#ask monica ts

[randomnameless]

you know what could have been nice? If Whodislava had gotten some spotlight in Nopes, instead of Mistake... Like I still don't get who she's supposed to be (never played CF but i've heard there isn't much more about her there anyway?), but she's /established/. She's part of Supreme Leader's commanders, she's one of the closest she has, supposedly one of the best? (else SL wouldn't keep her) and she's loyal to the death to SL.

She's loyal to her, ready to die for her, but she's not a simp, the way Mistake is! She'd have been 100% more palatable than Mistake, while still being clearly blinded by her loyalty.

She'd also have been excellent to show SL's hypocrisy when it comes to her soldiers vs Faerghus's knights; Whodislava IS the equivalent of a Faerghus knight, and I'm pretty sure she'd go as far as Dedue is willing to go for SL (aka, burn a village if asked, kill children, etc).

I forgot where i was going with this, but i just think it's a missed opportunity not to have developped Whodislava, instead of propping up groupie #2397 of SL who counts the number of breaths her beloved emperor takes every minute

(Randomlph is a lot cause though)

Who?

Apparently Ladislava is supposed to be someone who became general without having the "adequate" family background, so she thanks Supreme Leader for giving her a chance to become the general she is.

Which is good, and an example of the meritocracy she wants to promote... except that, as you said, Ladislava is a general who, whose death is as mourned as Paul's the loldier.

Monica is interesting though, if only for her Hubert support where she shows a modicum of awareness about her duty as a noble, only to ditch it completely when Hubert assures her that with Supreme Leader's reforms, she won't need to give a fuck about her randoms anymore, and will be able to go to the Imperial capital to uwu about her idol all day long.

TBH Whodislava could have been someone like Avlora in TS - who ultimately has to confront her ideals about Supreme Leader and the truth of Flamey, and in the end, we off her (like a Camus archetype?) but that would have soured your cup of Hresvelg Grey :(

So she remains a litteral who instead.

[realhousewives-fan]

Why is it Okay for Heather to Lie?

“You’re not the hero in this, Monica,” Heather Gay told Monica Garcia at the reunion. But Heather isn’t exactly completely innocent herself.

Heather has lied for years about the black eye and made senseless jokes that was harmful to Bravo’s reputation and the producer’s careers.

She had implied during her book tour that a male producer had gotten into her room, and the black eye was the result of rough sex.

And Andy Cohen didn’t find anything funny about it.

He asked her at the reunion if the grace she deserved for lying about the black eye should also be extended to Monica, and it’s a fair question.

He tried to open the door for Monica by implying that Jen Shah could make people do things that was out of character for them.

But Heather shut it down fast. She didn’t think that Monica acted uncharacteristically. This was Monica’s character and was therefore impossible to trust.

The women stressed that it didn’t make them feel safe.

Especially Heather and Lisa Barlow accused Bravo of putting Monica on show to ruin them and not caring about their wellbeing or mental health.

Heather said that “this” had ruined her experience as a housewife. And by this, she meant the social media.

And to her, Monica was a huge part of that.

In her opinion, they would always worry that Monica would find a way to hurt them, for either money or fame.

But it was rich that Heather was accusing Bravo of jeopardizing their mental health for a storyline, when she had put the entire production team under scrutiny with her lies about the black eye.

At the reunion Mary Cosby claimed that the women ganged up on Monica without admitting to any faults in themselves, and maybe this was one of them.

On Two Ts in a Pod, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave asked why it was okay for Heather to lie while Monica cannot.

Is it simply because Heather is owning it at least and is being apologetic about it?

She owned it, while Monica still don’t understand why she should apologize.

[thekingslover]

👻 and 📊

👻 What is one WIP you think you may never pick back up?

I was going to say my alien Cas fic, but I think about that one alot. So even though I haven't touched it since 2014, never say never there. But one that I just remembered that I probably will never touch again is my batman!Dean fic. Did I even post that on Ao3? Anyway, I remember I wrote all the way up until when they were supposed to have sex and I got so many messages telling me who had to top/bottom that I felt too pressured and couldn't finish it OOPS. Everyone felt so strongly and so differently! I was too intimidated to choose! And apparently too intimidated to even post it on Ao3. Maybe I should find that one! It's around here somewhere.

