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badblondebisexualboy · 1 year ago

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Brother

Platonic!Winchester!Brothers x Teen!Male!Reader (Supernatural)

Abbreviations:

Y/N: Your Name

'Thoughts'

Actions

Warnings: mean Dean?, OOC characters?, fear of abandonment, misunderstandings, probable misinformation, messed up timeline? Hmu if I missed anything.

Dialogue Prompt: “You’re fine. (We’re) I’m taking you home”

Requested by: no one

A/N: this feels rushed. The ending is bad, the apology is shitty, and overall I feel I could do better. Give me some ideas and constructive criticism.

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3rd Person POV

Y/N: Come on guys... you can't keep me here forever just because I’m your little brother. Please let me out. I wanna go on adventures with my big bros too...

Dean: No it's dangerous.

Sam: You could get hurt, and we don't want dad up our ass about it.

Dean: stern Sam... Anyways, Y/N, I feel like you'll just be a burden on us during the hunts. you don't know how to handle yourself, you don't know how to fight, you've never taken a hit, nor did you ever care to listen to dad's instructions when he was telling you why this is dangerous. so no. you won't be coming with us. And Sam, we have to go.

Sam: That was harsh dean.

Dean: he wouldn't listen otherwise

they walk out, leaving Y/N alone in the trailer Y/N: speechless

Y/N: g-guys but I-

The door was shut

Y/N: sigh so this is what he thinks of me… a burden…

half hearted chuckle Y/N just goes to the kitchen, prepares food for the boys, and goes to sleep. After the hunt, sounds of things falling to the floor Y/N jolts awake

Y/N: w-who's there??

Sam: it's us. Don’t worry.

Y/N runs downstairs to check up on them

Y/N: holy sh- guys, sit down I'll get the first aid

Y/N first patches up Sam and then goes to Dean

Y/N: Sam, your food is in the fridge, eat it.

Y/N sits in front of dean, and starts cleaning his cuts

Dean: Ow careful!

Y/N: flinch sorry… finishes with aiding your food is also in the fridge.

Dean: ……

Y/N: do you hear me Dean? make sure you eat ok?

Dean just nods

Y/N: 'so now he won't even answer me... great' sighs and goes back to his room.

Author POV

For the first time in a long time, Y/N cried himself to sleep. He thought he found a family, but maybe his mother was right… maybe she was just a fling to John Winchester, and maybe Y/N was just an unwanted kid… and maybe that’s the reason Dean hated him, because his father cheated on his mother with Y/N’s… maybe Sam was just sympathizing with him… maybe Sam hated him too… he slipped into sleep with these thoughts in mind. But it didn’t take long for him to wake up because he heard thump. A grave mistake he did was to peek out the door. He saw some kind of a creature dragging Sam down the stairs. And with the new found courage, he ran and jumped on its back. The creature picked him up, and knocked him out. Before blacking out though, he had the energy to yell out his eldest brother’s name, “DEAANNN!!”

Y/N POV

The next thing I remember was waking up in a dimly lit room

Chuckle.

Startled by the chuckle, he yelled out into the darkness, “W-who’s there??” an equally startled Sam replied, “Y/N!!? what are you doing here??” “S-Sam! Are you okay??” Sam hesitantly replied, “yes… how did you end up here?” “I saw that thing taking you and jumped it… maybe it took me too” a new voice jumped into the conversation, “well well… if it isn’t for the younger Winchester and that rat of a brother” I knew who they were referring to, but chose to keep quiet. The stranger continued, “heard your mom died before sending you to her cheater husband, Y/N?” that made my blood boil, but it was the truth nonetheless. “Fine, if I don’t get any reply, I shall get started, separate them.” Someone came and took Sam somewhere. I was scared, I didn’t know what they were gonna do to both of us. My train of thought was cut short when they blindfolded me… oh shit. Here we go. “Don’t worry kid, we won’t touch you. You were an unexpected catch. We plan on talking.” That gave me a false sense of security. Upon not hearing anything from me, the stranger continued, “the hunter community heard a lot about you, kid. The outcome of a fling of John Winchester and Amanda Collins, was it?” my mom’s name piqued my interest. “M-my mom… how do you know her?.” Feeling accomplished with himself on making me talk, he just chuckled, “most of the hunter community knows, the word spreads quick around here kid. And how is it going with your brothers? Heard your old man passed recently, my condolences by the way” he knew way too much about everything going on… it put me on edge. “how do you know about all of this, are you a hunter too? If so why did you take Sam? What did they do to you??” “Okay okay kid, you’re talking too much. Let me…” he gags me!! I mumble incoherent words. “now kiddo, just listen to me. You are just a side quest in this for us. You weren’t even supposed to be here, but now that you are, we have to figure out what we’ll do with you. So shut the fuck up and stay where you are.” and he left. For what felt like hours, I stayed there. in the dimly lit, quiet, creepy room.

Timeskip, few hours

It felt agonizing. I had all sorts of thoughts running through my mind. It physically exhausted me. I felt hopeless… was Dean ever gonna come for me..? did he take Sam and leave already?? Does he know I’m here? Does he care? I mean he did call me a burden.. maybe it is better if he leaves me here. I wouldn’t have to be-

SLAM

The door slammed open, I could hear hurried footsteps, and soon my gag and blindfold was off. “You’re fine. We’re taking you home” and before I could process anything, I blacked out…

Time skip back home

My eyes fluttered open, and I was back in my bedroom. Was it all a dream? After a while of just laying in my bed, I walked out to the kitchen. I could hear… arguing?

Sam: “he only went to save me Dean! You can’t scold him for that. Come on man… he’s still a kid…”

Dean: “there are other ways to save someone Sam. Not recklessly going after an unknown entity. We already have enough stuff to deal with. We don’t need him becoming one. And you have to stop being on his side. This will only make him more irresponsible. Now go back to your room and let me go talk to that brat.”

Sam: “But-”

Dean: “no more of that Sam! Get back to your room.”

My breath quickened as I realized Dean was going to check for me in my room. I didn’t wanna get onto his bad side than I already was, so I ran back to my bed and faked sleeping.

Dean: “Y/N, get up. We need to talk.” I was scared, but got up nonetheless.

Y/N: “y-yes dean?”

Dean: “We need to talk about why the hell you did what you did.”

Y/N: “I… I also want to talk to you Dean.” Dean: “sure you go ahead first then”

Y/N: “What is your problem with me?”

Dean: “Sorry?"

Y/N: “why do you hate me? what did I do to you??”

Dean: “I do not hate you. And you did nothing to me. where’s this coming from?”

Y/N: “all those times you pushed me aside, talked to me like I was a rag, all those times you did not consider my feelings… even today in the morning and just a few minutes ago…”

Dean: “…I”

Y/N: “do you hate me because I’m not your own brother? Or do you hate me because dad… cheated on your mom with mine”

Dean: “that’s enough! I do not.. hate you. Yes, I had a strong dislike towards you… but now I don’t even have that. I’m worried. I never took care of a 16 year old… Sam left for college when he was 16… and I never knew how to do it. You just got left with us… and then dad… sigh I’m sorry if I gave you the impression that I hate you. I do not. I… I see a younger Sam in you… that’s why I’m scared. Whatever happens to you is my responsibility.”

Y/N: “…You do not have to do it alone. I and Sam are always with you. You don’t always have to know what to do.”

Dean: “I’m sorry… can you forgive me?”

Y/N: “it will take time, but I’m sure I will. For now, let’s go eat something… together…”

Sam: “I already ordered take out, let’s watch something?.”

Y/N: “race me to the TV?”

We sprinted out of the room, laughing and trying to trip each other. This felt like home… it felt nice.

~ X THE-END X ~

#dean winchester #sam winchester #winchester brothers #male reader angst #angst to fluff #supernatural x male reader angst #platonic #angst #angst with a happy ending #angst to comfort male reader #winchester male reader

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lynderman · 2 years ago

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Songs That Remind Me Of Finbin, Except I go Into Depth On Why Pt.4 (Robin’s P.O.V)

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List of songs I correlate Finbin with

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I Hear A Symphony, Cody Fry

“I used to hear a simple song. That was until you came along.” Robin had 0 friends/people who cared about him. Everyone was too terrified of him. But not Finney. Robin admired Finney because he didn’t treat him like an outcast.

“Now in it’s place is something new.” Like Finney, he felt empty until they met. Once they became friends it gave Robin a sense of purpose. To protect and help Finney.

“I hear it when I look at you.“ Robin’s never been kind of tender hearted. Until he met Him. Now he takes everything with a grain of salt and tries to better himself for Finney.

“With simple songs I wanted more.” Finney fell first, sure. But Robin definitely fell harder.

“Perfection is so quick to bore.” (Out of order time wise). The day Robin got taken was when he planned on telling Finney how he felt, but it never happened. :((

“You are more beautiful by far.” Again, like Finney; Robin is taken aback by Finn. He’s got Robin wrapped around his finger when he gives him his little half smile or pushes a curl out of his face.

“Our flaws are who we really are.” Robin expects Finn to leave him like everyone else in his life. He thinks he’ll just consider him useless and too reckless for comfort. But Finney refuses and promises they’ll always be friends.

“I used to hear a simple song.” When Robin woke up in the basement, one of his first thoughts was if Finney knew where he was. He didn’t want Finney to worry over him, promising himself he would make it out of the basement. (He in fact, did not make it out of the basement).

“That was until you came along.” When he saw The grabber carry Finney in, his heart stopped. (Again.) He didn’t want anymore people to suffer here, let alone Finney. Bro held his tears back as the other ghost boys asked why he was shaking.

“You took my broken melody.” Robin rooted for Finney to get out. There was the tiniest part of him that wanted him to fail, but he knew that was selfish. Finney deserved to live and do all the things he adopted to do in life. It hurt his heart more than anything to see him crying in the corner. He just wanted to hug him. :(

“And now I hear a symphony.” His phone call with him didn’t go the way he wanted it to. Robin knew if he confessed, Finney would’ve given up for him. But when he said ‘Do it for me.’, He knew Finney would do everything in his power to get out and live life for the both of them. It took all his self restraint to not say he misses him too.

“And now, I hear a symphony.” Thanks to Finney’s ability? (Like his mom’s), Robin stuck around with him. He makes sure that Finn’s ok. Especially on nights when he’s crying. Robin sits next to him and holds his hand. (Finney swears he can feel pressure sometimes.) When Finney visits Robin’s grave, Robin sits next to him and puts his head on his shoulder while he listens to everything, as if he doesn’t already know. Robin wants to be with him, if not the other way around. But he knows Finney deserves to succeed and live life his way. So for that reason, he eventually leaves Finney alone (years on) knowing he’ll always be with him. <3

#tbp #finney blake #robin arellano #the black phone #finbin #angst #Robin x Finney #gay #rinney #finney x Robin #songfic #screaming rn

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rbbalmung · 4 years ago

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Pokemon SwSh GPL AU: Get to know ______ P3

It’s time for THE BOYS. My biggest conclusion from putting this together is that while Raihan enjoys pushing everyone else’s buttons, Leon is the only person that can fluster the hell out of him. Please enjoy.

Get to Know: Leon x Raihan (TrueRivalShipping)

1: Who spends almost all their money on the other? Leon. He feels like the type of person whose love language is gift giving (ex. giving Hop Wooloo and Grookey, giving Gloria Scorbunny, Yamper, and Charmander, ect.). That being said, he’s terrible at getting gifts. He can tell exactly what type of Pokemon a person would want and catch it, but presents? He once got Raihan a charmander watch made for kids without even considering it wouldn’t fit him.

2: Who sleeps in the other’s lap? Leon. They’re both tall, but Lee’s the smaller of the two.

3: Who walks around the house half-naked and who yells at them to put on some clothes? Raihan would definitely strut around just to get a reaction out of Leon. Half the time his intentions are to get him into bed, but the other half? Embarrass Leon when he’s on Rotom calls with his mum (don’t worry, he wears pants for those instances).

4: Which one tells the other not to stay up all night and which one stays up all night anyway? They’re both night owls. They stay up either playing video games or watching Netflix (or whatever the pokemon equivalent to that is). They had to invest in a bigger couch due to how often they have passed out on it. (When I say bigger couch, I definitely mean a futon. They just straight up by the closest thing they can to another bed).

5: Which one tries to make food for the other but burns it all by accident and which one tells them that it’s okay and makes them both cookies? Hop inherited their mum’s cooking skills. Since Leon spent most of his young adult life as a champion who never really had time to stay at home and cook a real meal, it is up to Raihan to provide. Lee was permanently designated to cleanup duty after nearly burning the apartment down.

6: Which one reads OTP prompts and says “Oh that’s us!” and which one goes “Eh, not really”? Leon would say,” Oh, that’s us!” and Raihan would say,” Eh, not really?” just to spite him. There is a lot of teasing and playful banter in their relationship.

7: Which one constantly wears the other’s clothes? Raihan, but only because he would literally murder Leon if he borrowed one of his designer sweatshirts. There’s also the added benefit that Lee’s clothes are a lot comfier.

8: Which one spends all day running errands and which one says “You remembered [thing], right?” Leon isn’t allowed to run errands by himself because he’d get lost, so Raihan is usually the grocery-getter. Raihan will be in the checkout line and almost always get a last minute text from Leon asking for one more item. It drives Raihan bonkers.

9: Which one drives the car and which one gives them directions? Leon is the driver, and Raihan is the “direction giver” (let’s be real, he’s more focused on what song they play next than getting them to their destination). If it’s a group road trip, neither of them are allowed in the front because they’ll just end up getting everyone lost.

10: Which one does the posing while the other one draws? Ok, so I don’t really think one of them would draw the other. They’re much more of an “active, sporty couple” than an “artsy couple”. That doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened, though. During one of their dates, they decided to doodle each other on their napkins to help pass the time. They were both terrible and it got really heated when the waitress chose Leon’s drawing as “slightly less worse”.

11: If they were about to rob a museum, which one does backflips through lasers and which one is strolling behind with a bag of chips? Are you kidding? They’d both try to out-do each other. Both backflippers.

12: Which one of your OTP overdoes it on the alcohol and which one makes the other stop drinking? I feel like even though Leon has more body mass than Raihan, he’d be the lightweight of the two. Both have been in the League since they were in their late teens, but Leon’s public image had a lot more specifications than Raihan’s. That meant Raihan got to go to a lot more college parties on his nights off and build up his tolerance. Leon’s public relations manager didn’t let him even look at alcohol until he stepped down as champion. He had to “set a good example for his young fans”. (Sufficed to say, Gloria quickly got a new PR manager when she filled his role).

14: Which one keeps accidentally using the other’s last name instead of their own? Raihan learned that if he used Leon’s last name, he could get special treatment. It’s an abuse of power! Especially when they’re having dinner at the Hoffman house and Raihan casually slips in that he’s planning on taking Lee’s last name once they marry. Leon’s convinced his grandparents like Raihan better than they like him at this point.

15: Which one screams about the spider and which one brings the spider outside? Raihan, though he’ll go to an early grave before admitting that. He just doesn’t want them getting webbing on his new shoes! Yeah...that’s it.

16: Which one gives the other their jacket? Leon. It was mentioned above, but Raihan has to be in a really good mood in order to let Leon borrow his stuff. It isn’t that big of a deal, thankfully: The Hoffman boys are like personal heaters.

