#even celebrities ship them js

[firemenenthusiast]

the tag is so cute but lmk if this works cs the post is still up 💔

https://x.com/SexualLoverz/status/1778850070810542313

basicalky tho shes riding his face while hes cuffed n all, i can go into more detail if it doesnt work js lmk x

shout out to stacie for the request ! (and for waiting for a damn long time for me to write, im sorry 😭)

—“influence”

sub!kai x reader

summary: based on the link above (account got suspended btw), kai is a dumbass who is easily influenced by zac who’s NOT a good person 🤯

warnings: 18+, smut, p link, sub!kai, no actual penetration, face sitting, face riding, cunnilingus, name calling (bitch & slut) 😢, cumming in pants, restraints (m! receiving)

a/n: guess who’s back LMAOOO guys uni is no joke im getting my ass beat

hate’s maybe too strong of a word to describe your dislike towards zac but everything he does pisses you off. it’s like theres physically a bad bone in his body navigating him in making stupid and evil decisions. like telling kai to stop others from taking the blue, resulting in chaos on the ship since richard’s no longer here to keep things in line. he was also the one who thought it was a good idea to have a party, celebrating god knows what, eating and wasting every resources you guys had on the ship.

he was also the reason the ship’s data room got destroyed and everyone had to clean up after him. the ship’s up and running again now, thanks to christopher. but the reason you hate zac is because he’s such a bad influence to kai. you couldn’t blame kai for the things he’d done, he wouldn’t have done them if it wasn’t because zac told him to.

maybe he just felt like that was his calling, like he had a purpose on that ship, leading him to do everything zac told him to eventho they’re stupid. in reality he’s more than that, he’s actually really smart, and good with electricals. he’s also really nice to you, it’s just that he tends to do the stupid things zac tells him to do because he thinks he’s not good enough. he needs to feel like he’s important, which is why he never wanna leave your side. you make him feel special, and needed. between that and the lack of blue in his system, he had grown to be really clingy with you. and his needs, his certain needs, now washing over him like a big perpetual confusing wave

you hear his stalking steps behind, following you through the ominous hall connecting the working quarters to your dorms. he’s been after your back all day, and now he’s even sniffing the trail of scent you left behind. “you smell good” he starts, throwing his head back while dragging his hands down his face. he is getting ridiculous. now he’s sniffing you around like an animal ? “did you shampoo ?” he continues, making you halt your steps for a moment to take his dumb words in before continuing to walk. shaking your head in disbelief that you’re responding to his question, “they sent me the new ones to sample so yeah, earlier” you explain, telling him about the new shampoo they’ve formulated, experimenting with improved ingredients from the lab. “can you stop for a moment ? where are you going anyways ?” he hasten his steps behind you, pondering on how are you walking so fast. before you know it he manages to quickly grab your hand and intertwine his fingers with yours. now that you’re forced to stop, you turn and raise your chin to look at him, who’s grinning.

“i need to report back to them, kai”

“what ? like now ?”

“yes, now”

“they can wait”

moving the strand of hair out of your face, you sigh at him. looking up at him through your lashes, your face clearly unamused. “no kai, unlike you who clearly has nothing better to do they’re actually working and contributing to the ship” you squint your eyes as you say that, making him take a step back to scoff at you. if only he could channel this newfound energy or hormones on something else, he would’ve actually made a difference. like maybe fixing and updating your database thats turning obsolete from how ancient it is, or come out with a new security system. that would’ve made you drool over him, even reward with after a hard day of doing men’s job. instead, he’s been chasing you around the ship all day since yesterday, snooping up your ass, waiting as you do chores hoping to get in your pants. like you said, it’s the lack of blue

you gesture your hand around signalling that you’re done here if he doesn’t have anything else to say, too tired of him to even roll your eyes. he’s frustrated to say the least, confused with his own neediness, struggling to navigate the feelings. he could’ve just gone to any other girls on the ship, they’ll gladly let him into their dorms but he doesn’t want that, he doesn’t want them. what the both of you have is something sacred to him that he refuses to jeopardise. even so, you’re starting to give him blue balls, he’s wondering how can you be so composed, as you’ve also stopped taking the blue while he’s sweating and fidgeting. “go find something useful to do kai, leave me alone”. it’s not like you’re mad at him, but it hasn’t been long since the last time you gave in because of his pleas.

“why are you being such a bitch ? zac’s right, girls are fucking difficult” kai’s towering over you, letting go of your hands. he almost gave up when you start walking away before he continues his petty tantrum. “you act like you’re sooo important, always doing this and that, acting like you don’t want me” you’ve turned your heels away from him long ago, ignoring his silly words that are far from insults. you were about to block his voice out of your hearing before you hear him, “walk away all you want but we both know you were begging for my cock like a slut” you’re lucky the hallways empty or else anyone could’ve heard him easily. his last words flicked a switch inside your head, making you turn around to quickly stomp towards him. he can’t be serious.

he could’ve accepted and just walk away like a man but decided to act like a bitch instead, whining around that you wouldn’t let him get his dick wet. you reach over for his shirt, pulling him by fisting the fabric on his chest, your bodies almost colliding. you can feel his warm breath fanning over you as he falls quiet and his face drops. “you’re so fucked, kai” you say as you start dragging him by his shirt, walking across the hallway before taking a turn towards his dorm. he struggles to follow your steps with you pulling him forward, forcing him to bend a little. he almost trips over multiple times on the ship’s floor. as you stop in front of his dorm, you push him forward, he almost stumble over his feet. “unlock it” you order him, to which he quietly obeys, pressing his code into the lock display.

you push him inside quickly before locking the door behind you to avoid anyone noticing. after making sure it’s just the both of you, you step forward, making him step back before his heels hit the side of his bed in the small compound. he’s forced to sit as you settle between his legs, his head tilted upwards to look at you, too scared to look away. “im so tired of you running your mouth,” you begin, lifting your hand to cup his cheek, smoothing your thumb over his clear skin. he’s starting to regret the things he said to you, nervous anticipating what’s going to happen now that he’s pissed you off. “do you think you’re better than me ?” you ask him softly, waiting for his answer patiently as you can clearly see him keeping in his answer, his eyes trailing somewhere else. moving your fingers over his lips, you play with them, gently pulling at the bottom one. you smile at him.

“so you do think you’re better ?” before he could give you any response, you thrust your index and middle finger pass his lips, pushing down on his tongue. “you’re pretty, kai,” you say, as you thrust your fingers further. “but sometimes you can be such a bitch” your fingers are now slotted snug against his tongue, he struggles to keep himself from gagging as his eyes are becoming glossy, small tears pooling at the corners. he shuts his eyes for a moment before shaking his head, he tries to make out something but they’re mumbled because of your fingers. you coo at him before retracting them and cupping his cheek. he’s short of breath yet wastes no time, “m’sorry” you shake your head, giving him a look before firmly tapping his cheeks with your saliva covered fingers. traces of spit sticks onto his face as you push him down by his head, his hand grabbing at your wrist.

you quickly push your pants down with your free hand before quickly getting on top of him on the bed. he’s starting to smirk from seeing you sitting pant-less on him, thinking that you still gave in after all. he raises his hands to place them on your waist, before even starting to rub at your exposed thighs. you smile at him as you take his hands, guiding and placing them on your covered tits, earning a soft small moan from him. he’s happily kneading at the soft flesh as you reach over beside the bed, where there are drawers. you pull out one of them to fish out something before placing it over his hands, zip tying them together swiftly.

he was too caught up in the feeling, eyes closed and all to notice what you’re doing. he looks as if he’s panicking, trying to break the zip tie off but the friction’s hurting his wrists. “fuck- i said i was sorry ?” he lets out, his bent knees moving around and hitting the wall. you let out a sigh looking at him, as he returns a wide eyed look at you, hoping for you to take the zip tie off. “please baby ?” he tries again, before you move over him, your knees settling on each side of his head, your pussy hovering right above his face. “don’t baby me”.

you couldn’t be bothered to look at him as you run your hands through his tight curls, tugging slightly at the roots before settling all of your weight on his face, his mouth open to take your pussy. just as he flattens his tongue to lap up your juices he lets out a hummed moan, the vibration sending chills down your spine. you tighten your grab on his roots, making him hum, his tied hands behind you flailing around, tortured that he doesn’t get to feel you. one thing kai is if he’s not anything else is he’s a pussy eater, and he can so it for hours. he gets off from eating pussy, and does it like nobody’s business. but you’ve never sat on his face, though he’s begged you to before. you weren’t comfortable with the thought but you know this will shut him up.

he continues his laps against your pussy as his tongue licks at the sensitive nub, before gently sucking on it, making you whine loudly. you quickly snap out of the feeling to control your loudness, with the compound walls being thin as ever and people outside that might hear. kai doesn’t have to worry about his sounds as they’re all muffled by your pussy, so he’s moaning and whining against your folds each time his tastebud indulges your taste. his cock’s hard in his pants, begging to be let out and touched. so kai settles for the next best thing he could get right now, his tied hands cupping over his hard on and rubbing across the bulging length.

the friction of the fabric of his pants against his cock makes him feel good, he’s moaning as his hand rubs over his sensitive tip yet nothing compares to sinking inside your warm pussy. if you give him a chance right now he’s willing to kneel before you and beg for you to let him fuck, he’ll promise to do all the work while you just lay down and be a pillow princess. unfortunately his mouth is covered and pressed down against your pussy. not that he’s complaining, he gets to suck and lap the juices off your folds.

you’ve had enough of him having fun so you start grinding down, moving your hips back and forth, your pussy rubbing against his mouth and his nose. all you can see now is his eyes, glossy with long lashes staring back at you, his eyelid heavy from the pleasure. he’s moaning uncontrollably underneath you now that you’re grinding against his face, your clit nudging at his nose making you moan, your fingers tugging down at his roots. his hands are cupping his hard on, obvious bulge poking through his pants. his bent knees are flailing around from the pleasure, his hips bucking up into thin air, not quite enough to turn the restraint on his cock into pain. his waist hovers over the bed, as he speeds up his lapping against your folds. all while he’s tortured by the blood rushing to the tip of his cock, he’s overwhelmed by the sweet taste of your pussy and scent pushing down against his face. you let out a whine as you feel his lips sucking at your hole, slurping up the wetness leaking out with his tongue before fucking your hole with it.

he’s now fucking you with his tongue, sending you waves after waves of pleasure that’ll eventually come down sooner or later. “mnmgh, fu- so good kai” your praise fills him with more excitement to please you, as his slurping on your sex makes loud noises in the compound. “fuck, kai- you-you’re gonna be good after this ?” your question comes out staggered and whiny, the pleasure invading your words. he nods against your pussy, his nose nudging against your sensitive nub. “mmnhgh- oh my god, f- you’re gonna stop calling girls with that word ?” he nods rapidly, the repeated nudges of his nose making you twitch. the knot in your lower belly tightening as you pin his head down by his hair, before grinding harder against his face. you could feel his plump lips sucking on your clit. arching your back from the pleasure before looking down, you see his brown eyes already set on you, looking away just to watch your body move and writhe on top of him.

