#decided to watch willow (2022)

[hazel-callahan]

i love you, kit tanthalos ∞

[coochiequeens]

I don't like conservative "news" media like fox and this site but no one else is talking about how surrogacy gives pedos access to kids.

The fertility industry is handing designer babies over to men with zero vetting or scrutiny of their mental fitness or criminal history.

By KATY FAUST

Surrogacy is risky for children. Not just the risk of a primal wound via intentional birth mother separation. Not just the risk of identity struggles if their genetic mother is purchased from a catalog. Not just the risk of mother-hunger if they are raised in a home absent maternal love. 

Surrogacy puts children at risk for the worst kinds of abuse. 

That became glaringly obvious last month when YouTubers Shane Dawson and partner Ryan Adams announced the birth of twin boys. Dawson’s long history of sexualizing children is well-known and well-documented. Evie magazine detailed concerning incidents including Dawson pretending to masturbate while watching 11-year-old Willow Smith’s music video, referring to a 6-year-old fan as “kind of sexy,” justifying pedophilia as a mere “fetish,” typing “naked baby” in a child pornography search and remarking that the returns were “sexy,” and proclaiming, “I would rape all of you” when viewing a series of photos featuring young girls wearing his merchandise.

In one show, he instructed a 12-year-old to eat a “cocktail weenie” with the recognition that child molesters comprise a significant portion of his audience. Dawson and Adam have another 10 embryos in frozen storage should they decide they want a few more children around the house.

We hope no harm comes to the boys to whom Dawson and Adams have been granted (via surrogacy contract) parental rights. But other surrogate-born children were not so fortunate.

Contrary to what you may think, surrogacy isn’t just about helping infertile couples have babies. When we look at how surrogacy is actually practiced and promoted, we see surrogacy isn’t about babies, it’s about on-demand, designer babies shipped worldwide. And sometimes, those babies are shipped directly to child abusers.

We don’t know the raw numbers because, unlike organ donation, the medical wing of #BigFertility requires no tracking or follow-up of those who avail themselves of their services. (Apparently, there’s more concern about the survival of a kidney than a child.) And unlike adoption, which heavily vets and screens prospective parents and monitors the child post-placement, surrogate-born children are not known to social workers and often disappear across international borders.

Even when safeguards are in place, predators often go to great lengths to acquire children to abuse. In 2022, the country was horrified by the story of a suburban pedophile ring set up by two married men who raped and pimped out their adopted sons. 

That children created by a fertility industry with no mechanism (and no desire) to scrutinize intended parents for things like mental fitness, criminal records, or predatory history end up in the homes of dangerous adults should surprise no one.

Absent any kind of record-keeping or follow-up on these children, those of us who reject surrogacy on the grounds that it violates the rights of children, must piece together the risks when stories of child victimization emerge. 

These 5 Pedophiles Mail-Ordered Babies

Psychiatrist Jo Erik Brøyn held a high position in Norwegian social services responsible for child protection and was involved in several high-profile cases of child removal. He also acquired two boys through an Indian surrogate. In 2018, police discovered 20 years’ worth of child pornography in his possession — more than 20,000 images and 4,000 hours of videos — depicting child sexual abuse including “boys masturbating each other, fixed/sexualized violence against children, anal sex by men with boys or oral sex of children (including toddlers) on grown men.” He was sentenced to less than two years in prison. Some sources report that the boys have been returned to his care.

An unnamed German pedophile hired a Russian surrogate for €60,000 who birthed the baby in Greece. He then flew the child back to Germany. In 2020, a regional court found him guilty of child abuse and producing and possessing child pornography. His child was a subject of 16 of those cases between the ages of 2 and 3, and the defendant was in possession of 175,000 images of child pornography. He was sentenced to five years in prison. The child was removed from his custody. 

In 2013, Mark Newton and Peter Truong were convicted of subjecting their surrogate-born son to “the worst [pedophile] rings … if not the worst ring I’ve ever heard of,” according to one investigator. After paying a Russian surrogate $8,000 to carry the child, the pair began to violate the boy as a newborn.

“The abuse began just days after his birth and over six years the couple traveled the world, offering him up for sex with at least eight men, recording the abuse and uploading the footage to an international syndicate known as the Boy Lovers Network.” Police believe the pair created the boy through surrogacy “for the sole purpose of exploitation.” The child was removed from their custody, and the men are serving decades-long sentences.

During the height of the Indian surrogacy boom, it was revealed that an Israeli sex offender had procured a little girl via surrogacy. Had #BigFertility had any kind of vetting in place or required fingerprinting or simply character references, it would likely have been discovered that the man had spent 18 months in jail for sexually abusing young children under his supervision. The discovery shocked authorities in both India and Israel, but because they couldn’t prove that abuse had yet taken place, there was no ground to remove the girl from his custody. It did however validate India’s decision to ban single men and gay couples, who composed 30-50 percent of intended parents, from the Indian surrogacy market.

In 2014, intended parents Wendy and David Farnell commissioned twin surrogate children in Thailand, then a global hotspot for surrogacy. The little girl, Pipah, was healthy, but the little boy, Gammy, had serious medical issues as well as Down Syndrome. A scandal erupted when the couple took the little girl back to Australia but abandoned Gammy to be raised by the Thai surrogate.

It was then discovered that David had been jailed in the late 1990s for sexually molesting two girls under the age of 10, and was charged, convicted, and sentenced again in 1998 on six counts of indecently dealing with a child under the age of 13. When his criminal record was revealed and investigated, a judge determined there was “a low risk of harm if Pipah stays in that home,” and she remained in the care of Wendy and David until his death in 2020. The “Baby Gammy” case was one of several scandals that prompted the Thai government to ban commercial surrogacy altogether. 

Many of the above cases are older, the results of contracts that were drawn up when surrogacy was less common. Since then, the surrogacy industry has grown exponentially with a projected 1,000 percent increase by 2032. In addition, there are entire organizations devoted to delivering custom-ordered babies to men, none of which will have to submit to background checks or fingerprinting. So expect more cases of surrogate-born child exploitation in the coming years. 

