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worst-t4t-couple · 1 year ago

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ALL Pairings are out! Long post, so look under the cut!

Round 1 1/4

Sweep, cap’n, k_k VS Jay Walker, Nya

Vee, Marsha VS Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle

Cherry Blossom Joe VS Doofinsmerch, His Ex-Wife

Percy jackson, Annabeth Chase VS Jack O Valentine, Sol Badguy

Josuke Higashikata, Yasuho Hirose VS Lug, Anode

leorio, kurapika VS Nepeta Leijon, Equius Zahhak

Luz Noceda, Marcy Wu VS Varian, Hugo

Swap, Neo VS Queen Roger and Fly Minetti

Daffy, Bugs VS Vash, Wolfwood

Ren Amamiya and Goro Akechi VS Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson

Sam, Max VS Hunter, Willow

Stepan trofimovich, Varvara Petrovnad VS Rex Salazar, Noah Nixon

nellie lovett, sweeney todd VS Tim Drake, Bernard Dowd

bubby, dr coomer VS Neku, Beat

Dave Miller, Jack Kennedy VS Kermit, Mrs. Piggy

Cleo, Etho VS Zelda, Link (Rip)

Chip, Gillion VS X, Zero

kagayama shigeo, hanazawa teruki VS Kris, Berdly

Caranthir, Haleth VS Jonathan Sims, Martin Blackwood

Marc Anciel, Nathaniel Kurtzberg VS Miyamoto Uran, Sapphire

Texas, Church VS Solid Snake, Otacon

Gundham Tanaka, Sonia Nevermind VS Phillip Carlyle,Anne Wheeler

Soos, Melody VS Red, Blue

Jungleberry Cookie, Royal Berry Cookie VS Blaze, Sonic

LDshadowlady, Smallishbeans VS Mr. Neighbor, Wegg

clark kent, lois lane VS Popeye, Olive Oyl

Round 1 2/4

Brandon Quark, Doctor Robotnik VS Elrond, Celebrian

Yoo Joonghyuk, Kim Dokja VS stanford pines, fiddleford mcgucket

Pepa & Félix Madrigal VS Duskie & Hibiscus

Emu Otori, Rui Kamishiro VS momoe and kaoru

C!fundy and c!hbomb VS Anne Boonchuy, Sasha Waybright and Marcy Wu

Agent 3 and Agent 8 VS c!schlatt & c!connor

Zoro Roronoa and Sanji Vinsmoke (Black leg Sanji) VS Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy

Herbert West & Daniel Cain VS Snorkmaiden & Mymble Jr

charles "trip" tucker and t'pol VS Mytho & Princess Tutu (NOT duck; just her princess form)

Gregory House and James Wilson VS luz and amity

Paintbrush and Lightbulb VS Vriska Serket & June Egbert

geordi and data VS peter sqloint and rumi sqloint

Q!ElMariana and Q!Slimecicle VS Poor Boy and Love Interest

Scar and Grian VS Jolyne/Anasui

Kian Stone, Rolan Deep and Timothy Rand VS Dr. Boris Habit and Kamal Bora

red guy and duck VS MK & Red Son

jonathan harker and mina murray harker VS Zagreus/Thanatos/Megaera

Crowley and Aziraphale VS Denki Kaminari and Kyoka Jiro

Tuor and Idril Celebrindal VS Snorpy and Chadlo

jack harkness x the tardis VS Mizuki akiyama and mafuyu

Jackieboyman and Marvin the Magnificent VS Arashi Narukami and Mika Kagehara

Barbie, Ken VS ron and desiree delite

Steven Universe & Connie Maheswaran VS Magnus Burnsides and Julia Burnsides

Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla VS castiel and dean winchester

Eda and Luz’s mom VS Jadzia Dax & Kira Nerys

c!Tubbo and c!Ranboo VS Rex Salazar & Circe

Round 1 3/4

Pixal + Zane VS Apollo Justice + Klavier Gavin

The Monarch and Dr. Ms Monarch VS Juno Steel and Peter Nureyev

Kaito and Meiko VS Kamille Bidan & Fa Yuiry

Sun Wukong and Six-Eared Macaque VS Skwydd & Cricket

Sasha Nein and Milla Vodello VS Wade Ripple & Ember

Byakuren Hiijri and Toyosatomimi no Miko VS Cosmo, Wanda

Roboky and Venom VS Cellbit and Roier

Numerous BFDI ships VS Hiccup, Astrid

Beatrix and Casey VS anakin skywalker and captain rex

Raven and Beast Boy VS Neo and Trinity

Mario, Princess Peach VS Rashmi Jamil and Amelie Maçon

Denji, Asa Mitaka VS Vivi Yukino and Lewis Pepper

Benrey and Gordon VS Lace and Hornet

Beren and Luthien VS neku sakuraba, joshua kiryu

Shin and Noi VS Morticia and Gomez Addams

Paul Matthews and Emma Perkins VS Moomin, Snufkin

james t kirk + s'chnn t'gai spock VS Nico Robin and Franky

Dave Strider and John/June Egbert VS Moominmamma & Moominpappa

Edward Nygma and Oswald Cobblepot VS shaun riley and liz

louis and lestat VS Spamton, Jevil

fox mulder and dana scully VS will t riker + deanna troi [+ worf rozhenko]

Amy Rose, Metal Sonic VS Quackity and Slimecicle

Diego Brando & Hot Pants VS Elrond and Celebrian and Gil-Galad

mia fey & diego armando/godot VS Luigi and Prince Peasly

C!Quackity, C!Karl, and C!Sapnap VS Sonic, Shadow

Drey Ferin and Finn Tidestrider VS Edward Elric and Winry Rockbell

Round 1 4/4

Shaggy and velma VS Surge the Tenrec and Amy Rose

Yamato/Portgas D. Ace VS audrey & seymour

Randy Jade and Oliver Swift VS Tsukishima Kei and Yamaguchi Tadashi

Lup and Barry Bluejeans VS Reimu and Marissa

Mizuki Akiyama & Rui Kamishiro VS Jimmy The Robot and Mc Bat Commander

C!Quackity and C!wilbur VS Espresso cookie and Eclair cookie

Junpei, Akane Kurashiki VS Obi-Wan Kenobi & Satine Kryze

Raine Whispers and Eda Clawthorne VS Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsen

Maxwell 'William' Carter and Charlie W. VS Mothwing and Leafpool

Naruto Uzumaki & Sasuke VS Baxter Stockman and The Alien Computer

Keith Kogane and Lance McClain VS Wood Man and Robbie Rotten

Scott and Barda Free (Mister Miracle and Big Barda) VS John Notwoodman + Nick Lushwood

Caranthir and Haleth VS Susie and Noelle

orpheus and eurydice VS The doctor, Rose

luke skywalker and mara jade VS Princess Daisy and Luigi

time and malon VS Simon (Scissor) and Spoon

Dave strider, Karkat Vantas VS Miles “moles,” Edgar, and Madeline

Mary Anta and Reginald Tetra VS Koichi Haimawari and Kazuho Haneyama

Yoshi and Birdo VS lazlo & nadia

Celebrimbor and Annatar VS Rendog and DocM77

Jesse + Jane VS Adira Tal and Gray Tal

Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson VS Dazai Osamu and Nakahara

Jessie and James VS jeff and britta

Anji Mito and Baiken VS Shiver and Frye

ALL of MLP* VS ALL of TF2*

*Minus any familial relationships

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cyarskj1899 · 1 year ago

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The Most Unforgettable Diss Tracks in Hip-Hop History

With Kendrick Lamar taking shots at his rvials in a leaked verse, we revisit some of the best diss tracks of all time.

