#and it reminded me that I was thinking about compiling all the keeper summer things she posted into one tumblr post

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Do you think Keefe will be involved in Stellarlune? After looking at the author’s Instagram account, many of the lines that were deleted from Stellarlune involve Sophie and Ro. I think this shows that Keefe is barely in the novel because there are not any lines between him and Sophie? Do agree or no? I would like Sophie to find him soon but I wonder what will happen in the novel in the meantime. With Keefe’s absence, I am hoping that instead of endless pages dedicated to the love triangle, the author will finally begin to wrap up the countless plot threads that still need to be answered. Do you think she will be able to do this or not?

I think Keefe is too important to the story to not be involved in Stellarlune. Our last cliffhanger was specifically about him and his actions, and throughout the series the cliffhangers have been indicators of what's going to be significant in the next book.

A few recent examples: the Flashback cliffhanger about being unmatchable and the Legacy focus on Sophie's match status and bio parents, the Nightfall cliffhanger about Alvar's memories and the Flashback focus on searching his memories and the Vacker Legacy, the Lodestar cliffhanger about Amy remembering Sophie and the Nightfall focus on her human family, and so on and so forth. I think it stands to reason this trend will continue with Stellarlune, meaning while Keefe doesn't have to be the biggest thing, he will have significance in the book's plot.

I reason that the explanation behind the deleted quotes excluding things to do with Keefe is specifically because so much about him is up in the air. Any quotes talking to him would immediately tell us that there is a scene in the novel where Sophie and Keefe have contact, which is a significant spoiler. The thing about deleted quotes is that they don't really tell us anything at all, yet we still get content! When Stina talks about Sophie earning the Neverseen's respect we don't know anything about that! It tells us very little as to what's happened; it could be referring to burning down the storehouse, it could be referring to something she did we don't know about yet!

But with Keefe there's not a lot of wiggle room there. If Sophie and Keefe talked we'd know where the story was heading and that they had direct contact. We'd very quickly narrow things down significantly, and even if we'd still be a little lost it's still more telling than Shannon probably wants. So I think I'd argue that the lack of Keefe in the deleted quotes isn't actually reflective of his importance in the story.

As for the plot threads, I do think Shannon will be able to wrap them up in the next two books. I think it's actually already begun, even. Keefe's legacy has been discussed for a while and we've gradually been learning more and more about it throughout the books; his new ability is another step towards that. So I think we are making progress towards it all, there's just enough going on simultaneously that it's hard to identify it. Which isn't to say Shannon's doing a bad job writing it, that's just a natural consequence of this kind of story, not a critique.

Additionally, at least in my experience, when things start to really come together it happens quickly. There's a lot of lead up then everything clicks and things progress much faster than the rest of the story. Going into it it may feel like too much to ever all come together, but it's entirely possible that once it all clicks it'll move fast from there and two books will be more than enough to wrap everything up.

A mini comparison would be the plot of Lodestar where throughout the whole book we were leading up to Lumenaria, to Sophie being there. She learned about the treaties, was invited to be at the negotiations, was learning about outward channeling and how it works, etc. But then when it actually all came together and Lumenaria fell it was quick. Most of the work was the set up. You can find things like that in a lot of books! In this case we'd just be applying it to a whole series instead of one isolated book.

So to summarize all of that: I think Keefe will be important in Stellarlune, and I think it's still completely and entirely possible for the series to be wrapped up in the two final books! At least that's how I view things, but I suppose whether or not I'm right remains to be seen. Thanks for the questions though, they're incredibly thought provoking!

[wyattvsmusic]

