#aaand the rest of season one

[questionable-doctor]

guess which part was my favorite to render challenge (impossible)

[leviscolwill]

read your mind (smau)

pairing: ollie bearman x singer!reader

in which: ollie is his gf's most supportive fan and you're the most supportive wag (face claim: sabrina carpenter)

notes: my first socmed au ever !! this was so so much fun to write hehe, i don't know if it's too long or too short for this kind of story so lmkkk. also yn.fm is yourname.fm (bc music got it ? hahahahaha.....)

now playing: read your mind by sabrina carpenter (emails i can't send)

yn.fm

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yn.fm cooking a little something 👩‍🍳🤭

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user57 ALBUM SOON

yn.fm maybe, maybe not 🤭

olliebearman who let her cook ⁉️⁉️

yn.fm UR SO MEAN

olliebearman haha i love you

olliebearman

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olliebearman aaand we're back ! very excited about my first season in f2, many good things to come 😁👍

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prema_team Let's go Ollie !

yn.fm ROTY AWARD INCOMING

yn.fm I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO WIN EVERY RACE

olliebearman who are you ?

yn.fm oliver answer the phone NOW 😁

yn.fm

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yn.fm SURPRISE !!! my debut album 'email i can't send' is dropping on april 27th 2023 💌 i'm so so so excited to share these stories with you, tell me which track you're claiming in the commentssss 🫶

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user44 NONSENSE IS ABOUT TO BE MY TOP SPOTIFY WRAPPED SONG I CAN FEEL IT

olliebearman good choice 👍

yn.fm stop influencing my babies 😡

olliebearman just appreciating their taste love 🤷‍♂️

olliebearman they're so not ready

olliebearman not our little secret anymore :(

yn.fm i'll share other secrets with u dw 🤭

olliebearman

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olliebearman so happy with this weekend's results! hoping for many other wins for the rest of the season :)

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yn.fm MY MAN MY MAN MY MAN

yn.fm 🐻celona 🤭🫶

yn.fm so leng

olliebearman stop this madness

scuderiaferrari Complimenti Ollie 👏

olliebearman grazie mille team !

yn.fm @olliebearman stop pretending you can speak italian on main

olliebearman @yn.fm you're about to get blocked

yn.fm

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yn.fm nonsense video out tomorrow starring my favourite boy ever !!!

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user98 the highway is looking rlly comfy rn

olliebearman i caught the l-o-v-e

yn.fm so corny

olliebearman ??? they're your lyrics

yn.fm no ❤️

olliebearman am i your favourite actor as well ?

yn.fm not you thinking you can top ryan gosling

olliebearman 😞

yn.fm

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yn.fm yk i luv a london boy !! uk tour starts tonight 😎

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olliebearman actually i'm from essex

yn.fm 'actually i'm from essex' 🤓☝️

olliebearman the british slander was a bit unnecessary

user68 i'm so excited to see you tonight xx

yn.fm i can't wait to see your cute faces my loves 🥹

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formula2 Bearman to receive post-Feature Race time penalty at the #BritishGP.

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yn.fm booo you whore

user15 ariana what are you doing here ??

user66 LMAOO Y/N ON YOUR PUBLIC ACCOUNT ???

user98 @user66 her pr team must be so tired

yn.fm literally underserved

user39 so real of you

user07 so sad about ollie's penalty, on his home race as well :(

olliebearman

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olliebearman i wish this weekend would've ended on a better note, but i'd like to thank everyone for the support there ❤️

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yn.fm so happy that i got to see you do what you love at your home race 🫶

yn.fm you were perfect ilysm

olliebearman love you ❤️

olliebearman

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olliebearman happy one year to the most beautiful, hardworking and kind person on earth. here's to many many many other summers with you my love

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yn.fm I LOVE YOU SO MUCH ARGH

olliebearman i love you more 😁

paularon_ @olliebearman eww

yn.fm my swiftie bf

olliebearman you basically brainwashed me into a swiftie but okay

yn.fm

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yn.fm happy anniversary to my lover, i'm so happy our paths crossed because i don't even know what i would do without you !! i love you more than words can say 🫶

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olliebearman my pretty girl !! i love you so much ❤️

yourbsf @olliebearman can i get her back now

olliebearman @yourbsf maybe tmrw

yourbsf @olliebearman it's been a week bearman 😐

olliebearman @yourbsf joint custody is so complicated with you

yn.fm @olliebearman @yourbsf HELLOO ??

[rebeltigera]

Heeey! Missed you a lot!

College sucked my life force for almost two whole months. I'm so grateful that it's the holiday season, at least in my country. I'll be able to rest for two weeks before getting back on with everything 😞

How have you been? Last time I was here you were pretty sick, are you okay now or still feeling under the weather?

Your last drawings of Macaque have been amazing, I always tell you this, but the way you draw him is very characteristic of you; you give him a special look that makes him look so majestic, handsome and gorgeous at the same time (and threatening, let's not forget that). I love to see any of your works on my dash anytime I have some free time 💖

Aaand, I don't have questions, or not (it just came to my mind)— the last drawings of Mac and Wu together are after their “wedding” in Diyu, right? :>?

—🐵🐵

Hiii welcome back from hell!