EDIT: I found it. I tagged v well, thanks past me! Here it is for posterity. It doesn’t exactly end on a cliffhanger I don’t think. I just remember I had planned to write more and then didn’t. 1/2/3/4/5

📊 Current number of WIPs

for tumblr fics?

oops. A lot of the fics I start never get posted.

on Ao3? 2

Original stuff? 4

from this ask game

[monicashipsnickyjoe]

Just wanted to say I absolutely ADORE your long fics!!!! Let it flow :’)

haha, thank you! :) You will be pleased (maybe?) to know that I have plotted a sequel to the artist!joe/art thief!nicky fic I wrote :O

.... now I just have to write it haha

But thank you so much dear <3

[magicmagnus-blog]

big love of my life energy

SMOOTH?? why didn’t i think of this....

[halfway-happyyy]

Here's a musical overshare! I'm sending via asks because asks are nice and I love talking about music! Fave all-time songs in no particular order (may give away my age, but hey...). Maybe I'll go albums otherwise this list will never add:

Michael Jackson - Bad; Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation; Billy Joel - Greatest Hits; incubus - Morning View among many others.

Songs: Everclear - Santa Monica; James Morrison - Save Yourself; Jamiroquai - Main Vien; Kanye West - All of the Lights; Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble, Style, All Too Well, I Bet You Think About Me (these are peak TS for me); Billie Eilish - bad guy (that tempo change...); Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton, Bruno Mars - BLOW (how this song wasn't bigger... this is a massive inspo song)

Just these artists in general: The Weeknd, Dua Lipa, Beyonce. The list can generally go on. Music> tv/film.

ahhhh!!! please feel free to overshare about music anytime, friend

your taste is top-tier and there's a few things in here i'll have to check out so thanks for that!!

[nerdy-as-heck]

!!! Look at this amazing commission I got from Monipandas on twitter! Shes such a fantastic artist, I asked for Huskniss mistletoe and they delivered BEYOND any of my expectations, I love these two so so fricking much

(This artist does not allow reposts of ANY kind, hence why I linked the original tweet they posted, please respect their wishes)

They're so fucking cute im emotional-

[the-slut-in-the-sixth-sense]

from the ask game

tell me who you ship me with

im bored lmao

alright soo you will totally be shipped with ts or mitski "cause you are beautiful and i guess you can really feel their lyrics i guess and relate to it,, AFTERALL YOU ARE JUST AS AWESOME AS THEMMMM!!!!! AND PEOPLE LOVE YOU AS MUCH AND I'M YOUR FANGURL!!!!!!! Also a lil with monica from friends

[newtaylornation]

Melbourne Masterpost

Here you will find everyone attending the Melbourne show on October 26, with their seats and costume posts (if provided)! If you are attending Melbourne and are not on this list*, send us an ask with your name, seats (Section, Row, Seat), and tour post (if you have one)!!

If you haven’t already, please fill out this google form with your tour information, and we will add you to the masterpost for your city, as well as reblog your tour post (if you provide it).

If we haven’t yet reblogged your costume post, send us an ask with the link to it! to send links in an ask just put parentheses around the dots: tumblr(.)com

If you have any questions send us an ask, or message Kristin or Han!

*people who have already met Taylor are not on this list; additionally, only people who actually use tumblr are on this list.

Everything is put below the cut. Visit our Rep Tour Page for more information!

Everyone is listed alphabetically by URL; if something is incorrect let us know! Also, if you want to add your tour post, send us the link!!

