#blind daters

[blinddated]

blind dater, blind daters, global-jobs.com, https://www.global-jobs.com

[anditwentlikethis]

I can't sing "lets fast forward to 300 awkward blind dates later" without messing up this is so fucked up

[stonertora]

Sub Kenma x Demon Fem. Dom reader ❤️

Part 1

MINORS DNI, HEAVY NSFW

Warnings: drug use or abuse idk (reader smoking weed) , breath play, fingering, size kink, rough sex, blood, spanking, marking, biting, slapping, pet play, bondage, humiliation, orgasm control, cursing, heavy language, overstimulation, age gap (age isn’t mentioned), choking, hair pulling, squirting, anal, spit, pegging, mommy kink

So I’ll just make something clear right ahead or ppl get confused, the reader definitely has some demonic abilities and features like horns, wings and a tail, I’ll just say that Reader herself can choose who sees the features or not, so people might not see them. I’ll also write it in readers pov.

After I ended my 9 hour shift, I just needed something to drink, an energy drink would do it’s job tho, so I’ll buy two for my boyfriend too. after I say goodbye to my coworkers, I quickly left.

my legs were hurting. standing all day really wasn’t made for me, I could just fly all day, but of course I can’t do that, what would people think of me, seeing some cashier randomly floating in the air? they’d probably freak out and call the police, so yeah, I can’t do that here.

It’s about 8 p.m. so now I’m on my way to the nekoma highschool, getting my boyfriend from his volleyball training. I could hear his friends already yelling and laughing, nothing new though they’re always fucking around with each other. I bet Yaku’s beating Levi’s ass again.

Only thinking about it got me crackling. I mean he shouldn’t mention Yaku’s height all the time, so it’s his fault. As I walked closer to the boys, I looked for Kuuro cause where Kuuro is, Kenma can’t be far away.

,,Sup bitches. Where’s Kenma at?’’

I yelled out of no where, suddenly the pain in my legs all gone, and adrenaline building up in my body, that’s one thing I love about his friends, they never fail to light the mood. Most of them nearly got a heart attack, which brought a wide grin to my face.

,,Damn y/n, you could’ve warned us at least, Levi almost shat his pants. Anyways your boyfriends on the toilet right now.”

Kuuro told me, almost loosing it himself thinking about Levi’s scream, but couldn’t suppress a slight grin on his face. So I sat down on the bench next to the boys, listening to how their training went, how Levi kept on fucking up the easiest stuff, or how they once again tried to stop Yaku from beating his ass, which I know had Kenma’s hair growing grey soon.

,,Damn Levi, you really should keep up with the training, if you keep fucking up Yaku’s really about to kill your tall ass.”

I told him, while opening my energy drink.

,,But it’s not that easy y/n-Chan, I just seem to really be too stupid for all this. And stop calling me ‘tall ass’, or I might call you minor dater, old hag or something like that.”

he said already getting himself ready to run for his live.

,,The fuck you said you lil bitch?”

I yelled at him, ready to rip his limbs one by one. I was ready to yeet his stork ass, but couldn’t do it. He got hit pretty hard in the face by some basketball.

,,OWWWW! That FUCKIN’ hurt man!!”

He yelled while blood ran down his nose.

,,Then shut your reckless fucking mouth, bitch.”

Everyone now looking shocked over to the direction the basketball came from. An angry Kenma walking towards us. Okay he was pissed, even more than me myself, you can see it, even a blind person could see it. The fact he extra got himself a basketball instead of a volleyball proves it even more.

I walked over to Levi, and stared straight into his eyes while he sat in the ground, Tora holding a paper wipe on his nose.

,,You can be happy it was Kenma who threw the ball, if it was me and I’ve had be half as mad as Kenma you’d be headless by now. So watch your language.”

I told him, I know he’s probably shitting his pants, but he must hear it.

,,I-I’m sorry, y/n-Chan, Kenma-San, won’t do it again I promise.”

I kneeled down of his level of height and grinned slightly.

,,You’re good, lev. Don’t worry, I wouldn’t kill you. take my energy, it’ll help with the pain, yeah? Keep the cold can on your nose it’ll help it to stop bleeding. “

I stood back up walking over to Kenma handing him the other energy I bought.

,,Take it. You need to calm down. You’re right about what you said but you really didn’t needed to throw a whole ass basketball in his face. Poor man’s probably got a broken nose by now.”

I told him still grinning, I know Lev deserved it, and the scene replaying in my head almost got me loosing it.

,,Whatever…”

Kenma said, taking the energy drink out of my hand.

,,What you say?”

I asked him, voice stern.

,,Sorry, I meant thanks, Babe. He just pissed me off.”

he told me.

,, Yeah, I understand, let’s go home. Your live stream should start in about an hour.”

we walked over to the others.

,,We’re leaving now, his livestream’a gonna start in a hour. See y’all tomorrow!”

After we said goodby to everyone, we’ll except to lev for Kenma, we walked home, enjoying the weather, it’s so hot outside like we’re almost melting. We went inside our apartment, while he started his livestream I started cooking. Some Katsu cutlet with rice and fried eggs and soysauce.

Placing it in two rice bowls, and walking to our shared bedroom. I opened the door quietly, careful not to make any noise, not to disturb his livestream. I placed his bowl next to his PS4, and quietly sat down on our shared king sized bed. I ate my food while watching him gaming. After about 10 minutes I finished, meanwhile he didn’t even touch his food once or looked at it. I didn’t wanted to disturb him, so I sent him a message to eat his food before it gets cold.

After another 10 minutes I got an idea on how i could make him eat. I crawled under his gaming desk, gently laying my head on his left thigh, gently massaging the other one with my right hand. He slowly looks down, while I whispered to him to eat his food. Which he nodded to, but still didn’t touch his bowl once. This. Little. Bitch.

