#and fun fact the 1st time it was in like 3 days while i had a final paper due at 9am on monday which i started working on at 2/3am

[givemethedamnflowers]

I just remembered that when i discovered aftg i read it TWICE in like a month i should have guessed then that i would never be over it

[homestylehughes]

18.

pairing(s): jack hughes x fem!reader

summary: jack proposing to his girlfriend, the girl he knew he would marry since he was 18.

warning(s): absolutely none. pure fluff, and cuteness :)

word count: 1.4k

authors note: hi loves!! my inner directioner came out when writing this fic! this fic is loosely based off of 18 by one direction (I listened to FOUR, the album, the whole time while writing this. 11/10 would recommend). this was so much fun to write, it kinda gives me romcom, or romantic movies vibes? I love writing jack all soft and cute. I hope you guys enjoy, like and reblog if you do! I hope you are all happy and healthy. much love as always <3

“I have loved you since we were 18, long before we thought the same things.”

Ever since Jack laid eyes on yn at 18 he knew she'd be the person he'd spend the rest of his life with. Jack can remember the day he met her, like it was yesterday. He had just got drafted by the New Jersey Devils as the number one pick, which threw him into a new life of superstardom. 

In the midst of being the 1st overall draft pick, the Yankees invited him to a game, having one of the best seats in the stadium, he couldn't help but smile over the fact that this was now his life. As the fifth inning came to an end, Jack decided to make his way to the bathroom. As he walks through the busy crowd, weaving in and out of groups of people. Finally making it to the bathroom, doing his business before quickly heading out. 

As he walks out of the bathroom, his phone dings from a text, pulling his phone out of his pocket to see that it's from his mom. Just as he begins to type out a response, he feels himself bump into someone. bringing his head up to see the prettiest girl he's ever seen in all 18 years of his existence, with a hot dog smashed into her chest. He's so close to her that he can see the red and yellow stains from the ketchup and mustard littered across her white as snow Yankees jersey. 

“Oh my gosh” the girl says, her head hanging low as she looks at the hot dog stained jersey.

“Shit. I'm so sorry. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going.” jack embarrassingly  rambles out 

“It's..okay. It's nothing, it's just a jersey and hot dog. No biggie” she says, now looking at jack. 

“No it's a big deal, it's my fault. Here let me help you clean up.” Jack offers, as waves of guilt run through his veins.

“Are you sure? You don't have to, don't want to waste any more of your time.” the girl says

“If anyones wasting your time it's me, come over here” Jack says, taking the hot dog from her, throwing it in the trash, before turning around to look at her jersey. 

“It's pretty bad isn't it?” she asks him

“It is.. How about this, how about I buy you a new one?” 

“I can't accept that, it was an accident. Plus i dont your name.” the girl says, holding her ground as she looks directly in his eyes. 

Jack can't help but get lost in her eyes as they look at each other. 

“Yes you will, and my names jack.” flashing her smile before grabbing her hand

“Now come with me, we're going to go get you a new jersey and a hot dog, and anything else your heart desires, got it?” Jack says, briefly looking at the girl, who sends him a nod in approval. Turning back around, as he continues walking them through the crowd.

“Yn!” she says loudly behind him 

“What?” Jack asks, turning back around, confused by what she said to him.

“Yn, my name is Yn. Only fair if you know mine now” yn says with a small smile

“Well yn, what size jersey are you?” Jack asks, looking at yn, who has a slight smile on her face as she looks over all of the different jerseys.

“Umm..medium? Can I get the white one?” she asks 

“Of course” Jack sends her a smile as he talks to the worker, quickly getting the jersey for the girl. 

Sending the guy behind the counter a thank you, picking up the bad before handing it to yn.

“Jack..thank you so much” 

“You're very welcome, now on to a hotdog” he says with a smile

“Okat only on one condition.” she says

“And that is?”

“You let me buy them. I can't let you buy me anything else today.” yn says, looking at him sternly.

“Yes ma’am” 

“And so help me god if you get mayo on your hot dog, i will break down in tears.” 

“Mayo? On a hot dog?” he questions 

“Yes. it's sick and people actually do it.” she laughs 

“ well no, mayo on my hotdog for me” he smiles to her

“Good. That's what I like to hear,” she says, lifting her head up, sending him a smile before getting in line. 

Jack looks at her for a second, and in that moment he knew, hed just found the person he'd spend the rest of his life with. 

– 

“Quinn. I'm freaking out." Jack says as he paces on the dock.

“Jack calm down, she's going to say yes. Take a deep breath "Quinn says as soothing as he can, in an attempt to calm his brother's nerves.

“You don't know that” jack snaps at him 

“Yes I do, you guys have been inseparable for the last 5 years. You two are the same person, and can share the same brain cell. She will say yes.'' Quinn says. walking over to Jack, bringing him into a hug, hoping to help calm down.

Jack pulls back after a few moments, murmuring a soft thank you, before taking a deep breath, straightening his back before turning around to look out at the lake. The calm water seems to calm his nerves for a few moments. 

“She's on her way” quinn says, laying a hand on jacks shoulder giving it a squeeze before turning around heading off the dock, leaving jack alone with his thoughts. 

A few moments later he can hear the sound of the footsteps on the dock behind him, turning slightly to see her walking towards him in the prettiest white dress, the bottom of it flowing in the wind as she walks. 

“Hi, pretty girl” jack says while grabbing her hand pulling her to stand in front of him

“Hi” she says breathlessly like she'd been holding her breath the whole way here.

“I don't really know where to start but I'll start by doing this,” Jack says before slowly dropping down to one knee. Yns hands quickly move to cover her mouth, as she looks down at Jack with tears welling her eyes.

“Yn. you've been my rock, my best friend, my biggest supporter, and most importantly the love of my life for the last 5 years.” 

Yn lets out a choked sob that causes Jack to pause for a moment, to regain his breaths he can feel his eyes beginning to water, as he continues.

“I knew you would be the person I'd spend the rest of my life with the moment I crashed into you, spreading mustard and ketchup all over you. Even at that moment I thought you were the prettiest girl I'd ever seen. Thank you for always making me feel seen and loved, I wouldn't have been able to do any of this without you. I love you, and I promise I'll love you forever, until my heart gives out. So would you do the greatest honor of being my wife?�� 

“Yes. yes. A million times yes, jack.” she says as she struggles to hold back her tears as she launches herself onto jack. The both of them wrapped in each other's embrace, tears of joy falling from both of their eyes. 

Jack pulls back enough to slide the perfectly cut, sized ring onto her hand. the ring going on perfectly, as if it was the last piece of the puzzle, laying perfectly on her hand. 

“Jack it's beautiful” yn beams at him, tears still falling, hitting her cheeks like raindrops on a window. 

“Not as beautiful as you” Jack says, bringing his fingers under her cheeks wiping them away. 

“I love you” she says 

“I've loved you since we were 18, '' Jack says softly before pulling her into a kiss. 

“I wanna love like you made me feel, When we were eighteen”

[mistyscenter]

Is like….1 am but whatever

KEYFRAMES MCs!! but why yes dear viewer, I have reused my Our Life MCs, but jokes on you these three are their own original characters in their own original stories because making AUs of your ocs is fun!! Anyways here's some fun facts about them:

Taliyah:

They went into law because their mom used to be a lawyer, she passed away when Taliyah was 17

Taliyah is the middle child of a triplet

They have diagnosed Autism and GAD and because of it they're allowed to have an Emotional Support Animal

Her name is Mooncakes, she's a calico, everyone loves her

They're a pair skater

Their dad is Black American while their mom is 2nd generation Sudanese immigrant

Minoring in English Literature

Kaavya:

Child of divorce, doesn't speak with their mom anymore

In high school they were known to take as many clubs and extracurricular as they could, no one knew how they managed...everything

They've actually known Mateo since high school, they're best friends

Went into law because of the money and also trying to help people

That's what they tell people, but is half a lie the main reason why is Ace Attorney

Not the most athletic type but can run pretty fast and has good reflexes

Them and Deja have the same exact spice tolerance, they both had a few competitions over this

Indian American, 2nd generation immigrant

They do not know how to use social media, the only apps they have on their phone are the messenger app and otome games

Mateo:

Biggest hater you'll ever meet /j

He's actually super nice and kind, great with kids and a great friend to vent to, it just takes them a while to open up to people

Goth, will fear 3 layers of clothing in summer, they dress to impress

Slowest fucking slow burn with Percy, he doesn't realizes their feelings for him until the end of summer

His family is composed of their parents and little sisters: Marigold (15) and Clàrissa (5), their sisters are the most important people in the world to him

He has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, uses a cane most of the times to get around campus but they do own a wheelchair for bad days

On that note in the rainy day moment the boys actually go visit him after Deja told them (in the vaguest way possible) why Mateo wanted to come but couldn't

Picked law for the same reasons as Cam, is also minoring in Art History

Afro-Mexican, 1st generation, family moved in the US when he was 3

With all of that being said I'm very much enjoying keyframes and will draw more of the gang, Deja by far is my favorite character and Elio is my favorite LI, I will make a more proper post for these three but this is all you'll get for now. goodnight y'all

[keline11]

Missa's deaths in ME (Minecraft Extremo)

(This was a 2 weeks series, he survived for 5 days until he lost his 3 lives, he survive with 1 life for 3 days.)

1st Death: Creeper (pushed him out the water and fell).

Missa, rubius and quackity were in a cave and quackity was messaging shadoune.

Shadoune: "Are you looking for caves?"