17: Who keeps getting threatened by the other’s overprotective older sibling? Ok, ok, ok: Raihan is slightly intimidated by Hop. He just wants the best for his big bro! If that means calling Raihan out of his shit from time to time to keep him in line, so be it. Raihan can’t fight back either, because that’s his boyfriend’s little brother! One of the only things Leon gets testy over is people bullying Hop, so Raihan has to do it when he isn’t around.

18: Who’s the first one to admit they have feelings for the other? Leon. It wasn’t one of those things where they’ve always liked each other, but after being friends for so long, their feelings blossomed into something new. Lee is a big flirt and never officially came out, so Raihan just figured he didn’t mean it whenever he complimented him. Leon literally confessed to Raihan at least five time before it sank in that he was serious.

19: How good would your OTP be at parenting? I think they’d actually be pretty good! Leon helped raise Hop and he definitely has the dad act down, so adopting children would be something he’d be super interested in. Raihan may struggle a little bit at first (especially with where the line of what he could and couldn’t post on social media was), but he has a big heart. They would always be there for their kids. If Gloria and Hop are the cool parents, Leon and Raihan are the embarrassing ones. Would tease their kid lovingly.

20: Which one types with perfect grammar and which one types using numbers as letters? Leon has sent a lot of professional texts because of his former position as champion, so he’d win by default. If they’re texting each other, it is all in numbers, emojis, and abbreviations. Sonia, Piers, and Nessa hate being in group chats with them.

21: Who gets attacked by a bully and who protects them? Lee is the more protective of the two, especially when it comes to people bullying Raihan online. Raihan tries to tell him that he doesn't have to do it, but he’s secretly very flattered.

22: Who makes the bad puns and who makes a pained smile every time the other makes a pun? Leon makes the worst dad jokes in the world. Sometimes he does it just to embarrass Raihan.

23: Who comes home from work to see that the other one bought a puppy? They take turns. Raihan will catch a Hakamo-o to beat Lee’s Aegislash, only for Lee to catch an Azumarill from the Isle of Armor a week later. It’s a never ending game of trying to one up the other.

24: Which one gives the other a piggyback ride when they’re tired? Leon. He’s pretty buff, so carrying Raihan around is nothing. He usually does it without asking if his boyfriend looks tired and flusters the heck out of him.

25: Which one competes in some sort of activity and which one does the overzealous cheering? Ever since Leon left he league, he makes it a priority to go to every one of Raihan’s matches. He often dons ridiculous disguises in order to not get recognised, but he always gets recognised. There is an online forum just made up of pictures of him in different, weird attire. He might’ve even been able to slip by public notice if not for the fact that he tries to make AS MUCH NOISE AS POSSIBLE to cheer his boyfriend on.

26: Who takes a selfie when the other one falls asleep on their shoulder? Is there even a possible different answer than Raihan? The man takes selfies as a living. You better believe he has 8 different folders of pictures of Leon.

27: Which one would give the other a makeover if they asked? Raihan. Leon is so close to having style, but then he’ll throw on his signature snapback and a cape and ruin everything. You know the cape isn’t even a requirement for the champion to wear? Yeah, Lee just chose to wear it. He counts it as a small victory whenever Leon decides to buy something at one of Rai’s favourite stores.

28: Which one owns a pet that the other is absolutely terrified of? Raihan tries not to get between Leon and Charizard. It’s a similar situation to the Hop one: Charizard is Lee’s baby, which means Raihan isn’t allowed to tease them.

29: Which one holds the umbrella over both of them when it rains? Raihan, but he purposely will move the umbrella out from above Leon to get him soaked. It’s payback for all the other stuff he does.

30: If your OTP went on vacation, where would they go and what would they do? Who would take the pictures? Like Gloria and Hop, I think they’d travel to all the regions. They’d have to do it on off seasons and couldn't stay long due to their duties in Galar, but they like seeing the new types of pokemon. Once again, Rai would take millions of pictures. He has a photo album per vacation, not just vacation in general.

#GPL AU #pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon au #pokemon swsh #swsh #swsh leon #pokemon leon #champion leon #swsh raihan #pokemon raihan #gym leader raihan #leon x raihan #truerivalshipping #The banter between these two would be unbeatable #half the time people aren't sure if they even like each other #best boyfriends ever

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rotblut · 3 years ago

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girl PLEASE give us all ur yom headcanons i'm BEGGING

(ignore the grammatical mistakes please and thank you you know my engish sucks)

happy ones where they are alive and happy ok

so MS didn’t run away and stayed there and they went to her mom’s house and did all the preparations for her dad’s funeral and they stayed with them for some time

at night MH gets nightmares from all the things they had to endure but HT is there for her (he doesn’t get that sever nightmares anymore the way he got them in the past)

they want to move as far away as possible from gwangju so they move to a little town in the countryside where distant relatives of her live there

those relatives give them a lil place to stay and it’s a lil house but it’s their house

lots of handholding while they walk or even sit they love to hold hands (and rub with their thumbs either the back or the palm of their hands) and he loves to play with her fingers too

he loves to surprise her with random gifts but not the materialistic kind. all sorts of stuff: composing new songs for her and (spoiler) their 3 kids and he loves to pick up wild flowers and do stuff for her and of course also buy her little things because he knows she’s not the materialistic type but he loves to just give her stuff since he always wants to impress her like it’s their first time meeting

she’s an okay cook but he cooks better so he mostly does the cooking and they share the household duties but he really wants to do so much for her and she won’t let him do it all alone so they tease each other about it

he doesn’t enter the song festival but he does mini concerts just for her in their living room or outside in front of their house at the porch and later on he even sings in front of others when there are little festivals that the town there celebrates

don’t know how medical studies work but i guess he finally starts to finish his medical learning there at a really little clinic and after years of working there the guy who’s in charge retires so HT becomes the head of that little clinic and she works there as the head nurse (but really it’s not much work like most of the stuff is easy but since it’s the only clinic in that part of the countryside people do go there to get treated)

every month they send a lil money to her mom/grandma and to JT and MS

june 23rd is his birthday. he tells her i love you and she tells him that back. i mean they already said it millionth of times with their gestures and their promises and how they treat each other but this is the first time they say it out loud. they celebrate his bday together at home and she cooks for him and it’s quiet but lovely and full of embarrassing moments and happy and crying moments too. she gifts him a shirt and it became their tradition that on his bday she gifts him a shirt with a prayer sewn in there (by her)

after 3 months of living together (august) they go to seoul and sign the papers to legally be married but this time they go with her mom, grandma, MS. (JT is still recovering but HT has now a better relationship with him and talks to him once a week on the phone)

they have 3 kids: the first is a girl, 2nd is also a girl and the last is a boy. sdkfhlkajsdlfkadsf

she notices that she’s pregnant in september and she’s happy but also scared because what if she will make their baby suffer and that their baby will resent her like she resented her father for a long time. and she doesn’t want that for her baby. HT finds her on the floor crying after he comes home and (they promised to tell each other everything) she reluctantly but truthfully tells him that she’s pregnant. and that she’s scared and happy of course since it’s their baby, but really scared. he reassures her that even tho they will not be perfect parents and make mistakes they will raise their baby with lots of love and care and he wants to raise their baby together. after that they both cry and he feels so many new emotions that he composes a new melody that he will play for them in the next months and years.

he talks to the baby in her belly and she names all their kids because she’s the only carrying the baby in her belly

nov the 1st is her birthday and their special date day. he already does everything she tells him to do but on that day he’s even more committed. he buys her a maternity dress and also gets her her fave butter bread and flowers and other stuff. he wrote parts of the lyrics for her song so he sings it this time for her with the lyrics. she cries. like a lot.

they are still visiting orphanages and doing their duty to help the kids there

(it’s getting long so for now lemme stop there and maybe there will be part 2 of only happy headcanons another time)

sad ones (between ep 3-12):

this was in ep 10 after he gave her her bro’s shoes and they talked a bit and they are still bloody and dirty from everything so HT takes a washcloth and basin from the bathroom next to their room in the hospital and goes back to her. he asks her to stay still and he washes her face clean from the blood, tears and dirt and he does it so tenderly and really carefully and she starts crying again because of everything and she just lets him clean her face and he also takes her hands and arms so he can clean them too and after she’s clean she takes the basin and washcloth and takes it to the bathroom and gets a new one and does the same for him too. they don’t say nothing at all and just look at each other and after that shower and this time they sleep in the same bed side by side and he holds her in his arms till they both fall asleep

in ep 11 when he returns all bloody and dirty and a mess she's the one to take the washcloth and basin and cleans him and by doing that thinks *I love you I’m sorry I’m glad you came back and are here with me* and this time he’s the one to cry and she cries too and he takes her hand and puts her inner palm to his lips and gives it a long peck and just looks at her

sad ones (after her .............. you know)

so after what happened to MH, HT stopped playing the guitar. *whenever I think of you, I can’t help but sing* well he won’t play or sing at all anymore. his guitar was still in that room in the church with the rest of their belongings and the priest kept it there till HT came back to get them and HT broke down in front of the priest. after that he took their things and for a few years he left the guitar at MH’s mom’s house. after her mom died he took it with him and put it hidden away in a closet where he lived in seoul. only after he finally found out what happend to MH and she came back to him he took it out, finished the lyrics of her song and played the guitar at her grave.

he regularly visited her mom, granny + myungsoo and also had a good relationship with his bro and even the stepmom

i think he was questioned for a long time and in custody of the soldiers and once he came back he meticulously searched every tiny spot in the woods for signs of her but he found nothing

it was confirmed that (when he enternd the restaurant in the time skip) it was already november. and november the 1st was her birthday....... and his birthday was on june 23rd (a month after their wedding day and her death) ....... he spend it in agony

he has her passport picture in his wallet and there is a picture of her in his room too

he rented a lil room in gwangju and got her stuff moved there from the share house she was living in and he regularly helped her mom by sending her money the way MH did when she was........ you know. and he send money to MS too.

after 2 years he decided to finish his studies because he remembered that she told him he would be a good doctor so he did it more for her than himself and moved to seoul.

he does the medical visits to the orphanages each year

deep inside he had known she died

he only talked about her with MS and JT and once seok chul regained consciousness he talked to her about MH

don’t even wanna talk about the triggering stuff that he did to himself/the trauma/ptsd that he has because of her death/the situation they had to endure

anyway share your headcanons too pls thanksssssss

#frage #the sun rises in your smile

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eyeslikefoxglove · 5 years ago

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Episode 14 - WangXian are a (v soft) Battle Couple & Foxglove is hella mad

Hi! Welcome to episode 14. I should be studying. It’s day two of morning runs, so my soul has left my body already, send help. Yesterday I went to buy plants with my mum and got so excited I just whacked on a bunch of eyeshadow because I haven’t seen the outside in weeks, I’m also wearing makeup today, because I have nowhere to go, but I really need to finish this bb cream before it goes bad, so my parents are getting my full fresh faced “woke up like this and put on mascara” routine (which is a fucking lie because I’m wearing at least three blushes and two highlighters). I’m determined to get this bitch down in under five minutes so I can have another five to do eyeshadow, I have way too much eyeshadow to not wear it (I have way too much everything except maybe mascara and eyebrow stuff).

Yes, if y’all were wondering I am in fact a makeup magpie. ANYWAY BACK TO THE ACTUAL THING WE ALL CAME HERE FOR.

(Btw further down I discuss once again how shitty I think the Yunmeng sibs’ parents are if that causes an issue for you)

Ok ok ok, so I was talking with damnpoe-2187 here about how we found that sometimes WWX crossed from gremlin into asshole when he tried to get LWJ riled up. Like in the Cold Springs, putting our shippers hearts aside, that was a dick move and he should have stopped undressing the second LWJ went from annoyed to incredibly uncomfortable. I find this scene the complete opposite, a show of character development if you will. It is kind of similar in that they’re both hurt, and alone (although this time is much more serious) and there was some undressing going on; however WWX here behaves like a fool in love considerate person and knowing how uncomfortable LWJ already is tries to make it easier for him. They’re also super soft and I’m weak.

A brief interlude from my one track mind: That pond is full of corpses isn’t it? Or at least the remnants of the Murder Turtle’s meals I suppose. Damn right WWX should not have gone into the water with an open wound, but think no one should go swimming in there without a full hazmat suit tbh (I want to pump them full of antibiotics at this point ngl)

So I love this tiny montage (is it even a montage) of the, getting themselves ready to kill the Murder Turtle.

Teamwooooooork.

Listen, I have read a few fics in which their mind-meld stays in place due to reasons and I need me more of those.

Ok, turtles don’t work that way, but then again, giant murder snake-Trex-turtle so that’s low on my list of priorities. What’s not low is the fact that this guy is knee deep into pretty much a mass grave and I want to take a few showers just watching him.

Yeah, I know exactly what he’s smelling and suddenly I hope I don’t have meat for lunch today tbh.

The screaming sword has always been fucking creepy and does LWJ’s fist clench mean that he’s also hearing them?

BATTLE COUPLE! BATTLE COUPLE! BATTLE COUPLE!

So I know killing the thing took them something like six hours. And while it feels quite a long time in the show, I think that, if they cut the scene with idk, JC running towards Lotus Pier, then back to them, then back to JC, but now the sun is in a different position, back to them, but now the blood from LWJ’s hand has dripped down his arm; and so on a so forth it’d convey more clearly how long it took for the Murder Turtle to die. I know fuck all about cinematography tho so feel free to ignore all this if it is in fact an abomination.

Tiiiiiiny interlude here to say that Yiling Patriarch!WWX is probably one of my favourite character archetypes. He’s slightly creepy, slightly amoral (smiling while torturing and murdering bad guys is still amoral ok), more than a bit on the Dark Side, cocky, smirky, a bit of an asshole a BAMF, a rebel with cause and yet he will still do the right thing, not despite his nature, but because of it. He’s kind of like a Chipped Spike? But you know, he doesn’t need electroshock to behave.

I just want a fic where he’s this Dark Lord of Evil in everyone’s eyes however the ‘good guys’ take a break from trying to off him because a bigger threat just popped up and they have no choice but to ask for his help. He agrees, keeps being his charming self while also saving everyone’s asses, LWJ is smitten.

TL;DR: The Necromancer is hot. Oh and nobody dare deny LWJ has a Yiling Patriarch kink.

Oh my, this is the part when I always get teary eyed.

WUJI ON A CELLO? DO YOU WANT TO KILL ME?

“Why hasn’t Jiang Cheng shown up and rescued me yet?” THIS IS ALL THE PROOF I NEED THAT WWX IS THE BABY SIBLING.

“Lan Zhan sing me a song”

IT IS HAPPENING, STAY FUCKING CALM EVERYBODY (I’m crying)

That slideshow of their best moments set to WuJi is a masterpiece, and also, it kind of drives home the point of “how tf did we go from flirting during summer camp to this mess”?

