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photolover82 · 3 years ago

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The Masked Singer Season 6 Episode 1 Recap: Group A Premiere Baby!! (Commentary & Guesses)

Hello everybody and welcome or welcome back to Ana's Masked Singer recap, where I, Ana, recap every single episode of The Masked Singer. The time we have been waiting for is here, the season 6 premiere (ooh that rhymes)! If you don't know how these recaps work, pretty much I talk about the reveals first (major spoiler alert by the way ⚠️) and then get into the remaining contestants, what I thought about their performances, guesses to who I think it could be with the clues to back it up the best I can. Anyways, having said that, let's get started with the 1st recap of season 6 (which is covering the Wednesday episode, Thursday's will be covered separately):

In this episode, Group A performed which consisted of Bull 🐂, Skunk 🦨, Octopus 🐙, Pufferfish 🐡, and Mother Nature 🌬 and 2 of them were eliminated, but only one was revealed this episode, damn cliffhangers, and that mask was:

Octopus 🐙

Performance Commentary: I was honestly so sad to see him go this early in the season, because I really enjoyed his performance of Tutti Frutti by Little Richard. He probably wasn't the most technical singer but for (spoiler) a non singer he did pretty great! I would buy his album.

Having said that, he was revealed to be:

*FIRST DRUMROLL OF THE SEASON PLEASE*

🏀Dwight Howard 🏀

Ok I kinda figured it out even though I don't know anything about the sports world... But he is one of the few names I do know in the NBA (my dad's a huge sports guy and I might have seen a meme of him falling so that too). Anyways, can I for one second, point out how tall this guy is?! He makes Nick Cannon look tiny…and Nick is 6 feet! It was so funny… I also was surprised at how funny he was… but yeah Clues, here are some you might have missed or gotten idk:

Survived a hard core fall= yup like he legit fell and hurt himself, which really hurt his game & probably his career

Gold phone= won the 2019-2020 championship with the Lakers

Magic playing card= eight seasons he played for Orlando Magic

Also, I gotta note that Ken got it right and is in the lead for the Golden Ear and that shocked me more.

Next, this mask was also eliminated, but wasn't revealed until episode 2, so I'm just gonna talk about the performance and that was:

Mother Nature 🌬

Performance Commentary: I'm not going to say I didn't see this coming, because her performance of I'm Coming Out by Diana Ross was the weakest one vocally of the night. However I still enjoyed her as a performer/entertainer and that costume is unreal like wow it reminds me of Te Fiti from Moana (look it up if you don’t know what I am talking about)

Anyways, let's get into the remaining 3 and my guesses for them *

*I just want to preface that I knew I wasn't going to have time to do this recap in between the 2 episodes, so I wrote my guess for this one mask down before they were revealed

1. Skunk 🦨

Performance Commentary: The beginning was super cool and so well staged, kudos to the producers on that one, but I was pretty underwhelmed with her performance of Diamonds by Sam Smith. Like, that's a great song, but I don't feel it suits her voice & range of what she's capable of doing. All in all, it was ok, nothing wowing about it, even though I do think her voice is very strong.

As for my guess, I think Shunk is:

Faith Evans

Ok, so this was a guess I got thanks to Twitter, voice matched it, and I am sold honestly… idk who Faith was until now, she was married to Notorious B.I.G, but that’s all I know. Anyways, let’s dive into those clues, shall we:

She was on a train to Seoul, South Korea= Soul Train! = she was honored with a lifetime achievement award in 2018 by Soul Train

Duality/yin and yang of the Skunk= she has a song that references Ying Yang in the lyrics called Goin’ Out

Her connection to Elvis= she devoted a song to her late husband Biggie called “The King & I” and Elvis is the king of rock and roll

2. Pufferfish 🐡

Performance Commentary: She sang Say So by Doja Cat, which I mostly know the entire song due to Tik Tok, so I hope people also use her version because it’s super solid. When I was watching at first, I was thrown off by the rapping, but now watching it back, I embraced it. It wasn’t the best rapping ever but it was dope ngl seeing a woman like that also kill a rap. I really enjoyed tbh more than I did the first time when I thought her voice wasn’t really at its full potential.

My guess for the Pufferfish is:

Toni Braxton

After voice matching Pufferfish with Toni, the voice is uncanny! But you need some clues baby boos so here we go:

Voice stands out, she was different, tried to blend in= no like seriously, because everyone knew it was her because Toni has a super distinct voice no one else has

Disco ball= home girl performed on season 7 of Dancing with the Stars, get it disco ball, mirror ball like the trophy they win

Guitarra= she has a hit song called Spanish Guitar, and guitar in Spanish is you guessed it Guitarra

3. Bull 🐂

Performance Commentary: He sang Drops of Jupiter by Train, and wow HE GOT VOCALS FOR DAYSSS (what he ain’t is shy so stop lying my guy). He is absolutely my favorite of the night, his voice is absolute butter, raspy butter… yes I did just say that but you know what I mean (if you don’t, it’s those nice raspy voices that are so smooth like butter). You could tell he is used to performing and singing, because wow that performance was absolutely fantastic.

Even though he was amazing, he was also super easy to guess because from the first damn note (actually from the first damn sneak peak preview they gave us of him singing), I knew who this was:

Todrick Hall (finally those hours watching YouTube as a teen are paying off lol)

Before I even get to the clues, just so you guys know, I have been watching Todrick since like 2014 on YouTube and I know his voice and his mannerisms and how he performs and that Bull ticks all the boxes… I don’t even need clues but to show you my point in the form of evidence, lemme back myself up with these sweet, sweet clues (side note: I could even hear his voice through the modulation, which was crazy):

Grew up in a small town filled with cows= yes sir, he grew up in Plainview, Texas which is a small farming town with less than 25,000 people living there (and I am sure when he lived there it was smaller than that) and filled with cows which at first I thought was a metaphor but looking into it I find out Plainview has the largest beef processing plant in the country… hence cows lol

Heard no again and again and again= reference to how he was on American Idol and then lost the show

Didn’t give up, became his own boss= that American Idol loss got him to start YouTube hence being his own boss

Hollywood and Forbes took notice= he has appeared in the 30 under 30 successful people list by Forbes in 2014

Astronaut aka Hunter Hayes= he covered Invisible by Hunter Hayes on his YouTube channel (which is my absolute favorite Hunter Hayes song so you go Todrick… but that video was actually recently sent to private so you kinda can’t see it… also that was a bit sus)

Anyways, that’s it my friends! Sorry it took so long, have had a lot on my plate with school, work, and just life you know? Anyways, I will try to get episode 2 up tomorrow, but expect it before Wednesday for sure 🤞🏼… Anyways, bye guys! Follow me for more Masked Singer goodness, give this beautiful blog a like if you enjoyed reading it, and comment below your guesses, do you agree with me? Did I convince you? Bye y’all!! 👋🏼

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falloutglow · 4 years ago

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2020 Creative Self Love

Tagged by the lovely @deacons-wig <3 <3 Thank you!!!

Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 5 favorite works (fics, art, edits, etc.) you’ve created this year and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you’ve brought into the world in 2020. If you don’t have five published works, that’s fine! Include ideas/drafts/whatever you like that you’ve worked on/thought about, and talk a little about them instead! Remember, this is all about self-love and positive enthusiasm, so fuck the rules if you need to. Have fun, and tag as many fellow creators as you like so they can share the love! <3

- On Top Of Sanctuary Hills and Far Away (fic): So, holy shit, this was the fic that sorta started it all. Not the very first fallout fic I wrote, but I honestly was still new to like writing fallout fic when this one was created and was super uncertain of like what to even write when... I had an idea. What would happen if the Sole Survivor never stuck around in Sanctuary Hills to run into Codsworth? I thought a bit and well, Echo started to get more of a footing. I started to understand her more and thinking about how to work in who she is into this sandbox... This fic is where I felt change happening in my own writing. Its where I started to understand how to add a bit more description in things and adding more character thoughts while playing around with the idea of the past mixing with the present. I’m so proud of this fic and I hope to throw down another chapter this coming year!!! :D

- Flicker (fic): The first fic that I started to really lean into some self indulgence. I LOVE spooky shit and by golly I was gonna have a ghost! I thrive when writing spooky stuff. Ambience, tone... the lil mystery about the ghost himself. I just leaned into my spooky roots haha All sorta started with the whole Cask of Amontillado reference/joke and adding a dash of fun before BAM ITS SPOOKY TIME YALL. Ugh, one of these days I’m gonna write another spooky story! This is just the beginning!!! More spooky times ahead!!!

- Rest & Rewind (fic): This takes place like just hours after Flicker and its like... this one and another one I’ll mention in a bit is where I started to let myself indulge in writing my fics more and I mean a different kind of indulgence than Flicker. I was...nervous when writing because well, it was the first time I decided to stop being a coward and actually write the ship Nick/Echo rather than using the &. Which, frankly was a bit of a good call cause it signaled a turning point in their relationship. Because it shows a moment of rest after a fight (with a ghost), the reveal I had been planning on how to explain Echo’s main psyker ability, and also having her and Nick bond. I still cannot fuckin believe it almost hit 5k??? Like, for real before this fandom, I struggle bus hard at getting past 1.5k unless the idea was way too massive for me to chew on. And yet, here I am with this fic existing.

- Sway (fic): I just... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. This is just...peak self indulgence for me honestly. I heard the song one time and just, couldn’t stop...thinking about Nick and Echo just having a sweet moment and dancing together and QAQ. I was so embarrassed while writing it honestly, but I pushed through and shit I came out okay! Heck. Also, fuck not gonna lie I thought hard about the timing about each lyric coming through by time stamping certain lines I wanted to incorporate and the amount of effort for the dancing bit... easily a solid hour was used haha. I was very hung up about how long the two should talk or move between the lines and how to time it proper and I’m really glad I did it cause it just came out so nice. The latter half came out so fuckin easy after all that time stamping I did on the song XD I would not quit and I’ll say, I was quite the madwoman but shit ya did good past me.

- Late Night Cohesion (fic): Fun fact, I haven’t had X6 as a companion yet, but this man, looks like he’d have some dry humor. He was so fun to write...somebody’s gotta dunk on my asshole oc XD Just lord some of the dialogue that came out of this was so unreal and I am forever pleased about how this fic turned out. The fuckin chemistry... UGH SO FUCKIN TASTYYYYY!!!

Also like, this has probably been the most I’ve written in a long time. I’m...really glad I was able to find some footing ;w; met some cool folks along the way too.

Tagging: @glitchvault74, @roachvalentine, @its-sixxers, @potatocrab, @wastelandersparadise, @memaidraws, @nuclear-darling, @phantoms-lair, @kineticallyanywhere, @luke-fone-fabre, @solesurvivorpaigeargot AND THE PERSON READING THIS!!! IF YOU ARE READING THIS THEN I TAG YA!!! YALL DESERVE POSITIVITY YO! <3

#as told by glow #tag meme #yup its glowstickia's sideblog LOL #2020 creative self love #i have no idea who all were already tagged but fuck it #I....wrote many things...goddamn

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lizacstuff · 6 years ago

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Despite all the super hot people that have crossed my dash from you, I still haven't taken the plunge on the new Roswell. I watched the OG and was super into Michael/Maria and Max/Liz. What makes this one worth watching? I'm tempted, but I don't want to get sucked in and then have it break my candy girl heart and ruin that. Like I wouldn't watch a reboot of OUAT that put Emma or Killian with anyone else and I know you probably wouldn't either.

Oh dang, you know how to put it in perspective for me. You speak the truth. I wouldn’t go near ANYTHING that messed with Emma or Killian.

So I get it.

However, I had the same concerns about Michael/Maria, but for me, this reboot it’s just a totally different show and the characters are different enough that I don’t even think about the original characters when watching. It really is its own thing.

Also, admittedly, while I shipped Michael/Maria I was never at Captain Swan OTP levels with them. I mean, come on ;) Plus it was almost 20 years ago.

So… what makes this one worth watching? First, you said you didn’t want to get sucked in, but I’m pretty confident if you start to watch you will get sucked in, they do a really good job of creating compelling character dynamics and an interesting overarching mystery right off the bat.

Also, compared with the original, if I’m going to be brutally honest, the first thing that stands out is the quality of the acting. The original will always have a special place in my heart and I don’t want to rain on anyone’s memories here so stop reading if you think that applies to you, but… eek.

A few years ago, well before this reboot was even a rumor, I tried to revisit the show on Netflix and I was pretty surprised to find that I didn’t think it held up. Not in the way that say… Buffy had. And I think it boiled down to the acting. Then about 6 weeks ago, after I saw this pilot, I went and rewatched the first season of the original. I think Shiri is terrific on Unreal, she does a great job on that show, but in the original Roswell she and Jason Behr were both really weak. (Confession, I’ve always though Shiri was weak, but on rewatch I realized he was right there with her.) IMO it was pretty much their chemistry alone that made them watchable. Brendan Fehr was also really forcing it, and Emilie de Ravin was embarrassingly bad (and the only one not to improve much in subsequent roles.) Katie, Nick and Colin were all better but I think Majandra was the only one to elevate the material (she made Brendan better.)

