#and tagging this with the sharks tags i hope thats ok... since after all... this is all sharks photos 😭

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"i survived because the spin attack in me burned brighter than the hockey around me" —@neonfretra

inspired by this post tagged "givani smith" by my dearest beloved @puckpocketed that actively gave me heart plapitations thinking about "do spin attacks" until i made this a tangible png i could look at outside of my brain

PHOTO CREDITS:

photo 1: San Jose Sharks/X

photo 2: Andreea Cardani (slide 11)

photo 3: Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images

photo 4: Kavin Mistry/NHLI via Getty Images

photo 5: Leah Hennel/Getty Images

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Interesting

OP's tags @sketching-shark: #imagine being so conflicted that you literally create a more violent version of yourself#and then just have to deal with that for centuries#on the other hand#imagine being created because some monkey was having an identity crisis#and then getting bonked to death because you tried to be him

@spadaaces: #PREV TAGS PREV TAGS#genuenly think this’d be. so interesting to see I have so many many thoughts abt it but. I don’t know how to put them into wordsss

@spotsupstuff #readin this while kinda drunk n after bout an hour of staring at corpses was a fuckin Experience but also hooooooooly shit that art looks-#-like the coolest thing ive seen in my entire fuckin life rn#others’ art#lmk#character analysis#10 hours later sober spot here that art still fucks so unbelievably hard the fuckin FACE thing goin on with LEMH and the cloth grab ough....#I DONT HAVE MUCH TO ADD TO THIS ITS ALL JUST GREAT SHIT GOOD BRAIN SCRATCH WONDERFUL READ I AGREE WITH EVERYTHIN CAPTN#N THE WBS N LEMH WORDIN I MEANT MORE AS A JOKE BUT ALSO IM ON MY SKULLPLUM BS SO I -nods aggressively while clappin-

@spadaaces #LOOKING AT THIS SO HARD THAT ART?? IS SO COOL??#I love this this is great

@the-stove-is-divorced #make him worse <3#the struggle between the Found Family-fication of Macaque#vs the like#I can Make Him Worse#either way yes

@youraveragemii #its very#'wukong' 'the slightly to the left and on the y axis wukong'#i adore macaque#shocking isn't it? || reblogs

@rkoradiopictures #i hope so cuz that's already how i see them

@kamikyu Ok so basically i saw this amv i think the song was called "all eyes on me", anyways since i was still new to monkie kid i was throughly convinced that masque was corrupted wukong, until i saw the actual episode XD #This post sums it up in a nutshell

@ramelcandy #this is something that I really hope they do#it would be so interesting and cool

@burningbibliophilecomicbear #yes!!

@mons-chatter #I would have liked this

@moss-tombstone SW: I hope I won't have to fight my evil side today SEM: hey SW: no fucking way

@hoshihime98 Idk how to say it, but thats literally the plot of a sonic game

@sweetpeathecat This!!!!

Sincerely hope that Monkie Kid does eventually follow the og classic in making their version of the Six Eared Macaque a manifestation of the Monkey King’s worst impulses, not only because it could present an interesting take on the ‘man at war with himself & the consequences thereof’ scenario but also because it would be extremely funny if their relationship was basically this:

[crankywhenprovoked]

The Nanny. Part 2.

Warnings: Deceit (His name’s Dimitri) and Remus.

Rating: For everyone

Word count: 1.1k

Chapter 1: Here

Chapter 3: Here

Noooo.  I don’t wanna!”

Dimitri let out a snort as he heard Remus whine before there was the sound of footsteps running towards his room.  Moments later the little one was rounding into the room, moving to hide behind Dimitri, pressing his face against his side.

“Remus, please.”  Logan’s voice carried in before the male was at the door way.

“What are you doing to him?”  Dimitri asked, laughing as Remus hid further against his side.

“Trying to put sunscreen on him before we leave.”

“It’s icky and I don’t need it.”

