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— NOW PLAYING: NEXT GEN EPISODE 2

the day of the evaluation… captions overlay the scene of six judges finding their way to their seats in a relatively plain set, a small stage before them obviously prepared for the contestants they’re here to judge today. YOON JIHUN is the first to enter with SEO RAN close behind, idly chatting with YOOJUNG who enters with her as they find their seats at the judges’ table. J-YOON is next to enter, greeting his ceo and the other judges before quietly taking his seat. is he the loner of the group…? the captions assume, though the thought is quickly discarded when YUNA and BOM enter together, arms interlocked as they whisper something between them before taking their seats as well.

“so,” jihun is the first to address the group as a whole, placing his attention in particular on the three judges who also helped train the idol wannabes during the last several days. “what should i be looking most forward to today? any surprises?” he clasps his hands together and leans forward against the table as if in anticipation.

a soft smile crosses yoojung’s face. “there’s a lot of talented dancers in this group. and a lot who are not, but made huge improvements in a very short time. i think some of them will manage to surprise you.”

bom, on the other hand, simply scowls. she says nothing and instead, the editors add in a few clips of a similar glare on her face when working with the contestants during their lessons.

“there wasn’t a big rap part in this song,” j-yoon admits with a shrug. “i think it’s something anyone with a basic understanding of music could pull off. but i’m interested to see what yoojung and bom made of the dancers and vocalists too.”

“shall we see our first contestant, then?” RHEE JIAN appears on stage, ready to introduce the contestants one by one to the judges. “they’re all waiting so nervously backstage. after working so hard these last several days, let’s call them in right away.” though her words are surely part of a script, the judges all nod their heads as if giving approval for judgment day to begin.

“those who ranked low during their auditions have the most potential for growth, so today we’ll go in order from who ranked last to first place. which means the first performance of the day will be… LEE NOEL,”

a short clip of noel entering the stage and bowing to the judges is shown before being replaced by scenes of a practice room and noel rehearsing with other contestants. it’s group dance practice and the editing makes it seem as if noel is making mistake after mistake and the doom and gloom of the editing is punctuated by tense sound effects and music. “i placed last,” noel’s voice cuts over the sounds before the scene of him in the interview room takes over the compilation of his mistakes. “while it doesn’t bother me, i do want to prove that i deserve more than last place.” clips of noel practicing with other participants show then; practicing vocals with hyejin and dohyun, and dance with seojun.

the scene changes again, now back to the stage in front of the judges, and noel performs my turn in front of the group. no comment is made by either the judges or the captions and silence follows the conclusion of his performance, the only sound heard the breathing of the contestant who just performed.

“lee noel,” it’s jihun who picks up his microphone first to give his evaluation of the performance after the tense quiet, “do you really want to be here?” his words are harsh and his expression not much kinder. the camera zooms in on noel’s face for his reaction to the criticism.

“your performance isn’t memorable at all. aren’t you nervous? don’t you want to do well? your attitude doesn’t seem to reflect that. we invited you to participate in this show despite hundreds�� no, thousands of auditions. do you even care?”

“he’s angry,” the microphones catch ran whispering to yuna.

yoojung picks up his microphone next, his expression rather serious though softer than the last speaker’s. “noel, you auditioned with dance and you definitely improved with practice over these last several days. it’s good to know that you can learn and make adjustments when we give you critique. but there’s a lot of good dancers in this competition. i don’t know if you can surpass them if you want to rise above your current rank.”

“you should understand that your place on this show is in danger,” bom, as usual, does not mince her words as she speaks directly to the young man.

“as a not very good dancer and far from a good singer, it felt like i had to learn two things at once,” noel’s interview comes back to the screen, sad music playing as if to garner sympathy for the young man. “i guess that was the most difficult thing, everything at once.”

it’s jian’s face that takes up the screen next, smiling to the camera despite the harsh critique from the last performance. “our next contestant is HWANG BADA,” she announces as the camera zooms in on the girl entering the stage, looking a bit nervous as she does so. ran tries to send her an encouraging smile from the judges’ table.

“the cameras are a bit nerve-wracking, don’t you think?” bada’s voice plays over the scene of her very intentionally meeting the eyes of the judges. “before this, i just worked at my family’s store.” the scene shifts to bada in the practice rooms, rehearsing with hyejin, stevie, haein, and in the group lessons. “i’m going to give it my all. my performance may not be the best, but it’s definitely my best.”

unfortunately, no sooner does the music start does bada make a mistake. she misses the first beat and the camera focuses in on yoojung wincing at the error. the mistake is played again, though this time it shows she recovers and pushes through. she’s out of breath, her voice cracks, but she still continues on. the camera focuses on bom, whose expression is hard to read.

“bada,” it’s ran who speaks first this time her voice gentle and words mostly kind, “you know, right? it wasn’t a perfect performance. but what we’re looking for more than perfection is your potential. how much did you improve from the last time we saw you? were you able to take critique, to ask for help when you needed it? this is a program to discover talent we want to sign to our companies and continue to nurture. no one is expecting you to be ready to debut tomorrow.”

“your voice was better in practice,” it’s bom who speaks next, the editing of the scene alluding to tension as if bom will rip the girl’s performance to shreds. “but that’s to be expected. you have a lot to learn still. what i liked about your performance is that despite your mistakes, you did not give up. tenacity is an important trait to have as a trainee and an idol.”

“did you just say something nice to someone?” yuna picks up her microphone to tease bom, who just smiles and laughs a bit in return. “you worked hard bada,” yuna congratulates the girl despite the flaws in her performance. “like the others said, there’s still a lot to learn. but you seem eager to learn it, and that’s all we can ask for. great job.”

warm music plays as bada takes her leave from the stage before showing a short compilation of her last several days of training. most notably, a clip of her in tears contrasts a clip of a smiling, laughing face. keep working hard, bada! the captions cheer her on.

“up next, a mysterious man who tends to keep to himself, GEUN WONJAE,” rian announces. the scene changes to a series clips of wonjae sitting by himself during breaks in practice and rehearsing alone.

“he looks tired,” j-yoon murmurs to no one in particular as wonjae takes the stage.

“was he up all night practicing?” yoojung wonders aloud, the other idols among the judges frowning seemingly in sympathy as they watch the young man ready himself for his performance.

wonjae makes the same mistake bada did, missing the first beat. his whole performance seems slightly off, as if his body is too tired and sluggish to respond the way he wants it to. he’s clearly frustrated by the end of his performance, the cameras catching the way his hands ball into tight fists by his sides.

“before we talk about your performance,” ran’s brow knits together as she speaks, seemingly genuinely concerned for the young man, “did you get any sleep at all last night? we know that everyone is working hard for this show but it’s important to get your rest when you can. when you’re tired, you can make a mistake and injure yourself.”

“i don’t think we can say much about this performance, to be honest,” jihun speaks next. “wonjae, we know that you did not show us your best side today. it’s not really fair to judge you based on this. i don’t think we can give you a very high score for this but i hope that you take better care of yourself going forward. we want to see the performer we recognized from your audition, not this.”

wonjae is dismissed from the stage and bom lets out a large sigh. “i wish we hadn’t started from the bottom ranks, actually. i think i’m wasting my time hoping for a big surprise.”

“next we’d like to welcome to the stage… SEO JUNHO!” jian is shown giving a small round of applause as the next contestant takes the stage. the cameras show him settling into position briefly before changing the scene, now showing his time preparing for this moment. he glares at himself in the mirror while he tries to perfect the routine. shots of the camera crews packing up and leaving while junho continues to practice late into the night are played with the caption he worked so hard for this moment… is displayed on the screen. a shot of his notes and annotations of the lyrics is shared with the audience. it’s clear that seo junho is one contestant who is taking this show very seriously. maybe bom will finally get the surprise that she’s hoping for.

junho’s performance begins without any long preamble. it’s immediately clear that his hard work has paid off; compared to the last contestants, his moves are much sharper, his voice much more stable. it’s not a perfect performance, but the editors show off his best moves multiple times, cut with the subtle impressed eyebrow raise from jihun himself.

“i want to be the first to speak,” j-yoon hardly lets the music fade away before he’s picking up his microphone, “i feel like i need to apologize. i might have been to harsh on your during the last episode. you’ve absolutely made me eat my words since then,” j-yoon looks absolutely delighted to be proven wrong by the contestant, a smile lighting up his features despite his apology.

“i have to agree,” yuna speaks next. “i think your performance is the largest improvement we’ve seen in a contestant so far. it’s amazing, to be honest. you shone brighter here, with one chance to get it right, than you did in your audition tape with however many takes you put into that. great job, junho. we can’t wait to see what you do next.”

“LEE SEOJUN,” it’s not rian who calls his name but rather an unnamed staff member. the cameras are sure to pick up the way he jumps to attention, ready to take the stage in front of the judges. jian’s formal announcement is seen next, and after one more quick moment of seojun looking anticipatory for his turn on stage, finally he’s seen walking out in front of the judges.

“so many people have made this a lot of fun to be a part of,” seojun’s voice plays over clips of him practicing with wonjae, stevie, noel. it shifts to show several scenes with one person in particular, haneul. “my best friend, haneul, helped, since we practiced together as much as possible.” a soft filter and equally soft music plays as one last clip of the best friends practicing together is shown. a clip of seojun smiling softly in the interview room finishes off the segment.

with the week’s recap completed, it’s time to see the young man’s performance. it’s clear that he’s a confident performer on stage, his movements sharp and voice clear despite the choreography. even bom is seen nodding her head as she jots notes down about the performance. “i think we’re finally just getting to the better contestants,” she murmurs to her neighbor.

seojun’s performance comes to a close and a short round of applause is held for him. jihun picks up his microphone first. “to be honest, i think that this is the most complete performance that we’ve seen so far. you’re a strong dancer and while your vocals could use some work, they didn’t suffer terribly despite the dance. you did a good job.”

“i agree,” yuna nods along with jihun before chiming in, “there were a couple little pitch and support issues but nothing that some practice couldn’t fix. i think we judged you too harshly in the auditions. you definitely shine on stage, lee seojun. great job.” more happy music plays as seojun takes his leave from the stage and the judges look pleased with what they’ve been seeing so far.

the show must move along and jian is already announcing the next contestant to the stage: MOON CAMERON. he smiles as he greets the judges again and the camera focuses in on ran, who can’t help but smile back. “you think he’s cute, don’t you?” jihun teases her despite her pushing him away playfully and denying all accusations. “it’s interesting to have siblings on the show, that’s all,” ran insists.

scenes of a practice room where both siblings rehearse is shown before cameron’s performance can start. “i can’t let myself be too shown up by my little sister,” he says as the screen shows him playfully scolding his sister. “why did i find out you auditioned by seeing you on actual television?”

“seeing her throw her all into this has really pushed me to do the same,” a shot of cameron in the interview room is shown next, camera zooming in on that soft, brotherly smile he has on his face whenever he talks about his little sister.

cameron’s performance begins next, displaying excellent command over the stage that clearly comes from a place of experience. most notably, he sends a wink in the direction of the judges. yuna, ran, and yoojung all exclaim out loud at the gesture. “that was cute!” ran gushes and jihun only nudges her again to tease her lightly. the performance wraps up and all of the judges seem to have enjoyed it thoroughly despite it being the fifth time they’ve heard the same song.

“you have much more experience than most of the other contestants in this show,” j-yoon speaks first, struggling to be serious despite the lingering smile from enjoying the performance so much. “to be honest, i think we’re holding you to a higher standard than the others. i’m not sure if that’s fair but we do want to see your max potential. you still have room to grow.”

“i think i speak for everyone when i say that we thoroughly enjoyed your performance,” yuna speaks next. “it’s fun to watch a performer who looks so at home on stage. there’s some issues with your singing that i’m sure bom will want to address,” the camera shows bom nodding briefly before returning to yuna, “but overall, a good show.”

as cameron is dismissed, the judges check their cue cards for who comes next despite jian’s announcements. “YEOM SARANG,” the emcee announces and the judges begin murmuring among themselves.

“i think he’s the best looking of the male contestants,” yuna comments.

“yes, but a pretty face does not an idol make,” bom’s stern manner never takes a break.

that said, it’s clear that sarang is popular among his fellow contestants. clips of him practicing with others rather closely are played and the captions and editing seem to be jokingly implying that even his fellow male participants have a crush on him. they show him winking at matthew, working closely with jinyoung. “i really enjoyed learning not only from the coaches, but from the friends i’ve made here as well,” sarang’s voice carries over the compilation of clips.

more important than friendship is his turn to perform, however. he captivates the judges, even jihun neglecting to write too many notes as he watches and listens to the young man give his all into his performance of my name. “i’m confident in what i showed,” sarang’s voice can he heard again as he holds the finishing pose.

“let me be the first to speak,” yoojung is the first to pipe up once the spell has worn off. “sarang, you clearly have a lot of untapped potential and i think this particular song was a great opportunity for you. it suits you well. however,” the camera zooms in on sarang’s face for a reaction, the sound effects tense as if yoojung is about to drop a bomb on the situation. “you dance style did not suit the choreography at all. if you’re going to debut in a group someday, you need to be able to mold yourself to the concept. i didn’t always feel that i suited all of a.maze’s concepts, but they needed me to, so i did. you need to learn the same,”

“while i agree with yoojung,” yuna adds to the conversation, “i do want to make sure we commend you for your stage presence and performance overall. a great job, truly.”

if sarang was popular, then PARK STEVEN is basically a celebrity among the trainees. jian’s voice can be heard announcing his turn to perform as the camera shows him going around and greeting all of his friends backstage still waiting for their turns. next gen’s social butterfly, reads the captions. various scenes of steven working with other trainees, comforting them, crying with them can be seen.

“i’ll give it everything i got. no regrets from me!” stevie’s voice plays as he takes his place on stage. he begins his performance when prompted, the camera occasionally cutting to yoojung who nods, j-yoon who scribbles something down, and yuna who seems fixated on the performance with rapt attention. he finishes with a large smile and ran can be seen smiling back.

someone who is not smiling, however, is bom. “steven,” she speaks first among the judges, “i said it before and i’ll say it again. you need to take this competition more seriously.” she fixes him with a rather stern look and doesn’t stop there, “this is not daycare. we’re not here for you to have a playdate with your friends. when we scold you, it’s because we know you can do better. you should be doing better than this.”

a clip plays of stevie in the practice room, trying to lift his leg behind his head when he should’ve been rehearsing. suddenly his social butterfly tendencies don’t seem to be as much of an asset as they are a distraction.

“i have to agree with bom. you’re a good dancer. if you want to be a backup dancer and support our idols on stage, that’s fine. but that’s not what this competition is for. i hope to see more improvement from you moving forward,” yuna explains to the young contestant.

after so many male contestants, finally another female contestant is ready for her turn in front of the judges. “up next,” jian announces, “we’ll see RYU EUNKYUNG,” a shot of the girl raising her fist and mouthing a silent cheer is shown as she takes the stage.

“over and over we’ve worked on this and you’re still getting it wrong,” the scene changes to eunkyung getting scolded by one of the coaches. in the next series of clips, it’s shown how many times she’s forgotten the lyrics or made a major mistake. “somehow it all goes out of my brain when i start to dance,” eunkyung’s own voice is heard as she makes yet another mistake on screen. will she be able to pull it off? the captions question her abilities, drawing tension as once again she’s shown on stage in front of the judges.

her performance begins. it seems that the whole world is watching with their breath held as they wait to see if she’ll make a mistake again or not. what she does instead is make little modifications to the choreography. she cups her hands against her face to send a heart instead of the “v” pose and a shot of ran cooing at the modification is shown before returning to eunkyung’s performance. the line she struggled the most with is coming, though. j-yoon leans forward in his seat, eyes narrowed as he waits. not only does she not flub it, she nails it. a sigh of relief seems to fall and j-yoon sits back, nodding his approval.

“you had me worried, eunkyung,” he speaks after her performance is finished, smiling now that it’s all over. “i’m glad you were able to work out your issues with the lyrics. overcoming obstacles is an important part of breaking into this industry. you’re going to have much more difficult challenges than this going forward.”

“to be honest, i think you’re center material,” ran speaks up, “i know, i haven’t said that to anyone else yet. you’re confident and while your skills could use some work, you’re doing an excellent job all things considered. keep up the good work.”

“so many cameras,” the translation of SATO KOU’s statement is shown in subtitles on the screen. the scene changes this time to kou in the interview room, where he once again says the same thing: “this is a lot of cameras.” is he camera shy? the captions question.