The fuck he thinks he is to just ignore me? So I decided to change my plan a little. Just a little. While he kept streaming and talking to his viewers I started massaging over his crotch, which finally got me a real reaction. Man’s almost choked on his own spit but no one noticed. But he kept ignoring me, so this bitch really wants to know it huh…?

Playing all cool in front of his friends, only if they knew what a little slut he is for me. I kept massaging a little harder on his crotch, already feeling how his boner grows. Still acting all cool huh? Wait till you feel this. I slowly pulled down his pants, together with his boxers. His cock jumping out of his boxers, saying hello to the cool air. A little whimper can be heard.

,,AYO? What was that Kodzuken? 🤨”

I heard one of his friends ask.

,,Nothing, are you schizophrenic or something?”

,,Nah, I heard what I heard. But if you say so…”

heh. You heard damn right, I slowly licked a stripe along his cock, then a few licks on the tip, which ended in me sucking his cock while he’s streaming. I can hear his breath getting faster, heavier, it got worse with every second. Swirling my tongue around his cock, adding my hand to pump what doesn’t fit in my mouth. When I felt him almost cumming I suddenly stopped and stood back up and let myself fall on the bed, watching some TikTok’s. After another 5 minutes I heard something like,

,, Alright, that’s all for today chat, see y’all in 2 days. Bye.”

then he ended the livestream and turned off his PS4, and walked over to the bed, laying down next to me, trying to kiss my neck.

,,Uh excuse me sir? Sluts that don’t eat don’t get to cum, it’s that easy. So eat your food now it might still be warm, if not put it in the microwave. After you ate we can maybe talk about this.”

He looks at me with the “are you serious right now” look on his eyes, but stood up and started eating. I knew he wanted to talk back, but this ain’t working on me, it’s only gonna make everything even worse for him, and he knew this. So I continued watching my videos, after a few minutes i felt something entering the bedsheets, one look down already told me everything.

so I laid back, turning off my phone and laid it down on the little nightstand next to the bed. I felt my pants being pulled down, then some light kisses and rubs against my clothed pussy. My heart starting to beat faster, legs lightly trembling. I felt him pulling my panties aside, his hot breath meeting my now free pussy. He slowly started licking along my pussylips, just how I like it. His tongue meeting my clit, licking lazy circles around it, sucking on it here and there.

,,H-hah…keep going, pretty boy.“

I told him, my breath getting a little heavy. He then moved his wet tongue from my clit to my entrance, now tongue fucking me.

,,Hnggh…just like t-that..“

I grabbed a fist full of his hair, pulling on it, he moaned into my pussy, sending little vibrations straight to my core.

,,Mmhh..g-gonna cum soon, pretty. Make mommy feel good..“

he then again started massaging light circles around my clit with his tongue, adding two fingers inside me, curling them up to meet my g-spot.

,,H-hnggghh~…just like thaat…you’re making mommy feel soooo good..”

my moans getting louder from minute to minute, the lewd sounds working me up even more,

,,P-please…mommy…wan’ you to…c-cum all over..m-my face…m-m’ s-soo…needy for your c-cum..”

that’s all I wanted to hear, him begging, knowing his place, the lewd sounds of moans and being eaten out mixed together sending me over the edge…

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Sup:) There’s definitely going to be a part two for sure! It’s just it’s 1 am over here and I have to work in like 5 hours. 💀 so I’ll post part 2 tomorrow or Thursday:3 I hope you liked it

[siriustaylorsversion]

lavender haze - louis partridge x reader

summary- reader being known as a psycho serial dater, like taylor and people asking louis about that but him not caring. the reader is a new charecter in enola holmes 2 and they made their relationship public recently. it's basically all of rep combined with the few lyrics of lavender haze that highlight a few moments that you share privately.

staring at the ceiling with you oh, you don't ever say too much and you don't really read into my melancholia

the light was blinding as i look a seat with my friends and the cast of one of the most popular movies on netflix... enola holmes 2! i remember being completely shocked when i got the call for my role, how i was so terrified to meet the cast, but now, i found my best friends and my love among them.

after finding out how paranoid i was one afternoon louis just blurted out his feelings for me. i had a hard time believing him but, they were true. his stuttering was the cutest thing ever. "have you seen yourself?!" he said. "they see you on the screen, they see the way you carry yourself, how you can make anyone cry by just acting that way and it only takes you three seconds to get in your role. they love you just like i do! well- i mean, damn that is not how i planned this would go."

I've been under scrutiny (yeah, oh yeah) You handle it beautifully (yeah, oh yeah) All this shit is new to me (yeah, oh yeah)

just his instagram post for my birthday makes my heart flutter every time.

louispartridge_

louispartridge_ happy birthday to the happiest soul in the universe. you make every morning worth waking up to and every day worth living. being with you has been like a roller coaster but one that only goes up and just gets more thrilling as time passes. i hope to wake up next to you every single day of my life and wish to spend every single second of my day with you. i love you so so much and i hope you'll let these wishes come true.

I feel a lavender haze creeping up on me So real, I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say No deal, the 1950s shit they want from me I just wanna stay in that lavender haze

my love language has always been physical touch and even though i've never discussed this... he just seemed to know it. be it three squeezes on my wrist before an interview or resting his hand on my thigh below the dinner table, he always knew. he used to share our playlists that we made for each other to his friends with pride and always got me lavenders after a successful...or stressful shoot because of the first movie we ever watched together... it said that lavender haze is a term for love, and flowers are my favorite things.

All they keep asking me (all they keep asking me) Is if I'm gonna be your bride The only kind of girl they see (the only kind of girl they see) Is a one night or a wife

i was never prepared for all the fans' recognition and they treated me with love for a newbie... they asked polite questions and about my experience. it was going well until a fan asked louis about my...well, past. "as everyone knows, y/n has been acquainted with many men in the past so, how did you as a friend since you guys were friends before you got into a relationship, fall in love with her? was it that this was only for publicity, maybe a one night stand... or is it getting serious, i mean, can we hear wedding bells ringing?"