“If you don’t want to be in a lot of pain later, yes you do.”  Logan told him.

“Pain?”  Remus asked, looking over Dimitri’s desk.

“Yes, pain.  The sunscreen helps stops you from getting a sunburn, which hurts a lot.”

“Oh… but it’s still icky.”  Remus pouted.

“I can always use the spray one, no cream required.”  Logan told him.

Remus narrowed his eyes for a minute before letting out a sigh and coming out from around Dimitri.  Getting to Logan, he lifted his arms, letting Logan pick him up and take him back out of the room, making Dimitri smile.

From the first day that Logan came into their lives, Dimitri had very high hopes about him and his way with the twins.  After the two had woken from their naps, they had all but clung to Logan and that night hadn’t wanted him to leave.  But finally they let him go, and were more than happy when he actually came back Monday.  After the papers were signed, they started the process of moving Logan into the house, and fully immersing him into the nanny life.  Each day that came, Dimitri had let out a small prayer that Logan didn’t change his mind and tell him to shove it.

That was six months ago.

And Logan’s presence and his caring for the boys had only grown since that first day, and Dimitri couldn’t believe his luck.  That Logan still didn’t seem bothered by the boys antics, and kept them more than busy throughout the day, letting Dimitri get his work done.  And he didn’t mind at all taking them out and doing things with them, taking them to both educational and fun things.

“Knock knock.” Logan’s voice brought him from his thoughts.

“You guys taking off?”

“You know, the boys really, really want you to come.”

Dimitri let out a small laugh, sighing as he looked at his computer, open to the project he had planned to work on today.

“Come on, Dee,” Logan’s soft voice made him look up at him.  “You’re ahead in your work, come to the zoo with us.”

“Just let me get dressed real quick, then I’ll be ready.”

~*~

“Daddy, pick me up.”  Roman said, holding up his arms.

Dimitri smiled at his son, lifting him up and putting him on his hip, looking over at Logan who was doing the same with Remus.  He was more than happy that he had actually decided to go with them, getting to watch the boys enjoy their day.

From them ooing and awing over the various animals, to Remus’ delighted look at all the reptiles.  Especially watching Roman interact with the animals in the petting zoo and watching Remus’ fascination in the butterfly house.  He did feel a little bummed that they weren’t able to go into the aquarium house, since they boys had declared boredom and hunger.

“Are we heading out?”  Logan asked, shifting Remus a little, the young one mumbling against his shoulder.

“I think we might, these two are probably going to be out by the time we get to the front.”  Dimitri nodded.

“Shall we?”

Dimitri nodded his head again, letting Logan lead the way towards the exit, making sure not to jostle Roman too much.  As they got around the butterfly house, Logan slowed down, looking over at Dimitri.

“What’s up?”

“Well, I was wondering if maybe these two are out enough to not complain again about the aquarium.  It happens to be my favorite, and.”

“Yours too?”  Dimitri asked, making Logan laugh.

“So, I take that as they’re asleep enough.”

“You would be right.”

Taking the detour away from the exit, the two headed into the building, Dimitri fighting to keep the smile off his face.  As the two slowly made their way through, Logan giving random facts about some of the more tropical fish, Dimitri felt a calm.  Getting towards the sharks, Dimitri moved to stand next to Logan, watching the large fish glide through the water.

“I’m really glad I came today.”  Dimitri said, bumping into Logan softly.

“We were too.”  Logan smiled at him, before patting Remus’ back as he made a noise, holding him closer.

“Excuse me,” The two turned behind them to look down at the older lady who spoke.  “I don’t mean to intrude, I just wanted to tell you you two have the cutest boys ever.  Such good parents.”

Dimitri let out a soft noise as she patted his arm before walking away towards the exit, his face turning red.  Looking over at Logan, the other wasn’t fairing much better, his cheeks a dark red as he opened and closed his mouth a few times.  In his arms, Roman squirmed a little, letting out a soft whine before giving Dimitri’s shirt collar a tug.