Noah A. McGee

PublishedSeptember 10, 2023

We’ve already listed some of the most memorable beefs in hip-hop history, so it’s only natural we highlight the most important part of feuds in rap. Diss tracks.

A leaked verse from Kendrick Lamar heard the Compton MC take shots at Big Sean, French Montana, and Jay Electronica. While it’s from 2018, it could be enough to rile up one of his rivals and get them to respond. Then we’ll have a full-fledged beef.

The songs listed below are some of the most ruthless, cold-blooded, cruel, callous, and ferocious diss tracks of all time. Yes, there’s a lot more, but these are the ones that came to mind first.

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2pac - “Hit ‘Em Up”

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I honestly don’t care what song you consider to be the second-best diss track of all time, as long as you have “Hit ‘Em Up” at number one, we’re good. Nobody has gone at another artist (and label) as hard as Pac. Some of the lines he said in the song are not even appropriate to repeat. The video for the track makes it even worse. This man said, “My .44 make sure all y’all kids don’t grow.” My goodness.

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Nas - “Ether”

When the title of your diss track becomes a verb, you’ve done something right. Nas just straight-up clowned Jay on this track, going at him in every which way. Hov stans claim Jay won the feud because they claim “Takeover” is a better “song,” but Nas easily won the lyrical war between the two. The line that takes the cake for me is, “What you think you gettin’ girl now cause of your looks/ Negro, please.”

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Ice Cube - “No Vaseline”

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One of the rawest tracks on this list. Ice Cube just destroyed N.W.A. (who was already on the way out). The group didn’t go hard enough on “100 Miles and Runnin’” and they paid for it on a 5-minute diss track by Cube. The Death Certificate rapper later revealed that he never expected him to diss and that his beef with the group was with Jerry Heller, the manager of Ruthless Records. But when his former group members went at him, he had no choice but to bomb them.

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Eazy-E - “Real Muthaphuckkin G’s”

https://www.theroot.com/embed/inset/iframe?id=youtube-video-fJuapp9SORA&start=0Eazy-E - Real Muthaphuckkin G’s (Music Video)

Dr. De’s exit from N.W.A. left a rift between him and Eazy E. Dr. Dre kicked off the war of words on “Fuck Wit Dr Day,” but Eazy E ended it with “Real Muthaphuckkin G’s.” He assassinated Dre’s whole character on this track and shut down the notion that he didn’t write his own rhymes (anymore).

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Jay-Z - “Takeover”

While “Ether” takes the cake, “Takeover” was a great diss nonetheless. Hov was on top of the game and he made it known by constantly saying, “We runnin’ this rap shit,” and he wasn’t wrong.

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Dr. Dre - “Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)

Prior to “Real Muthaphuckkin G’s” destroying Dre, the Compton producer initially got the best of Eazy-E on “Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Ceberatin).” He even had his protégé get in on the action, aiming sum bars at Dre’s former boss. The music video is just as ruthless, with Dre hiring an actor to play a comedic version of Eazy.

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Pusha T - “Story of Adidon”

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“You are hiding a child.” That’s what ended the beef right there. Pusha T did some hardcore journalism on this track and revealed things about Drake’s personal life that even hardcore Drizzy fans did not know about. Pusha T was just heartless on this track going at the Canadian rapper’s mom, dad, baby momma, and best friend.

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Drake - “Back to Back”

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What rapper can say that their diss track was Grammy-nominated? On top of being a great diss toward Meek Mill, Drake made a banger of a song. This single ran the summer of 2015 and had everybody rapping, “Trigger fingers turned to Twitter fingers/You getting bodied by a singin’ nigga.”

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Common - “The Bitch In Yoo”

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It’s hard for rap fans to see now, but boy did Common have no chill back in the day. Common was surgical in his diss of Ice Cube on “The Bitch In Yoo.” The track was in response to Mack 10's “Westside Slaughterhouse,” featuring Cube, and was one of the rare L’s the former N.W.A. rapper took.

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Gucci Mane - “Truth”

https://www.theroot.com/embed/inset/iframe?id=youtube-video-sVgd0pIZ8fQ&start=0Gucci Mane - Truth (Official Music Video)

No, Gucci Mane may not be as lyrical as other MCs on this list. But I guarantee he’s more intimidating. Guwop made it much deeper than rap on this track and took shots at Young Jeezy’s entire life.

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50 Cent - “Back Down”

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The beef between 50 Cent and Ja Rule is well-documented. There are a plethora of songs where each MC is going at each other, but this one is easily the best. This track was the beginning of the end of Ja Rule’s career as a major player in the hip-hop game.

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Notorious B.I.G. - “Kick in the Door”

https://www.theroot.com/embed/inset/iframe?id=youtube-video-78SV9tguyVM&start=0The Notorious B.I.G. - Kick in the Door (Official Audio)

While this track was released just months after he died, it’s still one of the best diss tracks out. Biggie went at every New York MC who felt they had a legitimate claim as the King of New York. That included Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Nas, and anyone else who stepped to the plate. Biggie destroyed them all on this track.

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Boogie Down Productions - “The Bridge is Over”

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We ain’t forget about one of the most OG diss tracks, “The Bridge is Over.” During the height of the Bridge Wars between South Bronx’s Boogie Down Productions and Queen’s Juice Crew, KRS-One essentially ended the war with this one track.

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LL Cool J - “To Da Break of Dawn”

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First of all, I love the cover of Mama Said Knock You Out. It perfectly represents the energy LL Cool J was bringing on this particular track. He was going at countless rap veterans simultaneously, including Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, and MC Hammer

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DJ Quik - “Dollaz + Sense”

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Do not let the hair fool you! DJ Quik will go at you and everyone you care about on a diss track. In one of the many songs aimed at rival Compton rapper MC Eiht, Quik did not hold back his disdain for the Compton’s Most Wanted rapper.

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Canibus - “2nd Round K.O.”

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Much respect for LL Cool J. He’s one of the legends in this hip-hop game. But I think Canibus got you with this one. After going at each other on the same song, “4,3,2,1,” Canibus came up with a great diss with a dope music video that featured the legendary Mike Tyson.

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Mobb Deep - “Drop a Gem On ‘Em”

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Tupac’s “Hit ‘Em Up” is etched in history as the greatest diss track of all time, but did you know that Mobb Deep responded? They weren’t the focus of the track, but Pac did take a shot at Prodigy when he said, “Don’t one of you niggas have sickle cell or something?!” The Queen duo did not take too kindly to that line and came with a good diss of their own with “Drop a Gem On ‘Em.”

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The Game - 300 Bars N Runnin

https://www.theroot.com/embed/inset/iframe?id=youtube-video-b0iWg3iuS5o&start=0The Game | 300 Bars N Runnin (FULL VERSION)

This is the longest diss track of all time. If someone kind finds another one longer, then send it my way. The Game was not happy after 50 Cent continued to take shots after a press conference that was supposed to squash their beef. The Compton rapper had a lot to say on this damn near 15-minute track and made sure that fans heard everything he had to say.