The new cast is strong top to bottom. There’s one moment in the pilot with Nathan Parsons (Max) that I thought was weak (Isobel help me) but that’s not odd for a pilot (plus I probably only noticed it because I’ve watched it multiple times) and since then he’s probably had to do the most heavy-duty emoting out of the whole cast and has been impressive. Watching the pilot I thought most of the actors jelled with their characters immediately and I pretty much accepted each new version of the characters, they all just fit. I mean the second Michael Vlamis appears on screen he IS Michael. The hardest for me to accept was Lily Cowles as Isobel, but she grew on me over the first few episodes and now I think she’s killing it. Finally, to be blunt, Jeanine Mason as Liz Ortecho makes Liz Parker look like a limp noodle. In S1 of the original Liz Parker is passive and mostly just reacts as events unfold around her, while in the new show Liz is a force of nature, an active protagonist who drives the plot forward in every episode.

Since the characters in the new series are all adults, it makes everything more interesting (and sexy) and the storyline has definitely evolved. First, the cast is much more diverse, they’ve removed the white-washing of the original, and I’m impressed with the immigration metaphors and themes of race and identity that the show has successfully touched on so far. I don’t feel like they’re hitting me over the head constantly, but there’s always an undercurrent.

Now, on to your real concern, Michael and Maria. Not to sound like a broken record, but I don’t even think of them in the same terms as the original. The original show universe still exists, in that universe Michael and Maria are untouched. These are entirely new characters and I have no problem thinking of them as such. I know, I wouldn’t have believed it before watching, but it’s true, it doesn’t bother me even a little. Also I kinda think it’s impossible to watch the pilot and not come away at least intrigued by Michael/Alex. I couldn’t wrap my head around it before the show began, but it’s really well done. Tyler Blackburn and Michael Vlamis have great chemistry and the character’s history together is both parts intriguing and heartbreaking.

Heather Hemmens brings a really cool energy to this Maria and her chemistry with Michael Vlamis (Michael) is also legit, so I’m excited to see where the show goes with all the character’s relationships.

As I always say, entertainment is not a job, you shouldn’t force yourself to watch anything you don’t want to, but if you’re intrigued and looking for a new show with romance and mystery, where it’s scifi but the stakes are very real world, AND it has very different sorts of people coming together to form an odd sort of alliance and alien/human family unit (you know it’s going to happen) then the show is worth a sample.

#OG roswell critical #roswell nm #roswell new mexico #rnm meta #rnm pilot #asklizac #Anonymous

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scarecrowsbasementceiling · 7 years ago

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Hunt Me Down And See What Happens: Prologue

A Marvel/Beauty and the Beast crossover

(Y/N) Quill, Peter’s sister on their father’s side is sent by Fury to another world to retrieve a magical item. Thing is, it’s in a different dimension all together.

No pairings yet.

Words: 3,053

Characters: You, Nick Fury, Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Wanda Maximoff, Peter Parker.

Mentioned: Belle, Gaston

The sunlight shines through my curtains, successfully blinding me into wakefulness. I let out a light groan as I slowly sit up and stretch my upper torso, sighing at the cracking sound it makes. Jumping out of bed, I stretch each leg out.

My clock reads: 8:30am

Holy shit! Did I seriously oversleep again?!? How can one human oversleep as much as I do? Oh wait, I’m not human. Oops, guess that slipped my mind.

I grab a grey tank top, along with a black sports bra and some black spandex shorts then head to my bathroom for a shower. If I’m late I might as well take my time. Besides it ain’t like I’m missing anything special today, as far I can remember I don’t have any meetings and I know Tony won’t say anything to me about not being there.

The hot water hits my back and I feel my muscles relax almost instantly. Damn hot showers feel good, but I can’t spend too much time in here, I’ve got some training to do. Well not training, just working out, but I consider it training.

I lather my head with shampoo, running it through my hair and roots. The soap swirls down the drain as the water washes it out of my hair and scalp. I begin to rub my entire body with Winter Candy Apple body wash from Bath and Body Works, it might not be winter but it still smells good.

Turning off the water and wrapping a towel around my body, I got to the mirror and begin to dry my hair. Thanks to being part god I don’t need a hair dryer. Take that girls! As soon as my hair is fully dry, I run a comb through it to get all the tangles and stuff out of it before going to brush my teeth. I normally brush them before and after I eat, I can’t stand how my mouth feels when I first wake up in the morning, it’s honestly disgusting.

A noise rings from my room, it’s my cell phone. It was probably Natasha wondering where I am, she knows I’m at home so I don’t worry too much about it. I usually zone out her lectures sometimes, if they aren’t important of course. Oh well I’ll call her later.

Quickly getting dressed and heading out to my room, I pick up my phone and head to the training room, time to get some action, wow that sounded wrong.

As soon as I enter the training room, I begin my warmups:

Squats

Climbers

Jumping Jacks

Push Ups

More boring stuff.

Panting and slightly out of breath, I call out to FRIDAY,

“Alright sweetie, time to start the real stuff. Begin simulation number 4 please.”

“As you wish (Y/N)”

Suddenly the scene changes. The training room is no longer visible, instead it’s a deserted street in Florence, Italy. I smirk at the scene change, straight out of Assassin's Creed. I snap my fingers and music fills the room in an instant. (Fox On The Run by Sweet)

Guards come out of the alleyways and from the roofs of multiple buildings, quickly surrounding me. I grin and click the button, allowing my mask to cover my face as I take out my sword. This is only the first part of the simulation, but my adrenaline is already sky high.

They run at me, shouting in Italian. This one never fails to trick me into believing it’s real. Tony’s technology is almost as good as my illusions, they fool me sometimes.

I tap my foot to the beat while I dodge each sword strike, countering them with a slice from my own sword. It isn’t long before half of them are down. Child’s play, but it will get harder. More will come soon, I know it.

I feel a hand reach for me and I duck, grabbing ahold of the guard’s leg and throwing him at the guards in front of me, knocking them all down. I allow my energy to flow to my hand, creating electricity throughout my hand and down my arm.

The guards are quickly taken care of as I shoot the energy at the fallen pile of men. I whoop as I continue taking out guard after guard.

After that, guards come out, two with swords, and a few others with different weapons; along with new moves and faster reflexes. Now it becomes challenging.

I flip and take a guard between my legs and slam him onto the ground hard before stabbing him. Another one charges at me full speed, catching me off guard. He hits me, throwing me back into the wall of a building. Wow these dudes have gotten a lot stronger now. Time to step up my game.

“How about some target practice? I could use it,” I taunt them as I whip out my gun blasters. My mask and guns were identical to Peter’s, a gift from him once I helped him kill our father. What a bonding moment.

I begin to shoot each guard one by one, watching as they all fall down continuously. Oh yeah, I still got it. I fly up and look down at all of them as they scramble to reach me, guess flying hasn’t been added into this one. That’s a shame, oh well guess I should get this over with and go see what Nat wanted.

After all of them are taken out, the simulation ends and I’m back in the training room. I notice how hard I’m panting, wow I really wore myself out didn’t I?

My phone rings, knocking me out of my euphoria. I check the caller ID, looks like I don’t gotta call Nat after all. I take my mask off and put the phone up to my ear,

“Hello?” I answer with a sickly sweet tone.

“Did you just get out training (Y/N)?”

“You know me so well,” I giggle as she lets out a groan.

“Well you’d better be here soon, Fury has a mission for you.”

Natasha hangs up and I roll my eyes, a mission huh? Oh boy I wonder what it could be this time around. Probably taking out some HYDRA agents or tailing a lead on some magical object they need. Boring. Better head to the meeting anyway I guess.

As I stroll leisurely down the hallway, I pass by the youngest member of my little team, Spider Boy. His real name is Peter Parker but I call him Spider Boy most of the time. The kid hates it, always insists on me calling him Spider MAN, and I always tell him the same thing. Not with that voice you’re not.

“Hey (Y/N)! Where you headed?” He asks curiously, a little bit of drowsiness in his voice. He’s so cute. Always wondering what’s going on all the time, he just wants to be included in things, I have respect for him. He’s honestly just happy to be here and that’s okay.

“Just to a meeting, nothing special. Sorry kiddo, maybe we can do something cool another time, yeah?” I tell him. I gotta admit, he is fun to hang around with, even if there is a HUGE age gap.

“Oh ok! Have fun with that, you didn’t do anything bad this time around did you?” Peter asks me with concern. I laugh and shake my head.

“Not this time around Spider Boy.”

He pouts a little at the name, but nods his head and goes on his way. I watch his figure fade into the distance with a small smile on my face, I have a great team. Better than the other Quill’s for sure!

Speaking of him, I haven’t seen my half brother for awhile now. That’s odd, he usually visits me once a month. He’s probably busy collecting bounties on random criminals across space, flirting with Gamora the entire time.

Finally, I get to the meeting room in the tower and bust through the doors with a smile on my face. I make my way to my seat and put my feet on the table like I usually do, ignoring the scowl on Fury’s face.

“I see you’ve gotten comfy haven’t you agent?”

I smirk and nod my head, “super comfy sir! Thanks for asking.”

He rolls his eyes and begins relaying the mission to me. I perk up when he mentions an important object with magical properties. He wants me to retrieve it? Awesome!

“I’m in! Where is it though?”

“It’s not only a matter of where, it’s also a matter of when too,” Fury tells me. My brows knit in confusion, time travel? I can do it, but I’ve never had to before. This thing must be super important then.

“Alright. But first before you tell me when and where, what exactly is it again?”

“A mirror.”

“A… mirror?” I question him slowly, not knowing if this is a joke or not. Is it April the first yet? No no, it’s June.

I look into Fury’s eyes and see that he’s dead serious. What the hell does the thing even do? Well, judging from the fact that it’s a damn MIRROR, it probably has some sort of glamour effect perhaps?

“What does it do exactly? Change appearances?” I inquire quietly to myself, only to be heard by Fury. Damn, I gotta work on being a lot more quiet. But then again, it is a valid question. Ugh I’m tired I want to take a nap, but I can’t, this mission is important. At least I think it is.

“Close, it can show you where anything or anyone is at all times should you wish it. We believe it could come in handy for future use,” Fury answers me. I frown at his answer, disdain clear on my face.

“So you’re gonna use it to spy on people?”

“Yes, but only when needed. Don’t worry, we’re not going to do routine spy checks on any of you, agent.”

I lean back in my chair and ponder to myself, should I decline? Nah, this is too good to pass up! Well, it could be dangerous, I don’t even know where the thing is! I look up at Fury and nod for him to continue explaining.

“It’s in France. But not our France, a certain fairytale France,” Fury informs me. Fairytale? Like Disney and stuff like that? Wait a minute…..

“NO WAY I’M GONNA GET TO MEET BELLE?” I scream out in joy. Ever since I was little and I got away from the insane father, I’ve always loved the Disney princesses. Now, Belle was never my favorite, I was an Ariel fan myself, but I did admire and respect her. I will never admit it to anyone, but I’ve always had a little crush on Gaston.

Yeah he’s the villain and a seriously evil dude, but I couldn’t help myself! I’ve always attracted trouble so it was only natural to like the bad guys and girls. Now I can’t believe I’m gonna get to possible meet him, this is almost unreal. But then again since I’ve been working for the Avengers and knowing my lineage nothing really seems unreal that much anymore.

“Now you will be leaving here shortly since you don’t really need to pack anything. Plus it’s going to be just you, don’t let me down on this (Y/N)”

I shoot him a big grin and nod my head and stand up from my seat to face Fury. Oh this is going to be so much fun!

“Don’t you worry bout a thing boss, I’ve got it covered!” I wink at him and give a mock salute with two fingers, skipping out of the door and into the living area. I’m then interrupted by a growl coming from my stomach. Oh yeah that’s right, I haven’t eaten yet. Looks like I have one thing to do before I leave.

I bump into Tony as I enter the kitchen, I give him a wave as I move towards the fridge to get the milk for cereal.

“I heard you had a meeting with Fury, what was it about?” Tony asks me while peering over my shoulder.

“Oh nothing really serious, just a little mission.” I lie, but doesn’t last long as I let out a loud squeal and jump into the air, almost hitting my head on the ceiling.

“Doesn’t seem like it from that jump,” he jokes with a finger pointed at the ceiling. I snort and roll my eyes playfully before hitting him lightly on the shoulder while I pass him with my cereal.

