#ats 1x01

[buffyangelscreens]

[dailyats]

"Look, high school's over, bud! You gotta make with the grownup talk now."

1.01 City Of Angel [1999 - 2004]

[florencechase]

There are so many good ones that didn't fit in the poll, might do a part 2. If you have any favorites that aren't in this poll leave them in the tags or comments so I can include them!

Here's the Lestat quotes poll

[alyheartsjess]

1. no x (he was busy being employee of the month)

2. yes<3

3. no😭 (he was busy going through it)

4. DYING AT THIS BEING A SEARCH, LMFAO YES (like seriously, is the sky blue?)

5. no😓😓😓😓

6. yes but i’m not sure anyone told him

7. NO😓😓😓😓

8. 2x05 but for me it’s 1x01 bc that’s where i always begin my rewatch

9. yes! (the jess mariano college au that makes us all thankful that the answer to question 3 was a no)

10. bro, look at him. no😭

11. BRO LOOK AT HIM. YES😭 LMFAO

12. an unspecified, slight plot hole-inducing 1984-fall date

13. 17 when he was kicked out by his mom😓 18 when he was rejected by his dad😓 19 when he was homelessish😓 21 when he was a published author/business owner😎 (22 when he got the sister nobody told him about)

14. it’s sold out, sorry😔

15. SHORT😭 LMAO

16. yes

17. sì🇮🇹

18. up for interpretation😽 (jean girlies, i see you and i hear you)

19. NO, which makes it irrelevant

20. yes, which makes it slightly more relevant. he’s there for a couple scenes to serve looks and fuction as the most well adjusted adult. #JessKarma

21. naah

22. feels like this one is coming up a lot, is this luke/lorelai’s doing?

23. he hasn’t eaten or slept in a bed or touched his hair or gotten support from a parental figure for months but he sure is there!

24. why yes, and he’s sexy and successful! appeared for two episodes and ate your faves up

25. milo baby

26. just dm me, i will me able to recite the exact episodes he shows up in each season on my deathbead

27. this one is coming up a lot too, is this his parents googling? has anyone ever remembered his birthday?

28. is also his cousin’s mom. ig luke and jimmy have more in common than not wanting to deal with jess

29. we’ve established that he doesn’t have a birthday, probably because no one bothered remembering it (😓). but based on where i’d put his birthday (i’m assuming that he still was 16 when he arrived in season 2 and that luke got it wrong rather than assuming he was lying about still being a minor more than a year later in season 3), i’d say he is a scorpio which honestly makes me believe my birthday theory even more

30. LMAO IS THIS REALLY HIS LEGACY. that’s what you get for trying to convince us they’re alternative, you cheesy asshole

31. yes

32. HE WANTS TO BE ALL EDGY BUT IT’S COLDPLAY😭

[bicayaya]

ikepri ocverse timeline ✨

recently @keithsandwich and i started elaborating a timeline for our ocverse, that way we can organize our ideas better! for now, it includes important moments for our girls and their beloved princes and the birth of their children.

1X00

february - keith’s birth

1X01

june - maeve’s birth

september - yves’ birth

1X03

june - beatrice’s birth

1X12

march - beatrice sees yves for the first time @ royal ball

1X26

april - maeve meets keith

april - maeve and keith start dating

1X27

january - emma is chosen as belle

january - beatrice befriends emma & gets closer to yves

february - leon is chosen as rhodolite’s king & is dating emma

march - maeve and keith meet beatrice @ leon’s coronation

march - beatrice and yves start dating

april - maeve and keith’s engagement

may - maeve gets pregnant with aster (beltane month)

september - maeve and keith’s wedding

1X28

february - aster’s birth

june - beatrice and yves’ engagement

1X29

january - maeve gets pregnant with luna and helia

march - beatrice and yves’ wedding

september - luna and helia’s birth

1X31

may - beatrice gets pregnant with nikolai (traveled to jade during beltane)

june - maeve gets pregnant with iris

1X32

february - nikolai’s birth

march - iris’ birth

1X33

september - maeve gets pregnant with aurora

1X34

january - beatrice gets pregnant with lianna

june - aurora’s birth

october - lianna’s birth

1X35

april - maeve gets pregnant with cosmos

1X36

january - cosmos’ birth

*minor changes in the timeline might occur in the future*

unfortunately tumblr probably ate the image quality 😭 i swear it looks better

[sunnydaleherald]