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Freddie Gibbs - “Real”

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Man, a lot of people don’t remember this track and that’s okay. Although Freddie Gibbs was well into his career, he was just coming into his own and his 2014 album with Madlib, Piñata, really made people take notice. On “Real,” Gibbs went at the neck of his former boss, Young Jeezy, and let out all of his emotions and frustrations.

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Kool Moe Dee - “How Ya Like Me Now”

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I gotta give respect to the OG. Not the most lyrically complex diss, but it got the job done and was pretty good (for the time). He went at LL Cool J on this song, claiming that he stole his rap style and was disrespecting the legends of the genre.

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madly-odd · 2 months ago

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Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl" is power pop perfection

The enduring impact of Rick Springfield's 'Jessie's Girl' on rock music is unmistakable. #RickSpringfield #JessiesGirl #ClassicRock

Rick Springfield captured hearts worldwide with “Jessie’s Girl,” a touching anthem about unrequited love that not only climbed to number one but also garnered him a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Released in 1981 on the album Working Class Dog, “Jessie’s Girl” marked a significant pivot in Rick Springfield’s career, transitioning him from his well-known role as Dr. Noah Drake…

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unblogparaloschicos · 3 months ago

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TV: Noah Porter-Benson

Hablar de "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" es mencionar a una de las series más reconocidas y premiadas de la historia de la televisión. Su longevidad (el pasado mayo ha celebrado su vigesimoquinta temporada y se acerca a los 600 episodios) da cuenta de la vigencia de una propuesta que no escatima en coraje a la hora de abarcar temáticas crudas y hechos infames. Creada por Dick Wolf en 1999 como un sucedáneo de "Law and Order" (serie que se viene desarrollando interrumpidamente desde 1990), SVU busca abarcar la investigación de casos aberrantes de índole sexual.

Al frente de la historia está un grupo liderado por Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), primero detective y luego capitana, su compañero, el detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), y otros profesionales como el detective John Munch (el recordado Richard Belzer), el capitán Donald Cragen (Dann Florek), la detective junior Monique Jeffries (Michelle Hurd), la asistente de fiscal de distrito Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March), el detective Fin Tutuola (el también rapero Ice-T), el detective junior Nick Amaro (Danny Pino) y el psiquiatra, Dr. George Huang (BD Wong).

De entre todos los casos que el frondoso y eficiente equipo neoyorquino ha debido afrontar, éste es uno que ha dejado una huella perdurable en los fans de la serie debido a su historia trágica. La primera vez que vemos a Noah Porter es en la decimoquinta temporada, más precísamente en el episodio 14, títulado "Wednesday´s Child". En ese capítulo, estrenado el 5 de febrero de 2014, Noah era un bebé sin nombre, robado por la misma pareja que se dedicaba a la pornografía de menores y se había llevado a otros niños, en especial, a Nicky (Duncan Nicholson), cuya desaparición era el centro de la historia. Nadie lo había reclamado, por lo que el bebé pasaba al cuidado del estado. Su siguiente aparición en el show se da cinco capítulos más tarde ("Downloaded Child"), en el que se menciona que ha vivido en cuatro hogares sustitutos, uno más negligente que el otro. En el decimocuarto y último episodio de la temporada ("Spring Awakening") volvemos a conectar con su historia, pero esta vez de una forma crucial, pues se descubre que la verdadera madre del pequeño es Ellie Porter (Emma Greenwell), una muchacha víctima de una red de trata. Tras su asesinato, la jueza que sigue el caso del bebé, cuyo nombre ya no es "Baby Doe" ("Doe" una denominación para alguien sin identidad confirmada) sino Noah, nota que Benson siempre ha estado muy pendiente del caso, por lo que le propone acoger al niño por un año y luego adoptarlo legalmente. La detective Benson, cuyo sueño era formar una familia, accede. Un detalle es que según el sitio imdb.com, los hermanitos Bradley y Skyler Dubow "interpretaron" a Noah Benson, aunque su participación no fue acreditada.

A partir de aquí, su presencia es, obviamente, constante. La peor parte de su historia se cierra en el primer episodio de la decimosexta temporada, cuando, tras ser amenazado por la organización criminal que se llevó la vida de su madre, su cabecilla muere. Más tarde, Noah continuaría apareciendo como una presencia secundaria, aunque esencial para la historia de la querida Olivia Benson. El hallazgo de una lesión en la costilla del pequeño, provocada en su paso por las familias de acogida, la pone en la mira de la asistente social Chantal Jackson (Theda Porter), pero se resuelve satisfactoriamente a favor de Benson.

Uno de los casos ("Undercover Mother": temporada 16, episodio quince) determina que el verdadero padre de Noah es el traficante sexual Johnny Drake (Charles Harford), cuya vida se trunca en el episodio de final de temporada ("Surrendering Noah"). La custodia del bebé es puesta en duda con la aparición de Sheila Porter (Brooke Shields), madre de la infortunada Ellie, que acaba detenida al intentar secuestrarlo.

Los mellizos que interpretaron a Noah dieron su última participación en "Melancholy Pursuit" (Octavo episodio de la decimoséptima temporada), siendo reemplazados por el pequeño Jack-Nawada Braunwart en once episodios, contando desde "Townhouse Incident" (Temporada diecisiete, capítulo once) hasta "Sanctuary" (Temporada dieciocho, capítulo veintiuno). Finalmente, en su versión actual, lo tenemos a Ryan Buggle (en las fotos), interpretándolo desde el principio de la novena temporada.

El Noah de Buggle ha crecido y comienza a manifestar problemas de conducta y decide cambiar las prácticas de sus partidos de béisbol por las clases de baile. El episodio que define su participación en este blog es "Burning With Rage Forever" (temporada 23, episodio once), en donde se pone del lado de un amigo que sufría bullying y asume su bisexualidad frente a su madre, quien lo toma de una manera natural, como podría esperarse de alguien que ha presenciado crímenes sexuales de horrible factura. Noah, con ocho años de edad, es considerado el personaje LGBTQ más joven de la historia de la franquicia "Law and Order". Valga recordar que, además de "Unidad de Víctimas Especiales", el personaje ha aparecido en un episodio de "Organized Crime", otra serie de la familia televisiva creada por Dick Wolf.

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geddy-leesbian · 8 months ago

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I lie awake at night thinking about Luis Serra singing this

Wish I was 21 again, let the good times roll My only worry back then was "does she have birth control?" I'm not a doctor, but I played one on TV (Paging Dr. Noah Drake) And I'd be happy to take a look for free If wishes were fishes, we wouldn't smell too good With a bunch of dead fish 'round the neighborhood I'm not the only one who wishes cause this is Hollywood, where all your freaky shit comes true And maybe a wish or two Wish every politician wasn't a self-serving dick Wish I hadn't googled Anthony Weiner's weiner Was our government hit with a stupid stick? I wish honest Abe Lincoln was still our president, but I'd settle for Jesus or Clark Kent If wishes were fishes, the whole world would eat But we'd all be sick of fish by the end of week I got a sneaking suspicion I'm not the only freak who's wishing for blind dumb luck and getting nothin' here- What the fuck? What the fuck? What the fuck?