Drake - Dark Lane Demo Tapes ALBUM REVIEW

Drake has been on top of the music game for over 10 years now and in that time, he has dominated the charts and what’s crazy about how successful he’s become is that he has the most hits. That is so crazy to me because I remember when Drake put out his first album and now he has more hits than a lot of artists in other genres that have been out a long longer than he has. Hit singles are one thing but in terms of the quality of the albums he’s put out recently, the music has been hit or miss. His last album, Scorpion had some really great songs on it but for the most part it was super boring. That’s been the case with his past 3 albums. There’s always a handful of great songs on it but the album is way too long and the bad songs or super boring songs always seem to end up on his albums. Despite this, I’m a Drake fan and I do look forward to whenever he drops an album. His latest release isn’t really a new album but is more of a compilation of previously released singles that have dropped recently, songs that have leaked in the past and some new material mixed in there. His official sixth studio album is supposed to drop in the summer but this album is supposed to hold us over until then. The one thing I’m most happy with about this album is that it’s short. The fact that I know and like a lot of the songs on the album before listening to it was also reassuring. I loved When To Say When and Chicago Freestyle when they both dropped. When To Say When is the classic Drake start-and-stop flow but this time unlike a lot of the songs like this on Scorpion, he’s rapping really well on it and the beat is really great. The beat uses the same sample as JAY-Z’s Song Cry. Chicago Freestyle is much more moody. It’s about failed relationships and how “women  they come they go.” I don’t remember Drake using this flow before so that was cool and Giveon’s hook is perfect. I, like a lot of other people, thought it was Sampha at first. Giveon is really dope though. Give his most recent album, Take Time a listen. Desires with Future was an early leak and it’s a cool, catchy song but I don’t really like the beat. I didn’t love the way Future rhymed on that song but he redeemed himself later on in the album. The biggest single from this album that we heard was his latest number 1 single, Toosie Slide. Not only did Drake make that to be a huge success on TikTok, but I feel like he did that to cross off making a dance song on his list of things to do for his legacy. I remember him saying when Scorpion dropped that the legends he’s inspired by have put out double albums in their careers so he wanted to put one out. I feel like he made Toosie Slide not just because it’s popular to make TikTok songs but because a lot of legends have popular dance songs. I feel like it’s similar to  Ratchet Happy Birthday where he tried to make his “birthday song” like Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday or In Da Club where it’s an essential birthday song to play. Toosie Slide is a really fun song but it does make me a little sad because it reminds me of the prom that I’m never gonna have (I’m a senior in high school as this is being written). Drake’s intros have never failed us and he came out rappin on Deep Pockets. I loved the line where he said “I need plenty / Got me ready to flip the F out like Fendi.” The beat is really dope even though it’s pretty simple and I love the way Drake is rhyming on it. Last year and even this year, it was impossible to turn on your car radio and not hear Drake’s song with Chris Brown, No Guidance. When I saw Chris Brown on the tracklist of this album, I thought we were gonna get another No Guidance type of song but Not You Too is nothing like that. Chris Brown is barely on the song which I kind of think is a good thing. I don’t think it’s a bad song but it sounds like Drake has made that song many times. It’s not a total skip but not a keeper either. Speaking of songs that Drake has made before, Time Flies literally sounds exactly like Life Is Good with Future. They have the exact same beat. Landed was a nice change of pace from that pace and I don’t know if I’ve ever heard Drake use that cadence before. The beat is super hard. I could honestly hear Skepta shouting “GREAZE” on it. The line in the hook, “Wrote this with a Cartier pen, do I sound different?” is a clever flex. Future redeemed himself from Desires on the track D4L, which also features Young Thug. A few days ago, Complex made a list of the best “Drake duos” and I feel like Drake and Young Thug is an underrated pick. When they do a song together, it really brings the best out of Young Thug and he’s actually rapping. D4L has one of the hardest beats, courtesy of Southside. Pain 1993 was the first real skip on this album to me. The song was boring to begin with but Playboi Carti made out so much worse. The effect on his voice that makes it super high sounds horrible. Luckily, that song is followed by Losses, which has some of the best rapping on the album. His second verse has some really dope lines like “I do it for the Grahams, not the 'Gram” and “Lost you to the game, and I see why / It was always you and I without the T-Y.” Dark Lane Demo Tapes starts a lot stronger than it finishes. From Florida With Love has some good rapping but the song itself is pretty boring and then we get to Demons and War. War was released as a single a few months back and it features Drake doing his best attempt at an English “road” accent over a UK Drill beat that guys like Headie One would rap over. Demons on the other hand, features Drake doing the weird accent thing over a Brooklyn drill beat that Pop Smoke would rap over. He’s joined by Fivio Foreign and Sosa Geek, who make the song even worse. I would definitely like these songs more if Drake didn’t keep doing the weird accent. It made me think about the criticisms that people have about Drake being a culture vulture. I’m all for artists experimenting with their styles and trying other genres but I hate it when artists try and pretend to be someone they aren’t. That’s what made the Snoop Lion album especially hard to listen to other than how bad it was. Last week, it was the 4-year anniversary of Views so I re-listened to the album and I thought that songs like Controlla and One Dance were good songs but Drake doing the accents really takes away from it being a good song because he’s not Jamaican or Nigerian. The songs on both Views and More Life that are influenced by Dancehall, Afrobeat, Grime, and UK Hip Hop would be much better songs if Drake simply didn’t do anything with his voice. They’re good songs in general but it’s hard to get past that. Like other Drake albums, Dark Lane Demo Tapes has a lot of great songs but those bad or boring songs are still mixed in there. The shorter length works in the album’s favor as there aren’t as many skips and there are more good songs than bad. It has me looking forward to Drake’s next album. 