Whether or not the child ends up abused, whether it’s paid or altruistic, whether it’s traditional or gestational, and regardless of the intended parent’s household composition, surrogacy always violates the rights of the child. It is not a problem that can be solved through regulation. The only way to protect children is to ban surrogacy worldwide.

[not-wrong-just-different]

Hello Questies!!

This post has been a long time coming, and here it finally is. Willow, and more importantly, the Willow Fandom, changed my life, so, thank you all for everything!

Now Presenting…

How to Get a Girlfriend by Watching Willow 2022:

Step 1. See gif of Kit on top of Jade when she was saying goodbye like on Pinterest.

Step 2. Figure out the name of the show with the hot girls.

Step 3. Rewatch the original Willow.

Step 4. Watch Willow 2022

Step 5. Realize that the feelings about other women that you have been suppressing since you were 17 are coming back to bite you in the ass.

Step 6. Reject compulsory heterosexuality.

Step 7. Call your best friend in a panic.

Step 8. Try for weeks to try to get anyone you know to watch Willow. Fail.

Step 9. Sign back into an old tumblr account and start following people just as obsessed as you are.

Step 10. Read horny fanfic. A LOT of hot horny fanfic.

Step 11. Get your best friend so fed up with you that she invited you to an LGBTQIA+ friendly community event more than an hour away just so she doesn’t have to be the only person hearing about Willow anymore.

Step 12. Make lifelong friends!!

Step 13. After several months of trying to convince people to watch Willow literally steal the TV hookup and force people to watch it.

Step 14. Share the link to the Free Willow website in the Facebook group chat so everyone can watch more episodes.

Step 15. Get private Facebook message from girl wanting to talk about Willow.

Step 16. Make friends with said girl and get a huge crush.

Step 17. Start hanging out outside of group events.

Step 18. Be awkward.

Step 19. Continue to be awkward for several months until one half of the friend group pulls you aside, and one half pulls her aside and endure an intervention.

Step 20. Ask girl on date. (She says yes!!)

Step 21. Go on date and realize that despite the fact that there are over 12 years of university between the two of you, that you both read dozens of the same articles on Reddit and Quora about how to act on a first date, since neither of you have had one before.

Step 22. Get mutually pissed off at the lack of official peer reviewed research on how to have a healthy relationship. Decide to work on writing and publishing together. (So far, the only thing actually peer reviewed is our relationship, which only started due to peer review.)

Step 23. Make plans for more dates.

Step 24. Be happy!!!

Step 25. Realize that communication is hard and misunderstandings suck after reading more horny Willow fanfic.

Step 26. Write 5 page love letter in proper MLA Epistle format and give to girl.

Step 27. Become official girlfriends!

Step 28. Receive photos of her extensive collection of swords and blades.

Step 28b. Implode. (Like seriously. It was SO hot.)

Step 29. After being girlfriends for two months, bring up Willow again and find out that she doesn’t actually care that much about Willow?!?!?!!!! She likes it but was mostly using it as an excuse to talk to you?!?

Step 30. Consider breaking up with girl (not really!!) because she isn’t actually as obsessed with Willow as you are.

Step 31. Decide to share your gratitude with the ongoing Willow fandom for changing your life instead of worrying about making everyone in your life love it as much as you do. 😂

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Thanks to the creators who helped me work through the emotions of steps 5 and 6 and those who helped with steps 10 and 25. @ksfreckles @geek-and-nina @ourlonelymoon @commanderbuffy @acre-of-wheat @wigster07 @vetiverriver @barmaid-anon @swashbucklery @spybrarian @isabrella @lowkeyed1 @savewillow2022 and so many others!

While I’m at it: Thanks to @ourlonelymoon for reminding me I don’t have to earn help, @acre-of-wheat for helping me remember that being on the spectrum doesn’t make me unloveable (and for reminding me that letter writing is valid communication) @commanderbuffy for proving that love isn’t just for teenagers, @wigster07 for showing second chances and that character growth requires tons of hard work @geek-and-nina for perfectly portraying the emotions and joy of falling in love, and @ksfreckles for being the first person I talked to online and for writing the story that means everything to me.

Thank you Willow Fandom and Willow Creators! I do not know where I would be today if it wasn’t for my lovely, Willow-obsessed online community. 💕 ⚔️ 😉

[tarasmithshifts]

𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃 & 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐑

ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴍᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴅʀ: my name is tara smith, but i'm known as 'azrael'. in 2016 with my friends, kitty and jj formed a band we called 'utopia' and we started on youtube and soundcloud by doing covers, and when we got more popular, we made our first original song. it was called "SOS" and it went viral on soundcloud and very popular on youtube. we got recognision, and it opened the door to music industry.

ᴍʏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴅʀ: kitty (lily buckley), jj (jack hart), billie eilish, willow smith, conan grey, harry styles and a lot of more!

ꜱ/ᴏ: billie eilish

ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ: we debuted with an ep called "CANNIBAL" as we watched "the show"Hannibal" while writing and it was a huge inspo for this ep. it was also a success, we went on small tour in venues. first in america, then in europe.

⍣ ೋ we went super popular after we released our first single from our first album called "LOST IN OUR PAST" (2019). it was a huge success. album was full of 70s beats, vocals, etc. we were nominated for multiple awards and won all of them. we became one of the most successful artist of the year, and later even in decade. Our tour sold out in few minutes, and so that's how we did our first world tour. we performed at grammys, the biggest festivals like coachella etc. we won grammys for best album, best group, best group performance, best single & song of the year. we weren't ready for this kind of success, critics after all called this album a "renaissance of 70s music" we became pioneers of group music then, we mixed modern pop, 70s & 80s. we did covers of old songs, and on our tour performed with multiple artists, like tears for fears or stevie nicks. at the time me and kitty got together.

