#bridgett west

[fearandhungies]

my manager slid with her dog like shes megaman

[northduhcodeuh]

Hear me out.

Tim from Bistro Huddy and Alabama would be friends?

Roll Tide? (Both devastated about Nick Saban)

That’s honestly real. Besties.

How Tim got in contact with a literal state, don’t ask. They look like long lost brothers. I think that’s just bc I the Alabama design.

My friend and I actually thought of the states going to Bistro Huddy. CDC and Gov went on a failed date bc Florida went along. The Midwest gets Arron’s section, The Northeast gets Bridgette, The west: Nicole, and The south: Brad obv.

[crazycoke-addict]

Island of the Slaughtered Game

Genre: Horror

Description:

It's been 10 years since The Massacre that happened in Camp Wawanakwa. 22 teenagers from different backgrounds sign up to be in a reality show called Total Drama Island. Unbeknownst to them, a serial killer is on the loose and picks off the teenagers one by one. Only 7 are recorded to be alive. From the disappearance to the murders, the case remains unsolved to this day. Who was the killer? What was the motive?

Today, I will find out everything.

The game starts with your character in a boat sailing to the island. There is a speech bubble at the bottom of the screen. The protagonist is talking about the unsolved case about what happened in Camp Wawanakwa. They also explained how the seven survivors have gone MIA, and neither of them have spoken out what happened.

During the intro, they hear bump coming from underneath the boat. When they lean over, something jumps out of the water and drags them in the water. In the next scene, you wake up and find yourself in Camp Wawanakwa. You look through your supplies, and you take out your torch. You find your boat that's been wreck. You need to find supplies to fix your boat. While walking, you hear rustle behind you when you turn around. You see nothing, but there is something there in your glaring view.

While walking around, you find a VHS tape lying near a tree. You comment on how it's been so long since you seen VHS tapes. The VHS tape is titled 'Behind the scenes', You hope the VHS tape might give you some answers you're looking for.

You ended up in the cabin section and decided to look through the cabins. However, 3 of the cabins are locked except for one. The cabin room in that's located in the west. You decide to go in, and while looking you around, you notice the belongings of boy's clothes, deodorants, a cowboy hat, a keyboard, etc. You hear rustling under one of the bunk beds. You tried to leave the cabin, but the door has been closed. When you turn around, a human head is placed on the dresser looking at you.

The game won't leave you go anywhere else, but straight to the dresser where the head is. The head starts talking to the player. They explain how it's been so long since anyone has visited the camp. They miss human interaction since they never really got that back while they were living. The head talks about how they don't know how they got to the position their in, but their body parts in places where they shouldn't be. The head asks the player to help them find their body parts.

This section of the game kicks off the first of many mini games that the game is going to give. An instruction will appear on the screen to help you. In the top corner, there will be a 0/5. I'm pretty sure everybody knows that this is Ezekiel. Some of the characters are going to have a mini game.

Ezekiel - find his body parts before time runs out.

Justin - break every mirror that Justin appears in.

Harold- you have to play a video game. After you fix the tv.

Trent - you have to fix and play his guitar. It's like a memory game.

The main menu will have an old cable TV, which you end up getting after fixing the TV in order to do Harold's game. You must collect 17 VHS tapes in order to get the Canon ending. There are going to be 4 endings, which are going to be good ending, the bad ending, the curse ending, and obviously the Canon ending.

Some ghosts like Lindsay, Sadie, and Bridgette will be active, where they will follow the main character. You can weaken them by throwing a flame flare, which you'll end up finding during your mission. I also think it will be interesting that the main character that we are playing is one of the 2nd generation characters. I'm leaning towards Mike.

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Halloween costume headcannons for the crew!

Raven and Beast Boy costumes for Gwen and Eva respectively.

Geoff goes as Ken (like the king he is)

Noah does not entertain the idea of Halloween and only puts on a witches hat at Lindsay’s incessant nagging.

Lindsay and Katie have dressed up as cowgirls, although Lindsay interpreted that as dressing up like a cow while Katie dressed up like the Wild West cowgirl. They still were cute

Alejandro wears a t-shirt that says “This is my costume”

Harold begs LeShawna to dress up as Pikachu and Ash but she declines. They settle for her wearing a red hat and him wearing a Pikachu onesie.