(Btw if that’s YiBo humming he’s got one hell of a deep voice)

Ok ok ok, so this moment had me spitting up my tea the first time I watched it. Believe it or not my dumbass thought these people were actually serious with the censorship and we’d get scraps of their actual relationship. Lots of charged moments like in some other western tv shows I’ve seen when two dudes have chemistry but “they’re not gay”, no longing glances, no tender touches, no being unbelievably soft with each other; just you know, amped up, because if I’m not mistaken you can be arrested in China for “promoting the gay”. I mean, they changed the beginning when people insult MXY’s sexuality to insulting his mental health; no one would think “ah yes, the gays are good” when they hear it used as a slur, but they still erased it completely. One of the things I thought they’d fully take away was WangXian, I mean, the into/outro is named Wuji, which, you know, still a mishmash of their names, but not their ship name. It is such a significant part of the story with all the “what’s the song name? Figure it out yourself” that if something were going to give away that they’re married with a kid it would be that. I thought we’d get an artful fade to black BEFORE LWJ would say the name not after. And also, YiBo is enunciating it so clearly that, even with the sound muffled and the blurriness I, who don’t speak Chinese, can make out the two syllables. That’s deliberate, I can say “WangXian” loud and clear without moving my lips too much. At this point in time I must assume someone in charge of looking for censorship violations in the show is a fan and just ignored it.

Censorship person 1: dude, isn’t that a bit too gay, maybe you shouldn’t greenlight it.

Censorship person 2: shut the fuck up, sit here and watch.

*a full rundown of the whole of CQL later*

Censorship person 1: oh my god they’re so in love and they deserve to be happy.

Back to the commentary: I’m sorry but I have a mighty need of a WWX & Peacock friendship ok? This might be me just wanting WWX and LWJ to make other friends besides each other but I think that the Peacock is just bitchy enough to not take any of WWX’s bullshit.

And the Yunmeng bros timing for banter strikes yet again.

That’s terrible quality fake blood btw.

@ Yunmeng disciples: STOP SHOOTING FUCKING KITES PLEASE AND THANK YOU

Oooof even with a change of clothes our boy is still looking rough as hell.

MY LOVELY YUNMENG SIBS BEING SOFT AND HAPPY WITH EACH OTHER.

It hurts my soul that the second JFM starts praising WWX for surviving the Murder Turtle our boy’s knee-jerk reaction is to start praising JC in return. It is instinctive, how many times must this have happened for him to know his brother won’t even get scraps of praise? (Seriously fuck their parents)

It was going so well, I mean, JFM had a point warning him to not say things in anger. But I thought he was going to tell him that it is because sometimes he’ll hurt someone without wanting to, yet, this asshole decided to, once again, remind his kid he thinks he’s a failure.

And here comes Mme Yu who I can only assume had a servant posted at the door to warn her when WWX woke so she could throw some verbal abuse at him. I mean, she must have been missing it.

And JFM’s misogynistic bullshit strikes once again, because why defend ALL your kids when you can insult your wife.

(Every time someone berates WWX for “intervening” I want to scream. I mean, seeing this I can believe why the society as a whole thought genocide was a good idea.)

I love how they use their kids as props in their fight, I mean it’s not like they have feelings or anything. This woman is gaslight-y as hell too “you don’t love your kid because I gave birth to him”, you can’t tell me saying that in front of the son she’s supposed to love isn’t going to hurt him. And she knows it, I mean, besides the Wen attack I’ve never seen her hit the kids (although I very much doubt she hasn’t), so a good part of the abuse must be verbal. There’s no fucking way a person who regularly uses words that way won’t realise where she’s aiming those arrows. Which means to her (to both) the kids are collateral.

But FR, the barely-out-of-adolescence disaster bi necromancer PTSDing all over the place and living in a mass grave was a better parent than any of the current adults in this thing.

Which brings me to another point, Shijie is textbook “the oldest sibling is just another parent” and I’m making myself very angry.

[this is when I start frothing at the mouth and itching to write a modern-girl(and friends)-dropped-in-CQL because someone has to be a positive adult influence in these kids’ lives and it sure as shit ain’t the ones in the actual show.]

CAN WE STOP BRINGING PEOPLE’S DEAD PARENTS INTO THE FIGHT?

*deep breath*

I am going to feed JFM & Mme Yu each other’s spleens. Look, listen, look and listen, let’s first talk about how calmly they lay out the facts of their lives, one is only loved because he’s been brought up in the shadow of his dead parents, the other knows with certainty his father dislikes him and his mother uses him as leverage in marital disputes. When have these two not exploded their emotions all over the place? Fucking never. Yet here they are, talking about this bullshit like some bout of inconvenient weather. They’re used to it!

And now let’s talk about yet again siblings-are-just-extra-parents, with an added pile of WWX’s terrible self awareness that, to the man who brought him up, his worth is due to his dead parents. Again I’m extrapolating, but with the amount of times Mme Yu brings up his parents in such a negative light I refuse to believe JFM hasn’t made all the “you’re so much like your parents” comments to him every time WWX does something right. I mean, telling an orphan about their parents if they ask is a good thing, but WWX seems starved for stories about his them, which leads me to believe JFM refuses to talk about the topic except to make those little comments. What a fucking stellar way to give someone all the trauma if you ask me. May also explain a lot of WWX’s self worth issues if the biggest praise he’s ever heard is that he resembles dead people, yes, people who were loved, but they’re dead, and it doesn’t look like any adult has bothered to go and differentiate WWX from ZSSR&WCZ.

I’m just really mad, despite all the silly anecdotes I put in here my parents are fucking great at parenting, so I know what good parents should look like, and this ain’t it.

Ok, so I made myself angry and I don’t know if I should move onto the next episode now or wait till tomorrow but thanks for reading!

#the untamed #cql #mdzs #mdzs live action #foxglove watches cql #foxglove watches the untamed #wei wuxian #lan wangji #wangxian #jiang yanli #jiang cheng #yunmeng shuangjie #yunmeng trio #yunmeng siblings #yunmeng bros #Foxglove is hella mad #good parenting? Less likely than you think

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mrjoelgarcia9 · 4 years ago

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Let’s Talk #Superman: Brainiac Attacks

In 2006, during the lead-up to Superman Returns, Warner Bros released a new animated film to accompany the live action film.

It makes Returns look good by comparison.

For a review of Superman: Brainiac Attacks, feel free to keep reading. There will be spoilers.

An asteroid containing the alien cyborg Brainiac strikes one of Lex Luthor’s facilities, and he proceeds to steal all of his data. After a prolonged fight, and saving Lois Lane, Superman presumably destroys the cyborg. However, Lex secretly picks up what remains of Brainiac and they team up to take down Superman with some Kryptonite and the Man of Steel’s DNA. Meanwhile, Clark struggles over revealing his secret identity to Lois.

This film is awful.

While based on Superman: The Animated Series, it is not part of the show’s canon. The film was directed by Curt Geda, who previously directed several of the show’s episodes as well as both Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. The only other things the two have in common are character designs, backgrounds, and a few voice actors.

Tim Daly notably reprised his portrayal of Superman for the first time since the animated series (due to other commitments at the time, he was unable to appear in Justice League). Dana Delany (Lois Lane), David Kaufman (Jimmy Olsen), and George Dzundza (Perry White) also returned, although the former two previously made brief appearances on Justice League.

In the film’s first major flaw, the villains were recast.

In the original show, Lex Luthor, Mercy Graves, and Brainiac were originally voiced by Clancy Brown, Lisa Edelstein, and Corey Burton, respectively. In the film, they were instead voiced by Powers Boothe, Tara Strong, and Lance Henriksen. All three are clearly giving it their best, but their performances clash with the characters as they were previously portrayed in the show.

Lex Luthor now acts like an over the top version of Gene Hackman’s Lex; Mercy sounds like a serious take on Harley Quinn; Brainiac talks like he came straight out of Super Friends.

The film’s second major flaw is the plot.

It is bare bone, basically being about Brainiac wanting to kill Superman because he beat him once and also take over Earth.

Consequentially, the film has glacial pacing in order to drag out the conflict. The first act does a good job setting up the premise and characters, but the rest of the film struggles to reach 75 minutes. Superman’s fights with Brainiac are prolonged to let the latter monologue, get Lex involved, and for multiple fake outs. The fights in the animated series had better pacing compared to this film.

The subplot between Jimmy and Mercy goes nowhere, taking up a lot of time which could have been used to show Superman in the Phantom Zone. There are a few good moments between Perry and Jimmy, but they also felt like padding. Not counting the subplots, the main conflict barely takes up less than half of the film’s already short runtime.

The film’s last, but not least, flaw is the soundtrack. It sounds like a generic placeholder that simply never got replaced. A theme song which sounds eerily reminiscent of the animated series’ theme is also featured, as if Warner Bros wanted to avoid paying royalties and make the film for as cheap as possible.

Superman: Brainiac Attacks is a terrible film. While it is great to hear most of the series’ voice cast one more time, especially Tim Daly, and the animation is OK, they do not make up for the lackluster plot, bad pacing, and dull music.

It is impossible to integrate the film within the DC Animated Universe due to several continuity issues ranging from Lex’s personality to the Fortress of Solitude. It could best be seen as an alternate finale that disregards the show’s downer ending. Otherwise, it is a soulless cash grab which was just the first of two bad Superman films released in 2006.

Long story short, Superman Returns could have been so much better.

One year later, in 2007, Warner Bros would release another Superman film, Superman: Doomsday. While it did also look reminiscent of the animated series, mostly due to being produced by its creator Bruce Timm, the film clearly drew a line between the two by heavily altering the character designs and adding just enough violence to gain a PG-13 rating. It was still not a good film, but it clearly differentiated itself from the Saturday morning cartoon.

Superman: Brainiac Attacks is available to own on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital. It can also be streamed on HBO Max.

Until next time, thank you for reading!

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eowyndy · 5 years ago

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Ok, so it’s a well known fact that I can’t stand Bro Country- you know the new age country made by a guy who definitely used to be in a frat, only refers to women as “girl,” and how everything she does is purely for his entertainment.

But I like country music. My dad always listened to country music when I was growing up, so I was around it a lot. I have a friend that’s starting to get into country and asked me for some recommendations, so here’s a list of modern artists that I like that don’t fall into the Bro Country trap, or country pop, which is a whole other situation.

Eric Church: The last of outlaw country. He has a lot of classic rock influences, like Bob Seger, and you can hear it in his music.

Chris Stapleton: Hasn’t lost his bluegrass roots, but has brought a little bit of a rock influence to his solo career. He has one of the most instantly recognizable voices with his gravely tone. His songs are truly written like poetry. Has shown his range in collaborations with the likes of Ed Sheeran and Justin Timberlake.

Brothers Osborne: Catchy melodies, heavy guitar solos, very gifted lyricists

Brad Paisley: A little more twangy, but one of the most gifted and underrated guitarists in the industry, in my opinion. Has fun with his songwriting and pokes fun at the Bro Country culture. For example, he has a song that jokes about everyone’s southern obsession with camouflage.

Zac Brown Band: They’re hard to pin down because they range from a twangy sound, to songs with Caribbean influences, to southern rock, and they do all equally well.

Ashley Monroe: Gets just about no airplay because she deviates from the new standard. Her voice is soft, and her lyrics are hard, which makes for a powerful combination. Regularly collaborates with Miranda Lambert and Angelina Presley to form the Pistol Annies, which is also a great group to check out.

The Band Perry: They have since moved on to writing pop music, but their first two albums are chief. Female fronted family band with catchy melodies and powerhouse harmonies.

These are just a few and I could easily make a bluegrass list too, but this was just something that came to mind when my friend asked for help getting started.

#eric church #chris stapleton #brothers osborne #brad paisley #zac brown band #ashley monroe #pistol annies #the band perry #country music

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justgotham · 6 years ago

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On the eve of the show's farewell (and 100th episode), the duo open up about how the Warner Bros.-produced show came together, its biggest challenges, and how they succeeded despite "competing against 80 years of Batman history."

"Batman characters are like Beatles songs," philosophizes Danny Cannon, who has been a co-showrunner on Gotham (along with John Stephens and, until 2016, creator Bruno Heller) since Fox put it on the air in 2014. "You don't play them like the Beatles [did] — everybody does their own version of them."

His version — the one that follows Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) as a rookie cop and young Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) as he learns to be Batman — will air its 100th episode, which will also be the series finale, on April 25. After five years of reinventing origin stories for villains like the Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor), the Riddler (Cory Michael Smith) and Catwoman (Camren Bicondova), and at its peak pulling in as many as 9.7 million viewers (as well as picking up a Creative Arts Emmy for visual effects), the Bat Signal is finally being switched off.

Stephens' future plans are unclear — for a time, he was developing a series about another city, Superman's hometown, Metropolis, for WarnerMedia's DC Universe streamer, but that project was scrapped. Cannon and Heller, though, will be staying near their old neighborhood with Pennyworth, an upcoming series they're shooting for Epix about Wayne Manor's trusty butler, Alfred (played on Gotham by Sean Pertwee and in the new series by Jack Bannon).

On the eve of Gotham's farewell, Cannon, 50, and Stephens, 47, sat with THR (their separate conversations are edited together here) to talk about how the Warner Bros.-produced show came together, its biggest challenges — like casting characters memorably played by the likes of Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer — and how they succeeded despite, as Stephens puts it, "competing against 80 years of Batman history."

You made Jim Gordon a centerpiece of the series. Why?

DANNY CANNON You see through the eyes of a new detective. He sees all the darkest stuff about the city. He looks into the corners and the alleyways of Gotham. Through all five seasons, Jim Gordon walks that thin line between the just and the corrupted. At any point, he could have left. There will always be corrupt people who attempt to control chaos in Gotham. Jim knew he was fighting the true nature of the city. That's good drama.

Batman's story has been told so many times in so many different ways. What version influenced you the most? Which the least?

JOHN STEPHENS I wish I could tell you that we had a really coherent point of view, but it was evolving. At the very beginning, it was a much more noir-inflected, boots-on-the-ground point of view of the city. Then it became more elevated as we continued on to the second season. There were flashes here and there where we probably went a little bit too far into some of the more supernatural elements that sometimes intrude into Gotham.

CANNON We called the show Gotham because that's what we wanted it to be about. We were basically asking, "What would have to happen to a city in order for someone like Batman to feel as though he was necessary?" You get to see all the darkness that Batman had to deal with. You look at him as a child and you get to see where all of his drive, his need to help the city came from. And I think that David did just an incredible job. We watched him grow up on the set. It was like watching Batman grow up.

STEPHENS The first time that Batman really impacted my psyche I was 13 or 14, when Frank Miller was working on the first run of the Dark Knight. Miller's Batman has a twofold element that we talked about bringing into the show. The first element was the sense of weakness and vulnerability Batman carried as an older man. We tried to inject some of that grave humanity, first into Bruce, then into the rest of the world. The second element of Batman that Miller captured really well was the joy he got from being Batman. We wanted to have that feeling of empowerment. I think those two things definitely played through.

Gotham is filled with such an iconic rogues' gallery. What was casting like?

CANNON Casting Gotham was the most fun I've ever had on a job. Those first few months before we started shooting, we had these characters on a board and basically said, "Here are 20 things we want to do this season. We can do five of them." I still think that the show evolved probably a little too fast. But it evolved naturally. And that's the way I wanted it to go.

What does it mean to you to hit 100 episodes … and how do you feel about ending the series?

STEPHENS You know, I'm not sure that reaching a hundred episodes means what it meant 10 or 15 years ago. But there is this weird sort of a milestone element to it for all of us that made it feel like we had run a marathon. Even though it would have been a huge chunk of our lives if the show only ran for four seasons, doing 100 episodes made it feel like we topped off that entire journey. I felt like I was pretty ready for a vacation at the end. We deserved it.

