#and hold my hand by hootie and the blowfish

[s0uth3park]

My Top 5 South Park featured songs:

5. Live To Win — Paul Stanley (Make Love, Not Warcraft; S10E8)

4. Get Down With The Sickness — Disturbed (With Apologies to Jesse Jackson; S11E1)

3. Holy Diver — Dio (Hooked on Monkey Fonics; S3E12)

2. Falling Away From Me — Korn (Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery; S3E10)

1. Shadow Dancing — Andy Gibb (Tom’s Rhinoplasty; S1E11)

[myimaginaryradio]

Hold My Hand - Hootie And The Blowfish - 2015

[fabulous-gabulous-theartist]

I make my fiance cringe every time I start singing this song when I hold his hand.

[panda-music-1982]

Hootie and the Blowfish, "Hold My Hand"

Cracked Rear View (1994)

[1lostsoul0fishbowl]

🎉 Happy “two years of Greatmage” day!!! 🎉

we voted to celebrate with a moodboard or playlist, but i couldn’t help myself, i made one of each 😆 my darlings on a moodboard…

💖😍🥂😍💖

… and, step back into the 90s with this playlist from the coffeeshop that employs barista!Gareth in my upcoming college AU fic!

track list:

Real Love, Mary J. Blige

Live For Loving You, Gloria Estefan

Right Here Right Now, Jesus Jones

Nobody Knows, The Tony Rich Project

Fields Of Gold, Sting

Name, The Goo Goo Dolls

One, U2

Ordinary World, Duran Duran

More Than Words, Extreme

Linger, The Cranberries

You Were Meant For Me, Jewel

End Of The Road, Boyz II Men

Save The Best For Last, Vanessa Williams

To Be With You, Mr. Big

Take This Heart, Richard Marx

Weak, SWV

Sunshine On Leith, The Proclaimers

Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey

Till I Hear It From You, Gin Blossoms

Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinéad O’Connor

Freedom! ‘90, George Michael

Kiss From A Rose, Seal

Weather With You, Crowded House

Again, Janet Jackson

Don’t Turn Around, Ace of Base

Always, Bon Jovi

Please Forgive Me, Bryan Adams

Take A Bow, Madonna

Hold My Hand, Hootie & The Blowfish

Words, Boyzone

I Have Nothing, Whitney Houston

High Enough, Damn Yankees

Baby Baby, Amy Grant

It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over, Lenny Kravitz

If I Ever Fall In Love, Shai

☕️☕️🥰🥰☕️☕️

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

Hootie & The Blowfish - Hold My Hand (Official Music Video)

[2nd2ndalto]

I Wanna Love You the Best That I Can

Here's something short and sweet!

Written for @writers-choice prompt "initiate". Title is from Hold My Hand by Hootie & the Blowfish

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Will’s hands are warm and freckled. Slender and graceful, with a thin, white scar that curves from the last knuckle on his right index finger down to the soft skin between his finger and thumb. It’s only really visible in the sunlight, though Nico seeks it out in darkness, too, tracing the length of it with the pad of his thumb. Or, he used to. 

Nico has never considered himself to be particularly good at math, but he’s acutely aware that it’s been thirteen days since Will last held his hand, and he’s equally aware that he and Will had held hands precisely eighteen times prior to those thirteen days. 

And it shouldn’t matter. Right? It wasn’t his idea in the first place, none of it was. Not the gentle nudging of shoulders when they’re seated next to each other at campfire. Not the way Will kicks Nico’s leg under the table when Nico teases him. And not the warm, sometimes-sweaty clasp of their fingers and palms. But well. Will started it. And now Nico’s having a hard time remembering what he did with his hands, before.

It’s not like he can talk to Will about it, not like he can ask him why things have changed, because they never talked about it in the first place. It just… happened. And now it doesn’t.

Will doesn’t seem any different otherwise. He still comes to fetch Nico for breakfast every morning. He still walks Nico back to his cabin after campfire. His face still brightens instantly, heart-stoppingly when Nico shows up to help in the infirmary. But now there’s this gulf between them that Nico doesn’t quite know how to bridge.

One night, alone in his cabin - two whole interminable weeks since Will last reached for his hand - Nico is struck by the terrifying thought that maybe he needs to take Will’s hand. Is that what Will wants?

Because the truth is, the hand-holding has always been initiated by Will, every single time. Nico’s never shied away, because honestly after months of thumb wars and being booped on the nose and the occasional pulse-quickening brushing–of-Nico’s-bangs-off-his-forehead, Nico’s come around to the idea of touching, particularly where Will’s concerned. Even if it makes his face heat and his fingers tingle and his heart race. Maybe, possibly because of those things, if he was pressed to admit it.

But maybe Will’s gotten tired of making the first move.

So Nico tries. He really does. But the thing is, Will was always so smooth about it. It seemed so easy, so natural. And after a week of absolutely superhuman effort, Nico has come to the realization that he is not smooth. It's not entirely surprising, but it always hurts a little to have these things confirmed. And not only is he not smooth, but he just can’t seem to take the jump at all. Can’t just reach the fuck over and take Will’s hand. It’s frankly embarrassing. He can summon zombies, for gods’ sake. But clearly those skills are not transferable.

