#convo: nikita

[bakingblakemadden]

“She is…she is two years younger than you…?” Blake’s question came out as a surprised splutter which wasn’t how she intended it at all but the news was certainly just that to her. News. So Sasha’s father had children who were basically the same age as his mother? That was a turn for the books. “Hate is a strong word, I’m sure she doesn’t hate you, I mean how could anyone hate this little face.” Giving the baby’s cheek a stroke with the back of her finger before tickling his tummy a second later, trying to get him to give her one of his cute, if a little snotty, smiles. And it worked, making Blake break out in a matching one. God he was adorable. 

“No…no I’m sure she doesn’t do anything mean to him, Nikita. I mean even if she’s not pleased with you marrying her father that’s no reason for her to take it out on him, he’s her brother after all.” Her eyes full of concern as she began to worry about the whole situation, it seemed like it was weighing heavily on the blonde in front of her, no wonder she was so worn down. ‘Allegra, that’s a nice name.” She murmured, bouncing her knee so the baby did the same, keeping him calm as she held him close. “If you want to take a rest I’m more than happy to stay up with this little one, it’s all good practice after all, right?” She joked lightly, pressing a kiss to the side of Sasha’s head making him turn to look at her, wiggling like a worm. 

bakingblakemadden​: 

“Oh don’t worry I’m not even planning on…this guy and I don’t even know each other. He’s just someone I’ll be delivering cakes to every so often because he runs Kianna’s sister business. Nothing more than that.” The brunette shrugged, knowing she had to be realistic with herself. After all she didn’t know Jasper at all, just because he was cute that didn’t mean she had to let her brain get carried away. Plus she was pretty sure her hormones were making her totally unbalanced in general at the moment, not helping a woman who was already a romantic at heart. “Aww, you going to try some of the red velvet cake sweetie?” Watching him eat off his mom’s fork with a soft smile, he was really too adorable for words. Plus he seemed to be enjoying it which after all was the aim of her baking at all times, no matter what age the consumer. 

As the baby boy was passed over to her the brunette just melted under his little gaze, unable to stop herself from grinning, if she hadn’t been pregnant already he’d have made her seriously broody. “All mine, I’m going to steal you away you little cutie.” She teased, pressing a couple of kisses to his chubby cheeks before nodding at the idea of heading to the sofa. The support for her lower back would be welcome, plus she could put Sasha on her lap for cuddles anyway to still give his mother some free time. “Wait, Sasha has a sister?” Her surprise written all over her face, eyebrows raising immediately, this was news to her.  “I didn’t know you had a daughter!”

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       𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐍'𝐓 the one to give sweets for her son, but since he was sick, and he was vexing her, she made an exception. Two forks was enough. Red velvet was her favorite cake. Sasha seemed to be quite happy at Blake’s arms, and she was eating peacefully her cake, sitting on it too. Upon her words, she almost choked. ❛ I don’t have a daughter. His sister is two years younger than me. He also has a brother. His oldest brother. They’re the first children from my ex husband. ❜ In reality she has no idea if her ex husband son has her age or is a bit older than her, the only person for sure she knew the age was his daughter. ❛ Either way, she hates us. ❜ She refers her and her son.       ❛ I always get worried if she’s doing anything mean to him, because she definitely would. ❜ Nikita doesn’t trust on her ex husband children, at the least, not on his daughter that shows despite towards them. ❛ Her name is Allegra. ❜ She added as she finishes to eat the slice of cake, and get comfortable on the sofa, looking at the brunette and her baby. Now she was in silence thinking on the guy Blake mentioned about she kind of knew one Jasper, but it can’t be him otherwise would  be a coincidence. ❛  I’m so tired. ❜

[internod]

𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐍 / actividad nueve.

⨁ HERIDAS SUPERFICIALES: Rasgaduras o cortes causadas por garras afiladas de un lupino. Pueden causar dolor y malestar, causar dificultades para el uso correcto de las disciplinas y pueden requerir entre uno o dos días para la curación natural del vampiro. Incluye también moretones, arañazos, golpes contra objetos, contusiones y/o raspones. 

En esta categoría se encuentran: Sumer, Aurora, Roman, Isaac, Hao, Theodore, Dana, Yeri, Maya, Nikita, Bridie, River, Aren, Junho, Sunwoo.

⨁ HERIDAS PROFUNDAS: Los colmillos de un lupino pueden perforar la carne y causar daño considerable. Pueden afectar la movilidad del vampiro y causar pérdida de sangre, debilitando sus habilidades. Las mordeduras lupinas son difíciles de curar para los vástagos y pueden dejar cicatrices permanentes. Además, existe la posibilidad de infección por la saliva de los lupinos, lo que podría tener efectos secundarios en los vampiros como la fiebre, enrojecimiento y vómitos. La curación podría demorar hasta dos semanas.  Incluye también cortes profundos provocados por las bestias.