CANNON At the beginning of season five, it was determined that this would be our last. David was getting to that age [he's now 18] where he was turning into a man and we were heading into Batman territory. It's such an incredible fan base that stayed with us, and when the curtain closes, they'll have seen a 100-hour play. I hope that the world we created will remain in their consciousness. I know it's going to remain on Netflix.

And where would you like Gotham to fall in the long Batman pantheon?

STEPHENS I would hope that for this current generation, these iterations will be their canonical versions of the characters.

CANNON Gotham stands alone. There are many DC TV superhero shows. But Gotham had a specific feel. It was a different world. We wanted it to stand apart.

THAT TIME BRUCE WAYNE ALMOST KILLED ALFRED (AND OTHER CAST MEMORIES)

DAVID MAZOUZ (Bruce Wayne)

"I was standing on the top of a bar in a New York City nightclub with a bottle of alcohol-less champagne in each of my hands, surrounded by background actors who were 'OK with getting wet,' dancing my heart out to 'Thriller' and pouring bubbly all over my perfectly tailored Brooks Brothers suit. I looked around and thought, 'If being Bruce Wayne isn't the best thing that ever happened to me, I don't know what is.' "

CAMREN BICONDOVA (Catwoman)

"It feels like we've been on a five-year hike. And to see the work that we've all put in from the top of the mountain was a beautiful feeling."

SEAN PERTWEE (Alfred)

"My favorite memory would be asking Master Bruce to kill me. It shows Alfred's growth and his propensity to love so much as to be willing to die for Bruce, so that he may return from darkness."

BEN MCKENZIE (Jim Gordon)

"The best thing to come out of the series was meeting my wife," says McKenzie, who married Gotham actress Morena Baccarin in 2017.

ROBIN LORD TAYLOR (The Penguin)

"One of my favorite memories is when I learned that Carol Kane was playing my mother and then sharing a van ride home with her every night. She is a legend."

#Oswald Cobblepot #Robin Lord Taylor #Jim Gordon #James Gordon #Ben McKenzie #Leslie Thompkins #Morena Baccarin #Camren Bicondova #Selina Kyle #Bruce Wayne #David Mazouz #Alfred Pennyworth #Sean Pertwee

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vanillaflavour81 · 6 years ago

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Forgive me brother - Kangs and past Joavin fic

Forgive me brother (read it here or at AO3)

Summary: Fangs has feelings for Kevin and wants to take the next step by asking Kevin to be his date to prom. But before he can do that he has to visit Joaquin's grave and let his dead friend know about his plans.

Fangs and Sweet Pea had buried Joaquin in a quiet place in the woods. They had made the decision after Jughead had left. The other option would have been to call the sheriff, but the thought of their brother, who already had to endure so much suffering, ending up on a cold autopsy table hadn't been a thought they could bear.

And so they had picked up Joaquin's lifeless body and carried him deep into the forest, walking on the trails of their childhood. All three of them had used to play here as kids when life on the Southside became too much and they needed to escape for a few hours to play hide and seek in between the tall trees.

Fangs had cried all the way, feeling guiltier than he ever had before. He had failed his friend. He should have done the right thing, should have said no when Jughead asked them to hunt Joaquin down and force him to spill G&G secrets. The very least they could have done was to make sure afterward that Joaquin was ok. They should have brought him to the bus stop, put him onto the next bus out of town, and made sure he would be safe.

Instead, they had just left him there, and the next time they would see him he'd be on the Serpent throne, eyes staring unseeingly into space and lips blue from that damned liquid in the G&G chalice.

It had taken the whole day until they had buried Joaquin. By the time they had finished the sun was already setting, but they didn't go back yet. Instead, they had stayed the entire night, setting up a makeshift headstone out of a little rock they found, working on it with their knives until it had a small inscription:

"Joaquin. Serpent, brother, friend. Never forgotten."

Fangs returned to this grave many times, feeling guilty and trying to make amends by sitting here and talking to Joaquin. He told him about his life, the Serpents, school, and about Kevin, of course, the love of Joaquin's life.

Joaquin and Fangs had been close friends. Joaquin had helped him a lot when Fangs had realized he wasn't only into girls, and when Fangs' mom had gotten sick, Joaquin had been there for him, knowing how Fangs felt because Joaquin had been through the same.

They had been pretty alike, both the tough Southsider on the one side, doing anything they had to do to survive, both sure that they wanted to join the Serpents from a young age. But they had shared another side too, a softer side.

Joaquin had talked about Kevin nonstop, so head over heels in love with the last person he should have fallen for, the sheriff's son. However, Fangs had never told his friend to give Kevin up. It had been so obvious that the preppy boy from the Northside was Joaquin's everything, his hopeful light. Fangs had supported their relationship, had listened to Joaquin gush about Kevin, and Fangs had wished him good luck.

He had kept an eye on Kevin after Joaquin had to leave town, feeling responsible for making sure the boy his friend loved so much was ok.

A little smile crept over Fangs' face as he remembered that time. Kevin had turned his attempts at becoming friends down repeatedly, and Fangs would never forget Kevin's face when he found out Fangs and Joaquin were friends. He looked almost comical. Fangs had laughed about it later on with Sweet Pea until his stomach hurt.

Back then they all had still thought things between Kevin and Joaquin would work out one day. Fangs had been convinced that Joaquin would come back and that he and Kevin would be boyfriends again. They had been a sweet couple, and it had seemed as if they belonged together no matter what.

But of course, death took that away.

Fangs had made sure that he was there when Kevin found out. He had tried his best to help him and hugged Kevin, using all his strength to hold him, when Kevin was struggling and trying to push him off, so desperate in his grief. But Fangs had held onto Kevin and whispered to him how much Joaquin had loved him and that no one could ever take that away from Kevin.

Fangs had told Kevin the whole truth and allowed the other boy to hit him when he had heard about the events leading up to Joaquin's death. It had felt good to finally get this reaction. Kevin had been screaming at him, punching him, furious that Fangs hadn't protected Joaquin. He gave Fangs a huge black eye, and Fangs had worn it like a trophy. He deserved it, and he was glad Kevin had done it.

Once Kevin's anger had faded and his grief had turned quieter, Fangs had brought him into the woods to Joaquin's grave, where Kevin had been able to say goodbye to his first love.

Kevin and Joaquin had already been separated for a long time, and Kevin had even started something with Moose in the meantime, but everyone who had seen Kevin's face after he had met Joaquin during his escape from juvie knew that Joaquin would always mean a lot to him. It was only fair that he could come here and be close to Joaquin whenever he felt the need to do so. It was also something Fangs wanted for Joaquin. The thought of Joaquin having his hopeful light here in front of his grave was comforting.

The months passed. Fangs still visited Joaquin's grave frequently, telling his brother about what was going on in Riverdale. It was a dark story, but he always included funny little things that had happened, something Sweet Pea said, or some joke Fangs had seen on tv. And he talked about Kevin.

Fangs had stayed close to him after what had happened to Joaquin. He watched Kevin date Moose, witnessed him being miserable when Moose didn't want to be seen in public with him, saw him be happy for a few days after Moose finally came out and watched him turn sad again after Moose left him to live somewhere else.

Fangs tried his best to cheer Kevin up, but it wasn't until they worked on the musical and both befriended Evelyn that they became more than just acquaintances.

At first, it was a farm thing. They were both high after eating Evelyn's brownies, and they practiced for the musical, getting really into the love song they were singing. The kiss happened in the heat of the moment. Afterward, they both didn't know what to do with it. But after a few awkward days, they started to talk again as friends. They spent more and more time together, and Fangs realized that he really liked Kevin a lot.

They kissed again, this time without the influence of drugs, and that turned into casual dates, going to Pop's for milkshakes and watching movies together in the Bijou. It wasn't quite clear what they were, just really close friends who liked to make out or something more. But Fangs knew that it definitely meant more for him.

Prom was coming up, and Fangs wanted to ask Kevin to be his date. He already had a plan, but somehow he was still hesitant, and it wasn't because he was nervous or feared rejection. It was because of Joaquin.

Going to prom with Kevin would mean a serious step in their relationship. It would mean that they would be on the path to becoming official boyfriends. At least that was how Fangs saw it. He wanted to be Kevin's boyfriend, but he needed to talk to Joaquin first.

And so he went into the woods once again, crouching down before his friend's grave.

"Hey, Joaquin. I have to tell you something. I already told you about Kevin and me... about the kiss right? And that we were flirting a bit and spending time together. Well, it has become more than that. To me at least."

He took a deep breath, looking at the headstone Sweet Pea and he had put into the soil, reading the inscription again and again. Yes, Joaquin had been his friend, his brother. He would always be, and Fangs owed him an explanation. He continued in a slightly hoarse voice, thick with emotion.

"I know how much you loved Kevin. And he loved you. I am so sorry that the two of you never got a second chance.."

He trailed off, biting his lip and looking away from the little headstone, letting his gaze travel over the trees, taking a moment to listen to the birds chirping. It was a peaceful place, and he sure hoped he wouldn't disturb this peace by what he was about to do.

He gulped hard and turned back to look at the grave, continuing with what he had come here for.

"I love him too. I never would have given in to those feelings if you were still alive, Joaquin, but... I... I fell in love with Kevin, and I want to be his boyfriend. I promise you that I will take good care of him. I will give everything to make him happy. I will be there for him, listen to his problems, try to cheer him up, and I will keep your memory alive. I will let him know that he can talk to me about you. I will bring you up, you will always be a part of his life and of mine. We will remember you together."

He felt relief wash over him after saying all this out loud. A few tears were running down his cheeks by now, dripping down onto the wildflowers that were growing on Joaquin's grave.

Fangs stayed silent for several minutes, just looking at the flowers, putting one hand onto the ground to steady himself. Nothing happened, no storm came up, no lightning struck, no wild animal jumped out of the trees to attack him. He chuckled quietly. What had he been expecting? It was stupid. Of course, nothing would happen. But he had done the right thing by telling Joaquin about him and Kevin, he was convinced of this.

Fangs wiped the rest of the tears away with the sleeve of his Serpent jacket, feeling much more at peace now and ready to head back to prepare everything for his surprise for Kevin. A smile was spreading over his face as he thought about what he had planned. He got to his feet again and smiled at Joaquin's headstone, giving his old friend a little salute.

"I am going to give him the best promposal ever, bro. You would be proud of me. I'll tell you about his reaction. Or maybe he should tell you himself. I'll make sure to send him over!"

Thank you so much to my beta reader @sa5nthunderheadrev

#joavin #kangs #kevin keller #fangs fogarty #joaquin desantos

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splitfnafsoul · 6 years ago

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Beginning memories. How he got to me.

The Rain pelted our umbrella as we stared at the grave. A family friend thankfully played for the funeral but...that's all we got...I looked up, my messy brown hair in my eyes a little. "Mikey...? What are we gonna do now?" I asked as I clung to his hand. My recently 18 year old older brother squeezed my hand. "We'll figure something out Damon." He said gently. After a little longer, we headed home. I took my shoes off and sat on the couch. "We're....gonna loose our home aren't we?" I asked. Mike's soft blue eyes looked at me sadly. I got the picture. With a sigh, mike took his own shoes off and sat by me. Enveloping me in a hug. "We're gonna be OK DD. I promise..." He said gently. I know most kids thought of their parents as their hero...but, my big brother was my hero. He had always seemed so fearless. So it shocked me when I realized that he was crying as he hugged me. "Big brother...?" I asked worriedly, tears brimming in my own eyes. "W-we'll be OK...I promise Lil bro...I..." He cried. And that's when our harder life began. Mike took out a 5,000 dollar loan so we could get a small cheap apartment. It wasn't ideal, but it was a home. We slept on air mattresses and our clothes were in hampers but we were doing OK. Mike quit his school. (He said he had only had a few months left but...I didn't believe him.) He started getting job after job, trying to keep us afloat. I did my best to help make everything easier on him. I kept my grades up, learned to cook. When we'd have enough money we'd have what we would call, 'Wacky Tacky Taco Tuesday.' It was something that kept our hopes alive. My brother was the best brother a kid could ask for. Close to my school was a pizza place that had began to draw a lot of people. Freddy Fazbear's Pizzaria. After school I'd walk over and relax, watching everyone have fun and the animatronics perform. I'd stay until mike came to guide me home. (I was pretty directionally challenged...) Everything was going OK. Until....One day mike got a job at freddy's! I thought it was so cool. I mean, it was lonely the first few days. I had to eat alone and I wouldn't hear mike's song. And on the the third day....it happened. I was watching the kids play as usual when a soft hand rested on my shoulder. I almost jumped "Hello there. Are you OK? You seem lost." Came the soothing voice. I turned around to see a tall man in a purple uniform. He had odd green eyes and dark brown hair tied back in a ponytail. I got nervous. "Uhh sorry sir." I stammered. The man smiled. "Its quite alright. I've seen you all the week days, watching everyone. Would you like to come in?" He Asked. I shook my head. "No thats OK. Thank you though. I have to wait for my brother." I explained. The man smiled. He patted my shoulder again, but suddenly I felt a pinch. "Wh--" I stammered. The man smiled. "Just relax." He chuckled, his voice turning from soothing.....to menacing. My world went black.

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disposedserenity · 6 years ago

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BTS in Singapore #LoveYourselfSG

I don’t know who would even wanna read about a concert that happened A MONTH AGO. But if you are still keen, hey ho.

*I’m gonna recount the entire day in great detail, so please feel free to skip any details if you don’t care about it.*

disclaimer: all pics & videos are not mine unless stated, credit goes to bts/bighit/fansites/fans

For reference, I was at yellow 1 (left side of the extended stage)

On the night before the concert, it still felt unreal. I was surprisingly calm and I was even watching 聲林之王 with glenn (who stayed over) 😂 I thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep but I ended up falling asleep at around 3 am.

19 January, 6.00am: My eyes opened and I was sooooo effing tired LOL. I swear I was in a daze all the way till the actual concert. We got ready and proceeded to leave the house at 8 am. Once I arrived at the stadium, there were fans everywhere. The group of us (carol, mingyou, glenn and I) decided to grab a cup of tea/coffee to wake ourselves up and I don’t know how, but it was already past 9 am by the time we bought our drinks. Glenn and I went to collect the various fansupport items (a cool thing about kpop concerts is the amount of free stuff given out by fans) and we went to find glenn’s roommate who had been queuing for merch since 6am.

At 10.30 am, glenn and I went to register for soundcheck. The place we were at (outdoor area outside astons) had various dance cover groups, which was actually a pretty good form of entertainment to pass the time. After we were done with registration, glenn had to pick up an item she had ordered from a fansite, which we had a hell of a difficult time trying to find because the stadium is so freaking big. We had to speed walk to queue for soundcheck right after, as we were already late (queueing started at 12.30pm and it was almost 1pm)

SOUNDCHECK:

That was basically my reaction when BTS walked out.

Even though they were in casual clothes and had no makeup on, (Jhope even tweeted about it!!!), in my mind they looked like this as they were walking over to us HAHAHA:

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They performed three songs in total: mic drop, dna and run. I went in assuming they would each be rehearsing their solos, so I wasn’t expecting those three songs to be chosen. But, it makes total sense because these are the more hype songs. My memory is slowly fading so I’ll let drake illustrate how I felt during the soundcheck.

