#also young girls (very young) still (always have) listen to her music and this is now what they’re listening to

[doverstar]

so far taylor swift’s new album is…not…good?

[4ranghaes]

dad!bnd ~ their kids

ot5 bnd x reader [fluff, fem!reader] (in theory lol this is actually just headcanons)

a/n: just plagued with dad!bnd recently and i wanted to share my specific headcanons of them as dads and of their kids💓💓

sungho🎀

is the no.1 encourager of his children all the time, in whatever they do he’ll support it all. plays really well with his sons, and absolutely adores his daughter to the end of the earth. had children quite early and his sons close together, and kyunghee was a surprise a few years later…

(there’s not a specific reason i chose for sungho to name his kids these names i just think they fit sungho’s vibe lol !! but namgi/남기 can mean masculine foundation which i thought was cool for the eldest son, then changmin/창민 can mean good and strong, and kyunghee/경희 can mean honour and beauty :3)

- namgi - resembles sungho when he was young, wears thick glasses, a sweet quiet boy, with quite a nerdy personality

- changmin - looks more like older sungho, short hair, more athletic, facially more like his mum, but inherited sungho’s natural muscle

- kyunghee - SO pretty, has sungho’s fox-like eyes and soft features, long black hair, such a sweet, loving personality

riwoo🍡🦦

so proud, always bragging about his children to anyone who will listen. knows all their preferences at any time. mostly looks at them lovingly from afar and only gets involved with playing and stuff when they ask. had kids a bit later than the other members, once he was absolutely sure he wouldn’t mess up.

(their names have fresh meanings of glass (yuri/유리) (but also in hanja means bringing kindness), and dew (wooseul/우슬) also yuri wooseul >~<)

- yuri - loves dance, often dressed in sporty style, mid-length hair, has riwoo’s eyes and strong nose, wears glasses

- wooseul - has a bob, very shy but confident, has riwoo’s eyes but looks more like her mum overall

jaehyun🪻🐕

always on the verge of tears because of how much he loves them and how proud of them he is, giving them so much praise and plays often. he’s number 1 girl dad and won’t have anyone say anything about ‘being outnumbered’ or ‘still trying for that boy?’. all the girls are close together in age cause he wanted them to remain friends.

(their names all have flower meanings!!! jangmi/장미 is rose, nari/나리 is lily, and dongbaek/동백 is camellia!! also dongbaek is a pretty unusual name but its korea’s official flower..just a note lol😭)

- jangmi - very hip/street style, has a short black bob, long-ish cat-shape eyes, and jae’s pretty cupids bow!!!!

- nari - so cute, big boba eyes and soft features just like her dad (looks the most like jae), curly hair, uneven teeth (and the most beautiful smile ever)

- dongbaek - big curly hair, but overall looks more like her mum, BUT has myungjae’s smile. like just transforms into her dad when she smiles. also loves producing music

taesan🎸🐈‍⬛

just the best dad ever. he loves being a dad and is equal parts rational, protective and loving when it comes to his kids. talks with them so often, and i think his family would be very close overall. had kids quite young cause he’s always known he wants a family. the kids are very close in age, but that more has to do with taesan wanting to get you pregnant than anything to do with the kids…

(their names are all unusual with traditional meanings, cause i figured if dongmin liked the name taesan, he’d like those types of names!! baekho/백호 means white tiger, seulgi/슬기 means wisdom, and deoksu/덕수 means moral and prosperous)

- baekho - quite sporty and masculine, has short hair with tae’s natural reddy brown colour, facially has more of his mum’s features than taesan’s but his laugh is exactly the same as his dads

- seulgi - the SHINIEST big brown eyes!! has big lips like her dad too, probably has the most resemblance to tae but also is still very feminine, with long brown hair

- deoksu - very much inherits his dad’s interest of rock and music in general, i see him wearing thick glasses a lot, has shaggy black hair, and taesan’s eyes, but apart from that looks like his mum

leehan🪸🐠

a very chill dad, but his heart is actually bursting from afar, and that’s all he’d talk about to you and the boys: how much he loves and how proud he is of his kids. really good at playing with them bc of his imagination, and they help raise his fish >~< i think there’d be a semi-big age gap between the kids (7) because leehan’s so happy with just his little girl but when she gets old enough she starts asking for a sibling and whose leehan to deny his daughter’s wishes?!?!

(hehe i chose these names with the thought of the character su/수 in hanja having a water-based meaning, so sua/수아 in this instance means child of the water, and haesu/해수 means ocean water!!)

- sua - just so beautiful, looks quite a lot like her dad with the eyes/eye smile and lips, other features are her mum’s, and has a lot of moles

- haesu - curly hair !! also has a LOT of resemblance to his dad, with the eyes, straight eyebrows, big lips, i think he’d have a very cutesy image

[magics-neptunes-things]

Only One

Hi guys!

So this is a short one coming from a request I had several weeks ago.

I hope you will all like it and please let me know what you think about it! Also my box for request is very open ☺️

Enjoy!

TW : None, it’s just fluff honestly

Jana and you were both young when you met her. You were around 13 years old and when you move from Valencia to Barcelona, you find yourself in Jana’s class. She wasn’t the first who came to talk to you, being a little shy. But you can’t hold it against her, you were shy yourself and you didn’t want to bother anyone.

But soon you started to talk, and you find that you have a lot in common. Unless that she was a huge fan of football while you literally preferred staying at home with a good book and listening to music. Jana was already training at “La Masia” when you met her and when she invites you to come to one of her games, you gladly accept.

You remember being impressed by the level of those girls, fighting for the ball and the game. You were scared for Jana at first before realizing that she was one of the best. You were really proud of her, and you didn’t hesitate to tell her when she came to you after the game.

You were passing all your day after school with her, studying while she was training before going to her home in the afternoon. You sometimes sleep at her home but not a lot because your parents will sometimes remember you that “you are not living in a hotel!”.

Your first kiss happened one summer night on the beach during your summer break. You remember how much you were nervous before pressing your lips against hers, scared that you will ruin everything that was existing between you. Because Jana was your everything in your fifteen years old world.

You are not fifteen anymore, but Jana is still your everything.

You are still together, of course, still living in Barcelona. Jana chose to follow her dreams to become a footballer and even if you didn’t understand at first who the hell is that Alexia Putellas who took your girlfriend under her wings and what in the world she wanted from her, you are now the proudest girlfriend in the world.

It wasn’t easy for Jana to make her place in Barcelona Femeni A team, but she’s now a part of the family. You are both very focused in your professional life, Jana in her sport and you were studying to become pediatrician. It was hard because you don’t really have the same timetable at first, so having time together was very complicated. It was strange honestly, because you were used to be with her every single hour of the day when you were both at school and now you have to fight to be able to have lunch with her.

But then she asks you to move in with her and it was better. Your first apartment was very little. Located at the top of a building, under the roof, you had managed to fit a sofa, a TV, a wardrobe and a kitchen-dining area in a single room. Separate from the bathroom. But you were together and that was all you wanted. You loved this place, it was messy and small, but it was yours and it was perfect.

And, at least, you were seeing her every night, unless she’s in other part of the country for a game. You go to see her playing as much as possible, always wearing the jersey with her name and number on it. You are known as Jana’s girlfriend in the team and the girls like you very much too.

You have move in another apartment now, though. Bigger, you have your bedroom separate of the living room and you have a guest room where you putted your desk and computer to study.

You usually study or work when Jana is at training but tonight you lost track of time. You have a big thing to write for the end of the week and you are scared not to be able to finish it. Totally focused on your work, you didn’t hear Jana coming back home.

You almost jump out of your skin when the silhouette of your girlfriend appears on the door of your office.

“Sorry Baby, I didn’t want to scare you” she excuse herself while joining you inside the room. “Are you ok?”

“I’m ok” you smile at her, kissing her softly when she sits on your lap. “How was training?”

“It was great. Have you eaten something?”

“Not really” you answer, scratching the back of your head.

It was your turn to make diner tonight and it’s almost eight o’clock. And you are not sure about what you will find in your fridge. Jana might be starving after running and exercising all the afternoon while you were studying and you really feel guilty.

“I’m so sorry Amor, I didn’t realize it was so late. I’m going to start cooking right now.”

You close your computer while trying to stand up, kind of startling Jana with your abrupt movements. She just has time to grab you by your arm, making you stay still. With her 1m62 Jana is smaller than you but thanks to her exercises she’s stronger than you.

“Breath Baby, it’s ok. I will cook for us, why don’t you go take a bath or something? You look very tense.”

“But it’s my turn” you frown.

“You can cook two times next week” Jana shrugs.

She cups your jaw in her hand, and you could literally melt right now. You are still feeling guilty though, she just had training all day.

“Can we at least order something? So I can pay and you don’t have to cook? Please.”

She seems to hesitate for several seconds, but you give her your best puppy eyes and she finally accept. Not without rolling her eyes. After ordering some pizza, you were thinking about waiting for them in front of television. But Jana seems to have another idea.

She takes you by the hand once again, but to go to your bedroom this time. Without saying one word, she pushes you on your bed before sitting on your lap.

“Have we really time for that?” you smirk, looking at her leaning on her nightstand.

“Silence, you pervert” she smirks putting a finger on your lips. “Close your eyes.”

Still smiling, you close your eyes.

“Can I at least know what will happen to me?”

“Nothing wild. I’m just going to take care of you, that’s all.”

That doesn’t help a lot, but soon Jana is moving, and she just announce you that she will put something wet on your face before doing it. She is very tender while washing your face before putting different types of cream and moister on your face. You let her do it, loving to feel her hands on your face.

She’s so lightweight that you almost don’t feel her sitting on your belly. But you can smell her perfume and you feel yourself being completely relax. You are almost asleep when she kisses your hair, announcing that she’s finish.

“Hug now” you reach for her.

Jana cuddle against you without a second thought and you pass your arms around her to hug her harder.

“How was training mi Amor?” you ask, realizing with guilt that you didn’t even in the first place.

“It was great! I mean, until Mapi…”

You smile, listening her talk about her teammate’s behavior. She then switches for another story, and you keep listening. You take the opportunity to look at her, your cute and precious girlfriend not realizing that you totally are starring at her without really listening. You are together for seven years now, getting together pretty young. But you are still so in love with her, and you don’t want that feeling to fade away.

She was explaining Barca’s next strategy when the bell rings, announcing the arrival of your pizzas. You escape Jana’s arms to go take them before going in the living room.

“What do you want to watch?” Jana asks, looking in your Netflix account to find something.

“I don’t care” you shrug, opening the boxes.

Jana rolls her eyes but manages to find something, before sitting next to you and pick a part of pizza. She seems so relax and happy that you feel your heart pounding harder just while looking at her. She’s just so perfect.

Well, until…

“Jana Fernández Velasco , please tell me this isn’t pineapple on your pizza.”

[emdoesstufff]

I made aesthetic boards and Headcanons of the Weasley grandchildren for a fic I'll be posting soon.

The top left picture is a young kid photo, the bottom right is a teenage photo, and the middle is a current/older one.

(In age order)

Edward "Teddy" Remus Lupin ((24) at main time of fic)-

-Born April 23rd, 1998

-Molly and Arthur have always considered him their first grandkid

-From ages 11 to 16 he experimented with all kinds of hair colors, never being able to settle on just one

-When he's 17 he finally settles on his classic blue hair and rocks that till he's about 21, when he goes to plain brown hair and his natural features. A little self-discovery later and he's back at his classic blue

-Despite inheriting the metamorphagus trait, he's also got several wolf qualities

-He can tell you if the milk is expired when you open the fridge by the scent, he can tell who's entering the house from upstairs by the way he hears them walking, and when he doesn't have his wand he'll probably start biting and scratching as an attack, and he does some pretty good damage

-He has a long term girlfriend named Izzy (I'm not a tedoire fan, they're cousins in this) and no one's quite sure how long they've been dating because no one knows when they went from being best friends to dating, you can't tell

-In school he had two other best friends besides Izzy, Todd and Connor. Izzy and Todd are in Gryffindor (they're also cousins) and Teddy and Connor are Hufflepuffs

-There was an attack when he was 14 (will be explained in the fic) and he didn't have his wand, so he had no choice but to go a little feral on them and he ended up killing one of them like that

-He considers James, Al, and Lily his siblings.