⍣ ೋ after the success, we had multiple fights in the band, but we were still making music together. I started to make solo music, but only for fun. we got to work with conan grey, and we made a song "killing me”. in 2021 our band needed to split up, as jj decided to left.

⍣ ೋ it was a huge case, fans protested, wanted to know what happened, but we decided to stay quiet. everything was clear, jj wanted something else from life. he started to work as a "ghost writer"

⍣ ೋ after band has split up, i called my managment that i want to release solo music. i didn't want to give up on music because of this situation. week after official announcement from band, i posted info about my first single of my solo album "GLOBAL DRUGS"

it was a huge success, i didn't think that i would go on world tour and sing in stadiums again. i brought kitty with me.

some of fans favourites

⍣ ೋ in december 2022 after i finished tour and came back to u.s., my agent called me that he wants to meet me and kitty. we met 2 days later in new york, in a studio we recorded first ep as "utopia". when we came in, first thing we saw was jj talking to some people in the studio. well, we were so back.

⍣ ೋ in march 2023 out of nowhere we dropped our second album called "WE ARE STILL HERE" and people went CRAZYYY. we had no idea how this album is gonna shake the whole internet and critics. it was completely new - it was jazz, 70s, soul, r&b. something that people claimed we didn't fit. but here we are :)))

⍣ ೋ in may 2023 i attended my first ever met gala, and there, in an interview i confirmed that this was the last project of ‘utopia’ for now. i said “we disappeared out of nowhere and left you all without any information. this is something like a goodbye, but we do not confirm that it will last forever. it depends on our feelings.” i also confirmed that i will release music as solo artist and that kitty will join me as a drummer

⍣ ೋ in may 2023 a week after met gala, i showed the world my summer tour, and except the festivals of course, there were 4 stadium concerts, “bonus” ones, only in europe. Paris, Barcelona, Berlin and final one in London. that’s the time when me and kitty broke up, after, as media called it “London accident”. (there will be another post about it, but basically kitty got herself into alcohol and drugs, and during the London show for almost 2 hours we couldn’t find her, and when my team finally found her, she was completely not contacting with the world around her, and it was not the first time.she couldn’t perform and i didn’t want to cancel the show)

⍣ ೋ in september 2023 i started dating harry styles, but only to january 2024 - we realised that we would love be each other besties than lovers 🤭 (bc in this dr he is a little younger and one direction split up later than in cr, his album “Fine Line” was released in 2024, and “Harry’s House” in late 2025)

⍣ ೋ in january 2024 i confirmed my second solo album, that will release 15/03 🫶

⍣ ೋ after release of this album, me and billie were spotted in public, spreading dating rumours, which we confirmed some months later

"ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ᴜᴛᴏᴘɪᴀ" - pinterest board

[knjbrin]

First Encounter✨

When Keeoni First moved into Town As a way to celebrate, Her friends took her to see this new Rock Band That was performing that night; Which just so happened to be Broken Bottlez first performance since the controversy surrounding Willow and Elizabelles “falling out”

It was that night watching them perform that Keeoni fell in love with the band and decided They would be the band she’d Feature on her Article

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ITS OFFICIALLY COMIC SEASON! I’ve finally decided it’s time to Start the rollout for my Comic. I’ve been very disappointed lately in Lesbian Representation especially when it comes to BLACK Lesbian representation either the show gets Canceled or the Creator is a piece of shit. So I decided around 2022 that I would Release my Own Comic that would feature Black Lesbians, Women of Color who love other Women, and Butches who are unapologetically Butch. These past two years I worked on character sheet after character sheet, Scrapped certain ideas and came up with Better ways to execute them, and I can finally say I am Satisfied enough to Start Posting all of these Ideas. You never know how well Your ideas will be taken if you never share them so fuck it I’m taking the Next steps.

I can’t wait to share all of the projects I’ve been working on with Everyone 🥹❤️ And to those who were supporting me during the early days of Broken Bottlez, Thank You and it’s finally time 😭😭

[8circles]

in 2024, i tried to listen to more artists/albums, tried to finish albums which i abandoned listening to part-way, and tried to listen to the albums i said i would listen to but ended up putting it off. i still haven't finished listening to the albums i abandoned part way and there are still a lot of albums i put off, but i did expand my taste and listened to more albums than i usually do. i decided to compile the list and put them somewhere at the end of the year so that i can see how much i listened to.

so here is 2024's album list.

(criteria: needs to be at least 4 songs long. there were some single albums that didn't make the list because of this.)

new albums (2024)

ariana grande - eternal sunshine

taeyong - tap

lim hyunsik - the young man and the deep sea

beyonce - cowboy carter

hozier - unheard

doyoung - youth

onewe - planet nine isotrophy

billie eilish - hit me hard and soft

dua lipa - radical optimism

kep1er - kep1 going on

charli xcx - brat

normani - dopamine

tyla - tyla

nct127 - walk

jaehyun - j

oh my girl - dreamy resonance

charli xcx - brat and its completely different but also still brat

a.g cook - britpop

willow - ceremonial contrafact

bon iver - sable

kep1er - tipi tap

magdalena bay - imaginal disk

cat burns - early twenties

laufey - bewitched the goddess edition

tyler the creator - chromakopia

bastille - & (ampersand)

kendrick lamar - gnx

homecomings - see you, frail angel. sea adore you

sza - lana sos deluxe

new(ish) albums (2023)

travis scott - utopia

chappell roan - the rise and fall of a midwest princess

pinkpantheress - heaven knows

hitsujibungaku - 12 hugs (like butterflies)

justin vernon - hazelton

yoasobi - the book 3

other albums (first time listen)

sophie - oil of every pearl's un-insides (2018)

weyes blood - titanic rising (2019)

grizzly bear - veckatimest (2009)

kendrick lamar - mr. morale and the big steppers (2022)

death cab for cutie - translanticism (2006)

the weeknd - dawn fm (2022)

the postal service - give up (2003)

wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot (2002)