En esta categoría se encuentran: Belle, Kaito, Esra, Leuksna, Daeul, Beau, Eunseo, Brianna, Ryota, Josun, Kirino, Seomun, Sai, Darcy.

⨁ HERIDAS GRAVES: Fractura de extremidades y/o cortes de aún mayor profundidad. Este nivel de herida representa una amenaza inmediata para la vida de los vástagos. Requerirá atención médica urgente por parte de vampiros especializados en la curación, ya que la capacidad de regeneración puede ser puesta a prueba.

En esta categoría se encuentran: Nain, Constantine, Mai, Satomi, Milo, Benedict, Binna, Leo, Junwon, Sayuri, Ryun, Mercury, Zia, Pomeline, Hyeongyu.

𝐀𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐎𝐂.

⦾ A considerar a la hora de ubicar la manera en que sus personajes recibieron estas heridas, pueden considerar las diferentes formas de atacar que un lupino podría tener contra ellos, tanto como las mencionadas como considerar que la fuerza mucho mayor que nuestros neonatos puede haberles juzgado en desventaja. También, pueden pensar en la estructura del lugar, desde sus amplios pisos, la estructura deshecha y oxidada, hasta las amplias escaleras y balcones que de repente se convierten en amenaza para su bienestar al caer por ahí. 

⦾ Recuerden que, de rolear cómo se generan estas heridas por medio de la batalla, deberán tener en mente el correcto etiquetado de sus conversaciones para así poder mantener la comodidad en el dash. Mismo así, recuerden chequear la lista de triggers para conocer qué temáticas deben ser evitadas o al menos previamente charlar con los usuarios con los que estén interactuando antes de añadir ciertas cosas a sus convos. Mantengamos la empatía y la comodidad en el dash. 

⦾ En caso de contar con cualquier duda o consulta, no duden en acercarse al main. Si alguien no está en la lista y gustaría participar, envíenos un mensaje directo para poder hacerlo. ¡Gracias!

[burntchickennugget2468]

hii! ok so I was thinking of ur au and I was consumed with the Thought™️:

hira's employees / coworkers quickly realise that she has a crush on the cute barista girl at the coffee shop they frequent, and, since they're having an influx of orders and need to stay late to complete them. so on one of these orders brynne herself comes to deliver the coffees and is talking to one coworker (who is trying to set brynne and hira up) when they hear hira arguing with a dude. this dude is her prick brother navdeep, and she is left fuming after he leaves. (don't ask me why he was there, im not sure myself 😭)

now brynne has experience with crappy families (her mom), so she strikes up a convo with hira. they talk about flowers and recipes to take her mind off of navdeep, because "hes not worth your anger or your time. plus if you're angry then you won't be able to work properly" so while hira ties up (?? idk how flowershops work) bouquets they chat for a long time until hira's like "wait. am i keeping you here?" and brynne is like, "nah. my shift is over anyway" and hira's like "thanks. for offering a distraction" and brynne is like "i AM a pretty good distraction" and they laugh and blush.

idk the concept is stupid but i found it cute, sorry for flooding your inbox asdfghjkl (i hope you like this lmao)

i LOVE my inbox flooded dw <33

rudy, brynne, and aru are baristas.

kara’s adopted family owns the flower shop hira works at <33 sheela also works there as a high school student

(kara has met aru before, they’d actually grown up close because even though krithika wasn’t ready to be kara’s mother, she still wanted to be a part of her life. because the otherworld doesn’t exist in this au, kara is three years older than aru. suyodhana is a deadbeat alcoholic and he’s in prison)

nikki and aiden work at a grocery store (i wanted more nikita and aiden interactions).

mini is a tutor and hira’s foster sister. aru is kara’s half sister

hira and aiden friendship

kara and hira friendship

in my au i have everyone tied to each other. hira is minis foster sister and minis boyfriend works at brynnes coffee shop. minis best friend aru also works at said coffee shop, and aru’s boyfriend and hira’s coworker’s sister work at the grocery store a couple of blocks away. kara is hira’s best friend and aru’s step sister. she’s heard a lot about that one angry friend (brynne) but had no idea it was her. everyone knows everyone except those two don’t know each other until they meet. after they meet, suddenly they see each other everywhere else and oh my god the pretty girl i saw at the flowershop is here holy shit does she remember me forgetting my name at the register gay panic :)

everyone had been trying to set them up but they’d refused so they’d given it a rest until hira and brynne met on their own and it just kind of happens??