-He played quidditch for most of his school years, seeker, and wore the number 4

-When he starts to get older, his family and friends start to call him just Ted more. Izzy is the only one who still always calls him Teddy

-He can play the guitar

-He's never been very muscular or lean, but he's like 6'4

Victoire Gabrielle Weasley (22)- Bill and Fleur's daughter

-Born May 2nd, 2000

-She was always very focused on being pretty and proper as a child, but in her late teen years she stopped caring so much

-Fleur wanted her to attend Beaxbatons when she started school, but she transferred to Hogwarts for her fourth year and was sorted into Ravenclaw

-She was made prefect her fifth year and head girl her seventh year

-She loved living near the beach and would often read books in the sand

-She loves cooking and she's good at it, her idea of a simple meal is equivalent to a gourmet meal

-In her fifth year she starts to develop a crush on Teddy's friend Todd, a seventh year at the time. She always begs her cousin to get him to talk to her

-Her and Todd start dating in her seventh year. When things start getting bad with the war again, they decide to get married with their family while they still can.

Molly Sienna Weasley II (22)- Percy and Audrey's daughter

-Born August 5th, 2000

-She was very close to her grandmother as a child and they liked to talk about flowers with each other

-Christmas is her absolute favorite time of year and she always makes everyone go all out for it

-She was sorted into Gryffindor, but she has always preferred green more then red

-She played quidditch her 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years, but quit to focus on school

-She loves being at the burrow and she would sit around in the nearby fields during the summers off listen to music

-She has a "best friend" (they're in love with each other but don't know it) named Lilah. They've been friends since they met on the train before their first year.

-Lilah helped her cut her bangs when she was 17 and she's had then ever since

-She's very close with Victoire because of closer in age they are. They bond over their shared love of solitude time

Dominique Apolline Weasley (20)- second daughter of Bill and Fleur

-Born February 14th, 2002

-She's always been very tall, reaching 5'8 by them time she was 13

-Everyone almost exclusively calls her Dom

-She only attended Beaxbatons for one year before going to Hogwarts with Victoire

-She was pleasantly surprised when she was sorted into Gryffindor, expecting to go the same path as her sister

-She only picked up quidditch after Molly quit, taking her number, 5

-Teddy taught her how to play the guitar when she was 15

-She likes to speak French more than English

-She came out as Bi when she was 16 and Bill bought a shirt that said ally dad

-She got closer with Vic and Molly in her late teens and they are inseparable now

-She started dating a Slytherin boy, Jake Thomas when she was 17 and they get married when they were 19

Roxanne Alicia Weasley (20)- George and Angelina's daughter

-Born January 19th, 2002

-The first Weasley to be sorted into Slytherin, it was a shock at first, but everyone accepted it pretty quickly

-She worked at Wizard Wheezes every summer before she graduated and now full time. She plans to run the place one day

-People always ask if her and Freddie are twins and are surprised when she tells them that she's two years older

-They are also surprised when they're told they still have the same birthday

-She's never been close with any of her cousins and really only hangs out with Freddie

-Her dad is the only one who calls her Roxy

-She's never been interested in any romance and plans on never getting married

-She was shocked when Dom asked her to be her maid of honor, but she took the job incredibly seriously and broke down crying during the ceremony

-Her and Dom have become closer in the past year because of that

Frederick "Freddie" Gideon Weasley (18)- George and Angelina's son

-Born January 19th, 2004

-Everyone thinks it is absolutely hilarious that Roxanne and Freddie are born on the same day

-So it shouldn't have been a surprise too anyone when they basically acted like they were twins

-Since their family had already had a Fred, he decided to exclusively go by Freddie

-The third Weasley grandchild to go to Gryffindor

-He was pretty quiet in school, but would get in trouble sometimes because he hung out with Lorcan, Lysander, and James

-He also started working at Wizard Wheezes and hopes to co-own it with Roxanne

-He was the first grandchild to insist on joining the order when it was reformed

-Proudly fights whenever he can

James Sirius Potter II (18)- Harry and Ginny's son

-Born June 4th, 2004

-Harry and Ginny believe they set themselves up for failure by naming him James Sirius because he definitely takes after his namesakes

-Also sorted into Gryffindor at the surprise of nobody

-He's wanted to become a professional quidditch player since he can remember attending his mother's matches, so he makes his whole life about quidditch

-Izzy is the Gryffindor quidditch captain his first year and he gets a chaser position the same year

-There hasn't been more quidditch drive since Oliver Wood

-He fell in love with a girl named Alice when he was 15 and only got her to go out with him once they graduated

-THE ADHD child

-He's best friends with Lorcan and Lysander Scamander, Hufflepuffs, who are in his year

-He loves his siblings so much and is protective of all of them

Louis Arthur Weasley (18)- Bill and Fleur's son

-Born August 6th, 2004

-Victoire was so proud when her younger brother was sorted into Ravenclaw

-Made it clear that he was never interested in quidditch and would rather stay inside and play video games

-Fleur always dressed him very prim and proper and he continued to do that even when he grew up

-He does wear Nikes with a suit though

-He's very proud of his curls and takes care of them perfectly

-He was captain of the chess team all of his Hogwarts years, which pissed Rose off

-He loves spells and always has a spellbook on him

-Blue is his favorite color and he makes everything in his life that

-Dreams of becoming a healer and spent a lot of time with Madam Pomfrey in school

-He got a internship at St. Mungos two weeks ago and has never been more exhausted in his life

Lucille "Lucy" Abigail Weasley (17)- Percy and Audrey's second daughter

-Born April 22nd, 2005

-Everyone was expecting her to be in Gryffindor like the majority of her older cousins, but were so proud when she was placed on Hufflepuff

-She's always loved any kind of art, but she favorites her pastel crayons.

-She also has a camera and takes pictures of anything and everything

-She's very loudly and openly gay, she came out when she was 12

-George made fun of Percy when she came out, telling him he was too stuck up for his gay daughter. He went to Bill after that to figure out where he could get an ally dad shirt

-She gets so frustrated about Molly and Lilah. She's told Molly that she's gay so many times, but Molly always just laughs it off

-She only picked up quidditch in her seventh year and she took over Teddy's number 4

-Even though Molly's onliviousness annoys her, she is very close with her. They both love flowers and they taught themselves to embroider so they can put flowers on everything

Albus "Al" Severus Potter (16)- Harry and Ginny's second son

-Born August 27th, 2006

-He was always incredibly shy and often just hid behind his mother

-That made it a shock when he was sorted into Slytherin, everyone expected Hufflepuff

-The day after he was sorted, he already had a letter from Roxanne, telling him that she knew it was hard to be one of the only Slytherins in the family, but that she was there for him. That made being in Slytherin a lot easier for him.

-He was always best friends with Rose, but when they got to Hogwarts they let Thomas Lovegood and Frank Longbottom II, Ravenclaws, into their friendgroup (I'll probably do stuff for these characters too since they're pretty important)

-He loves music and has a huge record collection with almost any artist you can think of

-When the war started getting bad in his fifth year, he started back up the D.A., it was less about teaching and more about fighting now though

-He loves Teddy, James, and Lily so much and he considers them some of his closest friends

-He didn't wear glasses for most of his life, but the summer after his sixth year, Ginny started noticing that he was running into things, so she took him to an eye doctor and he went into his seventh year with glasses

-He loves to learn knew spells and he can almost always be seen with a spellbook in his hands

-He's a bit of a coward, so any time there's some sort of fight his first response is to run

-He's not too worried about finding love, sure it'll happen on its own one day. He likes to help his cousins and friends in their relationships though

-He actually hates quidditch, but he'd never tell anyone of his family that, knowing how much they love it

Rose Billie Granger-Weasley (16)- Ron and Hermione's daughter

-Born October 26th, 2006

-She looks so much like her mother, but she definitely takes after her father

-She loves sweets and is always first in line at Honeydukes when there's a new thing to try

-Victoire always makes her be the taste tester on everything she makes, and Rose has a very refined pallette because of it

-Her socks are constantly mismatched, other than that she's very fashionable

-Her dad taught her how to play wizards chess when she was really little and she joined the club at school the first week she was there

-She was super mad that Louis was captain for as long as he was though

-She's in Gryffindor, in true Weasley fashion

-She's never considered herself smart, just enough to get by. She's very thankful that Hugo and Al are though.

-Al is her best friend in the world and she was the first to join the D.A. after he started it up again

-She takes care of Hugo ferociously and it's pretty hard for her to accept that he's growing up now

Hugo Gene Granger-Weasley (15)- Ron and Hermione's son

-Born September 15th, 2007

-He's always had severe baby face, looking much younger than he is

-He's been super attached to Crookshanks since the moment he was born

-He inherited his mother's smarts and started reading by the time he was 4

-Louis insisted that he would be in Ravenclaw and Dom made fun of him when Hugo was put on Gryffindor

-He loves a sweater vest

-He didn't start playing quidditch until his second year, when James needed him to play keeper for him. They learned that he was extremely talented and they're currently training him to go professional.

-He didn't really have any friends until he started playing quidditch, where he started hanging out with the players on his and the other teams.

-He's closest with Ella Chang, the seeker for the Ravenclaw team

-Everyone is sure they will be dating at some point

-He was the reason the Weasley is our king chant got started again and he proudly wears the crown pin on his quidditch robes

-He excells in all of his classes and Ella thinks he's wasting his talents by going pro

-He loves his sister and spends a great deal of his time with her

Lily Luna Potter (14)- Harry and Ginny's daughter

-Born September 1st, 2008

-She's an exact copy of her mother, in looks and personality

-The youngest Weasley kid, also sorted into Gryffindor

-She isn’t particularly talented in academics, but she gets by just fine

-She loves listening to music with Al and she exactly where all of her favorite songs are on his records

-She knows she's bisexual, but wasn't told anyone yet

-She loves charms class and learning new spells. She always goes to Louis to learn new ones.

-She hasn't picked up quidditch yet, but has been considering it for a while now

-Her mom started putting her hair in braids and she absolutely loves it

-She's close with all of her siblings, but Teddy is secretly her favorite. He's so much older than her so he feels really cool to her.

[girlreviews]

Review #146: Parallel Lines, Blondie

Man oh man oh man. I love Blondie so much. I found this record in the Windsor Oxfam. I don’t remember exactly how old I was, but I remember what boyfriend was with me so that puts me between 15 and 18. Yeah, same guy. I actually don’t remember if he ended up getting his hands on this record or not. I think I still have it. Will rifle through my collection later to check.

Blondie was in the “being cool” wilderness for some absolutely crazy reason at that point, and nobody really gave a shit about them anymore. When I was 17 or 18 they were playing the Reading Hexagon which is honestly still just such an unbelievable insult I’m still annoyed about it. I’ll circle back to that.

Parallel Lines epitomizes the complete and total coolness and badassery of Debbie Harry. I have never wanted to be someone more than I wanted to be her. So much confidence. Such incredible cheekbones. Such commitment to art. No apologies. The voice of an angel one moment and snarling whimsical warnings, like, hey you, don’t fuck with me, the next. Always standing in front of all of those completely non-descript nobody dudes. Yeah they’re playing the music, but who cares, who are they? It’s all her. She is Blondie.

Can I pick a favorite? It opens with Hanging on the Telephone, in which she is really threatening to rip the phone clean off the wall. It might be that one. But we’ve also got the classic One Way Or Another, which needs no comment, and one of my actual favorites of all time, Heart of Glass which never fails to fuck me up, but like, it’s a god damn disco track? Like sure, yeah, let’s boogie away our heart break. And I did. And I have. And I will. And these are all SINGLES. We aren’t even discussing the actual album tracks yet. Just listen to it. Honorable mention goes to Sunday Girl, which I always really loved. It’s cute and it’s kind of sweet in a very teenage girl kind of way that worked for me since I was in fact, a teenage girl. Also, not on the official album release, but there was a version of that track where the latter half was sung entirely in French and I always really dug it.

Okay so circling back to the Hexagon. This is a weird story and I’m still not sure how I feel about it, to this day. As I said, Blondie were playing a show at the Hexagon. I was absolutely obsessed with them, and Debbie Harry. I was also 17 or 18 and spent every penny I had on going to shows, but those pennies were pretty limited. I worked as a waitress at the pub that was two doors down from my house. It was full of characters. One such character was a regular, he was in his late 40s, was very wealthy, didn’t drive, was single, and spent literally every bit of his spare time in that pub. Think on that. He paid a lot of attention to the various young women that worked there. Was he creepy? No not exactly. But did it make you uncomfortable? Yes it did. Because you never knew when he might make it weird. Everyone liked him well enough. One day out of the blue this guy presented me with five tickets to the Blondie show. I didn’t know what in the hell to say or whether to accept them. Or what it meant. Whether there were expectations attached to them. Whether it was okay to take them. I was uncomfortable. I was 17.

Here’s what happened. My Mom, who sort of knew him too, since he was always there, decided it was fine, because she wanted to go. But for it to be okay, she decided he also had to come. So we went, he came, and a few friends too. The thing is though, she never knew him like I did. I saw him every day. I saw him with the other girls that worked at the pub. I saw him drunk off his ass. I don’t know that I ever would have taken the tickets. Or if I did, I’m not sure I ever would have invited him. I feel a bit queasy about it to this day. I think in the end something really off-base happened one night between him and someone on staff and he got barred. That was usually the way it went with regulars who were there that often.