“we’re looking forward to kou’s performance,” jian announces. earlier that week… the captions interrupt the performance with a scene of the boy in a practice room, clearly frustrated even before he exclaims “i can’t do it!” clips of kou’s mistakes in dance practice play one after the other, highlighting all of his many errors. “i just wasn’t born with the ability to dance, you see. see? my arms just won’t listen to my head.”

“i’ve been practicing like crazy,” kou’s voice is heard while the camera returns to the scene in front of the judges. “i think i’ve improved a lot. at least i won’t look like an idiot on stage… i hope.”

the boy’s face lights up as he begins his performance and the judgest watch, paying careful attention to him. yoojung in particular seems anxious, having seen the boy in practice not all that long ago. “please don’t mess up,” he murmurs, barely loud enough that the microphones can pick it up. thankfully, kou doesn’t make a mistake and completes the performance without any major catastrophe.

“you had me so worried,” yoojung laughs the tension away as he addresses the contestant. “i’m glad that you were able to pull it off in the end and i hope that this is the end of your dancing woes. it’s a skill that you absolutely need if you want to be an idol. please, keep practicing.”

“i would’ve liked to see more improvement from you, though,” jihun remarks, a slight frown on his face. “you’re a decent singer, kou. but i feel like you just got lucky with your dancing here, based on what yoojung was telling us earlier. i hope that you can prove me wrong and show that it truly was skill.”

a scary contestant is next, the captions, in cold, shivery effect, appear on screen. “if i’m making you cry, you should quit now,” LEE NAYOUNG’s voice can be heard. “have you been practicing outside of lessons at all? do you even have your sheet of the lyrics? what are you doing here?” clips of nayoung confronting various contestants are played on screen. she’s scarier than bom, the captions claim, showing a side-by-side shot of bom’s glare compared to nayoung’s.

“please welcome lee nayoung to the stage,” jian announces the contestant dutifully. unlike the scary clips from earlier, nayoung is all smiles to the judges as she greets everyone politely. it turns out that she has a reason to scold the other trainees, her performance goes off not quite flawlessly but clearly more skilled than many of the contestants before her.

“did you know that people are saying you’re scarier than i am?” bom addresses the girl with the slightest hint of a smile on her face. “i was worried that you would be all bark and no bite. i’m pleased that you have the skill to back your words up. you could practice your stability more. but overall, good job.”

“i would caution you to try to get along better with the other contestants,” ran frowns into her microphone, “we understand this is a competition. but if you’re going to join one of our companies, we need to know that you’ll be a good fit with our current trainees. if you can’t get along with anyone, we’ll have reason to be concerned.”

LEE JINAE’s performance is next. it seems to breeze by with no context at all. “it was entirely unmemorable,” jihun points out to his fellow judges, who seem to agree. no one can even remember what she practiced all week.

completely on the opposite side of the spectrum is MIN HYEJIN. as jian announces her name, clips of her practicing with several different contestants play across the screen. matthew, noel, haein, bada, nayoung, saea, kou, and of course stevie are all seen practicing with the girl at different times. if stevie was the social butterfly of the boys, hyejin takes the title for the girls. “there were so many helpful participants and so many i made sure to lend a helping hand to as well,” her voice is heard over the clips.

her performance starts. there’s hiccups, like every contestant so far, but the cameras seem to focus on them much more than the others. the judges faces don’t look as excited about hyejin’s performance as they had about others.

“hyejin,” yuna sighs before continuing, “i understand that you worked with a lot of different people and spent a lot of time helping them. that’s great, and we love to see that sort of teamwork, but i think your performance suffered for it. you should have spent a little more time on yourself.”

“i want to remind you to mind your expressions too,” j-yoon adds. “you had moments where you were really good. but then you’d lose that and it was such a shame. i agree with yuna, i think you overextended yourself helping others. you should be more mindful of your time in the future.”

the scene cuts away from hyejin, indicating her segment is over, and instead focuses on jian again as she announces the next performance. “our next contestant ready to show you his skills is CHO HANEUL,” the young man is seen taking the stage and giving a polite bow to the judges. jihun smiles and nods approvingly; it seems he cares very much about the manners and attitude of all of the participants.

“if i’m really honest, i almost didn’t audition,” haneul’s voice is heard as he waits for the music to start. “i keep thinking if i should have done this or not,” clips of his practice sessions, including a sweet hug with stevie, play across the screen, highlighting all of the highs and lows of the last several days. “but might as well do my best while i’m here, right?”

the music starts and haneul’s performance begins. he’s an adept performer, singing and dancing solidly until the short rap part of the song comes up. when his pronunciation is slightly off on one word, the cameras zoom in on j-yoon scribbling something down in his notes.

“haneul,” j-yoon is the first to give his critique once the music ends and the contestant relaxes from his ending pose, “first of all, i want to praise you for trying something outside of your comfort zone. it’s clear you know how to sing and dance but rap was something new for you. that said, to be completely honest, i don’t think it’s something you should do anymore.”

ran’s eyebrows raise at the unexpected harsh critique from j-yoon, who ignores the looks he’s getting and continues. “let me be clear. you’re a good singer and dancer. i don’t think you need to rap. i understand it was part of this evaluation but i think going forward it would be better for you to focus on the things you’re already good at.”

“i get what j-yoon means,” jihun nods along as he speaks, “instead of wasting your time and energy trying to perfect something that honestly doesn’t really matter, focus on your other skills instead. i think that will take you farther in this competition. good job, haneul.”

the young man bows politely as he’s dismissed. “i like him,” jihun says aloud.

“don’t go picking favorites this early,” yuna warns playfully, “i might like him too.”

a shot of the waiting room takes over the scene. after a slow pan of the remaining contestants waiting for their turn, the camera zooms in on the next one up: PARK DOHYUN. he seems to be staring off into space. is he awake? the captions question as a sped-up shot of his fellow contestants and staff zipping around the waiting room plays while dohyun himself simply sits still. “learning the lyrics and dance… it was kinda like a bootcamp,” dohyun’s voice speaks over the scene. the editing makes it seem as if he’s a bit dazed and confused, as if the hard work of the past week has completely robbed him of any remaining branpower.

in the next moment, jian is welcoming him to the stage in front of the judges. as the music starts, it seems that he hasn’t fully snapped out of his trance and misses his cue. he’s flushed in the face when he does get back on track. “is he alright?” ran whispers to yuna, who frowns in concern at dohyun’s performance.

when he finally reaches the end of his performance, he’s out of breath. a few silent moments pass before yoojung speaks. “dohyun, you’ve learned a lot in a short time,” he praises the contestant first, smiling encouragingly, “but to be honest, i’m concerned about you. are you feeling alright? are you ill?”

the camera zooms in on dohyun’s face as if looking for any ailment.

“this is a competition but you can’t be reckless with your body. i understand desperation to be signed and to debut. but certain injuries can’t quite be recovered from. you’re just starting to learn dance. don’t make it harder for yourself by getting hurt.”

“yoojung is right,” yuna speaks next. “we see your improvement, dohyun. i can’t say you’re a good dancer yet, to be honest. but if you can stay healthy, i think you can become one.”

with dohyun’s performance complete, the scene goes back to the waiting room. the crowd is getting smaller and smaller as more and more contestants take their turn in front of the judges. finally, it focuses in on the next performer: MOON JINYOUNG. he looks nervous or at the very least restless as he gets to his feet to pace, to practice the song and dance one more time, humming the melody as he runs through the movements.

he’s seen walking on stage as jian announces his name. “i’m fine. it just hit me, you know? this is real.” his voice is heard as he looks at the judges with his chin held high, masking any fear that he might have had going into this. jinyoung tests his voice once, twice, before assuming the starting position and waiting for the music to start. unlike the last performer, he doesn’t miss his start. but the problems start when he sings. the camera cuts to bom who can barely disguise a rather repulsed expression as she scribbles notes down in font of her.

jinyoung is red in the face much like dohyun had been by the time his performance comes to an end.

“i heard that you’re a big fan of yoojung,” it’s ran who speaks first, not yet critiquing jinyoung’s performance but holding a conversation instead. a clip plays of jinyoung and sarang in a practice room together. “i want to be yoojung when i grow up,” jinyoung had said then. the scene returns to ran, who’s smiling at her fellow judge as she speaks to jinyoung. “it’s clear that you’re a talented dancer. maybe the best we’ve seen today. but dancing alone isn’t enough to be like your idol. yoojung is a talented singer too. to be honest, you have a long way to go in that area.”

“i’m disappointed, to be honest,” bom speaks up, barely looking up from her notes at the young man she’s addressing. “you did better in practice. there’s no excuse for what you showed us on stage today. if you want to continue in this competition, you need to be much better.”

the humiliated contestant bows as he says his farewell to the judges, bright red in the face. even he doesn’t look satisfied with his performance.

“up next,” jian is the center of the screen again, smiling as she reads the name off her cue card, “MOON SAEA, our little sister.” the scene changes to saea in the practice room, first bickering with her actual brother cameron, then hanging out with stevie, calling hyejin ‘unnie’, and even pouting in the interview room rather cutely. children’s music plays in the background, painting the girl with a cute, childish image.

however, that childish image changes abruptly when she’s shown standing in front of the judges, seemingly more cool and collected than the playful girl they had already shown in practice. as soon as the music starts, the performer takes over. yoojung can be seen nodding approvingly at her performance and even jihun seems to be impressed, brows raised as he scribbles a note down in front of him.

“first of all, i want to say that you put on an excellent performance,” jihun’s praise has been increasingly rare for the duration of this show, so the other judges are shown with rather surprised expressions as he compliments saea. “i think you already know and bom will likely say more than me on it but your singing still needs work. still, you held your own. learning these things in such a short time is difficult but you proved today it’s far from impossible.”

“you’re doing well at rap,” j-yoon adds as well. “is this your first time practicing and performing it? i think with practice and training, you might have a future in it. i’m excited to see what you’re capable of in the future.”

“we’re getting closer to last week’s number one,” jian takes over again as the show transitions to the next contestant. “next to perform for our judges is MATTHEW LUONG.”

“i’m very grateful for being ranked in the top ten, let alone the top five,” matthew’s voice is played over a scene of him in the waiting room, anxiously anticipating his turn. “i just was worried that i was going to let people down.” a shot of him approaching the stage is cut off by a practice room scene, matthew attempting to sing the song perhaps for the first time. it’s clear that he’s not yet a vocalist, making many mistakes during his attempt. “i don’t know if i want to go for the first place spot,” his voice is heard again, “i’m so nervous that i’m just going to disappoint everyone.”

the scene cuts back to matthew on stage, the judges staring at him expectantly. as the music begins, so does his performance. while his voice doesn’t compare to some of the stronger vocalists in the competition, he’s not all that bad and his top five spot isn’t undeserved. he seems to lose a bit of strength as the performance wraps up, and yoojung’s sharp eye is sure to catch that. the camera focuses on the judge after the music ends.

“how long have you been practicing singing?” yuna is the first to speak up despite the initial focus on yoojung. “was this your first time performing it seriously? you did a good job,” she smiles as she praises the contestant. “it was fun to watch you. it looked like you were genuinely enjoying your time on stage and as an audience member, that makes such a difference. i hope you continue to love performing. that will take you farther in this industry than anything.”

“your voice needs work,” bom can never seem to just give a compliment. “but you improved a lot in a short time. you need to work on your control and pitch. keep this in mind.” her words are short but at least they don’t seem as harsh as she’s been on others.

matthew is dismissed and the next contestant is called to the stage, announced by jian with another glowing smile. ZHOU AREN RENYI is looking rather pale in the face as he stands before the judges. “i know that people expect a lot because i was ranked so high. but truthfully, i don’t know why i’m ranked so high,” ren’s voice is played over a zoomed-in clip of his trembling hands.

“are you nervous, renyi?” jihun speaks before the performance begins. the camera just zooms in on the boy’s nervous face as an answer.

renyi’s performance begins. there’s obvious mistakes, he stops singing at one point entirely, and bom is seen scowling and writing notes down. ran leans forward in her seat, brows creased in concern. the judges all saw potential in this contestant; they just hope that he can live up to it. and in parts, he does. his expressions are good despite the obvious nerves, even biting down on his lip as the camera catches his face just right. but perhaps most surprising is when he stops dancing entirely near the end, instead singing the high note with full strength. bom’s brows raise in a way that’s hard to tell if it’s a good or bad thing. he continues the dance for the last bit and all the judges scribble something in front of them.

“you made an… interesting choice,” ran puts it more nicely than some of the other judges might have as they begin their verbal evaluation of renyi. “i understand that you’re not very experienced as a performer yet. but halting your dance so you could sing… it’s something that we incorporate into choreography for main vocalists at times, though it wasn’t part of this routine.”

“others were able to sing and dance during that part just fine,” bom’s harsh critique doesn’t soften for the clearly nervous boy, though perhaps she’s not as mean as she could be. “if you want to keep up in this competition, you should try to mimic the good parts of your peers and be better than their flaws. i’m not sure we saw a top three performance from you today.”

when renyi bows, he lurches forward, falling to a knee as he loses strength. immediately, all six of the judges spring to their feet. “are you alright?” yuna calls out to the boy as yoojung tries to escape the judges’ table to help the contestant to his feet. however, ren excuses himself and skitters away before anyone can reach him. “can someone go check on him?” yuna asks the staff. someone follows renyi out to make sure that he’s unhurt.

the judges still look somewhat unnerved by the nearly collapsed contestant when jian is announcing the next one up to perform, JUNG JOOMI. “his skillset is similar to renyi’s,” jihun points out, a small frown still on his face. unspoken worry seems to mingle through the group of judges.

it seems that the boys also have similarities in temperament as well and the scene changes to a practice room, captions explaining that this is the first day of practice for the mission. joomi is crying, stevie comforting him as best as he can. “i honestly… i didn’t know i could sing before coming on here,” his voice is played over the shot before it transitions to him in the interview room looking at anything but the eye of the camera. “i’m not confident but i’m glad i made it through.”

joomi’s performance is… well, it’s hard to say it’s anything close to good. his dance is a mess, his voice falters for the energy put into dancing, and overall it’s rather a disappointing performance from the second place winner. there’s a long silence between when the music ends and the judges start to verbalize their evaluation of the contestant.

finally, bom is the first to speak. and despite her harsh reputation, her words seem to be a bit softer. “i feel like we should apologize to you, joomi,” she holds the microphone with both hands as she looks directly at the contestant. “you’re a very talented singer but second place put a lot of pressure on you. i don’t think you were ready for that pressure. and we didn’t see the singer we all fell in love with today. i’m sorry for that, too.”

ran’s lips press tightly together as if she’s struggling to find the words as she raises her microphone as well. “today’s performance wasn’t good. but i’m sure you already know,” she has to be honest with him though it seems that the judges are treating him more gently than they’ve treated others. some contestants require tough love, some require gentle encouragement. “i hope you feel proud of what you’ve learned in the meantime. i think you have a lot to learn and a long way to go but i think you can get there eventually. we’re cheering for you, joomi!” she raises her fist in a silent fighting! and yoojung, j-yoon, yuna, and even jihun do the same to encourage the boy in front of them.

as joomi leaves the stage, jihun sighs. “that was a shame,” he sinks in his seat a bit. “i think you hit the nail on the head, bom. we put too much pressure on him before he was ready. part of developing talent is knowing when and where to apply the right amount of pressure.”

“our final contestant is our number one place,” jian takes over the screen and transforms the dull mood into something more anticipatory, more exciting. “please welcome to the stage our defending first-place, OH HAEIN!”

the girl’s smiling face is seen bright and cheery as she takes her place on the stage. jihun straightens up again and the rest of the judges shake off their dreary moods to watch with rapt attention. this is the defending champion, the most anticipated performance of the episode. next gen’s ace, the captions claim as clips of haein helping other contestants learn and perform their skills play across the screen. she seems adept in everything she does. the editing really hypes up her upcoming performance.

without making the audience wait too much longer, haein is shown again in front of the judges, the music starting. unlike some of the last contestants who didn’t live up to their placement, haein does. she smiles through her performance, she seems to shine on stage. the judges are thoroughly engrossed in the performance, watching closely and even forgetting to write down any notes as they simply enjoy the song and dance despite seeing it over twenty times already.

as the music comes to a close, the six judges give the contestant a small round of applause.