[montyduff]

When it seemed like the lightning, thunder, and severe winds would never stop, they suddenly did. The remainder of the night passed uneventfully. However, all Franklin could think about was how unprepared they had been and how if they had been in another area things could’ve been much worse. He and Margot made a temporary truce to separate for a few hours, mostly for him to venture into the greener parts of the arena to secure some natural help. Berries, amber, seeds. Anything he could use incase something went awry later on. 

The steamy forest made him sweat in his suit, a collection of beads decorating his forehead and neck. He was bent over picking at a collection of what looked to be mushrooms when footsteps reached his ears. His throat tightened when he looked up and got his first proper look at Nikita since before the arena. The bloodbath fight was with a blur. 

@nikitathorn​

[kcliningrcd]

“It seems you chose a rather interesting time to join the program.” Interesting wasn’t the right word. Neither was exciting. Either way, he was glad that he had someone to talk to. “Is it everything you thought it would be?”

@kvrvkin​

[neonrivcr]

“ soy un hada, dorada, una reina “ a oídos ajenos puede sonar exagerada, no a los suyos, claro. voz no muestra clara emoción mientras su mirada recorre el lugar con cierta nostalgia “ ¿bebemos algo? “ [ @spooklyn-hq​ ]

[obsssions]

⚠️

𝗔𝗦𝗞 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗘 : 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 ( ˢᵗⁱˡˡ ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗⁱⁿᵍ! )

⚠️ a text meant for someone else.

JANGMI ♡ NIKITA: just who do you think you are? JANGMI ♡ NIKITA: do the people at home know that you've got no personality?

[fionadughlas]

closed starter for @savagenikita​

The last few weeks had been overwhelming, to say the least. It seemed like so long ago that she had been back at home in Scotland, everyone treading delicately as the political situation grew only more complicated. She sighed, it was no use thinking of all of that right now, it wasn’t as if she could receive news updates while she was here, and what would it matter anyway? She was sure any news of reaching an agreement with the Tulachs would become immediately apparent. By far the best, and perhaps the only good part of all of this was her reunion with Ainsley. It had been two years since she’d seen her little sister, and now that she knew where she was and had seen she was safe with her own two eyes, it was like a weight had been lifted off of her chest. 

She’d heard some of the other royals and a few of the pirates talking about some hot springs somewhere on the island, and it seemed like a nice place to relax for a little while. She’d asked for directions back at the Main House and she should be almost there by now. As the spring came into view, Fiona was relieved to see that there was no one else there yet. Delicately placing her things on a rock by the springs, she began to lower herself into the water, sighing softly as the warm water enveloped her. She leaned back against the side of the spring, closing her eyes as she relaxed.

[snow-licity]

ALL OF THIS!! The ONLY thing about the show I would change is Michael and Nikita having an episode or moment like they did in 2x19 where they actually talk about how they feel and moving forward together!!

It really did feel like Michael was shutting her out, she made a big gesture (one of my all time fav scenes EVER!! and the most creative callback!!) And then in 3x14 with fire, they're fine again???? WHERE IS THE APOLOGY? WHERE IS MICHAEL LETTING NIKITA IN? It pisses me off bc as you said, it could've been a simple scene, nothing to huge had to happen like in Wrath, they could've just TALKED😭 biggest missed opportunity and the only real issue I have w the ENTIRE series!! (The only other thing is more convos in s4 and the wedding!!)

God, I love Mikita. This ship is everything to me. But I seem to have a very selective memory when it comes to their storyline in season 3. My tunnel vision is thick, and I can’t remember anything. I’ve watched this show twice in its entirety and I’m stunned watching Michael completely shut Nikita out. She’s trying so hard to reach him, and he can’t—and won’t—let her in. You know what would have been great? You want to know what gaps my memory repaired? When Nikita tells Michael that she’ll never move on from him, he tells her he’s never moving on, either. For better or for worse. You know what I also would have loved? If “Brave New World” ended with Michael apologizing. If he said “hey, Nikita. I almost lost you. I’m sorry if I made you feel like I loved you less than a limb.” But it ends with Michael obsessing over weird science, alienating her even further. I know it all works out in the end and they get their happy ending but right now I am PISSED???!?

[nikitvdibiagio]

❛ vaya manera de iniciar el año. ❜   //  @toribcurne​

tuerce mueca en sus labios buscando apropiado para decir pero la verdad es que nunca ha sido buena en eso “ que lío tan grande “ atina a decir luego de un prolongado silencio “ mira, no sé si todo lo del blog sea verdad o no, no me incumbe, pero supongo que no puedes dejar que palabras de alguien que se esconde tras una pantalla te afecten “ y siente que discurso es más terrible de lo que pensó “ ¿quieres ir por algo de beber? “

[oatshow]

Birkhoff: Truth or dare.