Quackity: "Looking for caves with rubius and missa"

Missa: *Dies*

Quackity: "Well with rubius"

2nd Death: Enderman (He didn't know that he shouldn't see the enderman).

The team was together

Rubius: "I'm going to try to kill this enderman"

Spreen: "No, it's boss, he has powers"

Missa: *Looks at it and the enderman starts chasing him*

Spreen: "Who look at the enderman?"

Missa: *Dies*

And guess what happend! he saw another enderman at spawn!! it was so funny from spreen pov, missa walking fast because he couldn't run while he screamed "I'm gonna die!" and the enderman behind him. XDDDD

(He's team were waiting for him at the entrance, but spreen decided to look for him.)

2.5 Death: The admins put a zombie in missa's cage, but he lagged so it didn't count. (The admins can spawn mobs if the players are just chilling)

His teammates built a cage for missa to protect him when he was left with one life, he had an opening so he can fish.

They had already made a grave for him.

"Missa, 2023, was left without a symphony" (Pun?: sinfonia=symphony).

They were acting as if missa was still dead.

Rub and sp: "This is your fault quackity, you leave him alone!"

Missa: "I am alive!"

Quackity: "Why did you cage him?... I still see him!"

Rubius: "I still hear him"

Spreen: "Let's put the day he died."

Quackity: "Tree seconds of silence, 1,2,3"

Missa: *Stands infront of his dead body*

Quackity: "Hey dude! move away, you are infront of our friend!"

Missa: "Oh! Sorry, sorry"

Rub, sp and q: *arguing who let missa die*

Shadoune: *to missa* "Welcome back"

Missa: "Thank you, shadoune"

And 3rd Death: Witch (he left fighting and protecting his teammate o7).

This was a silent death.

Spreen saw a clip of missa tanking zombies, eating a enchanted apple, saying that he did well (missa was so happy) so he gave him another one, he had that apple in his inventory but didn't use it. )8

Shadoune and Quackity made a homage, "MissaSinfonia 'The most crazy, ready to fight and badass'" (this is the closest I could think of a translation for that sign).

Shadoune: "Who are we gonna adopt now?"

Spreen: "No, we are not gonna adopt anyone, we adopt and then I am the one to suffer"

(They do adopt other friend of them.)

End of Missa in ME 1

Fun Facts?:

Their team name was "Vacio Legal"/"Legal Void" (They found legal loopholes in the regulations).

Missa died 3 times in front of spreen (enderman, zombie and the witch).

For the people that don't know c!missa sees c!spreen like a brother, they protect each other.

When he is fishing he puts this song: https://youtu.be/3K8lPynChZY?si=_fa06dhOOb6sTS29

Qmissa has already mention team vacio legal to chayanne and tallulah, but he just said small things.

In this series was when people started doing more fanart of his cubito and he was really happy, he loves the fanarts and the way everyone have his own creativity to draw his mc skin.

[izicodes]

My 2023 Projects

Wednesday 3rd January 2024

I thought it would be cool to share some of the projects I made last year that I liked and enjoyed working on! Most of them were small projects, some were projects I built straight after I learnt a new concept and a few are discontinued (I won't finish them anytime soon)!

I really hope, which I know I will because it's natural for me at this point, to make lots of more cool projects! This year, I want to make more with other people! Coding alone is cool and all but with other people I get more inspired!

Lastly = always remember to build projects that you're interested in. Projects you will have fun working on for a while. Every single one of these projects I've made, I was interested in somehow. And I had fun!!

Anyhoo, check out the projects below~! 🙋🏾‍♀️😊🖤

TumblrTextTint

Basically a formatter for Tumblr posts by adding custom colours to your text! Even learnt how to make FireFox extensions so I could add it as an extension to my browser - link 1, link 2

Web Odyssey

I looked at old Windows GUI on Pinterest one day and decided to recreate the GUI with HTML, CSS and JavaScript! - link 1, link 2

Cat Fact Generator

For one of the projects I did for the #3Days1Project challenge, I created a cute cat generator. Learnt how to work with APIs and a CSS library (Pattern.css) - link 1, link 2

Studyblr Valentines Gift 2023

It was valentine season in the Studyblr community and I participated! I made a poem webpage for a studyblr who was learning Russian! (I don't know anything in Russian but for a couple of weeks I learnt some of the poems!) - link 1, link 2

Saint Jerome Tribute Page

I made a page for my favourite patron saint, Saint Jerome, for his feast day (Sept 30)! I haven't had time to complete it fully and there's no live page for it but I did make posts about it! - link 1

Trigun Quote Generator

Just finished the Trigun anime series at the time so I decided to make a project for it for the #3Days1Project challenge! The anime is so good, it is my 2nd favourite (JOJO comes 1st place) - link 1, link 2

Froggie To-Do

Just came from learning the absolute BASICS of React.js, so I wanted to test my skills so far so I made this project! Shared it on my blog and some people started using it for studying (which made me so happy!) and it became a mini open-source project because random people started adding mini features to the app! Very special project for me! - link 1, link 2, link 3

[blacknwhitemood]

Depeche Mode - Condemnation / finding video's location "near God"

It was only 3 days after the Memento Mori concert in March, when I learned that Condemnation video was made in Hungary, not far from Budapest, near Göd, in a small village's border, Göd-Újtelep. When I wrote about it to @mijamija1234, she suggested that what if I visited its location? I liked the idea, I've started to make a research. Later I found some colored photos on Göd-Újtelep's website (under this text) and I posted them with words "Condemnation’s video was made near Göd". @mftm1987's reblog tag was hilarious: #well sure it was made near god. I felt love with the concept, so this is my "project's" name: Near God.

The only screenshot from the video (1st pic above) that I can use for finding the location is not very helpful, considering that it happened more than 30 years ago. 31 exactly. In 28th of July, 1993 the band and Corbijn went "into the f---ing woods" early in the morning after the day of they Devotional Tour concert in Budapest. Dave talked about it the gig's night in NME, while Gavin Martin was making his long interview:

I won’t even sleep tonight. I’ve got to get up and go and do some… I’ve got to go off with (Anton) Corbijn into the f---ing woods and do the ‘Condemnation’ bit. But, really, I have fun with doing that. It’s just the eight o’clock morning, you gotta get over it.

I quoted from this article first time here, my updated daves-first-tattoo post (scroll to the middle). Another source, Daryl Bamonte, Devotional Tour Diary, Bong magazine, 1994:

It was a long trek from Belgium yesterday, and we had to drive out into the Hungarian countryside today for Anton to shoot the “CONDEMNATION” video. Dave seemed to spend most of the day being dragged around by Sam and Hildia. He wasn’t complaining though. It could have been the other way round…

Near God

It's not easy to find a DM video's location (except Strangelove), Corbijn preferred countryside for his videos and the nature mostly in different countries in Europe (e.g. Belgium, France, Switzerland, Portugal, Scotland) or in the U.S. Hungary is famous for its "puszta", which is similar to prairie. Before the single's releasing he could shoot the clip during the tour. They stayed 3 days in Hungary, I read somewhere that Corbijn choosed Göd's area for the reason being very close to the capital. On imdb.com it is simply Göd.

I was searching for those dirt roads from the screenshot with the Google relief map, impossible task. 31 years. I googled many times a day if I got some new inspiration, suddenly I found a person on facebook who commented Göd's page' photo of the day: she was there in her 14 years, "half of Göd was there". I wrote to her, 3 days later she answered that she would help. Wow.

We met today and spent only 40 minutes together. She and her husband took me from the railwaystation on a truck to the location that she remembered - and of course that become famous in the village. She told me the short story: "My friend's sister was a big fan. We didn't have phones that time, someone brought the news by bike, no one believed that. Later many cars went to the place with 50-80 fans. We were hanging on the fence, like the children in the video. There were huge reflectors, the shooting took until the evening. Now there is a big battery factory in the fields."

When we arrived, we walked to a small road but it didn't resemble to the video's for the first sight. In fact it is a huge field with woods around, at the end of the road there was the factory, "It was built on that hill on the picture" she told. She was sure, so we took some funny photos with the printed screenshot (at the background with their truck), I wanted to walk more to find a better view but it was a very hot Summar day and my guide didn't have much time. To the right on this map I marked the point where we took the photos:

I think the trip was worth it. All this area from the village to the woods down was the location of the video making. 31 years later the fence with the small cabin and the sunflower field disappeared but there still have straw bales, dirt roads and habitants who remember.

The single released 6 weeks later, on 13 September 2013. Although MTV played the clip on time, its DVD version released much later in 2002 on Depeche Mode - Videos 86>98+ (I ordered the very last piece of it from Antal). This DVD originally released in 1999 but without the clip, you can find a live version instead of (I have the 2000 edition), because - it is said - Corbijn wasn't quite satisfied with the final result, the band seemed too tired in the video, especially Dave.

I love this song. Not my favourite, but it's in my DM top 20. One of its reasons that the video was shooted in Hungary and Dave loves it. He has frequently mentioned Condemnation as one of his favourite songs. In this interview from 2006 you can hear directly from him at 00:37. As fandom.com wrote, Dave still gets goosebumps when he recalls recording the song:

I immediately knew the song. It wasn't necessarily completely accurate to the way Martin wrote the melody line or the phrasing or the timing. I just sang it, and [after] I sang it, the tape stopped rolling and it went on quiet. I've got my headphones on and I hear [producer] Flood's voice go, 'Yeah, I mean, you could do another one. But I think we got it.' / 2021, Exclaim!