When they all stood in one line right in front of me:

When I heard the opening note of mic drop:

KIM NAMJOON, KIM SEOKJIN, MIN YOONGI, JUNG HOSEOK, PARK JIMIN, KIM TAEHYUNG, JEON JUNGKOOK, BTS!!!!!!!

**when I heard the whistling in DNA**

*run plays* me: YAAAAAAAAS BICTH

me realising midway that bts is real and I’m actually seeing them like wtaf-

armys after the soundcheck:

I don’t know how I ever got so lucky winning soundcheck passes, but I wanna thank all the lords and the universe for awarding BOTH glenn and I this opportunity. Soundcheck is truly such an intimate experience because you get to experience bts in all their natural glory. Even though this was just a rehearsal, it felt like a mini concert and I even told glenn that I’d be fine if I didn’t go for their concert and I can die happy lmaoooo.

Brief soundcheck tidbits (you can read the rest here):

1) Jin looks THE best without makeup, he has such good skin and I swear this man is really really handsome in person. I’ll admit I never bought into the worldwide handsome hype before, but I’m a convert now.

2) Jin kept looking at glenn and I several times and he was FULL ON staring. It wasn’t even a brief glance, it was as if I owed him money and he was waiting for me to return it to him (yes jin i owe u my money and life). I kept wondering if I was delusional (aren’t we all, tbh). To be fair, I think jin was also looking at the barricades behind us and/or staring into space, but this man definitely looked me straight in the eye. How did I survive? I didn’t, I’m typing from my grave

3) hobi glows in person, and he’s really not called the sun for nothing. He was the first one to walk out on stage and he had the biggest smile plastered on his face the entire time. Sunshine radiates from this man with every move he makes. Alongside joon, he was the one speaking the most and leading the members.

Ok, so storytime. There were supposed to be 1000 soundcheck winners but when we entered, there was NO way that there were 1000 of us. Our area had probably around 100 - 150 people max and the same goes for the other side. During the concert ment time, jungkook mentioned that there were only 200++ fans at soundcheck. The moment he said that, glenn and I turned to each other and went “HUH?” and we clowned him because we thought he couldn’t math... (sorry jk bro for doubting you oops). As it turns out, about 800 soundcheck passes were cancelled because they were obtained through special means and connections. AND, the reason they looked really tired/sad at soundcheck was because they were expecting 1000 fans and they probably thought they couldn’t even fill up that amount. :( fuck you scalpers, fuck you snakes staff, but I’m glad bighit decided to cancel all those tickets because those fools dont deserve it and also more space for us soundcheck winners muahahaha.

Before I delve into the concert experience, I need to vent about my stupidity and anger at myself. **CAUTION: RANT AHEAD** So, the standing ticket holders were let in to the venue from 4 pm onwards, and we happily found a spot to settle in and chill. (it was definitely NOT chill in our pit, but that’s another story) At around 6.30pm, everyone decided to stand up officially. Fast forward 15 minutes, I went into full panic mode because I needed to pee. Usually, I’ll just hold it in but my stomach was feeling quite queasy (I’ve been having a lot of stomach issues since november). I also didn’t wanna watch the entire concert with the constant urge to pee because that’s so fun, right? It just SO happened that mingyou and carol were talking about going to the back to watch the concert so I said fuck it, I’ll just go to the toilet and stand at the back too. Went to the toilet to pee and ta-da, ONLY TWO FREAKING DROPS OF PEE CAME OUT. I was so pissed at myself (my body really) because it made me leave my front spot for nothing. But, what’s done was done. I told myself that hey, at least you can finally breathe now (while internally cursing). **RANT OVER**

CONCERT:

Even though I’ve watched so many fancams from their concert, NOTHING will ever beat the experience of watching it in person. I got GOOSEBUMPS when the first note of idol played and they all rose from the platform. Till this day, I STILL get goosebumps rewatching any idol fancams because of that exact moment.

me watching the IDOL opening stage for the 94919994th time:

I was watching IDOL from the back with carol and mingyou, and I was truly thankful that I had the space to dance and go wild. But, that feeling lasted briefly because I realised I was so damn far from the stage. BTS was performing most of their choreographed songs at the purple main stage so even if I was at my original spot, I still wouldn’t be able to see them. The huge led screens existed for that very reason, but my stubborn ass was adamant on watching them on the stage instead of seeing them through a screen.

me deciding to squeeze my way back in again:

After IDOL, it was time for their intro ment (introducing themselves, saying a few comments the usual stuff). Immediately after, they performed save me/I’m fine. I don’t know why my idiotic ass thought this was a good time to squeeze my way in when I should have been FOCUSED on my boys. I was basically half watching them, half saying sorry excuse me to strangers. *bows head deeply and slaps self*

Ok moving on.... I really freaking love how they created the transition from save me to I’m fine. The part where tae gets up into a bridge position was b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l. For some reason, he looked particularly breathtaking doing this move at this very concert. The beauty of live performances, indeed.

Personally, tae stood out in save me/I’m fine the most.

Magic Shop was next, which surprised me because I forgot that it was so early in the setlist. Hence, I was NOT ready for the incoming wave of emotions.

“so show me, I’ll show you” will forever remain one of the most iconic lines in the fandom 😭😭😭 I think I would have cried if this song was played towards the end of the concert.

As per tradition, a subunit vcr is played before each members solos. So the order goes hopekook, minjoon, tae and yoonjin (yoonjin was too!! much!! to handle because it was 2 separate screens and I didn’t know where to look at???)

Jungkook: Euphoria

(aiyooo look at them cheeks *pinch*)

I love how this has now become our official fanchant (for context). Euphoria is one of my fave intros after seesaw and my ears were in for a treat that night. (It was also at this point I decided to just stay in my current spot instead of trying to find glenn). Jungkook sounds amazing live and this made me realise that wow, he really deserves the main vocalist title.

As most fans would have known, Jungkook was so exhausted at the seoul music awards, which was a mere few days before the concert. Naturally, I was worried that kook would push himself too much in sg. I could tell he was definitely a little worn out, but he still gave it his all (bcos its jungkook) and delivered an impressive performance. I’m truly happy I’ve witnessed euphoria live 😍

J-Hope: Just Dance

JUNG HO SEOK, YOU GOOD??? J-hope showed me what the term bias wrecker really meant that night. I think EVERYONE left the stadium that night rethinking their bias list (if you didn’t, you’re lying). His stage presence and charisma is out of this world. Everyone knows he’s a good dancer, but seeing him executing those moves in person is REALLY something else.

my face during the entire performance

when he walked over to the extended stage, I was like

WHO IS HE? HE’S J-HOOOOOOOOPE! LOUDER!

I Need U + Run

I honestly don’t remember much from this except for THE vmon moment because they were kinda all over the place. They started at the main stage, then came over to the extended stage and were just dancing their hearts out freely. The members were all splashing water (Idk how they do it so nicely, I’ll probably just hit someone’s head with the bottle) and there was a water cannon. The water cannon was SOOOO strong, I and the people around me were caught off guard (rip my hair & makeup). Bighit probably knew mosh pit fans were sweaty as hell so they wanted us to take a bath. How nice of them.

I loooooveee the outfits they wore here. I’m not a fan of all white ensembles but on bts, I’ll make an exception. They look like ethereal angels who've descended down to earth for one day to grace us with their presence. I’M HERE FOR IT.

look at all da sparkles (and jimin’s messy hair uwu)

Jimin: Serendipity

Till this day, jimin remains my favourite performer in bts. Whenever I watch a bts performance, my eyes automatically go straight to jimin. As a contemp dancer trained in ballet, you can see how that has shaped his performances. Fluidity is the term I would use to describe his style, because he moves like he’s gliding through water. I often find myself rewatching his fancams the most because he has so much adaptibility, its crazy. He knows when to go hard and when to reel it back in. Jimin has such pretty dance lines as well. He stands out because he really pays attention to the little details (the turn of a foot, the hand placement, arch of a back)

Out of all the solos, serendipity is really the prettiest. The combination of jimin’s glitter shirt + pastel hair + bubbles really was a feast for the eyes 😍

See what I mean? Jimin looks so picturesque even in motion.

Trivia: Love

As glenn pointed out, Joon looks so much softer in person (he’s a real life koya 😭). In person, his features are much softer and ‘rounder’. While he may have soft features (how many times can I use the word soft), his stage presence is a huge contrast. I’ve often noticed that out of everyone, joon is the most focused member during performances. While the others will interact with fans/try to incorporate some kind of fan service, rm concentrates solely on carrying out what he’s supposed to do. I can respect that.

Ugh!!! This man!!! Honestly, I was a little worried joon wouldn’t get the hype and cheers he rightfully deserves but Singapore impressed me. Well done, my fellow countrymen (and foreign fans). There was a girl beside me who screamed super loud and kept yelling “KIM NAMJOON!!!!!” so I was like HELLLL YEAH OKAY FINALLY SOMEONE AS HYPED AS ME LEGGO. Jungkook making a heart at the end with namjoon was so cute uwu. Everyone collectively lost their shit when joon slid his jacket off over one shoulder. King of giving the people what they want, I see you.

**another thing to note is how he always looks SOOO happy performing love. You can see the genuine happiness radiating off this man. It makes me happy too 🤗

DNA

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The main talking point of this performance was that jimin fell. I actually missed it, because I could only see their side view and jimin was blocked from my pov. By the time I looked at the screen, jimin was already on the floor (still smiling bcos he’s jimin) and I was like oh nooooooo. Apparently after that, they coordinated among themselves mid song to tell each other not to do the ending choreo. A PLUS TEAMWORK, RIGHT THERE! tae even went to wipe the floor after the performance, bless his precious soul.

sidenote: I love love their dna outfits, especially the jackets!! They had different ones for the america and europe concerts, but I do love the asia tour ones just a little more.

Medley

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The other highlight of the concert happened here because I was reunited with glenn!!!!!!! I found her just when they launched into fire and we were like OOOOOMMMMGGGG YAS. I actually gave up on ever finding her, but I suddenly saw her blouse from the corner of my eye (THANK YOU GLENN FOR WEARING A PINK DAISY TOP). During the medley, everyone kept following wherever the boys went because the boys were on the moving stage. I felt like I was at a wave pool getting pushed without even moving. They were right at the back at the small diamond stage, so I couldn’t really see much. I had no choice but to watch from the screen.

funny moments: tae doing pubg dances LOOOL , rm’s legendary hip thrust (you’re welcome)

Airplane Pt. 2

I.. actually forgot that this song was on the setlist. It felt really anti climatic and I wish they would have arranged this to be after DNA or something.

*airplane pt 2 comes on me:

Jokes aside, I do love this song. It was even one of my top songs in 2018 according to spotify.

V: Singularity

For the first and only time during the concert, this made me speechless. Normally, I’d be cheering and singing along to all of the songs. BUT man oh man, I couldn’t tear my eyes away from tae. While jimin is my favourite performer to watch, I believe that tae is the most expressive performer in bts. Whenever I watch him, I realise that wow that’s really a celebrity right there. Its easy to dress up and put on a show, but not everyone can really perform. What separates a regular person from a star is the x factor, and taehyung is the perfect embodiment of that.

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Fake Love

First off, how did I not notice jhope was wearing leather gloves???? Fake love is still that bitch, no matter what anyone says. It gave us goth bangtan and that’s all I could ever ask for.

I wasn’t expecting them to perform the rock version, and I LOVE IT. I’ve probably watched all of their fake love performances, but seeing it live just solidified it as my fave title track from the love yourself series. Funny anecdote: jungkook didn’t lift his shirt up like he usually does and I swear the people around me were disappointed. They didn’t outrightly say anything, but I could feel the sadness 😂

Suga: Seesaw

ALRIGHT, SHE DROPPED THE CHEESECAKE TIME. Seesaw is my fave solo so you bet your sweet ass this bitch was excited AF!

Singapore did good for the seesaw fanchants, I’m so proud of us *wipes away tear* yoongi definitely noticed our efforts and smiled so freaking wide when he heard us (he absolutely has THE cutest gummy smile).

I remember the entire fandom (me included) got shookt to the core when yoongi first debuted the seesaw performance. We were like ‘suga dancing??’ Seesaw as a song itself was already a pretty unconventional fit for yoongi. We were all used to his hard hitting rap songs (agust d says hi) so we were really surprised. But, you can see how much fun yoongi always has whenever he’s performing seesaw and I’m thankful that he reversed our expectations with this song.

Jin: Epiphany

THIS MAN, yes I am suing. His name is Kim Seok Jin. How dare he make me feel all of the feels when I specifically told him not to? Hearing 50,000 people singing “I’m the one I should love in this world” together was truly a historical moment (just hear how it sounds from OUTSIDE the stadium). Seeing Jin channel all of his emotions into this song was heartbreaking, yet cathartic at the same itme. I would have full on ugly cried but all the screaming probably killed the mood.

the gaze of a man who knows the power he holds, ugh I stan

Epiphany is such a perfect song, 10/10. I don’t know what else to say because nothing I ever say will compare to the experience of actually watching it live. I love you, jin (no hetero)

The Truth Untold

v, jimin, jungkook, jin are the nation’s vocalists thank you for coming to my ted talk

I could barely hear tae at the start because of his mic, which was a shame :( Aside from that, everyone sounded really great. TTU is a song that can strain your voice if not done properly. There were definitely some concerts where some of them struggled to reach the high notes or the correct key. One thing’s for sure though - Jin has CONSISTENTLY been singing in perfect pitch and ALWAYS delivers a fantastic performance. Jin’s singing is so stable, it deserves more recognition. I love tae’s ad lib here and how he made everyone lose their marbles after.

Outro: Tear

HANDS DOWN, FAVE PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT!!!!! I walked out of the concert still thinking about tear, because it was THAT powerful. I’m glad glenn was beside me for this because she’s the only other tear enthusiast I know (TEAM SENN ✊🏼). BTS individually have amazing stage charisma, but put the three rappers together and you get AN UNDENIABLE FORCE. I’ll always stan rap line till the day I die. The three of them have such different rapping styles, yet nothing sounds out of place when they work together.

yoongi in headbands is so hot, no one fight me on this

Mic Drop

Second fave performance of the night! (okay I might be slightly biased, since it was right after tear) Even though this was nearing the end of the concert, I was actually way more energetic than I was at the start. It was like I was saving all my energy stores for this very moment. When joon mentioned it was their last song, I was like NOOOOOOOOO WAIT WHAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE YET. Then, I remembered that there was an encore segment and the world was all right again.