“oh my god- kai, fuck- gonna cum” you’re now borderline bouncing on his face, your hips twitching as you chase your high. he knows that you’re about to cum as he speeds up his tongue fucking into your hole. “gonna give you my cum” you hear him let out a muffled sound, as you’re busy chasing your orgasm. his hands are rubbing and squeezing down on his covered length, trying to calm the blood rushing that’s making him rock hard. you let out your final whine before moaning hard, your hips halting its movements against his face as your orgasm washes down, and you’re cumming on his mouth.

you begin to raise your hips to hover over his mouth as you immediately hear him moan, his tied hands tugging at the back of your shirt. “fuck!” curses flow out of his lips as soon as he gets to speak. his hips are bucking hard because of his twitching thighs. your breasts are heaving, trying to catch your breath and settle down. you turn your upper body to look behind you to notice the small beads of white seeping through his pants, and the bulge poking through it twitching around. your eyes go wide at the view of him cumming untouched in his pants before turning back to look at him who’s smiling at you, his eyelids droopy from being pussy drunk.

his smile is crooked and he’s seconds away from passing out. you cup your hands over your mouth for a moment before leaning down to gently kiss him, your fingers running slowly through his curls to massage his scalp. you reach again into the drawers to find a scissor, before turning behind to release his hands. he immediately reach up to wrap his arms around your waist, before you pull them away to slowly rub at his wrists. “mmhm” your gentle touch offers him some relief, making him hum in contentment. the traces of the zip tie leaving red marks as your fingers smooth over the skin.

you tsk at the obvious imprint of the restraint on his wrists, which are probably hurting like hell yet he’s too awestruck to complain. you’re still on top of him, sitting on his steady chest as he just lets you inspect his hands, too worn out to even do anything. “i love you” he mumbles out. you take his hands and place them together against your chest before leaning down again to kiss his lips. he gently returns the kiss before letting you kiss all up his cheeks, nose, eyes and forehead. “promise to be good, kai” his glossy eyes search into yours as his hands roam across your waist.

“maybe”

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[going-to-ikea-for-the-fries]

not a req but i was js thinking: imagine the boys w a famous s/o (could be an actor, sports, wtv) and like they see an edit of their s/o on tiktok or sum and they show their s/o like “LOOK. ITS U. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE”

idk man this was so random lol but what do u think they would be like if smth like that happened

You say "not a req" and yet I will TREAT IT AS A REQ

The 141 with a Famous Spouse: Edits.

TW: Some NSFW stuff under the cut (m!masturbation).

You and Simon/John/Johnny/Kyle have been very private about your relationship. Both a mix of you being in the public's eye and his career, it just makes sense to keep it secretive. He doesn't even *tell* anyone he's married and you never say his name in public, only ever referring to him as 'my husband' in interviews, leaving your fans to wonder.

John: I think John isn't as active on social media to find edits easily... But there was that one time where he watched an online interview of yours on youtube and they had you reacting to fanfiction and edits and he did a quick google search and... That man will 100% download every tiktok with an edit of yours he can find, so he can watch them in the field when there's no reception. One time he texts you a link to one he particularly loves and adds: "Look at how talented your fans are. They somehow make me love you more with each one of these I find."

Simon: You'd never expect it but he *loves* to watch your interviews on tv/online, and read the tweets whenever something relating to you goes viral. It's only a matter of time until he stumbles across edits. And, let me tell you, he's not even shy about it. He'll watch them while you're both at home lounging. You'll just hear some music coming from his phone and then your own voice reciting that one line from that one interview that one time. "Are you watching videos of me when I'm literally lying on top of you?" "Yes I am. They're very well edited."

Kyle: Boy has known of edits being a thing for ages, watches them for other actors and athletes, so why would he not watch them of their spouse? He especially loves the ones where they ship you with some other celebrity you posed with one time after a movie premiere or a song release or what have you. Like, he cackles at them, knowing your fans are so clueless, he's so proud of himself for 'bagging' you... Sometimes he turns the phone over for you to see them and you always groan at the shit-eating grin on his face. "You're cheating on me with that actor, huh?" He always jokes.

Johnny: Is an ABSOLUTE degenerate. He'll be watching those borderline NSFW edits of you. He's not ashamed about it. Sometimes he jerks off to them too. The man has you on his bed more often than not and yet somehow he still finds time to rub one out to an edit of you in a movie/music video/interview/red carpet and the dirtiest, filthiest song lyrics overtop. He'll also lose it if it includes a scene from that one time you were wearing something sheer, showing off your whole body. The one time you caught him, you heard him murmur a "God, I'm so fuckin' lucky to have ye." under his breath while watching the same edit on repeat.

[honeysmoonn]

hey love! congrats on 430+ 🤍 i’m not sure if you’re still continuing with the summer celebration (if you aren’t you can js discard this), but can i please request white mustang?

white mustang — send a description of yourself and i’ll ship you with someone!

(with Outerbanks please!!!)

Sooo to describe myself i’m a 16 year old girl with straight dark brown hair, almond eyes, and freckles along my cheeks. Oh my name is Ivy LMAO. I would say i’m an ambivert. I’m really quiet when I’m not around my friends; I would say i’m a silent observer, I listen in and people watch when i’m by myself. However when I’m with my friends, i’m most likely the loudest of the group. I love my friends dearly and would do anything for them. However, Im a little sensitive and I do get humbled and embarrassed easily. So if someone tells me to “shut the fuck up” I probably won’t speak a word for the rest of the day 😭 I guard my feelings and don’t really share what’s going on unless you’re a really close friend. I lovelovelove talking as much as I love listening. My hobbies are pretty minimal. I love reading, listening to music, and watching movies/tv shows. Definitely a hopeless romantic due to all the books I read. I CRAVE love like it’s shown in the movies. I would say I have a bit of a flirty personality even if I’m not trying to come off that way, if I really click with someone i’ll probably act like we’ve been best friends since 6 years old.

AHHH OKAY. im sorry for writing quite a bit 😭 congrats on 430+ btw! tysm :) 🤍

hi honey! i think im going to pair you with the one and only… pope!

you two have similar interests but your personalities balance each other out because he is also a little more introverted too, but paired with someone who can be more loud and outgoing just makes sense to me.

pope would be a very good boyfriend and make sure to give you everything you want in a relationship <33

[pankowkisses]

The hate that Rudy is getting is NOT okay, it was not Rudy’s choice to leave obx Jonas and Josh both of which said it was ALWAYS planned for jj to leave the way he did, to show the loyalty that his character is made of, I don’t understand how ppl can hate on such an amazing person when he didn’t destroy obx, he didn’t destroy Jiara, he didn’t destroy his and Madison’s friendship many ppl forget that a friendship can only work if both of which are friends, and I believe they still are but not on camera bc of the fans shipping them, it’s okay to ship two characters, but it is NOT okay to ship the real ppl who bring these actors to life. Yall love jj but you hate on the amazing person who is literally the Heart and soul of jj without Rudy the wouldn’t be jj, jj is Rudy and Rudy is jj. What everyone is seeming to forget is that Rudy has feelings he may be a famous actor and celebrity but he has feelings, imagine how he feels going on his social media’s seeing all these mean things about him, and his girlfriend. No I may not be Elaine’s biggest fan but she neither does deserve this, the hate that rudy is getting is unbearable bc he hasn’t even done anything to deserve it, and no person deserves hate. The fact that this is all based on a rumour of him wanting to leave obx for the 10th episode of szn4 to be released to make it seem real is absolutely ridiculous. The fact that everyone believes it’s from a real source when if it was really from someone on set they would have been breaking the law and contract bc, they would have had to sign a contract to not disclose anything that’s mentioned on set. So it’s actually insane that most ppl are forgetting that part, and the fact that I’ve also seen Rudy getting body shamed for when he was shirtless in obx 4 excuse me what?! You are not only hating on this man your body shaming him, how is this okay?! It’s not! Stop it please if you were ever a true fan of Rudy and jj stop hating and body shaming him, and can we also address the hate on Madison and Mariah, that should also stop, Rudy, Elaine, Madison or Mariah did nothing wrong, they didn’t write the damn script. It actually breaks my heart to see that Rudy my starlight the one person who deserves the damn world is getting sm hate, who in their right damn mind can hate on such a kind, caring, sweet, honest, loyal person.

Rudy also struggles with anxiety and which breaks my heart the fact that the are edits out there saying he’s not happy bc he’s anxious during an interview, hell the only way you’ll actually know what he’s going through is if you go through it too, I do understand what he’s going through and I’m not even js saying that I have very bad anxiety and if yall also do than you’ll get it but for those who don’t and are quite willingly posting videos making fun of his anxiety stop that is not okay. This man is human everyone needs to respect that and realise he isn’t a robot he has feelings and emotions, he too needs breaks for his mental health and wellbeing.

Just remember before jj even existed Rudy did, and we should be so damn grateful that Rudy does exist at the same time as we do, he’s the only person in this damn world that’s honestly this sweet and humble. If I had the chance to meet him I would seriously have so many things i want to say to him. And the fact that yall think you can hate on. Rudy and get jj back? No how’s that gonna work? That doesn’t work that way from my point of view you never deserved jj if your treating his actor like this, and you’ll never deserve Rudy if you’ve ever and I mean ever treated him this way.

But seriously please STOP hating on Rudy bc remember who your hating on such a kind person who deserves the universe, words can cut deeper than anything else ever could so please stop hating on him

Remember this is the man you’re hating on

I’m so sorry that the world is so cruel to this absolute angel of a person.. I just hope he’s doing okay and that his smile never fades💜

[hopelessbromantic3652]

@parleboo

This is for you 🤲🏼💕

[stephanericherthanyou]

happy aokise day!

title: long since sailed rating: t word count: 2036 summary: ao3

Aomine’s used to doing things before he thinks of them. He moves to the basket before he sees the route; his legs take him up to the school roof before he thinks of going there; he rips words out of his own mouth before he can realize how much he’ll regret the thought. It’s not always an advantage, but he always comes out even, despite having to take a detour or two sometimes. Aomine still gets there. It’s compensation, maybe, for all that’s come easy to him.

He can show restraint, when he thinks, when everything isn’t going at two hundred kilometers an hour all around him and he has to go that speed or faster himself. He doesn’t always have to, but he does sometimes, and he’ll bite the worst things off his tongue before he says them, or even the harmless retorts. When he lets himself be, he’s conscious of his impulses (or, perhaps more often, when he can’t help it). 

His right hand twitches, and he knows he wants to lift it up and put it on Kise’s shoulder, or reach out and touch Kise’s hand, but he knows he’s stopping himself, too. What’s wrong with just doing it? Kise could use the consolation, and he wouldn’t take it as pity. He’d know that Aomine knows how unfair this last game is, after the shitty unfair result of the last game when Kise had given his all (even more than he’d been able to do against Aomine in perfect health, just a month ago). Kise knows it, and so do his teammates, and so do all the Shutoku guys. 

Basketball is a fickle game. The two of them know this better than most people. By the time Aomine resolves to just reach out and touch Kise’s shoulder, the moment is past, and Kise’s off on his crutches, headed toward the section with his teammates to watch Seirin and Rakuzan, and Aomine drops his hand into his pocket.

It was supposed to be there in the first place.

*

They’re drafted ten and eleven in the first round, Aomine first and Kise right behind him. It’s not something Aomine was expecting. Kise can kick his ass one-on-one now, when he’s healthy--and yes, he’s not always healthy, and he doesn’t always win, and the NBA is not a one-on-one league, but still Aomine would have picked Kise first.

He doesn’t tell Kise, but he tells Satsuki, later, when they’re back in the hotel suite and Aomine’s parents are asleep in the other bedroom. 

“Your bias is showing,” says Satsuki, giving him that smile she gives him when she thinks he’s being particularly dense.

“What bias? It’s not like I’m going to tell him that. I don’t want his head to swell up even more.”

“Okay,” says Satsuki.

She’s still looking at him like she can read his fucking mind, which despite her claims, she can’t. They can both read each other pretty damn well, and that’s never not been true, but there are still uncrossed lines and things one of them wouldn’t dare voice or even skirt around. Like the smile on Kise’s face when he’d been picked, the hat hair he’d complained about as he fussed in the mirror that looked so damn cute on him and had made Aomine want to sweep him off his feet and kiss him right there. He’d been looking at Kise the whole time, okay, but that’s just because Kise had been there and had been bugging him about who’d be the first to get a championship and who’d win Rookie of the Year. That’s all. He can be excused a stray thought or two of this kind anyway, on the night he’s drafted into the fucking NBA. 

And even if she does know, there’s nothing more than that.