Courtney dresses up as a princess like that one TDA episode.

Duncan wears one of those cheap Purge masks

Cody wears one of those nerd style outfits with suspenders and everything. He’s on candy duty. Tyler is watching him to make sure he isn’t eating it all. Tyler is wearing an outfit styled after Troy from high school musical.

Happy Early Halloween!

GWEN AND EVA LITERALLY SO PERFECT,,,

bridgette and sadie both dressed up as barbie because geoff couldn’t decide who to match with and texted both of them

[catesartworks]

I don't know if you already answered this question, but what real-life cultures were used as inspiration for the different countries seen in the comic?

Are we gonna see any more other countries coming into play or not?

Yep! I answered it here: https://www.tumblr.com/catesartworks/696382272474152960/what-cultures-and-countries-inspired-you-to-create

Details of post:

Limpette is a country with a lot of ports/trade because they live so close to the sea, so I imagine there are a ton of cultures that coexist in Limpette. That being said, it's racial demographics were inspired by Northern Africa, Middle East, and Central Asia. One of the aspects I was influenced by was the importance of bathing culture and soap. Bridgette's surname, Nahome-Karim, shows that she is a union between a Nigerian-Ethiopian (West African) household, and an Iranian-Arab (North African/Middle Eastern) household.

Each of these cultures in Limpette have a country equivalent. But the majority of the population have ancestry from Northern Africa, Middle East, and Central Asian populations that come from all over the world.

One of the countries mentioned in Isekai Maid, "Qamara" is the equivalent of Iran. Bridgette's mother, Yadira Nahome-Karim has ancestry there and is part of a minority group of Arabic speakers, while the rest of the country speaks an equivalent of Farsi. Nasir (see episode 60 and 79) is also from Qamara.

Tholassa is Greece, Teffrah is a mix of England and France. And each country has a population of immigrants from different countries. Which is why there seems to be a lot of cultures coexisting.

I really want to expand the map, and I will mention more countries in the future. :D

[witchyfashion]

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[tooti-fruiti]

THE BAD GUY [CHAPTER ONE]

Not so happy campers

After drying off, you all met at the campfire where Chris explained how the TV show was going to go down.

"This, is Camp Wawanakwa. Your home, for the next eight weeks. The campers sitting around you will be your cabinmates, your competition, and maybe even your friends. Capiche?"

You crossed your arms and huffed.

"The Camper who manages to stay on Total Drama Island the longest without being voted off, will win one hundred thousand dollars!"

"Awesome." You smiled.

"Excuse me, what'll the sleepin' arrangements be?" Your ex asked. "Because I'd like to request a bunk under this one." They said, gesturing to you.

Duncan smirked and crossed his arms. "I'd like to know the answer to that too."

"Well that's too bad, because dudes get one side of each cabin and girls get the other."

"Excuse me, Kyle?" Lindsay asked. "Can I have the cabin with the lake veiw since I'm the prettiest?"

"Okay you are, but that's not really how it works here. And, it's Chris."

"I have to live with Sadie, or I'll die!"

"And I'll break out in hives. It's true!"

"This cannot be happening." The goth girl said.

Owen pulled her and Tyler into a bone crushing hug. "Aw come one guys! It'll be fun! It's like a big sleepover!"

"Okay campers!" Chris said. "Here's the deal, we're going to split you off into two teams. When I call your name, come stand by me."

Chris pulled a list out of his pocket and began reading off the names.

"Gwen, Trent, Heather, Cody, Lindsay, (Ex/n), Beth, Katie, Owen, Leshawna, Justin, and Noah!"

"Wait, what about Sadie?" Katie asked as they all stood by Chris.

Realizing you two wouldn't be on the same team, you started to smile while (Ex/n) frowned.

"From this moment on, you are officially known as..."

Chris tossed a banner to them and it had an angry gopher as it's logo.

"The Screaming Gophers!"

Owen laughed. "Aw yeah! I'm a Gopher! WOOOOO!"