@blankspaces​ - Lucy, Section A6 Row E Seat 6 post

@calmsoft​ - Jess, Section D3 Row R Seats 8-12 post

@daesyjohnsons​​ - Amy, Section A5 Row H Seats 21-22 post

@darkandtwistymeredith​ - Tanya, Section A10 Row U Seats 3-5 post

@enchanted-wonderstruck​ - Jana, L1 Section 41 Row C Seats 19-21 post

@gracie-ts​ - Matilda, Section C3 Row 3 Seats 4-6

@i-dream-impossible-things​ - Sara, Section A13 Row A Seat 24 post

@lastpaqe​ - Simoné, L1 Section 25 Row F Seats 60-62 post

@lozswifty13​ - Lauren, Section B8 Row V Seats 5-6

@michhelleex - Michelle, Level 2 Section 35 Row C Seat 21

@officialtaylornation - Jacky, Section A14 Row E Seats 5-7 post

@onthewestside - Louise, L3 Section 36 Row N Seats 67-68 post

@red-era-swiftie - Monica, Section D3 Row Z Seat 11

@redliptightskirt - Katie, Section D3 Row A Seats 10-11 post

@softpluto​​ - Ace, Section A2 Row BB Seat 8

@starsthatshines​ - Claire, L3 Section 9 Row K Seats 48-49 post

@taylorvibes - Anna, L1 Section 11 Row E Seats 11-12 post

@thesonofneptune​ - Leanne, Aisle 34 Row P Seats 11-12 post

@typicaltuestaynight​ - Lisette, Section A7 Row V Seats 1-5 post

@wewereelectayfied​ - Shari, L1 Section Aisle 9 Row N Seats 47-48 post

[thekingslover]

🙂 and 📚!

🌝 Who is one character you haven’t yet written for that you would like to?

This is tough because I have no impulse control haha so if I find a pairing I like, I usually end up with a fic kicking in my brain that won't leave until I write it. But I guess I would say.... 007/Q. I've been a 00q fan since Skyfall, I read so many fics. But I am so painfully American that I am scared to try writing my own. Maybe someday! If you'd asked me a week ago I would have said Lokius but oops

📚 Do you read your own fic?

Yes, 100%. Validation through likes and reblogs and comments etc is absolutely great and sustains me. But, I think it's also important that a writer be their own biggest fan. After all, the only audience you are guaranteed is you. So I take that to heart, and I only write stuff that I like, too. (That's why there is so much fluff around here haha)

From this ask game

[monicashipsnickyjoe]

WS anon here - glad I could be of assistance lol to make it even worse // they ask joe when they first get capture “you or him? We only need one for the experiment” joe offers himself up and they just grin “okay , get the other one” joe starts screaming saying he said himself, to leave Nicky out of it. “Oh but you see, torturing you would be too easy. To break you we don’t need to lay a finger on you - we need to break him.’ Worst part is Nicky just tells him it’s alright, he’s glad it’s him

OMGGGGGGG WS Anon

[loveaningenue]

Hiddleswift Timeline 2016

The biggest fauxmance of 2016? As bad as Tayvin was, this was worse in terms of fakeness (IMO, but both were really fake). It’s fun to see how people actually believed in their relationship, but here we are, on Tumblr, where people believed not too long ago that they were still together. Enjoy this short timeline (and analysis)! 

(More pictures are visible on the links that are on the dates. + I’ll add extra pictures later).

May 3, 2016: Taylor and Tom dance together at the 2016 Met Gala. 

May 16, 2016: Tom answers question about her in an MTV interview. (”How was dancing with Tay Swift? I sat next time to her at dinner that night, and she was very charming. I mean, I've seen a couple of her videos, and I think, I remember 'Shake It Off' was released around the time we made I Saw the Light. She's very cool, yeah.” “Would you be up for a duet? I don't know that I could stand up to her vocal talents, to be honest. That's what she does. She's a professional musician and I'm an actor. We'll see. You never know. But I'm pretty sure we won't do it.")

(June 1, 2016: Taylor and Calvin Harris break up)

June 15, 2016: Taylor and Tom are photographed together in Rhode Island which is quite funny because there aren’t paparazzi’s in RI, except if you call them...