#im procrastinating rn leave me alone #unironically love this song #didn't feel like copying the whole song but theres part that's #'why does everybody seem so real and i feel like a fraud? i wish that we were all equal in the eyes of god' just slipped into the silliness #just randomly getting so fuckign heavy for a second

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megafrankenstein · 2 years ago

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Rick Springfield Net Worth

Rick Springfield is a well-known rock singer who was born in Australia on August 23, 1949. He has been in the industry since 1949. Rock singer and actor best remembered for his role as Dr. Noah Drake on the serial opera General Hospital and for his popular song “Jessie’s Girl,” which was released in 1981. His songs “I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” and “Affair of the…

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jerzwriter · 2 years ago

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OK, it took me long enough...

Ernest Sinclaire: OK, maybe I'm still holding on to some Mr. Darcy fantasies from my youth, but I freaking adored Ernest. In fact, I need to do a replay right now, it's been too long, and I miss him. He just loved MC so purely, so beautifully, I couldn't get enough. The scene on the bridge, the scene before she was about to marry Duke Richards, and the scene before the duel reduced me to tears. Something PB doesn't often do, and I credit you, sir...

Eli Sipes: Any man who bursts onto the scene wielding a bow and looking that good doing it (hello, have you seen the art??) then goes on to save my life... I'm gonna be in love. Sure, he threatened to kill my MC seconds later, but you know, it's the apocalypse. Shit happens. Grumpy curmudgeon with a soft heart underneath is definitely my type, and lord, Eli fits that mold. What made him a notch above Ethan? It didn't take the mf-er three goddamn books to realize my MC was worth the risk - and stick to that! Dr. Ramsey, take note!

Ethan Ramsey: Honestly, and this is funny really, the fandom has made me like Ethan a little less. Some of the fanon is stuff I never even fathomed when I was playing the story, and damn, I'm glad I didn't. But when I get right back to the core - the real story - I am still a goddamn simp for this man. Yeah, IRL, I would have tired of his waffling, but it's not real life (shocking), and my MC is not me, so I still love this curmudgeonly doctor.

Some notes about the runners up below.

Simon/Ava Montjoy. They share a spot because they're the same character for the most part, but I adore both. The perfect level of snark and sweetness and the fake-dating trope will do me in every time.

Bryce Lahela. In any other book, this would have been my man. Bryce is the sweetest, and a loved how open and honest he was about his feelings for MC from the start. QUALITY LI, not to mention adorable and sexy as hell.

Drake Walker. Drake was my very first PB love, and since I was all in with Liam, it took me by surprise that I found myself moving my MC toward Drake. But I did, with no regrets. God, I have a type.

Noah Harris. This right here is one of the most underappreciated LIs in the history of PB LIs. Maybe it was because the story was meh, but dear lord, I loved Noah. The "bad boy" who really isn't a bad boy with a heart of gold. MC waffled (and I wasn't even romancing the other 2!), and it was pissing me off. Sorry, girl, you get someone like Noah early in life; you lick that and call it yours! (The fact that he looks just like my first boyfriend prob didn't hurt either lol)

Liam Rys. Let me tell you. I made the move to Drake, and I don't regret it. However... did I EVER feel like shit the first time I did. And I still cringe whenever I have to tell this poor man no when he proposes. UGH. It's not easy. He is an absolute sweetheart - but that's the thing - he's TOO much of a sweetheart. IRL Elsa needs some edge. I feel like I could break this poor man... and my Riley felt the same way. lol But in all reality, maybe @angelasscribbles has it right... why not both??? Problem solved.

Jonn Somerset. An underappreciated LI in an underappreciated story; I really liked John and the slow-burn romance with the MC. And damn, he is a hottie.

Zig Ortega. A blast from the past! lol Not me restarting the entire freaking story when I realized he could be an LI, but only if you were unattached when he came along. I unattached MC, but quick! lol He was a bit of an ass at first, but my MC gave it back just as good, and they were perfect for each other. Love, love, love Zig.

Alana Kusuma. OK she's here for one reason and one reason only, I thought she was hot as fuck. LOL Also, the idea of having Damian as my MCs main piece and him being cool with Alana (his ex) being the side piece when she was in town was way too hot. Sorry, not sorry.

As I'm typing this I thought of like 4 more I should add... so I'm stopping myself immediately lol

Top 3 Thursday - Week 3

Welcome to Top Three Thursday! 💙

FIRST, a few quick rules!

Please reblog your answer - don't create a new post. The point is to keep us all together in one place and to get to know each other.

You can answer any way you like - basic answer, headcanons, fics, moodboards, edits, artwork - be as creative (or not!) as you like.

Pixelberry Choices-related content only.

PLEASE BE KIND! People will have different options, thoughts, headcanons, and likes - and that’s a good thing. Be respectful of one another.

For Week 3 - let’s get back to YOU!

WHO ARE YOUR TOP 3 CANON LIs & WHY?

If you’d like to be added to the tag list, let me know, but anyone can participate! Tags below break. 💙💙💙

@aces-and-angels @alj4890 @angelasscribbles @bebepac @coffeeheartaddict2 @cooltuna69 @hopelessromantic1352 @icecoffee90 @korgbelmont @kyra75 @lovealexhunt @missameliep @princess-geek @queenrileyrose @quixoticdreamer16 @secretaryunpaid @takeharryandgo @tessa-liam @trappedinfanfiction @tveitertotwrites @twinkleallnight @cariantha @crazy-loca-blog @headoverheelsforramsey @karahalloway @peonyblossom @peonierose @potionsprefect @jerzwriter-reblogs-asks @lucy-268

#t3t week 3 #top 3 lis #<- Three my ass #top three thursday

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worst-t4t-couple · 1 year ago

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FIRST 26!!!!

Sweep, cap’n, k_k VS Jay Walker, Nya

Vee, Marsha VS Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle

Cherry Blossom Joe VS Doofinsmerch, His Ex-Wife

Percy jackson, Annabeth Chase VS Jack O Valentine, Sol Badguy

Josuke Higashikata, Yasuho Hirose VS Lug, Anode

leorio, kurapika VS Nepeta Leijon, Equius Zahhak

Luz Noceda, Marcy Wu VS Varian, Hugo

Swap, Neo VS Queen Roger and Fly Minetti

Daffy, Bugs VS Vash, Wolfwood

Ren Amamiya and Goro Akechi VS Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson

Sam, Max VS Hunter, Willow

Stepan trofimovich, Varvara Petrovnad VS Rex Salazar, Noah Nixon

nellie lovett, sweeney todd VS Tim Drake, Bernard Dowd

bubby, dr coomer VS Neku, Beat

Dave Miller, Jack Kennedy VS Kermit, Mrs. Piggy

Cleo, Etho VS Zelda, Link

Chip, Gillion VS X, Zero

kagayama shigeo, hanazawa teruki VS Kris, Berdly

Caranthir, Haleth VS Jonathan Sims, Martin Blackwood

Marc Anciel, Nathaniel Kurtzberg VS Miyamoto Uran, Sapphire

texas, church VS Solid Snake, Otacon

Gundham Tanaka, Sonia Nevermind VS Phillip Carlyle,Anne Wheeler

Soos, Melody VS Red, Blue

Jungleberry Cookie, Royal Berry Cookie VS Blaze, Sonic

LDshadowlady, Smallishbeans VS Mr. Neighbor, Wegg

clark kent, lois lane VS Popeye, Olive Oyl

#Bracket #Round 1 1/4

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mizworldofrandom · 6 years ago