Yea, i'm better , The flu lasted a few days n I'm back to health. Only artblock stayed :'D

The babygirl is just a black cat

And actually no, it's somewhere in the healing arc! By the end/past half of it they are pretty much a couple :3 well at least they are acting like one either way skskskks

I actually didn't draw anything past their wedding in diyu, other than Mac getting actually heavily hurt before. It's better to leave u guys in suspense :3c

[redstonedust]

wait im confused what is this kerilson lore you mentioned im apprently missing out on? Who/what is kerilson??

ok i'm gonna recap literally everything i can remember about kerilson because i'm not sure how much context you have. SO. INCOMING INFODUMP:

if you've been following the rest of hermitcraft season 9 you'd know that the majority of the active hermits went through the rift and got trapped on empires smp for a month. one of the only hermits left behind was xb, and he handled this... interestingly (badly)

so after showing footage of the hermits going through the rift via a security camera he apparently has set up in grians base, and then trying to claim the entire shopping district as his property (off to a good start) he opens his next episode proudly declaring that he's actually NOT alone, he has a friend, and that friend knows how to open the rift again!

enter kerilson:

i should clarify that kerilson is, first and foremost, a reference to the movie castaway. like. in that movie the protagonist is stuck on an island with nobody to talk to but a volleyball he's named wilson. so theres already precedent for kerilson being just xb going kind of stir crazy without his friends (especially keralis).

so according to xb, kerilson demands a diamond throne (which also includes concrete slabs, the first sign that something weird is going on) and then they reopen the rift. except the rift sends xb to previous hermitcraft seasons instead of empires, where kerilson is distracted by wanting to look at past keralis builds instead of helping xb find his friends. eventually xb DOES end up on empires, but its season 1, and he's completely alone.

he wanders through the server, finds the ocean, spends several days at sea, gets picked up by a flying kerilson themed boat, the scenery warps back into his base, he gets back into bed, and then is woken up by beef, who seems disturbed by the fact xb is even IN bed. bc, y'know, hermitcraft, sleep should be instant.

he concludes the whole thing was a dream, tho that doesnt explain how he's able to accurately dream of empires s1, but gem's empires lore establishes sleep based world hopping so...... put a pin in that.

anyways two episodes later kerilson can be spotted watching xb in the background of his base, but isnt acknoweldged. xb continues to be Totally Normal about his missing friends by building a giant keralis statue, except every time he looks back at it its head is replaced with kerilsons head. so he blows it up.

several months pass with v few kerilson hints, until xb starts teasing a makeship plushie of him and kerilson. in this weirdest way possible. ie. while building his base he mentions he's started hearing noises, and a low joepacity kerilson flashes on screen with scrambled keralis dialog in the background. (side note: xb heard similarly scrambled keralis dialog when keralis was coming back through the rift. unclear if this is related.)

aaand bringing it to now, xb gets a book inviting him to a TCG match, which turns out to be against kerilson. who is apparently real and able to hold TCG matches. except during the animation of the match kerilson never moves and keralis is shown to be helping him behind the scenes, implying kerilson was just an armor stand all along-- except for, you know, the whole established dream demon aspect.

and now he's a marketable plushie! :D

so yeah TLDR: he's an armor stand who has been simultaniously implied to be a figment of xb's imagination, a regular armor stand xb thinks is alive, a regular armor stand controlled by keralis, some kind of fragment of keralis, and an independent, dream controlling being. and also keralis has little to no involvement in any of these episodes.

and as a fun side note, this isnt the first time we've seen some kind of logic defying facsimile of keralis appear in somebody elses episode. when tango went to space to try and stop the moon crashing in season 8, he ran into keralis, who stated he'd been there for months, even tho this is not true in keralis' episodes.

both of these are also scenarios where the enviroment is implied to not be real (a dream / a simulation) and the keralis-a-like appears to help them as they try to leave the server. coincidence? absolutely. but i love to make lore out of nothing!

[tournament-of-ninjago]

ROUND 1-2:

man i hate the randomniser >:(

keep reading for propaganda!

NYA:

She is THE girlboss!! You don’t get to call her “the girl ninja”, you don’t get to underestimate her, because if you do it’s a grave mistake and the last one you’ll ever make. Nya is the master of water, and the former Samurai X. even though she was the last one to join the team, she’s just as good as the rest of the ninja, sometimes even better. Aaand she’s an absolute genius.

P.I.X.A.L:

Originally an android made by Cyrus Borg, she became a nindroid after Zane gave up half his power source to save her from a lego robot death. Now she’s the new Samurai X, and one of the ninja’s closest friends. She even lives at the monastery! She also builds all the ninja’s vehicles and mechs, and in record time, no less (we don’t talk about how they all get destroyed in less than a season).

congrats to nya!

[megabuild]

what is aoyuer? is that an acronym for something?

okay so i meant to make a big doc explaining what aoyuer is like months ago but then i started working on different projects and put it on the back burner.. and then i got ill and now i don't have much time to work on stuff at all. but not having the doc sucks and means anything i ever say about it is very confusing. so i'm so sorry anon for using your ask as an excuse to just dump as much aoyuer lore as i can without reasonably spoiling it but also thanks for reminding me that i have a lot of followers here who have never heard of it. a sobering thought

tldr; aoyuer (as of yet untitled empires rewrite) (sorry bree) is my au rewrite of empires smp that aims to connect seasons 1 and 2 as well as after life, new life, and a bunch more inbetween, with a major focus on pixlriffs' story. it also ties up a lot of loose ends and is generally darker and more adult-aimed than the original series. technically that's all you need to know but here's the no spoilers plot rundown for those interested

so aoyuer is built up of ~7 arcs but only 4 of them are like Super important

arc 0: this is just afterlife smp and a ton of early worldbuilding, the crash of the great stags, etc; what's most important from this is that oli exists and has for thousands of years, probably

arc 1: empires season 1! set in the 1500s, the world is going through a sort of renaissance period with massive technological advancements. pixlriffs the copper king (cprk) is working a boring little library job and spending most of his time kicking himself and being mad he hasn't done anything with his life (he is only like 30 but the idea of feeling old and unaccomplished even when you're young is a major theme for arc 1). enter fwhip! who is his annoying ex-roommate ex-bestie ex-boyfriend from university that left him on pretty bad terms. he has a way more accomplished job and as part of that he has been allowed to head The Empires Project which is a major journey intended to further some distant colonies while also investigating the land they're on. the land has some weiiird properties which fwhip thinks could be harnessed to create functional immortality (which was the subject of pix's thesis). he wants pix to come with him and investigate. pix feels weird about it but agrees to come along and be the "emperor" for the desert colony while he does his research... and then things get fucked up and scary! its a high fantasy that switches between a metaphorical dissection of their horrid will they won't they relationship and both of their issues aaand a more Literal dissection of the land and things living in it. including people and animals. at times. and also involves pix accidentally awakening a curse for a billion million years which sets the rest of aoyuer in motion.