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I saw people recommend to watch btvs and ats simultaneously ( like 4x01 of Buffy then 1x01 of Angel etc) have people actually done that and would recommend? Or is a different watch order better ?

[psych---ologically-deranged]

Psychfacts & commentary 1x01

The "they spelled it wrong on mine" bloodthirsty tattoo was bc the makeup department accidentally spelled the car-breaker one's tattoo bloodthristy, which is where shawn's "they spelled it wrong on mine" line came from.

"sweet" was an improv.

"But everything funny you hear is what I wrote" (they don't have captions so I can't hear as well & the voices all sound kind of swimmy sometimes, esp with other noises or through a screen, yay deaf+adhd, so I can't tell who is talking.)

Improvises just to entertain the ppl behind the camera XD

Ooh the interview was the audition scene for omundson (& the director said "nah" to half the stuff he liked abt it XD)

Steve franks: writer, director, producer, creator, music, main cast member, yes he plays both lassie & lucinda

I agree, hearing the background. Chris says "psych" too, love that.

That stubble is... James Roday Rodriguez was very intent on having stubble, the network was very intent on Not. & won that battle!

"He has this thing where he gets the makeup lady to stand on set in view of everybody & pretend to shave him, so it's kind of like air shaving" (it's just like wrestling & you realize the razor is 6-8" away from his face)

Sage Brock is great & he was supposed to only be here for this ep or this scene, but when he raised his hand, they said that's the guy & kept him on

Dang it was 3c here!? That's cold!

One of the prisoners should also raise his hand XD

the foot wiggle, which JRr came up with that day! Huh! He came up w a physical thing for every psychic thing!

Oh yeah, look look look, editing is an art!

may 3 the wedding is dule hill's bday XD

MY MAN RAISED HIS HAND FOR 4 MINUTES?

That's acting! Soft cuddly person playing an angry dude? Love it

magic finger was an improv XD. I love how all the good stuff was written, but then the stuff in between is there too.

Pouring rain? If you listen very closely you can hear the rain on the tarp.

Nobody ever mentions she is pregnant & they actually added a line (bc she was pregnant during the audition tape) but then they cut it out because ss "you're.........." kv 'In charge.' was honestly less funny than just not acknowledging it & I think it's great too, people get preggo somtimes. Script was made, & they just decided, they don't need to acknowledge the pregnancy.

"Her improv was being pregnant"

The windowsill?

He decided to eat XD "nobody was bothered by it but me!"

He ate but they just cut around it

Gus just has his bible on the jurassic temperature windowsill XD, occasionally look over & read a psalm.

"But you're not getting your coat." (improv)

The circle XD. Always ended up adding something fantastic

Forensics guys. Gus? Why do you like that? (Lenny face)

They shoot 40% of their beach stuff in whiterock BC.

This whole oceanfront drive, nice, but why so many fish/chip places.

Wow you can see their breath!

Watch the palm trees, you'll see them everywhere bc they are not real. Only had six.

I like how most of the characters share a name with people irl. Lassiter is from a friend of Franks'.

Heck yeah! Stage Swing sets!

He can Never be caught as a psychic. The only way they'll know is if I tell them.

When he pulls him aside, that wasn't written but it was exactly what they needed & saw in their visions. This is a good pilot.