“We going home?”  Roman yawned, breaking the silence.

“Yea, sweet pea, we’re going home.”  Dimitri said, tilting his head towards the exit.

Logan nodded, following behind Dimitri, his face still a soft red as they fully made their way to the zoo exit.  Getting to the car, they got the boys into the car seats, before sliding into the front seat and getting the car started.  As Logan pulled out of the parking garage, Dimitri looked back at the boys for a moment before clearing his throat.

“That lady.”  He started, before losing his words again.

“Don’t worry, it’s not the first time that I’ve been complimented on my, quote unquote, sons.”  Logan said, peeking over at him before looking back at the road.

“Really?  You’ve gotten compliments? Most of the time I just get side eye glares.”  Dimitri joked, making Logan laugh, fully breaking the tension in the air.

“Why so loud?” Remus mumbled from the backseat, making both of the adults snicker.

“Sorry, Rem.”  Dimitri whispered, making Logan bite back another laugh.

A soft grumble came from the back, making Dimitri shake his head softly, peeking back at his sons.

“We can talk more about it later if you want.  But if you’re ok, it’s ok.”

“I think it’s ok.”  Dimitri said, Logan giving him a nod before turning the radio on low, Remus falling back asleep, as Roman slept on, head resting against the strap of his seat.

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Back to you: Chapter 8 Rock bottom

Disclaimer: All characters belong to PixelBerry except those unique to the story. Rating: Mature for language Summary: Tension is getting thick between Aria and Liam, with Madeline tightening the Liams Leash. A night out with two friends makes her see one of them in a different light. (this is a LONG one, I thought about breaking it down into 2 parts buttttt...I didnt wanna ;) ) Tag list: @scarlettedragon @annekebbphotography @speedyoperarascalparty @mind-reader1 @bobasheebaby @hopefulmoonobject @greyeyedsmile14 @indiacater @stopforamoment @xxrainbowprincessxx @lizeboredom @indiacater

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Song inspiration: If you have never listened to this song you  really should.

Aria had never been a fan or trains so when they learned they would be on one for weeks during this sham engagement tour she knew she would need to spend most of it drunk. At least the parts she could be anyway. Thank God for court parties, there was always some kind of booze available. She was thankful they had hotel accommodations tonight though.

Things had been going well with Liam, but as the days went on his schedule became more and more full. Aria didn’t see him except for glances at social events. Madeline was also turning up the PDA as well. “Lets go Aria we were supposed to be there 10 minutes ago.” Leo groaned waiting for Aria to change into yet another dress. They had dinner with an Italian statesmen who was one of Liams mothers friends. Leo was filling in for the Beaumonts since they were out trying to track Tariq down. “Ok how about this one?” Aria steps out of the bathroom.  Leos eyes light up, she looked stunning in a red sequin gown that hugged her body, the back cut so low you could almost see the tattoo she had on the small of her back. Leo stuttered, he couldn’t form words to save his life. Aria laughs “I’ll take that as it’s a winner.” Leo nods his head  “yes, now can we go I’m starving.” His words came back. 

When they walked into the dinner all eyes were on them. Liam’s mouth dropped open, Aria caught him out if her corner of her eye she stiffened back a laugh. She loved when she could pull him out of that stoic demeanor. Fire courses through Madeline veins. It wasn’t bad enough Liam was constantly drooling over Aria, making her look incredibly stupid. But now she saunters in on Leo’s arm?  Aria and Leo take their seats. They are close enough to the head table to have a clear view of Madeline and Liam.

Madeline plasters on a smile as she holds liams hand. She leans in close whispering in his ear “wipe the drool off your face liam, People are watching." He straightens up in his seat. Something had to be done about her, She couldnt have both Rhys brothers after her. Madeline thought to herself, taking a sip of her wine.