I find it dizzying (yeah, oh yeah) They're bringing up my history (yeah, oh yeah) But you aren't even listening (yeah, oh yeah)

i can sense his muscles tensing. below the table, he squeezes my hand three times to make sure i don't panic, and with a deep breath and a smile, answers their question. "well first of all, i don't know how how many men a women has dated in the past impacts your feelings towards her. like you said... we were friends first and i always found her attractive but just her little attention to details you say like when she once made a playlist for one of our friends which consisted of a song that reminded him of his mother... on his mother's death anniversary she promptly skipped that song when asked to play the playlist. or how she would give her 100% to everything she does, like once she learnt how to perfectly play a song on the guitar in 32 hours just because it was my dream to form my own band with my friends and sing something for my sisters wedding."

he looks at me for a second and notices tears in my eyes, " she's so caring towards everyone even if they may have hurt her and cannot stand animal cruelty at all. one of my favorite things about her... her sarcasm, of course. it's, as per her, one of her main qualities. she'll make you laugh in any situation and bring your mood up." i squeeze his hand tightly. "she's telling me to shut up now and so i will, it's things like this that made me fall in love with her and not her reputation. even for you, it never should be."

Talk your talk and go viral I just need this love spiral Get it off your chest Get it off my desk (get it off my desk) Talk your talk and go viral I just need this love spiral Get it off your chest Get it off my desk

the next day his beautiful speech was trending all over social media. we went back home from there and had a dinner in our apartment muttering sweet nothings in each other's ears and not caring about what anyone may or may not think about us.

I feel (I feel) a lavender haze creeping up on me So real, I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say No deal (no deal), the 1950s shit they want from me I just wanna stay in that lavender haze

it is reasons like this i am so completely and utterly smitten for this guy. i mean, who wouldn't be?! the lavender haze has taken over my whole body and i cannot wait for a future with him by my side. that's all i need forever and always.

talk to loved ones or youself... do something to make the day memorable <3

[wanderingblindly]

it's me your friendly neighbourhood nosey parker. please may i have a director's cut of your choice?

⭐

Lima my beloved!! Thank you for the free reign lmao 💖 let’s talk about

The alternative plots for Second Time’s the Charm:

Truly the premise for this storyline came to me in a dream; it was three am, I was half awake, and I typed “2000s romcom, fucked up blind date, redemption” into my notes app.

Originally, Alex and Lando were not going to be featured as heavily (which would have been a shame).

Instead of having Alex and Lando conspiratorially set up the second redemption date, I initially planned for Charles and Max to ask different friends for round two; like, have their second date be a total coincidence. I’d loosely considered Pierre and Daniel, who felt like pretty obvious choices, but then I realized it didn’t actually make a lot of sense??????

Max, intense perfectionist and extremely nervous dater, have felt nearly inconsolable after such a horrific first date. And Charles, immediately down bad for Max, wouldn’t have asked to see anyone else.

Plus I realized I have no idea how to write Pierre :) and I do not want to learn :)

All to say that Alex and Lando being the iconic side characters who drove the entire plot was entirely unplanned and never even in my outline — everything they did was off the cuff and written with no foresight.

Some other rapid fire fun facts are:

The scene I rewrote the most was the “Max realizing Charles is his blind date. Again???” Scene. I couldn’t quite get the right setting and tone. Should the restaurant be empty, crowded? Custom diner set up or basic? Then I realized Charles is successful and annoying, so it needed a touch of romantic flair

The Lando/Alex overlapping dialogue scene was also entirely unplanned! I started writing Lando reacting to Max, and I realized how perfectly I could fit in Alex berating Charles. It’s all history from there :)

“(Lando would actually call them “the quencies”, which is a lifestyle choice Max will not be adopting.)” was inspired by a post I saw on tumblr while writing it. My girlfriend also now says “the quencies” unironically and I want to die

Lando has my favorite lines in the entire fic, including “I’ll have you know that I’m actually like, a really good cleaner. You’re just a hater, mate.” And “But what he is is a good friend and a man with a plan. A plan so good you’d doubt he made it, and you’d be absolutely correct.”

Writing Lando in this fic was so fun that it inspired me to start considering writing landoscar more seriously. It was like an informal precursor to “Is It Gay to Watch Your Teammate on Tiktok”

This is one of the few fics where I didn’t list to one (1) song on repeat the entire time I wrote it??? Which is very unusual for me.

Thank you again for giving me free reign to dump about this stupid story lmaooooo

[randomsebs]

yeah it’s definitely strange to see the cult-like behavior towards who he “dates.” suddenly posting her, adding her to their bio, complimenting her looks and projects, defending her as if she’s now a member of their family. these women do not know you! even seb would find it a bit offputting.

it’s extreme to constantly parasocially insist “he’s so happy” “she’s amazing” “they’re going to get married” when plenty of people (in real relationships) can choose the wrong person and present themselves smiling to the world, while not actually thriving — aka like half the couples on social media and the serial dater friends we all worry about.

what i find particularly annoying is using any hate against her as ammunition against the belief of PR existing. it’s really strange how they refuse to acknowledge that every celeb does PR, and that we’re only seeing what he wants us to see. in the year 2024 you’d think they’d open their eyes to how everything isn’t fairytales and honesty. he’s an actor who acts even when the camera isn’t rolling, are we so shocked? they don’t want to believe that he would ever need that, but only a decade ago he almost went bankrupt and his career has survived two recessions. he barely got his recent low budget movies made! he’ll do almost whatever it takes to stay in this industry, they underestimate that. tbh we’re on the better side of it here bc we can actually appreciate that he made this sacrifice in the first place. to ignore how he isn’t himself around her or when he looks sad is just irresponsible as a fan, if you treated him as a human you’d see the reality and have spare some sympathy instead of blind applause.