lauryn hill - the miseducation of lauryn hill (1998)

yo la tengo - and then nothing turned itself inside-out (2000)

the weeknd - after hours (2020)

kinokoteikoku - time lapse (2018)

charli xcx - how i'm feeling now (2020)

charli xcx - vroom vroom (2016)

sophie - oil of every pearl's un-insides non-stop remix album (2019)

gfoty - gfotybucks (2017)

yonige - girls like girls (2017)

donna summer - a love trilogy (1976)

other albums (started and unfinished)

kendrick lamar - good kid maad city (2012)

kendrick lamar - to pimp a butterfly (2015)

kendrick lamar - damn (2017)

tyler the creator - igor (2019)

barcelona - absolutes (2008)

i break horses - hearts (2011)

hitsujibungaku - our hope (2022)

volcano choir - repave (2013)

jay-z & kanye west - watch the throne (2011)

radiohead - ok computer (1997)

homecomings - new neighbours (2023)

[knight-princess]

Thinking nostalgically about how I got halfway the through watching Willow (2022) before deciding that yeah, watching the original movie would probably clarify some things. Couple hours and a movie later, things are not clarified, and I in fact had more questions. But I did have a blast

[gellavonhamster]

monthly media recap: july 2024

read:

Perceval, the Story of the Grail by Chrétien de Troyes - Grail stories about Perceval >>>>> Grail stories about Galahad, there, I said it. The plot is mostly the same as in von Eschenbach's Parzival, so it was not quite new to me, but still interesting to read and compare. I tried reading the continuations too, but the first one was lulling me into a kind of reading slump. Perhaps I'll return to them later, either that one again or starting with the second one

Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner - old maids who just wanna do their own thing, make some noise, this one's for us. A lot like Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own in its ideas, but with witches and the Devil towards the end. The heroine is definitely joining the ranks of my favourite female literary characters

Longshadow by Olivia Atwater - a delightful conclusion to a delightful trilogy; strange magic, Regency lesbians, friendly ghosts, and musings on death that unexpectedly resonated with me.

watched:

RRR (2022) - epic, life-changing friendship x 1000, did I mention epic?

Bottoms (2023) - debated with myself whether I like this movie or think it tries too hard; decided that it does try a little bit too hard but I still like it

[nikatyler]

Okay so now both Stephen and Willow look a little different because my game decided to throw a tantrum and didn't want to save. It's now few hours later tho (I'm watching Eurovision right now! Nika from May 2022 here, heyyy how's it going) and it saved just fine.

Huh.

Oh yeah, Sawyer's old bedroom is now Stephen's bedroom.

(HOW IS THIS FROM MAY 2022 AND IT'S NOW OCTOBER 2023 WHEN I'M POSTING IT JESUS CHRIST)

[backstage-if]

A little father’s day gift after the results of this poll :)

On a serious note, I’m warning that Wille and their parents don’t get along that well and this is (kinda) featured in here. Also, it’s a little longer than a drabble.

Under the cut:

2022. 

Wille Eccleston is leaving this town in seven days. No more, no less.

Neither of her parents know about it yet. 

She isn't planning on telling them at all, at least not until the very last day. That scenario is clear in her head. Next week, she will be getting hold of her bags, the rest of her needlework money and then follow to her best friend's house with a simple "By the way, I'm moving", or something close to that. She won’t give them enough time to react or put together any sort of emotional speech about how they will miss her. 

It isn't a plan, not exactly, but this is all she has. 

The moment her sister, Rebecca, enters her room, Wille is working on the last costume she will ever make for her old school’s theater group. 

"Lend me a dress," her sister barely says, competing with the loud noise made by the sewing machine, then Rebecca herself turns it off unprompted. “Mom said I could choose one of your dresses!”

Wille annalyzes her sister's frame for a minute, the girl is even shorter than she was at her age. 

"It won't fit you, we both know that. Mom must know it, too." 

"Let me have it, Willow!"

She pretends to think about it for a second, "Nah." 

Rebecca stamps her foot loudly on the wooden floor and, at that sound, their dad's head appears at the bedroom's door, a confused expression on his face. 

"Did I hear an argument?”

It has happened way too many times at this point, especially considering how few years they have been on this Earth together, but Wille already learned that, unless she makes a point of being the first one to say something, Rebecca will have no problem throwing her ‘mean sister’ under their parents’ bus. 

"Rebecca never gives my stuff back, she proved it too many times."

His confusion turns into weariness, maybe even impatience, "Can't you just... get it from her room when you plan to use it?"

Wille doesn’t have time to come up with an answer that doesn’t spoil her plans, because she can register the exact moment in which her dad sees the bag by the bedroom's corner. 

"Hey, what is this?"

Silence. What is there to say? 

"Willow, what is this?"

The truth. Maybe.

"Okay. Fine, you win. I'm moving."

"...What? Does your mom know that? Did I know that? It doesn't seem like something I would forget if you told me."

"I haven't had the opportunity to talk to her yet. I will. Tonight."

"That's not-" he seems to remember the girl right there, watching the scene unfold with wild brown eyes. "Leave, Rebecca."

"But I wanted to-"

"No, you didn't. Go to your room, go."

She exits with a frown, but not another word. After the girl leaves, Wille’s dad gets inside the bedroom and closes the door. He stays standing with his arms crossed, staring at her as if he can’t decide whether she is lying or going insane. 

"Where did that idea come from? No, of course. See, I’ve always said that friend of yours and her crazy mom weren’t-"

“Don’t say it,” Wille raises her voice at that and he stops whatever he was going to say, at least. “I talk about moving almost every day, why is it such a surprise to you?”

“We thought you were joking!” her dad mumbles something incomprehensible, then says louder. “You can’t just move.”

"Why?"

Deep down, she knows what is coming. Wille can hear the words even before it’s out there in the world, but, for a moment, she hopes her dad will surprise her and say something different. 

"Who will take care of the store?"

In the end, she is right.