*

Words can be unthought as much as they can be unsaid, which is not at all. Aomine can’t take back all the things he’s said that have hurt Satsuki or Tetsu or someone else or himself, and he can’t take back the scattered thoughts about how much he’d like to touch Kise’s smooth skin, kiss his pretty lips, tuck a lock of hair behind Kise’s ear, anything that gets through the hand he’s put up in his mind to block it out, the drain cover under the pressure of water. There are more dangerous thoughts than those, deeper and more concrete; he dreams about fucking Kise once and at that point he should maybe just give it up. (The scars on Kise’s knee from surgery, the arch of his back, his heavy-lidded eyes and the tone he says Aomine’s name in--Aomine can’t think of anything else when he jerks off, no matter how much he tries, for a month.)

No one, he decides, would accuse him of having feelings for Kise (except for Satsuki, and they’ve reached an unspoken agreement not to talk about it). He is a remarkable beacon of self-control. He takes Kise out for dinner when they play each other, knocks his knee against Kise’s under the table by accident, needles him about the mistakes he’d made (and takes Kise’s barbed remarks right back). They play in the FIBA Worlds together on team Japan, and sure, the press is making a big deal about the two of them as a combination, but that’s what they’re supposed to do. 

(He gets to watch Kise, healthy and fresh from a summer of training hard, sink gorgeous Js and break through defenders like a knife until he explodes into a decisive dunk that shakes the backboard, feel the ball land in his hands from Kise’s pass because Kise always knows where he is, and dunk it himself, harder and louder and better, as a challenge. This should be enough; this should be more than enough.)

Aomine maybe shouldn’t be drinking this much at the celebration, thinking as much as he is about Kise, Kise’s hands on hsi drink and Kise’s hair in the dim lights, Kise’s laugh, the way he’d squeezed Aomine in his arms after they’d won. Someone had brought up Teikou, and Akashi had changed the subject away, but all Aomine can think of his how Kise used to chase him for a one-on-one, how Kise used to see him alone on the top of the mountain, and how Aomine hated being there, but Kise’s admiration used to make him feel--not better, about it, but different. He likes being on a level plane with Kise, and he wouldn’t trade that for any of the good parts of their middle school days, but he wishes, sometimes, that Kise would look at him like that again.

“Hm? Aominecchi?”

(And Kise still calls him that, but he says it differently now.) 

“I didn’t say anything,” Aomine says, swallowing more of his drink. 

Kise leans in closer, about to press him harder--and then thank fuck for Nebuya, who belches loudly next to them, breaking the moment.

*

Kise misses the road trip to Cleveland with a nagging wrist injury, and it’s a great excuse for Aomine to keep avoiding him. He’s been replying to texts, tagging Kise with dumb shit on social media, but every time he reads and rereads his words and hits backspace and watches it all disappear before he retypes the whole damn thing. He needs to get over this crush, stop living in the past, a ship that’s already long since sailed if it would ever. 

Is it the past when their best basketball is probably ahead of them, when the past always catches up with them, when their social circles now are slightly distorted versions of the social circles they’d had when they were fourteen? Is it the past if these feelings are persistent, when they won’t release Aomine from his grip? He’d try to fixate on someone else, but his gaze just slides past, and he’d sleep with someone else but there’s no one else he really wants to sleep with. 

He can avoid seeing Kise when Kise misses a road trip, but he can’t miss the giant billboard lit up before the sun’s up in the morning, on his commute into the practice facility, emblazoned with Kise’s face and the name of a cologne. He’s pretty enough, known enough, to move products in a town far from where he plays that has sports stars of its own. His hand twitches, like it had back at the Winter Cup all those years ago and before this all felt like a real, comprehensible possibility. He’d wanted to reach out and touch Kise, even then, maybe before.

A voice in his head that sounds quite a bit like Satsuki’s says that he should just do something. He should tell Kise, so that Kise can reject him and maybe that will finally push him toward getting over it. Kise’s dealt with this before; he knows how to do it without wrecking a friendship. But would he pity Aomine for having this stupid crush for so damn long?

He can live with it. He’s an adult.

*

“It’s my win,” says Kise, twirling his keychain around his finger.

“Your team win,” says Aomine. “I scored the most points.”

“Not enough to win,” says Kise. “And you did pay for dinner.”

“So you should be nice to me.” Aomine scowls, pushing his hands deeper into the pockets of his hoodie.

It’s not really cold out, but he needs something to do other than looking at Kise’s ass in those jeans or listening too hard to the cadences of Kise’s voice, different from the way he speaks to the press or teammates, or, maybe, anyone else. Aomine’s imagining something; he has to be. (If delusions are the way he gets to say it, then it’s worth the embarrassment and stupidity; he knows he’s done stupider things--even recently).

In the dark, Kise’s apartment looks smaller. The shadows of his large ferns block enough of the window that the city outside seems closer, distracts from the length of the matching leather furniture and the clean carpet, free of dust. 

Aomine pours himself a glass of water from the tap in the kitchen before Kise can preempt him and offer him a bottle of expensive mineral water. Neither of them is hurting for money, but the tap water tastes better. There, they’re incompatible; he can give this crush up.

“Aominecchi?”

Aomine turns around. Kise stands in front of the open refrigerator, a bottle of water in his hand.

“Don’t you want anything else?”

Aomine shakes his head, and halfway through he thinks he should have just fucking told Kise, even if that wasn’t what he was asking about.

He falls asleep on the stiff leather couch, still thinking about what he should have done.

*

Aomine wakes up first in the morning as the sun streams in the floor-to-ceiling living room windows, in time to water the plants (and Kise will grumble about the drops of water spilled on the floor, but maybe they’ll evaporate first). He hates sleeping in his clothes, but he won’t sleep in Kise’s--maybe when he says something about the stupid crush, Kise will stop offering. Or maybe he’ll keep it up just to bother Aomine.

When he gets out of the bathroom, Kise’s already in the kitchen.

“Hey,” Aomine says, raising a hand to half-wave even though he’s less than a meter away.

Kise’s hair is a little rumpled and his shirt is a little twisted (he always moves around when he sleeps) and he’s squinting at the coffee maker as if its existence doesn’t make sense. 

“Something the matter?”

Kise looks at him, and oh, fuck. Aomine can’t stop his face from contorting.

“Why does your face look like that?”

Aomine reaches up to rub it, too late, but whatever. “Like what?”

“Like, I don’t know,” says Kise.

Aomine leans in and kisses him. Kise’s morning breath is rancid, and Aomine’s own mouth is too dry. He pulls back. 

Kise doesn’t look angry or annoyed, or even fake-annoyed. He opens his mouth as if he’s going to say something, but then closes it again. He reaches for Aomine’s hands, then pulls Aomine in closer.

“Me too.”

[holyxvi]

GET TO KNOW THE BLOGGER.

Can be used for RP and non-RP blogs to get to know a bit about the person behind the screen!

1. FIRST NAME: Denoriel

2. STRANGE FACT ABOUT YOURSELF: *sweats in Hot Wheels*

3. TOP THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU FIND ATTRACTIVE ON A PERSON: Hard to say.

4. A FOOD YOU COULD EAT FOREVER AND NOT GET BORED OF: Those Hungry Man Backyard BBQ meals, Takis, Pepsi, and gum like Juicy Fruit or Fruit Punch flavored Ice Cubes.

5. A FOOD YOU HATE: Burritos

6. GUILTY PLEASURE: Me me big Foodie, I also impulse buy anything related to FFII when I’m not stuck in a perpetual state of World Building.

7. WHAT DO YOU SLEEP IN: Why is this a question, why do you need to know Mr. FBI sir.

8. SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS OR FLINGS: In love with a fictional blonde Himbo from Fatal Fury --- so just forever alone lmao.

9. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN THE PAST AND CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU AND WHAT WOULD IT BE: That’s a loaded question.

10. ARE YOU AN AFFECTIONATE PERSON: Yes, but verbally and not so much physically.

11. A MOVIE YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN: Spirited Away and The Beatles Yellow Submarine.

12. FAVORITE BOOK: The whole Cirque Du Freak series, even if it has been years and I can hardly remember shit about it. Darren Shaun was my shit in middleschool.

13. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP ANY ANIMAL AS A PET, WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE: I’d like to keep my dog :pensive:

14. TOP FIVE FICTIONAL SHIPS [IF YOU ARE AN RP BLOG, YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN SHIPS AS WELL]: Cloud / Zack, Cloud / Tifa, Vash / Meryl, Mateus / Tea, Mateus / Hilda.....I have many and listing them would take forever.

15. PIE OR CAKE: Cake

16. FAVORITE SCENT: Gasoline, hand sanitizer, this lavender vanilla perfume I got from Gordman’s that smells absolutely Great.

17. CELEBRITY CRUSH: B-Billy Idol? I guess? He was a cutie in the 80s bro.

18. IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO: The Last Blockbuster that exists here in the states.

19. INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT: I am Master Introvert

20. DO YOU SCARE EASILY: 50/50 on that one chief.

21. IPHONE OR ANDROID: Android

22. DO YOU PLAY ANY VIDEO GAMES: Final Fantasy II, Hyrule Warriors, Animal Crossing New Leaf.

23. DREAM JOB: Haven’t decided.

24. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A MILLION DOLLARS: You are a fool if you give me a million dollars js.

25. FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU HATE: BoTW Zelda and Aerith ( kinda sorta, you can thank the VII fandom for that ).

26. FANDOM THAT YOU WERE ONCE A PART OF BUT AREN’T ANY LONGER: Jojo, I was told it was an absolute nightmare in the RPC and I did not listen, because my god I’ve ran into some crazies in my first week of being there --- I think the most notable is the Dio duplicate who tried lying to a mutual of mine about me. :|c

tagged by: @xdetruo ( Danke Danke, I am the least interesting person in the world ). tagging: @neko-mun-rp, @elisethetraveller​, @pretty-little-teacup​, @chosenrule​, @madamhatter​, @scvagegarden​, @sakuraari​, and whoever else hasn’t done this ig.

[go-diane-winchester]

Are people not allowed to ship destiel?

Thank you​ for the very pertinent question.  I, like most sensible slash fans, have absolutely no problem with any ship.  I don't have issues with tinhatting.  When it comes to shipping, I am very tolerant.  As long as you don't hurt people, go ahead and have your fantasy.  Destiel is not a problem.  The militant shippers, or hellers, most definitely are.  Some people I know, used to ship Destiel, before getting fed up and moving on.  We have made a distinction between destiel shipper and destiheller before, until we were blue in the face, but we have to keep repeating this because hellers don't circulate the truth, just their headcanons.  I even did posts about it, but the hellers don't want to acknowledge that.  I have come across destiel shippers.  They are nice people.  They ship their ship and ask for nothing in return, because they acknowledge what slash fiction is and they make no demands of any kind.  Hellers are a beast of a different breed, altogether.  A heller is someone who wants to control fandom's thoughts.  Nobody is allowed to think contrary to what a heller thinks.  And if you do, then you deserve to kill yourself.  I, myself, was recently told to put my head in an oven. 

So what kind of person is a heller?