At the end of dinner the guest mingled. Aria found a moment alone on the balcony with Liam. “Will you be joining me tonight? She inquired It had been a week since Liam spent the night with her.  "Aria I wish I could but Madeline roped us into drinks with the statesmen, I won’t be able to get away.” He reaches out to touch her hand. Aria moves her hand and sighs “ this is the third time this week Liam. You know you have been spending an awful lot of your down time with Madeline.” “Me? You show up here on my brothers arm, wearing that.” He motioned up and down to her dress. “Well, at least someone escorted me to dinner. Maxwell and Bertrand are working hard to track down whoever set me up, or do you even care about clearing my name anymore?” Aria seethed “keep it down, we don’t want to draw attention.” Liam insisted. Aria stares at him wide eyed “You are unbelievable liam.” She scoffs “Oh and the dress was supposed to be for YOUR benefit!” she walks away leaving him on the balcony. 

Aria heads over to the bar and hops up on the bar stool next to drake. “Shot of vodka.” She tells the bartender. “Uh oh, that kind of night.” Drake grumbles. She takes her shot and throws it back slamming the glass down on the bar. Drake looks at her for a moment, he can tell she’s having a rough night. “Hey, I was going to go shoot some pool, there’s a bar the outside of town if you want to join me?” He asks trying to hide the longing look he was sure he was giving off. Liam told her she could see other people, the attraction he felt for her was growing stronger. He knew he shouldn’t have these feelings but he did. “That sounds great. Give me 30 minutes and I’ll meet you in the hotel lobby. Aria said hoping off the stool. 

She searches the crowd for Leo to let him know she was going to take off, but he found her first. "There you are, I been looking for you.” Aria says “Me? I was coming to ask if you had any plans tonight beautiful? Leo slides an arm around her playfully "Actually yeah, drake and I are going to a bar to have a drink and shoot some pool. Wanna go? Aria asks twirling her hair with her fingers. She hoped he would say yes, Leo always knew how to get her out of a funk. "I could shoot some pool.” Leo says dropping his arm and taking her hand. As they are leaving the resturant Liam sees them across the room.  His face scarlet with a mixture of anger and jelousey. Of course she’s leaving with Leo, he’s always there to swoop in after i manage to screw up. If I didn’t pick my game up, Leo wouldn’t have to steal her, she would go willingly. He thought to himself. 

After a quick change Aria heads to the hotel loby to meet drake. “Hey Hale, you ready to go?” He asks. “Umm just 1 min… ah there.” She searches the crowd, smiling as she sees Leo. “Hey we ready to go?” Leo approaches. “Oh, I didn’t know you were coming too Rhys.” Drake grumbled. He was not expecting Leo to cut into his alone time with Aria. “Yeah I invited him, hope that’s ok?” Aria said picking at her nails. “Ah yeah I guess.” Drakes voice dripping with annoyance. Leo smirked, he knew what drakes plan was. Aria walks towards the car Drake had waiting. Leo clasps Drake on the shoulder and chuckles “nice try bud, but that ones mine.” Drake gives Leo a stern look before they both get into the car.

They pull up to the bar and Aria gasps. “I don’t believe it. Leo do you remember this place?” She asked Leo nods in agreement “I do. Shall we make the same wager?” He cocks his brow, a sly grin forms “You’re on.” Aria pushes his arm. Drake looks at the two of them confused .

They walk into the bar and grab a booth. Leo gets a few pool sticks and claims a table while drake gets a glass of whiskey, he brings Leo and Aria a beer. “This place hasn’t changed at all.” Aria observes sipping her beer. “How do you know this place?” Drake inquires. “I was here, five years ago. My best friend Ellie and I spent a summer abroad. We started in Italy and ended in France.” Aria tells him. “I actually met leo in italy that summer.” She sips her beer avoiding eye contact. “So thats what you meant, at the Beaumont party about it not being the first time you met.” Drake put two and two together. “We came here a few times.” Aria remembers the first time they came.

