#brb calling in sick forever

[calandrinon]

absolute 1000% emotional damage insta-kill option

that is me and also my mother

reading about personality disorders like

oh that's not me

that's a bit me

that's me, but at a subclinical level

yeah i guess that's me

what do you mean that's a personality disorder is this not just how everyone feels all of the time

ouch!

well fuck you too

[equallyshaw]

I do’s. feat. q hughes insta edit.

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Quinn is supposed to be like 30 here, fyi :) some random chaos lol

* they’ve known each other since they were both 15

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@missyhughes: little missy would be shocked to known that after 13 years of not speaking to one another, we’d be reunited and married🥹🤍

Tag: quinnhughes_

236.2k likes, 2.3k comments.

@elblue6: an absolute dream!! So grateful to have had you in our lives for over a decade, so glad the stars aligned for you two 🫶🏻

↳ @missyhughes: I love you so so much mama hughes !

@lhughes_6: welcome to the fam sis!

↳ @missyhughes: 😌😌

@missysdad: so happy for you child

↳ @missyhughes: thanks dad :)

@quinnhughes_: the second pic 😇

↳ @missyhughes: 😉😉

@quinnhughes_: so thankful to call you my wife 😌

↳ @missyhughes: I love you quinny!!!

@eliaspettersson: congrats missy!! So happy to have you two as neighbors :)

↳ @elliaspetterson: love you ! Grateful for your and Kelsey’s friendship

@kelseypettersson: favs finally got married 🥹

↳ @missyhughes: hehehe

@missyssister: drop. Dead. Gorgeous. Queen!

↳ @missyhughes: 😭😭🫶🏻

@missysbestfriend: maid of honor duties have officially ended I’m so sad

@missysbestfriend: but will never forget this weekend 🤍

↳ @missyhughes: I LOVE U FOREVER MAID OF HONOR

@brockboser: favs

↳ @missyhughes: 😎😎

@kenziarkin: iconic bride !

↳ @missyhughes: Thankyou for everything kenz!!

@mandyhughes: (Luke’s new wife) so glad to have been on our journeys together 🤗

↳ @misshughes: I know 😭 gonna go cry brb

@bradytkachuk: lovebirds

↳ @missyhughes: 🤗🤗

@sashacoleman: (jacks new fiancé/ baby mama) ahhh!! love you love you

↳ @misshughes: love you too!! So grateful to have you in our lives :)

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@quinnhughes_: 15 year old, freshman quinn would be quite literally, freaking out that we secured this rare pearl of a human🤍

Tag: missyhughes, elblue6, jackhughes and lhughes_6

334k likes, 7.8k comments.

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@fanone: get that coin sis

@fantwo: biggest gold digger in the league

↳ @fanthree: lol. They’ve known each other for like 15 years…i don’t think that’s the case but go off I guess

@jackhughes: finally…took quinnie a decade and a half to realize you were the one. #finnallyhitched !

@missyhughes: 😇😇

@missyhughes: can’t believe this is real life 🥹

@brockboesr: anybody that says anything stupid will be blocked

↳ @elliaspetterson: RT ^^

@fanfour: anybody that’s says that she’s only a quinn for one reason are idiots

@dylanlarkin: congrats guys! Sick weekend

↳ @quinnhughes_: thanks brotha!

@trevorzegras: 😎😎 partners in crime 4 lyfe

↳ @missyhughes: 🫡🫡

↳ @quinnhughes_: 🥰

@colecaufield: besties

@elblue6: congrats you two! Such a great weekend…i wanna do it again ☺️

↳ @missyhughes: LETS!!

↳ @quinnhughes_: * checks calender*

@vancouvercanucks: congratulations you two! Welcome to the fam, @missyhughes

↳ @missyhughes: Thankyou, love you guys!

@njdevils: congratulations are in order for all the hughes this summer ☺️

↳ @missyhughes: yes!! Thankyou so much!

↳ @lhughes_6: you know it ;)

↳ @jackhughes: hehe

↳ @mandyhughes: love you sissy in law !

↳ @missyhughes: I love you two!! Semi blondes unite!

@bradytckachuk: 🥱🥱

↳ @quinnhughes_: suck it.

@matthewtckachuk: mom and dad

↳ @missyhughes: 👨‍👩‍👦 child

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Random tags:

@quinnhughess @hugheshugs @hugheswhore @jayda12 @hockeyboysarehot @slafgoalskybaby @fallinallincurls

[to2llynottoby]

rules: shuffle your likes or your favorite playlist and post the first ten tracks (and say a little something about them if you want!)

Doing my likes cause I want to see what insane tonal whiplash I get from all the music I listen to

Ezekiel Saw De Wheel - Louis Armstrong: One of my favorite spirituals and this is such a great version of it.

Move Along - All American Rejects: BANGERS ONLY BIONICLE COMMERCIAL CLASSIC

Across The Great Divide - Nanci Griffith: Thank you female folk vocalists I owe you my life. Top ten songs to wistfully reflect to

All My Friends Are Nobodies - Zebrahead: Goes hard. Zebrahead rules and not just because I like their version of His World. This song was on Tony Hawk 1+2 Remastered and that game owns.

Pico - Friday Night Funkin: Shoutouts to this sick soundtrack. I love fake vocals. Ba Bee Bo

Forever and Ever - Pooh's Grand Adventure: I wanna call your name forever. And you will always answer, "forever" :'). brb sobbing

All Out Of Love - Air Supply: I don't care if it's corny I love Air Supply. This song, Even The Nights Are Better, Making Love Out Of Nothing At All, just the BEST love songs to clench your fist and belt out (even if it's a little high)

Have A Short Rest - Persona 5: Sue me, this soundtrack is kickass

White Collar Holler - Stan Rogers: Fantastic song and also hilarious. Who would've thought to make a completely played straight worker song about a bored to death office worker.

That Summer - Garth Brooks: HE'S JUST LIKE ME FR

This was super fun, I love doing stuff like this and just taking an inventory of all my different music. Thanks for prompting me to do this ixaca!

I'm tagging @narwhaled-wheatfield @tactfulsaboteur @prehistwhoreic @vi-sigoth @foxmulderswaifu5ever @khanuckle @a-certain-nigerian-toyota and anyone else who wants to!

[menggemaskan]

a list for the music lovers who want raw emotion:

- blue rain boots: ladies and gentlemen (the part where ‘who cares she makes me happy’ will never stop being amazing and i scream it every time)

- the backseat lovers: maple syrup (‘did it hurt?’ yeah buddy i’m sobbing rn is this what you want?? 10/10)

- sarah’s and the sundays: moving on (a little more upbeat but also not?? idk amazing)

- barcelona: please don’t go (this ripped my fucking heart out man it’s so slow and sad i will cry to this forever)

- bedroom: in my head (it’s scary accurate but it’s the vibeiest song i love it)

- blue rain boots: look like people (‘raise your fist make demands/ then sit back/ what’s your plan’ i felt that)

- conan gray: crush culture (little more mainstream but ‘this baby is love proof’ cut me)

edit:

- the backseat lovers: kilby girl

- the backseat lovers: just a boy (‘heart attacks in my chest… i think we both know the rest’ legitimately killed me. amazing. never been done before.)

- the backseat lovers: sinking ship (GOODNESS, GOLLY, GOOD GOD, MARY AND JOSEPH, ZUES AND HERA, NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE!!!!! YOU WILL NEVER EVER NOT CATCH ME SCREAMING THE LINE ‘your eyes used to wander, but now they sit in place… i’m sick of all of the nothin on your face’ and also when it says ‘i don’t want to be the ball to your chain’ damn straight relationships feel called out rn)

- blue rain boots: won’t you be with me (when brb goes off on the last ‘won’t you be with me’ you can just feel it in their voice)

[pebiejeebies]

Literally can’t thank you enough for this, I remember when my eyesight used to get worse when I was younger, my parents didn’t listen UNTIL I begged them EVERY. FUKVINH. DAY.

it’s exhausting, worst part is I have to self diagnose BECAUSE of that

it took me forever to get myself a therapist (which isn’t helping me at ALL)

All she really “helped” me with is just “Do this. EVEN IF YOU DONT WANT TO” but HOW?? HOW DO I DO SOMETHING I DONT WANT TO? “Just try harder”

it’s sick, everyone belittles my struggles and call me lazy even if I really tried

My dad says he might have to check up on me since I definitely have something wrong with my sacrum (aka the bone in between my spine and legs)

but that’s ALL they care about, I want to show them IM RIGHT, I DO have these things I’m self diagnosing myself with

I DONT CARE IF IM WRONG ABOUT SOMETHING. I KNOW IM RIGHT ABOUT MORE OF THEM.

If I even tell dad that I definitely have Maladaptive Daydreaming, he’s gonna fucking normalize it in the most sickening way possible and I can FEEL it

“Everyone likes to daydream every now and then darling” Really? EVERYDAY? EVERY TIME? I don’t think so dad.

look, my dad’s awesome and all, but when it comes to disabilities and disorders, he fucking normalizes them in the most sickening ways possible, then just walks out of my room thinking I’ll be fine

at this point it’s my FAMILY saying I’m fine, not even me anymore

I used to lie and say I’m fine and now they’re doing it to me and my VERY. OBVIOUS. DISABILITIES.

I KNOW there’s something wrong, all I can do is sit there and watch myself slowly rot silently

..

So. if poeple struggling to study is normal, why can’t I open a book? Why can’t I watch a video without zoning out, getting a head ache, AND misunderstanding everything? HM?? oh cause you’re lazy/not used to it yet!

DAD. MOM. IM NOT THAT SMART LITTLE GIRL ANYMORE.

WAKE UP.

..

I’m scared to talk about it to them, I’m sick of how they normalize this

maybe if I start dying in front of them they’ll notice :)

(I can’t stop crying brb)

I saw your vent.. I WANNA HUG YOUU are you alright??!!/gen :(

YEAH!! DW BOUT IT <3 IM DOING GREAT NOW!!

ugh my chronic illness gets so bad so suddenly hansnhsbbbdv

[confusions-shed-of-ideas]

Ophilia's Chapter 1, Badly Summarised

(Yes I do plan on doing this for everyone and all their chapters at some point but shh be patient I haven't finished any chapter 4s yet beside one of them)

Ophilia: Hi I'm Ophilia Clement and I'm a sister at the Church of the Sacred Flame

Lianna: Hi I'm Lianna and I'm the archbishop's daughter

Ophilia: Hello Lianna!

Lianna: Hello Ophilia! May the Sacred Flame light your path

Ophilia: You too!

Lianna: Oh boy I have to do the pilgrimage soon

Lianna: Ah I shouldn't worry about it I'm sure it'll all go fine!

*Insert foreshadowing*

Ophilia: Wow you're so cool, I can't believe you can do all of this by yourself

Lianna: Well I have you and everyone else at the cathedral to support me and I'm very grateful for it

Ophilia: You are??

Lianna: Yes!!

Ophilia: *happy sister noises*

Lianna: *also happy sister noises*

Lianna: Aight let's go see Father

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Lore time! A long time ago there were 13 gods who created the world and humanity and stuff but this one god called Galdera was like "nah I'm not gonna govern them from afar guess what I'm EVIL now" and all the other gods were like "oh no Galdera's evil now" and so there's an epic fight and Aelfric the Flamebringer seals Galdera away with magic fire and now the Sacred Flame exists to protect the people. Yay!