“as expected of our first-place,” yuna smiles into her microphone like a proud mother. “haein, you’re a very talented performer. any critique we have is relatively minor, which is a huge compliment to you and your abilities. i would just say to mind your expressions a little better. you were smiling but i’m not sure you were engaged the entire time. don’t forget the audience in front of you. they’re the ones you’re performing for.”

“we had a lot of talented performers today,” jihun cautions, “i’m not sure if you can maintain your number one position and be our female center but you’ve certainly made it a difficult decision for us. great work today. we’ll be excited to see your next performance.”

with that, the last contestant is dismissed and the judges are tasked with ranking all of the performers from first to last yet again. their discussion starts, clips of them moving photos around and commenting on various performances playing while tense music plays in the background.

finally, all of the contestants are called to the stage to reveal the rankings and centers for the mcountdown performance. “first, we want to congratulate all of you on completing the mission successfully and safely,” jian addresses all of the participants with a smile. “as much as we’d like to award all of you for a job well done, the judges do have to rank you accordingly and pick our centers. please turn your attention to the screen.”

on a large television screen at the back of the stage, the rankings are revealed one by one, starting by counting down from the top fifteen until they get to number five. then, ranks sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty are revealed. six contestants remain, five of them at the top, and the remaining in dead last. one by one, five, four, three, and two are revealed until just first and last place are left. both ranks are revealed at the same time.

“congratulations to SAEA and JUNHO, our official centers!” jian announces the rankings. time is given for the contestants to react to the news and congratulate the winners before the show continues. the contestants are told that the entire group will be performing on mcountdown next thursday, march 9th, and that some of their practice this week will be devoted to running the routine as a group and nailing down the blocking for the various parts. all contestants will record the male or female parts in full and the final song will be released for digital download on the same day as their performance.

“and of course, we have to introduce your next mission as well,” jian smiles at the contestants while the screen on stage changes from their rankings to a title card that reads teamwork evaluation. “you’ve shown us the talents you’re most confident in already but so far, all of our missions have been independent. we want to test how you work together in a team. our judges have split you into six groups based on what they feel your strongest skill is. this evaluation will be our first elimination round with two teams of the same skill going head to head. the winning team will be safe from elimination while the losing team will risk sending some of their members home.”

each team is announced and the songs they’re expected to perform introduced to them. jian explains that they’ll continue to have lessons with the coaches and that bom, j-yoon, and yoojung will be staying on the program as skill coaches for the remainder of the season.

“good luck to all of our contestants! remember, we’re looking at you to be the next generation of kpop. show us that you can shine!” the main theme of the show begins playing again as the episode ends.

#BE:NGS1 #BE:NGS1P2

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cal-kestis · 3 years ago

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ZOOM OUT TO MULTI-GIF LAYOUT: Brady Bunch-Inspired Gif Transition Tutorial ↳ some anons asked me here and on @usergif for a tutorial on this gif from my benedict bridgerton set. if you know the basics of gif-making, this is a very easy effect to recreate! (despite what this monster below the cut would make it seem)

★ STEP 1: Crop, resize, convert, and color your Big Gif

To preface, I mainly work in Video Timeline. My process for making these gifs was roughly: import screencaps in Frame Animation (aka Load Files into Stack), crop, resize, convert to smart object & Video Timeline, and color.

The big gif is 540x540px.

(Number of frames/screencaps is going to matter down the road. But it doesn’t ~technically~ matter how many frames your Big Gif is. This moment with Benedict was sadly only 38 frames. Ideally, I would’ve had a longer scene so I wouldn’t have to make the gif repeat after it zooms out. It would look more seamless that way.)

★ STEP 2: Crop, resize, and color your Small Gifs

In this gif, I have 9 Small Gifs sized to 180x180px. Yes, this is bigger than normal Tumblr dimensions and that’s because I always resize my gifs 2-3px bigger so I can crop out the transparent border that appears otherwise.

Re: number of frames — to save some frustration down the line, especially if you’re not used to working with multi-gif canvases: make all your Small Gifs the same number of frames. This will mitigate duplicate frames when you export.

Because my Big Gif scene was so short and all the reactions from other characters in the Small Gifs were so short, I also had to duplicate my frames so they’d loop once. All of my small gif scenes were 24 frames, so I copied and pasted the same 24 frames after for a grand total of 48 frames per Small Gif.

Side note: My process is very... perfectionistic. You could technically pull this off with just 8 Small Gifs and 1 Big Gif. But I... did not and decided to make Benedict’s gif at both sizes. Because resizing affects the number of pixels your gif has, quality will vary when you transform it later on. By doing what I did, when the Big Gif transitions to the Small Gif, it's at the best possible quality and sharpness. Choose your own adventure ✨

★ STEP 3: Create a template using shapes

Here are the dimensions for all my Small Gifs:

Top & Bottom Rows: 177x177px, 178x177px, 177x177px Middle Row: 177x178px, 178x178px, 177x178px

Whenever I work with layouts, I like to make my own template using filled shapes so I can (A) see how the final layout will look and (B) select the shapes to create layer masks! So, I just made 9 squares at these sizes.

Be sure to remove any background layer! You want the gutters (the spaces between the squares) to stay transparent.

★ STEP 4: Arrange your gifs into a layout

Bring all the gifs you pre-made into one file, so you have a mess that looks like this:

Side note: These gifs are resized, but I’ll explain later why they don’t look cropped anymore due to preserving cropped pixels.

I like to put all my individual gifs in their own groups and use layer masks because I like the control it gives me. (Here’s a super handy tutorial from Kate via @usergif on how to use layer & clipping masks if this is new to you!)

Here’s how my layers panel looked with everything organized:

Since I made my shapes beforehand, all I had to do was Command+Select a square and click the “Add Layer Mask” button at the bottom of the layers panel for each group.

(If you're working with scenes where the original lighting fluctuates across all the scenes, using layer masks would be helpful to contain your coloring only to a certain gif. I was pretty lucky with this scene because my coloring of the Big Gif worked decently with all the other scenes. So, I just put all my coloring in a group and masked out the gutters.)

Layer masks will also crop the Small Gifs to the correct sizes and remove the extra 2-3px buffer I left when I originally resized my gifs to 180x180.

★ STEP 4: Arrange your gifs on the Timeline

Since we’re doing a transition effect, you’ll have to “stagger” your gifs in a sense. The Big Gif will play first, so you should place this gif at the beginning of the Timeline. And as it shrinks, the Small Gifs will start to play behind it. Here’s what my Timeline looked like:

I started the zoom out animation halfway through the Big Gif — you can see where it starts at the first keyframe diamond on the “BIG GIF” clip. So, I placed all my Small Gifs (which are in the lighter gray group folders, including the small version of Benedict’s gif) so they begin where the animation begins. You can see the gray bars indicate where the Small Gifs begin.

Be sure to click the “Go to Next Frame” arrow ⏭ a few times to check that your Small Gif frames are synced with the Big Gif frames. If you place your Small Gifs at a weird spot, this could create duplicate frames when you export too. If you don’t see the Big Gif moving in sync with the Small Gifs, just shift the Small Gifs over a frame until they’re *NSYNC! bye bye bye, duplicate frames

★ STEP 5: Create a Clipping Mask

Side note: Here’s the “depends-on-your-giffing-process” step. I mentioned before, I do not delete cropped pixels when I crop. This just allows me flexibility to move my gif around if I decide halfway through making the gif that I don’t like the way I cropped something. So, this is always unchecked for me:

If you do delete cropped pixels, you won’t need to do a clipping mask. You can simply animate the Big Gif itself, and not do the extra step of animating a shape. I have to do this because my gif is not technically “cropped” into a square. The rest of the gif is just hidden with a mask.

First, take the shape you originally used to mask the small version of your Big Gif. For me, this is the top-middle 178x177px rectangle. Put this shape under the Big Gif clip and convert it into a smart object (right-click > Convert to Smart Object). In my experience, you have to convert it to a smart object for the transform animation to work.

In your layers panel, you’re going to use a clipping mask to clip the Big Gif to the shape: right-click the Big Gif layer and choose “Create Clipping Mask.” A bent arrow pointing down will appear if you did it right!

This essentially conforms the Big Gif to the confines of the shape. (You can learn more about clipping masks in Kate’s mask tutorial I linked earlier.) Here’s what that looks like in the layers panel:

I’ll explain why I have a copy later... it’s just me being a perfectionist again 😭

★ STEP 5: Animate the Zoom Out Effect

Let’s place the keyframes! We’re only going to be using the Transform tool for this, so only use that keyframe:

Oh jeez, I’m not working in numerical order, I’m so sorry... 😬 (my perfectionism is selective)

Keyframe 4: With the playhead (the red vertical line with the blue slider on top - it’s offscreen and not visible in my screenshot, sorry) positioned over where you want to end your animation, put a keyframe on your SHAPE. Since your shape is still at its small size, this will ensure your Big Gif ends up the exact small size you made it in your template when the animation finishes.

Keyframe 3: Move the playhead to where you want to start the zoom out effect. Command+T (or Edit > Free Transform) to open the transform tool, and enlarge the shape so it fills your whole 540px canvas again. Once the shape is big, put a keyframe on that spot.

Keyframe 1: Put a keyframe on your Big Gif exactly at the same spot you just placed Keyframe 3. This is where the Big Gif zoom out animation will start.

Keyframe 2: Move the playhead back to the same spot as Keyframe 4. Command+T and resize the Big Gif so it matches the size of the Small Gifs.

↳ If you decided not to be Type A like me, you can do this less exact than I’m about to explain, but here’s what I did with my method: Since I already cropped a Small Gif version of my gif, I had to make sure my resized Big Gif matched it perfectly. This is super easy to do. Just look at the Properties tab for your Small Gif and take those dimensions. On your Big Gif, click Command+T and resize your Big Gif to match your Small Gif’s dimensions and make sure the gifs are aligned. You can lower the opacity of one gif for a sec to check if they’re properly lined up.

Now, when you play your timeline, you should see your Big Gif zoom out to a Small Gif! And because your Small Gifs start when the Big Gif starts to shrink, the Small Gifs will be revealed as the Big Gif zooms out.

Back to why I have a clip called “BIG GIF copy.” First, I didn’t line up Benedict’s Small Gif so it would continue where the Big Gif left off — I did that intentionally though. But mostly, this is me being too perfectionistic again. I split my clip (using the scissor tool in Timeline) so I could add a tiny Gaussian Blur after the animation ended and the Big Gif was fully shrunken down. It helped the shrunken Big Gif match the small version better. 🤡 Feel free to be more normal than me.

★ STEP 6: Animate the Zoom In Text

Create a text layer and type whatever you want it to say. Here’s the Brady Bunch font I used. I put a 4px white stroke on the outside too!

Size your text so it fits inside the center 178x178px gif — this is the starting “small” size. Place this text layer toward the end of your gif. You can see my text starts very close to the end:

We’re going to use the same method as before with transform keyframes.

Star Keyframe: With your text still at the starting “small” size, put a keyframe at the beginning of the text layer.

Hexagon Keyframe: Move the playhead just shy of the end of your gif, add a keyframe, and Command+T to make your text bigger! I made mine just slightly bigger than the center gif so it “bled” into the gutter.

★ STEP 7: Convert back to Frames and delete duplicate frames

This step is SO important for a smooth-looking gif.

The thing about animating in Photoshop Timeline is the placement of keyframes is a bit more “fine tuned” than where actual frames land. The animations play very smoothly and continuously vs. screencaps which are separated by milliseconds or whatever it is. This causes Photoshop to compensate with duplicate frames. If you don’t do this step, your gif will look choppy to a trained eye. This is my made-up explanation which sounds logical enough for me. 👩🏻‍🎓

(Don’t know how to convert back to frames? Try this handy action from Rizz/@anyataylorjoy!)

Once you’re back in frames, click through each frame and delete any duplicates. Duplicates will only exist where you have animations. My animations gave me 11 duplicate frames — a few when the Big Gif zooms out and a few when the text zooms in.

Export your gif and make sure you have transparency checked so your gutters stay transparent:

And there you go!

A Brady Bunch-inspired gif fit for calling out your fav Clown (affectionate) Character — “Sure, Jan” style.

I hope this made sense! 😅 Please let me know if you have any specific questions!! We have lots of other tutorials at @usergif so be sure to check those out too!

#resource #tutorial #completeresources #usershreyu #userkosmos #useralison #userstar #usernums #tuserkay #uservalentina #usercim #userk8 #userannalise #useryoshi #userelio #tuserabbie #usersole #gfx*#resource*

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gingeraleluke · 3 years ago

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Hey babe! Can I request a blurb or smth where someone makes a comment body shaming the reader and they really take it to heart? This happened to me the other day and it’s rlly hurting😢 I tried on all of my clothes that I loved yesterday but rn I see something completely different in the mirror ugh. Anyways if u could help I would appreciate it sm🥺 vin comfort is the best🤍🤍

𝗶 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴

𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: vinnie hacker x fem!reader

𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: vinnie’s girlfriend takes some comments about her body, to heart.

𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: swearing, body image/insecurity and fluff

𝗔/𝗡: this is open ended for any body type! it’s plus sized and anor3xic friendly ♡︎

i love you so much and i hope this helps. you are perfect just the way you are <3

◦◦,`°.✽✦✽.◦.✽✦✽.°`,◦◦

when you arrived at the hype house, you weren’t expecting to see anthony, jordan, and quinton to be sprawled out on the ground of the living room with remote-controlled cars zooming everywhere. you dodged the multiple toy cars that came speaking towards you, used to their antics.

“what the hell are you guys doing?”

“quinton got us cars.” anthony laughed, getting off of the ground and grabbing his stuff to leave. as he left out the door, he said goodbye to you and gave you a small hug.

“vinnie, y/n is here!” jordan shouted, continuing to play with the rc car. kouvr and alex walked down the stairs with the camera rolling, causing everyone to focus on them.

“say hi to the vlog!”

“Y/N’S HERE?!” vinnie bursted through the hallway, alex’s camera filming his whole reaction. he noticed the camera and rolled his eyes before grabbing you and picking you up to give you a kiss.

“hi.”

“hi!”

“i’ve been waiting for you to come.” vinnie muttered, his forehead up against yours and the two of you smiling.

“ah, yes. i see from all the rambunctiousness.” you laughed, feeling vinnie’s hands run down your body and give your ass a small squeeze, his neck nuzzled in yours.

everyone put their focus on the vlog and continued out of the room, jordan and quinton leaving with the rc cars. y/n made her way upstairs to vinnie’s room. not living together really sucked, but you understood how big of a deal being at the hype house was for him. you were busy with your own job but always made the time to see him. you’d often sleep at the house for a day or two a week, and sometimes vinnie would come with you and stay at your place. the point is, even though you didn’t live together, you still saw eachother pretty much daily.

vinnie was on his pc and you were sat on his bed, taking selfies. you liked taking pictures with the mural in his background and his game setup. it always made a picture better to you. vinnie wasn’t gaming so his headphones were off, and instead he was just editing clips of an anime he rewatched. you saved a couple selfies and posted one on snapchat.

you looked up to see vinnie turned around, his back still towards you. “what?”

“you just look so hot today.”

“oh, stop it.” you scoffed, jokingly while you tried to hide how flustered you were.

“i’m serious! i love when you wear tank tops and skirts.” he turned around, typing on his keyboard. “it’s fucking sexy.”

you looked down over your outfit, analyzing the graphic tank and the plain black skirt. you normally didn’t dress like this, but you felt confident knowing that you would be seeing vinnie today. while he continued working on his computer, you went through your instagram feed.

“hey, can we watch that new disney movie?”

“what one?”

“the columbian family one, encanto! it’s with the girl with the cute hair and the glasses—i don’t know much about it, honestly, but it looks so cute and everyone on my timeline is talking about it.”

“yeah! yeah, sure, let me just finish this real quick.”

you nodded and continued on your phone, a post from a vinnie fan page had popped up on your feed. it was a screengrab from a tiktok of vinnie dancing in a pool. it was zoomed in on you in the background, wearing a swimsuit and leaning against the wall.

confused as to why they posted it, you read the caption, and then the comments.

saw this in vinnie’s new tiktok. what do you guys think about her?

@ userone: ugh, no.

@ usertwo: she seems sweet and makes him happy 🤷‍♀️

@ userthree: why is he with a girl like that tho. she’s not even hot, look at her body bro..

