#ace reggie for the win

[defectivegembrain]

I hate when people seem to misunderstand Troy and Abed's relationship as being actually like what Vice Dean Laybourne tried to make them think it was. He didn't understand them, he understood just enough to present a simplified, stereotypical version of what they have. Like yes Abed was initially a little inconsiderate in his response to Troy, but honestly as an autistic person, I understand very well the frustration of having something planned out, being very focused on it, having an agreement with someone, and then they suddenly want to change it. People exaggerate how stubborn he was, he was literally about to give in before Laybourne manipulated him.

And he actually does that quite a lot. In the initial buildup of their friendship, he does things like take cues from Troy's behaviour and try to "mess with" him, because that's what Troy teaches him friends do. He's trying to connect on Troy's level. He plays basketball with him, engaging in interests he doesn't necessarily share, he tolerates Troy's competitiveness and lets him win the race to make him happy. It's Troy who has to get past the attitude that friends only do things for him and not the other way round.

And he does learn to be a good friend, but the idea that Abed doesn't show up for him just as much is bizarre. In Epidemiology, he's insistent that if only one of them survives, it should be Troy. He listens and supports him with the AC repair vs plumbing thing, and it is Troy who decides that he just wants to watch tv with him. When Troy goes to the AC repair school, Abed doesn't try to talk him out of it, even though he's devastated. He's upset when Troy and Britta get together, but he doesn't put that on Troy himself.

He listens to Troy about the impersonator thing, despite deep fears of being controlled, and honestly seems more concerned about their friendship than his own safety. He goes along with the body swap bit at a moment's notice, goes to a restaurant he previously said he couldn't go to, puts up with the waiter badmouthing one of his favourite movies, and breaks up with Britta for Troy. When he's so upset about Troy leaving that he hallucinates lava, he jumps into said lava in order to let him go.

And I especially hate when people, just like Laybourne, use the Inspector Spacetime thing to argue that their relationship is unequal. Like sorry, in other instances, Abed is more than willing to play the villain (Kickpuncher, Alien) or love interest (Kickpuncher) or sidekick (their shadow puppets) to Troy's hero. They do Bert and Ernie, who are equal partners. When they do Calvin and Hobbes, yes he's Calvin, but that's notably something only Troy has expressed an interest in him doing before.

Yeah Inspector Spacetime is a more frequent thing for them, but it's pretty clear that's a really special character for Abed. In Virtual Systems Analysis we can see him use the character to express how he's different from other people. Which, yeah, an autistic person connecting with what is essentially the Doctor...go figure.

Like, look at when he lists characters he thinks are like him: "Data or Johnny 5 or Mork or HAL or K.I.T.T. Or K9 or Woodstock and/or Snoopy. Spock goes without saying." None of those are human. Several robots. Most are not the main character. One is an antagonist. It's probably not often that Abed feels this deep a connection to a character who is undeniably the hero, and while not human, still shows human characteristics. And there's no way Troy is unaware of that.

And by the way, Troy never seems remotely unhappy about playing Constable Reggie until Laybourne talks him into it. And never again afterwards. In fact, when Abed is full on trying to act "normal" at Shirley's wedding rehearsal, Troy talks him into playing Inspector Spacetime...with this ridiculously tender look of love on his face.

It's just...it's a severe mischaracterisation of them both, articulated by a clearly manipulative character, and it bothers me when I see people fall for it.

[sofoulandfairaday]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE your hc posts, do you have any for Our Lord (Voldemort) and Saviour?

I don't know who you are, so I cannot give you credit, but Our Lord Voldemort and Saviour is not only now mineTM but also the title of a future fic. I will make it the title of a future fic. It's possibly the best thing I've ever heard.

A bit of a kleptomaniac (I think this is canon, actually). He wills himself to stop, but the urge to take take take still remains strong in him. He steals at Wools, he steals at Hogwarts from the purses of boys too rich to notice, he steals ancient artefacts around the world in his travels, he steals other people's wives (yes, yours, Rod).

He wasn't well-liked initially at Hogwarts (poor mudbloods usually aren't) and graduated as the most popular boy in Slytherin. He managed to master the perfect, intoxicating, charismatic personality that allowed him to rule his first followers by both fear and love; he would shed the latter when he switched to Death Eaters.

Inferiority Complex the size of the sun (this is also canon); the same can be said for his Superiority Complex.

He doesn't really believe in pureblood superiority. Of course, he despises Muggles and Mudbloods, but he doesn't do it for blood, he does what he does for power. Anyone who says differently fundamentally misunderstands his character. There is no one in his life he doesn't see as a tool or a pawn. He is fond of people but it will never be unconditional. This is also a dealbreaker in reading about him: when he does something that goes against his best interests for someone else it immediately screams OOC.

Following this point, my headcanon is that he murdered most of his former classmates. They all die suspiciously young, and the closer they were to him, the earlier they were offed. This is what happened to Rodolphus and Rabastan's father (they were none the wiser), Evan Rosier's uncle (he wasn't either), Orion Black (who already had one foot in the grave after Reggie's death) and many many more.

The wizard closest to him in his later years (the beginning of the First Wizarding War) and right-hand man was Antonin Dolohov, the only one who was there for part of his travels and who he met in Eastern Europe. He was already Lord Voldemort then.

This title was later snatched by Bellatrix Black Lestrange, the only true Dark Arts protégée he ever had.

However, he did enjoy teaching. He had various pupils, during the years, to whom he taught something of his own. Especially during the last years of the First War, he grew close to his younger recruits. Whereas his old classmates could never fully unsee the Tom Riddle behind Lord Voldemort, his younger Death Eaters (Severus Snape, Barty Crouch) were desperate for his approval, fierce, and brilliant. (The same qualities he had found in Bellatrix some years prior.) This is why they became his favourites. People who, like him, were hungry and misunderstood and had a rawness that his pampered, aristocratic “friends” had never possessed.

Where did he go during his travels? Where didn't he go during his travels. Anything written by @ meanwhiletimely's Vagaries and Vagrants is canon to me, but also: Italy, Egypt, Russia, Greece, Persia, Germany, and many more. He wreaked havoc everywhere (I have a cute little story in the works). He fled before they could get to him, but he is effectively banned from a dozen countries.

I, for one, am not a believer in the Lestranges' divorce in a hypothetical Voldemort!wins AU. He wouldn't marry Bellatrix ever, he also wouldn't want her to divorce Rodolphus, because having Madame Lestrange is far more appealing to him than having Miss Black. With the former, he is taking away what is someone else's. It's just better that way.

Is he straight, gay, bi? Ace? I used to see him as ace, actually. But then someone pointed out to me this enlightening quote: “Everything in the world is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power.” And I thought bingo. So I would say bi, leaning towards women, because he was raised in a Muggle possibly Christian orphanage in the 1930s. Homosexuality only became legal in the UK in 1967. But he would do anything and I mean anything to get what he wants, so... He's def done it before.

Also: Religious Trauma. Was definitely dragged kicking and screaming to a priest for an exorcism, maybe more than once.

Alphard Black liked him, then was turned off by the fact that he was very clearly EvilTM. Also, he did have sex with his cousin Lucretia or, as Walburga put it, defiled her with his Halfblood touch.

Very Thin. Also, less and less attractive every year. He used to look like a Greek god pre-Horcrux, but I don't see him wanting to be that at forty. He's vain, but not in that sense. He hates his Muggle father's Muggle face. Also covered in scars (some from the physical punishments at the orphanage, some from his experiments with dark magic). Actually carless with his body, which is only a mere vessel for the soul anyway.

This is getting a little long, and I do have an exam tomorrow so I'll leave it at that, but I will probably do a part 2. Now that I'm re-reading it is all sounds pretty vague.