Ophilia: Hello Your Excellency

Archbishop Josef: Ophilia you're my adopted daughter you can call me Father

Ophilia: Okay Your Excellency!

Archbishop Josef:

Ophilia: Anyways I just want to thank you for taking me in when I was an orphan I'll be forever grateful for you Your Excellency

Lianna: C'mon Ophilia we're family you don't have to thank us for simply being here with you

Ophilia: *happy Ophilia noises*

Archbishop Josef: Okay Lianna so now we need to talk about your pilgrimage. You have to find the First Flame in the Cave of Origin and bring its embers around to the other churches to spread the light. This is called the Kindling btw

Lianna: Okay Father

Archbishop Josef: A lot of people have died on this journey because it is very dangerous

Lianna: 👁👄👁

Archbishop Josef: But dw I'm sure you can do it I believe in you

Archbishop Josef: *starts coughing*

Ophilia and Lianna: omg Father/Your Excellency are you alright??

Archbishop Josef: Yeah lol dw about it I'm just getting old

Ophilia and Lianna: Oh alr. But let us take care of everything because you should get some rest.

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*Later*

Lost child: Oh no I'm lost in the church where's my mom

Ophilia: Don't worry I'll help you find your mom

*Legit just walks outside the church because video game logic*

Ophilia: There I found her

Lost child: Yay mother! Thank you Sister Ophilia

Lost child's mom: Thank you Sister Ophilia

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*Back at the cathedral*

Mattias: Hi my name's Mattias and I'm a trader here to find His Excellency the Archbishop I'm totally not sus btw ^^

Ophilia: What an honour to meet you, my name is Ophilia!

Mattias: Oh so you're Sister Ophilia I've heard so much about you your dad talks a lot about you and your sister y'know

Mattias: Also I'm here to help your sister for the Kindling

Cleric: SISTER OPHILIA IT'S A DISASTER THE ARCHBISHOP HAS COLLAPSED

Ophilia: OH NO WHAT

Ophilia: I'M SORRY MATTIAS I HAVE TO GO NOW

Mattias: Don't worry about me go help the Archbishop

Mattias: *stares at the screen ominously as he walks away*

(No seriously he was doing that and he had a little thought bubble above his head too and all)

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Cleric: Okay so the Archbishop is very sick rn we should let him rest

Lianna: Oh wait I still have to do the Kindling

Lianna: But my dad's dying

Lianna: I need fresh air for a moment brb

Ophilia: I know she says she needs fresh air but I should help her

*Outside*

Lianna: My dad is dying and I have to do the pilgrimage and I don't know if I'll ever see him again what do I dooooooooooo

Ophilia's inner monologue time, GO!

My sister has always been my best friend. Ever since I lost my parents and came to stay with the Archbishop, I always thought that I'd be alone forever, lost in a world of ever growing darkness without light to see my own path. Then, Lianna came. She was the one who guided me to the light. she showed me her favourite place in town, and she taught me that I wasn't alone. I was her family. I would never be alone as long as I had those to guide me, and in turn I would guide them, away from the sorrows which trap us and towards the light... Now, I must help her too

Ophilia: *internally* Wait what if I do the pilgrimage for her so she can stay by our father's side

Ophilia: Yeah that seems like a good idea

Ophilia: Even if it’s a super bad sin to go there without permission

Ophilia: Cave of Origin, here I come!

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*At the cave*

Guardian of the First Flame: Yo what up if you call yourself the flambringer then you must prove your worth

Ophilia: What

*Epic boss battle commences*

Ophilia: Oh yay we won

Ophilia: I guess I can take Aelfric's lanthorn now and do pilgrimage stuff

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*Back at the church*

Lianna: Ophilia omg where have you been we were all so worried

Archbishop Josef: *coughing noises* Hello girls please don't be too worried I will be fine soon

*Foreshadowing*

Archbishop Josef: Anyways about the Kindling

Ophilia: Yeah about that...

Ophilia: I kind of went ahead and... did it

Lianna: You what

Archbishop Josef: You what

Achrbishop Josef: Lianna please leave the room I need to talk to your sister for a moment

Lianna: You aren’t going to punish her right

Archbishop Josef: Dw about it I just need to talk

Lianna: Alright then Father please take care of yourself *leaves*

Archbishop Josef: You did it so Lianna could stay by my side right

Ophilia: Yes Your Excellency forgive me for I have sinned-

Archbishop Josef: Aight y'know what I think we can roll with this let's go tell the others that Ophilia's doing it now

Archbishop Josef: Also I haven't told Lianna this yet but I think I'm gonna die soon

Ophilia: Wait what? But Father-

Archbishop Josef: Now go, my child, journey forth to do the Kindling

Archbishop Josef: Oh hey she called me Father

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*With the traders, probably*

(This doesn't actually happen I thought it'd be funny)

Trader: Hey guys did you hear that Sister Ophilia's doing the Kindling now?

Mattias: She's what-

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK

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I'm so sorry for this

[mingi-bubu]

Watch “Youth With You” with Me!

Episode 10 Part 2

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o.o’

long time no see?

heh..

but ok we are back  to the races so to speak alkfajlsd

im sorry for being not as responsible as i couldve been for this show

truth be told i kiinda....

idk i kinda got sick of them?  like..i love them

we know i love them

but like i think maybe the pressure of knowing what would happen got to me?

idk but its fine im back now you know

according to e10 p1, we left of with mings going to his spot as ... third?

I have my water, i have water boiling on the stove for pasta, my phone is plugged in

so as mr sm leaked tiger inside and then realized before cutting out as soon as he started his versse mark lee would say, lezgeddit

oh fuck i forgot xixi was crying a lil bit oh we starting out in pain, lads

huaiweiiiiii

MINGMING SMILE I

wenxuannnieee ah

guan yue and hanhan

god yixng looks so good

wenhan looks so good

wenxuan is so happy for his gege T.T

2 mill difference in votes

my jaw is dropped

AND YOU HAVENT DISAPPOINTED ME BABE

da-ge and han-ge

OH CALL HIM THE FUCK OUT ALDKFJASLD;KJ

he said some poeple here are elderly hmmm

CHEEKIESSS

WENXUAN PLEASE MY EHART

WHY AM I TEAREING OUP

oh shit the subtle shade thown at his company i am

jiayi baobei,,,,

i will force good luck to ccome to you sir

yixing looks v proud i do feel god in this chilis tonight

zhanyu black hair my third eye is WIDE THE FUCK OPEN

wangzhe lifting guan yue

THE WAY THAT HANHAN DEADASS DID THE LEAST WITH YOUWEI JUST TO FUCKING LAUNCH HIMSELF AT YANGYANG I

yuehua sucks but yuehua bros are forever

who is the last to make it

FUCKING

FINE

ball pit?

dashcon????

KOALA

junjie and hanyu im dufadkfaej;

wenxuan is so cute im so in lvoe

i am propsing

YAOCHI

HE SO CMSILE

youwei i look

the soound effects oh my god

 aflaksdjfas theyre having fun i love it

MANS FULL ON DISAPPEARED ADLJF;LS

longahn

shenshen baobei

hauiwei just cautiouslfalksdjfaewjkf

WEIWEI IM SCREAMIGN

HUAIWEI YOU LOVELY BALL OF SUNSHINE I WOULD DIE FOR YOU

youwei and his long ass fuck model lets

BITCH

IS YOU OK THOUGH

FUCKING NERD I CANT STAND HIM

youwei am i propoisng still?

unforntuanetly i am in love

please be understaning in these tyring times

sun zelin’s oh may gah

i love

MADLAKFJ;ALWEKJARGA

HE DISAPPEARED LMAOOOOO

i love that htey keep disappearing

its so funny

zhanyu i am proposing

jiayi you babieeee

mr. tyger bros T.T

oh i should check on my pasta brb

WAFD;JALKDS HEUAJLIER

ok oh fuck yao chi looks SO good with this hair

but his current longer hairstyle???

chef’s kiss

ok time to check on pasta

fr this time brb

ok my pasta is bowled and coolign sligthly

shall we continue with these dramatic chinese men doing their best?

aslfkasdk the blatent ads i hate it

that looks so faake i cnannot stand them

junjie looks like a mushroom i love him

yeah that means nothing wehn i cant read chinese but okay

oh no longhan baobMINGZE BAOBEI PELAE

NO SHUT THE FUCKI HATE IT HERE

I CRY TOO

HUAIWEI FUCK

ALDKSFJA;SDLKF YIXING AND LONGHAN’S RELATIONSHIP HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO FUN TO SEE

sidenote longhan is currently on the variety show gagman so support him a lot

mingze plesae

why the FUCK AM I DO CRYING A LOT

the yaoshi friendship means so mcuh to me no one look at me i am sobbing

wenxuannnnn

zhanyu profiel ugh

shao haofan had aaldkfa;sd

he was going to hand the mic over instead of giving the high five i love men

22nd is....wenxuan

yangyang looks so distaurght

hanhan looks so upset

shut iup i am cryign at how he calls yangyang er-ge

fuck off everyone no one look at me

you may not cry so i’ll cry for you babe

hanhan looks so disappointed in himself i dont like it here

its between gu landi and chen tao for 21st and 20th spots

oh they get to go up to the lil podium stage thing omg

fancy fancie

yao chi looks so intensely hopeful

chen tao is 20th so he gets to keep moving forward

yixing dimple

i love that chen tao remembers to thank the staff

junjie be crying hmmm

i HATE IT HERE YAO CHI BAOBEI NO

fuck

STOP HES SOBBING I HATE IT HERE

STOP IM SOBBING WITH HIM

CANT I JUST PLEASE GIVE THEM ALL HUGS PLEASE

huaiwei no please

all my boys are crying and so am i

this song theyre playing sucks though

oh yeah the senior seniors

lowkey highkey forgot they can have a say too

also no one talk to me about how hot huaiwei was in his performance

i think all three are gonna be arleady called names

plases just let another one of my boys makeJUNJIEEEEE

IM HUAIWEI

im so happy for ihim

i love his and huaiwei and hanyu’s friendship so much

okay the next trainee to make it is....already been called

and it was shiyuan

i do be love him though

last envelope

oh god...

i am so nervous

third pick is.....shao haofan!

do is the next episode the mentor stages?

please let me see that

i know longhan does yixings song and i despereately need to see that in hd

zhanyu is so pretty i miss him

god theres so few of them i

im hate how dsad yangyang looks

FYCJK WHY IS THE BOWING MAKING ME CRY

yes longhan you do make people laugh i love you so much bleasee

the way that yangyang looks so desponalfkjalsdkjf

ohhhh the fucking running to wenxuan im

crying

i HATE THE ELIMINATION EPISODES

yangyang pelase

show me the mr. tyger boys

let my heart be destroyed by zhanyu

hanyu and wenxuan fuck

aww wang jiayi and hauiwei

fuck this fucking show

and i already knew the outcomes for most of my picks too

how dare i get attatcehed

final mission

yao chi has cookie monster

next  mission is

hidden from us??

cowards

SPECIAL STAGE

MENTOR STAGE BABIE

ALKSDJFLA;KSDJF IM SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS HTISJFADFJ;KA

I LOVE SO MANY OF HTESE STAGES

i literally cannot wait to see jolin and yixings stages

oh and we’ve reached the end of the episode

i am emotionally distraught

everything hurts

and i feel like sobbing

how are y’all doing?

im gonna be real i really dont rmemebr a lot of the performances from the previous stage

like

i knwo mingming’s bc the fantatic fucking suit but like

what else hppened you know

maybe bc it’s been so long for me

but yeah anyway this is the end of the episode

thank you for reading!!!

make sure to support the boys in their current endeavours!!

stay safe and stay healthy <333

[themarauderstheoutsidersandpeggy]

I 100% feel that Sirius would deliberately not tell his partner he was an animagus (or at least not WHAT he was) for a really long time,but would randomly change into his dog form because his partner would get so excited and happy to see the dog, and then he would leave the room, shift back to human, wait a minute then come back in and act like he'd been doing something else. I had to share this with somebody. Sorry its a mess.