Ryan: Truth

Birkhoff: How many hours have you slept this week?

Ryan: ...Dare.

Birkhoff: Go to sleep.

Ryan: I don’t like this game.

[halvorbragison]

Halvor looks down at the paint brush in his hand — moving it over the surface for a few strokes. “Do Midgardians always come together like this to repaint their buildings?” He asks the other as he pulls his hand back to dip it into the paint. “It would be much faster if i used my magic to do this.” [ @girlxfiron ]

[jiminy-crickets]

this is a good preformance, i dont know who this artist is, despite the fact that i have heard this song fucking millions of times, so.... you know, didnt know she had a face.

ok miss confetti

trophy porn fancam

nope, spoke too soon, not fancam, skit. not a great skit.... but uh, it is a skit, HE DOES A GOOD HOWARD STERN!!! bad trump impression, decent goldblum, funny (but bad) bettman. that is a.... wow that is sure a connor mcdavid.

i have no clue who this dude is, a comedian, seems funny, voice does NOT match his face, did make a good CAD-USD exchange rate joke so.... i immediately like him.

BEARD JOKE!!!! YEAHHHHHH MAKE GAY JOKES IN FRONT OF THE HOCKEYS, MAKE THEM POLITELY LAUGH WHILE AT LEAST THREE OF THEM ARE SITTING NEXT TO THEIR OWN BEARDSSSSSS

okay well you didnt need to instantly ruin it by brining up the edmonton flasher lady, she seems very nice and you dont gotta tell even more people that she did that.

YEAHHHHHH FUCK U AUSTON AND YOUR STUPID (kinda hot ngl) PORNSTACH

i just cant get over the hosts voice, hes funny but god, are you a carnival barker???

yotes joke :'(

THERES MY SWEET BABY CHILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY SILLY SILLY BOY!!!!!! FACE LIKE A HAUNTED DOLL!!!!!!! NEVER SEEN A CAMERA BEFORE HE THINKS ITS GONNA ATTACK HIMMMMM <333333333333333 (the camera cutting to bedsy after a mcdavid joke is.... that shouldnt be as funny as it is)

nikitas SMIRK!!!!!!! hes such a lil shit head

omg the edit of connors face onto a sonogram...... i fear i may be obsessed <3

A CONNOR SMILE THAT IS'NT FORCED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! last unforced connor smile was seen at worlds.

you can really feel the racid vibes of a room full of straight men though the screen.

okay the shot of nate with cale ominously over his shoulder one row back looking like a blonde child specter haunting him is fuckin stellar 10/10.

i fuckjing hate these stupid LED drummers, so stupid. i hate them

this is gona take so long, iots 8:58 i started watching at 8:15, every time i cringe i pause and scroll instgaram until the doom leaves my body

happy for nate <3 hes so rectangular and handsome

i like these homosexual DJs

buble microdose quote my beloved <3

he does a VERY GOOD BUBLE

okay yeah facetiming with my parents is not making this go faster

one thing about elliotte freedman, hes gonna be wearing a cunty funky silly fun suit.

i need to pause, because i love connor with all my heart and because of the aforementioned "oops, it was at 7 not 8" i know hes gonna win so i just need to prepare for whatever he decided to say, because my mentally ill brain will warp it into the saddest thing ever no matter what.

SECOND REAL CONNOR SMILE SPOTTED!!!!!!!! hugging his family has elicited a real emotion in him!!

god those stupid fucking LED drummers

HIS SUIT HAS SPARKLES OF SOME SORT!!!!!! nice polite canadian boy thanking the fans and his family <3333333333333333

also "the chicago organization"..... 🤨🤨 @pwhl-mybeloved that has the exact vibes that that one part of our back and forth 'what does his search history look like' convo when we got into him exploring the hawks whole 'branding' and spiralling into learning about colonialism.

the hair is NOT doing him favours, like i know its a special event, but boy put the product DOWN do NOT slick your hair back, you are balding at 18!!!! go back to the fluffy middle part 2020s does 90s heartthrob!!!! it looked GOOD ON YOU!!!!!

i love the cut to the hughes each looking like they want to kill someone, quinn wants to murder connor for winning, luke wants to kill himself for not winning, and jack is just posing for the camera i guess, but he looks like angry while he poses.

okay not suuuuuuper fond of this dudes LIVE impressions..... but maybe its just the bad wig and incorect nate voice. like.... dude nate does interviews a LOT of interviews, i dont know what voice you're doing but uhhhhhhhhhhh...... aint it

i take it back, its a great impression just because hes being a dick about nate never having won the hart it despite being nominated three times before.

GATEN MATARAZZO?????? okayyyyyy okay he really will show up to anything but i like it!!!

