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seeingivy · 7 months ago

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method acting asks + extra headcanons!!! (don't read if you haven't read the final chapter yet!!)

MAYA AND MARCO HEADCANONS I SHALL DELIVER

marco and maya are twins and born on new year's day 💌

in the first met gala chapter, when y/n performs seven with marco, she calls marco her sunshine boy - which is actually what eren and y/n call baby marco too!!!!

maya is a little bit more shy and sensitive and eren calls her star girl, which he says is perfect because he then calls baby marco, maya, and y/n his little universe bc they're the sun, the moon, and the stars 🥹 (he's literally a sap)

eren is SUCHHHH a girl dad like he literally practices braiding hair on y/n before the baby comes just so he can be a pro at it (and gets really annoyed when her hair grows super slow)

teddy LOVESSSS marco and maya sm like those are literally his pseudo-baby siblings and he loves them just as much as lily

they let their kids decide if they want to do acting/singing - and they both end up doing it! marco ends up being an actor and maya ends up being a singer (kinda like their parents hehe)

levi CRIES over the names AND when he holds them the first time.

maya has a crush on connie the way teddy had a crush on y/n. eren HATES it btw.

jeankasa's second kid is born around the same time as them and when they get a little older, jean tells eren to keep his "cooties infested son" away from his second daughter

(jeankasa kids are all girls btw like I don't make the rules)

@elliesbabygirl

THIS IS ONE OF THE SWEETEST, MOST CRAZY, MOST PERFECT ASKS I'VE EVER RECEIVED IN MY LIFE!!!! i'm so flattered that you said all of these sweet words, and truly being chronically online has somehow brought this insane piece of work to all of us, and honestly it makes me all the happier for it!!!!

like not to be a miss fan account girl, but I love celebrities I think they're so silly, I think celebrity drama is insane, and I am very cLEARLY obsessed with olivia rodrigo that this just kind of came out of that.

I wish there was a triple threat award I could give YOU for all the love you've given ME. while some of your asks did get eaten by how annoying tumblr is, the ones I did receive were always so like...well thought out and fully expressive about each little detail that i'd put into like....my 13k damn chapters...like it takes time and dedication to show love to writers - which mind you, most people don't and really makes it all the more special that you do!

I literally just do this for free, in my own time when I get a chance out of how busy I tend to be outside of this. i'm a walking stressball at most times bc I have like two jobs, a bunch of volunteering and EC's outside of that and getting sweet comments like this makes this feel all the more worth it and like im reaching peopel AGH

I love you so much!

not to be a disappointer but:

she doesn't! she actually doesn't win any more awards from the institute for her albums, but wins TONS of other smaller award shows and breaks records all the time

she gets information about it after birds of a feather doesn't win anything or even get nominated, and while she's initially irritated, she just decides that she's not going to submit to have them bc nominated anymore if they're not going to get nominated since she's blacklisted anyways

eren writes a very threatening letter ofc

^^historia gets KIND OF annoyed about her not submitting anymoer, bc like I said, she's kind of meant to be a foil to y/n in the sense that she's y/n if y/n was still obsessed and cared about this stuff too much - and she thinks y/n is kind of being pretentious by not nominating herself

she actually doesn't care after some point bc she literally breaks records all the time and knows that it's just some type of thing that they're holding against her

(eren + marco + maya always tell her that she's a triple threat in their hearts)

I literally had to put this in two screenshots bc @najaemism left me a literal ESSAY OF SWEET STUFF ABOUT THIS FIC and it kind of makes my heart hurt.

first of all, to my name twin - I LOVE YOU SOOOOOO SO MUCH WTF. first and foresmost, so glad that you've joined the dark side by watching aot bc lord it is literally one of the most painful shows i've watched and (clearly) I haven't stopped thinking about it since I finished it. i'm so flatted that some silly little words I wrote convinced you to watch four whole damn seasons of the show 😭 LIKE thats actually insane to me

THE TWEETS (while they're so time consuming to make) LITERALLYYYY ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THIS FIC like I love to make the dumbest jokes on there for my fellow chronically online siblings bc its literally so fucking funny to me. connie truly meeting his soulmate on stan twitter - bc of course he would - and the most insane anime villian oikawa making an appearance, bc duh, of course he would

(he was never a big fan of y/ns music but his girlfriend was so he decided to give it a try and now he's obsessed with her.)

(side note ymir and sofia are literally taylor lautner and taylor lautner. like girl taylor being a fan of twilight and taylor swift when she was younger just to date the guy from twilight when she's older and be besties w y/n??? that's LITERALLY SOFIA bc sofia loved aot when she was a kid, and was in one of the old chapters - I think new year's day - and then grew up to literally date someone from aot like that's mrs. taylor lautner of method acting)

they literally rot my brain and take up like 50% of my cortex bc I think about them all the time to the point where it's ACTUALLLYYY unhealthy like

I'm so glad you're here!!! i've got some fun things planned hehe <3

correct.

like I shit myself too I can't believe i've been writing this shit since july. like this is the definition of out of hand this was literally supposed to be a request for someone and 280k words later we're all here feeling all types of ways about it

AND AGH!!!! not the roommates fans like why are you guys kind of the ogs THANK YOU SM FOR BEING HERE!!

fun fact: eren and y/ns cat in the last chapter of method acting has the same name as the cat from roommates! <3

y/n does in fact get her new ring with an emerald in it. eren is annoyed he didn't think of it earlier bc its actually perfect

eren, in general, gets really into jewelry after he custom designed the saturn necklace for her during the second met gala so he always gets her really unique pieces

they do have the kids! I gave marco and maya headcanons at the top of the post <3

I love you @tangerine-neonlight <3

@feelya THANK YOU SO MUCH - BOTH FOR YOUR SWEET WORDS AND YOUR CURIOSITY <3 i'm so glad you enjoyed the silly little words I wrote about literally the best boy ever eren jaeger I love you sooooo soo much <3

#asks!#method acting #my heart hurts

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cornus27florida · 1 year ago

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First of all, I am really happy you are back with this! IDK what should be called, episode review? Or might give nice tagging imho haha ^^

Gwen in the crystal room had foreshadowed in the webtoon mobile image, she looking confused wearing her mother's robe at place with hanging crystals - whatever happen there it gonna be important!

Frederick appear as human (not teddy bear) as Gwen having flashback, but aside from her mother Lilyth/Leelathae that likely be the key of her self-love ~ I really want to see Frederick appear in Gwen dream somehow. Frederick imagining Gwen in his dream twice, is that hard to have him to interact with her? :<

The Blue, Red, and Black Plaid Royals connecting each other talk kinda funny lol

SHOWDOWN is so action packed, I need help please fellow wiki editor - we have great action scenes like lorzanna, Prez w/ sword, Saffron w/ halberd, Curtis that completely sweeps everyone with the broom, Beckett to rescue

C'mon Lance, I have faith in you to do the right thing - for Blaine I am honestly unsure but here my comment about Blaine with the context of his fear of falling

Well about Blaine redemption - honestly with the remaining episodes (I do counting with @meritre24601 and we found that CPC might lasts till Feb next year) - it's hard for him to get proper redemption backstory like Whitney, or proper character development like Frederick - because man, he seems to won't listen and do stabby stab instead like the preview image

I'm really hoping he would get redemption arc especially because of what Isolde told him in chapter 144 => well, I am not sure if he ever get proper redemption but I believe Blaine at least not irredeemable (that solely for Leland) as like other Plaid Princes, deep down they are just scared and traumatized teenager that actually groomed disgustingly by their father and never really get motherly love in their life..

Rereading ep 144, and what I get from Isolde is that she's amazed to his accomplishments (compares to Leland that demands him for more, even mocking his climbing difficult journey at ep 134) - but the best height (I see it as spot/position) for Blaine is the path that he CHOSE for himself and those around him - those around him refers to who?

If this could correlates to Frederick conversation at the library as both of them a Plaid prince, Frederick shown clearly that he only wants to doing the best for people that caring about him - ain't no way for fakes (e.g Blaine's Fan Club) .

Blaine should take that note from his lil bro - BUT the tragic thing is, he already PUSH the person that shown to cares about him (Maria) with the whole plan ESPC that stunt of "another way in".. I am not sure how this'll go, but at the end let's believe in goodness of people like have trust that Blaine isn't irredeemable

P.S:

Maybe you might think me as crazy, but I often comparing Blaine with Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series - they both fell to the darkness, pushing the girl that cares about them (Severus by calling Lily mudblood, Blaine ultimately by the letter stunt)... Sure Blaine isn't a death eater like Severus, but the falling to the darkness situation is pretty similar. Blaine's fear of falling, but I see him already falling 'to dark'

Severus Snape starting point to change is when he realized how his snooping will resulting to Lily's death, and thanks to Dumbledore he given chance to redeem - even if the second chance purity is debatable to the fandom..

Now back to the CPC, we shall see the starting point for Blaine to change. Death of his brothers?

That's a too dark suggestion, I admit..

Maybe when he could see things and listen properly amd clearly?

CPC CHAPTER 157

I'm— I just. SOB BLAINE AND FREDERICK??

Ooh!! I should've expected this room to show up in her dream. I'm guessing that it has something to do with the reflections in the sugars?? In the chapter where Frederick and Gwen was in this room, their sweet moment was interrupted by Gwen seeing her reflection in one of the sugar. Maybe the reflections will tell her something regarding her view of herself? Or maybe they will instead warn her about what's happening at the Palace's hall? (By that I mean the war)

Or perhaps...We will see Frederick?

Okay, moving on to the war—

Bruh they gotta STOP finishing each other's sentence it's driving me crazy and slowly taking my hope away from Blaine T_T

I still have my hopes on Blaine, but it's fading away veryyyy slowly. I'm trying hard to believe in him tho. Good thing I have fanfics and my imagination to help me cope through this :')

Also HECK YEAH IT'S SHOWDOWN TIME!!!

May I just say, I love Jamie speaking in Wingdings XD. I tried to translate it but weirdly it didn't translate into an understandable sentence/word. It's just gibberish.

Curtis with a broom...HE'S SO COOL?? Never underestimate butlers real (Curtis, Alfred)

Lorzanna moment!! They are adorable :D Also they are soooo gonna kick Leland's butt.

Also everyone should just use Laverne as a defense strategy here, just saying. It seems to be really effective.

Leland's threat kinda takes my interest here. What do you mean "or else I will"? Do you mean you can just literally stop what's going on right here right now? Then why not just do it now? Or by that does he mean he's going to punish the Plaid Princes in the dungeon again...or worse? Uh well at the very least all I know is LELAND SUCKS.

GO, LANCE, GO!! Betray your bs of a father and stop your big brother from succumbing to the dark side!! I have faith in you :') Honestly even though Lorena don't really understand Lance's fear of Leland and calling him a coward kinda stung, but at the same time it's kinda a wake up call for him? I guess??

Oh yeah, sorry for ruining the moment here but I've been thinking about how sick his new scars would be like it would be shapes like an X and that's so cool?!

Yeah I gotta agree with Lorena here, that was kinda creepy Leland... But Lorena's throw was amazing. Like dang..that spear must be heavy as frick and she throws it with a huge strength?? Lorena = Undyne confirmed?

Beckett to the rescue!! :D love that guy. Hopefully the misunderstanding between Maria and Gwen will clear up though :')

And lastly...the one I'm ejwnsuehw about the most...

Blaine c'mon man Blaine wait listen to me dude wait wait wait. Stop okay stop don't do this 😭😭 Literally go meditating with Whitney bro THIS IS NOT YOU. I don't think i can change you at this point but literally you don't even want to change. And this is the most difficult part because no matter how much you want to help someone, it's pointless if they don't even wanna help themselves. I'm really hoping he would get redemption arc especially because of what Isolde told him in chapter 144.

Oh! I almost forgot. Let's look into the fast pass section!

So first of all we have Blaine vs. Frederick :') but what takes my interest the most is.. The Prince vs. The Prez... Obviously the prince is Blaine, since it uses singular noun and in the thumbnail we see Blaine and Prez. But what caught my attention is "the Prez..." the prez what? The prez club? This could be something regarding cpc, or maybe Prez creates a new group? I can't wait for it to upload :D

Well that it's for today, now let me just sob on the floor while holding my plaid clothes in front of my cats again.

Mono out! (But still in to hear your thoughts)

#cursed princess club #cpc #spoilers #character analysis #theories!#parallel theories

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babysprouseisart · 4 years ago

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A little something that is bugging me.

It's no secret, and I've personally witnessed several times recently how some crazy fools, in particular Lili's fans, humiliate Cole or allegedly become disappointed with him (???) after some paparazzi photos of him and his new girlfriend, Ari, appear. It happened both in one of the first times when they were photographed walking on the street and after a while, quite recently-just yesterday (in my time zone). I do not know how stupid or young, inexperienced, without a sense of sobriety and common sense, are these people who publish terrible texts and exclamation statements, but it is really unbearably stupid, meaningless and terrible. Thank God, there are people who have common sense and have already said a lot of positive things. I just want to summarize everything.

It is worth starting with the fact that Cole is far from a stupid, is educated, an adult person and knows better how to act, how to behave, since he has long been a media person and knows what is dangerous and what is safe. It's just his business. Also, people are destined to change their views, beliefs, behavior, and so on.

