#annie j. general

[mazeheart]

𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 ; 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 hallie parker @fadingmadness

the minute she caught sight of her twin , annie went running towards the other. " hallie !! " she called out , waving. " hallie , is that you ?! thank goodness , i've been looking for you everywhere ... "

[nojillnolife]

[mazeheart]

@fadingmadness

Maybe you’ll find someone on this continent who can actually whip your tush at poker.

The Parent Trap (1998) dir. Nancy Meyers

[xtruss]

Gen Z, Millennial, Zillennial? Find Your Generation — And What It Means — By Year

— By Stephen J. Beard and Veronica Bravo | October 08, 2024

Generation breakdown Veronica Bravo, Getty Images

Where Were You When The Space Shuttle Challenger Exploded?

The answer to that question is just one example of how generations identify with a shared experience. Baby boomers may have watched from a break room at the office or heard about it on the radio. Many Generation X kids sat in a classroom and watched live on television as the first space-bound teacher, 36-year-old Christa McAuliffe, perished with six fellow astronauts. The earliest millennials may have witnessed this moment, too, but would probably be too young to remember.

Then there's the rest of us − the roughly 44% of Americans living today (and growing) − who were born after the disaster in January 1986 and did not share the impact it had on the country.

Finding Balance:Millennials, Gen Z are 'Spiraling,' Partying Hard and Blowing Their Savings. Why?

And that's how shared generational experiences work. Identifying with a generation becomes a shorthand for references to shared common cultural experiences, advances in technology and behaviors forged by witnessing collective significant historical events. Generational identity also informs policy-making, particularly around marketing, health care and retirement.

An ESRI analysis of the predominant generation by location in the country shows a higher concentration of millennials in larger urban areas like Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles, while baby boomers make up the largest generational subset in vast swaths of rural areas.

Years When Each Generation Was Born

While pigeonholing someone to a particular generation based solely on birth year isn't a perfect way to determine that person's identity, it helps policymakers establish a baseline for where that person is the age range. Here are the widely accepted year ranges that define today's generations:

Another example of a generational cultural touchstone is the way we consume music. From the early days of vinyl records and radio to cassettes and CDs to streaming services and social media platforms, music listening formats are nearly baked in to each generation's formative years.

In 2023, millennials maintained their place as the largest segment of the U.S. population, a trend that began in 2019 when they surpassed baby boomers because of aging.

Generations and Race in The US

Grouping generational identities by race and ethnicity helps paint a broad picture of how U.S. demographics are changing. In 2023, Gen Alpha was the most racially and ethnically diverse generation, with whites making up less than half of the population of people born in the Gen Alpha birth years (2013 to present).

How Generational Identity Affects Retirement Outlooks

Though age, as the saying goes, is just a number, categorizing people by age can help researchers frame discussions around important age-specific issues like retirement. According to a report in June by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, nearly half of all workers across four generations from baby boomers to Gen Z either plan to retire past age 65 or not retire at all.

But the confidence in retiring at or before age 65 drops sharply with age: 63% of Gen Z respondents are confident in retiring by 65 versus only 48% of Gen X with similar plans.

— SOURCES: Pew Research Center; Annie E. Casey Foundation; Purdue Global; Transamerica Center For Retirement Studies

[harveydenttiephysics]

From Teen Titans #48 (1977)