arc 1.5 is sort of Not important but iwlike it a lot. there's not much to be said for it without major spoilers but it's set a little bit after arc 1 and comprises of fwhip being very upset about how his stupid project fell apart and trying to write up an Official Report on why everything fell apart while also coming to terms with him being the worst guy to ever have lived or something. much of aoyuer is like thinly veiled metaphors for mental illness but this one is just about mental illness

arc 2 sends us years forward into season 2 in the 1800s and our protagonist is professor pixelle riffs, lorekeeper (lrkp) who leaves his job as an archaeology lecturer to go and study the ancient capital and The Machiiine. because the machine set up WAY too much cool stuff to just ignore. sculk infection/possession is a big part of this arc. however while he's doing all this he meets oli! remember him? who has crash landed in S2 (basically the same way he did in canon) and is now regularly butting heads with pix. they eventually become friends and then umm something more :3 a lot of this remains the same as canon except the sculk arc gets a proper conclusion and ties into the ghost stuff. it ends with oli's finale where he still fakes his death (the goblin stuff is going to be changed but it's up in the air right now) and pix is devastated but pretty certain there's something not quite right so he picks greggory up and goes off in search of his lame ass boyfriend.

arc 2.5 actually takes place mid arc 2 because it's the hermpires crossover, which is less different dimensions and more different times (hermitcraft is our present and the rift facilitates time travel). when pixelle the archaeologist steps through the rift it causes serious time fuckery and so he sort of gets. forcefully ejected from his body and becomes a ghost possessing pixl riffs of the hermitcraft recap (rcp) who stumbles out of the rift very tired and very confused! there's a lot of fun mistaken identity stuff between him and oli and this is generally the most like. comedic and casual of the arcs though it still has some sweet moments.

arc 3 is just new life smp. where pixelle finally ends up in nl, finds that his lame ass boyfriend is still alive, and has relationship drama with him Except on top of that the land that new life is set on has similar properties to the land from arc 1 (functional immortality except it has some different effects, aka. going through drastic physical changes every time you "die") and so pixelle starts investigating that and maybe finds out that his whole life and his ancestors and descendants lives might be caught up in a time loop because of the copper king. forever and ever. this hasn't got much for it because i was going to work from new life canon as a base but then both pix and oli stopped playing on it LMFOHALDH but anyway.

aaand arc 4! final arc! which is set in the present right after pixl (the recap one) returns home from the hermitpires crossover. except the weird ghost voice of his ancestor in his head.. isn't going away? or rather its been replaced by a different one who is sending him on The Heros Journey. along with zloy and lyarrah and modern fwhip. this is basically the long awaited Conclusion to the curse that the copper king put in place and a lot of bullshit happens that icant really explain but it ties up all the loose ends and is generally just pix consistently having the worst time. hes the only pix who goes through hell without bringing it upon himself like he was just born.

and um. that's aoyuer! obviously there's more for all the arcs and i am happy to answer Basically any questions even though i get a little nervous sharing stuff about it because im shy. But iwhope thag explains at least a bit for everyone. My dream is to write this all into various fanfics but that looks kinda unlikely rn but it means a lot to me and you can kinda safely assume if I'm ever talking about or drawing empires there's a 99% chance it's actually aoyuer because I forget canon exists .AOYUER WORLDWIDE

[yellowhollyhock]

1,2,3 for 87 Raph. 7 and 8 for any 03 turtle :)

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okay here's 87 Raphael

1 Why do you like/dislike this character

Okay so when I first watched 1987 it was in the context of having seen 03 and rise and knowing a little about mirage because of this turtle documentary I had watched. So as soon as Raph came on screen and started snarking I was just.. it was just such an interesting take on one of my favorite turtles while also being a quintessential example of a character archetype that I enjoy for completely separate reasons. Raphael would be worth 10 seasons by himself if the rest of the show weren't great (which it is)

One of the first things that stuck in my head forever was when they had Baxter Stockman tied up asking him who he works for and Raph pulls out his sai and threatens to "get sarcastic," cue the light hitting the sharp point. Stockman immediately tells all and Raphael says with this charming grin directly to the fourth wall, "Nothing beats cutting wit"

and I was like ALSKDJRIWOWIB they they because Mirage Raph is the 'crazy one' who goes off by himself on wild adventures and always wants to help everyone 03 Raph is the 'angry one' who pushes back against Leo's decisions to keep them balanced rise Raph combined those by being the stressed older brother-- I would never have anticipated Witty Raph Sarcastic Raph Fourth Wall Breaker Raph but it makes so much sense this is the perfect missing link

And it was very fun to watch him develop more and more into his own Funny Man personality. I love how when he doesn't have a quip he's usually just watching. Probably because it's hard to write clever quips all the time akdjdhsj but being a quiet watcher until he isn't is such a Raph thing and yet in the way it's done in 87 it's so uniquely Raphael.

Also I think he's a great brother. He's so supportive of Leonardo. He goofs around with Michelangelo. He and Donatello are constantly ripping each other apart verbally and also would die for each other in a heartbeat and also would kill each other for the last slice of pizza. I like how it's really impossible to get an age order with them, and Raphael especially I feel milks being the youngest when he can and lets the other guys do the responsible things but also will Older Brother them if the opportunity presents itself

Like he will be goofing off during training all the time, and one day Splinter splits them up Leonardo and Donatello (taking it seriously) vs Michelangelo and Raphael (not taking it seriously) and I love him in this episode so much. It's the fact that he's always doing this but when pressed he has this angsty teenager answer like "it's not like this training is intense enough to prepare us for Shredder anyway." But split into teams, now he's invested, and that's very unfortunate for him because Michelangelo isn't alsjdhajs. So Raphael is trying to hold his own against Leo and Don while also trying to convince Michelangelo to put the hammock away and help him. It's a very good episode for an example of Raphael being Baby when he can but also not when he doesn't feel like it.