Well, at Memento Mori Tour they sang to us twice in Budapest, in 28 July, 2023 (yes, this day <3) together with 50000 people and in 26 March, 2024 to 16000 happy fans. Honestly, I like Waiting For The Night much better, I really wanted to hear it live, I hoped that they don't sing the same song at the same city as first encore duett, Condemnation is difficult to sing, they've sung Waiting For much often at this tour... but I was wrong. I was confused with my feelings, I was disappointed. I was looking for the answers of they decision, and later I understood that somehow Hungary might mean Condemnation to them. They gifted us with Dave's favourite song. Twice.

[sugudoe]

HI BABES <3 hruuuu

I've been on ur page for a while and was curious about the jjk matchup and wanted to try 😭

btw feel free to ignore this if u don't wanna do it 🫶🏻

-appearance wise- short? Not athletic at all, casual goth/alt kinda style hijabi/curly ASF short hair, (kinda really conventionally attractive according to shit ton of people ig😭?)

- schizophrenic? Borderline personality disorder and adhd 💀

-Quite smart actually but js lazy asf so usually no efforts

- procrastinates ALOT like that's a huge part of my life atp😭in literally everything

- not really the type to care for own health or anything

-Got a really bad rbf in public +not talkative AT ALL outside of home💀

a huge girls girl

-Really weird mood swings so either talk wayyy while making zero sense or fully mute

-Overall quite confident esp in own body and all so it's pretty hard for other person to win any argument/insult type of things

-Kinda narcissist? Like 1st priority is me so pretty hard to settle for anyone

-childish in relationships cuz ykk trauma🥰🫶🏻

- not taking ANYONES shi esp from partner soo.....

ANYWAYS THAT'S IT ILYYY BYEEE MWAH

my first sukuna!!!! i’ve been waiting for you mwah. this is true form!sukuna and heian!sukuna. also you’re so badass i got inspired to write a one shot, yay.

•⁀➷ 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. . . ﹫ 𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘢 ៹ ༉‧₊˚

sukuna does not give a fuck about anyone that isn’t him or uraume, so when you came on this temple he took for himself with a lot of blood as a payment, he was left wondering.

you arrived as an offering from your village, they couldn’t deal with your personality and ways. never putting your head down or allowing anyone to talk shit. and you, a cursed user, had no restrains on using your technique to defend yourself or prove a point. somehow, they still managed to get you unconscious.

throw at sukuna’s feet, you woke in a daze and you were mad at everyone. seeing this fragile looking little person raising chaos and destruction intrigued him. he killed all of those you didn’t, and you hated him for it.

“hey, you big asshole!” you stormed all the way to his seat. “they were mine.”

“and you are mine now, go with uraume to receive your tasks.”

. . . what?

you start to work under sukuna after that day, he says he doesn’t give a fuck, but it’s an easy lie to spot. sukuna wants to know about your powers, your anger, your everything. and since asking you would be inconsistent to his nonchalant personality, he makes uraume be near you at all times.

uraume hates you. not for jealousy, they just hate how lazy you are with the work. the three of you have an intimidating aura, the closed off faces of you and uraume and the devilish smirk of sukuna is a common last view for anyone who dares face you all.

sukuna begins to view you as something other than a soldier when you keep back talking him more and more. he gets offensive, you defend yourself and nearly gets you face burned or body slashed, that makes you even angrier. he finds amusing your scowling and screeches, so he keeps “missing” his assassination attempts.

sukuna does not court you or asks you on a date, sorry! he will just make clear one day that you are his, like in your first encounter, except this time anyone that comes into his room will be met with a not friendly sight of you on his lap.

now, uraume hates the two of you.

──── 𓇼 ° ⋆ FUN FACTS ᵎᵎ

۫ ּ ﹗it’s all a lie, uraume actually likes you both. and if you ever get sick, sukuna will not help you, but the cooker will make you soup and that’s it. don’t ask the ingredients, though.

۫ ּ ﹗sukuna has a short temper, and you have the light to ignite his anger. you both are very explosive, and yet he stopped getting angry a long time ago, he rather see you worked up. you know where this ends.

۫ ּ ﹗he sees you with a gothic dress, his many eyes won’t leave you alone, never.

۫ ּ ﹗when the culling games start, you come back thanks to kenjaku. it’s like the day you first met, you come his way in a confused state and angry. he missed you a lot.

[xandra-is-batshit-insane]

made a Scarlett and The Shakers iceberg! ^_^ what do y'all think? @ace-of-hearts-sats @ace-of-spades-sats3 @ace-of-diamonds-sats @ace-of-clubs-sats

Points explained:

Level 1!

Reason for "and The Shakers": Scarlett said there was already a band named Da Shakerzz >_< so she added her name on front of it and spell it correctly to avoid being confused with that band.

Scarlett and Rudy are dating: Everyone knows that, no need to explain!

Clover is the youngest of the group: This is also a pretty known fact, she's just 19, while the others are all 21 or older

Everyone has worked for Papa Louie atleast once: As simple as that. Scarlett and Rudy worked at the Cheeseria, Marty at the Burgeria and Clover at the Sushiria

Level 2!

SATS made fun of the RFQ: The Romano Family Quartet got made fun off in a playful way in the WTTLO? (Who turned the lights off?) album cover. The 4tet took it nicely and pranked back with the "Opposite day!" album

Remake of Endless Void is better than the original: A big part of the fandom thinks that this is true for various reasons. On my side, both versions are good! ^^

"And I know it's just a rumour" phrase: this has been a recurring phrase in the SATShakers' music, having appeared once in every album from Ying Yang on

Ying Yang was gonna be named different: The album and song were both gonna have different names. One of the chosen names for the album was "Good and Evil" but they changed it since there was already an album under that name; on the topic of the song, it's previous names were "As Double-sided", "Good and Evil" and "good-and-evil-intro-song.mp3"

Level 3!

A Little Too Normal first album covers: This album was gonna have a different cover than the one we know, which is a face made up with pieces of all the members' faces and hair. Most of the unchosen album covers were arrangements of facial features (like the chosen one) but differently.

Rita and Xandra were part of the group: The first 2 years of existence of SATS had the 4 main members and also Rita on backing vocals. I, Xandra, was on the band till the year and 2 months, I played the keyboards and occasionally was the main singer (very few times tho)

The first logo of SATS: The logo used to be a plain, vertically stretched text in lowercase that said "scarlett and the shakers :P" , it was changed after 3 years.

Unreleased songs: These songs were made by SATS and never got into any album. For example, WHAT THE HELL?!, which is the first and only song they made sung by a Vocasyn.

Fans that say "SHAKEREFERENCE!!!1!!1!!11!!" : This is something that the people in the fandom do when they see something that's, in some way, related to SATS.

Level 4!

www.sats-officiaI.com: This is a fake version of the SATS website. Even though it looks like the real one, the L in official is actually an uppercase i. The fake website was taken down after a fan informed Clover about it.

Shady Business Tactics was gonna be in Well-behaved: This is a song that Clover released in her solo album Sushi Salmonella. The song was gonna be in Well-behaved but it didn't make the cut since it didn't fit in with the other songs

Lost Vocasyn covers: On the 1st year of existence on the band, SATS covered some Vocasyn songs. Most of these covers are lost and we only know of their existence because of Vocarank clips. Some of the lost covers are Alix of human sacrifice, Kyu kyurain, One more roll, I'm sorry I'm sorry, Kitsune's marriage, Stop nagging me! and Melt.

Canceled collab with Doom Bruleé: When the band was starting (2 years after SATS), Scarlett proposed a collaboration between SATS and Doom Bruleé. Orion rejected the proposal due to unknown reasons.

The debut album was considered lost media: It was released in 2005 and simply called Scarlett and The Shakers. After 2 more album releases and seeing it wasn't successful, SATS deleted all trace of their debut album on the internet. The problem is that the fans wanted to listen to the album even though it was lost. Hopefully, Rudy had the entire album on a pendrive, which he shared on a forum and posted on UTube.

Extras!

Rudy and Scarlett got beaten up recording a MV: On the recording of the music video for Bad Night, Scarlett and Rudy were beaten up after recording the part where the whole band holds umbrellas outside. Rudy got a black eye and Scarlett lost a tooth and was bleeding out of her mouth a bunch. They ended up recovering well, but no more MV for SATS songs were recorded outside.

20 seconds of Tohru: These are mini segments included in the episodes of The Shakers' Internet Show. They mostly include Tohru goofing around doing her own things, like cooking!

SATS reference in a videogame OST: The 6th release of the videogame series Touhou Project has a song where one of the parts sounds like the guitar solo in WHAT THE HELL?! . The song in the OST is And then there were none!.

Everyone in the band has side projects: All the current members of Scarlett and The Shakers have side projects related to music. Rudy goes under the name Ruru and released Broken swing, Clover has released Sushi Salmonella under her own name, Marty has a UTube channel for guitar covers of various songs, and Scarlett made an album collaboration with Carlo called Foodini's Fabulous Fashion Flambé.