I see you stylists with the second white ensemble of the night, and I raise you one. Mic drop is the song that can get anyone hyped up anywhere. I feel like this is the song that you can play at clubs / festivals and it wont feel out of place. Fun story: the dj at dpr live’s show played mic drop and everyone was lowkey jamming to it (also shout out to all the armys there)

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Please watch jhope’s fancam!!! I’ve always felt that mic drop is one of the few songs that allows him to really shine as a dancer. As a hip hop dancer, he doesn’t get many opportunities to showcase it because he has to ‘tone down’ for bts choreos. If you have the time, do check out all of his hopeonthestreet videos to really see dancer hoseok in his element!

mandatory iconic yoongi mic drop

Encore Stage (So What & Anpanman)

All of the cutest and funniest interactions took place right here!!! Before the concert, I was going back and forth between getting purple or yellow tickets but I definitely do NOT regret getting yellow tickets! The extended stage is where you can see their goofy selves come out to play.

joon + jimin’s cheeks: an untold love story

p.s. joon was casually applying lip balm before this moment, lol

me whenever minjoon minjoons

this is peak joon at his final form

jimin got to start anpanman this time!!

cosmo and wanda (I mean vmin) being the absolute cutest

chaotic duo taejin back at it again

vmon was being very very cute during anpanman & so what!! There were so many vmon moments throughout the concert, THANK YOU UNIVERSE for blessing me with the most underrated ship.

noteworthy moments during the encore stage:

-sope freaking looked at glenn and I, and we almost combusted right there. Both of them came over to our side at one point, and stepped down onto this black box platform just below (no wonder they felt so close). Almost everyone else were on their phones, so naturally they noticed us because we were the only two crazy bitches cheering by ourselves. I MADE EYE CONTACT AND THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS. suga smiled so hard when he saw us going all out, and that’s when I knew: I was yoongi’s bitch for life. jhope was looking at us with a sort of approval *stands at attention* YES SIR ARMY REPORTING FOR DUTY

-jungkook came over to our side of the stage and was just in right front of me. I took this time to really look at his face (HAHA) because I felt like I didn’t see him enough during the concert. He was doing body rolls (looked a little something like this) and everyone around me was busy trying to get his attention. Upon closer ‘inspection’ of jungkook, I have concluded that he is a 5 year old trapped in a 20 year old ripped body. His body proportions are reeeealllyy crazily good - with his tiny waist and long legs (and veiny arms). I can see why people lose their mind over him, but he’ll always remain an adorable bunny to me.

-I got blessed by yoongi’s holy water during so what. I didn’t think I was gonna be close enough to get the water but I GUESS NOT! I’ve never been happier getting splashed with water in my life. I swear, yoongi was so cute bouncing around and just smiling the whole time (I can’t stop talking about yoongi, SO SUE ME)

this is what jungkook looks like in person, can you believe? Fansite pictures are always heavily edited (especially jungkook’s for some reason) so sometimes they can come across as quite ‘fake looking’ when you look at images. Lemme tell you, they look a thousand times better in person. The melanin, the glow, the messy hair, their natural skin - can we get a hallelujah

Final Ment

Their final ment before we parted ways :((( I do enjoy hearing them speak even if its in korean, because you get to listen to their thoughts and feelings. I also really appreciate their attempt in speaking english, because it shows that they care. They might have memorised what to say, but effort goes a long way!

- tae saying we are part of his story, memory and scenery 😭😭😭 who knew it would be a teaser for his song! that sly kid. give it a listen over here, you won’t regret it.

- jungkook saying that the fans at soundcheck (*raises hands* YES IT ME) cheered crazily good. yasss thank you kook for acknowledging us and trust me, you could have just ten armys and we’ll still cheer like 10,000 people!

yoongi was being so freaking cute and for what?? that little pout before he launched into his speech.... HERE TAKE MY HEART

the best part was yoongi correcting the translator (not good night, GREAT night) man’s fluent in english but never shows it off, I approve of this slytherin move. yoongi even mentioned that he thought there was a day 2 concert. live nation, what are you doing??? I was so looking forward to a day 2 concert too. Is minstradamus predicting a 2 day concert in Singapore in the future?? 👀

jin is a sagittarius in every sense of the word. the way he waited for his close up before slowly removing his shades.....I’m honestly not surprised anymore. I’m too used to having so many sagittarius in my life LOL. he even attempted to speak singlish not once, but twice. I sincerely applaud the effort, though my greedy self wished every member tried too (I’m still waiting for jimin to say ‘ zuo mo ni jiang bad de’)

speaking of jimin, he sang promise!! for the first time!! live!! singapore was truly blessed :)))))

thank you God for spending a little more time on this fine specimen, jung hoseok. hoseok is fine, but with his forehead exposed? FINE FINE. *cue me singing I’m fine* everyone was chanting “J Hope! J Hope! J Hope!’ even before he spoke and he was like oooooh, me? while pointing at himself like pls hobi ITS ALL FOR YOU BBY.

yes, you have stolen my heart jung hoseok

I can’t believe this man even bothered to count the days and meals for his speech..... (I like how bts pretends music bank didnt exist LMAO) this man can honestly sell you a trash bag with how eloquent he is. english is his second/third language yet he can construct better sentences in english than I ever will. in Jeon Jungkook’s words “Kim Namjoon, you dangerous man”

Answer: Love Myself (aka THE END CRIES)

At last, the final song dawned upon us. This is it, the moment reality hits you. That we’re all gonna return to our sad little lives after the concert. I was expecting myself to cry, but I actually felt... at peace? Hearing them sing “I should love myself” also served as a final reminder that that is also the title of their world tour, and the key message to take away from the love yourself series. At the end of the day, bts are also 7 young men in their 20s struggling alongside the rest of us. They have their own battles to fight too, but at least we’re all in this together. BTS may be there to provide us with happiness and love, but we must never forget to look inward first. 💜

Welcome, first time experiencing singapore’s humidity?

Singapore air’s just that powerful huh

I got chills, they’re multiplying!

Ngl, Singapore really impressed me. Every member’s solo got the same deserving amount of screams and we even got seesaw’s part down! (yoongi was really happy huhu) I don’t think they nor us fans expected such an enthusiastic response, but I hope this lifted their spirits up. Touring non stop for months is no easy feat, and I hope our passion made them less weary for one night. I still feel extremely blessed that I got to see them so quickly after I became a full-fledged fan. Hope to see you boys real soon! 😁😁😁

p.s. I recommend reading glenn’s experience here, because it is MUCH more detailed and well articulated

p.p.s link to jimin fancams, link to j-hope fancams, link to rm tear fancam

To end off, here are some random/cute pics for your enjoyment ~

me shaking off all the sweat, filth and water out of my hair after the concert

grandpa over flowers

hello glenn, this is for you

LOOK at jungkook’s forearms.... he can literally kill us all

The cameraman was WHIPPED for tae that night, it kept focusing on tae for a good chunk of time (I can’t blame him/her, we were all in awe too)

Singapore is officially J-hope land now. Can he run for president next?

Thank you for giving me a night I will never forget 190119 will forever be etched in my memory 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

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themanicgalaxy · 4 years ago

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SPN 2X22 All Hell Breaks Loose Part 2

CARRY ON MY WAYAARD SONNNNN

Oh my god they rly saved their licensing for this didn’t they

THIS IS SO WELL PUT TOGETHER IT MAKES ME A N G R Y AGH

EY CALLBACK TO CROSSROAD BLUES(demon deal I called it no it wasn’t cuz of fanfic leave me alone)

Look I know bad things are happening in this recap, I Do Not Care I unironically really like this song, I’m Vibing

Bobby: Hey kid you should probably move on, get past bargaining on that stage of grief

Dean: hmmm....Demon deal

THE STAGES AREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS LITERAL DEAN

jeez he’s just entirely lost his faith “let it end” what the hell

Ah wait this is the only other person he had ah

Damn that episode 20...that one did a lot didn’t it

Jesus him yelling is actively terrifying

at least...he apologized to Bobby...but...you shouldn’t yell at Bobby.

wE wholeheartedly stan Bobby in this house I don’t CARE

“Go to hell” oh that curse is gonna be FUN as the season roll by

“I just wanted you to be a kid for a little while longer” FAPFA OH MY GOD

“I had one job” John Winchester I am going to fucking kill you how dare you put this on your literal CHILD

HE GREW UP FUCKED UP! THAT’S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT

“I let down the people I love” affoahs

“let you down” like in the grave is a PAINFUL line nooo

jesus CHRIST That was a LOT of anger and GOGOGO

Give an emotionally fucked up person really powerful knowledge and then....well let’s see what happens huh

These shots tho....very good very pretty

this weird flirting thing is....hm I mean it’s a trope so

“keep your gutter soul” ooo

to be entirely fair, he did an Excellent job of concealing his anger when he needed to(and knew there were consequences) we know that feel bro

ah yeah the kiss i forgot that part

This man truly doesn’t care about himself at all y i k e s

Dean: yes let’s take care of him, a Lot

and also dodges the question of what happened to him

oh also, I need to say, why does Everyone(supernatural at least) in this show have a crush on Dean Winchester

like I realize that it was probably to make him look bad or whatever, but that just makes him a fucking legend?

“i got some more books in the trunk” translates to WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO

God I love Bobby so much

He figured out the demon deal instantly I love Bobby

“dammit Dean”

“I got nothing to lose now” D E A N

OH BOOK END OF THE SEASON, I”M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE

"you have that low of an opinion of yourself” Bobby is just now figuring out how fucked up John did for Dean

“You can’t tell him” oh yeah that’s gonna go well

“take a shot at me, whatever” Dean what the fuck Why did you expect that Dean no

Bobby just cradles his head awwww

ELLEN!

ok great they’re releasing the ARmy

that’s a cool shot tho, with the graveyard

EY HUNTER SQUAD! FT ELLEN!

AH FUCK HE HAS ANDY’S POWER

JESUS Sam had NO hesitation that time

Well hey at least they’ll get the gun back

Yes they accidentally released a lot of demons, but...silver lining!

oho the ley line shot is...so good

Dean tried didn’t he

The fatherly dialogue is ALL KINDS of fucked up

you played into his hand Dean damn you

“how sure you brought back 100% Sam” foreshadowing?

“what’s dead should stay dead” oh they’re gonna do that now again huh

self-loathing, sacrificial, self-destructive, whee

J O H N?

He bought Dean time, did he do it on purpose

...is it over...did they kill him??

JOHN???

Dean gets a nonverbal “you did good”

jesus christ it should have not taken this long, this man hasdia;fhoias;iso

Dean you motherfucker lying is literally just gonna make this worse

John’s spiral took both his kids down with him, and that’s just......so so fucked

“you sacrifice everything over and over, I’d do the same for you” Dean: Yeah I’m not gonna let you get the chance

yep, that tracks siblings pretty well doesn't it

if they “We got work to do me”

oh COME ON

NO DON’T END ON A HAPPY NOTE WHAT THE FUCK

ok uh wrap up:

1. Someone get Dean some FUCKING therapy. WHAT THE FUCK. YES I KNEW THIS WAS COMING BUT STILL! NEARLY EVERY THING THAT CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH IN THAT CONVERSATION WITH BOBBY WAS A RED FLAG. Oh my god. Really, what happened is that John didn’t let himself have emotions or some shit, and in trying to run from those, went on a spiral that took BOTH of his kids down with him! Like yeah, Sam gets it to a lesser extent, but he’s still super fucked. AND DEAN! JESUS CHRIST! WHAT THE FUCK!

2. God I’m glad Ellen and Bobby are here. Like. Unironically, I love the squad, I love the fact that they have some positive parental guidance, I love them. Why did John come back this episode, that was so just....ugh.

Like this whole thing about Daddy issues and Family is a thing with Boys Club Cinema, because apparently no one knows how to not fuck up their kids. And yeah, that’s a lot of projection all around when those kids who got fucked up want to process it somehow. I just wish some of these fuckers went to therapy first so they didn’t inadvertently make the character they positioned as a martyr into arguably the villain of the show? Like there were probably ways to write John so he wasn’t a dickback AND YET HERE WE ARE

God this episode hurt me

Also speaking of,

3. WHY WAS THIS TREATED AS LIKE. A VICTORY AT THE END! END ON A SOMBER NOTE IT’S FINE

THE MUSIC WAS JARRING WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

I have....feelings. I really like it when they get sincere in this show, specially during this plot progression? like it was revealing and very compelling, and I’d like more of it. Like yeah, I clown on this show for being bad(which it is) but it’s also good. There’s...layers to this monstrosity

one of these days I’ll coherently finish my thoughts. Not today it seems

Ok, season 3!

#pawswatchesspn #2x22 All Hell Breaks Loose Part 2 #Also first time we got the Kansas AMV! and boy oh BOY was it fun #that song is such a vibe I can almost forget the gruesome murder of it all!

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fromwentzicame · 5 years ago

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do all of the rawring twenties asks

fun!! thanks for asking anon!!

1. Are you more emo, scene or punk?

emo

2. Favourite band?

fall out boy!!

3. Any New Year’s resolutions?

not really, i don’t like making resolutions because i’ll get bummed if i don’t go through with them. i hope to work on my zine more though

4. Favourite music video?

“i’m not okay (i promise)”

5. Favourite song?

do you know how impossible this is???

6. Panic! At The Disco or Fall Out Boy?

fall out boy!

7. Favourite album?

hmm… take this to your grave or from under the cork tree

8. Do you own a pair of fingerless gloves or skeleton gloves (or the combination)?

yes! i had a pair of black fingerless gloves and then i also had the fingerless skeleton gloves

9. Do you own any band merch? If so, from what bands?

bro, so much… my chemical romance, fall out boy, panic! at the disco, pierce the veil, blink-182, brand new. i used to have paramore and sleeping with sirens too

10. Got a jacket with pins?

i have a jacket with ONE pin on it,, i mostly keep them on my backpack

11. Have you got dyed hair? What colour?

yes! it’s a deep red colour

12. Any hair dying or haircut plans for 2020?

yes, i plan to get my bangs trimmed (not that big of a deal) and i hope to go for a more reddish-purple colour

13. Crush on any band member?

pete wentz and gerard way

14. Killjoy name?

i used to have one but i don’t remember it. when i was 13 i created a story and characted inspired by danger days and the name i came up with that i really liked was “captain calamity” so maybe that

15. Are you into The Used?

not hugely, i like a few songs

16. Do you want any tattoos? Of what?

yes! i want a small black pine tree ala gravity falls behind my ear, and one day i would like to have a minimalist tattoo of a cloud partially covering the sun (a tribute to being an overcast kid)

17. Can you play any instruments? Which?

lol no

18. Favourite My Chemical Romance song?

hard… i want to say i’m not okay because that had a huge impact on my life but really idk. a lot of the songs means so much to me

19. Do you think Twenty One Pilots are emo?

not…. really… i mean their lyrics are emo but the music style isn’t even rock.. i guess emo is always evolving but who can say anymore. i mean, i like vessel and blurryface but i just dk

20. Are you into Taking Back Sunday?

yeah, i like quite a few tbs songs

21. Do you wear any make up?

yeah the standard foundation, concealer, powder, blush, mascara, eyeliner

22. Do you have black painted nails?

no my nails arent painted. i like having painted nails but i fucking hate painting them ‘cause i suck at it. they also chip so easily it’s just a pain in the ass

23. Have you got any band posters? Of what bands?

green day and fall out boy, and i have a sex pistols tapestry. i used to have a pierce the veil poster and a HUGE my chemical romance poster

24. Do you want any piercings?

yeah i want a lip piercing

25. What’s your opinion on All Time Low? Sleeping With Sirens? Pierce The Veil?

all time low is alright. i’m not super into them as much as i was when i was younger. i have a few songs. don’t panic was the first album i bought with my own money. i don’t like sleeping with sirens, the only song i had by them was their cover of ceelo green’s fuck you. pierce the veil is okay, i used to be into them more when i was younger. i still have a few songs, they’re good. i saw them in concert when i was 14 and it was pretty cool

26. Do you think it’s just a phase or that you’ll be emo/punk\scene forever?

at this point… i think i’ll be emo/punk for a pretty long time. i got in the scene when i was 12. i’m 19 now. seven years is a really fuckin long time

27. Favourite magical/mythical creature?

vampires :) but i also like demons

28. Are you into Black Veil Brides?

lol nah… i think i might have “knives and pens” downloaded but that’s literally the only song i’ve listened to by them. i think they’re kind of ridiculous actually lmao

29. Do you like any newer emo/scene/punk bands? Which?

i like idkhbtfm if that counts. i’m not into a lot of new bands, actually. i can’t find many that grip me. i like modern baseball, if that counts as new.