[richincolor]

Celebrating Black Love

On this last week of Black History Month, and with February also being the month of love, I'd thought I'd highlight some YA romance that I've enjoyed the past year and some I'm looking forward to reading this spring. 

Love Times Infinity by Lane Clarke 

High school junior Michie is struggling to define who she is for her scholarship essays, her big shot at making it into Brown as a first-generation college student. The prompts would be hard for anyone, but Michie's been estranged from her mother since she was seven and her concept of family has long felt murky.

Enter new kid and basketball superstar Derek de la Rosa. He is very cute, very talented, and very much has his eye on Michie, no matter how invisible she believes herself to be.

When Michie's mother unexpectedly reaches out to make amends, and with her scholarship deadlines looming, Michie must choose whether to reopen old wounds or close the door on her past. And as she spends more time with Derek, she'll have to decide how much of her heart she is willing to share. Because while Michie may not know who she is, she's starting to realize who she wants to become, if only she can take a chance on Derek, on herself, and on her future. 

Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle 

Prince Jones is the guy with all the answers—or so it seems. After all, at seventeen, he has his own segment on Detroit’s popular hip-hop show, Love Radio, where he dishes out advice to the brokenhearted.

Prince has always dreamed of becoming a DJ and falling in love. But being the main caretaker for his mother, who has multiple sclerosis, and his little brother means his dreams will stay just that and the only romances in his life are the ones he hears about from his listeners. Until he meets Dani Ford.

Dani isn’t checking for anybody. She’s focused on her plan: ace senior year, score a scholarship, and move to New York City to become a famous author. But her college essay keeps tripping her up and acknowledging what’s blocking her means dealing with what happened at that party a few months ago. And that’s one thing Dani can’t do.

When the romantic DJ meets the ambitious writer, sparks fly. Prince is smitten, but Dani’s not looking to get derailed. She gives Prince just three dates to convince her that he’s worth falling for. Three dates for the love expert to take his own advice, and just maybe change two lives forever. 

Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon

Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt the ice in this novel of interwoven narratives, Black joy, and cozy, sparkling romance—by the same unbeatable team of authors who wrote the New York Times bestseller Blackout!

As the city grinds to a halt, twelve teens band together to help a friend pull off the most epic apology of her life. But will they be able to make it happen, in spite of the storm?

No one is prepared for this whiteout. But then, we can’t always prepare for the magical moments that change everything.

From the bestselling, award-winning, all-star authors who brought us Blackout—Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon—comes another novel of Black teen love, each relationship within as unique and sparkling as Southern snowflakes. 

Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling by Elise Bryant

Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. She goes with the flow—which is how she ends up singing in her friends’ punk band as a favor, even though she’d prefer to hide at the merch table.

Reggie is a D&D Dungeon Master and self-declared Blerd. He spends his free time leading quests and writing essays critiquing the game under a pseudonym, keeping it all under wraps from his disapproving family.

These two, who have practically nothing in common, meet for the first time on New Year’s Eve. And then again on Valentine’s Day. And then again on St. Patrick’s Day. It’s almost like the universe is pushing them together for a reason.

Delilah wishes she were more like Reggie—open about what she likes and who she is, even if it’s not cool. Except . . . it’s all a front. Reggie is just role-playing someone confident. The kind of guy who could be with a girl like Delilah.

As their holiday meetings continue, the two begin to fall for each other. But what happens once they realize they’ve each fallen for a version of the other that doesn’t really exist? 

Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

Scars exist to remind us of what we've survived.

DETACHED

Since Shelbi enrolled at Windward Academy as a senior and won't be there very long, she hasn't bothered making friends. What her classmates don't know about her can't be used to hurt her--you know, like it did at her last school.

WASTED

Andy Criddle is not okay. At all.

He's had far too much to drink.

Again. Which is bad.

And things are about to get worse.

When Shelbi sees Andy at his lowest, she can relate. So she doesn't resist reaching out. And there's no doubt their connection has them both seeing stars . . . but the closer they get, the more the past threatens to pull their universes apart. 

My Week with Him by Joya Goffney

After a painful betrayal by her sister and a heated argument with their mother, Nikki is kicked out of her home. She decides to flee to California to pursue her dream music career.

When her best friend, Malachai, discovers her plan, he begs her to spend the remainder of spring break with him, so he can show her all the reasons she should stay in Texas. But their plans are interrupted when Nikki’s little sister, Vae, goes missing. Nikki is forced to work alongside her difficult mother, while navigating her budding romantic feelings for Malachai, as they all set off in search of Vae.

Over the course of a week, Nikki finds the love she’s always been missing, but will it be enough to convince her to stay in Texas?

[castle-dominion]

6x7 like father like daughter

the alexis lawyer episode liveblog

Ok so I only have 20 minutes to liveblog but that should get me to the titlecard at least

Why are they showing us "incorrect" footage tho?

15 years is a long time commonwealth of pennsylvania He can be killed? they still have death penalty? midnight? dramatic.

What is alexis doing here? alexis is so pretty tho

GETTING MARRIED IN SPACE REALLY WOULD BE COOL THO. except for reggie the helicopter spaceship pilot lol & peeing in space is not hot KB: Yes, because when I was a little girl imagining my wedding day, being stuck in a small tin can with a thousand tons of rocket fuel strapped to my ass was exactly what I had in mind.

RC: I don’t want to go look at wedding venues this weekend. KB: Too bad.

Alexis held her breath until she passed out, new trivia

Ooh Alexis is friends with police detectives! Yay abuse of resources! They are friends with alexis, baby alexis is growing up.

Castle stacking pencils on his nose, castle adhd headcanon, the music is great "you should be writing!"

Alexis changed! "I'm still mad at you ok?" Alexis went to court before castle lol *accidentally says frank's name* RC: Yeah … how? (ALEXIS rolls her eyes) I must have seen the file on Esposito’s desk. Evidence? Find the story then.

This isn't a time for you to reconnect with alexis, this is work. Remember in the future, s8, when castle tries to win back beckett in a similar way to what he's doing now with alexis?

Castle talk abt the case not pi... "What if I was, would that be so bad?" He hasn't asked a question yet bc he was keeping up with the case Maggie stayed with him all this time? Freaking sad! Beautiful! every week for three years is a long time... AC: it already hurts.

Wow yay already titlecard.

Good job with the makeup making him look young for the first scene in the ep Lawyer? Cop? No a mystery writer.

His house alarm went off, called someone to shut off the alarm. Shut it off, heard screams across the street. Backdoor open, went inside, she was lying there. But girl what if you like tried to start cpr or smth so when the cops come in they see you beating on herbody but they also then realize that you are hitting her chest for heartbeat. blood on you, police record... She had a crush on him & he flirted back but he also proposed to his gal! Obviously they have looked into lyle gomez, right? Or no. Ok.

Frank: They didn’t have to. They had me. Mr. Castle, I’ve got three days left on God’s earth. I don’t need you to find the real killer. I just need somebody to prove it wasn’t me. btw the music, rly good.

Castle callin ghis police detective wife... here for both of you slkjfsldjfs oof ouch this ep & I have to leave for fucing work now.

Lol cliff's notes.

Can you get partial prints off the bracelet? if it came off during the struggle?

k gtg ily bye

k I'm back. My grandparents visited & I had a FULL day of work so I couldn't return to my liveblog after work & I couldn't start liveblogging in the morning but I have a few hours now before work today.

That's what castle is ther for, seeing things other ppl missed!

lol acab

My bro speaking as alexis: Wait dad, 'm paying the check?

Sherlock holmes, the mest evidence is what is NOT there

Lanie & alexis <3

Police won't do shit

*lyle walks back in & slams the door*

Teenaged girl <3 not asking for permission, but I still want you here

Alexis just enters this man's house?

on/off relationships can just be like that sometimes

Lol I love how he shoplifted booze & the shop owner didn't charge him or anything but made him pick up litter

Except Frank wasn't into her so it wouldn't matter if she was seeing other guys

She turns and gasps. CASTLE is by the door, ready to attack with a tire iron. AC: She turns and gasps. CASTLE is by the door, ready to attack with a tire iron. RC: Overreacting, maybe. You were in there a long time.