WOOOOOOOOOO i <3 living donors!!!!!! donate a kidney!! chop off part of your liver!!!!!! give blood!!!!!!! donate your hair!!!!!!! sign up to medical trials!!!!!!!! do flu camp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP THIS WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

god quinn looks GOOD, he looks so good! he looks HOT, he looks like hes taken a nap.

god damn quinn is thanking a LOT of people, which is so funny because he gives such big "stuck in the fae world like arthur spiderwick" vibes.... like how do you know these people quinny???? youve been stuck in the fae world for sixty years!!!!!!!

ohhhh yeah hes got that arthur spiderwick swag (looks around confused then becomes dust and ceases to exist)

NOOOOO NO THE HOST IS DOING "STAND NEXT TO THE PERSON AND MAKE JOKES ABOUT HIM" NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE HES JUST A BABY!!!!!!!!!!

i take it back, its a good joke, its a connor is a baby joke, and those are GOOD jokes, please please remind the old men that hes just a child, that they are all just children, remind them of the humanity behind the players before you auction the new babies off tomorrow like meat.

i was so distracted by the host i didnt even notice connor staring into the camera for.... a while, looking at it like its gonna attack him.

also 0.5 of a real smile!!!!!!!!!!!

PETE WENTZ?????????????? PETE WENTZ?????? HOLY SHIT PETE???? PETE?!?!?!?!

pete <3 his smile his GIGGLEEEEE HIS LAUGHHHHHHH omg peteeeee ur sooo funnyyyy

good for helle

bad nikita impresson, BUT it means we get to see real nikita so... <3

"tucci is of course is italian for cup"

BOBBYYYYYYYY <333333333333333333333333

i actually love this comedian now, introducing garry bettman while wearing an untrimed baldcap doing a stanley tucci impression eating pasta out of the cup next to bobby...... oh this is amazing.

NATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hes just so handsome and rectangular <3

its 10:40..... the award show was 1h long..... it took me............. um a while. like two and a half hours a while...... lol

welp, i guess imma watch the playback of the show and put my thoughts into one big post.......... i couldve fucking SWORN it was at 8est. i am PISSED..... like, HOW?

[inviictas]

* closed starter for @rcttlingstars /  “i’m so confused. i don’t know what’s happening right now.”

“would you like a drink, darling?” it seemed a very NATURAL, very nice thing to ask - and jacqueline wouldn’t have judged her sister for taking her up upon the offer. not at the current time, ANYWAY. “dora and i have some vintage wines. i don’t get anything from them, but perhaps you might like a glass. it’ll numb the confusion.” 

[gingeraleluke]

𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀

𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: vinnie hacker x fem!influencer!reader

𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: nikita gets a little to handsy with vinnie.

𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: swearing, sexual convos, betrayal, bestie!nikita flirting with y/n’s man, brief mentions of violence + an uncomfortable vinnie

𝗔/𝗡: this one is pretty simple and short but i hope u guys like it <3 I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST NIKITA, THIS IS FICTION

interviews/confessionals in bold!

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“who are the two closest people in the house?”

“the two closest people, like bestie wise? y/n and nikita. without a doubt.” larri’s reply was almost instant.

“i don’t even know how they get along so well, but they do.”

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“probably y/n and nikita.” vinnie answered, smiling and nodding. “yeah, they’re really close…”

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“best friends of the house, y/n just evens out nikita’s crazy in the best way.” thomas explained, “i don’t known how they do it.”

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“i don’t want to watch that though!” vinnie complained, exaggerating his hands and leaning the back of his head against the couch.

“well, i’m not watching shrek again, and we want to watch it.” y/n motioned to nikita who was busy petting her dog.

y/n and vinnie had just finished watching twilight, when nikita arrived. the two were now arguing over what to watch, nikita amused by the two of them.

“BUT WE DONT HAVE TO WATCH SHREK, WE CAN WATCH SHREK 2!” vinnie yelled at the top of his lungs, making y/n smack him.

“vinnie, shut up! you’re gonna get the dog going.” she scolded, making her boyfriend apologize softly.

“i don’t mind watching shrek.” nikita butted in.

y/n looked over at her, confused, yet nikita’s eyes never left vinnie. she knew damn well, that nikita would NEVER pick shrek over 13 going on 30.

“what are you talking about?”

“what?” she asked innocently, vinnie playing off the whole conversation and starting the movie.

it was, in fact, the first one and not the sequel. y/n couldn’t help but wonder why nikita would do that, usually always taking y/n’s side, even if she didn’t agree.

y/n had been best friends with nikita for almost six years, and despite all the stupid shit she’s done, she always stuck with her.

she knew how dumb she was, though.

yet, it was always nikita who was there for her. she helped her stay sober at parties, and gave her a roof to stay under whenever she was lonely. while she wasn’t perfect, she was always a good friend to y/n. the two were the definition of complete opposites, yet they still got along.

vinnie and y/n had only been dating for four months. nikita knew about her feelings towards him, but she was still always vocal about how attracted to him she was— but since y/n and him weren’t dating yet, she never cared. she just assumed that once they became official, nikita would lay off.

apparently, that wasn’t the case.