30. What’s your favourite music genre besides emo/punk\scene?

uh. i don’t… i don’t know have any other ones. i pretty much just listen to emo/punk/pop punk. i like musicals though! hamilton, phantom of the opera.

31. Are you into Mindless Self Indulgence?

no, i think the lyrics are kind of gross honestly lmao. but i love lyn-z

32. Favourite Fall Out Boy song?

hard to say… i think hum hallelujah. i love that song to bits

33. Are you mostly into the so-called “emo trinity” or “emo quartet” or do you listen to a lot of other bands too?

i guess emo trinity more so. i also really like brand new though, and the brobecks. and i don’t know how but they found me.

34. What’s your opinion on Waterparks? Palaye Royale? I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME?

35. Are you into Bring Me The Horizon?

not at all

36. Favourite solo project by a emo/scene\punk band member?

um… not sure. maybe gerard way

37. Are any of your friends IRL emo/scene\punk?

yeah i have one irl

38. Are you into drawing? If so, show some of your art!

yes i am! um, ok… i will attach a doodle i did in class

39. Favourite colours and colour schemes?

favourite colour is black, but i also really love red!

40. What are some of your favourite lyrics?

“A failure at everything, 18 going on extinct.”

“All of the mothers raise their babies to stay away from me.”

“You are the dreamer, and we are the dream. I could write it better than you ever felt it.”

41. The Black Parade or Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge?

uh, fuck. uh… the black parade. no–three cheers–no… black parade. FUCK–

42. What’s your opinion on Paramore? Green Day? Blink-182?

paramore: i know a few songs, they’re good

green day: i also like them, i have a few songs

blink-182: i like them as well, but not a fan of their new stuff. since tom left.

#ask #abby speaks #abby shut up #anonymous

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grizzlefur · 8 years ago

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WWEm - Back Like a Recurrent UTI

In response to a comment from a reader, which is frankly one comment more than I ever thought I’d get, I’m dropping the interline punctuation. Be aware I may be switching to Comic Sans next week though.

Transmission date: Monday 5/Tuesday 6 June 2017.

Coming at you off the back of Medium-Strength Rules, this is THURSDAY AFTERNOON RAW!

so yeah, extreme rules was kind of crap like, i don't need it to be all barbed wire rope exploding table deathmatches, but that was honestly tamer than a lot of episodes of raw it's like waiting a fortnight for a jalfrezi and getting a shitty mushroom dopiaza or something (that's the subtitle of the dvd release, btw) (Extreme Rules 2017: The Shitty Mushroom Dopiaza of Wrestling) kkb took the belts, though, so that's good at least in any case, i should probably stop using this blog to bitch about ppvs that we're not watching and actually watch the show just kidding, it's my blog, i can do whatever the fuck i want NEXT UP: THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL LEAFCUTTER ANTS (2017, 7hrs 41mins) *daniel starts raw* dang ah well we'll get back to that particular gem we kick off with a dramatic slideshow of an entirely undramatic two-chilli rules main event if you haven't been keeping up with the results, joe won by stealing a pin opportunity and choking finn to death i have genuinely no clue how they're going to build a joe/brock feud without turning one of them, which would make no sense and be bullshit were the hardyz in the title sequence before? i am very unobservant, so it's possible jesus fuck, guys, you don't need to keep weaponising the pyro to see what i say we're back in the mohegan sun later, joe talks about life but now, here comes a bray to chop off your head or possibly declaim some eschatological craziness could be both who knows i'm wearing a SanItY shirt, i don't give a shit aww, apparently he's here to fight roman disappointing can he chop roman's head off? booker's still on announce, which is weird given that otunga was around to be on the pico de gallo rules preshow panel ok, bray's got a mic so at least we get some preaching before roman gets here apparently sunday was the beginning of the end, because bray will not be there to slay the beast because he was stabbed through the eye with his own sword of salvation but he's fine, because he's still a god (i'm not even paraphrasing) he's here to pass judgment on the guilty which includes basically everybody who isn't him he mentions roman, the arena roof levitates on the cloud of boos he's vowed to personally punish everyone, starting with roman now oh, and here he is personally, i would not enter a room with a man who had just levelled that particular bit of demagoguery at me but hey, i'm not roman reigns loving the guy on hardcam with the I CAME TO BOO ROMAN sign so did everyone else, it seems apocalyptic cult leader and self-proclaimed god vs big taciturn punch man which way is the heel/face divide even meant to go in this situation enormous boos, roman takes bray's mic, boos redouble apparently this kind of public hate is why roman is the guy sure, why not better than proclaiming yourself the BIG FIGHT man cannot tweet roman coldcocks bray, start the match bray nearly lands sister abigail within about six seconds that would have been fucking hilarious although it kind of feels like maybe bray should have a new finisher to fit this whole bringing judgment upon the guilty thing or maybe that's just my overly-narrative booking instincts who can say (that is definitely what it is) fuck off, daniel i'll rescind your fruit bowl privileges bray avoids a samoan drop through the incredibly advanced tactic of punching roman in the head repeatedly that's the kind of tactical nous you only get by anointing yourself with the burnt grave earth of your diabolic mistress as the saying goes did we really need to cut to that enormously wide shot where the camera's on the other side of a lighting rig several astronomical units away from the ring? like, we get that the mohegan sun's big no need to prove this at the expense of beign able to see shit if i wanted to watch insects wrestle while i shine a torch into one of my eyes, i could do that at home i'm going off on tangents a lot here because this match is slow as fuck roman is still creeped out to the point of a nearfall by bray's spiderwalk goes for a pin off an uranage, then takes roman to the top rope we could be here a while he does a few punches, roman headbutts him for longer than would seem necessary before turning it into a powerbomb roman cocks his hand, takes a couple tries to hit bray what happens if he cocks his hand and doesn't do anything with it? does he have to punch something to get rid of it before it goes off accidentally? or can he rack his forearm to eject a loaded fist? enquiring minds want to know anyway, while that muse was visiting me, bray heard roman going oooooooo and rolled out, took a driveby but punched roman's head off so it seems my earlier proposal was correct huh i can call murders better than matches bray goes for sister abigail, roman reverses into a superman punch and a really slow spear for the pin so yeah that happened meanwhile, someone in the crowd has leveraged all their crafting skills to make a sign informing us that BROCK LESNAR IS TICKLISH corey invents the adjective 'slaughterous' yeah, ok bray deserves new words end segment later on, we have joe doing a thing but next, we talk about the shitshow that was the 'extreme' women's title match "But can Bayley get EXTREEEEEME?" "No." but now, we have charly interviewing enzo and cass enzo's conscious, which is a change charly asks enzo about their match tonight with enzo and cass, he responds by creeping on charly and insulting corey's hair cass is insulted by the rumours that he was attacking his bro, promises to watch his back at all times and then they leave, and enzo returns to creep on charly alone good backwatching, colin what if charly was the mystery assailant it makes so much sense anyway, now we have a dull slideshow of the dull women's title match and photos of the one welt on bayley's back, which has made her take the night off somebody send jericho to talk to her in his curtain room/office, kurt is confused by his phone and here is alexa to present terms she wants a celebration of her entire life tonight because the this is your life segment went down so well outstanding kurt immediately comes back like fuck no that's an awful idea this is your life was dreadful and anyway you owe nia a title shot tonight alexa is none too pleased and slightly shellshocked but here's dean, aka 33% of the best bit of semi-notable rules and now, here's a very large man on a stool dressed entirely in scarves and fragments of scarves, with a song he wrote after seeing a leaf fall on the side of the highway

actual quote

it's a song about how dean sucks, basically

with a subtext about how elias deserves a title shot

dean's music interrupts it

it's an elias segment, so corey is SO ANGRY

dean does his hey dude hold on a second i just want to PUNCH thing

hits him until he goes away, and demands a title rematch but here's miz on the tron, like fuck no he's wearing a bow tie for the kickoff celebration of the ic title comeback tour and elias blindsides dean into his swinging neckbreaker and shouts at him, because sometimes you just gotta but up next, samoa joe the mohegan sun fans need something to cheer, or they're going to riot but first, dean storms backstage runs into kurt, asks for a ref in miz's dressing room kurt's like no, we've got a party planned and i'm scared of maryse, please go away no dean, don't go to miz's dressing room so kurt ejects him from the building it is just heel city so far oh hey, it's joe funny, that because the prevailing heel archetype at the moment is apparently 'large samoan man named joe' first shot of the match card graphics for great balls of fire, and it looks like shit if you're making a title graphic, maybe don't put a flashy effect around the word BALLS in the centre joe thinks brock ain't shit and wants to take everything he owns including his cushy non-wrestling schedule i think we all want brock's ability to draw a salary and have fans without doing shit joe also wants paul heyman, just for giggles oh hey, paul didn't see you there (largely because you were backstage and i don't have camera control) paul does his usual spiel, and still needs to check the definition of 'defending' does his usual thing of hi joe aren't you awesome can i come into your ring sir please don't hurt me but btw my client also thinks you yourself ain't shit does a soliloquy about worrying for a living, turns it into a jew joke sigh addresses the fact that brock/finn would have been a great story, while brock/joe is just going to be two large angry men trying to shoot kill each other paul does his usual great job of hyping both people in this match you're great, but my client's better paul shakes hands with joe, tries to leave, joe grabs him again and has an earnest face-to-face conversation he's so well-spoken he's like hey paul i understand you're just a legal representative but jsyk i'm about to choke the life out of you and this is exactly what it's going to feel like and then he does calm joe is the most intimidating joe refs get involved, but not until paul goes limp the crowd are unsure how to react to this assault joe shouts at the crowd some more, then leaves and we cut to ads on the sight of paul on the floor and we come back backstage, with kurt like THE FUCK DID YOU JUST DO at joe who's like i don't know would you like me to demonstrate loooooooom but here comes seth to shout at joe and intervene also he has a new merch vest to show off kurt's like hey this sounds like a good match this booking shit is easy joe sidles off with a dark look, end thing but now we have slater and rhyno facing the kkb with the former's entrance being helpfully played under the announce team talking earnestly about joe the announcers and graphics team need to decide whether they're sheamus and cesaro or cesaro and sheamus dramatic slideshow of the cage match, making it make even less sense lovely closeup of jeff's post-dive 'holy fuck why do i still do this to myself' face bell rings, instead of getting out of the ring, cesaro creates an novel distraction by running across the ring and sliding out in the opponents' corner while sheamus commences to beating the piss out of heath slater knocks them both down, goes for a hot tag, cesaro pulls rhyno off the apron, brogue for the pin so that was a thing i'll be honest, i just love seeing them with the belts and they get mic spots awesome sheamus is like hey guys look like we know how to do this wrestling thing who knew are you all happy the hardyz came back well then you're all twats you know who isn't happy they came back? the hardyz, who basically ain't shit they reiterate their claim to be the bar, cue music and celebration but here's tjp backstage runs into neville oh so coincidentally like congrats, but where the fuck is my title shot neville does his usual patience, young one thing, tjp will no longer take this shit neville is a man of his word, and he'll give tj his shot if he takes care of mustafa next cut for ads, and here's that match tj's straight in with the slightly excessive aggression, tries to crush ali's face across the corner with his foot and then a bunch of cool spots happen faster than i can type about them but that should go without saying, really thanks for slowing things down with that really long rest headlock, tj mustafa does his lovely top rope twist torndo ddt, tries for the inverted 450, tj reverses into a detonation kick for the pin again with the really short matches mustafa deserves better tj swaggers up the ring, neville's crazy pyro hits, he basically shits himself, it's hilarious he's like i'm sorry my apprentice, i talked to kurt but we can't have a match tonight i tried tj shouts at him, storms off, so he blindsides him and beats the shit out of him on the stage and then says he can have his shot tomorrow on 205 i say 'says', more 'northernly rants' cut for ads, and we come back with another shattered dreams production goldust's like excuse you did you steal my format and my chair it is ON motherfucker promises to bring the whole movie industry into his coming golden age how this will interact with bray's prophesied apocalypse is unclear but now, in the women's locker room, mickie and dana congratulate sasha on her dance moves alexa comes in, sasha nopes out of the room and alexa's like hey girls what do you think about nia cutting in line for the title what a bitch right dana and mickie are like lol no we'll be at ringside laughing at you announce spot, and kurt appears to call corey away for urgent business involving gesturing at his phone and looking annoyed i have no clue what all this is building to if there's been foreshadowing, i've missed it cole tries to ask him what that's all about, corey's like OH WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT kalisto's here he's lost the aggressively sculpted dragon mask, back to more of an nxt-era lucha dragons thing back in mexican colours and everything whatever happened to el local ...okay, i totally did not know he was ricardo rodriguez i wouldn't have known who that was back when i started watching nxt, to be fair thanks, internet huh anyway, back on the show, ...mike? ambushes kurt backstage to ask what the fuck's going on with those emails or w/e he uses slightly more professional language, because he's talking to his boss while i'm screaming semi-informed obscenities into the formless void of the internet kurt's like nope, anonymous dude, this is private and walks out of the arena and dean sneaks in the door just before it closes dean ambrose: back like a recurrent uti (his disappointing third album) and as we watch him come in, the revival just happen to be in the back of the shot caught it that time i pay attention sometimes but now it's kalisto/titus or actually titus knocking kaliso down and then shouting at apollo also tozawa is watching because titus wants him on the brand kalisto gets a rollup holding titus' trunks, apollo's like welp guess you asked for that one boss does some light motivational slapping, end segment but here are miz and maryse, even more dapper than usual and pan over to big cass, collapsed under a bunch of girders and shit enzo comes running in like whoa what happened way to stay together, guys cass presents enzo with a tacky chain that he presumably took off his attacker, enzo hugs his bro as we cut to ads and we come back on enzo being like okay well this is clearly a frame job and btw we have a match so can cass wrestle or what the answer is no but now we're back in the ring, with carpet and champagne and balloons and maryse and a guy in a teddy bear suit with a sign says CONGRATULATIONS who is totally not dean ambrose no sir but seriously, miz must fucking love balloons this ring is at imminent risk of lifting off and here is the man himself and a dramatic slideshow of the actually-great match complete with the nicest ref ever but yes, miz and maryse both look fucking great tonight just saying surprising number of you deserve it chants miz is immediately like fuck off you chant that for everyone just reminding us he's still a heel and all but yes, i do deserve it and here's a speech about how i'm redeeming the ic belt a toast to me "Ladies and gentlemen, please raise a glass...or, if you're in this arena, a styrofoam cup..." delivered perfectly miz thanks maryse for all this stuff, mentions the bear, she's like um i thought you ordered the bear then who's flying the plane so miz attacks the bear on principle and finales him welp, that bear's dead dramatically unmasks him, revealing...some dude he's like ...um, well at least you had a brush with celebrity, get out of here *whips him out of the ring* and now here comes a big present down the ramp miz is like well isn't this nice what could this be grabs a chair, beats the shit out of the present while maryse shouts at him to stop and it's a very dead grandfather clock and a very sad maryse tells mike he ruined the party, throws the mic at him, storms off and we are left with a very dejected miz, blaming dean for all his problems and having a paranoid breakdown at the crowd and the steadicam guy who's been following miz throughout takes his headset and hat off and hits miz with dirty deeds lovely slow realisation as the camera feed went up on the tron dean swigs some champagne, takes the bottle and leaves okay, that was really well done but now, we see enzo wandering dejectedly backstage looking for a partner and now we see the family who have good seats because of pizza including the wonderfully-named Enzo Shirtz but yes gallows and anderson are in the ring and here comes enzo all on his onesie does his intro, but it's not the same without a large man gesticulating behind him does his 4G well-connected joke again get new material, dude but he's found himself a new seven-foot man it's a biiiiiig shooooooooow although it would have been amazing if it was braun big show stands in the middle of the ring like what is this tiny rodent enzo tries to give him a pep talk with some semi-coherent jokes mixed in show has progressed from 'bemused' to 'angered' this is the most awkward thing, and i could not do it justice without rubbing a buttered weasel on the keyboard and...now show is doing a joisey-accented monologue with an extended ice age reference before spelling it out for them? what the fuck is in this drink well, the match has started, so i guess the talking can stop bell rings, anderson kicks enzo's soul out of his body standard swift hot tag to show, who...does all the normal show stuff chokeslam to anderson, into badaboomshakalaka except in the form of show military pressing enzo and then just rhowing him straight at anderson well, that was a thing that happened? lasted about 90 seconds anyway next up, women's title match but here are zo and show backstage run into cass, who's like hey funny how show disappears for weeks and then he's back when you need a partner casts suspicion about show being the culprit, enzo wants to give him a ride, but cass takes him away and now let's have a terrible blaxploitation segment full of film references yup but now mike? interviews alexa in the curtain room he asks if she regrets giving nia this shot, she's like i regret this show fuck off faceless dude and back to the arena, here's nia