A heller cannot understand that subtexts is opinion-based, and that not everyone going to see what you see and interpret it the way you interpret it.  For example, the Dr Sexy scene.  Jensen, and most fans, interpreted the scene as Dean was fanboying over meeting his on screen idol.  The hellers insist, even despite Jensen saying otherwise, that Dean was ''crushing'' on Dr Sexy.  The Destiel camp is very headcanon and meta heavy.  Instead of just writing stories, indulging in fanart etc, they are constantly writing headcanon and meta.  Other hellers, just reading the headcanon and meta, just accept it with question.  No debate is held over the analysis.  Why is that?  They don't question meta writers because then they will have to question their ship and they cant question their ship because they want Destiel to be canon.  They can't have it any other way.  If an individual uses Destiel and canon in the same conversation, immediately I can tell this is a heller.  A normal shipper doesn't want to change the entire show to suit her kinks.  And she recognizes that its a kink, a fetish and nothing more.  Hellers don't do that.  They pretend that they are crusading for LGBT representation when they ask for canon.  And why do I have a problem with it?  Its shouldn't be my business what hellers blindly believe or don't believe in the heller section of the fandom, should it?  Unfortunately, it is.  Its everyone's problem, because the hellers believe the meta writers and then they ask questions based on the meta at cons.  They harass J2 over the meta.  The Dr Sexy question is meta-based.  So is the Cas-Collette parallel question.  The Js will be put in an uncomfortable position based on how thinly veiled the question is because they will have to answer honestly.  The Dr Sexy question was a thinly veiled question.  They answered honestly and got bashed on Twitter for it.  The parallel question flew right over Jensen's heads.  Myths and archetypes are something Jared is fascinated by, so Jensen told Jared to answer the question.  And Jared answered the question positively from a literary standpoint.  I guarantee that if he had asked the fan to elaborate on the parallel, his answer would have been vastly different.  They use that as proof that SPN is queer baiting them.   

They cannot differentiate between SPN fandom and Destiel fandom.  When a heller speaks about Destiel, especially when harassing SPN execs on SM, they speak for the rest of fandom.  They say that ''the fans demand a spin-off'' and ''the fans deserve Destiel to be canon''.  And if someone points out to them that not all the fans agree with that statement, they are called a ''fake fan''.  If you don't care much for Cas, you are fake fan.  If you don't like Misha, you are a fake fan.  If you are not ''Destiel positive'' you are a homophobe.  Hellers are notorious name callers.  Their name calling reaches epic proportions when they have to deal with J2 and wincest shippers because these two ships are their primary competition.  They seem to hate sastiel and mishalecki too, but no so much.  They rationalize their  ship shaming by saying that shipping Destiel is the moral high ground.  Because ''wincest is incest'' even though many wincest fans have said they just like J2's onscreen avatars and chemistry, and that they don't condone incest.  But acknowledging that is too difficult so instead of doing that, hellers go on repeat insisting that wincest fans are liars and perverts.  Shipping J2 is also morally wrong because ''they are totally like brothers''.  So hellers essentially want to police fandom and how it behaves and what it thinks.   

The Destiel fandom, primarily, only likes Misha and Misha-related stuff.  They insist that Misha is a lead, and an equal to Jensen and Jared.  They attack anyone who says otherwise, including Jensen and Jared.  Remember, the Nolacon joke that got blown out of proportion?  The only ones who screamed about the joke on SM, where the hellers.  They were taking revenge from Jensen and Jared for saying that Misha not a lead or ''lead support''.  Two people approached me about Misha fans [and these may just be minions and Destiel shippers] who said that they were attacked for not liking Cas or Misha.  One was attacked online.  The other is a kid who is attacked by a heller at school.  They can't seem to understand that you can't force someone to stan a celebrity or ship.  Its a common sense thing, that has to be explained to a heller.  They don't realize that people don't like to be told what to do and who to love.  People like celebrities who are their ''type''.  I don't like Misha.  He is not my ''type'' either physically or personality wise.  I never liked SPN because of him.  I like SPN because of the brothers and the story.  Forcing me to change my opinion is kind of drastic, don't you think?  I am certain that most fans who have a blind hatred for Misha now, used to be neutral fans who didn't have a negative opinion about him previously.  By forcing Misha on everyone, constantly screaming ''where's the angel?'' and insisting talk show hosts invite Misha too, since he's a ''lead'', they have irritated these fans to the point where now the fans scowl and the mere mention of Misha or Cas.  The same can be said for Destiel.  They pushed Destiel so much into everyone's face that fans who were amused by the whole shipping thing previously, no hate anything related to Destiel because they are sick of it.  I have seen Destiel in the AKF tag.  Hellers are also notorious over taggers.  In fact, that is where the rift began.  With the tagging. 

They don't acknowledge that slash is opinion-based.  Although this is an understudied area, I have a hypothesis.  Shipping is based on love.  If you love both the people in the pairing, you will write slash about them, because slash fiction is an expression of love, primarily.  There are some kinky bits and pieces here and there, but they are a byproduct of the love that the writer may have.  Some people cant slash Jared for some reason.  One fan [not a shipper, this is just an example] said, her brother [or was it her cousin] looks exactly like Jared.  She posted his picture, and if I hadn't read the caption, I would have thought that it was really Jared.  So I can understand if she doesn't want to slash Jared with anyone.  It would be weird for her because then she will have to write about him romantically.  One fan said [and this was years ago] that Jensen looks identical to her uncle.  She would never ship him or his character with anyone, because she would be repulsed.  I feel Jensen is one of the most beautiful men on Earth.  That is my opinion.  My cousin watched the scene where Dean is crying over Sam's dead body.  He wipes his tears and when his hands were in the frame, my cousin said ''he has ugly fingernails''.  Did I get offended?  No.  That is her opinion.  To her, his finger nails really are ugly.  And yet she thinks he has a handsome face.  I read a Sevin fic where the writer said, ''Jared has such hot knuckles''.  She is gushing over an obscure body part, because that is probably what she likes.  Hellers don't understand that.  They want everyone to like the same people, for the same reasons, in the same manner.  No diversion from that collective opinion is allowed.  People's desires are not uniform.  How they perceive beauty is also not uniform.  I call Misha ugly, partly because I don't appreciate being told to put my head in an oven and partly because [in my eyes] his behavior made me become sexually put off by him.  I used to slash him before.  Believe me, Misha only started to look ugly to me, when I started to really not like him.  For eight years he was nice looking.  Now I cant stand him and he is the most hideous beast I have ever seen.  That is not just my thinking.  I am certain other anti-Misha fans feel the same way.  They used to like him and find him attractive, until he just put them off.  I am sure if Misha did a 360 and changed his ways, he might start to look nice to us once more.  So technically Misha lost fans because of his own behavior.   

Hellers think that J2 fans are as crazy as they are.  They think bibros love J2 the same way that they love Misha.  Blindly.  In the years that I watched SPN, I remember falling in and out of love with both Jensen and Jared [and Sam and Dean for that matter] based on something that they had done that I had liked or didn't like.  Sometimes where I was emotionally, also played a part how I felt about them, or any other human being for that matter.  People's opinions over an individual will change due to various issues.  Just recently Jensen said something I didn't approve of.  Sometimes Jared puts his foot in his mouth.  They are human so they will mess up.  If they make one stupid mistake, I let it go only because messing up is not something that they consistently do, unlike Misha who doesn't acknowledge or learn from his mistakes.  If they consistently do things to cause a rift in fandom, then there are other celebrities out there.  I don't need them.  I will move on.  So I acknowledge, that just because I like someone, it doesn't mean that he is perfect and will never mess up.  It also means that because I like someone, it is not necessary for other people to like him too.  Even amongst bibros, we have minor disagreements J2 but we don't hate each other based of differences of opinions.  We don't insist that our opinion is the right one.  In the heller camp, meta writers think for everyone.  They decide how people are going to perceive a scene, or a moment during a panel.  In fact, the lower level hellers leaving the actual watching of the show to the meta writers.  They skip episodes that don't include Cas.  That is a lot of episodes they are missing, because Misha, up till this year, was only allocated a fixed number of episodes per season in his contract.  The meta writers watch the episodes through their shipping goggles, looking for what they would consider subtext, and then they write essays based on the episode, and the possible subtext they have found, including flimsy things like shirt colors.  The lower level hellers read it and become affronted that SPN is queer baiting them so blatantly.  They do the same thing with panels.  Instead of watching the generously shared panels on YouTube, for free, they follow a high level heller on social media who attends the con, and tweets something they perceive to be slashily scandalous.  They especially look for something to get offended by, when Jared speaks.  So the lower level hellers were not forming their own opinion but basing how they feel on someone else's opinion.  They hate Jared because of reasons listed by someone else.  If they were smart, they would think for themselves.   

There is nothing wrong with any of the ships on SPN.  Do I believe all ships are equal?  Well on SPN, to a certain extent, sure.  If someone doesn't like wincest, because they are victims of incest, that would make sense.  Wincest fans who acknowledge the abuse are friends of mine.  Those that are cruel about it, are not.  Its as simple as that.  I am a victim of pedophilia.  So I hate weecest.  I don't go near weecest fic.  If weecest fans acknowledge this and leave me alone, there wont be any problems.  If they try to push their kink onto me by trying to tell me how wrong my opinion is, then they will be sorry.  But you cant call yourself a victim, by going where you are likely to find a trigger and them complaining that you are being triggered.  Not only are you looking for trouble, but you are making abuse victims and their triggers look trivial.  Because now they appear like Divas, whom everyone else has to bend over backwards to please.  This allows me to segue into a similar topic.  I have heard complaints from fans, looking up a general SPN fan fic, investing time to read it, only for their enthusiasm to come to a screeching halt because as the chapters progress, Dean comes out as bi and in love with Cas.  Shouldn't the writer notify the reader that she or he is reading a destiel fanfic.  Not only are they mistagging their Tumblr posts.  They are mistagging fanfiction.  Essentially they are duping people into reading their stories.  What kind of indoctrination logic is this?   

Hellers need to understand that Destiel is not the biggest ship on SPN.  If they insist that it is, then they have to quantify that opinion with a number.  They wont because the last time they did that, the number went up to 8000 and stalled.  That makes them 1% of the fandom and they hate being reminded of it.  They have done debunking essays with regards to the number, but then why not do the census again.  Don't debunk with your words.  Use actual data.  Prove to ''all the haters'' that there are millions of you, voting with your remote and contributing to the ratings in the USA alone.  We will never bring up the number again.  Hellers need to also understand that slash is not the point of SPN.  The show is not about love and kinks and soap opera nonsense.  It is about the supernatural, hence the name.  Insisting on making Destiel canon and destroying Jensen's reputation by calling him a bigot because he refuses to do so, is a nasty thing to do, because hellers are not the only ones watching SPN.  Everyone is, and they like the show as it is.  They don't want change.  In fact, it will surprise you to know that wincest fans don't want wincest as a romance, to be canon.  They don't demand anything accept better storylines.  The only people doing the demanding are the hellers.  It is time for dialogue to open between the destiel fans and the hellers, because the hellers are ruining not just the ship but the show as well. 

I hope this answers the question.  Thank you once again, for the ask. 

[badlydrawndrawnings]

ASOUE SEASON 3, Part 2

There are some things that I enjoy, some things that bug me, and some of those things that bug me are thing I do enjoy but i have to question regardless. The post grew so long I’m cutting it into two parts, and frankly this covers The PP and The End (part one won’t be linking because idk what Tumblr did with that update with links).. We are in the second half of the season, and boy, do I have a lot of hot opinions! Most of it it’s under the read more to not cog the tags.

Frank, Ernest, and Dewey: I feel so validated my theory of Dewy was talking to the Baudelaires last and pretending to be Frank or Ernest is confirm...here at least! Speaking of them, I think Frank was the first one the Baudelaires talk too, then Ernest talk second. In the first convo, Frank or Ernest was Serious and To the Point, and Frank (confirm in book it’s Frank)) was like that with Violet. In the second convo, Frank or Ernest was Friendly and Emotional with his words, and Ernest (confirm in book it’s Ernest) was being a bit cheeky with Klaus and humorous when lassoing Larry Your Waiter up (RIP). Sorry about your brother you two... but boy the shot Dewy floating in the water looks beautiful. 

I think the show was trying to pull a red herring that Kit was ‘evil’ due her asking Dewy to give Frank her regards because no one knows about the unicorn that is Dewy.