The other thing to note is that Blondie ended because Debbie Harry was with Chris Stein, who was literally dying of some rare autoimmune disease throughout their last tour. There were other factors at play, but essentially, they broke up because he was too sick and she stayed at his side and became his full-time carer. When he was well, he left her. They are, remarkably, still close friends to this day and still perform together. Just never forget that men are dogs, and that Blondie is and always will be Debbie Harry. I love her. To this day she looks better than I do in a mini skirt and I love that for her.

ETA: I checked and in fact, I do not still have Parallel Lines in my record collection, but I am quite confident it got lost when I moved back to the US. Also, I’m not 100% certain that show was at the Reading Hexagon. I just know it was a shitty venue not worthy of Blondie. This was 18 years ago. You get the idea.

[moonynaturesethetic]

Quiet...But Loyal(Teen Wolf X Mute!Reader)- Prologue

(This is chapter one, but I also have the links to Wattpad, Neobook, and Quotev on my series masterlist! I'm also new to do series' on Tumblr, so I might be a little rusty at first)

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(This story is inclusive, to all my girlies (and whoever else is reading)!!! To all body types, skin colors, and more!! If I say anything to offend, upset, or exclude you, please notify me!! Hope you enjoy the story!!!)

July 19th, 2001 Michigan Adoption Center

The Yukimura's sat quietly in the waiting room, waiting for someone to come up and tell them that they could finally choose someone to adopt. Noshiko Yukimura and her daughter, Kira Yukimura were sitting in a chair, a young 5 year old Kira sitting quietly in her mothers lap with her toy. Kira's father, Ken Yukimura, was standing next to the front desk.

They were waiting to be called so they could see the kids, and chose one to come home with them. The two Yukimura adults have been wanting to adopt for quite some time, and Kira was ecstatic to have a sibling, whether they were younger or older. Noshiko was no longer allowed to have children, due to some medical problems when having Kira. The Yukimura family felt like something was missing, and Noshiko had the bright idea of adopting, and Kira squealed in delight at that, clueless about adoption but brightened up when it meant she could have a sibling.

When they were called in they started looking around, looking at different kids and Kira interacted with most of them, but they still couldn't seem to find the right one. No one felt right. Finally afterwards they were lead to the back by one of the assistants, which is where they saw a shy, frail girl.

They noticed that when Kira went to say hi to her, she didn't speak, she only waved...and that was something that intrigued the Yukimura's.

"That's Y/n, she's four and she is mute. She doesn't really like being around others, they always pick on her. She usually sticks to herself, but she really enjoys listening to music, and she likes to read and paint." the assistant said, talking to the two Yukimura parents, while Kira was talking to Y/n.

"If it's not too personal, why is she mute?" Noshiko asked.

"About 6 months ago, she got in a really bad car crash. She wasn't injured that much, but she does have a few scars. That's when she unfortunately ended up losing her parents, and she had 2 older brothers but they were never found, and were declared missing." The assistant told them, looking at Y/n with slightly pity.

"Oh God." Noshiko said in Japanese, covering her mouth, while Ken held a shocked face.

"I know...it's terrible, and Y/n has refused to speak ever since, and now she is mute. She is also still learning sign language, but hopefully over the years she will get very good at it."

Noshiko and Ken shared a look. "Mind if we try and talk to her?" Noshiko asked.

"Of course, you are always allowed to speak to any of the children, go right ahead."

Noshiko and Ken made their way over to where Y/n and Kira are. Kira was happily blabbering away, while Y/n was listening with an adorable smile on her face. Noshiko knelt down to Y/n's level, with a soft smile on her face.

"Hey there, I was told your name is Y/n, mine is Noshiko, and this is my husband Ken, along with our daughter Kira."

Y/n looked at her, her head tilting in curiosity, while she held a blank expression on her face. Noshiko looked around and noticed that there was a painting behind Y/n. It was a beautiful moon, with a wolf howling. It had many different colors, with shading and dark purples, blues, and pinks. It was quite impressive for a four year old.

"Is this yours?" Ken asked, while Noshiko observed the painting, and Kira's mouth widened in shock. Y/n nodded, with a bright smile on her face, as she got up and walked over to the painting, happy to show someone her painting.

"That is so cool!" Kira said, walking over to the painting.

"It is very beautiful, Y/n." Noshiko said.

Right when the family of 3 was about to say something, the assistant came back.

"Sorry to bother you, but your time is up, it's time to make your decision." the assistant said.

Noshiko and Ken held hands, while Kira trailed behind them, but she was waving to Y/n and Y/n waved back. They were taken back up to the front office, where the front desk lady and the assistant were waiting.

"Have you decided on which child you would like to take home?" the front desk lady asked.

Noshiko and Ken looked at each other, while Kira was tugging on both of their pant legs, saying Y/n's name, it seemed like Kira had already become quite fond of Y/n already.

"We'll be taking the lovely Y/n, please." Ken said, Kira jumping up and down in happiness.

"That sounds great, we will go get her stuff, and all you have to do is sign some legal documents, and ASL lesson plans, then you can take her back to your house. There might be some CPS officers at your door in a couple months, but that's only to check and see how Y/n is doing with you guys." The assistant gave Noshiko and Ken some papers.

Y/n was back painting in the back of the playroom when one of the assistants came up to her, telling her she should get her stuff together, and that she was being adopted. As Y/n was packing up, along with the help from some others, the smile never left her face, she had an idea who was adopting her, and she had no problem with that at all.

Y/n walked down the stairs while an assistant was carrying her bags behind her. Y/n didn't pack much, just all her favorite books, all her painting supplies, all of her favorite paintings, clothes, and other necessities. When she walked down the stairs she saw the Yukimura family waiting for her, and Kira came up and hugged her.

"You get to be my new sissy now!" Kira said happily, smiling while clinging to Y/n. Y/n smiled and hugged back, she was ready to go home with the Yukimura's. Part of her was scared, because back in her mind she didn't know what it was going to be like without her birth family, but she knew they were up in Heaven, hopefully happy.

The Yukimura's took her back to their motel, they informed Y/n that they were only staying in Michigan for a little while, because they were only there because they were looking for adoption centers, and that their real home was back in Japan. Kira had been talking to Y/n the whole time, telling her about their home in Japan, and about all the cool places there. Y/n sat there and listened, her eyes seeking interest in Kira's words, as she would also stare outside the window from time to time. Y/n's eyes would wander to the steering wheel every once in a while, but her mind had blocked out the night of the incident. Her own subconscious was simply trying to protect her.

Noshiko and Ken were simply smiling, knowing that this was a great decision they just made.

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Our non-marine heroine Karleeen McQueen

You know what, you already know lots of stuff about Ahti II, I’m now going to tell you about Karleeen the spidergirl, Ahti’s best friend and the protagonist of a story I’m writing! A quick information sheet:

(+ Art reference)

Karleeen (with three e’s)… well, who doesn’t know about Karleeen! Probably not by looks, but you could read all about her on the papers some years back. It’s been a while, you'd hardly recognise her if you saw her now! Especially among the other jolly beachgoers, joggers, shoppers and summertime tourists; Karleeen lives in Naantali after all, with her single father on the coast of southwest Finland. In the summer it's busy, in the winter it's very quiet, all year round it's a very appropriate place for Karleeen, she thinks.

Now in her mid-teens (the Sirpaverse “starting point” is 2021), Karleeen is a most open and jolly girl! She loves socialising and chats with just about anybody she has a chance to interact with for more than five minutes. She’s always planning outings and looking to spend time with her best friends, too! She enjoys being silly, making wordplay and coming up with puns with ridiculous set-ups. Karleeen is a sensitive soul, she feels all of her emotions very strongly and shows them strongly, too. She sometimes has trouble regulating her emotional reactions and has a tendency to spiral. It's very difficult for Karleeen to lie, her feelings will be very clear from her facial expressions and body language no matter how hard she may pretend to feel otherwise. Not that she'd even lie! It would make her feel too bad.

Karleeen has loved nothing more her whole life than making "thingamajigs" — you know, machines, things that move, little inventions! It's so fascinating to her, how pieces that are little more than scrap on their own weave together into intricate creations that are far more than the sum of their parts. When she was a young kid she'd make things out of twigs and rocks and rope, but in her teens she's now moved onto more sophisticated methods, legos and actual robot-building sets. She's also dipping her toes into coding, so far it seems fun and it offers an additional medium for making things (only digitally this time). Karleeen would love to study mechanical engineering when she's old enough to go to a university, but it'll be a while until then! Besides for robotics Karleeen enjoys hiking in the outdoors, climbing trees, basking, collecting fun and/or useless trinkets of various kinds and strawberry-themed items, playing platformers and action-adventure games and doodling.

Karleeen’s a smart girl, but she struggles a lot with languages. Or, well, don’t let me entirely misrepresent her: she does have the achievement of knowing some ASL signs. Still, Finnish is the only language she speaks fluently and it’s her own mother tongue! She can’t quite get anything else stuck to her brain, speaking Swedish or Surish or even simple English feels like a chore. Like stated above Karleeen’s body language is very clear, one of the more common actions Karleeen does when she’s nervous, scared or sad is holding her hands and arms close to her chest.

Karleeen's favourite genre of music is classical, but she can't listen to it casually because it makes her very emotional. She likes pop, rock and soundtracks when it comes to just playing music in the car or with friends. Her favourite animals are elephants, and her favourite fish is the electric eel. Her favourite meal is minute beef steak with seasoned butter and chanterelles, but her actual favorite singular food item in general and favourite snack is wild strawberries. Her favourite drink is tap water. Her favourite flower is fireweed.

(Nowhere else to really mention this but Karleeen is also asexual and biromantic, it took a long while for her to figure out because her relationship with having human connections is rather complicated and unusual but she’s comfortable in that identity and doesn’t really overthink it, she has a lot of love in her heart for so many things so it’s only natural she would have a lot of love for many people too, she thinks)

[a-bottle-of-tyelenol]

regressor momo & cgs jirou and mina headcanons !!

— requested by @secretly-sayori —

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👑 - momo is a very quiet and very shy regressor. she’s pretty self-conscious and it’s hard for her to let go of that big girl part in her brain that is very aware of herself and how she behaves when regressed. she grew up as a very “proper young lady” and it adultified her in a lot of ways. on the flip side, mina doesn’t care at all about other people’s opinions and she’s always so bright and loud, trying to get everyone to understand that they deserve to take up space. and jirou is also self-conscious until there’s someone more anxious than she is because, then, she’s always willing to take the lead and speak up. together, the three of them are on wildly different parts of the social spectrum, which lets them lean on each other and encourage each other.

🎧 - a lot of momo’s small time is quiet time. her life is full of chaos and excitement and stress with the hero course, and sometimes she just really needs to slow down and do nothing. mina struggles the most with those days, tending to prefer the ones where momo is feeling adventurous and wanting to play princesses or have a tea party with real (wildly expensive) tea, but she adores sleepy cuddles and is easily satisfied by little momo snuggling up to her while jirou plays soft music and quietly hums along. jirou uses these times to practice acoustic guitar or learn lullabies on her keyboard and, every time, it knocks momo out and gives her the greatest naps of her life.

🍬 - jirou doesn’t like touch as much so she’s mostly reserved for handholding and walking momo to places— the bathroom or dorm kitchen, mostly, because momo gets too scared going on her own. when they’re older, jirou also tends to be the one that drives them places because mina is a horrendous driver (she just thinks speed limits are suggestions and is really bad at not taking sharp turns or brake checking anyone that drives too close to her) and momo is, of course, too itty bitty to be behind the wheel. momo is the only one jirou lets have access to the aux cord too, but only when she’s small. otherwise, jirou is the only one allowed to touch the music (too much hyperpop from mina and classical music from momo when she’s feeling older— one is too overstimulating and the other is too understimulating).

👑 - little momo can have literally whatever she wants— she’s spoiled rotten. mina and jirou affectionally call her their princess because of it and it makes her laugh when they dramatic declare themselves her majesty’s knights in shining armor. she’s very self-sufficient, though, and isn’t constantly requesting things. for the most part, if she wants something then she’ll just make it herself using her quirk. more than once, her cgs have stepped out of the room for two seconds, only to return to there being a new, never before seen pacifier in her mouth. still, she’s constantly showered in gifts. jirou does feel a little insecure about it because momo comes from such a rich background that giving her gifts feels almost meaningless, but momo (both big and little) is always floored that they cared enough or thought of her enough to get her something, which only inspires them to do it more.