Canada <3

Oh the mccallum girl was trying to be Lucinda but they liked her so they made her katarina too! Steve franks: bring her back bring her back, put her in another episode, she's great we like her (but by the end of it shawn sends her dad to prison) "couples have tough times, we can make this work, your dad WAS guilty it's ok!"

"At a halloween party dressed as a cat"

Whoever drew that sketch <3

This scene was in the pitch

My man is six foot eight! The tallest person I've ever met was a 6'7" woman (altho she did have a tie with another guy I ignore that fact). Teeny drama room, in a couch 4 feet away & this guy is on his feet acting out his mind, what he thought through.

Twin peaks fans <3

Dulé in b/w takes *running to the coats off frame*

The seatbelt was good, they made it WORK.

The sound design <3 <3 <3 as a deaf musician... yeah

"like shawn is in there baking a cake or someting, & he's just making coffee. Though making a cake is smth he;d be doing"

Oof filming at 2 in the morning on thanksgiving.

Blocking <3

Why would shawn be there in the middle of the night? He apparently hooked up with Kat mccallum, spent time in her room, & then went to gus at 4am.

...??? They chose their actors from the pot they received, & then... got JRr & DH together at JRr's house the weekend before filming???

WHERE'S THE PINEAPPLE

Dule, hands on the dashboard while the cop is there in the car wasn't script, "that's just what you do"

Henry doing his thing, henry style. He was laughing at the end but they were able to cut it!

Lunson lake?

Matt <3

the fog XD

sports illustrated binoculars

"Just Auburn?"

Yes you so need to punctuate scenes!

I like how they have sunglasses.

Named after my sister in law & brother in law <3

The same palm tree

Billy Camp! Hay fever! Line cook! Workin the grill! Hold the chicken higher! Higher!

(practicing the surprised face)

There is a 2h version of the pilot? Gimme!

Doolittle?

Swat team on the funny little comedy

"Oh they weren't real?"

"the dog did kind of look vicious cause it kept going for james' face"

'idk who is in charge of dog face blood. Makeup?' (it was like he dipped his head in a bucket of blood)

Dog runs right into the crime scene

Suddenly shock all the children watching

Pardon me. Ladies. Gentlemen. *runs out screaming*

JRr puts his head down. *an eighth of a second later everyone was laughing*

His screams woul turn into michael jackson songs XD

"this police station is in what like to call the Haunted Insane Asylum" Actually a lot of prison scenes are filmed in dementia wards & mental hospitals bc they have similar layout, even occasionally in schools. Institutional buildings, yk? (it is what inspired scary sherry)

Annie built her own ouija board & they went to the basement in the underbelly & no lihts in the wing?

heck yeah pansies

strawberry festival? No cinnamon! They have arguments that last 20 years!

I do give up, all the time, but only when the moment is right

Aw, I love family. He doesn't believe in santa...??? & tell children that???? whwat???? I mean I grew up without santa. The way the commenters say "He doesn't believe in lying, & since he doesn't believe in santa claus (i don't know why) he says that" & they treat him like he's crazy for not believing in santa.

The head turn XD

Fake sky & a fake palm tree & a fake roof, but a real motorcycle. (I can't believe I watched so much of the show without knowing shawn had a motorbike. It was more important in the first season)

Can't front in front of your father

Ok so in s8 he says he paid insurance when he bought his bike eight years ago, but we all thought he had his bike forever, like in the psych teen shorts where he fails the exam & says he'll just drive a motorcycle (you still need to be licensed, in fact, a different licence) but it is a different bike, or at least that is how it looks.

The "I'm not ounting the one in your pocket" was added on set bc henry put on a hat when he left the house & is not wearing it in the restaurant. Yes, all the bloggers WOULD be mad. I'm blogging right now! "It's for the bloggers!" You're so right besties.

The hat scene was not supposed to be seen ,it was just backstory, but they added it to the script & I am happy for that.

Yes, everyone DID love the flashback, it IS fortunate! Thank you!

I can't hear what they are saying! Weasle Sloan & Jackie Dungeoness?