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#80's tv #general hospital #dr. noah drake #rick springfield #soap operas

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scared-aquarius · 4 years ago

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The worst of your zodiac sign

***Im very aware that these people vary GREATLY in horribleness, I am not equating them***

Aries

(L to R: Logan Paul, Quentin Tarantino, Tessa Brooks, Thomas Jefferson, Chris D’Elia, Sam Pepper, Dylann Roof, Danielle “Bhad Bhabie” Bregoli, Piers Morgan, Perez Hilton, Dennis Quaid, Ted “Unabomber” Kaczynski, John Lennon, Kourtney Kardashian, Brendon Urie, Hugh Hefner, Clyde Barrow, Rick Harrison)

Taurus

(L to R: Chris Brown, Melanie Martinez, Saddam Hussein, Chase Hudson, Mark Zuckerberg, Candace Owens, Albert Fish, Big Ed, Blac Chyna, Nikocado Avocado, Adolf Hitler, Melania Trump, Noah Beck, 6ix9ine, Austin McBroom, John Wilkes Booth, Stephen Baldwin, Lena Dunham)

Gemini

(L to R: Donald Trump, Iggy Azalea, Scott Disick, Mike Pence, Amy Schumer, Kanye West, James Charles, Cryaotic, Boris Johnson, David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz, Lance Stewart, Rudy Giuliani, Bill Burr, Azalea Banks, KSI, Alissa Violet, Jeffrey Dahmer, Carole Baskin)

Cancer

(L to R: Bill Cosby, Nicole Arbour, Tom Cruise, Shane Dawson, Elon Musk, Henry VIII, Khloé Kardashian, Drake Bell, Jaclyn Hill, Curtis Lepore, O.J. Simpson, Chris Pratt, Michael Vick, Gary Busey, Tana Mongeau, Wendy Williams, Kevin Hart, Lele Pons)

Leo

(L to R: Kevin Spacey, Kylie Jenner, LeafyIsHere, Lori Loughlin, Bill Clinton, Morgz, Tony Lopez, Fidel Castro, Casey Affleck, Joe Rogan, Mark Salling, Dixie D’Amelio, Rodney Alcalca, Tomi Lahren, Lil Pump, Benito Mussolini, June Shannon, Bryce Hall)

Virgo

(L to R: R. Kelly, Lea Michele, ProJared, Ivan the Terrible, Alfie Deyes, Gene Simmons, Charlie Sheen, Louis C.K., Ed Gein, Blaire White, Gertrude Baniszewski, Jason Derulo, Sean Connery, Laura Lee, Michael Jackson, Jared from Subway, Genghis Khan, Abby Lee Miller)

Libra

(L to R: Kim Kardashian, Dr. Luke, Lil Wayne, Lee Harvey Oswald, SSSniperWolf, Bella Thorne, George Zimmerman, FaZe Banks, Vladimir Putin, Jacob Sartorius, Addison Rae, Simon Cowell, Eminem, Margaret Thatcher, Halsey, Nikolas Cruz, Gwenyth Paltrow, Milo Yiannopoulos)

Scorpio

(L to R: Rachel Dolezal, Charles Manson, Ivanka Trump, Pablo Picasso, Aaron Hernandez, Erika Costell, Kendall Jenner, Michael Peterson, Dr. Mike, Jeffrey Star, Onision, Roseanne Barr, Tyga, Caitlyn Jenner, RiceGum, Drake, Belle Gunness, Kris Jenner)

Sagittarius

(L to R: Woody Allen, Austin Jones, Joseph Stalin, Armin Meiwes, Snooki, Daddyofive, Jay-Z, Pablo Escobar, Sia, Ted Bundy, Tyra Banks, Teala Dunn, Ed Kemper, Anne Coulter, Emperor Nero, James Holmes, Vanessa Hudgens, Billy the Kid)

Capricorn

(L to R: Jeff Bezos, Jake Paul, Ajit Pai, Matt Lauer, Eric Trump, Kid Rock, Kirstie Alley, Al Capone, Betsy DeVos, Vlad the Impaler, Ted Cruz, Kim Jong-un, Noah Cyrus, Brent Rivera, Mel Gibson, Lovely Peaches, Mini Ladd, Donald Trump Jr.)

Aquarius

(L to R: J.K. Rowling, Gary Ridgway, Alex Jones, Emma Roberts, Ronald Reagan, Xxxtentacion, John Travolta, fouseyTUBE, Nikita Dragun, Ellen Degeneres, Jeffrey Epstein, Gabbie Hanna, JayStation, Brett Kavanaugh, Hannah Stocking, Social Repose, Tati Westbrook, Paris Hilton)

Pisces

(L to R: Osama Bin Laden, Aileen Wuornos, Delphine LaLaurie, John Wayne Gacy, Mitch McConnell, Joe Exotic, Martin Shkreli, Keemstar, Camila Cabello, Ansel Egort, Richard Ramirez, Ivana Trump, Justin Bieber, Bruce Willis, Bugsy Siegel, Dennis “BTK” Rader, Toby Turner, Harvey Weinstein)

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YES, YES, YES TO ALL OF THESE!!! But if i can add a few more:

confirmed shane madej bops:

(I’m sure I am missing A LOT but these are just the ones that I’ve seen him talk about in the years i’ve been watching his content and following his socials.)

- big thief (he used to post kindly about them on twitter!)

- the beths (he used to post about how he loved the beth’s super often. specifically their album “jumprope gazers”)

- car seat headrest (he’s talked about them in videos, posted about their concerts, etc.)

- the arctic monkeys (he’s posted about them both on instagram and twitter! he specifically liked their album “the car”)

- better oblivion community center! (he wore a better oblivion shirt in a video once and follows them on spotify!)

- alex g (he once posted about how he listens to him, but never has any clue what he’s talking about, which is the realest thing ever lmao.)

- soccer mommy (it was either him or sara rubin that posted that they liked her, but I can’t remember who! i put her in the confirmed section just in case though!)

- feist (I see him and sara post about this band all the time. in fact, they just posted a bit of a feist concert the other day!)

- ABBA (he used to sing ABBA songs on camera during the buzzfeed days.)

- sufjan stevens, bon iver, bright eyes, dr. dog, pinegrove, buck meek, and phoebe bridgers are all artists he follows on spotify! (he follows more, but those are the only ones I know or like lmao.)

artist i think shane madej would love:

- tv girl, mannequin pussy, searows, kevin atwater, current joys, florist, noah kahan, slaughter beach dog, the lumineers, lucy dacus, modern baseball, beach house, and mac demarco!

and omg you are SO right with all of your picks, but ESPECIALLY the oh hellos, mumford and sons, lord huron, gang of youths, and mother mother 😭 he would love them!

ryan bergara bops:

- ryan certainly isn’t as verbal with his music taste as shane is, but i know ryan listens to blink-182 cause he posted about one of their concerts, he talks highly about taylor swift’s folklore album, and he showed some knowledge about both kanye and drake songs in episodes of puppet history, so I’m going to assume he kinda listens to a bit of everything.

