#bright julie and the phantoms

[chickwiththepurpleguitar]

I Did It!!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who sent me prompts to help me reach my 2024 writing goal. As of about five minutes ago, I completed it!!! I wrote an average of 500 words every day for 366 days, and you guys were SO great and helpful in me getting there. To celebrate, my final writing of the year is 5 snippets about some of our favorite blorbos celebrating New Year's Eve together. I asked five friends to pick the pairings, so I'll tag them next to their snippet. If you're still waiting on a prompt to be filled, I do plan to get to them in the New Year, but probably with way less haste. You guys are awesome, thank you so much for reading my work!

Julie & Flynn: for @joyandthephantoms

“Okay!” Julie says decisively, settling herself up against the headboard of her bed with her notebook poised in her lap. “Who wants to go first?”

Flynn, lying on her stomach down the bed from her, feet kicked in the air as she taps her pen against her own notepad, says, “You, cause I’m still working through some of mine.”

“Well, hurry up cause it’s almost midnight.” Julie holds her notebook up like a hymn book and begins to read. “First of all, my word for the year is!” Pause for dramatic effect. “Ease.”

“Ooh, love it. Very Eat, Pray, Love. Go on.”

Damien & Mark: for @starchemist

“So, uh,” Damien says, voice low and gruff in the dark of the hotel room. They’re lying tucked up against each other, Mark’s back to Damien’s chest, Damien’s arm wrapped around him. The Ball Drop, still about forty minutes away, is playing softly on the TV, but they’ve been much more focused on each other than Times Square.

“Yeah?” Mark says when he doesn’t go on, barely a whisper.

“New year usually means, like. New you, and all that bullshit. Resolutions. Airing your grievances and whatever.”

Mark turns his head to look at him. “I’m not telling anyone about us.”

“Oh, thank God.”

Willie & Alex: for @skeletaltoad

Their friends started counting down about a minute and a half ago, because Reggie gave a whole speech on December 23rd about how “it’s really not fair that the last ten seconds of the year are the only ones that get recognized, when really we’ve been counting down since midnight on last New Year’s Eve” etc etc and wouldn’t shut up until they agreed to start the vocal countdown at 90.

Willie and Alex haven’t been counting with them. They’ve been sitting on the floor of the Molinas’ living room, holding hands and staring into each other’s eyes, preparing themselves for their first New Year’s Kiss.

Nick & Carrie: for @queenofthequillandink

At 10:00, her dad goes to bed, so Carrie sets Nick up on the couch in the den with about fourteen blankets and The Holiday on streaming.

At 11:00, she paints his nails a festive shade of pink and orders a large pizza with everything for them to share.

At 11:30, they make twin hot fudge sundaes with about a million toppings each. 

At 11:45, Carrie puts the Ball Drop on and makes fun of Ryan Seacrest, as per tradition.

At midnight, they ring in the new year. A year of healing, of friendship, of peace. Still by each other’s sides.

Caleb & Adam: for @staystrange

“How’s the party?” Adam says on the screen, a red solo cup in his hand.

“Loud,” Caleb says, rubbing absently at his chest, and they both know he doesn’t just mean the volume. “I wish you were here.”

“I know, me too. We’ll ring in next year together.” Adam glances over his shoulder, and Caleb can hear someone (probably Caitlin) shouting from the next room. “I’m being summoned for the count down.”

“You’ll come back to kiss me, won’t you?”

Adam smiles at him— the tiniest smile ever, which means it’s the most real. “Of course I will. Happy New Year, babe.”

“Happy New Year.”

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[danandfuckingjonlmao]

i’ll never forget that the first time i watched julie and the phantoms, during the last episode after they became corporeal and hugged i just shouted “THEY CAME BACK TO LIFE BECAUSE OF THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP” and immediately burst into tears

[polls4you]

Julie and the Phantoms: Choose your favorite song!

Listen to the songs below the cut!

[1mnobodywhoareyou]

ok but imagine as Julie's standing there awkwardly like "oh no my band disappeared" and somebody just yells out from the back of the gymnasium, "THEY DON'T EVEN GO HERE!"

[maniacace]

it's that time of the year again

[writerownstory]

do we think Luke gave Julie Bright and then told the boys about it or vice versa?

I just really love that the boys seem to be like “oh Julie is gonna use an old Sunset Curve song to get her place back in the music program? cool let’s go support her!!!” it’s very found family of them 🥹🥰

[narcissusbrokenmirror]

ugh i can't be normal about this con. I'm falling into a void. But something that keeps amazing me is Madison Reyes. I mean, just tell me this isn't a supernova and i know ur lying.

I love her outfit, seeing her dressed like that in the first night blew me away, red and black are terrifying good colors for her and she knows how to play with her silhouette and the accessories, her tulip earrings are so gorgeous, her hair is so well done. She's eating up everybody stealing the scene.

She always got a great sense of style and she can rock so many different scenes, she went so radical with the first look and then the second day, this two piece dress with a tie pattern?? The bracelets, the hair style, i love specifically how her hair is way more black when she wears dark pieces and heavy colors and when it gets lighter if she wears lighter or neutral pieces or when she styles it that way.

[catty-words]

here's how fictional band julie and the phantoms going on a real life tour can still win

[willowfae82]

i feel like we don't talk about 'this band is back (Reggie's Jam)' enough.

how did it come about. was it a song they already had written, if so why. like, before they died they were at the 'peak of their careers'; why would they write a song about 'coming/being back' when they were still at the top.

this leads to my headcanon/theory:

they literally made it up on the spot. like they telepathically communicated the whole thing. because they were so in-tune with each other when they were alive that they could do that. it's why Luke looks to Alex and Reggie as much as he does. he's wanting to make sure they're picking up what he's putting down. i mean their instruments were so intrinsically part of them they could be summoned at will. so it stands to reason that they could do this with their thoughts/selves too.

the fact that it's parenthetically called 'Reggie's Jam' will always get me feeling some kind of way.

[chillychive]

I feel the need to remind everyone that Reggie's a ghost who can TELEPORT and my guy literally flipped BACKWARD over a beanbag chair instead!

[ginnyrules27]

You know, in terms of background extras, I think this guy deserves a big hug. He sees Julie on the stage, looks at his list (trying to see if she’s supposed to perform probably) and then just goes ‘eh’ and turns the sound up on Julie’s equipment. 

We know the guys haven’t added Julie’s name to the list because they didn’t even know how to pick stuff up yet. So this guy (who I’m calling Ben by the way, he needs a name!) really has no reason to help Julie out and yet does so anyway. 

Ben’s a good bean. 

[chickwiththepurpleguitar]

You guys ROCK!

Wrote like 3000 words today!! Y'alls prompts finally helped my brain make the words happen and I am so grateful! Finished prompts incoming :)

[prettygirlcse]

why are all the jatp songs actually SO GOOD?!?!!! like i actually love them so much it makes me very happy

[polls4you]

Julie and the Phantoms: Choose your favorite song!

[1mnobodywhoareyou]

these gifsets triggered a new headcanon. I can't remember if anyone's explored this already in fics I've read but...

Luke died with Bright in his pocket. It's too worn to have been pulled from his notebook and that's why Bobby couldn't/didn't steal it.

(also I have QUESTIONS about his notebook)

[laylajoon]

These lyrics are so juke coded😭