Shawn's apartment is directly below the barbeque place (at least the set)

You brought your newbrn 9w old, to vancouver! Your kid has canadian citizenship? Good for you bro XD

Oh all that graffitti? Yeah that's vancouver.

Yeah it IS so cold.

Kelly Catering, warm turkey cranberry stuffing sandwiches in the freezing cold. Warm thanksgiving dinner on wheat bread.

This is the action aspect of our show *shawn running ditzily, stealing a bag*

(one whose name I forget bc they don't have it in captions): Dule really really attacked james, absolutely linebackered him. Is linebackered a word?

Just... sixty feet away

This man plays The Heavy in Canada???

How psychouts started: they get stuck in the car together, they always just start singing songs, but um. They would sing about what they did the night before to a michael jackson song. Right they would be in the car with their mics on & we'd be fifty yards away under a tarp in the rain & they probably forgot that we could hear them & they'd start chatting & they'd start harmonizing with each other. It's very sweet. Romantic.

XD wanted to buy a 48c jacket but his price threshhold was too low. My man threatened him with a hanger

Jumps into the car thru the window. Stunt guys!

friends selling each other out, as they do

All eight dollars were my money. I;ve heard it IS illegal to have money shown fully onscreen. "If it is then it's fake money I happen ot have"

My man was accidentally sitting on the folder

that's a real gun & she's firing real rounds /j

JRr *not wearing ear gear* (& never flinched)

They went back & re-edited it for her dad who was a gun nut

this guy CAN do these htings, he's just a goof. He had to fight the network to get that.

My man's a good shot.

*looking to the side* marketing moments

Two page episode wrapups flawlessly? Incredible.

We see bodies but not murder

poor stunt actor hitting his head on the table, weather below 0, looks more & more painful every time, & then the table BROKE

SF, taking really dramatic moment & mixing it with comedy

Shawn knows exactly where to go "put on the fan & flush" if you're going to throw up in the murderer's house

SF I've always wanted someone to call the cops on themselves

spet the morning getting the snow off the grass

Tim likes any time you allow him to pull his gun or manhandle a suspect

Holding him up. Like a two year old not wanting to go into his car seat.

Pregnant, 2am, smoking & drinking /j, bungee jumping /j

Hooray editing

"I wish I knew" lassie will never believe him

Ah the palm scenes

Oh no I'd love to see this with the focus group? "Oh god! My dad! I may be out of a job & in jail"

Rest your teamug on your tummy

Does vick believe him? You never sort of know

She's already hiring him again!

Was the scene with dad in the og script?

His dad is thinking about accepting him. He has the newspaper.

The shows are so often about the cool car. night rider? kit? super cool. hill street blues. supernatural. Magnum PI. This one has the blueberry.

PSYCH NOT SIKE FUCKING THANK YOU

Fizadribble? SF: Making up drug names is impossible because no matter what name you make up, it actually exists as a drug & is registered to somebody. (antidepressants or tolkein)

Yayyyyyy

[lookingforhappy]

paranoia? protection?

I've talked before about how Five may have been afraid of there being others out there in the apocalypse, watching him. i dont actually have much of a basis for this other than extremely stressful and isolating experiences (and 24/7 experiences at that) probably lend towards paranoia, fear, possibly hallucinations or overactive imaginations. add in 13 years of training in strategy, fighting, and surivival and maybe 1 - 2 - years of actual fighting experience and exposure to underground operations and black markets etc.

it all kind of merges into a mental situation that could bring about a mindset of fear and paranoia. (all of which would have been confirmed once the handler turned up - he was being watched, his observors just werent in the same physical place as him).

theres also animals to think about, or the possibility of them. ik Five says he ate cockroaches, and fandom likes to say that only bugs survived, but watching those first flashbacks in 1x01 (i think) you can clearly see a massive fucking rat running across the street in front of him. if rats survived that conceivably so did other things like cats, dogs, rodents, most things that burrow like rabbits.

