#about 0.5 seconds if anyone’s interested

[godsfavoritescientist]

My current thoughts on gravity falls classpects:

Stanley - Thief of Time Stanford - Prince of Light Fiddleford - Mage of Rage Mabel - Page of Space Dipper - Knight of Mind Soos - Sylph of Blood Wendy - Rogue of Breath Bill - Lord of Hope

[yellowbrokenblue]

„Just… Pretend.”

summary: in which harry convinces you to spend your summer in cape cod with his parents as his ‘girlfriend.’ but everything is just pretend, your not actually his girlfriend and you never have wanted to be his girlfriend, you’ve never seen him as more than harry styles, the singer… but by the end of the summer will that change?

tropes (so far) : fake dating

part one

“It’s just for one weekend.” He pleaded, “Then you can go back to hating me. You never even have to talk to me again, I don’t care.”

You sigh, your head falling backwards with a groan. You did not want to do this at all, but he’d been persistently asking you for days.

“C’mon, please?”

You roll your eyes, “You’re on a date with a new girl every week, I’m sure any of them would be up for it.”

“I can’t just take anyone to my parent’s place.”

“Why not? Or how about you just tell them you’re not seeing anyone right now? They won’t care.”

“I just need you to come, alright? I’ll owe you one, I promise.”

“Why me? There’s a million other people you could take, besides I’ve already met your parents at a show, they’ll never believe we’re seeing each other.”

“And they really liked you!”

“There’ll be a ton of other people that they like too, Harry. Choose anyone else.”

“I can’t.” He sighs.

“You can.”

“I can’t.” He repeats.

You look at him with tired eyes, awaiting his explanation. You’d been over this a hundred times, you had no interest in pretending to be his girlfriend while he visited his parents over the summer.

“I already told them we’re together.” He says quietly, avoiding eye contact.

“What?” You scoff, “You’ve gotta be joking.”

“They just… They met you at the show, and they really did seem to like you, and they kept going on and on about how they want me to find someone who makes me happy and stuff and I shut them up by saying we’re together…”

“You’re unbelievable.” You say, annoyed.!

The fact he’d been telling his parents ridiculous lies without even telling you about it, when said lies actually involved you had pissed you off.

Harry’s parents were lovely, and a producer on his latest album you’d met them a couple times at shows- Especially during the LA residence where you and his parents sat through the concerts in a VIP booth. His mum was lovely, always smiling and knew every single lyric. She told you that she was in Harry’s 0.5% of top listeners on Spotify last year.

You thought that was cute.


You couldn’t relate though, 5 Seconds of Summer were your top Spotify artist- Harry could never find out about that.

“They’ve been asking for me to take you to the beach house for months-“

“Months?!” You interrupt, “How long have you been telling them we’re together?”

He shrugged, “Since the end of the Forum residency?”

“Harry that was SIX months ago!” You yell, “I can’t pretend to be in a six month relationship with you, that’s ridiculous.”

He sits down on the couch, hugging a pillow.

“Yes you can. You practically know everything about me already. We spent every day of the tour together.”

“Everything about you in a career aspect.”

“Everything in general.” Harry corrects, “Sometimes I think you know more about me than I do.”

“I don’t. You’re just saying this because you’re convincing yourself that this ridiculous idea will actually work.”

“Name my first pet.”

“What?” You question. He was being stupid. There is no way you’d ever be able to spend two weeks with his parents over the summer, it was never going to work. It was a recipe for disaster.

“C’mon. You know the answer.”

He just kept staring at you. He wasn’t giving up. The longer you stayed silent the more intense his stare got. When he began to raise his eyebrows you’d given up.

“Max.” You mutter quietly, unimpressed with this whole game he was playing.

“And what am I allergic to?”

“Marshmallows, but you eat them anyway.”

Harry was grinning, and it was pissing you off. He was winning and he knew it.

“My favourite Christmas song?”

You rolled your eyes, “Christmas lights by Coldplay, but you tell everyone that it’s Merry Christmas Everyone because it’s a classic.”

Harry was giving you a ‘I told you so’ look. He wasn’t going to quit until you agreed to pretend to be his girlfriend.

You sigh softly, “Even if I agree to this… It could he really damaging for my career.”

“No one will find out.” His face was more serious now, and you could tell from the way he was looking at you that he meant it, “I’ll make sure of that.”

“But if if does-”

“It won’t.”

“But if it does, because there’s always a chance no matter what you think, then everyone will only think I got hired to tour manage because we’re ‘sleeping together.’” You say, using air quotes, just to further elaborate that this was all fake.

Harry had already got his grammy, he was at the peak of his career he’d be fine no matter what happened. But you were a female music producer in a male dominated industry, if people think you were only hired for this album because you’re fucking the singer- your career was over.

“If people find out I’ll kill you.”

“Does this mean you’re gonna agree?”

You nod, reluctantly.

“Thank you!” He jumps out of his chair, “I swear I’ll make it up to you, thank you so much.”

— — —

If you were in Harry’s position you’d be vigilant of everything, everyone, everywhere. You’d be paranoid of someone jumping through your bedroom window while you were asleep. But Harry was oddly calm. Maybe he was just like that. His lips were formed almost in a smile while he slept, and his eyes were moving under his eyelids- probably from a dream he was having. He wasn’t calm very often- recently he’d been very on edge and anxious about everything, it was nice to see him look so peaceful. You hoped for that sort of peace someday soon.

You had been in the studio going on six hours, and when he’d taken a break from recording so you could go over the tracks he’d managed to fall asleep in that short period of time.

You let him sleep while you packed up the equipment, putting things back into their assigned places, and didn’t bother waking him up until you were 100% ready to go.

“Harry,” You said softly, shaking his shoulder lightly, “Harry we gotta go.”

His eyes opened and he blinked a few times to adjust himself to the light.

“Huh?”

“We only had the studio booked until six, we gotta go.”

“Oh,” He sat up, stretching his arms and cracking his neck that had went into a cramp, “Sorry, don’t even remember falling asleep to be honest.”

“Don’t worry about it,” You shrug, “We got enough done today anyways. You deserve a rest.”

There were only three days left until the day Harry had said you were leaving for his parents place, and you had skipped over the subject every time he’d tried to bring it up. You didn’t really want to think about it because you were dreading it so badly.

“I’ll give you a ride home.” Harry said as you left the studio building.

“No, it’s alright.” You say, “I’ll just get an Uber.”

Harry glared at you, “Y/N, just get in the car.”

You glare back. But it had been a long day so getting a free lift wasn’t so bad.

“So.” He said, starting the car. “We gotta go over some things.”

“About the album?” You play dumb.

“… No.” He rolls his eyes, “Stop pretending you don’t know what I’m talking about.”

“I’m not pretending.”