Plus there's something down-to-earth about Raphael compared to his bros. Maybe it's the dry humor. Maybe it's the way he actually wants to run away from danger instead of towards. But he just strikes me as so... idk how to describe it, but out of all the turtles in the multiverse 87 Raphael is Just Some Guy. I mean in the zaniest way possible but idk how else to describe it. I think he's neat

also also he threw a couch at Donatello, what's not to like?

2 Favorite canon thing about this character

He loves disguises! It's a hobby he got into because he felt like he needed a special thing to contribute to the team 😭 He's so silly I love him so much

3 Least favorite canon thing about this character

umm.. huh. uhhhhh

The fact that raphibians (raph x mona x genghis) isn't canon

(or is it 👀)

(just kidding it is not)

Aaand I'm answering for 03 Donny because he's my favorite

7 something fandom does that I like

I like how the fandom gives him lasting consequences from all the craziness he went through. Headaches and emotional trauma from the mind probe, blaming himself for Honeycutt's temporary death, Kirby's disappearance, his second mutation... and especially SAINW. I love when he is dismissive of his own pain only for it to bite back hard down the road.

8 something fandom does that I don't like

I'm pretty chill generally, and I haven't come across characterizations that I find horrible, certainly not consistently. I also feel like he's a very, i guess balanced? character and thus hard to mess up. Like if you make him a soft little guy who just wants everyone to get along, you are right he is like that. If you make him a crazy scientist who just wants to see how far he can go without much thought to the consequences, you are also right he is like that too. If you make him totally logical and out of touch with his feelings I am kissing your forehead I love you so much, if you make him deeply emotional and very aware of it and coaching others through their feelings I am also kissing you you are so right I love you.

Okay I thought of something, I don't like when he's shipped with April. It's generally pretty easy to avoid but I do come across it once in a while.

[bwobgames]

Previous First

He wakes up

He doesn't know what day it is or what time it is

He wakes and has only one thought on his mind

"I'm fucking pissed"

He knows he gets cranky when he gets hungry but this is something else.

He knows how it is, he will die soon

So why shouldn't he be a little hater in the meantime

This situation just sucks. Dying from thirst is so unglamorous.

This house? Wack. The art? Wack. The architecture? Wack.

If it wasn't because he didn't know how to start a fire, he would, indeed, set this place on fire

He knows what he can do.

After doing things that he'd rather not repeat to keep his water levels vaguely estable, he stands up and walks, with purpose this time, he is looking for something

And he finds it

The femur is a human's strongest bone

"I don't know who your owner is, Mr Femur, but I'm sure this will be cathartic to both of us"

He is walking again

He finds a suitable target

"Here comes Oliver Beebo, our rising star this season. He gets ready to swing aaand..."

"He absolutely smashes it!!! It's a homerun-goal-checkmate whatever the fuck, he wins!!"

"I fucking win"

He does it again to the rest of the heads. It's exhilarating, and moves to the next room

He's walking only through adrenaline and spite

He sees another graffiti from his friend, anonymous graffiti-er.

He wonders if this is their femur. He hopes they are happy looking it be used for good.

Down with the system, you are so right graffiti person, I will make you proud

He smashes with a smile on his face

He finds a familiar room

The ceramic crime scene

Now it's gonna look like a real tragedy

He wonders if the ghosts of the house are watching him right now

He hopes they're are

He can almost hear them

Giving him encouragement, clapping for him, shouting in joy where he can't

He will join them soon, he knows this

He will make a grand entrance

"Enjoy the show, fellas. I'll be there soon for any interviews"

He already feels like one of them

He's happy

Although

Part of him hopes he's alone

He hopes that everyone else managed to leave, to pass on.

He hopes no one else is trapped like him

He doesn't know any of this people, and he loves them

"We are brothers now"

He walks, locally grown bat by his side, when he finally sees it

His primary target

The map

Always there, a constant presence

Mocking him

His brain is not the most logical right now, but who cares? He has three femurs and a quickly approaching expiration date

He knows what he wants to do

The frame shatters into pieces

He hits it over and over again, until the frame falls

He takes the paper and rips it with his own hands

He even bites it a little

He wished he could put it on fire, but he'll settle for leaving it absolutely non recognizable

He feels full of energy, borrowed from adrenaline

He feels amazing. He feels successful. He just ...!!

Something feels

Right

He's tired, but he won't rest

He doesn't plan to stop until he's forced to rest

He is going down swinging, Goddammit!

He goes to open another door

"I'll have all the time in the world to rest when I drop de-"

He's outside

He's... He's outside?

The sun is so bright

He hears something behind him

A meow?

Looking behind him, he sees... a lot

Is the main room, the one he came in.

There's the cat, meowing, he takes it

"Poor boy, he's definitely hungry, but still looks healthier than me, hah"

Behind is... everything

All the trash, art, bones, corpses, and mysterious substances that he found in the multiple rooms

His blue jacket is there, he thought he lost it forever

He doesn't take it

Some things he hadn't even encountered are there

It's... It's a lot

He puts the femur with the pile

He quietly thanks it

In between the... everything, he sees a can of spray paint

Must be empty

He feels like he lost a friend

He says goodbye to everyone

He think he hears them say it back

He goes back to the closest city, it's early morning

He leaves the cat in a vet and himself in a hospital.

The cat was delivered to the owner the next day

For his sacrifice and high amount of trauma in the act of cat-searching, he got paid the amazing quantity of

20 dollars

He got himself the most expensive and delicious ice cream 20 dollars can buy

It was really good

And a great way to repress memories

He tells people something fell on him while he was in that house, and that's why he couldn't escape for 2 days

Sometimes he believes it too

He makes a formal and stern petition to have that house be demolished. Seeing the multiple bones inside and Oliver's story of the events, they quickly accept it.

The house is gone shortly after

He doesn't know if there were ghosts in there or not. He could have been very well just hallucinating anything due to his poor, poor mental and physical health.