its possible that these animals became desperate, ill or plain rabid, and attacked Five. it's also possible that Five used it for hunting things like rabbits in the early days. at least until they died out from lack of food, shelter, mating partners etc. maybe Five hunted the local ones to extinction. then Five would have been forced to turn to cockroaches.

it could also have just been that Five used it as a toy, shooting bottles off of a wall, or just something that makes noise. maybe even play pretend with it? its a weapon thats generally considered kinda cool, and that he would have been in contact with as a part of fighitng with the academy, but not something that he'd necessarily be allowed to use himself. so allure of the forbidden as well.

but i think its more likely it was a comfort item, to feel like he was protected should something appear.

he doesn't know what ended the world after all, for all he knows, a monster arose and decimated the world and is still wandering out there. maybe theres a militant group, or just one person powerful enough to have survived.

For all Five knows at that point, he was just too far away from other survivors to know they exist. i find it unlikely that bunkers would have been destroyed if cockroaches and rats survived..

or thats what i think anyway

If Five was the last human left alive in the apocalypse and had to survive off of food like cockroaches (suggesting that there were no bigger animals left around either)…what did he have a sniper rifle for?

What would he use it on? He clearly didn‘t expect the Handler (or his older self) to stop by, yet he had it right next to him at all times. Why?

[whatisyourchildhoodtrauma]

Cordy + mocking bad guys cause she knows Angel’s got her covered

[slayer-pride-parade]

Angel + Noir tropes

[rogueonestan]

missed opportunities

pairing: steven grant x reader

word count: 2.1k

summary:  when steven fails to show up on time for your date once again, you begin to question how he truly feels about you.

a/n: i have risen from the dead to post this after i got inspired by the resturant scene in 1x01. i tried to mention steven’s losing track of time as little as possible, so that’s a content warning (if needed.)

main masterlist | ao3

Steven’s hands nervously clutch at the bouquet of flowers he had bought with the intent of giving them to you, after telling you how lovely you looked. He can already imagine the flush of color appearing on your cheeks as you fumble on your words.

“You don’t look too shabby yourself.” You always tell him.

Hearing that always puts a smile on his face. Just being around you has that effect on him- everywhere you go, you always seem to make everything brighter around you. You always put others in a good mood, and Steven is no exception. In fact, that’s what made him so attracted to you in the first place. Your optimistic exterior, the way you’re able to brighten up any room, how he gets a fiery feeling in his belly whenever you smile at something. Everything about you brings a smile to Steven’s face.

So, he patiently waits for your figure to make its way to the table he’s currently sitting at. There’s so much he has been looking forward to tonight. He always looks forward to spending any night with you. It feels as if your presence is the sun shining through a grey sky.

The mere thought of you makes a smile appear on his face. There are so many things he can’t wait to tell you as the two of you enjoy your evening together, so he waits.

And waits.

And waits.

He doesn’t even realize how much time has passed, mainly because his thoughts were too occupied with your last date. The way your nose scrunched up when Steven told you about something that happened to him at work that day, the way your head tilted back as laughter consumed your body, the way- “Excuse me, sir, are we still waiting for someone to join your party?” The waiter asks as he glances at the empty seat across from Steven.

A nod comes from the curly-haired man, one of the aforementioned curls coming down in the process. Suddenly, his entire body is filled with nerves.

“They’re just running a bit late, is all.” He tells the man standing in front of him. With a tight-lipped smile, the waiter moves on as he checks up on the other customers.

Steven can’t help but worry.

Where were you? It was unlike you to be this late. Sure, you’ve been a few minutes late before because something came up last minute, but you’ve never been an hour late before.

Were you alright? Did you get hurt?

He has to make sure you’re safe, so Steven doesn’t hesitate to fish his phone out of his pocket and quickly dial the number that he could recite in his sleep. As soon as he hears the sound of your voice on the line, his nerves quickly disappear. You’re okay. You’re safe.