@ userfour: @ userthree i know…

@ userfive: @ userthree she needs help, honestly. 🤢

@ usersix: @ userthree gross asf

@ userseven: @ userthree shut the fuck up, she’s perfect wtf

@ usereight: i love her, honestly

@ usernine: she’s so hot.

@ userten: he could do better 🙄

you immediately felt your whole stomach drop. you got up on your feet and rummaged through vinnie’s drawers and pulled out a pair of sweats and a shirt. vinnie didn’t notice and continued editing.

you curled up in a fetal position on his bed and grabbed onto the skin of your stomach. those comments hit you right in the gut and now you couldn’t even look at yourself.

going onto your snapchat, you deleted the selfie you posted, feeling salty tears fall down your cheeks. you cried silently, not wanting vinnie to know. he specifically told you how things with this would happen. how dating him would have people on your back, constantly picking you apart and putting you down.

“alright!” he got up and jumped on the bed, grabbing your leg. “let’s watch some disney.”

you picked your head up, rubbing the tears from your face. “i don’t know, i’m kind of tired and wanna sleep..”

“are you crying?” his voice was delicate and sweet, the sound making your heart flutter. he was genuinely concerned and confused. sitting up, he moved around you and put your back to his chest, sitting on his lap.

“hey! what’s wrong?”

“nothing.” you shook your head and gave him a small smile.

“honey…” he broke eye contact too take in your appearance. “why’d you change?”

“i just didn’t feel pretty in it anymore..” you spoke as if it was no big deal, but he could feel the slight shaking and rapid beating of your heart.

“what happened?” he spoke, in total seriousness. he never stopping looking into your eyes, as if the answer was deep in your irises.

“do you—do you think that i’m…not healthy?”

“what?! no? why?”

“like…i don’t look weird or…unhealthy?”

“y/n, seriously, what are you talking about?”

“my body!” you whined, dropping your hands in frustration. you hated this conversation with every once of your being. you got off of his lap and looked at him.

“what about it?!”

“it’s not right!”

“what’s not right? are you in pain?”

“no! i-i don’t look like other girls do…” you started crying again, breaking down your exterior and letting it out. vinnie’s hands never left your back and he looked at you as if he was so concerned that it hurt him.

“of course you don’t! you’re y/n, you aren’t any other girl.”

“fuck vinnie, you know what i mean. i don’t have the fucking slim waist, big ass and big boobs thing that all the other girls have. i don’t have the ‘just right’ arms and the perfect legs. i don’t fucking have any of it and i’m not special and it makes me feel like shit.”

“who told you this?”

“i saw a comment on a picture—it doesn’t even matter, it��s always in the back of my head. how different my body looks next to other girls…” vinnie grabbed you by the base of your back and took you into his arms, letting you cry before speaking.

“y/n…i don’t ever want you to feel like this, and i know i can’t help much but i promise you, with fucking everything that i have, that you are enough. there’s nothing wrong with you body, baby. i LOVE your body, okay? you-you shouldn’t…feel like that..” he frowned, kissing you on the cheek. his hand was on your head and combed through the hair at your scalp.

“i love you.” you mumbled, hugging him and letting your chin rest on his back. you breathed in his cologne and closed your eyes, realizing how lucky you were to have him.

“i love you…i love everything about you.” he grabbed your chin and gave you a long and passionate kiss before rubbing his nose against yours. you hummed happily, pulling out your phone and reposting that selfie you took. you heard vinnie mumble ‘gorgeous’ when he saw your face on the screen.

“can we go see the movie now?”

“of course, baby. but only if you change back into your clothes..”

“fine.” you groaned, jokingly. stripping down in front of him as he grabbed his wallet and keys.

“oh, y/n?”

“yeah?”

“about that last part? how you aren’t special? well, i think you’re wrong. the girl sitting here, on my bed, in my clothes, is pretty fucking special.”

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@radioblah-blah @janesofia7 @sofslander

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feelingofcontent · 3 years ago

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DNP Rewatch: Something we want to tell you!

Date video was published: 01/04/2021 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 434

The first true joint video since PINOF 10. When Phil announced Dan as the final Stereo guest (1, 2), it really shouldn’t have been that much of a shock, but I didn’t actually believe he would be until it happened.

0:06 - just seeing Dan’s huge smile in the preview bit... 😭

0:30 - the ‘afterparty’ show! that one was really fun too. they must have made bank from the first one to do this additional one so quickly, and then to end up planning even more with Stereo

0:38 - the classic Phil hide-the-guest thing

0:43 - Phil immediately looks so happy to have Dan there

1:18 - and Dan has sweater paws right away

1:26 - Phil forgets about looking at the camera a lot in this video and looks more comfortable then in any of the other Stereo shows, even the one with Martyn

1:53 - why did Dan think ‘penis’ was a swear?! Phil does not bleep that usually

2:09 - Phil left in a lot more full-frame clips without the Stereo sidebar in this one than in the other Stereo shows

2:32 - less than ideal circumstances for sure, but this was the first time DNP had ever spent Christmas Day together. and Dan had shared a couple of photos (1, 2) 😭

2:37 - still not over Phil getting Dan this bear jumper. that also goes with the branding of YWGTTN

3:07 - Phil liked the long hair!

3:41 - I had missed Dan’s facial expression reactions so much

3:48 - “Danny” the first of a couple just in this

3:52 - “this is how well I know Phil” Dan is still so proud that he knows Phil the best...Phil trash #1 indeed

4:28 - I remember having bath pearls as a child!

4:40 - why did Dan lick his lips and raise an eyebrow there

5:00 - Dan is trying so hard to not be amused but failing. it was indeed one of Phil’s draft tweets

5:45 - that does sound exactly like something Phil would do...to be fair, I was wiping down packages with disinfectant too. although not fresh fruit...

6:11 - Phil has no idea where this is going. Dan must have been saving up this story for YEARS

6:16 - ...and then Phil realizes 😂 and the Dan eyebrow raise

6:44 - sees the look on Dan’s face and can’t hold it together

6:50 - oh Phil 😂 I bet when this happened Phil immediately came from getting the delivery at the door and told Dan this story

7:08 - the zoom in on the editing so we can’t miss the “top that...literally” from Dan

8:04 - “lick me” alrighty there Dan...I’m not sure Phil’s made it any better with the goose thing

8:34 - Dan’s exaggerated sad face but then his real one right after...this must have been so hard for Phil

8:48 - even back in April 2020, Dan’s projects were already being shuffled around 😕

9:04 - Phil is so excited for Dan! he wants to spoil things so bad

9:21 - it really seemed like Dan could not wait to get to this announcement. they were so excited!

9:36 - Phil’s smile is so big! 🥺

9:46 - hmmm, Phil talked about this story in The Scary Reason I Didn’t Buy A House, but he made it sound like they were thinking of buying a house to flip, not live in

10:01 - SO long working on the house. but now they’re in it and they seem so happy and any talk of the forever home still just makes me 😭

10:12 - and the first new house picture they showed!

10:34 - still can’t believe their original plan was to both move and come out in the middle of the tour. though I wonder if those two things were somewhat tied together for them, and when they found out they weren’t moving that year, it took off some of the pressure to come out then

10:46 - that is a lot of boxes and not a lot of space to live with for what ended up being 6-ish months

10:52 - ah, candid Dan photo!

11:13 - I’m glad they want their privacy, but I would still love love love to know some of the design decisions they made. I’m with Dan on the reasons for liking house tours

12:17 - Dan’s mind has gone...somewhere 👀

12:22 - Dan had talked about this D&D game in a live show in 2017, actually. minus the gay bit

13:18 - Phil pulling his sleeves down into sweater paws too

13:28 - we still haven’t seen much of the green wall! a bit in some Phil shorts and this picture shortly after they moved in

13:34 - “a desk” way to share something exciting Dan 😂

13:50 - of course Dan was attached to Steve and Scraggy too

14:03 - and apparently they are getting updates from the person who lives there now!

14:23 - they’re not seeing Steve at this point even though they haven’t fully moved, since they were just living in the ‘filming’ flat

14:39 - still don’t know exactly where Dan was going here but it was a lot. pretty sure his general point may have been ‘don’t expect our lives to move that fast’

15:19 - they didn’t announce that Norman had died until later in January, but it’s hard to tell if he was still alive at this point or not

15:44 - “you can’t be afraid to live and love” Dan 😭

15:57 - I can’t believe they almost did this and got a dog! Dog when?! they mentioned dogs so much in 2021, especially towards the end of the year

16:30 - clips from the last moving video 🥺 god every time I think about how many times they’ve moved together and everything I can’t handle it

17:07 - they really were giving all the updates at once here

17:29 - Phil does not want to share his plans! also he definitely almost said “everyone’s more worried about you” but switched it to “wondering”

17:56 - Phil just watching Dan fondly as he talks about all this

18:30 - unplanned segment! good on Phil for coming up with that one

18:40 - I am still obsessed with this clip of Dan dabbing on their balcony. just...why?! neither of them are normal (fond)

19:01 - Dan is just so nice and appreciative in this video

19:20 - Phil editing the “sexy” music over the picture...what even. and then saying “it’s a very sexy pose” 👀

19:29 - still cannot believe they discussed this photo. and Phil cut out some of the discussion for the video! it was even longer in the live show. I mean, they succeeded with the nipple coverage I guess

19:39 - “this was not a sexy moment” jesus christ this whole bit

20:29 - laughing at them using separate bathrooms in that flat and wondering who had to climb over the boxes down the hallway of the gaming room to get to that one

21:05 - Dan’s reaction to Phil starting a sentence with “we tried to...” right after the pee discussion...WHAT did he think Phil was going to say?! 😳

21:40 - love that Phil included art for this!

21:48 - Dan did not have to do that look there

22:05 - “I like playing video games with you” and the eye contact, help 🥺

22:37 - little did we know we would get two months of “this” very soon!

23:33 - love Phil’s gentle teasing of Dan for this

23:49 - little punches from Phil. he’s excited about this story

24:33 - “Dan ass reveal” is really not a sentence I was expecting

24:44 - both of them HATE not having full control of things. but Dan looks great with the pink background...do wish we had gotten to see the full jumpsuit though

25:14 - the contradiction of that to literally less than a minute ago when he wanted horny DMs...

25:44 - I can’t believe Phil was there because of pandemic restrictions and everything, but he’s telling this bit of the story as if he was

26:44 - that was hilarious that the had to take off the logo in that photo

27:03 - I’m so sad for Dan and for us that we still haven’t gotten this content, whatever it is

27:36 - oh Phil 🙁 he looks so disappointed talking about this. I want to see a creative solo Phil project so much!

28:20 - I’m so glad Dan at least fixed it a bit after that disaster. I would have loved to have seen Dan’s reaction to seeing it after that

28:53 - “crisis twink” Phil era when?!

29:29 - “in the Dan and Phil house” is so casual but so much

29:32 - Phil’s face as Dan puts his arm behind him...Phil definitely thought he was doing something other than fixing the cushion

30:00 - “it’s not suitable for YouTube” christ, Phil

30:10 - YouTube content, tour?, book!

30:42 - the seem to have such fond memoires of TABINOF and TATINOF

31:10 - Dan smiling so fondly at Phil doing promo for him...and the start of the majority of Dan’s 2021 promo of things being in videos on Phil’s channel 😂

31:14 - and a “this guy”

32:29 - Phil is so excited about that too! him saying “I’m the first person to read it” has the same proud energy of Dan saying “this is how well I know Phil” towards the start of this video

33:36 - “I’m hyped for you Danny” 🥺

34:13 - the full audio version is also available on YouTube thanks to In Depth Bants! (they did have some audio issues at the start since they were sitting right next to each other, but they fixed it fairly quickly)

It was just so nice to see them on camera together again. And for them to want to tell us this big news about their lives. 🥺 I don’t rewatch this video as much as the other joint videos from 2021, but it still makes me so happy.

The live show was on December 29, but it took Phil a bit of time to edit and post this one (likely because of the audio issues at the beginning). In between there, for New Year’s, they had a quiet evening at home, apparently including texting memes to each other.

#dan and phil #dnp #dnpRewatch #amazingphil #daniel howell #phil lester #danisnotonfire #amazingphil videos #Something we want to tell you!

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specialagentlokitty · 3 years ago

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Hotch x reader - Broken souls

Part 18:

After you left, not even half an hour later the avengers rushed into the office, frantically looking around for you.

“Where is she?” Tony asked.

“Who?” Derek asked, “who are you?”

“The avengers. Where’s (Y/N)!?” Bucky yelled.

“She left.”

They turned to Strauss, and Bucky ran a hand through his hair as he paced around.

“What do you mean she left?”

“She left, half an hour ago.” She sighed.

“What’s it to you?” Prentiss asked.

“We’re the ones who helped her come here.” Steve sighed.

“You knew you were putting a killer her?” Hotch asked.

“My sister is not a killer.” Bucky growled.

There was a tense silence, and finally Clint stepped forward.

“We need to find her before they do.”

“Who?” Rossi asked.

“Hydra.” Nat sighed.

Rossi gestured up to the conference room and everyone followed, once they doors were shut and the blinds were closed everyone turned to each other.

“Who are hydra and what do they want with (Y/N)?” JJ asked.

“They’re a dangerous organisation, not opposed to human experimentation in order to get what they want.” Bucky said quietly.

“(Y/N) was one of those experiments, reborn into the role of Chaos, a notorious killer with no mercy.” Nat carried on.

“You except us to believe that?” Derek scoffed.

“We can prove it. Friday.”

The AI pulled up a hologram of some footage from an old and dingy looking place.

They watched as the camera zoomed in on someone, and it didn’t take them long before the realised it was you.

You were covered in cuts, bruises, blood, dirt.

“I completed my mission.” You said. Monotone voice.

“You’re right, but you left someone behind.”

The watched as the lights flickered, and wires were connected to your body.

“For that, you need punishment.”

There was a large crackling sound and your screams filled the room as you body was filled with electricity.

Garcia buried her head in Derek’s chest while the others watched the clip in horror.

Quickly, Tony turned it off and turned to them all once more.

“This is what hydra is going to do to her if we don’t find her.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“Because she’s their strongest weapon and they’re planning something big.”

Everyone shared a look, and Reid quickly picked up his phone, dialling your number before putting it down a few seconds later.

“Her phones off, how do we find her?”

“We won’t.”

Everyone turned to Bucky.

“I know her, and if she doesn’t want to be found she won’t be. Did she leave anything here?”

“Yeah, in my office.”

They all followed Hotch his office, while he grabbed your jacket Wanda walked over to a picture on his desk.

It was of you and him and you were smiling brightly.

Without a word she brought it over to show the other avengers while Bucky took your jacket and started to dig through the pockets.

He pulled a few things out.

Wallet. Keys. Then he pulled something else out.

His dog tags along with a bracelet.

“Jack got her that for her birthday.” Hotch mumbled.

“My tags.”

Bucky turned to Steve with worry in his eyes.

“She wouldn’t willingly leave them behind.” Steve said.

“No… she’s planning something… and she thinks she’s not going to make it out.”

“We need to find her as fast as possible.”

“Garcia is the best here.” Rossi said.

“Can she work back in New York with us?” Tony asked.

“They all can.”

Everyone turned to the door to find Strauss stood there with her arms across her chest.

“Your director just updated me on what was going on. No one is to start any new cases until you find her and being her back.”

The two teams nodded and they were off, heading to their homes to pack things before they went to the avengers tower to start the biggest manhunt of their lives.

The manhunt for you before they lost you for good.

As Hotch made his way to his door he couldn’t help but stop and let his gaze linger on yours, part of him expected you to come out smiling at him.

Heading into his apartment, Hotch called for his son, telling him they were going on holiday for a little while.

Hotch knew he was right in being angry with you, but knowing you were somewhere out there alone and sacred broke his heart

#criminal minds #criminal minds x reader #criminal minds x y/n #criminal minds imagine #aaron hotch x reader #aaron hotchner x y/n #aaron hotcher imagine #aaron hotchner x reader #aaron x reader #aaron hotchner imagine #aaron hotchner #broken souls

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stormblessed95 · 4 years ago

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Vminkook Dynamics Part 3

The snuggly puppies 🥺 one of my favorite photos for sure! Ugh! Okay! Finally getting to talk about Jikook. Forwarning, I consider myself a "supporter" not a shipper, but many will classify me as one anyway. I personally believe Jikook are in a romantic relationship based off of the things I see and how they act/what they tell us. These are my personal opinions and you are free to agree/disagree. I will again encourage you to form your own opinions and go watch original content to see everything for yourself before forming any opinions!