People are very flexible creatures, they tend to change, because sometimes the monotony, the attempt to adhere to the same behavior for many years is very tiring. Especially if you want to do something, to behave a certain way, but are compelled to behave the other way because of your position and the conditions, that do not allow you to do it. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to constantly restrain yourself, to hide something, to try not to do anything superfluous, because you are popular and you are watched by millions of people who can condemn you or accuse you of something, or just constantly attack you with their desire, attention, brazenly intruding into your life, because you have made it a little open?

We can't know it, but it's obviously very difficult, and not everyone can handle it. I don't know how Cole felt, but I'm sure it was hard for him and he wanted the best for him and Lili, for their relationship.

Further, it is worth mentioning that it was even harder for him than for other popular people dating different people, because he and his ex are both from the same sphere, they are both popular (have millions of followers/fans), to varying degrees of course, and they also both played and still play in one fairly well-promoted show, with a large fan base, all around the world, thus he and Lili were hit with a doubly or even triple more insane wave of attention. Crazy? Yes, more than that. That is why, even if it was difficult for them, they, at first, tried to hide their relationship very carefully in order to save each other, to provide their safety from such a crazy hype in relation to them. It is worth noting that later (though even sometimes there were little glimpses from the beginning), they opened more and more, when everything calmed down a little, when everything became stable, when people had already calmed down a little. Trust me, there was bunch of ther intimate public moments, just a bit later.

Of course, the interest in Cole, regardless of who he will be with, will be present and people will be talking about him, because he is popular, but, at least, it will not be such an overwhelming attention to him and his relationship if his partner is not in the same sphere with him, not super connected to the media, not popular at least like Lili, does not play with him in a popular movie or a sensational TV series (as in the case of Ari). Accordingly, given his past experience, how difficult and annoying it was to restrain himself, constantly limit himself and ask the partner the same, to hide a lot (even if sometimes it wasn't successful) and face the disgruntled thirsty fans, the fact that there is no popular girl next to him, but there is an ordinary, simple, not connected with him by some popular project or something else that can fuel interest, that time has passed and he could have changed his attitude to secrecy, we can fairly assume that in this case and under these conditions, he, feeling more secure, confident for himself and his beloved, has every right to greater openness than before. However, there's nothing wrong with it, cause he and Ari don't do anything on purpose, they don't publish anything about each other, don't say anything, it comes out naturally, how they feel. The photos that we see now are not made by their decision in any case, they still try to maintain secrecy in the social media as well as he and Lili did.

This is the main difference between time periods and relationships, which are not worth comparing, because they are completely different. The relationship between two popular people from the same sphere, from one popular TV series with a huge fan base, who also play in it a loving couple, adored by the audience, and let's be honest for the most part perceived as a couple, a single whole (SH), VERSUS the relationship between two people from different ырspheres, among whom one is very popular, and the other is not, and is a simple girl, a model of average brands, and who are not connected in any way by a common popular cause, perceived as different and unique individuals.

See the pattern and the change of conditions?

So, please do not put any cliches on people, their relationships and their supposedly correct behavior in your opinion, just because it happened in the past. What happened in the past happened in a certain way under the certain conditions imposed at that time, what is happening now happens in a different way under the conditions that exist now.

And remember that you have no right to be offended by how people act, how their relationships develop, because you are not a part of it, you can not control it and should not. None of the relationships - with Lili or with Ari - deserve and should not be subjected to any kind of condemnation just because they are different, because in both cases there were/are feelings, both of them were/are not fully open in public, and in both of them there were moments when we were eyewitnesses of the couple's public moments, just a little at different times, a period in connection with the circumstances.

In the end, I am perfectly aware and absolutely sure that my words will neither help Cole, because he does not need it and is able to stand up for himself if anything, nor will they be able to change the minds of many people, but I hope now many people will understand and at least a little stop meddling in someone else's intimate, personal life of other people outside of social networks, outside of publicity, a life that does not depend on our desire in any way and that does not affect us in a negative way, as well as that is not a contradiction of some moral side or a shameful phenomenon that destroys society.

#cole sprouse #cole mitchell sprouse #ari fournier #lili reinhart #cole x ari #pda #couple's pda #popular people #riverdale #katie talks #sorry #i wanted to say this for a long time #cause #this is disturbing #sorry that it's so long #some people here and on instagram have said it shorter #rant #a letter to the crazy Lili's fans #here you guys go

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phanfictioncatalogue · 2 years ago

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Engaged!Phan (2) Masterlist

Links Last Checked: December 26th, 2023

part one

A Bit of An Announcement / The Lester Family - truerequitedlove

Summary: “Why are you so worried? They love you, you know that!”

“Says the person who has cleaned more in the past hour than in the entire rest of his life collectively.”

A Piece of You (ao3) - Spring_Haze

Summary: When Dan travels to the English countryside to participate in the BBC's Writer's Retreat, he and Phil do everything that they can to stay connected, despite the miles between them.

This fic is based on the BBC's Writer's Retreat that Dan attended in May 2019.

Achillea Millefolium (ao3) - kneebleed

Summary: Delicate yellow yarrows printed in their skin, preparing themselves to glow in the years to come; falling more every day that pass, this is them about to commit to the eternity and beyond.

Always Look in the Background (ao3) - AvalonBell

Summary: The clues were always there; whether it was the two rings in the background or the save the date cards left on the floor or tables accidentally. Even tweets started to give away that something was up. But to Dan and Phil’s surprise the entire phandom appeared completely oblivious to these clues for nearly an entire year, up until the middle of 2016 when the two men decided it was time they tell their fan base that not only was “phan” real but they were both in fact engaged and getting married by the end of 2016.

A Year in the Life (ao3) - gorgeousnerd

Summary: You know what the next thing would be? Gay wedding!

(A transcript of the amazingphil video A Year in the Life, featuring Daniel Howell.)

By The Way… We’re Engaged (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: Dan and Phil are doing a liveshow when Dan forgets to take off his engagement ring.

details (ao3) - Fictropes

Summary: And it was the right time, the right place.

Free. (Ao3) - heyitsnxel

Summary: He knew he was engaged to the prince – Philip, his parents had told him. They had always told him he was part of some prophecy. But, while they seemed to think it would all be worth it in the end, Dan was beginning to have his doubts.

holy ghost (ao3) - sadlybunny

Summary: A reunion between the prince and his fiancé after Phil has been in Germany.

I Don’t Think You Know How Lovely You Are (ao3) - cafephan

Summary: Dan takes some time out to sit and process the fact that he's engaged.

I Will Love You Endlessly (ao3) - starrywrite

Summary: sequel to I Dare You To Love Me. AU! When Phil first met Dan, the young florist turned his life and everything he thought he knew about love upside down, and ever since then Dan has filled his life with love, happiness, and flowers. Now here they are almost five years later, and the two are still as crazy for each other as they’ve been from the start. So it only makes sense that the two of them take the next step in their relationship, and it starts with a ring (and a lot of lilies, of course).

In Sync (ao3) - developerdaniel

Summary: Phil kicked his long legs till his pants were gone for good, somewhere in the room to be found later. He pulled up from the kiss, panting for a moment before trailing kisses down Dan's smooth, hairless torso, stopping every few spots to leave a dark red mark for his eyes only to see tomorrow morning in the aftermath.

~*~*~

aka: daddy!phil and neko!dan go on a romantic night out to celebrate 5 years of being together where then they end up engaged to one another and make passionate love to celebrate their lives together. (shitty summary, ik, but i promise the fic is great !!)

Letters In Bold (ao3) - snsk

Summary: Spoiler alert: It’s on a beach in Lundu that Dan agrees to marry him. Phil slides an odd, beautiful shell through his ring finger and Dan curls his toes into the wet sand, tests the word fiancé wonderingly out on his tongue.

Paper Covered Tables and Undesirable Labels (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: Planning a wedding is hard.

Pretty Baby (ao3) - Spring_Haze

Summary: Dan, who previously fought his own, natural, femininity, explores the traditionally feminine to surprise his future husband and learns that there is much to love about these parts of himself.

(TW) Raspberries (ao3) - maruyamapng

Summary: Dan laments over his past with Phil

skin on skin (ao3) - sadlybunny

Summary: It was subtle at first. Dan would grab Phil’s hands and hold them when they started to wander. He’d catch Phil’s lips in his when he tried to press them to Dan’s neck. Phil received the message eventually, and stopped trying to progress things altogether. It was odd. Dan was usually the one in their relationship to initiate sex in the first place. And it was especially odd for them to go so long without sex, or at least something quick. But two weeks was weird.

or... Dan gets a tattoo and is scared to show Phil.

Starstruck (ao3) - Yiffandquiff (paradisobound)

Summary: Phil attends all of Dan Howell’s concerts. In fact, he makes it a rule to even record every one he goes to. You could say he was in love with Dan Howell and in fact, that wouldn’t be a lie because he’s actually Dan’s fiancé. Too bad Dan’s fans see him as the creepy guy at Dan’s concerts.

What We’ve Been Hiding-Secret Project and More - too-queer-for-you

Summary: A description of a video in which Dan and Phil finally answer long asked questions and reveal the truth.

Your Crowning Glory (ao3) - pasteldanhowells, rainbowchristy

Summary: Dan is 18 years old when the news is suddenly sprung upon him that he is next line to be the next king of Genovia, but things don’t go as smoothly as he thought, between having a suddenly busy schedule, a new lifestyle, an arranged marriage that Dan has no control over, and worst of all, Philip Lester trying to steal his crown.

#phanfictioncatalogue #phanfiction #phanfic #phan #masterlists #establishedrelationship #engaged #engaged masterlist

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banigarubug · 4 years ago

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Disney Princess (Corpse x FEM!Reader)

first time writing y/n ... wish me luck!!!

Corpse x reader where the reader is really sweet and has a very soft and quiet voice?

Y/N is your name, N/N is your nickname/gamer tag.

corpse invites you to play among us with the gang. (moistcr1tikal, valkyrae, jacksepticeye, sykkuno, disguised toast, pokimane, lilypichu, kickthepj, pewdiepie)

warnings: swearing

They say opposites attract, and though you and Corpse aren’t exactly opposites, you kind of agree with it. There’s Corpse, with his chunky rings and dark clothes and his famously low voice, and then there’s you: a head shorter than Corpse, voice a few pitches higher, recognizable by the pictures Corpse posts of your sweater paws on his Instagram stories and your token giggle. And Corpse is quiet, but you’re quiet.

But as shy and soft as you are, Corpse’s fanbase has kind of grown attached to you. He tweets about your adventures on his alt account all the time and everyone has begun simping for you almost as much as they simp for Corpse. From time to time, you’ll pop in during a stream and talk to the chat while he's a crewmate on Among Us, or do Q&A’s on your Twitter to ‘expose’ Corpse. That being said, you’re not much of a gamer, and you certainly haven’t ever met his famous YouTube friends.

It’s one thing to date a famous, albeit anonymous guy. It’s another thing to be introduced to jack-fucking-septiceye or another popular streamer you’re a fan of.

So you’re nervous for tonight. Sue me, you think: It’s scary. Meeting some of his objectively super cool friends in front of a collective million people is pretty nerve-wracking.

“It’s gonna be fine, Y/N,” Corpse reassures you. You guys are in front of his PC, and he’s spun both your chairs around so your knees are pressed together and you’re facing each other. “The camera won’t be on and you already talk to Rae all the time on Twitter. But if you really don’t wanna do it, that’s okay.”

He’s always so sweet. You express as much, cupping his cheek gently. “You’re sweet,” you reply, beaming when he smiles at you bashfully. “It’s okay. Thank you, but I got this. Right?”

“You got this,” he agrees, and drops a kiss to your cheek. “Ready to start the stream?” You nod quickly. Better to start now than wait until you’re afraid enough to bail.

Corpse clicks onto YouTube, hits some buttons you don’t understand, and starts streaming. Immediately, the numbers start flying up, and your heart drops to your stomach. Around 100,000 viewers, about a minute in, Corpse says, “Hey guys, I’m just getting onto the Discord now, one sec.”

Miraculously, you’re even more nervous than before. Corpse can tell, so before he gets on the Discord, he announces to chat, “I’ve got a special guest here, guys.” The chat goes crazy, and you can’t help but laugh at all the comments asking if it’s you. “It’s N/N!”

You have to lean towards the microphone because you know your voice won’t carry all the way if you don’t. “Hi,” you say, and the chat welcomes you with emojis and keyboard slams. “Oh, hi Kaylee,” you say, noticing a regular donor with their message about being happy to see you streaming with Corpse again. “It’s nice to see you too, thank you for the donation.”

As Corpse gets set up on Discord, your nerves are calmed quite a bit talking to the fans. You do this all the time. No big deal. Pretty much everyone is nice and welcoming, and the mods take care of the people who aren’t. You’re in the middle of telling them a story about Corpse spilling bubble tea all over your car when he politely interrupts you and says, “Ready to meet the crew?”

“Posted at Sizz with the crew,” you reply on instinct, and he laughs, rolling his eyes. “Um, sure, yeah. I’m ready.”

He joins the call.

“Corpse!” Rae’s voice, enthusiastic and energetic as ever, comes ringing through the PC.