I know. People assume I just don’t like her because she’s with Sebastian? I am a big fan of sebs do not get me wrong, but I have also done MY research.

People just ignore the things she’s done for NO reason. How come they didn’t ignore ale? Didn’t ignore Ellie? And not to mention they hated Margo for NO reason too. They hated his good exes, they hated his bad exes. I do not support ale or Ellie because of the things they’ve done too, don’t get me wrong, but to ignore Annabelle’s problematic issues it’s disgusting and wrong. Not to mention - sending me death threats, doxxing threats (only threats, no actual leaks but I’m still weary), body shaming me, insulting me, calling me “ugly” when you don’t even know what I look like, etc… all because I do not like her?

They also claim: “You’re just mad he won’t fuck you”. NO SHIT HE WONT?! Im in a HEALTHY, HAPPY relationship, I have my OWN life behind my comfort celebrity? Yeah, hear that? He’s my COMFORT celebrity. I like him for being himself.

When he’s with Annabelle, he isn’t. People post “happy” pictures of them to spite others with a different opinion than they have. 1. In Rome it was a very clear pap walk, when she found out he was spotted she had to release more photos of them in Rome just so people wouldn’t forget about her. When Seb is spotted in LA, it’s not because he “lives” there for her (I’m sure he has a place in LA and NYC for work and stuff) but to move there for her? I don’t think so. They’re not close enough to even live with each other, which is very clear. When he is seen with her dogs, it’s baiting. Anytime they’re “accidentally papped” is not accidental, it’s so she can get recognition from HIM and his fan base.

This worshipping shit needs to stop, honestly. If another celebrity did this (stalking, lying about what she supports for a good view, posting perverted stuff in the past, posting random plus-sized people and making fun of them in the caption, and making fun of a plus-sized man of a different color), they’d get bashed (as they should), or if any of his exes did this, the whole fandom would raid their comments. Why are we being hypocritical here? You’d all find any dirt on any of his exes except NOW this “girlfriend” is “humble”… no she isn’t. If she was humble she wouldn’t have to try so hard to get recognized from her own boyfriend’s fame instead. If she was humble, don’t you think she wouldn’t waste all her money on expensive designer, lots of fillers, tons of surgeries, Botox, etc?? I’m not saying she can’t use her money like that, but to be called humble when she literally baits her co-worker/PR boyfriend whenever she gets the chance? I mean she also stalks her “boyfriend”’s fans just to make sure she’s also receiving attention. Isn’t that creepy? No. Everyone takes it as: “Annabelle supports us, she knows we exist!” Yeah, she knows you’re buying into the PR so much, she knows that you’re all connecting her to every little movement or outfit Seb wears, she KNOWS she’s getting attention from his fandom. It’s way too out of hand.

Wonder why Seb is different? All the hate and Annabelle. Annabelle isn’t the type of person I’d hang around, speaking that I’m friends with someone like her in the first place, it’s very toxic and it’s the polar opposite from Seb. Haven’t you ever noticed that she changes her entire personality with every single relationship she gets into?? What’s next? It’s saddening. She looked more in love with Chris pine then Seb, but she was well aware that she wasn’t receiving a good amount of attention from Pine’s fans, she knew about Seb way before they even gotten together. She followed him before they began this contract too, when they “started dating” she literally unfollowed him. She follows some of his fan accounts, stalks them, what not, just so she can also be making sure she’s the center of attention as always. She knew if Seb got bigger than how he was when she aimed to him, that she’d be receiving the best amount of attention.

I’m not being “biased” because I like Seb? It’s just because I do not like her, that’s my opinion and it’s because I do not support what she does in general.

It’s clear they have no chemistry whatsoever, but fans ignore it. I honestly believe someone HAS to be hired at this point, there’s no way that they’ll all of a sudden switch up like this when there’s plenty of proof on her own profile if you scroll down.

The thing is, she never apologized for anything she done. She repeats it again because she knows no one will care about it, she does not care what type of attention she gets. She doesn’t care if she gets hate, love, she just likes to be talked about.

This situation is concerning. It’s almost as if they want him to see this drama, like: “Seb look at what we’re doing!! Defending your PR girlfriend”. I don’t think he’ll come back to posting because of what you guys are doing, you know that right? If you observed Seb with her, you’d see crystal clear that they’re both annoyed with each other or that he just looks miserable/uncomfortable.

[shepherds-of-haven]

As some people said "Love is blind, deaf and dumb". Who might fall into this category when they're in love?

Hi there, I've actually never heard this iteration of the phrase, I've only heard "Love is blind!" But I take them to mean the same thing--that when you're in love, you tend to not notice or be blind to a person's faults, or you go out of your way to rationalize/justify them--so if we're operating from that perspective, I would say:

Trouble

Shery

Chase (slightly; he definitely had this tendency when he was younger, and will still willfully ignore red flags or "this is a bad idea" when pursuing hookups because he's just thinking about the sex

but he's not completely oblivious to a person's true nature--he just tends not to fuss/care about it much)

Ayla

Briony (slightly; she falls quickly and easily and can develop crushes over stuff that doesn't seem like a big deal, and once truly in love she's an adamant defender of her partner; but she's actually much more cautious and discerning when it comes to entering into actual relationships with someone beforehand, and tends to evaluate things in a more discerning light than one might give her credit for. I think as a casual dater she might come off as quite flighty because her standards are high and her feelings can fizzle out over equally small issues, so I think she's a real mix!)

Thanks for your question!