“Love, you gotta tell me some stuff about you. My parents are gonna ask me shit and I don’t have a clue what to tell them.”

You groan. You should’ve stuck to your gut and got an Uber.

“Like what.”

He shrugs, “What’s your favourite colour?”

“Purple.” You reply.

“Mines is blue.”

“I know,” You reply.

“What’s your favourite song?” He asked.

You laughed to yourself a little.

“Jet black heart,” You grin, knowing you’d get some sort of reaction out of this answer, “By 5 Seconds of Summer.”

“5 Seconds of Summer?” Harry scoffs, “They’re punks!”

You roll their eyes, “They turned to pop music and half of them are married, they’re hardly punks.”

“You know one of them dated my sister, right?” Harry groaned.

“Yep,” You grin, “And wrote a banging tune about it as well.”

“Don’t remind me.” He muttered.

“Look, you asked me a question and I gave you an honest answer. You can’t complain.”

“I know, I know.” Harry said, “You got any exes?”

You raise your eyebrows, “What?”

“This is the kind of stuff I need to know! Like I dunno if I’m your first boyfriend and all that.”

“Harry… I’m 24 years old. You’re not my first boyfriend.”

You said it almost as if he was your boyfriend. It sent a chill down your spine. This was going to be a long few weeks.

“Good to know.” He said.

He dropped you off outside your apartment.

“I guess the next time I see you will be for when we’re leaving, yeah?”

You nod. There was no studio session booked until after his vacation to Cape Cod, where his families beach house was, so he was right. The next time you see him would be at the airport.

“Flights at seven.” He says.

“Got it.”

The next few weeks were going to be hell.

part two coming soon…

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[loreartisan]

Okay, I've had some time to let my thoughts settle about the River Cartwright/Louisa Guy snippet we saw in the S5 preview and (while I've kind of begrudgingly accepted it) I've come to a conclusion about why I was opposed to it.

For the most part, I've gotten the impression that River is a very very single guy who doesn't really 'go' for women/romantic situations. And to me, this makes sense. I'll elaborate below, if you're curious to see my thought process. If you're one of the ppl who think he really deserves to be with someone, then... idk this is just my own justification. Get ready, I'm going full analytical essay mode here.

Reason 1: He respects boundaries too much. In season 1, when Sid tries telling him the reason she's at Slough House, he tells her that he doesn't want to know since it's likely for personal reasons which is "none of his business". In season 2, when Lamb says that River should 'get' with Kelly if she offers, River is very opposed to this and finds it (rightfully) unethical. In season 3, River tells Louisa that her private life is not Lamb's business and that he shouldn't bring up her "way of processing her trauma". In season 4, he hesitates to share his personal problems with Louisa, emphasizing that he is considerate of "keeping things work related". There are a lot of instances where River shows how he doesn't want to take things beyond what is needed, which to me translates to: friends are all I need.

Reason 2: It's very anti-Bond of him. James Bond is this slick, suave guy who manages to charm every lady he comes across in literally every iteration he's in. One of Bond's most recognizable aspects is how he is always seducing women to get his job done. River is this awkward guy who bumbles most of his social interactions through misunderstandings and sarcasm. Most of River's characterization is on the basis that he thinks he's Bond, but continually proves in many ways how he is the opposite of him. River's relationships with women is another way to telling the audience that he is very far from being the 'perfect' spy that James Bond is.

Reason 3: He's got too much drama around him that renders romance unnecessary. River is likely one of Slow Horse's most intriguing characters, solely based on his family background. The grandson of a legendary spook, the son of an ex-CIA mercenary, the son of a bitter and neglected daughter, the brother to trained assassins who got in trouble with lots of people... There are so many points of interest around River's family alone that I just don't think a romantic plot would benefit his character. It's nice to have rounded, three-dimensional characters, but if a character has too many conflicts and side plots, it can get difficult to keep up with. If I had to choose between the themes of River coming to terms with his family legacy or allowing him to find romance with someone, I'd pick the first option because it seems far more intriguing and has more setup/depth.

There are more subtle reasons here and there, and I know that the book version of River contradicts some of my points, but these are the major aspects behind my pitch for "River should stay single and not be shipped with anyone." I see why he might be shipped with some ppl, but ultimately that is my stance on River's romantic life. His women friends should just stay friends, and I am glad Spider died because that man was TOXIC and i dont know why ppl ship them.

uhhhhh thanks for reading my essay? Hopefully yall see the way I'm thinking (maybe i convinced you to see my side of things too???). Crazy how i did all this based on 0.5 seconds of footage that is likely (in true River fashion) a misunderstanding. Yay for overthinking!

Let me know if my essay was good (was it engaging? was my writing good? did i bring up some dogwater points?), i spent more time on this than I expected but it feels good to air my thoughts out.

TL;DR I am ✨ delusional ✨

[silusvesuius]

not to be pompous but i like my mind a lot

feeling inspired sorry i feel like i can't shut up for the last 2 days i keep logging in and out saying anythang. but also it's embarrassing when people apologize for posting online in their own space i can't stop thinking about the time i was abt to eat dinner and my brain was on nel/vas steroids mode so i was pacing around my room eating soup thinking about them really hard. i'm realizing tes in general doesn't interest me like at all i'm just a Skajrim head forever maybe i'll draw something from other games but just because i love drawing and dipping characters into my mindset. i don't care about any of the lore in the slightest i was put here to analyze any possible thoughts any sk*rim character might have in any corner of their mind..

[notsorryiml8]

Okay, I’m super sick (yay). So, have been stuck in bed perusing the interwebs for the past few days, in between fever dreams. Naturally, while I could be working from home, I look up Naruto things among others, because why not. Half the time I don’t know what to believe and I’m relatively new to the fandom, so bear with me. So….

In today’s edition of “Did Kishimoto Really Say: Kakashi edition”

Everybody always says, “Kishimoto said it in an interview,” but nobody ever produces a source. So, did Kishimoto really say?:

1) He intentionally made Kakashi, for lack of better terms, hardcore and effeminate?

Like he’s hardcore and bada$$, will slit your throat or chidori you in 0.5 seconds like the cold blooded killer that he is, but at the same time super effeminate (hence reading romance and liking Icha Icha, being nurturing, giggles like a schoolgirl, and being just so darn pretty), almost like borderline androgynous, and representing a duality of personhood. And it was intentional? And that’s part of why I guess he’s so appealing to just about anyone and I guess so shippable with just about everyone? 🤷🏽‍♀️ The mind games are strong with this one.

2) Kakashi was supposed to be an “old soul trapped in a young body.” Like he was supposed to only speak in parables and riddles like a wise old sage, and be centuries old, but Kishimoto was like naahh…?