Yeah he IS tired all around. "& now I've got to be hers" oh my goodness this is a romance. At least you know you are dying so you can say your goodbyes. He's giving up hope...

Meth? Holy moly! Sammy keyes

"usually I do that with beckett" *ew*

Lanie my beloved

Nooo I love perlmutter he's such a grump

Yes, father-daughter relationships are special!

Not boyfriends, but tutors!!! Alexis was so smart asking about that!

Oh yeah textbooks are pricey!

Castle using his money to get old textbook records lol

Frank's brother! drugs?

He admits to tutoring

Maybe he was wearing headphones Maybe he discussed it so many times that to him it is not unusual. Maybe the smoke alarm went off from the autobody work all the time so he didn't care

Noooooooo John is trying to get his brother out of murder but he doesn't want to get killed either!

Frank believes that John is innocent or he knows & is covering? Oh that's why he said "you don't need to find the real killer just prove I'm innocent" IT WAS THE SAME CAR CRASH

pHINEAS gage... & now they are showing us a different version? They changed it from the start version. They didn't find john's fingerprints anywhere? Again, good job with the actors & makeup & youth

Girl it's been 15 years... You have a girl too...

It is his choice. His life to lose.

Randomly say things & then castle sparks brain thoughts & boom solve case science geeks like kim *castle is able to read it even tho he was a literature geek not a science geek*

Don't they have a time of death thing?

They have a film of this?

I like how lanie tries it anyway even tho it is obviously not going to fit. But there could have been another loop attaching them

Family <3 I love these two sm

Alexis asks questions she already knows the answer to Yeah but there are a ton of bike treads...

Kind of the judge to do that

The brothers <3 <3 <3

Anytime <3

This is enough thank lanie & ryan & esposito -- oh beckett ok lol aaah I love those two sm

[thejilyship]

I always get so confused when people pair up mary and benjy

bc in my mind, mary is with reggie, like end all be all with reggie

MacMole!

[swanimagines]

Could I request the prompts B38 + B63 with Reggie Peters, please? Thank you so much!!

Fandom: Julie and the Phantoms

Prompts: B38. “Because I love you, you idiotic mufflehead!” + B63. “Don’t worry, you look beautiful/handsome.”

A/N: This is from the time when I was still trying to gather back my inspiration/motivation with writing so this is cringy and I fought with this for a week even after my motivation was back, but I still hope you like it!

Word count: 795

It was partly your idea - a competition to gather money for charity and the prize was a dinner with the band. Their screaming fans who were obsessed over the boys were ecstatic in buying tickets, so it was a perfect idea.

It was a good idea, until some of the winning fans requested if they could have dinner with only Reggie. Reggie was flattered as expected, but you had a bad feeling about it. What if those fans would seduce your long-time crush?

“Why it concerns you if I’m going to hang out with some of our fans?” Reggie asked and you fell silent once again. “Guys, why is Y/N like this?”

Alex lifted his hands up when he passed you, Luke in tow. “That’s not our case to say but... I agree, you shouldn’t go out with those fans, but you should talk with Y/N about it...”

“Y/N?” Reggie asked again, trying to hunt for your gaze. You didn’t look at him, you couldn’t. You loved him, always had, but he didn’t love you back. It wasn’t possible. “Y/N, talk to me.”

“Leave me alone,” you muttered, trying to leave the scene but Reggie took a hold of your hand.

“No, tell me what’s wrong, we’ve been best friends since-”

“I don’t want to be friends with you anymore.” you thought, but accidentally said it aloud. That thought had been so intense for months, ever since Reggie started to gather fans who had a crush on him.

Reggie was taken aback of your words. “Wha- what? Why? What did I do wrong?”

You cringed internally by just imagining how bad that must have felt. “Reggie, I didn’t... I didn’t mean it like that.”

“How else can you mean it? Y/N, I’ve been your friend for all these years, and now you’re treating me like this?” his voice was now broken and you tried to keep your tears in, which was a bad decision, since to Reggie that seemed like you don’t care.

“You don’t own me, Y/N, I can do whatever I want, have fun with whoever I wan’t and-”

“It’s not that!” you interrupted him and he swallowed.

“What is it then? Jealousy that I don’t spend all my time with-”

“I don’t want you to go because I love you, you idiotic mufflehead!” you screamed, not believing he wasn’t aware of that by now. You had been flirting with him for months, trying to get his attention and his bandmates sent pitying glances at you and sometimes you saw them muttering something to Reggie, trying to usher him at you, but he was the most clueless person ever when it came to this.

“You- what?” Reggie’s eyes were wide open now, a perfect contrast to the confusion and hurt he had been feeling just moments ago.

You must’ve looked silly and a bit scary, your eyeliner all over your face, and you started wiping your eyes to a tissue, taking some deep sighs in to calm yourself. 

“I know what those fans are after. One of them will seduce you and you’ll fall in love with them. I know I’m selfish, but I don’t want to remember you as the guy who unintentionally broke my heart... if you dated someone else than me, I’d leave the band. I’m sorry, I couldn’t bear seeing you cuddling with anyone else.“ you sniffled and wiped away your eyeliner with your hand as it was making its way to your eye, but only smudging it to look more messy and ugly and you groaned. “I look terrible.”

“No, you don’t.” Reggie told you and made you look at him. “You’re beautiful.”

You scoffed. “You’re just saying that to calm me down.”

“I’ve been in love with you ever since we met. I just didn’t know how to approach you. And don't worry, you look beautiful." he smiled, taking a hold of your hand and helped you to clean out your eyeliner, and he muttered, “Actually, you’re the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen.”

You blushed at that, and let out a nervous laugh. Alex looked like he was going to faint from exhaustion as they finally accomplished their mission, the three had tried to get you two together for the longest time. They had tried to get you to confess it straight to Reggie’s face, tried to get Reggie confess it straight to your face, they had tried to set you two up for a date, but both of you were always clueless what they were doing.

But now their work seemed to finally pay out as they watched you two sitting side by side on one of the larger speakers. It was the beginning of a beautiful relationship - and so worth all the effort.

Tags: @noncannonships @amirahiddleston @multifandomlover121 @bravelittlesunflower

[sunjaesol]

Can’t handle the heat? (Try me.)

“Put that AC on, folks! It’s gonna be a whopping 105 degrees today and it’s not going down any time soon! Best to stay inside and keep your head in the fridge! Next up - “Positions” by Ariana Grande!”

The band groaned as the radio host clicked off, Ariana Grande blaring through the stereo. The sweltering heat had them all on the floor, fanning their faces with composition papers and one measly portable fan. It did shit, but there was nothing else available in the studio. Reggie’s face was completely red, Alex’s hair has turned brown from sweat and Julie was this close to begging them to teleport her to the Arctic. Everyone was beat. Well... all except one person. 

Luke Patterson would literally be the death of her. And the second death of the boys. 

Though sweating like a pig as well, no heatwave could temper that perpetual energy of his. 

“Come on, guys!” His foot prodded Alex’s side, the blonde swatting him away. “It’s just a lil’ heat. Nothing we’re not used to.”

Alex groaned. “Dude, those lights in the 90′s were for thirty minutes, max. This has been going on for days.”

“Literally!”, added Reg. 

Julie hoisted herself up, cringing at the way her body was suctioned against the cement floor. “I think we just have to wait it out until this ends.”

“It’s LA,” he deadpanned. “It never ends.”

Ugh. He was right. Summers in Los Angeles felt like simmering in an oven for months on end, hot enough to hallucinate, just cool enough to not actually die. It didn’t help that the trees were burning too. There was no shadow or shade for the Californians to hide beneath. 