Lack of Sir and Charles/Switching roles/The JS Debate: I learned beforehand Charles’ actor couldn’t make it to filming so they had to rewrite him out. Didn’t expect to get rid of Sir (granted, I hear Sir’s actor is like..expense to get back or something and season one was lucky to get him). Still, nice to see that they were able to get Jerome to fill in his (kinda) canon role and Charles. Also, are Charles and Jerome together? That’s a great step up Jerome! Also, nice to know Babs and Miss Bass are together (man I wonder how the in-laws will react to that). I think what really threw me into the loop is that the Netflix Show made JS, the person behind it all, to be Justice Strauss with others JS helps. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the book had ‘JS’ be anonymous as not even Justice Strauss or Jerome knew who is the real JS since they thought it was meet for them (with theories saying it’s Lemony pretending to his brother and the taxi driver in the PP is him. Thanks Netflix for actually confirming the taxi driver part). Didn’t mind Nero being with Esme. I like that (they didn’t show the report who name I freaking forgot. Guess that says something).

At the Opera Tonight & (Lack Of) Bertrand : Hey, Netflix...Olaf’s parents death was A HIT MURDER by Beatrice, The Snickets (Kit and maybe Lemony if 13 Secrets is valid, who know about Jacques), and most importantly, BERTRAND. The books made it clear both were involved in some way or form. In fact, the lack of Bertrand is so insulting. Lemony may not say talk about him too much, but damn it, Lemony liked and respect Bertrand and never hold a grudge. Lemony in the show is the same, just less because the writers really did put more of an emphasis on Beatrice as the Lost Lenore and true OTP (????). In fact, why did the Opera events paint the noble side of VFD good with the accidental death? It was hit, and everyone was guilty and not free of sin. Here though, they are guilty as hell but free of sin as ‘it was an accident’. Well, since Bertrand wasn’t involve in the events here...the guy is actually innocent and free of sin good job Bertrand you don’t have blood on your hand (this sounds like sarcasm but it’ not). Also. you a handsome man.

Personal Headcanon That I Will Never Let Go Now Due to the Above Nonsense: Olaf’s parents were part of VFD, and were sympathetic to the fire starting side of schism, but overall close to neutral (Olaf didn’t and will never know, and book implies the schism wasn’t bad until after Olaf did his thing to frame Lemony for the crimes), due to their positions of society as aristocracy, a father in a high government related job (thanks Netflix for making Dad the Chief of the Official Fire Department it almost lines up perfectly) and mother as A-List Theater Performer. They managed to get a faster reunion when Olaf is 17 (Lemony, Olaf, and a few others are supposed to be the same age while the other siblings are older by a few years, and 18 seems to be the legal age of becoming an adult in this world). The three were at the opera for their first time reunion, and Beatrice and Bertrand were given the task on getting rid of them, and they thought ‘oh this will be easy’ because Kit was helping to deal with Esme and they succeeds. They were about to celebrate and leave when they hear Olaf and see him running to his dead parents (they have no idea he was there. If Lemony was involve, then they did knew but used Lemony as a distraction to make sure Oalf won’t witness the deed. As to why Olaf as to see the body? Because seeing a body adds extra fuel to people waiting revenge). Olaf is still on the noble side at this point (if barely), and he doesn’t know the truth until later, after somehow losing the family fortune and a switch to the fire starting side. Incompetent banking may or may not be involve. 

Hotel Denouement (Fire): Bit upset the sign isn’t written backwards, but hell, I want to stay there regardless!!! Also, I like how the show kept most of the fates a mystery expect Justice Strauss (how did she get down from the roof). The books implies Mr. Poe will die another night, so ergo in Netflix Show Mr. Poe and oddly enough, Vice Principal Nero of all people, survive as well. Thanks Nero for saving Mr. Poe for his offscreen date in the future. Side topic, but my headcanon in the books is (excluding Mr. Poe as his is given) Esme, Ernest, Hal, Hugo and Colette and Kevin survived. Those that made it out but died due to fire related injures later on (within a day or a week) would be  Frank, Jerome, Charles, Sir, Nero and the Teachers, and Carmelita. Everyone else is 100% dead (guess I got to change my 100% dead Justice Strauss status lol). The choices were pick due to drama (Esme cares for Carmelita and would be 100% heartbroken to see her die after the two made it out. For Frank and Ernest, I figure losing one brother would change their hostile relationship to a reluctant team up to get out of the fire together. Frank, being noble, gets Ernest out first resulting getting injuries and dying later, leaving Ernest all alone. Sir and Charles were still holding hands when they got out, but Sir died first and Charles went next due to a broken heart) or luck (Hal survived one fire already; I want Hugo, Colette, and Kevin to catch a good break). 

I cried when the ending happened that song f*** me up so bad like things could have been different and happy but I’m stuck in misery and woe. 

THE END/VFD AND SCHISM: I HATE THIS EPISODE SO FREAKING MUCH. Well, the Island parts (lol the red herring of Beatrice II being Sunny just by wanting to be call by her last name). They cut characters stuff with Friday (and her mother), the mutiny (that was the best part!!!)...almost all the stuff that made The End good! Also, wtf was with the BS of Ishmael making VFD? Like, I like how he was the Principal, that I can accept. But I got the impression, and it was actually implied, it been around for a long time before Ishmael was even born. He made it sound like a book club for the prestigious good people that are rich and bored. Newsflash Netflix: IT’S NOT.  Kit flat out mentions that the schism started when she was four, and it only got worse when her generation came. In fact, the schism only got worse when Olaf went after Lemony, making it the schism everyone knows today. The way the show paints it...it’s the pettiness form of petty and revenge and actually revenge I would like normally but I hate it in the context. I have more, but I’m be making a post about it...a (crack-ish/shitpost comparison of sorts you will of sorts. All I can say is the the White Face women are younger than they look or lost their family and sister in a fire while in their 20′s or 30′s (Ishmael and the Man with Beard but no Hair and Woman with hair but no Beard and Co -> Lemony and Co aka Schism start at teenage/young adult years -> Baudelaires and Co).

Honestly the good stuff was Sunny thinking of pushing Olaf overboard, and the whole thing leading up to Olaf and Kit’s death I cried so much.

Chapter 14: Okay, I’m a sucker for a happy ending after so much crap happened. Lemony and Beatrice II found family again (if for a short time), Fiona and Fernald got a Pushing Daisies ending when Captain Widdershins shows up (referring to Emerson Cod’s reunion with his daughter), Quigley reuniting with his stock footage siblings + Hector, the Troupe having a happy ending fulling their dream, and IDV maybe making it to the the islanders in time. Do I admit that the whole point of their ‘last appearance’ with the Great Unknown (or IDV just disappearing) is to give a message that you can’t always know what happens and mysteries are still out there (imo). Yes, but again, I’m a sucker for happy endings, so I’m fine either way. Also, in Season One there was a narration of Lemony with a very tiny Self Sustaining ship in the BG. Since we know Lemony is actually narrating from the future...it’s a given the Quagmire and Hector would survive. It’s a blink and you miss, but it’s there. So yeah, while everything else could be chalk up as a fake happy ending imagine by Lemony and/or Beatrice II, the Quagmire Triplets and Hector were given a happy fate from the start! Okay, I guess they still need to come down at some point but...

I would watch the PP episodes, but never the End unless I want to make myself angry.

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Pearl Jam -The Home Shows

Who: Pearl Jam Where: The Home Shows, Seattle, WA. When: August 8, 10 2018

I've said this before and it remains true. A Pearl Jam concert is much more than just a show. It's a celebration. A celebration of music, of a long relationship and of course, life. Very few places do I feel absolutely at home but a Pearl Jam show is one of them. Certainly we're all different people but for 3 hours we're one. These Seattle shows reminded me of a pilgrimage, I'm sure there were lots of Seattle folks there but most of the people I chatted with were from other places. For me it was a bucket-list item, to see Pearl Jam in their home city, a city that gave us so much music and so many iconic bands.

These concerts, "The Home Shows," given that name because the tour takes place mainly in MLB stadiums, had a similar feel to PJ20 the 20th anniversary shows in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin in 2011. No, there weren't multiple bands on the bill, but there were multiple activities and certainly a festive vibe. The Seattle Museum of Pop Culture, aka MoPop, had an exhibit dedicated to Pearl Jam opening on the Saturday after the shows but 10c (Ten Club, Pearl Jam's fanclub) members could gain access on Thursday during the day off between shows. London Bridge Studios where Ten was recorded also had Pearl Jam specific tours and legendary concert photographer Danny Clinch had a pop up shop with photos available for autograph and purchase. Did I mention it all took place in Seattle? Not only a great city but a city full of Pearl Jam history, we're talking The Off Ramp, Moore Theater, Benaroya Hall, Showbox, Easy Street Records, the list goes on!

Wednesday, Night 1

It has become popular again for bands to have artists make posters for concerts, particularly individual posters for each show. Pearl Jam is one of the few that's always done this. It is an expensive habit and the posters are treated as currency among 10c members. For these shows there were 5 unique posters all by artists Pearl Jam has used extensively in the past. A point of contention here, at their larger shows, the band has started setting up tents to sell merch throughout the day and even on days before and after the shows. Because they are open to the public, it's safe to say there are people there buying and going straight to eBay. The lines took many hours to navigate, there has to be a better way. How about when a 10c member buys a ticket through the band's website we get a code unique to us that allows us to purchase merch online and have it shipped to our homes? Place whatever quantity limits you want, something needs to change. A highlight of waiting around in the sun all day, I met a cool young man that had traveled from Tokyo to attend his first Pearl Jam show. There were people coming to Seattle from all over the world, this guy was in for a night he won't soon forget.

Several years ago Pearl Jam shows began lasting +- 3 hours. They always played a lot of songs but when this happened they finally shed the opening act. No complaints here. At 8:30 straight up the band took the stage to a loop of "Aye Davanita" from Vitalogy and ease into "Long Road." Now PJ's MO is that they play a quiet track or two then something noisy. Not on this night, Eddie wanted it to be an intimate gathering so "Long Road" led to "Release" followed by "Low Light" and crowd favorite, the singalong "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town." Genius. How do you transition from slow and quiet into something noisy? "Corduroy" that's how. Even though it's a song that PJ play pretty much every show it remains a favorite for me. Its long intro whips the crowd into a frenzy that continued with "Go,"  "Do the Evolution" and the Ramones-esque "Mind Your Manners." Each setlist is crafted by Ed with input from the band to fit the venue, audience and history of the band/city. Probably the most notable moment of the show was when Eddie broke down the meaning of "Evenflow." "Evenflow" is a concert staple, performed pretty much every time they play. In the 90s it was the song people liked when they didn't like PJ. Fast drums and guitars, weird lyrics just a fun rock song. But on this night, after the band had worked hard with politicians and local businesses to raise money and awareness for Seattle's horrible homeless problems Ed opened up a bit. When the band had just formed they spent a lot of time in the Belltown/Pioneer Square areas of Seattle. They befriended another Eddie, this one a homeless African-American Vietnam Veteran with mental health problems. He was known for his wild hair and wearing a tarp like a poncho. When he was mentally present he would tell them about Vietnam and his struggles with returning to civilian life. Other times, he simply wasn't there mentally. His visits greatly affected the band and when they came back from a tour they couldn't find him. Searching all over Seattle they finally found him sleeping on concrete under a viaduct. Returning from a later tour they again couldn't find him and discovered he had passed away. Suddenly "Evenflow" makes perfect sense, Ed held on to that story for 28 years. Other highlights, Ed performed a solo rendition of Jack White's "We're Going to be Friends" in honor of teachers everywhere. During the performance, his daughters danced with their favorite teachers (clad in Mariners jerseys with Vedder on the back) behind him. During the encore Brandi Carlile joined the band for "Again Tonight" a song PJ had covered for a benefit album. I love when other musicians join Pearl Jam on stage and look out at the giant crowd with wide eyes, Brandi ever the badass, threw her head back and screamed into the Seattle sky. They closed the show with "Rockin' in the Free World" and my least favorite live song, "Yellow Ledbetter" the show clocked in at 33 songs over 3 hours.