Jikook

Again, I will fill this post with Jikook gifs/pics. Unfortunately tumbler only allows 10 per post, but prepare yourself for cute moments! And make sure you are streaming Butter!! Also throw Who ft. Bts into your Playlist as it is the only offical singing unit we have from jikook for now!

There are many reasons why I think Jikook are more than friends, and a lot of it is smaller things that add up, consistency in behavior, exclusivity in certain areas, their intimacy and chemistry, etc. I know that it's popular among the jikooker side of the fandom to say that "jimin fell first, but jungkook fell harder." I don't necessarily agree with that (opinions), but I can maybe do a different post on that another day and what my opinions on the jikook relationship timeline might be. All I will say for now is that we can all see the start of a shift in their relationship in 2015, an even bigger one in 2016 and then from 2017 on, they were basically inseparable. Flash forward to now and its pure domestic bliss, security in our relationships, comfortable with how it works, happy and content vibes all the time from those 2. Its their emotional dependency on each other, their way of finding each other across the room, the way they are always together, the way they are put into a "unit" together by themselves and all the other members. Its many, many moments put together that speak as something possibly more. Even including the general lack of boundaries the members all have together. Obviously we don't know what their relationship actually is and we won't unless they ever decide to tell us, but we can speak on what we see and what I see is a deep and beautiful romantic type of love between two beautiful people.

There are absolutely duos that are touchier than jikook in BTS, but when they do engage in meaningful skinship, we see them relax into each other. There are so many clips out there of Jungkook literally melting like butter (pst go stream butter) whenever Jimin caresses his face or hair. All the members have an ease with skinship, but Jikook look like they are at HOME in each others arms the way no one else does. We see every member casually check out and loudly compliment the other members when they are wearing or doing something sexy, but Jimin and Jungkook have been caught literally sweeping their eyes along the others body and/or staring at abs/ass/chest/legs/lips quietly, appreciatively and in the background, not making it big for the cameras, its a personal checkout. Really comes across as a "damn. My boyfriend is so hot" type look to me. The RUN episode where they all had to guess whose lips belonged to who and everyone was running around staring at the other members mouths trying to guess, but Jimin, oh so confident and without hesitation went "well I KNOW that number 2 are Jungkookies" (and he was right), just lives in my head constantly. We see them have an ease in the way they dance together, with choreo, just goofing off, or slow dancing. They click.

We see neck kisses, ear sucking, ass taps/caresses/grabs, we see footsie under the table, we see jimin taking footsies to places that we definitely were not meant to see and I'm amazed (and yet not surprised) that ARMY zoomed and saw it anyway. We see each of them get flustered on occasion by skinship that otherwise wouldn't have made me raise a brow, but the reactions are more than simply friendly. It's the way all the guys (especially Hobi) will kiss on all the members but whenever jikook do it, it causes a reaction of some kind, it flustered them or makes them very happy. And we see reactions from the other members as well. It is almost like their kisses mean something more... We also see jikook on both ends look like they are going to lean in for a kiss (head, hand, arm, mouth) on instinct and then physically pull themselves back. Its the way we saw jikook almost kiss on accident when JK leaned over to what looked like whisper to jimin and yet neither one really reacted to almost bumping mouths, like it was no big deal. And you see the same thing with 2seok accidentally almost kissing with an immediate disgusted faces and apologizes to army saying "that was an accident!!" The difference is telling. We also see them make some rather suggestive jokes and reference things that can only be "adult" in nature in terms of each other. We also see the other members tease them similarly as a unit. This implies certain things that I haven't seen implied with anyone else.

You see them hold back from touching the other sometimes after they check the cameras on them. You see them cozy up in a corner together just to look up surprised and disgruntled when a camera comes up in their faces. You see their physical bond by how easy they naturally get into a spooning position whenever they hug each other from behind on the ground. They just naturally adjust to a comfy spoon position without thinking about it, making it obvious this is probably a very normal sleeping position for the 2 of them. You see them seek each other out for physical proximity back stage whenever they can. JK cramming himself into a tiny ass corner to be near jimin while he naps even though there were 3 other empty seats in more comfy spots is a great example. Lol you have their staff saying that you never see jikook apart back stage. You see Jimin calm JKs nerves with simply his presence and/or a touch. Most often a rub along his chest, which we see JK do himself at times when he is anxious. We see JK rub Jimins back, his neck or hold his waist whenever Jimin is visibly upset, hurting or anxious about something. They soothe each other with their touch whenever its needed. And we can see it in the way that Jimin practically lives on Jungkooks back. And their piggyback rides almost always look way more cozy then when they do the same thing with other members. Not only does Jimin live on his back, but JK always pulls him in as close as possible when he jumps up there, never falters like this is something he expects and how Jimin always burrows his way into JKs neck while he is there too. And Jimin has made it quite well known how much he enjoys it whenever Kookie carries him around. Bridal style, piggyback ride, one arm muscle lift, picking him up with JMs legs wrapped around his waist.... literally all of it and then some. Their physical intimacy is obviously full of ease and comfort and something that comes naturally to them.

There is also their dance units/covers together. No other duo has opted for so many units together, it usually gets mixed up more. And its telling that even though we have yet to get an official jikook subunit, they pair themselves up together as much as possible. And when they are paired up in offical BTS songs, like their dance bridge in Best Of Me or harmonies in Stay Gold or The Truth Untold, they always create a moment just for them. The way they stared at each other while changing the ending lyrics to the truth untold stays with me in the most beautiful of ways. Jungkook literally said that the moment he feels most connected on stage is when his eyes naturally meet Jimin's. It also is fairly telling that they are always more in sync then anyone else, always know each others solo choreography from start to finish (not just the main parts), always are at each others solo rehearsals, and stay late for extra practice together. Their connection is special. And don't get me started on Own It and Coming of Age ceremony. Good lord.

Own It was not an offical unit for jikook. Jimin did Own It was a solo performance in 2015. Jimin also then later taught the Own It Choreo to RM for his stage performance in 2016. Jungkook literally had nothing to do with either stage. Yet he obviously learned the moves with Jimin anyway. And they went on the film a dance practice video, that started off intense and turned into them giggling and goofing off. And well, if you already seen the videos explaining it and know why halfway through Jimin changed into a longer shirt.... well then you know. But there was nothing friendly about it. The vibes were intense, flirty and fun. Watching Jimin teach the moves and dance it with RM was very different. Not only that, but this video was not done for fans. It was posted sure, but they obviously danced and filmed this mostly for themselves. They wanted to dance to this song together with this choreography, so they did. And it WAS suggestive. It also gives insight into how much they practice together just because they want to.

Coming of Age Ceramony was another that will forever raise my eyebrows. I get it, it was in celebration of Jungkook "coming of age" and it was the traditional time to celebrate that. But he specifically made Jimin dance with him for this, chose this particular song that is a song about how the singer is finally of age and can now finally lose her virginity to her older lover... which I mean... tell me this doesn't go hand in hand with the video from after Jungkooks graduation, where he sings into Jimins eyes about finally getting to take off his uniform for him... and Jimin responds by offering to buy JK whatever he wants with those flirty tones... ANYWAY the dance is extremely suggestive and during the entire practice video Jimin gets easily shy and flustered and they continually make eyes at each other in the mirror. Just the whole thing was suggestive as hell and feels like a very purposeful choice.

And of course, the now legendary MMA Black Swan dance. There is nothing to say about this other than it shows off their chemistry, the insane amount of trust that dance takes between 2 partners and how they slayed it. There are multiple breakdowns by professional ballerinas of this dance on YouTube that you can and should go watch to fully appreciate it. Not to mention this was typically done as a male/female pairing and it IS a romantic dance dance. Jikook broke heteronormative boundaries and chose to do this together. I love them for it.

Their emotional bond together is intense and beautiful. They relay on each for basically everything. They are not only always together, but they seek each other out for comfort. Jimin knows what Jungkook needs and vice versa. They take care of each other. If Jungkook is upset with his performance, you see him immediately go and seek out Jimin, who is always waiting for him with open arms. When Jimin makes a mistake, you see him immediately turn and look for Jungkook, for his reaction and reassurance. They learn from each other and grow together. They always let each other know its okay to mess up, to not be perfect. But that they are always number 1 to each other. They are always trying to take care of each other. Making sure they don't diet alone, that they eat enough, sleep enough, don't practice TOO hard. It's the way they always end up in the same rooms together, seek each other out. Its how when they want to cry, they feel safe crying in each others arms. Its the way they are the happiest when they are with each other (and yes, they have said that multiple times). Its the way they stare into each others souls and look at each other like they hung all the stars in the sky... MMA 2018 is a famous and classic example of this.

You see how deep their emotional bond is when we heard about how they fought too. You see it in whatever was happening in Manila, and how they made up. You see it in the story they told about the Rainy Day Fight. It was kept purposefully vague and yet, we still felt the intensity and depth that was there. It was something big enough for Jimin to essentially say he was done completely with JK, cut him off and storm out. It was big enough for Jungkook to start crying and chase after him into the rain, calling him sobbing and apologizing. It was how the fight ended with an embrace in the rain and them coming back together. We don't know what happened, but it sounds like a big ass fight between a couple. All we know was that it was personal. If it had something to do with choreo or singing or practice or anything with the group, we would have gotten something like the Taejin fight. But we got instead a vague story that sounds like a K-drama breakup/reunion scene.

They go above and beyond for each other in a way no one else does. These grand gestures are romantic in nature and show how much they care. GCF-Toyko is legendary for a reason. Lets be honest, this video was a love letter. I refuse to devalue the effort and work that went into this or act like JK was too stupid to know what the lyrics and clips he chose to put in imply. He paid for and took Jimin on a trip he has always wanted to go on for his 23rd birthday, used a love song by a queer artist they both love. Then made a video that was 90% Jimin and 10% Tokyo and made it look like we were on a date with Jimin.... probably because the cameraman (aka Jungkook) was on a date with Jimin! And yes, literally every jikooker will still talk about this almost 4 years later. But can you blame us? Jikook themselves still talk about this whenever they get the chance! And the way they needed this solo trip and were EXTRA touchy and close when they got home. Beautiful.

And then we also have moments like when Jimin traveled 20+ hours by plane from Paris just to be able to buy a cake and surprise Jungkook for his birthday at home, just to have to turn around and fly out again the next day to go to Hawaii to finish his trip. Thats only something you do for someone extremely important in your life. The only people who celebrated with JK for that birthday was Hobi and Jimin since everyone had individual travel plans, Jimin still made sure he was there though, no one else paused their vacations. Its the way Jungkook wanted to surprise Jimin, so he hiked up an entire mountain side alone just to get a giant chunk of snow and bring it back to the cabin to give to Jimin as soon as he woke up because Jimin thinks snow is pretty and really likes it. Its the way Jimin is always highlighted somehow in the rest of the GCF videos. It's way Jungkook has a JM tattooed on his ring finger (he could have put that J anywhere else) or the way he gave Jimin an I Love You sign during a press conference, stepping out of line and holding it until Jimin noticed and smiled at him. Its the way they always take selcas getting as close as they possibly can (they have posted the most selcas together out of any other duo on Twitter, especially in 2018). Its the "you are me, I am you" moments, those are so loud. It's the way love to show off how much they know about the other and look genuinely suprised/shocked if the other says something and they didn't already know about it. The way they say Jimin-ssi or Jungkook-ssi is extra flirty and you can hear the difference in tone from any other member saying jimin-ssi. All these things highlight their bond as something special, exlusive and unique, something that just they have and no one else.

Now one of the biggest reasons people say they couldn't be in a relationship is that Jimin said (YEARS and years ago) oh, he reminds me of my little brother. Or that he calls him his little brother. Which when they met, sure, it was probably the first connection they had outside of training and bts, they have brothers of the same age. But that is not saying that they think of each other as blood brothers. And when people say it now, it's because they call each other Hyung/Dongseong, which literally just means person older/younger than me that I am close to, which doesn't have a direct translation in english. The closet we get to that is "brother" but that isn't what it actually is. And jikook are the only ones who consistently drop honorifivs with each other. This is a big deal in their culture. Another is that it is all fanservice. Which is bull, but either way, we also know that Jungkook and Jimin spend the most time together off camera and at home. Because they told us. Its the way everyone gets personal time during some trips or tours and jikook always chose to spend theirs together when they can. Its the way fans saw them out bowling or going ice skating together, just them. Or the way they answer the phone together when not at home. Or the "I was with Jungkookie at 4am" on his birthday and when they saw the billboard charts. They are just simply always together. The members all often refer to them as a unit too. Some examples:

-"Jimin and Jungkook are together right now"

- "jimin and jungkook are napping"

- "jimin and jungkook went to get food"

- "jimin was going to come, but he is hanging out with jungkookie now"

Or the way they mix their names up sometimes. In the end, its obvious that their bond is one the closest and deepest out of anyone else in the group. It doesn't matter if it's romantic or not, it doesn't change that the bond is there and it is strong. If they are not in a romantic relationship, that's okay. I hope that they are happy though. And it changes nothing with how intertwined they are. I personally believe that are in a relationship and are in love. That is just my opinion though!

I have typed so much, I'm so sorry. I could go on for even more. I ramble a lot when it comes to jikook. I'll stop here for now. I will probably make another part on their dynamics as a trio as well at some point. If anyone wants me to make another post on jikook dynamics or what my personal opinions of what their relationship timeline might be, let me know. Or if there are any moments in particular you want my thoughts over or to have me expand on anything in here. This is too long already! Lol thanks again!

See you in part 4!

#jikook #jimin #jungkook #maknae line #vminkook #vminkook dynamics #kookmin #reasons why i think they are in love #personal opinion #jikookers #jikook rosebowl #jikook moments #ask

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foodieforthoughts · 4 years ago

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Show Me the Light

Summary: She recently moved to Minneapolis and is a newly appointed sports teacher at Southern Cross High School, wanting to live life away from the big city of New York. On the first week of her arrival she (almost) crashes into Detective Walter Marshall which leads to his and her life being intertwined there on. It is not your regular meet-cute story but rather a tug of war between two people from opposite spectrum of life.

Pairing: Walter Marshall x OFC (Myra King)

Word count: 1.6k

Warnings: A slight description of a possible accident, smut in the future chapters.

A/N: Hello! After watching "Nomis" for the second time, I really started to feel the urge to write about our grumpy Detective Walter Marshall. I don't want to make it all angst, so bear with me if the OFC seems too cherry to be in the movie. Also, I do not want to face tag her, so let your imagination run free.

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Title: Show Me the Light

Walter slammed the manilla folder on his desk, exasperated with the dead ends to the present case at hand. He stretched his arms in front of him, feeling his neck become stiff with the cold and his goddam posture was killing him.

"Dad?" Faye peaked in, draped in a shawl with her toothbrush in her hand.

"Are you going to bed now?" Walter's voice came out sterner than he intended to.

"No, I'm getting ready to go to school." She pointed towards the window in his office. Faint light of the rising sun was casting a glow from behind the curtains. "Did you stay awake the whole night?" She innocently asked.

Walter rubbed his eyes. He hadn't even realized how much time had passed since he had grabbed the case file last night. He had become so invested in it, he had completely missed bedtime. 'Not that sleep is important anyway.' He grunted, feeling the sore muscles in his back stretch as he stood up.

"I can call mom to drop me to school." His daughter offered. Her small frame looked tiny enveloped in her grey shawl, her nose pink with the cold.

"No, I'll just get some coffee. Have to go to the station anyway." Walter grunted again as he stretched his neck, rubbing a tender spot. "Go get ready."

He watched as his daughter retreated with a concerned look. Walter loved having his daughter around but it was mostly because he could keep one of his concerns at bay by keeping an eye on her. Grabbing his gun from the drawer and his badge lying on top of his table, he made his way downstairs to fix himself some strong coffee. He could feel the tiredness lingering in his muscles, but he had a job to get done. When he took the pledge to serve the public, he wholeheartedly meant it.

"So we got a new sports teacher." Faye pulled on her seat belt and buckled it over her body.

"What happened to the previous one?" Walter started the engine of his truck, the hunk of metal humming and warming in the cold. He let it run for a couple of seconds, rubbing his hands together as it touched the cold steering wheel.

