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How do you both spend quality time together.
Characters included: Aphelios, Ezreal, Hwei, Jayce, Jinx, Kayn, Sett, Viktor, Yasuo and Yone [separately] x Fem!Reader
Mari's notes: It's just a silly and cute post. The part of the text involving Sett and Yone was written with me particularly thinking about @nana2amuro <3
Aphelios
Walk under the stars: You both usually take night walks in a quiet place, looking at the stars and talking about dreams and future plans.
"The Moon is beautiful today" You spoke with joy, squeezing his hands affectionately. "It's in the same lunar phase as the night we met."
Aphelios nodded, smiling with his eyes before pulling your body against his, initiating a tender kiss.
Ezreal (Heartsteel)
Making a personalized playlist: Creating a playlist with songs that represent your relationship or special moments you have shared together was your idea not only to express your love but also to show that you appreciate how essential music is to him.
"This song was the first one from Heartsteel" You whispered against his neck as you cuddled.Â
"It's the song that was playing that night, remember? At that concert where I saw you in the audienceâ
"How could I forget the day we met?"
Hwei
Connection with art: Creating something together, whether painting or drawing, is something that connects you not only with art but with each other. You can spend hours searching for the best materials or the most vivid paints for your next canvas without getting bored.
"Do you think these shades of blue match the background of the painting?" You asked Hwei, bringing numerous containers overflowing with paint in your arms.Â
"Watch out!" Too late. You tripped and a bit of paint splattered on the canvas, besides staining your clothes.
âI'm sorry, I didn't mean to... I didn't notice that the containers were ajarâ
"Hey, it's okay. The painting turned out more artistic this way and... Well, you still look incredibly beautiful even covered in paintâÂ
Jayce
Movie or series marathon: Choosing a series or movies that both of you love and spending hours watching them with treats, cuddles and kisses is essential to ensure a cozy moment away from everyday worries.
"Ah man, this protagonist is so stupid" He exasperatedly said, turning off the television.
"Jayce, are you really going to get mad at a character? It's just a movie, loveâ
"I prefer to cuddle with you while we kiss rather than waste time watching this cheesy movie."
"How can I deny you this?" You pulled him in for a kiss. "But you have to promise me that you'll watch the next movie I choose until the end."
Jinx
Self-care moment: Doing skincare with different face masks, moisturizing each other's hair, painting nails with different nail polish shades and trying out new makeup styles on each other is simply one of the funniest things you two can do together.
"Do you like this nail polish color, darling?" Jinx asked you, gently squeezing your shoulders before sitting down next to you.
"It's beautiful, but it's so hard to get a good finish."
"Nah, I'm an expert at this! Extend your hands, princess, your journey of just painting your nails black ends todayâ
Kayn
Game night: Having fun with simple activities, like board games or even card games, always creates a competitive atmosphere between the two of you, ensuring lots of laughter throughout the matches as well hugs and kisses for the winner.
âAha, I won! I want my kisses and cuddles immediatelyâ
"You cheated, Kayn! You broke about three rules from the game manual!â
âSilly detail. And does that make me less deserving of my girlfriend's attention?" You rolled your eyes.
"Come here then" You patted your thigh, inviting him to lie on your lap.
Sett
Making a memory album: Collecting photos of you both, keeping souvenirs from trips or even tickets from events to later create a physical album about the most important moments of your journey as a couple was a sweet and effective decision to record your love.
"Sett, look how cute this photo is!" You whispered, showing it to him.
"Oh heavens... That day was funny" His ears twisted in shame. "But I'm still embarrassed"
âAh, come on! You were sleeping in such an unusual position... Look, you were even hugging a stuffed animalâÂ
"Hey! Can you stop provoking me?â
"I'll stop, but this photo is definitely going in our album!"
Viktor
Spending the afternoon in a cozy café: On the rare occasions when you manage to get Viktor out of the lab, you take him to cafes. Sitting at a table in a pleasant environment to chat - even if for a few brief hours - enjoying the time together with a good cup of coffee, tea, or cappuccino is invigorating, especially for your workaholic boyfriend.
"Did you like their coffee, Vitya?" He nodded, placing the empty cup on the saucer.
"It's good, but I particularly prefer the coffee you make for me yourself."