"The rest of you, line up!"

"Geoff, Bridgette, DJ, Tyler, Sadie, Izzy, Courtney, Ezekiel, (Y/n), Duncan, Eva, and Harold!"

Katie and Sadie started to cry and whine because they were separated as the rest of you formed a line.

Chris tossed a banner to your team.

"You guys will be known as...the Killer Bass!"

"Awesome..." Harold said. "It's like...amazing!"

"Alright campers! Your team will be on camera in all public areas during this competition, and you will also be able to share your inner most thoughts will our super deluxe confessional!"

Chris gestured to an outhouse surrounded by flies, which a lot of you were disgusted by.

"Their is a camera inside which allows you to make video diaries, to share something with the veiwers watching from home or to just get something off your chest!"

•

Video Diary-Number 1-(Y/n)

"Ugh! Why does it smell so horrible in here?!"

•

"Now! Cabin business! Gophers, you're in the east cabin. Bass, you're in west! Go ahead and unpack! We'll meet again in the mess hall in an hour."

"Where would that be at?" Owen asked.

"Just along the way." Chris said, pointing at a nearby building.

"Sweet!"

You grabbed your stuff and began walking up the steps to your side of the cabin.

"Hey (Y/n)." You turned around and saw (Ex/n) behind you.

You glared at him and kept walking. "Wrong cabin, idiot."

You walked inside and set your stuff down on your bunk bed.

"Hey, do you mind if I take the bunk above you?" Bridgette asked you.

You smiled at her and moved out of her way. "Go ahead."

"Thanks." She smiled.

You suddenly heard a loud scream coming from the Gopher cabin and you all ran to check it out.

"Oh man, that white girl can scream." Leshawna said as you all saw Lindsay standing on a stool.

"What is it?! Kill it! Kill it!"

There was a little cockroach crawling around on the floor.

DJ saw it, gasped, screamed, and jumped onto a bunk bed, shaking.

"That, was my bed." Gwen said, staring at the now broken bed.

Duncan walked out of the room as others started screaming and jumping up on beds.

Some people even tried to squish it.

Duncan returned with an axe and slammed it down on the cockroach, killing it instantly.

"Nice." You smirked.

"Well that's one way to kill a cockroach.

Duncan smirked at the both of you.

"If see one of those again, just let me know." Tyler said to Lindsay. "Cause you know, I could do that too."

They started giving each other goo-goo eyes and Duncan scoffed.

"They always go for the jocks."

"Well that was kind of fun." You said.

"Well, you weren't the one holding an axe." Duncan smirked.

"You're right, it would have been more fun if I did have the axe."

The rest of the Killer Bass returned to their cabin and you all got to know each other just a little better.

DJ's an animal lover, Bridgette loves dolphins and surfing, Geoff can skate, Duncan has been to juvie over four times, Courtney was a CIT, Tyler has won trophies in sports before, Eva can lift up to 220 pounds, Ezekiel knew how to ride a gopher, and Harold carried around a mini key-board with him wherever he went.

Izzy was too busy hanging upside down on her bunk and Sadie was too sad about not being with Katie to talk to anyone.

An hour passed and you all gathered at the mess hall as Chris instructed.

When you all got there, there was a chef waiting for you.

"Listen up!" He yelled. "You will address me as Chef Hatchet! I'll serve it three times a day, and you'll eat it three times a day! Grab your tray, get your food, and sit your butts down NOW!"

You and Bridgette shared a look with each other.

After everyone got their food, you all sat down and began eating the disgusting food.

"Welcome to the Main Lodge, or as some would call it, the mess hall."

"Yo my man, can we order a pizza?" Geoff asked.

Chef threw a hatchet at him and it just barley missed his head and got stuck in the wall.

"WOOAHHH IT'S COOL G! BROWN SLOP IS COOL! Heheh, right guys?!"

Everyone nodded.

"Moving on." Chris said. "Your first challenge begins, in one hour!"

"What do you think the challenge is?" You asked Bridgette.

"I don't care, as long as it isn't lame." Duncan said, rolling his eyes.

"I just hope it's something fun."