Fav Tracks: Deep Pockets, When To Say When, Chicago Freestyle, Landed, D4L, Losses

[brattywriters-anonymous]

A Night Off..

Erik x OC

Part three of “I’m Never Wrong” Series

Mini playlist: Moments Of Love x Art of Noise

It’s You x Kem

Share my Life x Kem

Night Off x Drake ft. Lloyd

You’ve been busy. Hella busy. Erik and you had Leanna September after that fateful Christmas, you married the following April, and two years later (before Leanna’s Moana Luau birthday celebration) you found out you were pregnant again. You gave birth to N’Juma That following summer and after being cleared to return to work you were swamped.  

You received the promotion for Managing Partner at your firm and you played the role of the Partner’s keepers. Even though you were glad about not having to see courtrooms unless deemed necessary, you now have to track their time at work and expenses on business cards, their vacation and sick time; Along with sitting in extraneous meetings with board members with their bottom line being the only thing they ever care about. You know you could quit at anytime. Your husband reminds you time and time again that he can take care of you, Lee, JuJu, and any other kids you plan on having single-handedly. 

Him being a prince and all, you were certain that he could. Momma just didn’t raise you to be nobody’s housewife. You love your children more than anything, and to a certain extent, you love your job, but after two months of going between Mommy and Senior Partner, F/N M/N Udaku, esq. needed a BREAK.

You came home on a Friday evening to find two ladies from the Dora Milaje on your front porch, you knew either Queen Mother, Shuri, or T’challa was behind the door. To your surprise, it was Shuri. You often used to joke to her that Leanna took a piece of Shuri’s personality because she always had a witty come back to her daddy’s sly comments, and they were as thick as thieves from the day she was born.

“Y/N! Hello!” Shuri stands up with your almost four year old in her arms. “Mommyyy!” Leanna yells out in glee. “Hey Lee Lee! Good evening Shuri! To what do we owe this pleasure your highness?” You suspiciously look at her and your daughter like they were up to no good, as you lay down your briefcase. Leanna looks around pursing her lips and says, “Mommy, I d-du-dunno what you talking about!” as she shakes her head. You grin at her adorable yet horrible attempt of lying, “Where’s Juju? Where’s daddy?” Speak of the killer prince..he shall appear. He emerges from the hallway, “Juju is knocked for the night. I gave him his bath fed him, and he went down for the count about fifteen minutes ago.” 

The first thing that catches your attention is his cologne. That Dolce & Gabana light blue for men gets you in trouble every single time. You slip out of your work shoes as you apprehensively question, “N’jadaka, What do you have up your sleeve?” Then you travel to your awake child, placing her on your hip, “What is daddy up to LeeLee?” She starts playing with her nails, “Daddy says he wants you to go with him!” Erik scoops you into his embrace, “Daddy needs you to shower up and get dressed. I got everything all laid out for you on the bed, and after we go where we go, I got a room reserved.” His cologne engulfs you into a hypnotized state as he briefly kisses you. You open your eyes to see Leanna covering hers. Shuri retrieves her, “I got some improvements I need to make on T’s suit, I need a little helper so we’re gonna go to the Stark Enterprises lab to do that..” You look back and forth between your husband, your cousin-in-law, and your child, “Well what about JuJu?” T’challa bends the corner from your guest bathroom, “It seems like I am on diaper and bottle duty tonight.”

You lay your arms lazily around Erik’s neck, “So daddy’s got it all figured out, hm?” N’jadaka nods, “Now go get dressed. Don’t make me repeat myself.”