After the fourth night in a row of sitting next to Will at campfire, trying desperately to master psychokinesis, attempting to force his brain to move his hand just two godsdamn centimetres to the right - Nico is forced to admit defeat.

Bruised but not broken, Nico resolves to show Will how much he likes him in other ways. Because that’s another thing, actually. He does like Will. More than anyone. It’s taken him a while to accept it, but now that he has, it feels permanent, immutable, and what’s the point in pretending otherwise?

So he drops by the infirmary more often to offer his help. He shows up at the Apollo cabin to accompany Will to breakfast, rather than waiting for Will to come to him. He cracks stupid jokes when Will seems like he needs a laugh. He offers to help Will with his sparring.

And Will… he seems really, really pleased whenever Nico appears. And sure, that’s weird in itself, but Nico’s gotten accustomed to it, over the months. Will is always happy to see him. He looks utterly ecstatic when Nico sits down next to him at mealtimes. He flushes and stumbles over his words when Nico arrives at the infirmary with Will’s favourite snacks. But Nico’s hand remains unheld.

It all comes to a head the afternoon that the hand-holding-moratorium-count is at twenty-three excruciating days. It’s a June afternoon like any other, except that all of their regular activities have been unexpectedly called off due to various injuries and quests and weather conditions. Will has just arrived at Nico’s cabin to inform him of this, practically bouncing with nervous energy.

“We could do anything, Nico! We have the whole afternoon! Do you want to go to the beach? Or - do you need to do laundry? Or we could go get ice cream! Ooh, or there’s that cave we saw down by Bunker Nine…”

And Will is beautiful and electric and Nico absolutely can’t stand it anymore.

“Do you want -” Will begins again and Nico blurts out, “I want to hold your hand.”

Nico thinks they both stop breathing. He’s honestly just as shocked at the words that fell from his mouth as Will seems to be, and now he can feel his own face flushing, the heat beginning along his cheekbones and spreading rapidly.

But Will’s face lights up. There’s no other way to describe it. His eyes shine and his ears go pink and he asks tremulously, “you do?”

Nico nods, and the next thing he knows, Will’s hands are cupping his face - really not what Nico was anticipating, to be honest, but he’s not complaining - and then, with infinite gentleness, Will is pressing his lips to Nico’s. The kiss is short, sweet, and Will’s breath is warm on Nico’s face. Just as Nico is getting completely on board with the idea, Will pulls back looking horrified.

“Shit. Sorry. Shit.” Will takes a step backwards, pressing his fingers to his mouth, and now his whole face is flushed. It’s impossibly adorable, Nico’s brain helpfully points out.

“Wha-” Nico begins the second he finds breath for speech.

Will shakes his head, backing away further, and his words tumble out in a rush. “Oh my god, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry Nico. I didn’t want to push you, so I waited and waited even though I really wanted to hold your hand and then I completely screwed up the second you made the tiniest move, I’m such an idiot -”

“Will,” Nico manages, and the single syllable freezes Will in place, stops the torrent of words and the nervous movement of his body.

And Nico isn’t sure where he suddenly finds the courage, whether it’s his pounding pulse or Will’s wide eyes and pink lips, but - “I want you to kiss me again,” he whispers.

And it seems as if Will’s mouth is on his almost before Nico’s finished speaking. Nico reaches for Will’s fingers, traces the scar on his right hand. It turns out he can find it even with his eyes closed.

[darlingsfandom]

👏🏼 And... how about Dad Emmett with Mom Y/n?

“ Hold my hand

Want you to hold my hand

Hold my hand

I'll take you to a place where you can be

Hold my hand

Anything you wanna be because

I wanna love you the best that

The best that I can”

[rigginsstreet]

Ten songs + ten people

put your music on shuffle and list the first ten songs that come up, then tag ten other people.

Thanks for the tag @betsforsythetrash (tumblrs not letting me tag wtf)

hold my hand - hootie and the blowfish

alone - heart

all about us - tatu

the one that got away - katy perry

angel - kate voegele

girl all the bad guys want - bowling for soup

magic seeds - iwan rheon

dark blue - jacks mannequin

all around me - flyleaf

foundations - kate nash

tagging @samanthajoneses @princehattric @oneshortdamnfuse @slixie @orsonisasleep @writer-in-theory @dragonflylady77

[cartoonfanaticmonsterrobotalien]