"I don't know. He got old?" Faye chuckled.

Walter spared a smile. His daughter, the light of his life, made it a little less harder to live in this cruel world. They pulled out on the street and made their way towards the school.

It had snowed heavily last night. The sun shone brightly on the white landscape, making the snow twinkle like crystal. It was already peak office hour and thankfully Faye's school was not deep inside the city. Walter took out his sunglasses from his glove compartment, as the glint of the sun on the snow and the car windows were making his head hurt.

"Um... Dad? Is that coming our way?"

Walter looked up, squinting at the road as Faye pointed out in front of her. A black figure on a bike, the sound of its exhaust rumbling through the street and the metal parts shining in the sun, was making it's way towards them. The speed at which they were travelling and the slight tilting of its wheels from side to side hinted that the rider was losing it's balance.

"Oh, fuck!" Walter gripped his steering wheel tightly as the bike zoomed past his truck, barely missing the edge of the hood, and skidded along the slippery road to crash against the mount of ice gathered on the side. His truck made a grumble, the tires screeching as it tried to get a grip on the asphalt, coming to a jolting halt.

"Dad!" Faye had gripped her seat belt bracing for impact. "Oh my God! Are they alright?" She turned to look behind, watching the rider on the ground a few feet away from the bike.

"Are you okay?" Walter looked at his daughter. A whiplash injury was the last thing he wanted his daughter to suffer from. When Faye hurriedly nodded at him, his anger grew as he growled and opened his door to jump out and catch a hold of the irresponsible person who nearly crashed into him.

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She was running late. Her second day on her job and she was freaking late.

Myra had hopped on her bike, chugging the last of her veggie smoothie and placing the bottle on the side pocket of her bag. Her brilliant black Benelli 900 SEI had looked stunning as always. She had dusted the few sprinkles of snow laying on it's tank, before kissing the cold metal handle bars.

"Don't disappoint me today, okay? You have been good so far." She had smiled at her bike dearly, remembering she still had to get it checked by a professional because of all the transportation it had had to go through. The sweet sound of its powerful engine coming to life, the exhaust emitting a rumble as she had revved it up a little, had made her heart swell.

Everything was working out fine. The city roads had been bustling with cars, but she had zoomed past them. Even though her bike belonged from the 70s, it still worked like a fine piece of metal. She had worn her faithful leather jacket, her biking gloves sat snuggly against her skin providing warmth in the cold weather.

Somewhere around the suburban part of the city, nearer to the school she worked at, her bike started to give off a clicking sound. Myra pressed on the breaks, feeling her speed coming down a little and her tires beginning to wobble on the road.

"Oh, fuck. No, no... " She prayed as the braking system seemed to be giving up on her. Her accelerometer showing her speed still above 20 mph. She was already crossing the speed limit inside the suburban region and was unable to do anything about it.

Her eyes widened as she spotted a big truck coming her way. She pressed down hard on the breaks, but she knew a crash was imminent now. Her eyes scanned about trying to look for an escape bay, spotting a heap of snow on the side of the road.

"Oh, God!" She turned her handle abruptly, missing the oncoming vehicle by mere inches, and let go of her bike as it skidded along the road and crashed on the snow. She slipped on the gravel for a couple of feet, trying to hold onto something to stop herself but failing miserably.

Myra groaned as she came to a halt, her head bumping against the road but saved by the helmet. Her heart raced like it was going to come out of her chest. Her feet and hands had gotten cold from the fear of crashing into the car, her breathing coming out ragged. She blinked several times, looking up at the sky through her black tinted glass hood of her helmet, swallowing the dryness in her throat.

"Hey!" Myra felt herself being yanked up by the collar of her jacket and came face to face with an angry, curly haired man. His eyebrows were scrunched together tightly and his lips, under the bush of his beard, was upturned in a sneer. "What the fuck just happened there?"

The zipper of her jacket dug at her throat, her feet dangling from the ground. The man was huge and powerful to have lifted her body up like she was nothing but a ragged doll. Myra placed her hands on his, trying to choke out a word. The insulated cover of her helmet and the air getting blocked from her throat was making her difficult to form words.

"W-wait... " She tried to speak but felt her lungs were straining for oxygen. The sound of the police siren made the burly man finally let go of her. She dropped to the ground on her knees, gasping for air and pulling her helmet off. She coughed as she leaned on the ground, placing her hands on the road breathing in through her mouth.

"Miss King?"

Myra looked up at the tiny voice of a girl coming from behind her. She recognized the girl from her class yesterday. Myra had helped her correct her posture while aiming for the goal when they had played soccer.

"You know her?"

The bearded man from before who had held her by the collar asked angrily. Myra looked over at him, his arms crossed over his chest, straining the fabric of his sweater over his muscles. She looked down at his waist and noticed the police badge clipped on his belt, his gun cocked in it's holster. She sat back on her knees, looking from one person to another.

"Yes! She's our new sports teacher."

Myra felt her cheeks heat as the grumpy man and the two police officers that had arrived later, looked down at her. Her gaze fell on her bike some few feet away, the hazy grey colour of smoke emiting from it, contrasting against the white sheet of snow.

"Take her to the station. Keep her there until I come back." He grumbled to the other two officers, throwing her a look of disgust and walking away with the girl behind her.

"Come on, Miss. Inside the car."

With a grunt from her aching muscles and joints, Myra stood up clutching her helmet in her hand and followed the men as they lead her to the police cruiser.

'Bloody fucking great!' She silently mumbled to herself as she sat on the backseat of the cruiser and watched the black truck she was going to crash into, drive away.

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anotheruserwithnoname · 3 years ago

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Jenna Coleman on DVD/Blu-ray in North America (June 2022 edition)

Once in a while for the benefit of my fellow Jenna Coleman fans in North America, I’ll do a quick rundown of what TV shows or movies featuring our favourite actress are available in DVDs and Blu-rays - and what are not. In reverse chronological order (drama productions only). Spoiler break to respect timelines:

The Serpent (2021): Has been out on DVD in the UK for a while, but sadly it seems to be an example of a Netflix series that isn’t getting a physical release over here. Doesn’t bode well for her upcoming series, The Sandman though its predecessor American Gods was released to home media, so who knows. (The upcoming film Klokkenluider? Not even going to try and guess that one. The War Rooms hasn’t even started filming yet as far as we know.)

A Separate Peace (2020): This was an online play by Tom Stoppard Jenna did via Zoom mid-lockdown. A one-time shot, it’s unlikely to get any sort of re-release. I saw a copy of it kicking around Youtube for a while but no longer. A review with clips from it can be found here.

Inside No. 9 (2020): There’s been DVD release of Season 5 (including Jenna’s guest appearance) in the UK, but in North America the show isn’t well known so no release here as yet. When the recently announced American remake comes out, will it spark a Region 1 DVD or Blu-ray of the original?

Corporate Monster (2019): Filmed way back around 2010, but held for nearly a decade, it’s only been made available on Youtube. Sometimes short indie films turn up on DVD, though, especially if the director goes on to bigger and better things, so you never know.

All My Sons (2019): The live stream of Jenna’s West End debut play (see above, with thanks to gifmaker @oswincoleman) was delayed until early 2020 for North American fans and unexpectedly got a streaming rebroadcast during lockdown. But National Theatre Live doesn’t tend to do DVD or Blu-ray releases, so don’t hold your breath to see this in any formal release.

Victoria (2016-19): All 3 seasons are available on DVD in North America (I’ve seen box sets of the combined seasons), but there’s no Blu-ray of S3 over here as far as I know. All are also available in the UK. The PBS edits (which include extra scenes in most regular episodes) have never been released, but may still be viewable online in the US on PBS’s website (which can’t be accessed from Canada so I can’t check).

The Cry (2018): DVD release in NA and the UK. Not overly common, but available. No Blu-ray though.

Thunderbirds Are Go (2017): Jenna did a guest voice for the first episode of Series 2 of the CGI remake series. It’s on DVD in the UK, but so far it’s only available on streaming here.

Me Before You (2016): Widely available in DVD and Blu-ray here. Sadly, I tend to see it in Wal-Mart $5 special bins these days.

Doctor Who (2012-2015; 2017): Widely available on DVD and Blu-ray. Twice Upon a Time was released on its own if you want her cameo. If you want her extra scenes as Clara (things like the Doctor Who Ultimate Guide minisode and her cameo in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, you may need to invest in the Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi box sets. Good luck finding her DW audio story “The Time Machine” on CD, but I think you can still order a download of it from places like Big Finish (her only other known audio book, The Secret Garden, is also a rarity on CD but I think Audible has it, along with a 2018 audio drama of A Christmas Carol in which she plays a role; it’s not on CD.

Death Comes to Pemberly (2013): Widely available on DVD and Blu-ray over here, though I think as with Victoria it’s the UK edit that we got in North America, not the PBS version which may or may note have extra scenes (I’ve never been able to verify).

Dancing on the Edge (2013): Again, widely available on DVD and Blu-ray here.

Room at the Top (2012): I won’t rehash the rights issues that delayed its broadcast for a year and make it unlikely to ever get a DVD or Blu-ray release anywhere, but you can stream it on both sides of the Atlantic.

Titanic (2012): Widely available on DVD and Blu-ray. Just don’t mistake it for that little home movie James Cameron made back in the 90s.

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): It’s a Marvel movie - you can likely get it in 4K too (possibly the only Jenna release in that format). Just remember - she’s in two scenes but you might need the 4K version to see her in the second one.

Waterloo Road (2009): Jenna was a cast member for Series 5, which is on DVD in the UK. North American fans are able to watch her season on officially sanctioned YouTube uploads (still available but with the series revival I’d search for “Series 5″ specifically to skip recent uploads). DVD release has begun in North America by Acorn, but looks like only Series 1 so far.

Emmerdale (2005-09): Not a chance. You can find clips on Youtube but Jenna appeared in more than 400 episodes of the soap and the only soap opera I know of to be released in entirety on DVD was Dark Shadows.

#jenna coleman #our queen

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neo-culture-taste · 5 years ago

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Subscribe! - I Can’t Stop Kissing You

Pairing: Jaehyun x Reader (fem)

Genre: AU, romance, comedy, fluff

Word count: 2981

Summary: A YouTube inspired drabble series where you and your boyfriend upload videos catering to the couple tag.

Author’s Note: Inspiration finally struck! Please enjoy, lemme me know what you think, and please pass some motivation along so we can get these other fics out, lol. Yours truly, C.

For other members, see masterlist.

"Hi everyone!" you whispered excitedly at the camera. "And welcome back to my channel! I have to whisper because Jaehyun is downstairs and I don’t want him to hear my intro," you explained before turning the camera around and pointing it down your staircase towards your living room. Your boyfriend was facing away from you on the couch and you zoomed in on the back of his luscious head of hair before you tiptoed back into your bedroom. "Anyway," you continued to whisper, "today is a special day! Why is it special you may ask? Well it’s because I'm going to be doing yet another--," you paused for dramatic effect and took a moment to bring your face close to the lens so your lips took up most of the frame, "--PRANK.” You pulled away from the camera and shook your head in offense at how much that last word hurt while whispering. “Hold on. Let me move again.”

You moved to sit on the floor inside your closet. But it wasn't that big, so you ended up trapped in a corner with some of the clothes you had hanging up dangling in your face. “So many of you have requested that I do the 'I can’t stop kissing you prank' and I figured now would be the perfect opportunity since Jaehyun has come to visit me for the weekend.” A sound bite of applause and cheers played as clapping hands emojis appeared on the screen with a burst of confetti. “I’ve already set up the camera downstairs and it’s currently recording Jaehyun playing Mario Kart. His favorite game these days. Well, his only favorite game because that’s all he ever plays.” You rolled your eyes dramatically with the matching emoji appearing next to your head. “And we have a special treat! You remember our close friend Yuta from my vlogs, right?” Just then the thirst-trappiest picture of Yuta you could find on his Instagram popped up in the corner of the screen. “Well, he’ll be calling during the middle of the prank to ask Jaehyun something complicated whilst I slobber him down.” You rapidly flicked your tongue between your lips as if you were a lizard and accentuated the sound it made. “It’s going to be great!” In your excitement you raised up your arm and accidentally hit the stack of shoe boxes next to you, causing one of them to come tumbling down with a loud thump on your head and then one on the floor. “Shit, ow!” you cursed under your breath.

“Babe?” Your boyfriend called to you from downstairs. The audio of his voice was low, therefore subtitles were placed onto the screen whenever he spoke. “Is that you?”

“Yeah!” you answered him while making a nervous face at the camera. “I’m just changing clothes!”

“Oh, okay--MOVE PEACH!”

You rolled your eyes again and exaggerated the deep breath you took before addressing the audience one last time. “Let’s start this prank before he comes up here to check on me.”

With an old school static transition, the video cut to a front view of Jaehyun sitting on the couch with you descending the staircase in the distance behind him before coming into full view of the camera. You sat down on the couch next to Jaehyun and wrapped your arms around his neck, startling both him and your puppy who was laying between you, and who seemed to forget your existence whenever Jaehyun visited.

“Oh, hey babe. How was your nap?” he said, pausing the game to fully greet you.

“It was alright. I woke up because you weren’t lying next to me anymore.” Ew! How were you able to say that with a straight face?! It had always amazed you how sappy you got when the two of you were together. You forced a pout onto your lips before hugging his upper body and moving your face to the crook of his neck to plant a soft kiss onto his exposed collarbone. He smelled like peppermint mixed with his unique man musk.

“I almost woke you up,” he said as he let you kiss your way up from the base of his neck to just below his ear.

“Oh, really. Why?” you said against his skin before nipping at the bottom of his earlobe.

“Because I missed having you next to me, too.”

You jerked your head back to look at him in mock disgust. “Jaehyun, you’re so freaking cheesy,” you said then went back to his neck and placed a loud wet kiss against his Adam's apple. “I appreciate the sentiment, but it just sounds so icky coming from you.” It was one thing when you did it, but when he did it it made your insides all gooey and gross. You hated that you loved it.

“But it's true.” He grabbed your chin with his thumb and forefinger and tilted your head backwards, allowing himself easy access to your lips. He gently pecked your lips and you revelled in the soft plumpness of his moisturized skin cells. He moved his hand to grab the side of your face to steady you as he deepened the kiss and his tongue swept across your lips, asking for permission to enter. But as soon as your tongues connected, your dog whined and climbed onto Jaehyun's lap, feeling left out from the attention, and thus breaking yours.

Now that you had planted the initial kissing seed, it was time to move into phase two of your prank. “Do you want a snack, babe?” you asked him and stood up from the couch.

“Sure. Surprise me.”

Having previously set up the camera, the video cut to you walking into the kitchen, then to you opening the freezer, and then to you popping a plate of pizza rolls into the microwave. While they were heating, you walked over to the camera and pulled out your phone to send a quick text to Yuta telling him to commence the next part of your plan. When finished, you held up your phone to the camera and showed the exchange between you and your friend.

You: It’s your time to shine. 15 minutes.

Sir Yuta: I forgot I had to do this. Umm lemme search the internet and find something to call him about lmaooo

You: 🤦‍♀️

The video cut again to you placing the plate of pizza rolls and two bottled waters on the coffee table in front of Jaehyun right when he let out a shout of victory as his Metal Mario crossed the finish line in first place.

“What cup was that?” you asked him, pretending to be interested.

“Flower cup, 200cc,” he said as he reached for a pizza roll without looking and ended up burning his finger on the hot snack. “Ow! It’s hot!”

“You knew that before you picked it up!”

Affronted by the pizza rolls, he grabbed one of the bottles of water and took a sip before returning his eyes to the screen. “Do you want to play?”

“Nope. I’ll just watch you play.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yep!”

You watched him customize his kart with some of the new items he had just unlocked before he selected a different cup to play. When the opening sequence of the first race began to play, you repositioned yourself on your knees on the couch cushion next to him and planted a kiss directly on his lips. You felt Jaehyun hum against your lips in satisfaction as he returned the kiss, but when he heard the countdown for the start of the race he quickly pulled back and moved his head to look around you at the TV.

But of course, that didn’t stop you. You forcefully grabbed him by his head and began kissing the spot just below his jaw that you knew drove him crazy. It was a relentless onslaught of teeth, tongue, and lips all at a slow, teasing, and torturous pace.