[loganxslater]

WANTED CONNECTIONS

friendship/relations –

Childhood friends

Childhood friends that moved apart

Lifelong friends

Family friends

Ex-friends

Enemies

Practically siblings; do everything together

Neighbors all their lives

Neighbours that never talked, but acknowledged each other

Wingman/wingwoman

Friends with benefits

Were once enemies, but forgave and forgot

Were once friends, but moved to enemies

Acquaintances

Brother/sister friendship

Stepbrothers/stepsisters

Cousins

Mother figure/role model

romance –

First time daters

Long term daters

Ex boyfriend/girlfriend

Exes that ended by force

Exes that ended by decisions

Exes that still have feelings for each other

Exes who despise each other

Booty calls/FWB – can’t help but feel jealous when they see the other with another girl/boy

Blind daters

Quick hook up

Constantly flirting type of relationship (wheeling/leading on)

etcetera --

Drinking buddy

Love/hate friendship

Co-workers

Volunteer together

[kennedysimpson]

WANTED CONNECTIONS

friendship/relations –

Childhood friends

Childhood friends that moved apart

Lifelong friends

Family friends

Ex-friends

Enemies

Practically siblings; do everything together

Neighbors all their lives

Neighbours that never talked, but acknowledged each other

Wingman/wingwoman

Friends with benefits

Were once enemies, but forgave and forgot

Were once friends, but moved to enemies

Acquaintances

Brother/sister friendship

Stepbrothers/stepsisters

Cousins

Mother figure/role model

romance –

First time daters

Long term daters

Ex boyfriend/girlfriend

Exes that ended by force

Exes that ended by decisions

Exes that still have feelings for each other

Exes who despise each other

Booty calls/FWB – can’t help but feel jealous when they see the other with another girl/boy

Blind daters

Quick hook up

Constantly flirting type of relationship (wheeling/leading on)

etcetera --

Drinking buddy

Love/hate friendship

Co-workers

Volunteer together

[addictedtostorytelling]

Hi aj! I’m rewatching season 3 of csi (so good btw) and I was on 03.09 and Grissom says in the beginning of the episode that he was on a date. Then he proceeded to flirt with Sara the entire episode. At this point he knows she’s got a thing going with Hank and there’s the fact he’s losing his hearing so I was wondering what your thoughts are on this date of his all of a sudden, I didn’t remember that and it surprised me 🥲

hi, anon!

so i have a few older posts that touch on the subject of grissom's mystery date, if you care to give them a look:

this one provides a broad overview of grissom and sara's s2/s3 arc and how grissom and sara maneuver around each other while she is dating hank.

this one speculates on the potential identity of grissom's mystery date. (tl;dr: i think his date is probably just some rando, rather than any character we already know on the show.)

this one gives a somewhat more humorous take on what is and isn't going through grissom's mind when he first makes the date and then later skips out on it in order to spend time with sara.

and this one focuses on why grissom feels compelled to "date other people" during the course of s3 (and what he realizes when these attempts so badly fail).

more discussion after the "keep reading," if you're interested.

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obviously, the show gives us next to nothing to go on when it comes to grissom's episode 03x09 "blood lust" mystery date.

brass meets grissom at the initial crime scene, asks him where the rest of the team is, grissom volunteers the information that he had been on a date prior to getting called in to work, and that's about the long and short of what we're told.

never does grissom reveal the identity of his date, if the date were a first one or he had been out with this person previously, if the date were one he had set up for himself or if someone else had set him up on it, whether he were the asker or the askee, etc.

the line is treated mostly as a throwaway.

its only true significance going forward is that we as the audience are meant to contrast grissom's lack of real care at being called away from his date with the mystery person with his enthusiasm for going on a three-day "crime scene date" with sara afterward.

so.

given what little information the show provides regarding the date, honestly, there's not much we can say about it for certain.

is it a situation where grissom meets someone he finds intriguing and asks them out of his own volition? or maybe someone asks him out, and he decides to take them up on the offer? alternatively, does he maybe get fixed up on a blind date by someone else, like perhaps his mother or even catherine?

all possibilities are open—and so the situation is mostly a matter of headcanon.

however.

though we lack the necessary context to determine the identity of grissom's date or say for certain how he ends up even going out with this mystery person in the first place, i think we do have enough information to answer at least one question, namely:

why does grissom decide to go out on the date in the first place?

after all, whether he is asker or askee or is even set up, there has to be a reason why he ultimately chooses to go.

and it is a bit odd for him to choose to go, isn't it?

i mean, outside of his s1 ooc characterization, grissom has never been shown to be a "dater" in the past and hasn't pursued any romantic relationships except with sara prior to this point. so why does he opt to "put himself on the market" now—particularly given that he is, as you mention, losing his hearing? and is there any connection between his decision to date and the fact that sara is currently in a committed relationship with one hank peddigrew?

if we look at the timeline of late s2 and early s3, we find that grissom may know sara is going on dates with hank as early as the events of episode 02x14 "the finger." however, he doesn't seem to realize that sara is actually in a long-term relationship with the guy until the events of episode 03x02 "the accused is entitled," when phillip gerard alerts him to the fact.

there is no way to overstate the significance of grissom learning about sara's romance with hank coinciding with him beginning to lose his hearing, as the two situations exacerbate each other, in terms of his personal distress.

knowing sara is dating some meathead paramedic at the same time that he is himself already feeling incredibly vulnerable due to his otosclerosis, grissom panics.

fearing he will lose sara to a rival who is younger, fitter, more experienced in love/romance/sex, more socially acceptable for her to date, more able-bodied, etc. than he is himself, he lashes out, punishing sara in his jealousy.

thankfully, sara eventually calls grissom out on this passive-aggressive behavior on his part, citing his hypocrisy for first encouraging her to "get a life" outside of the lab (see episode 01x16 "too tough to die") and then resenting her as soon as she does so (see episode 03x03 "let the seller beware").

to his credit, from this point on, grissom ceases to antagonize her anymore regarding her and hank's relationship.

however, despite trying his best to keep his distance, grissom is still (privately) suffering.