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(I’m a sucker for all the fics that are him finding the reader alone in his dog form so I’m gonna do some of that but also some of him ‘doing something else’ for five minutes too)

The first time that he ‘happened across you while in dog form yes it was accidental shut up Moony I promise’

Was when you were at the black lake studying

You two had just had a fight and you couldn’t really see the book through your tears 

But you were trying to

You eventually gave up and leaned your head back on a tree and just cried

You heard a few twigs snap and tried to look like you weren’t just bawling in case it was one of Sirius’ friends or a slytherin or someone you didn’t want seeing you like that

But instead of a jerky slytherin or James or Remus 

It was doggo

Just a doggo

A large black dog who looked legitimately concerned for the wellbeing of someone he’d just met

He literally wasn’t even deterred by you being a stranger either he just walked up to you and pushed his head into your hand

Of course you frickin pet him

hE WaS A dOG??!?!

You literally have to pet a dog if you see one I don’t make the rules

Doggo law™

He was relatively chill and just laid in your lap

He let you pet him (Imagine Sirius knowing full well he’s the reason you’re crying but also knowing he’s the reason you’re cheering up and being the cockiest little shi-)

He flopped his entire body onto your lap even though he was the size of you and not exactly a lap dog

He’s got the same ‘i sOrTa fit’ mentality that most large doggos do

You call him a GoodBoi™ and he literally hates himself for how hAPPY it makes him

Someone send help dear god

But he could hear James chasing Lily out to the lake so he had to leave

gOttA bLasT

He ran away but promised himself that he’d apologize to you and also approach you as Padfoot more often because he loved that

The second time that he did it

He was sitting with you and you were running your hands through his hair

And he was like omg hold on I have an iDEA

So he was like brb babe gotta go set up a prank

*wink wonk*

He ran tf out and you were like okay?? Um??

He oh so conveniently left the door open

You laid back on his bed and ‘swear I won’t sleep’

Lmao you were dozing off when the bed dipped and you sat up expecting to see Sirius

But instead

IT WAS THE DOG

THE ONE DOG THAT YOU SAW LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO THAT YOU LITERALLY NEVER SAW AGAIN

You were pretty confused tbh bc why here and now and how did he get into the castle without being seen and how did he even get to Hogwarts in the first place and what

He didn’t give you much time to think though bc he sorta tackled you

You were pinned down to the bed and he was pretending like he wasn’t squishing you

True dog fashion

You started petting him and he just melted onto you

He was liquid doggo

Melted

He was so relaxed that he didn’t hear James and Remus coming up the stairs

“And so after I threw the stinkbomb I knew I had to run- oh! Sirius finally told you!”

“What? Told me what?” 

You were so confused

“Uhm that he’s- oWW”

The dog had literally lunged at James and bitten his arm

“OW OW OW OKAY LOSER I WON’T SAY ANYTHING SWEET CHRIST YOUR TEETH ARE SHARP”

The dog let go of James’ arm and ran out of the door

You wanted to follow but you also knew that you’d never be able to catch up

So you stayed 

Sirius walked in like two minutes later

“Oh hello Sirius, whatever were you doing just now?” James was too condescending for someone who’d just had his arm nearly ripped off

“Oh, just telling Lily that you pee the bed every night”

“wAIT DID YOU REALLY?! SIRIUS?!”

He just jumped on the bed and laid on top of you

You ran your hands through his hair again and he shuddered bc it felt so good omg

The third time was when you were iN CLASS FFS

Sirius had stayed out ‘sick’

And all of a sudden the door opened

Not that professor Bins noticed

You didn’t see anything come into the classroom and you figured that it was just Peeves

But then a lITERAL DOG HEAD POPPED OUT OF THIN AIR RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR HAND UNDER THE DESK

It took so much in you not to scream

You’re so glad you sit in the back

He just stared at you wagging his tail like he did nothing wrong

“What are you doing here? This is my class?” You hissed

He just whined quietly and slipped his head back under the cloak

You figured that he had just come across it in James’ dorm bc he’s been in there before man

And you thought he had left but then you felt him get up on your lap instead

“Um, I’m in class?! I need to focus! You need to leave!”

You supposed you looked really insane

Talking to air

The only thing he did was squeeze his head into your chest and just push it onto you

You know when dogs to that

Just like try to adhere themselves to you

He sat in your lap throughout the entire class and he didn’t make any loud noises he is so proud :’)

If anyone wants a part two, please send in a request for one, I’d love to write it!

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[sugarcoated-pain]

Heavy Rotation-Part Two

Alright guys, I know it’s been a while but I’ve finally finished Part Two of my series, Heavy Rotation. 

Best Friends to Lovers (eventually) trope- original character + Ashton 

Part One

Warnings: Cussing and drinking. I think that’s about it though. 

Another giant thanks to my homegirl @sublimehood for helping again! 

“Come on, guys! Just one more game!” I beg, bouncing on the loveseat next to Ashton. I'm sitting cross-legged with my knee against his thigh and he has not moved away. I take small victories where I can get them. In the three months I've lived with these guys, I've started a little game I secretly like to call 'how much can I flirt with Ashton without anybody noticing’.

“No fucking way. Absolutely not.” Calum replies as he abandons his place on the couch next to Georgia to get another beer.

“You kicked our asses FOURTEEN times! Why the hell would we keep playing?” Mikey declares indignantly, tossing the Wii controller on the coffee table.

“Yeah I’m fucking done.” Luke chimes in.

“Don’t be sore losers. It’s very unattractive.” I add condescendingly, eliciting a chuckle from Georgia.

Ashton takes a swig off of his beer before contributing to the conversation, “I’m still playing. I came THIS fucking close to winning last round! But you have to change your character this time. No more ‘Lucky Luigi’. “ he mocks, “and we’re doing Battle Mode.”

“Deal!”

Just as the next round starts, I hear a knock at the door.

“I’ll get it.” Mikey says as he jumps up to answer the door. “Oh. Hey Camille, come on in.” Oh, NOW he moves his leg. Typical.

“Hey babe! What're you doin here?”Ashton asks, pausing the game and standing up to greet her.  

“Uh, you said we could go to the club tonight, remember?” She shoots me a glare, potentially having noticed how close he and I were just sitting. I roll my eyes and unpause the game while Ashton is distracted and proceed to kick his ass.

“GODDAMNIT EMMA! You little shit!” He laughs “Come on, not cool!” He shouts, grabbing his Wii controller and pausing it once again. “The club, that's right, “ he adds, hearing Camille's impatient huff as she crosses her arms. “Yeah no problem, let me just get changed. You guys wanna come?” He asks the room at large. To Camille’s clear delight, no one else was interested.

The two of them were gone within fifteen minutes, and it wasn’t long after when Luke and Michael retreated to their rooms. I continue playing Mario Kart with Georgia while Calum rests his feet in her lap, leaning back on the couch and browsing aimlessly on his cell phone.

“BRB.” Cal says, eliciting an eye roll from myself and Georgia, as he gets up and heads down the hall to the bathroom.

No sooner do we hear the door close than Georgia pauses the game and rounds on me. “Alright, spill.” She demands.

“Uh.. you're gonna need to be a little more specific.”

“You and Ashton! Something is definitely happening between the two of you...” Georgia watches me with intrigue as an excited grin passes over her face.

I unpause the game nonchalantly. “I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.”

“Oh come on, Em!” She pauses the game yet again. “I know you better than that by now. You can trust me.”

I sigh, and look around the room to make sure no one else is around. “Okay. Fine. I may or may not have ...slightly more than platonic feelings for him...” Georgia lets out an excited squeal, but I cut her off before she can say anything “BUT. I have no intention of ever acting on this. He has a girlfriend and I am not here for guys. I am here to make music and I'm not letting anybody distract me.”

“Seriously?! 'His girlfriend’ is awful and you know it. He deserves WAY better than her. And what if he feels the same way you do?”

“What if who feels the same way?” Of course Calum walks back into the room at that exact moment. He makes his way back to his spot on the couch, eyeing us both curiously.

“NOBODY!” I shout a little too quickly, glaring at Georgia, who is now wide eyed and holding her hands over her mouth.

He grins mischievously and leans closer to her while watching me curiously.  “Nope. I'm not buyin it. I know what I heard. Come on. I'll get it out of her sooner or later so you might as well just tell me…”

Georgia looks like she's about to explode. “UGH fine!” I snap and bury my head in my hands.

“EMMA HAS FEELINGS FOR ASHTON!” she whisper-shouts excitedly, bouncing a little as she says it.

Calum grins. “Excellent! Let's call him and tell him right now. I bet he dumps that dumb bitch on the spot!”

“NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! He cannot find out! Do you understand me?? Neither one of you can ever speak a word or this!” I demand frantically.

“Emma, he's my best friend. I can't NOT tell him something like this.” He replies, pulling out his cell phone.

I immediately slap it out of his hand and onto the floor. “I'm dead serious. He is currently in a relationship and I, on the other hand, am not looking for a relationship. Ashton can't ever find out. Nobody can. PLEASE. I'm begging you.”

They exchange a look. “Fine, I won't say anything.” Cal replies with a huff, glaring at me angrily as he reaches to pick up his phone.

“But Em, I know you don't really want to be single forever.. don't you ever get lonely?” Georgia asks.

“That's what Tinder is for. I'm not interested in anything more than a one night stand right now, and roommates slash best friends are NOT one night stand material.” I pick my cell phone up off the coffee table and start to get up. “I'm going to bed, but please promise me you will keep this between us?” They both nod.

Once in my room, I plop onto my bed with a deep sigh. Guess I took my little game too far, but no more. It’s time to get serious and stop daydreaming about the guy across the hall. No more flirting. No more touching. It’s music time. I grab my favorite journal that has my best song lyrics written in it, and climb out my window onto the fire escape. In my first week in the apartment, I discovered one of my favorite places in the whole world : our rooftop. With a perfect view of the LA skyline, it is by far the best place in this building for song writing. There isn't a ton of space up there, just room for a couple of people comfortably. I found that out in my second week here when I went up there only to discover I'm not the only one who uses this hideout. Ashton was already sitting there, but he let me join him. And of course, we talked music, cracked stupid jokes, shared a joint, and had deep philosophical conversations for hours- the usual “just friends” stuff, right?

I was glad to know he wouldn't be up there tonight though. I needed my rooftop spot for thinking and writing. With my favorite fuzzy throw blanket around my shoulders, I start writing. All my thoughts and emotions from the day easily flow out of me, through my lucky red gel pen and onto the paper. Lately, my writing has mostly revolved around my feelings for two things: my dramatic change in scenery, and Ashton. I hold it back and fight it off as best as I can in the daylight, but up here alone, I can’t help writing about him. What can I say, he seems to be my muse. After I’m completely drained of words and energy, I head back down the fire escape to go to bed.