“I’m gonna get to meet one of my favorite Disney princesses dude! Imma meet Belle yo! THE Belle! I can’t wait this is gonna be awesome,” I bubble with joy as I let him in on the news. He raises an eyebrow at this. Dude probably doesn’t believe me, which is kinda weird for him but it’s Tony so…

It isn’t long before more of the team shuffles into the kitchen while I sit at the island enjoying my cereal. I can hear Tony announcing my mission to the gang, which produces gasps from some of the team and silence from others. Clint bursts out of the kitchen and slides into the stool next to me.

“You’re gonna see a damn princess and you’re not taking me? I am OFFENDED!” Clint complains and I only point at him and snicker in victory. A hurt expression forms on his face before it’s quickly overtaken by laughter.

“I’m just kidding, not really but I know I can’t come with. Good luck and don’t give away too much information. Also get me an autograph from Gaston and Belle. Thanks, I gotta go now.” He waves at me before leaving. I shake my head and take my bowl and put it in the sink.

Once I finish cleaning my bowl and putting it away, Nat comes up behind me and grabs my shoulders, causing me to jump and scream.

“Damn it Nat, don’t do that! I could’ve shot you ya know,” I mutter while catching my breath.

She lets out a quiet laugh and lets go of my shoulders while taking a step back,

“No you wouldn’t. If you had though I could stop it with ease.”

“Yeah but can you stop my guns AND my foot?” I question her.

“We’ll see when you get back. If you get back that is,” she says, I detect a bit of worry in her voice.

“I will be back Nat, have no fear,” I assure her gently. She smiles and touches my hand gently before walking out of the kitchen to who knows where.

I’m left to my own thoughts before I feel another presence coming towards me.

I perk up as Wanda comes near me, I really like her, she has powers almost similar to mine so we could relate a lot easier than anyone else in the tower.

“Come with me (Y/N), I’ll be teaching you how to get to your destination for the mission,” she tells me. I give a small bow and motion for her to lead the way.

We walk along a hallway that leads to an enclosed space, with walls made of metal. There wasn’t anything in the room, minus us and a pad in the middle of the room. Jeez this place looks boring, it is in serious need of a makeover.

All of a sudden I feel really blue, I haven’t gotten a chance to see my brother before I leave. He’ll probably worry his ass off once he finds out what I’m doing. He knows I can handle myself, and I know he can handle himself, but we’re siblings it’s our job to worry about each other.

“Wanda, can you do something for me?” I ask her gently.

“What is it?”

“Can ya tell Quill where I’m going and that I’ll be back soon, I don’t want him to worry too much.” I say, “Just a little bit of worrying is good enough,” I add, trying to lighten the mood.

She squeezes my shoulder and gives me side hug, that meant yes in Wanda language I suppose.

“So what are we gonna be doing?” I probe, staring at her with a glimmer of adventure in my eyes, the sadness slowly disappearing.

“This is how you will be travelling to the world. I know you can do it on your own, but the thing is you haven’t done it at all, so you are out of practice. The pad will help you direct your energy to a spot so you can make a portal and get there, it’s simple. All you have to do is imagine creating a portal that will take you to the place you need to go and focus the energy on the pad.” Wanda explains, pointing at the pad and staring at me.

I swallow, slowly becoming nervous. Wanda was right, I had never done something like this before. Will it even be stable enough for me to go through? Your eyes widen as another thought crosses my mind, when will I be getting there?

What if the whole Belle and the Beast thing will have already happened when I get there? Will that make things easier or harder?

“Do not worry, you will be in control of that too,” Wanda assures me with a short smile.

I nod and give her a thumbs up, signalling that I’m ready to do this. She takes a step back and allows me to get in front of the pad. I close my eyes and begin to focus my energy on the pad.

I can feel the energy course through my veins as I direct it onto the pad, the place already burned into my mind. A whirring noise begins to appear, getting louder with each blast of energy I pump into the pad.

“Good, it’s ready. You can go through now (Y/N), good luck,” Wanda tells me. Once my eyes are open, they close instantly at the bright light now in front of us. I slowly walk towards it, and then take a big leap into the portal.

Let’s get this party started...

Next Chapter

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jimmynames · 4 years ago

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took me long enough..

I don’t know why I put this off, I was meant to write something along these lines on the 4th of July as I have done religiously for the last 4 years before.. but something felt different this year.. I feel different tbh.. where to start..

I guess from right now to as far close as the 4th as I can remember.. It’s been an incredible year.. I’ve learnt a lot, both in code and my self but now also music.. I’m growing and have grown as a person, man, individual.. it cost me some friends and even some shame along the way but tbh can’t change anything and it made me who i am today so /shrug emoji lol It’s odd this ‘growing up’ thing.. so many constraints implied by society as to what a 29 (now) (was 28 when i shoulda wrote this) man should be doing with his life.. thankfully I feel writing this now more so than say the 4th aligned with ideals within myself as to what maturity is and what I want rather than should be doing.. I guess I have a lot to say =}

I love you Dad, I miss you so much, it’s so cruel that I carry on growing and you can’t see it - althuogh I do believe you are watching, with your signs and whatever else idk could be a cope but still.. I am your son.. I feel it.. I see it.. I know it and it’s a wonderful feeling - to grow into the shadow and shine to cast my own in the image of yourself but inherently through my own agency and digression - myself. Quite the model to follow so thankyou with all my heart. Still looking forward to dying.. even completed the fucking motorbike mission but as it so happens I wasn’t as reckless as I intended and didn’t die - but instead I was safe and found a real desire to live.. sentiments remain about the alure of death but it’ll come in good time no doubt :D

This will, and happiness it’s the result of the past years work. I moved home around September and embarked on so many changes it’s unreal actually lol.. I lost mates, I started therapy.. I made some mistakes and I took accountability.. I discovered what real friendship is and who my real friends are.. still pains me to think of some friends who might not be friends but everyone’s human and as jeff said, a bitch ass ni***a so gotta account for people’s weaknesses as much as you consider their strengths.. jsut wish those that wronged me would consider the same for myself but we stay moving..

Therapy was amazing.. first I saw Kirsten and whilst she was good Laura really was the one.. shoutout the NHS.. processing some stuff and even just having a healthcare professional acknowledge my pain was theraputic..

I bought a motorbike and fixed it up.. proper took it apart, repaired , painted, put back together and then had the pleasure of speeding around and doing missions, cruises and what not all this year.. it was a sick project and an unforgettable journey.. there’s no cmd+z on a motorbike that’s all im saying.. it was sick to go from 0 to hero lol but like have an idea and execute it.. I do believe this is my power - execution and tennacity..

I told myself from the 1st of janurary 2020 i would label myself as an artist in whatever form or shape that takes.. I could of done nothing and I would still hold this true.. and I’m glad I did because I guess I started making art.. What’s cool is in doing so.. I starting producing more work, both in music and graphics.. I found myself friends and in circles I’d only ever consumed via soundcloud.. I even got invited to join a art crew and travelled to berlin to hang out with some artists.. shoutout n0_ZoN3 for real for real based group of people who aint into PC culture.. low key refreshing btu still decent human beings..

Erm so music =}}} I got into Hong Kong Radio!! Had dj collectives from around the world hit me up for mixes and made some super cool friends and connections.. started studying music theroy and even had a respectable musican say he’s seeing growth and musicality from myself in each and every release so that’s exciting.. I didn’t even know the word ‘musicality’ until then.. in the past year I kinda grounded myself.. I’m not a DJ I’m not a producer.. so don’t act like one :D but also I’m jsut a guy who has decks and knows some basics about ableton :)) and that’s al there is to it.. I share what I make when I feel proud of it and I stay learning.. we’ll see how far I get but tbh it’s not like ‘i uave to do this’ lol it’s just something im pationate about :) I’m sooo hapy and glad I got into it FINALLLY fuck sake james.. silly boy.. either way I’m a man now and all I can say is I’m discovering my sound through making beats and songs and I’m excited for the next year.. plan on getting piano lessons and just dedicating more time to it.. especailly when im living on my own omg.. just finishing work and spinning the decks no one else.. jsut you and the vibe.. yeah dreamy stuff.. and all of this ALL of this..

is soley possible because of CODE. my god. how grateful I am for it and myself for makign this deicison and begingin this path of learning and ‘development’’... it’s amazing how much it’s all entertwined.. everything.. from inception and conceptuation and delivering dreams into reality which seeps into that of other realsm like music and the motorbike.

okay so i spent the last two nights refactoring my code on my personal site as a means of exercising some redux knowledge - and I was successful :D feels so good to have had enough eureka moments at least to get some basics down.. just need a few more xp’s and should have it on lock.. fuck july 2019 was so long ago.. I built a VR world for a mix to celebrate one year in music.. should really record 2nd year soon :thinking-face: maybe new vr world :thinking-face: built some sites for businesses both indivudally and also as part of Verlay which is myself, Jacob and Jeff and Ari as consultant either way im running out of time becfore the year ends..

I’m happy

life is good

life is life

life is pain

I wrote some poems

I made some songs

I mixed some mixes

I fixed a bike

I moved home

I healed

I reconnected

I natured

I quit smoking

I became clean from drugs

I went to therapy

I swam every day for a while

I started the gym

I ate a lot

I grew up?

I got into skincare

I got into sleep

Im still me

I started telling people my name was james

i fell out with some friends

I made a lot of new friends

Im moving to glasgow

I’m excited for the future

like really excited..

like I can’t believe how lucky and happy I am

I miss you Dad so much more than words can evoke

I got closer with alex

I helped my siblings and i grew closer with my mum

2021

redux on lock

nick mills’ website

verlay ramp up efforts x deliverables

travel scotland

get full bike licence

get my own place

gym x gains

three.js

more react

more organisation

more chords

more midi

more music

more freedom

more self

more love

more life

shoutout the real ones

love to the closest and dearest

fuck the haters <3

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generallynerdy · 7 years ago

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The Ex In Eighties Part 1 (Clint Barton X Reader)

Summary: Your best friend’s ex shows up at the bar and decides it’s okay to check you out just a week after he and your best friend split up. Upon discovering you both enjoy 80s music, you have a brilliant plan that leads to a brand new adventure you would have never expected.

Key: (Y/N)-your name, (D/N)-dog’s name, (B/D)-breed of dog, (H/L)-hair length, (H/C)-hair color, (L/N)-last name

Today’s Playlist: Heartbreaker (Pat Benatar), (I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight (Cutting Crew), Walkin’ On Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves), Renegade (Styx), And We Danced (The Hooters), Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!), Carry On My Wayward Son (Kansas), Carry On My Wayward Son Lullaby Version

Cast: YOU! Clint Barton, Laura Barton (not Barton, in this universe), Natasha Romanoff, Nick Fury, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Scott Lang, T’Challa, Thor, Cassie Lang, Shuri, Sam’s parents, brief mentions of other SHIELD Agents including Phil Coulson and Maria Hill, General Ross, random doctor lady, brief mentions of Loki and Ultron, and others to come

Warnings: Language

Status: Parts 1-8 Complete and ready to post, Side One Shots TBD

Getting with my best friend’s ex was completely against my morals, despite her very own encouragement to do so, and I sincerely questioned the decision. In fact, I despised the idea so much that I decided to screw with the guy’s head a little and, in turn, prove to my friend that she was completely wrong.

Laura and I were having a regular girls’ night out in our favorite bar, relaxing and having a good time. At least we were, until Laura’s recently ex boyfriend waltzed in along with two or three of his friends.

“(Y/N), please stop.” Laura sighed at my behavior.

“Stop what?” I asked innocently, not moving my stare from my target.

She rolled her eyes, “You’re glaring daggers.”

“No, I’m not. I’m just glaring.” To be fair, Laura wasn’t completely off, though I would say I was glaring machine guns. If looks could kill, her ex would be a pile of ashes spread across the slick floor of the bar.

“I told you, (Y/N), he was right in breaking things off,” Laura reasoned. “It just wasn’t meant to be.”

“He still broke your heart.” I retorted. “I distinctly remember buying 3 tubs of sherbet in my fridge that mysteriously went missing one by one within two days.” Laura looked ready to argue again before I cut her off. “Oh my god.”

“What?” Laura looked at her ex, who was now staring back at me, or more specifically, looking me up and down.

“Is he seriously freaking-” Rage built up inside me. Laura had only been his ex for a week and a half and he was already checking me out.

Laura smiled, “Go get ‘em, tiger.”

“You can’t be serious!” I gaped at her.

“Why not?” She smirked,” I don’t mind. Besides, you two would make a cute couple.”

“As if.” I scoffed. From what I had heard of Laura’s ex, he was stubborn, hotheaded, full of himself, and a prick.

“Oh, come on! At least consider it.” Laura begged, half jokingly.

“Hah!” I fake laughed. “Name one thing we have in common.”

Laura thought for a moment before snapping her fingers, “80’s music! You both absolutely love 80’s music!”

It was true. I adored 80’s music. “80’s music, huh?” An evil grin appeared on my face as an idea formed in my head.

I stood from my chair and sashayed toward the DJ, who was currently handling the karaoke. I was careful to sway my hips a little more than normal, knowing that he was still watching.