1977? Flash from the Past 1977? The year of the first flight of the United States Space Shuttle? The year Uranus' rings were discovered? The 7th year Columbo was nominated for at least one Prime Time Emmy? The year The Commodore PET was introduced? The Year The Clash released "White Riot"? The year Allen Bussey did 20,302 yo-yo loops? The year Star Wars was released in theatres? The year the International Computer Chess Association was formed? The year Electric Light Orchestra released international chart-topping song "Telephone Line"? The year the United States State of New Jersey started allowing casino gambling in Atlantic City? The year Paul Hackett was on the cover of Skateboarder Magazine? The year Silver St. Cloud made her first apearance in Detective Comics #470? The year we started using fiber-optics for communication? The year the musical Annie won a Tony Award? The year that one guy was struck by lighting for the 7th time? The year Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams won Best Original Song? The year Sadaharu Oh hit his 756th home run? The year the Eagles won Record of the Year with "Hotel California"? The year DC Comics raised the price of a standard comic book from 30 to 35 cents? The year Ellen Berryman won the women's division in the Skateboarding Freestyle World Campionships? The year Fleetwood Mac won Album of the Year with "Rumours"? The year General Motors introduced the Oldsmobile 88? The year The Carpenters released "I Just Fall In Love Again"? The year the MRI was becoming viable for medical use? The year the circus opera "Houdini" premiered in Amsterdam, Netherlands? The year Ringo Starr released "Ringo the 4th"? The year Alan Alda won M*A*S*H their 8th Emmy? The year DC revived Aquaman? The year Princess Beatrice opened the Amsterdam metro? The year Faye Dunaway won Best Actress? The year Canada started showing a regular TV broadcast of parliament? The year Walter Browne won his third straight US chess championship? The year of the Snake? The year Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver was nominated for 4 Academy Awards? The year A. J. Foyt became the first person to win the Indianapolis 500 four times? The year Freaky Friday made $25,942,00 at the box office? The year the Apple II computer entered the technology market? The year The Sex Pistols release chart-topping album "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols"? The year Joel Benjamin became a chess master at the age of 13? The year of the Dover Demon sightings in the town of Dover, Massachusetts? That 1977? 🫠 x40

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[spellbcok]

⚔️⚔️ 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 ⚔️⚔️

click occupation link for more info on it. aware or unaware is referring to the changes in town, not to their canon awareness.

annie edison ⚜️ unaware noblewoman/aristocrat, medical apprentice; addiction mention tw. she is the daughter of a vassal that went against her parents wishes to study medicine. similar to her actual background minus the pill addiction part. aristocrat / noblewoman because it's close enough to her princess fantasy w/o actually making her a princess. || random tidbit: when she is referred to as 'my lady' / 'm'lady' a not so clear face will pop into her mind. she doesn't know who it is, but she's trying to find them (context)

anya jenkins ⚜️ aware "sorceress"; anya is getting a memory upgrade right before this event, so she now remembers up to the end of hell's bells & has fully regained her demon powers; she is also aware of the changes but since this medieval time period is close to when she was her original human identity 'aud', she finds it very familiar. she does miss the conveniences of the modern world, though... like the luxury of lightweight paper money vs coins. she is passing off her demon powers as that of a sorceress that grants wishes.

chloe decker ⚜️ unaware lieutenant; she is suspicious of the place, but can't pinpoint what exactly has her feeling something is off. but she can't shake the feeling. in this world, she still works in law enforcement of sorts, not much 'investigating' here... but that's reserved for delving more into her suspicions. for her, hoping at some point she'll become aware so that could be played with/plotted out.

tak dongkyung ⚜️ unaware stationer & copyist; she sells the books that she scribes. she remembers everything & everyone— just within this medieval setting.

gale weathers ⚜️ unaware writer; chasing fame through her writing no matter the time period. she has a knack for overexaggerating & cliffhangers. she believes this is the norm & that the woodsboro/scream events happened in a foreign land and she sought refuge here.

ren ruyi ⚜️ unaware knight; rather than a spy/assassin which is closer to her canon and cia identity in washington, she is a knight here. mostly for fun, really, as she does have this protective and heroic side to her in canon that hasn't had it's time to shine due to prior betrayals/nature of her work. so she's always believed she was here & trained to be a knight since birth, practically. her father gave her to her mentor to raise (ala a knight's tale lmao but also it's similar to her canon background a bit except she was sold by her father into a less than admirable service j;fewiaj)

im sol ⚜️ aware stagehand; im sol is aware that this is not the world as she knows it, although she thinks she time traveled again & is confused why here of all places; got a job working at the local theater as a stagehand.

possible connections: most of these are general and can be any number of people, so feel free to assume ; also you can assume any peers (i.e. status peers, work peers, interest peers) and/or customer relations. however, ik there are some v specific ideas below that require discussing, so if anything is of interest that you want to plot out then like this post or react in the disc**rd channel when i link this post && i'll msg you.

annie edison ⚜️ other medical scholars, doctor she apprentices under*, a rogue* (just to continue with that fantasy of hers tbh), patients, possible arranged marriage?

anya jenkins ⚜️ people who make a wish (revenge-related)*, other 'witches', others aware of the changes & can reminisce about the good old days of computers or w/e.