The next day starts out the same as any other.  Camille stayed over and is walking around in one of Ashton’s shirts and little else, which makes me sick to my stomach so I avoid the kitchen at all costs until it’s time to head downstairs for work. It’s my turn to open the record store. Everybody else will probably wander down whenever they feel like it. Joys of being the newbie.

I go through the opening checklist that the guys made for me, and finally open the doors. It's a Saturday so we will probably be busy later in the day, but nobody is ever here first thing in the morning. I wander around hunting for busy work to do, but eventually end up sitting behind the counter doodling on receipt paper. After a while, Luke comes down to start his shift in the store, and I see that someone has opened up the recording studio.

As one would expect, my obsession with that studio has only grown in the time I've been there. Once Luke gets settled, I casually wander through that heavy purple curtain, under the guise of making sure the trash cans were emptied the night before. Ashton is already helping some random musician nobody has ever heard of record their album. I'm fascinated by everything happening in the room- the buttons, the knobs,the lights, the flawless human being operating them all so effortlessly.

“Oh! Hey Em. I didn't see ya there.” His voice breaks me from my trance.

“Morning.. I'm just .. uh.. just making sure the trash was taken out in here last night…” I reply as I quickly grab the nearest can.

“Bullshit. I watched you empty them last night.” Ashton chuckles. “You're just trying to get close to the board again to see how it works….”

“Yep. That's definitely all I was looking at. You caught me..”

“Well, come on then.” He motions for me to take the chair next to him.

“Seriously?!”

“Yeah. This is a pretty easy client. Good one for you to learn on. Sit down.” I hop over to the empty swivel chair excitedly. Ashton shakes his head with a small laugh at my enthusiasm, and then begins talking through the different steps in the process. I force myself to concentrate on the words he is telling me, and not the way his perfect hazel eyes light up when he talks about something he's really passionate about.

After about thirty minutes, Luke frantically pops his head into the studio. “There you are! Come on, Emma, I’m gettin my ass kicked out here!”

“Oops sorry!” I bounce up quickly to follow him out, before turning back to Ashton. “Hey thanks for showin me this stuff.. It was awesome.”

He smiles. “Anytime.”

My shift goes by in a blur after that. Any moments not involving customers are spent daydreaming about my time with Ashton this morning. That nagging part of my brain that knows he’s off limits tries to stop me, but I can’t help myself. He was so sweet and patient with me today. Since I’ve gotten here, Ash has definitely been the most interested in my music and the most supportive on my path to learn more about the music industry in general. I know by now that this is just the type of guy he is, but there is another part of me that wishes it was more than that.

The guys have band practice scheduled that evening. There’s a small, old warehouse attached to the back of the store that Liz let’s them practice in. They’re pretty good together but their practices are entertaining as hell to sit in on. Georgia and I have started bringing snacks and booze to watch. We even recently made a drinking game out of some of the stuff that regularly happens. I lay out a blanket on the floor for us to sit on and start setting up camp while Georgia playfully feeds popcorn to Calum while he’s getting ready. They’re so cute I could puke.

“Hey G, first shot of the game. Mikey’s late again.” I say as I pour cheap vodka into two dixie cups. Georgia takes hers as she sits down next to me on the blanket.

“Cheers.” she says, holding it out as if to toast. I clank my plastic cup to hers and down it in one quick motion.

Michael finally shows up and practice begins. I pour white wine into two red solo cups for Georgia and I.

Relaxing a bit as they finally start playing, I find a comfortable sitting position and take in the music. They're actually getting better, even in just the few months I've been here. But what I really love about their practices is how passionate they all are about their music, particularly Ashton. The way he moves when playing the drums, the intensity in his face. It's mesmerising.

“I've got an idea for another one..” Georgia says in a low tone with a mischievous grin, leaning closer to me. “YOU have to take a drink every time I catch you checking Ashton out.”

“GODDAMNIT GEORGIA!” It's meant to be a whisper but it comes out as more of a hiss, as I look around frantically making sure nobody else heard her.

She laughs, “Actually, make it a shot this time. You were practically drooling.”

As I pour another shot into my dixie cup, I glare at her. “I hate you.” Georgia laughs again as I throw back my shot.

Practice continues and I make an extra effort not to look at Ashton. This is apparently an impossible task for me at this point. His energy on that drum kit is like a black hole sucking me in. I try to find other things to focus on. I stare at Luke for a while. He’s pretty enough to keep my attention, right?

“OH! Luke touched his hair. Take a drink.” I say. Georgia and I both drink.

“And now Ashton is drumming on something that isn’t his drums. Drink.” Georgia said, smirking in my direction.

“Are you purposely drawing my attention to him drumming on his thighs so I have to drink AGAIN?” I shake my head and take another drink while she laughs at me as the guys start playing their next song. Within a matter of seconds, I realize I don’t recognize it. I’ve been overly familiar with all the covers they usually play, and now know the couple of originals they’ve thrown in but this one is different.

“Is this an original?” I ask Georgia curiously.

“I guess so.” She shrugs.

It’s surprisingly good. I’m actually genuinely enjoying this song. It’s heartfelt and emotional, raw even. It has a different feel than most of the other songs they play, but in a really good way. They stop a couple times during the song to discuss aspects of it, and I can tell they aren’t completely happy with it, particularly Ashton.

“There’s just something about the bridge that didn’t feel right.” He says, tapping his drumstick absentmindedly on his knee, as he often does when he’s thinking. They continue debating it for a couple minutes, struggling to agree with what was missing from the sound.

“For the bridge, what if you switch the vocals only to a minor key, but keep the guitar in major?” I chime in loudly. Everybody stops talking and turns to me.

“What?!” Luke asks, apparently stunned that I would speak up during their sacred practice.

“No that’s actually a REALLY good idea. You up for trying it, Luke?” Ashton asks, with a quick smile at me. I really hope I’m not blushing but I’m almost positive I am. Luke shrugs. They start the bridge over, but this time with Luke singing the lead in a minor key. It sounds a million times better, or maybe I’m biased. Georgia turns to me, completely impressed. They finish the song, and Ashton is beaming at me. The other guys nod their approval, looks of mild shock on their faces. They all thank me and compliment me on the idea.

When they’re all finished, Ashton walks over to me. “That was seriously a genius tip.”

“Ha. Thanks. It was already an excellent song, just needed a little tweak.” I shrug, hoping again I’m not fucking blushing.

“You really like it? That means a lot. I wrote this one.”

“I’m not surprised at all.” I say quickly under my breath.  

“What is that supposed to mean?” He asks with a curious smirk.

“Never mind.” I answer as I finish packing up our little picnic site to head back upstairs.

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Part Seven

Part Eight

[parks-involving-water]

Review: Midnight by Set It Off

Okay let's just get straight to it. Yall know I’m a slut for Set It Off. This is just gonna be me going in-depth into all of my favorite parts of the songs and lyrics. Les go

1. Killer In The Mirror

This has been a bop since DAY ONE are you kidding me????? The sampling? The sheer amount of fuck you energy? The fast part during the pre-chorus? The DROP for the chorus? Cody saying “knock ‘em all the FUCK out” adds 10 years to my lifespan every time I hear it.

Favorite Lyrics: Now I know, there’s no one I can trust I used to think there was Tell me that I’m cut throat- I think you got your eyes closed Feel the fear, and swallow back the tears Let weakness disappear There’s nobody but me here- the killer in the mirror

We been knew this shit goes hard NEXT

2. Hourglass

YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW BAD THIS DESTROYED ME WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT. The fucking,,,, instrumental!!! The beat!!!! Cinematics is on the phone and she said this is it chief!!!! God!!! Like can we PLEASE talk about the nananas during the bridge?? It’s such a small thing but it adds so fuckin much to the song,,,, unbelievable

Favorite Lyrics: I'm falling through the hourglass And I don't think I'll ever make it back So I throw stones at walls I'll never climb Victim to the sands of time

This is also such like? Such a defining song for the sound of the whole album, if you think about it. Quality shit

3. Lonely Dance

ANOTHER one we already knew slaps. The guitar? The trumpet? Iconic. This one has such a fucking Vibe. Also???? So relatable. Cody came through with the social anxiety moods and I owe him my life for it.

Favorite Lyrics: Some days I’m up, some days I’m down Some days, the world is way too loud Some days my bed won't let me out But I’m okay with missin’ out on the social anxiety Out on the phony friends I don’t need So I just turn off my phone, turn on TV Cause solo’s the only way I can breathe

Okay a great song but OLD NEWS let’s get to that Fresh Content

4. Different Songs

Possibly the danciest song on this album. The fucking guitar riff and the bass? The melodies? The harmonizing in the bg of the pre-chorus and the bridge? It all blends together and it’s SUCH a bop. The most poppin song about falling out of love I’ve ever heard

Favorite Lyrics: We once called it love, devolved into lust Jealousy speaks out to silence the trust We temper our words 'cause we're scared of the truth Humming tunes that we can't get through

5. For You Forever

The instrumental in this one KILLS me. So do Cody’s vocals, honestly. He really poured his heart out into those “forever”s and you FEEL it. This one really hits me in the heart tbh. The whole theme of giving up on something that you want so bad is big oof

Favorite Lyrics: She said; “I won't wait for you forever, for you forever So, don't you say it's for the better, it's for the better 'Cause I can't take later than never, later than never No, I won't wait for you forever”

6. Dancing With The Devil

THIS SHIT IS SO BRUTAL. Like even the opening- the distorted vocals,,, god. And the lyrics! So fucking pissed off. Cody once again KILLS the delivery. I will never be over the emotion he puts into every song he sings. And when that hook hits the second time with his normal vocals and then the distorted version UNDERNEATH? Hits so hard. Don't even TALK to me about the rap part god. Also,,,, idk if this is about who I Think It’s About but like either way,,, go off sis

Favorite Lyrics: You try to act as if you're saving me But you wouldn't cut the rope if it was hanging me I'm sick of people saying what you sow you reap 'Cause I've been counting down the minutes of that, so to speak Think of all the hours and hours of grindin’ That would turn into sour findings As I wonder if our resigning is becoming the silver lining But I’m not a coward, I’m fighting Cause if they’re the meat, then I’m biting So go ahead, ignoring and smiling Cause I’m climbing til’ I let you know

7. Go To Bed Angry (Feat. Wayfarers)

This is! Such a good song, and I love the message. Like, settling issues instead of being passive aggressive or quietly angry. And it’s so nice to listen? Like everything feels so clean and leads into each other so well. Also!!! I’ve never listened to Wayfarers before but GOD the guest vocalist is AMAZING. Her and Cody’s voices harmonize so well. All in all a fuckin BOP

Favorite Lyrics: So don't you walk away from me Let's settle this, rather hear you scream Than whisper shit- there's no in-between 'Cause if we sleep in our feelings, we'll never start healing

8. Midnight Thoughts

ANOTHER one with some heavy Cinematics vibes. Honestly, I feel like this one is a great example of how amazing this album’s production is. Like, there’s so many little background elements that come together to make it sound so fuckin cool. For example, that one hook near the end where it suddenly strips back to just a beat and vocals? KILLED me. Also, another relatable anxiety bop,