[aois-amaterasu-painting]

The GazettE symbolism analysis - part 3 - black, red and 13 stairs

DAWN lyrics translation:

I sing, digging up [memories of] my past I’d loved so completely From within the depths of the void Time stood still while the distorted dark clouds swirled all around I was bound up in innumerable shackles And I want to lose myself in the reality reflected in the chaos around me I’ve already had a lethal dose of misfortune The ruined gallows towers above me Overcast sky, Counting song, the sound of approaching footsteps Wild party with emotions running high A merry-go-round of deepest red unfurled That day was the beginning of it all 13 stairs foretell the metamorphosis

Moving past my momentary confusion, these roiling emotions rise up Hung up high on that 13th stair The beautiful answer redefined becomes the new dogma I was bound up in innumerable shackles And I want to lose myself in the reality reflected in the chaos around me I’ve already had a lethal dose of misfortune The ruined gallows towers above me Overcast sky, Counting song, the sound of approaching footsteps Wild party with emotions running high A merry-go-round of deepest red unfurled Accompanied by the end of  peace I lay my hands on the blackened altar Wild party with emotions running high A merry-go-round of deepest red unfurled That day was the beginning of it all 13 stairs foretell the metamorphosis An evil spell my life

So I was watching DOGMA preview vid and DAWN featured the Scarlet woman from the 13th anniversary teaser. That's why I got interested in the lyrics. The one frame where she is going up the stairs is the most significant and sums up the whole song. (The text is the song lyrics but translated with google lens).

Now this is 13 STAIRS[-]1 performed in Venomous Cell finale (2012). It left a massive impression on me because Ruki used this 7 pointed star (Star of Babalon) background. I couldn't figure out the exact connection from her to the song at the time, but I see it now. 13 stairs have been his symbol for the whole thing all along. Also from Venomous Cell:

The hexagram has been a recurring symbol throughout DOGMA and the Mother of God statue is very reminiscent of the NINTH cover, except NINTH cover is red + green specifically. Scarlet red is the colour of Babalon (I talked more about it in the 1st part of the analysis) and emerald green is associated with Daleth and Venusian sephirah Netzach.

The Reita pick saying CATALYST is very interesting. A catalyst is something that initiates or accelerates an (al)chemical reaction or transformation. His is the only 1 in full NINTH colors. Uruha with white/red, Aoi with black/green - the yin yang guitars + goddess colors.

Seeing these picks made me think the 3 songs composed by Uruha (99.999, The Mortal, Babylon's Taboo) are the 3 Red goddess songs. (Fun fact: I was googling Netzach for the preceding paragraph and came across this sentence "The sephirah of Netzach stands firm forever and never regrets. Netzach is not a mortal who fears death and would feel regret in the face of death" and I was like... That's.. a song title.. The song meaning seems to be about the Red goddess slipping away especially if you look at how it was performed in NINTH final)

(the hand is so reminiscent of Babylon's taboo, except then she actually goes into the heart - link to my post about this)

DAWN - 20th anniversary:

Babylon's taboo - 20th anniversary:

13STAIRS[-]1 - Mass Final:

NOX - Mass Final:

Ninth Odd Smell - Mass Final:

NINTH ODD SMELL lyrics translation:

First　「disorder」　is an ignorant blade Heresy raising its middle finger in rebellion Reverberation running rampant heading towards the ninth stair of desire Second    「nil」     the future that tore through the darkness Nameless lights The grim precursor soon becomes Stacked up, wriggling Rubbish Draped in crimson despair crawling from the murky depths A tower of fear and doubt looks down upon the world Poison gripping your voice as the days jumble around you Your heart painfully being sliced to shreds Exhilarating in the feeling of destruction Filled with strange distortions You fight your way to the 13th stair So embrace the black black black darkness [Die] We fucking never die This soul can never die We fucking never die Can’t never die

The beginning of NINTH ODD SMELL is referencing all the previous albums. And the overall meaning of the song sums up the message of all their music.

This is from Stacked Rubbish finale [RCE] 2008:

The Scorpio which they used as a backdrop is a symbol of death and transformation, in astrology it rules the 8th house. 8 was on the cover of that DVD. Ruki doing the Jesus Christ pose has been a constant for years, and that crucified Jesus was shown on the screen for a really long time.

But let's go back to MASS:

These 2 pages from MASS limited edition are quoting NOX. NOX lyrics translation: Sorrowful enough to kill The unquenchable flame burns up Thoughts that cannot be put into words Hold you the answer A color that cannot be yielded Spit out your choking heartbeat Peel off your bloodshot eyeballs I will not hesitate anymore

And these pages have all the members on the red page while their shadows are on the black one. Except for Aoi, the Yin guitar, but his red page is Red circling back to Black. So from black to red and back to black again. Unlike everyone else's who's just simply black to red. And the lyrics book has the negative image of the cover art. They did a similar thing with Dogmatic final poster being white and then the DVD booklet having the negative version of that.

This is the Yin triangle from To Dazzling Darkness live:

When I 1st saw that Yin triangle I knew that they know the Goddess like I know her. That's what made me start looking deeply at what else they are doing with symbolism.

To Dazzling Darkness lyrics translation:

The colors bleed from the landscape You hope you’ll wake from this dream The light Vanishes completely before your eyes Let’s have these hearts Now join together as one

The Sacred Heart represents the long-suffering love and compassion of the heart of Christ towards humanity. (This symbol comes from mystics and not the bible)

They played all 3 - DAWN, NINTH ODD SMELL and 13STAIRS[-]1 at MASS final and they were pretty much the only non MASS songs:

DIE is always shown on screen in red and black when NINTH ODD SMELL is played. It's important to remember it's meant like the symbol of the Death tarot card (associated with Scorpio and number 13) - meaning strong emotions, transformation, major change.

Link to my 13STAIRS[-]1 post Link to my Project: Dark Age post

13th anniversary poster vs MASS final. Both at Nippon Budokan:

Part 1 of the analysis Part 2

[canisonicscrewyou]

Okay here’s the thing, some of you are asking for the 2019 Aziracrow Cosplay Pics** in my inbox, and upon reflection how could we not. You’re gonna get so much more lore than you could’ve ever asked for or wanted,though. This is a long post, and I almost want to apologize for it. **Pre-HRT baby face pics ahead

For context, Damien and I have known each other since freshmen year of high school, 2012. In fact, we had like no classes together, and whenever one of us mentioned our nerd shit in class the first couple of days, kids kept telling us we HAD to meet each other. We finally met in a history class after they got transferred into it, and exchanged fandom memes back and forth after school on the sidewalk that day until our rides picked us up, and pretty much from then on freshmen year EVERYONE thought and asked if we were two little queer kids dating in our Catholic School.

And of course we weren’t— we just sat in each others’ laps a lot, or grabbed at each other a lot, and were a little inseparable for a while. Neither of us read anything into this. We were also, very importantly, cringey little 14-15 year old SuperWhoLock girlies, only I didn’t watch Supernatural, and they didn’t really watch Doctor Who, and we both thought Sherlock was pretty good. We supplemented our own love for our special little shows for the other. We were so inseparable that Damien’s 1-month-long-freshmen-boyfriend got them a Doctor Who gift for Valentine’s Day. The key to the Eleventh Doctor’s TARDIS. (My favorite, at the time, and also one that I knew they definitely sold at the comic book shop up the block.) They break up with him for giving them chocolates with nuts(allergy), and immediately give my little autistic ass the TARDIS key at lunch. Neither of us read anything into this. This is a common theme.

Damien, at some point, tells me to read a book they love, Good Omens. Due to my brain being the way it is, it takes about 3-4 business years, until college, to read Good Omens at their recommendation.

Damien is one of my best friends throughout high school and college. I also think it’s important to note that they were a jock, and I was a theatre kid. And the only time I convinced them to do something, a haunted house, with the drama club, to share a hobby maybe, they got hit in the head with a lightsaber by a 1st grader and needed stitches immediately after we started.

ANYWAYS.

I get Damien into cosplay a year or so later- 2013? 2014?

But it also takes us years to cosplay together- we would help with each others’ cosplays a lot. By that I mean I built a bunch of their props and they helped by getting the supplies with me and generally just hanging out. It takes us until 2019 to cosplay together.

Good Omens is out on Amazon Prime.

We text each other.

“Do you want to do a couple’s cosplay of this?

Yes, yes of course I do.

And yes, of course you’re Crowley, and of course I’m Aziraphale. And of course I’m Crowley, and of course you’re Aziraphale.”

Pretty much every week that summer, we built our wings from scratch, from wire and masking tape and ethically sourced goose and duck feathers and mall Chinese food. We go out and plan and shop for our gay little outfits. We sit and talk in their car, in my driveway, for ages every time, every night.

Another fun fact: this was the same convention that I painstakingly painted their tits blue for. And also painstakingly helped them wash blue off of in the shower, drunk, later that night. Unrelated, Aziraphale was the first cosplay I felt comfortable in.

Another fun fact: while getting ready for the photo shoot we booked that morning, my family dog scared my cat Almondmilk, and he peed all over my Aziraphale cosplay, and I yelled a bit. Our photographer rescheduled, blessedly, and a few hours later our photographer was asking how we wanted to stage the kiss, since of COURSE there had to be a kiss, but instead we sort of just—

“We’re really good friends— We’ve known each other since high school— We’ve already seen so much of each other this is no big deal— Do you need another shot?”

“Uh-huh,” Our photographer says, knowingly. “I think maybe one more, if we’re comfortable with—“

“Oh yeah, no problem at all-“

“Uh-huh, Yeah,” Our photographer says, knowingly. “Tilt your head up more.”

Not many couples can say they somehow managed to get their first kiss documented and edited in HD.

Damien got nauseous at the last day of the con, and the only thing we had to help were these honey sticks from a tea shop booth. They couldn’t open the little sticks themself, with their fangs in, so I took them and ripped them open with my teeth to give to them. Completely, totally unrelated, though, I think this was the summer I began to realize, perhaps realize once more, that I was so absolutely done for for Damien.

Anyways all of that went SO well, that we were planning every Ineffable Husbands cosplay we could. Somehow, our most logical next choice was a fun and very quick, messy little boudoir photo shoot in my college dorm room, while they were visiting me 3+ hours away from their school.