chloe decker ⚜️ guard captain who appointed her*, coworkers, criminals, aware people who trigger her memories of the modern era.

tak dongkyung ⚜️ writer(s) she copywrites for, customers, employees (na jina, he xuan).

gale weathers ⚜️ fans, other writers, barkeep who is familiar w/ her as she frequents their tavern to write.

ren ruyi ⚜️ other knights, fair maidens (or sirs) she has saved, nobleperson she serves.

im sol ⚜️ actors, entertainers, playwrights, other stagehands, etc., others who are aware of the changes.

starters (2 per muse for now)

annie edison ⚜️ (2/2) sam, rosemary, danny

anya jenkins ⚜️ (4/2) angel, mason, buffy, kaul hilo, elsa

chloe decker ⚜️ (3/2) silco, kono, nathalie, jaeyoo

tak dongkyung ⚜️ (3/2) quigley, he xuan, doom

gale weathers ⚜️ (3/2) charles, noah, sidney, diana

ren ruyi ⚜️ (2/2) chelsea, dain, adam

im sol ⚜️ (2/2) juliette, astrid

[mazeheart]

@fadingmadness

THE PARENT TRAP (1998) dir. Nancy Meyers

[fieldofdaisiies]

Azriel x Reader | Imagine: Service

request: okay, but here me out. Reader getting az ready to go to church. Like making him brush his hair, were colourful clothes etc. And he acts totally miffed and all, and the IC all make fun of him. But he puts up with it because he loves you:)

Azriel and you are about to attend a service from the priestesses in the Library. And Azriel…well you thought, since it is a service for the beginning of Spring, he could actually put on some colour.

Azriel is not really having it. But he loves you and would practically do anything for you. So it is the light blue shirt with the small details on it. Azriel…he isn’t really amused about it, having much rather donned one of his black shirts. But the light blue one just so perfectly matches your dress. You love it. A grin spreads from one ear to the other when you watch the two of you in the mirror. Azriel tugs on the sleeves of it when you wiggle a brush in front of his face. “Need to comb your hair, neat and tidy.” “My hair is always neat and tidy,” Azriel grumbles but reluctantly takes the brush from your hand.

“Yes, it is, but not neat and tidy enough. You have just flown in, one can see that.” “You like my hair like this,” Azriel argues, and you shoot him a warning glare. So he brushes his hair back neat and tidy.

Cassian whistles when moments later Azriel and you appear in the family living room of the House of Wind. “Azzy, colour looks good on you,” the Illyrian general hollers and claps his hands. Two pink splotches appear on Azriel’s cheek and he turns to you, eyes going wide with a half-glare and half-reprimanding look. You just giggle at his miffed expression, the light crease of his brows. The shadows dance around him, obviously amused about their owner.

“Shut up, Cass,” Azriel grumbles and shakes his head at his brother. Cassian just winks at him and then turns to you. “Great job, Y/N. Make him wear colour more often from now on.”

“Will do,” you happily say and interlace your fingers with your mate’s, giving his hand a soft squeeze. Azriel pulls you to him, leaning into you, his lips brushing your ear. “You are really lucky that I love you so much.”

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[mazeheart]

𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 ; 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 @fadingmadness ( 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 wild heart by towa bird )

" i think ... " annie started with a slight tilt of the head as she eyed the other. " you got a wicked smile ... and those angel eyes , with timeless style. "

[thenightling]

How 80s Rock (and rock in general) influenced The Sandman

Okay, this is a list that has been mostly confirmed.  I won’t add speculation like “Robert Smith is the basis for Morpheus’s hair.” or “Peter Murphy is the basis for Morpheus.”  This will only contain things that have been confirmed in various sources.  Lucifer - Meant to look and sound like David Bowie circa 1969. (Confirmed multiple times by Neil Gaiman.  In fact Michael Sheen is doing a David Bowie impersonation while voicing Lucifer for The Sandman audio drama adaptation.  Neil Gaiman has even said that Gwendoline Christie looks more like David Bowie than Tom Ellis does.)  

Death of The Endless - Originally Neil wanted her to resemble Nico but she ended up looking like the Cinnamon Hadley instead.  In The Sandman Overture, according to J. H. Williams III, his depiction of Death is meant to resemble Siouxsie of Siouxsie and the Banshees.