Favorite Lyrics: Dim the lights, shut the blinds, but I’m counting the time Am I nervous or am I insane? Try to turn up the sound, but I can’t shut it out 'Cause I’m hearing the pulse in my veins

9. Criminal Minds

The orchestral feel to this one is so nice, and the rhythm of the lyrics feels so cool. The strings were such a good touch, they go really well with the electric guitar somehow. Cody’s vocals also feel really smooth in this one? Like this is just a pretty sounding number I love it

Favorite Lyrics: This stress eats at my soul I can't tell if I'm breathing at all Street drama takes its toll So, hit the road

10. No Disrespect

UGHHHHH don't get me STARTED on the chorus here. The stripped back staccato rhythm of the vocals with the bursts of instrumental, and then the way it flows into the full instrumental for the repetition in the second half of the chorus. It sounds so fucking gooooooooooooooood I'm having a crisis

Favorite Lyrics: 'Cause I don't see you the way you want to Forget your rescue, we're dreaming, dreaming, dreaming We had our good times, but time has passed by Begin your new life, I'm reaching, pleading, screaming

11. Stitch Me Up

I have SO much to say about this song. Cody and Shay are so fucking cute and their relationship is so nice. Any time Cody talks or sings about Shay you can feel how fuckin in love they are. The only two nice love songs I can ever remember him writing (The other one being Diamond Girl) have been about her and they’ve both been absolute gems. This one especially. It has such a potent vibe that I can really only describe as a summer song. It’s so,,, bouncy and lively and genuinely sweet with just a faint hint of sadness and ughhhhhhhh. PLUS the fuckin commentary Cody gave for this song on his insta story,,,,

“One of my favorites. These lyrics came straight from the heart. [Shay] and I have both come from damaged relationships, but somehow being broken is what made us whole.” 

Anyways love is real and I’m soft don't TOUCH ME

Favorite Lyrics: Stitch me up, stitch me up, don’t tear me apart I’ve been stuck in a rut, patched up in the dark Stitch me up, stitch me up, there’s pins in my heart Oh, pardon all my precious scars

12. Raise No Fool

Cody fuckin SNAPPED with this song and I’m living for it. One of the things Cody does so, so well, is delivering just the Most intense anger through his vocals and he brought it ALL for this one. You don’t know what happened but you fuckin FEEL it. Idk who this is about but like,,, killem Cody go Off bitch!!

Favorite Lyrics: Well, first you try to tell me that we're family Then you try to tell me that it's for the best You promise that you'll be there if I need ya But I don't need your handout, you can take it back!

13. I Want You (Gone) (Feat. Matt Appleton)

Another more mellow song, but it’s still so fuckin Good. It just has such a palpable vibe and feel. From what I can gather it’s about leaving a toxic relationship behind, and it Feels that way, in a sense? Like when I listen to it I just get this Feeling of something solemn yet triumphant and clean and new, like cutting someone shitty out of your life. PLUS, that sax? It adds SUCH a nice element to the second half of the song. Matt Appleton is a gift I’m so glad they brought him on for this song

Favorite Lyrics: I guess you'd say I'm blessed I threw away stress the moment I said I want you, I want you gone I'm on my own path, you're stuck in the past I want you, I want you gone

14. Unopened Windows

GOD,,, OKAY,,, HERE WE GO,,, Imma be real with yall. I cried the first time I heard this. It just be like that sometimes. But like this is LITERALLY Dad’s Song 2 and I wasn’t fuckin READY for that. There was no WARNING,,, I wasn’t told I was gonna get hit with that much EMOTION Okay okay for real though, this song is actually gorgeous. It’s just,,, pure fucking grief, so much of it, poured into a song. The composition, the vocals, every element of it is so powerful and heartbreaking. This is the kinda song you cry to- but like, a healing cry, the kind you have right before you take a deep breath and start moving on, y’know? The moment I heard Danny Boy near the end, I started crying all over again. Any time I hear this song or Dad’s Song, I cannot fucking begin to imagine how Cody must feel about what happened to his dad. It’s a kind of grief that can’t be explained. I’m just glad he feels like he can share it with all of us, and that he has a support system behind him. Also, I cannot communicate enough just how much this feels like a fucking,,, movie soundtrack. Like this shit would not feel out of place in a musical or something. The swelling orchestral music near the end fucking kills me. Gotta go cry again brb

Favorite Lyrics: All the stories left unwritten that we drew up in the past It's the game we never went to or the drinks we never had As I look up to the stars and make a wish to bring you back But I curse the roof above me and I learn to live behind all these Unopened windows, bound to my heart Fantasy so close feels so afar But I long to break the lock And live among the life we lost Through unopened windows; they tear me apart...

15. Happy All The Time (Feat. Skyler Acord)

WHAT a closing number. Addmmitedly a bit of a jarring followup to Unopened Windows, but it also makes a lot of sense, to go from a song about grief to a song about letting yourself process negative emotions. It also feels like SUCH a culmination of the album. Maxx even said in his Midnight release livestream, he thinks that it sort of represents the entire message of Midnight as a whole. The album was written to deal with a collection of sad, angry, and upsetting topics or experiences- this song takes all of those and says, “Dude, it’s fine, it’s okay to feel shitty, you don’t have to bottle it in or hide it” and honestly, there are so��many people who need to hear that- it’s such an important message. Also??? The fucking???? Choir??? WHAT a touch. Honestly there are Several songs on this album that feel like they could be off a musical soundtrack and this is DEFINITELY one of them. It feels like a finale, and it’s so just powerful and uplifting and emotional, I love it so much.

Favorite Lyrics: It's okay, you're not crazy! Gotta taste the salt to love the sweet Let it out and scream “I'm okay, I'm not crazy!” 'Cause the tears remind me I'm alive It's fine to not be happy all the time!

Honestly, this may be my favorite album by them yet. It’s such a fucking monument to everything they’ve been through and learned and explored as a band for ten years, it has such a clear vision and comes together so well. The lyricism, vocals, instrumentals, composition, and production are all fucking fantastic. I’m so excited to see where this era leads us, and I’m so happy with what we’ve seen so far.

In conclusion, the boys did it again, I’m weeping, and stream Midnight on Itunes and Spotify. Peace out kids a bitch is gonna take a NAP

[tr-gedy]

defenders of tomorrow: the squad

at this point we’ve all heard of leakira, the best thing to come out of 2018 yet, but have we yet considered....

pidge holt:

- a genderfluid, fuck-society legend who specializes in making bombs for fun

- septum piercing with the sickest undercut (think cat from stray cat crossing but edgier)

- fucking prank ROYALTY they’re the most mischievous little fuck out there

- “sorry gotta get my friends out of all the massive fucking holes they’ve dug themselves brb”

- tough at first but once they warm up to you thats it you are now in their lives forever

- pidge and leandro are the SICKEST partners in crime they’re like mas o menos from teen titans once they’re together its a disaster

- everyone thinks is a queer disaster but they’ve got their shit together okay

- *click click clack click* i’m in

- curses like “hot diddly-darn” and “well if that doesn’t just wet my socks!”

rip garrett:

- looks like a cinnamon roll but could kill you (but won’t) (unless of course you cross his loved ones)

- is super muscular and tall and everyone thinks he got his nickname rip from something fucking sick but actually just ripped his pants in the third grade and pidge never let him live it down

- has three dogs that are the biggest sweethearts around

- is HoH/deaf (you choose!! the more diversity the better)

- is blessed with perfect flawless skin and leandro hates him for it

- weapon of choice is a gun but he’s fantastic at a crossbow

- pansexual that makes way too many pan puns (or “puh-pans” as he calls it. the name hasn’t stuck yet)

- likes to have heart-to-hearts with akira whenever akira will let him

kashi (yes, just kashi) (it’s like beyoncé or madonna just roll with it):

- everyone thinks he’s the dad friend but he’s really just a wreck

- is in love with love

- his metal arm is fucking insane thanks to pidge it can hack into mainframes and other cool shit but the thing everyone’s most impressed with is that it has cup holders

- has chronic Resting Bitch Face but once you greet him he bursts into the biggest fucking smile and it’s sunshine-y and pure and everyone is in love with him

- his life is good. he is happily engaged with two cats and a lizard and he gets loads of rest and he has everything shiro deserves

- is fluent in japanese and swedish. why swedish? his mom is half-swede and he really just likes to do the accent

- “wow akira you’ve really snatched my weave” “grandpa leave me alone”

- curses a lot but not in front of the team so the first time he said “fuck” leandro screamed

i’ll let that sit with you all feel free to add your own headcanons/suggestions to the team or additions like allura or coran!!! i’m in love with the idea of voltron: defenders of tomorrow and i wanna keep it alive

20gayteen is rising y’all @ heteros get fucked

[teddy06]

IT IS AGGRESSIVE COMPLIMENT TIME!! These were a bit inspired by musicallisto's current roadtrip event, and I will be sending them to all my mutuals!! ☀️☀️

Laaaaayyyynnnneeee. My ride-or-die moot, my babe! I think the first time we interacted was when you sent me that Spot Conlon request? It kind of pains me to think how long ago that was, but I guess time flies when you're having fun (😅😂). I'm kind of embarrassed it took me so long to follow you back, but I am forever glad that I did. Because that day, I gained an amazing, funny, and incredibly sweet friend.

I don't even have the words to describe how grateful I am for how nice you've always been to me. You were one of the first people to show me support when I came out, and your comments on my work make my day every time I look at them (literally, sometimes if I'm feeling down I go back and look at them just to cheer myself up). Besides that, I love how we're into so many of the same things and fandoms, and that I was able to connect with a fellow autistic on this site. You may not have been the last autistic person I connected with on Tumblr, but you were the first, and I'm insanely happy that your requests give me the chance to write stories featuring people who share some of the experiences we do.

In short, you are an amazing, loyal, funny, incredibly sweet person, and I am honored to get to call you a moot and a friend. I hope you're doing well, my Laynie!! 🖤🖤🖤

Brb sobbing-

Oh my god Raven, loml, you have litterally never failed to brighten my day!!

No cause litterally it was so long ago but it still feels like last week

I remeber being sick after getting my second Covid shot, and I found one of your posts (For Inigo Montoya I’m pretty sure) and I was like woah this seems like a cool blog, and then I went through your character list and I was like WOAH THIS IS A COOL BLOG

Ngl it took me so long to work up the courage the send you that Spot Conlon ask- 🫢🤣 (look I’m an introvert even if it’s over the internet-)

Still I’m so glad I did, cause now I get to be friends with you!!

Every time you show up in my notes, on my dash or in my inbox it makes my day like 1000% better, and I’m so glad that I’ve got a mutual like you, especially since so much of our interests line up!

You mean like the whole world to me Ray!!

Love you and hope your day/night goes amazingly bestie bae Raven!!