Solar Opposites Ships Theme Songs

Tervo (Terry x Korvo) - “Lost in You” from Three Days Grace

Yumyumark (Yumyulack x Mark) - “Trying Not To Love You” from Nickelback

Stasse (Stacy G x Jesse) - “For Real” from Lana Condor

PhoeNova (Phoebe x Nova) - “Chemistry” from Kelly Clarkson

FranCooke (Miss Frankie x Principal Cooke) - “Africa” from Weezer

TrevLouise (Trevor x Louise) - “Like Me Better” from Lauve

MonCherrie (Montez x Cherie) - “Ocean Avenue” from Yellowcard

Jamcy (Jamie x Darcy) - “One Thing” from One Direction

MiaPerez (Mia x Ms. Perez) - “La Vi En Rose” from Annapantsu

Jandall (Randall x Janice) - “Mona Lisa” from Dominic Fike

Cheeromi (Cheery x Naomi) - “Hold my Hand” from Hootie and the Blowfish

[myimaginaryradio]

Hold My Hand - Hootie And The Blowfish - 1994

[kirathaune]

Get to Know You Tag Game

Tagged by @sakuplumeria

Three Ships: Sanzo x Goku (Saiyuki), Hardison/Parker/Eliot (Leverage), Aziraphale x Crowley (Good Omens).

First Ship: When I first became part of the Saiyuki fandom, actually I shipped Sanzo x Hakkai. Then after reading some really awesome 393 fics, I became a diehard Sanzo x Goku fan and have remained so to this day. I love their relationship and dynamic.

Last Song: Hold my Hand - Hootie & the Blowfish. I listen to Pop Rocks on Sirius XM during the day, and a mix of all kinds of good stuff on Pandora at night.

Last Movie: In a cinema: Suzume, which was incredible. I was really happy that it was released in the US. Last movie I watched via streaming was The Pale Blue Eye. Excellent movie - I’m normally not a huge fan of Christian Bale, but he was amazing in it. And the guy who played Edgar Allen Poe - who was Dudley in the Harry Potter movies - was absolutely terrific.

Currently Reading: Staked, by Kevin Hearne, and The Bullet that Missed, by Richard Osman. (You totally should check out Osman’s books, they’re great - murder mysteries solved by retirement home residents!)

Currently Watching: Star Wars Visions, Cunk on Britain. I just finished Shadow & Bone, The Mandalorian, Heatstopper, The Great Pottery Throwdown and Interior Design Masters. 

Currently Consuming: My “spring/summer” breakfast of light greek yogurt with homemade granola and fruit.

Currently Craving: Black olive pizza. I’m also craving a good hike in the woods!

I’m shy about tagging, so if you’d like to play along I’d love to see your answers!

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

Hootie & The Blowfish - Hold My Hand (Official Music Video)

[pli1999]

PartyLike It's 1999 9/7/24

Backstreet Boys vs NSYNC Edition

Oasis – “Live Forever”

Jesus & Mary Chain – “Sometimes Always”

Hootie & the Blowfish – “Hold My Hand”

John Mellencamp – “Wild Night”

Everclear – “Santa Monica”

The Veronicas – “Untouched”

Annie Lennox – “Walking on Broken Glass”

Backstreet Boys – “As Long As You Love Me”

NSYNC – “It Makes Me Ill”

Will Smith – “Getting Jiggy Wit It”

Digital Underground – “Humpty Dance”

Mark Morrison – “Return of the Mack”

Fatman Scoop – “Be Faithful”

DJ Kool – “Let Me Clear My Throat”

Savage Garden – “I Want You”

Hanson – “Mmmbop”

Natasha Bedingfield – “Unwritten”

NSYNC – “It’s Tearing Up My Heart”

Backstreet Boys – “The Call”

5ive – “When the Lights Go Out”

Ace of Base – “The Sign”

Britney Spears – “Baby One More Time”

Aaron Carter – “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)”

Spice Girls – “Wannabe”

Destiny’s Child – “Jumpin’ Jumpin’”

Backstreet Boys – “Get Another Boyfriend”

NSYNC – “I Want You Back”

New Kids on the Block – “Step By Step”

Mariah Carey – “Emotions”

Madonna – “Hung Up”

La Bouche – “Be My Lover”

Darunde – “Sandstorm”

Backstreet Boys – “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”

Backstreet Boys – “Larger Than Life”

Backstreet Boys – “We’ve Got It Goin On”

Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way”

Shania Twain – “Man! I Feel Like a Woman”

Alanis Morissette – “You Oughta Know”

No Doubt – “Just a Girl”

Blink-182 – “All The Small Things”

Lit – “My Own Worst Enemy”

Smash Mouth – “All Star”

NSYNC – “It’s Gonna Be Me”

Christina Aguilera – “Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)”

BWitched – “C’est La Vie”

Sisqo – “Thong Song”

Montell Jordan – “This Is How We Do It”

Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop – “Lose Control”

Heavy D and the Boyz – “Now That We’ve Found Love”

TLC – “No Scrubs”

Busta Rhymes featuring Mariah Carey – “I Know What You Want”

Michael Jackson – “Black or White”

Nirvana – “Smells like Teen Spirit”

Sum 41 – “Fat Lip”

Linkin Park – “In the End”

Blur – “Song 2”

Third Eye Blind – “Never Let You Go”

Vanessa Carlton – “A Thousand Miles”

Semisonic – “Closing Time”

Pearl Jam – “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town”

Green Day – “Wake Me Up When September Ends”

Aerosmith – “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”