It stings a little, even if it shouldn’t anymore. Once again, there is no worry about Wille herself, only that hell of a store. Always the same.

"You and mom will, as you already do. You don't really need me here, dad, I would be a terrible manager."

Just say both of you will miss me. Say that I'm your daughter and you love me and I should stay because of that, instead. 

"And if something happens? If Lucas breaks an arm and I have to take him to the hospital or if your mom, God forbid, falls ill? What then? We close it, just like that?"

She stays quiet.

"Willow, honey- We don't just do what we want to! Believe me, I know a thing or two about that. Sometimes we… Well, we have responsibilities and we have to stay. Life chooses for us."

Finally, she turns to him and tries to ignore what is implied in his words. He stayed for the family and now he wants her to stay for the business. It’s supposed to be a never-ending story. 

She says, "I'm going anyway."

"Oh my God, you’re so stubborn. Do you even have a plan? Any plan?"

Yes. Her train tickets are already bought, their not-fancy but surely affordable apartment is simply waiting for Wille and her best friend by this point and, if her dad can’t tell by the bag that gave her away in the first place, almost all of her clothes are already packed. Still, she lies to him, "No, but I'll figure it out."

"I really don't get what is w-" he stops mid sentence, then opens the door. "Nevermind. Good luck telling you mom that. Don't leave the dirty work to me."

"I won’t."

"She might… I don't know, she might even talk some sense into you. You're 22, for God's sake, you're too old to be this inconsiderate."

He closes the door loudly and leaves, and Willow doesn't bother screaming after him that she is actually 24. 

A week after that, she is the one leaving.

[inthenameofallthingsholy]

What Owl House means to me

TW!: Self Harm, Depression (undiagnosed), anxiety (undiagnosed), suicidal thoughts

The finale of owl house has hit me very hard. I am writing this as of April 7th, 2023, 10:53 pm, EST, approximately 11-12 hours before Watching a dreaming airs and most likely longer before I see it.

I didn’t join the Owl House bandwagon until about a year after it’s release. I binged watched all of season 1 in a day in July, on a shitty loft bed in a cabin on my great aunt’s lake, ignoring my asshole cousin and her asshole friends. This was a few months after I had come out as Bi

I fell in love with the show instantly. The main character was an undiagnosed adhd bisexual bullied kid, just like me. People didn’t understand her just like nobody understood me. She escaped to magical worlds just like me. She was close with her mother, just like me. She was everything to me.

Her best friend, Willow, was a plus sized and bullied girl, just like me.

Her best friend, Gus, was considered a gifted kid in his field who got tricked by people he trusted a lot, just like me

Her love interest had a parent encourage her to stop being friends with someone for being the wrong sort, just like me

It felt like the show was made just for me, with every character being a reflection of my own qualities. I was about to start 8th grade, and I was worried about showing up to my Catholic school open and bi. This show helped me with my fear.

And then August 31st, 2021 happened. I started my first relationship ever, as well as my first relationship with a girl. And Owl house was there for that

During the whole time we were dating, Owl House was there. We were both big fans, and recited quotes of Amity and Luz to each other, the dumb gay fangirls we were.

During the rocky parts of our relationship when it felt like there was nothing we could talk about, we could talk about owl house.

And Owl House was there October 2nd, 2022, when we decided to end it. There are still scenes I struggle to watch because of it. She and I are still best friends, and we still are dumb fangirls, but the show will never feel like it did before.

But like a metaphor for my life, my love for Lumity was overshadowed by Huntlow. As I started to be more into guys, the straight passing ship of Owl House rose to be my favorite. I still love Lumity, but like my relationship, it lost it’s thrill. As if when she and I broke up, Lumity did too.

Huntlow also connected to me because it displayed a curvy girl being adored by this attractive guy. He had a crush on her, not the other way around. Guys didn’t/don’t like me because of my weight a lot, so seeing that couple on screen gave me hope that a guy like Hunter was out there, waiting for me.

And Owl house was there during another time too. Before she and I broke up, before Huntlow became my brainrot, before I even knew anyone was shipping Hunter with people, I was hurting.

Spring 2022 was the worst time for my mental health ever. I was forced into a musical with 4 weeks to learn my lines and if I didn’t in time I would be screamed at by my director. I would put off lines to read fanfic or belt songs out of my vocal range to ruin my voice so I wouldn’t have to do the show. I committed self harm. Every night I prayed God would make it stop or kill me. I had horrible nightmares about my director and the show. It got so bad it felt like I was looking at the face of a dark black vortex, ready to suck me into the deep end where I would die. I had a horrible panic attack on stage during rehearsal, one time. I couldn’t breath, I bawled my eyes out, I scratched and ripped at my arms.

and a few days later, Hollow Mind came out, and Hunter had a panic attack on screen.

I knew it was a different situation. He was breaking from an abusive household while I was just being dramatic about a shitty play (at least that’s what people told me.) And yet, I felt seen. I saw myself in hunter, just like I saw myself in all of the other characters. That day on, he was my favorite. He still is.

So Owl House ending feels like a punch in the gut to me. It hurts so much that I’ll never see these characters on screen again. I’ll (probably) never see Hunter and Willow kiss on screen, canonically. Almost like a metaphor for me never being kissed myself.

And what makes it even worse, is that because of scheduling issues, I can’t watch it live with you all. I’ll probably have to watch it on my phone, on YouTube, hours or even days after it releases. Almost another metaphor for how in 5th grade, my friend was forced to leave the school and I was absent the day he said goodbye to everyone. An event that defines me and my emotions a lot.

So there you have it. Sorry for the trauma dump, but I needed to vent about why this show means so much to me and why I’m heartbroken it’s ending before it’s all over.

i have full faith this fandom will not die. Us weirdos have to stick together.

But that doesn’t make this any less painful for me

I’m sure a lot of you feel the same

Thank you for reading, it means a lot.