🎧 - momo almost never regresses in public because she’s too nervous to, but she loves window shopping and trying on pretty dresses at boutiques so much that it’s her only exception. she also really loves holding on to someone’s hand, going to a store they love, and listening to them talk/explain all the things there. jirou will take her to a music store, pointing out all the instruments and showing her how to use any that are on display. mina takes her to anything that sells knickknacks or shiny objects because they both loves pointing at things and going “oooooh!!!” for an hour (jirou joins them in this except her ooohs sound more like “I can’t believe they’re charging that much for this!”). they also have a lot of fun at makeup stores where they run around giggling at all the sample products.

🍬 - when momo eases out of her headspace, she always tries to pay them for their time. she justifies it by saying that they’re effectively babysitting in real time and they deserve to be adequately compensated, but neither of them take the money, obviously. they’re just happy to be there and so glad that momo feels safe enough to let them in even knowing that she feels a lot of shame and anxiety about it. they don’t mind cleaning up all the body shimmer she and mina got all over the floor while playing, or comforting her when she accidentally breaks one of jirou’s guitar strings and panics so much that she forgets she can just make a new one. they love her very dearly and couldn’t imagine a better way to spend their time <3

[ateez-himari]

PRAY : HIDDEN FOOTAGE

A more private aspect of the relationship between the industry's producing sibling duo as camera follows them behind the scenes.

June 26, 2024 (6:30PM)

CONTENT WARNING: This article contains mentions of parental loss following a car collision, discussions of mental health, allusions to suicidal tendencies and talk of an unhealthy childhood. Please read at your own discretion.

To celebrate the one year anniversary of an emotional collaboration that also served as the very first solo release of a talented vocalist, BANGTANTV in partnership with KQ ENTERTAINMENT uploaded a two part documentary showcasing the process behind the single 'Pray' by Agust D and Himari. Throughout the years people have come to build these siblings an untouchable reputation through the title 'Hands of Midas', in reference to their incredible musical genius, so it was only natural for netizens to be interested in their work behind the scenes. However, it seems as though they received much more than they had bargained for when heartbreaking stories of the past were recalled by the artists to explain the mindset of each track.

In order to help viewers understand why the pair resemble each other in such a striking manner despite being linked legally rather than through blood, a short rundown of their history was given in the first few minutes. Prior to the tragic accident both families were very close friends and due to this bond the rapper has been in his younger sister's life since her birth, later playing a huge role in raising her following the adoption. While their parents were not detached from their lives, they did work a lot, and with the eldest living his own life it was left to the remaining brothers to take care of her. The girl's biological sibling however was dealing with a lot of physical as well as mental difficulties at the time, which meant that he was in no state to carry out such a huge responsibility.

'I was left with a lot of injuries from the accident so I couldn't move much at the time, and the grief put me in a really dark situation. Because she was still very young she couldn't deal with it properly and was always happy instead...so I couldn't find a way to approach her to take care of her.' Hanzo said in an interview with Cosmopolitan Korea

This paved the way into the conversation that took place while each wrote their respective verses in the side track 'Snooze', and here is what we now know. The middle brother took ever chance available to come home to her, yet these moments were unfortunately few and far between, leaving the family's youngest with no other option than to grow up quickly in order to adjust to an independent lifestyle in the midst of grief. In the refrain along with the first verse Agust D talks about acknowledging life's hardships, some originating from the music industry, all the while reassuring whoever is listening that it is alright to show weakness and lean on somebody.

'They're [the lyrics] what I would have wanted to tell you back then but looking at them makes me realize how much I missed.' Yoongi admitted. 'I regret it a lot you know, seeing that the more I came home, the quicker you seemed to grow up. You saw a lot of things because of me, all of them I wish to take back.'

The last piece of this statement was lightly touched upon in later footage, revealing that the young woman was made to take care of her brother rather often due to him being stuck in a very dark place at the time, leaving him too mentally distant to raise her, with certain anecdotes suggesting she might have been witness to events that were traumatizing for a mere child. While no speculations will be made on this very delicate matter, it is clear that something much deeper has bonded these siblings together, as the man who very rarely cries on camera could be seen tearing up holding his sister.

'When I listened to The Last, I remember throwing up afterwards.' Himari recalled. 'The emotions were just too much and I think it was my body's way of dealing with them, since I never truly got closure. I was terrified back then, having to pull you out this often, but I don't blame you for it. If anything I feel relieved that someone was there at the time, even if it had to be me.'

With the discussion that followed being extremely personal we have decided not to summarize it, so for those who wish to listen, it can be found at the 25 minute mark in the first part of the documentary which can be found on BANGTANTV. We advise viewers to watch at their own discretion as it contains mentions of attempted suicide and deep childhood trauma, as well as heavy mental distress. What can be said in short however is that we now understand why the maknae tends to act childishly, as there was never truly a time in the two year period preceding training that she had the opportunity to live as one.

While devastating aspects of their past were unraveled, most pieces of footage filmed on personal cameras managed to heal viewers' hearts as they showed their healed relationship, from playing around while creating to going out to cafes or PC bangs. Multiple instances of the young woman falling asleep on the couch in her brother's studio have been reposted on social media, as it led to the rapper caring for her as one would a child, demonstrating the amount of attentiveness he holds towards her.

'I raised her, so there's something more in how I see her.' He said in episode 20 of Suchwita [with Taemin] 'It's not a parental link or anything...but it feels like it sometimes.'

This nearly fatherly care for his sister was demonstrated through an anecdote in which her difficulties navigating the music industry with a near deaf ear were talked about, leading viewers to learn that due to the family's low financial status they were unable to afford a hearing aid for their youngest, seeing as they already had to pay the hospital fees. The girl being fully aware of their predicament had never mentioned need for it, yet Yoongi rapidly caught on to the struggles this new impairment brought into her daily life, such as extreme fatigue along with splitting headaches and so he set aside money following every paycheck earned during his delivery job.

'The song that fits us the most...' Himari pondered over the question asked in a solo segment. 'Maybe Mockingbird by Eminem, my brother used to play it a lot at home. There's a lot of regrets in the song, a lot of promises about protection and sacrifices just to make her [his daughter] life better. It was the same with us in a sense...I guess a good example is that back then he needed money but he saved so much just to buy me a hearing aid.'

That is not to say the youngest does not care for her brother to the same extent, as she would reassure the older artist by holding his hands when he talked about something especially painful, even wiping fallen tears whilst talking about how great a man he is. Food ordered for him would very quickly fill the studio and although claiming to have eaten well, the rapper finished every single dish, even accepting the soft pink blankets draped over him when producing sessions lasted into late at night. While not providing the same way as he had during their childhood, the vocalist shows her care through small actions that prove the amount of attention truly on him at all times.

Their heavy history is easily discernable from the way these artists embrace one another, as there never seems to have been a singular loose hug, never a moment where they did not treasure the simple fact of each other's presence. Although the rapper usually rejects skinship in front of cameras, he could be seen seeking it out throughout the documentary, always asking for a small kiss on the cheek whenever the youngest arrived or left. Sharp eyed netizens also noticed how the senior fidgeted with his rings when listening to the vulnerable lyrics written by his sister, while she on the other hand tended to zone out as if attempting to repress certain emotions.

Peace can be found through these pieces of media as the siblings have stated that despite these setbacks they have managed to find their own balance, and are now going about life with fresh scars rather than carrying old wounds. Strangely enough, having these many instances of them laughing with one another, both fandoms noticed that their smiles are practically identical which had led to sweet speculations about fate meaning for them to be one another's healing.

National Soccer Team Captain, Min Hanzo, made several appearances

With the relationship between the vocalist and her biological brother being kept away from the spotlight, it has left many wondering about whether they were truly close or if something was brewing behind closed doors that neither wished to address. This worry was however rapidly dismissed, as several videos of them inserted throughout this documentary reassured fans that the siblings' bond is even stronger than they had claimed it to be. While every single piece of footage was heart warming enough to spark conversations it was not what caught the attention of sharp eyed netizens, but rather a singular clip filmed by the rapper in which they could be seen playing basketball.

The reason behind the influx of speculative threads on the X platform was the fact that their scars from the accident seemed to complete one another's, as where the idol was marked on the right, her brother's much more prominent ones were on the left. The most popular hypothesis is that the older man would have allegedly pulled Himari into his chest in order to protect her from the impact, which seems rather convincing due to the fact that the difference in their injuries' visibility suggests he had suffered the brunt of the impact. Amateur detectives on social media also recalled that the soccer player had made a few references to the aftermath of this tragedy in the past, in which he recalls being impaired to the point of barely being able to move for days while his sister seemed to be relatively healthier.

Making History

While life has not favored these artists in their younger years, their current standing at the top of the industry reflects the diligence in the siblings' work ethic as several pieces of history have been written through their groups despite the incredible amount of challenges they were made to overcome. The senior idols are well recognized for having paved the way for future generations while their juniors are slowly catching up to their achievements, having become the first male group to perform at Coachella and the first k-pop act to grace the stage of Mawazine, the second biggest music festival.

'At times, staying in this career was terrifying.' Himari had said rather hesitantly. 'On more than one occasion I felt like it was the end, like the exhaustion was genuinely going to kill me the second I closed my eyes. So much went on behind the scenes, we would go from one schedule to another without rest and using oxygen masks to avoid fainting became common.'

Much more weight than simply performing rests on their shoulders as both hold the position of producer, alongside several members, which demands that they constantly create new melodies in the midst of their already overwhelming schedules. Their skills have no grounds to be questioned as other well renowned idols have turned to them for their own releases, the most blatant examples being soloist IU with Yoongi and SHINee member Taemin with Himari.

Closing Statement

This documentary was heart wrenching to say the least yet placed much more meaning on the single's tracks with clear connections to dark aspects of their past now being unlocked to the public, serving as a form of closure for these siblings as well. They have truly shown that trauma does not make up the entirety of an individual as both are now known for their intoxicating happiness, giving the audience a valuable lesson about mental health and healing.

REMINDER to keep streaming Golden Hour Part : 1 by ATEEZ and support Jimin's upcoming comeback 'Muse' releasing on July 19 at 1PM (KST) along with 'Type 1' photobook by V releasing on July 9.

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A/N; Please keep in mind that while Yoongi has talked about mental health in the past, this is not an accurate representation of what he has lived as this is purely a work of fiction!

[angelic-waffles]

Thought everyone’s lotf ocs were cool so I plugged my girl Angie into the book ^^

Three hour drawing of her pre and post island- I think she would thrive lmao. Info on her bellow

She’s a bit of toxic honestly which, yk unsurprisingly makes island life a walk in the park

Pre crash- She lived with her dad Alexander who’s 28 (yeah fill in the blanks) Her mom left when she was a baby because she never really wanted to be a mom but Alex was an amazing dad for Angie, even if he was young, working two jobs and studying law all while raising a wild child. Her dad also had a habit of doing her hair every morning. For him, it was a way to bond. He’d always do it up in pigtails with yellow bows.

Post crash- She doesn’t have any strong convictions or connections. She makes herself useful to whoever is currently most powerful so they’ll return the favor. She doesn’t particularly like anyone, but she doesn’t particularly dislike anyone either. Naturally, she uses this neutrality to her benefit. She’d survive pretty long. Assuming we follow cannon and they get saved, she would survive the whole book. Assuming we go from the no rescue angle, she’d definitely get killed, just later on. The only person (or people) on the island she’s really loyal to are the littluns. She thinks they’re too young to be going through all they are, and she really just wants them to be able to have a life one day after all the chaos of the island. She doesn’t show this though. She calls them brats and plays with them, but sometimes she’ll put some fruit on lower branches, or make sure all the littluns are safe and without major injury.

General info- Angie is 12 years old, Latina, and uses she/her. Personality wise she lies almost compulsively. Sometimes about big things, sometimes about small things, but it’s an urge she has that she has a really hard time controlling. She’s also very energetic! She bounces from wall to wall and afterwards still has energy to do things like listen in on people’s bs or instigate something. Bringing me to another trait of her’s, she’s a terrible instigator. If she smells even a little bit of drama she’ll find out as much as she can. And if nothing is to be found? Well she doesn’t tend to lie here and there… But she’s not just some lying asshole, she’s very dedicated to things and people if you give her a chance, she also has a strong interest in fashion and music. Back home her walls are absolutely covered in posters or drawings of her favorite pop stars from the radio. All of them do seem to be women though, hmmmmm. I think of her sort of as an unholy blend of Regina Gorge and Kokichi Ouma

Aaaand as a little thank you for sticking around, here’s a screen shot of this hand because I love drawing pudgy baby hands but I can only justify it for my I’m so not Going to Heaven characters or kids, and thankfully she’s a kid! So yay chubby little baby hands

[foreversfangirl]

I took notes while I listened to the audiobook of Sunrise on the Reaping. Here they are.