- regardless, i think he would apsolutely love steve lacy, noah kahan, tyler the creator, the killers, the beatles, and blue oyster cult!

bands i think shane would listen to:

mother mother—specifically o my heart, wisdom, and the matrix

eels—specifically mr. e’s beautiful blues and mistakes of my youth

lord huron—specifically not dead yet, the balancer’s eye, way out there, and love me like you used to

jukebox the ghost—specifically brass band and where are all the scientists now?

radical face—specifically welcome home son and the mute

the oh hellos—specifically hello my old heart and constellations

mumford and sons—specifically where are you now, holland road, and hopeless wanderer

gang of youths—specifically atlas drowned, go further in lightness, and achilles come down

u2–specifically i still haven’t found what i’m looking for, one, even better than the real thing, and ultraviolet (light my way)

bands i think ryan would listen to:

young rising sons—specifically passenger, easy dreamer, and simple life

imagine dragons—specifically west coast, birds, and follow you

jhariah—specifically whose eye is it anyway??? and these 4 walls

sleeping at last—specifically pluto and to be enchanted

ajr—specifically sober up, the green and the town, and don’t throw out my legos

air traffic controller—specifically hurry hurry, water falls, and the house

bears in trees—specifically ramblings of a lunatic, good rhymes for bad times, and keep it easy

bug hunter—specifically toddler with a slingshot (hell yep), dear mccracken, and pinecones

fish in a birdcage—specifically rule #4- fish in a birdcage, rule #27- drunk on pride, and rule #22- if trees could talk

#oops this is long!#my apologies #but I love talking music!#also ryan gives me panic! at the disco vibes???#and shane gives me weezer vibes #and I find that contrast funny #ryan bergara #shane madej #shane madej i love you #ryan bergara i love you #aly’s music taste #aly’s lovely moots!#ghoul girls! <3

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tropes-and-tales-archives · 3 years ago

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Common Courtesy, Chapter Seventeen

Word Count: 4420

TW: Talk of serial killing. Smut (fingering). 18+ only.

AN: Part of a series. The series masterlist here.

The Super Bowl brothel bust set off a chain reaction, eventually leading to a man named Johnny Drake. Martha was reunited with her daughter, and a bevy of arrests were made across New York for sex trafficking and other charges.

You and Nick mainly focused on the missing women case, widening the net. And a dog walker on Gilgo Beach found a body. Initial forensics showed that it was a slight brunette; the victim was suspected to match the description of one of your missing women. You visited the medical examiner’s office nearly daily, tap dancing outside of Dr. Warner’s office until she sent you away, citing the backlog of work.

Liv, Fin, Amanda, and Carisi worked on the sex trafficking case. Between the two cases, everyone was busy – heads down, rushed bathroom breaks, and working lunches. No time to chat, no time for socializing. Which was fine with you – though sometimes you caught Carisi smirking at you from his desk across the aisle. When you caught him, you stared at him until he turned red and looked away.

*****

Barba worked on the sex trafficking case too, supplying warrants and legal advice to help SVU put together an air-tight case. Johnny Drake was, by all accounts, a soulless monster. He bought and sold girls, treating them worse than animals, and he was suspected of a number of murders too. Because of the interstate nature of his crimes, Barba was in a struggle with the FBI to keep the case with the NYPD.

To make things worse, Liv called him over for a visit one night. He showed up at her apartment, every available surface covered with toys, and he picked his way over blocks and plastic trucks and stuffed animals to sit with her on the couch.

It turned out that once Johnny D was in custody, his DNA was entered into the database, triggering a hit. To Noah’s DNA. Johnny D was Noah’s father.

Barba advised Liv as best he could, in purely hypothetical terms, and then went home. You were sitting on the couch, legs curled under you as you read through a medical examiner’s report on the body from Gilgo. You turned and grinned at him when he entered the apartment, your smile erasing the apparent distress that was written across your face.

He hated that you worked in NYPD, if he was honest with himself. He hated how you were surrounded by such darkness. He knew you were tough – tougher than many people. He knew that you worked hard to dispel the darkness through therapy and running and finding the silver lining. But he wished he could protect you from it all. Looking at the dark circles under your eyes from too little sleep, he vowed to try and always protect you, however he could.

But when you asked about Liv, he kept it vague, just saying that he was consulting on the Johnny D case. Which wasn’t a lie, technically. He didn’t tell you about Noah. He knew you had a soft spot for the boy in foster care, cheering when Liv made the decision to pursue adoption.

You had enough on your mind. So he just settled into the couch beside you, running his fingers over your hair in a soothing motion as you picked the medical report back up and let a little of the darkness into you.

*****

You and Nick managed to bend enough ears at 1PP to get a small team of cadaver dogs to explore Gilgo Beach. The two of you stood under a small open tent that served as the nerve center for the search. It was miserable weather – icy rain spattered against the tarp, and the wind cut through you. The dog handlers were miserable. You were miserable. Only the dogs – a chocolate lab and a coonhound – seemed to be having fun, gamboling along the beach.

Nick was miserable too. Your partner hadn’t been the same since Christmas, and you knew he was missing his children. And his ex-wife too, probably. He tried to call them every night, but sometimes couldn’t – the time difference didn’t help, and the missing women case was crushing him.

You looked at your phone, noting the time. “Once we’re done here, you should go home early. Call Zara and Gil. Get some sleep.” He shook his head at you.

“Nah, I’m fine.”

You watched your partner as he looked out to the Atlantic, his face flinty. “You don’t seem fine, Nick.”

He shook his head again. He took a while before he answered you. “I’m just wondering what the point is,” he finally said, watching the as the Labrador retriever sniffed his way to the surf, then bounded backwards. You followed his gaze to the playful dog.

“It was a long shot,” you started, but he interrupted.

“Nah, not this.” He turned and looked at you. “You know how Liv is looking for a new sergeant. I thought I might sit for the exam, but she told me not the bother. 1PP will block me even if I aced it.”

You reached out and touched his gloved hand with your own. “I’m sorry, Nick.”

“It’s okay,” he said. He sighed and turned his gaze back to the pounding surf. “I’m just wondering what the point is,” he repeated. “I used to have Maria and Zara…Gil. They were here, so even when work got bad, I had something to go home too. Now, they’re on the other side of the country. I thought I could focus on my career, really do some good. Now I know that I’m damaged goods. Nothing I can do to change it.”

You made a sympathetic noise. “You are really doing some good though,” you reminded him. “We are getting justice for victims that no one else cared for.”

“Maybe.” He started to say more, but you heard the baying of the coonhound. Then its handler, calling you over. They had found something.

*****

Barba was neck-deep in the Johnny D trial, and you were neck-deep in the serial killer case. Liv updated him as you and Amaro built your case: there were bodies in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. And at Gilgo – five. So far.

The FBI was circling your case, but when he saw the toll the case was taking, he wished they would take it from you. Let the feds catch the monster who was strangling sex workers and leaving them littered along highways and interstates like trash. He missed your joking and teasing. He often woke up in the middle of the night to an empty bed, and when he explored the apartment, he found you at the dining room table, trawling the national missing person database. You’d been able to match two of the Gilgo bodies to missing person cases in New York City. He knew that you had insisted on visiting the families to tell them yourself. You had come home from work that day with blood-shot eyes from crying.

And he knew you wouldn’t give up until you caught the guy. You were relentless. Barba didn’t think you were physically able to let a case go unsolved once you started investigating it.

So a few days later, when the FBI took over your case formally, you were in a rage…but Barba was expecting it. And when you saw that he wasn’t angry on your behalf, you got mad at him too.