“Oh, hey Corpse!” Sykkuno says, and you can hear the smile on his face.

A few other greetings fly at him before Corpse replies, “Hello,” and everyone laughs. “Guys, I want to introduce you to someone.”

“It’s N/N, isn’t it?” Rae asks. “Please say it’s N/N!” She knows damn well it is. You told her last week.

“Say hi,” he whispers to you, and you lean in towards the microphone again with a sigh.

“Hi,” you say, and the Discord call erupts.

“Hi N/N,” PJ greets you. “Thank you for joining us today!”

“Hi PJ,” you reply. “Thanks for letting me.”

“Corpse, you’re dating a Disney princess,” Jack teases. “N/N, you sound like a Disney princess.”

“I know,” Corpse agrees, laughing, and you punch his side. “Ow,” he whispers at you, but he’s grinning and so are you.

“N/N sounds so nice,” Charlie adds. “And Corpse sounds like he’s a real life imposter.”

“It’s like me and Marzia,” Felix says, and everyone audibly agrees. “Fucking hilarious.”

“N/N is coming for Lily’s throne,” Toast butts in.

“No, N/N and I are twin flames,” Lily corrects.

“Is everybody ready to start?” Corpse asks, changing the subject before you get too flustered. It’s weird, being put on display for everybody. This is probably how Corpse felt when he first met everyone and they freaked out, playfully pitting him against Sykkuno. It’s not bad, not at all - but it’s definitely scary.

“N/N, if Corpse is imposter you have to tell us,” Poki pleads as the game starts up.

Big red letters fill your screen. “He’s crewmate,” you lie, and Corpse laughs.

He mutes himself and grins at you. “Very convincing,” he says.

You nod seriously. “I think I’m the MVP of this round. You’re welcome in advance.”

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Unexpected. Part 1

Harry Potter Young Marauders Post Hogwarts

Summary: James is more than excited for you to come home. He is, however, unprepared for the surprise that you bring along.

Pairings: Regulus Black x Reader

Rating: M

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“James, would you calm down?”

Lily hissed after James stepped on her foot for the fourth time this morning. James stopped his wandering around the kitchen to look at his wife.

“My sister is coming home. I haven’t seen her in ages.”

Lily smiled as she put baby Harry down in his high chair. She had to admit that she was with James on that one. Everyone had missed you from the moment that you took a job for the order and moved off to France. Lily missed her best friend and James was missing his sister more than ever.

“I know, love. Y/n will be back soon. You can join Sirius in driving the poor woman crazy and I will have my best friend back.”

James grinned as he leaned down to get Harry’s attention.

“I can wait for her to see how adorable he is in person. Pictures just don’t do justice.”

Lily smiled. James had wanted nothing more than for you to come. From being so close to his little sister to having only phone and letter conversations for some time; Lily could see the sadness in James’ eyes when your name was mentioned.

“No, they don’t. I’m anxious to see what surprise she is bringing home. Has she given you any clues?”

James shook his head.

“If it's a boy, I will simply die. Y/n is too young to be worried about getting married.”

Lily looked up.

“James, we were married at her age. I’m sure if it's a boy, Y/n will have chosen a wonderful man. You know how picky your sister is.”

James had to agree on that one. You had to be one of the pickiest Hufflepuff’s that James Potter had ever seen. If you didn’t like a boy, you didn’t give him the chance. There had been plenty of boys at school that tried to “charm” you and failed miserably.

“You’re right there.”

James commented as Sirius and Remus came in the front door.

“Is she here yet?”

Sirius asked cheerfully. He was more than excited for you to come back too. After moving in with the Potters, he had become your new older brother. When you didn’t come back to London after graduation, Sirius missed you almost as badly as James did.

“No, she should be here soon.”

Remus gave Sirius a smirk.

“I told you that we hadn’t missed her. He’s like an over-excited child.”

Remus commented as Sirius picked up Harry. Even though Harry was only six months old, Sirius was still trying to get him to say Padfoot.

“Things never change.”

Lily said with a pleased smile as the front door opened and closed. James’ eyes lit up. This had to be you! He knew that it would in the afternoon before Fleamont and Euphemia arrived.

“Sissy! I’ve missed…”

James had run out of the kitchen and froze the moment that he came skidding into the living room to see you standing with Regulus behind you. Lily, Sirius, and Remus quickly followed after James the moment that his voice stopped. All three were as surprised to see Regulus standing behind you as James.

“Y/n….why is Regulus with you?”

James questioned. Sirius blinked before focusing his attention on James. His best friend looked beyond confused and worried.

“Please tell me that he isn’t the surprise.”

James commented as your smile fell. You, meanwhile, took in a deep breath. From the moment that you awoke that morning, you knew today was going to be a shit show of a dumpster fire.

“He’s part of it, James. Regulus and I are married now.”

James’ face went white as Sirius and Remus started whispering to each other. Lily meanwhile, reached out to wrap her hand around James.

“You what?”

James yelled. He looked between Regulus and yourself with a furious expression. Regulus was giving him that cocky smirk that the younger Black brother reserved just for James Potter. You, meanwhile, looked extremely worried.

“You heard me. I love him but there’s more. Reggie?”

James leaned back to Sirius saying “oh, god she calls him that.” You stepped away from Regulus to reveal a baby sleeping in his arms. If you had ever tried to surprise your friends, you won the gold medal today. James and Lily looked as if they were going to take turns fainting. Remus’ eyes were wide while Sirius had a hand over his mouth as he took everything in.

“That’s a baby.”

James muttered. He turned around and started fanning his face.

“That’s a baby, Lily.”

Lily nodded, unable to speak for a moment. Regulus, meanwhile, rolled his eyes.

“Yes, James. Congratulations...you figured it out.”

You turned around giving him a displeased expression that made Regulus shut up. Before arriving at the Potters, you had begged him to try to get along with your brother. You knew that there was no love lost between James and Regulus.

“Regulus, James...please. It's clear that we need to talk.”

James nodded, trying to breathe in.

“Clearly! When did this happen? Is this child his? Is that why you married him? Call me old-fashioned but what’s wrong with living in sin.”

Lily gave James a scowl.

“James, stop. Y/n, what’s going on here? I promise that he won’t yell at you. Please, sit down.”

James paced around the room before taking a deep breath.

“I want to talk to you alone...without him. In the kitchen, please.”

You glanced over your shoulder at Regulus. His eyes were carefully looking between James and his own brother for any sign of hexes being thrown. The last thing that Regulus wanted was to leave you alone with James. Lucky for him, he could look right into the kitchen.

“Fine.”

You replied. Sirius stepped in finally. He had forgotten how to speak but finally came back to himself.

“James, I think we all need to talk right here. I am anxious to see what my own brother has to say.”

James started chewing on the inside of his mouth. Sirius sat down on the couch.

“Y/n, Reg...what is going on?”

“What you see is what you get.”

Regulus said, sounding almost bored with the situation. James flexed his hands a few times before taking a few deep breaths.

“Sorry but that doesn’t work for me. I want to know how this started and why neither of you could pick up a telephone or send a letter. I’m an uncle and I didn’t even know about this child’s existence. Regulus, I know that we don’t like each other but this is my sister...that you married without my permission.”

You slipped a hand on Regulus’ knee, hoping to stop him from getting angry. To your relief, he only smirked.

“I wasn’t aware that Y/n required your permission to do things. Is she also allowed to cross the street without you holding her hand?”

You decided to come into the conversation, after meeting Siriuis’ gaze.

“We met in France. After we just hit it off...I didn’t tell you because...well because of the way that you are acting right now. You’re acting like a child James. My happiness should matter to you and clearly, it doesn’t.”

James stood up.

“Sorry, but when your happiness is over a man that could end up getting you killed...I won’t be thrilled for you. Have you seen the mark on his left arm? Do you two even know each other at all?”

James didn’t wait for you to respond before turning and walking from the room.

“Reg, can we talk….outside?”

Sirius asked. Regulus didn’t mind talking to his brother. It would be the first time in years and deep down, he missed his brother. Now Walburga wasn’t breathing down his neck telling him not to speak to Sirius.

Regulus gently eased the sleeping baby into your arms. His grey eyes met yours.

“Will you be alright?”

You nodded as he leaned down to kiss you. Neither of you noticed the expression of discomfort on Lily, Remus, and Sirius’ faces. Had James been in the room, he would have probably fainted.

“We’ll be fine.”

You softly replied as Regulus stood to follow Sirius out of the room. Lily, meanwhile, waited all of two seconds to take Regulus’ place.

“I’m sorry about your brother...we are just shocked. You could have come to us, you know. I would have talked James down. The two of you shouldn’t have had to go through all of this alone.”

You’re eyes rolled up to meet Lily’s. Finally, there was some genuine caring coming from someone. Remus nodded scooting closer.

“Lily’s right, Y/n. James will get used to it eventually. He’s just shocked...all of us are. Why Regulus?”

You looked up to Remus.

“Why not Regulus? If it wasn’t him it would just be another.”

Remus shrugged.

“Fair enough. The two of you seem so different.”

You smiled.

“We actually are very compatible, him being a Slytherin and me a Hufflepuff. You both want the truth? We met in a pub in France one night and were both wasted. The baby is the result of us sleeping together that night. We got married because we felt like it was the right thing to do. I do love Regulus and I know that he loves me. It may not be the ideal situation for any of you but it works for us. With this war going on, none of us know how long that we have. We could all die young... Regulus isn’t a death eater anymore. We’ve both been risking everything...Regulus especially. I wish James would see things that way but I don’t think that he will.”

Lily couldn’t argue with you on a few things. There was a very real possibility that all of you would die young. The war was getting worse and worse by the day. James would also take some time to calm down.

“Let me see this baby.”

You smiled and eased the baby girl into Lily’s arms. Lily smiled. You were relieved to finally see a genuine smile.

“She’s darling. How old is she?”

“Four months...just two months younger than Harry. I wanted her to grow up with her cousin and her family. Her name is Halley.”

Lily smiled as the baby snuggled closer to her chest to go back to sleep. The little one looked extraordinary like her father mixed with some of the Potter features.

“Like the comet? That’s cute. She already has the Black family looks. Give Sirius a moment and he is going to be going into extreme uncle mode.”

Lily was pleased to see you smile at that.

“Regulus won’t say it but he misses his brother. I think it has a lot to do with being afraid that Walburga is going to jump out and bash him over the head for admitting his feelings.”

Lily knew all about the Black family. Their cold feelings on everything was a constant topic of conversation between James and Sirius.

“Do they know about Halley?”

You shook your head.

“Regulus didn’t want to tell them. We will now because there is a great chance that we will run into them at some point.”

Lily reached out and gently squeezed your hand.

“Everything will be just fine. The two of you aren’t alone anymore. Do you love him...Regulus?”

You smiled.

“Yes, I love him very much. It didn’t take much work. I suppose in ways we are still getting to know each other but I think everything will be fine. Hopefully, Sirius isn’t out there giving him an earful…”

(meanwhile)

Sirius lit a cigarette as Regulus stared out into the garden. He was waiting for his brother to start talking but clearly, that wasn’t going to happen.

Still the quiet one….

Sirius thought with a frown. If he wanted to get anything out of Regulus then he was going to have to pry it out of him...just like in childhood.

“I’m impressed.”

Sirius commented as he inhaled. Regulus didn’t bother turning in his direction. He knew where this conversation was going. Sirius wanted to know what happened.

Of course, he’ll want to know. It's one hell of a story for one to hear…

“About?”

Regulus questioned. Sirius rolled his eyes.

“You know what I’m talking about.”

“I had to marry her.”

Regulus softly replied. Sirius frowned.

“Do you love her?”

Regulus was silent for a few moments before turning to his brother.

“I’m sure that I will. Y/n is a good woman. She’s been extremely kind to me...when she didn’t have to be. She could have easily never told me about Halley. Y/n could sit back and tell the child that her father was a monster and not worth loving but she didn’t. She loves me and it's nice. I married her so people wouldn’t talk...Y/n doesn’t deserve that.”

Regulus didn’t turn to face his brother who was frowning. That clearly wasn’t that answer that Sirius was expecting. Sirius expected Regulus to say that he loved you.

“Don’t you think it's a bit cruel to marry someone that you don’t love? Do you tell her that you love her?”

Regulus frowned. He wanted to make sure that you didn’t hear the words coming out of his mouth. Love was such a funny word. While Regulus cared for you deeply he wasn’t sure if he loved you. He wasn't sure if he even knew what love was or capable of feeling it. Maybe, in time, he would but for now, he knew what his feelings were.

“I do and it's not cruel. She’s happy...I make her happy. As I said, I’m sure that I will fall in love with her. She does make me happy...you know what a feat that is. I love our daughter and that’s enough for now.”

Regulus glanced over his shoulder.

“She gave me a chance. You know that we, being members of the sacred 28, didn’t get much affection from our parents. I don’t want Halley growing up with that.”

Sirius sat down on the banister.

“You’re right there. How old is Halley?”

“Four months. Before you ask, mum and dad don't know. I didn’t tell them. I’m sure that you can understand why.”

Sirius nodded and ran a hand through his hair.

“Of course, that comment speaks for itself. I’ll talk to James.”

Regulus stood up.

“I should go check on my wife.”