His hand reached yours across the table, squeezing it gently before genuinely smiling at you. "Thank you for caring so much about me"
Yasuo
Meditating together: Itâs not uncommon for you to join Yasuo in his meditations to relax and share a moment of calm and harmony.
"Yasuo, dear, I was wondering if you would like to go-â Seeing that your boyfriend was in deep meditation, eyes closed and face focused, you blamed yourself for interrupting him. "I'm sorry" you whispered, turning your back to leave.
"Come, meditate with me"
"Are you going to hold my hands while this happens?"
"What wouldn't I do for you, huh?" He sighed, still with his eyes closed, but with a slight smile forming on his lips.
Yone
Writing love letters: You write cute letters or notes to each other, expressing your most intimate feelings and then keep them to read later.
"What is this, love?" You asked, kissing him softly on the lips before showing the small envelope in your hands.
âAh, that? A letter I wrote about you during a difficult dayâŠâ
"Can I read it?"
"Of course, but don't blame me if I sounded too cliché in the text." He ruffled your hair in a delicate manner.
#aphelios x reader#ezreal x reader#hwei x reader#jayce x reader#jinx x reader#kayn x reader#sett x reader#viktor x reader#yasuo x reader#yone x reader#lol x reader#lol fluff
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SNL: How Chris Colfer Ended Up on "What's Up With That?"
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Sit down and take a big, mental Ooooo weeeee â itâs not like Diondre Cole will let you get a word in anyway. Chris Colfer learned this in spectacularly amusing fashion while appearing on the seventh edition of Saturday Night Liveâs recurring âWhat Up With That?â sketch, which found the Gleeactor sandwiched between a real Paul Simon and fake Lindsey Buckingham. (The latter of whom, as always, cut his family vacation short to be there.) Teased as part of âa salute to music greatsâ on the showâs May 14, 2011, episode, Colfer had the honor of fulfilling the essential duties of the middle chair: silently tolerating the absurdity of how Diondre (Kenan Thompson) runs his made-for-BET program, as the host would rather disrupt his guests with elaborate song-and-dance routines than actually let them talk. While the first guest tends to get a sentence or two in â Simon briefly hypes up his new album â the second is often relegated to reaction shots while a Narnia wardrobe full of characters such as, say, âthe bad boy of bluegrassâ Captain Sexy Banjo and the real Buckingham materialize out of nowhere. If youâre overthinking it, just stop. âWhat Up With That?â was not intended for analysis.
Colfer, who had recently wrapped Gleeâs phenomena of a second season, was at the right place at the right time for SNL to think of him for the cameo. Plans were canceled. Excitement ran high. It all went live in 36 hours. And he didnât care that he had nothing to do besides cross his legs. âItâs such a special memory for me. Being a microscopic spot of SNL history is the ultimate bragging right,â he says now. âIf anyone ever tries to one-up me at a party, I whip that one out, and I usually win the conversation.â
How exactly was this sketch presented to you? Were you aware that it had already become a recurring and well-oiled SNL staple of sorts? Yeah, I was. Iâve always been a huge fan of SNL, so I was familiar with the sketch and I thought it was hilarious. I was in New York City, and I had just done a live interview. I did so many interviews at the time for Glee that I canât even remember who it was for. My publicist and I were walking down, like, 47th or 48th Street afterward, and she got a random call. It was Friday afternoon. One of SNLâs bookers had just seen me on live television and asked if I was still in the city. They said, âCan he do a cameo in tomorrow nightâs episode?âAnd I responded, âHell yes, absolutely.â No joke: They asked me to come in for a rehearsal immediately. So we had to clear the rest of my afternoon and went straight to Rockefeller Center. It was the easiest rehearsal Iâve ever done, because I didnât have to do anything. I just had to sit there and be quiet. Then I went in the next day, and we did the dress rehearsal and then we did the live taping. It was magical.
Did you instinctively understand the humor? I mean, when I tell friends about my love of âWhat Up With That?â, what comes out of my mouth is jumbled nonsense about BET and a fake Lindsey Buckingham. Itâs not the easiest thing to wrap a mind around. I did. I remember on Saturday, in between the rehearsal and the live taping, the writers came to my dressing room and said, âWe want to give you a line. Letâs try this out.â And I responded, âAbsolutely not. You cannot give me a line. Itâs way funnier if Iâm just there and I donât say anything.â And they looked at me and said, âWell, youâre the first guest to ever say that, and thank God, because we agree.â
An excellent instinct. I canât remember what the specific line was, but I was going to say something at the very end, and Kenanâs character was going to cut me off. But we all agreed it was funnier if I didnât even try to talk.