3) Kakashi has no love interest/significant other because Kishimoto was so busy focusing on other aspects of him, that by the time the series was ending it was too late to give him one because he’d have to create a new character and there wasn’t time, so he left him to live a life of bachelorhood? There just wasn’t enough time.

So I guess in Hiden with Kahyo, that’s why a lot of people say it felt rushed - the bulk of the book from the time they meet to the time the airship go boom, it’s literally ONE DAY! Boy meets girl. Boy falls for girl. Girl and her friends and family try to kill boy. Things go boom. People die. Purple lightning. Girl repents. Boy still likes girl. Boy becomes head leader guy. Boy puts girl in jail. Ahh, a love story. I still ship ‘em though, but that’s just me.

4) All the characters were supposed to wear masks because, well, ninja, but it would have been a nightmare for writing and animating when showing expressions?

So, we only got Kakashi and a handful of random characters? I’m okay with that. He’s unique. 🙂‍↕️

5) Kakashi was supposed to be a samurai and have a whole samurai backstory, but the idea was nixed because he wouldn’t fit in with the others? Okay, and??

That would have been awesome! That’s all I got. Look, I’m sick. Brain wants to say more, but can’t.

6) Kishimoto didn’t want to keep drawing shoes, so stuck with sandals. This one is more of a me problem and not Kakashi related. And I don’t care if Kishimoto said it or not - I just HATE exposed feet * and reading the manga and watching the anime was extreme exposure therapy. 🤢 😂

*ETA: unless it’s 90 degrees year round/summer/ hot/indoors - then yeah, feet = okay.

Okay, now back to sleep for me!

[shen-daozhang]

ooh i saw your tags in the post about ppl hating female characters for the same things they love about male characters, and i thought about sqt vs jgy, so i wonder what you think about both of them! (if you feel like answering! it's not like a 1:1 comparison)

*vibrating* Yea I like those characters a normal amount why do you ask!! (Also I had a super busy week at work and I kept thinking about this ask and monologuing about it in my head, so thank you for the enrichment in my enclosure)

(very messy thoughts incoming!)

Ngl, I never considered how they are similar until this ask, and there are a lot of ways that they are! A background that includes abuse, being seen as less-than for the circumstances of their birth (SQT as a Butterfly Boned Beauty Feast, JGY as an illegitimate son of a sex worker), both gravitate towards powerful men to protect themselves, both are navigating the confines of society trying to move upwards, again, in order to protect themselves. Also both use torture (or at least the 0.5 timeline SQT does)! So that's a fun little similarity.

Now, a big difference is there is the element of revenge in JGY's actions on top of the base need to survive (and a desire to thrive in a world that looks down on you), and I think considering his intelligence he would have gotten away with his plans if not for the completely buckwild re-introduction of WWX back into the plot after his death. I personally think SQT is just focused on survival, and even when she is cruel to Chu Wanning in the 0.5 timeline, I believe she does so because considering TXJ's own treatment of CWN she thinks that is want he wants, and doing so will improve her standing with him (which, sidebar, I am always floored by people who hate on SQT for hurting CWN while they woobify TXJ). Her accusation of Ye Wangxi is only done in an attempt to survive, and I think should be viewed in the lens of the danger that Mo Ran's planted evidence places her in - she's a known Beauty Feast and you know in the world of Erha the second she is out from the protection of Nangong Si her life is likely literally over.

SQT is also just not as smart as JGY, which isn't a slight towards her, JGY is obviously brilliant on many fronts. But I think there is an element of SQT batting above her level, and that leads to her downfall in both timelines. Another glaring similarity is the fandom reaction to them and their actions being a smidge... shall I kick the hornets nest and say hypocritical especially when compared to the actions of the main character? Or other characters in the story who get woobified? (I will also throw Ye Bingchang from Till the End of the Moon into this category). At the end of the day, they are people who are just trying to survive in a deeply messed up world in the only way they know how. Now! Are they both innocent of any wrong-doing because of this? Of course not! That's what makes them interesting and why I gravitate towards these types of characters. The TL;DR: of this is essentially, "people doing fucked up stuff to survive in a world where you have to do fucked up things to survive? It's more likely than you think!"

I will say the fandom's feelings towards JGY has chilled a bit lately, but people were nasty towards him back in the day. Unfortunately, people still are towards SQT and I don't see that changing. I actually ended up including her in my 0.5 fic because I was tired of seeing fics that she either didn't appear at all OR was killed off in a way that was obviously done with malice on behalf of the author. Now she uh doesn't meet a happy end in either of my fics where she features but she's actually a character I really enjoyed writing, and I hope I did it with some sense of sympathy.

There was more I wanted to say but this is already long so I shall post this before it withers further in my drafts! <3

Also gonna link my own fics in case anyone is curious since I mentioned them. SQT appears as a character in this one here - my take on "hanahaki but worse" which has a sad ending - and her death is an inciting incident in this one, an AU where Chu Wanning is the one who got the flower and has become a zealot trying to cleanse the cultivation world (a WIP but I will finish it!).

[deas-junk-bin]

My brethren in Typhojem, Maul is 5'9, not 5'7.

I see a lot of people claim Maul is 5'7. I see where people are going wrong here, and I'm not setting out to insult anyone, but there is a step missing in your calculation if you got that answer!

See, according to an official (archived) online character encyclopedia, Maul is 1.75 meters tall. Converting meters to feet, you'll see that 1.75 meters is equivalent to 5.74147 feet. It can be tempting to skim this and interpret it as 5 feet and about 7 inches, but that's not quite right!

See, the first digit after a decimal point represents a fraction of that number out of ten. So, for instance, 0.5 is the same thing as 5 over 10, or 5 divided by 10. You can also express them as percentages by multiplying the decimal value by 100, so 0.5 is also the same thing as 50%, or half.

Inches, however, are out of TWELVE, not ten. An inch is one-twelfth of a foot. One foot equals twelve inches. Why do we do this? I don't know. I'm sure it's a very interesting historical story, but for the moment it's basically arbitrary. The point is, 0.7 feet is seven tenths of a foot, and we are looking to measure in twelfths of a foot, which is what inches are.

So we need to convert units a second time: feet to inches. You'll see that 0.74147 of a foot is equivalent to 8.89764 inches. We typically round up for a decimal value that high, so we're looking at approximately 9 inches. Then we go back to the information we got from our first unit conversion, which is that we're adding those 9 inches (which are the same thing as our 0.74147 of a foot from earlier) to a value of 5 feet. Maul is 5 feet and 9 inches tall.

You can also get this information by searching up the real-life height of Ray Park, who portrayed Maul in live-action. Park is listed as being 5'9 on IMDb, with 1.75 meters listed as the metric equivalent of that height.

Maul is still definitely the shortest person in his family, but after all he's suffered, surely we can allow him the dignity of those two inches?