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qqueenofhades · 3 years ago

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Hey, I loved your post about queerness in historical fiction. I was wondering if you could help me find a better way to explain (or know of someone who could) to the white (usually male) fans of Tolkien who are currently losing their minds because in the series for Amazon they have cast Sir Lenny Henry (a black man) as a hobbit. It feels like the exact same argument that was dealt with when Anya Chalotra was cast as Yennefer for The Witcher. It just seems like only white people are screaming that the entire cast must be white in both the case of the Witcher and Middle Earth in order to be "historically accurate to the Dark Ages" when it's all fantasy. I'm a white person and I don't get it. It's really frustrating that the only way to convince them that people of color should be allowed to play characters who aren't evil-doers is to bring up the existence of the potato in both Middle Earth and The Witcher. In this most recent fight, I've been called all kinds of names (one dude keeps saying I'm racist when I haven't brought up race or anything like that) and it's ridiculous because Henry was cast as a Harfoot who were hobbits with dark skin that they claim means Mediterranean not Black.

Ooof. I admire your initiative, I really do, but also: there comes a point where all good-faith efforts are totally futile, because these people don't actually WANT their beliefs challenged, and there won't be anything you can do about it except to exhaust yourself. You can throw all the material or documentary evidence at them that you want, but it won't work, because racism, white superiority, and the assumption of a monolithically white medieval history are a helluva drug. They are eager to split ridiculous hairs like "dark skin means Mediterranean instead of black" because, well, racism, whether or not they want to acknowledge that. Because Mediterranean is at least European, whereas for them, Black is Bad, Inferior, or otherwise Unacceptable. This doesn't even get into the types who want to claim that Ancient Rome (which was rather notably, y'know, Mediterranean and North African) was actually lily-white, because even dark-skinned Southern and Eastern Europeans can't ultimately make the racist cut.

Tolkien himself obviously had problems with his depiction of race and racialized people (witness the Haradrim, "men from the South," being the only people of colour in the story and generalized as an indiscriminate evil force fighting for Sauron against the white/Northern European heroes). That's not to say Tolkien was actively racist (see: the letter he wrote to the Nazi German would-be publishers of The Hobbit, inviting them cordially to get fucked), but it does mean that he was steeped in the usual assumptions and expectations of a white upper-class British man in the 1920s and 1930s, and not least the mindset that the (white) rulers of the (nonwhite) British Empire were superior, morally correct, and the privileged resisters of "evil" political systems. (This isn't even getting into how Germany was admired throughout the long 19th century for its perceived cultural and social superiority, the American eugenics movement directly influenced the Nazis, a lot of people thought that Hitler's only mistake was being too obviously crazy, and America and Britain only actively entered World War II when their territory/perceived global power was infringed upon.)

White people tend to assume that if they personally don't hold discriminatory attitudes (and they usually do, just because that's what society has taught them for almost all of modern history), they can't be racist, and it's a personal insult to call them that. They know that Racism Is Bad, but likewise, it's always someone else's fault, not theirs. See the huge brouhaha over the supposed plan to teach "critical race theory" in American public schools, which is really just acknowledging that centuries of racism and discrimination have created a system that disadvantages people of color at every level. This is absolute heresy for today's right wing (which has become ever more extreme, reactionary, and historically amnesiac) to admit. They can admit historical racism, sometimes, maybe, only in demonstrably "bad" people, but as far as they're concerned, there was no lingering effect whatsoever, and it's "un-American" (read: anti-white supremacist) to insist otherwise. Land of the free! Everyone treated the same! Etc. etc. The continued inferior or disadvantaged life outcomes of people of color is, according to these types, simply a result of them not being motivated/ambitious/smart enough to fix their own broken circumstances. Those centuries of genocide, cultural destruction, use as literal chattel slaves, etc, has nothing to do with it.

If this sounds ridiculous: well, obviously, it is. But as reactionary mindsets have become troublingly normalized and social media has allowed people to spread both passively and actively racist content to unprecedented degrees, it has also leaked into media. The type of white-man-fan you're arguing with won't accept any "historically accurate" argument for the inclusion of non-white people, even as they're staking their own (bad) arguments on that hill. This is because they want to claim the sole privilege to create a nostalgic/imagined/fantasy space that looks just like them. Their underlying belief is that people of color never had any power or consequential role in history, and shouldn't have, so they don't want to see a space, even an explicitly fantastic/non-historical setting (like LOTR, The Witcher, GOT, etc.), where this is the case. Whether or not they want to say it, or even if they're aware of it, they feel that even if they've been unhappily forced to accept a small lessening of their cultural power just because we no longer automatically accept that white men get to run everything, they at least can take comfort in a (white) past. And now, or so they think, the "politically correct" types also want to ruin their racist fantasy comfort zone. They can't even escape from multiculturalism in media, as it too has become steadily more diverse.

Basically: it's racism, Jan. It's many levels of racism, you can't argue those people out of it, and you have to identify and understand that, especially since their favorite diversionary tactic will be the schoolyard maneuver of going, "no, YOU'RE the racist!!!"

(Also: "historically accurate to the Dark Ages" should tell you everything you need to know. These people know absolutely nothing about history, but that won't prevent them from weaponising it in defense of the perceived threat to their cultural and racial domination. Besides, yet again, fantasy universes have no claim to historical accuracy, and if you say that, I assume you just want to feel justified in creating a fictional universe where the only powerful/consequential people are white heterosexual western European-coded men, because you not-so-secretly wish it was still that way in reality.)

#history #history of racism #medieval history #anonymous #ask

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neptuniti · 4 years ago

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D4DJ Miyu Sakurada Headcannons

first post!

i have strong beliefs miyu is an avid pink lemonade fan

➝ whether that be watermelon, strawberry, raspberry; she loves all of it

when miyu was a wee child, one of the butlers at her estate taught her how to befriend the fish in the koi pond in her garden!

➝ from time to time, miyu assists the butlers in creating food for the fish and she can even reach in the water to pet them!

when lyrical lily became more popular, they all held member specific photoshoots and miyu’s was the post popular! so popular in fact, that she appeared as the cover in multiple girl group magazines~

➝ the photoshoot pictures were her in a lace white dress, submerged in a lake surrounded by lily pads; she also had white freckles drawn on and many people went CRAZY over that

miyu learned the violin as a child and managed to get really good at it! she eventually quit though because choir activities were keeping her busy, but she’s starting to pick it up again for potential new song releases!

miyu got her first touchscreen phone at eighteen and all the lyrilily members make fun of her (lovingly) for typing on it with her pointer fingers.

when haruna goes on her tangents of records her and her father are looking for, miyu makes a point to keep them in her memory so she can look for them as well!

she has a collection of ribbons and always uses them for the smallest things because she thinks they’re pretty; something as simple as a drink from a vending machine or a record she knows haruna wants! although small, it puts the biggest smile on her face. miyu and noa eventually bond over this

in swimming, her fastest record lies in the butterfly stroke!

miyu gets sleepy when reading long novels, but she really likes historical literature! she has a whole shelf of manga from a brand that specializes in historical literature and her favorite from said brand is the Anne of Green Gables interpretation! Miyu feels she relates strongly to Anne and rereads the book quite frequently, taking note of things she didn’t notice or pay attention to before.

she has a small, lavender notebook for her historical arts class that is FILLED with quotes she would like to use in future song titles and lyrics.

➝ however, the notes are incredibly messy since she likes collecting a lot of information so every night, she goes home and transfers her notes into a medium sized, brown notebook for note taking check the next day. The nuns always compliment her for having incredibly neat notes and being very “lady like,” which never fails to make miyu sheepish.

she is a PRO at mancala and a lot of people come up to her at lunch for a rematch of last time they lost to her. for the millionth time.

she’s in her school’s chess club and is one of the representatives of it! she has a strange quirk where she can only win with the white pieces and no one knows why. when going to competitions, her team takes advantage of this and miyu never fails to let them down.

big fan of twice and loona!

outside of the synthpop music lyrilily makes, miyu has got really into new wave goth music! she likes focusing on the lyrics since they tend to be quite poetic with an added bonus of the music sounding similar to what lyrical lily creates! Miyu gets a lot of inspo from this genre.

whenever her father goes on business trips, he brings back flower pins that you can see miyu wear in her hair! she has a particular favorite because it apparently resembles, “purity” and “dreams.”

she’s assigned the honor of touring new students around campus pretty often. she can get a lot of younger girls to open up about where they came from and they end up becoming good friends!

miyu really likes scrapbooking, and she likes to view the different types of washi tapes! she uses them on practically everything, especially when sending letters out to her friends. at this point, she still does it just so she can keep using the washi tape.

esora once introduced miyu to the horoscope page on the virtual newspaper and she was infatuated with how accurate it was!

➝ now she keeps up with it through her school newspaper and takes it very seriously.

surprisingly to everyone, miyu’s favorite anime is fairy tail! when asked why, she says she wish she had super cool powers like them

➝ miiko told her that she did have a super power, and that was putting smiles on people’s faces. miyu couldn’t stop crying over it for a week :,)

thank you for joining me on my first post journey of our wonderful miyu!

the link to the ao3 version (without pictures)

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ireadyabooks · 4 years ago

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Books to Read After Watching Julie and the Phantoms

By Mackenzie Cutruzzula

First things first...

If you’re anything like me you haven’t been able to get the songs from Julie and the Phantoms out of your head. Whether you love music, a good ghost story, or a little bit of both, these books are on the edge of great.

Julie and the Phantoms: The Edge of Great by Micol Ostow (On Sale December 29)

After the passing of her mom, Julie has lost her passion for music and is on the verge of being kicked out of her performing arts high school. That is, until she makes the ultimate comeback with her new band, Julie and the Phantoms. There’s only one catch: all of her bandmates are ghosts.

Back in the 1990s, Luke, Reggie, and Alex were on the cusp of rock stardom with their band, Sunset Curve, before an unfortunate encounter with Los Angeles street food brought their rock band dreams—and lives—to an end. Now, with Julie as their lead singer, the guys have a second chance to make it big and to help Julie discover the real power of music.

This novel based on Season 1 of the hit Netflix series is told in alternating points of view and include a full-color photo insert and exclusive story content not seen on the show!

If you love the music of Julie and the Phantoms try these reads:

P.S. I Like You by Kasie West

While spacing out in Chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk, and added a message to her. Soon, Lily and her anonymous pen pal are exchanging full-on letters -- sharing secrets, recommending bands, and opening up to each other. Lily realizes she's kind of falling for this letter writer. Only who is he? As Lily attempts to unravel the mystery, and juggle school, friends, crushes, and her crazy family, she discovers that matters of the heart can't always be spelled out...Kasie West brings irresistible wit, warmth, and sparkle to this swoon-worthy story of love showing up when you least expect it.

Turn It Up by Jen Calonita

The Nightingales are in a serious funk. Bradley Academy's all-girl a cappella group used to be the pride of the sunshine state, but the Nightingales have recently fallen out of harmony. Best friends and co-captains Lidia Sato and Sydney Marino haven't been speaking ever since a boy came between them. And not just any boy-none other than Griffin Mancini, the lead singer of Bradley Academy's smug all-boy a capella group, the Kingfishers.The Nightingales have no chance of making it to the big state final if their captains are at each other's throats. Their only hope is new girl Julianna Ramirez. But in addition to her serious pipes, she has some serious stage fright.The Nightingales will have to come together if they want to shine at the upcoming competition and restore the group to its former glory.

K-Pop Confidential by Stephen Lee

When Candace Park secretly enters a global audition held by the same music label that made the K-pop boy band SLK famous, the last thing she expects is to actually get a coveted spot in their trainee program. And convincing her strict parents to let her to go is all but impossible ... although it's nothing compared to what comes next. Under the strict supervision of her instructors at the label's headquarters in Seoul, Candace must perfect her performance skills to within an inch of her life, learn to speak Korean fluently, and navigate the complex hierarchies of her fellow trainees, all while following the strict rules of the industry. Rule number one? NO DATING, which becomes impossible to follow when she meets a dreamy boy trainee. And in the all-out battle to debut, Candace is in danger of planting herself in the middle of a scandal lighting up the K-pop fandom around the world.

Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavsky

Just know from the start that it wasn't supposed to go like this. All we wanted was to get near them. That's why we got a room in the hotel where they were staying. We were not planning to kidnap one of them. Especially not the most useless one. But we had him-his room key, his cell phone, and his secrets. We were not planning on what happened next. We swear.

Muted by Tami Charles (On Sale February 2, 2021)

For seventeen-year-old Denver, music is everything. Writing, performing, and her ultimate goal: escaping her very small, very white hometown. So Denver is more than ready on the day she and her best friends Dali and Shak sing their way into the orbit of the biggest R&B star in the world, Sean "Mercury" Ellis. Merc gives them everything: parties, perks, wild nights -- plus hours and hours in the recording studio. Even the painful sacrifices and the lies the girls have to tell are all worth it. Until they're not. Denver begins to realize that she's trapped in Merc's world, struggling to hold on to her own voice. As the dream turns into a nightmare, she must make a choice: lose her big break, or get broken. Inspired by true events, Muted is a fearless exploration of the dark side of the music industry, the business of exploitation, how a girl's dreams can be used against her -- and what it takes to fight back.