I told the DJ what to play and nabbed a microphone before climbing the stage stairs and facing the crowd. Lucky for me, most of them weren’t paying attention.

Having a career in theater, more specifically musical theater, I knew how to act and kept a cool, confident smile, even though I was slightly nervous on the inside. I glanced in his direction, but was careful not to make eye contact. At least, not yet.

“Your love is like a tidal wave-” I belted the first few lines of Pat Benatar’s Heartbreaker and noticed many heads turn. I felt his gaze burning into my skin.

I stood stone still for awhile as I sang before reaching my free arm up, pointing into the air and stepping backwards as the chorus began. “You’re a-”

I looked directly at him, finally making eye contact. “Heartbreaker!” He raised an eyebrow curiously and I tried to my hardest not to spit in his face. “Dream maker! Love taker! Don’t you mess around with me!”

“You’re a heartbreaker! Dream maker! Love taker! Don’t you mess around- NO NO NO!”

I sang the rest of the song without giving him a second glance up until the quiet chorus, when I stared directly at him, hoping he would see the fire of fury in my eyes. “Heartbreaker… Dream maker.. Love Taker- Heartbreaker!”

I took an opportunity in the form of the final guitar solo to whip my (H/L) (H/C) hair a couple times. It made me a little dizzy, but I was able to keep my composure. I finished the song and a roar came from the crowd. I smirked and stopped off the stage, starting toward Laura. He stopped me.

He looked me up and down as I placed my hands on my hips. He was clearly trying to get an idea of the kind of girl I was.

With my white tank top, short black leather jacket, ripped black jeans, and black heels, he obviously got my tough girl vibe. I never dressed to impress anyone but myself and often rejected (harshly) advice on my attire. I was also extremely keen on always keeping my hair down and was ticked easily when people brought it up.

“Hey.” I said sassily, not liking his lingering stare.

“Clint.” He introduced, meeting my eyes. “Clint Barton. But you already knew that.”

So he had noticed Laura. “And?”

“And what?”

I rolled my eyes, “You clearly have more to say.”

He raised an eyebrow again. “Why would you think that?”

“Because you’re still here.”

And there it began. He asked me out, but I refused and hoped I’d never see him again. The key word being hoped.

We coincidentally- ‘coincidentally’- met each other regularly, though I suspect there was some foul play by Laura. Each time we met we had a sort of standoff with petty, snide comments and some discreet flirty ones. It continually happened like that until I met him at a cafe and someone intervened.

We were having one of our standoffs when a friend of Clint’s, Natasha Romanoff, rubbing her temples in exasperation, sighed. “The sexual tension is unreal.”

Clint and I immediately turned to her, gaping. “Excuse me?!”

She rolled her eyes, “Look, you both clearly want this to happen, or at least want to try it out. It’s extremely obvious and painfully so.”

Strangely enough, she was on point. I hd tried ever so hard to stop myself from thinking about Clint, but it was helpless. I oftentimes found myself waltzing about my apartment singing Walking on Sunshine.

One thing led to another and Clint became my boyfriend. We bonded over 80’s music, animals, and travel. I talked to him about my job a ton ,but he kept his work life completely secret from me. I didn’t mind and gave him his space.

We didn’t live together, but we found ourselves staying at my place a lot, since Clint’s work didn’t really let him have a permanent home, or so he said. When we stayed at my place, we did some interesting things and not the dirty kind.

Our favorite thing to do was dance around the apartment singing mostly 80’s hits. My dog, a (T/D) named (D/N), even ran around our legs barking until we let him/her join by picking him/her up.

I remember the first time we said ‘I love you’ like it was yesterday.

Clint was leaving the apartment at 2 in the morning to go to work and I groaned, grabbing his arm. I didn’t want him to leave.

He chuckled before kissing my cheek. “Don’t worry. I’ll be back, (Y/N). Can’t get rid of me that easily. Besides, I love you.”

My eyes shot open, as did my mouth. He laughed as I turned to face him and buried my face in his chest.

I, however, was still nervous about a long term relationship and didn’t repeat the words for weeks. Clint had just returned from a long mission and held me tight after a slow song had played on the speaker.

I sighed comfortably, my eyes closed as we swayed back and forth. “I love you.”

“I love you, to-” Clint froze and gaped.

I looked up at him, giggling at his expression. The next song began to play and I laughed even harder at its ironic timing. Clint thought it was hilarious, too, and decided to play along.

“Ah! I just died in your arms tonight!” Clint sang, flopping backwards onto the couch. “It must’ve been something you said. I just died in your arms tonight.”

We laughed hysterically as (D/N) leaped onto the couch, licking Clint’s face.

After calming down, I sat on the couch beside where Clint lay. “Must’ve been some kind of kiss.” I mumbled, before planting one on a content Clint.

“Shouldn’t walk away, I shouldn’t walk away.” Clint changed the lyric as he held my forehead against his.

Note: This is only part 1, there are many other short parts to come! I started writing this a long time ago and got completely lost in it. Seriously, I fell in love with this idea. The parts are rather short, but super fluffy and fun. More side one shots and more parts are coming, at least I hope. <3

Also just a reminder that tomorrow and Tuesday are break days for @glitterhooves and I. ( @novakitty114 )

Requests are always open!

(Hey! Part 2 is right here!)

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3monthsineurope · 5 years ago

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June 9, 2020

Dad woke up early on Tuesday and went and hung out in the lobby with coffee while we snoozed. Haley woke up around 8:30 and hopped in the shower. I dozed for about an hour, then got up and got ready for the day. Mom got coffee from the lobby and we all hung out while Haley and I were getting ready.

Around 10:30 we left on the hunt for breakfast. We looked at a few places online, but didn’t see much that was open for breakfast. One of Haley’s friends suggested a place called Nick’s, which was opening at 11. We got there right then and were the first people in the restaurant. We had a great waitress! She told us about the surrounding area. The food was tasty! We all shared some friend deviled eggs and Haley and I shared a wonderful veggie burger! The food was really great and the service was too! It’s so nice to be able to go out to a restaurant! Masks were required to enter the restaurants in Laguna Beach, but we could take them off at the table, while the waitstaff wore theirs the whole time (like I’ll have to back at Red Robin).

After breakfast (well, lunch), it was time to shop! Mom loves looking in all the stores. We went into almost every shop that was open down the main drag. I got some postcards and a magnet, and Dad got me a long sleeve shirt that I like a lot. We got some new face masks, as well. Haley got a visor hat, Haley and I bought Dad a “cool dad” shirt, and we walked around for a couple hours. I also got some sunscreen that I can keep in LA for when I visit in July for Haley’s birthday.

After walked around for a while, we were all pretty hot. We decided it was time for the pool. Dad, Haley, and I got in the pool and swam around and chatted for a bit, while Mom got two chairs and laid out in the sun. I’m more of a shade gal, so I stayed in the shallow end with Dad, haha. Next up, we walked straight down to the ocean. We all walked in the ocean, but Dad and I got in and played in the waves. I didn’t get my head wet, but Dad got crushed by some pretty big waves, haha. The ocean feels so good when it’s so hot out!

Mom and I were feeling like gelato again, so the two of us went and got some. Dad and Haley stayed in the room and had a snack of leftover dinner from the night before. Mom and I ended up looking in some shops where she found some stuff she really liked. For gelato, Mom got the same flavors as the night before: salted chocolate caramel and salted maple caramel. I got two new flavors for me: salted maple caramel and Ferrero Rocher. It was so good! We sat in the shade and loved each bite.

Something wild happened! Haley saw someone she knew from Sephora in town! She wasn’t sure if it was her, so she texted her. It turns out it was her and her husband and daughter and they were staying in the same hotel as us! We were in room 413 and they were in 414. How crazy of a coincidence is that! We saw them in the pool so Haley got to chat with them for a bit.

After getting dessert with Mom, we hung out in the room while Mom showered. Then the four of us went to “wine hour”. Mom went to go get those clothes that she liked while Dad came with us to the viewing deck to hang out. We had some wine and then Mom came back and joined us. The views are just unreal. Before we knew it, it was time to change for dinner. Dad had had two people suggest a Mexican restaurant on the hill for us to eat at. Las Brisas turned out to be right next to our hotel! Mom made us reservations that morning. It was going to be a nice, fancy meal.

The restaurant was really nice. We had some great service! We all shared homemade guacamole and chips for an appetizer. Dad and I both got lobster and steak enchiladas. Dad wasn’t sure if he liked it at first, but he came around to it. You know Dad is more simple in the flavors he normally eats. I looooved the lobster enchilada, it was super full of lobster! Mom had jumbo shrimp in a butter sauce and Haley had salmon. The food was really tasty! Then the fun thing was, we told them it was Mom’s birthday. Our waiter came out with some cheesecake for her and the four of us sang to her. It was actually so fun, because we didn’t get to do anything for Mom on her birthday this year, being in the super strict times of quarantine. We also shared some tropical flavored ice creams and a chocolate mousse cake. Wow, that was a wonderful meal! Thank you, Dad!

We walked back to our room and called it a night after the fancy dinner. I took a shower and we all hung out before going to bed. Dad fell asleep while Mom, Haley, and I watched some detective show that was actually pretty good. We turned off the TV around 11, and fell asleep. Such a good day hanging out with my lovely family! :]

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themeatlife · 5 years ago

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The List - the Meat Life Reviews the Avengers: Infinity Saga

It’s back! the Meat Life’s The List returns to rank all of the MCU Infinity Saga movies from Iron Man all the way to Spider-Man: Far From Home.

With the home release of Avengers: Endgame, I thought it would be a great time to revisit the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Two summers ago, after I had watched Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and about a month before I got to watch Spider-Man: Homecoming, I ranked the MCU movies. You can find that ranking here. Now that I have watched what Kevin Feige describes as the final installment in Marvel’s Infinity Saga, I go through the movies again and rank all 23 installments including the last two --- Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home. For the ones I ranked in the first one, I have included their old ranking in parentheses. And since Tumblr now limits pictures in entries to ten, I will include pictures of the new reviews.

#23 (15) - The Incredible Hulk (2008)

This is the second film in the first phase of the MCU. The movie is mostly forgotten in the MCU, including by me. It wasn’t a bad movie (certainly a marked improvement from 2003′s Hulk), but it felt like something was missing from it. Of course, there is only so much you can do with a character in its own movie. We find Bruce Banner (played by Edward Norton in this movie) being chased by General Ross, the man who spearheaded the project to create super soldiers that created the Hulk. Ross will become an important figure 8 years later in Civil War. And of course at the end of the movie we have a Tony Stark-building a team cameo and this was the intro of OG Avenger Bruce Banner/Hulk. Was the worse MCU movie in my initial ranking, and it remains there.

#22 (14) - Iron Man 2 (2010)

The weakest of the Iron Man movies. They replace Terrence Howard’s Rhodey with Don Cheadle, who in the long run has better chemistry with Robert Downey Jr, but in this movie is just weird to see instead of Howard. The villains are also probably the weakest of the MCU, with Ivan Vanko looking to exact revenge against the Stark family and Justin Hammer as the head of rival weapons manufacturer looking to take down Tony Stark. Totally didn’t notice the Elon Musk cameo until about the fourth time I watched it, a big inspiration for the Tony Stark movie character. The biggest contribution to the MCU/Infinity Saga is the introduction of OG Avenger Black Widow.

#21 (10) - Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Loki is one of the better villains of the MCU, and in The Dark World he is on full display. Is he good? Is he bad? In this installment, Thor must work with Loki to defeat the Dark Elves who are going after Jane Foster because she has the Ether within her. The cliff-hanger style ending makes it almost unfulfilling. The plot isn’t really as important as the introduction of the Ether, later known as the Reality Stone and the movie’s use in Avengers: Endgame.

#20 (9) - Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Although Age of Ultron was seen as a step back from the first Avengers, it is still a very solid film especially after knowing the full picture of the Infinity Saga. This is very much a set up movie, though. We see Tony Stark accidentally create Ultron out of feeling the need to further protect the world (and also created Vision to counter). We see Hawkeye with a family and a Romanov-Banner romance. We see the introduction of the Maximov kids, with Quicksilver’s death toward the end and Scarlet Witch joining the Avengers. And whilst on the run we also see some of the seeds of tension between Stark and Rogers as well as the leveling of the Sokovia that are important later in Captain America: Civil War. I also didn’t notice that much when I first watched but they introduced Wakanda as the source of vibranium and the vibranium poacher Ulysses Klaue.

#19 (13) - Thor (2011)

I did enjoy the movie, although I will say that this is one of the weaker entries in the MCU. As the heir to the throne of Asgard, the arrogant Thor loses his hammer and must prove his worthiness before getting it back. He bumps into scientist Jane Foster played by Natalie Portman (yes!). He humbles himself and eventually earns back his hammer and has to fight the forces of his brother Loki. We see the first appearance of Hawkeye who will become one of the OG Avengers.