“Come on, Jules,” he grinned, giving her that face he knew she couldn’t deny. It was an unfair move of his, but she had also been secretly hoping to play a little. Days without music felt like not breathing properly, or sleeping on the wrong side and having a kink in your neck afterwards. Music was, despite the heat, still the thing that tipped her over the edge. And when Luke asked her with that sweet smile... 

It probably helped he looked good all sweaty like that. She couldn’t even feel embarrassed about it. She was seventeen and he was seventeen and hot and it was the only logical reaction one could have.

She sighed. “Fine.” Holding her hand out, he went to grab it and pulled her up. Too hard. Julie flew forward with a squeak, straight into his chest. Instinctively, she grabbed onto his warm shoulders to steady herself while he gripped her waist. Both froze, mortified.

Because they’ve been here before. 

Last summer, after a gig in a tiki bar, the boys and her had been dancing on the beach. Far enough for no one to suspect anything, close enough to still hear the music. Luke and her had been wrapped around each other, executing salsa and tango miserably but having fun either way. She’d been giggling uncontrollably and he couldn’t keep the beam of his face when all of a sudden, their lips were a brush away. If Reggie hadn’t exclaimed he found Patrick Star, she was keenly aware of what would’ve happened. They didn’t talk about it afterwards and Julie filed it in the “Luke Patterson, My Idiot Crush”-map of her brain. 

His body was buzzing with warmth and his muscles rippled under her fingers and his shirt clung to his chest. Her physique probably left little to the imagination too right now. As if burned, Julie let go and settled her eyes back on the boys. They were, of course, eating it up like the bastards they were. 

She clapped her hands, voice an octave higher than usual. “Come on, guys! One run through!”            

Fortunately, everything went back to normal. They were still huffing and puffing, but Reggie was smiling as he found the bassline and Alex discovered that the slam of the drum relieved some heat and Luke was, you know, Luke. Julie pushed the moment to back of her mind. She only allowed herself to indulge in her dreams.

It was hard though. His hair was pushed back and his muscles were glistening like some CW character and with the heatwave, he has somehow become hotter. Did he get a tan? Was that possible? Regardless, Julie’s stomach was in knots. She tried her hardest to give him neutral glances and not like she wanted to slide her hands up his arms. Dios mio, get a fucking grip, Molina.

But then it happened. She should’ve known it would happen. And there was only Reggie to blame.

One run through became five and by then, every pore on their skin was drenched. If only she had a pool. Maybe she should text Kayla after this, beg her to let her use it. As she was debating on that, Reggie pulled of his wife beater. Which was fine. It was Reggie. It was like seeing Carlos run around shirtless after his shower. Five minutes later, Alex exchanged his t-shirt for one of Willie’s crop tops. That also, was fine. She was itching to remove her top as well, a bikini underneath, but she wasn’t sure if her nerves could handle it. 

And then Luke set his guitar down with an annoyed puff and threw his muscle tank on the ground. Julie stilled. Was he going to...? Nope. He wasn’t getting another tank. This was it. This was where she joined them on the side of the unliving. His chest was defined and smooth, abs peeking through the skin. This boy was stupidly hot. It felt illegal: a seventeen year old boy sculpted like Apollo. Her breathing quickened just like that. 

If she thought her throat was dry from the heat, she was mistaken. Julie swallowed back saliva, licked her lips and forced herself to stop ogling. Her actions weren’t fast enough though, Luke having noticed by now and grinning like he won the lottery. 

He sauntered closer, eyes gleaming with mischief and challenge. She held it, levelling his intensity with her own. “Can’t handle a little heat, Jules?”  

Internally, she was happy to be sitting behind her keyboard. Externally though, she could not let him win. If his cocky attitude was normally dialled on five, it was now up to eleven. Try me, Luke.   

She stood up and gave him an unimpressed once-over. “I’m happy you guys are getting comfortable,” she said to Alex and Reg. “Okay if I do too?”

The two nodded, Alex barely holding in a snicker and Reggie letting one out anyway. Luke’s eyes widened, bravado crashing to the floor as he put the pieces together.  

“W-wait, wha-?”

Julie grabbed the hem of her shirt and shed it off her skin. She sighed - finally, some relief from this fucking heat - and let the advantage of surprise push her to throw a prideful smirk his way. Her bikini top was nothing special, but if she had to suffer, then so did he. 

His eyes went from her chest to her face again, stammering and paralysed and yeah, she felt pretty damn attractive right now. She was going to be relishing this moment till the end of time. Smiling innocently, she leaned forward. 

“Something you wanna say, Luke?” 

Frantically shaking his head, he backed away, fingers clenching around his guitar and retreating to his designated spot. The boys were leaning against each other, giggling. 

“Nope,” he coughed, fixing a stressed smile. “Let’s keep going, yeah?”

(When later that day Luke and Julie were cleaning up the studio by themselves and he quietly told her she looked pretty in blue, the tension resolved. She then told him his eyes popped in the sunlight and after, they smiled at each other for a beat. Not heated or shy - just smiling. Open and achingly genuine. It felt like a promise, a hopeful wish that their moment on the beach would happen again.) 

(It would. Two weeks later, right at the end of the heatwave as they played at yet another tiki bar, Luke pulled her aside. Sweaty and sandy and happy, they met the other halfway for a warm kiss.)

Yeah, they could handle the heat.  

@mouse-fantoms @heademptynothoughts @blush-and-books @willexx @unsaid-emily @sophiphi

[missmitchieg]

Julie And The Phantoms: A (Unhelpful) Guide For The Newbies - Part 3

Principal Lessa:

- Played by: Denise Jones

- Can't explain but bisexual vibes

- Queen of power suits & statement necklaces

- Punny

- Will get a 'thank you' when Julie wins a Grammy

- Cool AF

- Would punch a transphobe

Kayla Evans-McKessie:

- Played by: Tori Caro

- Purple Dirty Candy member

- Carrie's friend

- Pansexual

- Flirted with Reggie once

- H O L O G R A M S????

- Has a Russian Blue kitten named Archie

- Phillipa Soo is her queen

- Cried a little about Over The Moon

- Likes to have spa days with the girls at Carrie's house

Kyra:

- Played by: Kyra Leroux

- Aqua Blue Dirty Candy Member

- Ace-spec vibes

- Shyest of the group

- Ships Jukebox

- Stans Britney Spears & follows the Free Britney movement closely

- Comfort Movie is Wall-E

Halle:

- Played by: Halle Gall

- Orange Dirty Candy member

- Bisexual

- Also ships Jukebox

- Has a pool

- Likes horror movies

Sofia:

- Played by: Sofia Khachi

- Yellow Dirty Candy member

- Lesbian

- Sparkly

- Has A Thing with Halle

- Hates horror movies but sits through them so Halle will hold her

- Watches "slime tutorials" (Broadway bootlegs) on youtube

Drumsticks boy I'm calling Harry:

- Pretty cool dude

- Gay

- Just wants his drumsticks

- Just attracts lesbians to 'that nice guy that doesn't hit on us and should get a cookie'

- Lets his lesbian friends rant about stupid straight boys all they want

- Watches Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Cameron:

- AV kid

- Gay

- Put a spotlight on Julie and a bomb light show for the first ever Julie And The Phantoms performance

- Would punch a biphobe

- Likes dinosaur documentaries

- Stans Julie And The Phantoms

June:

- Dahlias

- Super nice and supportive

- Bought a homeless guy a pair of sneakers once

- Great baby sitter

- Gives the best hugs

- Gordon Ramsey level chef

- Green tea

[invisibleraven]

aaaand one more because i can't help myself! #29, rulie

Julie waits patiently as the phone rings in her ear, settling down into her bed as she waits. Finally, Reggie picks up, sounded delighted that she called.