Thursday, Day Off

I snoozed on the London Bridge Studios tickets so that was out. I was looking forward to roaming around the city and attending the Pearl Jam exhibit at MoPop. Situated near the Space Needle and the Experience Music Project, MoPop is covered in tourists. Lucky for us this was a 10c event only. Jeff Ament is the de facto historian of the band keeping massive amounts of memorabilia in a warehouse. This band kept everything. I mean EVERYTHING. They have the cassettes that Stone/Jeff and Ed mailed back and forth to begin their relationship. Seeing these in person was powerful. Pearl Jam have provided the soundtrack to my life and quite literally if those tapes didn't exist I wouldn't have been standing there all those years later. Favorite moments: seeing the typed and written lyrics and loads of Ed's notebooks, the incredible statue of Andy Wood that Jeff commissioned (more on that here) as well as posters from every show. If you're in Seattle I highly recommend seeing this exhibit.

Friday, Night 2

Again starting at 8:30 PJ opens with three slow burners, "Oceans," "Footsteps" and "Nothingman" before blasting off with "Why Go" and "Brain of J." This was going to be awesome. I love the 2nd PJ shows, all of my needs are met by the first night. Nervousness is gone, just relax and enjoy the show. This show really focused on older material, only two tracks were post 2000. The band were much looser as was the crowd. The singalongs were louder and sharper, I refrained, choosing instead to just absorb the love and energy flying around the stadium. During "I Won't Back Down," a solo tribute to the great Tom Petty, Eddie asked the crowd to turn on their cell phone flashlights so Tom could see. The result was mesmerizing. The band also honored Chris Cornell by performing "Missing," a very rare deep cut. Speaking of Cornell, Kim Thayil joined the band for "Kick Out the Jams" and later joined Steve Turner and Mark Arm of Mudhoney (and Green River!) for "Search and Destroy" and "Sonic Reducer." Favorite moments: the aforementioned songs plus Ed hosing up the intro to "Rearviewmirror" to the point the band had to stop. Ed broke into "Fernando" by Abba saying that's what he was hearing. What can I say, the guy is hilarious. Other notable moments, Mike's solo on "Evenflow" was one of the best I can remember. What a beautiful night. 36 amazing songs over 3.5 hours in the glorious Seattle night.

Setlist Night 1:

Long Road Release Low Light Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town Corduroy Go Do the Evolution Mind Your Manners Throw Your Hatred Down (Neil Young cover) Lightning Bolt Given to Fly All Those Yesterdays Even Flow Help! (The Beatles cover) (snippet) Help Help Black Setting Forth Play Video I Am a Patriot (Little Steven cover) Porch Encore: We're Going to Be Friends (The White Stripes cover) (live debut by PJ) Nothing as It Seems Let Me Sleep Breath Again Today (with Brandi Carlile) State of Love and Trust Rearviewmirror Encore 2: Wasted Reprise Better Man (with “Save It for Later” tag) Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd cover) Alive I've Got a Feeling (The Beatles cover) Rockin' in the Free World (Neil Young cover) Yellow Ledbetter

Setlist Night 2:

Oceans Footsteps Nothingman Why Go Brain of J. Interstellar Overdrive (Pink Floyd cover) Corduroy Rats In Hiding Whipping Even Flow Missing (Chris Cornell cover) (live debut by PJ) Daughter (with "W.M.A" and "It's Ok" tags) Immortality I'm Open Unthought Known Can't Deny Me Do the Evolution Lukin Porch Encore: I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty cover) (EV solo) Thin Air Better Man (with "Save It for Later" by English Beat tag) All or None Crown of Thorns (Mother Love Bone cover) Kick Out the Jams (MC5 cover) (with Kim Thayil) Spin the Black Circle Play Video Rearviewmirror (with "Fernando" (ABBA)… more ) Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams cover) Jeremy Leash Search and Destroy (Iggy and The Stooges cover) (With Kim Thayil, Steve Turner, and Mark Arm) Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys cover) (With Kim Thayil, Steve Turner, and Mark Arm) Alive Baba O'Riley (The Who cover) Yellow Ledbetter

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From Reagan to Trump: Here is how shares carried out below every president The inventory market is definitely not the perfect indicator of the financial system’s well being, or of a president’s observe report. However all through his 4 years in workplace, it clearly was President Donald Trump’s favourite metric.  He typically tweeted in all caps about “ALL TIME HIGHS!!!” for shares, even because the nation grappled with surging coronavirus circumstances and excessive unemployment through the pandemic. Now, as he wraps up his final day within the White Home, the place does Trump’s beloved inventory market stand? As of Tuesday’s market shut, the S&P 500 was up 67% since his Inauguration Day in 2017. Right here’s how that efficiency stacks as much as shares on the identical level in different fashionable presidencies (1,006 buying and selling days, to be precise): Shares have been up 83% at this level in Barack Obama’s presidency, amid the restoration from the Nice Recession. They have been a lot weaker below George W. Bush, down about 13% due to the September eleventh assaults and the dot-com bust. Shares have been up 75% 4 years into Invoice Clinton’s presidency, and 25% into Ronald Reagan’s. In the meantime, President George H.W. Bush, who additionally did not win reelection, ended his 4 years with shares up round 50%. Not like his predecessor, incoming President-elect Joe Biden doesn’t put practically as a lot emphasis on shares as a gauge of the nation’s energy or wellbeing. “The concept that the inventory market is booming is his solely measure of what’s occurring,” Biden mentioned of Trump within the ultimate presidential debate in October. “The place I come from in Scranton and Claymont, the individuals don’t dwell off of the inventory market.” S&P 500 within the first 1,006 buying and selling days of every presidency Diana Walker/Time Life Footage/Getty Photographs Ronald Reagan President Ronald Reagan’s first 4 years within the White Home weren’t significantly profitable for Wall Road. Crushed by Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker’s battle on inflation, the financial system stumbled into a quick recession in July 1981. Unemployment spiked to almost 11%. However Volcker’s fee hikes and Reagan’s company tax cuts ultimately broke the again of inflation, setting the stage for speedy financial development. Below Reagan, America drastically ramped up protection spending in a profitable bid to deliver down the Soviet Union. Regardless of the sturdy financial system, Wall Road suffered its worst day ever below Reagan. The Dow plunged an astonishing 22.6% on Black Monday — equaling about 5,500 factors as we speak. Nonetheless, the S&P 500 posted 5 separate years of double-digit development on the Gipper’s watch, together with a 26% spike in 1985. 1st time period +30% Jan. 20, 1981 – Jan. 20, 1985 2nd time period +67% Jan. 20, 1985 – Jan. 20, 1989 Ron Edmonds/AP Photograph George H.W. Bush The financial system and inventory market surged in President George H. W. Bush’s first yr in workplace. The S&P 500 climbed 27% in 1989. However then the savings-and-loan disaster and Gulf Struggle struck. Oil costs greater than doubled after Iraq invaded Kuwait. Progress slowed, and the American financial system slipped into a gentle recession in July 1990. Whereas the recession resulted in March 1991, the restoration was uneven. Two years later, unemployment remained round 7%. The sluggish financial system led to Bush’s defeat in 1992. 1st time period +51% Jan. 20, 1989 – Jan. 20, 1993 Reuters Invoice Clinton The roaring Nineteen Nineties have been very variety to Wall Road. Shares spiked — the S&P 500 elevated 210% below President Invoice Clinton — as traders celebrated the rise of the Web and brisk financial development. Clinton presided over two of the S&P 500’s prime 10 years: 1995 and 1997. GDP topped 4% in 5 of Clinton’s eight years within the White Home. Inflation remained steady. Unemployment dipped beneath 4%. And the USA loved the longest interval of uninterrupted financial development in fashionable historical past. The period was punctuated by the dotcom growth, which amounted to the creation of a completely new trade. The Nasdaq spiked sevenfold between 1993 and its peak in early 2000. The mania created huge quantities of wealth — a lot of which might disappear because the bubble inevitably popped. 1st time period +79% Jan. 20, 1993 – Jan. 20, 1997 2nd time period +73% Jan. 20, 1997 – Jan. 20, 2001 J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photograph George W. Bush Traders who wager {that a} businessman within the White Home would translate into sturdy returns have been badly disenchanted throughout President George W. Bush’s presidency. The S&P 500 declined 40% below Bush, the worst amongst fashionable administrations. Bush inherited the dotcom bust, which spawned the 2001 recession. The downturn was deepened by the 9/11 terror assaults. Progress gathered steam in 2004 and 2005, fueled partly by low rates of interest and the housing growth. However that bubble additionally popped in spectacular style, ushering within the Nice Recession and the scariest monetary disaster in a era. Within the ultimate quarter of Bush’s tenure, GDP plummeted at an 8.4% annual fee. Unemployment started rising quickly. The S&P 500 plummeted 38% in 2008, its worst yr because the Nice Melancholy. 1st time period -12% Jan. 20, 2001 – Jan. 20, 2005 2nd time period -31% Jan. 20, 2005 – Jan. 20, 2009 Jeff Zelevansky/Reuters Barack Obama The Wall Road meltdown continued through the first few months of President Barack Obama’s presidency. The monetary and auto industries teetered on the point of collapse earlier than authorities bailouts saved them each. Unemployment would peak at 10% in 2009, doubling in only a yr. The inventory market bottomed out in March 2009, however then the financial system slowly healed, starting what would ultimately change into the longest bull market in American historical past. Digging out of the depths of the Nice Recession was an extended and gradual course of, although. Annual GDP development by no means topped 3% within the Obama period. Hoping to juice the financial system, the Fed stored pumping straightforward cash into the system. The unprecedented experiment helped ship shares hovering — the S&P 500 practically tripled through the Obama period — but in addition contributed to wealth inequality and populism. 1st time period +85% Jan. 20, 2009 – Jan. 20, 2013 2nd time period +53% Jan. 20, 2013 – Jan. 20, 2017 Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Photographs Donald Trump President Donald Trump’s upset victory initially fueled a breathtaking rally within the inventory market as traders welcomed his pro-business agenda of tax cuts, deregulation and infrastructure spending. Early in Trump’s presidency, company income spiked after his signature legislative achievement — a tax overhaul. And the unemployment fee plunged beneath 4%. A commerce battle with China briefly sucked a few of the air out of the market’s beneficial properties in late 2018, nevertheless it wasn’t till the coronavirus pandemic hit the USA in early 2020 that the bull market formally got here to an finish. The S&P 500 reached a excessive on February 19, 2020 after which plunged 34% over a month, as states enacted stay-at-home orders and companies shut all the way down to include the virus. Months later, shares have bounced again even because the nation remains to be struggling to recuperate. Greater than 24 million coronavirus circumstances have been recognized within the US, and 400,000 People have died. In the meantime, financial exercise stays effectively beneath its pre-pandemic stage, and thousands and thousands of People proceed to grapple with unemployment, starvation and wrestle to pay their payments. Cumulatively, the S&P 500 gained 67% from Trump’s inauguration to the market shut on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 — his final full day in workplace. Present time period null Jan. 20, 2017 – Jan. 19, 2021 (function(d, s, id) var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Supply hyperlink #Heres #performed #President #Reagan #stocks #Trump

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A local’s pick of the top 10 luxury wineries in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontaria, Canada

  As a local resident of Niagara, it is of upmost convenience that I am a wine lover; in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada there are approximately 100 wineries! As a luxury travel blogger I always want to know the best locations to suit my niche and since I live here and know what I love, why not share it with the world? We actually have a couple of areas that are very close together for the majority of our wineries; for today’s blog I am going to focus on the Niagara-on-the-Lake area specifically.

First off, I should give you a bit of information on our area; we are known all over the world for the iconic Niagara Falls of course and people always recognize exactly the location when you mention the famous and of course spectacular waterfalls in my hometown. But did you also know that we are one of the world’s best wine makers? Unfortunately we are not well known in the international wine market as our wines do not get shipped past Canadian borders for the most part. However, if you get the chance; you should definitely come and try our award winning wines.