as some of the posts linked above discuss, baby boy would be upset about the love of his life going out with another man no matter what the circumstances, but he is especially so in this case a) because in many ways, hank is his exact opposite, and, b) because he is, simultaneous to sara dating hank, losing his hearing. the sting of helplessly watching the girl he loves romance an "alpha male" he feels he cannot compete with is made even keener because he also fears that once he becomes entirely deaf, he will be left with nothing, having lost both the girl and the job he once chose over her.

at this point, he isn't sure what sara's motivation is for seeking companionship in someone else. does she actually like or even love hank? or is she just trying to move on from him (grissom) because he's kept her at arm's length for so long?

in his uncertainty and despair, grissom becomes incredibly lonely, particularly as he loses the ability to hear more and more of the voices around him.

miserable as he is, he wishes very much to reach out to sara and especially to get a read on her regarding how she currently feels about him. however, he is afraid to do so, supposing she will—in his mind, perhaps rightly—reject him. he also knows: for as much as he longs for her, he is still unwilling to make the necessary sacrifices he would have to make in order to truly be with her.

—which brings us to the issue of his date.

again, we don't know what the exact circumstances surrounding said date are, in terms of who his date is, who asks whom out or sets whom up, how many dates there are (if any) prior to the events of episode 03x09 "blood lust," etc., etc.

what we do know is that following s1 and his brief flings with charlotte meridian and teri miller (when grissom is written in a way that in retrospect seems somewhat ooc, as a kind of more traditional "cad about town" type), we are never told of any other grissom dates until this one.

of course, csi is a show that chooses not to focus much on its characters' home and love lives—which means that in theory, even though we're never shown grissom dating anyone post-teri miller, he could possibly be doing so, though we as the audience aren't being shown as much.

however, my sense is that if grissom were dating during s2 and early s3 prior to this point, the fact that he were would at least get mentioned, if not depicted on screen, as it would be such a departure for his character so as to be noteworthy.

i mean, we can assume that the likes of catherine, warrick, and nick are out there meeting people, going on dates, having casual sex, getting into and out of relationships, etc. even at times when we are not actively being shown that such is the case because the fact that they all possess that kind of social drive is well-established with their characters; we know they're interested in dating and having sex and even have our attentions drawn to times when they are notably "striking out" (like when catherine confides to grissom in episode 04x15 "early rollout" that she hasn't had sex in seven months).

with them, it's such a given that they're "in the dating pool" that it's more useful to mention times when they're not than times when they are, you know?

for them, dating is the rule and not the exception.

at least until warrick gets married.

but then there's sara, right?

for her first one and a half years on the show, sara is shown to only have romantic interest in grissom, and because she only has interest in grissom, she isn't "out on the market."

she doesn't go out on dates with anyone else and in fact occasionally turns down offers from other potential suitors (like super dave and greg).

for her, the rule is singledom, and dating would be an exception.

and that's why it's a big, fucking deal when in s2 she actually deviates from her pattern and finally goes on a date with a guy who isn't grissom—enough so that the deviation receives focus in several episodes (e.g., episodes 02x04 "bully for you," 02x12 "you've got male," and 02x14 "the finger"), becoming both a major point of discussion among her teammates within the universe of the show and a major plot point in terms of the narrative without it, serving as the backbone for her main character arc over the remainder of s2 and into s3.

my sense is that grissom, who, like sara, is not otherwise a regular dater, probably receives a similar treatment concerning the depiction of his love life—i.e., we're not shown him dating between late s1 and mid-s3 not because it's so regular as to not be worth mentioning but rather because it's not happening.

he's just as hung up on sara as she is on him, and so he's not "putting himself out there" during this time.

that mo only changes for him come s3—and the fact that it only changes then means that the reason his date in episode 03x09 "blood lust" gets mentioned is specifically because it represents a departure from his norms, either because it is actually his first date in about a year OR because it is one of multiple dates he goes on at this time in order to "dip his toes back in the water" after a long while spent on dry land.

in either case, the fact that he chooses to go on this date and/or to start dating in general only after sara has already done the same thing on her side is undoubtedly significant.

to my mind, not only is there correlation there, but in this case there is causation.

here is a man who is desperately in love with a woman he fears he can never have, not only due to his own cowardice but also because (at the moment) he is losing his hearing, and he supposes that once he's lost it, he will no longer be at all attractive to her. he sees her on the arm of another man—a man he believes he could never truly compete with for her affections—and can hardly stand the sight.

he wants and needs a distraction.

so contrary to what is usual with him, he goes on a date or multiple dates—not with the expectation that he'll fall in love with someone else and live happily ever after but with the hope that maybe if he just gets out of his house for an hour or two he'll be able to (momentarily) forget that his heart is breaking.

and, again, we don't know how many of these dates he goes on—whether the one in the episode is a first attempt or one of many.

but in any case, what we do know is that grissom's tactic doesn't work.

he goes out with this mystery person, but obviously whatever distraction the date provides is only minimal at best, not only because he doesn't seem very upset to be torn away but also because, at his first opportunity, who does he call to join him but sara?

we know everyone else on the team is busy, but then again, so is she.

she was at a forensic anthropology seminar—required departmental training, in fact.

maybe she is just the next person up on the "call list."

but it kind of seems like grissom picks her specifically—like he wants to see if when he really needs her, she'll still show up for him; that she will, as she always has, put him the job first.

and the thing is, she does.

she shows up, and despite the fact that she is dating hank, she is as present and invested in the work and in grissom as she has always been.

