac didn't even remember getting together. What if he ruined it? What if Jack couldn't stand to start their relationship anew? What if he broke his own marriage before he could remember even having one?

Mac would later accuse the death of his brain cells during the kiss for his decision to hide the truth from Jack. That, and the unwavering anxiety that suddenly coursed through his veins and told him that little to no relationship survived a divorce. (Which will maybe not happen, but will also maybe happen.)

"Hey, hey Mac" Jack said soothingly, one of his hand reaching for his pulse, "you're with me?"

"Apparently" he blurted out without thinking. "I- It was just a bout of vertigo, don't worry"

"Don't worry he says after falling into my arms like a bag of potatoes." Jack rolled his eyes, somewhat appeased. "I'm gonna drive you to medical Mr. Don't Worry, so come on, to the car we go!"

And Jack, apparently bent on making a mess out of Mac's already scrambled brain, swooped him up into his arms and carried him, bridal style, all the way to the car where Riley was waiting, nonplussed by the situation.

Angus Macgyver was truly and utterly fucked.