Down so bad you lovingly pack wigs to go to college with so that you can have your best friend sit in your lap for your little ship.

We did that as Just Good Friends, literally in front of an old friend who took the photos and helped us stage the poses a bit.

We went to sleep that night in that bed. It was big enough to fit 3, maybe even 4 people if you were in a pinch. The bed was not treated like it was that big. (Note, we now sleep on a full sized bed, and it’s suddenly too small.)

And we talked for a while and we went to bed and all I could think about was how much I loved them no matter the sense of the word. And how many nights we sat talking in your car in my driveway for way too long, wondering if I should ask if I could kiss you. (A quick pronoun change, because I know you’re reading this.)

And

Nothing

Came

Of

This

For

LIKE

FOUr

MORE

YEARS.

Just good friends. Just good, good friends.

And that’s how Good Omens helped me realize, in retrospect of 2019, how in love I was with my Crowley best friend.

[choppedhologramdreamer]

Big sister ragatha

A TADC Family AU Fic

TADC Family Au belongs to @0104-vikita

Ragatha was playing with dolls, she likes playing her dolls, in fact she likes everything. She loved kinger & queenie so much. that on her 1st birthday, kinger & queenie give her a doll that looked exactly like her & she loved it. now, 3 years old, that look-like doll of her became her favourite doll & she even named it. "agatha" & she played with it, all the time

Ragatha played & played & played, until she became bored Ragatha: "I played with my dolls. like, forever!, it is fun for a while but it gets boring, but mommy & daddy are fun to play with but sometimes, they are busy with big stuff. i wish i had someone to play with." Ragatha thought about someone to play with. like, like, like, like a little sister

Ragatha: "Thats it!"

Then Ragatha rushed out of her room, then the downstars & went to the backyard, where kinger was helping out queenie with a swing set for ragatha. Ragatha: "MOMMY, DADDY!" Queenie: "Oh, hi there sweetheart, is everything ok.?" Ragatha: "Well mommy. i want a baby sister." Kinger: "Oh, a sister?" Ragatha: "Yeah daddy, a sister!" Queenie: "Well darling, You're gonna turn four in a few months so maybe it can be your birthday present." Ragatha: "Oh okay mommy. Hey what that?" Queenie: "Oh *giggles* that one of your birthday presents."

Later that night, Queenie tucked ragatha into bed & is now reading princess & the flog to ragatha.

Queenie: "So the princess & the prince got married & they lived happily ever after, the end. i love you ragatha." Ragatha: "I love you too mommy!" Ragatha gived queenie a hug, so queenie kiss her goodnight. Queenie: "Goodnight darling." Ragatha: "Night Night Mommy."

As she left ragatha's room, queenie thought what ragatha said earlier today, as queenie into bed with kinger. Queenie: "You know hun. i have been thinking of what ragatha said." Kinger: "About the baby sister?" Queenie: "Yes, in fact, i do remember the times when ragatha was a baby. holding her in my arms, all the nights that me & you trying to comfort her to sleep." Kinger: "Oh! and that very first night when ragatha was a newborn, boy, she cried for hours & we were very tired the very next day." Queenie: "heh. i do remember that, but time went so fast & now ragatha is gonna turn four in a few months, i guess we should talk to caine about it?" Kinger: "Yea, we should, & i love you" Queenie: "I love you too" A few months went by, ragatha turned four that summer and now, it was autumn. ragatha always loved autumn since she was a baby, playing in the leaves, dressing for halloween & going trick or treating. One day queenie decided to look in the famliy photo album with ragatha & kinger. Queenie: "And this is you when you were 2 years old on halloween" Ragatha: "Why i was wearing that centipede costume?" Kinger: "Well, when you were 2, you thought centipedes were very cool. that until you looked in the mirror wearing that centipede costume. i did remember you were crying in my arms & that i couldn't get you to stop crying until queenie told you all about the trick or treating & then you were happy!" Ragatha: "Oh." Queenie: "Well ragatha, mommy & daddy have something to tell you." Ragatha: "What is it?" Queenie: "Well , Mommy & daddy went to mr.caine to talk about the baby sister & He said yes. so that means you gonna become a big sister!" Ragatha: "Really mommy, i'm gonna be a big sister?!" Queenie: "yes!" Ragatha: "Thank you mommy, thank you so much!"

Ragatha started hugging queenie, ragatha was very happy to finally have a little sister, but ragatha started wondering. will she & the new baby will get along?, or not?. A few weeks later, ragatha was playing on her swing set that she got for her birthday & still wondering about the baby. Queenie: "Ragatha, there someone who want to meet you & it's someone very special." Ragatha: "Coming!" Then Queenie picked up ragatha & carried her upstairs, then past her room & then to a new room, used to be a guest room but now a new nursery. The walls were painted light red, there were toys & books on the shelf & there was a bassinet in the middle of the room & inside was. The new baby. Queenie: "This is your baby sister. Gangle." Ragatha: "Hi gangle..." Queenie had to put ragatha down to pick up baby gangle.

Queenie: "Do you want to hold her?" Ragatha nodded, so queenie gives gangle to ragatha, ragatha held gangle in her arms, looking at her ribbon swaddled body & her face looking like it's was porcelain. Ragatha; "Hi gangle, i'm your big sister, don't worry i'm gonna take real care of you, i'm gonna be the best big sister in the world." The famliy only had three members. Ragatha, Kinger & Queenie. & Gangle made it. A family of four.

Gift for @0104-vikita

[allfillernothriller]

Yard Act (+ Murkage Dave + Folly Group) @ Les Nuits Botaniques, Brussels, Dream Job Tour, 28.04.24

[CW eyestrain: flashing lights]

Land of the Blind

What. A. Night. The acoustics? Terrible. Did they play Grifter's Grief and Petroleum like I expected they would? Nope. Am I disappointed? Not in the least. There's no way for me to assert one gig was better than the other. They were unique experiences and I'm so happy I went to both.

My favourite spot at any given concert is near the singer's mic but a little to the side so that I can get a good view of the bassist. As you can tell on the video, that's precisely where I was 🥰

10mins before the start of Murkage Dave's set, there was still only 12 of us inside, and man. That was heartbreaking to me (at least at first). I saw him get on stage and start his set fully focused like everything was normal, but it certainly didn't feel normal to me. Back in Paris, the venue was full from the moment they opened the doors. (Maybe cause this time was a festival?) Thankfully, people started to come in bit by bit and by his 4th song the tent was filled. But in the meantime I turned into a self-appointed hype man and cheered + sang along anytime I remembered lyrics from his set in Paris. He flashed me the biggest smile and that was my job done. I'll say, he killed it! He acts out some of his lyrics while singing them and I love how theatrical his presence on stage is. In the end, he told us that while we were 12 at first, he felt very welcomed by the fact that his performance attracted the rest of the audience inside. I'm glad it turned out to be a positive experience for him bc I was quite worried during the first 3 songs.

Folly Group was the best kind of slap in the face. You know me, I went without listening to anything first. That strategy has never failed me and I'm going to keep doing that until I die. They are so good?? Ridiculously good. I'm defo seeing them again some day, in a nebulous future.

Yard Act... They were magnificent. Beautiful people, beautiful show. They gave their all for the last one, the energy was electric! Daisy and Lauren went all out with the dance moves and I was so here for it! Love them, love the vibe they bring, it's the icing on the cake. I hope they'll stick with the band next tour (fingers crossed).

Now here come the fun parts.

James, James, James.

Dunno if any of you recall the post I made for the Paris gig, but basically he caught me singing along to the newest songs and went through a hilarious mix of emotions bc most ppl in attendance didn't know the lyrics yet. (It was at the very beginning of the EU tour, by the end of it more and more goers had had the time to memorise the lyrics.)

Well, this time I was front row and in his line of sight more often than not. So of course he noticed I was pit choiring (dunno if that's a thing but you know what I mean) during the 2nd song (Dead Horse), came to the edge of the stage right in front of me, crouched a little, looked me straight in the eye and basically sang the last verse with me. Thing is, he did it again during the next song (When the Laughter Stops) for the remaining half of the 2nd verse and from that point on, it turned into a game, sort of?

Land of the Blind was next, he gave me a pointed look from the mic stand at the very beginning of the 1st verse (to see if I'd start singing straight away I assume?), he didn't sing directly with me this time BUT mimed the 'magic trick' in front of me. (🥰)

Now for the real shenanigans. The following song was Fizzy Fish and it is my absolute favourite. However, there is a tricky part at the beginning of the song — a tongue-twister (and rather long at that). You prolly know where this is going. So, when I cheered obnoxiously at the first notes, he got a twinkle in his eye and a grin that spelled trouble and before I knew it, he was squatting in front of me, initiating the most intense eye contact I've received in years (eyes wide and intent, as he does), daring me to follow. And you best believe that I always mess up this part when singing in the comfort of my own home, and given the smug look James was giving me, he was 100% trying to trip me up. But I wasn't going to turn down a challenge from one of my favourite musicians, was I? Bc the other thing is, that lil stunt of his channelled my focus and I was able to sing through the tongue-twister for the 1st time thanks to him. He feigned annoyance and moved to the other side of the stage, and that was fucking hilarious. He came back at the very end though, and addressed the “keep your silly grin plastered accross your stupid fucking face” line to me. Love that man.