Spin by Lamar Giles

When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec's chief groupie, Fuse -- two sworn enemies who happened to be the ones who discovered her body. The police have few leads, and when the trail quickly turns cold, the authorities don't seem to be pushing too hard to investigate further. But nobody counted on Paris's deeply loyal fans, ParSec Nation, or the outrage that would drive Fuse and Kya to work together. As ParSec Nation takes to social media and the streets in their crusade for justice, Fuse and Kya start digging into Paris's past, stumbling across a deadly secret. With new info comes new motives. New suspects. And a fandom that will stop at nothing in their obsessive quest for answers, not even murder...

If you love the ghosts in Julie and the Phantoms and are looking for something a little spooky, try these reads:

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Ever since Cass almost drowned (okay, she did drown, but she doesn't like to think about it), she can pull back the Veil that separates the living from the dead . . . and enter the world of spirits. Her best friend is even a ghost. So things are already pretty strange. But they're about to get much stranger. When Cass's parents start hosting a TV show about the world's most haunted places, the family heads off to Edinburgh, Scotland. Here, graveyards, castles, and secret passageways teem with restless phantoms. And when Cass meets a girl who shares her "gift," she realizes how much she still has to learn about the Veil -- and herself. And she'll have to learn fast. The city of ghosts is more dangerous than she ever imagined.

All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater

Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado, is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged affections, one or two orphans, and a sky full of watchful desert stars. At the heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who all have the ability to perform unusual miracles. And at the heart of this family are three cousins longing to change its future: Beatriz, the girl without feelings, who wants only to be free to examine her thoughts; Daniel, the Saint of Bicho Raro, who performs miracles for everyone but himself; and Joaquin, who spends his nights running a renegade radio station under the name Diablo Diablo. They are all looking for a miracle. But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite what you expect.

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Bestowed by the ancient goddess of death, Yadriel and the gifted members of his Latinx community can see spirits: women have the power to heal bodies and souls, while men can release lost spirits to the afterlife. But Yadriel, a trans boy, has never been able to perform the tasks of the brujas - because he is a brujo. When his cousin suddenly dies, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free. However, the ghost he summons is not his cousin. It's Julian Diaz, the resident bad boy of his high school, and Julian is not about to go quietly into death. He's determined to find out what happened and tie off some loose ends before he leaves. Left with no choice, Yadriel agrees to help Julian, so that they can both get what they want. But the longer Yadriel spends with Julian, the less he wants to let him leave.

The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

After a close encounter with a bus, Alona Dare goes from homecoming queen to Queen of the Dead. She’s stuck as a ghost in the land of the living with no sign of the big, bright light to take her to a better place. To make matters worse, the only person who might be able to help her is Will Killian, a total loser outcast. More than anything, Will wishes he didn’t have the rare ability to communicate with the dead, especially the former mean girl of Groundsboro High. He’s not filling out any volunteer forms to help her cross to the other side, though it would bring him some welcome peace and quiet. Can they get over their mutual distrust -- and quasi-attraction -- to work together? Readers of this spirited paranormal comedy won't want this odd couple to ever part.

#I read YA #blog #K-pop Confidential #kill the boy band #julie and the phantoms #unsaid emily #the edge of great #spin #all the crooked saints #city of ghosts #muted #turn it up #p. s. i like you

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nc7dr3am · 4 years ago

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IF LILY DATED...

HI this is a long post. the idea for this was inspired by my favorite @delicatejisung who also has an nct dream oc that you MUST follow. also i know the edit sucks. also also i write very light nsfw stuff in this. like mentions but no smut cuz i don’t do that. HOWEVER there are no nsfw mentions w jisung. ik teens do whatever and lily is only a year older than him but 1.) i will not do that because he is still a minor and 2.) they just aren’t like that together. they don’t need it

THIS IS ALL HYPOTHETICAL NONE OF IT IS OFFICIALLY CANON. lmk which ones sound cute cuz even tho it’s not gonna happen .. lilno and chenlil might have stolen my heart

mark:

you can bet they’d be so completely in love with each other

very sweet, very romantic

“baby” “babe”

in front of the camera they’re normal, the same amount of affection as usual, oftentimes less

lily, when mark is talking or being unintentionally attractive: *bites bottom lip, looks up a little, seems like she’s trying not to smile*

he does his rap in mfal to her randomly and it’s cringey and funny but he does it to make her smile because he knows it’s her fav title track

when she sings he smiles so wide because in his opinion. there is no sound more beautiful than her voice

they talk to each other so well. like. they can sit for HOURS just talking and it never gets old to them

writes genuine love letters to her but will cringe and hate himself if he gives them to her until she gets teary and smiles

her basically giving him book reports about the books she reads and he literally falls more in love with her when she’s screaming about the novels because she is so PASSIONATE

her falling asleep in the practice rooms or studio late at night because she INSISTS on staying with him

and when he kisses her he likes to tilt her chin up with his hand of holds both sides of her face

hyuck taking credit for the whole relationship

she has a collage of polaroids of them, of him (including some of the ones from qtah) that are separate from her other photos of friends (she has a lot)

mark has a few polaroids of her that he keeps by his bed and he always smiles when he sees them

HE 10000% WRITES SONGS FOR HER AND SHOWS HER BUT HES REALLY NONCHALANT ABOUT IT

she never calls him oppa (even a bit before they start dating tbh)

when she has to do sexy performances or just acts sexy you will 100% find mark at his most awkward

they will have fun doing ANYTHING they’ll be happy through anything if they’re together

they could go through five watermelons in a day

konglish all the time. and getting excited/thinking something is funny and jumping and screaming

“can i have your netflix password, lils?” “mark you’re literally richer than me and still use all of my accounts”

her getting embarrassed by him and giggling

she will continue her campaign to get mark to play spiderman

lazy days making music, him watching her cook, binge watching american reality shows she likes, and literally just days where theyfe in bed and make out and talk and make out

shopping trips all the time

they love to do activities together. like, they’ll go places and try new things

she’s desperate to visit his home and his family

and they have their ideal life planned. like. if they weren’t idols they’d get an apartment together. they wanna have some pets together. they have trips they’d like to go on together

they grew up together, they’ve loved each other for years, they’ve been pillars of support

but as much as they’ve loved each other they grew to be IN love with each other

but teased by every unit especially 127. wbk.

they’re more.. private than the others. they’re alone together a lot and don’t overdo it in front of the others

SLIGHT nsfw below. no smut but. and then some fluff near the end <3

ummm so like. vanilla for the most part even tho lily is a bit more ✨wild✨

oh um. ass grabs. when they’re alone but. constantly

when they get comfy with each other (read: when mark finds confidence and is comfy) he will always have his hands on her ass

even just resting there

mirror selfies with his hand on her ass

if he can’t touch her ass, it’s always a hand on her thigh

very affection when alone together, moderate when they’re with others

he likes to lay on her stomach and she loves when he lays on her shirtless

so many days where they just lay in bed together, tangled in lily’s blankets, music playing in the background, lazy makeout sessions... need i go on? CUTE SHIT

mark isn’t great at expressing his emotions publicly, and they hold so much of their relationship just between them. they both always know how much they love each other

renjun:

so they’re SOFT

song covers together

she tries to learn mandarin but. she ends up getting frustrated that she can’t get it and renjun kisses it better

he tells her the wrong words in mandarin a lot and it has fucked her over a lot, especially in lives

“oppa, how do you say ‘i bought that shirt for renjun?’”

*in mandarin* “i am in love with renjun”

they’d be a bit more obvious about their feelings, a bit more touchy

when they confess, they’re together right away, no questions asked. they literally need each other

sleepovers every night and they’re generally really cozy

lily reading, renjun drawing, a movie playing on her laptop that they aren’t paying too much attention to

renjun has specific articles of clothing he puts aside in his closet because he KNOWS she’s gonna take those specific ones

he is very into giving her flowers and little gifts

shes asked him to give her mf art lessons LMAO

ended with them covering each other in paint and making a MESS

they’re silly together, they’re the couple who knows how to cook but starts playing with the ingredients and makes a mess

they leave sticky notes for each other everywhere

lily jumping into his arms

constant pecks on the lips. the dreamies are sick of it. so sick of it.

deep talks late at night

lily being funny and having a box of his stuff in her room even though they live in the same place

nomin threatening renjun

but then lily fourth wheeling with them all

somehow they become even more of a savage duo

when they make eye contact while performing they’ll make faces at each other

he turns the koala joke into her pet name

so he calls her koala and she calls him a pain in her ass

SOFT KISSES he always cups one side of her face

he braids her hair a lot or does cute little styles

lots of cafe dates

will KILL any of the others if they wake her up when she’s sleeping

the type of romance that’s sappy but also they can most definitely roast each other

she likes to wrestle him LMAOO

the way they’re basically chenji’s babysitters is SO FUNNY it started to happen a lot right after they got together

they want to adopt a puppy and name him moomin

SLIGHT nsfw below. no smut but. and then some fluff near the end <3

okay so it’s kinda.. more hesitant and sometimes she takes the lead more than he does

their make out sessions are more heated but don’t always lead to something

like the way it’s going youd THINK it’d be something, but then they just decide to watch a movie and go to bed

he really likes her neck and collarbones but can’t do much to her neck because yknow they’re idols

there’s almost no insecurity in their relationship

it’s very relaxed and loving, and everyone around them can see and feel the love

jeno:

a bit unexpected

a ✨whirlwind romance✨

lilno? more like lilmino because jaemin is always there

a part of her was genuinely sad that she broke up nomin and everyone looks at her like she’s crazy

torn between her love for him and letting him go if jaemin confessed

they can be a bit more obvious in front of fans than the others, because for some reason there isn’t much suspicion there

in front of czennies he lowkey flexes and picks her up over his shoulder a lot, has his arm around her a lot, and they wink at each other from across the set

he holds her waist a lot, and he’s super protective

but also the !! softness !!

have literally been walked in on several times of them just peppering each other with kisses and laughing and its literally lowkey a movie romance

working out together

practicing dances together

the type of guy to literally ignore everything she’s saying because her beauty distracted him

she hits him on the arm for that

passionate kisses

there have been too many times where the others walk in the kitchen and lily is sitting on the kitchen counter with her arms around jeno’s neck as they’re just making out

they’re the couple that’s yelled at by the dreamies the most because sometimes they need to chill out

LMAO THEYRE LIKE THE HORMONAL HIGH SCHOOL COUPLE

and like they love each other deeply and fully, it’s not high school in that regard

but they giggle too much and are kinda all over each other sometimes

they use pet names just a BIT too much

the older guys are a bit more protective of her with him than they would be with any of her other options

cuz while they’re softies

they escalate their relationship super quick

and it’s RIGHT for them

but the hyungs are protective

jeno surprisingly isn’t that jealous because if he could actually get lily

he knows neither of them are going anywhere

him constantly telling her how beautiful she is

her encouraging him and telling him he’s so talented and more than he thinks he is

when they ride the tandem bikes (i think that’s what they’re called? the bikes with two people?) it’s just jeno pedaling

OH and when they make eye contact during stages it only enhances their stage presence because they both wanna look sexy for their boo

jeno is rooting for lily solo because he knows she deserves it

super sweet and wholesome and they make each other smile so WIDE

she pops his zits for him LMAO

cuddles for DAYS and jeno’s fav thing is when she falls asleep in his arms

touches his muscles all the time

SLIGHT nsfw below. no smut but. and then some fluff near the end <3

they make out so much OMG

a bit wilder than she would be with others

she loves to run her hand down his abs

when she does that or touches his biceps it lowkey turns him on

jeno is a bit more reserved than the others at times, but with lily he feels utterly HIMSELF

he doesn’t feel like the jeno who is just a hot rapper. he feels more than that with her

they bring the light out in each other

hyuck:

another unexpected pair but a lot more expected than jeno/lily would be

they’re both literal sunshine and they would be such a beautiful couple

lily aka the only human alive to fluster hyuck

and even THAT doesn’t happen very often

hyuck’s lap = lily’s seat

SO touchy and affectionate but not in the way lily/jeno would be

it’s like constant hand holding, hugging, sitting on each other, leaning on each other, stars in there mf EYES

while they still tease each other and mess around

i have a very specific image in mind of them waking up together, hyuck leaning over her, the biggest smiles on their faces, and then kissing each other

and lily’s just like “hi” with the cutest smile, and then he says it back with the same smile

it might surprise you but hyuck POSSESSIVE

will gatekeep her and not let anyone hug her

always calls her his girlfriend in front of the members

he stands behind her with an arm around the middle of her torso a lot and she’s just absentmindedly playing with his fingers

only a tiny, lil bit obvious in front of czennies because they’re both so affectionate?? and before they dated lily would call him the love of her life?? and keep her face close to his?? this is NORMAL for them

but one of the biggest clues is hyuck being physically unable to not stare at her lips sometimes

they read each other’s tarot nearly every day HAHAH

very romantic as well

she sings him “you are my sunshine” all the time, just stroking his face and staring at him with all of the love in the world

like i said, they still tease the fuck outta each other and roast each other and are at each other’s throats but then they can flip INSTANTLY

he kisses her knuckles and traces her face

he games and she’s falling asleep on his lap

127 squad doesn’t like when they’re being forward because haechannie is the maknae

she loves life cuz more hyuck = more taeil

he will move mountains to make her laugh or see her smile

he’s begging sm for a sexy dance break with the two of them

she’s obsessed with how gorgeous his skin is

the type of boyfriend that notices the tiny little things

he’ll do things/get things for her just because he thought of her or remembered something she said