John Constantine - Though not an original creation of Neil Gaiman (first created by Alan Moore), John Constantine was supposed to have resembled rock star, Sting.  (roughly 1985 look.)

Desire of The Endless - Desire was, at least partly, inspired by the Duran Duran album cover Rio. The cover was painted by Patrick Nagel and designed by Malcolm Garrett.  When Neil was starting out as a writer one of the first things he wrote was a book on Duran Duran. 

Another inspiration for Desire came from Annie Lennox’s look for the music video “Sweet Dreams (are made of this).”   Ironic considering the title.   

Delirium of The Endless - Though Neil Gaiman did not meet Tori Amos until after he had created Delirium, he insists that Delirium was somehow inspired by Tori Amos.

Men of Good Fortune - The issue / Chapter of The Sandman called Men of Good Fortune is named after a song by Lou Reed. Sunday Morning - The issue / Chapter called Sunday Morning is also named after a Lou Reed (Velvet Underground) song.  So that is two Hob Gadling chapters named for Lou Reed Songs. Beginning to see the Light - The Sandman: A game of You issue / chapter named Beginning to see the Light is also named for a Velvet Underground song. Dream songs - Roy Orbison’s In dreams plays in The Sandman issue Dream a little Dream of me. The issue / chapter is named after a song. And Mr. Sandman (Bring me a Dream) by the Chordettes is also in that issue. The Skye Boat song - Not actually a rock song by any interpretation of the term but I thought I’d mention it.  Many of you may recognize the Skye Boat song as the “theme song to Outlander.”   This song is referenced in The Sandman: A Game of You. Labyrinth - Neil Gaiman is an admitted fan of the Jim Henson film Labyrinth.  A friend of mine insisted that Morpheus is “Goth Jareth” (David Bowie’s character in Labyrinth). And a Game of You has some plot similarities to Labyrinth.  Labyrinth has six original songs by David Bowie. 

Queen -  It’s no secret that Neil Gaiman is a Queen and David Bowie fan and tends to reference both whenever possible in his writing.  The Sandman Brief lives is no exception.  When Delirium wanders into a night club two men are discussing the death of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, and one mentions someone making the crude joke of “Another One Bites the Dust” (a popular 1980 Queen song).

There are many more rock music references in The Sandman but these are the ones I could remember off-hand.    Think how strange it would be if all of these (80s) rock elements were removed from The Sandman somehow.  

And this is a more recent connection but John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and The Angry Inch) plays Hal AKA Dolly, the drag queen, in The Sandman Netflix series storyline called The Doll’s House.   

[mazeheart]

@fadingmadness

The Parent Trap 1998 | dir. Nancy Meyers

[insomniac4000]

First Impressions ChrisMD

Bethany Margaret Johnson didn't sound like a popstar name so she used the moniker Annie J professionally. Her first top ten single "Like Me" debuted in the charts at number four when she was just nineteen years old and she had gone from strength to strength over the past seven years. The thing that Bethany or Betsy to her friends believed what set her apart from others and the reason for her continued success was her love for music had never wavered.  Even when she was being hounded by the press and paparazzi, spent months away from home, was working fifteen or sixteen hour days for tour preparations she still loved her music. That didn't stop at her music either, she loved music in general and always kept up to date with the goings on, her contemporaries and competition as well as newer artists. 

Betty could be a perfectionist and would be the first person to admit she could be a bit of a control freak about things, she was never rude with it as she had a great team but she was not one of these artists where the team did all of the work, she needed to know all of the goings on, she chose the setlists for her shows, if the record company wanted to release a certain song she would push back as much as she could to fight her corner, she okayed her outfits and she always chose her own support acts. Her her latest UK tour the artists she had chosen to open for her was the Welsh MACY and the singer and TikTok/Youtube star Arthur Hill. She had previously has Talia Mar open for her a couple of years ago which exposed her a little to the online world, Betsy had to admit that was the one part of her job she was happy to hand over to her team, it wasn't really a world she knew too much about but Talia's then boyfriend and now husband Simon seemed like a decent guy. Her and Talia had struck up a friendship and she was even invited to Talia's wedding, she went despite the fact that she didn't know anyone. 