"I hope it's survivable." You said.

•

Video Diary-Number 2-(Y/n)

"So far so good! Nothing too bad has happened yet, and I hope it stays that way."

•

(Hope you enjoyed. Stay tuned for more and have a good day)

<-Prologue

Chapter Two->

[sapphoschoices]

Desire & Decorum MC: Bridgette Lawrence-Fordale

Character Info

Age: 20 (1815)

Height: 5'8"

Occupation: Countess

Birthday: 2nd November 1795

Love Interest: Annabelle Parsons

Orientation: Lesbian

Location: Edgewater, England

Hometown: Grovershire, England

Ethnicity: English/West African

Orientation: Lesbian

Family

Mary Lawrence (Mother) †

Vincent Foredale (Father) †

Dominique Foredale (Grandmother)

Henrietta Foredale (Stepmother)

Edmund Marlcaster (Stepbrother)

Briar Marlcaster (Sister-in-law)

Harry Foredale (Half-brother)

Theresa Sutton (Sister-in-law)

Bartholomew Chambers (Husband)

Annabelle Parsons ("Wife")

Pets

Hero (Horse)

Beauty (Dog)

Bianca (Fawn)

Face Claim: Crystal Clarke (as Georgiana Lambe, Sanditon)

[charliegearhart]

2021 FARC Bummin' Beaver Brewery Tornado Alley Tour - Race 4 - LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway

Welcome to FARC Racing coverage on this blog. I hope you enjoy this little experiment. Beware, spoilers below.

Taylor Brillon won the 75 lap FARC Bummin' Beaver Tornado Alley Tour late model feature at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway in West Salem, Wisconsin. It is the first victory of the year for her and the No. 9 Arnie Pine Racing team, and her first late model win since Waterbury Park in 2019.

This race flew by uninterruped by cautions, a surprising achievement for the series.

Cody Lewis drove his Basscadet machine to a second consecutive pole with Brillon on his outside. Lewis made a clean getaway at the start as FARC legend Andy Pearson followed him under the 9 into second place, making a special appearance in his Bald Tire Brewing No. 2 in a cheeky flex on the series sponsor.

You can't win the race on the first lap, but the winning move was made on lap 3, when Brillon got by Pearson for second and started chasing Lewis. Meanwhile, Art Gordon was existing in his No. 49, running lap times two seconds slower than the leaders.

Cody Lewis seemed to enjoy his time behind Art Gordon, as he dropped to fifth. He would eventually recover and claw his way back to third.

Meanwhile, Brillon led with Pearson in tow. They were kept close in part by regular encounters with lapped traffic, filling the scoreboard with more and more negative numbers as the green flag continued to enjoy the sunshine.

The former Lowe Dollar Series regulars enjoyed a smart yet spirited battle, but Brillon held Pearson off the rest of the way. Pearson's best chance came in turn 2 on lap 62, when he caught Brillon sliding high. However, the 40-year veteran lacked momentum out of the corner, allowing Brillon to shut the door in turn 3.

Andy Pearson may be FARC's most accomplished driver, with 4 Lowe Dollar Series titles, and later two more in the Super Series late models where he continues to race regularly, but he is also 65 years old, and 75 laps is a lot of laps to race consecutively at his age.

Taylor Brillon inched away and cruised to the win, lapping everybody up to 10th. The last victims of car 9 were reigning and final FARC Truck Series champion Eddie Vero, who finished 11th, and her teammate and father Kenny Brillon for a second time. "I don't know how we held him off." Brillon said of Pearson's chase after climbing out of her bright yellow Arnie Pine Auto Sales machine. "It ain't every day you've got the Goat honking at you. If he got me there [on lap 62] I knew it was gonna be over."

Gordon Tanner (No. 26) and Mindy Gunn (No. 35) entered this race tied for the points lead, with the tiebreaker going to Tanner for his two victories at Ishpeming and Quincy against Gunn's lone win, coming last week at Grundy County Speedway. After 75 laps, Tanner crossed the line in fifth, four seconds ahead of Gunn, giving him the championship lead by two points over Gunn.