He still misses them

[bettsfic]

an update!

i'm back from my travels visiting @lunarriviera and @volturialice! and in a couple weeks i'll be leaving for my residency, which i'm a little nervous about because usually i'm neck deep in a project before a residency and so i get a lot of work done, but right now i'm just playing around with a few story ideas and making minor progress on fic wips. i'm going to put my faith in the universe and tell myself i'll have my agent's feedback by then and i can get started with revisions on Skinless. i guess a month-long residency is the best possible place to work on the unfun kind of revisions, so maybe that's not a bad thing.

since i'm not really writing, i've gotten into some new things:

i started playing honkai: star rail which is super fun and i highly recommend it for people interested in genshin impact who are hesitant to play because it's become so enormous, or who aren't interested in real time combat. honkai: star rail is turn-based combat and still in version 1.3. i started playing genshin in 1.3 also, and i've managed to keep up with it for 2.5 years but i can't fathom trying to get into it now, which is why i never recommend it to people. 1.3 is a great time to get into a hoyoverse game.

speaking of "so enormous it's impossible to get into," i finished one piece (live action) and loved it, so i started one piece (anime) and ngl, i'm a little daunted. a watch guide i read said i had to get to episode 44 to really decide if i would want to invest in watching the rest, but 44 episodes is itself a commitment. i've never really been able to get into a shonen anime, so i'm not sure if it's worth it. any insight here is appreciated.

aaand i started watching the F1 series drive to survive which is 8000% my shit. very excited to get caught up.

many, many people have asked if i've watched the bear. i watched season 1, loved it but not as much as people seemed to think i would, and i plan to watch season 2 soon.

i have a lot of unanswered asks which i'm trying to get through so i'm sorry if i haven't made it to yours yet. i can't guarantee i'll answer all of them before my residency but i'll definitely make an effort. and i'll probably have my ask closed through october so i can focus on whatever i end up working on.

[oboetemasuka]

Musical Analysis: Season 1 Megamix

So @good-beansdraws poked me for my musical expertise ability to discern pitch, and now I have the urge to analyze the entire megamix in terms of pitch. Maybe a bit of other effects, but mostly pitch.

(Disclaimer: I was not a music major.)

Undercover: Original key: E minor (1 sharp) (verse), A major (3 sharps) (chorus) The vocals of the chorus play during the instrumental opening, causing a pitch discrepancy of 2 sharps. Transition: Instrumentals switch to D minor (1 flat), which matches HARROW (F Major; 1 flat)

(The rest shall go under the cut)

HARROW: Original key: F Major Transition: Voice switches to E Major (4 sharps; -1 semitone), but the last note (G#) is bent up to A. This is technically a discrepancy of one sharp (going into A Major, 3 sharps), but it doesn't really show up in the snippet.

Transcription: (original on top, pitch shift on bottom)

Weakness: Original key: A Major Transition: Voice switches to C Major (no sharps or flats; +3 semitones), creating a discrepancy of one sharp (G Major, 1 sharp). Then the last part gets further shifted (not uniformly) to fit the key.

Transcription (ottava bassa; the notes are written an octave higher than they are sung)

Zooming in on the last part, here's how it should look like without the additional pitch shifting (on top)

Personally, I think it would've sounded better if they just shifted it down two semitones, as it would then be in G Major.

This Is How To Be In Love With You: Original Key: G Major Transition: She's just rapping, so there's not really any pitch to change.

Umbilical: Original Key: F Major (verse), F# Major (chorus) Transition: No pitch shift; it just slows down a lot. No overlap with the next song.

half: Original Key: Db Major Transition: No overlap

Throw Down: Original Key: C Major Transition: The last note overlaps with the next song

Bring It On: (I think they pitched up the spoken part, but it doesn't really matter) Original Key: C# minor (4 sharps) Transition: F Major (1 flat; +1 semitone). Also, Magic is in swing. It's possible that they adjusted the rhythm, but I can't hear any difference in either the voice or the instrumentals.

Magic: Original Key: F Major (1 flat) Transition: No key change; discrepancy of 1 flat

MeMe: Original Key: A minor (no sharps or flats) Transition: Overlapping instrumentals (percussion)

After Pain: Original Key: Eb Major (3 flats) There's no transition left, but the percussion is different.

Aaand now I have another drawing idea in mind. Thanks.

[baublekute]

OC Interview Questions: Valerie Rose Barrère

Tagged by @ghostoffuturespast thank you! Love these little games and writing practices. Also needed to think how my V would actually answer these questions...

[Mama Welles' on a Saturday night.]