cut to ads, and...now a weird bit where every version of this i can find appears to have overwritten the entire women's match with the elias segment from earlier the fuck, internet apparently it was pretty much what you might have thought - nia stomped all over alexa, dana and mickie pointed and laughed, and then alexa went and started a fight with those two for a dq win i would have liked to watch that, but guess that's not happening back to the actual show just in time for a graphic for the cruiserweight title match thank fuck i didn't miss that and apparently brock will be here next week i repeat, the champion will be on the show he supposedly leads novel idea so yes, here's everyone's favourite towel-sporting middle-aged-man-strangler and also seth, who didn't try to murder a doughy guy in a suit today bell rings, joe just gets down to punching seth's face in before even taking off his towel seth goes for a suicide dive, joe roundhouse kicks him as he comes out of the ropes, because he is way more flexible than he really should be this match is 10% seth doing cool cruiserweighty shit and 90% joe's hundred flavours of NOPE seth does a sling blade into a suicide dive, and it actually works this time and into a blockbuster because why stop at one signature and as i type that, there goes another suicide dive and then into a falcon arrow, as seth goes fuck you i can do strength spots seth goes up to the top rope, wyatt cut because fuck you lights go back up, seth looks around for a bray who is very much not here, joe blindsides him and coquina clutch until death and we fade on seth bleeding, joe strutting, WOMP WOMPing, and an entirely unnecessary reminder that brock'll be here next week do you have to ruin everything, wwe (don't answer that) smackdown will probably follow tomorrow, after i've gone and been an instrument of democracy but in the meantime, let me tell you about these ants -------------------- And if you enjoyed that, we hope you'll be back next week for our seminar on Following Pheromone Trails In An Increasingly Odoriferous World. right, now that that's done, it's probably time for some FRIDAY AFTERNOON SMACKDOWN! (i apologise in advance for any political jokes that slip through) (it's been a tough few days) and we open on a dramatic retelling of the women's five-way last week so yeah, women's mitb is probably going to be the big story this week i've had some of this show spoiled, but i honestly can't remember what, so that's sorted itself out and we're back in the present, and here come the shaney and also the five contenders are in the ring already and one of them's brought their creeper charlotte is looking ridiculously overdressed in her black sequin robe seven words in, shane gets a cheap pop in shane starts introducing them all, calls tamina "a two-time superstar" the fuck does that even mean the crowd love charlotte, but they love becky more apparently we're having a six-woman tag match later because why not have the entire division in the ring *again* drumroll as shane reveals the case it's basically the same, except silver and with some extra detailing on the logo no pink, thank fuck shane has a monologue about how dangerous the mitb match is, like he totally does with the men claims whoever has won this in the past has become champion somewhere, damien sandow is crying ellsworth calls shane out for mansplaining the mitb match, carmella gets a monologue until charlotte shouts her down leans on the genetic superiority thing, offers the other four a chance at brushing against greatness somehow a face? nattie calls her out for ripping off her father, proceeds to do the same to her uncle becky calls her on this, promises to rip off everybody's arms should be worth watching tamina gets to say words, which is novel but here comes naomi gets to do her whole entrance, because fuck this argument i'm the champ hypes the match like dang i wish i was allowed to be in this INTERRUPTING TRASH SAX lana is actually here in person (why do i like this music what is wrong with me) struts down the ramp, everyone in the ring just standing there like um fuck the what shane's like um hi? btw i was trying to do a thing, why are you in my ring shit, she's still russian and weirdly propositioning shane while also asking for a spot in the mitb match naomi just bursts out laughing like do you even go here why do you get to be in this match when you've had like none ever lana claims she can beat naomi, i smell a match for later shane's like seriously this is not how this show works lana has a tantrum in russian, flounces off up the ramp a+ flounce the crowd are loving her shane's like RIGHT back to the actual show that i run let's have this tag match Pun Murderer, FluoroTwerk and Queen Bitch vs Wrestling Mom, Thug Girl (and Douchey), and Obligatory Samoan lots of spots happened while i was working that out, but the gist is it's pretty even so far currently becky is alligator rolling carmella around the ring with her legs there's my thing i haven't seen before for the week apparently carmella taking the briefcase would be "like moving from HD televisions back to nanotubes" i'm going to go out on a limb and say jbl doesn't understand how science works interference by nattie and ellsworth lets tamina hot tag in and grind becky to pulp nattie tags in so she can walk over becky and taunt her teammates she'd be a much more effective wrestler with more wrestling naomi and carmella both hot tag in, the champ commences to cleaning house including three short-arm leg lariats to tamina because hey, if you can manage those, why not throw a bunch in nattie and tamina both come in to interfere, and here's lana to loom on the ramp and knock naomi off the apron, letting tamina superkick her for the pin stands at ringside looking smug like yes i did do that the fuck you gonna do and we go backstage, where shane runs into the andre the giant trophy mid-phone call like the fuck is this horrible public art and here's mojo to address the fact that he won that match and then nothing else fucking ever and be like should i maybe have been in the mitb match being the only person that's beaten jinder on smackdown and all shane offhandedly mentions luke harper, the crowd go wild shane's giving mojo a match against jinder to qualify for the ladder match because as ever, shane books this shit about twenty seconds in advance later we have owens/nakamura but next, styles/ziggler again and weirdly, by 'next', we don't mean 'after someone from the last segment has an encounter backstage' for once here is aj now they still don't want none although by the sound of the crowd, rochester, NY don't not want none dolph enters, recap video of dolph going over aj last week which i had totally forgotten looking more closely at the men's briefcase, the logo detailing's the same so yeah, it's just the colour that's different bell rings, we start going old-school mat wrestling turns out dolph has amateur technical skills that aren't just assaults to the crotch and also, he can dropkick you in the face dolph goes for the most blatant dirty pin, gets caught just before 3 and then a famouser actually connects for a nearfall i tend to rag on them repeating matches, but hey, this is a good match slow superplex setup actually resolves in an interesting way dolph counters a phenomenal forearm into another dirty pin attempt, aj reverses into a styles clash with like no setup, gets the pin because we're actually respecting finishers for the moment and from that to more fashion files noir tyler has a gritty monologue about the connections between prison and the catwalk and narrates himself looking at their clue board fandango returns from taking the cologne to the boys in the lab, only to find out that there's no boys and no lab, so he just tasted it himself as you do

and then this leads into the two of them repeatedly saying a mixture of 'cologne', 'colón' and 'clone' at each other with an increasing sense of incredulity this is like a fucking two ronnies sketch and i love it tyler finally gets it or not nor does fandango, which obviously means they must be close tyler offers a hopeful "Colóse?" and we cut to the new day and their ice cream cart what is life but still with the noir saxophone soundtrack they've come to the fashion police office and are bemused by how they turn black and white as they enter the new day have a case for them, the police say they'll take it, except the new day can't hear them because they're still speaking in their shared noir internal monologue and i am falling apart here big e is uncomfortable with how they're just staring at him but he's got them both rompers carried in his singlet, obviously fandango is not impressed "Listen, Big E, if that's even your real initial..." line of the night right there fandango is offended because they don't take bribes pan over to tyler, who is already wearing his like hey they're fashionable screw you the new day want intel on the usos for mitb breezango hand them five file boxes pull out a hoodie, ask the new day what they know about day one and why it is h xavier is trying so hard not to corpse the fashion police take the case, sax sting, they freeze frame until the new day are like ummmmmmm we'll just go while their noir monologue starts a 'new case rocks' chant that was amazing and you have no idea how many times i had to pause it to type but back in normality...oh wait, it's mojo i still can't hear his music without my brain adding zack's parts and here's a video to tell us that cena's coming back on july 4th, because of course he fucking is i thought jinder's music was different to usual but it's the singhs doing ring announce for jinder in english and punjabi and there's the music i was expecting i really like the ramp graphics they do for his entrance and he remains jacked as fuck somewhere in america, heath slater is watching smackdown and nxt and developing an inferiority complex it's just occurred to me that jinder's and aj's entrances have basically the same beat and structure somebody make me that mashup maybe this entrance is just they don't want none in punjabi that would be amazing i love how they've given jinder a properly long entrance with some gravitas and just generally how seriously they're taking him as a champion mojo is getting the upper hand with the power of HYPE (always upper case) every time jinder rolls out of the ring, the singhs are like omg boss are you ok can i get you a drink and they just have long arguments in punjabi and don't even try and let the average american in on it a singh distracts mojo and lets jinder just jump on his head a bunch doesn't take, because that's never where mojo keeps his brain flurry of offence later, jinder gets an eye rake in and khalass for the pin decent match by two underrated performers jinder's veins seem to have calmed down a bit too, which is reassuring jinder has a mic, the population of rochester is not pleased oh, fuck off your usa chants promises to kill randy and crush his dreams at mitb, leans on the hometown angle again proclaims himself the antidote to randy orton, and by extension america and then does a promo in punjabi, pissing off americans because america another hype bit for owens/nakamura and a video about how cool shinsuke is and somebody painting a protrait of him this video is basically all showmanship, but that's totally appropriate he's great in the ring, but that's not why people love him but next, the new day actually fight and they keep saying it's owens/nakamura 'for the first time ever' i have gifs that disagree but now, randy is backstage renee comes in to ask what he thinks about jinder's promo apparently he's been getting calls from ric flair, harley race and his dad, telling him to let jinder talk and then fuck him up so that's what he's going to do sure, that's compelling interview work but actually now, it's the new day v the colóns they're still throwing boxes of cereal into the crowd and pouring them on fans, because fuck your health and safety it's xavier/e, because this isn't a serious match so naturally, jbl goes off on a tangent about operation overlord this is 90% the colóns taking all the new day spots you know and love xavier and e do the ab stretch/spank thing at the same time, xavier somehow gets francesca ii turbo despite having a match to wrestle in a side note, primo's gone and shaved, so now i have no clue which colón is which xavier does a huge missile dropkick on epico, double hot tag and big e proceeds to annihilate primo xavier does a casual tope con giro, primo tries for a pin from the distraction, fails because fuck you we're the new day, blind tag into midnight hour for the pin their post-match celebration is interrupted by the usos' aggressive music they're here to talk trash at the new day and do their prison thing, astonishingly and they have shitty misogynistic jokes about the new day and jimmy's paranoia monologue i do like that they're doing all this mic work, but can we maybe not be offensive to marginalised groups shot of kevin taping his wrists backstage, but here's dasha in the curtain room with sami asking how he's preparing for mitb he's been watching lots of matches, basically and he has no idea how to get a handle on shinsuke slippery bastard sami tries to do some of shinsuke's moves, it doesn't go well so he's going to be on announce for owens/nakamura for research purposes baron looms into the room, coldcocks sami then hits him with a ladder like stop thinking about shinsuke don't you love me and then pushes him into a convenient pile of ladders and says he's taking the announce spot cut to shane on the phone like i am literally watching the show what the shit was that why do i keep that enormous douchebag around man spends a lot of time in expository phone calls (says the woman narrating the entire show on the internet) but here's naomi to ask for a match with lana at mitb shane's like seriously you have no clue how busy i am right now naomi lobbies harder, puts the title on the line after saying lana doesn't deserve a title shot because she hasn't earned it? does the bald-snatching line, end segment and now main event time here's kevin good sweeping shot of the ring apron and floor, wrong steadicam guy #smackdownediting ad for talking smack, with aj, mojo, and lana and tjp telling us to watch 205 becuse he's awesome [citation needed] claims you can't stab someone in the back if they're standing in front of you tjp has clearly never heard of the concept of elbows baron's on announce great the two facts they put on shinsuke's sidebar are literally 'from kyoto' and 'former nxt superstar' fascinating but what do i care, i'm busy watching him in his studded tabard that everybody will be wearing in the future bell rings, shinsuke does his oh did you want a tieup i'm just going to kick you in the knees baron talks about his storied history of fucking sami up nobody cares, you balding twat kevin has briefly tried to take shinsuke on at the kicking game, failed, and returned to mastering headlocks shinsuke's kicked off a comeback with a lovely single leg dropkick nearfall off his knees to the corner baron acknowledges that shinsuke is dangerous, my no shit alarm is destroying my eardrums (daniel, can you please take the batteries out of that) baron's still trying to talk smack about kevin, but his particular brand of smack is just shite meanwhile, reverse exploder to kinshasa for the win a lightly underwhelming main event, tbh, but shinsuke's clearly been holding back on the in-ring stuff since moving up which makes perfect sense shinsuke does his poses, corbin runs in to end of days him so hard his stupid hat comes off crowd are not best pleased i'm mostly just concerned as to why he's dressed like the second-rate pot dealer at every college (baron, that is) (i would love it if people at my college dressed like shinsuke) and we fade on baron awkwardly posing at the top of the ramp and having no idea what do with his arms halfhearted shimmy as the show ends and now i'm off to watch talking smack and make shitty political jokes you can't stop me you're not my real dad (one of you reading this is my real dad and can stop me) (also possibly daniel's uncle, if he actually reads this) (memo to self: stop antagonising authority figures for literally no reason)

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