Spoilers obviously

Ch 1 -

* Haymitch has similar to Gale. Their moms are very similar

* Katniss didn’t have a single thought that it could be her or Prim in the games. Haymitvh adds the caveat to his plans that he could be going in

* Haymitch goes out of the fence too

* I always wondered how they were getting “white liquor”

* Haymitch’s mom knows and collects on his illegal jobs

* Crying that this is how Haymitch became an alcoholic

* Abernathy’s were always rebels

* She’s a covey!!!

* Is… is that Katniss’s dad?? Birdick (Burdic?)

* Is Katniss’s dad covey???

* Everdeen cousins? So maybe not

* L.D is gonna die partially because of Haymitch but also because she herself is rebellious and a problem

* L.D is from L.G’s linage

* First gay character in Hunger Games series

* Punishment for not dressing well enough in the reaping

* I would put money on his little brother getting reaped. He isn’t old enough right now

* Astrid March!!! Katniss’s mom!

* Astrid and Birdic…. I’m crying

* Information about their currency!! Scrip only good in capital approved stores

* Music!! Anthem!! Propaganda!

* Drucilla wishes she could be Effie

* It doesn’t matter if she is wealthy by district standards. She is still district. She is still nothing to the capital

* Haymitch wasn’t originally reaped. I didn’t see that coming

Ch 2 -

* Peeta’s dad… more crying

* Oh my god… Haymitch was never reaped at all

* Very flippant murder “just shoot her”

* Plutarch! Is he already a rebel?

* “It’s too long” …. Are the reaping rigged?

* Rebellion didn’t start at 74. It was always there.

* Offering alcohol then recanting it because he’s a child. Too young to drink but old enough to die

* Drucilla is literally disgusted. The capital considered them animals

* L.D didn’t get to see goodbye

* Maysilee telling her dad not to pay for her freedom

* “Lost this privilege” fuck this is brutal

* I still don’t know how I feel about Plutarch

* Ma putting aside any pride to just have a second with Haymitch

* Sid is just like Prim…

* I wonder at what point the train became a luxurious experience for tributes

Ch 3-

* Willa Mae … unsung mom

* Covey got incorporated by killing adults and keeping the kids. How much of their culture were lost?

* Pick up? They used to have cars. Where did they all go?

* L.D knows in her bones there are people outside of Panem. Where are they? Why have they left Panem to their own brutality?

* Bean and ham hock soup for mourning

* Haymitch doesn’t even consider that he could win. He’s just mourning his loss.

* “My kin” Haymitch speaks like an Appalachian

* I need to check on Lucilla, I’m all she has left. Protector

* Sweetheart … crying

* Strategic immediately

* First mention of fertility in the distracts. Loss of Haymitch’s twin sisters

* Maysilee came in swinging. I love that her weapon is being a mean girl. No one is immune to her shaming them.

* Chiggers. This boy is Appalachian as fuck

* The attendant can talk

* Who are their mentors since they don’t have any victors? Plutarch?

* Haymitch’s illegal dealings makes him strong. Like Katniss.

* Victors from other districts??? Other district contact??? Wild

* Plutarch is a very good “yes man”

* Damn I kinda love Maysilee’s quips

* He’s indulge me right into the arena. Bread and circuses

Ch 4-

* Solidarity in not eating the cake. I want to know what they were all thinking

* Mean Girl Maysilee strikes again

* Drucilla actually hit her. That’s insane. And Maysilee took no shit

* Fuck dude… Maysilee held no punches

* Drucilla alluding to life being worse if Maysilee won. The Finnick treatment probably

* Haymitch knows about the lake and the house

* The mockingjay pin was Maysilee’s… and there is a twin of it somewhere in the world

* Booker Boy…. Pariah

* Jeep? So they do have cars?

* So district 1 is chained? And broke the window. Are they rebellious?

* Wyatt was listening

Ch 5-

* How did Wyatt and May feel listening to Haymitch and Lucilla write them off before they even get to the capital

* Maysilee even fat shamed Drucilla

* Capital children

* I’m surprised they let the tributes even see each other

* Showering together is strange. It humiliates them

* The prep team are students. They’re kids like him. And they talk like kids. As if he’s a project.

* Insecticide to get rid of body hair

* L.D is a rebel burning the flag, sabotaging a hanging

* L.D can be rebellious because she has “nothing” to lose

* I already know what’s gonna happen to Maysilee. But damn I wish she’d lived. She reminds me of Johanna

* Why is Magno obscessed with reptiles?

* Is 12 treated this badly intentionally because of Lucy Gray?

* Haymitch is a really good protector and comforter… it’s not gonna matter. I’m going to be very sad when Lucilla dies

* These pre games pageantry is a mess

* Fuck dude Lucella died before she even got to the games. Are they going to replace her?

Ch 6-

* This is all happening in public

* What a disaster… no wonder Katniss and Peeta hadn’t seen the footage from these games

* Silca is going to be the final show down with Haymitch

* Snow is looking at him. And sees Lucy Gray

* Someone will knock you off it, straight into your grave

* Haymitch presenting Luella and clapping is just like Katniss shooting the apple out of the pigs out and hanging Seneca Crane

* Urchin lol what a lame name

* Wyatt is coping so hard

* People still feel joy when they have children… Lucella’s dad

* Tributes being chained up but allowed to talk to each other is jarring

* Try that buddy…. Haymitch is a older brother through and through

* OH MY GOD WIRESS

* The capital thinks she’s creepy and unnerving! Yay!!!

* And Mags!!!! Oh my fucking god

* And now we’re all crying

Ch 7-

* Did Mags know about the soup?

* Have Mags mentored for 12 before?

* Maysilee doesn’t like being a twin and matching her sister. But I get the sense that Marilee does like it

* Haymitch wants to make a statement. That’s more than Katniss ever did

* The goal isn’t even to win. It’s to make a statement

* Wiress might be autistic (?)

* There’s more of you then there are of them

* Plutarch might be a rebel? Asking “why didn’t you”

Ch 8-

* Why is Plutarch having this conversation in public?

* No oh my god… Beetee’s son is Amphert

* God damn he just comes right out and says it. That his son is in the games because he is being punished.

* This clicks together a lot as to how people got started in the rebellion

* Beetee won 16 years ago

* It makes me wonder if Haymitch makes fun of them “Nuts and Volts” to protect them or if he’s mad at them for something

* This is going to be so bloody and gruesome… this big alliance is going to fall apart so hard. We know from Catching Fire, that this doesn’t hold strong

Ch 9-

* I don’t think Lenore is going to be killed. She’s going to become an Avox for her own rebelliousness and to punish Haymitch

* President Snow is already ill from poisoning…. Almost more ill

* I wonder if this is intentional?

* Ahahahahahhahaah I can’t believe Haymitch drank the milk

* Songbirds and Snakes

* I know it’s Snow projecting but I can feel myself in Haymitch’s shoes squirming

* Spelled it right out for him. Your behavior has guaranteed that

* What?! Luella?! WHAT

* Who is this child that they’ve surgically changed to look like Luella???

Ch 10-

* Ahhhhhh she’s programmed and parroting

* Maysilee immediately goes into making her an object. A thing.

* Mags immediately treats her like a person

* Mags and Wiress clock where she’s from quickly

* AHHHHHH the canary

* Device in her chest?! Oh my god…. I feel like the horror is so much more in your face in this book

* Crying over the bread from 11

* This feels like a set up to a failed first rebellion

* But I love that Beetee was already team rebellion before we even meet him

Ch 11-

* Suzanne put a lot more intention into how the games work mechanically

* I love Amphert…. I am so fucking sad for Beetee

* New theory, Haymitch backs out of trying to destroy the machine to save his family and Lenore

* Transmitter… constant drugs… she’s a dummy bot

* The capital didn’t learn their fucking lesson with the JabberJays

* Knowing that Maysilee and Haymitch become allies in the arena later is making my stomach churn. What the fuck happened to make them not allies when they start?

* Why not lady? You are

* I knew he was going to get a 1. The punk thing wasn’t gonna pan out

Ch 12-

* Lou Lou’s presence is fucking painful

* I kinda like Wyatt…. Math don’t lie

* Maysilee and Drucilla have the same antagonistic relationship that Haymitch and Katniss did

* Student beauticians freaking out about failing throws all of my life problems into sharp perspective

* I wonder what Vitas and Proserpina did to get the shitty distract

* The difference between 74 and 50 is wild…. This is pretty pathetic

* EFFIE!

* I know she’s on the bad team. But I’m happy to see her? Conflicting feelings.

Ch 13-

* Effie is Proserpina’s big sister?! Effie is a sister!! I’m crying.

* Is this how she landed up stuck with 12??

* Now that I’m running through other characters from the other books… I wanna know more about Cinna

* Maysilee and Effie are cunty girls girls together

* How old is Effie? How much older is she than Haymitch? How old is Proserpina?

* What the fuck is going on with Magno? Is he acting crazy? Or is he really crazy?

* What is the end goal? I get it. Break the machine. But then what? This rebellion is going to fail because they don’t have enough back up

* I feel like Drucilla is gonna die?

* Lou Lou wants the snake?

* Wyatt hugging and taking care of Lou Lou makes me mushy

* I wonder what happened to Cesar Flickerman?

* It is fucking sadistic

* A lot of hunger games “culture” came from 25

* Haymitch is real good at recentering back on his phrase from Catching Fire. Remember who the real enemy is.

* Kind of surprised Cesar is bolstering the Newcomers

* Modern lingo is noticeable (catching z’s … use of the word vibe)

* Lou Lou is more animal than human right now … and like an animal they lash back at things that hurt them

* Oh my god they knocked her out remotely

* This is what Katniss and Peeta got to see

* Rascal and owning it

* Drucilla and Magno are married 😂 unexpected

* I can’t puzzle out Plutarch

* FUCK ME MAN …. What are they doing to Lenore Dove

Ch 14-

* L.D getting arrested again makes me fucking sad … ahhh the hanging tree

* Why why why why why are they letting her talk to Haymitch? Do they know about the plan?

* I hope L.D doesn’t kill herself or get herself to be executed

* They’re still on the phone and I am weeping because I’m thinking about empty Haymitch is when we meet him and how full of love he is now

* I have an old friend in 12 …. WHO

* Is Plutarch starting his own rebellion? Are Plutarch and Beetee working together??

* Bro who the fuck radicalized you??

* Why 12? Is it just because they’re rebelling in small ways already?

* “This is a family show” … THEY ARE MURDERING EACH OTHER

* Is Plutarch talking about AI? Good job Suz

* It’s lonely going rogue :(

* In a place called heaven… they are so far removed from religion

Ch 15 -

* Maysilee choosing coffee as her “last meal” makes me sad

* Where did Maysilee hide the packet? Mouth? Swallowed it? Secret lady compartment

* Lou Lou singing a district 11 song makes me want die

* Lou Lou makes me think of Rue

* How many tributes throughout the years have been replaced with another child? Another victim?

* Rue’s good luck charm was the same as Chickaree’s

* I’m getting a disgusting gut feeling. I don’t want Haymitch to have a Cinna moment like Katniss did

* The way those two are going to be stuck together for the next 30 years

* What happened to the flint striker? Where is it? Who has it? Burried with Lenore Dove I bet

* Why didn’t the bunny set off the explosives?

* Impulse to protect them. He wants so badly to protect!

* Haymitch and Katniss really are alike

* I want Lou Lou to be gone early. I want her suffering to end.

* Coin sized black tablets ? Poison remover! Charcoal tablets to make you puke up poison

* Poison water. Everything is poison.

Ch 16-

* I’m sad Wyatt died so soon …. I’m sad for his family

* I’m surprised Lou Lou lived and kinda sad

* FIND HAYMITCH!!! LOU LOU

* Lou Lou is Rue I’m crying

* Fire is catching…. I’m gonna throw up

* A snake mutt is gonna kill Lou Lou

* Oh no…. She’s poisoned by the plant pollen

* Noooooooooooooo

* I’m glad she didn’t get murdered…. But fuck still painful and sad

* The pump oh my god oh my godddd

Ch 17-

* Mutts are gonna be released to make him give up Lou Lou’s body

* They’re not even animals… I bet their little machines

* I hate that hindsight lets me know this plan isn’t going to work

* Why does he think he would be “welcomed back in 12” if he won by blowing up the arena? How does he not think that he will be punished after winning? I know he will. But why doesn’t he think that?

* Hey buddy… I hate how much I love Haymitch. He’s such a good guy

* All the little ones seem to end up with me…. Why do they flock to me? I relate to that

Ch 18-

* This is how the mountain top explodes and floods half of the arena

* Haymitch is so smart to belt himself in. Just like Katniss and the tree

* Where is he? Where is Ampert???

* Oh my fucking god…. Picked him clean in seconds

* BUDDY?