“You had to know this would happen,” he told you gently. You paced back and forth across his living room. “Liv told me it was a possibility as soon as there were bodies in other states.”

“Oh, Liv told you,” you sneered. “Nice of her to keep you updated on my life.”

Barba sat forward on the couch, leaning towards you as you stomped from one end of the room to the other. “That’s the problem, cariño. It’s become your life.”

You stopped and shot him a glare, but he continued. “You’re not eating or sleeping. I barely see you. You’re skipping therapy to look for more missing women. And you’re driving yourself crazy to do it.”

“I’m fine,” you said through gritted teeth.

He stood up and came to stand beside you. He stopped your pacing, holding you by your arms. “You’re not fine. This guy is in your head.” You make a tsk-ing sound, but he didn’t let you talk. “I’m worried about you,” he finished softly.

You dropped your head. “I just want to catch him.”

He pulled you into a hug, holding your tense form until you relaxed against him and hugged him back. “No one is going to forget that you started this whole thing,” he murmured into your hair.

You sighed against him. “I don’t care about the credit,” you admitted. Your voice was muffled against his chest. “I just wanted to see the look in his eyes when he realizes that he’s done.”

Barba squeezed you tighter but didn’t reply. The thought of you near a monster like that made his skin crawl. He was glad the FBI took over. He wished they could take all of your cases.

*****

You and Nick handed over all of your case files to the FBI. You erased all of your scribblings on the white board. You looked at your partner, and both of you heaved sighs. Of relief, maybe. Or frustration. Either way, it was out of your hands.

What was in your hands now was the delicate mental state of the girls preparing to testify against Johnny D. You met with a girl named Laura. She was heartbreakingly young and skittish, constantly pulling the sleeves of her too-large sweater to cover her hands. You did your best to reassure her, but you warned Barba that it was a long shot. She might try to flee before she was called to the stand.

One witness was knifed by another, bleeding out in the prison transport van. Another perjured herself. Johnny D’s attorneys pounced on this, filing to reinstate his parental rights for Noah. You watched as Barba despaired, his case falling apart.

You were only home long enough to kiss him and tell him how much faith you had in him. He leaned into your touch, and you could feel how weary he was. You kissed him on his mouth, gentle.

“I’m going to spend the night at the half-way house with the girls,” you told him. “They’re terrified that Johnny D is going to order a hit on them.” You hugged him fiercely. “I’ll see you tomorrow at the courthouse.”

*****

The next day, the trial continued. Johnny D smirked from the defendant’s table – until Martha’s daughter, Ariel, took the stand. She was sympathetic. Barba watched the jury members react as she described the horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of the monster. She was also cool under pressure, easily parrying back the little barbs that the defense slung at her.

Then, suddenly – a girl on the defendant’s side stood up and called Ariel a liar. Judge Barth called for order, but the courtroom broke out into chaos. Barba looked around. There was yelling and pushing. He saw you and the rest of SVU try to calm the gallery. He saw you lay a comforting arm around the girl you were supporting, her eyes wide with fear.

Then Johnny D stood up with a roar, flipping the defendant’s table. He lunged for the court officer and grabbed her gun. He fired towards the front of the courtroom, hitting Judge Barth and the other court officer. Barba hit the floor, ducking under the prosecution’s table as the courtroom filled with screams and more gunfire. He thought he heard you scream your partner’s name, and then more gunshots – muted, this time - but when he looked up, he couldn’t see you. He couldn’t see Johnny Drake either.

He did his best to help. He checked on the court officer who had been hit – he had only been grazed in the leg and was holding pressure to it. Judge Barth had been hit in the shoulder, so Barba took off his coat and kept pressure on it until the EMTs came and took over. He stood over Ariel, asking her if she was okay. To her credit, the girl seemed calm and collected.

Liv came jogging into the courtroom. “How’s the judge?” she asked.

“She’s okay,” Barba replied as Judge Barth was carried out on a gurney. “She got hit in the shoulder.”

Liv checked on Ariel as well, comforting the girl by rubbing her forearm against her. That’s when Barba noticed the blood on Liv’s hand. And the blood on her jacket. He felt his chest seize in fear, but Liv just looked at him. Whatever she saw written across his face made her reassure him. “She’s fine,” she said, then turned and ran back out of the room.

He spent the rest of the day in a daze. He tried to call you once, but your phone went to voicemail. He had seen the carnage in the hallway afterwards – Johnny Drake, dead, and the other court officer. There was blood everywhere. Barba just sent up a prayer that none of it was yours.

A lot of it turned out to be Amaro’s. Liv called Barba briefly from the hospital and updated him. Your partner had been hit in the side and the knee. Barba knew that you’d stay at the hospital until Amaro was stable.

You came home late. Barba heard your key in the lock and got up to greet you.

You looked completely wrung out. Your shoulders were slumped in exhaustion and your eyes were red from crying. You could barely pick up your feet, shambling your way over to him. He reached out to hug you, but you held him off.

“I smell terrible,” you said wearily. “And I’m covered in blood.” You gestured to your dark shirt and blazer, and he could just make out the darker stains on the fabric.

He pulled you into his arms anyway. “I don’t care,” he said. He held you tight as you started to cry against him, and he felt himself tear up too. Liv had told him that you were safe, but he hadn’t truly, really believed it until you were here, in his arms.

Once you were done crying, he led you to the bathroom and started the shower for you, helping you out of your ruined clothes. After you were done, languid from the hot water and steam, he helped you dry off and eased you into your pajamas, your limbs heavy with exhaustion. Then he let you to the bedroom and tucked you into the bed. You were dead asleep the moment your head hit the pillow.

He was up a long while after, watching you as you slept. What if it had been you, gut-shot by Johnny Drake, bleeding out in the hallway of the courthouse? What if were you, laying at Bellevue in ICU with a shattered knee and a damaged liver?

Sleep was a long time coming for Barba that night.

*****

The next few weeks were spent bouncing between work and helping Nick. Once he was released from the hospital, he went to recuperate at his mother’s house. But his mother worked full-time, so you helped shoulder the burden – taking him to rehab appointments, helping him with his exercises at home, and making sure he was eating and taking his meds. You even spent the night a few times, bunked in Nick’s sister’s childhood bedroom. You fell asleep on the purple comforter, surrounded by peeling posters of boy bands and teen actors. You missed Barba, but you kept him updated when you stopped at the apartment for a shower or clean clothes or a quick kiss. And Barba, to his credit, didn’t give you any grief about your focus on Nick.

You loved your partner and would have done anything to help him recover, but part of you was motivated by guilt. At the trial when Johnny D grabbed the gun, Nick had followed him into the hallway without waiting for backup. You were his backup, but when Johnny D started firing into the courtroom, you had pushed Laura to the ground, covering her shaking form with yourself until the shots stopped. You looked up just in time to see Nick leave the room. You only had enough time to yell his name.

And when you were able to make you way to the hallway, you saw it: Johnny D, dead. The court officer, dead. And Nick, bleeding out on the floor. You had held your hand over the wound in his side until the EMTs took over.

If only you’d been there. You should have shoved Laura down and went straight to Nick’s side, before he even left the courtroom. You replayed the moment over and over in your head, imagining how it could have gone differently. How you could have stopped your partner from being shot.