June 16, 2016: Taylor and Tom are seen boarding her private jet in RI. Might I remind you of the airport they were seen in was the Groton airport in Connecticut. 

June 21, 2016: Taylor brings Tom with her at Selena’s concert in Nashville. Tom is mocked for dancing like a dad by the media. There aren’t any paps in Nashville usually, so seeing these made a lot of people raise their eyesbrows again. 

June 23, 2016: Taylor and Tom go on a date in Nashville with Holly Williams and her husband. 

June 25, 2016: Taylor visits Tom’s family in Suffolk, England. The paps suddenly appear in an English county that is quite unknown to the general public.

June 26, 2016: Taylor continues her visit in England. She meets Tom’s mom just 10 days after their relationship began.

June 27, 2016: Taylor and Tom visit Rome, Italy. It was a super low-key trip because they went to the Colosseum, a very unpopular touristic place in Italy. 

June 28, 2016: Taylor and Tom have breakfast together at a cafe in Rome. Tom was acting really well here.

June 29, 2016: Taylor and Tom visit yet another unknown place in Rome, this time, they go to the Vatican. They also eat at Piazza Navona and go on a helicopter ride. 

July 3-4, 2016: Taylor has her annual Fourth of July party and Tom gets the honour to wear an I ♥ TS shirt, later to be ridiculed by it. 

July 7, 2016: Taylor and Tom fly to Australia where Thor: Ragnarok is being filmed. 

July 10, 2016: Tom refuses to answer question about Taylor in Autralia (How is Taylor enjoying the beautiful Gold Coast? I'm not going to answer that, if it's all right.).

July 11, 2016: Taylor, Tom and eight bodyguards dine at Gemelli's Italian in Queensland, Australia. 

July 14, 2016: Taylor, Tom, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and others watch Ghostbusters at the movie theater. 

An interview with Tom by Hollywood Reporter is later released (You're in the middle of a cultural frenzy right now because you're dating Taylor Swift. How would you respond to people who claim that you're involved in some sort of publicity stunt? (Laughs.) Well, um. How best to put this? That notion is — look, the truth is that Taylor Swift and I are together, and we're very happy. Thanks for asking. That's the truth. It's not a publicity stunt. ) He mentions Taylor as Taylor Swift, as her boyfriend of one month, you expect them to say Taylor, but Tom just couldn’t say it. The fact that he had to state that it wasn’t a publicity stunt is 👌.

July 22, 2016: Taylor and Tom are papped in LA. 

July 25, 2016: Tom gets questioned about Taylor at Comic Con and answers.

July 27, 2016: Taylor and Tom eat at Hillstone restaurant in Santa Monica. 

August 12, 2016: Tom follows Taylor on Instagram and an interview by the Hollywood Reporter and answers a question about Taylor.

August 13, 2016: He’s later papped boarding Taylor’s private jet in Burbank airport (where the paps were called to take pictures of him at a very secured airport). 

September 6, 2016: Taylor and Tom break up. 

After the Break-Up

February 8, 2016: Tom talks about Taylor in his GQ interview. 

[...] “Taylor is an amazing woman,” reads the prepared statement Tom Hiddleston has memorized and is now giving me at The Bull & Last, where his voice has gone low. “She’s generous and kind and lovely, and we had the best time.” But I didn’t ask that, I say. I asked something else. So I wait, and he says, “Of course it was real.”

I ask if he wants to say anything about Australia, about the Fourth of July party at which he donned that fateful tank top, about the rumors that she thought he was too eager. Does he want to say anything about any of it? And here he puts down his fork, a bite of my steak still on it. He looks off into the middle distance, and here is what he says:

“The truth is, it was the Fourth of July and a public holiday and we were playing a game and I slipped and hurt my back. And I wanted to protect the graze from the sun and said, ’Does anyone have a T-shirt?’ And one of her friends said, ’I’ve got this.’ The friend pulled out the “I ♥ T.S.” tank top that Taylor’s friends are contractually obligated to own. “And we all laughed about it. It was a joke.”