* A valid crash out

* I feel like I’m going to throw up. He did it. And it isn’t going to fucking matter

* FUCK it didn’t matter

Ch 19-

* First use of the word rebel

* This poetry is so good… it punches me in the face

* I wonder how many people in the hunger games commit suicide before or during the games…. Or victors that do after

* I fuckin knew there would be people waiting

* Ahhhhh Mean Girl Maysilee!

* So who’s left? That was most or all of the careers

* I already know what happens but ahhhhhh

* Sure… I’ll be your sister OUCHY

* Evil lady bugs ?! noooooooo

Ch 21-

* The sounds are so visceral in these books

* A porcupine the size of a bear makes me want to shit myself

* The first part of the games felt like it was moving at break neck speed and now feels like it’s dragging out… weird tone shift

* We see so much more death and violence in this book than Katniss’s games

* One of us as to be worst victor in history…. Maysilee you would have been an amazing anti-victor but I’m kind of glad it wasn’t you because you would have been even more exploitable by sheer fact of being a woman

* I love the folk music

* THEY KEEP USING NAMES LIKE SIS AND BUDDY

Ch 22-

* I really like Maysilee’s commitment to forcing the world to view her and treat her like dignity and respect

* If Haymitch told Maysilee the truth, would she go along with it? Would she help?

* Game Makers? In the arena? With the tributes? These games are a fucking disaster.

* Okra. Appalachian boy

* This is so jarring

* Oh my god…. They murdered the game makers…. This is insane and a disaster

* Bombings…. Tear gas…. Rebellion

* Read them for fucking filth Maysilee they are fucking boot lickers

* Maysilee knows that even if she won, she wouldn’t grow old after murdering a capitol person

* The singing singing singing the constant singing…. Do you hear the people sing? Singing the songs of angry men

* It was there…. It was THERE

Ch 23-

* Did he really exit the arena? Is the force field from the edit even real?

* It’s coming and I am gonna throw up

* I’m glad he never leaves out Lou Lou and Woodbyne

* The force field is for the generator not the tributes…. God damn Suzanne

* He went back for her 😭😭😭 I knew he would go back for her and I still cried

* They took her voice 😭

* I just know that raggedy ass bitch Drucilla is happy watching her die

* “She’s with family” I am unwell

* Bean and ham hock soup???

* Noooooooo it’s the coffee for Maysilee a bitter bitch to the end

* Haymitch cries…. He cries many times in this story and I’m glad he doesn’t just swallow his emotions

* I knew it would be him and Silka (Silca?) at the end

* Freeze Tag ….. they are kids just like us

* Even a bicycle is a luxury item in 12

* Welly is so smart!

* Ahhhhh I’m scared

* She’s so starving she’s sick… oh sweet Welly

* Fuck…. Silka crying is just the cherry on top

* Remember the real enemy

* It’s not Silka. It’s not Panash. It’s the fucking capital. It’s the system that oppresses you and that is the point. Remember the real enemy

Ch 24-

* Welly starving to death in the hunger games is so painful and sad

* I’m surprised tributes are still allowed to have district tokens after these games

* Welly makes me think of Bonnie and Twill

* Curtsey of the Capital makes me fucking sick

* Is it milk?

* FUCK ME MAN I HATE IT HERE

* Coin flip Plutarch or Snow? My bet is on Snow

* I would start running with the milk and drop it…. Or dump it out

* Canon? WELLY NO

* He left Welly alone…. She asked him not to leave her!

* Oh my fucking god

* The real treasure…

* It’s the only way I get back to my people

* It looks so intentional… but it really wasn’t. Haymitch was just wanting to not be in the arena

* Loose cannon

* NEWCOMERS LAND ON TOP

* They won’t let him die

* THEY CALLED HIM OUT BY NAME IN THE ARENA

* Bullets?! Oh my fucking god

* This is why it faded to black in the replays

* EXCEPT YOURE NOT DEAD

Ch 25-

* What would happen if both tributes did die? Both were really really injured and couldn’t be saved?

* Naked Avoxes? What? Is he hallucinating?

* Ahhhh snake…. Ew oh my god

* The chest pump feels soooo sinister to me

* It’s weird having the victor tribute wake up in the training center apartment

* Haymitch really is the only person that could ever understand Katniss and Peeta

* How the fuck did Plutarch and Beetee and Wiress not get hanged for this?

* I keep circling back to what we know Haymitch’s house and his life is like as a victor

* Curated especially for me… gory deaths and suffering

* Oh Lucy Gray….

* I can’t stop crying….

* God damn it Effie

* White roses…. Crying, screaming, throwing up

* It’s hard enough being a Trinket? What does that mean?

* Effie… for all the shit about you… I can’t hate you

* Ahhh why is Mags in a wheelchair?

* To them? THEM?

* Are they already dead? Fuck I hate it here?

* The narrator has a sigh in his voice like he feels the anguish

* WHY IS SHE IN A WHEEL CHAIR? WHAT DID THEY DO TO HER?

* The card stacked him. Edited his rebellion into their propaganda

* This entire year of games was botched and rigged from the very beginning

* Why was the quell “theme” chosen for this year? Was it because there were early rebellions? Like Beetee? And they rigged it like that to take more rebel children.

* No Ma or Sid…. Are they going to paint him as an orphan to the country and kill them to make a point?

* They edited him into a villain

* They removed all of his allies and kindness

* A red rose? Not white

* Enjoy your homecoming…. I HATE this

Ch 26-

* Cage? Like a fucking animal

* God damn it Effie

* Someone finally said the word rape. That is such a real threat

* He’s willing to be their party clown to save LD and his family. And isn’t going to fucking matter

* He means the bodies FUCK

* SNOW HAPPENED TO SNOWS COVEY

* Arrogance is a great word for that

* Hanging Tree

* Louella and Lou Lou, the twins that he lost?

* No one is there waiting…. His mom and Sid are gone

* They were ordered not to welcome him a bet

* No on is there because his house in on fire…. Fuck I hate it here

* Katniss’s parents were his friends…. They couldn’t save them

* I’m the reason the cistern is dry (I broke down)

* Someone committing suicide… I knew someone would…. I’m sad that it’s Wyatt’s dad

* Marilee always liked looking like her twin and now she hates it

* You know this is Appalachia because even when you don’t like people, they’re still like family

* Capital Cage…. Forever in a cage

* He wants to save her so badly…. It’s not gonna matter

* Will her uncles get to live?

* LD is such a brat, I love her so much

* NO NOOOOOO

* He fed them to her

* NOOOOOO

* He’s just a boy! He’s a fucking child

Ch 27-

* I’m shocked he didn’t Romeo and Juliet it. Take one too and die with her

* Not again…. Oh Lucy Gray

* Blaire let him go for Haymitch’s comfort

* Burdock and Astrid tried so hard to stay friends with him…. Burdock was his best friend

* Could Blaire be Gales’s dad maybe? Probably not

* If he had access to it, Haymitch would be a morphling

* It hurts me that Burdock never forgave him

* LD lays forever with LG

* He was so down bad for her it hurts

* He leaves the flint striker with her FUCK I hate being right

* All the poetry and songs is painful

* No wonder Haymitch became an alcoholic

* The message is extremely simple. You cannot give up. You are obligated to live and FIGHT for a better future

* Damn appendicitis

* THE ATTIC

* Oh no Beetee’s wife is pregnant

* I need to know what radicalized Plutarch

* I have nothing to live for…. Then you have nothing to lose

* Even though Plutarch is on the good guys side. It does not erase the evil he had to commit to achieve the ends

* Expecting him to immediately help is a little ridiculous

Epilogue

* I have to look after my family

* Katniss reminds him of Louella… his sweetheart

* Lenore is in the book…. Immortalized forever

* Lenore never left him…

* End music sounds like The Magnus Archives…. Haaaaaate that

[your-eyes-are-closed]

Happy March Bassbreaker Nation! 🤎

I live in a hologram with you final chapter (5k words)

Before my announcement, let's look at the best moments of the week!

♡ - Gert

“Can you give me until tonight? I’ll find her.”  She could tell that Powder was sceptical. Wanted to ask to join. But the girl sighed, resigned, and seemingly allowed herself a moment of relief, if only slight.  “I’ll owe you big time if you do.”  “No you won’t,” Gert offered, “It’s Vi. That’s all I need.” 

♡ - Gert

“Vi, I need you to tell me where you are, okay?”  Shallow breathing echoed between the two, and Gert swore she heard a whimper. “Vi. Baby.” Another attempt. More desperate. “I need you to tell me where you are. Please. I need to find you. Let me find you.”  Gert listened to Vi’s surroundings, trying to hear any indication of where she was, how far she needed to drive. The quiet air offered nothing.  Please, Gert thought, willing to say it a million times over. They had been each others exceptions, always. So if she needed to beg, she’d beg. 

♡ - Vi

“You’re too good for me, Wilder.” She couldn’t bring herself to say her first name.  Gert turned to look at Vi, and she did the same. “What makes you think that?”  Vi let out an exasperated, “Um?” gesturing around to all that was around them.  Wasn’t this enough proof in and of itself?  “Um?” Gert mimicked, looking around in mock curiosity, “What’re we talking about right now, Vi?”  She tried again, since clearly Gert wasn’t gonna make this easy. “This. Me . I’m such a mess, the thought of something good made me run away from everything.” 

♡ - Vi

“Vi,” Gert was about to ask a question; she knew. “How the hell was I not meant to fall in love with you after all that?”  Vi’s throat grew so tight, so restricted. Her mind struggled to process it all.  You are my good thing, She thought. And she didn’t know how she’d ever considered chasing such a precious discovery of treasure away. She wanted to apologise even for that.  “I’m falling in love with you too.”  Gert let out a teary laugh at her words, “Yeah?”  “A million yesses, Gert.” 

A bit angsty this week, but I promise it is well worth in the end. And for my announcement, its in the notes of the chapter, but I'm gonna post it here too.

I'm happy to announce 2 additional projects coming in the next couple of months for all Gertvi fans! Firstly, the third edition of this series is in fact in the works. I have a rough idea of where I want to take these two in this universe. I do believe it will focus on the first year and a half of their relationship. A lot more work, family and friend dynamics to be included. More on Vi's photography, possibly giving her an assistant! (Sky Young is the main contender for this position. I am obligated to write for those doomed by the narrative) Gert's music career will be picking up speed -and we will be getting her better friends- finger's crossed. Sevika might make an appearance as Vi's sponsor as she finally confronts that alcoholism, and for Gert, I do believe Grayson may be a nice mentor/former parole officer that could add more to her story. The plot is still in really rough development, so suggestions are completely welcome. Also, what other ships do you like between arcane characters? 'Cause a few characters might be in relationships in the next instalment, and although they will be very distantly in the background, I don't mind having other rarepairs you like included instead of the more popular ships. (such as including Melvika, or Steb and Scar, etc) Also, I will be introducing brief flashbacks in part 3 of this series, so any moments you'd like to see, you are welcome to mention.

The second project in the works is a high school/college story! While trying to develop part 3 of the singer/photographer series, the desire to see these two as senseless teenagers in love became fierce, so now that has to happen of course. I expect that to be getting into proper development by the end of the month.

[foxes-that-run]

Do you have an analysis to She Got Away?

Thank you for this question. I think if she got away as a Haylor song that had some details changed to make it a generic 1D song.

It is likely from February 2014 - fans first posted it was registered in November 2014 (after it didn’t appear on Four), although the band recorded it. While making WTNY and I Know Places with Taylor in Conway Studios he also saw Harry there (Four was in production)

Ryan has specified at least 4 other writing meetings with them:

29 January 2012 - W hotel in Westwood LA - to Zach Sang, that sounded early. 1D stayed at the W in 2012. No mention of a song just annoyed about the similar band names.

19 April 2013 - Manchester - to Capital FM - Right Now (OneRepublic was in London, One Direction in Manchester and Midnight Memories was in production. ...also after that date is when he went back to the US to get the Peace ring and Taylor wrote I Wish You Would). He says he wrote 'something else with one of them' presumably Harry as Right Now refers to CBBH and Harry loved it.

February 2014 - Conway Studios LA - to New York Post 2019 - when Taylor and Harry were there. The rest of the band was in the UK. I think this is when She Got Away was likely written. Harry wrote it with Ryan Tedder and Noel Zancanella, both who worked on Welcome to NY. Ryan also said he saw Harry and Taylor at the studio then (I know places & welcome to NY from the same sessions, we also know Harry was there when JABOYH was written while hanging around Conway in January 2014. Style, Shake it off were also recorded then. It’s widely reported this song was for Four, fan first posted about it being registered in November 2014 after Four released without it.

London hotel - to Ryan Seacrest - Solo Harry, he talked about him traveling with no entourage.