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“imagine if he got a boner..”

y/n finished her episode of euphoria and headed downstairs for her snack break, passing by the camera crew, she saw jake, calvin, mia, alex, kouvr, and jack in the kitchen, laughing. grabbing the m&m bowl on the counter, she began eating some, taking a seat beside kouvr.

“if who got a boner?”

the whole room went tense at her question, and everyone stopped laughing. they had all just gotten back from ice skating, y/n enjoying the quietness of the house to film some videos before relaxing in her bed.

jack looked at alex, his lips forming a line as if something awkward had happened. “um….vinnie.” alex scratched the back of his neck.

she stopped chewing, “why would vinnie get a boner?”

she heard multiple boys snort and mia left the room, her eyes wide.

“nah, it’s just a joke..” he replied.

“well i don’t get it, what’s the joke? explain.” she looked over at kouvr for validation, but she was just focused on her salad, purposely ignoring y/n’s gaze.

“it’s uh—“

“nikita sat on vinnie’s lap.” kouvr cut her boyfriend off, gazing at y/n. she knew she deserved to know and that the boys would beat around the bush about it.

“what?” she grimaced, hearing some of the boys snigger about it. she couldn’t tell if it was a joke or not.

“are you joking?” kouvr shook her head.

y/n’s eyes darted around the group, wanting an explanation. “wha-what do you mean ‘she sat on his lap’? wh-why? what was the reason?”

honestly? y/n wasn’t surprised. nikita was always touchy with vinnie, something she assumed would stop at small arm touches and hugs— she never thought she would go as far as to sit on him. she was sick of letting nikita think that it was okay. sick of that jealousy flooding her chest when she’d spend a little too long hugging her boyfriend.

vinnie may not have seen it, but she did.

no matter how good of a friend nikita was, this wasn’t okay.

alex put his hands up, “i don’t know! ask them!”

“when—where was this?”

“just now, on our way back here. she sat on his lap for the whole fucking car ride, until we dropped her off.”

“did vinnie say anything?”

“yeah, just that he was uncomfortable and wanted the driver to speed up.”

“he said that to her?” she asked.

“no, he texted it to jack.”

the laughter from the boys, somewhat comforted her. she tried not to lose her shit and began laughing herself. “what, so her ass was on his crotch?”

“pretty much.”

y/n dropped the jar. “where is he?”

alex shrugged and pointed upstairs.

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vinnie looked guilty from the second y/n opened that door, and that made her even more scared.

“what the fuck happened?”

vinnie let out an emotionless laugh, and spun his gaming chair around. “they told you?”

“yeah, why didn’t you?”

“because she’s your best friend.” his expression was full of remorse, something y/n didn’t expect.

“vinnie, i don’t care who she is, she fucking touched on you? i mean, hugs and arm touches are one thing, but she fucking sat on your lap!”

“are you mad at me?” he looked up at her like he was a lost puppy and reached out for her arm, forcing her to look at him.

“why would i be mad at you?”

“i don’t know, i was scared that you wouldn’t believe me..”

“oh, trust me, vinnie, i believe you.” she ran her hand through his hair. “are you okay, though?”

“yeah, y/n, it’s just nikita. i was just uncomfortable.. it felt like i was cheating on you and everyone was laughing about it.”

“why did she even do that?”

“she said she was chilly from the rink.”

what kind of stupid fucking excuse—

“bruh, she wants me to beat her ass, clearly.”

“i know—“

“cold from the rink? so you sit on my mans LAP?! that is reserved seating for muah, bitch, i think the fuck not— i’m so done with her shit.” she pulled out her phone.

“what are you going to do?”

“i’m gonna confront her and make sure she never does that ever again, it’s not okay.”

vinnie nodded, watching her grab her keys.

“wait!” he stopped her from walking out.

“you promise you aren’t mad at me?”

“of course not.”

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y/n and nikita were seated on her couch, in the middle of a heated discussion.

“you can understand why i’d be upset about you sitting on my boyfriend, right? like you can see that?”

“yes-“

“okay, so why the fuck would you pull some shit like that, nikita?! like, that’s honestly so fucked up..”

y/n wasn’t sure what to do.

she was angry and felt betrayed, plopped down in the center of a maze with too many endings.

“i’m sorry, i wasn’t thinking.”

“i just don’t know if i can believe you..”