So what is the reason we make such fabulous wines? I am glad you asked; this area is bordered by Lake Ontario and the Niagara River, our climate is moderated and temperatures are generally warmer so that grapes ripen very well. An earlier Spring means our grapes have a longer growing season, resulting in ripeness at harvest and better depth of flavour in our wines. Warm days and cool nights result in wines that have a balance of ripe fruit and acidity, making them excellent companions to food.

Now I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the wine that we are most famous for, and that is our world famous Icewine. Have you ever thought about doing a winter cold weather vacation and are a winery lover? Winter in Niagara is Icewine Festival time and a unique experience for sure; so many events are hosted surrounding our Icewine celebrations for an entire month, I promise you will not be bored. Do you know what Icewine is? Icewine is a sweet wine, usually served with dessert, that is made from frozen grapes; it is very expensive because of the process. The grapes must be picked at the exact right temperature conditions; when the temperature reaches -8 Celsius, (about 20 Fahrenheit), the grapes are hand picked or shaken from the vines. It is not uncommon for this to take place in the middle of the night! The grapes are then pressed when they are still cold, and it takes a lot of grapes to produce even one bottle, which is why a bottle comes with a hefty price tag.

So now that you know all about our wine region and are dying to visit I will share with you my picks for the most luxurious and elegant wineries located in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

1. Two Sisters Vineyards Niagara

My first pick is Two Sisters Vineyards Niagara, from the moment you turn into the driveway you will feel like you are somewhere special; lined with beautiful trees and the glimpse of the elegant building at the end just gives you the feeling that you are somewhere special. This winery features award winning wines, luxurious decor, a wonderful Italian cuisine restaurant and a patio in behind with magnificent views.o in behind with magnificent views.

2. Peller Estates Winery

My next pick is Peller Estates, and it is one of my very favourite wineries; it is elegant and luxurious and you will not be sorry you visited this gem! The winner of Ontario Winery of the Year in 2018, it is easy to see why when you visit. This property has two restaurants, one is an elegant farm-to-table wine country cuisine paired with award winning Peller Estates wines, a magnificent view and outdoor patio seating available. The other is a casual but upscale Grill, outdoor seating as well with those same stunning views of their incredible vineyard. A very unique experience that you will not want to miss is the igloo-like lounge, the 10Below Icewine Lounge to sample the icewine in an appropriate setting.

3. Chateau des Charmes

Chateau des Charmes is a winery of firsts for the Niagara Region, it was the first to experiment with European vitis vinifera grapes and the first in Canada to open a commercial vineyard to visitors. It is vast and elegant and you may feel like you have been transported to France when you step inside. This one is a must visit to experience its wonderful wine and luxurious presence.

4. Riverbend Inn and Vineyard

Imagine being able to sleep right at the Vineyard? Well that is what you get with this amazing property; a spectacular Georgian mansion surrounded by 17 acres of vineyards, manicured lawns and gardens, it is a sight to behold and elegance is everywhere you look. The most unique feature is that the property is indeed a beautiful Inn, and how convenient is that for your home base to explore our wine country? Beautiful accommodations, a top notch restaurant and an Antique bar where you can sip Riverbend wine is a win win in my humble opinion.

5. Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery

Another one of my personal favourites, Ravine Winery is a cozy but elegant Estate situated on a fifth generation family farm and is know for its organic vineyards, award-winning culinary experiences, and one of my favourite features; a wood burning pizza oven surrounded by an outdoor bar looking over the gorgeous vineyards. They have a little grocery store right on site that you can easily purchase some wonderful cheese and of course a bottle of wine and enjoy it right in the vineyard. They also have a restaurant and bar with cozy farmhouse decor and amazing cuisine, make sure you put this one on the list!

6. Wayne Gretzky Estates

Did you know Wayne Gretzky knows wine and whiskey as well as hockey? Easily the most popular winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake this Estate has something for everyone. On one side is the Winery boasting photos of Wayne during his hockey career and on the other is the cozy whiskey distillery and bar. Out behind the winery is a beautiful pond which doubles as a skating rink in the winter, along with lots of outdoor seating including a giant fire pit and muskoka chairs. If you are hungry there is a little outdoor restaurant serving grill style food and it is actually very delicious. Oh wait I forgot to mention, they have even added craft beer into the mix, so be sure to check out the beer garden while you are there.

7. Jackson Triggs Estate Winery

Jackson Triggs is a beautiful and one of the most technologically advanced winemaking facilities in Canada and its modern architecture will impress you I am sure. A unique feature to this winery is the amphitheatre, hosting seasonal concert performances of the some of the best Canadian musical talent. This winery also hosts occassional cellar dinner experiences as well, and who would not want to have dinner in a wine cellar!

8. Konzelmann Estate Winery

Konzelmann is a beautiful winery with the feature of being the only winery in Niagara located directly on the lake, it is located on the shores of Lake Ontario and the views from their viewing tower is definitely not to be missed. Make sure you visit this gem and if you are a peach lover be sure to try the peach wine, you won’t be sorry that you did!

9. Trius Winery and Restaurant

Another property of the Peller family, Trius is Iconic in that this winery burst onto the international wine scene in 1991 when the Trius Red became the first Canadian wine vintage to be recognized as the Best Red Wine in the World and continues to raise the bar ever since. This property also hosts an incredible restaurant with wine pairings and fabulous cuisine and in season you can even have a seat in the Wine Garden featuring the beautiful Vineyard Views.

10. Inniskillin Wines

The final winery on my list is Inniskillin, it is Canada’s original Estate Winery, and has been committed to producing premium wines from the best quality grapes for over 40 years. The first winery to receive a winery license after prohibition and was instrumental in developing Canada’s VQA system. At this Winery you will enjoy an idyllic view of the Niagara Escarpment while sipping on your wine and make sure you try the Icewine at this location; it is known to be one of the very best.

So that sums up my picks; I hope that you were able to use some of my experience as a local to pick your future itinerary and perhaps I have inspired you to plan a future trip to visit our beautiful wine country yourself!

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It's issue 500! Thanks for your support over the years, we're not too far away from our 10th anniversary which we'll cover separately. But do I think issue 512 will be even cooler to celebrate? Yes.. 🤓

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Node Modules at 'War': Why CommonJS and ES Modules Can’t Get Along — No, it’s not really a ‘war’, but it’s a worthwhile reflection on the differences between the two module types from the Node perspective.

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[alexiethymia]

My Thoughts On Jonsa and Jonerys

[SPOILERS ABOUND]

Jonsa shipper here; no need to explain how it came to be, I’m sure it’s the same as with everyone else. On-screen chemistry then wham-bam-slam. Funny thing is, I didn’t really ship anyone in GOT, and like almost everybody else, I thought J and D would end up together based on the title, but it really wasn’t relevant to me you know? I’m not going to make any metas. I’m not here to make some grand declaration that Jonsa will be end game since I don’t have that much faith in the show writers, and I tend to tread on the side of caution, plus I have a lot of could-have-been OTPs so my heart’s already taken a beating. But here’s the thing, I’ve probably read all of the Jonsa metas out there, as well as the spoiler leaks. These are just some of thought why I think J*nerys shouldn’t be quick to call canon so fast. I tried to be as objective as possible, but obviously bias will be present. No hate either on the ship. If they end up together I’m not going to spew fire out of my mouth, just that there are some things...

- First off, I believe boatb*ng will happen. I even believe J and D will fall in love. And (as bitter a pill as it to swallow) I’m also preparing from the Rhaegar and Lyanna parallels. However the leaks also say that Dany being barren gets brought up in this season. You think that little tidbit won’t factor in Jon’s decision to do the do with her? I’m not saying feelings won’t come into it, but you’d be in denial to say that Jon who’s always been afraid to father a bastard won’t be tempted by the prospect of no consequences (oh Jon how wrong you are; we all know this is gonna bite him back hard). 

- BUT, I don’t think it’s a cause for celebration that all of the above are happening in S7. If it had happened in S8, and S7 was more focused on subtly deepening the relationship between J and D (cough*likejonsa*cough), then as a js shipper, I would have been REALLY worried. Doing both the sparks and the fireworks in this season seems just fanservicey. WHICH IS THE WHOLE POINT. A large part of the audience wants to see this fated prophetic romance between these two heroes after their parallel journeys. But then as I am aware of, D&D only came to know of the ending from GRRM recently. That’s why we got S6. Not saying that it’s proof that Jonsa is endgame, just that D&D set up the foundations for both ships to have a good chance of happening. As to which one is the ‘red herring’ remains to be seen.

- As I was saying, with the big tryst over and done with in S7, what’s left for J and D in S8 then? Them overcoming the barriers and perceptions of people around them to find their happily ever after? Please, ASOIAF isn’t a love story, as much as we shippers would like it to be. Plus they ain’t got no time for that with the Winter War now upon them. I’m curious to see where their ‘romance’ will go come S8.

- Here’s the other curious thing from the S8 ep 1 leaks. It’s SANSA who’s angry and mistrustful about Dany. It’s SANSA who asks Dany if she and Jon are now in love (SHE DOESN’T GIVE AN ANSWER EITHER WAY) and it’s SANSA whom Jon sought to bring aside and talk to about it. (How does this look like to you? Cause to me I find it very curious that it seems like Jon is placating Sansa. Why wouldn’t he talk to the whole Stark family about Dany? Why Sansa first?)

- And then as a cliffhanger for that episode, Jon finds out about his true parentage. See, where I’m getting at is no one knows what happens after Jon learns about his true parentage. No one has any leaks further than that. He’ll know Sansa is his cousin and Dany is his aunt. How will Jon feel that  he did the horizontal tango with his aunt? And if we JS shippers read those subliminal hints in S6 and S7 correctly, how would Jon deal with knowing Sansa isn’t really his sister? Will he come to see her differently? Has he already, and has he been avoiding or suppressing those feelings? 

- So with respect to shipping (aside from the whole identity crisis), it’s either going to be focused on his angst about his illicit love with his aunt and the dilemma of his love for her and the Stark values he was raised with, or him now possibly considering a viable marriage with Sansa Stark (bec. honestly it would solve all of their problems about rebuilding the North). MY POINT IS THIS: THE CURRENT LEAKS IN NO WAY SANK THE JONSA SHIP. Jonerys may be canon in future episodes, but they’re not necessarily endgame. It’s all up the air. We Jonerys and Jonsa shippers are all in the same boat, as much as some may not like it. 

- Finally, I admit that I was bit threatened (I’m being as honest as possible here) with the Rhaegar and Lyanna parallels to Jonerys, but to be fair Jonsa peeps, we got Ned and Cat. There has to be a suitable epic parallel for the two mains of the show. On the other hand, Rhaegar and Lyanna could also parallel Jon and Sansa respectively, what with the handsome prince (that Sansa once yearned fo), but without the courtly grace, in the Targaryen, Jon. And the renowned Stark beauty which caused a war in Sansa. I mean the original outline had JonArya romance, and Arya has been paralleled with Lyanna multiple times. If Sansa really is taking Arya’s place in that storyline, the parallel would be complete. 

- Finally, finally, what I’m looking for in a possible Jonsa end game isn’t really a lust-fueled, passionate encounter. I’d be happy with a semi-ambiguous ending with both Jonsa and Sansa in Winterfell and side-by-side, along with Arya and Bran, because honestly they’re the best rulers the North can have. For a lot of the antis, what they don’t understand is what attracts us shippers to SS Jonsa is not just the aesthetic or the ‘love’ story, but really how thematically both characters fit together, complete each other’s narrative, and their ending would be one eternally satisfying as it fits the overall theme of the saga (if a happy ending for the Starks is what GRMM is going for; it can all end bittersweet or a tragedy for all we know). 