“I’m gonna warn you, I’m not that good at pool.” Aria confesses, holding the pool stick in her hand. “That’s ok, I can help you if you want.” Leo says handing her a drink. Aria doesn’t sink one ball. “Well I suck.” Aria chuckles drinking her beer. “ no, your just holding the stick wrong, here let me show you.” Leo slides up behind her, placing his hands on hers. He helps her make a shot. He backs away and takes his last shot. “Looks like I win.” he teases. “Ok, another game but this time lets make a wager.” Aria says a hint of mischief in her eyes. “A kiss. If you lose you have to give me a kiss.” Leo states “and if I win?” Aria inquires “dealers choice.” Leo says a little cocky. “You’re on.” Aria shakes his hand. “You wanna break?” Aria asks while setting the balls up. “Ladies first. ” Leo motions to the table. Aria lines the shot up and Crack! The balls fly across the table, she sinks 2 of them. Leo’s eye go wide as he watches her effortlessly run the table. “I believe I win.. time to pay up.” Aria boasts. “You sneak. You said you weren’t that good.. You failed to mention your a pool shark.” Leo’s mouth hangs open. Aria giggles “What do I have to do?” Leo asks nervously. “I believe you owe me a kiss.” Aria whispers in his ear. Leo grins as he takes her face in his hands. His lips press gently on hers as his tounge slips gently into her mouth. She gives completely in, she feels herself melt away, lightheaded they pull back. Leo flashes her a bright smile and just like that, she was hooked. 

“Ready to play?” Leo asked pulling her out of her thoughts. “Drake can play first game.” Aria nodded to the pool table. She took a moment to look at Leo, she forgot how handsome he looked in a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and that leather jacket. Flashing that bright big smile made her feel a little weak in the knees. Get a hold of yourself Aria. She thought to herself. She watched them play until drake walks up. “He cheats” Drake grumbled gulping down his whiskey. “Oh stop being a sore loser Walker, here do you want a hug?” Leo teased “I regret everything.” Drake huffed walking away to get another drink. 

“What do you say beautiful you and me?” Leo challenged. “The usual wager?” Her eyes perked. Leo smiled as she jumped down from the bar stool and walked over to the pool table. After a short game Leo lost, like he always did. “Well I guess I better pay up.” Leo saunters over with a sly smile. A lump forms in her throat, she gulps. As He leans in Drake walks over interupting the moment “hey guys I’m about ready to head out,you coming? He informs them. "Yep, let’s go. ” Aria sighs. Saved by drake she thought. It would have been awkward kissing your almost fiances brother, that was also your ex,in front of your former fiances best friend who also had a major crush on you… Yep her life was totally fucked up.

Once they arrived back at the hotel drake went towards his room while Leo and Aria went towards the lounge. “You know I really wasn’t ready to call it a night.” Aria sighed “who says we have to? We can go back to your room and hang out I’ll get us some booze, you distract the bar tender.” Leo grinned heading towards the bar. Aria smiles as she walks in after Leo,  And there they were.  Liam and Madeline looking quite cozy in a booth, alone. He had his arm around her, he was leaned in close. He didn’t even notice her staring at them but Madeline did. And then it happened, he leaned in and kisses her. Madeline gave Aria a side eye look and smirked. Arias blood boiled but she remained calm. Leo comes back “Hey what happened? Luckily the bartender was busy.” He said. “You got the stuff?” She asked, never taking her eyes off Liam. He pulls his jacket to the side revealing the bottle of rum.  Leo follows her gaze and sees Liam and Madeline in the middle of a seemingly passionate kiss.  Aria nods and pulls him by the hand. “Lets go!” As they rush past Liam looks up to see them hurry away.

Once they got to her room She grabbed the bottle of rum and took a swig. Fucking Madeline, who the fuck does she think she is? Aria thought to herself pacing the floor. “You going to share that?” Leo questioned. Aria took another swig and calmed herself down and handed him the bottle. He gives her a concerned look. “I’m fine.” She protest. “you sure? because it looks like your going to wear a hole in the carpet from pacing so much.” Aria stops pacing and walks over to the couch to sit down. 