Sincerely, Speedy

[jayletrill]

Winter 2022 - Willow Creek

Clifton Power (30), Vanessa Power (29), Vance Power (6), Jean Power (3)

Clifton poured his drink with a sour look on his face. The tension in his shoulders was becoming unbearable. He stared sourly across the room while he recapped the day.

The morning with the boys started fine. He woke them up with a warm smile and hugs. He told his office he'd be working from home and figured it couldn't be so hard. Vanessa had been doing it for years at the old house.

The day quickly began to run off the rails as noon hit.

Jean was the first to interrupt Clifton's work. He burst into the office asking for cookies and would not stop until his demand was answered.

While Clifton was distracted with Jean. Vance poured paint all over the living room floor.

"Clifton reprimands him." whie pulling out the mop and bucket to clean up. "Mom will be home soon and she will not be happy if she finds paint on the floor."

He swirls his cup and downs the rest of its contents. Berates himself for losing composure.

He gets a craving for something sweet and decides to raid the fridge. On his way over, Vanessa arrives home.

"Hey Honey" she says. She kisses him on the cheek and notices her husband seems stiff. "How did everything go while I was gone?"

"Great." he says as he moves towards the kitchen.

"They were great." he replies shortly.

He sees the cake she made a week ago and grabs for it closing the refrigerator door as he does.

Vanessa watches Clifton as he eats his cake and makes his way to the dining table.

"Hey, you okay?" she asks looking him in the eye.

Clifton pauses to meet her eyes.

"It's been a rough few days without you here. I don't know how you worked from home with the kids."

"That's exactly why I decided to hire the nanny and get back in the office but is that all that's going on?" After watching what her parents went through Vanessa wanted to make sure that there was honesty in her marriage.

Vanessa smiled knowing exactly what her husband needed. "Remember in college how we promised to go on that fishing trip? It is time that we finally take it. Just you and me. We can leave the boys with my mom. No more excuses."'

Clifton looked up at her with the smile she fell in love with. "That's not the only thing I remember from our college days," he said suggestively.

Vanessa blushed. "I remember," she said.

"Are you sure you can pull yourself away from all this party planning to go to Granite Falls?" he asked.

Vanessa's mind wandered to the Winterfest party and Vance's upcoming birthday.

"I'm sure we can make something work." she offered.

Clifton shook his head and made his way into the kitchen to clean his bowl. Vanessa followed him.

"I don't know," he said. "I'm also swamped with work right now."

"Come on, we'll probably be ready for a vacation after Winterfest dinner."

"Hmm. That's true." Clifton agreed. "Okay," he said "We'll go."

"Great!" Vanessa exclaimed. "Now, do you mind picking up the Winterfest tree tomorrow?"

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[ad_1] Luvnith Sisodia in action. PC – Maharaja Trophy The only thought that flashes in the mind while envisaging Luvnith Sisodia’s cricketing skills is loads of talent. Unfortunately, fate hasn’t exactly been kind to him. For one reason or the other, the dashing left-hand wicketkeeper-batter has had to forgo opportunities that came his way.  Last week, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 lakhs in the 2025 IPL Auction. As a result, he will now get a chance to ply his trade at a ground where a fluffed chance resulted in him being dropped from the state side. Perhaps, the stars have started to align for Sisodia to make an impact on the grandest of stages.  “My entire journey has been a rollercoaster,” he quipped when he spoke to RevSportz. “There was one match that we were playing at Eden Gardens, against Punjab, in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. I happened to drop a catch, and we lost that game. From there on, I didn’t play senior cricket for two years. Now I am going to kick-start my journey for Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens. It is very poetic.” Even during the recently concluded IPL Auction, his fortunes seemed to have swung back and forth, almost like the pendulum of an old clock. On day 1, there were no takers for Sisodia as he went unsold. Just around 24 hours later, Sisodia was back in the mix as KKR bagged his services at the fag end of the auction. Sisodia recounted another of his topsy-turvy journeys with a tinge of emotion.  “I was watching the auction from the start, my name was up there, I was unsold, I was a little sad,” he said. “I then realised that life goes on, you still have to keep working hard till you get there. I just slept that day, I had dinner and spent time with my family. Next day, I went for my training. Then, while having dinner with my mother, suddenly one of my friends messaged. Aakanksh (his agent) also called. I was wondering what is happening, as everybody is calling. That is when I got to know that KKR had picked me.” Sisodia went on to add: “My dad was travelling, it was just my mother and I. My mother saw that I was a little bit disappointed and made some tasty food for me. We were eating together, we were just generally discussing things. I had my injuries, just before my Ranji Trophy debut. Working hard for Ranji, suddenly before a match that you’re expected to play, you get injured. There were so many emotions (flowing), back and forth. Suddenly, the phone just started ringing. It was a happy time. Mum and I cherished that moment.” One of his injury setbacks came during the 2022 IPL. A couple of years later, his dream of representing Karnataka in a Ranji Trophy game seemed to have all but materialised. But fate decided something else was in store for him.  “The only thing is that the injury I had when I was with RCB in 2022 was unfortunate,” he said. “It had nothing to do with my fitness. The recent injury I had, the ball hit just above my wrist, the metacarpal. So, it is just an unfortunate thing. That is very hard to digest, sometimes you can’t do anything about it. It is also about missing out on opportunities. The opportunities are at your doorstep and taken away from you as it is not in your control.”  Amid numerous setbacks, Sisodia has showcased sparks of brilliance with the willow. Some of those innings give an inkling about his game-breaking potential. Around three years ago, he had cracked an astonishing 129-ball, 312 in a Corporate one-day tournament. In the recent past, he compiled a stunning innings of 187 against Mumbai, in the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappiah Memorial Tournament.  Such was the impact of his knock that KSCA Secretary XI took the innings lead, despite Mumbai compiling a total well in excess of 400. It has to be also observed that India cricketer, Shardul Thakur, was a part of Mumbai’s attack.  “About that 300, I have no words to say,” remarked Sisodia. “It just kept happening, I was connecting everything that day. It was just flowing. I had another innings that I played against Mumbai in the Thimmapiah tournament, the red-ball tournament.