[hmshermitcraft]

This was meant to be short but then it kinda got away from me lmao, enjoy the longpost

It gets lonely, living in the same old ruins day in and day out for who knows how long. Boring too. Still, Cleo stayed there, both because she didn't really have anywhere else to go and for the safety of herself and others, can't turn people to stone if there's no one around after all.

Not even the animals tend to come by anymore, not after the first few however many years ago got petrified on accident. Which is why they're so surprised to see a flash of orange from the corner of their eye one day while walking around, so used to not seeing anything new she almost didn't notice it. Still, when she does process that there's something there, it takes about 0.5 seconds to whirl around and stare at the small creature crouching down at one of the buttons they'd placed around the ruins for funsies one day.

It was a curious being, humanoid in form yet seemingly made of copper, completely focused on the button in front of it (her?) to the point of not even noticing cleo approach until they were right behind it and clearing their throat in a way she hoped was menacing and not at all sounding like she was desperate for interaction with another being

Pearl meanwhile, had just been messing around with a button in these funky ruins she found before getting absolutely jumpscared by a (very pretty) zombie-snake-lady thing who was twice her size and promptly jumping much higher in the air than she would ever admit aloud from fright.

Still, after the initial scare and some very awkward introductions (particularly since the snake lady seemed to have not exactly spoken with anyone for a while so she wasn't great at speaking at first), they ended up gelling together quite well. It helped that pearl was immune to the petrification on account of being a copper golem, and the interaction ended with a promise for pearl to come back with stuff to teach cleo about how the world has changed in their absence.

Overall, a very successful trip into the spooky ruins the villagers warned her not to go into!

She doesn't understand why people think the ruins are dangerous! They're perfectly safe, especially with Cleo protecting them.

So, Pearl wanders back there day after day. She'll bring interesting objects from her village. She'll tell Cleo about her friends. And her very important job, clearing up trash from around the village! They put buttons on all the bins, it makes her job so much more fun.

Cleo sits, listening and smiling. Pearl doesn't seem to mind Cleo not speaking too often. It works perfectly for them.

Many weeks later, as Cleo scrapes some of the rust from Pearl's joints, Pearl asks what's so dangerous in these ruins. Clearly something is, and Cleo must be really strong to fight it away for so long!

Cleo can't help but laugh. They point out, scratching across Pearl's scalp, that they're the dangerous thing in the clearing. The monster that petrifies everything they look at?

Pearl responds with a quiet, "Oh." Then quickly points out Cleo doesn't petrify her. Maybe they were meant to meet!

Cleo has long stopped believing in fate but, luck? Luck, maybe.

[the-force-awakens]

top 5 very minor sequels characters?

*claps my hands together giddily* my time to shine, thanks Casey! Honestly it's going to be the hardest to narrow down solely to just five. I'm only going to be including characters from the films (otherwise this would be a very different list) and I'm running on the basis that they don't have a huge role in affecting the plot and primarily function as background characters (so no Paige or Zorii or Kaydel on this list, but know that I adore them)

Snap Wexley. Although technically my love for Snap is definitely born a little bit out of the Poe comics, I still adore the moments we get of him in the movies, rare as they are. That quick little shot at the end of tfa where we see him and Poe looking excitedly at each other in the bg when the map is complete? I adore them both so much. Shout out to Poe's canon bestie, and also bigger shout out to Lego Star Wars: Skywalker Saga for going "he's fine nothing happened on Exegol what the fuck are you talking about"

Tallie Lintra. MY LOVE. MY ABSOLUTE BELOVED I'M SO SORRY THAT EMO ASS BLEW UP THE HANGAR YOU WERE IN...anyway, I just love the vibe that Tallie gives off in her few scenes we see of her. Plus an A-Wing pilot?? FUCK YEAH. I'm always gonna adore A-Wing pilots (I have a soft spot for A-Wings, my dad gave me a toy A-Wing as a kid)

C'ai Threnalli. I just love C'ai. Running theme here in that all my faves are pilots (is anyone shocked? I mean, really?). He seems like an absolute sweetie. I love the canon details we got of him outside the movie as well - that he's one of Poe's frequent wingman and understands Poe pretty well/they're close because of it, and that C'ai doesn't speak Basic. Also the hug between him and Poe at the end of tlj is SO SOFT and sWEET I love it sm. I also just realized a couple weeks ago that you can actually hear Poe say his name, so I finally know how to pronounce it (it's said like Kai)

Beaumont Kin. Beaumont you funky little autism, you. I love the fact that his scenes in tros is just him infodumping about his special interest. This man was a professor before he joined the Resistance? He's estranged from his shitty family, has a special interest in the old republic (and altho now it's not on wookieepedia i swear at one point it was canon he had visited like - some sith planets to take a look at the historical sites).

Captain Canady. The one and only First Order fella to make the list. Why is he on here? Because for reasons unknown even to me, I love him? He's so exasperated in the like....five minutes of screentime he has in tlj, and looks like he's 0.5 seconds away from materializing off that dreadnought onto the Finalizer to throttle Hux, which is...valid as hell, and funny as fuck to watch.

Honorable Mentions (some of whom felt a little too plot relevant to include): Larma D'Acy, Wrobie Tyce (another pilot, also D'Acy's wife!), Jessika Pava, KALONIA my beloved I'm sorry you couldn't fit into the list, Peazy (PZ-4CO), Ushos S. Statura, Aftab Ackbar, Taslin Brance, and whole lot more because I want to fit the entire Resistance into my pocket to keep them safe. I love them deeply.

Ask me my top five anything!

[willel]

If Will was mistaken for El and there was nothing intentional going on about him then i am going to say Will is a pretty irrelevant character in the story. Because what is his role exactly, being an accidental victim that Vecna decided to use at some point? And i guess he is gay and will be accepted or something. I think that is like the most boring character and narrative ever, especially bc his story never gets focus ever at all. I dont know why they would leave this for s5 at all.

Please reread the post. I'll screenshot the relevant parts.

I believe Will's circumstances is all of these things. I don't see how Will would suddenly become an irrelevant character just because he wasn't the original target.

If he was just mistaken for El for a split second on the road but discovered to be someone else, that means it took Vecna/Henry 0.5 seconds to change his plans and incorporate Will into them instead.

If he was mistaken for El for the entire chase and kidnapping and wasn't discovered to be someone else until he was taken into the Upside Down, that means despite knowing he wasn't El, Vecna had the Demogorgon chase Will down for an entire week. A seemingly easy task given what we saw the Demogorgon do in S4 and yet it took it an entire week to track him down "safely" for capture.

If he was mistaken for El for his entire kidnapping and wasn't discovered to be someone else until he actually caught by the Demogorgon, that still means the Demogorgon, despite its claws and sharp teeth which it will happily use on anything that moves.... "decided" to not harm Will in any way shape or form and gently posted him up on a library wall for the tentacles to have him.