Believing that Jaehyun was already feeling totally affected, it was confirmed by the absence of noisy cartoon chaos from the race right before Jaehyun ripped you from his neck to counter your attack by shoving his tongue down your throat. The kiss was so heated the two of you had to be censored on the screen by a big blushing emoji. The video quickly cut to the end of the kiss, which lasted way longer than you had anticipated, to where Jaehyun was gently pushing you away from him. “Lemme finish this race and then we can make out or whatever afterwards.”

“Okay,” you agreed happily then popped a (now cold) pizza roll into your mouth.

You allowed him to play through a full race before you resumed your kisses, this time foregoing his neck to smooch him on his cheeks, nose, and anywhere else there was skin available on his face. You obviously prevented Jaehyun from seeing the TV screen and he quickly paused his game before he lost his first-place spot at the beginning of the second race.

“Did you dream about me?” he asked you dumbfounded but still bearing a smile on his face. “Did I promise you all these kisses in the dream?”

You planted a kiss on each of his eyelids before shaking your head and looking him in his eyes. “I just love you.”

“I love you, too. But--”

You didn’t let him finish talking as you threw your leg over his lap to straddle his waist. You proceeded to kiss him hungrily on his lips, your tongues doing a dance once again as he kissed you back with gusto. You were overcome with a sense of satisfaction when you felt the thud of the pro controller hit the couch next to you (in which the video zoomed in on it as it was falling) and then both his arms wrapped around your waist.

You revelled in his kisses, thankful that you had a boyfriend with soft, pillowy lips whose kisses you could get lost in for days if allowed. You were so into the makeout session that you forgot you were filming a video and the scene had to be censored once again with another big emoji and quickly cut to the next clip. Luckily, before the two of you got too crazy, Jaehyun’s phone began to ring with Yuta’s name lighting up the top of its screen.

“Noo, baby. Don’t answer it. Kiss me instead,” you genuinely whined for him to keep going. Yuta was a part of your plan but now you just wanted his attention to remain on you.

Jaehyun removed your hand from his face and picked up his phone off the arm of the couch. “Hold on. It’s Yuta. Let me get rid of him, first.” You pouted at him as he swiped his thumb across the screen to answer the call. “Hey Yuta. I’m kind of in the middle—" You don’t know what was said exactly but you were able to hear Yuta’s tiny hysterics through the small phone speaker. “Wait slow down? When did you get a hamster?” asked Jaehyun in confused concern.

Was that really the best Yuta could come up with???

“Y/N is here, too. Let me put you on speaker.” He did so and held the phone next to your heads. “Okay, start from the beginning.”

Since Yuta’s story was bound to be dumb, you decided to up the hotness on your kissing. You grabbed Jaehyun's face with one hand and planted a kiss on his lips slightly less aggressively than the ones prior, but still pretty roughly.

Yuta’s words appeared as subtitles at the bottom of the screen since the camera’s mic couldn’t pick up his voice that well from the phone’s speaker. “I purchased a hamster the other day from the pet store down the street from my house. His name is Hamster--“

“Ow!” Jaehyun pulled you from his lips and gave you a displeased look. You had accidentally bitten his lips a bit too hard as a reaction to Yuta’s dumbass statement. You mouthed an apology to him before returning to nibble on his ear.

“Is everything okay?” asked Yuta.

“Yeah, keep going.”

“Gladly.” You replied before sticking your tongue in his ear, causing him to flinch violently away from you in protest.

“Ew! Not you!” Jaehyun whispered harshly as he tried to wipe the inside of his ear with his shirt.

“Well, I was cleaning out his cage, but I think I forgot to secure him in his temporary cage and now he’s disappeared! I’m afraid to walk anywhere, so I need you to come over and help me find Hamster.”

“Umm, can’t you call Johnny or Taeyong or--” You started playing kiss tic tac toe with Jaehyun’s forehead.

“They didn’t answer their phones. Trust me you weren’t my first choice,” Yuta said flatly as if he was actually disappointed that he had to call Jaehyun for help.

You couldn’t help but laugh, and now you were trying to locate another PG-rated place to kiss Jaehyun.

“Yeah, I’ll come over.”

“Cool. Y/N can come too after she stops trying to suck your face. Y’all are gross.”

Jaehyun’s brows knit together in confusion. “How did you--” he began to ask, but you snatched his phone from his hand before he could finish his question.

“BYE, YUTA.” You hung up the call and tossed your boyfriend’s phone on the other side of the couch. “Now, where were we?” You leaned in to continue kissing him, but he dodged your lips by turning his face away from you. Your kiss landed on the side of his jaw instead.

“Hey, cool it, babe. Lemme finish this race and we can go to Yuta’s to help him find his hamster.” Obviously, Yuta’s lost (made up) pet wasn’t more important than finishing first place in the special cup on 200cc. He was just so competitive.

You grabbed his arms to thwart his attempts at resuming the game but he was quicker as he threw the controller down his shirt before grabbing your legs and gently tossing you on the other side of the couch.

“Jaehyun!”

“Y/N!”

You turned your head and the video zoomed in on your eyes as you narrowed them at the camera before launching yet another kissing attack on Jaehyun. In doing so you knocked over two of the pizza rolls and the bottled waters while Metal Mario got hit with three red koopa shells in row.

“Babe, alright! Enough!”

Jaehyun never was one to get this perturbed, so seeing his distress was something new for you. He grabbed you by your thighs before standing up and hoisting you over his shoulders. “Let me give you what you want.”

“Wait no! Jae, stop! STOP! It’s a prank!” you yelled as you flailed helplessly in his grip.

“You can’t back out now--“

“No! Look behind the switch!”

“What?” He turned around completely to walk towards the camera, your butt now on full view as your front side faced the couch. He found the camera hidden behind the game console and picked it up while he lowered you back to your feet. He stared blankly into the lens as he tried to comprehend what had just happened between the two of you.

You swiped the camera from his hands and smiled triumphantly into the lens. “Hey, again everyone! I hope you enjoyed seeing Jaehyun lose his cool and literally THROW ME.”

Your boyfriend stood behind you, still void of emotion and staring into the camera. “You kissed me for a prank? And not because you wanted to?” Aw, no! Why did he sound so dejected?!

“Wait, no! I wanted to but...yeah?”

“I’m hurt.” He said while clutching his chest. Nooooooooo! A bunch of crying faced and heartbroken emojis appear sporadically on the screen.

“Why are you hurt? I was being annoying!”

“Yeah, but I was still into it.”

“We can continue what I started if you want to, babe.” Holding the camera with one hand, you reached out to him with the other to give him a one-armed hug, in which he returned unconsciously.

“No. I’m over it. Let’s go help Yuta.” You smiled at him mischievously and then looked back at the camera. “What?”

“That was part of the prank, too. Yuta was in on it. He doesn’t have a hamster.”

Jaehyun looked at the camera, then at you, and then back at the camera before walking away from you and sitting back on the couch. “I’ve been tricked,” he said absolutely flabbergasted.

You followed him to the couch with the camera and sat beside him, then linked your free arm with his. “Well, that’s it for today! Thanks for watching! I’m going to reheat our pizza rolls now and then I’ll kick his ass in Mario Kart.”

“You wish.”

“Give me a kiss, babe.” You puckered your lips for him, but Jaehyun had other plans of the revenge variety. He cornered you on the couch and put his big body on top of you as he placed sloppy wet kisses along your neck, causing you to shriek and drop the camera to the floor. The only thing visible on the screen was a slanted view of your puppy ripping apart one of his plush toys underneath the couch.

You giggled and squealed as your boyfriend prevented you from closing out your video in one of the most pleasant ways. You knew he didn’t plan on letting up on you anytime soon, so you had to manage. “Don’t forget to like and subscribe, and follow us on social media,” you began yelling from the top of the couch. “I put out a new video every week--Ah! Jae, wait!”

The scene cut out with another static transition and the video ended with the ‘no signal’ color bars accompanied by the notorious elongated beep.

- C

#jaehyun #Jung Jaehyun #Jung yoonoh #nct Jaehyun #nct #nct u #nct 127 #nct fic #nct scenario #nct fluff #nct smut #nct drabble #jaehyun smut #c writes #subscribe!

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feelingofcontent · 3 years ago

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DNP Rewatch: Cards Against Humanity PHAN EDITION!

Date video was published: 02/21/2021 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 437

Another joint video! So soon after the last one! Phil teased it in a member’s post the day before. And he posted a joint selfie with a caption I’m still not over (”just a couple of boys who bought a house together...” 🥺 and Dan’s comment as well) to promote this video and the upcoming Stereo shows.

0:00 - they both look so good in this video. also I love the boxes background and ‘presenting’ Dan with the fireworks effect

0:26 - king of comedy Phil. and then his immediate look at Dan to see if he made him laugh

0:37 - “I freakin’ did that” I...what was Phil in early 2021. also I had missed Dan’s facial expression reactions so much

0:41 - at least on camera and just from the front, the haircuts don’t look too bad. Dan had posted insta stories earlier in the month about Phil giving him a haircut (1, 2)

0:59 - Dan looks so offended! 😂 I feel like Dan’s curls are a lot more forgiving of mistakes

1:17 - from the texting video, Phil had sent this haircut picture he used here to Dan around this time. I love Phil’s laughter at it by this point

1:28 - there are even more polaroids lower on the fridge than what was in the Keep it or YEET IT video 🥺

1:50 - this clip is SO interesting to me. it’s obviously from a bit later in filming, because Phil has already had part of his drink. and yet he edited it in here at the start, so it was important to them to include. it is incredibly loud...“we were already locked down with each other”... “big commitment” and the look on Phil’s face. and as I’ve said before, just like every public mention or description of their relationship, Dan is doing all the talking. I just have a lot of thoughts about these few seconds

2:15 - love that before he knows what it is Phil goes “mmmm” but then immediately makes fun of Dan for it

2:35 - “this is for you, sugar freak” we’re two minutes in and this video is already so much

2:46 - aka they also made $$$

3:21 - great example of them just bouncing ideas around and off each other. I do love what they ended up doing with the show titles. the first of the Stereo shows (1, 2) was just two days after this video went up

3:56 - Dan on a random tangent

4:29 - Phil being ready to immediately react to what Dan says there...same wavelength

4:34 - “the things it’s seen” 👀 Phil’s face...

5:06 - I don’t want to know 😳 (all I could think about when I saw this clip the first time is the fic @intoapuddle had written shortly before this)

5:18 - Phil was ready to hoard them in the last video though

5:42 - I love that the cube turns into a running joke

6:00 - why did Phil say “Phan” like that

6:05 - Phil replied to a tweet from one of the people that made and gave them the game

6:30 - their use of “creativity” like this over the years is very consistent

6:47 - more excellent Dan face reactions. also I notice he kept it zoomed in so we can’t see exactly what Phil’s hand is doing there

6:57 - he really didn’t cover that “fuck” very well

7:29 - “how could I forget the sechs?!” Phil is something in this

7:52 - Phil’s look is saying he’s not sure if this one is okay to do on camera

8:03 - and another (although much more casual/silly) instance of Dan saying out loud something that Phil won’t. and with Dan there, Phil censored it much less in general than in the last video, even though it’s still on his channel

8:24 - Dan looks proud of himself for that one. Phil had tweeted one of those awkward-hand photos back in 2014

8:49 - again...somewhat terrified of the awareness they have. Dan knew immediately...maybe Phil was trying to forget

9:25 - Dan discussed this far too much on the gaming channel too...this was the most specifically he asked that though

10:01 - Dan already knows something that is going to disturb him is going to come out of Phil’s mouth

10:16 - “but I’m trying to be honest” and there’s some truth from Phil about what he was trying to do on YouTube in early 2021

10:28 - the giant “XD” editing bit there 😂

10:48 - this awkward Dan moment was at Big Weekend 2014. (Dan was there alone because Phil was ill.)

11:07 - and this card idea must have come from this Dan tweet in 2015...he can blame himself

11:39 - Dan doing a lot of staring in this video. and Phil thinking about what this would involve far too much

11:52 - they’re only saying who wins the round sometimes

12:01 - I really want to know what Phil was going to say after “I wonder if I...” give us your thoughts about your channel Phil!

12:11 - what is this little Phil smile and sway

12:15 - which is a thing Phil had tweeted back in 2015

12:26 - the parallel of this and the same reaction from Phil to one of the cards Dan did in the CAH gaming video

12:39 - Phil doesn’t want to talk about that

12:46 - Phil choosing that card just to tease Dan and then both being super sarcastic about it

13:04 - Phil saying the words “when I first met Dan...” was maybe the most surprising thing in this video. and then sharing this little bit of their early-on

13:31 - also cannot get over how Phil says “that’s such a Dan one” 😭

13:44 - Phil looks nervous every time a card starts with his name...there are none they used that start with “Dan” although there are a lot of Dan-specific reference ones

13:53 - the sequence of emotions that go across Dan’s face as Phil says he’d “be quite good at lapdancing” 😂

14:09 - I’m really not sure we needed those details

14:33 - this bit is so cute and funny

14:52 - and aww at Dan being pleased that there was still a Phil story he hadn’t heard

15:07 - Dan be so defensive about this and Phil with the “bitch” out of nowhere

15:18 - which is what Dan called himself in a video with Louise back in 2014

15:23 - seeing Dan being able to laugh at “full time internet homo” (which was a freudian slip from a live show that haunted him) is just 😭

15:28 - and then the ‘cheers’-ing of those cards

15:41 - “cheesy sparkling water” is a reference to THE CHEESE CHALLENGE where he tried both of those things

16:09 - “you need to start using it” jesus christ Dan

16:24 - I was speechless when I got the notification for this Phil tweet. and Dan’s reply!!

16:40 - they were both at max chaos during the Stereo era

16:53 - 😂 they are having two completely separate conversations after that

17:05 - Phil’s “I’ve got the Santa hats” just sends me 😂

17:23 - “you want to do something to replace this as soon as possible” I love this video so much

17:30 - no telling us who the winner was

17:45 - they showed these under-the-stairs inspo pics in the texting video too. maybe Dan sent them to Phil to use in this video

17:53 - Dan had this tree ready-to-go for a while; it was visible in the background of the lounge in the pigeon video. I was not so sure about how it looked at the time, but it looks much better actually installed under the stairs

18:15 - lets be honest...it was a lot of degenerative filth. and I wouldn’t have it any other way

18:40 - probably my favorite bit of all. Phil just calling him out on this! and then including it in the video!!

18:57 - it didn’t stop Dan from just staring more, clearly

This is definitely in the running for my favorite video of 2021. It was just SO MUCH after a couple years of basically no joint content at all. And the start of the Stereo era! Such a good time.

#dan and phil #dnp #dnpRewatch #amazingphil #daniel howell #phil lester #danisnotonfire #amazingphil videos #Cards Against Humanity PHAN EDITION!

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captain-josslett · 4 years ago

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Broken Melody - Part Four

Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten, Part Eleven,

Summary: Grammy Award winning Emma Danvers is the first to say she has a pretty good life. But what happens when it implodes around her and it looks like things will never be the same again?

Words: 3.3k+

Warnings: None... yet... There is one more fic before the poop hits the fan

Pairings: Emma Danvers x Lena Luthor (Eventual)

This Part: It’s Christmas day!

As always B!D is named.

Thank you for reading and let me know if you wanna be tagged or any general feedback will be greatly appreciated.

Taglist: @thewitchandtheassassin , @natasha-danvers , @life-is-hella-unfair , @finleyfray, @supergirl-writingz

Emma Danvers is sleeping peacefully on Christmas morning. She’s in such a deep sleep that she doesn’t hear her bedroom door open and the patter of three pairs of feet.

Emma wakes with a start when both her sisters and Lena jump onto her and yell “MERRY CHRISTMAS!!”

“What the fuc… fudge?!” Emma screams and laughs as Kara keeps bouncing on her bed. Alex curls around her side like a koala bear and holds her close. Lena sits on the end of the bed and smiles brightly at Emma.

“Morning.” Alex murmurs and kisses Emma’s head.

“Morning.” Emma replies and snuggles into Alex’s arms, ready to go back to sleep.

“No! No sleep!” Kara yells straddling Emma’s stomach and starting to tickle the other blonde. Lena quickly moves out of the way, not wanting to get kicked by Emma’s flailing limbs.

“Kara! I need to pee!” Emma laughs and frantically tries to move away from her sister.

“Fine!” Kara huffs and floats off Emma, who scurries out of the bed but pauses when she sees Lena.