SLIGHT nsfw below. no smut but. and then some fluff near the end <3

another one that’s a bit wilder

theyre not shy LMAO

steamy intense makeouts like

how is he so good? lily is very satisfied

overall they’re such a fun beautiful HAPPY couple

theyre both so loving and wonderful and there is not one single doubt in anyone’s mind that they love each other fully

jaemin:

literally impossible in any universe

chenle:

lily and chenle have always been two sides of the same coin and he had been waiting for so long

the SMILES

the most beautiful happy smiles at each other ALWAYS because how did they get so lucky?

they were each other’s first proper kiss (canonically, as well)

it’s perfect because they’re best friends and always have been

nothing much changes except the affection and little things because they’re both still best friends

jisung being on all of their dates

he always buys her expensive shit and she hates it so much

she puts on lipstick JUST to kiss his cheek

jisung has walked in on them vibing, on them making out, and yeah he’s sick of it and so happy he only saw them kissing

always sleeping in the same room (usually at his place 👀) but theyre a huge mess when they sleep at night and someone ends up hitting the other because chenle moves too much for her liking

they’re still competitive and of course they still have their alliance

because dating or not, they would fight to the death on that rooftop

chenle literally will kiss every inch of her face because he likes hearing her giggles and he can’t believe he finally got his lily

CUDDLING ALL THE TIME and they’ve fallen asleep on the couch in the dorms and when they’re sleeping HARD the others like to see how many things they can balance on their heads

he will HYPE HER UP ALWAYS

but then say summ like “her face is weird tho” after and unless they’re in front of fans he ends up kissing her after she hits him

when she has to be sexy on stage, he is HERE FOR IT even if the stage is with another person because!! YES his girlfriend is hot, he’s LUCKY

she loves going to his house!! mostly because his family but also

they get to have privacy and be a couple

they’ll hold hands on camera cuz they don’t give a single fuck

they’re definitely outed and have to go public

which just makes their competitive streak and constant roasts WORSE

she loves the sound of his laugh but will yell at him if it hurts her ears

threatens to get one of his predebut photos tattooed on her

a big part of them loving each other is annoying each other and being soft behind the scenes

always together

SLIGHT nsfw below. no smut but. and then some fluff near the end <3

the more intimate aspects of the relationship were really weird at first

but they’re very compatible so it was just fun to them

he WILL honk her boob. has done it in front of the others by accident and jaemin forbid her to see him for a few days

they kinda taught each other how to kiss way before they dated so it was funny when they did it as a couple

peak friends-to-lovers and even czennies can’t help but love then

jisung:

god their shyness is kinda annoying

really confident in private- they talk a lot, they’re very good at just chilling

but lily has to be the one to hold his hand because he’ll get nervous even when he’s so comfy in the relationship

i mean not that the dreamies have time to be in a relationship, but jisung was so SCARED to kiss her and have his first kiss

she thought it was funny

clumsy duo and they tease tf outta each other for it

chenle always being around

they can’t tell who the members are more protective over in the relationship

hugs!!! she loves to backhug him and he thinks it’s cute cuz she’s so tiny

they watch harry potter too much

she has almost convinced him to ride a rollercoaster but ended up failing

he makes fun of her height a lot and then she’ll trip him or something

he’s kinda protective and gets insecure that he’s younger than her sometimes but she just kisses his cheek and tells him to stop worrying

tbh they’re the most innocent, wholesome couple

they wanna go out on dates and they do but catch another member tagging along to babysit them

she gets wine drunk next to him and he can’t drink so he just has this drunk woman on his hands and doesn’t know what to do but honestly she just wants him to cuddle her to sleep

his voice is her favorite sound and she wants him to sing more

whenever anyone says something weird about jisung they both hold up the handcuffs cuz

they’re super weird they can be so confident and then one of them gets flustered and will be a shy baby

trading lines in concerts

lily making cute faces at him, staring at him blankly, winking at him, acting cute to him in front of fans

they share one braincell together and probably accidentally outed themselves by using pet names and like. holding hands on live

and then the OH SHIT face happens

they’ve given the older members heart attacks because he’ll give her a piggyback ride, they’ll hug really tight, or WORSE... they’ll give each other a lil kiss

they’re more innocent by nature but they love kissing and he loves holding her face because her skin is pretty and soft

he wears her perfume on his wrist so he can smell her and smile

the type of boyfriend who is CLUELESS about girl stuff

he wants her to try a different hair color. like a weird one

she refuses

taeyong actually loves them together so much

them dating and being IN LOVE and jisung still gives her cash for her birthday

the “i love you’s” are so. cute. and full. of. LOVE

she is merciless when theyre playing something against each other. she’ll TRY to get him out

usually lily is clingier but when she’s standing and jisung is sitting with his arms around her waist and his head squished to her side it’s so cute

he gets randomly really clingy at times and won’t let go of her

emotional bub will get teary because he loves her so much

#na jimin #na lily #nct addition #nct dream addition #nct dream oc #nct oc #kpop addition #kpop oc #nct 22nd member #nct dream 8th member

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themarauderstheoutsidersandpeggy · 5 years ago

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Harry dating a girl who is exactly like Lily Potter, and sirius and remus low key love seeing them together? 😄😄😄

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So at the moment my Harry Potter night is still on, but a Marvel night is coming soon, so for the Marvel fans that follow me, thank you for being patient while I write about Harry Potter, and for everyone, thank you for being patient while I’ve been so busy. I hope you like this. :)

So I don’t like that Lily and James died I don’t agree with it so they’re alive in this :’)

James and Sirius were actually the first to meet you which made you instantly afraid to meet the rest of Harry’s lil family

They came to ‘visit’ him at Hogwarts and burst into transfiguration like hEY MINERVA WE’RE BACK PLEASE DON’T HAVE A STROKE

She very nearly did have a stroke

She just held her head in her hands and told them to go sit in the back

Unfortunately

You and Harry were both also sitting in the back

James and Sirius sat directly next to you guys on your siDE OF THE DESK

They’re whispering and giggling to each other more than any of the students are

You and Harry get up to get books and Harry rushes back to sit in your spot so that you don’t have to sit with the crazies :’)

“What are you guYs DoInG hErE??”

“Lily said you had a girlfriend. She was right. Why would you not tell us?”

“I dunno, maybe because you would take a train that only runs during breaks to transport students of my magic school and burst into my class halfway through and stress her out by sitting unnecessarily close to her?”

Sassy Harry Back At It Again

Let’s just say that Remus has taken up teaching again, I’m not really canon with the books if you can’t tell :’)

Absolutely pairs the two of you up for every partner assignment and Ron is like hey!! She has Hermione!! Can I please have Harry one time!!??

Lowkey what gets Ron and Hermione together like gets them to notice each other in that way

You get frequent letters from Lily and even though you haven’t met her she’s already the sweetest person you know

One time you and Harry were fighting and word got around to her Remus and she was like sorry my son’s stupid don’t mind him

Always sends you sweets and letters telling you all about Harry won’t stop talking about you :’)

One time Harry is like tf are you writing to

“Ur mom”

Oh heck he says

Lily also always adds in, ‘How many times has Harry really been in detention this month? He says none, but James is his father, so there’s gotta be like at least three??’

One summer

You’re invited to the Potter’s to stay over

Just because I’m a slut for everyone being all together and happy

They all live together

Remus, James, Lily, Sirius

Not Peter

Go die u rat

Harry definitely is like yeah let’s share my room and Sirius and James go woAH There bUdDy SloW DOWn

Lily grabs them both by the ears and is like hurry go hide before they escape

She definitely sneaks into Harry’s room at night tho and takes pictures of you all snuggled up

Creepy but also it’s Lily so it’s just pure

This is also the summer that you find out Sirius and James are animagi because you woke up one morning to an entire deer on the couch and a dog drinking coffee out of a bowl while sitting at the table

You do the cliche thing where you walk into the room, stop, survey it, then slowly back up while keeping eye contact with the animals

“Um?? Harry?? I don’t want to alarm u but?? The forest is now entirely contained in your living room?? There’s like… A deer?? And a big h*ckin dog??”

Harry just laughs painfully and is like welcome to our family

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starcrossedjedis · 4 years ago

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I’m gunna go all odds for moira! ❤️

1. What is their blood status (pureblood, muggleborn, etc)? What are their thoughts on the concept of blood status?

Moira is muggleborn. Her is a muggle and her mother is a witch. She was raised in the firm believe that the concept of blood status is absolute rubbish. Case in point? Lily and she are doing great at Hogwarts and the blood status enthusiasts from Slytherin can fuck right off.

3. Do they bring a pet to Hogwarts with them?

She has a red tabby named Dot, but she doesn’t bring her to Hogwarts. She is used to their house and their garden and she doesn’t want to take her away from there. Her mum has to give her regular Dot updates in all her letters though.

5. What subject is their favorite at Hogwarts? Which is their least favorite? Is their favorite the same as their best subject?

Her favourite subjects are Astronomy and Herbology. She’s very good in both of them, but her best subject is actually charms. Her least favourite subject is Study of Ancient Runes, because it is even drier than she could have imagined.

7. Do they earn more house points or do they lose more?

She doesn’t get in trouble much, if she loses house points, it’s for small transgressions (like constant bickering with a certain someone during class). Same goes for earning points. She is a good student, so she will occasionally win some, but it’s not a crazy amount. All in all she probably earns a bit more than she loses.

9. Thoughts on Quidditch? Do they play? And if so what position do they play?

Moira LOVES Quidditch. She’s an avid fan of the Holyhead Harpies and the Irish National Team. She plays Beater on the Gryffindor house team.

11. What is their Patronus? What happy memory do they use to conjure it?

Moira’s Patronus is an Irish Setter. She thinks about Sirius holding Nora for the first time to conjure it - even when he was in Azkaban.

13. What does Amortentia smell like to them?

Leather and soap and forest floor (for redacted reasons)

15. If they needed it, what form would the Room of Requirement take for them?

That would actually depend on why she needed it, wouldn’t it? If it was just as a place where she could retreat - maybe the inside of the Meadows’s cabin where they all spent the summer between sixth and seventh year and where Sirius and she first grew closer. It’s a place where she feels safe and happy and close to her friends.

17. What do they do/want to do after Hogwarts?

When she was young, Moira wanted to be everything from Alchemist over professional Quidditch player to Wandmaker. Then she grew up. The war happened. She wanted to train to be a nurse and to this day she is very gifted at first aid and healing, but alone with a child the hours that come with the job would not have been manageable. In the end she turned a passion into a profession and went into gardening. Her herbs are known for their high quality and her trees are in popular demand for wand making.

19. Which Unforgivable Curse would they hate to have used on them the most?

Imperio - Moira would take pain, even death, but the thought of having no control, worse hurting the people she loves with no power to fight back, that’s more terrifying to her than the other two combined.

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chaoswillfallrpg · 4 years ago

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JAMES POTTER is TWENTY-THREE YEARS OLD and an AUROR in THE DEPARTMENT OF MAGICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT at THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC. He looks remarkably like DARREN BARNET and considers himself aligned with THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. He is currently TAKEN.

→ OVERVIEW:

A living legend amongst those who had the pleasure or displeasure of knowing him, James Potter is a name widely known amongst young members of the wizarding world. The only son of FLEAMONT and EUPHIMIA POTTER, James' parents were in their twilight years when he came along. Both retired, the Potters were known as entrepreneurial cosmetic potioneers having long and prosperous careers. James’ father created the famous Sleekeazy's Hair Potion whilst his mother had created a Blushing Beauty Potion which gave those who took it a healthy pink glow that lasted all day. James’ parents had always longed to have children but years of trying without success prompted the couple to stop trying and focus on their work until as if by magic, James Potter was born. An only child, his parents were very affectionate toward him and doted on James tirelessly. He grew up fussed over and was provided with everything his heart could possibly desire resulting in him becoming fairly spoiled and entitled. His parents told him each and every day that he was their miracle child and their reason for living, the world was to be his if only he went out into it and dreamed. James told other children in his neighbourhood in North London that he was destined for greatness, to be a Quidditch player or a great Auror that would be written about for centuries to come.

Life before Hogwarts was a string of family parties with glittering potions and exploding champagne. His parents were elderly but they knew how to throw a good party and enjoyed entertaining the wizarding high society, particularly those who ran in similar circles. PROFESSOR HORACE SLUGHORN was a personal friend of his father’s who would often attend parties at their home. When his letter for Hogwarts came, James was instant his parents bought him the very best of everything he needed. Boarding the train with a pocket full of galleons, his broomstick and his owl, James strutted along the carriage determined to show his impressiveness to the other children who he believed would be falling over themselves to be friends with future Quidditch star James Potter. Of course a few of the older children laughed at him, but sniggers only spurred James on to act up to the new first years. His first act was to buy the entirety of sweets which lined the refreshment trolley, just before RABASTAN LESTRANGE could buy anything which James vowed to share with the person sitting in the carriage beside him. SIRIUS BLACK had a similar air of confidence about him that James recognised.