V (reading a book on the couch with her feet up): "What are you two giggling about over there? It's suspicious and I don't like it." Misty (cuddling with Jackie on the opposite end of the couch): "Oh, we decided to make you a dating profile." V (initial confusion followed by a bit of rage): "A dat… The fuck?" Jackie (with the laptop): "You need some action, hermana." V: "No. Absolutely not. Delete that shit right now." [Jackie gives V his best puppy dog eyes.] V (waiting a moment): "Uggh. Fine… I'm gonna regret this." Jackie: "Heh, wasn't actually sure that was gonna work." (straightening himself out to look more serious) "Nickname?" [V gives Jackie a bombastic side eye.] Jackie: "Oh right!" (Types the letter as he says it) "V." Misty: "Height?" V: "5ft 3in." Jackie: "Gender?" V: "Seriously, Jack?" Jackie: "What? I don't want to assume." V (sighing, realizing he has a valid point): "Sure. Female." Misty: "Orientation?" V: "Straight I guess?" Jackie: "Nationality and… or… ethnicity?" V: "Uhh, my mother was Scottish/French and I think she said something about my father being Finnish. Anyways, born and raised in Heywood." Jackie (speaking the words slowly as he typed his version): "White. Very white. Heywood born and bred." Misty: "Star sign? I know this one already. Sagittarius." [Updating to Libra - forgot it's actually been official, and I stick with a lot of canon] Jackie: "Favorite fruit?" V: "Honeydew melon." Misty: "Favorite season? Autumn, right?" V: "You got it." Jackie (using his most delicate voice): "Favorite flower?" V (sharply): "Snapdragons." Misty: "Your favorite scent?" V: "Oh man… I have so many… cedarwood, jasmine, sandalwood, bergamot, books…" [Misty nods in agreement, thinking of her favorite incense in the shop.] Jackie: "Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?" V: "Tea usually. I'm… selective when it comes to coffee." Jackie (types and mutters): "Psh. I'll say. Can never bring you coffee anymore." Misty: "Average hours of sleep?" V: "9 to 10. I get cranky with less." Jackie: "You sure do." V (annoyed, raised voice): "Do you want me to finish these questions or not Jackie?" Jackie (puts his hands up in surrender): "Alright alright… I take it you didn't get your beauty sleep… princess." [V punches Jackie pretty hard in the arm.] Jackie (rolling over holding his bruised arm, laughing): "Oww…ahah… oww. Heh." V: "Misty, if you'd please take the rest of the questions… unless you want to drag an oversized bodybag out the door." [Jackie flashes V a stupid grin.] Misty: "Dog or cat person?" V: "Hmm… It feels like cheating to say both. Maybe I lean towards dogs. It's been awhile since I've seen one though." Misty: "Dream trip?" V: "Europe maybe? I don't know if there's anything left of my parents over there but I guess I'm curious." Misty: "I'd love to go back to Poland one day. Favorite fictional character?" V: "Probably… Edmond Dantes from The Count of Monte Cristo. It was one of my mom's favorites." Misty: "Number of blankets you sleep with?" V: "Zero or one… It's just too damn hot." Misty: "Aaand last one." V: "Oh thank god." Misty: "A fun fact?" V: "Uhhh. I guess… I enjoy retro video games?" Misty: "OK. Published." V: "Now will you two leave me be?" [bing.] Jackie (throwing himself at the computer): "Ooh! Look! Matches already, chica!" V (snatching the computer out of Jackie's hands): "Wait what? Lemme see." [V scrolls a bit, the reflection of the screen lighting up her face in the dark room.] V: "No. Noo. Definitely not. No." Jackie (takes the computer back): "Lemme take a look… I'll find you someone... Here! This guy looks promising, huh?" (excitedly turns the screen to face V.) V: "Oh. Damn. Lemme take a closer look… Nah. What a damn shame. He's NCPD."

[ghostlyhamburger]

Husband Watches Truth and Lies

they changed the opening theme?

They rerecorded the audio too. I don't know if I like it.

Wait Zoe's in the intro sequence? and Hawkmoth is using TWO miraculous?? What's with Ladybug's new outfit??

I don't know if I like it.

I do like that it's creating more visual interest in the outfit but I don't think that's how you should do it.

We're not even a minute in

Hm. So they gave the unify upgrade to the villain too. I like the outfit aaand he's phantom of the opera. He looks like more of a prick now.

Honestly I feel like the normal box is a lot more inconspicuous

so kwamis don't show up on things but we have seen evidence of their audio existing. in the kwami capture episode where Marinette put on all of them. also they can maintain sentience and awareness in the suit forms so they'd already ahve seen a lot of this stuff when she moved across the city wearing all of them.

I did not hear what Juleka said. I don't think there's any actual words in that.

I remember why I stopped watching this.

{Marinette is babbling to Luka about Adrien and husband is taking a lonnnnng drink}

What the fuck is happening here? "Marinette forgot everything and they're just" Being dicks about it?

This feels like there's an amount of time that has passed between the end of season 3 and the beginning of season 4 and none of it was covered. It clearly isn't the next day, I don't remember them dating, but also Alya didn't know so clearly they haven't been together long?

Also why is every episode with Luka so cringey?

It's like everything else with the show is so subtle and intriguing but the relationship stuff is so goddamn heavy handed. It's hard to enjoy it when it's being forced in our face. It's not even me disliking romantic stuff, some of the greatest stuff in shonen revolves around romance.

The donut of my life??

What is with this show and the stupid orange juice??

They're trying to show off their increased budget here

Bitches you are talking during a movie!

None of the things about Luka should really be flagging as he's an asshole, but so many things flag as he's an asshole!

(Luka got Mari to say "kiss me") That was actually really smooth. Props where props are due.

"I gotta keep my identity a secret more than ever!" So you shout it in the bathroom.

So there's been pretty much cartoon violence in the show so far. Season four opens up with THE BOMBING OF PARIS.

This feels more like first actual episode than first episode of a season. A lot of reestablishing who the characters are and what their relationships are.

He didn't impact the glass at the center where it would have fractured. Yes I will be that pedantic.

Plus he's not actually pressing up against it so it doesn't look like he shattered the glass

This is Mr Pigeon isn't it

(They're at Andre's) Fucking hell this episode has all the worst people.

Nino's wearing WWE shoes.

It's almost like the universe is telling Marinette not to date Luka because it keeps pushing her towards Chat Noir

God Luka's so pretentious

(Husband noticed a poster for Le Coquelicot in the background and asked me to look up what that meant and so I found out it means poppy, and the meaning of a poppy is remembrance and hope for the future) So the universe is reflecting her hope for the future here but also showing that she really can't have that with Luka?

what? THAT'S what akumatizes Luka? "I can't tell you the truth" THAT'S what breaks him?

(husband downed the rest of his drink)

What is this show? Why must it be so stupid? Why must it hurt me? No bitch is that dramatic!

So this is their way of stepping up the villain. Giving him TWO powers.

That seems like such a STUPID idea. putting the amok and the akuma into the same object? if you break one, you break both!

also dude you're literally wearing the thing that says that she cares about you, you are so fucking stupid oh my fucking god

This goes against the aloof nature they gave Luka in other episodes. so going back to the heavy handed bullshit

So he can force akumatization. (Actually I think on some level Luka gave in because he did want to know Marinette's secret) That makes more sense, plays into his duplicitous nature

Finally something more important to Luka than getting into Marinette's pants!

(Ladybug gags herself) The Totally Spies influence keeps rearing its head

So there's one thing I don't understand. In earlier episodes we've seen that Hawkmoth can force akumas to do things. Why isn't he doing that now?

Look at Tom being a good father!