It seems like people are looking at this in black and white like "It was completely on accident and a complete coincidence" or "it was completely on purpose and entirely planned out from the getgo."

No, right now I believe the Demogorgon was tracking down El that night and mistakenly confused Will for her at first. It perfectly parallels the rest of S1 where Hopper is chasing down El the entire time thinking she was WIll.

BUT THAT ISN'T ALL. Even though he might've been mistaken for El at first, I think the Demogorgon/Vecna realized he wasn't and STILL had an interest in Will because he is Will. I think there is something about Will that is close enough to El (or potentially more suitable to whatever he's planning) that made Will a valuable asset.

Even if him running into the Demogorgon was a wrong place wrong time situation, I think Will would've attracted the Demogorgon eventually anyway. If the Demogorgon was tracking El and already mistook Will for El once, then of course the potential for that to happen any time of day was very high. Their house is literally smack dab in the hunting zone. We saw it chase Joyce multiple times while she was just chilling in her home. Will likely would've always been a target.

Not only that, the fact that his kidnapping and capture was somewhat purposeful has already been proven thanks to S2. Even if you're someone who believes what happened to Will in S1 would've happened to anyone and it was a complete and total accident.... there's no way you believe everything that happened to him in S2 was also just a coincidence and an accident.

To me, in writing, whether it's the villains or the heroes, they should be able to adapt their plans when the need arises. If an easier way to accomplish the same goal pops up, then you should take it. If you find a shortcut, take it.

If you find a kid who is strangely similar to the one you were already looking for who is also strangely similar to you and seems to have some kind of potential spark........... then why wouldn't Vecna kidnap Will?

I mean, obviously he still wanted El but life gave him lemons in the form of William Byers so it only makes sense that he'd make lemonade out of it.

Did Vecna plan to kidnap Will the moment he escaped from the Upside Down? No I don't think so.

Did the Demogorgon/Vecna intend to run into Will that night on the street? No.

Did the Demogorgon/Vecna intentionally chase Will all the way to his house and kidnap him into the Upside Down even after realizing he probably wasn't El? Absolutely. We saw the Demogorgon chase Joyce at least 3 times or something. Compare those chases to the Demogorgon chasing Will through the woods, to his house, through a locked door, and then all the way into the shed....?

I hope you can see how it's a mixture of "happy" coincidence and intentional fluid plotting?

Even if this were all a complete accident in season 1, it's not an accident anymore. I still find the narrative of a kid getting wrapped up in a plot way bigger than him and suffering for no apparent reason compelling. It's that juicy eldritch horror stuff y'know? So it's still entertaining for me.

[shangyang]

let's talk aot.

woo, yay, it's ren's yearly rant about aot! clearly, this is the riveting content you guys & the six million porn bots in my notifs are here for. but this is MY echo chamber and that means i get to say what i want. mwahaha, etc. etc.

anyways. aot. the manga's over and the anime is...on its way to being over (though i wouldn't be surprised if mappa extended it for another 0.5 cour), but discourse never really dies. james somerton, a fairly well-established youtube essayist, covered the series in a youtube video titled attack on titan and media literacy in august 2022, though it was just recently reuploaded, due to somerton needing to correct a citation error. by no means am i attacking somerton - he remains one of my favorite video essayists on youtube to date, and he covers queer media with a keen eye and sharp wit - and i think he makes a lot of prescient points in regards to the dearth of media literacy surrounding attack on titan.

but i think there's a rather euro-centric tilt to his analysis. i think there's a euro-centric eye cast over a lot of attack on titan, from its ideals to its messy message and the content isayama created. you can take the message to be that in war there are no good people, only people making hard choices - but that's not quite right, is it? when we make that argument we tend to cast people like the nazis, the japanese, the mussolini italians, under almost pitying lights. "they were just following orders" is a phrase you'll hear a lot, in that regard. but we also know that can't be the excuse. just "following orders" doesn't excuse anyone's actions. you are capable of thought and courage and action. being unable to distinguish right from wrong, or being able to and being too afraid to make that right choice - that's cowardice, plain and simple. and i don't think it's wrong to say that we can blame the cowards.

but i digress. the point i want to make is that, when i look at attack on titan, i can't separate it from the culture that birthed it - japan. japan is a heavily revisionist nation; what japanese schoolkids today learn about wwii is so radically different from the truth of it, that even now, we continue to hear about how japanese people may never learn the truth about japan's involvement in ww2 until they leave the nation. for more on this, see the national interest's 2015 feature: the us should be appalled by japan's historical revisionism. time and time again, japan's leadership has shown that they have no intention of owning up to the extent of the crimes committed against other asian territories and other nations in general during the second world war. this quote in particular just about sums up, in my opinion, the viewpoint japan has taken regard other asian and SEA nations:

This revisionist narrative is laid out in detail at the Yushukan museum in Tokyo next to the Yasukuni war shrine. The logic is as follows: Imperial Japan waged the Great East Asia War (Daitowa Senso) in an effort to liberate the Asian peoples from the yoke of Western Imperialism. The “selfless goal” was to bring the enlightened modernization of Meiji Japan to hopelessly backward Asian brothers and sisters.This revisionist narrative is laid out in detail at the Yushukan museum in Tokyo next to the Yasukuni war shrine. The logic is as follows: Imperial Japan waged the Great East Asia War (Daitowa Senso) in an effort to liberate the Asian peoples from the yoke of Western Imperialism. The “selfless goal” was to bring the enlightened modernization of Meiji Japan to hopelessly backward Asian brothers and sisters.

japan has a long and storied history with facism, nationalism, xenophobia, and racism. it, of course, bears mentioning that no asian nation is necessarily exempt from xenophobia and racism - south korea, where my family is from, is certainly not exempt - but japan is perhaps one of the worst offenders, once we step back and look at their sweeping history of involvement in global conflicts. supremacy is the name of the game for japan - and i cannot deny that the current conservative state of the nation, which is a carry over from that mindset that dominated japan in ww2, is what makes me most wary of a narrative like attack on titan.

it's no secret that isayama admires several japanese war generals. dot pixis, one of the generals in attack on titan is notoriously based off of japanese general akiyama yoshifuru, who is a war criminal, responsible for the colonization of korea and who commanded japanese troops in korea when korea was occupied by japan.

for more on this, see this blog post: the possible disturbing dissonance between hajime isayama's beliefs and attack on titan's themes.