A smirk plastered on his face as he tucked into a load of licorice wands bought by his new friend. They shook hands with James and vowed there and then to be his best friend. James knew he would be happy with having Sirius as his best friend and a couple of adoring fans to sweeten the deal, but something about PETER PETTIGREW caught his eye enough to add him into their inner circle of misfits. It could have been that he seemed like he would make a good friend, but it was more than likely the fact they hadn’t even entered The Great Hall yet and he’d already tried to issue a right hook to LARKIN MULCIBER for insinuating Peter was poor that spurred James and Sirius on to be his friend. Whispering together excitedly they waited to be sorted and when James sat last under the chair and was placed in Gryffindor alongside his two new friends James knew everything had fallen exactly into place. Then he met her. LILY EVANS was a red headed witch and the most beautiful girl James had ever seen in real life, with piercing eyes and a sarcastic tone that pierced his soul but made him laugh at the same time. James quickly learned that while he head Gryffindor wrapped around his little finger, Lily Evans would not be so easily swayed.

Everyone, even the most difficult characters like his close friend and eventual first girlfriend MARLENE MCKINNON succumbed to dancing to his merry tune in the end but Lily refused. In fact she actively called him out when she disagreed with him, which although he was used to with Marlene stung more when it was from Lily. Though Marlene often commented he was boastful and annoying, Lily had a special way of speaking to James that really signalled to him she was a challenge. James would have gone as far as to say Lily was the only person in his world who hated him and that only made him want her to like him even more. James spent his entire school career attempting to garner some sort of attention from Lily. Becoming the star Chaser in his second year at just twelve years old. Pulling pranks with Sirius and Peter. Dating her best friend or throwing spells at unsuspecting members of their class like SEVERUS SNAPE who he suspended in a tree in the hopes of making Lily laugh after Snape called her a Mudblood. Befriending his roommate REMUS LUPIN was also in some way connected to impressing Lily in the beginning. A bookish and quiet boy, Remus was different from him, Sirius and Peter and someone he aimed to corrupt in an attempt to drive a wedge between him and Lily who he knew were friendly. But very quickly Remus became so much more to him than just a tool to annoy Lily, he became one of his best friends and someone who taught James to be a better person.

Remus disappeared often without warning for days at a time while they were at school, always making strange excuses that didn’t make a lot of sense. One night during their second year, James was awakened by Peter and Sirius shaking him violently before they bundled themselves up into James' invasability cloak and told him of what they’d seen. Remus was a werewolf. James had been taught to be suspicious of werewolves, as were most others in their community. Remus was a gentle soul ashamed of who he was which didn’t sit right with James. It was Sirius who suggested they learn to become Animagi and accompany Remus during his transformations and look after him. It was at that point the four became truly bonded. Known as the Marauders, they became inseparable and vowed to take the secrets of one another to the grave. The boys were known as some of the most popular at school and became known for their wild parties and crazy antics that would go down in Hogwarts history long after they had graduated. James graduated school a decorated Quidditch captain and Head Boy, which had shocked even him. Upon graduating, James moved in with his three best friends in a little apartment in Farringdon, close to the station which suited them well and began his training as an Auror.

James’ life seemed to be going according to plan, he was training in a job he enjoyed and he and Lily had begun becoming something that could closely be considered friends, then PROFESSOR ALBUS DUMBLEDORE approached him. James had been aware of a shift within their world that had only gotten worse during their time at school. The wider world seemed much worse, with disappearances happening frequently which Dumbeldore believed was all connected to one particular group of individuals with hate and domination on their minds. The Order of The Phoenix was put together to build an extra line of defence against those people, which Dumbeldore strongly advised James and all of his friends to join in the event they were needed. Outside of work James is often found at The Order headquarters working with his mentor HESTIA JONES, an exceedingly talented witch who has little time for James’ constant sarcastic comments and mild flirtation. Although he’s a little intimidated by her, James is glad to be working with Hestia who pushes him to be a better wizard, both in terms of his spell casting ability and on a personal level as he gets to know her better. James is doing his best to enjoy his early twenties with his friends, but with times getting darker and bodies piling up he is aware his carefree days are most certainly numbered.

→ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Blood Status → Pure-Blood

Pronouns → He/Him

Identification → Cis Male

Sexuality → Up to Roleplayer

Relationship Status → Single

Previous Education → Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Gryffindor)

Societies → N/A

Family → N/A

Connections → Sirius Black (best friend/housemate), Remus Lupin (best friend/housemate), Peter Pettigrew (best friend/housemate), Lily Evans (close friend/potential love interest), Marlene McKinnon (close friend/ex-girlfriend), Mary MacDonald (close friend), Dorcas Meadoews (close friend), Maren Linwood (friend), Cassiopeia Kim (friend), Emilia Grey (friend), Cressida Abercrombie (friend), Gilfred Abbott (friend), Caradoc Dearborn (friend), Poppy Hookum (friend), Aurora Sinistra (friend), Gwenog Jones (friend), Hestia Jones (mentor), Alastor Moody (boss), Severus Snape (adversary)

Future Information → Husband of Lily Evans, Father of Harry Potter

JAMES POTTER IS A LEVEL 6 WIZARD.

#james potter #darren barnet #rp #rpg #marauders roleplay #order member #ministry #magical law enforcement #magic #taken #taken wizard #taken order member

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littlequeenies · 5 years ago

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BEBE BUELL: MUSING ON MUSES AND OTHER FANS

📷BEBE BUELLJUNE 17, 2020

Before embarking on a musical career of her own, Bebe Buell was a much in-demand model but was most often seen as the second fiddle to the famous rock musicians she was dating. She, however, saw herself as the Muse to these musicians, inspiring and sharing ideas with them. Inevitably, the term “groupie” would arise. As she says, “I’m not opposed to ‘groupies,’ per se. I just don’t like being called a name or being tagged like a sheep to slaughter’. Bebe elaborates on this idea for PKM.

I remember the first time I saw a photograph of Oscar Wilde. I was five and it was Easter. We were at the Virginia Beach home of my mother’s friends, Poppy and Tilly, who were hosting a Sunday get together. We were dressed in our pastels and frills and the candy and food was flowing. It was an adult affair and, being the only child there, I wandered off to explore while the grown-ups enjoyed their martinis and snacks. I found myself in a living room study area and on the table was a big book filled with photos of poets, painters, sculptors and scholars. I was immediately drawn to an image of Oscar draped on a chair like a velvet throw! It stuck with me and when I got older I looked him up in the school library. At the age of twelve I read The Picture Of Dorian Gray, but my main interest was in Oscar Wilde, the man and his story. I felt an instant connection, just as I have with all the great inspirations in my life. In 1978, when I was living between NYC, Maine and LA, before finishing the year in London, I never missed one episode of Masterpiece Theatre and their 13 episodes of Lillie about the life of Lillie Langtry, played brilliantly by Francesca Annis. To my delight, it explored in great depth the relationship/friendship between Oscar and Lillie, and I became obsessed with knowing everything and anything I could about their dynamic. I was intrigued, too, by the descriptions of Mrs. Langtry in the press at that time in England and the U.S. She was often called a “Professional Beauty” or “The Jersey Lily” because she was born on Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy. She was also one of the most featured women in advertising; her face was everywhere. She was the image for Pears Soap and the most respected painters of the day stood in line just to have a sitting with her. In 1877, she met Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, and became his first publicly acknowledged mistress.

One of my favorite quotes was attributed to her from her conversations with Wilde: “They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.” This reminded me of the back room at Max’s Kansas City, the temple of cool when I arrived in New York during the era of everything! It was this platonic duo that introduced me to the role of the “Muse”—that is the Artist and the Muse. Throughout history and especially in the arts, there seems to always be a driving force that brings the flora. In the series Lillie, they emphasized how Oscar would repeat Lillie’s quips and observations in his writing. Their banter with one another fascinated me and I often envisioned myself as a “Patron of The Arts”, in a sense, as I’ve always promoted and sang the praises of those whose work I liked. I felt an affinity with that spirit—the gift of inspiring and sharing special ideas with an artist I admired. It wasn’t just music. I adored musing with photographers, writers, film directors and designers, too. Creative energies have always fed my soul. The first time I referenced the term “muse” was in a 1981 interview I did with the Emmy-winning writer Stephen Demorest for the edgy publication Oui. Its sister magazine in France was called Lui. Playboy had taken over ownership of Oui so it was a glossy, classy, European-style men’s delight, targeting a younger demographic. When Stephen approached me about the piece, he showed me a couple other interviews with “It Girls” that had been published.

One was with Patti D’Arbanville, the inspiration for some of Cat Stevens’ biggest hits. He even used her last name in one of the songs, “Lady D’Arbanville”. I knew Patti from the early 70s and, in fact, it was she who introduced me to Jimmy Page in 1973 on a night out dancing with her in NYC. It was a quick meeting, as I was eager to get home to my boyfriend at the time, Todd Rundgren. A year later, I would run into Mr. Page again and the rest is the stuff of rock tales.

I adored Patti so knowing that both she and Jerry Hall had done this particular interview sealed the deal. Like Patti Boyd, Jane Asher, Linda Eastman, Maureen Van Zandt, Sara Dylan, to name a few, the musical muse is the most often of the muses referenced. I recall how so many people wanted to know my viewpoints and opinions about the word “muse” and why I preferred it to the term “groupie”.

Even in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous, his beloved character Penny Lane’s first words on screen are, “We are not groupies. We inspire the music- we are bandaids!”. The film was Cameron’s love letter to women and how even at that time a stigma was attached to calling a woman a groupie; it was not necessarily a compliment. It was almost like a dismissive jab, on par with “she’s such a slut” or “whore”. Another scene in Almost Famous has all of the members of the fictitious band Stillwater squeezed onto a small plane that, they thought, was about to crash. Secrets were spilled and fingers were pointed. In one of the most moving moments, the William character defends Penny when she is described as “that groupie” by one of the band members. William nails it when he points out who and “what” she really is- a bright light and cherished fan. Someone who loved them all and for all the right reasons.

I feel that women have been unfairly branded and labeled without cause. I’ve often said that I’m not opposed to “groupies,” per se. I just don’t like being called a name or being tagged like a sheep to slaughter. Summing me up for the life I’ve lived, seen through someone else’s eyes or, worse, exaggerating the truth. I didn’t want those I’ve truly loved or the relationships I’ve had to be considered less sincere because of the visibility of my partner.

Certainly loving music or dating musicians is not derogatory. Isn’t it logical, then, that birds of a feather flock together? Like-minded tribes mate or unite because of chemistry? Rock boys and models have been drawn to each other since forever! In the Netflix series Hollywood, you find that sex and sexual favors were the core of the industry. Several of the movie stars everyone loved on screen had started out as rent boys or nude models to make ends meet. Who decides why someone can give a blow job to the “right” person and get a starring role in a movie and another blow job by an aspiring talent gets tossed into the trash can of regret.

Why, after having four children with Mick Jagger, a successful modeling career and now being Mrs. Rupert Murdoch, would anyone refer to Jerry Hall as a groupie? Or gold digger, another favorite term used to describe women who marry well. Or Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg or Winona Ryder, for heaven’s sake? These are the questions I’ve always had and one of the main reason why I have rejected the term groupie in the press. It’s not a personal attack on those who identify with the moniker. It’s my own rebellion against being labeled and frowned on for the relationships I’ve had.

I’ve taken this stand for a long time, even though it’s also caused some judgement and negativity towards me from other women. It’s almost as if they think I see myself as better than them. Or that I’m not being honest when I don’t just call myself a full-on groupie, and own it. My closest friends tell me it’s just jealousy but that doesn’t make it any less hurtful to have tales and lies circulated about you by people you barely know or those who don’t know me at all. Or to have relationships that lasted for years being reduced to a laundry list of “conquests.”

This is nothing new, of course. Catherine The Great‘s enemies within the Emperor’s Court turned on her and started rumors that she was a sex fiend who had intercourse with horses. That stuck with her throughout her life and even in the museums of Russia, the tale has echoed although it’s completely untrue. Cleopatra and Anne Boleyn were also targeted. Ruining reputations was the way people got their revenge in days of yore. Or in some cases, the reason why some lost their heads to the guillotine. Why is it that women who have power or beauty have been subjected to crazy accusations of sexual voracity or deviance? Eve takes the blame for the banishment from Eden and although she was supposedly created from Adam’s rib, she is seen as a temptress and Adam as her victim.

I believe every woman should identify by how she feels comfortable and for the work she does. I personally prefer to be known for what I do, my accomplishments, my career. However, dating a rock star or an actor should not merit a nasty quip or name calling fest. It becomes unbalanced when just because someone gets famous as, say, a model or an actress and then dates a rock star, that she should get called anything other than what she does to earn a living. I’m not sure “groupie” falls under the umbrella of job occupation. I’d file it under pastime, hobby, passion, or fetish.