Preston Orchard-Park (No. 85) was the only casualty of the 23-car starting field, losing his engine on lap 8 and finishing last.

The last time Kevin Monroe stepped into a FARC car, he went upside down on the first lap at Road America in 2019. The M&J Racing boss was thankful for bringing the Jeb Klinger Special home eighth in his first outing with the Klinger family. "The only thing Zeb [Klinger, car owner] asked for was no acrobatics." Monroe said with a smile. "So I think today was a success." Monroe qualified ninth and found himself dueling with Caitlin Cook, Tyler Bridgette, and former M&J coworker Eddie Vero for a bulk of the race, ultimately finishing one spot better than he started. Monroe will return with the Klinger family at the season-ending Rockford 200.

The next round for the Tornado Alley Tour will be the 72-lap support race at Minnesota Motorsports Park, a wide and fast one mile oval that is expected to produce pack racing for the late models.

Race Results

Championship Standings

[theflagscene]

Shipper Tag Game!

I was tagged by @negrowhat 🥰 Thanks for the tag!

1 - What ship were you completely obsessed with when you were a teenager, but now you don’t care about anymore?

Hmm, I’m trying to think. I don’t have the best memory of my life as a teen, it was pretty hectic and I didn’t get my first personal computer with internet access until I was 18 years old. So I wasn’t really into the fandom spaces yet, I guess I’ll go with Buffy and Spike? I loved them as a couple so much and now I’m just like; meh, whatever.

2 - Which ship would you consider your first one?

Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask, I was just kid but I was very very invested in them finally kissing lol. Me and my older sister used to watch the English version that they aired in the West in the 90’s, so it wasn’t even a dubbed Anime it was legit changed for American audiences.

Note: I am not American, but you get my point.

3 - Your first fanfic belonged to which couple?

The first fic I ever wrote I think might have belonged to Willow and Tara 🤔 I’m trying to remember, I’m pretty sure it was Willow and Tara.

4 - Do you remember the first couple you saw fanart of?

Not really, I was never on the fanart side of fandom spaces because of my total and absolute lack of talent lol. So I’m not really sure what fanart I came across for the very first time, knowing my luck it was something cursed on Google that I accidentally stumbled upon and thus blocked from my memory.

5 - Did you ever get into ship discourse?

Not really, I once stopped interacting with an entire fandom when I started getting attacked because I happened to like a bisexual character with a character of the opposite sex better than with a character of the same sex. Basically I was being called homophobic and other terrible things because I was reblogging het gif sets and pics instead of lesbian gif sets and pics. The fandom for this series was extremely toxic and I actually stopped watching the series because of how much the fandom tainted it for me, all because I thought the het couple had better chemistry then the sapphic couple, that’s all. The character was canonically bisexual and had dated both of the other characters at one point or another on the show, I just thought she happened to work better with the male character. Sigh, people are weird.

6 - Did you used to have a NOTP or have any currently?

Yes, back in the day when I was very active in the Whovian fandom, I was very much against shipping Gwen and Jack from Torchwood. They were my NOTP, not gonna lie, they’re lowkey still my NOTP lol.

7 - Who were the couple in the last fanfic you read?

AlanJeff, I’m still very much stuck in my ‘Alan and Jeff live happily ever after’ phase of mourning Pit Babe’s ending lol.

8 - Currently do you have any OTPs?

Oh man *cracks knuckles* let me just hop onto my AO3 history, my current obsessions OTPs are;

SeanWhite, ToddBlack, AkkAyan, AlanJeff, PhayaTharn, KaranAchi, PheeJin, Tae Myungha x Cha Yeowoon, Sangwoo x Jaeyoung and Lan Wangji x Wei Wuxian.

Those are the ones that I can confidently say I consider OTPs atm.

9 - Is there any couple that to this day you are extremely mad about them not getting together?

I mean, does it even have to be said?

10 - Is there any ship that you used to dislike but now you think are kind of interesting?

Hmm, I don’t think so. Chances are if I disliked the ship before, I’d probably still dislike it now.

11 - Do you have a ship that in the past was considered ‘normal’ but now you would be cancelled over?