isayama, attack on titan's creator, is 36 currently - but he was 19 when he first began writing attack on titan. i don't think it would be wrong to also say that isayama likely grew up during a time when japan began leaning heavily back into conservative, neo-facist, nationalistic ideals, thanks to the economic crash that occured during isayama's youth/likely during when he was in middle/high school. i want to also say that i say all of this ALLEGEDLY. the truth is, that the account which we attribute a lot of isayama's pro-japan quotes to (migiteorerno on twitter) has never been officially attributed to isayama, though the blog post i linked above does point out a lot of the coincidences and clues that have led people (like myself) to believe that it may be isayama's private account.

but, of course, i can hear the questions about "death of the author." separate the art from the artist. i hear it all. and in general, i understand that school of thought. but i don't think we can apply it to attack on titan.

if i were to explain it, i think the best thing to say would be that i don't believe that death of the author applies to a work, when the authorial opinions in question are intrinsically tied up in authorial intent and the story being told. to elaborate, let me give this example:

say an author believes that climate change isn't real. but, they've written a story about two lonely people meeting online, and slowly falling in love with one another before they both must decide to gather their courage and take the leap into a real life meeting. in this case, i would think death of the author applies. this hypothetical author's climate change beliefs have no real bearing on the story they're telling - and ultimately, they have no real way of skewing whatever story this author has told. so in this case, i would say we put the art before the artist.

but say this author also writes a novel about the environment, and eco-terrorism, or some natural apocalypse. all these ideas have, in some way, to do with the climate or climate change - so i would find myself wary of the contents. the authors ideals, in this way, would shape and warp the messaging of the story - because they are intrinsic to the type of story this author would tell about the environment and environmental destruction.

isayama's purported beliefs - and yes, him being japanese and japan's role in ww2 and the clear ww2 influences aot has - intrinsically shape the message attack on titan is telling. the two are intertwined - attack on titan talks about nationalism, facism, and nation that separates itself from all other nations and thus believes itself to be some great enlightener; all of these are ideals we can so clearly see reflected in japanese nationalism.

it's for these very reasons that i can't begin to see a way to idolize and audulate attack on titan's narrative. i've said it once, and i'll say it again: i'm korean american. my family came to the US from korea barely a generation after ww2. my oldest great uncle, a judge, died during the japanese occupation of korea. i have relatives alive who remember what the occupation was like. who have lived through it.

when i look at attack on titan from that perspective, i can't see anything but the looming shadow of japanese nationalism, and japan's continued perspective on other asian nations - especially korea - taints this work for me. i can't see it as an anti-war narrative. i can't see it as making any deft anti-war commentary. in part because i look at it and see the historical hand of japan's actions, still very much present and puppeteering this narrative - but also because in attack on titan's world, there is never a way to get past this without war.

and maybe that's the crux of it. how can you trust a narrative to be anti-war, when all signs point to it being otherwise? how can i look at attack on titan, knowing what i know about japan's history with the very ideals present within the work, and not be wary? the truth is, that i don't think we can trust that isayama has in any way, set out to tell this story with the intent of critiquing japan's actions or the culture that led to their involvement in world war 2.

you can call me a cynic. but i'd rather be cynical than trust attack on titan not to be facist.

[kyarbrougharts245-02]

Project 2/ Blog 4

As we progress in the course, I find that I’m slowly starting to comprehend just how labor-intensive Type is, especially in its early stages. The reading gave a bit of insight into that bit of history. For example, the book mentions that early text had to be made from metal or wood, even the construction of spaces required a “physical body” as the book defines it.

It makes me feel a little bit better about my projects. While I find cutting to be annoying and measuring accurate alignments manually to be ever so time-consuming, I can’t fathom how much stress I’d be going through if I had to situate each individual letter used on top of my current process. My weekdays would be filled with more all-nighters than I’ve ever experienced.

I can see how our hands-on assignments are encouraging discipline, and overall, I think doing this work leads me to respect my predecessors even more. They probably have seen more all-nighters than anyone in recent years. 

This week’s reading was a little more interesting to me, visually. I like how certain quotes mentioned are aligned in a way that doesn’t conform to the original grid. By pushing the quotes into the margins, the significance of the quote is all the more enhanced—which I get is likely the point, however, I feel it is worth mentioning. I also like the formatting seen in the example on page 66. I had to double-take initially and forced myself to more carefully analyze the body in an attempt to find what was wrong. I think the effect it has is trippy, but aside from being cool, I can’t see myself reading a book till the end if it had a similar formatting. 

I think I struggle with reading as it is now, sometimes I find myself skipping lines or needing to reread a line as I read the text but I didn’t “digest” it.  It’s a little setback but it only shows itself when I read history or a Biology textbook. In other words, if it’s not fantasy, I have no interest. So unless the book had a groundbreaking, mind-shattering storyline, I don’t think I’ll read a book with unorganized spacing.

Additionally, I found many quotes that piqued my interest. To keep it short, I’ll list two by Jacques Derrida (1976) and Jakob Neilson (2000) respectively:

“That a speech can supposedly alive can lend itself to spacing in its own writing is what relates to its own death.”  (67, Lupton)

“Web users don’t like to read…They want to keep moving and clicking.” (75, Lepton)

For my projects, we’ve just finished our second assignment, Gray Readings. I liked this a little more than the Nine Square project. Mostly because it didn’t involve constantly recutting a color outline of a man. I think I most enjoyed simply piecing the text cut from magazines onto the paper and seeing what worked.

My idea for the project was to treat the project like an actual InDesign template, and that meant making the three squares more polished in alignment. It was a great surprise to find that measuring and aligning would not be as pleasant as indulging in pretty fonts. And surprise surprise, it took forever.

I wanted to make sure I got as organized as possible with each square so they could closely resemble a digital counterpart. In my original 8x8, I had the top/bottom margins approximately 1 inch in size and 0.5 inches for the sides. Then I added two little boxes where the intent was for them to be the pages one would see in InDesign. I can’t remember the exact final measurements—I remember making some last-minute changes and having to slide some measurements up a bit but the boxes were each about 3.25 inches wide with a 0.5-inch margin between them (if I’m not mistaken). Allow me some grace, I was up till 4:30 am working on them. 

As time-consuming as the project was, I was pleased with the process. Seeing different fonts slowly unify and shape into something more appealing was the dopamine I desperately needed for the night. I think my favorite was the modular grid, but the experimental grid would be a close second. However, I do believe the fonts I found played a larger role in my favoritism. The title text for “Monsters” and the bold lettering I was able to find (seen in the bottom left) for the grid seemingly complement one another nicely.

However, I’ll admit, by the end I was a little worried I had done the project wrong. I noticed my designs were much more simplified than my peers and no one else seemed to take the InDesign Format approach. Luckily, my fears proved to be simple nothing burgers and I could breathe easy by the end of class, the deadline for the assignment.

Minus a few smudges from the glue and rubber cement, I really liked the end results of my assignments. I could even see myself doing more personal projects similar to this one.