Oh, but we're not done. Next up was We Make Hits, and I believe that's their most popular one from the latest album. The crowd was extra responsive, and James tried to interact with as many people as possible. He still sang the first chorus with me, but the band (not just James) went and tripped *everyone* up on the 2nd one (took a longer pause between 2 lines basically), everybody in the crowd fell for it, except me. (I'm not psychic, their body language was easier to read from my pov.) I'm not gonna lie, I felt a tinge of pride.

James 'left' me alone for the next few songs (for one he was too hyper to stay put, and that would've been unfair to the rest of the audience if he gave attention only to me). But! He sang the tiniest bits of A Vineyard for the North and 100% Endurance with me and that meant the world. James is a certified sweetheart and I wish he was my big brother.

Surely, I'm done now, right? Think again. Bc I have to tell you about Ryan. I'm autistic, right, it's no secret. I'm very sensitive to sounds, I do suffer from misophonia and that does include music sometimes (heavy autotunes, recorders...) but that also means I get the exact opposite of that. Sensitivity works both ways, and I've been obsessed with bass guitars and basslines for as long as I can remember, and even that is putting it lightly. (I could make a post about that to go into further details if you're interested but this one is never-ending enough as it is.) When filming a performance, I keep my eyes off my phone as much as possible, but I always try to make sure to get decent footage of the bass. Now Ryan was quite far off to the side, and the stage was rather wide, so that meant if I wanted him in the frame, I had to blatantly orient my phone towards him. I got caught, obvs. He didn't pay much mind at first (I like how he looks very focused and overly serious when he's playing, you wouldn't guess he's just as silly as James is), but after a while he realised I was filming him specifically a lot. He sort of kept and eye on me from then on, and so we made eye contact several times (esp when James was interacting with other members of the crowd). I was unapologetic bc I'd kill for his basslines, but at one point he raised an eyebrow at me, tilted his head towards Sam (who was at the opposite side of the stage) and nodded once. I chuckled, nodded back and filmed Sam bc I felt called out. 🥲 (Don't get me wrong, Sam is a tremendous guitarist but tHE BASS.) I basically got scolded by one of my favourite bassists of all time for not giving his bandmates enough attention, that was both sweet and really funny. Ryan caught me again a few more times (I couldn't help myself) and he'd give me a glare with no real heat or roll his eyes lmao.

I had such a blast! Towards the end of 100% Endurance, James thanked their crew and each band member, I yelled "LOVE YA" enough times to pass as the lunatic I am, so that was great too (/gen). James always thanks Ryan last (they're the co-founding members), and takes the time to hug him and give him lil kisses to his temple and cheek, and that's when Ryan melts. Lemme tell you, seeing a grown man drop his professional musician mask and turn into a puppy in anticipation at the sight of his co-founding bandmate walking over to him is the most adorable fucking thing ever. (The queerplatonic vibes they got going too 🥹) I'm a bit sad I didn't record that, but there'll be other opportunities.

This time it wasn't just Murkage Dave joining in on the Trench Coat Museum fun, but Folly Group too and the result was insane! Sadly all my footage is extremely saturated (again, the acoustics suuucked).

After the concert, a handful of us goers were waiting round to see if we could get a setlist but the security staff didn't know anything about that. Thankfully, Ryan walked back on stage to get something so I asked him directly. He was so surprised he didn't reply, he simply gave me an acknowledging glance and proceeded to peel off his setlist with the greatest care in the world. I immediately thanked him profusely (and loudly) and some guy waiting with me had the audacity to say Ryan wasn't going to give it to us. I got super defensive and told him that yes, he was, what do you think he's doing? Ryan gave me a fond lil lopsided smile, got up and went on to peel off (just as carefully) all of the remaining setlists. I just... Lost it, half yelled “AWW YOU'RE SUCH A SWEETHEART, YOU'RE THE BEST”, thus successfully embarrassing the both of us. He sent me a look that said “do you have to be so loud?” (tbf I didn't). He gathered the setlists in a pile and handed them to the staff so we could have them. I've never received one in such good condition, they always get at least a tad torn and/or crumpled. But look at that! 🥹

I love him so much, protect him at all costs. ❤️

Even though I remember everything vividly, I'm still having trouble realising everything I've told you here actually happened. I'm a lucky bastard.

I'm in love with this band. 🧡

🫶🏻

[Click on 'read more' for bonus vids & pics]

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Murkage Dave keeping it real (World I Want to Live In)

He's got a sense of humour too (Gotta Go DJ)

Folly Group setting the tone (Awake and Hungry)

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James making the most of the last gig (Pour Another)

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Daisy & Lauren 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 (Pour Another)

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James decided to sing the 'clean' version of Land of the Blind, and I decided to ruin it

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Yard Act tricking the crowd (We Make Hits)

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Losing my entire mind over them (Dream Job)

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I can't post the video itself bc my obnoxious cheering pollutes the audio, so have a gif instead (Dream Job)

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The four words James sang with me (A Vineyard for the North)

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A very blurry James singing with me (100% Endurance)

Better yet, the video

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Ryan staring at me disapprovingly while I'm filming him (The Trench Coat Museum)

He looks absolutely done with me but don't let that fool you, he's a very endearing man 🧡

Bonus anecdote:

The woman who was next to me at the barrier (I'd say she was in her 50s) accosted me after the gig was over and told me she had fun watching James sing with me 🥹

Post-concert sap for everyone involved 🧡

[blacknwhitemood]

I'm still buying DM stuff, I think over it more or less. I bought a 40 years old American collection LP (up here) that I already have in CD (40 years old and American). Is it logical? Of course.

I bought my second Construction Time Again (down here, Made in Sweden) and sold my first one for 12€ (in the middle , Made in West Germany, bye-bye...), because it hasn't got this black sleeve with the lyrics and the paper cover is in really bad condition, though the record is perfect. My 1st selling! Rocks.

I bought an interesting double CD from Taboo Records, seems Hungarian but it is written "Made in Pangea", like the 100 million years old, ancient continent. This is Dream On Budapest!, the Exciter Tour concert in Hungary, 12th of September, 2001. Fans made a short video on the day of the gig about Dave while he's speaking on his cellphone next to the hotel they stayed (it would've been a hard day after the 9/11 attack, leaving his family or friends back home in NYC).

Booklet has beauties, I put one here:

Another Videos 86>98+ DVD (2002) which is double DVD compared to the first edition and the 2nd record has treasures including Condemnation (Paris Mix) official video that was made in Hungary and But Not Tonight's video which song I love somehow, that's why I bought Black Celebration's U.S. edition LP. I have the DVD's 1998 version (scroll down), now could sell it but I need this for the full story: Corbijn finally agreed to put this beauty to the official selection.

First I ordered this double DVD from Antal, I've found it on his shop's website. He went on holiday for whole July and August, so I had to wait until 2nd of September. He was much friendly this time although I didn't buy anything, because he talked me out of it! In fact the DVD has the European bar code on his website, but he has the US version, that I couldnt' have played at home in his opinion. Weird, but I believed him and went home empty-handed.

Than I was searching for it for hours, 22 years old stuff, does it exists in Hungary at all? I found it only at French Amazon. You can bet, after 1,5 months the DVD lost somewhere in Europe, luckily I got back my money after 4-5 e-mails. Without any hope I visited an infamous online used stuff market and I found a piece that was sold already. I didn't know why, but I called the seller by phone, he answered "actually I still have the DVD because I haven't sold it last weekend at the blablabla festival". Wow. On the same day I got it <3

Short report: I have 38 vinyls so far - including a Soulsavers album, 12"-7" together, 5 more singles is coming in couple of weeks. After that I'll sell 3 of mine which are the same pieces but other editions, I prefer British copies if I find somewhere. Also have 14 CDs (with Paper Monsters), it's funny, because I promised earlier that I don't buy one, and actually I need 2 more (Precious and an other edition of Only When I Lose Myself because of its lovely B-side songs: Free and Surrender). 5 DVDs and a cassette and 6 books/magazines (one more is coming by my "dealer"), some pins, shirts, jewelleries and other clothing. Like a teen, OMG. Bizarre. Laugh, I do the same. Happily.

Details (occasionally mixed): #vinyl collection; #non-vinyl collection

And a little fun at the end from @cultureconnoisseurs.

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The Beginning of the Spooky Season - MiNayeon

"Mina was more than excited about going out with her Mama, which was a weird occurrence since the little girl more than loved to stay cooped up on her bed playing video games. But the prospect of the activity at hand was more than enough to get her out of the house and enjoying the much-needed fresh air"

word count ─ 2k

tags ─ little! mina, cg! nayeon, fluff, autumn, warm drinks, mention of autumn festivities

notes ─ I mixed the prompts of the first 2 days of ageretober since I didn't know it existed up until after midnight of October 1st. So here are Pumpkins and Fireplace, enjoy :3

It was the beginning of autumn and that meant that pumpkin patches were emerging throughout the United States, Mina happened to see this fact one day when she was cuddling with Nayeon while she scrolled through Instagram, the pictures of kids and adults alike having such fun on the aforementioned place piqued the interest of the little Japanese girl. She begged her Mama to take her to such a place since she wanted, scratch that, needed to live that experience like the good American she was and so she told Nayeon, but the Korean girl told her that she wasn't American anymore and that in here the people really didn’t do such things.

With that response the little one walked herself to her room pouting all the way, once there she threw herself onto her bed and came face to face with her favorite bunny plushie, it had been a joke gift given to her by Jeongie, she had told her that it was so she would always felt close to her Mama since they looked alike, but it really served it purpose. Now the poor bunny was suffering the consequences of little Mina being upset, since she was mad at her Mama’s dismissal of her idea she was also ignoring Mr. Bunny’s comfort… but the little couldn’t bear to continue ignoring the fluffy body of Mr Bunny, so she succumbed to temptation and cuddled the small and soft body, telling him all about why she was upset between sobs.