“Hi.” Emma smiles shyly at the raven haired beauty.

“I thought you needed the toilet?” Alex interrupts with raised eyebrows and Emma quickly races into the bathroom. Mainly to hide her blush.

“What’s going on in here?” Eliza appears in the bedroom doorway, all showered and dressed. A few days after the concert Emma had insisted Eliza leave the hotel and come stay in her spare room. And honestly, Emma enjoyed having her Mom around.

“Just saying Merry Christmas.” Kara smiles brightly.

“Scaring me to death more like.” Emma says yawning as she exits her en-suite.

“Aw my poor baby.” Eliza holds out her arm and Emma immediately goes into the hug. Alex giggles before following Emma and joining the hug. Kara barrels into them, wrapping her arms around her family. Eliza looks over at the CEO, who was awkwardly staring down her feet. “Come on Lena!”

Lena’s head snaps up at hearing her name and when Eliza motions for her to join the hug, Lena bites her lips.

“We won’t move from here until you do.” Eliza warns.

“And believe me, she means it.” Alex laughs into her Mom’s shoulder.

Emma lifts her head and holds out an arm. Lena slowly moves forward and when she’s within reach Emma wraps her arm around her, pulling her into the group hug.

It had taken the Danvers a lot of convincing to get Lena to join them on Christmas day after she accidentally let it slip she’d be spending it alone. But Emma and Kara wouldn’t take no for an answer and Lena was touched that the Danvers cared so much.

“Merry Christmas.” Eliza kisses her daughter’s and Lena’s head.

“Merry Christmas Mom.” Emma yawns again and buries her head in Alex’s neck.

“Emma…” Eliza says stepping away and looking at her youngest. Who tenses slightly at her Mom’s stern tone. Lena wants to laugh when she feels Emma hold onto her more.

“Oh someones in trouble.” Alex whispers.

“Emma. Look at me.” Eliza orders and Emma complies. “What time did you go to bed last night after I said goodnight to you?”

“Erm…”

“Better tell the truth peanut.” Alex says quietly.

“4?” Emma says sheepishly.

“Emma!” Both Eliza and Kara yell. Kara steps out of the hug looking outraged.

“I’m sorry! I was getting ready for bed but then an idea for a song came and I couldn’t get it out of my head!” Emma buries her head back into Alex’s neck, who chuckles softly and rubs her hand over Emma’s back.

“Well don’t complain to me that you feel tired later today.” Eliza scoffs before leaving the room, Kara following behind her.

“I didn’t mean to.” Emma mumbles softly.

“I know peanut.” Alex pulls Emma away from her and holds the blonde’s shoulders. “How bout you have a nice shower to wake yourself up? Mom will hopefully have cooled down by then. You know how hot tempered us Danvers girls can be!”

“Don’t I know it!” Emma laughs before turning to her crush. “Merry Christmas Lee.”

“Merry Christmas Em.” Lena says shyly.

“Emma. Shower. Now.” Agent Danvers orders, causing Emma to roll her eyes at Lena who lets out a snort. Emma grins at her before heading back into her en-suite.

Alex sighs, hoping the plan she and Kelly have come up with to get Emma and Lena together will work. She follows Lena into Emma’s big, open planned apartment. Making sure to shut Emma’s bedroom door behind her.

Fairy lights and decorations were expertly placed around the apartment and it warmed Alex’s heart to see the effort Emma went into making her home a wonderful setting for them to spend Christmas. The two women approach Eliza and Kara who are preparing to cook the Christmas meal.

“Honestly your sister!” Eliza huffs and Alex can’t help but smile slightly.

“She’s under a lot of pressure at the moment.” Alex says while sitting on a stool by the island. Quickly grabbing a piece of raw carrot that Kara had chopped and giving her sister a look when Kara holds the knife up threateningly.

“Do you need me to do anything?” Lena asks looking over the mass of food.

“No thank you Lena. You sit with Alex and relax.” Eliza says kindly.

Lena does and fiddles with her hands. Not used to not being needed or doing something.

“What did you mean Alex?” Kara frowns as she turns her attention back to the redhead. “That Emma is under a lot of pressure?”

“Don’t tell her I told you this.” Alex looks over at Emma’s closed door. “Her record label is really pushing her to release a solo album soon after the tour ends.”

“Why?” Eliza’s eyes are wide. Knowing how exhausted Emma gets after her tours as she pours her all into them.

“The success from the concert.” Alex grabs another piece of carrot and Kara glares at her.

The concert had ended a week ago and was already considered one of the best out there.

“Videos have already been uploaded to Youtube and people are going mad for Emma’s new sound. That’s why there was suddenly a live album of the show.” Alex explains, narrowly missing Kara’s knife when she takes another piece of carrot.

“I’m glad they did, I can’t stop listening to it.” And Lena wasn’t lying. Whenever the CEO had a free moment she’d be watching Youtube clips of the concert over and over again. Transfixed by Emma’s beauty and talent.

“Me too! Hasn’t that gone to number 21 or something?” Kara asks, finally giving up on trying to stop Alex from taking anymore carrots.

“I’ll have a look.” Alex says as she crunches the carrot. She opens her phone and looks at what's trending in the music charts. Her eyes go wide and she freezes.

“Alex?” Eliza tilts her head at her stilled daughter.

“It’s number 1.” Alex whispers out causing the other women around the island to freeze.

“Well! That ice cold shower made me feel so much better!” Emma walks out of her bedroom in a red skater dress and her hair plaited to the side. She goes over to the island and leans against it and then looks at the women around it. Instantly she straightens up at how wide eyed Lena, her Mom and sister are. “What’s wrong?”

Kara immediately gets her phone and starts a live video to get Emma’s reaction. Causing the other blonde to give her a puzzled look. Alex then holds out her phone to Emma who looks down at it. When she reads what's on the scream her hazel green eyes go wide and her mouth drops open.

“Oh… My… WHAT?!” Emma yells and Alex leaps to her feet pulling Emma into a bone crushing hug. They jump up and down yelling in excitement. Kara hands Eliza her phone to keep recording and joins in. Lena smiles happily at the sisters and wipes her tears away.

Emma looks at the phone in her Mom’s hand and knows she wants to say something. “Okay… So… Wow…” She lifts a hand to her forehead, trying to think of what to say. “Thank you, this truly means the world to me and is one of the best Christmas presents I’ve ever had. Thank you and I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas.” Emma blows a kiss to the camera and Eliza stops the video.

Emma then blows out her breath and looks at Alex’s phone again. The two sister’s look over her shoulder with identical grins on their faces. Emma’s expression is of disbelief and joy. Lena picks her phone up and takes a photo, wanting to remember this achievement in Emma’s life and knowing there will be many, many more.

-- -- --

A few hours later, after the Christmas banquet, the women had made their way over to Emma’s sofas.

“I don’t think I can eat another bite.” Emma sighs happily while laying partly on the sofa. Her legs hanging over the side and her head is resting on Lena’s lap.

“Speak for yourself!” Kara laughs and wonders if she can go back for thirds.

“No Kara, save some for later.” Eliza says as if able to read her mind, while she combs her fingers through Alex’s hair.

“Oooookay.” Kara grumbles. “So, when are we opening presents?”

“Soon.” Emma says softly, ready to go into a food coma and sleep for a few hours.

“Ah come on!” Kara whines.

“Fine, fine, fine.” Emma swings her legs round and sits up. Missing the sad look Lena gives her as she moves away.

“Yay!” Kara zooms over to the Christmas tree ready to hand out the gifts. A lot of “awwww”s and “thank you”s sound around the apartment as the presents are opened. Finally only a few are left.

“Kara, can you grab the four square presents behind the tree?” Emma asks and points to them.

“These?” Kara holds them up and reads the label.

“Yea.” Emma smiles shyly as Kara passes them out to Eliza, Alex, Lena and takes the one addressed to her. Emma does like buying gifts and spending money on those she loves. But Emma finds more joy in making something, though it always terrifies her that what she paints may not be liked.

“Shall we open them together?” Alex asks, fingers already pulling a corner of the tape away.

“I guess.” Emma shrugs, her eyes darting to everyone around her.

“No, let’s open it one at a time.” Kara interrupts. “I mean, unless they are the same?”

Emma shrugs again and settles into the sofa.

“I’ll go first.” Alex says while tearing the paper off. “Oh wow.” Alex breathes out and runs her hand over the painting. “Em, this is… wow.”

“What is it?” Kara asks, wanting to see. Alex turns the painting around and Kara recognises it as a view on one of their favourite hiking trails in Midvale. “Wow.”

“Mom, you go next.” Emma says while grabbing a cushion and placing it on her lap. Something she does when she's nervous. She watches her Mom open hers and is relieved when Eliza smiles.

“Emma, this is beautiful.” The painting was of the backs of Alex, Kara, Eliza and Emma with their arms around each other looking out to the lake near their home.

Kara looks down at her wrapped painting. “Can I go next?”

“Sure.” Emma smiles and bites her lip as she watches Kara rip into the paper.

“Oh Em!” Tears pool into Kara’s eyes and Emma’s heart drops.

“What is it?” Lena asks curiously, wanting to see what made her best friend tear up.

“Krypton.” Kara's voice cracks as she looks over the details. Tears fall down her face as she takes it all in. “How… How did you get it so perfectly?”

“I may have asked Clark to copy some slides from the Fortress of Solitude.” Emma says sheepishly, hoping she hasn’t crossed a line. “I mean I did have an idea of what to do, with how much you talked about Krypton, but I wanted to get it perfect for you."

“It is perfect.” Kara gulps and Superspeeds over to the baby sister. Pulling her into a tight hug. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” Emma says softly as she rubs Kara’s back. She moves so Kara can sit next to her, making Emma move closer to Lena.

“Now Lena’s turn!” Kara says happily as she wipes her eyes. Careful not to smudge her makeup.

Alex watches Emma carefully as her sister stiffens slightly and the worry rolls off the blonde.

Lena looks down at the gift and carefully unwraps it. She gasps when the painting is revealed.

“Do you like it?” Emma asks hesitantly.

The painting was of their time at the beach in the summer. Where they were having lunch and Lena had thrown her head back laughing at a joke someone had said. Emma had perfectly captured the joy on Lena’s face and the colours of the white sand and the turquoise sea in the background.

“I love it.” Lena says softly. Her eyes darting over the painting, taking it all in.

Emma lets out a sigh of relief and settles back into the sofa. But Lena gently places the painting on the coffee table in front of her and pulls Emma into a hug. The other Danvers women look down at the painting. They ooo and ahh at it.

“Thank you. It’s the best present I’ve ever had.” Lena whispers into Emma’s ear and feels Emma’s smile widen.

“I’m glad you like it.” Emma pulls away slightly to look into Lena’s green eyes. “It’s how I see you.”

Alex watches the two and holds her breath. ‘Kiss!’ Her mind yells and slowly Lena and Emma lean towards each other.

BUZZZZ

Alex could scream at the intercom as it breaks the spell between the two women. They shyly smile at each other and Emma scoots away. Kara flies over to answer and lets whoever is on the other end up to the apartment.

Soon all the Superfriends are gathered in Emma’s apartment and are mingling around in groups.

“So, wait…” Sam holds her hand up as Alex tries to explain what happened earlier. “They almost kissed, but then your brother stops them by pressing the intercom button.”

“James always had perfect timing.” Kelly says sarcastically as she sips her drink.

“They were so close, literally I was ready to release a party popper!” Alex huffs and looks over at Emma, who is gazing longingly at Lena across the room. “Oh Rao… Look at Emma.” Alex whispers to the two other women. They follow Alex’s eye line and sigh.

“Seriously! We cannot let them leave here without kissing! That’s it! I’m putting my foot down!” Sam whispers to Kelly and Alex. Not realising Kara had overhead and was choking on her drink. Causing Lena to pat her back in concern.

“Better?” Lena asks as Kara regains her breath.

“Y-yea. Woo that went the wrong way. Won’t be doing that again!” Kara says a bit too happily and backs away from her best friend before zooming off to Alex. Noticing how Emma immediately makes her way over to Lena. The two falling into a quiet conversation.

“You okay Kara?” Alex asks with a raised eyebrow.

“How long?”

“How long what?” Alex asks back confused.

“How long has my best friend and our baby sister… You know.” Kara waves her hands around.

“You really didn’t know?” Kelly asks, surprised.

“No!” Kara yells loudly causing a few Superfriends to look over at the group.

“I told you she is completely oblivious.” Alex smirks into her drink.

“Not all of the time!”

“Most of the time.” Alex counters. “So are you going to help us get Emma and Lena together?”

Kara thinks for a second. “What do you have planned?”

After filling Kara in, the plan is set in motion and Alex just waits for the right opportunity. Kara is on standby with the mistletoe and when the time is right she’s going to Superspeed it above the two women.

Currently Emma is talking to Nia and Lena is looking over some designs Brainy has come up with. The two not being able to stay away from work long enough.

“What you looking at Lena?” Sam looks over her friend's shoulder.

“Oh, schematics of a serum Brainy and I have been trailing. It’s designed to help heal a person’s wounds quicker.”

“Wow.” Sam blinks as her mind tries to compute with the possibility.

“Yea.” Lena smiles at the brunette. “It’s still the early stages… But, I think we have a shot at this.”

“Brainy, could you tell me a bit more about it?” Sam tilts her head, looking intrigued.

“Of course.” Brainy takes the tablet from Lena’s hands and starts talking Sam through it in more detail. Sam doesn’t understand most of it but nods her head anyway.

Lena moves away from the two and looks around the room. This has truly been one of the best Christmases she’s had in a very long time. To be a part of the Danvers experience, to be with people who cared and loved her, warms Lena’s heart.

She subconsciously looks for Emma and finds her standing alone by her wooden upright piano. Her finger lightly pressing the keys as she plays out a melody in her head. Kelly spots Lena looking and leads Nia away, both talking animatedly.

Lena bites her lip and makes her way over to the blonde.

“Hi.” Lena says shyly and Emma lifts her head.

“Hi.” Emma says shyly back and smiles warmly.

“Have you enjoyed today?” Lena asks, leaning against the piano.

“Yea I have. How about you? It hasn’t been too overwhelming being with us all day?”

Lena laughs loudly. “No, it’s been wonderful.”

“I’m glad.” Emma tilts her head and bites her lip. “I er… Actually have something else for you.” Emma reaches into her dress pocket and pulls out a little box.

“Oh Em! You already got me so much!” Lena says wide eyed as Emma hands her the box.

“Yea but I saw this in Ireland and thought of you.” Emma watches as Lena carefully opens the box.

“Em.” Lena gasps out and tears fill her eyes. “It’s beautiful.” Inside the box was a delicate Celtic knot with a genuine emerald in the middle. Lena’s Mam always wore a necklace like it when she was alive. “You remembered?”

“Of course. You always speak so fondly of your Mam and Ireland, so I wanted to find something for you while I was there.”

“Thank you.” Lena says feeling truly touched that Emma would take the time to look for a gift on her busy tour. “Can you help me put it on?”

Emma nods and takes the necklace out of the box. Lena turns around and Emma fastens the clasp.

Movement above them makes Lena look up. “Oh.”

“What?” Emma asks as Lena turns to face her.

“Mistletoe.”

Emma looks up and sure enough there's mistletoe above them. She frowns slightly. ‘I didn’t place that there…’ Emma thinks before her gaze goes back to Lena, who is biting her lip.

For a moment Emma can’t breath. She’d be lying if she says she didn’t want to kiss Lena right now.

“Would be bad luck not too.” Lena says quietly, tilting towards the blonde.

“Is that so?” Emma leans towards the raven haired beauty.

They linger and Emma doesn’t miss the way Lena’s eyes look down at her lips and back up to her eyes.

Finally they both close the gap between them and their lips connect.

Fireworks explode and they deepen the kiss.

Suddenly a noise makes them pull back and look towards James who is staring at them in disbelief.

Emma doesn’t miss the look of outrage on Alex’s face towards James. How Kelly and Sam both hold her back. She chuckles slightly and focuses on Lena. They both smile at each other.

‘Best Christmas ever.’ Emma thinks happily.

(Part Five)

#supergirl #supergirl tv #supergirl imagine #supergirl fanfic #supergirl baby danvers #supergirl fanfiction #lena luthor x baby danvers #alex danvers x baby danvers #kara danvers x baby danvers #lena luthor imagine #alex danvers imagine #kara danvers imagine #b!d #baby danvers

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