You get to your shared master room to see this two piece outfit with a pair of white pasties, and a white thong to match your husband’s two piece linen button up and matching pants. “Where does this nigga think I’m going looking like somebody’s stripper?” before you can go back in the foyer to protest, he’s already standing at the doorway, “You going with daddy tonight. Lookin’ like daddy’s personal stripper.” He stealth-like footsteps cruises his way over to you to give you a forceful smack on the ass, which got bigger thanks to carrying Juju.

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You hopped out of the shower, reluctantly put on the two piece and as you were buckling your shoes, your husband comes in to check on--sorry, rush you. “C’mon Y/N we need to get go--daaaaaammmn. Here baby, lemme help you with that.” He brushes down your calf with his fingertips, slipping on your shoe. “That’s too tight?” You shake your head, “Good.” He counts the hole in order to buckle the other shoe in the same manner, “I’m doing this for you because you need a night off.. Not being mommy, not being a lawyer, not being a home maker, nurse, none of that.” He finishes buckling the second shoe before kissing your foot, “The only thing you gotta be tonight is mine.” your breathing stops at his statement, then you nod. Letting him know you understand.

The drive to your destination was tranquil. Erik played the compilation of Moments of Love by Art of Noise, Kem’s It’s you, and Share my Life, Maxwell’s Lifetime.. it all put you in a mellow mood. He drove the entire way with his hand cascading your thigh, occasionally tapping it to whichever beat was playing. He puts the car in park in front of the club you first met at. When he ran you down, begging to take you on a date that he had to rob a museum in order to take you on.

You giggled and sank into the seat, “N’jadaka, really?” He nods, “Yeah baby. I figured i’d take you to where it all began.” This nostalgic feeling fell over you, remembering how he followed you around the lounge like a sick puppy, his dreads barely touching his neck back then. You give him a second glance, his dreads are now almost to the middle of his back, his nape; tapered. You lean into him, making out with your husband like you’re seventeen. The valet worker tapped on the window to snap you out of it.

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Erik really planned that night out. He got a VIP section, got him a bottle of Hennessy prestige, and you a white bottle of Belaire Rose. The waitresses gave you both your appropriate glasses to drink your alcohol out of with a bucket of ice. Your husband kept attempting to roleplay, asking who you were with, “I’m with you, fool!” He then asked where your man was at, you pointed at him. You finally caught on when he asked for your name and number. You put on a corrupt grin, “Heaven. and I don’t think my man would like you asking for my number.” You were good and toasted by the time N’jadaka and you were playing a good game of back and forth, “Oh.. Well your man shouldn’t have left you alone.” The slow tempo of Drake’s A Night off sounds off in the club, “This is my jam!” Your man whispers to you, “See, why would your man leave you along while your song is playing? C’mon. At least dance with me.” You gulped down your fourth glass before taking the last sip out of your bottle, “Let’s go.”

Know you hate explaining how you want it done Just be quiet I'll do fine without your help girl Can you work without a second for some fun? Now you finally got a moment to yourself girl And I know what to do with it

You whine your lower half to his, your ass giggling at the end of every loop. He poured you one more drink for the night, some of his Hennessy, which you both took your glasses onto the dance floor. His free hand is alternating, between gripping your inner thigh, to grasping on both of your cheeks as your mirrored each break down of the beat. His eyes narrow as he bites down on his trembling lip, never letting his hand leave your body. As you feel his erection growing you grind against him even harder. He reaches underneath you to grip your breast, tweaking the skin underneath your pastie. You’re drunk at this point, so all you do in reaction is keep dancing and sticking your tongue out. He has you exactly how he wants you. Relaxed, drunk, and worked up.

So, baby, I'm a lock my door and disconnect my phone Cause I wanna make one thing clear 

I want you on top, so let your hair down I took the night off for you Girl, I'm gonna turn the lights off But keep your heels on They're fittin' for what we're about to do

He has a look on his face that you love to see, pure lust and astonishment. Just at you dancing for him.You look down at his hand with the vibranium wedding band you placed on it three years prior is shining even in the almost nonexistent club lighting. His thick fingers grabbing on you like you’ll dissolve at any moment.The Dj switches the song to Keith Sweat’s Nobody, N’jadaka gives you a shock, pressing his fingers against your abdomen, standing you straight up. Then he presses your lower back down so you can still arch against him, as you continue your slow whine.