But he seemed to be recovering. You caught him looking off into the middle distance sometimes, and you wondered what he was thinking. He was probably worried about the long recovery back to active service. Nick hated desk duty, but his knee was mangled and required a lot of rehab.

But there was some good news too: Liv was finalizing Noah’s adoption. Noah would become Noah Porter Benson. When you were feeling low, you thought about the little boy who had such a rough start and how he had found his forever home. The thought made the heaviness in your heart lighten a bit. And she was throwing a party after the paperwork was signed off. You were going to drive Nick over after you got ready at your apartment.

Barba called you to say he’d meet you there. You were still hoping no one was on to you about dating him, and arriving separately would help with that. It was a long shot, after the Super Bowl bust and the way Barba had reacted to Carisi, but you hoped that everyone had been too focused on the case to think about it too much.

*****

Barba stood in Liv’s apartment (the toys, for the moment, cleaned up and put away), sipping on his scotch. He was waiting for you to arrive with Nick – he had barely seen you in the past two weeks and missed you terribly. He chatted with Liv, Carisi, Amanda, and Fin a bit while he waited.

“Amaro coming?” he asked. Liv tilted her head at him like she always did and gave him a smile. The woman could probably see right through him.

“Yeah, he’s on his way,” she replied. Carisi asked how he was doing, but Barba didn’t pay attention to Liv’s answer. He had all the intel from you about your partner’s recovery. And you’d also told him a secret: that Amaro was leaving SVU. He had done a lot of soul-searching, you had told Barba, and had decided to head out to California to be with his kids.

“Hey, there he is,” said Carisi, pointing at the front door swinging open. You and Nick made your way into the apartment, you holding a gift and Nick hobbling on crutches, a bouquet of flowers gripped in one hand.

“Hey, you guys got started without us,” you said, scanning all the faces in the room with a smile. Your glance held Barba’s for a moment, then shifted away. He caught your soft smile as you handed the gift to Liv and congratulated her.

You wore a dark blue dress that looked soft; it flowed over your curves, just skimming them. The skirt was slightly ruffled, flaring out just at your knees. It had cap sleeves, showing off your lightly muscled arms, and a neckline that ended just above where your breasts started to swell. Your hair was down, the sides swept up with simple silver clasps. He saw the star necklace around your neck and smiled. He took in the nude flats on your feet, remembering your rant about heels the morning after the Super Bowl bust. He smiled wider as he recalled your diatribe about the socialization of women to accept pain as beauty, and he hid his grin in his glass of scotch.

The party progressed. Everyone toasted Noah and Liv, and then Nick announced that he was leaving SVU and that got a toast too. Everyone shifted from topic to topic, breaking into smaller groups for separate conversations. You and Barba kept carefully separate, exchanging niceties but little else. He looked for you at one point and saw you kneeling on the carpet with Noah. Both your face and Noah’s were twisted in concentration as the two of you built an abstract-looking building from blocks. Barba smiled to see you help Noah, guiding his hands to place another block on the rickety tower.

“You’re not fooling anyone, counselor,” Amaro said, shuffling over to stand beside him.

“I don’t know what you mean,” Barba answered, stiffly.

Amaro gave half of a grin, then turned and looked in your direction. “You two always used to joke around, and now she’s suddenly speaking like an etiquette book to you. ‘It’s certainly good to see you again, counselor,’” he mimicked. “And you can’t stop staring at her.”

Barba shrugged. “She is just polite.”

This made Amaro laugh outright. “Sure,” he agreed. “And you were just being polite when you hustled her away from Carisi the night of the Super Bowl. I didn’t even see it, but Carisi told the story twelve different times to me and Amanda.”

Barba didn’t answer, so Nick turned serious. “Look, Barba,” he said. “We’ve never gotten along, but she is important to me. I’m not going to be around anymore.” Barba watched as your partner looked around the room, taking in all the people from SVU.

“I trust everyone here with my life,” he continued. “But you need to look out for her now. I see the way you look at her. I can guess at how she feels about you. So you need to take care of her. Keep her safe.”

Barba was silent for a moment. Finally, he said, “I will.”

“Good,” Nick replied. “And know that if you hurt her, I’m just one red-eye away. Even lamed up, I can still kick your ass, Harvard Law.”

*****

You played with Noah a bit, chatting with his nanny, Lucy. You watched Noah open his gifts, the toddler tearing into the paper with abandon. You glanced up at Barba during this, remembering his line about how you tortured gifts with foreplay as you unwrapped them, and saw him watching you. He raised an eyebrow at you, obviously reading your mind, and you blushed a bit.

Nick started to get tired, so you rose from the couch to take him home. He waved you off though. “Amanda’s got it,” he told you. So you settled back onto the couch, waving as the two of them left.

Barba came over a moment later with a glass of champagne that he handed you. You took it, murmuring your thanks. He hesitated, then sat down beside you. Then he laid an arm across the back of the couch, draping his hand over your shoulder. You looked at him, puzzled, but he just leaned in and whispered, “they all know anyway.”

It took seconds for the team to notice. Fin smirked over at you. “We had absolutely no idea,” he drawled.

Carisi huffed at the senior detective. “I told you a buncha times,” he said indignantly. Fin rolled his eyes at Carisi missing his sarcasm.

“Now we know why you’ve been smiling so much, Barba,” Liv joked. “It was creeping us all out.”

Barba just smiled at them and pulled you against him in a companionable hug. You sipped your champagne and waited for your flaming hot face to cool off.

In the car ride home, he could barely keep his hands off of you. He rested his hand on your knee, under the hem of your skirt, then worked his way up your inner thigh until his fingertips brushed against your panties, already growing damp.

“I hope it’s okay that I went public with the squad about us,” he whispered. “They already knew though.”

“It’s fine,” you whispered back. You wavered a moment. “I just…wanted to keep it quiet. I don’t want there to be any…scandal. That might hurt you. Politically speaking.” You stifled a moan as he stroked you through your panties. “I know you want to be a judge someday.”

He nodded but didn’t say anything. The rest of the ride home was just you clenching your fists and trying not to make a sound. You didn’t need the taxi driver to hear you. Barba had slipped a single, long finger underneath your hem and was gently fondling your slick folds. Then he sunk his finger into you. The angle was awkward, so he teased you by twisting his finger, crooking it inside you until he was stroking a spot that made your toes curl. Then you were home, and he pulled his hand away from you abruptly. He chuckled at your huff of disappointment as he paid the cabbie.

The elevator ride was torturously slow. The walk down the hallway was too. Barba didn’t touch you; he just walked a step ahead of you, his arms swinging in nonchalance as he led you to his apartment. He unlocked the door, then waited for you to enter behind him before shutting it and throwing the deadbolt.

Then he grabbed you, pressing you against the door hard, trapping your mouth with his as he parted your lips and slid his tongue into you. You could taste the scotch on him, a muted smokiness that blended with his own taste. His hands roamed your body mindlessly, as if he couldn’t settle on a single part of you that he wanted to touch.

He broke the kiss and pressing the full length of himself against you. “I’ve missed you so much,” he said, his voice low. His eyes were brilliant green, piercing you. “You have no idea how much.”

You reached down, grasping him through his pants, drawing a tortured groan from him. “You could show me,” you purred. You stared at him levelly, and he narrowed his eyes at you.

So he showed you how much he missed you. Twice.

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