- Finally, finally, finally (last one I promise), I find it laughable how the biggest ‘attack’ on the ship is that it’d be incestuous? Like, hello, do you know how many countries actually legalize marriage between first cousins? And step-siblings too? This isn’t just a medieval concept. Even my own ethnic group accepts marriage between first cousins. I bring up step-siblings because the other big ‘attack’ is that Jon and Sansa were raised as siblings, as if that were more squicky than actual blood relations (but you know it’s ok, cause they didn’t know). Um, no, Jon and Sansa may have been raised in the same house, but they weren’t raised as siblings. If that’s your definition, consider Theon as someone raised with Sansa like her sibling. But no one bats an eye at shipping the two. Jon and Sansa were raised like step-siblings at most. 

[contemplatingoutlander]

A little bit of public relations background in the wrong hands is not a good thing

I had a PM today from someone who claimed not to be interested in who Sam or Cait were dating but whose tumblr when I checked was full of ES reblogs. Hmmmm.🤔

Anyway, she claimed to be a PR professional with over 30 years of experience.

She took exception to a statement I had made earlier today regarding a press release that went out in February to publications like New York Magazine stating that Sam and Mac were dating. I maintained that since Sam undoubtedly had to approve the press release, that meant that an “announcement” had been made to the public that Sam and Mac were dating. 

The PR “expert” said that the purpose of celebrity PR is just to make sure that the celebrity remains “relevant” and that people are talking about the celebrity, not to announce “truths.” So until Sam and Mac make an announcement themselves, none has been made. 

She then accused me and other NSTs of shipping Sam and Mac.

Furthermore, she said that my “speculation” about their being a couple can hurt people with a personal investment. (I assume she meant by that that SamCait shippers could be hurt--even though Sam and Cait have repeatedly denied they are a couple.🙄)

So I want to address her accusations and assertions:

1) Whether or not she thinks those press releases were just put out for PR and not to “announce” any “truth,” the reality is that Sam would have to approve of them going out, either before or after the fact. If he didn’t approve, the PR firm could suffer some negative legal consequences. Maybe he knowingly approved false statements but he must have approved them. JS

2) I keep hearing things from ES about how PR departments lie about celebrity relationships. This PR expert implied that as well.  Maybe they do lie but Sam’s publicist Jennifer Allen has been a speaker at the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) so I would assume she is a PRSA member. This is in their code of ethics:

Therefore, I would hope that Jennifer Allen has not put anything out there that wasn’t true about Sam, even if its purpose was just to generate interest in Sam

3) Regardless, there is a mountain of evidence to support that Sam and Mac are a couple and to me you would have to willfully decide not to acknowledge it to believe they are not a couple. 

4) I also want to address the accusation that people who believe that Sam and Mac are dating are shippers. In order to ship a couple you have to be emotionally invested in their being a couple. I was emotionally invested in Sam and Cait being a couple. I have pretty much no emotional investment in Sam and Mac being a couple. But Mac is growing on me. Maybe at some point I will ship her with Sam. But if I did it would still be different than being an extreme (tinhat) shipper because Sam and Mac have never denied a relationship.

5) The “PR expert” was concerned that certain ES would be upset by my assertion that for all intents and purposes Sam had made an “announcement” that he was dating Mac through authorizing the press release. Sorry, but at this point, with the numerous denials about the ship and all the Sam and Mac sightings, if certain ES are upset with the implications of Sam approving that press release, they have only themselves to blame for refusing to listen to Sam and Cait when they repeatedly denied the ship.

6) The PR “expert” claimed that press releases are not to announce “truths” just to keep the celebrity in the public eye. Don’t publicists release information about their clients’ marriages and divorces, the births of their children, contracts for various projects, awards they have received, and their attending various events? Aren’t those “truths”?  

7) Finally, I want to address this whole “PR professional” thing. There are PR professionals who do celebrity PR and there are many who do PR for businesses, nonprofits, etc. I’m pretty sure the ones who hang with the SamCait shippers are not in the celebrity PR field. Therefore, their understanding of celebrity PR might not be much better than the average person’s. Regardless, the comments they put out there are destructive because they contribute to the bizarre conspiracy theories the ES generate.

So PR “experts” alligned with the ES, please stop using your “PR expertise” to harm SamCait shippers. Because that is what you are doing. The often inaccurate information you provide the ES, which is used to feed the PR conspiracy theories, helps to keep ES on the emotional roller coaster of tinhat shipping. You are far more to blame for leading the SamCait shippers on than anyone else. Please stop.

NOTE: This is just my opinion as a fan, nothing more. If you disagree, please do so respectfully.

ADDENDUM. In other threads of this post various NSTs commented that what happened just prior to the press release is telling as to what the purpose was of that particular press release. (One NST @p1ljm2 also commented that PR is tailored to the particular needs of a celebrity--it isn’t one size fits all. There are many ways of creating “buzz”) The press release happened after some vicious attacks on Mac, Sam, and Sam’s publicist. It seems to me and others that everyone was fed up at the time and wanted to set the record straight. So with Sam’s approval the press release went out to make it clear that Mac was Sam’s girlfriend (most likely in the hopes of stopping the misinformation about her that was fueling the attacks). Unfortunately, that didn’t stop the attacks but that was most likely the purpose of the release.

Published 07.27.17; last updated on 07.29.17.

[kurtwarren54]

Hotel Travel Essentials for Baby to 1 Year Old

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It has taken me 5 months to get to this blog post but I am going to go ahead and blame that on #momlife HA! We have gone on countless trips with Otis from when he was a newborn to 1 year old and I am finally compiling my tips for you for Hotel travel. The best you can do is to be prepared and overpack and then hope for the best! Excited to be sharing all the things I have used and loved and continue to use as we travel with Otis. You can find everything we have used at Walmart. I am excited to be partnering with them because they continue to be an incredible resource for everything baby. They seriously have all the best high end brands and it’s always a go-to for me to shop my diapers and formula with their fast shipping because many times my formula tends to sell out in stores so I always buy it online to stock up. In October, Walmart is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Parents Choice, Walmarts exclusive baby brand. I linked one of my favorite food time hack products below from this brand. It’s a MUST when traveling to hotels and eating out. Hope you enjoy this list! Have loved every single one of these products and still use many of them with my 1+ year old little man. If you have any more favorite, please share in the comments below.

Travel Crib: While this isn’t essential because most hotels will provide a crib, there is something about using a portable crib that you baby is used to. What I love so much about this one is it folds up really small and sets up in seconds. The sides are mesh, breathable and soft and we are still using it to this day with Otis when we travel. We don’t always fly with it if we know the hotel will have a crib or we are visiting family. It does fit in a large suitcase if you decided to bring it for the plane. It’s also small enough that it fits in most hotel bathrooms. This is our trick for giving baby their own room when you aren’t splurging for a larger hotel room. We set up our monitor and usually there are no windows so it’s already nice and dark. 

Non-Wifi Baby Monitor: Specifically for hotel travel, you never know if the wifi will be good or bad. In most cases, the wifi signals are not the best. So we always travel with a non-wifi monitor to ensure we can keep an eye on Otis while he is sleeping. We have loved this one that came on a recommendation of my sister-in-law. It’s super reliable and that is what you want when it comes to a baby monitor.

Swaddle: When Otis was still in a swaddle, we always packed it with us since he was swaddled everytime he slept before he was rolling. It’s an easy thing to forget when your packing so make sure to include it to recreate your baby’s sleep environment on the go. We loved this swaddle since it was a version of what we were using in our bassinet.

Sleep sack: This is another essential that can be easily forgotten to pack along. We use a sleep sack every night for sleep and this also keeps Otis warm enough. I always get a ton of questions on my sleepsacks and what I love about this one is that it’s made of muslin cotton so it’s soft and light weight and not too heavy. This sleepsack comes in heavier fabrics like this for winter and also these swaddled versions for younger babies which we also used.

Travel Sound Machine: I feel like I have gushed about this thing so often but it’s truly that good. We have 2 of them and they are a MUST have for traveling. This portable sound machine has multiple kinds of white noise, ocean noise etc as well as different volume levels. We easily hook it onto the travel crib or lay it on the floor next to the travel crib now that he is older and can grab it. You can easily charge it with a usb cord or wall outlet. It’s small but mighty and by far my favorite travel sound machine. Blake tried to buy a cheaper one at some point and it sucked and he went back to this one. 

Dockatot: This is more of a newborn item but this was a must for hotel travel when Otis was little. Since we used the Snoo at home as our bassinet, the dockatot was amazing for naps at home and traveling. Always ask your doctor about safe baby sleep practices but we used the dockatot in hotels and it was a lifesaver to have a safe place for baby that he was already used to using at home. It also fits inside the bassinet of our stroller so we had a lot of places to use it. I recommend the travel bag too which is super convenient with the travel handles to sling over your shoulder.

playmat: A playmat was something we always stuffed into our suitcase when Otis was a newborn. It’s always great to have your own clean surface for baby to have tummy time or playtime and I always love the skiphop stuff.

Books: Books are a big part of our bedtime routine so we always pack at least 3 with us since they don’t take up too much space in our suitcase. This, this and this are some of our current favorites.

Portable Blackout Window Blinds: I only recently found out these existed but I bought one because there is nothing worse than finding out your hotel (or friends house) doesn’t have black out blinds when your baby is used to sleeping in complete darkness. Epic invention for people traveling with little ones.

Bottles: We used these and these bottles the most with Otis. We always brought multiple with us.

On-the-go drying rack with bottle brush: This thing is amazing. We bring it every time with us and what I love if that the brush folds up inside and the rack is super convenient for either bottles, or breast pump parts.

Formula: I always pack formula on the go so this is especially important while we are traveling. We use this formula and these containers to portion it out on the go in my diaper bag.

Snack cup: We use this snack cup to use while we are traveling and at our destinations. It keeps Otis busy before we get a meal since he has to put his little hands inside to reach for his snacks. It’s easy to put this in our stroller when roaming a hotel property also so we can give him snacks in his stroller.

Pouches: I always have pouches on hand even though Otis feeds himself whole foods. You never know when you will be on the go and having something nutritious to eat quickly is always so helpful. I like the shelf stable pouches since I don’t have to refrigerate them while staying at a hotel.

Yogurt melts: One of Otis’ favorite snacks to keep in our diaper bag at hotels. He now sees this bag and freaks out because he’s so excited for these.

Disposable adhesive placemats: These have come in handy for going out to eat at the hotel restaurants. We used these more when Otis was smaller and just learning to self feed himself. Once he got older we switched to silicone plates that stick to the table. 

Ezpz food mats: This is something we have been using since Otis has been a bit older on the go but it’s a great tool for both at home and travel. What’s great about these silicone plates is that they grip to the table so it makes it harder for Otis to throw the plate off the table. It’s small enough to fit inside my diaper bag which makes its a great option to travel with.

Health Kit: We always travel with our health essentials for Otis. I bring medicines (tylenol, motrin, and benadryl), bandaids, thermometer, cortisone cream, aquaphor, and diaper cream. 

Blowup bathtub: This travel inflatable bathtub is adorable. We got it and what is great is it folds nicely inside your suitcase and it’s just so damn cute. Otis has fun splashing in it! Alot of hotels will supply baby tubs if you ask but this is a great option if they don’t. 

Travel size shampoo and lotion: Lots of hotels will supply baby amenities but I always bring Otis’ travel size toiletries. Babies can have such sensitive skin so I love to keep everything the same as home to make sure his skin is happy. 

Baby carrier: We used this one alot when Otis was a newborn. It really made exploring the property at hotels easier to baby wear Otis and help him take a nap on me (or Blake) while we were still enjoying our day and not stuck in the room. Being hands free is a gamechanger.

Diapers: This goes without saying but you HAVE to stock up on diapers for a hotel trip. I always pack way more than we need to ensure we don’t run out. For the newborn stage we loved these diapers and now we are using a combo of these, these, and then these overnight diapers. 

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