[tetrisfinished]

during the days there are a million and one things i think of that i park away in the back of my mind, telling myself i really want to talk about this or let this out on tumblr tonight. and at night when i sit at my laptop/lie in bed, all i can think of is...maybe tomorrow i'll have the energy to do it. and weeknights continue to be the same way.

like even now, i have to make a booking at a hotel for my parents. they're coming along with us to our friends' wedding so that they can babysit the bubs who are not invited lol

so that's something i'm not doing in order to sit here and tell you how now that i've FINALLY sat here, found the energy to expend on this activity...i've got nothing coming up in my mind.

i feel like my mind is a constant state of chaos and i can't get myself to shut up the extra noise and just be present in the moment. even now as i'm typing, i'm acutely aware of this. i have to stop my typing. stop everything. close my eyes. and just let the rest of the shit go and force myself to focus on this one task.

so brb while i do that.

alright. back. i didn't record the time but i want to say that was 2 minutes of "brb" time. i'm focused. my mind is on this blog only.

unfortunately however, getting focused on the task at hand seems to not be enough to trigger the recollection/memory of the topics i had parked away during the many days i didn't come and write here.

so here are some tidbits.

this week, from monday march 7th to now saturday march 12th, with the exception of maybe 15 minutes when esa was on yasir-time - i have done a ZERO SCREEN TIME CLEANSE for esa. aside from video calls, my son has had *ZERO* youtube/netflix/tv.

i gotta say, it was kind of a difficult week. and not in the way i had expected it to be. it was difficult in the sense that i had to be on 100% of the time with esa - that was honestly quite mentally exhausting. it was tough in the sense that i had to engage in activities with a toddler which of course are unappealing to me in every single possible way.

but it was great because i got to be my kids' parent. it was fun because i spent a lot of time with my son getting to know him. it was time i feel i got back with him that i lose out on when he's at daycare.

i'm pretty proud of myself in maintaining my week long streak....it's not a forever thing in the least tbh. when we go out and in public places, i'm certain i'll be relying on screen time a lot (as i do already), but for this one week while i was off....despite my belly aching about it, i am so very glad i got time to spend with my gorgeous, funny, goofy, crazy, hyper baby boy.

he's going to be 2 in april. i can't even really call him a baby anymore. it's really and honestly upsetting to think about so i'm going to end this here.

another tid bit - i was hoping to dedicate my week off to potty training esa, but of course i pushed it because a) i'm a lazy fuck and b) esa, along with both saima's/fatima's kids got hand foot and mouth disease. and as part of the general discomfort/fever from being sick, he was much more cranky and clingy and straight chipku for a couple of days. so i decided it was a good enough reason for me to push it, and now i'm just trying to think about when would be another good time to try again.

other tids and bits....esa's new furniture arrived! mama and baba purchased esa a housebed and mattress for his 2nd birthday and so far we have not yet assembled it. here's hoping it doesn't take as long as the rest of the furniture sitting unassembled in the basement....

and i guess...that's all i can think of right now.

my laptop battery is probably going to give up shortly. so i'll end here.

goodnight folks.

much love,

-k

[makingofprocrustes]

The new Procrustes script;

New Script – Procrustes

Facetime

4 friends talking

‘Ghost story’ of Procrustes

*Texts*

Char: Hey guys facetime?

Han: Sure

Rhy: Yeah give me 5 minutes then I’ll join

Chloe: Yeah

*Facetime opens*

(Hannah and Charlotte having a ‘girly’ gossip.)

Han: Hey Char, where’s the girls?

Char: I'll text them now.

Han: Have you seen Chloe’s new boyfriend?

Char: No show me.

(Hannah shows a photo on her phone).

Char: Aww.

Han: I know right.

(Chloe & Rhyanna join video chat.)

Han: Hey.

Char: Hey.

Chlo: Hey.

Rhy: Hey.

Chloe: So, what were you guys talking about?

(Hannah & Charlotte Laugh Hysterically)

Han: So, Chloe, who's the new boy?

Char: You have a different one every week.

Rhy: Who? You didn’t tell me.

Chloe: Well, I mean I don’t have to tell you guys everything.

Rhy: We’re supposed to be best friends?

Chloe: What’s it got to do with you anyway?

Han: Girls, just stop.

Char: Anyways, You gals alright?

Rhy: Yah. OMG have you seen all this drama on Instagram between Cara Delevingne, Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber??

Chloe: No of course I haven’t, I don’t spend all my time gawking at celebrities (banter)

Char: (Jokingly mock) OMG have you seen THIS about what’s his face and his new girlfriend?!

Han: You guys can’t talk! You’ve got your noses stuck in your phone 24/7, see your screens paused now bet you’re on snapchat or something

Char: I had to reply to a message, can’t be rude, now can I?

All: *laugh*

Rhy: Have you all finished this assessment yet? Its literally taken me forever to finish

Chloe: Yeah, I finished my ages ago, it’s not that hard just find a topic you like to talk about and bam the essays basically written itself

Han: Nope not finished yet just got to finish the conclusion and proofread it. Charlotte do you mind if I send it to you to check over? Don’t want to have any mistakes in it obviously

Char: of course babes! Just let me know when you’ve sent it

Rhy: OMG I hate you guys this isn't fair that you actually understand the brief, bet you're getting extra help for this because you’re all the favourite

Han: (Sarcastic) Oh definitely! We’re 100% the favourite in the class. Have you only just figured this out?

Rhy: Ha ha ha. Very funny

Char: Hang on mums calling me, be back in a second (leaves room)

Chloe: *playing around with filters on facetime* guys look I’m a (insert filter here)

Han: You’re such a child

Rhy: Ooh I wanna try, how’d you do that?

Chloe: Just the button on the right hand of the screen

Han: So, girls did you ever hear of the story of Procrustes?

Char: (Walks back in and sits down) What?

Chloe: Huh?

Han: Procrustes.

Rhy: Yeah, shut up. That’s not real.

Han: umm, yeah it is actually.

Char: Yeah, I’ve heard about it.

Han: He’s a big monster. Who chops off your limbs...

Char: He has this bed, and if you don’t fit…

Rhy: He stretches you to fit the bed

Han: Or cuts off your limbs.

Chloe: Stop it guys. I know you’re just trying to scare me.

Han: And why would we do that?

Chloe: Because that’s what you guys always do. It’s not funny anymore.

Rhy: Chloe, chill out. (laughs)

Han: I know right.

Han: This one time, a group of children were skipping down the path.

Rhy: And he invited them into his house.

Chloe: And what did he do?

Char: He stretched the arms and legs of each and every child that stepped foot into his home.

Han: Girls, what are you wearing to Emily's party?

Char: I’m thinking of just going casual.

Rhy: I haven’t even thought about it yet.

Chlo: I probably won’t go.

Han: What why?

Char: Yeah, why not Chlo?

Rhy: It’ll be so much fun.

Chlo: Just because.

Han: Just because what?

Chlo: I feel disgusting. Nothing fits me. I look fat in everything I wear.

Han: Omg shut up Chloe, you’re not fat.

Char: You’re so stupid if you believe that.

Rhy: Yeah, you’re gorgeous. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Char: I promise you Chloe, you’ll be fine.

Han: How about I come over later to help you pick something out?

Chloe: Yeah okay, sounds good.

Rhy: Aww, can I come too.

Char: Yeah, we can order food.

Han: Lush, what time chlo?

Chlo: 5?

All but Chloe: We’ll be there.

(Girls painting nails, doing makeup etc)

Hannah notices something on the screen.

Han: Um, Chloe what’s that?

Chloe: What’s what?

Han: That

Char: OMG, Chloe who is that

Han: Stop trying to scare us Chloe, it’s not funny.

Rhy: You’re so pathetic, stop it.

Han: its moving

Char: Chloe seriously.

Han: Chloe don’t move.

Char: It is moving again

Rhy: Whatever girls.

Han: I’m being serious!

(Charlotte and Hannah scream)

(Chloe screen glitches and then goes black, disconnects from the video chat)

Rhy: What was that all about?

Han: She not picking up!

Char: Pick up! Pick up Chloe (panicking)

Rhy: She’s just messing with us surely

(Chloe comes back on the video chat)

Han: Omg Chloe is everything okay

Char: What happened?

Chloe: The power went out, my dad checked the fuse, and everything was fine, nothing blew...

Rhy: Okay that is weird… haha ghost oooo (laughs nervously)

Char: That’s not funny, I’ve got a weird feeling...brb

Han: Ah I feel sick as well (cough up little bit of blood into a tissue)

Chloe: What the fuck Han, are you okay? What is going on! Damn it’s got cold in my room

Rhy: That’s because your window is open Chlo?

Chloe: Well it’s winter I wouldn’t have it open!? I didn’t open my window (turns around and sees the door shutting slowly and then slams shut

(Han, Rhy and Chloe scream)

Char: (Runs back to the screen, hair all messy and makeup all ruined, with blood coming out her nose)

Han: Your bleeding too? (starts coughing again and blood comes out) what the hell happening

Rhy: (TV comes on randomly and door slams) okay guys I’m scared now

Char: Guys I keep seeing things, he he he…

Chloe: He?! Who’s he…

Han: Char stay with us!

Char: (Keeps disconnecting from the video call, screen keeps going black)

Rhy; (Sweating and shaking) maybe her internet lagging, let me call you guys again...

(Chloe, Han and Rhy answer straight away)

Chloe: You guys there, everyone okay? Everything’s fine now

Han: Yeah I’m good

Char: (joins the video chat, sweating, breathing heavily) he’s here

Rhy: Who? Who is he, I’m calling the police, don’t move Char

Char: Don’t call anyone, don’t move, he’s everywhere, we can’t escape him.

Han: Please stop, I’m home alone right now and I can’t deal with this. I need call someone

Chloe: No Hannah don’t move, he’s behind you…

Han: I don’t want to look, please make this stop (starts crying)

Char: Don’t cry Hannah, don’t show him you’re scared. That’s what he wants

Rhy: I think I’m gonna throw up (starts to cough and looks up to the screen with blood coming out of her nose)

Chloe: I can’t deal with this (shouts out to her dad and something moves/crashes in her room)

(Everyone looks into the camera, screen goes dark)

[ponyregrets]

No One Told You Life Was Gonna Be This Way

Kabby social media AU, 3200 words, T

did u know that 1. it is @kane-and-griffin‘s birthday 2. she accidentally went viral for ranting about Friends and 3. once I start thinking about how A Thing (random example: Marcus Kane writing viral Friends tweets) would go down I cannot stop until I just write the thing

anyway happy birthday claire!!

Marcus Kane is, unfortunately, very familiar with the Nice Guy phenomenon.

It's an occupational hazard of writing science fiction, especially in the internet age; all he has to do is look for his most obnoxious fans, and he finds an unfortunately loud contingent of entitled mostly white men who believe that the world owes them women and happiness without any effort on their parts. It's something he tries to combat as much as possible, wherever he can, and he knows it works in some cases. For every reader who's turned against him for being an SJW cuck (whatever that means), he has another who's expressed appreciation for his opening them up to perspectives they hadn't considered and broadened their empathy and understanding.

That's what sci-fi should do, as far as Marcus is concerned. The heart of science fiction is acceptance and unity.

Which is why he tells Bellamy, "I need you to do one of those Twitter threads for me."

"For what?" Bellamy asks, wary. As Marcus's assistant, he seems to think his most important duty is talking Marcus out of interacting with social media. And he may be right.

"Ross Gellar."

It takes him a second. "The guy from Friends?" he finally asks.

"Yes. I want to explain to my followers why he's bad romantic lead and role model."

To his shock, the response is instant. "Okay."

"No arguments? No lecture on how that isn't what Twitter is for?"

"No, fuck Ross," he says. "What do you want to say? I'll make it happen."

Marcus clucks his tongue. "I'll write up a statement."

* Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Last week, while ill, I watched Friends on Netflix for the first time. So, a thread on friendship, romance, Joey Tribiani, and Ross Gellar.