[kbookblurbs]

Ancillary Sword - Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch #2)

4.5/5 - lots of interesting questions; builds on the world established in the first, has our characters grow; no fun time jumps

Spoilers below!

Let me start with the bad, AKA the 0.5 knock. And truthfully, this wasn't even bad, as much as I just missed the storytelling device used in the first book. Linear storytelling is fun, but I love a little nonlinear as a treat, and Leckie pulled this off unbelievably well in hat novel.

But on to the good!

This book does an excellent job of moving the pace along at a reasonable speed, abiding by space physics, and of keeping our characters in such a state that the reader has to ask themselves some questions too.

To the first, I love that this book doesn't allow itself to get bogged down in the details. The flavor of every tea isn't necessarily important. Details around the room are sparse, but enough to give you a sense of the space. You're filling in the gaps from a lot of character interactions because Leckie trusts that you'll be able to put some things together on your own. Frankly, I prefer this very purposeful, precise prose to the more flowerly, descriptive language elsewhere.

To the second - space is big y'all! It would take a while for messages to send and for people to move. The miracle/magic/science of the Presger is that they can move so quickly and without anyone knowing. I also lovee that the final fight relies on zero grav and the problems associated with decrepit infrastructure in space. What a plot device, man.

And lastly, to the third. This book asks you to think about privilege, even unwilling/unwitting privilege, and how that automatically orders the way you view the world. How that structures the way your help can or should come. I know that this is something I'll have to think about more than others, since I am white and American, but in today's day and age, it really does make you think about how people should be creating the space for the marginalized to speak for themselves and on their own behalf.

And there's of course more gay and genderqueer people (if you were to ask me for Breq's gender, I couldn't tell you. They're genderless to me) and some excellent space empire politics. I really can't recommend this series enough.

[the-annexapartments]

The Annex – French Quarter Apartments in New Orleans, LA

The Annex – French Quarter Apartments has attracted many people nowadays. After all, it is a famous rental apartment at present. It has stylish three bedroom apartments in New Orleans location, too. For young families, it’s perfect since you’ll have a comfortable, spacious, and accessible apartment home. Apart from that, The Annex promises a lifestyle of centrality, comfort, and convenience. Think about this: it may feel like a stay at a world-class boutique hotel but for a fortunate few, it will be home. With that, you’ll fulfill your dream of an almost perfect apartment home. Lastly, you can ask anyone and they will attest, having a private, access-controlled parking space in the French Quarter is nothing short of a modern luxury. What do you think?

New Orleans, LA

Perhaps, you’re curious about any future event in New Orleans, LA area. If that is the case, you can research Eventbrite posts first before checking out social media. After all, they have many interesting events. First, there will be 2024 Essence Music Festival Hotel Packages Available this coming Thursday, July 4, 2024, at around 3:00 PM at 900 Convention Center Blvd. Second, the Black and White Affair | Essence Festival Weekend is scheduled on Friday, July 5, 2024, at around 10:00 PM at Carver Theater. Lastly, you can also opt to attend the It's a Vibe Daisy Dukes & Cowboy Boots Day Party! 30+ on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at around 2:00 PM at Pour House @ District.

Jackson Square in New Orleans, LA

Jackson Square in New Orleans, LA is an exciting tourist attraction. For those who like parks, you’ll be impressed with the features there. Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes (French) or Plaza de Armas (Spanish), is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Moreover, it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase. In 2012, the American Planning Association designated Jackson Square as one of the Great Public Spaces in the United States. Lastly, Jackson Square has been the site of hundreds of live music events.

LSU Women's Gymnastics National Championship Bobblehead unveiled

Interestingly, there are many exciting news reports in New Orleans, LA area. In a recent news article, the topic was about gymnastics. As reported, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled their limited-edition LSU Tigers 2024 Women's Gymnastics National Champions Bobblehead. Besides, the bobblehead features LSU's mascot, Mike the Tiger wearing an LSU Gymnastics jacket standing on the 2024 Women's Gymnastics National Championship logo. In addition, the LSU gymnastics team won their first national championship in program history becoming the 8th program in NCAA history to win the women's gymnastics crown. Lastly, the bobbleheads are expected to ship in November and are $40 each.

Link to maps

Jackson Square New Orleans, LA 70116, United States Head northeast on Decatur St toward St Ann St. 0.1 mi Turn left onto Dumaine St 0.4 mi Turn left onto N Rampart St 0.5 mi Turn left onto Iberville St Destination will be on the left 0.1 mi The Annex – French Quarter Apartments 939 Iberville St, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States

[melschapstick]

CAMPFIRE ❦

this is a PROLOGUE !!

part 0.5, part 1, part 2 !!

pairing : nemesis!matt x fem!reader

summary : in which you, your best friends nick and chris, your nemesis matt and two other boys from your class, ethan and finn, are listed for the same 6 week summer camp, as counselors.

warnings : 2nd person perspective, none that I can think of (yet)

a/n : y‘all i kinda wanna start posting on here so here goes nothing. this is my first ever fan fic/prologue so don’t come for me if there are any kinds of mistakes. also, english is not my first language!!

lower-case intended

semi-proofread (@mayaschapstick !!)

word count : 1.2k words (it seemed like so much more when I wrote this, i promise)

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matt and you were friends your whole life, but in freshman year you had a huge falling out. ironically, you’re still friends with matt‘s triplet brothers nick and chris.

for your final summer break between junior and senior year, everyone that takes business class has to do a summer job.

when your teacher told that to the class, the first thing that came to your mind was working as a summer camp counselor, but you weren’t the only one. in fact, more than half of your business class wanted to do that.

because so many students wanted to take part in a summer camp and nothing else, your business class teacher, miss elbra, said that she‘ll assign the groups by drawing random names. 

right now, you’re  sitting in class, fidgeting around since you’re bored, waiting for miss elbra to start the lesson and draw the names. everything you’re hoping for right now is that you get to go to the camp with the lake and the cozy cabins.

you don’t really have that many friends, besides nick and chris, since you’re not the type of girl to be popular, so you don’t even get your hopes up and have already made up with the fact that you probably won’t have anyone to hang out with, other than your cabin partner, maybe.

there are 3 summer camps in total since miss elbra couldn’t just sent 18 students to the same one. there will be 3 groups drawn by chance, each one having 6 of the students.

the first one is called „summer camp lakeside“. there’s nothing really interesting about it, it’s got quite a lake, somewhat-okay cabins and space for 200 kids. whoever goes to that camp won’t only be there with the group of six from this class, but in total that camp will have 20 counselors.

the second one is called „summer camp woodland springs“, it’s in the middle of the woods, got no internet at all and cabins that look like they were last used 20 years ago and not cleaned once. it’s got space for 150 kids and is looking for 15 counselors in total.