“y/n, i fucked up. i’ll admit it, i went over the line, but i promise you, i will NEVER do that again.” nikita begged, a face mask still covering her skin and her pink robe on her body.

“yeah, you fucked up. i don’t know if i can trust you nikita..” y/n was on the verge of tears.

“please, i love you. you know how touchy i can be, i swear i had no evil intentions y/n—“

“but it hurt me and you made vinnie uncomfortable! it’s fucking embarrassing! everyone saw, nikita! how would you feel if i was fucking sitting on your boyfriend’s lap?!”

“i-i didn’t think about it that way—“

“yeah, well, next time you’re cold, stay cold.”

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“you promise you’re okay?”

“yes, baby.” the two were nuzzled up on their bed, the room pitch black if it wasn’t for the tv. 13 going on 30 was playing and the two made small talk while watching, her tracing over his bare stomach and occasionally finding his ticklish spots.

“are you okay?” he asked, looking down at her. his jawline was resting on her until she turned to face him.

“yeah.. i just need some space from her.”

“i’m sorry…i know she meant a lot to you.”

“she still does. i think she’s just lonely…she’s not used to being the single one— usually i was always the single one.” vinnie nodded, playing with her hair while she spoke.

“you didn’t get a boner right?”

“WHAT?!” he leaned back, almost hitting his head on the wall.

“well alex was joking about it!”

“absolutely not!”

“vin, i won’t be mad—“

“NO!” he was amused at the idea, always seeing nikita as a sister and nothing more. “why do you keep asking?!”

“i don’t know…” she huffed, facing the tv again.

“are you jealous?”

“what?!” she squealed, “why would i be jealous?!”

“because your best friend had her ass against me for thirty minutes straight and you weren’t there to do anything about it…?” he teased.

“whatever..”

“you are jealous! why are you jealous?! i’m literally balls deep inside of you, almost every day—“

“stOP! IM NOT JEALOUS!”

“mmhm…”

“you’re so lucky there aren’t cameras here right now, if they had heard the dirty things you just said..” she laughed, shaking her head.

“yeah, yeah.” the two stayed quiet, y/n falling asleep in his arms.

vinnie must have noticed.

“are you asleep?” he whispered, brushing a piece of hair behind her ear and waking her up.

she groaned in reply.

“y/n?—“

“vinnie, what?!” she snapped.

“i have a question..”

“yeah?”

“can we watch shrek 2?”

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BA’s Reckoning

Yes, I stole this title from the Sporkful podcast. You should check it out!

So just a reminder the whole thing that kicked this off was when Tammie Teclemariam tweeted the photo of Rapoport in brown face (yes its brown face its a purposeful caricature of Puerto Rican ppl, his girlfriend called him her papi in the caption as well) saying he should simply write the article on Puerto Rican food then (the issue was Illyanna Maisonet, a Puerto Rican food writer, got rejected rudely by Rapo for her pitch to write about Puerto Rican food) Which brings up the larger issue of BA being racist and not covering any other dishes besides Eurocentric ones, and the ones that aren't Eurocentric are almost always either whitewashed or done by white people which is what happened with Masionet’s article (this is where Amanda Shapiro and Meryl Rothstein come in).

This led to a zoom meeting where Rapo made a shitty apology leading Sohla El-Waylly’s instagram posts, where she condemns Rapo, talks about her 50k salary despite having 15 years of restaurant experience (She ran a fucking restaurant and 50k in NYC is pathetic), being hired to help white editors, and not being paid for ANY of her video appearances (none of the poc you see in videos have been compensated including the zoom videos). Which has led to many people at BA being exposed for being terrible (Conde Nast is the parent company and owns BA, Vogue, Architectural Digest, Allure, Glamour, Wired, Epicurious,Teen Vogue among other things... also take note how most of these have consistently been criticized for their racism or “race problems”)

ANYWAY here’s a general guide of what each BA person has done, this is in no way comprehensive, feel free to investigate on your own, always fact check and form your own opinions!

Adam Rapoport: Brown face, not paying his non-white employees for their video appearances, treating his assistant Ryan Walker-Hartshorn (a black woman) like shit (she was working overtime and was barely making rent with what he was paying her), he's sexist (see every video with Molly) and racist (mixing up Sohla and Priya Krishna and never apologizing) and more!

Check out the Business Insider piece, twitter (Tammie’s, Christina Chaey’s, and Priya’s), Sohla’s podcast and interviews, and someone made a compilation of Rapo being condescending I think

Matt Duckor: Disgusting, racist, homophobic, sexist all around terrible person, probably the most obviously terrible of the bunch (see Rick Martinez’s insta plus Duckor’s own tweets), strung along Sohla for months saying that her pay was “stuck in legal” so that she would keep appearing in videos, gave Sohla a contract when this stuff first started happening to try and shut her up, HE is the one deciding pay for everyone at BA and was the one not paying poc for video appearances.