#18 (11) - Doctor Strange (2016)

Arrogant doctor Stephen Strange travels to Nepal in search of a treatment for his hands that were devastated from a car accident. He gets trained by the Ancient One to reveal powers in how to access different dimensions and wield mystical weapons. He has to harness these powers to fight Kaecilius, who has stolen pages of an ancient handbook to access the Dark Dimension. Some of the mystical stuff might not be for everyone and I only stuck with it because I like Benedict Cumberbatch and I’m glad I did. I’ve heard Doctor Strange described as Iron Man but with magic, and that’s not wrong.

#17 - Captain Marvel (2019)

We see Carol Danvers, who has lost her memory of her origin and has an unrealized power, think she’s Kree, a sort of police warrior race. She eventually goes against them when she figures out they exiled Krulls and lied to her about her human origin. Along the way she goes to Earth in the 1990’s and does sort of a buddy cop detective case with the SHIELD agent Nick Fury to figure out who she is. It was cool to see how Fury loses his eye and seeing the old Tesseract/Space Stone. While Captain Marvel is not a bad movie, in my opinion this would have been a much stronger movie if they leaned more into her backstory of being held down and knocked down a lot more. Unintentionally, but in my mind this will always be measured against Wonder Woman, about the only thing in the MCU era that DC did better than Marvel.

#16 (6) - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

I had this ranked higher in my initial ranking but I must say after a while I liked some of the other titles better than this one. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 picks up where the last left off, mixing the right amount of humor and action and pulling on just enough heartstrings for you to be pulled right in. The Guardians have to face against someone they never expected: Peter Quill’s dad. We see the introduction of Mantis and her addition to the Guardians.

#15 (8) - Ant-Man (2015)

Ant-Man grew on me. Marvel may well have a formula now with the mix of humor and superhero action, but it’s a formula that works. Here we follow unlikely hero Scott Lang played by Paul Rudd, a former engineer turned petty criminal, training to break into Pym Technologies using Hank Pym’s old shrinking suit to take down the corrupted Pym protege Darren Cross. Rudd’s humor, chemistry with Evangeline Lilly’s Hope van Dyne, along with humorous sidekicks played by Michael Pena and T.I. are the glue to this movie.

#14 (7) - Iron Man 3 (2013)

I think most don’t give the final installment of the Iron Man trilogy much credit. We are reminded of why we love the Tony Stark character. In spite of his arrogance there is a tremendous heart, and we see both on full display here. Set after the events of the first Avengers, Stark is going through PTSD. He tries to navigate through that while being attacked by new threats. And it was good after the large scale of the first Avengers movie to get something more down to Earth.

#13 - Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

We pick up after the events of Captain America: Civil War, where Scott Lang is serving the back end of a two-year house arrest for breaking the Sokovia Accords. Hank Pym and Hope van Dyne are underground and developed a quantum accelerator in the hopes of getting Hank’s wife Janet van Dyne out of the quantum realm. Arms dealer Sonny Burch and unstable phasing Ghost are after the accelerator. After the heaviness of Avengers: Infinity War, it was nice to have a little relief on a smaller scale. And Paul Rudd doing Paul Rudd things is always pleasant.

#12 - Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Picking up after the events of Captain America: Civil War (and apparently “eight years” after the first Avengers movie), we see Peter Parker filling his time being the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man under the distant watchful eye of Happy Hogan and Tony Stark. That is, until he finds The Vulture’s henchmen Shocker one and two selling weapons infused with alien tech from the Invasion of New York. We get a great sequence where Peter learns the night of homecoming that his love interest Liz is actually the Vulture’s daughter and all the tension that follows. With all due respect to Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland fits the Spider-Man/Peter Parker role the very best. And at the end, we get something that rarely happens with Marvel villains...the Vulture lives and goes to jail.

#11 (12) - Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

This movie has aged very well over time. Steve Rogers, a scrawny kid from New York, wanted to serve his country in the middle of World War II. He was selected for experimental super soldier program and became the face of the US military, spending time raising money for the USO. Then he starts hunting down Nazi science division Hydra and its leader Red Skull. It ends with Rogers downing a Hydra bomber and crashing it in ice, preserving him until modern time. It also heartbreakingly separates Rogers from love interest Peggy Carter, SSR Agent who helped him through his WWII missions and promised a dance. This pays off later.

#10 (5) - Iron Man (2008)

The film that kick started the entire MCU. Here we follow Tony Stark and the origin of Iron Man, birthed from Stark being captured by a mercenary terror group and called to action after seeing his company’s weapons in the wrong hands. This was a role ready-made for Robert Downey Jr, a great mix of arrogance, empathy, and quick wit. And there’s plenty of action. And with that first movie we get the first post-credit scene, a now trademark Marvel touch, introducing Nick Fury the Director of SHIELD recruiting Stark into a “bigger universe.”

#9 (4) - Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

I’ll admit, when Marvel announced Guardians of the Galaxy, I had planned on skipping out. I knew nothing of the comic and it looked cheesy. So yes, I had my doubts about a group that included a talking raccoon and a fighting tree. But I gave it a chance and Guardians ended up being one of the stronger movies of the MCU. We see the origin of Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord and how the Guardians came together. This has that right mix of humor, action, chemistry, and 80s mix tape. And we see the introduction of the Orb containing the Power Stone.

#8 - Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Eight months following the events of Avengers: Endgame, we get to see some of the aftermath of the world after “The Blip,” including a hilarious school news tribute video of our fallen heroes set to Whitney Houston’s rendition of “I Will Always Love You.” We see Nick Fury commandeer Peter’s summer class trip to Europe to initially help Mysterio battle what looks to be Elementals from another dimension set to destroy Earth. Little do we know that it’s all an illusion that Mysterio and a crew of technicians in an effort to destroy Tony Stark’s legacy and become the biggest savior of the world. That’s about as in depth I’ll go since this movie is still in theaters so I won’t spoil the fun. But I will say that this is probably the best version of a Spider-Man movie with all the awkward teen moments, his heavy weight of responsibility of being in line to be the next Tony Stark, and the sweet interplay between Parker and Zendaya’s MJ as well as bestie Jacob Batalon’s Ned. The MCU is in good hands post-Infinity Saga with Spider-Man on board. And there is a great surprise in the end credit scene.

#7 - Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

This Thor. Marvel finally figured out how to use Thor and Chris Hemsworth’s comedic timing. Right from the opening monologue you get that this is a different movie from the other two Thor’s. After Odin’s death, Thor’s half-sister Hela takes over Asgard as Thor and Loki disappear to the planet Sakaar. Thor is imprisoned as a gladiator-style fighter where he bumps into his “friend from work” Hulk. They all link up with Valkyrie, a former Asgardian warrior to escape Sakaar and save the Asgardian people from destruction. We see great comedy and chemistry between all the main characters, Idris Elba’s Heimdall get a lot of screen time protecting and hiding the Asgardian people from Hela, and hilarious performances from Karl Urban’s Skurge and Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster. In the end credit scene we see Thanos’ ship coming in for the events directly preceding Avengers: Infinity War.

#6 (3) - The Avengers (2012)

Director Joss Whedon pulled off what people once thought impossible...a superhero team-up movie. We see Nick Fury pull together Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and later Hawkeye for the first time to figure out and stop Loki’s plan to use the Chitauri warriors to take over Earth. The Avengers definitely is an action movie with some dramatic elements but the thing that sticks out about this is even with New York City in peril, the ride is great! The chemistry of the entire ensemble is on full display. Before Thanos, Loki makes for probably the strongest villain in the series. When this came out, it was hard to see Marvel top this. And we see a glimpse of Thanos for the first time in a post-credits scene.

#5 - Black Panther (2018)

Marvel never stops amazing world building, a vibrant look at the fictional nation of Wakanda included. Black Panther picks up after the events of Captain America: Civil War, but to open we get a flashback of Oakland, California in 1992 that will impact the entire plot that follows. We then see Prince T’Challa get crowned king upon his return to Wakanda, following the death of his father T’Chaka in Civil War. Mysterious American Killmonger works with vibranium poacher Ulysses Klaue at first seemingly to steal more vibranium. As the movie progresses it is revealed that Killmonger is actually Wakandan whose father was killed in the opening scene in Oakland and is after the throne. Upon several viewings, there are multiple layers as there are in Ryan Coogler directed movies. This movie is part James Bond (with T’Challa’s sister Shuri playing the Q role), part family drama, part political thriller, and of course part Marvel movie. Black Panther tries to tackle political issues like inclusion, globalization, and immigration while also addressing how a family’s mistakes from the past can haunt and impact a family’s future. Michael B Jordan’s Killmonger is a top three MCU villain and there are wonderful performances from Lupita Nyong’o’s Nakia, Danai Gurira’s Okoye, Martin Freeman’s Everett Ross, and Andy Serkis’ Klaue. The end credit scene shows a relaxed Bucky talking to Shuri about his recovery.

#4 (2) - Captain America: Civil War (2016)

In this installment, the Avengers find themselves under hot water after an accident on a mission. The UN votes to approve the Sokovia Accords that limits the Avengers decision making, splitting the team between those who support it who stand with Iron Man and those who oppose it who stand with Captain America. During the signing, we see an attack that initially looked like it was done by the Winter Soldier but is really carried out by a former Sokovian special forces soldier who is seeking to destroy the Avengers for indirectly killing his family. Civil War has probably the coolest fight scene of the series at a German airport. The newbies Black Panther and Spider-Man are a sight to see. And there is a twist ending that’s really heart wrenching that splits our two main Avengers in Iron Man and Captain America.

#3 - Avengers: Endgame (2019)

I reviewed this a few months ago, so I’ll provide the link to my review here. What I will discuss here is how great this movie is. I almost put this at number 1. The storytelling and the conclusion to many of the main characters is so satisfying as a fan. It just felt so good to watch. I may rank this higher if I ever revisit the Infinity Saga, but for now I think top three at the very least is very very good. And it is the most satisfying ending to a movie series since The Dark Knight Rises. But I placed the other two above it for the reasons I will outline.

#2 (1) - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Wow. For so long this has been my favorite MCU movie and probably still is. We see Cap and Black Widow running from SHIELD, out to hunt down the Winter Soldier for the assassination of Nick Fury. Out of all the MCU, this movie had a modern real world feel with its questions about how to determine whether or not someone is a threat. It kind of revisits a concept dealt with in Minority Report, whether someone’s free will determines their criminality or their preconceived conditions. It had great action sequences. And it defined the direction of the MCU with its revelation that Hydra was secretly controlling SHIELD for all those years. In this installment in the MCU, we see the possibility of how these movies can be dealt. There can be genre movies within the comic book genre. This was the political spy thriller of the MCU, in the same vein as some of those political thrillers of the 1970s. And as it pertains to the bigger Infinity Saga story, we find out Steve Roger’s old buddy Bucky is the infamous assassin The Winter Soldier. And we get the introduction of Sam Wilson, the Falcon.

#1 - Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

I never got to review this when it initially came out. This is basically a Thanos movie disguised and named as an Avengers movie. The best MCU villains have the most fleshed out backstories, and in Infinity War we get Thanos’ background, how his world collapsed and how he came about his reasoning behind wanting to eliminate half of the universe’s inhabitants. You see his rational, and even though he goes about things the wrong way (I mean, he is a villain), you get to see his reasoning and motivation behind his quest. For this alone, I felt compelled to rank it number one just because of how different the approach was and how effective the execution turned out.

Then, inter-spliced with Thanos’ story is the present day struggle. The beginning of the movie we see the destroyed Asgardian ship with Thanos and his disciples taking out most of the leadership, but not before Heimdall uses the Bifrost to get Hulk back to Earth. We see Heimdall and Loki die and Thor left for dead before Thanos moves on with the Space Stone and already in possession of the Power Stone.

The story builds toward two separate teams. The space team with Iron Man, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Nebula, and the Guardians minus Rocket and Groot defend the Time Stone with the ultimate face off with Thanos on the collapsed planet Titan. Before that, Thanos had a skirmish with the Guardians on Knowhere before ultimately obtaining the Reality Stone from the Collector, kidnapping Gamora in the process. Thanos killed Gamora on the planet Vormir to obtain the Soul Stone. Before the fight on Titan, Dr. Strange looks into the future and sees 14 million possible outcomes and only one where they win. The Earth team with Captain America, Falcon, Black Widow, War Machine, Bruce Banner, Scarlett Witch, Vision, Black Panther, and the Wakandan military protect Vision while Shuri tries to unlink the Mind Stone to destroy without harming Vision while battling the Chitauri and some of Thanos’ disciples in Wakanda with Thor, Rocket, and Groot dropping in toward the end.