These feelings only disappear momentarily until he asks if you’re on your way. “I’m at the restaurant.” He tells you. “I’m at our spot. We agreed on Friday. It is Friday, innit?”

His name softly leaves on the opposite side of the line. “Friday night was three days ago- it’s Monday night now.”

“No, that can’t be right.”

“I’m afraid it is.” He begins to mumble the word, ‘no,’ repeatedly to himself as you continue. “I tried waiting around for you, but you never showed, so I ordered some takeout and ate by myself on Friday night.” You try to say it as gently as you could.

Though you were disappointed when it seemed like your date had stood you up, you tried to not let it get to you. This isn’t the first time you and Steven have had this kind of conversation before, and it probably won’t be the last. It usually goes like this: he will call you a day or two after you were supposed to meet up, and he’ll wonder where you are, and you will have to tell him the truth- how date night was a handful of nights ago, not tonight.

The first time you had this conversation didn’t go as smoothly. The first time, you were beginning to unwind for the night, wondering why Steven had stood you up in the first place. He seemed like he was genuinely looking forward to the date he had set up a few days prior. You even told him how excited you were for the day the night before it was supposed to happen, and by the huge grin on his face, he seemed like he was excited as well. But when he didn’t show up the following night, you couldn’t help but feel pure disappointment.

Had you done something wrong? Did you do something, or say something wrong? He showed no sign that he wanted to cancel your plans, so when he called you two nights later, you couldn’t help but let your anger get the better of you.

“Are you seriously calling me two days after you left me to wait for over two hours at the restaurant by myself?” You had told him.

“What- what are you talking about? I’m at the restaurant…”

“Yeah, we agreed to meet there two nights ago. I ate by myself.”

“I thought we agreed on meeting tonight?” His voice sounded more and more consumed the longer this conversation went.

“Steven, what day do you think it is?”

“Saturday- it’s Saturday night. We agreed on tonight, didn’t we?”

“Oh, hon.” You can’t help but let the disappointment fill your voice. “Tonight is Monday night.”

The rest of the conversation went like it usually does, reassuring Steven that you know he didn’t mean to stand you up for the fourth, fifth time. Honestly, you’ve lost count at this point. You know that Steven has a tendency to lose track of time, not intentionally of course. He’ll tell himself that your date is only a couple of hours away, and the next thing he knows is forty-eight hours have passed, missing out on your plans together- he doesn’t know how it happens.

At first, you thought he was only making up an excuse just so that he wouldn’t have to see you. “You don’t have to make up an excuse, you know? If you didn’t want to go out, you just had to say so.” You told him.

“It’s not that, I promise. You have no idea how much I was looking forward to tonight.”

“You don’t have to lie to me.”

“I’m not.”

Then he tried making it up to you by setting up another date, promising to actually show up this time.

“If I don’t, then you have every right to think of me as a complete nutter.”

The insult he gave himself earned a chuckle out of you, which in return gave him a laugh as well. You didn’t have to be face-to-face with him to know a smile was plastered on both of your faces.

“So, are we on for tomorrow night?” He asked you.

“You better show this time.”

“I will, I promise.”

The following night ended up being one of the best nights of your life. You hadn’t enjoyed yourself that much in a long time. Steven had made you laugh so hard that it hurt your stomach. The smile on your face never left- not even when you went to bed that night. With how things went that night, it makes it even more heartbreaking when Steven fails to show up on one of your dates, like a few nights ago.

You know he would never outright ignore you or hurt you in any way, but you can’t help but feel disappointed when you were left alone for the night when you were looking forward to a night filled with laughter and good times with the man you’ve come to care for.

He hasn’t been in your life longer than a few months, but the sun seems to shine brighter whenever you get to see him.

The mention of your name brings you back to the moment. “You there?” Steven asks you.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m still here. Just thinking, that’s all.” You try to sound as normal as possible.