Why do I recognize [Ziggy's] voice

Wow really showcasing the quick thinking abilities of Chat

Why did they make Chat more tan

Yeah putting the whole amok and akuma into the same object seems like a stupid idea. also is there a point to de-evilizing the amok when it has no sentience?

oh she doesn't say bye bye little butterfly anymore

That was a pretty good episode if you don't count the first 15 minutes

All right that's actually a really good moment for Jagged

All right so that to me says they're gonna stop with the romantic bullshit till the end of the series but I KNOW that's not the case.

and that's this episode!

Props to Jagged for actually confronting his own inadequacies and trying to do better for what he should be. Also I guess I kind of understand Luka a bit. It's not easy growing up without a father figure. It was hard enough not seeing my own often, it must be worse having NO father figure. It's probably why a lot of anime that are male centric with a lot of older male characters really hit home with me, because they could teach me paternal morals. Luka clearly didn't have that. Even though anime is more popular in France than it ever was in America.

(So what you're saying is Adrien is more well adjusted than Luka because he's a weeb.) Yes actually!

This really ties into my thoughts of Adrien and Luka being mirrors of each other, Kagami and Marinette being mirrors of each other, Adrien and Marinette being reflections, even Kagami and Luka being reflections.

Adrien and Kagami are obviously reflections with the isolation and fascination with anime and fencing but Adrien had a friend in Chloe and Kagami had no one.

I could keep going

(He is still going)

(so at the time I was pissed at Luka, because I thought it was shitty when a girl breaks up with a guy for his response to be "that's okay I'll wait"). I see it differently. So I disagree. I don't think that was their intent. I think they were trying to show Luka's emotional intent. Luka came out of the akumatization and realized he was being unfair to Marinette. He realized that with the gift and everything that she was trying to be there for him and that she just still couldn't tell him. So when she broke up with him, he understood that she was overwhelmed, and even though she didn't say she couldn't be with him right now, he understood what she meant. It just went over badly because the episode was so heavy handed at the beginning.

I don't like what they did to Juleka in basically making her mumble mouth, in previous seasons she was just shy and didn't talk much. also they changed her personality.

(TIME FOR LIES)

The weirdest thing about the series so far is they have random bits of speeding up people's dialogue to make it fit and it doesn't work.

Why didn't they start the first episode like this? We followed Marinette through the previous episode. We should've kept with that and followed Adrien through the first episode.

why is the camembert not stored in the fridge

Did Plagg just talk to him through the phone?

that's a stein of milk

those sneaky bitches

when did they give Kagami freckles?

I wish Kagami wasn't the only one who had a unique suit.

Considering Kagami hates lies, does she not use feints in fencing then? that would turn her episode point into an actual character quirk.

There could also be more characters in the fencing class that we knew besides Adrien and Kagami. it's cool that adrien wears the same thing as everyone else but it's forcing Kagami to stand out that she's wearing something different. Actually considering how controlling her mother is that may not be her choice.

The timing on this is just too weird. It made sense from the Ladybug perspective but the amount of time between things. They had a walk away from the boat and had a whole ass talk and a whole ass Hawkmoth thing and Ladybug having her transformation sequence in the time it took them to walk down the stairs

wow he really just nuked the entire Kagami/Adrien thing in this one episode

"I only ever have this much fun with you" YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND

It was bright as frickin day when they defeated Truth

See this actually makes a lot more sense because they are meant to be younger and less emotionally stable. I think it actually works really well.

Considering the fact that Hawkmoth is lying that would include him. and why didn't he give her a sentimonster?

Fang want cake

Are they actually gonna use Chloe to an effect? The most honest, brutally honest bitch?

FANG WANT CAKE

Fang the best

is her orb getting bigger?

Actually that was just a really good episode. the only things that don't work are the parts that conflict with the previous.

Yeah this episode hurts

Why did they give Ladybug such an ass

[oneshotdepresso]

⭐⭐⭐!!!!!

had to spin a wheel for this one LMFAO

aaand we get...

✨ GO au !! ✨ 🐶👼

so i first came up with the au around the release of good omens season 2, i hadnt watched it then but ive heard of key spoilers so for comfort, the original concept of the au was WAYYY fluffier (in a metaphorical sense). bojan is still an escaped hellhound, but the premise was that heaven and hell were too preoccupied with the rest of armageddon and the ineffable husbands' shenanigans that they just left bojan alone, therefore leaving bojan and jere to simply Vibe with each other. i then copied and pasted my musings in another server to @mitochondriencocktail and it just. spiraled from there.

mito sent in the first lines of the hell escape scene and i sent some lines too, and now we have the GO au

LMFAO... proceeds to put them through Worse

also, the entire reason why bojan was made into a hellhound in this au wasnt really because of his fandom brand as a "golden retriever boy", tho it did play a part. the reason was, and i quote, because "i dont want to nerf bojan's sad brown eyes" if i made him a demon.

[sambambucky]

Author Tag

thanks for the tag @thatmexisaurusrex !!!!!!!<33

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

24

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

126,908 (77,882 this year haha)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Avengers generally, sambucky specifically, spiritually 2012 avengers tower + my otp

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

come on guys i'm only trying to get you home tell me youre joking (i find this.. hilarious) establishing shot patterns of recognition

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

i do!! i feel like a ronald mcdonald krusty clown when i do it weeks or months later but i do! idkkkk why... cuz as a reader i like getting responses

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

from beginning to end the impossible weight of maybe is the angiest thing i've written

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

they're all pretty happy but probably come on, guys ends with a proposal, so.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

every time i post anything i anticipate it but, thankfully not yet

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

yeah i write it but i only post the lightest winks and mentions eheh

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

i'm not at all creative enough for that

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

no but this does remind me to go delete one of those spam comments about posting fic elsewhere

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

nope

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

nope

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

still sambucky

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

My Art Thief!Bucky, PI!Sam fic. It's written. I just don't know if I'm happy with it. And do people still want to see it even??? I have no clue lol <- yes of course we do!!!!!!!! i still intend to finish all the incomplete fics i have on ao3.. but i did recently decide to stop dragging the dead corpse of this childhood best friends to celebrity lovers au onto every WIP list.. its a fun concept with a few scenes i love but it has no narrative arc and i am officially laying her to rest

16. What are your writing strengths?

i type sooo fast. uhhh dialogue/group dialogue???