The space team almost grabs the gauntlet from Thanos but ultimately fail (partly due to Peter Quill’s temper after finding out Gamora was killed by Thanos). Thanos then descends to Earth into Wakanda and some of the Earth team, in particular Captain America holds him off long enough for Scarlett Witch to destroy the Mind Stone, killing her love Vision. But Thanos uses the Time Stone to turn Vision back long enough to restore the Mind Stone and obtain the last stone he was searching for. Right before he is able to snap his gauntlet fingers, Thor drops down with his new ax Stormbreaker, thrusting the ax into Thanos’ chest. But Thanos is still able to snap his fingers, dusting half the population of the universe including some of our heroes: in particular Black Panther, most of the Guardians, Dr. Strange, and, in probably the most emotional scene outside of Endgame, Spider-Man.

If you were a moviegoer in a previous era and didn’t know they were already shooting Spider-Man: Far From Home, the impact of The Snap would have resonated so much more. Even in this era, though, the ending of the film was sharp, jarring, and effective.

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That’s my list! I may revisit years down the line, and some of these movies may age better than others. But I feel pretty comfortable about where these movies ended up. Let me know what you think! And enjoy the home release of Avengers: Endgame!

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zephyr-together · 8 years ago

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just gonna gush about IZ for a bit (the vo of it)

a couple days ago I watched the interview with the cast on the second disc, didn’t think much of it when I pressed play but instantly it made me realize all the feelings I had in 2007 seeing that, and that was a huge point in which I think I truly had a strong desire to be in voice over, and my heart feels so warm when I think about how much fun they had together and the memories they experienced and will always hold in their hearts...that was the first time for me seeing them talk and it just really made me realize how special vo is ;; I would laugh hysterically at every thing they said because “WOW THESE ARE THE ACTORS AND THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES ON THE SHOW AND WHAT WAS SPECIAL TO THEM THAT’S SO COOOOOL” I was laughing pretty hard this time too but not as much since I remembered it really well so it wasn’t new but I remembered my reactions from almost a decade ago and it made me really emotional over it aaa

and now I listened to the podcast from January (stalked through the IZ tag on the Nick tumblr and came across it) and those feelings are hitting super super hard, especially when they were talking about fans who say that they were going through a really hard time in their life and watching this helped them through it. it hits so hard because I’ve done the same so it means a lot that the actors really love that they can help people in that way but also it makes me think if I can do that for someone else if I can get into vo and impact someone the way I’ve been impacted and it’s sounds unbelievable to have such an amazing opportunity like that @@ hate it when people want to get into vo for the attention from fans though so I hope I’m not coming across like that, the primary reason it’s so important to me is my passion that I have never felt for anything else, but sometimes if I have trouble with motivation it helps to think about potential people that could be reached through me and that that can’t happen if I give up

I think this is hitting so hard now since I’m getting into an agency (I haven’t heard back in about a week now though but he did say he wants to sign me so I just have to trust in that and that it could just be taking a while to get the contracts processed or something). like there’s little (if not no) animation work here so if I want to pursue that path I’d have to move and probably get into another agency in that area, and I could be all by myself, which is terrifying. but if this step is working out, I feel it’s a lot easier to trust that the rest will. it’s so unreal that I’m good enough for someone here, but the fact that it sounds so unbelievable is what makes me so emotional over the fact that this seems to be happening and could end up in something

also again I SWEAR this is not the main reason of me wanting to get into vo or anything but it chokes me up thinking about how close so many vas seem to get. I get that that can’t happen with every show, but when you see that togetherness it just makes me wanna cry thinking how I could become close with castmates like that, all my life I’ve had trouble connecting with anyone and have kept to myself so much so to feel like...I belong with a group of people and get to have so much fun doing what I love...the idea blows me away

also I just think it’s so cool how even though IZ is dark, and silly, people who love it usually really connect with the characters and see so much depth to them and learn so much from them, and I think that can happen with other things, and it’s so special to me, that people can get stuff out of characters and it makes me so happy that vas (most of the time) get really touched when someone tells them that they really improved their life. like I thought it was so sweet how people were affected by Gaz and were empowered because of her, when she might not seem that deep of a character unless you really study her. it just makes me feel so warm and fuzzy knowing the actors love when you can take something away from their work and don’t yell at you for coming up with touching ideas because it’s ooc, like I’ve been afraid of many times (especially with friendshipping stuff)

...speaking of which I found Dib’s va has said z*df is logical and I wanna watch all the panels I can find to find that but also just, to remember all these feelings I have here and try not to lose energy for what is so important to me...

I’m so cheesy but Zim’s been sitting next to me all day and it feels really comforting and I wanna hug him and cry

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fantasysuiteleague · 8 years ago

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Week 2: XOXO, Gossip Girl

With so many dumb girls milling around the Bachelor mansion, still drunk from the night before and starving for carbs and attention, I'm sure it's difficult to not make the first few episodes of the show feel over-produced. Jk. We're in Season 21 and Nick is our Bachelor: everything is over-produced. That being said, this week felt particularly cringe-worthy. We kick things off with our sleep-deprived divas trying to convince us that the only thing they've been able to think about since arriving 12 hours ago is Nick. Not their phones, their families, their jobs, the presidential election. Only NICK VIALL. Right.

Enter Chris Harrison, who reminds the women that they only way they're going to stand out with this many girls in the house is to be memorable slutty. This piece of unsolicited and sexist advice triggers Manchurian Candidate Corinne, and it's all downhill from here.

Something Old. Something New. Something Topless. Something Rude.

The first group date of the episode is ultimate Bachelor irony. Actually, it feels like a storyline cooked up by Quinn and Rachel on UnREAL. The girls gleefully drive three Buick convertibles down the street to a mansion usually used to shoot adult films. Once parked, they're made to jog into the backyard where they meet up with a heavily spray-tanned man named Franco who is almost definitely an actor and/or one of the producer's friends. There, the producers dangle the possibility of marriage in front of them while simultaneously cheapening the entire experience. What's more? They've all been drinking since they arrived, and have to watch each other pose and make out with Nick. This is Bachelor 101. An incredibly basic premise that is guaranteed to spawn all sorts of jealousy, desperation, and insecurity.

The pawn at the center of this whole *experiment* is none other than that girl you wished you hadn't started a conversation with at a party: Corinne. To absolutely no one's surprise, this bitch has never been a bridesmaid. But keep in mind she's 24 and probably only hangs out with older club promoters, so this warrants no more than an eyeroll. Photog Franco, who is probably shooting a porn after this group date, *coincidentally* makes Corinne a bikini bride, and like the Manchurian Candidate that she is, all she can talk about is how sexy she looks and how it makes sense that she would be the nearly naked bride. Enter Brittany (who?), who is actually topless and actually looks very pretty. Corinne is, of course, very uncomfortable because she was programmed to be the star.

And A STAR SHE WILL BE. Left with no other options, Corinne takes her top off and *forces* Nick to hold her boobs in front of the other girls. It's pretty obvious that they made Corinne go last so everyone would be drunk enough to get pissed, and it works. Adding insult to injury, Franco picks Corinne as the "winner" of the group date, because, as she puts it, she was actually daring enough to have clothes and then take them off. Later that night Corinne continues to "project her sexuality" on Nick, stealing him first and immediately going in for the make out. Hilariously, Nick says that he's been "really impressed with Corinne so far." Yeah, having absolutely no shame is truly impressive. And she continues to impress me by interrupting other girls not once, but twice after her original make out session.

Now naturally this pisses everyone off, but NO ONE says or DOES anything about it! Ladies, I hate to repeat Corinne's advice here, but like, fucking go interrupt her and take your time. You came here "for Nick" or at least to be on TV, so fucking take what is yours! But they won't, because they're all fucking idiots. This is underscored by the repeated in-camera interviews were girls like Taylor try to convince themselves that Corinne "isn't what Nick wants" and that Nick is "better than Corinne." Taylor: get a clue. Or a job. Or watch a single episode of Andi or Kaitlyn's season. Or just like, go to a bar in River North. Then maybe, just maybe, you wouldn't sit here thinking that a guy like Nick isn't going to go for a girl like Corinne. Because he is. And sure enough, he proves it by giving Corinne the group date rose.

In between flashes of Corinne we see Raven getting some quality time in with Nick, but is any time with Nick actually quality time? For example, Raven let's Nick know she was cheated on before, and Nick's response was to direct the conversation to him and talk about how he's been cheated on. Everything he says feels so disingenuous, but that's because he always finds a way to make things about himself. So if we're being real, him and Corinne are actually perfect for each other. But we're not being real, because this is reality TV. There was, however, a perfect moment of reality TV after Taylor re-interrupts Corinne and Corinne confronts her. Corinne is pissed because "that's not the way to go about things." The way to go about things is to be "classy" [take your top off] and not direct your disrespect "towards any one person" ... just the entire group. Taylor handles the confusing assault incredibly well. Then again, anyone with an IQ over 70 shouldn't have much difficulty defending themselves against a drunk clown. Corinne quickly forgets about Taylor, gushing with pride for herself for stepping out of her comfort zone "in many different times and angles."

Playa Say What?

The second half of the episode was dedicated to the history between Liz and Nick. I can't decide if Liz is this dumb, or just starving for Instagram fame. On the one hand, I can see how a producer could convince her that Nick would love to see her again, they already have an established connection, and she'll probably go far. On the other hand, she seems pretty dumb. Sitting around the mansion all day with nothing to do but drink, tan, and get in her own head, Liz confides in Gretchen Wieners that she is Jade's best friend, didn't memorize her maid of honor speech at the wedding, and also slept with Nick. She emphasizes how wasted she was when it happened, and also how awkward it was. "Like, super awkward."

She mentions intermittent sex and talking, which is something we've heard before. This all but confirms my suspicion that Nick is actually terrible in bed. That's why it didn't work out with Andi. And sure, he fucked Kaitlyn and still made it to the final two, but that sneaky fuck sesh probably didn't give him tons of time to talk while inside of her.

The Nice Girl

It's pretty easy to forget that Nick went on a 1-on-1 date this episode, but there's a reason for that. Danielle M. doesn't make good TV because she's not terrible like the rest of the girls. She seems like a very sweet girl and has a real job. Does she pack a lot of personality? No. But not everyone can be Alexis or Corinne or the Genie from Aladdin. There can't be complex hoes without basic bitches, and Danielle M. is that nice basic bitch. She'll stick around awhile because she's probably one of the only "real" women who, despite being pretty bland, is one of the only realistic choices in terms of actual marriage and not just Hollywood Instagram-fame. This is probably why she gets the first 1-on-1 date. She's got the hometown Wisconsin vibe and they need to get her tragedy out and on camera because she's going to fade to the back for the next 7 weeks before ultimately getting cut. During dinner, Nick goes on and on about himself and being on the Bachelorette twice and heartbreak, and Danielle M. just keeps nodding, looking bored. This whole Bachelorette story sounds like Hillary repeatedly listing her years of accomplishments during the debates while contrasting Donald's years of housing discrimination and golden showers. We get it. You get it. You're here. We're listening. Can we please talk about something else? Anything.

We Need to Talk . . .

The theme of this date -- breakups -- is comically opposite to the first in every way. The first stop is the "Museum of Broken Relationships," which cannot possibly be a thing that existed prior to the filming of this episode. This "museum" houses an uncomfortable amount of random shit that people have "left behind" from their broken relationships. Umm, what? Left behind from where? No one can convince me that people come to museums to break up, or that they send objects from their failed relationships to be put on display for other weirdoes to look at. First of all, where are all the dildos? Second, USPS is incredibly unreliable. Sure enough, at least one loser has donated to this museum: Nick. After a rehearsed speech about himself and how Andi and Kaitlyn led him to be the Bachelor, the women are given the task of preparing breakup monologues for Nick. Everything is funny and light-hearted, especially when loose cannon Josephine smacks Nick across the face. Until, that is, it's Liz's turn. Upset and insecure, she pulls out a NOTEPAD to start her breakup. Immediately, Nick diverts his eyes like the pussy that he is.