“Everything alright?”

“I’m fine. I just have a lot on my mind, is all.” You don’t know if you’re trying to convince him or yourself that, but a fake smile plasters on your face, even when the man on the other side of the line can’t see it.

“Are you sure?”

“Positive.” At some point, tears begin to brim your eyes. The familiar surroundings of your apartment become a blur. After a few moments of silence, you clear your throat. “Listen, uh, I have to go, but I’ll see you later, yeah?” The words that leave his mouth almost sound as disappointed as to how yours did, but it sounds like they’re miles away- distant.

After ending the call, the heavy feeling in your chest grows everywhere. Your legs begin to feel like jello, the tears forming in your eyes fall down your cheeks, and the reprimanding thoughts cloud your mind. Unlike the first night you spent with his company, the only thing that comforted you that night is the feeling of despair.

Why had you gotten your hopes up? You should have known better by now. You feel so stupid for feeling so hopeful that he would actually show up this time. These thoughts comfort you as you fall asleep on your couch, not bothering to change out of the clothes you wore to work that day.

Unknown to you, similar thoughts were going through Steven’s head as well. Not blaming you for how the phone call went, no, he could never blame you but blames himself.

How could he let this happen again?

It’s not like he’s an hour or two late to your planned evening, but three days.

The way he loses track of time seems to be getting worse and worse. At first, he only lost a few hours at a time, maybe even a day, but this time, he lost nearly half a week.

How does someone lose track of time for that long?

You don’t deserve someone like him, someone who can’t even manage to make it to your date on time or at least show up on the night you agreed on. You deserve someone better.

He doesn’t understand how he has someone as kind and patient as you in his life. Most people would not have given him as many chances as you have. He’s even asked you this when the two of you went out after he failed to show the night before, and all you told him was, “I care about you, Steven. You make me laugh and feel things I haven’t felt in a long time, and I know you don’t mean to miss out on our time together. These things just happen.”

If your kind words didn’t make his heart soar, then the soft sensation of your fingertips gently caressing the loose curl that managed to escape from his gel-coated strands did. Your touch lingered for a moment or two longer when your fingertips descended down to gently graze his cheek, then left altogether. The only thing he was able to think about the rest of the night was what it would be like to hold your hand. He imagined your hands would mold perfectly, the feeling of your soft skin grazing his coarse palm.

That’s all he was able to think about when he made plans with you for tonight. Instead of letting his nerves get the better of him, he was determined to hold your hand during dinner, and hopefully for the rest of the night. He imagined your hand would feel as warm as your laughter as you’re telling him some story that came across your mind. God, he loved hearing your laugh. Seeing your head tilt back in laughter as the biggest smile is plastered on your face. He’ll never get over the warm feeling that grows in his belly when that happens.

He has to do something to fix this before it’s too late.

Anything would be better than just sitting here by himself at the restaurant. “Can I get you anything, sir?” The waiter approaches him for the sixth time that night. “We’ll be closing soon.”

“N-no, thank you.”

With that, Steven is alone again.

He can’t stay here any longer. The longer he sits there, the longer you’re out there thinking who knows what.

He can’t imagine how you must be feeling at the moment.

He has to fix this.

He knows exactly what he’ll do, but he hopes he isn’t too late.

[dailyats]

every episode of angel ✞ 1.01 – City Of

[chasingfictions]

ok also i'm on a cordy girlkisser roll lately name 5 girls u wish cordy would've kissed <33 she deserves it!!