We were playing the quarterfinal, we were pursuing about 500 runs. I got 188 (187) and we won the game. That was also a very nice innings, I cherish that innings. From there I got a call-up for the Ranji Trophy, this was something special.”  Sisodia also has been a consistent performer in the Maharaja Trophy, having notched up over 300 runs in a couple of seasons. One of the highlights of his efforts in that tournament was a hundred versus Hubli Tigers last year. The essence of his innings was the way he handled the spinners – picking the length early to use the depth of the crease, alongside essaying slog-sweeps.   There was much more to that knock than just bland description. “About that knock in the Maharaja Trophy, the hundred I got, there is a story behind it,” explained Sisodia. “I didn’t have a great start to that tournament. There were so many negative things going around like ‘he can’t get runs’, this and that. It is very special because as soon as someone says you can’t do it, the next day, you wake up, put all the effort and make it happen. Basically, you prove yourself wrong, and show it to yourself that you can do things that people think you won’t be able to do.” Despite all the setbacks, Sisodia has continued to chisel out his game in order to upgrade his batting and wicket-keeping skills. “I had to really work hard on the mental side of the game, like improving my game awareness and reading situations better,” he said. “Of course, (improving) skills  is a never-ending thing, you have to always keep learning. Every session I practice, or play, I learn a lot of things. I have been working on a lot of shots as well. Looking to play clean cricket, of course – the reverse sweeps, the scoops and all that. Basically, shots all around the ground, 360 degrees. “Last year, I got a nice diving catch off Kaverappa, that is a very good memory. There have been times when people said, ‘Luvnith doesn’t keep well, his keeping skills are bad’. Then you go out and do good things in a live game, it feels like all your hard work has paid off.” All the above-mentioned setbacks also make you wonder about the kind of support he might have received from his family. Luvnith talks glowingly about his parents – Sujith and Sunitha Sisodia. “I wouldn’t have been here if not for my parents,” he said. “A lot of relatives used to say, ‘What is cricket? Billions of people play it. What will he do? Make him study.’ But my parents used to always speak to me and ask what I really wanted to do. They were always behind my back. I can’t express it in words, just pure support from them. “Back then, I used to eat good food. Once my mum said, ‘this is too healthy for you.’ She put me in a sport, so that I would move around and all that. She put me in a skating class. I didn’t really like skating afterwards. So, there was a cricket ground behind my house called the Central College Cricket Ground. My mum just enrolled me in a camp. From there, it just started. Within one year, I represented Under-14 for Karnataka.” At just 24, Sisodia has already navigated his share of ups and downs. However, he seems to have found a way to maintain his composure. Outside of cricket, playing video games with his Karnataka teammates is one of his go-to options to keep himself refreshed. “I like to watch movies, spend some time with family and close friends. Of late, I have been playing a lot of PUBGs with the Karnataka teammates,” he said. “So, I, Manish (Pandey) and the rest of them play a lot of PUBGs.” KKR’s fans and the think tank would be hoping for Sisodia to blend his sparkling batting with a touch of calmness at Eden Gardens. Also, they will keep their fingers crossed and wish for destiny to smile on the talented cricketer.  Sisodia signed off with the following words. “It is a great feeling to be a part of such a lovely franchise,” he said. “I will give everything that I have for the team’s goals and for the betterment of the team, for just making the team win.” The

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[ad_1] Luvnith Sisodia in action. PC – Maharaja Trophy The only thought that flashes in the mind while envisaging Luvnith Sisodia’s cricketing skills is loads of talent. Unfortunately, fate hasn’t exactly been kind to him. For one reason or the other, the dashing left-hand wicketkeeper-batter has had to forgo opportunities that came his way.  Last week, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 lakhs in the 2025 IPL Auction. As a result, he will now get a chance to ply his trade at a ground where a fluffed chance resulted in him being dropped from the state side. Perhaps, the stars have started to align for Sisodia to make an impact on the grandest of stages.  “My entire journey has been a rollercoaster,” he quipped when he spoke to RevSportz. “There was one match that we were playing at Eden Gardens, against Punjab, in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. I happened to drop a catch, and we lost that game. From there on, I didn’t play senior cricket for two years. Now I am going to kick-start my journey for Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens. It is very poetic.” Even during the recently concluded IPL Auction, his fortunes seemed to have swung back and forth, almost like the pendulum of an old clock. On day 1, there were no takers for Sisodia as he went unsold. Just around 24 hours later, Sisodia was back in the mix as KKR bagged his services at the fag end of the auction. Sisodia recounted another of his topsy-turvy journeys with a tinge of emotion.  “I was watching the auction from the start, my name was up there, I was unsold, I was a little sad,” he said. “I then realised that life goes on, you still have to keep working hard till you get there. I just slept that day, I had dinner and spent time with my family. Next day, I went for my training. Then, while having dinner with my mother, suddenly one of my friends messaged. Aakanksh (his agent) also called. I was wondering what is happening, as everybody is calling. That is when I got to know that KKR had picked me.” Sisodia went on to add: “My dad was travelling, it was just my mother and I. My mother saw that I was a little bit disappointed and made some tasty food for me. We were eating together, we were just generally discussing things. I had my injuries, just before my Ranji Trophy debut. Working hard for Ranji, suddenly before a match that you’re expected to play, you get injured. There were so many emotions (flowing), back and forth. Suddenly, the phone just started ringing. It was a happy time. Mum and I cherished that moment.” One of his injury setbacks came during the 2022 IPL. A couple of years later, his dream of representing Karnataka in a Ranji Trophy game seemed to have all but materialised. But fate decided something else was in store for him.  “The only thing is that the injury I had when I was with RCB in 2022 was unfortunate,” he said. “It had nothing to do with my fitness. The recent injury I had, the ball hit just above my wrist, the metacarpal. So, it is just an unfortunate thing. That is very hard to digest, sometimes you can’t do anything about it. It is also about missing out on opportunities. The opportunities are at your doorstep and taken away from you as it is not in your control.”  Amid numerous setbacks, Sisodia has showcased sparks of brilliance with the willow. Some of those innings give an inkling about his game-breaking potential. Around three years ago, he had cracked an astonishing 129-ball, 312 in a Corporate one-day tournament. In the recent past, he compiled a stunning innings of 187 against Mumbai, in the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappiah Memorial Tournament.  Such was the impact of his knock that KSCA Secretary XI took the innings lead, despite Mumbai compiling a total well in excess of 400. It has to be also observed that India cricketer, Shardul Thakur, was a part of Mumbai’s attack.  “About that 300, I have no words to say,” remarked Sisodia. “It just kept happening, I was connecting everything that day. It was just flowing. I had another innings that I played against Mumbai in the Thimmapiah tournament, the red-ball tournament.