as i talk about here,

note that when sara first walks up to grissom and starts "complaining" about how he called her away from a mandatory continuing education seminar, she is 100% putting on a show, trying to flirt with him. she's not really upset about the call-in—and is in fact excited that he chose her to spend the day with—she's just being sassy to tease him. you can tell by how she makes sure to mention that the seminar was on forensic anthropology (i.e., the same topic as grissom's 1998 forensic academy seminar, where she and grissom first met and fell in love) and also because she has that kind of cocky affect going on. unfortunately for her, grissom is in no mood to flirt, atm. he's stressed, so he ends up being curt with her ("well, i'm sorry, but everyone seems to have something to do today"), responding to her playfulness with a dour rundown of a long list of things going wrong with his case so far. watch sara's face as he does so: you can see her do a sort of "oh shit. i totally played that wrong. oh shit. yeah, no, he's not interested in joking around today. okay. yikes" reaction in real time, her brow furrowing and mouth falling open as she realizes he's not sharing her same wavelength. of course, we can't see either grissom or sara's eyes in this scene, as they're both wearing shades, so i can't say so with 100% certainty, but i'm pretty sure grissom clocks sara's little recoil as soon as it happens and recognizes that he misread her "grousing" from earlier as more serious than she meant it to be. she's not actually arguing with him; she's there to help. that's why he adds a coda to soften the blow of his diatribe at the end: "i need you." as stated above, one reading of the statement is professional—he needs her to help him work the case—but the other one is personal. over the years, grissom has always used the lab/the work to represent himself when he expresses his attraction to and yearning for sara—such as, for instance, in episode 02x15 "burden of proof" when he tells her "the lab needs [her]" or even later on in episode 05x13 "nesting dolls" when he tells ecklie "she's a great criminalist, conrad. and i need her." he always makes it about the job, because that's what safe to him; that's justifiable. however, in reality, he’s using the job as a stand-in for his own self and his feelings. so he does the same thing here. outwardly, he's telling her "i need your help on this case" but on a more personal note, he's expressing that he didn't mean to be harsh to her and that he does want her around—not just in a professional capacity—because, of course, he always does. it's a sincere expression of genuine feeling, a little bit of vulnerability from him to make up for his prickliness earlier. and that's why sara smiles—because that man is so damn charming. she knows the professional meaning behind the words, but she also hears the personal one. yeah, it was probably largely luck of the draw that she ended up being the only team member who was even potentially available to come help him today, but that doesn't mean he wasn't secretly happy it was her. she knows he was. he's basically telling her as much. in this context, "i need you" is tantamount to "i want you." and she'll be damned if she doesn't love hearing him so say. cue a three-day long gsr super date, replete with all kinds of romantic overtures, sweet gestures, and eye sex galore.

for as forlorn as grissom feels to start out the case—and even in the wake of his failed date, which did nothing to help him forget his misery—once sara arrives, he can't help but start to feel better in her presence.

she's all over the case. she's pulling in leads left and right. and she's making him feel great about himself as she does so, paying him just as much attention as she always has.

now that he knows she's receptive, he can't help but do what comes naturally to him, starting to flirt—even going as far as to throw out some statements which subtly imply how connected to and even possessive of her he still feels.

i've always thought it's significant that the episode ends with the song "everything in its right place" by radiohead playing over the image of grissom smirking and stroking his chin, seemingly considering his place in the world.

"yesterday, i woke up sucking a lemon," the lyrics say. but then, to contrast with the current status quo, today, "everything in its right place."

for as off-centered and frightened as grissom has felt up to this point, in this episode, he gains a kind of reassurance that though sara may be hank's girlfriend, she's still his girl, and it makes him feel, for the moment, right, providing more of a distraction than any date with some random person ever could.

spending three days trekking all over the valley with sara at his side, solving multiple homicides, flirting with and showing expressions of trust to each other, is just what grissom needs to help him catch his breath.

and is he thrilled about sara's relationship with hank going forward? no.

and does he still have his hearing loss to worry about? certainly.

but does he have some sense that he hasn't fully lost sara yet? absolutely.

and the fact that he does makes all the difference in the world to him (which is why we see that his dynamic with her for the rest of the season going forward is very different than it had been to this point).

thanks for the question! please feel welcome to send another any time.

[sweet-evie]

AO3: sweet_evie 🔖 || FFN: sweetpoisonEvie 📖

More under the cut... It's too long 😩

Headcanons and Imagines

Jujutsu Kaisen:

Gojo goes on blind dates

Thinking of Gojo's Six Eyes

Richfriend!Gojo spoiling Ieiri and Geto

Gojo's dessert refrigerator

SaShiSu working at Jujutsu High

SaShiSu: Shoko's first impressions

SaShiSu: Chaotic teens will be teens

SaShiSu as housemates (imagines)

SaShiSu in an Avatar: The Last Airbender AU (imagines)

SaShiSu: Satoru and Suguru step up to defend Shoko (imagine)

D&D with Gojo, Itadori, Kugisaki, and Fushiguro

TeenDad!Gojo with Baby Megumi and Best Sister Tsumiki

Satoru and Suguru as YouTubers

Husband!Gojo x Shy!S/O

Serial-dater!Gojo

The Gojo Clan and their assets

Ghost!Gojo haunting your apartment

Rock Band AU - Satoru, Suguru, Choso, Sukuna

Rock Band AU - Satoru is dating

One-shots, Drabbles, & Blurbs

Jujutsu Kaisen:

Pop Goes My Question [Satoru Gojo]

Just a Man [Satoru Gojo]

Pure Love [Satoru Gojo]

This is How You Fall in Love [Satoru Gojo]

Coming Home [Satoru Gojo]

What Those Eyes See [Satoru Gojo]

Code Geass:

For My Glory, and Mine Alone [Julius Kingsley]

The Scarlet Masquerade [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

Somebody Out There [Lelouch x C.C. || FFN]

There's a First Time for Everything [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

This is My Kind of Ending [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

Thank You, C.C. [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN]

A Moment Like This [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN]

Save the Date [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN ||]

The Shun-day Su-prise [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN]

Fatherhood [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN]