Nayeon went after her little one when she saw how upset she had ended after their little talk, of course giving her a bit of space to avoid upsetting her even further, but the sight she found upon arriving at the threshold of Mina’s room was quite upsetting, the little one was openly sobbing while telling Mr Bunny how she just wanted to experience something like that with her Mama since everyone looked so happy in the photos and they seemed to enjoy themselves and know she didn’t want to see her Mama for a while. But Nayeon had been so quick as to shut down the idea since she thought that Mina had only suggested it because of the photos they had seen before, not because she actually wanted to do those types of activities… after hearing all these she felt like such a bad caregiver, she had dismissed her baby’s feelings so quickly, so she went back to the sofa and proceeded to search on the internet if it was possible to do something like it there on Korea.

After hours of scrolling, she was able to find a farm a couple of hours south that offered some of the same activities that were advertised on the American pages, after making a quick plan in her head about how to take Mina there she contacted her manager to discuss the possibility of them both going to the farm and spend some quality time over there alone. When the call was over she had come out with the perfect day to take Mina there and let her be as tiny as she wished, they were going on a weekday as soon as they opened since it was more likely that no one where going to be there, once there they were picking a pumpkin to carve, take many photos, she saw that they could pick some fruits and take them home, they also hosted the option of making some caramel apples or jam with their freshly picked fruits, and they had even let Nayeon drive on her own over there so Mina wasn’t going to have anything or anyone stopping her to fully regress and enjoy her day to the fullest.

The plan was shared over dinner once Mina had come out of her room, and both parties apologized for reacting the way they did, once everything was over the table they forgave each other and started planning with lots of details their day on the farm. Saying the rest of the members were confused was an understatement but after being given an explanation they told them what a great plan it was, they were invited by MiNayeon to their outing since everyone was going to have that day free but all the other 7 members decided that the day should be just between the two, but they weren’t going to let the day go to waste so everyone started making plans of their own.

—

It was the night before the big day and Nayeon was frantic preparing everything for the next day since they had to go out of the house by 8 am since they had a 2-hour drive down to the farm and Mina had regressed a little younger than usual, so they would need a couple extra things to have an amazing day, the only thing left was finding Mina’s favorite jacket and blanket since the weather was supposed to be quite cold… but for her life she couldn’t find the items anywhere, so she was desperate and anxious.

Jeongyeon was on their shared bed reading a book, attempting to, but watching Nayeon was more entertaining and amusing so she ended up doing that instead. With a chuckle, Jeongyeon decides to speak up, “Unnie calm down, please! You’re going to leave a hole on the floor with all your pacing”, but it seemed that that was the wrong thing to say given the eldest’s response. Nayeon walked with heavy steps and a killer glance to Jeongyeon’s side of the bed, “How am I supposed to calm down when I can’t find the damn jacket and instead of making fun of me help me find them” told Nayeon seconds away from strangling her lover.

Jeongyeon’s response was to grab Nayeon by the waist and bring her to sit on her lap to hug her, the older Korean was trying to get away from the embrace but the younger one had a strong grip preventing her from doing so. After Nayeon had calmed down a bit Jeongyeon dared to speak, “Yeobo, the jacket and blanket are on the dryer machine. You washed them earlier to prevent this scenario in the morning, so please just stay here and lets cuddle, I promise to take them out and put them with the rest of your things”, with a mutter of Jeongie pabo Nayeon snuggled against Jeong and went to dreamland.

—

On the way to Gyeongsang, Mina was so happy singing along to the songs on the radio, taking breaks to tell Nayeon what activities was she excited to do once they arrived there, after about 45 minutes on the road she fell asleep so Nay turned the volume down a bit and called Jeongyeon to see if the rest of the girls where still asleep.

They arrived at 15 past 10 am since there had been a little hold-up on the way, after parking the car Nayeon went around to the backseat to unbuckle Mina from her car seat and wake her up, “Mina baby, wake up, we’re here.” said Nay while shaking the little one, but the response she got was a mumbled “No Satang, bother Momoring. Minari sleep more” from Mina with a following turn from her head. With a chuckle, Nayeon picked her up and out of the car hoping that would wake her up, but as soon as she picked her up Mina reached for the warmth of her seat and blanket, grabbing the sides of it to stay in place, “Well… I guess I’ll have to look at all the pumpkins on my own as my baby doesn’t wanna accompany me. Oh and who could help me pick some delicious apples” faked cried Nay closing the door and pretending to walk away.

Not even a minute later Mina was out of the car and taking Nayeon’s hand, all while pulling and yelling “Leggo Mama, hafta pick the pwettiest pumpkin an lots of apples an dwink hot cocoa an take lotsa photos, Mommy wan photos!!”, “Ok, ok baby. Let’s go and have lots of fun!” yelled Nayeon letting Mina drag her to the entrance, once they had paid the entrance fee Mina dragged Nayeon all over the place, from one activity to the other.

After picking the largest and rounder pumpkin they could find they took a carving station for themselves since there was only another family at that point of the day, of course not before having bought a cup of hot cocoa, “Ok Mina, how about you draw what you want carved and then I’ll help you do it” proposed Nayeon giving Mina the marker to start her sketch, “Yes Mama, Minari draw!!”. With the deal in place, they did as told before, the sketch Mina made was a goofy grin with closed eyes, the eyes were different sizes, and the mouth was tinier than normal but Nayeon thought that it gave a special feeling to it… after Nayeon finished carving it Mina put herself to draw on the back of the pumpkin 9 different ghosts, it clearly was a child’s drawing since all the ghosts where different sizes but it was easy to recognize who they represented.

After they finished decorating their pumpkin they put it on a table to let the paint dry and they would take it before going home, the next activity was apple picking, the plan was to pick some to make caramel apples and the rest to take home, since Jeong had promised the little ones to help them bake a pie, they also picked some grapes, peaches, and persimmons to make jam. They kept enjoying their day doing everything they could, and after leaving the farm they made a stop at a restaurant to have some lunch before embarking once again home.

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Nayeon decided to call Jeongyeon to help her bring everything inside since Mina was asleep again and had to be carried inside, once in the parking garage she started unloading all their things to make the process quicker, once she caught sight of Jeongie she started yelling “Damn Yoo, what took you so long!! I thought you had forgotten about us” she reprimanded with a clear pout on her lips, Jeongyeon rolled her eyes at her girlfriend's antics and kissed the pout away before putting the things on their cart, “I couldn’t find the cart, the twins hide it and wouldn’t tell me where it was. Now they are on timeout with Hyo watching over them” said while shaking her head.

When they finished loading their mini cart Nayeon picked Mina up and on her hip to close the car, she asked Jeong “Babe could you cover Mina up with the blanket, it’s quite cold and I don't want her to catch a cold”, the younger one did as told and walked alongside her lover while they talked about both of their days. Once they were inside their home and with all the ruckus made by the rest of the girls Mina stirred awake, she wiggled to be put down and once again she was filled with energy, looking all over the place for her Mommy to tell her all about her day.

When Jeong came back from the kitchen where she left all the fruits, Mina attacked her with a big hug telling her she was super excited to tell her all about her adventure with Mama, Jeong told her that she should tell her story over dinner so everyone could hear it as well. That was the greatest idea ever so that’s what Mina did, finishing her tale by asking her Mommy to bring her pumpkin to the table where she proceeded to show everyone the drawing of the ghosts, what Nayeon had failed to see prior was that bottom of the drawing, there was written ‘My family, wuv them’ which made the caregivers heart fill with joy, resulting on a big hug from them which was later joined by the rest making it a big and special family moment.

The day of the family ended up in their living room, snuggled on the sofa watching a movie with the fireplace roaring on the back making them feel even warmer than at any other time, everyone was drinking apple cider that MiNayeon had bought from the farm. No one could ask for a more perfect moment than being surrounded by their loved ones and enjoying a cold autumn night with a fireplace roaring to make sure their bodies were as warm as their hearts.

I'll try to do the whole month of prompts but maybe I'll keep combining days :D

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Remain By His Side chp.3 Mocha

Chapter 2 Chapter 4

A storm hit 6 weeks after Leon moved into your spare bedroom.

Warnings: PTSD, Dead sibling mentioned, Pet cat antics, Leon needs a hug, Storm, crying, reader has a cat

The last time you had a roommate was your 1st year in undergraduate. Frankly, you didn’t like her much. She often brought unknown strangers to your dorm. They’d tangle under the sheets and she’d get a good 45 seconds of fun. 

That wouldn’t be too much of an issue if they didn’t fuck while you were studying. She could have at least put a sock on the doorknob if you were out when she had a guy over. Your first semester you had walked into your dorm room and seen so many bare asses you swore to never go into proctology. 

Leon was different. The day he arrived, he didn't have much. Some clothes, a gun, but that's about it, no photos or trinkets to decorate your spare room he was in. He doesn’t bring anyone home, not that he seems interested. Sometimes he cooks for you as a thank you for letting him stay while he recovered. 

You quickly adapted to one another. While you were away for class, your TA position or your undergraduate research, he would clean, read or watch Mocha, your calico. 

Mocha really liked him. That's how you knew Leon was a good man. Your cat was a good judge of character. Sometimes better than you. 

You once walked into your apartment to Leon asleep on the couch with the feline on his chest. She was purring softly, and once she saw you, she flopped her tail once before making biscuits into his shirt. 