But he knows what's coming. And it's AWFUL. More cringe worthy than Corinne's nipples, Liz goes on and on--in detail--about meeting him in a hallway, at a wedding, and essentially blames him for not chasing after her, even though she wasn't ready to let him in. Or at least, in farther than just the tip. The audience is silent and all of the girls but Gretchen Wieners look confused. Gretchen tries to play it cool and pretend that she has no idea what's going on,

but it's not very convincing. Liz's breakup is followed by more awkward silence and her finally saying "okay we can be done." Thank fucking god. For some reason, after this, NOT A SINGLE GIRL asks what the fuck that was all about. They mention it was detailed and weird and awkward, but don't say anything to Liz or Nick. Literally no girl, after hearing the hallway comment, and the wedding comment, was like -- umm, I have a few follow up questions? Nick spends the rest of the date stressing out about Liz, but it's pretty easy to see through his feigned concern for the other women. In a voiceover he tries to sell that he's concerned because he doesn't want the girls to think he's been lying to them (which he has), but in reality, he's concerned about what she actually said and how much of "her side" has been leaked. So while Jaimi reveals she's dated girls, and Kristina talks about growing up in a country that may or may not be controlling the United States, all Nick can think about is who knows what. It's smarmy and pathetic and incredible on brand. Finally, Gretchen Wieners spills the beans to him and he's able to tell his side of the story. At this point, he knows he has to get rid of Liz before she tells more people about how terrible he is in bed, so pulls her away for 1-on-1 time. They're gone for a long time which eventually leads the girls to wonder what's going on between them after her awkward-ass breakup speech. Gretchen Wieners refuses to rat Liz out,

but making it pretty clear there's something going on. And sure enough, it is. Nick confronts Liz with the whole "right reasons" question, and Liz's answer is just awful. She didn't ask for his number because she didn't know him. But then didn't want to ask for it and give him the wrong impression because she knew he was in Paradise. And even though he was only in Paradise for a month, she knew he had "other things" going on and just wasn't the type of person who liked to talk on the phone. We don't need Nick to point out to us that the more she talks, the less sense she makes, but it's the nail in her coffin. Finally Nick tells Liz that, while he admires her lack of shame courage for coming on this show and putting herself and her sexual history out there, she's milked this situation for all it's worth and it's time to go.

Now that he's gotten rid of Liz, he has to do the hardest thing of all: tell the women. Come clean. Be honest. Of course this is going to be difficult, because being a decent person isn't easy. Especially for a selfish little bitch like Nick. Before dropping the bomb he expresses concern that it's not the right time. But when is it ever a good time to tell your 26 girlfriends that you slept with one of them already? That you've been lying to them since Day 1? That you actually have no dick? I guess we'll find out next week. You know you love me.

XOXO,

Gossip Girl.

Corinne's Corner

There were too many good quotes to incorporate or ignore coming from this girl's articitially plumped up mouth, so here are my favorites:

I just want to be with him. Be with him. And hopefully, I will."

"I was daring enough to have clothes, and take them off."

"Brittany is half naked, and that should be me."

"Like he held my boobs, okay. No one has ever held my boobs like that. Or ever will."

"I really like Nick. When I was talking to him, he was listening."

"Today was just a dream come true. I stepped out of my comfort zone in many different times and angles. Dad would be so proud. Even though I was naked. HE would be proud."

"As long as there's no situation about the situation, we're okay."

"I just put myself out there and I just was myself. That's it. That's all I did, guys. Literally. I was just Corinne." Yeah, we saw...

Did you notice ...

"I'm ready for the women to see me as me, instead of the guy they've seen on TV." - Nick....but wait...

Alexis looks like Jade. But she's much cooler. From dolphin/shark to pregnant wife. She's definitely my favorite. Especially when she was resting her drink on her fake pregnant belly.

The girls on the first group date want to give Brittany the benefit of the doubt. They’re jealous of her, but they don’t mind because she didn’t choose to be topless. She was born that way.

The girls complained about being a bridesmaids, but Liz could have told them that's not a bad thing when it comes to Nick.

Did you notice that Liz's big reveal to Gretchen Wieners actually happened over three different scenes? I'm guessing this is because Liz wasn't giving enough detail the first two times and the producers really wanted to get the whole sex thing out there.

On the boat during their 1-on-1 date, Nick makes Danielle M. face the sun after snagging some cheese and then the better spot. SMH.

After hearing they were going to act out breakup scenes, Nick turns to Josephine and says "I'm most worried about you" as she says "violence."

Minority Report: No rose ceremony this week so nothing to report. But noticeably we didn't really see any of our chocolate ladies this week. That's probably a good thing since we were so focused on crazy white girls, but still, can we get more camera time for the lesbian with the nose ring?

#thebachelor #bachelor recap #bachelorabc #nick viall #chris harrison #the final rose #fantasysuiteleague

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samanthasroberts · 6 years ago

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The Best Bachelor in Paradise Recap You’ll Ever Read: Week 2

Last night in Paradise we finally said goodbye and fuck you to Chad, got to see round 2 of Nick Viall vs. Josh Murray drama, and my ED Evan gaydar scale practically exploded after his professions of “love” for Carly. This show is so unscriptedly (not a word? Idc) amazing that ‘paradise’ actually refers to how I feel sitting on my couch watching these losers talk mad shit about each other. So WTF went down last night?

The Chad Breakdown Continues

Chad is definitely still wasted from last night, and Chris Harrison is def just pissed he has to interrupt his robe-lounging to deal with this. “It’s worth it for the **ratings**” – Probably a post-it on Chris Harrison’s mini bar.

Chris Harrison:Where are you going??? Chad: I dont know, Tijuana or something.

Then Leah comes and I’m pretty sure all of America/Bachelor Nation is like, Leah who?

….mmm nope.

Of COURSE she comes on the show and is looking for Chad. Could it BE any more staged???

– Leah talking about Chad / me talking about my dog

said no one ever, until Leah

Okay just had a flashback to Leah throwing Lauren B under the bus. Classy chick! However she does look like Mena Suvari in American Beauty when she cries.

Nick / Leah / Amanda Triangle

Leah gives up on the Chad situation and moves onto her next target, slick Nick.

Nick:– Nick prior to running a controlled empirical study on Leah.

Nick: Thanks for asking me on this date Leah: Thanks for coming …Can you say chemistry??

Leah:– that’s what she said.

Leah:I’m very confident when I say I think I have a lot of qualities that you’re looking for Nick:I really appreciate what you’re saying. I actually think I’m leaning towards Amanda k thx bai.

Nick decides he’s just not that into Leah (probably either her lip injections or her fragrance of desperation, tbd) and moves onto Amanda, mother of 2.

Nick: I love fires and sitting near them Amanda: I love lamp

“No child left behind” – Not Amanda’s parenting philosophy.

Carly and Evan

Evan gets a date card and asks Carly and I literally don’t think I’ve ever seen someone want to cry more after getting a date.

– Evan sounds like the 40 year old virgin describing boobs like bags of sand.

“Evan does give me erectile dysfunction” – An amazing quote that I can’t believe we didn’t think of first

Carly: My brother told me I have to stop dating feminine men…like my first boyfriend now has a boyfriend. And now this again. – Looks like somebody’s got a type!

Carly and Evan have completely opposite reactions to the jabanero kiss:

Evan: My mouth is on fire and I don’t know if it’s the pepper or from kissing Carly.

Carly: I vommitted…and it’s not just from the pepper.

Josh Murray vs. Nick

So before we get into the ancient epic battle between Josh and Nick (more epic than the Sunni-Shiite conflict I can assure you), we feel it’s our duty to reveal what Andi Dorfman wrote about him in her amazing/scandalous tell-all. Basically, according to her (but also like, def true), he was seriously emotionally abusive towards her in all our favorite ways – accusing her of cheating, not letting her spend time with her besties, stalking her social media for signs of other guys, having humil screaming matches in public…you really have to read it to get the full effect. (We’re not even getting paid to say that!!)

Josh on Andi: We were just like, very different in a lot of ways. – He is obviously very pissed about this book.

The Bachelor producers LOVE fucking with Nick Viall’s emotions. Third time still not a charm.

Amanda should’ve stayed with Nick.

Other Miscellanous Lameness

– Daniel

Lace was sadly very uninteresting last night except her eyelash extensions, which are malfunctioning.

Emily’s idea of sexy small talk is unreal:

Emily: What are you thinking about? Jared: Paradise…

Jared is obviously conflicted about hooking up with Emily, like he’s not into her clearly but he doesn’t want to get kicked off. It’s muy interesante how whenever the guys have the roses the girls whore themselves out, and when the girls have the roses the guys pretend to have feelings. Feminist AF.

Week Two Night Two

Second week of paradise, second night of the week that I have to watch the same show for reasons unknown.

This episode starts with Josh and Amanda incessantly making out in front of everyone, while making meerkat noises.

Nick is obviously displeased so he continues to workout on the beach while taking breaks to shed a tear.

Daniel is unhappy because theres a new guy in Paradise who is about to take his love interest awayChristian. I literally do not remember him but apparently Sarah is super into the guy. All we know is that hes really fucking smiley… like hes about to pull out Jamaican steel drums and serenade everyone on the beach.

Daniel yeah or just Canadian.

Meanwhile ED Evan cant shut the fuck up about his date with Carly. Vinny: Wow kissed for a minute and 46 seconds. Evan: 41 seconds! It was like butterfly explosions.

Carly has the talk with Evan where she breaks up with him even though all they did was go on one awful date together. If Carly were a guy she would like never talk to him, ignore him, and then hook up with someone else in front of him.

Now that Evan is my ex-boyfriend Carly.

Enter new guy Brendan. Even Chris Harrison doesnt know who Brendan is (even though Chris Harrison definitely knows who he is and that scene was literally more scripted than a fight on ). Carly falls in love at first sight but doesnt realize that Brendan is dumber than anyone who has ever been on this television show. Brendan picks Haley (or Emily?) on his date.

This time Im doing a bad job in paradise. Like Last time I did a really bad job in paradise but this time Im doing like a worse job. Carly

Before her sisters date Emily drinks a beer and gets wasted which was THE BEST part of this entire episode.

My best friend is going on a date and like now that shes engaged Im so happy. I didnt mean to get like this!! Someone please give her more alcohol.

Brendan and Haleys date was the most absurd thing Ive ever seen. I want to find a woman who wants to give 110% HE IS Brendan Frasier in .

Why would Brendan even notice that the twins switched on him? I could barely tell the difference? But also like, he is giving this like loving we have a connection speech that I promise he would have given to any girl he would have picked. (But apparently not Carly).

Back at the house, because Daniel was supes jealous of Sarah and Christians new connection he makes a little mini date on a daybed for them.

Daniel: I’m an eagle and this eagle knows what he wants.

Sarah: I Just want to be appreciated for who I am and respect who I am. Daniel: Samesies. I hate it when people don’t respect me. Flashback to Daniel one episode ago: I was looking for some good looking girls so far I’m not impressed. Nothing I’d touch, maybe the one blonde girl if I had a couple of drinks in me. So far these are poodles and yorkies and washed up street dogs. I’d have to be white girl wasted to fuck them.

Sarah: DAMN DANIEL!

Sarah refers to Daniel as the goofy one who is weird and kinda dumb but makes her laugh. Can we all agree that Daniel IS Canadian Joey Tribbiani?

Daniel, Romance Expert.

PS Why are all the couples, the self proclaimed sexy six, all making out together in one bed and not like, alone? What is this, the junior prom limo!?

Then the best thing to ever happen on this show happens. Evan self implodes.

The producers first convince him not to leave. Then they somehow manipulate him into thinking that the girl he has the best chance with is Amanda, yes, the one Josh is about to engulf.

Either I was like really high or this was SOOOO funny but watching Evan write a sad handwritten note to himself was probably the best television of life.

Then he pumps himself up by calling himself by his full name. YOURE FRICKIN EVAN BASS .. however I am pretty sure he meant it in the sense that like, he is like related to Chuck Bass and thats what makes him cool. Yes I fully believe Evan watches .

Then the producers convince him to walk up to Amanda and Josh while theyre hooking up to ask Amanda out. Whether this was scripted or not, this was good. The other reason for him doing this was his chance to get closer to Josh. Think about it, Chad was pretty hot and Evan loved stirring the pot with him on . Now he wants to get steamy with Josh. I can see that exciting little Evan. Aka Ogie from the movie (obscure but like, so accurate).

Don’t do it Evan, this will end poorly!! – all of America.

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adambstingus · 6 years ago

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The Best Bachelor in Paradise Recap You’ll Ever Read: Week 2

The Chad Breakdown Continues

Chris Harrison:Where are you going??? Chad: I dont know, Tijuana or something.

Then Leah comes and I’m pretty sure all of America/Bachelor Nation is like, Leah who?

….mmm nope.

Of COURSE she comes on the show and is looking for Chad. Could it BE any more staged???

– Leah talking about Chad / me talking about my dog

said no one ever, until Leah

Okay just had a flashback to Leah throwing Lauren B under the bus. Classy chick! However she does look like Mena Suvari in American Beauty when she cries.

Nick / Leah / Amanda Triangle

Leah gives up on the Chad situation and moves onto her next target, slick Nick.

Nick:– Nick prior to running a controlled empirical study on Leah.

Nick: Thanks for asking me on this date Leah: Thanks for coming …Can you say chemistry??

Leah:– that’s what she said.

Nick decides he’s just not that into Leah (probably either her lip injections or her fragrance of desperation, tbd) and moves onto Amanda, mother of 2.

Nick: I love fires and sitting near them Amanda: I love lamp

“No child left behind” – Not Amanda’s parenting philosophy.

Carly and Evan

Evan gets a date card and asks Carly and I literally don’t think I’ve ever seen someone want to cry more after getting a date.

– Evan sounds like the 40 year old virgin describing boobs like bags of sand.