"Hey Jules, miss us already?"

The guys had only left for their nation wide tour a week ago, and though Julie would have loved to join them on the road, school had to come first. Maybe if she were a part of the band her dad would have let her go, but not as their biggest fan, not with finals right around the corner. The house is quiet without them, the Molinas so used to having them come out of the garage and in to raid the kitchen.

"Of I miss you dweebs, how goes the tour?"

Reggie was excited as he told Julie all about the shows they'd played so far, the interesting sights they'd seen from the bus, the crowds of fans screaming for them in every town. "It's amazing Julie, we're finally living out our dreams! I just wish you were here to share it with us."

"Maybe next time," she promises. She then catches him up on her own life, school and her family, promising not to watch the last few episodes of Bake Off without him. They chat for awhile before Luke and Alex want to steal the phone, each telling her their own version of events that Reggie had already caught her up on.

"Alex totally has a crush on our roadie Willie!" Luke exclaims with glee.

"I do not!" she can hear Alex shouting from the background, the a scuffle as they fight for the phone, which Reggie must win because it's his voice she hears next.

"Man, I forgot you have the band brain cell most of the time. Certainly missing it right now," he comments, the noise in the background fading.

"Anything else you miss?" Julie asks, fully expecting him to say something silly, like her dad's horrible singing over breakfast, or Carlos' ghost hunting tendencies.

"Mostly just you," Reggie replies quietly. "There's always something missing, when you're not here with me."

"Reggie..." Julie breathes out, cursing the miles of distance between them, that this conversation is happening over the phone, and not face to face. Because as much as she misses all three guys, it's Reggie she misses most. His bright smile and easy going attitude, his humour and hugs, the way he always looks at her like she's the most important person in the room. And the way that he totally misses how she looks back at him the exact same way. "Now I miss you even more, because it means I have to wait all the longer to kiss you for that."

"Yeah?"

"How long will you be gone again?"

"Too long. When are exams over?"

"One more week."

"Do you think your dad would let you meet up with us then?"

"...I can ask?"

"Okay. Go study, ace all those finals, and that should help. I'll see you soon enough darlin', and maybe then we can talk about that kiss you want to give me?"

"Okay," she whispers, saying good night, and grabbing her text books. The faster she got these exams done with, the faster she got to see Reggie again!

Of course, when she awoke the next morning to a banging at the front door, deep inside, she knew who it was, and uncaring that she was still in her jammies, ran to the door, throwing it open. There stood Reggie, beaming at her. "Turns out I couldn't wait," he said, gathering her into his arms, and bringing them together for a kiss. Julie wrapped her arms around him, one of her feet just popping up as they kissed, not lowering until they broke apart, grinning widely at each other.

Then there was a cough, and they both turned to see Ray, smiling at them over his coffee cup. "Good morning mija, how about you let Reggie in for breakfast before we have a talk about you joining the guys on tour after exams are over?"

Both of them blushed, but walked towards the kitchen hand in hand, even if they knew there was no way Julie was going to go on tour with the guys now, at least they had something to look forward to for when it was over.

[williehotdog]

Alex, Luke, and Reggie going to school with julie while they are still ghost after the orphuem

This turned out way longer than intended. Also there’s probably some grammer mistakes

They like tagging along to certain classes sometimes, so they’d poof in for some classes and maybe poof out or hang out discovering other classes

Julie made it very clear that they can’t try to scare anyone with there abilities

Reggie sat in on Julie’s calculus class(math genius reggie I don’t make the rules) and does very well, a little too well. Julie suggests that Reggie take the harder class he says “I don’t spend enough time with you though :(” julie promises they will have bonding time(where she does learn to fiddle so they can play some country songs together) and shows him the calc honors BC class** where he does great

Alex joins julie during her dance class, but found that it’s mostly partnered dancing so he thinks “this is a good excuse to watch my boyfriend dance more” and asks Willie to join. Julie talks to Flynn or Nick the entire class, which Alex and Willie are fine with because they like to be in the back row and really just goes to blow off some steam(that doesn’t require him to loose his voice, which did happen and Willie felt very guilty cause Alex couldn’t sing or talk for a week, so Willie is happy Alex found an alternative)

Julie tells Alex that there’s a dance club, which is basically just dirty candy practices, that’s run my Carrie and Kayla. Which Alex ends up attending almost every one. Everyone notices how Alex feels more relaxed, like after screaming in a museum just without the screaming and breaking and entering(“it’s not illegal if were ghost Alex, be gay do crime!”). Alex ends up going to dance club more consistently than the dance class(he likes dancing with dirty candy more)

Willie was unsure when Alex asked him to join the dance class, but they felt bad from when Alex lost his voice so they decided to go to one class and see how it goes. Willie ends up really enjoying dancing without being forced to for Caleb(Caleb is defeated and willie has their soul). And he’s happy to spend more time with Alex so win-win.

Willie finds that they’re weirdly good at photography and finds themselves going with julie to her photography class. The class is mostly based on you taking pictures outside out school so they go together and bond (Julie’s starts to put in one of her Bluetooth earbuds so she doesn’t look crazy)

As much as guys wanted to go to Julie’s music none of them are allowed to anymore. There was an incident where they started playing and messing around and people recognized it and were “julie isn’t that one of your bands song” and julie was about to loose it, her excuse was “my phone me must’ve started playing whoops sorry:)” then giving the guys the death glare. They get a stern talking to after school

Luke wanted to go to music to play but he knew he could play at the garage, he kinda wanted to go to stake out the competition. The day luke found nick could play the guitar...

Luke ends up enjoying sitting in on Flynn’s creative writing class. They worked out a system to communicate were Flynn sits in the back where no one notices the moving pen that writes in there communicating notebook. Luke funds that it’s the only non-music class he’s like in forever. It allows his to still pour his heart out in words just in a different way than writing lyrics.

One creative writing class they had to write a love story and Flynn ended up writing this beautiful heart breaking piece about two people who can’t together. Luke asked them if they’re telling him it won’t work with Julie. They’re like “oh no it’s not you two idiots who keep giving eachother heart eyes and still don’t do anything about it. It’s about me and Carrie” (Carrie does have a redemption arc but Flynn thinks that Carrie would never like them the same way, they’re blind cause Carrie also gives Flynn heart eyes when they’re not looking)

After carries redemption arc her and julie start talking more in their history class. Together they absolutely drag the other team in a class debate. They’re those people that build off what the says so well they end up writing their research paper together(and have flynn proof read cause somethimes they get ahead of themselves and the grammar is garbage)

Julie, Flynn, and Carrie join the debate club together and almost always win. It’s a combination of the three of them working so well together and the time Luke spied on the other team to help them, only because the kid was worst(you know the class sexist racist guy that everyone is one sentence away from punching in the face)

Everyone(except Willie) ends up not being with Julie for a class, which they are all a little upset by. But Reggie is thriving in the smart people math clas, Alex is dancing with dirty candy, and Luke and Flynn bonding so it works out

Julie, Flynn, and Carrie introduce the guys(including Willie) to the SAGA(there are multiple names but it’s a lgbt+ club) club. The guys are very happy to see the club and all cry a little. All seven of them attend SAGA every Tuesday and walk back to Julie’s for band practice (including the guys even though they could poof they get to hang out with julie and flynn)***

and because I can: Alex-gay • Reggie-bi • Luke-trans pan • Flynn- non-binary(they/them) lesbian • julie-biromantic ace • willie- demiboy/non-binary (he/they) queer • Carrie-ace lesbian

^^I said what I said

One day at a SAGA meeting some little shit head said that ace and aro don’t belong in the community and all his stuff mysteriously kept disappearing and getting wet willies even if though no one seems to be around

**idk if this is the same for everyone else but at my high school there was regular calc, and then two different honors class AB and BC, BC was a highest level