So you sit down for the dress rehearsal, look to your left, and thereâs Paul Simon in the chair. What was your opening line to him? It was a complete secret who was in those seats until I showed up at that rehearsal. They didnât tell me any details until I actually arrived in the studio â I had to be escorted right on the stage to my seat. I didnât even have a script. Well, I didnât need one, of course, because I wasnât saying anything. And then I turned to my left and itâs Paul Simon. And then I turned to my right, and itâs Lindsey Buckingham waiting in the wings of the set. How the heck did I get here? I couldnât say anything. I froze. I remember thinking at that moment, Chris, do not ask any questions about Stevie Nicks or Carrie Fisher. I had to repeat that to myself over and over and over again in my head. Paul Simon probably thought I was a seat filler.
So you didnât ask if he was a Gleek? Oh God, no. I never assume anyone knows who I am or knows where Iâm from.
Was there a sense of nerves on your end before the live taping began? Itâs funny, because this required the least amount of effort on my part, but I was still extremely nervous. I was nervous that I would trip on the way there. But more so than nerves, itâs just that that show is pure adrenaline. Itâs chaos, but itâs organized chaos. Everyone knows exactly what theyâre doing, but itâs absolutely what you would imagine: People running back and forth in the hallways, carrying props and costumes and set pieces. It was really, really neat. I still have my little Chris Colfer plaque for my dressing room.
Where do you keep it?I have an awards case, so itâs on display there. It was a gift.
For me, at least, the best part of the sketch is all of the wordless expressions taking in the absurdity of everything. Do you remember how the writers wanted you to react to certain beats? The direction that the three of us were given was: âYouâre on the show with this lunatic who doesnât let his guests talk. Look as annoyed and out of place as possible.â So that seems easy, in theory, but the hardest part was not laughing my ass off. Thereâs one particular moment, when Kristen Wiig does this little hoedown in the middle of the sketch while a banjo plays. Everyone in the audience was falling to pieces, and I was looking at the ceiling so I wouldnât join them. I got to release some of the joy in that moment.
The lineage of âmiddle seatâ people includes Mindy Kaling, Ernest Borgnine, Carrie Brownstein, Robin Williams, and Jack McBrayer. Do you see any connective tissue among you all? I feel like I would just be flattering myself trying to make a connection, so instead Iâll say we all just happened to be free at the right time and have a good sense of humor.
Who do you think would be uniquely qualified to portray a fake Chris Colfer? The only person I know who could do it is Marcia Gay Harden â with a good wig. Years ago, they were going to do an episode of Glee where something happened at McKinley High School. There was going to be this big, fake movie made about it. So we were all casting ourselves on who would play our characters in this fake movie. They had Glenn Close playing Sue Sylvester and Justin Timberlake as Matthew Morrison. So I said, âWell, Marcia Gay Harden has to play me.â It was a big joke. Unfortunately, the episode didnât happen, but they were thinking about actually making it.
Did you go to the SNL after-party in celebration of the episode? Yes, I did, and I got to chat with Lorne Michaels for a little bit. Itâs really hard to make small talk with someone with that kind of rĂ©sumĂ©. You donât want to ask the wrong question, and you donât want to seem like youâre too big of a fan. But I couldnât help myself. I asked about the history of the show, his favorite sketches, and the sketches he regretted. He was very kind and open to answering everything. He did tell me Iâd be back on, so Iâll hold him to it one day.
Have you ever cut a family vacation short to do a talk show? Iâm sure I have. Iâve cut family vacations short for much, much less, too.
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9 Favourite Albums - Choose 9 & then tag 9 people! Or you can do nine singles or EPs, whatever lol.
Tagging @cactus-bag @catsafari25 @labyrinthal @sleeeepy-demon @retourne-toi-eurydice @belladonnafey @scorpius-rising @cry4judas @atuans @nicey-sandokan @evyes no obligations feel free 2 ignore
Albums listed (and me rambling) under the cut
TIME - ELO: my mum's favourite album that i first Properly listened to when i was 13. it's just the best sci-fi concept album ever....i love you jeff!!