“Evan does give me erectile dysfunction” – An amazing quote that I can’t believe we didn’t think of first

Carly: My brother told me I have to stop dating feminine men…like my first boyfriend now has a boyfriend. And now this again. – Looks like somebody’s got a type!

Carly and Evan have completely opposite reactions to the jabanero kiss:

Evan: My mouth is on fire and I don’t know if it’s the pepper or from kissing Carly.

Carly: I vommitted…and it’s not just from the pepper.

Josh Murray vs. Nick

Josh on Andi: We were just like, very different in a lot of ways. – He is obviously very pissed about this book.

The Bachelor producers LOVE fucking with Nick Viall’s emotions. Third time still not a charm.

Amanda should’ve stayed with Nick.

Other Miscellanous Lameness

– Daniel

Lace was sadly very uninteresting last night except her eyelash extensions, which are malfunctioning.

Emily’s idea of sexy small talk is unreal:

Emily: What are you thinking about? Jared: Paradise…

Week Two Night Two

Second week of paradise, second night of the week that I have to watch the same show for reasons unknown.

This episode starts with Josh and Amanda incessantly making out in front of everyone, while making meerkat noises.

Nick is obviously displeased so he continues to workout on the beach while taking breaks to shed a tear.

Daniel yeah or just Canadian.

Meanwhile ED Evan cant shut the fuck up about his date with Carly. Vinny: Wow kissed for a minute and 46 seconds. Evan: 41 seconds! It was like butterfly explosions.

Now that Evan is my ex-boyfriend Carly.

This time Im doing a bad job in paradise. Like Last time I did a really bad job in paradise but this time Im doing like a worse job. Carly

Before her sisters date Emily drinks a beer and gets wasted which was THE BEST part of this entire episode.

My best friend is going on a date and like now that shes engaged Im so happy. I didnt mean to get like this!! Someone please give her more alcohol.

Brendan and Haleys date was the most absurd thing Ive ever seen. I want to find a woman who wants to give 110% HE IS Brendan Frasier in .

Back at the house, because Daniel was supes jealous of Sarah and Christians new connection he makes a little mini date on a daybed for them.

Daniel: I’m an eagle and this eagle knows what he wants.

Sarah: DAMN DANIEL!

Sarah refers to Daniel as the goofy one who is weird and kinda dumb but makes her laugh. Can we all agree that Daniel IS Canadian Joey Tribbiani?

Daniel, Romance Expert.

PS Why are all the couples, the self proclaimed sexy six, all making out together in one bed and not like, alone? What is this, the junior prom limo!?

Then the best thing to ever happen on this show happens. Evan self implodes.

The producers first convince him not to leave. Then they somehow manipulate him into thinking that the girl he has the best chance with is Amanda, yes, the one Josh is about to engulf.

Either I was like really high or this was SOOOO funny but watching Evan write a sad handwritten note to himself was probably the best television of life.

Don’t do it Evan, this will end poorly!! – all of America.

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hannahsewell · 7 years ago

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Every year, around this time (in fact it is usually around November), I always get asked “What would you like for Christmas?” and even though I know that question is coming, I am never prepared for it. Usually repling with:

“Urmm, I’m not sure” OR “I’ll write a list”

Whilst thinking “I HAVEN’T GOT A CLUE!”

Anyway, this year I do have a few ideas of things that I need more of or would like. I often use Christmas’s and birthday’s as a chance for me to stock up on perfumes that I am loving and simply running out of. I mean why not? It then saves me having to buy them myself and plus it’s another thing on my list as options for my relatives!

I know this post title says ‘6 things’, however it is more like 6 categories. But hay ho!

Lets get to it….

1. A watch

Now this has only made it onto this wish list as I lost my old Marc Jacobs one somewhere in the Netherlands and it was never seen again. (If you want to find out more check out my post on my trip to the Netherlands this summer).

I was searching the internet to see if I could find the exact same watch as I’d had the other one for a few years now and wasn’t sure if I would still be able to get it. BUT… I did find the exact one that I lost but I also found this beautiful Olivia Burton one which is exactly the same!

I LOVE IT… so hopefully I will have a lovely watch again in no time!

2. Perfume

Like I said earlier on, I always need perfumes whenever it comes round to Christmas or my birthday. So I can guarantee there will always be perfume on my wish list somewhere. This time there are a few but thats ok as it means I wont necessarily end up with 4 bottles of the same (which is still great as I know I will use them). So:

Jean Paul Gaultier – Scandal: I saw this recently in my Glamour magazine with one of those little samples you peel off the page and MY GOD it smelt unreal, so now questioning it made it to the list.

Juicy Couture – Viva La Juicy: I received this as a birthday present (I think last year for my 24th) as I’d asked for a new Juicy perfume and this was one of their latest ones and I loved it! I then got another bottle for christmas last year, so obviously I had ran out and now need a top up.

Vera Wang – Princess: Love. Love. LOVE! A couple of years ago I received the Rock Princess Vera Wang perfume for the first time and loved that but when trying to get it the year after it was no where to be seen so Princess was given to me as replacement and it didn’t disappoint.

Marc Jacobs – Daisy: I personally have never had a Marc Jacobs perfume, but my mum has and they are beautiful. And that’s just the packaging. I have often pinched a spray or two and it’s about time I got my own.

3. Anna Saccone Zodiac Necklace

I have wanted one of these for some time now but for some reason whenever it has gotten round to my birthday or Christmas I never thought to ask for one. I’m not entirely sure why, but you know!

Obviously, I want the Leo one as that is my star sign. In silver and I think 60cm length chain as that is the middle option. Not too long and not too short.

I am sure I will be getting more of her jewellery as she now has quite a few different collections and I love them all!

4. Boots

You can never have too many boots…

I saw some a while back in Schuh and they still have them…winner! Just casual,everyday black, chunky style boots.

I also saw some from Ellie Gouldings range at Deichmann, which have detail added to them so gives them that little bit of difference, which you can never go wrong with. Especially paired with the right outfit. Although the thing that puts me off of these is they look cheap and you can tell they are man made materials. Where as sometimes some non-leather boots actually look expensive and good quality.

(So the mission to find the perfect black biker boot is upon me)

5. Teddy Bear Style coat

There is something about this trend that is getting everyone H O O K E D ! I can’t quite figure out why apart from the fact they look good as well as being super cosy, and who doesn’t want to look great let alone feel snug as bug in this coat this winter!

I found this gorgeous baby pink one on the Warehouse website and I kinda need it! I do have a similar oversized coat to this in a sky blue colour and it is great to have to chuck on every day outfits as well as some slightly more dressier occasions too. I am all about being kept warm… there is nothing worse than a ‘cold Hannah’; it doesn’t end well.

6. Books

A couple of years ago I really got into reading and challenged myself to try and read ‘X’ amount of books in a year and I loved it as back then I had the time to just sit and read. Now that I am in full time work I don’t have as much time and the time I am not at work I am usually monging out on the sofa due to being ridiculously tired all the time… not cool! But there are a few books I have seen recently that I would like to read and add to my collection, so why not receive them this christmas?!

I hope you’ve enjoyed looking at my Christmas List for this year, if so you can check out a similar post >here<

Let me know what you would like Santa to bring you this festive season in the comments below!

Until next time,

Han x

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peaceplaypassion-blog · 7 years ago

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but first: the pregame

peace play passion

i couldn’t think a better way to start off the trip than in one of my favourite cities, with one of my favourite people/my work wife/twin/shimmy sister, Carmen aka Kermin.

it actually blows my mind how every New York trip gets better than the last. this one was the first time i’ve really delved into NYC nightlife and we had a freaking BLAST. danced our lil butts off, met so many friends (weirdly like 99% lawyers???) kept it semi budget-friendly due to an alarming amount of free drinks in exchange for zero effort, and were nonstop living our best lives. truly thriving.

my insta stories have basically been a visual documentation of our activities but going to jot down a quick breakdown (which is mostly “had to be there” stuff but like my blog so whatevs):

Thursday

2 hours in traffic (welcome to New York) meet Mike Lawyer #1 for keys outside of his office aka the New York Times building. like what is your life, so cool. except he was being summoned back to work at a casual 7pm. work hard play hard i guess.

Uber Pool friend was a wannabe celeb who needs more information about the BET Awards red carpet. our dream for her is to refer her agent by their actual name.

get to Zack’s dream apt in SoHo who had left us a bottle of champs + full booklet of info/recos for our trip. best host award, hands down, we are not worthy

despite Alexa being QUITE stubborn, we have a fab dance party predrink and venture off to Jimmy at the James (the first of many rooftops). random human buys us a $20 drink and we say k if you must, because we are on a budge and also eat arugula for lunch.

Carmen’s gaydar prevents me from meeting some guys in fur vests, but we do make friends with a “suede” (velour) jacket designer and tell him we can help his business take off in Vancouver - trust us, our PR skills are better than your model friend with the dog in the club.

lots of dancing, a genre-ADD dj, meet Parisian Lawyer #1 and #2, off to a speakeasy with a quick stop at Artichoke Pizza, try not to poison our new friends with a whiskey allergy.

Friday

acai bowls at Equinox because we are healthy and we earned it, walk across the bridge to Brooklyn. supes cute shops and restaurants. i got a presh “p” necklace because it was the perfect day, everything is perfect, peace play passion, the pregame, and paxian

weren’t in a bbq state of mind (although thank you Max for the Fette Sau reco) so had lunch at the cutest French bistro rooftop, Juliette.

Prosecco and Aperol Spritz at a patio in Little Italy

quick stop at home and then off to Miss Lily’s for dinner - amazing Caribbean atmosphere, server is basically Rihanna, jerk chicken and corn i have been craving since i went last year. EVERYONE NEEDS TO GO HERE.

couple dranks, meet Parisian Lawyers at the Standard Rooftop where Long Island Brad and his friends are a bit much. but the bathrooms have a view of the Empire State bldg so it was awesome.

then comedy cellar (also a must) - no surprise guests but did see an old Chelsea Lately fave, Dov Davidoff, and Jessica was hilar with her pep talks to the wall. we see her after at the bar and tell her she’s our fave - also Carmen discovers a newfound love for chalk drawings at the bar. her perfect bar has chalkboard tables and bathrooms with a view. and robes. and a pool.

off to our fave part of the trip THE JANE HOTEL THIS PLACE IS THE BESTTTT. our new Uber Pool friend is Nick Depressed Young Lawyer #4 who is being summoned home by his boss at midnight. we hope Nick quits his job and finds his own peace play passion.

Belgian Lawyer #5 invites us to cut the line because it is around the block and the bouncers are power tripping hard. this lawyer was the nicest lawyer!!

The Jane Hotel is a giant old living room and we are THRIIIIVING dancing on couches to the best music with the most fun people. i discover i will likely fall in love with anyone who sings Despacito in his native tongue, Carmy gets me and is the most supportive friend. we never want to leave.

Saturday

grab a bagel, eat it at Washington Square Park where there is live music, a topless photoshoot, and a dog stealthily stealing its human’s lunch (she was supposed to be on a diet). very New York and perfect.

we dance to the street drummers all the way down the block - why isn’t this our everyday life soundtrack??

exploring the cutest West Village/Greenwich - Carrie B-shaw’s steps, Friends building, I FEEL YOU BABY blogger lineup. life-changing hand moisturizing demo.

Flatiron, pasta heaven Eataly, mojitos at rooftop bar 230 Fifth, bundle up in our stylish robes and an igloo atmosphere. Carmy has partnered with Kate Spade for this Insta photo #sponsored #ad

home and then off for whatever the night has in store - which turned out to be cocktails at speakeasy Little Branch, making Uber Pool friends with Shelly and Elly. Elly is v well connected and we are lucky to have met him, we hear.

Amaze dance party at Catch (but no Leo sighting) smeagle over to No8 for bottle service because did i mention Elly says he is well connected? but we just miss Hotel Jane. quick stop at Gansevoort for more dancing and then a swing and a miss at Jane because the bouncers forgot we were regulars. we regret not getting the stamps permanently tattooed on our wrists.

make some more Uber Pool friends because you have to, and then home. even if they are not lawyers, they are probably still lawyers.

Sunday

rainy day, bennies and some shopping

blackberry infused rosé and our server looks like Nick Miller so i am v happy. Zack gets home and says we’ve been doing NYC right and i have never felt so honoured in my life.

dins at Jack’s Wife Freda, then live jazz/ping pong at Fat Cat.

Carmy and I frolic over to Times Square for some more dancing and singing Havana. still absolutely thriving. we facetime Er Bear from the steps and head home. i meet my new Spanish friend for a drink at a kareoke bar and decide 2 hours of sleep is a good way to kick off my 21-hour journey to Rwanda. yolo.

and here i am!! 10 hours in, 11 to go, couple naps/eps of New Girl, just bloggin’ away. The Pregame was unreal, but super excited to take some time off the bender, see Tommy and Christine, and settle into the Peace leg that is Rwanda. Africa here i come!!

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