She Got Away Lyrics

Jennie in She got Away seems like a composite rather than an actual person. She is enigmatic, contradictory and mysterious. She is very much of the Diana/Georgia Rose archetype who is a vessel that 1D's fans could see themselves in or aspire to be. Harry's love of older music is clear, it's very Bob Dylan-inspired storytelling through characters, wandering and the places named.

Verse One: Liam & Harry] I met this girl the other night On the streets of New Orleans She said I'm trying to find myself On the run from Tennessee She had a diamond in one ear And patches on her jeans Oh yeah, oh yeah, the girl she got to me

The first verse reminds me of Taylor in the 'On the run from Tennessee' especially if the song is written in the same session as Welcome to New York, she was on the run from country music, the success of Red and her home of Tennessee.

The 'Diamond in one ear and patches on her jeans 'is a perfect description for this transitional era of Taylor - on the success of her last Country-pop album singing about moving to New York for a complete pop album. This line is very much Taylor at that time. It is a brilliant line as it works for the 1D listener who is an evolving young woman.

Jennie has a way with words Yeah, she always speaks in quotes She said that she ain't ever Met a man like me before She told me she just won a trip to Mexico Oh yeah, oh yeah On the radio Oh yeah, oh yeah Someday she will go

She has a way with words is a girl who writes, speaks in quotes is someone who writes heavily in references and metaphor... sounds like someone we know. 'She said she ain't never met a man like me before / she won a trip to Mexico' this sounds like the intended listener is fan fiction writers, coming up with the scenario where they meet Harry.

The 'never met anyone like me' line to me has me wondering how many of Taylor's Exes would come back to the studio to hear her next album be recorded and spend days collaborating on writing love songs about her while she does.. I think that's still a list of 1.

[Chorus: All] When I close my eyes I swear that I can see her Then they open wide And she’s a world away And I swear she’s mine So does every man who meets her Oh yeah, oh yeah She’s the girl that got away Oh yeah, oh yeah But she’s coming back someday

The chorus has Harry and the muse separated by the world, he is dreaming of her, it fits nicely with the fanfiction listener. There's a nice call out to 'half the world away'.

The 'so does every man who meets her' reminds me of Fool's Gold's 'you turn it on for everyone you meet' but here it is loving. And a nice 'she's coming back someday' adorable for writing this the same week as Style's 'Everytime we crash down we come back again'

[Verse Two: Harry & Niall] Jennie likes a coffee late at night It helps her sleep She doesn't cook but She's got a million recipes She's got a tattoo Doesn't know what it means Oh yeah, oh yeah When she was with me

Coffee late at night - need I say more?? The sleep also is a nice call back to Little Things. Jennie is chaotic and sounds hyperproductive... yeah...

The tattoo is cute, a clear 'not Taylor or anyone he'd dated.' unless the tattoo is on him and she doesn't know who it was for. 'when she was with me'

[Bridge: All] What I feel, what I feel, I feel for her Ain't going away What I feel, what I feel, I feel for her Ain't going away What I feel, what I feel, I feel for her Ain't going away What I feel, what I feel, I feel for her Feel for her, feel for her

The bridge is a nice resolution, Harry has made a decision he is committed. It is so much more hopeful than JALBOYH and WDBHG from the same sessions.

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Thinking about writing a 14 year old girl who starts out bratty and grows and changes, but thinking about the best way to write her in a bratty manner without seeming like I'm bashing on teenage girls in general, any thoughts?

Oh, that's actually something I have quite a few thoughts about!

the shortest answer I can think of is to look at teenagers you know in real life and their behaviours - that's a good start to make that character authentic. A lot of people get age milestones wrong when writing kids (personally that's why I avoid writing kids) and especially with girls, it feels like a lot of authors can only write 'basically an over-sized toddler' and 'she only cares about boys and sex'. Now, teenagers are also tricky because they are all very different. I think learning about what actual 14yo do in their freetime, what interests them, what music they listen to, what jokes they make - or to maybe look at some of the things you did at that age - can be very helpful to avoid being too "how do you do, fellow kids!

Tbh, I always feel like the biggest issue with the way people write the 'bratty teenage girl' is that she's always there to be the 'reaction character'—because she's written by adults, and it reflects how adults feel dealing with teenagers, especially teenage girls. Usually, you have a main character, typically a middle-aged man, who is doing something, and the teenage girl character is standing on the sidelines, chewing gum and telling him he's boring or uncool or be like 'urgh, old people'. At the end of the story he wins her over and, in a heart-warming scene, she will say something like, '…actually, you're not that bad,' or '…okay, maybe you are pretty cool.' It mostly just feels like the adult author feeling insecure about their own age and whether they're still in touch with The Youth, and it's been done A Lot.

Then you often have teenagers as damsels to be saved—and the bratty factor often makes them more difficult to save. That's also a very common trope that often results in people hating on the character, even though, in my opinion, that's often unfair (and very often especially unfairly directed at female characters).

If you think of teenage girl characters who work really well, I think it's the ones that sincerely reflect the experience of being a teenage girl (or a teenager in general). Or whose experiences serve as a good allegory for those experiences. Think of your classic 'teenage detective' stories where the adults just. don't. listen. In those stories, 'bratty' is often a label assigned to the main characters BY adults who ignore them—we understand the context of why they are bratty. It makes perfect sense for them to be that way. Or think of your YA protagonists who stand a little outside society, who often try to do what is right but get very little recognition for it. Or think of all those shows featuring teenagers that have aged well and are still popular with adults—shows like Avatar or Kim Possible. They are usually stories that take the problems of teenagers and the world they face quite seriously - by placing them side by side with actually world-threatening events. While at the same time, the dismissive way adults treat teenagers is a giant threat to these worlds.

Now, obviously, these were shows specifically FOR kids—but I would argue that similar rules apply when writing a teenager in any other genre, especially if you want to avoid bashing them. Take their issues seriously. Explain why they are 'bratty.' Explore what it means to be 'bratty.'

For example, right now I'm rewatching Gotham (a show not for kids), and a major character is Selina Kyle, the young Catwoman, who is living on the streets as a homeless girl. She has a flippant, careless, often mocking demeanor and doesn't really let people in. A lot of people see her as a 'brat'—but because you see her in many situations, you understand what her life is like. You see how people treat her (she's frequently referred to as 'street trash'), and you understand perfectly why she acts that way.

When she does show that she cares about someone, when she lets people in, or when we find out, for example, that she takes care of other kids on the street or the stories she tells herself to feel better about her family, it’s not just to make some adult character feel better. In those moments, we actually learn something about her, build a meaningful connection with her, and see what makes HER tick. She is more than just the 'bratty teenager.'"

Obviously, it doesn't always have to be a giant tragic backstory. That really depends on the story you're telling. Personally, I would argue that even being a teenager (especially a girl!) in normal middle-class society comes with enough reasons to be a 'brat.' There you are, 13 years old, and old men are cat-calling you on the street. You're in your training bra while the beauty industry bombards you with insane beauty standards. Your parents are divorcing, and when you want to understand why, everyone talks to you in a baby voice. You get bullied in school, someone makes deepfakes of you and shares them on Snapchat, and when you try to explain that to the teacher, you can see their eyes glaze over because they don't have a clue what you're talking about.

One very common statement I hear about teenage girls is "they do it for the attention" - which, to a point, is true. Obviously, they want attention. Everyone wants attention to some degree. But notice how this is the same language often used to ignore and neglect the needs (especially medical needs) of adult women. Teenagers also often don't have the language to communicate the complex feelings and situations they are dealing with now. Being bratty or sulking or similar behaviours are they way of trying communicate their feelings. A good way to write a teenage girl like that is to explore her character and to be true to the motives and reasons why she is acting like this.

For example, I think a lot of teenagers are in a very alienated position in society. They're in a very difficult phase in their lives: They are growing into adult problems and adult feelings, adult routines. But those are still VERY big shoes for them to fill. It is overwhelming. This is also why they make convenient main-characters for these kinds of YA novels - because these are not yet integrated into society. They often have an outside perspective. They question the status quo. And this also appeals to teenage audiences because they are in the position where they start questioning the world around them, their family, school, gender, religion, politics.

Teenagers want to have an identity for themselves, make their own decisions, and explore who they are—but very often, the adults around them still treat them as kids, limiting them without even bothering to explain why. Much of the environment created for teenagers is out of touch with their interests—it's often condescending, lecturing, and not very empowering. Every time they have new hobbies - Pokemon Go, Fortnite, some new band, they are always mocked relentlessly by the same adults who don't even know how to entertain them. Some kids on youtube are eating tidepods and suddenly their entire generation is being blamed. The same messages are repeated over and over at teenagers and they're preached to in this way regardless of their own experiences or behaviour. If you are a teenager, no one cares about YOUR life, situations, or struggles—which, at this time, can be quite serious. You want to take charge of your own life, start captaining that ship—but very often, you stand by while some adult does it for you, telling you not to start smoking (it's dangerous!! Don't listen to your friends!!). (again, doesn't it make sense why teenagers see themselves in girls fighting dystopian governments?)

When kids become teenagers, their parents often stop being the most important go-to people in their lives—this is when their friends become their social bubble, and they share many things ONLY with them. So, the things adults often mock about teenagers (like 'But daaaaad, I reaaaally want to go out tonight!' or 'Muuuuum, I really need that One Direction tattoo!!') genuinely are that important to them. 'But everyone is going!!!' really is a valid reason in their eyes. And they often experience adults who not only don't understand but are extremely mocking toward them. Another reason why they might seem bratty to adults - when their behaviour might seem perfectly sensible to them.

Also, consider that when teenagers are portrayed as dumb or naive, that's usually the adult perspective on kids being less cynical and experienced than adults - and that's why they get angry when you say no to something or get bored and annoyed when you lecture them. They might genuinely believe that a new top or a trip to the clubs will help them win new friends, or that this boy might really like them if they do what he says. It seems real to them because they haven't lived through it yet. They have hope that these things will work, and they're a lot less worried about risks because they haven't seen things go wrong as often as adults have. (Just recently, I walked down a narrow street on a steep hill that I used to skate down at breakneck speed without any helmet or protection as a teen—where I could never have slowed down or avoided a car—and back then, it hadn't even occurred to me how dangerous it was. As an adult, I had a 'how am I still alive??' moment seeing that place.)

You know how we often say, 'Be nice to toddlers and babies, this really is their first time on a plane/in a car/in a supermarket'? The same applies to teenagers when it comes to things adults find childish. Wearing THAT outfit or going THERE really is that important to them. And do you know who they hang out with? Who some of their most important social contacts are? Other teenagers, who also think THAT is important. That romance book with its familiar tropes or those song lyrics we've heard a thousand times really are That Deep for them—because it’s new to them

They also don’t live within the same contexts as we do—they don’t have jobs, they go to school, and they don’t get money or immediate rewards for what they do. Is a teenager sulking during a trip or on holiday? Well, they worked just as hard at school this year as you did at work, but they don’t get a say in where the trip goes, most of the time. When they mow the lawn, they don’t really care what the garden looks like—because it doesn’t impact them. So of course they roll their eyes when you ask them to. They live in a world where they constantly do things without seeing any direct benefit, while the things they do find rewarding are often mocked or forbidden by adults

So yeah, one way to make a bratty teen sympathetic is to explore why she is bratty and to show her side of events.

Also: You can explore what makes her less bratty! Perhaps she's nostalgic for simpler times or she really loves animals or she moved and misses her old home or she is passionate about a hobby or music or drawing. These things might make her more approachable to people who also respect them and we see the personality beneath the brattiness.

And also you can explore what bratty means! There are many different flavours of "bratty teenagers". Some are already well-established tropes like the rich brat* or the goth kid. But the real challenge to making a bratty teenager likeable, imo, is to give them a distinctive personality and to make their bratty behaviour reflect real life motivations. In which way is she bratty? Does she disagree with everything you say? Perhaps there is a bigger thing she feels she's not listened to about. Is she reclusive? could be there are a lot of arguments happening around the house she wants to avoid. Does she have specific opinions and viewpoints she stands in at all times? Or is she contrarian on principle? Are there people she's particularly bratty towards? How does she act around her friends, teachers, strangers, neighbours, parents etc. I think the more you explore that the more she becomes a person and the more she becomes a person, the less it feels like you're bashing or mocking teenagers.

On the other hand, you could also write a character who really is a huge dick or even a villain. There's also many flavours of that - anything from the pissy older sibling to the mean girl bullying people in school to the Creepy Kid. (Think of characters like Joffrey from Game of Thrones, that's how far you can go with an evil brat villain even in adult story.) In these cases, I would also explore why they are who they are - even if the answers to this might be less sympathetic.

If you do that, you could also include other teenage characters with very different personalities to show that you are not making general statements about teenagers but that this is just one character you are describing. Or you could give her parents who act similarly. Or maybe it's a question of schooling - that's another popular trope for teenage villains, they might be a reflectin of a dysfunctional social environment like their school or the place they live.