It's About Time, Lelouch [Lelouch x C.C., Suzaku x Euphemia || AO3 & FFN]

How to Learn French (Lelouch Edition) [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

I Promised, Didn't I? [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN]

To Find a Way [Lelouch x C.C. || FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

A Thousand Years and Forevermore [Lelouch x C.C. || FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

Tachycardia [Lelouch x C.C. || FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

The First and Not the Last [Suzaku x Kallen || FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

Airport Fairytale [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN]

Series

Jujutsu Kaisen: ➵ Never Grow Up [Satoru Gojo] ➵ Housemates [SaShiSu Sims 4 AU]

Code Geass:

Señorita [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN || ⚠️ SUGGESTIVE THEMES]

Señorita: When It's Been Said and Done [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN || ⚠️ SUGGESTIVE THEMES]

One Day at a Time [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

And on This Day [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN]

Everyday is Christmas [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN]

Sea Witch [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

The Last Siren Kiss [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN || ⚠️ SUGGESTIVE THEMES]

A Game of Thrones and Faces [Lelouch x C.C. || FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

The Emperor's Wish [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN]

Lover [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

Eating for Two [Lelouch x C.C. || FFN]

See You Again [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN]

Five O' Clock [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN || ⚠️ NSFW]

The Queen's Longing [Lelouch x C.C. || FFN]

The Chaining Booth [Lelouch x C.C. || AO3 & FFN]

Of Gods and Kings: A Death Note + Code Geass Crossover

FFN | AO3

Power was a drug more addictive than any other, and Lelouch vi Britannia knew better than anyone what it was like to have the world in the palm of his hand, to have control and power over the lives of others. Kira must die.

[heterophobicdyke]

And they wanna call US misogynists for...hating men?? "Th-they hate men and women who associate with them :(((" are you dumb fucks seriously completely unaware of what a class traitor is??? Women's liberation isn't about fixing males it's about removing any need for a woman to rely on a male y'all are just too blinded by het fantasies about males that don't exist to care about women who DON'T want to wind up with or around males. Self centered self satisfied egotistical fucking freaks. And they wonder why lesbians don't trust male daters 🙄🙄 maybe because y'all SHOW YOUR MISOGYNIST ASSES EVERY FUCKING TIME because you can't even hear the misogyny of saying any woman NEEDS a man to be happy. Brainwashed butthurt whiners, holy shit.

Lesbians aren’t seen as “woman enough” by virtue of not being attracted to men that we aren’t allowed to critique male/female relationships, didn’t ya know?

[peacefulsimming]

as a serial blind dater, ingrid went on a third blind date... all i have to say is never again

[allthevmff]

Before you knew you'd know me

by [nevertothethird] (https://archiveofourown.org/users/nevertothethird/pseuds/nevertothethird) / @scabopolis​

A collection of ficlets originally written as part of the July 2020 Veronica Mars Trope-A-Palooza, created by jmazzy.

Logan and Veronica's relationship in five different settings: makeup artist at a friend's wedding, best-friend's girlfriend, ditched on vacation, sneaky in love sweethearts, and fake daters reunited years later.

Title for the collection taken from the Blind Pilot song "3 Rounds and a Sound."

Words: 1617, Chapters: 1/5, Language: English

Fandoms: Veronica Mars - All Media Types

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Logan Echolls, Veronica Mars

Relationships: Logan Echolls/Veronica Mars

Additional Tags: Mutual Pining, Weddings, Makeup Artist Logan Echolls

Story @ https://ift.tt/2BfBWpH

[theprologues]

“Anybody is better than MH” narrative

//

i can see this being plausible, but if it really is, it's actually kind of sad and pretty insulting. mh is incomparable to karlie in all ways and she shouldn't have to be compared to him just to be accepted by swifties. everybody went back to loving katy perry in less than five seconds. for six whole years, everybody blindly accepted joe as the false god london boy whose name screams new york.

i hope there's a bigger gameplan to justify mh.

it's really sad that even in 2023, she's relying on the serial dater image, a gross man, and the blind devotion of her fans for... what? to promote a tour that everybody was willing to sell their mortgages for? or the rerecordings of two of her most beloved albums?

[thestobingirlie]

Sorry I have to bitch about something I saw feel free to ignore.

Some Nancy stan on Twitter commented on a post that was about Natalia saying Steve was Nancy's first love saying this was not true. He loved her, but Nancy only felt puppy love for him. Which is fine on its own, but then two tweets later, they complained about Steve's stans saying Nancy gave Steve trust issues. Like you just basically agreed that Nancy didn't love Steve, played along for a year, but then Steve's not allowed to be hurt by it? Claiming he's fine because he's a serial dater in s4. Maybe he can't get into serious relationships because Nancy fucked him up by lying about her feelings and not giving him closure because she let him believe it's all his fault to this day. They say Steve's stans put him on a pedestal, but they are literally doing the same thing with Nancy.

so funny that they will literally ignore natalia herself when it comes to talking about nancy and her relationships. like… she’s literally nancy. if anyone knows what nancy was feeling, it’s natalia. she literally acted those scenes out!!

steve antis will contract themselves a lot, as long as it means putting steve down. if nancy didn’t love steve, and he thought she did for a year, just to find out she didn’t, then yeah, he’ll have trust issues. maybe he’ll be scared to dive into serious relationships because he won’t know for sure how the other person feels. no one is in a year long relationship, loving the other person, only to find out they blame you for someone’s death and thinks you and your love is bullshit, and is just fine after.

but they’re blinded by their hatred for steve, and refuse to have compassion for him, so i’m not surprised they said he would be fine.

and, i mean, if we’re talking about fans putting a character on a pedestal, i vaguely mention nancy having bad traits and i’m called a misogynist who should shut up. some of us can acknowledge flaws, and others can’t. two guesses which is which lmao.