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

i'm working on it but i have a problem with trying to rework and rework something instead of getting rid of it completely or starting over.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

my favorite version of it is when the second (or third, fourth, etc) language is in its proper characters, adds extra flavor to a dialogue exchange, aaand the jist of the exchange can be understood without translation. soo if a reader speaks said language, or they're willing to source a translation (by themselves or otherwise provided by the author) they get extra seasoning. but i think all versions are nice.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

i know i was writing stuff before sambucky but thats the first thing i ever published for and i honestly cant recall the first ever

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

changes on the daily, but today i'll say come on guys

saying hi/no pressure tagging @logicheartsoul @crepuscularqueens @writerkenna

[under-the-ladder]

(Eurovision 2023 challenge)

Day 3: Most underrated entry of 2023

I needed to think for a while about what it means underrated to me, hence the break of the streak.

So the conclusion is that (to me, at least) underrated doesn't necessarily mean that an entry placed low, but more like I didn't see the community discuss or hype it much, generally great but overlooked.

Aaand that is what I think (despite the great final place) happened to Ukraine and Tvorchi this year.

Since they were chosen at Vidbir, there were cries about how Ukraine could've chosen better. Of course the most likely alternatives were both folk-ish, so the direction that Ukraine has been increasingly praised for taking. As for me I was just content with the choice and happy with the diversity. The staging, however, instantly caught my attention - I thought it was innovative and at the same time intimate, very fitting for the song, but also hard to sync the choreo with visuals - quite risky.

Before the Eurovision week I didn't see Tvorchi being talked much about. People had them rather low in their rankings, I forgot about them for a while too. In the odds, however, they were very high, like 3rd or something for a very long time. I don't really know about the interviews, rehearsals, etc. because I just didn't follow them extensively, but from what I was able to skim through I didn't see much coverage either.

I also woke up on this entry only like a week before the first semi while creating a tier list. Suddenly I realized that Heart of Steel had grown on me since the start of the season and while quietly always there, not appreciated much, it suddenly appeared really good compared to the competition (see: point 1 in reasons).

The ultimate thing that I believe brought them to the attention of the public was the Turquoise Carpet and the fundraiser for the equipment for prematurely born children. That is also about the time that the message of their song started to be discussed more I think.

Anyways, possible reasons for that?

Tvorchi were the first chosen act - they could not be compared to the rest at the time as there was no one to compare yet, probably hanging in this weird limbo for the rest of the season.

Perhaps subconscious application of the host country curse - if Ukraine won for the 2nd time this year, for instance as a result of a 2016 situation between Loreen and Käärijä it would be deemed too political by the vast majority of public opinion, even I think it would look kinda bad.

Not being a part of the big 5 rivalry, but simultaneously not having to compete in the semis, also rehearsals at a later date (basically host country curse pt. 2).

As mentioned before, I can only make guesses about the interviews, parties, etc. Andrii and Jeffery seem pretty chill, but also not the most outgoing ones, English proficiency might have also been an obstacle to promotion.

I don't know, maybe it's just me and my skewed perception or the journey that the entry has gone through in my own ranking but I'm just really glad that the wider public saw this entry and kinda "saved" it. If only the fandom would vote, I feel like they would finish much much lower.

Summing up, Ukraine broke the host country curse and if anyone was to do it, I think they were the right ones!

[ryttu3k]

Good Omens season 2, episode 2! Just gonna link all the previous episodes here, too.

Previous liveblogs: Episode 1

Crowley you leave those goats alone!!

You know what I can definitely see Aziraphale's response to the whole… Job thing being probably the closest he's actually come to Falling himself. Just going "No, fuck this." I imagine this might have been when the Arrangement started proper?

Gabriel that is the most unhinged shelving system I have ever seen, and I've seen Sascha's shelving system in the now-non-canon Gehenna novel.

Aaand there's the stakes.

Oh, Maggie :(

The Resurrectionist at 66 Goat Gate. Mm not ominous at all!!

lmao the Pratchett novel. Couldn't make out the title, kinda hope it's Reaper Man.

Oh no Aziraphale accidentally made a fake dating AU.

"A sudden rainstorm forces them together beneath a canopy, they look into each other's eyes, and realise they were made for each other?" "Sounds a bit unlikely." Well, more wingbrella than canopy ;D

Dear god Crowley would watch Richard Curtis XD

Oh shit I want to read about Jane Austen's other adventures.

That Clue was definitely capitalised XD Oh lmao "well at least don't pronounce the capital letter!" it was capitalised!

Man I kinda feel bad for Jim. And yes I'm calling him Jim right now because he's clearly not Gabriel. …The whole, not being able to remember who he is because his mind isn't big enough kind of reminds me of Donna not being able to stay Doctor-Donna, actually? I wonder if Tennant had input there in the script, or if Gaiman based it on that?

The goats!!

"Can I be a blue one? :3" Bless, a baby scaley XD

Oh, Aziraphale. Wait until you discover sushi XD

Whales are pretty cool.

Job and family are having the weirdest days and also what the fuck are those 'ribs' XD

"You have my word as an angel." And thus Their Side begins!

Our car, Aziraphale? XD

Tragically The Crow Road got trounced by The Bad Beginning in the book first line tourney but I still maintain "It was the day my grandmother exploded" is a corker of an opening line.

Paused to take a squiz at the books. I can make out… something, something, No Woman No Cry, The Crow Road, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (ew, loathe that book), Catch-22, can't catch the title but it's Marquez so it's probably One Hundred Years of Solitude, something, 1984, The Big Sleep, the Bible, Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, something, something either by or about Herzog, can't make out the rest.

"It was a nice day." …And that… is Good Omens XD Well that's meta!

A demon who's just a little bit nice, and an angel who's just a little bit disobedient, doesn't sound too lonely together :) Poor Aziraphale, I can understand him feeling freaked, but you know, I think they can make this work!