*Flashback*

"You look so beautiful! Congratulations," Betsy smiled as she hugged Talia, as the bride was the only person she really knew properly at the wedding it was a little awkward but she was glad to see her friend get married. 

"Thank you, you look gorgeous I'm so glad you're here! Now we've sat you next to one of Simon's friends Chris," Talia started to explain but Simon cut her off as he hugged Betsy while she congratulated him. 

"He's not long been dumped so sorry if he's a bit miserable." The sideman commented.

"Oh great," Betsy rolled her eyes a little, she came for fun. 

"He's a nice guy I think he was just blindsided by the whole thing but he is dating again so you might have fun," Talia teased and Betsy smiled but rolled her eyes. She walked round the room a little before finding her table and she smiled at the dirty blonde boy with piercing blue eyes. He had some facial hair which peppered a nice and not too defined jaw line. He was wearing a blue suit with a soft yellow gold tie, he looked good and obviously knew how to dress for an occasion. 

"Hi, I'm Bethany," Betsy  smiled as she sat down, smoothing out her gold dress as she did so. 

"Chris nice to meet you," the male said smiling showing off his white but slightly crooked teeth, not only was he cute but he was refreshingly normal. She had dated before, and as a musician the press were all over it, she dated her childhood sweetheart for six years but when they split when she was twenty five and she was linked with a model and a couple of footballers the press went wild. She wasn't a fan of footballers, she doesn't know why she did it and wasn't sure if it was all footballers or the ones she chose but they were self absorbed and pretty sure had photographers of speed dial. 

"So what do you do? The brunette asked taking a sip of water which had been pre poured in glasses. 

"Oh I do football videos on Youtube," Chris explained, Betsy surprised a sigh, not again. "You do music, right?" Chris asked also taking a sip of water, it was too early in the day to  be drunk yet. 

"Yeah," Betsy nodded she didn't mind being recognised but in some circles it could be so superficial. 

"I really loved that one you did  about the note. I had that on repeat for a while," Chris admitted and Betsy smiled, the song, Pen to Paper was an album track so he was obviously a fan.

"Thank you. I'm sorry I can't say I've watched any of your videos," she apologised, turning in her chair a little to face Chris slightly more.

"It's okay, it's like a ninety seven percent male audience so I'm not surprise, and thank you for the honesty."

The pair were interrupted as more people joined their table and introductions were made as well as Chris there were four couples on the table, Will and Mia, Theo and Jodie, Chip and Sabina and Callum and Laura. Betsy knew what Talia was trying to do, as the wine and conversation flowed it was working. 

By the end of the night Betsy and Chris were on the dance floor together getting incredibly close, his hands on her bum during fast dances and their arms around each other during slow ones. 

"Your room or mine?" Chris whispered in a gruff tone when the place was starting to empty and the after party was beginning. They had a good time and the pair swapped numbers but she grew disappointed with him when she messaged him but failed to receive a reply so she thought her very first impression of him was spot on, stupid footballers.

*Present day*

"Ah here she is!" Betsy's tour manager Lance announced when Betsy walked into the room. 

"Hi, I am so sorry I had a meeting and it overran," she apologised before shaking the hands of her support acts, she was meeting them for the first time and wanted to get to know them a little bit better, break the ice and give a run down of how she usually ran things. While she wasn't uptight she wasn't the biggest fan of the sex, drugs, and rock and roll cliche, she didn't care what people did on their own time so long as they arrived on time for rehearsals and their stage slots and didn't flaunt things in the public eye something which was a very reasonable request. 

Everything was set and everyone then had some casual chat to get to know each other a little bit. Soon Betsy was called away for another interview and made her goodbyes.

"Really nice to meet you both, let me or Lance know if you have enough tickets for friends and family I'm sure we can sort some things out, and VIP passes and things. 

"Oh great, my roommates said they're free to come now," Arthur mentioned  and Betsy nodded. 

"We'll sort them out don't worry," the brunette smiled before being ushered off.

Tour went underway and was a huge hit, they reached London of which there were three dates.

"This is really cool," George commented as him and his other housemates enjoyed the backstage tour. 

"It is, the crowds have been great too." The musician responded looking at his friends and noticing the smallest of the four was staring at the door as he clutched his beer, something he had been doing since he got there. 