It was mid-november when a bad storm hit. You fell asleep to distant thunder and pounding rain. However, you woke to a cat pawing your face.

The groan that left your mouth didn’t sound human. In response, Mocha meowed. 

“Mocha,” You opened your eyes to the darkness. After a few moments of adjustment, you could see the outline of the calico on your chest, “If you weren’t so cute, I’d leave you on the street.” Of course you were lying. And of course she didn’t understand. 

Mocha trilled, sniffing your face.

You looked over at your alarm clock, 2:19AM. Your hands rubbed your eyes. The rain was hitting your window, and you breathed. 

This fucking cat-

A massive flash and boom of thunder vibrated your apartment complex. 

So that's why Mocha woke you up. She was irritated by the storm. In her cat mind she probably thought you could control the weather. She trilled again and pawed at your cheek. After a second, she meowed and jumped down from the bed. 

“Ok..ok…” you sighed and sat up. She was probably pissed that her food bowl was empty. You got up, cursing the fact that you had an 8AM tomorrow. Once you left your room and opened the door to the living space, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled again. 

Mocha trotted past her bowl. The cat wasn’t focused on food, instead, she pawed at Leon’s door. 

You furrowed your brow. Oh. She wanted Leon, not you.

“Mocha, he’s asleep.” You mumbled, bending over to pick her up, “You can’t wake him up just-.”

There was a muffled sniffle behind the door.

Silence. 

You held your breath, and you heard a small sob.

“Leon?” You held Mocha in your arms and leaned into the door, “Leon? Are you alright?”

He let out a small sound of surprise before calling back to you, “Y-yea.” 

“Can I come in?” You asked, “Mocha wants you.” 

“Y-yea, just give me a sec-.”

His words were cut off by another loud boom. It sounded like a bomb going off, and lightning lit up your apartment. 

That strike was too close for comfort.

Close enough that it scared Leon, because you heard another sob.

Fuck, is he OK? 

You spoke through the door, “I’m gonna come in, ok?” Your warning was soft and well meaning. When you didn’t get a response, you turned the doorknob and opened the door. 

The room was lit up by one of your lamps. Immediately, Mocha wiggled from your arms and leapt to the ground. She trotted forward to Leon, who was hugging his knees on the floor. He leaned against the foot of the bed. His face was buried in his arms and you could see his trembling body. 

PTSD? Nightmare?

The scene was familiar. You’ve seen this with your brother. To a soldier, thunder must sound like explosives. To Leon, the weather must have reminded him of Raccoon City’s downfall. You assumed it was storming when the zombies walked those now destroyed streets.

Mocha rubbed herself against his legs, and in response, the former rookie cop looked up. His cheeks were flushed, eyes red and full of tears. He cleared his throat, “S-sorry…I didn’t mean to wake you.”

You gave him a sympathetic smile before walking into his room and sitting down next to him. Your fingers scratched behind the calico’s ear, “S’ok. Mocha woke me up.”

Leon sniffled before wiped his eyes on his arm. It was out of the sling now, but still recovering. Movement was still limited, “She’s a good cat.” He was changing the subject. 

You went at his pace, “Yea. She’s the best. I got her behind a dumpster, you know.” 

“You did tell me you rescued her,” He petted her head and she began to purr softly, “I just assumed from a shelter.”

“Kinda, I was walking back from class a year ago and she ran past me from the road,” You responded, “It was snowing and she looked cold and miserable, so I picked her up. I guess she was tired of hanging around campus.”

Mocha was just one of a few stray felines that lived around campus. During the winter they were fed by well-meaning students and during the summer, they would reduce the mouse and squirrel population.

“Do you normally pick up strays?” Leon asked, clearing his throat. 

“Only if they’re cute.” You responded honestly. After a brief moment you blinked, realizing what you just said. 

Leon snorted, well, at least he calmed down now. He was about to speak but lightning flashed again. However the thunder was distant. It didn’t sound immediate, and instead was a little ways away. It seemed that the worst of the storm had passed over you, but the rain still poured outside. 

Despite that, your roommate bit his knuckle. His eyes were staring straight ahead and he swallowed. 

Mocha got on her hindlegs and pawed at his cheek, earning a soft laugh, “Sorry…not a fan of storms…”

“Me neither.” You said, looking at your white ceiling. You remembered your brother. How he’d have flashbacks during bad storms. Your heart ached. 

God, you missed him. It's been a long 6 weeks…

“I like snow.” You admitted, filling in the silence, “That way I can stay home, make some hot chocolate, wrap myself up in blankets and chill. Especially during the holidays.”

Mocha trilled, rubbing her face against Leon's healing arm.

“Sounds nice.” He mumbled, blue eyes on the calico that kept rubbing herself on him. 

Oh, right. He doesn’t have a family.

Your heart broke again realizing he most likely never had a holiday with family…

Or anyone…

You swallowed the tightness in your throat. Thanksgiving was right around the corner and you’d leave campus for that week. For some reason, you didn’t want to leave Leon alone. Especially after everything he did for Sherry. 

Wait, this could be an excuse for him and your cousin to see eachother again! She was officially out of where the government held her, and instead she had been taken in by your parents.

“Do you want to spend Thanksgiving with my family?” You asked him suddenly, “Sherry will be there. I know she would love to see you again.” Your hand rested on his shoulder. You scooted closer to him, not picking up on his embarrassment yet. 

“I..uh..is that…allowed?” Leon looked away from you and rubbed the back of his neck. He seemed to do that when he was flustered. 

You smiled, “Yes, it’s allowed.” Your answer was honest and even excited, “I know my mom would love to have you.”

He swallowed, finally looking at you. His cheeks were dusted with slight pink, “Should…I bring anything?” 

“Just your wonderful presence.” You responded. 

He laughed slightly, “I…uh…sure. Yea, I'd like to go.” He returned your smile ever so slightly, “Sounds fun.”

Yay!

You leaned back, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to invade your personal space.” Once you sat normally, Mocha stepped into your lap and immediately sat down. 

Leon cleared his throat, “No, it's alright,” He mumbled, “I appreciate you doing this. Letting me stay. Inviting me to be with your family…” 

“Well, you helped my family.” you responded, “And..well, I like you. You're a good guy and a good friend.” 

“You're a good person,” He looked away, unable to meet your eye, “And a great friend.” 

Yay! You’re friends!

Thunder sounded in the distance again. 

“I’m here for you, you know.” Your voice was quiet and honest. The calico in your lap stood up and stretched. She yawned before stepping in a circle to settle down again, “Mocha is too.”

He gave you a tired grin in return.

[watery-melon-baller]

so I was bored and reading through older Merlin fanfics when I got curious and wondered what exactly the oldest Merlin fanfic was, so I decided to do some digging! join me on this journey I made at 4am on my phone knowing full well I had to get up at 9am the next day

the shows first episode aired on Sept 20, 2008 so we are keeping that in mind when we search. also all fics I found here are linked at the bottom if u wanna go check them out :-)

First I decided to check ao3 since it's easy enough. there's 53k fics but this was the very first one in the Merlin tag

the author's note says that this was written immediately after the second episode which makes sense since this was 8 days after the 1st ep.

also love the my first work in this fandom tag. my guy. you're one of the the first people to write fic for this fandom, and THE first to post it on ao3.

next was fanfiction.net. Now I used to hang around on here quite a bit in my youth so I do know how to navigate it somewhat

merlin is the 12th most popular TV show on fanfic.net! With a whole 27.3k fics. I'm very interested by the fact that there's only 27k on fanfic.net while ao3 has around 50k fics (as of Oct 2023). I was expecting fanfic.net to have more fics, I wonder why it's the other way around this time. Maybe it's because by then ao3 was already in existence and established as a reliable place to post fic? I know lots of older fic writers only posted on ao3 as a way to have a backup of their fics? If anyone has any theories feel free to contribute!

and here's the first fics posted on fanfic.net! All by the same person on the same day. I'm assuming faults is the first one posted since it's at the bottom, but alk of them were posted oct 12, 3 weeks after the first episode aired. Pretty old, but not as old as the ao3 fic.

Finally I checked livejournal (shudders). I've used it a few times before but I was very unsure how to get around, and wound up just searching the oldest results for "Merlin BBC" (and here's the link to that if you wanna bounce arohnd and see old fandom stuff from the first episode)

The first (and oldest) post I found was someone reacting to the trailer which. fair. Just because the cgi is shit doesn't mean the show is (yes it does </3)

besides a few posts speculating about the show I also found the origin of the Merlin tag/community on livejournal, created just a day before the first episode aired. it also includes some lovely icons (and people made many many more after the 1st episode aired)

most of the posts after this were people's reactions to the 1st episode. a lot of them were positive, a lot were already shipping merthur, and a few were negative

this is my favorite review actually. understandable reaction.

and finally we get to our first fic on livejournal!! this one was posted Sept 23, just 3 days after the show and 5 days before the one on ao3 was first posted. it looks like we have our winner and this is the very first BBC Merlin fanfic ever written/posted!!

(I have no clue what other forums/websites were active at the time since I wasn't part of the fandom then. I checked these 3 websites because tbats what I know of but it appears that out of of these three livejournal has the oldest fic. If anyone knows where else Merlin fic was posted and can find an older one then this then feel free to share it but for now it's safe to say this one is the oldest fic in the fandom)

that concludes our journey folks! I've linked all 3 fics at the bottom if you're interested in reading them and now you can brag and say you've read the oldest fic in the Merlin fandom. congrats. i hope you had fun reading this

ao3 fanfic.net livejournal