So that’s his statement on the entire relationship: an explanation of the tank top. “It was a joke,” he repeats. “Among friends.”

I can vouch for this depiction of Tom Hiddleston. He is definitely, without a doubt, someone who would put on an “I ♥ T.S.” tank top, both to protect a scratch from sun damage and to make his new friends laugh while th—wait, sorry, he’s still talking:

“I have to be so psychologically strong about not letting other people’s interpretations about my life affect my life. A relationship exists between two people. We will always know what it was. The narratives that are out there altogether have been extrapolated from pictures that were taken without consent or permission, with no context. Nobody had the context for that story. And I’m still trying to work out a way of having a personal life and protecting it, but also without hiding. So the hardest thing is that that was a joke among friends on the Fourth of July.”

He still isn’t looking at me. The last piece of my steak is now poised on his fork in mid-air. He is so sad, and I can’t take it anymore, so I put my hand on his and I say, “Tom, Tom, it’s okay. You don’t have to talk about the tank top anymore. I got it. I understand. I’ll tell the world.” But he can’t stop talking about it. He literally cannot stop talking about it.

“I don’t know,” he says. “I just, I was surprised. I was just surprised that it got so much attention. The tank top became an emblem of this thing.” It’s hard to tell me this, he says. He wants to trust me. He wants to trust that the world won’t use this to embarrass him again, but he doesn’t know. He just knows it will follow him until he talks about it. [...]

General Conclusion A failed PR stunt that only Taylor benefited little from. At least, compared to Calvin, Tom was nice and a decent human being. Probably sounded great at first, as if nothing could go wrong (Taylor Swift dating and British actor), but the acting was over the top and too many paps were called. The media didn’t believe much in it, having various articles about it being PR, but they were still a lot of positive stories about them. The general public could easily tell it was PR, so only the Swifties really believed in it.

Swiftie Side Tom was the nice Englishman that danced with Taylor at the Met Gala in May 2016. Right after her terrible breakup with Calvin Harris, she was spotted kissing Tom in RI and the rest of the summer was a wonderful world tour, from Nashville to England to Italy and to Australia. Taylor, not ready for another serious relationship, decided to break things off with him just a month after their trip to Australia. 

Another theory about them was that they either never broke up and were dating secretly (or that they did break up, but got back together quickly after). Some fans believed it when Tom was working in LA while Taylor was there as well. Though it was said by Tom that he was single and the theories were proved to be wrong. 

PR Side Taylor had no new music to promote, but she had Kimye to deal with. The perfect way to hide the bad press was by stunting with Tom. Tom wasn’t known in North America and a relationship with Taylor surely upped his profile. 

N.B. Taylor was still allegedly with Karlie at this point, so it was PR and bearding.  Tom is rumoured to be gay, but since I don’t follow Tom, I can’t confirm this. 

How It Went Down (Overview of the Timeline) Taylor and Calvin broke up June 1, 2016. 

June 15, Taylor and Tom were spotted in RI together and the media was all over it, overlooking Kim’s negative comments on Taylor. 

Taylor brought Tom to Nashville where they went to Selena’s concert and danced together. Tom was completely ridiculed for his dancing and looking like he could be Taylor’s father.

They continued their romance to Suffolk where Taylor met Tom’s family. Talk about moving too fast.

Then they went on what the media called a private vacation in Rome, Italy. Spotted kissing, taking pictures, and eating together, everything felt forced.

Tom even brought Taylor to Australia, where he was filming the new Thor movie, but not too long after, Kim released a series of snapchats of Taylor and Kanye’s phone conversation about Famous, Kanye’s controversial song. 

Nothing going well for Taylor, her and Tom were reducing their pap pictures and ceased them in August, though Tom was seen boarding one of her private jets. In early September, it was publicly announced in the media that they broke up.

My Thoughts Hiddleswift is what I like to call a failed fauxmance and possibly one of Taylor’s worse one. In my first post, I said that it was the first time I looked at the pictures could say it was fake. 