I wanna tease you I wanna please you I wanna show you baby, that I need you I want your body 'til the very last drop I want you to holler when you want me to stop

N’jadaka’s hands are still roaming your frame. His lips are now brushing past and behind your ear, “So tell me baby, can I get a taste of Heaven?” His growl at the end of his statement mixed with the drinks and that damn cologne were all working against your self control. You literally leaked down your leg. You took your iced out left ring finger and placed it where your nectar was racing down and fed it to him, “Is that good enough?” He moaned as the liquid hit his tongue. He licked a strip behind your ear which makes you tremble against him, “Nah babygirl. Daddy wants more.” He presses down your back even more so you can bend back over. He gently smacks your ass, letting it jiggle back he looks to the Ancestral Plane as if he’s thanking Bast herself for that ass of yours.

You throw back what’s in your glass like it’s a shot and grab him by the collar, giving him the look that he’s been waiting on since you got out the house, “Let’s go...Now.”

Erik made a reserved a room at the Fairmont across the bay. There’s a jam on the Oakland Bay Bridge. That and the tented windows on your Cayenne which gives you the opportune moment to unbuckle your seat belt and jump on the man that’s been tempting you the entire night. His sex playlist going through the speakers didn’t make it any better.

I wanna touch you Right now, right now, right now, right now, right now, right now We ain't gotta waste time going out on dates We ain't gotta count down till you come to my place We ain't gotta, (you ain't gotta), we ain't gotta, (you ain't gotta) We ain't gotta, (you ain't gotta) we ain't gotta, (you ain't gotta) You ain't gotta waste time sending me roses They gon' die anyway, man that's just boring You ain't gotta, (you ain't gotta), you ain't gotta, (you ain't gotta) You ain't gotta, (you ain't gotta) you ain't gotta, (you ain't gotta) 'Cause I want you right now

Your lips are fighting with his for dominance as you climb over to the drivers seat to straddle him. You rip about half of the buttons off of his shirt as your liquor tasting tongues tango. His hands smack against your ass over and over and over again, making you moan into him. Between kisses, while you’re trying to unbuckle his seat belt and his pants he mumbles two octaves lower than his normal voice, “Mmm.. So it’s like that?” You moan out over the music, “Yeah daddy, it’s like that.”  He finally shimmies out of his pants and simultaneously rips your thong and the crotch area of those fishnet pants. His primal side and the air hitting your center brings a shiver to your body and it continues as your lover submerges into you. 

You cry out, slightly in pain. You and N’jadaka have only made love a handful of times since your six week appointment after having N’Juma. Partially because he went on a two month wardog mission. He’d only came home a couple days ago, and you were so busy in mom mode when you weren’t in work mode and vice versa..you only snuck in a quickie when he first came home. So your healed body is still getting used to his girth again. What feels like a overwhelming pressure eventually morphs into the pleasure you remembered oh so well. You crouch your body to tuck in between his neck and chest as you ride him in the stop and go traffic. He’s basking in the spontaneity of it all, the suburban behind him is occasionally honking their horn at his delayed movement as traffic moves up. If they only knew what was distracting him.

The first of your many orgasms of the night surprises you. You didn’t feel it coming, until it came. Your body is convulsing on his and he holds you right where you are. You screamed his name as best as you could through it. He put the car in park and hoisted his hips to meet your bottom until you could move again. You slam down on him, “Mm mm. You don’t gotta do that. Let Heaven take care of you, daddy.” He smirks while looking at the creamy mess y’all created, “You sure?” You nod, “Yeah. I gotchu. That one caught me off guard.” You laugh together as you grind on him. You love when he’s deep in you, he knows it too. N’jadaka grips your hips as he bites down on your neck, coaching your movements. You move your head back, giving him more access as you feel the second orgasm arise. The head of his phallic member collided with that spot that makes you weak every time he hits it.

He huffs, “My baby cumming again huh?” You cry out yes, “I’m cumming too baby. Daddy gon make Heaven cum to him? Hmm?!” He rotates his hips around to tap it again.. and again... as he hits it the third time, your essence falls, in a trickling waterfall motion. You shriek in bliss as his motions don’t stop, neither does your orgasm.

The car behind you beeps again. Erik being the superman that he is, he put the car back in drive and moved up while still stroking you through what’s probably the longest orgasm you’ve ever had. You rest on him as he presses on the break, his leg slightly shook as he gritted his teeth. You looked at him, “I came. That asshole ruined it. But wait till I get ‘cho ass in that room. I’m really gon get a taste of heaven.” 

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