They drink in silence for a little while before aria breaks it. “So you got married?” Leo choakes completely caught off gaurd. She shouldn’t have asked it, she knew better but curoiusty got the best of her. She wanted to know about the woman who landed Leo Rhys heart. She thought she had, but he told her it was just a fling. She was drunk and did not care. “I got divorced.” He countered her question. “Yes I know, but tell me about her, the woman who finally stole Leo Rhys heart.” Her words dripping with resentment. Leo narrowed his eyes at my her, and licked his lips. He could tell she was jealous, and he was loving every minute of it. “Katie was my wife, it lasted a year.” He tells her taking a swig of the rum.  “I met her when she was on a cruise, I thought she was sweet and funny. Turns out I was just lonely and she reminded me of someone, or so i thought.” He paused looking at her. “She was a whore who continued to see her two other suitors well after we got married. She ended up pregnant by one of them, so I left and filed for divorce.” He let out a breath he had been holding in.

 He did not want to talk about Katie, she was a huge mistake. “Fuck Leo, your just as fucked up as me.” Aria chuckled and pushed his arm. “Yeah I guess I am.” He agreed. “She didn’t steal my heart you know. I gave that away a long time ago. I never got it back.” He looks up at Aria searching her eyes. What does he mean by that? Gave it to who? God those eyes… Aria thought to herself..

I should probably get going, we have to be on the train pretty early.“ Leo broke the tension. "Oh, yeah you’re probably right, we should call it a night.” Aria agrees. she walks Leo over as he opened the door He turns to her. “You know, I do believe I owe you a debt.” He leans in and kisses her lips softly, Aria puts her hands around his neck and deepens the kiss. Their lips part and tongues do a familair dance. She can taste the rum in his kiss. He pulls away and smiles. “Good night beautiful.” Leaning in and giving her one last gentle kiss. “Goodnight super man.” Aria whispers as she shuts the door.

****

Drake went back to his room. Fumimg that Leo crashed his evening with Aria. He tossed and turned in the bed before giving up. He jumped up and put his clothes back on. His feet took him to the bar down stairs. “Whiskey neat.” He tells the bartender.

“Don’t you drink anything other then whiskey?” A familiar voice comes up behind. He turns to find Olivia. “Thought you left court, What are you doing here?” He questions  “Well, I’m here for answers. I want to find out who sent me that threatening letter.” She said sipping her glass of wine. “What are you doing here?”

Drake grumbles “planned a night out hanging with Aria.. but Leo crashed.” “So you were looking to get laid and Leo cock blocked you?” Olivia chucked to herself. Drakes silence was all the answer he needed. Olivia traced the rum of her glass with her finger. “You know we used to help each other out quite often.. perhaps we could help each other again?” Drake looks at Olivia contemplating her offer. He gulps down his whiskey and gets off the bar stool. Olivia jumps down and takes his hand as they head off towards her room.

****

Aria laid in her bed. Thoughts of the night running through her head. Liam turned her down, not once but three times this week.. to spend time with Madeline. And then she caught them kissing. She didn’t get it. If it was supposed to be a sham engagement why did he kiss Madeline? That kiss didnt look fake.  Why did he blow her off? And then there was the kiss with Leo. It left her light headed and weak in the knees. She was over him,wasnt she? It’s been 5 almost 6 years now. When he left he told her it was just a summer fling. She felt the hurt creep back into her body. Maybe she still harbored feelings, she suppressed them down determined to snuff them out and move on.. The irritating thought in the back of her mind what if they dont find tariq. What then? Will Liam marry Madeline? What happens to them? She couldnt be someones mistress, could she?  She didn’t know what was going on in her head or her life anymore, but she did know she was going to have to figure it all out before she let herself get hurt yet again. And she needed to start by getting everything off her chest, starting with Liam. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.