I barely knew Tom before and I feel bad for the embarrassment he got from the stunt. For now, he’ll be known as Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend. I hope he can get out of that title. This is a situation in which saying “was it worth it?” just fits perfectly (“if the high was worth the pain”??) (for Tom: “Grab your passport and my hand”). At least he got what he wanted, exposure in the US. 

I could only hope that this is the last PR stunt that Taylor does, but I highly doubt it will (a girl can dream). 

The Aftermath (will be updated) Tom tried to find an excuse for his I ❤️ TS shirt which caused him a lot of humiliation on the Internet, but it failed because no one cared. He said many positive things about her in his GQ interview (see quotes👆) but now refuses to answer questions about her. 

Pretty sure there are other timelines about them, but I think this is the most completed one (Larrienation stopped when they arrived in Australia, but she has a pretty good post about them that is linked in my 2016: The Bearding Timeline). 

[asafilmstudent]

Who are we?

We ask ourselves the same question every day.

We are Monica and Nicholas, two students of film. Well, Nick is like half a film student, it's complicated.

Wait, don't scroll off just yet! We know that these things come a dime a dozen, so we've got some arguments as to why you should give us a chance!

1) We're Australian, so our sexy accents will fill your earholes

2) We actually do analysis into the films, we're not just wanking off and thinking that our mediocre oipinions are interesting to other people

3) Sometimes we say funny things that are actually funny

If that didn't work? Eh, just follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram so that Mon's graphic design degree goes to good use (and by good use we mean validation)

[occasionallydiverting]

nobody asked for this but here’s far too many levels of headcanon/canon-adjacent musings. minor spoilers for all routes.

with the exception of TWS, House Rowe is the only enemy that every single route has in common post-timeskip. In Moon/Wind/Snow, the Rowe troops loyal to the Faerghus Dukedom ambush you at Ailell, while in Flower, they’re part of the defense of Arianrhod. Regardless of that, though, the head of House Rowe never actually makes an appearance; their troops are instead commanded by Gwendal, the Gray Lion.

I was a bit confused as to why Rowe doesn’t side with the Empire in CF until I thought it over a bit more and it hit me. Rowe isn’t loyal to any particular nation or ideology, but rather one specific person: Cornelia. (Bear with me here.)

From background conversations and reading various things in the library, the player is able to learn about a plague that ravaged Faerghus about 20 years prior to the start of the game. Furthermore, if you talk to Sylvain during a certain month pre-TS, he actually mentions Cornelia by name, saying that it was her applied knowledge that was able to put a stop to the plague. (Being Sylvain, he also makes a comment about how he hopes she’s “aged like a fine wine.”)*

Putting all of that information together gives me a pretty strong mental image of the leader of House Rowe. They were probably only a child when the plague hit, and lost most of their family to it, but thanks to Cornelia’s intervention, they were able to survive. However, the aftereffects of the plague left them infirm; unlike most nobles of Faerghus, who usually take to the front lines personally, Rowe delegated that responsibility to Gwendal, a reliable and loyal veteran.

When the war came, rather than immediately swearing loyalty to the crown, they followed the lead of Cornelia, who had proven herself to be a friend of the house all those years ago. And that’s the real tragedy of House Rowe. They had no way of knowing that she was no longer the person they had known—they simply sought to repay a debt, and suffered for it.

*While the Cornelia we fight in-game has certainly aged with [relative] grace, she’s a far cry from the benevolent healer we’ve been led to believe she was. My personal theory is that she, like Monica and Tomas, was another one of TWS’s stolen faces.

of all the minor characters in FE3H to suddenly catch feelings for, I did not expect the head of House Rowe to be one of them

[manekinekopro]

sit-down with graffiti artist pesky oner (Courtesy overtheedgebooks)

On this day, I get the privilege to dig into the mind of a dear friend, an entrepreneur and Los Angeles based Graffiti artistPesky Oner, well-known for her usage of colorful vivid characters; letters and dragons. But not only does she elaborate her skills on walls; she does some amazing body painting as well. For the first time ever she will sit down and talk about her lifestyle as well as fond memories of the Belmont Tunnel and where it all started. Enjoy every bit of it because let me assure you that it was a challenge to have her open up and speak about herself as an artist and her involvement in this Graffiti Art Movement; she is a very humble person and I admire that about her the most.