The origins of the groupie started with nothing more than a desire to be close to the band—the guys who made the music. Or in some cases, the women. The term came into use in the mid-1960s as slang for women who liked to hang out with musicians. It’s fair to say that not all “groupies” are the same. There are many tiers and pecking orders when narrowing it down. Certainly not every girl who dreams of being with a rock star will waltz backstage and demand sex or give oral gratification. That’s the image I despise and wish would not tarnish the entire viewpoint to the outside world. Some of the girls on the scene want to take the word “groupie” back, to personify what it meant in the ‘60s and early ‘70s. It became something entirely different when the ‘80s rolled around. Bands born out of the LA scene liked a different kind of arm candy than the Rolling Stones or the Beatles. They preferred exotic dancers and porn stars, the girls du jour of the time. Just as music changes with each era, so do the kinds of women who pursue the bands. But, more importantly, what kind of women the bands seek out. One man’s status is another man’s yen.

And then there are those who look at being a groupie as a form of prostitution. I’ve never understood that one because most girls who live that lifestyle don’t charge money to be with their favorite rock god or even their crew. It’s a thrill to be with the band, but it seems the glamor that was once attached to that goal has changed. For me, it was a thrill to fight to say “I’m IN the band”… or even “I AM the band!”

When I was living with Todd, he produced one of the first all-female bands, Fanny. They were so great! June Millington could shred! I felt bewildered when I would hear snide remarks wondering if Todd was sleeping with one of them. I thought to myself that would have never been said or thought if they weren’t women.

The bottom line is preference. We all have a choice. And we all can be whatever we want. We can wear many hats. I see myself as a mother, wife, musician, singer, songwriter, writer, mentor, animal lover… many different things. What I do in my spare time is how I make my soul happy. Who I date is based on connections, fate and karma. We end up with who we’re meant to be with and the experiences we have are all meant to be. I’ve been with my husband Jim for twenty years now. Our 18th wedding anniversary is coming in August 2020. So, I’m writing this piece from the perspective of a wife, mother, working musician, writer and mentor. Not just a girl who had lots of suitors in her youth. Every single little thing is part of the journey.

The first time I saw a photo in Rolling Stone of what they called a “groupie”, I was 15 years old and in the 10th grade. It was 1969, and neither the image nor the word was at all something ugly to me. It just seemed exciting and cool. The girls were so outrageously dressed, and it reflected an almost innocent charm. I didn’t aspire to be a groupie but they seemed like they were the ones who made the guys in the band cool. They helped dress them, created make-up looks and spread the word all over town about how good they were. It didn’t seem to be so much about sex and backstage antics. Maybe I was too young to fully understand everything, especially from the pages of a magazine.

On my first trip to LA with Todd in 1973, when I finally did meet some real girls who liked to be called groupies, it still didn’t seem derogatory. I started to see how it was all just tossed together in some people’s minds. It’s a complex dance between an artist and his muse. None of it is something so vulgar or tainted as being only about sexual conquest. Maybe to some, it’s about that. But for me it was a series of fated encounters that have lasted throughout my life.

Some people see a groupie as a girl who will do anything, including have sex with a roadie, to get to the band. There is that element to the rock n’ roll lifestyle. But it’s not the entire package. Others see groupies as a vibe, the girls who are there when the band makes it, the girls that helped them make it, the on-the-road bestie, or the girls who get the bands drugs and food. Or even give them the clothes off their backs if the band is short a cool stage look. I often joke that that’s how wearing your lingerie out became a signature rock girl look- the band had taken her clothes to wear onstage!

I recall reading where Pamela Des Barres said she was still a virgin when she first discovered her teenage heart being drawn to rock boys. It felt sexual to her and it was also just youthful and sweet. Not a salacious sexual quest. More a desire to be near the music and the men who made it. That’s perhaps what one would define as a “classic groupie”. Or, in some circles, “fan” is the preferred analogy. I can relate to that myself as I knew when I was ten years old, I would hang out with Mick Jagger one day. I knew those were my people… my kind.

Pamela has made a career out of her life as a proud groupie. But certainly she has a right to claim the term because she helped invent it! She now calls it her “groupie heart” and that is something anyone who’s ever had a crush on someone or loved someone’s music so much that it altered your DNA can relate to. Hasn’t everyone felt that way? Every guy or gal who picks up a guitar or slings a mic stand had to have been dazzled by their inspiration or felt a need to pursue that for their own futures. So, my point is this- none of it is negative nor should one word hold so much power that when it’s flung at a woman, she’ll feel shamed or scorned.

When I started to get a bit of fame, the media seemed to want to call me anything but “groupie”. It was “Friend Of The Stars”, “Queen Of The Rock Chicks”, “Leggy Model”, “The Mother Of All Rock Chicks”, “It Girl”… so when the internet entered our lives, I began to see just how judgmental and downright mean people were about the women who hung out with the bands. It started to become something so dirty and taboo that I wanted no part of that term. It’s a thin line, a hard one to walk. Personally, I feel loving music and being attracted to musicians is as natural as doctors and nurses getting along. Humans are drawn to their soul tribe. Music, musicians and all art forms attract me. I’m the moth to that flame.

As an entertainer myself, it always hurt me when what I actually do for my job was ignored or not taken seriously because of the famous names I’ve been attached to. It’s so one-sided to only put that burden on women. It has been the norm for men to be patted on the back and admired for their taste in women and especially if they were able to appeal to many and have tons of sexual experiences. Even in the animal kingdom, the male peacock has the massive plume bloom to attract as many lovers as he can. A male lion can rule the pride with his sexual domination. A male celebrity only becomes more famous if he’s got a beautiful model or actress on his arm. Whereas a woman who’s dance card is busy or even full is often ridiculed or bashed. Branded with the scarlet letter of infamy.

It started to get under my skin when I saw myself defined only by who I’d dated or had close friendships with. It’s the luck of the draw. Some women who are in the public eye can date and marry a celeb several times and be embraced for it. They use it to further their already visible life. They are proud and exploit all their lovers as the playthings that they’ve become. Some have become famous by leaking a porno or being on a reality show. What was once a limited field has become wide open with lots of branches of thought and assumption. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy for me to fight for my image… my persona… my legacy. But I did fight. I turned down almost every request I was presented to be interviewed for groupie documentaries or sensationalized TV shows. Sometimes turning down large sums of money. But I wanted to work hard and felt if I worked hard enough one day I’d be thought of for what I did on a stage, in front of the lens of a camera, as a mother and at times even a manager, more than who I shared my life with. Dare I use the “R” word? I wanted RESPECT.

There’s lots of contrast in the definition of groupie or muse but what about “partners”… the duos who took the world by storm. Sonny & Cher, Karen & Richard Carpenter, Debbie Harry & Chris Stein, Jack & Meg White, Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg, Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham, Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart, Kim Gordon & Thurston Moore, etc… Or Chrissie Hynde and Courtney Love, who both married musicians. There’s a kaleidoscope of ways women are seen. It all depends on how you are first perceived. The general public seem to hold on to how they first heard of you even if you go on to do many different things in your life. Marianne Faithfull is a perfect example of someone who has been able to transcend her detractors and carry on like the warrior she is. But it baffles my mind how anyone could call her or Anita Pallenberg anything but tastemakers and trendsetters. They were the women I would stare at for hours as a young girl. They fascinated me almost more than the guys they hung out with. Yet I still hear them sometimes referred to as groupies.

Like any entertainer, I have an overwhelming need to be loved and to give love and positive energy to others. That’s why I crave being onstage. The connection with the audience is almost like having the best sex in the world. Or at minimum, a great, soulful hug that sends sparks through your body. I’ve been doing this since 1980, in public anyway. This is my life… not the talented, special men I dated in my youth. That’s part of my story and I will never regret a single heartbreak nor will I ever regret loving to the point of forgetting myself and my own pursuits. But I want to be remembered for more than my dates or suitors. I gave birth to a child who grew up to become a superstar so the role of nurturer has followed me throughout my life. I’ve accepted the fact that my fate is to be a vessel for talent and to enrich those who possess it. It’s become who I am- all the parts and pieces of my karma rolled into one big bang! My artistic side occupies just as much space as my musing side- equal parts love and creative energy.

Things come full circle especially when I get approached after one of my shows by young girls that call me “High Priestress” or tell me that they are my “groupies”. When I hear the words “Bebe, Im your biggest groupie!”, my heart swells but I also like to immediately remind them that I do what I do onstage because of them. Because of the exchange being a performer gives to my being. It’s like fuel… hors d’oeuvres for the soul.

One morning in 2009, I got a call from an old industry friend who had landed at Interscope Records. I was awoken with, “Bebe, you’ve been touted in a song produced by Pharrell Williams called ‘Bebe Buell’ by a young band from Boston called Chester French.” I remember thinking “wow, that’s a nice compliment” because the gist of the song was that someone like me or Pamela Anderson Lee were the creme de la creme of rock-boy desire. There’s a clothing line called ‘Muse & Lyrics‘ that has a blouse/top called “The Bebe” and the brand ‘I’m With The Band’ has named their leopard scarfs and headbands the “Bebe”. There’s even a cocktail called “The Bebe Buell”.

But I think one of the coolest things was having Cameron Crowe name the lead singer in Stillwater Jeff Bebe. He gave me the original T-shirt that was used in the movie, too, and boy do I treasure it! Cameron sprinkled all kinds of little clues and messages throughout Almost Famous. I was especially touched by the Jeff Bebe nod because he knew how much I wanted to be a singer in a band. I remember him once saying to me that I should just go for it. At that point, people only knew me as a model and Todd Rundgren’s girlfriend. I hadn’t even done Playboy yet, so I was still trying to figure out who I was and how to do it. I finally did but it took me six more years to get in the studio and front a band!

It’s moving to be honored and it’s also nice to be appreciated by the younger generation of pop culture lovers. The first time my name was in a song, I was excited by it. My old friend G.E. Smith had a line on his solo album that was about coming to visit “Bebe and Liz”… he came over to my best friend Liz Derringer’s house to play it for us. We were elated… it was cool. I would never be so bold as to sit here and make a list of my lovers or the songs they wrote for me because it seems so long ago. I’d rather leave that up to the fans of the music to decipher and besides not all songs written for others are acknowledged as such. I’ve had several songs given to me as gifts or written to me in letters.

Sometimes the authors don’t admit it because their feelings change and they don’t want to upset their new love interest. Didn’t Bob Dylan write “Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat”, “Just Like A Woman”, “Fourth Time Around” and “Like A Rolling Stone” about Edie Sedgwick, only to later deny it? I know the feeling because it’s happened to me. So, at this point in my life, I just cherish the letters (yes, I still have them so one day when we’re all gone they will maybe solve the puzzles) and I respect and allow artistic license to have its day. It’s an artist’s prerogative to change their minds so I hold no hurt feelings. Music buffs are pretty smart anyway and they usually know the truth, so it matters little unless it’s blatant. The one topic that irks me is that I claimed This Year’s Model was about me. Well, that’s impossible because I didn’t meet and start to date Elvis Costello until he was well into Armed Forces. I was living with him in London when he recorded it in the fall of 1978. He included a couple of lyrics from songs on Armed Forces in letters to me but I can say with certainty that “Party Girl” wasn’t one of them. I guess it was the timing of the release that made people speculate I was the subject, but I wasn’t and never claimed to be. He didn’t even know me when he wrote those records. Why this is disputed has always been a mystery to me. The songs Mr. Costello sent me in letters were from later albums, starting with Get Happy. I will always wonder too why he would say something so false and perpetuate a rumor twenty years later in the liner notes of a re-issue. Here’s to hoping it is finally put to rest. And even with the shame and pain I felt at the time, I feel no regret or ill will toward anyone. To me the truth is pretty obvious. Remember the story I told earlier about Catherine The Great? Revenge is often used when hearts are hurt, and it is very common in the entertainment industry.

In summing up my thoughts on the topic, I feel it’s time in our culture to appreciate the roles women have played in art since the beginning of time. Dali had his Gala, Picasso would hide the initials of his mistresses in his paintings and secretly tell them so they would know it was for them, Clapton immortalized his love and lust for Patti Boyd with the ultimate ode in “Layla” and John Lennon may have written the most beautiful love song of all for Yoko in “Woman”. Or was it Paul McCartney with “The Long And Winding Road” about Jane Asher or “Maybe I’m Amazed” about the spectacular Linda Eastman McCartney?

We can’t leave out the spirited and unique George Sand whose given name was Aurore Dupin. She was born in Paris on July 1, 1804 and adopted the name “George” because women couldn’t write professionally with the freedom of men in those days. She became one of the most popular writers in Europe during her lifetime- one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era. She would wear male attire in public saying it was easier and more affordable than women’s garb. She was a confidant to Franz Liszt and lover and muse to Chopin. She would lie beneath the piano while Chopin composed, saying it sent the music through her entire body instead of just her ears.

Music is primal and it gets into our bloodstream. It’s easy to see why young girls get crushes on their idols and some even grow up to marry their dream man. But the days of defining women by their sexual desires or “conquests” should be on the wane. I never looked at the men I dated or loved as conquests. Humans aren’t territories to be battled over or ceded to. The human connection is divine. Each and every person we cross paths with is part of our magical life story. So, whatever you identify yourself as is fine. That is your privilege and judgement should not follow even if the choices aren’t the norm. As Oscar Wilde said, “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.”

*Closing side note* As I was finishing this essay, I was doodling with a People magazine crossword puzzle and one of the clues was “GROUPIE”. Guess what the answer was… “FAN”. The timing was uncanny!

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