*** no I don’t know how Flynn and Carrie would be able to hear them while they talk I think julie would just have to repeat everything

[nicknellie]

JatP characters as Taskmaster contestants

@ace-bookworm

Julie:

Sian Gibson - just so happy the whole time

Kerry Godliman - the best stationary is a laminator

Mel Giedroyc - having the time of her life and takes the wax seals home to melt down for later

Luke:

Josh Widdicome - individual tasks galore

Mawaan Rizwan - attempts to put helium in an egg

David Baddiel - has never actually seen Taskmaster

Reggie:

Joe Wilkinson - the Potato Throw™️

Nish Kumar - being generally shit at the tasks but having the time of his life

Bob Mortimer - the special cuddle

Alex:

Mark Watson - anxiety personified

Joe Thomas - depressed and awkward the whole time

Jon Richardson - anxiety personified also

Flynn:

James Acaster - tries to be clever but it nearly always backfires

Joe Lycett - just for the bit where he ran away from Little Alex Horne for two whole minutes after he was found in Hide and Seek

Aisling Bea - *reads task and misinterprets it* *utterly disturbed and disappointed* “Oh, Alex...”

Carrie:

Richard Osman - finds ways to get around the task so she doesn’t actually have to do it

Katherine Ryan - the entire “I don’t care about sports” bit

Jo Brand - at the end of the day she literally couldn’t care less about whether she wins or not

Willie:

Rhod Gilbert - I’m assuming Caleb is the Taskmaster so Willie just takes every opportunity to humiliate him

Romesh Ranganathan - Tree Wizard

Johnny Vegas - “have you had an accident that wasn’t your fault?” *instantly breaks and falls off a ladder*

[iseeblueprints]

I posted 415 times in 2021

35 posts created (8%)

380 posts reblogged (92%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 10.9 posts.

I added 281 tags in 2021

#julie and the phantoms - 70 posts

#dimension 20 - 64 posts

#jatp - 29 posts

#legends of tomorrow - 28 posts

#luke patterson - 20 posts

#d20 - 16 posts

#behrad tarazi - 14 posts

#reggie peters - 14 posts

#trans luke patterson - 13 posts

#misfits and magic - 13 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#honestly most of them are just nice people who could also kick your ass. i might be bad at creating characters and roleplaying effectively.

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

:)

47 notes • Posted 2021-03-29 19:33:25 GMT

#4

LGBT Badge Picrew

I made a picrew a while back for people to make LGBT flag/pronoun badges, and a few people have asked what the different flags are, so here's a list of what's included!

(last edited 27th August 2021)

Flags:

rainbow - 6-stripe rainbow, gilbert baker 1978 rainbow, gilbert baker 2016 rainbow, philadelphia poc rainbow, pansexual, polysexual, bisexual, omnisexual

lesbian - 5-stripe lesbian, 8-stripe lesbian, sapphic, trixic, 5-stripe gay male, 8-stripe gay male, achillean, toric

queer - queer, alternate queer, queerplatonic, polyamorous, butch, bear, twink, straight

questioning - questioning, abrosexual, diamoric, cinthean, turian, uranic, neptunic, lithsexual

ace - asexual, grey-asexual, demisexual, aromantic, grey-aromantic, demiromantic, aroace, oriented aroace

trans - transgender, transfeminine, transmasculine, nonbinary, genderqueer, neopronouns, xenogender, intersex

genderfluid - genderfluid, genderflux, girlflux, boyflux, enbyflux, gendervoid, leather

agender - agender, demigender, demigirl, demiboy, bigender, alternate bigender, polygender, pangender

Pronouns:

she/her - she/her, he/him, they/them, she/they, he/they, they/she, they/he

xe/xem - xe/xem, ze/hir, ey/em, ne/nem, thon/thons, ve/ver, ae/aer, fae/faer

it/its - it/its, it/they, it/she, it/he, he/she, she/he, ask me about my pronouns

any pronouns - any pronouns, she/he/they, she/they/he, he/she/they, he/they/she, they/she/he, they/he/she

specific pronoun requests - no pronouns, ve/it, he/xe/they, she/xe/they, zhe/her, hy/hyp, she/they/it, they/xe

specific pronoun requests 2 - he/they/it/she, they/he/it, she/they/fae

As of August 2021, there are also multiple options for the outside ring bit :)

The flags and pronouns included are a mix of the ones I knew of when making the picrew, and suggestions other people have made. If there's a flag or pronoun you identify with and want me to add, message me and I'll add it!

98 notes • Posted 2021-05-26 14:44:57 GMT

#3

my friend just described lars/sylvester as like johnlock if it was actually made and played by queer people with an actual interest in representation, and he's so right.

110 notes • Posted 2021-04-08 12:25:05 GMT

#2

diversity wins! the band gay people like won eurovision!

193 notes • Posted 2021-05-22 22:55:42 GMT

#1

has someone already done this?

233 notes • Posted 2021-04-23 02:37:09 GMT

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[cilliankelly]

𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 😎 // 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺

FULL NAME: cillian oliver kelly

NICKNAMES: cill

AGE: 24

DATE OF BIRTH: april 24th, 1996

ZODIAC SIGN: taurus

PLACE OF BIRTH: south kingsboro, brooklyn, new york city, ny

HOMETOWN: south kingsboro, brooklyn, new york city, ny

LOCATION: south kingsboro, brooklyn, new york city, ny

ETHNICITY: White

NATIONALITY: american

RELIGIOUS VIEWS: agnostic

EDUCATION LEVEL: high school diploma

OCCUPATION: cashier/clerk at 7/11

MENTAL CONDITIONS: depression, anxiety

PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS: his vision is absolute shit, but he refuses to wear his glasses or wear contacts. he’s got a thing about eyes

ADDICTIONS: -

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

HEIGHT: 5′11

BODY TYPE: tall and lanky

EYE COLOUR: brown

HAIR COLOUR: brown

STYLE: cillian’s wardrobe consists of t-shirts, jeans, jean short, cargo shorts, anything he can get on a rack at good will. he’s not so broke that he can’t afford nicer clothes, he just appreciated the aesthetic of it all. he frequently wears hats, whether it be caps or beanies. he wears a lot of long socks with his beat up converse. he wears a lot of open flannels over t-shirts and oversized jackets when it gets cold out. he looks like a skater boy. here’s his wardrobe board on pinterest for reference x.

TATTOOS?: he has a tiny shamrock tattoo on his ankle that he got as a dumb teenager.

PERSONALITY

POSITIVE TRAITS: charming, funny, confident, easy going, friendly, 

NEGATIVE TRAITS: immature, apathetic, lazy, noncommittal, ignorant, big headed

WHAT DO THEY CONSIDER TO BE THE BEST AND THE WORST PART OF THEIR PERSONALITY?:  cillian takes pride in his ability to charm those around him and win over those who may be a bit unsure at first. on the other hand, he hates how much other people’s opinions of him actually matter to him, though he often shrugs it off and pretends like he doesn’t care.

ARE THEY MORE EXTROVERTED OR INTROVERTED?: extrovert

ANY TALENTS?: can ride a bike with no handlebars, can hang upside down for a log time without getting dizzy, has a “hollow leg”: can finish his meal as well as everyone else’s and never seems to gain any weight, really good in bed

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS?: failure, intimacy, commitment

ANY ALLERGIES?: none

DO THEY HAVE ANY PHOBIAS?: acrophobia - fear of heights

LIST 3 PET-PEEVES THEY CAN’T STAND: know-it-alls, rich people, authority figures

PAST

BEST MEMORY: the one year the family spent christmas at grandma’s, the year before she died.

WORST MEMORY: when cillian’s dad missed his birthday. he missed a lot of birthdays because he was always in jail, but the one that hurt most was when there was nothing stopping him from being there. he just didn’t want to be.