13 Tales of Love & Revenge - The Pierces: sexy indie duo, most known for the song Secret, which isn't even in the top 5 of the best songs of the album. a treasure from when i was 11, and just figuring out i like girls.
Greatest Hits - The Eagles: again, my mum's interests becoming my own. it was really hard to pick between this and Long Road Out of Eden, but ultimately the greatest hits r that for a reason.
Laurel Hell - Mitski: my fave mitski album, heat lightning is underappreciated!!! and yeah just. its about solitude. recognition but not in the way you wanted or expected. emotional rollercoaster. im not eloquent enough to describe it and mitski does it better in under 2 minutes anyway.
Strange Trails - Lord Huron: again another hard toss between this and long lost but st wins out purely bc the transitions rule, and meet me in the woods + the yawning grave make me crazyyyy. so happy i got to hear those live in jan. lord huron is like what if a cowboy was also a ghost. thats the only way i can describe it.
Electra Heart - Marina and the Diamonds: i am not immune to music i heard at 12 years old. shame she's never made anything as good as this again.
Are We Having Fun Yet? - Black/Colin Vearncombe: another one of mum's. She found this guy when someone at Sanity was playing the album over the store speakers. loved it ever since, and introduced it to me. wistful ballads, jazzy touches, a little bit sexy.
Coyote Stories - The Crane Wives: this was a 2016-18 discovery maybe? i just know i was in school. im into folk indie i cant help it.
Wasteland, Baby! - Hozier: shout out to afro-elf for posting about movement n the whole ep, which is what spurred me to actually try this dude's music. and now i love him. but wasteland baby is immaculate: no skips, he roars in some songs and is as gentle as drizzle in others.
#i just thought this might be fun#Um also i thought i would tag ppl i donât usually tag. hi. feel free to ignore this whole thing xx#u can just send me a thumbs down emoji or smth to opt out of me ever tagging u in anything again i wont be offended#i personally picked no-skip albums#ones that just missed the cut: ungodly hour - chloe x halle transcendental youth - tmg travelling wilbury's vol 1 purple rain - prince and#and the very best of the bee gees roy orbison tom petty fleetwood mac etc. oh and 1 fob album lol.#but these albums. these ARE me. essential#If you've read this far...you've unlocked a key đ#key to my heart!! lmao ok bye
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ive never been a metalhead but maybe i should become one
#eli talks#i love zeal and ardor i love bloodywood the hu babymetal#as a kid i adored nightwish and others#i need to really discover more recent metal bands that arent one off songs. give me full albums#i do like bmth even though i dont find anything exceptional in it it's good#but i should go explore all the new subgenres and essential discographies#idk shit about music theory just rec good atmospheric metal.
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so tired / jay mccaroll
#maybe my fave off this album?its cute @ least - INSANE how much its like. essentially lost media tho wtf#i need a music tag#i rly wanted 2 put up some other stuff but the site wont let me lol#tracklisting#ntbts#<- 4 my own tracking fjgfcjgvj oof#[got reminded of it bc i was listening 2 jellyfish yesterday && it RLY reminded me of this lmao]
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sorry but rat a tat is the thesis of save rock and roll actually you guys just don't like Courtney Love
#KILLING BITING AND MAIMING EVERY PERSON THAT HATES RAT A TAT#listen idc what courtney may or may not have done and yeah her voice doesnt sound the best anymore but also#consider how srar incorporates MANY different genres and takes on rock in the album and how this is the srar equivalent of#a song with grunge influences (its by no means in anyway grunge itself)#but it definitely is the hardest song on the track list other than maybe my songs?#the phoenix is much more orchestral than rat a tat but still. rat a tat is essentially the thesis of save rock and roll#theres a reason why rat a tat lyrics were found on a 2007/2008 post by pete#years before being finished and released#that song is important it is special#fall out boy#fob#patrick stump#pete wentz#joe trohman#me posts#andy hurley
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recently someone on tiktok said 'hey lets comment on random thirst traps and say 'you look just like a character from x movie!' (i forgot the name, the original one had one). like as a fun joke to invent a fake movie from the 80s.
i dont need to point out the obvious comparison here (it was far less organised because it was more about pranking people than pretending the movie was real), but it turned out to be a MARKETING STRATEGY for someones album.