Ginger and Bridgette from Ginger Snaps, it’s an incest ship because they’re sisters but to be fair to teenage me, the writer and director both talked about how they purposely played up the fact that the pair were borderline incestual. Especially as Ginger became more and more feral (it’s a werewolf horror trilogy), she sexualized her relationship with her sister because that’s what her animal instincts were telling her to do. As she crawled over her talking about masturbation before whispering in her ear; it’s like we’re not even related anymore. I’m pretty sure teenage me has a glitch as my brain tried to figure out why that was so hot.

They continued to play up that whole ‘animals fuck their own family in the wild’ angle in both the sequel and the prequel, the story purposely was saying that there was no one for them but each other.

So yeah, I fell for it. I was a horny and sexually confused 15 year old who had a crush on the main actress of the trilogy lol, of course I shipped them.

12 - What’s your favourite crack ship?

Crack ship? I don’t really know, I mean what even is a crack ship anymore, ya know? In this day and age, most fandom spaces allow you to ship whoever the fuck you want, rule 34 was long ago blown past by shippers and now it feels like crack ships are a thing of the past.

13 - Who is the couple you’ve read the most fanfics of?

Probably Sterek, Destiel is a close second but I’m going to say Sterek with like 88% certainty that I’m correct lol.

14 - What do most of your ships usually have in common?

15 - What do you absolutely hate in a ship?

Miscommunication! I absolutely loathe it when a ship is on the rocks or breaks up because no one would just fucking talk to each other! It drives me insane, because like just speak to one another, why is that so impossible!? I’m in a poly relationship IRL, I have been for over 16 years. When you’re dating more than one person, the idea of not communicating is just baffling! Communication is key! Like, what? Is this just a monogamous thing!? Why can’t the characters just talk to one another, open and honest dialogue. Arg!… so yeah, miscommunication gets me a little heated lmao.

Tagging! I’m not sure who to tagged so I’m going to go and pick the last five mutuals in my notifs and hope you don’t mind me tagging you lol. @oh-goodness-loki @crapyouknowme @jdotsodomite @jeonghanurl @italianpersonwithashippersheart

[itsaaudraw]

Ok but Horror as Total Drama

Kurt Kunkle-Chris

Captain Spaulding-Chef

Billy Loomis-Gwen

Stu Macher-Trent

Herbert West-Noah

Patrick Bateman-Heather

Brahms Heelshire-Lindsay

Billy Lenz-Izzy

Sam Winchester-Courtney

Dean Winchester-Leshawna

Bo Sinclair-Duncan

Vincent Sinclair-PJ

Ginger Fitzgerald-Bridgette

Bubba Sawyer-Owen

So what you think

i don’t like total drama island so idk who any of these people are 😭😭😭

[roipecheur]

Summary:

An unexpected heat catches Dick off-cycle, and he seeks out Slade's scent on the theory that it will help. The arrival of the alpha variant he spent his first, last, and only unmedicated heat with is an added bonus, as are the next few days in Slade's bed. When Dick's heat passes, the mystery of what triggered it remains, and the answer might not be what he's expecting. And, as it turns out, the last cycle wasn't exactly normal for Slade, either.

Fandom: DCU (Comics)

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Relationships: Dick Grayson/Slade Wilson, Dick Grayson/Wally West (in flashback)

Characters: Dick Grayson, Slade Wilson,Bruce Wayne, Jason Toddm Roy Harper, Wally West, Garth (DCU), Donna Troy, Bridgette Clancy, William Randolph Wintergreen, Tim Drake, Leslie Thompkins

Additional tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Intersex Omegas, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Mating Bond, Oral Sex, Vaginal Sex, Anal Fingering, Breeding Kink, Trans Character, PLEASE READ WARNING NOTES BEFORE THE FIC

Words: 35,419

Series: pack hunters

[briankeene]

October Screams

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[creachercreates]

She’d never given it much thought, really. It was strange, sure, but the arrow had always been there, and she’d eventually chalked it up to being some strange birthmark. And so it ended up being ignored as she focused on her schoolwork, achieving top of her class and graduating high school a month before her eighteenth birthday. Her parents had always had high expectations, and she was terrified to let them down. Now that she had successfully finished high school her parents expected her to enter a prestigious college and eventually begin a successful career as a doctor, lawyer, or something along that vein.