BIGGEST SECRET: he wants more out of life but he’s terrified that if he actually tries to better himself, he’ll fail spectacularly because he isn’t good enough at anything.

BIGGEST WISH: his parents being proud of him.

BIGGEST FEAR: putting himself out there only to get hurt/trying and failing

FIRST LOVE : tbd

ROMANCE & SEXUALITY

TURN ONS: when someone knows what they want in the bedroom, flavored lip gloss, receiving compliments, confidence, being bitten on the earlobe, tongue stuff, playing with his hair, rough sex

TURN OFFS: clinginess, being overly affectionate, baby talk, goody goodies, lip rings, people who complain too much, people who don’t know how to have fun, alcoholics

MISCELLANEOUS

SPEAKING VOICE CLAIM: joe keery

SINGING VOICE CLAIM: -

RELATIONSHIP WITH MOTHER: bad - she’s an unemployed alcoholic. she expects cillian to provide for the family. she spends all her time shut up in her room and rarely makes time for cillian or his younger sister.

MOTHER’S NAME: cecilia kelly

RELATIONSHIP WITH FATHER: bad - he’s constantly in and out of jail for dealing drugs and various other petty crimes. when he’s not locked up he’s who the fuck knows where, not bothering to give cillian the time of day. despite this, cillian still wants his love and approval, even though that’s pretty unrealistic at this point.

FATHER’S NAME: don kelly

SIBLINGS: mary kelly (12 y/o)

PETS: he had a pet fish, reggie, as a child. it died due to cillian overfeeding it.

FAVORITE PLACE: six flags great escape (it’s sad, i know)

ROLE MODELS: george carlin, keanu reeves, jim carrey

FAVORITE ANIMALS: lizards. any kind of lizard really. he just thinks they’re neat.

FAVORITE BOOKS: cillian doesn’t read, but he did enjoy the series of unfortunate events books as a kid and didn’t hate reading fahrenheit 451 in high school

FAVORITE MOVIES: ace ventura pet detective, dumb and dumber, the john wick movies, super bad, wayne’s world

FAVORITE MUSIC: 90′s pop rock

FAVORITE BANDS: weezer, green day, blink 182, sugar ray

FAVORITE FOOD: pizza, really big sub sandwiches, grilled cheese, curly fries

QUIRKS

ARE THEY RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED?: right handed

WHAT’S A WORD THAT’S ALWAYS ON THEIR LIPS?: either “sick”, “fuck”, or “dude”

WHAT LANGUAGES DO THEY SPEAK?: english

DO THEY CURSE?: yes.

WHAT’S THEIR WORST HABIT(S)?: stealing

DO THEY DRINK OR SMOKE? HOW FREQUENTLY?: drinks rather frequently but usually tries to keep himself in check and really only drinks for special occasions or when he gets really upset about something. he smokes weed fairly regularly though he doesn’t buy into the whole weed culture thing. 

ARE THEY AN EARLY BIRD OR A NIGHT OWL?: night owl.

HOW TIDY IS THEIR ROOM?: messy af.

HOW LONG TO THEY USUALLY TAKE GETTING READY?: not long at all. his hair just kind of... does that. sometimes if he’s in a hurry he’ll skip the shower and just use extra deodorant.

[jfpisadearqueerdeer]

some marauders facts

this post includes facts about james, sirius, remus, peter, lily, dorcas, marlene, alice, frank, emmeline, mary, kingsley, regulus, and my oc, fiona💕 if you only want facts about the first four, don't read because you'll probably comment some shit about only the first four being marauders, and i've heard it all before.

let's just get this out of the way: james, marlene, alice, frank and regulus are bi; sirius is gay and dorcas and emmeline are lesbian; remus is pan; lily is ace, fiona is aro, kingsley is both; peter and mary are straight.

alice, frank, and emmeline are two years older than the core marauders; fiona is one year older; and regulus is one year younger.

james, sirius, remus, peter, lily, dorcas, marlene, frank, and kingsley are all in gryffindor. alice is in hufflepuff. mary and fiona are in ravenclaw. regulus is in slytherin.

none of them have boundaries. cuddles, hugs, cheek kisses, hand holding, arms around waists and shoulders, head pats, sitting together in chairs, feeding each other; none of it is off limits and for the most part, it's all friendly. they'll even sleep in each other's beds (well, actually, kingsley isn't as close to them, and he doesn't like physical contact, so they resoect his wishes)

sirius, lily, dorcas, and frank cannot sing at all, but they will all try; james, mary, fiona,and kingsley can kind of sing, but kingsley refuses to embarass himself; remus, peter, alice, regulus, and marlene can all sing really well.

at least two of them are fighting at any given point, common fighters are: lily and sirius, james and marlene, etc.

james loves cuddling with sirius; james is the only one who can comfort remus after The Incident; james only trusts peter to sneak out with; james discusses comic books with lily; james always wears dorcas's flower crowns; james will tease marlene mercilessly every day that he can; james loves dancing with reggie; james admires kingsley; james always sends treats to fiona if she looks down, most of the time anonymously; james and alice are both chasers and sometimes give each other tips; james had a minor crush on frank, but he didn't realize til years later; james will drop everything to defend mary; james and emmeline both loved transfiguration and talked about it constantly.

sirius likes to kiss james on the cheek; sirius loves when remus wears his clothes (and no clothes, obviously); sirius hates when peter is sad and does a bunch of things to cheer him up almost every time; sirius loves when lily braids his hair; sirius and dorcas have a running bet on who can get closest to the black squid; sirius and marlene have a dance routine that they do, and yes, james recorded it every single time; sirius puts regulus before everybody; sirius thinks kingsley is a bit of a snob, but is overall thankful for him; sirius thinks fiona is the most badass witch he has ever met, even before she stopped being so nice (but don't tell the others); sirius gets his cigarettes from alice; sirius always lets frank win at chess; sirius literally has dropped everything to defend mary; sirius and emmeline exchange ties all the time to confuse people.

remus likes the smell of james' bed; remus gets jealous when people outside the group touch sirius, but controls himself; remus literally cannot study with peter, he's too distracting; however, remus's favorite study partner is lily; remus and dorcas always joke that they will run away together; remus and marlene aren't too good of friends, but she'll force feed him before and moons; remus thinks that reggie is making the wrong decision everytime that he goes home; remus will sot with kingsley if he's having a bad day, because he knows kingsley knows how to keep quiet; remus and fiona had tea together a lot after the war; remus visited alice and frank in the hospital as often as he could after the war; remus will switches clothes with mary if she thinks she's in danger; remus was there when emmeline died.

peter is always telling james that he needs to calm down; peter thinks sirius's pranks are too extreme; peter slips remys chocolate all the time; peter tutors lily in divination; peter is always fixing dorcas's flower crowns when they wilt; peter can read marlene really well; peter never liked regulus for many reasons; peter and kingsley both get up really early; peter likes playing gobstones with fiona, because he'll always win; peter tried to become better friends with alice, but she didn't realize; peter and frank both have anxiety and try to help each other out; peter liked mary best out of all the girls; peter got tutored by emmeline his first year.

lily officially asked james to be her boyfriend,but he was the one who asked her out on a date first; lily and sirius talk about their screwed up relatives sometimes (petunia for her, almost everybody for sirius); lily loves wearing remus's sweaters, but hates that people think they're dating when she does wear them; lily always goes to peter to help out with HER pranks; lily is very protective of reggie, and punched dumbledore when he died (he was a spy for the order in this headcanon); lily thinks marlene overreacts sometimes but loves her alot anyways; lily loves cuddling with dorcas, but marlene doesn't like it as much; lily and kingsley compare notes all the time; lily and fiona exchange corny jokes all the time; lily and alice share pregnancy war stories while pregnant; lily and frank like debating over even the most miniscule shit; lily and mary both loved potions and healing; lily and emmeline bonded over their feminist ideas.