O @o-so-cool reblogged Sometimes my brother's boss is pretty okay.

raven @queenreyesthefirst reblogged brb adding @kanemarcus to non-sucky white dude sci-fi authors and shipping him with @scalzi

Finn Collins @finnishfirst reblogged this is kind of interesting but way too hard on ross. he does a lot of good things! see thread

Bellamy @bradburybell reblogged this is not nearly hard enough on ross

Clarke Griffin @clarkegriffin reblogged Relevant to your interests @ark-abby

*

"So here's what I think happened," says Bellamy. He's brought Marcus a coffee without being prompted, so whatever it is must be bad.

Marcus takes a sip of the drink. "When?"

"With your Twitter rant."

"Ah. I assume there are a lot of protests from the louder, stupider portion of my fanbase about how I've allowed the liberal fake media destroy my mind and masculinity?"

"Yeah, there are some of those. But, uh--it went way past your fanbase."

"Excuse me?"

"This is your most retweeted post ever. Not even close. It's viral. You've got people fighting you, people telling you it's a revelation, and about a thousand new followers already. In the last day."

He frowns. "Is Friends really still that popular?"

"Apparently." He shrugs. "Clarke says you made Buzzfeed and a couple of the other aggregator sites too. She and Raven have been texting me updates. They think it's hilarious."

"What does that mean?"

"Honestly? I don't fucking know. I told you when you hired me I'm not actually good at this stuff. I tried to warn you."

"You did." He takes another sip of coffee. "So, what do you think happened?"

"My sister retweeted it, and she spends about ninety percent of her time thinking about her social media brand, so she's got a ton of followers. Then Raven picked it up from her, her tech friends got a hold of it, and after that--" He shrugs. "You got out of your niche and into broader Twitter, and I'm not going to be able to find anything useful in your notifications for weeks. It's all Ross/Joey shipping discourse. Clarke's words, not mine," he adds.

"Should I be concerned?"

"I don't know. I guess we'll find out if it actually sells more books. And Clarke thinks we should try to leverage it into more publicity, she's got an idea for that."

Marcus hasn't actually met most of Bellamy's friends, but he references them enough that he knows who they are. Octavia, sister, Raven, ex-girlfriend, Clarke, current girlfriend. He also knows that all of them are more familiar with social media than Bellamy is, so he's not surprised that he consulted them.

Mostly, though, he still can't believe anyone really cares about this.

"An idea to leverage the Friends discourse?"

Bellamy shrugs. "Apparently this fit into an ongoing conversation she's been having with her mother. Abby Griffin? She writes for Ark AV. She did that think-piece about what mainstream science fiction gets wrong about female characters."

"Ah," says Marcus. He remembers the article, which had been harsh but ultimately fair, and an interesting take, once he'd gotten over the initial hurt of being used in a not entirely positive light. "I didn't know that was Clarke's mother."

"Yeah, I figured I'd tell you later. Once I didn't think you were going to call her up and argue with her about how much better you've gotten."

"And now you don't think I will?"

"Honestly, I don't care. I just want to see you guys fight about Friends," he says. "That sounds awesome."

"So, you have no ulterior motives here. Just looking out for my best interests."

"Obviously."

"If she's Clarke's mother, I assume she's local? Or will I be fighting her on a podcast?"

"We were thinking Starbucks on Saturday. Caffeine and lots of witnesses."

Marcus finally lets himself open up Twitter, now that he's had enough coffee. He almost always has some notifications when he looks; he's a public figure with a passionate fanbase, he's used to people trying to talk to him on Twitter. That's why he has a Twitter in the first place. But the number of notifications has never been so high, not in his memory. And, as Bellamy said, it really is a lot of passionate Friends discourse, both for and against his opinions. It's an overwhelming amount of love, hate, and passion. Like discovering an entirely new world.

He thought he understood fandom, but apparently he has a long way to go.

"Starbucks would be fine," he tells Bellamy, a little faintly. "I'd enjoy that."

*

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus A lot of new followers today. Here are a few notes for you:

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus I am a published science fiction author. Those of you telling me to just write a book instead of many tweets, I have written many books.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus You can find the link to purchase them in my header.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus I have never claimed to be an expert on Friends. This was my first time watching, and these are my impressions based on one viewing.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus My opinion on the Friends canon does not invalidate yours. Yours is as valid as it ever was. But if you feel threatened, examine that.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus My ideas may have merit you're reluctant to fully accept because of your own perceptions of how things should be in relationships.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus If you followed me for more Friends content, please be aware this is an outlier. I usually talk about science fiction.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus On that note, would anyone like to discuss the Hugo Awards?

Masper @gogglesdonothing Replying to @kanemarcus ross/rachel is forever tho

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus and @gogglesdonothing I'll take that as a no.

Jonty @themediumgreen Replying to @kanemarcus and @gogglesdonothing I'm so sorry Mr. Kane just ignore him I want to talk about the Hugos tell me all your favorite winners do you like Chuck Tingle

Jonty @themediumgreen Replying to @gogglesdonothing I CAN'T TAKE YOU ANYWHERE

*

Marcus will admit he does not feel broadly prepared to seriously enter the Friends discourse. He is, after all, a neophyte. If there are scholarly works on Friends, he has not read them. If there's any academic discussion of these issues, he is not familiar with it. His knowledge is vague and still forming, but for some people, this show was a huge part of their development. It matters to them on a deep, personal level.

For him, it was a decent use of his time while he was sick and confined to his couch. He had a fever for most of the first season. He's not sure he's prepared to fight anyone about it. Based on his mentions, he has many, many fewer horses in this race than other people. But maybe that's a good thing. Maybe his perspective as an outsider is valuable.

Or maybe he just wants the chance to sit down with Abby Griffin. Because instead of spending the past week either working on his next book or even familiarizing himself with Friends and the criticism surrounding it, he's mostly been researching Abby Griffin herself. He'd done it some after the first article Bellamy sent, curious to see her other work, but he'd been busy with a deadline and hadn't really had much time for that, had barely scratched the surface of this woman.

He doesn't have time for it now either, of course, but it's at least relevant to something in his life. And, as Bellamy and his friends have pointed out, this is at least good publicity. It's not a complete waste of time.

The Abby Griffin stalking might be a waste, but he can't help it. She's interesting. The pop-culture writing is, apparently, a side job, something she never intended to get seriously involved in. The website had been her husband's, and when he passed away, Abby and Clarke had taken over its upkeep, and Abby had started producing content when she had time. Given her full-time job is as the director of internal medicine at the hospital, he's frankly amazed she has as much time for content as she does.

And it's good content. She and Clarke have a weekly column where they discuss a movie they went to see together, and the female characters in science fiction piece was apparently part of a series. Her taste is good and her opinions are interesting, and by the time he's meeting her, he has one big question, and one only.

They get through introductions and are settled in at the table before he finally lets it out. "Honestly, I don't understand how you can like Ross."

She lets out a surprised laugh. "Excuse me?"

"Bellamy said he was looking forward to us fighting over Friends, but I have trouble believing you disagree with my opinion of Ross. I don't know what we'd be fighting about."

She smiles into her mug. He'd known she was beautiful from the picture he found on the hospital website, but it's different to see in person, and more awkward. Bellamy and Clarke are hanging out at their own table, pretending not to eavesdrop; it's not an ideal time to be caught staring. "I don't know what he told you, but I didn't disagree. It was an impressive rant. Well reasoned and accurate. I was more interested in discussing why you posted it and the reactions you got. I saw it wasn't popular among some of your readers."

"To say the least."

"One of the things I've been curious about since getting involved in online fandom is what counts as acceptable ways to interact, especially for those of us over thirty or so. I saw a lot of people asking why a heterosexual man in his late forties would care this much about Friends at all. As if that was the problem."

"Judging from the angry responses, plenty of heterosexual men are very invested in Friends. Although I'm not sure how old they are," he grants.

"Age is the biggest issue, in my experience. You'd been participating in an acceptable way, as a creator, but once you show yourself to be invested in Friends shipping--"

"I stepped into the wrong part of fandom."

"That's my thesis, yes."

He considers. "Am I on the record?"

"I'm not a reporter, Marcus," she says, sounding amused. "I'm not trying to trick you into saying something I can use against you. But if you'd like to officially be off the record, we can say that you are."

"My hope with that post was that it would make some of my readers rethink their attitudes towards women and romance. The number of responses I got to Valena's story in Bright Sky Morning that boiled down to her being wrong for not returning Pavel's feelings even though he'd been so devoted to her was--staggering. And depressing."

"Did your female readers appreciate it?"

"They did. Apparently Jin was a much more appealing partner."

Abby smiles. "I certainly thought so."

It's not his first time meeting a fan, of course, and she might not even be a fan, in the sense they're talking about. But she's read his work and has opinions on it, and that's always a little bit flattering. Especially when they align with his. "I'm glad. I was hoping he would be." He clears his throat. "So, you'd like to talk to me as a forty-eight-year-old man who publicly had opinions on shipping."

"And to get your thoughts on Monica and Chandler," she says, all innocence. "If you don't mind."

He can't help smiling himself. "Not at all. I'm all yours."

*

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Expanded my horizons this weekend with the High School Musical trilogy. A curious cultural phenomenon.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus I appreciated that Troy and Gabriela didn't go to the same college, but still stayed in the same general area.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus I still don't think the couple has much of a future, but in an unrealistic movie, I appreciated that nod to practicality.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus Very disappointed about the last-minute attempt to cement Ryan's heterosexuality. Let children have LGBT role models.

Murphy @firstnameredacted Replying to @kanemarcus If you're seriously going to be talking about Disney movies from now on I'm unfollowing you, I don't give a shit about this

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus and @firstnameredacted Please do.

*

"Look," says Bellamy, two months after the first Friends rant, "I'm not going to pretend I'm good with crushes, but it would be a lot easier to just ask Abby if she wants to get dinner off the record instead of coming up with new weird shit to have opinions about on Twitter every week."

"I assume the timing of this isn't a coincidence," Marcus says. He was just getting his coat on to go meet her.

"You've already got a standing coffee date. Turn it into a real date. I'm begging you."

"You don't enjoy my opinions on the High School Musical series?"

"I actually do, I'm just getting tired of blocking people. Also, I don't know if you're aware, but dating is awesome. You should try it."

"I appreciate your concern. You don't think it would be weird for you if your boss was dating your girlfriend's mother?"

"No weirder than whatever's actually happening right now. And don't even try to tell me you're not asking her out because you're worried about how it would affect me."

It does sound absurd, when he puts it like that. "No. That wasn't a major factor."

Bellamy rolls his eyes. "Just ask if she wants to come check out the Descendants franchise with you next weekend. Definitely a solid pickup line. Chicks dig it."

"The what?"

"It's like the spiritual successor to High School Musical. I'll send you a link. You should know this stuff if you're really going in on this."

"I should give you a raise."

"That too. Say hi to Abby for me."

It's not entirely accurate to say that he thinks about what Bellamy said as he walks over to his weekly meeting with Abby. Every time he walks to her favorite coffee shop near the hospital, he's thinking these same kinds of thoughts, so it's not really Bellamy's fault. He enjoys Abby's company company and would be happy to see more of her. He already knew that. But it's been a long time since he navigated anything like this.

If only Friends had prepared him for this kind of romance.