#could not be a better illustrator of the marketing culture of today. LOL#everything is an ad and nothing is for fun#stole an idea. essentially tricked people into promoting it by commenting a weird word that someone would then look up and find the album#also tiktok skews younger than tumblr on the whole i think. so it was a little more teenage in its lore#im not saying goncharov was more than it was but it was fun how everyone was able to invent something that seemed plausible#oh the album is meant to be '80s horror movie themed' which might mean something but it doesnt to me#'its such a unique marketing idea! it should be rewarded!' ..........................ok... i think tricking people into giving u money and#fame is gross. but that might just be me#it worked btw.
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started making tapes recently :â)
#the audio quality sucks but itâs still very fun!!#((obviously for personal use!!))#og keemo#had to make this bc it is an essential album 4 me#cant wait to make more!!
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Fighting to forgive yourself for being you
#this#this is why i got attached to the war of being album so quickly#because this simple yet enourmous thing is at it's core and i resonated with it before properly knowing#i just had to actually pay attention to the lyrics and the music and the performance. and i needed the live experience for that#after what i went through with st you'd think i learned by now.. well little do you know about my stupidity#but all in all if ST burst open the floodgates for me towards getting better#i think tesseract is starting to help me guide that flow more precisely right no#by offering me a whole new perpective and a completely different approach on essentially the same thing#i'm not going to go into a small essay on this but yeah i think now i get what is going on in my head with this a bit better#man i love music#levynn tries to think
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I never really got it when people would talk about getting the ick but alas. now I do
#to be clear this is about taylor not about my actual relationship lmao#i feel like if there was ever a thing that would pull me back into fully committed swiftiehood it's a big sad breakup song#but i am just... not feeling it even whilst my entire dash loses their minds#as a song i like it the same way i do essentially all of her songs#but idk i'm not listening to it feeling sad for her#if anything it's all just making me cringe a little. like why is this being tacked onto midnights when that's not what the album is about#i think if it had been released down the line as part of a breakup ep/album i might feel differently#but right now it's like i've become detached from her i'm just not FEELING it anymore#which is sad because being a swiftie has been a big part of my life for years :(#and now it's like ok. she's losing me i guess :(#also! my post saying I've never been less excited getting 900 notes vs now my dash acting like nothing has been off the past few weeks#just makes me feel like ok i suppose everyone else is excited now and i'm still not#talking#taylor swift#ts discourse
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I will be like I have attention issues and then sit and listen to a 3 hour podcast episode just sitting in silence on the couch staring at the wall
#autism is fucking crazy because its still true that i have absolutely horrible attention issues#its just like i cant focus at all on 99.5% percent of the things in the world#its like how last sumemr every night i just lay on the floor and listened to albums start to finish for like 3 hours#and never got fucking anything done#essentially my brain gives me one thing i can focus on at a time if i try to do anything else it shuts down so its like#okay i guess this is all i will do ever tben
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if you love me you will listen to how to build an ocean: instructions by dirtbag boyband @bearsintreesofficial at least once.
#dirtbag boyband#bears in trees#goozeâz zhitpoztz#I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH#i feel like it is essential listening to connecting with me as a person#the boys deserve everything go support them NOW#how to build an ocean: instructions#htbao:i#htbaoi
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#I know itâs very uncool but my favorite s&g album is actually#âthe essential simon & garfunkelâ compilation album because#it came out when I was in high school and i bought the cd at walmart and#it stayed in heavy rotation in my car for years and years#itâs like a brother to me#anyway big love to compilation albums#lastfm
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#felix white#interview#where is it youd be from to say fv or f for th?#his description of the music lover musician fan existence is too exactly correct#reminds me of when he said convincing someone to like an album you love is tricky because (essentially) youre gonna be too weird about it#fav
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Happy 'I wake up and it's October. The loss is yours.' month to all who celebrate.
#maisie peters#the way that (barring the band and I) I relate this album to 3 different circumstances at very different parts of my life and yet#the September/October time frame is essential to all of them is something that is very personal to me and makes there it goes a song#of all time and potentially my forever favourite maisie song ngl
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alright bc iâm tired of it being crickets in The Home Team tag and these bangers = self-care to me so
yâall know about heavy pop yet?
#the home team#heavy pop#alt rock#pop punk#(you want acc pop punk vibes check their 1st album)#2nd alb essentially wall-to-wall bangers like this#Right Through Me
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