The morning of her eighteenth birthday should have been exciting, all things considered. Instead she found herself trudging through her morning routine, having almost completely forgotten today was her big day. She was washing her hands when she noticed something strange. The arrow on her hand was no longer pointing towards her, as it had always been, but was instead pointing left. She frowned, confused. She wasn’t that sleep deprived, was she? Sure, the stress was getting to her, but not enough for her to start hallucinating.

She turned the way the arrow was facing cautiously, and when she had fully turned to the left the arrow lined up with her knuckles, pointing straight ahead. She blinked incredulously, and would have continued to stress about this strange occurrence had her mom not chosen that moment to come into her room.

“Happy Birthday!” Marlene turned suddenly at the sound of her mother’s voice. “Eighteen years old already. It feels like only yesterday you were in diapers.” Her mother walked through the bathroom door and began to bring Marlene downstairs, talking in excitement all the while. “Your father and I have your whole day planned out already. We’ve made reservations for the fancy restaurant down the street and invited some of our friends from college to come talk with you about future opportunities..”

Marlene tuned out the conversation as her mother continued talking. She didn’t want to go to some fancy restaurant for her birthday. She didn’t want to talk about college, which had already been stressing her out enough as it was. She wanted to go to the little coffee shop down the road with the cute barista and get herself a muffin, then maybe see a movie and not think about all the pressure on her shoulders. And she sure as hell wanted to plan her own day.

She shrugged away from her mother and excused herself upstairs, where she quickly packed a bag with any essentials she might need. Then, before she could think twice about it, she was in her car and driving down the street. She didn’t turn on directions, instead following where her arrow pointed. It was an illogical thing to do, spontaneous, irrational, something her parents would never approve of. The very thought of it sent a shiver of excitement down Marlene’s spine.

She drove throughout the night, stopping at rest stops and gas stations where she met the some of the strangest and most exciting people she had ever seen. When she finally arrived to the building the arrow seemed to be pointing to, it didn’t seem like anything special. In fact, the red brick building in front of her seemed pretty dull. She peeked her head in through the doorway, and was nearly bowled over by a young woman making her way out.

“I am sooo sorry omg I didn’t see you there. Are you ok? I’m just in such a rush, so many places to be, so many places to see! My name’s Bridgett, what’s yours, if you don’t mind my asking?” Marlene blinked, trying to decipher the string of words this woman had somehow produced in under five seconds.

“Marlene.” She replied eventually, extending a hand for the stranger to shake. Bridgett insisted on buying Marlene a coffee to make up for colliding with her, and as they chatted she began to feel less like a stranger and more like a friend. When Bridgett said she was traveling west, Marlene barely hesitated in asking to go with her.

And so began a friendship that would eventually blossom into something so much more. Everywhere Bridgett went, every stop she had planned on her big adventure, lined up perfectly with where Marlene’s arrow pointed. And when Bridgett kissed her for the first time, Marlene had never felt more sure that this was where she was meant to be.

You are born with a large birthmark on the back of your hand that looks like an arrow. On your 18th birthday you notice that it starts pointing in one direction no matter which way you’re facing. You decide to start walking in that direction.

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Wild Wild West (1999)

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Bridgette: Can’t go wrong with fresh prince, Hamlet and Salma Hayek. It’s giving… Steampunk Austin Powers. Why so much explosion? Why does this man have a torture train? I’ve lost track of the plot. I want a flamethrower bra. This is an absolute fever dream. (0.5/5)

Lamb: Will Smith really rocks the “shirtless cowboy” look. He even has a bullet belt straight out of Hot Topic. He makes being a cowboy look fucking sick, like Cowboy Bebop meets Lil Nas X. A killer soundtrack!! What a fun alternate history movie. I laughed out loud multiple times. And had fun! I haven’t seen this film in a decade, and I remember liking it. I hope I like it in another decade. We even get a Jim West rap as our outro!! (3.5/5)