We were playing the quarterfinal, we were pursuing about 500 runs. I got 188 (187) and we won the game. That was also a very nice innings, I cherish that innings. From there I got a call-up for the Ranji Trophy, this was something special.”  Sisodia also has been a consistent performer in the Maharaja Trophy, having notched up over 300 runs in a couple of seasons. One of the highlights of his efforts in that tournament was a hundred versus Hubli Tigers last year. The essence of his innings was the way he handled the spinners – picking the length early to use the depth of the crease, alongside essaying slog-sweeps.   There was much more to that knock than just bland description. “About that knock in the Maharaja Trophy, the hundred I got, there is a story behind it,” explained Sisodia. “I didn’t have a great start to that tournament. There were so many negative things going around like ‘he can’t get runs’, this and that. It is very special because as soon as someone says you can’t do it, the next day, you wake up, put all the effort and make it happen. Basically, you prove yourself wrong, and show it to yourself that you can do things that people think you won’t be able to do.” Despite all the setbacks, Sisodia has continued to chisel out his game in order to upgrade his batting and wicket-keeping skills. “I had to really work hard on the mental side of the game, like improving my game awareness and reading situations better,” he said. “Of course, (improving) skills  is a never-ending thing, you have to always keep learning. Every session I practice, or play, I learn a lot of things. I have been working on a lot of shots as well. Looking to play clean cricket, of course – the reverse sweeps, the scoops and all that. Basically, shots all around the ground, 360 degrees. “Last year, I got a nice diving catch off Kaverappa, that is a very good memory. There have been times when people said, ‘Luvnith doesn’t keep well, his keeping skills are bad’. Then you go out and do good things in a live game, it feels like all your hard work has paid off.” All the above-mentioned setbacks also make you wonder about the kind of support he might have received from his family. Luvnith talks glowingly about his parents – Sujith and Sunitha Sisodia. “I wouldn’t have been here if not for my parents,” he said. “A lot of relatives used to say, ‘What is cricket? Billions of people play it. What will he do? Make him study.’ But my parents used to always speak to me and ask what I really wanted to do. They were always behind my back. I can’t express it in words, just pure support from them. “Back then, I used to eat good food. Once my mum said, ‘this is too healthy for you.’ She put me in a sport, so that I would move around and all that. She put me in a skating class. I didn’t really like skating afterwards. So, there was a cricket ground behind my house called the Central College Cricket Ground. My mum just enrolled me in a camp. From there, it just started. Within one year, I represented Under-14 for Karnataka.” At just 24, Sisodia has already navigated his share of ups and downs. However, he seems to have found a way to maintain his composure. Outside of cricket, playing video games with his Karnataka teammates is one of his go-to options to keep himself refreshed. “I like to watch movies, spend some time with family and close friends. Of late, I have been playing a lot of PUBGs with the Karnataka teammates,” he said. “So, I, Manish (Pandey) and the rest of them play a lot of PUBGs.” KKR’s fans and the think tank would be hoping for Sisodia to blend his sparkling batting with a touch of calmness at Eden Gardens. Also, they will keep their fingers crossed and wish for destiny to smile on the talented cricketer.  Sisodia signed off with the following words. “It is a great feeling to be a part of such a lovely franchise,” he said. “I will give everything that I have for the team’s goals and for the betterment of the team, for just making the team win.” The

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from chapter one of i thank my wicked dreams, now up on ao3 Explicit, Willow 2022, Thraxus Boorman/Airk Tanthalos It was a good wine, Boorman decided. Not too tart but not too sweet, interesting earthy notes to it, and a bit of a kick. Strong enough to get him talking about his favorite subject, anyway: his achievements in the art of love.

He paused halfway through his recital about the time with the twin sisters from Cashmere… or had they just been wearing cashmere?… when a realization occurred.

“Hey,” he interrupted himself, from where he slumped on the bed. “How come I’m the one always sharing the sexy stories? You’ve heard about every conquest of mine from the Shattered Sea to the Mother Lake, but you never say a thing about all your romances.”

Airk kept gazing out the window from his seat on the sill, watching the slow drift of snow, a small frown marring his handsome features.

“Ah… It’s not that interesting,” he said, taking another sip. His voice was soft, barely audible over the crackling of the fire.

“Not that interesting? Your reputation says otherwise. The exploits of Prince Airk are the hottest gossip in town!”

Airk’s fair skin was already flushed from drink, but Boorman thought his color deepened as he fiddled with his wine glass, tracing a fingertip around the rim.

“Just talk,” he said, so quietly Boorman almost didn’t hear him.

“Sorry, what was that?” Boorman sat forward on the edge of the bed, squinting.

“I said, it’s just talk.” Airk laughed ruefully. “I’m a virgin.”

This week’s word is…

✨ WINDOW ✨

Find the word in any WIP and share the sentence containing it. Reply, reblog, stick it in the tags, tag us in a new post, or keep it private. All fandoms, all ships, all writers welcome.

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Willow (2022) - 1x01