*the thing about the rich brat trope: As someone who worked as a teacher at a boarding school for very wealthy kids, I often have issues with the very shallow depictions of this that basically boil down to "this kid gets everything they want so they suck". There are some very specific forms of neglect that are common among rich people and tbh, I think if you want to go in that direction, I would also look at what life this kid lives and WHAT they are lacking.

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Suave Sweetheart

Gift for @leilohsstupidgaystuff : Thank you for letting me turn your idea into reality!

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Original post: https://www.tumblr.com/leilohsstupidgaystuff/772865013677424640/i-think-charles-flirts-with-everyone-really-smoth?source=share

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My brother is now finally a professor, Raven thought, Surely he must have some professionalism now and focus on his work. That would seem to be the case, but some things don't always work out in one's favour.

He had gotten drunk to celebrate the day that he became a teacher - or professor - and had flirted with girls, and still he continues to do so. Raven is tired of this, but she can't find a way to stop Charles from doing so. The man is like a mind-reader, for crying out loud, he basically can read their body language and tone of voice to pick out the right things to say.

Charles was very happy when Raven became a teacher two months after him, and he even hosted a little party with all their friends. But still, when everyone was tipsy or very drunk, he went off to flirt with the women around there. She has asked Hank to drive him home early, and he agreed; she really didn't want to see her brother flirting at her celebration party.

Today is really no different; The crisp of early autumn air was cool at night, blowing yellowing leaves down onto the road and pavement. The night is quiet, the kind of peaceful silence, but in the establishment which Raven and Charles are in isn't silent in the slightest.

Raven sits across the bar, drinking her peach cocktail and just staring pointlessly at the crowd and Charles. He has picked up another conversation with another girl, complementing her eyes, hair, clothes and mostly whatever he could. It's unfair, really, him flirting with girls like that and never once has he paid much attention to his own sister.

Raven sighs and looks at the clock on the wall, and the time reads 10:30pm in the dim light; Raven looks back at Charles and scoffs. She stands up and walks towards her brother. Of course, she can always just send him a text - he always checks his phone - but he seems too caught up in the conversation to even pay attention if his phone buzzed or not.

She pat Charles's shoulder to get his attention, but he waves her away for a moment before actually turning to listen to her. "It's late, Charles, let's get home." Raven said loudly over the sound of chatter and music.

Charles squints his eyes and nods a few times before turning back to the lady, smiling and excusing himself. Raven leads her tipsy brother out of the establishment and calls themselves a cab. Charles stands beside her rambling about the lady, who has some kind of genetic mutation relating to her eyes. What is that called? Heterochromia? Psh, whatever.

Raven can't stand that, the flirting; she can't stand just hearing Charles talk about random women and their uniqueness all day long. Alright, so Charles is a lady's man, she understands that because her brother is an attractive young man. But all this constant, pointless wooing always gets on her nerves.

When the cab arrives, Raven pushes Charles gently inside and gets in after him. The drive home was quiet, with Charles dozing off to sleep more than twice; Raven places her head against the window and looks out to the streets, watching as the same car passes by then each time. It might not be the same car, but they are all black and indistinguishable.

Secretly, she wishes that someday Charles would just stop being so unprofessional, but then again, she'd like to see if there was anyone om this planet that could possibly mess with Charles's impeccable flirting skills. Raven perks up at her idea, but to be honest, it was one she hasn't even thought of thinking before.

She turns to Charles and shakes him a bit to snap him out of it. It takes a few times, and during the short moment, she tries to remember the many type of women that Charles has flirted with, but she couldn't. Charles stirs and mumbles, shifting in his seat and trying to get away from the source of disturbance.

Charles rubs his eyes and looks over to his sister, who was apparently still wide awake. "Yeah? We're home already?" Charles yawned and stretches a bit, hitting his hand on the car's roof.

"No Charles, not yet." Raven chuckled a bit, smiling in the dark. "Just need you awake first." Raven turns away and goes into her phone. They are about to start their first class by tomorrow, and Raven is quite excited and nervous about it; she isn't the greatest with children and can get angered easily, but she can always try.

Charles, on the other hand, is very great with younger people. Everyone seems to look up to him as the perfect teacher, and Raven has to lurk in her brother's shadow. She really doesn't mind that much, but the thoughts of being overshadowed by Charles and overwhelmed with expectations are very... Well, depressing and pressuring.

Raven opens her phone and scrolls through some announcements for tomorrow. Classroom assignments, timetables and break schedules for all the teachers. She has received hers and early next morning she will show Charles his.

When the siblings got home, she pays the driver and helps Charles inside. He lays down on the couch - more like fall on it - and falls fast asleep. Raven sighs again and gives her brother a kiss on the forehead like she's taking care of her younger sibling when they're sick.

Raven goes to her room and changes out of her clothes, which reek of alcohol, throwing them into the hamper for tomorrow. She flops down on her unnaturally soft bed and rolls over to pull the covers up. Well, can't wait to meet other teachers tomorrow. Hopefully none of them are rude or too egocentric and overconfident.

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Raven wakes up early and finds that Charles was always up. She dresses in a formal but simple white button up and skirt, then heads downstairs. Charles was dressed similarly, and he was trying his darnest not to get his shirt dirty.

"Morning, Charles." Raven greeted as she sits down at the table and eats her breakfast. Charles looks up and beams her a smile, greeting his sister.

Breakfast goes on as normal, with Raven sharing Charles's schedule to him and the classes he would be teaching. Charles is excited and he keeps rambling on about how many new friends and students he'll be able to meet. Raven giggles at her brother's cheerfulness, and in return he teases her that maybe she'll be able to find a boyfriend there.

"That's unprofessional, Charles!" Raven hits him playfully as she stands up and puts her dish in the sink. It can wait until they get home.

"Oh come on! I want to be able to see you being happy with someone! I mean, you have to stick by your boring brother all day, could use some other company." Charles said as he goes to do the same.

He grabs his bag and Raven's, then proceeds to go outside to the car. Raven follows behind and gets into the passenger seat, fastening her seatbelt as Charles starts up the engine.

They drive to the school in comfortable silence. Raven texts Hank on the way, telling him they'll meet him in the faculty room in about fifteen minutes. Hank agrees and has even told her that he and Alex want to introduce the siblings to someone.

At red light, Raven shows Charles the text and he skims over it quickly. Charles smiles and continues driving, but his knee keeps bouncing uncontrollably as if he was a kid waiting to get to their favorite theme park.

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Raven enters the faculty room and was met with Hank waiting for Charles and her by the door. Hank's face brightens and greets Raven and Charles, ushering them further into the room.

Alex and Sean were talking quite cheerfully to s figure that is obscure by their bodies. "Alex, Sean, Raven and Charles are here!" Hank called out and the two men stop their conversation with the stranger.

Alex speed-walks over to Charles to give him a pat on the shoulder. "Nice to see you again, professor! Come, we got someone to introduce you to!" Alex slightly teased Charles by his title. Alex basically drags Charles over by his forearm to meet this new person. The older man chuckles a bit as the younger drags him, being very insistent that they meet each other now.

"Hello, sir! It's nice to meet you." Charles greeted the man, raising his hand to give the man a handshake. When his hand met Charles's, Charles feels that his grip is quite firm, but also at the same time a little hesitant.

"It's nice to meet you too. I am Erik Lehnsherr." The man introduced himself, giving Charles one firm shake then releasing it. His voice, as much as Raven can hear, is quite low and raspy, but overall not too rude sounding.

Raven watches from afar next to Hank as the two talks and familiarize themselves with each other. It is nice to see Charles meeting a new person that he'll actually be seeing more often than an hour; Hank goes back to talk to Alex, leaving Raven to her own thoughts.

Now that she thinks about it, Charles's demeanour has changed a bit. Raven couldn't quite place her finger on it, but she doesn't give much mind to it. Maybe Charles was just a little intimidated by Erik and wanted to express his respect for the older man.

Raven joins Hank and Alex in their conversation, talking about nothing in particular until they have to separate to go to their respective classes. Raven enjoys the rest of her day, teaching actual respectful students and even giving some of them gifts for being active in the learning process.

When it is time to leave for home, Raven sees that Charles is quite deep in his own thoughts so she offers to drive. Charles didn't speak a word during the drive home, only giving short answers when Raven asks him about today's classes.

Well, maybe Charles is overwhelmed by the environment here, he'll be fine the next day, she's sure of it.

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A/N: Thank you very much for reading this first part of "Suave Sweetheart"! I only planned for this fic to have 3 parts, but if I feel like making more, I'll update on that!

Anyways, thank you for reading again and have a nice day/night!

[wheneverfeasible]

So, I’m not the biggest Billy fan, I actually used to be quite anti Billy, but interacting with Billy content in the fandom has made me…idk, appreciate the character more. I still wouldn’t say I’m a fan or anything, but I can enjoy when his character has a redemption arc in fics and I’ve honestly always sympathized with him. (I even wrote a pwp omegaverse Harringroveson before.)

And it got me thinking. Full redemption arc Billy who survives his time being the Mindflayer’s puppet after protecting Eleven and the kids. El manages to save him and releases him from the Mindflayer’s control (which was Vecna’s control, but we’ll get to that later, though maybe something niggles at Eleven’s hidden memories at the familiarity of what’s controlling Billy) and he really has to come to terms with what he did and who he is and has been as a person.

Him and Max are uncomfortable around each other, but they do love each other, in their own way, so they try to truly get to know each other now. She still firmly stands though that if he’s going to be her brother, then he’s going to have to change the way he thinks about certain things, specifically people like her boyfriend.

It’s awkward as hell, but the only teens try to help him process the Upside Down existing and in becoming a better person. When Billy’s regret and insecurity shows itself up as anger, Steve is the one there to stand in its path and make a meta joke about how it’s possible to be better, saying that Steve could have very well turned out like who Billy used to be if it hadn’t been for Nancy and the rug rats.

But you see, the guilt still eats at him for what he did while controlled. The people he killed. Max no longer has that guilt over him dying, but Billy? Well, Vecna still needs a sacrifice.

Things continue to play out kind of much the same as previously, except now Billy is kind of a friend too. Robin is still uneasy about him because of his past homophobia, and he still makes comments sometimes out of habit, but Steve immediately shuts them down. Steve in fact somehow finds himself as Billy’s anti-bully sponsor, being his support and, with the help of Max, gets him to slowly become a better person.

Yadda yadda ya, Billy isn’t there in the boathouse but he shows up later after the group gets both Nancy and him. Eddie is freaked at first because it’s Hargrove, but they convince him that he’s changed and shit continues. Max still saw Chrissy leave the counselor’s office, they still try to figure out what’s going on, and oh shit, Billy is cursed. Max helps to figure out his favorite song, things continue except it’s him having to listen to [insert song here] on repeat.

And then it’s lake time. Maybe he stays with the kids to keep them safe, a silent conversation between Steve and him saying that Steve trusts him to do this, and also Billy doesn’t want to leave Max unprotected anyways. (He does smack her upside the head when she ogles Steve, but it’s brotherly and barely a tap, and she grins up at him unremorseful.)

Or maybe he clambers onto the boat too, as questionable physics as it is to have so many young adults in one boat, but it’s a fic so shhh suspend your disbelief for the plot. He argues with Steve about who should dive but Steve is already stripping and saying Billy has to keep the tape player safe and then jumps in. He doesn’t hesitate to jump in after Steve when he’s pulled down, however, music be damned.

Eddie and Steve still have their moment, Billy either nearby or with the girls to discuss the Walkman issue, but maybe he’s close enough to overhear and he has to agree with Eddie that it was very metal indeed. Maybe he and Eddie have a moment too, a kind of “sorry I was also a jerk” moment.

Anyways, no matter how it plays out, Billy decides to sacrifice himself again to lure Vecna out, much to Max’s displeasure. And fucking Jason still gets into a scuffle with them, but with Max there also to protect her brother they’re able to save him from Vecna. Maybe it distracts Vecna enough that they’re able to finish the job off and Vecna is killed and Eddie is ate to shit but also survives and everyone is happy, yay!

Or, maybe Eddie still dies and Vecna escapes. Things continue pretty much how it did in canon, but then the Kas plot happens.

Anyways, they do eventually save the day and kill Vecna/Henry/One and save Eddie and Billy is actually the one who helps Eddie through his guilt the most because he was also the puppet of the Mindflayer/Vecna once and hurt people and so he understands how much that hurts but also Steve helped him see that he wasn’t in control in those moments. He can be remorseful but he can’t let that remorse control him.

And eventual happy ending for all.

This could be a genfic, a Harringrove, a Mungrove, or even a Harringroveson. Even just Steddie with supportive bestie Billy. Whatever floats your boat, man. Possibilities are endless.