Early Years

Pesky Oner was born in Monterey, California at Fort Ord Army Base to mother from Costa Rica and father from Mexican-Filipino origin. At only months of age her parents moved to Echo Park, California where Pesky spent half of her life living there until the age of 16 when she moved to Cypress Park and eventually Highland Park which is where she still resides at the time.  Her childhood was influenced by both artistic parents as she reminisces on her mother painting and her father playing music. I must say that it is always inspiring to learn that the best traits and influences are learned by artistic parents as role models.  Pesky’s mother was the one that taught her the usage of colors and acrylics before she even entered kindergarten; she always advised Pesky to never copy anybody else’s styles. Therefore she took it upon herself to always stay original with her styles and characters. For Pesky, one of her early memories as her interest for art evolved at an early age. “I remember being young and in school I would always draw during breakfast and lunch breaks, I would always have a little crowd around me, watching me, asking me what I was drawing. I would always say the same thing: I don’t know, I’m just doing it. And then after being done some random person asking for it; while everyone else would be sad and mentioned that they also wanted it. It was nice!” (Pesky).

The Beginning of Graffiti

Her first interest for Graffiti began after she met Aone an ex-boyfriend of her sister, whom Pesky still sees as a brother till this day. So this was around the age of 12! Her sister would have to take Pesky along as she was younger more like a third wheel, so Aone would bring a friend to distract her while her sister was trying to kick it with her friends. Hahaha. “Those were the DTW’s and I always remember them “catching a grill” or “hanging a grill” and catching spots, I loved it! But it was more of a fantasy for me to do something like that; I was young and dumb so as I got older my sister was the one that had a strong influence on me because she had “real Graff Writer friends” from FCT that would always be doing pieces for her at the Belmont Tunnel along with BBQ’s and good times”(Pesky).

This was the beginning of Pesky’s real exposure to the Graff scene and as many remember, the Belmont Tunnel was the place to be when it came to bombing yards, many fond memories for a lot of Graffiti writers from previous generations as well as to becoming a historical landmark for new Graffiti generations to learn about. “I remember going to a “battle”, I can’t remember who it was against whom but that battle, that moment was it for me, right there! After that, I was going to Melrose and admiring Graff buying can control, hanging out with my generation of Graff writers at Virgil, Belmont and Franklin. Buying piece books and claiming to be a writer because I had some means streaks and my BF at the time would hit me up; whoever that may have been ha ha ha . But at this time yes, my art was Graff but just in books or would catch spots on the RTD’s”. (Pesky)

Shortly after she began getting up around her neighborhood and that was as far as she went during the first stages. She used to go to the Belmont Tunnel and hit up because she knew she could get away with it there. Pesky would search for scraps and hit up her name and would start doing small characters outlines on bridges, sidewalks and anywhere where she felt she would not get busted for. The Belmont Tunnel was at times a scary place especially for a female writer, she used to go paint and take her sister along and would have to be quick and get out of there before the sun would go down. Pesky mentioned that there were times that if some of the fellas were there; they would wait for her to finish up so she could get out of there safe. Such homeys that would do that for her would be Fearo, Pryer and Phib from UTI among many others that looked out for her.

I think I was about 21 years old when I finally said to myself that I needed to really start getting up!! So I talked my EX into going to the infamous “River” with me and I busted a dragon, it was really whack but not bad for my first real character piece, after that it was nonstop whether it was Belmont, Venice, an invite’ mostly Keo and Visions. Then I started to work at Crewest Gallery and meet all kinds of peepz and connects. Man One would take me to “hired walls” and show me techniques and I would help him do fill ins. I learned a lot from him and a lot of other peepz and legends I was getting to meet.” Pesky.