Check out Rick’s Insta, Twitter for Duckor’s tweets (screenshots bc he deleted his account)

Carla Lalli Music: First off, ppl are pointing out she was condescending af to a lot of her guests on her show (except for the white ones). The racism at BA did not start nor stop with Adam Rapoport and guess who was editor in chief before him? Yup, Mrs. Carla Lalli Music! Necessary amendment: Carla was the food director NOT the editor in chief and she is currently an editor at large... still a powerful position though and I think the sentiment still stands. She had a pretty pathetic twitter thread about how she should’ve done more but was focused on the sexism/focusing on women, strange because she also sent that shitty email to two women along with Delany and Brad after the two of them, Delany, and Brad were talking in the kitchen, telling them not to enter the kitchen without permission (not enforced on Brad or Delany obviously, only the two women who happen to not be white) I misread the article, Brad was a part of the convo, he did NOT receive the email, and didn't respond to the articles request for comment.. he fucking works in the test kitchen, i’m an idiot and that's on me

Business insider and her twitter 

Alex Delany: I have a post with the screenshots of the confederate flag cake he made himself because he felt the “need to express some southern heritage in cake form. Such a glorious cake...” for his friend moving to South Carolina, the lovely vine with the classic “F*g is a bundle of sticks joke” also have a post discussing that, he’s wildly underqualified for DRINKS editor and overpaid, also his girlfriend is Allegra Lorenzotti whose mother Eva Lorenzotti, is in Jeffery Epstein’s black book which is concerning (though who knows maybe Delany is dating a different wealthy Allegralo), also those sexist tweets

I have screenshots from Tumblr, ppl have the vine on twitter along with the sexist tweets (he deleted his twitter and Tumblr btw)

Andy Baraghani: There are screenshots of Alyse Whitney’s (an asian woman) twitter thread saying Andy purposefully undercut her articles multiple times because of a petty feud with Antoni from Queer Eye by using his friendship with Amanda Shapiro (Whitney’s editor) to kill the story, which is shitty and brings up the bigger picture of BA being cliquey and getting in with a friend of a friend and such which is just a toxic work environment

Amanda Shapiro: Puerto Rican food article, Alyse Whitney’s articles, she’s a perpetuator of the toxic work environment, stealing Nikita Richardson’s work and getting credit and pay for it (pls check out her twitter and the articles with her), also racist, should not be in charge

Chris Morocco: Made one (1) basic post (simply a reply to Molly calling him out actually) at the beginning of all this agreeing to not be in anymore videos until his coworkers got paid/backpay, he said he was complicit (duh) but also that he had no idea this was happening, but guess what? He is the one that hired Sohla for only 50k! There is a whole can of worms about how little Sohla was hired for despite her experience plus talent along with her current pay and Chris is a part of that. Also both his gumbo video and Halo Halo recipe are downright disrespectful at BEST and they should not have had a white man doing them (again with the white people doing articles/videos that can be EASILY given to someone whose actually part of that culture) and before anyone says anything yes the gumbo was for Chris’s show (strange how only white ppl get shows or in Andy’s case unless you’re friends with a higher up) still doesn't make the video less disrespectful, also he’s SAID he is friends with Anna Wintour (head of vogue, and a racist “there’s no room for black women” the reason the vogue challenge is happening)

Brad Leone: Himbo status permanently revoked, “Brad who just found out racism is real”(Sohla said this in the Sporkful podcast) is NOT acceptable for a 35 year old white man whose coworkers are suffering in a clearly toxic work environment, the screenshot with “I didn’t sign her contract she did” is NOT how you respond to your coworker being underpaid and disrespected by the company she works at because she is not a white man. I do not like him anymore, he has made apologies but ignorance to this extent is willful and I don't completely buy it the rumors he was upset Delany was going to be fired/would quit if Delany was fired/was mad at Sohla is not something I was able to confirm but based off of what I’ve seen he really needs to prove himself to be better, he can stay if that’s what his coworkers want but he is on thin fucking ice

Stuff I can't accredit to a single person, but BA is racist: 

NIKITA RICHARDSON, pls check her out on twitter

They sent Sohla to interview black chefs (bc BA has a bad track record) because she was the darkest and there were literally NO black chefs working at BA

Making Priya only cook Indian dishes (which were kinda whitewashed) I actually think this may have been Duckor

Tokenizing the poc staff (they would make them be in the kitchen when filming the white hosts shows and push them in front of the camera to highlight nonexistent diversity)

Paying Hawa Hassan only $400 for her video (probs also Duckor)