"Marcus," says Abby, giving him a smile when he sits down across from her. As usual, she's surrounded by papers, and he sometimes doubts that she'd even have time for a relationship. She does keep herself busy. "I enjoyed your meditations on High School Musical."

"I'm glad to hear it. Bellamy says it gave me a net loss of followers, but not as much of one as he thinks I deserved."

"I'm not surprised." She considers him. "I didn't mean for our friendship to hurt your career."

"I don't think it is. Plenty of people just read my books and never even find out I'm on Twitter. It's not a large percentage of sales. You're blaming yourself for the High School Musical tweets?" he adds, curious. They are her fault, broadly speaking, but he wasn't sure she knew.

"If you don't keep coming up with hot takes, we don't have much to talk about."

He laughs. "I hope we'd come up with something."

"I hope so too."

The conversation lags, but it's not a bad lag. It feels like she's given him an opening, and it's his job to figure out how to take advantage of it.

The easiest way would be to simply propose a dinner date, as Bellamy suggested. But he's never been good at simple.

"You know, you never told me your favorite relationship on Friends."

"I didn't?"

"No, we usually talk about my opinions."

She levels her gaze at him, considering. "Do you know what I think when I watch Friends now?"

"No."

"They're all so young. And don't get me wrong, I met my husband when we were young, and the two of us were happy, but--sometimes it worries me how much emphasis we put on meeting people early in life. The younger you are, the more romantic it is. And that's one kind of romance, but it's not everything. It makes me want to shake all these kids and tell them that life doesn't end at thirty, or forty, or fifty. You'll keep on meeting new people, and you can still be happy."

He lets himself reach for her hand, and relief floods him when she lets him take it, even turns it over so she can squeeze his fingers. "So your favorite relationship on Friends is the one Rachel has when she's forty-five and Ross is dead?" he teases.

"I hope you're not comparing my husband to Ross."

He has to laugh. "No. I would never."

Abby's smile is warm, and it's suddenly so easy to not be nervous at all. "Good. Because the rest of that was right."

"Good," he agrees. "I was hoping you'd say that."

*

Sky Crew Reviews @kaneandgriffin New list from @kanemarcus: top 10 YA sci-fi books for adults! Up next, top 10 adult sci-fi books for teens. Age is nothing but a number.

Murphy @firstnameredacted Replying to @kaneandgriffin I will pay you to stop

Bellamy @bradburybell Replying to @kaneandgriffin and @firstnameredacted when are you actually going to unfollow like you keep saying you will? asking for a friend

Murphy @firstnameredacted Replying to @kaneandgriffin, @firstnameredacted, and @bradburybell I keep hoping I'm going to come back and he'll be normal again

SJW Cuck @kanemarcus Replying to @kaneandgriffin, @firstnameredacted, and @bradburybell Don't hold your breath.

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IT’S BEEN A WHILE

I haven’t actually watched Call the Midwife in so long ahh! The end of the semester has been kicking my ass but good news, this is my last week of class & I only have 2 finals next week! So I’ll be able to relax a bit and go back to being ctm trash™ later next week + I also convinced my mom to buy the books so I can read those when I get home too. Anyways, I have a break in between my second and last class & instead of being productive/working on all the assignments I have due this week I’m going to watch 4.06 (I closed my eyes and picked from the episode guide lol) because it’s been far too long! 😭👏🏼📺 ✨ here goes nothing, I’m officially back to annoying you all with my commentaries™ 💁🏼

Sister Mary Cynthia! 💔💛 miss her

“The religious life isn’t one I could’ve chosen”  LOL me neither,  I’m too much of a degenerate

Sister J tucking in Sister Mc’s hair, bless

“..Poisons my brain and contaminates my dreams” poor sister MJ! She’s ill😭 what does she have a uti or something?

PHYLLIS!!

Omg sister Evangelina is coming back, my heart 💔💔 I’m still sad about it

lol Phyllis telling Tim he’s shooting up, what a Phyllis thing to say

Growing pains, lol shut up Tim

“Pass me the Rolodex” You know Phyllis is about to get shit done

Paulette sitting in her dressing gown lol, she’s a little angsty & bitchy I love it

Since you know that’s more accurate representation of a teenager than Tim is😭😂 or at least me

Peter out here policing, guess we’ll see some irrelevant constables next series if needed since he’s out, lol bye 💁🏼

Ah yes the square dance!

“Hello pats!” They’re precious

SISTER E😭💔💖

Aw Shelagh! She was so excited to see sister E

Also she just looks angelic as always

I MISS THE SISTER E & PHYLLIS INTERACTIONS !! They were both so head strong & they clashed sometimes but I loved it.

Now I’m sad..

Sister Winifred with the best cringey faces as always

Look at the gremlins playing with Phyllis’s hubcaps 😂

Fred with the cdc squad 😂

Violet and Fred’s relationship is so pure !! But they’re not *really* together yet right? Whateves I love it

Aw baby Angela

“Hello Nurse” 😘😍😉  same Patrick

We all know Patrick quickly discovered a kink for a uniform he never knew he had 😏

Don’t we all though😂 Some uniforms just make people look more attractive😏😂😂

“We have half a dozen ulcer patients..” ULCERS COCKBLOCKING THE TURNERS SINCE 1960!!

Bet Shelagh didn’t remember dismissing that comment in the tent though

Trixie & Sister MC going out to patients together >>

Attracta is such a COOL NAME

Like it sounds fierce 😂 like Tiberius. Or Severus Snape

BUT ALSO I GET ANNOYED LOOKING AT HER BECAUSE SHE PISSED ME OFF AS VERA IN DOWNTON !!  

Anyways..

The grandmother is so cute omg 😭

Trixie and Patsy smoking in their pyjamas is my aesthetic

Still want all of Trixie’s pyjamas & whole wardrobe!

Aw the nurses laughing at phyllis😂😭 mean af

Omg she hears them! my heart😭💔

BUT DONT WORRY BECAUSE EVERYONE LOVES PHYLLIS AND TAKES HER ADVICE SOON ENOUGH

#DontFuckWithPhyllisAndHerAdoptedNurseChildren

“I go off my food when I’m upset and you keep upsetting me!

Ugh the worst is when you’re just dry heaving and spitting up bile😖 **I’ve never had morning sickness/been pregnant so I don’t really know but it’s prob just as bad or prob worse than drinking too much liquor 😂

Shelagh in her uniform holding Angela 😭😍 they’re both adorable

Are shoelaceless to Fred & Violet what cigarettes were to Dr Turner & Sister Bernadette? 🤔

So Fred and Patrick were both in WWII, why is the only conversation we’ve seen between them about it was on the shorts? 😂😂

SISTER E’S FACE EXUDING SALTINESS WHEN DR TURNER ASKED FOR PHYLLIS ON THE PHONE😂😂    

lol why do I think “in the family way” is a funny phrase?

Damn she’s pregnant though, like she really needs birth control so she doesn’t die

Her mum really called her a slut like *kelly from the office voice* number one how dare you?? & number two that was a bitch move

What’s borstal? Is it like Juvi ?

“You might benefit from a cigarette” same probably, the stress is real

I felt smart knowing it would be dangerous for Paulette since she’s diabetic (also: i learned it young watching steel magnolias😂 I hate that I cried in that movie)

This cute grandma aw 😭😭💖 she’s dying

Same though, I feel like every Hispanic girl gets gold earrings when they’re like babies. But for no real significance 😂 had my ears pierced since I was 6 weeks old and been wearing gold earrings foreves

11th pregnancy diablo, I’d die

Phyllis addressing herself as a spinster bc she’s so badass and gives 0 fucks – I love her

He brought back the hubcaps 👏🏼

Phyllis is legit a gem, she doesn’t judge & she actually cares

“When somebody thinks the worst of a person because of their background, such a lot can be lost”

PREECH PHYLLIS 🙌🏻🙏🏼 SO MUCH TRUTH

“It didn’t stop me from making something out of myself” I LOVE HER SO MUCH 💖

Fred asking out Violet, so pure. They are so cute😂😭

        Oh shit brb I have class in 5mins😂 gotta blast                   *Please pardon the interruption*

        Ok I’m back

Paulette’s pink suit is cute af tbh💁🏼

“I’m not your mother kid, if I were, I would do some things differently..” PHYLLIS ADOPT ME PLS

aww my bby shelagh is tired 😭💔

Remember this nightgown though? Yea neither did I😂 why is it so long? Whateves, glad she upgraded to the bri-nylon😏

“No one is invincible” “No, they aren’t” 😭👏🏼🙏🏼 they both know that ahh😔

Aww the nun squad pulling through to help Shelagh out

“I think my eyes will not permit it, indisposition has dimmed them” LMAO SISTER MJ IS LITERALLY ME WITH MY FINAL ASSIGNMENTS

“Thank goodness I am used to the vow of obedience.. I still have hard days with it even now..”

“You Mark my words, the joy of midwifery never dims”

Omg there’s something in my eye or I’m freaking crying I miss sister Evangelina!! remembering she died after tending to one last baby ugh my heart it was great but also not bc hello she died💔💔

I JUST REMEMBERED PEGINE DIES, I’M GOING TO BE MORE SAD

“..until I give my permission!” YES SISTER MC YOU YELL AT EVERYONE!!

So you’re gonna tell me no one saw Paulette leave the maternity home or that no one snitched on her?

After giving birth 11 times wouldn’t they just slip out by now😭😂 yikes I can’t imagine that pain 11x.. or imagine having 11 kids😂

This old woman is so precious

this montage >>

Shelagh singing in chapel with the nuns makes me so happy😭💖

Also where did this dress go cause I don’t remember ever seeing it again?

Is it a British thing or just a thing of the past that little boys always wore shorts?? Like it gets cold! 😂

PEGINE is dead 😭

Did Paulette not think about this before hand?? Like you know you’re diabetic and need to keep your blood sugar up??

My bby Trixie looking good™ even in that big skirt😍 haven’t seen much of her this episode 😔

“I brought bourbon, sort of an American Scotch”  Delia is my kind of gal pulling up with a bottle😂

But I don’t drink bourbon like um I’m not a middle aged business man who cheats on his wife 😂

“Do call me Phyllis.. just for this evening!” 😂 I love her. But seriously look how far she’s come! They were laughing at her and strictly on last name basis, now she’s been hanging out with the nurses and was Babs’s bridesmaid😭💛

Why didn’t Vaughn just bring Paulette with him back to town?

Vi defending Fred from the Cubs is cute 😂

Square dance lit, why is it the funniest but greatest thing to me though??

My other bby SHELAGH LOOKS SO GOOD TOO!😍 we were cheated of a closer shot

I approve of the dress! It looks like gingham but I’m not sure, maybe houndstooth??. Either way - Where is it!? Bring it back out in summer!

“I want to dance with you” aw deels

They’re setting the cart on fire 😭 rip pegine😭

Vaughn used his one call in jail on Phyllis, like same

SHE’S SO GREAT

So does she have the abortion or not? I’m confused.

Okay I think she does never mind

They gave Sister MC the tea cup😭💔 my heart

aw Shelagh putting on Tim’s hat and sending him off to school, so pure

“We are shaped by the hands we hold in ours and cherish and gently let go”

Ah Vanessa always ending the episodes right with the feels😭😭

I’ll forever love the narration/writing of the show 👏🏼👏🏼💛💛 literally the best.

The end 😭💔 wow I’ve missed this