YES GREAT QUESTION.

buffy summers obviously. OBVIOUSLY. here are some great moments for them to have kissed: in the hallway at the end of 1x11. at the end of 1x12 after cordy finds out buffy died. in 1x01 right after buffy attacks cordy with the stake. in 2x05 they make out in the car and get so carried away they forget to go into the frat party. in 2x13 alternate version of buffy's birthday party where they flirt and there's no apocalypse and cordy forgot to give buffy a birthday present so she gives her a kiss. 2x22 when they reunite at the hospital. 3x02 when they reunite in the alley. 2x01 in the alley. 3x09 in the alley. 3x09 in the alternate universe. 3x05 the whole time. 3x12 in the car. 3x11 after cordy saves her life. 3x22 at the end of graduation. there are so many other moments btw but that's just some of them.

harmony kendall u CANT TELL ME THEY NEVER KISSED. they set up that whole lesbian harmony joke on ats and foR WHAT. harmonycordy is popular girl buffywillow in that ultimately there's not much there as adults but by virtue of them both being sapphic there isnt Not a curiosity as teens about what it would be like to kiss each other!!!

willow rosenberg. THE WE HATE CORDELIA CLUB. GAY ASS CLUB TO FOUND. willow being so jealous of xander and cordy cordy being so jealous of xander and willow. just cut out the middle man and KISS. youre locked in the closet in school hard together and for WHAT.

anya jenkins. LET ANYA BE CORDY'S LATE S3 REBOUND INSTEAD OF WESLEY. LET THEM MAKE OUT!! THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO DO IT IT'S ACTUALLY STUPID THAT THAT'S NOT HOW THEY WROTE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

darla. youre telling me. that they wrote that WHOLE fruity scene in ats s3 where darla shows up and cordy is so nice to her and is fawning over her and then darla pins her to a wall and tries to EAT HER tries to CHOMP ON HER NECK. youre TELLING ME . THAT THAT HAPPENED. AND THEY COULDNT EVEN FUCK A LITTLE BIT??????????????????????? im so mad about this. ats ill fix you.

EDIT: BONUS: she should have kissed lilah oh my god. what was the POINT of having two eminent girlkissers on ats if they werent going to let them girlkiss each other

[bathenasupremacy]

Bathena and Buddie look after six-year-old Jee-Yun edit

The edit is above, but i insistently recommend you to read the notes below before the watching

FIRST OF ALL: About Bobby calling Jee 'Little Corn'. I was rewatching 911 from the S1. Chim in 1x01 ate that thing... Fast popcorn for microwave. You know? So, I was thinking about it. And it seemed cute to me if Jee also wanted to repeat after her father one day and asked Buck to make her such popcorn in the kitchen at the fire station. As a result, they started a fire and were saved by Bobby. Since then, Bobby affectionately called Jee 'Little Corn', and also he called Buck very rarely, at special moments, 'Big Corn'

In this video situation is:

1. About 4 years after the end of the 5S

2. Buddie is together

3. Chim and Maddie wanted to go to holiday

4. Hen and Karen was away too

5. Chris and Harry are about 16?… I'm not sure. They are with friends and not at home. But to be honest… I just couldn't find the right fancast. I mean, May is already at the age when you can't change too much in appearance in 4 years. But Harry and Chris should definitely look much older than in the show. So, yes. Harry and Chris are with friends in this video. May is about 21-22, she is studying at the university and came to her parents for a short time.

6. While Madney were on vacation, someone had to look after Jee-Yun during the week. Buddie looked after her for the first part of the week. For the second part of the week, she was looked after by Bathena.

7. Buddie and Bathena really have raised only teenagers for the last 4 years. May, Chris and Harry. HenRen have raised Danny (he is about 16 too) and adopted children (like Nia), so they have faced little children recently.

8. Okay. Why am I trying to deceive someone? I just wanted Buddie and Bathena to look after Jee-Yun because it's cute. Period.

9. I'm sure that Bobby is exactly the type of person who gives little kids funny nicknames.

This edit should have been a small thing while I was finishing my other biger edit, but something has gone wrong…

I like the shot where Athena is standing behind Jee, and Jee is smiling at Bobby.

I hope, this huge text does not scare you. So, enjoy the edit… I hope :)

Also, what do you think about the fancast of Jee-Yun?🙃

[giffingbuffy]