 Body Art Painting Phase

I call this my “body painting phase” this started when the Belmont Tunnel was literally taken from us. Body painting had always been something “guys” did on some random female as something sexual to brag about as a “flik” and show off their hoochies; it was never something I really wanted to get into but the only reason I did was because I had met some ladies that were in the process of making a Graff magazine called “Piecez” a little group of cool chicks, it was Rosa, Chelly, Jessica Rabbit and Daniella. (Pesky) They had offered her a spot and article in their magazine but they wanted to know if she also did body painting; she was offered to do a section of body painting for the magazine. Once this picture was posted on MySpace, Pesky had both males and females making requests for her to paint them. Even friends and family wanted to partake in this new experience.  Pesky saw this as an opportunity to make money since she had previous experience in working on Halloween events and painting faces and what not. Body art painting became a profession for her while it lasted.

“Body painting was the thing to do, it started to grow and it really began to blow up, as Huskey Radio had shows on the regular and had me as a guest painter almost every week; it was fun while it lasted. But in my opinion it just blew out of proportion with the whole Graff scene, EVERYBODY who was anybody was doing it. Then it wasn’t fun anymore because it lost its class. So I said to myself either I make a career out of this or I abandon ship before it sinks. I think it sunk when I decided to paint a very muscular man at a graffiti event.  I think me and Ezo were disqualified because we never got judged or considered for a prize; I honestly think because he was a man. I don’t know I could be wrong but he never made it to the stage for judging. So after all that, I kind of just said I’m done, this is a man’s world anyways. Guys don’t want to see that but the females didn’t mind at all and that is what I was aiming for; I think I made my point!. It’s not just a man’s world. So anyways, I don’t really do it anymore but if I do is for a favor for a friend or getting paid at an event, that’s the only way I really go there anymore. -Pesky.

2007 to Present

So you might be wondering what Pesky Oner has been up today, well today is the year of 2013. She had countless art shows, live wall painting, live body painting and many opportunities to express her love for the arts in all mediums and venues.  She is well-known and loved by the Graffiti scene not only for her talent but her humbleness to the Graffiti sport.  “I am trying to get back into painting again; I had to settle down for a bit doing the family thing raising my 13-year-old, 6-year-old and 2-year-old. During home time I had begun doing more canvases with acrylics. Now I want to start using some different mediums like oils which I have never used before but willing to try. And maybe gets some more hands on air brushing and pin stripping. My plan is to go back to school and maybe have a nice career by the time I hit 40. So that’s my story. I just want to say thank you to God my kids, my family and Gordo, Fridge all my friends and acquaintances who have been supportive through this journey. Those of you that have had my back and still do! It’s because of you that I am ME! Because of all of you I will succeed, ha-ha thanks for the love and support! Pesky Oner.

We can all agree that we are all happy to see her getting back in the Graff scene, as she is gradually preparing herself for art shows and events; we are all eager to see what else she brings to light!. Thanks Pesky for letting me dig into your mind for a bit and share some special events of your life as an artist with us all.

Stay posted with me as I will keep you all updated with any of her on going projects coming soon to a city near you!

You can also follow her on her Fan Page on Facebook. Pesky Oner

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Monica Smiles Tobon

sit-down with graffiti artist pesky oner (Courtesy overtheedgebooks)

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I just realized you were one of the first blogs I followed on tumblr a *hell* of a long time ago. I didn't realize how long it had been until now (lowkey feels like another lifetime lol). Anyway, thanks for being a hella awesome blog. I'm glad I still follow you. Have a lovely day!

Awwww! Oh, Anon! That is so sweet and it means so much to me. Time sure flies. Sometimes I get a little sad, a little nostalgic? But also, I feel kind of blessed. Like, how great is it that so many of us have been able to share life's journey for so long. Even without knowing each other, we've shared fandoms and feelings, skimming along the edges of each other's lives. I know tumblr gets a lot of hate but also it's kind of beautiful?

So thank you, Anon, for choosing to share that part of your life journey with me. And thank you for such lovely compliments. I hope you have the best kind of day.