the last one is called „summer camp blue horizon“.  everyone wants to be listed for this one since it has the biggest lake, isn’t in the middle of nowhere, has quite alright internet and cabins that look cozy as ever. the thing with this one is that it will only have around 45 kids and only needs 6 counselors. whoever gets to go to this one won’t have too much stress.

each one of these is for the first 6 weeks of the summer break.

you’re still in class, still waiting for miss elbra to start the lesson. everyone is nervous because they want to be in summer camp “blue horizon”. you‘re silently sitting in your seat while the teacher comes in. everyone finds their seats before silence starts to fill the room.

miss elbra comes straight to the point, starting to prepare everyone’s names in a big bowl. while she’s doing so, she allows everyone to go and chat with their friends until she’s done.

a few moments later, she stands up, signaling for everyone to be quiet again.

right now, you’re just hoping you won‘t end up in the same camp as matt.

other students that are participating are nick and chris, a girl group of six consisting of lilly, eleana, eva, nicky, leah and paige and a boy’s group of 8.

so overall, the participants are the triplets, the girl’s group, the boy’s group and you.

when miss elbra starts drawing names, she starts with the “woodland springs“ summer camp.

with whatever amount of luck or unluck, every single one of the six girls gets into that camp.

their luck may be that they got to go to the same camp, but “woodland springs” still is the worst one out of the three camps.

when miss elbra realizes that, she smiles slightly, looking up at the class. „well, that seems like we can change our plans a little. I think the other 12 people left are the triplets, the big boy group of 8, and y/n.“

miss elbra turns to you. „y/n, do you mind going to camp in a group of six with only boys?“ she asks politely.

„otherwise, I can choose two of the girls from the first group to go with you and assign two of the boys to the first group. it‘s up to you.“ she explains.

you were already going to say no, but when you look at the girls group nonetheless, they all give you death glares.

you turn back to miss elbra, shaking your head politely. „I think I‘ll be fine, but thanks miss elbra.“ you say, smiling at her.

„okay, well, I suggest that what we do now is form two groups of six. can you guys do that, or should I keep drawing names?“ miss Elbra asks, looking at you guys.

„we‘ll manage, I think.“ you announce, already seeing nick and chris looking at you as if wanting to group up with you.

miss elbra nods and nick and chris instantly sprint over to you.

„so, I was thinking us three could group up with matt and two of the boys from their group since they‘re eight people, so in the end we‘ll be six and six. sounds good?“ nick asks, not letting time for you to speak.

you chuckle a bit since he was in such a rush to get to partner up with you. you're unsure though. „with matt?“, you sigh.

right as these words leave your mouth, you realise matt coming up behind nick. you glance over at matt but are met with him already glaring at you. 

he's standing slightly behind nick, brushing a hand through his hair. he looks away, not seeming like he cares.

you look back at nick and shrug. "I guess we'll be fine." you say, still sounding somewhat unsure.

you hear matt scoffing a silent "whatever".

after a moment, you realise that you need to be a group of six, not four. „but which boys from their group would want to go with us? I mean, they‘re all one big friend group, right?“ you question.

chris shakes his head. „already figured it out.“ 

as he says that, he steps to the side and two boys appear behind him. finn and ethan. probably the most likeable ones from the big boys group. you offer them a polite smile.

„guess everything‘s figured out, then?“ you ask, looking at nick and chris mostly. they all nod.

a few minutes later, you tell the chosen groups to miss elbra and she announces what you‘ll do next.

“okay, class, please quiet down again. now that we have both of our groups of six, I will draw which camp the all-boys group gets to go to.“ miss elbra announces as she dips her hand into the bowl that is now filled with small pieces of paper that either say „summer camp woodland springs“ or „summer camp blue horizon“.

as she draws a piece of paper from the bowl, she looks at the boy group with remorse. she turns the piece of paper around so everyone can see it.

„sorry boys, I know you wanted to go to summer camp blue horizon so bad. seems like it isn‘t quite your lucky day.“ she says, shrugging, still smiling with pitty. a moment later, she turns to you.

„that leaves y/n‘s group to go to summer camp blue horizon though, so, everyone, cheer up!“ miss elbra says, starting to clap with her hands and so does the rest of the class. 

the only bad thing now is, that matt is in your group and you may or may not will be having to share a cabin with him. 

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a/n : alr soo I hope y'all liked this I know this isn't much yet but that only makes me more grateful if you've read till here. follows, likes and rebloggs are highly appreciated !! also if you want to be on the tag list lmk!!

[mymanyfandomramblings]

Gleecap 5x11--City Of Angels

Sam is beloved to me, but also not a leader the way Finn was

YES, BURT AND CAROLE! MY LOVES

I love Ryder randomly raising his suitcase in celebration. He's such a Teenage Boy(TM)

I love the I Love L.A montage! They're having such fun!

MERCEDES JONES! UH-HUH YES YOU ARE FAMOUS

The montage of how Mercedes got famous is everything to me

Throat Explosion looks unbelievably old. Like older than the usual adults-playing-teenagers on this show

Mercedes being exactly a year out of school and already acting like an old woman looking back on her youth truly shows that the show gets us

It's nice to see Marley and Ryder being friends, and Ryder not pushing the romance thing

Aww, Sam brought Finn's plaque

Jean-Baptiste sucks

Poor Carole...

Burt is so supportive I LOVE THAT MAN

Jerk!Jake needs to leave. Jake was so lovely for all of S4, why must they ruin him

THE STARS!!

Everyone leaning out of the bus windows is so funny to me

I love 'the show must go all over the place'

Mercedes is so pretty!!

The Amazonians are probably inevitably going to come in third, but they aren't that great. They just had a lot going on.

Throat Explosion were decent but not anywhere near Vocal Adrenaline standard. Also Jean-Baptiste's face was so distracting

I love the outfits the ND have

Burt and Carole being competitive middle aged parents is my favourite thing and they are the loves of my life

I don't normally like More Than A Feeling but Blaine and Tina sound beautiful on it. It's probably Tina's second best song

Now, anyone who knows me, knows I'm a sucker for Neil Diamond, and I adore America. I'm so glad they did this song

Update: I was in full-body goosebumps for the duration of America

I'm not the hugest fan of Kitty's voice but she really does suit America, which is interesting because I can't think of anyone who sounds less like Neil Diamond

Listen--I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For is a very emotional song at the best of times--this is the perfect spot for it

Oh, Sam

I love the Marley-Mercedes friendship

Oh no--I hate Throat Explosion

I love Carole's face when Burt comments on Finn's rhythm

Truly, even after death The Kiss That Missed will haunt Finn

Roz--an icon.

Poor Schue. he seems so sad.

I love that Kurtcheltana do appear in this episode for about 0.5 seconds