"You've been very quiet," Arthur H said to Chris who just nodded his head, he was in two minds about whether he wanted to see Betsy or not, he did intend on messaging her back but by the time he got round to it it was a long time, plus he was quite intimidated by being with someone well known his relationship with Shannon was under the microscope enough and they were only two content creators. 

"Hi Arthur," Betsy chimed as she walked into his dressing room, stopping dead in her tracks when she saw the short male, his hair had changed but it was undeniably him, she looked in those eyes long enough to know them. 

"Sorry I didn't know you had company," Betsy went to retreat as she stared at the curly haired man who was suddenly finding his shoes very interesting.

"These are my flatmates, Arthur, George and Chris. Guys this is Betsy otherwise known as AnnieJ," Arthur Hill explained pointing out everyone in turn. George greeted her with a hug, Arthur and Chris settled for a handshake, the two previous lovers ignoring the spark of electricity that flowed through their hands. 

"Have you got time to hang out for a little bit?" Arthur asked, Betsy nodded as she didn't want to be rude plus the other two could be a laugh. 

Chris looked on clutching his beer bottle so hard his knuckles turned white staring at Betsy who was laughing at one of George's jokes. 

"Sorry I need to get ready, enjoy the show guys, it was nice to meet you Arthur and George and hopefully I'll see you after?" Betsy smiled before rushing off out the room. 

"What is your problem? We've only heard two grunts out of you," George commented pointing at Chris who just shrugged. 

"This is just not my scene," he replied, saying more words than he he had spoken in the past two hours.

"Okay, well next time I'll give your space to someone else," Arthur Hill replied as he checked the time, it was approaching show time. 

"This is nothing to do with the fact you two slept together at Simon's wedding and she's obviously forgotten about it," Arthur TV explained, he had only gotten Chris's side of the story so didn't know he had failed to message Betsy back. George and Arthur Hill looked at each other before laughing. 

"Chris we need to get you fixed," Arthur Hill joked before announcing he had to go and warm up. 

The show had calmed Chris down somewhat, MACY was good, Arthur was great and he enjoyed watching Betsy, it was obvious she loved doing what she did things changed slightly again when she sang one of her hit songs Infamy. On the surface it just sounded like the song was about relationships but there was a deeper meaning which was about the press's judgement and hounding of people's personal lives. There was one moment where Chris swore Betsy looked at him momentarily and he felt incredibly guilty, he ghosted her because of something she was already afraid of he felt small, well even smaller.

Arthur Hill was slightly surprised when Chris asked if he could come again, considering he was quiet the day before but Arthur agreed and this time Chris came with a plan. He kept himself a little scarce at the beginning but watched her intently from the side lines that was the first time Betsy noticed his presence there. 

After the show Chris knocked on Betsy's dressing room door he took a deep breath when he heard a soft come in. Chris couldn't help but smile when he saw Betsy in black leggings and a green jumper. Her regular casual self was so much different to her stage persona, she was just a regular girl underneath it all and Chris wanted to get to know her and not the flashy musician exterior he was afraid of before. 

"Hi, good show," Chris smiled. Betsy just nodded before placing her glasses on, her eyes got tired if she wore her contacts for too long. 

"Look I have been an absolute arsehole and if you don't want to listen to me excuses that's fine but I think I owe you an explanation," Chris continued and Betsy looked at him. His blue eyes looked so sincere, so kind and there was something about his little face she couldn't resist. 

"Look if you didn't want anything else a simple text would have sufficed," Betsy replied as she sat on the arm of the grey sofa. 

"But I did! I looked you up and saw all these stories and got flustered. When my ex and I broke up there's still jokes going on about it now and she still gets comments on social media and I just thought about how much worse it would be," Chris admitted and Betsy sighed, she had heard this before. 

"I get it. It's fine."

"It's not, look you probably don't want anything else to do with me but I just owed you a sorry." 

"I didn't say I didn't want anything more to do with you," Betsy smiled getting up from the sofa  and walking slowly over to Chris who nodded as he gave a small but cheeky smile. 

"Good," he smiled before his and Betsy's lips touched. 