This is only part one, I will update.

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AJW SUPER HURRICANE Commercial Tape 4/9/94

Rie Tamada vs. Chaparrita ASARI

This is ostensibly a rookies match but Tamada had been at it since 91 and ASARI since 92 so really this is just a juniors match. Tamada ties ASARI up like a bow in an attempt to keep her off her feet. The crowd couldn’t care less, but despite the wealth of talent on this show, the crowd seemed to all have dosed with Niquil so don't worry about it. This is perfectly fine and easily the best singles match either of them produced in their early days. Don't let the perverts in the audience sway you.

Mr. Buddhaman vs. Tomezo Tsunokake No firecrackers in this one! Lots of spots they worked around the circuit but also some pretty brutal spots. The crowd thinks this is comedy because the crowd is awful people. There are way worse ways to spend your time. These two could've lead a whole goddamn promotion.

Suzuka Minami & Tomoko Watanabe vs. Takako Inoue & Kaoru Ito I think even at this point Suzuka was still under the shadow of her former tag partner Hokuto, so the crowd is expecting a less than fiery performances from her. But everybody here shows the fuck up. Another counterpoint for everybody who says these four never blossomed. Haters never die.

Zen Nihon Senshukenjiai: Mima Shimoda vs. Miki Handa Miki Handa is sadly a footnote of the era. But in reality she was to LLPW what Plum was to JWP; she takes a colossal ass-kicking like an Absolute Girl and makes you love her and want her to win even though you know it ain't likely. In terms of the inevitability of CTE, that sucks a lot; but in terms of the wrestling narrative of the era (and still evident today, i.e. how Tam Nakano is booked in Stardom) it’s fun to have somebody who’s good at chasing and bad at catching. Stan Hansen? Great at chasing; didn't work as a champ. Ya feel me? Handa catches Shimoda with a quick German at the bell. Shimoda responds by doing the rope spot the world was tired of years before it finally stopped happening. Test of strength into finger stomp. Shimoda was LCO from the jump! Suzuka Minami on commentary, per usual. Shimoda doing joint manipulation and folding Handa into an origami frog is PEAK Shimoda. If Shimoda is Hokuto Lite, Handa is Cuty Suzuki Lite. Neither of those things are bad. Most of us will never be anywhere near that good at anything.

Shimoda throws Handa into every metal surface in Tokyo. Handa sells it by being THOROUGHLY peeved, then vertical suplexes her like a frilly Jumbo Tsuruta. Makes no sense but such is televised wrestling. You watch for the glorious moments when things coalesce into something greater than their constituent parts. Shimoda proves she's the WCW Ric Flair of the era by refusing to sell for anyone and just going thru her standard shit. UNTIL Handa gets her in a surfboard and then Shimoda looks like she's recovering from a visit to the dentist's. Weird sell but ok. Handa is def selling her part of the story--that Shimoda sucks on the mat; which we all knew but weren't sure would be enough to put her away. Surprise! It isn't. Mostly cuz Shimoda doesn't really ever wanna do business.

Zenjo vs. LLPW: Etsuko Mita vs. Eagle Sawai I can tell by the opening mat sequence that this is gonna be a 100hrs long. Eagle could go, she just always got mired in the mid-card sludge cuz no one in upper management thought she was photo book material. Mita Etsuko without a bright pink chair to hit folks with is rarely a Mita Etsuko you wanna watch.

Bull Nakano & Sakie Hasegawa vs. Manami Toyota & Kyoko Inoue Holy shit! How is this buried in this largely-forgotten event? Peak era for pretty much everyone involved. Hasegawa in upstart heel mode is a mood for the ages. She jukes Inoue and Toyota, Bull takes one step into the ring, and the crowd goes pale. Bull and Hasegawa take turns turning Toyota into a balloon animal ripe for popping. Hasegawa Tiger Suplexes Inoue into a billion day-glo shards. Hasegawa sells a top-rope DDT like someone everyone knows survived a catastrophic neck injury just a few years before--which is to say, like, "...that's all you got?" Bull doing a vertical suplex with a bridge is the rarest Bull; the crowd is a fog of question marks. Toyota's mouth is dripping blood. Hasegawa's spinning heel kick would still pop a crowd into a froth today. Watching her toss Toyota off when she goes for the lucha roll is so cathartic; no one wants to see a funny move done without a shred of irony. It is to Toyota's career as male pattern baldness is to Shawn Michaels. Why not have fun with it? Toyota does the German Airshow Leap to the outside and eats shit. (She's still bloodied, btw.) Bull figures if they both switch off chipping away at Inoue and Toyota, their combined efforts will rule the day. But twas not to be. The Fringe-Lace alliance get that good good W. Toyota realigns her nose and is back to looking crisp for the post-match interview. Hasegawa let's her shiny rainbow singlet, emblazoned with puff-paint, speak for her.

Aja Kong vs. Reggie Bennett This match wasn't even listed on the tape! I had no idea. This is their first encounter and will presumably last longer than their match from Arsion in 98--i.e., I am allowed to blink. No one will ever have better entrance music than AJW-era Aja Kong. It's inconceivable. Reggie has one giant French braid, cut-off overalls and a hardhat and she is your new fashion GOD. Aja does some Muta bits like spitting mist and doing a flying shoulder block. I'm glad the crowd enjoyed it cuz I think it sucked. Despite her present-day role (giving joshi aces a bog-standard 30min match on a monthly basis), Aja Kong transcends conventional gimmickry. She doesn't need that shit. Her reputation precedes her. It's at this point I notice Reggie Bennett is a beast who absolutely mauls Aja for the first 15min like no one I've ever seen. It's not just the booking; she legit tosses her around like my cat bats a balled-up tissue. Where is the Reggie Bennett shoot interview??? Aja shotays her way out of danger until they go into the crowd segment. Will Reggie blade?? Will she ever do a shoot interview? No and no. She does, however, power through two brutal lariats only to powerslam Aja! Has that ever happened? I cannot emphasize enough how intense Reggie's pace and strength are in this. Reggie takes a diving elbow to the clavicle and immediately dies. That made no sense. Aja spits yellow mist and now I hate her. Reggie Bennett forever. Post-match, Aja talks shit. Reggie commits herself to training harder. I say it again: Reggie Bennett forever.

Zenjo vs. LLPW: Yumiko Hotta & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Shinobu Kandori & Harley Saito I expect a Golden Corral buffet of kicks. A dumptruck full of kicks. A Nor'Easter of kicks descending upon me like I'm some quaint little hamlet. Kandori and Saito are basically the toughest LLPW had to offer. They're ready for Yamada and Hotta, though, and this is up and headed for the first overloaded plate of kicks before the bell has rung. Did Hotta vs Kandori ever happen? Shoulda. Kandori is horngry for AJW BLOOD. Saito is dressed like a tradtional Afghan dancer who has just discovered rave. Hard to say which I love more. Yamada kicks Kandori right in the jaw and...yeah no I've made my decision; I love that most of all. Hotta seems genuinely afraid of Saito. Kandori taunts Hotta, teasing the showdown, then decks Yamada with the QUICKNESS. This rules. Yamada has stepped up the stiffness for the occasion. You love to see it. Why didn't we get a year of these tag matches like All Japan in 91? Kandori dumps Yamada off her shoulders in one of the most wreckless things I've ever seen in a wrestling ring. Unfuckingreal. Hotta tries to smother Kandori but fears her Fujiwara armbar. As do I. They blunder into the finishing stretch with Saito as the speedbag. Saito never got her due. They seriously could've setup a whole year of main event booking around these four. Yamada finally nails her insanely complicated finisher and the streamers rain down. Structurally awkward but radiating more heat than most well-established feuds.

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