[beevean]

A vederlo si direbbe che 15 anni fa Isaac avrebbe indossato i pantaloni Frankie Garage con mutande a vista mentre ascoltava la tektonik ❤

Curse of Darkness è uscito nel 2005. E già da qui si capisce tutto, inclusa la ragione del ciuffo emo in quello che dovrebbe essere l'anno del Signore 1479 :P

Isaac è chiaramente ispirato alle J-rockstar dell'epoca:

Purtroppo non sono familiare col genere, quindi facciamo che canterebbe a squarciagola "(WAKE ME UP) WAKE ME UP INSIDE (CAN'T WAKE UP) WAKE ME UP INSIDE" in una modern AU :P

(con le mutande a vista, ovviamente. Dopotutto, il suo design implica che nemmeno le porti le mutande, sotto i pantaloni di cuoio...)

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" ugh ! fine ! rules for dressing up are made up anyways , " annie said with a wave of hand. " were you even given a dress code ? a theme ? if it's like every other party , i swear there's gonna be lame guys in jeans and polo shirts while the girls pull out their best , " she finally gave a more direct answer. working in a bridal boutique , she wasn't used to telling people the fashion rules. it was always what the bride felt most comfortable and beautiful in. " and what ? you're not supposed to go out and have fun ?? " she playfully rolled her eyes. " wear a dress that shows off your legs and wear your favorite jewelry that matches the vibe. there , is that what you were looking for ??? "

◟ ⋆ ❛ “  annie  ,  that's  such  a  lame  answer  ,  ”  jess  told  her  friend  ,  shaking  her  head  .  she  wasn't  good  at  things  like  dressing  up  ,  hence  the  reason  she  was  seeking  advice  .  jess  squinted  at  the  girl  as  she  mentioned  showing  up  to  a  wedding  in  white  as  a  guest  ,  knowing  the  words  were  said  in  jest  .  “  i  don't  really  have  anything  like  that  .  i  don't  go  out  a  lot  .  i  just  show  up  to  classes  and  do  what  i'm  supposed  to  .  ”

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[prpletoast]

[Here's the Annabelle ref I promised!! Also uhhh... warnings for S/A; her old boss from when she was 16 was a pedophile 🧑‍🦽]

Name: Annabelle Irene Johnson

Age: 25

Job: Therapist

Noteable Conditions: severe anxiety (she's working on it I swear /j), vitiligo, Aspergers (basically tight-rope-walking between being autistic, and neurotypical)

Lore: Annabelle, or 'Annie' grew up in a lower working-class neighborhood for thirteen years of her life; her family barely scraping up enough money to make it by; with her and her two siblings. Due to her odd skin-condition; the poor girl was often shown off.

Nothing too significant/traumatic happened until age 16; when her parents forced her into modeling; desperate to make enough money to actually live a decent life. The company Annie was guilt-tripped into working for put her into outfits like these.

It actually got to a point where her former boss (almost) sexually assaulted her; the only reason she left with her virginity that day, was because an employee called the cops, and the cop happened to be Annie's older brother. So; let's just say a pedophile got put in prison!

With proper evidence, and video footage of what (almost) went on; her former boss was indeed jailed for 30 years. For sexual harassment, (attempted) rape, and pedophilia.

She went to therapy for the incident until she was 19; quitting her old job with a generous severance pay, as compensation for the bullshit she went through. Annabelle began saving for college to get a degree is psychology, so she could help people who suffered from similar issues. In fact; her newest job is how she met her (current) boyfriend Keiser.

Her and Keiser met when she was 21, and he was 20. She was shocked at his height, and was (understandably; due to trauma) a bit scared of him; due to his height. But once he revealed he wasn't going to harm her, she quickly warmed up to him. He has selective mutism, so she gladly communicated with him in sticky-notes; since she wasn't the best in sign-language at the time.

She actually really liked his voice; when he first trusted her enough to speak. A thick, and rather deep German accent came from his mouth; with a gentle chuckle, and a genuine compliment on how nice she was.

The two grew to be close friends; when Annie vented to him about her trauma.. Keiser was fully prepared to find the bastard that attempted to rape her, and kill him. However; only reason he didn't was because he was already sentenced to prison for what was left of his pathetic life.

She thought it was cute that every time she talked kindly to him; he gave her puppy-dog eyes. When she was 24, and he was 23; they officially started dating!!!!

DTTDTDC SCREAMSSX DASXSTTCTDCRX I LOVE AANNYYYY